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	Welcome to my world! It is my pleasure to see that my voice activated computers have finally come up with this congvictorortega WEBPAGE. It has been my wish to use the internet for transparency of the projects in my district, the First District of La Union. In the past, I would go around to every nook and cranny of the nine local government units, attend the barangay fiestas and town fiestas to be able to give a face to face report of what has transpired in the national arena and on what projects have been delivered to the local community which is primordial to the listeners. I have used the stage and round-table discussions to communicate. It has been effective as shown by the fact that I am now on my fifth term as Congressman, or shall I say on the second term of my second round; I was elected as Governor for two terms, as Vice Governor, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1971. I had the pleasure of being elected unopposed when I ran for Vice Governor and again, this term, when I ran for Congress. For the past 42 years since I threw my hat into the political arena, I have climbed countless mountains and crossed rivers and resolved that I would not come back walking the unpaved paths less traveled because I would then open roads and highways not only to bring the "farms to the market" but more especially, to bring the people closer to government and government more visible to the people. I have held the palms of so many, that I have developed a very strong grip even at my young age of seventy-seven years. There is no soft handshake in my district because we shake hands firmly and this gesture is the symbol of the sincerity and commitment of each one. With the realization, however, that we now live in a digital world, when communications cannot be limited to face to face encounters, nor the printed media, the radio, nor television, we welcome you to this platform for information and interaction. We hope to inspire as we hope to be inspired. Let us team up for good governance, for our fellow citizens, for our country, for our God. April 28, 2011 - The commencement exercises for the graduates of the Master in Public Management (MPM) degree program of the Ateneo School of Government (ASoG) was held at the Provincial Capitol of La Union. For more photos, please visit the Multimedia Gallery. June 2, 2011 - Chairperson, Cong.Victor F. Ortega, closes the second session of the 3rd ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) Caucus. The caucus was held at the House of Representatives in Quezon City last June 1-2, 2011. For more photos, please visit the Multimedia Gallery. June 23, 2011 – Chairman Wu Bangguo, head of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, welcomes members of the Philippine House of Representatives at the Great Hall of the People in Xicheng, Beijing. The Philippine delegation was in China for an official visit from June 22-28, 2011. For more photos, please visit the Multimedia Gallery. Bacnotan Workshop-Seminar on Guidance Counselling The Office of Congressman Victor F. Ortega-1st District, La Union, Synergeia Foundation and the Department of Education with the LGU's of the City of San Fernando, Bacnotan, and Luna conducted a workshop-seminar for principals of Bacnotan, La Union on guidance counselling. The facilitator/lecturer was Victoria Liban, a psychotherapist who retired from Stanford University two years ago. At the end of the workshop, we invited all the stakeholders of the community, inspired by the book of Hillary Clinton, IT TAKES A VILLAGE, from an African saying, "It Takes a Village to Raise a Child". San Fernando's New Septage Treatment Facility Ribbon cutting with U.S. Ambassador Harry Thomas, City Mayor Pablo Ortega, and La Union District 1 Congressman Victor Ortega, with USAID representatives and City Councilors. (http://citynetmembers.wordpress.com/) . La Union Drug Abuse Treatment & Rehabilitation Center August 7, 2009 - Dangerous Drugs Board Chairman, Vicente Tito Sotto III and La Union officials lead in the ground breaking ceremony for the Drug Abuse Treatment & Rehabilitation Center in Barangay Parian, San Fernando City. Buliding Septage Treatment Facility City Ordinance 2010-014 requires that every septic tank in the City of San Fernando will be desludged on a five year schedule. To fulfill the requirements of the environment and health regulations, the city is currently building a septage treatment facility in Barangay Dallangayan Oeste. School Building Repair Repair of school building of Pagudpud Elementary School in San Fernando, La Union Construction of Multi-Purpose Building Gabaldon Elementary School in San Juan, La Union Concreting of Cabua-an Road in Balaoan, La Union Rehabilitation of Water System Mabanengbeng Elementary School in Bacntoan, La Union About Cong. Victor F. Ortega Congressman Ortega is not a stranger to at the Batasang Pambansa Complex, having served as Deputy Speaker in 1998, before he ended his third term. He served for eleven years, five years of which was in the 8th Congress as Assistant Minority Floor Leader and later as Minority Floor Leader. He was the Chairman of the Committee of Public Works in the 9th and 10th Congress and was able to pass the Three Year Comprehensive Public Works Program before being elected as Deputy Speaker. He served as Governor of the Province of La Union for six years, 2001-2004 and 2004-2007 and won 32 National Awards for the Province, including the Galing Pook Award for the Provincial Hospital which was an economic enterprise before it became the first corporatized provincial hospital in the country. In 1980, he was unopposed when he ran for Vice Governor of the same province. Read more...