Goan Voice Newsletter: Thursday 09 Jan. 2020
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Update: Goan Extravaganza: Dance the night away to the 60's & 70's
Sat.11th Jan. GOA UK – Goan Extravaganza. Venue: Wandsworth Town Hall, Wandsworth, London. SW18 2PU. Music by Rainbows End and Nite Life. Tickets: Members £27.50 | Guests £29.50 | Children 5-12 £15.00. Tickets include entrance, lucky raffle ticket and your three course meal. Book your table for ten in advance. Tickets from: Savio Dsouza 07918.692920 | Tino Goes 07821.900490 | Juliette DeMenezes-D'Costa 07958.537314 | Richard Fernandes 07711.401157 | Ravi Vaz 07909.927539 | Bella Fernandes 07949.233307. See the updated flyer, click here
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Four tiger deaths in four days
9 Jan: Herald. Days after her two other cubs were found dead, the carcasses of a tigress and a cub were recovered from Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary in Sattari taluka, the Forest Department informed on Wednesday… Two of her other cubs were found dead on Sunday and Tuesday, he added. On December 23, last year, the tigress and her three cubs were captured roaming in the area on the cameras installed by the department… The department officials have rounded up four suspects, who are being questioned for their alleged involvement in the crime. The Department prima facie suspects that the big cats were poisoned in a "revenge killing" for preying on cattle in the village. A combing operation has been launched in the Mhadei forests to look for more carcasses of tigers, the official said… click here
Video: 8 Jan: Goa 365 tv: Now the figure is 4, raising questions of mass poisoning,animal man conflict … 4m. 12s.
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Video: 8 Jan. Prudent. 4 tigers dead in Sattari; 3 locals arrested … 5m. 05s.
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Attention! Govt advice to Indians under 20 years to renew OCI cards after each passport renewal
8 Jan: IANS. The Indian government is advising Indians under 20 years of age who hold Overseas Citizen of India or OCI cards to get them re-issued each time they get their passport re-issued. For OCI cardholders above 50 years, the card needs to be re-issued only once after passport renewal, according to details in a press release issued by the Indian Consulate in New York. OCI card holders between the age of 21 and 50 years don't need to get the cards re-issued each time after passport renewal. The Indian government is allowing "temporary relaxation" till June 30 this year for selected cases where any OCI card holder less than 20 years old travels with a copy of the new passport, the OCI card and the old passport which is linked to the OCI card. For OCI card holders over 50 years old too, the same relaxation applies until June 30, the statement said. The OCI card works as a multiple entry, multi-purpose life-long visa to India, and exempts card holders from the need to register with local police authorities even for long India stays and can be used as identity proof for application of PAN card and driving license and for opening a bank account if the OCI card holder is residing in India… click here
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‘Suresh Amonkar’s fight for Goa Board’s automony became national case study’
8 Jan: Times of India. Suresh Gundu Amonkar, who breathed his last recently, not only headed the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education for two terms, but Amonkar also headed the organisation of education board chairpersons from across the country, educationist Madhav Kamat said on Tuesday. It was during this time that the national education policy was framed with Amonkar’s contribution, he said… “When he (Amonkar) was chairman of Goa Board, the then Goa governor questioned the board’s autonomy. Amonkar defended and successfully retained the autonomy of Goa Board. The case study was then circulated across the country. That was Suresh Amonkar's finest moment and Goa’s proudest moment,” Kamat told the gathering of renowned Konkani writers, intellectuals and former students of Amonkar… click here
8 Dec. 2019. Goa News. … As his father fell ill in 1959, Dr Amonkar left his teaching job at Goan School, Mombasa in Kenya and came back to take over the reins of the school and reach the school at new heights…
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Video: 9 Dec. 2019. Goa 365 TV…
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Canada: Gerard Rodrigues, Massage therapist faces new sexual assault charge
8 Jan: Peterborough Examiner. City police have laid more charges against a local man already accused of sexual assault. It’s alleged that a registered massage therapist sexually assaulted a client on Dec. 9. Gerard Sylvester Rodrigues, 60, of Parkhill Road West was charged the next day with sexual assault. Another person came forward with allegations of a sexual assault Dec. 6 at the same spa. He was charged Monday with sexual assault and assault. He was released and is to appear in court Thursday. Police did not name the spa but say there may be other victims… click here
12 Dec. 2019: Peterborough This Week. Canada: Peterborough massage therapist charged with sexual assault. Peterborough massage therapist has been charged with sexual assault, Peterborough This Week reports. It's alleged that a 60-year-old man sexually assaulted a woman during a massage at a Peterborough spa on Dec. 9, according to court records. Gerard Rodrigues is charged with sexual assault. He appeared in the Ontario Court of Justice in Peterborough on Wednesday and was granted bail….
