Goan Voice Newsletter: Tuesday 01 Feb. 2022
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Death: Alvaro Fernandes. Toronto. Ex Tanga, Tanzania
29 Jan. Toronto. ALVARO FERNANDES. Ex Tanga. Aged 71. Alvaro is survived by his beloved
wife Rufina and were married for 45 years. Loving and proud father of Taryn, Trevor/Jessica,
and Terence. Alvaro was a doting grandfather to Liam and Owen, his adorable grandchildren
who loved and will miss him dearly. He was predeceased by his parents Ben Costa
and Cristalina Fernandes, and sisters Alzira and Ethelvina. Alvaro was brother
to his dearest siblings Amancio/Veronica(Goa), Alba/Paul (USA), Avita/Avilino
and Anthony/Maria. Born in Tanga, Tanzania on February 4, 1950, he will be sorely
missed by his many nieces and nephews around the world, his extended family and
will live in their hearts forever.
Funeral Services: Visitation: https://ogden.funeraltechweb.com/tribute/details/19109/Mr-Alvaro-Fernandes/service-information.html#tribute-start
Private viewing with the family due to capacity restrictions Funeral Mass: to
be held on https://www.stjosephstoronto.org/
200 Morrish Rd, Scarborough, ON M1C 1E8 on Friday, February 04, 2022, at 11:00am.
Followed by the rite of Christian Burial at Christ the King Cemetery. https://www.catholic-cemeteries.ca/cemeteries/christ-the-king-catholic-cemetery/
The link to the livestreaming of the Mass will be provided the day before the
Funeral. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Canadian Cancer Society.
[Alert from Stephen de Souza]. Condolences to: rufinafernandes1@gmail.com
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Video: What’s destroying Goa’s beaches?
31 Jan: Newslaundry. Goa is known for its pristine beaches. But how has rampant, unchecked "development" impacted the state's coastline? In this episode, author and photographer Vivek Menezes takes us through the changes seen at Miramar beach over the past year, telling us the story of rampant real estate construction that's destroying heritage sites. The big headline of the day is the re-election of António Costa, who is of Goan origin, as the prime minister of Portugal. He's good friends with Narendra Modi and proudly flaunts his OCI card. Vivek explains Goa's special relationship with Portugal, and also the legacy of Manohar Parrikar and why it's a mixed bag… 29m.30s click here
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Covid: India-Africa collaboration empowers Kenya and Goa
31 Jan: Nature. A group of young scientists in their thirties in Nairobi, Cameroon, Bangalore and Goa are making vaccines, sequencing genomes of viruses, studying microbial resistance and making therapeutics locally as part of a India Africa public health collaboration… click here
1 Feb: Herald. Goa records 171 Covid deaths in Jan. The third Covid wave wrecked havoc in the month of January 2022. There were a total of 171 deaths in this month alone, which is a huge jump compared to the number of deaths that were being reported in the final months of the year 2021. The cumulative total of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic is now at 3,693 …
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Video: 41 Jan: Herald TV. Are the double digit Covid deaths linked to Omicron? What precautions should we take? …
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Goa: Portuguese Prisoners of War: "Police were forced to run barefoot over scorching stones”
31 Jan: Correio da Manhã (Portugal). Carmo Garcez was born in Goa and is Portuguese by heart and soul. He joined the military in 1959, and on the day of the invasion, on December 18, 1961, he was in the city of Vasco Da Gama. Read the QR Code and listen to the podcasts From ' My War’ …"Salazar wanted us to fight, but we were 3500 against 45 thousand. It was an impossible thing.” … he was ordered to march to the prison camp in Vasco Da Gama… “my cousin Vasco Duarte, Commissioner of the Portuguese police, was punished for having fled the camp and forced to run barefoot over burning stones. His soles were bloodied. "The captivity lasted five months … He flew on the last plane, in May 1962, with his mother, to Portugal. He deeply regrets never returning to Goa. 376 words. click here
30 Jan: Correio da Manhã (Portugal).
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29 Jan: Correio da Manhã (Portugal).
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Anger of citizens against the destruction of heritage in Old Goa
30 Jan: RFI (France). By Côme Bastin. The Bom Jesus Basilica is part of Old Goa filled with archaeological and heritage traces of the city's rich history… Today Goanese citizens, especially Catholics, are mobilizing against the threat that real estate development poses to this monumental heritage… Nicolas Costa says, “We are Catholics and this place is sacred to us. It is also a historical site… We filed a complaint with the Supreme Court” … others sat on Hunger Strike for Publicity, elderly members of Society quietly protested daily against the Illegal constructions in Old Goa… They were the true satyagrahas… click here
26 Jan: Indian Express. Goa protests against bungalow: Showcause notice on demolition sent to owner …
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Can BJP repeat the Manohar Parrikar caste calculus in race for Catholic votes?
30 Jan: India Today. By Pamela D’Mello. As the BJP in Goa faces its first electoral battle without the late Manohar Parrikar one critical question has come to the fore. Will the Hindutva party without Parrikar retain hold of sections of the Catholic vote? Under a cultivated moderate approach, Parrikar had crossed the Rubicon of gaining Catholic acceptability by a carrot and stick policy with the official Catholic Church… With high anti-incumbency, the BJP is not unaware that it faces an uphill task convincing both its Hindu and Christian voters in 2022… will the same formula work this time round?... 2616 words click here
10 Jan: India Today. By Sahil Joshi. Why BJP may be missing Manohar Parrikar in Goa this election
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The first gay Pope
Jan 31: La Croix (Rome). By Robert Mickens. The real reasons why Pope Francis is pushing Catholics to become more welcoming and less judgmental of gays and lesbians. The Vatican's official position on homosexually, found in the notorious document the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued in 1986, still stands… Francis has made perhaps the best-known and most-quoted comment of his pontificate. "If someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has good will, then who am I to judge him?" he asked… 1140 words click here
29 Jul. 2013: BBC News. Pope Francis: who am I to judge gay people …
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What made Maria Aurora Couto write books that were deeply political and heartbreakingly personal?
30 Jan. Scroll. By Jerry Pinto… Her books, Goa: A Daughter’s Story and Filomena’s Journeys are classics. And while her writing re-animated previous centuries and the milieu of previous generations for us, she never romanticised the past or slipped into uncritical nostalgia… Aurora always focused on questions of equity and representation, social justice and gender rights… She always saw herself as an insider/outsider, someone who could negotiate and mediate between Goa and India, in the interests of a productive mutual understanding. It was a difficult balancing act. This, in fact, is the key theme of the book of essays she had written… what set Maria Aurora Couto apart. She was a good writer but she did not become one at the expense of being a good human being... 1943 words click here
For the Wikipedia profile of Maria Aurora Couto,
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