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Betty Go-Belmonte

IMAGE COURTESY OF THE BELMONTE FAMILY
Sonny and Betty Belmonte with Miguel, Kevin, Joy, and Isaac

Isaac and Miguel Belmonte remember their mother, Betty, by naming 25 truths about her in the Philippine Star.

Among these interesting tidbits include her real name, Billie Mary Go Belmonte. In her early life, she majored in English literature at Claremont Graduate School in California. Coming from a family of newspaper magnates, the founder of the Star was the one who chose its yellow logo and its motto, “Truth shall prevail.” She also co-founded the Philippine Daily Inquirer toward the end of the Marcos regime.

A close friend of President Corazon Aquino’s, she was at Camp Crame every day during the EDSA revolution and handed out sandwiches and copies of the Inquirer to protesters.

Julia Vargas de Ortigas

The wife of lawyer Don Francisco Ortigas Sr.

and mother to their seven children, Julia Vargas dedicated a chunk of her life to subduing the widespread t