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s the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) called its workers to a meeting Thursday to discuss their relocation to other agencies in preparation for LUMA Energy’s takeover of the utility’s transmission and distribution (T&D) system on June 1, the private operator may seek to start collecting deposits for connections as well as delinquent payment from public agencies.

A document obtained by the STAR states that LUMA Energy is exploring the possibility of collecting over $55 million from agencies which PREPA did not charge the agencies as a courtesy. The document evaluated by the STAR says that PREPA does not have any rules exempting agencies from having the deposits collected and that LUMA Energy may go after such amounts. PREPA workers and retirees are also exempted from paying connection deposits and may also be impacted.

Tomás Torres, the consumer representative on PREPA’s governing board, said such a possibility of collecting deposits has not been presented to the board. LUMA Energy did not answer a question on the subject.

PREPA has 22,000 active government accounts.

The deposit for some of the accounts is as high as $13,500.

“This means that LUMA could be collecting some $55.6 million,” the document says.

However, Torres said it is not only LUMA Energy that is going after delinquent payments from public entities.

PREPA’s board discussed at its meeting this week the possibility of taking agencies to court to collect $207 million from public corporations, $16.3 million from local agencies as well as $9.4 million from federal agencies owed as of March, Torres said.

“Since I joined PREPA’s board, I have claimed equal treatment for all consumers, including agencies and public corporations,” he told the STAR. “In January, upon my request, PREPA began to publish all debt owed by public entities and municipalities.

Now as recently as the April board meeting, we discussed all mechanisms, including legal ones, to collect the debt.”

Meanwhile, PREPA cited all workers except those working in generation and in the pension system for a meeting Thursday afternoon to learn which public entities they will be moving to. The notification is for PREPA workers who chose not to work for LUMA Energy or were not hired by the private firm. Some 500 T&D workers were hired

by LUMA Energy.

The utility also sent another memo to workers ending remote work and asking employees to report for work at PREPA offices today.

The STAR got access to a letter from PREPA.

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‘Less population means less economic activity,’ expert says Suggests gov’t must develop effective labor plan to incentivize demographic growth

By PEDRO CORREA HENRY Twitter: @pete_r_correa Special to The Star

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ith initial data from the 2020 U.S. Census revealing earlier this week that Puerto Rico has witnessed a demographic decline of around 466,000 people in the past 10 years, a demographer told the STAR on Thursday that the 11.8% decrease in the island’s population could translate to smaller allocations of federal funds and more austerity measures to the detriment of government services.

During an exclusive online interview, Alexis Santos Lozada, an assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Pennsylvania State University, said the Census data should be seen as a “red flag” because, he said, it proves the island is not experiencing the conditions necessary to promote growth.

“Those who are leaving are mostly working-age population, people who are between [the ages of] 25 and 64, moving to states like Florida, Texas, with similar pockets of Puerto Ricans emerging in places as far away as California, although pockets of Puerto Ricans have been emerging everywhere over the last 100 years,” Santos Lozada said. “If these younger people are leaving the island, what you essentially have is an island that has a concentrated percentage among older populations … populations that are probably reaching the age of retirement who then depend on pensions.”

As for the demographic data, Santos Lozada said the island’s demographic decline is a trend “that has continued at an accelerating pace” and that experts have been observing since the previous U.S. Census reported a 2% drop. Therefore, he said, the incoming data raises concerns as the reason for some 430,000 residents migrating from the island is mostly associated with economic circumstances such as searching for better job opportunities in the midst of an economic crisis.

When the STAR asked if Puerto Rico could remain sustainable as more trained professionals leave the island for better job opportunities, Santos Lozada said “we need to see the patterns, and the patterns have been indicating that less population

Demographer Alexis Santos Lozada further noted that other economic implications such as having a smaller tax base, fewer contributions, and a drop in production amid the budget tightening imposed by the federal Financial Oversight and Management Board will lead the island to a more difficult scenario, pointing out that “the goals of the adjustment plan for debt repayment is something that we need to start talking about in more detail.” (Photo: Pedro Correa Henry) means less economic activity.”

“Certainly, we have a system in Puerto Rico that trains them [professionals] well, and those people get good job offers in the United States,” he said. “We don’t have a barrier to migration, we don’t need a visa to go to work, so whenever you’re sitting at your home in Puerto Rico or considering to leave and get some experience, the decision becomes really easy if you have any [number of] jobs available [in the mainland U.S.] to allow yourself to sustain your individual needs on a daily basis.”

“Puerto Rico has a lot of people who could help with the redevelopment process through academia, through government services, through public services, through developing community initiatives, but I think the issue here goes beyond the Census data,” Santos Lozada added as he told the STAR that the climate that austerity measures are creating in the island’s public and private labor sectors is such that job offers are not competitive with what the professional sector in the U.S. mainland has to offer.

“In a way, you have people asking you

to become a junior-level or entry-level professional with minimum wage, but they’re requiring you to have two years of experience and a bachelor’s degree; that does not compete with job offers outside with better benefits and better conditions,” he said. “You have Puerto Rican people around the world doing amazing things that they haven’t been allowed to do on the island, and certainly, the future is still showing the same signs it showed in the last decade, which led us to this population decline.”

Santos Lozada further noted that other economic implications such as having a smaller tax base, fewer contributions, and a drop in production amid the budget tightening imposed by the federal Financial Oversight and Management Board will lead the island to a more difficult scenario, pointing out that “the goals of the adjustment plan for debt repayment is something that we need to start talking about in more detail.”

“I study trends and patterns, and one thing I know is that the trend and the pattern of the oversight board are to establish austerity measures to try and meet specific

[budget objectives] and requirements to meet specific goals,” Santos Lozada said. “If trends do continue as they have in the last couple of years, then we’re probably going to be looking at more austerity measures like cutting budgets for the University [of Puerto Rico] and the education system.”

“Until today, the government hasn’t defined what an essential service is, so by not doing that, they have not been able to protect services required for the population that are considered essential,” the demographer added.

He said such services must be considered in order to begin mitigating the island’s population decline. As for how the government should define essential services, Santos Lozada told the STAR that they are “services that the country cannot live without and for which they need to keep an adequate level of funding.”

“There are activities such as Centro Médico [Río Piedras Medical Center], which is the only trauma center in Puerto Rico and is financed only by the government,” he said. “So there is a way to say this is an essential service and if we cut the funding from it, we’re not going to have any other trauma hospital on the island.”

“If you think about traumatic injuries, each second counts,” Santos Lozada added. “You cannot simply put somebody in a plane to another place, which is an unsustainable strategy anyway.”

When asked what the executive and legislative branches of the island government should be doing to address the issue, Pointing out that living in Puerto Rico is “expensive,” Santos Lozada said the government must focus on creating jobs that provide an affordable wage that helps islanders cover their needs.

He also said a better labor reform that promotes job security is recommended, as the government in the past decade “took away a lot of protections from the working population.”

“One thing that I’ve been able to conclude from my studies is that Puerto Ricans go where there are jobs, so if we want to keep our population there and incentivize returning [to the island], we must develop an economic project that leads to good jobs, but permanent jobs,” the demographer said.

For more of the interview, you can watch yesterday’s episode of Lunchtime with The STAR on the newspaper’s Facebook page. Don’t miss another new episode next Thursday.

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House speaker to appeal ruling on statehood delegates vote, pass new labor reform

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ouse Speaker Rafael Hernández Montañez said Thursday that he plans to appeal federal Judge LauraTaylor Swain’s ruling denying an injunction to stop the use of funds for an election to select mock congressional delegates to lobby for statehood for Puerto Rico.

The rest of the case, which asks the court to interpret a provision of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act that requires it not to intervene in status issues, will continue. Swain referred the trial management to Magistrate Judge Judith Dein.

Hernández Montañez also said Thursday that the bill that would replace the 2017 labor reform, which had eliminated some workers’ rights, will be approved Saturday and announced his opposition to some of the provisions contained in the commonwealth fiscal plan recently certified by the federal Financial Oversight and Management Board.

Hernández Montañez said the changes include the restitution of 15 days of vacation and sick leave in a uniform manner “to avoid creating three types of workers” on the island, as well as keeping “flex-time” intact. The latter was a request from workers.

“How can we come here to take benefits from workers when the national public policy [in the United States] now is to encourage the working class and make them part of growth and development?” Hernández Montañez said at a press conference on Thursday. “It cannot happen that all wealth is centered in a small group. We have to distribute.”

Hernández Montañez, House Treasury Committee Chairman Jesús Santa and Mayors Association President Luis Javier Hernández ob-

(Photo: Tammy Olivencia) jected to several provisions in the commonwealth fiscal plan.

“Although we could agree on some aspects contained in this Fiscal Plan, it is important that the country is aware of the austerity measures presented by Governor [Pedro] Pierluisi, which will have a serious impact on the operations and

direct services of the Legislative Assembly, as well as on municipal assemblies of the country,” the House speaker said.

In that regard, he called for direct negotiations with the oversight board without the intervention of the board’s executive director, Natalie Jaresko.

Hernández Montañez reiterated that lawmakers will not yield their constitutional prerogatives and that they will exercise their ministerial duty to supervise. In addition, he demanded the Legislature’s participation with the oversight board in the development of public policies to ensure that resources reach citizens directly.

The island House of Representatives rejected cuts to pensions, the University of Puerto Rico and municipalities.

Santa pointed out that the provisions contemplated in the Adjustment Plan, which the governor referred to when he put in writing to the oversight board that he opposed the aforementioned cuts, were presented by the governor in his own draft of the fiscal plan.

“It is totally contradictory, that on the one hand the governor requires the board not to give way to the cuts, when in his own plan he establishes substantial cuts that directly affect the operation of the government and the provision of services,” Santa said.

Regarding the island’s towns, Hernández, the president of the Mayors Association, charged that the government entities that have received the most cuts are the municipalities, which are increasingly experiencing a reduction in their resources to even be able to fulfill the responsibilities that correspond to the central government.

“It is unsustainable that the municipalities continue to assume the roles of the [central] government and we do not have the resources to provide services to citizens, since it is the municipalities that are in the first line of response and are those closest to the people,” the head of the Mayors Association said.

Senate president OK with appointment of Vázquez spouse to appeals court jn By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

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or Senate President José Luis Dalmau Santiago, the fact that Judge Jorge Díaz Reverón is the husband of former Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced does not disqualify him as a candidate for promotion to the island Court of Appeals.

“Mr. Díaz Reverón is a judge; he is not participating in a political act while he is a judge,” Dalmau Santiago said Thursday in response to questions from the press. “I believe that [being] the husband or relative of a politician should not disqualify anyone. There are other considerations.”

Asked if there was any negotiation for the appointment, the Senate president said “the answer is no.”

“I can’t tell you that I was amazed because that appointment was announced in November and December and it didn’t happen,” Dalmau Santiago said. “It was known that he, like other judges, asked La Fortaleza to nominate him. … The details of the appointments were not discussed with the governor.”

He added that Díaz Reverón’s appointment, like all appointments, will be taken up in the Senate.

When asked about the vacancy on the Puerto Rico Supreme Court, Dalmau Santiago said the issue has not been discussed.

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Pierluisi: Gov’t will not lay off Education Dept. employees

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

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ov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia said Thursday that he will not lay off employees of the Department of Education, despite recommendations by the federal Financial Oversight and Management Board to reduce the staff of public employees in that agency.

“No. If for any reason we have an excess of employees in the Department of Education, what we will do is transfer them to other government agencies,” the governor said in reply to questions from the press. “For that we have the Single Employer law. That is why I insist that the government’s classification and remuneration plan must be reviewed in order to have uniform pay scales that will facilitate these transfers.”

“The public policy of this administration is zero layoffs,” he added.

“In other words, what we are going to do is use public personnel where they are needed,” Pierluisi said. “If it is true that it turns out that there is a surplus in [the] Education [Dept.], I am sure that we will find a workplace for those public servants in other areas of the government.”

The oversight board created under the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act, commonly known as PROMESA, recommended to the government that the Department of Education should cut back on staff. In May 2017, then-Education secretary Julia Keleher declared a surplus of 2,635 public employees in the mammoth agency.

FEMA approves disaster mitigation plan for San Juan

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

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an Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo announced Thursday the approval of the municipal Mitigation Plan by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which paves the way for the island capital to access federal funds that will allow the launch of several projects to support the mitigation of risks from previous natural disasters, as well as the reduction of losses in future disasters.

The review of the Mitigation Plan began at the end of January, to bring it into compliance with the requirements of the Puerto Rico Planning Board, prior to the

approval of the Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience (COR3) and the subsequent approval of FEMA. “This is great news for San Juan, particularly within the short window of time we had to review the Mitigation Plan. The approval will allow us to attend to different energy projects, water systems and other infrastructure that our capital requires to offer a better quality of life to all San Juan residents,” the mayor said in a written statement. “We thank the Planning Board, COR3 and FEMA for their support during this process and we reiterate our commitment so that these funds are used in a timely and responsible manner.”

The mayor indicated that among the energy and infrastructure projects under consideration is the Diagnosis and Treatment Center at San José Hospital.

The San Juan administration will also focus on flood control projects in areas such as the Cantera Peninsula, the eight communities surrounding the Caño Martín Peña (generally known as the G8 communities) and the ENLACE project, the Estuario de La Bahía (Bay Estuary), the Las Curías community, and Punta Las Marías and its environs.

The projects also cover areas of Puerto Nuevo and Santurce, such as Barrio Obrero, Playita and Shanghai.

The mitigation projects include several pumping stations that serve the flood control system, as well as improvements to the stormwater system.

With the Mitigation Plan approved, the municipality of San Juan will be able to access federal mitigation funds under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, Section 404; and the Community Development Block Grant Program for both Disaster Recovery and Mitigation; as well as federal funds under Permanent Projects with Mitigation Funds from Section 406 of the Public Assistance Program.

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Biden directs education funding to community colleges, a key lifeline

By STEPHANIE SAUL & DANA GOLDSTEIN

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fter she got divorced in 2015, Sonia Medeiros, 48, knew she had to earn a college degree. She needed to support herself and her young son, but employers were not responding to her resume, which showed only a high school education from her native country, Brazil.

The coronavirus pandemic made everything worse. She lost her job in food services and sometimes struggled to afford groceries, rent and car insurance payments.

She could not look for new paid work, she said, because her 13-year-old son’s school shut down often because of virus cases.

Throughout, her federal Pell grant to pay tuition at LaGuardia Community College in Queens, where she is studying nutrition and culinary management, was an essential source of stability.

There are more than 5 million students, many of them from low-income families, enrolled at the nation’s 1,000 community colleges. Like Medeiros, many of them stand to see a considerably strengthened lifeline to the middle class in the sweeping higher education provisions in President Joe Biden’s $1.8 trillion American Families Plan.

The proposal calls for community college to be free for all Americans. For low-income students like Medeiros, that would free Pell grant money to be spent on the living expenses that prevent many from completing degrees.

“It’s very tough,” Madeiros said of her financial reality as a single parent and student. But the Biden plan, she said, “would be very helpful” in helping her finish her degree and find a full-time job with benefits.

Proponents of the idea say it will relieve some of the burdens saddling lowincome and working-class college students, many who struggle to cover tuition costs while at the same time paying for rent, food and other basic needs. Juan Salgado, chancellor of the 70,000-student City Colleges of Chicago system, said that by providing some free secondary education, Biden’s plan would bring education into the 21st century.

“At the very top-line level, what I like

A class at Triton College in River Grove, Ill., Oct. 17, 2018. President Joe Biden’s new proposal calls for community college to be free for all Americans, which may relieve some of the burdens saddling low-income and working-class college students. about it is the recognition of our students and the impact that our students have and can continue to have on the growth of our economy and the betterment of our communities,” Salgado said.

But critics question whether it makes sense to infuse public two-year colleges with so much federal funding, saying that many low-income students perform better at four-year universities. Others point out that community college is already free or low cost in many states.

Beth Akers, a higher education expert at the center-right American Enterprise Institute, said an alternative approach would have been to send the dollars to students to spend at the institutions of their choice.

The Biden plan, she said, “is sort of an experiment in more socialized education after high school, and it will be interesting to see how it works.”

Funded in part by increased taxes on the wealthy, the plan includes more than $300 billion in expenditures for higher education, aimed primarily at community college students as well as those attending

historically Black colleges and universities.

Students like Madeiros would also benefit from many of the other provisions in the American Families Plan, such as child care subsidies, free preschool and tax credits.

The centerpiece of the higher education proposal provides $109 billion to fund free community college for all, with the Biden administration estimating that it will benefit up to 5.5 million students, many of whom face economic barriers to obtaining a degree.

National enrollment at community colleges has declined by about 10% during the pandemic, far outstripping the drop in overall college enrollment. Some community colleges in poorer communities have lost as much as 20% of their student body.

Jill Biden, the first lady, is a community college professor and has long been a proponent of increased funding for community colleges and has been promoting the idea in visits around the country.

While generally consistent with Biden’s campaign blueprint, the proposal omits any reference to erasing college debt, a move promoted by a number of congressional Democrats, some who want to forgive $50,000 in federal student loans for many borrowers. The president had partially endorsed the idea during last year’s presidential campaign, proposing $10,000 in loan forgiveness.

The White House said this week that it was still reviewing loan forgiveness proposals. While there is likely to be pressure on the administration from progressives to include a loan forgiveness provision in the

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Although the plan makes community colleges free for everyone, they have generally served working-class students. Many of those students had trouble remaining in school even before the pandemic, juggling

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their own academic work with financial pressures and child care needs. The average age of community college students is 28, and many of them have their own families.

The proposal would also devote an additional $85 billion to low-income students eligible for federal Pell grants, which are capped at $6,495 per student a year.

Biden’s plan would raise that by $1,400 a year, the first step to meeting his promise to double the maximum Pell grant during

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Sara Goldrick-Rab, a professor at Temple University who studies the financial difficulties facing students, called the proposal a necessary and long overdue effort.

“The evidence is very clear — making community colleges free and increasing financial aid will increase college attainment, especially for people now being left behind in this economy,” Goldrick-Rab said.

Among its other provisions, the plan would set aside $39 billion to subsidize two years of tuition at historically Black fouryear colleges and other minority-serving institutions.

The money, which would be available to students from families earning less than $125,000, is designed as a kind of counterbalance to make sure federal community college funding does not siphon students to community colleges who would otherwise have attended one of the minority colleges.

The president is also proposing $62 billion to finance college retention programs, including money for emergency grants, day care for the children of college students, and mental health services. Three in five students who begin college receive a degree, with even lower results at community colleges.

Salgado, whose system lost about 12% of its students during the pandemic, particularly applauded the proposed funding aimed at retaining students. “You have to understand that success with students requires more than just tuition support,” he said.

The plan includes so-called Dreamers, making the group of immigrants who were children when they entered the United States illegally eligible for assistance.

The proposal would drastically alter

the way community college is paid for by creating federal-state agreements — with the federal government kicking in $3 for every $1 paid by participating states.

The plan, which borrows from a proposal by President Barack Obama, dovetails with updated bills filed Wednesday by Rep. Robert C. Scott of Virginia and Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, chairs of the House and Senate education committees. One of the bill co-sponsors, Rep. Andy Levin of Michigan, called the president’s proposal “bold” in its reforms.

Seventeen states already offer some type of free community college, generally for low-income students, by augmenting federal Pell grants. Because community college costs vary from state to state, details of carrying out the plan could be tricky to work out. It is also unclear whether all 50 states would buy into the expansion.

