Antigua Breaking News

Day: November 27, 2020

  • Bowling letdown

    Bowling letdown

    West Indies captain Kieron Pollard defied a devastating spell from Lockie Ferguson to hit a career-best, unbeaten 75, but poor bowling led to a five-wicket defeat for his side under the Duckworth/Lewis/Stern Method in the rain-marred first Twenty20 International against New Zealand on Friday. Pollard dragged the Windies back into contention with an explosive 37-ball…

  • Bermuda Govt paying $11 million to hotel workers

    Bermuda Govt paying $11 million to hotel workers

    Government volunteered to pay out $11 million to redundant hotel workers without securing an agreement from the hotel’s owners that the money would be paid back. Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, made the admission in the House of Assembly this morning. More than 700 staff at the Southampton Princess were laid off last month when…

  • War-hardened general to lead Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination effort

    War-hardened general to lead Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination effort

    A general who led NATO’s mission in Iraq as well as Canadian troops in Afghanistan and Bosnia will spearhead efforts to immunise most Canadians against the novel coronavirus by September 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday. “This will be the biggest immunisation in the history of the country,” Trudeau told a news conference. “This…

  • How a smalltown doctor became a COVID pariah

    How a smalltown doctor became a COVID pariah

    After being labelled the “patient zero” of an outbreak of COVID, a Congolese-Canadian physician says he became a target for racist threats, a pariah in his community, and a “scapegoat” for local officials. When Dr Jean-Robert Ngola heard that he had to pick up his daughter last May, he quickly did the maths. His daughter…

  • Antigua and Barbuda joins region in temporary ban on poultry from the United Kingdom

    Antigua and Barbuda joins region in temporary ban on poultry from the United Kingdom

    There has been an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N8) in the United Kingdom (UK). It has therefore been decided by the CARICOM Chief Veterinary Officers that a temporary regional ban shall be imposed on all poultry from the UK. Antigua and Barbuda was represented at this meeting by Dr. Nneka Hull James of…

  • Official handling of man’s death distresses relatives, who fear that denial of autopsy might signal a cover-up

    Official handling of man’s death distresses relatives, who fear that denial of autopsy might signal a cover-up

    Family members of a Brownes Avenue man are describing as “cruel” the manner in which his death is being handled, and they fear that something is amiss. According to reports, the decomposing body of 56-year-old Collin George was found in his home in October. The cause of death was given as a heart attack, resulting…

  • Antigua and Barbuda’s CDC rating to be de-escalated on Monday

    Antigua and Barbuda’s CDC rating to be de-escalated on Monday

    The level of Antigua and Barbuda’s categorisation by the US CDC will be deescalated to Level 2 on Monday, November 30. Foreign Affairs Minister E.P. Chet Greene disclosed that, following intervention by Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders, CDC provided advance information, in writing, last Thursday that the Travel Health…

  • Deon Lloyd fined $6K after trying to hide drugs in his mother’s bedroom  

    Deon Lloyd fined $6K after trying to hide drugs in his mother’s bedroom  

    A man who scampered to hide drugs in his mother’s bedroom after spotting the police has been convicted of drug possession and ordered to pay a $6,000 fine. Deon Lloyd appeared in the St. John’s Magistrates’ Court before Chief Magistrate Joanne Walsh where pleaded guilty to possession of 199 grammes of cannabis. Chief Magistrate Walsh…

  • South African Ambassador Pays Virtual Courtesy call on the Minister of Foreign Affairs

    South African Ambassador Pays Virtual Courtesy call on the Minister of Foreign Affairs

    On Wednesday, Nov. 25, Lumka Yengeni, High Commissioner of the Republic of South Africa to Antigua and Barbuda paid a virtual courtesy call on E.P. Chet Greene, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Trade. They both engaged in discussion surrounding the impact of the Covid-19 Global Health Pandemic on the economies of their respective countries.…

  • The Haitian people: sadly and badly in need of a champion

    The Haitian people: sadly and badly in need of a champion

    By Sir Ronald Sanders  Human rights and constitutional violations in Haiti have been ignored for too long by the Organization of American States (OAS). The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has also avoided dealing with incendiary political issues in Haiti.   Meanwhile, more suffering is being piled on the poor people of Haiti whose body count from malnutrition…

  • PAHO urges public health measures important as holiday season starts

    PAHO urges public health measures important as holiday season starts

    Holiday season gatherings and travel involve risks and people should follow guidance of national and local health authorities to make the holidays as safe as possible during the Covid-19 pandemic, Pan American Health Organization Assistant Director Jarbas Barbosa said today. “During a pandemic, there is no such thing as a risk-free holiday season. Every gathering,…

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]