O-Wrap: Tommy Lee released… Antigua football official drug case postponed… Digicel ends sponsorship of Cricket WI
In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE’s top 10 stories for today:
1. Judge orders immediate release of Tommy Lee
St James Parish Judge Sandria Wong Small has ordered the immediate release of entertainer Tommy Lee Sparta, who was last week detained by the police in Kingston then taken to St James.
2. Antigua football official weeps as judge postpones drug trial
Danny Benjamin, equipment co-ordinator of the Antigua and Barbuda Football team could not hold back tears and wept openly in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court this morning after his trial on drug charges was postponed to June 14.
3. Hurricane Maria killed 4,500 in Puerto Rico, 70 times official toll — study
Hurricane Maria, which pummelled Puerto Rico in September 2017, is likely responsible for the deaths of more than 4,600 people, some 70 times higher than official estimates, US researchers said Tuesday.
4. Alberto, now a depression, dumps heavy rains across south US states
Alberto is a still-menacing depression after its Memorial Day landfall on the Gulf Coast, scattering heavy rains around the South and raising risks of flash floods.
5. Digicel ends sponsorship of Cricket West Indies
Digicel today announced that it has reached an agreement to end its sponsorship relationship with Cricket West Indies one year early after a 13-year partnership.
6. CARICOM members must collaborate more to fight crime — Spencer
Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Rudyard Spencer, has called on members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to collaborate more in the fight against corruption at ports in the region.
7. Progress being made in expansion of Petrojam — Wheatley
A technical team comprised of members from the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) and Petrojam are meeting with engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors for the expansion of the state-owned refinery, Petrojam.
8. Gov’t developing crop-loss and farm insurance programme
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, J C Hutchinson, says the Government is in the process of developing a crop loss and farm insurance programme.
9. No need for high-dose vitamin D in infants — study
Tripling the dose of vitamin D supplementation for babies does not make their bones any stronger by age two, according to a study in Finland published Tuesday.
10. US search firm says to end MH370 hunt in ‘coming days’
A private search for Flight MH370 will end in the coming days, an exploration firm said Tuesday, some four years after the plane disappeared in one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries.
