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COMMUNITY NEWS

Dr Pascal Pinto (ex Dar-Es-Salaam and ex UK) and his wife, Dr Sheryl Colaco Pinto, (ex UK), have set up their multidisciplinary and comprehensive dental and implant clinic at the Kamat Towers, Pato Plaza, Panjim. It is India's first Dental Practice built according to the British Dental Association regulations. They can be contacted at pascalpinto@satyam.net.in

The Warren Noronha collection at the London Fashion Week. For 34 photographs of him and his designs, click here....

Seraphino Antao's Kenya visit continues to make the news. The Feb. 03 issue of Runner's World (Holland), has 483 word article in Dutch and a photograph. He is quoted as saying, "Mimi mtu wa Mombasa bwana." See: http://www.runnersweb.nl/show?id=29099 The US edition of the same mag applauds him for calling for a trust fund to support retired Kenyan athletes.
See: http://www.runnersworld.com/shoppingcenter/keepingtrack/home.html

From Tim de Mello in Toronto. The Konkani classes will be held at St Matthew Catholic School - 280 Kingsbridge Gardens Circle, Toronto. They begin on March 7 and continue every Friday - except Good Friday - until June 13, 14 sessions in all. Time of the classes will be from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. The tutor will be Joao Manuel Pereira. I anticipate the fee for the 14 week course to be approx. $80.00. Enquiries to timdemello@hotmail.com

DEATHS

19 Jan: Batim: LUIS JOSE TIGRINHO PIRES (Nairobi), husband to Lina. Father of Christopher, Frances, Sylvia and Joan (London). Grandfather of Jessica. Condolences to joanpires@btopenworld.com

15 Feb. London. FRANCIS GONSAL CORREIA (ASSIS). Father of Eric/Precilla (Portugal). Brother of Gabriel/Juliet (Portugal), Armando (Scotland), Ermelinda/Tolentino (Vasco), Nina/Stephen (Siolim), Fatima/Formoso (Batim). Funeral will be held in London, on 6 Mar. 2003, at 9.00 a.m.

24 Feb: Dar-es-Salaam: HELENA GOMES, Mother of Hussan & Zeenat. Sister of Iggy (Arusha), Agnelo & Domnic (Tanga), Tony Gomes(UK), Anna & Carmina (Tanga), Dorothy (Dar), Candy (UK) and Eliza (Canada). Condolences to hakha10us@yahoo.com or afra_tz@yahoo.com

LOOKING FOR

From Cliff Pereira: I am a freelance history researcher. My present project with the National Maritime Museum looks into the history of Goans in the Port of London. As part of this project we are looking for Goans in the boroughs of the Port of London (Tower Hamlets, Newham, Greenwich, Southwark, etc) who have been living here since the 1950's or 1960s. Also anybody who themselves or their father came to the Port of London as a seamen in the last 100yrs. We are trying to record this history before it is lost. If any one can help and is prepared to be interviewed, please contact me on cliffjpereira@hotmail.com

Bel Vaz seeks Mariette Lobo, Jose Pinto, Vincent Mascarenhas, Wilma Almeida, all ex- Kampala; Natalie Da Cunha, ex-Jinja; and Elizabeth 'Babsy' Menezes. Reply to webmaster@sybear.com

FLIGHT INFORMATION

The Consumers Association (UK) carried out a survey of members ratings of Goa tour operators. From some 5,000 responses, Trailfinders and Kuoni were the best whilst First Choice and JMC were the worst. See the table at: http://www.switchwithwhich.co.uk/destinations/togoa.html

Air India is to launch package tours to Goa from Mar. 15 to Jun. 30 this year with 20 per cent concession in passenger tariff. Booking has been started from various offices across the world. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=022311

Goa: Hayes & Jarvis has 14 nights at the Alphaville hotel in Calangute for £399pp, B&B, flying from Gatwick on March 29 or April 5. Call 0870 898 9890. Sunday Times. 23 Feb.

GOA NEWS HEADLINES
mainly from Joel D'Souza in Goa, courtesy of GOACOM

The Indian Prime Minister has announced that cow-slaughter is to be banned all over India. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=022123

Former President K R Narayanan presented The Venu Menon animal allies award to Angela Kazi animal rights activist from Goa. In charge of the group People for Animals, she also runs an ambulance service. Indian Express 20 Feb.
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=44300

Goa gears up for the Carnival but there is gloom in the tourism sector. Economic Times 25 Feb. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?artid=38583827

Parrikar has taken the art of influencing the Goa newspapers to a new high. 858 words. Economic and Political Weekly. 18 Jan. at
http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2003&leaf=01&filename=5382&filetype=html

Remo's 'Symphonic Chants'. Hindustan Times
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_180673,00110005.htm

D-Link plans to set up a call centre in Goa. Business Line 24 Feb.

