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All that parcel of land part of Hanbury in the parish of Manchester NOTICE Will Miss Sashauna Walker whose last place of employment was Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited or anyone knowing her whereabouts contact the Correctional Services Production Company Limited (COSPROD) at 12-14 Lockette Avenue Kingston or contact us at (876) 948-1553 or email us at cosprod_jm@yahoo.com immediately. Matter is extremely URGENT and important. MADRID (AP): M ARATHON UNITED Nations (UN) climate talks ended Sunday with a slim compromise that sparked widespread disappointment after major polluters resisted calls for ramping up efforts to keep global warming at bay and negotiators postponed debate about rules for international carbon markets for another year. Organisers kept delegates from almost 200 nations in Madrid far beyond Friday’s scheduled close of the two-week talks. In the end, negotiators endorsed a general call for greater efforts to tackle cli- mate change and several measures to help poor countries respond and adapt to its impacts. UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that he was “dis- appointed” by the meeting’s outcome. “The international community lost an important opportunity to show increased ambition on miti- gation, adaptation, and finance to tackle the climate crisis,” he said. “We must not give up, and I will not give up.” The final declaration cited an “urgent need” to cut planet- heating greenhouse gases in line with the goals of the landmark 2015 Paris climate-change accord. But it fell far short of explicitly demanding that countries sub- mit bolder emissions propos- als next year, which developing countries and environmentalists had demanded. The Paris accord established a common goal of keeping tem- perature increases below two degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit), ideally 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), by the end of the century. So far, the world is on course for a three- to four- degree Celsius rise, with poten- tially dramatic consequences for many countries, including rising sea levels and fiercer storms. After two nights of fractious negotiations, delegates in Madrid decided to defer some of the thorniest issues to the next UN climate summit in Glasgow in November. Chile’s Environment Minister Carolina Schmidt, who chaired the meeting, said that she was “sad” no deal had been reached on the rules for international trading in carbon emissions permits. “We were on the verge,” she said, adding that the goal was to establish markets that are“robust and environmentally sustainable”. Economists say putting a price on carbon dioxide, themain green- house gas, and allowing countries or companies to trade emissions permits will encourage the shift away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy. Some observers welcomed the failure of a deal on carbon mar- kets, though, and the European Union and developing countries had said beforehand that no deal was better than a bad one. “Thankfully, the weak rules on a market-based mechanism, pro- moted by Brazil and Australia, that would have undermined efforts to reduce emissions have been shelved,” said Mohamed Adow, director of Nairobi-based cam- paign group Power Shift Africa. Helen Mountford, from the environmental think-tank World Resources Institute, said that “given the high risks of loopholes discussed in Madrid, it was better to delay than accept rules that would have compromised the integrity of the Paris Agreement”. The talks in Spain took place against a backdrop of growing worldwide concern about cli- mate change. The past year saw large protests in hundreds of cit- ies around the globe, and climate activists staged several rallies inside and outside the conference venue to express their frustration at the slow pace of the talks. Climate talks end with slim deal Activists protest outside the COP25 climate talks congress in Madrid, Spain, on Saturday. AP CARACAS, VENEZUELA (AP) UNITED STATES (US) authorities downgraded Venezuela’s aviation rating Friday, saying that the crisis-torn nation isn’t able to meet basic interna- tional standards for airline safety. The Federal AviationAdministration (FAA) said that it recently performed an“extensive review”ofVenezuela’s civil aviation authority, leading to the status change. “The Venezuelan regime does not comply” with international standards, the FAA statement said. Venezuela’s aviation authorities either lack regula- tions needed to oversee their carriers at a minimum standard or they don’t have adequate expertise, train- ing, or inspection procedures, among safety concerns, the FAA stated. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the Trump administration cut diplomatic ties earlier this year after US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaído’s bid launched in January to oust the socialist leader. Venezuela joins countries such as Malaysia, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, andGhana tobedeemedbelow international standards.The ratingdoesn’t automatically ban a nation’s planes from landing in the US, but they are subject tomore restrictions. However, inMarch, AmericanAirlines announced that itwas suspending its flightsbetweenMiami andCaracas. Theairlineactedafteritspilots’uniontoldmembersnotto operate flights toVenezuelabecauseof safety concerns. Americanwas the last US airline flying toVenezuela. At about the same time, the US Transportation Departmentbannedpassengerandcargoflightsbetween the two countries, citing unrest and safety concerns. Venezuela’s domestic airlines, Laser Airlines and Avior Airlines, had flown between the two countries, but there are currently no direct flights. The FAA said that it assesses the civil aviation author- ities of all countrieswith air carriers that have applied to fly to the United States or participate in code-sharing arrangements with US airlines and that it makes that information public. FAA downgrades Venezuelan aviation-safety rating DOHA (CMC): THE GOVERNMENT of Antigua and Barbuda and the govern- ment of Qatar have taken steps to strengthen bilateral relations. This was revealed by Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne, who on Saturday participated in the Doha Forum 2019, which was held under the theme ‘Reimagining Governance in a Multipolar World’. According to a statement from the Office of the Prime Minister, “Prime Minister Browne expresses concerns about unilateralism, which is frustrating global gov- ernance, creating unnecessary distrust and tensions, thereby undermining global aspirations for mutual and peaceful coexistence and cooperation among nations within a multipolar world.” During his brief visit to the Gulf state, Browne exchanged courtesies with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, emir of the Stateof Qatar, and heldbilateral discussionswithPrime Minister of Qatar Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani. “The discussions centred around strengthening the diplomatic ties with Qatar and explored possible investments in a liquefied natural gas terminal in Antigua to service cruise ships and other vessels, and possibly an investment in a hotel resort,” Browne said. Discussions were also held on possible cooperation in the expan- sion of The University of the West Indies’ Five Islands campus in Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua strengthens bilateral relations with Qatar MADRID, (CMC) THE ALLIANCE of Small Island States (AOSIS) has called for parties at COP25 to seize the last significant window of opportunity to act decisively. “As people living on the frontiers and in the epicentres of climate risk and vulnera- bility, we know precisely what ambitious action looks like and how it must be sup- ported. We live with climate impacts daily. So small-islanders fully embraced COP25’s promise to be the COP of ambition,” said AOSIS in a statement on Sunday. According to AOSIS, as member states contend with “the most egregious and unjust consequences of the climate emer- gency”, key measures of ambition have been outlined. They include closing the mitigation gap to safeguard the Paris Agreement goal of achieving a viable 1.5-degree world, enhanced action and support for loss and damage through a fit-for-purposeWarsaw International Mechanism, and delivering a new climate finance goal. Thegrouping said itwelcomes that strong showof support“for our oceans. Oceans are central to the integrity of the climate system. Actionmust now follow swiftly”. “But as COP25draws to a close and islands wade through andbeyond the glitzy public relations andbuzzwords, we are astounded. We are appalled anddismayed at the failure to come to a decision on critical issues, the scale of inaction, ineffective processes, and some parties’ yeoman commitment to obstruction and regressive anti-science positions,”AOSIS said. In its closing statement, AOSIS stressed that climate action is not a wish. “It is a matter of survival, and it must be funded. We welcome the near US$90- million pledged to the Adaptation Fund at this meeting. But adapting to secure 1.5 costs vastly more. Loss and damage is an existential issue for AOSIS member states. Several islands in the Pacific have already been inundated, lives have been lost. We all face a similar fate much sooner than previously pro- jected. We know comprehensive climate action. We were the lone voice that raised the need for a comprehensive loss-and- damage mechanism in 1991 when the convention was being drafted.” Small-island states call for decisive action on climate change Gaston Browne FILE SPAIN UNITED STATES SPAIN