Mika Immonen, world pool champion, dies at 52

MANILA, Philippines–Mika Immonen, the Finnish pool player who won two world championships, died on Monday after a bout with cancer. He was 52. Tributes from Matchroom Sport and fellow cue artists poured in for Immonen, winner of the 2001 World Pool Championship and the 2009 World 10-Ball Championship. READ: Mika Immonen-Norris upends Reyes-Bustamante in MP

PSEi dips below 6,000

MANILA, Philippines — Frustration over the worsening flood control mess, and the involvement of more high-ranking government officials, caused the Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi)  to stumble below 6,000 on Monday. The benchmark PSEi slipped to a six-month low of 5,997.6, down by 0.49 percent. The index extended its losing streak to the sixth consecutive