Digicel almost fully back

CEO of Digicel, David Hall, yesterday reported that 95 per cent (or 1.6 million) of their customers were on the network and able to make and receive calls, as all 14 parishes had functioning sites since Monday.

He indicated that the hardest hit parish of St Thomas has had sites returned to operation as early as the day after Dean – the first network to be able to do so.

Hall commended the “incredible efforts of the company’s technical and crisis management teams, particularly the engineers who have been clearing roads all day”, explaining that they had been airlifted into the various parishes by helicopter as early as 5:00 am Monday to install needed equipment.

National Works Agency

The National Works Agency (NWA), yesterday said it had restored access to the majority of roads affected by Hurricane Dean over the weekend.

The NWA said of the 321 main roads reopened, full access had been restored to 97 while 224 have been cleared to single lane access.

National Water Commission

Up to news time yesterday, the National Water Commission said its water supply systems in eight parishes had been put back into operation bringing the water production capacity to 50 per cent.

Jamaica Public Service Company

Light and power company, the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited, said the services of aproximately 150,000 customers (just over 25 per cent of its 560,000 customer base) were restored to the national grid as at 11 o’clock yesterday morning. These customers were primarily in the parishes of Kingston & St Andrew, St James, Trelawny, Hanover, Westmoreland, and St Ann.