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Cherie Mercado-Santos (born April 21, 1972), is a Filipinos Journalist.
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, 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). Mercado later resigned in May 2017 due to her motherhood.
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.
On September 3, 2018, Mercado moved to mid-morning Filipino newscast Newsroom Ngayon.
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