Monday 18, 2023

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PREPA opposes Quanta taking active role in green energy tenders

By THE STAR STAFF

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) has opposed a request by Quanta Services, one of the parent companies of LUMA Energy, the private operator of the PREPA transmission and distribution (T&D) system, seeking to be removed from the list of firms banned from participating in any capacity in the tenders for renewable energy projects.

PREPA says allowing Quanta to participate in the tenders by acting as a contractor or supplier to project proponents or in any other capacity would be a conflict of interest.

“Quanta has a 50% ownership interest in LUMA Energy. Thus, in matters related to LUMA’s responsibilities pursuant to the T&D OMA, Quanta acts for all purposes as agent of PREPA,” PREPA noted in a recent motion to the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB). “In the particular case of renewable energy tranches, LUMA is responsible for compliance with the interconnection of renewables.”

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority says allowing Quanta Services, one of the parent companies of LUMA Energy, to participate in the tenders for renewable energy projects as a contractor or supplier to project proponents, or in any other capacity, would be a conflict of interest.

employees, and persons, or legal entities related to them are eligible to participate as team members or to otherwise assist any proponent or team member, directly or indirectly in the tender.” In doing so, PREPA wanted to avoid possible conflicts of interest.

The PREB later removed PREPA from overseeing the six proposed tenders in 2021 and decided to hire an independent contractor to manage the tenders, arguing that PREPA was too slow in increasing the use of renewable energy sources. In January 2022, the PREB assigned the new responsibilities to Accion Group. Accion Group has conducted the tenders for Tranche 2 and 3 so far. The deadline for bids on the third tranche of renewable energy tenders was Sept. 1.

Since PREPA had initially included Quanta as a restricted party in the RFP for Tranche 1, the PREB has continued to include Quanta as a restricted party in both the RFPs for Tranche 2 and Tranche 3.

Accordingly, having Quanta or its subsidiaries perform work on behalf of proponents has a substantial potential of resulting in conflicts of interest which could be detrimental to PREPA and PREPA’s relationship with LUMA, the motion said. “In the eventuality that Quanta, as contractor for a proponent, fails to perform as intended, LUMA would be in a classic conflict of interest situation of either defending one of the parties to its consortium or PREPA.

On Feb. 22, 2021, PREPA requested proposals (RFPs) for the first of six renewable energy tenders. As part of the process, PREPA issued a list of “Restricted Parties,” whereby neither the listed entities “nor their respective directors, officers, partners,

On July 18 of this year, Quanta sent a letter to Accion Group seeking its removal from the “Restricted Parties” inclusion. Quanta specifically requested that Accion Group consider revising the restrictions on “Restricted Parties” for all past and current tranches of renewable energy generation and energy storage resource projects and any future RFPs to allow Quanta and similarly restricted companies to participate as contractors, sub-contractors, suppliers and vendors in the development, design, engineering, procurement, construction, supply, installation, commissioning, testing or maintenance of the projects. There are 24 parties restricted from participating in the tenders in any capacity including ATCO, LUMA Energy’s other parent company, and LUMA Energy itself.

Governor congratulates resident commissioner, who has a baby on the way

By THE STAR STAFF

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia offered Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón congratulations on social media Sunday in response to the news from the resident commissioner that she and her husband, José Yovín Vargas, are going to be parents.

“Congratulations Jenniffer and Jovín! Children are a great blessing,” the governor posted on his Facebook page,

where he also shared the resident commissioner’s announcement. “May God bless this new family. A big hug!”

Many more messages of congratulations appeared on González Colón’s own Facebook page on Sunday afternoon after she posted the announcement.

“Today my husband and I want to share our deep joy!! One of the most special moments in our lives,” the resident commissioner’s message read.

“We will be parents!!”

“Our family today grows larger for the Glory of God!” she added. “Today we have more strength than ever, full of enthusiasm, hope and commitment to Puerto Rico. We want the best for them and for all our people

“Our happiness is enormous and will undoubtedly be a greater force to continue our commitment to life. We were looking forward to this blessing. We are extremely grateful and will begin to shape what will be a Family for God.”

Gov’t to launch incentivized retirement for non-essential workers

By THE STAR STAFF

The island government and the Financial Oversight and Management Board have reached an agreement that would open an incentivized retirement program for some 1,240 public workers.

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia, along with the executive director of the government retirement board, Luis M. Collazo Rodríguez, announced late last week that both parties reached an agreement for the partial implementation of Act 80-2020, the “Law of the Incentivized Retirement Program and Justice for Our Public Servants” that would benefit workers whose jobs are non-essential.

The more than 1,200 eligible employees can retire with 50% of their highest annual compensation over the last three years if they decide to retire. In addition to their lifetime pension, they will receive a $100 contribution to the medical plan until they turn 62, plus payment for their accumulated vacations. The work plan targets the departure of these employees by the middle of the first

half of 2024. In the coming weeks, eligible employees and government entities will receive instructions on how to proceed during the implementation period.

“After reaching an agreement with the [oversight] Board, today we can announce that the Incentive Retirement Program is a reality and that eligible non-essential employees of Act 1-1990 and Act 447 of 1951 can retire with a lifetime pension of 50 percent,” the governor said. “At the same time, we achieved significant savings for the government. Once again, we fulfill our commitment by demonstrating the viability of the partial implementation of the law so that our public servants have a dignified retirement after giving the best years of their lives serving the people of Puerto Rico.”

Collazo added that the agreement requires the final approval of the federal Title III bankruptcy court in order to proceed with the subsequent implementation procedures.

Once approved, they can proceed with “the necessary operational, budgetary and administrative changes to put the Incentivized

Retirement agreement into effect,” he said.

Before the agreement, the agencies affirmed and certified that eliminating non-essential positions would not harm services to the people and that they will not be replaced, recreated or restructured in the future since the benefits are guaranteed.

“This is great news, and we thank all parties for working toward a beneficial agreement for these employees,” Collazo said. “After years of fighting for the law’s implementation after its annulment in 2021, over 1,200 employees belonging to 57 public agencies and corporations will now be able to retire.”

“This agreement required an exhaustive and detailed evaluation process to enable the retirement of each public servant who qualified for the incentivized retirement,” the official added. “It is important to highlight that, soon, eligible employees will have to complete their pension application with the Retirement Coordinator of their respective agencies, along with the required documents and procedures.”

Bills filed to address problem of stray horses

By THE STAR STAFF

New Progressive Party Sen. Carmelo Ríos Santiago announced on Sunday the filing of several measures that aim to address the problem of stray horses.

“Many people have approached us to say that a horse sanctuary needs to be created in Puerto Rico, an area where

legitimate nonprofit organizations can care for horses that are saved from the street,” Ríos Santiago said in a written statement. “For example, at the Humane Society shelter in Guaynabo there are six horses they picked up from the street, but there is no room for more. The resolution we filed is aimed at finding a viable area for this type of activity.”

“Another aspect is the lack of funds, something that we are going to work on in great detail, but to mitigate the problem now, money is needed so that the municipalities with the greatest problem of horses in the streets can operate their programs to support nonprofit organizations,” the senator added. “We are going to tackle this problem at its root.”

The first measure seeks to amend Law 154-2008, better known as the Law for the Welfare and Protection of Animals, in order to amend subsection (b), subsection (i) of Article 1 (Abandonment of Animals) to increase the fine for abandoning an animal on the street to a minimum of $5,000 up to $10,000.

The bill also creates a registry of offenders of Law 154, establishes parameters for continuing education for law enforcement officers and orders the Puerto Rico Police Bureau to create a regulation for attending to abandoned horses.

In addition, a resolution will be filed to evaluate areas of available land on the island with the purpose of developing a horse sanctuary there so that all nonprofit organizations that

care for the animals have the necessary space.

“In Puerto Rico there is a real problem with real animals, particularly horses,” Ríos Santiago said. “For the past few weeks, our legislative team has been given the task of finding solutions to this problem, and after evaluating the alternatives we believe that there are three areas to impact in this first phase of measures. The first is deterrence, which is why we increased the minimum fine from $1,000 to $3,000. Meanwhile, we created a registry of Law 154-2008 offenders. This is simple, when you acquire a pet or animal, you also acquire the responsibility of its care.”

A resolution will be filed in the island Senate to evaluate areas of available land for the development of a horse sanctuary where nonprofit organizations that care for the animals will have the space they require.

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi

Volunteers remove over 55,000 pounds of waste from island beaches & waterways

By THE STAR STAFF

More than 4,000 volunteers organized by Scuba Dogs Society (SDS), the official coordinator of the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) in Puerto Rico, managed to remove over 55,000 pounds of waste from natural spaces over the weekend, according to preliminary data.

Karem Pérez González, the executive director of the Scuba Dogs Society, announced that preliminary reports from the 21st edition of the cleanup project showed that the number of volunteers and pounds of garbage collected exceeded last year’s record, which was affected by the passage of Hurricane Fiona. She noted that it was also possible to fulfill one of the main objectives, which was to incorporate areas of the interior of Puerto Rico.

In total, volunteers cleaned up three reservoirs, 18 rivers and 146 beaches. Likewise, the event served to educate about Law 51, which prohibits single-use plastics in Puerto Rico to be replaced by reusable and recyclable materials.

“We appreciate all the support received,” Pérez González said. “The preliminary results reflect significant numbers that would not have been possible without the collaborative work of our captains, volunteers, collaborators and sponsors.”

The SDS official pointed out that reports from the coastal captains continue to highlight that single-use plastics are the form of debris most frequently found during cleanups, especially in recent years of the initiative.

Marine biologist Sandra Schleier Hernández, the SDS program coordinator, stressed that most of the items collected were of plastic origin. Microplastics, smaller materials that can cause harm to various animal species, were also detected.

She noted that the data was collected in an application designed by Ocean Conservancy, the parent organization of the International Coastal Cleanup, to add to the information reported

by more than 120 countries participating in the global effort. This database, which is being added to the other 20 editions of the cleanup organized by the SDS, will be applied to future research and supports the development of public policies and legislation for the benefit of the environment, such as the prohibition of plastic bags and Law 51 itself.

“Compared to previous years we can say that, although progress has been made in education, there is still work to be done so that the population understands that waste is a serious environmental problem that affects resources and species, our health and the economy,” Schleier Hernández said.

Pérez González stressed that another of the notable achievements of Saturday’s International Coastal Cleanup was the incorporation of the mangrove planting initiative in protected natural areas through an agreement with the organization Para

la Naturaleza.

Elizabeth Padilla, manager of the science, education and volunteer unit of Para la Naturaleza, said “activities such as the International Coastal Cleanup help raise awareness among citizens about the importance of protecting water bodies and mangrove forests.”

“Today we planted 600 mangrove trees in the Medio Mundo and Daguao Protected Natural Area in Ceiba and in the Hacienda la Esperanza Natural Reserve in Manatí,” she said. “Mangrove forests are vital for maintaining coastal ecosystems.”

“In addition, they are a refuge that protects a great diversity of native, migratory and threatened species,” Padilla said. “In turn, they are important barriers in protecting coastal communities from events such as hurricanes and sea level rise. We are extremely pleased with this collaboration, which gives us the opportunity to educate hundreds of participants about the importance of this valuable tree and our reforestation initiatives.”

She said that in the island’s northern region Para la Naturaleza planted 300 red mangrove seedlings and collected 119.4 pounds of waste, while in the metro-central region (including the Usabón River) 909.62 pounds of waste was collected, while in the east 1,183 pounds was removed and another 300 red mangrove seedlings were planted.

The 21st edition of the ICC in Puerto Rico was sponsored by: Access All Services, AMGEN, Banco Popular, Bio Strong, Coca Cola, Puerto Rico Tourism Company, Cooperativa de Seguros Múltiples, DDB Latina, Destilería Serrallés, the island Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, Ecoeléctrica, El Nuevo Día, First Bank, Fundación Liberty, Hot 102, MMM, Motorambar-KIA, NotiUno, Ocean Conservancy, Para La Naturaleza, Plaza del Caribe, SalSoul, San Patricio Plaza, Scuba Dogs, T-Mobile, TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico, United Way PR and Uno Radio Group. Caleido, CSA Group and the Villa Cofresí Hotel also acted as collaborators.

Vega Baja mayor denounces lack of action on renovation of 15 rec facilities

By THE STAR STAFF

Vega Baja Mayor Marcos Cruz Molina on Sunday denounced the lack of action on the part of the Department of Recreation and Sports (DRD by its Spanish initials) and the General Services Administration in expediting the reconstruction of 15 recreational facilities under the ownership of the DRD that remain in a deteriorated state from damage caused by Hurricane Maria, which struck Puerto Rico six years ago this coming Wednesday.

“September arrived and we are still waiting for the bidding process,” Cruz Molina said. The reconstruction projects have been in the design phase for months and to this day the bidding process, which should have begun in May of this year, has not been finalized.”

Bidding processes are still pending at the General Services Administration.

The affected facilities are: Alturas, Jardines, El Rosario, Villa Real, El Verde Bo. Pugnado al Fuera, El Guárico, Monte Carlo, Barrio Sabana, Parque Urbano 2-Urb. Las Flores, Estancias de Tortuguero, Urb. Las Flores, Brasilia Bo. Caribe, Urb. Colinas del Marques and Urb. San Vicente.

Faced with the situation, Cruz Molina, along with personnel from the Municipality of Vega Baja, visited the DRD offices on Sept. 6, where they were received by Secretary Ray Quiñones. At the meeting it was agreed to start the bidding for three facilities: Alturas, Jardines and El Rosario, and it was also decided to initiate the roofing processes of the Villa Pinares and El Verde basketball/volleyball courts.

“After three years, in less than five minutes the DRD authorized the municipality to re-roof the courts of Villa Pinares and El Verde,” Cruz Molina said.

During the meeting, La Fortaleza was contacted to accelerate the bidding processes of the three facil-

ities in the General Services Administration.

“Reconstruction projects usually take time as they go through different stages such as: auctions, contracting, permitting and construction, and thus finally finish for the enjoyment of the community,” Cruz Molina said. “However, six years have passed and there are still facilities with debris left over from Hurricane Maria.”

Cruz Molina added that “the aforementioned facilities do not correspond to the Municipality, but to the DRD.”

“They are the owners and they are responsible for the funds for their renovation,” he said.

The renovation project has an allocated budget of $5.9 million. “We have the commitment of the Governor and the secretary of DRD, who expressed his greater willingness, but we need execution because nothing has happened in order for the facilities to be ready for games,” Cruz Molina said.

Vega Baja Mayor Marcos Cruz Molina

According to preliminary data, over 55,000 pounds of waste was removed from Puerto Rico’s beaches and waterways by volunteers in Saturday’s 21st edition of the International Coastal Cleanup.

Family secretary: Adults must supervise minors in places with swimming pools

By THE STAR STAFF

Designated Family Secretary Ciení Rodríguez Troche insisted on Sunday that adults must exercise their responsibility for the supervision of minors, especially in places where there are swimming pools.

The official made her remarks following the news of an 8-year-old who drowned Saturday in a swimming pool at a residence in Luquillo. A similar incident, in which a toddler drowned and the mother was charged with neglect, occurred the previous Saturday in Aguada.

“Sadly, this is another case of a minor drowning this year,” Rodríguez Troche said in a written statement. “I want to be emphatic, again -- remember that the responsibility for supervision and care when there are minors involved in aquatic

activities corresponds to you, the father, mother, guardian or guardian. There are situations that can be prevented with proper supervision. Mere carelessness can cost a minor their life.”

“For all adults with minors in their families, you are responsible for ensuring the well-being and protection of that child,” the Family secretary added. “Don’t let small children out of your sight; a few seconds can be enough for a tragedy to occur. To parents of young people, keep communication channels open and if you have questions about an activity, accompany them. If you or another responsible adult cannot go, it is better not to authorize them.”

Rodríguez Troche noted that according to the agency’s records, the Luquillo family has no history of abuse and the other minors in the family nucleus are in good health and under the protection of their mother.

Youth House in Vega Baja combines skill-building with entertainment in new video game center

By THE STAR STAFF

One thing is certain, video games are extremely popular nowadays, to the extent that something that was once viewed by many as a children’s toy now has an average demographic of 35 years of age, according to playtoday.com. That’s how popular gaming has become in the 2020s.

While playing video games all the time is not ideal or positive for anyone older or younger, you’d be hard pressed to find a parent who would rather have their kids finding enjoyment in drugs or alcohol over playing video games at home

Back in the late 2000s and early 2010s, when the concept of Youth Houses in Puerto

Rico was slowly developing, the municipality of Gurabo had its own Youth House, which had video games, board games, ping-pong tables and one floor filled with computers for work, homework or personal use.

That concept seems to be gaining strength in Vega Baja. Its Youth House, alongside the mayor of the municipality, Marcos Cruz Molina, and the Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC by its Spanish acronym), recently inaugurated a new service: The Video Game Center. The intention is to bring youth from Vega Baja into a space where they can enjoy video games through computers.

Now, they aren’t just wasting time and playing Super Mario or Sonic games all day; there is a productive spin to the initiative. The

point is to have young people develop technological and socialization skills in a safe way.

“Today we present young people with a healthy and innovative space where they can participate at the end of their school day,” Cruz Molina said.

To enable the space, high-performance computers such as five “iMac All-in-One” and five “Lenovo Newest Legion” were acquired to encourage both fun and learning at Youth House.

In addition to all this, the Youth House in Vega Baja had its 5th anniversary. In those five years it has assisted the youth of Vega Baja with the College Boards and the learner’s permit exam (both virtual and in-person) for new drivers, staged a volleyball tournament and a surfing tournament, offered a Mayor’s Scholarship for work opportunities, and provided study aid for exams for high school freshmen and seniors, among other initiatives. With the initiatives, the municipality intends to build “an environment filled with growth for the young people’s educational, recreational, professional and personal development,” the mayor said.

Cruz Molina added that the Video Game Center is available for students from public and private educational institutions.

“The new gaming center is an exciting service that is part of our efforts to bring significant opportunities to our young people,” the mayor said.

