COMMUNITY NEWS
Gregory Fernandes Murder: Memorial
Fund & Mass
From Flavio Gracias: The G.O.A. (UK) Board of Directors
has decided to start a memorial fund for Gregory
Fernandes’ parents and are asking the community
here to be generous. They have also arranged
with the Catholic Church in Southampton (St
Joseph’s Church) to hold a memorial mass
there on Sun 9 Dec. at 1.00pm. A coach will
leave from Greenford and Tooting Broadway If you are
coming, kindly advise Norma Menezes-Rahim (020 – 8771 4457) or Bernie
Gracias (020 – 8723 1322) … For more details
Click here.
Susan Rodrigues: Two-thirds
of trainee teachers don't have skills to teach maths
22 Nov: The Herald. Two-thirds of Scottish
trainee primary teachers don't have the basic
maths skills required to teach the subject
at school, according to new research …
Professor Susan Rodrigues, chair in science
education at Dundee University, said the
findings had implications for universities
which train teachers.
For the GVUK Professor Rodrigues (ex-Kampala) supplement
click here.
UK: Keith Noronha: Entrepreneurial success
22 Nov: Birmingham Post. Keith Noronha, aged 52,
managing director of Reynolds Technology,
is an entrepreneur who has seen his business
develop … The company's showpiece is the
Reynolds 953 tubing - a steel alloy that
is as hard as armour plate but only 0.3 of
a millimetre thick. Mr. Noronha said,
"Typical customers pay more than £1,500
for a custom-built 953 frame, with the bike
costing up to £7,000."
Keith Noronha was born in Nairobi (1955)
studied at St Mary's School Nairobi and
Queen Mary College London 1975-78 (Engineering).
He married Barbara in 1982 and they have one
daughter Tanya, age 11. Keith is the son of John
Francis (died 2003, played hockey for the GI)
and Marcia (died 1986).
UK: Andrew Fernandes stabbing
22 Nov: Ealing Times. Jermain Mattan, a teenage
drug user will spend Christmas behind bars
after being sentenced to two years for stabbing
Andrew Fernandes an ice cream man in Southall.
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UK: Fiona Lobo: Visitors to
a Christmas bazaar
23 Nov: Croydon Advertiser. Three knitting sessions
are being held at Our Lady of the Annunciation
Church, in Bingham Road. Addiscombe. Fiona Lobo is
trying to enlist the help of residents to reach her
target of knitting 500 scarves. They will then be
offered to the homeless. The sessions are
being held this Sunday between 9.30am and 11.30am
and Sunday December 2 between 9am and noon.
UK: Gregory Fernandes Murder:
Villagers send cash to sailor’s parents
23 Nov: Daily Echo. Villagers have raised
more than £5,600 for the parents of Gregory
Fernandes who collapsed and died after a race
hate gang attack. 461 words + Comments.
Click here.
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Corryn Rayney Murder: Dad breaks his silence
24 Nov: The West Australian. The father of
Corryn Rayney has broken his silence … But
Ernest da Silva would not say whether he wanted
Mrs Rayney’s husband, Lloyd Rayney, to let police
re-interview daughters Sarah, 10, and Caitlyn,
13, about the night their mother died … Mr
Rayney denied that he had become estranged
from his wife's family, saying the relationship
was solid. 455 words.
Corryn Rayney Murder: Damned by two words
25 Nov: The Star (Malaysia). Life is ‘beyond a nightmare’
now for Lloyd Rayney, a prominent lawyer after
he was identified as the ‘prime’ and ‘only’
suspect in the murder of his estranged wife.
Two simple yet powerful words have turned the
life of Lloyd Rayney into what he describes as
“beyond a nightmare”.
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Jery Pacheco: Indians again flocking to Uganda
26 Nov: Indo-Asian News Service. Thirty-five
years after former dictator Idi Amin booted
them out lock, stock and barrel, Indians are again
returning to Uganda in large numbers and
helping to rebuild an economy that was shattered
following their exodus … Jery Pacheco,
runs a popular restaurant, The Coconut Shack,
and has lived there for 17 long years.
"Yes, Indians are coming back to Uganda -
and in large numbers. You can see them everywhere.
And they are successful too." 784 words.
Click here.
Australia: 2007 Elections
26 Nov: Daily Telegraph (Aus). Jagajaga. Voters enrolled: 93,765 …
Macklin, Jenny ALP): 34,263 votes …
D’Souza, Conrad (LP): 26,394 …
Kenya: Paloma Fernandes: Wheat
and Bread Prices Surge
26 Nov: Business Daily (Nairobi). Bread prices
yesterday went up by Sh3 to Sh35 for the 400
gramme loaf, taking the price increase to 56
per cent in less than 10 months. , The Cereals
Millers Association (CMA) says tax levied on
wheat had increased when the government imposed
a 35 per cent suspended duty to protect farmers.
