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.
Williams wins 50-miler in Berbice
Geron Williams, of the Continental Cycle Club, in a time of one hour, 35 minutes, 40 seconds (1h: 35m: 40s), won the Sanko Benjamin 80th birthday 50-miler cycle race on Monday. Williams out sprinted Raul Leal, Orville Hinds, Wayne De Nobegra and Raynauth Jeffery to...
My appreciation to the Berbice High School students
Dear Editor, Recently I had joined the fourth and fifth form students of the Berbice High School, along with their teachers, who held their first suicide awareness walk through the streets of New Amsterdam, sensitising residents and especially the young people about...
Banks DIH constructs Citizen’s Bank in Berbice
Berbicians are expected by July to have more options in their Banking choices when Banks DIH Limited is expected to open a newly constructed branch of Citizen’s Bank in New Amsterdam. This represents a move by the company to expand on it services in the Ancient...
Keith Myers heads Berbice basketball after elections
The Berbice Basketball Association (BBA) has moved one step toward being able to source assistance from the international body for the development of the sport in Berbice. This follows the holding of elections for office bearers of the sub association. Keith Myers is...
The 2014 athletic season races off in Berbice today
With the aim of spreading athletics to as far and wide in Guyana as possible, the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) is trying its best to achieve that goal. Today the first part of that objective is set to be achieved with the staging of the annual season opening...
New Amsterdam’s oldest resident is 102
At 102, Mrs. Cecelia Ethleen Ramsay – King called ‘Tanti’ of Mayor and Town Council Housing Scheme, New Amsterdam has the distinction of being the oldest resident of New Amsterdam. She achieved the latest milestone on Thursday January 9th. During the week she was...
Roberts thankful for Ninvalle’s, GBA support for Boxing in Berbice
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...
Rehabilitation work starts at Bermine Sports Ground in Berbice
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...
St. Francis R.C. Youth Club spreads Christmas cheer across Berbice churches
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...
The ‘New’ New Amsterdam Town Hall
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...
New Amsterdam celebrates 122nd Anniversary
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....
Berbice TT Sub-Association hosts teams tourney
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...