Antonio Alberto Calvento (February 1, 1954 – October 9, 2017) was a prominent Filipino

broadcast journalist Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are broadcast by electronic methods instead of the older methods, such as printed newspapers and posters. It works on radio (via air, cable, and Internet), television (via air, cable, ...

and

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. He was the host of ''

Calvento Files ''Calvento Files'' is a Philippine crime and investigative documentary drama series which aired on ABS-CBN from December 1, 1995, to October 2, 1998. It was hosted by broadcast journalist Tony Calvento and was replaced by ''Katapat: Mayor Fred ...

'', a crime and investigative documentary show which aired on

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(together with

ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs ABS-CBN Integrated News and Current Affairs, known on-air as ABS-CBN News (formerly known as ''ABS-CBN News and Public Affairs'' and later ''ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs''), is the news and current affairs production and distribution divisi ...

) from 1995 to 1998.

Personal life

Calvento was married to Carmen de la Rosa with three children.

Death

Calvento died of stage 4

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on October 9, 2017, at the Asian Hospital and Medical Center at the age of 63.

Filmography

Screenplay

Story

Advertising and Promotions Manager

Advertising Manager

Production manager

Actor

TV show

Radio Show Producer

Awards, honors and recognition

*Golden Scroll for Journalism

References

1954 births 2017 deaths Deaths from cancer in the Philippines Deaths from multiple organ failure Deaths from pancreatic cancer Filipino columnists Filipino screenwriters Filipino writers People from Manila {{Philippines-journalist-stub