FORTHCOMING

15 Oct. 11:00- Moira Association. Mass for Deceased Members. Our Lady of Assumption Church, 131 High Street., Deptford.

18 Oct. 14:15-15:00. BBC Radio 4. Afternoon Play: Goan Flame. By Bettina Gracias. "Maria, an English-bred Goan, retires as a GP and travels to Goa for the first time to find her father's house. Here she blossoms, but unearths some cold facts about Goan history". Neil D'Souza plays Xavier. Music by Anthony de Mello. [Thanks to Lou D'Costa for contributing this item].

21 Oct. 19:30-23:00. St. Thomas More Church Hall, 420 Long Lane, Bexleyheath, Kent. Charity dinner dance in aid of ‘Harbour Trust’ and aimed at creating awareness and acceptance of HIV or AIDS victims within the Goan community. Tickets £10 each. Edna Pereira 020 8304 9839, Cecil D’Cunha 020 8304 3161 or Tony Luis 01689-602074. Contributions in cash, raffle prizes or food stall items welcome.

28 Oct. 19:00 - 03:00 Help A Poor Child. 20th Anniversary Gala Ball, Harrow Leisure Centre. Derrick Pereira 020-8952 8899

29 Oct. 12:30 - Crusaders Football Club Millennium Reunion Dance at the White Hart Lane School Hall, Wood Green, London N22. Holy Mass followed by dancing to the beat of "Karibu" from Leicester. For tickets please contact Nicholas Fernandes on 020 8967 3726, Luis Gracias on 020 8764 4353, Peter Mendes on 020 8809 1782 or Tony Jo Fernandes on 01895 259 947.

4 Nov. Goan Association UK. Mass for Deceased Members. Church of the Assumption (Pilar Fathers), 131 High Street, Deptford. Followed by 3-course fish meal £6. Bernie Gracias 020-8723 1322

5 Nov. Nuvem Feast. 12:30- White Hart Lane School, Wood Green, London N22. Music by "Karibu" the Leicester Band. Tickets £7 which includes snacks, a free drink, and meal, with bar prices at £1.30 incl. mixers! Please contact Florian Carvalho 0208 452 8362, Johnson Carvalho 0208 303 5822, Hilary Fernandes 0208 854 4547, Jack Carvalho 0208 317 7686, Marc Fernandes 01932 781221 or Greg Carvalho 01245 261302 greg@god.co.uk

11 Nov. 18:30-22:00. ADT College Hall, 100 West Hill, Putney, London SW15. The Goan Musical Society in conjunction with the Wandsworth Arts Festival 2000 presents a Variety Show, "A Goan Cultural Evening". MUSIC-SONG-DANCE-ART-DRAMA presented by dedicated artistes. A unique celebration of Goan culture. Tickets: Kerwin Fernandes 020 8230 6935. For Coach Travel: South East Goans - Lloyd 020 8301 5242; South West Goans - Mark Fernandes 01932 781 221; North Londoners - Candy Fernandes 020 8245 4513. Full details at: http://www.geocities.com/g.m.s

19 Nov. 12:30- Moira Association. Feast of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception ATC Hall, 192 Merton Road, South Wimbledon. Music: 'MAZ N CO' Disco: 'SAY ONE DO ONE' Other Entertainment: 'MAGICIAN'. Lots of Prizes. Coach travel from South East (subject to response by 20th Oct 2000). Price £5 pp. Contact: Myra Mendes on 020 8303 3974.

COMMUNITY NEWS

61 Senior Citizens enjoyed Concy's fish lunch washed down with feni cocktails at the Goan Assoc. (UK) event last Sunday. They left "belching satisfactorily".

A 22 year old man and a juvenile have been charged with the murders of Lionel Pinto and Susan Collins.

From Mervyn Lobo (ex-Tanzania) and now in Canada, mervynlobo@sprint.ca : Shaun Sequeira of Mississauga, Canada, is a candidate for the Mayoral elections on Nov.13. Shaun is the son of Justin Sequeira and nephew of Xavier Sequeira (changombe). Shaun's website is: http://shaun.sequeira.com/

From Barbara Lawton: Now booking - Handel's Messiah with Patricia Rozario at the Royal Albert Hall on 16 Dec. 2000.

Hayley and Sean Almeida wish to announce the birth of their first child, Lucia Skye Almeida, born 17/9/00 at Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, weighing 6lbs 4ozs. Both mother and baby are doing well.

DEATHS

3 Oct. Northolt. IRENO LOBO (ex-Mombasa). Husband of Fatima, father of Ludwina, Lazarus, Leonard and Lionel.. brother/brother-in-law of Vency/Gerson Araujo (Loutolim), Lawrence/Cleta, Maria, Nacy, Diana and Merlyn.

