The National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) (PSPK) is the primary intelligence gathering and analysis arm of the Philippine

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 government, in charge of carrying out overt, covert, and clandestine

Clandestine operation

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 intelligence programs. Its motto is: Ang Karunungan ay Kaligtasan (translated: "Knowledge is Safety").

Presently, NICA is in close coordination with the CIA

Central Intelligence Agency

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, Mossad

Mossad

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, Secret Intelligence Service

Secret Intelligence Service

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 and intelligence services of ASEAN countries to counter the threat of terrorism

Terrorism

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.

The agency is led by a Director-General

Director-general

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 and is assisted by a Deputy Director-General.