GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SAT 27 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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| Meet Our New Sponsor: Bernie's Goan Kitchen | |||
 Bernie caters to all Parties, Weddings and Funerals. For her website, click
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Tel: 020 87640445 | |||
| Catholics prepare for Holy Week | |||
27 Mar: Navhind times. The Catholic community across the state are preparing to enter the Holy Week, commemorating the last events of the life of Jesus, which is marked by blessing of palms on Palm Sunday… 238 words.
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| Auction: Pascoal De Souza's painting | |||
 30 Mar: Christie's, London (South Kensington). Pascoal
De Souza (Born 1928). A woman in a white dress holding a bunch of red flowers.
oil on board. 47½ x 26 in. (120.7 x 66 cm.) £400 - £600. | |||
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News Summary | |||
| India: Multiple-entry visas restrictions 27 Mar: San Francisco Chronicle. India: The government plans to withdraw the requirement it imposed in December on multiple-entry visas that forced tourists to remain outside India for two months between trips. The new visa rules will allow three trips to India per multiple-entry visa, after which the traveler will need to apply for another visa… Full Text. | |||
| Goa Assembly discusses issue of Advocate General 27 Mar: Digital Goa News Service. The Advocate General should be called to the House, Leader of opposition Manohar Parrikar on Saturday demanded in the Assembly… Govt has lost so many cases in courts, remarked Parrikar. He is behind Aires Rodrigues and Rodrigues is behind him … Full Text. | |||
| Canada: Ian D’Sa: A talent all their own 24 Mar: The London Free Press (Ontario). Ian D'Sa and the boys from Billy Talent have played their share of international hot spots since showing the world they indeed have talent. The Canadian rockers have certainly sprouted from their salad days in Mississauga … Full Text. | |||
| Furious drug accused Atala attacks Goan journalist 27 Mar: My News. In a brazen and audacious act, the undertrial Israeli drug peddler Atala made an attempt to attack a photojournalist working for a local daily while he was being taken to a phone booth escorted by three constables… 419 words. Full Text. | |||
| Doubts raised over drug cases filed by tainted Goa cops 27 Mar: PTI. With five former Anti-Narcotic Cell (ANC) policemen behind bars for their alleged links with drug mafia, the Russian consulate has raised doubts over the cases filed against two of their nationals by the cell in Goa… 150 words. Full Text. | |||
| Kaushal's lawyer asks for inquiry 27 Mar: Times of India. The lawyer of British fugitive of Indian origin, Ajay Kaushal, 50, who died in judicial custody on Tuesday, has written to the South Goa district magistrate to conduct an immediate and impartial investigation into Kaushal's custodial death and to take appropriate action against any persons who may be directly or indirectly responsible… 173 words. Full Text. | |||
| Child abuse shows shocking trend 27 Mar: Herald. Believe it or not, the first quarter of 2010 has so far witnessed around 10 cases of rape of minors in south Goa alone… This excludes unreported cases for fear of shame and social stigma… 453 words. Full Text. | |||
| Balm for CRZ structures 27 Mar. Times of India. The so-called "illegal" structures of traditional inhabitants, especially fishermen, within the CRZ used by them to ply their occupation could be saved, provided the owners apply to the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) for regularization, the Union ministry of environment and forests has informed the Goa government… 238 words. Full Text. | |||
