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FORTHCOMING 30 July. GOA Annual Goan Festival. Archbishop Lanfranc School School, Mitcham Road, Croydon. Diego Pinto 020-8767-0663 (offers of help). Norma Menezes-Rahim 020-8771 4457(organisational arrangements). Bernie Gracias 020-8723 1322 (stall applications). South East Goans. Return coach to the Festival. Lloyd on 020 8301 5242 / southeastgoans.d-souza@virgin.net 30 July 12:00 Aylesford Pilgrimage. Rev. A.T. Moraes 020-8977 5682 or Edna Moraes-De Souza 020-8672 1973 1 Aug. 12:00 - 15:00 South East Goans 'GET TOGETHER' Venue: Goan Cuisine Restaurant, 136 Plumstead High Street, London SE18. Bingo/Cards/Carom/Draughts/Chess provided. Contact Lloyd on 020 8301 5242 southeastgoans.d-souza@virgin.net or Hilary on 020 8317 1966. Thereafter first Tuesday of every month. ALL WELCOME. 7 Aug. South East Goans - CHESSINGTON World of Adventures. Collection points: Plumstead, Welling, and Bexleyheath. Lloyd 020 8301 5242 / southeastgoans.d-souza@virgin.net "Includes 2 for 1 Voucher" 13 Aug. Bastora Union. Feast of St. Cajetan. Mass followed by Social at Merton Hall, 76 Kingston Road, South Wimbledon. Breakthru Band. Caesar D'Souza 020-8550 0615 or Cornelius Monteiro 020-8681 8716. 13 Aug. 17:00-24:00 Justice for Edgar Fernandes Campaign. Fund-raising benefit social + celebration of Edgar's birthday. Red Rose Club, 129 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park. Kids welcome. £5 waged, £3 unwaged. Contacts: Theo Russell: 020 8356 5230(W); 020 7244 9779 (H); e-mail theorussell@hotmail.com Chris Broadhead: 020 8356 4350 (W); 020 7688 0061. 19 Aug. 16:30 Chorao UK. Feast of St. Bartholomew. Charity Dance. Kelsey Park School, Beckenham, Kent. JD Sessions Band. £8 inc. meal. Tel. Mervyn Ramos 020 8689 2970; Joe Abreo 020 7723 7499 or Claver D'Mello 020 8672 4562 25-30 Aug. Asian Chaplaincy. Lourdes Pilgrimage. £275. Derek Gomes. 020-7263 5203 DEREKGOMES@compuserve.com 20 Aug. 12:00- (doors open 10:30) Goan Association UK. Annual Sports Day. A Family orientated day with something for all ages! Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Road, Croydon. Oscar Fernandes 020-8654 4472 or Peter Rodrigues 020-8399 4883 27
Aug. St Teresa's School Class of '65 Reunion at Whitehart Lane
School Greg Carvalho 28 Aug. 7:15- South East Goans - BRUGES Day Trip. Collection points: Plumstead, Welling & Bexleyheath. Contact Lloyd on 020 8301 5242 / southeastgoans.d-souza@virgin.net Please remember to bring your PASSPORT. 3 Sept. 12:30- South East Goans - TROOK Tournament The Belfry Social Club, 100 Plumstead High Street, Plumstead, London SE18. Hilary 020 8317 1966 or 020 8854 4547 8 Sept. Goan Association UK. Senior Citizens lunch. ATC Hall South Wimbledon, Nina Pinto 020-8767 0663 or Bernie Gracias 020-8723 1322 9 Sept. Help A Poor Child. 20th Anniversary Gala Ball, Harrow Leisure Centre, Christchurch Avenue, Harrow. Tickets available from Bernie Gracias 020-8723 1322 COMMUNITY NEWS I am still in desperate need for some volunteers to give out free copies of this newsletter and canvass subscribers at the Festival on 30 July. E-mail eddie@fernandes.u-net.com or visit the goanet-uk stall. The Mombasa Institute (formerly Goan Institute, Msa.), is celebrating its Centenary between 29 Oct.- 4 Nov. 2001. Will any ex-member of the MI who wishes to join in the historic celebrations, please contact the MI's UK Centenary celebration Co-ordinator, Tony Luis, Tel/Fax: 01689 602074 (home) or e-mail Tony@luist.freeserve.co.uk as soon as possible for further details. Goan Musical Society. Tickets for the popular annual programme 'A Goan Cultural Evening' will be available on the Goan Festival day at the GMS stall. Limited early bird tickets! Video, music CD's and tapes from folk cultural groups and artists also available. DEATHS Correction. The mother of LIONEL PINTO whose death was reported last week, was the late Teresa Pinto. My apologies to the family. 18 July MRS MARCELINA BARRETTO (ex Nairobi), wife of the late Manuel Barretto. Mother of Seby, Netty, Leo, John, Avito, Mario, Anthony and Michael. Church Service: 10:00am on 31 July. St Andrews Church, Brook Road, Thornton Heath, followed by Burial at Bandon Hill Cemetry, Plough Lane, Wallington, Surrey. 