Sunday, March 29, 2009

Goodbye from Concise Bahamas News

Today's CBN Post will be the last.

The amount of work involved is far greater than I anticipated and it is much too involved for a side-project.

Thank you to all who have supported the site, especially those who have shared the site with others. Your support has been deeply appreciated.

Thanks to all those who have toiled away with me for no reward other than my constant verbal violence (Gina & Arthol especially).

To all the readers, please remember only we can support Bahamian projects; with our criticism and our love.

I will be using the 4-6 hours a day that I have given to CBN to pursue some of my other documentary projects - especially on www.dominicduncombe.com - so keep an eye out.

May you find success and learning in all you do.

Dominic Duncombe
Creator
Concise Bahamas News


Woman pleads guilty to killing newborn

A woman pled guilty to killing her newborn baby on Thursday.

Stacia Adderley, 19, will return to court for a sentence hearing on April 17. In the meantime she will be remanded to Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre for a mental evaluation.

Tribune
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Police beat tattoo artist

A local tattoo artist said police brutally beat him after mistaking him for another man.

Kevin Flowers, 22, said officers took him from his home on Wednesday night looking for a man who was staying with him.

Flowers said about six officers took turns hitting him before releasing him from the Arawak Cay police station. He has flied a complaint with the police department.

Tribune (Page A1)

Thieves force manager him to open safe, then tie him up

After attacking a man outside his home, robbers took him back to his job where they forced him to open a safe, tied him up and drove off in his car.

The men - three of them, all armed and masked - attacked the Tyre Empire employee at 5.30pm Wednesday.

Tribune (Page A1)
Guardian Page A1

Grand Bahama success

GRAND BAHAMA: One Grand Bahama resort is staying afloat with a 78% occupancy rate and chartered flights from Europe.

Roberto Paresce, general manager of the Viva Club Fortuna, said the hotel has laid of staff but has been able to keep roughly the same numbers as previous years.

The company is looking forward to business from a direct flight from France to Freeport in May.

Tribune

Testing Wind as alternate power source

GRAND BAHAMA: The Grand Bahama Power Company has begun testing to see if wind could serve as an energy source.

The study will measure wind duration and speed and take about a year to complete.

Tribune

Harbour clean-up on Saturday

This Saturday the Ministry of the Environment and the National
Coastal Awareness Committee will join forces for coastal clean-up at Potter's Cay between the two Paradise Island Bridges.

Tribune

Prime Minister's fishing boat tampered with

ABACO: Police were flown to Abaco last week Friday to find out if the Prime Minister's fishing boat was used in a robbery.

Officers are sure that the 21-foot vessel was tampered with and are questioning two men in connection with the incident.

Tribune (Page A1)

Relatives want justice for dead relative

Relatives of Deron Bethel say they are still waiting on their day in court, three years after he was shot outside his home by an off-duty police officer.

Eyewitnesses said Bethel was shot when the policemen was investigating a domestic dispute at a neighboring house.

At Deron’s funeral in 2006, placard protesters marched
to Lakeview Memorial Gardens demanding “no cover-up.”

Tribune

Man shot after argument

A 26-year-old man was shot at his home after a disagreement with another man.

Police said the victim was shot several times after opening the door of his home around 10pm on Thursday. He had had an argument with the shooter.

Tribune

Man killed in motorcycle crash

Peter Knowles was killed when his scooter collided with a truck at the Prospect Ridge and John F Kennedy Drive intersection on Thursday.

Knowles was crushed by the truck after turning onto JFK Drive. The Truck Driver, shaken by the crash, was taken to the hospital in an ambulance.

Tribune

Speech from a man who did not talk for 17 years



Well I had to give you one more TED talk. I loved this one and so did my father. It's funny and insightful.

It's about the environment, life and what you can do when you make up your mind to do something. I'm not the first person to say that when you want something badly enough the whole world conspires to give it to you.

I learned a lot from it and I hope you do to.