Filipino Nurses News & Updates

The Philipine ambassador to Qatar has confirmed that close to two dozen Filipino nurses have been laid off at the country's government-operated healthcare centers. In a television interview at ABS-CBN network ambassador Wilfredo Santos…
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A total of 306 out of 790 passed the special nurse licensure examination given by the Board of Nursing in certain cities in the Middle East, according to the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Friday. The exams were conducted in…
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A Singapore court has sentenced a Filipino nurse to four months in prison for posting inflammatory comments on Facebook against Singaporeans and lying to police investigators. Ello Ed Mundsel Bello, 28, earlier pleaded guilty to three…
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Four Filipino nurses are confirmed to have been infected with the MERS-Corona Virus (MERS-CoV). This has been confirmed by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) who identified the patients as one 55-year-old male nurses, and three female…
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The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said there are hundreds of jobs in the United Kingdom await Filipino nurses. DOLE secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said that a recruitment agency Omanfil International Manpower Development…
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A Filipino working in Southern California as nursing assistant has been arrested for allegedly stealing funds from his former patient. Maui Berganio, 29, was nabbed by authorities for allegedly obtaining and using his elderly patient's…
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A Filipino nurse in the United Kingdom was killed after he stumbled on a pavement and fell under the wheels of a lorry located just outside of his hospital. Anecito Obsioma, 55, was on his way to work on extra shift at University Hospital…
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A Filipina nurse coming home from the Middle East has been tested positive of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). The 32-year-old nurse who arrived from Saudi Arabia February 1 is the Philippines' first positive…
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Filipino medical workers looking to work abroad may consider opportunities in Oman, the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) based in that country said. Private clinics and hospitals are hiring registered medical workers 45 years old…
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In an effort to bring in more Filipino nurses and caregivers, Japan has pledged to ease Japanese licensure tests to raise passing rates among Filipino applicants. Japanese Ambassador Kazuhide Ishikawa bared the plan in a courtsey call with…
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