No common social pension program rollout in September 2025

The Common Social Pension for Senior Residents stays a proposed measure and has not but been enacted into regulation

Declare: The rollout of the common social pension program for all senior residents formally started this September 2025.

Ranking: FALSE

Why we fact-checked this: The declare was made in a YouTube video posted on September 10 by the channel Ph Pension Replace, which has over 99,000 subscribers. The video is titled: “Grabeng excellent news! P6,200 common pension para seniors — efficient na! Alamin ang mga dapat gawin!” 

(Excellent news! P6,200 common pension for seniors — now in impact! Discover out what to do!)

The narrator goes on to enumerate the steps for claiming advantages. The video has gained almost 8,000 views, 561 likes, and 100 feedback as of writing.

The details: The common social pension program for senior residents isn’t but in impact. Home Invoice No. 10423, or the Common Social Pension for Senior Residents Invoice, was authorised by the Home of Representatives on Might 21, 2024, nevertheless it has not been handed into regulation. For the measure to take impact, it have to be authorised by the Senate and signed by the President.

On September 9, the Division of Social Welfare and Improvement Discipline Workplace 10 issued an advisory in regards to the proposed measure. This clarification got here in response to deceptive posts and movies claiming that senior residents can already apply for this system and declare authorities advantages. 

Equally, in a fact-check by the Nationwide Fee of Senior Residents (NCSC) final Might 23, the company reiterated, “Hindi pa naisasabatas ang Common Social Pension for senior residents na naglalayong magbigay ng social pension para sa lahat ng mga senior citizen sa bansa.”

(The Common Social Pension for senior residents, which goals to offer a social pension for all senior residents within the nation, has not but been enacted.)

The NCSC has additionally warned the general public about deceptive pension claims. 

Moreover, SightEngine‘s picture evaluation of the photographs used within the video reveals the usage of AI instruments and face manipulation. 

Common social pension: The proposed Common Social Pension for Senior Residents Invoice seeks to amend Republic Act No. 7432, or the Senior Residents Act of 1992, to develop the protection of the prevailing pension program for indigent senior residents. Beneath the proposed measure, this system would cowl all Filipino senior residents aged 60 and above, no matter earnings degree or financial standing. 

At present, solely indigent senior residents are entitled to a P1,000 month-to-month stipend by way of Republic Act No. 11916.

Comparable claims: Rappler has debunked numerous false claims in regards to the common social pension program: 

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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 also be a graduate of the Aries Rufo Journalism Fellowship of Rappler for 2024. 

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