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

1. 6-y-o boy, man murdered in St James

Residents of a St James community are mourning the loss of a young boy and a man who were murdered along the Windsor main road in the parish yesterday afternoon.

2. Gov’t seeking $2 billion more from gaming revenues

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke, says that significant increases in the revenues collected by the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) have led to a projected 72 per cent increase in its revenues in the 2019/20 budget.

3. Kartel discharged from medical facility

Dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel was a short while ago discharged from a Corporate Area medical facility where he was receiving treatment since Sunday.

4. Businessman charged with Kingston attorney’s murder

The Constant Spring police have arrested and charged a St Andrew businessman with the murder of 49-year-old Gareth Forbes, an attorney-at-law, of Stilwell Road, Kingston 8, St Andrew.

5. PIOJ to provide more than 2,000 reusable shopping bags

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) will be making more than 2,000 reusable shopping bags available to the public in support of the Government’s ban on single-use plastics.

6. US$3.6-b earnings expected from tourism this year

The Government is projecting gross earnings of US$3.6 billion from the tourism industry for the 2019/20 fiscal year.

7. Elderly Canadian man reported missing in Kingston

Sixty-eight-year-old David Aarons of Stratton Crescent, Whitby, Ontario, Canada who was staying at a hotel in Kingston, has been reported missing since Monday, March 04.

8. Motorcycle dealers will need licences under new Road Traffic Act

Minister of Transport and Mining Robert Montague says motorcycle dealers will be required to have a dealership licence from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries in order to conduct sales.

9. Belgian man held with cocaine at Sangster airport — police

A Belgian man has been arrested and charged after he was reportedly held cocaine at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James.

10. JLP celebrates life of former MP Euphemia Williams

The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has extended condolences to the family and friends of former Member of Parliament Euphemia Williams who passed away recently in New York.