WHile the municipality was eager to bring something new to the Youth House and something positive to the community, none of it would have been possible without the funds to establish the gaming room to begin with. The project involved a $20,000

investment in which the DDEC, through its Youth Development Program, participated with $15,000 and the municipality chipped in $5,000. The overall expenses included: monitors, computer programs, towers, controllers and headphones for the development of graphic design, sound editing, animation and, of course, video games.

“We hereby declare that young people from Vega Baja will have a space to develop themselves, nurturing every skill they can learn in this space and achieving better results in terms of academic and professional life,” said Jorge E. Pagán Pagán, DDEC’s Youth Program director.

The Youth Program focuses on reaching young people in Puerto Rico between 13 and 35 years old to develop an entrepreneurial spirit focused on innovation, assuming their civic responsibilities and their participation in the economic development of Puerto Rico.

“This investment undoubtedly brings us closer to continuing to contribute to this generation and the next ones where they have quick access, achieving better opportunities without the limitation of technology,” Pagán said.

In short, the Youth House is already focused on empowering the young people of Vega Baja to achieve their dreams and begin building their personal and professional lives. The center is not just focused on helping teenagers, but also welcomes young adults through their 20s.

With the integration of learning with technology in a fun way, young people who make use of the Youth House’s Video Game Center can develop skills that can serve them as the economy heads even further into the electronic era.

Designated Family Secretary Ciení Rodríguez Troche

In the new Video Game Center at Youth House in Vega Baja, young people can develop technological and socialization skills in a safe environment.

After Lee’s landfall, thousands are without power in US and Canada

By JENNA RUSSELL and MEAGAN CAMPBELL

The storm known as Lee, still a dangerous post-tropical cyclone, made landfall in Canada on Saturday, packing powerful winds in Nova Scotia and in coastal Maine that toppled trees, killing at least one person and knocking out power to tens of thousands of people.

With days to prepare for the slowmoving hurricane, remote coastal towns in eastern Maine and Atlantic Canada had moved methodically to pluck boats from the water and stockpile supplies, allowing residents who pride themselves on rugged self-reliance to face the impact of the weather system with a steady calm, if not serenity.

“We’re an island in the bay. We have storms that never make the news,” said Bud Finch, interim city manager in Eastport, Maine, which is connected to the mainland by a causeway. “We’re much more prepared for it than most people are.”

From its modest beginnings in the first days of September, Lee traveled more than 3,000 miles across the Atlantic, widening to a huge size and reaching Category 5 hurricane intensity with 165 mph winds well away from land on Sept. 8. But by the time the storm traversed the Gulf of Maine on Saturday, it had weakened to a post-tropical cyclone with winds equivalent to those of a Category 1 hurricane.

After moving parallel to the coast for much of the day, sending surging ocean waters over jetties and sea walls, it made landfall in far western Nova Scotia in the afternoon.

By the time the storm brushed against New England on Friday night and Saturday, bringing gusty winds, it was something familiar to the region, akin to a nor’easter, not the hypothetical monster storm that had fueled dread on social media as early as Labor Day weekend, days before it even had a name.

Winds gusted to 44 mph in Provincetown, Massachusetts, at the outer edge of Cape Cod, at the height of the storm, and to 55 mph on the island of Nantucket, 30 miles off the state’s coast; gusts hit 77 mph on Grand Manan Island in New Brunswick, Canada, according to the National Hurricane Center.

On Saturday morning, it appeared that Cape Cod and coastal Massachusetts had been spared the devastating impacts once feared. But anxiety was climbing in far eastern portions of Maine, and in Atlantic Canada, where wind speeds and wave heights intensified as the center of the storm closed in.

An official in Waldo County, Maine, said one person had died in the storm. The Associated Press reported that the individual, a man, was killed from injuries after a tree fell on his vehicle.

More than 73,000 customers in Maine and 140,000 customers in Nova Scotia were without power Saturday evening, according to Nova Scotia Power and poweroutage.us, a website that tracks utility data. Nova Scotia Power estimated that electricity would be restored to many parts of the province Sunday.

Fishermen eyed the worsening conditions with concern. André Atkinson, a fishing boat captain in Barrington, Nova Scotia, one of the regions expected to take the brunt of the storm, returned early from a halibut fishing trip Saturday morning and moved his boat to a safer part of the harbor.

“I’ve been looking at the weather charts for 15 years. I’ve never seen seas like this,” he said. “We wouldn’t be able to survive one like this out there.”

Ferries were docked and sports events canceled in Nova Scotia on Saturday. In Yarmouth, a town on the southwestern tip of the province, many shops and cafes on the main street were closed, said Cindy Nickerson, coowner of a local clothing store, Yarmouth Wool Shoppe. Nickerson said the street lamps and streetlights were rattling in the wind.

“It’ll blow for a while. Then it’ll stop.

Then it gets another huff,” she said.

Officials had advised residents of southwestern Nova Scotia to stock up on food and water — and to keep cars away from trees, which may be felled by high winds.

For many in the region, power outages were the biggest problem. Cory Chase, 51, owner of Darby’s Restaurant & Pub in downtown Belfast, Maine, policed the coolers and freezers at his business throughout the day to try and keep them closed and prevent food spoilage.

“It is what it is,” he said. “We’re lucky we didn’t get a direct hit.”

Jamie Dodge, 32, of nearby Northport, ventured out Saturday to the Belfast farmers market, which was held indoors, seeking company, fresh vegetables and a look at how the boats in the harbor were faring in the storm.

“People here don’t usually stay inside for a storm unless there’s 4 feet of snow,” she said. Maine declared a state of emergency Thursday, and President Joe Biden authorized a federal emergency declaration. Gov. Janet Mills warned residents that the high winds “likely will cause storm surge, inland flooding, infrastructure damage and power outages.” Massachusetts declared a state of emergency Friday. By Saturday afternoon, the storm had passed east of Cape Cod, bringing strong winds but few reports of serious damage, an outcome that left many grateful.

In Orleans and Harwich, Massachusetts, a few trees fell, police said, while authorities in the town of Truro did not have a single call about the storm overnight Friday.

“We’ve been very fortunate,” said a police dispatcher in Chatham, another small town on the outer Cape that had braced for the worst.

Still, public safety officials warned that rip currents and high surf would remain dangerous even on Sunday, when the sun would reemerge, and urged beachgoers and wave watchers to be cautious.

Andrew Sankey, director of emergency management for coastal Hancock County, Maine, said he, too, hoped that people would resist the lure of crashing waves and keep their distance. He expected road crews with snowplows would be needed to clear piles of wave-driven boulders and debris from some roads after the storm subsided.

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A utility crew working to repair power-lines in Castine, Maine after Lee, which transitioned from a hurricane to a post-tropical cyclone early in the morning, made landfall on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023.

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‘So much suffering:’ What migrant children carry to New York

according to data from the Department of Health, 9% of high school students reported that they had attempted suicide.

In response to these and other troubling statistics, the Adams administration released a mental health plan in March with a focus on children and teenagers and the goal of expanding clinical services in schools. But that effort was likely to be hampered by a critical labor shortage in the counseling fields. A Rand report commissioned by the city and released last year found that there were few psychologists and social workers available to patients who could not pay out of pocket, to say nothing of those who spoke a language other than English. The shortage, in essence, has been most acutely felt in the places where the need is greatest.

ment availability has forced primary care doctors and teachers deeper into roles as counselors. “Ten years ago we were dealing with asthma and failure to thrive, but now we have to focus on mental health, and the training of doctors has to catch up to that need,” Shapiro said. “We are not there yet.”

By GINIA BELLAFANTE

Of the more than 110,000 asylumseekers who have recently landed in New York City, 20,000 are children now enrolled in public schools, facing challenges both familiar to any kid who has moved away and towering in their emotional complexity. The most recent arrivals have been met by Mayor Eric Adams’ downcast mood and language of resignation, his welldocumented, inflammatory claims that the

migrant situation will “destroy” New York and that “the city we knew, we’re about to lose.” There is little to suggest that the school system is prepared for the mental health crisis that looms.

The pandemic continues to reverberate. The city was already struggling to meet the needs of families whose children have suffered as a function of both learning loss and mounting incidents of anxiety and depression. More than 8,600 children in the city lost a parent to COVID. In 2021,

The migrant crisis has been imagined largely in terms of the housing emergencies that have flowed from it. But it is also a psychological crisis unfolding within the context of an existing one. “We are seeing the highest level of mental health need we have ever seen, in our city, in our clinic, in our country,” Dr. Alan Shapiro told me recently.

Shapiro is the co-founder and executive director of Terra Firma, a 10-year-old health care clinic in the Bronx that specializes in helping immigrant children and their parents. The arrival of migrants on such a grand scale has made it clear how essential this kind of comprehensive care is — care that extends beyond immunizing migrant children in shelters to prepare them for school and tending to their physical well-being.

About 80% of families the clinic is seeing now are migrants from Venezuela, where crime, unrest and deprivation have been the worst in the country’s history. “There has been so much suffering before the families even leave,” Shapiro said. Often they have spent time temporarily living in other countries also afflicted with instability. A Venezuelan family might have passed through Ecuador, which has been in the midst of its own political unraveling. Traveling through the Darién Gap, the dangerous terrain connecting the North and South American continents within Central America, is intensely traumatic when it isn’t fatal.

Reaching the destination is a precarious kind of relief; the children carry with them here the atrocities they have witnessed along the way.

In New York, the bleak state of treat-

For the most part, the mental health needs of migrant children are going to be addressed in schools, said Laura Guy, program and outreach coordinator at Fordham University’s Clinical Mental Health Services. This is because getting children’s mental health services in New York is, as she pointed out, incredibly complicated no matter who you are, and a migrant family may be entirely unfamiliar with it. How much can be done within that infrastructure, with the social workers and mindfulness programs on hand, is hardly clear.

Jenna Lyle, a spokesperson for the Department of Education, said the department was “continuing to work to ensure every new student entering our system has what they need and that our schools are well equipped to support the whole child.”

One of the many hurdles, Guy said, is that children of asylum-seeking families are typically placed in schools where there is space, not necessarily in those that have the particular resources that could benefit them. Last spring, a school in lower Manhattan found itself with six migrant children from Latin America but no Spanish speakers to accommodate them. The school contacted Clinical Mental Health Services, which generally focuses its work in the Bronx. It deployed two Colombian graduate students to administer cognitive behavioral therapy meant to help with integration. At the baseline, the new students, who were between 11 and 14 years old, struggled with the anxiety of taking classes in a language they did not understand and adapting to life in a city if they had not come from one.

Last week, Adams proposed budget cuts of 15% across city agencies, citing the burdens of the migrant influx. The Fiscal Policy Institute, an independent think tank, quickly responded with its own arithmetic, arguing that while the strains were obvious, the proposed $10 billion in cuts were much higher than increased cost estimates. If anything is to bring us back to “the city we knew,” it would seem to be the deepest possible investment in so many distraught children building their lives here.

Recently arrived migrants outside the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan.

Texas attorney general is acquitted in landmark Senate trial

By J. DAVID GOODMAN, EDGAR SANDOVAL and DAVID MONTGOMERY

The Texas Senate voted Saturday to acquit state Attorney General Ken Paxton after a nine-day impeachment trial that focused on allegations of corruption and divided the Republican Party.

Paxton, a three-term incumbent who had been suspended from the post since his impeachment in May, was immediately reinstated.

The impeachment case has deepened the rift in the Republican Party in Texas, with those who lined up behind Paxton attacking Republicans in the Texas House who backed impeachment by a wide margin.

The process was overseen by Republicans, with Republicans in both the defense and in the prosecution, but ultimately, most Republicans in the Senate supported Paxton. Only two Republican senators voted in favor of conviction on any article. With a two-thirds vote required for conviction, no article received even a majority vote.

Paxton, an ally of former President Donald Trump who appeared at the trial only twice and was not present for the vote, responded afterward to what he called a “sham impeachment” that he said had been coordinated partly by a “kangaroo court” in the Texas House.

“The weaponization of the impeachment process to settle political differences is not only wrong, it is immoral and corrupt,” he said in a statement.

He added a warning to the Biden administration, which he has targeted as attorney general with a series of legal challenges focused on immigration, abortion and transgender issues. “Buckle up, because your lawless policies will not go unchallenged,” he said.

His wife, Sen. Angela Paxton, who was not allowed to vote on the case, stood up after the vote and hugged or shook hands with the lawyers who represented her husband, including Tony Buzbee, a Houston trial lawyer who was one of the many high-powered lawyers involved in the case on both sides.

Gov. Greg Abbott, who had not previously commented on the impeachment trial, said afterward that “the jury has spoken.” He said Paxton had received a fair trial and, as attorney general, “has done an outstanding job representing Texas,

especially pushing back against the Biden administration.”

After the vote Saturday, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who had been serving as judge during the trial and maintained a studious impartiality, gave a speech excoriating his fellow Republicans in the House for even sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate for trial.

He accused the leadership in the House of having rushed through the case without giving members enough time to consider the evidence. The House approved 20 articles of impeachment in May on a vote of 121-23, including a majority of Republicans.

“Millions of taxpayer dollars have been wasted on this impeachment,” Patrick said. He said the Senate had held a thorough trial, which included hundreds of subpoenas for information and testimony. As he spoke, one Democratic senator walked out of the Senate chamber.

Before the trial began, Patrick received a $1 million contribution and a $2 million loan to his campaign from Defend Texas Liberty, a group strongly backing Paxton, whose leader after the acquittal promised “to lead the charge to fire” those Republicans who had supported the impeachment.

Patrick said he would call for an official audit of the spending by the Texas House on its investigation and impeachment.

But his criticisms prompted immediate pushback from the Republican speaker of the Texas House, Dade Phelan. “I find it deeply concerning that after weeks of claiming he would preside over this trial in an impartial and honest manner, Lt. Gov. Patrick would conclude by confessing his bias and placing his contempt for the people’s House on full display,” Phelan said in a statement.

Some of the senators, who had been prevented from speaking during the trial by a gag order imposed by Patrick, emerged from the vote eager to discuss the case.

“There was no evidence,” said Sen. Bob Hall, a conservative Republican who had voted to dismiss all the articles at the start of the trial.

Sen. Nathan Johnson, a Democrat, disagreed. “He abused his powers, not in a subtle way,” he said of Paxton, adding that the case had been proven by the evidence. He said he looked outside during the vote, “and I saw the United States flag and the Texas flag blowing strong in the wind and

the rain, and I felt sick, because what are we doing to what those flags represent inside this building?”

Despite his success avoiding conviction, Paxton still has legal troubles ahead. He faces an 8-year-old criminal indictment on charges of securities fraud, a case that has begun moving forward again in a state court in Houston.

And a federal investigation into Paxton — prompted by many of the same charges explored during the impeachment — continues.

The impeachment trial focused on accusations, leveled primarily by former top deputies who became whistleblowers, that Paxton had abused his office to help an Austin real estate investor, Nate Paul, who had donated to his campaign and was facing both a federal criminal investigation and the potential foreclosure of some of his properties.

Whistleblowers came forward with concerns that Paxton appeared to be going out of his way to help Paul. The articles of impeachment, based in part on their testimony, laid out accusations that Paul had secured Paxton’s help on his legal matters in exchange for paying for renovations on his house and providing a job to a woman with whom Paxton was having an extramarital affair.

Both Paxton and Paul have denied any

wrongdoing, and Paxton’s lawyers presented evidence that one of the renovations supposedly paid for by Paul — new granite countertops — never happened.

They succeeded at other times in undercutting witnesses for the prosecution, at one point getting a former senior aide to Paxton, Ryan Vassar, to say that he had reported the attorney general to the FBI while bringing “no evidence” of potential crimes.

“You went to the FBI on Sept. 30 with your compatriots and reported the elected attorney general of this state for a crime without any evidence, yes?” said J. Mitchell Little, a lawyer for Paxton.

“That’s right, we took no evidence,” Vassar replied, although it was later noted that the whistleblowers had brought something just as important: their own testimony.

The defense argued that Paxton was a victim of a plot by moderate Republicans to unseat him.

“You were staging a coup, weren’t you?” said one of the defense lawyers, Buzbee, as he cross-examined Paxton’s former top aide, Jeff Mateer.

“Absolutely not,” Mateer said.

After the vote, Buzbee applauded the result. “This was a herculean task,” he said. “We were proud of this case. We just should not have had to prove our innocence, but that’s what we did.”

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R-Texas), left, votes on one of the articles of impeachment in the trial of Republican state attorney general Ken Paxton at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023.

Union and 3 Detroit automakers resume talks

By NEAL E. BOUDETTE

The United Auto Workers union and the three Detroit automakers on Saturday resumed negotiations on a new labor contract as a targeted strike entered its second day.

The union is striking against all three manufacturers — General Motors, Ford and Stellantis — but for now has limited the work stoppages to one plant at each of the companies: a Ford plant in Michigan, a GM plant in Missouri and a Stellantis plant in Ohio.

“We had reasonably productive conversations with Ford today,” the union said in a statement. It made no mention of its talks with GM and Stellantis.

On Friday, Ford said it had told 600 workers who are not part of the strike not to report to work, and GM said the work stoppage could force it to lay off about 2,000 workers at a plant in Kansas that gets parts from the Missouri factory.

In a statement Saturday, UAW President Shawn Fain said the automakers’ hints at possible layoffs were intended to “squeeze our member to settle for less” than the union has demanded.

“With their record profits, they don’t have to lay off a single employee,” he said.

The union is seeking a substantial pay increase, an expansion of pension plans to cover all workers, company-paid retiree health care and shorter workweeks. It also seeks an end to the “tiered” wage system in which new hires start at a little more than half the standard union wage and have to work eight years before reaching the top level.

In its initial list of demands, the UAW

called for a 40% wage increase, saying that matches the average pay increases the CEOs of the three companies have gotten over the past four years.

On Saturday, Stellantis — parent of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram — said its most recent offer provided for an immediate 10% raise and additional increases that would lift wages a total of 21% over the life of the new contract, which is typically four years.

The company also said it offered to allow inflation-based wage adjustments. Under its proposal, new hires would rise to the top wage — currently $32 an hour — over four years instead of eight. Temporary workers, who now

make $16.67 an hour, would move to about $21 an hour, Stellantis said.

