Communications

June 1, 2023

Reinventing Einstein

By David Haldane June 1, 2023 The Facebook photo demanded a double take. There he was, Albert Einstein, standing on a street in SoHo, […]

May 25, 2023

Spelling Names

By David Haldane May 25, 2023 It came up again the other night. We were at the Gateway Hotel for a family dinner when […]

May 11, 2023

Good Intentions: The Road to Perdition

By David Haldane May 11, 2023 The agency meant well. To show support for those it considers underserved, the federal Philippine Land Transportation […]

April 27, 2023

Whiplash!

By David Haldane April 27, 2023 It felt like riding a rollercoaster. First there was the comforting click of rails, accompanied by an anticipation […]

December 15, 2022

The Death of Writing?

By David Haldane Dec. 15, 2022 I remember the day I became a writer. It was 1970, and I had spent six months roaming […]

October 6, 2022

Globe At Home: No Escape

By David Haldane Oct. 6, 2022 It seemed like a good idea. In fact, it was the only idea because none of the country’s […]

July 21, 2022

Reconnecting

By David Haldane July 21, 2022 It started as a tiny niggle. That’s the first sentence of a column I wrote back in 2018, shortly […]

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 […]

July 30, 2020

Fit to Print

By David Haldane July 30, 2020 The first thing I noticed at the 1350 Club was an abundance of naked men wearing towels. The second […]

July 23, 2020

ABS-CBN: A Blank Screen

By David Haldane July 23, 2020 It still surprises me every time. I’ll be surfing the channels for news when suddenly a blank screen […]

June 25, 2020

Maria Ressa: Guilty or Not Guilty?

By David Haldane June 24, 2020 Want to get “Expat Eye” ever week in your mailbox? Sign up here. The headlines screamed foul! […]

March 12, 2019

Isaac’s Bog

By David Haldane March 12, 2019 It happened again the other day. I was at the private school my eight-year-old son, Isaac, attends in Surigao […]