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COMMUNITY NEWS From Raul Fernandes. Gulf International Promotions of Dubai are willing to host a Mini Goan World Cup Football Tournament in Dubai, in March 2003, to coincide with the Dubai Shopping Festival. Individuals and teams from the UK and elsewhere who would like details should e-mail gipsport@emirates.net.ae [Raul is visiting London later this month - watch this space for details!] From Candy Fernandes. The Goan Community Centre, London, is looking very attractive now that it has been painted. We are in the process of having a Mural done outlining the villages of Goa, especially those along the Beach. We are looking for imagery & symbols to coincide with the villages so that our Artist, Sarah Jane Gomes can begin sketching. Please email either sjgomes2000@hotmail.com or candyrose2000@hotmail.com Ben D'Costa, 49, shop owner of Captain's Table, a Dartford off-licence, spoke of his terror after being held up by a masked raider with an electro-shock stun gun. Mr D'Costa pressed the panic alarm but the robber made off with more than £1,000. The incident took place on June 30, at 10.15pm. 426 words. 8 Jul. Dartford News Shopper. When the Queen visited Catford, pupils from across the Borough lined the streets. St Saviour's teacher Oliver Pereira [of Bromley], who wore Union Jack socks and hat as he waited in the crowd, said: "We love the Queen at our school. There are about 120 pupils here today." As the Queen left, she was presented with two pictures of Treetops on behalf of London's Kenyan community. News Shopper 9 July at: http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/lewisham/display.var.605814.html The Daily Mail, 8 July, devoted a two-page spread to Why Are Women So Scared Of Marriage. In 378 words interview, Tracy Fernandes, 32, who lives in her own house in Reading, Berkshire explains why she cherishes her independence… most of the men she has met don't seem to be trustworthy… She has had seven marriage proposals, including one from the father of her child, but she has never been tempted to accept. "If I do change my mind it will be when I'm about 50." Clybiau Plant Cymru has won a £28,488 grant to provide new after-school clubs across the county. Karen Pereira the organiser said: "These clubs are invaluable for working families, children who have been referred by social services and young people who want to socialise with people their own age." Camarthen Journal. 10 July. From Maureen D'Souza: The Goan Community Mombasa Newsletter,
July 2002, is at: From George Pinto: Goa Day was celebrated early in New York this year. Several Goans met for dinner at the Maharaja Restaurant in midtown Manhattan on July 2, 2002. Dr. Eric Pinto and author Victor Rangel-Rebeiro organized the gathering. Goa Day will be celebrated internationally, with the biggest celebrations in London and Portugal on August 17, 18. From Santosh Helekar: The Sixth Biennial Convention of the Goan Organization in America, attended by over 200 Goans, was a Blast! The Convention souvenir document will be loaded in PDF format on the website, www.goanconvention.org within a few days. It will contain articles by Alfred Braganza on Goan culture, George Pinto on Goa Sudharop, Rene Barreto on Goa Day and Dr. N. S. Dumo on Participatory Democracy in Goa. Further details at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goanet/message/22104
DEATHS 5 July. Dar-es-Salaam. ALEX DaCOSTA. Husband of Theresa. Father of Claudette/Neville, Orlando/Cynthia, Natalie/William. Condolences to orlando.dcosta@aogltd.com 6 July: Quepem: SEBASTIAO XAVIER D'SOUZA alias ALBAN, husband of Orlinda, father of Sylvia/Agnelo, Wilma/James, Sandra/Michael, Melba/Joaquim, Norman/Doreen, brother-in-law of Armando Barbosa/Ena, Beatrice/Xavier (UK).
FLIGHT INFORMATION 6 Jul. The Mirror. Offers available from www.travelbag.co.uk
: 13 or 14 nights in Goa from £499 pp. Includes return flights
from Gatwick and B&B at the Dona Terezinha Hotel. Departs
October 12 or 19 or November 1, 8 and 15.
CANADIAN CORNER 10 Jul. The Canadian Press Broadcast News: Canadian team for the 2002 Commonwealth Games July 25-Aug. 4 in Manchester, England: Field hockey …Wayne Fernandes, Mississauga; …Ken Pereira, Unionville, Ont. … From Sara Ferrao. The Mississauga News, Jul 10, 2002. Headline:
Lobo's art is rock solid. Mississauga artist Henry Lobo will be
exhibiting his work this weekend at the Port Credit Village Marina
Art Show. Lobo paints in acrylic on shale rock. 342 words. From Rene Barreto: Cheryl Braganza has dedicated her new exhibition
Breaking The Silence (Kirkland Library, Montreal - July 4 - 30)
to all Goans as part of World Goa Day. Text and photograph or
artist at:
GOA NEWS HEADLINES "Drug smuggling, which feeds the footloose tourist in Goa,
is rampant. The port city of Vasco-da-Gama is considered the gateway
of drug traffickers. Security at the docks is lax. Yachts visiting
this affluent port city are suspected to be ferrying drugs to
and from Europe, the United States and the West Indies. At least
six yachts have visited Vasco in the last three months."
