"Last night our nation lost a piece of its soul. Dame Lois taught so many of us what it means to fight and win. She was a sister of the struggle and at times the struggle was violent. But like Martin Luther King, Dame Lois did not wage the struggle with her fists, she did it with words. She always honoured democracy and she always bowed to the law, even when Lady Justice seemed to betray her."

– Premier Dr. Ewart Brown speaking on the death of Dame Lois Browne Evans.

"You know, Mr. Premier, we seniors are old but we're not dumb. To tell old folks on the eve of an election that seniors who drive cars will get a $4.60-a-year exemption and seniors who don't drive will get nothing. What a con. It's not just not enough, it's nothing."

– Opposition shadow minister for health & seniors Louise Jackson speaking on Ewart Brown's plans to help senior citizens.

"But every time something is done it's 'I am a victim of racism'. Get over it. The time has come to be responsible for your own actions, not rely on Government to push them forward."

– Senior Progressive Labour Party MP Renee Webb speaking on the need for her party needs to "get over" the race issue as she denounced those who were annoyed the party was attracting new white members.

"It is no sense having a country where women can't sleep in their beds. There is no sense in having a better education system if parents are troubled and children can't sleep in their own beds at night."

– The mother of the teenager attacked by Tewolde Selassie urged other victims of sex assaults to speak out.

"I want it to be known in my Christian convictions, I don't support the homosexual lifestyle, but that does not give anyone cause to hate someone or treat someone differently. I don't think they (United by Faith) have represented the religious community well."

– Rev. Wilbur Lowe speaking of the cancelled gay cruise.

"The door was open. Chief Justice Ground chose not to walk through it. And so a family is left at a dead end on a long, agonising road to find justice for their murdered child. And a judicial system is left so tied in knots by legal technicalities that it can't reverse what it clearly recognises as its own grave errors, even in the face of public outcry both within and without its borders. It's a dark day for Bermudian justice."

– Globe and Mail newspaper in Toronto, Canada writing of failed attempts to reopen the Rebecca Middleton murder trial.

Deaths

Eric Berkeley Jr., 20, of Hamilton Parish became the seventh road fatality when his motorcycle veered off the road near the junction of North Shore Road and East Point Lane.

Motorcycle racer Marvin Robinson, 34, died during a warm-up for a St. John Ambulance fundraiser race meet. Mr. Robinson's 600cc motorbike collided with a fence during training. He was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital by ambulance but medical staff could not save him.

Former business leader and keen sailor, Eldon H. Trimingham died at the age of 75 after a long illness. Mr. Trimingham, born on June 12, 1931, served in many leadership roles in a distinguished business career, including a stint as president of the Chamber of Commerce and president of the Bermuda Employers' Council, as well as being president of the former Front Street department store Trimingham's.