John Nery
@jnerynewsstand.bsky.social
Journalist/lecturer/author. Host, “In the Public Square with John Nery.” Columnist, “Newsstand.”
Rappler. Ateneo de Manila University. Consortium on Democracy & Disinformation. Asian Center for Journalism. World Justice Project.
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Rappler. Ateneo de Manila University. Consortium on Democracy & Disinformation. Asian Center for Journalism. World Justice Project.
johnnery.wordpress.com
From the brink of delisting 3 years ago to winning 3 seats and 2.77M votes: How did the @AkbayanParty do it? What was their secret sauce? Party president Rafaela David and Akbayan Youth chair Justine Balane talk ingredients. Join us for a truly engaging conversation IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, tonite at 8
May 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
From the brink of delisting 3 years ago to winning 3 seats and 2.77M votes: How did the @AkbayanParty do it? What was their secret sauce? Party president Rafaela David and Akbayan Youth chair Justine Balane talk ingredients. Join us for a truly engaging conversation IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, tonite at 8
Are the surveys broken?
Tonight, IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, we drill deep into the surveys and the election results, with the “Stats Guy” Dr. Peter Cayton and political scientist Prof. Arjan Aguirre. Starts at 8! @rappler.bsky.social
Tonight, IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, we drill deep into the surveys and the election results, with the “Stats Guy” Dr. Peter Cayton and political scientist Prof. Arjan Aguirre. Starts at 8! @rappler.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Are the surveys broken?
Tonight, IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, we drill deep into the surveys and the election results, with the “Stats Guy” Dr. Peter Cayton and political scientist Prof. Arjan Aguirre. Starts at 8! @rappler.bsky.social
Tonight, IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, we drill deep into the surveys and the election results, with the “Stats Guy” Dr. Peter Cayton and political scientist Prof. Arjan Aguirre. Starts at 8! @rappler.bsky.social
Journalists Kim Quitasol in Baguio, Francis Angelo in Iloilo, and Herbie Gomez in CDO talk local politics in fascinating detail—tonight at 8, IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE! @rappler.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Journalists Kim Quitasol in Baguio, Francis Angelo in Iloilo, and Herbie Gomez in CDO talk local politics in fascinating detail—tonight at 8, IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE! @rappler.bsky.social
Why have rule of law indicators declined seven years in a row? Dr. Alejandro Ponce, exec. director of the World Justice Project, w/c produces the Rule of Law Index, explains how, and why, the rule of law is under attack around the world. Tonight at 8, IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE! @rappler.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Why have rule of law indicators declined seven years in a row? Dr. Alejandro Ponce, exec. director of the World Justice Project, w/c produces the Rule of Law Index, explains how, and why, the rule of law is under attack around the world. Tonight at 8, IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE! @rappler.bsky.social
How do we elect candidates with competence and integrity, who will place country before family? Prof Cielo Magno of UP and @opengovpartnership.org on a revolution at the polls, tonight at 8 IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE.
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/in-the-public-square-episode-electoral-revolt-2025/
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/in-the-public-square-episode-electoral-revolt-2025/
April 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
How do we elect candidates with competence and integrity, who will place country before family? Prof Cielo Magno of UP and @opengovpartnership.org on a revolution at the polls, tonight at 8 IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE.
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/in-the-public-square-episode-electoral-revolt-2025/
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/in-the-public-square-episode-electoral-revolt-2025/
An absorbing conversation with Kaya Natin’s Jess Lorenzo: What should we look for in candidates for local office? How would we know a newbie would be effective? Tonight, IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, at 8.
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/in-the-public-square-episode-elect-good-local-goverment-leaders/
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/in-the-public-square-episode-elect-good-local-goverment-leaders/
March 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
An absorbing conversation with Kaya Natin’s Jess Lorenzo: What should we look for in candidates for local office? How would we know a newbie would be effective? Tonight, IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, at 8.
