AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo (The Philippine Star) Updated March 28, 2010 12:00 AM
What Danny B. Villar’s DEATH CERTIFICATE reveals:
1. It is NOT TRUE that Danny died because they were poor and could not afford proper health care. The stated
residence in Danny’s death certificate was the San Rafael Village property.
2. The BIG LIE is further proved by the fact that Danny stayed 13 days at the FEU (Far Eastern University) Hospital
where he expired at age 3 years and 8 months. If they were really poor, the PGH (Philippine General Hospital) would
have been the affordable hospital to bring Danny. He was definitely given proper health care. FEU Hospital was one
of the top hospitals in 1962, before the establishment of the Makati Medical Center and St. Luke’s Hospital.
3. Danny died from CARDIAC and RESPIRATORY FAILURE resulting from COMPLICATIONS OF LEUKEMIA. In 1962, there was no
bone marrow transplantation and chemotherapy yet and everyone whether rich or poor died from contracting leukemia.
4. Upon Danny’s death, his remains were turned over to LA FUNERARIA PAZ — then, until now, considered one of the
top two mortuaries (Funeraria Nacional, the other). This further disproved Manny Villar’s claim that Danny died
because they did not have the money to take care of him.
When Iggy Arroyo was seen as having taken the Jose Pidal rap for his elder brother Mike, many folks felt that it
was rather low of Mike Arroyo to place his younger brother at risk. Our culture expects the older brother to
protect the younger brother.
In that regard, we can consider Manny Villar as having done worse than Mike Arroyo. At least, Iggy Arroyo was alive
and kicking and he could have opted to stay out of the Jose Pidal controversy. But in the case of Manny and Danny
Villar, Danny was used to promote a myth when Danny was in no position to agree to his elder brother Manny’s
portrayal of his death.
With the propagation of this ONCE POOR fantasy, don’t you think that Manny Villar also desecrated the memory and
honor of his parents who strove to be able to provide their children quality education and an upper class domicile?
If Manny Villar can lie and use his dead younger brother like this, what makes you think that he will really
improve and not worsen your life? What makes you think that he is not as greedy as he is being charged in this
presidential campaign? What makes you think that you can trust Manny Villar?