Dr Orville Taylor—- Provisional statistics from the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) for live births occurring in the first quarter of 2017, show 4,270 of the 6,840 births had a father’s name registered on the birth certificate. Senior lecturer in sociology at the University of West Indies, Dr Orville Taylor, says these figures are an improvement from previous years, especially before 2006. He argued that even when a paternal name is absent, the majority of Jamaican fathers still play … Read entire article »