The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) has denied that it had railroaded the consultation process for the construction of the P12.2-billion, Chinese-funded Kaliwa Dam, which will be built on the ancestral land of the Dumagat-Remontado communities in Rizal and Quezon provinces. This after several indigenous peoples (IP) leaders and elders of three Dumagat communities in Yokyok, Baykuran and Makidata slammed the MWSS and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) for signing a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on the New Centennial Water Source-Kaliwa Dam Project project even though only select tribal leaders were allowed to participate in the negotiations.

Subingsubing, K., & Mallari, D. T. Jr. (2022, February 9). No haste in Kaliwa Dam consultations-MWSS. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A10.