Goan Voice Newsletter: Wednesday 18 May. 2022
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Funeral Notice: Melvyn Fernandes (London, ex Nairobi)
The Requiem Mass for Melvyn Fernandes (London, ex Nairobi) who sadly passed away
on 27th April 2022 will take place on Wednesday 1st June 2022 at 12.10 pm at St
Mary's Church, 70 Wellesley Road, Croydon, Surrey CR0 2AR. The service will be streamed and can be viewed live or later through the church website https://mcnmedia.tv/camera/st-marys-catholic-church-our-lady-of-reparation-croydon
Please note there is limited parking at the church and the nearest rail station
is West Croydon. Following Mass, Melvyn will be cremated at Croydon
Crematorium, East Chapel, Mitcham Road, Croydon, CR9 3AT at 2.15 pm.
In lieu of flowers there will be a retiring collection in the church to support
Melvyn's favoured charity - Kidney Research UK. You can also donate directly via
this link: https://melvynfernandes.muchloved.com/
Melvyn was the beloved husband of Rose, son of Maggie & Alex (late) and brother/in
law of Audrey/Derrick, Alice, Joe/Samantha, Astrid, Alvin, Arlette and Peter.
Son-in-law of Anita / Patrick (late) Abreo and brother-in-law of Alina/Bryan and
Edwin/Hazel (late). He was also a much-loved nephew, uncle and great-uncle. For
condolences, please e-mail rosefernandes@virginmedia.com
/ alicefernandes13@googlemail.com
/ Joe.fernandes3@ntlworld.com
We are most grateful for your messages of sympathy, cards and prayers in our time
of sorrow.
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| News Summary |
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Swindon: Attempted murder trial date set for Sezwin Crasto
17 May: Swindon Advertiser. A date has been set for an attempted murder trial after a woman suffered “life changing injuries”. Sezwin Crasto (photo) is charged with attempting to kill the woman on Broad Street on March 21. She was caused “life changing injuries”, but later that week Wiltshire Police confirmed that she was in a stable condition. Crasto, 21 from Broad Street, appeared at Bristol Crown Court last month where he did not enter a plea to the charge… he is due to stand trial on September 12, should he plead not guilty… 174 words. click here
For Google links to Sezwin Crasto including his Facebook page,
click here
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Swindon: Sexual abuse of second girl shown in images on Trevor Fernandes’ phone, court hears
17 May: Swindon Advertiser. Photos of the sexual abuse of a second young girl were found on a Swindon man’s phone, a court has heard. Trevor Fernandes is currently standing trial accused of threatening to expose sexual images of an American teen … On Tuesday (May 17), Swindon Crown Court heard pictures of the sexual abuse of another girl had been found in the same encrypted partition of his Samsung Galaxy phone … It was also heard that an “extremely vulnerable” girl had come forward to police claiming to be sexually abused by a man who called himself Trevor and used the same Kik and Instagram accounts that the American’s abuser used – namely ‘cuteandstrict’ and ‘Reckitt03’… ‘Trevor’ knew the British girl had a history of mental health issues and was self-harming at the time… The trial continues … 602 words. click here
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Canada: The necessary chaos of Jordan de Souza
14 May: 24/7 News Bulletin. Canada). By Christopher Huss … As part of a first portrait drawn up in 2016, conductor Jordan de Souza was nicknamed “the 100,000-volt gentleman of the classic” … he had just returned from conducting his first Wagner opera, The Flying Dutchman in Mannheim, Germany … His parents, who came to Montreal from India in the 1970s, moved to Toronto in the 1980s. He was born there in 1988. The de Souzas have eight children. Jordan moved to Montreal at age 17 to train in music… 12 years later he was conducting 50 performances a year in Berlin … Eighteen performances will bring Jordan de Souza to Glyndebourne between June 11 and August 14. And on July 26, at the Proms, he will conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky 's 4th Symphony… … 1468 words. click here
15 Nov. 2020: Goan Voice… “My family comes from a beautiful town in India called Goa”
click here
For Google links to Jordan de Souza,
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Australia: Artist and curator David Sequeira
14 May: Saturday Paper (Australia). By Andy Butler… Twenty-nine years after his first solo exhibition, David Sequeira talks about his newest exhibition, titled ‘All the things I should have said that I never said’ at Bunjil Place in the outer Melbourne suburb of Narre Warren… For three decades Sequeira has dedicated his life to art … his current role is director of the Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) … His family landed in Australia from Delhi in 1970 … He spent his young adulthood in Melbourne, a migrant Indian kid going to the National Gallery of Victoria … 2096 words click here
5 May: Australian Arts Review: On the Couch with David Sequeira
