News – David Haldane

September 2, 2024

Here We Go Again!

By David Haldane Sept. 2, 2024 I awoke this morning to a headline that seemed strangely familiar. “Two more mpox cases detected!” it […]

August 19, 2024

Civil War in America?

By David Haldane Aug. 19, 2024 The most unsettling thing is the familiarity. It begins with police fighting an unruly gang of protestors on […]

June 10, 2024

Ode to a Good Friend

By David Haldane June 10, 2024 I woke up this morning to the kind of news no one wants to hear. “My papa […]

June 3, 2024

Philippine Divorce: To Be or Not to Be?

By David Haldane June 3, 2024 It’s no fun. As I’ve previously written, it feels like you’re falling down a dark hole. You don’t […]

April 8, 2024

Getting History Straight

By David Haldane April 8, 2024 Ever since moving into our house overlooking the ocean in Northern Mindanao, I’ve believed the spot was […]

February 19, 2024

The Flop Heard ‘Round the World

By David Haldane Feb. 19, 2024 A Filipino comedian told a joke that flopped. And now the universe is talking about Taylor Swift and […]

January 15, 2024

The Winding Road to Zamboanga

By David Haldane Jan. 15, 2024 We should have been there by now. We should have grabbed a flight the day after Christmas and enjoyed […]

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 […]

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 […]

November 16, 2023

Hitler on Lazada

By David Haldane Nov. 16, 2023 It felt like someone had yanked out my kidneys. Unable to sleep, I’d opened my cell phone to Facebook […]

October 20, 2023

Filipino Love

By David Haldane October 19, 2023 She could have been my sister-in-law. Angelyn Aguirre, a 32-year-old native of Pangasinan, had spent the last six […]

October 12, 2023

Survival

By David Haldane October 12, 2023 I had a whole other column prepared for this week, an amusing little piece about Filipinos getting 20% disability […]