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Tag: swine scam

Swine flu, swine scam

Published by Ellen on April 27, 2009

Iwasan daw muna ang magbeso-beso, sabi ni Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap dahil sa swine flu na umaatake ngayon sa Mexico.

Sa mga report kahapon sobra isang libo na ang natamaan ng swine flu sa Mexico at 81 na ang patay. Dahil sa bago itong virus na galing daw sa mga baboy, wala pang gamot para talaga duon. Mga gamot na gamit dati sa bird flu ang ginagamit ngunit mukhang hindi masyado raw umuubra.

Pinagbawal na muna raw ang pag-angkat ng mga baboy sa Mexico at sa United States. Sabi ni Yap hindi naman daw apektado ang mga baboy natin dito sa Pilipinas at basta lutuin lang daw ng husto, okay lang.

The return of Joc-joc

Published by Ellen on October 19, 2008

Last Friday. I got this text from a friend: “NAIA manager Al Cusi, Dureza and Atty. Tony Zulueta here now in Manila Pen bar brainstorming on how to shield Jocko when he arrives. Pabalik na Jocjoc. Overheard sila by a friend. Media should be alerted.”

Dureza, of course, refers to Press Secretary Jesus Dureza and Zulueta is the lawyer of former Agriculture Secretary Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante.

The next day, I got another text from the same friend: “From embassy source:Jocjoc next week to be escorted by US Marshall. Jocjoc wife already here. Maybe media should start making noise to pre-empt government attempt to silence him.”