Antigua Breaking News

Day: January 23, 2023

  • US proposes once-a-year COVID shots for most Americans

    US proposes once-a-year COVID shots for most Americans

    United States health officials want to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like the annual flu shot. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday proposed a simplified approach for future vaccination efforts, allowing most adults and children to get a once-a-year shot to protect against the mutating virus. This means Americans would no longer have to keep track…

  • The Real Reason Potato Chip Bags Are Never Filled to the Top

    The Real Reason Potato Chip Bags Are Never Filled to the Top

    If you’re a junk food lover, you’ll know this: No matter where you shop or what brand you buy, when you tear open a bag of potato chips, it’s almost always half filled. This can be quite disappointing. I’d always hope for those crispy, crinkle-cut potato chip bags to be filled to the brim. But…

  • NYPAAB congratulates successful candidates in January 18 polls

    NYPAAB congratulates successful candidates in January 18 polls

    The General Assembly of the NYPAAB congratulates the candidates who were successful in the January 18th polls. We commend those who were not successful, for being willing to offer themselves to public service. Large numbers of young people went out to vote, partly due to their sense of patriotism and their belief in the promises…

  • ABWU Condemns Prime Minister’s Attack on APUA Employees

    ABWU Condemns Prime Minister’s Attack on APUA Employees

    The Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union wishes to express its disappointment in comments made by Prime Minister Gaston Browne on his radio station – Pointe FM – on Saturday 21 January. Browne accused the employees of the state-owned APUA Water Department of sabotaging the water network. He also went on to threaten the employment of…

  • New ALP Administration is a ‘Government of nine with its foot on a banana peel,’ observes UPP Chair about the Legislature

    New ALP Administration is a ‘Government of nine with its foot on a banana peel,’ observes UPP Chair about the Legislature

    The new Antigua Labour Party (ALP) Administration is “a government of nine with its foot on a banana peel,” says United Progressive Party Chairman D. Gisele Isaac, in describing the election results. Isaac’s comment refers to the Browne Administration’s one-seat majority in the House of Representatives, as there are now eight members on the opposition benches,…

  • Here’s The Hon. Asot Michael’s full interview on Observer Radio on Monday, Jan. 23

    Here’s The Hon. Asot Michael’s full interview on Observer Radio on Monday, Jan. 23

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  • ‘I will strive to exceed your expectations’

    ‘I will strive to exceed your expectations’

    A planned drive through the St Peter’s constituency to thank the people for their support of independent candidate Asot Michael in the January 18th, 2023 election grew rapidly into a massive motorcade Sunday afternoon. The event started at the PIggot’s playing field about 3:00 PM, moved through Paynters, Gunthropes, Lightfoot, Mount Joy, North Sound, Pares,…

  • LETTER: Most unfortunate

    LETTER: Most unfortunate

    DEAR EDITOR: It’s most unfortunate that Mr. E. P. ‘Chet’ Greene would so severely criticize his colleague MP, Sir Robin Yearwood. I know Sir Robin very well. I audited his books at Horizons Hotel in 1976 while working for Pannell Fitzpatrick & Co (Now Pannell Kerr Forster), Chartered Accountants, and found him to have been…

  • Shooting outside nightclub on Independence Avenue leaves patron nursing buttocks

    Shooting outside nightclub on Independence Avenue leaves patron nursing buttocks

    The Police are still probing a shooting that reportedly occurred at the G-Spot nightclub on Independence Drive. According to reports, a doctor from the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre called the Police and informed them of a gunshot victim in the Emergency Room. Officers went on duty at the hospital, where they met the 24-year-old…

  • Thank You Drive-Through escalates into Mega Motorcade

    Thank You Drive-Through escalates into Mega Motorcade

    A planned drive through the St Peter’s constituency to thank the people for their support of independent candidate Asot Michael in the January 18th, 2023 election grew rapidly into a massive motorcade Sunday afternoon. The event started at the PIggot’s playing field about 3:00 PM, moved through Paynters, Gunthropes, Lightfoot, Mount Joy, North Sound, Pares,…

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]