‘Unacceptable situation’: Minister cries foul as Jamaica suffers blackout
Minister Daryl Vaz reassures residents that power had been restored across Jamaica after a rare island-wide outage.
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Jamaica experienced a rare islandwide power outage starting Friday night, with Minister Daryl Vaz confirming that all affected customers had been restored by Saturday morning. Despite the restoration, Vaz and Prime Minister Andrew Holness called the blackout "unacceptable" and scheduled an emergency meeting with utility Jamaica Public Service Company. The outage, which began at the start of Atlantic hurricane season, sparked concerns about grid resilience, while JPS continues investigating the cause.