Welcome
to this first issue of the graphical version of the newsletter.
This has been made possible by your donations which has been used
to obtain paid assistance in Goa. Marilyn Abreu, marilyn@goacom.com
has been responsible for designing this newsletter and the website,
www.goanvoice.org.uk.
In future the newsletter will be issued on Fridays by 1pm GMT.
Urgent messages will be posted in the What's New section of the
website.
COMMUNITY
NEWS
Badminton: Plymouth's Ben
Ferrao won two titles at the English Schools' Badminton
Association South West event. In the boys' standard under-13 singles,
Ferrao recovered superbly from 14-7 down in his opening match
of the day to defeat Alix Deakin (Dor) 15-14 to go on and take
the title. In the boys' main doubles, Ferrao teamed up with regular
partner Xavier Bramley (Crediton) and their five-match unbeaten
run to the title saw a decisive 11-9, 4-11, 11-3 win over Tom
Mansbridge and Alix Deakin of Dorset. It was a second successive
title for the Devon pair after winning in Harrow recently. Evening
Herald (Plymouth) 16 Dec.
Click here for the article..
Charmaine de Souza
is the new media learning executive at BBC Training and Development.
De Souza explains that people often Internet 'snack' - conducting
quick searches, looking for bite-size chunks of information. 272
words. 1 Jan. Infomatics.
Aires Rodrigues
airesrod@goatelecom.com
has long been a man of many roles. Student leader, rabble-rouser,
a youngster growing up in the confused 'seventies searching for
a role in life, expat Goan, public-spirited lawyer, the helpful
soul... you could see in him one or more of these identities,
depending on which face of Rodrigues you've encountered. One of
the few Goan expats who actually returned back -- to live with
all the myriad of difficulties of a dysfunctional, far-from-efficient
Third World society -- Rodrigues was one of the key moving spirits
behind trying to network Goan expats in the late 'nineties. Once
seen as a supporter of the BJP when he was based in the UK, leading
to a whisper campaign that he was eyeing a career in politics,
Rodrigues was quick to change his stand on returning home and
encountering the reality more closely. So, his conspicuous absence
from the 2002 Overseas Goan Convention didn't come as a big surprise.
But perhaps this occasion could be a peg on which to hang on a
Q-and-A to gain an understanding of how he perceives issues. The
Fred Noronha interview appeared on GoaNet and is at http://www.goacom.com/news/news2002/dec/msg00074.html
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Aires
in London:
left to right, Flavio Gracias (President of Goan Association
UK), Tony Luis ( ex-President of Goan Association UK), Concy
Fernandes, Aires Rodrigues,
Alexyz, Francisco D'Souza (SCOGO) and Cipriano Fernandes |
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Malcolm Fernandes,
Dartford, Kent, Ballroom DJ, has a new dance web site http://www.mrwonderfuldancing.com.
There are ballroom and latin dances nearly everyday of the week.
The web site has times and locations of the dances.
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DEATHS
27th
Dec. Boston - USA: CARLOTA FERNANDES (formerly
of Zanzibar & Dar-es-Salaam), wife of the late Pedro Rozario
Fernandes, mother of Matilda/Effie (London), Francis/Cecilia (Sudbury,
MA., USA), Veronica/Oscar (London), Laura/Kovi (Concord, MA.,
USA), Nazareth-Joe (Concord, MA.,USA) and Cecilia (London). Grandmother
of Valerie, Brenda, Caroline, Melanie, Sharon, Ashley, Dywane,
Deidre, Ryan, Vasu and Melissa. Great-Grandmother of Graham, Diana,
Emily, Sarah, Jean Luc and Alison. Funeral was on 31Dec. in the
US. Condolences to m.fernandes@zoom.co.uk
30
Dec. Toronto. DIANA VAS (nee de Barros) [ex-Mombasa].
Wife of Joey. Mother of Tanya/Eric. Sister of Roosevelt, Rommel,
Noel (all Australia) and Eva (UK). Funeral Mass on Fri. Jan. 3,
2003 at 1:30 p.m. at St. Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church,
2300 Burnhamthorpe Rd. West. [Info. from John J. D'Souza, Toronto].
1
Jan. Sydney, Australia. LUCY COUTINHO (ex-Air
India, Nairobi), wife of late Damian. Mother/Mother-in-law of
Myrtle/Clifton Carrasco, Ronald/Sara Coutinho, Myra/Iggy Almeida,
Marilyn/Aubrey DeSouza and Raymond Coutinho. Sister of late Dominic,
and Fr. Juliao (Perth). Requiem Mass at St. John, the Evangelist
Church, Campbelltown on Tuesday 7th Jan at 10.30am. Condolences:
saracoutinho@telstra.com
or Fr. Juliao, carrasco@freemail.com.au
1
Jan: Anjuna, Goa. GREGORY D'SOUZA, (ex Machakos,
Kenya). husband of Antoinette, father of Eulalia/Joaquim and Mario/Marilyn.
