This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Sparta’s enemies, when facing the intimidating Spartan forces, would see a wall of shields ...

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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 ...

Manila Times chairman Dante 'Klink' Ang is appointed to the same position his father once held under former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ...

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appointed The Manila Times chairperson and CEO Dante Ang II as the new chairperson of the Commission on Filipino Overseas (CFO). The ...