The Philippine Star

The Philippine Star
Truth Shall Prevail[1]
Front page from March 19, 2018
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet and News website
Owner(s)PhilStar Daily, Inc.
MediaQuest Holdings (51%)
Belmonte family (21%)
Private stock (28%)
Founder(s)Betty Go-Belmonte
Maximo V. Soliven
Art Borjal
PublisherPhilippine Star Printing Co., Inc.
PresidentMiguel G. Belmonte
Editor-in-chiefAna Marie Pamintuan
Associate editorMillet M. Mananquil
Doreen G. Yu
Marichu A. Villanueva
Managing editorRomel A. Lara
Sports editorNelson T. Beltran
FoundedJuly 28, 1986; 38 years ago (1986-07-28)
(13,985 issues)
Political alignmentCentre-left
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersThe Philippine Star Building, Amvel Business Park, Dr. Arcadio Santos Avenue corner Sucat Road, San Dionisio, Parañaque, Metro Manila[2]
CityManila
CountryPhilippines
CirculationMon–Sat: 262,285 (2012)[3]
Sunday: 286,408 (2012)[3]
Sister newspapersBusinessWorld
Pilipino Star Ngayon
Pang-Masa
The Freeman
Banat
OCLC number854909029
Websitephilstar.com

The Philippine Star (self-styled The Philippine STAR) is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines and the flagship brand of the Philstar Media Group. First published on July 28, 1986, by veteran journalists Betty Go-Belmonte, Max Soliven and Art Borjal, it is one of several Philippine newspapers founded after the 1986 People Power Revolution.

Its sister publications include business newspaper BusinessWorld; Cebu-based, English-language broadsheet The Freeman; Filipino-language tabloids Pilipino Star Ngayon and Pang-Masa; Cebuano-language tabloid Banat, online news portals Philstar.com, PhilstarLife.com, Interaksyon (formerly with News5), LatestChika.com, Wheels.PH, PropertyReport.PH, Multiverse.PH and TV/digital production unit Philstar TV.

In March 2014, the newspaper was acquired by MediaQuest Holdings, Inc., a media conglomerate subsidized by the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund, after the company purchased a majority stake in Philstar Daily, Inc.

The Philippine Star is among the Philippines' most widely circulated newspapers, with an average circulation of 266,000 copies daily, according to the Philippine Yearbook 2013.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Betty1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Arcellana, Juaniyo (November 21, 2023). "So long, Port Area: The STAR makes its move". The Philippine Star. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Communications" (PDF). Philippine Yearbook 2013. Manila, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved August 4, 2016.