Antigua Breaking News

Day: December 13, 2020

  • Legal office damaged by fire

    Legal office damaged by fire

    The chambers of Lockhart, Mendes and Co located on Church Street was gutted by fire tonight. Fire police received the call shortly after 8 pm. Tenders arrived at scene in time to contain the blaze however a major portion of the office’s records and documents might have been lost.  

  • MISSING: 17-year-old Mariah Matthew

    MISSING: 17-year-old Mariah Matthew

    Police and the family of 17-year-old Mariah Matthew are seeking the help of the general public in knowing her whereabouts. Mariah was last seen sometime between the 7th and 8th December 2020. She is dark in complexion, about 4 feet 5 inches in height and slim build. Anyone with information is asked to contact the…

  • AUDIO: Chief Medical Officer reacts to latest COVID death

    AUDIO: Chief Medical Officer reacts to latest COVID death

    Chief Medical Officer Dr. Rhonda Sealey Thomas has responded to the country’s latest COVID-19- related death. Sealey Thomas said contact tracing for the country’s latest COVID-19 fatality began as soon as the case surfaced. While expressing condolences to the family Sealey Thomas said new cases and in particular new deaths are always of concern to…

  • Statement from MSJMC on death of hospital employee due to COVID-19

    Statement from MSJMC on death of hospital employee due to COVID-19

    Mount St. John’s Medical Centre confirms that a healthcare worker has died after contracting COVID-19. The patient, a forty-six (46) year old female hospital employee who has been on vacation since mid November, was admitted to the hospital on December 10, with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). As a part of enhanced protocols for patients…

  • Another COVID fatality in Antigua

    Another COVID fatality in Antigua

    Antigua has recoded another COVID-19-related death. Antigua Breaking News (ABN) understands that the woman was hospitalized on December 10 and later tested positive for COVID-19. She died today. This latest death brings to five the number of people who have died as a result of COVID-19 in Antigua over the course of the pandemic. Also…

  • Cluster of 26 COVID-19 cases at Sandals Grenada

    Cluster of 26 COVID-19 cases at Sandals Grenada

    The following statement was issued by the Ministry of Health in Grenada: The Ministry of Health informs that a cluster of 26 positive COVID-19 cases have been diagnosed, originating from the Sandals resort. The positive cases include guests and employees, as well as their contacts. The discovery was made following proactive testing of employees and…

  • Old Road Primary School commissions solar PV system

    Old Road Primary School commissions solar PV system

    The Old Road Primary School is the most recent institution to commission their solar PV system as part of the $825,000 grant-funded Grid Interactive Solar PV Systems project. This project equips schools and clinic around the country with solar PV systems. Darren Gibbs installed 8KW Solar PV System. Twenty – four Solar Panel panes were…

  • Mexico donates medical ventilators to Antigua and Caribbean neighbours

    Mexico donates medical ventilators to Antigua and Caribbean neighbours

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, through the Mexican Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AMEXCID), sent the first medical mechanical breathing devices made in Mexico to some Caribbean countries. This fulfills the agreed commitment to send the devices developed in Mexico to Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Guyana, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia, Suriname…

  • Fruit and palm trees planted at 3 schools

    Fruit and palm trees planted at 3 schools

    In recognition of Arbour Month 2020 and International Soil Day, Minister Samantha Marshall was happy to join forces with youth ambassadors Lyle Jackson and Guishonne Powell, Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Caribbean Tree Planting Project Antigua and Barbuda, in planting fruit and palm trees at the S. R. Olivia David Primary, Urlings Primary and the…

  • ECAB donates to COVID-19 Relief Grant Aquaponics Programme

    ECAB donates to COVID-19 Relief Grant Aquaponics Programme

    The Eastern Caribbean Amalgamated bank (ECAB) has once again demonstrated what it is to be a good corporate citizen by its donation of twenty-five thousand dollars to the Covid-19 Relief Grant Aquaponics Programme; a project being spearheaded by the Ministry of Social Transformation, Human Resource Development and the Blue Economy. This money will afford five…

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]