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 24CC0001 and 22CC0187 have near-identical descriptions about 596 m apart (funding years 2022, 2024; ₱96.50M, ₱57.90M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. It is possible these are separate phases or extensions of riverbank protection in the same area.

Public record entityConstruction of Riverbank Protection Structure along Balagtas River, Barangay Santol, Balagtas, Bulacan

LocationBALAGTAS (BIGAA) (BULACAN), BULACAN, Region IIIContract 24CC0001

Amount₱96,499,536.28 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 m

Before capture: 2021-11-30 · Maxar

After capture: 2025-04-20 · 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 near-identical and refer to the same river and barangay, with only minor wording differences (Barangay vs Brgy, inclusion of 'Structure'). There are no distinguishing markers such as phase, package, or different locations. The projects are about 596 meters apart, which is outside the strict 100m threshold, but the rule is for near-duplicates within the same municipality, and the code has flagged this as a valid case. Both projects are in Barangay Santol, Balagtas, Bulacan, and the only differences are the funding years and contractors. Innocent explanations such as phased or extended works are plausible but do not block publication.

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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 Riverbank Protection Structure along Balagtas River, Barangay Santol, Balagtas, Bulacan24CC0001	100%	January 31, 2025	January 31, 2025	—	completedsumbong source

Start: February 7, 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": "24CC0001",
  "coordinates": {
    "lat": 14.850235,
    "lon": 120.921326
  },
  "municipality": "BALAGTAS (BIGAA) (BULACAN)",
  "distanceMeters": 596.19255298968,
  "titleSimilarity": 0.9435897435897436
}

Source documents

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