GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SAT 15 MAY, 2010
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| TV Online: Tanya Mendonsa (ex-France) & Antonio E Costa (ex-Nairobi & Canada) | |||
 16 May: NDTV. 12:00 [noon] to 12:30 (UK times). Antonio
E Costa, the artist, (born Nairobi, 1942) and his partner, Tanya
Mendonsa, the poet, will be featured on NDTV 24/7 in a programme called
"Accidental Artists". The programme begins with footage of the village
of Moira where they now live … To watch the programme via the Internet,
click
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| Mumbai: High Court orders Mahim police to probe Church complaint | |||
 14 May: Mumbai Mirror. The Mahim police have been asked by the High Court to investigate allegations by Prudy Carvalho (pic), a 59-year-old handicapped woman that she was assaulted and forced out of a flat at the behest of church officials in August last year… 492 words. | |||
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| Video + text: Mumbai: Mahim Catholics to raise hell | |||
15 May: MidDay (Mumbai). Miffed at alleged irregularities by the church in Mahim
land deal, residents take to the streets … The protest may be the first such
in India where Catholic laypersons have decided to protest against the clergy…
Bishop Agnelo Gracias said the parish priest of St Michael's was the signing authority
for any land deal… 548 words. Click
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| Goa: Students to visit Stockholm | |||
15 May: Herald. … A team from Chowgule College, Goa, headed by the Principal and along with four students – Anushree Lokhande, Delancey Dias, Michelle Alemao and Ricylia D’Costa, will visit Sodra Latins Gymnasium, Stockholm, Sweden, from May 16 to 29 …
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| 16 May: Live Broadcast: "Come Pray the Rosary in Konkani" From George Pinto: "Come Pray the Rosary in Konkani" will be streamed live over the internet from California on 16 May at 22:00 hours UK time to a worldwide audience from California. Click here and then select the "May 16 Rosary" link. Or attend in person at El Cerrito, California, at 2pm California time. Full details at the link below.more info... | |||
| The loo situation 16 May: The Hindu. If men ever found out how much time and energy women spend mulling about loos when they travel, they’d be flabbergasted. But the fact is, that in a place like India, where public loos are few and far in between, and uniformly filthy, this is an important concern. It doesn’t help that the male half of the species considers the entire country its toilet.. 495 words. Full Text. | |||
| Winnie Coutinho’s charmed run ends 16 May: Deccan Herald. By Devika Sequeira. Winnie Coutinho dined with judges, ran a business in partnership with a Catholic priest and aspired to become a high court judge. But Aires Rodrigues managed to cut short her relentless bid for more power… she signed up for a business partnership with Fr Oscar Quadros for a tour and travel agency … Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao said action would be initiated against the priest in accordance with church norms… Full Text. | |||
| Goa battles to preserve its identity 16 May: Times of India. … After attaining statehood Goa's political environment was completely polluted due to the misdeeds of some of Goa's politicians… . Konkani language—the most important factor of Goan identity—is slowly and systematically being displaced from the Goan soil… 965 words. Full Text. | |||
| Special court on cards to try crimes against tourists 16 May: Navhind Times. The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat on Saturday said the culprits nabbed for committing atrocities on the tourists would be tried on day-to-day basis in a special court… 644 words. Full Text. | |||
| ‘Goa Police is the cause of law and order deterioration’ 15 May: IANS. Senior officers from the state police cadre are one of the reasons why the law and order situation in Goa is deteriorating day by day, BJP MP Shripad Naik said Saturday… 366 words. Full Text. | |||
| Goa gets new vehicles to patrol beaches 15 May: IANS. To curb the spate of crimes against foreign tourists in Goa, a tourism trade body Saturday donated 15 jeeps and seven motorcycles to the state government to enable the patrolling of beaches… 351 words. Full Text. | |||
| Aires Rodrigues demands probe into financial irregularities of lawyer 15 May: UNI. Social activist Advocate Aires Rodrigues today demanded a probe into all the alleged illegal assets acquired and business deals struck by Goa's controversial High Court Public Prosecutor (PP) Ms Winnie Coutinho who resigned yesterday following exposure of her misdeeds… 278 words. Full Text. | |||
| British NRIs expect immigration cuts 15 May: IANS. NRIs may well grit their teeth at the new Conservative-Lib Dem government. The new British government will probably come down hard on immigration and introduce economic policies that help the rich. Plus, the Tories usually have cool relations with India… 423 words. Full Text. | |||
| Mirabelle D'Cruz: 'It will bring drama and entertainment to Bermuda' 15 May: Bermuda Sun. Bermuda's Indian community is gearing up for the shooting of a Bollywood film in September. Local resident Mirabelle D'Cruz moved to Bermuda from Mumbai several months ago to join her husband and teach Bollywood dancing at Sabor Dance School… She described the shoot as "very exciting" and says it will give Bermudians a taste of a very lively culture… Her brother, Godwin D'Cruz, who works as a hairdresser at Bang Bang, said he is equally as thrilled about the decision… 625 words. + photo. Full Text. | |||
| Govt policy on roof-top rainwater harvesting in jeopardy 15 May: Navhind Times. The lethargy on the part of the department of Town and Country Planning (TCP), as well as the department of urban development has jeopardised the government policy on roof-top rainwater harvesting … 407 words. Full Text. | |||
| Where are your promises CM, questions GBA 15 May: Herald. The Goa Bachao Abhiyan on Friday said as of May 12 the Government had not issued a single notification on ‘no construction in eco zones’, even as the CM had assured he would not allow no constructions in eco-sensitive zones… 511 words. Full Text. | |||
| Goa wants frogs off menu and into ponds 15 May: IANS. By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar. Frog meat, locally known as ‘jumping chicken’, is ordered in soft whispers at numerous eateries in Goa around the beginning of monsoon when the amphibians surface in thousands, croaking for mates. But green activists and forest officials are now trying their best to keep them off the menu… 711 words. Full Text. | |||
