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Rebuilding the Manila Central Post Office

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...

Postal Trinity: The PHLPost Legacy Program

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 Future

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....

When business & books combine to promote reading

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...

Duterte Arrested on ICC Warrant

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...

Love, Social Justice & Corporate Social Responsibility in the time of global challenges

“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...

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Beijing flexes military muscle to send a message

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Beijing ups ante, puts Chinese civilian coast guard under military command

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Rise of the Filipino middle class

The ambition seems straightforward enough. By 2040, we will have a society where Filipinos will enjoy a stable and comfortable lifestyle, secure in the...