FORTHCOMING

21 May. 13:45 - Asian Chaplaincy. Festival of Patron Saints. Mass followed by cultural programme. Tel. 020-8563 9102

SOLD OUT! 27 May 18.30 - 22.00. BBC Music Live 2000. Merton Hall, 76 Kingston Road, Wimbledon. The Goan Musical Society. Console yourself at :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/alert/mlproginfo.pl?ix=186986&template=musiclive

28 May 13:00-20:00. BBC Music Live 2000. St Thomas More School, Glendale Avenue Wood Green N22. Goan Community Musical Festival. Entrance now £5 each. For tickets contact James 020 8444 4420, Ida 020 8881 2921, Darren 020 8376 1068 or Candy 0958 355 784. For details: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/alert/mlproginfo.pl?ix=187028&template=musiclive

29 May South East Goans French Day Trip - Seaside & Shopping at Le Touquet and Cite de Europe. Adults: £11 (members); £15 (Adult Non-Members) Child (< 16) £6 - must be accompanied by an adult. Packed Lunch and Soft Drink included.
Collection points: 8.00 am Plumstead, 8.15 Welling, 8.30 Bexleyheath To book contact Rosario on 01322 432487 after 7pm.
Please remember to bring your Passport.

29 May - 3 June. Pilgrimage to Lourdes. £175 Inclusive, full board, snack on coach, free travel insurance. For details contact Candy on 020-8245-4513. Bookings this week.

2-4 June. The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London. EXALUS 2000. First International Alumni Reunion of St. Xavier's. The Extravaganza of Events includes Sail in the Millennium boat from Westminster to Greenwich and Fund Raising Concert. London contact Mr. Reza Beyad. Email: rbeyad@zeefax.com Details at: http://www.xaviers.org/exalus.htm

4 June. Wandsworth Town Hall Ex Students from Catholic Parochial and St Teresa's Boys and Girls School, Nairobi. Millennium Reunion. Norma Menezes 020-8771 4457 Menezrahim@aol.com or Tonyjo Fernandes 01895 259947.

11 June. 13:00 - G.I. Nairobi Millennium Reunion. Bishop Thomas Grant School, Beltrees Grove, Streatham, London SW16. Jacket & Tie essential. Aires Fernandes 020-8488 0194, Eddie Caldeira 020-8503-9468 or Crescent Fernandes 020-8954 0435.

18 June. 12:00- Siolim Union. 20th anniversary & Feast of St. Anthony of Padua. Bishop Thomas Grant School, Beltrees Grove, Streatham, London SW16 Mass followed by Dance. Maz & Co. and Fantasy Disco. Members and guests welcome. Derrick Fernandes 020-8395 1084 or Eugene Fernandes 020-8240 0818

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.

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

22 July. 20:00-24:00. Thames Cruise + Dinner Dance. Westminster Pier. Limited numbers. Edna Moraes-De Souza 020-8672 1973

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

Music Mania would like to thank all the patrons who attended its Easter Extravaganza. It was a brilliant success - thanks to the band Breakthru, the sponsors (Saldanha Holidays and others) and the well wishers! They would also like to apologise to those who did not get tickets. Also watch this space for other new initiatives and forthcoming events.

DEATHS

10 May. Moira. JOHN AUGUSTINE COELHO (Ex-Mombasa), husband of late Regina, father of Hazel/Harold (Sydney), Carol/Eugene (Nairobi), Myra/Norman and Sandra/Greg.

11 May. Portugal. JULIANA COLACO. Wife of Lourenco (Xavier) Colaco (Portugal) Mother of Paulo and Claudio,

12 May St Inez: DELFINA DINIZ D'AYALLA, sister of Maria Ayalla Serodio (Portugal) and late Zaira Ayalla (Canada).

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

A 45-year old British woman was allegedly raped by five unknown persons at Betalbatim on the night of May 11. The victim had been residing in Goa since Feb. and has visited Goa six times in the last 16 years. Officials from the British Embassy have sought information from the Goa Police. One arrest was made on 16 May - Abdul Moonaf Naik, who has been a resident of Betalbatim for seven years. However, the Goa sources on 18 May indicated that she had gone missing.

Pre-monsoon thundershowers accompanied by lightning lashed Goa on 16 May.

George Fernandes, India's Defence Minister, has been deputed to allay Christian fears and is having talks with Church leaders. See: www.rediff.com/news/2000/may/15iype.htm

Lara Dutta, 21-year-old Indian model, was named Miss Universe 2000 in Cyprus on May 13. India previously won the Miss Universe contest in 1994 and Miss World in 1966, 1994, 1997 and 1999.

In an attempt to reduce the revenue deficit, the Goa government has now permitted its employees to retire from service voluntarily any time after completing 10 years of qualifying service.

Goa University is to make Information Technology a compulsory subject for all undergraduates.

A 19-year-old youth from Arossim was arrested by the Verna Police on charges of having an illicit relationship with a minor girl from his school, and refusing to marry her after she became pregnant. However, he agreed to marry her after being charged. It is not known if charges against him have now been dropped.

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

11658 Meta Strips - The Moral Issue by Fr.Vasco do Rego, S.J. in "Renovacao" May 2000. Posted by Tony Correia-Afonso
11649 Goa to have museum on ancient ornaments. Times of India. Posted by Eustaquio Santimano
11620 Stepmotherly treatment for Goa libraries. Fred Noronha
11604 Meta Strips Limited - Conspiracy of Silence? Tony Correia-Afonso
11595 Goan kudds in Bombay: going, going. Fred Noronha

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

GoaNow May issue can be viewed for free at http://www.goacom.com/goanow Dr Teresa Albuquerque writes about Tracing Goan Family Trees and there are articles on Meta Strips, Marathi controversy, Goa's rising crime, etc.

13 May The Birmingham Post . Annie's Kitchen. Recipe for Lime Soda "We drank these all the time in Goa, they are the perfect refreshment for a hot day." 463 words.

14 May Navhind Times A long-standing mystery of the Roman Catholic Church, the third secret passed by Virgin Mary during her visions at Fatima in 1917, foretold the 1981 assassination attempt on the Pope, a Vatican spokesman said in Portugal. 969 words

15 May Herald (Goa) Autism, hyperactivity plaguing Goa’s children. Sangath Society, a non-profit organisation aided by bodies such as Wellcome Trust (UK) and staffed by doctors such as Vikram Patel (ex. Kings College, London), has been able to tackle around 350 new referrals a year. 584 words

*16 May. Lloyds List (UK). Financial problems and the prolonged shipping recession have combined to force the Goa-based Western India Shipyard to embark on a major financial restructuring exercise. 190 words.

*16 May. M2 Presswire (UK). Lucent Technologies of New Jersey to build India's first Broadband Telephone Network in Goa and Maharashtra. Contract Valued at $175 Million. 772 words

*17 May. Gomantak Times. Rajendra Dheer of the American Consulate, Bombay, expressed deep concern over the lack of response from Goan businessmen to establish business ties with the US despite US eagerness to set up joint ventures. 503 words.

*18 May. Gomantak Times. The Indian Government is considering proposals of allowing dual citizenship to Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) and of reducing the cost of the PIO cards. 560 words.