Philpost Area 6 To Accept Payments of Philhealth Premiums WITH NO SERVICE CHARGE Beginning April 2012

As an accredited collecting agent of Philhealth, Philpost offers Philhealth members the convenience of paying their premiums through post offices in Western Visayas WITH NO SERVICE CHARGE.

Effective April 2012, Individual Paying Members (regular and professionals), Employed Members (private and government), Overseas Contract Workers (OFWs), and Sponsored Program/Indigent members, may have their premium contributions serviced by Philpost.

Members need only to visit the nearest post office and present the properly filled-out the PPPS (PhilHealth Premium Payment Slip - which is available at the post office and which may also be downloaded here) together with their payment.

Payment in the form of check must be payable to PHILPOST with notation at the back of check “for payment of PHILHEALTH premium contribution under PHILHEALTH Agents Receipt (PAR) N0. _____ dated ________". The member shall receive validated PAR (white and yellow copies) as proof of payment from the Postmaster/Postal Teller.

For more info of this service, please call our Marketing Specialist, Tess D. Planco, at (033) 509-8360.

Philpost on the 12th Philippine Web Awards List of Finalists

Our corporate website, Philpost, is on the 12th Philippine Web Awards (PWA) list of finalists.

Every year, the award-giving body PWA recognizes the best websites created by Filipinos, based on content, design, functionality, technology used, and originality.

For the Philpost corporate website to be included in the list of finalists is a big achievement for the corporation's team of web designers and web content writers.

Cast your vote and help our site become No. 1.

To vote,

1. visit the PWA website @ http://www.philippinewebawards.com/
2. click on the red widget labeled Vote For 12th PWA People Choice Award. You will be redirected to the voting page.
3. scroll down to the category E-Government
4. select Philippine Postal Corporation
5. Submit your vote.

You can vote as many times as you want until but only once every twenty-four hours.

The awarding ceremonies are to be held on April 8, 2011 already, so start voting now.

Looking Forward To 2010

There is certainly much to look forward to this year – the implementation of GSIS e-card payout system and the SSS-Philpost Unified Multipurpose ID system, among them.

Comes the implementation of the GSIS e-card payout system, GSIS e-card holders may no longer queue in front of Unionbank’s ATMachines, but flock instead to any capital post office in Region 6 (Iloilo City Post Office, Bacolod City Post Office in Negros Occidental, Roxas City Post Office in Capiz, Kalibo Post Office in Aklan, and San Jose Post Office in Antique) and other big post offices like San Carlos City and Cadiz City post offices (both in Negros Occidental) to withdraw their money or make balance inquiries. This project is seen to favor especially those in the provinces as they no longer have to travel far and wide just to get to the nearest UnionBank branch.

Meanwhile, SSS and Philpost has signed a Memorandum of Agreement on the integration of the SSS Unified Multipurpose Identification System (UMID) to the benefits of the Postal ID. Simply put, the UMID card will enable SSS members to get payments for pensions, loans and benefits through PhilPost’s nationwide network of about 2,200 post offices.

More of this can be found here

Philpost Braved The Financial Storm in 2009

The year 2009 proved to be another challenging year for Philpost 6, and thankfully, it experienced no big shakers during the year. It’s not to say that the year passed by rather uneventfully, but at least there were no Franks, no Pepings, no Ondoys, nothing of the sort that would have created huge stumbling blocks on Philpost’s plans and programs.

Still, the global financial crisis continued to rock business of any kind, and that included the communications industry. Philpost 6 was not spared of the effects of the crisis, yet it was unrelenting in its resolve to meet the challenges head-on.

In order to lessen the impact of the crisis, we conducted intensive marketing campaigns of Philpost products and services, most particularly the PID, express pouch and Globe Autoloadmax. We also implemented the Proof of Delivery (POD) system and the rush ID fee. We purchased additional laminating machines so more post offices might be able to provide laminating services and accept rush ID.

We went down to the barangay levels and made personal visits to government offices and private companies for a more personalized service and to bring our products closer to the people.

We also reviewed our dispatch and delivery schemes and came out with programs that enhanced our delivery capability.

All these activities earned us 12 new clients. Our biggest new client, Avon Philippines, avails itself of our ordinary mail with POD service.

PHILPOST 6 KEY OFFICIALS TAKE A JOURNEY TOWARDS A GENDER FAIR SOCIETY

GAD Training With A Healthy Twist
Philpost 6 Division Directors, Postal District Managers and other key officials attended a two-day training on Gender Sensitivity on July 22-23, 2009 at Villa Sagrado, Iloilo City, in line with Philpost’s continuous advocacy on Gender and Development (GAD). The training was conducted by Ms. Rose Tubal, Chief, Employees Welfare Division and DOTC-Gender and Development (GAD) accredited trainer, Ms. Emily Baylon, also of the Employees Welfare Division and herself a DOTC-GAD accredited trainer, and Ms. Venus Frias, Training Officer of Postal Region 7.

The participants were made to take a journey towards a gender fair society, a journey which proved to be both fun and enlightening. Indeed, for many of the participants, it was an eye-opener to the role of women in the home, in the workplace, and in the community.

Some had the wrong notion that the seminar was designed to establish the supremacy of one sex over the other, or as a form of women empowerment. Actually, the seminar only aimed to emphasize the fact that each individual is part and parcel of a bigger picture. Each individual, man or woman, young or old, rich or poor, deserves a place in the universe, and each individual has the power to touch lives and to make a difference.

Interestingly, this particular GAD Training program had a healthy twist to it, with Ma’am Rose Tubal interjecting wellness tips much to the delight of the participants.

The two-day seminar ended with a poignant ceremony with candles and long-stemmed red roses, and with each participant’s statement of commitment to continue on with the journey towards a gender fair society.