GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER THU 08 JULY, 2010
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| Video: Drug lord's girlfriend exposes Roy Naik | |||
 8 Jul: Times Now TV. The BJP has named Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik’s son Roy (photo) as being involved in the drug trade with arrested drug lord Attala as revealed by the Swedish model Lucky Amori... 2m. 43s. | |||
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| Video: Mickky Pacheco Finally Arrested | |||
8 Jul: Goa 365. After the month long high drama, Mickky Pacheco who was technically in the judicial custody was finally arrested on Thursday evening. The police took custody of Mickky only after he was declared fit by the doctors of Hospicio hospital after referring him to the GMC hospital. [Mickky broke down in tears crying that he was innocent when the Margao police and crime branch actually took charge of him at the hospital]. 0m.56s. Navhind Times photo. | |||
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| Death: Rev Fr Germain Ferreira | |||
26 Jun: Calangute, Goa. FR GERMANO (GERMAIN) FERREIRA. (Born Nairobi 1916). Son
of Graciosa Lobo e Ferreira and John Ferreira. Brother of the late Patrick (Mombasa,
Nairobi & London) late Gerry (Nairobi & London) and Johnny/Gloria (Nairobi
& London). Uncle of Olavo, Clive, Patrick, Keith and Jude. He served in Allahabad,
Goa Calcutta, Bengal, Kanpur, Lucknow and Calangute. Funeral
was on 3 July at Calangute. For an obituary, select the link below. | |||
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| Atala seeking ‘refuge’ in mental hospital | |||
 8 Jul: Navhind Times. Atala, an alleged drug dealer, has approached the Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour authorities with a request that he be admitted to the hospital, though he was recently discharged from the institute.... Atala has been hogging limelight following revelation by his former girlfriend Ms Lucky Farmhouse, that some police officials and politicians visited him regularly for bribes ... 385 words.
[Ed: Could the authorities be conniving in this charade to have him deported in order to conceal the police-politician-drug nexus in Goa?]
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News Summary | |||
| Goa: FIR registered against Labour Commissioner . The Police have registered an F.I.R. of cheating and forgery against Goa’s Commissioner of Labour & Employment Ms. Fatima Rodrigues for having forged the letterhead and signature of Adv. Aires Rodrigues. 170 words + photo. Full Text. | |||
| Job-Seeking in Goa 9 Jul: Navhind Times. The employment scene prevailing in Goa is quite scary ... at present nearly 75,000 educated unemployed youth are on the live register of the employment exchange... With the industries shying away from Goa, the government departments, semi-government organisations and public sector undertakings have very few jobs to offer... 562 words. Full Text. | |||
| Govt to allocate grants to old age homes under Sanjeevani scheme 9 Jul: Navhind Times. The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat has announced that the government has prepared a new scheme entitled ‘Sanjeevani’ to allocate grants to old age homes in the state... a budgetary provision of Rs 1 crore has been made for the purpose... 497 words. Full Text. | |||
| Mickky vows to come out clean 9 Jul: Herald. An emotional Mickky Pacheco broke down into tears soon after his arrest and has vowed to come out clean in the Nadia Torrado death case.... “I will come out clean. I did not do anything wrong. I am innocent”, he asserted... Women supporters could not control their tears, while the male supporters shouted slogans ... 297 words. Full Text. | |||
| UK: Dominic de Souza: Corrupt policeman jailed 8 Jul: BBC. Pc Dominic de Souza, 31, who tricked innocent people into accepting cautions and warnings to improve his detection rates has been jailed for three years. He was found guilty of nine counts of misconduct in a public office at Norwich Crown Court... 414 words + photo. Full Text. | |||
