Census begins today

Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh addressing attendees at the launch of Population and Housing Census 2012 yesterday.

Today is census day and the National Bureau of Statistics will begin a countrywide exercise to determine the size of the population resident in the country and key demographic features that will be used to inform government policy-making.

At the official launching of the Population and Housing Census 2012 yesterday, the Bureau appealed to the public to make a note of the persons in their households between midnight and 6am today,