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FIRST LADY POSTMASTER GENERAL.
The newly installed Postmaster General
and CEO Madam Ma. Josefina M. Dela
Cruz (4th from left) receives the symbolic
PhilPost Flag from outgoing Officer-
in-Charge Atty. Antonio Z. De Guzman
during the 'hand-over' ceremony last July
18, 2011. Looking on are (from left) Atty.
Florante Cruz, Corporate Secretary, For-
mer Dir. Wilson Tecson, PhilPost Board,
Alfredo Gabot, Former PPC Chairman
of the Board and Former Dir. Ramon
Gelvezon, PhilPost Board
“This will be of great advantage to our fellow
Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who
will be able to enjoy thousands of PhilPost
locations as access points for their loved
ones to receive their money. This will also
open opportunities for us to expand our
markets and connect with other neighbour-
ing countries around the globe.” PMG Dela
Cruz added.
PMG Dela Cruz, together with the new
Chairman of the Board, Cesar N. Sarino,
assumed office on 18 July, 2011. PMG
Dela Cruz brings with her a great deal of
expertise in public service as an elected
government official for more than two de-
cades. She was then acclaimed as the Best
Provincial Governor in the Philippines, and
she is now the first lady Postmaster General
in Philippine Postal System. PhilPost is a
Government-Owned-and-Controlled Corpo-
ration under the Office of the President of
the Republic of the Philippines.
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Philippine Postal Corporation
history:
1767 – Established as postal office in Manila
1779 – Created as a postal district of Spain
1783 – When Governor-General Joseph Basco y Vargas formally organized the postal
system in the islands
1837 – Re-established as such on December 5
1838 – Became a leading center of postal service
1877 – Became a member of the Universal Postal Union
1898 – Established as a postal service on the order of Philippine Revolution president,
Emilio Aguinaldo
1902 – Created as a bureau under the Department of Trade by virtue of Commission
of the Philippines Act no. 426 on September 5
1926 – Built in its present Neo-classic architecture
1946 – Rebuilding after it was destroyed in World War II
1987 – Named Postal Service Office under the Department of Transportation and
Communications (DOTC) by virtue of Executive Order no. 125 on April 13
1992 – Became the Philippine Postal Corporation (its present name) by virtue of
Republic Act no. 7354 on April 2
2006 – Philpost became a member of the Eurogiro community
2011 – The first female Postmaster General, Madame Ma. Josefina M. Dela Cruz, was
appointed by His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III, President of the Republic of
the Philippines