GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SUN 10 JANUARY, 2010
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| Bondo: "Music to me comes from the heart" | ||
 10 Jan: Navhind Times. Bondo and his tribal band are headed straight to Kolkata,
to represent India at the Commonwealth Games 2010…. Growing up with a hardcore
Goan lifestyle of 'fish-curry-rice cooked on firewood and an abundance of passionate
music that had no pre-requisites or conditions,' influenced the young Bondo…
The troupe is an assortment of Kunbis and Gawdas - tribal musicians from amidst
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| Patricia Rozario wants to nurture Indian singing talent | ||
 10 Jan: Deccan Herald. By Devika Sequeira. … London-based Patricia Rozario (photo) is back in India for a short, intense two weeks, doing what she is truly passionate about: helping young Indians discover the depth and range of their singing voice… 639 words.
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| Stephen Bennett Murder: Foreign Office tried to hinder probe | ||
 10 Jan: The Observer (UK). Stephen Bennett was allegedly beaten to death by a gang of men and then hung from a tree after travelling from Goa in December 2006. The Foreign Office attempted to block efforts to find the killers government documents reveal… officials opposed a private investigation into the killing … Relations between the family and British government officials deteriorated to the extent that Bennett's mother sent an official complaint to the Foreign Office alleging that a British civil servant had made disparaging comments about her to the media… 806 words. | ||
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| Canada: Errol P. Mendes: Harper in contempt of Parliament | ||
 5 Jan: Toronto Star. By Errol P. Mendes Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Ottawa: The highest duty of a Prime Minister of Parliament is to uphold the Constitution of Canada, which includes the rights and privileges of the House of Commons and the duties owed to the Queen's representative in Canada. Stephen Harper keeps on failing in his duties on both counts as evidenced by the second prorogation of Parliament on Dec. 30...
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| Video: Melbourne: Third Attack On Indians In Ten Days | ||
 9 Jan: Times Now TV. In a shocking incident another Indian has been attacked in race hotbed - Melbourne, this time, 29-yr-old man Jaspreet who is a resident of Essenden. He has been admitted to hospital after being set on fire in the street in Melbourne early this morning. 2m. 20s.
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| Death: Candido M. Da Cruz 8 Jan: Mostoles (Madrid) Spain. CANDIDO DA CRUZ (aged 79; Ex Mombasa, Nairobi and England). Elder brother of the late Carlos da Cruz/Angela, Rui da Cruz and Ruth da Cruz. Cremation took place on 9th January in Mostoles. Condolences/messages to Angela da Cruz, e-mail ang36dac@yahoo.co.uk or call +34 968 471 940 | ||
| Canada: D’Souza family teams up for 2010 Games 9 Jan: Richmond Review. Like many Richmond families, the D’Souzas have busy lives working and studying. Albert and Rita both work full-time, while their son Alaric studies computer science and business at Simon Fraser University … One activity they do together is volunteering for the 2010 Community Information and Volunteer Program… 438 words. Full Text. | ||
| Canada: Stephen D'Souza pleased with city's generous spirit 9 Jan: Burnaby Now. The Burnaby Christmas Bureau has raised more than $150,000 so far. "We're hoping to continue to go up, " said Stephen D'Souza, executive director of Burnaby Community Connections. The non-profit group facilitates the bureau, which is a program that makes sure local low-income families have food and gifts for the holidays… 431 words. Full Text. | ||
| Three 'terrorists' held in Goa 10 Jan: PTI. Three 'terrorists,' facing serious allegation in Goa, were arrested by Sawarda police on Mumbai-Goa highway on Saturday. All the three terrorists are from Parvari in Goa… they are: Gauresh Rohidas Karekar, 22, Krishna Savlo Naik, 20, and Sagar Manohar Naik, 19…103 words. Full Text. | ||
| Swedish citizen found dead in Goa 10 Jan: Göteborgs-Posten. A 25-year old man from western Sweden has been found dead in Goa … The cause of death is not known but local police do not suspect a crime … 134 words. Machine translation. Full Text. | ||
| Shaun Fernandes: Indian tonic 10 Jan: People (UK). Queens Park Rangers are inviting two Indian youngsters for trials. The club held a training camp in Mumbai, and the 13-year-olds - Shaun Fernandes and India Under-14 international Hussain Vahanvaty - have been rewarded with a six-week trial at Loftus Road in May. | ||
