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San Juan hosts a pair of renowned fishing events this weekend
Roger Casellas, director of this IBT edition, also wel comed and highlighted the importance of holding the closing of a championship known as the Sport Fishing Championship (SFC). CBS Sports will broadcast the event. “Many fishermen will be with us for the first time, which has a positive impact on Puerto Rico and the sports brotherhood,” Casellas said. “Others will know us through CBS Sports. They will fish on our boats and get to know our culture,” he added, referring to the IBT rotation system: a different fisherman goes on local boats daily, enhancing sportsmanship.
“We do it as part of a conservation effort for future generations,” he said. “Because of their characteristics, studies have shown that these fish aren’t consumed or have any economic value.”
Teams from the United States such as Rising Son’s, Bandito and Quantified -- which brought their vessel from Texas to San Juan -- are registered in the IBT and will also compete in the SFC’s final for a $1 million prize and a 34-inch glass trophy.
In an aside with the STAR, Casellas said “since 2003, we’ve been releasing back to the sea every bluebill caught; it’s a catch and release event.”
The IBT will be held from today through Saturday, fol lowed by the award ceremony. As required 19 years ago, fishermen cannot board the billfishes; doing so results in disqualification. The rule reiterates the San Juan Yacht Club’s vision of conserving the species for future generations.
“The blue billfish is abundant year-round, but during this time of the year, they pass through our waters,” Casel las said. “So we’re lucky to be on the water again after a rough year and after the worst of the pandemic.”
Sports organizers from the United States recognize the importance of the IBT event, which has been held uninter ruptedly for 69 years and brings other sportspeople, such as those competing for the SFC.
By ALEJANDRA M. JOVER TOVAR Special to The Talejandra.jover@gmail.comSTARheSanJuanYachtClub is celebrating its 69th edition of the International Billfish Tournament (IBT), the oldest of its kind in the world, with representatives from South Africa, Brazil, the United States, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. At least 50 fishermen from local and international teams will participate in the San Juan Trench this weekend.
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As for the SFC, “the competitors fish tuna, mahi-mahi, wahoo and grouper, and those are gifted or consumed,” Casellas noted. “If they want to sell them, we don’t participate in that,” he said. “But those fish have great demand.”
Also, a novelty of this year’s edition is the presenta tion of a new award to reaffirm the bonds of friendship between San Juan and the Dominican Republic. Thanks to a reciprocity agreement, the Dominican Republic Perpetual Trophy will be awarded to the winning club at the CNSD International Blue Marlin Fishing Tournament held in VisitOctober.theFacebook page @San Juan IBT, Instagram @ cnsj_ibt, and www.sanjuaninternational.com, or call 787722-0177 for more information and participation team that wins Sport Fishing CBS Sports by Alejandra M. Jover Tovar)
The 69th edition of the International Billfish Tournament and the closing of the Sport Fishing Championship will be contested at the same time
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“We’re finally stepping out of the pandemic, and every one’s excited to be part of these events,” Casellas reiterated. “We are fortunate to be able to organize this event, enjoy the Caribbean temperatures and have a great time. This year it’s different because we have broad participation.”
The tournament focuses on blue billfishes, greatly prized by sports fishermen.
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Karlexy Rosario, a former lineman ll and president of the Energy Alliance Chapter of the Electrical Industry and Irrigation Workers Union (UTIER by its Spanish acronym), said that, as a lineman, his job was to provide preventive maintenance to transmission, dis tribution, and underground lines and minimize interruptions in the electrical system due to breakdowns. He now works as a driver of heavy vehicles in the Department of Education. “Our priority was to ensure that the components of the electrical system (trans formers, electrical conductors, poles, etc.) were in optimal condition,” Rosario said. “If we identified any components that needed to be replaced, the work was scheduled, and if the power had to be interrupted to repair them, customers were notified in advance so they could make arrangements. Since LUMA arrived, none of this is being done, and that is why breakdowns occur almost daily.”
The Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) through a res olution issued earlier this week approved five solar energy purchase contracts that in total will add 169.37 megawatts to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PRE PA) network.“TheAuthority has requested multiple extensions to conclude this negotiation process. Each delay entails cost increases considering high inflation and supply chain prob lems,” PREB Chairman Edison Avilés Deliz said in a written statement. “The Bureau supports the Authority’s efforts, but demands greater urgency and diligence in order to conclude the 18 projects of this first phase of renewables, which in total should add up to 844.82 megawatts of electrical resources.”
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“My job, along with that of other colleagues, was to provide maintenance, and periodic tests were documented and formed part of each team’s file. … I can say without a doubt that LUMA does not have enough personnel to have all the equipment with its scheduled maintenance up to date,” said Seda, who now also works as a brigade technician at the Public Buildings Authority. “If LUMA alleges that they are working well and up to date, why don’t they show the test and maintenance sheets of each substation that has burned down?”
Regarding the responsibility for recent blackouts, Pierluisi insisted that it is up to the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau to fine LUMA Energy or PREPA if negligence has occurred.
Julio Seda, with 25 years working at PREPA’s Costa Sur plant in maintenance and calibration of protection equipment, substa tions, and telecommunications, noted that the maintenance program at PREPA was to detect defects in the equipment and avoid major breakdowns to the electrical system.
Island public school students return to classrooms today.
“LUMA has not been and will not be ready for an atmospheric event,” Seda said. “We have all witnessed that they do not know our complex electrical system while hundreds of us [are working] in other agencies.”Thegroup insisted that canceling the contract with LUMA and returning them to their old jobs would solve the problem. Gov. Pedro Pierluisi said on Tuesday that “I don’t defend [LUMA]. I supervise both entities, LUMA and PREPA.” “LUMA is the result of a transformation that is ongoing,” he said in response to ques tions from the press during an unrelated press conference. “We do not want the monopoly that existed in the past in the hands of PREPA in transmission and distribution, and that is not an option. The important thing is that it continues to improve its performance, in the case ofTheLUMA.”governor said the solution to the problems with the electrical system is re construction. “FEMA is moving fast, and we already have about 40 projects approved,” Pierluisi said. “If I remember correctly, there are already 12 under construction, including to improve substations and replace lines.”
“The Energy Bureau is committed to advancing the transition of the electrical system to renewable generation sources,” Avilés Deliz said. “The Bureau has evaluated these contracts in less than two weeks and we will continue to work tirelessly and with the utmost urgency to ensure the people of Puerto Rico, in the medium and long term, a cleaner electricity system with stable prices.”
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia said Tuesday that some people criticize for the sake of criticizing, in reference to the complaints made by Popular Democratic Party (PDP) mayors about the conditions of the schools on the verge of the start of a new school year. “Some [mayors] come with a preconceived notion to be criticizing at the wrong time,” the governor said in response to questions from the press. “In other words, tomorrow we will have the resumption of school. I am sure that the vast majority of schools will be in good condition. In the same way, and I don’t like to say this, I know that there are going to be exceptions, there will always be some schools that are not in condition. The secretary [of Education, Eliezer Ramos Parés] has said that if any school that we detect is not in good condition, then it is closed and we proceed to provide educa tion alternatively while the irregularities are corrected or the necessary repairs are made.”
left the University Hospital for Adults without electricity for more than 24 hours, dis placed Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) employees insisted that LUMA Energy personnel are neither trained nor ready to deal with the peak of hurricane season.
By ALEJANDRA M. JOVER TOVAR Special to The Aalejandra.jover@gmail.comSTARfteranelectricalbreakdown
All displaced employees agree that the lack of trained personnel and system maintenance is crucial to the passage of a major storm through the island and the system recovery process.
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“Meanwhile, they [the PDP mayors] talk about the [teach er] recruitment that had not taken place, about how the vast majority of teachers are all going to be recruited,” Pierluisi said. “On the contrary, there will be almost no shortage of teachers in Puerto Rico. What happens is that some people, for whatever reasons, be it a partisan agenda, be it some particular interest, criticize for the sake of criticizing, but I’m not going to accept it. In other words, I listen, I respect but I repudiate the generalizations and I repudiate this attitude of bringing down everything that is being done.”
Avilés Deliz said PREPA had requested the approval of the contracts through motions filed with the PREB on Aug. 4 and Aug. PREPA13.also reported that it was continuing to negoti ate four renewable-energy contracts with a proponent that would add another 245.3 megawatts. The additional contracts would complete the 18 green-energy projects that the PREB approved on Feb. 2 after PREPA requested its authorization in December 2021. Considering the urgency that the transi tion to renewables implies for the economy of Puerto Rico, the PREB ordered PREPA to complete the negotiations and submit the final four contracts on or before Aug. 26.
Fontanés Gómez said the new contract was more similar to the concession for the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport.
Pierluisi said it was not fair to compare the contract given San Juan Cruise Port with the contract given to LUMA Energy to operate the transmission and distri bution of the energy utility because they are different.
The announcement was made by Gov. Pedro Pier luisi Urrutia and Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority (P3A) Executive Director Fermín Fontanés Gómez at a news conference. Federico González Denton was appointed by Global Ports Holding to head the San Juan Cruise Port. The 30-year public-private partnership agreement (PPP) between the Puerto Rico Ports Authority and San Juan Cruise Port encompasses a private capital invest ment of over $400 million to meet the infrastructure and modernization needs of piers 1, 3, 4, and 11 to 14 and Pan American I and II of the Ports Authority.
“The outdated ports infrastructure we see today is the result of decades of challenges that have limit ed the continued development capacity of the Ports Authority,” Fontanés Gómez said. “Today we formally create a viable way to execute the improvements and modernization that this infrastructure needs, in the experienced hands of a private company with vast, global experience in the operation of cruise terminals.”
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The selection of San Juan Cruise Port is the result of a procurement process that began in 2017 with the goal of addressing the historical deterioration of the cruise ship terminals and optimizing and modernizing their structural condition so as to bring them up to date with current and future cruise ship industry standards, the governor said. Global Ports Holding submitted an unsolicited proposal. The proposed PPP will allow increased port access in the San Juan Bay and will strengthen the island’s position as a maritime tourist destination in the Caribbean. As part of the process established by the Public-Private Partnership Act of 2009 (Act 29- 2009), the P3A carried out a desirability and convenience study that analyzed various options to address the current situation of the Ports Authority cruise
“One of the main considerations weighing on the need for this PPP was the Ports Authority’s lack of capital for the necessary infrastructure works in the terminals,” he said. Factors such as the lack of long-term planning and the lack of financing for improvements contribut ed to the deterioration of the cruise terminals, which were in a state of disrepair prior to hurricanes Irma and Maria and suffered even more damage after their impact. In fact, evaluations of the cruise ship terminals by federal authorities such as The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the United States Maritime Administration have identified serious structural defi ciencies that require repairs and improvements of more than $200 million. “This PPP makes capital investment viable to achieve the goal of positioning Puerto Rico at the forefront of the cruise industry in the Caribbean re gion,” Pizá Batiz added. “It allows us to capitalize on the experience of the private sector in carrying out the repair of existing facilities and the construction of new facilities within the framework of an organized long-term plan. It will also allow the optimization of the terminal operation and maintenance in order to ensure the arrival of, and additional cruise line visits along with a greater number of base ports.”
Pizá Batiz said some 78 of the estimated 500 Ports workers will be impacted. They will be given a choice to work with San Juan Cruise Port, which has its own retirement system, or continue to work with the government. Some workers will be given incentivized retirement or work with other agencies.
The Puerto Rico government selected San Juan Cruise Port, a subsidiary of London-based Global Ports Holding, for the repair, design, construction, financing, maintenance and operation of the San Juan Bay cruise terminals as part of a 30-year concession.
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The P3A executive director stated that “the selec tion of San Juan Cruise Port, a subsidiary of Global Ports Holding, is the culmination of an extensive five-year process that included the constant adaptation of the project to the current reality of the cruise industry.”
Ports Authority Executive Director Joel Pizá Batiz added that “historically, the work that the Ports Author ity has done on the cruise terminals has been modest, with minimum capital investment, mostly to meet the particular needs of the cruise lines, but never as part of an organized general plan.”
Theterminals.studyconcluded that a PPP is the appropri ate mechanism for the project since it allows for the capital investment necessary to bring the terminals up to world-class standards and maximize the impact of the cruise sector on the island’s economy and tourism. “As a government, our main efforts and initiatives in the tourism sector include the private sector. The cruise line industry has always been an important component of what we have to offer to the world but at this moment, we can’t compete on a large scale with other jurisdic tions that are being transformed to attract more ships with better port facilities,” Pierluisi said. “That’s why we decided to take prompt action against the evident deterioration of the infrastructure of our cruise ship docks to meet the demands of the international cruise industry. This public-private partnership is essential to promote Puerto Rico as the main cruise destination in the Caribbean. With this alliance the docks and cruise ports will receive an unprecedented investment of more than $400 million in capital improvements that will transform them to the high standards of our competitors, but most of all to the tourism sector around the world.”
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Global Ports Holding (GPH) is the world’s larg est independent cruise port operator. It operates 26 cruise ports in 14 countries, including the cruise ship terminals in The Bahamas; Antigua & Barbuda in the Caribbean; Málaga and Barcelona in Spain; and several ports in Portugal, Italy, Malta, the Adriatic and East Mediterranean and Singapore, among other destinations worldwide. The company was established in 2004 as an international port operator with a diversified portfolio of cruise ports. GPH traditionally provides services for 15 million passengers annually (pre-COVID pandemic) throughout the Caribbean, Mediterranean and Asia-Pa cific regions. GPH is strongly focused on operational excellence, enhanced security and safety practices, and customer-oriented services. San Juan Cruise Port, as a GPH subsidiary, is the entity responsible for managing and operating the San Juan Bay cruise terminals project in PuertoUnderRico.the PPP agreement, GPH will undertake the repair, design, construction, financing, maintenance and operation of the San Juan Bay cruise terminals; all costs and expenses relating to the port facility opera tions, maintenance and improvements of the ports fa cilities; all debts and obligations relating to the facilities and its operations, maintenance and improvements; the Initial Investment Projects at financial closing and, subject to demand triggers, the Expansion Investment Projects and the Phase Two Projects; prepare a business and marketing plan, as well as operations and open access; maintain the safety of the piers and facilities at a level and in a manner consistent with good industry practice and other regulatory requirements, and other requirements of the PPP agreement; satisfy key per formance indicators such as: maximize the use of the terminals by attracting cruise lines and involving local stakeholders; provide reference services to all cruise line vessels and other shipping lines; and pay the Ports Authority annual revenue shares equal to a minimum of 5% of the gross revenue.
Subsidiary of London-based company chosen to manage San Juan cruise terminals for 30 years
The U.S. Department of Justice awarded another allo cation, of $288,426, to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for a residential substance abuse treatment program for state inmates.
The second grant, for $587,395, was allocated to the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus to provide advice and technical assistance to 20 non-governmental organizations that support economic development efforts on the island.
with a focus on empowering the Latino population in both locations. In Puerto Rico, UnidosUS is partnering with the local One Stop Career Center to train residents in the growing construction and aerospace industry.
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“The release of coverage estimates for Puerto Rico represents a final piece in completing our comprehensive assessments from the 2020 Post-Enumeration Survey,” Census Bureau Director Robert L. Santos said. “This is one of many self-assessments that allow us to think critically about how we transform our operations and plan for the 2030TheCensus.”numbers are important because they are used to determine things like the amount of federal aid to the island. The PES was used to develop independent estimates of the number of people and housing units in the United States and Puerto Rico on April 1, 2020. Those estimates were compared to 2020 Census counts to explore the strengths and limitations of the data and to inform plans to improve the 2030 PuertoCensus.Ricois the largest and most populous U.S. ter ritory and was treated as a separate governmental entity. As such, the sample was designed up front to allow for subpopulation estimates of coverage. According to the PES, the 2020 Census overcounted the Puerto Rico population by 5.7%, or 174,000 people. That was not statistically different from the 4.5% overcount in the 2010 Census. The estimated rate of erroneous enumerations in the 2020 Census was 9.8%, or 319,000. This includes an estimated 9.1%, or 294,000, duplicate records. The PES estimated an overcount of people in owned housing units by 8.6%. Renters did not have a statistically significant undercount or overcount.
The bipartisan federal budget agreement for fiscal year 2022, also known as the omnibus, included financing for community projects sought by the resident commissioner. Among them are $116,000 to reinforce public safety in the municipality of Utuado through the purchase of techno logical equipment including bulletproof vests.
The Economic Development Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce approved two benefit grants for Puerto Rico via the American Rescue Plan Act, the first of which for more than $11.3 million that will go to UnidosUS, a Latino defense and civil rights organization that seeks to boost the economies of Puerto Rico and Denver, Colorado
The U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday announced that it overcounted Puerto Rico’s population by 5% as it released new estimates of net coverage error and components of coverage for Puerto Rico from the 2020 Post Enumeration Survey (PES). The Census Bureau also overcounted the number of people in productive years and the number of owned housing units, according to a statement. Those results provide insight into the quality of the 2020 Census counts for the population and housing units in Puerto Rico.
Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) meanwhile allocated almost $2.2 million to the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources under a program for the de velopment, implementation and effective maintenance of underground storage tanks, leak detection and prevention
The PES estimated overcounts in the San Juan-Bayamón, PR Combined Statistical Area and in the rest of Puerto Rico. Because of the demographics in Puerto Rico, coverage estimates are not computed by race and Hispanic origin.
Jenniffer González Colón announced on Tuesday various allocations of federal funds totaling more than $24.5 million that will allow the government of Puerto Rico, municipalities, non-profit organizations and universities to start or continue their work and service plans.
The U.S. Department of Transportation approved $10 million for the Metropolitan Bus Authority (AMA) to help finance buses and facilities in the transition to less polluting and more energy efficient vehicles. “Modernizing and upgrading our infrastructure is es sential to attract investment, drive economic development and improve our quality of life,” González Colón said in a written statement. “From the [U.S. House] Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, of which I am a member, I work to ensure that Puerto Rico can count on resources such as this allocation of $10 million to modernize the AMA fleet, adding to the $25 million that we announced last week for improvements to Pier C at the Puerto Nuevo container terminal, which allow us to transform our infra structure into a resilient and state-of-the-art infrastructure.”
U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert L. Santos
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The PES did not estimate a statistically significant undercount or overcount of housing units in the 2020 Census in Puerto Rico. The 2010 Census also did not have a statistically significant net coverage error.
The PES also estimated overcounts of the population for ages 30 to 49 years old by 3.6% and ages 50 years and older by 9.7%. The estimated net coverage error rates for the remaining age groups, including children, were not statistically significant. Adult males (5.7%) and females (7.3%) were statistically significantly overcounted in the 2020 Census. The PES also estimated statistical overcounts for 2020 Census counts of females ages 30 to 49 years (4.9%) and females 50 years and over (11%), as well as males 50 years and over (8.3%).
The goals of the program include: encouraging owners and operators to properly manage and keep storage tanks underground, to make them aware of the regulations, and to develop a state program that operates in lieu of the federal program.
The 2020 Census undercounted the number of vacant housing units in Puerto Rico by 5.8%. There was no sta tistically significant overcount or undercount for occupied housing“Understandingunits. the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria, we adapted our operational design to count Puerto Rico as we prepared for the 2020 Census,” Santos said. “We will continue to collaborate closely with key stake holders in Puerto Rico to work toward an accurate count for future censuses.”
PR population overcounted by 5% in 2020 Census
Nearly $25 million in federal funds assigned for transit, underground storage, job training
By LUKE BROADWATER and MAGGIE HABERMAN E ric Herschmann, a lawyer who worked in the White House under then-President Donald Trump, has received a subpoena from a grand jury looking into activities related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the latest indication the Justice Department’s investigation is intensifying, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The subpoena sent to Herschmann is yet another sign of the inquiry reaching into the inner circle around Trump, who is facing criminal, civil and congressional investigations on several fronts. They include investigations into the mishandling of highly sensitive documents, overvaluing properties and his efforts to cling to power after his election loss.
Herschmann has risen in visibility in recent weeks as the House committee investigating the attack has prominently used clips of his closed-door testimony before the panel. Sitting in an office with a black baseball bat with the word “justice” in capital letters on the wall behind him, Herschmann relayed expletive-laced anecdotes and rebukes of the lawyers Trump had been using to try to overturn the election.
Herschmann is at least the fifth top White House official who has received a subpoena to testify in the federal investigation. Others include Pat Cipollone, the White House counsel; his deputy Patrick Philbin; and Greg Jacob, the top lawyer for Vice President Mike Pence. Pence’s chief of staff, Marc Short, also has testified in front of a grand jury.
Herschmann was known for fighting back aga inst the most-extreme plans to try to overturn the election, including at an unhinged Dec. 18, 2020, Oval Office meeting in which three outside advisers sought to have Trump direct the secretary of defense to seize voting machines to look for fraud and also to appoint a special counsel to potentially charge people with crimes. “It got to the point where the screaming was completely, completely out there,” Herschmann told the committee in videotaped testimony. “I mean, you got people walking in — it was late at night, it had been a long day. And what they were proposing I thought was Herschmannnuts.”
described a particularly intense moment with one of the outside advisers, Michael Flynn, the national security adviser whom Trump had fired in his first weeks in office. “Flynn screamed at me that I was a quitter and everything, kept on stan ding up and standing around and screaming at me,” Herschmann said. “At a certain point, I had it with him, so I yelled back, ‘Either come over or sit your f-ing ass back down.’” He said he also confronted Jeffrey Clark, a Justice Department employee who plotted to oust the acting attorney general and install himself atop the agency in an attempt to keep Trump in power. “Congratulations,” Herschmann recalled telling Clark. “You’ve just admitted your first step or act you’d take as attorney general would be committing a felony.”The day after Jan. 6, Herschmann said he re ceived an unexpected call from conservative lawyer John Eastman, who had been working to keep Trump in office. To Herschmann’s surprise — even after the deadly riot — Eastman was still pushing to fight the electionHerschmannresults. cut him off. “I’m going to give you the best free legal advice you’re ever getting in your life,” he recalled telling Eastman before recommending he find a criminal defense lawyer, adding, “You’re going to need it.”
The Department of Justice declined to comment.
The subpoena seeks documents and testimony from Herschmann, who had access to high-level discussions about the plans to overturn the 2020 election, including efforts to interfere with the Justice Department and seize voting machines. It was unclear which of two federal grand juries had subpoenaed him: One is focused on the Jan. 6 attack itself, and the other has been investigating a scheme connected to the Trump campaign to try to overturn the election results using false slates of electors.
Video testimony of Eric Herschmann, a lawyer who worked in the White House under former President Donald Trump, during a hearing of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 23, 2022.
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The Justice Department objected earlier this week to making public the affidavit used to justify the search of former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida, saying its release would “compromise future investiga tive steps” and “likely chill” cooperation with witnesses. In a 13-page pleading, filed in a federal court in southern Florida in response to requests by The New York Times and other news organizations to make public the evidence included in the document, prosecutors suggested that the department has undertaken a broad, intensive inquiry into Trump’s handling of some of the most secret documents of the government after he left office. The prosecutors acknowledged interviewing wit nesses in connection with the investigation of Trump’s retention of the material. They also wrote that releasing the document could compromise the continuing investigation. “Disclosure of the government’s affidavit at this stage would also likely chill future cooperation by witnesses whose assistance may be sought as this investigation progresses,” prosecutors wrote. They added that releasing the affidavit could harm “other high-profile investiga tions” as Onewell.ofthe reasons proposed by the government for not releasing the affidavit was to protect the identities of witnesses against death threats. On Monday, prosecutors in Pennsylvania unsealed charges against a man accused of repeatedly threatening to kill FBI agents in the days after Trump’s property was searched.
