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

1. Former JLP councillor on firearm charge

A former Jamaica Labour party councillor has been charged with illegal possession of firearm following his arrest at a joint police/military checkpoint in Innswood on Old Harbour Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine on Sunday.

2. Surgeon highlights need for bikers to wear lower-limb protective gear

Orthopaedic surgeon at the St Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital, Dr Cary Fletcher, is highlighting the need for motorbike riders and pillion passengers to wear lower-limb protective gear.

3. JUTC buses to benefit from Kleenoil filtration system

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company’s (JUTC) fleet of buses are to benefit from the implementation of an oil filtration system, following Cabinet’s approval of a $251-million contract awarded to Elhydron Incorporated.

4. J’can man, wife pleads guilty to lottery scamming in US

The judge imposed a term of time served on 22-year-old Ashani Levy after he pleaded guilty to money structuring in connection with the scam.

5. Ganja found in cake mix at shipping agency

One hundred pounds of compressed ganja that was concealed in a shipment of cake mix and tarpaulins was seized at a shipping agency in Kingston on Tuesday.

6. Ganja bust in Clarendon, Portland

Several plastic bags containing a total of 500 pounds of ganja were yesterday seized on separate occasions in Clarendon and Portland.

7. Clarendon man believed to be of unsound mind dies in fire

The Spalding police have commenced investigations into the circumstances which led to the death of a man, who perished in a fire following an argument with a neighbour in Bloomwell district, Clarendon yesterday.

8. New athletes group formed to tackle doping in sports

An Olympic gold medalist and a former executive at the World Anti-Doping Agency are forming an organisation designed to give athletes a stronger voice in the fight against doping and the powers that police it.

9. Four arrested in cocaine bust at NMIA

Four people were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the seizure of 53 pounds of cocaine at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston.

10. Gabriel clears air on controversial remark following ICC ban

Fast bowler Shannon Gabriel has issued a clear-the-air statement revealing his controversial comments to England captain Joe Root, which earned him a stiff four-match one-day ban from cricket’s world governing body, the ICC.

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