Antigua Breaking News

Day: April 1, 2022

  • Will Smith resigns from film academy over Chris Rock slap

    Will Smith resigns from film academy over Chris Rock slap

    Will Smith resigned Friday from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences following his Oscars night slap of Chris Rock and said he would accept any further punishment the organization imposed. A spokesperson for Smith issued a statement from the actor Friday afternoon. “I will fully accept any and all consequences for my conduct.…

  • UPP unveils MOM Programme, aimed at ensuring that children do not suffer when fathers cannot maintain them

    UPP unveils MOM Programme, aimed at ensuring that children do not suffer when fathers cannot maintain them

    The United Progressive Party (UPP) has unveiled another pioneering social programme, especially to assist mothers and children. Political Leader Harold Lovell says the Maintenance of Minors – or “MOM” – programme will benefit those most in need: vulnerable children. He acknowledges that child maintenance is a big problem and that mothers often have to resort…

  • Journalists and commentators to benefit from 3-day workshop

    Journalists and commentators to benefit from 3-day workshop

    Twenty aspiring and professional journalists and sports commentators will undergo three-days of training as a workshop geared towards exposing and enhancing their capabilities begins today in Antigua. The workshop is set to take place at the Media Centre of the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. Organizers say the workshop aims to discover a cadre of new…

  • ACB Caribbean kicks off Simply Smarter Business with a unique Masterclass Series

    ACB Caribbean kicks off Simply Smarter Business with a unique Masterclass Series

    ACB Caribbean is pleased to announce that it has adjusted its commercial lending policies to create funding and support for small and medium-sized businesses. As part of this initiative, ACB Caribbean launched its Simply Smarter Business Virtual Masterclasses for Small-Medium Sized Enterprises on March 30, 2022. The Bank has established regional and international partnerships to ensure that its…

  • Brit who killed Jamaican granny, raped corpse remains in psychiatric hospital

    Brit who killed Jamaican granny, raped corpse remains in psychiatric hospital

    A London man who strangled his Jamaican-born grandmother to death before having sex with her corpse twice will remain in a psychiatric hospital indefinitely, according to reports. Donovan Miller, who lived alone with his grandmother in East London, attacked 76-year-old Phyllis Grant while she was asleep. It is reported that Miller hit the elderly woman…

  • 22 Antiguan Dogs ‘Flew the Coop’ on Life-Saving Airlift

    22 Antiguan Dogs ‘Flew the Coop’ on Life-Saving Airlift

    The transport marks the start of a new partnership between Dogs and Cats of Antigua, Animal Haven, and Global Empowerment Mission Dogs and Cats of Antigua, Inc. today announced its partnership with Flew the Coop, an animal rescue initiative dedicated to rescuing animals in need and providing emergency assistance to pets in crisis. The partnership…

  • SERPENT UNCENSORED: ‘Minister of A Penis’

    SERPENT UNCENSORED: ‘Minister of A Penis’

  • LIAT employees can now proceed with court action against the Antigua and Barbuda government

    LIAT employees can now proceed with court action against the Antigua and Barbuda government

    Some 600 former LIAT employees are celebrating the news that they can now proceed with court action against the Antigua and Barbuda government on the eve of the second anniversary of their termination as they seek to get millions of dollars in financial entitlements they claim are owed them. News of the breakthrough came on…

  • 2 new cases of COVID-19 in Antigua

    2 new cases of COVID-19 in Antigua

    The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment revealed two new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Wednesday at 6pm. One (1) case was recorded on March 28th and one (1) on March 30th. One hundred and ten (110) samples were processed. Three (3) recovered…

  • How serious is the Caribbean about reparations?

    How serious is the Caribbean about reparations?

    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 March 25, the Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS),…

  • Antigua confirms Roman Abramovich owns two yachts moored on island

    Antigua confirms Roman Abramovich owns two yachts moored on island

    FINANCIAL TIMES: The Antiguan government has established that two yachts moored in the Caribbean island belong to Roman Abramovich, confirming a Financial Times investigation that revealed the vessels appeared to be owned by the sanctions-hit oligarch. The FT reported this week that boats docked in Antigua’s Falmouth Harbour were owned by a British Virgin Island…

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]