NEW PHLPOST BOARD OF DIRECTORS. From left, Atty. Wendell V. Dimaculangan, Corporate Secretary; Maura Baghari-Regis, director; Luis D. Carlos, vice chairman and Postmaster General; retired Justice Stephen C. Cruz, chairman; Ambassador Vidal E. Querol, director; retired Commodore Raul B. Leyritana, director and Patrick David R. De Leon, director. Not in photo Liberty C. Avila, director.
MANILA -- The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) on Thursday announced that four distinguished professionals -- retired Justice Stephen C. Cruz, Patrick David R. De Leon, retired Commodore Raul B. Leyritana and Maura Baghari-Regis -- have joined Ambassador Vidal E. Querol, Director Liberty C. Avila and Postmaster General Luis D. Carlos at PHLPost’s Board of Directors.
Lawyer Wendell V. Dimaculangan is the new PHLPost Corporate Secretary.
Likewise, Cruz was elected as the new chairman of the PHLPost Board of Directors and Postmaster General and CEO Luis D. Carlos as vice chairman.
Cruz is a graduate of the Ateneo Law School Class of 1976. He joined former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s office in 1977 as presidential legal staff, the year he passed the bar. In 1980, he worked as senior associate attorney at the law office of Atty. Rustico V. Nazareno.
He also served as presiding judge of the Lucena RTC Branch 60 for six years, from 2000 to 2006, before being appointed to the Court of Appeals in 2006 until 2020.
With more than 37 years of law practice, Cruz alao taught at the University of the East College of Law, Enverga University College of Law, San Carlos University in Cebu and Philippine Christian University College of Law.
Cruz seeks to modernize the postal corporation to keep up with the times. He plans to aggressively market non-traditional avenues such as e-commerce and logistics to generate more revenues.
He called on for the cooperation of postal workers, pointing out the value of harmonious working relationship between the rank and file and management in achieving corporate goals. (PR/PNA)
