Several Facebook (FB) users and pages are circulating a link that supposedly allows motorists to check online if they have violations following the resumption of the No Contact Apprehension Program (NCAP) by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). This is fake.
Published on May 26, an FB user posted a screenshot of the fake NCAP website stating no violation was recorded for what seemed to be a blurred vehicle plate number.
Another post included the screengrab of the alleged website where motorists are asked to enter their plate number and/or conduction sticker to verify if they have violations, along with the caption that read:
“Sa mga Gusto ma check mga dumaan sa NCAP
baka napitikan na kau nde nyo pa alm check nyo n
http://staging.mayviolationba.mmda.gov.ph.s3-website-ap-s…
#NCAP
(For those who want to check if they’ve been flagged under NCAP
You might have already been caught without knowing it, better check now
http://staging.mayviolationba.mmda.gov.ph.s3-website-ap-s…
#NCAP)”
In a May 26 advisory, the MMDA said the circulating link labeled “May Violation Ba?” is not official, adding that the agency is still working on the official NCAP website, which will be announced to the public next week.
“Iwasan ang pagpo-post at pag-share ng link na ito para hindi magdulot ng kalituhan. Iwasang gamitin ang website at huwag i-type ang inyong plaka rito,” the agency advised motorists.
(Avoid posting and sharing this link to prevent confusion. Do not use the website and refrain from entering your license plate number there.)
The earliest copy of the bogus link that VERA Files has tracked emerged on May 26, the same day the NCAP was reimplemented after the Supreme Court partially lifted the temporary restraining order against the program issued on Aug. 30, 2022. The ruling allows only the MMDA to implement the NCAP on major roads, not local roads covered by local ordinances.
Under the NCAP, traffic violators are identified through footage captured by closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, thus eliminating the need for traffic enforcers to physically apprehend motorists on major roads within the MMDA’s jurisdiction.
In an interview with GMA Integrated News’ Unang Balita, MMDA Traffic Enforcement Group Director Vic Nuñez said a total of 1,112 traffic violations were recorded on May 26, the first day of the resumption of the NCAP, noting it is “relatively low” compared to the more than 3,900 violations documented on May 19, when the program was still suspended.
FB posts containing the fake NCAP link and screenshots of the website have since garnered 1,782 interactions.
