“We also wish to clarify that PhilIDs for delivery of the PHLPost are sorted and stored at the PHLPost Central Mail Exchange Center (CMEC) in Pasay City and were unaffected by the fire,” the PSA said on Monday, May 22.
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Statistics Authority said only national identification cards for delivery in the City of Manila were affected by the hours-long“We also wish to clarify that PhilIDs for delivery of the PHLPost are sorted and stored at the PHLPost Central Mail Exchange Center in Pasay City and were unaffected by the fire,” the PSA said on Monday, May 22.
Philippine Postal Corporation Postmaster Luis Carlos said that letters and parcels bound for Manila and outside it were “totally burned.” These included court letters and national IDs. According to the PSA, over 30 million PhilIDs, out of over 37 million dispatched by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, have been delivered by the Philippine Postal Corporation to registered Filipinos nationwide as of May 5.
According to the Bureau of Fire Protection-National Capital Region, the fire started at 11:41 pm on Sunday.Seven were reported injured. Most of them were firefighters who experienced difficulty breathing and suffered abrasions. The estimated cost of damage is P300 million, the BFP said. –
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