A student welds in a testing and inspection class at Forsyth Tech Community College in Winston-Salem, N.C., June 10, 2019.

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Judge declines immediate release of video in North Carolina shooting

By RICHARD FAUSSET and GIULLIA McDONELL NIETO DEL RÍO

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or a week now, protesters in Elizabeth City, a small, mostly Black community in eastern North Carolina, have taken to the streets, demanding to see the body camera video of the fatal encounter between county sheriff’s deputies and an African American man. Many had hoped that a court hearing Wednesday would prompt the release of the footage and bring some clarity to the matter.

Instead, Judge Jeff Foster of Pitt County Superior Court delayed the public release of the videos for at least 30 days, citing concerns that their release could compromise the investigation into the April 21 killing of the man, Andrew Brown Jr. In arguing against their release, R. Andrew Womble, the local district attorney who oversees cases in a seven-county region, told the court that the videos show Brown making contact with deputies with his car as he tried to drive away, moments after they arrived to serve drug-related search and arrest warrants. The Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office deputies then opened fire on Brown, Womble said.

Womble’s description contradicted the earlier account by a lawyer for Brown’s family, Chantel Cherry-Lassiter, who was allowed to see a 20-second snippet of the footage this week. That footage, she said, shows deputies “run up to his vehicle shooting,” after which Brown “finally decides to try to get away” in a way that did not endanger anyone, as officers continued to shoot at him.

The hearing ensured that a community reeling from confusion and frustration over the shooting would have to endure more of it. Protests were nearly guaranteed to continue Wednesday night, said Keith Rivers, president of the local NAACP chapter. “Oh, we ain’t stopping,” he said.

Ben Crump, a civil rights lawyer who is leading a large legal team representing Brown’s relatives, said the family was “deeply disappointed” in the judge’s ruling, which delayed transparency in a case that came on the heels of other police shootings in which video evidence was made quickly available.

He alluded to how smartphone and police body cameras have fueled an evidence-based revolution in the way the country considers long-standing complaints by Black people that they are too often subjected to abuse by the police.

“In this modern civil rights crisis where we see Black people killed by the police everywhere we look, video evidence is the key to discerning the truth and getting well-deserved justice for victims of senseless murders,” Crump said in a statement.

“Just look at the murder of George Floyd.”

Under North Carolina law, police body camera videos can be released to the public only after the approval of a judge. This week, separate petitions requesting the release of the footage were filed by the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office and lawyers for a group of media outlets, including The New York Times.

Foster denied the release altogether to the media outlets, saying they did not have legal standing to request the video. C. Amanda Martin, one of the lawyers for the news outlets, said that she believed that the judge’s ruling was incorrect, and that an appeal was planned.

People walk to protest the police killing of Andrew Brown Jr., in Elizabeth City, N.C., on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. A North Carolina judge on Wednesday declined to immediately release the body-camera footage in the shooting death of Andrew Brown Jr., agreeing with a prosecutor to delay its public dissemination for at least 30 days.

But Foster also ruled that authorities must show the footage to Brown’s adult son, Khalil Ferebee, and his immediate family within one degree of kinship, plus one lawyer licensed to practice law in North Carolina. The judge said the family could receive redacted versions of the videos from four body cameras and one dashboard camera within 10 days.

Wayne Kendall, one of the lawyers for the family, said the decision represented “somewhat of a partial victory.”

On Monday, lawyers and family members said they were incensed that they were able to view only 20 seconds of footage that one body camera captured when a SWAT-style team of deputies arrived to serve two drug warrants on Brown, 42, who had a substantial history of drug-related arrests. Seven sheriff’s deputies were placed on administrative leave after the shooting, and a private autopsy of Brown determined that he was shot five times, including in the head.

Wednesday’s hearing took place in Pasquotank County’s courthouse in downtown Elizabeth City, where many streets have been closed to traffic over fears of unrest. The hearing in the heavily guarded courthouse was closed to the public, although members of Brown’s family were allowed to attend.

Roughly a dozen of his relatives lined up on the sidewalk, eventually marching through a large crowd of reporters and TV cameras as they made their way inside.

After the hearing, Lillie Brown-Clark, Brown’s aunt, said she had a hard time believing Womble’s assertion that Brown’s car had made contact with deputies. “No,” she said. “Not

buying it. Thank you.”

In the courtroom, H.P. Williams, a lawyer for the deputies, said the deputies were “distraught.” He also said the shooting was justified.

Michael Tadych, the other lawyer for the media outlets, argued that the release of the video footage would help people decide which of the conflicting descriptions was accurate.

Womble, who is running for a Superior Court judge position, said it would make the most sense for him to release the videos in 30 days if he decided not to bring charges against the deputies after the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation finished looking into the case. If he did decide to bring charges, he said, he would ask the court to keep the videos from the public until they were introduced at trial.

Releasing the video now, he said, would allow potential jurors to draw conclusions about the case, and hinder a fair trial.

“What I do know is that you cannot swing a skunk in front of a group of people, and then ask them not to smell it,” he said.

On Tuesday, Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, called for the appointment of a special prosecutor who would “help assure the community and Brown’s family that a decision on pursuing criminal charges is conducted without bias.”

In a statement on Wednesday, Sheriff Tommy Wooten II, who has faced calls from the local NAACP to resign, reiterated that he was committed to “transparency” and said he was disappointed that the footage would not be released immediately.

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The Fed leaves rates unchanged as economic risks remain

By JEANNA SMIALEK

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erome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, made it clear on Wednesday that his central bank wants to see further healing in the American economy before officials will consider pulling back their support by slowing government-backed bond purchases and lifting interest rates.

Powell spoke at a news conference after the Fed announced that it would leave rates near zero and continue buying bonds at a steady clip, as expected. He painted a picture of an economy bouncing back — helped by vaccines, government spending and the central bank’s own efforts.

The Fed’s post-meeting statement also portrayed a sunnier image of the American economy, which is climbing back from a sudden and severe recession caused by state and local lockdowns meant to contain the coronavirus.

“Amid progress on vaccinations and strong policy support, indicators of economic activity and employment have strengthened,” the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee said in its release. “The ongoing public health crisis continues to weigh on the economy, and risks to the economic outlook remain.”

Yet Fed officials signaled that they were looking for more progress toward their goals of full employment and stable inflation before reconsidering their cheap-money stance. Officials made it clear that they see a recent increase in inflation, which is expected to intensify in the months to come, as likely to be short-lived rather than worrying.

And Powell was careful to avoid sounding as though he and his colleagues knew precisely what the future held. He

Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 1, 2020. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday, April 28, left interest rates at rock-bottom and pledged to continue buying government-backed bonds at a steady pace as it tries to support the economy’s recovery from the coronavirus downturn. pointed out, repeatedly, that reopening America’s giant economy from pandemicera shutdowns was an uncharted project.

“It’s going to be a different economy,” Powell said at one point, noting that some jobs may have disappeared as employers automated. At another, he said that when it came to inflation, “we’re making our way through an unprecedented series of events.”

For now, things are looking up. After reaching a low point a year ago, employment is rebounding, consumers are spending and the outlook is increasingly optimistic as vaccines become widespread.

Data that will be released on Thursday is expected to show gradual healing in the

first three months of the year, which economists think will give way to rapid gains in the second quarter.

Powell pointed out that even the areas hardest hit by the virus have shown improvement, but also that risks remain.

“While the level of new cases remains concerning,” he said, “continued vaccinations should allow for a return to more normal economic conditions later this year.”

Fed officials have signaled that they will keep interest rates low and bond purchases going at the current $120 billion-permonth pace until the recovery is more complete. The Fed has said it would like to see “substantial” further progress before dialing back government-backed bond buying, a policy meant to make many kinds of borrowing cheap. The hurdle for raising rates is even higher: Officials want the economy to return to full employment and achieve 2% inflation, with expectations that inflation will remain higher for some time.

“A transitory rise in inflation above 2% this year would not meet this standard,” Powell said of the Fed’s criteria for achieving its average inflation target before raising interest rates. When it comes to bond buying,

“the economy is a long way from our goals, and it is likely to take some time for substantial further progress to be achieved.”

He later said that “it is not time yet” to talk about scaling back, or “tapering,” bond purchases.

Unemployment, which peaked at 14.8% in April 2020, has since declined to 6%. Retail spending is strong, supported by repeated government stimulus checks. Consumers have amassed a big savings stockpile over months of stay-at-home orders, so there is reason to expect that things could pick up further as the economy fully reopens.

The Fed has repeatedly said it wants to see realized improvement in economic data — not just expected healing — before it reduces its support. Based on their March economic projections, most Fed officials are penciling in interest rates near zero through at least 2023.

Still, some economists have warned that the government’s enormous spending to heal the economy from coronavirus may overdo it, sending inflation higher. If that happens, it might force the Fed to lift interest rates earlier than expected, and prominent academics have fretted that officials might prove too slow to act, hemmed in by their commitment to patience.

Powell offered a long defense of the Fed’s approach, seeking to explain why the central bank is not concerned about the type of sustained inflation that dogged the U.S. economy in the 1970s.

“During this time of reopening, we are likely to see some upward pressure on prices,” he said. “An episode of one-time price increases as the economy reopens is not the same thing as, and is not likely to lead to, persistently higher year-over-year inflation into the future.”

He made it clear that the Fed expected both the mathematical quirks pushing inflation higher and the bottlenecks to be shortlived, although it is less certain how quickly companies will work through the latter.

“We know that our job is to achieve 2% inflation over time,” Powell said, drawing a clear distinction from decades ago, when officials tolerated higher prices.

If inflation did pick up lastingly, “no one should doubt that in the event, we would be prepared to use our tools.”

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S&P 500 near record high on Facebook boost, Nasdaq eases T he S&P 500 hovered near record highs on Thursday, helped by gains in Facebook and upbeat economic data, while the Nasdaq eased as investors locked in profits from certain megacap technology firms.

Seven of the 11 major S&P 500 sectors were trading higher, with communication services stocks (.SPLRCL) leading gains.

Facebook Inc (FB.O) jumped 5.8% to an all-time high after beating market expectations for quarterly revenue and profit, helped by a surge in digital ad spending during the pandemic and higher ad prices. read more Apple Inc (AAPL.O), however, slipped 0.5% despite posting sales and profit ahead of Wall Street estimates on strong iPhone and Mac sales.

Shares of other high-flying stocks including Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O), Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) and Amazon. com Inc (AMZN.O) fell between 0.1% and 3.3%.

“Apple and Microsoft both had high expectations... while they did exceed consensus estimates, a lot of it was priced in, so there is some profit taking coming in,” said Thomas Hayes, chairman of Great Hill Capital.

Of the 265 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported so far, 86.8% have topped analysts’ earnings estimates, with Refinitiv IBES data now predicting a 44.7% jump in profit growth.

The S&P 500 (.SPX) and the Nasdaq (.IXIC) indexes had touched record highs earlier in the session.

“The market seems to be weaning just a little bit, we have seen stocks coming off their opening highs,” said Paul Nolte, portfolio manager at Kingsview Asset Management in Chicago.

“We are seeing investors question now ‘can the momentum continue’ and at least for today it looks like not really.”

Meanwhile, U.S. economic growth accelerated in the first quarter, fueled by massive government aid to households and businesses, while a labor market report showed 553,000 people filed for unemployment benefits last week, compared with 566,000 in the prior period. read more More earnings reports from Dow components rolled in, with Caterpillar Inc (CAT.N) falling 3.1% after warning of supply-chain bottlenecks. Drugmaker Merck & Co Inc (MRK.N) slid 5.1% after posting a drop in quarterly profit.

After a report that the Biden administration will propose a sharp increase to capital gains tax, while the dollar index gained as the euro and pound gave back some of the month’s gains.

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How to help India amid the COVID crisis

By MIKE IVES

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ndia’s coronavirus crisis is the worst since the pandemic began, and it will probably worsen before it gets better.

Hospitals are full, oxygen supplies are dwindling, and sick people are dying as they wait to see doctors. As workers leave lockeddown cities for their home villages, experts fear that the exodus could accelerate the spread of the virus in rural areas, as a similar one did last year.

Official estimates of the nationwide infection toll — well above 300,000 a day — are probably undercounted, epidemiologists say.

The reported figure will mostly likely rise to 500,000 cases a day by August, they say, leaving as many as 1 million of India’s 1.4 billion people dead from COVID-19.

Charities, volunteers and businesses in India and beyond are trying to help the country’s COVID victims and frontline workers.

(Before giving money to an organization, make sure you feel comfortable with it. In the

United States, sites like Guidestar and Charity Navigator grade nonprofits on their effectiveness and financial health.)

Here are a few ways to help.

International organizations United Nations agencies, including UNICEF and the World Health Organization, are delivering personal protective equipment kits, oxygen concentrators, diagnostic testing systems and other supplies to India’s frontline health care workers.

PATH, a global health nonprofit based in Seattle, says it has a team of more than 200 people working in India to procure oxygen supplies and accelerate COVID-19 testing and surveillance.

The International Medical Corps, which works in conflict areas around the world, is raising money for a campaign to help provide medical equipment, personal protective equipment, isolation facilities and other essential supplies in India.

Care India says it has supplied hospitals and frontline workers in India with more than

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The Association for India’s Development, a Maryland-based charity that partners with nonprofits in India, says it has volunteers distributing food and protective equipment in most of India’s 29 states.

Project HOPE, also in Maryland, is a nonprofit providing medical training, health education and humanitarian assistance around the world. The group says it has given COVIDrelated assistance in 150 countries during the pandemic, including India.

GIVE.asia, a fundraising platform in Singapore for causes across the Asia Pacific region, says it is working with the Singapore Red Cross to send ventilators, oxygen concentrators and oxygen generators to India. The platform also hosts fundraising campaigns by individuals.

AmeriCares, a nongovernmental organization based in Connecticut that specializes in emergency medical response work, says it is

working in several Indian states to deliver PPE, ventilators and other medical equipment, as well as to educate people on how to prevent the spread of the virus.

Groups in India The Indian Red Cross Society has staff and volunteers running blood drives, delivering aid and medical supplies, along with providing other essential services across the country.

Youth Feed India and Helping Hands Charitable Trust are delivering ration kits to vulnerable residents of Mumbai. Each kit includes staples like rice and dal, and feeds a family of four for 15 days.

Ketto, a fundraising platform in Mumbai, a hot spot of the country’s latest COVID outbreak, is shepherding a campaign by hundreds of entrepreneurs to purchase 3,000 oxygen concentrators. (The organizers are tweeting live updates.)

FromU2Them, a Mumbai nonprofit, is raising money on Ketto from individuals and Indian businesses to pay for food and medical supplies in the sprawling financial hub.

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Navalny’s group is disbanding its network in Russia

By ANTON TROIANOVSKI

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ssociates of Alexei Navalny have been forced to disband the imprisoned Russian opposition leader’s network of 40 regional offices, one of his top aides said Thursday, a step that pushes the domestic resistance to President Vladimir Putin further underground.

The move was inevitable, Navalny’s aide, Leonid Volkov, said in a YouTube video, amid the Kremlin’s latest efforts to stifle political dissent. Moscow prosecutors on April 16 announced that they would seek a court ruling to have Navalny’s movement declared an extremist organization, and the court quickly ordered Navalny’s groups to halt all public activity, including participating in political campaigns or referendums.

“Alas, we must be honest: It’s impossible to work under these conditions,” Volkov said, warning that continuing to operate would expose Navalny supporters to criminal prosecution. “We are officially disbanding the network of Navalny offices.”

Volkov predicted that while some offices would close, others would transform into independent political entities engaged in local politics. Either way, the end of Navalny’s nationwide network — from Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea to Vladivostok on the Pacific — represented the end of an era in Russian politics.

Navalny himself appeared by video link from prison at a court hearing on a different matter Thursday — his appeal of a February conviction for defamation of a World War II veteran that resulted in an $11,500 fine. The court denied the appeal.

It was Navalny’s first public appearance since he started his hunger strike demanding better medical treatment.

Navalny ended the hunger strike last week after 24 days, saying his demands had been partially met. On the courtroom video screens, Navalny appeared gaunt, but as he talked over the judge’s attempts to interrupt his closing statement, his voice sounded nearly as forceful as it was in his dramatic courtroom appearances earlier this year.

Putin, Navalny said, was trying to wrap himself in the glory of the Soviet Union’s victory in World War II to try to justify his effort to stay in power.

“Your king with no clothes has stolen the banner of victory and is trying to fashion it into a thong for himself,” Navalny said, addressing the judge, according to a recording of his speech published by the BBC’s Russian-language service. “All your authorities are occupiers and traitors.”

The Navalny group’s network of offices, started before Navalny’s failed attempt to challenge Putin in the 2018 presidential election, grew into the most formidable nationwide political infrastructure outside of the existing set of Kremlin-sanctioned opposition parties. The offices agitated for a boycott of the 2018 election, in which Navalny was barred from running, and worked on a coordinated effort to undermine pro-Kremlin candidates in local and regional elections that the Navalny team called “smart voting.”

Emulating Navalny’s splashy corruption investigations published on YouTube, the local offices highlighted what they described as theft and injustice carried out by local officials.

“Most will continue their work as self-sufficient, independent, regional civic and political movements, with strong people at the helm,” Volkov said of the offices. “This means that everything we have done together up until now

Municipal workers painted over a graffiti portrait of Alexei A. Navalny in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday. will not have been for naught.”

Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation continues to operate, though prosecutors are also seeking to have it outlawed as extremist.

Some of Navalny’s associates are keeping the foundation running from outside Russia. On Wednesday, they published a video disclosing what they said were the salaries of Navalny’s loudest critics on RT, the Russian state-funded television network.

Prosecutors have for years harried Navalny and other opposition figures, but usually under pretexts like violating rules on public gatherings, laws unrelated to their political activities or more recently regulations against gatherings to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

That approach provided a pretense of

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legal acceptance for political dissent, which is guaranteed under Russia’s 1993 post-Soviet constitution. But this month’s effort to declare Navalny’s movement “extremist” has been distinct for directly targeting the political activity of Navalny’s nongovernmental organizations.

Hearings in the extremism case are continuing this week — behind closed doors, because the evidence has been deemed classified.

When they announced the case this month, the prosecutors argued that Navalny’s groups were seditious organizations disguised as a political movement. In a news release, prosecutors said that “under the guise of liberal slogans these organizations are busy forming conditions for destabilizing the social and sociopolitical situation.”

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Russian spy unit investigated for links to Bulgarian explosions

By BORYANA DZHAMBAZOVA and MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ

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ligence operatives known as Unit 29155.

The four explosions were part of a series of blasts that occurred over the past 10 years, said Siika Mileva, a spokesperson for the prosecutor general. At least two happened at a time when members of the unit were frequently traveling into and out of Bulgaria, she said, and among the damaged goods was military materiel belonging to Emilian Gebrev, a major Bulgarian arms manufacturer who, officials say, was poisoned in 2015, along with his son and a senior executive at his company, by members of the same Russian unit.

The announcement comes just over a week after authorities in the Czech Republic blamed two similar explosions at ammunition depots in that country in 2014 on operatives from Unit 29155, which specializes in sabotage and assassination. Those depots also contained ammunition owned by Gebrev’s company, Emco.

