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 22IF0026 and 23IF0045 have near-identical descriptions about 415 m apart (funding years 2022, 2023; ₱96.50M, ₱106.15M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. This may be a continuation or phased implementation of the same flood control project, with only one contract explicitly labeled as a package.

Public record entityConstruction of Pagsanga-an Flood Control, Ormoc City, Leyte

LocationORMOC CITY (LEYTE), LEYTE, Region VIIIContract 22IF0026

Amount₱96,499,998.59 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: 2017-05-18 · Maxar

After capture: 2022-05-25 · Vantor

No post-completion imagery yet — the newest available capture predates the reported completion date.

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 only distinguishing marker is 'Package 1' in the second title, while the first title has no such marker. Per rule guidance, if one title has a package/phase marker and the other does not, this is a classic 'unlabelled twin' case and should be published. The locations are close (415m), the titles are otherwise near-identical, and both are in the same city with the same contractor. Innocent explanations (e.g., a continuation or phased project) 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 Pagsanga-an Flood Control, Ormoc City, Leyte22IF0026Flood control	100%	September 18, 2023	September 18, 2023	—	completedsumbong source

Start: February 21, 2022 · 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": "22IF0026",
  "coordinates": {
    "lat": 11.035868,
    "lon": 124.5464
  },
  "municipality": "ORMOC CITY (LEYTE)",
  "distanceMeters": 415.1768600589187,
  "titleSimilarity": 0.96
}

Source documents

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