Betty Go-Belmonte
Betty "Pebbles" Go-Belmonte (birth name: Betty Go ; * 1933 , † January 28, 1994 in Manila ) was a Filipino journalist and publisher of the daily newspaper The Philippine Star .
Life
Betty Go was the daughter of Go Puan Seng, a Chinese immigrant who became one of the country's leading journalists and whose acquittal in a defamation trial in the 1930s after he was exposed to public corruption laid the groundwork for legislation Defamation of the Philippines.
After attending school, she first studied at the University of the Philippines , before completing a postgraduate degree in American literature at Claremont College in California , which received a Master of Arts (MA American Literature). Then she has also worked as a journalist and was, together with Max Soliven to the group of journalists after the fall of the dictatorial ruling President Ferdinand Marcos the newspaper in the spring of 1986 on 28 July 1986 The Philippine Star founded the one of the leading daily newspapers of the country and of which she remained president from 1988 until her death.
Betty Go-Belmonte, who died of cancer , was married to Feliciano "Sonny" Belmonte , a longtime mayor of Quezon City and a member of the House of Representatives .
The Betty Go Belmonte station of the Mass Rapid Transit Manila , Manila's suburban train company , which opened in Quezon City on April 5, 2004 , and the Betty Go Belmonte Elementary School were named in her honor.
Web links
- Learning from Betty Go-Belmonte (October 14, 2008, philstar.com)
- THE NEW YORK TIMES: Betty Go Belmonte; Newspaper President, 60 (Jan 30 1994)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Go-Belmonte, Betty |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Go, Betty (maiden name); Go-Belmonte, Betty (different spelling); Pebbles (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Filipino journalist, publisher and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1933 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 1994 |
| Place of death | Manila |