“A reasonable assumption can be made about a link between the explosions on Bulgarian territory, the attempts to poison three Bulgarian citizens and serious crimes committed on the territory of foreign countries,” Mileva said.

If the explosions were the work of Unit 29155, they would add to an already alarming list of operations attributed to the group. Members of the unit were behind the 2018 poisoning of a former Russian spy named Sergei Skripal in Britain and an attempted coup in Montenegro two years earlier. Last year, The New York Times revealed a CIA assessment that the group may have carried out a covert effort to pay bounties to militants in Afghanistan for attacks on U.S. and coalition troops.

Western intelligence services say the goal of all these operations is to destabilize Europe and the United States, similar to the objective of other Russian intelligence units that interfere in elections and hack into government computer systems.

But the recent revelations about explosions at ammunition warehouses point to a more specific objective: derailing Ukraine’s efforts to procure arms and ammunition at a time when the country was desperately rebuilding its military to contend with Russian-backed separatists in the east of the country.

Mileva said that some of the supplies that were blown up were destined for Ukraine, signaling that Bulgaria was likely an important supplier to the country after the war started in 2014.

Those blasts took place in 2015 at depots owned by a large Bulgarian arms manufacturer called VMZ Sopot, although Gebrev, who owns a competing manufacturer, had stored some of his stocks there, according to Mileva.

Mileva said that Bulgarian authorities were also investigating a 2011 blast at an ammunition depot owned by Gebrev’s company that destroyed materiel destined for export to the Republic of Georgia, a country with which Russia had fought a war three years earlier. An explosion last year at an ammunition depot owned by Arsenal, another Bulgarian arms producer, is also under investigation, she said. No one was hurt in any of the explosions, she said.

In a statement, Emco said it had not intended to export weaponry to Georgia ahead of the 2011 explosion and denied any connection to the blast at the VMZ Sopot depot.

But in an email to The Times last week, Gebrev acknowledged selling ammunition and military equipment to “authorized Ukrainian companies” in late 2014. Although Gebrev insists he

Bulgarian arms dealer Emilian Gebrev, center, during a press conference with the prime minister of Bulgaria, Boiko Borisov, left, on October 10, 2017, in Sofia, Bulgaria. provided only a small amount of military equipment, it would have offered a lifeline to Ukraine at a time when few Western countries would provide weaponry.

There has long been suspicion that the explosions in Bulgaria, at least those from 2015, were acts of sabotage. Why prosecutors are choosing to relaunch their investigation now is unclear.

Unlike the Czech authorities, who revealed new details about the explosions there and expelled dozens of Russian diplomats in response, Mileva provided little new evidence and made no indication that a response was forthcoming.

A fire that broke out at an administrative building in Sofia, the capital, in May 2015 destroyed evidence related to those two blasts, Mileva said.

Bulgaria’s investigation of the explosions comes at a time of escalating confrontation between Russia and the West. For weeks, Russian troops were massing on the border with Ukraine, although in the last week they have somewhat pulled back. This month the United States announced that it would expel 10 Russian diplomats and impose sanctions as punishment for a huge breach of government computers that the White House blamed on Russia’s foreign intelligence service.

Bulgaria, despite being a European Union member, has long maintained friendly relations with Russia, which is a critical energy supplier. But recently, there has been evidence that Bulgarian officials have grown weary of playing host to Russian intelligence operations.

In January 2020, Bulgarian authorities announced criminal charges against three officers from Unit 29155 for poisoning Gebrev, his son and the senior Emco executive. The three fell ill in April 2015, less than two weeks after one of the blasts at a Bulgarian ammunition depot. An investigation determined that they were sickened with a substance similar to the Novichok nerve agent that British authorities say was used by officers from Unit 29155 on Skripal and his daughter in the United Kingdom.

Last month, after Bulgarian officials announced the arrest of six people they said were involved in an espionage ring run by the Russian security services, the country’s prime minister, Boiko Borisov, spoke to reporters, telling the Kremlin to knock it off.

“Stop spying in Bulgaria,” Borisov said.

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Ron DeSantis does disease

By GAIL COLLINS

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erhaps you didn’t notice, but cruise ships haven’t been sailing out of American ports lately. Something about, um, a virus.

Many of us heard the first squeaks of a future pandemic when waves of infection broke out on a few alleged pleasure boats, leaving their multitudinous guests stranded on board, hostage to the new plague. The industry has recently been on … hiatus. But now it’s clamoring to get back in action with as few new rules as possible.

Florida, under the leadership of Gov. Ron DeSantis, is suing the federal government to open up the harbors. At the same time, it’s prohibiting cruise lines from asking passengers for proof of vaccination.

We pause here to note that at this moment in time, DeSantis is regarded as one of the leading candidates for the next Republican presidential nomination.

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rights to squish into a boat with several thousand other people, crowding at buffets and dances while enjoying entertainments like “roller coaster at sea” or a floating tattoo artist?

Nevertheless, the CDC came up with criteria that would allow the cruise ships to cruise again. The industry decried the rules — which bear the catchy title “Framework for Conditional Sailing and Initial Phase COVID-19 Testing Requirements for Protection of Crew” — as too burdensome and confusing.

Let’s take the opposite approach. As long as the government is devoting so much time and attention to the cruise industry, how about adding on a few other issues? In a typical year, there are more than 300 ships floating around the globe, scaring the whales and polluting the ocean. A 3,000-passenger ship, which today would rank just over medium-size, can produce 21,000 gallons of sewage a day, most of which gets pumped into the sea.

The human beings on board aren’t all necessarily in good shape, either. It was only recently that Congress actually required that the ships have a physician on board to treat any passenger in the event of an emergency.

“They treat their workers like … you-know-what,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., remarked delicately. A longtime cruise industry watchdog, Blumenthal had to fight for years just to get that doctor rule. The ship workers, he said, are trapped by forced arbitration clauses in their contracts that make it impossible for them to sue over conditions. Many of them are citizens

of other countries, “which diminishes their rights even more.

When they’re injured they have very meager health care.”

So we’ve got pollution, scared whales and oppressed workers. You will now undoubtedly be stunned to hear that Blumenthal also says the cruise lines “avoid taxes very aggressively and energetically.”

None of this has had any impact on DeSantis, who launched his anti-regulation campaign on behalf of the cruise lines by announcing that “Florida is fighting back.”

People, when you think of Florida, do you really think of a downtrodden victim of government overreach? Everybody is terrified of Florida! We spend a humongous amount of time obsessing about its clout in presidential elections. We keep hearing about the celebrities who are ditching the North to flock in. True, it’s a crowd whose headliners include former New England Patriot Tom Brady and former famous politician Donald Trump. But still, the beat does go on.

The cruise industry certainly brings some money into the places where ships dock — one trade organization estimated the business added $8.49 billion to Florida’s economy in 2018.

The degree to which this is a blessing depends pretty much on where you live. The 24,000 residents of Key West do not regard having more than a million visitors a year tramping around their neighborhoods as a plus.

DeSantis’ political committee has thus far received nearly $1 million from the owner of a pier that gets most of that Key West traffic. Have we mentioned that he seems to be running for president? That he once broadcast a campaign ad in which he read to his little son from “The Art of the Deal”? And in which he taught his little daughter how to “build the wall”?

Cruise ship defenders have noted bitterly that people have been returning to air travel with relatively little controversy. Of course, airplanes all have serious ventilation systems.

And we fly in planes because we need to get somewhere. Nobody ever buys a ticket thinking it’d just be fun to be in the air for a week or so.

To be fair, there are many, many people who really enjoy taking a cruise with several thousand strangers. Bet they’d have an even better time if they knew the new gang wasn’t infectious.

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April 30 - May 2, 2021

Gobernador somete a la Asamblea Legislativa cuatro nuevas medidas Por THE STAR

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l gobernador de Puerto Rico, Pedro R. Pierluisi, envió el jueves a la Asamblea Legislativa cuatro medidas de administración. Entre estas, una legislación para crear la nueva “Ley de Estándares de Seguridad de Gomas y Neumáticos”.

El proyecto legislativo busca reglamentar la venta y utilización de gomas usadas y establecer unos estándares mínimos de calidad. También sometió legislación para regular los donativos políticos en período eleccionario, analizar el impacto económico de la pandemia del COVID-19 y actualizar el Registro de la Propiedad.

Al presente, no existe ley alguna en Puerto Rico que regule la venta de neumáticos usados, por lo que esta medida busca que se cumplan con estándares de calidad para garantizar la seguridad del conductor. La legislación establece criterios puntuales con los que deben contar los neumáticos. Algunos de estos son, que las gomas no tengan una banda de rodamiento inferior a 4/32 de pulgada de profundidad o que presente fragmentación, protuberancias, nudos o chichones que evidencian separación o daños de la cinta, capa o banda de rodadura u otro material adyacente. También, los neumáticos deben mostrar claramente el número de identificación del Departamento de Transporte de Estados Unidos ubicado en el costado del neumático y no pueden tener más de seis años de fabricada o que haya transcurrido su fecha de expiración, entre otros estándares.

El objetivo de esta medida es impedir que gomas que no cumplan con las cualidades aptas sean usadas en Puerto Rico, lo que disminuiría la contaminación que hay actualmente con la acumulación por exceso de neumáticos usados que no pueden ser reciclados. Para atender esta problemática, el gobernador estará también promulgando una Orden Ejecutiva con el fin de permitir que se utilice neumático pulverizado como mezcla de asfalto sujeto a ciertas condiciones para garantizar la seguridad vial.

Regulación de donativos políticos Otra de las medidas legislativas enviadas por el gobernador Pedro R. Pierluisi busca prohibir que toda per-

sona natural o jurídica que tenga, posea, interese tener, o licite para obtener un contrato con cualquier entidad de gobierno, incluyendo a los municipios, realice una donación a un partido político, aspirante, candidato, comités, 90 días antes de una elección general.

Dicha prohibición será extensiva a cualquier oficial directo de alguna persona jurídica que tenga, posea, interés o licite para obtener un contrato gubernamental. De la misma manera, dicha prohibición será extensiva a los 90 días antes y 90 días después de licitar para, o de obtener, o renovar, un contrato con cualquier entidad del gobierno central y/o municipal.

“Cumpliendo con un compromiso de la plataforma de gobierno, estoy radicando esta medida de sana administración pública, pues aunque reconozco que existe la libertad de asociación, es sumamente necesario establecer parámetros que nos permitan mayor transparencia para combatir la corrupción”, sostuvo el gobernador.

Impacto económico del COVID 19 Por otra parte, el gobernador presentó una pieza legislativa que ordena a varias instituciones del gobierno, comandados por el Departamento del Trabajo y Recursos Humanos (DTRH), a realizar en un periodo de 180 días, un estudio para analizar los efectos de la pandemia en los siguientes sectores críticos: salud, comercio, pequeños y medianos empresarios, turismo, bienes raíces, agricultura, servicios y construcción, entre otros. Esto con el objetivo de construir un programa multisectorial de iniciativas y soluciones dirigidas al desarrollo económico a corto, mediano y largo plazo tras el impacto de la pandemia.

En el informe final sometido al gobernador y a la Asamblea Legislativa deberán ofrecer recomendaciones para la reconstrucción con especial énfasis en la identificación de fondos y/o agilizar los mismos y los proyectos necesarios para la recuperación. También, sugerir posible legislación, proveer alternativas para el fortalecimiento de la industria local, recomendaciones en torno a la

burocracia y los permisos gubernamentales que han enfrentado los comercios locales, entre otras facultades y funciones designadas al grupo.

Agilizar Registro de la Propiedad Por último, el gobernador sometió legislación para agilizar en el Registro de la Propiedad todo documento presentado en o antes del 31 de diciembre de 2020 bajo unos parámetros mínimos de calificación que garanticen los principios registrales de tracto y especialidad. Las inscripciones bajo esta ley se podrán ejecutar de manera expedita lo que permitirá actualizar los datos del Registro de la Propiedad en un máximo de tres años.

“Estas cuatro piezas legislativas se unen a las 13 ya sometidas a la Asamblea Legislativa para su evaluación. Todas estas medidas buscan el bienestar común, atienden asuntos para mejorar eficiencia y buscan sana administración.

Confío que tanto en la Cámara de Representantes como en el Senado puedan hacer una evaluación justa de las mismas”, concluyó el gobernador.

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April 30 - May 2, 2021

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‘Citizen Kane’ is no ‘Paddington 2,’ says Rotten Tomatoes

By SARAH BAHR

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here is perfect. And then there is almost perfect.

And as anyone who’s ever gotten a 99% on a test can tell you, the two are not the same thing.

“Citizen Kane,” the 1941 Orson Welles classic about the rise and fall of publishing magnate Charles Foster Kane, long had a perfect critics’ score on the film website Rotten Tomatoes, which had aggregated 115 reviews. Until last month.

That is when a rediscovered write-up by a critic who died decades ago played spoiler.

The 80-year-old, less-than-effusive review, headlined “Citizen Kane Fails to Impress Critic as Greatest Ever Filmed,” resurfaced last month as part of a new archival project at Rotten Tomatoes. The review, which ran in the Chicago Tribune in 1941 and was quietly added to the “Citizen Kane” page on Rotten Tomatoes in March, brought the classic film, which is regularly placed atop lists of greatest American films, down a peg or two.

“You’ve heard a lot about this picture and I see by the ads that some experts think it ‘the greatest movie ever made,’” the critic, whose punny pseudonymous byline was Mae Tinee, wrote. “I don’t.”

The problem? It was a little too fresh, apparently.

“It’s interesting,” the reviewer wrote. “It’s different. In fact, it’s bizarre enough to become a museum piece. But its

Orson Welles in his film “Citizen Kane.” sacrifice of simplicity to eccentricity robs it of distinction and general entertainment value.”

The film’s black and white photography, which has been lauded for years for its atmospheric, noirish touch, was criticized as “shadowy and spooky” by the reviewer, who said it “gives one the creeps.”

“I kept wishing they’d let a little sunshine in,” she wrote.

(She was a fan of Welles as an actor, though, calling him a “zealous and effective performer.”)

With the inclusion of her dissenting opinion, the film is now rated only 99% “Fresh” on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

This means that, according to the review site, there are now 63 films with at least 40 reviews that are now more universally admired by critics than “Citizen Kane.” The site’s “100% Club” includes some predictable classics (“Modern Times,” “Singin’ in the Rain,” “The Maltese Falcon”) and some less predictable recent films (the first two “Toy Story” movies).

One member of the club? “Paddington 2,” the children’s film about a bear who, according to the review site, “spreads joy and marmalade wherever he goes.” Its writer and director, Paul King, told The Hollywood Reporter that he while he was pleased the film was on the list, he would not take it edging out “Citizen Kane” too seriously. “I won’t let it go too much to my head and immediately build my Xanadu,” he said.

Rotten Tomatoes, which may soon take the critical scores of more classics down to earth as older archival reviews are added to the site, has previously acknowledged that members of the “100% Club” aren’t necessarily perfect.

“It’s a tough road for a movie to get a 100% with critics, fraught with peril,” a page on the site devoted to the paragons of perfect percentage says. “What if a small plot hole is big enough to irk a persnickety reviewer? What if the cinematographer didn’t show up that one day for a crucial scene? What if there was a bum performance from one of the background extras?”

The Mae Tinee take on “Citizen Kane” was a minority opinion at the time.

“In spite of some disconcerting lapses and strange ambiguities in the creation of the principal character,” critic Bosley Crowther wrote in The New York Times after attending the film’s 1941 premiere at the Palace Theater, “‘Citizen Kane’ is far and away the most surprising and cinematically exciting motion picture to be seen here in many a moon.”

“As a matter of fact,” he added, “It comes close to being the most sensational film ever made in Hollywood.”

The film was also the recent inspiration for Netflix’s “Mank,” a biopic of “Citizen Kane” screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, which starred Gary Oldman and won two Oscars on Sunday (but which the critics aggregated by Rotten Tomatoes rated only 83% Fresh).

But there has been a corner of the internet that has argued for years that “Kane,” for all its accolades, was just, well, meh. (See sincere Reddit threads headlined “Is Citizen Kane the most overrated film of all time?” and “Can somebody please seriously in detail explain why Citizen Kane is considered by many critics and moviegoers as the best film ever made.”)

And now, with a change of 1 percentage point, those skeptics can rest a bit easier — thanks to Reviewer 116.

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April 30 - May 2, 2021

New Directors/New Films turns 50 with a bracingly eclectic lineup

By BEATRICE LOAYZA

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wildly eclectic, cutting edge and globespanning lineup has always epitomized New Directors/New Films, the annual showcase of emerging filmmakers presented

by Film at Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art. This year’s 50th anniversary edition is part of a citywide return to theaters, with in-person screenings taking place through May 13. The program will also screen virtually (through May 8), along with an online retrospective of selections from decades past including early works by directors like Lee Chang-dong, Christopher Nolan and Charles Burnett.

Color me shocked if any of this year’s participants wind up directing a Batman movie in a decade. Although if I had to guess based purely on the kineticism of the filmmaking, my vote would go to the Indian director P.S. Vinothraj for his gripping debut, “Pebbles.” It’s essentially a road movie, about a young boy and his fiendish, alcoholic father forced to trek home by foot in the drought-ridden hinterlands of Tamil country. Vinothraj palpably summons the violence and oppressive nature of their relationship — and their bleakly impoverished milieu — with intensity and tremendous visual flair.

Significantly lighter in tone, but no less tragic in its own way, is the deceptively brisk festival opener, “El Planeta,” by conceptual artist Amalia Ulman. Building on a lineage of delicate black-and-white comedies from Hong Sang-soo, Noah Baumbach and other directors, the film is anchored in the realities of Spain’s recent economic crisis. It unfolds as a series of vignettes, each one a droll, seemingly banal snapshot of the lives of a mother and daughter — fashion divas both — in the northern Spanish city of Gijón. With their fur coats and fancy dinners, the two women are obsessed with glamour and success to the point that they willfully ignore the looming threat of eviction, spending borrowed money on frivolous things rather than paying the bills.

Ulman, the writer-director who also stars (opposite her actual mother), gradually reveals the extent of the women’s troubles with deft and sly humor, a refreshing and revealing reprieve from the overly dignified, forcefully stark poverty portraits we usually get.

On the whole, the program is particularly keen to dismantle a monolithic view of womanhood. “Madalena,” by Brazilian direc-

tor Madiano Marcheti, is a tripartite meditation on the death of a transgender woman culminating in a bittersweet gathering of friends, a beautifully queer communion. On the other side of the world, “Dark Red Forest,” by Chinese documentarian Jin Huaqing, vividly captures the hard-core dedication of Tibetan nuns on a freezing, spartan retreat.

Three films about older women stand out: There’s Ainhoa Rodríguez’s exquisitely somber “Destello Bravío,” about a group of women stuck in a dead-end Spanish town with their idiot male counterparts. Their gloomy routine, however, is interrupted by bursts of surreal eroticism, unsettling manifestations of their repressed desires. From South Korea comes an unconventional #MeToo tale from director Kim Mi-jo: “Gull,” an infuriating drama that considers how age and class can make the pursuit of justice even more complicated for victims of rape.

