organized under PHLpost.
service to provide postal
The Philippine Postal
Corporation,
(Filipino: Korporasyong
Koreo ng Pilipinas),
abbreviated
as PHLPost (PhilPost prior
to 2012), is a government-
owned and controlled
corporation responsible for
providing postal services in
the Philippines. The
Philippine Postal Corporation
has in excess of 8,000
employees and runs more
than 1,355 post
offices nationwide.[1] PHLPos
t is based in the Philippines'
primary post office, and is
currently headed by
Postmaster General and
CEO Mr. Joel L. Otarra. The
historicManila Central Post
Office is situated at the Plaza
Liwasang Bonifacio and
overlooks the Pasig River. Its
policy-making body is the
Board of Directors, headed
by its Chairman, Mr. Norman
Fulgencio. The Board of
Directors is composed of
seven members including
the Postmaster General who
serves simultaneously as
the chief executive officer.
Previously an attached
agency of the Department of
Transportation and
Communications (DOTC)
and the Commission on
Information and
Communication
Technology (CICT), the
Philippine Postal Corporation
is under the direct jurisdiction
of the Office of the President
of the Philippines.
The Philippine Postal
Savings Bank, one of three
government-owned banks in
the Philippines, was
Now it is a separate
company.
History
Postbank facade.
The Philippine postal system
has a history spanning over
250 years. In 1767, the first
post office in the Philippines
was established in the city
of Manila, which was later
organized under a new
postal district of Spain.[3] In
1779, the postal district
encompassed Manila and
the entire Philippine
archipelago. The postal
district was reestablished on
5 December 1837. A year
later, Manila became known
as a leading center of postal
services within Asia. Spain
joined the Universal Postal
Union in 1875, which was
announced in the Philippines
two years later.
On 5 December 1837, the
first postal service in the
Philippines, established by a
royal decree in 1767, 70
years earlier, was
reorganized. A year later,
Manila became known as a
leading center of postal
services within Asia. Upon its
creation in 1767, the first
post office was established
in the city of Manila, serving
mainly to courier government
and church documents. It
was later organized under a
new postal district of Spain,
encompassing Manila and
the entire Philippine
archipelago, in 1779.
During the Philippine
Revolution, President Emilio
Aguinaldo ordered the
establishment of a postal
services to Filipinos. It was
later organized as a bureau
under the Department of
Trade on 5 September 1902,
by virtue of Act No. 426,
which was passed by
the Philippine Commission.
The Philippines eventually
joined the Universal Postal
Union, this time as a
sovereign entity, on 1
January 1922.
Manila Central Post Office
While the Manila Central
Post Office building, the
center of Philippine postal
services and the
headquarters of the then-
Bureau of Posts, was
completed in its present-
day Neo-Classical style in
1926, it was destroyed
during World War II. After the
war, the Central Post Office
was rebuilt in 1946.[3]
With the overhaul of the
Philippine bureaucracy in
1987, the Bureau of Posts
was renamed the Postal
Service Office (PSO) by
Executive Order No. 125,
issued by President Corazon
Aquino on 13 April 1987. It
was also that order that
placed the PSO under the
DOTC. On 2 April 1992,
by Republic Act No. 7354 the
Postal Service Office
became the present-day
PHLPost.[3] The law also
granted the Philippines
Postal Corporation, the
authority to reopen
the Philippine Postal Savings
Bank, which occurred on 21
July 1994 by President Fidel
V. Ramos. Mr. Joel Otarra, a
former member of the Board
of Directors in 2011 was
appointed as the new
Postmaster General and
CEO of the Philippine Postal
Corporation (PHLPost) on
December 2016 by President
Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
The Philippine postal system
has a history spanning over
250 years. The first post
office was established in the
city of Manila in 1767. It was
organized under a new
postal district of Spain in
1779, encompassing Manila
and the entire Philippine
archipelago. In 1783, the
postal service was organized
in the Philippines-overseas
mail from the Philippines was
conveyed to Europe by
Spanish ships via eastbound
routes through Mexico. Later
on, the postal district was re-
established on December 5,
1837. After a year, Manila
became known as a leading
center of postal services
within Asia. Spain joined the
Universal Postal Union in
1875, which was announced
in the Philippines two years
later.