Garland agreed last week to release the warrant used to search Trump’s private club, but has resisted attempts to make public the underlying affidavit, a far more sensitive document that should contain, among other things, the reasons prosecutors believe there was probable cause that evidence of a crime could be found at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
In the weeks leading up to Trump’s departure from the White House, officials discussed what to do about material that he had at various points taken up to the residence and that needed to be properly stored and returned.
The investigation into the mishandling of government documents, while known for months, was not considered to be as significant as the department’s sprawling inves tigation into the attack on the Capitol, which has been moving closer to Trump and his top advisers.
In a statement late Monday, the FBI said that it “fol lows search and seizure procedures ordered by courts, then returns items that do not need to be retained for law enforcement purposes.”
Federal agents removed top secret documents when they searched Trump’s residence last week as part of an investigation into possible violations of the Espionage Act and other laws, according to a search warrant made public on Friday. At least one lawyer for Trump signed a written state ment in June asserting that all material marked as clas sified and held in boxes in a storage area at Mar-a-Lago had been returned to the government, four people with knowledge of the document said.
The Justice Department building in Washington, Aug. 6, 2022. The Justice Department objected on Mon day, Aug. 15, to making public the affidavit used to justify the search of former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida, saying its release would “compromise future investigative steps” and “likely chill” coope ration with witnesses.
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The magistrate judge who signed the search warrant, Bruce E. Reinhart, will ultimately decide whether the af fidavit should be released. It is unclear when he will rule on the news media’s request.
By then, the staff secretary, Derek Lyons, known for trying to keep systems in place, had left the administration. Meadows said he would address such issues, according to a senior administration official.
While all this was happening, a very different sce nario was playing out just across West Executive Avenue, in Pence’s less frenetic office.
Trump, who has accused Attorney General Merrick Garland of conducting a politically motivated “witch hunt” and roughly rifling through his family’s possessions, claimed on Monday that the government “stole my three Passports,” in a post on Truth Social, the online platform he founded. By late Monday, the Justice Department admitted the error and contacted Trump’s legal team to retrieve the three passports — two of them expired and the third an active diplomatic passport, according to one of the former president’s lawyers, Evan Corcoran, and a spokesperson for the department.
As Trump sought to hold on to power, two of Pence’s senior aides — Marc Short, his chief of staff, and Greg Jacob, his counsel — indexed and boxed all of his gov ernment papers, according to three former officials with knowledge of the work.
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Jacob spent the bulk of his final few days in govern ment preparing the final boxes, with the goal of ensuring that Pence left office without a single paper that did not belong to him, one of the officials said.
Justice Dept. objects to releasing affidavit used to search Trump’s home
The legal — and political — aftershocks from the search were still reverberating a week after FBI agents appeared at the resort while the president was at his club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
Instead, they often focused on settling political griev ances and personal grudges, they said.
Even as the former president counterattacked, new details emerged of how Trump and his inner circle flouted the norms, and possibly the laws, governing their handling of government records. According to two people with knowledge of the situation, Trump and his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, the man who oversaw presidential records in the chaotic closing days of the administration, failed to organize an effort to collect, box and deliver materials to the National Archives — as prior presidents, and Trump’s own vice president, Mike Pence, did.
The DeSantis dance David Jolly, a former Republican member of Congress from Florida, said the “dance” between DeSantis and Trump was quietly consuming both camps behind the scenes.
— Ronna McDaniel, chair of the Republican National Committee, wrote an opinion essay for Fox News that described the search as “part of a pattern of bureaucratic abuse against Trump.”
1. Immediately denounce it as a “witch hunt” and threaten to investigate or even defund the bureau, while calling for Attorney General Merrick Garland’s impeachment.
— Sen. Mitch McConnell, the top Republi can in the Senate, declined to comment on the search during a trip to visit flood-ravaged com munities in his native Kentucky.
Ron DeSantis walks a tightrope over the Mar-a-Lago search
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia called on Congress to “defund the FBI.”
In a revealing appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., urged the department to release more information about the “justification for this raid.” But he quickly veered toward more favorable political“Rightterrain.now, with the 2022 midterms coming up,” Rounds said, “we’d much prefer to focus on what the policies are right now that are hurting our economy.”
— Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, a key Trump ally, called on Garland and Christopher Wray, the FBI’s Trump-appointed director, to testify about the search before the House Judiciary Committee.
4. Await more information before commen ting at all. To defend or not to defend? The political dilemma was particularly acute for Republicans who aspire to run for president in 2024 — requiring a high-wire act worthy of the Flying EnterWallendas.RonDeSantis, the governor of Florida, who is widely viewed as Trump’s most serious potential rival in a Republican primary race. The political world watches DeSantis’ every move nowadays, and many awaited his reaction to the search with bated breath. Sometimes, mischief ensues. In a clever but dishonest bit of online skul duggery, someone spliced together two separate videos to make it seem as if DeSantis had defended the FBI. The manipulated video, which circulated widely on social media, purports to show DeSantis tangling with Sean Hannity over the Fox News host’s use of the word “raid” to describe the FBI’s actions. “It’s not a raid,” DeSantis says in the edited video, adding, “they were serving valid process in accordance with the laws and Constitution of the United States.” It would have been an explosive moment — the first real fireworks of the shadow 2024 presidential primary. But it never happened. In reality, DeSantis had been defending a 2020 search by law enforcement officers of the home of Rebekah Jones, a former data specialist for the state of Florida who had claimed that the DeSantis administration was manipulating infor mation about the coronavirus pandemic. Hannity, for one, called the video “FAKE NEWS” and demanded that Twitter remove it. What DeSantis actually said was this tweet: “The raid of MAL is another escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies against the Regime’s political opponents, while people like Hunter Biden get treated with kid gloves,” DeSantis wrote. “Now the Regime is getting another 87k IRS agents to wield against its adversaries? Banana Republic.”Note what was missing here: any defense of Trump’s conduct. DeSantis made similar remarks at a rally on Sunday for Kari Lake and Blake Masters, the Republican nominees for governor and Senate in Arizona — criticizing the Justice Department and raising examples of what he characterized as FBI misconduct, while remaining silent on the former president’s alleged mishandling of classified documents.
— Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, the thirdranking Republican in the House, said the FBI had committed an “abuse of power at the highest levels.”
The silent treatment Some might say the politically savvy course of action for Republicans would be to choose the fourth option from the menu above: Say nothing. That’s what Charlie Dent, a former member of Congress from Pennsylvania, suggested his fellow Republicans ought to have done as the news emerged that federal agents had searched Trump’s“Athome.atime like this, my advice to GOP mem bers would be to show restraint and be circumspect in their public comments,” said Dent, who retired in 2018 rather than face reelection after becoming one of the more reliable critics of Trump’s conduct as president.“With Trump,” Dent added, “there’s always more to the story — and it’s usually not very good.” As the week wore on, that advice appeared increasingly sound. News outlets, including this one, reported that the FBI was looking to retrieve highly classified documents that Trump or one of his aides had taken from the White House and stashed at the former president’s private club and residence in West Palm Beach,SomeFlorida.of the documents, The Washington Post reported, pertained to nuclear weapons — among the most sensitive materials in the federal government’s possession. Yet staying silent is not what many Repu blicans did. Let’s briefly review what happened:
In the last few days, however, as fresh in formation has dribbled out about why the Justice Department deemed it necessary to force its way into Mar-a-Lago, most elected Republicans have settled on a posture similar to DeSantis’: ripping the FBI and Justice Department as having overreached, while declining to back Trump outright.
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2. Issue a cautious, place-holder statement expressing confidence in the process while soun ding a note of concern about the potential for Justice Department overreach. Say little that could become embarrassing should more facts emerge that portray the former president’s conduct in a negative light.
3. Criticize former President Donald Trump as having jeopardized the national security of the United States. Call on him to release the search warrant and explain what agents might have been looking for, and why he had not returned the do cuments they were seeking.
— Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, the highest-ranking Republican in the House, issued a clear threat to the Justice Department, saying that Republicans planned to “conduct immediate oversight” of the agency. “Attorney General Gar land, preserve your documents and clear your calendar,” McCarthy said.
By BLAKE HOUNSHELL
Republican politicians weighing how to react to the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago last week had several options. Boiled down, they were:
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has criticized the government in the search of Donald Trump’s home, but has not defended Trump’s conduct.
Trump has periodically noted — accurately — that he remains the most popular Republican in hypothetical 2024 primary matchups, with DeSantis a distant second. But the two have yet to spar in Instead,earnest.they have been circling each other like cage fighters prowling the ring before a match. Allies of DeSantis have spun up “Ready for Ron,” a super PAC backing the Florida governor’s potential candidacy — even as he insists that he is focused on his reelection in Florida and that he has no connection to the effort. (Ed Rollins, a longtime Republican operative who is leading the super PAC, did not respond to a request for comment.) Yet DeSantis has also courted Trump’s donors, and occasionally criticized the former president’s handling of the pandemic. Trump allies have warily eyed his maneuvering, while talking down DeSantis to reporters as an overrated politicalAccordingtalent. to Jolly, “the smartest thing Trump could do is declare right now.” That, he said, could be “the catalyzing moment that squeezes everybody else” out of the Republican field by forcing potential contenders such as DeSantis to either defend Trump more aggressively or distance themselves from the former president’s legal woes. But if Trump cleared the decks to gear up for a third presidential bid by stoking anti-government tension over his legal difficulties, Jolly added, he would be creating “one of the most dangerous moments I think our country could face.”
He said the reports come amid an in crease in building development and in the number of people moving into areas pre viously occupied by alligators. Alligators tend to be more active at night, Butfiloski said, and come out around dusk. While mating season brings an increa se in their movement around May and June, alligator movement this time of year tends to be among“Becausewaterways.they’re coldblooded animals, they regulate their body temperature as best they can based on the environment,” he said. “Early in the year, when water is cooler, it’s common to see them on the banks sun ning themselves. When it gets really hot in the summer, a lot of time they’ll spend time below the water, where it’s cooler.”
Officials said there had been 18 alliga tor-related episodes and five deaths reported in South Carolina since 2000.
Alligator kills 88-year-old woman in South Carolina
The body of an 88-year-old woman who was killed by an alligator was dis covered earlier this week in a pond in a gated community near Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, officials said. It was at least the fourth deadly alligator attack in the Uni ted States this year. The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call at 11:15 a.m. Monday from a Sun City Hilton Head resident who reported that a large alligator was guarding a human body. “When we got there that’s exactly what we found,” said Maj. Angela Viens, a public information officer with the sheriff’sOfficialsoffice.
Alligator attacks, like one after which a woman was found dead near Hilton Head Island, S.C., are “rare but not surprising,” said Maj. Angela Viens of the Beaufort County sheriff’s office.
By EILEEN SULLIVAN Apprehensions of migrants crossing the southwestern border were down for the second month in a row in July, but the number in just the first 10 months of the government’s fiscal year already ex ceeds the total during the previous year, setting a record, according to data released earlier this week. Unauthorized crossings typically decli ne during the summer months. Even so, the number of apprehensions each month conti nues to be higher than most of the previous years. That pattern has continued since the spring of 2021, a trend Republicans blame on President Joe Biden’s campaign promise to be more welcoming to immigrants than his predecessor, and on the policies of his administration.Bytheend of June, border officials ap prehended people more than 1.74 million times, breaking the record from the total number during the government’s 2021 fis cal year of more than 1.73 million, which at the time was the highest number of illegal crossings recorded since at least 1960. The government’s fiscal year ends Sept. 30, and at this rate, the total number of crossings for the year is likely to exceed 2 million. Officials estimate about 18% of the people apprehended in July were repeat crossers, a pattern some blame on the con tinued enforcement of a pandemic-driven public health order, which gives border offi cials the authority to turn migrants away at the border but does not penalize those who cross illegally again. Many of the migrants coming across are seeking asylum, which was significantly restricted through several policies during the Trump administration when there was also a spike in migration. One of those policies is the use of the public health rule, known as Title 42, which the Biden administration tried to end in late May. On Monday, the commissioner of Customs and Border Protection publicly acknowledged the humanitarian impact of the public health rule. In a Twitter post, Commissioner Chris Magnus said the policy, which has been kept in place under court or der, “comes at a heavy cost to many asylumseekers.”
“The border crisis is out of control,” Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said in a Twitter post Monday. Immigration continues to be a hot issue going into the midterm elections this fall. A recent Gallup poll found that more people want an overall reduction in immigration than felt that way in 2020. Most of those who want less immigration identified as Republi can, according to the findings.
identified the woman as Nan cy A. Becker, a resident of Sun City Hilton Head, who they believe was gardening near the pond and slipped into the water, where she was attacked by the alligator. The alli gator, a 9-foot, 8-inch male, was later cap tured, removed from the pond and euthani zed, officials said. Sun City Hilton Head, a residential community for older adults that has many ponds, is about 15 miles west of Hilton Head Island and covers roughly 9 square miles. The pond in which the body was found is surrounded by houses on all sides, said Viens, noting that it was the second alli gator attack in the gated community in five years. The first one was not fatal, she added. “Alligator attacks are rare but not sur prising,” Viens said of the area. Fatal alligator attacks are rare in the United States. The latest was at least the fourth in the United States since May and the second this year in South Carolina. An 80-year-old woman was killed by two alli gators in Englewood, Florida, in July; a man who had been retrieving Frisbees from a lake in Largo, Florida, was killed in May; and in June, a man was killed after being dragged into a retention pond by an alligator in Myrt le Beach, South Carolina.
Migrant surpass a fiscal year record
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Jay Butfiloski, the furbearer and alliga tor program coordinator with the state’s Na tural Resources Department, said that it had seen an “increased frequency” over the past couple years in alligator attacks but “it’s still a pretty rare event.”
By REMY TUMIN
While he was unaware of the details of Monday’s alligator attack, Butfiloski said that such attacks typically happen when a person is near the edge of a body of water, and occur more frequently when a person is accompanied by a pet. “It’s unlikely for them to leave the wa ter to come after someone,” he said. “They’re not going to chase you down the fairway in these golfing communities.”
The high number of crossings comes as the United Nations says there are more displaced people around the world than ever before. Migrants are going to great lengths to get to the United States, putting their lives in the hands of smugglers. They are fleeing vio lence, poverty and life under authoritarian governments in their own countries. Many are looking to the United States for econo mic opportunities after many jobs were lost during the Althoughpandemic.about half of the migrants arrested on the southwestern border have been turned away under the public health order, the administration has released hun dreds of thousands of migrants into the cou ntry to face removal proceedings. These im migrants are given temporary permission to stay because the government cannot imme diately remove them — sometimes because the United States lacks diplomatic relations with the countries they came from, and thus cannot repatriate them, or there is not enough space to detain them.
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By JORDYN HOLMAN Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, continues to grapple with the effects that inflation is having on shoppers’ habits, saying in its earnings report Tuesday that its U.S. comparable sales were up 6.5% from last year for the quarter ending July 31. The boost was driven by shoppers buying necessities such as groceries. The company’s overall operating income for the quarter was $6.9 billion, a drop of 6.8% from the same time last year. Walmart had prepared Wall Street for the report when it revised its full-year outlook last month, saying it expected profits for the full year to fall by as much as 13%. It also said it expected comparable sales to be up about 6% for the second quarter, which it was then able to beat slightly. The retailer Tuesday said it expected its U.S. comparable sales to increase about 3% in the second half of the year. On profit, Walmart provided a rosier outlook, saying it expected operating income to decline 9% to 11%. The company’s stock rose more than 3% in pre market trading.
Walmart, after lowering expectations, reports rise in sales
The company’s earnings show how diffi cult it has been for even the most sophisticated retailers to navigate the changes in consumer behavior in recent months. Retailers are ad justing to shoppers’ concerns around inflation and are navigating higher-than-usual inventory levels for items that people are less willing to purchase as they watch the cost of food and gas rise. Consumers have felt some relief re cently, with U.S. gas prices falling below $4 a gallon last week — their lowest level since March.More of Walmart’s sales are coming from its grocery unit, a sign that shoppers are continuing to concentrate their spending on essential items such as food — which often have lower profit margins — while curtailing spending on categories that they deem more discretionary.Walmart is trying other ways to attract customers. On Monday, the retailer announ ced that it had reached an agreement to inclu de the Paramount+ streaming service as part of its Walmart+ membership package. Subscri bers to Walmart+ pay $12.95 a month for perks that include free shipping and discounts on gas. The retailer had also had discussions with executives from Disney and Comcast about a potential deal that would bundle access to streaming entertainment in with its member ship service. Home Depot, which also reported Tues day, surpassed Wall Street expectations for sa les and profits in its latest quarter, too. During the pandemic, the home-improvement retailer has consistently outperformed analysts’ pro jections. But the company’s stock fell in pre market trading, with a decline in the number of second-quarter transactions combined with a significant rise in the average ticket order su ggesting that some shoppers may be pulling back while professionals like contractors and builders continue spending. Walmart announced a streaming partnership with Paramount ahead of its quarterly earnings.
As the union drive at Starbucks stores accelerates, Starbucks has ratcheted up its efforts to push back on the cam paign, asking earlier this week that the Na tional Labor Relations Board investigate alle gations of misconduct during a union vote in the Kansas City, Kansas, area.
Starbucks, in a letter to the labor board, asked that the agency investigate reports by an NLRB employee that there was unfair coordination between the agency and the union, specifically that several employees were given special voting arrangements and that the NLRB provided confidential real-time election results to the union. The company asked that the agency suspend all elections until the allegations could be investigated. In addition, Starbucks asked that all future elec tions be conducted fully in person. The union described the letter as part of the company’s strategy to obstruct elec tions, as the union’s campaign has picked up force with more than 200 victories secured out of more than 250 elections. “Starbucks is simultaneously claiming to stand for voter protections and then asking that all elections be suspended nationwide,” said Michelle Eisen, a barista at the Elmwood location in Buffalo, New York, the first unio nized company-owned store. “This is hypo crisy at its finest.” In the letter Monday, Starbucks de fended the move. “Starbucks respects the rights of its partners to decide for themsel ves whether they wish to be represented by a union,” the company’s lawyers wrote. “But those rights can only be properly exercised — and realized — through a neutral, honest process.”
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Starbucks has filed numerous com plaints about procedural issues in various in dividual locations, said John Logan, a labor professor at San Francisco State University. He said that the efforts by Starbucks have for
union elections and firing union leaders and pro-union workers, which the company has denied.The company faces more than 200 charges of unfair labor practices across 28 states, which Logan said was an unusually high number for a union drive that has las ted less than a year. A labor dispute between Caterpillar and the United Automobile Wor kers union, for example, lasted more than six years and generated hundreds of allegations of unfair practices. Responding to the letter from Starbucks on Monday, the NLRB said it could not com ment on the specifics of its open cases. “The regional staff — and, ultimately, the board — will carefully and objectively consider any challenges raised through these established channels, which include oppor tunities to seek expedited review in both re presentation and unfair labor practice cases,” said Kayla Blado, a spokeswoman for the la bor board.
ced labor board officials to spend their time and resources investigating complaints, some of which have been found to be lacking in substance. “So often, with Starbucks, the com plaint, or the appeal, is the point,” Logan said. He said the company had ascribed bias to procedural issues that are typical of a swee ping election run. “When there’s hundreds of elections going on — they’ve conducted well over 250 elections and over 300 petitions — people can make mistakes without the inten tions of swinging the election to the union or against the union,” he said.
Starbucks asks for a suspension of union elections
Tensions between union leaders and the company have heightened in recent wee ks. Workers have held more than 55 strikes in at least 17 states. Starting Monday, for exam ple, six stores in Eugene, Oregon, went on strike.The NLRB is investigating Starbucks for various allegations of misconduct, including closing stores where workers had filed for
“We also have established relationships with external, independent and internationally accredited testing labs — specifically for the purpose of regularly testing our products throughout their life cycles,” Stanton said.
For more information, customers can contact 4moms at 877-870-7390 or at safetyandrecall@4moms.com. The company said it would contact all known purchasers directly.
Madeline McIntosh, CEO of Penguin Random House U.S., took the stand earlier this week to defend its bid to buy rival publishing house Simon & Schuster.
McIntosh said editor intuition drives the acquisition of books and how much authors earn upfront. “These are not widgets we’re producing,” McIntosh said.
Dohle also testified that since the company’s most recent significant merger, which brought Penguin and Random House together in 2013, the publisher has lost market share.
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More than 2 million infant swings and rockers recalled after baby’s death
Gary Waters, CEO of 4moms, said in an emailed statement that the company was “deeply saddened by the two incidents” and remained committed “to the highest quality and safetyConsumersstandards.”with crawling infants were advised to stop using the recalled products and to place them where children could not access them. The company is offering consumers a free strap fastener that holds the straps when they aren’t in use to eliminate the safety concern, the company and the product safety commission said. “We take consumer feedback very seriously and work closely with our product development and engineering teams to continuously improve our line of baby gear products to meet the needs of our parents and their families,” Amie Ley Stanton, a 4moms spokesperson, said in an email.Two million MamaRoo swings and 220,000 RockaRoo rockers have been sold in the United States, with an additional 60,000 MamaRoo swings and 10,000 RockaRoo rockers sold in Canada. The MamaRoo is a swing with different motions, speeds and sounds, the safety commission said, while the RockaRoo is a rocker with a front to back glidingThemotion.recall includes MamaRoo products with threepoint harnesses: versions 1.0 and 2.0 (Model 4M-005), version 3.0 (Model 1026) and version 4.0 (Model 1037). The RockaRoo recall is for Model 4M-012. Both lines of products were sold at BuyBuy Baby and Target stores, as well as online on Amazon and the 4moms website, the safety commission said. The rockers were sold between January 2010 and August 2022 for $160 to $250.
Jonathan Karp, CEO of Simon & Schuster, testified this month that while the big five tend to compete the most on the “higher-end,” and that their marketing and publicity muscle give them an advantage when it comes to attracting authors, Simon & Schuster does lose books to smaller firms like W.W. Norton.
Penguin Random House’s CEO defends bid to buy Simon & Schuster
The most recent MamaRoo swing (Model 1046) was launched in July and is not included in the recall, she said. The harness and strap were redesigned for its release.
Madeline McIntosh, chief executive of Penguin Random House, at the company’s offices in Manhattan, Feb. 13, 2020. McIntosh, the chief executive of Penguin Random House, the country’s biggest book publisher, took the stand on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, to defend its bid to buy the rival publishing house Simon & Schuster.
Penguin Random House argued that the industry is vast and varied, extending far beyond its biggest players, and that the government has focused on a tiny sliver of deals, in which Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster are the final bidders for these expensive books. The company also said that the “anticipated top-selling books” category that the government has focused on does not exist as a distinct segment of the market.
More than 2 million infant swings and rockers were recalled earlier this week for posing a danger of strangulation after a baby died and another was rescued from entanglement.
By APRIL RUBIN
By ADAM BEDNAR and ELIZABETH A. HARRIS
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The restraint straps on the MamaRoo swings and RockaRoo rockers hang below the seat while not in use, creating the possibility that crawling infants could get stuck in them, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. The company behind both models, 4moms, “has received two reports of entanglement incidents involving infants who became caught in the strap under the unoccupied MamaRoo infant swing after they crawled under the seat, including a 10-month-old infant who died from asphyxiation, and a 10-month-old infant who suffered bruising to his neck before being rescued by a caregiver,” a release by the safety commission said.
“The evaluation is a highly subjective process.”
