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 23HO0155 and 23HO0148 have near-identical descriptions about 13 m apart (funding year 2023; ₱96.30M, ₱96.50M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. It is possible that one contract covers a specific sitio while the other covers a broader area, or that the works are adjacent but separately funded.

Public record entityConstruction of Riverbank Protection along Talaba River Sitio Cansibog, Barangay Tupas, Ronda, Cebu

LocationRONDA (CEBU), CEBU, Region VIIContract 23HO0155

Amount₱96,304,156.61 sumbong source

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

Satellite before / after

Esri Wayback · ~0.46 mLocation approximate

Before capture: 2018-06-04 · Maxar

After capture: 2018-06-04 · Vantor

No imagery since construction began — latest capture 2018-06-04

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 0.85

Model: gpt-4.1

Prompt: v4.1

Checked: October 22, 2026

The two project titles are nearly identical and refer to the same river and barangay, with only 'Sitio Cansibog' present in one title. There is no phase, package, or section marker distinguishing them, and the locations are only 13 meters apart. The presence of 'Sitio Cansibog' in one title but not the other is not a strong enough distinguishing marker to reject, as the other title could simply be less specific. Both projects are in the same funding year, have nearly identical costs, and share the same contractor, making this a textbook case for publishing under C3.

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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 Riverbank Protection along Talaba River Sitio Cansibog, Barangay Tupas, Ronda, Cebu23HO0155Flood control	100%	February 19, 2024	February 19, 2024	—	completedsumbong source

Start: April 11, 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": "23HO0155",
  "fundingYear": 2023,
  "municipality": "RONDA (CEBU)",
  "distanceMeters": 12.861350574603756,
  "titleSimilarity": 0.9387445887445888
}

Source documents

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

Possible Innocent Explanations

Phased construction seasons
Upstream/downstream segments recorded separately