No postman in town; folks not aware mails, packages are piling up

By Jennelyn Mondejar

BINMALEY, Pangasinan – This municipality could get the record as the only town in the country which has no postman.

The postal office here has yet to hire a replacement for its two postmen, who retired in October last year.

Merlita Valerio, postmaster of the Binmaley Postal Office said mails and packages are piling up and many Binmaleynians are not aware of the situation.

Valerio said only three chairmen of the town’s 33 barangays volunteered to get their constituents’ mails and deliver them to their houses.

Valerio said she hired an assistant, whose salary she pays from her own pocket, and asked her male household helper to run errands for her at the office.

She said a municipal employee was detailed at the post office but only temporarily.