The Department of Justice has sued to stop the $2.18 billion acquisition on antitrust grounds, and speaking in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday, McIntosh disagreed with the government’s assertion that the combined publisher would become too dominant in a particular slice of the market.Theslice of the market that the government has focused on are books that earn advances of $250,000 or more, which it called “anticipated top-selling books.” It says that the five largest publishers in the country — which include Penguin Random House, the biggest; and Simon & Schuster, the fourth largest — compete mainly against one another to buy those titles, and if the number of publishers were to shrink, so too would the competition.
Dohle’s testimony also revealed details about the inner workings of Penguin Random House. Approval from McIntosh is required for any advance over $1 million, and from Dohle for any above $2 million. He said he has never rejected such a request.Penguin Random House is allowed by its parent company, Bertelsmann, to spend as much as it wants each year on book acquisitions, Dohle said: “We have unlimited access to cash,” he said.He does, however, need Bertelsmann’s permission at a certain advance level: $75 million. But Dohle said he has never had to ask Bertelsmann for this approval. Even Barack and Michelle Obama’s joint deal for their memoirs, which was for a record-demolishing $65 million, fell below the threshold.
Markus Dohle, CEO of Penguin Random House worldwide, testified this month that the books the government’s argument is focusing on are not in a special category: There are no special editorial, sales or marketing groups that handle projects with advance levels over $250,000, he said. Indeed, the sales force is not even told what advance an author is paid.
Dow, S&P 500 climb as upbeat results from Walmart, others boost optimism
“When you transition from a bear market to a bull mar ket, especially one where the Fed is raising rates and there are concerns over the consumer, you really want to see consumer discretionary underpinned by enthusiasm. And today’s move in discretionary names is positive for the market,” said Quincy Krosby, chief global strategist for LPL Financial in Charlotte, North Carolina. Walmart in July slashed its profit forecast amid surging prices for food and fuel.
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The Dow and S&P 500 rose on Tuesday as stronger-thanexpected results and outlooks from Walmart and Home Depot bolstered views on the health of consumers, while technology shares declined and weighed on the Nasdaq.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 239.57 points, or 0.71%, to 34,152.01, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 8.06 points, or 0.19%, to 4,305.2 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 25.50 points, or 0.19%, to 13,102.55. With results in from the majority of S&P 500 companies, second-quarter earnings are expected to have risen 9.7% from a year earlier, compared with 5.6% estimated on July 1, ac cording to IBES data from Refinitiv. Shares of Target Corp TGT.N, which reports quarterly re sults early on Wednesday, closed 4.6% higher. Still, investors will be anxious to see July U.S. retail sales data, which is due on Wednesday as well. Also on Wednesday, the Fed is scheduled to release minutes from its July policy meeting.Investor sentiment is still bearish, but no longer “apoca lyptically” so, according to BofA’s monthly survey of global fund managers in August. Volume on U.S. exchanges was 10.92 billion shares, com pared with the 10.96 billion average for the full session over the last 20 trading days.
The S&P 500 also came close to breaking above its 200day moving average, a key technical level. The benchmark in dex has not closed above that level since early April. Walmart Inc WMT.N shares jumped 5.1% after the retailer forecast a smaller drop in full-year profit than previously pro jected, while Home Depot Inc HD.N gained 4.1% after it sur passed estimates for quarterly sales. At the same time, the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield US10YT=RR rose, weighing on technology and other highgrowth stocks. Shares of Microsoft Corp MSFT.O were down 0.3% on Tuesday after recent gains. After a harsh first half of the year, the S&P 500 is up nearly 14% since the start of July, helped in part by better-than-ex pected earnings from Corporate America. Investors have also been optimistic lately that the Federal Reserve can achieve a soft landing for the economy as it tight ens policy and raises interest rates to reduce decades-high in flation.
By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ H uge explosions rocked a Rus sian ammunition depot on the occupied Crimean Peninsula on Tuesday morning, delivering another embarrassing blow to Moscow’s forces a week after blasts at a Russian air base in the same region destroyed several fighter jets. A senior Ukrainian official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to dis cuss the operation, said an elite Ukrai nian military unit operating behind enemy lines was responsible for the ex plosions. Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement that the episode was an “act of sabotage,” according to the Rus sian state news agency RIA Novosti. The apparent use of covert forces behind enemy lines underscored the inventiveness of Ukraine’s forces. Since the war began, they have adopted un conventional tactics in the hopes of leveling the playing field while trying to repel attacks from a much larger and better equipped Russian military. Although he did not confirm Ukraine’s involvement, Andriy Yermak, the head of the presidential office in Ukraine, said on the Telegram messag ing app that the country’s armed forces would continue the “demilitarization” of Crimea and other captured territo ries until they achieved “the complete deoccupation of Ukrainian territories.” At least two civilians were wounded in the blasts in the northern part of the peninsula, and as many as 3,000 were evacuated from the area around the weapons depot, the Kremlin-installed head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said on Telegram. The explosion occurred at a tem porary ammunition storage site near a military base, he said, and the ammuni tion then continued exploding after the initialTheblast.Russian Defense Ministry said that there were no serious casualties and that the explosions damaged pow er lines, railroad tracks and homes. After explosions tore through a Rus sian air base in Crimea last week, Rus sia’s Defense Ministry said the blasts had left no casualties and that no equipment had been destroyed. But videos from the scene and an assess ment by local officials told a different story, while satellite imagery showed craters, burn marks and at least eight destroyed fighter jets. Local residents in Crimea said au thorities there had introduced a “yel low level terrorist threat” alert and that people were being stopped and searched as they entered parks and public buildings. After illegally annexing Crimea in 2014, the Kremlin turned the peninsula into a heavily fortified military zone that President Vladimir Putin of Russia often describes as hallowed ground. Since the invasion of Ukraine in February, Crimea has served as a key base of operations. Aircraft at Crimean bases have flown sorties over Ukraine, and ships of the Black Sea fleet based there have launched punishing rocket attacks on Ukrainian military positions and civilian neighborhoods. Until this month, Crimea appeared well protected from Ukrainian attacks. Even Ukraine’s most advanced weap ons systems do not have the range to hit Russian military targets there, and its planes are incapable of making it through Russia’s air defenses on the peninsula.Then,on Aug. 9, a series of power ful explosions ripped through the Saki air base in western Crimea, annihilating a good portion of the Black Sea fleet’s 43rd naval aviation regiment. That at tack, according to a Ukrainian official, was carried out in part by special forc es officers working with local partisan fighters.
Blasts hit Russian ammunition depot in Crimea
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A series of brazen attacks on Rus sian-occupied Crimea by Ukraine in recent days — the latest Tuesday by an elite military unit operating behind enemy lines — come in defiance of dire warnings of retaliation from Moscow. A senior Russian official vowed last month that if Ukraine attacked Crimea, it would immediately face its “Judgment Day.” The Black Sea peninsula that Russia il legally seized in 2014 is more than a cru cial military base. It holds special mean ing for President Vladimir Putin of Russia, who has told his people that Crimea is a “sacred place” and Russia’s “holy land.” And by repeatedly striking at the territory, which Russia has held for the better part of a decade, Ukraine has posed a fresh challenge to Putin’s standing at home. On Tuesday, huge explosions rocked a Russian ammunition depot, as Ukraine tries to counter Moscow’s advantages in materiel and disrupt supply lines by ratcheting up its military tactics and strik ing deep behind the front. Last week, blasts at a military airfield in Crimea sent beachgoers rushing for cover, and an at tack by a makeshift drone in the port city of Sevastopol on July 31 forced Russia to cancel its Navy Day celebrations. A senior Ukrainian official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to dis cuss Tuesday’s operation, said an elite unit was responsible for the explosions. And Russia’s Defense Ministry called the blasts an “act of sabotage” — a signifi cant acknowledgment that the war is in creasingly spreading to what the Kremlin considers Russian territory. Some pro-Kremlin commentators called on the military to make good on the country’s threats to respond harshly to any attacks on Crimea. Andrei Klishas, a senior lawmaker from Putin’s United Russia party, said in a social media post that “Russia’s retaliatory strikes must be very convincing.” “This is about protecting our sover eignty,” he wrote. No single action that Putin has taken in his 22-year rule provoked as much proKremlin euphoria among Russians as his largely bloodless annexation of Crimea, which cemented his image at home as a leader resurrecting Russia as a great pow er. And in the run-up to the invasion last winter, it was Crimea that Putin repeated ly cited as the locus of an existential se curity threat posed by Ukraine, warning that a Western-backed effort to retake the peninsula by force could trigger a direct war between Russia and NATO. When Putin launched his invasion Feb. 24, Russian forces lunged north from Crimea in a lightning operation that captured a large swath of terri tory in southern Ukraine, including the Kherson region, which Russian forces almost fully control. Russia is now us ing Crimea to provide air and logistics support to its forces in Kherson and the neighboring Zaporizhzhia region, where Ukraine has been attacking Russian supply lines and threatening a counteroffensive.
“Crimea is the only way to support the grouping of troops in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions,” he said. “Otherwise, this grouping of troops does not exist.”
Putin, who addressed a security conference in Moscow by video link a few hours after the early-morning blasts in Crimea on Tuesday, made no men tion of the attack and instead focused on a frequent argument: a Western-al lied Ukraine poses an existential threat to Russia. Russia, he said, was prepared for a lengthy war.
Pavel Luzin, an independent Rus sian military analyst, said that Ukraine’s attacks are limiting the ability of Russia to “seize the initiative.”
Ukraine targets ‘sacred place’ amid warnings of retaliation
Smoke rising after explosions near a Russian military air base in Crimea on Tuesday.
By ANTON TROIANOVSKI
By ERIC SCHMITT
S oon after the U.S. military mistakenly killed 10 civilians, including seven chil dren, last August in the final U.S. dro ne strike before American troops withdrew from Afghanistan, the Biden administration pledged to help surviving members of the family relocate to the United States for their safety.Nearly a year later, fewer than a dozen of the 144 family members have been resett led in the United States and 32 people re main trapped in Afghanistan with little hope of getting out soon, advocates for the family said Monday. The rest have been stuck for months in a diplomatic limbo after being taken to three countries to await screening to enter the United States.
Emal Ahmadi, whose brother Zemari Ahmadi was killed in the final U.S. drone strike before American troops withdrew from Afghanistan, sits at a home in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 18, 2021.
Surviving relatives of US drone strike victims remain stranded in Afghanistan
The odyssey of the family members of Zemari Ahmadi, the driver of a white Toyo ta sedan that was struck by the American drone, and others employed by Ahmadi’s aid organization in Afghanistan is a saga of passport problems, bureaucratic red tape and Taliban capriciousness. On one day in June, for instance, 43 family members tra veling overland were allowed to cross into Pakistan. The very next day, a similar group was turned back at the border after the Tali ban imposed new travel-document rules. Lawyers for the family members praised the efforts of the Pentagon and the State De partment to help evacuate their clients, and said they had refrained from commenting publicly until now to protect their clients’ sa fety. But they said much more needed to be done and were now breaking their silence. “As the anniversary of the strike approa ches, the public needs to know that the go vernment is failing to meet its promises, and our clients’ lives are in the United States’ hands,” said Brett Max Kaufman, a senior staff attorney for the American Civil Liber ties Union, which is representing members of Ahmadi’s family as well as other emplo yees of Nutrition & Education International, Ahmadi’s aid organization in Afghanistan. Ahmadi’s family members and other employees of the aid organization the U.S. government agreed to evacuate are a small subset of the more than 120,000 Afghans who were airlifted after the Taliban seized control of the country last August, and the thousands who sought to flee but have so far failed. Officials said the prospects for extrac ting the last 32 family members hiding in Afghanistan became more complicated af ter the CIA two weeks ago killed Ayman al-Zawahri, the leader of al-Qaida, while he was hiding out in a house in a crowded sec tion of the Taliban-controlled Afghan capital. “I remain increasingly scared for the people — including Zemari’s family mem bers and our NEI colleagues — who are still stuck in Afghanistan without any certainty or timeline to get out,” Steven Kwon, the foun der and president of Nutrition & Education International, said in a statement. “The U.S. government must keep its promise and get all those affected by its mis taken drone strike to safety before it’s too late,” Kwon said. Pentagon officials said they had been working for months along with State De partment and White House colleagues to evacuate the family members and other em ployees of the aid organization, despite no longer having any U.S. military or diplomatic presence in Afghanistan. “The Department of Defense, in coor dination with other U.S. government de partments and agencies, continues to take steps to respond to the Aug. 29, 2021, airstri ke in Kabul, Afghanistan,” Todd Breasseale, the acting Pentagon press secretary, said in a statement. “To protect the privacy of the family members, as well as to help protect their safety and security, we are not able to provide more information regarding these efforts at this time.”
Senior Defense Department officials and military commanders said soon after the Aug. 29 drone strike that Ahmadi had nothing to do with the Islamic State group, contrary to what military officials had pre viously asserted. Ahmadi’s only connection to the terrorist group appeared to be a flee ting and innocuous interaction with people in what the military believed was an Islamic State group safe house in Kabul, an initial link that led military analysts to make one misjudgment after another while tracking Ahmadi’s movements in the sedan for the next eight hours. In addition to resettlement in the United States, the Pentagon has offered unspecified condolence payments to family members.
The first family members arrived in the United States in May, with others coming in July. In all, 11 family members have resettled in three states, which Kaufman did not iden tify for security reasons.
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Administration officials and lawyers for the family said negotiations over any payments have been suspended until all family mem bers have been safely evacuated from Afgha nistan.Congress has authorized the Pentagon to pay up to $3 million a year for payments to compensate for property damage, perso nal injury or deaths related to the actions of U.S. armed forces, as well as for “hero payments” to the family members of local allied forces, such as Afghan or Iraqi troops fighting al-Qaida or the Islamic State group. Condolence payments for deaths cau sed by the U.S. military have varied widely in recent years. In the 2019 fiscal year, for instance, the Pentagon offered 71 such pay ments — ranging from $131 to $35,000 — in Afghanistan and Iraq. Almost everything senior defense offi cials asserted in the hours, days and weeks after the Aug. 29 drone strike turned out to be false. The explosives that the military clai med were loaded in the trunk of the sedan struck by the drone’s Hellfire missile were probably water bottles, and a secondary explosion in the courtyard in the densely populated Kabul neighborhood where the attack took place was probably a propane or gas tank, officials said. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., the head of the military’s Central Command at the time, said in a news conference last Sept ember that the strike was carried out “in the profound belief” that the Islamic State group was about to attack Hamid Karzai Interna tional Airport, as the organization had done three days earlier, killing about 170 civilians and 13 U.S. troops. The acknowledgment of the mistaken strike came a week after a New York Times investigation of video evidence challenged assertions by the military that it had struck a vehicle carrying explosives meant for the airport.Several weeks later, in November, Colin H. Kahl, the undersecretary of defense for policy, offered the condolence payments and the help resettling to Kwon in a virtual meeting. One of the first matters was to define the size of the group to receive the assistance. One group included immediate and exten ded family members of Ahmadi. A second group was made up of other employees of the aid organization and some of their family members. In all, 144 people — including a significant number of children — were iden tified as warranting assistance to leave the country for their safety, said Kaufman, the ACLUWithlawyer.noAmerican personnel remaining in Afghanistan, the State Department hired a contractor to help feed, clothe and shel ter the family members while U.S. officials sought to arrange flights or other means for the Afghans to leave the country. The group faced stumbling blocks right away. Many of the individuals had no passports or other travel documents that the Taliban and receiving countries would ac cept. Commercial flights in and out of the country were sporadic. Two elderly relatives died during the waiting period. But slowly, the line of family members began to move. Most flew directly to one of three countries — Albania, Kosovo or Qatar — where, like many other Afghan refugees, they received medical care and security pro cessing as refugees. Some joined a convoy and drove out of the country into Pakistan, and on to one of the transit countries.
The Biden administration earlier this week ruled out releasing $3.5 billion in funds held in the United States back to Afghanistan’s central bank anytime soon, citing the discovery that al-Qaida’s leader had taken refuge in the heart of Kabul apparently with the pro tection of the Taliban government. The position on the funds was out lined on the anniversary of the takeover of Afghanistan by the extremist Taliban militia and just over two weeks after an American drone strike killed Ayman alZawahri, the Qaida leader, on the bal cony of a house tied to a faction of the Taliban coalition in an exclusive enclave of the Afghan capital. “We do not see recapitalization of the D.A.B. as a near-term option,” said Thomas West, the U.S. government’s special representative for Afghanistan, re ferring to the initials for the central bank. He noted that U.S. officials have engaged for months with the central bank about how to shore up Afghanistan’s economy but have not secured persuasive guaran tees that the money would not fall into terrorist hands. “We do not have confidence that that institution has the safeguards and moni toring in place to manage assets responsi bly,” West said in a statement, previously reported by The Wall Street Journal. “And needless to say, the Taliban’s sheltering of al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri rein forces deep concerns we have regarding diversion of funds to terrorist groups.” Ned Price, the State Department spokesman, said the administration was searching for alternative ways to use the money to help Afghans at a time when millions are afflicted by a growing hunger crisis.“Right now, we’re looking at mecha nisms that could be put in place to see to it that these $3.5 billion in preserved assets make their way efficiently and effectively to the people of Afghanistan in a way that doesn’t make them ripe for diversion to terrorist groups or elsewhe re,” Price said. The issue of the frozen money re mains one of the most sensitive ques tions a year after President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw the last U.S. troops from Afghanistan, leading to the fall of the Western-backed government and the Taliban’s return to power. The White House has been acutely sensitive to the approach of the anniversary, anticipating that it would renew criticism of the chao tic U.S. withdrawal and the restoration of a draconian regime of repression, espe cially targeting women and girls.
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The funds at issue on Monday are part of a total of $7 billion deposited at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York by the Afghan central bank at the time of the Taliban takeover. Biden froze the money and decided to split it in half, with one share available to the relatives of Sept. 11 victims to pursue legally and the other to be used to support the needs of the Afghan people, like for humanita rian Therelief.United States is working with allies around the world to establish an in ternational trust fund with the $3.5 billion meant to help the Afghan people. Offi cials said they have made considerable progress in setting up such a trust fund but have not said when it will be created and how it will work. The Afghan economy has collapsed in the year since the Taliban takeover, leading to mass starvation and a wave of refugees. In recent days, the United States announced that it would send $80 million to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization to help com bat hunger in Afghanistan, as well as $40 million to UNICEF to support edu cating Afghan children, particularly girls, and $30 million to U.N. Women to aid Afghan women and girls seeking social protection services and running civil so ciety organizations.
The operation that found and killed al-Zawahri has only accentuated the de bate in recent days. Biden and his allies have argued that the success in hunting al-Zawahri down showed that the Uni ted States can still fight terrorists without a large deployment of ground troops. His critics have pointed to the operation as evidence of the fecklessness of Biden’s decision to leave Afghanistan since it showed that the Taliban are once again sheltering al-Qaida figures as it did in the months and years before the attacks of Sept. 11, Secretary2001.of State Antony Blinken has said that al-Zawahri’s presence showed that the Taliban had “grossly violated” the withdrawal agreement first negotiated by President Donald Trump and carried out by Biden. But the administration has not explained what if any consequences it would impose on the Taliban as a re sult. The Taliban have denied knowing al-Zawahri was living in Kabul with his family, even though the Haqqani clan, a terrorist faction of the government, ap peared to be sheltering him. U.S. intelligence agencies have con cluded since the drone strike that while a handful of longtime members of al-Qai da remain in Afghanistan, the group has not reconstituted a major presence there since the U.S. withdrawal. But some cou nterterrorism experts said the judgment may be too optimistic.
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A Taliban guard provides security for distribution of food aid in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, 2021. Taliban fighters celebrate the first anniversary of their re-taking of Kabul, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 15, 2022.
US will not release $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan funds, citing terror fears
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Kenya starts to digest the result of a bitterly contested election
By ABDI LATIF DAHIR, DECLAN WAL SH and MATTHEW MPOKE BIGG A fter a tumultuous political day in Kenya, the country Tuesday be gan to come to terms with the reality of a new president-elect, Wi lliam Ruto; a sharply divided electorate; and a decision by the losing candidate to reject the results, guaranteeing a pe riod of uncertainty for a nation pivotal for East Africa’s economic and political stability.Ruto, who is currently the vice pre sident, moved quickly Monday in a speech and news conference to cement his new status after being declared the winner of last week’s election with 50.49% of the vote. He called for unity and said that there was “no room for vengeance” after a hard-fought cam paign. He was greeted Tuesday with a string of flattering newspaper headlines in Kenya.Ina choreographed sequence of announcements, he also offered an olive branch to supporters of his main opponent, Raila Odinga, a former pri me minister and opposition leader who had been thwarted four previous times in his attempts to win the presidency. On Tuesday, however, Odinga said the result should be annulled on the grounds that due process had not been followed during the tallying of vo tes. At a news conference, in which he thanked his supporters for preserving the peace, he said he would pursue the dispute in the courts. “What we saw yesterday was a travesty and a blatant disregard of the constitution and the laws of Kenya,” Odinga said. But two major factors served to keep the electorate on edge. The first was a worrying split in the electo ral commission, four of whose seven members said Monday that they could not accept the outcome given the opa que nature of the vote counting. Their statement was made even before Ruto was pronounced the winner and is likely to feature in any court challenge to the election result. The second is Odinga’s silence. He is scheduled to hold a news conferen ce later Tuesday, but one of his leading aides described the election headquar ters Monday as a “crime scene.”
Previous elections in Kenya, a cou ntry whose democracy is closely wat ched across Africa and farther afield, have led to orchestrated violence. After a 2007 election, at least 1,200 people were killed and about 600,000 others were forced to flee their homes. This time, religious and civic leaders, as well as much of the political class and the security forces, have emphasized the importance of accepting results and resolving disputes through the courts. On Tuesday morning, the electo ral commission formally declared Ruto president-elect in a special edition of the government’s Kenya Gazette, in a move apparently intended to undersco re the legality of the results announced a dayManyearlier.supporters of Odinga view Ruto and his appeal to Kenya, a cou ntry Ruto calls a “hustler nation,” with extreme suspicion. And for voters in western Kenya, an ethnic stronghold for Odinga where many people say that they have been excluded from presi dential power since independence, the announcement Monday of Ruto’s win stung.In towns along the eastern edge of Kisumu County in western Kenya, the soot of burned tires, as well as sto nes and sticks, were strewn across the streets Tuesday, evidence of protests the night before. Large rocks and boul ders could also be seen along a major highway that runs from Kisumu, a city on the shore of Lake Victoria, to Busia, which is near the border with Uganda. Protesters on that highway clashed with the police overnight, according to witnesses and young men crowded at bus stops and shops Tuesday in antici pation of Odinga’s speech. There were no other reports of clashes, although an election officer in Embakasi, an area east of the capital, Nairobi, was found dead after going missing, newspapers reported Tuesday. It was not immedia tely clear whether his death was linked to theKeyvoting.toany challenge to the result will be any evidence that the voting or the count was significantly flawed. Odinga challenged the result of the 2017 election, which he lost to Uhuru Kenyatta, in the Supreme Court, which ruled that the election should be annu lled and held anew. Three months later, Kenyatta won again, although Odinga had asked his supporters to boycott the vote. In a move that spoke to the shifting alliances that are a hallmark of Kenya’s politics, Kenyatta supported Odinga this time around. A statement Tuesday by the res pected Election Observation Group, which comprises civic and faith-based groups, could serve to make Odinga’s task more difficult. The group did its own analysis of the published results and concluded that they were broadly accurate.Thedetailed statement concluded that the results the group had seen were “consistent” with those given by the electoral commission.