With the global prices rising fast the
farmers are no longer in need of the safeguards,"
said Ms Paloma Fernandes of the CMA in a statement.
"The rise in shipping costs is making
consumers buy hand-to-mouth …" said Ms Fernandes.
Click here.
Kenya: Pio Gama Pinto: The Master Strategist
26 Nov: The Nation (Kenya). There was no doubt
that the real brains amongst the radicals was
Pio Gama Pinto, one of three Kenyans of Goan
descent who were so intimately involved with
Kenya's freedom struggle. The second was Fitz
de Souza, who defended Kenyatta and his colleagues
at the Kapenguria trial. The third was Mr
Joseph Murumbi, Kenya's first Minister for
Foreign Affairs and the country's second
Vice President. Photo and text, 1285 words.
Click here.
DEATHS
27 Nov: Tivim, Goa. MARIA
FORTUNATE PEREIRA. Wife of late Marcus. Mother of
Judy/Walter Sequeira, Sera/Conrad Da Gama (Saligao/UK).
Grandmother of Alister, Dwayne and Caden.
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27 Nov: Lisbon: JORGE DE ABREU
NORONHA: Husband of Livia, father of Georgina/Antonio
Jose, Sergio/Nazare; brother/brother-in-law of
Vasco/Vanda, Noemia/late Joaquim, Maria
Imelda/late Ludovico, Mauricio/Fausta, Sister
Maria Alina, late Francisco/Linda,
Fernando/Bernadette and Henrique.
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22 Nov: London, UK. YOLANDA
DOURADO COUTINHO (ex-Zanzibar). Sister
of Wolfango, Belinda, Lira (late), Sonny
(late), Romelino (Babush), Belarmine,
Eustace (late). Condolences to
ivanj_coutinho@yahoo.co.uk
Viewing on Thu 29 Nov. 9.00am - 5.00 pm at Funeral
Home, Ryan and Daughter, 6 South Ealing Road, W5 4QA.
Funeral Mass on Fri 30 Nov. at 1:30 pm St. Benedict's
Ealing Abbey, Charlbury Grove, W5 2DZ to be
followed by the burial at South Ealing Cemetery,
South Ealing Road W.5.
15 Nov: UK. ARNALDO JOAO CARLOS
DIAS: Born 1954. Husband of Mary. Father of
Adrian/Marusha (UK); brother of Antonio/Nene
(Portugal), Carlos/Eliza (Portugal), Elsa (Ex-CMM),
Abel/Vijaya. Funeral on 28th Nov at Santa Cruz Church, Goa.
HOLIDAY INFORMATION
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Indian Government finally
gets a grip on Visa chaos
23 Nov. Eastern Eye (UK). The High Commission
of India has told tourists not to purchase
tickets before obtaining a visa …
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When the queue for the
visa is as long as the plane trip to India
24 Nov: The Independent. … When prospective
visitors spend longer shivering in a queue to be
sure of a visa than they do on the plane to India,
something has gone badly wrong … Monday morning
12 days ago I counted 163 people waiting for
permission to visit the jewel in the crown of
Asian tourism. By the time the doors opened
two hours later, several hundred more had
joined them … Malcolm Louzado, the unfortunate
man at the end of the queue, was booked to go to
Goa in five days" time. "I"ll get here at 5am tomorrow,"
he said. "At least it gives a taste of the
disorganisation I'm going to face when I get there." 983 words.
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A very merry Xmas in Goa
25 Nov The Sunday Mirror (UK). Goa loves to celebrate
Christmas with Santa Claus wandering the streets,
villages decked out with tinsel and Christmas trees
decorated with mango or banana leaves, glistening
in the sunshine. A 14-night holiday combining
10 nights in Goa with four nights in Delhi,
Jaipur and Agra costs from £1,399pp with Goaway.
Book on 020 7258 7800.
Goa: Bollywood with a
silver spoon
25 Nov: Die Tagesspeigel (Germany). In Goa ist
es so bunt wie im übrigen Indien. Doch vieles
ist anders: Die portugiesische Zeit hat den Alltag
geprägt … 1688 words.
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GOA FILM FESTIVAL
Goa movie festival kicks off
24 Nov: France 24. The 38th international film
festival of India opened Friday in the tourist
hotspot of Goa …
Click here.
