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Don’t scapegoat Roma community amid coronavirus restrictions, says Christian network Alamy A horse-drawn cart on a public road in Sintesti, Romania, earlier this month A CHURCH aid network has spoken of “distressed conditions” facing the large Roma minority in Europe as a result of anti-coronavirus measures, and urged governments to make “concrete commitments” to improve their access to education and social protection. “Roma people have disproportionately suffered from the Covid-19 pandemic and the associated lockdowns and national restrictions across Europe,” the Brussels-based Eurodiaconia, a network of 52 Churches and Christian NGOs, has said. “Many Roma living in segregated settlements lack access to adequate sanitation, safe housing, and basic public infrastructure. Perhaps most disturbingly, Roma have been perceived in many cases as a public-health threat by local authorities and communities, and have been scapeg ....
Zeljko Jovanovic: The New Roma Politics of Self-Determination and Unity 8.4.2021 11:08 Zeljko Jovanovic In the midst of the Cold War, Roma leaders gathered in London in 1971 to proclaim self-determination and transnational unity among the Roma. At the first World Roma Congress, they agreed on symbols of unity: the blue-and-green flag with a red wheel under which we all stand with pride and sing “Gelem Gelem,” our anthem in Romanes, our language. These symbols have unified our people and our cause of self-determination for 50 years. They represent a political gift that my generation inherited from the previous one. What political legacy will my generation leave behind for the next? In short, we should reinforce the transnational movement with the strongholds in our communities, continue building the Roma nation and unify Roma leadership around new moral foundations. Let me explain each of these. ....
(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Commuter advocacy group The Passenger Forum (TPF) issued the appeal after transport regulators warned that they will go after PUV operators and drivers who will violate the health guidelines. “Bus and jeepney passengers know the rules and we believe that most of them want to obey these rules. However, it is a fact that there is a supply problem in the current public transportation landscape and this is a great hindrance in how to effectively implement our coronavirus disease (COVID-19) protocols,” TPF convenor Primo Morillo said in a statement. Morillo noted that the lack of seating spaces in PUVs has been forcing commuters to occupy the remaining seats or even aisles in passenger buses that are meant to be vacant for the one-seat apart distancing rule. ....
Curfew policies should be simplified so that workers on "graveyard" shift would not have to deal with delays while commuting to their workplaces, a commuter advocacy group said Friday, March 12. ....
. Dapat tama lang,” Gavieta explained. [Translation: In railways, airport systems, toll roads, the government should regulate these in such a way that the private sector’s financial returns aren’t excessive. They should just be the right amount.] Meanwhile, think tank Infrawatch convener Terry Ridon argued the Department of Transportation threw the private proponent under the bus” when confronted with issues on Megawide-GMR s financial clout. As PPP partners, it was supposed to jointly work with the private proponent to ensure that all eligibility requirements were met prior to submission to the NEDA ICC,” Ridon told CNN Philippines. He noted both sides should have continued working together in the re-submission of a proposal after the body returned the initial one due to incomplete requirements. ....