The unique quality of the island of Divar is that it has never recorded a theft. Times of India. 22 Feb. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?artid=38167443

Goa Telecom Internet subscribers complain that when they approach the Customers Service Centre at Panaji the officials chased them away saying they should approach the new centre at Bicholim. Times of India 19 Feb. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?artid=38167937

Going for the Jocular - Cecil Pinto's column in the Times of India 21 Feb. consisted of matrimonial adverts. made up by him and included "Respectable parents seek bride for their totally dis-respectable son (33/5' 8"). Smokes, drinks, and probably sleeps around too. Government officer - so money's not a problem. We're even willing to give him his share of the substantial family property (which he constantly demands), permanently - if you can take him off our hands, permanently.

IN THE NEWS

Jan. 2003. Alcohol And Alcoholism -London- Vol 38; Part 1 (2003) pp. 79-83. The prevalence and correlates of hazardous drinking in industrial workers: a study from Goa. By Silva, M. C.; Gaunekar, G.; Patel, V.; Kukalekar, D. S.; Fernandes, J. Summary of text at http://alcalc.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/38/1/79

20 Feb. The Wimbledon Guardian. Hatfield Primary School, Morden performed If I Were King, a pantomime that follows the story of a young Goan fisherboy who becomes king for a day. There were five sell-out performances over four days. For text and photograph, click here....

20 Feb. University of Buffalo Reporter. Report of the lecture delivered by June Noronha on the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and resultant damage to international educational exchange. Noronha is associate dean of multicultural education at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minn., and past-president of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, the largest organization of international educators in the world. a leader in the field of international education. Full text at http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/vol34/vol34n14/articles/Noronha.html She is ex-Nairobi and the last issue of this newsletter had brief details of her background.

20 Feb. El Correo Gallego (Spain) carried a special feature on Goan Poetry.
http://www.elcorreogallego.es/periodico/20030220/Revista_das_Letras/s12267.asp

21 Feb. Newsday (New York). Restaurant Review: A dish misspelled on the menu as "chicken chilly fry" (it was anything but chilly) arrived fiery-hot …

23 Feb. 2003. Mail on Sunday (UK). 867 words. Quintin Leatham, 40, Society's Cocaine King died of Aids last week. He regularly supplied crack cocaine and heroin to bars frequented by young aristocrats and It Girls, including Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, Tom Parker Bowles, Josh Astor, Prince William, Tamara Beckwith and Emily Oppenheimer. Police arrested him but he escaped a jail sentence because he had contracted HIV and hepatitis C. He was placed on probation but in Sept. 2002 he fled to Goa with Rosie Seaward, his partner, who used to work for fine art auctioneers Phillips. They married there and he continued to smuggle illegal drugs back to the UK through Amsterdam. He neglected his HIV treatment in Goa and became seriously ill. Two weeks ago he returned to Britain and died on 18 Feb. Whilst in Goa the couple set up the www.goanplaces.com website. There is a photograph of them at http://www.goanplaces.com/aboutus.html
Click here to read more.......

24 Feb. Indian Express. Ezekiel Reuben, aged 76 fought against Buddy D'Souza and Aloo Sequeira as a boxer in his youth. He later turned boxing coach and trained former Chief Minister of Goa Pratap Singh Rane among others. He was also an International boxing referee. In 1976 he emigrated to Toronto and became a fingerprint expert. http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=44693

24 Feb. Lincolnshire Echo. Hanuman Kambli is to spend two weeks at the Lincoln School of Art and Design. Dr Kambli is a Goan and head of print making at Goa College of Art. He has had more than 20 permanent exhibitions at international galleries in London, Germany, Japan and Portugal. Dr Kambli has also held the post of "artist in residence" at the Wimbledon School of Art in London. For full text, Click here.. Photos and Paintings at: http://www.saffronart.com/artistdetails.asp?sourceid=860 and
http://www.goa-art.com/gallery/Kambli/Kambli_htm.htm

24 Feb. Solothurner Zeitung (Switzerland). For 8 years Hermann Leu has been languishing in Fort Aguada Jail, Goa. He has another 2 years to serve for possessing 247 grams of hashish. Appeals for clemency have been unsuccessful. 768 words (German).
http://www.solothurner-zeitung.ch/detail.php?aid=57425&pw=Goa

25 Feb. Diário Económico (Portugal). Alfredo Bruto da Costa, Professor at the Catholic University has been appointed head of the CES (Conselho Economico e Social) of the PSD Party in Portugal. He was born in Goa studied engineering at the Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, followed by a course at Bombay University [Dr Dr da Costa, who hails Margao, is also President of Casa de Goa].

