Symbolic ‘eight billionth’ person born in Manila


Baby girl Vinice – symbolically the eight billionth person in the world – was born at the Dr Jose Fabella Memorial Medical Center in Manila, the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom) said.

The mother, 27-year-old Margarette Mabansag, had a normal delivery at 1.29am on Tuesday.

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