| Goan Chaplaincy UK: Retreat and Healing Services - 10 - 25 July 2010 From the Goan Chaplain, Fr Francis Rosario: The Goan Chaplaincy is organising retreats in England from 10th July to 25th July this year. Since there were some difficulties with the visas we couldn't advertise this earlier. Preachers: Right Rev.Alwyn Fernandes Barreto Bishop of Sindhudurg Diocese & Rev. John Joseph Santiago Pune Diocese. Locations with dates: Swindon (10 -Konkani; 11-English); Tooting (12); Harrow (16); Southall (17); Wembley (18); Heston (20); Welling (21); Forest Gate (23); Croydon (24 & 25). Main Coordinator: Fr. Francis Rosario, Goan Chaplaincy, 020 86652176 goanchaplaincy@yahoo.co.uk Services Assistant: Ben Vaz 07957271381. For locations, times, and local contacts, click here. | |||
| Swedish Goa 8 July. Wired. The likelihood that any Swedes in Stockholm can have any affect whatsoever on the future of Goa must be close to minimal ... In a Call for Applications: Post-graduate course in Architecture and Urban Planning at Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Bruce Sterling has selected Goa in a study project. Quotes: There must be some Goanese studying Stockholm or maybe they just like snow and with-it blonde chicks... Goa has its own identity ... it has an almost mythical reputation for being Paradise on earth ... Goa has become a weekend playground for Mumbai ... At the same time Goa is experiencing an intense debate concerning its urban future... Can Goa show the way for a transformation from a rural to an urban economy ... A study, research and workshop trip to Goa is scheduled for the spring term ... Submission deadline: August 16, 2010 ... 1975 words. Full Text. | |||
| Micky discharged from Hospicio, admitted in GMC 8 Jul: Digital Goa. Mickky Pacheco was today morning discharged from Hospicio hospital in Margao and shifted to another government-run Goa Medical College in Bambolim... 197 words. Full Text. | |||
| Focus is on India's major role in mango development 8 Jul: Miami Herald. Richard Campbell and Noris Ledesma, tropical fruit curators at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, chose the mangoes of India as the theme of the 18th International Mango Festival ... Ledesma recalls that a farmer in Goa offered them a prize specimen as if it were a precious jewel. Campbell says, ``In many ways I achieved a higher mango consciousness in a single bite of this Goa Alphonso mango than in 20 years of mango research ... 712 words. Full Text. | |||
| Death: Rudolf D'Silva 6 Jul: Toronto. RUDOLF D'SILVA (Ex Zanzibar/Nairobi). Passed away peacefully after a short illness. Beloved husband of Antoneitta. Father of Lucas (Thea) and Presilda (Stephen). Grandfather to Aaron. Brother of Santana, Abel, John and Cajetan. Brother-in-law to Annie, Phillis and Virginia. Viewing: - Fri July 9, 4:00pm to 8:00pm - Ogden Funeral Home, 4164 Sheppard Avenue East, Scarborough, M1S 1T3. Funeral Mass: - Saturday, July 10, 10:30am - Prince of Peace Catholic Church, 255 Alton Towers Circle, Scarborough, M1V 4E7. Burial Christ The King Catholic Cemetery, 7770 Steeles Avenue East, Markham, L6B 1A8. Condolences: Antoneitta: 416-292-0202. tonide_silva@yahoo.ca [Info from Claude Fernandes] | |||
| Cardinal Oswald Gracias gets Vatican job 8 Jul: Herald. Pope Benedict XVI on Monday appointed Cardinal Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Bombay and of Goan origin, as member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.... He is the fourth cardinal of Goan origin, after Cardinal Valerian Gracias of Bombay, Cardinal Joseph Cordeiro of Karachi and Cardinal Ivan Dias... 222 words. Click here. For a Wikipedia profile and photo of Cardinal Gracias, click here. | |||
| Bus owners blow lid on transport dept graft 8 Jun: Times of India. Private bus owners on Wednesday blew the lid on the rampant corruption in the transport department, giving details of how much they have to pay as bribe for various licenses and services. 251 words. Full Text. | |||
| Weekly Weather & Exchange Rates Date : Indian Met Dept. (Goa). Weather: Max = 27.2; Min = 23.8. Rainfall 35.2 mm. Humidity 89% Exchange (Buying) rates: £= 70.70; $ = 46.60; € = 58.70 | |||
