ARTICLE: "How Manny Villar lied and used the death of his brother Danny"

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[SIZE="4"]How Manny Villar lied and used the death of his brother Danny[/SIZE]
AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo (The Philippine Star)
Updated March 28, 2010 12:00 AM

“Nakaranas na ba kayong ... mamatayan ng kapatid dahil wala kang pera pangpagamot (Have you experienced losing a brother because you did not have the money to provide him proper medical care)? — Manny Villar asked in his “PANATA (Advocacy)” TV commercial. Villar was referring to his younger brother Danny who passed away on October 1962. In the same commercial, Villar’s 1962 photo with his younger brother was shown.

This portrayal of being poor once upon a time is a fantasy which comes in a series of similar attempts by Villar to create empathy with the nearly 90% of voters who belong to the socio-economic classes D and E. However, this particular attempt to use his late brother Danny to further his political ambition showed that Villar is as capable of lying just like Madame Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA).

Two public documents — the death certificate of Danny B. Villar and the Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT number: 135396/3194) of the 560 square meter property in the upper class San Rafael Village of Navotas where the Villars had lived when Danny died — shattered this ONCE POOR fantasy that Villar has been peddling.

What the San Rafael Village TCT presents:

1. Before 1962, the Villars bought 560 square meters (SQM) of high valued real estate on Bernardo Street in San Rafael Village where the more affluent folks in the Tondo-Navotas area resided.

2. The DEATH CERTIFICATE of the deceased Danny B. Villar established that they were already residing there in 1962.

3. Based on 2009 prices, the P16,000 GSIS (Government Service Insurance System) mortgage mentioned in the TCT — not necessarily the total cost of the two 280 SQM lots — is now the equivalent of P1,140,000.00. Poor people today cannot even borrow P200,000. Those who are familiar with the subdivision say that the cost per SQM in San Rafael Village today would be around P10,000 per SQM or an equivalent of around P5,600,000 for the entire property.

4. Jun Borres, the present owner who is using the 560 SQM property as offices of his firm, Jumbo Fishing, stated that when they bought it in 1987 - it had a one and a half floor house. The ground floor was made of concrete while the upstairs was made of wood. This was typical upper middle class and upper class dwelling in the 1960s.

Implications of the San Rafael Village ownership

1. Together with established Manny Villar bio information, they could not have been dirt poor to be able to move to San Rafael Village before 1962. His mother was a seafood (shrimp, crab and fish) dealer in Divisoria Market, not a fish vendor as what Villar tries to project. A seafood dealer supplies the vendors. For a family of 11, they ate canned corned beef — which Manny Villar admitted on his earlier TV ad. His father was a government official, said to be a Budget Officer of the then DANR (Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources) under which was the Fisheries Bureau. Manny Villar studied in private schools — the Holy Child Catholic School for elementary and Mapua Institute of Technology for High School. Poor folks send their kids to public schools.

2. Villar’s parents must have had a sizeable combined income to be able to buy the San Rafael Village property. The 560 SQM size demonstrates their financial capacity. If they could, poor people buy lots sized less than 100 SQMs. Villar’s father must also be making a sizeable income from the government to be able to borrow P16,000 from the GSIS. In 1962, senior executives in big corporations made monthly salaries of about P2,000.

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?

[renzo_d10]

Ewan ko ha.

I find Aquino too desperate in taking the 1st place in the survey " seat " . Lahat ng issue na pwede niya ibato, ibabato.

Si Villar naman, masyadong bukang bibig yung kahirapan niya.


JC Delos Reyes, anyone ?

[vito corleone]

if you were poor in the 50's and the 60's, you wouldn't be able to afford to go to private schools such as Holy Child Catholic School and Mapua HS for elementary and high schools, respectively. . .

[Lucius]

Nobody cares if his brother died. Maybe Manny himself sold the body of his brother to have a start-up capital for his business.

[mbc]

The article was just showing to the public that the Liberal Party leadership does not know how to quantify a poor and thriving families. The rich hacienderos does know how to be poor anyway and does not know how poor family combined income can afford things that somewhat the rich can afford.

The rich haciendoros questioning how come a poor could be admitted in hospitals and pay for the bills, they are just showing that poor family does not have the right to be treated in private hospitals. The LP leadership is saying that if the poor family had a sick member they should not be admitted in a hospital where rich people are treated.

Being poor as I consider myself and family I feel Villar is telling the truth. My father a jeepney driver and my mom a dressmaker had managed to send us in not so expensive private HS and college degree at MIT.

There's a big differrence on rich family that can afford private schools and poor families thriving hard to gain private schooling plus the fact that poor families loan money to achieve ease in social status.

The article above AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo (The Philippine Star) is anti poor in every angle.

[moejun2]

villar's campaign style is pathetic, using the poor people and all. i also don't buy the part about not having any money to save his brother's life. that's sick.

[moejun2]

no, the article is not anti-poor. i have poor friends, as in really poor. i hate how villar is trying to draw a parallel. that's sad

[mbc]

no, the article is not anti-poor. i have poor friends, as in really poor. i hate how villar is trying to draw a parallel. that's sad

Its your opinion sir.

What I'm saying was poor families thrives to gain ease in social status and amenities to the extent of getting loans. And this is my yardstick in quantifying poor families.

[moejun2]

yes, that is also your opinion. but do you really think villar was dirt poor as he portrays in his ads? i really don't think so. and what's sad is he's using the poor in order to gain votes. it's like erap all over again.

now gordon may be a an arrogant prick but at least he doesn't use other people's socioeconomic status to earn votes.

[moejun2]

and yes, loans are good. but do you really think villar didn't gain anything from the C-5 extension? he really became a billionaire from honest means?