A father’s promise kept

By Tessa Mauricio-Arriola

May 05, 2026 10:30 pm

Dr. Dante Arevalo Ang, The Manila Times Chairman Emeritus, writes 30

A father’s word is his bond. But a promise only becomes a legacy when it is kept through the years, and through every burden and test.

For Dante Arevalo Ang, DAA, that promise began with The Manila Times. It was made on Aug. 8, 2001, when he took over as publisher and chairman of the country’s oldest existing English-language newspaper, by then a 102-year-old institution that had lived through war, dictatorship, closure, rebirth and political upheaval.

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Dr. Dante Arevalo Ang, The Manila Times Chairman Emeritus, writes 30

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