Municipality
Candelaria
Candelaria, Zambales, Region III (Central Luzon). 1st income class. Population 32,182 (2024 POPCEN).
Data-quality note: 18 DPWH projects linked to Candelaria have no coordinates published by DPWH, so they are not on the map and cannot be checked with satellite images.
PSGC 0307103000 · Source: PSA, PSGC 3Q 2026 Publication Datafile
Public records linked to Candelaria
Counts include this municipality and every LGU under it. Each record carries how it was linked and a confidence level; figures are as recorded by the source and exclude single amounts of ₱10B+ held for verification. They are not findings.
DPWH infrastructure projects
Contracts on the DPWH Transparency portal, placed by coordinates first. Source: DPWH Transparency portal
101 records · ₱3,749,948,390.84
18 placed at Candelaria level itself; the rest in LGUs under it.
- Construction of Lauis River-Masinloc Side Flood Mitigation Structure Downstream, Masinloc, Zambales (Phase 5)₱98,999,997.39 · 2024 · medium confidence (project coordinates inside the barangay boundary)
- Construction of Slope Protection at Pinagrealan, Upstream, Candelaria, Zambales (Phase 4)₱98,999,798.68 · 2023 · medium confidence (project coordinates inside the barangay boundary)
- Construction of Slope Protection at Lawis River Upstream, Candelaria, Zambales (Phase 2)₱98,999,580.83 · 2023 · medium confidence (project coordinates inside the barangay boundary)
- Construction of Slope Protection at Lawis River, Upstream, Candelaria, Zambales (Phase 4)₱98,999,368.00 · 2023 · medium confidence (project coordinates inside the barangay boundary)
- Construction of Slope Protection at Pinagrealan, Upstream, Candelaria, Zambales (Phase 3)₱98,999,273.23 · 2023 · medium confidence (project coordinates inside the barangay boundary)
- Construction of Slope Protection at Lawis River Upstream, Candelaria, Zambales (Phase 1)₱98,009,518.07 · 2023 · medium confidence (project coordinates inside the barangay boundary)
How linked: 83 by project coordinates inside the barangay boundary; 18 by project title names the place.
Contracts this LGU awarded (PhilGEPS)
PhilGEPS awards where the procuring entity is this LGU. Source: PhilGEPS award notices
1 record · ₱176,726,096.95
- Municipality of Candelaria, Zambales₱176,726,096.95 · high confidence (the LGU itself is the buyer)
How linked: 1 by the LGU itself is the buyer.
PhilGEPS awards delivered here (all agencies)
Awards by any agency whose area of delivery is this province. PhilGEPS records delivery areas at province level only. Source: PhilGEPS award notices
Not yet linked to Candelaria itself. This shows the province figure for Zambales.
24,593 records · ₱74,468,488,882.33
24,550 placed at Zambales level itself; the rest in LGUs under it.
- Zambales₱74,468,488,882.33 · 24,550 awards · high confidence (area of delivery is this province only)
- Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales₱315,284,183.51 · 23 awards · low confidence (area of delivery lists several provinces)
- Tawi-Tawi, Zambales₱3,854,840.00 · 2 awards · low confidence (area of delivery lists several provinces)
- Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Zambales₱3,724,628.87 · 2 awards · low confidence (area of delivery lists several provinces)
- Surigao del Sur, Tarlac, Tawi-Tawi, Zambales₱3,546,000.00 · 1 awards · low confidence (area of delivery lists several provinces)
- Aurora, Bataan, Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Isabela, La Union, Marinduque, Nueva Vizcaya, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Palawan, Pangasinan, Quirino, Romblon, Zambales₱2,281,640.00 · 1 awards · low confidence (area of delivery lists several provinces)
How linked: 24,550 by area of delivery is this province only; 43 by area of delivery lists several provinces.
Local Government Support Fund releases
DBM LGSF project releases by province, city/municipality and barangay. Source: DBM COMPASS
13 records · ₱92,534,410.85
5 placed at Candelaria level itself; the rest in LGUs under it.
