Energy Minister calls Jamaica electricity blackout āunacceptableā; orders probe
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June 6, 2026
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Energy Minister Daryl Vaz says he expects to update the country on Saturday following what he described as an āunacceptableā all-island power outage that left Jamaica in darkness for nearly two hours on Friday night.
Reports of widespread outages began emerging from several parishes shortly after 8:00 p.m., before Vaz posted āIsland-wide blackoutā on X, formerly Twitter, at 9:27 p.m.
In a later update at 10:37 p.m., Vaz said Jamaica Public Service (JPS) President Hugh Grant had reported that āall power stations [are] being restartedā and that āsome customers have started being restored.ā
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