{"id":32338,"date":"2026-06-06T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/jps-system-failure-behind-islandwide-power-outage-phased-restoration-of-electricity-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T09:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T09:00:54","slug":"jps-system-failure-behind-islandwide-power-outage-phased-restoration-of-electricity-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/jps-system-failure-behind-islandwide-power-outage-phased-restoration-of-electricity-news\/","title":{"rendered":"JPS: System failure behind islandwide power outage, phased restoration of electricity | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is reporting that a system failure is behind the darkness across Jamaica.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Energy Minister Daryl Vaz, in a post on X, formerly Twitter, stated that the country is experiencing an islandwide blackout.<\/p>\n<p>JPS, in a media release on Friday, said it is taking steps to restore power to customers, adding that restoration will be carried out in a phased and pre-determined manner.<\/p>\n<p>The company further said that it is investigating the cause of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe company commits to keeping its customers informed as more information becomes available and thanks customers for their patience and understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow The Gleaner on X, formerly Twitter, and Instagram @JamaicaGleaner and on Facebook @GleanerJamaica. Send us a message on WhatsApp at 1-876-499-0169 or email us at onlinefeedback@gleanerjm.com or editors@gleanerjm.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is reporting that a system failure is behind the darkness across Jamaica. Energy Minister Daryl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_animmysite_disable_animation":false,"fifu_image_url":"http:\/\/jamaica-gleaner.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1_1_large\/public\/media\/2026\/06\/05\/jps_5_cropped.jpg?h=8c8d55f8&itok=PBJGClPa","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}