QUEZON CITY, (PIA) -- President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Thursday urged the Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) to continue its modernization efforts to ensure the "seamless" delivery of government services even beyond his term.

"In fulfillment of this administration’s Ease of Doing Business agenda beyond my term, I hope that you will constantly explore innovations and strategies that will further streamline, develop, and improve government services to the people for greater efficiency," he said in a speech delivered at Manila Central Post Office in Manila.

During the launch of the Digital Innovation and Modernization of PHLPost, Duterte expressed confidence that PHLPost would never cease to undertake reform initiatives that would expedite government transactions.

The PHLPost's event showcased the 46 brand new vans that will be used to speed up the delivery of mails and improve the post office's network capabilities in cities and municipalities nationwide.

The innovation services offered by the PHLPost include the mobile application that will be used for online remittance, bills payment for all major utilities, merchant payments for government contributions, mail tracking, and mail service fee computation.

The Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) which covers the digitalization of the PHLPost, as well as the experimental launch of postal cards with advanced financial features, are also part of the post office's modernization efforts.

The ERP will launch a new website, a mail management system with an automated letter sorting machine that can process 40,000 mails per hour, a corporate financial management information system, a financial counter system and a human resource information system. (PIA-NCR)