Village offers bounties for mosquitoes

Swat for cash: Cernal pouring a container with mosquito larvae captured by a resident in Mandaluyong City as the Addition Hills village starts offering bounty for captured mosquitoes – dead or alive – as part of an anti-dengue campaign. — AP

A village in the country’s densely-popu­lated capital region has launched a battle against dengue by offering a token bounty to residents for captured mosquitoes – dead or alive.

The unusual strategy adopted by the Addition Hills village in Mandaluyong City reflects growing concern after the nearby city of Quezon declared an outbreak of the mosquito-borne illness over the weekend.