Native name | Korporasyong Pangkoreo ng Pilipinas |
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Company type | Government-owned and controlled corporation |
Industry | Postal Service |
Predecessor | Postal Service Office |
Founded | 1767 |
Headquarters | New Annex Building, Manila Central Post Office Compound, Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila, Philippines[1] |
Area served | Philippines |
Key people | Chairman Stephen C. Cruz and Postmaster General & CEO Luis D. Carlos |
Products | Mail service Parcel post EMS |
Number of employees | 8,000+ (as of 2014)[2] |
Parent | Office of the President of the Philippines |
Website | www |
The Philippine Postal Corporation (Filipino: Korporasyong Pangkoreo ng Pilipinas),[3] abbreviated and stylized as PHLPost and also known as the Philippine Post Office, is a government-owned and controlled corporation under the Office of the President, responsible for providing postal services in the Philippines. The Philippine Postal Corporation has in excess of 8,000 employees and runs more than 1,215 post offices nationwide.[2] It is based in the historic Manila Central Post Office, situated at the Liwasang Bonifacio and overlooking the Pasig River, and is currently headed by Postmaster General & CEO Luis D. Carlos. 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 Overseas Filipino Bank, previously the Philippine Postal Savings Bank, is one of three government-owned banks in the Philippines, it was formerly organized under PHLPost but is now a separate company.