Antigua Breaking News

Day: October 27, 2020

  • Store guard stabbed 27 times for asking women to wear masks

    Store guard stabbed 27 times for asking women to wear masks

    Two sisters accused of stabbing a West Side Chicago store security guard 27 times with a knife after he asked them to wear face masks and use hand sanitiser were today ordered held without bond. The alleged attack late Sunday by Jessica Hill, 21, and Jayla Hill, 18, left the 32-year-old victim hospitalised in critical…

  • Jamaican businessman feared eaten by sharks, crocodiles

    Jamaican businessman feared eaten by sharks, crocodiles

    Uncertainty clouds the search for missing Jamaican businessman Andre Burnett, 35, who was reportedly swallowed up by a large wave while swimming off the coast of St Elizabeth on Sunday, as body parts believed to be his were discovered yesterday. The discovery of the body parts has numbed relatives, business operators and residents of Treasure…

  • Funnel-cloud photos are not current, Meteorologist Destin says

    Funnel-cloud photos are not current, Meteorologist Destin says

    Meteorologist Dale Destin says photographs of a funnel cloud making the social-media rounds are not current. Photographs circulated today, Tuesday, and taken from Old Parham Road and Cassada Gardens locations, show the cloud – or water-spout, as it is sometimes called – descending in the distance. Because of the unstable weather during the day, many…

  • Marlon Samuels slammed for expletive laden tirade mentioning Ben Stokes’ wife

    Marlon Samuels slammed for expletive laden tirade mentioning Ben Stokes’ wife

    Former Jamaica and West Indies cricketer, Marlon Samuels, has come in for massive criticism on social media after an expletive laden tirade against England all-rounder, Ben Stokes. Samuels even dragged Stokes’ wife into the matter. It all started after Stokes said on an Indian Premier League podcast that the 14-day quarantine period for the IPL…

  • Barbados extends State of Emergency until March 2021

    Barbados extends State of Emergency until March 2021

    The State of Emergency enacted in Barbados back in March has been extended until March 27, 2021. Attorney General Dale Marshall made the announcement during a sitting of Parliament today during the resolution of the Public Health Emergency Bill. Marshall said that Barbados was not yet out of the woods.

  • Returning national fined $3K for breaking Grenada’s quarantine protocol

    Returning national fined $3K for breaking Grenada’s quarantine protocol

    By Linda Straker The magistrate at the St George Court on Tuesday fined a returning national EC$3,000 for violating the COVID-19 quarantine protocol. He was charged on Saturday. Don Thomas, 47, is the first person to be charged under the Quarantine Act, and was ordered to pay the fine immediately. Failure to pay the fine…

  • 3-month-old baby Grace dies

    3-month-old baby Grace dies

    Following an urgent public appeal two days ago to save her life, Baby Grace has died. Just a day after being born, doctors informed two young parents that their baby, Grace Goodwin, has a heart murmur. Grace, born on July 9, suffered from a cyanotic congenital heart defect which worsened to the point that she…

  • Appeal for financial help for cancer-stricken young mother

    Appeal for financial help for cancer-stricken young mother

    A local media entity is making an urgent appeal to residents to support a medical fund for an employee who has been diagnosed with stage four cancer. The managers of Jump 268 are seeking to raise more than US$40,000 to facilitate medical testing to determine the type of cancer and possible treatment needed for mother-of-two,…

  • Venezuela announces medicine against COVID-19

    Venezuela announces medicine against COVID-19

    President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday announced the discovery of a high-effective treatment capable of eliminating COVID-19 and pointed out that a drug will be presented to the World Health Organization (WHO) for certification. The treatment, based on a molecule called TR-10, was designed by the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), which had been working…

  • Bowen furious about the lack of consultation with residents on proposed Willoughby Bay development by Nigerian investor

    Bowen furious about the lack of consultation with residents on proposed Willoughby Bay development by Nigerian investor

    Residents in the St. Phillip South constituency are up in arms over developments being proposed for the Willoughby Bay area. Reports are that two projects are being contemplated, one of which is an African-themed hotel to be constructed by a Nigerian investor. The Government says over 2,000 acres of land would be developed. Area residents…

  • Bar operations at St. John’s Police Station restricted as Health authorities conduct contact-tracing investigations

    Bar operations at St. John’s Police Station restricted as Health authorities conduct contact-tracing investigations

    The police remain tight-lipped over reports that a civilian working at the St. John’s Police Station bar has been infected with the COVID-19 virus. The bar was reportedly closed and that Health officials were on site Monday conducting inquiries, as contact tracing has commenced. The woman, who is reportedly of Hispanic descent, was tested positive…

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL SELECTION)

 

OECS MSME Guarantee Facility Project

Loan No.: IDA-62670, IDA-62660, IDA-62640, IBRD-88830, IDA-62650

Assignment Title: Senior Operating Officer (SOO)

Reference No. KN-ECPCGC-207852-CS-INDV

 

The Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have received financing in the amount of US$10 million equivalent from the World Bank towards the cost of establishing a partial credit guarantee scheme, and they intend to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, and consulting services to be procured under this project. 

The consultant will serve as the “Senior Operating Officer (SOO)” for the ECPCGC and should possess extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to Micro, small and medium-sized businesses, knowledge of the internal control processes necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk mitigation procedures. The ideal candidate should possess an Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Accounting, Banking or related field, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in lending, inclusive of MSME lending. The initial employment period will be for two years on a contractual basis. Renewal of the contract will be subject to a performance evaluation at the end of the contractual period. The assignment is expected to begin on September 30th, 2021.  The consultant will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the ECPCGC.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be viewed by following the attached link below. 

 

https://bit.ly/3iVannm

 

The Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECPCGC) now invites eligible “Consultants” to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have:

  • An Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Finance, Banking or related field; and
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in MSME lending. Applicants should also have:
  • The ability to design and implement risk management procedures 
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to small and medium-sized businesses
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME banking operations
  • Knowledge of the internal controls necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk management procedures
  • Experience developing and presenting information in public, including responding to questions in real-time
  • Experience lending to MSMEs located in the ECCU
  • Knowledge of marketing and communicating with the MSME sector
  • Ability to draft procedures to be used in a lending operation
  • Familiarity with the mechanics of a loan guarantee program
  • Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills, and
  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office suite.

The attention of interested Individual Consultants is drawn to Section III, Paragraphs 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers July 2016, [revised November 2017] (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Approved Selection Method for Individual Consultants set out in the clause 7.34 of the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers. 

 

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0800 to 1700 hours:

Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation

Brid Rock, Basseterre,

St. Kitts.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form by e-mail by August 11th, 2021, to [email protected]. 

 

For further information, please contact:

Carmen Gomez-Trigg                                                            Bernard Thomas

Chief Executive Officer                                                          Chief Financial Officer

Tel: 868-620-8144                                                                  Tel: 869-765-2385

Email: [email protected]                                          [email protected]