Mottley rejects Persad-Bissessar’s claim Brent Thomas was abducted from Barbados; says it’s defamatory in the extreme

Mia, Kamla Row – Over Kamla’s Kidnapped Charge, Mia Calls It Defamatory

A diplomatic row has emerged between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago following sharp exchanges between Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley and Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar over the controversial 2022 detention and transfer of businessman Brent Thomas. Speaking yesterday, Mottley strongly rejected Persad-Bissessar’s description of the incident as a kidnapping, calling the allegation “a scurrilous lie and defamatory i…

Kamla's kidnapping claim defamatory, says Mia

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Thursday described as a “scurrilous lie and defamatory in the extreme” the statement made by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar regarding the “kidnapping” of a Trinidad and Tobago national in Barbados in 2022.Persad-Bissessar, addressing the…

MOTTLEY BREAKS HER SILENCE : BARBADOS PM DEFENDS CARICOM UNITY, SLAMS ‘KIDNAPPING’ CLAIM AS DEFAMATORY — AND PUSHES NEW U.S.–CARIBBEAN DEAL

MOTTLEY BREAKS HER SILENCE BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS & NEVIS — In the aftermath of the historic 50th CARICOM Heads of Government meeting, Barbados Prime Minister has stepped decisively into the regional spotlight — not with platitudes, but with pointed clarity. In a nationally broadcast interview with , Mottley dissected the geopolitical tremors shaking the Caribbean, defended her government against explosive allegations from Trinidad and Tobago, an…

PM Mottley rejects claim that Trinidadian had been “kidnapped” in Barbados  Barbados Today…

PM Mottley rejects claim that Trinidadian had been “kidnapped” in Barbados  Barbados Today...

PM Mottley rejects claim that Trinidadian had been “kidnapped” in Barbados

Prime Minister Mia Mottley has described as a “scurrilous lie and defamatory in the extreme,”  the statement made by her Trinidad and Tobago counterpart, Kamla Persad-Bissessar regarding the “kidnapping” of a Trinidad and Tobago  national in Barbados in 2022. Persad-Bissessar, addressing the opening of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) summit in St Kitts on Tuesday, said that “in October 2022, the then-sitting Trinidad and Tobago government coor…

Mottley rejects Persad-Bissessar’s claim Brent Thomas was abducted from Barbados; says it’s defamatory in the extreme

(Trinidad Guardian) “A scurrilous lie and defamatory in the extreme.”   That was how Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley yesterday described comments