Dante Arevalo Ang Sr. is a Filipino journalist, the chairman emeritus and owner of ''

The Manila Times ''The Manila Times'' is the oldest extant English-language newspaper in the Philippines. It is published daily by The Manila Times Publishing Corp. (formerly La Vanguardia Publishing Corporation) with editorial and administrative offices at 2/F ...

''. His son, Dante "Klink" Ang II is presently chairman and chief executive officer of ''The Times'' and

Commission on Filipinos Overseas The Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO; ) is an agency of the government of the Philippines under the Office of the President of the Philippines. CFO was established on June 16, 1980, through the enactment of Batas Pambansa Blg. 79. The a ...

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Career

From 1993 until 2003, Ang worked as a publicist for President

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo (; born April 5, 1947), often referred to as PGMA or GMA, is a Filipino academic and politician who served as the 14th president of the Philippines from Presidency of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, 2001 to 2010 ...

. In December 2005, he was appointed chair of the

, staying in the post until 30 June 2010. In 2001, Ang bought ''

'' from its previous owner, Mark Jimenez. 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. In April 2019, he published an article which claimed there were plans to oust Duterte, accusing several media and legal groups of destabilization attempts. He was accused by the

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(one of the accused groups) of being "wrong on many counts" with his claims.

References

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