I was especially taken by Jonas Bak’s gentle character study “Wood and Water,” which pairs wonderfully with Chantal Akerman’s “The Meetings of Anna,” a film in the retrospective program that’s also about a solitary female traveler. In “Wood,” a retired church secretary from Germany (played by the filmmaker’s mother, Anke Bak) travels to Hong Kong to visit her estranged son, although his continual absence — even as she’s staying at his apartment — forces her to explore the city on her own. It’s not a terribly eventful movie, despite the backdrop of massive protests; perhaps that’s why it so successfully avoids the cliché of the white woman “finding” herself in a foreign land. Instead, it’s in the brief encounters, the small talk and the unspoken hurt that our heroine comes to life.

Like “El Planeta,” James Vaughan’s “Friends and Strangers” had me cackling at its dry and gleeful absurdity. Set in and around Sydney, it starts off as a kind of anti-romantic comedy, with a chance meeting between two 20-somethings that leads to an impromptu camping trip. The film then devolves into something much weirder and more ridiculous as the two part ways and we’re introduced to their small, interconnected world of awkward conversations and bougie ignorance. It’s mumblecore par excellence but laced with a satire of white Australia and its historical amnesia.

In fact, a reckoning with the ghosts of colonialism distinguishes a number of worthwhile titles: The eerie Dominican drama “Liborio,” by Nino Martínez Sosa, pits a spiritual

leader and Indigenous Christ figure against a conniving U.S. military presence; Jessica Beshir’s “Faya Dayi,” a dreamy and visually dazzling black-and-white documentary, considers the toll of the Ethiopian khat trade on a rural community across generations. (The country is the world’s biggest exporter of khat, an addictive drug, a chewable leaf with amphetaminelike qualities.)

“Azor,” the delectably lavish debut by Swiss director Andreas Fontana, is intentionally discreet, opting for pervasive ominousness and polite conversation charged with double meaning. Think John le Carré and Francis Ford Coppola, but set in the world of Swiss banking elites and Argentine high society during the infamous “dirty war” of the 1970s. Come for the suave personalities and impeccably tailored suits, stay for the trenchant critique of modern capitalism and its ivory-tower movers and shakers.

From Nigeria but nothing like the rushed, microbudget productions that define the country’s film industry, “Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)” is an absorbing social drama. Directed by twin brothers Arie and Chuko Esiri, this sweeping portrait of Lagos is divided into two parts: in the first, a middle-aged engineer is plunged into a bureaucratic hellhole as he struggles to pay off his debts following a tragedy; in the second, a young woman strives to preserve her autonomy while caring for her pregnant sister and fending off a creepy suitor.

The protagonists from both parts are united by their desperation to secure passports — the dream of escape hangs over them, while the complexities of Lagosian life are captured with empathy and wistful resignation.

At the avant-garde extreme of the program is director Fern Silva’s psychedelic mixtape of a movie, “Rock Bottom Riser.” An assembly of discontinuous moments, the film builds up to an ethnographic and ecological sketch of Hawaii. Amid long, hypnotizing shots of bubbling magma, however, a tension emerges between the island’s traditions and the commercializing forces of American tourism. It’s dense stuff, but Silva is not without a sense of humor (see: an EDM-scored interlude at a vape shop with a posse of smoke-ring enthusiasts).

Considering the festival’s half-century life span, I started thinking about two films in the program that would be unimaginable a few decades ago, inundated and informed as they are by the technologies of modern life.

The first is Jane Schoenbrun’s uncategorizable debut, “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair,” an unsettling tribute to the mysteries of online culture that’s also uniquely attuned to the kinds of intimacy and solace to be found in its strangest trenches. Then there’s Theo Anthony’s riveting closing-night film, “All Light, Everywhere,” a visual essay about perception — in the most basic sense.

What are we looking at? How are we looking? What constitutes a reliable gaze? The film is a revelatory, metaphysically disturbing examination of surveillance, from the origins of photography to present-day social media tracking and the body-cams used by law enforcement. Truth, per Anthony, is always intermingled with deception, undermining our claims to objectivity. Perhaps all we can do is work to continuously expand our frames of reference.

Chellapandi plays a young boy on a forced trek with his alcoholic father in “Pebbles,” directed by P.S. Vinothraj.

The San Juan Daily Star be held on MAY 14, 2021 AT 10:00 AM and the minimum bid UNITED STATES DISTRICT that will be accepted is the sum COURT FOR THE DISTRICT of $120,000.00. In the event OF PUERTO RICO said first public auction does not produce a bidder and the MMG I PR CFL, LLC property is not adjudicated, a Plaintiff V. SECOND PUBLIC AUCTION MARIA ESTHER FERREIRA SÁNCHEZ; shall be held on MAY 21, 2021 AT 10:00 AM and the minimum FERNANDO RAÚL bid that will be accepted is two MONTIVEROS FERREIRA thirds of the minimum bid for Defendants the first public sale. lf said seCivil No.: 19-CV-01731. (DRD). cond auction does not result in COLLECTION OF MONIES & the adjudication and sale of the FORECLOSURE OF MORT- property, a THIRD AUCTION GAGE. NOTICE OF SALE. will be held on MAY 28, 2021 AT 10:00 AM and the minimum bid To: MARÍA ESTHER FERREIRA SÁNCHEZ; that will be accepted is half the minimum bid for the first public FERNANDO RAÚL sale. Upon confirmation of the MONTIVEROS FERREIRA: sale, an order shall be issued WHEREAS: Judgment was en- cancelling all junior liens. For tered in favor of Plaintiff, secu- further particulars, reference is red by the property described, made to the judgment entered in the amount of $108,051.65 by the Court in this case, which of principal, plus interest, which can be examined in the Office as of August 21, 2020, amou- of the Clerk of the United Stants to the sum of $18,016.99 tes District Court. Other liens: plus $2,451.04 in late char- Potential bidders are advised to ges and other fees, disburse- verify the extent of preferential ments, costs and agreed upon liens with the holders thereof. lt attorney’s fees in the amount of shall be understood that each $12,639.57. The records of the bidder accepts as sufficient case and of these proceedings the title and that prior and premay be examined by interested ferential liens to the one being parties at the Office of the Clerk foreclosed upon, including but of the United States District not limited to any property tax, Court, Federal Building, Char- liens (express, tacit, implied, or dón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto legal), shall continue in effect it Rico. WHEREAS: Pursuant to being understood further that the terms of the judgment and the successful bidder accepts the order of execution thereof, them and is subrogated in the the following properties will be responsibility for the same and sold at public auction: URBA- that the bid price shall not be NA: Solar marcado con el nú- applied toward their cancellamero Dieciocho (18) del bloque tion. WHEREAS: Said sale to P, situado en la Urbanización be made by the Special MasLevittown, barrio Sabana Seca ter designated by the Court is de Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, con subject to confirmation by the un área de TRESCIENTOS United States District Court for DIEZ PUNTO CINCUENTA the District of Puerto Rico, but (310.50) METROS CUADRA- the deed of conveyance and DOS. En lindes por el NOR- possession to the property may TE, en veintitrés metros con be executed prior to the issuansolar número diecisiete; por el ce of said order as allowed by SUR, en veintitrés metros con applicable law and regulations. el solar número diecinueve; In Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, this por el ESTE, en trece punto 30 day of March 2021. Michel cincuenta metros con el solar A. Rachid Fournier, Special número siete; y por el OES- Master.

TE, en trece punto cincuenta metros con la calle Luz Oeste, LEGAL NOTICE según plano calle cuatrocien- UNITED STATES DISTRICT tos cuarenta. Inscrito al folio COURT DISTRICT OF PUERcuarenta y dos del tomo ciento TO RICO doce de Bayamón, finca siete REVERSE MORTGAGE mil doscientos nueve. Registro FUNDING, LLC de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Plaintiff V. Sección Primera. WHEREAS: ESTATE OF RUFINO This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: NÉSTOR VALE LÓPEZ a) None. Junior Liens: a) Lis COMPOSED OF pendens dated July 3, 2019, reMARICARMEN VALE corded on October 21, 2019 in VÁZQUEZ, NÉSTOR the Karibe system for Toa Baja, property #7,209, in the amou- VALE VÁZQUEZ, ÁNGEL nt of $108,051.65, for case VALE VÁZQUEZ, JOHN #19-01731. THEREFORE, the DOE AND JANE DOE AS FIRST PUBLIC SALE for the A POSSIBLE MEMBERS herein described property, shall

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Friday, April 30, 2021 NAME; THE ESTATE OF MYRNA VÁZQUEZ GARCÍA COMPOSED OF MARICARMEN VALE VÁZQUEZ, NÉSTOR VALE VÁZQUEZ, ÁNGEL VALE VÁZQUEZ, JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE AS POSSIBLE MEMBERS WITH UNKNOWN NAME; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Defendants Civil Action No.: 3:19-cv-01388.

NOTICE OF SALE.

To: THE ESTATE OF RUFINO NÉSTOR VALE LÓPEZ COMPOSED OF MARICARMEN VALE VÁZQUEZ, NÉSTOR VALE VÁZQUEZ, JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE; THE ESTATE OF MYRNA VÁZQUEZ GARCÍA COMPOSED MARICARMEN VALE VÁZQUEZ, NÉSTOR VALE VÁZQUEZ, ANGEL VALE VÁZQUEZ, JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. GENERAL PUBLIC.

WHEREAS: Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal sum of $254,609.71, according to the affidavit of indebtment filed by the Plaintiff (Docket No. 29), plus the interest rate convened of 3.264% per annum until the debt is paid in full. The defendants, The Estate of Rufino Néstor Vale López composed of Maricarmen Vale Vázquez, Néstor Vale Vázquez, John Doe and Jane Doe and; The Estate of Myrna Vázquez García composed Maricarmen Vale Vázquez, Néstor Vale Vázquez, Angel Vale Vázquez, John Doe and Jane Doe, also owes and is ORDERED to pay Reverse Mortgage Funding, LLC all advances made under the mortgage note including but not limited to insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% ($53,100.00) of the original principal amount to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 150 or 400 Fede-

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ral Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the United States Marshal for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 200 – Federal Office Building, 150 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property. “URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 8 del Bloque A de la Urbanización Villas Del Pilar, localizado en el Barrio Monacillos de la Municipalidad de San Juan, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de 403.00 metros cuadrados.

Colindando por el NORTE con el solar número 7 del bloque A, en una distancia de 26.00 metros; por el SUR, con el solar 9 del bloque A en una distancia de 26.00 metros; por el ESTE con los solares número 2 y 1 del bloque A, en una distancia de 15 metros 50 centímetros y por el OESTE con la calle Quebrada Arenas, en una distancia de 15.50 metros. Sobre el descrito solar enclava una casa de concreto para fines residenciales.” Property Number 7,082 recorded at page 171 of volume 233 of Monacillos Este y el Cinco, Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section V of San Juan. The mortgage is recorded in the Registry of Property of Puerto Rico, at page 133 volume 314 of Monacillos Este y el cinco, 18th inscription. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: None. Junior Liens: Reverse mortgage securing a note in favor of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or its order, in the original principal amount of $531,000.00, due on May 1st, 2087 pursuant to deed number 124, issued in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on April 29, 2010, before notary María Isabel García Mantilla, and recorded, at page 133 of volume 314 of Monacillos, property number 7,082, 19th inscription. Other Liens: None. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful

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19 bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. THEREFORE, the FIRST PUBLIC SALE shall be held on the 11TH DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT: 10:20 AM. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $531,000.00.

In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on the 18TH DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT: 10:20 AM., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $354,000.00, which is two-thirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale. If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD PUBLIC AUCTION will be held on the 25TH DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT: 10:20 AM., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $265,500.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. The Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied. WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 16th day of March of 2021. PEDRO A. VÉLEZ-BAERGA, SPECIAL MASTER, specialmasterpr@ gmail.com, 787-672-8269.

PORRATADORIA A/K/A ALTAGRACIA ROMANACCE DE RODRIGUEZ COMPOSED OF MARIBEL RODRIGUEZ ROMANACCE, JOSÉ GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ ROMANACCE, GRACIELA MARGARITA RODRIGUEZ ROMANACCE AND CARLOS SERGIO RODRIGUEZ ROMANACCE, JANE DOE AND JOHN DOE; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Defendants Civil Action No.: 3:16-cv-3004ADC. COLLECTION OF MONIES AND FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE. NOTICE OF SALE.

To: THE ESTATE OF ALTAGRACIA ROMANACCE PORRATADORIA A/K/A ALTAGRACIA ROMANACCE DE RODRIGUEZ COMPOSED OF MARIBEL RODRIGUEZ ROMANACCE, JOSÉ GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ ROMANACCE, GRACIELA MARGARITA RODRIGUEZ ROMANACCE AND CARLOS SERGIO RODRIGUEZ ROMANACCE, JANE DOE AND JOHN DOE; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. GENERAL PUBLIC.

WHEREAS: Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal sum of $91,149.92, plus the annual interest rate convened of 5.060% per annum until the debt is paid in full. The defendants, the Estate of Altagracia Romanacce Porratadoria a/k/a Altagracia Romanacce de Rodriguez composed of Maribel Rodriguez Romanacce, José Gabriel Rodriguez Romanacce, Graciela Margarita Rodriguez Romanacce and Carlos Sergio Rodriguez Romanacce, Jane LEGAL NOTICE Doe and John Doe to pay Live UNITED STATES DISTRICT Well Financial, Inc., all advanCOURT DISTRICT OF PUER- ces made under the mortgage TO RICO note including but not limited LIVE WELL to insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% FINANCIAL, INC. (18,750.00) of the original prinPlaintiff V. cipal amount to cover costs, THE ESTATE OF expenses, and attorney’s fees ALTAGRACIA guaranteed under the mortgage ROMANACCE obligation. The records of the

case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 400 or 150 Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 400 or 150 – Federal Office Building, 150 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property “URBANA: Parcela de terreno localizada en la Urbanización San Demetrio del término municipal de Vega Baja, Puerto Rico e identificada en el Plano de Inscripción final de la Urbanización San Demetrio, con el número cuarenta (40) del Bloque “X” con un área superficial de trescientos cincuenta punto cero cero metros cuadrados (350.00 m/c). Colinda por el NORTE, en veinticinco punto cero cero (25.00m), con el solar número cuarenta y uno (41); por el SUR, en veinticinco punto cero cero metros (25.00m), con el solar número treinta y nueve (39); por el ESTE, en catorce punto cero cero (14.00), con la Calle “C”; y por el OESTE, en catorce punto cero cero metros (14.00m), con el solar número catorce (14). Enclava una casa de concreto reforzado y bloques de concreto para fines residenciales.” Property Number 6,007 recorded at page 136 of volume 125 of Vega Baja, Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section IV of Bayamón. The mortgage is recorded at Karibe Volumen, Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section IV of Bayamón, inscription 9th. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: None. Junior Liens: Reverse mortgage securing a note in favor of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or its order, in the original principal amount of $187,500.00, due on January 31, 2087 pursuant to deed number 160, issued in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on April 23, 2014, before notary María I. García Mantilla, and recorded, at Karibe volume, property number 6007, 10th inscription. Other Liens: None.

Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It

shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. THEREFORE, the FIRST PUBLIC SALE shall be held on the 11TH DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT: 10:25 AM. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $187,500.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on the 18TH DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT: 10:25 AM., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $125,000.00, which is twothirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale.

If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD PUBLIC AUCTION will be held on the 25TH DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT 10:25 AM. and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $93,750.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. The Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied.

WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 3rd day of March of 2021. PEDRO A. VÉLEZ-BAERGA, SPECIAL MASTER, specialmasterpr@ gmail.com, 787-672-8269.

LEGAL NOT ICE UNITED STATES DISTRICT

20 COURT DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE, LLC. Plaintiff V.

THE ESTATE OF ANA ROSA JIMÉNEZ AYALA A/K/A ANA JIMÉNEZ AYALA A/K/A ANA JIMÉNEZ A/K/A ANA MARÍA JIMÉNEZ COMPOSED OF MAGALY NIEVES JIMENEZ, GISELLA NIEVES JIMENEZ, CARLOS M. NIEVES JIMENEZ, DAMARIS E. NIEVES JIMENEZ, AND SAMUEL NIEVES JIMENEZ; DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Defendants Civil Action No.: 3:15-cv-2285PAD. COLLECTION OF MONEY AND MORTAGAGE FORECLOSURE COMPLAINT. NOTICE OF SALE.

To: THE ESTATE OF ANA ROSA JIMÉNEZ AYALA A/K/A ANA JIMÉNEZ AYALA A/K/A ANA JIMÉNEZ A/K/A ANA MARÍA JIMÉNEZ COMPOSED OF MAGALY NIEVES JIMENEZ, GISELLA NIEVES JIMENEZ, CARLOS M. NIEVES JIMENEZ, DAMARIS E. NIEVES JIMENEZ, AND SAMUEL NIEVES JIMENEZ; DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. GENERAL PUBLIC.

WHEREAS: Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal sum of $87,989.00, plus the annual interest rate convened of 5.060% accumulated since March 7, 2016 per annum until the debt is paid in full. The defendant The Estate of Ana Rosa Jiménez Ayala a/k/a Ana Jiménez Ayala a/k/a Ana Jiménez a/k/a Ana María Jiménez composed of Magaly Nieves Jimenez, Gisella Nieves Jimenez, Carlos M. Nieves Jimenez, Damaris E. Nieves Jimenez, and Samuel Nieves Jimenez also owes and is ORDERED to pay Finance of America Reverse, LLc, all advances made under the mortgage note including but not limited to insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% ($18,450.00) of the original principal amount to cover costs,

expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 150 or 400 Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 or 400 – Federal Office Building, 150 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property: “RUSTICA: Parcela número 2 en al Barrio Pugnado Afuera del término municipal de Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 1,537.36 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la parcela o predio número 1 del plano de inscripción que se adjudicara a Dolores Jiménez Ayala; al Sur con el remanente de la finca que se adjudicara Agapito Jiménez Ayala; al ESTE, con más terrenos del remanente o finca principal; y al OESTE, con una franja de terreno de 5.50 metros de anche por 14.60 metros de largo, dedicada a uso público.” Property Number 12,754, recorded at page 250 of volume 222 of Vega Baja, Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section IV of Bayamón. The mortgage at the Karibe volume of Vega Baja, property number 12,754, 6th inscription. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: None. Junior Liens: Reverse mortgage securing a note in favor of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or its order, in the original principal amount of $184,500.00, due on February 22, 2080, pursuant to deed number 189, issued in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on December 28, 2012, before notary Alfonso J. Gómez Roubert, and recorded, at Karibe volume of Vega Baja, property number 12,754, 7th inscription. Other Liens: None. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for

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the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. THEREFORE, the FIRST PUBLIC SALE shall be held on the 11TH DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT: 10:30 AM. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $184,500.00.

In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on the the 18TH DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT: 10:30 AM, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $123,000.00, which is twothirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale.

If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD PUBLIC AUCTION will be held on the the 25TH DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT: 10:30 AM, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $92,250.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. The Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied.

WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico.

In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 2nd day of March of 2021.

PEDRO A. VÉLEZ-BAERGA, SPECIAL MASTER, specialmasterpr@gmail.com, 787672-8269.

LONGORIA VIUDA DE BEY A/K/A ZOE L. DE BEY A/K/A ZOE L. BEY A/K/A ZOE LONGOVIA QUIÑONES COMPOSED OF MARITZA BEY, MANUEL BEY LONGORIA AND EDALIZ BEY LONGORIA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Defendants Civil Action No.: 3:16-cv-3065SEC. COLLECTION OF MONIES AND FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE. NOTICE OF SALE.

