Billie Mary "Betty" Chua Go-Belmonte was a Filipina journalist and newspaper publisher.
12 Facts About Betty Go-Belmonte
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Betty Go-Belmonte 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.
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Betty Go-Belmonte had four younger sisters namely Cecile, Dorcy, Elsie and Gracie as well as an only younger brother, Andrew.
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Betty Go-Belmonte grew up with a devout Protestant upbringing in the Santa Mesa district of Manila as well as in the Kamias district of Quezon City.
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Betty Go-Belmonte was often teased at school for having a boy's name, so her father started calling her Betty.
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In UP, Betty Go experienced prejudice for being a Filipino of Chinese ancestry.
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Betty Go-Belmonte was acquitted and his case became the basis for the establishment of Philippine libel laws.
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Betty Go-Belmonte's father saw her as his heir in managing the newspaper.
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Betty Go-Belmonte continued writing through her weekly Dear Billie advice column in the Daily Express newspaper.
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Betty Go-Belmonte left the newspaper even as its publishers owed her money which was used to put up Inquirer.
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Betty Go-Belmonte was president of the Quezon City Associated Ladies Foundation, Inc.
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Betty Go-Belmonte died in Quezon City on January 28,1994, due to bone cancer, 27 days after her 60th birthday.