MANILA, Feb. 12 -- Immigration authorities prevented a Belgian national who is a suspected terrorist and his companion from entering the country via the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

In a statement Monday, Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the man, whose name was withheld due to security reasons and his 27-year-old female companion, arrived in the country from Abu Dhabi on Feb. 7.

The Belgian man was refused entry at the NAIA Terminal 3 for being an undesirable alien while his companion was also turned back for accompanying an undesirable alien.

Tansingco said the man was excluded after the BI officer who processed him saw that the passenger prompted a hit in his computer's International Crimina...