Film Festival 2007 unveiled in Goa
24 Nov: Times NowTV. The 38th International
Film Festival of India (IFFI) was inaugurated in
Goa on Saturday (Nov 23). The IFFI 2007 was
unveiled in a celebration which saw more than a
sprinkling of Bollywood turning up for the first day.
Click here.
IFFI is good for Goa: Wendell Rodricks
25 Nov: Daily News & Analysis. IFFI is good for Goa,
feels high-profile fashion designer Wendell
Rodrigues, who is supportive of his state becoming
the permanent venue for the annual film festival.
Click here.
BJP, NCP to boycott IFFI
25 Nov: The Hindu. Goa's two main political parties
-- BJP and NCP -- on Sunday decided to boycott
all functions related to the ongoing International
Film Festival of India.
Click here.
IFFI venue was once dilapidated
hospital
26 Nov: IANS. By Frederick Noronha. Not too long
ago patients hobbled around here, plastered and
in bandages, and sick children shed many a tear.
Today the International Film Festival of India's (
IFFI) dreams are being nurtured in the very same place …
Goa's bell boys inspire U.S.
director's Hindi film
28 Nov: Reuters. Don't expect American filmmaker
Chris Smith to repeat dialogues from his award-winning
"The Pool" because he doesn't speak Hindi … The film,
which is in Hindi, is about a teenaged bell boy in Goa
who is immensely curious about an unused swimming pool
in a house near his hotel.
Click here.
GOA NEWS HEADLINES:
Peter D'Souza appointed IIAS director
22 Nov: Times of India. Peter Ronald D'Souza
has been appointed a director of the Indian
Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS). He is
also chairman of the Goa Knowledge Commission …
D'Souza taught political science at Goa
University for 16 years and headed the department
from 1996 to 2002.
Click here.
65 foreigners deported from Goa
23 Nov: The Hindu. The Union Minister of State
for Home Affairs Jayprakash Jaiswal said that
65 foreigners had been deported from Goa in the
last five years … out of the 65 foreigners, 56
were deported for visa/passport and other
related violations, while the other nine were
deported for various other offences
2 Cuncolim firms told to shut shop
24 Nov: The Herald (Goa). In a way granting
relief to the people of Cuncolim suffering from
pollution for last ten years the Bombay High
Court at Goa on Friday ordered closure of operations
of two industries at the Cuncolim Industrial
Estate The companies are Sunrise Zinc Ltd and
Nicomet Pvt Ltd … Adv. Rodrigues brought
to the court’s attention that the two polluting
industries for the last ten years had been
generating around 20 tonnes of hazardous waste
without having a secured hazardous waste
disposal site as required by law.
Football: Goans ready to rock-n-roll
24 Nov: Times of India. Goa continues to
dominate Indian football like never before.
As the I-League kicks off in Margao on Saturday,
the four Goan clubs promise to dish out some rock-and-roll
stuff that had fans in northern India dancing
in the stands during the Fed and Durand Cup competitions.
Click here.
Goa Governor Jamir escapes
attempt on life
24 Nov: Frontline (India). Goa Governor SC Jamir,
on Saturday escaped unhurt when unidentified
gunmen ambushed his convoy by triggering
remote-controlled explosive …
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Dancing Duo
24 Nov: Navhind Times. Call them the dancing
sensational or the dancing professionals, Jason
Viegas and Sylvia Fernandes are indeed two of the
best dancing partners or instructors on
the Goan scene today. 637 words.
Click here.
Goa: Mining mess
26 Nov: Hindustan Times.
Click here.
Half of Sea Harrier fleet
gone in 20 years
26 Nov: Hindustan Times. 16 Sea Harrier operated by
the Navy to have crashed in the last two decades …
The unusually high percentage of crashes involving
Sea Harriers began coming into focus after
Frederick Noronha, a Right To Information (RTI)
activist and freelance journalist from Goa, noticed
the occasional news briefs and started connecting the dots.
Click here. Alcon Victor Group: Started
with Rs 5000, now among top 20
27 Nov: Times of India. … Victor M Albuquerque
(65), CMD of the Alcon Victor Group considers
himself lucky to have started from the scratch
to build a flourishing business in the eighties
that is still growing. Photo and profile.
Click here.
Video: IFFI in Goa: Soak in some cinema
27 Nov: India Times.
Click here.
Chess: Goa’s prodigy Ivana Furtado
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29 Nov: Herald. There is no stopping Ivana Furtado.
After securing a place in the Limca Book of Records
for being India’s youngest world champion, Ivana added
another feather to her cap by retaining the World
Girls under-8 chess title at Antalya, Turkey.
