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 […]
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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 […]
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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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January 12, 2023

Read the Transcript

By David Haldane January 12, 2023     “Stifling dissent… by weaponizing the country’s laws and the courts.” That’s how a recent Philippine Daily Inquirer editorial […]
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July 8, 2021

Newcomer

By David Haldane July 8, 2021   New kid on the block. That describes my status at the Mindanao Gold Star Daily. And yet, back in […]
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February 18, 2021

Trump and Duterte

By David Haldane Feb. 18, 2021   I felt honored that she asked me. An old friend, a Filipino journalist named Effe Barker now living in […]
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July 23, 2020

ABS-CBN: A Blank Screen

By David Haldane July 23, 2020     It still surprises me every time. I’ll be surfing the channels for news when suddenly a blank screen […]
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