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 24CC0261 and 24CC0264 have near-identical descriptions about 292 m apart (funding year 2024; ₱72.37M, ₱72.37M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. It is possible that one contract covers a specific reinforced concrete segment while the other covers a more general structure in the same area.

Public record entityConstruction of Reinforced Concrete Flood Control Structure, Barangay Atlag, Malolos City, Bulacan

LocationCITY OF MALOLOS (CAPITAL) (BULACAN), BULACAN, Region IIIContract 24CC0264

Amount₱72,374,953.65 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: 2019-10-05 · Maxar

After capture: 2025-04-07 · 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 two project titles are nearly identical, both refer to 'Construction of Flood Control Structure' at the same barangay and city, with only the addition of 'Reinforced Concrete' in one title. There are no phase, package, section, or place markers distinguishing them, and both are in the same funding year, by the same contractor, with nearly identical costs and timelines. The distance between them (292 m) is above the strict threshold, but the high title similarity and lack of distinguishing markers make this a plausible case of overlapping or duplicate works. Innocent explanation is possible (e.g., one is a specific reinforced concrete segment, the other is a general structure), but the overlap is significant enough to warrant public attention.

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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 Reinforced Concrete Flood Control Structure, Barangay Atlag, Malolos City, Bulacan24CC0264Flood control	100%	November 27, 2024	June 11, 2024	—	completedsumbong source

Start: April 2, 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": "24CC0264",
  "coordinates": {
    "lat": 14.827797,
    "lon": 120.81779
  },
  "municipality": "CITY OF MALOLOS (CAPITAL) (BULACAN)",
  "distanceMeters": 291.9271160632787,
  "titleSimilarity": 0.8863636363636364
}

Source documents

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