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UNITED
NATIONS -- The United
Nations will convene a high-level
donors meeting Thursday to prod
frugal governments to contribute
more to relief efforts in
Pakistan, where massive flooding
has affected nearly 20 million
people but where aid contributions
have paled in comparison with
previous large-scale disasters.
Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha
launches appeal to aid Pakistan
flood victims http://ewtnnews.com/new.php?id=1457 Lahore,
Pakistan, Aug 20, 2010 | (EWTN
News)
In the
wake of catastrophic floods in
Pakistan which have reportedly
submerged one fifth of the country
under water, the country's bishops
have launched a joint appeal for
Pakistani Catholics to contribute
to relief efforts.
Floods in Pakistan
calling Goans… By Menin Rodrigues, Karachi,
Pakistan
Email: menin100@gmail.com
August 24, 2010 - God’s wrath has befallen Pakistan. We are in the midst
of a catastrophic disaster, one of the biggest natural
calamities in recent human history. The devastation is
so extensive that it has taken away an estimated 2000
plus lives, swept away a million homes, made 2.5
million people homeless and left more than 3 million
hungry!
Cases
have so far turned up in three
Canadian provinces.
Toronto
(24 Aug. 2010) - Ontario has recorded its first
case of the so-called superbug
NDM-1, an enzyme that is extremely
resistant to antibiotics. It was
identified at the William Osler
Health Centre in Brampton.
Kenya was much on the minds of
both President Barack Obama and
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
in their remarks at an African
youth leaders forum in Washington
on Tuesday.
PANAJI: Thirteen years after it
was recognized as the official
language of Goa, Konkani through
its tiatr and its 'nightingale'
Lorna ruled a 'World Goa Day'
celebration in Panaji - one of
many in Goan pockets across the
world - on Friday.
The World Goa Day celebration in Goa.
This time it was the Patoieanche
Fest which was held today i.e.
22nd August, 2010 at Salvador Do
Mundo, Paitona in the court yard
of the Majestic Chapel of Our Lady
of Hope, which was built in the
year 20-10-1767.
VIDEO:
the incomparable Lorna takes the stage. Konkani Rocks!
Live in Campal, August 20, 2010
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UK Goans to mark World Goa Day with a Goan
Pilgrimage-Picnic at The Friars, Aylesford, Kent
Mon. 30 Aug. [Bank Holiday]. Come celebrate the 10th
Anniversary of World Goa Day with a Goan Pilgrimage-Picnic at The Friars, Aylesford,
Kent ME20 7BX. Rosary at 10:30 and Mass at 11am
followed by Benediction. Then a picnic, in the grounds
with games, sing songs, a Konkani speaking session,
workshops, bingo, line-dancing and more. Sheltered
facilities also available. Organised transport to and
from Aylesford to cover North, South, East and West
London. Contact: Lara Pereira; Tel: 07792 446 486; lara.pereira@btinternet.com or Fiona Lobo;
Tel: 07796 238 009; fiona.lobo@blueyonder.co.uk Click here for flyer.*
Goan Review Art Foundation celebrates World Konkani
Day in Mumbai Posted on www.goanet.org |
Fausto Da Costa | Mon, 23 Aug 2010
"World Konkani Day - 2010"
Goan Review Art Foundation (GRAF) the cultural body of
the popular Konkani-English bi-monthly The Goan Review
celebrates the World Konkani Day 2010 at Antonio
D'Souza High School Hall, Byculla, Mumbai on Sunday
29th August, 2010 at 7.00 p.m.
Commentary
The statements, opinions, or views in the articles may not
necessarily reflect that of the Goan Voice Canada.
Every Goa-loving Goan is disgusted by the way Goa is
being 'developed'. Every Goan politician who is
involved in this 'development' has lost the respect
of the people. This is because people today have
come to know how in the guise of 'development' Goa's
forests, hills, fields and ecology are being
destroyed by the so-called 'developers'.
Vasco, Aug 21: Falling in line with over 60 world wide
organizations of the Community of Goans, Goa Day was
observed in Vasco expressing bonds of unity and
resolving to rededicate for collective growth and
progress.
