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Congratulations to Prime Minister Mia Mottley for being recognized by TIMES Magazine as one of The 100 Influential People of 2022. Based on reports the rationale for recommending Mottley for the award was penned by  Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organization.

The hope is that Mottley will be able to leverage her burgeoning global brand to improve regional and domestic economies. In recent times Barbadians have not had many high points to celebrate, the recognition of one of our own is a step in the right direction and should assist in bolstering bajan pride which took a hit in recent years.

#congratspmmottley

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535 responses to “Prime Minister Mia Mottley Named in Top 100 Most Influential People of 2022”

  1. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    Interesting

    Mia Mottley is an icon in her country, having won re-election by a landslide. The prime minister strides boldly on the world stage. She is an embodiment of our conscience, reminding us all to treat our planet, and therefore one another, with love, dignity, and care.”

    Mottley is the second woman prime minister in the region to make the list behind Portia Simpson Miller in 2012.

    At that time, Simpson Miller was said to be the embodiment of perseverance and strength.

  2. Dompey Avatar
    Dompey

    She was named in the top 100 influential people among her peers, because the average American don’t even know where Barbados is, far less more who Mottley is.

  3. Dompey Avatar
    Dompey

    Eugenia Charles of Dominica was a much more influential and effective leader on the international scene, and should have been the first Caribbean Prime Minister to make the list.

  4. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    Didn’t Portia received 7m pounds from David Cameron to build a prison in Jamaica which was then used for the return of the Windrush people
    These powerful wheel and dealers smile in yuh face and kick yuh in the arse
    All the accolades they send can be taken away when things don’t rise up or fit their sense of purpose
    With all the noise and hype their is something lingering in the back ground yet to be exposed and most of the time it does not help small island nations
    Reason why the rght Honourable Errol Barrow draw a line in the sand Friends of all satellite of none
    Their is always a bridge to cross when making deals
    However when crossing make sure on the other side their is something there for self which fits one purpose

  5. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    Psalms For I Prince Far I
    Psalm 23
    Gloiath has slain one thousand
    David has slain ten thousand

    The Lord is I and I shepherd; I shall not want
    He maketh I to lay down in green pastures
    He maketh I to lay down in green pastures
    He leadeth me beside the still waters
    He restoreth I and I soul
    He leadeth I in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake
    Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
    I and I will fear no evil: for thou art with I
    Thy rod and thy staff they comfort I
    Thou preparest a table before I in the presence of mine enemies
    Thou anointest I head with oil; and I and I cup runneth over
    Surely goodness and mercy shall follow I all the days of I life
    And I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever, yeah

    Gloiath has slain one thousand
    David has slain ten thousand, yeah

    The Lord is I and I shepherd; I and I shall not want
    He maketh I to lay down in green pastures
    He leadeth I beside the still waters
    He restoreth I and I soul
    He leadeth I in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake
    Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
    I will fear no evil: for thou art with I
    Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort I
    Thou preparest a table before I in the presence of I and I enemies
    Thou anointest I head with oil; and I cup runneth over
    Surely goodness and mercy shall follow I in the days of I and I life
    And I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever

    I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever
    I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever, yeah
    Thou anointest I and I head with oil
    And I and I cup runneth over, yeah
    Surely goodness and mercy shall follow I..

  6. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    Angela…so who are these Sweet 16 names slated to be handed over soon.? The place is abuzz with the news….bet ya at least half are fowls….been warning them and they won’t listen…..

  7. Tron Avatar
    Tron

    Long live our Supreme Leader!

    We do not need a new constitution. The will of our Supreme Leader is the supreme law.

  8. Enuff Avatar
    Enuff

    Stupse x 5! I smell aloes.

  9. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights ReservedMay 24, 2022 6:26 AM

    Angela…so who are these Sweet 16 names slated to be handed over soon.? The place is abuzz with the news….bet ya at least half are fowls….been warning them and they won’t listen…..

    Xxxxx
    Haven’t seen or heard

  10. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    Once again, the point is being missed by some. Luckily I am here.

    Prediction… Within a few years of leaving the 5×5 island Mia will become Secretary General of the UN.