“It’s a very fair, highly competitive offer,” Mark Stewart, chief operating officer of Stellantis’ North American division, said in a conference call.

“We clearly understand we’ve been in an inflationary environment,” Stewart said. “We understand we need to make changes to reflect what’s happened since the last contract.” At the same time, he continued, the company has to make sure it can compete with rivals that operate nonunion plants, including Tesla and foreign-owned automakers including Toyota, Honda and Volkswagen.

“We’ve got to have a viable industry,” Stewart said. “At the end of the day, we have to be able to compete.”

GM and Ford have made similar offers on wages and reducing the climb to the top wage to four years, but all three companies have rejected many of the union’s other demands related to pensions, health care and job security.

Stewart also said Stellantis made a proposal to provide “job security” for about 1,350 people who lost their jobs this year when Stellantis idled a plant in Belvidere, Illinois. He declined to detail the company’s offer and would not say if it included having the Belvidere plant produce new vehicles, a step that would signal it planned a full reopening of the factory.

That offer only remained on the table until the strike began, however.

Later Saturday, Fain released a statement: “Belvidere Assembly was a profitable plant that just a few years ago supported around 5,000 workers and their families. Now that number is zero, and Stellantis wants to keep playing games.” He added, “Our attitude is: Save Belvidere.”

Reopening the Belvidere plant is one of the most important goals for Fain. He was elected to his post this year on a promise to take a harder and more confrontational approach than his predecessors.

Four years ago, the UAW went on strike for 40 days against GM and hoped to push the company to reopen a plant in Lordstown, Ohio, that GM had tagged for closing. In the end, the union agreed to a deal that allowed the company to shutter the factory.

Striking autoworkers outside Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant on Saturday. The United Auto Workers is seeking a substantial pay increase as well as an end to lower pay for new hires.

Last Fed hike tends to aid stocks, but some have doubts this time

The end of the Federal Reserve’s rate hiking cycle has generally been a good time to own U.S. stocks, but an uncertain economic outlook and stretched valuations could dampen upside this time around.

After raising borrowing costs by 525 basis points since March 2022, the U.S. central bank is widely expected to keep rates unchanged at the conclusion of its meeting next week. Many investors believe that policymakers are unlikely to raise rates any further, bringing an end to the central bank’s most aggressive monetary policy tightening cycle in decades.

If they are right, stocks could be poised for more gains. After the Fed’s past six periods of credit tightening, the S&P 500 (.SPX) rose an average of 13% from the final rate hike to the first cut in the following cycle, an analysis by financial research firm CFRA showed.

Investors with a more bearish view, however, say it is only a matter of time before higher rates tighten economic conditions and bring a downturn. The S&P 500 is already up over 16% this year, aided in part by a U.S. economy that has stayed resilient in the face of higher interest rates.

“The market will probably cheer it a bit if it is the end of the Fed rate hike cycle,” said Brent Schutte, chief investment officer at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company.

However, “I don’t think the economy is going to stay out of a recession and that is going to be what ultimately decides the direction of stocks,” said Schutte, whose firm favors fixed income over equities.

Though most investors believe a recession is unlikely in 2023, a slowdown next year remains a possibility for some market participants. One worrying recession signal has been the inverted Treasury yield curve, a market phenomenon that has preceded past downturns.

The Fed will give its policy statement on Wednesday, with odds at 97% that it will keep rates unchanged, according to the CME FedWatch Tool, which tracks bets on futures tied to the central bank’s policy rate. Traders see a roughly two-out-of three chance of the Fed leaving rates unchanged in November, CME’s data showed.

Odds for December show about a 60% chance rates of rates staying at current levels.

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell said last month that the central bank may need to raise rates further to cool inflation, promising to move carefully at upcoming meetings.

More of the kind of generally benign inflation data that has come over the last few months, however, could mean the Fed’s quarter-point increase in July was the last in a cycle that shook asset prices last year.

“If Wall Street comes to the conclusion that the Fed has ended its rate tightening program, that would at least offer support if not give (stocks) an additional catalyst to keep working higher,” said Sam Stovall, CFRA’s chief investment strategist.

Investors are also attempting to gauge when the Fed

COMMODITIES CURRENCY

will begin easing monetary policy. CFRA found that the Fed has tended to cut rates an average of nine months after its last rate increase, with the S&P 500 gaining an average of 6.5% in the six months following the cut.

Investors are pricing in a small chance of a cut as early as the Fed’s January meeting, with expectations of a cut at about 35% for May, according to the CME data. Some investors, however, see challenges for the stock market even if the Fed is done hiking.

Analysts at Oxford Economics forecast further downside for global earnings, noting that stocks “have typically delivered far weaker returns following the final Fed rate hike when it has coincided with an EPS downturn.”

Oxford and other investors are also wary of stock valuations, which have ballooned this year. The S&P 500 is trading at about 19 times forward 12-month earnings estimates versus 17 times at the start of the year and its long-term average of 15.6 times, according to LSEG Datastream.

Equity valuations are also threatened by the rise in bond yields, which has increased the attraction of fixed income as investment alternative to stocks. The yield on the 10-year Treasury is close to over 15-year highs.

Dire warnings about Libya dams went unheeded

74 meters high and could hold up to 22.5 million cubic meters of water. The smaller one, al-Bilad, or simply Derna dam, was built on the city’s outskirts.

During the long, autocratic reign of Moammar Gadhafi, floods came and went, but the dams stood. In 1986, a major storm convulsed the region, damaging the dams and shearing soil from the ground. The structures were damaged, Ashoor said, but again they held.

Despite the stresses, repairs were minimal. In 1998, the Libyan government commissioned a study that revealed cracks and fissures in the dams, said Attorney General Sadiq al-Soor.

Nearly 10 years later, a Turkish company was finally contracted to repair the dams, the prosecutor added. But the government dragged its feet in paying, and the project got underway only in 2010, al-Soor told reporters Friday.

Just four months later, in 2011, Libyans marched against Gadhafi’s 42-year grip on power, inspired by the uprisings that had toppled Arab autocrats in Tunisia and Egypt. When he threatened to annihilate the opposition, NATO intervened and bombed his forces, with the United States a backbone of the operation. Gadhafi was ousted from Tripoli that August.

In the tumult, work on the dam ceased, al-Soor said.

He pledged that authorities would take “firm measures” against anyone deemed responsible for failing to properly maintain the two dams. “This is extremely important for protecting the rights of the victims and to determine who was responsible — if there was neglect or dereliction of duty,” said al-Soor.

By AARON BOXERMAN and JAMES GLANZ

It had been clear for years that the dams protecting Derna, on Libya’s Mediterranean coast, were in danger of giving way. Torrential rains were not new. Decade after decade, they had pounded the area, washing away the soil that helped soak up water as it ran down from the dry hills above town.

Climate change had also changed the land, making it drier, harder and increasingly shorn of vegetation, less able to absorb the water before it pooled up dangerously behind the dams.

Then, there were the decades of neglect by officials — who knew the dams needed repairs — in a country so torn by years of civil war that it still has two opposing governments: one in the west and another in the east, where Derna lies.

Academics had warned that it would not require a storm of biblical proportions to overwhelm the dams.

The residents of Derna are “extremely vulnerable to flood risk,” wrote Abdelwanees Ashoor, a hydraulic engineer at Omar Al-Mukhtar University in Libya, in a paper he published in 2022.

The kind of storms that had hit the area in recent decades — he cited a damaging flood in 1959 — could bring down the dams and inundate Derna, he warned, calling the situation “dangerous.”

This past week, those predictions grimly proved to be true, when enormous flooding from a powerful storm broke through both dams and swept parts of the city into the sea. Thousands are dead, and many more missing, according to authorities. According to the International Organization for Migration, more than 34,000 people were displaced by the catastrophe.

Reached by phone, Ashoor said he had lost several members of his extended family to the flooding, adding that the government had ignored years of warnings — including his own paper.

“We’re living in shock. We can’t absorb what’s happening to us,” Ashoor said. “The state wasn’t interested in this. Instead, they guzzled money, practiced corruption and fought political squabbles.”

The dams had been built by engineers who had underestimated the amount of rain expected in the region, he argued. Making matters worse, the terrain had undergone a process of desertification, making it less porous and capable of absorbing runoff. Beyond that, local officials say the dams had barely been maintained since their construction in the late 1970s.

Ashoor said he had sent his paper to academic colleagues in the nation’s capital, Tripoli, and a senior dam expert in the United States said his conclusions appeared to be solid.

“He nailed it,” said Michael West, a retired principal at the engineering firm Wiss, Janney, Elstner. “His main point is that the hydrologic design of those dams was inadequate, and they couldn’t handle the large-magnitude storms.

“It’s probably devastating to know you were right, plus the personal tragedy on top of that,” West added. “I can’t imagine how he’s feeling.”

Libya, an oil-rich nation on the shores of the Mediterranean, has been worn down by years of civil war and government misrule. Climate change only added to the strain, helping to turn the once-fertile terrain arid and desolate.

The two dams that towered over the city had been built with the help of engineers from the former Yugoslavia, according to experts. The larger one, known as Abu Mansour, stood

He said authorities had appointed prosecutors from different parts of Libya to investigate what caused the dams to collapse, inspect houses and determine whether maintenance measures could have prevented the disaster.

More than a decade after Gadhafi’s chaotic ouster, the country remains split between an internationally recognized government in the west and one under Khalifa Hifter, a military commander who controls the east, including Derna.

Derna was a key battleground during the country’s civil war, which saw the city fall under the control of Islamic militias. After a protracted siege, forces loyal to Hifter declared victory in 2018, although skirmishes continued for several months.

All the while, the neglect of the dams continued.

According to a 2021 report by Libyan state auditors in the west of the country, more than $2.3 million allocated for maintaining the two dams was simply never used. They called it a case of government negligence.

In a televised speech Thursday, Aguila Saleh, speaker of the parliament in the nation’s east, sought to bat away accusations that the scale of the devastation was rooted in government mismanagement and neglect.

“Don’t say, ‘If only we’d done this, if only we’d done that,’” Saleh said. “What took place in our country was an incomparable natural disaster.”

Ashoor acknowledged that the flood was prompted by a giant storm rarely seen in the country. But he believes authorities could have done far more to minimize the risk.

“Political strife, two governments, all of the wars we’ve seen since 2011, terrorism, all the problems we’ve faced,” Ashoor said. “All of this gathered together to lead to this deteriorating disaster, this calamity we’re living through. May God ease this crisis.”

“The state wasn’t interested,” said an engineer who published a paper on why Derna’s dams, after decades of postponed repairs, might fail under the stress of a powerful storm.

Letter found in Vatican archives confirms church was told about death camps

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO

Aletter found among the private papers of Pope Pius XII suggests that the Holy See was told in 1942 that up to 6,000 people, “above all Poles and Jews,” were being killed in furnaces every day at Belzec, a Nazi death camp in Poland.

Although news of the atrocities being perpetrated by Adolf Hitler was already reaching Pius’ ears, this information was especially important because it came from a trusted church source based in Germany, said Giovanni Coco, a Vatican archivist who discovered the letter. The source was “in the heart of the enemy territory,” Coco said Saturday.

The document, which was made public this weekend by Milan newspaper Corriere della Sera, adds to the evidence that some scholars say shows Pius knew about the Holocaust as it happened. Some scholars say Pius did not want to confront or offend Hitler because he feared communism, believed that the Axis powers would win the war and wanted to avoid alienating millions of German and Nazi-sympathizing Catholics.

Other historians insist that Pius remained silent publicly because he was surreptitiously arranging for — or at least allowing — local Catholics to aid and save Jews from the Nazis, and he also feared that the Nazis might come after Catholics.

It is one of the most revealing documents to have emerged since Pope Francis ordered the archives of Pius opened in 2019, saying that “the church is not afraid of history.”

Coco said he could not be 100% sure that Pius saw the letter, but he was “99% sure” because it was given to the pope’s personal secretary, his “right-hand man.” The secretary would have referred the information to the pope, “if he didn’t show him the documents directly,” Coco said.

Since 2020, scholars have been mining the documents covering Pius’ papacy, which lasted from 1939 to 1958, seeking to better understand the Vatican’s response to Nazism and the Holocaust, as well as the controversial legacy of Pius, who was publicly silent as millions of Jews were killed.

Addressed to Pius’ secretary, the Rev. Robert Leiber, the letter was written by a German Jesuit priest, the Rev. Lothar Koenig, who was a member of a German resistance movement. In the letter, which was dated Dec. 14, 1942, Koenig sought to tell the Vatican about “the state of the persecution of the church in Germany, above all,” said Coco, who has been cataloging Pius’ personal papers at the Vatican.

The letter included an appendix with the number of priests imprisoned at the Dachau concentration camp near

Munich; mentioned the Auschwitz death camp in Poland in a reference to another, as yet undiscovered report; and told of the thousands of Poles and Jews being murdered by the Nazis at Belzec.

Michele Sarfatti, of the Contemporary Jewish Documentation Center in Milan, who has also been studying the Pius archives, said the letter was important because it had been found in Pius’ personal papers, which meant the pontiff had kept it “and presumably read it.” From a historiographical point of view, it was an indication “that the pope was aware of what was going on” and of the enormity of what was happening in various camps, Sarfatti said.

The Vatican did not respond to requests for comment.

Coco said he believed that Pius was afraid to speak out against Hitler because the Nazis would target Catholics in retaliation.

“There was concern about what could happen to Catholics in Poland, in Eastern Europe, in the Third Reich, all those territories under Nazi control where it was difficult for the church to intervene,” he said.

The letter entreats the Vatican to be cautious in making the information it provides known “because if it emerged that it came from the German church, the persecution would become fiercer in Germany than it already was,” Coco said.

Sarfatti, whose most recent research focuses on documentation from 1942, identified by some scholars as “the bloodiest year of the Holocaust,” said the Holy See received reports that year about the atrocities from innumerable sources: priests returning to the Vatican from trips, local clergy, papal nuncios, politicians from occupied countries, citizens, Jewish groups and rabbis.

“Many people were writing to the Holy See describing what was happening,” Sarfatti said.

At the beginning of 1942, few people, including Jews, understood that Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews. But as the year progressed, “there was a growing association between the words ‘Jew’ and ‘death’ in these reports — that in itself should have given a sense of what was going on,” he said.

Sarfatti, who in the Vatican Apostolic Archive found two documents referring to gas chambers, said the letter was proof “that we can add to others.”

David Kertzer, a Brown University professor who has been working in the archives, said the document was “more detail” about “reports that the pope is getting in the summer of 1942 about the mass murder of the Jews” from various sources, which are discussed in his book on Pius, “The Pope at War.”

Coco said he believed that the letter he found was part of a “much longer correspondence” that preceded and continued after December 1942. Pius felt “particularly close to” German Jesuits, Kertzer said, Pius’ secretary being a major example.

“There would be no more believable source for the pope about what was going on there than from a German Jesuit,” Kertzer said.

The letter will be published next week in a book by Coco about his research on Pius’ personal papers. He said the papers were in disarray when he first started studying them in 2019, and he found the letter about a year ago. It took time to track down the author: The letter is signed, “Your Lothar,” and it is addressed, “Dear Friend,” Coco said. “Organizing the papers,” to better understand them, “has been very complicated,” he said.

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‘An innocent and ordinary young woman’

a middle-class family who was just starting to discover her adult path,” said Vafa Aeili, her 43-year-old uncle, who left Iran for Finland a few weeks ago. “She was very inquisitive, always asking me questions, always seeking advice about what to do, how to improve her studies and organize her work.”

Iran stepped up crackdowns on dissidents before the anniversary of Amini’s death with a new wave of arrests. Another uncle of hers, Safa Aeili, was detained in a raid on his home in Sanandaj last week. Her father, Amjad Amini, has been interrogated multiple times recently and pressured to cancel Saturday’s commemorations.

Amini’s parents issued a statement on their Instagram accounts this month saying that they planned to hold a “traditional and religious ceremony” at her gravesite Saturday to honor their daughter but asked that people “avoid any violence or reactions to violence.”

Amini was born into a Kurdish family of modest means but deeply entrenched in their ethnic community and its traditions and cultures. Her parents were mindful of potential state discrimination that their daughter might face as an ethnic minority. So they gave her two names: Mahsa, for official documents, and a Kurdish name, Jina, which means eternal. That was the name everyone who knew her used.

The family was tightknit, with conservative values. Some members of Amini’s extended family are religious and observe Muslim practices such as praying and fasting, but faith was never enforced, Aeili said.

By FARNAZ FASIHI

Her face has lit up a billboard in New York City’s Times Square, and has been painted on murals in Paris and Berlin. It has been splashed on the Barcelona soccer team’s private jet and commemorated on T-shirts with the red, white and green colors of Iran’s flag. Vienna and Los Angeles have even named streets after her.

At rallies across Iran and the world last year, tens of thousands of men and women waved placards with her face shouting, “Say her name: Mahsa Amini. Mahsa Amini.”

Saturday marked one year since the 22-year-old woman from Saghez, a small city in a Kurdish province in northwest Iran, died in the custody of the country’s morality police on allegations of violating the hijab law, which mandates women and girls cover their hair and bodies.

Her death in Tehran ignited monthslong protests nationwide, led by women and girls who tossed off their headscarves in defiance and demanded the end to the Islamic Republic’s rule. The uprising bearing her name, the “Mahsa movement,” morphed into the most serious challenge to the legitimacy of Iran’s ruling clerics since they took power in 1979.

Security forces responded with a violent crackdown, arresting thousands and killing at least 500 protesters, including children and teenagers, rights groups have said. Seven protesters have been executed, and even relatives of demonstrators have been targeted.

On Saturday, security agents swarmed the neighbor-

hood of Amini’s family home and prevented her parents from attending a commemoration they had planned at her gravesite. Her father was briefly detained for interrogation and released Friday, according to Saleh Nikbakht, the family’s lawyer. To further prevent visitors from visiting Amini’s grave in Saghez, authorities imposed checkpoints along the road leading to the cemetery and intentionally opened a nearby dam to flood it, residents said on social media.

