Peacful Protest against Water Increase

Members of the San Pedro Town community will be conducting a peaceful protest through the principal streets of San Pedro Town. The protest started at 9:00 a.m. from the Central Park on Friday, November 27th, 2009. The protest then move through the main streets of San Pedro and culminated at the Central Park. The purpose of the protest was to publicly reject the Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) initial approval of 10.6% increase in water rate for the Belize Water Service Limited.

A letter was be circulated during the protest and signatures will be collected, a target of oevr 100 signatures was needed. This will then be forwarded to the PUC before December 2nd, 2009.