Places and Things
GOA Float wins first prize for Indian Independance Day Celebration
The
FIRST GOAN PILGRIMAGE DAY here at the Martyrs Shrine,
will take place on Sunday the 29th of August. As you
may know, that for many years, a lot of pilgrims from
various cultures and ethnic backgrounds have been
coming here regularly to congregate, pray and
celebrate their Pilgrimage day at the Shrine here.
However, not many people are even aware of the
existence of a considerable size of a Goan Community
existing in Canada today. Although a lot of Goans
would visit the Shrine now and then, normally on a
Weekend, but it looked liked a lost crowd with no
identity for them.
Make Blessed
Joseph Vaz a Saint
View
and sign the online petition to make Blessed Joseph
Vaz a Saint
How Asian (including many
Goan) journalists contributed to covering the
formative years of Kenya as an independent country
When Kenya became independent, Asian journalists
reported how the community joined the Africans in
hailing the new era.
New Book on
Uganda Asians
The
book tells the story of Asian settlement in Uganda
and expulsion in their “own words” and of resilience
in foreign lands and hesitant return to a country
still loved. Of course not all Asians were duka-owners.
There were the Punjabis who worked side-by-side with
Africans on construction sites and drank together in
the evenings. Goans
manned an honest civil service.
Kodak
Introduces Latest Digital Camera for the Socially
Savvy
KODAK EASYSHARE M590 is
World's Thinnest* 5X Optical Zoom Digital Camera;
TORONTO,
Aug. 23 /CNW/ - Kodak Canada today
introduced the new KODAK EASYSHARE M590 Digital
Camera, the ultimate social networking accessory for
people who love to share their pictures. With
Kodak's exclusive Share Button, consumers can tag
pictures and videos directly on the camera for
effortless uploading to popular social networking
sites including Facebook, KODAK Gallery, Flickr and YouTube. Pictures can also be tagged to email and to
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Cannabis
electric car to be made in Canada August 23, 2010 | By Emily
Chung, CBC News
The Kestrel electric car will have room for a driver
and three passengers and have a top speed of 90
kilometres an hour. The Kestrel electric car will
have room for a driver and three passengers and have
a top speed of 90 kilometres an hour. (Motive
Industries Inc.)An electric car made of hemp is
being developed by a group of Canadian companies in
collaboration with an Alberta Crown corporation.
News Clips from Goa
Gaunkars urge
Guv to save Communidade land
Keeping up with tradition, the nine ‘Gaunkar’
families constituting the Taleigao Communidade
presented the first corn of rice to Goa Governor S S
Siddhu on Tuesday, the last day of the annual
Harvest Feast (Konsanchem Fest), celebrations for
which began on August 21. This year, the Gaunkars of
Taleigao celebrated 500 years of the privilege of
presenting the first sheaf of corn to the Portuguese
Governor General. Taleigao was the first village to
have been given this privilege by the erstwhile
rulers in recognition of help the villagers gave to
their troops when they were starving for food after
being temporarily defeated by Adilshah in 1510. [H]
Agnel Ashram
inaugurated in Assagao The
Agnel Ashram Technical Education Complex set foot in
the pristine valley of Assagao, Goa, India, on 23rd
August 2010 morning. The first block of the Complex
was inaugurated by the local sarpanch Pradeep Naik
and blessed by Rt Rev Alex Dias, Bishop of Port
Blair, on the Assagao hill, setting the base for
converting the tiny village in an educational hub.
The village has already the DMC College, Palotti
Seminary, Assagao Union High School, Palotti
Sisters, El Shaddai, etc operating here.
Panchayats to
get Rs 90 cr( $20 million Canadian)
Goa has been allotted a whopping Rs 90 crore for
panchayats and zilla panchayats under the 13th
Finance Commission award for a period of five years
and the first installment amounting to Rs 4.2 crore
has been received by the Directorate of Panchayats.
