COMMUNITY NEWS

Jo-Ann D’Costa who readers may recall was a finalist in the ITV’s Soapstars last year is now a Presenter of the Stay & Play show on Living TV. The show is aimed at children 0-5 years and is on every morning from 7am – 9.30am. Jo-Ann would welcome drawings by children aged 0-5. They can draw absolutely anything, the more colourful the picture the better. However they cannot feature any illustration containing the colour green as it interferes with the studio background. You need to include the child’s name, age and place of residence on the back. Jo-Ann will hold the illustration up on screen. If the parents send Jo-Ann a brief note, she could read it out too. Post items, by 7 Oct. to Jo-Ann D’Costa – Presenter, Tiny Living, Living TV, 160 Great Portland Street, LondonW1W 5QA. email enquiries to jobabe80@hotmail.com

From Cyril Quadros: The Konkani mass this Sunday, 29th Sept., will now be celebrated by Rev. Fr. Oliver at St. Augustine's Priory at 3.00 pm in Hammersmith and not in Kilburn as stated in Contact magazine. Further information from Fr. Oliver (0208 563 9102).

National Film Theatre, South Bank, London. Mon 21 Oct. 6pm. and Thu 24 Oct. 8.20pm. Past, Present and Future (Trikal) – a film by Shyam Benegal. Derek Malcolm writes, “Benegal explores Portuguese culture in colonial Goa just before its liberation in 1961. Middle-aged Ruiz Pereira returns to Goa after 20 years to visit the mansion in which he spent much of his youth. Flashbacks introduce the matriarch Dona Maria who denies her husband’s death by retreating into the past and conjuring spirits through séance sessions.” 137 minutes. NFT Box Office: 020 7928 3232. Non-members' tickets cost £7.20. Shyam Benegal will be present in person at the NFT on Fri. 18 Oct 8.50pm for a Q&A session. http://www.bfi.org.uk/showing/nft/

GOAN Hockey match. Sat. 28 Sep. 10.45 a.m. vs HAC at Sheen School, Hertford Avenue, which is between Barnes and East Sheen.

Tony Fernandes, Air Asia's 37-year-old chief executive, used to work as an accountant for Branson in London… The Australian. 24 Sep. Profile and photograph of Tony Fernandes in Asia Inc Magazine, Sept. 2002 at: http://www.asia-inc.com/index.php?articleID=2282

The first performance of John Tavener's Lament for Jerusalem will be at the Sydney Opera House next July, with one of Tavener's favourite singers, Patricia Rozario, as soprano soloist. The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 Sep.

Record turnout of more than 3,500 people makes Viva Goa (Toronto) a big success. CanIndia News Weekly at: http://canindia.com/showcase.asp?ID=48

DEATHS

8 August. London. AGNES MITCHELL nee FERNANDES (ex-Nairobi), daughter of late Alex and Maria Santan Fernandes (Goa). Sister of Helen Fernandes (Canada), Monica Tavares (Canada) and late Joe Fernandes (Canada).

21 Sep. Olaulim (Goa). ELIZA FLORINDA SOARES e PINTO. Wife of late Antonio Jose Pinto, Mother of Olga/Ciriaco (England), Sr Mary, Akola, Michael, Adriano (England)/Flavia.

22 Sep. Calgary (Canada). ANTHONY CARIDADE SEQUEIRA. (ex Nairobi). Son of late Joseph X. Sequeira and Anatilda M. Sequeira. Brother/Brother-in-law of Lina/Alfredo Fernandes, Monica and Henrietta. Funeral will be in Calgary on 27th Sep

23 Sept: Cuncolim (Goa): MARIA ESPERANCA VERMILIA FERNANDES E SOUZA. (Ex-Nairobi), wife of late Luis Carmelito, sister/sister-in-law of Enviet, Flora/Everest Gomes, Reny/Marcus Caiero.

HOLIDAY INFORMATION

Book two weeks' B&B at the five-star Taj Exotica, Goa, before September 30 and save £410 with Somak Holidays (020 8423 3000, http://www.somak.co.uk). The offer applies to departures between Jan. 24 and Feb. 14; the discounted price is £999. Sunday Times 22 Sep.

COMPETITION CORNER

From Colin de Almeida. Competition for 2 week holiday for 7 people to a luxury villa in Goa. [Flights not included] http://www.divorce-online.co.uk/redirect.asp?goto=community/competition/goa/ goa.asp

GOA NEWS HEADLINES

Goan soccer star Bruno Coutinho was felicitated in his home village of Calangute. See the report and photographs at: http://goacom.com/news/clippings/bruno/bruno.html Comments about to photographs to joel@goacom.com

A separate international terminal at Dabolim Herald. http://www.oherald.com/Archives/sat_21sept.htm

Aires Rodrigues assesses the contribution of the Overseas Goans to Goa. Herald 26 Sep. at: http://www.oherald.com/Editorials/coluarch1.htm#26

Patricia Pinto, a municipal councillor of Panjim, has been invited to participate as a panellist at the two-day workshop on "Gender Equality and Local Governance" to be held in Canada on September 26 and 27 by the International Centre for Municipal Development of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities in association with the City of Gatineau, Quebec. She will also deliver a talk at the University of British Colombia, Vancouver, on "Making Democracy Work in Goa New Experiments in India's Local Government System".