25 Feb. Berner Zeitung (Switzerland). Headline: Sex tourism - India combats paedophilia. 946 words article in German on the activities of the Children's Rights in Goa (CRG) Group led by Nishtha Desai that has spearheaded the Goa campaign. Click here for the full text.
http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/newsletter/2003-9/supp1/Sextourismus.html

3 Mar. India Today. A look at the work of F.N. Souza, the Goan artist. 606 words.

22 Mar. Internet Magazine (UK). Tim Norman, Internet Magazine's sub-editor went to Goa to see some friends get married and have a bit of a holiday. He was appalled at the slow internet speeds in Goa. 875 words.

FORTHCOMING
(for a list of events scheduled for the next 12 months, see: http://www.goanvoice.org.uk)

See http://www.lanfranc.com/publications/location/directions.htm for help in locating Archbishop Lanfranc School, Croydon

Fri. 28 Feb. YLGS (Young London Goans Society) Free membership, 18+ Monthly Meet Up 6pm - late. New Venue: MOTION, Hungerford House, Embankment, London, WC2N 6PA. Nearest Tube: Embankment/Charing Cross. NEW MEMBERS WELCOME! Contact: Alison 07799 586793 alisonbraganza@hotmail.com Marie 07958 373076 marie.pereira@talk21.com or James 0795 739 5811goateez@yahoo.com. See http://www.motion-bar.co.uk/ for map and details of venue.

Sun 2 Mar. 12.30 pm Mungul Feast. SOLD OUT -- TICKETS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.

Sun 2 Mar. 12.30 pm. Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Road, Croydon. Spring Gala Dance in aid of St Michael's Parish Hall, Mitcham. Music Maz and Co. + Disco. Tickets £12 inc. meal. Contact Norma Rodrigues, 0208 764 3664.

Thu. 6 Mar. 7pm onwards. BOWLING NIGHT. YLGS (Young London Goans Society) Free membership 18+. Venue: Queens Bowling Alley, 17 Queensway, Bayswater, London W2 4QP. Nearest Tube: Queensway. NEW MEMBERS WELCOME! Please contact Alison (by Friday 28th Feb) on 07799 586793 or alisonbraganza@hotmail.com to reserve a place.

Sat. 8th Mar. 8-11 pm celebrating 'International Women's Day' at the Goan Community Centre, Keston Rd. N17.Enjoy line Dancing, self Defence for Women, Bingo, Discussions on delicate issues concerning vulnerable women in a 'Man's World'. Entrance FREE. Bring a plate of food and a drink to share. Contact Roma 88881400 or candyrose2000@hotmail.com

Sat. 8th Mar. 7 pm till 11 pm. Join 'Say One Do One Disco' in an evening playing R&B, Garage and latest tunes. Free entry. Upstairs in the Princess Louise Pub, 208 High Holborn. For details call Paul on 07956 496190, Nigel 07956 984532 or email: say1do1@hotmail.com

Sat. 15 Mar. Saligao Association Rockin' Spring Cancelled.
Sun. 16 Mar. Saligao Association. White Tie Tea Dance. Cancelled

Sun 4 May: Cortalim Union celebrates its 25th anniversary at The Haringey Irish Centre, Pretoria Road, Tottenham. London N17 8DX. Doors open at 12noon for Holy Mass at 12.30pm sharp, followed by a Social. Music by Mustang and NiteLife Disco . Tickets (inc. meals and snacks) : Adults £10. 11-16 yrs £6. 10yrs & under £3. No tickets will be sold at the door. Contact: Leocadia - 020 8444 1096, Maria 020 8803 5146 or Luis - 020 8889 2278. Full details at http://home.earthlink.net/~nsequeira

Sun. 4 May 12noon - 7pm Saligao Association Feast of Mae de Deus. Bishop Thomas Grant School, Belltrees Grove, Streatham. Music by Ronnie Victor's band and the usual excellent Saligao Association bar prices. Tickets Members £9, Guests £12, price reductions for children. Please contact Serge Coelho on 020 8543 4681 or Selina de Sa on 020 8643 9675 or Nathan DeSouza, Desouza1@aol.com or http://www.saligao.co.uk/

Mon. 5 May. The Goan Cultural Society UK presents "TUJEA PASSOT" Written and directed by Goa's award winning writer JOSE I ROD at St Monica's Hall, Green Lanes, Palmers Green, at 3.00pm, For further information contact : - Bella Fernandes 020 8352 0373, Rosy D'Silva 020 8352 9450 and Ida D'Souza 020 8881 2921.

Sat. 10 May. 6.30 - 10pm. The Goan Musical Society presents a Goan Cultural Evening. Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Road, Croydon. Tickets will be on sale from March 2003. Visit www.geocities.com/g.m.s for more info.