GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER MON 08 MARCH, 2010
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| UK: Gay Asians reveal racism problems | ||
 8 Mar: BBC. Gay Asian men living in Yorkshire say they are facing increasing racial abuse from within the gay community … Racism is alive and well but its far worse in Yorkshire than in cities like London and Manchester … 735 words. | ||
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| Video: Goa’s Checkpost gate on Karnataka border lies dismantled | ||
 8 Mar: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. At a time when the state’s security has being beefed up in view of security threats, Goa’s southern-most checkpoint at the Polem border has no security gate to act as a barrier for the past 3 days, which has resulted in the vehicles entering and leaving the state unchecked… 2m. 50s.
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8 Mar: Outlook (India). New regulations are making it difficult for tourists—and skilled expats… For Indian companies, global recognition goes hand-in-hand with a global workforce… What has baffled everyone who is affected is that India often rails against similar restrictions by other nations… 1271 words.
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| Goa Flights 8 Mar: charterflights.co.uk. East Midlands to Goa, 11 or 18 March, 14 or 21 nights, £359 return. Manchester to Goa, 22 March, 14 nights, £409 return. Gatwick to Goa, 20 March, 21 nights, £456.50 return; 8 April, 21 nights, £462 return. www.charterflights.co.uk or call 0845 045 0237 | ||
| Equality? Still a long way to go for Goa's women 8 Mar: Times of India. Liberated is a word often associated with Goan society, and with our rose-tinted glasses on, we probably let a lot of less than perfect situations pass us uncorrected. One such is the working condition of women in Goa, say women in state and trade organizations… 367 words. Full Text. | ||
| Tony Fernandes: Tune Hotels to open hotels in London and Goa 8 Mar: Breaking Travel News. Tune Hotels.com, part of the Tune Group, the private investment group of Tony Fernandes, founder and Group CEO of low cost airline AirAsia and Team Principal of the Lotus F1 Racing team is to operate 15 Tune Hotels.com hotels across Greater London by 2017… The global roll-out will result in hotels in Goa and other cities in India… Full Text. | ||
| Scarlet case: Trial will reveal cover-ups, says lawyer 9 Mar: PTI. "The trial hopefully would uncover further details on the cover up which is a larger crime," Varma, Fiona’s counsel, said. The considerable evidence in this case was destroyed or manipulated by diabolical minds, he said, adding, "however, those minds were not as successful as they thought they would be"… 231 words. Full Text. | ||
| Central agency should probe Goa drug scene: BJP 8 Mar: IANS. The Goa unit of the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) Monday demanded a probe by a central agency into the narcotics trade in Goa. The party also pressed for a criminal case against five policemen suspended for their suspected links with the drug mafia… 287 words. Full Text. | ||
| Russians should sunbathe, have fun, go back, says Goa BJP 8 Mar: IANS. The BJP president Laxmikant Parsenkar Monday said Russian tourists should “stay for two months, sunbathe, have fun, spend money and go back”. He also warned that Russian tourists should not indulge in businesses when they come to Goa on a tourist visa… 315 words. Full Text. | ||
| Death: Domingos De Melo 5 Mar: Divar, Goa. DOMINGOS SILVESTRE DE MELO (SILU). (Born 1936; ex-Bahrain). Husband of Lavinia. Father of Balbin/Francis Noronha; Josefa/late Francis Afonso/John Baretto (Paris); Joanita/Victor and Iris de Melo (UK). Grandfather of Rochelle, Falon, Fabienne, Floyd and Jovienne. on 8th March at Divar. | ||
| Goa: Paradise Lost 8 Mar: Forbes. Goa is gradually losing its allure as a favoured destination among foreign tourists. It now needs to change its basic offering beyond sun-and-beach to win them back … “Tourism in Goa is now being developed on the basis of women, wine, drugs and the latest entrant, gambling. Thus, it is now attracting the wrong kind of crowd as tourists,” says social activist Sabina Martins … The “death of Goa as a destination,” as Sujay Gupta puts it (he is writing a book on the drugs trade in Goa), was caused by “the local travel industry’s carelessness, fuelled by a government that has been rudderless and without vision.” … In the last few years, stricter visa regulations have also had unintended consequences for Goa tourism … 2134 words + photos. Full Text. | ||
| Have the police allowed Atala to slip away? 8 Mar: Herald. Two days after Ashish Shirodkar and others were suspended for their alleged links with the drug mafia, Herald inquiries revealed that police did not make any attempt to trace Yaniv Benaim alias Atala till 7th Mar… 775 words. Full Text. | ||
| Childrens Court frames charges against accused in Scarlett case. 8 Mar: Digital Goa. The Childrens Court today framed charges against Samson D'Souza and Placido Carvalho in the sensational Scarlett murder case. Charges framed against the duo are culpable homicide, outraging modesty and destroying evidence… Full Text. | ||