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This newsletter has not been issued for the last three weeks as I have been away on holiday.
COMMUNITY NEWS BBC journalist Mandy de Souza returns to Uganda 30 years after her ordeal to report on her observations. Her father, Joe, is accompanying her. Photograph of them and the family: Janice, Monica, Gemma, Kevin and Keri and article is in the Coventry Evening Telegraph. 24 Aug. Click here.... From Edmund Dias: Thomas Pereira will be playing for FK Viking, the Norwegian cup-winners, against Chelsea on Thur, 19 Sept. 2002, 7:45pm, at Stamford Bridge, London. This is the first leg of the UEFA Cup. Thomas is the son of Austin (ex-Uganda). Maureen De Souza reports on the East African Goan Convention, Nairobi, Aug. 2002, at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/24069 Dennis Mendonca, 62, the Harley Street ENT specialist, was given
a two-year community rehabilitation order for beating his wife.
He had admitted at Cirencester Magistrates' Court assaulting her
and causing her actual bodily harm. Evening Standard 27 Aug. “Herman Sequeira Is The Golfer To Watch.” Headline in The East African Standard 8 Sep. 2002. Herman, a 14-year-old student at Ampleforth College, UK, carried the day at the Standard Newspaper Group Golf Club at the Muthaiga Golf Club. Herman is the son of Evans and Annabelle Sequeira of Nairobi. His brother, Alister 17, is also a student at Ampleforth. …Warren Noronha, who received the British Fashion Council's
New Generation Award last season, has drawn on the cult film Belle
de Jour for his Spring/Summer '03 collection…The Times. 9
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From Marlon Menezes: GoaCom has upgraded its web based community discussion forum with a state of the art bulletin board system. Details at: http://www.goacom.com/news/news2002/sep/msg00008.html Donations appeal: £10: Angela Carneiro, Anthony Lobo, E.A. Fernandes, Jude Lobo, Loy Rebello, Norbert Sequeira, P. D'Cunha, Ronnie D'Souza (Thika), Sophie Lobo, Steve Vaz (Nairobi), Tony Joannes, Wilma Pereira. £15: Mike Green, Paul De-Mendonca. Please make cheques payable to E. Fernandes and post to Eddie Fernandes, 1 Onslow Gardens, London N10 3JT. Thank you.
DEATHS 23 Aug. London. LYDIA AMELIA BELLA PIRES (nee TEXEIRA). Wife of the late Vincent "Vincy" Manuel Pires (ex-Tanzania & Mombasa). Mother of Owen/Marietta (London), Euclid/Sadia (London), Roy/Fifi (Brisbane), Selwyn/Melita (London). Sister of the late Eugene Texeira, Vivian Texeira (Coventry, UK) and the late Ciprian Texeira. Funeral was on 30 Aug. Condolence messages to: caruso@blueyonder.co.uk 25 Aug. Dubai. TEREZINHA FERNANDES (ex Nairobi). Wife of late Celestino Rafael Fernandes (C.R). Mother Of Raul, Marlene and Matilda ( all Dubai). Mother-in-law of Vilma, Clyde and Eugene (all Dubai). Grandmother of Cassandra, Raul (Jr), Christopher, Dylan, Andrea and Shaun. Condolences to crcferns@emirates.net.ae 25 Aug. Bombay. FRANK SIMOES, (author of Glad Seasons in Goa etc.), husband of Gita, father of Radhika. 25 Aug: Caranzalem: CAETANO ESTROCIO (COVDO), husband of Assucena Xavier (Qatar), father of Joao Batista, Assucena. Grandfather of Hyson (Qatar), Anthony (UK), Santana Miranda (Qatar), Narima D'Costa (UK). 28 Aug: Vasco: ERMINA DELFINA CALDEIRA, relict of Benedict, mother of Richard/Eda (Canada), Diana/Francis (Canada), Brenda/Victor, Leslie/Berlinda. 9 Sep. Kent (UK) HUMBERTO LUIS. Born 1917. (Ex-Mombasa). Husband of Ubaldina Luis. Father of Alba/Manuel Colaco, (Goa), Clayton Luis, (USA), Tony Luis (UK), Edna/Jose Jacinto (Portugal). Grandfather of Clarina, and Savio(Goa) and Sonia (Portugal). FUNERAL DETAILS: Fri. 20 Sep. 2002. 10am: Church Service at Holy Innocents Roman Catholic Church, Strickland Way, (off Sevenoaks Road), (opp Orpington Hospital), Orpington, Kent. 11am: Burial: St Luke’s Cemetery, Magpie Hall Lane, Bromley Common, Kent. 12Noon: The Wake: Holy Innocents Church Hall. Condolences to Tony@luist.freeserve.co.uk
