The National Intelligence Coordinating Agency is the primary intelligence gathering and analysis arm of the government of the Philippines in charge of carrying out overt, covert, and clandestine intel
Main office of NICA along V. Luna Avenue in Quezon City
The National Security Council is the principal forum of the president of the Philippines considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet
National Intelligence Coordinating Agency
…is mandated to prepare intelligence estimate on local and foreign situation for the formulation of national security policies by the President and the National Security Council. The agency also serves as the focal point for the government's counterintelligence activities and operation; acts as Secretariat to the Anti-Terrorism…
Then President Rodrigo Duterte (center) with (from left) former presidents Joseph Estrada, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Fidel V. Ramos, and Benigno Aquino III, before the start of a National Security Council meeting at Malacañang Palace on July 27, 2016 Credit: Rey Baniquet (Presidential Communications Operations Office, Office of the President)