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 24FB0039 and 24FB0049 have near-identical descriptions about 60 m apart (funding year 2024; ₱24.50M, ₱19.60M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. It is possible these are adjacent segments of the same dike, split into separate contracts for implementation reasons.

Public record entityConstruction of Busay-Budiao Dike, Daraga, Albay

LocationDARAGA (LOCSIN) (ALBAY), ALBAY, Region VContract 24FB0039

Amount₱24,498,721.87 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 m

Before capture: 2023-04-25 · Maxar

After capture: 2023-04-25 · Vantor

No imagery since construction began — latest capture 2023-04-25

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 0.85

Model: gpt-4.1

Prompt: v4.1

Checked: October 22, 2026

The two project titles are near-identical and refer to the same general location (Busay-Budiao/Budiao-Busay, Daraga, Albay) with no distinguishing phase, package, section, or site markers. The only differences are word order and the use of 'along' versus a hyphen, which are not distinguishing per the rules. Both are for dike construction in the same municipality, funded in the same year, and are only 60 meters apart. This fits the criteria for a potentially overlapping or duplicate project 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 Busay-Budiao Dike, Daraga, Albay24FB0039	100%	July 26, 2024	July 22, 2024	—	completedsumbong source

Start: March 20, 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": "24FB0039",
  "fundingYear": 2024,
  "municipality": "DARAGA (LOCSIN) (ALBAY)",
  "distanceMeters": 60.397862395427794,
  "titleSimilarity": 0.9130952380952382
}

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