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 24CF0020 and 23CF0042 have near-identical descriptions about 139 m apart (funding years 2023, 2024; ₱48.02M, ₱88.40M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. It is possible that the second contract is a continuation or extension of the first project, but this is not specified in the titles.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Control Structure (Gabion) at Pampanga River, Barangay Bugnan, Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija

LocationGABALDON (BITULOK & SABANI) (NUEVA ECIJA), NUEVA ECIJA, Region IIIContract 23CF0042

Amount₱88,397,389.39 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: 2019-03-10 · Maxar

After capture: 2025-04-30 · 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.

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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

The two projects have near-identical titles with no distinguishing markers, are located only 139 meters apart, and are in the same barangay and municipality. Both are by the same contractor and funded in consecutive years. There is no evidence in the packet that they are distinct phases or cover different scopes, and the titles do not mention any phase, package, or segment. This fits the rule's criteria for a potentially duplicate or overlapping project.

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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 (Gabion) at Pampanga River, Barangay Bugnan, Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija23CF0042Flood control	100%	October 28, 2023	May 24, 2023	—	completedsumbong source

Start: February 16, 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": "23CF0042",
  "coordinates": {
    "lat": 15.47102,
    "lon": 121.3017
  },
  "municipality": "GABALDON (BITULOK & SABANI) (NUEVA ECIJA)",
  "distanceMeters": 139.29854194037293,
  "titleSimilarity": 1
}

Source documents

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