The tabloid was bought in 1988 by Amado Macasaet, chairman of Monica Publishing Corporation (MPC), whose son, Allen, became the company's president.

[4] On February 3, 1989, MPC began publishing Abante Tonite, its afternoon edition, with the elder Macasaet as its founder.

Upon its success in circulation, it later reduced its most dubious content to reach more advertisers and readers, a strategy later adopted by other tabloids.

[2] On September 9, 2019, four armed men burned the Abante Tonite printing house in Parañaque City.

[2] During the State of Emergency in 2006, operatives from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group tried to raid Abante's office but withdrew when they saw that there were television crews in the area.