But if Amini in death became a global icon, the young woman with brown eyes and long dark hair was also a daughter, a sister, a niece and a favorite granddaughter. In recent interviews, Amini’s father, an uncle, two cousins and a family friend described her as an unlikely candidate for global fame, a person whose story has resonated so widely and deeply precisely because she could be any girl living and walking the streets of Iran.

Amini was quiet and reserved and treated everyone around her with a kind of old-school politeness, they said. She avoided politics and activism, and she did not follow the news. She didn’t have many friends and mostly socialized with her relatives, family members said.

Her mother was her best friend and her biggest influence, they said, and the two cooked, hiked and listened to music together. On the day she was arrested, walking with her family in Tehran, she was wearing a long black robe that belonged to her mother and a headscarf. The morality police arrested her on allegations of violating the hijab rules.

“She was an innocent and ordinary young woman from

Amini’s father worked for the state social security agency, retiring about a year before her death. Her mother, Mozhgan Eftekhari, was a homemaker known for her renditions of classical Persian songs. Her parents lost their firstborn son, Armin, at the age of 5, from food poisoning and lack of proper medical care, family members said. When their daughter was born, they were overjoyed and overprotective, Aeili said.

The Iranian government has said that Amini died while in police custody because of underlying medical issues. Her family has said she had no health issues, and that she died because police beat her. A photo of Amini in a coma in the hospital with blood dripping from her ear and tubes in her mouth went viral, further undermining the government’s narrative.

Saleh Nikbakht, the family’s lawyer, said no one has been arrested in Amini’s case because the coroner’s office rejects the assertion by her family and doctors that she was killed from a blow to the lower part of her skull.

On Saturday, protests honoring Amini on the year after her death were planned in more than 50 cities across the world, including Washington, New York, London and Sydney.

For members of the Amini family, the anniversary brings some solace, in that their daughter’s death has galvanized Iranians to seek change. But it also brings pain and regret.

They had traveled to Tehran on that week in September to visit Amini’s aunt and buy clothes to stock the shop. They had spent a week at the Caspian Sea, after which Amini had asked if they could skip the drive to Tehran and instead fly back home, her uncle said.

“I will never forgive myself as the head of the family because I was the one who insisted we go to Tehran,” her father said.

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September 18, 2023

How to support Ukraine beyond the next election

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Aheated and sometimes nasty debate is raging over how to end the war in Ukraine, intensified by the less-thanhoped-for advances of the Ukrainian counteroffensive and shifting American support for continuing aid to the country. A CNN survey released Aug. 4 found that among liberals, 69% back more funding, but only 31% among conservatives do.

Proponents of seeking a cease-fire say an outright military victory by either side is highly unlikely, and they argue that the sooner the carnage and destruction end, the sooner Ukraine can start building the sort of democratic, prosperous state that would amount to a moral victory over Russia.

The hawks argue that a cease-fire would effectively reward Russia’s aggression with substantial territorial gains and that only a decisive military victory over Russia can prevent President Vladimir Putin or his successors from future land grabs. The debate has been complicated by Donald Trump’s claim that if elected, he would end the war “within 24 hours” and by opposition to continuing aid for Ukraine among other Republican presidential candidates. That gives Russia a strong incentive not to negotiate until after the 2024 election.

Any talk of a cease-fire or negotiations is premature; neither side is ready to negotiate, and the United States is in no position to compel them to come to the table. Putin, who chose to wage this war, could end it today simply by calling back his troops. Yet he continues his claim to nearly one-fifth of Ukraine’s territory

and has shown no interest in a cease-fire. He has gambled from the outset that time will erode the Western commitment to Ukraine, and he would most likely read any push toward a cease-fire as confirmation that his strategy is working.

And so long as Russia is not ready to talk, neither can Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose publicly declared goal is to drive the Russians out of all Ukrainian territory, including Crimea and the Donbas. Ceding any territory to the Russian invader is anathema to Zelenskyy and the Ukrainians, and they would not agree to a cease-fire that might be used by Putin to regroup and attack again.

The moment when both sides conclude that they have nothing more to gain on the battlefield, most likely the prerequisite for negotiations even to be considered by either side, still appears a long way off.

President Joe Biden’s position from the outset of the war, shared by America’s allies, has been to give Ukraine the weapons and resources to defend itself, so that when the time comes, it would be “in the strongest possible position at the negotiating table.” But the decision on negotiating belongs to Ukraine, as Biden wrote in a guest essay in The New York Times in May and has reiterated many times: “I will not pressure the Ukrainian government — in private or public — to make any territorial concessions.”

While the Times’ editorial board has questioned some specific decisions by Biden, such as supplying the Ukrainian army with cluster munitions, it agrees with him that it would be “wrong and contrary to well-settled principles” to pressure another country to negotiate over its sovereign territory.

Ukraine deserves full support against Russia’s unprovoked invasion, and it is in America’s national interest to lead its NATO allies in demonstrating that they will not tolerate Putin’s revanchist ambitions. It is a demonstration of America’s commitment to democracy and leadership that other would-be aggressors are watching.

Firmly backing Ukraine, however, does not preclude an open debate on the scale and extent of America’s support, or on how the war might end. On the contrary, a commitment of this magnitude and consequence requires debate to justify public support, especially in today’s sharply rived politics.

The divide will come to a test soon when a $40 billion supplemental funding request, with $24 billion earmarked for Ukraine, comes up before Congress, and it is certain to become more pronounced as the presidential race quickens.

The Biden administration has already set some constraints around its support for Ukraine in this conflict, and it’s necessary to continuously calibrate support against those limits. The administration has rightly insisted, for example, that it will not assist Ukraine in attacking Moscow or in any other way that could draw NATO into a direct war with Russia.

Open discussion about the war and its progress need not indicate weakness or a wavering will to Putin. That is something Biden and leaders of both parties — including Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the Republican leaders in

Congress — can make clear to the Russian leader.

“It’s certainly not the time to go wobbly,” McConnell said recently, urging his colleagues to support continued aid for Ukraine. “Now, with Ukraine bravely defending its sovereignty and eroding Russia’s capacity to threaten NATO, it is not the time to ease up.” He and McCarthy can continue to press that message with their colleagues in Congress no matter what is issuing from their fringe. As Nikki Haley reminded Vivek Ramaswamy in the first Republican presidential debate when he spoke out against any further aid to Kyiv, Ukraine is a “pro-American country that was invaded by a thug.”

Biden’s immediate challenge is to sustain support, not only from Congress and the American public but also from allies.

The leaders of the Group of 7 — Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States — issued a strong statement in July affirming their “unwavering commitment to the strategic objective of a free, independent, democratic and sovereign Ukraine” that would be “capable of defending itself and deterring future aggression.”

Each country said it would begin negotiations with Ukraine on specific, long-term security arrangements. These commitments are essential to preventing swings in public opinion or changes in government from causing abrupt shifts in support from Ukraine’s major Western allies.

Discussions between the U.S. State Department and Ukraine over long-term security commitments began in early August, with a focus “on ensuring Ukraine has a sustainable force capable of defending Ukraine now and deterring Russian aggression in the future.” The two countries are drafting a “memorandum of understanding” that will be especially important in view of the growing politicization of aid to Ukraine and the growing hostility to it on the right. Drafting an agreement should be a priority for the administration, and Congress should be kept closely informed of its progress.

In the end, there is no way to tell how long it will take for peace talks to reach the horizon. America’s duty is to help ensure that Ukraine reaches that point strong and free, and that support can be sustained only by an open discussion and an informed public.

Dr.

POR EL STAR STAFF

GUAYAMA – “Conozco perfectamente las grandes necesidades del Distrito de Guayama y, asimismo, de las miles de personas que, como yo, vienen de abajo y tienen que hacer de tripas corazones para salir diariamente hacia adelante”, informa Wilmer Reyes Berríos, quien busca convertirse en el nuevo senador del Distrito de Guayama en los comicios de noviembre del año entrante.

“Sin duda alguna, de los ocho que son, el Distrito de Guayama es el que más necesidades tiene… Si bien es cierto que las fuentes de empleo están contadas, también lo es que hay muchas personas que se encuentran faltas de fe y esperanza”, agrega quien asegura que los actuales incumbentes “no están cumpliendo cabalmente con el trabajo que se requiere para poner a sus constituyentes en el mapa de Puerto Rico”.

Nacido el 18 de agosto de 1993 y de cuna humilde, el hijo de Wilmer Reyes Negrón y Carmen Berríos Santiago recuerda “que orgullosamente fui mesero por muchos años y, del mismo modo, conductor o chofer de una conocida red de transporte a nivel mundial… ¡Soy un ciudadano de a pie que puede sentir muy bien el calor que

se siente en la piel de los más necesitados!”.

“Teniendo muy presente las grandes necesidades familiares, siempre busqué y logré graduarme con altos honores a lo largo de toda la vida estudiantil en el sistema de enseñanza público del Municipio de Coamo. Pues, siempre deseé servirle a los demás y ser un ejemplo a seguir: ‘Si yo pude, cualquier persona que viene de abajo también puede salir por la puerta ancha’”, recuerda quien actualmente se encuentra cursando el bachillerato en Administración de Empresas, con concentración en Gerencia.

“En el campo de la política, he sido Delegado de la Juventud del Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP) en Coamo, fiel defensor de la Estadidad y fiel creyente del buen gobierno. Además, he laborado en el Senado de Puerto Rico, en la oficina del entonces senador, doctor Carlos Rodríguez Mateo, quien hoy se desempeña como administrador de la Administración de Servicios de Salud Mental y Contra la Adicción (ASSMCA)”, hace hincapié quien al presente labora precisamente como Proveedor de Servicios Preventivos en ASSMCA, “procurando siempre que las familias tengan una mejor calidad de vida”.

“Hoy, luego de ver casa por casa el gransufrimiento de miles de personas y notar la falta de prioridades en el Distrito de Guayama hacia los sectores más humildes y necesitados, deseo aportar desde el Senado de Puerto Rico, con la pureza del corazón y toda la transparencia del mundo, a un mejor Distrito de Guayama… Quiero ser la voz de los silentes, de los que ya no tienen fe y esperanza, esa es mi prioridad… Mi corazón está perfectamente sintonizado con los latidos de los que más sufren y necesitan una mano amiga que los llene nuevamente de fe y esperanza… Mi mayor inspiración lo es nada menos que mi amada hija, Paulette Sophia Reyes Malines”, termina diciendo.

Peloteros universitarios honran al astro Roberto Clemente Walker

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SAN JUAN – La celebración del “Clemente Day” en el Béisbol de las Grandes Ligas se extendió al torneo local de la Liga Atlética Interuniversitaria (LAI) el viernes pasado, donde varios peloteros de los Búhos de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR) de Humacao y los Gryphons de la Caribbean University (Caribbean) honraron la memoria del astro boricua, Roberto Clemente Walker. Esto ocurrió durante el partido de la serie regular, que ganó la novena humacaeña 4-1 sobre los visitantes de la Caribbean en el parque Néstor Morales, Humacao.

A través de las redes sociales de la LAI, varios jugadores describieron el significado del primer latinoamericano en ser exaltado al Salón de la Fama del Béisbol de las Grandes Ligas en Cooperstown en 1973, haciendo del número 21 un símbolo para los Piratas de Pittsburgh y de todos los amantes del béisbol nacional e internacional.

“Para mí Roberto Clemente significa unión. Una persona que ayudó sin que se lo pidieran. Murió siendo héroe para todas las naciones y Latinoamérica”, dijo el

guardabosque derecho de los Búhos, Marvin Fuentes.

“Jugar en el ‘right field’ es un honor, porque es sentir toda la emoción que él (Roberto Clemente) sentía cuando jugaba y lo daba todo en el terreno”, añadió el pelotero que estudia un bachillerato en Enfermería de la UPR de Humacao.

En el 2016, la LAI retiró el número 21 en honor a Clemente Walker durante un partido entre los Gallitos de la UPR de Río Piedras y los antiguos Cocodrilos de la Universidad Metropolitana (el viernes, Taínos de la Universidad Ana G. Méndez). Ese momento fue vivido al lado del hijo del astro carolinense, Luis Roberto Clemente, del primer dirigente de las Grandes Ligas puertorriqueño, Edwin Rodríguez, el primer dirigente en ganar un campeonato en las Grandes Ligas, Alex Cora, el expresidente del Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico y expresidente de la Federación de Béisbol de Puerto Rico, Osvaldo Gil Bosh, entre otras personalidades.

Para el guardabosque derecho y estudiante de Administración de Empresas en la Caribbean, Jarot Carmona Villalona, expresó

que “Roberto Clemente para mí significa un gran ejemplo, un gran pelotero, un gran ser humano, que implantó un tipo de béisbol en las Grandes Ligas y en su país Puerto Rico. Hoy me toca jugar la posición de él y lo haré con mucha intensidad como él. ¡Orgulloso siempre!”.

Dentro de las estadísticas de Clemente Walker, con el uniforme de los Piratas de Pittsburgh, está el convertirse en el undécimo pelotero con 3,000 hits logrado el 30 de septiembre de 1972. Fue 15 veces convocado al Juego de Estrellas y 12 veces ganador de un Guante de Oro. Ganó cuatro títulos de bateo y fue Jugador Más Valioso de la Liga Nacional en 1966. También ayudó a los Piratas a ganar dos Series Mundiales, siendo el Jugador Más valioso del Clásico de Otro de 1971, en el que bateó .414 con dos jonrones y un promedio de embazado y más slugging de 1.219 en el triunfo de Pittsburgh sobre Baltimore en siete juegos. En el Béisbol Profesional de la Doble A ganó un campeonato con Juncos en 1952 con promedio de .314 y fue líder en bases robadas con 14.

Los historiadores describen a Clemente Walker como un humanista, un hombre de corazón noble y genuino. Este había entrelazado una relación con los nicaragüenses desde su visita en 1972. Lo que le provocó movilizarse al país centroamericano un 31 de diciembre de 1973 para ayudarlos, luego de ser sacudidos por un terremoto. Murió trágicamente minutos después de que saliera el vuelo de San Juan a Nicaragua.

“Quiero ser la voz de los silentes, de los que ya no tienen fe y esperanza, esa es mi prioridad”

By ERIK PIEPENBURG

This month’s picks will take you on a global tour of terror, with tales of a Taiwanese gay ghost and a Norwegian canine whose owner is a dog’s worst friend.

‘Marry My Dead Body’

There’s nothing remotely terrifying in this charming opposites-attract ghost comedy, a box office hit in Taiwan. Give it a shot if your taste in scary movies is the flavor of Horror Lite with a side of screwball romantic (ish) comedy.

When Wu Ming-han (Greg Hsu), a homophobic police officer, picks up a red envelope on the street, he gets roped into the folk ritual of a ghost marriage, a wedding to a dead person. His betrothed is Mao Mao (Austin Lin), a gay man who was killed in a hit-and-run and who still carries a torch for his ex-boyfriend. Despite their differences, the husbands agree to stay married to complete the ritual and solve Mao’s death, and in the process they forge a sweet “Odd Couple”-like companionship.

Cheng Wei-hao’s film is a comedy of many kinds — horror, queer, romantic, supernatural — that evolves from a gay panic farce into a slapsticky but heartfelt bromance about forgiveness and the singular power of coming out. Hsu and Lin are winsome leading men with a natural rapport that fuels the film’s goofy gay spirit, which lives somewhere between the endearing British comedy “Kinky Boots” and the cringey cop comedy “Partners.”

Stream it on Netflix.

‘Subject’

On his way to prison, Willem (a terrific Stephen Phillips) gets intercepted by a government agent who offers him the chance to be part of a secret mind-monitoring experiment instead of doing time. Willem agrees, and gets placed in cramped quarters lined with cameras.

As the film jumps between Willem’s suffocating present and his harrowing past as a drug-addicted father, it also moves between perspectives and camera styles, including surveillance, digital and even early-era video art. When a monstrous, mummy-like entity appears in an adjacent room and menacingly watches Willem through their shared window, this formally audacious film kicks into high gear as it careers toward a despairing finale.

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Director Tristan Barr and writer Vincent Befi seamlessly blend science fiction, horror and psychological thriller as they explore the horrors of addiction and the dangers of a dystopian state. As shot through a low-fi and intensely claustrophobic lens, Befi’s script is both a disorienting cautionary tale and a fever dream. Are Willem’s living nightmares real, or are we watching his life as imagined in his increasingly besieged head? I still don’t know despite a post-credit coda that tries to explain it all — and that’s what makes this one of my favorite under-the-radar horror films of the year.

Stream it on Screambox.

‘Good Boy’

Christian (Gard Lokke) leads a privileged life. He’s loaded, lives on his dead parents’ estate and is blessed with model good looks. And he’s got a cute and devoted dog named Frank. I take that back: He doesn’t have a dog, because Frank is a guy in a dog costume whom Christian treats as his full-time canine companion — a hardcore manifestation of puppy play, a dom-sub scenario popular in the kink community.

Sigrid (Katrine Lovise Opstad Fredriksen), whom Christian meets on Tinder, at first is weirded out by Frank. But eventually she comes around to the situation, and agrees to go with the two on a weekend getaway, where Christian persuades Sigrid to put away her phone. That’s when this Norwegian film takes a sinister twist I didn’t see coming.

Writer-director Viljar Boe doesn’t go overboard during most of his entertaining and exploitation-like parable about power, privilege and punishment. But that reserve goes out the window as the film’s enthusiastically sordid final stretch reaches its climax with a symphony of spanking, heavy metal and primal screams. It’s a hoot.

Rent or buy on most major platforms.

‘Insidious Inferno’

I lost count of how many conventions — haunted house, demonic possession, supernaturalism, giallo — writer-director Calvin McCarthy packs into his low-budget meditation on grief and loss. The result is both under and over baked. But it’s also unabatingly odd and enthusiastica-

lly macabre, with a soft uncanniness akin to what made the recent weirdo thrillers “Superior” and “Outpost” so darkly entertaining.

