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Government says it will extend its voluntary early retirement scheme for those eligible in the public service. Submission deadline is August 29 this year and termination date is September 30, with the exception of Education where termination will be...

This is part five of the New Bermuda Retirement series WHAT IS YOUR TIMELINE? There are three serious phases in retirement planning: 1. Fifteen to five years away from the accepted community retirement age (this varies by employer, government man...

The Government-wide hiring freeze has been extended through the 2016-17 fiscal year, the Ministry of Finance has announced. The One Bermuda Alliance will also revisit an early retirement programme for civil servants aged 55 and older, as part of cost...

Welcome to the New Bermuda Resident Retirement Primer, a series of articles to be featured in The Royal Gazette every month, or more often, on demand. We will cover the gamut of retirement planning issues: retirement cost of living, inflation, longe...

Rubis Energy Bermuda’s managing director David Rose has retired after 44 years in the fuel industry. He started out as a management trainee with Shell Bermuda in 1971. Under the direction of marketing manager Stanley Marshall, who is now also retired...

People aged 55 and over are the “lost generation” of the pensions world, an expert warned yesterday. Miguel DaPonte, senior vice-president for BF&M Investment Services, said: “It’s difficult to say because we get a range of individuals who come in, b...

A special breakfast meeting next week will focus on the cost of retiring in Bermuda. The breakfast seminar, organised by the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce and presented by Miguel DaPonte, senior vice-president of BF&M Investment Services, will look at ...

Nineteen public officers will retire from the Bermuda Government today, as part of the voluntary early retirement programme. The scheme, which was reintroduced in June for eligible persons in the public service, applies to Government employees aged b...

Heather Jacobs Matthews will be retiring on November 15 after more than six years as Bermuda’s Auditor-General. Announcing the move, Governor George Fergusson stated: “I would like to take this opportunity to pay a very warm tribute to the Auditor-Ge...

Dianna Adams laughs at the idea of slowing down after retirement. The 70-year-old teaches exercise classes, grows vegetables, constructs furniture and makes household repairs. “I’m busier than ever,” she said. She got interested in fitness while wor...

Most of us have heard of the famous Aesop fable, ‘The Tortoise and The Hare.’ The boastful hare always bragged how fast he was, until one day a tortoise, tired of hearing the hare boast, challenged him to a race. The hare, thinking he had things und...

A true passion for education, a drive to stay ahead of the game and a genuine love of children are some of the essential qualities that make a great teacher. This is the view of Harrington Sound Primary School teachers Kathy Pearman and Lynett George...