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- ↑ "Official Calendar". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- 1 2 Cruz, Vida (12 December 2013). "Pala'wan epic chanter Masino Intaray, Manlilikha ng Bayan, dies at 70". GMA News. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2017.