Antigua Breaking News

Day: February 13, 2021

  • Lovell accuses PM of picking fight with nurses in middle of pandemic

    Lovell accuses PM of picking fight with nurses in middle of pandemic

    United Progressive Party (UPP) Political Leader Harold Lovell has accused Prime Minister Gaston Browne of picking a fight with the country’s nurses in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking on Observer Radio, Lovell said the prime minister’s action is not something that any “sane” person would do. “Which Prime Minister picks a fight with…

  • Nurse on ventilator as Antigua’s COVID crisis worsens

    Nurse on ventilator as Antigua’s COVID crisis worsens

    One of the country’s health-care workers has contracted the coronavirus and is currently hospitalized. Addressing the COVID-19 situation in the country moments ago, UPP Leader Harold Lovell said a nurse at Mount St. John’s Medical Centre is currently on a ventilator after contracting COVID-19. According to the latest dashboard released by the Ministry of Health…

  • Antigua records 8 new cases of COVID-19

    Antigua records 8 new cases of COVID-19

    Subsequent to the dashboard published on February 12th, 2021, the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment received additional test results from the Mount St. John Medical Centre (MSJMC) which has revealed eight (8) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Friday 12th February 2021 at 6pm. These new cases resulted…

  • Barbados’ death toll from COVID-19 climbs to 23

    Barbados’ death toll from COVID-19 climbs to 23

    Barbados’ death toll from COVID-19 has risen to 23. The persons who were felled by the viral illness most recently are two women, an 80 year old Trinidadian and a 75 year old Barbadian. The Barbadian senior passed away on the evening of February 12, after spending three days in the Primary Isolation Unit of…

  • United Progressive Party Statement on the Escalating COVID-19 Crisis

    United Progressive Party Statement on the Escalating COVID-19 Crisis

    The United Progressive Party views, with concern, the alarming increase in new COVID-19 cases over the past few weeks.  The most recent dashboard numbers show we recorded 38 new cases with 33 patients currently hospitalized. We recorded 159 cases in nine months: March to December 2020. Now, in seven weeks, we have logged 260 cases,…

  • Antigua’s COVID Crisis: Medical Musings by Dr. George Roberts

    Antigua’s COVID Crisis: Medical Musings by Dr. George Roberts

    Whereas I do not always completely agree with the strategies and approaches of the authorities in handling the Covid crisis in Antigua, I have deliberately avoided criticizing their actions or actively promoting differing positions. This is for a number of reasons. In times like these where there is an unprecedented world crisis with no clear…

  • Royal Caribbean Group to vaccinate all crew members

    Royal Caribbean Group to vaccinate all crew members

    Royal Caribbean Group says all crew members on its three cruise lines will require COVID-19 vaccinations before returning to work. The company outlined the measure in a letter to crew members of Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea Cruises, revealed by Crew Center. “We have been working hard, in collaboration with government entities, scientists…

  • Fraudulent Website Bank of Nevis (Bermuda)

    Fraudulent Website Bank of Nevis (Bermuda)

    It has been brought to the attention of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) that a company by the name of ‘Bank of Nevis’ having an address, 19 Reid Street Hamilton HM HM 15, City of Hamilton, Bermudas, with a website address of www.bankofnevis.com is purportedly providing cryptocurrency savings and fixed cryptocurrency accounts. The ECCB wishes to…

  • SONS AND DAUGHTERS of WILLIKIES join fight to keep villagers safe from COVID-19

    SONS AND DAUGHTERS of WILLIKIES join fight to keep villagers safe from COVID-19

    On Thursday February 4, SONS AND DAUGHTERS of WILLIKIES continued to live up to its founding mission when it joined the fight to keep its villagers safe from COVID-19 that has seen so many persons around the world infected and many others succumbing after being infected. The organization – both local chapter in Antigua and…

  • Some Antiguans be like – Pandemic? What Pandemic?

    Some Antiguans be like – Pandemic? What Pandemic?

    Prime Minister Gaston Browne appears to be in disbelief that a boat cruise has been organised for Valentine’s Day. He asked on Facebook whether it was a joke. The party cruise is organised when Antigua and Barbuda is recording the highest number of active COVID cases since the start of the pandemic, 211. Some Antiguans…

  • POINTS ON WHICH COVID-19 VACCINE TO TAKE (pic sense outta nan sense)

    POINTS ON WHICH COVID-19 VACCINE TO TAKE (pic sense outta nan sense)

    Dr. Alfanso Jerry Simon ***Disclaimer: I do not profit financially from the sale or distribution of any particular vaccine. I am a licensed health care worker but I am not a member of the medical or nurses association and do not speak for either. I am only writing in hope to help you separate myth…

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]