Goan Voice Newsletter: Sunday 27 Dec. 2009
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Wendell Rodricks: Cause celebre
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27 Dec: Business Standard. Wendell Rodricks [photo], fashion designer, in his activist avatar, keeps the Goan cause afloat… For Rodricks, his identity as a designer is inextricably linked with Goa, his home state. After working in the hotel business, and then living in Europe, Rodricks returned to India and moved to Goa to start his label… 1123 words. click here.
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Funeral Arrangements: Bonifacio Fernandes
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20 Dec: Watford, UK. BONIFACIO FERNANDES (Born 1931; ex-Nairobi). Husband of Anne. Father/Father-in-Law of Michael/Agnela; Melita/Jean-Marie. Grandfather of Hannah, Chloe, Thomas, Nathan and Nina. Funeral to take place Thursday 31st December 2009 at 11:00 at Holy Rood Church (Holy Rood House, Exchange Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0PJ) followed at 1240Hrs, by a committal service at West Herts Crematorium (High Elms Lane, Garston, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 0JS) and thereafter, a reception at Holy Rood Church Hall. We request no flowers please; instead, please consider making a donation to Watford General Hospital Cardiac Care Unit. Please be aware that Holy Rood Church is situated within a controlled parking zone; The Harlequin shopping centre (WD17 2UB) has ample parking facilities. Condolences to bonnyanne@hotmail.com
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Leicester: Prof. Joseph Dias: Dupuytren's contracture
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27 Dec: Daily Mail (UK). Dupuytren's contracture is a disease of the hand … some sufferers are David McCallum, Lady Thatcher, Ronald Reagan and Bill Nighy … An estimated two million people in the UK suffer from it… Professor Joseph Dias, Professor of Hand & Orthopaedic Surgery at the University Hospitals of Leicester, explains: 'Dupuytren's contracture is a very peculiar disease and research into it is still ongoing… 1724 words. click here.
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Football: ‘Goans World Cup’ at Calangute
27 Dec: Herald. ‘Goans World Cup’, a seven-a-side football tournament will be held on December 27 at Poriat ground Calangute… Teams comprising Goans from Qatar, Dubai, Bahrain, UK Goans, Bombay Goans, Pune Goans, Kuwait, Sharjah and Goan Veterans will participate… 121 words. click here
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Hotels in Goa offering discounts to attract tourists
27 Dec: HBI. Tourism in Goa appears to be heading for its worst season ever, with resorts and holiday homes clamouring with discount offers for better room occupancy. Most hotels have averaged 60 per cent occupancy during this long Christmas … 405 words. click here
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Clothes a parameter to identify terrorists: Goa police
27 Dec: PTI. A terrorist can be identified by clothes unsuited for the season of the year like wearing a coat or jacket in summer, says a posting on Goa police website (www.goapolice.gov.in)... 327 words. click here
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Windfall of the year
27 Dec: Sunday Telegraph Magazine (UK). Novelist Adam Mars-Jones, thanks to Antiques Roadshow, discovered that the painting by Francis Newton Souza hanging above his bed, bought for £200, is now worth £100,000.
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Deaths
25 Dec: Toronto. HYCANITH TODD (aged 91; nee James; ex- Mansfield Street, Karachi). Beloved wife of the late Alexander Todd. Loving mother of Cedric, Cynthia, Allan, Jennifer, Brian (Claudia), Sharon and Pete. Beloved grandmother of Mark and Christina, all of the Greater Toronto Area. Sister of the late Josie Thorne (UK); Wilfred James (UK) and Barbara David of Australia. Sister-in-law of Rev. Fr. J. B. Todd of Karachi, the late Jessie Saville, the late Oswald (Ozzie) Todd. Funeral arrangements are being finalized and will be on the Obituary Page of www.mansfieldstreet.ca [Info from Pompie Goes] 25 Dec: Vasco, Goa. ROBERT AGNELO ANTAO. Brother of Peter/Felician (UK), Roque/Prudence, Andrew/Nazareth, Christine/Paixao, Maria/Alfred. Funeral on 26th Dec. at Vasco. 23 Dec: Corlim, Goa, BAILON DE SA. Husband of late Elfrida Afonso e Sá. Father/father-in-law of Edelweiss, Ehrlich/Rita, Elgar/Ingrid, Erwin/Pramilla. Funeral on 28 Dec. at Corlim.
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Video: London: British Asian Christian Pakistani Association
20 Dec: Pukaar news. On 19th December 2009 a peaceful march was organised by British Asian Christian Pakistani Association outside 10 Downing Street, London. The protest was supported by all ethnic groups. The march started outside the Pakistan High Commission and then progressed towards Downing Street … 5m. 0s. click here
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Video: What's cookin' at Christmas?
