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For years, Sonia Limas would drag her daughters to the emergency room whenever they fell sick. As an illegal immigrant, she had no health insurance, and the only place she knew to seek treatment was the hospital — the most expensive setting for those covering the cost.

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The entry of AllGen NCLEX (National Council Licensure Examination) review provider in Cebu will continue to push the province’s positioning as the center of nursing education in the Southern Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 488473 [Title] => Drug industry, Pfizer lead in US health lobbying [Summary] => WASHINGTON (AP) -- The drug industry's trade group and one of the biggest US pharmaceutical companies reported spending more money than other health care organizations on lobbying in the second quarter of this year. [DatePublished] => 2009-07-21 14:02:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 319367 [Title] => ‘Boomer-itis’: Living younger longer [Summary] => That was the challenge posed by Paul Hodge, chairperson of the Global Generations Policy Institute and director of the Harvard Generations Policy Program, speaking at the 2005 White House Conference on Aging.

If you know what Paul Hodge was talking about, you must be a baby boomer yourself, born between 1946 and 1964, and probably turning a nifty 60 this year.
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Acting Labor Secretary Manuel Imson said the Philippines expects to capture the majority of the 50,000 slots available for foreign nurses and medical workers that the US government will allow.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 277623 [Title] => Palace welcomes US decision to hire Pinoy nurses [Summary] => Malacañang lauded yesterday the United States’ move to resume hiring Filipino nurses to alleviate a staffing shortage, but said the government will continue to work hard so that Filipinos don’t have to leave the country to find good jobs.

Under a constitutional amendment approved by US President George W. Bush, 50,000 employment-based immigrant visas (EB-3) that had been allotted to other countries from 2001 to 2004 but went unused could now be reassigned to the Philippines, India and China.
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Under a constitutional amendment approved by US President George W. Bush, 50,000 employment-based immigrant visas (EB-3) that had been allotted to other countries from 2001 to 2004 but went unused could now be reassigned to the Philippines, India and China.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 277465 [Title] => US resumes hiring of Filipino nurses [Summary] => WASHINGTON — US President George W. Bush has approved a congressional amendment that will enable hospitals in the United States to resume hiring Filipino nurses to alleviate a staffing shortage.

Under the measure, 50,000 employment-based immigrant visas (EB-3) that had been allotted to other countries from 2001 to 2004 but were unused will be reassigned to the Philippines, India and China.

EB-3 visas are used mainly by US hospitals for hiring foreign-trained nurses.
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Two Democrats in the US House of Representatives have filed bills seeking to make it easier for Filipino nurses to enter the US while the Philippine embassy in Washington is lobbying strongly for their passage.

The embassy on Friday unveiled what it said was a three-pronged strategy to promote the continued deployment of Filipino nurses to the US.
[DatePublished] => 2005-02-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 175549 [Title] => Help wanted: 500,000 nurses [Summary] => With people exasperated with his plan to free 122 Chinese poachers in Palawan, Foreign Sec. Blas Ople claimed he was only doing his job. "We respect the judicial process," Ople acknowledged the Navy’s reluctance to release the poachers since they’ve already been charged in court. "But at the same time, there is merit in the request of the Chinese embassy to fast-track the hearing which has been pending for several months."
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Fewer health care options for illegal immigrants
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For years, Sonia Limas would drag her daughters to the emergency room whenever they fell sick. As an illegal immigrant, she had no health insurance, and the only place she knew to seek treatment was the hospital — the most expensive setting for those covering the cost.

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The entry of AllGen NCLEX (National Council Licensure Examination) review provider in Cebu will continue to push the province’s positioning as the center of nursing education in the Southern Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 488473 [Title] => Drug industry, Pfizer lead in US health lobbying [Summary] => WASHINGTON (AP) -- The drug industry's trade group and one of the biggest US pharmaceutical companies reported spending more money than other health care organizations on lobbying in the second quarter of this year. [DatePublished] => 2009-07-21 14:02:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 319367 [Title] => ‘Boomer-itis’: Living younger longer [Summary] => That was the challenge posed by Paul Hodge, chairperson of the Global Generations Policy Institute and director of the Harvard Generations Policy Program, speaking at the 2005 White House Conference on Aging.

If you know what Paul Hodge was talking about, you must be a baby boomer yourself, born between 1946 and 1964, and probably turning a nifty 60 this year.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133914 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096607 [AuthorName] => Ching M. Alano [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 278013 [Title] => US may hire 25,000 RP health workers [Summary] => At lest 25,000 Filipino nurses and health workers are expected to be hired as soon as the United States resumes hiring foreign medical workers by the third quarter of the year.

Acting Labor Secretary Manuel Imson said the Philippines expects to capture the majority of the 50,000 slots available for foreign nurses and medical workers that the US government will allow.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 277623 [Title] => Palace welcomes US decision to hire Pinoy nurses [Summary] => Malacañang lauded yesterday the United States’ move to resume hiring Filipino nurses to alleviate a staffing shortage, but said the government will continue to work hard so that Filipinos don’t have to leave the country to find good jobs.

Under a constitutional amendment approved by US President George W. Bush, 50,000 employment-based immigrant visas (EB-3) that had been allotted to other countries from 2001 to 2004 but went unused could now be reassigned to the Philippines, India and China.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 277763 [Title] => Palace welcomes US decision to hire Pinoy nurses [Summary] => Malacañang lauded yesterday the United States’ move to resume hiring Filipino nurses to alleviate a staffing shortage, but said the government will continue to work hard so that Filipinos don’t have to leave the country to find good jobs.

Under a constitutional amendment approved by US President George W. Bush, 50,000 employment-based immigrant visas (EB-3) that had been allotted to other countries from 2001 to 2004 but went unused could now be reassigned to the Philippines, India and China.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 277465 [Title] => US resumes hiring of Filipino nurses [Summary] => WASHINGTON — US President George W. Bush has approved a congressional amendment that will enable hospitals in the United States to resume hiring Filipino nurses to alleviate a staffing shortage.

Under the measure, 50,000 employment-based immigrant visas (EB-3) that had been allotted to other countries from 2001 to 2004 but were unused will be reassigned to the Philippines, India and China.

EB-3 visas are used mainly by US hospitals for hiring foreign-trained nurses.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 268723 [Title] => Hopes rise for Pinoy nurses seeking employment in US [Summary] => WASHINGTON — There is hope for thousands of Filipino nurses whose visa applications to work in the United States have been frozen.

Two Democrats in the US House of Representatives have filed bills seeking to make it easier for Filipino nurses to enter the US while the Philippine embassy in Washington is lobbying strongly for their passage.

The embassy on Friday unveiled what it said was a three-pronged strategy to promote the continued deployment of Filipino nurses to the US.
[DatePublished] => 2005-02-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 175549 [Title] => Help wanted: 500,000 nurses [Summary] => With people exasperated with his plan to free 122 Chinese poachers in Palawan, Foreign Sec. Blas Ople claimed he was only doing his job. "We respect the judicial process," Ople acknowledged the Navy’s reluctance to release the poachers since they’ve already been charged in court. "But at the same time, there is merit in the request of the Chinese embassy to fast-track the hearing which has been pending for several months."
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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