Supporters of William Ruto celebrating his victory in one of his strongholds, Eldoret, on
Mr.Monday.Ruto before the announcement of the results of Kenya’s presidential election on Monday.
Trump’s mystique is built on his defiance of rules that bind everyone else. He is reportedly motivated to run for president again in part because the office will protect him from prosecution. If we don’t want the presidency to license crime sprees, we should allow presidents to be indicted, not accept some dubious norm that ex-presidents shouldn’t be. We do not know the scope of the investigation that led a judge to authorize the search of Mar-a-Lago, though it reportedly involves classified documents that Trump failed to turn over to the government even after being subpoenaed. More could be revealed soon: Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday that the Justice Department had filed to unseal the search warrant. It should go without saying that Trump and his followers, who howled “Lock her up!” about Clinton, do not believe that it is wrong for the Justice Department to pursue a probe against a presidential contender over the improper handling of classified material. What they believe is that it is wrong to pursue a case against Trump, who bonds with his acolytes through a shared sense of aggrieved victimization. The question is how much deference the rest of us should give to this belief. No doubt, Trump’s most inflamed fans might act out in horrifying ways; many are heavily armed and speak lustily about civil war. To let this dictate the workings of justice is to accept an insurrectionists’ veto. The far right is constantly threatening violence if it doesn’t get its way. Does anyone truly believe that giving in to its blackmail will make it less aggressive? It was Trump himself who signed a law making the removal and retention of classified documents a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. Those who think that it would be too socially disruptive to apply such a statute to him should specify which laws they believe the former president is and is not obliged to obey. And those in charge of enforcing our laws should remember that the caterwauling of the Trump camp is designed to intimidate them and such intimidation helped him become president in the first place. Trump shouldn’t be prosecuted because of politics, but he also shouldn’t be spared because of them. The only relevant question is whether he committed a crime, not what crimes his devotees might commit if he’s held to account.
The Atlantic’s Tim Alberta described feeling “nauseous” watching coverage of the raid. “What we must acknowledge — even those of us who believe Trump has committed crimes, in some cases brazenly so, and deserves full prosecution under the law — is that bringing him to justice could have some awful consequences,” he wrote.In some sense, Alberta’s words are obviously true; Trumpists are already issuing death threats against the judge who signed off on the warrant, and a Shabbat service at his synagogue was reportedly canceled because of the security risk. The former president relishes his ability to stir up a mob; it’s part of what makes him so dangerous. We already know, however, that the failure to bring Trump to justice — for his company’s alleged financial chicanery and his alleged sexual assault, for obstructing Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation and turning the presidency into a squalid influence-peddling operation, for trying to steal an election and encouraging an insurrection — has been disastrous. What has strengthened Trump has not been prosecution but impunity, an impunity that some of those who stormed the Capitol thought, erroneously, applied to them as well.
By MICHELLE GOLDBERG
Andrew Yang, one of the founders of a new centrist third party, tweeted about the “millions of Americans who will see this as unjust persecution.” Damon Linker, usually one of the more sensible centrist thinkers, wrote, “Rather than healing the country’s civic wounds, the effort to punish Trump will only deepen them.”
First, in July 2016, Comey broke protocol to give a news conference in which he criticized Clinton even while announcing that she’d committed no crime. He reportedly did this because he wanted to protect the reputation of the FBI from inevitable right-wing claims that the investigation had been shut down for political reasons. Then, on Oct. 28, just days before the election, Comey broke protocol again, telling Congress that the Clinton investigation had been reopened because of emails found on the laptop of former congressman Anthony Weiner. The Justice Department generally discourages filing charges or taking “overt investigative steps” close to an election if they might influence the result. Comey disregarded this because, once again, he dreaded a right-wing freakout once news of the reopened investigation emerged. “The prospect of oversight hearings, led by restive Republicans investigating an FBI ‘cover-up,’ made everyone uneasy,” The New Yorker reported. In Comey’s memoir, he admitted fearing that concealing the new stage of the investigation — which ended up yielding nothing — would make Clinton, who he assumed would win, seem “illegitimate.” (He didn’t, of course, feel similarly compelled to make public the investigation into Trump’s ties to Russia.) Comey’s attempts to preempt a conservative firestorm blew up in his face. He helped put Trump in the White House, where Trump did generational damage to the rule of law and led us to a place where prominent Republicans are calling for abolishing the FBI. This should be a lesson about the futility of shaping law enforcement decisions around the sensitivities of Trump’s base. Yet after the FBI executed a search warrant at Trump’s beachfront estate this week, some intelligent people have questioned the wisdom of subjecting the former president to the normal operation of the law because of the effect it will have on his most febrile admirers.
The absurd argument against making Trump obey the law
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It took many accidents, catastrophes, misjudgments and mistakes for Donald Trump to win the presidency in 2016. Two particularly important errors came from James Comey, then head of the FBI, who was excessively worried about what Trump’s supporters would think of the resolution of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails.
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POR EL STAR STAFF A GUADA – El alcalde de Aguada, Christian Cortés Feliciano, informó sobre la continuación de la estra tegia de apoyo al comercio local, a los fines de fomen tar la creación de empleos y el desarrollo económico. “Como parte de nuestro compromiso de apoyar a los comerciantes aguadeños, creamos un programa de in centivos para mitigar el impacto económico provocado por la pandemia del Covid-19. Por medio de este pro grama de incentivos, hemos logrado beneficiar a 122 comerciantes aguadeños, para un total de $492,538.65 en fondos Fondos de Ayuda por el Coronavirus (CRF) de la Ley CARES y de Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)”. La pasada semana, se hizo la entrega de un total de $98,118.21 a veintidós (22) comerciantes aguadeños, cumpliendo el compromiso de la administración de fo mentar el comercio local. Los empresarios que acogie ron la propuesta y sometieron la documentación reque rida en ley, recibieron un incentivo de hasta un máximo de $5,000.00. Cada caso pasó por un proceso específico de calificación y evaluación, según ingresos reportados en planillas del 2020. Cortés Feliciano señaló que esta iniciativa se une a otras en proceso. “Particularmente exitoso fue el en cuentro ‘Impulsando al Comerciante Aguadeño, que celebramos en el Coliseo Ismael ‘Chavalillo’ Delgado, junto a personal de la Corporación para el Financia miento Empresarial del Comercio y de las Comunida des (COFECC) y el Centro de Desarrollo de Pequeñas Empresas y Tecnología de Puerto Rico (SBTDC). Allí se generó información importante sobre los programas de ayudas para empresarios y estrategias de crecimiento”. impulsa el comercio local con casi $500,000 en incentivos para paliar los efectos de la pandemia muertes y 2,105 casos nuevos por COVID-19 según informe del DS
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S AN JUAN – El informe de COVID-19 del Departa mento de Salud (DS) reportó el martes, sobre 526 casos positivos confirmados, 1,579 casos probables y diecisiete muertes. Las personas fallecidas fueron 7 hombres y 10 mu jeres de 59 a 93 años, de las regiones de Bayamón, Ca guas, fajardo, Mayagüez, Metropolitano y Ponce. 11 personas estaban sin vacunas al día, 2 personas con vacunas al día y 4 personas no vacunadas. El monitoreo cubre el periodo del 31 de julio de 2022 al 14 de agosto de 2022. La tasa de positividad bajó a 27.29 por ciento. Hay 344 adultos hospitalizados y de ellos, 44 es tán en intensivo. Mientras, 38 menores están hospi talizados y 2 están en intensivo. 23 adultos están en ventilador y 2 menores. Las personas con vacunas al día son 1,018,637 personas. El total de muertes atribuidas es de 4,870.
C AGUAS – El alcalde de Caguas, William Miranda Torres, reaccionó con “frustración” el referido al Panel sobre el Fiscal Especial Independiente (PFEI) del legislador municipal José Torres Torres por supuesto uso indebido de propiedad y servicios públicos para su beneficio personal. “En la tarde de hoy advine en conocimiento, a través de informes de prensa, sobre la recomendación, por parte de Justicia, de un Fiscal Especial Independiente (FEI) contra el le gislador municipal, José R. Torres Torres. Ante ello, mi prime ra expresión pública es que recibí con frustración la noticia. Mi administración y la historia gubernamental de Caguas se ha caracterizado por la transparencia”, dijo Mirana Torres en declaraciones escritas. “Debo destacar que en febrero de 2022 realicé un refe rido de investigación a la Oficina de Ética Gubernamental. Existe una separación de poderes que siempre he respetado y por ello en cumplimiento con el Código Municipal nuestras acciones y políticas públicas han sido ejecutadas desde esa deferencia a los poderes que representan cada rama. Todo funcionario electo tiene la responsabilidad de actuar con cero tolerancias a la corrupción y a cualquier conducta que pueda lacerar la confianza de la ciudadanía en su gobierno”, añadió.Elsecretario del Departamento de Justicia, Domingo Emanuelli Hernández, recomendó a la Oficina del Panel sobre el Fiscal Especial Independiente la designación de un Fiscal Especial Independiente (FEI) para que investigue al ex presidente de la Legislatura Municipal de Caguas, José Torres Torres, por el supuesto uso indebido de propiedad y servicios públicos para beneficio personal. “Conforme a los hallazgos, la norma legal vigente y el quantum de prueba exigido en esta etapa de los procedimien tos, recomendamos la designación de un FEI. En el día de hoy referimos el informe de la investigación preliminar y el expediente a la Oficina del Panel sobre el Fiscal Especial In dependiente”, dijo el secretario de Justicia en declaraciones escritas. Emanuelli Hernández explicó, que realizó la correspon diente notificación a la OPFEI tras acoger un informe de la División de Integridad Pública y Oficina de Asuntos del Con tralor (DIPAC) del Departamento de Justicia, que estuvo a car go de la investigación junto al Negociado de Investigaciones Especiales (NIE). La DIPAC concluyó que existe causa sufi ciente para creer que las actuaciones de Torres Torres cons tituyen infracción a los artículos 202 (fraude), 216 (archivo de datos o documentos falsos), 252 (aprovechamiento ilícito de trabajos o servicios públicos) y 264 (malversación de fon dos públicos) del Código Penal de Puerto Rico. Igualmente, concluyó que el querellado incurrió en la conducta delictiva tipificada en el artículo 4.2 de la Ley Núm. 1-2012, conocida como la Ley Orgánica de la Oficina de Ética Gubernamental de Puerto Rico.
Alcalde de Caguas dice sentirse frustrado por referido al FEI de legislador municipal
In New York, 31 projects at the state’s cultural organiza tions will receive $4.6 million in grants. Funding will support the creation of a new permanent exhibition exploring 400 years of Brooklyn history at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, as well as books about St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York dur ing the height of the AIDS crisis and the Hospital of the Inno cents, a 600-year-old children’s care institution in Florence, Italy. Funding will also go toward the development of a pod cast about the Federal Writers’ Project, a U.S. government ini tiative that provided jobs for out-of-work writers during the Great Depression, by the Washington-based Stone Soup Pro ductions. Another grant will benefit a history of the Cherokee Nation being co-authored by Julie Reed, a historian at Penn State, and Rose Stremlau, a historian at Davidson College in North Carolina.
Shelly C. Lowe, the endowment’s chair, said in a state ment that the projects, which include educational program ming for high school and college students, “will foster the exchange of ideas and increase access to humanities knowl edge, resources and experiences.”
The grants will also benefit the Peabody Collections, one of the oldest African American library collections in the country, at Hampton University, and a book by John Lisle on a 1980s lawsuit against the CIA over its Cold War-era MK-Ultra program, which involved experiments in mind control.
By SARAH BAHR APBS documentary on the 400-year history of Shake speare’s plays, a New York Public Library summer pro gram for educators on efforts to secure equitable access to education in Harlem in the 20th century, and research for a book on the history of red hair are among 226 beneficiaries of new grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities announced Tuesday.
By BEN SISARIO
Beyoncé’s single “Break My Soul” holds at No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart, thanks to a “Queens Remix” that incorporates Madonna’s 1990 hit “Vogue” and features Beyoncé tweaking the shout-outs from her predecessor’s song to include Black female mu sicians including Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Aaliyah and Lizzo.Morgan Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Al bum” is No. 4 and Harry Styles’ “Harry’s House” holds at No. 5. Bad Bunny’s latest album, “Un Verano Sin Ti,” earned an eighth beats
The grants, which total $31.5 million and are the third round awarded this year, will support projects at museums, libraries, universities and historic sites in 45 states and Wash ington, D.C., as well as in Canada, England and the Nether lands.Such projects include a documentary, to be co-produced by Louisiana Public Broadcasting, about the Colfax Massacre — named after the town and parish where dozens of former slaves were killed during Reconstruction. Another, at Penn State, uses computational methods to analyze the clouds in landscapes by John Constable and to trace the adoption of his realist techniques by other 19th-century European artists. Funding will also go toward research for a book examining how different cultures have envisioned Jesus, both in his own time and throughout history, by Elaine Pagels, a historian of religion at Princeton University.
Bad Bunny reclaims No. 1 on the Billboard album chart by the thinnest of margins this week, as the Puerto Ri can superstar’s 3-month-old album “Un Verano Sin Ti” logged its eighth time at the top, beating out the latest release by prolific Louisiana rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again by just 400“Uncopies.Verano Sin Ti,” a steady streaming hit since its re lease 14 weeks ago, is credited with the equivalent of 108,800 sales in the United States, while YoungBoy’s “The Last Slime to” had 108,400, according to the tracking service Luminate. Looking under the hood shows slight differences in how the two albums performed over the past week. “Un Verano” had 143 million streams, which Luminate and Billboard cred it with the equivalent of just over 102,000 sales. “The Last Slimeto,” on the other hand, took many more streams — 163 million — to earn barely 1,000 more equivalent sales. Billboard gives greater weight to the streams from pay ing subscribers than nonpaying ones. The data tea leaves sug gest that YoungBoy may have performed especially well on services with free tiers like Spotify and YouTube, where Young Boy has been a huge attraction for years. Even so, the deciding factor in winning No. 1 was the number of copies sold as a complete package. Last week, the CD version of “Un Verano” became widely available, so the album sold 6,000 copies, while “The Last Slimeto” moved just 4,600.Beyoncé’s “Renaissance,” last week’s top seller, falls two spots to No. 3 in its second week out, with the equiva lent of 89,000 sales, a drop of 73%.
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YoungBoy Never Broke Again in a tight race for No. 1 National Endowment for the Humanities announces $31.5 million in grants Kashable LLC 27.36% 27.97% 28.58% Institution MinimunRate(%) AverageWeighterRate (%) MaximumRate(%) The Brooklyn Children’s Museum will receive funding to support the creation of a new permanent exhibition exploring 400 years of the borough’s history.
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Adding pops of marigold and orange to monochromatic looks in his signature palette of camel, black, white and gold, Michael Kors painted the town red. And boy did he“Stepdeliver!Out,” his fall/winter 2022 RTW collection is vibrant, energetic, electric, and as he said, “big-city glamour.” And yet so un complicated, accessible and wearable. Cre ated to honor the nightlife of his hometown, the looks will certainly adapt to a night out everywhere chic is part of the equation. The garments are designed to wear as shown on the runway or to play mix and match as the fabrics, coats, tops and bottoms provide endless possibilities. That’s why we love this American designer so much. Leggy minis, elegant midis, catsuits, jumpsuits, turtle necks, trousers and skirts were modeled with sandals, pointed-toe stiletto heels, and boots, my favorites. Kneehigh boots, over-the-knee or thigh-high boots complete any look with so much glam, especially if it’s a monochromatic look like those presented by Kors. It is pro vocative and classy, in equal parts. Evening wear is opulent in shiny neu trals: charcoal, black, nude, white and sil ver. Adorable tiny sequins embellish asym metric hand-embroidered midi dresses and gowns for a fabulous finish. Also fantastic? Crystal-embroidered mini dresses for bar hopping, dinner or daytime. Sequins and crystals are everywhere you look around the clock. And I love it! Tank tops, halter tops, criss-cross, strapless, one-shoulder or asymmetrical, Kors knows how to elevate the construction and silhouette of any dress. Add an artistic cutout or two, and voilà! Now let’s talk about furs and coats, satchels and shawls. Oversized, fluffy and wonderful. Balmacaan knitted shearling coats in white, yellow and fuchsia, and sophisticat ed and very trendy shawls in knitted shearling topped most of his monochromatic looks, just beautiful and edgy. These shawls are not just for the theater, ladies. These shawls are meant to go everywhere. As he has fans used to, his coats are just perfection: his chesterfield sequin coat in black, a wool shawl coat in white, a reefer wool coat in fuchsia, and a high-impact doublebreasted calf hair trench coat. Faux fur, tweed, embossed leather, faux croc, there is a coat for everyone. And the silver metallic jacket, tied at the waist with a belt and modeled by Irina Shayk, was absolutely stunning. “For this show, I wanted to bring the excitement and energy of a night on the town to life — because I think right now, no matter where you are, we’re all craving that,” Kors wrote in the collection notes. “And the clothes are really everything you need for stepping up, stepping out and making an entrance.”
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A map provided by Nick Longrich, a paleontologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Bath, shows the worldwide distribution of various species of plesiosaurs, long-necked creatures thought to have dwelled only in oceans.
By JENNY GROSS Millions of years before the first (al leged) sighting of the Loch Ness monster, populations of giant rep tiles swam through Jurassic seas in areas that are now Britain. Known as plesiosaurs, these long-necked creatures that could grow up to 40 feet long were thought to have dwelled ex clusively in oceans. But a fossil discovery published in a pa per last month by researchers in Britain and Morocco added weight to a hypothesis that some Loch Ness monster enthusiasts have long clung to: that plesiosaurs lived not just in seas but in freshwater, too. That could mean, they reasoned excitedly, that Nessie, who is sometimes described as looking a lot like a plesiosaur, really could live in Loch Ness, a freshwater lake. Local papers have celebrated the find ing. It “gives further credit to the idea that Nessie may have been able to survive and even thrive in Loch Ness,” said an article in the Inverness Courier, a biweekly newspaper in the Scottish Highlands.
An undated photo shows the arm of a 5-foot-long baby plesiosaur, a longnecked creature thought to have dwe lled only in oceans.
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As the news of the study made head lines, some Nessie fans were hopeful. George Edwards, who was for years the skipper of a Loch Ness tourism boat called the Nessie Hunter, said that for him the new study showed how creatures could adapt to survive in new environments — and that the world is full of mysteries. Take the coelacanth, a bony fish that was thought to have become extinct millions of years ago but was found in 1938 by a South African museum curator on a fish ing trawler.“Loand behold, they found them, alive and kicking,” Edwards said. “Anything is pos sible.”Edwards said he had seen unexplained creatures in Loch Ness plenty of times: “There’s got to be a family of them.” From what he has seen, the creatures have a big arched back and no fins and are somewhat reminiscent of a plesiosaur. But there is one detail that Nessie lovers may not want to consider as they embrace the plausibility of Nessie’s existence: Scientists estimate that plesiosaurs became extinct at the same time dinosaurs did, some 66 million years ago. Loch Ness was only formed about 10,000 years ago, and before that it was ice.
“Loch Ness Monster bombshell,” blared a headline from Britain’s Daily Express tabloid.“Existence of Loch Ness Monster is ‘plausible,’” read headlines in The Scotsman, The Telegraph and elsewhere, seizing on a phrase in the University of Bath’s announce ment of the study’s findings. This is not the first study to find that ple siosaurs lived in freshwater. “This new study is simply providing additional evidence for certain members of this group living in freshwater,” said Dean Lo max, a paleontologist and visiting scientist at the University of Manchester. “We’ve always knownButthis.”Nick Longrich, lead author of the study, said his team had one of the stronger cases for it because they found fossils of 12 plesiosaurs, proof that it was not just one ple siosaur that wandered into freshwater and then diedGeorginathere. Bunker, a student who was a co-author of the paper, said: “The more ple siosaur fossils discovered in freshwater en vironments, the more this will further build the picture to explain why plesiosaurs might be turning up in freshwater environments around the world.”
Longrich, a paleontologist and evolu tionary biologist at the University of Bath, said it was “completely unexpected” to find the fossil of a plesiosaur that had lived in a 100-million-year-old freshwater river system that is now the Sahara. While on a research trip to Morocco, he was sifting through a box in the back room of a shop when he spotted a “kind of chunky” bone, which turned out to be the arm of a 5-foot-long baby plesiosaur. Longrich paid the cashier no more than 200 Moroccan dirham (about $20) after bargaining to bring down the price, and brought the fossils back to Britain for further study. “Once we started looking, the plesio saur started turning up everywhere,” he said. “It reminds you there’s a lot we don’t know.” (The fossils eventually will be returned to mu seums in Morocco, he said.)
Valentin Fischer, an associate professor of paleontology at the University of Liège in Belgium, said it would currently be impos sible for a marine reptile like the plesiosaur to live in Loch Ness.
The first recorded sighting of Nessie dates back to the sixth century A.D., when Irish monk St. Columba was said to have driven a creature into the water. But global interest was revived in the 20th century after a British surgeon, Col. Robert Wilson, took the most famous photo of what was believed to be the Loch Ness monster in 1934. Sixty years later, the photograph was revealed to be a hoax.But some people were not discouraged, and, ever since, throngs of tourists have trav eled to Loch Ness each year in hopes of see ing the monster.