Monica (Stephanie Leet), reeling from her father’s mysterious death, heads to his secluded cottage with her husband, Andre (Neil Green). There, she hears her father’s deathly screams, has nightmares in red and vomits up chunky blood. To get away from it all, Andre spends time jogging through the forest, where he keeps encountering a strange white-eyed woman (Chynna Rae Shurts, wonderful), whose dire warnings for Andre and Monica to leave the house he ignores with deadly consequences.

Stylistically, McCarthy’s giallo touches — frenzied zoom-ins, gasps, saturated red and purple cinematography — are delicious. Bonus: McCarthy gives a loving shout out to Lucio Fulci’s “The Beyond,” one of my favorite giallo films.

Rent or buy on major platforms.

‘Tell Me a Creepy Story’

Two great scares front-load this anthology of four international horror shorts you can stream for free.

The best comes first and from the U.K.: Paul Holbrook and Samuel Dawe’s “Hungry Joe.” The title character, played by several actors as he ages, won’t stop eating, and his appetite tests the patience of his increasingly resentful mother (an excellent Laura Bayston). As Joe grows into a feral man-child, his hunger, and the film, take a gruesome turn that asks a difficult question: What responsibilities does a mother have to her not-so-little monster? (All this in just 22 minutes.) ASMR makes my skin crawl, so I was extra creeped out by Joe’s incessant sucking, chomping and slurping.

The second film is Félix Dobaire’s gorgeously shot evil vegetable movie “Myosotis.” In French but nearly wordless, it reiterated one of horror’s most important housekeeping life lessons: Never leave a knife in the dishwasher blade side up.

Stream it on Freevee.

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Austin Lin, left, with Greg Hsu in “Marry My Dead Body.”

Frank is a guy in a dog costume whom Christian treats as his full-time canine companion in “Good Boy”.

After the earthquake in Morocco, tourists grapple with the ethics of travel

By CEYLAN YEGINSU

Some of the world’s most popular tourist destinations — Turkey, Greece, Hawaii and, now, Morocco — have been ravaged by disaster this year, with earthquakes, wildfires and floods razing entire towns and villages, killing residents, and destroying or damaging cultural monuments.

The series of catastrophic events has left many tourists in a conundrum over how to respond. Those already in a country in the wake of a disaster debate whether they should stay or leave. Those with upcoming trips wonder if they should cancel. Can they and the revenue they bring in be of any real help, or will they be a burden? How appropriate is it to let tourism go on while a nation is in a state of collective mourning and rescue efforts are underway?

There are no easy answers, travel experts say. Each disaster’s impact is unique, and while travelers are advised to follow the guidance of government officials in the aftermath of such events, local communities don’t always agree on the best course of action. After the Maui wildfires destroyed much of the town of Lahaina in August, killing at least 115 people, residents on the island, which depends on tourist dollars, clashed over the decision to allow tourism to continue while locals grieved for all that was lost.

In Morocco, however, where a powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Atlas Mountains southwest of Marrakech on Friday, killing thousands, the outlook is more unified. With the high tourism season underway and most of the destruction affecting rural areas far from tourist hot spots, many locals are eager for foreign visitors to keep coming so that they can support the economy and bring in funds for relief efforts.

“After COVID, the abandonment of tourists would be terrible for Marrakech, where so many resources come from tourism,” said Mouna Anajjar, the editor-in-chief of I Came for Couscous, a local feature magazine. “Directly or indirectly, all the inhabitants are linked to this resource and would be terribly affected.”

Here’s what travelers faced with the prospect of visiting a country where devastation has struck should think about.

Is the place open for tourism?

Check official government guidance and local media reports to assess the situation on the ground. When the deadly wildfires swept through parts of Maui last month, the local authorities urged tourists to stay home. So far, the Moroccan government hasn’t issued any statements beyond the status of rescue efforts, and the country’s tourism office did not respond to multiple requests for comment. The British Foreign Office advised its citizens planning to travel to the country to check with their tour providers about any disruptions.

While the U.S. State Department has not updated its travel advisory to Morocco, it is a good idea to check the website before traveling to any country that has been struck by disaster. Establish exactly where the disaster hit and which areas have been affected. When Greece was ravaged by wildfires in

July and thousands of tourists were evacuated from the islands of Rhodes and Corfu, many tourists canceled their vacations, even those traveling to unaffected areas. The Greek tourism minister issued a response, highlighting that the majority of the country, including parts of the affected islands, remained safe for tourists.

When the earthquake struck Morocco on Friday, it was felt in many popular tourist destinations, including Marrakech and the towns of Imsouane and Essaouira, but most of the damage is concentrated close to the epicenter in Al Haouz province. In the immediate aftermath of the quake, most Morocco tours were canceled as operators scrambled to make critical safety assessments, making sure that all their clients and staff members were accounted for and that tourists were not hindering rescue efforts.

But now, having established that the damage is localized in rural areas and following government guidance, most tours are up and running with some amended itineraries. Hotels have largely been unaffected, according to Morocco’s hotel association.

“There are areas inside the Marrakech medina that have been damaged, some historical monuments are closed, but most areas inside the cities are totally OK to be visited,” said Zina Bencheikh, the managing director of Intrepid Travel’s Europe, Middle East and Africa operations, who was born in Marrakech. “The majority of the country is open, with airports, schools, hotels, shops and restaurants operating as normal under the shock of the incident.”

Intrepid Travel had 600 customers in Morocco on the night of the earthquake, and only 17 have cut their trips short. TUI, Europe’s largest travel operator, said that some of its itineraries were under review, but that the majority of its guests had decided to stay on after the company carried out safety inspections and chose to support keeping Morocco open.

As a tourist, will I be a burden on local communities?

When a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey in February, Turkish Airlines, the country’s national carrier, canceled dozens of flights across the country to open up resources for rescue efforts. During the Maui wildfires, airlines

also canceled flights to Hawaii so that they could use the planes to fly passengers back to the mainland. Most of West Maui is still closed to tourists but is expected to reopen on Oct. 8.

In Morocco, the hardest-hit areas in the Atlas Mountains are cordoned off as rescue efforts are underway, and tourists are not advised to go into those areas. But tourism activities are encouraged in other areas of the country that haven’t been affected.

Hafida Hdoubane, a guide based in Marrakech who takes visitors on hiking and trekking excursions, urged visitors to come, arguing that the danger from the earthquake had long passed and that the authorities in Marrakech were carefully cordoning off any buildings showing signs of damage.

She said those who called to cancel their expeditions felt uneasy about vacationing in a country that had just experienced such devastation, but that locals did not share that view. “I think it’s best to come and show that life goes on,” she said. “What a mountain tourist can do to help is come, show that they are here and that they stand in solidarity.”

Should I change my behavior?

Most locals will not expect you to, but it is important to be receptive and mindful of the mood around you.

Ángel Esquinas, the regional director of the Barceló Hotel Group, which has properties in Marrakech, Casablanca and Fez, said there was no immediate need for tourists to cut their trips short unless they felt it necessary.

“It is absolutely acceptable for tourists to continue with their planned activities, such as going on tours, lounging by the pool or enjoying nightlife. Morocco remains a vibrant and welcoming destination,” he said. “However, we encourage visitors to be mindful of their surroundings and exercise respect for the local communities’ particular circumstances. It’s important to strike a balance between supporting the local economy and not overwhelm the community.”

What can I do to help?

Visiting a country can be a big support to disaster relief efforts, as many locals depend on tourism revenue for their livelihoods. In Morocco, tourism accounts for 7.1% of the gross domestic product and is a crucial source of income for lowto middle-income families. Many restaurants and hotels have started funding campaigns to help their employees and their families in the most affected areas.

You can donate to some of the aid organizations like the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies that are responding to the disaster. And Intrepid Foundation, the travel company’s charity, has begun an earthquake appeal campaign for Morocco to support efforts to provide food, shelter, clean water and medical assistance to local communities.

In Hawaii, the Hawaii Community Foundation continues to run a fund supporting the long-term needs of those affected by the wildfires.

If you are a tourist already in a country that has been hit by a disaster, consider donating blood at blood banks, which are often set up in the aftermath of natural disasters.

A damaged hotel in the town of Moulay Brahim, about 45 miles south of Marrakesh. A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the area on Friday.

The ‘forever’ glaciers of America’s West aren’t forever anymore

By SOMINI SENGUPTA

Once, there were 29. Now at least one is gone, maybe three. Those that remain are almost half the size they used to be.

Mount Rainier is losing its glaciers. That is all the more striking as it is the most glacier-covered mountain in the contiguous United States.

The changes reflect a stark global reality: Mountain glaciers are vanishing as the burning of fossil fuels heats up Earth’s atmosphere. According to the World Glacier Monitoring Service, total glacier area has shrunk steadily in the last half-century; some of the steepest declines have been in the western United States and Canada.

Mount Rainier National Park, a popular tourist destination that gets roughly 2 million visitors every year, is feeling the effects acutely.

Wildflowers, among its main summer attractions, are blossoming at odd times. The season for climbing the 14,000-foot summit is shorter. Douglas firs are climbing down the mountain slopes to areas where there is less snow than before. Rocks are tumbling down from the retreating glaciers, wiping out old-growth forests, changing the course of rivers and, most importantly for the National Park Service, flooding roads that it is supposed to maintain so tourists can drive in and enjoy its wilderness.

One small south-facing glacier, the Stevens, no longer exists and has been removed from the park’s inventory of glaciers. Two others, known as Pyramid and Van Trump, “are in serious peril,” according to an exhaustive survey published this summer by the Park Service, and may well be gone by the time the agency carries out the next survey in the coming year or two, said Scott R. Beason, the park geologist who led the study.

“Killing off a glacier is not something I take lightly,” he said. “Losing them is big.”

His study used historical glacier measurements, satellite images and aerial photography to assemble a threedimensional map of the park’s snow and

ice. It found that the total area covered by glacier ice had shrunk by 42% between 1896 and 2021. (Another survey carried out in fall 2022 by a glaciologist, Mauri Pelto, concluded that the Pyramid and Van Trump had vanished.)

The face of Mount Rainier is changing, likely forever.

Beason noticed it when he drove into the park last week and looked up. The mountain looked “subdued,” he said.

Even for September, there was little winter snow left on the Nisqually Glacier, one of the mountain’s most prominent and largest glaciers. Black boulders clung to the surface of the glacier. Over the years, the mouth of the Nisqually had moved farther and farther up the mountain. “The glaciers at Mount Rainier are in a long-term demise,” the Park Service report warned. “The long-term impacts of this loss will be widespread and impact many facets of the park ecosystem.”

Mountain climbers are facing new challenges, too. Glaciers are the highways they walk on to reach the summit. Those passages are melting earlier and earlier in the summer. The paths to the summit are becoming longer, as climbers have to go around risky cracks and fissures. The climbing season is getting

shorter.

On a fog-soupy Thursday morning in August, Paul Kennard, a geomorphologist who retired recently after 20 years with the Park Service, parked his car at the Paradise parking lot, passed the summer visitors who had come to admire the wildflowers and soon went off-trail to climb to the Nisqually.

It is among the glaciers in greatest trouble. Much of it is below 10,000 feet, and it’s on the mountain’s southfacing side, where the heat hits hardest. The very top of the mountain is unlikely to lose its snow and ice. If it did, Mount Rainier, an active volcano, would look very different. “Like Darth Vader’s head,” Kennard said.

To the uninitiated visitor, it didn’t look like a glacier. Kennard assured that it was. He had climbed the Nisqually at least 75 times, he said. Today, it looked worse than he had imagined.

“A glacier that’s healthy, or at least holding its own, or advancing has a different look,” he said. “It doesn’t look as deflated.”

Underneath some rocks, glistening veins of black ice revealed themselves. Sometimes, you could hear a quiet gurgle of water — a reminder of the frozen river that you were standing on. A roar

in the distance meant rocks were falling. The big ones, Kennard said, pointing to those that were the size of camper vans, could become dislodged and start tumbling down at any time. Depending on their number and speed, they can cause sheer havoc.

The worst he remembers was in 2006, when a glacier burst and sent a mighty slurry of wet sediment and stone down a tributary of the Nisqually River. It sounded to him like a freight train. Huge boulders rolled down. The debris flow, as it’s called, smothered a grove of Douglas firs that were at least 100 years old. The river leaped its banks, changed course and chewed up bits of the 13-mile-long Westside road.

That road remains closed to car traffic. The skeletons of those Douglas firs line the far banks. “I see a river gone wild,” Kennard said.

A few years ago, just before he retired, Kennard developed a low-cost solution, using what the mountain was ejecting: tall trees and big rocks. He created a series of log buttresses, sandwiched between boulders and sticking out into the river, in an effort to protect the riverbank from washing away.

It was a pilot project, designed to protect one of the most important structures in the park: the main road that motorists take from the southern entrance. That road sits perilously close to the Nisqually River, running wild as the once-forever ice rivers of Mount Rainier disappear. “Less forever now,” Kennard said. “The glaciers are falling apart.”

The Nisqually Glacier on the southwestern slope of Mount Rainier.

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SALA SUPERIOR DE UTUADO.

MARIA ALTAGRACIA

OQUENDO MATIAS

PETICIONARIA vs. EXPARTE CIVIL NUM.: UT2022CV00108.

SOBRE: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO

POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS

UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCJAOO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: PERSONAS

IGNORADAS O DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD Y TODA

PERSONA EN GENERAL

QUE CON DERECHO

PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE.

Por la presente se notifica a usted que se ha presentado ante este Tribunal el expediente arriba titulado, con el fin de justificar e inscribir en el Registro de la Propiedad a favor de la Parte Peticionaria el dominio que alega sobre la finca que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Parcela de terreno ubicada en la Calle Rodulfo González, Interior, identificada con el número Veinte C (20-C) del Municipio de Adjuntas. Tiene una cabida superficial de Ciento veinticinco punto cuatro mil tres cientos veintiun metros cuadrados (125.4321 me) equivalentes a punto cero trescientas diecinueve cuerdas. Colinda por el Norte con terrenos de Casa Pueblo de Adjuntas, Inc.; por el Sur José Salomé Pérez y Luis Angel Torres; por el Este con terrenos de la Sucesión de Domingo Meléndez ocupados por Rubén Meléndez y por el Este con terrenos de Melchor Maldonado Lugo y el callejón que le sirve de acceso. No consta Inscrito en el Registro de la Propiedad ni tiene número de Catastro asignado. Es abogado de la parte promovente el LCDO. SALVADORMÁRQUEZ

COLÓN, RUA 14,160, 485

Tito Castro Ave., Suite 102, Ponce, PR 00716-0209. Tel (787) 812-0021, Fax (787) 8403075, EMAIL smarq97@gmail.

com. Se le notifica a usted que este Tribunal ha ordenado su citación, para que presente oposición a este expediente, si se viesen perjudicados con la inscripción que se solicita; advirtiéndole que de no hacerlo dentro del término de veinte (20) días a contar desde que fuera usted notificado de esta citación, la Parte Peticionaria podrán solicitar y obtener la aprobación de este expediente de dominio y la correspondiente inscripción a su nombre en el Registro de la Propiedad el dominio de la finca anteriormente descrita. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Petición, si el Tnbunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Expedido en Utuado, Puerto Rico, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 21 de agosto de 2023. Por: DIANE

ÁLV AREZ VILLANUEVA, SECRETARIA REGIONAL.

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Demandante Vs.

LA SUCESION DE WILLIAM MATOS

MARTINEZ COMPUESTA

POR BRYAN WILLIAM

MATOS DE JESUS; FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados

Civil Núm.: HU2022CV00354. Sala: 205. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓNDE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Al-

guacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 3 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: #105 CALLE RIO CAMUY, URBANIZACION VISTAS DEL RIO, LAS PIEDRAS, PR 00771 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar número 105 de la Urbanización Vistas del Río, radicada en el Barrio Collores, del término Municipal de Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de aproximadamente 458.39 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a 0.1166 cuerdas. Colinda por el NORTE, con una distancia de 13.94 metros, con el Solar número 100 y el Solar número 101 de la Urbanización; por el SUR, en una distancia de 13.00 metros, con la Calle Río Camuy (H); por el ESTE, en una distancia de 37.78 metros, con el Solar número 106 de la Urbanización; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 32.74 metros con el Solar número 104 de la Urbanización. Contiene una casa pata fines residenciales. Dicho solar se encuentra afecto a una Servidumbre a favor de la Junta Reglamentadora de Telecomunicaciones. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 170 del Tomo 306 de Las Piedras, finca número 15,619, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $123,620.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 10 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos

terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $82,413.33. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 17 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $61,810.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 156 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 10 de septiembre de 2015, ante el notario Enel M. Pérez Monte y consta inscrita al folio 170 del tomo 306 de Las Piedras, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao, inscripción Segunda y última. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido contra la parte demandada ascendente a la suma de $110,617.23 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de septiembre de 2021, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.50% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, La Sucesión de William Matos Martínez, adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $12,362.00. Además, La Sucesión de William Matos Martínez se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $12,362.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $12,362.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA

INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subro-

gado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores ni preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores conocidos y desconocidos que tengan inscritos, no inscritos, presentados y/o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial.

Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy día 5 de septiembre de 2023. JOSÉ

L. RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL REGIONAL INTERINO, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO, SALA SUPERIOR. JANIA GUASP LOZA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #653. ****

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Demandante Vs. AIDELIS MUSKUS ROLDÁN

Demandado

CIVIL NÚM.: CN2023CV00060

SALÓN: 406 SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.

A: AIDELIS MUSKUS ROLDÁNURB. VILLAS DE LOÍZA MM4 CALLE 39, CANÓVANAS, PR 00729.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Kevin Sánchez Campanero cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kevin.sanchez@ orf-law.com, y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 12 de julio de 2023. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 12 de julio de 2023. Lcda. Kanelly Zayas, Secretaria Regional. Maricruz Aponte Alicea, Secretaria Auxiliar.

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Demandante Vs. CARLOS M. SÁNCHEZ LEÓN

Demandado

CIVIL NÚM.: CN2023CV00066

SALÓN: 406 SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.

