FORTHCOMING

2 July. 12:00- Aldona Association London. Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle. White Hart Lane School Hall, White Hart Lane, London N22. For tickets please contact Tony Fernandes 020-8804-5276; Felix Fernandes 020-8800-5413; Luis Gracias 020-8764-4353; or Joanita Fernandes 01908-696-882.

4 July. 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.

9 July. 12:00- Calangute Assoc. celebrates their feast commencing with Mass. Venue: Shamyana Restaurant, 429 London Road, Norbury, SW16. Contact Ian Remedios 020-8658 7769

16 July. 9:30- South East Goans - Excursion to MARGATE. Collection points: Plumstead, Welling & Bexleyheath. To book contact Lloyd on 020 8301 5242 / southeastgoans.d-souza@virgin.net Closing date: 9th July 2000.

22 July. 20:00-24:00. Thames Cruise + Dinner Dance. Westminster Pier. There are still a few tickets available. £14 for Goan Association Members; £16 for Non-Members. See the flyer at http://www.goacom.com/news/news2000/jun/cruise2.jpg Tel. Edna Moraes-De Souza 020-8672 1973 or Flavio Gracias 020-8723 1322.

23 July. 12:30- Tivim Social. Bishop Thomas Grant School Hall, SW16. Norma Menezes-Rahim 020-8771 4457

23 July 12.00 - 20.00. Annual Guirim/Sangolda BBQ. Ewell Sports Ground, Banstead Road, Ewell. Jane Gracias (020) 8543 5454 or Laura Pinto (020) 8644 9588.

30 July. GOA Annual Goan Festival. Bishop Lafrance 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).

30 July. 10:30- South East Goans. Return coach to the GOA Annual Goan Festival. Collection points: Bexleyheath, Welling & Plumstead. To book contact Lloyd on 020 8301 5242 /
southeastgoans.d-souza@virgin.net Closing date: 20th July 2000.

30 July 12:00 Aylesford Pilgrimage. Rev. A.T. Moraes 020-8977 5682

7 Aug. South East Goans - CHESSINGTON World of Adventures. Collection points: Plumstead, Welling, Bexleyheath. Lloyd 020 8301 5242 / southeastgoans.d-souza@virgin.net Closing date: 27th July 2000. "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.

ERRORS & OMISSIONS TO ISSUE 2000-24

Re: Goan lady required to look after girl aged 5.Costa's correct tel. no. is 020-8360 7716

Queens Birthday Honours. 1. OBE awarded to Aires Angelo Barnabe Barros D'Sa (ex-Nairobi) consultant vascular surgeon, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, for services to vascular surgery. (Data from Ferdie Rodrigues).
2. Mrs Annie Vincent's citation should have read: For services to H.M Board of Inland Revenue and the Community.

COMMUNITY NEWS

Lou da Silva of London will be presenting a paper entitled "Language and Religion in Goa, India" at the 7th International Conference on Language and Social Psychology, University of Cardiff , 30th June-4th July, 2000.

From Rene Barreto, barreto@dircon.co.uk : Five Goans are in Indian Football team playing Fulham on 22 July. With them will be Albert Colaco, Chairman of the Indian National Football League. On 19 July the Indian Football Supporters' Club will be holding their first International Conference at the University College Northampton. Further details at: http://indianfootball.com/ Contact Dr Paul Dimeo, Park Campus, Boughton Green Road, Northampton. Tel. 01604 735 500 paul.dimeo@northampton.ac.uk

From Greg.Carvalho: "TEATR, TEATR, TEATR" Larry Boy is back with " GUSPOT" a konkani concert to be staged in the UK in September 2000. It is a comedy with 4 acts, a sideshow and 12 original songs. Watch this space for date and venue.

UK Goans Website: Thank you for your interest. I need to know the kind of resources you would like I have scoured the Internet for examples of other UK Community websites and have drawn a blank. I cannot believe that there aren't any! Please send me the locations of any websites or electronic Community newsletters you know of. eddie@fernandes.u-net.com

DEATHS

18 June Saligao: VICTOR DA GAMA, father of Vasco, Valente, Pamela (London) and Angela (London).

21 June. Assolna. FRANCIS JOHN Headmaster of Don Bosco, Calangute, Past President Lions Club, Calangute- Candolim.

24 June London. PETER PAUL COLACO, husband of Grace Remedios Colaco, brother of Raymond/late Betty, Viola/Eufemio Barros (Australia), Nita/Late Lawrie, Aldumira/Jovino Almeida (Bombay).

