by Cofona Admin | Dec 31, 2013 | News, Sports
Former amateur and professional multi weight boxing champion of Guyana, Jeff Roberts, now a qualified boxing coach who is back home and has established his own boxing gym, is looking to improve boxing in Berbice for the past year which was described as a fairly...
by Cofona Admin | Dec 19, 2013 | General, News
The Bermine Sports Ground at Islington, New Amsterdam, once home to former West Indies Cricket opening batsman Clayton Lambert, is being rehabilitated, with works costing in the vicinity of $3M. The rehabilitation of the venue is part of the Government efforts to...
by Cofona Admin | Dec 16, 2013 | General, News
You could have seen the broad smiles and cheers on the faces of the children last Sunday as the members of the St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Youth Club (SFXRCYC) arrived after the Sunday Mass to distribute toys to the boys and girls of Ascension parish. They had...
by Cofona Admin | Nov 15, 2013 | General, News
In recent times the more than 140-year-old New Amsterdam Town Hall has seen some refurbishment and renovations in that have also included the removal of most of its historic tower which once rose some 75 feet over the main entrance. Constructed in the 1860s, the New...
by Cofona Admin | Sep 12, 2013 | General, News
The New Amsterdam Town Council is presently celebrating 122 years of existence as a municipality. The Council which is headed by Mayor Claude Henry observed the occasion on Tuesday with a simple cake cutting ceremony. The cake was made in the shape of the town hall....
by Cofona Admin | Sep 11, 2013 | News, Sports
Racquet-wielders in the Ancient County of Berbice returned to competitive Table Tennis (TT) last Sunday when the Sub-Association for the sport in Berbice staged an eight-team tournament at the Skeldon Community Centre Pavilion. The tournament, which was held under the...
