GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER MON 12 APRIL, 2010
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Scotland: Mariette Lobo: Therapy with pulling power
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10 Apr: The Scotsman… I'm always up for a rub down, so submit willingly to the ministrations of Fife's best kept secret, Mariette Lobo, who offers this therapy at an affordable price. Don't let her petite proportions fool you, years of piano playing have given her strong, supple hands, and she's strong as an ox... 462 words. Click here.
Mariette Lobo is ex-Kampala. For her website go to http://www.mariettelobo.com/
Video: Graham Greene's Goan Ghosts
10 Apr: You Tube. Graham Greene and Duncan Fallowell reminiscing about their experiences of Goa. 6m. 57s. Click here.
29 Mar. 1964: Illustrated Weekly of India. Pages 14-15. Goa: Some Impressions. By Graham Greene… naked bathing parties take place at a secluded beach; and who sleeps with whom is known to all of Panjim … lavatory - the usual hole in a leterite block above a trough where a pig stands honking to receive your droppings … Click here.
Video: Evita Pereira e Silva... showing her art
10 Apr: Frederick Noronha . Evita is a Goan artist, who served in different parts overseas (Colombo, Dubai) before returning home. She talks of her plans and work at Colva, where she runs the Hobby Centre (together with an outlet for art and craft classes and materials)… 5m. 39s.
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Video: Rose Baudin interview
10 Apr: Goa Hippy Tribe. Rose talks about her spiritual transformation and her practice of Yoga during her 16 years in Goa … she started her Yoga practice as a student of Clive Sheridan and continues to this day as a Yoga teacher who now teaches around the world. 4m. 45s.
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News Summary
Brit found dead
13 Apr: Herald. John Frame a 38-year-old British national was found dead in his room in Candolim on Sunday… Police informed that the deceased was an avid book reader and was found dead in a reading position… Full Text.
How does a boy from Goa become a respected name in the fitness industry?
12 Apr: Hindustan Times. James D’Silva interviewed. Q: How does a boy from Goa move on to become one of the most respected names in the fitness industry? A: I started out as a professional dancer so movement and exercise have always been part of my life… Q: How can older men and women get as fit as Sting and Madonna? … 1124 words. Click here.
For the Goan Voice James D’Silva supplement, click here
Lisa Barros D'Sa: Cherrybomb Gets UK Distribution
9 Apr: Regional Film & Video. A regional-made movie, Cherrybomb has achieved national distribution… it is a joint directional project from Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn, Belfast- Barros D'Sa is a writer and development executive… 248 words + photo.
Lisa is the daughter of the late Prof Aires Barros D'Sa (ex-Nairobi) and Elizabeth. Full Text.
Canada: Ian D'Sa of Billy Talent talks the mega-sales life
12 Apr: The Telegram (Canada). Performing a 90-minute rock set at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto is like ... "It's like making love in outer space," says Ian D'Sa, guitarist with rock band Billy Talent… The band has a total of 15 Juno Awards nominations and five wins... 891 words + photo. Full Text.
John Matthews’ body flown back to UK
12 Apr: : Isle of Wight County Press. The body of 49-year-old John Matthews an Island man who died in Goa has been flown back to the UK, after Lucie Blackman Trust, a charity stepped in to help. His family had been told it could take months or even years for his body to be flown home… Full Text.
Video: Property worth Rs 12 Lakh Destroyed in Margao fire
12 Apr: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. Property worth more than 12 lakh rupees was destroyed in a major fire that started in early Monday morning at Ambica Cold Storage in Margao also gutting two adjacent shops. 2m. 40s. Full Text.
Video: Ramachandra Bhat wins Gold in National Body Building Championship
12 Apr: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. Goan body builder Ramachandra Bhat won the first gold medal in the 60 kg category for the state at the 50th Senior National Body Building Championship held at Margao on Sunday. 2m. 42s. Full Text.
No fire station in coastal Goa due to high property prices
12 Apr: IANS. The state fire and emergency services department has been unable to build a fire station in the tourist-centric coastal belt of Goa, thanks to booming real estate prices, a senior official said Monday… 228 words. Full Text.
Priests welcome China ban on low-grade iron
12 Apr: Cath News IndiaChina's move to ban imports of low-grade iron ore would help end "indiscriminate" mining in Goa, say some Catholic priests and environmental activists… 373 words. Click here.
To sign the mining petition, click here.
Toronto: Hazel D'Souza: Financial independence to newcomers
12 Apr: Toronto Star. A new program teaches immigrants how to save, spend and invest … Back in Mumbai where she came from, Hazel D’Souza, 57-year-old mother of two, did most financial transactions in cash, so knew nothing about the hidden fees charged to her Canadian bank card … 621 words + photo. Full Text.
Portuguese Pao. By Farrukh Dhondy
10 Apr: Asian Age… The word for feet in Marathi and Konkani is "paon"! So it may very well be true that the bread was named after the method of kneading the dough by foot … 593 words. Click here.
12 Apr: Asian Age. Arvind Couto writes: Farrukh Dhondy's article Portuguese pao made absurd reading… malicious legend about Goan bakers kneading dough with their feet … "pao" has not walked from Goa into the Portuguese language… 132 words. Click here.
U.S. Navy Chief To Visit Goa
11 Apr: AHN News. Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations of the United States Navy, is visiting India from Apr. 11 to 16 … he will be visiting various naval ships and establishments in Mumbai and Goa… Full Text.
Sweden: Peace & Love Foundation helps Goa orphanage
12 Apr: Dalarnas Tidningar (Sweden)… Last year, volunteers worked at the Children Walking Tall orphanage in Goa. Patric Helgesson felt that it was time to go there again… 10,000 SEK was raised by the Foundation … It was enough for school supplies for 180 children for a whole year … it was also used to buy 3 000 meals… 621 words. + 5 photos. Machine translation. Full Text.
Book Review: Between the Assassinations
12 Apr: Financial Times (UK). Aravind Adiga follows The White Tiger, his rollicking, prize-winning, debut novel, with an impressionistic collage of linked tales set in a small fictional city just south of Goa... 183 words. Full Text.
UK: Brewers Fayre trials curry night
12 Apr: Morning Advertiser. Whitbread brand Brewers Fayre is trialling a Thursday curry night at 32 of the brand’s 131 sites… Customers can choose from a range of seven curries including chicken vindaloo and vegetable Goan curry…After 6.30pm on Thursdays for £6.99 customers can have a pint of Carling and a meal. 222 words. Full Text.