GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SAT 13 FEBRUARY, 2010
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| Video: Goa Carnival today - a preview | |||
 13 Feb: JoeGoaUK. Floats and the parade in the streets of Panjim on Saturday
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here. For a text report (272 words), click here. 13 Feb: Xeoroex. Salsa Dance performed by the Goan Sodality for Carnival de Goa, Dubai, 2010. 2m. 33s. Click here. | |||
| Toronto: Demystifying cancer and sex | |||
12 Feb: South Asian Observer. Story and pics by Eugene Correia. Three leading doctors gave educational talks on cancer and sex at a Seminar organised by the 55 Plus Goan Association of Mississauga … At the sold-out event, more than 180 people listened with rapt attention to Dr. Phillip Kuruvilla, Dr. Callista Phillips and Dr. Terence D’Silva a family doctor as well as also a deacon, who spoke on Sex, Sexuality and Intimacy in Later Years... Photo shows the 3 doctors and sections of the audience … 404 words. | |||
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 12 Feb: Economic Times. Francisco
D'Souza keeps talking about social networking and 'digital natives' and he
himself can still pass off as 24. "When are you going to start looking your
age?" we ask him. He sheepishly points to a few grey hairs, and tells us
he's hitting the 40 plus brigade. Yeah, right… 974 words. | |||
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| Video: Taxi driver and Russian fight at Hakuna Matata bar | |||
 12 Feb: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. A Morjim resident was admitted to an ICU ward at the GMC hospital after a Russian national (photo) assaulted him and wounded him critically at the Hakuna Matata bar in Morjim. 2m. 07s.
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News Summary | |||
| Russian attacked in Goa 13 Feb: DNI (Russia). Several local residents in Goa fought with a Russian businessman… The incident has once again focused the problem of crime in Goa, where victims are foreign nationals, especially Russian... 249 words. Machine translation. Full Text. | |||
| Sesa Goa Sees Next Fiscal Year Iron Ore Sales Rising 20%-25% 13 Feb: Global Finance. 267 words. Full Text. | |||
| India: Silver Chariot will hit the road on March 8 13 Feb: Daily News & Analysis. The Silver Chariot is an AC Volvo bus, meant for tourists who cannot afford the Golden Chariot… a seven-day South Indian trip will cost Rs 22,000… Full Text. | |||
| Australia: Church welcomes Indian recruits 12 Feb: ABC News (Aus). The Catholic Church in central Queensland is preparing to welcome three Indian priests to the region to make up for a shortfall of Australian clergymen. Rockhampton's Bishop Brian Heenan has just returned from India where he has been able to recruit three priests to his diocese… 357 words. Full Text. | |||
| Carnival in Goa 13 Feb: The Independent (UK). The Portuguese ruled Goa, from 1510 to 1961… Today, the carnival has absorbed Hindu influences, which gives a dynamic flavour to the parades and partying. Click here. 26 Jan 1997: The Independent. By David Abram. Goa's annual Carnival turned out to be a rather lame affair… the bus loads of drunk men hanging around in "I Love Goa" hats made it feel like a sad stag night… [also reports of a bizarre meeting with a pig in a toilet]. Click here. | |||
| Russian assaults taxi driver, locals pay back 13 Feb: Herald. Tempers ran high at Vithalwado-Morjim after a 45-year-old taxi driver from Morjim was brutally assaulted by a Russian who operates a bar in the area. Irate locals then assaulted the Russian as he tried to escape from the site… Five persons, besides the Russian have been arrested... 350 words. Full Text. | |||
| Canacona blasts throw up tales 13 Feb: Herald. Various happenings were being recounted in connection with the mysterious blasts somewhere in Canacona taluka on Thursday afternoon … Canacona police admitted that they were still clueless regarding the blasts... 298 words. Full Text. | |||
| Movie has the last laugh at Inox 13 Feb: Herald. King Khan reigned supreme at the Inox Multiplex, here, on Friday with all the screenings of My Name is Khan running as per schedule despite protests from Shiv Sainiks … 397 words. Full Text. | |||
| Indian Olympic team get donated uniforms in Vancouver 12 Feb: BBC. Vancouver's Indo-Canadian community has rallied to provide funding and uniforms for India's three-man Winter Olympics team, local press reports say… Full Text. | |||
| UK: Indian visa issues 13 Feb: The Telegraph (UK). … thanks to the current high demand for tourist visas, VFS Global – which runs the tourist visa service on behalf of the government – is asking customers to allow at least 15 working days for postal applications to be returned… Full Text. | |||
| One hurt in brawl with Russian 12 Feb: Asian Age. The Police on Friday registered an attempt to murder against the Russian who runs the Hakuna Matata bar and restaurant … the police registered cases against eight locals for unlawful assembly and assault. 212 words. Full Text. | |||
| No reports of any Goan being harmed in Australia: Eduardo 13 Feb: Navhind Times. The Commissioner for NRI Affairs, Mr Eduardo Faleiro has said that there were no reports of any Goan being physically harmed in recent times in Australia … the Goan associations in Australia had done a commendable work in support of Goan community there… the Goan Association in Sydney provided free membership to Goan students and entry to events was also subsidized… 452 words. Full Text. | |||
| That Exasperating Identity Conundrum. By Dr Oscar Rebello 13 Feb: Herald. In the first instalment of his new fortnightly column, Dr Rebello takes a look at recent events and issues in Goa … A massive dilemma which our country faces and will continue to face in the foreseeable future is, “How does one marry and reconcile regional aspirations (aka ‘identity’) with the larger national context?” … 1061 words. Full Text. | |||
| Dubai: ‘Carnival De Goa’ Celebration A Thumping Success 12 Feb: Daijiworld. United Friends and Global Goans celebrated the Carnival De Goa for the fourth consecutive year. Purple cRain, led by Acacio Tavares came all the way from Goa for this event… tickets were sold out four days before the show. Text + 14 photos. Full Text. | |||
| Bipasha as a Goan junkie 11 Feb: ApunKaChoice. After much deliberation, Rohan Sippy has decided he wants Bipasha Basu to play the part of a Goan junkie in the film ‘Dum Maro Dum’… Photo + 178 words. Full Text. | |||
| Video: Beginning Saturday, it’s Carnival Time in Goa 12 Feb: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. A seaman, Mark Anthony Dias of St Estevam, has been selected as King Momo to lead the four day carnival celebrations which begin in the state from Saturday. 2m. 42s. Full Text. | |||
