Betty Mendez Livioco

Last updated March 14, 2019

Betty Mendez Livioco, born Beatriz Mendez on February 18, 1931 in Iriga Camarines Sur, Philippines. Known as "Tita Betty", she was the host of the a popular radio show in the 1950s and 1960s called Tita Betty's Children's Show . The show debuted on November 20, 1949. She also directed radio dramas and managed the radio station, DWAN-AM.

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east, and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.

Biography

A graduate of Far Eastern University in Manila where she earned her bachelor's degree in accounting.

Graduation is getting a diploma or academic degree or the ceremony that is sometimes associated with it, in which students become graduates. Before the graduation, candidates are referred to as graduands. The date of graduation is often called graduation day. The graduation ceremony itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. Normally, the ceremony and name apply to high school and above. In the United States of America, graduations for elementary school or even Kindergarten have been a development of recent years. When ceremonies are associated, they usually include a procession of the academic staff and candidates and a valediction. At the college and university level the faculty will usually wear academic dress at the formal ceremonies, as will the trustees and degree candidates.

Far Eastern University (FEU) in the University Belt area, West Sampaloc, City of Manila, is a nonsectarian private university in the Philippines. Created by the merger of Far Eastern College and the Institute of Accountancy, FEU became a university in 1933 under the guidance of first president Dr. Nicanor I. Reyes, Sr. It has been noted as the leading proprietary university in the Philippines. FEU's campus is noted for a number of historical buildings preserved from the first half of the 20th century.

Accounting measurement, processing and communication of financial information about economic entities

Accounting or accountancy is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. The modern field was established by the Italian mathematician Luca Pacioli in 1494. Accounting, which has been called the "language of business", measures the results of an organization's economic activities and conveys this information to a variety of users, including investors, creditors, management, and regulators. Practitioners of accounting are known as accountants. The terms "accounting" and "financial reporting" are often used as synonyms.

In 2004, Tita Betty was diagnosed with liver cancer. On March 27, 2006, at the age of 75, Tita Betty died from liver and colon cancer.^{[ citation needed ]}

Liver cancer, also known as hepatic cancer and primary hepatic cancer, is cancer that starts in the liver. Cancer which has spread from elsewhere to the liver, known as liver metastasis, is more common than that which starts in the liver. Symptoms of liver cancer may include a lump or pain in the right side below the rib cage, swelling of the abdomen, yellowish skin, easy bruising, weight loss, and weakness.

She is survived by her husband, Enrique Livioco, her 5 children Butch Livioco, Bess Livioco, Bee Livioco Villanueva, Roberto-Jose Livioco, and Bingle Livioco, 17 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren.^{[ citation needed ]}

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References

Jimenez, Alex (September 23, 1996). "Everybody's Tita Betty". Manila Standard via news.google.com. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

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