A TikTok Page has repeatedly made false announcements stating that National ID holders are automatically eligible to receive a P5,000 cash assistance from the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys).
Vlogger Dante Maravillas falsely claimed on his YouTube channel that currency would very soon be replaced by Quick Response (QR) codes, citing a story by a state news service.
The government has so far spent P258 billion out of P352 billion released for the Covid-19 response, mostly on emergency subsidies to poor and low-income households and displaced workers, the Department of Finance said on Tuesday.