Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Arroyo orders DOLE to appeal CGFNS decision

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Friday ordered the labor department to appeal the decision of the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) to bar June 2006 nursing board passers to work in the United States.

"I am ordering the Secretary of Labor to immediately look into the findings of the [CGFNS]; and seek all forms of relief from the visa hold, and appeal for reconsideration of the decision," the President said in a statement.

The Philadelphia-based CGFNS International announced Thursday that Filipino nursing graduates who passed the leakage-marred June 2006 nursing licensure examination are not eligible for a VisaScreen Certificate.

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