GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SUN 31 JANUARY, 2010
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| Florida: Aubrey Ferrao: "Developer reneged on settlement" | ||
 29 Jan: Naples Daily News. Golf members at Fiddler's Creek near Marco Island want
a redo… they accuse the development company and its president and CEO, Aubrey
Ferrao, of mishandling more than $10 million in member deposits … 546 words.
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here. For a profile of Aubrey Ferrao, click here. For a profile of his company, see http://www.gulfbay.com/ | ||
| No Bikinis On Goa Beaches: Deputy Director of Tourism | ||
 30 Jan: Mail Today. Pamela Mascarenhas, the deputy director of Goa Tourism, said
authorities will forbid women from wearing bikinis in Goa … she blamed foreign
tourists for bringing the assaults upon themselves... "Walking on the beaches
half-naked is bound to titillate the senses."… Mascarenhas even has
an unpalatable take on the Keeling episode… 856 words. Click
here. 30 Jan: PTI. Bikinis won't be banned on Goa beaches: Tourism Minister. 125 words. Click here. Video: Goa's Absurd Solution. 6m. 45s. Click here. | ||
| Video: Accused in Russian minor girl rape case remanded for 7 days | ||
 30 Jan: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. Acting swiftly, Goa police on Friday managed to locate the main accused Aman Bharadwaj, in the rape of a 9-year-old Russian girl on Monday last, and arrest him in Mumbai hours after his alleged accomplice was nabbed in Panaji… 2m. 57s. | ||
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| Death: Rosy Fernandes 29 Jan: Kuwait. ROSY FERNANDES. (ex-Duler, Mapusa) Wife of late Camilo Fernandes. Mother of Lourdes/ Vijay Machado; Judas/Neves Fernandes and Elizabeth Fernandes. Funeral on 1 Feb. at 3.30 pm at Holy Family Cathedral, Kuwait. | ||
| Goa MP calls Russian envoy’s action ‘rough’ 31 Jan: IANS. Goa Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik, who has in the past been hauled up for his callous comments on rape, Sunday said the Russian Ambassador’s reaction was “rough” when he threatened to issue advisory against Goa ... “For a country (Russia) where there is nearly no rule of law, he cannot comment on administration here,” Naik said … 295 words. Full Text. | ||
| UK: Ethnic minority staff paid less than whites at equality watchdog 31 Jan: Mail of Sunday (UK). The Equality and Human Rights Commission is paying its own ethnic minority workers almost ten per cent less than white staff – an embarrassment for its black chairman Trevor Phillips… 529 words. Full Text. | ||
| UK suspends Indian student visa applications 30 Jan: BBC. UK has temporarily suspended student visa applications from northern India after a jump in numbers…. In the last three months of last year, there were 13,500 applications from northern India alone, compared with 1,800 in the same period of 2008. British officials say that many cases are not genuine… 382 words. Full Text. | ||
| Heart surgery to cost less at Goa’s Manipal hospital 31 Jan: Herald. The Kasturba hospital today inaugurated the Poly Clinic of Super-specialists at the Manipal hospital, Dona Paula with a special open heart surgery scheme for the poor. “On an average an open heart surgery cost Rs 1.10 lakh in any of the big hospitals of the country. But here we offer this surgery for Rs 30,000 only, for the poor,” said Dr Shirish Borker … 284 words. Full Text. | ||
| Ghanian Footballer says he was racially abused in Goa 31 Jan: Indian Express. East Bengal striker Yusif Yakubu has claimed he was subjected to racial taunts by local fans during the I-League match against Dempo SC at the Nehru Stadium in Margao on Friday… Yakubu said on Saturday. “It’s not right calling a footballer a monkey.”… Yakubu had earlier played in Goa for Churchill Brothers … Full Text. | ||
| Informer helped cops arrest Goa rapist 31 Jan: Times of India. Aman Bharadwaj, the key suspect in the rape of a minor Russian girl in Goa was a friend of a police informer, Chintamani. ..The police enlisted the help of Chinatmani to lay a trap for Bharadwaj and nab him… 192 words. Full Text. | ||
| The ‘Goan Writer’ discussed at release of books 31 Jan: Navhind Times. The city, Saturday evening, witnessed the release of three books by Goan writers - ‘The Sting of Peppercorns’ by Dr Antonio Gomes, an anthology ‘Modern Goan Literature’ by Peter Nazareth and ‘Mirror to Goa’ by Donna Young … a group discussion on the topic ‘Goan Writing in English’ by ‘Goan writers’ as an entity, observed there definitely exists a sizable market for non-fiction books written about Goa… 384 words. Full Text. | ||
| Goa as a Film Location Gaining Popularity Worldwide 30 Jan: Navhind Times. Goa was never alien to filmmakers but for the past few years, the region seems to have caught the imagination of the movie world, like never before… The Entertainment Society of Goa by way of film shooting has earned a revenue of Rs 26.94 lakh in 2009, Rs 18.93 in 2008, Rs 18.51 lakh in 2007 and Rs 6.85 lakh in 2006 … many shoots take place without the knowledge of the ESG… 689 words. Full Text. | ||
| The art market: Indians in trouble 30 Nov: Financial Times (UK). The market for Indian art has taken some serious hits… recently Indian artists have, in some cases, lost over 70 per cent of their value … 854 words. Full Text. | ||
| Goa for under £500 30 Jan: The Times (UK). £499: The Silver Sands Resort offered by First Choice (firstchoice.co.uk). Leaves East Midlands airport on March 18. Full Text. | ||