GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER THU 26 AUGUST, 2010
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| Video: Toronto: GOA float judged the best at Indian Independence Day celebrations | |||
26 Aug: Rediff. The GOA float was adjudged the best... Click
here. Credits: : Festive Goa: Presented by Goan Overseas Association (GOA). Choreographed by: Joyce Desouza & Marcelina Dias. Performed by: Lynette D'Mello, Sabina DSouza, Jolyn Mascarenhas, Glynis Viegas, Valerie D'Souza, Jessy Fernandes & Marcelina Dias. For a video clip of the GOA float (segment 4m.01s. to 4m. 30s.) click here. | |||
| Death: Lena Pereira | |||
24 Aug. Sydney, Australia. LENA PEREIRA (ex-Nairobi). Wife of late Peter Pereira
(Pop). Mother of Francis, Judy, Terry, Milo & Rose. Funeral service will be
held on Monday 30th August at St. Thomas More Church, 43 Acacia Avenue, Ruse at
10:30am. In lieu of floral tributes donations will be appreciated and collected
at the church for haematology research (Liverpool Hospital). Condolences to judybarker@hotmail.com | |||
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| Deborah Santamaria: Helping hand in Pakistan flood relief | |||
 26 Aug: IANS. Deborah Santamaria's (photo) Goinkars Own Academy (GOA) operating
from Karachi has been sending appeals to the Goan diaspora across the world ...
She is part of a 25,000-strong community of Goans who had settled in Pakistan
... "We've received a terrific response from the Goan community across the
world, especially those settled in Canada," she said... 537 words. Click
here For a video clip, 10m. 56s. of Deborah talking about the Karachi Goans, click here. | |||
News Summary | |||
| Win a tea tasting trip to Kenya 30 Aug (closing date). PG Tips. Win a trip for two to Kericho, Kenya. Full Text. | |||
| Video: Mother Teresa's centenary Mass held 26 Aug: BBC. 1m. 41s. Full Text. | |||
| Russian Mafia could have eliminated Atala? 26 Aug: Izrus (Russia). According to the Israeli news agency Ynet, Atala could be the victim of the "Russian mafia" who saw him as a threat to their control of the drug trade in Goa ... 387 words. Machine translation. [Ed: Sounds like a story put out by the Goa drug nexus after having eliminated Atala]. Full Text. | |||
| UK: Nisar Mir pleads guilty to assaulting Laura-Jo 26 Aug: The Sentinel (Staffs, UK). A Kashmiri national who assaulted the wife he met and married in Goa pleaded guilty and has been ordered to pay her £100 compensation. Nisar Mir, 30, assaulted Laura-Jo Mir at their home in Newcastle Road, Leek, on August 22 this year... Rob Holt, defending, told the court that the marriage was apparently now over... Full Text. | |||
| Information Commission issues notice to Goa Cricket Association 26 Aug: UNI. Goa Cricket Association (GCA) has been served notice for its refusal to furnish information under the Right to Information Act. The GCA secretary has been directed to appear before the Commission on 3rd Sep... 354 words. Full Text. | |||
| Video: Will Mother Teresa become a Saint? 26 Aug: NDTV. When will Mother Teresa become Saint Teresa? As the world celebrates her birth centenary today, that's the big question... 2m. 51s. Full Text. | |||
| Tough road ahead for Highway projects in Goa 26 Aug: Business Line. The land acquisition process for the ambitious national highway expansion project in Goa has hit a roadblock with the state government facing intense opposition to the widening of NH4-A and NH-17 regarding the possible demolition of several houses ... 145 words. Full Text. | |||
| Foreign tourists looted at gunpoint in Goa 26 Aug: IANS. Two foreign tourists and a local resident were looted at gunpoint in Calangute ... The three, Imyigo Ardanaz (Spain) and Petra Artiz (Hungary) and the local Karen Roach were returning home from a bar on a motorcycle when two unidentified people robbed them at gun point in the early hours of Wednesday... at least one of the gunmen appeared to be a local because he spoke in Konkani ... 308 words. Full Text. | |||
| Retirement homes become more popular 26 Aug: Money Life ... Vivara Residences in Arpora, Goa, is set to attract the elderly who wish to spend their twilight years in freedom... Developer Acron Senior Lifestyles Pvt Ltd plans to cash in on this new formula... Vivara has ambitious plans to build more such 'Vivara Residences' in Coorg (Karnataka), Kerala, Pondicherry, Shirdi, Rishikesh and Brindavan... 741 words. Full Text. | |||
| Wendell Rodricks: The minimalist's menu 25 Aug: The Hindu. ‘Master of Minimalism' is how people refer to Rodricks. Refusing to shift base from his ancestral village of Colvale in Goa, Rodricks has drawn in a loyal clientele that is willing to go the extra mile should the need arise... 804 words. Full Text. | |||
| Jade Jagger to open a shop in Goa 24 Aug: OK Magazine. ... "I'm going to open a shop in Goa in November on a gorgeous beach. I hope there'll be a big launch to go with it, which will be great fun..." more info... | |||
| Goa politician's bail application rejected 24 Aug: South Asia Mail (Canada). The High Court Wednesday rejected the bail plea of John Fernandes, 30, a Goa politician, who has been accused of raping a 25-year-old Russian woman at Colva beach last year... 130 words. Full Text. | |||
| Weekly Weather & Exchange Rates Date: Indian Met Dept. (Goa). Weather: Max = 26.0 ; Min = 23.5 . Rainfall 71.0mm. Exchange rates (Prithvi): £= 72.35; $ = 46.55 ; € = 59.15 | |||
