Looking Back ... Moving On

Looking Back … Moving On

Philpost 6 conducted a Strategic Planning Workshop and Assessment on February 19-20, 2009 at the City Corporate Inn, Iloilo City, to look back to the year that was and come out with plans and programs for the year 2009.

Looking Back
Looking back to the year 2008, Philpost 6, under the resourceful attitude and guidance of the region’s brightest minds and the strong leadership of Regional Director Lilia O. Barcelon, introduced and implemented several schemes to improve its dispatch capability (all classes of mails are dispatched within one day), hasten the processing and delivery of mails, increase its delivery efficiency, become more visible to the public and gain more customers in the process. 98% of the almost 11 million mails received by Philpost 6 were successfully delivered, while the remaining 2% were Returned To Sender (RTS).

One other thing Philpost 6 is proud to have accomplished in 2008 is the immediate delivery of all express mails, both international and express mails, in Iloilo City. All express mails received by the Office before 9:00 in the morning are delivered within that same day, while those received by the Office after 9:00 in the morning are delivered within 24 hours. This scheme will also be implemented in the other district offices soon.

Oh, Frank!
Looking back to 2008 will always bring memories of Frank, the typhoon that not only crippled the mail operations for a time but also left many postal employees homeless. Indeed, the wrath of Frank has made such a big impact, yet the faith of the people never wavered. Through the representation made by RD Barcelon, there was an outpouring of support, both financial and otherwise, from the Central Office, particularly from the Postmaster General himself, Hector RR Villanueva, the different Regional Offices and Sections, and private groups and individuals, and all these helped to immediately restore the postal operations.


Moving On
Philpost 6 knows that challenges are part and parcel of life ..of operating a business. Year in and year out, Philpost 6 has regarded these challenges not as an ordeal but rather as avenues for growth and stimuli for fresh ideas.

Yes, technological advancements which offer more convenient ways of communication, the global economic crisis, and a depleted work force, will remain to be a big challenge for Philpost this year, but Philpost hopes to use all these to its advantage by embarking on more intensive campaigns and investing in computers and programs to effectively meet the demands of time and technology.