GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SAT 23 JANUARY, 2010
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| Stephen Gomes: Goan Food Festival in Cardiff | ||
 22 Jan: South Wales Echo. Stephen Gomes, head chef at Moksh, Cardiff Bay, has won the 2009 title of Cobra Curry Guide Indian Chef of the Year - an accolade he also won both in 2007 and 2008… In celebration Moksh is hosting a Goan food festival from January 26-28, which promises a taste of the fabulous from the sun and sand of Goa, above all highlighting the seafood that the Goan state is renowned for. Stephen Gomes was born in Mumbai. For his bio, (Birth of Moksh section of the restaurant website) select the link below. | ||
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| A holiday home in Goa | ||
 23 Jan: Business Standard. Margarida and Werner Beck, who live in Germany, gave their architect, Goa-based Dean D’Cruz, a simple brief. It was to be a holiday home in the best sense of the word, in which they would spend three to four months every year… Margarida, who is of Goan origin, says, “This open kitchen may not work for Indian families, since it is in the middle of the living space and has no privacy.” 940 words.
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| Death: Ramona Fernandes | ||
 10 Jan: Goa. RAMONA FERNANDES. (Born in Goa in 1922; Ex-Portuguese East Africa
and Canada). Wife of late Aleixo. Mother of Aurelio
(Allison) and Bario. Ramona ended her teaching career at Edmonton Montessori School
in 1980. Memorial service at 2 pm on Sunday Jan. 24 at St Matthew's Catholic Church,
13131-86 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. | ||
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| Goa University Registrar to resign over Rahul Gandhi’s visit | ||
 22 Jan: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. All India Congress Committee General Secretary Rahul Gandhi’s meetings at Goa University have resulted in the rolling of a head as Mohan Sangodkar (photo) has decided to step down from his post as the Registrar of the Goa University over the controversy. 4m. 50s. | ||
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News Summary | ||
| Calling Ex-Students of Highridge T.T. College, Nairobi 22 Jan: Alba D’Souza (nee Andrade) would like to contact ex-students Highridge Teaching Training College, Men’s Teacher Training College and Makerere ex Students, Uganda, to form a Committee to organise Socials and Outings Summer/Autumn 2010. The Committee will consist of Chairman, Social Secretary, Treasurer and two Committee Members. Contact Alba as soon as possible on 020 8650 6752, after 6 p.m. | ||
| Sun shines on Goa as hotel chains have a ball 23 Jan: Economic Times. In the past three years, the number of tourists visiting the coastal state has gone down by over 30% — the worst drop ever. But interestingly, more than three hundred hotels have set up shop here, according to the state tourism department… Goa’s real estate market had been on a roll for the past few years, thanks to firming up of land prices… 476 words. Full Text. | ||
| Two cops face action for attack on Atanasio Monserrate’s house 23 Jan: Navhind Times. Even the police have to face action if they break the law even if they were provoked, and this is what two constables of the state police force have learnt as the Central Bureau of Investigation has recommended departmental action against them for “working” against the law… 355 words. Full Text. | ||
| Goa preparing for annual carnival 23 Jan: The Hindu. The Goa tourism authorities are gearing for the annual carnival, the pre-Lent festival of fun and merry-making from February 13 to 16… the annual event would be held in four cities of the State, Panaji, Margao and Mapusa … 220 words. Full Text. | ||
| Deceased still have it bad at Margao morgue 23 Jan: Times of India. A week after Hospicio's doctors faced the wrath of relatives of a deceased whose body-kept in the hospital's morgue-decomposed on account of a non-working air-conditioner, the situation in the 18-unit morgue is yet to improve. 558 words. Full Text. | ||
| Huge row over Rahul Gandhi's Goa varsity visit 23 Jan: IANS. Goa Governor S.S. Sidhu has now intervened in the raging controversy involving Rahul Gandhi's political meetings in the Goa university… 248 words. Full Text. | ||
| Goa villagers go to court against DLF, builder says all above board 23 Jan: Indian Express. Protests by Dabolim villagers have prompted local authorities to ask DLF to stop hill-cutting operations until an inspection is completed. Local people, along with the environmental action group Goa Foundation, have challenged the project before the Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court… DLF's Web site says the project is "fully approved", "with all permissions and licenses obtained"… 935 words. Full Text. | ||
| Rape Of The Hills 22 Jan: Counter Currents. … The fight between the people and the State is fast snow-balling into a major confrontation. The mineral and bio-diversity hot spot of Konkan region, last month witnessed one of the major conflagration … The government has plans to lease out major chunks of hills to a Goa-based major firm Dempo for open cast mining operations. The locals ripped apart the lies of technocrats, scientists and government officials in the public hearing. The public hearing was postponed… 991 words. Full Text. | ||
| Changes to India’s visa structure 21 Jan: Lexology (UK). India’s Ministry of Home Affairs recently released guidance on permissible uses of Indian Business Visas (“B” visas) that significantly changes the administrative hurdles for employers deploying workers to India for short-term assignments… This alert describes the changes and provides suggested actions for employers doing business in India. 719 words. Full Text. | ||
| Winter evening in Goa. By Ludmila Kudryashova 22 Jan: Russians party in Goa … Photo +1452 words + comments. Machine translation. Full Text. | ||
| 16th century Goa chapel to host music festival 22 Jan: IANS. An aesthetically restored 16th century chapel on a cliff will serve as the perfect setting for a classical music festival next month… 217 words. Full Text. | ||
| State-endorsed wine festival gives Goa a bad name: Women’s group 22 Jan: IANS. A wine festival promoted by the state government is now under attack by a leading women’s rights group, which alleges that by aggressively promoting the sale of alcohol at its official premises, the state government was only reinforcing Goa’s image as a “land for wine, women and song”… 326 words. more info... | ||
| BJP threatens stir over Dayanand Social Security 22 Jan: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. The Bharatiya Janata Party has set a month’s deadline to the state government to clear all the pending applications under the Dayanand Social Security scheme and provide the monthly financial assistance to the elders failing which the government will have to face the wrath of the senior citizens of the entire state. 2m. 21s. Full Text. | ||