A: CARLOS M. SÁNCHEZ LEÓNURB. LOÍZA VALLEY 454 CALLE MAGNOLIA, CANÓVANAS, PR 00729.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto.

Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr. salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Kevin Sánchez Campanero cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kevin.sanchez@ orf-law.com, y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 12 de julio de 2023. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 12 de julio de 2023. Lcda. Kanelly Zayas Robles, Secretaria Regional. Maricruz Apontre Alicea, Secretaria Auxiliar.

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Demandante Vs. LUIS A. IRIZARRY SANTIAGO

Demandado

CIVIL NÚM.: JA2022CV00062

SALÓN: 3 SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. A: LUIS A. IRIZARRY SANTIAGOBO. MAMEYES CARR 141 KM 6.6 INT, JAYUYA, PR 00664 / 1 HC / BOX 4662, JAYUYA, PR 00664-9710. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Kevin Sánchez Campanero cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kevin.sanchez@ orf-law.com, y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 13 de julio de 2023. Diane Alvarez Villanueva, Secretaria. F/Wanda I. Rivera Pérez, Secretaria del Tribunal Conf.

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Parte demandante vs.

NELSON

GARCÍA BLANCO

Parte demandada

CIVILNÚM.: SJ2023CV00581

SALA: 603 SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R. SS.

A: NELSON GARCÍA BLANCO

URB. PUERTO NUEVO

1208 CALLE 10 NE, SAN JUAN PR 00920.

POR LA PRESENTE, se le notifica que contra usted se ha radicado una Demanda sobre Usucapión contra Tabula por la parte demandante, Loyda Olivo Báez y otros, interesando del Honorable Tribunal conceda a su favor la demanda. Se le emplaza y se le requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, radicando el original de su contestación a través del Sistema

Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de San Juan con copia a la Lcda. Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie. bonaparte@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com., quien es el abogada de la parte demandante. Se le apercibe que, de no hacerlo, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado a favor de la parte demandante sin más citarle ni oírle.

Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 11 de agosto de 2023. Griselda Rodríguez Collado, Secretaria Regional. F/Diana C. Pérez Sierra, Secretaria Servicio a Sala.

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HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

DEMANDANTE vs. FULANO Y SUTANA DE TAL, COMO MIEMBROS

DESCONOCIDOS DE LAS SUCESIONES DE MIGUEL

ÁNGEL PRADO LÓPEZ Y VICTORIA ESTHER ROSADO RÍOS

DEMANDADOS

CIVIL NUM. : CA2022CV00956.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA Yo, Freddy Omar Rodriguez Collazo, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO

SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 24 de abril de 2023, por la Secretaría de este Tribunal, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro:---.

Propiedad Horizontal: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento: A-205

SEMANA 30. Cabida: 101.42

Metros Cuadrados. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL

HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega

Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-205 and includes the right to use such unit during the 30 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 30 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of right to use a specific week in Unit A-205 the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the Facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 12,843

inscrita por asiento abreviado al folio 2792 del tomo 332 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 2da. Registro de la Propiedad Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, ascendente a las siguientes cantidades: $22,288.98 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de los elementos comunes correspondientes a la unidad A- 205, semana 30, en Hacienda del Mar. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 26 de octubre de 2023, a las 10:15 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Carolina, durante horas laborables. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia

del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 1 de septiembre de 2023. Freddy Omar Rodriguez Collazo, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

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Demandante Vs. ROBERT JOHN LINDSAY, BERNARDITA MARIA GUTIÉRREZ, t/c/c

Bernardita Maria Lindsay y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales, compuesta por ambos

Demandada

CIVIL NUM.: VB2019CV00948

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Yo, Freddy Omar Rodríguez Collazo, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO

SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 27 de abril de 2023, por la Secretaría de este Tribunal, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro: .Propiedad

Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta.

Apartamento: B-808 SEMANA

35. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit B-808 and includes the right to use such unit during the 35 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 35 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of right to use a specific week in Unit B-808 the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority

rights during a fixed period of the prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2194% in the Facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 16,597 inscrita al tomo de hoja móvil número 93 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. Registro de la Propiedad Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Association el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, ascendente a las siguientes cantidades: $11,698.20 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad B 808, semana 35. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 26 de octubre de 2023, a las 10:30 de la mañana. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal

de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 1 de septiembre de 2023. Freddy Omar Rodríguez Collazo, Alguacil Superior.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante Vs. DEJAN JOCIC RIEBARTSCH, JULIA RIEBARTSCH Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR

AMBOS

Parte Demandada

CIVIL NUM.: VB2022CV00246

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, Freddy Omar Rodríguez Collazo, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO

SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 27 de abril de 2023, por la Secretaría de este Tribunal, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro:.

Propiedad Horizontal: CON-

DOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento: B-808 SEMANA 51. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega

Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit B-808 and includes the right to use such unit during the 51 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 51 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of right to use a specific week in Unit B-808 the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the prior to the commencement of said interval.

In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2194% in the Facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 15,281 inscrita al sistema Karibe, según inscripción 5ta. Registro de la Propiedad Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Association el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, ascendente a las siguientes cantidades: $18,329.95 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 26 de octubre de 2023, a las 10:45 de la mañana. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal,

en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 1 de septiembre de 2023. Freddy Omar Rodríguez Collazo, Alguacil Superior.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante Vs. GILBERTO ORTEGA ALICEA, CARMEN OLIMPIA MORALES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR

AMBOS

Demandados

CIVIL NUM.: BY2022CV01592

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Yo, Freddy Omar Rodríguez, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega

Baja, al Público HAGO SABER:

Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 27 de abril de 2023, por la Secretaría de este Tribunal, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro:

Propiedad Horizontal: CON-

DOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento: B-310

SEMANA 29. Cabida: 101.42

Metros Cuadrados. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL

HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega

Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit B-310 and includes the right to use such unit during the 29 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 29 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of right to use a specific week in Unit B-310 the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2194% in the Facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta

descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 14,843 inscrita al tomo de hoja móvil número 74 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. Registro de la Propiedad Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, ascendente a las siguientes cantidades: $14,432.42 por concepto de principal. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 26 de octubre de 2023, a las 11:00 de la mañana. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Bayamón, durante horas laborables. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones.

Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse

de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 1de septiembre de 2023. Freddy Omar Rodríguez Collazo, Alguacil Superior.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO

DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA DE VEGA BAJA

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante Vs. FULANO Y SUTANA DE TAL, COMO MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE PATRICK

DANIEL DOLAN; Y JOY

LEE DOLAN T/C/C/ JOY

LEE MATHEWS

Demandados

CIVIL NUM.: VB2022CV00243

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Yo, Freddy Omar Rodríguez Collazo, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO

SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 1 de mayo de 2023, por la Secretaría de este Tribunal, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro:.

Urbana: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: UNIDAD

B-706 SEMANA 44 Cabida 101.42 Metros Cuadrados located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit B-706 and includes the right to use such unit during 44 week of each year until December 31 of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 44 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit B-706 the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time

prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such excessive, other owners of Vacation Club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare of Vacation Club Rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the Vacation Club Regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1 .2194% in the Facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 18,191 inscrita al tomo de Hoja Móvil número 104 de Vega Alta. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Association el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, ascendente a las siguientes cantidades: $17,050.36 por concepto de principal. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 26 de octubre de 2023, a las 11:15 de la mañana. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está eje-

cutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 1 de septiembre de 2023. Freddy Omar Rodríguez Collazo, Alguacil Superior.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN ORIENTAL BANK Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE MIGUEL ANTONIO ACOSTA BURGOS COMPUESTA

POR FULANA DE TAL Y FULANO DE TAL; Y SUCESIÓN DE ANA ELBA CALDERON MONSERRATE COMPUESTA POR FULANA DE TAL Y FULANO DE TAL Demandados.

CIVIL NÚM.: BY2023CV03792

SOBRE: INTERPELACIÓN COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO E INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: SUCESIÓN DE MIGUEL ANTONIO ACOSTA BURGOS compuesta por Fulana de Tal y Fulano de Tal; y SUCESIÓN DE ANA ELBA CALDERON MONSERRA TE compuesta por Fulana de Tal y Fulano de Tal

EC-16 Calle Roble Urb. Los Almendros Bayamón, PR 00961 Urb. Hermanas Dávila, L10 Calle 4, Bayamón PR 00959. Teléfonos conocidos (787)

525-9206 y (787)756-7178.

Por la presente se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido notificado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la dirección electrónica https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido termino, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Representa a la parte demandante el Lcda. Raquel Deseda Belaval, Delgado Fernández, LLC, PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-1750. Tel. [787] 274-1414. Oriental Bank ha presentado una Demanda en su contra en la cual se reclama que la parte demandada incurrió en el incumplimiento del Contrato Hipotecario al no pagar la mensualidad vencida el día 1 de diciembre de 2022 y las que han vencido subsiguientemente, por lo que la parte demandante ha declarado vencida la totalidad de la deuda ascendente a $100,574.60 de principal, más intereses acumulados, que continuarán acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más cargos por demora, más otros cargos, más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, según pactado, más cualquier otro desembolso que haya efectuado o efectúe la parte demandante durante la tramitación de este caso para otros adelantos de conformidad con el Contrato Hipotecario. El inmueble entregado como garantía de la hipoteca antes descrita es: URBANA: Solar marcado con el #16 del bloque EC del plano de inscripción de la Urbanización L.os Almendros (Estancias de Rio Hondo IV), radicada en d Barrio Hato Tejas del término municipal de Bayamón. Puerto Rico. con una cabida superficial de 264.680 metros cuadrados, en lindes por el NORTE. con el solar # 15. distancia de 20.36 metros; por el SUR. con el solar #17. en distancia de 20.36 metros: por el ESTE, con la calle #4. distancia del 13.00 metros: y por el OESTE, con el solar #9. distancia de 13.00 metros.

Enclava una casa. Finca 7057 (antes 54,337), inscrita al Folio 46 del tomo 152 de Bayamón

Norte, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. Se dicta Orden de conformidad con el Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico de 2020, para que expresen si han de aceptar o rechazar formalmente la herencia de los causantes

MIGUEL ANTONIO ACOSTA

BURGOS y ANA ELBA CAL-

DERON MONSERRATE en el término de treinta (30) días, dispuesto en ley. Se advierte a los miembros de la Sucesión de MIGUEL ANTONIO ACOSTA

BURGOS y de la Sucesión de ANA ELBA CALDERON MONSERRATE que al haberse presentado el pleito en Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca en contra de la causante antes mencionada, de no recibirse contestación en el término de treinta (30) días a partir de la notificación de esta orden, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada y los herederos responden por la deuda reclamada. DADA en BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, a 31 de agosto de 2023. Lcda. Laura I. Santa Sánchez, Secretaria Regional. Ivette M. Marrero Bracero, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL

GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE PONCE ORIENTAL BANK

Demandante V.

JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE

Demandados

CIVIL NÚM. PO2023CV02543

SALA 605 SOBRE: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R. SS.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, personas desconocidas que se designan con estos nombres ficticios, que puedan ser tenedor o tenedores, o puedan tener algún interés en el pagaré hipotecario a que se hace referencia más adelante en el presente edicto, que se publicará una sola vez. Se les notifica que en la Demanda radicada en el caso de epígrafe se alega que el 30 de octubre del 2003, se otorgó un pagaré a favor de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Puerto Rico (hoy Oriental Bank), o a su orden, por la suma de $80,000.00 de principal, con intereses al 5.75% anual, y vencedero el 1 de noviembre de 2018, ante la Notario Brenda A. Vera Miró mediante afidávit 804. En garantía del pagaré antes descrito se otorgó la escritura de hipoteca número 15 del 30 de octubre del 2003, ante la Notaria

Brenda A. Vera Miró, inscrita al folio 37 del tomo 1103 de Ponce, finca 14288, inscripción 5, Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección II. El inmueble gravado mediante la hipoteca antes descrita es la finca 14288 inscrita al folio 280 del tomo 814 de Ponce, Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección II. La obligación evidenciada por el pagaré antes descrito fue saldada en su totalidad. Dicho gravamen no ha podido ser cancelado por haberse extraviado el original del pagaré. El original del pagaré antes descrito no ha podido ser localizado, a pesar de las gestiones realizadas. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaría Puerto Rico (hoy Oriental Bank) es el acreedor que consta en el Registro de la Propiedad. Oriental Bank fue último tenedor conocido del pagaré antes descrito. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr. salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

LCDO. JAVIER MONTALVO CINTRÓN RUA NÚM. 17682 DELGADO & FERNÁNDEZ, LLC PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-1750, Tel. (787) 274-1414 / Fax (787) 764-8241

E-mail: jmontalvo@ delgadofernandez.com Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 7 de septiembre de 2023. En Ponce, Puerto Rico. Glenda Ruiz Feliciano, Secretaria Interina. Brenda L. Santiago López, Sub-Secretaria.

LEGAL

NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL

GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRI-

BUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE AGUADILLA

ORIENTAL BANK

Demandante V. BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO COMO

CUSTODIO DE LOS ARCHIVOS DE DORAL

BANK; JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE

Demandados

CIVIL NÚM. IS2023CV00099

SOBRE: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R. SS.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, personas desconocidas que se designan con estos nombres ficticios, que puedan ser tenedor o tenedores, o puedan tener algún interés en el pagaré hipotecario a que se hace referencia más adelante en el presente edicto, que se publicará una sola vez. Se les notifica que en la Demanda radicada en el caso de epígrafe se alega que el 31 de octubre de 1996, se otorgó un pagaré a favor de Oriental Bank, o a su orden, por la suma de $168,350.00 de principal, con intereses al 8.735% anual, con vencedero el 1 de junio de 2027, ante el Notario Laura A. Dahdah De Surillo. En garantía del pagaré antes descrito se otorgó la escritura de hipoteca número 110, en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el 31 de octubre de 1996, ante el Notario Laura A. Dahdah de Surillo, inscrita al folio 246 del tomo 374 de Isabela, Finca número 20256, inscripción 2, Registro de la Propiedad de Aguadilla. Modificada por las titulares como deudores y Oriental Bank and Trust como prestador, aclaran la adjunta inscripción segunda para hacer constar que se modifica la hipoteca que en lugar de ser la fecha del primer pago el 1 de junio de 1997, lo será del 1 de enero de 1998, los intereses serán 7.875% y el primer paso lo será de $1,220.65. Así resulta de la Escritura número 5, otorgada en Mayagüez, el 16 de enero de 1998, ante la Notario Laura A. Dahdad de Surillo, inscrita al margen de la inscripción segunda y última de esta finca al folio 246 vuelto del tomo 374 de Isabela, Registro de la Propiedad de Aguadilla. El inmueble gravado mediante la hipoteca antes descrita es la finca 20256 inscrita al folio 246 del tomo 374 de Isabela, Registro de la Propiedad de Aguadilla. La obligación evidenciada por el pagaré antes descrito fue saldada en su totalidad. Dicho gravamen no ha podido ser cancelado por haberse extraviado el original del pagaré. El original del pagaré antes descrito no ha podido ser localizado, a pesar de las gestiones realizadas. Oriental Bank es el acreedor que consta en el Registro de la Propiedad. Doral Bank fue último tenedor conocido del pagaré antes descrito.

POR LA PRESENTE se le em-

plaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

LCDO. JAVIER MONTAL VO

CINTRÓN

RUA NÚM. 17682

DELGADO & FERNÁNDEZ, LLC

PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-1750,

Tel. (787) 274-1414 /

Fax (787) 764-8241

E-mail: jmontalvo@ delgadofemandez.com

Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 7 de septiembre de 2023. Sarahí Reyes Pérez, Secretaria Regional. Arlene Guzmán Pabón, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO

DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE YABUCOA EN HUMACAO. MARÍA ALICEA PIZARRO

Demandantes v. CARMEN ESQUILÍN OQUENDO Y COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO LAS PIEDRAS

Demandados

CIVIL NUM.: YB2023CV00227.

Sobre: ACCIÓN CIVIL, DIVISIÓN DE COMUNIDAD. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EUA.

A: Carmen Esquilín Oquendo, Texas, EUA y cualquiera persona ignorada que pueda tener interés en este caso. Por la presente se fes notifica a ustedes, que se ha presentado en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Yabucoa, la demanda de epígrafe, en la que, en síntesis, se alega que son ustedes partes indispensables en la demanda para la división y liquidación de una participación hereditaria del causante Ramón Esquilín

Rivera Es abogado de la parte demandante el Ledo. Jaime Rodriguez Rivera, quien tiene bufete abierto en el #30 de la Calle Reparto Píñero, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00969-5650, Teléfono 787-720-9553 y se notifica a ustedes que de no comparecer a contestar esta demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes después de haberse publicado el edicto, la parte demandante podrá solicitar la anotación de rebeldía y lograr que se dicte sentencia, concediéndosele el remedio solicitado sin más sin más citarles ni oirles. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberan presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procederte. Extendido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Humacao, Puerto Rico, a 15 de agosto de 2023. Ivelisse C. Fonseca Rodriguez, Secretaria Regional. Ivelisse M Monclova Cruz, Sec Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA

MONSERRATE SIMONET & GIERBOLINI, LLC

Demandante V.

YAMILLET M.

SANTIAGO MATTEI

Demandado

CIVIL NÚM: CA2023CV02393

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (REGLA 60). EMPLAZAMIENTO Y MANDAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

S.S. A: YAMILLET M. SANTIAGO MATTEI DIRECCIÓN: Urb. Los Árboles, Vereda del Prado #208, Carolina, PR 00987. Por la presente se les notifica que se ha presentado en este Tribunal la Demanda de epígrafe. Se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a: Lcdo.

