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

1. Jamaica makes 1st shipment of medical marijuana oil to Canada

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Audley Shaw, today announced that Jamaica has made its first legal export of medical marijuana extracted oil to Canada.

2. Rating agency gives positive outlook for Jamaica

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Fayval Williams says international credit rating agency, Standard and Poor’s (S&P), has improved its outlook for Jamaica from stable to positive.

3. All J’can fishermen in Colombia return home — Johnson Smith

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade says the remaining 24 fishermen, who were in Colombia following a fire on their vessel, returned to Jamaica on Tuesday.

4. Former Mexico president arrives in MoBay for ganja conference

Former President of Mexico Vicente Fox and his wife Marta arrived in Montego Bay a short while ago as he readies himself to deliver a keynote speech at an international Cannabis conference being held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre by CanEx tomorrow morning.

5. Makeba Bennett-Easy appointed PSOJ CEO

President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Howard Mitchell, has announced the appointment of Makeba Bennett-Easy as Chief Executive Officer of the PSOJ. The appointment will become effective October 1, 2018.

6. PM renews calls for smoke-free region

Prime Minister Andrew Holness, while addressing a Caribbean Community (Caricom) breakfast in New York today to launch the ‘Caribbean Moves’ exercise programme, has renewed the call for the Caribbean to become a smoke-free region.

7. SOE in downtown Kingston will not affect 5K run, assures Digicel

Digical Foundation is assuring the public that the newly-declared state of public emergency (SOE) in sections of the Corporate Area will not affect activities at the Digicel 5K Run for Special Needs, which will be held at the Digicel headquarters in downtown Kingston on October 6.

8. C’bean health ministers commit to reducing cervical cancer cases, deaths by 30%

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says Ministers of Health of the Region of the Americas, including the Caribbean, have agreed to implement a series of strategic actions to reduce new cases of cervical cancer and the resulting deaths by one third by 2030.

9. Five police officers trained as polygraphists

Five police officers have been trained and certified as polygraphists through support from the United States Embassy.

10. Spanish Town police list Jermaine Graham as wanted

The police have renewed their appeal for a man who they listed as wanted to turn himself in immediately.