April 21, 2025

Israel Thriving in the Philippines

  By David Haldane April 21, 2025     This was going to be a column about Middle Eastern politics. How suffering Gazans had finally risen […]
Do you like it?3
0 Read more
August 26, 2024

Working When Your Sack is Full

By David Haldane Aug. 26, 2024   Bravo! I say that because the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) has finally—and I emphasize finally—addressed the […]
Do you like it?0
Read more
May 19, 2024

The Transformation and Resurrection of Siargao Island

By David Haldane May 19, 2024     It almost seemed like the old days. The days, that is, before Covid and Odette. Tourists from both […]
Do you like it?0
Read more
April 29, 2024

Thai New Year: A Very Wet Welcome

By David Haldane April 29, 2024     The squirting started early. I can’t say we hadn’t been warned. “Don’t be surprised if you get squirted […]
Do you like it?0
Read more
March 26, 2024

Nailed to a Cross

  By David Haldane   March 24, 2024     I vividly remember the first time I ever set foot in a Catholic Church. I must […]
Do you like it?0
Read more
December 25, 2023

A Jewish Christmas in the Philippines

 By David Haldane Dec. 25, 2023     For me it’s always the same. Gangs of Christmas carolers gather on the patio to sing until we […]
Do you like it?0
0 Read more
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 […]
Do you like it?0
0 Read more
December 4, 2023

Roasted Alligator or Fried Rattlesnake?

By David Haldane Dec. 4, 2023   I gave them fair warning. “OK,” I said, facing a bevy of Filipino in-laws, nephews, and nieces, “it’s almost […]
Do you like it?0
Read more
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 […]
Do you like it?0
0 Read more
February 17, 2023

American Expat Launches Book on Finding Island Home

Cebu Jose Joya Gallery   LITERARY TREATS 2023: A TOOTH IN MY POPSICLE BY DAVID HALDANE BOOK LAUNCH APRIL 12th, 15th, and 25th.       […]
Do you like it?0
Read more
December 8, 2022

A Philippine Thanksgiving

By David Haldane Dec. 8, 2022     It was like all the other Thanksgivings I’ve experienced in my life. Except, instead of turkey, a roasted […]
Do you like it?0
0 Read more
November 10, 2022

Scary Monsters

  By David Haldane November 10, 2022   The stories are hard to read. A young woman from Mexico said she felt the weight of other […]
Do you like it?0
Read more
Load more