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 24AF0095 and 24AF0109 have near-identical descriptions about 1249 m apart (funding year 2024; ₱96.49M, ₱89.74M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. These may be separate packages of a larger flood control project.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Control structure along Bauang River Basin (Package 2), Bauang, La Union

LocationBAUANG (LA UNION), LA UNION, Region IContract 24AF0109

Amount₱89,737,280.52 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: 2023-01-30 · Maxar

After capture: 2025-05-01 · 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 'Package 2' in the second title, while the first title has no package/phase marker. Per rule guidance, if one title has a package marker and the other does not, this is a classic 'unlabelled twin' case and should be published. The locations are close (1.2 km apart), both are in the same municipality, and the titles are otherwise near-identical. Innocent explanation is plausible (e.g., separate packages of the same project), but the indicator is valid and 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 Flood Control structure along Bauang River Basin (Package 2), Bauang, La Union24AF0109Flood control	100%	January 4, 2025	January 6, 2025	—	completedsumbong source

Start: April 16, 2024 · 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": "24AF0109",
  "coordinates": {
    "lat": 16.518784,
    "lon": 120.34206
  },
  "municipality": "BAUANG (LA UNION)",
  "distanceMeters": 1248.8472645642398,
  "titleSimilarity": 0.9761904761904762
}

Source documents

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