In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE’s top 10 stories for today.1. Teen girl held with gun in downtown Kingston, 25-y-o brother arrestedFull story here2. PNP councillor conditionally discharged in death of Reggae Boyz coach’s sonFull story here 3. Men found with car stolen during murder, gun seized Full story here4. IOC denies covering up 2008 Olympic doping casesFull story here5. Peter Phillips sworn in as Opposition leaderFull story here6. $1.5m income tax threshold now in effectFull story here7. ONLINE POLL RESULT: Phillips not expected to be better PNP president than Simpson MillerFull story here8. Samuda to give corned beef-ban update tomorrow Full story here 9. Holness hails Bartlett’s leadership in tourismFull story here10. Antigua successfully challenges court ruling in Stanford Ponzi schemeFull story here

A 25-year-old man and his teenaged sister are now in police custody following the seizure of a Smith and Wesson 9mm pistol and 69 assorted rounds of ammunition in the Kingston Central Police Division this morning.

The councillor for the Salt Spring division of the St James Municipal Corporation, the People’s National Party’s (PNP) Sylvan Reid has been conditionally discharged in a fatal motor vehicle crash trial.

Four men were taken into custody after police intercepted a stolen motorcar in Portmore, St Catherine about 1:25 am today. The lawmen reported that the car was stolen in Manchester during a murder.

The IOC denied Monday that it covered up doping cases from the 2008 Beijing Olympics after a German TV program revealed that positive tests by Jamaican sprinters were not prosecuted.

New President of the People’s National Party (PNP), Dr Peter Phillips, was sworn in today as Leader of the Opposition, at King’s House. He was presented with the Instrument of Appointment by Governor-General, Sir Patrick Allen.

The second phase of the two-tiered income tax threshold increase announced by Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw in the 2016/17 revenue measures is now in effect.

Fifty-three per cent of 3,162 respondents to a recent OBSERVER ONLINE poll said they did not expect Dr Peter Phillips to be a better People’s National Party (PNP) president than Portia Simpson Miller.

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Karl Samuda is scheduled to give a press briefing tomorrow at 11:00 am to update the nation on the ban on the import and sale of Brazilian corned beef.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Jamaica’s tourism sector has been benefiting tremendously from the astute leadership of Edmund Bartlett, noting that his commitment to his ministerial portfolio is unparalleled.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled in favour of Antigua and Barbuda, which appealed a district court ruling that under certain exceptions to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), the island was subject to a lawsuit relating to its alleged involvement in the Stanford Ponzi scheme.