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.
Technical skills crucial to Guyana’s development, NATI graduates told
By Leon Suseran The New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI) graduates of 2012 were told on Friday how valuable their technical skills are to the development of Guyana and that those skills are the foundation on which the development of Guyana rests. The message came...
Passionate about the waterways… Cpt. Maheshwar Soogrim is a ‘Special Person’
“In a captain’s work you have to know a little bit of everything.” By Leon Suseran Sixty-seven year-old Maheshwar Soogrim has spent much of his life on the waterways of the world and right here at home too. His love for the rivers, oceans and seas, piloting the...
Clarence Hughes passes on
Senior Counsel Clarence Albert Fitzgerald Hughes, who turned 77 last Saturday, died on Friday at his Subryanville, Greater Georgetown home following a short period of illness. The late Hughes was head of the chambers at the legal firm Hughes, Fields and Stoby. He was...
New Amsterdam municipality needs to improve rate collection – deputy mayor
Despite a trend of poor collection of taxes from property owners in New Amsterdam, the municipality has no definitive plan to improve the annual rate of tax collection, Deputy Mayor Harold Dabydeen said. The disclosure was made in response to a question from a...
Former Post Office employee admitted to local Bar
Paula Jones-Nicholson was recently admitted to the local bar after her petition was presented by Senior Counsel Richard Fields, before Justice William Ramlal in the High Court of the Supreme Court of Judicature, Demerara. Ms. Jones-Nicholson hails from the ancient...
Overseas doctors on medical outreach at N/A Hospital
Eleven overseas-based doctors are lending their services to the New Amsterdam Regional Hospital as part of a medical programme the group carries out each year. The doctors are from the Organization for Social and Health Advancement for Guyana and the Caribbean...
More small businesses to be established in New Amsterdam
Over the next year, the Berbice Chamber of Commerce will continually work towards creating opportunities for establishing small businesses in New Amsterdam, Region 6. This was according to Berbice Chambers of Commerce Representative, Imran Sacoor at the closing of the...
New Amsterdam Benefit Ball Report – 2012
The Council of Friends of New Amsterdam awarded the Distinguished Service Award, the National Public Broadcasting Media Award, and the Educator Service Award at their Annual New Amsterdam Benefit Ball. On a pleasant New York...
N/A Lions Club hosts 51st Anniversary celebrations
The Lion’s Club of New Amsterdam held its 51st Charter Night recently at the Lion’s Den, Vryman’s Erven, New Amsterdam. Several new members received their chevrons and were inducted into the Lion’s Club. Lion’s Clubs International (LCI) is a secular service...
NA Multi win in NA Canje Branch Inter Secondary School Athletics Sports
New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School (NAMS) defied the odds to stage what can be termed a major upset to come out on top when the New Amsterdam/Canje District (15) of the Ministry OF Education / Guyana Teachers Union held their Annual Track, Field and Cycling...
New documentary on Cuffy for release Feb. 2013
Overseas-based Guyanese documentary maker, Amanda Wilson, announces her latest project, Cuffy: Face Of A Rebellion – a 60-minute film celebrating the life and mission of a truly peerless Guyanese hero and the 250th anniversary of his 1763 Berbice revolt. The...
Multi-talented educator, Rose Dos Ramos, is a ‘Special Person’
“Teachers should have incentives, and work for them, gaining a sense of pride. The only real benefit you get from teaching is seeing children you taught succeed as men and women.” By Leon Suseran Rose Agnes Dos Ramos is a multi-talented woman and has made the utmost...