The September issue of Goa Today is online at http://www.goacom.com/goatoday/

IN THE NEWS

20 Sep. Wandsworth Guardian. …Tooting's St Boniface Roman Catholic Primary School … despite a third of the 350 pupils speaking Tamil, Konkani, Igbo, Tagalog or Creole French as a first language, the school's strong religious ethos binds them together…
http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/search/display.html?nwid=627569

21 Sep. The Guardian. Speaking out - Whistling while you work. …Take Toni Fernandes, a 59-year-old accountant sacked in 1999 for informing on an expenses scam who was awarded £293,000 in compensation. He was suspended from his position as financial controller at Netcom Consultants the minute he notified his board of directors that his boss, the managing director, had misappropriated funds to the tune of £400,000. After a two-year fight he won the day.

21 Sep. The Mirror. For his latest TV series, Steve Leonard's Extreme Animals, the intrepid vet put himself through testing climates and conditions. "I walked over hot coals in Goa to show how Sahara ants can go out in the desert at the hottest time of the day.” [The programme was broadcast on BBC1 at 20:00pm on 25 Sep.]

23 Sep. Lloyd's Information (London). A third tourism season is set to begin but still ore carrier River Princess lies grounded off the Goa coast…

23 Sep. The Sydney Morning Herald. Bea Arthur of the '80s sitcom Golden Girls says, 'Once when I was passing through Heathrow Airport a baggage-handler came up to me and said he loved The Golden Girls. He was from Goa and I didn't even know where Goa was. It's lovely."

21 Sep. Guelph Mercury (Canada). Book Review. The Little Land, By Robert Louis Stevenson. Illus. Kim Fernandes. Kim Fernandes' previous children's titles, One Gray Mouse, Zebo and the Dirty Planet and others have earned her a place as one of Canada's favourite Fimo artists.

24 Sep. Missionary Service News Agency (Rome). Dr Maria Emilia Menezes, an eminent industrialist of Goa, was unanimously re-elected National President of the All India Catholic Union, India's apex Laity organisation, at elections held at Panaji on September 14. 293 words. http://www.misna.org/eng/notizia.asp?id=74162

24 Sep. Calgary Herald. Tony Sequeira, 49, who drowned in a boating accident on Sunday was going to get married in December to Ramona DeSouza, a medical professor and a friend from childhood. "It was very hard to break the news to her." said the victim's brother-in-law, Alfredo Fernandes… Sequeira was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and moved to Canada in 1975. "He loved fishing, he loved the outdoors, he loved travelling," his brother-in-law said. Sequeira's other sports included golf, field hockey and squash. Sequeira helped launch Enermarket Solutions Ltd., an online brokerage firm and was the vice-president of marketing. For text and photograph, click here....

24 Sep. Calgary Sun. "I'm so devastated because I can't believe it," Sierra Sequeira, the wife of Tony's cousin Dominic, said from her Calgary home. "It is sad enough but his fiancee is not here and his mom, who is 86 years old, lives in Goa in India. Full text at: http://www.canoe.ca/CalgaryNews/cs.cs-09-24-0011.html

26 Sep. The Enfield and Haringey Independent. Donna Houston and Colin Pridham got married in Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane Stadium last week. As keen runners they also elected to spend their honeymoon participating in the InterHash in Goa this weekend. http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.629608.Headlin es.0.html

FORTHCOMING

Fri 27 Sept (5.30pm - late) Young London Goans Society (YLGS) - Free membership - Monthly get-together. Los Locos Bar/restaurant/Club 24 -26 Russell Street , London, WC2B 5HF New members welcome. Nearest underground : Convent Garden. Contacts: marie.pereira@talk21.com 07958373076 , alisonbraganza@hotmail.com 07799 586 793, dsouzajj@hotmail.com 07957 395 811.

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. Goan Association (UK). 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.

Sun 27 Oct. Tiatre. Youth of Goa (UK) presents ASSRO (Shelter). Written and Directed by Lawrence Mascarenhas. Willesden High School Hall, Doyle Gardens, London NW10 3ST Call Lawrence 07939600383; Rosy 020 8352 9450 or Larryboy 020 8578 3336

Sun. 3 Nov. Nuvem Feast at Archbishop Lanfranc School. Contacts: Greg Carvalho 01245 - 261302 Florian Carvalho 020 - 8452 8362.

Sat. 9 Nov. 6.00 pm G.O.A. Mass For Deceased Members at the ATC Hall, South Wimbledon followed by a 3-Course Meal Contacts: Juliette de Menezes 020 - 8765 0258 Bernie Gracias 020 - 8723 1322

Sun. 17 Nov. Navelim Union Feast at Bishop Thomas Grant School. Contact: Jason D'Costa 020 - 8765 0258.