GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SUN 07 FEBRUARY, 2010
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| Roshan Dantis wants to swap Scots prison for Goa | |||
7 Feb: Daily Record (Scotland). Roshan
Dantis, 30 who slaughtered his friend's wife wants to swap his Scottish
prison cell for jail in the paradise state of Goa. The shock decision will allow
his sick mother to visit him as she's unable to travel to Scotland… Goa's
best known prison is Fort Aguada where inmates live in appalling conditions
compared to Scottish jails… 532 words.
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| Mumbai: 80-yr-old Abigus Godinho may have sat near dead daughter for a week | |||
 5 Feb: Mumbai Mirror. Abigus Godinho was found sitting near the body of her daughter who died of a heart attack five days ago … She was taken to hospital but communication is a problem since she speaks Konkani and is perhaps partially deaf… Godinho has two more daughters who are in Kuwait and are expected back… 325 words. [Item forwarded by John Pereira in Mumbai]. | |||
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| Carrom: New film, 'STRIKER' has a YouTube premiere | |||
 5 Feb: BBC. Striker, a film about a carrom board player is to be premiered overseas
on video-sharing website YouTube in HD. Striker will be free to users outside
of India but customers in the United States will have to rent it… For full text,
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| Portugal: Genevieve & Sal D’Souza look to the Courts for help | |||
 2 Feb: Afternoon Despatch & Courier (Mumbai) Genevieve & Sal D’Souza are stuck in Portugal, unable to realise their dreams of retiring in Goa. .. In 1995 Genevieve paid for an apartment in Anjuna but building has not even commenced. She lives in hope that the Court will be able to help. But how, she does not know … [Item forwarded by John Pereira in Mumbai].
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| A brutal attack leaves a Panch of the Old Goa | |||
 6 Feb: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. In an attempt to murder, 35-year-old Vinayak Phadte, a Panch of Old Goa Village Panchayat was attacked with a knife and iron rod and severely injured while he was about to enter his flat at the Bom Jesus Residency in Old Goa on Friday night at around 11:40 pm. 2m. 17s.
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News Summary | |||
| Writers In The Sun 15 Feb: Outlook. The number of literary couples who are choosing to lead their writing lives in Goa! There’s Amitav Ghosh and wife Deborah Baker, Sudhir and Katharina Kakar, Meghnad and Kishwar Desai, and now Nobel Prize-winner Orhan Pamuk and Booker-winner Kiran Desai as well. After the Bloomsbury group, is it the Goa Group of writers now? Full Text. | |||
| Triathlon event in Goa put off indefinitely 7 Feb: PTI. The organisers of the India International Triathlon in Goa have postponed the event indefinitely "due to unavoidable circumstances"… the event which was scheduled for February 14 would be held at a later as yet undecided date… 125 words.Full Text. | |||
| Facebook debate over Goa official's remarks on girl's rape 7 Feb: IANS. A senior Goa tourism official's remarks over the rape of a nine-year-old Russian girl has triggered a debate on popular social networking website Facebook… Pamela Mascarenhas, when contacted, said she was not willing to comment on the controversy, adding that she was misquoted by the newspaper… 488 words. Full Text. | |||
| Mangalore: Church attacks: When apathy triggers fear 7 Feb. Deccan Chronicle. The once quiet, almost idyllic coastal town of Mangalore where people of different communities rubbed shoulders quite comfortably, is slowly changing in complexion. The many attacks on churches in the town and elsewhere in the district have left people anxious and afraid... Christians, especially women, are now afraid to leave their homes or let their children go out on their own on the streets… 404 words. Full Text. | |||
| Electronic High 6 Feb: Tehelka. At the Sunburn Festival 2009, 15,000 electronic fans couldn’t believe their luck. It was surreal — a beach on Goa was transformed into a psychedelic club ,,, bikini-clad girls with neon antennas in their hair danced with men with super-sized spectacles, as they glugged beer and watched the sun set over a seemingly never-ending party… the electronic scene in Europe is stagnant — in India, it’s just beginning… 504 words. Full Text. | |||
| Police warn Russian woman against abusing neighbours 7 Feb: Navhind Times. Anjuna police acting on complaints from some locals of Siolim village against a Russian woman, Inga Syzova, who is found to have constantly abusing them with filthy language, have warned the relatives of the accused to behave decently or face action… 213 words. Full Text. | |||
| “Konkani literature should be on Internet” 7 Feb: Navhind Times. 458 words. Full Text. | |||
| Indians not allowed! 7 Feb: Deccan Herald. The booming tourism industry in India hides a shameful secret. Even today, many places refuse service to domestic tourists. Colin Todhunter uncovers the selective bias… 1210 words. Full Text. | |||
| Australia: “Permanent Indian population not at higher risk” 6 Feb: AAP (Aus). 545 words. Full Text. | |||
| Australia: Indians slam advice to 'look poor' to avoid being bashed 7 Feb: The Age. (Australia). 347 words. Full Text. | |||
| UK: The DVD helping mentally ill minorities 6 Feb: BBC. Some black and ethnic minority groups are three times more likely to be admitted to mental health services. But despite this health workers are worried that many people from some ethnic communities are not accessing the help they need… Time To Talk is a 30-minute DVD giving advice on where to go for help… 601 words. Full Text. | |||
| Skin-lightening creams in India 6 Feb: Financial Times (UK). 826 words. Full Text. | |||
| Video: Recycling human waste in India to improve sanitation 6 Feb: BBC. Chris Morris has been to one of Delhi's more unusual museums to find out what is being done to improve the situation. 1m. 41s. Full Text. | |||
| ICTC tool helps immigrants find IT jobs in Canada 5 Feb: ComputerWorld. The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) recently launched a new online self-assessment tool that helps technology professionals from foreign countries determine whether or not they have what it takes to secure employment in Canada… 1115 words. Full Text. | |||
| Football: Churchill Brothers Loses To Al Wahda In UAE 6 Feb. Goal. Com. I-League champions Churchill Brothers couldn’t progress and qualify into the AFC Champions League proper tournament as they went down to Al Wahda 5-2 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday evening… 218 words. Full Text. | |||
| Goa: Monte Music Festival. By Paulo Varela Gomes 6 Feb: Publico (Portugal). The second Monte Festival is being held in Goa … At last year’s event I met a young musician from Colorado, who plays the oboe in the Macau orchestra and is doing a thesis on the history of Western classical music in China in the twentieth century…. Almost all the Indian performers of western classical music are Goans of Catholic origin because British India did not have good schools of European music… Full Text. | |||
| Now, a helpline for tourists 6 Feb: IANS. Against the backdrop of incidents of crime against tourists in Goa, union Tourism Minister Kumari Selja Saturday said a helpline for tourists would soon be launched both for information and distress… 217 words. Full Text. | |||
| Best for urban encounters: Vancouver 6 Feb: The Independent (UK). By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown. I was in Vancouver twice last year…. London felt dirty and crowded and difficult after Vancouver…You meet all sorts here. There was Ruby from Goa, a recent migrant, who misses her old land but has no regrets. She teaches Indian dancing… 897 words. Full Text. | |||
