Symbolic ‘eight billionth person’ in the world born in Manila

MANILA, Philippines — Baby girl Vinice — symbolically the “eight billionth person” in the world — was born on Monday at the Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Medical Center in Manila, the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom) said in a statement on Tuesday.

The mother, 27-year-old Margarette Mabansag, had a normal delivery at 1:29 a.m.

Popcom called Vinice and other newborns as the “future and potential contributors to the progress and development of the Philippines, given the right governmental and societal interventions on health, education, nutrition, and other fundamental needs.”

Vinice’s birth came at a time when the total fertility rate in the Philippines has s…

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