GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SAT 29 MAY, 2010
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| Death: Victor Bocarro | |||
 29 May: Aldona, Goa. VICTOR AMANCIO XAVIER BOCARRO (Born 1937; Ex-Maputo, Mozambique and Ex-Cascais, Portugal). Husband of Simplicia Carvalho. Father of Apolinario/Perpetua; late Guilherma, Sr. Marisa A.C. (Olivia); Elsa/Alex. Funeral on 30 May at Aldona. Full details at the link below.
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| Death: Daniel Fernandes | |||
28 May: Toronto. DANIEL ANTONIO FERNANDES (ex-Kericho, Nairobi, Kenya; Dindira,
Tanzania and Chorao, Goa). Husband of late Stephanie Fernandes. Mother of Danny/Christine,
John/Jacinta and Senen/Teresa. Grandfather of Joanne, Sean, Lance and Lester.
Viewing at Neweduk Funeral Home, 1981 Dundas Street West,Mississauga on Sunday
May 30 from 5:00 to 9:00pm. The Funeral will be held on Monday, May 31 at 10:30am
at St. Francis Xavier Church, 5650 Mavis Road, Mississauga. Condolences to: t.rose@rogers.com
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| Death: Jose X. Maurelio Costa | |||
 27 May: Toronto. JOSE X. MAURELIO COSTA. (Born 1818; ex-Velim, Goa). Dearly beloved husband of Imaculada. Loving father of Alice (Agnelo) and Winston (Jovina). Cherished grandfather of Anand, Aline, Ashlee and Ethan. Resting at the Neweduk Funeral Home, Kipling Chapel, 2058 Kipling Ave., Toronto. Viewing on Monday May 31 from 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. followed by Funeral Mass at St. Benedict’s Church, 2194 Kipling Ave, Toronto, at 11:00 a.m. Memorial donations to the Toronto Grace Hospital Foundation would be appreciated. Condolences to alice.gonsal@gmail.com
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| Death: Francis Xavier D'Costa | |||
 28 May: Toronto. FRANCIS XAVIER D'COSTA. (Born 1927). Francis will be missed by his loving wife Conception, his children Anthony (Shanti), Rosalind (Michael D'Cruz), Florinda, Maria (Leslie D'Silva), Adrian (Medlinda), and all the grandchildren. Family and friends will be received at the Highland Funeral Home, 3280 Sheppard Ave. East on Sunday, May 30th, from 4-8 p.m. A funeral mass will be held at St. Aidans Church 3501 Finch Ave. East. on Monday, May 31 at 10:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations to the Alzheimer's Society will be appreciated. | |||
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News Summary | |||
| Funds sought from State to aid Goans overseas 30 May: The Hindu. The Goa NRI Affairs Commission has urged the State Government to allocate funds towards an Emergency Repatriation Fund to take care of the needs of Goans overseas who are in distress. He said that it was the “incompetence and negligence” of a senior State Government bureaucrat, who has since been removed as Secretary for NRI Affairs, that was behind the failure of these schemes to find a place in the budget… 341 words. Full Text. | |||
| Activists, villagers unhappy over Goa's land-use plan 30 May: The Hindu. Goan activists and village groups are bracing for a showdown with the State Government over its land-use plan… 464 words. Full Text. | |||
| Woman suicide attempt: cop sent to Chennai 29 May: Navhind Times. A police team has been dispatched from Goa to Chennai in connection with the investigation into the suicide attempt by Nadia Torreado, a woman from Loutolim… 135 words. Full Text. | |||
| Video: The Real Flavours of Goa 29 May: NDTV. A trip to Goa to get a taste of the real flavours of this coastal state. Restaurants visited include Longuinhos, Viva Goa, 20m. 37s. Full Text. more info... | |||
| Video: Eminent Nuclear Scientist Dr Anil Kakodkar conferred Gomant Vibhushan 29 May: Navhind Multimedia. This year's 'Gomant Vibhushan' award, the highest award presented to any Goan by the Goa Government, was conferred on Dr. Anil Kakodkar, the eminent nuclear scientist for his achievement and contribution in the field of science and technology on Saturday at Kala Academy… Full Text. | |||
| Crowning glory for Canadian beauty 29 May: Gulf News (Bahrain). Canadian Yasmin Chahal beat 18 beauties from around the world to become the Young Goans Club May Queen … The teacher of English is of Lebanese and Finnish origin … The first runner-up was Ernestina Day from Ghana … The second runner-up was Indian Rachel Dias who studies at the Sacred Heart School… 209 words + photo. Full Text. | |||
| Video + text: Inside the violent world of Britain's new far right 28 May: The Guardian (UK). Undercover Guardian investigation reveals plan by English Defence League to hit racially sensitive areas in attempt to provoke disorder over summer … Warning: video [11m. 49s] contains very strong language … 814 words. Full Text. | |||
| Fond memories of Goa’s fauna 27 May: The National (UAE)… We saw a young man on a two-wheeler whizz by with a loudly protesting pig strapped to the pillion… Stretching as far as the eye could see were emerald fields full of buffalo and heron… we were surrounded by the butterflies and bluebottles that seemed to be everywhere… on our last morning in Goa we spotted a kingfisher… 503 words. Full Text. | |||
| Mickky Pacheco’s girlfriend 28 May: Goan Observer… The story goes that Mickky met the lady in the Gulf where her husband was working. He seduced her … when she became pregnant, he tried to force her to abort the child. It was this that provoked her to consume poison … 410 words. Full Text. | |||
| Funeral Announcement: Saude George 29 May: Nation (Kenya). Funeral will take place on Tue. 1 Jun. Viewing of the body at St. Francis Xaviers Church (Parklands) from 10.30 am and Mass at 11.00 am followed by cremation at Langata. No flowers please. Donations to Hope House Babies Home Trust. For full text, click here. [For the death announcement, GVUK of 27 May 2010, click here. Condolences to susan@scenic.co.ke | |||
| Couple spicing up farmers' markets with taste of India 29 May: Express & Echo (Exeter, UK). Running a company called Curry Leaves, Anish and Babs Thankapparan have created a range of chilled, ready meals which are flying off their stalls at local farmers' markets … Anish describes how vindaloo, which most people think is a very hot curry, actually means a vinegar and potato (aloo) [sic] dish. 820 words + photo. Full Text. | |||
| Goa Police irresolute in drug mafia case: Swedish model 29 May. IANS. A Swedish model, who is the main witness in the probe into the alleged police-politician-drug mafia nexus says the Goa Police are not keen to collect from her video footage linking a state politician to a narcotics cartel… 404 words. Full Text. | |||
| Lusofonia to envelope London between June 21 and July 9 29 May: Notícias Lusofonas. This year the City of London Festival will resonate with music from the Portuguese-speaking world, including Goa. There will be Portuguese dance, music, fado, cinema, poetry, visual arts and a wine tasting … Some highlights: 23 Jun: Concert with Goan soprano Patricia Rozario and Brazilian cellist Antonio Meneses … 27 Jun: Family Day at Hampstead Heath blending the Lusophone theme and nature… 28 June: Orlando Consort - Mantra Portuguese missionaries and Goans join together in Church music … 496 words. Machine translation. Full Text. | |||
| Goa Police Fail to Get Statement, Model Back in Sweden 29 May: Outlook. Swedish model Lucky Amori Farmhouse, a crucial witness in the police-drug peddler nexus case is now back home in her country after spending almost a month in Mumbai, after Goa police failed to give her any date for deposition in the matter… 425 words. Full Text. | |||
