2 nursing board members sacked

MANILA, Philippines—The Ombudsman has ordered the dismissal from the service of former Board of Nursing members Anesia Dionisio and Virginia Madeja in connection with the leakage of board exam questions five years ago.

Acting Ombudsman Orlando Casimiro approved the decision finding the two officials administratively liable for grave misconduct, the agency said in a statement.

The Board of Nursing prepares the questions for the licensure exam administered by the Professional Regulation Commission.

The complaint against the two board officials was filed by the National Bureau of Investigation.

In its decision, the Ombudsman concluded that most of the test questions prepared by Dionisio had reached the reviewees of the RA Gapuz Review Center and the Institute for Review and Special Studies (Inress).