Goan Voice Newsletter: Wednesday 11 May. 2011
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Cardinal Ivan Dias retires as Vatican's 'Red Pope'
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11 May: Herald. Cardinal Ivan Dias, a prelate of Goan origin, retired on Tuesday as Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples (CEP), one of the most important dicasteries in the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Cardinal Dias (75), who traces his roots to Velsao, on "having reached the age limit"… 386 words. click here.
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UK: Oliver Mascarenhas one step away from second O2 gig
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10 May: Hornsey Journal (UK). Teenage singer-songwriter Oliver Mascarenhas is one step away from performing for a second time this year at the prestigious O2 Arena. The 15-year-old, who lives in Bounds Green, London, has reached the regional finals of Live & Unsigned - the UK’s biggest search for new bands… 263 words.[Oliver is the son of Anita and Brian [ex-Nairobi]. click here.
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Death: John Lobo
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2 May: Cornwall, Ont. Canada. JOHN DIEGO RAYMOND LOBO. (aged 80; ex-Kampala; died in Goa). Husband of Eugenia (Pereira). Father of Victor (Christina), Alan (Charlene), Annette all of Toronto and Melissa Carriere (Stephane) of Lancaster. Predeceased by one daughter Liza Dixon. Brother of Eliza Fernandes and Annie Soares both of Goa… Resting at Lahaie and Sullivan, Cornwall Funeral Home from 2 p.m. Thursday. Funeral Friday May 13, for Mass of Christian Burial in St. Columban’s Church at 11 a.m. Interment, Notre Dame Cemetery. Full details and Condolences at the link. [info from Felix D’Sa, Montreal] click here.
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Maria Britto: Citizen of the Year
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11 May: Brampton Guardian (Toronto). Maria Britto is The Brampton Guardian’s 2010 Citizen of the Year… As a little girl she spent her Sundays after church feeding the poor in the compound of her family’s home in Bangalore, India…. The local real estate agent has lengthy and varied list of volunteer work in Brampton over an impressive 35 years … she always manages to cook a hot meal for her family— husband of 31 years Frank, and son Nigel, 25 … Britto was eight years old when she moved to Canada with her teacher mother and pilot father… 1315 words. click here.
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Aditya Arya takes charge as DGP
12 May: Navhind Times. The new Director General of Police (DGP), Dr Aditya Arya, has said that he would like to cleanse the state of the drug menace, even as he sought the assistance of people, in the government initiative against drug peddlers, traffickers, and others… 262 words. click here
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DGP Bassi offers parting gift to 14 suspended cops
12 May: Times of India. Outgoing director general of police (DGP) Bhimsen Bassi on Tuesday reinstated 14 of 37 suspended police personnel, despite a departmental inquiry pending against them… 451 words. click here
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Dubai: Medical review sought in D'Souza food poisoning case
12 May: Gulf News (Dubai). A lawyer asked a court on Tuesday to assign a medical committee to reinvestigate the causes of death of five-year-old Nathan D'Souza and his seven-year-old sister, Chelsea, who died of food poisoning in 2009… The Misdemeanours Court had fined the suspects Dh10,000 each and ordered them to jointly pay blood money to the victims' parents… 319 words + photo. click here
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Charters to Goa up 30 per cent
11 May: Deccan Herald. It has been sunshine much of the way for Goa’s tourism industry this year with foreign arrivals up by 20 per cent, supported by the turnaround by charter operators… 363 words. click here
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Video: Recipe - Clams in Goan Sausage
