Goan Voice Newsletter: Tuesday 04 May. 2010
|
|---|
 |
|---|
|
|---|
| Photo Gallery |
|---|
UK Elections: Valerie Vaz – Labour Party candidate
| |
The Straight Choice. Valerie Vaz is an experienced lawyer. She has been a Deputy District Judge. She set up and ran a community law firm and knows first hand the problems encountered at an MP’s surgery. Text + additional photos. click here.
|
|
|
|
Football: Kuwait: GOA Boys Crowned Champions
| |
4 May: Arab Times (Kuwait). Nine weeks of action packed matches finally culminated in Goa Boys entering the record books as the worthy champions in the inaugural AFL (Asian Football League) organized by the Expatriate Football Federation-Kuwait More info at www.effkuwait.com 547 words. click here.
|
|
|
|
Eulogy: Anthony “Oboe” Noronha. By Aires Campos
| |
Oboe’s funeral took place on 30 April. The eulogy was by Aires Campos, his lifetime friend from bachelor days in Nairobi. They were together in the Nairobi Orchestra. Another close friend, Deacon Braz Menezes (of Tanzania 1942-63), assisted with Requiem Mass. For the text of the Eulogy and photographs of Aires Campos and Braz Menezes, select the link below. click here.
|
|
|
| News Summary |
|---|
Tony Fernandes Murder
4 May: Old Bailey. A teenager accused of murdering a public school lab technician told today how he tried to stop the attack. The 16 year-old boy is said to have taken part in battering and stabbing 46 year-old Anthony Fernandes to death at a flat in Croydon, …. The trial continues.
|
In Goa, the Scarlett Keeling murder trial is under way. But will justice be done?
5 May: The Telegraph (UK) … as Indian officials continue to battle for Goa’s reputation, it seems likely that the two defendants will face a tough ordeal in court over the coming weeks… In a state where it appears everything is for sale at the right price, however, nobody here is holding their breath. 520 words. click here
|
Rayney sues over book version of wife’s murder
5 May: The West Australian. Lawyer Lloyd Rayney has launched a defamation case against well-known WA author Estelle Blackburn. He claims her book Mad, Bad and Mysterious — murder, rape and pillage in Australia includes a defamatory chapter entitled “The bootscooter who did not make it home: the murder of Corryn Rayney”… Mr Rayney has denied any involvement in his wife’s murder and nobody has been charged… 319 words. click here
|
For the second year in a row, India is on a religious freedom ‘watch list’
4 May: Spero News (USA). The annual report of the US Commission for International Religious Freedom focuses again on religious persecution in India… the problem is the link between politics and fundamentalism … 458 words. click here
|
Father Agnelo D'Souza: the power of forgiveness and love for all
4 May: Spero News (USA). Father Agnelo lived a life of virtue, which gave him the ability to disarm his critics not only by his integrity but also his ability to understand, forgive and love those who sought to attack him' … Jesuit Father Agnelo died in 1927 at the age of 58 and was declared venerable in 1986… 510 words. click here
|
Death: Joao Fernandes
3 May: Santa Cruz, Goa. JOAO SANTANA LOURENCO FERNANDES (Born 1928; Ex-Luabo-Mocambique). Husband of Elvira. Father of Arnaldo/Jennifer, Venancio/Savita, Rafael. Grandfather of Edwin, Daniel, Venido and Vayshaun. Brother of late Elvino/Ana, late Claudio/Benedita, late Maria/late Constancio. Funeral at Santa Cruz on 4th May. Photo at the link. click here
|
Francis Newton Souza Revealed & Celebrated at Christie's in June
4 May: Art Daily. Christie’s unveils an unprecedented sale of works of art selected from the Estate of Francis Newton Souza to take place in London on 9 June 2010. Comprising over 150 lots created throughout the artist’s career - from the late 1930s through to the 1990s – the sale includes paintings, drawings, collages, watercolours and prints as well as ten revealing sketch books. Estimates range from £1,000 to £150,000 … 1308 words + photo. click here
|
Saby, smile please!
4 May: Mumbai Mirror. If a picture is worth a thousand words, Mumbai Mirror photographer Sebastian D’Souza deserves a Booker. Saby, as he is known among Mumbai’s journalists, had risked his life to click Pakistani terrorists Ajmal Qasab and Abu Ismail as they went on a killing spree at the CST Station on November 26, 2008… The pictures have since become the face of 26/11 tragedy … Photo + 618 words. click here
|
Snooker sting: John Higgins rumbled by “Marcus D’Souza”
3 May: Sporting Intelligence. Mazher Mahmood, investigations officer of the News of the World set to trap John Higgins, the world’s No1 snooker player posing as a businessman called Marcus D’Souza, who claimed to be the ‘Senior Project Co-Ordinator’ for a fictional company, Alfa Equity… 1840 words. click here
|
Goa to open second international airport at Mopa by 2014
4 May: Travel Biz Monitor. After being mired in controversy for more than four years, Goa government is finally at the end of completing the land acquisition for the second international airport at Mopa in North Goa… 386 words. click here
|
Jeffrey Archer “I would like to go to Goa first”
4 May: Daily News & Analysis. Author Lord Jeffrey Archer is currently in Mumbai but is returning to England day for the general elections. He says, “But I plan to come back soon and then just set out on a trip (in India) with Mary (his wife). I would like to go to Goa first and then perhaps land in Kolkata because I have a bunch of friends there.” … 384 words. click here
|
Kuwait: Bowling: Brian Fernandes clinches Class C Masters
4 May: Arab Times. Goan Cyborgs stalwart Brian Fernandes mustered enough pin busting firepower to clinch his first Men Class C Masters crown at the 2010 ACDC Winter Tenpin Bowling Tournament held at the Kuwait Sea Sport Club in Ras Salmiya… 700 words. click here
|
Tony Fernandes Murder
4 May: Old Bailey. A teenager accused of murdering a public school lab technician told today how he tried to stop the attack. The 16 year-old boy is said to have taken part in battering and stabbing 46 year-old Anthony Fernandes to death at a flat in Croydon, …. The trial continues.
