A massive fire tore through Manila’s historic post office building overnight, slightly injuring one person and razing the nearly 100-year-old landmark in the Philippine capital, police and postal officials said Monday. The fire started before midnight in the basement of the neoclassical, five-story building and was brought under control Monday morning more than seven hours…
Fire Destroys Main Post Office in Philippine Capital, a Nearly 100-Year-Old Neoclassical Landmark
Connecting Through Mail
A recent Pew research poll stated that Americans have a 91 percent positive view of the United States Postal Service. However, a poll done by the USPS noted a drastic drop in service for delivering letters and First-Class mail. Of course, one is quick to realize the cause of this decline. Most Americans prefer the…
4 Women Depart UK for Antarctic to Run World’s Most Remote Post Office—and Count Penguins—for Winter
An all-female team of four is getting ready to travel 9,000 miles from England to Antarctica on a mission to reopen the world’s most southerly, and most remote, post office and museum. Besting 4,000 other candidates for the coveted posts, the women will station at Port Lockroy on Goudier Island in the Antarctic Peninsula, a historic…
British Post Office Workers Strike Over Pay Dispute
Supply chain and administrative workers at the UK’s Post Office are staging a 24-strike on Thursday over pay. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) who deliver cash and supplies to sub-post offices, process finances, and work in administration are involved in the row. It comes after CWU members who work at Post Office counters staged…
California Post Offices Could Be Renamed After Fallen Servicemen
February 16, 2022
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A pair of congressional bills were introduced on Feb. 15 that would change the name of two Orange County post offices to honor three different veterans who gave the ultimate sacrifice. House Resolutions 6630 and 6631, authored by Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.), would name a Placentia, California, post office after U.S. Army Pfc. Jang Ho Kim, a Valencia…
Horizon Scandal: UK Post Office Offers Compensation to 777 of 2,500 Postmasters
The Post Office has offered compensation to 777 of the 2,500 postmasters who applied for compensation over a 20-year scandal that saw some of them serve prison sentences. Its chief executive, Nick Read, told MPs on Tuesday that he hopes that lawyers and staff working on the case can make offers to the all but…
Privacy Group Challenges USPS Surveillance Operation
A prominent internet privacy group has sued the United States Postal Service (USPS), alleging that its social media surveillance program violates federal law. According to a lawsuit filed last week in Washington DC by the Electronic Information Privacy Center (EPIC), the USPS has been operating its Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP) without conducting a privacy impact assessment—a…
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