Antigua Breaking News

Day: December 3, 2021

  • COVID-19 booster shots available from Monday

    COVID-19 booster shots available from Monday

    Minister of Health, Wellness and the Environment, Sir Molwyn Joseph announces that the Ministry will begin the administering of COVID-19 booster vaccines on Monday 6th December 2021 to specific groups. This policy is being implemented by the Government on the heels of recommendations made by the National COVID-19 Vaccination Technical Working Group and Senior Medical…

  • MISSING: 15-year-old Mahailiah Chatham

    MISSING: 15-year-old Mahailiah Chatham

    Police and family of 15-year-old Mahailiah Chatham of Cooks Hill are seeking the assistance of the public in knowing her whereabouts. Mahailiah is a fourth form student of the Ottos Comprehensive School (OCS) and was last seen on Thursday 2nd December 2021 at about 8:30 am at home. She is approximately 5 feet in height,…

  • Winston Williams throws his hat in the ring for All Saints East & St. Luke

    Winston Williams throws his hat in the ring for All Saints East & St. Luke

    Not that long ago I presented myself to you, and reminded you of my story. I told you about my childhood of being adopted at the age of six years, my mother making the decision no single mother should have too, but wanting a better life for her son. I told you of my struggles…

  • Gonsalves bringing in substitutes for protesting teachers

    Gonsalves bringing in substitutes for protesting teachers

    As teachers at a secondary school here protested government’s vaccine mandate for the second day in less than a week, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves announced that his government will hire teachers, including retired educators, on short term contracts, to fill their place. He served notice during his weekly appearance on the state-owned NBC Radio,…

  • Senior police officer Albert Wade stabbed multiple times

    Senior police officer Albert Wade stabbed multiple times

    Deputy Commissioner of Police Albert Wade has been stabbed multiple times. He sustained the injuries while attempting to separate two men who were fighting at the junction of Thames and Church Street, last night. The senior police officer received stab wounds to his head and hands. He was treated at the hospital and discharged. UPDATE:…

  • PM Browne attends UAE’s Golden Jubilee celebration at Expo 2020 Dubai

    PM Browne attends UAE’s Golden Jubilee celebration at Expo 2020 Dubai

    Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence and Commissioner-General of Expo 2020 Dubai, attended the UAE’s Golden Jubilee celebration at Expo 2020 Dubai. The celebration was also attended by Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashimey, Minister of State for International Cooperation and Director-General of…

  • Unions to discuss Antigua gov’t offer to ex LIAT workers

    Unions to discuss Antigua gov’t offer to ex LIAT workers

    Trade unions representing LIAT workers across the Caribbean will meet virtually next week to examine an offer which hundreds of terminated employees of the Antigua-based airline have been given until year end to accept. President of the Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union (ABWU) David Massiah said on Wednesday that during that Zoom meeting, each union…

  • 2021 was 3rd most active Atlantic hurricane season ever

    2021 was 3rd most active Atlantic hurricane season ever

    The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season is now officially over, ending a period in which eight storms smacked into the U.S. coast. With 21 named storms, 2021 ranks as the third most active year in history, according to the National Hurricane Center. Here are some of the things that set the 2021 season apart: Storms inflicted…

  • Government, former of LIAT pilots at odds over remuneration

    Government, former of LIAT pilots at odds over remuneration

    The Antigua and Barbuda government has given former pilots with the cash-strapped airline, LIAT, a deadline to accept the proposals regarding outstanding severance payments owed to them even as the employees continue to express disappointment at the way the matter is being handled. Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, Lennox Weston, has told…

  • Murder accused awaiting extradition to Saint Lucia escapes custody in Jamaica

    Murder accused awaiting extradition to Saint Lucia escapes custody in Jamaica

    Jamaican Orville Purnell, who escaped custody in Saint Lucia in 2020 while awaiting a murder trial, has done it again, this time in Jamaica. After he escaped custody at the Babonneau police station here, the twenty-seven-year-old fled to his native country, where police recaptured him on July 14 this year. But according to reports in…

  • Antigua records 5 new cases of COVID-19

    Antigua records 5 new cases of COVID-19

    The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment revealed five (5) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Wednesday 1st December 2021 at 6pm. One hundred and seventy-eight (178) samples were processed. Consequently, the total number of persons with laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua…

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]