Stories by Tameka Gordon

The Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) has seen a steady increase in applications by local businesses for the use of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).As interest in the technology grows, the JCAA is fielding repeat applications from...

A nascent and little-known drone operating company, Agrocaelum, is already making inroads in the local agricultural sector as farmers tap into the new technology to...

Ashley Furniture Homestore officially launched its first local outlet in Kingston on Tuesday.The company, based in the United States, has been selling its products through Courts Jamaica, but opted to make the brand more visible due to increasing...

Customers who do business with subsidiaries of Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS) may soon qualify to become...

Correspondent banking issues have forced local financial houses Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) and Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS) to band together to provide options for their clients.The partnership was cobbled after their United...

Paramount Trading Jamaica Limited has extended its business partnership with Allegheny Petroleum to expand into the production of lubricants.Paramount is already...

Local companies are still overlooking the value of having a business plan, especially when seeking funding, according to co-founder and chairman of First Angels Jamaica, Joseph M. Matalon.Since June, First Angels has received 211 applications for...

Seprod Limited has added a new condensed milk to the market and will in short order put out a non-dairy sweetener, on the heels of investments geared towards increasing its market share both locally and overseas.But the company insists the new...

A new developer will be selected for the completion of the Bernard Lodge housing project spearheaded by the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ...

Three years ago, Jamaica was producing just six per cent of the onions consumed locally. Now it's meeting 10-12 per cent of demand, but that's still around a quarter of the levels agriculture officials aim to reach.The Ministry of Agriculture's...

Jamaica Producers Group (JPG) has sold its stake in Four Rivers Mining Company to Jamaica Aggregates Limited, a deal that calls for the new operators to pay royalty to the food and logistics conglomerate.But with that now out of the way, Jamaica...

A new Devon House I'Scream shop is to be built on the grounds of the historic attraction as operator Scoops Un-Limited Limited tries to keep pace with the demand for its popular...