click here
For the David Sequeira website,
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Public transport systems in Goa – scope for improvements
17 May: Herald... Everything is wrong in all public transport modes in Goa… For example, one may need Rs 1000/1500 to come by train from say 800–100 km but may need the same amount, if not more to go to 40 Km from railway station to hotel… Public buses are there but only from terminus to terminus … Taxis are there, but available only at hotels, railway or bus stations, or airports … Auto rickshaws are there but you cannot get the same when and where you need them … Goa does not need yet Rapid Mass Transit system but certainly needs major reforms in all prevailing public transport systems. Every mode of public transport in Goa is engulfed with many historical antecedents… In Goa, the public bus system is in hands of both, public and private operators… 1039 words click here
11 Feb. 2019: Times of India. By Vivek Menezes. No end for Goa’s public transport woes
click here
6 Jan: Navhind Times. A rough ride for public transport in Goa
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Tourism News In Brief
17 May: Travel and Tour World. Goa will be known for spiritual and cultural tourism. The Chief Minister of Goa Pramod Sawant said that Goa is till now more popular for its sun, sand and sea tourism. However, it will also be known for spiritual and cultural tourism shortly for all tourists and Goa lovers… click here
17 May: Travel and Tour World. Dharamsala gears up for foreign tourists again. Foreign tourists are undoubtedly the source of sustenance for tourism in Dharamsala and they have slowly started returning after a hiatus of two years in the wake of the pandemic … Israeli tourists used to stay long in the area, spending the summer months in Dharamsala and the winters in Goa… Many foreign tourists also visit the Dharamsala region to study in Tibetan institutions and monasteries.
click here
14 May: Travel and Tour World. Kenya welcomes Indian travellers as tourism recovers, The Kenya tourism sector has received a major boost from the Indian market with a visit of about 300 tourists … Last week, it played host to 150 Indian travellers for a tour of attractions within Nairobi and Masai Mara while another group is expected to the jet in first week of next month…
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Charles Correa Foundation architects urge Goans to demand transparency in Kala Academy renovation work
15 May: Herald. Architects from the Charles Correa Foundation (CCF) urged people of Goa to demand transparency in the repair and renovation work of Kala Academy building… They also demanded the government to display the plan of renovation/repair work that has been outlined by the Public Works Department (PWD)… Tahir Noronha, Convenor of CCF said, “They have learnt through reliable sources that there is discussion of making arbitrary changes to the flooring of Kala Academy… The acoustics of the indoor auditorium which had already been tampered in 2004 are now going to be further interfered with and this time even the Mario Miranda murals may not be spared. Such major changes are threatening to erase the very essence of Kala Academy.” … He alleged that the repair work is going on without taking the verdict of High Court into consideration… click here
Video: 14 May: Prudent Media Goa. Press Meet addressed by Charles Correa Foundation on Renovation of Kala Academy | Prudent Media Goa. 22m.35s
click here
18 May: Hindustan Times. ‘Faulty design’: Goa minister, conservation architects clash over Kala Academy renovation
Goa culture minister Govind Gaude said the Kala Academy, designed by celebrated architect Charles Correa, has a faulty design and insisted that told the foundation started by the architect to not interfere in its renovation …
click here. |
News Headlines
16 May: Times of India. Inside Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary: Goa's well-kept secret!
Click
here.
16 May: Times of India. Ditch the cliches, 6 new ways to explore Goa!! Click
here.
17 May: Times of India. Cases of fraudsters targeting people with disabilities
on rise. Click
here.
16 May: Punjab News Express. Goa beaches face 'tar balls' nuisance, Shipping Ministry
told. Click
here.
17 May: Herald. Increasing surveillance to protect our monuments. Click
here.
17 May: Herald. IT HAS STARTED AGAIN: Noise filled parties return to coastal belt.
Click
here.
17 May: Herald. Case of Herald reporter getting threatened needs to be fast-tracked
immediately. Click
here.
16 May: Hindustan Times. Mumbai to restore 200-year-old Khotachiwadi neighbourhood
with its Goan heritage charm. Click
here.
17 May: Times of India. Mancurad more affordable, now selling at Rs 200 a dozen.
Click
here.
17 May: Times of India. Don't take law into your hands: Goa Police to tourism
biz owners. Click
here.
17 May: Construction Week. By Atul Goel. How home buying behaviours are evolving
in Indian real estate. Click
here
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