Antigua Breaking News

Day: December 24, 2022

  • LETTER: Gaston thinks he is God!

    LETTER: Gaston thinks he is God!

    DEAR EDITOR: I am a Canadian businessman living in Antigua for the last 25 years. I can’t vote but I have been through multiple governments and have lived through the UPP and recent ALP reign. I feel it is my responsibility to give you an outsiders look at your current options.  I need you to…

  • Chanderpaul not to renew his contract as head coach for USA senior Women’s & U19 teams post U19 ICC World Cup

    Chanderpaul not to renew his contract as head coach for USA senior Women’s & U19 teams post U19 ICC World Cup

    By Ajit Bezbaruah Atlanta: In a major development in USA cricket, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the head coach of the USA senior women’s and U19 team(s) is not expected to renew his contract post the ICC U-19 Women’s World Cup in South Africa. The USA Cricket on December 14, 2022 announced the USA U19 Women’s team for…

  • Female pastor found dead in Jamaica

    Female pastor found dead in Jamaica

    A female minister of religion was found dead on the premises of the church manse in Jamaica on Friday. The young pastor has been identified as Rev Tanisha Ashburn, the minister of the Lucea Baptist Church in the parish of Hanover. The cause of death and how she was found are unclear at this moment.…

  • Canadian PM, the family, headed to Jamaica for weeklong vacation

    Canadian PM, the family, headed to Jamaica for weeklong vacation

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is heading to Jamaica after Christmas for a one-week vacation with his immediate family. The Prime Minister’s Office says Trudeau will remain in constant contact with Ottawa during the trip and continue to be briefed and updated on issues. The Prime Minister’s office also said it checked with the federal ethics…

  • Pele’s family gathers at hospital in Sao Paulo

    Pele’s family gathers at hospital in Sao Paulo

    Family members of Brazilian soccer great Pele are gathering at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo where the 82-year-old global icon has been since the end of November. Doctors said earlier this week that Pele’s cancer had advanced, adding the three-time World Cup winner is under “elevated care” related to “kidney and cardiac dysfunctions.”…

  • Regional Female Calypso Show is Back at Montserrat Carnival 2022

    Regional Female Calypso Show is Back at Montserrat Carnival 2022

    The region’s top female calypsonians are preparing to descend on Montserrat Carnival 2022 for the Queen of Queens Regional Female Calypso Competition slated for Friday, December 30 at Festival Village, Little Bay. There will be 10 women in the competition representing nine nations. Defending champion, Karene Asche of Trinidad & Tobago will have to battle…

  • Transgender woman loses her unlawful imprisonment case filed against Attorney General

    Transgender woman loses her unlawful imprisonment case filed against Attorney General

    Social media personality Washington Bramble has lost a claim filed in the High Court against the Attorney General. Bramble filed the claim in September 2017 against the Attorney General, along with the Chief Magistrate, Commissioner of Police, and Superintendent of Prisons for unlawful imprisonment by the Chief Magistrate on March 27 2013. She was seeking…

  • Cubans search for holiday food amid deepening crisis

    Cubans search for holiday food amid deepening crisis

    As Belkis Fajardo, 69, walks through the dense streets of downtown Havana with a small bag of lettuce and onions in hand, she wonders how she’ll feed her family over the holidays. Scarcity and economic turmoil are nothing new to Cuba, but Fajardo is among many Cubans to note that this year is different thanks…

  • LETTER: No ham and turkey for me them pass me house straight

    LETTER: No ham and turkey for me them pass me house straight

    DEAR EDITOR: Maria Browne have some people working with she in rural east them not easy at all, them want everything for themselves and this happens every year. I support Maria but she need more genuine real people around her if she is going to win. Her secretariat is not kind at all and they’re…

  • Badly burnt body found after Nut Grove blaze formally identified as Dequan Cummins

    Badly burnt body found after Nut Grove blaze formally identified as Dequan Cummins

    The agonising wait for answers by a Nut Grove father who feared his teenage son had perished in a blaze at their home in January has come to a heartbreaking end. Michael Cummins’ worst fears were realised this week when long-awaited results of a DNA swab confirmed that badly burnt remains found among the rubble…

  • Coast Guard intercepts vessel carrying suspected human-trafficking victims

    Coast Guard intercepts vessel carrying suspected human-trafficking victims

    Local law-enforcement agencies reportedly are investigating what they believe to be an incident of human trafficking. We been reliably informed that members of the Antigua and Barbuda Coast Guard intercepted a vessel with 15 passengers – 12 Indians and three Cubans – in Antiguan waters, on Thursday, December 22. Reports say the boat was piloted…

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]