Antigua Breaking News

Day: May 31, 2021

  • Mehul Choksi says alleged abductors included a woman

    Mehul Choksi says alleged abductors included a woman

    Mehul Choksi says a woman he was with when he arrived in Dominica was not his girlfriend. Sources close to the fugitive businessman told reporters that the woman was a part of the team involved in his alleged abduction, torture and arrest. The sources further said the woman was staying in Antigua where she started…

  • Antigua determined to revoke Mehul Choksi’s citizenship, pursue his extradition to India

    Antigua determined to revoke Mehul Choksi’s citizenship, pursue his extradition to India

    Antiguan Prime Minister Gaston Browne said on May 29 that his country was determined to revoke fugitive Mehul Choksi’s citizenship and pursue his extradition to India to face criminal charges. Browne also claimed that Choksi was funding Antigua and Barbuda’s main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP). Browne alleged that this was the reason why the…

  • UPP denies financial relationship with Mehul Choksi; Asks which party had access to him in 2018

    UPP denies financial relationship with Mehul Choksi; Asks which party had access to him in 2018

    UPP Press Release: In yet another desperate attempt to stem the tide rising against him, Prime Minister Gaston Browne, once again, is resorting to blatant lies about the United Progressive Party (UPP). The UPP is fully conscious that Mehul Choksi’s purported wealth is the subject of criminal accusations in his native India, and the Party…

  • Former Guyana journalist Mondale Smith dies after contracting COVID-19

    Former Guyana journalist Mondale Smith dies after contracting COVID-19

    Former Guyana journalist Mondale Smith has passed away after contracting COVID-19. This was confirmed by Head of the Guyana Press Association Nazima Raghubir. “[Minister of Health] Dr Anthony confirmed Mondale Smith passed away,” she shared with members of the media this morning. Smith, who was in his 40s, was admitted to the COVID-19 Intensive Care…

  • When fetes resume, patrons must wear masks and stay in their bubbles

    When fetes resume, patrons must wear masks and stay in their bubbles

    Event promoters have been giving more insight into how events planned for July 16 and beyond will work. DJ Jime Hunt, Event Promoter says a number of measures instituted by the Ministry of Health will have to be adhered to by Patrons and Event Promoters. Event promoter Chalita Rose says there is a process that…

  • Canada lowers flags after discovery of bodies of 215 children at school site

    Canada lowers flags after discovery of bodies of 215 children at school site

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked Sunday that flags at all federal buildings be flown at half-staff to honour more than 200 children whose remains have been found buried at what was once Canada’s largest Indigenous residential school — one of the institutions that held children taken from families across the nation The Peace Tower…

  • LETTER: Thumbs up to Manager who wrote about ‘Nepotism & Cronyism’

    LETTER: Thumbs up to Manager who wrote about ‘Nepotism & Cronyism’

    DEAR EDITOR: Last week, in your news portal I read a letter penned by a manager who eloquently shared his or her thoughts concerning the injustice meted out to some employees on their job sites. The manager strongly indicated that nepotism and cronyism seems to be plaguing many organizations, thus stifling many persons on the…

  • UK billionaire’s daughter-in-law to be charged in death of Belize cop

    UK billionaire’s daughter-in-law to be charged in death of Belize cop

    A British billionaire’s daughter-in-law is expected to be charged Monday in the death of a Belize police official, according to a report. Jasmine Hartin, 38, a US national who is married to the son of politically connected businessman Lord Michael Ashcroft, is being held in the Friday morning shooting death of San Pedro Superintendent Henry…

  • Antigua soldiers join police in St. Vincent and the Grenadines

    Antigua soldiers join police in St. Vincent and the Grenadines

    On April 9th, 2021, La Soufriere volcano in St. Vincent and the Grenadines erupted causing severe devastation to homes and agriculture. This prompted the Government of SVG to request for assistance through the Regional Security System (RSS) to provide Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HA/DR) support. The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the…

  • Primary school student left bleeding and bruised after punishment

    Primary school student left bleeding and bruised after punishment

    An incident which left a student of the St Michael’s Primary School bleeding and bruised after she was punished by a teacher, is being investigated by the Ministry of Education. This was confirmed by the Director of Education Clare Browne, who spoke to Observer on Friday. “Currently, the Ministry of Education is investigating the matter.…

  • Government to discuss firm date for reopening Antigua and Barbuda

    Government to discuss firm date for reopening Antigua and Barbuda

    Prime Minister Gaston Browne says the government could reopen the country later this year, and he’s once again urging all residents to get vaccinated. Government to discuss firm date for reopening Antigua and Barbuda

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]