By
Eva Visperas
STO. TOMAS, Pangasinan —
A former chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board, who also served as mayor of
this town, died on March 1.
Antonio
“Bebot” Villar Jr. passed away at around 10:20 p.m. at the St.
Luke’s Medical Center in Quezon City. He was 72.
Villar was
mayor of this town for 23 years, making him the longest-serving mayor of
Pangasinan.
A former
president of the Pangasinan Mayors’ League, he was consistently chosen as an
outstanding municipal mayor.
Villar was
appointed by former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as assistant secretary of
the Department of Transportation and Communications and head of the
Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group.
Villar served
during the administration of former president Benigno Aquino III as chairman of
the Dangerous Drugs Board.
He was
awarded the Order of Lakandula in 2009.
Villar is survived by his wife
Vivien, also a former mayor of this town, daughter Marie Antonnette
Villar-Pescador and grandchildren Toni, Gari and Aljo.
Villar’s
younger brother Reynaldo is a former chairman of the Commission on Audit.
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