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Inquirer.net - Nov 5, 2026

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — Police seized around 1,420 liters of suspected illegally traded diesel fuel worth P120,700 and arrested a 56-year-old man during a buy-bust operation at Purok Nami-Nami, Barangay Banago here on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 3. The suspect, identified only by his alias “Panoy,” a resident of Barangay Banago, was apprehended at around

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