Indian Express 9 July. http://www.indian-express.com/full_story.php?content_id=5703 Four reputed international companies are reported to have approached the Goa government to take up the construction work of the proposed civilian international airport at Mopa in Pernem. Details at http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=070935 State Election Commissioner, Prabhakar Timble, has stressed the need for a law to address the problem of tourism-related paedophilia and to ensure that the existing laws were implemented. He was speaking after inaugurating the new office of Children's Rights in Goa at St Inez in Panjim. Ms Nishtha Desai, director of the association provided information about the activities of CRG. Ms Fiona Dias Saxena stressed on the need for co-ordination between all relevant government agencies and associations. Ms Anita Mathew spoke about upgrading of the Documentation Centre of CRG. Goa Hoteliers Dance To Budget Tune. New Govt in Goa has announced
33 per cent reduction on luxury tax.
IN THE NEWS 4 Jul. Gulf News. A benefit match was played for Carl Mathias, the vice captain of the Emirate hockey team. Mathias has played in international matches in London, Kenya, Singapore, Malaysia, Oman and India. In Dubai he first played for Dnata team managed by Raul Fernandes. 4 Jul. Gulf News. Twenty four teams from around the Gulf are taking part in the Inter Gulf darts Team Championships. The tournament is organised by Gulf International Promotions and is sponsored by Al Jazira Hotel and Heineken. The chief organiser is Raul Fernandes. 5 Jul. Coastweek (Mombasa). Recipe for Mamri (Deep fried cardamom and coconut flavoured pastry puffs ). Also, Mama Mariam's Marvellous Mariakani Samosas, Kuku Changamwe Na Mchuzi Wa Korosho Na Njugu, Lamu Biriyani Mbuzi and much, much more. Go to http://www.coastweek.com/ >Coast Cuisine >Selection of Previous recipes. 6 Jul. Times of India. Applicants for a US non-immigrant visas who are residing in Goa can now take advantage of more conveniences. 'Drop box' procedures have been extended to Blue Dart offices in Goa. Check the text of the article at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_Id=15198594 6. July. The Economic Times. It was a colour-filled Goan evening
in Paris. Wendell Rodricks, the controversial fashion designer
from Goa, has set his sights on the Parisian women. Rodricks enthralled
a capacity audience at a show held in a chic suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt…
508 words. 6. July. Times of India. Goans overseas chart a holy trail on
Net by Fred Noronha. The Catholic Goan Network (CGN) first created
an electronic mailing list and has now set up a website, www.catholic-goan-network.net
It has members from 15 countries, mainly expatriates. It was founded
by Patrick de Souza, 69, who migrated to the US in 1972. 454 words. 7 Jul. The New York Times, 1524 words, …As to Sweerts's
final days, we still remain largely in the dark. He joined a missionary
expedition to the Far East, developed erratic behavior and died
in Goa, on the Indian subcontinent, in 1664. 7 Jul. Sunday Mercury (Birmingham) - Magical Beauty of Goa. By Joanne Lane. Excerpts: It's easy to forget that Goa is still part of India…Women wear dresses rather than saris, chat freely with men and are entitled to 50 per cent of their husband's estate…A network of buses services links most Goan towns. These are an experience - hopelessly overcrowded and bursting with deafeningly loud music. 990 words. Text at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goanet/message/22105 8 Jul. Knox Leader (Victoria, Australia). Tandoori Inn, 319 Stephensons Rd, Mt Waverley. Owners: Teresa and Michael Pais took over what used to be an Italian restaurant and now offers classic Indian cuisine. Main course selections include lamb bhuna and Goan fish curry… 8 Jul. Gulf News. (Dubai). The government of Goa is considering
a suggestion that everyone planning to get married has to undergo
a mandatory HIV test. 8 Jul. Liverpool Post. Staff at the Great Universal Stores call centre in Widnes fear job cuts if a pilot project to use a Centre in India is successful. A member of staff said a telephone call from an advisor in Goa to one of the English departments confirmed suspicions that calls were being handled in India, but neither staff nor unions had been informed in advance. [The mystique of Indian Call Centres is unravelled in India Calling - BBC Radio 4, 8.00pm on Mon. 15 Jul.]. Click here... 8 Jul. Salon.Com (San Francisco). Michelle Goldberg reviews new
books on women backpackers " which feature caustic appraisals
of the hordes of dreadlocked, baggy-trousered, ganja-scented drifters
who crowd places like Goa's Anjuna beach where they sit in cafes
devouring banana pancakes, chai and the novels that mock them." 9 Jul. Gulf News. Top teams ready to rescue hockey in UAE… Lusitanians Hockey Club's Eusebio Coelho, who has been organising tournaments for over two decades feels: "It's high time all the clubs here join together and form a parallel body to this inactive UAE Hockey Committee ... 15 Jul. Newsweek. Gen X Invades Asia. Who needs culture when
there's drugs, sex and parties? Every year about 100,000 Americans,
Brits and Australians between the ages of 18 and 35 hit a "circuit
of work, travel and partying" that runs in a triangle from
Tokyo to Goa to Bangkok. Karl Taro Greenfeld's new book, "Standard
Deviations: Growing Up and Coming Down in the New Asia,"
is about the self-indulgent backpacker culture of drugs, sex,
endless parties and beaches.
