In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE’s top stories for today:1. Man shot, chopped, set ablaze in Cassava Piece identified2. Major crimes trending down — JCF3. Mandeville deputy mayor resigns over discrepancies at Corporation4. Police seize 100 pounds of ganja in St Elizabeth5. 80% of GSAT students placed at school of choice — Reid

The police have released the identity of the man who was brutally murdered at his home in the Cassava Piece area of St Andrew early this morning.  

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting that all categories of serious and violent crimes are trending down when compared to the same period in 2017 as at Sunday, June 3.

Mayor of Mandeville, Donovan Mitchell a short while ago announced the resignation of Deputy Mayor Ervin Facey of the Spur Tree Division over breaches in the approval procedures at the Manchester Municipal Corporation.

The police have reported that ganja weighing 100 pounds was found in a hut in Pedro Plains, St Elizabeth yesterday.

Education Minister Ruel Reid says the results of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) will be accessible to schools on Thursday by 6:00 am.

6. Section of Highway 2000 voted to be renamed in Simpson Miller’s honour7. Gov’t seeks waiver amidst US sanctions on UC Rusal8. Sandals new commercial partners of WI cricket9. Transfer station for solid waste to be built in Trelawny10. Health ministry to complete 14 projects valued at $740m this fiscal year

A section of the North/South leg of Highway 2000 from the Mandela Highway in St Catherine to the border of St Ann and St Catherine, was today voted to be renamed “Portia Simpson Miller Highway”.

Transport and Mining Minister Robert Montague says the Government will be intensifying discussions with the US Treasury to secure a waiver for Jamaica amidst the US sanctions on Russian aluminium giant UC Rusal, such that the Jamaican economy is not negatively impacted.

Luxury hotel chain, Sandals Resorts, have replaced Digicel as the major commercial sponsors of West Indies cricket, in a two-year deal which will run until December, 2020.

The Government is to construct a transfer station for solid waste in the community of Daniel Town, Trelawny, on Solid Waste Day tomorrow.

A total of 14 projects valued at over $740 million are slated to be completed by the Ministry of Health for the 2018/19 financial year.