PhilPost open to utilize Manila Central Post Office as ‘cultural corridor’

REMNANTS OF A LANDMARK A drone shot taken on Monday afternoon exhibits smoke
billowing from the Manila Central Submit Workplace as firefighters proceed to place out the blaze
that began on Sunday night time. Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna assures heritage advocates that no
business growth will likely be allowed on the Submit Workplace website, an “institutional zone.”
—GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE

MANILA, Philippines — Division of Tourism (DOT) chief Christina Frasco on Tuesday disclosed that the Philippine Postal Company (PhilPost) has expressed curiosity in using the fire-hit Manila Central Submit Workplace as a “cultural hall.”

Frasco disclosed this through the Senate committee on finance’s deliberations on the proposed 2024 price range of DOT and its hooked up companies.

In line with Frasco, after the Manila Submit Workplace was razed by fireplace in Might, the DOT instantly reached out to PhilPost, together with the Nationwide Fee for Tradition and the Arts, Nationwide Historic Fee of the Philippines, and the Nationwide Museum.

“That resulted in a convergence assembly the place all of us supplied our assist in addition to the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) help for  no matter it’s that they could want first within the quick time period decision of the safeguarding of the integrity of the construction,” stated Frasco.

“[W]e additionally mentioned the utilization of the Manila Submit Workplace. [A]ccording to the PhilPost, they’re open to the utilization of the property not purely anymore as a put up workplace, however as a mixed-use facility that may end result within the creation of a cultural hall inside the metropolis of Manila, particularly contemplating its proximity to different heritage websites resembling Intramuros,” Frasco added.

Frasco then stated that TIEZA is now funding the “detailed engineering design” for the instant intervention that the put up workplace wants to make sure that there will likely be no additional injury that may ensue from the hearth.

Aside from instant intervention, the DOT chief likewise pressured that “talks at the moment are ongoing” to find out the way forward for the property.

In the meantime, the Bureau of Hearth Safety in June stated there isn’t a foul play behind the hearth that razed the century-old put up workplace on Might 21, 2023.

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