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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.
May 31, 2023 · What did Betty Go-Belmonte do? Having been born just before WWII, the Go family had to pack up in Betty's early years and flee to the Sierra Madre. Her father, who was only 14 when he arrived in the Philippines from Xiamen, Fujian, had made it to the Japanese forces' blacklist.
Dec 31, 2020 · She was the firstborn among six children, namely Cecily, Dorcy, Elsie, Gracie and Andrew. She grew up at the Kamias district of Quezon City in a devout Protestant household. At eight...
Feb 1, 2021 · Banner and thumbnail caption: The Philippine STAR founding chairman Betty Go-Belmonte. Photo from Eternally Betty: In Loving Memory of a Wonderful Life
Feb 19, 2020 · Twenty-six years after she had passed away, Betty Go-Belmonte’s legacy lives not just in The Philippine STAR. It throbs in the hearts of those who loved her, knew her, and were touched by her selflessness.
Jan 31, 2019 · Betty Go-Belmonte was born on Dec. 31, 1933, a day her father, the late Filipino-Chinese newspaper publisher Go Puan Seng (“Jimmy Go”), described as a “gay New Year’s Eve.”
Jan 28, 2014 · Betty Go-Belmonte was a beloved wife, mother and grandmother, daughter and sister, but her unshakeable faith, generosity and patriotism took her from the bosom of her home to just about every...
