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 23HH0108 and 22HH0008 have near-identical descriptions about 7155 m apart (funding years 2022, 2023; ₱44.03M, ₱49.00M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. These may be separate projects on different sections of the Lahug River.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Mitigation Structure along Lahug River, Cebu City

LocationCEBU CITY (CAPITAL) (CEBU), CEBU, Region VIIContract 22HH0008

Amount₱49,000,000.00 sumbong source

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

Satellite before / after

Esri Wayback · ~0.31 mLocation approximate

Before capture: 2018-03-17 · 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 titles are exactly identical with no distinguishing markers or place names that would indicate different works. The projects are both for 'Construction of Flood Mitigation Structure along Lahug River, Cebu City', funded in consecutive years, and are about 7 km apart. This fits the rule's publish criteria: near-identical titles at the same barangay/spot funded in different years, with no phase/section/segment markers. Innocent explanations are possible (e.g., different stretches of the river), but the evidence is sufficient and the pattern is genuinely unusual.

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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 Mitigation Structure along Lahug River, Cebu City22HH0008Flood control	100%	November 24, 2022	November 22, 2022	No target date from DPWH, so lateness cannot be computed	completedsumbong source

Start: February 22, 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": "22HH0008",
  "fundingYear": 2022,
  "municipality": "CEBU CITY (CAPITAL) (CEBU)",
  "distanceMeters": 7154.656594626206,
  "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

Satellite before / after

Project completion

Rule Definition

Triggering Data & citations

Possible Innocent Explanations

Where this project sits