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Vol. 30, Issue 31 QUEENS/LONG ISLAND/BRONX/MANHATTAN Aug. 2–8, 2019
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
Nubian Goddess
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
Williams
testifies
on census
planning
Continued on Page 8 Continued on Page 18
We've Got the Power!
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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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
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