Philstar

Philstar — best known through its flagship print paper The Philippine Star and its website Philstar.com — is majority-owned by a holding company tied to Philippine telecom giant PLDT, though the founding Belmonte family retains day-to-day editorial control. Rated center-left by media analysts, it is one of the Philippines' most widely read English-language broadsheets. As a Philippine outlet, its coverage of the Trump administration focuses on US-Philippines relations — particularly tariffs and trade — and is largely factual and issue-driven rather than editorially for or against Trump.