‘May piso sa mosquito’: Mandaluyong barangay offers cash reward to combat dengue

Manila Bulletin

A village in Mandaluyong City has come up with a unique way to help curb the spike in the number of dengue cases in their community - by offering a cash reward for every mosquito killed through the innovative "May Piso sa Mosquito" program. (Video courtesy of Associated Press)  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/2/17/may-piso-sa-mosquito-mandaluyong-barangay-offers-cash-reward-to-combat-dengue  Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5664f6TkaeHgwBly50DWZQ/join  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00We're here in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of nowhere.

00:09There's still blood.

00:13There's still blood.

00:21There's a lot of this.

00:23We're going to cut it.

00:24There's a lot of this.

00:27That's why that's what's going to happen.

00:30But the problem is, that's where the bad pieces are.

00:33How are we going to communicate?

00:351, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

00:42Nine pieces.

00:44Nine pesos for 45 pieces of it.

00:47Sir, one more.

00:48I got nine pesos for 45 pieces of it.

00:52I got nine pesos for 45 pieces of it.

00:56I bought a coffee, it's a big help to my brother.

01:12Our program has pesos in Mosquitoes.

01:15Our program has pesos in Mosquitoes.

01:18But it's not literal, that every Mosquito is a peso.

01:22The barangay will lose.

01:24At least five pieces of a dead person or alive,

01:28in exchange for pesos, five pieces.

01:41When I found out that the cases in my barangay are high,

01:45and we have two students who died,

01:50when there was an alarm,

01:53that there was an outbreak in Quezon City,

01:56that's why the barangay in Mandaluyong,

01:58my barangay is the biggest, there are a lot of people,

02:00I was the one who came up with a new alternative

02:05that can add to the ongoing projects that the LGU is doing.

02:09It's very hard to catch mosquitoes.

02:11It's very hard to catch mosquitoes.

02:14It's very hard to catch mosquitoes.

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