GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER TUE 30 MARCH, 2010
| ANNOUNCEMENT | ||
| Padma winners in Goa unite against 'excessive' mining | ||
30 Mar: Times of India. Goa's Padma award winners have got together to urge the
Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) not to lift the moratorium on
mining till the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)
completes an assessment on the impact of past mining activities on the state …
Mario Miranda, Ravindra Kelekar, Remo Fernandes, Suresh Amonkar, Norma Alvares
and Maria Aurora Couto have signed the petition. Wendell Rodricks has also added
his signature … 160 words. Click
here. You too can sign the petition before 15 Apr. 2010 and urge your contacts to do likewise. Click here. | ||
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| Valerie Vaz: “I’m Proud Of My Roots” | ||
 30 Mar: Times of India. As a Labour Party nominee for Britain’s House of Commons, Valerie Vaz traces her Goan ancestry while she talks politics to Alexandre Moniz Barbosa…
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| My week: Helen Fernandes, brain surgeon | ||
 30 Mar: The Guardian (UK). The week can be quite unpredictable. Between 60 and 70% of my cases are admitted as emergencies, and the rest is scheduled surgery, but I don't really like routine, so this keeps me on my toes. I've been operating for 20 years, and I've been a consultant for nine, so I don't get nervous before operations any more… 485 words. Helen Fernandes is the daughter of Tennyson Fernandes, Consultant Orthopaedic Emeritus (born & brought up in Zanzibar) and Joy (nee Pearson who is English). She is the sister of Julian and Christine. | ||
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News Summary | ||
| Notice to all Members of the Kampala (Goan) Institute The excitement is building up as we approach the Centenary Celebrations of the Kampala (Goan) Institute in Toronto, Canada from June 24th to 27th, 2010. Members who have not seen or received details of the Centenary Celebrations, are requested to contact us by e-mail: kampala.goan.institute@live.com We look forward to receiving your registration form and payment as early as possible. Deadline to register is April 1, 2010. KGI Organizing Committee. Website: http://www.kampalagoaninstitute.com | ||
| Postponed: London: Exposition of Arts and Crafts of Goa 6 Apr: 6.15 pm. Nehru Centre, 6 South Audley Street, London W1K 1HF. Event cancelled. | ||
| Administration flip-flops on raiding Goa nightclub 31 Mar: IANS. In a sudden flip flop, the district administration first asked the police not to raid a notorious night club and within a couple of hours withdrew that order without explanation. The night club ‘Club Paradiso’ located at Anjuna beach was raided in mid-March for playing loud music beyond stipulated hours. … 254 words. Full Text. | ||
| Video: Housewife in Vasco survives gunshot 30 Mar: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. In a daring daylight robbery at vasco’s Baina area on Tuesday morning, a housewife was shot in the neck when a unknown culprit gained entry into her flat at Diwakar residency at baina at around 7:30 in the morning … 5m. 04s. Full Text. | ||
| Goa's serial killer Mahanand Naik acquitted in third murder case 30 Mar: PTI. Goa’s notorious serial killer Mahanand Naik was today acquitted in third murder case by a local court where he was charged of killing a young woman… Police have claimed that Naik put to death 14 women in 15 years beginning from 1995 before he was netted, mid-last year… 334 words. Full Text. | ||
| 12 companies bid to remove River Princess 30 Mar: Herald. Twelve companies including two from Singapore and three from Goa have sent their bids for removal of River Princess, which has been grounded off the Candolim coast since 2001… the technical committee would meet again on Wednesday or Thursday to scrutinise the bids … 275 words. Full Text. | ||
| Padma winners in Goa unite against 'excessive' mining 30 Mar: Times of India. Goa's Padma award winners have got together to urge the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) not to lift the moratorium on mining till the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) completes an assessment on the impact of past mining activities on the state … Mario Miranda, Ravindra Kelekar, Remo Fernandes, Suresh Amonkar, Norma Alvares and Maria Aurora Couto have signed the petition. Wendell Rodricks has also added his signature … 160 words. Click here. You too can sign the petition before 15 April 2010 and urge your contacts to do likewise. Click here. | ||