Category: Caribbean News

  • Guyana: Mother, son brutally chopped to death by prison escapee

    Guyana: Mother, son brutally chopped to death by prison escapee

    A woman and her son have been brutally chopped to death by a prison escapee during a visit to their home at Saxacalli village in the Essequibo River. Dead are 75-year-old Elizabeth Gomes and 49-year-old David Gomes, both late residents of Saxacalli and of Durban Street in Wortmanville, Georgetown. This crime took place between 17:00h…

  • Venezuela rejects deployment of British Navy ship to Guyana

    Venezuela rejects deployment of British Navy ship to Guyana

    Venezuela on Thursday called for Guyanese authorities to take immediate action for the withdrawal of the HMS Trent, a vessel from the British Navy, and to refrain from continuing to involve military powers in the territorial controversy. Venezuela says it rejects the arrival of the HMS Trent to the coasts of Guyana, which it says…

  • CARICOM Statement on the Situation in Gaza

    CARICOM Statement on the Situation in Gaza

    The following statement was issued by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Sunday: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), aware of the catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Gaza that continues to worsen, Expresses horror and concern at the mounting death toll on the civilian population, including women and children, particularly in Gaza, but also in other areas of the…

  • Antigua Cruise Port set for best cruise season since the pandemic

    Antigua Cruise Port set for best cruise season since the pandemic

    (Cruise and Ferry) — Antigua Cruise Port in the Caribbean is expecting the winter 2023-2024 season to be the best since the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020. Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group Seabourn Pursuit opened the season with an inaugural call at Heritage Quay near…

  • Caribbean Business Incubators

    Caribbean Business Incubators

    Аdvеrtіѕе wіth thе most visited news site in Antigua and Barbuda ~ Wе оffеr fullу сuѕtоmіzаblе аnd flехіblе dіgіtаl mаrkеtіng расkаgеѕ. Yоur соntеnt іѕ dеlіvеrеd іnѕtаntlу tо thоuѕаndѕ оf uѕеrѕ іn Antigua аnd аbrоаd via our One Signal push notifications! Соntасt uѕ аt [email protected]. ——————————————————————— By Cdr. Bud Slabbaert Last Friday, the Saudi Fund for…

  • Team Antigua Island Girls begin tough Pacific Challenge

    Team Antigua Island Girls begin tough Pacific Challenge

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. Christal Clashing, the adventurer and PhD candidate; Kevinia Francis, the personal trainer; and Samara Emmanuel, the groundbreaking sailor, make up Team Antigua Island Girls—the history-making rowing team. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. The team represented Antigua and Barbuda in the…

  • EU slaps Meta with record $1.3B fine. Case rooted in data privacy concerns

    EU slaps Meta with record $1.3B fine. Case rooted in data privacy concerns

    The European Union on Monday fined Meta a record $1.3 billion for transferring European users’ data to the US. The penalty marks the largest since the EU implemented harsher data privacy laws in 2018 — and the end of a decade-long case that was filed by Austrian lawyer and privacy activist Max Schrems, according to…

  • Calypsonian David Rudder diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease

    Calypsonian David Rudder diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease

    (CMC) – Calypsonian David Rudder Friday confirmed that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease as he gets ready for a major show in Port of Spain next month to mark his 70th birthday. The Canada-based Rudder, regarded as one of the most successful calypsonians of all time, with a number of hits, including the…

  • Caribbean Airlines moves to expand fleet

    Caribbean Airlines moves to expand fleet

    (Trinidad Express) — Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is expected to present a strategic plan to the Cabinet before the end of this month in which the company will tell government about its plans to expand its operations, to increase connectivity to Trinidad and Tobago and throughout the region. Express Business has learnt that as part of…

  • Billionaire Calvin Ayre set to create Nikki Beach property on Jolly Beach

    Billionaire Calvin Ayre set to create Nikki Beach property on Jolly Beach

    (Observer by Newsco) — Ambassador Calvin Ayre has been tipped as the investor who will purchase a portion of the Jolly Beach Resort to transform it into a US$250 million Nikki Beach and residences property. This week’s Cabinet notes revealed that plans are in the works to sell a portion of the hotel but did…

  • Reparations and Royalty, Africa and Europe: Exploding Myths and Empowering Truths

    Reparations and Royalty, Africa and Europe: Exploding Myths and Empowering Truths

    A high-level delegation of royal African traditional leaders from AIDO Network International, is visiting Jamaica from February 28 to March 6 for a series of activities hosted by the CARICOM Reparations Commission, in collaboration with The University of the West Indies (UWI), and its Centre for Reparation Research and PJ Patterson Institute for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy.…

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]