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Information you can trust: Philippines.

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Information you can trust: Philippines

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Most of what you need to know about local services and voting comes from official sources you can check yourself. This sheet covers simple habits for checking claims and spotting messages that only pretend to be official.

Go to the source

  • Read agendas, minutes, budgets and notices before relying on a summary.
  • Type the official web address yourself, or search the main government portal.
  • For voting, use only your official election office.

Check the claim

  • Open a new tab and look up who is behind it.
  • Find the original notice or document.
  • Check the date: is it old news shared as new?
  • If you can’t check it, don’t share it.

Spot a scam

  • Watch for urgency, threats and unexpected contact.
  • Be wary of requests for personal or bank details, or payment by gift card or cryptocurrency.
  • Don’t click links or call numbers in the message. Find the agency’s contact details yourself.

If it happens

  • Stop replying, and contact your bank if you shared bank details.
  • Report it using the official routes on the back of this sheet.

In the Philippines

  • Fake requests for your details. Under the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act, it is a crime to pretend to act for a bank or other financial institution, or to use calls, texts, social media messages or email, to trick someone into giving the passwords, account details or other information that gives access to their financial account.
  • Never lend your account. Letting someone use, borrow, buy or rent your bank or e-wallet account to move money from crimes or scams is an offense under the same law, and so is buying or selling a financial account.
  • Disputed transactions. Banks, e-wallets and other institutions supervised by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas can temporarily hold funds in a disputed transaction, for example one that appears to involve a social engineering scheme, for up to 30 calendar days unless a court extends it.
  • SIM registration and spoofing. Under the SIM Registration Act, every SIM must be registered before it is activated. Spoofing, sending misleading information about the source of a call or text in order to defraud or cause harm, is a punishable offense.

Official places to check:

  • Supreme Court of the Philippines (E-Library): elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/97690
  • Supreme Court of the Philippines (E-Library): elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/95890

More free official help in the Philippines: moraph.org/commons/help/civic-engagement/ph

General information, not advice about your own situation. Checked 20 October 2026. If an official source says something different, it is right. Free to copy and adapt. moraph.org/commons/sessions/voice/information-you-can-trust