    Resume padding has been going on for several years.

  11. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    Yesterday, whilst listening to Barbados radio, I heard the phrase ‘punching above its weight’

    Guess we are stuck with it.

  12. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    Same with the former Chilean president…..you should see her track record…no one is impressed, trust me…we already know the script.

    Fowls always smell aloes when they can’t reduce you to fowl level…

  13. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    Did I say
    Congratulations to Mia
    You go girl…
    Have a great day Barbados

  14. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    People are free to continue fooling themselves Theo, it suits them, it looks good on them, they wear it well, no one envies them…………but those who know what time it is, will have none of it.

  15. enuff Avatar
    enuff

    Mam, besides your lickers, people are tired of your promises of imminent collapse. Conspiracy chaser!

  16. BMcDonald Avatar
    BMcDonald

    Congratulations to the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, on making the Time 100 list. Her leadership and advocacy on behalf of SIDS has been recognized globally and deservedly so.

  17. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    “people are tired of your promises of imminent collapse.”

    am sure they are even more tired of corruption, theft of public funds, human rights violations…the whole nine yards, none of which i can be accused….of course the fowl missed the whole event, where the COLLAPSE already occurred…

    ..less is more..

  18. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    of course if you or who believe ya laying in wait for me, ya got a long, long lay and an even longer wait….info is hardly distilled on BU and for very good reason….or ya can do ya own research…we don’t run in the same circles re forums…

    …bet ya if it was my personal life, all the fowls/pimps would already have reams of paper worth of info…lol

  19. Enuff Avatar
    Enuff

    Conspiracy chaser and liar too. Don’t you have a lie to concoct?🤣

  20. Pachamama Avatar
    Pachamama

    This society has a twisted sense of reality.

    At a juncture where dystopia looms large a false respectability ethos is all the mis-leadership class can offer..

    For this has been the sole currency as centrally instituted with the installation of the pantheon of anti-heroes, less one.

    Now Mottley as the darling of a dying Western imperium and the maximum dictator at home deploys the most perverse personal marketing techniques to pretend that she has global importance.

    What is this bull Shiite? How was this stature earned? Will there be no upper limits to the megalomaniacal tendencies of this rassouuuul woman?

    As dutiful supplicant of American empire it is far more attractive to her to manufacture false consents rather than trying to understand the tectonic shifts reverberating under our feet.

    The war in Ukraine brings her critique of Russia as Ukrainian flags accompany the colors of the gay community floating in the same winds above significant buildings in Barbados,

    This nexus of fascism, dictatorial tendencies and bulling will deliver us to a place from whence there shall be no return.

  21. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    “Now Mottley as the darling of a dying Western imperium and the maximum dictator at home deploys the most perverse personal marketing techniques to pretend that she has global importance.”

    fowls and pimps don’t think it’s a farce, they are always the last to know what’s really going on anyway, no big surprise and no one will enlighten them either…it looks good on them..ah kinda like watching them look STUPID..lol

    already there Pacha..

    “Conspiracy chaser and liar too. Don’t you have a lie to concoct?🤣”

    you can take over…ya betta at it than me….you who had to run off the blog in SHAME… after the THE DEBT IS PAID….LIES…

  22. David Avatar
    David

    @Pacha

    You would have preferred Putin?

  23. Pachamama Avatar
    Pachamama

    David

    First of all this only has meanings to Bajan fools who have no appreciation of how these things are contrived.

    Only fools would presume that this has any real value beyond an ability to leverage the relationships amongst her ‘beloved’ community of bullers and construct a false narrative.8

    Your simplistic wandering would never occur to this writer because we see no comparison at all. Putin is not a show pony like your “master.”

  24. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    Ghee whizz even Biden made the list
    A man who oversees a war in the racist country called Ukraine linking other countries to his way of thinking about the war Meanwhile people living on the outside has become collateral damage with soaring food and gas prices and what has he been able to do.absolutely nothing
    The world is in a tailspin having corrupt and self-serving leaders making decisions causing pain and sufferings

  25. David Avatar
    David

    @Pacha

    You didn’t answer the question posed, you would have preferred Putin?

