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フィリピン郵便公社（PHLPost、フィリピン語: Korporasyong Pangkoreo ng Pilipinas）[ 3 ]は、フィリピン郵便局としても知られ、大統領府の管轄下にある政府所有・管理の企業で、フィリピン国内で郵便サービスを提供する責任を負っています。PHLPostは8,000人以上の従業員を雇用し、全国で1,215以上の郵便局を運営しています。[ 2 ]本社は、パシグ川を見下ろすリワサン・ボニファシオにある歴史的なマニラ中央郵便局にあります。現在は、郵便局長代理のマキシモ・C・スタ・マリア3世が率いています。取締役会は、郵便局長を含む7人のメンバーで構成されており、郵便局長は同社の最高経営責任者も務めています。
かつては運輸通信省（DOTC）および情報通信技術委員会（CICT）の付属機関であったフィリピン郵便公社は、現在、フィリピン大統領府の直接の管轄下にある。
フィリピンの郵便制度は250年以上の歴史を持つ。1767年、フィリピンで最初の郵便局がマニラ市に設立され、後にスペインの新しい郵便地区の下に組織された。[ 4 ]当初、郵便局は主に政府や教会の文書の配達に使われていた。1779年には、郵便地区はマニラとフィリピン諸島全体を包含するようになった。郵便地区は1837年12月5日に再設立された。その1年後、マニラはアジアにおける郵便サービスの主要中心地として知られるようになった。スペインは1875年に万国郵便連合に加盟し、そのことは2年後にフィリピンで発表された。その頃には、郵便局はマニラだけでなく、地方の多くの主要な町や都市にも設置されていた。その頃、バダゲロス、つまり馬に乗った郵便配達人が「トリブナル」または市役所から「カサ・レアル」または州都に郵便物を配達するために派遣されていた。
It was during the Philippine Revolution that President Emilio Aguinaldo ordered the establishment of a Post Office to provide postal services to Filipinos. It was later organized as the Bureau of Posts under the Department of Trade on September 5, 1902, by virtue of Act No. 426, which was passed by the Philippine Commission. The Philippines eventually joined the Universal Postal Union, this time as a sovereign entity, on January 1, 1922.
The Manila Central Post Office building, the headquarters of the Bureau of Posts, was constructed in its present-day Neo-Classical style in 1926. It was designed by Filipino architect Juan M. Arellano and inaugurated in 1931, but was destroyed during World War II. After the war, the Central Post Office was rebuilt in 1946.[4] It has since become a prominent landmark and tourist attraction in Manila.
On May 21, 2023, a massive fire hit the Manila Central Post Office late in the night and continued until the morning of May 23. The edifice was completely gutted, from the basement to the ground floor all the way up to the fifth floor; the structure was still there, but the ceiling had fallen down. Letters, parcels and the postal agency's entire stamp collection were likely destroyed. Fifteen people, mostly firefighters, were injured, while the amount of damage was estimated to be worth around ₱300 million.
In the aftermath of the fire, the Philippine Postal Corporation said it was transferring the central office's operations to the Foreign Surface Mail Distribution Center in Port Area, Manila,[5][6] while the business mails service for private corporations was to be moved to the Central Mail Exchange Center in Pasay, near Ninoy Aquino International Airport.[7]
In December 2024, PHLPost launched a Christmas stamp titled "Simbang Gabi sa Ilog Pasig," designed by Gelo Andres and Renacimiento Manila, to promote cultural and historical awareness of the Pasig River. Its title references the Simbang Gabi tradition. Measuring 234 × 40 mm, the stamp has been described as the "world's longest usable stamp".[8] Its design features nine historical churches from Binondo to Antipolo located near the Pasig River.
In August 2025, PHLPost indefinitely suspended deliveries to the United States in response to tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.[9] With PHLPost resuming delivery of mail and documents to the United States in September 2025.[10]
