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COMMUNITY NEWS
It is that time of the year again! Goan
Voice UK launches the annual Donations appeal to coincide
with the UK Goan Festival as many of you prefer to hand contributions
personally from yourselves and on behalf of friends and relatives.
The enhancements to the newsletter and website - photographs,
graphics, supplements, daily news service etc. has increased costs
substantially and it is gratifying that these services are much
appreciated. £20 is therefore the suggested annual contribution.
This year PayPal facility has been introduced to make it easier
for those from abroad to contribute. The options are:
1. PayPal for secure credit card transactions click
here.
2. By post to Eddie Fernandes, 1 Onslow Gardens, London N10 3JT.
Please make cheques payable to Goan Voice UK
3. In person to the Goan Voice UK stall at the UK Goan Festival,
25 July 2004. Do let us have your comments about the service whether
you choose to donate or not.
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The G.O.A.
Goan Festival Sun. on 25 July 2004 at Archbishop
Lanfranc School is the premiere UK Goan event with around
3.000 attending. Note: Admission £1.50, children under
15 free. Car Parking £2. (It would save delays if
you brought the exact money).. Personal food or drink not
allowed to the premises. The Chief Guest is Dr
Agnelo Fernandes. For his profile, click here.
Unfortunately Lorna is unable to attend. The Nairobi
Institute have booked a stall here and at the Viva Goa
in Toronto to promote their forthcoming Centenary Celebrations
- June 2005. Ani, arre! Do call at the Goan Voice UK
stall with your suggestions to enhance the service. |
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From Don Mills Camera Club
(Toronto) website: Diana Astrid Fernandes,
a Kenya-born Goan, took her first trip back to East Africa
in 1983, 14 years after first arriving in Canada. To check
out some of Astrid’s photographs, click
here.
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Astrid, afernandes@sprint.ca
is the daughter of the late Lazarus and Late Lourdinha (ex-Nairobi);
Mother of Ivan D'Souza; Sister of Joana Lobo, Mitelia Paul,
Yasmin Fernandes and Dr. Lactancio Fernandes, Mississippi,
USA. She attended Dr. Ribeiro Goan School, Nairobi. She
is a passionate photographer who particularly enjoys wildlife,
nature and creative photography. She designs and co-ordinates
escorted and unescorted safaris to Africa. Astrid was the
first woman president of the Don Mills Camera Club. Currently
she runs a fulfilling photography business specialising
in commercial, wedding, portrait and fine art photography. |
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4 Jul. 2004.
Antonio (Tony) D'Mello, antoniodmello3@hotmail.com
was ordained Permanent Deacon by the Bishop of Portsmouth.
Antonio was born in Nyeri, Kenya and later his family moved
to Kisumu. In December 1964 he went to Goa to complete his
education at Guardian Angel High School in Sanvordem. Later
he worked at a High School Cortalim. In April 1974 he migrated
to England. In London he and the late Mr. Francis Sequeira
started the Cortalim Union. |
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He is married to Mina,
and they have two sons Vincent and Ansel. He moved to Aldershot
in 1985 where his calling to do Gods work grew stronger.
He belongs to St. Joseph's Catholic Parish in Aldershot. |
17 Jul. The Australian. Excerpt: Pilates Institute
of Australasia director Allan Menezes
is concerned about the myriad pilates classes now available in
Australia. "I call it podium pilates, where there is one
instructor and many participants," Menezes says. Text, 1002
words, click here.
For a photograph and profile of Allan Menezes, click
here
19 Jul. GoodNewsIndia. Indian villages in global
carbon trading. Excerpt: Mr Emmanuel D'Silva,
a former World Bank staffer has been working extensively among
Andhra Pradesh villages creating awareness about this market opportunity
that awaits them. See:
http://www.goodnewsindia.com/Pages/content/newsclip/story//190_0_2_0/
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The Canadian Teacher.com,
http://www.thecanadianteacher.com/
is a mammoth collection of free resources for Canadian Teachers.
The site owners are Laura and Quentin
D’Souza, qdsouza@thecanadianteacher.com
They have a son, Darcy, who is two months old. Quentin is
a Goan, the son of Angela and Bryan and brother of Gwendolyn
and Darryl. The family have attended events organised by
the Goan Overseas Association, Toronto and Quentin is a
past winner of the Victor Abreu Award for most outstanding
Goan student back in his university days. Quentin’s
hobbies include repairing and building computers, web programming,
and playing slo-pitch baseball. |
Odette Gonsalves
is exhibiting her work from 6-31 July 2004 at Headmasters Gallery
& Restaurant, Sydney, Australia.