26 Dec: NDTV. Goa hosts The Great Aunty Cook Off, as the participants, Anyssia Viegas, Nuha Rodrigues and Meena Fernandes merrily take on each other to prepare Godshe and Caramel pudding. 20 min 57 sec. click here
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In India, the system favours rapists and sex offenders
27 Dec: The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). By Kuldip Nayar. India is not a banana republic. But certain incidents indicate that the country is rapidly forfeiting the right to be counted among the civilized nations. Take the rape of a Russian girl in Goa… 1097 words. click here
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Driver accused in rape bid held
27 Dec: Herald. Police arrested Pramod Shirodkar the driver accused of trying to rape two Russian women … he claims there was a minor scuffle with the Russian girls, whereby both hit each other in a fit of anger because of differences over the fare … the driver is not a registered taxi owner and the vehicle he was driving is not a registered taxi … 401 words. click here
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Cabbie charged with molestation after trying to rape Russian tourists
26 Dec: My News. The Goa police have arrested a taxi driver, accused of attempted rape by two Russian women on Christmas night, but has charged him with molestation instead… This is not the first instance when Goa police officials have tried to play down complaints affecting women tourists… 329 words. click here
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Locals Turn Down Russian Girls' Request for Help
26 Dec: Outlook. Two Russian girls, Olga Tyurina (29) and Irina Babayan (25), who escaped an alleged rape attempt by a taxi driver at Anjuna beach, knocked doors of locals only to be turned down their request for help while being chased by the accused… “nobody came out from the house and we heard someone from inside asking us to go away…” 407 words. click here
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Football: ‘Goans World Cup’ at Calangute
27 Dec: Herald. ‘Goans World Cup’, a seven-a-side football tournament will be held on December 27 at Poriat ground Calangute… Teams comprising Goans from Qatar, Dubai, Bahrain, UK Goans, Bombay Goans, Pune Goans, Kuwait, Sharjah and Goan Veterans will participate… 121 words. click here
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Hotels in Goa offering discounts to attract tourists
27 Dec: HBI. Tourism in Goa appears to be heading for its worst season ever, with resorts and holiday homes clamouring with discount offers for better room occupancy. Most hotels have averaged 60 per cent occupancy during this long Christmas … 405 words. click here
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Clothes a parameter to identify terrorists: Goa police
27 Dec: PTI. A terrorist can be identified by clothes unsuited for the season of the year like wearing a coat or jacket in summer, says a posting on Goa police website (www.goapolice.gov.in)... 327 words. click here
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Windfall of the year
27 Dec: Sunday Telegraph Magazine (UK). Novelist Adam Mars-Jones, thanks to Antiques Roadshow, discovered that the painting by Francis Newton Souza hanging above his bed, bought for £200, is now worth £100,000.
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Deaths
25 Dec: Toronto. HYCANITH TODD (aged 91; nee James; ex- Mansfield Street, Karachi). Beloved wife of the late Alexander Todd. Loving mother of Cedric, Cynthia, Allan, Jennifer, Brian (Claudia), Sharon and Pete. Beloved grandmother of Mark and Christina, all of the Greater Toronto Area. Sister of the late Josie Thorne (UK); Wilfred James (UK) and Barbara David of Australia. Sister-in-law of Rev. Fr. J. B. Todd of Karachi, the late Jessie Saville, the late Oswald (Ozzie) Todd. Funeral arrangements are being finalized and will be on the Obituary Page of www.mansfieldstreet.ca [Info from Pompie Goes] 25 Dec: Vasco, Goa. ROBERT AGNELO ANTAO. Brother of Peter/Felician (UK), Roque/Prudence, Andrew/Nazareth, Christine/Paixao, Maria/Alfred. Funeral on 26th Dec. at Vasco. 23 Dec: Corlim, Goa, BAILON DE SA. Husband of late Elfrida Afonso e Sá. Father/father-in-law of Edelweiss, Ehrlich/Rita, Elgar/Ingrid, Erwin/Pramilla. Funeral on 28 Dec. at Corlim.
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Video: London: British Asian Christian Pakistani Association
20 Dec: Pukaar news. On 19th December 2009 a peaceful march was organised by British Asian Christian Pakistani Association outside 10 Downing Street, London. The protest was supported by all ethnic groups. The march started outside the Pakistan High Commission and then progressed towards Downing Street … 5m. 0s. click here
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Video: What's cookin' at Christmas?
26 Dec: NDTV. Goa hosts The Great Aunty Cook Off, as the participants, Anyssia Viegas, Nuha Rodrigues and Meena Fernandes merrily take on each other to prepare Godshe and Caramel pudding. 20 min 57 sec. click here
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In India, the system favours rapists and sex offenders
27 Dec: The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). By Kuldip Nayar. India is not a banana republic. But certain incidents indicate that the country is rapidly forfeiting the right to be counted among the civilized nations. Take the rape of a Russian girl in Goa… 1097 words. click here
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Driver accused in rape bid held
27 Dec: Herald. Police arrested Pramod Shirodkar the driver accused of trying to rape two Russian women … he claims there was a minor scuffle with the Russian girls, whereby both hit each other in a fit of anger because of differences over the fare … the driver is not a registered taxi owner and the vehicle he was driving is not a registered taxi … 401 words. click here
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Cabbie charged with molestation after trying to rape Russian tourists
26 Dec: My News. The Goa police have arrested a taxi driver, accused of attempted rape by two Russian women on Christmas night, but has charged him with molestation instead… This is not the first instance when Goa police officials have tried to play down complaints affecting women tourists… 329 words. click here
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Locals Turn Down Russian Girls' Request for Help
26 Dec: Outlook. Two Russian girls, Olga Tyurina (29) and Irina Babayan (25), who escaped an alleged rape attempt by a taxi driver at Anjuna beach, knocked doors of locals only to be turned down their request for help while being chased by the accused… “nobody came out from the house and we heard someone from inside asking us to go away…” 407 words. click here
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