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

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 ...

As the campaign began, about a dozen mosquito hunters showed up at the village office. Miguel Labag, a 64-year-old scavenger, ...

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

Addition Hills in the Philippines has put a bounty on the heads of mosquitoes taking up residence in the village. View on ...

The move by Addition Hills village reflects growing concern after a nearby city declared an outbreak of the mosquito-borne ...

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.

Residents in Addition Hills village in Mandaluyong City will receive one Philippines peso - just over 1p - for every five ...