Walters

Bajan Bugle - Monday, April 20, 2026

Good morning, Bridgetown.

Let us address the loan, since the loan is sitting in the room and somebody has to.

THE LOAN. IT IS A LOAN.

The Prime Minister returned from Washington last week having signed an agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank for US$80 million toward modernising the country’s water infrastructure. The Prime Minister has, with characteristic linguistic agility, requested that the public not call it a loan. “I do not call it loans,” she said. “I call it an investment in water to make us resilient.”