Goan Voice Newsletter: Monday 14 Jul. 2014
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Video + Text: Goan Summer Festival 2014 in Swindon
12 Jul: Niz Goenkar … A huge crowd of approximately 2000 … The festival was officially inaugurated by Rev. Fr. Lucas Rodrigues … some of the other guests were the MP Mr. Robert Buckland who said that he was looking forward to work for the upliftment of the Goan community. He also said that the Goans are the best people, well-mannered and peace loving. He further stated that the Goans have absorbed the British culture and are law abiding community in the UK… Councillor Julie Wright and Locality Facilitation Swindon Borough Council Frances Barrone said that they were totally happy with the Goan community in Swindon … The music was provided by Abel and his group… the President of the Goa Swindon Association Nelson Carvalho & the Chairman Tony Noronha explained the need of more cooperation and support from the community in Swindon. The function went on smoothly. The details will be seen in the video … click here
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Australian Geologist held with sat phone at Mumbai airport
14 Jul: Times of India. An Australian geologist was arrested at Mumbai airport for carrying a satellite phone on Saturday. Andrew McDonald (54), also vice-president of a Malaysian firm, was subsequently released on bail. Andrew arrived in Mumbai from Malaysia on July 11 with his family. They were to spend a month in Goa—his wife's hometown—and were to fly to Goa at 3.20pm on Saturday… Officers said foreign nationals are often not aware of regulations in India concerning sat phones. click here
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Video + Text: Boko Haram Sinks its Narco Terror Fangs into Goa
13 Jul: Sunday Standard. Boko Haram, the Nigerian outfit which recently triggered worldwide panic by abducting 276 schoolgirls, has penetrated the African drug-cartel operating in India, top Intelligence sources say … He said in the last three years, intelligence agencies trailed Nigerian cartels operating in Goa and Delhi. Last year, Goa government had initiated a crackdown on a Nigerian gang. Out of 51 arrested Nigerians, only one person had valid visa and passport. Rest were smuggled in using illegal routes … 873 words. click here
Video: Boko Haram. 13 Jul: Prudent Media English Prime News…
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Goa: Portuguese heritage not only in in names of streets
13 Jul: Notícias ao Minuto (Portugal). 450 years of Portuguese presence in Goa have left hundreds of chapels, churches and basilicas, the forts erected on top with cannons pointed to majestic landscapes, to the colonial mansions, with family names painted on the tile outside. The Portuguese live in the city names (such as Vasco da Gama and Margao), places (Reis Magos and Dona Paula), neighborhoods (Fontainhas and Sao Tome), Street (Ourem and Natal) gardens (like Garcia Orta) and the many shops, restaurants and hotels… 681 words. click here
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Video: JM Nazareth's daughter... a personal view
13 Jul: Frederick Noronha. Nairobi-born John Maximian Nazareth (1908-1989) studied in Bombay and later at the Inns of Court in London, where he was called to the Bar in 1933. A distinguished lawyer, subsequently appointed Queen's Counsel, in Kenya he served as president of the EA Indian Congress from 1950 to 1952. He was then elected member of the Kenya Legislative Council from 1956 to 1960. Here, his daughter Jeanne Hromnik talks about her father, and his work, including his political biography that is shortly due to be published as an ebook… 14m. 26s. click here
Video: The many Englishes that we encounter worldwide... 13 Jul: Frederick Noronha. *EISH, but is it English?: Celebrating the South African Variety* is a book that Jeanne Hromnik co-authored with Prof Rajend Mesthrie, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Cape Town, while Hromnik has worked in South African publishing for many years as a book editor, commissioning editor and manuscript reader. This is an interview with Jeanne Hromnik, conducted on a rainy monsoon day Goa in July 2014. 14m. 16s.
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Costa Concordia: Russel Rebello is still a mystery
14 Jul: CNN. Costa Concordia: The last time anyone saw Russel Rebello alive, he was near the stern of the Costa Concordia, helping passengers into rescue boats. But the 33-year-old waiter from India never escaped the doomed cruise ship. And he's the only victim of the 2012 shipwreck whose remains haven't been found. Investigators hope that could change soon. On Monday morning, salvage crews began the arduous task of trying to refloat the ship so they can move it to the Italian port of Genoa to be dismantled… click here
Video: 13 Jul: IndianTV. Special Report: Russel Rebello is still a mystery … Commentary in Hindi.
