COMMUNITY NEWS

Sunday 14th Sept. 2003 Maidstone Mela, Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent. The Goan Association (UK) is organising a coach leaving Norbury at 11.00am, Tooting at 11.30am and Bexleyheath at 12 noon. Departure time for the return journey leaving Maidstone at 6.00pm. Cost: £4 return. Advance bookings only. Please contact Bernie on 020 8723 1322, Norma on 020 8771 4457 or Nina on 020 8767 0663.

Donations.  £10: Dominic Correia;  J.T. Gracias;  John & Adeline Gomes (Toronto); Ray Fernandes.   £20 Gregg Carvalho.   £25: Margao Union.   £100: Goan Cultural Society.

DEATHS

1 Sep: Maidstone, Kent, UK. ROSIE D’SOUZA (aged 74, ex-Kiambu. Kenya). Wife of Late Dominic. Mother of Zack, Aruna and Arabela. Grandmother of Catherine, Robert and Mikaela. Sister of Joe Figueira and half sister of Stella & Anthony. Funeral 2.30 p.m. on Friday 12 Sept at the Holy Family Church, Maidstone, Kent. Condolences to GregLee616@msn.com

1 Sep: Nairobi: PETER BARBOSA (formerly of Car & General Kenya Ltd. & a renowned Hockey Umpire).

1 Sep: Nairobi: JOAO ABEL BARRETO. Husband of Piedade,. Father of Rosy and Seby. Father-in-law of Alan and Izabela, Grandpa of Daniela and Ashton.

28 Aug: Majorda: ARGENTINA CRUZ E D'COSTA (Ex-Principal, Dar-es-Salaam) relict of Paul Gaspar, mother of adv Tarzan/Adv Louella, Capt King/Adv Begum, Prof Chayne/Eng Cyril Rebello, Prof Serena/Alexis and late Raul, grandmother of Dr Aaron, Sharon, Demelza, Nicholas, Charmaine, Clinton, Plinius and Ernesto.

25 Aug: Toronto: LOURDINHA FERNANDES. (ex-Kenya and ex-UK). Wife of late Lazarus. Mother of Joana/Jaime Lobo. Astrid, Mitelia/Victor Paul, Yasmin, Lactancio/Helen Gallace.

24 Aug: Panjim: LEANDRO ANTONIO GONSALVES: Husband of Micas. Father of Inacio/Maria Sunita, Noella/Michael Thomson (England), Golda/Vikrant.

22 Aug: London: ANGELA FERNANDES: wife of Jose (Moira), daughter of late Florian Camilo/late Maria D'Souza (Sangolda).

FROM GOAN VOICE CANADA

27 Aug. Toronto Star. Exam success. Janelle DeSouza, aged 18 of Brampton, Ontario, scored 97.83 per cent in her top six OAC subjects was the board's best. She was born in Mumbai, India, she and her family arrived in Canada when she was 11. Text and photograph at
http://www.goanvoice.ca/2003/issue18/peopleplacesthings.htm#star

LOOKING FOR

Tony Lobo, ex-Goan High School, Mombasa /ex-St Britto's High School, Mapuca, Goa wishes to get in touch with Joslyn Lobo & Xavier Remedios. e-mail : tony.lobo@emirates.com

Ikbal Meghani is looking for Trevor Desouza of Mwanza, Tanzania originally. e-mail
cambridgeexports@hotmail.com

FLIGHT INFORMATION

23 Aug. Birmingham Post. Tour Operators Are Taking A Drubbing From Shrewd Consumers Jewel in the Crown is cutting prices to the bone on its winter programme to Goa: two weeks' B&B in a two-star hotel is mostly £449-459, but the toughest fortnight to sell - from December 4 - starts at £399 for Manchester departures. Jewel in the Crown reservations: 01293 5333338.

