‘Call us Batch 2007,’ says successful nursing test retaker

‘Call us Batch 2007,’ says successful nursing test retaker

Northern Luzon Bureau
Last updated 05:13pm (Mla time) 08/27/2007

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines -- Nurses who passed the scandal-ridden 2006 licensure examinations wanted to call themselves members of Batch 2007, after successfully passing the licensure test for a second time.

"Refer to us as Batch 2007, please," said Cyndi Erfe, one of the three Baguio nurses who first exposed cheating in 2006.

Erfe was among the June 2006 board passers who gave up their licenses and retook the five sets of examinations in 2007.

She said retaking the whole test erased the stigma of last year's examinations, which prompted American nurses' associations to review the licenses of Filipino nurses seeking employment there.

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Caregivers in Japan earn lower than in US, UK

Caregivers in Japan earn lower than in US, UK

By Veronica Uy
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 05:11pm (Mla time) 08/28/2007

MANILA, Philippines -- Caregivers in Japan earn an average monthly salary of $1,554, less than half than those in the United States who get $3,359, but almost twice higher in the Middle East countries who are being paid $959, a Senate study showed.

In the United Kingdom, caregivers receive about $2,059 per month, according to the Senate comparative study of caregivers’ salaries.

The survey comes as Senate hearings for the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) are set to start next week unless overtaken by budget hearings, Senate foreign relations committee chair Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago said Tuesday.

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