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 22IM0036 and 23IM0117 have near-identical descriptions about 219 m apart (funding years 2022, 2023; ₱49.00M, ₱48.90M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. This may be a legitimate continuation or expansion of the same project area in a new phase.

Public record entityConstruction of Shore Protection, Magsaysay Boulevard Phase 2, Tacloban City

LocationTACLOBAN CITY (CAPITAL) (LEYTE), LEYTE, Region VIIIContract 23IM0117

Amount₱48,901,822.33 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: 2021-06-16 · Maxar

After capture: 2025-04-09 · 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 0.85

Model: gpt-4.1

Prompt: v4.1

Checked: October 22, 2026

The only distinguishing marker is 'Phase 2' in the second title, while the first title has no phase marker at all. Per rule guidance, if one title has a phase marker and the other does not, this is a classic 'unlabelled twin' case and should be published. The locations are very close (219 m), the titles are otherwise near-identical, and the funding years are consecutive. Innocent explanation is that this is a legitimate continuation or expansion, but the lack of a phase marker in the first contract makes it worth public review.

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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 Shore Protection, Magsaysay Boulevard Phase 2, Tacloban City23IM0117Flood control	100%	June 5, 2024	June 5, 2024	No target date from DPWH, so lateness cannot be computed	completedsumbong source

Start: November 6, 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": "23IM0117",
  "fundingYear": 2023,
  "municipality": "TACLOBAN CITY (CAPITAL) (LEYTE)",
  "distanceMeters": 218.81238483006095,
  "titleSimilarity": 0.9627708978328173
}

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
This may be a legitimate continuation or expansion of the same project area in a new phase.

Satellite before / after

Project completion

Rule Definition

Triggering Data & citations

Possible Innocent Explanations

Where this project sits