Dante Arevalo Ang Sr. is a Filipino journalist, the chairman emeritus and owner of The Manila Times.[1] His son, Dante "Klink" Ang II is presently chairman and chief executive officer of The Times and Commission on Filipinos Overseas chairperson.[2]

Career

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From 1993 until 2003, Ang worked as a publicist for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.[3] In December 2005, he was appointed chair of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas, staying in the post until 30 June 2010.[3]

In 2001, Ang bought The Manila Times from its previous owner, Mark Jimenez.[4] He was appointed as Chairman Emeritus of the newspaper by the family board. President Rodrigo Duterte named him special envoy for international public relations on 3 May 2017.[3]

In April 2019, he published an article which claimed there were plans to oust Duterte, accusing several media and legal groups of destabilization attempts.[5] He was accused by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (one of the accused groups) of being "wrong on many counts" with his claims.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Coloma, Angela (25 April 2019). "Manila Times editor resigns over 'oust Duterte' matrix". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ^ Gita Carlos, Ruth Abbey Gita (October 18, 2024). "PBBM names Dante Ang II as new CFO chair". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Placido, Dharel (17 May 2017). "Manila Times chairman emeritus named Duterte's PR Guy". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  4. ^ Elemia, Camille (16 May 2017). "Manila Times' big boss is Duterte's PR guy". Rappler. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Dante Ang stands by legitimacy of 'Oust Duterte' matrix story: Office of the President ang source ko! | | Latest Philippine politics news today". Politiko. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  6. ^ Seares, Pachico A. (26 April 2019). "Seares: Manila Times had the right to print it. Critics slam the way it was done". SunStar. Retrieved 23 November 2019.