GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER WED 16 JUNE, 2010
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| Swindon Goan Festival: Babush Monserrate to be Chief Guest | |||
Sat 12 Jul: The Goan Swindon Association proudly presents their Third Annual Goan
Summer Festival at the County Ground Athletics Tracks, Swindon, SN1 2EE. Time:
12noon to 8pm. Entry fee: £2 only. It is the event for every Goan, young
and old to share the joys in celebrating the rich culture of Goa. Solo singers,
Live bands, Mando, Violins ensemble, Bolkavant Gozali, Comedy acts, Bollywood,
Fugdi, Drinks, Sausage pau, Goan food. etc. Chief Guest: Babush
Monserrate specially from Goa. For the flyer, click
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| Video: “Police focussing on Nadia to divert attention from drugs” – Parrikar | |||
 16 Jun. Goa 365. The Leader of opposition Manohar Parrikar (photo) on Wednesday said that Goa Crime Branch’s great deal of attention to the Nadia death case is tactic of the Congress-led government to divert public opinion from serious problems such as increasing drug cases in the state. 2m. 52s.
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| Canada: Brendan Fernandes: Sobey Art Award finalist | |||
16 Jun: CBC.ca … Six young contemporary artists have earned a spot on the
short list for the prestigious $50,000 Sobey Art Award… Kenyan-born, Toronto
and New York-based multimedia artist Brendan Fernandes, representing Ontario…
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here Fearless Fernandes 16 Jun: Varsity (Canada). … Decked out in a red blazer and cream bowtie, the young Canadian artist glided easily between fans and friends … Fernandes is on the move again with upcoming exhibitions in Calgary and Copenhagen… 646 words. Click here. Brendan Fernandes was born in Nairobi, the son of Rudolf and Hazel; brother of Lisa-Marie and Tamara. He attended St. Mary's School, Nairobi, from 1985-89, immigrating to Canada in the early 1990s. For a photo of him see Goan Voice of 15 June 2010 | |||
| Is it safe to buy cheap prescription drugs abroad? | |||
 16 Jun: The Guardian (UK). The 50-something customer in front of me at the pharmacy in Goa turns around and grins. ‘Sorry for the hold up love,’ he says in a distinctly British accent. ‘He's gone out the back as he didn't have enough Viagra under the counter … You can get a whole year's supply here and it costs nothing…’. Along with India, many other countries have a reputation for a rather relaxed attitude to prescription drugs. But there are risks involved… 996 words. | |||
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| Bahrain: Arthur D'Souza: Pieces of Me | |||
 13 Jun: Gulf Daily News (Bahrain). Bahrain-based Goan artist Arthur D'Souza will
unveil his latest work entitled Pieces of Me … Mr D'Souza creates his artworks
with positive film and coloured paper layered between two sheets of glass …
The exhibition is open until July 3 … 319 words. Click
here. For the Arthur D'Souza website with Galleries, Video, Photos, Press, Music etc, go to http://www.arthurdsouza.com/ | |||
News Summary | |||
| Death: Serafino (Sandy) Fernandes 16 Jun: Calgary, Canada. SERAFINO (SANDY) FERNANDES. (Aged 80; Ex-Tanga, Tanzania). Husband of the late Genevieve Fernandes. Father of the late Louisa Fernandes; Greg/Martina; and Gerry/Dayami. Loving grandfather to Antonio, Tamara, Portia and Ethan. He will be missed by his siblings Justine/late Hypolito, Januar/Roquella, Alcoque, Bessie, Florrie/Jai, Roque, Nery, Eugene/Patsy, Rose/Roldao, Delphin/John, Victor/Astrid and was predeceased by Andy, Dommie and Antoinette. He will greatly missed by all his nieces and nephews around the world. Funeral details to follow. Condolences to: dayangerry@shaw.ca [Info: Stephen de Souza] | |||
