Digitalization of PHLPost expected to be finished by November

The digitalization of the Philippine Postal Corporation's system is expected to be completed by November, a lawmaker said Wednesday.

During the resumption of the plenary deliberations on House Bill 10153 or the 2022 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), ACT Teachers party-list Representative France Castro asked for updates on the modernization of the PHLPost.

Committee on Appropriations vice chairman and Zamboanga City Representative Manuel "Mannix" Dalipe, who sponsored the measure, ensured that the digitalization would be finished this year, specifically by November.

"Rest assured po within the year matatapos po 'yung computerization, digitalization ng Philippine Postal Corporation and by November, expected po completed na po 'yung modernization, digitalization ng Philippine Postal Corporation. The month we're looking out is November," Dalipe said.

(Rest assured that the computerization and digitalization of PHLPost would be finished this year. The month we're looking at is November.)

"'Yung digitalization, computerization ay ginagawa na po ng Philippine Postal Corporation para po mapabilis ang serbisyo niya. After the completion of its digitalization and computerization as expected, ang outcome po nito ay bibilis na ang serbisyo," he added.

(The digitalization and computerization is being done to hasten PHLPost's services.)

The Philippine Postal Corporation is proposed to have a P500.245 million budget for 2022, which is lower compared to its P540.256-million budget in 2021.

Since 2018, at least P300 million has been allotted for the modernization of PHLPost, Dalipe said.

PHLPost is a government-owned and -controlled corporation in charge of providing postal services in the Philippines.  —KBK, GMA News