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ANGELES CITY: Mark Dizon, alleged “serial killer” of nine individuals in nine days here, is now facing an initial five counts of murder and robbery.

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani airliner carrying 150 people crashed in a ball of flames Wednesday in densely wooded hills above Islamabad while coming in to land in heavy rain and poor visibility, officials said.

 

The Philippines’ main tax agency said it likely missed its collection target for July.

The admission came even after the new chief of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) revised downwards the agency’s monthly goals for the rest of the year. In a luncheon briefing, Commissioner Kim Jacinto-Henares said she is not confident that the agency could hit its P67.388 billion collection target for the month.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A year after bouncing back from a brutal recession, the US economy is losing steam and may enter a long period of sluggish growth inadequate to ease high unemployment, analysts warn. A series of data the past month underline a slowdown in economic activity in the world’s largest economy—retail sales, new home construction, manufacturing, inventory building and exports were all weaker than expected.

 

ALMOST a year after dispute clouded Philippine cycling, Tagaytay City Mayor Abraham Tolentino and Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Jose Cojuangco have reportedly reached an agreement to unite the cycling community in the country at last. The move, which is expected to benefit thousand cyclists around the archipelago, may soon follow POC’s recognition of Tolentino as the local cycling community’s legitimate leader after both parties agreed to hold a unification qualifying race for the Asian Games.

UNDEFEATED World Boxing Council Youth Intercontinental flyweight champion Milan Melindo (21-0-0) of Cagayan de Oro City is now ready to face his South Korean contender Jin-Man Jeon (13-3-1) in a boxing event dubbed as “Philippines vs. the World,” which will be held on August 28 at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu City. According to boxing website www.mannypacquiao.ph, the 22-year-old Melindo, who won his six fights through knockouts started his career in the minimum
weight division but the boxer is now comfortable in competing in the 110 to 112 pounds division.