Fossils tantalize Loch Ness monster fans
LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CARO LINA SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Parte Demandante Vs. JOSÉ MANUEL TOUS CARDONA T/C/C JOSÉ M. TOUS Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CA2019CV03232. Sala: 409. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDI NARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIA DO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBAS TA.. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia en Rebeldía dicta da el 18 de diciembre de 2019, la Orden de Ejecución de Sen tencia del 28 de marzo de 2022 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 31 de marzo de 2022 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el DÍA 9 DE SEPTIEM BRE DE 2022, A LAS 11:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, lo calizada en el Tribunal de Pri mera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Carolina, Sala Superior, en la Avenida 65 Infantería, Carre tera Número Tres (3), Kilómetro 11.7 (Entrada de la Urbaniza ción Mansiones de Carolina) Carolina, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Al guacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: PROPIE DAD HORIZONTAL: Balcones de Monte Real, situado en la Carretera Estatal Número 853 en el Barrio Canovanillas del término municipal de Caroli na, Puerto Rico. Apartamento Número 5502. Está localizado en el Edificio G, piso segundo, consta de un área de 1,217.60 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 113.16 metros cuadrados. Colinda por el: NORTE: en 35’ 6” equivalentes a 10.82 me tros, con paredes de bloques hacia el exterior; SUR: en 23’ equivalentes a 7.01 metros, con pared de bloques hacia el exterior y en 12’ 6” equivalen tes a 3.81 metros, con pared de bloques hacia el exterior y puerta principal que da acceso al apartamento; ESTE: en 48’ 4” equivalentes a 14.73 me tros, con pared de hormigón y bloques que lo separa del apar tamento número 5402; OESTE: en 14’ 9” equivalentes a 4.50 metros con pared medianera de hormigón que lo separa del apartamento número 5602 y en 15’ 7” equivalentes a 4.75 me tros con pared de hormigón y bloques hacia el exterior. Esta propiedad está formada por su sala, comedor, balcón, tres (3) dormitorios con closets, cocina, dos (2) baños y área de lavan dería. Le corresponden dos (2) estacionamientos identificados con el mismo número del apar tamento y una participación de .0020036% en los elementos comunes. La propiedad y la escritura de hipoteca constan inscritas al folio 145 del tomo 1415 de Carolina, Finca Núme ro 58724, Registro de la Pro piedad de Carolina, Sección II. Inscripción segunda. Dirección Física: Cond. Balcones de Mon te Real, Apt. 5502, Carolina, PR 00987-2382. Número de Catas tro: 20-089-093-100-02-273. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $136,000.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el DÍA 16 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 11:15 DE LA MA ÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $90,666.66. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TER CERA SUBASTA, el DÍA 23 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 11:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $68,000.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la tota lidad 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 ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la deman dante el importe de la Senten cia por la suma de $112,818.44 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.875% anual desde el 1 de noviem bre de 2017 hasta su completo pago, más $438.27 de recargos acumulados, más la cantidad estipulada de $13,600.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el con trato del préstamo. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesa el siguiente gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Vs. José Manuel Tous Cardona también conocido como José M. Tous, ante el Tribunal Su perior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Carolina, en el Caso Civil Nú mero CA2019CV03232, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $112,818.44 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 26 de agosto de 2019. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Ca rolina. Anotación A. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su su cesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a prote ger su derecho si así lo desea. Se les advierte a los interesa dos que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipote ca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas la borables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un pe riódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos re queridos por ley. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anterio res y los preferentes, si los hu biere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; en tendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecuta da se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 210-2015. Y para el conoci miento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes inte resadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos corres pondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en Caroli na, Puerto Rico, hoy 20 de julio de 2022. MANUEL VILLAFAÑE BLANCO, ALGUACIL PLACA #831, TRIBUNAL DE PRIME RA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JU DICIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR. LEGAL NOT ICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE MAYAGÜEZ LUNA COMERCIAL II, LLC Demandante V. CARLOS RODRIGUEZ RUFFIN Y SU ESPOSA ViRGEN LIDUVINA ORTIZ ROMAN Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENESCOMPUESTAGANANCIALESPORAMBOS
RUBEN DEL ROSARIO FIGUEROA, MATILDE DEL ROSARIO DIAZ; NOEMI DIAZ RIVERA T/C/C NOEMI DIAZ DEL ROSARIO EN CUANTO A LA CUOTA INGRESOSUSUFRUCTUARIA;VIUDALJOHNDOEYJANEDOECOMOPOSIBLESHEREDEROSDESCONOCIDOS;ESTADOSUNIDOSDEAMERICA;CENTRODERECAUDACIONDEMUNICIPALES Demandados CIVIL NUM. CA2021CV01737. SOBRE: EJECUCION DE HI POTECA. EDICTO DE SUBAS TA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIA DO DE PUERTO RICO.SS. A: La Parte Demandada, al (a la) Secretario(a) de Hacienda de Puerto Rico y al Público General: Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Manda miento de Ejecución de Senten cia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Su perior de Carolina, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certifica do, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 12 de sep tiembre de 2022, a las 11:00 dela mañana, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipoteca do objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: UR BANA: Apartment number one thousand two hundred twelve (1212). Residential apartment marked One Thousand Two Hundred Twelve (1212) on the Twelfth (12th.) Floor of Marbella del Caribe Condominium West Tower at kilometer zero point six (0.6) of State Road Number One Hundred Eighty Seven (187), Isla Verde, Carolina, Puerto Rico, with an approxi mate area of One Thousand Four Hundred Seventy Six Point Forty Three Square Feet (1476.43 Sq. Ft.), equivalent to One Hundred Thirty Seven Point Sixteenth Square Meters (137.16 Sq. Mts.), bounding: On the North with exterior ele ments of the building, with the empty space over the recrea tional area with Apartment One Thousand Two Hundred Eleven (1211), with common corridor
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Demandada Civil Núm.: SG2020CV00432. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLI CA SUBASTA. A: CARLOS RODRIGUEZ RUFFIN Y SU ESPOSA VIRGEN LIDUVINA ORTIZ ROMAN Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES AMBOSCOMPUESTAGANANCIALESPORYALPUBLICOENGENERAL: El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judi cial de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hago saber a la parte demandada, y al PÚBLI CO EN GENERAL: y a todos los acreedores que tengan ins critos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscrip ción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hu biesen pospuesto a la hipote ca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de ins trumentos negociables garan tizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecu tado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédi to, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados ase gurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante a sa ber: WESTERNBANK PUER TO RICO: A cuyo favor aparece inscrito un pagaré por la suma de $25,000.00, intereses al 9.24% anual y a vencer a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #87, otorgada en San German el 20 de marzo de 2007, ante el Notario Esther Rebeca Luzón Colon, inscrito al folio 56 vuelto del tomo 555 de San German, finca #15,917, inscripción 6ta. CONDADO 3, LLC: A cuyo favor aparece presentada una anotación de demanda, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ma yagüez, caso civil # ISCI201800341, por concepto de Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Pren da e Hipoteca, seguido por Condado 3, LLC versus Carlos Rodriguez Ruffin, Virgen Liduvi na Ortiz Roman y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales , por la suma de $65,469.64 de principal. Presentada al asiento 2018-045956-SG01, el día 18 de mayo de 2018. Que en cum plimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedi do el día 28 de junio de 2022, por la Secretaria del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: Di rección de la Propiedad: Puerto Rico Road #360, km 1.60 San German, PR 00683: RÚSTICA: Porción de terreno radicada en el Barrio Caín Alto del término municipal de San German, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de mil ciento dieciséis punto cero trescientos veinte (1,116.0320) metros cuadrados, colindando por el NORTE, con área a de dicarse a uso público y con la carretera trescientos sesenta (360); por el SUR, con terre nos a dedicarse a faja verde, uso público y quebrada; por el ESTE, con terrenos de Vis sepo y Diez; y por el OESTE, con la quebrada y con la carre ta trescientos sesenta (360). Contiene una estructura de una planta para fines residenciales. Consta inscrita al folio 56 del tomo 555 de San German, finca número 15,917, Registro de la Propiedad de San German. El producto de la subasta se des tinará a satisfacer al deman dante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor, el día 4 de mayo de 2021, as cendía a $41,211.39 de princi pal; más intereses acumulados ascendentes a $454.17 al 27 de mayo de 2020, los cuales continúan acumulándose has ta el total pago y solvente del principal a razón de $6.58 dia rios (“per diem”); $229.04 por concepto de cargos por mora, los cuales se acumulan men sualmente hasta el saldo total de la deuda; $22.87 de seguro obligacional (“FPI”) $14,500.00 pactado por concepto de cos tas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; más cualquier otra mada la venta judicial por el Ho norable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en pose sión física del inmueble de con formidad 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 eje cutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecuti vas, 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. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documen tos correspondientes al proce dimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas la borables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anterio res y los preferentes, si los hu biere, 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 Maya güez, Puerto Rico, hoy día 21 de julio de 2022. JOVINO PÉ REZ SANTIAGO, ALGUACIL PLACA #800, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ.
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DELCOMPUESTAROSARIOROSARIOFRANCISCORUBENDELCERVONIT/C/CRUBENFRANCISCODELROSARIOHIJOT/C/CRUBENDELCERVONIT/C/CRUBENDELROSARIOPORSYLVIAROSARIOSNAFELIU,MARISADELROSARIOSNAFELIU,MARIADELROSARIOSNAFELIU, suma que se haga en virtud de la Escritura de Hipoteca. Dichas sumas están vencidas, son liquidas y exigibles, para cubrir el principal adeudado, disponiéndose que si quedare algún remanente luego de pa garse las sumas antes mencio nadas del mismo deberá ser depositado en la Secretaria del Tribunal para ser entregado a los demandados previa soli citud y orden del Tribunal. La venta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen que afecte la men cionada finca. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tri bunal. LA PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 28 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, localizada en el Centro Judi cial de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mí nimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $145,000.00. Que de ser necesaria la ce lebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 5 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA , en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $96,666.67, 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 día 12 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El pre cio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $72,500.00, 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 tota lidad 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 Articulo 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 men cionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confir
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to Rico. Otorgaré la escritura del traspaso al licitador victorio so, según corresponda, quien podrá ser la parte demandante, cuya oferta podrá aplicarse a la extinción parcial o total de la obligación reconocida por la Sentencia. El Registrador de la Propiedad cancelará, libre de derechos, todos los graváme nes posteriores a las fechas en que se otorgó la hipoteca sobre la propiedad que ha sido ejecu tada mediante esta acción, y procederá a la inscripción de la venta a favor de los comprado res en subasta libre de todo gravamen posterior a la fecha en que se otorgó la hipoteca que ha sido ejecutada median te esta acción. Se notifica a to dos los interesados que, para más detalles sobre este proce dimiento, los autos y récords del presentado caso podrán ser examinados en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, du rante horas laborables. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 28 de julio de 2022. ERIK F. OSUNA ACEVEDO, ALGUACIL AUXI LIAR, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTAN CIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CARO LINA LUNA RESIDENTIAL III, LLC Demandante V. LA SUCESIÓN DE PAULINA
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Demandante Vs. TITODÍAZVELASTOORTIZ Demandado Civil Núm.: SJ2021CV08225. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTE CA. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TER CERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de San Juan, Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en gene ral que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 24 de mayo de 2022 y según Orden y Mandamiento del 13 de julio de 2022, librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque cer tificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartment number six hundred eighteen. Residential apartment of a regular shape, located at the sixth floor of the Crystal Hou se Condominium, at de Diego Street, Sabana Llana Ward, of Río Piedras, Municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Said apartment with an area of ap proximately one thousand fifty six square feet equivalent to ninety eight square meters with eleven square centimeters, and its boundaries are as follows: by the NORTH, in a distance of twenty four feet four inches with apartment number six hundred sixteen separated by bearing wall; by the EAST, in a distance of forty three feet eight inches with exterior space separated by wall and balcony’s wall; by the SOUTH, in a distance of twenty four feet four inches with exterior space, separated by bearing wall; by the WEST, in a distance of forty three feet eight inches with common co rridor separated by wall, venti lation shaft and entrance door. This apartment comprises living-dining, master bedroom with closet and bathroom, two bedrooms with closet and a bathroom, linen closet, hall, kitchen, laundry closet and bal cony. The bathroom is equipped with bathtub, lavatory and water closet. The kitchen is equipped with cabinets and water heater. The entrance of the apartment is located on its West boundary, connected with the common co rridor of the floor with access to the outside. A este apartamento le corresponde el estaciona miento marcado con el número treintiseis. Le corresponde un porcentaje en los elementos co munes de cero punto cuatro mil setecientos treintiseis por cien to. FINCA NÚMERO: 21,648, inscrita al folio 197 del tomo 524 de Sabana Llana, sección V de San Juan. Dirección Fí sica: COND. CRYSTAL HOU SE APT. 618, SAN JUAN PR 00923. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la PRIMERA SUBASTA habrá de celebrarse el día 12 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MA ÑANA, en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de San Juan. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $135,800.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 19 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar antes señala do en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $90,533.33. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 26 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MA ÑANA, en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hi poteca, la suma de $67,900.00. Si se declare desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la tota lidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abo nará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. El Tribunal dictó Sentencia en Re beldía, condenando a la parte demandada TITO VELASTO DÍAZ ORTIZ a pagar a la par te demandante las siguientes sumas: $110,704.22 de princi pal, más los intereses al 6.50% anual hasta su total y completo pago, contribuciones, recargos y primas de seguro adeudados y los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $13,580.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y ven dido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión ju dicial a los nuevos dueños den tro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedi miento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la fin ca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del demandado/ deudor la ocupen. El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Además, se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan te ner derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. La Venta en Pública Subas ta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y 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 eso fuera necesa rio, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Su basta. 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 continua rán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la res ponsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Los autos y todos los documentos corres pondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas la borables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el pre sente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) sema nas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instan cia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTI MONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 4 de agosto de 2022. PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN. EDWIN E. LÓPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOT ICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN TRIANGLE CAYMAN ASSET COMPANY 2 Demandante Vs. LUIS JAIME MEAUX VÁZQUEZ T/C/C LUIS J. MEAUX INCORPORADOCERTENEJASVÁZQUEZ;H/N/C/CERTEJENAS,INC. Demandado TPI NÚM: KDC2016-2350. (806). Sobre: SENTENCIA POR CONSENTIMIENTO. AVI SO DE SUBASTA. A: AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; LUIS JAIME MEAUX VÁZQUEZ T/C/C LUIS J. MEAUX VÁZQUEZ;INCORPORADOCERTENEJASH/N/CCERTENEJASINC.YALOSACREEDORESDEGRAVÁMENESANTERIORESY/OPOSTERIORESALOSQUESEEJECUTAN Yo, ERIK F. OSUNA ACEVE DO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, Al guacil del Tribunal de San Juan, al Público hago saber: En cumplimiento de un Manda miento de Ejecución de Senten cia que se me libró con fecha de 21 de junio de 2022, por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor pos tor con dinero en efectivo, che que de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad pertene ciente a la parte codemandada Certenejas Incorporado, la cual se describe a continuación: Fin ca #3,091: RUSTICA: Predio de terreno en el Barrio Bayamón del término municipal de Cidra, Puerto Rico, compuesta de nueve cuerdas con ochenta céntimas de otra de terreno, equivalentes a tres hectáreas ochenta y cinco áreas, diez y siete centiáreas y noventa y dos miliáreas; en lindes por el SUR, con Margarita González y Ciprián Morales; por el ESTE, en terrenos de la Sucesión de Fructuoso Fernández; por el OESTE, con los de Ciprián Mo rales y las de Tomás Cotto Gon zález; y por el NORTE, con el camino que conduce al Barrio Bayamón de Cidra, Puerto Rico. Inscrita al folio 25 del tomo 62 de Cidra. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Caguas. El pro pietario registral lo es Certene jas Incorporado, quien lo adqui rió según la escritura número 2, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 23 de junio de 2005, ante el notario público Luis Morales Steinmann, e ins crita al folio 181 del tomo 447 de Cidra, finca número 3,091, inscripción 25ta. La hipoteca, según inscrita, que grava la Fin ca 3,901 y cuya ejecución se solicita en la subasta objeto de este edicto es la siguiente: Hi poteca en garantía de un paga ré a favor de Westernbank Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $9,900,000.00, con intereses al 6.99% anual, vencedero a la presentación, constituida me diante la escritura número 351, otorgada en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el día 30 de junio de 2005, ante el notario Gary E. Biaggi Silva, e inscrita al folio 181 del tomo 447 de Cidra, fin ca número 3,091, inscripción 26ta (la “Hipoteca A”). Además, existe un gravamen preferente a la Hipoteca A que grava la fin ca número 3,091 que se intere sa ejecutar, según descrito a continuación: Por sí está afecta a: Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica de Puerto Rico, según Certifica ción de fecha 29 de enero de 2002, e inscrita al folio 181 del tomo 447 de Cidra, finca núme ro 3,091, inscripción 24ta. La finca 3,091 también se encuen tra afecta a los siguientes gra vámenes posteriores a la Hipo teca A que se interesa ejecutar, según descritos a continuación: 1) Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Westernbank Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $500,000.00, con intereses al 12% anual, vencedero a la pre sentación, constituida mediante la escritura número 81, otorga da en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 8 de abril de 2008, ante la notario Nydia Galarza Rosario, e inscrita al folio 181 del tomo 447 de Cidra, finca número 3,091, inscripción 27ma. 2) Avi so de Demanda de fecha 8 de abril de 2008, expedido en el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de San Juan, en el Caso Civil número KCD090151 (905), sobre Sentencia por Consentimiento, seguido por Westernbank Puerto Rico versus Jonathan Corporation, Inc., haciendo negocios indis tintamente como Jonathan Cor poration, Jonathan, Inc. y como Jonathan Corp.; Luis Jaime Meaux Vázquez y su esposa Marta Ivette Muñiz Meléndez, también conocida como Marta I. Muñiz Meléndez y como Mar ta Muñiz Meléndez y la Socie dad Legal de Gananciales com puesta por ambos; Rojoazul Hotel, Inc.; Certenejas Incorpo rado, haciendo negocios indis tintamente como Certenejas, Inc. y Silvernugget Develop ment Corporation, haciendo negocios indistintamente como Silvernugget Development Cor poration, por la suma de $40,330,201.25, anotado el día 22 de noviembre de 2021, al tomo Karibe de Cidra, finca nú mero 3,091, Anotación “B”. 3) Embargo Federal contra Certe nejas, Inc., seguro social patro nal xx-xxx8682, por la suma de $194,268.03, Notificación nú mero 419860920, anotado el día 11 de diciembre de 2020, al Asiento 2020-005768-FED del Sistema Karibe. 4) Embargo Federal contra Certenejas, Inc., seguro social patronal xxxxx8682, por la suma de $64,541.71, Notificación núme ro 429263021, anotado el día na Velaz Rivero, de Marini Pietrantoni Muñiz LLC, con ofi cinas sitas en el número #250 de la Avenida Ponce de León, Hato Rey, Suite 900, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918. Para propó sitos de la venta judicial, el Al guacil que suscribe no aceptará que ningún postor efectúe su pago en otro método que no sea en dólares estadouniden ses o cheque certificado, ex cepto por el acreedor ejecutan te, quien tendrá el derecho de ofrecer sus créditos como licita ción (incluyendo cualesquier créditos hipotecarios que gra ven la propiedad aquí descrita en rango inferior al gravamen ejecutado), en la medida que estos sean iguales o mayores que los tipos mínimos requeri dos. De conformidad con lo es tablecido en la Regla 51.7 de Procedimiento Civil, 32 L.P.R.A. Ap. V, según enmendada, pre vio a la fecha de la subasta se estará publicando este aviso mediante edicto en un periódi co de circulación general una vez a la semana por un periodo mínimo de dos semanas conse cutivas, y por un periodo de dos semanas en tres lugares públi cos como la alcaldía, la colectu ría, el Tribunal de Primera Ins tancia de los Municipios de San Juan, Caguas y Cidra. Además, se notificará el aviso por correo certificado con acuse de recibo dentro de los primeros cinco (5) días de publicado el edicto a los deudores por sentencia y/o deudores hipotecarios a sus úl timas direcciones conocidas y a los acreedores posteriores a la Hipoteca, cuya ejecución se so licita. Se entenderá que todo li citador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes a los créditos del ejecutante, si alguno, continua rán subsistentes, entendiéndo se que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la res ponsabilidad de estos, sin des tinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad su bastada será adjudicada al me jor postor en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Pri mera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan. El mejor postor deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto de la adjudi cación y remate, excepto por el acreedor ejecutante, quien po drá acreditársele en todo o en parte el monto de su crédito, de conformidad con las disposicio nes aplicables de la Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmo biliaria de Puerto Rico, aunque deberá no obstante satisfacer la diferencia, si alguna, entre la postura ofrecida y el importe de su crédito más los intereses, teniendo que pagar dicho re manente en el acto de subasta, tal como se le exige a los de más postores. Artículos 105 y 106 de la Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmobiliaria de Puer 30 de abril de 2021, al Asiento 2021- 02507-FED del Sistema Karibe. 5) Embargo Federal contra Certenejas, Inc., seguro social patronal xx-xxx8682, por la suma de $16,690.16, Notifi cación número 454799422, anotado el día 30 de junio de 2022, al Asiento 2022-006282FED del Sistema Karibe. 6) Em bargo Federal contra Certene jas, Inc., seguro social patronal xx-xxx8682, por la suma de $62,334.39, Notificación núme ro 450546222, anotado el día 21 de marzo de 2022, al Asien to 2022-002684-FED del Siste ma Karibe. PRIMERA SUBAS TA: Se celebrará el día 6 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA en la Oficina de Alguaciles del Tribu nal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan. Tipo mí nimo: $9,900,000.00. Si no pro dujere remate o adjudicación la primera subasta, se procederá a una segunda subasta y servi rá de tipo mínimo 2/3 partes del valor de la transacción. SE GUNDA SUBASTA: Se celebra rá el día 13 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA en la Oficina de Al guaciles del Tribunal de Prime ra Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan. Tipo mínimo: $6,600,000.00. Si no produjere remate o adjudicación la segun da subasta, se procederá a una tercera subasta y servirá de tipo mínimo 1/2 del valor de la tran sacción. TERCERA SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 20 DE SEP TIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA en la Oficina de Alguaciles del Tribu nal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan. Tipo mí nimo: $4,950,000.00. La direc ción física de la finca #3,091 lo es: Carr. PR-172, Km. 7.5, Ba rrio Bayamón, Cidra, PR 00739. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer en todo o en parte a Triangle Cay man Asset Company 2 el im porte de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, ascen dente, al 13 de mayo de 2022, a una suma no menor de $18,377,943.69 correspondien te a $8,803,058.42 en concepto al principal adeudado; $8,771,744.93 por concepto de intereses acumulados que con tinuan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; $679,561.57 por concepto de cargos por mora y $123,578.77 por conceptos de gastos lega les y seguro. Conforme a todo lo anterior, se ordena a Triangle Cayman Asset Company 2 a notificar la venta pública a los demandados y a los acreedo res con créditos anteriores y/o posteriores inscritos conforme a las disposiciones aplicables de la Ley del Registro de la Pro piedad Inmobiliaria de Puerto Rico y su Reglamento y la Re gla 51.7 de Procedimiento Civil, 32 L.P.R.A. Ap. V. La represen tación legal de la parte deman dante lo es la licenciada Caroli
Demandante V. DORAL MORTGAGE CORP. AHORA BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Y OTROS Demandado(a) Civil Núm.: AR2022CV01087. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICA CIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 5 de agosto de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted en terarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta no tificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circula ción general en la Isla de Puer to 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 Sen tencia, Sentencia Parcial o Re solución, de la cual puede es tablecerse 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 consi derará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Co pia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 5 de agos to de 2022. En Arecibo, Puerto Rico, el 5 de agosto de 2022. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁ LEZ, SECRETARIA. BRUNIL DA HERNÁNDEZ MÉNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMA CAO PUERTOFIRSTBANKRICO Demandante V. ROBERT LLOYD LLOYD; DEVON K. LLOYD Demandado Civil Núm.: HU2018CV01200. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO, COBRO DE DI NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO DLJCAPITAL,MORTGAGEINC. Demandante V. LA SUCEION DE BLANCA IRIS MORALES MATOS COMPUESTA POR ANDRÉS COLÓN MORALES; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO MENORES,PARAADMINISTRACIÓNDESCONOCIDOS;MIEMBROSELSUSTENTODEYCENTRODERECAUDACIÓNSOBREINGRESOS
LEILA ESTRADA CRUZ; (7) LA SUCESION DE RUTH VIRGINIA ESTRDA HERNANDEZ T/C/C LUZ VIRGINIA HERNANDEZHERNANDEZESTRADACOMPUESTAPOR:a.JANANTHONYMERCEDESTRADA,b.JOSÉLUISSÁNCHEZESTRADA,c.ALEXANDERFUENTESESTRADA;(8)LASUCESIONDEJOSEESTRADAHERNÁNDEZCOMPUESTAPOR:a.CARMENMILAGROSESTRADACABALLERO,b.MARIADELCARMENESTRADACABALLEROc.ERIKESTRADACABALLERO(9)LASUCESIONDEJOSÉANTONIOESTRADACOMPUESTAPOR:a.JOSEANTONIOESTRADACABALLERO,b.ERICNORBERTOESTRADAHERNANDEZ,c.NADYALEYLANYESTRADAHERNANDEZ,d.JONATHANESTRADACUASCU(10)FULANOYMENGANODETALCOMOHEREDEROSDESCONOCIDOSDELASSUCESIONESDE:PAULINAHERNÁNDEZFERNÁNDEZ,T/C/CPAULAHERNÁNDEZFERNÁNDEZ,JULIOESTRADAHERNANDEZ,LUISEDGARDOESTRADAHERNANDEZ,RUTHVIRGINIAESTRDAHERNANDEZT/C/CLUZVIRGINIAESTRADAHERNANDEZ,JOSEESTRADAHERNÁNDEZYJOSÉANTONIOESTRADAHERNANDEZ(11)DEPARTAMENTODEHACIENDADEPUERTORICO Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2022CV01672. Sobre: INTERPELACIÓN, CO MARÍACOMPUESTAPAULAFERNÁNDEZ,HERNÁNDEZT/C/CHERNÁNDEZFERNÁNDEZ,POR:(1)DELOSÁNGELESESTRADAHERNANDEZ,(2)LOURDESESTRADAHERNANDEZ(3)SONIA PR 00985. DIRECCIÓN POSTAL: 110 ANTONIO LANDAU ST., CAROLINA, PR 00985-6248. De: LUNAIII,RESIDENTIALLLC. Se le emplaza y requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su ale gación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SU MAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente direc ción electrónica: https://unired. ramaiudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presen tar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Este caso trata sobre Cobro de Di nero y Ejecución de Garantías en que la parte demandante solicita que se condene a la parte demandada a pagar: la suma principal de $37,067.92, la suma de $17,710.52 por con cepto de atrasos acumulados pactados en la modificación, que incluye intereses según pactados, cargos por demora y otros cargos, que se acumu lan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de 10% del principal, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado hipotecariamente asegurados. Se le apercibe que si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la de manda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Se ordena a los herederos a que dentro del mismo término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de notifica ción, ACEPTEN O REPUDIEN la participación que les corres ponda en la herencia de los causantes JULIO ESTRADA HERNANDEZ, LUIS EDGAR DO ESTRADA HERNANDEZ, RUTH VIRGINIA ESTRDA HERNANDEZ T/C/C LUZ VIR GINIA ESTRADA HERNAN DEZ, JOSE ESTRADA HER NÁNDEZ y JOSÉ ANTONIO ESTRADA HERNANDEZ. Se les apercibe que de no expre sarse dentro del término de (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, se tendrá por aceptada. Lcdo. José A. Lamas Burgos, Número del Tribunal Supremo: 15693 255 Ponce de León Ave., Suite 1200, San Juan, PR 00917, Teléfono: (787) 296-9500, Correo jlamas@lvprlaw.comElectrónico: EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy día 10 de agosto de 2022. LCDA. MA RILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. KEILA GARCÍA SOLÍS, SUBSECRETARIA. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION,INC.
EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 09 de agosto de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente 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 notifica ción. Y, siendo o representado usted una parte en el procedi miento 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 conta dos 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 no tificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, el 10 de agosto de 2022. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 10 de agosto de 2022. LUZ MAYRA CARABA LLO GARCÍAM SECRETARIA REGIONAL. BRENDA L. SAN TIAGO LÓPEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR I. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU TARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA SUPERIOR DE ARECIBO JOSE LUIS MALDONADOPORREPRESENTADOMALDONADO,MALDONADOZAHILYSNAIROLIVERASYAIDAOLIVERASGONZALEZ
Demandado(a) Civil: HU2020CV00102. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. A: ANDRÉS COLÓN MORALES
Se les notifica a ustedes que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la parte demandante HA CIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. solicitan do un Cobro de Dinero. Se les emplaza y se les requiere que notifiquen a GARRIGA & MARI NI LAW OFFICES, C.S.P., P.O. Box 16593, San Juan, Puer to Rico 00908-6593, teléfono (787) 275-0655, con copia de su contestación a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Ustedes deberán presentar su alegación res ponsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Adminis tración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electróni ca: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la se cretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. Si dejaren de contestar podrá anotarse la rebeldía y dictarse contra ustedes sentencia en rebeldía concediéndose el re medio solicitado en la Deman da, sin más citarles ni oírles. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, a te nor con la Orden del Tribunal, hoy día 5 de agosto de 2022. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. CARMEN ME LÉNDEZ HERNÁNDEZ, SUBSECRETARIA. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PON CE SALA SUPERIOR 602 BASSAM AHMAD ASAD EL MUSA, T/C/C BASSAM AHMAD EL MUSA T/C/C SR. BASSAM EL MUSA Y MARTA T/C/CGONZALEZIVONNEJORGE,SRA.MARTAIGONZÁLEZJORGE
Demandante Vs. ROBERT DOSCHER Y LA SUCESIÓN DE PHYLLIS DOSCHER, T/C/C/ PHYLLIS TESTA, COMPUESTA POR FULANO Y SUTANA DE TAL Demandada Civil Núm.: VB2022CV00537. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDIC TO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIA DO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: ROBERT DOSCHER, SUCESIÓN DE PHYLLIS DOSCHER, T/C/C/ PHYLLIS FULANOCOMPUESTATESTA,PORYSUTANADETAL.
DIRECCIÓN:BLANCAPOSIBLESSUCESIÓNHEREDEROCOMODELADEBLANCAIRISMORALESMATOS;JOHNDOEYRICHARDROECOMOHEREDEROSDESCONOCIDOSDELASUCESIÓNDEIRISMORALESMATOSASUULTIMA.DIRECCIÓNDESCONOCIDA.P/CDELLCDA.MARJALIISACOLÓNVILLANUEVA. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 2 de agosto de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente 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 notifica ción. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedi miento 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 edic to de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edic to. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 8 de agosto de 2022. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 8 de agosto de 2022. DOMINGA GÓMEZ FUS TER, SECRETARIA. NORIE I. MERCADO LABOY, SECRE
The San Juan Daily Star 29Wednesday, August 17, 2022
NOEMI HERNANDEZHERNANDEZMARICARMENESTRADASUCESIONHERNANDEZ;ESTRADA(4)LADEJULIOHERNANDEZCOMPUESTAPOR:A.MIGDALIAESTRADAROHENA,B.BRENDAESTRADAROHENA,C.NEISAESTRADAROHENA,D.SONIAESTRADAROHENA,E.ESTRADAROHENA,F.LOIZAESTRADAROHENA(5)LASUCESIONDELUISEDGARDOESTRADACOMPUESTAPOR:A.JAILEENESTRADAHERNÁNDEZ,B.LUISEDGARDOESTRADACRUZ,C.LEILAESTRADACRUZ;(6)LASUCESIONDERUTHVIRGINIAESTRDAHERNANDEZT/C/CLUZVIRGINIAESTRADACOMPUESTAPOR:A.JANANTHONYMERCEDESTRADA,B.JOSÉLUISSÁNCHEZESTRADA,C.ALEXANDERFUENTESESTRADA;(7)LASUCESIONDEJOSEESTRADAHERNÁNDEZCOMPUESTAPOR:A.CARMENMILAGROSESTRADACABALLERO,B.MARIADELCARMENESTRADACABALLEROC.ERIKESTRADACABALLERO(8)LASUCESIONDEJOSÉANTONIOESTRADAHERNANDEZCOMPUESTAPOR:A.JOSEANTONIOESTRADACABALLERO,B.ERICNORBERTOESTRADAHERNANDEZ,C.NADYALEYLANYESTRADAHERNANDEZ,D.JONATHANESTRADACUASCU(9)FULANOYMENGANODETALCOMOHEREDEROSDESCONOCIDOSDELASSUCESIONESDE:PAULINAHERNÁNDEZFERNÁNDEZ,T/C/CPAULAHERNÁNDEZFERNÁNDEZ,JULIOESTRADAHERNANDEZ,LUISEDGARDOESTRADAHERNANDEZ,RUTHVIRGINIAESTRDAHERNANDEZT/C/CLUZVIRGINIAESTRADAHERNANDEZ,JOSEESTRADAHERNÁNDEZYJOSÉANTONIOESTRADAHERNANDEZ.DIRECCIÓNFISICA:110JIMÉNEZLANDAUST.,CAROLINA,
Parte Demandante Vs. CITIBANK, NA; MR COOPER; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE Parte Demandada Civil Número: PO2022CV01440. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PA GARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFI CACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. A: MR COOPER, COMO ULTIMO TENEDOR DEL PAGARE HIPOTECARIO A QUE SE MONTALVOEDICTOINTERESPUEDANPUEDENDESCONOCIDASREFERENCIA,HACEJOHNDOEYRICHARDROE,PERSONASQUESEDESIGNANCONESTOSNOMBRESFICTICIOS,QUESERTENEDOROTENEDORES,OTENERALGUNENELPAGAREHIPOTECARIOAQUESEHACEREFERENCIA,ASERNOTIFICADOSPORPORCONDUCTODELLCDO.JAVIERCINTRON,POBOX11750SANJUANPR00910-1750.
NERO, REPOSESIÓN. EDIC TO DE SUBASTA. AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; A LA PARTE DEMANDADA Y A LOS TENEDORES DEPOSTERIORES.GRAVÁMENES YO: ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, Al guacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, al público en general: CERTIFICO Y HAGO SABER: Cumpliendo con un Manda miento de Venta de Ejecución de Sentencia del Secretario del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Humacao, venderé en pública subasta al mejor postor en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos, el cual se en cuentra en el Lote de Firstbank localizado en: Centro Industrial Rio Cañas, Calle North, Lote 1516, Carr. 175, Entrada Ca rrraízo, Caguas, Puerto Rico, el día 9 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MA ÑANA el siguiente bien mue ble: MARCA: JEEP. MODELO: PATRIOT. COLOR; SILVER. VIN: 1C4NJPBB0ED813011. AÑO: 2014. La venta se lleva rá a cabo para con su produc to satisfacer hasta donde sea posible, para responder por las siguientes cantidades a la parte demandante al 30 de agosto de 2018 a FirstBank la cantidad de $19,095.55; de los cuales $17,087.68 correspon den al principal; más intereses acumulados hasta la fecha mencionada ascendentes a $1,734.87, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta su total y completo pago; más la suma de $273.00 en cargos por mora mensual acumulados hasta la fecha anteriormente indicada, más los que se acumulen de esta fecha en adelante hasta el pago total de la deuda; más una suma equivalente al 5% de la cantidad reclamada no en exceso de la suma principal del pagaré, para honorarios de abogado, según pactado. Por tal razón dicho producto será consignado judicialmente para que su desembolso esté condi cionado a la ulterior resolución por el Tribunal con competen cia sobre el caso de epígrafe. Se apercibe a todos los intere sados que el vehículo objeto de la subasta se encuentra locali zada en el Centro Industrial Rio Cañas, Calle North, Lote 1516, Carr. 175, Entrada Carrraízo, Caguas, Puerto Rico, por lo que todo aquel que quiera participar de su subasta podrá pasar por dicha localización, en horas laborables, previo a su celebra ción, para inspeccionarlo física mente. La subasta se llevará a cabo el día y a la hora señalada habiendo las personas intere sadas inspeccionado o no el mencionado bien. En adición, por la presente se informa que siendo la propiedad a subas tarse un bien mueble no habrá
BRO DE DINERO Y EJECU CIÓN DE GARANTÍAS. EM PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTA DOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ES TADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUER TO RICO, SS. A: LA SUCESIÓN DE PAULINA
do de sesenta pies de largo por veinte pies de ancho. Dirección Física: Barrio Pasto, Lote 158, Ave. Félix Ríos, Aibonito, PR 00705. Finca 6,899, inscrita folio 23 del tomo 136 de Aibo nito, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Aibonito. B. Que los autos y todos los documentos corres pondientes al procedimiento incoado están de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables bajo el epígrafe de este caso. C. 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 ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematente los acepta y queda subrogado en la respon sabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el pre cio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes pos teriores. D. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma principal de $54,942.84, más la suma de $2,434.06, que incluye intere ses según pactados, cargos por demora y otros cargos, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de 10% del principal, por concepto de costas, gas tos y honorarios de abogado. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se celebrará el día 13 DE OCTU BRE DE 2022 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la Oficina del Alguacil del Tribunal de Prime ra Instancia de Aibonito, por el tipo mínimo de $61,224.00. De declararse desierta dicha subasta se celebrará una SE GUNDA SUBASTA el día 20 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar antes menciona do. El precio para la segunda subasta lo será 2/3 partes del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $40,816.00. De declararse desierta dicha segunda subas ta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 27 DE OCTU BRE DE 2022 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado. El precio para la tercera subasta lo será 1/2 del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $30,612.00. Y PARA QUE ASÍ CONSTE, y para su publicación en un pe riódico de circulación general y por un término de catorce (14) días en los sitios públicos con forme a la ley, expido la presen te bajo mi firma y sello de este tribunal, hoy 10 de agosto de 2022 en Aibonito, Puerto Rico. JUAN O. BURGOS BURGOS, ALGUACIL REGIONAL INTE RINO. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA tipo mínimo en la misma, por lo que el vehículo será adjudicado al mejor postor en ese momen to. La forma de pago deberá ser en efectivo, giro o cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instan cia. Si se declarase desierta la subasta, se dará por terminado este procedimiento pudiendo adjudicarse el acreedor el ve hículo dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes, si así lo esti mare conveniente, por la tota lidad de la cantidad adeudada, si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la subasta, y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fue re mayor. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado esta rán manifiestos en la Secretaría del Tribunal con competen cia sobre el caso de epígrafe durante horas laborables. De acuerdo con el mejor conoci miento de la parte demandante, la propiedad antes descrita que ha de venderse en subasta no tiene gravámenes anteriores, ni posteriores. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas preferentes, si alguna continuará subsistente; enten diéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad del mismo, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Para la pu blicación de este Edicto en un periódico de circulación general una vez por semana durante dos (2) semanas consecutivas, y para la colocación del mismo en tres (3) sitios públicos visi bles del municipio en que se celebre la subasta, al igual que en el municipio en que reside la parte demandada, libro el pre sente en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 3 de agosto de 2022. ÁN GEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUA CIL PLACA #593, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTAN CIA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA PUERTOFIRSTBANKRICO Demandante V. JULIO HERNÁNDEZÁNGELRAMOS Demandado Civil Núm.: AG2021CV01297. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO; INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CON TRATO. EDICTO DE SUBAS TA. AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; A LA PARTE DEMANDADA Y A LOS TENEDORES DEPOSTERIORES.GRAVÁMENES YO: ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, Al guacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, al público en general: CERTIFICO Y HAGO SABER: Cumpliendo con un Manda miento de Venta de Ejecución de Sentencia del Secretario del Tribunal de Primera Instan cia, Sala de Aguadilla, venderé en pública subasta al mejor postor en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos, el cual se en cuentra en el Lote de Firstbank localizado en: Centro Indus trial Rio Cañas, Calle North, Lote 1516, Carr. 175, Entrada Carrraízo, Caguas, Puerto Rico, el día 9 DE SEPTIEM BRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA el siguiente bien mueble: MARCA: HYUNDAI. MODELO: ACCENT. VIN: 3KP C24A38KE057984. AÑO: 2019. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer hasta donde sea posible, para responder por las siguientes cantidades a la parte deman dante al 20 de octubre de 2021: $18,391.24 de principal, más $2,440.39 de intereses los cua les se continúan acumulando hasta el saldo total de la deu da, más $263.19 de cargos por mora los cuales continúan acu mulándose hasta el total saldo de la deuda, y más una suma equivalente al 5% del total adeudado para honorarios de abogado según pactado. Por tal razón dicho producto será consignado judicialmente para que su desembolso esté condi cionado a la ulterior resolución por el Tribunal con competen cia sobre el caso de epígrafe. Se apercibe a todos los intere sados que el vehículo objeto de la subasta se encuentra locali zada en el Centro Industrial Rio Cañas, Calle North, Lote 1516, Carr. 175, Entrada Carrraízo, Caguas, Puerto Rico, por lo que todo aquel que quiera participar de su subasta podrá pasar por dicha localización, en horas laborables, previo a su celebra ción, para inspeccionarlo física mente. La subasta se llevará a cabo el día y a la hora señalada habiendo las personas intere sadas inspeccionado o no el mencionado bien. En adición, por la presente se informa que siendo la propiedad a subas tarse un bien mueble no habrá tipo mínimo en la misma, por lo que el vehículo será adjudicado al mejor postor en ese momen to. La forma de pago deberá ser en efectivo, giro o cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instan cia. Si se declarase desierta la subasta, se dará por terminado este procedimiento pudiendo adjudicarse el acreedor el ve hículo dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes, si así lo esti mare conveniente, por la tota lidad de la cantidad adeudada, si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la subasta, y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fue re mayor. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado esta rán manifiestos en la Secretaría del Tribunal con competen cia sobre el caso de epígrafe durante horas laborables. De acuerdo con el mejor conoci miento de la parte demandante, la propiedad antes descrita que ha de venderse en subasta no tiene gravámenes anteriores, ni posteriores. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas preferentes, si alguna continuará subsistente; enten diéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad del mismo, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Para la pu blicación de este Edicto en un periódico de circulación general una vez por semana durante dos (2) semanas consecutivas, y para la colocación del mismo en tres (3) sitios públicos visi bles del municipio en que se celebre la subasta, al igual que en el municipio en que reside la parte demandada, libro el pre sente en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 3 agosto de 2022. ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA ALTA PUERTOFIRSTBANKRICO Demandante V. INESMARRERORODRIGUEZ Demandada Civil Núm.: TA2020CV00587. (202). Sobre: INCUMPLIMIEN TO DE CONTRATO, COBRO DE DINERO Y REPOSESIÓN. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. AL PUBLICO EN GENERAL; A LA PARTE DEMANDADA Y A LOS TENEDORES DEPOSTERIORES.GRAVÁMENES YO: ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, Al guacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, al público en general: CERTIFICO Y HAGO SABER: Cumpliendo con un Manda miento de Venta de Ejecución de Sentencia del Secretario del Tribunal de Primera Instan cia, Sala de Toa Alta, venderé en pública subasta al mejor postor en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos, el cual se en cuentra en el Lote de Firstbank localizado en: Centro Industrial Rio Cañas, Calle North, Lote 1516, Carr. 175, Entrada Ca rrraízo, Caguas, Puerto Rico, el día 9 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MA ÑANA el siguiente bien mue ble: MARCA: KIA. MODELO: RIO QUINTO. VIN: 3KPA25A B6KE212620. AÑO: 2019. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer hasta donde sea posible, para responder por las siguientes cantidades a la parte deman dante al 15 de septiembre de 2020 a FirstBank la cantidad de $23,839.00 de principal, más los intereses acumula dos a razón del 14.55% anual hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda, más $306.24 de cargos los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda, y más una suma equivalente al 5% del total adeudado para honorarios de abogado según pactado. Por tal razón dicho producto será consignado judi cialmente para que su desem bolso esté condicionado a la ulterior resolución por el Tribu nal con competencia sobre el caso de epígrafe. Se apercibe a todos los interesados que el vehículo objeto de la subasta se encuentra localizada en el Centro Industrial Rio Cañas, Calle North, Lote 1516, Carr. 175, Entrada Carrraízo, Ca guas, Puerto Rico, por lo que todo aquel que quiera participar de su subasta podrá pasar por dicha localización, en horas laborables, previo a su celebra ción, para inspeccionarlo física mente. La subasta se llevará a cabo el día y a la hora señalada habiendo las personas intere sadas inspeccionado o no el mencionado bien. En adición, por la presente se informa que siendo la propiedad a subas tarse un bien mueble no habrá tipo mínimo en la misma, por lo que el vehículo será adjudicado al mejor postor en ese momen to. La forma de pago deberá ser en efectivo, giro o cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instan cia. Si se declarase desierta la subasta, se dará por terminado este procedimiento pudiendo adjudicarse el acreedor el ve hículo dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes, si así lo esti mare conveniente, por la tota lidad de la cantidad adeudada, si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la subasta, y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fue re mayor. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado esta rán manifiestos en la Secretaría del Tribunal con competen cia sobre el caso de epígrafe durante horas laborables. De acuerdo con el mejor conoci miento de la parte demandante, la propiedad antes descrita que ha de venderse en subasta no tiene gravámenes anteriores, ni posteriores. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas preferentes, si alguna continuará subsistente; enten diéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad del mismo, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Para la pu blicación de este Edicto en un periódico de circulación general una vez por semana durante dos (2) semanas consecutivas, y para la colocación del mismo en tres (3) sitios públicos visi bles del municipio en que se celebre la subasta, al igual que en el municipio en que reside la parte demandada, libro el pre sente en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 3 de agosto de 2022. ÁN GEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUA CIL PLACA #593, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AIBO NITO SALA SUPERIOR DE COMERÍO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE HÉCTOR MANUEL LASANTA POSIBLESFULANOCOMPUESTAMELÉNDEZ,PORYMENGANODETAL,COMOHEREDEROSDESCONOCIDOS,ANAMIRIAMCOLÓNBERRIOS,PORSÍYENLACUOTAVIUDALUSUFRUCTUARIA Demandados Civil Núm.: AI2019CV00372. (001). Sobre: INTERPELA CIÓN; COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTA DOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ES TADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LI BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: EL PUBLICO EN GENERAL. El Alguacil del Tribunal que sus cribe anuncia y hace constar: A. Que en cumplimiento del Man damiento que me ha sido dirigi do por la Secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Comerío, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor pos tor de contado y en moneda de curso legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América y cuyo pago se efectuará en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Al guacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la Parte De mandada en el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Parcela radicada en el Barrio Quebrada Grande del término municipal de Barran quitas, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de mil cuatro metros, cincuenta decímetros cuadrados (1004.50 m.c.). En 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar antes menciona do. El precio para la tercera subasta lo será 1/2 del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $72,523.50. Y PARA QUE ASÍ CONSTE, y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general y por un término de catorce (14) días en los sitios públicos conforme a la ley, ex pido la presente bajo mi firma y sello de este tribunal, hoy 10 de agosto de 2022 en Comerío, Puerto Rico. ANDRÉS VÁZ QUEZ SANTIAGO, ALGUACIL #998, TRIBUNAL DE PRIME RA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPE RIOR DE COMERÍO. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE AIBONI TO PUERTOFIRSTBANKRICO Demandante V. NILDA CARTAGENAORTIZ Demandado Civil Núm.: AI2019CV00287. (002). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS. EDICTO DE SU BASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDEN TE DE LOS ESTADOS UNI DOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASO CIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: PÚBLICO GENERAL.EN El Alguacil del Tribunal que sus cribe anuncia y hace constar: A. Que en cumplimiento del Man damiento que me ha sido diri gido por la Secretaría del Tri bunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Aibonito, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor de contado y en mone da de curso legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América y cuyo pago se efectuará en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Al guacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la Parte De mandada en el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar con una cabi da superficial de trescientos sesenta metros cuadrados (360.00 mc), radicado en la Avenida Félix Ríos, antes Ba rrio Pasto del término municipal de Aibonito, Puerto Rico, en co lindancias por el NORTE, que es su derecha entrando, con Israel Alvarado; por el SUR, que es su izquierda entrando, con Julia Pagán; por el ESTE, que es su frente, con la Aveni da Félix Ríos; y por el OESTE, que es su fondo, con Clotilde Abad. Enclavan dos casas; una construida de concreto armado, de cuatro cuartos dormitorios, sala-comedor, cocina, un baño y balcón, la otra es de madera con escalera de concreto arma linderos: por el NORTE, en 20.50 metros, con camino veci nal; por el SUR, en 20.50 me tros, con la finca principal de la cual se segrega; por el ESTE, en 49.00 metros, con Solar segregado en el caso número 3-680209-LS; y por el OESTE, en 49.00 metros, con la finca principal de la cual se segrega. Enclava casa de concreto y bloques de tres cuartos dormi torios, sala, comedor, cocina, marquesina y balcón, con una estructura adyacente en ce mento y bloques utilizada como almacén y colmado, con un valor de $25,000.00, mediante la escritura número 18, otorga da en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 11 de octubre de 1991, ante el notario Rafael Rivera Vázquez, finca número 3,344, inscripción 8va. Dirección Fí sica: Barrio Quebrada Grande, Km 19.9 Int., Carr. 156, Barran quitas, PR 00794. Finca 3,344, inscrita al folio 55 del tomo 379 de Barranquitas, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sec ción de Barranquitas. B. Que los autos y todos los documen tos correspondientes al pro cedimiento incoado están de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas labo rables bajo el epígrafe de este caso. C. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bas tante la titularidad y que las car gas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito ejecutante, continua rán subsistentes, entendiéndo se que el rematente los acepta y queda subrogado en la res ponsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. D. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para satis facer a la parte demandante el importe de la sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma principal de $126,715.76, más la suma de $20,049.71, que incluye intereses según pactados, cargos por demora y otros cargos, que se acumu lan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de 10% del principal, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La PRIMERA SU BASTA se celebrará el día 23 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la Oficina del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Comerío, por el tipo mínimo de $145,047.00. De declararse desierta dicha subasta se cele brará una SEGUNDA SUBAS TA el día 30 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar an tes mencionado. El precio para la segunda subasta lo será 2/3 partes del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $96,698.00. De declararse desierta dicha segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el 7 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022 A LAS
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3% anual y vencedero en 15 años, según consta de la Escri tura Número 283, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 20 de diciembre de 2010, ante el No tario Rey J. De León Colón. Ins crita al Tomo Karibe de Sabana Llana, Finca Número 36245, Inscripción tercera. Nota: No expresa Condiciones bajo el “Programa Home”. b. Bitácora: Al Asiento 2022-049184-SJ05, el 14 de abril de 2022, Deman da de fecha 8 de abril de 2022, ante el Tribunal de Primera Ins tancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, en el Caso Civil Número SJ2022CV02751, seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Vs. Samuel Cordero Conty tam bién conocido como David Cen teno Conty, sobre Cobro de Di nero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $62,124.67 y otras cantidades, o la venta en pública subasta de la propiedad. Pendiente de anotación. Se notifica al acree dor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. Se les advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacio nados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examina dos, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Se cretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos sema nas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley. 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, conti nuarán subsistentes; enten diéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mis mos, sin destinarse a su extin ción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gra vámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 2102015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los luga res públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en San Juan, Puer to Rico, hoy 11 de agosto de 2022. EDWIN E. LÓPEZ MU LERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CEN TRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR. LEGAL NOT ICE 14-11-102954M&T SUPERIOR MUNICIPAL DE JUNCOS COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y ORIENTALCREDITO Demandante V. RODRIGUEZJAYSONCRUZ
Defendants Civil No.: 3:16-cv-02980-ADC. Re: MORTGAGE FORECLO SURE. NOTICE OF SALE. To: CARMINA AMÉRICA BARNES PAGÁN A/K/A CARMIÑA AMÉRICA A/ AUGUSTO GARRIGA A/K/A
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DOEJOHNQUIÑONEZAUGUSTOGARRIGA,DOEANDJANEASTHEUNKNOWNMEMBERSOFTHEESTATEOFAUGUSTOQUIÑONESGARRIGAA/K/AAUGUSTO
QUIÑONEZ MAYANDREVENUETREASURY,GENERALGARRIGA,PUBLIC,COMMONWEALTHOFPUERTORICO,DEPARTMENTOFPUERTORICOINTERNALSERVICESALLPARTIESTHATHAVEANINTERESTINTHEPROPERTY.
