Prmary Complex Part 2

As promised, here's the update on my babies primary complex.

As per doctor's advise, I had my other daughter's have their X-ray. Of course, the results we're positive. Both results show they have primary infection.

Today, we went back to our pediatrician for the follow-up check up of the kids. We told him the results. I thought that was it. But, there is more. The children needs to undergo skin test first before he can conclude that it is really primary infection that they have. Aside from that, the older folks will have to undergo sputum test as well.

My baby girl on the other hand is getting better and better. She now weighs 6.9 kilos from 6.3 kilos in the past month.Also, he changed the dosage of our baby's medicine. They all went up. Isoniazid was adjusted from 1.5 ml to 2 ml, Rifampicin from 2.5 ml to 3 ml and Pyrazinamide from 3ml to 4 ml. Her vitamins (Pediafortan) was also adjusted from 2.5 ml to 4 ml. We will go back for another follow up check up after a month.

The family is still hoping that no one else is infected with this disease. It's stressful. Let alone painful, for the wallet!

We're still praying and hoping that this will soon end. Next update after a few weeks, perhaps.

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6 for Peace for Spratly's

PINAS NATUWA SA ‘6 FOR PEACE’ SA SPRATLYS
Nina Rose Miranda, Dindo Matining at Noel Abuel

Nagpista sa tuwa kahapon ang Malacañang sa ulat na anim na Southeast Asian countries ang kumampi sa posisyon ng Pilipinas na resolbahin sa pinakamapayapang paraan ang tensyon ngayon sa West Philippine Sea at South China Sea bunsod na rin ng ilang insidente ng intrusyon sa Philippine territory ng bansang People’s Republic of China.


Ayon kina presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda at Presidential Communications Secretary Ricky Carandang, ikinasisiya nila ang posisyon ng Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos at Singapore lalo na’t ito rin naman ang matagal nang ipinaglalaban ng Philippine government bago pa man mapaulat ang umano’y tensyon sa pagitan ng bansa at China.


“We welcome the multilateral call of the six Asian member nations for a peaceful resolution. We all have a stake in the peace and stability in the region. That has been our country’s call and approach to this dispute in the West Philippine Sea,” ani Lacierda.


Dagdag naman ni Carandang, lumalabas na nagkakaisa ang ASEAN sa isyu kung kaya umaasa umano sila na mapayapa nga’ng malulutas ang isyu.


Kahapon ay pinuna naman ni Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile ang masyadong pagiging vocal o ‘masalita’ ng mga tagapagsalita ng Malacañang sa usapin ng Spratlys na hindi umano makakabuti para sa bansa, lalo na ang maaanghang at matatapang na komento patungkol sa China at iba pang bansang claimants ng Spratlys.


“If I were for Lacierda, Carandang and (deputy presidential spokesman Abigail) Valte, I’ll keep quite. We are talking of the nations we are not talking of the administration, we are talking of the interest of the country and not the interest of the government in place,” pahayag ni Enrile.


Samantala, umaasa naman si Vice President Jejomar Binay na hindi makakasira sa relasyon ng Pilipinas at China ang usapin ng Spratlys pero dapat ding maintindihan ng lahat na kailangang protektahan ng gobyernong Aquino ang interes at soberenya ng bansa.


Tinukoy ni Binay ang pagpapadala ng BRP Raja Humabon ng gobyerno sa Scarborough Shoal na ang tanging layunin ay protektahan ang interes ng Pilipinas.


Kahapon ay siniguro ng liderato ng Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso na tatalakayin ng Pilipinas ang kontrobersyal na isyu sa pagbisita sa China.


Ito ang sinabi ni House Speaker Feliciano ‘Sonny’ Belmonte Jr. kung saan nakatakda itong magtungo sa nasabing bansa ngayong araw kasama ang iba pang kongresista para sa isang friendly visit sa mga Chinese parliamentarians.

UNCLOS allows passage of Chinese ship, but no markers — AFP

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesman Commodore Miguel Jose Rodriguez said on Sunday that the Philippine Navy will not intercept the Chinese patrol ship deployed to the West Philippine Sea last Wednesday, but it will not be allowed to place markers in the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines to comply with 1992 UN Convention on the Laws of the Sea (UNCLOS).

“Anybody can pass through [the Philippines’] exclusive economic zone (EEZ), through the right of innocent passage. Again, that is [allowed under the] UNCLOS. These are these are international waters but you do not have the right to explore and exploit because this right is an exclusive right of the coast state," he said.

China, has recently made aggressive moves in the West Philippine Sea (also known as the South China Sea), particularly in the oil and mineral rich Spratly Islands. All or some of the islands are being claimed by the Philippines, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei.

Last week, the Philippines removed markers put by China in the unoccupied Amy Douglas Bank and Boxhall Reef, in contravention of the 2002 Declaration of Conduct in the South China Sea. The two areas are well within the Philippines’ 200-mile exclusive economic zone provided under UNCLOS.

