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.
Citizen’s Bank coming to New Amsterdam
February 4, 2012 Caribbean Trakker in Guyana News | by Aneisa Alonzoon Berbice: The Chairman of Banks DIH, Mr. Clifford Reis has announced that a state-of-the-art Citizen’s Bank will be built in New Amsterdam very shortly, adding to the branches in Georgetown and...
Parents protest lack of teachers at Kwakwani Primary
February 3, 2012 | By Kaieteur NewsFor a number of years, the Parent Teachers’ Association (PTA) has been complaining about the shortage of teachers at the Kwakwani Primary School.With placards in hands earlier, several parents took to the streets and staged a protest...
Berbice Amateur Basketball Association plans to be more active in 2012
February 1, 2012 | By KAIETEUR NEWSWith sponsorship being one of the major stumbling blocks in 2011, the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association still had some success in the foregoing year according to its President Kirk Fraser.Speaking to Kaieteur Sport, Fraser said...
Newly- trained mediators to boost Berbice judiciary
January 29, 2012 | By Kaieteur News | By Leon SuseranBerbice is now fully- equipped with 25 mediators who were specially trained over the past week in the skill of mediating. The batch graduated on Friday at the Little Rock Suites after undergoing rigorous training...
On a mission to empower women, Yetrawatee Katryan is a ‘Special Person’
January 29 2012 | By Kaieteur NewsPull Quote: “I don’t say you have to. I don’t say I have the power to change anybody’s life. But I am here as an encouragement… to show people the options, to make the referrals, and with that kind of enlightenment, I hope I can make...
CGX gets land in Berbice for possible oil refinery
January 26, 2012 | By Kaieteur News- Financing with Trinidadians exploredThe government has leased a “sizeable” plot of land to Canadian oil exploration company CGX that could be used to develop some type of oil refinery as the company looks to begin drilling for oil...
Berbice FA aiming for productive 2012
JANUARY 26, 2012 | BY KAIETEUR NEWSSenior, junior & female tourneys planned for 1st quarter The Berbice Football Association (BFA) in a bid to be more competitive at the national level is leaving no stones unturned in their quest to achieve that goal.To this end,...
Overseas based Guyanese group assists fire victim, Berbice Students
January 21, 2012 By Kaieteur NewsThe Canadian based Berbice Children Resource Network Canadian Chapter BCRNCC) has come to the assistance of Ms Doreen Sutherland of King Street Cumberland, whose house was flattened by a fire on Father’s Day last Year.Mrs. Sutherland...
Marica Dick a Guyanese Star in the making, hoping for the double
January 18, 2012 | BY Kaieteur News | Samuel WhyteIn need of bike sponsor Mixing Education and sports these days is not all that easy and to be on top of the game in both is even more challenging. But for 17 yr old Marica Dick her aim is to excel in both and she has...
NA girl needs $4M to remove brain tumour
January 16, 2012 By Guyana Times Six-year-old Zeneiah Loo of Stanleytown, New Amsterdam is in dire need of surgery to remove a tumour growing in the right side of her brain, an operation which is estimated to cost some $4 million if done at a medical institution in...
Revetment collapses at Lonsdale koker
January 12, 2012 | By Kaieteur News- fourth contractor now on the jobSkepticism is mounting whether or not the Lonsdale, East Bank Berbice koker and revetment would ever be completed.According to residents in the area, the fourth contractor is now trying to complete...
Dutiful entrepreneur Ahmad Ally is a ‘Special Person’
January 8, 2012 | By Kaieteur News | By Leon SuseranPull Quote: “You really can’t please everybody, but at least try to please as many people as you can.”The family unit is struggling with all sorts of issues these days, leading to many break-ups and fragile ties....