However, all efforts made to obtain the pending
installment of over Rs 5 crore under the 12th
Finance Commission award from the Centre have proved
futile. The director of Panchayats, Mr Menino
D’souza informed that the 13th Finance Commission
has recommended a percentage of divisible pool of
resources for the local bodies with two components -
a basic grant and a performance grant - instead of a
lumpsum grant. [NT]
Eroded
stretches of Betalbatim, Keri, Talpona beaches to be
restored soon
The water resources department (WRD) will soon take
up restoration work of the beaches at Betalbatim,
Keri and Talpona at an estimated cost of Rs 13.1
crore, following recommendations from the Central
Water and Power Research Centre. The WRD had earlier
submitted names of 20 beaches to the Central Water
and Power Research Centre for conducting a study to
arrest seashore erosion. Over 20-25 km of Goa’s
coastline has already been eroded. A senior official
in the know said that the WRD will take up
restoration of around 2.3 km of the affected
coastline. The beaches earlier submitted by the WRD
to the Central Water and Power Research Centre,
which is the research and development unit of the
Union Ministry of Water Resources, included Anjuna,
Candolim, Arambol, Keri, Betalbatim, Kanaguinim,
Talpona, Galgibag and Utorda among others. [NT]
Jose Philip
tells officers to be courteous to people
Revenue Minister and state NCP president, Mr Jose
Philip D’Souza, who on Wednesday visited the Bardez
Collectorate office at Mapusa, asked officers and
government employees to be courteous to people and
attend to people’s works and solve them at the
earliest. Mr D’Souza, who was upset with complaints
from people that staff were rude and sending them
back for not bringing required documents told the
officers and the employees to give in writing to the
people what were the additional documents required
which were not produced at that time so that people
did not have to repeatedly come for their work. [NT]
Leopard
trapped in Cuncolim much to relief of residents
A male leopard fell into the trap laid by the Forest
department at Cancnamodi-Cuncolim in the wee hours
of Tuesday, giving relief to the local residents.
The presence of leopards had given sleepless nights
to the residents of Cancanamodi, with the wild cats
devouring around 28 pigs and 11 dogs in the last two
months. Forest officials have laid another trap in
the locality after residents sighted three more
leopards since the last three days.
Panaji: As help
pours in for Pakistan's flood-affected areas, a
small group of Pakistanis of Goan origin is
networking to bring hope to some 20 million people
affected by the calamity.
Panaji, Aug 21 (IANS) The Church in Goa Saturday said rights of
residents to carve out a productive living was being
forcibly denied in the state, where nearly 26
percent of the population is Roman Catholic.
It also said Goa’s fragile, life-sustaining
environment was in peril in view of sustained
pillage of its ecology in the guise of development.
Two decades ago, Sunday mornings during the month of
Shravan used to be great fun for Goan children. It
was then that the kids were asked to go and fetch
different types of leaves for their mothers. These
leaves were used in the Aitar Pooja.
BJP wants to
shed communal image, eyes Christian votes in Goa http://www.goablog.org/
Posted: 22 Aug 2010 03:29 AM PDT
In
a bid to shed its communal image and boost its
minority vote base, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders will
interact with Christian religious leaders, including
the archbishop of Goa, the party announced Sunday.
Addressing a press conference, BJP national
secretary and in charge of Goa Arti Mehra, said:
‘The party feels there is a concious need to reach
out to the Christian community in the state and
increase its minority vote base by at least five
percent.’
Goa Medical
College Students arrested for ragging Posted: 21 Aug 2010 01:20
AM PDT
Courtesy: Herald
Even
as nine students of the Goa Medical College arrested for ragging were
released on bail, Agassaim police on Friday recorded
statements of all seven witnesses. Speaking to
Deputy Superintendent of Police Deu Benaulikar, told
Herald that a chargesheet against the alleged
accused MBBS students will be filed shortly. He did
not specify any date to filing the chargesheet,
though. “We have already quizzed the accused
students and also completed recording statements of
the seven junior students who were ragged. A charge
sheet will soon be filed after we record statements
of Goa Medical College Dean Dr V N Jindal and
warden of the hostel Dr C P Das,” said the officer.
Washington,
Aug 18 (IANS) India figures way down at a
lowly 78th place in the Newsweek magazine’s list of
best countries in the world, but Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh gets the pride of place.
Hailing him among “The Leaders Other Leaders Love”,
the US magazine in its latest cover story notes how
“Manmohan Singh, a sophisticated former economist,
has played a key role in the country’s emergence as
one of the rising powers of the 21st century”.
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS): A bill seeking to frame stricter
regulations for foreign contributions in form of
gifts, funds and other forms to individuals and
organisations in social fields was passed by the
Rajya Sabha Thursday.
New Delhi, Aug 21 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister M Veerappa
Moily moved a Representation of People (Amendment)
Bill 2010 in the Rajya Sabha on Saturday, which
seeks to provide voting rights to Indians living
abroad.
