GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER MON 26 APRIL, 2010
| ANNOUNCEMENT | |||
| The Mining Petition | |||
4 days to go and 931 so far! Will we achieve our target of 1000 signatures? Is
the target unreasonable? Not if you consider that in the dark ages of the Internet
(1996, actually) we launched a petition against Paedophilia in Goa and raised
9,338 signatures (yes, the hand written kind!) from the UK alone - details of this can
be found in Contact,
Vol. 7 no. 3, Sept 1996. Please ask your friends to tell their contacts to
support the campaign by going to http://goanvoice.org.uk/miningpetition.php
by 30 Apr. 2010. Thank you. | |||
Photo Gallery | |||
| Swedish model: Have videos linking drug mafia, Goa police | |||
 26 Apr: Times of India. Spycam videos by Lucky Mangarda or Lucky Farmhouse, 33,
of notorious drug dealer Atala uploaded
on Youtube.com resulted in him and half a dozen policemen being arrested for their
links to the mafia in March this year. In an email interview, Mangarda has said
that she is in possession of more videos of a Goan politician's son and several
policemen who came to collect bribes from Atala… 482 words. Click
here. For the Lucky Mangarda site, click here. | |||
| Death: Ana Rita Fernandes | |||
 14 Apr: Thornton Heath, Surrey, UK. ANA RITA FERNANDES (Born 1915 in Verna,
Goa; nee Cabral; ex-Nairobi). Beloved wife of the late Roque Fernandes of Mungul
Margao Goa. Mother of Antonetta/Jeff; Luis/Perpetua; Patrick. Grandmother of
Sandra /Emile, Liam, Adria and Elena. Funeral service on Fri. 7th May at 10am
at St.
Andrew’s Catholic Church, 45 Brook Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7
7RD. Burial at the Mitcham Road Cemetery, Mitcham Rd, Croydon, Surrey CR0 3HP.
Afterwards at St Andrew’s Church Hall, behind St Andrew’s Church.
Condolences to Antonetta Curry: jrcapc@hotmail.com | |||
| Golfers file lawsuit against Aubrey Ferrao | |||
24 Apr: Naples News (USA). Four men who purchased golf memberships at Fiddler's
Creek, Florida, have filed a class-action lawsuit against developer Aubrey Ferrao,
accusing him of pocketing $10 million in membership fees … 1076 words. Click
here. 20 Oct. 2004: Naples News. Aubrey Ferrao, a native of Goa, India, is president of the Gulf Bay Group of Cos. … Build-out value of the group's properties exceeds $5 billion… Click here. | |||
News Summary | |||
| Swedish model: “A policeman allegedly involved in the murder of Scarlett Keeling” 27 Apr: Times of India. Lucky Farmhouse, a Swedish model who used a spycam to expose her boyfriend Yaniv Benaim aka Atala's links with the Goa police, says she has enough evidence to establish a clear nexus between the cops and the drug mafia. .. "A policeman allegedly involved in the murder of Scarlett Keeling would visit Atala in his house and in his business almost everyday," Lucky alleged. 764 words. Full Text. | |||
| Death: Aureo Mendes 19 Apr: Spain. AUREO MENDES. Husband of Felisa Romeral. Father of Nuno/Rosa. Mass at Don Bosco shrine in Panjim on 28 Apr. at 4.30 pm. Photo and details. more info... | |||
| Video: Georgette Verdalle interview 25 Apr: Goa Hippy Tribe. Georgette of California represents the pure essence of the Goa movement with her desire to live a life in connection with nature. Georgette reflects upon her time in Goa and how it has formed life long friendships that have held together … 4m. 40s. Full Text. | |||
| Bag snatchers target Brit at Majorda beach 27 Apr: Herald. Even as the police have failed to detect the spate of chain and bag snatching cases reported in recent times, a British woman became the latest victim of bag snatching at Majorda beach on Sunday evening… Pounds worth around Rs 65,000 was lifted with the bag … Full Text. | |||
| Phone-tap scandal engulfs India 27 Apr: The Australian. A Watergate-style phone tapping scandal has rocked the Indian government, even as it struggles to contain a growing cricket corruption crisis threatening to drag down more government ministers. Parliament adjourned in uproar yesterday after opposition parties demanded an explanation over reports that Indian intelligence agencies were being used to spy on the phone conversations of senior politicians, including government allies. The scandal threatens to paralyse Parliament … 547 words. Full Text. | |||
| 14 Goa policemen found guilty of assaulting minister 27 Apr: IANS. Fourteen policemen, including a superintendent of police, three deputy superintendents of police and police inspectors, have been found prima facie guilty of ‘abuse of power’ and ‘gross misconduct’ against Goa Minister Atanasio Monserrate and his family in 2008… 405 words. Full Text. | |||
| Blessed Vaz credited for interfaith dialogue 26 Apr: UCAN. Blessed Joseph Vaz was the greatest missioner Asia has ever produced … He founded the Church without disturbing harmony were some of the comments at the panel discussion on the Goa-born missioner held in Colombo, Sri Lanka … Blessed Vaz was born in 1651, in Goa. He arrived in Sri Lanka as a missioner in April 1687 and stayed there until he died in 1711. He was beatified in Colombo by Pope John Paul II in 1995. 325 words. Full Text. | |||
| New Zealand warning for travellers to India 24 Apr: Stuff (NZ). New Zealanders have been warned to avoid markets in the Indian capital of New Delhi over the next couple of weeks, amidst heightened fears of planned terrorist attacks… The ministry said attacks cannot be ruled out in large cities and popular tourist destinations such as New Delhi and Goa… Full Text. | |||
| Govt’s latest affidavit states closure of Dabolim airport 26 Apr: Herald. Call it a goof up or otherwise, an affidavit filed by the Goa government recently in the High Court has once again brought to the fore the question over the fate of the Dabolim airport once Mopa becomes a reality… 523 words. Full Text. | |||
| USA nod for birth control pill 26 Apr: Pharmacy Europe. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the go-ahead for Glenmark Generics to sell its contraceptive drug Norethindrone in the US…. It will be manufactured from the firm’s hormone facility located in Goa … 133 words. Full Text. | |||
| IFFI scam: CBI to file charge sheet in two months 26 Apr: PTI. The CBI, probing an alleged scam related to expenditure on infrastructure development for the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2004, today said it is in the final phase of the investigation and the charge sheet in the case would be filed in next two months… 280 words. Full Text. | |||
| US Navy Prepares to Participate in Goa Exercise 26 Apr: Defence Professionals (USA). Ships, submarines and aircraft from the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet arrived in Goa to begin exercise Malabar 2010, a week-long bilateral military exercise … U.S. Navy personnel will also participate in a community service project during the port visit to Goa…294 words. Full Text. | |||