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/in-the-public-square-episode-elect-good-local-goverment-leaders/
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/in-the-public-square-episode-elect-good-local-goverment-leaders/
Tonight at 8, IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, public opinion pioneer Dr. Mahar Mangahas of sws.org.ph on the direct link between strong, consistent PH public support for the ICC and real public sentiment over Duterte’s war on drugs. (We actually disapproved of it.) @rappler.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Tonight at 8, IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, public opinion pioneer Dr. Mahar Mangahas of sws.org.ph on the direct link between strong, consistent PH public support for the ICC and real public sentiment over Duterte’s war on drugs. (We actually disapproved of it.) @rappler.bsky.social
My SocSc 180i students are hosting another Media and Politics Forum—this time with the extraordinary photojournalist Raffy Lerma, who documented, and continues to give witness to, the tragedy of Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called war on drugs. Please join us on March 28.
March 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
My SocSc 180i students are hosting another Media and Politics Forum—this time with the extraordinary photojournalist Raffy Lerma, who documented, and continues to give witness to, the tragedy of Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called war on drugs. Please join us on March 28.
Did we read too much into the meaning of Edsa? That’s the provocative POV of dev studies prof Dr Leland Dela Cruz, president of the Ph Sociological Society, who argues that a reframing, a narrowing, of the Edsa legacy is necessary. More, IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, tonight at 8! @rappler.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Did we read too much into the meaning of Edsa? That’s the provocative POV of dev studies prof Dr Leland Dela Cruz, president of the Ph Sociological Society, who argues that a reframing, a narrowing, of the Edsa legacy is necessary. More, IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, tonight at 8! @rappler.bsky.social
This week's column argues that a late July start for the VP Duterte impeachment trial was the least bad of available options. The argument can be summed up in six points, as follows:
https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/newsstand-opinion-yes-try-vice-president-sara-duterte-20th-congress/.
February 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This week's column argues that a late July start for the VP Duterte impeachment trial was the least bad of available options. The argument can be summed up in six points, as follows:
https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/newsstand-opinion-yes-try-vice-president-sara-duterte-20th-congress/.
1) Column: SP Escudero is right re impeach trial sched: https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/newsstand-opinion-yes-try-vice-president-sara-duterte-20th-congress/
2) In the Public Square: Eminent lawyers @tedte.bsky.social & Lulu G Reyes talk impeachment issues. Tonight on Rappler at 8!
2) In the Public Square: Eminent lawyers @tedte.bsky.social & Lulu G Reyes talk impeachment issues. Tonight on Rappler at 8!
February 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
1) Column: SP Escudero is right re impeach trial sched: https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/newsstand-opinion-yes-try-vice-president-sara-duterte-20th-congress/
2) In the Public Square: Eminent lawyers @tedte.bsky.social & Lulu G Reyes talk impeachment issues. Tonight on Rappler at 8!
2) In the Public Square: Eminent lawyers @tedte.bsky.social & Lulu G Reyes talk impeachment issues. Tonight on Rappler at 8!
Sat down with the president of Pulse Asia AND the president of Octa to drill into their latest surveys, just released. Dr Holmes: As many as 9 Senate seats may be up for grabs. Prof Rye: Revillame might be the Robin Padilla of 2025. More, IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, tonight at 8! @rappler.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Sat down with the president of Pulse Asia AND the president of Octa to drill into their latest surveys, just released. Dr Holmes: As many as 9 Senate seats may be up for grabs. Prof Rye: Revillame might be the Robin Padilla of 2025. More, IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, tonight at 8! @rappler.bsky.social
With transitional justice expert Ruben Carranza, a sobering discussion of how the United States under Trump 2.0 is turning Nazi: racist, fascist, supremacist, expansionist, authoritarian. Tonight, In the Public Square, at 8!
February 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
With transitional justice expert Ruben Carranza, a sobering discussion of how the United States under Trump 2.0 is turning Nazi: racist, fascist, supremacist, expansionist, authoritarian. Tonight, In the Public Square, at 8!
Just how bad will it get in the U.S. under Trump 2.0? Longtime Fil-Am civic leader Rodel Rodis tells it straight. He has a message for the PH ambassador/consuls in the U.S. too: Do more to support “TNT” Filipinos; under Trump, they are even more at risk. IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, tonight at 8!
