Man who lost everything in 2013 looks to the new year with hopeBy Danny Petilla
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Sunday, January 5th, 2014
NEVER SAY DIE After losing everything in a triple whammy that included Supertyphoon “Yolanda,†retired police chief Casimiro Villas says he hasn’t lost hope. DANNY PETILLA/CONTRIBUTOR
A succession of personal tragedies in 2013 could have broken the will of a lesser man to go on living. But not Casimiro Villas, who lost the May 13 elections, lost his retirement savings to an investment scam in August, and lost his entire family to Supertyphoon “Yolanda†on Nov. 8.
“Na-onse, Na-Ponzi, Na- Yolanda!â€
In these three words, people in Palo, Leyte, describe the scale of the misfortunes that befell Villas last year, ending tragically when all members of his family—his wife, Nila, 49, daughter Nerissa Perote, 29, sister Evelyn, 37, son-in-law Elmar Perote, 32, and grandson Ezekiel Noah Perote, 11 months—drowned in the storm surges generated by the strongest typhoon to hit this country.
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