NARS won’t help nurses much--recruiters
Philippine Inquirer February 16, 2009

The Federated Association of Manpower Exporters (FAME) said on Sunday the P500 million allotted by the government for the Nurses Assigned in Rural Areas (NARS) program might end up being “a waste of taxpayer[‘s] money” since the “experience” the nurses would get in the provinces might not be recognized abroad.