During the Philippine
Revolution, President Emilio
Aguinaldo ordered the
establishment of a postal
service to provide postal
services to Filipinos during
that time. On September 5,
1902, it was organized as a
bureau under the
Department of Trade
(currently known as
Department of Trade and
Industry) by virtue of Act No.
426, which was passed by
the Philippine Commission.
The Philippines finally joined
the Universal Postal Union in
January 1, 1922 as a
sovereign entity.
The Manila Central Post
Office Building, the center of
the Philippine postal services
and the headquarters of
then-Bureau of Posts, was
completed in 1926. It was
destroyed during World War
II (1945) but was rebuilt in
1946, after the war.
The Manila Central Post
Office located at
LiwasangBonifacio is a neo-
classical building designed
by two American architects
and a Filipino namely: Ralph
Doane, Tomas Mapua, and
Juan Marcos de Guzman
Arellano. The Post Office
Building was considered as
the grandest building during
its time, and is now
considered as one of the
dominating landmarks in
Metro Manila.
With the overhaul of the
Philippine bureaucracy in
1987, the Bureau of Post
was renamed the Postal
Service Office (PSO) by the
virtue of Executive Order No.
125 issued by then-President
Corazon Aquino on April 13,
1987. It was also that order
which placed PSO under the
Department of
Transportation and
Communications (DOTC).
On April 2, 1992, by virtue of
the Republic Act No.7354
issued by then-President
Fidel V. Ramos, PSO
became a government
owned and controlled
corporation named as the
Philippine Postal Corporation
of more commonly known
today as PHLPost.
Milestones
1767-The first post office
was established in the City of
Manila.
1926-The Manila Central
Post Office was built in its
present neo-classical
architecture.
1942-During the Japanese
occupation, the then- Bureau
of Posts was reopened,
although the letters were
censored.
1946-The Manila Central
Post Office was rebuilt after
World War II.
1948-The postal service and
telecommunication facilities
in the Philippines were
considered the most modern
at that timein Asia. For
example, the airmail service
was inaugurated in our
country ahead of any other
countries in Asia.
1992-The Philippine Postal
Corporation (PHLPost), a
government-owned and
controlled corporation
responsible for providing
postal services in the
Philippines, was created by
virtue of Republic Act No.
7354, otherwise known as
the Postal Service Act of
1992.
2000-The improved Central
Mail Exchange System
(CMEC) is now capable of
computerizing and
modernizing the sorting of all
incoming and outgoing mail
matters handled by
PHLPost.
2004-PHLPost was placed
under the Commission on
Information and
Communications Technology
per Executive Order 269.
Mandate
To plan, develop, promote
and operate a nationwide
postal system with a network
that extends or makes
available, at least ordinary
mail service, to any
settlement in the country.
To provide for the collection,
handling, transportation,
delivery, forwarding and
exchange of postal matters
between nations.
(Section 5 of R.A. No.7354).
Mission
The Philippine Postal
Corporation provides
efficient, competitive and on-
time delivery of
communications, goods, and
merchandise, and payment
services in any Filipino
community.
Vision
By 2022, PHLPost is a
universal delivery service
provider of quality-driven
communications, goods, and
merchandise, and payment
services in every Filipino
community.
Mail Services
Express Post
International Express Mail
Service (IEMS) is the fastest
means of sending time-
sensitive items to addresses
abroad. Any articles such as
documents, samples of
merchandise and goods, not
specifically prohibited by
regulations, can be sent via
IEMS. Currently, the
Philippines has a bilateral
agreement with 45 countries
for the reciprocal exchange
of EMS items.
Domestic Express Mail
Service (DEMS) is the
fastest means of sending
urgent messages, business
documents or goods to
addresses within the
Philippines. Generally,
DEMS items are delivered
the next day after the date of
mailing provided that they
are posted on or before the
prescribed cut-off time.
Currently, the service is
available in all major cities
and towns nationwide.
