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20 Feb: Herald. By Dolcy D'Cruz. Henry Pinto and Eusebio D'Souza (photo) were childhood pals in Nairobi. Henry moved to the UK and Eusebio to Canada. Both have gone through bypass surgeries and at 72, decided to team up and drive overland from UK to Australia. They were interviewed this week whilst enroute in Goa. You can check on their progress by visiting their blog, (Every click on the link results in £1 going for charity) click here. For full text of the Herald article, click here.

Mar. 2010: SA Instrumentation. Pinto picks for 2010: Top-5 automation technologies and Top-5 Consumer products … 933 words.
Jim Pinto is an Electronics Engineer by background. He was born in Bangalore, lived in England for 8 years and currently resides in San Diego, California. His website is at www.jimpinto.com

25 Feb: Times of India. In its first concrete action against foreign nationals purchasing properties in Goa in violation of existing rules, the Enforcement Directorate has confiscated a huge property owned by a Swiss national. Sources said that the foreigner, Thommen, purchased a 10,000 sq ft property and bungalow in Anjuna in 2003 for Rs 4 lakh … For full text, click here.
"It was in 1995 that Mr. & Mrs. Thommen first visited Goa on a holiday, immediately fell in love with the place and decided to build a home in Goa…" For the Thommens website click here.

26 Feb: Navhind Times. By Arti Das. Some non-resident Goans believe in giving back something to the society. One such person is Dr Savio Sequeira who after retirement is juggling between Dublin and Goa in order to promote art and theatre … “My father was a violinist and mother was a vocalist so we had art in our family. Also the fact that I was born and brought up in Nairobi exposed me to theatre right from my school days…” he elaborates… 594 words.

25 Feb: Hello Magazine. The world's leading art and antiques fair, TEFAF, takes place in March 2010, in Maastricht, Holland… The list of pieces "with pedigree" that will be on sale includes such highlights as a rare handcrafted seventeenth-century Indo-Portuguese casket from Goa of which only two other similar examples are known in the world …[the price will be €63,000].

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