The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced that 6,935 out of 10,770 examinees successfully passed the May 2025 Philippine Nurses Licensure Examination (PNLE), administered by the Board of Nursing across 18 testing centers nationwide.The PRC noted that the results were released just five...
Filipino nurses and caregivers can seek employment opportunities in Japan following Tokyo’s announcement that it had opened applications for 50 nurses and 300 careworkers. (Photos from Filipino Nurses Association in Japan, AFP, Getty Images) The Japanese Embassy in Manila, in a...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo still finds worrisome the high number of Filipino nurses who took the United States (US) licensure examination in 2024.According to the majority congressman, 28,258 Bachelor of Science in...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo says there is no assurance that the latest batch of nurses in the Philippines will practice their profession in the country, if at all.“Largely due to the pressure to survive, some of them will...
The Philippines and Denmark have signed four documents that will benefit Filipino seafarers as well as health care workers and boost the two countries' relations on green technologies.During the visit of Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen in Manila, he and Department of Foreign...
Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Quezon City 4th distirct Rep. Marvin Rillo bared that a total 20,948 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) graduates from the Philippines took their first United States (US)...
Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo says entry-level nurses at national government hospitals are now assured of annual salary increases that will total more than 20 percent...
Filipino nurses deserve better economic opportunities and fair treatment, the Commisssion on Human Rights (CHR) declared as it supported fully Sen. Raffy T. Tulfo's Senate Bill (SB) No. 2694 that would increase their pay.SB 2694 seeks to amend Republic Act No. 9173, the Philippine Nursing Act of...
Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo highlighted that a total of 14,158 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) graduates from the Philippines took the United States...
The Occupational Health Nurses Association of the Philippines (OHNAP) is set to host its highly anticipated National Annual Convention 2024 in September at the historic Manila Hotel.(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) From September 5 to 6, OHNAP will celebrate its 54th National Annual...
CEBU CITY – There will be a significant surge in the demand for Filipino nurses working in the United States in the next eight to 10 years.BERTCH Ian Ranis (left), co-owner and managing director of Fil-Global Immigration Services Corp., and Naomi Chelo Elemia, the firm’s program lead, talk how...
The government is addressing the growing demand for more Filipino nurses in and outside the country, the Private Sector Advisory Council-Healthcare Sector Group (PSAC-HSG) said on Wednesday, June 19.President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo)President Marcos met with the PSAC-HSG...