Express Pouch is a next day
delivery guaranteed to time-
sensitive and important
documents. It is a
guaranteed next-day door-to-
door delivery to selected
areas either by land or air.
Letter Post items include
letters and post-cards
weighing not more than 2
kilos which can be accepted
in post offices and postal
stations for delivery locally or
any part of the world.
Letters are first class mails
which are either ordinary,
priority or registered
Ordinary Mail includes all
unrecorded items which are
charged the basic postage
and delivered through the
regular delivery channels.
Mails are classified into first,
second and third class.
Priority Mail is a next-day
delivery of unrecorded mails
in Metro Manila and selected
cities and towns nationwide if
posted on or before 3:00PM.
Registered Mail is accorded
mail security with the entire
process being recorded from
acceptance to delivery to the
addressee. As proof of
delivery, the sender may
attach a registry return
receipt to be signed by the
recipient. Indemnity is paid in
case of loss or damage of
registered mail.
M Bags are defined as direct
sacks of printed matters sent
to a single addressee at a
single address. There are
three types of M-bags:
Airmail M-bags, International
Priority Airmail (IPA) M-bags,
and International Surface Air
Lift (ISAL) M-bags.
Articles that meet the
definition of Printed
Matters include newspapers,
magazines, journals, books,
sheet music, catalogs,
directories, commercial
advertising, promotional
matter, and the likes.
Small Packets are specially
provided for the transmission
of goods (including trade
samples), whether dutiable
or not, in the same mail as
Printed Papers, with a limit of
two (2) kilograms and below.
Parcel Post is a convenient
means of sending non-
perishable foodstuff,
handicrafts and other
merchandise to addressees
within the country and
abroad. This service is
available in all post offices
nationwide. Parcel may be
sent via air or surface
means.
Air Parcel Post is the fastest
means of sending parcels to
foreign countries. This
service is available only in
countries with which the
Philippines has bilateral
agreements.
Surface Parcel Post is the
cheapest means of sending
parcels to foreign countries
with which the Philippines
has bilateral agreements.
Surface parcels may be sent
to countries where we have
no bilateral agreements only
through the intermediary of
the United States of
America.
Insured Parcel Post includes
parcels with a maximum
insured value of PhP
5,000.00 which may be
accepted for delivery in
selected foreign countries. At
present, this service is
available only to Switzerland
and the United States of
America and its possessions.
Direct Mail is offered by
PHLPost under its
Unaddressed Advertising
Mail Service (UAMS) and
allows the client to get
optimum advertising mileage
for its products and services
at the least cost. Companies
can send brochures, flyers,
cards, catalogues including
product samples to their
customers in specific areas
of their choice. Moreover,
they can send
announcements, public
notices, important news
items and research or survey
questionnaires which will be
delivered at the doorstep of
their targeted customers.
Collect-on-Delivery Service
(COD) is available for
mailable materials or
merchandise, including
books, magazines,
periodicals and other printed
matters which may be sent
collect-on-delivery, where
the amount due is paid by
the addressee upon delivery
of the articles.
Fax Mail Service is an
electronic mail service which
provides the fastest means
of transmission and delivery
of written messages or
documents. This service is
available in selected major
post offices nationwide.
Business Reply
Envelopes/Cards (BRE/BRC
) maybe sent to parties
within the country and
returned by mail to the
sender whose name appears
on the card or envelope as
the addressee upon
prepayment of postage.
Postage and other charges
shall be paid by the
addressee upon delivery.
Persons or business firms
desiring to avail of this
service may file a written
application with the Regional
Office concerned. The
application shall indicate the
post office where the cards
or envelopes are to be
returned and a pledge that
the postage and other
charges, if any, shall be paid
at the time of delivery.
Address Check
Service offers to validate and
provide business entities,
especially those involved in
direct marketing with the
correct address of their
customers within a locality,
region or nationwide at a
minimum cost.
General Delivery Service is
available for transients who
have no fixed address in
locality. Transients can have
their mails addressed c/o
General Delivery Service
followed by the name of the
local post office.
Proof of delivery (POD) is
locally offered to companies
that require an
assurance/proof that their
mails reached their clients.
