EDITORIAL - Church-inspiring action in Jones Town
We laud the out-of-the-box initiative of the Baptist Church in starting a farming programme in the tough Jones Town neighbourhood of Kingston. The initiative involves leasing 20 abandoned housing lots and putting in short-term crops. It is a new idea which reflects visionary thinking...

Blazing Saddles
I spent the last three Sundays horsing around and though it was not exactly horseplay, I did not start entirely from scratch. I was actually helping a crew to videotape the horse races at Beaumont Park, St Kitts, the newest and most beautiful horse-racing venue in the Caribbean.

NSWMA should collect scrap metal for ingots
The Editor, Sir: I, too, would like to suggest that all scrap-metal shipments using the current method cease immediately. But I believe that the industry should become the business of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) which should now extend its scope to include an aspect of public health that has been neglected for too long, and I explain.

CARICOM and Haiti
The Editor, Sir: In the crevasse of hopelessness there is still hope to be found. When all hope fades, the last twine of it, like dying roots with one single thread and the aid of Mother Nature, hope again springs forth. I agree absolutely that CARICOM states must formulate an answer to Haiti's medium- and long-term needs.