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 24CC0002 and 24CC0004 have near-identical descriptions about 114 m apart (funding year 2024; ₱96.50M, ₱96.50M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. It is possible that one contract is a continuation or expansion of the other, but the lack of a phase label in one title makes this unclear.

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

LocationBALAGTAS (BIGAA) (BULACAN), BULACAN, Region IIIContract 24CC0004

Amount₱96,499,907.13 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 m

Before capture: 2018-02-25 · 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 0.85

Model: gpt-4.1

Prompt: v4.1

Checked: October 22, 2026

The only distinguishing marker is 'Phase II' in one title, while the other has no phase or package marker at all. Per rule guidance, this is a classic 'unlabelled twin' case and should be published. Both projects are in the same barangay, same river, same year, same contractor, and are only 114 meters apart, with near-identical titles except for the phase marker.

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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 Pulong Gubat, Balagtas, Bulacan24CC0004	100%	December 2, 2024	December 2, 2024	—	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": "24CC0004",
  "coordinates": {
    "lat": 14.864923,
    "lon": 120.91746
  },
  "municipality": "BALAGTAS (BIGAA) (BULACAN)",
  "distanceMeters": 114.42040057462891,
  "titleSimilarity": 0.9819819819819819
}

Source documents

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