No P80,000 money assist for all senior residents, video is AI-generated

Whereas there are a number of initiatives offering money assist to senior residents, there isn’t any program providing all senior residents P80,000 yearly

Declare: All Filipino senior residents will obtain a yearly money assist amounting to P80,000.

Ranking: FALSE

Why we fact-checked this: Two movies concerning the supposed money assist had been posted on November 20 on the Fb web page named “KaBene Information Community.” The movies seem like a pseudo-newscast, with the announcer saying, “Tinatawagan ang lahat ng senior citizen, makakatanggap kayo ng 80,000 kada taon. Dapat naka-follow sa amin at mag-register on-line.”

(Calling all senior residents, you’ll obtain 80,000 yearly. You need to observe us and register on-line.)

The video features a hyperlink for viewers to fill out a type and entry the alleged memorandum concerning the supposed money assist program. Within the remark part, some social media customers have posted their names and ages in hopes of being chosen for the supposed payout.

Each movies have garnered over 38,000 views, 430 reactions, 220 feedback, and 130 shares as of writing.

The information: No current regulation or authorities program supplies annual money assist of P80,000 for all senior residents within the Philippines. The movies used within the put up are AI-generated. 

A “Veo” watermark is seen within the bottom-right nook of the clips. Google Veo is a text-to-video AI generator, indicating that the footage shouldn’t be from any reliable newscast. Moreover, Hive Moderation flagged the video as 93.3% prone to include deepfake or AI-generated content material. 

The hyperlinks tagged within the posts are additionally pretend, as they redirect to an e-commerce web site, as checked by urlscan.io. Offering private data via these doubtful web sites may probably expose customers to fraud or phishing dangers. (READ: Phishing 101: The right way to spot and keep away from phishing)

At current, the precise authorities program offering money assist for seniors is the Social Pension for Indigent Senior Residents, which supplies P1,000 per 30 days. This help is restricted to seniors who’re frail, sickly, and haven’t any current pension from different authorities sources, non-public insurance coverage corporations, or any steady supply of earnings.

One other reliable profit for senior residents is supplied via the expanded Centenarians Act, which grants one-time money help at particular age milestones: P10,000 at ages 80, 85, 90, and 95, and P100,000 upon reaching 100 years outdated. These are symbolic recognitions, not recurring pensions, and they don’t seem to be out there to all seniors yearly.

​Pending approval: A frequent subject in discussions about senior citizen assist is the proposed Common Social Pension, which goals to offer a month-to-month stipend to all Filipino seniors no matter earnings. The measure has gained traction in Congress however shouldn’t be but enacted into regulation. 

Till it’s enacted, seniors proceed to depend on current advantages, together with a 20% low cost and VAT exemption on medicines, skilled charges, and transportation — perks out there to all holders of a sound senior citizen ID.

Related claims: Rappler has fact-checked claims about varied money assist applications that misuse the names and branding of a number of authorities companies, together with the Division of Training and the Division of Social Welfare and Improvement:

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Efren Cyril Bocar is a journalist from Llorente, Japanese Samar who graduated in English Language Research on the Visayas State College. Cyril can be a graduate of the Aries Rufo Journalism Fellowship of Rappler for 2024. 

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