She is an internationally renowned artist having previously exhibited
in Goa, Bombay, Toronto, Europe and USA. You can view some of
her work and biodata at: http://www.hornsbyartgallery.org.au/galleries/odette.html
Read more about Odette at: http://www.goa-world.net/magazine/art.htm
[Based on report by the G.O.A. NSW, Sydney]
DEATHS
19 Jul. Saligao, Goa. HIGINO GEOFRAI
(GEOFFREY) CONCEICAO D`SOUZA (Geoff`s Ltd., Ex-Uganda).
Husband of Lizzie. Brother of late Muriel D`Souza.
8 June. London (Tooting/Earlsfield). LAWRENCE
D’SOUZA. Mass at 10.30am 27 July at St Boniface
Church, 185 Mitcham Road, Tooting SW17 followed by interment at
11.30am at Mitcham Cemetry. Enquiries to Mrs Nina Pinto, Tel.
020 8767 0663.
Lawrence D’Souza was employed by Securicor in Kampala and
St George’s Hospital in London. He traced his Goan roots
to Saligao.
FOR
SALE
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eBay has Jan
2004 issue of Maxim. Cover photograph is of Collien Fernandes.
Auction expires 31 Jul. 2004. For details, click
here.
Collien’s parents are Goan and Hungarian. She lives
in Hamburg and has a sister Elaine. She has a regular TV
slot on German TV on Thursdays at 22.15. For details click
here.
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PRIZE
COMPETITION
Maxwell House Entertaining Makeover Contest. Five winners will
get a trip for two to New York City to learn from entertaining
expert Susie Coelho on Oct. 21.
Entrants must be 18 or older and describe in 200 words or less
why you (or your loved one, if you nominate someone else) need
holiday help from Coelho. Complete rules are at www.maxwellhouse.com
Closing date 30 Aug. 2004. [Susie Coelho, ex-UK, has her scrapbook
at http://www.susiecoelho.com/scrapbook.html]
GOA
NEWS HEADLINES
17 Jul. Herald. The shooting of `Grace, Guts
& Glory`, a short English feature film on the life of St Francis
Xavier began recently in Goa. It will be the first feature film
on the life of St Francis Xavier.
18 Jul. Financial Express. Alcohol abuse in the
workforce. Some years back, Goa Shipping Ltd (GSL) was plagued
with the problem of alcohol abuse among its employees.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=63845
18 Jul. Sunday Express. Actor Om Puri has been
approached by a new film-maker to make a movie based on Goa’s
Dominic D’Souza, who was held under armed guard in a medical
facility when he was diagnosed as one of the first cases of AIDS
in India in 1989.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=50999
18 Jul. Asian Age. In Goa, shack up with naughty
cocktails. Excerpts: If naughty cocktails are your poison, then
Kentuckee in Colva Beach is the place where you want to head for.
Mathew Diniz who trained in the UK is the owner of Kentuckee,
which boasts more than 200 cocktails and mocktails. For full text
click
here.
19 Jul. Business Standard. Is Goa the country’s
most affluent market in terms of the purchasing power of its citizens?
Certainly it would appear so if you go by the very recent “Guide
to Urban Markets” For full text click
here.
19 Jul. Indian Express. Sacru’s Kitchen.
At Ballard Pier, hockey and xacuti came together to cook up Mumbai’s
oldest Goan eatery. http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=92032
19 Jul. Times of India. Demand to change Portuguese
named roads increasing. Goa's Portuguese legacy, which has been
the source of much pride for most denizens of the state, now finds
itself mired in controversy, with demands for renaming roads with
Portuguese origins becoming increasingly vocal, and the government
lending it tacit support.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/782911.cms
20 Jul. Times of India. Suicides on the rise
in Goa. There have been as many as 123 suicide deaths within four
months this year in Goa. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/783672.cms
22 Jul. New Kerala.com. Goa coffin-makers face
hard times.
http://news.newkerala.com/india-news/index.php?action=fullnews&id=3551
IN
THE NEWS
10 Jul. Gulf News. More than 1,000 nurses working
in the Gulf migrated to the US last year, a healthcare consultant
has revealed.Half of those migrated after passing a US national
council examination are Indians.
