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NOTE: There will be no publication on 3rd and 10th Sept. as I shall be on holiday. Goanet will be 5 years old on 25th Aug. Alexyz, the Goan cartoonist, has donated an original painting for the free prize draw. All goanet-uk subscribers will be entered for it. Get your friends to join goanet-uk before 24th Aug. Last month an Alexyz painting fetched £400 at a London auction. FORTHCOMING 21 Aug. 10:00 - 16:00. Fun Day for children and young people. Endenvale Playspace, Woodland Way, Mitcham. The Goan Musical Society will be there. Sabitri 0181-648 0084 21 Aug Chorao Social 17:00-23:00 Southfields, SW 19. Claver D'Mello. 0181-767 3786 22 Aug. 10:00 - 13:00. The Goan Musical Society. Workshop with the renowned Goan jazz saxophonist, 'Jazzy' Joe Pereira from Bombay. Free admission and refreshments. Vestry Hall, 336 London Road, Mitcham. Joao Paulo Cota 0181-646 6390 28 Aug. 12:00- St Anselms Church, 9 Tooting Bec Road, SW17. Fr Conceicao D'Silva , Sister Agnes Fernandes & Bro. Sydon Fernandes of Mandur Church, Goa, are holding a healing service. Melanie Colaco 0181-482 7176 28-30 Aug. Zee TV Asia Live. Wembley Conference Centre. Fashion, Music, Food & Culture. 0181-795 9548 29 Aug. 11:15- Goan Association. Sports Day. White Hart Lane School. N 22. Peter Rodrigues 0181-399 4883. peter@rungu.freeserve.co.uk 30 Aug. 11:30 Teenagers & Singles picnic at the Boating Lake, Hyde Park. Meet at the Dell Restaurant. No booking! No charge! Bring food and soft drinks. Raymond Lobo 0181-654 0268 3 Sep. 19:30 Meditation + Mass. Asian Chaplaincy. 5 Sep. 15:00 Mass at St Anslems, Southall. 5 Sep. Goan Association Trook Tournament. 6 Sep. 18:30 Mass + Novena + Get-together. Asian Chaplaincy. 11 Sep. 19:00-03:00 HAPC annual Gala Ball. Harrow Leisure Centre. Derrick Pereira 0181-952 8899 HAPC_UK@compuserve.com IN
THE NEWS *Leicester Mercury 11-Aug. 342 words. Murdered tourist. Edgar Fernandes Campaign update *Manchester Evening News 12-Aug. 214 words. Air rage mum, Wendy Brookes, 39, who runs a Bar in Goa, became "very very drunk" and attacked a fellow passenger on the Goa to Manchester charter flight in April. She was sentenced to six months imprisonment but will be released after six weeks, on Aug. 23, because she has agreed to electronic tagging. *The Guardian 13-Aug. Cheapskate.
. . where to eat out for under pounds 15. Cafe Spice Namaste Campaign (UK) 13-Aug.Advertising is all about playing on fantasies and selling a lifestyle. Not everyone is going to give up their jobs to sell watermelons in Goa. *Daily Telegraph (Australia) 14-Aug. (922 words). Goan, Suneeta Peres da Costa, 22, from Sydney is to have her debut novel, entitled Homework, released in Oct. in the UK. More information and a photograph at: http://www.saja.org/peresdacosta.html The Express (UK) 14-Aug. Millennium. Goa will see thousands congregate on Anjuna and Vagator beaches for the usual dusk-to-dawn dancing… *Financial Times; 14-Aug. …Goa has an exciting array of dishes which restaurants here hardly ever bother to produce…Mridula Baljekar, of UK's Carlton Food Network, has just published Indian Cooking Without Fat. Metro. £ 9.99…(Note Mridula Baljekar is also the author of A Taste of Goa. Merehurst. 1995. 185391469X) *El Pais (Spain) 15-Aug. 221 words. Drug scene in Goa includes report of a Spaniard who paid a bribe of Rs. 50,000 to avoid being charged with possessing soft drugs. Indiaupdate 16-Aug. Fred Noronha writes about goanet-uk. See http://www.indiaupdate.com *Lloyds List (UK) 17-Aug. 189 words. Hotel Palacio or Old Palace Hotel, as it is better known, which stands on Mormugao harbour has now invited international bids to renovate and run the hotel on the 30-year build, operate, transfer lease model. (This hotel was the scene of much of the Sea Wolves original action - not the film!) The Independent 18-Aug. - Letters:...In Goa and many Thai resorts, the sudden influx of (relatively) wealthy drug-seeking tourists has had damaging consequences for the local economies, encouraging the rise of organised crime and institutional corruption... New Zealand Press Assoc. 19 Aug. The extradition application against Eoghan McBride wanted in connection with paedophilia offences in Goa, has been postponed to Sept.27. Bail has been refused. The Daily Telegraph article on Alexia Stewart, jailed in Goa, is now scheduled to appear on 11 Sept. GONAS
(GOA and NORTHUMBRIA SCHOOLS exchange) was launched on 13 Aug.
with the aim of enabling students from Northumbria and Goa to
learn about each others' Culture, Society and Values, through
email, Internet, Cyberchat, Video-Diaries and exchange visits.
For details see: http://www.f-w-a.demon.co.uk/gonas/
DEATHS Saligao. 17-Aug. ERNESTO D’SOUZA (Ex-Nairobi), husband of Angela, father of Severin/Avita. Pomburpa. 18-Aug. FR VINCENT FRANCISCO PEREIRA (Karwar Diocese), at the Clergy Home. NEWS
HEADLINES *670 words. In a circular issued on 12 Aug. Archbishop Raul Gonsalves stated that Goa’s infrastructure appears to be collapsing, the roads are filled with noxious fumes due to petrol adulteration, communication lines are invariably dead, power cuts are literally cutting the people and Goa is now one of the most expensive regions in the country. *480 words. Consua Parish Priest, Fr Anthony Miranda and some others have had a police complaint filed against them when a group of 150, including 50 women, agitated against the proposal to have a polluting factory, Meta Strips, based at Sancoale. The Pope is to visit India November 5 to 8. The itinerary is being worked out. Goa's Public Service Chairman Arvind Bhatikar has resigned, apparently owing to interference by CM Faleiro. Chief Secretary Sharma remains in post. The India National election takes place in Goa on Sep. 5th. The main candidates are - Congress: Ramakant Khalap (N), Joaquim Alemao (S). BJP: Shripad Naik (N), Ramakant Angle (S). RCP: Sadanand Naik (N), Dr Wilfred De Souza (S). MGP: Kashinath Zalmi (N), Rohidas Naik (S). The results will be announced on 10 Oct. Madame Rosa Distillery of Saligao has dispatched a strong letter to Prince Philip, along with a bottle of Europa 2000 Almond liqueur to show what Indians are capable of. Clearance has been given for the construction of Asia's largest naval base in Karwar. 7-9 yrs completion. Visit Goanet at www.goacom.com/goanet. Some of the highlights: 6781 Prof. Teotonio De Souza: Lessons to be learnt by Madeira
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