11 May: FoodfirstTV. Watch Chris Saleem prepare Clams in Goan Sausage Tomato Sauce. 1m. 12s. click here
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London: Half price deal at Rebecca Mascarenhas’ restaurant
11 May: TopTable. £20 for £40 of seasonal British cuisine at Sonny's… Owned by Rebecca Mascarenhas (who also owns the critically acclaimed Kitchen W8), it is invariably full of affluent locals; evenings and Sunday lunch are particularly popular here…[Named after Rebecca’s father, Sonny Mascarenhas, ex-Mombasa]. click here
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Goa monument standing on ‘fire bomb’
10 May: The Statesman. World heritage monument Basilica of Bom Jesus, home to five-century old relics of St Francis Xavier, is sitting on a “fire bomb” as short circuits are often reported due to faulty electric wiring, a senior Church official said today… 395 words. click here
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Goa's Konkani weekly logs on to Facebook to stay afloat
11 May: Daily News & Analysis. Facebook is now rendering much needed eye balls for Goa's longest surviving Konkani weekly printed in the Roman script and promoted by Catholic priests… Fr Feroz Fernandes, editor-in-chief, V-Ixtt, said "the magazine has received tremendous readership amongst the younger generation after it went on social networking website (Facebook)."… 252 words. click here
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Mumbai-Goa bus journeys to get a lot more comfortable
11 May: Times of India. The state transport department will launch a first-of-its-kind Volvo bus whose seats can be inclined to 130 degrees… The Mumbai to Goa journey takes 12 hours and costs Rs. 937. 466 words. click here
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Toronto: Carol and Charles Fernandes walk Longest Street in the World
10 May: Rainy River Record (Canada). Carol and Charles Fernandes concluded their walk of the Longest Street in the World, Yonge St… They are a retired couple from Elliot Lake, Ontario (formerly from Mississauga) .. At exactly 12:55 pm Central Time, on Sunday, May 8, 2011 (Mother’s Day), they finished, covering a distance of 1,896 km in 71 walking days … 939 words. click here
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UK: TV & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS By Lira Fernandes
TRAVEL: A Place in the Sun: Home or Away. Channel 4. Friday 13th May. 20:00 to 21:00. West Yorkshire v the Silver Coast, Portugal. Tony and Annette are considering moving from Wakefield to Portugal. With a maximum budget of £300k what property gems will they find? SPORT: Indian Cricket. ITV4 (24). Saturday and Sunday, 14th-15 May. 11:00 to 20:00. Shonali Nagrani is your host for another weekend packed with live IPL action. COOKERY: Come Dine with Me Down Under. Channel 4. Saturday 14th May. 16:00 to 16:30. Dominic Lawrenson kicks off a week of dinner parties in Australia with an all-Indian menu for a group of diners including an online dominatrix. DOCUMENTARY: Shakti, the Power of Women. Press TV. Part 1: Sunday 15th May, 18:30 to 19:00. Part 2: Monday 16th May 22:30 to 23:00. This doc pictures the sufferings of Indian women and aid programs of NGOs to tackle social and economic deprivations of these people. TALK SHOW: Vikas Swarup - Q&A. BBC Radio 4 Extra. Monday 16th May. 14:00 to 14:15. 5,000 Rupees. A street kid goes on an Indian TV game show. The novel that sparked the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire. Episode 1 of 10. DOCUMENTARY: 4thought.tv. Channel 4. Monday 16th May. 19:55 to 20:00. Can faith cure cancer? Catholic Ellen Jameson took her daughter-in-law Siobhan to visit Lourdes after she was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2000. DOCUMENTARY: 4thought.tv. Channel 4. Wednesday 18th May. 19:55 to 20:00. Dr Aroup Chatterjee is sceptical of claims by the Catholic Church that Mother Teresa miraculously cured a woman in India of cancer, and believes that potential cures for cancer will be found in science and not in religion.
