A Facebook post is claiming that Vice President Sara Duterte is giving an additional P10,000 to all beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). This is fake.
Published on Sept. 9 by an FB page, the post that continues to circulate this week bears a photo of the vice president, with text that says:
“Dagdag na P10,000 sa lahat ng beneficiaries ng 4Ps rekta sa ATM at OTC mula sa ating VP Presidente.”
The graphic also carries the logo of the Land Bank of the Philippines.
There is no announcement from the Department of Social Welfare and Development or the Office of the Vice President about an additional cash grant of P10,000 for 4Ps beneficiaries.
Under Republic Act 11310, which institutionalized the 4Ps, grantees are entitled to a monthly conditional cash transfer.
Benefits include a health and nutrition grant (P750), education grant for daycare and elementary students (P300); junior high school students (P500); and senior high school students (P700).
During the COVID-19 pandemic, DSWD recommended an increase in financial assistance for beneficiaries, but this has yet to materialize.
The post instructs netizens to click the links attached in the caption to check if their names, regions, and unconditional cash transfer payout schedules are included in the list of beneficiaries from the vice president.
The accompanying links take netizens to a site filled with ads. Numerous netizens were deceived by the post, as many expressed hope to be included and asked for details in the comment section.
The names of 4Ps beneficiaries are not shared online, but posted in public spaces within their localities.
DSWD had corrected similar claims in 2023 that all 4Ps beneficiaries of social protection programs are only identified through Listahan, a “database of poor households” to identify potential recipients of social services.
Facebook page DSWD News Update All Region (created on Aug. 2, 2025), published the claim, collectively garnering over 101 reactions, 51 comments, and 226 shares.
Editor’s note: This fact check was produced with the help of a journalism student of the University of Santo Tomas as part of their internship at VERA Files.
