The Sun.Star Manila is a daily online newspaper published in Metro Manila, the Philippines. Founded in 1999, the newspaper is owned by the Cebu City-based Sun.Star group of community newspapers. Initially a print publication, the Sun.Star Manila was partially funded by the acquisition of businessman William Gatchalian, also known as the "plastics king" for his dominance of the Philippine plastic industry, of a minority stake in the newspaper: his second attempt at investing in a newspaper after owning a minority share in the Sun.Star Cebu in the 1980s, which he sold off in 1986. He was invited to invest in the Manila edition as the family of former Transportation Secretary Jesus B. Garcia, which owns the Sun.Star Cebu and its sister publications, was unable to bankroll a Manila—and therefo