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 23HK0059 and 23HK0090 have near-identical descriptions at the same coordinates (funding year 2023; ₱49.00M, ₱49.00M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. One contract may be a continuation or a rebranding of the same project under a program name.

Public record entityFlood Management Program - Rehabilitation of Tanjay River Control, Pamplona Section, Simborio, Pamplona, Negros Oriental

LocationPAMPLONA (NEGROS ORIENTAL), NEGROS ORIENTAL, Region VIIContract 23HK0090

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 · ~0.5 mLocation approximate

Before capture: 2015-07-25 · Maxar

After capture: 2025-10-23 · 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

Both projects have identical coordinates, the same contractor, the same funding year, and near-identical titles with no distinguishing markers or place names. The only difference is the addition of 'Flood Management Program' in one title, which is not a distinguishing marker per the rule. This fits the criteria for a potentially duplicate or overlapping project.

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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
Flood Management Program - Rehabilitation of Tanjay River Control, Pamplona Section, Simborio, Pamplona, Negros Oriental23HK0090Flood control	100%	December 4, 2023	October 24, 2023	—	completedsumbong source

Start: April 11, 2023 · Source fetched October 21, 2026

Rule Definition

Title similarity + distance or shared coordinates within municipality.

Triggering Data & citations

Identical coordinates shared by multiple contracts

{
  "contractId": "23HK0090",
  "coordinates": {
    "lat": 9.47228,
    "lon": 123.10988
  },
  "otherContracts": [
    "23HK0059"
  ]
}

Source documents

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

Possible Innocent Explanations

Multi-component contracts sharing a single pin
GIS centroid placement