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Daryl Vaz
Coverage of Daryl Vaz in the Nexus archive.
- ‘Unacceptable situation’: Minister cries foul as Jamaica suffers blackout
Minister Daryl Vaz addressed a rare islandwide blackout in Jamaica, calling the situation 'unacceptable' and confirming power had been restored nationwide.
- Jamaica scrambles to restore power after rare islandwide blackout
Jamaica experienced a rare islandwide blackout overnight, affecting all 2.8 million residents. The Jamaica Public Service Company attributed the outage to lightning near substations and grid infrastructure. As of Saturday morning, power had been restored to 500,000 of 700,000 customers, with full restoration expected soon.