GOA NEWS HEADLINES The 358-year-old Ribandar to Panjim causeway partly crumbled on 24 Aug. It is now accessible to light traffic only. The licence fees for setting up beach shacks will be drastically reduced to Rs.10,000 from Rs.25,000 but it will be mandatory for owners to install mobile toilets A total of 180 shacks will be permitted on beaches. Ian Karl Alvares and Isabel Bruto da Costa are two young Goans, who have been awarded the De Souza Trust Goa Scholarship, administered by the British Council, for the year 2002. The Trust was set up by a UK Goan. The Tourism Minister told the State legislative assembly on Aug. 21 that the government had no information about the exact number of charter flights to land in Goa during this year's tourist season but informed that charter flights from Russia, Israel and Gulf countries would arrive during this season. India and Canada are likely to work out an arrangement early next week to ensure seamless air connectivity between the two countries with minimum flying time. Navhind Times 13 Sep. at http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=091325
IN THE NEWS 22 Aug. Sydney Morning Herald. Bend It Like Bhangra. Article on Masala Mix DJ and presenter Miguel D'Souza. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/22/1029114163212.html 23 Aug. New York Daily News. A.M. Rosenthal recalls seeing the victims of Portuguese torture in a Goan jail in the colonial period. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/story/13022p-12311c.html 733 words 25 Aug. South Florida Sun-Sentinel. A Monarch flight from Goa to London was diverted to Bombay after a buzzing noise was heard from an item of hand baggage. Bomb disposal experts discovered that origin of the sound was a battery-powered vibrator. 937 words. 30 Aug. The Express. Reita Faria won the Miss World contest in 1966. Now 59, she lives in Dublin. Reita dispelled the myth that beauty queens are bimbos… 31 Aug. Times of India. The Hyatt hotel group say that many foreigners and overseas Goans want to get married in Goa. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_Id=20787162 2 Sep. Fortune. Profile of Tony Fernandes ( ex-UK) owner of Air
Asia. 4 Sep. New Ind Press. ... During the annual Carnival in Goa, there is a feast when people run around the streets biting live piglets, who run crazed with fear. How barbaric can we be? … [News to me!– Eddie] Click here.... 7 Sep. Times of India. Once scenic beach, Goa a den of prostitution
now. 11 Sept. Torquay Herald Express. Hundreds of people in one of the poorest parts of India could have their sight restored next year, thanks to a group of friends from Saltash … Click here.... 10 Sep. The New York Times. For his spring 2003 collection, which will be shown on Sept. 21, John Bartlett took his inspiration from a half-imaginary version of an Indian resort like Goa, where stoned-out hippies mix with nomads from the tribe of global surfers… 11 Sep. Haaretz Daily (Israel). Arkia an Israeli airline is to launch a weekly charter flight to Goa from Oct 29 this year. Click here... 12 Sep. Edinburgh Evening News. Photograph and article on Herman Rodrigues, proprietor of Suruchi, the Edinburgh restaurant. http://www.edinburghnews.com/index.cfm?id=1015072002 12 Sep. The Hamilton Spectator. Canadian victims of 9-11. …Bernard
Mascarenhas The 54-year-old native of Newmarket, Ont., worked
for Marsh Canada, whose parent company, Marsh and McLennan Cos.
Inc., had offices at the World Trade Center. The chief information
officer for the company was on the 97th floor of the north tower
as part of a five-day business trip to New York. He leaves his
wife, Raynette, a son Sven, and a daughter Jaclyn. See also:
FORTHCOMING Sat. 21 Sep. Join Say One Do One Disco in an evening of R&b, Garage and latest tunes. All welcome. Free entry. Upstairs in the Princess Louise Pub, 208 High Holborn from 7 till 11. For more details call Paul on 07956 496 190 or Nigel on 07956 984 532 or email say1do1@hotmail.com Sun 29 Sep. Mapuca Feast at Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Rd, Croydon. Contact: Eusebio Pinto 020 - 8304 9089. Sun 6 Oct. Majorda Feast (Feast of our Lady of Boa Morte). White Hart Lane School, Wood Green, N London. Music by Dimensions. Contact: Bernadette Dias 020 8361 9417 or Eulogio Braganza 020 8888 9109. Sun. 6 Oct. SENIOR CITIZENS LUNCH at the ATC Hall, South Wimbledon. Contacts: Juliette de Menezes 020 - 8765 0258 Nina Pinto 020 - 8767 0663 Bernie Gracias 020 - 8723 1322 Sun 20 Oct. Colva Feast - Contact: Rosy De Souza 020 - 8674 2266. |
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