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Sascha Wil­son

With the new school year start­ing to­day, Princes Town Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion chair­man Gowrie Roop­nar­ine says they have un­der­tak­en grass-cut­ting ex­er­cis­es at 63 schools left un­kept due to the ab­sence of Com­mu­ni­ty-Based En­vi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion and En­hance­ment Pro­gramme (CEPEP) and Un­em­ploy­ment Re­lief Pro­gramme (URP) work­ers.

Speak­ing with re­porters dur­ing a school bag and sup­plies dis­tri­b­u­tion for 100 chil­dren at the re­gion­al cor­po­ra­tion on Fri­day, Roop­nar­ine said he want­ed to help fam­i­lies who were fac­ing fi­nan­cial hard­ships, par­tic­u­lar­ly with the clo­sure of CEPEP and URP.