GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER MON 28 JUNE, 2010
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| Canada: Glenda Braganza revels in TV's mini-boom | |||
 28 Jun: MetroNews (Canada). An apparent explosion of TV roles played by South
Asian actors is a boon to a community … Toronto actress Glenda
Braganza, who appears in the upcoming CBC-TV comedy "Men With Brooms,"
says it all speaks to a growing awareness by show creators that a small change
in a show's cast can pull in a much bigger audience… Halifax-born Braganza's
parents are from Goa … 940 words. Click
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| Priestly year ‘not good one’ for Goa Church | |||
 28 Jun: UCAN. By Bosco de Souza Eremita. A senior priest has hit out at the Church in Goa over several embarrassing and humiliating events that he says has damaged reputations in the state. Father Mario Saturnino Dias (photo), a former official of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences, also criticised the performance of clergymen during the Vatican-declared Year for Priests that ended this month… 298 words. | |||
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| Nadia Torrado: Month’s Mind | |||
29 Jun: Loutolim, Goa. Month’s Mind. There will be a Eucharistic celebration for the soul of our beloved NADIA JOELLE TORRADO at 7.30 a.m. on Tuesday, 29th June 2010 at Saviour of the World Church, Loutolim, offered by her sorrowful family.
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| Text + Audio: Our Breaking Hearts 28 Jun: BBC Asian Network. New statistics, released exclusively to 'Asian Network Report Special' reveal the true extent of the burden of heart disease on ethnic minorities in the UK. According to new research rates of heart disease are far higher in Asian men than in the wider population yet they are twice as likely to miss out on life saving care… 30 min. Full Text. | |||
| Goa to hold International Travel Mart 29 Jun: Business Line. In its bid to expand networking in international tourist markets, Goa will hold its first International Travel Mart (ITM) from October 14 to 17… The State Government has earmarked a budget of Rs 70 lakh for the event… 376 words. Full Text. | |||
| Goa: Health insurance scheme to cover every Goan family 29 Jun: Navhind Times. The state government is currently chalking out a health insurance scheme of up to Rs 60,000 per year, which will cover every Goan family... 385 words. Full Text. | |||
| Sex racket busted in Goa 28 Jun: My News.in. … a police team entered the Ferros Dent [sic] Discotheque at Candolim at 2200 hours last night and found the 11 half-naked girls, dancing with five customers, three from Goa and one each from Karnataka and Maharastra… 149 words + photo. Full Text. | |||
| Football: Indian team to leave for two-month Portugal camp 27 Jun: PTI. Amid the football frenzy in the country because of the World Cup, 28 national players would leave the country on June 30 for Portuguese capital of Lisbon for a two-month training-cum-competition tour as part of India's preparation for the Asian Cup in Doha next January… 385 words. Full Text. | |||
| Goa opens up competition 28 Jun: Variety (London). The Intl. Film Festival of India in Goa has opened up its competition section to films from all parts of the world. Until now, entries were restricted to films from Asia, Latin America and Africa… Total prize money will nearly treble to $435,000 from the existing $150,000… the next fest runs Nov. 22-Dec. 2. 184 words. Full Text. | |||
| Raid on Goa disco, 11 prostitutes freed 28 Jun: IANS. Eleven prostitutes were freed during a raid at a popular disco in a Goa beach village Monday afternoon, police said… The girls were brought from Mumbai and were being ‘worked’ at the Pharaoh’s Den at Candolim … Ashish Joglekar, a pimp, four of his associates and five clients who were found in compromising positions were arrested. 129 words. Full Text. | |||
| Lay brothers’ on the run after rape charges 28 Jun: UCAN. Police in the southern Indian state of Kerala have launched a manhunt for two men alleged to be lay Catholic brothers who absconded after being charged with raping four women and a young girl at a spiritual counseling center they ran… 283 words. Full Text. | |||
| UK: Asian Christians 'feel neglected by Church. Text + Audio 25 Jun: BBC. Mainstream churches in England are failing Asian Christian worshippers … many of Britain's estimated 75,000 Asian Christians do not feel welcome in the big churches… Ram Gidoomal [ex-Mombasa], chairman of the South Asian Forum said, "I went there for a few weeks but felt that I didn't belong there. I can speak English perfectly and I went to an English school but, although I had become a Christian, I didn't feel a part of them. To me they didn't look as if they wanted me there." … Ahead of a national conference of Asian Christians from across Britain in Derbyshire this weekend, the Church of England acknowledges the problem... For text, 653 words, click here For an audio report, 4m. 15s. click here For the website of the Darbyshire Conference, click here. | |||
| Minor kills self after rows with lovers 28 Jun: Times of India. A minor girl committed suicide by setting herself ablaze a day before her birthday after she was assaulted by one boyfriend and another refused to marry her. She died in the hospital 21 days later on Saturday and Pernem police have registered a case of abetment of suicide and sexual assault against the boyfriend who assaulted her… 469 words. Full Text. | |||
| Death: Telma Sequeira 27 Jun: 1st Ward, Colva, Goa. MARIA JACINTA TELMA DIAS E SEQUEIRA (TELMA) (Born 1929). Wife of late Hermano. Sister of Olga/late Inocencio, late Raul, Rui/Leena (London), late Climaco/late Aurea (Portugal), late Alzira, late Avito. Aunt of Suzan/Alex (Canada), June/Cyril, Nestor/Berry, Roland and Ronald (London), Zemira and Guida (Portugal). Funeral service on 28th June at 4 pm at Our Lady of Merces Church, Colva. | |||