  26. Magnificent a.k.a Magno – Yu Heard Formula: C₂₁H₃₀O₂ IUPAC ID: (−)-(6aR,10aR)-6,6,9-trimethyl- 3-pentyl-6a,7,8,10a-tetrahydro- 6H-benzo[c]chromen-1-ol Avatar
    Magnificent a.k.a Magno – Yu Heard Formula: C₂₁H₃₀O₂ IUPAC ID: (−)-(6aR,10aR)-6,6,9-trimethyl- 3-pentyl-6a,7,8,10a-tetrahydro- 6H-benzo[c]chromen-1-ol

    I wouldn’t say Mia is corrupted
    I would say people here are tripping
    If the Bajan “think-tank” upped it’s game
    the country would progress positive and constructive

  27. Pachamama Avatar
    Pachamama

    David

    Weeeeeee beg to disagree.

    Even to ask such a question is self defining.

  28. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    @David

    I’m sure, similarly to anyone in this forum, you would’ve received certain information via multi-platfom messaging apps such as ‘Twitter’ and ‘WhatsApp’…… or read it on other social media sites….but did not present that information to BU perhaps ‘for very good reason.’
    You may want to verify the accuracy of the information and credibility of its source before posting it.
    It does not necessarily mean “info is hardly distilled on BU.”

    Some people become excited when they read information about certain people and immediately believe it is true, simply because it confirms their particular biases.

    Last week someone sent me a message in which it was mentioned that:
    “We are beginning to learn from Confidential Sources within US law enforcement that Mr. X has been on their radar since 2018, for money laundering conspiracy, to facilitate the delivery of narcotics to the United States, among many other violations of US law.”

    What was written maybe TRUE. But, giving someone confidential information on an ongoing investigation, for them to post to a public blog, only serves to compromise that investigation.

    That’s why when I see certain ‘red flags,’ I question the motives behind these news stories, despite whoever is allegedly involved.

  29. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    Anyone who looks at social media for politics and their information are fucking idiots

  30. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    morons.. is the official name for their sickness

  31. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    Angela…never take those types of list seriously….they are not meant to be…only those who know no better will…

  32. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    Seriously David
    What EXACTLY qualifies Miss Mottley as one of the top 100 leaders?
    …the fact that some white people from Time decided that she is?

    What happened to qualifying characteristics such as honesty, effective leadership, moral standing and upliftment of the society that you are supposed to be leading?

    Shiite!! when Bushie attempted to put scores to such categories she DOES score quite high, …but only if you ignore the NEGATIVE signs…
    – Four seasons
    – No LEC
    – the biting episode
    – the Radical vaccine thingie
    – the mindless adherence to The WHO Covid idiocy
    (BTW you see Bill Gates making baby ‘milq’ now? and that coincidentally normal Baby formulae is unavailable? What a shiite world…!!)

    @ David
    Help Bushie with some positives nuh….?
    Enuff…. HELP!!!
    Lorenzo…????

  33. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    You can look to certain forums for educational information, other forums where historical and other critical information is processed and shared among registered members, certain platforms will never have access to those, because that is not why they were created……

    but regular social media is not the place to gain real knowledge about certain things…ya get mostly gossip and misdirection…

  34. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    “Help Bushie with some positives nuh….?
    Enuff…. HELP!!!
    Lorenzo…????”

    make sure they can’t miss it….🤣🤣🤣

    Pacha….admire ya energy, but stock up on the seamoss..lol

  35. David Avatar
    David

    @Artax

    You and regulars are privy you pre action matters the blogmaster has to defend from time to time. The blogmaster is guided how to manage the blog based on knowledge built up over nearly two decades. The blogmaster does not take guidance from commenters frothing at keyboards.

  36. David Avatar
    David

    @Bush Tea

    Have you read the criteria for including Mottley in the 100? Did you read the rationale articulated by her sponsor?