To: THE ESTATE OF ZOE LONGORIA QUIÑONES A/K/A ZOE LONGORIA QUIÑONEZ A/K/A SOE LONGORIA QUIÑONES A/K/A SOE LONGORIA QUIÑONEZ A/K/A ZOE LONGORIA A/K/A SOE LONGORIA A/K/A ZOE LONGORIA VIUDA DE BEY A/K/A ZOE L. DE BEY A/K/A ZOE L. BEY A/K/A ZOE LONGOVIA QUIÑONES COMPOSED OF MARITZA BEY, MANUEL BEY LONGORIA AND EDALIZ BEY LONGORIA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. GENERAL PUBLIC.

WHEREAS: Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal sum of $164,065.82, plus the annual interest rate convened of 5.060% per annum until the debt is paid in full.

The defendants, the Estate of Zoe Longoria Quiñones a/k/a Zoe Longoria Quiñonez a/k/a Soe Longoria Quiñones a/k/a Soe Longoria Quiñonez a/k/a Zoe Longoria a/k/a Soe Longoria a/k/a Zoe Longoria Viuda de Bey a/k/a Zoe L. de Bey a/k/a Zoe L. Bey a/k/a Zoe Longovia Quiñones composed of Maritza Bey, Manuel Bey Longoria and Edaliz Bey Longoria, also owes LEGAL NOTICE and is ORDERED to pay FinanUNITED STATES DISTRICT ce of America Reverse, LLC COURT DISTRICT OF PUERall advances made under the TO RICO mortgage note including but not FINANCE OF AMERICA limited to insurance premiums, REVERSE, LLC. taxes and inspections as well Plaintiff V. as 10% ($26,250.00) of the oriTHE ESTATE OF ZOE ginal principal amount to cover LONGORIA QUIÑONES costs, expenses, and attorney’s guaranteed under the A/K/A ZOE LONGORIA fees mortgage obligation. The reQUIÑONEZ A/K/A SOE cords of the case and of these LONGORIA QUIÑONES proceedings may be examined A/K/A SOE LONGORIA by interested parties at the OffiQUIÑONEZ A/K/A ZOE ce of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 150 LONGORIA A/K/A SOE or 400 Federal Office Building, LONGORIA A/K/A ZOE 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato

Rey, Puerto Rico. WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 or 400 – Federal Office Building, 150 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property “URBANA: Solar marcado con el número mil ciento sesenta y nueve (1169) en el bloque M guión treinta y siete (M-37) del plano de inscripción de la Urbanización Luis Muñoz Rivera radicado en el Barrio Frailes del término municipal de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de trescientos sesenta punto sesenta y tres (360.63) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en veinticuatro punto noventa y ocho (24.98) metros, con el solar número mil ciento setenta (1170) del bloque M guión treinta y siete (M-37); por el SUR, en veinticuatro punto noventa y ocho (24.98) metros, con el solar número mil ciento sesenta y ocho (1168) del bloque M guion treinta y siete (M-37); por el ESTE, en catorce punto ochenta y cinco (14.85) metros, con la calle denominada Street G; y por el OESTE, en trece punto noventa y dos (13.92) metros, con el solar número mil ciento sesenta y cuatro (1164) del bloque M guion treinta y siete (M-37) del mencionado plano. Según inscripción segunda (2da) se expresa que se ha edificado una residencia de hormigón reforzado de una sola planta que consta principalmente de tres (3) cuartos dormitorios, sala, comedor, cocina, cuarto de baño y balcón.”

Property Number 12,174 filed at page 168 of volume 172 of Guaynabo, Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section of Guaynabo. The mortgage is recorded in the Registry of Property of Puerto Rico, Section of Guaynabo at page 31, volume 1,248 of Guaynabo. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: None. Junior Liens: Reverse mortgage securing a note in favor of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or its order, in the original principal amount of $262,500.00, due on October 1st, 2078 pursuant to deed number 2, issued in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, on January 15, 2013, before notary Saideth Cristóbal Martínez, and recorded, at page 31 of volume 1,248 of Guaynabo, property number 12,174, 13th inscription. Other Liens: None.

Potential bidders are advised to

verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. THEREFORE, the FIRST PUBLIC SALE shall be held on the 11TH DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT 10:45 AM. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $262,500.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on the 18TH DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT 10:45 AM., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $175,000.00, 9:30am, which is two-thirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale. If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD PUBLIC AUCTION will be held on the 25TH DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT 10:45 AM., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $131,250.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. The Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied.

WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 4th day of March of 2021. PEDRO A. VÉLEZ-BAERGA, SPECIAL MASTER, specialmasterpr@ gmail.com, 787-672-8269.

LEGAL NOTICE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE, LLC Plaintiff V.

GRECIA YOLANDA GUTIERREZ MARTINEZ A/K/A GRECIA Y. GUTIERREZ; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Defendants Civil Action No.: 17-cv-1869.

NOTICE OF SALE.

To: GRECIA YOLANDA GUTIERREZ MARTINEZ A/K/A GRECIA Y. GUTIERREZ; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. GENERAL PUBLIC.

WHEREAS: Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal sum of $150,654.79, plus the annual interest rate convened of 5.300% per annum until the debt is paid in full. The defendant Grecia Yolanda Gutierrez Martinez a/k/a Grecia Y. Gutierrez was also ordered to pay Finance of America Reverse, LLC, all advances made under the mortgage note including but not limited to insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% (20,850.00) of the original principal amount to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 150 or 400 Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check without apprai-

sement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 – Federal Office Building, 150 or 400 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property. “URBANA: Solar veintidós A del Bloque 2C de la Urbanización Metrópolis, localizado en el Barrio Martín González del municipio de Carolina, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de trescientos treinta y seis metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar dieciocho A, en una longitud de catorce metros; por el SUR, con la Avenida C, en una longitud de catorce metros; por el ESTE, con el solar veintidós, en una longitud de veinticuatro metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar veintitrés, en una longitud de veinticuatro metros. Enclava una casa de concreto para vivienda.” Property Number 41,225, recorded at page 49 of volume 983 of Carolina, Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section II of Carolina. The mortgage is recorded in the Registry of Property of Puerto Rico, Section of Carolina II at page 42, volume 1,479 of Carolina. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: None. Junior Liens: Reverse mortgage securing a note in favor of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or its order, in the original principal amount of $208,500.00, due on July 28, 2084 pursuant to deed number 970, issued in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, on November 14, 2011, before notary María G. Chevere Mauriño, and recorded, at page 42 of volume 1,479 of Carolina, property number 41,225, 5th inscription. Other Liens: None.

Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential

LEGAL NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY The United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services (WS) program has issued a Decision and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for an Environmental Assessment (EA) that evaluated potential impacts to the quality of the human environment from the implementation of a management program to address damage caused by several mammal and reptile species in Puerto Rico. The EA was prepared to facilitate coordination between agencies, streamline program management, and clearly communicate with the public the analysis of individual and cumulative impacts of the proposed program. Based on the analyses contained in the EA, it was concluded that the proposed action would not have a significant impact upon the quality of the human environment. Interested parties may obtain the Decision/FONSI and the final EA by contacting USDA/APHIS/ WS, 6155 Heath Road, Auburn, Alabama 36830 or by visiting the website at https://www.regulations.gov. In the search box on the website,

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In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on the 18TH DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT: 10:55 AM, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $139,000.00, which is two-thirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale. If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD PUBLIC AUCTION will be held on the 25TH DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT: 10:55 AM, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $104,250.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. The Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied.

WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 4th day of March of 2021. PEDRO A. VÉLEZ-BAERGA, SPECIAL MASTER, specialmasterpr@ gmail.com, 787-672-8269.

Friday, April 30, 2021 REVERSE, LLC. Plaintiff V.

THE ESTATE OF JUAN RAMÓN RIVERA REYES A/K/A JUAN R. RIVERA REYES COMPOSED OF DAMIÁN N. JIMENEZ, JANE DOE, JOHN DOE AND GLADYS MARGARITA JIMÉNEZ LÓPEZ A/K/A GLADYS JIMÉNEZ LÓPEZ; GLADYS MARGARITA JIMÉNEZ LÓPEZ A/K/A GLADYS JIMÉNEZ LÓPEZ; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Defendants Civil Action No.: 17-cv-1950.

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND COLLECTION OF MONIES. NOTICE OF SALE.

To: THE ESTATE OF JUAN RAMÓN RIVERA REYES A/K/A JUAN R. RIVERA REYES COMPOSED OF DAMIÁN N. JIMENEZ, JANE DOE, JOHN DOE AND GLADYS MARGARITA JIMÉNEZ LÓPEZ A/K/A GLADYS JIMÉNEZ LÓPEZ; GLADYS MARGARITA JIMÉNEZ LÓPEZ A/K/A GLADYS JIMÉNEZ LÓPEZ; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. GENERAL PUBLIC.

WHEREAS: Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal sum of $123,309.84, plus the annual interest rate convened of 5.060% per annum until the debt is paid in full. The defendants, the Estate of Juan Ramón Rivera Reyes a/k/a Juan R. Rivera Reyes composed of Damián N. Jimenez, Jane Doe, John Doe and Gladys Margarita Jiménez López a/k/a Gladys Jiménez López; Gladys Margarita Jiménez López a/k/a Gladys Jiménez López, also owes and is ORDERED to pay Finance of America Reverse, LLC all advances made under the mortgage note including but not limited to insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% ($22,200.00) of the original principal amount to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and of these proceedings LEGAL NOTICE may be examined by interested UNITED STATES DISTRICT parties at the Office of the Clerk COURT DISTRICT OF PUER- of the United States District Court, Room 150 or 400 FedeTO RICO FINANCE OF AMERICA ral Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 or 400 – Federal Office Building, 150 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property.

“RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno con una cabida superficial de mil doscientos treinta y dos metros cuadrados con cincuenta y cinco centímetros (1,232.55 m.c.), en el BARRIO NARANJO de Comerío, Puerto Rico.

En lindes por el NORTE, con José A. Reyes; por el SUR, con el Río Arroyado, y la finca de la cual se segrega; por el ESTE, con la Carretera número 156; por el OESTE, con el Río Arroyata.” Property Number 6,275, recorded at page 177 of volume 88 of Comerío, Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section Barranquitas. The mortgage is recorded in the Registry of Property of Puerto Rico page 191 of volume 152 of Comerío, Section of Barranquitas. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: None. Junior Liens: Reverse mortgage securing a note in favor of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or its order, in the original principal amount of $222,000.00, due on May 19th, 2100 pursuant to deed number 4, issued in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on January 26, 2013, before notary Fernando E. Doval, and recorded, at page 191 of volume 152 of Comerío, property number 6,275, 5th inscription. Other Liens: None. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. THEREFORE, the FIRST PUBLIC SALE shall be held on the 11TH DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT 11:00 AM. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $222,000.00.

In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on the 18TH DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT 11:00

AM, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $148,000.00, 9:30am, which is two-thirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale. If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD PUBLIC AUCTION will be held on the 25TH DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT 11:00 AM., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $111,000.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. The Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied.

WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 4th day of March of 2021. PEDRO A. VÉLEZ-BAERGA, SPECIAL MASTER, specialmasterpr@ gmail.com, 787-672-8269.

LEGAL NOTICE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE, LLC Plaintiff V.

THE ESTATE OF ANTONIA ROSA CASTRO A/K/A ANTONIA ROSA COMPOSED OF REECHYBELL BIGIO ROSA, RICHARD DOE AND JANE DOE; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Defendants Civil Action No.: 3:16-cv-2904PG. COLLECTION OF MONIES AND FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE. NOTICE OF SALE.

To: THE ESTATE OF ANTONIA ROSA CASTRO A/K/A ANTONIA ROSA COMPOSED OF REECHYBELL BIGIO

ROSA, RICHARD DOE AND JANE DOE; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. GENERAL PUBLIC.

WHEREAS: Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal sum of $199,500.00, plus the annual interest rate convened of 5.060% per annum until the debt is paid in full. The defendant, the Estate of Antonia Rosa Castro a/k/a Antonia Rosa composed of Reechybell Bigio Rosa, Richard Doe and Jane Doe was also ordered to pay Finance of America Reverse, LLC., all advances made under the mortgage note including but not limited to insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% (19,950.00) of the original principal amount to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 150 or 400 Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 or 400 Federal Office Building, 150 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property: “URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Parque Las Americas, situada en el Barrio Mamey de Gurabo, Puerto Rico, marcado con el numero veinticuatro (24) del Bloque “B” con un area superficial de doscientos sesenta y cuatro metros cuadrados (264.00 m.c.).

En lindes: Por el NORTE, en una distancia de once metros (11.00), con el solar numero once (11) del Bloque “C”; por el SUR, en una distancia de once metros (11.00), con la calle “B”; por el ESTE, en una distancia de veinte y cuatro metros (24.00), con el solar numero veintitres (23) del Bloque “B”; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de veinte y cuatro metros(24.00), con el solar numero veinticinco (25) del Bloque “B”.

En este solar enclava una casa de concreto para residencia de una familia.” Property 9,475 filed at page 259 of volume 250 of Gurabo, Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section

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II of Caguas. The mortgage is recorded in the Registry of Property of Puerto Rico, Section II of Caguas, at Karibe volume, Property 9,475, inscription number nine (9). WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: None. Junior Liens: Reverse mortgage securing a note in favor of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or its order, in the original principal amount of $199,500.00, due on June 13, 2085 pursuant to deed number 81, issued in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on April 13, 2013, before notary Rosa E. Permuy Calderón, and recorded in the Registry of Property of Puerto Rico, Section II of Caguas, at Karibe volume, Property 9,475, 10th inscription. Other Liens: None. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. THEREFORE, the FIRST PUBLIC SALE shall be held on the 14TH DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT: 10:30 AM. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $199,500.00.

In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on the 21ST DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT: 10:30 AM, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $133,000.00, which is twothirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale.

If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD PUBLIC AUCTION will be held on the 28TH DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT: 10:30 AM and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $99,750.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. The Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied.

WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and

possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 9th day of March of 2021. PEDRO A. VÉLEZ-BAERGA, SPECIAL MASTER, specialmasterpr@ gmail.com, 787-672-8269.

LEGAL NOT ICE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC Plaintiff V.

THE ESTATE OF NEREIDA ACOSTA VELEZ A/K/A NEREIDA ACOSTA-VELEZ A/K/A ACOSTA VELEZ NEREIDA A/K/A VELEZ NEREIDA ACOSTA A/K/A NEREIDA ACOSTA A/K/A VELEZ COMPOSED OF JANE DOE AND JOHN DOE; CENTRO DE RECUADACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Defendants Civil Action No.: 3:16-cv-1551ADC. COLLECTION OF MONIES AND FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE. NOTICE OF SALE.

To: THE ESTATE OF NEREIDA ACOSTA VELEZ A/K/A NEREIDA ACOSTAVELEZ A/K/A ACOSTA VELEZ NEREIDA A/K/A VELEZ NEREIDA ACOSTA A/K/A NEREIDA ACOSTA A/K/A VELEZ COMPOSED OF JANE DOE AND JOHN DOE; CENTRO DE RECUADACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. GENERAL PUBLIC.

WHEREAS: Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal sum of $85,710.24, according to the affidavit of indebtment filed by the Plaintiff (Docket No. 55), plus the annual interest rate convened of 4.99% per annum until the debt is paid in full. The defendants, the Estate of Nereida Acosta Velez a/k/a Nereida Acosta-Velez a/k/a Acosta Velez Nereida a/k/a Velez Nereida Acosta a/k/a Nereida Acosta a/k/a Velez composed of Jane Doe and John Doe, also owes and is ORDERED to pay Reverse Mortgage Funding, LLC all advances made under the

mortgage note including but not limited to insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% ($14,250.00) of the original principal amount to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 150 or 400 Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 or 400 – Federal Office Building, 150 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property. “URBANA: Solar sito en el Barrio Monacillos de Rio Piedras, marcado con el numero veinticinco “A” (25-A) de la manzana “AK” de la Urbanizacion Caparra Terrance, con un área superficial de DOSCIENTOS SESENTA Y UNO PUNTO TREINTA Y SIETE METROS CUADRADOS (261.37 MC), mas o menos, el cual colinda por el NORTE, en diez punto quinientos cuarenta y cinco (10.545) metros, con el solar numero veintisiete “B” (27-B), de la manzana “AK”, por el SUR, en diez punto quinientos cuarenta y cinco (10.545) metros, con la calle ciento veintiuno (121) de la Urbanización, por el ESTE, en veinticinco punto cero cero (25.00) metros, con el solar veintiséis “B” (26-B) de la manzana AK y por el OESTE, en veinticinco punto cero cero (25.00) metros con la calle numero ciento tres (103) de la Urbanización. Enclava una casa de concreto armado con techo de azotea y pisos de losetas del país, de una sola planta que constituye una vivienda independiente, consistiento de tres dormitorios, sala, comedor, cocina, cuarto de baño y balcón. Property Number 21,734, filed at page 1 of volume 671 of Monacillos, Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section III de San Juan. The mortgage is recorded in the 5th inscription of Monacillos, Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section III of San Juan. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: None. Junior Liens: Reverse mortgage securing a note in favor of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or its order, in the original principal amount of $142,500.00, due on July 17th, 2073 pursuant

22 to deed number 276, issued in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on September 18, 2012, before notary Lizbet Avilés Vega, and recorded in the 6th inscription of Monacillos, Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section III of San Juan. Other Liens: None.

Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. THEREFORE, the FIRST PUBLIC SALE shall be held on the 14TH DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT 10:35 AM. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $142,500.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on the 21ST DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT 10:35 AM., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $95,000.00, which is two-thirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale. If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD PUBLIC AUCTION will be held on the 28TH DAY OF MAY OF 2021, AT 10:35 AM.AND the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $71,250.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. The Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied. WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 15th day of March of 2021. PEDRO

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Friday, April 30, 2021

A. VÉLEZ-BAERGA, SPECIAL como herederos de nombre MASTER, specialmasterpr@ desconocidos, Secretario de gmail.com, 787-672-8269.

