April 20, 2026 • 8 min readBajan Brief
Good morning to my readers, and a particular good morning to those of you who are reading this before nine o’clock, which is when civilised people begin their day. The rest of you, who are encountering this column at half past ten with your second cup of coffee and your slippers still on, will receive my consideration but not my approval.
Let us proceed.
THE WATER AGREEMENT IS A PROPER PIECE OF GOVERNANCE
Read More → April 20, 2026 • 8 min readBajan Brief
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.”
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