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FORTHCOMING 18-21Nov. Dominion Centre, Southall; 25-28 Nov. at the Lloyd Park Theatre, Waltham Forest. 19:30. Genesis a play. An epic story of the role played by Indian immigrants in the foundation of modern East Africa. Based on interviews with East African Asians living in Britain today. Tara Arts 0181 333 4457. http://www.tara-arts.com/ 19-21 Nov. BBC Network East Live Mega Mela. Asian culture and lifestyle. NEC Birmingham. Ticket Hotline: 0121 767 4545 21 Nov. 13:00- Gladesmore Community Sports Centre, Crowland Road, N15. Goan Community Assoc. (North London). Open Meeting to bring forward ideas and discuss the project in order to establish a Community forum. Talk by 4 speakers from the Haringey Council. Buffet followed by feedback at 4.00p.m. Candy Fernandes 0181-245 4513 by 19 Nov. 21 Nov. 13:30- Fr Agnelo's Day. St George's Cathedral, Westminster Bridge Road, Southwark and thereafter at Amigo Hall. Celebrant Bishop Charles Henderson V.G. K.C.H.S. Nina Pinto 0181-767 0663 27 Nov. 18:30 London NW1. Farewell Party for Aires and Loretta Rodrigues who soon leave for Goa. Tel. Tony Luis 01689-6022074 or Eddie Fernandes 0181-883 4786 by 24 Nov. 28 Nov. 13:00- G.O.A. (UK) Ltd. AGM/EGM. ATC Hall Wimbledon 28 Nov. 15:00 Requiem Konkanim Mass + Get-together. Asian Chaplaincy. 30 Nov. 19:00 St. Joseph's Church, Wembley High Road. 1st anniversary mass for the soul of GODFREY F.M. REMEDIOS. Details from Zelia Remedios 0181-904 2341. zelia@remedios.org 3 Dec. 19:30 Meditation + Mass. Asian Chaplaincy 3 Dec. 19:45- SE Goans. St Francis Xavier Mass + party. Our Lady of Angels - Erith. Principal celebrant: Right Rev. Bishop Charles Henderson V.G. K.C.H.S. 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 Institute Menezes Braganza is organising a two-day convention of expatriate Goans on December 27 and 28. Chandrakant Keni, Vice President of Institute Menezes Braganza (tel. 735085) has invited Overseas Goans to attend the meet. For details, e-mail aires@cwcom.net Vatican officials are examining the claims of Dr Joseph Chandy (58) of Peterlee, near Durham, who insists that one of his patients, suffering from mental illness, was cured miraculously after praying to Mother Teresa.. DEATHS Saligao. 10-Nov. FR ALBERTO GERMANO SALDANHA, brother of late Dr Gerry/late Dr Olga, late Estefania/late Dr Vitorino, late Julie/late Hubert, late Hipolito/Dr Lira (UK), Ursula and Estelita/Louise (USA). Ealing, London. 17-Nov. SANTAN DE MELLO, husband of Irene de Mello ( Social and Cultural Director of G.O.A.). Our sympathies to Irene and family. NEWS
HEADLINES On Nov. 16 Laura Albuquerque, aged 4, was kidnapped at Dona Paula. She was living with her mother, Fatima. Her father, Harold Albuquerque, is a British national. The parents are involved in a custody tussle in a pending divorce suit. The Goa newspapers report that it is suspected that Harold Albuquerque who had gone to Goa from the UK on 25 Oct., is involved. The Government is "seriously considering" setting up a super-speciality treatment facility in Goa for heart patients. Approaches have been made to foreign companies to set up a state-of-the-art food processing park at Keri ( Ponda). The State Transport Authority has recommended 50 per cent concession on bus fares to senior citizens of 60 years and above. From
Frederick Noronha: Goa Telephone Directory in on the Web at Representatives of Travel and Tourism Association of Goa, TTAG, met the Director General of Police, Mr R S Sahay, to discuss various issues: 1. Black and yellow cabs at the airport charging exorbitant amounts from the passengers 2. Establishing police booths at places of tourist presence 3. Menace created by the beach parties and drug trafficking along the coastal belts 4.. Traffic and road improvements. 5 TTAG to assist and supplement the police force in preparing a list of respectable, committed citizens, to act as ‘Wardens’ with powers to enforce the law. 6. TTAG also offered to provide a special ‘Grievance Cell’, which would gather information/complaints from the tourists and/or service providers and pass it on to the police for necessary action. From Frederick Noronha: the Dept of Telecom in Goa allegedly "to prevent hacking" has cut Internet telnet access. FLIGHT CORNER Worldwide Journeys has Goa. Dep. 19 Dec, Manchester. 2 weeks. UKP 459 Gatwick UKP 649 Tel:0171 849 4114. Quote Ref: TRAVELFIND Demfer Travels Inc. of Toronto has GATWICK-GOA. Dep. Nov.20, 25, 27, Dec.02, 04, 09. 2 weeks: UKP 239. 3 weeks: UKP 259. Dec.11 2 weeks only: UKP 239. Tel: 00-1-905-279 8000 e-mail remy@pathcom.com Sally Intercontinental Travel offers 9 Dec 6 wk £569; 11 Dec. 4 wk £599, 5 wk £549. Tel 0181-451 6817. s.i.travel@cwcom.net Leisure Travel Insurance offers multi-trip worldwide cover for £24.95 a year. Tel. 0181-244 2455 Visit Goanet at www.goacom.com/goanet. Some of the highlights: 8899
Goan Institute of San Francisco Newsletter. George Pinto IN
THE NEWS Independent on Sunday. 14-Nov-1999. Sun, sea and a little ethnic cleansing: Travel agents are meeting next month to ask whether we should holiday in countries with poor human-rights records. Extracts: ...Some tour companies also argue that boycotts can do harm because they affect local people...David Abram, author of the Rough Guide to Goa, says, "If people don't go abroad who's really losing? ...Then you need to think about the consequences of tourism for the environment. In places such as Goa, tourism stands accused of using all the clean water for the needs of luxury hotels. From Newton Fernandes: For a full listing of articles on the Pope's visit to India see http://www.rediff.com/news/pope.htm Daily
Telegraph 17 Nov. Extracts:…Within days of turning Michael
Menson into a human torch, Mario Pereira told friends that it
was "meant to be a joke"… Pereira had told friends
that Menson "looked just like or was the man who had stressed
his girlfriend"...When one of the group protested about the
attack on an innocent man, Pereira replied "so what, he was
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