The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is pushing for intensified language training for Japan-bound nurses and caregivers to give them a better chance of passing the difficult licensure examinations there.

A former student of a bogus nursing school ordered closed by the California Attorney’s General Office is planning to file a complaint with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in the Philippines.

The state of the nursing profession in the country is in need of government assistance to prevent the deterioration of the quality of education and to handle the surplus of nurses that are jobless.

By Madel R. Sabater - www.mb.com.ph
Vice President Jejomar Binay Monday appealed to the Japanese government to help further enhance the training of Filipino nurses and caregivers mulling to work in Japan under the Japan–Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).

By Roy C. Mabasa - Given the poor results of the recent Japanese National Nursing Exam, where only one Filipino and two Indonesians passed, the Philippine government is now looking at possible options on how to improve the Japanese language training of Filipino nurses and caregivers interested to work in Japan.