Past principal of KC to head Hydel High
IMMEDIATE PAST principal of Kingston College, Rupert Hemmings, has been appointed to head one of the Hydel Group of Schools - Hydel High. "I am excited about the possibilities," Hemmings told The Gleaner yesterday, adding that there was a lot of work to be done and targets to be met.

Two shot after watchnight service
WHILE THOUSANDS of people were enjoying the beauty of the Fireworks on the Waterfront in downtown Kingston at the stroke of midnight, to ring in the New Year, two persons were left in shock after being struck by a bullet

Fire leaves six homeless in MoBay
A FAMILY of six in Montego Bay were left homeless yesterday after fire destroyed their five-bedroom house in Water Lane.

Cops probe Bull Bay shooting
LATE LAST night the police were combing Bull Bay in St Andrew for clues leading to the shooting deaths of two persons and the injury of two others.

Wheelchair-bound man gives hand to disabled brethren
A wheelchair-bound man touched the lives of three persons with similar disabilities when he handed over three motorised wheelchairs valuing over $300,000 to them.

Across The Nation
With several women on the maternity ward of the Mandeville Hospital awaiting the birth of their children, it was a guessing game from early Wednesday morning as to who would first see their bundle of joy in 2009.

Tourism workers soon to find affordable housing
Dr Horace Chang, minister of Water and Housing, and Michelle Rollins, chairman of Rose Hall Developments Limited, signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of 130 acres of land, valued at US$1 million, at Rhyne Park, South in St James on Wednesday.