GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SUN 17 JANUARY, 2010
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| Al Falcao: Olympic Pin Collector | ||
 16 Jan: CTV (Canada). Al (Alan) Falcao collects Olympic pins. For a brief CTV
video clip he featured in, click here.
Al was born in Karachi and migrated to Canada in 1965 where he worked for IBM Canada. He has been to the past 11 Summer and Winter Olympics and owns one of the worlds' largest Olympic pin collections. Check out his website at www.alspins.com | ||
| Antonio E'Costa: See through gauze | ||
 17 Jan: The Telegraph (Calcutta). An unknown factor at the inaugural exhibition
of the Harrington Street Arts Centre is Antonio E'Costa, a resident of Goa born
in Kenya. Warm tropical hues, varied textures and broken surfaces build up an
impression of Miles Davis's sultry riffs, quite in keeping with this colourful
personality… Click
here. Antonio E'Costa lived in Canada prior to moving to Goa. For a profile of him and examples of his work, click here. | ||
| Video: Goa’s Chief Minister feigns ignorance of group of seven | ||
 16 Jan: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. The Chief Minister has feigned ignorance about the resurgent group of seven and the presence of a dissident group within the Congress party in spite of GPCC Subhash Shirodkar admitting that he was well aware of the situation and that he had appraised the Party High Command of it. 2m. 46s.
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News Summary | ||
| Death: Dolly Fonseca 14 Jan: Brampton, Canada. DOLLY FONSECA. (ex-Kuwait). Passed away peacefully in Mississauga Hospital. Wife of late Sonny Fonseca (Ex-KOC). Loving mother of Susan, Sandra (Delves), Daphne (Aubrey) and Debbie (Tuan). Cherished Grandmother of Daniella and Tanya. Family and friends will be received at the Ward Funeral Home "Brampton Chapel", 52 Main Street South (Hwy 10), Brampton on Tuesday, Jan. 19. from 9:30 am followed by Mass at 11:00 am at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 66A Main Street South, Brampton. Interment to follow at Assumption Cemetery. Condolences to: sajfonseca@yahoo.com or dsilvapinto8383@rogers.com [Info from Antonio Mascarenhas] | ||
| US $40,000 boost to Kampala (Goan) Institute Centenary Celebrations 16 Jan: From Antonio Mascarenhas On behalf of the Kampala (Goan) Institute Centenary Celebrations Committee, I wish to inform members that, we have received US $ 30,000 from Chairman, Dr Sudhir Ruparelia on behalf of the Kampala Institute, and US $10,000 from Mr. A. R. Kalan, of the Crane Bank as contributions towards our reunion and centenary celebrations to be held in Toronto June 24th to 27th, 2010… Full Text. | ||
| New hunt for clues in Corryn Rayney murder 17 Jan. Sunday Times (Perth, Aus.). Police have renewed their hunt for clues into the murder of lawyer Corryn Rayney, whose body was found in Kings Park in August 2007. Detectives have questioned residents about a spade and star picket dumped close to where her car was found … Det-Sgt Carlos Correia, who leads the murder investigation, said "we are going through the whole case"… 674 words. Full Text. | ||
| Loss of innocence, total sell out at own peril 17 Jan: Deccan Herald. By Wendell Rodricks. … In the early sixties Goa was still a virgin girl. By the 1990s the rape had begun… By 2000, the end of innocence was there for all to see… Since the last decade, Goa has been under the media glare for rape, murder and corrupt ministers… when it comes to Goa, the entire nation wants the virgin Goa they knew… please accept this new Goa. This loss of innocence. This no longer blushing bride. She has grown. She has evolved. She is still the best part of the new millenium India,,,good and bad included! 994 words. Full Text. | ||
| Goa: MDMA, ecstasy tablets replace charas, ganja 17 Jan: Navhind Times. Goa now appears to be attracting people who prefers psychotropic substances to narcotics, going with the changing times, demands as well as needs… drug users have now moved over from charas and ganja to MDMA and ecstasy tablets. … It has now been an open secret that every cop and local resident knows who the drug dealers are, yet the Anti-Narcotics Cell seems to go after the drug abusers rather than the drug dealers… 879 words. Full Text. | ||
| No justice with Aussie deaths 17 Jan: Sunday Herald Sun (Aus.) Family members of Michael Osborne found dead in India believe he was murdered and local police covered up the crime… at least 10 Australians have been murdered or feared murdered in India since 1999. There are claims that up to 200 Westerners have been killed in crimes swept under the carpet by Indian authorities… John Kallie, 65, died in Goa in October 2008, 10 hours after being attacked by three people at a bar… 813 words. Full Text. | ||
| Goa new home for displaced Mumbai bar girls 16 Jan: PTI. Goa police has said that bar girls displaced after a ban on dance bars in Mumbai are making Goa their second home… In 2009, the crime branch arrested five girls and rescued six … 141 words. Full Text. | ||
| Goa Congress ask MLAs not to vent anger against party in public 16 Jan: PTI. The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee today resolved that its legislators should not vent out their anger in public against the party leadership… 301 words. Full Text. | ||
| 7 Companies bid for multi-billion Mormugao-Donapaula sealink project 16 Jan: UNI. Seven top infrastructure companies across the world bid for the prestigious multi-billion Rupee Mormugao-Dona Paula Sealink that was expected to become yet another landmark in this international tourist destination if realised… 276 words. Full Text. | ||