“Weed out”
comment: Archbishop appeals Posted By cninewsletter On
August 20, 2010
Archbishop
Bernard Moras of Bangalore has urged Karnataka
governor and chief minister to direct ministers and
legislators not to make inflammatory and derogatory
statements.
The appeal to governor H. R. Bhardwaj and Chief
Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa comes after the Aug. 15
remarks of BJP MLA Prahlad Remane, who asked to
“weed out” Christians from the state. Remane
reportedly said this while addressing the
Independence Day rally in Belgaum district.
Bangladeshi
nurse becomes first with PhD Posted By jessy On August
20, 2010
A
Catholic woman has become the first government nurse
and only the second Bangladeshi to obtain a
doctorate in the field of nursing.
Jacinta Olympia Gomes, 49, a Catholic from
northwestern Bonpara parish recently obtained the
PhD in June from Victoria University in the United
States. Gomes, an executive board member of the
Nursing Association Bangladesh (NAB) was awarded the
doctorate following her thesis on “Prevention and
Control of Breast Cancer, an approach to develop
nursing support.” Gomes is one of Bangladesh’s top
nurses and serves on the Bangladesh Catholic Nurses
Guild (BCNG) and is a teacher at the Bangladesh
Nursing School (BNS).
A new school year is fast approaching and once again
children have a brand new slate. If we take time
now, say education professionals, to stir up some
excitement for learning, the usual back-to-school
anxiety will not only be reduced, it will be
replaced with a growing confidence.
Research shows weight
doesn't matter, only waist size New research suggests the
size of your waist can predict your chance of death.
Photo: Photos.com New
research suggests the size of your waist can predict
your chance of death.
As the rate of obesity in many countries continues
to rise, health officials worry about the expanding
waistlines of their citizens. And it turns out
there's reason to worry. New research suggests the
size of your waist can predict your chance of death.
TORONTO - Millions
of Ontario drivers will face an array of new choices
when they renew their auto insurance policies because
of new rules that kick in Sept. 1, but critics say the
changes introduced by the Liberal government won't
benefit consumers.
New Delhi, August (ANI): An expert has said that the NDM-1
bacteria, which are resistant to almost all
antibiotics, is already three years old and may not
be as horrible as feared.
WASHINGTON - A
new U.S. study finds that drought related to global
warming is causing a decline in the world's plant
productivity.
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Kodak's exclusive Share Button, consumers can tag
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The
Agnel Ashram Technical Education Complex set foot in
the pristine valley of Assagao, Goa, India, on 23rd
August 2010 morning. The first block of the Complex
was inaugurated by the local sarpanch Pradeep Naik
and blessed by Rt Rev Alex Dias, Bishop of Port
Blair, on the Assagao hill, setting the base for
converting the tiny village in an educational hub.
The village has already the DMC College, Palotti
Seminary, Assagao Union High School, Palotti
Sisters, El Shaddai, etc operating here.
In
a bid to shed its communal image and boost its
minority vote base, the 
Even
as nine students of the 
Washington,
Aug 18 (IANS) India figures way down at a
lowly 78th place in the Newsweek magazine’s list of
best countries in the world, but Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh gets the pride of place.
Archbishop
Bernard Moras of Bangalore has urged Karnataka
governor and chief minister to direct ministers and
legislators not to make inflammatory and derogatory
statements.
The appeal to governor H. R. Bhardwaj and Chief
Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa comes after the Aug. 15
remarks of BJP MLA Prahlad Remane, who asked to
“weed out” Christians from the state. Remane
reportedly said this while addressing the
Independence Day rally in Belgaum district.
A
Catholic woman has become the first government nurse
and only the second Bangladeshi to obtain a
doctorate in the field of nursing.
Jacinta Olympia Gomes, 49, a Catholic from
northwestern Bonpara parish recently obtained the
PhD in June from Victoria University in the United
States. Gomes, an executive board member of the
Nursing Association Bangladesh (NAB) was awarded the
doctorate following her thesis on “Prevention and
Control of Breast Cancer, an approach to develop
nursing support.” Gomes is one of Bangladesh’s top
nurses and serves on the Bangladesh Catholic Nurses
Guild (BCNG) and is a teacher at the Bangladesh
Nursing School (BNS).
New
research suggests the size of your waist can predict
your chance of death.
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