July 7, 2024

Speaking English in the Philippines

By David Haldane July 8, 2024   It’s both a blessing and a curse. A double-edged-sword, as they say, a blade that cuts both ways. What […]
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November 23, 2023

One-Sided News

By David Haldane Nov. 23, 2023     I had just put the finishing touches on a three-minute video presentation for an annual gathering of would-be […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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