Demandado(a) Civil: JU2020CV00107. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFI CACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. A: JAYSON RODRIGUEZ CRUZ: PASEO DE LA CEIBA 127, CALLE GUAYABO J12, JUNCOS PR 00777; J27 C 13 PASEO DE LA CEIBA, JUNCOS, PR. 00777. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 11 de marzo de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted en terarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta no tificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circula ción general en la Isla de Puer to 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 Sen tencia, Sentencia Parcial o Re solución, de la cual puede es tablecerse 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 consi derará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Co pia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 11 de agos to de 2022. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 11 de agosto de 2022. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. SANDRA J. TRINIDAD CAÑUELAS, SE CRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN ISRAELNEVAREZBENITEZ
KA CARMIÑA BARNES PAGÁN AND THE ESTATE OF
WHEREAS, Judgment in favor of Plaintiff was entered for the principal sum of $251,530.05 plus interest at a rate of 4.500% per annum since March 1, 2012 until the debt is paid in full. Such interests continue to accrue un til the debt is paid in full. The defendants were also ordered to pay Plaintiff late charges in the amount of 5.000% of each and any monthly installment not received by the note holder within 15 days after the install ment was due until the debt is paid in full. Such late charges continue to accrue until the debt is paid in full. The defendants were also ordered to pay Plain tiff all 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 ($30,200.00) to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The re cords of the case and these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Offi ce of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico or by accessing the electronic court records.
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Demandante V. ANNIE ALVAREZJULIETHMAESTRE Demandado(a) Civil: BY2022RF01084. 4002. Sobre: DIVORCIO (RI). NO TIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. A: BENITEZISRAELNEVAREZ. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 8 de agosto de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted en terarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta no tificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circula ción general en la Isla de Puer to 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 Sen tencia, Sentencia Parcial o Re solución, de la cual puede es tablecerse 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 consi derará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Co pia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 9 de agosto de 2022. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 9 de agosto de 2022. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁN CHEZ, SECRETARIA. GREN DA L. VÉLEZ RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE IN THE UNITED STATES DIS TRICT COURT FOR THE DIS TRICT OF PUERTO RICO LIME HOMES, LTD Plaintiff V. CARMINA AMÉRICA BARNES PAGÁN A/K/A CARMIÑA AMÉRICA BARNES PAGÁN A/ KA CARMIÑA BARNES PAGÁN AND THE ESTATE OF AUGUSTO ANDGARRIGA;AUGUSTOGARRIGAQUIÑONESA/K/AQUIÑONEZJOHNDOEJANEDOEASTHEUNKNOWNMEMBERSOFTHEESTATEOFAUGUSTOQUIÑONESGARRIGAA/K/AAUGUSTOQUIÑONEZGARRIGA
WHEREAS, pursuant to said judgment, the undersig ned SPECIAL MASTER, Joel Ronda-Feliciano, was ordered to sell at public auction for US currency in cash or certified check, without appraisal or right to redemption to the highest bidder and a at the office of the appointed special master at 441 Calle E, Frailes Industrial Park, Guaynabo, 00969, Puerto Rico (18.3698579, -66.1124836) the following property: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Condominio Almendro Terra ce de Santurce Norte. Apar tamento número B-2 Tiene una cabida total de 1,867.0 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 569.207 metros cuadrados dividido en dos plantas o nive les comunicados entre sí por una escalera la cual conduce también a una escalera la cual conduce también a una azotea localizada sobre el segundo piso de este apartamento, para el exclusivo de éste como área privada individual. La primera planta consta de una terraza al descubierto, sala, comedor, vestíbulo, cocina, closets, me dio baño, estacionamiento bajo techo o marquesina doble para uso exclusivo e individualizado de este apartamento con ac ceso directo al patio interior común del condominio. La segunda planta consta de 3 cuartos dormitorios, dos baños y laundry. Pertenece también a este apartamento como área privada para uso individual de este apartamento entre el pe rímetro exterior de la edifica ción y la colindancia del solar en que enclava el edificio. La puerta principal de entrada a este apartamento comunica al patio interior común del condo minio, el cual a su vez comuni ca con la vía pública a través de la vía o camino de acceso. Colinda este apartamento por el Este, con el apartamento C-2; por el Oeste, con el apar tamento A-2; por el Norte, con la colindancia Norte del solar en que enclava el edificio; por el Sur, con el patio interior co mún y la marquesina doble del apartamento C-2. Correspon de al anteriormente descrito apartamento una participación de 16.86% en los elementos comunes del inmueble. The property is identified with the number 32,223 and is recorded at page number 171 of volume number 864 of North Santurce, in the Registry of Property of San Juan, First Section. WHE REAS, the mortgage foreclosed as part of the instant procee ding is recorded at mobile page of volume number 1,098 of North Santurce, fifth inscription in the Registry of Property of San Juan, First Section. WHE REAS the property is subject to the following junior liens: TAX LIEN: Annotated on this pro perty as belonging to Augusto Quiñones Garriga and Carmiña Barnes Pagán, for the sum of $246,255.14, certification dated August 18, 2004, issued by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Department of Treasury. Anno tated to mobile volume 1107 of Santurce North Seventh ins cription. TAX LIEN: Annotated on this property, as belonging to Augusto Quiñones Garriga and Carmiña Barnes Pagán, for the amount of $251,521.68, accor ding to certification dated Sep tember 23, 2008, issued by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Department of Treasury. Anno tated to mobile volume 1107 of Santurce North. Seventh ins cription. TAX LIEN: Annotated on this property as belonging to Augusto Quiñones Garriga, for the sum of $246,255.14, certi fication dated August 18, 2004, issued by Internal Revenue Service ofPuerto Rico. Annota ted on page 3, order number 10 of the Tax Lien Register San turce North, number 110, on September 1, 2004. TAX LIEN: Annotated on this property, as belonging to Augusto Quiño nes Garriga, for the amount of $251,521.68, according to certification of Tax Lien Regis ter dated September 26, 2008, issued by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Department of Treasury. Annotated on page 16, order number 64 of the Tax Lien Register of Santurce North number 110. LIS PENDENS: Civil matter pursued by DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc. vs Car mina América Barnes Pagán a/k/a Carmiña América Barnes Pagán a/ka Carmiña Barnes Pagán and the estate of Au gusto Quiñones Garriga a/k/a Augusto Quiñonez Garriga; John Doe and Jane Doe as the unknown members of the esta te of Augusto Quiñones Garriga a/k/a Augusto Quiñonez Ga rriga before the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, docket number 3:16-cv-02980-ADC regarding foreclosure, claiming payment of mortgage with an outstan ding balance of $251,530.05, as per complaint dated Nov ember 15, 2016. Recorded at the Karibe system for North Santurce, notation D. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It is unders tood that the potential bidders acquire the property subject to any and all the senior liens that encumber the property. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title that prior and prefe rential 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 then and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and the bid price shall not be applied toward the cancellation of the senior liens. WHEREFO RE, the FIRST PUBLIC SALE will be held on OCTOBER 7, 2022 at 9:45AM and the mi nimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $302,000.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND PU BLIC AUCTION shall be held on OCTOBER 14, 2022 at 9:45 AM and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $201,333.33. If said second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on OCTOBER 21, 2022 at 9:45 AM and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $151,000.00. con firmation of the sale, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens. For further particu lars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be exa mined in the aforementioned office of the Clerk of the Unites States District Court. San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 10 day of Au gust, 2022. (Sing.) Joel Ronda Feliciano, Special Master. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU el apartamento número A-414. Está compuesto de sala-come dor, cocina, lavandería, tres (3) dormitorios, un (1) baño, pasillo que da acceso a los dormitorios y un (1) balcón. A esta unidad le corresponde el 2.50% en los elementos comunes generales del Condominio. A esta unidad le corresponde para su inicio y exclusive uso como elementos comunes limitados, el estacio namiento identificado con el número 413. Inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Sabana Llana, Finca Número 36245, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sec ción V. La escritura de hipoteca consta inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Sabana Llana, Finca Núme ro 36245, Registro de la Pro piedad de San Juan, Sección V. Inscripción segunda. Dirección Física: Victoria Apartments, 1018 Calle Lealtad, Apt. A-413, San Juan, PR 00923-2585. Número de Catastro: 79-087014-540-07-013. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $69,000.00. De no haber adju dicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 22 DE SEP TIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la prime ra subasta, o sea, $46,000.00. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA, el día 29 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MA ÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mi tad del precio pactado, o sea, $34,500.00. 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 ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandan te el importe de la Sentencia por la suma de $62,124.67 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.25% anual desde el 1 de agosto de 2020 hasta su completo pago, más $276.12 de recargos acumula dos los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $6,900.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el con trato del préstamo. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesa los siguientes gravámenes poste riores que afecta la propiedad que se pretende ejecutar: a. Hi poteca: Constituida por Samuel David Cordero Conty (soltero), en garantía de un pagaré a fa vor de Municipio de San Juan, o a su orden, por la suma de $53,400.00, con intereses al NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Parte Demandante Vs. SAMUEL DAVID CORDERO CONTY T/C/C SAMUEL DAVID CENTENO CONTY Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV02751. Sala: 508. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDI NARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIA DO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBAS TA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia dictada el 31 de mayo de 2022, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 28 de julio de 2022 y el Manda miento de Ejecución del 29 de julio de 2022 en el caso de epí grafe, procederé a vender el día 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de San Juan, Sala Superior, en la Avenida Muñoz Rivera, Esquina Coll y Toste, Parada 37, San Juan, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de Amé rica, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORI ZONTAL: Apartamento número A-413, localizado al Sureste del cuarto (4to) nivel del Edifi cio A del Condominio Victoria Apartments, el cual está situa do en la Calle Lealtad Número 1018 de la Comunidad Victoria en el Barrio Sabana Llana del término municipal de San Juan, Puerto Rico. Este apartamento de forma irregular está cons truido de hormigón reforzado y bloques de concreto con puer tas de madera y ventanas tipo colonial de aluminio y cristal. Su entrada principal colinda por el Norte, con el pasillo y escalera del cuarto nivel. Tiene un área privada de vivienda de 973.57 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 90.45 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en 26’ 3” equivalentes a 8.00 metros con las áreas comunes del cuarto nivel y con el apartamento nú mero A-415; por el SUR, en va rias alineaciones que suman 26’ 3” equivalentes a 8.00 metros con áreas comunes del Con dominio; por el ESTE, en varias alineaciones que suman 44’ 7” equivalentes a 13.59 metros con la Calle Lealtad; y por el OESTE, en 12’ 5” equivalentes a 3.78 metros con áreas comu nes del Condominio y en 32’ 2” equivalentes a 9.80 metros con
LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYAMA PUERTOFIRSTBANKRICO Demandante V. RAFAELLOPEZANTONIOLOPEZ Demandado(a) Civil: GM2022CV00182. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECAIN REM. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. A: RAFAEL ANTONIO LOPEZ LOPEZ. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 10 de agosto de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente 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 notifica ción. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedi miento 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 edic to de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edic to. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 11 de agosto de 2022. En Guayama, Puerto Rico, el 11 de agosto de 2022. MARISOL ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. ILEANA SANTIAGO VEGA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE GUAYNABO PUERTOFIRSTBANKRICO Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE IRMA IRIS ACEVEDOETGONZÁLEZ,AL.
Demandados Civil Núm.: GB2022CV00620. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HI POTECA Y COBRO DE DINE RO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LI BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES SUCESIÓNDESCONOCIDOSHEREDEROSDELADEIRMAIRISACEVEDOGONZÁLEZ.
POR LA PRESENTE se les em plaza y requiere para que con teste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Us ted deberá radicar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Adminis tración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electróni ca: se724-0230.00902-2512;BOXMariedequebunaldecasoporsumac/,http://unired.ramajudicial.pr/salvoquesepresentederechopropio,encuyodeberáradicareloriginalsucontestaciónanteelTricorrespondienteynotificoncopiaalosabogadoslapartedemandante,Lcda.L.QuiñonesTañón,alPO9022512,SanJuan,P.R.Teléfono:(787)Endichademandatramitaunprocedimientode contados a partir de la fecha de notificación de la presente Or den, acepten o repudien la par ticipación que les corresponda en la herencia de la DE LA SU CESION DE IRMA IRIS ACE VEDO GONZÁLEZ De no ha cerlo dentro de dicho término, se dará la herencia por acep tada. SE LES APERCIBE que de no hacer sus alegaciones responsivas a la demanda den tro del término aquí dispuesto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia, concedién dose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. A 12 de agosto de 2022. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA RE GIONAL. MAIRENI TRINTA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I. LEGAL NOTICE “Blue Sky Towers III, LLC would like to place on no tice the proposed acquisi tion of a telecommunica tion installation consisting of a 185’ (195’ including all appurtenances) mo nopole tower known as Buenos Aires located at 18° 5’ 29.68692” nor th latitude and -67° 8’ 37.67617” west longitude at the approximate vicinity of at near State Road PR102 Interior, Cabo Rojo, Bajura Ward , Puerto Rico 00623. If you have any concerns regarding histo ric properties that may be affected by this proposed undertaking, please con tact: Miles Walz-Salvador, Lotis Environmental, LLC, at ponse,580-7000.LotisGroup.comNEPA.NHPA@Theor(716)Inyourrespleaseincludethe proposed undertaking’s location and a list of the historic resources that you believe to be affected along with their respective addresses or approximate locations.”. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS REVERSEFUNDING,MORTGAGELLC Demandante Vs SUCESION DE MANUEL LOPEZ YYCARRASQUILLOLOPEZ,ZAMBRANA,COMPUESTAMENDOZAPORMYRIAMLOPEZMANUELLOPEZZAMBRANA;SALVADORJIMENEZERICKJIMENEZLOPEZ,MARCOSLOPEZRENECARRASQUILLOLOPEZ;FULANODETALSUTANODETALCOMOPOSIBLESHEREDEROS cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca bajo el número men cionado en el epígrafe. Se ale ga en dicho procedimiento que la parte Demandada incurrió en el incumplimiento del Contrato de Hipoteca, al no poder pagar las mensualidades vencidas correspondientes a los meses de diciembre de 2021, hasta el presente, más los cargos por demora correspondientes. Además adeuda a la parte de mandante las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en que incurra el tenedor del pagaré en este litigio. De acuerdo con dicho Contrato de Garantía Hi potecaria la parte Demandante declaró vencida la totalidad de la deuda ascendente a la suma de principal global de $12,306.85, la cual se desglosa a continuación: una suma prin cipal de $109.36 más intereses a razón del 6.50% anual desde el 1 de noviembre de 2021 has ta el presente y los que se con tinúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más una suma principal diferida (piggy back) de $12,197.49 la cual no genera intereses, más los car gos por demora que se corres ponden a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pac tada de 5% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, más ade lantos para el pago de seguros y contribuciones, entre otros; más una suma equivalente a $5,200.00, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado todo según pac tado. La parte Demandante presentará para su inscripción en el Registro de la Propiedad correspondiente, un AVISO DE PLEITO PENDIENTE (“Lis Pendens”) sobre la propiedad objeto de esta acción cuya propiedad es la siguiente: UR BANA: Parcela marcada con el número catorce-B (14-B) de la comunidad Rural López Casas del Barrio Guaraguao del tér mino municipal de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 1,084.68 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con Calle de acceso; por el SUR, con terrenos del se ñor Juan Nieves Claudio; por el ESTE, con parcela catorce (14) de la Comunidad; y por el OES TE, con la parcela trece (13) de la comunidad. Enclava una casa de una sola planta, con un valor de $35,000.00, según es critura número 29, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 16 de diciembre de 1985, ante la notario Belén Frías Ortiz, e inscrito al folio 71 del tomo 764 de Guaynabo, finca número 29,768, inscripción 2da. Consta inscrita al folio 70 del tomo 764 de Guaynabo, finca número #29,768. Registro de la Propie dad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Guaynabo. SE LES ORDENA a ustedes a que dentro del tér mino legal de treinta (30) días,
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(Nombre de las partes a las que se les notifica la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 10 de agosto de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted en terarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta no tificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circula ción general en la Isla de Puer to 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 Sen tencia, Sentencia Parcial o Re solución, de la cual puede es tablecerse 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 consi derará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Co pia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 11 de agos to de 2022. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 11 de agosto de 2022.
ESTADODCD2014-3074LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYA MÓN SALA SUPERIOR FEDERAL ASSOCIATIONMORTGAGENATIONALT/C/CFANNIEMAE
Demandante V. JOSÉ J. MARRERO MUÑOZ T/C/C JOSÉ JAVIER MARRERO MUÑOZ, WANDA I. RÍOS MORALES T/C/C WANDA IVETTE RÍOS MORALES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENESCOMPUESTAGANANCIALESPORAMBOS
Demandados Civil Núm.: DCD2014-3074. (502). Sobre: COBRO DE DI NERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HI POTECA POR LA VÍA ORDI NARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUN CIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Manda miento de Ejecución de Senten cia que le ha sido dirigido al Al guacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CEN TRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN 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 ge rente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia el día 19 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MA ÑANA en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDI CIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SU PERIOR, en la oficina de Algua ciles de Subasta sita en el 4to piso del TRIBUNAL DE PRIME RA INSTANCIA CENTRO JU DICIAL DE BAYAMON SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, títu lo e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en Alturas de Flamboyan, P4 Calle 23, Bayamón, PR 00959 y que se describe a con tinuación: URBANA: Solar radi cado en la Urbanización Flam boyán, Etapas del Este, situada en el Barrio Juan Sanchez de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, marca do con el número 4 de la man zana P, con un área de 305.50 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar nú mero P-3, distancia de 23.50 metros; por el SUR, con el solar número P-5, distancia de 23.50 metros; por el ESTE, con la ca lle número 23, distancia de 13.00 metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar numero P-6, distan cia de 13.00 metros. Enclava una casa. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita en el Folio 156 del Tomo 731 de Bayamón, finca número 33,506, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sec ción Primera. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del in mueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $175,130.00. Si no hubiere re mate ni adjudicación en la pri mera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscri be el día 26 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda su basta 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 $116,753.33. Si tam poco hubiere remate ni adjudi cación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 3 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecu ción, o sea, la suma de $87,565.00. La hipoteca a eje cutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la es critura número 269, otorgada el día 25 de abril de 2005, ante el Notario Jacqueline Feliciano Archilla y consta inscrita en el Folio 216 del Tomo 7198 de Ba yamón, finca número 33506, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Primera, inscripción décimo octava. Di cha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcial mente según sea el caso el im porte de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $149,565.87 por concepto de principal, más intereses al tipo pactado de 6.125% anual desde el día 1 de junio de 2014. Dichos intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Se paga rán también los cargos por de mora equivalentes a 5.000% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha venci miento, la suma de $17,513.00 para costas, gastos y honora rios de abogado, la suma de $17,513.00 para cubrir los inte reses en adición a los garanti zados por ley y la suma de $17,513.00 para cubrir cual quier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipo teca, más intereses según pro visto por la regla 44.3 de las de Procedimiento Civil. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedi miento incoado estarán de ma nifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDI CIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SU PERIOR durante las horas la borables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bas tante la titularidad del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecu tante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su ex tinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gra vámenes anteriores ni prefe rentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita an teriormente, pesan los gravá menes posteriores a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relacio nan más adelante. A los acree dores 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 dere chos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del ac tor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de, o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endo so, o al portador, garantizados hipotecariamente con posterio ridad al crédito del actor por la presente se notifica, que se ce lebrarán las subastas en las fe chas, 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 abo gado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. A. EM BARGO ESTATAL: (LEY #8) Anotada sobre esta finca, como perteneciente a José Javier Marrero Muñoz y su esposa, Wanda Ivette Ríos Morales, por concepto de Contribuciones so bre Ingresos, por la suma de $97,151.59, según Certificación de fecha 1 de noviembre de 2005, expedida por Iris D. Mer ced Otero, Colector de Rentas Internas. Anotada al folio 216 del tomo 1798 de Bayamón. Anotación A. anotado al folio 34, orden número 133 del Libro de Embargos Estatales número 29, Bajo la ley número 8. B. EMBARGO ESTATAL: Anotado sobre esta finca, como pertene ciente a José Javier Marrero Muñoz y su esposa, Wanda Ivette Ríos Morales, por con cepto de contribuciones sobre ingresos, por la suma de $58,904.27, según certificación de fecha 16 de octubre de 2009, expedido por Departa mento de Hacienda. Anotada como asiento abreviado al folio 84 del tomo 1939 de Bayamón. Inscripción vigésima. Anotado al folio 117, orden número 463 del Libro de Embargos Estata les número 29, el 22 de octubre de 2009. C. AVISO DE DE MANDA: Pleito seguido por Do ral Bank vs. José J. Marrero Muñoz también conocido como José Javier Marrero Muñoz, Wanda I. Ríos Morales también conocida como Wanda Ivette Ríos Morales, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Sala Su perior, en el caso civil número DCD 2014-3074, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipote ca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un ba lance de $149,565.87 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 25 de noviembre de 2014. Anotada al folio 84 del tomo 1939 de Bayamón. Anota ción B. D. DERECHO DE HO GAR SEGURO: Reconocido sobre esta finca como pertene ciente a José Javier Marrero Muñiz y su esposa, Wanda Ivet te Ríos Morales, quienes cons tituyen Ley del Derecho de Pro tección del Hogar Principal y Familiar, según escritura núme ro 35, otorgada en Bayamón, el 14 de septiembre de 2013, ante el notario Rafael H. Román Ji ménez. Inscrita al folio 84 del tomo 939 de Bayamón. Inscrip ción vigesimoprimera. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos sema nas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de cele brarse la venta, tales como la alcaldía, el Tribunal y la colectu ría. 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 pro piedad a ser ejecutada se ad quirirá libre de cargas y gravá menes posteriores sujeto a lo dispuesto en los Artículos 113 al 116 de la Ley 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015, según apli que. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma en Ba yamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 10 de AGOSTO de 2022. FDO. EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXI LIAR PLACA #193.
