GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER TUE 10 AUGUST, 2010
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Sat. 11 Sep. Wembley. T6 Presents GLOW PARTY. 9 pm till late. Music by Dj Armani, Dj Static, Dj Thu & Dj Triple S playing RnB, Hip Hop, funky house, dance & Bashment. Discount on selected drinks and Shisha lounge available. Limited Advance tickets @ £5, £8 before 10pm and £10 thereafter. 18+ only; ID required. For tickets and further info contact Velman: 07875368755 & Malvin: 07525096037. Venue: Heather Park Lounge, Heather Park Drive, near Ace Cafe, Wembley, HA0 1FN. For the flyer, select the link below
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Leo Pinto, India's oldest Olympian, passes away
10 Aug: Times of India. Leo Hillary Knowles Pinto passed away on Tuesday aged 96, the oldest living Indian Olympian or sportsperson. He is survived by his daughter Susan and son Darryl... His funeral will be held at the St Francis D'Assisi church at Mount Mary steps Bandra at 9.30 on Wednesday... Pinto was India's goalkeeper at the London Olympics in 1948 when India won gold. Born in Nairobi, Pinto came to Goa and then Bombay... 710 words. Click here. For a bio. click here.
Edgar Fernandes: Many tongues of expansion
10 Aug: Hindustan Times. By Dipankar De Sarkar. We were sitting with a bunch of boisterous friends in a north London pub the other day to remember a friend who would have turned 50 last week - an Indian who was born in Kenya, educated in Goa, lived and worked in London and died while holidaying in Turkey. Edgar Fernandes was murdered in 1998 by a man who wanted to steal his identity - his passport... 414 words. Click here.
For the Goan Voice Edgar Fernandes supplement, click here.
Death: Rosemary D’Sa
8 Aug: Mombasa, Kenya. ROSEMARY ANN D'SA. (Born1943 in Tanga, Tanzania). Daughter of the late Alba and late D.V. [Diogo Vincent] D’Sa. Sister of Camilo Felix /Luiza Dias (Montreal, Canada), Donald /Edith Messias (Goa, India) and Amy /Albert Brinson (Miami,USA). Aunt of Dawn [Trevor], Denzil [Maureen], Danielle, Dionne, Dean [Niru], Duane [Mangala], Ayeisha, Damali [Ruddy] and Sabah. Grand Aunt of Quintin, Daphne, Diogo, Aryan, Isabella, Priyanka, Deven and Diego. The funeral mass will be celebrated at the Little Sisters of the Poor, Tudor [Mombasa] on Thursday 12th Aug. at 3 pm followed by the cremation, at the Hindu Crematorium at about 4 pm Condolences to fatsdsa@goencar.com .
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Death: Maria Dias
9 Aug: Toronto. MARIA MELVIDA DIAS (ex Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania). Mother of Josie/Terry Carrasco; Francisco Dias; Cecilia Joanes and Filu (Tina)/ AC Pereira. Grandmother to June Dias-Simpson and her husband Shawn, Anouska and Jonathan Joanes, Aaron Dias, Abigail and Austin Pereira. Loving great-grandmother to Jaden Simpson.
Visitation at Andrew's Community Funeral Centre, 8190 Dixie Road , Brampton on Thursday Aug. 12; 2-4pm and 6-8pm. Funeral Service at St. Jerome's Parish on Fri. Aug. 13 at 10am, 8530 Chinguacousy Road, Brampton. Followed by Interment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery 7300 Highway 27, Woodbridge. Condolences to june_dias@hotmail.com [info. from Brendan Abreu]
Remo Fernandes loses temper with media
10 Aug: IANS. Noted musician and singer Remo Fernandes flew off the handle and rudely told reporters that he "did not care" about which of his songs they liked or they did not. Remo's outburst came during a press conference to announce the launch of a new Konkani film O Maria, for which he has composed music and sung a few tracks.... 436 words. Full Text.
Goa Shiv Sena chief, deputy booked for extortion
10 Aug: IANS. The Shiv Sena’s Goa unit chief and vice chief were booked for trying to extort money from a casino operator Tuesday night, police said. Officials said that they had been booked for trying to extort Rs.15 lakh from the management of Hotel Majestic at Porvorim ... Full Text.
