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Typhoon Karding (international name: Noru) already left the Philippine area of responsibility at around 8 p.m., Monday, Sept. 26, but is still enhancing the southwest monsoon or “habagat.”

ILIGAN CITY – Soldiers rescued nine passengers and three crew of a distressed seacraft in Pababag Island, Tawi-Tawi on Sunday, Sept. 25.

CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Cordillera police arrested 18 persons and seized suspected shabu amounting to P123,000 in anti-illegal drug operations from Sept. 18 to 24.

BAGUIO CITY – Typhoon “Karding” affected 238 families or 763 persons from 25 barangays in the Cordillera region.

MANGALDAN, Pangasinan – Police arrested an Indian wanted for drug charges after almost three years of hiding in Barangay Guegusangen here on Monday, Sept. 26.

BACOLOD CITY – A 53-year-old man and his nephew were arrested and yielded 210 grams of suspected marijuana worth P25,200 in a buy-bust operation in Purok 3 Magsungay, Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Sunday, Sept. 25.

BACOLOD CITY – Authorities arrested four persons and dismantled a drug den in a buy-bust operation in Purok 6, Litub Magsungay, Barangay Singcang Airport here on Sunday, Sept. 25.

An estimated 1,175 typhoon Karding devastated families from Jomalig and Patnangunan, Quezon, and Dingalan, Aurora received P5,000 and P10,000 cash assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Monday, Sept. 26.

Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, Sept. 26, assured the public that the government is on “top of situation” in the affected areas in Luzon reeling from Super Typhoon Karding’s wrath.

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police arrested a laborer wanted for rape and listed as the most wanted person in San Gabriel, La Union on Sunday, Sept. 25.

CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija (PNA) – This province was placed under a state of calamity on Monday, Sept. 26, following the onslaught of typhoon “Karding.”

ARITAO, Nueva Vizcaya – Illegally cut narra bar flitches valued at P1.2 million was intercepted in a Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) checkpoint on the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Calitlitan here on Monday, Sept. 26.

The Malabon City government conducted on Monday, Sept. 26, clearing operations after the families who took shelter in evacuation centers due to Super Typhoon Karding were allowed to return to their homes.

Bulacan Gov. Daniel R. Fernando thanked on Monday, Sept. 26, the five valiant rescuers who died while performing their duty to save their fellow residents from flood at the height of Super Typhoon Karding.

With 250 “yes” votes and zero “no” votes and abstentions, the House of Representatives approved the proposed “Ease of Paying Taxes Act” or House Bill (HB) 4125 on third and final reading.

LONDON, United Kingdom — Prices for corgis, the dogs beloved by the late Queen Elizabeth II, have doubled to new highs since the monarch’s funeral last week, the UK’s largest pet marketplace said Monday.

The emergency loan program for typhoon Karding-hit members and pensioners in Luzon is ready to be opened, said the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) President and General Manager Wick Veloso on Monday, Sept. 26.

PARIS, France — The world economy will take a bigger hit than previously forecast next year due to the effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the OECD said Monday.