MANILA, Philippines — The Manila Times’ president and COO Blanca Mercado was among those named from the Philippines by a business magazine based in the United Kingdom. Mercado was among13 other Women Tabloid’s 2025 Leadership Awardees for "Excellence in Strategic Operations Leadership in Media and Publishing." “Grateful and honored to be one of the Women Tabloid’s 2025 Leadership Awardees from the Philippines,” Mercado said in a post on Facebook on Sunday. This year’s Women’s Tabloid Awards celebrate “remarkable achievements of women worldwide in various fields.”