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Tag: DSWD

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Impostor group posts FAKE DSWD ayuda call for typhoon victims

    By VERA Files  |  Nov 03, 2022 3:24 PM

    A Facebook (FB) group posing as the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) created two posts falsely interpreted by typhoon victims as a legitimate raffle for government aid. The impostor FB group DSWD Ayuda Update created two posts on Oct. 29, that urged people to send a message to another bogus FB group named […]

    ayuda, DSWD, Typhoon Paeng

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Impostor group shares FAKE DSWD 4Ps announcement

    By vera files fact check  |  Oct 19, 2022 10:28 AM

    A Facebook group pretending to be a Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) account is asking netizens to register with the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) through an impostor account.  FB group DSWD Ayuda Update made a total of eight posts asking netizens’ personal details, or urging them to register with 4Ps by sending […]

    DSWD, fake, fake announcement, fake FB pages

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Website for ‘DSWD’ aid application a SCAM

    By VERA Files  |  Sep 27, 2022 12:06 PM

    A number of Facebook (FB) pages and groups are sharing links to a fraudulent website that poses as an online portal for the registration of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) educational assistance. The website is a scam. From Sept. 18 to 20, an FB group made several posts sharing the supposed registration […]

    DSWD

  • Erwin Tulfo
    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Erwin Tulfo binawi ang pagsama ng 4Ps recipients sa DSWD education aid program

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 25, 2022 1:11 PM

    Binawi ni Social Welfare Secretary Erwin Tulfo ang kanyang unang anunsyo na ang mga benepisyaryo ng Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) ay karapat-dapat na makatanggap ng tulong pang-edukasyon sa ilalim ng Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program ng kanyang tanggapan.

    4Ps, DSWD, Erwin Tulfo

  • Erwin Tulfo
    Categories FACT CHECK NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Erwin Tulfo walks back on inclusion of 4Ps recipients in DSWD’s education aid program

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 25, 2022 1:00 PM

    Social Welfare Secretary Erwin Tulfo has backtracked on his initial announcement that Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries were entitled to receive education aid under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program of his office.

    4Ps, DSWD, Erwin Tulfo

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Faux ‘DSWD’ page fools netizens with FAKE scholarship announcement

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 16, 2022 2:38 PM

    A Facebook (FB) page posing as the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is duping netizens through a fake announcement for students of the incoming school year.  FB page DSWD 4ps Update asked netizens to sign up for a “DSWD scholarship program” claiming to give away a monthly P6,500 cash allowance, a free laptop […]

    DSWD

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video claiming DSWD Sec. Tulfo filing a case vs. Robredo over food packs FALSE

    By vera files fact check  |  Jul 18, 2022 6:23 AM

    A Facebook (FB) video falsely insinuated that Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary (DSWD) Erwin Tulfo will file a case against former vice president Leni Robredo for using government food packs in her Angat Buhay Foundation’s relief operations for victims of flooding in Banaue, Ifugao.   Posted by FB page Bbm-Sara News on July 11, […]

    angat buhay program, DSWD, false, video

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Tulfo’s proposed P20k cash aid NEEDS CONTEXT

    By vera files fact check  |  Jun 24, 2022 11:24 AM

    A netizen posted screenshots of a TikTok video claiming that incoming Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo will distribute a P20,000 cash aid per family nationwide. Posted by an FB netizen on June 6, the screenshots read: “GOODNEWS (sic) SA LAHAT! UNANG AYUDA NG DSWD! P20K CASH AID PER FAMILY SA […]

    ayuda, DSWD, needs context, Tulfo

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Kris Aquino DEATH HOAX post used to SCAM people

    By vera files fact check  |  Jun 15, 2022 6:38 PM

    Kris Aquino is a victim of a death hoax yet again. A Facebook (FB) page falsely claims that the celebrity has died, but only to mislead people to visit a scam site using the Department of Social and Welfare Development’s (DSWD) name. Posted on June 12 by FB page Bong Bong Marcos Tulong Ayuda (created […]

    death hoax, DSWD, fake, Kris Aquino, scam

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video on additional P500 ayuda for the poor MISLEADING

    By vera files fact check  |  Jun 06, 2022 7:18 PM

    A June 4 YouTube video shared in a Facebook group claimed that the government will distribute this month an additional P500 in cash assistance earlier promised to the poorest families.  Carrying the title “Dagdag Ayuda, ibibigay na (additional cash assistance to be given now)!,” the video stated: “Ang dagdag ayuda na 500 na ating binalita […]

    ayuda, DSWD, Joey Salceda, misleading, YouTube

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