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

1. Education ministry seeks to clarify report on $20m donation for JC stadium

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information says the $20 million that was committed by former education minister Ruel Reid as a contribution towards the development of a track stadium at Jamaica College has not yet been transferred to the institution.

2. Samuda reaffirms gov’t commitment to proper waste management practices

Government Senator, Matthew Samuda, is reaffirming the Government’s commitment to pursuing initiatives that will encourage proper waste management practices.

3. Russia says its troops in Venezuela ‘for as long as needed’

Russia said Thursday its troops will stay in Venezuela “for as long as needed”, rejecting US President Donald Trump’s demand that Russia remove its military from the crisis-stricken country.

4. Capleton freed of rape

The rape charge against Capleton was dismissed during a committal proceeding in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Wednesday.

5. Uchence Wilson trial: Mandeville doctor removed bullet from gang leader’s leg for $90k

The second witness in the Uchence Wilson trial testified a short while ago that medical doctors tended to the alleged gang members.

6. Bail sureties increased for accused St James baby thief

Twenty-six-year-old Melissa Harriot, the woman accused of stealing a baby in the parking lot at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in St James, had her bail sureties increased from two to three when she made an appearance in the St James Parish Court on Wednesday.

7. UTech student named 2019 recipient of PCJ renewable energy scholarship

Postgraduate student at the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) Arlando Dunkley has been awarded the 2019 Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) Renewable Energy Scholarship.

8. Cold front to affect weather conditions Thursday through Saturday

The Meteorological (Met) Service of Jamaica is reporting that a cold front now west of Jamaica is expected to move across the island later today and become stationary near the island on Friday.

9. PNP Patriots call for forensic audit of Education Ministry

The young professional arm of the People’s National Party (PNP), The Patriots, is calling for a forensic audit of the accounts of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MOEYI) in relation to $20 million that was reportedly committed to Jamaica College (JC).

10. Double murder in St James

The police have confirmed that there was a double murder in Rose Heights, St James today.