Talk:List of ZIP Codes in the Philippines

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The Philippines is supposed to have postal codes, not the so-called "ZIP" codes. Okay, maybe they are officially called "ZIP" codes by the Philippine Post. But you know why, because of colonial mentality. See, this is just a very good example, and is one of millions of signs of colonial mentality in the Philippines. Philippines has way long been independent from the U.S., but still have a colonial mentality towards the U.S., even still to Spain. But whatever it is, the Philippine government was supposed to refer to the mailing codes no longer as "ZIP" codes, but as "postal" codes.

It's understandable, but we have to go by the official name. If Philpost calls them ZIP codes, then we should stick to ZIP code. But besides, not a lot of people use, let alone know how to use, ZIP codes. --Akira123323 02:19, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

I came to the talk page for the exact same thing. If you ask the average Filipino what Z.I.P. stands for, they'll probably won't know. But they love using it.

[edit] Suggestion for someone to tidy entries.

1. I was thinking the word "province" should be removed from "Isabela province" and "La Union province". Most of these entries are provinces. In the case of "Mt. Province" I suggest it is simply changed to "Mountain"; this would help to make things a little clearer as "Mt." is sometimes an abbreviation for "Mount".

2. Within the list, I was thinking the province name should preceed municiples e.g. "Caloocan City North" becomes "Metro Manila > Caloocan City North"... "Pasay City" becomes "Metro Manila > Pasay City" etc.

I'm a little busy and not up for making the changes, especially without some feedback. You can send feedback to mark_ford_uk@yahoo.co.uk.

Thanks.

Very good suggestion about the province of Metro-Manila being ahead of the city names. That gives more order. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrborgonia (talk • contribs) 05:51, 28 September 2007 (UTC)