Goan Voice Newsletter: Saturday 12 Nov. 2011
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Video: Zuari Bridge: 8 more cracks developed to pillar 5
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11 Nov: Prudent Media. The Govt is sleeping over Zuari repair report for 5 months; 8 more cracks developed to pillar 5, PWD recommends new bridge immediately; is Govt risking lives of Goans? click here.
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Video: India Kingfisher Airlines crisis worsens as shares fall
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11 Nov: BBC. India's beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines cancelled more flights on Friday and its shares hit a record low amid continuing debt fears. Thousands of passengers have been hit by hundreds of cancellations this week… click here.
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Goa hits holiday ‘homes’ with annual tax of $4k -$10k
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12 Nov: Arab Times (Kuwait). Second homes in Goa owned by people from outside the Indian resort state are to be slapped with a tax of up to $10,000 in a bid to make property more affordable for locals, the government said Friday. “The idea is to impose tax of 200,000 to 500,000 rupees (about $4,000 to $10,000) per annum,” Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said. “The tax would be levied with retrospective effect [from 2005]”… 249 words. click here.
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Death: Gladys Braganza
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Death: Gladys Braganza9 Nov: London. GLADYS BRAGANZA (School teacher at St. Teresa's School, Nairobi) daughter of Peter and Hilary D'Costa, wife of late Newton Braganza, mother of Genny/John, Giovi, and Nivette, sister of late William, Edward, late Grace, Glafira, Guinevere, Benjamin, late George and Giletta, formerly of Nairobi/Goa, Funeral will take place on 18th November 2011, with Holy mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 51 Cambrigde Park, Wanstead, London E11, at 9:30am, followed by cremation at the City of London Crematorium (North Chapel) at 10:45am. No flowers, please, donations if wished to British Lung Foundation (envelopes will be available in the church). Condolences to giovanabraganza@hotmail.co.uk
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Floyd Cardoz: The Secret to Great Roasts
11 Nov: Food & Wine. Floyd Cardoz, a star chef and master home cook, reveals his trick: switching between Indian and Mediterranean flavors … The Bombay-born chef studied biochemistry in graduate school. Yet the Top Chef Masters Season 3 winner is not interested in creating science-geek food. 722 words. click here
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Carnival Economy
14 Nov: India Today. Till 2010, Goa did not have a single Audi. Now, there are at least 50 Audis and more than 100 Mercedes on the state’s streets …Goa Tourism Director Swapnil Naik’s efforts to brand the state as the world’s holiday destination has borne fruit… there were 556 banks in Goa on September 30, 2010. That’s one bank branch for every 4,000 people against a national average of one for every 14,000…377 words. click here
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Discussion on how to save Konkani
12 Nov: Times of India. Konkani litterateurs called upon Konkani-speaking communities to strive and preserve the rich tradition of the language. 'Open Mind - Vibrant Future', at a round table dialogue on Konkani organized by Konkani Language and Cultural Foundation. It provided a platform for noted Konkani writers to discuss various aspects which results in the erosion of this language… click here
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Church slams govt over Film Festival dates, threat to Old Goa
12 Nov: Times of India. Bom Jesus Basilica rector Fr Savio Baretto on Friday lashed out at the state government for allowing illegalities around the church complex at Old Goa and for holding the Film Festival during the novena period and feast of St Francis Xavier… Fr Baretto said that fields have been destroyed and rivers, streams and wells are polluted, all in the name of development… http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ click here
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Goa: Local hospitality graduates prefer jobs abroad
11 Nov: Navhind Times. Approximately 500 Goan students pass out yearly from four catering colleges with their diplomas and degrees, but ironically they prefer to work overseas on account of ‘unsatisfactory’ pay and service conditions … meagre salaries of Rs 500 to Rs 800 a month paid by most hotels, long hours of work… “In a cruise liner, a Goan starts with a salary of $350 to $400, this is about Rs 50,000 to Rs 60,000 a month. Within a few years, they can build their own houses and own a car … 731 words. click here
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Travelling with Kids: a nine-year-old's delight in tourist tat
11 Nov: The National (UAE). Set my nine-year-old loose in Goa's Anjuna night bazaar and off he goes in search of cheap trinkets, happy as a clam, unmindful of his mother in hot pursuit … Getaways take on whole new challenges when there are children involved … 500 words. click here
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Kenya to India: exporting the mobile money model
11 Nov: Financial Times. Safaricom, a telephone company in Kenya launched M-PESA, a mobile money transfer service so successful it speedily took over Kenya’s economy and business school syllabuses worldwide… In a variant on the Kenyan model, the Indian mobile money will have to partner with a bank, meaning customers might even make interest from the money they store… click here
