Indicator C3 — Duplicate or Near-Duplicate Projects

AI-verified / Na-verify ng AI Data as of October 21, 2026

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 22FE0041 and 24FE0021 have near-identical descriptions about 387 m apart (funding years 2022, 2024; ₱47.98M, ₱133.17M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. It is possible that the second project is a legitimate extension or continuation of the first, or covers a different stretch of the same dike.

Public record entityConstruction of Dike (along Bicol River) within Bicol River Basin, Barangay Del Carmen - Del Rosario, Minalabac, Camarines Sur

LocationMINALABAC (CAMARINES SUR), CAMARINES SUR, Region VContract 24FE0021

Amount₱133,169,700.00 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: 2020-01-11 · Maxar

After capture: 2020-01-11 · Vantor

No imagery since construction began — latest capture 2020-01-11

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 titles are near-identical, with only minor spelling/formatting differences (Brgy. vs Barangay, hyphenation), and both refer to the same barangay and river section. There are no distinguishing markers indicating different phases, segments, or sites. The projects are 387 meters apart, which is above the 100m threshold, but the titles and locations are close enough that potential overlap or double funding is plausible. The evidence is complete and checkable.

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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 Dike (along Bicol River) within Bicol River Basin, Barangay Del Carmen - Del Rosario, Minalabac, Camarines Sur24FE0021Flood control	100%	February 17, 2025	October 25, 2024	—	completedsumbong source

Start: February 20, 2024 · 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": "24FE0021",
  "fundingYear": 2024,
  "municipality": "MINALABAC (CAMARINES SUR)",
  "distanceMeters": 386.9472827327765,
  "titleSimilarity": 0.9702124935995904
}

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