GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER THU 29 JULY, 2010
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| Canada: Lt. Col. Joe Fernandes takes command of 8 AMS | ||
 27 Jul: The Trentonian (Canada). LCol. Joe Fernandes is the new commanding officer of 8 Air Maintenance Squadron ... He enrolled in the Canadian Forces in 1982 and graduated in 1987 from the Royal Military College in Kingston with a Bachelors degree in electrical engineering... [LCol. Joe Fernandes was born in Jamshedpur, India and moved to Canada when he was 3. His paternal relatives came from Bombay; his father lives in Kingston ON] | ||
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| Video: Legislators slam the Chief Minister for failing to bust drugs trade | ||
 29 Jul: Goa 365. Legislators cutting across party lines on Thursday slammed chief minister Digambar Kamat for not being able to bust the drug mafia nexus in which police are also linked... Agnelo Fernandes (photo) the Calangute MLA cited several instances of the nexus ... 4m. 24s. | ||
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| Video: Fiona MacKeown in Goa | ||
29 Jul. TimesNowTV. Two and a half years after her daughter Scarlett Keeling was found dead in Goa, her mother, Fiona MacKeown has returned to India. Speaking exclusively to TIMES NOW, Fiona said that she will fight for justice for her daughter, even as she gears to be cross examined on Friday. 2m. 55s. | ||
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| James D'Silva: Tuscan Sun Festival | ||
 28 Jul: Nove da Firenze (Italy). The Tuscan Sun Festival runs from July 31 to
August 6 ... James
D'Silva, born and raised in Goa, is one of the most famous personal trainer
in the world having trained, among others Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow... Recently,
James has developed a system of exercises the Garuda ... 523 words. Text in Italian.
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News Summary | ||
| Funeral details: Josephina Pereira 26 July: Cariamoddi, Curchorem, Goa. JOSEPHINA DIAS E PEREIRA (Born 193). Wife of late Santan. Mother of Sylvia/late Justin, Ruby/Bosco, Lydia/Romeo, Floriano/Agnela (Canada), Suzy/Vicent, Lorina/Lancy, Bambina/Lourdes. Funeral service on 30th July at 3.30 pm Guardian Angel Church, Curchorem. | ||
| Voting Rights to NRI Goans under consideration 29 Jul: Digital Goa. If the proposal to confer voting rights to Indian citizens comes through, NRI Goans living abroad will get voting rights.... Full Text. | ||
| Video: Strip Ravi Naik of Home Ministry, demands Pacheco 29 Jul: Goa 365. Going on the offensive in the State Legislative Assembly on the second day of his attendance, the former tourism minister Francisco Xavier Pacheco on Thursday demanded stripping Ravi Naik of home ministry. 6m. 25s. Full Text. | ||
| Goa Assembly disrupted 4th time over drug nexus probe 29 Jul: IANS. For the fourth time in the last 10 days, the opposition Friday disrupted the Goa assembly proceedings by demanding a CBI probe into the alleged police-politician-drug mafia nexus in the state... 340 words. Full Text. | ||
| Goa committee wants drug nexus case to be handed over to CBI 29 Jul: PTI. Even as the Goa government is avoiding to hand over the police-drug peddler nexus case to the CBI, a legislature panel has taken a view that the nexus probe has to be handed over to CBI... 238 words. Full Text. | ||
| Hindu death threats over ‘blasphemous’ art 29 Jul: Union of Catholic Asian News. By Bosco de Sousa Eremita. A Catholic center in Goa has been forced to remove several controversial paintings from an art exhibition after Hindu extremists threatened to decapitate the artist... the center’s director Father Delio Mendonca said, “There have been anonymous telephone calls with many threats of violence, including one to decapitate the artist.” ... 301 words. Full Text. | ||
| Goa’s Chief Minister slammed for failure to rein in drug mafia 29 Jul: IANS. Legislators across the spectrum Thursday slammed Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat for his failure to rein in the drug mafia suspected to be linked to the police. During a discussion in the assembly, ruling Congress legislator Agnelo Fernandes said police officers in Goa were fighting wars on behalf of the drug mafia ... Kamat is holding charge of the home ministry, after the minister concerned, Ravi Naik, reported sick a week ago... 270 words. Full Text. | ||
| Britons of Indian origin beat restrictions on immigration 29 Jul: The Times (UK)... British workers seeking employment visas to India must be qualified professionals employed by a company in India to work at a senior level... The situation is different for the thousands of Britons of Indian origin. Anyone who has held an Indian passport or whose parents, grandparents or greatgrandparents were born and resided in India can apply for a Persons of Indian Origin card, which eliminates the need for visas or work permits and can also be granted to a spouse. A number of Britons live in India for family or lifestyle reasons: 7,000 pensioners are thought to have moved to Gujarat for their retirement, and 250 Britons live on Goa... 226 words. | ||
| Overseas Recruitment Agency in Goa 29 Jul: Press Information Bureau (Govt. of India). The Overseas Employment Agency of Goa has been granted a Registration Certificate to commence or carry on the business of recruitment for deployment of Indian workers with foreign employers... It is funded by the Government of Goa... 346 words. Full Text. | ||
| Opposition grills government over Israeli firm building hospital 29 Jul: Opposition parties in Goa Thursday questioned the state government’s logic of allowing an Israeli defence equipment manufacturer to build a super specialty hospital under the public-private-partnership (PPP) model... Health minister Vishwajeet Rane was also grilled over leasing 10,000 sq mts of land for a period of 60 years for construction and maintenance of the hospital... 220 words. Full Text. | ||
| Video: Rains, landslides throw Konkan Railway off track 29 Jul: CNN-IBN. For the last 10 days services on the route have been suspended as due to mudslides caused by rains. 1m. 57s. Full Text. | ||
| Scarlett Keeling Death: Developments 29 Jul: Sydney Morning Herald (Aus.). Mother cries foul over daughter's death. 343 words. Click here. 29 Jul: IANS. 'Probe Goa home minister's son in Scarlett case'. 373 words. Click here. 29 Jul. Times of India: Fiona MacKeown has arrived in Goa and has been given police protection. She will leave Goa on August 6. 313 words. Click here. 29 Jul: IANS. Murli Sagar a key prosecution witness said that 'Hours before her death Scarlett was singing, talking about stars' 453 words. Click here. | ||
| Weekly Weather & Exchange Rates 28 Jul: Indian Met Dept. (Goa). Weather: Max = 30.2; Min = 23.7. Rainfall 20.8 mm. Exchange (Buying) rates: £ = 72.55; $ = 46.45; € = 60.35. | ||