  37. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    As for the one of many positives noted by the global elist which stated Mia calls for better treatment of the environment
    Who was it that allow COVID ships to destroy billions of dollars in coralreef and as yet have asked the big cruise conglomerates to pay for the damage

  38. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    Did you read the rationale articulated by her sponsor?
    ~~~~~~~
    You heard Enuff?
    Bushie don’t have the time to read all the lotta shiite!
    …Bushie ALSO never bothered to read why Petra married the Frenchman….
    ..Nor why Duguid left the steel houses for Dwight to explain
    ..Nor why Dompey is back after his long absence from Bu.

    BS smells like BS long before any details are explored.

  39. Pachamama Avatar
    Pachamama

    Bushie

    Just like the Bible you are called to believe by reading Shiite and dispensing with intuition.

  40. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    What EXACTLY qualifies Miss Mottley as one of the top 100 leaders?

    There are many Bad Leaders with Bad Minds
    Barbados should be grateful she is not the worst

    “ There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting. ” ― BUDDHA

    “ Sometimes the people with the worst past, create the best future. ” — Umar bin al Khattab

  41. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    TIME 100

    “Adele, Jazmine Sullivan, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, and Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner have all been named to Time’s annual list of its 100 most influential people. Jon Batiste, Mary J. Blige, and Miranda Lambert also made the list alongside Oprah Winfrey, Issa Rae, Quinta Brunson, and more.”

  42. John Avatar
    John

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngozi_Okonjo-Iweala

    … you sure dat ent Liz Thompson in African costume?

  43. Vincent Codrington Avatar
    Vincent Codrington

    Bush Tea at 9:13 AM
    Are we reading and comprehending the same things? It said Top one hundred Influencers for the year 2022.
    The criteria that you have listed, influencers do not require. It is an opinion of a leading influencer of news who listed its requirements for its accolade..

  44. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    and other critical information is processed and shared among registered members..

    forgot to mention that registered members cannot be anonymous and must have full-frontal photos, real names etc,

    that would disquality many on here, especially those who like to hide and attack others…and TELL LIES on behalf of corrupt governments…

    “BS smells like BS long before any details are explored.”

    lol…

  45. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    Now intelligence has become so weird that it requires newmeaning interpretation and understanding in and with accordance with those who are setting the standards
    What has Mia done to be listed as amongst 100
    Meaning unless one agrees with those who set the standards or set the goal post all other opinions are irrelevant
    Intelligence has reached a new brand of thinking modeling branding and image making
    This kind of thinking fits well within the molds and models of one world govt controlling of the mind

  46. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    Angela…it’s always been like that throughout the decades, only now showcased, and you noticed because someone you know is on that fake list..but many of us has seen that list for decades, never impressed then, even less so now….they have resorted to slumming even lower…which is not far from where they have always slummed….

  47. Dame+Bajans Avatar
    Dame+Bajans

    Thanks Hants. You always keep your feet on the ground. “But they not gonno mind you” . hahaha

  48. bajanfreeparty Avatar
    bajanfreeparty

    With a list full of other Crooks and Nasty killers, the Crime Minister fits well, but she is also “OUT of TIME” ! Now for them and her to “ALL Fall Down “! BFP

  49. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    Pacha…i posted a video on here about house negros last month…these mindsets will tell you..

    .buh buh…weh we gine fine a betta massa….or….dah massa wuld be worser, de massa we got betta..

    similar to what a Jamaican woman told me in NYC, that Jamaicans were the better treated slaves out of all the Caribbean, that was many years before the windrush scandal….but i bet, if she is still around, that slave mindset never changed.

    . similar to Billie the Goat in UK gushing that Bajans were the BEST slaves, out of all the Caribbean, we cannot make these things up……..

    …there is no in between or HIGHER LEVELS of vibration for them….a sad truth, but truth nonetheless….and they cannot blame the colonials for any of this, with their high level literacy rate and multiple degrees…..they got no excuse…too much info out there to be found to change the way they think, but that’s on them..

    ..got another video showing up even more that same line of thinking, more in depth….ya may see it when perusing my sites one day…it’s really for the young to understand the trap set by bad governments and backward older generations…those who are not about teaching the young anything other than to be just like them….think just like them, failures just like them..

  50. Pachamama Avatar
    Pachamama

    Waru

    Are you sure that it is education or rather mis-education.

    For if it is education we find no evidence thereof.

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