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=86374&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=27112
15 Jul. South Wales Argus News. Headline: Plea
over Goa death trial. Adrian Duggan, 36, from Blaina, is in jail,
accused of killing girlfriend Catherine Campbell in Goa, after
a Christmas Eve party last year. Mrs Duggan said: "We now
believe the trial may be starting later this month but the Indian
authorities keep giving us dates and then cancelling them. 367
words.
http://www.thisisgwent.co.uk/gwent/news/NEWS2.html
See also 22 Jul. Western Mail. Foreign Office rapped over case
details. By Tryst Williams. For text click
here
15 Jul. Inter Press Service. 15th International
AIDS Conference, Bangkok. India's National AIDS Control Organisation
(NACO) says HIV/ AIDS is gradually spreading into rural areas
and the general population. In Gujurat and Goa, HIV prevalence
among populations with high-risk behaviour is 5 percent. http://allafrica.com/stories/200407150007.html
16 Jul. Bath Chronicle. A Continental Wedding
Day. Julie, 27, is from Bath, while her 32-year-old husband comes
from Thionville in eastern France. The couple met in Swindon and
now work in international banking in Luxembourg. The newly-weds
are honey-mooning in Goa. For full text click
here.
16 Jul. Catholic News Service (USA). Vatican
conference underscores universal issues of tourism industry. The
congress was held July 5-8 in Bangkok, Thailand. Excerpt: Retired
Indian Archbishop Raul N. Gonsalves of Goa and Daman identified
a lack of modesty as one of the chief offences of individual tourists
visiting his diocese's famed beaches. Too often, he said, "the
permissive lifestyle of foreign tourists, nudity, massages on
the beaches, infatuations and drug use induce local youths to
experiment with drugs and sex." http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0403916.htm
16 Jul. Lloyd's List. A look at the archives.
13 Jul. 1911. At Bow Street [Magistrate’s Court] yesterday.
Francisco Godinho, alias Reuben Almeida, an Indian bath attendant
of the P and O steamship China, was charged with the wilful murder
of Miss Alice Emily Brewster, a first-saloon stewardess of the
same vessel. Mr William Lewis, who represented the Director of
Public Prosecutions, said that Miss Brewster’s dead body
was found in one of the cabins on the main deck. The prisoner
was the first to make the discovery. Just before the prisoner
was brought into court last week he made a statement to Detective-sergeant
Mitchell as follows: “If I say my fault will they pardon
me? Is King George here? It was his Coronation ten days ago. If
he no relieve me will they put me in gaol or hang me up?”
17 Jul. Hull Daily Mail. Doug Perry, 55, paid
£500 for an operation after a shoulder injury from a bike
crash in Goa left him with one arm an inch longer than the other.
An equivalent private operation in the UK would have cost him
£4,000. Mr Perry was so happy with his treatment that in
future he would opt for India rather than the NHS. He sees the
irony of someone from the developed world travelling to India
for medical treatment. Mr Perry has a PhD in health administration.
638 words click
here. See also 19 July. The Mirror (UK). click
here.
17 Jul. Herald Express. (Torquay, Devon). Cilla
Taylor and Sandie Morley visited Goa in April to look after rescued
children in the El Shaddai homes and admit that part of their
hearts remain there. Said Sandy: "From the moment we landed
at Dabolim airport and saw the baggage handlers' beaming smiles,
we knew this was going to be a mission trip to remember!”
They also plan a month-long trip to Nakuru, Kenya for April 2005.
Anyone who would like to find out more about The Puppet People's
ministry and donate urgently needed finance please ring 01803
554151 or email christianpuppets@thepuppetpeople.fsnet.co.uk
For a photo of them see:
http://shopping.onewayuk.com/shopping/oneway.nsf/artistlist?openform
Text of article, 502 words at click
here
18 Jul. Daily Variety (USA). Film Review of The
Bourne Supremacy starring Matt Damon. Excerpts: Bourne is first
seen decompressing on the beach at Goa, with his companion Marie.
Right off the bat, a tough assassin sent by a Russian oil tycoon
chases Bourne and Marie through Goa's teeming streets. For text
of the review click
here.
The film releases in USA on 23 Jul. However, www.thebournesupremacy.com/
has a free clip showing the Goa chase. Select Surveillance >Clips
>India Chase
19 Jul. Gulf Daily News. The Young Goans Club,
formed in 1952, has been closed temporarily following complaints
from residents. Neighbours had complained that the bar in the
club was not a good thing near the mosque. The Young Goans Club
was formed in 1952 and has more than 600 members. For full text
click
here.
