Philippine Culture – David Haldane

April 5, 2026

Filipinos in the Desert: Rising Together in Filipino Town

By David Haldane April 5, 2026 Not a place but a movement. That’s how one of its founders described what appears to be […]

March 23, 2026

The Universal Power of Awe

By David Haldane March 23, 2026 It caught me by surprise. We had just attended a wake for a relative. Not someone I knew […]

February 1, 2026

Pajama Nation

By David Haldane February 2, 2026 Sitting at my computer the other day, I had a sudden revelation. It was 3 pm, and I […]

December 1, 2025

Interfaith Marriage: Uniting Disparate Faiths

By David Haldane Dec. 1, 2025 The furor started with a statement by the US vice president. “Do I hope that eventually she is […]

August 18, 2025

Landing With a Thud

By David Haldane August 18, 2025 The silence was deafening. “So,” the master-of-ceremonies asked the audience at my first book launch on Siargao Island, “are […]

August 11, 2025

Robbing the Cradle

By David Haldane August 11, 2025 The findings didn’t surprise me. A study published in Psychology Today examines the question of which partner is […]

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 […]

March 17, 2025

Israelis Misbehaving or Filipino Antisemitism?

By David Haldane March 17, 2025 My first reaction was astonishment. Followed almost immediately by alarm. Not just the kind that gently wakes […]

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 […]

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 […]

October 27, 2024

Sleeping With the Lights On

By David Haldane Oct. 28, 2024 I first noticed it years ago when my Filipino wife’s family moved into our house. Rising in the middle […]

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 […]