JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen - Jamaica Observer

KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has commissioned another 270 trucks, other vehicles and equipment along with 470 new linesmen for the hardest hit parishes, where people are living without electricity, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28. Importation of the vehicles was made possible from a US$150-million loan the Government gave to the power company, which was approved in November 2025 by the Cabinet. The new linesmen,...