Barbados is set to launch a national campaign promoting its new Trident ID, a digital identity initiative designed to modernize access to government and financial services. Minister of Innovation, Industry, Science, and Technology Jonathan Reid announced the effort during the Global Business Conference, saying many Barbadians still do not fully understand the system’s purpose or necessity. The new ID program—part of the island’s broader digital transformation agenda—will replace the country’s outdated 40-year-old cards, which were originally intended only for voter registration. Reid emphasized that the digital ID will streamline verification processes, simplify transactions, and serve as the cornerstone of a more connected society.

While the Trident ID is currently optional, the government’s public relations push aims to make it a trusted and widely adopted tool. Officials describe it as critical to Barbados’ five-year digital strategy, which seeks to position the island as a regional leader in Caribbean innovation. However, privacy advocates and prophecy watchers alike are voicing concern that such systems could evolve into frameworks for digital control—centralizing personal data and potentially linking it to future financial or biometric systems. As nations worldwide race toward digital identification, the Barbados campaign reflects a growing global pattern: convenience and modernization on one side, surveillance and dependency on the other—a theme deeply resonant with Revelation 13’s warning about systems that determine who can “buy or sell.”

SOURCE: Biometric Update