Section 3Sec./Art. 3

Policy and Objectives.- The delivery of letters, parcels and other mail matters is a basic and strategic public utility which the State shall provide, directly or indirectly through, and/or with other duly authorized entities or persons. Accordingly, the collection, sorting, storage, transporting, and delivery thereof shall be done with utmost dispatch in the most economical, reliable and secure manner that available technology will permit.

The State shall pursue the following objectives of a nationwide postal system:

a. to enable the economical and speedy transfer of mail and other postal matters, from sender to addressee, with full recognition of their privacy or confidentiality;

b. to promote international interchange, cooperation and understanding through the unhampered flow or exchange of postal matters between nations;

c. to cause or effect a wide range of postal services to cater to different users and changing needs, including but not limited to, philately, transfer of monies and valuables, and the like;

d. to ensure that sufficient revenues are generated by and within the industry to finance the overall cost of providing the varied range of postal delivery an messengerial services as well the expansion and continuous upgrading of service standards by the same.

ARTICLE II

CREATION, POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PHILIPPINE POSTAL CORPORATION