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COMMUNITY NEWS
Goans
Living Abroad. Obtaining Portuguese citizenship may be a lot easier
than you think. Basically you may qualify if a Parent or either
Grandparent was born in Goa or the former Portuguese possessions
in India prior to 18 Dec 1961. Check details at http://www.geocities.com/paulocd/PortNatLaw.htm
Follow-up cases in Portugal by a senior retired consular official
in Lisbon. For initial information write to dollarman64@hotmail.com
(London).
Keith
Vaz knows more about hot water than most, but complains that his
efforts to cook his favourite Goan fish curries are blighted.
"I always end up burning the rice," he says. Peterborough in The
Daily Telegraph, 15 Oct.
Melanie
Blatt, the ex-All Saints singer, a regular at London Fashion Week
said, "Yes, Warren Noronha. I liked his collection. It was so
abstract." The Daily Telegraph 16 Oct.
DEATHS
9
Oct. Mapusa. JMJ DE LOURDES DA COSTA (Ex-Nairobi).
Husband of Grace. Father of Ivano, Mario and Mary-Anne.
12
Oct. CAETANO ANTONIO - DE SILVEIRA - ( Mapusa
- Ex-Nairobi).Husband of Ezilda. Father of Alvito/Nancy (USA)
and Bonita /late John. Photograph at: http://www.oherald.com/Obituries/oct-obiturie.htm
16
Oct. Chinchinim: ANTONIO FRANCISCO FERNANDES.
Husband of late Sebastian. Brother of Esperance and Rosa. Uncle
of Natalina/Jovito (UK).
LOOKING FOR
Asuntha
Pilendirim would like to trace Vicky Lobo formerly of Kampala
and London who emigrated to Australia about 10 yrs ago. She is
the sister of Hedridge Lobo who emigrated to Australia about 16
yrs ago and brother of Aloo who lived in Kampala and worked for
Ugandan Airways. Please e-mail -asuntha@hotmail.com
or carvalho@onetel.net.uk
FLIGHT CORNER
Dep.
Gatwick 17, 23 or 24 Nov. 2 weeks. £299 inc. flight and
2-star accom. (room only). Saldanha Holidays. 020 8686 5888. SALDANHAGOA@aol.com
Last
Stop has Gatwick/Goa. Dep. 6 Dec 2w Flight only £229. tel:0870
055 0310 quote ref. Travelfind
13
Oct. Bristol Evening Post. If you want to escape the forthcoming
winter gloom how about visiting the tropical paradise of Goa -
from just £249? The Last Stop Holiday Shop is offering one
week dep. Nov. 8 from Gatwick. Tel 0870 0556313 or visit www.laststop.co.uk
13
Oct. Bath Chronicle. Avion Tours (020 8455 5070) offers 14 nights'
B&B in Dona Paula for £439. exGatwick, on Nov. 3.
NEWS
HEADLINES
(
mainly from Joel D'Souza in Goa, courtesy of GOACOM, e-mail: goanow@sancharnet.in
)
Goa
is to host meeting against sexual exploitation of kids.
http://www.navhindtimes.com/cgi-bin/daily/stories.pl?id=goa&item=13goa_6
94
foreigners staying in Goa illegally, say police. Among them were
18 Britons and 18 Portuguese. http://www.navhindtimes.com/cgi-bin/daily/stories.pl?id=goa&item=13goa_11
The
Goa Police have introduced two more Police Control Room (PCR)
vans in the tourist belt of Calangute and Anjuna, to render quick
assistance to the public in need.
Goa
Today, Oct. 2001 issue is at www.goacom.com/goatoday/
One highlight: Loafing around in Europe by George Menezes.
Cipla,
a drug manufacturing company is to set us a new unit in Verna,
Goa mainly to service booming exports. It will meet the standards
of major international authorities like the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration and other agencies in the United Kingdom and South
Africa. The company is a large producer of the drug ciprofloxacin,
which is also used to treat anthrax. Reuters 13 Oct.
IN
THE NEWS
(e-mail
eddie@fernandes.u-net.com
for the full text of items marked *) .
13
Oct. The Express. Article on P & O Cruise ships. " curries
prepared by the Goanese chefs are a lunchtime favourite."
13
Oct. The Independent colour supplement devoted 6 pages to some
photographs of and an article about Goa. The photographer is Dayanita
Singh and there is an exhibition of her photographs of Goa at
the Frith Street Gallery, 59-60 Frith Street, London W1 (020-7494
1550) until 2 November. Check out your nearest Library. Quotes:
Goa's high-ceilinged rooms of shadowed graciousness, overseen
by elegant, houseproud donas … The people are also gentle, hospitable
and generous …a phone book full of da Cunhas, da Silvas and Pereiras…When
I'm in Goa, I don't feel I'm in India…It has really developed
an identity of its own…Goans are far too gentle and polite to
make me feel I'm in India…There's a sense of grandeur even in
the simplest of homes…tourism is destroying Goa. The hotels pump
drinking water into swimming pools, there are garbage problems
and it is covered with hoardings … the turnover of local government
makes Italy look stable. Text at www.gacom.com/goanet
message 18395.
