NICA still monitoring mining exec

THE Philippines’ intelligence agency is still monitoring a mining company executive previously embroiled in an identity falsification charge on national security grounds. Th

e National Intelligence and Coordinating Agency (NICA) is keeping an eye on Global Ferronickel Holdings Inc. Ch

airman Joseph C. Sy

, whose Filipino citizenship was questioned by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and was detained in August, its director Ferlu J. Si

lvio said. Th

e Court of Appeals (CA) ordered Mr. Sy

’s release in September, after it upheld a lower court ruling ordering his immediate release, recognizing him as a Filipino citizen. “Thi

s case was dismissed for lack of probable cause,” Mr. Silvio t

old senators. “[But] f

rom an intelligence standpoint, the existence of prior investigations remains relevant for longitudinal risk assessment and interagency awareness.” Senator Ana