The Community-Based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (Cepep) and the Unemployment Relief Programme (URP) would continue in Tobago, Tobago West MP Joel Sampson assured.

Delivering his contribution to the budget debate in Parliament on October 17, Sampson said despite plans to eliminate the programmes in Trinidad, the initiatives on the island remain under the control of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), which does not intend to take similar action.

He said URP falls under the Division of Infrastructure, Quarries and Urban Development, while Cepep is under the Division of Community Development, Youth Development and Sport.