KFC Trinidad apologises for ‘insensitive’ Emancipation Day artwork

Popular fast-food eatery KFC Trinidad has issued an apology to citizens following a full day of backlash towards a post intended t...

Celebrating Bob Marley on Emancipation Day

As we mark the 75th year of the birth of Bob Marley, the reggae icon’s music and message stand as strongly today as it did when ...

Emancipation Day cancelled? Jamaicans furious at ‘systematic discrimination’ after Supreme Court Ruling

On the eve of Emancipation Day, Jamaica’s Supreme Court ruled that Kensington Primary School in Portmore, St Catherine could...

Six songs about emancipation to help you reflect

Today (August 1), Jamaica celebrates Emancipation Day, the day that marks the end of slavery across the British Empire. It a day u...

Are you Jamaican if you’ve done these 15 things?

As we draw close to August when Jamaicans celebrate ‘emancipendence’, we take a look back at what it means to be Jamaican – ...