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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 ...
An electrical fire razed the Star City amusement park and the adjacent Manila Broadcasting Company building in Pasay. [129] 21-23 May 2023 - The Manila Central Post Office was gutted by a fire that started from a leaking car battery. [130] 31 August 2023 - A fire at a house doubling as a t-shirt factory in Quezon City killed 15. [131]
1992 – The Postal Service became a government-owned and controlled corporation under its present name the Philippine Postal Corporation by Virtue of R.A.7354, the Postal Service Act of 1992; 2004 – The Service was placed under the Commission on Information and Communication Technology per Executive Order 269 dated January 12, 2004;
A fire killed 15 people Thursday in a small apparel factory in a Philippine residential area, where firefighters were delayed by flooding, traffic and a wrong address, a fire protection official.
The post office, circa pre-1930 An aerial view of the post office, 1932. Manila's first post office was established in 1767. During the early years of the American occupation, the Philippine Commission created the Bureau of Posts, which later became the Philippine Postal Corporation, through Act No. 462 issued on September 15, 1902.
Fire swept through a shopping mall in the Philippines killing at least 37 people, most of them workers at a call center.
On the second floor in one home in Isla Puting Bato, a fire started in approximately 8:00 a.m., quickly spreading to other homes. After an eight-hour battle, firefighters ended the fire, at approximately 4:00 p.m. No casualties were reported, though 1,000 homes, housing about 2,000 families and 8,000 individuals were destroyed. [1] [2]
At the Palisades fire, which has burned 23,700 acres, containment was at 27% Thursday night, up from 17% a day earlier, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.