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

1. No increase in toll rates for Highway 2000

The TransJamaican Highway Jamaica (TJH) has announced that there will be no increase in toll rates for users of the East-West leg of Highway 2000 this year.

2. Three men charged in $48-m drug bust

The Narcotics Police have charged three men who were detained on Sunday in relation to the seizure of approximately 1,200 pounds of ganja valuing over $48 million at Parotee, St Elizabeth.

3. Capleton to return to court July 13

Jamaican reggae star Capleton, who is facing a rape charge, is to return to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on July 13.

4. JCF to replace ‘big black book’ with E-diaries says top cop

Commissioner of Police Major General Antony Anderson says the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will soon implement E-diaries to replace the “big black book”, formally known as the station diary, which is used to collect information at police stations divisions.

5. PNP calls for strengthening of work permit guidelines

Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) Shadow Minister of Labour and Social Security, Horace Dalley, has made a call for work permit guidelines to be strengthened to “prevent the wanton levels of abuse currently taking place in that department at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security”.

6. Two Old Harbour men found with $35m, charged

The police have formally charged two men who were arrested last Thursday during operations in Old Harbour, St Catherine where over $35 million and several high-end motor vehicles were seized.

7. Antigua football officials freed of drug charges

The two Antiguan football officials who were arrested on ganja-related charges were today freed in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court.

8. Grange highlights importance of advanced training for creative industry professionals

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, yesterday underscored the importance of empowering professionals in the creative industries to operate at an optimum level.

9. Paulwell wants NESOL to appear before PAAC

People’s National Party (PNP) Spokesman on Mining & Energy and Leader of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives, Phillip Paulwell says he has written to the chairman of the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) of Parliament, Dr Wykeham McNeill requesting that the management of National Energy Solutions Limited (NESOL) and public officials in the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, be immediately summoned before the committee to answer questions.

10. #WC2018: Russia thrash Saudi Arabia 5-0 in opening match

Host nation Russia thrashed Saudi Arabia 5-0 in the opening match of the World Cup to start their tournament in style in Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium on Thursday.