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 24OE0041 and 24OE0043 have near-identical descriptions about 253 m apart (funding year 2024; ₱144.07M, ₱144.72M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. These could be separate booster pumps installed at two nearby esteros under the same package.

Public record entityInstallation of Booster Pump at Estero dela Reina (Package 1b), Binondo, Manila City

LocationCITY OF MANILA (METROPOLITAN MANILA), CITY OF MANILA, National Capital RegionContract 24OE0041

Amount₱144,066,590.10 sumbong source

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Satellite before / after

Skipped: this map coordinate is shared by many projects, so the pin may not mark the exact worksite.

How this was checked

publish · confidence 0.85

Model: gpt-4.1

Prompt: v4.1

Checked: October 22, 2026

The titles are near-identical, both refer to 'Installation of Booster Pump' at esteros in Manila City, both are for 'Package 1b', and both are in the same funding year with the same contractor. The only difference in the titles is 'Estero dela Reina' vs 'Estero de Binondo', but these are both esteros in the same area and the rest of the title overlaps. There are no phase, package, or section markers that distinguish them beyond what is already matched. The distance is 253 meters, which is above the 100m threshold, but the high title similarity and overlapping scope make this worth publishing as a possible duplicate or overlapping project. Innocent explanation: these could be separate booster pumps at two nearby esteros, both under the same package.

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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
Installation of Booster Pump at Estero dela Reina (Package 1b), Binondo, Manila City24OE0041Flood control	100%	July 11, 2024	June 7, 2024	No target date from DPWH, so lateness cannot be computed	completedsumbong source

Start: February 13, 2024 · Source fetched October 21, 2026

Rule Definition

Title similarity + distance or shared coordinates within municipality.

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Similar project description near another contract in the same municipality

{
  "contractId": "24OE0041",
  "coordinates": {
    "lat": 14.602906,
    "lon": 120.97274
  },
  "municipality": "CITY OF MANILA (METROPOLITAN MANILA)",
  "distanceMeters": 253.16198962161718,
  "titleSimilarity": 0.8805031446540881
}

Source documents

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

Satellite before / after

Project completion

Rule Definition

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Where this project sits