FORTHCOMING Now to Sun 14 July. "IMAGES OF GOA" Photographic Exhibition. 77 Broadway Market (London Fields), London E8 4PH (Tube: Bethnal Green) Timings: Tue-Sat 11-7pm, Sun 11-5pm An exhibition of photographs taken in Goa by James Taylor, who visits Goa twice a year. Contact: James Taylor 0771 943 0751 Email: jtphoto@genie.co.uk Sun. 14 Jul. 25th Priestly Silver Jubilee celebration of REV. FR. ANDREW FERNANDES. Sacred Heart Church Hall, Edge Hill, Wimbledon, London SW19. Mass 1.30 p.m. followed by social. Tickets inc. snacks/meal - Adults £12, children aged 4-12 yrs £6.. Limited tickets. Felix Pereira: 0208 640 4151; Uniece Barros: 0208 672 0807; Sofia Cota: 07813 777981; Colin Almeida: 0207 228 4405; Sandra Fernandes: 0208 6851674. Sat. 20 Jul. 6.30pm-10.30pm. GCA presents... A memorable evening for all youngsters aged 13-19 Music: Djdex (Sound system provided by Say One Do One),Venue: Goan Community Centre Keston Road ,London, N17. Entrance £1 members, £2 non-members. Bring your own food and drinks. For info call Dexter: 0208-376-1068/07929-781-653. Sarita: 07961-404-079 or email djdex_sosolidcrew@hotmail.com Sat. 20 Jul. GOANZ in conjunction with Goa Day. Venue Sound London, Leicester Sq. W1. Free B4 9pm; £5 9pm-10pm.; £12 10pm+. Dance 2 the latest sounds or chill @ the bar. Over 18's only. Dress to impress. R.O.A.R. Contacts: Sav: 07810865810; Sandra: 07813603142; Jason: 07958902820; Amanda:07941243302. Or Email goanz_contacts@yahoogroups.com Sun. 21 Jul. Aldona Association ( London ). Feast of their Patron Saint, Thomas, The Apostle. White Hart Lane School Hall, Wood Green N22. Holy Mass at 12 noon, followed by a Social. Music provided by Say One Do One. For tickets please contact Luis Gracias on 020 8764 4353, or Felix Fernandes on 020 8800 5413, or Tony Fernandes on 020 8804 5276, or Joanita Fernandes on 01908 696 882. SOLD OUT. Sun 21 Jul. Tivimnenses Association Social. SOLD OUT. Sat. 26 Jul. YLGS (Young London Goans Social - free membership 21 - 40+). Monthly Social - 5.30pm - late. Venue: Los Locos Bar/Restaurant, 24/26 Russell Street, Convent Gardens, London WC2.New members welcome. Contact marie.pereira@talk21.com Sat. 27 Jul. 6.30pm - 11. Simba Football Club Annual Dance. Alexandra Park School Hall, Rhodes Avenue, Bounds Green, N 22. Music provided by Say One Do One. Tickets £6. Snacks and meals available. For tickets please contact Conrad Henriques on 020 8883 2394, or Felix Cardozo 020 8482 3277 or Frank Mendes 020 8888 1400 Sun 4 Aug. GOAN FESTIVAL in conjunction with Goan Organisations at Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Road, Croydon. Starts with Holy Mass at 12.00 noon. Contact: Diego Pinto 020 - 8767 0663 For offers of help: Contact Cornelius Monteiro 020 - 8681 8716 For Stalls: Contact Juliette de Menezes 020 - 8765 0258 [This is the Premier UK Goan Event of the Year - Ed.] |
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