The Registrar General's Department (RGD) plays a key role in national development as it is the only organisation in Jamaica which is responsible for registering the vital events of births, fetal deaths, marriages and deaths. Objectives: # Maintain an island wide network of Local District Registrars and Marriage Officers to ensure accurate and timely registration of all vital events.* Ensure that the public is fully informed of registration procedures to enable them to promptly and accurately give notice of all vital events to effect registration. * Provide a central national facility for effective authentication and safekeeping of public records so that there is a secure repository for all data, concerning the registration and recording of vital events (including adoptions, nauralisations and deed polls).