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Baguio nurses file case vs. PNA prexy

BAGUIO CITY (Aug. 3) — A criminal case was recently filed by professional nurses in this city against Philippine Nursing Association President Dr. George Cordero for attempts to cover up an investigation on the June nursing board leakage scam, the worst in nursing exam history, Baguio-based nurses said in a recent press conference.

The case rose from Cordero’s actions urging complainants in the leakage scam to “go slow” about it as he allegedly dangled positions to some of them.

The case, obstruction of justice, was filed on July 25 at the office of the City prosecutor by Dr. Mary Grace Lacanaria and Dr. Ludivina Ramos, revealed lawyer Cheryll Daytec-Yangot, one of the complainants’ lawyers in the case filed with the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).

Lacanaria is the dean of the Saint Louis University (SLU) College of Nursing and regional president of the Associations of Deans of the Philippine Nursing Colleges (ADPCN) while Ramos is a local PNA member and a member of the SLU faculty.

The case is now with Prosecutor Alfredo Centeno, claimed lawyer for the complainants Kissack Gabaen.

Nordis learned that Dr. George Cordero called Lacanaria, Dean Ruth Thelma Tingda, and local officers of the PNA to “go slow” with the leakage scam after they filed the complaint at the PRC.

In their conversations, Cordero allegedly dangled positions to them in his nursing school if they kept quiet on the leakage issue.

Cordero allegedly traveled with two members of the Board of Nursing to Switzerland prior to the exam. He reportedly met with 22 deans in Metro Manila and shared some of the leakage with them prior to the board exam.

Cordero met with the PNA Cordillera and Baguio City chapters on July 29 in this city but walked out from that meeting when a newly passed nurse claimed that he was disappointed with the PNA national leadership due to their involvement to the scam.

Cordero allegedly has a son named Clarence Nathan who took the exam. His name however is neither with the list of those who passed and those who failed, a reliable source shared to Nordis. Nordis tried to reach PRC to verify the status of the exam of the younger Cordero but to no avail. # Arthur L. Allad-iw for NORDIS

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