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Kenya: Micah Fernandes to compete in the Commonwealth Games
The Star (Nairobi). South Africa-based swimmer, Micah Fernandes will represent Kenya in Commonwealth Games set for July 23 to August 3 in Glasgow, Scotland… He competed in the recent Africa Youth Games in Gaborone, Botswana … click here
Micah Fernandes, aged 16, is ex Nairobi, Kenya. He is the son of Feo and Shamla Fernandes, brother of Maya. For a photo of the family,
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Micah specialises in the breaststroke events and besides holding most of the breaststroke national records in Kenya, is currently top ranked in South Africa for his age group and is the current 200m Breaststroke Africa Junior Champion and record holder. Micah currently trains at a High Performance Centre in Pretoria, South Africa but his home is still Nairobi. [Alert from Joe DeMello]. For the Micah Fernandes FaceBook page,
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Congress expresses shock over Shripad Naik's call to curb pub culture
13 July: Business Standard. Former Union Minister and Congress leader Rajiv Shukla on Sunday expressed his shock over the Union minister of state for tourism and culture, Shripad Naik's statement on putting a rein on pub culture which exists in parts of the country. "I am shocked by the statement of Shripad Naik. If there will be nothing for attracting tourists to Goa then why would anybody come there. If the tourism minister has such thinking then how will tourism of our country expand?" Shukla asked … click here
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Femnet Issue 28
The July 2014 issue includes “The Lady Golfer’s Diary by Isabella DeSouza; a feature about the Deccan Heritage Foundation and the Reis Magis International Festival of Music by Mary Anne Cordeiro and a lovely poem called “Heart to Heart Company” by Frederika Menezes. We reprint an interview with Stefi Cruz by Dr Luis Dias about the music scholarship she won to play in the Commonwealth Youth Orchestra. Dr Marguerite Theophil teaches about the power of parables in “Let Those Who have Ears Listen”. Pam Gonsalves relates her exciting bus journey from Calangute Beach to Panjim Bus Terminal. The issue ends with an article on International Widow’s Day by Dr Jaya Earnest. click here
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Alfred De Tavares: A prank gone sour… and sweet
13 Jul: Herald. The incident happened during the headiest days of the Opinion Poll campaign during which we fought tooth and nail to save Goa from the covetous designs of Maharashtra: to wrench, possess and enslave us with sheer brutal, undemocratic means. Why, how and to what purpose Navhind Times was constrained to publish thrice in one day should make an interesting read … 1158 words. click here
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Mumbai: Economic Offence Wing case against president of Catholic Christian Secular
13 Jul: Daily News & Analysis. The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Mumbai police
has registered a case of cheating against Joseph Dias, president, Catholic
Christian Secular Forum. The suspect, allegedly, in connivance with three
others duped an elderly citizen of Rs 2.2cr. According to Fr Conrad Patrick Saldanha
(49), the complainant, in 2010 was introduced to an elderly spinster, Paulita
D'Souza, who stayed at Willington Society. Dias requested him to negotiate a redevelopment
project of D'Souza's house with her which had been stuck… An EOW officer,
on condition of anonymity, said: "We have registered a case of cheating and
criminal conspiracy after we received the complaint. We have called Dias and the
other accused to register their statement and are investigating the matter."
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15 Jun: Free Press Journal. Joseph Dias arrested for circulating defamatory content
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Haven for jobs is living hell for Goan maids in the Gulf
13 Jul: Times of India. Tragic tales of how Goan housemaids in the Gulf are harassed, beaten, deprived of food and then denied permission to return home, continue to come to light. Times of India had reported in June how one was not allowed to come back for her husband's cremation. She is still stranded in Kuwait. Another, according to her relatives, is given 'boiled snakes' as food, while a third is made to work in four households, and the fourth is made to work till 2am without rest. The passports of all have been illegally kept by their sponsors, all are beaten and all are now struggling to return home… 711 words. click here
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Having a Marilyn moment! Freida Pinto's white dress blows up in the breeze on the beach
14 Jul: Daily Mail (UK). It is possibly Marilyn Monroe's most iconic scene from her movie, The Seven Year Itch. And Freida Pinto nearly had a similar moment when a light gust of wind caught her floaty white dress on Sunday. The 29-year-old blew off the mishap with a big grin as she attended a gala dinner on Sunday for the premiere of her movie Desert Dancer at the Ischia Global Festival in Italy… click here
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DJ Pearl to Perform at Premier UK festival
12 Jul: New Indian Express. One of the most well-known proponents of dance music in India, Pearl needs no introduction. Pearl, who has performed at Ministry of Sound, London and at clubs like Pacha in Ibiza, is all set to be a part of the star-studded lineup of GlobalGathering 2014, one of UK’s most popular dance music festivals. Held at an abandoned airfield, GlobalGathering has, in the last decade, become a pilgrimage site of sorts for dance music fans everywhere. The 14th edition of the festival will take place on July 25-26, in Stratford-upon-Avon… click here
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