By Rose Eclarinal -ABS-CBN newsonline
Filipino nurses in the United Kingdom are now targeting Australia as a country that could offer a better quality of life. London-based nurse Maryrose Ojeda-Ruby and her entire family are moving to Australia in September. As a British passport holder, Ruby’s documents were immediately processed by the agency to be [...]

By Gloria Jane Baylon
Gov’t nurses demand implementation of P16,093 minimum base pay
A hundred Philippine nurses, representing mostly public health institutions, today demanded that government immediately implement the monthly minimum base pay for nurses of not lower than P16,093, stressing this much is required under Republic Act 9173, also known as the Philippine Nursing Law of [...]

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 27,765 out of 64,459 passed the Nurse (First Timers, Repeaters, Removals) Licensure Examination given by the Board of Nursing in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga last June 2008. The result of examination with respect to one [...]

dBusinessNews Atlanta (press release), GA
Greenwood Village, CO—Homewatch CareGivers, the largest and most experienced international franchise provider of in-home care, has concluded an investigation into the illegal use of its corporate name and that of its founder and president in a recruitment scam that began last month in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines and has warned [...]

Saudi Gazette internet edition
MANILA – Contrary to the claims of a group of Filipino nurses, the Philippines’ Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) maintained that the global demand for locally-trained medical practitioners remains high especially in Western countries with an aging population.
Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said the global demand for Filipino nurses is high but [...]