GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER TUE 13 JULY, 2010
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| More Video Clips: Goa Day 2010 Swindon | |||
11 Jul: speedy10pin. Bollywood (2m + 2F). 4m. 33s. Click
here. 12 Jul: kengie03: (3M + 1F) 5m. 31s, Click here | |||
| Video: Barge trade rescues Goa's shipbuilders from downturn | |||
 13 Jul: BBC News. Ben Richardson reports from Goa. The global shipbuilding market has seen demand fall over recent years. In Goa, the situation is far more positive. Although international trade has dried up, one company, Westcoast Shipyard is making barges for the domestic market as fast as they can turn them out... Nigel Cabral (photo) explains ... 2m. 21s. [Nigel is a graduate of Bryant College, Rhode Island where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Business Management. He has an MBA from London Business School and he presently resides in Goa with his wife and son]. | |||
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| UK: Candy Fernandes: Haringey's Unsung Hero | |||
1 Jul: Hornsey Journal (page 6). The Power Of Dance. Fifty agile movers strutted
in the gardens outside Age Concern Haringey at a Dance Don't Drop class ... Teacher
Candy Fernandes said people even got up to dance from wheelchairs ... Click
here Jun 2010. Haringey People (pages 26 - 27). The women and girls who work to make Haringey a better place to live were honoured at an awards ceremony to mark International Women's Day.... Among the 24 award winners -was Goan Community Centre chair Candy Fernandes, who was nominated by 10 different people. Candy was hailed for her tireless efforts in bringing different communities together. Click here. [Candy is ex-Nakuru, Kenya] | |||
| Canada: Tom Francis Wins Life Membership Award | |||
 8 Jul: Dr. Tom Francis was recognized today for his contributions to the Canadian
Seed Industry and to the Canadian Seed Trade Association (CSTA); as a scientist,
as a business development leader, as a role model and as a mentor. Dr. Francis
is the 2010 recipient of CSTA's Honourary Life Membership Award.... 385 words.
[Alert by Nick DeMello]. Click
here. Tom Francis and his wife, Joan, were exiled from Uganda in 1972. His brothers are Terry Francis and Errol Francis. For a brief profile of him, click here. | |||
News Summary | |||
| Environment ministry decides to grant special status for Goa 14 July: Navhind Times. The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests at its meeting chaired by the Minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh, decided not to permit any Special Economic Zone within the Coastal Regulation Zone area in Goa and it was also decided to grant Goa ‘special status... 422 words. Full Text. | |||
| New poverty index finds Indian states worse than Africa 13 Jul. Agence France-Presse. More people are mired in poverty in eight Indian states than in the 26 poorest African countries, according to a new UN-backed measure of poverty... The study found that half of the world's MPI poor people live in South Asia, and just over a quarter in Africa... 391 words. Full Text. | |||
| Goa not among top ten tourist destinations 14 Jul: Herald. If you ever thought that Goa was one of the top selling tourist destinations in the world – think again! The State is always projected to be among the top ten destinations in the world but the statistics available with Herald show that Goa is not even in the list of top 10 States in the country in terms of tourist arrivals... 577 words. Full Text. | |||
| Italian wine produced in Goa is India’s best 12 Jul: Navhind Times. Lucio Matricardi is the chief winemaker of Big Banyan Wines bottled and labelled in Cuncolim Industrial Estate by John Distilleries Ltd.... grapes are imported to the Cuncolim plant ... All the seven premium wines of Big Banyan cost Rs 450 per 750 ml bottle... The wines meet the strict European quality standards and they are the best in India, Mr Matricardi said. 511 words. Full Text. | |||
| Video: Goa Highway width to be restricted to 45 Metres in places 13 Jul: Goa 365. The National Highways Authority of India has agreed to reduce the width from the proposed 60 metres to 45 meters while widening the highways in most of the affected places, which will help save many houses, informed PWD minister Churchill Alemao on Monday. 3m. 39s. Full Text. | |||
