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Japan to help Myanmar modernize postal services

Kyodo News InternationalMay 20, 2013 03:00

The Japanese government and Japan Post Co. are expected to help Myanmar modernize its postal system to enhance the quality of its services, according to sources close to the matter. Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo and Myanmar Communications and Information Technology Minister Myat Hein are expected to confirm the cooperation in a meeting in Japan this week, they said.

Suspicious substance found in US naval mailroom

Agence France-PresseApril 18, 2013 12:17

The Pentagon said Thursday a suspicious substance was found in a mailroom at a US naval building outside Washington after letters sent to President Barack Obama and a US senator tested positive for the deadly poison ricin. "A suspicious substance was found in the mailroom of Building #12 at Naval Support Facility" in Arlington, Virginia, a Washington suburb, and all personnel were evacuated from the building as a precaution, the statement said. ddl/sst

Plan to end Saturday mail delivery forced to be postponed in U.S.

AsianetApril 11, 2013 15:47

The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced Wednesday that it would delay a plan to end its Saturday mail delivery service this August because the Congress hasn't given a go-ahead to the plan. The USPS said on Feb. 6 that it planned to stop Saturday mail delivery from Aug. 5 this year as an effort to save two billion U. S.

US post office scrubs plan to end Saturday service

Agence France-PresseApril 10, 2013 14:16

The money-losing US Postal Service (USPS) said Wednesday it will maintain six-day-a-week mail delivery after Congress denied its proposal to end Saturday service. In a statement, USPS said "restrictive language" in a recent Congressional temporary funding bill for government agencies "prohibited implementation of a new national delivery schedule" that would have taken effect this month.

U.S. Postal Service faces fight over ending Saturday mail

Thomson ReutersFebruary 27, 2013 18:00

By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Trade groups representing greeting card makers, paper manufacturers and newspapers are fighting to prevent the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service from dropping first-class mail delivery on Saturdays. The groups are lobbying Congress to pass legislation introduced in the House of Representatives compelling the Postal Service to continue its six-day mail delivery service.

US Postmaster General begs Congress for flexibility in cost cuts

Thomson ReutersFebruary 13, 2013 15:45

By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe pleaded with lawmakers Wednesday not to block the financially strapped Postal Service from moving ahead with plans to end Saturday first-class mail delivery.

U.S. Postal Service tries to get smarter on routing

Thomson ReutersFebruary 7, 2013 11:45

By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service is soliciting advice on how to create a new, high-technology system for routing mail and packages, in a move that could help close the gap between it and private-sector rivals FedEx and UPS. The financially struggling mail agency said it wants a "dynamic routing" strategy that can help it offer new products that could boost revenue, such as same-day delivery and pickups at retail locations.

CORRECTED: US Post to end Saturday letter service

Agence France-PresseFebruary 6, 2013 12:31

US Post to end Saturday letter service

Agence France-PresseFebruary 6, 2013 12:16

The US Postal Service announced Wednesday that it would halt letter delivery services on Saturday in an attempt to reduce costs that left it $15.9 billion in the red in 2012. USPS chief Tom Donahoe, the US postmaster general, said the national mail agency was taking the step after waiting in vain for Congress to put through reforms that would help it shore up its finances on a long-term basis. "The Postal Service has a responsibility to take the steps necessary to return to long-term financial stability and ensure the continued affordability of the US mail," said Donahoe.

UPDATE 4-U.S. Postal Service will end Saturday mail delivery

Thomson ReutersFebruary 6, 2013 10:15

* Weekend mail service to stop in August * Change would limit first class mail to 5-day delivery * Packages would still be delivered on Saturdays By Emily Stephenson and Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service plans to drop Saturday delivery of first-class mail beginning the first week of August, a move that the financially struggling agency said will save $2 billion annually.