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Vice Chair of the National Road Safety Council, Dr. Lucien Jones, said this brings the total number of road traffic deaths for the year to 170. This represents a 29% reduction in road deaths this year.

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According to the latest weather update from the Meteorological Service this morning, a trough and low-level jet stream are expected to linger across the region for the next few days. Cloudy conditions will persist with periods of showers and thunderstorms, as well as windy conditions mainly in the afternoons.

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Reggae  Boy  Dwayne "Busy" Atkinson  is  still  celebrating  his  first  international  goal.

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President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Mark Malabver, has stated that he is no longer prepared to ask educators to show restraint as they push for better salaries.This, as he warned that the island's teachers have reached their limit in exercising patience over stalled salary negotiations with the Government.

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Opposition Spokesperson on Water Ian Hayles is calling on the Government to immediately implement a policy position that moves critical National Water Commission (NWC) infrastructure onto solar and advanced renewable technology.He made the call as he noted that the island-wide power outage on the weekend again highlighted a major concern in the island's water system.

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Thousands of JPS customers were left in the dark for hours on Friday night due to the incident.Full power was restored on Saturday, with JPS noting that it is investigating the cause of the blackout.

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Energy Minister Daryl Vaz says with developments in technology he expects the Jamaica Public Service to determine the circumstances of Friday's islandwide blackout much faster than for previous incidents.

He  was speaking at a press conference yesterday.

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Yesterday’s islandwide black out impacted several National Water Commission facilities, resulting in about 65,000 customers still being without the commodity.

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The Jamaica Public Service is investigating what triggered a cascading effect on the grid, causing yesterday’s island wide power outage.

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The Office of Utilities Regulation has requested the Jamaica Public Service to submit by next Monday June 8, a report on yesterday’s island wide black out.

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