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

1. Three cops get 14.5 years for killing of schoolgirl

The three police constables implicated in the March 2012 killing of 16-year-old schoolgirl Vanessa Kirkland were today sentenced to 14 years and 6 months each.

2. Motorcyclist dies in St Elizabeth crash

The Pedro Plains police are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of Mark James, a motorcyclist who was involved in a motor vehicle collision on the Treasure Beach main road in St Elizabeth Saturday night.

3. Residents protest at JISCO Alpart in St Elizabeth

 Demonstrating residents in communities around the JISCO Alpart plant in Nain, St Elizabeth have blocked the entrance to the plant, preventing workers from entering.

4. Mike Henry again calls for ZOSO in May Pen

Parliamentary representative for May Pen, Clarendon, Mike Henry, is again publicly calling for the establishment of a zone of special operations (ZOSO) or other enhanced security measures in the parish capital.

5. Grade four students to sit PEP Performance Task Test May 30 and 31

Grade-four students across the island will sit the first official Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Grade Four Performance Task test on May 30 and 31.

6. Gains made under IMF programme will continue — Clarke

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke says the Government will continue to build on the advances made under the current Stand-By Arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) when the programme comes to an end in November of this year. 

7. West Indies ready for World Cup — Holder

West Indies captain Jason Holder isn’t too concerned about a lack of playing time for his troops following Sunday’s rained out match against South Africa.

8. More rainfall expected across Jamaica until Wednesday

The Meteorological (Met) Service of Jamaica says a trough across the island coupled with a newly-formed area of low pressure across the southwestern Caribbean continues to influence the weather across the Jamaica.

9. Micro-financiers Leadership Forum tomorrow

The Jamaica Micro-financing Association (JaMFA) will be staging their annual Leadership Forum and Breakfast Meeting at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, tomorrow.

10. Higgler stabbed to death during dispute in downtown Kingston

The police say they are pursuing a suspect in the stabbing death of a 54-year-old man on Princess Street in Kingston on Thursday, May 23.Dead is Fabian Moses, otherwise called ‘Romeo’, a higgler of Chancery Lane, Kingston.