The water crisis in Metro Manila is raising calls for transparency in the Duterte administration’s deals with China, including the Kaliwa Dam project that has been touted as the solution to the perennial water shortage in the capital. Both the Kaliwa and Angat projects have a 20-year maturity period, but Kaliwa has a longer grace period of seven years against Angat’s five years, he said. “The Duterte administration made sure that the government would not pay a prepayment penalty fee for the Kaliwa Dam project. The Kaliwa Dam was planned long before the Duterte administration. Previously known as the New Centennial Water Source-Kaliwa Dam Project, the build-transfer project had a 30-year concession period, according to documents obtained by the Inquirer.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 15, 2019 23:37 UTC