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

1. Health Authority warns against consumption of drinks from Portland processorFull story here2. PNP’s Neita Headley facing assault chargesFull story here3. Registration of political parties a step to restore trust in the electoral system, says PhillipsFull story here 4. 30 people rushed to hospital after St Thomas crashFull story here5. Jamaica’s women bobsledders qualify for Winter OlympicsFull story here6. Roads in St Ann, Trelawny, Westmoreland impassable due to floodingFull story here7. Hanover bike-taxi operator shot deadFull story here8. Taxi driver charged with death of Jamaican doctor in CaymanFull story here9. Cayman authorities warn of supposed Jamaican job scamFull story here10. Tourism minister urges collective effort to curb visitor harassmentFull story here

The North-East Regional Health Authority is advising the public to avoid purchasing or consuming coconut water, sorrel juice and other juices labelled “Portland’s Best” and bottled at “Long Bay, Portland” as the Portland Health Department has found these products to be unsafe for consumption.

Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) spokesperson on sports and Member of Parliament (MP) for St Catherine  North Central, Natalie Neita Headley has been arrested and charged with common assault following an altercation with a man in Spanish Town, St Catherine.

Opposition leader Dr Peter Phillips said that the registration of political parties is a first step forward towards greater accountability of political parties and an important way of overseeing the affairs of institutions that form Government.

Thirty people including the driver of a Toyota Coaster bus and a Mazda Premacy were rushed to Princess Margaret Hospital this morning after a collision along the Grants Pen main road in St Thomas.

The Jamaica Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (JBSF) today announced that it will be sending a women’s team to the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea next month.

The National Works Agency (NWA) says it is currently monitoring the situation along a number of roadways which have been rendered impassable due to persistent rain in the parishes of St Ann, Trelawny and Westmoreland.

Fifty-two-year-old Lawrence Bowen, a motor bike taxi operator of Bamboo Bottom, Green Island, Hanover, was fatally shot by unknown assailants in his community yesterday.

A 70 year old taxi driver has been charged in connection with the death of a Jamaican doctor, Vary Jones-Leslie, on July 17, 2017.

Cayman authorities have warned citizens not to send money or engage with “con artists” from Jamaica as a new employment scam has surfaced in recent months targeting people in the Cayman Islands.

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has called for a collective effort to curtail visitor harassment in order to safeguard the industry’s gains and surpass the country’s record-breaking outturns achieved in 2017.