Hacienda y CRIM, por la suma de $100,088.29, anotado el día LEGAL NOTICE 15 de agosto de 2019, al tomo ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Karibe de Monacillos, finca núDE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- mero 15,136, anotación A. Que NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA en cumplimiento del MandaCENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN miento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 31 de marJUAN SALA SUPERIOR. de 2021, por la Secretaria BANCO POPULAR DE zo del Tribunal, procederé a venPUERTO RICO der y venderé en pública subasDemandante VS. ta y al mejor postor la propiedad A SUCESIÓN DE que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en la CARMEN MARÍA Urbanización Santiago Iglesias LUNA RODRÍGUEZ Pantin, situada en el barrio COMPUESTA POR Gobernador Piñero de Rio PieÁNGEL HUMBERTO dras, Puerto Rico, que se desNÚÑEZ LUNA, WILLIAM cribe en el plano de inscripción NÚÑEZ LUNA, CARMEN con la urbanización con el #28 TEREZA NUÑEZ LUNA de la manzana J con un área de 339.24 METROS Y ÁNGEL LUIS NÚÑEZ superficial CUADRADOS. En lindes por LUNA; JOHN DOE Y JANE el NORTE, con el solar #29, DOE COMO HEREDEROS distancia de 24.00 metros, por el SUR, con el solar #27, disDE NOMBRE tancia de 24.00 metros, por el DESCONOCIDO; ESTE, con los solares #7 y #8, SECRETARIO DE distancia de 10.60 metros y por HACIENDA DE PUERTO el OESTE, con la calle #6, disRICO Y C.R.I.M. tancia de 17.67 metros. InscriDemandados ta la hipoteca al folio móvil del CIVIL NUM.: SJ2019CV07754. tomo 26 de Monacillos, finca SALA: 506. SOBRE: COBRO número 15,136, inscripción 8va DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN y última, del Registro de la ProDE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS piedad de San Juan, Sección UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL III. La propiedad ubica en: Urb. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ES- Santiago Iglesias 1401 Calle TADOS UNIDOS ESTADO LI- Gautier San Juan, PR 00921. El BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO producto de la subasta se desRICO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. tinará a satisfacer al demanEl que suscribe, Alguacil del dante hasta donde alcance, la Tribunal de Primera Instancia, SENTENCIA dictada a su favor, Sala Superior de San Juan, el día 28 de febrero de 2020 San Juan, Puerto Rico, hago y notificada el 5 de marzo de saber a la parte demandada, 2020, publicada en periódico al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; de circulación general en Puery a todos los acreedores que to Rico el 12 de marzo de 2020, tengan inscritos o anotados en el presente caso civil, a sasus derechos sobre los bienes ber la suma de $100,088.29 por hipotecados con posterioridad concepto de principal; generana la inscripción del crédito del do intereses a razón de 6.95% ejecutante, o de los acreedores desde el 1ro de diciembre de de cargas o derechos reales 2017; cargos por demora los que los hubiesen pospuesto cuales al igual que los interea la hipoteca ejecutada y las ses continúan acumulándose personas interesadas en, o con hasta el saldo total de la deuderecho a exigir el cumplimien- da reclamada en este pleito, to de instrumentos negociables y la suma de $14,000.00 para garantizados hipotecariamen- costas, gastos y honorarios te con posterioridad al crédito de abogado; y demás créditos ejecutado, siempre que surjan accesorios garantizados hipode la certificación registral, tecariamente. La adjudicación para que puedan concurrir a se hará al mejor postor, quien la subasta si les convenga o deberá consignar el importe satisfacer antes del remate el de su oferta en el acto mismo importe del crédito, de sus in- de la adjudicación, en efectivo tereses, costas y honorarios (moneda del curso legal de los de abogados asegurados, que- Estados Unidos de América), dando entonces subrogados giro postal o cheque certificado en los derechos del acreedor a nombre del alguacil del Triejecutante: Aviso de Demanda bunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA de fecha 1 de agosto de 2019, se llevará a efecto el día 24 DE expedido en el Tribunal de Pri- MAYO DE 2021 A LAS 10:00 mera Instancia, Sala de San DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina Juan, en el caso civil número del referido Alguacil, localizada SJ2019CV07754, seguido por en el Centro Judicial de San Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico. contra Sucesión de Carmen El precio mínimo fijado para la María Luna Rodríguez, com- PRIMERA SUBASTA es por la puesta por Ángel Humberto cantidad de $140,000.000. Que Núñez Luna; Carmen Tereza de ser necesaria la celebración Núñez Luna; Ángel Luis Núñez de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, Luna; John Doe y Jon Doe la misma se llevará a efecto

el día 1 DE JUNIO DE 2021 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, localizada en el Centro Judicial de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $93,333.33, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el 8 DE JUNIO DE 2021 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, localizada en el Centro Judicial de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $70,000.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Artículo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”.

La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con pos-

terioridad al crédito ejecutado pueden concurrir a la subasta si les convienen o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante.

Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que 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.

Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate.

EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 20 de abril de 2021. EDWIN E. LOPEZ MULERO, Alguacil Auxiliar, División de Subastas, Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan. ***

LEGAL NOTICE

Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de CAGUAS.

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 26 de abril de 2021. En Caguas , Puerto Rico, el 26 de abril de 2021. CARMEN A. PEREIRA ORTIZ, Secretaria. DHARMA TORRES BRUNO, Secretaria Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de CAGUAS.

ORIENTAL BANK Demandante V.

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 26 de abril de 2021. En Caguas , Puerto Rico, el 26 de abril de 2021. CARMEN A. PEREIRA ORTIZ, Secretaria. DHARMA TORRES BRUNO, Secretaria Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de FAJARDO.

MWPR LLC

Demandante V.

ANA DELIA SANTIAGO HERNANDEZ

Demandado(a) Civil: CA2020CV00779. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

OSCAR FEBO GUADALUPE, CARLA A: ANA DELIA SANTIAGO IRIS ROBLES LÓPEZ Y HERNANDEZ; PARCELAS ORIENTAL BANK LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE DAVILA PARCELA 7B Demandante V. BIENES GANANCIALES CALLE INDIO, RIO OSCAR FEBO POR ESTOS GRANDE PR 00745, HC 5 GUADALUPE, CARLA COMPUESTA; ANTONIO BOX 9120 RIO GRANDE IRIS ROBLES LÓPEZ Y LÓPEZ GUADALUPE PR 00745 LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE Demandado(a) (Nombre de las partes a las que se le BIENES GANANCIALES Civil: CG2020CV00196. Sobre: notifican la sentencia por edicto) COBRO DE DINERO Y EJE- EL SECRETARIO(A) que susPOR ESTOS COMPUESTA; ANTONIO CUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. NO- cribe le notifica a usted que 23 TIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA de abril de 2021 , este Tribunal LÓPEZ GUADALUPE ha dictado Sentencia, SentenPOR EDICTO.

Demandado(a) Civil: CG2020CV00196. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: OSCAR FEBO GUADALUPE, por sí y en representación de la sociedad legal de bienes gananciales compuesta A: IRIS ROBLES LOPEZ, por este y su esposa, IRIS por sí y en representación ROBLES LÓPEZ. de la sociedad legal Apartamento 701, de bienes gananciales Condominio Caguas compuesta por esta y su Tower, Caguas, PR 00725; esposo, OSCAR FEBO 13154 Woodford Street, GUADALUPE. Orlando, FL 32832-6958; Apartamento 701, 16 AC Hawai Caguas Condominio Caguas Norte, Caguas, PR 00725.

Tower, Caguas, PR 00725; (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) 13154 Woodford Street, Orlando, FL 32832-6958; EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que 9 16 AC Hawai Caguas de febrero de 2021 , este TriNorte, Caguas, PR 00725. bunal ha dictado Sentencia,

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que 9 de febrero de 2021 , este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted

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

cia 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 26 de abril de 2021. En FAJARDO, Puerto Rico, el 26 de abril de 2021. WANDA SEGUI REYES, Secretaria. f/KATHERINE ROBLES TORRES, Secretaria Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de CAROLINA.

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante v.

AGNES LILIANA MARTINEZ BERNABE T/C/C

Demandado(a) Civil: CA2019CV01940. Sala: 406. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: AGNES LILIANA MARTINEZ BERNABE T/C/C/ AGNES L. MARTINEZ BERNABE. VILLA CAROLINA 148-3 CALLE 417 CAROLINA PR 00985; 319 OAKLEES TERRACE JUPITER, FLORIDA 33458.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 26 de abril de 2021, 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 26 de abril de 2021. En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, el 26 de abril de 2021. LCDA. MARILYN APONTE RODRIGUEZ, Secretaria.

MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, Secretario(a) Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de FAJARDO.

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante v.

HARRY REAL INDIO, DAYANARA NIEVES SANTIAGO

Demandado(a) Civil: FA2019CV00340. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA.

The San Juan Daily Star NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: HARRY REAL INDIO, DAYANARA NIEVES SANTIAGO - SEGUNDA EXTENSION SANTA ISIDRA 74-4 ST

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de abril de 2021, 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 26 de abril de 2021. En FAJARDO, Puerto Rico, el 26 de abril de 2021. WANDA SEGUI REYES, Secretaria. f/ KATHERINE ROBLES TORRES, Secretario(a) Auxiliar.

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(Nombre de las partes a las que se les notifica la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que 23 de abril de 2021, 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 representado 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 26 de abril de 2021.

En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 26 de abril de 2021. LUZ MAYRA CARABALLO GARCÍA, Secretaria Regional. f/HILDA J. ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, Secretaria Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE

Demandante Vs

OLGA E. SERRANO MONTALVO, FULANO DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandado Civil Núm.: PO2019CV04460.

Salón: 0601. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: OLGA E. SERRANO MONTALVO, y LA SUCESIÓN DE FULANO DE TAL COMPUESTA POR ZUTANO DE TAL, ZUTANA DE TAL Y OLGA E. SERRANO MONTALVO, VIUDA. P/C: LCDA. GINA H. FERRER MEDINA TSPR #11,399 Abogada del Demandante P. O. Box 2342 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

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 28 de abril de 2021. En SALINAS, Puerto Rico, el 28 de abril de 2021. MARISOL ROSADO RODRIGUEZ, Secretaria. f/BRENDA L. RAMOS POMALES, Sec Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOT ICE

M&T 54279 TA2019CV00728 ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBULEGAL NOTICE NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Estado Libre Asociado de Puer- CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAto Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL MÓN SALA SUPERIOR. DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de PriFirstbank mera Instancia Sala Superior Puerto Rico de SALINAS. Demandante v.

FIRST BANK PUERTO RICO

Sheila Marie Dávila Betancourt, Jesús Demandante v.

Ortiz Albaladejo y la LA SUCESION DE MARTA sociedad legal de bienes DE JESUS GIRAUD gananciales compuesta compuesta por Tomassa por ambos De Jesús, John doe y Demandados INVESTMENTS LLC Richard Roe como psibles CIVIL NÚM: TA2019CV00728.

Demandante v. herederos desconocidos SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO GREAT ATLANTIC Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTEde Marta De Jesús MORTGAGE CA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. Giraud, ADMINISTRACION EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El CORPORATION, DORAL PARA EL SUSTENTO Alguacil que suscribe por la MORTGAGE LLC, FIRST DE MENORES, CENTRO presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCARIBBEAN FINANCIAL CIA y hace CONSTAR: Que DE RECAUDACION CORPORATION H/N/C en cumplimiento de un ManDE INGRESOS damiento de Ejecución de SenHF MORTGAGE MUNICIPALES. tencia que le ha sido dirigido CORPORATION, JOSE Demandado(a) ENRIQUE RODRIGUEZ Civil Núm. GM2019CV00408. al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE CINTRON Y GRETCHEL Sobre: EJECUCION DE HIPO- PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENIDALIA MENDEZ COLON TECA POR LA VIA ORDINA- TRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN Y COBRO DE DINERO. SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso Y LA SLG COMPUESTA RIA NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENde epígrafe procederá a venPOR AMBOS CIA POR EDICTO. der en pública subasta al mejor Demandado(a) A: TOMASSA DE postor quién pagará de contado Civil Núm. CG2021CV00050.

JESUS, JOHN DOE Y y en moneda de curso legal de Sobre: CANCELACION PAGARICHARD ROE COMO los Estados Unidos de AméRE EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR POSIBLES HEREDEROS rica, giro postal o por cheque de gerente a nombre del AlEDICTO. DESCONOCIDOS DE guacil del Tribunal de Primera A: GREAT ATLANTIC MARTA DE JESUS Instancia el día 3 de junio de MORTGAGE 2021, a las 11:30 de la mañana GIRAUD. CORPORATION; (Nombre de las partes a las que se le en la sala 503 del quinto piso notifican la sentencia por edicto) del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA FIRST CARIBBEAN EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus- INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDIFINANCIAL CORP; cribe le notifica a usted que DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUJOHN DOE/POSEEDOR el 26 de marzo de 2021 este CIAL PERIOR, todo derecho, título DESCONOCIDO Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, e interés que tenga la parte

Estado Libre Asociado de PuerLEGAL NOTICE to Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL Estado Libre Asociado de Puer- DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Prito Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL mera Instancia Sala Superior DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Pri- de CAGUAS. mera Instancia Sala Superior RED DOOR de Ponce.

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 20 de ABRIL de 2021, 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 26 de abril de 2021. En CAGUAS, Puerto Rico, el 26 de ABRIL de 2021. CARMEN ANA PEREIRA ORTIZ, Secretario(a). F/YARITZA ROSARIO PLACERES, Secretario(a) Auxiliar.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le

Sentencia Parcial o Resolución demandada de epígrafe en el

inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en SR 165 Km. 6.3 Los Hoyos, Bo. Quebrada Arenas, Toa Alta, PR 00953 y que se describe a continuación: RUSTICA: Predio de terreno sito en el Barrio Quebrada Arenas del Municipio de Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de 1,000.5828 metros cuadrados.

En lindes por el NORTE, con María Josefina López Hernández; por el SUR, con camino de uso público existente; y por el ESTE, con el solar número 5-B; y por el OESTE, con Antonia López Hernández. Este es el remanente según consta de la escritura número 200, otorgada en Barranquitas, el 12 de junio de 2000, ante el notario Carlos E. Berrios. Inscrita al Tomo móvil 107 de Toa Alta. Inscripcion tercera. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita en el Folio 1 del Tomo 107 de Toa Alta, finca número 20645, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Tercera.

El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $123,028.65.

Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una segunda subasta el día 10 de junio de 2021, a las 11:30 de la mañana en la sala 503 del quinto piso. 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 $82,019.10.

Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una tercera subasta en el día 17 de junio de 2021, a las 11:30 de la mañana en la sala 503 del quinto piso 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 $61,514.33. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 284, otorgada el día 30 de julio de 2011, ante el Notario Mariano S. Najeraurriola y consta inscrita en el Folio 21 del Tomo 519 de Toa Alta, finca número 20645, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Tercera, inscripción novena. Dicha hipoteca fue modificada mediante la escritura número 280, otorgada el día 29 de junio de 2017, ante la Notario Alexandra M. Serracante Cadilla en cuanto a su principal que será la suma de $123,028.35 devengando intereses a razón de 4.375% anual.

Se modificó el tipo mínimo a la suma de $123,028.35. Inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Toa Alta.

Inscripcion duodécima. 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 ascendente a la suma

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de $122,696.31 por concepto de principal, más intereses al tipo pactado de 5.500% anual desde el día 1 de septiembre de 2017. Dichos intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Se pagarán también los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.000% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha vencimiento, la suma de $13,433.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, la suma de $13,433.00 para cubrir los intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y la suma de $13,433.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca, más intereses según provisto por la regla 44.3 de las de Procedimiento Civil.

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 BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado 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. Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesan los gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relacionan más adelante. A los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos 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 por la presente se notifica, 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. A. HIPOTECA en garantía de un pagaré a favor de VIG Mortgage Corporation garantizado por La Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico por la suma principal de

$10,000.00 con intereses al 5.50% anual y vencedero el 1 de agosto de 2041 según escritura número 285 otorgada ante el Notario Mariano S. Najeraurriola el 30 de julio de 2011. Inscrita al folio 21 del tomo 519 de Toa Alta, inscripción décima. B. HIPOTECA en garantía de un pagaré a favor de VIG Mortgage Corporation garantizado por Secretary of Housing & Urban Development por la suma principal de $3,395.61 y vencedero el 1 de julio de 2047 según escritura número 281 otorgada ante la Notario Alexandra M. Serracante Cadilla el 29 de junio de 2017. Inscrita tomo Karibe de Toa Alta, inscripción décimo tercera. C. Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Firstbank of Puerto Rico vs. Sheila Marie Dávila Betancourt y su esposo, Jesús Ortiz Albaladejo, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Bayamon, Sala Superior, en el caso civil número TA 2019CV00728, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $122,696.31 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 12 de junio de 2019. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Toa Alta. Anotación A. 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 mediante edictos dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores sujeto a lo dispuesto en los Artículos 113 al 116 de la Ley 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015, según aplique. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 24 de MARZO de 2021. FDO. JOSE F. MARRERO ROBLES, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR 131.

LEGAL NOTICE M&T 103117 CA2019CV01152 ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR.

Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Demandante v.

José Enrique Rivera Paz t/c/c José Rivera Paz, Sharine Lymaris Gay Ortiz y la sociedad legal de bienes gananciales compuesta por ambos

Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: CA2019CV01152.

SOBRE: EJECUCIÓN DE

HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA IN REM. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil 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 CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor quién pagará de contado y en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, giro postal o por cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia el DÍA 9 DE JUNIO DE 2021, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en Cond.

Balcones de Monte Real, Apt. 5805, Carolina, PR 00987 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: BALCONES DE MONTE REAL, situado en la Carretera Estatal No. 853 en el Barrio Canovanillas del término municipal de Carolina, Puerto Rico, apartamento No. 5805.

Este localizado en el Edificio ‘G’, piso quinto. Consta de un área superficial de 1,217.60 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 113.16 metros cuadrados, con un área de terraza de 1,468.44 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 136.47 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, en 35’6”, equivalentes a 10.82 metros, con paredes de bloque hacia el exterior; por el Sur, en 23’, equivalentes a 7.09 metros, con pared de bloques hacia el exterior y en 12’3”, equivalentes a 3.73 metros, con pared de bloques hacia el exterior y puerta principal que da acceso al apartamento; por el Este, en 14’9”, equivalentes a 4.50 metros, con pared medianera de hormigón que lo separa del apartamento No. 5705 y en 15’7”, equivalentes a 4.75 metros, con pared de hormigón y bloques hacia el exterior; y por el Oeste, en 48’4”, equivalentes a 14.73 metros, con pared de hormigón y bloques que lo separa del apartamento No. 5905.

Esta propiedad está formada por sala, comedor, balcón, terraza, tres dormitorios con closeets, cocina, dos baños y área de lavendería. Le corresponde dos (2) estacionamientos identificados con el mismo número del apartamento y una participación de .0044200%.

La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita en el Folio 44 del Tomo 1,416 de Carolina, finca número 58,755, en el Registro

24 de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección Segunda. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $165,690.00. 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 16 DE JUNIO DE 2021, A LAS 10:00 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 $110,460.00. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una tercera subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el DÍA 23 DE JUNIO DE 2021, A LAS 10:00 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 $82,845.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 133, otorgada el día 28 de abril de 2011, ante el Notario Jorge Laborde Corretjer y consta inscrita en el Folio 44 del Tomo 1,416 de Carolina, finca número 58,755, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección Segunda, inscripción cuarta. 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 ascendente a la suma de $149,940.68 por concepto de principal, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.500% anual desde el día 1 de septiembre de 2016. Dichos intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Se pagarán también los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.000% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha vencimiento, la suma de $16,569.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, la suma de $16,569.00 para cubrir los intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y la suma de $16,569.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca, más intereses según provisto por la regla 44.3 de las de Procedimiento Civil. 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 CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del

ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado 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. Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesan los gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relacionan más adelante. A los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos 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 por la presente se notifica, 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. A: AVISO DE DEMANDA: En el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, en el Caso Civil No. CA2019CV01152 sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, seguido por el Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, versus Titulares, se solicita el pago de la deuda garantizada con hipoteca de la inscripción 4ª, la cual asciende a la suma principal de $149,940.68, mas costas, gastos e intereses, todo según demanda de fecha 5 de abril del 2019, anotado el 17 de mayo del 2019, al Sistema Karibe, finca No. 58,755 de Carolina Sur, anotación “B”. 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 mediante edictos dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas.

La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores sujeto a lo dispuesto en los Artículos 113 al 116 de la Ley 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015, según aplique. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 8 de abril de 2021. FDO. SAMUEL GONZÁLEZ ISAAC,

The San Juan Daily Star

Friday, April 30, 2021

ALGUACIL.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante v.

