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Viva Goa in Toronto
The Viva Goa festival held in Toronto on July 24, 2004 was Canada's way of celebrating World Goa Day. The event attracted more 6000 persons and covering all ages. The young were there in force to take part in indoor soccer and other kid's activities. The grownups there to meet friends, buy hard to get Goan delicacies and taste the cuisine. The stage shows from noon to late in the evening included song and dance acts covering three generatios. Merella Fernandez,
The festivities carried on late into the night with performances by five of the leading Goan bands. Viva Goa was organized by the Goan Overseas Association, under President, Oscar Furtado, and Chairperson, Seira Furtado, supported by a large group of young volunteers who carried the day for the Goan community. An account of the event by Bosco D'Mello can be viewed at http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2004-July/028738.html Photos are on display at http://www.goatoronto.com/gallery/vivagoa04

Lorna in Toronto
The legend and nightingale of Goa, Lorna (Cordeiro) will be in Toronto to take part in "GOENCHO MONTRI" on August 21, 2004.
Producer of the event is GOAN HERITAGE CANADA. See flier & our events section for details.

Patriot Acts' human toll caught on film
Immigrants caught up in new regulations Documentary screens at the Filmi festival
NICHOLAS KEUNG
Toronto Star - Immigration Reporter http://www.thestar.com/
Excerpts
Sree Nallamothu, an India-born Canadian who grew up in Michigan, has turned her attention to the under-reported human side of America's new Patriot Act on ordinary people.
The story she accidentally discovered will be told when their documentary on the subject, Patriot Acts, screens next Tuesday and Saturday during the Filmi South Asian Film Festival in Toronto, which starts Friday as part of the Masala festival at Harbourfront.
(For more information about the Masala! Mehndi! Masti! South Asian Festival see our Events Section.) For full text click here.

News Clips from Goa
by Joel D'Souza & Fred Noronha

Helmets compulsory from 15 August
Helmets will be made compulsory for both riders and pillion riders from 15 August, a senior police officer announced on 27 July. However, the enforcement of the law will only follow after about two weeks of awareness programme across the state.

BJP's Goa govt on shaky ground
On Saturday 31 Jul 2004. The Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition government in Goa is on the brink of losing its majority in the state assembly after former minister Micky Pacheco, who was dropped from the state Cabinet last month. Pacheco, a former guitarist is famous for his flamboyance and funky sartorial style, was the state tourism minister until a month ago. Now with Pacheco's move the Parrikar government is left with 22 legislators in the 40-member assembly. The BJP now has 19 legislators in the 40 member House. It still enjoys the support of three other MLAs – Sudin Dhawalikar of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, Saldhana, and Philip Neri D'Souza, an independent.

Rising water levels at beaches
Noted environmentalist and the general secretary of the Mhadei Bachao Andolan Rajendra Kerkar has stressed on the need to undertake a vigorous tree plantation drive to maintain the ecological balance. He was addressing a gathering of students of the Zantye College of Commerce and Economics. Kerkar expressed serious apprehensions about the rise in water levels at beaches such as Calangute, Baga and Miramar and highlighted the need to have mangrove plantations to take care of this disturbing phenomenon.

The life of St. Francis Xavier made into a documentary
The life of Saint Francis Xavier will soon be made into a documentary film. A Catholic couple, Shamir and Kavita Diniz both of whom are filmmakers, have launched the project. Shooting started on July 9 in the Indian State of Goa, on the country’s western coast, where the 16th-century Jesuit's remains are kept.
The Diniz hope to finish the film in time for the once-a-decade exposition of the saint’s relics scheduled to open on November 21, 2004, at the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa, and to last till January 5, 2005.

UK Goan family sustain grievous burn injuries in Goa blast.
Six members of a family sustained grievous burn injuries due to a blast caused suspectedly by leakage of liquefied petroleum gas cylinder on the ground floor of a residential flat. Ms Gilda Cotta (50), her three sons, Carl (20), Lian (17), Chelvin (22), her sister, Ms Celma Veira Velho and a rickshaw driver, Mr Subhash Gaundar (38) were seriously injured. The Cottas had been in Goa on a holiday trip from the UK for the last 10 days and had been staying in the Goa flat. The front-side wall of the flat crumbled to pieces due to impact of the blast, completely destroying belongings in the flat. The blast also developed cracks in the building besides damaging two cars, which were parked in the parking enclave of the two-storied residential complex.

Events
For listing of events in 2004 please click here

Saturday September 25th, 2004
Event:	The Cortalim Association of Toronto Invites You To Celebrate The Feast of St. Philip and St. James
Place:	Claireport Place: Banquet & Convention Center 65 Claireport Cr., Etobicoke (Hwy 27/ Albion Rd)	Click to see Flier
Contact:	NAME TELEPHONE Adeline Fernandes Clara Fernandes Coney Pereira Sue Maya Anne Rodrigues Manuel Coutinho 416-321-5910 416-621-7942 905-824-4388 905-305-0545 905-629-2695 416-281-0443

People Places and Things

China is to help Pakistan build a new nuclear power plant in the north of the country, the two sides have announced.
From: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3683621.stm
The power plant, to be built at Chashma south of Islamabad by 2010, will be for peaceful purposes, a statement said.
It is the second nuclear plant that China has helped Pakistan construct, and comes after a Pakistani scientist confessed to leaking nuclear secrets.
To allay fears, Islamabad is stressing the new plant will follow International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards.
The new 300-megawatt power station will be located next to a plant the Chinese helped to build in the 1990s, also at Chashma, on the banks of the River Indus.
Pakistan's first nuclear power plant was built in 1972 in Karachi with Canadian assistance.

Obituary

5 August, 2004 MARTINHA MONTEIRO é SOARES (ex-Kuwait/Pilerne/Boa Vista, Bastora, Goa) Expired in Toronto Canada.
Loving wife of late Pedro Tolentino Soares (Pilerne), mother/mother-in-law of Linda/Christian (Toronto), Joanita/Lawry (Toronto) & Celina/Sunny (Montreal); loving grandmother of Logan, Sasha, Joshua, Sarah, Brandon, Lauryn & Ryan
Funeral Mass took place at St. Bonaventure Catholic Church (1300 Leslie St. Toronto) at 10 am on Saturday August 7, 2004 .

4 August, 2004. ARTHUR J. M. TAVARES. Husband of Leonora. Father of Lynette & Noel, Lynda & Karim and Savio & Stephanie. Grand father of Kyle, Karlen, Braeden and Tashelle. Brother of Alex, Alwin, John and Lourdes.
Visitation will be held at Neuweduk Funeral Home 1981 Dundas Street West Erin Mills Parkway & Dundas St W. Friday 13th August 2004 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tel: 905-828- 8000
Funeral will be at Merciful Redeemer Parish on 14th August 2004 2775 Erin Centre Blvd Mississauga Erin Center Blvd and Glen Erin Dr. Mass 10:00a.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Credit Valley Oncology Department or Hospice Of Peel. Emails to the family can be forwarded to ajm_tavares@yahoo.co.uk

Funeral in Canada for Charles Alvares ex-resident of Bahrain
	By SANTOSH SHETTY in Canada Edited excerpt of an article from Gulf Daily News posted on Goa-Net by Domnic Fernandes of Anjuna/Dhahran HUNDREDS of former Bahrain residents attended a funeral in Mississauga, Canada, to pay their last respects to Charles Alvares, who died in late July after a prolonged fight against cancer. For full text click here.

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