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.
Berbice schools excel as Inter Primary School Windball Competition concludes
MAY 29, 2012 | BY KAIETEUR NEWSEdinburgh Primary School of East Bank Berbice and No48 Primary of Corentyne were crowned champions in their respective categories when the action in the East Berbice leg of the Inter Primary School Windball Competition, sponsored by...
Hilbert Foster leading a cricket revolution in Berbice
MAY 27, 2012 | BY KAIETEUR NEWSThe Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has been on the move for the last five years and no doubt has been breaking down barriers and setting new parameters on its quest to not only being the best Cricket Board in Guyana, but the Commonwealth...
Berbice PTAs want “full force” of corporal punishment in schools
MAY 26, 2012 | BY KAIETEUR NEWSBerbice Parent-teachers’ Associations (PTAs) are calling for corporal punishment to be administered in “full force” in all schools. They believe “licks” is the only means of restoring discipline in the education system and...
COFONA continues effort in contributing to literacy programs
May 2012A collection of books in the amount of $700,000 GYD was handed over by members of the Council of Friends of New Amsterdam (Cofona) to several groups in NA. The books were compliments of Ms. Ruthel Hamilton Fung, Education Committee Member of COFONA (US)...
Canadian softball cricketers wrap up tour with Berbice matches
MAY 17, 2012 | BY KAIETEUR NEWSFans, still basking in the victory of local softball cricketers in the just concluded GT&T 10/ten International Cup match at the National Stadium Providence may get another chance to see the Canadians in action when the North...
N/A Town Council to take legal action against tax defaulters
MAY 14, 2012 | BY KAIETEUR NEWS | By Leon SuseranThe New Amsterdam Mayor & Town Council is operating on a very tight budget and tardy tax payers are adding to the Council’s woes. This is according to Town Treasurer, Ms. Sharon Anderson. Anderson revealed that just...
Couple makes emotional plea to President for new EBB road
MAY 7, 2012 | BY KAIETEUR NEWS | BY LEON SUSERANIn getting to the Indian Immigration Heritage site at Plantation Highbury, along the Eastern Banks of the Berbice River, President Donald Ramotar, on Saturday, had to pass along the treacherous and pot- holed-ridden East...
BEI win NAPS U17 Inter School Football champs
MAY 5, 2012 | BY KAIETEUR NEWS Berbice Educational Institute (BEI) won the 2012 edition of the New Amsterdam Primary and Secondary School Foundation (NAPS) Under-17 Inter School Football competition which was played recently for Schools in the New Amsterdam/Canje...
GPHC honours midwife on International Day of Midwives
MAY 5, 2012 | BY KAIETEUR NEWSInternational Day of Midwives is being celebrated today, under the theme: ‘The World needs Midwives now more than ever’. To mark the occasion, today, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation will be honouring one of its Midwives who is...
Nursing– a man’s job too
MAY 12, 2012 | BY KAIETEUR NEWS | By Leon Suseran Whenever nurses are mentioned or talked about, the mind races instantly to the female; so much so that we have come to associate the profession as being one in which only women serve. However, on this International...
Business magazine launched in Berbice
MAY 2, 2012 | BY KAIETEUR NEWSPresident Donald Ramotar was the special guest last Sunday at the launching of “Exploring Berbice”, a business magazine produced by the Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association (BCCDA). The 64-page magazine showcases the...
Dependable Prison Officer, Henry Adams, is a ‘Special Person’
April 29, 2012 | By Kaieteur News | By Leon SuseranPull Quote: “I was loved in the prison. Even now in the streets, people who would have passed through the system call me fondly. Because they know I had one philosophy– if you’re right, you’re right; if you’re wrong,...