The distinct station, Betty Go-Belmonte, is named after the journalist who founded Manila-based broadsheet The Philippine STAR, when the country was freshly celebrating its newfound freedom after toppling the Marcos dictatorship. Balancing her family duties and responsibilities at the newspaper, Betty Go-Belmonte was active in her civic engagements where she was a member of humanitarian and religious organizations. (From left) Dorcy Go, Mother Fely, Betty, Gracie, Father Jimmy, Cecily, Elsie and Andrew. "Throughout all this repression, Go-Belmonte continued to write stories the government did not want people to read. — with reporting from Interaksyon-Editor's Note: Philstar.com is a publication of Philstar Global Corp., the digital counterpart of the STAR Group of Publications that Betty Go-Belmonte founded.

Source: Philippine Star December 31, 2020 04:16 UTC