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This is an introduction and overview to a new retirement series. The series will be extensive. It has to be. Retirement readiness is not just about “how much do I need” or “five tips to a complete retirement,” rather, individuals will experience ent...

This the third part in the New Retirement series. Should you pay off your mortgage before you retire? This is probably the most common question posed to me (along with “will we run out of money”) in the many years of my retirement counselling profess...

Inquiring minds want to know, Mr Editor, following last week’s column and recent events: OK, Barritt, any bright ideas on how consultation could work? Fair question. First, any attempt needs to be real and genuine. People will quickly recognise when ...

February is Black History Month and this year marks the 400th anniversary that blacks were brought to Bermuda as indentured servants. Throughout this month, The Royal Gazette will feature people, events, places and institutions that have contributed ...

There’s nothing like a pleasant dressing-down, Mr Editor, and I received a very nice one of those last week from a kind and faithful reader. She told me that I don’t understand, although I do (smile), and only too well (smile), and from experience (s...

Mobility, or the ability to get around, is essential for getting through the day. Even simple tasks such as getting out of bed, going to the bathroom or getting food out of the refrigerator require mobility. Young, healthy people take their ability t...

Dear Dr Nekia, I hear a lot of women complaining about how men do not do this and that anymore while dating. Didn’t women fight for equal rights? For the right to be treated like men? So why are women complaining about men no longer bending over ba...

The risk of falling increases with each decade of life. Every year, one in every three adults age 65 or older suffers a fall. A person who has fallen once is two to three times more likely to fall again. Many victims have to receive treatment in em...

Nothing quite like being between a rock and a hard place, Mr Editor. It is no fun and you can’t bail. It’s very much like that in politics. There are two big issues that are looming that are not going to go away: • The decriminalisation or, maybe eve...