March 11, 2024

Zamboanga Reimagined

By David Haldane March 11, 2024     Hanging out at the mall. That’s how thousands of Zamboaguenos spend their weekends these days. You see them […]
February 26, 2024

Taking a Break for Heartbreak

By David Haldane Feb. 26, 2024     It was the worst night of my life. I had just learned that my (now-ex) Filipino wife had […]
February 11, 2024

A Late Reinvention

A true story of true love, no matter how truly unconventional   The Manila Times Sunday Magazine 11 Feb 2024 BY DAVID HALDANE   IT started […]
January 29, 2024

White Privilege

By David Haldane Jan. 29, 2024     It was an easy experiment with predictable results. First my Filipino sister-in-law entered the mall. As always, the […]
December 19, 2023

Socorro Bayanihan: Commune or Cult?

  By David Haldane Dec. 18, 2023     We were a mile off the coast of a remote Philippine Island when I realized the boat […]
December 11, 2023

All-inclusive Miss Universe?

By David Haldane Dec. 11, 2023     A transgender friend said something recently that I’d been thinking but was afraid to say out loud. “Miss […]
October 5, 2023

Tik Toking Truants

By David Haldane Oct. 5, 2023   They’re a common sight online. Tik Tokers gone tall. Teenagers courting turmoil. Bad ones boosting boundaries. A new study […]
September 28, 2023

Fear of Nuns

By David Haldane Sept. 28, 2023   I have always been afraid of nuns. As a child, I used to see them in black habits with […]
September 14, 2023

A Fungus Among Us

By David Haldane September 14, 2023     The experience impacted my life profoundly. It was 1969, and I was a 20-year-old student at a hippie […]
August 3, 2023

Cruelly Tortured (American) Pigs

By David Haldane Aug. 3, 2023   I suppose it was just a matter of time. The day I first heard the anguished squeals of a […]
June 24, 2023

Hey, Joe!

By David Haldane June 15, 2023   It happened again the other day. I was riding my motorcycle along the coast towards downtown Surigao, minding my […]
May 18, 2023

Empty Corridors

By David Haldane May 18, 2023     Standing alone in the hallway of a darkened hospital, I cursed out loud. Then the situation’s absurdity hit […]