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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE sites for ‘DSWD unemployment assistance’ resurface

By VERA Files | Nov 20, 2023 11:43 AM

Bogus websites promising netizens “unemployment assistance” from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have circulated anew days after the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that there were 2.26 million jobless Filipinos last month. These are fake sites. The department has disowned the circulating links, calling them untrue. “Ang DSWD ay walang pinapasagutang survey […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PEKENG beneficiary list at online registration para sa DSWD scholarship program, kumakalat

By VERA FILES | Oct 17, 2023 6:14 PM

Ang mga page at group na ito ay hindi konektado sa DSWD. Kasalukuyang walang scholarship program ang DSWD at hindi rin sila nagsasagawa ng online registration para dito.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE beneficiary list, online reg for ‘DSWD scholarship program’ circulates

By VERA Files | Oct 07, 2023 9:25 AM

Facebook (FB) pages and groups imitating the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) uploaded lists of chosen beneficiaries and online registration for the agency’s supposed scholarship program. These are fake. Uploaded as early as Sept. 30, the bogus posts carried at least three sets of lists bearing names of more than a hundred students […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens fall for FAKE P7K ‘DSWD’ giveaway

By VERA Files | Sep 08, 2023 1:51 PM

A graphic circulating on Facebook (FB) claimed that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will give out a P7,000-monthly allowance for all Filipinos as part of its “Pantawid Gutom Program.” This is fake. There is no such program. Posted on Aug. 27 on a public FB group of telenovela fans, the bogus graphic […]

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SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: SOCIAL SERVICES

By Ivel John Santos and Enrico Berdos | Jul 17, 2023 10:30 AM

Marcos continues to improve the government’s social protection programs for Filipinos heavily affected by poverty, calamities and disasters. His proposed pieces of legislation on health response have not been enacted into law.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizen’s FB posts on Sen. Padilla and DSWD giveaways are FAKE

By VERA Files | Jun 20, 2023 8:59 PM

A netizen made six Facebook (FB) posts claiming that the office of Sen. Robinhood Padilla is accepting applications for a P3,000 financial aid from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). These are fake. “Ngayong Araw tatanggap na po Ang opisina ni Sen. Robin Padilla Ng mga MABIBIGYAN NG Tulong PINANSYAL 3,000 pesos Mag […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video on DSWD’s P3,000 ‘Food Stamp’ credit NEEDS CONTEXT

By VERA Files | Jun 14, 2023 9:49 PM

A Facebook (FB) video’s claim that the government is now providing a monthly cash assistance amounting to P3,000 to indigent families needs context. This assistance will be in the form of food credits, not cash, and has not been rolled out yet. On June 8, an FB page published a 15-minute video with the following […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Impostor ng DSWD sa FB, nagpo-post tungkol sa PEKENG ayuda sa mga nag-register ng SIM

By VERA Files | Jun 04, 2023 8:29 AM

Isang Facebook page na nagpapanggap na Department of Social Welfare and Development ang nagpo-post na namimigay raw ang DSWD ng limang libong pisong ayuda sa mga nag-register ng SIM. Peke ito.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens share FAKE DSWD P10,000 giveaway

By VERA Files | Jun 03, 2023 10:34 PM

Five Facebook (FB) posts by netizens falsely claimed that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is giving away P10,000. The fake posts used the DSWD’s logo and a thumbnail of a scam graphic that featured Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano giving away money. “Walang kaugnayan at walang kinalaman ang DSWD sa mga kumakalat na […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Impostor DSWD page posts FAKE ‘ayuda’ for registered SIM card users

By VERA Files | May 11, 2023 3:27 PM

A Facebook (FB) page posing as the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) uploaded posts claiming the agency is giving away “P5,000” ayuda (cash assistance) to those who have registered their Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards. This is fake. DSWD is not offering cash assistance to those who registered under the SIM Registration Act […]

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