30 Aug. Birmingham Post. GOA: Travelpack (08705 747102) offers 14-nights' B&B at five-star beach resort near village of Margao for only £670. departing Nov 22, 29 & Dec 6.

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

24 Aug. Economic Times. Goa has finally selected Kala Academy Complex at Campal in Panaji and Aguada Plateau as the venues for the International Film Festival of India. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=144795

26 Aug. The Goa Government is to launch a campaign to prevent tourists from venturing into the sea after numerous drowning incidents.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=148084

30 Aug. Deccan Herald. Paedophiles Shifting to Goa: Tourism-related paedophilia is moving out of Thailand and looking for more vulnerable targets on the beaches of Goa and Kerala, a confidential report commissioned by the British government says. It also said the children in these destinations were particularly vulnerable, because they were often the victims of the connivance of their own parents. By Devika Sequeira. Full text at: http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/aug30/n5.asp

31 Aug. Navhind Times. Exposition of St Francis relics in Nov next year. The 16th solemn exposition of the sacred relics of St Francis Xavier will be held from November 21, 2004 and end on January 2, 2005, at Old Goa.

30 Aug. Times of India. Britain woos Goa.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=151703

1 Sep. Times of India. Pedalling through the heart of Goa. Cyclegoa is to be run in the coming tourist season by two British cycling enthusiasts, Adrian, 32, from Kent and Peter, 38. Text at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=155933

1 Sep. Yahoo India News. At least 400 people have been hospitalised in Goa after a severe jaundice outbreak. http://in.news.yahoo.com/030901/139/27f6a.html

2 Sep. Navhind Times. The British Deputy High Commissioner, western region, Mr Howard Parkinson said that the inflow of British tourists is likely to go up by almost 40 per cent. He was speaking at the inauguration of new premises for British tourist assistance in Panjim. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=090223

3 Sep. Times of India. Indo-Portuguese historians from eight countries will have a five-day meet in Goa from September 21. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=162653

IN THE NEWS

22 Aug. Birmingham Post. Homes Overseas exhibition, NEC, Birmingham, Friday September 5 to Sunday September 7. Some of the properties that will feature at the exhibition include the Villa Nina development in Goa, India, where a selection of one and two bedroom apartments with landscaped gardens, swimming pool and gymnasium will set you back upwards of £15,000.

23 Aug. East African Standard. Kenyatta brought very close to him Pio Gama Pinto, an armourer of Mau Mau who had been detained by the British, to Parliament. Feb. 1965 was also the time of the first high-profile political assassination in Kenya, the gunning down of none other than Pinto…Former Provincial Commissioner Eliud Mahihu says in his yet to be published memoirs that Kenyatta reached out to Pinto through him. http://www.eastandard.net/headlines/news23082003021.htm

23 Aug. The Daily Telegraph. By Rosemary Behan. My first encounter with the British holiday hooligan was in Goa four years ago. Four yobs arrived at the hotel I was staying at, draped a Union flag over the balcony, plugged in a ghetto-blaster and turned up the volume. Then they decamped to the swimming pool, where they shouted at the staff to bring drinks. Too lazy to walk a quarter of a mile to the nearest beach, they amused themselves by throwing the hotel cat into the swimming pool. No one who saw this said or did anything, because for years this type of behaviour has been tolerated, excused, even indulged.

From Joao Paulo Cota. 24 Aug. Diario de Noticias (Lisbon). Dr. Miguel Almeida, a young Goan scientist living in Portugal is currently involved in a major space mission project being conducted by ESA (European Space Agency). He is responsible for the overall scientific co-ordination of the launch of the lunar satellite "SMART-1" to be sent to space this month. Text of article, in Portuguese, click here Description of the project at http://sci.esa.int/smart-1 [Miguel, 27 was born in Mozambique to Paulo and Lulu Almeida. He is getting married on 31st Dec. to Ines Marques in Portugal. They will be both holidaying in London from the 6-13th September 2003].

