and have completed the National Training Board?s NCCER Plumbing programme.

The C.F. Batson Swan Ltd. apprentices completed the programme through the Technical Department of the Bermuda College, under accredited sponsor the Construction Association of Bermuda.

Thie two- to three-year programme is the first step towards certification as a plumber in Bermuda and Mr. Goater and Mr. Govia have now entered the practical aspect of training where their ?hands on? abilities are monitored and assessed over a 3,000 to 4,000 hour period, during which they will have continued exposure to all facets of the trade.

@EDITRULE:La-Verity Davis has graduated from the Berkeley Institute and has been admitted to the Bermuda College where she will study business administration.

As she heads for the Bermuda College, La-Verity Davis thanks Mrs. Michele (Gabisi) Simmons and the entire Berkeley family for a wonderful four-year experience. She also thanks everyone who helped to make her cotillion a night to remember.

La-verity will continue her studies in Business Administration at the Bermuda college.

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recently graduated with dual Bachelor?s degrees in Fashion Design and Marketing from American Intercontinental University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Mr. Watts also recently completed an internship at ?3Lmanufactures for Designers? which makes custom clothing for locals and celebrities, prototypes and mass production for designers. Mr. Goins was the only student working at 3L during his time there and had the responsibility for handling high priority tasks for designers and other important wealthy clientele.

Mr. Goins is now working as head designer for a new clothing company and involved in various other projects.

He is also negotiating to head a charity fashion show, which will involve celebrity judges, to be held at the Georgia World Centre this autumn, and interviewing for a number of internships with top designers in the USand the UK.

Mr. Goins is the son of Mrs Cheryl and Mr. Junior Watts, and the late Raymond Howes.

Attending the graduation from Bermuda were his parents, brother Janeiro Watts, grandmother, Mrs. Frances Goins, aunt Olive Benjamin, cousins Jennifer Benjamin, Dane Benjamin and Gariko Proctor Benjamin.