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MANILA, Philippines - A militant group has said that the continuous sending of Filipino nurses abroad is causing the quality of the Philippine’s health sector to decline.
“The bulk of our nurses go abroad, ang naiiwan sa atin yung bagong graduates, ‘yung quality tuloy ng health care bumabagsak (The bulk of our nurses go abroad, the [...]
Pinoy nurses: Canada’s program ‘exploitative’
- KIMBERLY JANE TAN, GMANews.TV
MANILA, Philippines - A group of Filipino nurses has asked Canada to scrap its Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP), saying it is exploitative and oppressive.
The Filipino Nurses Support Group (FNSG), an organization of over 800 nurses in Canada’s provinces of British Columbia and Quebec, said the program has [...]
Sen. Mar Roxas on Friday denied claims by the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) that the recently ratified Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) would be a disadvantage to Filipino nurses.
Roxas added that Filipino nurses are only being given another overseas employment opportunity and clarified that JPEPA doesn’t forces nurses to seek employment in Japan.
“If they (Filipino [...]
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