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We are recent board passers from different nursing colleges and universities demanding that the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) uphold its initial decision not to nullify and conduct a retake of the June 2006 Nursing Licensure Examination (NLE).


We, the newest batch of Filipino nurses, maintain that we passed the NLE honestly, legitimately, on our own hard work and merit, without the use of alleged leakage.


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We, the newest batch of Filipino nurses, maintain that we passed the NLE honestly, legitimately, on our own hard work and merit, without the use of alleged leakage.


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Bello floats idea to abolish licensure exams

July 7, 2021 - 5:00pm

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III floated the idea of abolishing licensure exams, especially for nursing and law, arguing...

Headlines

Nursing board: 6 in top 10 are from Eastern Visayas schools

By Lalaine Jimenea | January 25, 2015 - 12:00am

Six of the "Top 10" passers in the recent Nursing Board Exams are from Eastern Visayas schools, all of whom had their studies and graduation got mired when typhoon Yolanda struck the region in 2013.

Freeman Region

EDITORIAL — Only a retake will clear the June '06 Nursing exams

February 25, 2007 - 12:00am

We told you so! Sometime last year, the paper ran an editorial which gave a warning that because of the alleged cheating on the June 2006 Nursing Board Exams, there may be some prospective employers who would doubt...

Freeman Opinion

EDITORIAL - Why not a retake?

August 27, 2006 - 12:00am

The Presidential Task Force on National Licensure Examination has asked the Court of Appeals to invalidate the scores of two areas in the Nursing board that was tainted with allegations of leakage and let board takers...

Freeman Opinion

Letter to the Editor — No retake of nursing board exams

August 17, 2006 - 12:00am

We are recent board passers from different nursing colleges and universities demanding that the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) uphold its initial decision not to nullify and conduct a retake of the...

Freeman Opinion