Ten years after a prime ministerial promise failed to hold, Jamaica's broken power grid has once again exposed the gulf between political rhetoric and the reality facing ordinary citizens
KINGSTON, JAMAICA. JUNE 6, 2026. At 9:02 PM on Friday June 5, 2026, Jamaica was plunged into total darkness. Every parish. Every household. Every business. The government, specifically the Prime Minister, must come clean and clear on cause of the system failure, responsible for the islandwide blackout. Bewildered and frustrated, every family is asking the same question: how, in 2026, does this still happen?
