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

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A village in the densely populated Philippine capital region launched a battle against dengue Wednesday by offering a token bounty to residents for captured mosquitos — dead or alive.

Barangay Addition Hills, one of the Philippines’ most crowded villages, is giving its citizens a token reward for any mosquitoes they catch, whether they are dead or alive. The unusual campaign is a r

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

As the campaign began, about a dozen mosquito hunters showed up at the village office. Miguel Labag, a 64-year-old scavenger, handed a jug with 45 dark mosquito larvas squirming in some water and received a reward of nine pesos (15 cents).

A village in the Philippines' capital region initiated a unique mosquito bounty plan amid a dengue outbreak. Residents are rewarded with cash for capturing mosquitoes, dead or alive. With an alarming rise in dengue cases,

Residents in a central Manila neighborhood lined up Wednesday, as dengue cases spike nationwide, to collect a bounty—one peso for every five mosquitoes, dead or alive.

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

Residents in Addition Hills village in Mandaluyong City will receive one Philippines peso - just over 1p - for every five mosquitoes or mosquito larvae they turn in.

A Philippine urban centre hopes a mosquito bounty will supplement existing anti-dengue measures 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.