5 Oct. Guirim. BEN D'SOUZA, husband of Arcelina, father of Xavierito/Marie Claire, Savio/Aninha (Abu Dhabi), Goretti/Clarence Coutinho (London), Greta/Hemant Barros.

8 Oct.. ANTHONY SEBASTIAN REGINALD FERNANDES (ex-Nairobi) husband of Maxie, father of Alicia/Goldwyn, Audrey, Arnold, Andrew and Annete.

FLIGHT CORNER

The Guardian 7 Oct.: Two weeks in Goa, departing December 16 from Gatwick and Manchester, from pounds 519pp available through Jewel in the Crown Holidays (01293 533338). Choose from two- or three-star accommodation.

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

The All Goa Shack Owners Association has asked the Government to reconsider the proposed annual fee of Rs.35,000, Rs.30,000 and Rs.15,000 for a large, medium and small sized shacks respectively.

The High Court has held that there is enough recorded evidence to frame charges against Dominique Sabire, for conspiring with convicted paedophile Freddy Peats.

Mail order company, Otto Burlington's products are now marketed by SNEH Enterprises in Panjim.

Roy Fernandes and four others were found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Feliciano Monteiro, 62, of Bastora. The Bastora chapel committee decided to fence its property in order to prevent people from using the property as access to houses in the area. However, Roy Fernandes and the others prevented the chapel committee from erecting the fence. In the ensuing altercation, chapel committee member Feliciano Monteiro was stabbed to death.

It is rumoured that a Goa Government delegation will visit London next month for the World Tourism Mart after all.

From: David Futers, David@f-w-a.demon.co.uk GONAS teacher exchange brought three teachers from Goa for two weeks of intensive study in UK schools. Private funding has now been obtained to enable two teachers to visit Goa in November. The next exchange will take place in 2001 and we should be ready to receive your donations and sponsorship. Visit the 2000 site and have a look at the teachers' diary. The address is: http;//www.f-w-a.demon.co.uk/gonas/

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

14005 Goan population. George Pinto responds to some ultra-fascist views regarding the presence of non-Goans in Goa.
13978 Last call for agenda items for the WordWide Goans Convention, Goa, 30 Dec. 2000. Aires Rodrigues.
13941 La Goaconda; Visitor from Delhi appreciates the Goan way of life. Frederick Menezes
13930 Trudeau's death and his influence on the admission of the East African Asians to Canada. Tim de Mello
13904 Goan Association of Florida forthcoming events. Ivy D'Costa
13870 A New Constitution Will Shake Us Out Of Our Slumber Aires Rodrigues.

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

*6 Oct. The Guardian Goa Targets 'Drug Culture' Market: India's hippy paradise falls victim to a puritanical state's drive for upmarket tourism. Deputy CM Narvekar said 'We have found a lot of nurses come from the UK to Goa in December. They don't contribute much. Back in London they would have to heat their places because of the snowfall,' he said. Wealthier tourists would be more welcome. [So now we all know that nurses are the lowest form of life and not welcome in Goa!] 554 words. Text at: http://www.goacom.com/news/news2000/oct/msg00019.html

*6 Oct. Asian Age. Goans gear up for another wild season as tourists arrive. By Pamela D’Mello. 322 words

*7 Oct. Times of India Goan Food: Savouring an Amalgam of Indian and Latin. " Do try the pure peg or two of `feni' or `arrack'. It is a perfect complement for the rich and spicy food that should leave you belching satisfactorily". 441 words

*8 Oct. Independent on Sunday. Solitair Holidays specialise in singles holidays to Goa - two weeks in Goa with Solitair starts at £700. http://www.solitairhols.co.uk/index.html

*10 Oct. Evening Standard. Edgar Fernandes' 'killer' could walk free. 510 words

*11 Oct. Times of Malta. Edgar Fernandes murder. Four governments met at Britain's foreign office yesterday, but the outcome did not appear positive last night… Genny Fernandes said that she and her brother Mathias were present for the first 10 minutes of the meeting… During the meeting about 18 people, relatives and friends of the victim held a vigil outside the ministry…

*12 Oct. Times of India. Gilda Mendonca. and the `Grandmother's Club' of Miramar which meets monthly. 495 words.

Fred Noronha interviews Dr Wilfred D'Souza at
http://www.goacom.com/news/news2000/oct/msg00017.html

Goa Today - October 2000 issue is at: http://www.goa-world.net/goatoday/

The second edition of the Lonely Planet Goa guide has just been released.