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(Photo Credit: GMA News) Question: I am the national president of Aksyon Mindanao, What is your peace agenda for Mindanao, and what is the difference between you, Estrada and GMA? Noynoy Aquino: Well, can I say what I hope to do if I am given that opportunity. Number one, when I was studying, they said the first step to knowledge is to admit that you do not know and then you seek to know. I have just recently been to Davao and Zamboangga. And I have talked to, shall we say, both sid

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