Jamaica Begins Rollout of Digital National ID

by Lu-Hai Liang | Biometric Update

Jamaica symbolized its adoption of a digital national ID system in a ceremony with the country’s prime minister.

Chairman of the National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) bishop Conrad Pitkin handed over a national identification card to prime minister Dr. Andrew Holness, at the official launch of the NIRA at the Central Sorting Office in Kingston.

“The NIDS provides the basis on which we can now claim to be a digital society,” Holness said during the event, as reported by the country’s news service. Read Full Article >