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Incentives for giving birth

Odd Baby Incentives: Countries are giving couple incentives to have babies | Watch the video - Yahoo OMG! Philippines

http://ph.omg.yahoo.com/video/whoknew-odd-baby-incentives-countries-060000272.html Watch the video Odd Baby Incentives: Countries are giving couple incentives to have babies on Yahoo OMG!. How did you spend August 9th of this year? Well, if you live in Singapore, the government is hoping you spent the day celebrating the anniversary of your independence from Malaysia…and then spent the night getting knocked up. That’s because birth rates in Singapore have fallen to an all-time low. It’s currently at around 1.2 children per woman, well below the 2.1 children per woman rate necessary to maintain current population numbers. So last year, breath mint company Mentos launched an ad campaign in Singapore that encouraged everyone to do their civic duty by making a baby on August 9th – with the aid of fresh breath from Mentos, of course. Many countries, in fact, are incentivizing their citizens to make little baby citizens. Russia, which has seen a steady population decline since the early 1990s, began a program in which moms who give birth on June 12 – the country’s National Day holiday -- are entered into a drawing to win money and prizes from the government, including refrigerators and SUVs. And Germany hopes that building new, state-of-the-art nursery schools will tempt people into parenthood. Incentives like this have actually been around for centuries. In Ancient Rome, Caesar Augustus became so concerned about dwindling population numbers that he passed a legislation rewarding big families with more political clout. The reason ancient and modern governments worry about population decline is that it creates severe economic problems. There are fewer young workers paying taxes and buying goods. So for the foreseeable future, you can forget about Valentine’s Day if you live in Singapore – August 9th is new day for romance.

happy Philippine economy

Moody's upgrades PH to investment grade rating - Yahoo Philippines News

http://anc.yahoo.com/news/moody-s-upgrades-ph-to-investment-grade-rating-080003874.html All 3 major ratings agencies in the world have now upgraded the country's credit ratings.

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after the killer flashflood

From a community of 3,000 families, this structure remained (the only one)  after the WASHI experience of  Cagayan de Oro City last 2012.  I was a part of the humanitarian aid organization that  helped the survivors.