Claims that China will be charging high interest rates to fund the Kaliwa Dam project are “misleading,” the Finance department said on Friday.

In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd said the Duterte government had obtained better loan terms compared to those secured by the Arroyo administration for another water project.

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