See also; 22 Jul. Gulf Daily News. The closure of the Young Goans
Club has brought to an end the saga of one of the glorious days
of the Goan community in Bahrain. By Michael D'Souza. http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=87401&Sn=LETT&IssueID=27124
19 Jul. The Guardian. More than nine out of 10
white Britons have no or hardly any ethnic minority friends, according
to a poll that reveals the continuing gulf between races and religions
more than 40 years after the UK became a multicultural society.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/race/story/0,11374,1264179,00.html
20 Jul. Fleet News and Mail (UK). Peter and Perminder
Rahal have celebrated the opening of the new Snip discount store
in Fleet by donating £5,000 to the El Shaddai Street Child
Rescue Charity in Goa. “I went there a few years ago and
what they have achieved is amazing,” said Peter. “It
started off looking after a few children but now looks after about
450.” Text and photo at
http://www.fleet-online.co.uk/story.asp?intid=621&txtpaper=
20 Jul. Pacific News Service (USA). Outsourcing
God to India. For full text click
here.
20 Jul. The Independent (UK). Nurses from overseas
are 'held back by NHS racism'. 546 words. http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/story.jsp?story=542769
21 Jul. New York Times. Boston, Mass. Restaurant
Review. Excerpt: Choose as you wish from costly, visually stunning
places like Mantra, where Thomas John, a chef from southwest India,
serves rousing Goan chili prawns … http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/21/dining/21BOST.html
22 Jul. Hindustan Times. “Second generation
Asians in London are ghettoised in a way.” 1309 words. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5983_900140,00430005.htm
22 Jul. Basingstoke Gazette. Sharon Vickery,
a Basingstoke businesswoman has launched a campaign to raise £20,000
to buy a night shelter for street children in Goa. She is raising
money for The El Shaddai Charitable Trust. She visited Goa in
March of this year and was very impressed with the Charity. She
plans to go back to Goa in October for six months. Anyone who
wishes to volunteer can contact Miss Vickery on 01256 364198.
For photo & text, 358 words, click
here.
FORTHCOMING
See http://www.lanfranc.com/publications/location/directions.htm
for help in locating Archbishop Lanfranc School, Croydon
Sun. 25 July G.O.A. GOAN
FESTIVAL in conjunction with Goan Organisations at Archbishop
Lanfranc School, Mitcham Road, Croydon. Starts with Holy Mass
at 12.15 pm. Diego Pinto 020 - 8767 0663 Alfred Rebello 020 -
8337 8022. Note: Admission £1.50, children under 15 free.
Car Parking £2. (It would save delays if you brought the
exact money).
Sun 8 Aug. Goan Heritage U.K presents "GOENCHO
MONTRI" Konkani Musical show
with Lorna, the Nightingale of Goan
Konkani stage; famous comedians Domnic, Ben Evangelisto &
Jr. Nelson and musician Norman. Venue Archbishop Lanfranc School,
Mitcham Road, Croydon. Dedicated
to World Goa Day. For tickets: Fr. Oliver Antao 020 8563 9102,
Tony 020 8795 1121, Babit 020 8764 2268, Felix 020 8450 2129,
Jimmy 020 8450 5623.
Sun 22 Aug. G.O.A. Six-A-Side
Football Tournament. 10am to 5pm. Coldharbour Leisure Centre,
Chapel Farm Road, New Eltham, London SE9 3LX. Contact: Val Nunes
01322 445743 or Darren Fernandes 07956 117703.
Mon. 30 Aug. G.O.A. SPORTS
DAY at Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Road, Croydon.
For offers of help: Peter Rodrigues 020 - 8399 4883. For stall
applications: Norma Menezes-Rahim 020 - 8771 4457
Sun. 12 Sep. TROOK TOURNAMENT
at the ATC Hall, South Wimbledon. Contacts: Jacinto Fernandes
020 - 8542 5427. Diego Pinto 020 - 8767 0663.
Sun. 12 Sep. Feast of Mount
Mary at St Agnes Catholic Church, 35 Cricklewood Lane,
London NW2 1HR. Mass at 12:00 noon followed by Social with the
“Jolly Boys” in attendance. Contact Zeferin Silveira
020 8795 1256 / 4796 0023 696 OR Tony Gonsalves 020 8795 1121
/0771 1681 473.
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