Dante Ang
Dante "Klink" Ang II[1] is a Filipino journalist, the Chairman Emeritus and owner of The Manila Times.
From 1993 until 2003, Ang worked as a publicist for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.[2] In December 2005, he was appointed chair of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas, staying in the post until 30 June 2010.[2]
In 2001, Ang bought The Manila Times from its previous owner, Mark Jimenez.[3] He was appointed as Chairman Emeritus of the newspaper by President Rodrigo Duterte.[1] On 3 May 2017, he was named special envoy for international public relations.[2]
In April 2019, he published an article which claimed there were plans to oust Duterte, accusing several media and legal groups of destabilization attempts.[4] He was accused by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (one of the accused groups) of being "wrong on many counts" with his claims.[5]
References
- Coloma, Angela (25 April 2019). "Manila Times editor resigns over 'oust Duterte' matrix". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- Placido, Dharel (17 May 2017). "Manila Times chairman emeritus named Duterte's PR Guy". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- Elemia, Camille (16 May 2017). "Manila Times' big boss is Duterte's PR guy". Rappler. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- "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.
- 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.