On its third year as an active press organization, the Philippine Global Media Group (PGMG) will hold its Induction of Officers and Gala Night on August 8 (Saturday) at 6:00 PM at the Crystal Ballroom of the Sheraton Cerritos Hotel, 12725 Center Court Drive, Cerritos.
This was announced by incoming president Dan Estabillo Nino and Val G. Abelgas, president and board chairman respectively of PGMG, a City of Cerritos-based public benefit 501 C-3 nonprofit corporation.
Nino began his media career in Manila in 1973 and has contributed to Los Cerritos Community News, Philippine News Today, Asian Journal, Balikbayan Magazine, Weekend Balita, and the Philippine Post. He was recently conferred the 2026 TOP Award for outstanding achievement in Journalism.
Val Abelgas, founding president of PGMG, is publisher and editor-in-chief of Philippine Post. A professional journalist for 54 years, he was the first TOP Awardee for Outstanding Achievement in Journalism in 2018 and first FAPCCA Journalist of the Year in 2016.
Other officers to be sworn in by Philippine Consul General to Los Angeles Adelio Angelito S. Cruz include Vice Presidents Lydia V. Solis, Nimfa U. Rueda, and Jannelle So-Perkins; Secretary Donna Gatdula-Arevalo; Treasurer Meg Ilagan; Auditor Rick Gavino; PROs Ellen Rodriguez-Swing and Joe T. Cobilla, Jr.; and 14 board members.
PGMG was founded in November 2023 by Manny Ilagan, Val Abelgas, Lydia Solis and Nimfa Rueda to unite media practitioners and uplift journalistic standards in Southern California, with a vision to expand to the global Filipino diaspora.
Among its accomplishments: the book launch of "California: A Philippine Territory Almost" by Alfred G. Gabot; supporting the renaming of Echo Park Library to Carlos Bulusan Library; covering community events across Southern California; and awarding a scholarship to a college-bound Filipino-American student.
For Sponsorship & Gala Night Attendance
(562) 508-8099 | (562) 469-8030 | info@pgmg.org
