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By KIMBERLIE NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Benguet officials resolved to petition the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) to ban the herbicide gramoxone (paraquat) in the Philippines following reports of increasing cases of poisoning in the province. During the provincial peace and order council meeting October 3, Benguet Governor Nestor B. Fongwan, local…