“This is a day when we can put things behind us.” — new Butterfield Bank CEO Bradford Kopp, after the troubled company announces a net loss of $213.4 million for the previous year — plus the raising of $550 million from foreign investors.“I think it is the shareholders who have really been screwed here.” – An irate shareholder speaks up after learning Butterfield Bank has suspended its dividend payments on common shares until it returns to profitability.“It's a consequence of out-of-control spending. The Government has been spending without restraint for many years and during the years when revenues were strong this overspending was completely hidden, except for those of us who want to take out time to analyse the budget book.” — Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards attacks Government's reasoning for payroll tax increase legislation, which passes in the House of Assembly.“Dear Bermudian Worker in International Business, I have heard from every alphabet group in this country who purport to represent you and your industry and they have indicated to me that work permit term limits signal the death knell of international business in Bermuda.” — Labour Minister David Burch begins his e-mail invitation to Bermudians for an upcoming closed-session meeting on work permit term limits.“I know as you read this, some people are happy and some are disappointed, for which I understand. I want you to know that I have changed the flag I carry, but I have not changed my heart.” — From a letter by former United Bermuda Party Leader Wayne Furbert, explaining to his constituents his decision to join the Progressive Labour Party.“You go home and say, ‘I did something'. You did absolutely nothing. It's not about marching, not about holding candlelit vigils, it's about catching those criminals. Marches? Marches are not the answer. Do something constructive.” — Progressive Labour Party backbencher Ashfield DeVent reacts to marchers in his Pembroke South East constituency following the shooting of James “Junior” Lawes outside a bar. The murder marked Bermuda's second gun death of the year.“I don't know what to think any more. I have lived in this area for most of my life and have never seen it like this. It is happening so often now that it doesn't even affect me like it used to. I am becoming numb to it all.” — An unnamed Pembroke resident reacts to the shooting death of Jakai Harford on Mission Lane, Pembroke.“While HomeZone has been a very successful company within the HWP portfolio, the decline in sales has caused us to take a tough business decision.” — HWP CEO Jonathan Brewin announces the company's decision to close down HomeZone, saying that declining sales caused “an unsustainable fiscal situation”.