GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER THU 29 APRIL, 2010
| ANNOUNCEMENT | |||
| The Mining Petition | |||
LAST DAY! The target was 1000. Guess what the current
tally is! Go to http://goanvoice.org.uk/miningpetition.php
to find out and sign if you have not already done so. The Petition closes on 30
April 2010. Thank you. | |||
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| Alda Figueiredo: A Discontented Daughter Of Goa | |||
28 Apr: GoaNet. By Alda
Figueiredo (Photo). I am a proud Goan by birth, living abroad for the past
48 years… Goa is getting from bad to worse… some of our Goans do not
know the meaning of integrity and manners… There are approximately 53,000
ex-pat Goans in the UK. We can buy and sell homes without any restrictions…
pensioners who have legitimately bought holiday home in Goa face having them confiscated
… Retrospective changes in the law seem to be a form of legitimising theft.
This brings back for me the bitter memories of 1972, when Ugandan Asians were
deported by Idi Amin of Uganda. I was one of them… 2419 words. Click
here. For a video clip (5m. 35s.) of Alda talking about her book on Goan cooking, click here. To order a copy of the book from Amazon (£ 9.99), click here. | |||
| Lost in Goa. Part 3 | |||
 29 Apr: The Tablet (USA). Liav and Ofra, an Israeli couple in their late 30s, run Woodstock Village, in Arambol, north Goa. They seek to marry the spirit of a kibbutz with the rock ‘n’ roll spirit of the 1960s… Couples swap partners, and younger singles regularly get together…Time disappears in Woodstock, because people smoke charas every day and take LSD, MDMA, and Ketamine regularly… 2646 words. | |||
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| Audio: Australia: The jetsetting Professor Ralph Martins | |||
 28 Apr: ABC News (Aus). Professor Ralph Martins has been to India and Japan. He
describes his travels overseas to meet colleagues and compare notes on Alzheimer's
research and also says how he winds down with a spot of volunteer work for St
Vincent de Paul …Click
here. Ralph Martins was born in Bahrain, the son of Oscar and Agnes. He traces his Goan roots to Calangute. His two brothers, Vernon (a metallurgist) and Ian (a scientist) live in Perth, Aus. His aunt Lucy is in Canada and aunt Merlin in India whilst uncle Roland lives in Calangute. For a profile of him, click here. | |||
News Summary | |||
| Canada: Jane Elizabeth takes plea bargain re. Dead baby 27 Apr: Chronicle-Herald. Jane Elizabeth Gomes, 23, a Bangladeshi national pleaded guilty in Halifax provincial court to failing to provide the necessities of life for her baby, Aurora Breakthrough. In exchange, Gomes is expected to testify against her former partner, Ashiqur Rahman, if he goes to trial. Aurora was seven weeks old… 751 words + photo + video Full Text. | |||
| The Russian Conquest of Paradise 29 Apr: Tribuna (Russia). Goa has been Russianfied for long and the locals are tired of us … .Most Goans rely on tourism they have a 4-hour siesta … Russian began buying up old Portuguese houses and opening their own restaurants … In 2007, Indian authorities made the acquisition of property in Goa virtually impossible for foreigners… Topless blondes stroll to the shops and offend locals... But the coming monsoon will wash away all the resentment and conflict and will be forgotten next season … 1408 words. Machine translation. Full Text. | |||
| Laila Rouass: I've spent thousands on clothes 29 Apr: Daily Mail. Laila Rouass doesn't get to dress up very often, so goes all out when she gets the chance … She lives in London with her daughter, Inez, three … I lived in India for five years as a VJ (video jockey) on Channel [V] and now I think saris are so sexy … 6 photos + 1348 words + comments. Full Text. | |||
| Video: UK Elections: Leicester South 29 Apr: The Guardian (UK). The old rule whereby British-Asians were largely Labour voters seems to be dissolving in the constituency of apparently thriving cultural tangle … In the next door Labour fortress of Leicester East, Keith Vaz's apparently vice-like grip is down to his two-decade standing as a byword for the city... 8m.40s. Full Text. | |||
| Toronto: What's On: Galleries 29 Apr: Toronto Star. Art Gallery of York University (Accolade East, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5169): "Relay League" from Brendan Fernandes runs to Jun. 6. Full Text. | |||
| Father Raymond J. de Souza: Cleaning up after Christopher Hitchens 28 Apr: National Post. By Fr. Raymond J. De Souza. Two weeks ago I cleaned up after Christopher Hitchens, correcting some of the many distortions in his recent anti-Catholic broadsides… Click here. Christopher Hitchens and Dinesh D'Souza debate religion 8 Apr: The Observer. Anti-theist Christopher Hitchens and Christian Dinesh D'Souza argue the merits of evolution, faith and the existence of a supernatural power … Click here. | |||
| Rain lashes several parts of Goa 28 Apr: Digital Goa. Panaji, April 28 - Many parts of Goa has suffered loss of lakhs of rupees on account of unseasonal rain which lashed the state on Wednesday night… Most of the villages in North and South Goa remained in the dark with electricity distribution failure. Full Text. | |||
| Zimbabwe: Ex-prosecutor Mario da Silva dies 28 Apr: The Chronicle. Former senior public prosecutor at the Bulawayo Magistrates Courts, Mario Felix Anthony da Silva, died on 18 April and was cremated yesterday. His son, Mario da Silva (Junior), said his father had left a big void which would be difficult to fill…His grandchildren Chelsea and Liam described their grandfather as “Papa” and said he was a great cook and that is one thing they would miss from him… Prosecutor Da Silva, the youngest of four boys, was born in Goa on 12 September 1930… 250 words. Full Text. | |||
| Football: Churchill Go Down 1-7 Against Kuwait 28 Apr: By Goal.com. Churchill Brothers suffered a humiliating 1-7 defeat against AFC Cup holders Kuwait SC in a Group B encounter in Kuwait City on Wednesday evening… Churchill were missing their skipper Odafa Okolie, who was ruled out due to suspension. 442 words + photo. Full Text. | |||
| 'New Visa Norms to Affect Goa's Credence as a Long-Haul Destination' 16 April: Travel Talk (India). The Travel and Tourism Association of Goa has appealed to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to re-look into the new visa regime that imposes checks on the foreign tourist visa … Many affluent and well heeled European travellers, who used to stay for a period beyond 90 days, will be adversely affected with the new visa regime. 398 words. Full Text. | |||
| Aires Rodrigues urges Goa Governor to sack delinquent Public Prosecutor 28 Apr: UNI. A five-member delegation led by city-based social activist Adv Aires Rodrigues today urged Goa Governor S S Sidhu to order immediate removal of the state's controversial Public Prosecutor Winnie Coutinho in the High Court for her alleged acts of omission and commission… 194 words. Full Text. | |||
| Weekly update: Exchange: £ = 67.86; € = 58.96; $ = 44.65 Goa Weather: Max =35.2 ; Min = 27.2; Humidty = 65% | |||
