GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER FRI 29 JANUARY, 2010
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| Video: Oscar Rebello speaks out on Law & Order in Goa | ||
 29 Jan. NDTV. Regarding the Russian miinor case, Oscar Rebello contends that the response is slow, there are many cover-ups and goof-ups, the police are not allowed to act with a free hand … In Goa we have a law and order situation forever crumbling under media spotlight …the authorities in Goa have to pull up their socks, beginning with the Chief Minister downwards… 3m. 25s.
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| Death: Ben Da Costa Fernandes | ||
 22 Jan: Coulsdon, Surrey (UK). BEN DA COSTA FERNANDES (aged 91, Ex-Nairobi). Husband
of Precy Theresa da Costa Fernandes. Loving father of Dom Alexander, Tulip, Blossom
and Delia. Grandfather of Sara, Alexandra and Oliver. Funeral Mass at 10 am Friday
19th February, St. Aidan's Catholic Church, 1 Portnalls Road, Coulsdon, Surrey.
Condolences to benandprecy@hotmail.com | ||
| Video: Melbourne: Alberto G. Gomes: From aboriginals ... to studying cyberspace | ||
 28 Jan: Frederick Noronha. Alberto G. Gomes Ph.D is professor at the School of
Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at La Trobe University
in Victoria, Australia. Some years ago, he wrote an unusual academic paper on
Goanet, Goa's most popular mailing list in cyberspace, which is available here
(part 1) and here,
part 2. For the video clip, 10m. 57s. of the interview, select the link below. | ||
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| Video: Aman Bharadwaj is Suspected Russian girl rapist | ||
 28 Jan: Times Now TV. The accused involved in the rape of a nine-year-old Russian girl was today identified by Goa police as Aman Bharadwaj , a man from Uttar Pradesh working for a local pharma firm and both he and his colleague, Anil, who has also been implicated in the crime, are absconding… 333 words. | ||
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News Summary | ||
| Updates: Russian minor rape 29 Jan: CNN-IBN. Video: Goa CM to monitor rape case personally. Click here. 29 Jan: All India Radio. Goa Police arrest accomplice in Russian girl rape case. Click here. 29 Jan: Mid-Day. Special force to guard tourists in Goa. Click here. 29 Jan: The Pioneer (India). Editorial: Despoiling paradise 520 Words. Click here. 29 Jan: ANI. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni has condemned the molestation of an under-teen Russian girl in Goa. Click here. | ||
| Aussies urged to vindaloo against violence 29 Jan: ABC News (Aus.). Melbourne's residents are being urged to show of support for the Indian and migrant community by going to their local Indian restaurant dining on Indian food on February 24… 864 words + comments. Full Text. | ||
| A Different Side of Goa 29 Jan. The Wall Street Journal (Europe). Upscale and untouched, a new breed of villas emerge for travelers seeking seclusion … Featured are: Casa Colvale, Vivenda dos Palhaços, Villa Aashyana Lakhanpal and Elsewhere … 2033 words + 6 photos. Full Text. | ||
| Cong panics after MLAs demand change of Goa CM 29 Jan: Mumbai Mirror. The Congress high command rushed two observers to Goa after majority of the 23 MLAs supporting the Digambar Kamat government demanded a change of CM… Kamat has become extremely unpopular for not taking any decisions “He simply says ‘please meet my son-in-law’. Even bureaucrats have to consult his son-in-law. It is humiliating,” a party secretary revealed... 259 words. Full Text. | ||
| Fast-track courts soon, says Kamat 29 Jan. Times of India. Alarmed at the rising number of sexual assaults on foreigners and the public perception that perpetrators of such crimes go unpunished, Goa is considering setting up fast-track courts to try such cases… 174 words. Full Text. | ||
| Death: Fr. Hector Mascarenhas, S.J. Mumbai. FR. HECTOR MASCARENHAS. (Aged 73). Beloved brother of Fr Michael (SDB, Goa); Carroll, Oreen Mendez; Zareen Gomes; late Norman; Joel; Merrill. Died peacefully at St. Xaviers School. [Source: Times of India, 28 Jan.). Full Text. | ||
| Soccer: Long Ignored, Indian Women Step Out of Limbo 28 Jan: New York Times. The Indian Women soccer team was reassembled in late November for a two-month training camp in Margao, Goa… Yolanda Sousa Hammermeier, a star in the 1970s, said fans turned out “not to see the women but the football.”… 1028 words. Full Text. | ||
| Video: Goa Under Siege 28 Jan. Magic Lantern Foundation. How large scale tourism impacts on the economy, ecology and culture of the hosts. A film by Gargi Sen. For the trailer, 3m. 57s. click here. Full Text. more info... | ||
| Jim and Susan Brosnan raise funds for live-saving surgery 28 Jan: Craven Herald (Yorkshire, UK). Six-year-old Anjali was born with a hole in her heart… Luckily, her family has become friends with Jim and Susan Brosnan, who first visited Goa on their honeymoon in 1996. And on Saturday the couple are staging a music and curry evening at Bradley Village Hall to help raise £1,600 needed to pay for the surgery… Tickets, at £10 each are available … 461 words + photo. Full Text. | ||
| Video: Goa Bacardi Martini Grand Prix 28 Jan: Bacardi India. Watch the cream of Goan bartenders fight it out for a place in the finals of the Goa Bacardi Martini Grand Prix … 4m. 0s. Part 1. Part2 | ||
| Cops make a mess of Goa rape case, again 29 Jan: Daily News & Analysis. The Goa police seem to have goofed up once again ,,, The mother of the victim had stated that the accused was working at Intech. But the police went to the firm more than 36 hours after the crime was committed… on Thursday morning, but when the suspect came to know through the media that the police were searching for him, he fled… Full Text. | ||
| Video: Debate: What's going on in Goa? 28 Jan: TIMES NOW 's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami debates the issue of minor Russian tourist raped in broad daylight with Manish Tiwari, National Spokesperson, Congress; Smriti Irani, Leader, BJP; Vikram Varma, Advocate for Russian Consulate, Goa and Evgeny Bezeka, Journalist, Ria Novostie. 15m. 23s. Full Text. | ||
| Updates: Russian minor rape 28 Jan: URA Inform (Russia). Pedophiles in Goa prefer kids from Russia. Machine translation Click here. 28 Jan: Express India. The two accused left Goa this afternoon by a bus … Click here. 28 Jan: IANS. Russian girl's rape accused gives police a slip. He reported to work on Thursday morning but slipped away after sensing something was wrong… Click here. 28 Jan: IANS. Act fast on Goa rape or face advisory says Russian envoy. Click here. 28 Jan: ANI. Rape incidents are an insult to state, says Goa tourism minister. Click here. 28 Jan: ANI. "How can a nine-year-old child provoke," asks enraged Russian envoy. Click here. 28 Jan: IBNS. Goa tourism minister slams CM over rape. Click here. | ||