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January 26, 2022

The Past Swept Away

By David Haldane January 27, 2021 There was something comforting about living across the street from a monument to history. On Tuesday mornings, we’d […]

January 6, 2022

Thanks Very Big

By David Haldane Jan. 6, 2022 The video is hard to watch without getting emotional. In it, dozens of neighbors gather at the Siargao Island […]

December 23, 2021

Severely Damaged

By David Haldane Dec. 23, 2021 We finally got the bad news at 1:45 in the morning. Our Surigao City dream house had been “severely […]

November 11, 2021

Rest in Peace, Uncle Jorge

By David Haldane Nov. 11, 2021 This is the story of a man and his hat. The hat is a military green cap adorned at […]

November 4, 2021

Reverence and Gratitude

By David Haldane Nov. 4, 2021 It all happened again last week. The salutes. The proud words of praise. The dual bugles playing reverie; the […]

October 28, 2021

In Your Hands

By David Haldane Oct. 28, 2021 I have a friend on Siargao Island fond of sharing parables. One of his favorites is about a wise […]

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 […]

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 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,” […]

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 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, […]