October 2011 Voices
“The man had the nerve to bring second-hand doors from his house and put them in my house” Homeowner Andrew Smith testifies in the trial of Andre Curtis, accused of using cash earmarked for Government’s Faith-Based Tourism scheme, on personal expenses and construction projects.
“Was it a case of mistaken identity? Yes, I do believe it was” Detective Inspector Michael Redfern speaking as part of the unsolved murder series this newspaper ran this year, on the shooting death of George Lynch on May 5, 2010.
“There’s been a significant failure in both political party structures. Whose interests are they representing?” Former United Bermuda Party deputy chairman David Sullivan who ran as an independent in the Devonshire South Central by-election.
“This isn’t the back of town, it’s Paget. It just shows that it’s happening everywhere now” a nearby business owner, speaking after a man was shot at while working near the Paget roundabout.
“The same things I see, that bother me, are that on Sundays we send the ferry to Dockyard and in 22 minutes it moves 250 people into the City of Hamilton and it’s locked down” Then Transport Minister Terry Lister.
“We cannot expect Bermudians to tighten their belts without their leaders doing the same. Anything else would be sheer hypocrisy” Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards.
“Most recently, we’ve had a man shot in a busy public place and another shot while in transit on the road. The boundaries keep changing all the time, and until we as a community say that enough is enough they will keep impacting our way of life” Shadow National Security Minister Michael Dunkley.
“When he and I got together we’d hug and kiss each other and go for walks and go for talks. He listened a lot to me and whenever anything got on his nerves he would give me a call and I would comfort him a lot” Harry Adderley, whose son Shane Adderley, 21, was killed in a road crash in Southampton.
“In no way, shape or form does $5,000 even rhyme with $27,000. What the defendant did was deliberate and it was calculated” Prosecutor Nicole Smith in the trial of Chandray Abrahams, charged with stealing $27,000 from her estranged husband’s girlfriend.
“I don’t think it’s going to be easy, but I’m going to find a way to reach it. I think that [quality] was instilled in me at a young age from my parents” Student Jaret Simmons who has set himself a goal of graduating from CedarBridge in three years instead of the usual four.
“If we are good enough to quote, we should be good enough to credit” Youth on the Move, criticising Premier Paula Cox for lifting a line from its business plan for a political speech without giving credit.
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Published Dec 31, 2011 at 12:01 am (Updated Dec 30, 2011 at 2:46 pm)