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LOOKING
FOR
From
Harry Minetree: I am a retired American journalist, living in
the US. Back in the late 70s, I met a Goan expatriate in Nairobi
who had served as a bodyguard to Jomo Kenyatta. He was a lovely
fellow, with dreams of returning to Goa and entering politics.
Do you have any idea what his name might be? Or how I might get
in touch with him? Reply to MinetreeH@aol.com
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FLIGHT
INFORMATION
Indian
passport holders are now allowed to use the charter flights to
Goa. Direct scheduled flights to and from Goa to the Gulf countries,
Europe and the USA will operate by September 2003. http://www.goanews.com/30dec02.htm
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GOA
NEWS HEADLINES
mainly from Joel D'Souza in Goa, courtesy of GOACOM.
Fred
Noronha reports on the International Goan Convention, 29 Dec.
2002 which was chaired by Victor Rangel Ribeiro. Among the speakers
were Edgar Martins from Canada and Alex Homem from Nairobi. http://www.goacom.com/news/news2002/dec/msg00072.html
The
Goa to Bombay Konkan Railway Service successfully completed its
trial run at a speed of 150 kmph cutting the journey time to three-and-a-half
hours. Indian Express 30 Dec.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=15750
India's
Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was on a holiday in
Goa, offered to fund the "Skybus Metro" project worth
about £46 million as his new year's gift to the State. The
project will link Mapusa to Panaji by high speed monorail and
be later extended to Dona Paula.
Goa
to start social security scheme for expatriates. By Frederick
Noronha. Hindustan Times 28 Dec. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_128255,0009.htm
Sir
Dennis Foreman, ex-Chairman of Granada Television, aged 85, spends
the winters in Goa. It is claimed that you can describe a location
in Goa to him and he will come up with the name of the vaddo,
the roads leading there, etc. He has undertaken a project to map
the entire State of Goa. Asian Age. 28 Dec.
Police
display brutish callousness to foreigners. Herald 31 Dec.
http://www.oherald.com/newherald/newsBRN.asp?qId=1008&qSec=BRN&qNType=R
Goans
across the globe have diverse problems... Fred Noronha.
http://www.goacom.com/news/news2002/dec/msg00071.html
Marlon
Menezes, director of Goacom Insys, and Aldila Lobo tied the marital
knot on 27th Dec. The nuptials were at the Bambolim Cross followed
by the wedding reception at Cidade de Goa.
Marlon
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The
Central Government has approved an expansion plan of Dabolim airports
costing about £17m. It would include a new passenger terminal
building and is scheduled to be completed within two years. Outlook
30 Dec. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=108302
The
Goa Civil Code, collectively called Family Laws, was framed and
enforced by the Portuguese colonial rulers through various legislations
in the 19th and 20th centuries. After the liberation of Goa in
1961, the Indian State scrapped all the colonial laws but made
the exception of retaining the Family Laws because all the Goan
communities wanted it. Outlook 30 Dec. Full text at: http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=107963
Goa
still groping to find out size and spread of its diaspora. By
Frederick Noronha. http://www.goacom.com/news/news2002/dec/msg00067.html
NRI
Goans want hassle-free govt to invest in state. Navhind Times
30 Dec.
http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=123036
Red
Bull Energy drink has now come to Goa, imported directly from
Austria and retailing at Rs.95.
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IN
THE NEWS
20
Dec. The Western Mail. Mystery surrounds the death of David Williams
who was found hanged at his flat in Goa in Aug. 2001. He went
to Goa and in 2000 he phoned home and told his wife he had met
someone else and wanted a divorce. However, despite repeated attempts
by police in Pembrokeshire to learn more about the case, Indian
authorities have failed to reply.
Full text at: Click
here for the article..
27
Dec. The Morning Call. Allentown, PA, USA. Dr. Daniel Mascarenhas
is Director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at Warren
Hospital in Phillipsburg. In two months he has collected thousands
of dollars worth of cardiac medical supplies intended for the
garbage bin. He has estimated that he has delivered more than
$500,000 in medical supplies during the past several years to
hospitals in India. ''People ask me what I do for my hobby. This
is my hobby,'' said Mascarenhas, who also is helping raise money
to open a cardiac care center near his hometown in Goa.
Full text at: Click
here for the article..
