Jamaica Gleaner Commentary published: Thursday | March 11, 2004
The threat to banana
THE BANANA industry is much more than a lifeline for thousands of Jamaicans and scores of mainly rural communities. More than 85,000 farmers grow bananas on almost 10,000 hectares of land in several parishes. The industry earned for the country last year.
RUSSIAN POLLS will open on Sunday to allow voters to cast their ballots in the presidential election. I hesitate to say that Russians will go to the polls, since it looks like few of them will bother. - John Rapley
AFTER USING Steel Pulse's Babylon Makes The Rules as the basis of last week's column, I got to thinking that the band from Handsworth really has a handle on what is going on. - Melville Cooke
I HAVE had the most interesting interaction with the High School Equivalency Programme (HISEP) people over the last few days. The pilot phase of the programme is now up and running. - Martin Henry
