Palace to nursing board passers: Retake the exams

First posted 21:49:10 (Mla time) 2007-02-26
Joel Guinto
INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines -- Nursing graduates who passed the leakage-tainted June 2006 board exams should retake the test, if they are bent on working in the United States, a Malacañang official has advised.

Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Sergio Apostol said that since the Commission of Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) is a private organization, it could not be prodded to reconsider its decision not to grant VisaScreen applications for the 2006 board passers.

"Retake the exam if you want to get to the States," Apostol told reporters in Malacañang on Monday.

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