Goan Voice Newsletter: Thursday 06 May. 2010
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Collien Fernandes Voted Sexiest Woman in the World
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June 2010: FHM. Collien Fernandes has been selected by our readers as the Sexiest Woman In The World, 2010. "I am too thin, I have an Indian disposition," she jokes … she is in a happy a relationship with skater Rico Rex from Dresden… The whole interview and pictures of Collien can be found in the latest issue of FHM … 391 words. Machine translation. click here.
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Curtorim Goes Global
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6 May: Herald. By Janice Rodrigues. Internet portals, which were predominantly used for communication and entertainment now helps us learn our land better, giving us a peek into one of Goa's many villages, showcasing its unique assets…. Curtorim is now accessible worldwide at www.curtorimvillage.com thanks to Percival De Costa of Dubai and Rabindra Pimenta from Kuwait … [Replicate the system for your village]. click here.
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Video + text: Tony Fernandes: We are here to prove a point
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7 May: Mint (India). Tony Fernandes, 46 can be brash and loud, like many of his peers from the aviation industry. but for him, 2010 is for India… On Thursday he announced AirAsia’s first flight to Mumbai from Kuala Lumpur, and took everyone by surprise by announcing a one rupee tariff offer… [The offer is open for sale for the booking period for May 7 only for the travel period beginning May 8-August 8]. 1406 words. click here.
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Mississauga: Gwen Mendes: Scholarship winner
6 May: Mississauga News. The Canadian Federation of University Women, Mississauga Chapter, has awarded a scholarship of $2,000 to Gwen Mendes, (University of Toronto, business) … 193 words + photo. click here
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Leonard Fernandes: Book publishing business
7 May Economic Times. Leonard Fernandes, 34, owns the Margao based Cinnamon Teal Publishing, an on-line e-publishing portal where anyone can request for publishing his/her creations on-line. Publishing can be done either for one or hundred pieces, depending upon the author’s choice. Since 2007 he and his wife Queenie have been busy launching 15 titles every month… 670 words. click here
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Goa, a refuge for hippies from around the world
6 May: Quotidiano di Sicilia (Italy). … The people are very warm because of the obvious Portuguese influence. It is precisely for this reason that since the 60's it has become the destination of Hippies, giving rise to a new style of music in a mix of sex, drugs and rock and roll... 446 words. Machine translation. click here
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Jeremy wants to be Mr India France
6 May: Ouest France. Jeremy says, “I was born in Bombay and have been adopted since aged one, by a family from Rennes [in France] … I don't know much about my biological parents. I simply learnt that they were Christians, originally from Goa. They abandoned me because to have a child out of wedlock over there is very scandalous. He hopes to win the Mister India France 2010 contest and to start an aid project for his old orphanage. He also hopes to participate in the Asia cup football in Qatar in 2011… 240 words. [Translated from French by Selma Carvalho].
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Fruit ripening chamber to come up in Goa
7 May: Navhind Times. Fruit traders and exporters have requested the Goa government to install the planned fruit ripening chamber near Dabolim airport for exports to Europe by chartered flights returning empty… 361 words. click here
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Times of India launches Goa portal
7 May: Times of India. Times Internet Limited (TIL) recently soft-launched TimesCity.com, an interactive portal providing hyperlocal information combined with user reviews and ratings… the portal aspires to provide an opportunity to users to know each city with the added dose of local news, allowing users to catch up on city events…. Click here.
