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Latest News International News North & East Environment Social Love Horse Racing World Champs Commonwealth Games FIFA World Cup 2022 Entertainment Art & Culture Tuesday Style Food Awards JOL Takes Style Out Design Week JA Black Friday Relationships Classifieds Motor Vehicles Place an Ad Jobs & Careers Study Centre Jnr Study Centre Advertorial Supplements Latest News International News North & East Environment Social Love Horse Racing World Champs Commonwealth Games FIFA World Cup 2022 Entertainment Art & Culture Tuesday Style Food Awards JOL Takes Style Out Design Week JA Black Friday Relationships Classifieds Motor Vehicles Place an Ad Jobs & Careers Study Centre Jnr Study Centre Advertorial Supplements International News Food Awards Entertainment World Champs Career & Education Environment Advertorial Supplements Classifieds Design Week In this file photo a man walks on a street during a general blackout in Havana on March 14, 2025. Cuba suffered another general blackout on March 14, 2025, caused by a failure in its national electricity system, the Ministry of Energy and Mines reported. (Photo: AFP) International News, Latest News, Regional November 12, 2025 Dominican Republic says power mostly restored after massive blackout SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP) — The Dominican Republic said Wednesday that power had been restored to almost all of the national grid following a massive blackout that sparked protests in two cities. A failure in the transmission lines on Tuesday left much of the Caribbean country in darkness, including the capital Santo Domingo and Punta Cana, a tourist magnet. All power generation plants were now operational, and the electrical transmission system was operating at 100 per cent, allowing them to meet 96 per cent of national demand, Energy Minister Joel Santos Echavarria said in a statement. The outage caused chaotic traffic jams. Metro service in Santo Domingo was also suspended for hours, with riders having to be evacuated. Throughout the night, local media and social media users reported street protests with tyre burning due to the lack of electricity in the neighbourhoods of Santiago and San Pedro de Macorís. The CDN channel also reported the arrest of several people. The ministry announced an investigation into the outage. “We cannot clearly speak of sabotage” until an investigation is complete, the energy minister said. Power outages are frequent in the Dominican Republic, where citizens report cuts lasting up to 10 hours. Lack of maintenance, breakdowns and illegal connections are among the causes. 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