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NIDS Public Education Campaign Rollout Likely During First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2023/24

To support the planned rollout of the National Identification System (NIDS), the Government will be advancing a public education campaign that is likely to commence in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023/24. Speaking during Wednesday’s (March 1) meeting of...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 10).

NIDS Draft Regulations Tabled in the House of Representatives

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), examines the security features of his newly printed national identification card. Occasion was a tour of the Card Personalisation Centre located at the Jamaica Post Central Sorting Office in Kingston on Tuesday (December 13). Others (from left) are Member of Parliament, St. Catherine North Eastern, Hugh Graham; Programme Director, National Identification System (NIDS), Dr. Warren Vernon; and Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green.

PHOTOS: PM Gets High Security NIDS ID Card

(FILE) Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), displays a copy of his newly printed national identification card, as he toured the Enrolment and Card Personalisation Centre located at the Jamaica Post Central Sorting Office in Kingston on Tuesday (December 13). Looking on (from left) are Programme Director of the National Identification System (NIDS), Dr. Warren Vernon, and Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green.

Gov’t Close to NIDS National Rollout

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green.

National Rollout of NIDS Second Quarter 2023

Caption: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) award for Best Performing Project Executing Unit 2021 won by the National Identification System (NIDS) Project Implementing Unit.

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NIDS Awarded by IDB for Project Execution

The Government of Jamaica’s National Identification System (NIDS) programme has been awarded for its level of project execution, by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The project copped the top awards for both Planning Accuracy 2021 and the Best Performing Project Executing Unit 2021 for the implementation of the NIDS for economic growth. Programme Director of the NIDS, Dr. Warren Vernon...

Member of Parliament, St. Thomas Eastern, Dr. Michelle Charles, makes her contribution to the State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives on October 25.

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MP Urges Campaign on Organ Donation

Member of Parliament, St. Thomas Eastern, Dr. Michelle Charles, is calling for a national campaign to encourage organ donation. Making her contribution to the State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives on October 25, Dr. Charles said the decision to donate an organ can be considered one of the most generous gifts a person can give. “I...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (centre), in dialogue with Chairman of the Postal Corporation of Jamaica, Professor Felix Akinladejo (right), and Postmaster General of Jamaica Post, Lincoln Allen, at the official reopening of the renovated Central Sorting Office (CSO), South Camp Road, in Kingston, on October 13. The CSO Post Office is the first of 24 post offices to be designated National Identification System (NIDS) enrolment centres across the island.

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First NIDS Enrolment Centre Completed

The first National Identification System (NIDS) enrolment centre has been completed and is expected to be handed over this week. It is located at the Central Sorting Office in Kingston and will be the first site to roll out the NIDS Pilot Programme at the end of the year. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon....

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, speaking in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (September 14).

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Community Interventions to Identify Operation Birthright Beneficiaries

A series of community interventions will be undertaken to identify persons who qualify for free birth certificates under Operation Birthright. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, says teams from the National Identification System (NIDS) Project and the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) will go into areas across the island, to sign-up persons who fit...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), hands over a birth certificate to Tavia Richards-Murray, Guardian for Ashley Williams, one of the first recipients under the National Identification System’s (NIDS) ‘Operation Birthright’ Project, that was launched at Jamaica House in Kingston, on Friday (September 9). Sharing the moment are: Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green (right); Modernisation of State Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank, Benjamin Roseth (second right); and Representative of the Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Angela Brown-Burke.

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Project Launched to Provide Birth Certifictes for Undocumented Jamaicans

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Friday (September 9), officially launched the National Identification System’s (NIDS) ‘Operation Birthright’ Project at Jamaica House, in Kingston. The US$350,000 Government project intends to address the immediate concern among Jamaicans who are without birth certificates, where it is reported that some 200,000 of the nation’s citizens do not have legal proof of...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green (right), displays a specimen of the National Identification Card during a tour of the enrolment centre at the Central Sorting Office on South Camp Road in Kingston on Thursday (August 11). Looking on is Programme Director of the National Identification System (NIDS), Dr. Warren Vernon.

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NIDS Regulations Being Finalised for Public Feedback

The new National Identification System (NIDS) Regulations are being finalised for public discussion, says Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green. “We would love to have our regulations published [for] public feedback sometime next week [August 15-19], and we hope to be able to conclude that process by the end of August,” he said....