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Aliens in Goa
29 Nov: Herald. (Editorial). A housing project is
proposed to be constructed in Carmona where the
real estate company has proposed a mega housing project
consisting of 618 residential flats. What is
causing apprehensions among the locals, and rightly so,
is that the settlement of 600 new families will not
only alter the village demography in the near
future, but put pressure on basic infrastructure
such as water, roads and garbage and sewage disposal.
And with such fears it is not surprising that Goa is slowly becoming a
colony of Goans with outsiders ruling the state.
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IN THE NEWS
Molly's Santa trip in car superstar
24 Nov: Herald Express (Devon, UK). Molly
Saunders’ Christmas wish comes true tomorrow
when she escorts Santa in the real Chitty
Chitty Bang Bang to Teignmouth.
Proceeds will be donated to Novi Survat, a
charity founded in 2003 to provide help for
the poor and sick of Goa …
Utterly bananas about coconut
24 Nov: The Gold Coast Bulletin. (Australia). …
Coconut plays a big part in Goanese cuisine …
Seafood is also delightful in Goa and is almost
as big an attraction for visitors as the
beautiful beaches. Lobsters, crabs and fish
are extremely popular and there are plenty of
meat dishes. But, as is the case throughout
India, rice is a must with every meal.
Cafreal is a dish of tribal origin …255 words.
Also: Goan seafood crazy … 24 Nov The Gold Coast Bulletin. 863 words.
Jesus Christ's evil
twin unveiled
27 Jun: Dominion Post (New Zealand). There's
no mention of him in the Bible but the plot
of a fantasy film set in India gives Jesus
Christ a twin brother – and an evil one at that.
German filmmaker Robert Sigl's "The 13th
Disciple" is still in the planning stage but
producer Mario Stefan is in Goa trying to attract
an Indian co-producer for the project. 376 words.
Click here.
Charity workers hit milestone
by opening new day care centre
28 Nov: Express & Echo (UK). Charity workers Clive
and Pat Baker have reached a milestone by opening
a day care centre for physically handicapped children
in India. The Exmouth couple set up the Novi Survat
charity primarily to help children from the slums of Goa.
Click here.
See Art, Make Money
28 Nov: Gulf News (UAE). Aziz Kurtha, an Indian
who lives in Dubai invited one of his close friends,
Francis Newton Souza, an Indian artist from Goa, to
exhibit some of his works in Dubai. “I had the first
exhibition for him in 1976 and there were 34 pieces
on sale of which only five sold. So I, extremely
embarrassed for him, bought the remaining 29 for
$150 dollars each. It just so happened that I
stored them in a warehouse and did not sell a
single piece for 22 years and they now sell for
about $700,000 each,” Kurtha says.
Click here.
Hot spot in India with prices
from Euros 38,000
29 Nov: The Irish Times. An Irish-Indian partnership
is offering investors a chance to be part of
the economic boom in India … Larionovo had a good
response earlier this year when it launched
properties near Mumbai and in Goa. Property
prices have reportedly risen by 70 per cent in the past two
years.
Click here.
GOANET HIGHLIGHTS by CORNEL DACOSTA
JoeGoaUK provides a very interesting account
of the 1702 Maquinez Palace Complex in Goa.
There are excellent photographs of the complex
provided too. The origins of this Palace seem
to lie with brothers Diogo da Costa and
Christovan da Costa. In 1842, the building was
chosen to house parts of the Goa Medical College.
Today it has two developed areas and the photographs
made available depict the development rather well.
An unusual story on Goanet is titled American
makes Hindi Film on the Lives of Poor Goa Boys.
American Chris Smith shot the film in the first
half of 2006 and it has been featured in this month's
38th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)
held in Panjim, Goa.The film is best summed up thus:
"There's real humanity in the story...in that
there's an encounter between affluent-yet-unhappy
India and the other India which is poor but
optimistic...both have something to give the
other." The key character in the film is
Venkatesh Chavan who was literally picked off
the street in Panjim.
Why do so many Sea Harriers crash in India
and elsewhere? Indeed, the Sea Harrier fighter
aircraft have not been in a single war in
India in the past two decades but 16 out of
31 have crashed killing so many elite and
highly experienced pilots. In a very informative
article titled The Indian Navy's Deadly
Aircraft, we learn so much about the many
dilemmas posed by this particular aircraft.
It reminds me of the "flying coffin" that
epitomised a jet fighter used in Germany not
that long ago with a very sorry safety track record.
If Strictly Come Dancing has captured many TV
viewers in the UK it seems to have become
equally popular in Goa where it is now widely
available. As dancing among the Goans has
always been pretty popular, it would be interesting
to see how this new genre will influence
ballroom dancing in Goa.
