Local officials in the Philippines are offering a bounty for mosquitoes caught dead or alive in a bid to slow the spread of ...

It has carried out clean-ups, canal de-clogging and a hygiene campaign to combat dengue, but when cases surged to 42 this ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A village in the densely populated Philippine capital region launched a battle against dengue ...

Barangay Addition Hills, one of the Philippines’ most crowded villages, is giving its citizens a token reward for any ...

Carlito Cernal, village chief of Barangay Addition Hills, announced the bounty of one peso (less than 2 US cents) for every ...

Residents in a central Manila neighborhood lined up Wednesday, as dengue cases spike nationwide, to collect a bounty—one peso ...

However, following the deaths of two young students and a surge in cases to 42 this year, village leader Carlito Cernal introduced the mosquito bounty to bolster their efforts. “There was an ...

But when cases spiked to 42 this year and two young students died, village leader Carlito Cernal decided to intensify the battle. “There was an alarm,” Cernal told The Associated Press.

Village offers cash bounty for mosquitos amid dengue outbreak - Residents will get a reward for every five mosquitos or ...