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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), listens attentively to Executive Director of the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), Dr. Warren Vernon (right), during a recent meeting at the Office of the Prime Minister.
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), listens attentively to Executive Director of the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), Dr. Warren Vernon (right), during a recent meeting at the Office of the Prime Minister.

Safeguards Built Into NIDS to Protect Identities

By: Latonya Linton, March 18, 2026
Executive Director of the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), Dr. Warren Vernon, says safeguards have been built into the National Identification System (NIDS) to protect individuals’ identities. He cited...
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), listens attentively to Executive Director of the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), Dr. Warren Vernon (right), during a recent meeting at the Office of the Prime Minister.

23 Post Offices Set for Major Upgrades Under NIDS Project

By: Latonya Linton, March 18, 2026
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), removes his newly printed National Identification (ID) Card from a machine located at the National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) Personalisation Centre, at Central Sorting Office in Kingston, in November last year. Looking on (from left) are Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Dr. Christine Hendricks; Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry; Card Machine Operator, Rog-Jae Seymour and Chairman of NIRA, Bishop Conrad Pitkin.

NIDS Project Gets $2.8 Billion

By: Chris Patterson, February 19, 2025

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Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central, Hon. Robert Morgan (right), and Customer Service Representative at the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Shaniece Stewart (left), join Ackeem Manning in showing off his new birth certificate. Occasion was the presentation of birth certificates to 17 residents under ‘Operation Birthright’ during a recent ceremony at the Chapelton Library.
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Clarendon North Central Residents Get Free Birth Certificates

Seventeen residents from Clarendon North Central, who were without formal identification, have received birth certificates under the ‘Operation Birthright’ programme. The documents were presented by representatives of the Registrar General’s...
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By: Garfield L. Angus, January 17, 2024