For an excellent account of current Konkani
periodicals published in Devanagari, Roman
Kannada, and Perso-Arabic scripts, please
see material provided by Pratap Naik. I for
one was truly staggered by the sheer numbers
and varieties of the periodicals listed.
In a fairly introspective piece, Selma Carvalho
explores the dilemma of "how does one rear
a child born to agnostic parents when we
live in a theist world?" The piece is an
exploration of what it is like being surrounded
by "voices of God beckoning us to believe in
goodness, his munificence, his bounty and his
wrath..." But Selma, as a parent is unsure
about how to deal with such a situation
and seeks the views of Goanetters, and
indirectly, of Goan Voice (UK) readers to
explore some of her concerns.
And finally, a note of caution to all those
GV(UK) readers heading for Goa in this holiday
season. Goa apparently has the highest incidence,
per population ratio, of head injuries
mainly due to road accidents. About 200
neurosurgery operations are undertaken every
year at the Goa Medical College and Hospital
but the number of neurosurgeons in Goa is currently
just five and lower than in many other parts
of the world. The problem of the poor driving
skills of drivers in Goa is a cause of major
concern but will the latest news, as above,
deter some from holidaying in Goa?
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FORTHCOMING
See
http://www.lanfranc.com/lanfranc_location_2000.pdf
for help in locating Archbishop Lanfranc School, Croydon
Sun. 2 Dec. G.O.A. Feast
of St Francis Xavier
at St Boniface Church, Tooting. Contact: Alfred
Rebello 020 – 8337 8022, Diego Pinto 020 – 8767 0663
Sun. 2 Dec. North London Goans
invites you
to celebrate the Feast of St. Francis Xavier
at Bishop Douglass School, Hamilton Rd, East
Finchley, N2 0SQ. Music by LEVEL 4. For tickets
contact any of the following: - Tony Gomes 020 8245 1364,
Seby D'Silva 020 8245 5463, Joe Telles 020 8443 1014,
Oboe Noronha 020 8340 0439 , Cos Fernandes 020 8888 8659,
Meredith Soares 020 8803 4173, John Fernandes 020 8881 4579,
Frank Mendes 020 8888 1400 or Bernadette Dias 020 8361 9417
Sun. 2 Dec: South East Goans
invites you to
celebrate the Feast of St Francis Xavier at
St Stephens Church, Deepdene Road, Welling,
Kent DA15. Mass will be at 11.30am celebrated
by his Grace Bishop Patrick Lynch with
Reception after which includes Disco, Meal
and Bar. All are welcome no fee at the door.
Further information contact Sharon Pinto
01322400732 Ron 0208 303 3386,Dom 07854
490 617 or Tat 0208 3161479
Sun. 9 Dec: South East
Goans Presents
Childrens Christmas Party at St Stephens
Church, Deepdene Road, Welling, Kent from
1 pm till 5pm. Buffet, childrens crafts, nativity
play, live kids entertainment and see Santa Claus.
Members £2, Non Members £3. Contact Chris
Pinto 01322 400732, Dom 07854 490 617
Ron 02080303 3386.
Sun. 9th December 2007 G.O.A.
REQUIEM MASS FOR GREGORY FERNANDES RIP. A service
for Gregory Fernandes RIP is being held at St
Josephs Church, Bugle Street, City Centre,
Southampton SO14 2AH on Sunday 9th December 2007
at 1pm. A coach will be leaving London with pick
up points at Greenford (8.45am - Bridge Hotel)
and Tooting Broadway (9.30am - 1067 Garratt Lane).
If you are interested in a place, please contact:
Bernie Gracias 020 8723 1322 or Norma Menezes-Rahim
020 8771 4457
Sat. 15 Dec. G.O.A. Children’s
Xmas Pantomime.
Dick Whittington at Fairfield Hall, Croydon at 12
noon. Contact: Norma Menezes-Rahim 020- 8771
4457 or Bernie Gracias 020 8723 1322.
Mon. 31 Dec: Dark Star Social
Club presents
a New Year’s Eve Gala Ball at Harrow Leisure
Centre, Christchurch Av. Harrow, HA3 5BD. 7pm to
3am. Music by sensational SECOND NATURE & disco
DYNAMIC ROADSHOW. Tickets: Adults £16 before
15th Dec, £19 thereafter. Children £12 (under
10 yrs). For tickets and details contact
Derrick Pereira 020-8952 8899, Bernie Gracias
020-8723 1322 or email
info@dssclub.co.uk. For the flyer and full details
click here.
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