Indicator C3 — Duplicate or Near-Duplicate Projects

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Duplicate or Near-Duplicate Projects

Very similar descriptions within ~100m or identical coordinates across contracts/years.

This is a statistical anomaly or indicator worth examining — not proof of wrongdoing, fraud, or corruption against any person.

Indicator: contracts 23CE0030 and 23CE0042 have near-identical descriptions about 248 m apart (funding year 2023; ₱48.99M, ₱96.49M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. It is possible that these are adjacent or sequential segments of flood control works that were bid out as separate contracts.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Control Structure along Labong River, Barangay Poblacion Sur, Licab, Nueva Ecija

LocationLICAB (NUEVA ECIJA), NUEVA ECIJA, Region IIIContract 23CE0030

Amount₱48,993,969.00 sumbong source

Only contractors and government agencies named in public procurement records are shown. Private individuals are not named.

Satellite before / after

Esri Wayback · ~0.5 mLocation approximate

Before capture: 2021-02-21 · Maxar

After capture: 2025-08-04 · Vantor

Satellite comparison for public reference — not proof of completion or non-completion.

Imagery may not show small or linear works; no visible change is not evidence of wrongdoing.

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, and the GIS User Community

Caveats & resolution

Esri World Imagery Wayback (~0.5–1 m); dates are archive release dates, not capture timestamps.
Imagery may not show small or linear works; no visible change is not evidence of wrongdoing.
DPWH coordinates can be approximate; marker shows the imagery center (may be snapped to riverbank/coast).

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How this was checked

publish · confidence 0.95

Model: gpt-4.1

Prompt: v4.1

Checked: October 22, 2026

The two project titles are near-identical, with only minor wording differences (singular/plural, 'Barangay' vs 'Brgy.') that are not distinguishing markers per the rule. Both are for flood control structures along the same river, in the same barangay, funded in the same year, and are only 248 meters apart. There are no phase, package, section, or site markers that would indicate these are distinct works. The evidence is complete and meets the rule's criteria for a plausible duplicate or overlapping scope.

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Project completion

Schedule fields from DPWH transparency portal records and the Sumbong sa Pangulo flood-control list — not inferred beyond those columns.

Reported complete (DPWH): 1Ongoing: 0Delayed: 0Status unknown: 0

Project	Prog.	Target end	Actual end	Days late	Status
Construction of Flood Control Structure along Labong River, Barangay Poblacion Sur, Licab, Nueva Ecija23CE0030Flood control	100%	September 12, 2023	August 25, 2023	—	completedsumbong source

Start: February 15, 2023 · Source fetched October 21, 2026

Rule Definition

Title similarity + distance or shared coordinates within municipality.

Triggering Data & citations

Similar project description near another contract in the same municipality

{
  "contractId": "23CE0030",
  "coordinates": {
    "lat": 15.543767,
    "lon": 120.75669
  },
  "municipality": "LICAB (NUEVA ECIJA)",
  "distanceMeters": 247.92903598798168,
  "titleSimilarity": 1
}

Source documents

sumbong — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rukku/sumbongsapangulo.ph-datasets/main/flood_control_projects.geojsonFetched October 21, 2026