Philippine media – David Haldane

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

October 6, 2022

Globe At Home: No Escape

By David Haldane Oct. 6, 2022 It seemed like a good idea. In fact, it was the only idea because none of the country’s […]

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 […]

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 […]