Filipino nurses

Ray Raval had been a nurse in Florida for some years now, when he realized the abusive treatment of a lot of agencies to fellow Filipina nurses trying to make it to the U.S.  Often...

NEW YORK — More than 200 Filipino nurses won a human trafficking case against their employer, SentosaCare nursing home group in New York. Leading the class action suit is a nurse named Rose Ann Paguirigan —...

SAN LEANDRO — Chants like these went on all day as nurses picketed outside of San Leandro hospital. Among them was Filipina registered nurse Ashley Stella. She along with other Filipino nurses at San Leandro and...

OAKLAND, CA — Filipino American Michael Quitasol, his wife Fernisa Sison, and daughters Angela, Evan, and Nicole were among the 34 people sleeping in the conception diving boat that caught on fire in the early morning...

This was the scene outside Alameda and San Leandro hospital on Wednesday afternoon. Nurses from these hospitals picketed outside to air grievances after what they are calling five months of unsuccessful contract negotiations. “We want the...

DALY CITY — The support of motorists honking their horns kept these nurses and health professionals warm as the held a vigil for Seton Hospital. Seton is Daly City’s largest employer and serves as the main...

It’s a victory for a big number of Filipino nurses, who banded together to fight the abusive practices of New York’s largest group of nursing homes. A federal court judge recently certified as “a class” over...

LOS ANGELES — After a hospital chain filed for bankruptcy a couple weeks, ago, workers — including many Filipinos — took to the streets, praying that their workplace which serves communities stay open. Dozens of employees...

Nurses in northern San Diego County hit the picket lines on Wednesday morning, raising issues with Palomar Medical Center, claiming the hospital is severely understaffed. Staff members — including many Filipino employees represented by the California...

Nemelee Liwanag Jiao, a Filipino American nurse from Dallas, Texas, was recently sentenced to eight years in federal prison, plus three years of supervised release for orchestrating a scheme that cost 39 investors about $1.9 million dollars....