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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.Memories of Smythfield New Amsterdam
AUGUST 28, 2011 | BY KAIETEUR NEWS | From the DiasporaBy Ralph SeeramMy daughter loves water coconut, so when a relative brought her some water coconuts from Fort Lauderdale, she hurriedly brought them across for me to cut, for the water. Now this may not be a “big...
Mission Chapel Church, a proud symbol of African history
JULY 31, 2011 | BY KAIETEUR NEWSOne of Guyana’s oldest and most historic churches is the Mission Chapel Congregational Church, situated at Main and Chapel Street, New Amsterdam. The story of Mission Chapel is quite an interesting one which ties in nicely into what...
Food for the Poor Guyana Inc. doles out over $ 15M to assist with community projects
AUGUST 22, 2011 | BY KAIETEUR NEWS Food for the Poor Guyana Inc. is celebrating its 20 anniversary as a non government organization and Social Service provider in Guyana in collaboration with its local Berbice partner, the St. Francis Community Developers which is...
Central New Amsterdam Boxing Gym has new executive
AUGUST 14, 2011 | BY KAIETEUR NEWS The Central New Amsterdam Boxing Gym out of New Amsterdam Berbice recently held elections for office bearers as a new executive body was put into place to run the affairs of the Gym. The gym, which is based at the Central Police...
Marshall, Lion, Union Rep. and Life Deacon
August 14, 2011 | By KAIETEUR NewsDonald Thom is a ‘Special Person’Pull Quote: “I must say that I have enjoyed life to the fullest. It has been eighty-five good years to date. I have played my little part in this beautiful country to the best of my ability. I am proud...
QC, New Amsterdam Multi girls top CSEC
Written by Demerara Waves | Thursday, 11 August 2011 Queen’s College student Anuradha Dev and New Amsterdam Multilateral’s Shalita Appadu have topped Guyana at this year’s CSEC examinations with 15 grade ones each.The education ministry on Thursday released a...
Fitness Instructor conducts “Shackle Walk” in New Amsterdam
AUGUST 3, 2011 | BY KAIETEUR NEWS By Samuel WhyteFitness Instructor, Sports Organizer, Community Activist and Founder of the Unity for the Nation Organization, Eli Hazel on Sunday July 31 fulfilled a promised he made to re-live some aspects of slave life, by...
Bibi Perrone (formerly Khadar), or popularly known as Bibi Khan.
Born in New Amsterdam to parents Walter Khadar, now deceased, and Sylvia Khadar, Bibi Perrone grew up in Smythfield, but spent part of her childhood between 1955 and 1963 in Glasgow. Around the age of 5, Bibi attended Friends Primary School in Sisters Village on the...
Six outstanding retired players rewarded for services to Berbice cricket
JULY 10, 2011 | BY KAITEUR NEWS “You laid the foundation for the success that Berbice cricket is currently enjoying and we at the Berbice Cricket Board are proud to honour you as Heroes and role models”. Those were the words of the Chairman of the Berbice Cricket...
Illegal wiring kills Berbice infant
JUNE 30, 2011 | BY KAIETEUR NEWS The scale, gravity and danger of persons stealing electricity came forcibly home in a grave way on Wednesday when a two-year-old child in the depressed squatting community of Angoy’s Avenue (Cow Dam) came into contact with a live...
Who made the best black pudding in New Amsterdam
JUNE 26, 2011 | BY KAIETEUR NEWS By Ralph SeeramLast week I wrote about the silly “food fight” that some letters were engaged in. This week I wish to take a nostalgic trip of a real food fight… This was a different food fight. It was a fight to get into a “club” in...
Historic church in N/A celebrates 175 years
JUNE 26, 2011 | BY KAIETEUR NEWSThe Roman Catholic Church of the Ascension, in New Amsterdam, Berbice, celebrated its feast day of the Ascension on June 5, last. The church also marked its 175th anniversary in the town of New Amsterdam, serving the needs of the...