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Aditya Arya takes charge as DGP
12 May: Navhind Times. The new Director General of Police (DGP), Dr Aditya Arya, has said that he would like to cleanse the state of the drug menace, even as he sought the assistance of people, in the government initiative against drug peddlers, traffickers, and others… 262 words. click here
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DGP Bassi offers parting gift to 14 suspended cops
12 May: Times of India. Outgoing director general of police (DGP) Bhimsen Bassi on Tuesday reinstated 14 of 37 suspended police personnel, despite a departmental inquiry pending against them… 451 words. click here
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Dubai: Medical review sought in D'Souza food poisoning case
12 May: Gulf News (Dubai). A lawyer asked a court on Tuesday to assign a medical committee to reinvestigate the causes of death of five-year-old Nathan D'Souza and his seven-year-old sister, Chelsea, who died of food poisoning in 2009… The Misdemeanours Court had fined the suspects Dh10,000 each and ordered them to jointly pay blood money to the victims' parents… 319 words + photo. click here
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Charters to Goa up 30 per cent
11 May: Deccan Herald. It has been sunshine much of the way for Goa’s tourism industry this year with foreign arrivals up by 20 per cent, supported by the turnaround by charter operators… 363 words. click here
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Video: Recipe - Clams in Goan Sausage
11 May: FoodfirstTV. Watch Chris Saleem prepare Clams in Goan Sausage Tomato Sauce. 1m. 12s. click here
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London: Half price deal at Rebecca Mascarenhas’ restaurant
11 May: TopTable. £20 for £40 of seasonal British cuisine at Sonny's… Owned by Rebecca Mascarenhas (who also owns the critically acclaimed Kitchen W8), it is invariably full of affluent locals; evenings and Sunday lunch are particularly popular here…[Named after Rebecca’s father, Sonny Mascarenhas, ex-Mombasa]. click here
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Goa monument standing on ‘fire bomb’
10 May: The Statesman. World heritage monument Basilica of Bom Jesus, home to five-century old relics of St Francis Xavier, is sitting on a “fire bomb” as short circuits are often reported due to faulty electric wiring, a senior Church official said today… 395 words. click here
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Goa's Konkani weekly logs on to Facebook to stay afloat
11 May: Daily News & Analysis. Facebook is now rendering much needed eye balls for Goa's longest surviving Konkani weekly printed in the Roman script and promoted by Catholic priests… Fr Feroz Fernandes, editor-in-chief, V-Ixtt, said "the magazine has received tremendous readership amongst the younger generation after it went on social networking website (Facebook)."… 252 words. click here
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Mumbai-Goa bus journeys to get a lot more comfortable
11 May: Times of India. The state transport department will launch a first-of-its-kind Volvo bus whose seats can be inclined to 130 degrees… The Mumbai to Goa journey takes 12 hours and costs Rs. 937. 466 words. click here
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Toronto: Carol and Charles Fernandes walk Longest Street in the World
10 May: Rainy River Record (Canada). Carol and Charles Fernandes concluded their walk of the Longest Street in the World, Yonge St… They are a retired couple from Elliot Lake, Ontario (formerly from Mississauga) .. At exactly 12:55 pm Central Time, on Sunday, May 8, 2011 (Mother’s Day), they finished, covering a distance of 1,896 km in 71 walking days … 939 words. click here
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UK: TV & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS By Lira Fernandes
TRAVEL: A Place in the Sun: Home or Away. Channel 4. Friday 13th May. 20:00 to 21:00. West Yorkshire v the Silver Coast, Portugal. Tony and Annette are considering moving from Wakefield to Portugal. With a maximum budget of £300k what property gems will they find? SPORT: Indian Cricket. ITV4 (24). Saturday and Sunday, 14th-15 May. 11:00 to 20:00. Shonali Nagrani is your host for another weekend packed with live IPL action. COOKERY: Come Dine with Me Down Under. Channel 4. Saturday 14th May. 16:00 to 16:30. Dominic Lawrenson kicks off a week of dinner parties in Australia with an all-Indian menu for a group of diners including an online dominatrix. DOCUMENTARY: Shakti, the Power of Women. Press TV. Part 1: Sunday 15th May, 18:30 to 19:00. Part 2: Monday 16th May 22:30 to 23:00. This doc pictures the sufferings of Indian women and aid programs of NGOs to tackle social and economic deprivations of these people. TALK SHOW: Vikas Swarup - Q&A. BBC Radio 4 Extra. Monday 16th May. 14:00 to 14:15. 5,000 Rupees. A street kid goes on an Indian TV game show. The novel that sparked the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire. Episode 1 of 10. DOCUMENTARY: 4thought.tv. Channel 4. Monday 16th May. 19:55 to 20:00. Can faith cure cancer? Catholic Ellen Jameson took her daughter-in-law Siobhan to visit Lourdes after she was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2000. DOCUMENTARY: 4thought.tv. Channel 4. Wednesday 18th May. 19:55 to 20:00. Dr Aroup Chatterjee is sceptical of claims by the Catholic Church that Mother Teresa miraculously cured a woman in India of cancer, and believes that potential cures for cancer will be found in science and not in religion.
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