Antigua Breaking News

Day: February 8, 2021

  • Officials crash illegal parties in Barbados amid COVID-19 lockdown

    Officials crash illegal parties in Barbados amid COVID-19 lockdown

    Officials in Barbados put the brakes on four illegal parties on Sunday. This disclosure came from Coordinator of the COVID Communications Unit, Ambassador Elizabeth Thompson, during the COVID-19 press conference, where the vaccine was discussed. Ambassador Thompson stated: “Today, alone, the compliance team, under Mr. Ronald Chapman, broke up four parties.  Yes, people are still…

  • COVID-19 cases on Montserrat increase to 5

    COVID-19 cases on Montserrat increase to 5

    Montserrat’s Ministry of Health and Social Services has confirmed that one more resident has tested positive for COVID–19. This new case increases the islands active cases to five. The individual is a close contact of a known case and was confirmed during the course of the Ministry of Health’s contact tracing efforts. At present all…

  • Port Authority’s entire top management in isolation after COVID exposure

    Port Authority’s entire top management in isolation after COVID exposure

    Top executives of the Antigua and Barbuda Port Authority have been asked to self-isolate after a member of the Ports Management team tested positive for COVID-19. Port Manager Darwin Telemaque reported to both Prime Minister Gaston Browne and Port Chair, Senator Mary Clair Hurst about the development at the port after being informed by Ministry…

  • Digicel employee’s relative tests positive for COVID. Friars Hill Road outlet closed

    Digicel employee’s relative tests positive for COVID. Friars Hill Road outlet closed

    Digicel employee’s relative tests positive for COVID. Friars Hill Road outlet closed

  • RESPONSE TO BUDGET 2021: Jamale Pringle, Leader of the Opposition

    RESPONSE TO BUDGET 2021: Jamale Pringle, Leader of the Opposition

    Mr. Speaker, Good Morning. On behalf of the United Progressive Party, I rise to respond to what should have been the most important Budget Presentation of this Administration.  I say “should have” because, like the rest of Antigua & Barbuda, I remain deeply disappointed by what was presented. For nearly three hours, we listened.  For…

  • 2 injured in crash minutes before curfew

    2 injured in crash minutes before curfew

    Two people were taken to the hospital after three vehicles collided on All Saints Road on Saturday night. According to reports, a man and a woman from one of the vehicles received non-life-threatening injuries from the incident. They reportedly complained of pain at various parts of their bodies. Police are investigating the crash, which reportedly…

  • Antigua logs 17 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday

    Antigua logs 17 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday

    The most recent reports received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Mount St. John’s Medical Centre (MSJMC) and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) have revealed seventeen (17) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Saturday 6th February 2021. Subsequent to the publication of the dashboard…

  • Gonsalves to take Russian COVID vaccine Sputnik V on Tuesday

    Gonsalves to take Russian COVID vaccine Sputnik V on Tuesday

    Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves says that he will take the Russian developed Sputnik coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine on Tuesday. Gonsalves made the announcement while speaking on local radio on Sunday – just three days after telling Parliament he was giving it “prayerful consideration” and would have made a decision by the following day. “I have decided…

  • SJCCU’s Head Office remains closed because of COVID

    SJCCU’s Head Office remains closed because of COVID

    NOTICE OF CONTINUED CLOSURE Our Members and the Public are hereby notified that SJCCU’s Head Office, located on Lower All Saints Road, continues to be temporarily closed today Monday, 8th February 2021 until further notice. However, our Branch Office located at Mandolin Place on Friars Hill Road, remains open to provide our full range of…

  • Buckley’s resident celebrates 100th birthday

    Buckley’s resident celebrates 100th birthday

    Centenarian Ione Henry Joseph was born in Buckley’s Village on February 7th 1921 to John and Rosetta Henry. She was one of 11 children. Her mother died when she was 13 years old and she was cared for by her older brothers and sisters. During her early twenties, she left Antigua for Curacao where she…

  • KFC Fort Road closed today in keeping with COVID-19 protocols

    KFC Fort Road closed today in keeping with COVID-19 protocols

    KFC Fort Road closed today in keeping with COVID-19 protocols

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]