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00:00Today on Rappler

00:14The House of Representatives cites four Office of Vice President officials in contempt for

00:18snubbing its hearings.

00:20Typhoon Nika forces 3,500 families to evacuate in Aurora and Isabela, and the SWS finds more

00:27families were victims of common crimes in the third quarter of 2024.

00:33The House Good Government Committee cites in contempt four officials of the Office of

00:37the Vice President for consistently snubbing its hearings.

00:40The committee has been investigating alleged anomalies in how the OVP and the Department

00:44of Education spent their funds under Sara Duterte.

00:47The four suspended officials are Special Dispersing Officer Gina Acosta, Assistant Chief of Staff

00:52and Bids and Awards Chairperson Lemuel Ortoño, former DepEd Assistant Secretary Sunshine

00:58Fajarda, and former DepEd Special Dispersing Officer Edward Fajarda.

01:02Sunshine and Edward Fajarda are a couple who allegedly had roles in handing out cash gifts

01:07to DepEd officials when they were there with Duterte.

01:10Duterte resigned as Education Secretary in June.

01:12Meanwhile, the committee for now spares Duterte's Chief of Staff Zulaica Lopez because she said

01:17she was abroad taking care of a sick relative.

01:20But if Lopez skips the next hearing, she will be cited in contempt too.

01:25Strong winds and heavy rain continued to batter parts of Aurora and Isabela provinces on Monday,

01:30November 11, forcing more than 3,500 families to flee their homes due to Typhoon Nika, international

01:36named Toraji.

01:38At least 1,783 families have been evacuated from 16 towns across the province alone.

01:44In Aurora, authorities reported approximately 1,834 families sought shelter in evacuation

01:50sites across the province.

01:52Isabela Governor Rodito Albano urges residents to stay calm as the provincial government

01:57goes into red alert in anticipation of Typhoon Nika's impact.

02:01Typhoon Nika was moving across the Cordillera after its landfall in Aurora province earlier

02:06in the day and tracking through Isabela.

02:08According to State Weather Bureau Pagasa, it was near Lagau-Ifugao, traveling west-northwest

02:13at 25 kilometers per hour as of 2 p.m. Monday.

02:18The number of families reported being victimized by common crimes rose to 6.1% in the third

02:23quarter of 2024.

02:25In a September 14-23 survey, the Social Weather Station says the crimes include pickpocketing

02:30or robbery of personal property, break-ins, car-napping, and physical violence.

02:36This number is 2.3 points higher compared to the 3.8% in June this year, and the highest

02:41since September 2023.

02:43Meanwhile, the SWS says the percentage of families who reported being victimized by

02:47cybercrimes was at a record high.

02:50The survey firm says the percentage rose from 3.7% in June to 7.2% in September.

02:57The September survey also found out that 56% of Filipino adults feared burglary, 48% feared

03:03walking the streets at night, and 41% noticed many drug addicts in the neighborhood.

03:10And that's today's wrap.

03:11I'm Cara Oliver.

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