The Philippine Statistics Authority assures the public that affected national IDs will be replaced by the agency at no additional cost
The Philippine Statistics (PSA) Authority said only national identification cards for delivery in the City of Manila were affected by the hours-long fire that destroyed the iconic Manila Central Post Office from late Sunday, May 21, to Monday.
“We also wish to clarify that PhilIDs for delivery of the PHLPost are sorted and stored at the PHLPost Central Mail Exchange Center (CMEC) in Pasay City and were unaffected by the fire,” the PSA said on Monday, May 22.
As of press time, the number of burned IDs was still unknown.
The agency also assured the public that the national IDs lost in the fire will be replaced by the PSA at no additional cost.
Designed by renowned architects Juan Arellano and Tomas Mapua, the construction of this neoclassical building – worth a whopping P1 million at the time – began in 1926
Fire razed the decades-old Manila Central Post Office at 11:41 pm Sunday, May 21, and was declared under control the next morning at 7:22 am, around eight hours after.
The cause of the fire is still unknown as of posting time, but damage has been estimated at P300 million.
Philippine Postal Corporation Postmaster Luis Carlos said that the letters and parcels in the building were “totally burned.” Some court letters and national IDs were also affected.
