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 24HO0102 and 24HO0117 have near-identical descriptions at the same coordinates (funding year 2024; ₱148.50M, ₱57.90M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. It is possible that these are separate segments or phases of the same overall dike project that were not clearly labeled as such.

Public record entityConstruction of Dike, Brgy. Montañeza-Brgy. Lombo, Malabuyoc, Cebu

LocationMALABUYOC (CEBU), CEBU, Region VIIContract 24HO0102

Amount₱148,495,065.10 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: 2021-03-04 · Maxar

After capture: 2021-03-04 · Vantor

No imagery since construction began — latest capture 2021-03-04

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 project titles refer to the construction of a dike at the same locations (Barangay Montañeza and Barangay Lombo, Malabuyoc, Cebu) with only minor wording differences (Brgy./Barangay, punctuation, and prepositions). There are no distinguishing markers such as phase, package, section, or different sites. Both projects are at identical coordinates, in the same year, but with different contractors and costs, which makes this a strong candidate for a possible duplicate or overlapping scope.

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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, Brgy. Montañeza-Brgy. Lombo, Malabuyoc, Cebu24HO0102Flood control	100%	February 4, 2025	August 14, 2024	—	completedsumbong source

Start: March 12, 2024 · 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": "24HO0102",
  "coordinates": {
    "lat": 9.685073,
    "lon": 123.33902
  },
  "otherContracts": [
    "24HO0117"
  ]
}

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