LISA LEE AYALA MATHEW, ROBERTO ORTIZ FELICIANO

Demandado CIVIL NÚM: BY2019CV02161.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo JOSE F. MARRERO ROBLES, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, al público en general. CERTIFICO Y HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia fechado el 5 de diciembre de 2019 que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, en el caso arriba indicado, venderé en la fecha o fechas que más adelante se indican, en pública subasta al mejor postor, en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal, en Sala 503, 5to piso, sita en el local que ocupa en el Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada, en el inmueble que se describe a continuación, propiedad de la parte demandada, Lisa Lee Ayala Mathew; Roberto Ortiz Feliciano. Dirección Física: Urb. Riberas del Río, 1-3, Calle 2, Bayamón, PR 00959 Finca 70,985, al folio 61 del tomo 1,693 de Bayamón Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Bayamón. URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Riberas del Río localizada en el Barrio Juan Sánchez del término municipal de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el Plano de Inscripción con el numero área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: Solar número 3 del Bloque I, con un área de 165.00 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en una distancia de 10.00 metros, con el solar 25 del mismo bloque; por el SUR, en una distancia de 10.00 metros, con la Calle número 2 Oeste de la Urbanización; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 16.50 metros, con el solar número 2 del mismo bloque; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 16.50 metros, con el solar número 4 del mismo bloque. Enclava una casa de concreto. Se halla afecta a servidumbre de telefonía de 1.50

metros que discurre a todo lo largo de su colindancia Norte.

Finca 70,985. Por su procedencia está afecta a: a. Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico. b. Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales de Puerto Rico. c. Condiciones restrictivas de edificación y uso. Por sí está: a. Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de The Money House, Inc., o a su orden, por la suma principal de $115,862.00, con intereses al 5.50% anual, vencedero el día 1 de octubre de 2043, constituida mediante la escritura número 333, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 25 de septiembre de 2013, ante la notario Zoila Espinosa Vázquez, e inscrita al folio 15 del tomo 1,970 de Bayamón Sur, finca número 70,985, inscripción 9na. b. Aviso de Demanda de fecha 26 de abril de 2019, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, en el Caso Civil número BY2019-CV02161, Sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, contra Lisa Lee Ayala Mathew, Roberto Ortiz Feliciano, por la suma de $109,912.78, más intereses y otras sumas, anotado el día 3 de junio de 2019, al tomo Karibe de Bayamón Sur, finca número 70,985, Anotación “A”. El precio mínimo de este remate con relación a la Finca 70,985 antes descrita y la fecha de cada subasta serán la siguiente: Primera Subasta: 21 de junio de 2021, Hora: 11:00AM, Precio Mínimo: $115,862.00, Hipoteca: Escritura Número 333 sobre Primera Hipoteca, otorgada el día 25 de septiembre de 2013, ante la notario Zoila Espinoza Vaquer.

Segunda Subasta: 28 de junio de 2021, Hora: 11:00AM, Precio Mínimo: $77,241.33. Tercera Subasta: 6 de julio de 2021, Hora: 11:00AM, Precio Mínimo: $57,931.00. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación que se transmite y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y las preferentes, si las hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante las acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de las mismas, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Conforme a la Sentencia dictada el día 13 de agosto de 2019, archivada en los autos el 22 de agosto de 2019 y publicada el 30 de agosto de 2019, la anterior venta se hará para satisfacer las sumas adeudadas por concepto del préstamo garantizado por la hipoteca antes mencionada y las sumas que se mencio-

nan a continuación: La suma principal de $109,912.78, más intereses a razón de 5 1/2%, desde el 1 de abril de 2017, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de $97.32 por cargos por mora, más la suma de $11,586.20 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado hipotecariamente asegurados. Se notifica por la presente a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los inmuebles a ser subastados con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen del ejecutante descrito anteriormente, o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubieren pospuesto al gravamen del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizado hipotecariamente con posterioridad al gravamen del actor para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si así lo interesan o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogado, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y, para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general, y para su publicación de acuerdo con la ley en un periódico de circulación general de la isla de Puerto Rico y en tres sitios públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida de la parte demandada, expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 18 de marzo de 2021. JOSE F. MARRERO ROBLEZ #131, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN.

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

BOSCO IX OVERSEAS, LLC, BY FRANKLIN CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION AS SERVICER Demandante v.

SUCESION DE YOLANDA HIRALDO ALVELO compuesta por: su hijo, JOSÉ OMAR CALDERÓN HIRALDO, FULANO y MENGANO DE TAL, como posibles herederos desconocidos y su viudo JOSÉ M. BÁEZ NIEVES en la cuota viudal usufructuaria

Demandado CIVIL NÚM: CT2019CV00183 (Sala 402). SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo MARIBEL LANZAR VELAZQUEZ, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, al público en general. CERTIFICO Y HAGO SABER. Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia fechado el 24 de marzo de 2021, que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, en el caso arriba indicado, venderé en la fecha o fechas que más adelante se indican, en pública subasta al mejor postor, en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal, en mi oficina, sala 503 Piso 5, sita en el local que ocupa en el Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada, en el inmueble que se describe a continuación, propiedad de la parte demandada, Sucesión de Yolanda Hiraldo Alvelo compuesta por: su hijo, José Omar Calderón Hiraldo, Fulano y Mengano de Tal, como posibles herederos desconocidos y su viudo José M. Báez Nieves en la Cuota Viudal Usufructuaria. Dirección Física: I-5 Venezuela, Urb. Vistas del Morro, Cataño, Puerto Rico 00962.

Finca 4,851, inscrita al folio 65 del tomo 102 de Cataño, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección IV de Bayamón.

URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Vista del Morro situada en el término Municipal de Cataño, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el Plano de Inscripción en la Urbanización con el número cinco (5) del bloque “I”, con un área de doscientos veinticuatro punto CERO cuatro (224.94) metros cuadrados. En lindes: por el NORTE, con la calle once (11) en una distancia de nueve punto setenta y ocho (9.78) metros; por el SUR, con el solar 26, en una distancia de nueve punto setenta y ocho (9.78) metros; por el ESTE, con el solar número seis (6) en una distancia de veintitrés (23.00) metros y por el OESTE, con el solar número cuatro (4) en una distancia de veintitrés (23.00) metros. Contiene una casa de concreto diseñada para una familia. Finca 4,851. Por su procedencia está: Servidumbres.

Por sí está: a) Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de RG Premier Bank of Puerto Rico, por la suma principal de $83,700.00, con intereses al 7.00% anual, vencedero el día 1 de febrero de 2037, constituida mediante la escritura número 59, otorgada en Bayamón,

Puerto Rico, el día 30 de enero de 2007, ante el notario Juan Antonio Morales Serrano, e inscrita al folio 60 del tomo 192 de Cataño, finca número 4,851, inscripción 6ta.,como Asiento Abreviado extendida las líneas el día 26 de agosto de 2014, en virtud de la Ley número 216 del día 27 de diciembre de 2010.

(Fue presentado el día 12 de febrero de 2007 al Asiento 1516 del Diario 253). b) Aviso de Demanda de fecha 8 de julio de 2019, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, en el Caso Civil número CT2019CV00183, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, seguido por Bosco IX Overseas, LLC., By Frankin Credit Management Corporation as Servicer, contra Yolanda Hiraldo Alvelo, por la suma de $69,362.69, más intereses y otras sumas, anotado el día 8 de diciembre de 2020, al tomo Karibe de Cataño, finca número 4,851, Anotación A. El precio mínimo de este remate con relación a la Finca 4,851 antes descrita y la fecha de cada subasta serán la siguiente: Primera Subasta: 22 de junio de 2021, Hora: 9:00AM, Precio Mínimo: $83,700.00, Hipoteca: Escritura Número 59, sobre Hipoteca, otorgada el 30 de enero de 2007, ante la Notario Juan Antonio Morales Serrano. Segunda Subasta: 29 de junio de 2021, Hora: 9:00AM, Precio Mínimo: $55,800.00.

Tercera Subasta: 7 de julio de 2021, Hora: 9:00AM, Precio Mínimo: $41,850.00. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables.

Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación que se transmite y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y las preferentes, si las hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante las acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de las mismas, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate.

Conforme a la Sentencia dictada el día 30 de octubre de 2020, archivada en los autos el 4 de noviembre de 2020 y publicada el 11 de noviembre de 2020, la anterior venta se hará para satisfacer las sumas adeudadas por concepto del préstamo garantizado por la hipoteca antes mencionada y las sumas que se mencionan a continuación: La suma principal de $69,362.69, más intereses a razón de 7%, desde el 1 de octubre de 2018, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de $2,123.41 por cargos por mora, más la suma de $189.84 en conexión con la cuenta de reserva, más la suma de $8,370.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado hipotecariamente

asegurados. Se notifica por la presente a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los inmuebles a ser subastados con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen del ejecutante descrito anteriormente, o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubieren pospuesto al gravamen del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizado hipotecariamente con posterioridad al gravamen del actor para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si así lo interesan o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogado, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y, para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general, y para su publicación de acuerdo con la ley en un periódico de circulación general de la isla de Puerto Rico y en tres sitios públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida de la parte demandada, expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 7 de abril de 2021. MARIBEL LANZAR VELAZQUEZ, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE PONCE.

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

DAVID A. FOURQUET PÉREZ, FULANA DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: PO2020CV01576.

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

A) DAVID FOURQUET PÉREZ, FULANA DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

POR LA PRESENTE: Se le notifica que contra usted se ha presentado la Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero de la cual se

The San Juan Daily Star acompaña copia. Por la presente se le emplaza a usted y se le requiere para que dentro del término de TREINTA (30) días desde la fecha de la Publicación por Edicto de este Emplazamiento presente 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, Sala de Ponce, P.O. Box 7185, Ponce, Puerto Rico 007327185 y notifique a la LCDA. GINA H. FERRER MEDINA, personalmente al Condominio Las Nereidas, Local 1-B, Calle Méndez Vigo esquina Amador Ramírez Silva, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00680; o por correo al Apartado 2342, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681-2342, Teléfonos: (787) 832-9620 y (845) 345-3985, Abogada de la parte demandante , apercibiéndose que en caso de no hacerlo así podrá dictarse Sentencia en Rebeldía en contra suya, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal hoy día 27 de enero de 2021. Luz Mayra Caraballo Garcia, Secretaria Regional. Hilda J. Rosado Rodriguez, Sec Auxiliar.

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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BLUEWATER INVESTMENT TRUST 2017-1 Demandante v.

MIGUEL ANGEL TOLEDO RIVERA, MARIA ANTONIA RONDON HERNANDEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS, MARIA ANTONIA GUTIERREZ MORALES: NÚMERO 17455, INSCRITA AL FOLIO 97 DEL TOMO 390 DE BAYAMON;

Demandados CIVIL NUM. BY2019CV00143.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA POR LA VIA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.

A: La Parte Demandada,

Friday, April 30, 2021 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 Bayamón, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque gerente, giro postal, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América al nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, el 21 de junio de 2021, a las 9:00 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 número 6 del Bloque AQ, Santa Juanita, Barrio Minillas de Bayamón, con cabida de 310.50 metros cuadrados, en lindes por el NOROESTE, con Calle Número 47; por el SURESTE, con el solar número 31; por el NORESTE, con el solar número 7 y por el SUROESTE, con el solar número 5. Contiene una casa de hormigón y bloques.

Consta inscrita al folio 97 del tomo 390 de Bayamón, finca número 17455, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Bayamón. Propiedad localizada en: AQ-6 Calle 47, Santa Juanita, Bayamón, PR 00956. 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: a. AVISO DE DEMANDA con fecha 1 de febrero de 2019 seguido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, caso civil número BY2019CV00143, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca; U.S. Bank National Association, Not Individually But Solely As Trustee For Bluewater Investment Trust 2018-A, demandante v. Miguel Angel Toledo Rivera, Maria Antonia Rondón Hernández y la S/B/G compuesta por ambos, Maria Antonia Gutiérrez Morales, demandados. Por la misma se reclama el pago de $66,663.32, más otras sumas.

Anotada el 12 de julio de 2019 al Tomo Karibe, finca 17455 de Bayamón Sur, anotación “A”. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los pre-

ferentes 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 mínimo de subasta la suma de $85,000.00, 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 Bayamón, el 28 de junio de 2021, a las 9:00 de la mañana, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $56,666.67, dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la tercera subasta, la suma de $42,500.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, el 6 de julio de 2021, a las 9:00 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 $66,663.32 de principal, intereses al tipo del 8.00000% anual según ajustado desde el día 1 de marzo de 2016 hasta el pago de la deuda en su totalidad, más la suma de $8,500.00 por concepto de honorarios de abogado y costas autorizadas por el Tribunal, más las cantidades que se adeudan mensualmente por concepto de seguro hipotecario, cargos por demora, y otros adeudados que se hagan en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca. 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 publi-

cación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 20 de abril de 2021. EDGARDO E VARGAS SANTANA #193, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMON, SALA SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR THE CSMC 2015-PR1 TRUST, MORTGAGE-BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2015PR1, Plaintiff vs.

AMALCHI CASTILLO SANCHES

Defendant CIVIL NUM.: 19-cv-1445. RE: FORECLOSURE AND COLLECTION OF MONIES. NOTICE OF SALE.

TO: AMALCHI CASTILLO SANCHEZ, any other party with interest over the property mentioned below GENERAL PUBLIC.

WHEREAS: Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff to recover from defendants the sum of $162,549.39 in principal, interest rate of 7.2500% per annum since May 1, 2018.

Such interest will continue to accrue until the debt is paid in full. In addition, the Defendant owes the Plaintiff late charges in the amount of 5.0% of each and any monthly installment not received by the note holder within 15 days after the installment was due. Such late charges continue to accrue until the debt is paid in full. Also advances made under the mortgage note including but not limited to insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% of the original principal amount ($22,501.30) to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 150 or 400, Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room

150 – Federal Office Building, 150 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property (as described in the Property Registrar in the Spanish language) : P-12 OLYMPIC VILLAS DEVELOPMENT, LAS PIEDRAS, PR 00771.

URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 12 del Bloque P del plano de inscripción de la Urbanización Olympic Park, localizado en la Carretera Puerto Rico 198, Km. 20.1 del Municipio de Las Piedras, Puerto Rico.

Con una cabida superficial de 640.97 metros cuadrados y sus colindancias son las siguientes: por el NORTE, con una alineación de 26.33 metros lineales con el solar número 26 del Bloque A; por el SUR, con tres alineaciones que suman 24.83 metros lineales con la Calle Número 3; por el ESTE, con dos alineaciones que suman 24.25 metros lineales con la Calle Número 3 y por el OESTE, con una alineación de 23.79 metros lineales con el solar número 11 del Bloque P. Afecta a este solar una servidumbre de 1.52 metros de ancho que discurre a todo lo largo de su colindancia Norte, a favor de la Puerto Rico Telephone Company. En dicho solar enclava una estructura de concreto diseñada para fines residenciales para una familia, construída de acuerdo a los planos y especificaciones.

Consta inscrita al folio 142 del tomo 296 de Las Piedras, finca número 16,112, Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao. The mortgage deed is recorded at page 142 of volume 296 of Las Piedras, property #16112, 2nd inscription in the Property Registry of Humacao. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: None. Junior Liens: None. Other Liens: None. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. THEREFORE, the FIRST public sale shall be held on the 18th day of June of 2021, at 10:30 am . The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $225,031.00 In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND public auction shall be held on the 25th day of June of 2021, at 10:30 am , and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the

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sum $150,008.67, which is twothirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale.

If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD public auction will be held on the 2nd day of July of 2021, at 10:30 am, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $112,506.50, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the third public sale, the property may be awarded to the creditor for the entire amount of its debt if it is equal to or less than the amount of the minimum bid of the third public sale, crediting this amount to the amount owed if it is greater. The Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied. WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 21st day of April of 2021. By: Pedro A. Vélez-Baerga, Special Master. specialmasterpr@gmail.com, 787-672-8269.

LEGAL NOTICE EST ADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO SALA SUPERIOR.

SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC DEMANDANTE VS.

NYDIA QUIÑONES DIAZ, LUIS TORRES LEON T/C/C LUJS FRANCISCO TORRES DE LEON Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS DEUDORES HIPOTECARIOS) JOSE SANSONE RODRIGUEZ, ANA MARTINEZ ANGEL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR

AMBOS TITULARES REGISTRALES); JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS

DEMANDADOS CIVIL NUM.: FA2021CV00132.

SOBRE : SUSTITUCION PAGARE DE EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA, El Presidente de las Estados Unidos, El Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico.

A la parte co-demandada: NYDIA QUIÑONES DIAZ, POR Sí Y en representación de la sociedad legal de bienes gananciales compuesta por el sr. LUIS TORRES DE LEON T/C/C LUIS FRANCISCO TORRES DE LEON, a su ultima dirección conocida: FISICA: 3-R-12 CALLE 106, URB. MONTE BRISAS, FAJARDO, PUERTO RICO 00738 y POSTAL: PO BOX 426, LOIZA, PUERTO RICO 00772-0426 y 795 EAST BIRCHWOOD CIR, KISSIMMEE, FL 34743.

LUIS TORRES DE LEON T/C/C LUIS FRANCISCO TORRES DE LEON POR Si Y en representación de la sociedad legal de bienes gananciales compuesta por la sra.

NYDIA QUIÑONES DIAZ, FISICA: 3-R-12 CALLE 106, URB. MONTE BRISAS, FAJARDO , PUERTO RICO 00738 y POST AL: PO BOX 426, LOIZA, PUERTO RICO 00772-0426 y 3043 SHILLWATER, DR. KISSIMMEE, FL 34743.

JOSE SANSONE RODRIGUEZ, POR Si Y EN REPRESENTACION DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR LA SRA. ANA MARTINEZ ANGEL (TITULARES REGISTRALES), a su ultima dirección conocida: FISICA: 3-R-12 CALLE 106, URB. MONTE BRISAS, FAJARDO, PUERTO RICO 00738 y POSTAL: PO BOX 426, LOIZA, PUERTO RICO 00772-0426.

ANA MARTINEZ ANGEL, POR Si Y EN REPRESENTACION DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE

BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR EL SR. JOSE SANSONE RODRIGUEZ (TITULARES REGISTRALES), a su ultima dirección conocida: FISICA: 3-R-12 CALLE 106, URB. MONTE BRISAS, FAJARDO, PUERTO RICO 00738 y POSTAL: PO BOX 426, LOIZA, PUERTO RICO 00772-0426.

Se les notifica por este medio que en el caso del epígrafe se solicita la SUSTITUCION DE UN PAGARE EXTRAVIADO notarizado bajo el testimonio num. 690 a favor de GREAT ATLANTIC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, o a su orden, por la suma de $56,490.00, devengando intereses a razón de! 8% por ciento anual, vencedero el primero (1ro) de diciembre de 2025, garantizado con hipoteca constituida mediante escritura numero 884 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el 24 de noviembre de 1995, ante el Notario Manuel R. Perez Caballer, la cual consta inscrita al Folio 27 del Torno 242 de Fajardo, finca numero 9,494, inscripción Tercera (3ra) .. Este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le(s) cite a usted(es) por edicto que se publicara una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general.

