by Cofona Admin | Oct 26, 2011 | General
October 26, 2001 | Kaieteur NewsThe Council of Friends of New Amsterdam (COFONA) which comprises former New Amsterdam residents now living overseas, which was formed with the aim of helping to revive the town, continues to make significant contributions in this...
by Cofona Admin | Oct 17, 2011 | General
October 9, 2011 | Kaieteur NewsThe Rotary Club of New Amsterdam in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Felicity/Charlieville of Trinidad recently distributed 25 wheelchairs to persons in the Berbice community.The presentation took place on Friday on the lawns of...
by Cofona Admin | Oct 16, 2011 | General
August 18, 2011 By Guyana Times InternationalBy Venessa DeosaranOverseas-based Guyanese Elly Niland is a prolific poet and playwright, admired for her acclaimed work in fusing East Indian Creole, Caribbean and British English to create linguistic and cultural...
by Cofona Admin | Oct 15, 2011 | General
October 15, 2011 | By Kaieteur News | By Leon SuseranAs Fire Prevention Week 2011 comes to a close, one of Guyana’s towns, New Amsterdam,with a population of over 30,000, is sort of ill-equipped to fight fires. There are over two dozen fire hydrants sprinkled across...
by Cofona Admin | Oct 9, 2011 | General
October 9, 2011 | By Kaieteur NewsThe Rotary Club of New Amsterdam in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Felicity/Charlieville of Trinidad recently distributed 25 wheelchairs to persons in the Berbice community.The presentation took place on Friday on the lawns of...
by Cofona Admin | Oct 2, 2011 | General
October 2, 2011 | By KaieteurThe new New Amsterdam celebrates its 120th anniversary as a town this week. The celebration climaxes this weekend with the Town Day, Street Fair and Wash down, events that many people look forward to each year, and one that ‘draws the...
