by Cofona Admin | Jan 15, 2013 | General, News
The sum of one million dollars was distributed to the six winning choirs and small singing groups after some serious deliberations by the judges at the National Song Festival held at the National Cultural Centre on Sunday evening. The New Amsterdam Secondary School...
by Cofona Admin | Jan 6, 2013 | Featured Profiles, News
“I get tremendous satisfaction when I remember what the kids were and when I see what they’ve become.” By Leon Suseran Pansy Howell-Fedee has a gift; a gift that requires a lot of patience; a gift that brings with it the natural ability to love and care and nurture....
by Cofona Admin | Jan 2, 2013 | News, Sports
President of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Keith Foster on Sunday last was re-elected unopposed as the president of the Berbice Cricket Board for his third and final term when the Board held its biannual election at its Cheddi Jagan Street, New Amsterdam...
by Cofona Admin | Dec 30, 2012 | Featured Profiles
“Look to God, he is our only tower of strength. The politicians can’t help us; the politicians themselves need help…. Everybody has been looking after themselves and that is bad. If we continue like that, it will not work.” By Dale Andrews | Kaieteur News As a young...
by Cofona Admin | Dec 23, 2012 | General, News
This year is the 250th anniversary of the often forgotten 1762 slave rebellion in Berbice, then a Dutch colony. Thirty-six male and female slaves rose up against inhuman treatment and after bravely repelling a militia force was ultimately defeated by Governor Van...
by Cofona Admin | Dec 20, 2012 | General, News
Even the mentally-ill among us should be aware of the holidays during this special season of Christmas. On Wednesday evening, the National Psychiatric Hospital (NPH) in Berbice held a special Christmas tree lighting up ceremony on the hospital grounds. Patients and...
