January 20, 2010

Dear Ang Nars Members,

As part of the growing family of Ang Nars, we wish to update you on the developments on our move to have Ang Nars be accredited as a party-list sectoral organization for the May 2010 elections.

Ang Nars was able to comply with seven (7) out of eight (8) requirements for the party-list accreditation.  We fell short of only one provision, and that is the lack of national constituency (in electoral parlance, it means the existence of Ang Nars in the majority of the regions of the country, and to be considered existing in the region, it must be proven that it exists in the majority of the provinces and cities of the region).  It is in this light that our petition for accreditation of Ang Nars as a party-list sectoral organization did not progress.

This does not dampen our resolve to continue our advocacies for our nurses here and abroad, instilling socio-economic- political awareness to our profession and continuing the following:

1.Social  - Ang Nars Mission (16 conducted  in 2009), Ang Na`rs Scholarship, and  extend safe, quality healthcare to our countrymen especially the  marginalized.

2. Economic – a. Employability – hanging of shingles, Nurses to the Barangays, create, increase plantilla positions, Against On the Job Training cum Volunteerism, Japan Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA)

b. Salary - Implementation of Salary Grade 15, equal salary of government and private nurses,

c. Working conditions - Nurse-patient ratio, Full implementation of RA 7305

3.Political – lobby  for the above , support Sentossa 27++, Holding Employers accountable for the provisions of the laws 

To make Ang Nars stronger, we need your help in establishing a national constituency by organizing Ang Nars in your provinces and cities and enjoining nurses, families and friends to become members of Ang Nars. Can you give names and contact numbers of friends in the provincial level who can  be potential leaders?

It is time to be bold, for our people to respect the nursing profession and see the real value of the nurses to our society.

By working together, we shall be able to meet this challenge and be an accredited party list in the May, 2013 elections.

Mabuhay Ang Nars,

Nars LEAH PRIMITIVA G. SAMACO-PAQUIZ

Founding President

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