Nurses on Friday staged simultaneous protest rallies in major cities in the country, including Manila, asking Malacañang to hire thousands of them who are still jobless despite passing the board examinations for nurses.

In  Manila, more than 1,000 nurses marched from España Boulevard to Mendiola near the Palace, with their counterparts in the cities of Iloilo and Baguio and some parts of Mindanao also taking to the streets.

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