PHLPost setting up weekend 'plaza-type' distribution of unclaimed national IDs

The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) is organizing “plaza-type” distributions of national IDs that owners failed to receive during delivery, its postmaster general and CEO Norman Fulgencio said Monday.

At the Laging Handa public briefing, Fulgencio said PHLPost is coordinating with concerned barangay captains to set activities during weekends for the distribution of unclaimed national IDs.

“May ginagawa tayong schedule sana on a Sunday maipatawag ng kapitan na mai-organize para lahat noong mga nasa partikular na area na yun mai-deliver natin yung ating mga IDs doon sa plaza, basketball courts, o barangay hall,” he said.

(We are creating a schedule preferably on a Sunday where the barangay captain will call on residents and organize them to claim their IDs at plazas, basketball courts, and barangay halls.)

Fulgencio said some owners were not home when their national IDs were delivered.  According to him, PHLPost attempts to deliver the unclaimed IDs up to three times.

Around 92 million Filipinos are  eligible to receive national IDs, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Only 14,033,000  have been delivered to owners as of July 8, Fulgencio said.

Some 700,000 national IDs in PHLPost have yet to be delivered, according to Fulgencio.

Asked on the delay in the distribution of national IDs, Fulgencio said the matter should be asked to the PSA as the PHLPost is only tasked to deliver what is given to them.

According to him, PHLPost delivery of national IDs would only take around 30 days, and that a six-month or more waiting time is too long.

Fulgencio advised the public to track the their national IDs on the PHLPost website. —KBK, GMA News