Goan Voice Newsletter: Sunday 24 Aug. 2014
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Death: Georgina Martins
23 Aug: Maryland, USA. GEORGINA LAURA MARTINS. Born in Saligoa, Goa, 1922. She was the loving mother of Lourdes (Felix) Fernandes & Flora (Armando) Ribeiro. Cherished grandmother of Conrad (Sheila), Daryl (Onecia) & David Ribeiro and Audrey (Alex) Fernandes. Beloved great-grandmother to Matthew, Ethan, Kelly, Adam, Joseph, Andrew & Sophie. She was one of six siblings, survived by her older brother Lucas (Martha) Fernandes of Margao, Goa. The Funeral will be held at St. Patrick's Church in Rockville, Maryland on August 28th, 2014 at 10:30 AM. Condolences may be sent to email
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Purveyors prey on pieces of the pious in growing market for human remains
23 Aug: WA Today (Perth, Australia). In Australia, like many other parts of the world, worshippers frequently flock to view pieces of the beatified … In 2012, large crowds gathered at a church in Pakenham to see the 500-year-old forearm of Jesuit founder St Francis Xavier, loaned out, briefly, from Rome… Saintly body parts are called, in the jargon of religion, "first-class relics"… Five photos of a rare relic of St Francis Xavier (his right hand) at the Goan community mass, Monash university, in 2012… click here
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Israel - India Tourism Relations concentrate on Goa and Jerusalem
23 Aug. eTurbo News. The profile of the tourists visiting India is changing. Both the governments (India and Israel) are trying to make efforts. The Israel Consul David Akov spoke to reporters … He was responding to a question on the allegation that many Israelis were involved in illegal drug trade and creating their enclaves in Goa… He said Israel is trying to reach out to the Christians across India, including Goa to visit Israel as tourists. … click here
Israel offers agriculture technology to Goa. 23 Aug: IANS. Israel is hopeful of setting up a centre of excellence in Goa to aid the state vis a vis technological issues related to agriculture, Israel's consul general David Akov said
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Goa Cong Suspends Leader Alexio Sequeira Over 'Anti-Party' Acts
23 Aug: Outlook. Goa Congress today suspended its leader and former Power Minister Aleixo Sequeira (photo) for "anti party" activities, and initiated disciplinary action against him. "Sequeira has been placed under suspension until appropriate disciplinary proceeding initiated against him are completed," state party President John Fernandes said. Goa Congress spokesman Pratima Coutinho, while announcing the action, said Sequeira had been often involved in "anti-party" activities, including a bid to topple the party-led government, which helped BJP leader Manohar Parrikar to form a Government some years ago … click here
Aleixo Sequeira was born in Mombasa, Kenya, the son of Eusebio Antonio de Piedade Sequeira
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24 Aug: Navhind Times. Sonia sacks John as Congress president. In a major political development late on Saturday evening, All India Congress Committee president Sonia Gandhi ordered removal of the controversial president of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) John Fernandes, following a series of complaints against him. No replacement has been named…
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Catholic forum welcomes ban on Sri Ram Sene in Goa
22 Aug: Free Press Journal. All Goa Catholic Minority Front (AGCMF) has welcomed the state government’s decision to ban controversial right wing outfit Sri Ram Sene in the state. The police inputs too pointed out that there would be law and order situation in Goa if Sene chief Pramod Muthalik set up his base in the peace loving state, AGCMF convener Bernabe Sapeco said… click here
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Patricia Rozario: Our Lady Of The Rosaries
1 Sep: Outlook. Singer Patricia Rozario’s resounding success did not cut her from her roots … There’s something profoundly haunting about the evocative deep accent of mezzo-sopranos. In Patricia Rozario, whose stellar rise since her first appearance on stage in an annual parent-organised talent contest in Santacruz, Mumbai, that brought her to perform with today’s world-leading composers on the best scenes in the world, you will find a sweet and endearing down-to-earth generosity… she became the second Indian after Zubin Mehta to receive a fellowship from the prestigious Royal College of Music in London… click here
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Immigrants are changing the perception of Canadian politeness
22 Aug: CanIndia. By Pradip Rodrigues. Canadians are guilty of being notoriously polite, it is a stereotype often used to describe us as a people. But I am afraid that as Canada’s demographics change, such a wonderful stereotype is in danger of becoming extinct in a generation or two. It is not all the fault of new immigrants, many of whom come from countries and backgrounds where such social niceties are part of the culture, but aren’t practiced any more… new immigrants are bewildered when they’ve encountered Canadians using words that weren’t used very often in their home countries like ‘Please’, ‘Thank You’ and ‘I’m Sorry’. But in large swaths of immigrant-rich areas in the country like Toronto and the surrounding GTA, social niceties may be falling by the wayside… click here
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Fr. Jose Sequeira: One To One with Keith Vaz
23 Aug: Asian Voice (UK). Fr. Jose Sequeira was born in Vasco-Goa, India. Inspired by the dedicated work of a priest from his parish in Vasco, he joined seminary in class VII (grade 7). Fr Jose was ordained a catholic priest in 1998. As a priest he served in several different positions across India. He was an assistant pastor at Don Bosco Church, Nashik in Maharashtra and subsequently became an administrator of an orphanage in Borivli, Mumbai… He has also been the Director of a Counselling Centre and Assistant Director of Konkan Development Society at Panjim in Goa. For the last four years he has been an Executive Director of Konkan Development Society (KDS)… click here
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Making regional language literature ‘sexy’
23 Aug: Herald. With a thorough understanding of the world of books and after organising several literature festivals across the world, Alaham is all set to bring over 85 authors from India and abroad, across six different languages and utilise Goa’s unique geographic, historic and cultural position to place the state on the world literary map… Photo. click here
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Goa tries to protect its famed ‘Sea of Milk’ tourist attraction
24 Aug: Peninsula (Qatar). It almost featured in a James Bond movie. Now, the very existence of Dudhsagar, Goa’s grandest waterfall and a major tourism attraction, is in peril due to a series of dams neighbouring Karnataka plans to construct and Goa is desperate to ensure this doesn’t happen. Literally translating into “Sea of Milk”, Dudhsagar almost featured as a backdrop to an early action sequence in the 23rd Bond film Skyfall, where the British spy, engaged in a fist-fest atop a train compartment, gets accidentally shot and falls into the raging torrent below… the Karnataka government has planned a complex network of dams and diversionary canals over the Mhadei river that feeds the waterfall. Water Resources Minister Dayanand Mandrekar said Goa will oppose this tooth and nail… click here
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‘Broke’ Italian held for break-in, theft
24 Aug: Times of India. Mario Santilli, an Italian national who has been visiting Goa regularly since 1975, has been arrested by Anjuna police for breaking into a house and stealing domestic appliances and jewellery worth Rs 1 lakh. Sources suspect Santilli, in his fifties, is going through a money crunch and stole the items to sell… During investigations police traced Santilli to his rented room and recovered the stolen items… click here
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