GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER TUE 06 JULY, 2010
Photo Gallery | |||
| Death: Gloria De Souza | |||
5 Jul: Mapusa, Goa. GLORIA ETIENA ALBERTINA DE SOUZA (Born 1944; Ex- Kenya & UK). Wife of Amiano Marcos De Souza. Sister of Antonette, Melania/Olegario, Joseph/Melita. Funeral on Wed. 7 July at Mapusa. Full details at the link below.
| |||
| more details.. | |||
| Video: Public Prosecutor raises suspicion over Pacheco’s illness | |||
 6 Jul: Goa 365. As the courtroom drama continued in Pacheco’s bail petition hearing on Tuesday ... Public Prosecutor Sarojini Sardinha (photo) raised suspicion over the sickness of the former minister. She said that Pacheco had refused examination of his blood ... she said that there may be more persons involved in killing Nadia ... 2m. 49s. | |||
| more details.. | |||
| Canada: Brendan Fernandes: Behind the mask | |||
6 Jul: National Post (Canada). Brendan Fernandes migrated to Canada from Kenya
as a youth. With his first museum solo show just opened at the Art Gallery of
Hamilton and his status as a Sobey Award finalist secured, Fernandes talks to
Leah Sandals about masks, migration and myth-making.... Quote: "My ancestors
are from Goa ... in Kenya we were "Goan." But when I came to Canada,
people were like, "You're not Goan. You're Kenyan." ... Brendan Fernandes:
Until We Fearless is on until Oct. 3 at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. Visit artgalleryofhamilton.
com for more information... For text, 847 words and photos, click
here. Brendan Fernandes is the son of Rudolf and Hazel; brother of Lisa-Marie and Tamara. For the Brendan Fernandes website go to http://www.brendanfernandes.ca/ | |||
News Summary | |||
| Woman tourist, cabbie fight over fare 7 Jul: Times of India. An altercation between an American woman visitor and the taxi driver who ferried her from Panaji to Palolem over the fare on Tuesday evening, reached the local police station after a quarrel over the fare ended up in fisticuffs... During the journey the American had wanted to use a toilet but the one the driver took her to was dirty and this was the start of the verbal duel... She is alleged to have slapped him whilst she claims he pulled her by her hair ... 361 words. Full Text. | |||
| Prosecutor: “Nadia had moved in with Mickky” 7 Jul: Times of India. Public prosecutor Sarojini Sardinha has questioned the medical reports of Mickky Pacheco’s condition, claiming that the blood pressure readings have been altered ... She told the court of the claim that in August 2004 Nadia had moved in to stay with Mickky while Viola was in the hospital after delivering his child ... 584 words. Full Text. | |||
| Casinos get their say on alternative sites 7 Jul: Times of India. Casinos currently operating in the Mandovi along the Panaji waterfront have been given an opportunity by the High Court to select an alternative site of their choice from which to run their gaming business... The Goa government has maintained that their current location poses a serious navigational hazard to other vessels... 272 words. Full Text. | |||
| Mickky’s supporters kept away from court 7 Jul: Herald. In a move that attracted flak from the crowd, the Goa police on Tuesday stopped supporters of Mickky Pacheco from coming to the Sessions Court at yesterday’s hearing on Pacheco’s bail application... 302 words. Full Text. | |||
| Lawyer casts doubts on Nadia’s injuries 7 Jul: Herald. Mickky Pacheco’s legal counsel has submitted that the age of the injuries found on the body of deceased Nadia Torrado is doubtful, saying the post mortem examination conducted at Chennai and Goa do not speak anything about the age of the injuries. He said that there is something wrong in the police investigations ... 240 words. Full Text. | |||
| Dutch manager PGGM drops India's Vedanta over ethical concerns 6 Jul: Investments & Pensions in Europe. Asset manager PGGM has withdrawn its investments in Indian mining company Vedanta Resources for "persistently ignoring" the environment and human rights.... It has disinvested its €13m stake in the company, including Vedanta's subsidiaries Sterlite Industries, Hindustan Zinc and Sesa Goa. 181 words. Full Text. | |||
| Death - Clarice De Sa 4 Jul. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. CLARICE CELESTINA DE SA. (Born 1917. Former teacher at St. Theresa's/Loreto Convent, Nairobi). Beloved wife of the late John Tertullian De Sa. Loving mother of Eileen (Alfred), Edgar (Tess), Vincent (Frieda), Cecil (Julie) and Vanessa (Hamid). Cherished grandmother of Sheryl (Jimi), Alister, Risa (Feisal), Remi, Trina, Darren (Natacha), Derik, Elise, David (Shawna), Risa and Raina and great-grandmother of Mwai, Sean, Gemma and Malaika. Funeral details to follow. Condolences to tessdesa@hotmail.com | |||
| Court reserves order on Mickey Pacheco's bail plea till tomorrow 6 Jul: PTI. A local court today reserved its order on the bail plea filed by former Goa tourism minister Francisco Pacheco, accused in the Nadia Torrado death case, till tomorrow and extended his judicial custody by a day.... Pacheco had surrendered before the court on Saturday after his anticipatory bail plea was rejected by the Supreme Court... He is currently in hospital for treatment of jaundice and hypertension... 163 words. Full Text. | |||
| Arwin Mesquita: No connection 6 Jul: Gulf News (UAE). This is with reference to the recent press conference in Dubai by Goa’s PWD Minister Mr. Churchill Alemao ... I do not agree with his reported comments about me. His comment that I am working at the behest of former minister Luizinho Faleiro is not correct, as I am not linked to any politician or any political party.... Full Text. | |||
| Indigenous symphonies. By: Vivek Menezes July 2010: Himal. The absurd condemnation of Western classical music as ‘alien’ led to its calamitous decline in India, which is only now being reversed... By the 17th century, the native Goan’s expertise in church music had already become legendary as noted by the Italian traveller Sebastiani attended a mass in the Basilica of Bom Jesus, in Goa ... The musical history of the Goans was dramatically influenced when the British occupied the territory during the Napoleonic Wars... thousands picked up their violins and trumpets, learned to play ‘God Save the Queen’, and trooped out of Goa to become professional musicians in Rangoon and Karachi, Aden and Singapore. the music... 2499 words. Full Text. | |||
