■ Ofelia C. Empian For her dedication and excellence in service to the community, Cordilleran lawyer Mary Inglay Capu-yan-Fokno has been chosen as the country’s “Outstanding Professional of the Year” in the field of social work by the Professional Regulation Commission. The “Outstanding Professional of the Year” is the highest award bestowed by PRC upon
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THE Philippine Red Cross and the Professional Regulations Commission signed a memorandum of agreement to jointly organize bloodletting drives for the next 10 years.
“Who can blame them for leaving? Overseas, they earn somewhere around P150,000 to P200,000 a month. Our salaries and benefits offer no competition,” Zubiri said.“They are likely overworked, looking after more than their fair share of patients as more and more of their colleagues leave for better pastures abroad,” he added. “If we want nurses to stay in the country, we need to increase their salaries. That’s really the long and short of the diaspora problem that we’re having.”
The Philippines has a supply of doctors, nurses, and other health workers but only a fraction of them are practicing their professions, Commissioner Erwin Enad of the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC) told a Senate committee on Monday.