Arroyo flip-flops on exams retake
Arroyo flip-flops on exams retake
Palace waits for results of NBI probe
By Christine Avendaño
Inquirer
Last updated 01:38am (Mla time) 10/05/2006
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Published on Page A1 of the October 5, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
WAVERING YET AGAIN on the matter of the tainted nursing board examination, Malacañang announced yesterday that it would defer the issuance of an executive order on a retake until it gets all the facts in.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was “not insensitive” to the hue and cry generated by her decision to order a retake of the June exam marred by a leak of test questions.
Ermita said Malacañang would take into consideration not only the final ruling of the Court of Appeals, which had temporarily stopped the exam passers from being sworn in as nurses, but also a crucial finding of the National Bureau of Investigation, which would determine who among the passers had benefited from the leak.
The NBI report is expected to be submitted to Malacañang on or before Oct. 15, he told reporters at his weekly briefing.
Ermita said the President had instructed Labor Secretary Arturo Brion to “review and restudy” the draft EO recommending a retake of the board exam “for all.”
Brion submitted the draft to Ms Arroyo on Tuesday. The EO was to have been issued by Malacañang yesterday.
Varying reactions
Ermita said the EO had been sent back to Brion with the instruction that he “consider the information he had gathered from his meetings with the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), the Board of Nursing (BON) and stakeholders of the nursing profession.”
According to Ermita, the President also thought of returning Brion’s draft EO after learning of the varying reactions of the public, as reported in the media.
“To say it in a few words, the President is not insensitive to what [she had] heard and read when the issue [arose]. And therefore, she directed the [labor department] to review the EO [that Brion] himself submitted in light of all the feedback we got,” Ermita said.
He said all these inputs, including the Court of Appeals ruling and the NBI finding, would be incorporated in a fresh draft that Brion would present at “a special Cabinet meeting” on Tuesday.
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He also said Ms Arroyo and the Cabinet would then decide on the matter “with finality.”
Ermita said he had separately asked Brion and Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez whether executive action on the matter would be lawful in the light of a petition pending at the appellate court.
Legal opinions
He said the two officials had replied in the negative. He also said he did not know for sure whether Palace action would render the CA ruling moot and academic.
Ermita said he had also spoken with NBI Director Nestor Mantaring, who told him that the bureau would submit on or before Oct. 15 its final finding on the review centers that had benefited from the leaked test questions.
He said he had asked Mantaring to attend the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday to provide an update on the NBI probe.
So far, Ermita said, the NBI had found that there were two review centers that discussed the leaked test questions with nursing examinees.
The NBI is also looking into another three review centers, he said, adding that all five review centers were located in Luzon but had branches in other areas.
General retake?
The NBI is “reconstructing” the list of reviewers at these five review centers and matching it with the PRC list of exam passers, according to Ermita.
He said that by doing so, the NBI would be able to track down the passers from these review centers and “exclude” those who did not register at the centers.
“What are we leading to here?” Ermita said. “Probably that it could lead to a certain course of action as to whether it will be a general retake for everybody or a retake for certain people.”
In case a general retake of the exam would be decided, he said this would be conducted at the same time as the regular nursing board exam -- in this case, the first week of December.
Ermita said the government, through the Department of Budget and Management, would allocate P52 million to subsidize the retake, should this be the final position.
Of the 42,000 who took the controversial June exam, only 17,300 passed.
Ermita said “whatever decision that will come out will be good for the nursing profession and the other professions.”
Integrity
“We are doing a thorough study because it’s important for us to maintain the integrity of our Filipino professionals,” he said.
Ermita said that the Palace did not want the reputation of Filipino professionals to be tainted, and that this was the “higher interest” it was taking to heart in dealing with the controversy.
