Philippine Postal Corporation

Philippine Postal Corporation
Native name
Korporasyong Pangkoreo ng Pilipinas
Company typeGovernment-owned and controlled corporation
IndustryPostal Service
PredecessorPostal Service Office
Founded1767; 257 years ago (1767)
HeadquartersSurface Mail Exchange, Manila, Philippines[1]
Area served
Philippines
Key people
Chairman Stephen C. Cruz and Postmaster General & CEO Luis D. Carlos
ProductsMail service
Parcel post
EMS
Number of employees
8,000+ (as of 2014)[2]
ParentOffice of the President of the Philippines
Websitewww.phlpost.gov.ph Edit this at Wikidata

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

Mail envelope registered by PHLPost

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.

  1. ^ "PhlPost continues operations at Surface Mall Exchange". Philippine Information Agency. May 23, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Highlights of 2014Annual Report" (PDF). PHLPost. 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  3. ^ "Mga Pangalan ng Tanggapan ng Pamahalaan sa Filipino" (PDF). Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (in Filipino). 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2018.