Teodoro aims to stop the exodus of Filipino healthcare
professionals specifically the nurses and doctors. To accomplish this goal, he
believes that radical change from the current system is necessary.
The Philippine Oversea Employment Administration
(POEA) informed the public that the interview session for all nurses and
caregiver applicants for Japan
has started on February 1, Monday. It will go on until February 6, Saturday at the
POEA Head Office at Ortigas corner EDSA,MandaluyongCity.
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration
(POEA) identified the top occupations and skills of the world labor market for
the year 2009. According to the government agency, nurses and caregivers are one of the occupations
that are in-demand.
There is truth to the report that there is a demand for Filipino workers in countries such as United States of America (USA), Guam, etc. but the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) decided to give further details about the said job orders so as not to confuse and mislead jobseekers
The
Department of Health announced that as soon as the H1N1 vaccines are made
available through the World Health Organization (WHO), all medical workers and
health care providers would get the first shot of the vaccines to prevent
getting the disease.
The
Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) reminded all nurses who aspires
to work in the said countries to be careful in dealing with recruiters. The
warning was issued by POEA after receiving reports from the Philippine Embassy
in OttawaCanada that there are a number of Filipino
nurses who were victimized by a nurse recruiting agent named AGERICO CASEY
GABRiEL (a.k.a. Casey Gabriel)
The Philippine Overseas
Employment Administration (POEA) has asked the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ministry to delay the imple4mentation of the new test scheme for foreign nurses
who will work in the Arab country.
On November 29-30, 95,282
nursing students will take the nursing board exam, the examination that will
give them the license to practice their profession and to finally reach their
chosen goals, in case they pass.
The Department of
Labor and employment recently announced the deployment of 50 nurses to Ondoy-affected
areas in Metro Manila such as Marikina, Pasig, Navotas, Pateros, Taguig, Caloocan,
Malabon, Navotas, San Juan and Pasay.
The month of November
highlights many health issues which are the concerns not only of the
government, the Department of Health, the local government units but all the
sectors in the community as a whole.
The
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is monitoring some 177 nursing schools in
the country which have not produce a single graduate who pas the nursing
licensure exam in the last five years.
Due to
the spread of leptospirosis cases caused by the non-stop heavy rains, President
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has ordered the Department of Labor and Employment to
employ more nurses and health workers.
The
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is now accepting applications for the
second batch of nurses who will be trained and work in rural areas in Eastern Visayas under the government’s program Nurses
Assigned in Rural Services (NARS) program.
Out of the 31 complainants, 7 Filipino nurses had
won the case against recruitment agent SentosaCare LLC filed at the National
Labor Recruitment Commission in Manila.
Philippine
Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) warned Overseas Filipino Workers
(OFW) about recruitment agencies that are still operating despite having their
license suspended or canceled.
