GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER TUE 23 MARCH, 2010
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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.
Photo Gallery
Video: Vandals Desecrate Cemetery Crosses at Chandor Church
23 Mar: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. Vandalism of the religious places hit the State once again with the desecration of 3 crosses at the Our Lady of Bethlehem Church in Chandor on Monday night. The incident took place despite the alert issued by the South Goa Superintendent of police… 4m. 40s.
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Germany: Collien Fernandes in new integration campaign aimed at immigrants
23 Mar: Bild.com (Germany). German TV presenter Collien Fernandes, whose family are from India, Hungary and Portugal, said: “I would like to motivate immigrants to learn German to arrive into society better with it, thereby laying the foundation stone for better cooperation.” …
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Saints march in Goa church
23 Mar: CathNews India. The Goan church is one of the two places in world such a procession is held. The other place is in Italy. The Franciscan priests started the tradition in the 17th Century in an attempt to boost moral values and pious behavior of Catholics and inspire them to follow Christ’s teachings … 341 words.
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Auction: Gorringes (UK)
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24 Mar. Lot 674. A late 19th century Goanese hardwood chair, elaborately carved and pierced with lions, birds and serpents amongst foliage, H.3ft 8ins. Estimate: £300 - £500.
News Summary
India's unbearable lightness of being
23 Mar: BBC. It is being called "Snow White syndrome" in India, a market where sales of whitening creams are far outstripping those of Coca-Cola and tea… the Indian whitening cream market is expanding at a rate of nearly 18% a year… Experts say that demand has boomed because of the tendency to discriminate against a person's skin colour, a practice that is still widespread across rural India… 812 words. Full Text.
Drug dealer jailed for more than two years
23 Mar: Sleaford Standard (UK). David Waite, 58, has been jailed for 32 months after police found drugs with a street value of up to £9,000 after a suspicious parcel addressed to Waite from the Indian resort of Goa was intercepted at London's Mount Pleasant sorting office… 350 words + photo. Full Text.
Video: British Fugitive Ajay Kaushal. Dies in Goa Jail
23 Mar: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. Briton Ajay Kaushal, fleeing a 15-year sentence for assault and kidnapping in Britain, died mysteriously while being ferried from a jail in Vasco on Monday night… 5m. 21s. Full Text.
Video: Police Official involved in illegal Mining, alleges Parrikar
23 Mar: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. The opposition put the chief minister Digambar Kamat on the mat over the issue of massive illegal mining in the state during the budget session of the Goa Legislative Assembly… 3m. 02s. Full Text.
Mumbai: Hockey official Baptist De Souza passes away
23 Mar: Times of India. Baptist D'Souza, president of the Bombay Hockey Association during its golden era, passed away on Tuesday aged 81… The feather in Baptist's cap was staging the World Cup in Bombay in 1982… 182 words. Full Text.
Scope for tourism limited
23 Mar. Sify News. Tourism Minister Mickky Pacheco has made clear that because Goa is a small state the scope for tourism is limited and that there was no need for a state tourism board. Full Text.
British fugitive dies in Goa
23 Mar. Sify News. Briton Ajay Kaushal, fleeing a 15-year sentence for assault and kidnapping in Britain, died mysteriously while being ferried from a jail in Goa on Monday night. Kaushal, who was on the most wanted list of the Lancashire constabulary, was lodged in Sada jail in Vasco, 35 km from Panaji. He was arrested in Oct, 2009. Full Text.
Dubai: D'Souza Children Deaths
23 Mar: The National. Two charged over D'Souza children deaths miss court hearing … Click here.
23 Mar: GMA news.tv. Pinoy, 2 others on trial for UAE kids' fatal food poisoning … Click here.
23 Mar: 7DAYS. Children's father held doctors and the hospital responsible for the deaths… Click here.
23 Mar: Khaleej Times. Forensic Doctor to Give Testimony … case adjourned till April 5… click here.
Veracity of drug cases against Russians questioned
23 Mar: Times of India. With former ANC cops being arrested for their alleged involvement with an Israeli drug lord and amidst reports of how a brown sugar consignment seized by the anti narcotic cell (ANC) turned out to be paracetamol and caffeine in the chemical examination report, the consulate general of the Russian federation in Mumbai has raised concerns about the veracity of the drug cases booked against two Russian nationals… 352 words. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Full Text.
Video: Goa Governor opens Assembly Session
22 Mar: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. The five-day Budget session of Goa Legislative Assembly began on Monday. Governor S. S. Sidhu in his customary address said that the state economy is likely to achieve the double digit Gross State Domestic Product growth during the current financial year… 6m. 14s. Full Text.
Video: Goa Assembly: Victoria Fernandes criticises the Govt. record on women
22 Mar. Goa 365 via Navhind Times. Lone woman member of the state legislative assembly on Monday criticized the congress-led state government for not considering her for a cabinet berth during the congratulatory motions on the Womans bill being passed in the Rajya Sabha… 2m. 03s. Full Text.
Goa: The Beach House
March 2010: British Airways High Life. In trendy Goa, The Beach House is the perfect place to give your mind - and digestive system - a break … At The Beach House, on Sernabatim beach in southern Goa, India, nutritionist Francine holds up a plastic jug with hose attached as she explains the importance of colon cleansing… 830 words. Full Text.