27 Aug. The Wall Street Journal. In New York, as in London, many "Indian" restaurants are run by Bangladeshis -- talented cooks, to be sure, but a frustration to South Indians or Goans longing for a taste of home. And, with some notable exceptions, the establishments tend to be short on atmosphere.

27 Aug. Royal Gazette (Bermuda). Cricket. Johnny Simoes of Goa guided his team to victory. Simoes, from the Indian state of Goa has been in Bermuda for ten years is about to move to the Riddell's Bay Golf & Country Club after five years as a chef at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club.
http://www.theroyalgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030827/SPORT/108270072

27 Aug. Pontypool Free Press. A Blaenavon Town Council Testimonial was presented to a visitor from Goa. Salette Miranda was born and brought up in Goa. Twenty two years ago she established a nursery and kindergarten in Betim, Goa. Some seven years ago, Brian and Carol Lewis were on holiday in Goa and first met Salette and learnt about her school. Salette began the school with 15 pupils and now caters for 60. She has to find all the resources for the school and does not get any funding from the Goan authorities. Brian and Carol have been assisting the school. During their regular holidays to Goa they have maintained the contact and continued to help Salette. Text at http://www.thisispontypool.co.uk/pontypool/news/NEWS8.html

28 Aug. The Mississauga News (Canada). Tara Fernandes heading for Boston College It's a family field hockey factory. Mississauga's Fernandes family continues to churn out stars in the sport of field hockey…Tara Fernandes has procured a full $30,000 U.S. scholarship at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Mass., to play forward/midfield for the school's field hockey team…older brother Wayne, 24, has been playing on Canadian national teams since age 15…older sister Joanna, 20 played for the Ontario under-21 provincial team this year… father Edwin, who plays with the Toronto Goa Reds men's senior club team…mother Shirley played the game for many years in her native Uganda. Full text at http://www.mississauga.com/mi/sports/story/1289102p-1533547c.html

29 Aug. Red Hot Curry. Warren Edwardes who is of Goan and Anglo-Indian descent and CEO of Wine for Spice Ltd., has launched a range of wines to accompany spicy foods. Read the article at http://www.redhotcurry.com/food_and_drink/other/whine_about_wine.htm The Wine for Spice website is at http://wineforspice.com

2 Sept. BBC News. Headline: Goa's Catholics under threat? By Zubair Ahmed BBC correspondent in Goa. Excerpts: Hindus make up 60% of the population, the Catholics account for 35% … now there are fears for Goa's fabled communal harmony…Goa currently has a right-wing Hindu nationalist government….Goa's best-known cartoonist Mario Miranda, believes far-reaching changes are underway and the Goan Christian is simply giving ground. "I blame the Catholic Goans themselves because most of them are emigrating. They are leaving Goa," says Mr Miranda. Text and photographs at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3201361.stm

3 Sep. Belfast Telegraph. Marks & Spencer's intrepid food development team has introduced a fish curry, with the Goan dish Meen Molee, £3.99. Other new dishes include Prawns Malbar, £3.79 and Chicken Xacuti, £3.99. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/features/story.jsp?story=439836

3 Sep. The Mississauga News (Canada). The Dr. Ribeiro Goan High School Nairobi 75 Anniversary reunion in Toronto, 12-14 Sept. 2003, has attracted people from as far away as Australia and the U.K., to attend. 445 words. Full text at: http://www.mississauga.com/mi/people/story/1302748p-1549381c.html For details of the celebrations see: http://www.goanvoice.ca/2003/Flyer_dr_ribeiro/dr_rebeiro_goan_school.htm

FORTHCOMING

Click here for help in locating Archbishop Lanfranc School, Croydon

Thu. 4 Sep. 15:30. (15 mins). BBC Radio 4. White Magic. Stories from Wales with a magical theme. A Goan mail-order bride visits a women's centre - not to seek refuge but to offer assistance.