| Video: Bail Plea Turned Down, Mickky to remain in Police Custody 13 Jul: Goa 365. The session’s court in Margao on Tuesday rejected the bail application of former tourism minister, Francisco Xavier Pacheco alias Mickky the alleged accused in the Nadia Torrado death case. Mickky who is presently in the police custody has to spend his remaining 3 days in the police custody now. 2m. 38s. Full Text. | |||
| Deaths 10 Jul: Bandra, Mumbai. FRANCIS (FRANK) FERNANDES (Ex Favre Leuba). Husband of Rosemary. Father of Cornelius/Rohina; Daphne/Wilson (Toronto); & Late Seby & Savio. Funeral on 13 Jul. at Bandra. 12 July: Sanguem, Goa ANDREZA SILVEIRA: Wife of late Estelito. Sister
of late Sebastiana/late Joaquim Fernandes (Bucoba, Tanzania), late Joaquina/late
Domingos Fernandes, late Fulao/Clara Fernandes, Julieta/late Peter Fernandes,
Flora/late Milagres Pereira, Netty/Simon Pereira. Funeral at Sanguem, on 13th
July. | |||
| ‘Sweden visit in Goa drug probe being delayed’ 13 July. IANS. “Certain authorities” could be delaying permission to track down witnesses abroad who could potentially nail the police-politician-drug mafia nexus in Goa allegedly linked to Home Minister Ravi Naik’s son, a key investigator said Tuesday... Goa’s home ministry was sitting on applications by the Crime Branch for nearly two months ... 282 words. Full Text. | |||
| India seeks ban on iron exports 13 Jul: Financial Times (UK). The Indian government has proposed a ban on the export of iron ore to secure the country’s mineral wealth for the fast-growing domestic economy... Rivalry with China has stirred a debate about resource protectionism in India... Local mining companies include listed companies such as Sesa Goa ... 531 words. Full Text. | |||
| Dabolim Airport: The Loser's Gains 12 Jul: Business World (India).... I am appalled at the state of the Dabolim airport. It is falling apart — broken trolleys, dead lavatories, traffic jams to enter and exit the airport — and cannot handle even two flights at a time as far as crowd management and baggage handling go... Dabolim is more an apology of an airport... It is a well-known fact that most contracts at the airports previously were awarded on grounds that had very little to do with merit... 853 words. Full Text. | |||
| Find peace in hippie haven 11 Jul: Sydney Morning Herald (Aus). ... Goa's pulse is governed by the ebb and flow of tourists ... Each tourist enclave has its own distinct character and the choice of where to stay is crucial... if you prefer something quiet, Anjuna, Goa's original hippie haven, might be just your cup of chai... 276 words. Full Text. | |||
| Govt joins rush to make money from ore reject 13 Jul: Times of India. Almost 1,000 million tons of very low grade iron ore in the form of reject-dumps lying neglected for decades in Goa's mining belt have suddenly attracted interest of miners and the government alike... The price has leapt from Rs 8 a ton in Aug. 2008 to Rs 150 now ... 366 words. Full Text. | |||
| Russian sex case accused not minor: Prosecution 13 Jun: Times f India. The prosecution on Monday, claimed that the main accused in the alleged sexual assault on a nine-year-old Russian girl at Arambol on January 26 this year, was around 19 years old... The court had ordered the test following the accused's claim that he was a juvenile... 307 words. Full Text. | |||
| Breakfast, Interrupted 12 Jul: Harvard Crimson (USA). By Zoe A.Y. Weinberg. A week ago, I was eating masala dosa for breakfast in a little restaurant in Goa when commotion erupted outside. The sound of men yelling and rocks hitting the glass of the restaurant windows broke through the usual restaurant buzz... this was due to a nationwide strike ... 553 words. Full Text. | |||
| Did Goa transfer spur Air India engineer to commit suicide? 13 July. MidDay. Ritik Bhattacharya, an aircraft maintenance engineer with Air India, committed suicide at his home in Mumbai ... he had actively participated in an Air India strike recently and his pleas for a transfer to Kolkatta to be with his wife fell on deaf ears. Instead, he was given a transfer order to Goa, where he was to join duty next month... a transfer to Goa is regarded as a "punishment posting" by many Air India employees ... 344 words. Full Text. | |||
