GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER MON 24 MAY, 2010
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| Some of the planet's best shopping spots: Goa | ||
24 May: Metro (London): Best buys: Portuguese lace, jewellery, sarongs, cashew nuts. Combine beach-hopping with bargaining in laid-back Goa. Head to Anjuna on a Wednesday and Mapusa on a Friday selling everything from silver toe rings and mirror-embroidered waistcoats to dried fish and feni … For higher class trinkets visit the Craft Complex at Neogi Nagar, Panjim.
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| Video: Last Hippie Standing | ||
 22 May: WeedRootsTV. "Last Hippie Standing" is a video clip style
portrait about the hippie generation…. After viewing historical Super8
material we started searching for the famous beaches and found a new youth culture
which seemed to be similar to the old hippie culture… Approx 4 X 10 mins.
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| Portugal: Naran Coissoró: "Air India is Good" | ||
 23 May: 24 Horas (Portugal). Naran Coissoró The university professor, born in Goa, has travelled several times on Air India. "Never heard of problems with the aircraft company. Air India is a good airline. " Mangalore, where the plane went down, is "close to Goa … These flights bring Indians who work in the UAE home to make provisions for the monsoon season and sowing."
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| Tony Fernandes named CEO of the year 24 May: The Star (Malaysia). AirAsia group chief executive officer Tony Fernandes was named Masterclass Global CEO of the Year at the Malaysia Business Leadership Award 2010 ceremony on Saturday… Photo + text. Full Text. | ||
| Frequent transfer of tourism directors affecting initiatives 25 May: Navhind Times. Over the past few decades the government has kept on reshuffling the Directors of Tourism thereby hampering its proper functioning and growth … Goa has seen 10 tourism directors in a decade… 820 words. Full Text. | ||
| Death: Dr. Jose Filomeno Pereira 16 May: Eastbourne, UK. DR. JOSE FILOMENO COSTA PEREIRA. (Born in Goa in 1931; Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the West Suffolk Hospital from 1967-1988). He is survived by his wife Maureen, two daughters Karen and Celina - both General Practitioners, and Sons John - a Consultant Surgeon and James an Environmental Barrister. Eucharistic celebration on 27 May at Our Lady of Grace Church, Margao at 4.30 pm. Private mass on the same day in Eastbourne. Full Text. | ||
| Air Arabia increases service to Goa, India 24 May: Zawya (UAE). In response to increasing seasonal demand for low-cost services to Goa, Air Arabia has decided on two additional flights operating on Mondays and Fridays starting June 1 until October 30 to Goa… Full Text. | ||
| Monty Munford: The end of Indian airmail – and why I never fly Air India 24 May: The Telegraph (UK). India Post is the airmail service … Personally I’d rather burn down my house than send anything cross-country or overseas by India Post and I’d rather fly on Aeroflot at its worst than Air India… Monty Munford moved to India in 2008. He writes for several publications…NB After the time of writing, an Air India fight from Dubai to Mangalore crashed and killed 158 people. 619 words. Full Text. | ||
| Indian Govt relaxes work visa norms for IT cos 24 May: Economic Times. In a major relief to the IT industry, the government has relaxed employment visa norms for the sector, allowing companies to hire foreign nationals as per their requirements, effectively removing the ceiling of 20 such employees per company… 460 words. Full Text. | ||
| NRI group asks India to reconsider new rules on passport 24 May: Economic Times. GOPIO, a prominent NRI group has launched an online petition asking the Indian Government to reconsider the retroactive enforcement of the new rules on the surrender of Indian passport by those who have acquired citizenship of other countries… 272 words. Full Text. | ||
| Video + text: Duchess of York £500,000 fee from “Indian Businessman” 23 May: The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, has apologised after she was filmed demanding £500,000 to introduce an undercover reporter posing as an Indian businessman to her ex-husband Prince Andrew, who is a British trade envoy… For the News of the World article, videoclips and comments. Full Text. | ||
| Pilot errors make Indian air space a dangerous place 23 May: PTI. The Mangalore air-crash has proved that Indian airspace remains a dangerous place for air travellers… The Directorate of Civil Aviation revealed last month that it was investigating 15 near misses and several cases in which pilots reported drunk for duty… 665 words. Full Text. | ||
| Promised marine jobs, lost money & passports 24 May: Indian Express. Over 40 marine job aspirants from Goa have filed a police complaint against Pankaj Mistry of Arpita Tradelink Private Ltd. who promised them jobs aboard cruise line and allegedly made away with their money and passports. The accused had charged some where between Rs 30,000 and Rs 60,000 from each job applicant to process their visas and tickets… 212 words. Full Text. | ||
