Tag:Haldane

One-sided news

I HAD just put the finishing touches on a three-minute video presentation for an annual gathering of would-be journalists at the University of Perpetual...

David Haldane - Thursday,November 23, 2023

Opinion

Hitler on Lazada

IT felt like someone had yanked out my kidneys.Unable to sleep, I’d opened my cell phone to Facebook for an early morning browse. There...

David Haldane - Thursday,November 16, 2023

Opinion

Tension

THE revelation came while I lay leveled on the pavement.Thirty seconds earlier, I’d been speeding home on my motorcycle, looking forward to a hearty...

David Haldane - Thursday,November 2, 2023

Opinion

Anxiety

I WAS having dinner with a Filipino friend at a Manila restaurant recently when he pulled out a card. The check had just arrived,...

David Haldane - Thursday,October 26, 2023

Opinion

Filipino love

SHE could have been my sister-in-law.Angelyn Aguirre, a 32-year-old native of Pangasinan, had spent the last six years working as a caregiver in Israel....

David Haldane - Thursday,October 19, 2023

Opinion

Survival

I HAD a whole other column prepared for this week, an amusing little piece about Filipinos getting 20% disability discounts for suffering from anxiety....

David Haldane - Thursday,October 12, 2023

Opinion

Tik Toking truants

THEY’RE a common sight online. Tik Tokers gone tall. Teenagers courting turmoil. Bad ones boost boundaries.A new study shows the rise of trollers on...

David Haldane - Thursday,October 5, 2023

Opinion