- Construction of Multi-Purpose Building in National Highway, Barangay Catol, Candelaria₱20,000,000.00 · 2025 · high confidence (location columns in the DBM release)
- Information and Communications Technology Systems and Infrastructure Development: Installation of Cctv On the Following Barangays: (1) Brgy. Binabalian, (2) Brgy. Uacon (Bagwe Area), (3) Brgy. Sinabacan (Purok 7 Beach Area), (4) Brgy. Malabon₱10,000,000.00 · 2024 · high confidence (location columns in the DBM release)
- Construction of Farm-to-Market Road in Barangay Taposo, Candelaria₱7,000,000.00 · 2024 · high confidence (location columns in the DBM release)
- Concreting of Farm-to-Market Road in Barangay Malabon₱6,606,882.17 · 2023 · high confidence (location columns in the DBM release)
- Upgrading of Farm-to-Market Road in Barangay Pamibian, Candelaria, Zambales₱6,606,882.17 · 2023 · high confidence (location columns in the DBM release)
- Concreting of Farm-to-Market Road at Barangay Pinagrealan, Candelaria, Zambales₱6,606,882.17 · 2023 · high confidence (location columns in the DBM release)
How linked: 13 by location columns in the DBM release.
GAA budget lines naming this place
General Appropriations Act lines whose text ends in this city/municipality and province. Source: DBM General Appropriations Act
77 records · ₱2,535,894,000.00
39 placed at Candelaria level itself; the rest in LGUs under it.
- Construction of Access Road/Diversion Road, Daang Kalikasan to Yamot, Pamibian-Babancal-Yamot, Candelaria, Zambales₱100,000,000.00 · 2025 · high confidence (GAA line text names the place)
- Construction of Flood Control at Lauis River, Phase I, Candelaria, Zambales₱100,000,000.00 · 2023 · high confidence (GAA line text names the place)
- Construction of Flood Control at Lauis River, Phase Ii, Candelaria, Zambales₱100,000,000.00 · 2023 · high confidence (GAA line text names the place)
- Construction of Flood Control at Lauis River, Phase Iii, Candelaria, Zambales₱100,000,000.00 · 2023 · high confidence (GAA line text names the place)
- Construction of Flood Control at Lauis River, Phase Iv, Candelaria, Zambales₱100,000,000.00 · 2023 · high confidence (GAA line text names the place)
- Construction of Flood Control at Lauis River, Phase V, Candelaria, Zambales₱100,000,000.00 · 2023 · high confidence (GAA line text names the place)
How linked: 77 by GAA line text names the place.
COA annual audit reports
Not yet linked: the COA reports loaded so far cover national agencies only. LGU audit reports are published at coa.gov.ph.
Published anomaly flags
Patterns in the linked records that reviewers checked and published. A flag is a question worth asking, not a finding of wrongdoing.
- High Concurrent Workload for One ContractorJtc Cruz Const Co IncContractor: Jtc Cruz Const Co Inc
- High Concurrent Workload for One ContractorGreat Pacific Builders and Gen Contractor IncContractor: Great Pacific Builders and Gen Contractor Inc
Contractors on linked DPWH projects
All 45 contractors on DPWH projects linked to Candelaria and the LGUs under it. Click a column to sort.
Costs as recorded by DPWH; single amounts of ₱10B+ are held for verification and excluded. Flags count published automated anomalies on this contractor's projects or awards here, plus flags on the contractor itself; they are not findings.

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Barangays in Candelaria (16)
- Babancal · 4 DPWH projects
- Binabalian · 6 DPWH projects
- Catol · 8 DPWH projects
- Dampay
- Lauis · 6 DPWH projects
- Libertador · 4 DPWH projects
- Malabon · 8 DPWH projects
- Malimanga · 3 DPWH projects
- Pamibian · 6 DPWH projects
- Panayonan · 2 DPWH projects
- Pinagrealan · 19 DPWH projects
- Poblacion · 3 DPWH projects
- Sinabacan · 5 DPWH projects
- Taposo · 2 DPWH projects
- Uacon · 2 DPWH projects
- Yamot · 5 DPWH projects
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