PSA: Cancel mining exec’s birth certificateDuring the Senate committee on justice and human rights hearing yesterday, Sen. Risa Hontiveros grilled PSA director of legal services Eliezer Ambatali over the agency’s slow response, revealing that the agency endorsed the case to the Office of the Solicitor General only on March 2, shortly after the Senate committee followed up on the matter. MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has recommended the cancellation of the birth certificate of mining executive Joseph Sy after a three-month delay that drew sharp rebukes from lawmakers. She noted that the PSA had already confirmed under oath irregularities in Sy’s delayed birth registration during a hearing last December. Detailing the grounds for cancellation, Ambatali enumerated several glaring anomalies in Sy’s civil records, which indicated fraud. According to the PSA official, the parish church explicitly denied issuing the baptismal certificate Sy submitted.

Source: Philippine Star March 09, 2026 21:12 UTC