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Claim: The beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) can check if they are included in the February 2025 payout by looking up their names on a website that supposedly lists them.
Rating: FALSE
Why we fact-checked this: As shown in the comment section, the post spreads confusion among 4Ps beneficiaries about the accurate payout schedule. The post has gained 79 shares, 64 reactions, and 19 comments, as of writing.
The text in the photo says, “I-check muna ang pangalan niyo sa website na ito kung kasama kayo sa masterlist, kapag nakita niyo ang pangalan niyo ay [pwede] na kayong magtungo sa Land Bank o sa DSWD office.”
(Check your name first on this website if you are included in the masterlist, when you see your name you [can] go to the Land Bank or the DSWD office.)
It was posted on February 7 in a public Facebook group named “Land Bank of the Philippines Updates” with 696 members.
The facts: The links redirect users to an unofficial blog website named “Libreng Ayuda Pilipinas.” While the post indicates separate links per region, all links show the same website appearance, containing similar outdated information.
The caption, photo, and links are inconsistent. The caption says that it is the “schedule of payout for the month of February” but the website and photo indicate “4Ps payout December 2024.”
The website also used the logo of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) with peso bills in the background as a visual. However, clicking the “All Region Payout” button will not show any legitimate site such as the DSWD. Instead, it redirects users to advertisements such as online casino sites and software applications.
The official Facebook page of DSWD has warned the public about dubious accounts and links spreading false information about the department’s cash assistance. The DSWD also reminds people to avoid clicking links that are not from their official page.
In a previous fact check of Rappler, DSWD clarified in an email message that the payroll of 4Ps beneficiaries is not publicized, consistent with the Data Privacy Act of 2012.
The schedules are announced to the beneficiaries through the city or municipal links at least a week before receiving their cash assistance.
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Similar fact checks: 4Ps is the government’s flagship poverty alleviation scheme that provides cash grants to qualified beneficiaries. The program has been the target of false claims, often by dubious Facebook pages providing fake links to websites posing as 4Ps registration pages. Rappler has fact-checked several of these false claims in the past:
FACT CHECK: No online link to 4Ps payout recipients, schedule – DSWD
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FACT CHECK: Link to 4Ps payout schedule not from DSWD
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FACT CHECK: No online posts of 4Ps master list, payout schedule – DSWD
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FACT CHECK: Circulating list of 4Ps beneficiaries is fake – DSWD
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FACT CHECK: Online link for 4Ps registration is fake
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– Angelee Kaye Abelinde/Rappler.com
This fact check was reviewed by a member of Rappler’s research team and a senior editor. Learn more about Rappler’s fact-checking mentorship program here.
Keep us aware of suspicious Facebook pages, groups, accounts, websites, articles, or photos in your network by contacting us at factcheck@rappler.com. Let us battle disinformation one Fact Check at a time.
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