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Malaria outbreak in the Bahamas Results in Inmate Screening
In an attempt to contain an outbreak of malaria on the Southern island of Great Exuma, Bahamian health officials are screen inmates at an immigration detention center.Over the past several days, a total of fourteen cases of the potentially fatal disease have been confirmed in Great Exuma.
Officials decided to test inmates at the Carmichael Road detention center in Nassau, because so many of the inmates are from Haiti, where malaria is classified as an endemic.
The CDC says the confirmed infections were caused by a malaria strain known as plasmodium falciparum, which may lead to a life-threatening illness if not treated.
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An unlikely dorm
Bonnie Basden hadn't planned to make her home a dormitory. And she couldn't have known that it would become the empathetic embrace of a home away from home for 10 Family Island boys over the past six years.Because six years ago, Mrs. Basden, 44, had just wanted her own son, Anthony, to attend a school that was well-rounded. Academics were all good and well; after all, strong academics could put a school on the map for generations.
But Mrs. Basden, a veteran athlete and the first female from Grand Bahama to make the national basketball team, wanted more. She wanted to see her son's school then Sunland Lutheran School, now Sunland Baptist Academy become the kind of school that equally courted top scholars and star athletes.
So in an unprecedented move, Mrs.
1973: Bahamas' sun sets on British Empire
He hosted a formal reception at Government House, Nassau, last night for dignitaries from 52 countries overseeing the end of over 300 years of British sovereignty.As the Queen's representative, Prince Charles arrived yesterday on the frigate Minerva, on which he is serving.
Just before midnight tonight (0400 GMT) he will witness the final lowering of the Union Jack on hills overlooking Nassau harbour in a ceremony to be replicated on all 22 of the inhabited Bahamian islands.
Before that, the Prince is completing a packed schedule of official engagements.
He has also found time to captain the Nassau polo team in a match against Freeport on Grand Bahama. His team lost 5-6 in spite of his polished performance.
Moves towards independence
Britain welcomed Bahamian independence when the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) won the election on that platform in September 1972.