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For Gerard Rodrigues bio, etc.
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Free range
8 Jan: The Hindu. By Meraj Shah. “Umm, bud, do you mind if I mull over that for a bit,” says Elton Carvalho with some hesitation. A mechanical engineer, Carvalho moved back to Margao in South Goa to set up a small business delivering home-made Goan foodstuff around the country. I want to feature him in a television show that I produce and thought he’d be delighted at the prospect. Instead, Carvalho hands me some consolatory Bebinca and tells me to drive carefully… Carvalho calls back a few days later to turn down my proposition. “Bud if you feature me, then more people will know about me and order more stuff. That means I’ll have to work harder, and suddenly my life will change. I’m not ready for that. I love my life the way it is…” I get it Elton, despite what I think of that incredible chorizo, I hope this doesn’t get the word out. What’s the point of living in Goa if you can’t Susegad the heck out of it? 691 words. click here
Pedro Pao is Elton Carvalho’s website, [Currently All India Free Shipping for orders of 1 kg & above]
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Industry proposes global auction of SEZ land
8 Jan: Herald. Goa State Industries Association (GSIA), the leading industry body, has proposed a global auction of the special economic zone land … With that in mind GSIA has recommended that as a first step a global auction of five lakh square meters of land at Verna should be undertaken, insisting that proper infrastructure up-gradation plans be approved beforehand… According to GSIA, a phased unlocking of value shall create a step-wise ripple effect to attract new age fourth generation industries to the State. GSIA also said skeptics to such a process only believe in creating confusion rather than trying and solving problems facing Goa’s industrialisation… click here
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UK: TV & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS By Lira Fernandes
ENTERTAINMENT: Masala FM. BBC Radio 4 Extra (Freeview 708). Sat. 11th Jan. 22:30
to 23:00. The London Asian radio station may be about to lose its star presenter.
Comedy, with Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Nina Wadia. First aired in 1996.
(Series 1. Episode 2)
DRAMA: Heat and Dust. BBC Radio 4 Extra (Freeview 708). Sun. 12th Jan. 06:00 to
07:15. Heat and Dust Omnibus. Parts 1-5/5. By Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, dramatised
by Shelley Silas. The story of two Englishwomen living in India more than 50 years
apart.
COOKERY: Come Dine with Me. 4Seven (Freeview 47). Mon. 13th Jan. 09:00 to 10:00.
Birmingham. Indian-born chocolate scientist Deepti is first to host in Birmingham,
hoping her experimental Asian fusion menu will cause a positive reaction amongst
her guests.
CHILDRENS: Horrible Histories. CBBC (Freeview 201). Mon. 13th Jan. 09:55 to 10:20.
Wily Winston Churchill Special. Charting the life of the former British prime
minister, including his time as a soldier in India and his part in the Allies'
victory in the Second World War.
COOKERY: Come Dine with Me. 4Seven (Freeview 47). Wed. 15th Jan. 09:00 to 10:00.
Southampton and Portsmouth. Dinner-party challenge from Southampton and Portsmouth,
where the week begins with a Bollywood feel as host Nicky serves up a menu celebrating
the cuisine of her native India.
TALK SHOW: The Listening Project. BBC Radio 4 FM (Freeview 704). Fri. 17th Jan.
23:55 to 00:00. Baz and Jay - Life As Bame Policemen. Two former colleagues compare
notes on their working lives as BAME - black, Asian and minority ethnic - policemen
in the South Wales Police - which is celebrating 50 years as a force.
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