Fred Noronha has written about Dayanita at:
http://www.indiaabroaddaily.com/news-index/women/01photographer.html
*13
Oct. South Wales Echo. Simon Morris, head chef at Grafton Manor,
Bromsgrove, provides his recipe for "Sali Goa Chicken Caffrael."
16
Oct. The Guardian. India's tourism hurt by strikes on Afghanistan.
… It's the same story across India from the misty peaks of the
Himalayas to the opulent palaces of Rajasthan and the sun-soaked
beaches of Goa…"we must rely on domestic tourists, they will provide
us with our bread, but we needed the foreign tourists for our
butter." http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-1242242,00.html
16
Oct. Times of India. Goa's beaches denuded as charters get hit.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=37848266
18
Oct. Business Wire. Paul McCartney is in New York in the fund-raising
event to benefit the victims of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks.
The concert is set to air live on VH1 on Sat., Oct. 20. Fans also
can go to http://www.paulmccartney.com
on Thursday, Oct. 18 and Friday, Oct. 19 for an opportunity to
chat with McCartney. He will be logging on periodically throughout
the day and chatting with fans from around the world. …This Internet
special also offers fans an opportunity to hear the new song "Lonely
Road," which McCartney recorded in a hotel room in Goa. [ He was
in Goa in March 2001 - see goanet-uk weekly newsletter. Issue
2001-11 dated Mar. 16, 2001 at www.goacom.com/goanet-uk
22
Oct. India Today. Hospitality Industry: Terror Struck. …London
office of Travel Pack, which runs chartered flights to Goa. Sales
Director Sam Eliatamby used to receive about 600 bookings a week.
After Black Tuesday the bookings are down to 50. "The scenario
is so grim that we plan to run only one chartered flight instead
of two every week," laments Eliathamby…There are few fresh reservations
for chartered flights to Goa, which used to bring in almost 80
per cent of the two lakh foreign tourists to the state every year.
The 500-bed Taj Exotica Hotel in Goa has had 70 per cent of the
bookings for September and October cancelled…
FORTHCOMING
Now
to Nov. 2. Dayanita Singh. Frith Street Gallery, 59-60 Frith Street,
London W1 (020-7494 1550). Wed-Fri 10am-6pm. Sat 11am-4pm. Underground:
Tottenham Court Road.
20
Oct. YLGS (Young London Goans Social) - 21-40+ Free membership.
1.45pm - 4.00pm Pizza Hut, The Strand, Charing Cross. 6.00pm -
late Pub The Shakespeare's Head, Kingsway, Holborn Possibility
of a visit to a Jazz club later on. marie.pereira@talk21.com
26
Oct. (Fri.). Halloween Disco at the Goan Community Centre, Keston
Road, London N17. Organised by the Youth of the Centre. 6pm-9pm
Kids Disco. 9pm - 11pm Youth Disco. £2 admission. Come dressed
in Black. Call Sarita 020 8245 4513.
28
Oct. 1.00- 7.30pm. Uganda Reunion. Wandsworth Town Hall, London
SW18. Band: Maz & Co. Ticket Prices: Adults - £11.00;
Children under 12 - £4.00 (all tickets include a meal and
snacks). ALL WELCOME! Contact Christine De Souza 020 8310 2332
for tickets.
3
Nov. Goan Association UK. Mass for Deceased Members. ATC Hall,
South Wimbledon. Followed by 3-course fish meal £6. Bernie
Gracias 020-8723 1322, Nina Pinto 020 8767 0663
4
Nov. 12:30pm Nuvem Feast. Whitehart Lane School Hall, Wood Green,
N22. Music by Dimension and disco by Nite Lite. Tickets at £7
(includes first drink free!) call Florian Carvalho 0208 452 8362,
Johnson Carvalho 0208 303 5822 or e-mail Greg Carvalho greg@god.co.uk
18
Nov. Moira Feast. Woolwich Catholic Club. Myra Mendes 020-8303
3974.
18
Nov. Navelim Feast at Bishop Thomas Grant School. Contacts: Maurilio
Mergulhao 01634 389777 Sandra Fernandes - Allen 020 - 8395 5462
25
Nov. 1.30 pm Fr Agnelo's Day. St George's Cathedral, Southwark.
Thereafter at Amigo Hall. Please be in your seats by 1.15pm |