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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Opposition spokesperson on energy Phillip Paulwell is demanding answers from Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness about the cause of the system failure responsible for last night's all-island power outage.

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The 2 Members of Parliament who have long lobbied for a new Troy Bridge on the Manchester / Trelawny border have welcomed the opening of the structure.

The bridge which was built in 1869 had been showing signs of deterioration for several years prior to its collapse after the passing of Tropical Storm Grace in August 2021

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