Expat Eye: My Philippine Journey

October 21, 2021

A Thousand Cuts

By David Haldane Oct. 21, 2021 The title says it all. “A Thousand Cuts” is the name of a PBS documentary in which renowned Philippine […]

October 14, 2021

Zoom Wedding!

By David Haldane Oct. 14, 2021 The bride looked radiant in her glowing white gown. Directly behind her sat Mom and Dad; she beaming proudly […]

October 9, 2021

Britney’s Liberation Could Be My Son’s Demise

By David Haldane October 7, 2021 The story is everywhere. Britney Spears, long-time global singing idol, is finally free of her father’s controlling clutches. And […]

September 30, 2021

Never Enough

By David Haldane Sept. 30, 2021 The more I know about him, the less I like him. His name is Jose Antonio Vargas; a Filipino […]

September 23, 2021

Scamming for Cause

By David Haldane Sept. 23, 2021 It happens at least once a week. I get a message on Facebook from someone I don’t know. […]

September 16, 2021

Surviving Divorce

By David Haldane Sept. 16, 2021 It feels like you’re falling down a dark pit. You don’t know how soon you will land or what […]

September 9, 2021

American Sins

By David Haldane Sept. 9, 2021 The line in the newspaper wrenched my gut. “Sitting on a pile of sandbags outside the family compound,” […]

September 2, 2021

Back on Track

By David Haldane September 2, 2021 His excitement was palpable. “Daddy,” he announced from the dimly lit screen of my cell phone, “I made a […]

August 26, 2021

Falling from the Sky

By David Haldane August 26, 2021 The video is shocking. In it, one clearly sees two dots—later identified as human beings—falling to their deaths […]

August 19, 2021

The House on the Hill

By David Haldane August 19, 2021 He could sometimes be disagreeable. A man with strong opinions, he seldom held them back. And whatever inner […]

August 12, 2021

No Place Like Home

By David Haldane August 12, 2021 The moment was sweet. Hunkered down in my office, I heard a commotion downstairs and decided to investigate. There, […]

August 5, 2021

A Stick Up My Nose

By David Haldane August 5, 2021 The masked swabbers came for me today. They brought both good news and bad. The good news was that […]