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

1. US names Jamaica among 4 major C’bean drug producers

At least four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries including Jamaica have been named by the United States as major illicit drug producing countries.

2. Wheatley recuperating in hospital

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr Andrew Wheatley, and his driver are recuperating in hospital, following a motor-vehicle crash this morning, in Portmore, St Catherine.

3. $19m budgeted for Yallahs, May Pen by-elections

The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) says it has submitted a budget of $19 million to the Ministry of Finance to conduct the by-elections in the Yallahs division of St Thomas Western and the May Pen North division in Clarendon Central.

4. Defence attorneys want Keith Clarke murder trial thrown out

Defence attorneys representing the three Jamaica Defence Force soldiers who are charged with the alleged murder of Keith Clarke in May 2010, are seeking to have the criminal proceedings against the accused abandoned after producing immunity certificates purportedly signed by then Minister of National Security Peter Bunting.

5. Man held with stolen items after Carnival road march charged

Twenty-year-old Jamar Myrie, who was reportedly held with several cellular phones and items of jewellry at the end of the Carnival Road March in Kingston yesterday, has been charged with breaches of the Larceny Act.

6. Jamaica cops three more medals at Commonwealth Games — full report

Akani Simbine and Henricho Bruintjies led South Africa to a surprising 1-2 finish in the men’s 100 metres at the Commonwealth Games that may have Yohan Blake thinking twice about going home to Jamaica.

7. Facebook users to learn if they were part of privacy scandal

Get ready to find out if your Facebook data has been swept up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Starting Monday, the 87 million users who might have had their data shared with Cambridge Analytica will get a detailed message on their news feeds.

8. Record arrivals for Carnival in Jamaica — Bartlett

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says Jamaica welcomed over 50,000 tourists in the first week of April, ahead of the island’s Carnival celebrations. This represents an increase of 12.4 per cent over the same period last year.

9. FBI raids offices of Trump’s personal lawyer

Federal agents on Monday raided the New York offices of President Donald Trump’s long-time personal lawyer Michael Cohen, who made a US$130,000 payment to an adult film actress who says she had an affair with the former real estate magnate.

10. Aluminium giant Rusal shares collapse after US sanctions

Shares in Russian aluminium giant Rusal collapsed on Monday after Washington targeted it with sanctions, putting the metals major at risk of defaulting on part of its debt.