Miguel J. Simonet García; MONSERRATE, SIMONET & GIERBOLINI, 101 Ave. San Patricio, Suite 1120, Guaynabo,

Puerto Rico 00968; Tel: (787) 620-5300, abogados de la parte demandante, con copia de la contestación a la Demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto, que se publicará una (1) vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general. Se le apercibe que si no contesta la Demanda radicando el original de la misma a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal Superior dentro del término antes indicado, y notificando con copia a la parte demandante, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado a favor de la parte demandante sin más citarle ni oírle. Extendido bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 7 de septiembre de 2023. Lcda. Kanelly Zayas Robles, Secretaria Regional. Maricruz Aponte Alicea, Secretaria Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC

Demandante Vs. SUCESION MANUEL MUÑIZ FUENTES COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLE HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION LUZ MARIA NIEVES ROSADO COMPUESTA POR JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO POSIBLE HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Demandados

Civil Núm. SJ2023CV00827.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: LA PARTE DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO GENERAL:

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que

en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 10 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: “URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Santiago Iglesias Pantín, situada en el Barrio Gobernador Piñero (antes Monacillos) de Río Piedras, que se describe con el número 15 de la manzana “V”, con un área de 376.55 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar número 14, en una distancia de 22.54 metros; por el SUR, con la Calle Número 2, en una distancia de 21.00 metros; por el ESTE, con la Calle Número 8, en una distancia de 17.00 metros; por el OESTE, con el solar número 16, en una distancia de 18.19 metros. Enclava una casa de una sola planta, de concreto pre-fabricado, diseñada para una familia y consiste principalmente de tres habitaciones, sala-comedor, cocina, baño y balcón”. Inscrita al folio 211 del tomo 418 de Monacillos, finca número 15772, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección III. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al folio 161 del tomo 1031 de Monacillos, finca 15772, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección III, inscripción 7a. Propiedad localizada en: 1354 CALLE E ORTIZ, SANTIAGO IGLESIAS, SAN JUAN, PR 00921. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $210,000.00.

Fecha de Vencimiento: 16 de enero de 2095. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes.

El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $210,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 17 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $140,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $105,000.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 24 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $72,388.78 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $44,197.55 en intereses acumulados al 21 de marzo de 2023 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 5.180% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $10,679.36 en seguro hipotecario; $3,510.00 de cargo de servicio; $2,961.51 de seguro; $575.00 de tasaciones; $220.00 de inspecciones; $907.50 de adelantos pendientes; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $21,000.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado, esta última habrá de devengar intereses al máximo del tipo legal fijado por la oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras aplicable a esta fecha, desde este mismo día hasta su total y completo saldo. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para

ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 6 de septiembre de 2023.

EDWIN E. LÓPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Parte Demandante Vs. Sucesión de HÉCTOR CALIXTO PIÑOL

GONZÁLEZ compuesta por HÉCTOR PIÑOL y MENGANO DE TAL, posible heredero desconocido;

Sucesión de OLGA

EMELIA BALLESTER

CABRERA t/c/c OLGA

EMILIA BALLESTER

CABRERA compuesta por MERCEDES

BALLESTER CABRERA, ELENA BALLESTER

CABRERA, SACHA

KOPEL BALLESTER, DAVE KOPEL BALLESTER, STEVEN

KOPEL BALLESTER y DANIEL JOSHUA

KOPEL BALLESTER, PERENCEJO DE TAL, posible heredero desconocido;

DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA por conducto de la DIVISIÓN DE CAUDALES

RELICTOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Parte Demandada

CIVIL NÚM. BY2022CV01508

SALÓN : 501 SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO E INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. S.S.

A: PERENCEJO DE TAL, POSIBLE HEREDERO

DESCONOCIDO DE OLGA

EMELIA BALLESTER

CABRERA t/c/c OLGA

BALLESTER EMILIA

CABRERA, CON IDENTIDAD Y PARADERO DESCONOCIDO.

Quedan notificados que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria en la que se alega que ustedes le adeudan a la Demandante las siguientes cantidades: $78,634.95 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.5% anual desde el 1 de enero de 2021 hasta su completo pago, más $411.40 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $11,834.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato de préstamo. La propiedad que garantiza hipotecariamente el préstamo es la siguiente: URBANA: Solar #13 manzana G, Urbanización Jardines de Caparra, Barrio Juan Sánchez de Bayamón, compuesta de 312.00 m.c. En lindes por el NORTE, con solar #2 en 13.00 metros; por el SUR, con calle #15, en igual medida; por el ESTE, con solar #12, en 24.00 metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar #14 en igual medida. Contiene una casa de concreto para una familia. Inscrita al folio 16 del tomo 557 de Bayamón, Finca 25326. Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. La hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 175 del tomo 1802 de Bayamón, Finca 25326. Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. Inscripción 10ma. La demandante es tenedora por endoso, por valor recibido y de buena fe del referido pagaré objeto de la presente acción. Se interpela a los demandados para que acepten o renuncien a la herencia de los causantes dentro de los 30 días subsiguientes a la fecha que fuesen emplazados o requeridos que contesten, para darle cumplimiento al Artículo 1578 del nuevo Código Civil de Puerto Rico, 31 L.P.R.A. § 11021, entendiéndose que, si no se expresan dentro de dicho término, aceptan el caudal relicto; la renuncia se hará por instrumento público o por escrito judicial. La parte demandada deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal. Se les advierte que si no contestan la Demanda, radicando el original de la contestación en este Tribunal y enviando copia de la contestación a la abogada de

la Parte Demandante, Lcda. Belma Alonso García, cuya dirección es: PO Box 3922, Guaynabo, PR 00970-3922, Teléfono: (787)789-1826, correo electrónico: oficinabelmaalonso@gmail.com, dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, excluyéndose el día de la publicación, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia en su contra, concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarles ni oírles. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal, hoy, 11 de septiembre de 2023, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico. LCDA.

LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, Secretaria Regional. NEREIDA QUILES SANTANA, Secretaria Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL

GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

DEMANDANTE V. WILFREDO RIVAS

HERRAN Y JASMINE ECHEGARAY LÓPEZ

DEMANDADOS

CIVIL NÚM.: BY2023CV03361.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S.

A: JASMINE ECHEGARAY LÓPEZ. APARTAMENTO B-303, CONDOMINIO RIVERA PARK, BARRIO JUAN SÁNCHEZ, BAYAMÓN, PUERTO RICO 00961, Y URB. VILLA ESPAÑA P4

CALLE PONTEVEDRA, BAYAMÓN, PUERTO RICO 00961.

Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda incoada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema

Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumac/ salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Si usted deja de presentar y notificar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende

procedente. Los abogados de la parte demandante son:

ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE

DEMANDANTE:

Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández RUA Núm.: 16,393

BERMUDEZ & DIAZ, LLP

500 Calle De La Tanca Suite 209

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901

Tel.: (787) 523-2670 /

Fax: (787) 523-2664

Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal, hoy 11 de septiembre de 2023.

LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. IVETTE M. MARRERO

BRACERO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA DE VEGA BAJA

HACIENDA DEL MAR

OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

DEMANDANTE VS. TONI JANINE INDRIOLO

PARTE DEMANDADA

CIVIL NUM.: VB2022CV00242.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 1 de mayo de 2023 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro: Propiedad Horizontal: CONDOMINIO CLUB

VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento: B-512 SEMANA 16. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados.

CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit B-512 and includes the right to use such unit during the 16 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 16 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of right to use a specific week in Unit B-512 the use of the said unit during the described time in-

terval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2575% in the Facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 16,478 inscrita al tomo de hoja móvil número 92 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. Registro de la Propiedad Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, ascendente a la siguiente cantidad: $18,409.30 de principal, por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento vencidas correspondientes a la unidad B-512 semana 16. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 2 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedi-

miento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 1ro de septiembre de 2023. ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

DEMANDANTE VS. THOMAS PATRICK HANDEL Y NOREEN CECILIA NICOSIA, T/C/C NOREEN CECILIA DOOLEY

DEMANDADOS

CIVIL NUM.: VB2022CV00219. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 1 de mayo de 2023 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro:

Propiedad Horizontal: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento: A-302 SEMANA 47. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-302 and includes the right to use such unit during the 47 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 47 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of right to use a specific week in Unit A-302 the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the Facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 12,961 inscrita al tomo de hoja móvil número 47 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. Registro de la Propiedad Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, ascendente a la siguiente cantidad: $16,892.91 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 302, semana 47. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 2 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de di-

cha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 1ro de septiembre de 2023. ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

DEMANDANTE VS. ROCCO ABBATIELLO, MARY ELIZABETH ABBATIELLO, T/C/C/

MARY ELIZABETH MARSTTA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, POR ELLOS COMPUESTA

DEMANDADA

CIVIL NUM.: VB2022CV00517.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 1 de mayo de 2023 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro: Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: A-206 SEMANA 3. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-206 and includes the right to use such unit during the 3 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 3 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of right to use a specific week in Unit A-206 the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation

club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the Facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 15,610 inscrita en tomo de hoja móvil número 88 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. Registro de la Propiedad Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, ascendente a la siguiente cantidad: $14,432.42 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 2 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de

la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 1ro de septiembre de 2023. ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

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DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA SALÓN DE SESIONES SALÓN 406.

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Demandante V. CHRISTIAN K RAMOS TORRES

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: CA2022CV03990.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60, COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACION DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

KEVIN.SANCHEZ CAMPANERO

KEVIN.SANCHEZ@ORF-LAW.COM

A: CHRISTIAN K RAMOS

TORRES - COND VIZCAYA

200 CALLE 535 APT

731 CAROLINA PR 00985; 1625 BAKER ST.

BAKERSFIELD CA 933053734

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 7 de septiembre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 8 de septiembre de 2023. En CAROLINA,

Puerto Rico, el 8 de septiembre de 2023. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. F/ MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES LLC

COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC

Demandante V. SHAQUILLE CENTENO PEREZ

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: BY2022CV06443.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60, COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO, EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. KEVIN SANCHEZ CAMPANERO KEVIN.SANCHEZ@ORF-LAW.COM

A: SHAQUILLE CENTENO PEREZ

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 8 de septiembre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 8 de septiembre de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 8 de septiembre de 2023. LAURA I. SANTA

SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. F/ NEREIDA QUILES SANTANA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE GESTOR DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC.

Demandante V. GLENDA E BETANCOURT DIAZ

Demandado (a)

Caso Núm.: CA2022CV03629.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. KEVIN SÁNCHEZ CAMPANERO KEVIN.SANCHEZ@ORF-LAW.COM

A: GLENDA E BETANCOURT DIAZURB CAROLINA ALTA, G7 CALLE SEGUNDO DELGADO, CAROLINA PR 00987-7124.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 de septiembre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 08 de septiembre de 2023. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 08 de septiembre de 2023.

KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ

APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. RAISSA L CAMACHO ADORNO

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: DO2022CV00229.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO

-REGLA 60, COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO.

KEVIN SANCHEZ CAMPANERO

KEVIN.SANCHEZ@ORF-LAW.COM

A: RAISSA L CAMACHO ADORNO

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 8 de septiembre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 8 de septiembre de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 8 de septiembre de 2023. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. F/ KATHERINE SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Caso Núm.: CA2022CV04086. SOBRE: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL.

GENEVIEVE LOPEZ STIPES

LCDA.GLOPEZ@GMAIL.COM A: SUCESIÓN DE MARINA GUTIÉRREZ

PACHECO T/C/C MARINA GUTIÉRREZ

T/C/C MARINA MARÍA

PACHECO T/C/C MARÍA

PACHECO, COMPUESTA

POR PABLO MADERA APONTE, GLADYS MADERA, LYMARI MADERA, BENITO GUTIÉRREZ Y FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE

MARINA GUTIÉRREZ

PACHECO T/C/C

MARINA GUTIÉRREZ

T/C/C MARINA MARÍA

PACHECO T/C/C MARÍA

PACHECO.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 08 de septiembre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 13 de septiembre de 2023. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 13 de septiembre de 2023. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. LOURDES T. DÍAZ MEDINA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. FRANKY HERNANDEZ ANDRADES

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: CA2022CV03638. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60, COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. KEVIN SÁNCHEZ CAMPANERO KEVIN.SANCHEZ@ORF-LAW.COM

A: FRANKY HERNANDEZ ANDRADES - 10 RES LOS MIRTOS APT 153 CAROLINA PR 00987. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 de septiembre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución

en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 08 de septiembre de 2023. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 08 de septiembre de 2023. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIa. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIa AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMON SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMON SALÓN DE SESIONES CIVIL 501

IRIS NEREIDA NIEVES HERNANDEZ Demandante V. RAFAEL NIEVES COSME Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: BY2022CV05601.

Sobre: DIVISION O LIQUIDACION DE LA COMUNIDAD DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

MIGDALIA TORRES DIAZ

LICMTORRESDIAZ@YAHOO.COM

A: RAFAEL NIEVES COSME

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 de septiembre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted

esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 08 de septiembre de 2023. En BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, el 08 de septiembre de 2023. LAURA I SANTA SANCHEZ, SECRETARIA. F/ NEREIDA QUILES SANTANA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ARECIBO.

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

DEMANDANTE V.

EUGENE PAPSCOE

HAZIN Y ESTADOS

UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

DEMANDADOS

Civil Núm. CCD2016-0288

(402). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, EFRAIN CARDONA

VEGA, Alguacil Supervisor de la División de Subastas del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Arecibo, a los demandados y al público en general les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento Enmendado que se ha librado en el presente caso por el Secretario del Tribunal de epígrafe con fecha 7 de marzo de 2023 y para satisfacer la cantidad adeudada de $114,427.62 de principal para la primera hipoteca y $14,444.68 de principal para la segunda hipoteca, mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos el 24 de abril de 2017, notificada y archivada en autos el 25 de mayo de 2017, y publicada mediante edicto en el periódico “The San Juan Daily Star” el 2 de mayo de 2017, procederé a vender en pública subasta, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, mediante efectivo, giro o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil de este Tribunal todo derecho, título e interés que hayan tenido tengan o puedan tener los deudores demandados en cuanto a la propiedad localizada en el Municipio de Manatí, Puerto Rico, el bien inmueble se describe a continuación:

Coto Norte Ward, Guayaney Comm., PR 686 KM 1.8, Manatí, PR. RUSTICA: O sea, predio de terreno radicado en el Barrio Coto Norte, Sector Guayaney del término municipal de Manatl. Consiste de una cabida superficial de mil ciento treinta y ocho punto ochocientos cincuenta y ocho metros cuadrados (1,138.858 m.c.) Igual a cero punto veintiocho noventa

y siete cuerdas (0.2897 cdas.) y en lindes por el NORTE, en treinta y cuatro punto ochenta y cinco metros (34.85 m), con el remanente de la finca; por el SUR, en treinta y dos punto cincuenta y siete metros (32.57 m) con el predio número dos (2) del plano de segregación; por el ESTE, en treinta punto cincuenta y nueve metros (30.59 m), con Clemente Ayala Rodríguez y por el OESTE, en treinta y siete punto veinticuatro metros (37.24 m), con la Calle dedicada a uso público. Enclava edificación. Consta inscrita al folio 90 del tomo 294 de Manatí; finca número 11,898 del Registro de la Propiedad de Manatí. Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, en el caso de epígrafe, que se desglosan de la siguiente forma: $114,427.62 principal, 6.125% de intereses, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; $155.56 de gastos por mora, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda, $125.53 de reserva “escrow”, más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y para la segunda hipoteca, $14,444.68 de principal, 6.125% de intereses, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda, $19.44 de gastos por mora, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. El tipo mínimo para la subasta será la suma de tasación pactada, para la primer hipoteca la cantidad de $128,000.00 y para la segunda hipoteca la suma de $16,000.00 para un total combinado de $144,000.00 para la propiedad descrita. De declararse la subasta desierta, se procederá a una segunda subasta y servirá de tipo mínimo de 2/3 del precio mínimo antes mencionado; $96,000.00. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en esta segunda subasta, se procederá a una tercera subasta, en la cual regirá como tipo mínimo ésta la 1/2 del precio mínimo antes mencionado; $72,000.00. La primera subasta se llevará a cabo el 10 de octubre de 2023, a las 10:30 de la mañana. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a efecto una segunda subasta el 17 de octubre de 2023, a las 10:30 de la mañana. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a cabo una tercera subasta el 24 de octubre de 2023, a las 10:30 de la mañana. La subasta o subastas antes indicadas se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Arecibo. Del Estudio de Título realizado surge el siguiente gravamen posterior el cual podrá ser cance-

lado: Embargo Federal contra Gene Papscoe, seguro social xxx-xx-7699 por $17,212.66 notificación #680346110 asiento 1 folio 43 del tomo 5 de Embargos Federales, el 30 de julio de 2010. Se advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el término de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, previa orden judicial dirigida al Registrador de la Propiedad de la sección correspondiente para la cancelación de aquellos posteriores. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate.

Y para conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente

Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en la Arecibo, Puerto Rico, a 14 DE SEPTIEMBRE de 2023. EFRAIN

CARDONA VEGA, ALGUACIL.

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SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO.

NORA IVETTE BIRRIEL CÁCERES

Demandante V. SUCESIÓN ÁNGEL MANUEL BIRRIEL RODRIGUEZ, compuesta por IVONNE BIRRIEL RIOS; ÁNGEL BIRRIEL RÍOS y NEREIDA BENÍTEZ, en cuanto a la cuota viudal usufructuaria

SUCESIÓN RAMÓN BIRRIEL RODRÍGUEZ, compuesta por JOSÉ RAMÓN BIRRIEL CALO, NILSA MARÍA BIRRIEL CALO, EDGARDO BIRRIEL CALO y CANDELARIA CALO BIRRIEL, por si y en cuanto a la cuota viudal usufructuaria

Demandados

CIVIL NÚM. RG2023CV00430.

SALA: SOBRE: Adjudicación, Partición y - Liquidacion de Comunidad Hereditaria. EDICTO.

ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. S.S.

