Goan Voice Newsletter: Tuesday 21 Apr. 2020
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Death: Mary Correia Ex Mombasa
12 April 2020. Manor Park, London, (UK). MARY CORREIA nee PINTO. Aged 89. (Ex Mombasa and Moira, Goa) Loving Wife of Late Sylvester Correia. Sister of Walter/ (Antonetta) Pinto, Lidwin/ (Late Vincent) Menezes, Late Eddie/ (Olga) Pinto and Aunty to several nieces and nephews. Mary passed away peacefully on Easter Sunday and her cremation will be held on 30th April 2020 for limited immediate family members only. We wish to thank all family and friends for their prayers, condolences and support at this difficult time. Messages can be sent to walterpinto@virginmedia.com
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Death: Maria (Sancy) Fialho - Ex Nairobi
14 April 2020: Rickmansworth, Herts, UK. MARIA (SANCY) FIALHO. Ex Nairobi. Aged 96. Died peacefully in her sleep. Wife of Late Joseph Fialho and Mother /Mother-in-law of Jeffrey/Sandra, Cletha, Jos/Diana and Jervis. Grandmother of Sarah, Joanna, Elena and James and great grandmother of Joseph, Cleo, Sonny and Lottie. Due to present restrictions, a private funeral service will take place. For condolences, please email Jeffreyfialho@gmail.com
or Jo.fialho@tascam.co.uk
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Death: Stella Zuzarte (ex Mombasa, Kampala, Nairobi)
10 April, 2020. Burnaby, BC, Canada. STELLA LUCY THERESA VAS ZUZARTE, aged 91. Passed away peacefully. Born in Nagpur, India. Beloved wife of late Peter (Bob) Zuzarte, cherished mother of late Pam, Josephine, Brian, Audry, Marylou, John, Dorothy, late Kevin, Hyacinth, Bernadette, late Mary Elizabeth and Marcellus; dear sister of late Clifford, late Freida, Gemma, and late Joey. Fondly remembered by her sons and daughters-in-law, many grandchildren and great grandchildren, nephews and nieces. Stella was truly gifted with patience, gentleness and a peaceable spirit. She loved her large extended family, her garden, music and cooking, and was always ready to enjoy a good laugh. She doted on her grandchildren and all who met her remember her smile and elegance. Private funeral will be held on May 8, 2020. In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to Mukuru Promotion Center, Nairobi,
at this link: http://www.mercymukuru.co.ke/about-us/index.cfm?loadref=26
Condolence messages may be sent to zuzarte2000@yahoo.com
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COVID-19: Dr Egidio da Silva: Pop-up virus isolation 'bubbles' invented in Birmingham, UK
8 Apr: Birmingham Live. A team of university experts and hospital medics has developed a tool to enable doctors and nurses to quickly form a workable protective barrier, like a bubble, around a coronavirus patient before carrying out life-saving procedures … Specialists at the University of Birmingham and Consultant Anaesthetist Dr Egidio da Silva from the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital recognised that it can take up to seven minutes to apply full PPE from the time a patient arrives on a ward, which can leave medics exposed to airborne droplets putting them at risk of contracting the virus… The team wants to get the Aerosol Shield into the hands of those who need it most by enabling the hospitals to trial them without the delay of a buying process… 839 words. [Info: Frederick Noronha via GoaNet] For full text, click here
For the Aerosol Shield website with links to video clips of the product and to the Go Fund Me page (£34.000 + raised so far)
click here
Dr Egidio da Silva traces his Goan roots to Chandor. He was born in 1971 in Zambia the son of Antonio Eugenio and Carlota; grandson of Egidio Rafael da Silva, MBE of Dodoma, Tanzania.
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Edwin Gomes: The Man Behind Goa’s ‘Zero COVID’ Status
20 Apr: Economic Times. Edwin Gomes, Head of the Medicine department at the state’s only medical college, the Goa Medical College, efforts at co-ordinating the front-lines of the COVID-19 fight and the successful treatment of all seven patients yet, has earned him a pat on the back from Health Minister Vishwajit Rane himself… Gomes, as the nodal official in-charge of the designated COVID-19 hospital, led three teams of medical professionals, including junior consultant doctors, nurses and support staff, who worked in shifts… The state’s first active case of COVID-19 to be cured, Edgar Remedios has said, that it was not just the medicine, but the manner in which Gomes puts you at ease, which is also a part of his healing potion… click here
Video: 20 Apr: Zee TV. Watch: Exclusive interview of Pramod Sawant, CM of Goa over Coronavirus tackling strategy …
click here
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More compassion required to seafarers, NRIs & migrants
20 Apr: Goa News, By Cleofato Almeida Coutinho (Photo). A storm is brewing over about 7000 to 8000 Goan seafarers stranded due to Coronavirus lockdown. About 1.6 million seafarers including 40000 Indian crew members are unable to leave their ships. The problem is seafarers are not treated as other international key workers like airline crew and medical professionals and as such not exempted from travel bans … the Goa government did little to convince the Centre over Goa’s capacity to quarantine the sailors after they are repatriated. The Ports Minister Michael Lobo was clear that Goa does not have capacity to quarantine even 100 sailors… click here