28
Dec. The Guardian. Ian Holland writes: My girlfriend and I are
visiting Goa in March. As an insulin-dependent diabetic, will
it be safe for her to take the anti-malarials proguanil hydrochloride
and chloroquine phosphate? Dr Jules Eden replies: Yes. A diabetic
can take any of the available anti-malarials. My only concern
would be with Lariam, which is known to cause a few psychological
side effects, including confusion, depression and irritability:
these could be mistaken for the warning signs of a potential hypoglycaemic
attack. But remember, there are other problems for a diabetic
abroad. She must avoid diarrhoea, carry a doctor's note for customs
if she has needles, and keep insulin at the correct temperature
28
Dec. The Globe and Mail (Toronto). Indian fusion is hot, hot,
hot. Two of the coolest restaurants in the country right now are
Toronto's Xacutti (Bombay fish and chips) and Vancouver's Vij
(lamb chops with fenugreek)
.the streets of London today,
where the very popular Brit-Indie takeaway is ubiquitous. In that
city, Chutney Mary's serves some of the best. JOANNE KATES
30
Dec. Wichita Eagle, Kansas. Without Josephine Gomes, residents
of Sedan could get physician care only two or three days a week.
But Gomes was nearly deported after the Sept 11, 2001, attacks.
She trained at the medical college in her hometown of Goa and
had been in Kansas for almost five years, completing her residency
and a fellowship. Wanda White, treasurer of the town's senior
center, said the new doctor made a good first impression. "She's
very nice, very efficient," White said. Gomes said she's
glad it worked out for her and her patients. "It's been going
good -- even better, maybe," she said. "The people here
are very nice." Full text at: http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/4837211.htm
30
Dec. La Vanguardia (Spain) Thirty years after settling in Barcelona,
the Goan writer Vimala Devi has completed a new book, "Monso",
a set of stories on Goa. Vimala Devi, daughter of a lawyer and
"batcar" lived in Goa until 1959 after which she emigrated
to Lisbon. She married the writer and translator Manuel de Seabra,
and in 1973 moved to Barcelona. 617 words. http://www.lavanguardia.es/web/20021230/133309014.html
[The article is in Spanish. Click
here for the machine translation in English.]
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31 Dec. 365Gay.com Newscenter (Canada). In a formal ceremony in
Goa, presided over by the French Consul, India's first gay marriage
between Wendell Rodricks and his French partner, Jerome Marel
was celebrated.
http://365gay.com/NewsContent/123102IndiaWedding.htm
31
Dec. Herald Express (Torquay). Anita Edgar, the founder of a Newton
Abbot based El-Shaddai Charitable trust Ltd., delivered a talk
at the India Evening organised by Dartmouth's Christians Together
organization and raised £230 to provide homes and education
for street children in Goa.
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31 Dec. The Toronto Star. Interview with Joseph D'Cruz, a business
professor at the University of Toronto on the prospects of the
Canadian economy. He sees knowledge-based industries seen as key
to prosperity. 629 words. Text at: Click
here for the article..
31
Dec. LifeClinic (USA). Newborns whose mothers become depressed
within the first six weeks after delivery may grow and develop
more slowly than other babies, according to a study conducted
in Goa. http://www.lifeclinic.com/healthnews/article_view.asp?story=23716
3
Jan. The Sun. Paul and Heather McCartney left London yesterday
for a three week holiday in Goa. Text and picture at: http://www.thesun.co.uk/
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FORTHCOMING
SOLD
OUT - NO TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE GATE: Sat. 4 Jan. Goan
Association (UK) 2003 Extravaganza at Wandsworth Town Hall, Wandsworth
High Street from 7 pm to 1 am. In attendance Maz & Co and
Dark Star Disco.
Sun.
26 Jan. at 1.30pm - Commemoration Mass to honour the Birth Anniversary
of VEN. FR. AGNELO DE SOUZA will be held at St. Mary's Catholic
Church, Wellesley Road, West Croydon. For details please contact
Felix DeSouza on 020 8686 1876
Sat.
15 Feb. G.O.A. VALENTINE BALL - Further details to follow. Contact:
Bernie Gracias 020-8723 1322.
Sun.
23 Feb. 2.00p.m. Goan Heritage (U.K), formerly Youth Of Goa (U.K).
By public demand, second show of the Tiatr "Asro" (Shelter).
At Archbishop Lanfranc School Hall, Mitcham Road, Croydon, Surrey.
For tickets please contact Felix Gonsalves on 020 8450 2129, Jimmy
Braganza on 020 8450 5623, Fr.Oliver Antao on 020 8563 9102
Sun.
20 Apr. G.O.A. EASTER EGGSTRAVAGANZA - Further details to follow.
Contact: Bernie Gracias 020-8723 1322.
Mon.
5 May. The Goan Cultural Society UK proudly 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
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