IPIL, July 19 -- Close to 200,000 residents joined the province-wide simultaneous clean-up drive Friday to eradicate potential mosquito-breeding sites in this province. Gov. Wilter Yap Palma initiated the cleanup drive to destroy the breeding areas of dengue-carrying mosquitoes after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan passed a resolution Tuesday declaring this province under the state of calamity amid the rising cases of dengue. Participants included personnel from the Department of Education (DepEd), private schools, business sector, non-government organization, civic organizations, and all the 16 towns and 390 barangays. Myra Hubilla-Pandaan, education coordinator of the provincial health office, said "dengue is preventable and the society need...