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- ↑ ACTION: CONFIRMED – Appointment From July 22, 2013 To June 11, 2014 (PDF) (Report). Commission on Appointments. p. 7. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
- ↑ About the Philippine Embassy Official Website of the Philippine Embassy in Hanoi, Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ↑ Phl ambassador to Vietnam leads 2012 Outstanding Fernandino honorees Archived 2013-04-05 at the Wayback Machine Philippine Information Agency, Central Luzon Region. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ↑ Gawad Mabini Roster Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
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