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Palace waits for results of NBI probe
By Christine Avendaño
Inquirer
Last updated 01:38am (Mla time) 10/05/2006
http://newsinfo.inq7.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=24866
Published on Page A1 of the October 5, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
WAVERING YET AGAIN on the matter of the tainted nursing board examination, Malacañang announced yesterday that it would defer the issuance of an executive order on a retake until it gets all the facts in.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was “not insensitive” to the hue and cry generated by her decision to order a retake of the June exam marred by a leak of test questions.
Ermita said Malacañang would take into consideration not only the final ruling of the Court of Appeals, which had temporarily stopped the exam passers from being sworn in as nurses, but also a crucial finding of the National Bureau of Investigation, which would determine who among the passers had benefited from the leak.
The NBI report is expected to be submitted to Malacañang on or before Oct. 15, he told reporters at his weekly briefing.
Ermita said the President had instructed Labor Secretary Arturo Brion to “review and restudy” the draft EO recommending a retake of the board exam “for all.”
Brion submitted the draft to Ms Arroyo on Tuesday. The EO was to have been issued by Malacañang yesterday.
Varying reactions
Ermita said the EO had been sent back to Brion with the instruction that he “consider the information he had gathered from his meetings with the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), the Board of Nursing (BON) and stakeholders of the nursing profession.”
According to Ermita, the President also thought of returning Brion’s draft EO after learning of the varying reactions of the public, as reported in the media.
“To say it in a few words, the President is not insensitive to what [she had] heard and read when the issue [arose]. And therefore, she directed the [labor department] to review the EO [that Brion] himself submitted in light of all the feedback we got,” Ermita said.
He said all these inputs, including the Court of Appeals ruling and the NBI finding, would be incorporated in a fresh draft that Brion would present at “a special Cabinet meeting” on Tuesday.
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He also said Ms Arroyo and the Cabinet would then decide on the matter “with finality.”
Ermita said he had separately asked Brion and Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez whether executive action on the matter would be lawful in the light of a petition pending at the appellate court.
Legal opinions
He said the two officials had replied in the negative. He also said he did not know for sure whether Palace action would render the CA ruling moot and academic.
Ermita said he had also spoken with NBI Director Nestor Mantaring, who told him that the bureau would submit on or before Oct. 15 its final finding on the review centers that had benefited from the leaked test questions.
He said he had asked Mantaring to attend the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday to provide an update on the NBI probe.
So far, Ermita said, the NBI had found that there were two review centers that discussed the leaked test questions with nursing examinees.
The NBI is also looking into another three review centers, he said, adding that all five review centers were located in Luzon but had branches in other areas.
General retake?
The NBI is “reconstructing” the list of reviewers at these five review centers and matching it with the PRC list of exam passers, according to Ermita.
He said that by doing so, the NBI would be able to track down the passers from these review centers and “exclude” those who did not register at the centers.
“What are we leading to here?” Ermita said. “Probably that it could lead to a certain course of action as to whether it will be a general retake for everybody or a retake for certain people.”
In case a general retake of the exam would be decided, he said this would be conducted at the same time as the regular nursing board exam -- in this case, the first week of December.
Ermita said the government, through the Department of Budget and Management, would allocate P52 million to subsidize the retake, should this be the final position.
Of the 42,000 who took the controversial June exam, only 17,300 passed.
Ermita said “whatever decision that will come out will be good for the nursing profession and the other professions.”
Integrity
“We are doing a thorough study because it’s important for us to maintain the integrity of our Filipino professionals,” he said.
Ermita said that the Palace did not want the reputation of Filipino professionals to be tainted, and that this was the “higher interest” it was taking to heart in dealing with the controversy.
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I think ang dapat sisihin jan ay si Dante Ang na napakagaling. he has showed his might in the cabinet meeting that he has brain or should i say much brain than others.
he did persuaded others including madam president of his ordeal with this issue of a retake, and he won!
but without consultation with those i may say with all the parties involved especially those students who passed the exam (akala kc nya mga student lng magsasakripisyo hindi nya naisip ang hirap ng mga magulang nmn na papag-aralin kmi gastusan hanggang sa makakuha ng exam at pumasa).
remember guys, mga botante rin ang mga magulang at kaanak nmn!
