Store manager ‘cuts own throat’
AN APPLIANCE salesman reportedly slit his own throat killing himself in the Palmdale shop where he had worked for more than 10 years as other employees milled about the store. Business at Home Furniture Company on Madeira Street came to a standstill at 3.50 pm yesterday when Peter Joseph was found, reportedly in a restroom, bleeding from what police suspect to be a self-inflicted wound to his neck. It was unclear if any customers were in the store at the time.

Bahamas removed from financial services 'grey list'
THE Bahamas fulfilled the requirements of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to be removed from the financial services "grey list". Seven agreements allowing for the exchange of tax information were signed yesterday in Paris with the Nordic block of countries -- Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

Man accused of rape collapses in court
PARAMEDICS had to be called yesterday after an alleged rapist who claimed he was the victim of police brutality collapsed inside a courtroom. Ricardo Knowles Jr who is facing rape, kidnapping and armed robbery charges stemming from two separate incidents in 2008, was appearing before Senior Supreme Court Justice Jon Isaacs when the drama occurred.

ZNS staff evaluation forms allegedly tampered with
ZNS staff are up in arms after a senior manager at the broadcasting corporation was allegedly found to have wrongfully tampered with employee evaluation forms. The alleged tampering -- which saw staff members' scores lowered on the forms, which are key to promotions and salary adjustments -- came to light this week when certain employees obtained copies of their evaluation forms only to find they contained information different from that on which they and their immediate supervisor had signed.

Former senator says $4 million lawsuit had abated
FORMER PLP Senator and MP, Philip Galanis, yesterday said he believed a lawsuit seeking $4 million damages from himself over an alleged failure to repay a construction loan had "abated." Mr Galanis, a partner in the HLB Galanis Bain accounting firm, was sued in Florida's southern district courts on February 16, 2010, after two loans worth a collective $4 million, which he had supposedly personally guaranteed, fell into default and were reportedly not repaid.

Several officers caught in strip club raid still on active duty
SEVERAL Royal Bahamas Police Force officers caught in a strip club during a recent raid are still on active duty pending the findings of an internal investigation. The investigation centres around whether or no the group - all police women - played a part in organising an illegal male strip show at the Ranch on Mackey Street in late February.