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FORTHCOMING
3
Dec. 19:30 Meditation + Mass. Asian Chaplaincy
3
Dec. 19:45- SE Goans. St Francis Xavier Mass + party. Our Lady
of Angels - Erith. Sharon D’Souza 0181 301 5242.
3
Dec. 18:15 St. Francis Xavier Mass at St Anslems, Tooting. Jean
Christnakis 0181-672 3737
4
Dec. 19:00- St. Francis Xavier Party at St Anslems, Tooting. Jean
Christnakis 0181-672 3737
5
Dec. 12:30- Goan Assoc. (UK) Feast of St. Francis Xavier. Bishop
Thomas Grant School. SW16. UKP 5. Goan Musical Society Choir.
Norma Menezes Rahim. 0181-771 4457 or Bernie Gracias 0181-723
1322
5
Dec. 12:00 West London Goans. Feast of St. Francis Xavier. Twickenham.
Ivan Soares 0705-0074218
5
Dec. 12:00 Newham Goans. Feast of St. Francis Xavier. Ilford .
Kelvin De Souza 0181-470 3227
5
Dec. 12:45 North London Goans. Feast of St. Francis Xavier. Wood
Green. Oboe Noronha. 0181-340 0439
6
Dec. 18:30 Meditation. 34 Potterne Close, Castlecombe Drive, London
SW19
11
Dec. 18:00-23:00. Croydon Goans Xmas Dance. Our Lady of Annunciation
Church Hall, Addiscombe, Croydon. Raymond Lobo. 0181-654 0268
12
Dec. 15:00 Mass + Novena + Get-together. Asian Chaplaincy.
12
Dec. Moira Association Feast. Woolwich SE18. Alex D'Mello 0181-306
0974
12
Dec. West London Goans. Children's Christmas Party. Hounslow.
Marc Fernandes 01932-781221
19
Dec. 13:00- South East- Goans. Children's Christmas Party. Welling.
Lloyd D'Souza 0181-301 5242
26.
Dec. G.O.A. Christmas Ball. Wandsworth Civic Centre. Norma 0181-771
4457 or Bernie 0181-723 1322
31
Dec. 18:30 - South East Goans Millennium Ball - Woolwich. Sharon
D’Souza 0181-301 5242.
31
Dec. 18:30 - 04:00. Dark Star Millennium Ball. Wembley Derrick
Pereira 0181-952 8899
31
Dec. Saligao Gala Millennium Ball. Tolworth Recreation Centre.
Zemira Fernandes 01895-259947
31
Dec. 19:00 - 03:00 West London Goans. Millennium Ball. Brentford.
Marc Fernandes 01932-781221
1
Jan. Simba Football Club. New Year's Day Ball. White Hart Lane
School, N22 - formal dress. Cos Fernandes 0181 884 3124.
2
Jan. Millennium Ball. Plumstead. South East Goans. Sharon D'Souza
0181-301 5242
8
Jan G.O.A. Millennium Ball. Wandsworth Civic Centre. Norma 0181-771
4457 or Bernie 0181-723 1322
The
new G.O.A (UK) Committee, elected on 27 Nov. 1999 is as follows:
President: Flavio Gracias. Vice President: Diego Pinto. Legal
& Admin. Dir: Norma Menezes-Rahim. Asst. Finance Dir: Felix
Pereira. Social & Cultural Dir: Irene De Mello. Welfare Dir:
Frank Carvalho. Clubhouse Dir: Cornelius Monteiro. Asst. Clubhouse
Dir: Cyril Rapose. Public Rel. Dir: Melvyn Fernandes. Sports Dir:
Oscar Fernandes. Company/General Secretary: Bernie Gracias. Sports
Sec. Peter Rodrigues.
DEATHS
26-Nov.
Margao: LUIS SANTAN FERNANDES husband of Eliza,
father of Tony, Aurea, Connie, Dolores and Bunny, father-in-law
of Tony (UK), Arlene, Shyamal and Anurag.
28-Nov.
Panjim. VASUDEVA DEMPO, 64. Industrialist, philanthropist,
and Chairman of the Dempo group of companies.
NEWS
HEADLINES
(
mainly from Joel D'Souza in Goa, courtesy of GOACOM, e-mail: goanow@sancharnet.in
)
Francisco
Sardinha has replaced Luizinho Faleiro as Chief Minister of Goa
with the support of the BJP.
From
John D'Souza: The 164 parishes & missions of the Archdiocese
of Goa, grouped under the 18 Deaneries can be viewed at http://www.goacom.com/village/parishes/
JAMBO,
JAMBO GOA, an audio album produced by Michael Fernandes and his
wife Joanita was released recently.
Maharastra
Tourism Devp. Corp. is considering introducing a cruise from Mumbai
to Goa and back.
Frank
Shipping Ltd, will restart its catamaran service between Goa and
Bombay in the second week of December.
The
CM at Cuncolim inaugurated a memorial, constructed under the Chairmanship
of Dr Verossimo Coutinho of London
The
Konkan Agricultural University is planning to open its centre
in Goa.
"Food
Stop" a unique, comprehensive guide (316 pages) to food and
drink in Goa was released last week.
FLIGHT
CORNER
Demfer,
0181-680 4343, has Gatwick-Goa Dep. 4 or 9 Dec. 2wks. UK Pounds
100 inc. rtn.
Visit
Goanet at www.goacom.com/goanet. Some of the highlights:
9226
Latest interest rates of the leading banks in Goa. http://postbox.hypermart.net/investment.html
Nilesh Nayak
9217 Account of the opening of the Dr Godhino Goan School, Uganda.
Themistocles D'Silva
9198 Convention of overseas Goans to be held in Goa on 29 Dec.
Damodar Mauzo
9195 Extradited sex ring accused remanded Cipriano Fernandes
9192 Proposal for a Goa Day on Jan 1. Prof. George Pinto
9174 Goa Internet year-end meeting in Goa. Frederick Noronha
9084 Goanet-Canada Newsletter, Issue 7.November 26, 19 John J.
D'Souza
IN
THE NEWS
(e-mail
eddie@fernandes.u-net.com
for the full text of items marked *) .
The
Moscow Times 26-Nov. Feature on Timur Mamedov - a DJ who spends
at least six months of the year on the beaches of Goa
The
Daily Telegraph 27-Nov-1999 Travel. Special issue on India. Excerpt:
In the UK domestic flights can be booked at no extra charge. Bombay
to Goa on Indian Airlines costs pounds 56 (STA Travel); In India:
Long queues...
BBC News 28-Nov. Eyewitness Fred Rebello said the scene at the
church was "absolute pandemonium". . Fred Rebello's
comments, with reference to the St. Andrew's Church, Thornton
Heath attack were syndicated worldwide by Reuters and AP.
On 29 Nov., The Times, Daily Telegraph and Independent had photographs
and interviews with Gregory Fernandez. Fox News also carries a
report and photograph of Gregory and his wife, Candida. To see
them, go to:
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/news/international/1129/i_ap_1129_189.sml
Times
of India. 29-Nov. BBC is supposed to cover six rave parties across
six rave capitals of the world as part of the millennium offerings
and Goa is supposed to be one of them.
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