Antigua Breaking News

Day: October 15, 2021

  • 28 new cases of COVID-19

    28 new cases of COVID-19

    The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre revealed twenty-eight (28) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Wednesday 13th October 2021 at 6pm. One hundred and forty-three (143) samples were processed at Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre.…

  • Nearly 60% of Cuba’s eligible population fully vaccinated with their own vaccine

    Nearly 60% of Cuba’s eligible population fully vaccinated with their own vaccine

    TELUSUR: If the total population of the Caribbean nation is taken into account, 52.3% of its inhabitants (5,847,755) have already received the complete anti-COVID-19 vaccination schedule, according to Minsap. That scheme includes people with third doses and patients convalescing from COVID-19 to whom the Soberana Plus vaccine was applied, initially designed for those who overcame…

  • WANTED: Anthony ‘Thug Life’ Govia

    WANTED: Anthony ‘Thug Life’ Govia

    Armed robbery suspect, Anthony “Thug Life” Govia is still at large and WANTED by the Antigua and Barbuda Royal Police in connection with the June 2018 robbery at the Carlisle Bay Resort Accounting Office. Do you know the whereabouts of Anthony Govia? If you know something please CALL Crime Stoppers Antigua and Barbuda at 800-8477…

  • Woman found dead

    Woman found dead

    The Police Major Crimes Unit are currently conducting investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of a St. Johnsons Village woman, whose body was discovered early Friday morning in the Wireless Road area. A medical doctor has since arrived on the scene and pronounced the body dead approximately 9:38 am. The Police are appealing to…

  • Vaccine mandate results in teacher shortage

    Vaccine mandate results in teacher shortage

    As a result of the Government’s vaccination mandate, the Ministry of Education reports there is now a shortfall of 109 teachers in the public-school system. In order to fill the gap left by educators who refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccine, the Cabinet has authorized the three-month hiring of that number of substitute teachers. Reports…

  • Teen facing 13 charges remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison

    Teen facing 13 charges remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison

    Nineteen-year-old Ernest Wright, who has been slapped with 13 charges, will be spending time behind the ‘red gate’ of Her Majesty’s Prison pending the outcome of six different matters. The alleged incidents span from June to October this year. On June 6, Wright reportedly stole mirror worth $250 right off of a woman’s vehicle, severing…

  • The Queen slams world leaders not committing to climate change

    The Queen slams world leaders not committing to climate change

    The Queen made a rare public intervention on the climate change crisis yesterday, saying she is ‘irritated’ by people who ‘talk but don’t do’. She made the pointed comment while attending the opening of the Welsh parliament in Cardiff. The 95-year-old monarch was speaking to the Duchess of Cornwall and Elin Jones, the parliament’s presiding…

  • Road to Hermitage Hotel is hellish

    Road to Hermitage Hotel is hellish

    Motorists and persons living in the area are complaining about a major thoroughfare in Jennings that leads to one of the island’s noted hotels. In circulation now are pictures of the road leading to Hermitage Hotel, showing its deplorable condition.  The surface is pitted with large potholes that are now filled with water due to…

  • ‘Vampire’ who murdered 10 children escapes from prison in Kenya

    ‘Vampire’ who murdered 10 children escapes from prison in Kenya

    A man in Kenya who was dubbed a vampire after confessing to the killings of ten children and sucking the blood out of at least one has escaped from prison. Masten Milimo Wanjala, 20, had been set to appear in court yesterday charged with multiple counts of murder. However, officers realised that Wanjala had escaped…

  • Failure of Government’s remote-learning initiative sparks deFreitas’ worry about students’ future

    Failure of Government’s remote-learning initiative sparks deFreitas’ worry about students’ future

    Franz deFrietas, the United Progressive Party (UPP) Candidate for St. John’s City South, is deeply concerned about the future of education, here in Antigua & Barbuda, and the Nation’s youth. DeFrietas’ concern is focused on the current remote-learning platform that most schools have been utilizing since the pandemic began in March last year, and which,…

  • For the Caribbean, relations with the US and China is not one or the other

    For the Caribbean, relations with the US and China is not one or the other

    By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the US and the OAS.  He is also Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto.   The views expressed are his own)  On October 12, more than a dozen representatives in the US Congress…

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]