Fri. 5 Sep. 20:00 (30 mins). TV Programme. Channel: UK Food. Rick Stein's Fruits of the Sea. Rick cooks a special dish for the Royal Navy of ragout with turbot and scallops. He also prepares salt-and-pepper prawns and makes a spicy Goan seafood curry for all his staff.

Sun. 7 Sep. Anjuna Association will be celebrating the fourth centenary of the Anjuna Church dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel at the Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Road, Croydon. Holy Mass at 12.30pm followed by a get together. Maz & Co in attendance. For details please contact Felix on 020 8686 1876, Mel on 020 8653 7564, Orlando on 020 8697 4067 and Albert on 020 8656 8745.

Sun. 7 Sep. Feast of Our Lady of Vailankanni Annual Celebration at Goan Community Centre Keston Road London N17 at 12.30 p.m. concluding with Mass and Procession commencing at 6 p.m. Please bring a plate of food to share.

Sun 14 Sep. MAIDSTONE MELA at Mote Park, Maidstone. Celebrating World Food and Music. The Goan Community is requested to support The Worshipful The Mayor of Maidstone, Cllr Morel D'Souza in this endeavour by taking part and visiting the event. Contact: Norma Menezes-Rahim 020 8771 4457 Nina Pinto 020 8767 0663 Charmaine Hacker 01622 602183. The Goan Association (UK) is organising a coach leaving Norbury at 11.00am, Tooting at 11.30am and Bexleyheath at 12 noon. Departure time for the return journey leaving Maidstone at 6.00pm. Cost: £4 return. Advance bookings only. Please contact Bernie on 020 8723 1322, Norma on 020 8771 4457 or Nina on 020 8767 0663.

Fri. 19 Sep. G.O.A OPEN 2003 - First London Golf Tournament at Hoebridge Golf Centre, Surrey. Entrance fee - Members: £20, Non-Members £35. Contact: Jacinto D'Silva 020 - 8723 1233, Menino Mascarenhas 01784 211832, Orlando Braganza 01932 269476.

Sat. 20 Sep. 2pm to 11 pm. Pilar Fund Raising Social for young men to the Priesthood in Goa. St. Francis & St. Anthony Church/ , Social Hall, Haslett Ave. West Crawley (opp. MacDonalds) Disco will be by Guava Groove. Live music by John Pinheiro. Tickets: Adults £ 8 includes snacks and meal; children <12 £4. There will be a licensed Bar. Contacts FR Oliver 0208 563 9102; Tony/Sally 01293 543520/425644; Evelyn Coelho 0208 686 1841; Loy Rebello 0208 241 9246.

Sun 21 Sep. Mapuca Feast at Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Rd, Croydon. Contact: Eusebio Pinto 020 - 8304 9089.

Sat. 4 Oct. Ballroom Dancing - Bow Tie Charity Ball at Polish White Eagle Club, Balham, London SW17. Contact: Jacinto Fernandes 020-8542 5427

Sun 5 Oct. G.O.A. SENIOR CITIZENS LUNCH at the ATC Hall, South Wimbledon at 1.00pm Contacts: Nina Pinto 020 - 8767 0663; Norma Menezes-Rahim 020 - 8771 4457; Bernie Gracias 020 - 8723 1322

Sat 11 Oct : YLGS Pub Quiz. Details to Follow. Contact Alison 07799 586793 or alisonbraganza@hotmail.com

Sun. 12 Oct. 2.00 p.m. Copland School Hall, Cecil Avenue, Wembley, HA9 7DU. The Konkan Dramatic Association of U.K. Tiatr "ROGTACHO FORS" Written and Directed by Mr. Zeferin Silveira. Tickets adults £9.00. Children under 11years £6.00. Discounts for group bookings. Please contact Judy Pacheco Ferdz on 0208 7632606/07949403741. Antonio Fernandes on 0208 4529406/07939500673 and John Fernandes 0208 4519370/07905038775

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