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Senator Charles Schume wants disclosure on outsourced calls

In a bid to reduce outsourcing of U.S. jobs, a Democratic senator said on Sunday he will push legislation to make companies inform customers when their calls were being transferred outside the United States and charge companies for those transferred calls. "This bill will not only serve to maintain call center jobs currently in the United States, but also provide a reason for companies that have already outsourced jobs to bring them back," Senator Charles Schumer said in statement. Customers calling 800 numbers are often transferred overseas, and in such cases the bill would mandate that callers be told where their calls were rerouted. Companies would also be required to certify to the Federal Trade Commission annually that they were complying with the requirement, and face penalties if they did not certify. Schumer's bill would also impose a $0.25 excise tax on any customer service call placed inside the United States which is transferred to an agent in a foreign locatio...

National Election Results Tally

PRESIDENT 1 AQUINO, Benigno Simeon III C. 13,842,049 2 ESTRADA EJERCITO, Joseph M. 8,758,675 3 VILLAR, Manuel Jr B. 5,014,237 4 TEODORO, Gilberto Jr. C. 3,674,832 5 VILLANUEVA, Eduardo C. 1,026,270 6 GORDON, Richard J. 467,658 7 ACOSTA, Vetellano S. 163,764 8 PERLAS, Jesus Nicanor P. 48,956 9 MADRIGAL, Jamby A. 42,192 10 DE LOS REYES, John Carlos G. 40,070 VICE PRESIDENT 1 BINAY, Jejomar ...

Our Platform

The Bloggers Party-list has the following specific objectives: 1. To provide an institutional vehicle for its members to promote causes of concern to bloggers, such as blogger's benefits and the state of the environment; 2. To develop and institute national programs that seek, maintain, and improve the physical, mental, spiritual being of its members; 3.To promote, encourage, and undertake civic, cultural, social, and economic activities for its members; 4.To sustain the devotion and loyalty of its members to the noble traditions of the service professions; 5. To help its members organize the expertise acquired by them in various professional disciplines and propagate the best practices in these disciplines to the interested public; 6. To develop and implement programs to allow its members to apply their knowledge and experience in helping educate the nation’s future generations; 7.To assist government and non-government agencies in developing, advocating, and im...

PARTY-LIST SYSTEM ACT, Republic Act No. 7941

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVES THROUGH THE PARTY-LIST SYSTEM, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: Section 1. Title. – This Act shall be known as the “Party-List System Act”. Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. – The State shall promote proportional representation in the election of representatives to the House of Representatives through a party-list system of registered national, regional and sectoral parties or organizations or coalitions thereof, which will enable Filipino citizens belonging to the marginalized and underrepresented sectors, organizations and parties, and who lack well-defined political constituencies but who could contribute to the formulation and enactment of appropriate legislation that will benefit the nation as a whole, to become members of the House of Representatives. Towards this end, the State shall develop and guarantee a full, free...

The Partylist System

A party-list system, a form of proportional representation in which voters choose among parties rather than among candidates, was introduced by the 1987 Constitution ostensibly to create a healthy democracy by increasing representation of so-called “marginalized and under-represented” sectors. Twenty percent of the total number of seats in the House of Representatives are reserved for party-list groups. Every 2 percent of total party-list votes cast gets a seat in the House, with each party allowed a maximum of three seats. Votes are awarded to the party-list groups in proportion to the votes they receive. Filipino voters were first introduced to the party-list system in 1998. Voters have two votes for their congressional representatives. The first elects a district representative. The second elects a party-list representative.

Mission and Vision

Our Mission: To represent the Filipino bloggers in the pursuit of a life worthy of all hard-working Filipino citizens. To help every Filipino who expresses their thoughts and ideas and the development of its future stars by giving them a voice in the political landscape as well as to spread awareness of the rights of our bloggers . To help create opportunities for the Filipino youth to be a better citizen of our country since youth is the hope of our country. Our Vision: To help our country develop more in its communication process. To be acknowledged as a progressive country by being an excellent communicator

Vote Wisely

First, I don't think we can guarantee that we are voting wisely . Sure, we think we're making the right decisions for the right reasons, but let's be honest. We all made some lousy choices, and we've all been fooled. Maybe not in politics, at least not yet, but somewhere. Haven't we all been friends with a jerk, or bought a really bad car, or tried a really ineffective diet, or something? Second, let's assume we do make the right choice . There's still no guarantee that our candidates will be successful when facing the challenges of the office. A great mayoral candidate may still have a nervous breakdown, a governor may still yield to temptation when confronted with temptations while in office. Third, even if the best candidate becomes the best office holder, unless the will of the people support him, then it won't matter. If the public isn't behind him, then others can take advantage, and exploit his unpopularity their own agendas.So, just vote the...