Generally, POD slip is filled-
out properly with the post
office of entry, name of
client/sender, actual date of
dispatch, and delivery of the
mail.
International Reply
Coupon is sold to postal
customers for use in
prepaying reply postage from
other countries. Those
originating from foreign
countries may be exchanged
with postage stamps
representing the highest
charged fixed rate for an
ordinary mail of the first step
sent by air to a foreign
country.
Logistics and Warehousing
PHLPost Logistics and
Warehousing Service is
developed to cater to the
needs of clients'
requirements for distribution
of various supplies, materials
and equipment with the
following specific services:
Freight Forwarding and
Delivery
Door to Door Freight
Forwarding Services with
Full Truck Load/Less Truck
Load via Land and Full
Container Load/Less
Container Load via sea
Break Bulk Delivery-
requirement for door to door
delivery of items to end
users in the Areas
Warehousing Services �
include storage/space rental,
and inventory management
Value Added Services �
requirement for packaging
and crating
The main Logistics and
Warehousing hub of
PHLPost for the bulk and
break-bulk cargo delivery is
located at the Foreign
Surface Mail Distribution
Center.
Retail Services
Philately or stamp collecting
is considered the world's
most fascinating hobby.
Through philately, one can
learn of a country's history,
art, culture, nature and
industry as depicted in
special and commemorative
stamps. Philatelic stamps
come in different forms such
as mint, cancelled, se-
tenant, souvenir sheets and
sheetlets. Other Philatelic
products such as First-Day
Covers, Stamp Albums and
presentations packs are
available at the Stamp and
Philatelic Division of the
Manila Central Post Office
and in major post offices
nationwide.
P.O. Box Rental refers to
lock boxes that are installed
in major post offices for rent
to postal customers. These
facilities provide special
handling, security and
utmost confidentiality of
mails of individuals, business
firms and government
offices. They are available in
three (3) different sizes such
as small, medium and large.
Postal ID
According to the Universal
Postal Union: A postal ID
card is the most widely
accepted means of
identification in postal
transactions worldwide.
Generally, banks and other
financial institutions honor
the postal ID as proof of
identity in their transactions.
In the Philippines, a postal ID
is a government-issued ID
that is one of the easiest and
fastest to obtain. People use
it to show as a valid proof of
identity and address.
Therefore the postal ID can
give them access to a range
of public services.
The postal ID card is a
primary form of identification
for many Filipinos, without
any requirement such as
driving skills for Drivers
License, travel abroad for
Passport, passing a
licensure exam for PRC ID,
or employment for SSS and
GSIS ID.
The basic difference with
other Philippine government
IDs is ANYONE can apply
for it. It is socially inclusive.
About the Logo
In line with its move to
reposition its product and
services and achieve
rebranding, PHLPost
adopted on April 10, 2012 its
new corporate logo with the
design below:
The Philippine Postal
Corporation logo has the
following elements in its
design:
The abbreviation of
PHLPost, as its official
abbreviation by virtue of
Adminstrative Order No. 5
and enacted on December 9,
2010 which states: "Adoption
and use of ISO Codes
PH and PHL for the
Philippines", with PHL in blue
and Post in red;
The tri-color -- red, blue, and
yellow, akin to the Philippine
flag. The colors as they
appear on different screens
may vary. The actual color
values are provided under
"Signature Colors &
Restrictions" and will ensure
uniformity;
The three lines cutting
across the name PHLPost
depicting speed; and,
The yellow "Kartero" (Mr.
Postman) icon in motion:
D.1) floating on the left hand
a dual rendition of a letter
and parcel package; D.2) the
left hand raised up in the air,
positioning the package
slightly above the eye level
and same hand almost
touching the rim of the
kartero's cap; and, D.3) head
in an upright position, slightly
tilted up and forward looking.
Since then, the Kartero has
become a distinct fixture
representing the people
behind the corporation:
... "The Postman" represents
the thousands of dedicated
men and women of the
Philippine Postal Service. A
symbol of service
excellence, the postman
delivers mail that touches the
lives of people across the
country and around the
world.