Antigua Breaking News

Day: October 31, 2022

  • DEATH ANNOUNCEMENT: Ambassador Josette Michael

    DEATH ANNOUNCEMENT: Ambassador Josette Michael

    The family is sad to announce the passing of a dear mother, grand-mother, great-grandmother, mother-in-law, aunt and friend, Ambassador Josette Christine Michael nee Sarkis of dry hill.  she passed away peacefully on Sunday 30th October, 2022 at the age of 81. She was the daughter of the late Winifred and Jean Sarkis of Guadeloupe. Her…

  • Man freed after 38 years for murder he did not commit

    Man freed after 38 years for murder he did not commit

    A US man who spent nearly four decades in prison for murder has been released after new DNA evidence pointed to a different person. Maurice Hastings served more than 38 years in state prison for the 1983 murder of Roberta Wydermyer in California and two attempted murders. But new DNA evidence instead pointed to another…

  • Josette Christine Michael — mother of Asot Michael — has died

    Josette Christine Michael — mother of Asot Michael — has died

    Ambassador Josette Christine Michael has died. She died at the age of 81 years. The Ambassador was the mother of Member of Parliament for St. Peter Hon. Asot Michael and his sisters Teresa-Ann and Soraya. Her Excellency served as Ambassador At Large for the CIP. SOURCE: State media Make a donation to help support ABN,…

  • Mrs. Ruth Lewis aka ‘Ms. Pope’ is 101 years old today

    Mrs. Ruth Lewis aka ‘Ms. Pope’ is 101 years old today

    Happy 101st birthday to Mrs. Ruth Lewis (Ms. Pope)! Make a donation to help support ABN, via PayPal: [email protected]. Follow Antigua Breaking News on Twitter @ABNAntigua and Instgram @AntiguaBreakingNews and on Facebook. Send us a message on WhatsApp at 1-868-704-9864 or email us at [email protected]  CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES.…

  • Department of Environment Invites Public to Collaborate in Tree Planting Activities for Arbour Month

    Department of Environment Invites Public to Collaborate in Tree Planting Activities for Arbour Month

    The Antigua and Barbuda Department of Environment (DOE) will once again celebrate November 2022 “Arbour Month”. This will be done under the overarching theme “Ride the Climate Wave” under the sub-theme “We are Generation Restoration”. Arbour Month is an opportunity by the DOE and its partners to spread awareness about trees and the importance of…

  • Lionfish Experts Coming to Antigua Profile: Scott Gonnello

    Lionfish Experts Coming to Antigua Profile: Scott Gonnello

    By Steve Gittings This is one in a series of profiles of international scientists, conservationists, celebrities and special guests who will be part of the first Antigua Open Lionfish Tournament on Nov 18-20th. Co-sponsored by Elkhorn Marine Conservancy (https://www.emcantigua.org) and Lionfish University (https://lionfishuniversity.org), the tournament will be capped with a festival in Nelson’s Dockyard on…

  • Daren Matthew-Ward resigns from Observer Radio

    Daren Matthew-Ward resigns from Observer Radio

    Make a donation to help support ABN, via PayPal: [email protected]. Follow Antigua Breaking News on Twitter @ABNAntigua and Instgram @AntiguaBreakingNews and on Facebook. Send us a message on WhatsApp at 1-868-704-9864 or email us at [email protected]  CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS…

  • ‘Justice for Kenny’: AUA students stage protest in honour of friend left severely injured in road accident

    ‘Justice for Kenny’: AUA students stage protest in honour of friend left severely injured in road accident

    By Gemma Handy/Observer ‘Kenny was an angel’. Those were the simple yet poignant words on one placard when devastated medical students took their anger, frustration and heartbreak to the street in honour of their friend left critically injured in a road accident. American University of Antigua (AUA) students are demanding justice and urgent overseas treatment…

  • Makeda Mikael: Runway 10 Development Company engage Aviation Entrepreneurs

    Makeda Mikael: Runway 10 Development Company engage Aviation Entrepreneurs

    Runway 10 Development Company is on a mission to develop V.C.Bird International Airport’s General Aviation by creating a business platform for Antigua’s aviation entrepreneurs. The mission set to coincide with the celebration of our 41st anniversary of Independence, is the gifting of 33 years of aviation experience of the owners of Runway 10 lands, in…

  • LETTER: THIS is why, Gaston Browne!

    LETTER: THIS is why, Gaston Browne!

    DEAR EDITOR: It is alarming, mind blowing and unfortunate that —  at a time in this country when working-class people under this government cannot get paid; when elders can’t get their Social Security pension on time; when the price for food is skyrocketing; when residents can’t get water in their pipes; when the health care…

  • Boy, 17, shot on Desouza Road

    Boy, 17, shot on Desouza Road

    A 17-year-old boy is currently at the Sir Lester Bird Medical Center nursing a gunshot wound to his leg, following an alleged robbery. It is alleged that the Tindale Road resident went to the Chicken Hub Restaurant located on Desouza Road and rob the owners of the cash pan and attempted to flee the area…

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]