“Even in our territorial waters, any ship has the right to enter our territorial waters for the purpose of innocent passage, provided it is expeditious and direct," Rodriquez explained. “Nobody will violate anything if they pass by our exclusive economic zone because our right under the exclusive economic zone is to explore and exploit the natural resources there."

The UNCLOS provides that a coastal state has a 200-nautical mile EEZ from its shores or baselines. The Spratys are well outside China’s EEZ although are clearly within the EEZ of the Philippines.

But it would be different story, he stressed, if the ships would lay claim on the disputed islands or exploit the Philippines’ EEZ. “When they stop and do research and put up markers, then that is actually a violation of our exclusive right, that’s why we call it exclusive economic zone," he said.

“If there is another party other than the coastal state who will do that, then that is a violation of UNCLOS, unless they ask permission from the coastal state which in this case is the Republic of the Philippines," he added.

Signatory states to the UNCLOS

Rodriguez, however, welcomed the decision of six ASEAN countries — Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos and Singapore — in joining the clamor of the Philippine government to peacefully resolve the dispute over the Spratlys. This consensus was reached during the recent 21st Meeting of State Parties of the UNCLOS held in New York.

Rodriguez noted that China is signatory to the UNCLOS, adding that every signatory-state must respect the international conventions they have acceded to.

“If you have ratified UNCLOS and you are signatory to that, what’s the use of signing that if you’re not going to respect that," he said.

“This is an agreement which a self respecting nation should comply with. If you are a party to the agreement, if you are a self-respecting nation, you should comply, without mentioning any country at all," he added.

“We [the Philippines] have signed the UNCLOS, which provides the framework by which we treat certain territories or certain areas. For example, the territorial sea and then the exclusive economic zone and we have all agreed to that, all the claimant countries in the Spratlys have agreed to UNCLOS," he explained.

“An eye for an eye makes the world go blind," he added, quoting from the late Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi.

“We are not doing that, there is an international forum, and there is a convention we have all agreed. We should make use of that and this is the UNCLOS," Rodriguez said.

“From the AFP side, we believe that it [UNCLOS] is really the way to go. There has to be rules," the military spokesman said.

“That [UNCLOS] makes us all equal as sovereign nations. It doesn’t matter whether your land area is big or small, you have bigger population. You are counted as one and you are respected as a sovereign state," he said. “If we signed [and] became a party to an agreement like the UNCLOS, then we should actually resolve certain concerns within the framework of UNCLOS."

Source: GMA News

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Philippines is being Bullied by China

‎"Aquino says Beijing can't bully Manila"

MANILA, Philippines (1st UPDATE) - Rule of law should be followed on the territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea, according to the Philippine Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.

In a report to the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Philippine mission said it rejected efforts to broaden disputes in the West Philippine Sea during the 21st Meeting of States Parties to the 1982 U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) held from June 13 to 17.

"The rule of law is the bedrock of peace, order and fairness in modern societies. The rise of a rules-based international system has been the great equalizer in global affairs. Respect and adherence to international law have preserved peace and resolved conflicts. International law has given equal voice to nations regardless of political, economic or military stature, banishing the unlawful use of sheer force," the Philippine mission stressed.

The Philippines reiterated its stand on the issue, even as President Benigno Aquino III told the Associated Press (AP) that he will not allow Beijing to bully Manila.

Aquino said the Philippines does not need to ask anyone's permission to explore for gas in its territory.

China earlier demanded that other countries seek permission from Beijing before exploring for gas in the West Philippine Sea.

"We're not going to engage in an arms race with them. We are not going to escalate the tensions there but we do have to protect our rights and that has to be very very clear, we will not be pushed around because we are a tiny state compared with theirs," Aquino told AP.

"We think we have very solid grounds to say that 'do not intrude into our territory' and that is not a source of dispute or should not be a source of dispute," he added.

'Follow UNCLOS'

Commission on Maritime and Ocean Affairs Secretariat Secretary General Henry Bensurto, in a statement delivered during the U.N. meeting, said "recent developments in the Recto Bank have tended to broaden the concept of disputed areas in the West Philippine Sea to include even those waters and continental shelves that are clearly within the sovereignty and/or jurisdiction of the Philippines."

"The Philippines firmly rejects any efforts in this regard. Such actions are inconsistent with U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea," he added.

Bensurto said the Philippines will follow international law, specifically the UNCLOS, which is considered the world's constitution on oceans. He urged other countries to follow suit. "We expect nothing less from our international partners."

"In situations where disputes on maritime claims exist, UNCLOS provides clues as well as answers by which such maritime disputes could be addressed," he added.

Bensurto also urged all parties to the ASEAN-China Declaration of Conduct in the South China Sea to uphold the the declaration's provisions, particularly paragraph 5 that mandates all signatories to "exercise self-restraint in the conduct of activities that would complicate or escalate disputes and affect peace and stability."

During the meeting, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, and Singapore issued respective national statements echoing the Philippines' stand to maintain peace and security in the West Philippine Sea, and for all parties to recognize the primacy of the UNCLOS.

The 6 countries also called for the peaceful resolution of the territorial disputes over the Spratly islands.

Source: ABSCBN News

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