20 July. NASCIMENTO JULIAO FERNANDES (NASCI) (ex-Mombasa and Dar es Salaam), husband of Concy Fernandes, father of Jude, Pamela, Joanna and Mark and father in law of Yvonne and Savio. Funeral service on 2 August, 1.45pm at the Holy Rosary Church, Brixton Road, Brixton and burial approx. 3.15pm at Streatham Park Cemetery, Rowan Road. Thereafter at the Holy Rosary Church Hall. The family requests that no flowers be sent, but instead donations to the Coronary Heart Foundation in Nascimento's name. Condolence messages to azlogistics@hotmail.com 20 July. Majorda. MARIANO CARVALHO (Ex Nakuru) Husband of Anjinha, Father of Evy / Melba, Evelyn/ Patrick Hoyle (UK). 20 July Candolim JOSEPHINE LOBO wife of late Anthony Lobo, Mother of Philip (London), Sister of Tim/ Alzira (London), etc. 24 July. Arossim, Goa. JOSICO E.RODRIGUES (Ex Uganda) Husband of late Ofelia, Father of Sergio/Lee (USA), Richard/ Irene (Norway), Evelyn/ Alviza (USA), David/ Laura (USA). LOOKING FOR London College of Business & Computing seeks a school leaver to work in the administration department, looking after the reception & offering secretarial support. Applicants must have experience in Microsoft Word & Excel. Send your CV to: Leslie Almeida, Director of Studies, London College of Business & Computing. 206 Cambridge Heath Road London E2 9NQ Alternatively fax 020 8983 4286 or email lcbc@compuserve.com HOLIDAY CORNER Cruise - Journey of
the Spice Traders: An 18-night itinerary departing December 2,
2000 and April 11, 2001 includes: Nairobi and Mombasa (four-night
safari included); Seychelles; Cochin, Goa and Bombay. An overnight
to the Taj Mahal is available. From £989. See: NEWS
HEADLINES Foreign
tours a waste. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India reported
that 'promotional visits' of Goa's officials abroad to Tourism
Trade Marts had no impact on arrival of foreign tourists to Goa.
See: The Goa Govt. has imposed a total ban on the use of recycled plastic bags from August 15. In a letter to Archbishop Raul Gonsalves, Meta Strips has stated its decision to pull out of Goa. Five prisoners serving life imprisonment escaped from the Aguada Central jail last Saturday morning. Visit Goanet at www.goacom.com/goanet. Some of the highlights: 12476
Rain, Rain, go to Spain - the Panjim authorities are a pain! Aires
Rodrigues IN
THE NEWS *20
Jul. Dr. Martin Prince, of the Institute of Psychiatry and the
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, presented a paper
last Sunday at the World Alzheimer Congress in Washington which
was based on research conducted in Goa. For a report of the paper,
see: *22 Jul. The Express (UK) How to survive as a backpacker. "Emma, 30, and a girlfriend suffered from voyeurs in Goa. "We'd heard about it being a good place for young people, with lots of parties, dancing on the beach, etc. "What we hadn't heard is that the main part of tourist Goa is visited by the so-called Bombay Boob Bus, in which Indian men pay to come down from Bombay to see topless Westerners. Apparently, they get their money back if they don't see any! …984 words *22
Jul.Times of India.Canada's Asians have high risk of heart disease
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Jul. The Hindu. At the University College Northampton `Football
in India' Conference , Dr Jim Mills dwelt on how the sport flourished
in Goa through Catholic schools. The Portuguese colonisers helped
in the game's development there and in giving it a distinct Goan
identity. Full text at: *23 Jul. Gulf News. Goa's average suicide rate is 42 per 100,000 as against the Indian national average of nine and the global average of eight per 100,000. 335 words. *23 Jul. The Sunday Telegraph. At the La Voile Rouge, St Tropez, the most celebrated and exclusive beach bar on the Cote d'Azur: …Pepe, a bearded, middle-aged man whose clothes and opinions have not changed since it first opened, is described by Mr Tomaselli as "the philosopher" of the establishment. He spends 10 months of the year in Goa, and every summer sitting next to a Hindu statuette in the corner of the bar…1309 words. *24 Jul. Times of India. Britain is preparing to relax its 30-year-old `closed door' immigration policy for foreigners looking for jobs in the country …Britain is facing a severe shortage of skilled hands in vital areas like information technology… Keith Vaz reportedly asked why Indians settled in America were much more successful than their counterparts in Britain…747 words |
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