GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SAT 06 FEBRUARY, 2010
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| Peril in Paradise: Goa crime at all-time-high | ||
 6 Feb: Times of India (Crest). By Andrew Pereira. There's big trouble in little Goa. And like the bikini, statistics do not reveal everything on what's exactly going wrong in paradise. .. Any beach in Goa and you will find groups of Indian men ogling at bikini-clad tourists.. Many cases, say those in the know, may be going unreported because of fear of stigma, lack of faith in an inefficient and corrupt police force subservient to local politicians and a woefully slow judicial process. 1878 words. | ||
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| Daily yoga, wheatgrass shots and no food for a week | ||
 6 Feb: The Mail (UK). Kate Moss, Elizabeth Hurley and Sarah Ferguson swear by detox retreats… The Beach House in Goa sounds inviting … This was pampering like I had never encountered before … A 20-minute stroll up to Colva, the local town, was considered 'exercise', as was jumping the waves in the sea… When I returned almost everybody said I was glowing - and not just from my suntan… 1267 words + photos. | ||
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| Video: Slow Joe interviewed | ||
 4 Feb: MondoMix. In 2007, Slow Joe, poet and singer, met Cedric de la Chappelle,
Lyonnais musician, at Calangute …Seduced by the voice of his new friend,
the young Frenchman decided to launch a musical collaboration… Two years
later, they sprung a surprise at the Transmusicales de Rennes with their rock-soul
formation band "Slow Joe & The Ginger Accident." Interview of an
improbable meeting. 2m. 51s. Click
here. For the Slow Joe website with details of his forthcoming performances in Lyons and Paris, click here. | ||
| Indian Navy Blockades Church | ||
 4 Feb: Independent Catholic News (UK). For the seventh year running, the Indian navy has denied pilgrims access to an old church on Anjediva island near Goa. On Feb. 2, some 300 Catholics and Hindus from Goa and neighboring Karnataka state tried to visit the island of Anjediva which houses Goa’s first church… 327 words. | ||
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| Death: Silu Mascarenhas 4 Feb. Ashford, Middlesex, UK. PETER SYLVESTRE (SILU) MASCARENHAS (Born: 1916; ex EAR&H Mombasa; Crown Agents, London and hails from Sangolda, Goa). Father of Myra/Donald Alphonso; grandfather of Neil, Nigel and Annabel. Silu was an active member of the Goan Institute Mombasa where he held several posts besides Secretary of the Club. The Requiem Mass will be held at St. Edwards Church Windsor, SL4 3HJ, Berkshire at 11am on Tuesday 16th Feb. followed by refreshments. Condolences to donalpho@btinternet.com | ||
| Deals: Volunteer in India 6 Feb: The Sydney Morning Herald (Aus). STA Travel has a volunteer project based in Panjim, to help children with special needs. After working from about 8.30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, helping children with school-based activities, evenings and weekends are free to explore Goa's coast. Priced from $2269 for four weeks, it includes homestay accommodation, meals, airport transfers and on-ground support. Phone 134 782, see statravel.com.au | ||
| Church of England withdraws from India mining project 5 Feb: BBC. The Church of England has said that it will withdraw investment from a firm involved in a controversial mining project in the Indian state of Orissa. It said that it was not satisfied that the company, Vedanta, has shown enough respect for human rights. Campaigners said that the lives of indigenous people were threatened by the mining project… [Vedanta owns Sesa Goa] 429 words. Full Text. | ||
| Understanding our roots 6 Feb: Navhind Times. Too much of consumerism, greed and failure to connect with social issues is distancing us from our roots and originality. This message was sent across at the lecture given by Mr Alberto Gomes from La Trobe University, Melbourne University, Australia… 287 words. Full Text. | ||
| Alexander Panayotov became a pirate in Goa 5 Feb: FBI Music. Alexander Panayotov, the singer, returned from his Goa holiday loaded with healthy spirit, positivity and full of strength to conquer new heights…. He staged a mini-concert on Ashwin beach dressed as a pirate … 280 words + photos. Machine translation. Full Text. | ||
| Death: Cipriano Viegas 5 Feb: Taleigao, Goa. CIPRIANO FRANCISCO SANTANA VIEGAS. (Born 1927). Husband of late Josephine Viegas. Father of Cedric / Badap (UK); Aldrin/ Aruna (UK); Jason / Sylvia (Jason & Sylvia Dance Academy) & Gladys (GMC) / Earlton. Grandfather of Selena, Rachel, Rhea, Gary. Brother / in-law of late Jose Elias / Edviges; Manuel / Juliet (Portugal) & Celina. Funeral on 6th Feb at 4.00 pm for Eucharistic celebration at St. Michael Church, Taleigao followed by the burial | ||
| Opinion: The ganja hypocrisy. By Farrukh Dhondy 6 Feb: Asian Age. The British satirical magazine Private Eye has taken up the case of Patrick Malluzzo, a Britisher who is rotting in a Rajasthani jail for possession of several kilos of cannabis… Fair Trials International say that his conviction is fundamentally unsound … the case, with Private Eye having a good investigative and campaigning reputation and a vast circulation, will certainly focus attention on the tardiness of Indian justice… 1089 words. Click here. For the Private Eye article, click here. | ||
| Op-Ed: Passion or violence? 6 Feb: Asian Age. What is more terrifying? That a nine-year-old Russian girl was raped in Goa while on a beach holiday with her mother or that the Russians are furious and Goa risks losing its fun-in-the-sand image and precious tourist dollars? … 1096 words. Full Text. | ||
| High Court orders DLF to put Goa real estate project on hold 6 Feb: Economic Times. Real Estate major DLF’s first project in Goa has been put on hold following a high court order … Nearly 70 percent of state's buyers come from the holiday home segment consisting of young upwardly-mobile Indian techies and middle class families… Land values have increased making it unviable for locals to own a property here thereby causing resentment against 'outsiders'. 607 words. Full Text. | ||
| Video: Mopa Farmers oppose land acquisition for the proposed Airport 5 Feb: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. The aggrieved farmers committee Mopa Vimantall Piditt Xetkari Samiti has strongly opposed the land acquisition process being carried out by the state government without properly informing the helpless farmers and residents of the villages in the name of Mopa international airport. 2m. 38s. Click here.
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| Video + text: Goa to explore video-web technology for trials 5 Feb: IANS. In a bid to offset the sustained negative publicity for the state vis a vis crimes against foreigners, the Goa Law Commission (GLC) is exploring options, including judicial trials using video-web technology and special fast track courts, to try cases of foreigners… For text, 435 words, click here. Video clip: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. 3m. 04s. Click here. | ||