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- ↑ Quirino, E. (1950). Letter of President Quirino to Secretary of Labor Primitivo Lovina. Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. 46 (10): 4805.
- ↑ Office of the President of the Philippines (1952). Appointments and Designations: April 1952. Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. 48 (4): 1290.
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