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 23ME0048 and 24ME0070 have near-identical descriptions about 561 m apart (funding years 2023, 2024; ₱49.50M, ₱96.45M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. It is possible that these are sequential or adjacent phases of a larger flood control project, but the titles do not specify this.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Control Structure, Brgy. Maribulan, Alabel, Sarangani

LocationALABEL (CAPITAL) (SARANGANI), SARANGANI, Region XIIContract 23ME0048

Amount₱49,499,127.67 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: 2019-05-15 · Maxar

After capture: 2019-05-15 · Vantor

No imagery since construction began — latest capture 2019-05-15

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 two project titles are near-identical, both referring to the construction of a flood control structure in Barangay Maribulan, Alabel, Sarangani, with no distinguishing phase, package, section, or site markers. The only differences are minor wording ('Brgy.' vs 'Barangay', 'along'), which are not distinguishing per the rules. The projects are about 561 meters apart and funded in consecutive years, which fits the pattern for possible duplicate or overlapping works. All required record details and URLs are present.

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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, Brgy. Maribulan, Alabel, Sarangani23ME0048Flood control	100%	April 2, 2024	May 2, 2024	—	completedsumbong source

Start: April 3, 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": "23ME0048",
  "coordinates": {
    "lat": 6.11445,
    "lon": 125.24784
  },
  "municipality": "ALABEL (CAPITAL) (SARANGANI)",
  "distanceMeters": 560.767241838958,
  "titleSimilarity": 0.968944099378882
}

Source documents

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

Possible Innocent Explanations

Data not yet available (source: rule metadata)