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Only a bureaucrat could invent a phrase like harm reduction and present it as a solution,” Scott Hennen writes ...

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THOUSANDS of protesters trooped to various areas in Metro Manila on Sunday, November 30, 2025, with a call for accountability amid corruption allegations relate ...

Indian-born, London-based writer Sonia Faleiro’s latest book, “The Robe and the Sword”, was reviewed by the left-leaning ...