Dante Ang

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Dante Arevalo Ang Sr. is a Filipino journalist, the chairman emeritus and owner of The Manila Times . [1] His son, Dante "Klink" Ang II was chairman and chief executive officer of The Manila Times until his appointment in 2024 as chairperson of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas . [2]

Career

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

  1. ↑ Coloma, Angela (April 25, 2019). "Manila Times editor resigns over 'oust Duterte' matrix". ABS-CBN News . Retrieved November 23, 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. 1 2 3 Placido, Dharel (May 17, 2017). "Manila Times chairman emeritus named Duterte's PR Guy". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
  4. ↑ Elemia, Camille (May 16, 2017). "Manila Times' big boss is Duterte's PR guy". Rappler . Retrieved November 23, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Dante Ang stands by legitimacy of 'Oust Duterte' matrix story: Office of the President ang source ko!". Politiko . April 29, 2019. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
  6. ↑ Seares, Pachico A. (April 26, 2019). "Seares: Manila Times had the right to print it. Critics slam the way it was done". SunStar. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
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