For the Goa site go to http://timescity.com/goa
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Goa - Hot Spice Paradise
6 May: Sina (Hong Kong). A visit to the Sahakari Spice Farm organic spice garden… Even today, most astonishing of all, the remains of St. Francis has not decomposed, tourists can still gaze across the glass. Machine translation from Chinese. 773 words + photo. click here
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6 May - Today in History
6 May: New Europe. As the Brits go to the polls is there anything they can learn from history? … 1542 – Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa the capital of Portuguese India at the time… click here
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Mississauga: Francis Fernandes & Malcolm Edwards: Soulmates
5 May: Toronto Star. The Soulmates are playing special Mother's Day sets at Michele's Ristorante in Mississauga. The duo, comprised of guitarist Francis Fernandes and keyboardist Malcolm Edwards, share vocals … (Three seatings: 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 6 p.m. 5503 Eglinton Ave. W.) click here
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Rupee Slides to 5-Week Low
6 May: Bloomberg. India’s rupee fell to a five-week low … The rupee dropped to 45.135 per dollar as of 10:36 a.m. on Thursday in Mumbai … 349 words. click here
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It was Goa's hottest April in 40 years
6 May: Times of India. Last year, April with an average maximum temperature of 34.3 was the hottest (April) month in almost four decades. This record lasted only a year, with April 2010 reaching 34.5°C. click here
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Weekly update:
Exchange: £ = 67.86; € = 57.95; $ = 44.94
Goa Weather: Max =34.8 ; Min = 26.5; Humidity = 68%
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Mississauga: Gwen Mendes: Scholarship winner
6 May: Mississauga News. The Canadian Federation of University Women, Mississauga Chapter, has awarded a scholarship of $2,000 to Gwen Mendes, (University of Toronto, business) … 193 words + photo. click here
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Leonard Fernandes: Book publishing business
7 May Economic Times. Leonard Fernandes, 34, owns the Margao based Cinnamon Teal Publishing, an on-line e-publishing portal where anyone can request for publishing his/her creations on-line. Publishing can be done either for one or hundred pieces, depending upon the author’s choice. Since 2007 he and his wife Queenie have been busy launching 15 titles every month… 670 words. click here
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Goa, a refuge for hippies from around the world
6 May: Quotidiano di Sicilia (Italy). … The people are very warm because of the obvious Portuguese influence. It is precisely for this reason that since the 60's it has become the destination of Hippies, giving rise to a new style of music in a mix of sex, drugs and rock and roll... 446 words. Machine translation. click here
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Jeremy wants to be Mr India France
6 May: Ouest France. Jeremy says, “I was born in Bombay and have been adopted since aged one, by a family from Rennes [in France] … I don't know much about my biological parents. I simply learnt that they were Christians, originally from Goa. They abandoned me because to have a child out of wedlock over there is very scandalous. He hopes to win the Mister India France 2010 contest and to start an aid project for his old orphanage. He also hopes to participate in the Asia cup football in Qatar in 2011… 240 words. [Translated from French by Selma Carvalho].
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Fruit ripening chamber to come up in Goa
7 May: Navhind Times. Fruit traders and exporters have requested the Goa government to install the planned fruit ripening chamber near Dabolim airport for exports to Europe by chartered flights returning empty… 361 words. click here
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Times of India launches Goa portal
7 May: Times of India. Times Internet Limited (TIL) recently soft-launched TimesCity.com, an interactive portal providing hyperlocal information combined with user reviews and ratings… the portal aspires to provide an opportunity to users to know each city with the added dose of local news, allowing users to catch up on city events…. Click here.
For the Goa site go to http://timescity.com/goa
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Goa - Hot Spice Paradise
6 May: Sina (Hong Kong). A visit to the Sahakari Spice Farm organic spice garden… Even today, most astonishing of all, the remains of St. Francis has not decomposed, tourists can still gaze across the glass. Machine translation from Chinese. 773 words + photo. click here
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6 May - Today in History
6 May: New Europe. As the Brits go to the polls is there anything they can learn from history? … 1542 – Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa the capital of Portuguese India at the time… click here
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Mississauga: Francis Fernandes & Malcolm Edwards: Soulmates
5 May: Toronto Star. The Soulmates are playing special Mother's Day sets at Michele's Ristorante in Mississauga. The duo, comprised of guitarist Francis Fernandes and keyboardist Malcolm Edwards, share vocals … (Three seatings: 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 6 p.m. 5503 Eglinton Ave. W.) click here
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Rupee Slides to 5-Week Low
6 May: Bloomberg. India’s rupee fell to a five-week low … The rupee dropped to 45.135 per dollar as of 10:36 a.m. on Thursday in Mumbai … 349 words. click here
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It was Goa's hottest April in 40 years
6 May: Times of India. Last year, April with an average maximum temperature of 34.3 was the hottest (April) month in almost four decades. This record lasted only a year, with April 2010 reaching 34.5°C. click here
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Weekly update:
Exchange: £ = 67.86; € = 57.95; $ = 44.94
Goa Weather: Max =34.8 ; Min = 26.5; Humidity = 68%
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