Por tratarse de una obligación hipotecaria y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectando por el remedio solicitado, se le emplaza por este edicto que se publicara una vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de Puerto Rico. 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, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal y notifique copia de la Contestación de la Demanda a las oficinas de CARDONA & MALDONADO LAW OFFICES, P.S.C. ATENCION al Lcdo.

Duncan Maldonado Ejarque, P.O. Box 366221, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-6221; Tel (787) 622-7000, Fax (787) 6257001, Abogado de Ia Parte Demandante. Dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndole que de no hacerlo así dentro del termino indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su Rebeldía y dictar Sentencia, concediendo el remedio solicitado sin mas citarle(s) ni oírle(s).

EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y con el Sello del Tribunal. DADA hoy 23 de abril de 2021, en Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Wanda I. Segui Reyes, Secretaría Regional.

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April 30 - May 2, 2021

A ‘disappointed’ deGrom allows one run in loss to Boston

By DAVID WALDSTEIN

E

very time Jacob deGrom takes the mound these days, a wave of anticipation rises across the baseball world. Will he strike out 20 batters? Could he throw a no-hitter? A perfect game?

All of that seems entirely plausible, especially this year, in which deGrom has burst off the starting blocks at a record-setting pace. His 100-mph fastball, combined with a vicious slider and changeup, have vaulted him to the top of the pitching mountain, and each one of his starts has become compulsory viewing for fans — if only to avoid missing a historic performance.

But deGrom is a superstar, not a superhero, and there are times when this seeming immortal-in-the-making is merely excellent, instead of sensational. Wednesday provided the setting for one of those games, as deGrom took a small but noticeable step down from his brilliant performance the week before yet still limited the Boston Red Sox to one run and three hits over six innings. He also struck out nine batters, for 59 punch-outs on the season.

But it was not good enough, as the Red Sox beat the New York Mets, 1-0, in front of a disappointed and surly audience, announced as 8,051.

Four Boston pitchers did to the struggling Mets batters the kind of things that deGrom had been doing to opponents all year: They combined on a two-hit shutout with 15 strikeouts, almost mimicking deGrom’s previous outing against the Washington Nationals on April 23.

“He was tremendous again,” Mets manager Luis Rojas said of deGrom.

“We didn’t back that up.”

After his first four starts, deGrom, who has already won two National League Cy Young Awards (2018 and 2019) as the best pitcher in the league, established himself as the leader for a third trophy. He struck out 14 against the Miami Marlins on April 10, 14 more against the Colorado Rockies on April 17 and 15 against the Washington Nationals on April 23. That made

Jacob deGrom of the Mets allowed three hits and one run in six innings of work on Wednesday. him the only pitcher in modern history to have three consecutive games with at least 14 strikeouts and one or fewer walks.

And even after Wednesday’s relative decline in production, deGrom’s ERA is a minuscule 0.51 and his career ERA is 2.55, better than Tom Seaver’s Mets record of 2.57 for pitchers with at least 1,000 innings pitched.

And with nine more strikeouts Wednesday, deGrom tied Nolan Ryan’s record of 59 strikeouts in the first five appearances of a season.

DeGrom’s starts have long attracted attention, but this year they have been elevated to appointment viewing, just as it was when Seaver, Dwight Gooden, Pedro Martínez and even Matt Harvey pitched at home.

The stands were often full and the buzz palpable when those aces were in their primes.

This year, seating capacity is limited at Citi Field because of the coronavirus pandemic, but 8,000 fans are still capable of making a fuss when

deGrom is at his peak, the way he was against Washington. On Wednesday, they sensed he was not at that same level, especially when he required 10 pitches to put away Nick Pivetta, the opposing starting pitcher, who fouled off six straight pitches before striking out in the third.

That is not supposed to happen against deGrom. Nor do teams hit three hard doubles off him when he is throwing his best stuff. But he has allowed only two earned runs all year, and lost both of those games, prompting more questions about the lack of run support from the sputtering Mets batters.

“I try not to think too much about it,” deGrom said. “I’m more disappointed I wasn’t able to make pitches in the second inning.”

Pitchers who have been booed mercilessly off mounds after getting pummeled have been far less critical of themselves than deGrom was Wednesday night. He said his mechanics were off, so he had been un-

able to locate his fastball, especially down in the strike zone. He said that had allowed a good-hitting team like the Red Sox to take advantage.

But really, they only took advantage once. Xander Bogaerts led off the second inning with a double to the wall in left field, and one out later, Christian Vázquez doubled to right, scoring Bogaerts. That was it. The only other hit deGrom surrendered was a double down the right-field line

by Rafael Devers with two outs in the fourth inning, and he then struck out Vázquez.

“I’m just disappointed because of how good I felt mechanically last time out there, and I wasn’t able to repeat that,” deGrom said. “It was frustrating.”

The fans were far more frustrated with the offense, and rightfully so.

Francisco Lindor, who recently signed a 10-year, $341 million contract extension, went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts, lowering his batting average to .203, and heard more booing from the impatient fans.

“It’s interesting, and it’s funny, and it sucks,” Lindor said before the game, referring to the booing in the previous game. “It doesn’t feel right, for sure.”

He said it was the first time in his career he had been booed and, curiously, added that he did not consider himself to be slumping.

“They expect results,” Lindor said of the fans. “I expect results, and I get it. It’s part of the job. I just hope they cheer and jump up when I start hitting home runs and helping the team on a daily basis a lot more than I’m doing now.”

DeGrom, on the other hand, is always striving for perfection and probably considers himself to be in a deep slump after Wednesday’s marginal disappointment. He might be the only one to think that way.

“If Jake deGrom doesn’t have good stuff and goes six innings with one run and nine punchies,” catcher James McCann said, “he must be pretty darn good.”

Many people will tune in next week, when deGrom pitches again, to find out for sure.

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April 30 - May 2, 2021

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By extending Emmert’s deal, NCAA shows distance from college sports’ day-to-day

By ALAN BLINDER

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ust over a month ago, when the NCAA was embroiled in another crisis of its own making, 21 board members joined a hastily called videoconference with Mark Emmert, the persistently embattled president of the governing body of college sports.

During the 69-minute session, they heard about disparities between their men’s and women’s basketball tournaments and had, meeting minutes show, “a discussion regarding the timeliness and substance of the response of President Emmert and his staff” to a debacle that had embarrassed the NCAA amid its signature yearly showcase.

Then, on Tuesday night and with a review into deep-rooted gender equity issues still in its opening weeks, the association’s Board of Governors stunned the rest of the college sports world with the announcement that it had extended Emmert’s contract to the end of 2025. It was a multimillion-dollar commitment, if Emmert’s past compensation remains a guide, to the man who is among the greatest symbols of the gap between the dayto-day reality of college athletics and the management of them.

The choice was instructive, suggesting that for all of the turmoil that has enveloped the NCAA on Emmert’s watch, which began in 2010, the board has little or no interest in policy or personnel exit ramps, or a sense that it might soon need them. It was also an assertion of power: a reminder that, despite the influence of the conference commissioners, coaches and athletic directors who have growled and griped about Emmert for years, the most substantive authority in the NCAA rests with part-time board members largely drawn from the ranks of university presidents.

In a summary of Tuesday’s board meeting, the NCAA, which declined to make a board member available for an interview, disclosed Emmert’s extension with just 16 words beneath the heading “other business.” The association took more than double the space to talk about a plan for fewer in-person board meetings — sessions where, presumably, members will maintain the plodding pace that the NCAA defends as a defining and necessary feature of a group with about 1,100 member schools.

Tuesday’s unanimous vote length-

Mark Emmert, the president of the N.C.A.A., now has a deal to lead the organization through 2025. ened Emmert’s deal by two years. It also deepened the board’s embrace of a president whose era has included a blizzard of controversies, not all of them self-inflicted, that range from the NCAA’s handling of the sexual abuse scandal at Penn State to a splashy television rights deal that still might have undervalued the tournaments that draw millions of viewers.

“I don’t hire myself,” Emmert, whose last publicly disclosed pay package was worth about $2.7 million a year, said this month. “The board does that. I know there’s been plenty of things that have been done poorly or misses that we’ve had over the years. I’m certainly happy to take my share of responsibility for that.

I don’t pretend like I’m infallible, that we’ve done everything perfectly, or that I’ve done everything perfectly. I’ve made plenty of mistakes and have learned from them.”

No NCAA leader will ever be fully immune from criticism; being a target of complaints, warranted or not, is essentially a birthright of the gig. But the board’s surprise move — executives at conferences and schools said that they had no idea that an extension was even being considered, much less made final — reflects a particular brand of stubbornness as the

NCAA faces legacy-shaping, industry-defining reckonings on everything from the financial havoc of the coronavirus pandemic to the scope of the association’s power.

Emmert now figures to see the NCAA through much of it — and maybe all of it.

He has a supportive board that has been publicly unbothered by his performance, even if he must contend with a disgruntled cadre of athletics administrators on campuses and in conference offices.

“Mind-boggling,” said a commissioner of a Division I conference who said “presidents seem hopelessly out of touch” and spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid rupturing the conference’s relationship with the NCAA. The board, which includes eminences of American politics, sports and business in addition to the university leaders, probably has plenty of explanations for striking a new deal with Emmert.

Members may have been looking to give a dose of stability to the NCAA, which has seen an array of senior officials plan their departures for one reason or another. (Just last week, the White House announced that President Joe Biden had chosen Donald Remy, the NCAA’s chief operating officer, as his nominee for

deputy secretary of veterans affairs. The secretary of veterans affairs, Denis McDonough, was a member of the NCAA’s board until last year.)

They may believe that a presidential shake-up would signal a surrender on the industry’s myriad fights. Maybe they figure Emmert deserves to be rewarded for keeping the NCAA afloat during the pandemic, even though it lost nearly $56 million in the fiscal year that ended in August 2020.

It could be as simple as the board being chummy with Emmert, who previously led Louisiana State and the University of Washington and said in an interview in January that he had “no interest in moving away from this anytime soon.”

A board, of course, is expected to offer a measure of independent oversight and to try to remain above the daily turmoil and tensions of a sprawling industry. There is danger, though, in a board or its chosen executive being too distant, or even appearing so.

Yet that is what the NCAA walked into this week, sparking a round of shock and fury and once again offering evidence of a disconnect that has long left college sports prone to surprise and infighting.

The outrage was predictable, quite possibly even somewhat preventable. But with the NCAA, it almost always is.

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April 30 - May 2, 2021

Philadelphia Eagles GM Howie Roseman talks team’s next steps

By KEN BELSON

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ick Foles. The Philly Special.

The Lombardi Trophy parading down Broad Street.

The giddy memories from the Philadelphia Eagles’ first Super Bowl victory after the 2017 season have faded dramatically for the team’s famously vocal fans, who have fallen into despair over the rapid descent since.

After squeaking into the NFL playoffs in 2018 and 2019, the Eagles, through a combination of injuries and bad play, went into free fall last season, finishing with a 4-11-1 record.

The architects of the championship run were rewarded: Quarterback Carson Wentz signed a second contract reportedly worth $128 million over four years (with about two-thirds of it guaranteed), while coach Doug Pederson and general manager Howie Roseman got contract extensions. But Pederson was fired after last season and the oft-injured Wentz, once thought to be the franchise’s future, was traded to the Indianapolis Colts in March.

Roseman, who has been general manager for every season but one since 2010, now must find a way out of the morass for the Eagles in a year when the salary cap was cut 8% leaguewide.

The Eagles’ current contracts also put them near the bottom of the league in money available for new player signings. Roseman, in two interviews, spoke with The New York Times about the franchise’s uphill climb ahead of the 2021 draft that started Thursday, where the Eagles hold 11 total picks.

The interview has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.

Q: There are still restrictions on meeting potential draft picks. For example, you met Carson Wentz four times before you picked him. This year, you would have had no face-to-face meetings. How have you adapted?

A: I think that that’s where the value of our scouting is even more important than ever, because these guys have really studied these players and talked to their sources since they came into college. Now it’s different because of the pandemic. But they have these backgrounds on these guys starting the year before they come out and they are underclassmen. And so

“We’re not looking at this like, you know, let’s see how long that we can struggle,” Eagles General Manager Howie Roseman said. “We’re looking to turn this around as quickly as possible, and we feel like we’ve done that.

you’re really relying on them and who are the leaders of the team. The background and character is such a big part of what we do in a normal year, but even more integral when you’re talking about this kind of process.

Q: You helped rebuild the Eagles after their last downturn in 2015 and 2016. How is the process different this time?

A: We’ve been in situations before where we might not have as many assets as we do the next two years. We’re excited about that. We climbed the mountain once. We’ll climb it again.

Q: Why did you move on from Carson Wentz after making so much effort to draft him and sign him to a contract extension?

A: When we looked at the whole picture going forward and being able to not only get the draft picks but also get close to $50 million in cap relief, we felt like it was a win-win for us, the

player and the Colts. And those are the best trades.

Q: What should Eagles fans take away from the trade that sent Wentz to Indianapolis (for a third-round pick this year and a conditional second-round pick next year)?

A: Because we have so many picks over the next two years, it gives us the flexibility to not only move up and down the draft board, to target some guys, but also if there is an opportunity in the trade market at a particular position, to go get that guy, especially when we look at the cap and how the cap got reduced because of the pandemic.

Q: Was it anything specific about Wentz that led you to move on?

A: I don’t know that we can point to one factor. I think that it was a variety of factors that led us to this, including his desire for a fresh start.

Q: Does this mean Jalen Hurts is

your new franchise quarterback?

A: This is one of those games that when you take just a small period of time, you can’t evaluate any player just on potential. So for any young player, including Jalen, he has to stack days on days to continue improving and work at his craft.

Q: What’s been the hardest aspect of the salary cap being cut by 8%, particularly when you have so little cap space on your roster?

A: This is the first year that I can remember that we were really forced to be more conservative in terms of opportunities. We are balancing that with the knowledge that we have a lot of draft picks going forward that will allow us to get a lot of young players onto the roster.

Q: What do you think when you hear criticism that you’re not doing enough or the players aren’t doing enough or the coaches aren’t doing enough?

A: We’re not looking at this like, you know, let’s see how long that we can struggle. We’re looking to turn this around as quickly as possible, and we feel like we’ve done that.

You talked about the transition from coach (Andy) Reid and coach (Chip) Kelly came in, and we won 20 games the next two years. Coach Pederson came, we won seven and then we won 35 the next three years. And so that’s our goal, and accumulating assets is a way to make us better quicker — it’s not to sit here and just see how long it takes to get back on top.

Q: Some reports have described dysfunctional communication in the team’s front office last year. Are those descriptions fair?

A: Last year with the pandemic was a unique year in terms of communication for everyone. But at the same time, if we didn’t have a team that worked together, then we wouldn’t have had the success that we had in the past when we dealt with adversity, whether it was coming back in 2016, getting a whole new group and winning a championship in our second year, or in 2018 and 2019, with the starts we had, finishing strong one year and making a strong run in the playoffs and the other year winning the division.

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Sudoku How to Play: Fill in the empty fields with the numbers from 1 through 9.

Sudoku Rules: Every row must contain the numbers from 1 through 9 Every column must contain the numbers from 1 through 9 Every 3x3 square must contain the numbers from 1 through 9

Crossword

Answers on page 30

Wordsearch

GAMES

HOROSCOPE Aries

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(Mar 21-April 20)

The qualities of enthusiasm and determination are ones that can bring the biggest prize, as they may help you get beyond the desire to put something off. Have doubts about moving ahead with a plan?

A strong alignment could help you overcome a lack of confidence. A potent tie suggests you might feel nervous about this, but by going for it anyway, you could surprise yourself.

Taurus

(April 21-May 21)

Gemini

(May 22-June 21)

If a sense of frustration takes hold, try not to be deterred, as your outlook could brighten as the day progresses. A Venus/Saturn tie, suggests allowing your interest in new ideas to lead the way. Make a call or two, or extend the hand of friendship to someone with a fresh perspective. Interesting opportunities may be on their way, and it is time to encourage them along.

It’s a lively yet potentially fulfilling day, in which friends and new encounters may play a part. You might be ready for excitement or new experiences, and a call to someone could forge a nice connection, especially if it’s regarding business or social affairs.

One matter can show signs of coming to a head though, so tread with care around edgy issues and keep things sweet, Gemini.

Cancer

(June 22-July 23)

It’s time to make a bold move, if you feel ready and are determined to forge ahead. There may be challenges associated with an ambition, but with savvy, you can work around these. As the Sun and Saturn align, you could be on the verge of forging a business-like partnership that might be a force for good in your life. Commitment and persistence bring the potential for success, Cancer.

Leo

(July 24-Aug 23)

There is a lot of positive energy showing, so don’t let a niggling issue spoil the day’s potential. Still, unless you make a point of doing your best to resolve it, or can drop it, it could play on your mind and leave you with less energy and focus for other things. Need assistance with something? Others are unlikely to refuse you, and may be eager to play their part to get things moving.

Virgo

(Aug 24-Sep 23)

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A surprise could come your way today, as the Moon opposes electric Uranus across your communication axis. Someone may have news you hadn’t expected, or there might be a disconnect. Don’t jump to conclusions Virgo, as this temporary aspect suggests that although you might experience some disruption, something quite exciting can emerge because of it.

Libra

(Sep 24-Oct 23)

As lovely Venus forges a harmonious tie to sobering Saturn, it’s time to take an idea or opportunity seriously. An encounter might not be the most fun you’ve had in a while, but it could be perfect for cementing a business proposition or collaborating on a brilliant idea. Someone can take you and your skills very seriously, and seems keen to move things forward.

Scorpio

(Oct 24-Nov 22)

Does a situation seem ready to bubble over? This can involve a minor clash with someone, unless you nip it in the bud, sooner rather than later. With the Moon in your sign, you could give this more focus than it warrants. By letting it wash over you, positive solutions might readily show up. Thinking of starting a home business, Scorpio? If so, a great idea may get you going.

Sagittarius

(Nov 23-Dec 21)

Capricorn

(Dec 22-Jan 20)

If you’ve reached a dead end regarding a key project, then consider teaming up with a friend, as their high-energy may be contagious. What you really need is fresh ideas, and these might be possible with a good brainstorming session. Plus, with dynamic Mars stirring up your love of knowledge, it’s worth reaching out to others who could have some expertise in this area, Archer.

There is no point in resisting the inevitable. Clinging to the past may keep you stuck, whereas embracing fresh ideas can seem a tad risky, and yet be so freeing.

Something new might be waiting in the wings, and it just needs an invitation from you to set it in motion.

Thinking of making a few changes to your home?

Research prices, as you could cut the cost of plans considerably.

Aquarius

(Jan 21-Feb 19)

Recent days may have kept you busy, with a dynamic focus on a social zone encouraging you to reach out. Equally, this can be an opportunity to bring a dream into reality, and one that you might have been thinking about for a while. Something could stir in you that inspires you to get going. Require assistance? Ask Aquarius, as by pooling resources you’ll get a lot done fast.

Pisces

(Feb 20-Mar 20)

Ready for something fresh? As the Moon faces off with Uranus, a conversation could leave you excited about something you’d never considered, Pisces. If it has the potential to make a big difference to your life, then explore further. You might also be keen to invest in your spiritual development by taking up a course or class that reduces anxiety and enhances inner calm.

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CARTOONS

Herman

Speed Bump

Frank & Ernest

BC

Scary Gary

Wizard of Id

For Better or for Worse

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