GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER MON 15 MARCH, 2010
| ANNOUNCEMENT | ||
| Restricted Service Ahead! | ||
From Eddie Fernandes: I will be in Goa ( Tel. 00 91 909 666 3431) 12 Mar to 2
Apr and will endeavour to provide a restricted service during this period. Send
messages to eddie.fernandes@gmail.com
as normal but if urgent action is required, please copy your message to carvalho_sel@yahoo.com Thank you. | ||
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| Dr Vikram Patel: Americanizing the global mind? | ||
 15 Mar: Stats. … A new book - Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American
Psyche - sets the agenda for a vital public discussion… The nascent global
mental health movement, led by such luminaries as Dr.
Vikram Patel, (photo) aims to do for mental health what HIV/AIDS activists
did for sufferers of that affliction through advocating for local, low cost solutions
to addressing depression and anxiety … Patel has shown that this is feasible
using community health workers in Goa, India, and his model has been taken up
around the world... | ||
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| Mumbai: Daughter-in-law barred me from my home: 80-year-old widow | ||
15 Mar: Mumbai Mirror. Diana Demello, 81,(photo) has accused her daughter-in-law Carol of throwing her out of her flat in Colaba in 2004…. Diana has four children, three settled in US … 501 words.
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| Oliver Sean takes music and Goa to new heights | ||
 10 Mar: Navhind Times. Oliver Sean’s dream has come true with his latest song “So Good” getting well over 2 million downloads within 3 days of its release… Being termed as India’s hottest international offering by The Sun, getting listed as the top 44 artistes in the world by Rave and having been nominated with the likes of Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue, Oliver has certainly taken music in Goa to new heights. 383 words.
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News Summary | ||
| It is nationality not passport that matters 21 Mar: The Organiser. By Dr Jay Dubashi. I too would have had many passports but I don’t think that matters. What matters is what you feel inside … I hail from Goa which was a part of Portugal when I grew up there. I was therefore entitled to a Portuguese passport, since I was technically a Portuguese citizen, and a Portuguese passport, in today’s terms, is a European passport… Full Text. | ||
| Death: Antonio Rodgrigues 13 Mar: Sridao, Goa. ANTONIO FRANCISCO RODGRIGUES. Beloved husband of Lorotina. Father of Salvador/Flossy; Bella/Melwin, Grandfather of Dionisia, Debora & Shannon (All in Paris). Funeral on 15 Mar. in Sridao. | ||
| Tourism finds a gay market 15 Mar: The Telegraph (India). Travel companies are scrambling to come out with exclusive offers for gays and lesbians, including honeymoon and wedding packages…. India now has four tour operators dedicated exclusively to homosexual tourism…The most popular destinations were Goa, Rajasthan, Kerala, the Northeast and the Nilgiris… 503 words. Full Text. | ||
| Clubs face music for noise pollution 15 Mar: Times of India. Two popular nightclubs, Paradiso and Curlies, have been booked for playing loud music beyond the permissible time after a police team conducted surprise checks at party joints in the coastal belt. 163 words. Full Text. | ||
| Death: Crisostomo Dias 7 Mar: UK. CRISOSTOMO PEDRO CAITANO DIAS. (Born 1942; ex-Santa Cruz, Goa). Husband of Piedade Braganza. Father of Antonio/Ceron,; Damasceno/Synetra; Idalina/Vincento. Expired peacefully. Funeral on 15th March at Santa Cruz | ||
| UK charter service to Goa runs into turbulence 15 Mar: Business Line. The UK has reduced the capacity of charter services to Goa by 10 per cent… the cost of seats to Goa to £450 compared with £200 in 2000… three years ago there were 18 charter flights a week from the UK to Goa and now are only 8.… 671 words. Full Text. | ||
| Documentary on the Goa hippy tribe 15 Mar: The Australian. SBS will premiere the Goa Hippy Tribe documentary on Facebook … a series of 13 four-minute videos posted on www.facebook.com/goahippytribe over the next two months … Full Text. | ||
| UK to Goa by Thomson Airways premium service 14 Mar: The Sunday Times. Last year, we flew to Goa with Thomson Airways and paid extra for its premium service…. My advice to anyone thinking of booking this service is: save yourself the expense (anything between £83 and £110). Instead, book extra-legroom seats, buy your drinks on board and, if you want more movies, pay the additional £5.50 and treat yourself to something nice with the money you've saved… 413 words. | ||
| Get in shape for summer 14 Mar: Sunday Times (UK). At the beginning of this total body-rebalancing retreat in Goa, you will undergo a comprehensive MOT. Everything is tested — pH balance, bone-mineral density, body-mass index, stool sample, nine times table — to provide a detailed breakdown of who you were before you arrived… sandawellness.com. Full Text. | ||
| The Ship That Ran Aground in Goa 10 Mar: Wall Street Journal… Goa is witnessing increased tensions between glitzy tourism and gritty industry… Government agencies have done little to stem the state's ecological, commercial and aesthetic decay… The ship that ran aground is, in many ways, an apt metaphor for the interrelationship between industry and tourism -- where the failure of one is also a very visible failure of the other… 752 words. Full Text. | ||