GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER MON 05 JULY, 2010
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| ‘Nadia was styling herself as Pacheco’s wife’ | |||
 5 Jul: IANS. After calling 28-year-old Nadia Torrado, Mickky Pacheco’s “family friend” his counsel Monday said that she had been “advertising herself as Pacheco’s wife”. Advocate Surendra Desai also said that Nadia could have consumed the rat poison after reading an advertisement (photo) for a local theatre performance in a local newspaper in which Viola Fernandes, was named as wife of Pacheco (chief guest for the theatre performance) ... 295 words. | |||
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| Ian Gomes: Cameron Bets Future on India's Meteoric Rise | |||
 4 Jul: The Sunday Telegraph (UK)... Last week, a delegation of Indian chief executives visited Number 10... David Cameron is to visit India this summer ... Ian Gomes, the chairman of KPMG's High Growth Markets practice and a board member of the UK India Business Council, says that investment needs to be properly targeted... India's infrastructure is famously creaky, but the main barrier is bureaucratic. India has restrictions says Gomes where the UK has no restrictions in return... 1890 words. [Ian Gomes was born in Singapore in 1957, raised there, Goa, Mumbai and in London. He is the son of Ivan (Saligao) and Celine (nee Lobo; Salvador do Mundo); he qualified as a chartered accountant in London and did his MBA in USA] | |||
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| General Strike in Goa: Life paralysed | |||
5 Jul: IANS. Markets were shut, schools were empty and roads were deserted across Goa Monday as the opposition parties’ all India one day shutdown against the hike in fuel came into effect... [photo of Mapusa market]. | |||
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| Win the holiday of a lifetime to Goa 5 Jul: Hello Magazine. This prize could be yours instantly! Worth a huge £4000, this amazing holiday to Goa for two will leave you relaxed and de-stressed as you take advantage of 5 star luxury... Full Text. | |||
| Death: Joseph Fernandez 24 Jun: Cambridge, UK. JOSEPH “Joe” FERNANDEZ (Born Kitale, Kenya,1927. Retired Civil Servant – U.K./ Police Chief Inspector – Kenya). Beloved husband of late Maria Fernandez. Dearest father of Lynette, Lew, Lincoln and Lorraine Fernandez. Brother to Georgina, Roque and late Jane. The funeral mass will be held on July 8th at 11.30 am at East Chapel, Cambridge City Crematorium | |||
| Death – Sofia De Souza 8 Jun: Boa Vista, Bastora, Goa. SOFIA FAUSTA AGUIADA DE SOUZA. Beloved wife of Lawrence A.C. de Souza (Lawrie). Beloved mother/mother-in-law of Dr. Maria Judith (Judy)/Engr.Luis Gonsalves. Darling grandmother of Rachel & Yeshua. Sister/Sister-in-law of Noreen/Agapio Colaco. Sister-in-law of May (London)/(Late) Dr.Anthony (Tony) Miranda and Godfrey de Souza (London). Aunt of Savio/Maria, Paul & Raymond (John) Colaco, Patricia/Jolyon, Jenny & Melvin Miranda (London). Funeral service was on 9 June at Bastora. May she Rest in Peace. | |||
| John Fernandes charged with Russian’s rape 6 Jul: Herald. The Court on Monday ordered framing of charges of rape and destruction of evidence against John Fernandes in the Russian woman rape case ... The Judge said the medical report has supported the contention of the victim in view of the multiple injuries present on her body... 309 words. Full Text. | |||
| Hockey: Goa register first ever win 6 Jul: Navhind Times. The Goa hockey team on Monday made history by registering its first ever win in hockey, as they beat Himachal Pradesh by a solitary goal in the 63rd Senior National hockey championship ... The lone goal was scored in the 67th minute by Mulla Ibrahim... 266 words. Full Text. | |||
| Jail authorities pulled up for not producing Pacheco in court 5 Jul: IANS. Additional Sessions Judge P.Kamat lambasted the jail authorities for not bringing before it Goa’s former tourism minister Mickky Pacheco, currently hospitalised after he was sent to judicial custody over the mysterious death of his alleged lover... 222 words. Full Text. | |||
| A bikie chick's [girl on 2 wheeler] guide to Goa. 5 Jul: NineMSN (Australia). Many visitors to Goa are content to simply relax on the sand with a cocktail and a good book. But if you're more of an up-and-go traveller, consider exploring India's smallest state on two wheels. Sarah Reid, our girl on the go-a (ahem), took up the challenge and lived to tell the tale.... 1112 words + 8 photos. Full Text. | |||
| Goa romancing the monsoon to revive tourism 5 Jul: Economic Times. The cool breeze, thundering showers and echoing shores set amidst lush green valley is perfect for a second honeymoon… so says the Goa Tourism board. Goa's main economy, tourism, is going through a crisis, with numbers plunging every season. ... While 710 charters flew into the state in 2008, the numbers dropped to 615 the next year.... While official figures point to a 13% drop in tourist arrivals, local industry says it's more than 30%.... MITRA, an e-magazine on Goa's biodiversity, is spreading the word online at facebook and twitter for nature lovers to camp in Goa... 559 words. Full Text. | |||
| Building Konkani vocabulary, word by word 5 Jul: Daily News & Analysis. Can you take a dying language, revive it and make it mainstream again? ... Roshan Ramesh Pai, a UK-based IT consultant is on a mission to save his native tongue, Konkani. He and his team of 60 volunteers from all over the world have been working on the Konkani Dictionary Project, http://www.savemylanguage.org/ which kicked off in Oxford, UK, in 2005... the online dictionary has 6,000 words... The project has a Facebook application called 'Konkani Word Of the Day' ... 320 words. Full Text. | |||
| How does living in Mumbai compare with Goa? 5 Jul: CNN Go. Deveshe Dutt, who broke up with Mumbai for a fling with Goa, sifts through her memories and discovers she doesn't hate, or love, her urban home as much as she thought ... 2206 words. Full Text. | |||
