Archive for May 19th, 2011

The Government of Dominica has warned about an outbreak of Leptospirosis which has claimed the lives of the Director Agriculture on the island and another man, according to the Caribbean Media Corporation.

CMC said that the director Richard Allport, died from the disease this week.

The disease is most often transmitted in floodwater through contact with rat urine. Guyana had a serious outbreak of this disease in 2005 during the Great Flood.

“The Ministry of Health in Dominica wishes to inform the general ...

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Dominique Strauss-Kahn has  resigned as head of the International Monetary Fund, saying he  needs to devote all his energy to fight charges that he sexually  assaulted a hotel maid.
Strauss-Kahn’s arrest in New York on Saturday dashed his  prospects of running for the French presidency in 2012 and has  sparked debate over the 65-year-old tradition that a European is  appointed as head of the Washington-based global lender.
“I deny with the greatest possible firmness all of ...