Aquino SONA focusing on 'social transformation' - whatever that means

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Social transformation. According to Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Secretary Ricky Carandang, that's the focus of Aquino's 2011 SONA. Is this really news? That's like merely re-iterating Noynoy's campaign taglines all over again!

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