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,
Front page from March 19, 2018
The first issue of The Philippine Star on July 28, 1986.
Maximo Villaflor Soliven was a Filipino journalist and newspaper publisher. In a career spanning six decades, he co-founded both the Philippine Daily Inquirer and The Philippine Star, serving as the l
The Philippine Star
…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…
The tomb of Max Soliven at the Libingan ng mga Bayani
Soliven takes his first formal photograph (from Maximo V. Soliven: The Man and the Journalist)
Soliven (2nd row, 2nd from the left) sits with his fellow members of Guild 47, along with Father Raymond Gough, S.J. (from Maximo V. Soliven: The Man and the Journalist)
Maximo Soliven with Ferdinand Marcos, who will eventually have him imprisoned (from Maximo V. Soliven: The Man and the Journalist)