GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER FRI 19 FEBRUARY, 2010
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| UK: Rambert De Mello: Lawyer of the Week | |||
 18 Feb: The Times (UK). By Linda Tsang. Rambert
De Mello acted for Davender Ghai, who won the right in a landmark Court of
Appeal case, to be cremated on a traditional Hindu open-air funeral pyre in Britain…
He says, "My grandmother once told me when the roof leaked in the monsoons
that ants were better prepared for the rains then we were" … 529 words.
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| Death: Ossie de Abreu | |||
16 Feb: Hashimara, West Bengal. WING CDR OSWALD MANUEL FRANCIS DE ABREU (Born 1970). Husband of Janice. Father of Nadia & Nathan. Brother of Claret/Fred (Canada); Marina/Geraldo (UK); Orlando/Carmeline (Taiwan); Brother-in-law of Joan/Melroy; Joel/Pearly (Canada). Funeral on 19 Feb at St/ Inez. Goa.
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| Video: Fred de Sam Lazaro: Recycling in Cairo | |||
 16 Feb: PBS Newshour. For generations, the Zabaleen people have hauled away Cairo's
refuse and lived on the fringes of society. But thanks to an enterprising recycling
school, the poor and mostly illiterate inhabitants of "Trash City" are
receiving education and job training for the first time. Fred
de Sam Lazaro reports from Egypt… 7m. 54s. | |||
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| Rodrigo Leão: The Birds of Panjim | |||
 18 Feb: Destak (Portugal). Rodrigo
Leão presents a special season of "The Birds of Panjim, a series
of five concerts celebrating the composer's musical journeys, in March at the
Museu do Oriente in Lisbon … 253 words. Machine translation.
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| San Francisco: Sharon Fernandes Make an Impact at Fancy Food Show 18 Feb: India-West (USA)… Stonehouse 27 is a company founded by Sharon Fernandes grew up in a Christian household in Mumbai and mines the city's Portuguese background for innovative ideas in cooking sauces… "Being at the winter Fancy Food show helped us launch on the West Coast," said Fernandes… Click here. For a video clip (5m.08s) featuring Sharon, click here. | |||
| Congress high command firm on Digambar as Goa’s CM 19 Feb: Navhind Times. With the dissidents in the Congress party hell bent on seeking a change in the state leadership, the party high command has virtually “refused” to their pressure tactics to replace Mr Digambar Kamat with some other leader. Full Text. | |||
| Court to hear Russian minor rape case on daily basis 19 Feb: Navhind Times. With the rape of the nine-year-old Russian girl attaining international ramifications that could harm the image of the state as a front ranking tourist destination, the government wants to ensure that justice was done to the girl and her family and the accused meted out exemplary punishment… 134 words. Full Text. | |||
| Rowntree Trust Sells Its Stake in Vedanta Resources, Cites Concerns Over India Mine 18 Feb: Wall Street Journal. The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust on Thursday said it had sold its £1.9 million ($2.9 million) stake in Vedanta Resources PLC in the latest criticism of the miner's flagship bauxite project in India's Orissa state… Earlier this month, the Church of England sold its £3.8 million stake in Vedanta… 524 words. Full Text. | |||
| Hockey: Carillon 2; Leicester Goans 1 19 Feb: Loughborough Echo (UK). Division One of the Leicestershire and Rutland Mixed Hockey league… When the Goans broke with their speed and skill, they were often thwarted by brilliant defending from the Carillon back line… The Goans bit back in the second half to keep the A team true. A great break away allowed the youngsters of the Goans attack to show their speed and skill … 284 words. Full Text. | |||
| Pune: Despite being injured, Silvester Cordeiro helped others 19 Feb: Times of India. He had been a regular at German Bakery since 1999. Silvester Cordeiro, a member of the Osho International Meditation Centre, was at the counter when the bomb went off. Sustaining deep cuts in his left leg and right hand, Cordeiro helped others rush out of the bakery … Several dressings and around 15 stitches later, the Goan was discharged from hospital on Sunday… 398 words. Full Text. | |||
| Women, Modesty and the Clash of Cultures 19 Feb: Herald. By Basilio G Monteiro. Goan society still hesitates to acknowledge that rape is violence … Being raped was considered to be the woman’s fault – she should not have been there at that time; she should not have dressed that way; she should not have looked at the man the way she did… The burden of shame was squarely on the woman. Sadly, it continues even today… 1241 words. Full Text. | |||
| GBA meet to mull action against development nod in NDZ 19 Feb: Herald. Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) has alleged that the Town & Country Planning Department and panchayats continue to give permissions for constructions on eco-sensitive zone despite it having been put in No Development Zone as per draft Regional Plan 2021… a meeting has been convened on Sunday, February 21 at 10 am in TB Cunha Hall, Panaji… 402 words. Full Text. | |||
| Editorial: Goan strings 18 Feb: Times of India. By Jug Suraiya. I'd long wondered how -- despite its famously accommodative spirit -- Goa managed to fit in all those non-Goans who were buying up property there as though not only were there no tomorrow but very little left of even today… Goans themselves, considerate of their guests as always, had largely left Goa to go settle in Melbourne, or Montreal, or Manhattan, or Mumbai … Goa manages to string everyone along. Or rather, how everyone's managing to string Goa along. 699 words. Full Text. | |||
| Goa Congress warns foreign tourists 19 Feb: The Hindu. The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) has cautioned foreign tourists to remain within the limits of law. The warning comes in the wake of a recent fatal attack by a Russian national Konstantin Morosil of a taxi driver… 78 words. Full Text. | |||
| Russia: Holiday in Goa from $ 665 18 Feb: Rata News (Russia). Holiday operator Lanta-Tour Voyage invites you to a trip to the country of fairy tales, legends and superb recreation of a unique price - from $ 665… It is now the best time to holiday in Goa… gourmet meals … casinos … snow-white beaches … Machine translation. Full Text. | |||
| Susie Coelho: Take it outside! 17 Feb: Sun Chronicle (MA., USA). Susie Coelho, former host of "The Surprise Gardener" and "Outer Spaces" on HGTV, will be speaking at 4 p.m. Friday and noon Saturday at the 17th annual Rhode Island Spring Flower and Garden Show at the Rhode Island Convention Center in downtown Providence. Her topic will be "Creating Your Dream Outdoor Rooms with Outer Spaces." … 614 words. Full Text. | |||
| Video: Navy criticised for not taking locals into confidence about MiG exercises 18 Feb: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. The state Congress party has accused the Indian Navy of taking Goans for granted over the mysterious explosions on the 11th and 16th of February in Canacona and Pernem talukas respectively which have been belatedly attributed to the secret trials being conducted by the newly inducted MiG-29Ks of the Indian Navy. 2m. 48s. Full Text. | |||
