April 14, 2025

A Vlogger Accused of Abuse Gets His Due

  By David Haldane April 14, 2025     Maybe I’m on a deportation kick. Last week I applauded the imminent departure from America of a […]
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February 24, 2025

Marrying Massively

By David Haldane Feb. 24, 2025     It was the brides and grooms’ first dance that almost made me cry. Lined up at a series […]
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February 17, 2025

Double-Edged Sword: Siargao’s Foreign Invasion

By David Haldane Feb. 17, 2025     I’ve never paid much attention to celebrities. In a world full of monumental problems, I believe, what celebrities […]
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February 9, 2025

Hope Floats — In Yellow

By David Haldane Feb. 9, 2025   The trip begins with a quiet glide through the mangroves. Shoving off at Siargao’s Port Del Carmen, the small […]
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September 23, 2024

Some American Immigrants Really Do Eat Dogs

  By David Haldane Sept. 23, 2024     Ever since the US presidential debate two weeks ago, much has been made of Donal Trump’s unsupported […]
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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 […]
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July 1, 2024

The Sea Gypsies Come Ashore

By David Haldane July 1, 2024   The joke made me cringe. “Are you a goodjau or a Badjau?” my companion asked the pretty young girl […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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March 11, 2024

Zamboanga Reimagined

By David Haldane March 11, 2024     Hanging out at the mall. That’s how thousands of Zamboaguenos spend their weekends these days. You see them […]
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