GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SAT 06 MARCH, 2010
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| Canada: Ken Pereira sells shirts to play with pride | ||
 7 Mar: Times of India. Ken
Pereira, the veteran Canadian field hockey player with 302 caps ends up selling
shirts. Reason? Making money to fund his trip to the World Cup in New Delhi. "Field
hockey is not very big in Canada," Pereira, who made his debut in 1995, said.
"So, we've got to dig deep into our pockets to make our trips abroad possible
… Life is tough for a Canadian field hockey player… and it's tough having
a girlfriend he said even finding one… 321 words. Click
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| Video: Shigmo celebrated in Panjim | ||
 6 Mar: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. The streets of Panjim reverberated with sounds of Dholl, the drums and conches as huge effigies of wondrous colour and light effects paraded their way and entertained the crowds … 1m. 14s. | ||
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| Canada: Jeremy Dias: Mover & Shaker | ||
 6 Mar: The Ottawa Citizen. Jeremy Dias is only 26, but he's long been the poster boy for anti-bullying in Canada… he started an organization called Jer's Vision: Canada's Youth Diversity Initiative and the Jeremy Dias Scholarship (jersvision.org). The organization addresses discrimination of all kinds -- sex, age and race… 595 words. | ||
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| Video: 'Shirodkar just tip of the iceberg' | ||
 6 Mar: Times Now TV. A former top cop of the Goa Anti Narcotics Cell (ANC) has
blown the lid off the police-drug mafia nexus in Goa… former deputy superintendent
of police, Lavu Mamledar [photo] has said that the tentacles of the Goa drug mafia
extend right up to the top echelons of the state government, and that the Goa
government has hardly taken any action against the perpetrators… 479 words.
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| Pamella Bordes: The Wages of Sin | ||
 6 Mar: The Daily Mail (UK). She was the escort girl whose affairs with establishment figures scandalised Britain. Today Pamella Bordes lives in a tiny flat in a seedy Goan resort, reduced to chatting up men on the internet … She lives as a virtual recluse in Goa … … 'Goa is very quiet,' she writes … ‘this place is a dump.' … ‘It is full of "dudes" plagued by reefer madness.’ … 2298 words
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| Bombay Calling for Remo! 7 Mar: Times of India. Remo Fernandes has donned a new avatar. He has signed on his first Bollywood film, Go Goa, as a music director … The film will have an American as its heroine and there will be Goan folk songs … Remo will also score music for a Goan film by Rajendra Talak… Photo + 496 words. Full Text. | ||
| Alleged Goa Killer Acquitted by Court in 2nd Case 6 Mar: Outlook. A local court today acquitted alleged serial killer Mahanand Naik from the second murder case due to lack of evidence. The alleged killer nabbed by Ponda police last year has confessed to killing 16 women in the last 15 years… 256 words. Full Text. | ||
| Goa is not a Police State 7 Mar: Herald. Though the state security is reportedly heightened after the terror attacks, the Polem check post at the Karnataka border has no gate for the last two days after an “incident”. The police manning the gate had stopped a car carrying relatives of a top bureaucrat. They objected to the check and phoned the bureaucrat in question, who ordered that the gates be dismantled, proving that Goa is not a Police state … 505 words. Full Text. | ||
| Video: Tourism was up by 21 per cent says Union Tourism Minister 6 Mar: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. An Inter-state Regional Conference of Tourism Ministers of Western States and Union Territories was organised by the Ministry of Tourism in Goa on Saturday at the Taj Fort Aguada resort in Sinquerim which was chaired by the Union Minister for Tourism Kumari Selja. Union Tourism Secretary Sujit Bannerjee, State Tourism Ministers and other dignitaries were also present… 4m. 03s. Full Text. | ||
| Indian state pledges to clean up its act over public health 6 Mar: The Independent (UK). Sanitation in India is no laughing matter. It does not even qualify as toilet humour. But now, Bihar, one of the country's notoriously poor states has pledged to build enough lavatories to end the widespread practice of "open-air defecation" in just two years. 629 words. Full Text. | ||
| Warning of the week: New travel rules for India 6 Mar: The Independent (UK). … thousands of prospective UK visitors to India have had their plans wrecked by an arbitrary change to visa rules and delays in the system, which was recently outsourced to a company called VF Services (UK) Ltd… Many British travellers have already fallen foul of the change in rules… A couple from Somerset left for India a week late because of delays in renewing their business visas (price £169 each). The pair are regular visitors to India, but they are considering switching some contracts to Eastern Europe rather than battle with Indian bureaucracy… 803 words + comments. Full Text. | ||
| India to issue e-passports to citizens soon 6 Mar. IANS. India will soon begin issuing electronic passports to its citizens within three days of applying using biometrics and digital technology, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said Saturday… The service provider will charge Rs.199 per applicant towards processing fee for issuing an e-passport… 545 words. [Ed: Whilst the charge is £165 and the delay over three months for an O.C.I.]. Full Text. | ||
| Stars line up to save BBC Asian Network 6 Mar: The Guardian. Meera Syal, Shilpa Shetty and Amir Khan and Laila Rouass are among more than 100 calling for rescue of digital radio station … 862 words. Full Text. | ||
| Montreal: Glenda Braganza: Familiar tunes, fresh language 6 Mar: The Gazette. Tableau D'Hôte Theatre will be presenting A Line In The Sand … Actor Glenda Braganza crosses genders to play the Palestinian boy, Sadiq … For info click here. For the GV Glenda Braganza supplement, click here. | ||
| Kumari Selja ticks off Goa minister over garbage disposal 6 Mar: IANS. Union Minister for Tourism Kumari Selja Saturday ticked off Goa Tourism Minister Mickky Pacheco for not having a solid waste management system in place to handle the garbage problem in the state… 312 words. Full Text. | ||
| Top ten luxury camps: wild and in style 6 Mar: The National (UAE). … 5. Otter Creek Tents, North Goa. These tents stand next to a mile of pristine beach … four-poster beds, en suite bathrooms with running water and hot showers … From $407 per tent, per week … Full Text. | ||
| National helpline for safety of tourists in offing 6 Mar: IANS. A national helpline is on the anvil to address the safety and security concerns of tourists in the country, central Tourism Minister Kumari Selja announced Saturday… Expressing concern over the “safety and security” of tourists visiting India, the minister said: “News of any untoward incident travels quickly endangering the reputation of the country as a safe destination.” … 309 words. Full Text. | ||
| New visa rules creating problems : Tourism minister 6 Mar: Economic Times. Tourism Minister Kumari Selja on Saturday said her ministry has taken up the matter of new visa regulations that curtails tourists stay in the country with the External Affairs Ministry following complaints from a few states… 278 words. Full Text. | ||
| ‘No permission for construction in eco-sensitive zones of Goa' 6 Mar: The Hindu. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has promised Goa's socio-environmental activist groups that the Regional Plan 2021(RP2021) would be finalised in the next six months, and henceforth, no permission would be given for construction in eco-sensitive zones… 463 words. Full Text. | ||
| Goa: Wireless USB internet connection providers to choose from. 6 Mar: Indian Tech. News. USB modem or internet on the move is one of the essential parts of communication. Looks at the services provided by Tata Indicomm, Reliance. Airtel, Idea, Virgin, MTS… If you are really want faster wireless connectivity, then definitely go for CDMA services offered by Tata Indicomm and Reliance… 1203 words. Full Text. | ||