The late Sunday evening of May 21, 2023 oozed with the heat of summer for the most part of Manila. But along the banks of the Pasig River in Lawton, Ermita, the air reeked from the suffocating stench of a raging blaze, as...
Mastering the 4Rs— Reliability, Reach, Relevance and Resiliency
As a member of the Universal Postal Union (UPU)—a specialized United Nations agency that facilitates a uniform worldwide postal system—the Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) accepts and regularly sends letters and parcel post items to 192 countries...
The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) is a government-owned-and-controlled corporation under Republic Act 7354 or the ‘Postal Service Act of 1992.
Its mandate is to be the designated operator of the country’s postal system and it does not get money from the National Treasury....
Q&A with Shereen T. Sy, pioneer of SM Book Nook
For now, only two malls out of 87 SM malls in the Philippines have them. It is an undertaking that began at one of the poshest malls owned by the Sy family—the late business...
Ex-President Charged with Crimes Against Humanity
The arrest of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his transfer to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague is a historic step toward justice, Human Rights Watch said today.
On March 11, Philippine authorities acting on an...
“There she is,” the woman in the car told her son, as she pointed to a petite and thin sampaguita garland vendor sitting on the stone steps of Mercury Drug in Scout Borromeo, Quezon City.
Rising, the vendor’s pale, harried face dissolved into...
The ambition seems straightforward enough. By 2040, we will have a society where Filipinos will enjoy a stable and comfortable lifestyle, secure in the...