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

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

Carlito Cernal, village captain in Addition Hills, said the awareness-raising project he initiated could have a "huge impact" on curbing the tropical disease's spread when combined with local ...

The area’s leader, Carlito Cernal, hopes that adopting a time-honoured bounty will inspire residents to remove mosquitoes from the streets – and therefore combat a massive uptick in dengue ...

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. While news of the bounty has ...

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.