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 24MG0063 and 24MG0067 have near-identical descriptions about 405 m apart (funding year 2024; ₱38.42M, ₱39.56M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. These could be two segments of riverbank protection awarded separately but not labeled as such.

Public record entityConstruction of River Bank Protection Along Banga River, Brgy. Simsiman, Norala, South Cotabato

LocationNORALA (SOUTH COTABATO), SOUTH COTABATO, Region XIIContract 24MG0063

Amount₱38,420,216.71 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: 2021-08-31 · Maxar

After capture: 2025-09-28 · 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 0.98

Model: gpt-4.1

Prompt: v4.1

Checked: October 22, 2026

The titles are near-identical, with only 'Brgy.' vs 'Barangay' as a difference, which is a spelling variant and not a distinguishing marker. Both projects are in the same barangay, same river, same municipality, funded in the same year, and are only 405 meters apart. There are no phase, package, section, or other location markers that would distinguish them as separate works. The evidence is complete and meets the rule's criteria for 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 River Bank Protection Along Banga River, Brgy. Simsiman, Norala, South Cotabato24MG0063Flood control	100%	October 12, 2024	October 12, 2024	—	completedsumbong source

Start: May 10, 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": "24MG0063",
  "coordinates": {
    "lat": 6.56847,
    "lon": 124.65985
  },
  "municipality": "NORALA (SOUTH COTABATO)",
  "distanceMeters": 405.27452745612527,
  "titleSimilarity": 1
}

Source documents

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