MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERAZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 7 August 2026) – The city has recorded 12 dengue deaths out of 1,241 cases reported so far this year, prompting City Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso to ask the city council to secure additional fogging machines for barangays and intensify the anti-dengue campaign. The mayor told the barangays to intensify sanitation, environmental cleanup, and other preventive measures, while the city government would do its part by procuring additional fogging machines. Perhaps, he just wants more action from the legislative branch especially now that more and more dengue cases are being reported. All of us are also concerned with the dengue cases,” Councilor Elbert Atilano told MindaNews. Vice Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco said in an interview that the mayor came to see her.