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 23HI0001 and 22HI0017 have near-identical descriptions about 3523 m apart (funding years 2022, 2023; ₱48.95M, ₱56.55M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. It is possible these are different segments of the same river being improved in phases.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Control Structure along Cotcot River, Compostela, Cebu

LocationCOMPOSTELA (CEBU), CEBU, Region VIIContract 23HI0001

Amount₱48,949,066.04 sumbong source

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

Satellite before / after

Esri Wayback · ~0.31 mLocation approximate

Before capture: 2021-02-04 · Maxar

After capture: 2026-02-04 · 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 projects have near-identical titles with no distinguishing markers (no phase, package, section, or different place names), are both in Compostela, Cebu, and are about 3.5 km apart. The only difference is the funding year. This fits the rule's publish criteria for C3: same-named works at different spots in the same municipality, possibly indicating repeated or overlapping funding for similar works along the same river. Innocent explanations (such as sequential or segmented construction along a long river) are plausible but do not block publication.

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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 Cotcot River, Compostela, Cebu23HI0001Flood control	100%	August 27, 2023	July 10, 2023	—	completedsumbong source

Start: January 30, 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": "23HI0001",
  "fundingYear": 2023,
  "municipality": "COMPOSTELA (CEBU)",
  "distanceMeters": 3523.3778126213642,
  "titleSimilarity": 1
}

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