Antigua Breaking News

Day: May 12, 2021

  • Man arrives in St. Kitts aboard missing fishing boat from Antigua

    Man arrives in St. Kitts aboard missing fishing boat from Antigua

    The boat reported stolen in Antigua is reportedly in St. Kitts and Nevis. St. Kitts police are investigating the arrival of fishing boat in the Federation mid-morning Tuesday with a single occupant carrying a suitcase. They believe this is the same vessel stolen from Perry Bay in Antigua between Monday night and Tuesday morning of…

  • 11 dead, 615 new cases of COVID-19 in Trinidad

    11 dead, 615 new cases of COVID-19 in Trinidad

    TRINIDAD EXPRESS: Eleven people have died in the past 24 hours from the Covid-19 virus in Trinidad and Tobago. And 615 have tested positive for the potentially fatal virus. The information was disclosed this afternoon by the Ministry of Health in its daily update. The 615 positive cases reported today reflects samples taken during a…

  • Verbal clash as OAS discusses Haiti’s request for hemispheric mission

    Verbal clash as OAS discusses Haiti’s request for hemispheric mission

    The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) Wednesday moved closer to sending a mission to the French Caribbean island of Haiti as diplomats from Antigua and Barbuda and Port au Prince were engaged in a verbal clash on the issue. The Permanent Council agreed to hold further talks with other stakeholders “as…

  • Barbados records 46th COVID-19 death

    Barbados records 46th COVID-19 death

    A 66-year-old Barbadian woman with comorbidities is the 46th person to have died from COVID-19. She passed away on Tuesday, May 11. There were also seven new positive cases (six males and one female) recorded on Tuesday. They were identified from among the 758 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Nine people…

  • Sir Molwyn to launch Nurse Byers Achievement of Excellence Award

    Sir Molwyn to launch Nurse Byers Achievement of Excellence Award

    The Minister of Health, Wellness and the Environment Sir Molwyn Joseph has committed to an annual Award of Excellence beginning in 2022. It will be presented to a Nurse who exemplifies the highest level of commitment and dedication to service in Antigua and Barbuda. While addressing the Official Nurses Week Opening Ceremony last night, Sir…

  • CWI retains 13 Senior Cricket Umpires

    CWI retains 13 Senior Cricket Umpires

    Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced that annual retainer contracts have been offered to all thirteen (13) members of the existing Senior Panel of Umpires for the new contract period April 1st 2021- March 31st 2022. The significant reduction in regional cricket in the last contracting period, due to the impact of COVID-19, has resulted…

  • Trial date set for 3 former UPP ministers in bus saga

    Three former United Progressive Party Ministers accused of using three buses donated by the government of Korea for their own personal and financial benefit will go to trial on June 14. Harold Lovell, Willmoth Daniel and Dr Jacqui Quinn, who are facing criminal charges of corruption, fraud, larceny and embezzlement, have all pleaded not guilty.…

  • Bank donates refurbished computers to two schools

    Bank donates refurbished computers to two schools

    Two more schools in Antigua are benefiting from the donation of refurbished computers, fans and protective masks, donated by CIBC FirstCaribbean Bank, under its Adopt a Cause programme. The Antigua Girls High School (AGHS) has received 20 reconditioned computers and the donation and installation of 24 ceiling fans while the All Saints Secondary School is…

  • PHOTOS: CMO gets second dose of AstraZeneca vaccine

    PHOTOS: CMO gets second dose of AstraZeneca vaccine

  • ACB Caribbean accepting applications for The Louis H. Lockhart Scholarship Programme

    ACB Caribbean accepting applications for The Louis H. Lockhart Scholarship Programme

    ACB Caribbean is happy to announce that we are accepting applications for The Louis H. Lockhart Scholarship Programme. The scholarship is for the completion of a first degree (students in their final year of study are eligible to apply) in the primary areas of Banking, Finance, Accounting, Investment, and other related business disciplines. We are happy…

  • COVID could cause erectile dysfunction, study finds

    COVID could cause erectile dysfunction, study finds

    Coronavirus can cause erectile dysfunction months after a man has recovered from the illness, according to a study. Miami University scientists scanned the penis tissue of two recovered Covid patients aged 65 and 71 who were struggling to get erections. And, in what they claimed was a world-first, they found the virus was still lingering…

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]