|
In Goa, the Scarlett Keeling murder trial is under way. But will justice be done?
5 May: The Telegraph (UK) … as Indian officials continue to battle for Goa’s reputation, it seems likely that the two defendants will face a tough ordeal in court over the coming weeks… In a state where it appears everything is for sale at the right price, however, nobody here is holding their breath. 520 words. click here
|
Rayney sues over book version of wife’s murder
5 May: The West Australian. Lawyer Lloyd Rayney has launched a defamation case against well-known WA author Estelle Blackburn. He claims her book Mad, Bad and Mysterious — murder, rape and pillage in Australia includes a defamatory chapter entitled “The bootscooter who did not make it home: the murder of Corryn Rayney”… Mr Rayney has denied any involvement in his wife’s murder and nobody has been charged… 319 words. click here
|
For the second year in a row, India is on a religious freedom ‘watch list’
4 May: Spero News (USA). The annual report of the US Commission for International Religious Freedom focuses again on religious persecution in India… the problem is the link between politics and fundamentalism … 458 words. click here
|
Father Agnelo D'Souza: the power of forgiveness and love for all
4 May: Spero News (USA). Father Agnelo lived a life of virtue, which gave him the ability to disarm his critics not only by his integrity but also his ability to understand, forgive and love those who sought to attack him' … Jesuit Father Agnelo died in 1927 at the age of 58 and was declared venerable in 1986… 510 words. click here
|
Death: Joao Fernandes
3 May: Santa Cruz, Goa. JOAO SANTANA LOURENCO FERNANDES (Born 1928; Ex-Luabo-Mocambique). Husband of Elvira. Father of Arnaldo/Jennifer, Venancio/Savita, Rafael. Grandfather of Edwin, Daniel, Venido and Vayshaun. Brother of late Elvino/Ana, late Claudio/Benedita, late Maria/late Constancio. Funeral at Santa Cruz on 4th May. Photo at the link. click here
|
Francis Newton Souza Revealed & Celebrated at Christie's in June
4 May: Art Daily. Christie’s unveils an unprecedented sale of works of art selected from the Estate of Francis Newton Souza to take place in London on 9 June 2010. Comprising over 150 lots created throughout the artist’s career - from the late 1930s through to the 1990s – the sale includes paintings, drawings, collages, watercolours and prints as well as ten revealing sketch books. Estimates range from £1,000 to £150,000 … 1308 words + photo. click here
|
Saby, smile please!
4 May: Mumbai Mirror. If a picture is worth a thousand words, Mumbai Mirror photographer Sebastian D’Souza deserves a Booker. Saby, as he is known among Mumbai’s journalists, had risked his life to click Pakistani terrorists Ajmal Qasab and Abu Ismail as they went on a killing spree at the CST Station on November 26, 2008… The pictures have since become the face of 26/11 tragedy … Photo + 618 words. click here
|
Snooker sting: John Higgins rumbled by “Marcus D’Souza”
3 May: Sporting Intelligence. Mazher Mahmood, investigations officer of the News of the World set to trap John Higgins, the world’s No1 snooker player posing as a businessman called Marcus D’Souza, who claimed to be the ‘Senior Project Co-Ordinator’ for a fictional company, Alfa Equity… 1840 words. click here
|
Goa to open second international airport at Mopa by 2014
4 May: Travel Biz Monitor. After being mired in controversy for more than four years, Goa government is finally at the end of completing the land acquisition for the second international airport at Mopa in North Goa… 386 words. click here
|
Jeffrey Archer “I would like to go to Goa first”
4 May: Daily News & Analysis. Author Lord Jeffrey Archer is currently in Mumbai but is returning to England day for the general elections. He says, “But I plan to come back soon and then just set out on a trip (in India) with Mary (his wife). I would like to go to Goa first and then perhaps land in Kolkata because I have a bunch of friends there.” … 384 words. click here
|
Kuwait: Bowling: Brian Fernandes clinches Class C Masters
4 May: Arab Times. Goan Cyborgs stalwart Brian Fernandes mustered enough pin busting firepower to clinch his first Men Class C Masters crown at the 2010 ACDC Winter Tenpin Bowling Tournament held at the Kuwait Sea Sport Club in Ras Salmiya… 700 words. click here
|
