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Jennings man responds to his mother’s report of a break-in and returns home to find he, too, was robbed

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(REAL News) — A spate of break-ins in the Jennings community is being investigated.

As a result of at least four recent incidents – with a mother and son being hit at different parts of the village on the same night – officers from the Bolans Police Station were kept busy.

According to reports, one victim said he had secured his home and gone to bed, and was awakened in the early-morning hours by a phone call from his mother.

She informed him that her house had been broken into, and so he immediately got up and looked to get dressed. However, he says, he could not find his pants.

He then left home to offer assistance to his mother and report the break-in to the Police.

On his return, he discovered that both his pants and wallet – which reportedly had contained $1,500 – were on the living room floor, along with his girlfriend’s traveling bag, which had been left in a northern bedroom.

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Another pair of pants that had been left in his son’s bedroom – and which allegedly had held $350 – was found on a living-room chair.

When the contents of the wallets were checked, the cash, reportedly, was gone. It was then the man fully realized that his house also had been broken into.

Reportedly, entry had been made through the kitchen door after the intruder had used a sharp object to pry open the lock.

In his mother’s case, the woman reportedly had secured her house at about 7:30 p.m. and gone to bed, getting up at about 4 a.m. and going into the kitchen.

At this time, she realized that a push-up window had been opened.  Further, the handbag containing her wallet, which had been left in a bedroom – and all her other handbags – were on the kitchen table.

The intruder reportedly made off with EC$1,000 and US$200.

By standing on a paint bucket to gain height, the thief had removed the screen and opened the kitchen window, which had been closed but not locked.

Meanwhile, another villager’s house was broken into and $500 stolen from his wallet.

The man says he had gotten up in the early hours to do laundry when he saw his wallet on the floor.  When he checked it, he discovered that his money was missing.

The perpetrator reportedly had entered the house through a kitchen window.  He had used a plastic pallet to gain height and then remove the screen from the push-up window which – also in this instance – was closed but not locked.

Later, yet another villager sought the assistance of the Police after discovering that his house, too, had been broken into.

Reports say the man had secured his home at about 2 a.m. and gone to bed.  At about 8:30 a.m., he was awakened by his sister, who reported that she had found the front door unlocked and her bag ransacked.

There were no signs of forced entry, reports say, and nothing was stolen.

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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. 

 

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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
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  • Knowledge of marketing and communicating with the MSME sector
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  • 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

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