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VOL. XXXVII • NO. 131• 3 SECTIONS 12 PAGES • P20 • MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2023 • www.manilastandard.net • mst.daydesk@gmail.com
DOH to employ nursing aides
PBBM TO SFRA: REMAIN DEPENDABLE SENTINELS NEWS / A4 LOOK UP TO THE SKY. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. watches a military free fall capability demonstration by the 33rd Special Forces Coy troops during the 61st founding anniversary of the Special Forces Regiment Airborne of the Philippine Army at Fort Magsaysay in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija on Sunday, June 25, 2023. Alfred Frias / Rolando Mailo
Nursing graduates yet to pass board exam, instead of flunkers, to be hired
By Macon Ramos-Araneta
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HE Department of Health (DOH) will hire nursing assistants to help address the nurse shortage in government hospitals, but Health Secretary Ted Herbosa said his plan to employ nursing graduates who failed the board exam would not be shelved. "There has been a similar proposal human resources. It's Salary Grade 9, because they have been studying this so that's about P20,000 yung salary per problem of how to augment the health month," Herbosa said in a GMA News
report on Sunday. "It's the one being offered as a solution, so I said that's going to go forward. It will be open to nurses who graduated four years of college but are still awaiting to pass the exams," he added. The Filipino Nurses United (FNU) said nursing assistants would be a big help to existing government health workers. “It is truly hard for nurses if they don't have nursing aides or nursing assistants,” said FNU secretary general Jocelyn Next page Andamo.
Businesses upbeat, to hire more in Q3 By Julito G. Rada BUSINESSES are keen to hire more workers in the third quarter on expectations of higher demand for goods and services in the latter part of the year. Results of the latest Business Expectations Survey conducted by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed that the employment outlook
index increased to 17.9 percent for Q3 2023 from 13.4 percent in the Q1 2023 survey results. “The higher reading in Q2 2023 suggests that hiring intentions may be more favorable for the next quarter,” the BSP said. In contrast, employment prospects for the next 12 months may turn less favorable as the employment outlook
index declined to 30 percent from 36.4 percent in the previous quarter’s survey results. For Q3 2023, the percentage of businesses in the industry sector with expansion plans increased to 19.8 percent, up slightly from 19.1 percent in Q1 2023. In particular, the increase in the percentage of firms with expansion Next page
DFA to Pinoys Wagner halts revolt; Putin seen as weakened in Russia: Stay vigilant, avoid crowded areas WAGNER mercenaries were headed back to base on Sunday after Russia's President Vladimir Putin agreed to allow their leader to avoid treason charges and accept exile in Belarus. The agreement ended the immediate threat that Yevgeny Prigozhin's private army could storm Moscow, but analysts said Wagner's revolt had exposed Putin's
By Rey E. Requejo THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) asked Filipinos in Russia to remain vigilant and take precautions following reports of an armed rebellion by a private armed group led by Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. In an advisory posted on its Facebook page, the DFA through the Philippine Embassy in Moscow also warned Filipinos against visiting crowded areas, taking part in protests, and putting out political opinions on social media. It also urged them to avoid traveling to other regions as much as possible. The Philippine embassy also called on Filipinos living in Rostov-on-Don, Next page
Russia's crisis exposed "real cracks" in Putin's authority, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday. “This raises profound questions, it shows real cracks," Blinken said. rule as more fragile than had been thought. Security measures imposed under an "anti-terrorism operation" were still in place in Moscow on Sunday, and Prigozhin's exact whereabouts unclear. He was last seen late on Saturday Next page
WEAKENED STATURE? Activists hold a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin near Red Square in Moscow on June 24, 2023. Putin quelled a rebellion attempt by Wagner mercenaries by allowing their leader to go to Belarus on exile, but analysts said it showed Putin's rule as more fragile than had been thought. AFP
Sulu firefight death toll climbs to 5, at least 14 wounded 9 mayors seek By Charles Dantes
former vice mayor, police in the town of Maimbung said on Sunday. In a report, the Philippine National AT least five people were killed in a firefight in Sulu between law enforcers Police said that a member of the elite and a private armed group working for a Special Action Force was one of the five
people killed, while 14 others from their others were hurt. side were injured, including a soldier. The PNP said that the operation was Four members of the private militia, supposed to serve a warrant of arrest for which had fired on the soldiers and the crime of murder and carry out a search police, were reported dead while four Next page
Tingog solon says respect, care, love ‘formula to forever’
By Charles Dantes
TINGOG party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez recently played godmother to 48 newlyweds during the 63rd "PaWedding ni Tambunting" event in Parañaque City. Romualdez reminded the newlyweds that there is a "road to forever," as she congratulated the couples who tied the
NINE mayors from Negros Oriental led by the widow of Governor Roel Degamo expressed their support for the postponement of this year's Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections in the province, claiming that peace and order concerns there need to be addressed. "We firmly believe that this necessary action (postponement of BSKE) is crucial to address the peace and order concerns that have plagued our province," the mayors said in a joint statement. Signatories to the manifesto are Governor Degamo's widow Janice Degamo of Pamplona town, Fritz Diaz of Siaton, Felipe Remollo of Dumaguete City, Galicano Truita of Dauin, Mel Nick Logronio of San Jose, Eniego Jabagat of
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By Rio N. Araja
LOVE WINS. Tingog party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez (center) is godmother to 48 newlyweds during the ‘63rd Pa-Wedding ni Tambunting’ in Parañaque City over the weekend. Romualdez was joined Parañaque City 2nd District Rep. Gus Tambunting and his wife, former Rep. Joy Myra Tambunting (left), and Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez. Miko Noveno
to defer BSKE in Negros Oriental