Death: Portugal: Orlando da Costa, Poet
28 Jan: Jornal de Notícias. (Portuguese). Orlando de Costa, 76, died
yesterday after a long illness. Born in Mozambique and raised in Goa, he
came to Lisbon for university studies in 1947 and stayed on, writing and
opposing the Salazar dictatorship, with the result that for a time his works
were banned and he was imprisoned. Orlando was the father of the current
minister of the Internal Administration, António Costa and of journalist
Ricardo Costa. The funeral is at 6pm today. 254 words
http://jn.sapo.pt/2006/01/28/cultura/faleceu_o_romancista_e_poeta_orlando.html
For a photograph of him see http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/
Obituary: UK: Edmund Pereira
28 Jan: The Pharmaceutical Journal (UK). Wiseman Joseph Edmund Pereira,
MRPharmS, aged 71, of Grove Gardens, Enfield, Middlesex. Excerpts from the
Obituary by Peter Troughton: Edmund, as he was always known, originally
registered in Britain in 1959 before working for Hawse & McGeorge in East
Africa, initially in Kenya and then at a later stage in Kampala, Uganda.
The regime of Idi Amin resulted in Edmund and Lucy moving to Enfield ... it
was a privilege to have known Edmund ... A wicked sense of humour, a genuine
care for others and an ever-present courtesy are characteristics that marked
Edmund as special and which we shall all miss. Deepest sympathy goes from
all his friends to Lucy, Rebecca, David and family.
http://www.pharmj.com/Editorial/20060121/society/obits.html#Pereira
Toronto: Derek Saldanha: Me and My Money
28 Jan: The Globe and Mail. A merchant marine in his native India, Mr.
Saldanha, 48, had no desire to head back out to sea when he emigrated to
Canada. Spurred on by a family member who was already running two
coffee-shop franchises, and liking the idea of being his own boss, Mr.
Saldanha became a franchisee in the mid-eighties of what then was a new and
little known operation, M&M Meat Shops, and today still owns and runs two
outlets near his home in Burlington. Blue-chip stocks are now a central
focus of Mr. Saldanha's portfolio ... Rate of return: "Over five years I've
achieved a 13-per-cent compounded rate of return" ... "I felt I didn't have
enough information, but I didn't have time to do my own investigations."
Derek Saldanha was born in Bombay and traces his Goan roots to Saligao.
For text see
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20060128/STMYMO28/
For photo and text see:
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=OOPW7K6FXOH1
Fumes and Friendship: Mumbai to Kerala by train
28 Jan: The Telegraph (UK). Rosemary Behan takes the train from Mumbai to
Kerala ... the exquisite Goan landscape: deep forests, paddy fields and
palms, woodsmoke from tiny villages and children playing ... 809 words.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml?xml=/travel/2006/01/28/etbehan28.xml&sSheet=/travel/2006/01/28/ixtrvhome.html
Dinesh D'Souza labelled a neo-Nazi
28 Jan: WorldNetDaily.com. Lakeside School has canceled an appearance by
conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza after complaints from a group of
teachers and some parents. D'Souza, a Hoover Institution fellow and former
Reagan administration policy analyst, was scheduled to speak in March on
U.S. foreign policy and Iraq at, but faculty members objected after reading
some of his writings on race-related issues. A Lakeside staff member wrote,
"Even if an intention was simply to offer diverse viewpoints, I wouldn't
want to offer a forum to a neo-Nazi either."
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48541
See also http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/jamieson/257100_robert26.html
UK: Dr Joseph Britto: Web-based diagnosis to help course of treatment
27 Jan: Business Line. `Isabel' certainly hopes to become a virtual Google
for diagnosis, where an online search with the patient's symptoms gives the
doctor a list of diagnoses to evaluate before deciding on the course of
treatment. `Isabel' is a clinical decision support system aimed at reducing
and managing diagnosis errors at the point of care, says Dr Joseph Britto,
co-founder and CEO of Isabel Healthcare Inc. Dr Britto was recently in India
to promote the system to healthcare institutions ... Manipal Hospital has
installed it.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/01/27/stories/2006012702590100.htm
For a GVUK profile and photograph of Dr Britto see
http://goanvoice.org.uk/supplement/josephbritto.html
Lisbon to Goa Direct Charter Service Announced
18 Jan. Presstur (Portuguese). Soltrópico has announced the launching of
charter flights to Goa, between mid July and ends of September with prices
from 899 euros for 15 days holidays ... the Goa service will be Hi Fly
planes in Airbus A330 with 387 seats. The service is expected to attract
the ethnic market in Portugal ... For Goans the operator may offer a cheaper
package with just one night's accommodation. 311 words.
http://www.presstur.com/site/news.asp?news=4857
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