In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE’s top 10 stories for today

1. Bloody start to 2018 in Clarendon, 3 people confirmed dead Full story here 2. $71m collected so far in second traffic ticket amnesty — TAJ Full story here3. Montague disappointed with police report on Palisdoes pileup Full story here4. JTA demands Cabinet response on wages by 5:00 pm MondayFull story here5. $2.5m, 500 rounds of ammo seized in gun for drugs bustFull story here6. Double Murder in Red HillsFull story here7. NMIA had been warned of possible traffic pileup from nearby events — HenryFull story here8. First Florida snow in 29 years as major storm hits USFull story here9. NCU President calls for greater public support for JCFFull story here10. New Zealand beat Windies by 119 runs in T20, sweep seriesFull story here

It has been a bloody start to 2018 for Clarendon residents as three men were murdered just hours apart yesterday in the parish.

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) says it has collected approximately $71 million in outstanding traffic fines and processed approximately 38,000 tickets since the start of the second phase of the amnesty on November 27, 2017.

Minister of National Security Robert Montague says he is disappointed with the report from Police Commissioner George Quallo on the circumstances surrounding Monday evening’s activities, which resulted in a traffic pileup on the Palisadoes Road leading to the Norman Manley International Airport.

The teachers today received a similar response as the police from the Government, which indicated that Cabinet would meet on Monday to discuss some of the items submitted for consideration in the wage negotiations.

 The Clarendon police say they have made a “massive bust” in the guns for drugs trade after seizing $2.5 million and over 500 assorted rounds of ammunition.

Just two days into the new year, the police were summoned to the scene of a double murder on Stanley Terrace in Red Hills, St Andrew.

Transport and Mining Minister, Lester Mike Henry, in light of the recent traffic pile-up on the Palisadoes strip en route to the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA), said he had previously made recommendations to the authorities to prevent such an occurrence.

It’s called snow, something residents of North Florida hadn’t seen in almost three decades until Wednesday, and it is part of a deep-freeze striking the entire US East Coast.

President of Northern Caribbean University (NCU), Dr Lincoln Edwards, is calling on Jamaicans to offer increased cooperation and support to members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) in 2018.

New Zealand’s master blaster Colin Munro attributed his record-setting century to sink the West Indies in the third Twenty20 in Mount Maunganui on Wednesday to a hit-and-hope philosophy.