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- ↑ "Dante Ang stands by legitimacy of 'Oust Duterte' matrix story: Office of the President ang source ko! | | Latest Philippine politics news today". Politiko . 29 April 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ↑ Seares, Pachico A. (26 April 2019). "Seares: Manila Times had the right to print it. Critics slam the way it was done". SunStar. Retrieved 23 November 2019.