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Cherie Mercado
Born	Cherie Lei Ariza Mercado (1972-04-21) April 21, 1972 (age 52) Manila, Philippines
Occupation(s)	Journalist, Radio Commentator
Years active	1995–2016, 2018–2019
Spouse	Mike Santos (m. 2004) ^[1]
Children	Christiana Santos^[2] Anabella Santos^[1]

Cherie Mercado-Santos (born April 21, 1972), is a Filipino broadcast journalist.

Career

With 24 years of experience as a writer, reporter, producer, host and anchor, Cherie worked for the top two networks in the Philippines beginning her careers a news anchor, reporter, researcher, and then as one of the best live on-the-scene reporters for ABS-CBN News (1995–2004), before finally signing with TV5 (2004–2016).

Prior to joining TV5, she hosted ABS-CBN's Morning Show “Alas Singko Y’Medya”, “Magandang Umaga Bayan”, The Global News and her own lifestyle show on ANC, Coffee Talk with Cherie Mercado.

As a senior newscaster, she is a prominent figure in the news industry and well-respected for her poise, professionalism, great sense of style and hard-hitting news stories including her coverage of the Mindanao conflict.

She was chosen by Sky News Broadcasting in London to speak about the Philippines’ coverage of the Royal Wedding.

She was the solo host and anchor for CNN Konek,^[3] a local franchise of CNN Connect the World hosted by CNN's senior anchor Becky Anderson. It aired on AksyonTV every weeknight at 7:30-8:00pm.

She was also co-hosts a radio program with news personality Paolo Bediones entitled “Trabaho Lang with Paolo and Cherie”, which airs every weeknight on Radyo5, 92.3 News FM from 8:00-9:30pm.

She was the co-anchor of late-night newscast entitled Aksyon JournalisMO together with Jove Francisco and Martin Andanar.

She was also the co-anchor of the late newscast entitled Pilipinas News, replaced Aksyon JournalisMO, together with Jove Francisco and Paolo Bediones.

On July 21, 2014, Mercado was moved to noontime newscast Aksyon sa Tanghali together with Raffy Tulfo.

On July 15, 2016, Mercado left TV5, her home network for 12 years to become the spokesperson of the Department of Transportation (DOTR).^[4] Mercado later resigned in May 2017 due to her motherhood.^[5]

On February 12, 2018, Mercado joined CNN Philippines, as she took over as a new anchor of the Evening Edition of Newsroom replacing Mitzi Borromeo.^[6]^[7]

On September 3, 2018, Mercado moved to mid-morning Filipino newscast Newsroom Ngayon.^[8]

Personal life

Mercado is married to Mike Santos, a stockbroker, and they have two children, Christiana and Anabella.^[1]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network
1995–2004	The Weekend News	News Anchor	ABS-CBN
1996–2001	Hoy Gising!	News Anchor (substitute for Gel Santos-Relos)
1996–2001	Balitang K	Reporter
1998–2001	Global News	News Anchor
2001–2004	Alas Singko Y Medya (now Magandang Umaga Bayan)	Host
2001–2003	Coffee Talk with Cherie Mercado	Host	ANC
2004–2008	Big News	News Anchor	ABC
2008–2010	TEN: The Evening News	News Anchor	TV5
2010	Aksyon Weekend	News Anchor
2010–2012	Aksyon JournalisMO	News Anchor
2010–2011	Sapul sa Singko	Host
2011–2013	CNN Konek	News Anchor	AksyonTV
2012	Insider	Host	TV5
2012–2014	Pilipinas News	News Anchor
2014–2016	Aksyon sa Tanghali	News Anchor
2018	Newsroom	News Anchor	CNN Philippines
2018–2019	Newsroom Ngayon	News Anchor
2018–2019	CNN Philippines Updates	Various Contributor
2019	CNN Philippines The Filipino Votes: Senatorial Forum	Co-Moderator

Radio

Trabaho Lang! (2013–2014; 2015–2016) - Radyo5 92.3 News FM (now 92.3 Radyo5 True FM)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Mercado-Santos, Cherie (January 12, 2015). "A dream fulfilled: An escape to the south of France (First part)". The Market Monitor. Ana Publishing Incorporated. Retrieved October 22, 2015. She is the proud mother of two daughters, Christiana and Anabella, and happily shares life's journey and travel adventures with her stockbroker-husband Mike Santos.
^ Pangilinan, Robbie (February 1, 2010). "Teacher mommy". The Philippine Star. Philippines. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
^ Paglicawan, Mc Richard (February 17, 2012). "Pilipinas News changes late-night newscast landscape starting Monday on TV5". LionhearTV. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
^ dela Paz, Charisse (July 17, 2016). "TV5's Cherie Mercado is new transportation spokesperson". Rappler. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
^ "CHERIE MERCADO RESIGNS AS SPOKESPERSON OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION". Medianewser.com. May 19, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
^ "Join @cheriemercado now on Newsroom. (CNN Philippines on Twitter)". February 13, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
^ "Former TV5 anchor Cherie Mercado joining CNN Philippines (Media Newser Philippines)". February 1, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
^ "Ruth Cabal and Cherie Mercado to switch roles (Media Newser Philippines)". December 14, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.

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