Duterte to Fire 120 PRC Employees Over Alleged Corruption on CPD Law Implementation

President Rodrigo Duterte is set to fire more than one hundred alleged corrupt officials and regular employees of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). The president’s action came 2 weeks after a certain Doctor Hernando Lintag Bernal Jr. detailed the problems of Filipino professionals in renewing their PRC license.

Trillanes Proposes to Abolish CPD Law, Apologizes to Professionals Who Cannot Renew PRC License

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday, January 24 announced that he will propose to abolish the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Law he authored. The Liberal Party (LP) ally senator also apologized to all the professionals who experienced difficulties in renewing their license renewal at the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).

Trillanes Blames Professionals Over PRC License Renewal Law Problems

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV blamed some professionals for the problems concerning the implementation of Republic Act 10912, also known as the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Act of 2015. This is after thousands of professionals are having difficulties in renewing their Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) license.