Appealing to CGFNS ‘useless,’ says Gordon

By Veronica Uy
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 06:02pm (Mla time) 02/20/2007

MANILA, Philippines -- The government's plan to appeal the decision of the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) requiring nurses who passed the June 2006 board examination to retake two leak-tainted tests if they want to acquire US visas is useless, Senator Richard Gordon said Tuesday.

Gordon, whose Senate resolution was the basis of the inquiry into the leakage in the June 2006 board, said the CGFNS is not going to consider the personal appeal of Professional Regulation Commission chair Leonor Tripon-Rosero.

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