| Hols dosh can Goa long way! 10 Jan: News of the World (UK). Your holiday money could go three times as far this summer if you forget European hotspots - and head for Goa. The Indian sunshine destination came out tops for value in a News of the World shopping survey… the bill for eating out in Goa was £20 for two, compared to £71.20 in Italy… 316 words. Full Text. | ||
| Restaurateurs complain of harassment 10 Jan: Times of India. At an emergency meeting of the South Goa Hotel and Restaurant Owners' Association conducted recently, members complained that authorities who visit their establishments at peak business hours harass them on the pretext of implementing child labour laws… 258 words. Full Text. | ||
| Sunburn weathers storm, Rs 1 lakh surety paid 10 Jan. Times of India. Even as the Calangute police lodged a complaint against the organizers of the Sunburn festival at Candolim for playing loud music, the government granted fresh conditional permission to the organizers to carry on with the beach music festival … the organizers of the festival played music ranging from 67.2db to 89.3db. The permitted decibel level is up to 55db… 530 words. Click here. For a selection of video clips from Sunburn 2009, click here. | ||
| How much of Goa is still in India? 10 Jan: The Telegraph (Calcutta). By Ruchir Joshi. … We have been coming to Goa ten years running … veterans are now identifying the adjoining beaches as ‘the Russian Mafia beach’ and the ‘KGB beach’… Besides the ‘Cyrillics’, the only other nationality impervious to the mixture of recession and security fears is that strange breed, the Indian tourist in Goa… I know this corner of Goa will draw us back, if only to witness how things have changed, if only to see how much of Goa is still in India and vice versa. 1513 words. Full Text. | ||
| Seriously hot spots: the world's sexiest beaches 9 Jan: Toronto Star. The world's sexiest beaches, as selected by www.concierge.com … Goa. After their photo shoots are over, models rent houseboats and party their way through inland waterways. And celebs hit private bashes in mansions from Portuguese colonial times that now entertain rotating casts of global nomads… Full Text. | ||
| 'Paltadacho Munis' makes it to the 'Films 101' database 10 Jan: Navhind Times. 'Paltadacho Munis' (The Man Beyond the Bridge), a Konkani film by the Goan filmmaker Laxmikant Shetgaonkar has made it to the 101 best movies of the world, released in the year 2009. 208 words. Full Text. | ||
| People’s help key to check ills associated with tourism: CM 10 Jan. Navhind Times. The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat has said that while tourism has helped the state in many ways a number of negative aspects associated with it also have crept in and that his government has given top priority to rid the state of these problems… 277 words. Full Text. | ||
| Burning of old man an offence to senior citizens 10 Jan: Navhind Times. It is very sad to note that the traditional New Year’s Eve Ball included the burning of the effigy of an old man to usher in the New Year … 516 words. Full Text. | ||
| Roads: Cabinet approves upgradation of NH 17 9 Jan: ANI. The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure has approved the implementation of the project of 122.87 Kilometres long section of four and six laning of Maharashtra and Goa border to Goa and Karnataka section of National Highway (NH) number 17…The total project cost is estimated at Rs.1872 crore [approx £235m]... 280 words. Full Text. | ||
| India to provide aid for foreign workers 9 Jan: Financial Times (UK). India is readying an emergency social security system for workers who have lost their jobs overseas as a result of the global economic downturn… 467 words. Full Text. | ||
| Goa Congress asks partymen not to wash dirty linen in public 9 Jan: PTI. The Congress leadership here has asked its legislators to maintain discipline and avoid mud slinging against each other on public platform… 241 words. Full Text. | ||
| Video: Congress party’s membership drive to ensure criminals are left out 9 Jan: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. In a so called attempt to bar the criminally tainted people from entering India’s oldest national party, which is in the middle of a countrywide membership drive, Congress leaders on Saturday said that they will scrutinize all membership forms for criminal background… 4m. 11s. Full Text. | ||