US Postal Service Caribbean District – Friday, November 3, 2017, 1 PM – Postal officials gear up for another strong weekend of mail service, including package handouts and delivery during special Sunday hours.

All 117 operating post offices in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands will have handout of mail service on Sunday.  Of these, 96 post offices that provide residential delivery will continue delivery where it is safe to do, according to postal officials for the Postal Service. 

Postal officials indicate that Sunday operations in post offices throughout the Caribbean will continue for the foreseeable future.  Ramped up delivery activities are supported by additional gains made in postal operations this week, including expedited hiring, training and orientation of more than 400 temporary employees to support mail processing and additional contracting for transportation now available into the Caribbean. 

Processing operations also continue to expand, officials note.

In Puerto Rico, all offices will be open for pickup of mail on Sunday, November 5, from 9 am to 2 pm.   Customers from seven area post offices are still directed to alternate pickup locations, including Sunday.  These are:

On Monday of this week, operations for the Aguada Post Office moved from Rincon to Coliseo Multiusos, Ismael ‘Chavalillo. Delgado.  Regular Saturday services will be provided in Aguada at the Coliseo, as across Puerto Rico, as will the special Sunday pickup hours.

In the US Virgin Islands, post offices on St Croix and St John will be open for pickup of mail on Sunday, November 5 from 10 am to 2 pm. 

Offices on St Thomas — Emancipation Gardens, East End and Charlotte Amalie — will open for mail pickup services at 9 am to 1 pm, post officials note. 

Customers who previously visited the Veterans Annex in St Thomas for mail pickup are still directed to Charlotte Amalie while customers of the Frederiksted Post Office in St Croix are to visit the Kingshill Post Office for mail pickup. 

All postal services resume normal hours, with retail services at 96 locations, on Monday in the Caribbean.

No locations will offer retail services, such as stamp sales or money order transactions, on Sunday.

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