(Juan Carlo de Vela/ MANILA BULLETIN) The sheer history and heritage carried by the Manila Central Post Office of reason enough to rebuild it following the disastrous fire that struck it over the weekend. Thus, said Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers on Tuesday, May 23, adding...
(Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) They'd better not erect a condominium on the site of the burned down Manila Central Post Office building. This was practically Rowena Guanzon's concern on Monday, May 22 after the whole country saw the historic edifice in the heart of Manila slowly get consumed by...
The Central Post Office Building in Manila, was a beautiful and historic building. It was built in the early 1900s, and since then, its striking neoclassical architecture was a monument to the Filipino progress in history. The Post Office Building has survived a world war, but on May 22, 2023, a...
Citing the need to improve preservation and protection measures for the country's cultural properties, Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla on Monday, May 22, sought a Senate probe into the fire that razed the Manila Central Post Office today. Padilla filed Senate Resolution 627 directing the...
(Arnold Quizol/ MANILA BULLETIN) Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. says the Philippine Postal Corporation must do all it can to reach out to the Filipinos whose mail and packages were reduced to ashes during the fire that struck the Manila Central Post Office building on Monday, May...
On May 22, 2023, a massive fire broke out at the Manila Central Post Office. The fire, which started at around 11:45 p.m., quickly spread through the building and was not brought under control until more than seven hours later. The fire caused extensive damage to the building, destroying much of its...
The Senate wants fire-hit Manila Post Office building restored as soon as possible. This came after Sen. Juan Edgardo "Sonny" M. Angara, chairman of the Senate finance committee, revealed that Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri sent a message to him asking "that we have to work with the...
(Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto has called for a reconstruction of the razed Manila Central Post Office building even as its embers have hardly cooled down. "Government should rebuild the National Post Office Building. Fast, and not...
(Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) To say that Professor Clarita Carlos is devastated by the apparent destruction of the Manila Central Post Office building by fire is a massive understatement. "My sadness is in full throttle as I watch this building, built during the American occupation, buried even...
After more than two years of grappling with the effects of a deadly virus, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said the Philippines can now shift its focus from fighting Covid-19 to developing the economy and improving the lives of Filipinos. *President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel...
One person died while another was injured after two adjacent electricity posts collapsed and fell on them at the corner of Estrella and Leono Streets in Barangay Tanong, Malabon City on Friday, March 17. The Malabon City Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Office (DRRMO) said that Jairo Bonus,...
Second-year nursing student Angyl Faith Ababat, who made headlines and went viral on social media after saving a 54-year-old street vendor whose neck was slashed by a jealous live-in partner, has a message for everyone who might face the same situation in the future. Courtesy of the University of...
