Two Cebuano babies treated to birthday party

Babies Kyle Olendang of Pinamungajan town, southern Cebu and Paul Jane Gregory Entis of Sogod town, northern Cebu received gifts from Commission on Population (Popcom) in celebration of their second birthday. Aside from a birthday cake, the two babies together with their parents received P3,000 worth of gift certificates which they could use to buy baby clothes, baby things or milk. (PHOTO FROM POPULATION COMMISSION)

Two babies in Cebu were treated to a birthday party after being declared among the four “Symbolic 100 Millionth Babies” in Central Visayas by the Commission on Population (Popcom).

The celebration done in collaboration with the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7), National Nutrition Council in Central Visayas (NNC-7) and Philhealth, was a simultaneous event held in all regional offices in the country on Wednesday.

Kyle Olendang of Pinamungajan town, southern Cebu and Paul Jane Gregory Entis of Sogod town, northern Cebu received gifts to celebrate their second birthday.

Popcom information officer Leo Fernandez said the two babies and their parents received birthday cakes and P3,000 worth of gift certificates which they could use to buy baby clothes, baby things or milk.

The other two babies- Julie Ann Mae Astronomo in Calape, Bohol and Jovan Maurice Lagudas of Maria, Siquijor will receive their gifts separately on July 28 and August 1.

Popcom said the search for the symbolic 100 Millionth Pinoys was based on projection from the 2010 National Census by the Philippine Statistics Authority when the country reached its 100-million population projection last July 27, 2014.

Fernandez said all symbolic babies were born on July 27, 2014 between midnight to 4 am as certified by the attending doctor. They were also born through spontaneous delivery in a government-run facility.