Misleading

The increase in the monthly pension of senior citizens from P500 to at least P1,000 has not been yet signed into law by outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte.

This is contrary to a Tiktok video posted by user bahogete on June 25.

The video uses an audio from a newscast in 2015 about the approval of the congress of the Housebill 5842 or the P2,000 across-the-board increase for Social Security System (SSS) pensioners.

The post’s caption also mistakenly thanked incoming President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for the supposed increase.

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