GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SAT 12 JUNE, 2010
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| Video: Mickky’s Partner, Viola Interrogated by the Crime Branch | ||
 12 Jun: Navhind Multimedia. Viola, partner of the former tourism minister Francisco Xavier Pacheco on Saturday appeared before the Crime Branch office at Dona Paula and was questioned for eight hours. 1m. 21s.
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| Video: Appointment of Lyndon Monteiro is illegal: Aires Rodrigues | ||
 12 Jun: Navhind Multimedia. Social activist, Advocate Aires Rodrigues on Saturday alleged that Lyndon Monteiro (photo) was appointed as director and vice-chairman of Goa Tourism Development Corporation in total violation of law and should be punished… 3m. 44s. | ||
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| Hindu radical charged with rape of Orissa nun | ||
 11 Jun: UCAN. Orissa police have arrested Pandit Bishimajhi, a key Hindu radical wanted for the rape of a Catholic nun during the 2008 anti-Christian violence… One of his mobs stripped and paraded Sister Meena (photo: centre, face covered) and Father Thomas Chellan, director of a pastoral centre in the district… Bishimajhi was arrested after two years despite having high-level political connections… 201 words.
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| “Mickky can never harm anyone”: Viola 13 Jun: Indian Express. “Mickky cannot be a murderer, he can never harm anyone,” said Viola Fernandes, 25, live-in partner of Mickky Pacheco … Viola has known Mickky since her childhood and was a family friend of Nadia … 419 words. Full Text. | ||
| UK Siolim Union Event Sold Out *SOLD OUT * Siolim Union (London) 30th Anniversary Feast of St. Anthony of Padua - Saturday 19th June, 2010* at Archbishop Lanfranc School Hall, Mitcham Road, Croydon CR9 3AS *SOLD OUT* | ||
| Controversies not new for Pacheco 13 Jun: Deccan Herald. By Devika Sequeira. The list of offences against Micky Pacheco provides a record of his wayward behaviour … In 2002 he was acquitted of criminal trespass when a restaurant was set on fire in Colva … the propensity for explosive rage and abrasive language remained … Last year a casino in a five star resort accused him of extortion … his wife accused him of bigamy … 356 words. Full Text. | ||
| When I Met Mickky…By Mário Cabral e Sá 13 Jun: Navhind Times. Mickky came to own a football club but before that he married a rich American woman who obliged and died before long, leaving him her wealth … He once came to see me … he wanted me to mention him as often as I could, in the best possible light, and I would have no reason to regret. I just couldn’t do it, I said… Full Text. | ||
| Police intensify hunt for Mickky 13 Jun. Navhind Times. The police conducted searches late Saturday night in Colva in an attempt to hunt down Mickky Pacheco … The police were tipped off that Mr Pacheco was likely to visit one place in coastal belt. They conducted searches at three places in Colva and also verified the places where he was expected to visit. However, his whereabouts were not known… 539 words. http://www.navhindtimes.in/news/police-intensify-hunt-mickky Full Text. | ||
| Video: Goa Police summon Mickky Pacheco's wife 12 Jun: NDTV. The Goa Police have summoned wife of former state tourism minister Mickky Pacheco, who is on the run after being probed for the death of his girlfriend Nadia Torrado… Full Text. | ||
| Video: Noose tightens around Mickky Pacheco 12 Jun: 14: 27 IST, CNN-IBN. Mickky Pacheco is infamous for his brushes with the law – from gambling to extortion to bigamy, he has had cases registered against him... 2m. 12s. Full Text. | ||
| Death: Santana Fernandes 11 June: Orlim, Goa. SANTANA JOAQUINA FERNANDES (Born 1930). Wife of late Gabriel. Mother of Louisa/late Jose Agnelo Pereira, Sr Inez Fernandes (PVVM-Zambia), Sr Dorothy Fernandes, Philomena Blanche/Sebastian Pereira, Monica/Viriato D’Costa. Funeral service on 12th June at St Michael Church, Orlim. | ||
| Pacheco met Nadia for two days before she consumed poison 12 Jun: 13:26 IST. PTI. Francisco Pacheco had met his close friend Nadia Torrado for two days before she allegedly consumed poison on May 15, police said… Police are probing whether Pacheco was present at her house when she took rat poison… They have found that Nadia's mother was not in her house when her daughter took the extreme step, a claim denied by Sonia... 439 words. Full Text. | ||
| Stray Thoughts: Mickky rendered ‘Pawar’less 12 Jun. Goan Observer. By Rajan Narayan. … Mickky would have got away, as he had got away in the past with criminal assault on public officials, but for the intervention of Sharad Pawar, the NCP supremo… Perhaps Sharad Pawar decided that the Mickky case would prove to be a useful diversion from the scams he himself is involved in… Mickky wears knuckle dusters on his fingers… 1283 words. Full Text. | ||
| Tourism: Smaller nations beat Goa in brand building: Desai 12 Jun: Navhind Times. The tourism industry in facing a challenging year ahead due to poor brand building, lack of a proper advertisement campaign, and allegedly a strong link between corruption and the system, a section of tourism sources opined. None of this will come as any surprise to most Goans, they said… 581 words. Full Text. | ||