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Israel’s Sequent Tech turns smartphones into ballot boxes through encrypted online voting solution

The system uses biometric authentication, encryption, and zero-knowledge proofs to guarantee the integrity of votes, allowing voters to independently validate their ballots.

An illustration of a mobile phone with a voting ballot box hologram.
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Archaeological project discovers 35,000-year-old seafaring culture in the Philippines

Researchers found a unique burial site on Ilin Island aged 5,000 years, with the body in a fetal position covered with limestone slabs, indicating complex social practices.

 Archaeological project discovers 35,000-year-old seafaring culture in the Philippines. Illustration.

Qatar arrests 16 Filipino workers for ‘unlawful protests’

Workers, who protested the arrest of former Philippine leader Duterte, may face up to three years in Qatari prisons, according to Department of Foreign Affairs

 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Group A - Qatar v Ecuador - FIFA Fan Festival - Al Bidda Park, Doha, Qatar - November 20, 2022 A police officer gestures as a crowd attempts to enter the fan festival (illustrative)

Philippine ex-President Duterte to face murder charges at ICC for drug war killings

Duterte, 79, could become the first Asian former head of state to go on trial at the ICC in The Hague.

THE INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court building in The Hague: The ICC has no viable plan to bring to justice the Hamas leaders who conceived the mega-atrocity in Israel, or the terrorist organization’s supporters who slaughtered 1,200 civilians and seized 251 people as hostages on October 7, 2023

Contrasting souls: Israeli and Filipino cultural dynamics - opinion

The story of Sgt.-Maj. Cydrick Garin and his father represents more than just an individual case – it symbolizes the bridge between these two distinct cultural approaches.

A FILIPINO caregiver helps an elderly Israeli woman. In times of crisis, both cultures demonstrate their strengths: Israelis through their direct problem-solving and Filipinos through their resilient community spirit, say the writers.

Asteroid the size of two house cats hit Earth's atm. over the Philippines - report

The asteroid is just around a meter in diameter and is not expected to cause any damage. It will most likely burn in the atmosphere, forming a fireball.

 Screenshot  from a video showing the asteroid impacting with the atmopshere as witnessed from Gonzaga in Cagayan province, Philippines, on September 4. Allan Madelar/Facebook

Ex-police officers arrested for slaughter of Israeli linked to Philippines land scam

Former Philippine police officers implicated in the murder of Isaac Cohen and Geneva Lopez over a land dispute, highlighting corruption and violence in agricultural land transactions.

Yitzhak Cohen and Geneva Lopez.

Philippine troops kill nine Islamist militants, including two linked to Catholic Mass bombing

Those killed were members of Daulah Islamiyah, a pro-Islamic State militant group that took control of the southern Marawi city in 2017 and held it through five months of ground offensives.

Soldiers holding their weapons stand on attention during the 121st anniversary celebration of the Philippine Army at Taguig city, Metro Manila, Philippines March 20, 2018

Millions of Filipino Catholics join Black Nazarene procession

The centuries-old tradition of paying homage to the black wooden statue of Jesus Christ, believed to have healing powers, drew massive numbers of Catholics to take part in the procession.

 Filipino devotees join the annual Catholic procession of the Black Nazarene during its feast day in Manila, Philippines, January 9, 2024

Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly Philippine bombing

The attack was carried out in a university gymnasium in Marawi, a city in the south of the country besieged by Islamist militants for five months in 2017.

Lanao Del Sur Governor Mamintal Adiong Jr. stands among law enforcement officers as they investigate the scene of an explosion that occurred during a Catholic Mass in a gymnasium at Mindanao State University in Marawi, Philippines, December 3, 2023.

Filipino workers ‘debunk negative concepts about Israel' - interview

Even when there are pro-Hamas demonstrations, most of the participants don’t know what Hamas is. “They’re just shouting,” said Philippines Ambassador to Israel Pedro Laylo Jr.

 PHILIPPINES AMBASSADOR to Israel Pedro Laylo Jr.

Caught up in war, Israel's migrant workers face tough choices

While many migrant workers and relatives back home fear for their safety if they stay in Israel, some said they cannot afford to give up their jobs.

 Thai foreing workers work in the agricultural field in Hefer Valley, April 9, 2023.