The new Barbados Trident ID Card remains a secure and convenient form of identification for citizens to use.This assurance comes from Minister of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology, Davidson Ishmael, as he responded to concerns expressed by president of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), Dr Ronnie Yearwood who suggested over the weekend that Barbadians should not collect their new IDs because of what he saw as serious security issues.Speaking during Monday’s St Peter Speaks town hall meeting at the Alexandra School, Ishmael pushed back on the notion of “unsafe” cards and stressed that the new chip and pin security features associated with the new ID had been used successfully in other jurisdictions.“What amazes me is that we have people out there fear mongering, and trying to wrestle our people into a state of standing still, when the rest of the world is moving forward, for something that is as basic and as fundamental to our society as your ID card.”He added: “All of us in here go on Amazon, all of us in here go on Shein and all of these different companies overseas, and we put in all sort of information and we shop, and we do all of these things and we do not give too much thought to it because we appreciate that the people who operate these companies are going to do so in the most secure way. We should appreciate that our government is going to do what is in our best interest.”
