On line registration for the second batch of the Nurses Assigned in Rural Service (NARS) project is now on-going, said Labor and Employment 6 Director Aida Estabillo.

The Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP) today (Thursday) will present to the President a copy of their memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Department of Health (DOH), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC) on the deployment of an additional 100 nurses to beef up the 5,000 [...]

The Court of Appeals has ordered the conduct of a hearing against the head of the review center involved in the alleged rigging of the 2006 nursing licensure examinations.

Japan is wavering over its acceptance of foreign nurses and care workers. Filipino nurses and care workers have come to Japan in accordance with the Japan-Philippines economic partnership agreement (EPA), but their numbers are far below that initially planned.

By Tessa Jamandre
With tears in their eyes, Vilma Balatbat, 39, and her husband tightly embraced each other, knowing it would be some time before they would be together again.