The Philippine Star
| Truth Shall Prevail | |
Front page from March 19, 2018 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet 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 |
| Publisher | Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc. |
| President | Miguel G. Belmonte |
| Editor-in-chief | Ana Marie Pamintuan |
| Associate editor | Millet M. Mananquil Doreen G. Yu Marichu A. Villanueva |
| Managing editor | Romel A. Lara |
| Sports editor | Nelson T. Beltran |
| Founded | July 28, 1986 (14,204 issues) |
| Political alignment | Centre-left |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | The Philippine STAR Building, Amvel Business Park, Dr. A Santos Avenue, Sucat, Parañaque City |
| City | Manila |
| Country | Philippines |
| Circulation | Mon–Sat: 262,285 (2012) Sunday: 286,408 (2012) |
| Sister newspapers | BusinessWorld Pilipino Star Ngayon Pang-Masa The Freeman Banat |
| OCLC number | 854909029 |
| Website | philstar.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.