“Fix the taps first”…opposition slams Govt’s $496M bottling plant while dirty water runs in Guyanese homes(Kaieteur News) Leader of the ALP Simona Broomes and Member of Parliament Saiku Andrews are demanding the immediate suspension of a GY$496.3M state-owned water bottling plant under Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), noting the funds must be urgently redirected to failing municipal water systems. The joint outcry centers the government’s latest infrastructure allocation as a direct threat to the local private sector and a distraction from GWI’s core mandate to provide safe tap water. The ALP leader is demanding the government table a “Safe Tap Water Plan” within 60 days, freeze all spending on the bottling project, and publish full procurement details to reveal who stands to profit from the diverted coastal water supply budget. MP Saiku Andrews immediately labelled the initiative a betrayal of GWI’s core purpose and “bad economic policy dressed up as national vision.” Andrews pointed to residents in South Ruimveldt North who are still receiving discolored tap water as proof of the utility’s misplaced priorities.