Goan Voice Newsletter: Tuesday 15 Sep. 2015
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Jeremy Corbyn gives top job to John McDonnell [husband of Cynthia Pinto]
14 Sep: Daily Mail (UK). Jeremy Corbyn has handed the plum role of Shadow Chancellor to hard-Left MP John McDonnell who once said he would like to 'go back to the 1980s and assassinate Thatcher'… Anti-capitalist John McDonnell today insisted he could be trusted with the economy. The left-wing firebrand lists among his interests in Who's Who 'generally fermenting the overthrow of capitalism'… Photo shows the father of three with his second wife Cynthia Pinto [ex-Nairobi], who he married in 1995. [The Daily Mail photo, by Eddie Fernandes, was taken at the UK Goan Festival. Dr. Cynthia Pinto gained her Ph.D. last week at 60!]. Text + (+2500 Comments + Photos + Videos click here
Video: John McDonnell MP. Making Chapatis by Betsy Pinto Nunes [his mother in
law and Founder of Femnet].
Part 1: Click
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John McDonnell Debates the Effects of mining in Goa by UK listed companies in the House of Commons…
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Bernie De Souza: Business coach to help financial advisers win back public confidence
14 Sep: Birmingham Post (UK). Midland business coach Bernie De Souza has been chosen by the professional body for the UK financial planning community to run a series of workshops to help financial advisors win back public confidence. Mr De Souza, from Leamington, who specialises in coaching the financial industry, will initially speak at 30 workshops in the first quarter of next year… Keith Richards, chief executive officer of PFS says, “Bernie has spoken at our events across the UK before, helping our members to engage more with clients and the feedback has been great …” Mr De Souza, an international speaker on coaching methods and author, is a main platform speaker at the Million Dollar Round Table in Hong Kong later this year, an annual event which attracts more than 5,000 people… 316 words.
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Bernie was born in Nairobi in 1941 (son of the late Effie – died 1992) and who drove from there to the UK in a VW beetle in 1960. For the Bernie De Souza website with videos, photos, events, etc.
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Eugene Correia: Time to get out of muck
14 Sep: Herald. The political sideshow that's going on in Goa makes Goa a long- running show or rather to use a familiar term, nonstop tiatr, watched by the rest of India… There are often questions why Goans, especially Catholics, are abandoning their land and landing in Swindon in large numbers. The second stop, or rather a pit- stop, is the Middle East, from where many jump across the Atlantic to Canada …The current refugee crisis in Europe highlights the problems of those who are looking for a better life elsewhere when the situation in their own countries is dangerous or not encouraging enough to live and stay there. 969 words. click here
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Churchill... Comeback?
14 Sep: Goa News. By Dr Oscar Rebello. Churchill Alemao, Goa's Robin Hood and someone who at some deep level has an abiding love for Goa, finds himself in a pungent pickle these days. Reading the bible and plotting with his supporters he must be dreaming of a comeback trail, on the back of a sympathy wave. Sad to say that despite the redoubtable Aires Rodrigues legal brains at his disposal, this is not going to happen. Because in the public court Churchill and his horrendously arrogant and reportedly nakedly corrupt daughter Valanka have been declared persona non gratis in Goa for the sheer and brazen loot during their reign from 2007 - 2012...No comebacks, at any cost in public opinion… click here
15 Sep: Herald. High Court rejects Churchill’s bail
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NRIs could soon vote online in Indian polls
15 Sep: Hindustan Times. India has moved a step closer to enabling Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) to vote using a web–based e-postal ballot. In addition to 11 million NRI voters, about 50-70 lakh voters on election duty, service voters, those who are overseas and others approved by the Election Commission of India (ECI) will benefit from this system. Every citizen living abroad can enrol in the electoral rolls in India. After that, eligible voters will register online for e-postal voting, and they will be provided four documents in addition to an e-postal ballot paper. All these documents will have a ‘unique identity’ to ensure voter confidentiality, anonymity, privacy and attendance… click here
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Indian Christian activist threatened
14 Sep: UCAN. A prominent Indian Christian said he has been threatened online after making comments on a social media network linking an arrested school principal to the country’s ruling political party. John Dayal, who is a member of the National Integration Council of India, said he was threatened after posting online comments on his Twitter account about the arrest of a school principal who had been accused of molesting one of his students in Mumbai… click here
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Fearing arrest, passport officer seeks anticipatory bail
15 Sep: Navhind Times. Fearing his arrest passport officer Agnelo Fernandes has approached the special court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with the case of alleged illegal issuance of passports which is being probed by the CBI. The hearing in the matter is scheduled for Tuesday. Fernandes is one of the accused in the case… click here
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Top neuro surgeons to attend meet in Goa
15 Sep: Times of India, Over 500 neurosurgeons from the world over will gather in Goa for 'Spine 2015' the annual conference of the Neuro spinal surgeons association of India (NSSA) scheduled to take place for the first time in the state from September 18 till 20. The conference will include a live operative workshop which will be held at a hospital in Margao where endoscopic and microscopic surgeries will be demonstrated on top-of-the-line equipment… click here
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