News and Events
The Council of Friends of New Amsterdam (COFONA) is a collaborative initiative that networks among individuals, associations, and agencies for the overall educational and socio-economic growth and development of the town of New Amsterdam.
Local writer finding it hard to market work in Guyana
For local homegrown writers such as Berbician, Stephanie Bowry, it is no easy road when it comes to publishing and selling her work. Given that the local writing industry (if there is even one) in Guyana has little or basically no framework for the marketing of...
Battling disability with skill – Loretta Vigilance
“The mind is truly more perceptive than the eyes,” is a belief which holds true for radiologist Loretta Vigilance. Vigilance, a mother of four, analyses and interprets dozens of X-rays every week at the hospital where she is employed, and is also a dietary...
Anthony D’Andrade, Romario Shepherd-DeJonge see Bermine to victory
October 3, 2012 | By KAIETEUR NEWSBCB/Neal and Massy 2012 intermediate 50-over round robin cricket The 2012 Neal and Massy Intermediate 50 – Over Cricket Competition in Berbice continued recently with former Guyana under-19 batsman Anthony D’Andrade of Bermine...
Pirated textbooks no longer welcome in Guyana schools
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Monday, October 1, 2012 – Caribbean 360 Less than two weeks after Guyana declared that it had to buy pirated textbooks to place in public schools in order to save money on its high educational bill, there has been a change in direction. According...
Tutorial Academy wins Wilbur Hope Memorial football
September 28, 2012 By Guyana Times InternationalTutorial Academy emerged as winners of the inaugural Wilbur Hope Schools Memorial Football competition, edging past Berbice High School (BHS) 2-1 at the All Saints Scots School ground in New Amsterdam on Friday.Scoring...
Hurry Up Moore’s ‘Foreign Invasion’ billed for October 13
September 28, 2012, Guyana Times International | By Avenash Ramzan- Eastman, Hardy to square off in main boutGuyana’s super bantamweight boxer, Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore, will try his hand at promotion next month when a five-fight card dubbed ‘Foreigner Invasion’ is...
PM lauds National Trust for preserving Guyana’s rich heritage
September 28, 2012 By Guyana Times InternationalThe National Trust of Guyana (NTG) as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations (from 1972 to present) on Monday launched a heritage exhibition at the Guyana National Museum. The exhibition is highlighting the work of...
In Memoriam: Daniel Winston Agustus Henry
The members and executive board of Cofona extend our deepest sympathy and condolences to Cofona member Marica Alexander, daughter of the late Daniel Winston Agustus Henry and the entire Henry family. Thanksgiving Service for the late Daniel Winston Agustus Henry AKA...
Devoted community leader and preacher, Samuel Singh, is a ‘Special Person’
SEPTEMBER 16, 2012 | BY KAIETEUR NEWS | By Leon SuseranOur ‘Special Person’ this week is proof that one can definitely make it in this life, despite overwhelming challenges, and when everything seems to be against you.You can say that Samuel Seepaul Singh went through...
Cofona displays 2013 memorabilia at the West Indian American Day Carnival on Eastern Parkway
September, 2012THANK YOU! To all who stopped by COFONA's booth at the West Indian American Day Carnival parade on Eastern Parkway on Labor Day. Indeed, those who came appreciated the information on 2013 that was available. Mugs, t-shirts, bags and other memorabilia...
New Amsterdam Prison is new champion
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 | BY KAIETEUR NEWSThe New Amsterdam Prisons astutely lead by its officer commanding Officer Assistant Superintendent Kevin ‘Show Stopper’ Pilgrim, upstaged defending champions the Georgetown Combination of Prison Headquarters & Georgetown...
Berbice Cricket Board honours outstanding National Under-19 Players
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 | BY KAIETEUR NEWSThe Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday last honoured the four Berbice Under-19 players who successfully represented Guyana at the recently WICB Under-19 Tournament in Barbados. They are Shawn Pereira, Romario Shepherd,...