by Cofona Admin | Apr 1, 2010 | Education
April 1, 2010 | By Kaieteur News NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Some 2,910 students across East Berbice/Corentyne are writing the National Grade Six Assessment which began yesterday. This number was drawn from the 55 primary schools from Siparuta/Orealla on the Corentyne...
by Cofona Admin | Dec 14, 2009 | Education
December 14, 2009 | By Kaieteur News NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The All Saints Anglican School old Students’ Association is promoting reading as a leisure activity among the younger generation.Last week, the organisation distributed more than 1,000 assorted books to 26...
by Cofona Admin | Nov 23, 2009 | General
November 23, 2009 by Kaieteur NewsNEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The Government Pensioners’ Association Berbice Branch would soon have a building to call their own after numerous setbacks.The site for the structure is located east of the New Amsterdam Post Office and was a...
by Cofona Admin | Sep 10, 2009 | Education
By Stabroek staff | September 10, 2009 Sixteen-year-old Alex Armogan has done the New Amsterdam Secondary School proud by achieving 11 grade one passes with 10 distinctions at this year’s Caribbean Secon-dary Education Certificate (CSEC).He told Stabroek News that he...
by Cofona Admin | Aug 10, 2009 | General
August 10, 2009 | By Kaieteur News New Amsterdam, Berbice- A United States based Guyanese was recently admitted to the Bar.He is Curtis Ryan Crawford, a 36-year old of Alness Village on the Corentyne, who was sworn in on July 31 before Justice Franklyn Holder at the...
by Cofona Admin | Jun 20, 2009 | General
Kaiteur News, June 20, 2009 | Sports The revival of Guyana’s football to what it once was in the 70’s and 80’s, received a boost with the successful launching of the Guyana Chapter of the New Amsterdam Primary and Secondary School Football Foundation (NAPPS), at a...