Arroyo: Wait for solons’ appeal to CGFNS before board retake

First posted 14:57:29 (Mla time) 2007-02-27
Lira Dalangin-Fernandez ldalangin@inq7.net
INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Tuesday said the retake of portions of the June 2006 nursing licensure examinations will have to await the results of a congressional task force leaving for the US to seek reconsideration from the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS).

Arroyo said it was the task force, headed by Bacolod Representative Monico Puentevella, which asked her to give them until March 4 to try to convince the CGFNS to allow nurses who passed the controversial board exam to secure visas to practice in the US.

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