Cynthia Villar's candidacy on the Rocks

This statement will definitely cost her a Senate slot. Can you imagine how many nurses we have here and abroad? Not to mention the families, friends, and relatives of these unsung heroes. All those campaign commercials that were even aired before campaign season will go for naught. All I can say is, good luck to you Mrs. Villar, you'll need it.

Oh wow. She has signed a warrant for herself. Shall she now say goodbye to a post? I guess she is hanging on a thin thread now that is what she said. Haha I Am not voting for her and I am not voting for any one related to the Villars and to anyone that I think is just on to something not so good and not for the benefit of the people.

Well, that is a good lesson to learn. Don't just utter words without thinking of the repercussion.She meant no harm maybe, but the wrong choice of words brought harm and it bounces back on her. That could really affect her candidacy and she herself knew that because immediately she sent a letter of apology and explanation. Well, it that will appease the hurt feelings of the nurses, we would know come election time.

Her words hurt so much.She has to work hard in order to make up for what she has done.It is hard to forget

What was she even saying? I mean, didn't she think that saying those thinks would put her in hot water? One thing I know for sure, he is not a good sit was speaker. If she was, that was not how she was supposed to deliver it. That is one reason why these candidates needs to do their own speeches and not depend on other people/advisers in preparing those speeches for them. Coz sometimes, it is really not what they have in mind or believe in but are forced to go on with the speech without thinking. The only Filipino official that I know who is good in speaking was the late Ferdinand Marcos.

Though the candidates were allotted a short time, she should have been sensible enough on what she is trying to convey. It only goes to say that she really lacks the knowledge of what she is speaking about. Imagine, RN for her is room nurse, not registered nurse! Uwaah!

Lol she just made it clear that we should NOT vote for her. I don't know what was she thinking with her statements.. or probably she was not able to express herself lol but that was really idiotic of her!

I think I will have to agree with you on this. Most of our nurses are very qualified and this might be taken as an insult to their efforts and hard work. In this situation, nurses are leaving because we (the people and the government) cannot provide for them and in turn, they cannot provide for their families. I can understand why some go abroad but I think other countries have also some quality control over foreign nurses. That means, if I am a nurse here, there is a possibility that I have to take another test for me to qualify to the foreign countries’ medical standards. That already is a test of quality education and practice Saying this to a section of the labor force is not very kind. Even if they don’t work here, the remittance they give to the country is already a biggie for the government. And here I am thinking that the reasons why our nurses are most sought after is because they have good people skills on top of their professional and work quality and ethics. I hope she doesn’t do something like this again because this is not how you treat migrant workers (especially, professionals) as well as making her bad on her camping and her voting chances.

hi LK, All of the Filipino Nurses was really mad about her statement I have friends and relatives who are Nurses in other country and foreigner loves them because they are really dedicated to their profession. It takes blood to be an RN that's what they say to me happy mylotting

i'm not really into politics but this one is sure not acceptable. i bet it will cause her votes.

I have seen the video and comments flooding the facebook page. Its really a huge issue now. I hope that everything a candidate say on this campaign time, should be guarded. May it be on shows or not. Or else, it will cost them voters!

This Cynthia Villar gaffe is going to cost her thousands of ballots considering the number of nurses in schools including those who are employed in hospitals here and abroad. That is the problem with these impromptu interviews where the candidates don't have an inkling on what questions will be asked. They have no time to prepare a good answer and they utter the first words that come into their minds which is definitely an honest answer and not something rehearsed. Perhaps, Mrs. Villar was not knowledgeable on how foreign hospitals value Filipino nurses. The only problem right now is recession in many countries that is why they have cut back in hiring nurses from other countries. Anyway, even if I am not a nurse, I am not voting for C. Villar. There are better alternatives.

So this was the bigger picture because I just recently viewed some campaigns and other pictures in facebook where the nurses in the Philippines are expressing their disappointment towards this candidate. They are also discouraging many nurses out there to support such candidate who cannot give any sympathy and be somehow proud of those Pinay nurses.