GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SAT 08 MAY, 2010
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| Sex on the beach | ||
 8 May: Times of India. The recent arrest of 28 "beach boys" in Indonesia
for selling sex to female tourists coincided with the release of a documentary,
Cowboys in Paradise which
contains candid interviews … women on holiday with disposable incomes are
negotiating with local men … Women who feel rejected by men in the West for
being fatter and older find that on holidays all this can be reversed… Nirpal
Dhaliwal, author of Tourism, which satirises older white women turned on by
young brown flesh, says: "Go to any Jamaican beach and you'll find 'rent-a-dreads'.
I've seen similar things in Goa." 788 words. | ||
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| Swedish model wanted by Goa cops was in Mumbai last week | ||
 8 May: MidDay (Mumbai). Lucky Mangarda, the Swedish model who had uploaded video of her drug peddler boyfriend boasting of his connections with the Goa Police on youtube, had been shooting as an extra in Mumbai … The model now has plans to return to Mumbai in August … Crime Branch officials in Goa had told local reporters that they had not gotten in touch with Mangarda yet. "We have been trying to trace her," said Crime Branch deputy superintendent Chandrakant Salgaokar.
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News Summary | ||
| Death: Maurice Fernandes 8 May: Curchorem, Goa. MAURICE FERNANDES. (born 1944). Husband of Pioza. Father on Anwesha (University of Nottingham, UK); Rathisha (Delhi); Reny (Dubai); and Joakinsha (University of Seville – Spain). Funeral on 9 May at Curchorem. | ||
| Goan Christians and their Identity 9 May: Navhind Times. By Tomazinho Cardozo. Although identity means uniqueness, personality, individuality, distinctiveness, etc, the phrase ‘Goan identity’ means different things to different persons… 962 words. Full Text. | ||
| Drug trade has tarnished Goa’s image: Rane 9 May: Herald. The Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly Pratapsing Rane on Saturday said that Goa’s image has been tarnished globally due to the flourishing drug trade in the State’s northern coastal belt… “Goa's image has been maligned to a great extend globally due to drug trade in the tourism belt,” he said… 295 words. Full Text. | ||
| Alphonso mangoes crashes to Rs 50/dozen 8 May: Daily News & Analysis. With the controversy over ripening of Alphonso mangoes hitting the traders and farmers badly, the prices of the fruit have come down to as low as Rs 50 per dozen … 309 words. Full Text. | ||
| Iris D'Silva, 95, died after hospital fall 8 May: Slough & Langley Observer (UK). An inquest heard how Iris D'Silva, 95, was rehabilitating at Upton Hospital, Slough, from a previous fall when she climbed out of bed trying to use the toilet at her bedside, hitting her head and causing bleeding on the brain. The fall happened on Dec. 6, 2009 and she died two days later… 218 words. Full Text. | ||
| Maritime India: Trade, religion and polity 8 May: Herald. By Teotonio R de Souza. The gains of the local trade led to create the Indo-Portuguese cultural heritage in Goa … We owe it to Pius Malekandathil: His recent compilation of ten dispersed research articles into a book entitled Maritime India: Trade, Religion and Polity in the Indian Ocean (Delhi, Primus Books, 2010), has made it easier for us to appreciate better, the insights he has been contributing over the past two decades to the understanding of maritime India… 1161 words. Full Text. | ||
| Editorial: Two Vazs 8 May: Herald. There are now two individuals with a Vaz surname in the House of Commons, Keith Vaz and his sister Valerie … former committed campaigner and ex-MLA from Goa Justice Ferdino Rebello was recently named chief justice at the high court level… As we seek a fair deal for the Goan diaspora worldwide, we in Goa also need to commit ourselves to being an open society, that offers opportunity to all, regardless of their place of birth and origins… Full Text. | ||
| Video: UK General Elections: Philip Pinto 22 Apr: Milton Keynes Citizen. The Citizen offered each of the candidates for Milton Keynes the chance to record on camera telling the people of MK why they should vote for them… Philip Pinto (UKIP). 1m. 25s. more info... | ||