"When you hear shots you don't have time to check the licence plate. You just have to duck for cover." A Paget resident after a gunman on a bike sped through Tribe Road Number 5 spraying bullets as he went. One man was injured.

"The Police can't be everywhere. We are doing our best to try and handle this madness but we need the public to assist us." Chief Inspector Antoine Daniels after a mass brawl marred the last day of Cup Match.

"Our officers are working to the best of their capabilities. Although it's a little bit uncomfortable for both our officers and our clients, we're getting by." Principal Customs Officer Kelly Trott after a power cut blacked out the airport and knocked out the air conditioning.

"Let's be real. Yes, some of us sell drugs. Yes, some of us fight, either for ourselves or for our boys. We have each others' backs. We have to, because no-one else does." A gang member speaking out about his lifestyle.

"We need to treat this situation as a national emergency in order to bring to bear the focus and the resources necessary to change the situation for the better. Just as we would for any other emergency." Shadow Minister of Social Rehabilitation Jeanne Atherden on Bermuda's gang problem.

"I'm really hoping the right decision is made for the right reasons. In other words, whoever is chosen is not chosen simply because they are a supporter of the Premier or because they are totally against the Premier." Community leader Charles Jeffers urges the PLP to choose the right candidate to replace the late Nelson Bascome MP.

"Oh my goodness. I screamed my lungs out when he told me." Lois Weeks, the proud mother of Michael Weeks after he was chosen as the PLP's candidate to replace Nelson Bascome.

"He has shown he can offer the olive branch. I obliged and said yes." El James on Premier Ewart Brown upon being reappointed as Education Minister, little more than a month after he lost the position for publicly calling on Dr. Brown to resign.