Nurses gird for another rally
Nurses gird for another rally
BY CEDELF P. TUPAS
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2006/October/07/topstory3.htm
Passers of the June nursing board examination from Negros Occidental are girding for a mass protest on Tuesday to join their colleagues from the rest of the country in another attempt to persuade President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo not to sign the Executive Order for a retake of the examinations.
Jet Ong, leader of the June board passers from Negros Occidental, last night said they had been informed by Alliance of New Nurses president Renato Aquino that President Arroyo is expected to sign the Executive Order on Tuesday afternoon.
The simultaneous rallies will start at 9 a.m. with the passers from Negros Occidental converging at the Provincial Capitol Lagoon. "What we are hoping to do is to show the president the number of people from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao begging to be heard because, initially, she did," Ong told the DAILY STAR after a mass at the San Sebastian Cathedral, where June examination passers, their parents, Nursing school deans and supporters gathered to pray for the permanent recall of the retake order.
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2006/October/07/topstory3.htm
"You are all victims here," Fr. Chris Gonzales told the flock, most of them wearing black, in his homily.
Gonzales said justice should be upheld for examinees who did not commit dishonesty, while those who cheated should be punished. Gonzales later blessed the board passers and their parents. About 400 people attended the mass with representatives of militant groups Kabataan Party, Youth Demanding for Arroyo's Removal and the League of Filipino Students also present.
Although the crowd had thinned after the mass, the board passers went on with their prayer vigil.
Arroyo had earlier declared that she is keen on issuing an order of a retake of tests 3 and 5 of the examination but the release order was suddenly shelved Wednesday, the day that it was supposed to be signed and made public.
"We don't know what to do. We cannot celebrate because everything is uncertain. We want to get on with our lives," Rodrigo Cueto, a parent of a board passer, said.
The retake order is unfair and is an injustice, Ong said, adding that it is like condemning an innocent person for a wrongdoing he did not commit. *CPT
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2006/October/07/topstory3.htm
BY CEDELF P. TUPAS
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2006/October/07/topstory3.htm
Passers of the June nursing board examination from Negros Occidental are girding for a mass protest on Tuesday to join their colleagues from the rest of the country in another attempt to persuade President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo not to sign the Executive Order for a retake of the examinations.
Jet Ong, leader of the June board passers from Negros Occidental, last night said they had been informed by Alliance of New Nurses president Renato Aquino that President Arroyo is expected to sign the Executive Order on Tuesday afternoon.
The simultaneous rallies will start at 9 a.m. with the passers from Negros Occidental converging at the Provincial Capitol Lagoon. "What we are hoping to do is to show the president the number of people from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao begging to be heard because, initially, she did," Ong told the DAILY STAR after a mass at the San Sebastian Cathedral, where June examination passers, their parents, Nursing school deans and supporters gathered to pray for the permanent recall of the retake order.
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2006/October/07/topstory3.htm
"You are all victims here," Fr. Chris Gonzales told the flock, most of them wearing black, in his homily.
Gonzales said justice should be upheld for examinees who did not commit dishonesty, while those who cheated should be punished. Gonzales later blessed the board passers and their parents. About 400 people attended the mass with representatives of militant groups Kabataan Party, Youth Demanding for Arroyo's Removal and the League of Filipino Students also present.
Although the crowd had thinned after the mass, the board passers went on with their prayer vigil.
Arroyo had earlier declared that she is keen on issuing an order of a retake of tests 3 and 5 of the examination but the release order was suddenly shelved Wednesday, the day that it was supposed to be signed and made public.
"We don't know what to do. We cannot celebrate because everything is uncertain. We want to get on with our lives," Rodrigo Cueto, a parent of a board passer, said.
The retake order is unfair and is an injustice, Ong said, adding that it is like condemning an innocent person for a wrongdoing he did not commit. *CPT
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2006/October/07/topstory3.htm
'NO RETAKE' RALLY TOMORROW, OCT.10,9AM, AT LIWASANG BONIFACIO, LAWTON, WEAR BLACK SHIRT, PLEASE SUPPORT AND MAKE A STAND..THIS IS FOR ALL OF US...GOD BLESS US ALL
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