Antigua Breaking News

Day: November 18, 2021

  • George Wehner files report against Michael Browne for assault

    George Wehner files report against Michael Browne for assault

    UPP member George Wehner has reportedly filed a report against MP Michael Browne for assault. Wehner made the report this morning at the St John’s Police Station. According to Wehner, he was attempting to photograph Browne while he was leaving the High Court, when he told him not to. Browne, he said, then moved towards…

  • Man claiming to have ‘world’s largest penis’ sick of being asked to whip it out

    Man claiming to have ‘world’s largest penis’ sick of being asked to whip it out

    He’s sick of giving people a plus-sized peep show. A New York man who claims to possess the world’s largest penis — and who alleges he’s slept with multiple A-list celebrities — says he’s sick of showing people his jumbo Johnson. Jonah Falcon, the phallically-gifted fellow, dropped the bombshell while discussing how his life-changing appendage…

  • Lifting of State of Emergency and back-pedalling on vaccination mandate are political ploys, UPP says

    Lifting of State of Emergency and back-pedalling on vaccination mandate are political ploys, UPP says

    The Leadership and Executive of the United Progressive Party (UPP) notes the intention of the Cabinet to lift the State of Emergency before its scheduled expiration on December 27, 2021. Like all citizens and residents, the Party welcomes this news, but considers it long overdue. Like most citizens and residents, the UPP also views it…

  • Cuba rejects 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the U.S

    Cuba rejects 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the U.S

    MIAMI HERALD: The Cuban government rejected a U.S. donation of one million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine because the offer came too late and had too many requirements attached, the island’s foreign minister said in a gathering with accredited diplomats in Havana. Bruno Rodriguez said the U.S. State Department reached out to the Cuban embassy…

  • Unvaccinated students can return to classroom from Monday

    Unvaccinated students can return to classroom from Monday

    CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet invited the acting Chief Medical Officer (CMO), the Director of Education and the Director of Pharmaceutical Services to its meeting. The meeting agreed that the global figures within all secondary schools indicate that herd immunity has been achieved and more than 80% of the secondary school student population is now vaccinated.…

  • 60 active cases of COVID-19 in Antigua

    60 active cases of COVID-19 in Antigua

    The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment revealed zero (0) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Tuesday 16th November 2021 at 6pm. Eighty-seven (87) samples were processed. One(1) recovered case was recorded increasing the total to three thousand nine hundred and sixty-one (3,961).…

  • Rapists to be castrated in Pakistan after Parliament passes new law

    Rapists to be castrated in Pakistan after Parliament passes new law

    Rapists convicted of repeat offences face chemical castration in Pakistan after a new law was passed following a spate of attacks on women and children across the country. The new legislation will also allow for quicker convictions through the establishment of special courts which will fast track sexual assault cases. Chemical castration involves using medication…

  • Esports Club Antigua set to open today

    Esports Club Antigua set to open today

    A Virtual Opening Ceremony of the Esports Club Antigua will be held this evening. In March 2021, US Embassy Bridgetown invited applicats to submit an application for ECA funding to support an esports club in Antigua and Barbuda. Elijah James, a 2017 YLAI alumnus from Antigua was subsequently awarded US $15,000 to facilitate the activities…

  • Former PM says buses were not a government to government donation

    Former PM says buses were not a government to government donation

    Former prime minister Baldwin Spencer says three buses donated by the government of South Korea “were not considered property of the government of Antigua and Barbuda directly,” as the trial of three former ministers accused of embezzlement continues here on Wednesday. Spencer, 73, who led the United Progressive party (UPP) to victory in the 2004…

  • Remittance flows register robust 7.3% growth in 2021

    Remittance flows register robust 7.3% growth in 2021

    Remittances to low- and middle-income countries are projected to have grown a strong 7.3 percent to reach $589 billion in 2021. This return to growth is more robust than earlier estimates and follows the resilience of flows in 2020 when remittances declined by only 1.7 percent despite a severe global recession due to COVID-19, according…

  • State of emergency to end before Dec. 27, 2021: Cabinet

    State of emergency to end before Dec. 27, 2021: Cabinet

    CABINET NOTES: The CMO (Acting) provided data showing that the number of new cases of COVID-19 has declined on a weekly basis to 27 cases per week, in the weeks of November 2021; while in the 37th week of the disease, the number was 437 in that week. On Tuesday there were four new cases…

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]