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- ↑ "ROSTER OF PHILIPPINE LEGISLATORS".List of Members of the House of Representatives, Philippines
- ↑ "Anti-TB fund drive". Manila Standard . Standard Publications, Inc. February 22, 1988. p. 2. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
This is the seventh year that Rep. Reyes is the general chairman of the nationwide campaign.
- ↑ "Makati Regional Trial Court orders PH envoy to Chile arrested". Philippine Star . January 17, 2000.
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