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JC, XLCR mega clash in Manning Cup grand finale
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BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 19 12:11 AM
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Dominican Republic says power mostly restored after massive blackout
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Dominican Republic says power mostly restored after massive blackout
November 12, 2025
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP) — The Dominican Republic said Wednesday that power had been restored to almost all of the national grid follow...
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Electricity returning to Cuba after total blackout
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Electricity returning to Cuba after total blackout
September 11, 2025
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP)-Power was restored to 11 of Cuba's 15 provinces Thursday, the national electricity company said after an island-wide blackout that ...
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Cuba suffers fifth nationwide blackout in a year
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Cuba suffers fifth nationwide blackout in a year
September 10, 2025
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP)-Cuba suffered a nationwide blackout on Wednesday, the fifth on the cash-strapped Caribbean island in under a year, the energy minis...
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Huge blackout hits Puerto Rico
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A major electricity outage struck Puerto Rico on Wednesday after all power plants in the United States (US) territor...
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Cuba gradually turning lights back on after islandwide blackout
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Cuba gradually turning lights back on after islandwide blackout
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HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Power was slowly being restored across most of Cuba on Sunday, after nearly 40 hours without electricity — the island's fourth ma...
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Cuba suffers third nationwide blackout in two months
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Cuba suffers third nationwide blackout in two months
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HAVANA, Cuba (AFP)- Cash-strapped Cuba on Wednesday was struggling to revive its power grid, after fixing a failure at the country's largest power pla...
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Nationwide blackout as Cuban power grid fails: ministry
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Nationwide blackout as Cuban power grid fails: ministry
December 4, 2024
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)— Cuba's power grid failed overnight Wednesday, the government said, triggering a nationwide blackout that plunged the ...
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70% of Cuba’s population has power back after blackout
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70% of Cuba’s population has power back after blackout
October 22, 2024
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP)— Seventy per cent of Cuba's population has power again as the island recovers from a nationwide blackout and a hurricane that left ...
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Blackout drags on for second day in Cuba
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Blackout drags on for second day in Cuba
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HAVANA, Cuba (AFP)— Cuba remained without electricity Saturday as a nationwide power outage dragged on for a second day. At dawn, most neighbourhoods ...
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Power plant failure triggers blackout across cash-strapped Cuba
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HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba was racing Friday to restore electricity after the failure of the island's biggest power plant caused a nationwide blackout,...
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