Indicator C3 — Duplicate or Near-Duplicate Projects

AI-verified / Na-verify ng AI Data as of October 21, 2026

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 25CE0056 and 24CE0035 have near-identical descriptions about 32 m apart (funding years 2024, 2025; ₱9.70M, ₱19.40M). Worth checking whether they cover the same works. It is possible that the second contract is a continuation or expansion of the first project.

Public record entityConstruction of Slope Protection Structure, Calinat Dam at PRIS SDC, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija

LocationSCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ (NUEVA ECIJA), NUEVA ECIJA, Region IIIContract 25CE0056

Amount₱9,701,851.92 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: 2023-05-09 · Maxar

After capture: 2025-01-07 · Vantor

No imagery since construction began — latest capture 2025-01-07

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, with only minor spelling differences ('Muñoz' vs 'Munoz') and a generic word ('structure') present in one title. There are no phase, package, section, or place markers distinguishing them, and both are at the same dam and barangay, funded in consecutive years, by the same contractor, and only 32 meters apart. This fits the rule's criteria for a potentially duplicate or overlapping project. The evidence is complete and checkable.

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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 Slope Protection Structure, Calinat Dam at PRIS SDC, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija25CE0056Flood control	100%	May 11, 2025	April 7, 2025	—	completedsumbong source

Start: February 11, 2025 · 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": "25CE0056",
  "fundingYear": 2025,
  "municipality": "SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ (NUEVA ECIJA)",
  "distanceMeters": 32.393969484063355,
  "titleSimilarity": 0.9019976435552629
}

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