Antigua Breaking News

Day: November 17, 2022

  • Fearless Fight for Climate Fairness

    Fearless Fight for Climate Fairness

    By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States.   He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto)  Showing all the frankness that he demonstrates in his domestic…

  • Man, 26, rapes 4-year-old girl in Jamaica

    Man, 26, rapes 4-year-old girl in Jamaica

    A 26-year-old man from this parish is in police custody, accused of sexually abusing a four-year-old neighbour. The accusations have left the families of both the accused and the child in shock and disbelief. “I don’t believe that [he] did that. He is so innocent. He is so calm. He can’t even mash ants, so…

  • Jack Warner loses appeal against extradition from Trinidad

    Jack Warner loses appeal against extradition from Trinidad

    The Privy Council has ruled—in a unanimous ruling—that former FIFA vice-president, Jack Warner, can be extradited from his homeland of Trinidad to the United States, to face corruption charges. According to a report in Reuters, Warner’s lawyers were unsuccessful in their argument that his extradition was unlawful. In an official statement following the ruling, Jack…

  • Antigua Open Lionfish Tournament – Profile: Ruleo Camacho

    Antigua Open Lionfish Tournament – Profile: Ruleo Camacho

    This is the final installment in a series of profiles of 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 Nov 20th…

  • Antigua and Barbuda elected to chair key United Nations body at COP27 in Egypt

    Antigua and Barbuda elected to chair key United Nations body at COP27 in Egypt

    Ambassador Diann Black-Layne, Antigua and Barbuda’s Climate Ambassador and Director of the Department of Environment,  was elected as co-chair of the agenda items related to the Adaptation Fund and the Adaptation Fund Board.  She is co-chairing with Eva Schreuder from the Netherlands. The Adaptation Fund is an international fund that finances projects and programmes of…

  • Non-profit launches Antigua and Barbuda’s first domestic violence perpetrator’s intervention program

    Non-profit launches Antigua and Barbuda’s first domestic violence perpetrator’s intervention program

    Together We Must (TWM), a legally registered non-profit organization in Antigua and Barbuda, recently launched EMERGE, its model Domestic Violence perpetrator’s intervention program; the first of its kind in the twin-island state. TWM’s EMERGE is a homegrown therapeutic intervention that is supported by UN Women Caribbean through the Spotlight Initiative, a global multi-year partnership between…

  • ABYMA successfully hosts its first Industry Showcase

    ABYMA successfully hosts its first Industry Showcase

    The Antigua & Barbuda Yachting and Marine Association (ABYMA) successfully hosted its first ABYMA Industry Showcase last week. Located at the National Sailing Academy, the Showcase brought together key stakeholders in the yachting industry with the sole objective of inspiring Antiguans to consider entering the industry as a career option. ‘We were blown away by…

  • British Actor Tom Pritchard Coming to Montserrat’s AFW LitFest Screening of Deep Blue

    British Actor Tom Pritchard Coming to Montserrat’s AFW LitFest Screening of Deep Blue

    British actor Tom Pritchard who plays a ruthless businessman in HAMAFilms Antigua’s Deep Blue, will be appearing at the film’s advanced screening this Thursday, November 17, at the Montserrat Cultural Centre. Deep Blue is the feature film for the Alliouagana Festival of the Word’s (AFW LitFest) Movie Night, which kicks off the three-day literary event.…

  • Lawyer for Antigua’s DPP banks on handwriting expert in ‘kangaroo case’

    Lawyer for Antigua’s DPP banks on handwriting expert in ‘kangaroo case’

    Attorney-at-law Hugh Wildman: “This is really a wicked act against Mr Armstrong.” Attorney-at-law Hugh Wildman on Wednesday urged the court to immediately stay the charges against Antigua’s director of public prosecutions (DPP), Anthony Armstrong, in the real estate fraud case, contending that the police’s own handwriting expert has vindicated his client. Wildman said that the…

  • LETTER: Vandals, thieves terrorizing doctors and nurses at SLBMSJMC

    LETTER: Vandals, thieves terrorizing doctors and nurses at SLBMSJMC

    DEAR EDITOR: I’m sure we’ve all seen the videos/photos recently circulating on social media showing a Vitz that was parked overnight at the Sir Lester Bird Medical Center which was apparently vandalized. It has taken me a while to write this, but I feel this needs to be said. Many persons have found this situation…

  • Antigua Cabinet continues negotiations with court-appointed receiver to settle severance payments to former LIAT workers

    Antigua Cabinet continues negotiations with court-appointed receiver to settle severance payments to former LIAT workers

    CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet continues to negotiate with the LIAT court-appointed receiver to settle the severance payments owed to the former LIAT workers who resided in, and are citizens of, Antigua and Barbuda. Every effort will be made to pay a lump sum that will represent a final payment to all former LIAT Staff resident…

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]