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Anonymous |
1:00 PM
RESTORE THE INTEGRITY OF FLIP-FLOPS!!
HAHAHAHA!
EAT YOUR WORDS ALL YOU CHICKEN BRAINED INDIVIDUALS WHO KNOWS NOTHING BUT TO BLABBER AND BLABBER WITHOUT DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUE!
Posted by
Anonymous |
2:28 PM
kagagawan yan ni DANTE ANG kung nagkawindang-windang at wala sa ayos ang desisyon ni PGMA... akalain nyo bang magbigay sya ng 'presentation' during the cabinet meeting last week bago bumagyo... nag papogi ang ugok... hayun, 'isang side' lang tuloy nadinig ni PGMA... actually 2 side pala... side ni DANTE ANG at desperadong eskwelahan ng UST (dahil sa makasariling hangarin na pumasok sa 'school ranking' ang kanilang eskwela at isinakripisyo ang kinabukasan ng lahat ng UST 2006 board passers!)
Posted by
Anonymous |
2:48 PM
Everyone!
Let us not forget that all this recent development in the 2006 NLE were escalated out of proportion by the MEDIA, first of all due to the filing of TRO by UST... the delaying tactic gave opportunity for the politicians to meddle in the issue which WAS ALREADY RESOLVED BY THE PRC IN THE FIRST PLACE! BY THE EXCLUSION OF TEST 5 AND PART OF TEST 3...
NLE WAS ALREADY LEAKAGE FREE BEFORE THE ISSUANCE OF TRO!!!
DON'T LET YOUR MIND BE CLOUDED BY THE PLOT OF EGOTISTICAL GOV'T OFFICIAL IN THE PERSON OF DANTE ANG, OR DEAN TUAZON, WHO INSTEAD PROTECTING OUR IMAGE IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAD DONE OTHERWISE...
OR LET US NOT FORGET WHY UST FILED THAT CONTROVERSIAL TRO... SO THAT JUNE 2006 BOARD PASSERS WON'T BE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR OATH & GET THEIR LICENSES...IT'S FOR THE SOLE SELFISH OBJECTIVE - UST SCHOOL RANKING IN THE BOARDS!!!
DON'T BE DECEIVED!!!
Posted by
Anonymous |
7:02 PM
An open letter to UST and to ALL
To Mr. Tadle of UST & Angelo Brant:
Please stop using/exploiting PCHS BSN graduates for your own selfish agenda – that is SCHOOL RANKING! We have evidences to prove our claim – one of them were the numerous text messages exchanges from Angelo Brant to PCHS BSN graduates who failed the June 2006 NLE.
A lot of innocent, respectable, & hard working students are/being affected by your irresponsible & total disregard of other people's welfare... Not to mention the rest of June 2006 Board Passers and their families with your filing of TRO to CA.
That is truly unbecoming of UST as a respected CATHOLIC institution... We DENOUNCE YOUR ACTION!
Mr. Cordero is separate entity from us - students!
If you think he has done something wrong, then we DON'T CONDONE IT... We don't want to be willing party of any form of dishonesty... But let the proper authority decide his fate… Let the court of LAW decide... NOT UST or MEDIA...
Let the rule of LAW prevail - DUE PROCESS... NOT TRIAL BY PUBLICITY!
For everyone’s information, it's NO luck that we have 1 topten in the recent NLE. We had our own pool of 2nd courser testtakers prepared to top the boards.
Large number of PCHS enrollees are 2nd coursers…We have professional dentists, allied sciences practitioners, physicians, etc. We have quite a number from UST (who unfortunately were also saddened by Mr. Tadle’s conduct of recruiting Dennis Bautista to be interviewed by the media), UP & other respectable schools...
And a LOT OF US did NOT review in INRESS.
fr: PCHS 2nd coursers, BSN 2006
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Anonymous |
7:15 PM