| High Court to hear Mickky & Lyndon’s petitions on Friday 17 Jun: Herald. The High Court will hear the anticipatory bail petitions filed by former tourism minister Mickky Pacheco and his OSD Lyndon Monteiro on Friday morning according to Amit Palekar, their legal counsel … Full Text. | |||
| India's booming surrogacy business 16 Jun: The Guardian (UK). India is fast emerging as the 'surrogacy capital of the world' with a $445 million business in 'fertility tourism'. A burgeoning number of poor Indian women are turning paid surrogates for childless foreign couples. Fuelling the surrogacy service from India are a slew of factors, including low medical costs, a highly qualified medical workforce and lax surrogacy laws… 1165 words. Full Text. | |||
| Fake marriages an Indian industry: Canada 16 Jun: Financial Express. Fake marriages among Indo-Canadians and Indians is "an industry" a Canadian senior minister said. "There's always money involved in this at some point. It's just so disgusting. It's an industry, actually," Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said… 287 words. Full Text. | |||
| Lottery drives Scarlet Fernandes to fraud 17 Jun: Pune Mirror. Scarlet Chris Fernandes (49), the wife of an NRI settled in the US, is alleged to have gathered money from neighbours and friends under the garb of her mother-in-law’s cash crunch, so that she could pay for an online lottery which was fake … She was arrested after Francis Santamaria (32), one of her victims, lodged a complaint… she had promised to return the money once her mother-in-law’s property in the UK was sold. 505 words. Full Text. | |||
| Video: Tracking the monsoon: Goa thirsting for rain 16 Jun: NDTV. It may have been the best beginning to the monsoon in the last four years, but in Goa, it's had a rather slow start. Goa's main crop paddy is seeing a bit of a delayed cycle, with the rain playing truant for the entire first week of June. Now things are picking up, but farmers continue to look to the sky as if to make sure, the rain dance is here to stay. 1m. 55s. Full Text. | |||
| Nilkant Halarnkar named Goa Tourism Minister 16 Jun: PTI: The tourism, housing and port administration portfolios, earlier handled by Mickkey Pacheco have been alloted to Nilkant Halarnkar. 162 words. Full Text. | |||
| High Court returns Mickky Pacheco’s anticipatory bail application 16 Jun: UNI. The High Court today returned the anticipatory bail application moved by Mickky Pacheco without registering it on record. Sources said this was because it was not in order for want of certain certified documents… 273 words. Full Text. | |||
| Death: Fr Gabriel Lobo 16 Jun: Herald. Fr Gabriel Lobo (87), the founder of St. Xavier’s High School in Belgaum, who hailed from Aldona, died at Clergy Home, Dharwad, on Monday … photo + text. Full Text. | |||
| Book on Goa released in Portugal 16 Jun: Herald. A book, 'Goa, 50 anos depois' (Goa 50 years therafter) has recently been published by Professor Borges da Cunha in Leiria, Portugal … He has proved that Goa continues to be a land of hospitality and Portuguese culture …Full Text. | |||
| Govt. of India Dismayed by Allegations of Misuse of UK Educational Grants 16 Jun: 13:12 IST. Press Information Bureau (Govt. of India). The Department of School Education and Literacy is dismayed and shocked at the unsubstantiated allegations in the press on the misuse of UK Grants for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan … 598 words. Full Text. | |||
| UK: TV & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS By Lira Fernandes DOCUMENTARY: Colour Coded. BBC Radio Four Wednesday 16th Jun. Time: 21:00 to 21:30. In the second of two programmes, Trevor Phillips asks why we define members of the human race by the colour of their skin. SPORT: Planet Sports. Travel Channel. MUSIC: Darbar Festival. Sky Arts 2 FILM: The Darjeeling Limited. Film4 COOKERY: Come Dine with Me. Channel 4 TRAVEL: Globe Trekker. Travel Channel DOCUMENTARY: Mary Magdalene - Saint or Sinner? Five (105) COOKERY: Rick Stein's Seafood Odyssey. Good Food | |||
