Citing the local zoning ordinance, Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna allayed fears that a new structure would rise in place of the Manila Central Post Office after a fire that began on Sunday night and raged for more than 30 hours gutted the prewar landmark.
Lacuna recalled that in 2018, the National Museum also declared the post office building an “important cultural property,” a status given to structures with “exceptional cultural, artistic and historical significance to the Philippines.”In separate statements, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts assured the Philippine Postal Corp. —the company running the MCPO—of their help in rehabilitating the property.
The NCCA said it would extend help not only in the rehabilitation and repair of the post office, but also in resuming the normal operations of PPC.Meanwhile, Postmaster General Luis Carlos said PPC’s mail and parcel operations were able to resume on Tuesday. Mail services are being accepted and processed in the Central Mail Exchange Center Ninoy Aquino International Airport complex in Pasay City. PPC corporate offices were also transferred to CMEC.
Representatives of the Government Service Insurance System and an appraising company have gone to the building to make preliminary assessments for insurance purposes, he added.“Nothing is left. Everything is gone from the basement all the way up [to the fifth floor],” Carlos said in an interview on CNN Philippines. “All that’s left were the ionic columns at the building’s facade. But hopefully, we can preserve a few things.
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