Philippine Population Officially tops 100 Million
On July 26, at 12:23 a.m., according to an official announcement by the government, the Philippines officially reached a population of 100 million with the birth of a baby girl named Chonalyn at Manila’s Fabella Hospital.
To many in the Philippines, if not other parts of the world, Chonalyn’s birth – along with about 100 other babies almost simultaneousl…
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