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 24HN0024 and 23HN0101 have near-identical descriptions about 668 m apart (funding years 2023, 2024; ₱96.40M, ₱48.99M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. This may be a continuation or next phase of the same flood control project.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Control Structure along Cansaga River,Barangay Garing, Consolacion, Cebu

LocationCONSOLACION (CEBU), CEBU, Region VIIContract 23HN0101

Amount₱48,989,000.00 sumbong source

Only contractors and government agencies named in public procurement records are shown. Private individuals are not named.

Satellite before / after

Esri Wayback · ~0.31 mLocation approximate

Before capture: 2022-08-02 · Maxar

After capture: 2026-02-04 · 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 0.80

Model: gpt-4.1

Prompt: v4.1

Checked: October 22, 2026

The only distinguishing marker is 'Phase 3' in the 2024 project, while the 2023 project has no phase label. Per rule guidance, if one title has a phase/package marker and the other has none, this is a classic 'unlabelled twin' scenario and should be published. The locations are close (668m), titles are otherwise near-identical, and funding years are consecutive. Innocent explanation is plausible (continuation or phased implementation), but the pattern is genuinely unusual and worth 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 Flood Control Structure along Cansaga River,Barangay Garing, Consolacion, Cebu23HN0101Flood control	100%	September 30, 2023	September 25, 2023	—	completedsumbong source

Start: April 18, 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": "23HN0101",
  "coordinates": {
    "lat": 10.400909,
    "lon": 123.953995
  },
  "municipality": "CONSOLACION (CEBU)",
  "distanceMeters": 667.9855185270803,
  "titleSimilarity": 0.9791666666666666
}

Source documents

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