20 Apr: Times of India. Goa Covid-free, but risks loom as 7,000 seamen set to return ...
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21 Apr: Herald. Shripad meets Union Minister over Goan seafarers issue … Naik said that Dr Jaishankar has assured all possible efforts to bring back the seafarers to India, who are stranded in different parts of the world…
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The Last Prabhu, a story from Aldona
21 Apr: Navhind Times. By Frederick Noronha. Ten years ago, Bernardo Elivino de Souza met me at a local hotel and spoke about his plans to come out with a book on his experiences with tracing his roots. As someone keenly aware of how little we ourselves understand Goan society, the idea immediately seemed appealing to me. That book got published. Ten years later, another online version - revised quite thoroughly - of 'The Last Prabhu' emerged for online sale, via Amazon.com. If you're wondering what this intriguingly-titled book is all about, take a moment to read its sub-title. It labels itself: "A hunt for roots: DNA, ancient documents and migration in Goa." To put it briefly, this is a book of tracing roots… 1057 words. click here
Order from Amazon. For the UK site,
click here
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With strict enforcement & protocols in place, Goa partially reopens today
20 Apr: Times of India. Government offices, industries, agriculture and other allied sectors will resume in Goa on Monday as the state relaxes the lockdown to slowly restart economic activities. While thousands of people will return to work, police are set to strictly enforce social distancing measures. Also, starting Monday, every person who leaves the house has to compulsorily wear a mask, and violators will be fined. The relaxations only apply to those going to work. The lockdown continues to operate for all others, especially senior citizens… chicken and fish will not be permitted to be sold in the state’s markets, but vendors would be allowed to offer home delivery… click here
19 Apr: News 18. A Goa Teacher, Who Had a ‘Vision’, Claims He Can Cure Coronavirus in 6 Days. The 'cure' according to the school teacher involves crushing a mix of lemon and ginger juice with powdered fennel, some petals of garlic and a locally available wild bitter gourd… 540 words.
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Vijay Mallya loses appeal against extradition to India
20 Apr: The Guardian. The Indian multimillionaire businessman Vijay Mallya has lost his appeal against a decision to extradite him to India to face allegations of a £1bn fraud at his now defunct Kingfisher Airlines. High court judges on Monday rejected Mallya’s appeal against a 2018 decision granting his extradition, ruling that there was a “prima facie case of fraud by false representation”… Mallya, the self-proclaimed “king of the good times” who lives in a £11.5m mansion in the sleepy Hertfordshire village of Tewin, has previously dismissed the allegations … Indian public outcry over Mallya was stoked by a lavish two-day 60th birthday party in 2015 for hundreds of guests at his Kingfisher Villa, a huge beachfront bungalow in Goa… click here
20 Apr: Daily Mail. Drinks tycoon and former billionaire Kingfisher Airlines boss Vijay Mallya, 64, loses High Court challenge against his extradition from UK to face fraud charges in India … Text + photos + comments.
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Air India stops bookings after aviation minister’s advice
21 Apr: Civil Aviation. Air India has stopped taking bookings on all flights, said its officials, a day after Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri “advised” airlines to open bookings only after the government takes a decision on resuming passenger flights. The minister’s comment came on Saturday night, hours after the national carrier stated that it has opened bookings on select domestic flights from May 4 and on select international flights from June 1 … Several passengers have complained on social media that Indian airlines are not giving refunds for flights cancelled due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown and instead issuing credit vouchers for future travel… click here
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'Ghastly, never again' – the world's worst holiday destinations, according to you
20 Apr: The Telegraph (UK). This week, we published a selection of readers' comments
… India: Some travellers swear this is the best place in the world. But it's
a country that divides opinion.
George Dunn: "The most overrated tourist destination that I have visited
was India. Romanticised beyond belief (principally by the English middle classes
and the BBC), it revels in the lack of sanitation and basic hygiene.
Marcus Reece: "No privacy, dignity, hygiene, democracy, equality.
Terry Farrell: "Goa is the Bognor Regis of India."
Dave Clement: "Noisy, congested, filthy, plus awful food. click here
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