October 2016

UWI Regional Task Force On Zika Tracks Rare Neurological Disorder

October 27, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_14915" align="alignleft" width="300"] Thomas Langerak, PhD student at Erasmus Medical Centre, Holland, (second from right), demonstrates the use of the new Caribbean database for Guillain-Barré Syndrome to (L-R) Dr Azad Esack, Consultant, Neurologist, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Centre, Mount Hope (EWMSC); Dr Sherry Sandy,...

Presidential candidates divided on gun rights

October 27, 2016 in International

[caption id="attachment_3347" align="alignleft" width="300"] File Photo[/caption] ATLANTA, USA (AP) — If there was ever an issue underscoring the differences between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, it’s gun rights. Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, is a lifelong member of the National Rifle Association who believes the Second Amendment...

One dead, five injured in Haiti food fight

October 27, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_14907" align="alignright" width="300"] Residents await their turn to obtain food and zinc sheets for roofing at a local distribution center in the city of Jeremie, southwestern Haiti, on October 22, 2016, in the aftermath of Hurrican Matthew[/caption] PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A young woman in...