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Urgent: Jamaica experiencing island-wide blackout

Urgent: Jamaica experiencing island-wide blackout

Xinhua
06 Jun 2026, 09:45 GMT+

MEXICO CITY, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Jamaica is facing an island-wide power blackout on Friday evening following a system failure, according to the country's officials and power utility.

"Island-wide black out," Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Daryl Vaz said in a post on X, adding that he was awaiting an update from the president of the Jamaica Public Service Company, who was en route to the utility's emergency center.

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