GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER TUE 19 JANUARY, 2010
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Ralph Martins: WA Australian Of The Year 2010
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16 Jan: Mail Today. Prof. Ralph Martins, has been named Western Australia's Australian of the Year 2010. Martins, director of the Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care at Edith Cowan University, was born to Goan parents in Bahrain, and moved to Perth at 16. His team is undertaking the largest study of its kind in the world to develop a blood test to identify the role of lifestyle factors in Alzheimer's disease. 229 words. For links to some of the other news reports, click here.
Carol Furtado: Bollywood has wide appeal
19 Jan: Australian Associated Press. Carol Furtado got her big break performing on MTV but stuck to her roots and is helping to popularise Bollywood around the world. She stars in Merchants of Bollywood … A bigger version of the show returns in February for a run of shows in Melbourne and Sydney … 449 words. Click here.
18 Jan: New York Times. The Merchants of Bollywood," a musical about the Hindi film industry, is set for its first worldwide tour this year… Click here.
Video clip interview in which she mentions her Goan connection.7m. 45s. click here.
Death: Nicolau Gomes
13 Jan: Carcavelos, Portugal. NICOLAU HOPFER GOMES. Brother of Fr Felizardo; Dr Heraclito/Fernanda Soares (Porto); Rita Maria/Amancio Frias Pinto (Carcavelos); Genoveva/late Francisco Noronha (Neura); Imelda/Jorge Quadros (Fatorda); Ines/Elias Fernandes (Borda); Aleliua/Nannette da Silva Fernandes; late Jaime, Onofre; Saturnina; late Efeso.
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Menin Rodrigues: A tribute to the people of a beloved land
19 Jan: GoaNet. Menin Rodrigues (www.goansofpakistan.org) writes … After twenty-seven years and I am in Goa again… Coming from a place like Pakistan where Goans once thrived but today are a forgotten community, it was a sentimental sojourn… 1450 words. Full Text.
Sesa Goa Third-Quarter Profit Rises 76%
18 Jan: Bloomberg. Sesa Goa Ltd., India’s biggest iron- ore exporter, said third-quarter group profit rose 76 percent on higher demand for the raw material from steelmakers in China… 261 words. more info...
Goa gearing to implement new visa guidelines
19 Jan: Herald. The immigration authorities in Goa are getting set to implement the new directives which state foreigners having long-term multiple entry tourist visas have to take a two-month break before re-entering India… 242 words. Full Text.
High Court nod for Bainguinim Waste Site
19 Jan: Times of India. The High Court has dismissed three petitions challenging plan for a solid waste management site at Bainguinim close to the historical site at Old Goa… 215 words. Full Text.
Dr Mel Lobo: Blood Pressure operation
19 Jan: Daily Mail (UK). More than 15 million people in Britain suffer from high blood pressure … a new operation can solve the problem for good… Dr Mel Lobo is a consultant physician and clinical hypertension specialist at the cardiovascular biomedical research unit at Bart's Hospital in London… Click here.
For a photo and profile of Dr Mel Lobo, click here.
Goa school teacher goes on fast
19 Jan: Herald. A PE teacher of Our Lady of Succor High School, Nagoa-Verna Jayesh Naik on Monday went on a hunger strike in protest over what he called as alleged harassment and injustice by the school authorities… 378 words. Full Text.
Goa: All is not well with Margao mortuary
19 Jan: Herald. A week after dead bodies decomposed at the Hospicio morgue in Margao, bodies are now being shunted to Bambolim and back as the mortuary is down with perennial problems… 189 words. Full Text.
Goa: Mental retardation Cases Rising
19 Jan: Navhind Times. The deputy director of department of social welfare, Mr M Fernandes on Monday said that with the improvement in healthcare the number of disability cases is on the decrease but the number of cases of mental retardation is on the rise … He said as per the census conducted in 2001 there are around 3578 persons who are mentally impaired … 469 words. Full Text.
Synthetic psychedelic drugs dawn in Goa
17 Jan: UNI. … Synthetic psychedelic drugs are now the hot favourites of addicts … The sessions go on unabated at least at four locations in and around Anjuna, one of the most infamous places haunted by foreigners of all hues for a 'trip' in the evenings. The trade was reportedly controlled by the son of a VVIP in Goa with impunity, with no authority daring to touch the fringes of the ring, highly informed sources told UNI…671 words. Full Text.
MTS launches mobile internet in Goa
18 Jan: Telecompaper Asia. Mobile operator MTS India has launched its mobile internet service called MBlaze in Goa. The service offers speeds of up to 3.1 Mbps. As part of the launch offers, customers will be able to download 15 GB of data for free in the first month and there will be no roaming surcharges while using the MTS network. MTS will launch voice services in Goa in February this year. 75 words. Full Text.