Diego Mar­tin Cen­tral MP Symon de No­bri­ga says that the re­cent ter­mi­na­tion of work­ers from the Com­mu­ni­ty-Based En­vi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion and En­hance­ment Pro­gramme (CEPEP) has al­ready had vis­i­ble ef­fect on his con­stituen­cy as sev­er­al res­i­dents are in dire need of fi­nance help.

Speak­ing with re­porters at a mil­i­tary pa­rade com­mem­o­rat­ing Diego Mar­tin’s Bor­ough Day cel­e­bra­tions at the West Park Sa­van­nah, West­moor­ings, on Fri­day morn­ing, de No­bri­ga said he has re­ceived a sig­nif­i­cant in­flux of mes­sages and ap­peals for help from re­cent­ly fired CEPEP work­ers, es­pe­cial­ly par­ents.

He not­ed that the sever­i­ty of the sit­u­a­tion was fur­ther ex­ac­er­bat­ed as many fam­i­lies were mak­ing prepa­ra­tions for the Ju­ly-Au­gust va­ca­tion and for the new school term in Sep­tem­ber, with re­quests rang­ing from help with books and sta­tionery to food cards and ham­pers.