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 22MF0011 and 24MF0045 have near-identical descriptions about 7 m apart (funding years 2022, 2024; ₱49.00M, ₱47.94M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. It is possible that the second project is a legitimate extension or expansion of the first, covering a longer section of the river.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Control Structure along Ala River ( Impao- Dansuli Section), Isulan, Sultan Kudarat.

LocationISULAN (CAPITAL) (SULTAN KUDARAT), SULTAN KUDARAT, Region XIIContract 24MF0045

Amount₱47,943,654.07 sumbong source

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Satellite before / after

Esri Wayback · ~0.31 mLocation approximate

Before capture: 2020-11-26 · Maxar

After capture: 2025-04-02 · 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 0.70

Model: gpt-4.1

Prompt: v4.1

Checked: October 22, 2026

The titles are near-identical and refer to the same river and municipality, with only a minor difference: the second title covers 'Impao-Dansuli Section' while the first covers 'Impao Section.' There is no clear phase, package, or section marker that would definitively distinguish them as separate works, and the locations are only 7 meters apart. The overlap in scope (Impao Section vs. Impao-Dansuli Section) means the second could plausibly include the first, or they could be duplicate or overlapping projects. Innocent explanations are possible, but the pattern meets the rule's criteria for public interest.

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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 Ala River ( Impao- Dansuli Section), Isulan, Sultan Kudarat.24MF0045Flood control	100%	November 27, 2024	November 22, 2024	No target date from DPWH, so lateness cannot be computed	completedsumbong source

Start: May 8, 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": "24MF0045",
  "fundingYear": 2024,
  "municipality": "ISULAN (CAPITAL) (SULTAN KUDARAT)",
  "distanceMeters": 6.77504144857574,
  "titleSimilarity": 0.9151405083268557
}

Source documents

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

Possible Innocent Explanations

Phased construction seasons
Upstream/downstream segments recorded separately

Satellite before / after

Project completion

Rule Definition

Triggering Data & citations

Possible Innocent Explanations

Where this project sits