Drug nexus: Ravi vows to crack whip on politicos
11 Aug: Herald. Accusing some politicians along the coastal belt of their involvement in the drug trade, Home Minister Ravi Naik has threatened that action would be taken against them... 466 words. Full Text.
Video: Non resident Goans to be granted extended visas
10 Aug: Goa 365. Non resident Goans holding foreign passport will not be treated as foreigners but as persons of Indian origin holding foreign passports and that he or she may be given extended visa to stay long in Goa, informed Mr Eduardo Faleiro, the Commissioner for NRI affairs... 2m. 41s. Full Text.
Video: Goa University to set up a Chair to Study Goan Diaspora
10 Aug: Goa 365. The University Grants Commission has asked the Registrar of the Goa University to send a proposal so as to expedite the matter of establishing a Chair for Diaspora Studies at the Goa University in response to the request by Mr Eduardo Faleiro, the Commissioner of NRI affairs... 2m. 47s. Full Text.
Radio Programme: Laila Rouass: Wed. 11 Aug. 07:00 to 10:00
BBC Radio Asian Network: Wed. 11 Aug. 07:00 to 10:00 Wednesday 11th Aug. 07:00 to 10:00. Tommy talks to actor and celebrity bookworm Laila Rouass about the TV Book Club on Channel 4, plus hear the inside gossip about her part in telly spy drama Spooks. Listen live at http://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/
Freida Pinto’s on a new high
10 Aug: DNA. Freida Pinto will sashay down the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival by doing a Hollywood film, Miral ... The film has also been selected by the Toronto Film Festival... 417 words + photo. Full Text.
Dubai: Chelsea & Nathan D’Souza: Doctor a no-show at negligence trial
10 Aug: The National (UAE). A judge has ordered the full pathology and forensic reports related to the death of Chelsea D’Souza who died of food poisoning last year, after the doctor involved in the case failed to appear in court yesterday... The court will reconvene next month. 241 words + photo. Full Text.
UK: Funeral Notice: Damaciano D'Souza
3 Aug: Plumstead, London. UK. DAMACIANO DIAGO D'SOUZA. (Born in Pune, India, 1950). Loving husband of Yvonne D'Souza. Father of Tatayana, Natasha and Anjali. Son of Felicidade and Augustine D'Souza. Brother of Victoria (late) and Joe Rodrigues, Bernadine and John D'Costa, Maria and Remy D'Souza, Rita and Johnny Dias, Lina and Lawrence D'Souza.
The Requiem Mass held at 10 am Tuesday 17th August, St Patricks Church, Plumstead, London, SE18 1QT. Burial at 11.30 am Plumstead Cemetery, Wickham Lane, Greenwich, London SE2 0NS. Followed by a reception in celebration of Damaciano's life at St Patrick's RC Primary School, Griffin Road, Plumstead, SE18 7QG. Condolences to travelandgoa@yahoo.co.uk, For further information and links to photos, tributes, etc please click here.
Indian Christian Artists Forum Launched
9 Aug: Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI). A group of leading Christian artists in India has established a national network called the Indian Christian Artists Forum... The Forum is intended to bring together Christian artists from different parts of the country to foster greater collaboration and professional support and exchange... 591 words. Full Text.
"Goa priests ‘lack heritage sense’"
9 Aug: CathNews India. Percival Noronha, a prominent historian has accused several priests in Goa of selling off Church antiques because they lack an appreciation of these items’ cultural value... 249 words. Full Text.
The orphaned housewife
19 Aug: Times of India. It seems a bit harsh. It is one thing to think of a housewife as not working, but quite another to lump her along with prostitutes and beggars as a member of the unproductive class, as the Census seems to have done... 940 words. Full Text.
Video: NCP doubts Safety of Goa police Armoury
9 Aug: Goa 365. The Nationalist Congress Party, the coalition partner in the Congress-led Goa government, has demanded an inventory of the armoury of the police department to find out whether any arms or ammunition from there was missing. Pressing for investigations, the NCP has maintained that if drugs could go missing from the police custody so can the arms of Goa police. 5m. 02s. Full Text.