Antigua Breaking News

Day: February 27, 2023

  • St. Kitts to deploy 500 monkey traps

    St. Kitts to deploy 500 monkey traps

    The Department of Agriculture will deploy 500 monkey traps throughout St. Kitts to reduce the population of monkeys that are causing destruction to farm crops throughout the country. Minister of Agriculture, Marine Resources and Corporatives Samal Duggins in a recent interview said, “The monkeys have been a significant threat to our food security here in…

  • Woman cuts off boyfriend’s penis after he threatened to publish sex tapes

    Woman cuts off boyfriend’s penis after he threatened to publish sex tapes

    A furious woman allegedly cut off her boyfriend’s penis after he threatened to spread their sex tapes when she refused to sleep with him. The man with the initials of GO, 28, was rushed into hospital with blood loss after the reported attack by his lover AST, 28, at a hotel in Sibolga, North Sumatra…

  • Robinson objects to Jonas’ case being taken over by DPP’s Office

    Robinson objects to Jonas’ case being taken over by DPP’s Office

    (REAL News) — Attorney-at-law Wendel Robinson is concerned that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) will be taking over the prosecution of former MP Dean Jonas, who is expected to return to court at the end of this week. Jonas made his first appearance in the St. John’s Magistrates Court today, February…

  • Trevelyan family apologizes and offers reparation fund to be managed by The UWI

    Trevelyan family apologizes and offers reparation fund to be managed by The UWI

    As the global reparatory justice programme advances as one of the greatest political movements of the 21st century, another British citizen, having traced her ancestral past, has apologized and offered reparations. BBC correspondent, Laura Trevelyan learned that her ancestors were plantation owners in Grenada in the 19th century and enslaved more than 1,000 Africans on…

  • ‘I couldn’t read or write until I was 18, now I’m a professor’

    ‘I couldn’t read or write until I was 18, now I’m a professor’

    (BBC) — Diagnosed with autism and global development delay in his early years, Jason Arday was unable to speak until he was 11 years old and could not read or write until he was 18. Now aged 37, he is about to become the youngest black person ever appointed to a professorship at the University…

  • Jonas to return to court Friday

    Jonas to return to court Friday

    Former St. George Member of Parliament Dean Jonas will return to court on Friday to answer four charges from an altercation with police last Thursday. Jonas is facing charges of Disorderly Conduct, Threatening Language, Resisting Arrest, and Battery on Police. Chief Magistrate Joanne Walsh confirmed Jonas’ station bail when he appeared in St. John’s Magistrates…

  • TD Bank to pay US$1.205 billion to settle Stanford Ponzi scheme lawsuit

    TD Bank to pay US$1.205 billion to settle Stanford Ponzi scheme lawsuit

    TORONTO – TD Bank Group said Monday it will pay US$1.2 billion to settle a lawsuit related to one of the largest Ponzi schemes ever orchestrated. The bank, along with several other financial institutions, was about to face trail in the case in Texas for its alleged role in the $7 billion scheme operated by…

  • Thieves break and enter eateries and other businesses and make off with cash, drinks and other items

    Thieves break and enter eateries and other businesses and make off with cash, drinks and other items

    (REAL News) — Several businesses, including two pizza restaurants, were the recent targets of thieves. Reports say the owner of One Stop Patta Pizza complained to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) that some unknown person had broken into the restaurant and stolen $500 in cash and a quantity of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Further reports…

  • A warm welcome home for Khan Cordice

    A warm welcome home for Khan Cordice

    (VCBIA) —  We were extremely delighted to collaborate with the Hells Gate Steel Orchestra to give a deserving welcome to Khan Cordice who returned from Trinidad on Sunday. After selecting ‘Tourist Leggo’ as their tune to play in this year’s Panorama, Trinidad’s Exodus Steel Orchestra provided Khan with the unique and distinct honor to be…

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]