Carlito Cernal, village chief of Barangay Addition Hills, announced the bounty of one peso (less than 2 US cents) for every five mosquitoes after two students in his neighbourhood died from the ...

Carlito Cernal, village chief of Barangay Addition Hills in central Manila, announced the bounty of one peso (less than two US cents) for every five mosquitoes.

To combat a dengue outbreak, a Philippine village is offering a bounty of one Philippines peso for every five mosquitoes residents turn in.

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.

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.

Authorities in one of the Philippines' most densely-populated urban centres are offering a cash reward for mosquitoes in an attempt to stop the spread of dengue. Carlito Cernal, village chief of ...

Village chief Carlito Cernal, center, inspects residents holding containers with mosquitos that they captured in Mandaluyong city, Philippines as their village started offering bounty for captured ...