Betty Go-Belmonte Street is a street in the

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district of

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, Philippines. It is a notable road in a generally northwest-southeast orientation between the junction with E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue and the junction with N. Domingo Street, all within New Manila. It is served by

Betty Go-Belmonte station Betty Go-Belmonte station is an elevated Manila Light Rail Transit System, Light Rail Transit (LRT) station located on the LRT Line 2 (LRT-2) system in Mariana, Quezon City, Mariana, Quezon City. The station during its inception was formerly cal ...

of the Manila Line 2. The street was named after a notable Filipino journalist who was an institution with her contributions to the writing press during the Martial Law period as well as being one of the founders of two of the major broadsheet newspapers in the country, namely the

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and the

Philippine Star ''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, ...

. She was also the wife of former Quezon City Mayor and

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Feliciano Belmonte Jr. Until 1997, the section of the street located in

Mariana Mariana is a given name (the link includes a list of people of this name). Mariana may also refer to: Literature * ''Mariana'' (Dickens novel), a 1940 novel by Monica Dickens * ''Mariana'' (poem), a poem by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyso ...

and Immaculate Conception was called Valley Road. In 2016, a resolution was passed by the

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to name the full length of the street to N. Domingo Street as Betty Go-Belmonte Street.

Route description

Betty Go-Belmonte Street commences at the intersection with E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue in the north. It heads due southeast, crossing Poinsettia Street and Ilang-Ilang Street. It then straightens up and crosses Cannon Street and Bougainvilla Street before traveling southeast again, crossing Lantana Street and Acacia Street. Afterwards, it turns east and crosses Rosal Street and Rosario Drive before turning south again before crossing

Aurora Boulevard Aurora Boulevard is a four-to-ten-lane major thoroughfare in Quezon City and San Juan, Metro Manila, San Juan in Metro Manila, Philippines. It is named after Don (honorific), Doña Aurora Quezon, the consort of Commonwealth of the Philippines, Co ...

. After crossing Aurora Boulevard, Betty Go-Belmonte goes southeast again, crossing Manggahan Street. It then terminates at the junction with N. Domingo Street, and after a short turn to the southwest, it continues further as P. Tuazon Boulevard.

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