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Croydon: Tony Fernandes’ murderer who hanged himself loses posthumous appeal
10 Nov: The Croydon Guardian. The mother of a murderer has lost her posthumous appeal against his conviction. Darren Liston had served eight months of a minimum 18-year jail term for the murder of chemistry technician Anthony Fernandes in July 2008… The original trial heard how Mr Fernandes, 46, suffered more than a dozen knife wounds after the trio had broke in to his house in Windmill Road following an afternoon drinking session … Text + photo. click here
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Ceiling on number of ships operating in Goa waters sought
11 Nov: PTI. A body of ship owners carrying Iron Ore from jetties to local ports has demanded that no more barges should be allowed to be registered in Goa. In a letter to Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, the All Goa Barge Owners Association (AGBOA) has sought complete ceiling on number of barges allowed to operate in the inland waterways of the state… click here
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Floyd Cardoz: The Secret to Great Roasts
11 Nov: Food & Wine. Floyd Cardoz, a star chef and master home cook, reveals his trick: switching between Indian and Mediterranean flavors … The Bombay-born chef studied biochemistry in graduate school. Yet the Top Chef Masters Season 3 winner is not interested in creating science-geek food. 722 words. click here
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Carnival Economy
14 Nov: India Today. Till 2010, Goa did not have a single Audi. Now, there are at least 50 Audis and more than 100 Mercedes on the state’s streets …Goa Tourism Director Swapnil Naik’s efforts to brand the state as the world’s holiday destination has borne fruit… there were 556 banks in Goa on September 30, 2010. That’s one bank branch for every 4,000 people against a national average of one for every 14,000…377 words. click here
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Discussion on how to save Konkani
12 Nov: Times of India. Konkani litterateurs called upon Konkani-speaking communities to strive and preserve the rich tradition of the language. 'Open Mind - Vibrant Future', at a round table dialogue on Konkani organized by Konkani Language and Cultural Foundation. It provided a platform for noted Konkani writers to discuss various aspects which results in the erosion of this language… click here
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Church slams govt over Film Festival dates, threat to Old Goa
12 Nov: Times of India. Bom Jesus Basilica rector Fr Savio Baretto on Friday lashed out at the state government for allowing illegalities around the church complex at Old Goa and for holding the Film Festival during the novena period and feast of St Francis Xavier… Fr Baretto said that fields have been destroyed and rivers, streams and wells are polluted, all in the name of development… http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ click here
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Goa: Local hospitality graduates prefer jobs abroad
11 Nov: Navhind Times. Approximately 500 Goan students pass out yearly from four catering colleges with their diplomas and degrees, but ironically they prefer to work overseas on account of ‘unsatisfactory’ pay and service conditions … meagre salaries of Rs 500 to Rs 800 a month paid by most hotels, long hours of work… “In a cruise liner, a Goan starts with a salary of $350 to $400, this is about Rs 50,000 to Rs 60,000 a month. Within a few years, they can build their own houses and own a car … 731 words. click here
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Travelling with Kids: a nine-year-old's delight in tourist tat
11 Nov: The National (UAE). Set my nine-year-old loose in Goa's Anjuna night bazaar and off he goes in search of cheap trinkets, happy as a clam, unmindful of his mother in hot pursuit … Getaways take on whole new challenges when there are children involved … 500 words. click here
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Kenya to India: exporting the mobile money model
11 Nov: Financial Times. Safaricom, a telephone company in Kenya launched M-PESA, a mobile money transfer service so successful it speedily took over Kenya’s economy and business school syllabuses worldwide… In a variant on the Kenyan model, the Indian mobile money will have to partner with a bank, meaning customers might even make interest from the money they store… click here
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Croydon: Tony Fernandes’ murderer who hanged himself loses posthumous appeal
10 Nov: The Croydon Guardian. The mother of a murderer has lost her posthumous appeal against his conviction. Darren Liston had served eight months of a minimum 18-year jail term for the murder of chemistry technician Anthony Fernandes in July 2008… The original trial heard how Mr Fernandes, 46, suffered more than a dozen knife wounds after the trio had broke in to his house in Windmill Road following an afternoon drinking session … Text + photo. click here
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Ceiling on number of ships operating in Goa waters sought
11 Nov: PTI. A body of ship owners carrying Iron Ore from jetties to local ports has demanded that no more barges should be allowed to be registered in Goa. In a letter to Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, the All Goa Barge Owners Association (AGBOA) has sought complete ceiling on number of barges allowed to operate in the inland waterways of the state… click here
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