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Betty Go-Belmonte (Billie Mary Chua Go) was born on 31 December, 1933 in Santa Mesa, Manila, Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, United States, is a Founder of STAR Group of Publications. Discover Betty Go-Belmonte's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?

Popular As Billie Mary Chua Go
Occupation Journalist, newspaper publisher
Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 31 December, 1933
Birthday 31 December
Birthplace Santa Mesa, Manila, Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, United States
Date of death 1994
Died Place Quezon City, Philippines
Nationality United States

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Who Is Betty Go-Belmonte's Husband?

Her husband is Feliciano Belmonte Jr. (m. 1959)

Family
Parents Jaime Go (Go Puan Seng) Felisa Velasco Chua (Chua Pit Tee)
Husband Feliciano Belmonte Jr. (m. 1959)
Sibling Not Available
Children 4, including Joy

Betty Go-Belmonte Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Betty Go-Belmonte worth at the age of 61 years old? Betty Go-Belmonte’s income source is mostly from being a successful Journalist. She is from United States. We have estimated Betty Go-Belmonte's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
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Source of Income Journalist

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1906

Belmonte was the eldest child of Jaime Go Puan Seng (1906–1987), founder of the Filipino-Chinese newspaper The Fookien Times and Felisa Velasco Chua (1911–2002), the daughter of a merchant family, both of Chinese descent.

1927

Betty Go's father, Jaime Go Puan Seng, founded The Fookien Times in 1927, which was once the biggest Filipino-Chinese newspaper in the Philippines.

1930

During the 1930s, the newspaper was known for exposing government anomalies and corruption, which led to libel lawsuits being filed against his father.

He was acquitted and his case became the basis for the establishment of Philippine libel laws.

Her father saw her as his heir in managing the newspaper.

After finishing her master's degree abroad, she was employed at the company as an assistant to the editor.

She proofread articles and proved herself to be a very capable newspaper manager and publisher, with a deep sense of commitment and ethics.

During the administration of Ferdinand Marcos, The Fookien Times was one of newspapers critical of the government.

1933

Billie Mary "Betty" Chua Go-Belmonte (December 31, 1933 – January 28, 1994) was a Filipina journalist and newspaper publisher.

She established the STAR Group of Publications which publishes the national newspaper, The Philippine Star and The Freeman, the tabloids Pilipino Star Ngayon, Pang-Masa, and Banat, as well as the magazines Starweek, People Asia, and The Fookien Times Yearbook.

A street as well as a Manila LRT Line 2 station was named after her.

1936

She had four younger sisters namely Cecile (1936–2004), Dorcy (1938–1999), Elsie (1941–2009) and Gracie (1946–) as well as an only younger brother, Andrew (1951–).

She grew up with a devout Protestant upbringing in the Santa Mesa district of Manila as well as in the Kamias district of Quezon City.

When she was eight years old, her family moved to the foothills of the Sierra Madre mountains, near Ipo Dam to escape persecution from advancing Japanese forces during World War II, where they lived in poverty.

After the war, Billie Mary Go and her siblings took their elementary studies at Kamuning Public School and Hope Christian High School, and their high school studies at the Philippine Christian Colleges and UP High School.

She was often teased at school for having a boy's name, so her father started calling her Betty.

When she was 19, she wanted to become a Protestant missionary and stay single.

This upset her grandmother, who wanted her to marry.

In college, she wanted to be a painter and pursue a course in Fine Arts but her father thought she would not be able to make a living as a painter and enrolled her in an English degree at the University of the Philippines Diliman instead.

In UP, Betty Go experienced prejudice for being a Filipino of Chinese ancestry.

Despite being born in the Philippines and having a local-born mother, because of her father's dual citizenship and emigrant status, she was treated a dual citizen unfairly as well by (native) Filipino students.

Henceforth, she decided to join student organizations and activities, as well as, ran and won in the student elections to prove that a person of Filipino of Chinese ancestry can run and hold office.

After finishing college, Go attended Claremont Graduate School for her master's degree in English and American literature.

1972

After Marcos' declaration of Martial Law in 1972, the newspaper was one of several newspapers forced to close by the government.

Go Puan Seng went on a self-imposed exile in Canada after the newspaper ceased publication.

Belmonte, who was by then already married to Feliciano Belmonte, Jr., remained in the Philippines despite threats from Imelda Marcos that she will kick them out of the country.

She continued writing through her weekly Dear Billie advice column in the Daily Express newspaper.

In the early '80s, when Marcos eased restrictions on publications, Belmonte started a small monthly magazine called The Star, a predecessor of The Philippine STAR.

It was one of several opposition magazines and tabloids, like Mr & Ms Special Edition, Panorama, We Forum, and Tempo, that were critical of the Marcos administration, dubbed the mosquito press.

1985

On 9 December 1985, following the demand for a credible and independent broadsheet, Belmonte, together with Mr & Ms publisher, Eugenia Apostol, and columnist Maximo Soliven, founded the Philippine Daily Inquirer which would become the leading Philippine broadsheet at that time.

After the EDSA Revolution that toppled Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines, questions finances and divergence of priorities caused a rift among Inquirer's publishers that led Belmonte and Soliven to leave the newspaper and to establish their own broadsheet.

Belmonte was perceived as affecting the newspaper's credibility and was asked to leave.

She left the newspaper even as its publishers owed her money which was used to put up Inquirer.

1986

On March 17, 1986, Belmonte established her own Filipino tabloid newspaper, Ang Pilipino Ngayon.

It would grow in circulation to become the leading Filipino tabloid in the Philippines.

A few months later, on July 28, 1986, Belmonte, Soliven, and Art Borjal established the national broadsheet The Philippine STAR that would compete against Inquirer and Manila Bulletin.

Under Belmonte's chairmanship, STAR would later on surpass the two broadsheets to become the most widely circulated newspaper in the Philippines, distinguished for its balanced, objective, and fair reporting.

As chairman of STAR, Belmonte was active in various corporate social responsibility activities.

In the STAR's maiden issue, the day's biggest news was the death of 23-year-old Stephen Salcedo at the hands of Marcos loyalists, just because he was wearing yellow.

The headline screamed, "Wear yellow and die," and was accompanied by photos of the mob beating Salcedo to death.