So say a strip club owner, an exotic dancer and a prostitute, who have been thriving from the lucrative underground business that makes millions every year right here in Barbados.

In recent weeks, Barbados has seen flooding on a tremendous scale.Vehicles and livestock have been washed away, homes swamped and schools shut twice in two weeks as flood warnings became a regular event.

ASK ANY YOUNG journalist in England about the possibilities of black West Indians making it into one of the major media houses, and they'll more than likely tell you it's a "closed shop". But get past the stiff ...

Janice Whittle giving her impression of husband Nick's work to Prime Minister David Thompson who is showing a keen interest in the pieces.

SECURITY MEN, posted atop the clock tower in the West Wing of Parliament and on the Treasury Building, kept watch over this year's Remembrance Day Parade and interdenominational service held yesterday in ...

By JODY KURASH BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Warmhearted smiles welcome me as I stride into the John Moore bar, the oldest rum shop in Barbados.

That, in essence, summarised the reaction of Barbadians and other Caribbean immigrants across the United States to Senator Barack Obama's historic victory in Tuesday's presidential election.

EVER SO WELCOME, wait for a call. That's the message Prime Minister David Thompson has sent to Guyanese seeking to make Barbados their second home.

The grocer is honoring the heritage of some of its customers' by recognizing the Independence Day of several island nations.

A Barbados legend insists when Englishmen partook of the brownish beverage concocted from molasses - a by-product of sugar-making - they became boisterous, bawdy and even unruly or rumbustious.