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Vol. 30, Issue 31 BROOKLYN EDITION Aug. 2–8, 2019
Williams
testifies
on census
planning
Nubian Goddess
GOLD
MINERS
REVOLT
One dead, several
wounded in clash with
security in Suriname
By Bert Wilkinson
One of the hemisphere’s
largest gold mines has temporarily
closed its doors in
the Caribbean Community
nation of Suriname after
wildcat miners panning for
gold in areas near the mine
clashed with police and
security over mining rights
resulting in the deaths of one
miner and serious wounds to
several others.
Production at the Gross
Rosebel Mine in Brokopondo
District, about 80 miles
southwest of the capital Paramaribo,
ground largely to a
halt this week after tensions
again boiled over concerning
age-old demands by villagers
to work alluvial gold pits
near the very mineral-rich
main facility. Rosebel is controlled
by Canadian miner,
IamGold.
Government rushed
teams to the area to calm
down simmering levels of
Jamaican Britney Thomas displays a costume from the
band Nubian Gods and Goddesses presented by Suga
Candy Mas. See story on Page 37. Photo by Tangerine Clarke
By Nelson A. King
Public Advocate Jumaane D.
Williams on Wednesday submitted
testimony to the New
York State Complete Count
Commission for its hearing on
the upcoming 2020 Census.
Williams underscored the
need to ensure a “complete and
accurate count of all communities,
especially after the Trump
Administration’s failed efforts
to add a citizenship question to
the census itself.”
“I applaud the efforts of
the New York State Complete
Count Commission in receiving
the public’s opinion on ways
to ensure a full and complete
count for the 2020 Census,”
he said. “As the Public Advocate
for the City of New York, I
serve as the direct link between
New Yorkers and their government.
The Office of the Public
Advocate serves as a watchdog
to ensure that city agencies
are as efficient and effective
as demanded by the people of
New York.”
Williams said it was important
that the hearing is
being held at the Brooklyn
Borough Hall “as Brooklyn
marks the hardest to count
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