-----Original Message----- From: Eddie Fernandes [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 01 February 2015 01:33 To: [email protected] Subject: Zimbabwe By The Sea
1 Feb: Herald. The horror stories of British expats who have invested in property in Goa has earned Goa a new name Zimbabwe by the sea Bryan Smith, who is working with an informal group of British expats said, None of you know what really is going on. Its a mafia all right. They are elderly people out there and they are very very scared. People are falling sick, some are suicidal and one suicide which has happened is, we are sure, a direct result of such stress. Some really do not have any money left. He went on to add, Do you know what Goa is referred to by a majority of those who are suffering and those who have friends and relatives back home who know whats going on? Goa is called Zimbabwe by the sea 905 words. http://www.heraldgoa.in/Review/ZIMBABWE-BY-THE-SEA/84261.html Visa uncertainty and ED scrutiny pre 2010 made the Goa dream a nightmare for Brits. 1 Feb: Herald. 653 words. http://www.heraldgoa.in/Review/Visa-uncertainty-and-ED-scrutiny-pre-2010-mad e-the-Goa-dream-a-nightmare-for-Brits/84260.html Settled: All lands cannot be presumed to be agricultural. 1 Feb: Herald. 442 words. http://www.heraldgoa.in/Review/SETTLED-All-lands-cannot-be-presumed-to-be-ag ricultural/84259.html ============================================================= Englishwoman replicates restoration of Goa Fort in Portugal 31 Jan. 2015: Diario de Noticias (Portugal). It may seem strange, but an Englishwoman, Lady Helen Hamlyn, who heads the Hamlyn Foundation, will pay 2 million euros for the refurbishment of the Fort at Albarquel, in Setúbal, Portugal. She is a childless 89 year old widow and in 2008 paid for the restoration of Reis Magos Fort in Goa http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=XVEMS9SFQ1 M6 [From the Archives] 17 Nov. 2002. Daily Telegraph (UK). Tycoon's widow loses battle to restore Goa's ancient fort. Lady Hamlyn, one of the richest women in Britain, had offered to pay £300,000 to restore the 16th-century Reis Magos fort. She has become embroiled in a bitter row with the government of Goa after being accused of trying to turn an ancient colonial monument into a holiday home [This paranoia regarding the Brits holiday homes is nothing new, it appears!] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/1413458/Tycoons-widow-l oses-battle-to-restore-Goas-ancient-fort.html If the links do not work, check out www.goanvoice.org.uk - newsletter of 1 Feb. 2015 Eddie Fernandes
