GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SUN 12 JULY, 2009
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| James D'Silva Meets Sting's wife, Trudie Styler | ||
 12 Jul: The Mail on Sunday (UK). Trudie Styler has just finished shooting six
films at her palatial Tuscan villa with Madonna's former personal trainer, James
D'Silva… D'Silva, who has a studio in St John's Wood, London, has been credited
with changing 55-year-old Trudie's physique 'to that of a 25-year-old…The
films feature a number of yoga, ballet and pilates-based workouts and are set
to music by Sting… 262 words. Click
here. Photo shows James and Trudie. For a Goan Voice profile of James D'Silva click here. | ||
| Tanya Pinto Helps Needy Children in India's Slums | ||
 10 July: Voice of America. Baal Dan is a charity interacting with children from
the slums. It was started in 2005 by one young woman, Tanya Pinto, from Texas
who was born in India… She was working in an advertising company in Dallas
when she decided to go visit India and start the charity… she has been able
to feed children, support orphanages and sponsor some children's education. 547
words. Click here.
The Baal Dan website with video clips, is at http://www.baaldan.com/mission.html | ||
| Glenn Perry Robbed at Knifepoint in Johannesburg | ||
 6 Jul: Khaleej Times (UAE). A Dubai musician has survived an "absolutely
terrifying" knifepoint robbery by six thugs while on holiday in South Africa.
Glenn Perry, who founded the Dubai Music School in 1980, was visiting Johannesburg
as part of his ongoing mission to help impoverished youngsters from the Soweto
township… he escaped unharmed by managing to jump onto a passing minibus…
Perry is currently recording a jazz tribute album in New York to commemorate his
mother, who died three months ago… 453 word. Click
here. For the Glenn Perry home page with bio, downloads, photos etc see http://www.glennperry.net/ For an account of the impact his father, Chris Perry had on him, click here. | ||
| Toronto: Joe & Bertha Lobo: Anniversary | ||
 11 Jul: Toronto Star. Page CL8. Joe & Bertha Lobo Happy 57th Anniversary. Married July 8, 1952 in Porvorim, Goa … formerly of Entebbe, Uganda… four children: Raymond (Maureen) Canada; Edmund (Lydia) Goa; Rosalind (Euclid) UK; Osmond (Suchete) Goa; and eight grandchildren… | ||
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News Summary | ||
| Deaths 10 Jul: Margao, Goa. GEORGE BENNET CARVALHO (Born 1925; Ex-Manager, Bank of India) Husband of Luisa. Father of Albert/Tosca, Calisto/Maria (Canada), Emy/Anthony, Genevieve/Johnson; Brother of Helen/late Serge Bolas (England). Funeral on 12th July Margao. 11 Jul: Navelim, Goa. ANA JOAQUINA D'COSTA. Wife of late Joao Philip. Mother of Treza (Clara)/Santan, Agnelo, Ana/Felix, Joao/Succorin, Cruz/Maria (London), Remedios/Annie; Funeral on 12 July at Navelim. 11 Jul: Bogmalo, Goa. DONALD RODRIGUES (Born 1957). Husband of Martha. Father of Godwin and Jason. Brother of Alfred/Elsa (London), Belinda/late Joe Dias (London), Charles/Alzira and Elvino. Funeral on 12 July at Bogmalo. 11 Jul: Velim, Goa. REINA MAZARELLO: (Born 1942). Wife of Cruz. Mother
of Veena/Melanius Paes (UK), Veenoma, Vendy/Varlene. Funeral on 12th July at
Velim. | ||
| Goa wants to be a wedding destination 12 Jul: Outlook (India). Goa's domicile rule makes it mandatory that couples stay here for a month before they can marry. It's a hurdle to Goa’s booming wedding industry… While foreigners decide to get hitched here because they "fell in love with the place", Goans living abroad have a more practical reason… A single marriage party can cost anywhere between Rs 25,000 to Rs 10 lakh, depending on the frills… 701 words. more details.. | ||
| Nexus between traffickers and cops: NGO 12 Jul: Times of India. A recently conducted study on the prostitution phenomenon in Goa has revealed that there is a nexus between traffickers and police. The study conducted by NGO Arz, that works with trafficked victims, was released in June 2009… 528 words. more details.. | ||
| UK: Jason D'Souza: Asia major 11 Jul: The Guardian (UK). From Raj-era pomp to simple Gandhi cottons, India is hot right now. Melinda Ashton Turner shows you how to get the subcontinental look … gold rosette, £139 and Aztec single tassel tieback £190, from Jason D'Souza, 020-7351 4440 (jasondsouza.co.uk). Photo and text. more details.. | ||
| Slaps are a Massage 10 Jul: Tribune de Geneve (Switzerland). Barely arriving in India, the comedian Laurent Deshusses, decided to change the initial itinerary. He and his friend, will never forget the Ayurvedic massage … The masseur, who “had the look of someone a bit smashed in, began by gently massaging me at the shoulders and then some bloody blows to the face. He kept on saying ‘good massage… we wanted to sunbathe on the beach but the travel agency had omitted to inform us that a ship of about 100 meters long had run aground on the beach …” [A reference to the River Princess]. Photo. Text, 883 words, in French. Extract translated by Selma Carvalho. more details.. | ||
| Mombasa: Sheela Munro: Thirty Years Ago 11 Jul. Coastweek (Mombasa). From the issue of 11-19 July 1979: Ivor Davis interviewed London-based international cabaret artist Sheela Munro - who began life in Mombasa's Ganjoni road, one of 13 children fathered by Goan school teacher Joey de Chaves and a Seychellois mother, who died when she was just one year old. Managed by British impressario Lord Tony Moynihan, Sheela was heading onto new success in West Germany and the Middle East. For a photo and brief profile of Sheela Munro see GVUK 2008-29 more details.. | ||
| Darius D'Souza: Team USA falls to Canada 10 Jul: DreamCricket News. Team USA held Canada to 193/9 on a difficult batting wicket, but they were bowled out for 131 in 39 overs in the premier match of the ICC Americas U-19 Regional Qualifier at Maple Leaf CC in King City, Ontario… Darius D'Souza was out LBW for 12…Click here. For a photo and profile of Darius, click here. | ||
| Goa increases VAT on country liquor 11 Jul: The Hindu. Goa has increased the value added tax (VAT) on country liquor to 10 from 4 per cent… the neighbouring States had been complaining for long about the low 4 per cent VAT … Indian made foreign liquor and foreign liquor is charged 20 per cent VAT… 310 words. more details.. | ||
| Delay in police action may let Goa minister’s son off the hook 11 Jul: IANS. A 12-day delay in registration of a criminal complaint by the Goa police may let the state education minister’s son, accused of raping a 14-year-old German girl, go scot free… Government’s forensic expert Silvano Sapeco said there was no criminal evidence … Incidentally, Sapeco was suspended twice for allegedly hushing up the murder of British teenager Scarlett Keeling last year … 362 words. more details.. | ||