A: ÁNGEL BIRRIEL RÍOS e IVONNE BIRRIEL RÍOS, como miembros de la SUCESIÓN RAMÓN BIRRIEL RODRÍGUEZ

B. JOSÉ RAMÓN BIRRIEL CALO, como miembro de la SUCESIÓN RAMÓN BIRRIEL RODRÍGUEZ

Quedan notificados que la demandante de epígrafe ha radicado en este Tribunal una Demanda contra ustedes como co-demandados en la que se solicita la partición, adjudicación y liquidación de la comunidad hereditaria de bienes con relación a la propiedad que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Barrio Jiménez de Río Grande, Puerto Rico, Lote: Cabida: 982.59 metros cuadrados. Linderos: NORTE, con carretera insular número

3. SUR, con Altagracia Correa. ESTE, Sucesión de Cecilio Pérez. OESTE, con Altagracia Correa. Tiene casa de concreto con piso y techo de igual construcción que mide 20 pies de frente por 38 pies y medio de fondo y otra casa de madera. ---Consta inscrita al Sistema Karibe, finca número 2,042 de Río Grande, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección III de Carolina. Se les advierte que el presente Edicto se publicará en un periódico de circulación general una sola vez y se le requiere para que contesten la Demanda de epígrafe dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación del edicto, radicando el original de su contestación en el Tribunal

correspondiente y notificando con copia de la misma a la parte demandante a la siguiente dirección:

LCDA. ERIKA MORALES MARENGO

FO Box 9021455

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00902-1455

Tel. (787) 302-0014 ¡(787) 239-5661

/ Email: emarengo@apontecortes.com

Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr/surnac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio. Se le apercibe que de no hacerlo, el tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia en rebeldía concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy día 31 de agosto de 2023. Wanda I Segui Reyes, Secretaria. Sheila Robles Hernández, Secretaria Auxiliar I.

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CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE YAUCO SALÓN DE SESIONES SA-

LÓN 1 SALA SUPERIOR.

HELEN JANETTE PEREZ FELICIANO Y OTROS Demandante v. AUTORIDAD PARA EL FINANCIAMIENTO DE LA VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y OTROS Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: YU2023CV00050.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

TERESA PACHECO CAMACHO TERESA@PACHECOCAMACHOLAWFIRM.COM

A: FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANO DE TAL (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 30 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se

considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 13 de SEPTIEMBRE de 2023. En YAUCO, Puerto Rico, el 13 de SEPTIEMBRE de 2023. CARMEN G. TIRU QUIÑONES, Secretario(a). f/DELIA APONTE VELAZQUEZ, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.

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COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO DR. MANUEL ZENO GANDÍA

Parte Demandante vs. HUMBERTO MORALES MORALES

Parte Demandada

CIVIL NÚM.: CA2023CV02627.

SALA: SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO (REGLA 60). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R. SS

A: SR. HUMBERTO MORALES MORALES VILLA CAROLINA

121 20 CALLE 64 CAROLINA PR 00985-5321 o sea, la parte demandada arriba mencionada.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en un término de 30 días a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://uniired.ramajudicial. pr salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, deberá notificar su contestación a la:

LCDA. ANA M. CAMPOS GAVITORUA 7710

EDIFICIO DR. MANUEL ZENO GANDÍA

353 AVE. DOMENECH, SUITE 302, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00918-3753

TELÉFONO: (787) 751-5733

EMAIL: anamcamo1@yahoo.com abogada de la parte demandante cuya dirección es la que se deja indicada. Se le apercibe que, en caso de no hacerlo así, podrá dictarse sentencia en

rebeldía en contra suya, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda. Extendido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 11 de septiembre de 2023. Lcda. Kanelly Zayas Robles, Sec Regional. Denisse Torres Ruiz, Sec Auxiliar.

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Demandante V. ÁNGEL MANUEL AYALA IRIZARRY, LEGNA IRIS GARCÍA MATEO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR

AMBOS

Demandados

CIVIL NÚM. SJ2023CV00487

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS. ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. S.S.

A: ÁNGEL MANUEL AVALA IRIZARRY POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON

LEGNA IRIS GARCÍA MATEO

Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Se le apercibe que, de no contestar la demanda dentro del término aquí estipulado, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia sin más citarle ni oírle. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: Lcdo. Guillermo A. Somoza Colombani, P.O. Box 366603, San Juan, PR 009366603. Tel. (787) 919-0073, Fax (787) 641-5016. Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 28 de agosto de 2023. Griselda Rodríguez Collado, Secretaria Regional. F/Brenda Baez Acaba, Secretaria Servicios a Sala.

Baseball’s ‘woke hillbilly’ had more songs to write

By SCOTT MILLER

Night had fallen, spirits were moving, and the songwriting baseball coach was rounding third base and headed for home. Twice in the autumn of 2020, doctors had advised a gravely ill Tim Flannery to say goodbye to his family. Both times, he declined to surrender.

The right arm that sent home so many San Francisco base runners during the Giants’ three World Series titles from 2010 to 2014 waved away a final coda.

The road back from the brink was as unlikely as the man himself. An infielder turned popular coach, Flannery was always something more. A musician who carried a guitar with him on the road and a surfer who posed with a board on one of his trading cards, he could not help but stand out in the straight-laced world of MLB.

Having transitioned fully into philanthropy and songwriting in his baseball retirement — his foundation has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for antibullying causes — he had more people to help and more stories to tell. So giving in to a life-threatening staph infection was not an option.

Fate and Flannery eventually reached a standstill during his harrowing threemonth battle with the infection, but doctors still warned him that he might never walk again. He fell into sepsis and required two back surgeries to clear away abscesses and damaged tissue. He went home with a tube that sent antibiotics streaming into his heart. That was the easy part because his wife of 42 years, Donna Flannery, administered those doses.

Eventually, walker in hand, with his little granddaughter Jade riding shotgun on the crossbar, he cut a deal: 25 times up the driveway, slowly, 25 times back, painfully, and Jade would be rewarded with an ice cream sandwich.

On particularly productive days, she’d score two.

“I’ve definitely changed my life,” Flannery, 65, said on a recent afternoon at a neighborhood coffee shop near the beach, a familiar twinkle — life — back in his eyes. He had rehearsed for two hours earlier that day. Soon, he would nail down details for the next show with his band, the Lunatic Fringe.

“I’ve looked at moments and things a

lot more clearly,” he continued. “And you do try to create good thoughts and try to remember, like, this moment right here. Because if I ever go back to that situation again, I want to try to bring as many good memories and good hallucinations as I can.”

His stay in the hospital was harrowing. “Vicious,” he said of time spent tied down so he did not harm himself or others. The hospital was 2 miles from his home in Encinitas, California, but each glance out his window brought more distortion. Not all his visions were awful. His friend Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, appeared by apparition. So did another friend, Jimmy Buffett.

The meaning of those particular visitations would come into focus later, convincing Flannery that they were no coincidence.

Music coming to the forefront

Through more than four decades of baseball and music, first in San Diego and then in San Francisco, Flannery grew into a beloved player, coach and troubadour — a character — because of an endearing knack for leaving pieces of himself with whomever he met.

“Authentic,” said Flannery’s bandmate and producer, Jeff Berkley. “He is exactly who you think he is. He’s not trying to put on any airs. He’s not trying to be from Ken-

tucky; he is from Kentucky. Until he stopped drinking, man, he carried moonshine around with him wherever he went. He’s a total hillbilly. He wears that term proudly. He’s probably the first woke hillbilly.”

Because Flannery felt some baseball people viewed his guitar suspiciously during his years in San Diego, he initially intended to keep that part of his life quiet when he agreed to coach for Bruce Bochy in San Francisco.

“I was going to come coach third and not let anybody in,” Flannery said. “I thought, ‘No one’s going to tear my heart.’”

But in 2011, his music came to the forefront when he founded the Love Harder Project in response to the horrific beating of Bryan Stow, a Giants fan who was attacked in the Dodger Stadium parking lot on opening day in 2011. With the foundation, which has a mission of anti-bullying and anti-violence, Flannery has helped raise around $100,000, mostly through shows with the Lunatic Fringe, to offset the Stow family’s medical costs.

“Hey, I hit nine home runs in the ’80s,” Flannery said. “I can’t just write a check.”

But he could write, and play, and sing.

Stow, now 54, sustained a serious brain injury in the attack and today lives at home in the Santa Cruz area with his par-

ents. He is taking memory and mobility courses at a local community college and learned on Father’s Day that he was going to be a grandfather.

“Flan was one of the first to come to the forefront and help Bryan out. It was just amazing,” said Ann Stow, Bryan’s mother. “And he’s been that way throughout Bryan’s journey. Flan and Donna are such an important part of our family.”

In all, the Love Harder Project has raised around $360,000 in Flannery’s ongoing battle against bullies and violence.

Air and water

Despite what some advised early in his career, Flannery was never going to choose baseball over music.

“Like having to choose between air and water,” he said. “I’ve got to have both.”

Although Flannery mostly was raised in Anaheim, California, his family came from the hills of Kentucky. His uncle, Hal Smith, was a catcher who smashed a threerun homer for Pittsburgh in the eighth inning of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series. Had the Pirates’ bullpen held the 9-7 lead, Smith would have been a hero. Instead, the New York Yankees tied things up, and Pittsburgh’s Bill Mazeroski won the game and earned immortality.

Smith, who played 10 seasons, regularly carried a Gibson J35 guitar with him on the road. When Flannery signed professionally at 19, he followed suit.

Flannery’s first manager, Roger Craig, told him to focus on baseball rather than playing the guitar, but the instrument remained his constant companion. Kids were born — Daniel now is 37; Ginny, the mother of Tim’s three grandchildren, is 35; Kelly is 32 — and the guitar was there for all of it.

“If it was a crazy day, having that guitar mellowed him out,” Donna Flannery said.

Another uncle, George, convinced Tim Flannery that playing music wasn’t enough and that he needed to record his songs to tell the stories of his family’s life. Among them is “Pieces of the Past,” a tribute to Flannery’s preacher father, Ragon, who was dying of Alzheimer’s. Jackson Browne and Bruce Hornsby performed on that recording.

On his musical journey, Flannery has opened for Buffett and Emmylou Harris. The Grateful Dead’s Weir entered his life during the benefits for Stow, and Walker, the

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Tim Flannery, a former major league baseball player and coach, performs with his band, the Lunatic Fringe, in Solvang, Calif., Aug. 21, 2023. Flannery’s rollicking life as an athlete and “woke hillbilly” musician was nearly cut short by a staph infection, but one of baseball’s most unlikely characters found his way back.

Camuy wins 2nd game to even Double A final series

By THE STAR STAFF

The Arenosos de Camuy beat the Toritos de Cayey 8-6 on Saturday in the second game of the 2023 finals of the Double A Superior Baseball League held at the Juan ”Cheo” López Stadium in Camuy.

Although Cayey -- which won the series opener at home, 4-0 on Friday night -- was the first to step on the plate with a single by Christian Torres in the first inning, the Arenosos answered with five runs in the bottom half of the inning.

Kerby Camacho doubled in the first run for Camuy and a home run by Víctor Claudio with two on board gave the Arenosos a 4-1 lead. Dennis Pérez homered to make it 5-1.

All five Arenosos runs came with no outs off right-handed starter Jesús Ortiz, who was punished with five hits without retiring

Baseball’s ‘woke hillbilly’ had more songs to write

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outlaw country legend and longtime hero of Flannery’s who wrote “Mr. Bojangles,” befriended him during the San Francisco years as well.

“The great thing about the Bay Area, one of the greatest blessings, is I found a place where they understand you can be an artist and still coach third,” Flannery said.

Playing through pain

When the pandemic struck and the world closed, Flannery retreated to a getaway he calls his “treehouse” in the mountains north of Santa Barbara.

At his cabin, there is no electricity, no phone service, and the water comes straight from a well. The staph infection that nearly killed him started, he believes, as he was building cages to protect the potatoes, corn, tomatoes, okra, spinach and assorted other vegetables he plants there.

“You’ve got to put everything in cages, because there’s animals,” said Flannery, who retired from coaching after the 2014 World Series but stayed in baseball, doing television analysis, through 2019. “I’ve never done any of that stuff because I never had summers off. Somehow, I got cut, or the soil got in.”

As an old ballplayer, when the back pain attacked, he figured he would just play

through it.

“I took four Advil, drank a huge cocktail, and usually, I’d polish that off with a bottle of wine to kill the pain,” he said of his nightly regimen.

But one afternoon, he fell asleep, hard, on the deck, waking up only because it was dinner time for his dog, Buddy. Stubborn as his master, Buddy nudged and licked Flannery until he came to. If not for that, Flannery said, he thinks he would have died right there. Instead, the two somehow drove to his San Diego-area home, where Flannery collapsed and was taken away by paramedics.

As he was recovering in early 2021, Susan Walker phoned one day. Her husband, Jerry Jeff, had died from cancer in October, and she invited Flannery to perform at a celebration of life in Luckenbach, Texas, that June. At the time, he couldn’t even sit up to play his guitar, but he was determined to make it.

The memorial concert was Flannery’s first gig after regaining his health, and both of the men Flannery felt had visited him in the hospital, in spirit only, played

a part. Weir, who was scheduled to be in Luckenbach before travel issues kept him away, phoned just before Flannery went onstage. And Buffett, who died this month, was there in person.

“Hey, you look just like Tim Flannery, only older,” Buffett teased.

The old coach played, at Susan’s re-

a batter. He took the loss, while left-hander Henry Iglesias earned the victory with 2.1 innings in relief.

In the third inning, Michael Arroyo brought Cayey closer with a home run, but in the sixth inning, an RBI single by Camacho extended Camuy’s lead to 6-3.

Torres singled in a run in the seventh inning to narrow Cayey’s deficit to two runs, but a pinch-hit, RBI single by Camuy’s Fernando García in the bottom of the inning made it 7-4.

In the eighth inning, Bryan Collazo was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, bringing in Noel Cuevas for Camuy’s eighth run. The Toritos’ Nelson Molina and Kevin Luciano each homered with nobody on base in the ninth inning for the final tally.

The series continues this Friday at 8 p.m. at Pedro Montañez Stadium in Cayey.

quest, a Walker original titled “Last Song” and a tribute Flannery wrote for his friend, “Last of the Old Dogs.”

“I think I kind of stunned people,” Flannery said. “I don’t know how it happened, and it was all beyond myself. When I came off, the whole crew had tears in their eyes.”

Donna Flannery said she finds her husband to be “a kinder person these days, nicer to everybody.”

As one of the lines in a song of his goes, kindness lives on the other side.

And so the man who was told to leave his guitar at home and focus on baseball has instead hung up his spikes. And he will keep trying to make the world just a little bit better.

“When I play, I pray before each show that the great translator, the holy spirit, shows up and changes everything I say and turns it into whatever people need and stick it in their hearts,” Flannery said. “And a couple of days later, when you start to hear back from people, yeah, there’s a reason why I’m playing.”

The Arenosos de Camuy evened the Double A Superior Baseball League final series at a game apiece with an 8-6 victory over the Toritos de Cayey on Saturday night. (Photo by José Espinal)

Tim Flannery, a former major league baseball player and coach, with Donna, his wife of 42 years, before a performance by his band, the Lunatic Fringe, in Solvang, Calif., Aug. 19, 2023.

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Aries (Mar 21-April 20)

Just when you thought things were settled, life takes another turn. Today brings yet another of those turns, so hold on, Aries. You may receive some information that has a dramatic impact on your life. Perhaps you’ll receive an opportunity to move to another state or country. Perhaps you’ll decide to get married. One thing is clear - your future looks promising!

Taurus (April 21-May 21)

You should feel optimistic today, Taurus, with confidence in your ability to accomplish anything you set your mind to. If you’re working toward a specific goal (and you should be), something is likely to happen today that propels you that much closer to realizing your goal. What’s the next step?

Gemini (May 22-June 21)

You can expect some big changes, Gemini. All the hard work you’ve been doing to develop your confidence is showing, and this is attracting opportunities like bees to honey. On top of this, your passion is high right now, so set aside private time with your mate. Plan a romantic evening, open a bottle of wine, and celebrate!

Cancer (June 22-July 23)

Don’t overreact today, Cancer. Your biorhythms are low. In fact, you may be feeling a bit under the weather. There’s no point in trying to keep up a cheerful front. People will see through your facade. You would be better served by spending time on solo activities. That way you can spend long stretches of time in bed, where you’re meant to be today.

Leo (July 24-Aug 23)

A long-term project reaches a positive conclusion, one that may have a dramatic impact on your finances. You’ve sold your manuscript to a publisher or successfully concluded a project that’s dear to your heart. This success should give you the confidence you need, Leo. Don’t forget to take time to celebrate!

Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)

Change is good, but it can be scary when it comes suddenly. That’s what you feel today when someone announces a major change without warning. You’re not sure how to react to the news and haven’t a clue how it affects you. All you can do now is wait. Try not to panic. In the end, you’ll see that these changes will benefit everyone, including you!

Libra (Sep 24-Oct 23)

You’re eager for information on a particular subject and will go to great lengths to get it, Libra. Before heading off to the library, why not try an online search? You might find everything you need without leaving your chair. But your search might necessitate going to the primary source, so travel will be involved.

Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov 22)

You may receive a windfall from an unexpected source, Scorpio. Perhaps an uncle died and remembered you in his will or an old legal settlement has finally come through. Whatever the source, the extra income is welcome now. Your vivid dreams of late may not seem related to this financial upswing, but they’re connected.

Sagittarius (Nov 23-Dec 21)

You receive some new insight about an important person in your life, Sagittarius, and your relationship takes a dramatic turn for the better. You feel you now know this person completely, and your closeness borders on the profound. This new alliance could also have positive repercussions on your finances.

Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 20)

When the thought of going to work makes it hard to get out of bed, know that the time has come to get another job, Capricorn. Alas, that’s probably not something you can do now. You can be extra kind to yourself. Give yourself a present. Find something you thoroughly enjoy that would perk up your spirits and cost little.

Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb 19)

Romance is in the air and you must be breathing a lot of it today, Aquarius. Your blood is boiling, your passion surging, and a romantic dinner for two is in the cards. You’ll be inclined to shop for clothes, but curb your appetite for material goods. What you really want doesn’t come in a box, so why waste your money?

Pisces (Feb 20-Mar 20)

You’ll be happiest away from prying eyes today, Pisces. You’re not in the mood to be friendly or participate in idle gossip. It seems you’ve been having the same conversations with the same people for some time now. You’re feeling so bored you could scream. To avoid doing just that, spend quiet time alone today if you can.

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