GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SAT 17 JULY, 2010
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| Angelo de Souza: True blue story | |||
 16 Jul: Financial Mail (South Africa). One version is that tanzanite was discovered
in 1967 by Manuel de Souza, a tailor from Goa, India, who immigrated to Tanzania
where he followed his dream of prospecting for precious stones. Sceptics, however,
believe he may have been led there by locals. Determined to set the record straight,
Manuel's geologist son Angelo de Souza (61) has made it his life's mission to
ensure the family story is heard and officially accepted... His mother was a member
of the royal Sukuma family of northern Tanzania ... Angelo recently bought a house
in KwaZulu Natal and will be settling there with his family after living in the
UK for more than 20 years... 632 words. Click
here. For a Goan Voice profile of Manuel De Souza, click here. | |||
| Sangolda: A Gallery for Singular Objects | |||
 17 Jul: The National (UAE). One-off items of furniture and décor are displayed in a restored Goan home... | |||
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| Nadia Torrado’s brother in Psychiatric Hospital | |||
17 Jul: Herald. Distressed by unpleasant experiences starting with his sister Nadia Torrado’s death, Conrad Torrado (photo) was rushed to Institute of Psychiatric and Human Behaviour after he went into a depression. MBA gold medallist, the youngest member of Torrado family showed suicidal tendencies after the Margao Court remanded his mother Sonia to seven-day police custody on Friday. 186 words. | |||
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| Video: Adv. Radarao Gracias permitted to meet Sonia Torrado without police presence 17 Jul: Goa 365. Margao judicial magistrate on Saturday granted permission to Radarao Gracias, the advocate of Sonia Torrado to meet her client without the police being present within the earshot. The arguments on the bail application filed by Sonia Torrado will come up for hearing on Monday. 3m. 23s. Full Text. | |||
| Video: Navy Denies Hindering the Expansion of the Dabolim Airport 17 Jul. Goa 365. Reacting to the allegations made by Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik, that the navy was responsible for jeopardizing Dabolim airport expansion plan, the flag officer of Goa naval area Rear Admiral Sudhir Pillai has refuted the allegations 3. 32s. Full Text. | |||
| Britain seek CBI probe into Stephen Bennett’s ‘murder’ 18 Jul: Herald. The UK government has sought Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into its national Stephen Bennett’s unexplained death case, which has a relation to Goa’s drug mafia... Stephen was on his first Indian tour to Goa in December 2006. He was however found hanging to a tree in an isolated place near Roha in Raigad district of Maharashtra, on December 7 ... 362 words. Full Text. | |||
| The story beneath the ruins... 18 Jul: Deccan Herald. Velha Goa (Old Goa) has a number of churches, which have been included in UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. Among these are the ruins of St Augustine Church... When it was completed in 1602, it was recognised as one of the three great Augustinian churches in the Iberian world ... Somewhere beneath these crumbling stones was hidden the missing corpse of Queen Ketevan of Georgia... 764 words. Full Text. | |||
| Priest refuses to bury dead with valuables 18 Jul: Gulf News (Dubai) Funerals will not be conducted if relatives of the deceased bury the dead with gold and other valuables, a Goan Roman Catholic priest said on Saturday. Father Raul Colaco, the priest from Goa Velha, said that he was forced to announce this measure after two graves in the Goa Velha church cemetery were vandalised by unidentified people earlier this month...207 words. Full Text. | |||
| Death: Maria Viegas 15 Jul: Newmarket, ON, Canada. MARIA ALVIRA VIEGAS (born in Assolna, Goa). Mother of Melanie, Rodericks, Alvito Viegas and Yvonne Fortes. Sons in Law : Wilfred Rodericks & Lucas Fortes. Daughter in law : Judyline Pereira Viegas. Funeral Sat. July 17 at 10:00 a.m. Saints Peter & Paul Church, Mississauga. Interment at Assumption Cemetery. [GoaNet alert]. Full Text. | |||
| Mississauga: Stephen D'lima debuts single on iTunes 15 Jul: Mississauga News. Mississauga musician Stephen D'lima has released a new single he hopes will strike a chord with listeners now that we're in the height of wedding season. D'lima has worked as a musician for the past 30 years and performs under the stage name Stephen-D ... It was first written for his wife on their wedding day years ago... 191 words + photo Full Text. | |||
| Scarlett case: Fiona Summoned to Depose Before Goa Court 17 Jul: Outlook. Fiona Mackeown, whose teenager daughter, was found dead on Goa’s shore, is summoned to testify before the local court on July 30... 276 words. Full Text. | |||
| UK Flight Tax likely to jeopardise tourism flow to India 17 Jul: TravelBiz Monitor. The UK government’s move to increase Air Passenger Duty (APD) levied on passengers flying out of UK from November 2010 is likely to affect the forthcoming inbound season in India in a big way. APD to India will increase from £50 in Economy Class to £75 and from £100 in Business Class to £150 ... the effect is likely to reduce charter flights to Goa... 633 words. Full Text. | |||
| 95 percent drowning cases in Goan beaches due to alcohol 17 Jul: IANS... The profile of a young person with a pale body, wearing an ill-fitted Goa tee shirt, slightly drunk and moving along the beach in a group of four or five is bad news from the lifeguards perspective ... 390 words. Full Text. | |||
