In one of the email updates I received from Pinoy R.N., I learned that Negros Oriental Reprensentative Ignacio Arroyo filed a bill requiring Philippine registered professionals to work in the Philippines for two years before they will be allowed to leave the country for greener pastures.
House Bill 04580 or the Mandatory Two-Year Domestic Service for all Filipino Registered Professionals Act was filed on July of this year. If this bill becomes a law, then professionals included in the PRC's Roster of Registered Professionals --nurses included-- won't be allowed to leave the country if they haven't complied with the required years of local employment even if opportunities to work overseas come knocking at their doors.
Currently pending in the lower house of Congress, Rep. Iggy Arroyo's infamous bill has been touted by union leaders as "absolutely unfair and discriminatory."
As for myself, I am wondering what on earth motivated this lawmaker from Negros Oriental to do such an irresponsible thing. It is not as if the Philippines has run out of skilled workers. If he did his homework before even thinking of filing the bill, then he would definitely figure out that there is, in fact, a shortage of financially-rewarding jobs for Filipino skilled workers.
Still, I am not concerned as things like these which are clearly products of haphazard thinking don't materialize and end up in the trash bin. I must admit, though, that I am sad that Rep. Arroyo wasted a lot of paper and money (spent on his staff's wages) on his infamous bill. He should have donated all those high-quality sheets of paper to this country's millions of needy schoolchildren instead. Or better yet, he should just give some of his money to the very professionals he targets in his bill so that they won't have to leave this country and their families behind to seek employment abroad.
Tsk, tsk. What a waste.
House Bill 04580 or the Mandatory Two-Year Domestic Service for all Filipino Registered Professionals Act was filed on July of this year. If this bill becomes a law, then professionals included in the PRC's Roster of Registered Professionals --nurses included-- won't be allowed to leave the country if they haven't complied with the required years of local employment even if opportunities to work overseas come knocking at their doors.
Currently pending in the lower house of Congress, Rep. Iggy Arroyo's infamous bill has been touted by union leaders as "absolutely unfair and discriminatory."
As for myself, I am wondering what on earth motivated this lawmaker from Negros Oriental to do such an irresponsible thing. It is not as if the Philippines has run out of skilled workers. If he did his homework before even thinking of filing the bill, then he would definitely figure out that there is, in fact, a shortage of financially-rewarding jobs for Filipino skilled workers.
Still, I am not concerned as things like these which are clearly products of haphazard thinking don't materialize and end up in the trash bin. I must admit, though, that I am sad that Rep. Arroyo wasted a lot of paper and money (spent on his staff's wages) on his infamous bill. He should have donated all those high-quality sheets of paper to this country's millions of needy schoolchildren instead. Or better yet, he should just give some of his money to the very professionals he targets in his bill so that they won't have to leave this country and their families behind to seek employment abroad.
Tsk, tsk. What a waste.
1 comment:
that's because he forgot we have a surplus of nurses here in the philippines. his head might be found somewhere in the middle of that wastebasket you posted.
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