25 June Margao, JOSE CLETUS FERNANDES (Ex-Mombasa East African Harbours). brother of Rosy/John of Toronto, Laura (Espy)/Frank Saunders of Melbourne, George/Christine - Romeo/Gladys - Este - Sally ( Sally Intercon. Travel) UK. Funeral - Sunday 2nd July 9.00 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel chapel, Mungul.

NEWS HEADLINES
( mainly from Joel D'Souza in Goa, courtesy of GOACOM, e-mail: goanow@sancharnet.in )

"To Dis Udelo", the Konkani film by Bonifacio Dias has won nine nominations for the Goa Film Festival to be held on July 8.

Twenty-year-old Rekha Nelkar died of burn injuries in Goa Medical College on June 24 after a stove burst Rekha was married just one-and-half-years ago and became yet another victim of the notorious stove-bursts in Goa's kitchens. The stoves seem to burst selectively, and frequently, on young brides within a short span of their marriage.

At a Goa meeting to oppose the wearing of helmets by two-wheeler riders, it was claimed that helmets cut off air supply to the upper part of the head of the rider and can raise blood pressure, leading to irritation, headache, giddiness and the loss of hair.

Visit Goanet at www.goacom.com/goanet. Some of the highlights:

12133 Goan Institute (California) Newsletter June issue. Marlon Menezes
12103 and 12090 Tracing Ancestry in Goa. Glen D'Souza and Ralph Rau
12095 Goa Takes Another Step Towards Anarchy. Aires Rodrigues
12084 New Website Launched -Children's Rights In Goa. GOA-WORLD TEAM-KUWAIT.

IN THE NEWS
(e-mail eddie@fernandes.u-net.com for the full text of items marked *) .

*18 June. The Independent. Tom Thumb the travel writer recalls his first encounter with Goa. His book, 'From Hand to Mouth to India', was published by Alchemy Books on 26 June. Extracts of the book can be found on www.tomthumb.org 648 words

*21 June. The Independent. Article on Keith Vaz. Headline: Introducing Vaz-Eline, an oil that is smoothed over troubled waters.

*23 June. Nation (Kenya). His friends stayed loyal even in death. Pio Gama Pinto's colleagues and friends in the socialist movement, including Nyerere, defied diplomatic protocol and even made secret donations to the family trust fund started after his death. Joseph Murumbi and Dr Fitz de Souza were among the trustees of the fund. 1113 words.

*23 June. The Hindu. Biju Viswanath's English film, "Deja Vu", featuring British actors Paddy Fletcher and Simon Binns, is being shot in Goa, Mysore and the Cornish island, Lundi. 870 words

*25 June. Observer (UK) Georgians seek buried bones of martyred queen Queen Ketevan who died a horrible death in Persia in 1624, was transported to Portugal, and finally interred in a now ruined church in Goa. 550 words.

*25 June. Nation (Kenya) President Moi was the overall beneficiary from the elimination of Pio Gama Pinto. 623 words

*25 June. The Sunday Telegraph. The continuing hunt in Seychelles for the Fiery Cross of Goa - solid gold, studded with diamonds, rubies and emeralds, estimated to be worth the equivalent of US$150 million in today's money, which is believed to have been buried there by pirates in 1721. The ship carrying it from Goa to Portugal had been seized en route. 601 words

*25 June Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) - Goa: Where old world charm mingles with modern day marvels . 420 words

*28 June. Rediff. Goa parties leave language choice to Delhi Sandesh Prabhudesai in Panjim. Major national parties here have asked their high commands take a decision on the language issue in Goa. See: http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/jun/28goa.htm

*30 June. Times of India. The Goa government is considering appointing a professional public relations agency to project the state's tourism potential, according to Tourism Minister Victoria Fernandes. 144 words.

The June issue of GoaNow magazine is online at http://www.goacom.com/goanow/ Among the highlights:
Unprecedented bomb blast rocks St Andrew's Church in Vasco da Gama.
Floods In Goa. Story and dramatic colour pictures.
Volatile Aires Rodrigues is back home after roaming the seven seas, yearning to right a few wrongs afflicting us.