Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo (Facebook) Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo is insisting that the best thing Congress can do amid the emigration of Filipino nurses is to increase their pay for jobs here at home. “We maintain that the most effective intervention is for...
Nope, it’s not what you think it is. Not the “I do” type of thing that is usually accompanied by the lady showing off the rock in the second finger of her left hand. I am talking about employment. With Labor Day just 10 days away, calls to mind our overseas workers, particularly those in the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. stressed that Southeast Asian countries must find ways to address human capital flight, particularly in the healthcare sector, for the region's benefit....
Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza wants the government to come up with a system wherein fresh graduates of nursing would stay in the Philippines for at least four years before they could pursue greener pastures abroad. Daza, a senior deputy minority leader in the House of Representatives,...
Citing the few active registered nurses in the country, a pro-health congressman in pushing for the institutionalization of q scholarship and return service program for nursing students in the current 19th Congress. AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes filed House Bill (HB) No. 6631, or the...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Thursday, March 30, has identified the challenges and laid out solutions to address the shortage of nurses in the Philippine healthcare system. In a press conference, CHED Chairman Prospero De Vera III noted that the issue of the shortage of nurses is not...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has directed the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) to immediately address the shortage of nurses due to migration, as he lamented how the Philippines has been competing with other countries for its talented nurses. Marcos said this as he met with the...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Monday, Feb. 13, announced the virtual special oathtaking dates for new Fisheries Professionals, Civil Engineers, and Nurses. (PRC / Manila Bulletin) The online oathtaking for new Fisheries Professionals will be on Feb. 20 at 1:30 p.m. to be...
Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo has renewed his call for Congress to invest in more compensation funding to retain Filipino nurses in public hospitals and to discourage some of them from leaving the country. Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo This, as the neophyte congressman...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Friday, Jan. 27, announced the face-to-face oathtaking ceremony dates for new nurses. (PRC / Manila Bulletin) The oathtaking ceremonies will be on Jan. 28, 8 a.m., at Dottie's Place Hotel, Butuan City; Feb. 2 at the Bohol Cultural Center, Tagbilaran...
German Ambassador to the Philippines Anke Reiffenstuel on Tuesday, Jan. 17, denied claims that European countries are pirating Filipino nursing students to address the region’s huge demand for health care workers. (Photo by Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN) The envoy took to Twitter to clarify...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- UK nurses on Thursday staged an unprecedented one-day strike in a fight for better wages and working conditions, despite warnings patients could be put at risk. Up to 100,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland stopped work...
