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A massive fire tore through Manila’s historic post office building overnight, slightly injuring seven people and razing the nearly 100-year-old landmark in the Philippine capital, police and ...
The post office, circa pre-1930 An aerial view of the post office, 1932. Manila's first post office was established in 1767. During the early years of the American occupation, the Philippine Commission created the Bureau of Posts, which later became the Philippine Postal Corporation, through Act No. 462 issued on September 15, 1902.
Manila Public Information Office via CNN Philippines / Direct Facebook Link: May 22, 2023 Author Photos by K R De Asis, Charlene Santiago, and/or AJ Acosta for the Manila Public Information Office
In 1767, the first post office in the Philippines was established in the city of Manila, which was later organized under a new postal district of Spain. [4] At first, the postal office served mainly to courier government and church documents. In 1779, the postal district encompassed Manila and the entire Philippine archipelago.
By 20 February, the New Police Station, St. Vincent de Paul Church, San Pablo Church, the Manila Club, City Hall and the General Post Office were in American hands. [1]: 156–157 The Japanese retreated into Intramuros on the night of 19 February, and the Manila Hotel was liberated on 22 February, where MacArthur found his penthouse in ashes.
Sixteen people died in a fire at a residential and warehouse building in August last year, while a massive fire engulfed the capital's historic Central Post Office building in May 2023. In 2017, a ...
A section of the interior of Manila Central Post Office Manila City Hall at night. Manila City Hall: Believing city hall employees claim of wandering specters after 6:00 p.m.. Paranormal experts who investigated in the area confirmed poltergeist activities, residual hauntings from Japanese-era ghosts and a woman believed to have died in the ...
On August 18, 1898, the church was the site where Spanish Governor-General Fermin Jaudenes prepared the terms for the surrender of Manila to the United States of America following the Spanish–American War. [6] [11] On the night of August 13, 1932, a major fire inside Intramuros destroyed a portion of the adjacent San Agustin Monastery.