Antigua Breaking News

Day: July 9, 2022

  • Andre Simon Update 9th July 2022

    Andre Simon Update 9th July 2022

    DWAYNE SIMON: 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 We have always seen Andre’s recovery in two parts: Part 1: The fight for life Part 2: The journey to complete recovery The medical consensus is that Andre is stable and his vitals have been consistently good. This is a good news. This also helps to reduce anxiety among his loved ones.…

  • Monkeypox patient reportedly flees hospital in Jamaica

    Monkeypox patient reportedly flees hospital in Jamaica

    NATIONWIDE NEWS: Nationwide News understands that the patient who was hospitalised with monkey pox has fled the May Pen Hospital. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. Nationwide News sources say the police have been alerted that the patient has absconded medical care. A search is now reportedly underway to locate the man…

  • Dr. Ruby Beryl Viola Lake is 100 not out!

    Dr. Ruby Beryl Viola Lake is 100 not out!

    By Barbara A Arrindell Happy 100th birthday to Dr (Medical – UWI-1954), Dr (Hon-Phd – UWI – July 2021), Dame (She was knighted – Nov 2021), Lady (her late husband was knighted) Ruby Beryl Viola Lake- Ricards born July 9th, 1922 in Antigua and Barbuda. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES.…

  • Bolans man stabbed with broken bottle as 15-year-old reportedly comes to the defense of his younger brother

    Bolans man stabbed with broken bottle as 15-year-old reportedly comes to the defense of his younger brother

    A Bolans man was wounded on Wednesday, July 6, by a teenager who reportedly was defending his younger brother. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. During their investigations, police officers reportedly met the 34-year-old man lying on a table in a village shop, being attended to by his sister. She was…

  • Official Results for the 2022 Semi-finalist Party Monarch

    Official Results for the 2022 Semi-finalist Party Monarch

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR…

  • SASOD Guyana welcomes Antigua court decision to decriminalize same-sex intimacy

    SASOD Guyana welcomes Antigua court decision to decriminalize same-sex intimacy

    SASOD Guyana welcomes the decision of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court following the conclusion of a challenge brought by a gay man against the state, who argued that the Sexual Offences Act (of 1995) contained several unconstitutional and discriminatory sections. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. According to the Court’s ruling,…

  • Earthquake recorded near Antigua

    Earthquake recorded near Antigua

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. UWI, SRC – Automatic Earthquake Location DATE AND TIME: 2022-07-09 00:58 am (Local Time) 2022-07-09 04:58 (UTC)MAGNITUDE: 4.4 LOCATION: Latitude: 16.62N Longitude: 60.93W Depth: 10 km NEARBY CITIES: 79 km NE of Point-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe 115 km SE of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda 155 km…

  • CariFLAGS welcomes Antigua court ruling that section of the Sexual Offences Act unconstitutional

    CariFLAGS welcomes Antigua court ruling that section of the Sexual Offences Act unconstitutional

    CariFLAGS welcomes and celebrates with the people of Antigua and Barbuda the decision of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court which ruled that Sections 12 and 15 of the 1995 Sexual Offences Act is unconstitutional. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. This judgement re-affirms the advocacy campaigns of the people of Antigua…

  • Police probe Liberta shooting

    Police probe Liberta shooting

    A 33yr old Liberta man is currently at the Sir Lester Bird Medical Center nursing what is believed to be a gunshot wound, following an alleged shooting incident at Liberta. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. The man reported that he was walking home when someone alighted from a white vehicle…

  • Antigua and Barbuda outlining new plans for cash-strapped LIAT

    Antigua and Barbuda outlining new plans for cash-strapped LIAT

    The Antigua and Barbuda government says every territory to which cash-strapped regional carrier LIAT flies will be asked to purchase shares in the new company as efforts continue to revitalise the embattled airline. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. A statement issued following the weekly Cabinet meeting noted that three officials…

  • Back on track, Packer ‘building something beautiful’ with Robert De Niro

    Back on track, Packer ‘building something beautiful’ with Robert De Niro

    By Andrew Hornery After painfully-public health and business battles, James Packer wants the world to know he’s back in business, hatching plans to build something “beautiful”, and willing to spend a vast fortune with one of his most famous mates to achieve it. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. But it’s…

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]