But it is a far cry from nurses' average monthly salary of $3,000 in the US and 2,000 pounds ($2,530) in the UK. FILE PHOTO Ronald Ignacio became a nurse at the height of the Philippines' nursing boom ...

In 2018, a survey by the Department of Labor and Employment found that the monthly average wage for a nurse nationwide was just 14,942 pesos ($273.75), or 679 pesos ($12.47) a day.

The Japanese attacked the Philippines on Dec. 8, 1941. The result was a large number of casualties, and the small staff was swamped. By late December, the nurses received orders to evacuate to Manila.

Ronald Ignacio became a nurse at the height of the Philippines' nursing boom in 2008, when there were not enough jobs in the health system for the many thousands of newly qualified nurses. At first, ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nurse Maria Victoria Juan from Philippines, a Consultant at Philippines Army Health Services and Colonel, Reserve Force of the Armed Forces of the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Ronald Ignacio became a nurse at the height of the Philippines' nursing boom in 2008, when there were not enough jobs in the health system for the many thousands of ...

Ronald Ignacio became a nurse at the height of the Philippines' nursing boom in 2008, ... But it is a far cry from nurses' average monthly salary of $3,000 in the US and 2,000 pounds ...