Times' Dante Ang II heads Filipinos Overseas commission
(UPDATES) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appointed The Manila Times Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dante "Klink" Ang II as the new head of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO), Malacañang announced Friday. Ang, son of The Times Chairman Emeritus Dante Ang, replaced former CFO head Romulo Arugay, based on the copy of the appointment letter signed by the President on October 16. Prior to his appointment, Ang was an acting member of the Board of Directors of Clark International Airport Corp., a non-chartered government-owned and -controlled corporation. Dante 'Klink' Ang II. TMT FILE PHOTO Ang, a recipient of the Most Outstanding Publication Chief Executive Officer of the Year award in 2024, was also chairman of the National Book Development Board, an attached agency of the Department of Education. Ang started his career as a reporter in the United States. A journalist from the onset of college, he was twice named editor of the university newspaper [The East Texan] and one time as editor of the college magazine [The Special]. Graduating in 1990, he first gained work experience as a reporter for the Tulsa Tribune in Oklahoma, where he covered state and local politics until 1992. Ang then became vice president for Marketing of the Bell Publishing Corp., where he was responsible for opening distribution outlets in Rome for Diwalian, a monthly magazine for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). He returned to the Philippines in 1993, and in the years that ensued, gained varied related media experience in Kabayan, as a public relations consultant for several high-profile politicians for a time, and a Foreign Service stint as an information officer at the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto. In 2001, Ang's family acquired the nation's first and oldest English language broadsheet, The Manila Times. Ang, who also teaches Journalism subjects at The Manila Times College and the Pamantasan Ng Lungsod ng Maynila, holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from De La Salle University. He received the Texas A&M University-Commerce's Distinguished Alumnus Award along with Peggy Leeman Ramirez, Major General John Speigel, Chester McKinney [posthumously], Bill Nicholson, Mark Von Schwartz, and Charles Wilson. Former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appointed Ang's father to the same CFO post from 2005 to 2010. The elder Ang is Arroyo's trusted friend and senior publicist and was also appointed by former president Rodrigo Duterte as special envoy for international public relations. Ang II was once a nominee of the party-list group Ahon Pinoy in the 2010 elections, which sought to protect the rights of OFWs. Established on June 16, 1980, under Batas Pambansa 79, the CFO is an agency under the Office of the President tasked to promote and uphold the interests, rights and welfare of overseas Filipinos. The office is distinct from the Department of Migrant Workers and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, with a broader lens of the Filipino diaspora beyond the needs of OFWs. The CFO provides pre-departure orientation seminars to Filipino emigrants, marriage migrants, United States Exchange Visitor Program participants, and au pairs. It provides opportunities for younger generations of overseas Filipinos to learn about Philippine history and culture. Marcos also named Marilyn Barua-Yap as ad interim chairman of the Civil Service Commission (CSC). Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said Barua-Yap replaced former CSC chairman Karlo Alexei Nograles, who resigned from his position to run for mayor of Davao City. The new CSC chairman will serve a term expiring Feb. 2, 2029, according to the appointment letter signed by Marcos on Oct. 16, 2024. Prior to her appointment to the CSC, Barua-Yap was undersecretary for Special Concerns, External Affairs and Communications of the Department of Agrarian Reform. A native of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, the 71-year-old Barua-Yap is a lawyer and career executive service official with more than 35 years of service in government, 29 years of which were in the legislature. She also served as secretary-general of the House of Representatives during the 14th to 16th Congresses, the first woman to hold that position. Barua-Yap finished her Doctor in Public Administration from the University of the Philippines' National College of Public Administration and Governance. She earned her law degree from the same university and passed the Bar in 1985.
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(UPDATES) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appointed The Manila Times Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dante "Klink" Ang II as the new head of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO), Malacañang announced Friday.
Ang, son of The Times Chairman Emeritus Dante Ang, replaced former CFO head Romulo Arugay, based on the copy of the appointment letter signed by the President on October 16.
Prior to his appointment, Ang was an acting member of the Board of Directors of Clark International Airport Corp., a non-chartered government-owned and -controlled corporation. Dante 'Klink' Ang II. TMT FILE PHOTO
Ang, a recipient of the Most Outstanding Publication Chief Executive Officer of the Year award in 2024, was also chairman of the National Book Development Board, an attached agency of the Department of Education.
Ang started his career as a reporter in the United States. A journalist from the onset of college, he was twice named editor of the university newspaper [The East Texan] and one time as editor of the college magazine [The Special].
Graduating in 1990, he first gained work experience as a reporter for the Tulsa Tribune in Oklahoma, where he covered state and local politics until 1992.
Ang then became vice president for Marketing of the Bell Publishing Corp., where he was responsible for opening distribution outlets in Rome for Diwalian, a monthly magazine for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
He returned to the Philippines in 1993, and in the years that ensued, gained varied related media experience in Kabayan, as a public relations consultant for several high-profile politicians for a time, and a Foreign Service stint as an information officer at the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto.
In 2001, Ang's family acquired the nation's first and oldest English language broadsheet, The Manila Times.
Ang, who also teaches Journalism subjects at The Manila Times College and the Pamantasan Ng Lungsod ng Maynila, holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from De La Salle University.
He received the Texas A&M University-Commerce's Distinguished Alumnus Award along with Peggy Leeman Ramirez, Major General John Speigel, Chester McKinney [posthumously], Bill Nicholson, Mark Von Schwartz, and Charles Wilson.
Former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appointed Ang's father to the same CFO post from 2005 to 2010.
The elder Ang is Arroyo's trusted friend and senior publicist and was also appointed by former president Rodrigo Duterte as special envoy for international public relations.
Ang II was once a nominee of the party-list group Ahon Pinoy in the 2010 elections, which sought to protect the rights of OFWs.
Established on June 16, 1980, under Batas Pambansa 79, the CFO is an agency under the Office of the President tasked to promote and uphold the interests, rights and welfare of overseas Filipinos.
The office is distinct from the Department of Migrant Workers and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, with a broader lens of the Filipino diaspora beyond the needs of OFWs.
The CFO provides pre-departure orientation seminars to Filipino emigrants, marriage migrants, United States Exchange Visitor Program participants, and au pairs.
It provides opportunities for younger generations of overseas Filipinos to learn about Philippine history and culture.
Marcos also named Marilyn Barua-Yap as ad interim chairman of the Civil Service Commission (CSC).
Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said Barua-Yap replaced former CSC chairman Karlo Alexei Nograles, who resigned from his position to run for mayor of Davao City.
The new CSC chairman will serve a term expiring Feb. 2, 2029, according to the appointment letter signed by Marcos on Oct. 16, 2024.
Prior to her appointment to the CSC, Barua-Yap was undersecretary for Special Concerns, External Affairs and Communications of the Department of Agrarian Reform.
A native of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, the 71-year-old Barua-Yap is a lawyer and career executive service official with more than 35 years of service in government, 29 years of which were in the legislature.
She also served as secretary-general of the House of Representatives during the 14th to 16th Congresses, the first woman to hold that position.
Barua-Yap finished her Doctor in Public Administration from the University of the Philippines' National College of Public Administration and Governance.
She earned her law degree from the same university and passed the Bar in 1985.
