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

1. ODPEM reassures tsunami threat over, says some residents evacuated

Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis is assuring Jamaicans that the threat of a tsunami to coastal areas, has now passed. Full story here

2. Teen killed as gunmen ambush policeman

Sixteen-year-old Cornwall College student Mark Williams was pronounced dead at hospital on Tuesday night after gunmen ambushed his stepfather, a police corporal assigned to the Trelawny Police Department, and fired a barrage of bullets at them at the intersection of the Meadows of Irwin and Tucker in St James. Full story here

3. Drivers in deadly robot taxi crash have 62 outstanding tickets combined

Minister of Transport and Mining, Lester Mike Henry, says the methodology of competence before road licences are granted needs to be reviewed, following the discovery that the drivers in last Friday’s fatal two-vehicle crash on Old Harbour Road in St Catherine have a combined total of 62 outstanding traffic tickets. Full story here

4. Elderly couple tied up, killed in St Thomas

An elderly couple was found dead in their home in Retreat, St Thomas yesterday. Dead are 81-year-old Melbourne Flake and his 70-year-old wife Etta Flake both of Retreat in the parish. OBSERVER ONLINE understands that the two were returning residents from Canada. Full story here

5. Reid condemns murder of cop’s 16-y-o stepson, dispatches trauma team

Minister of Education Youth and Information Senator Ruel Reid is denouncing Tuesday night’s murder of 16-year-old Cornwall College student, Mark Williams. Full story here

6. One of two fugitives accused of scamming captured

The police have captured Mario Hines, one of two Jamaicans who remained on the run after United States authorities ordered their arrest and extradition in 2016 to stand trial for lottery scam. Full story here

7. Fly Jamaica to establish 24-hour call centre

Fly Jamaica has announced plans to establish a 24-hour call centre to provide information for passengers who have been affected by wide spread delays in recent days. Full story here

8. Anderson off to Caribbean Combine

It’s all’s well that ends well as Jamaica’s Oneil Anderson left the island this morning where he will finally get a chance to participate in the 2018 Major League Soccer (MLS) Caribbean Combine trial that started in Florida on Tuesday. Full story here

9. J’cans relieved tsunami didn’t hit but say alert system needs improvement

Jamaicans are today thankful that a tsunami did not hit the Caribbean after one of the strongest earthquakes in modern times struck the region last night but are urging authorities to improve their disaster alert systems. Full story here

10. Morgan Heritage adds Southern touch to Grammy winning reggae

Alongside Nashville’s famous row of honky tonk bars and nightclubs, a new island-inspired sound is emerging in Music City thanks to a Grammy-winning ambassador for reggae music. Full story here