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 23HI0001 and 22HI0017 have near-identical descriptions about 3523 m apart (funding years 2022, 2023; ₱48.95M, ₱56.55M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. These may be different segments of the same river, funded in separate years as part of a phased project.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Control Structure along Cotcot River, Compostela, Cebu

LocationCOMPOSTELA (CEBU), CEBU, Region VIIContract 22HI0017

Amount₱56,548,278.06 sumbong source

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

Satellite before / after

Esri Wayback · ~0.46 mLocation approximate

Before capture: 2019-04-20 · 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 0.95

Model: gpt-4.1

Prompt: v4.1

Checked: October 22, 2026

The titles are completely identical with no distinguishing markers, and both projects are in the same municipality along the same river, funded in consecutive years. The distance between the coordinates (3523 m) is above the threshold for 'nearby', but the rule is for near-identical titles within the same municipality, not just within 100m. There is no evidence in the packet that these are distinct works (e.g., different sections, phases, or barangays). Innocent explanation is plausible but does not block publishing.

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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 Cotcot River, Compostela, Cebu22HI0017Flood control	100%	November 20, 2022	November 8, 2022	—	completedsumbong source

Start: March 7, 2022 · 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": "22HI0017",
  "fundingYear": 2022,
  "municipality": "COMPOSTELA (CEBU)",
  "distanceMeters": 3523.3778126213642,
  "titleSimilarity": 1
}

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