GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER TUE 25 MAY, 2010
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| 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). Husband of Maureen. Father of Karen, Celina, John and James. Eucharistic celebration on 27 May at Our Lady of Grace Church, Margao at 4.30 pm. Private mass on the same day in Eastbourne.
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| Death: Sybil D'Souza | |||
23 May: Toronto. SABINA (SYBIL) FRANCESCA D'SOUZA (ex-Mombasa). Beloved wife of
Jos D'Souza. Loving mother of Cyril D'Souza and Yvonne (Trevor) Dantas. Proud
nanna of Phillip, Dillon, Michael Ryan and Stephanie. Visitation at Highland Funeral
Home, Markham Chapel, on May 27 from 5 to 9 p.m. Private Funeral Mass followed
by cremation. Donations may be made Hill House Hospice, 36 Wright St., Richmond
Hill, ON, L4C 4A1. Online condolences and cherished memories may be shared with
Sybil's family at www.highlandfuneralhome.ca | |||
| Engineer Rudy Dias insisted on family's success | |||
 24 May: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (USA). Rudolph Stephen Dias of Wilkins died May 21, 2010. He was 75. Born in Goa, Mr. Dias came to the United States for college… Rudy Dias took family ties seriously. After immigrating to the United States, he ensured each of his four younger brothers found success, bringing two of them to the country to study engineering and architecture… 541 words. | |||
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| Goa is cheapest package holiday destination, 26 May: The Mirror (UK)…. Holiday giant Thomas Cook says Goa continues to offer the lowest prices of any package holiday destination, with an ice-cream on average 41p, compared with £2.52 in Portugal and £2.55 in Florida… Full Text. | |||
| Stop dumping, granting mining leases in Pernem: Govt press note 25 May: Digital Goa News Service. Even Digambar Kamat's own cabinet ministers have begun complaining about the effects of excessive mining now… panchayat minister Azgaonkar has objected to the dumping of mining rejects on the highway … Full Text. | |||
| Alcoholics Anonymous of India Survey 26 May: Daily News & Analysis. There has been a sharp increase in the number of women — most of them in their twenties — attending AA meetings… Women drink straight out of the bottle, and as a result consume a lot more … A survey showed that the maximum number of female alcoholics was in Goa followed by Mumbai… 504 words. Full Text. | |||
| Goans squeal in protest at minister’s remark 25 May: IANS. Protestors have been driving around Goa a large pig, dressed in finery, in a pick-up van to hit back at Churchill Alemao Goans with squealing pigs… “Whenever a construction project starts, Goans here start squealing like pigs,” Alemao told a press conference last week… Full Text. | |||
| Panaji: Get Acquainted with the World of Computers 26 May: Navhind Times. To help first time learners get acquainted with the world of computers, the Detroit Institute, Panaji is organising weekend workshops at Panaji … everyone is coming forward to learn computers say Lisa Menezes, a facilitator at the workshop… 557 words. Full Text. | |||
| Cop beaten up by suspected drug dealers in Goa 25 May: IANS. Four suspected drug dealers Tuesday beat up a police constable attached to the Goa police’s anti-narcotics cell at Calangute, police said. In a related development, a cross complaint was filed against a subinspector attached to the cell by the four suspected drug dealers for assaulting them… Police are not willing to reveal the identity of the four drug dealers … 271 words. Full Text. | |||
| Kaul V. Attorney General of U.S. 24 May: Leagle Inc. Kuldeep Kaul a native of India and a citizen of Kenya entered the U.S. on a visitor's visa and applied for asylum claiming that he was, and would be, persecuted in Kenya because of his ethnicity… he claimed that Kenya has a "pattern or practice" of persecution of Asians … His asylum plea was denied and he has just lost the appeal he had made. … 1203 words. Full Text. | |||
| Russian Newbies: How to survive in Goa 25 May: Giga "For freedom, go to Goa!" is the most popular slogan … Get your vaccinations before the trip … Upon arrival, a scarf dropped in price from 7000 to 200 rupees …take care of your belongings … the food is spicy so move to Indian food gradually … stock bottled water … take a sleeping bag because hotels lack clean bed linen … do not trust the locals completely and avoid any conflicts with them.. . 1023 words. Machine translation. Full Text. | |||
| Goa: The most beautiful beaches in the world 25 May: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (Germany) … Goa has perhaps the most beautiful beaches in the world. About 100 kilometres, extending, on the coast: fine, white sand, green palm trees, beautiful sunsets… 379 words in German. Machine translation. Full Text. | |||
| 'Sexist' Kamat now gives way to Alemao and the Goan pig 25 May: Digital Goa News Service. Looks like Goa politician's tryst with the foot-in-the-mouth disease simply wont die. After chief minister Digambar Kamat's 'sexist' exhortation to women not to enter politics, Churchill Alemao is now facing ire after comparing Goans to 'squealing pigs' … This was after he endorsed a mega housing project 600 luxury apartments in Carmona village despite stiff opposition from the locals… 279 words. Full Text. | |||
| Austrian organized drugs from India: Six years in prison 25 May: Kleine Zeitung (Austria). A 40 year old woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for importing 3.5 kilos of cannabis resin into Austria from Goa … Her two accomplices have been sentenced to two and five years … The drugs were sold in so-called "Goa parties" advertised on the internet…. 372 words. Machine translation Full Text. | |||
