The Office of the Attorney General has assured that the system to issue birth certificates will be back up and running today.
Citizens seeking birth certificates, have complained that they have been turned away from the Registrar General’s Office as the system was down.
For over a month citizens have been unable to obtain a birth certificate at the Registrar General’s office in Port of Spain, Arima and San Fernando.
However a post on the AG’s Facebook page has advised that there will be a “full restoration” in the issuance of birth certificates and processes are being finalised to have the service resume today at all three locations.
While the AG’s office has given no reason for the issues, reports state that the Government was not getting any polymer paper to print the birth certificate.
There is also the speculation that a recent cyberattack on the Office of the Attorney General’s systems was also the root cause of the system being affected.