January 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Just how bad will it get in the U.S. under Trump 2.0? Longtime Fil-Am civic leader Rodel Rodis tells it straight. He has a message for the PH ambassador/consuls in the U.S. too: Do more to support “TNT” Filipinos; under Trump, they are even more at risk. IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, tonight at 8!
Last month’s PINASURVEY found Filipino voters closely divided on whether VP Sara Duterte is a victim of politics or not. Will the Iglesia’s show of force change public opinion? Insightspedia managing director Rolland Ramirez believes the battle of narratives has a clear winner. Tonight at 8!
January 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Last month’s PINASURVEY found Filipino voters closely divided on whether VP Sara Duterte is a victim of politics or not. Will the Iglesia’s show of force change public opinion? Insightspedia managing director Rolland Ramirez believes the battle of narratives has a clear winner. Tonight at 8!
Politics will get even dirtier this year: open warfare bet Marcoses & Dutertes, socmed targeting of Tulfos & Sottos, “cluster pack” of major candidates fighting for last 4 Senate seats. IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, with seasoned journalists Manny Mogato & Francis Angelo, tonight at 8! @rappler.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Politics will get even dirtier this year: open warfare bet Marcoses & Dutertes, socmed targeting of Tulfos & Sottos, “cluster pack” of major candidates fighting for last 4 Senate seats. IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, with seasoned journalists Manny Mogato & Francis Angelo, tonight at 8! @rappler.bsky.social
Remembering Jose Rizal on his 128th death anniversary, with a look at some of his sculptures: a desperate St. Paul the Hermit, a gift for his teacher Pablo Pastells SJ; a regal bust of Ricardo Carcinero, the Spanish governor in Dapitan, Rizal's place of exile; and the allegorical Mother's Revenge.
December 30, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Remembering Jose Rizal on his 128th death anniversary, with a look at some of his sculptures: a desperate St. Paul the Hermit, a gift for his teacher Pablo Pastells SJ; a regal bust of Ricardo Carcinero, the Spanish governor in Dapitan, Rizal's place of exile; and the allegorical Mother's Revenge.
To mark the 100th episode of @rappler.bsky.social’s IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, we sat down with opposition leader Sen. Risa Hontiveros to discuss the after-life of POGOs, how to grow the opposition’s 7.5% share of self-ID partisanship, and a “reckoning” for the Dutertes and the Marcoses. Tonight, at 8!
December 4, 2024 at 2:10 AM
To mark the 100th episode of @rappler.bsky.social’s IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, we sat down with opposition leader Sen. Risa Hontiveros to discuss the after-life of POGOs, how to grow the opposition’s 7.5% share of self-ID partisanship, and a “reckoning” for the Dutertes and the Marcoses. Tonight, at 8!
Kill President Marcos Jr.? What was VP Sara Duterte thinking—and what do the people in bailiwick Davao City think? Davao civil society’s Atty Anj Razo and Mags Maglana describe victimhood, disbelief, confusion, anger. Tonight, IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, at 8! @rappler.bsky.social
November 27, 2024 at 6:55 AM
Kill President Marcos Jr.? What was VP Sara Duterte thinking—and what do the people in bailiwick Davao City think? Davao civil society’s Atty Anj Razo and Mags Maglana describe victimhood, disbelief, confusion, anger. Tonight, IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, at 8! @rappler.bsky.social
What was ex-President Duterte doing before the Senate and the Quad Comm? To rally his base. Rappler’s Herbie Gomez: “Kasi laos na.” Human rights lawyer Dana Batnag: “[But] without his presidential powers, [Duterte] is just a child.” Tonight, at 8pm, IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, on @rappler.bsky.social!
November 20, 2024 at 8:08 AM
What was ex-President Duterte doing before the Senate and the Quad Comm? To rally his base. Rappler’s Herbie Gomez: “Kasi laos na.” Human rights lawyer Dana Batnag: “[But] without his presidential powers, [Duterte] is just a child.” Tonight, at 8pm, IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, on @rappler.bsky.social!