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INGRESOSYYCARRASQUILLOELIZABETHELIZABETHDESCONOCIDOS;SUCESIONDEZAMBRANAJIMENEZT/C/CZAMBRANADELOPEZCOMPUESTAPORMYRIAMLOPEZZAMBRANA,MANUELLOPEZZAMBRANA;SALVADORJIMENEZLOPEZ,ERICKJIMENEZLOPEZ,MARCOSLOPEZRENECARRASQUILLOLOPEZ;FULANODETALSUTANODETALCOMOPOSIBLESHEREDEROSDESCONOCIDOS;CENTRODERECAUDACIONDEMUNICIPALESYLOSESTADOSUNIDOSDEAMERICA Civil Núm.: CG2021CV03083. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO TECA - IN REM. NOTIFICA CIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. SUCESION DE MANUEL LOPEZ MENDOZA Y SUCESION DE ELIZABETH YCARRASQUILLOELIZABETHJIMENEZZAMBRANAT/C/CZAMBRANADELOPEZCOMPUESTAPORMARCOSLOPEZ,RENECARRASQUILLOLOPEZ,FULANODETALSUTANODETALCOMOPOSIBLESHEREDEROSDESCONOCIDOSDEAMBASSUCESIONES.
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CR2019CV00112. Sala: 001. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDI NARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIA DO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBAS por concepto de honorarios de abogados pactado, para cubrir el principal adeudado, dispo niéndose que si quedare algún remanente luego de pagarse las sumas antes mencionadas del mismo deberá ser deposita do en la Secretaria del Tribunal para ser entregado a los de mandados previa solicitud y or den del Tribunal. La venta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca. La adjudicación se hará al me jor postor, quien deberá consig nar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del algua cil del Tribunal. LA PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 21 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑA NA, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, localizada en el Cen tro Judicial de Bayamón, Baya món, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $91,630.00. Que de ser necesaria la ce lebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, la misma se lleva rá a efecto el día 28 DE SEP TIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $61,086.67, equivalen tes 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 día 5 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El pre cio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $45,815.00, 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 tota lidad 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 Articulo 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 men cionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confir mada la venta judicial por el Ho norable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en pose sión física del inmueble de con formidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de
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POR LA PRESENTE se les em plaza y requiere para que con teste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Us ted deberá radicar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Adminis tración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electróni ca:
Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2020CV00916. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. NO TIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO POR SUMAC. A: LINDA MONTALVO.FREIRE EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 24 de junio de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente 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 notifica ción. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedi miento 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 edic to de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edic to. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 28 de junio de 2022. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 28 de junio de 2022. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA RE GIONAL. JOHANNA RODRÍ GUEZ BENÍTEZ, SECRETA RIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN PUERTOFIRSTBANKRICO Demandante Vs. WEYINMI EFEJUKU ROSE Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV05799. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO TECA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDIC TO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUER TO RICO, SS. A: EFEJUKUWEYINMIROSE.
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TA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia en Rebeldía Enmendada Nunc Pro Tunc dictada el 5 de mayo de 2022, la Orden de Ejecución de Sen tencia del 5 de julio de 2022 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 6 de julio de 2022 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 2 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Comerío, en 16 Calle Georgetti, Comerío, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en mo neda de los Estados Unidos de América todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Parcela marcada con el número 142 en el plano de parcelación de la Comuni dad Rural de Río Hondo del Barrio Río Hondo del término municipal de Comerío, Puerto Rico, con cabida superficial de .2463 cuerdas, equivalentes a 968.19 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con terrenos propiedad de la Ad ministración de Programas So ciales; por el SUR, con la Calle Número Ocho (8) de la Comu nidad; por el ESTE, con parcela número 141 de la Comunidad; y por el OESTE, con parcela número 143 de la Comunidad. Inscrita al folio 202 vuelto del tomo 123 de Comerío, Finca Número 8060, Registro de la Propiedad de Barranquitas. La hipoteca consta inscrita al fo lio 203 vuelto del tomo 123 de Comerío, Finca Número 8060, Registro de la Propiedad de Barranquitas. Inscripción cuar ta. La modificación de hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 157 vuel to del tomo 164 de Comerío, Finca Número 8060, Registro de la Propiedad de Barranqui tas. Inscripción sexta. Dirección Física: Barrio Río Hondo, Solar Núm. 142, Comerío, PR 00782. Número de Catastro: 43-248001-108-54-000. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $40,350.00. De no haber adju dicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 9 DE DICIEM BRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera su basta, o sea, $26,900.00. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 16 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $20,175.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la tota lidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. VIONNETTE ESPINOSA CASTILLO, SE CRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN ORIENTAL BANK Demandante Vs. FREIRELINDAMONTALVO
cocina y balcón, un “walk - in - closet” y otros tres “closets”, y el segundo nivel en el quin to piso: de estudio cubierto y terraza descubierta. Tiene una puerta principal que da acce so a la escalera por donde se llega a la salida del condomi nio se obtiene acceso a la vía publica. Le corresponde una participación de uno punto tres cero cinco (1.305%) por ciento en los elementos comunes del condominio. Le corresponde el uso exclusivo del elemento co mún limitado estacionamiento para dos autos marcado 2-A-7. Consta inscrita al folio 151 del tomo 601 de Río Piedras Sur Finca número 18,947 Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección IV de San Juan. SE LE APERCIBE que dé no hacer sus alegaciones responsivas a la demanda dentro del término aquí dispuesto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará senten cia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribu nal en San Juan, Puerto Rico. A 12 de agosto de 2022. Griselda Rodríguez Collado, Secretaria Regioanal. Brenda Báez Aca ba, Secretaria De Servicios A Sala.
Parte Demandante Vs. HÉCTOR MANUEL REYES NIEVES T/C/C HÉCTOR M. REYES NIEVES, ANA MÉRIDA RIVERA RIVERA T/C/C ANA MARIELA RIVERA RIVERA T/C/C ANA M. RIVERA RIVERA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE COMPUESTAGANANCIALESPORAMBOS
LEGAL NOTICE Estado Libre Asociado de Puer to Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Pri mera Instancia Sala Superior de San Juan. BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs ORIENTAL BANK T/C/C ORIENTAL BANK & TRUST COMO SUCESOR EN DERECHO DE RG PREMIER BANK OF PUERTO RICO, Y OTROS Demandado (a) Civil Núm.: SJS2022CV01579. Sala: 0505. Sobre: CANCE LACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NO TIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. A: CARLOS RICARDO RAMIREZ PEREZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES; ELLIM DE JESUS RENTAS T/C/C ELLIN DE JESUS RENTAS; MUÑIZ & ZAVALA, INC. POR CONDUCTO DE SU AGENTE AUTORIZADO; FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL POSIBLES DESCONOCIDOSTENEDORDELPAGARE EL SECRETARIO (A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 8 de AGOSTO de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente 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 diez (10) días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o repre sentando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sen tencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apela ción 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 publi cación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archi vada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 9 de AGOSTO de 2022. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 9 de agosto de 2022. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ CO LLADO, Secretaria Regional. f/ E. DIOMARYS ALCÁNTARA FÉLIX, Secretario {a) Auxiliar, LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYA MÓN APEX BANK Demandante Vs. ELIEZER RIVERA DIAZ, EMMA IVELISSE PADILLA ALICEA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENESCOMPUESTAGANANCIALESPORAMBOS Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2018CV01575. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLI CA SUBASTA. A: ELIEZER RIVERA DIAZ, EMMA IVELISSE PADILLA ALICEA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES AMBOSCOMPUESTAGANANCIALESPORYALPUBLICOENGENERAL: El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puer to Rico, hago saber a la parte demandada, y al PUBLICO EN GENERAL: y a todos los acree dores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o de rechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecu tada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipo tecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación re gistral, para que puedan concu rrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus inte reses, costas y honorarios de aboga dos asegurados, que dando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor eje cutante a saber: ASOCIACION EMPLEADOS DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUER TO RICO : A cuyo aparece pre sentado al folio 7 del tono 6 del Registro de Sentencias de Ba rranquitas, dictada el 23 de di ciembre de 2010, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico sala de Bayamón en el caso civil # CM-2010-365, con cepto de cobro de dinero segui do por Asociación Empleados del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico como demandan te versus Eliezer Rivera Diaz, como demandado, por la suma de $1,114.55 más intereses ect., anotado el 23 de abril del 2015. Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 5 de julio de 2022, por la Secre taria del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la pro piedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: Dirección de la Propiedad: 162 Calle Trinitaria, Urb. Jardines de Naranjito, Na ranjito, PR 00719. URBANA: Solar número treinta (30) del bloque (B) en la Urbanización Jardines de Naranjito, localiza da en el Barrio Achiote de Na ranjito, con una cabida de tres cientos nueve puntos cuarenta metros cuadrado (309.40 m.c.), equivalentes a cero punto cero cero siete ocho siete cuerdas (0.0787 cdas), en lindes por el NORTE, con la calle nume ro dos (2), distancia de once punto noventa metros (11.90 m); por el SUR, con el solar B guion dieciséis (B-16), distancia de once punto noventa metros (11.90 m); por el ESTE, con el solar B guion quince (B-15), distancia de veintiséis metros (26.00 m); por el OESTE, con el solar B guion treinta y uno (B-31) ,distancia de veintiséis metro (26.00 m). Enclava una casa de concreto para fines residenciales. Inscrita al folio 194 del tomo 111 de Naranjito, finca numero 7,965 Registro de la Propiedad Sección de Barranquitas. El producto de la subasta se destinará a sa tisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada acogiendo los términos de estipulación entre partes a su favor, el día 20 de septiem bre de 2019, en el presente caso civil a saber, tiene un balance $66,858.30, al 17 de mayo de 2021, lo cual se des glosa en $53,074.85 de prin cipal $4,497.09 de intereses, $245.27 de cargos por atraso, $51.60 por concepto de seguro de la propiedad (“Hazard Insu rance”) $659.49 por concepto de seguro de hipoteca (“Mort gage Insurance”), en adición a costas, gastos y $8,330.00 la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está eje cutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecuti vas, 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. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documen tos correspondientes al proce dimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas la borables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anterio res y los preferentes, si los hu biere, 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 ex tinción el precio del remate. EX PIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 08 de agosto de 2022. Edgardo Elías Vargas Santana, Alguacil Auxiliar Placa #193, División De Subastas, Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Sala Superior De Ba yamón. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE COME RÍO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO COMO AGENTE DE SERVICIO DE INSURANCEMASSACHUSETTSMUTUALLIFECOMPANY(MASSMUTUAL)
Scherzer and deGrom are great. But how great?
By ROB NEYER Scherzer.YouDeGrom.DeGrom.Scherzer.canorderthem
Jacob deGrom’s third start of the season, on Saturday, was his best yet. He allowed two hits and no runs over six innings, striking out 10.
The good news for the Mets? Nearly every World Series-winning team in history did not have the sport’s two greatest pitch ers, or even two truly great pitchers. There are plenty of other ways to win, and the Mets were able to find them as they waited for their aces to return.
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however you would like now that Max Scherzer and Ja cob deGrom are finally ensconced at the top of the New York Mets’ pitching rotation. Each would be nearly every other team’s No. 1 starter, and, either way, you’re not re ally choosing the order of the team’s rotation or the pitchers’ projected statistics; mostly, you’re choosing the phraseology for an idea. Or aFromfantasy.2016-19, the National League’s four Cy Young Awards all went to either Scherzer (then a Washington National) or deGrom (so far, a career Met). From 2016-19, only two NL pitchers earned more than 20 wins above replacement: Scherzer (27) and deGrom (24). With Scherzer and deGrom paired together, it’s easy to imagine that they’ll make a great team only greater. How couldn’t they? The past two weeks have given us a glimpse of what they can be, and it has been fairly spectacular. Scherzer and deGrom — in that order, thus far — have started backto-back games three times, and even with deGrom still building up his endurance, they have mostly lived up to their billing: 37 1/3 innings, 25 hits, six earned runs, three walks … and 50 strikeouts. Let’s tap the brakes though, however lightly, on what this means as far as the Mets’ improving.Forone thing, after Sunday’s 6-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies, the Mets’ re cord was 75-40, which few people outside New York were talking about, mostly be cause the Los Angeles Dodgers have been even better. But the Mets’ .652 winning per centage was just off the pace for a franchise record (set by the 1986 championship team, which won 108 games). No matter what sort of player you add to a .652 team, the team is not likely to play better than that (because of math that’s not actually complicated). For another, Scherzer and deGrom have been co-aces for two weeks, and it is not fair yet to expect another two uninterrupted months. DeGrom missed half of last season with an elbow injury and the first four months of this season with a shoulder injury. Scherz er, in his first season with the Mets after sign ing a record-breaking contract, was on the injured list from mid-May through early July with a strained oblique muscle. Together — finally — they might well become the premier pitching duo in the ma jor leagues (although Philadelphia’s Aaron Nola and Zack Wheeler have a claim to that). But they would have to avoid the injured list, which hasn’t been a given for either of them in recent years. But what if Scherzer and deGrom can stay healthy and in the Mets’ rotation? What if they can pitch as well as they did during their Cy Young seasons or in shorter stretches since then? Would we ever have seen any thing quite like them? In terms of strikeouts, we probably have not. Among the many hundreds of pitchers with at least 1,000 innings in their major league careers, deGrom and Scherzer rank fourth and fifth in strikeouts per nine in nings. But that’s primarily a function of this high-strikeout era; the three pitchers ahead of them in career strikeout rate are also active this season. As are Nos. 7 and 8. The pitcher with the sixth-best strikeout rate in Hallhistory?ofFamer Randy Johnson. And it’s Johnson upon whom all fantasies about pitching duos must be measured. Because there has never been a more dominant pair of pitching teammates than Johnson and Curt Schilling, who reached their co-ace peak with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2001 and 2002. Which isn’t to suggest that Johnson and Schilling are the only names that come to mind. Before Christy Mathewson became a New York Giants legend, he was outmatched for a couple of seasons by his teammate Joe McGinnity, whose nickname was Iron Man. For a few years in the 1950s, Cleveland’s pitching staff included four future Hall of Famers, three of whom were in their prime. Among them was Early Wynn. In 1956, he and Herb Score could have made a solid ar gument that they were the two best pitchers in baseball.Inthe1960s, the Dodgers’ Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale were often spoken of as a unit, and in superlative terms. But Drysdale never came particularly close to matching peak Koufax (the latter’s real competition came from NL rivals such as Bob Gibson and JuanFromMarichal).1975-77, Angels teammates Nolan Ryan and Frank Tanana each won 50 games and ranked first and second in the majors in strikeouts. (Tanana wasn’t remotely close to Ryan, and nobody else was close to Ta nana.) But mid-1970s Ryan was still walking far more batters than anyone else, and gener ally was not considered the equal of fellow MLB stars such as Tom Seaver, Jim Palmer and Steve Carlton. In the 1990s, MLB’s top duo was usually Greg Maddux and whichever of his Atlanta teammates was having his best season: Tom Glavine, John Smoltz or, one year, even Den ny Neagle. But during those years of domi nance, there was never really an argument for another Atlanta pitcher as the game’s best (or second-best). If it wasn’t Maddux, it was Roger Clemens or Pedro Martínez or John son. Johnson, who first became a star in Seat tle, signed as a free agent with the Diamond backs after the 1998 season. In 1999, just the franchise’s second season, he won his sec ond Cy Young Award as the team rocketed into the playoffs. In 2000, he earned his third Cy Young; midway through that season, Ari zona traded for Schilling, the ace of the Phil lies, who proved to be good (but not great) down the stretch. Arizona finished third, and manager Buck Showalter — 22 years before he got a dugout seat for the Scherzer and deGrom show in New York — got fired. In 2001, Johnson won his third straight Cy Young Award and fourth overall. But his 21 wins weren’t enough for the league lead because Schilling won 22. That fall, Johnson and Schilling combined for nine postsea son wins as the Diamondbacks rolled to a World Series championship, capped by Luis González’s walk-off single against Mariano Rivera in Game 7 against the heavily favored New York Yankees. Johnson and Schilling finished one-two in Cy Young balloting … and then did it again the next year, with Johnson winning his fourth straight (nobody else has won more than three straight). MLB had never seen anything quite like Johnson and Schilling — and might never again. For Scherzer and deGrom to even begin to match them, they will need to stay healthy the rest of this season and next season, and do something spectacular in at least one October. All while pitching as well as they’ve ever pitched before. And, of course, they’ve both pitched tremendously before.
Information on Carril’s survivors was not immediately available. Carril was ambivalent about his success. He once said: “People ask me, ‘How do you want to be remembered?’ I tell them I don’t.”
Pete Carril during a practice in Indianapolis in 1996, as 13th-seeded Princeton prepared to face U.C.L.A., the defending champions, in the first round of the N.C.A.A. tournament. The next night, the Tigers pulled off one of the greatest upsets in college basketball history. Carril at Princeton in 2007. “People ask me, ‘How do you want to be remembered?’” he once said. “I tell them I don’t.”
By FRANK LITSKY P ete Carril, who coached men’s bas ketball at Princeton for 29 years and scared big-name opponents with his undersized, often underskilled scholars play ing an old-fashioned textbook game, died Monday. He was 92. His family announced the death in a statement posted on the Princeton Tigers’ website. It did not say where he died or give the cause of death. As the men’s head coach from 1967-96, Carril taught a thinking man’s basketball at Princeton. As an Ivy League member, Prince ton could not offer athletic scholarships, and its academic demands were high, but Car ril’s teams, almost invariably outmanned and overmatched, still won nearly twice as often as they lost. His record at Princeton was 514-261, with 13 Ivy titles, 11 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, two in the National In vitation Tournament (his team won in 1975) and only one losing season. Fourteen of his Princeton teams led the nation in defense. In 1997, he was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. He emphasized a deliberate off-the-ball offense that kept players passing the ball and setting screens until a shooter was open or someone broke free to the basket in a pat ented backdoor play. The scores were low, and no matter how much opponents pre pared, they were frustrated and often lost their“Playingpoise. Princeton is kind of like going to the dentist,” said Jim Valvano, a North Caro lina State coach who died in 1993 at 47. “You know that down the road it can make you better, but while it’s happening it can be very, very Inpainful.”theNCAA
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With Dan White, he wrote “The Smart Take From the Strong: The Basketball Phi losophy of Pete Carril” (1997). His coaching methods were even the subject of an aca demic paper by Fordham University market ing professor Francis Petit. It was titled “What Executives Can Learn From Pete Carril.”
Around the Princeton campus, he was a revered, raspy-voiced figure in a wellworn sweater and baggy khakis (or, when he dressed formally, a bow tie). A colleague once described him as “a rumpled Lilliputian who would look as out of place in an Armani suit as he would in a Vera Wang gown.” And during games, he was known for an animated coaching style. Every year at his first practice session, Carril made the same speech to his players. “I know about your academic load,” he said. “I know how tough it is to give up the time to play here, but let’s get one thing straight. In my book, there is no such thing as an Ivy League player. When you come out of that locker room and step across that white line, you are basketball players, period.” But he also told his players: “Princeton is a special place with some very special pro fessors. It is something special to be taught by one of them. But you are not special just because you happen to go here.” Pedro José (later known as Peter Joseph) Carril was born July 10, 1930, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. His father, an immigrant from Spain, worked for 40 years at the blast fur naces of Bethlehem Steel and, his son said, never missed a day of work. In high school in Bethlehem, Pete was an all-state basketball player, and at Lafayette, where he played for Butch van Breda Kolff, he was a Little All-American. Then, for 12 years, he coached high school basketball in Pennsylvania while earning a master’s degree in education from Lehigh University in 1959. In the 1966-67 season, he coached Le high to an 11-12 record. Then, van Breda Kolff, who was coaching Princeton, left to coach the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA. Princeton considered Bobby Knight and Larry Brown as successors. Instead, it took Carril. He left college coaching after the 199596 season.“I’vebeen dodging bullets for 30 years,” Carril said. “I find I’m not seeing as much. I used to think the kids felt my coaching was worth 5 points a game to them. Maybe it was, but I get the sense they don’t feel that way now. I think I make less of a difference.”
“Winning a national championship is not something you’re going to see us do at Princeton,” he said in his final years there. “I resigned myself to that years ago. What does it mean, anyway? When I’m dead, maybe two guys will walk past my grave, and one will say to the other: ‘Poor guy. Never won a national championship.’ And I won’t hear a word they say.”
Tournament, Carril’s teams might lose to national powers but not before unnerving them and threatening an upset. In the first round alone, Princeton lost to Georgetown 50-49 in 1989, to Arkansas 6864 in 1990 and to Villanova 50-48 in 1991. Carril’s final college victory came March 14, 1996, in Indianapolis, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against UCLA, the defending champion. Thirteenth-seeded Princeton, 7 points behind with six minutes left, scored on — what else? — a backdoor with 3.9 seconds left and won. The next day, The Daily Princetonian, the student newspa per, ran this headline across Page 1: “David 43, Goliath 41.” Carril said he was under no illusions: “If we played UCLA 100 times, they would win 99 times.” (In the second round, the Tigers lost to Mississippi State 63-41.)
Pete Carril, Princeton’s textbook basketball coach, dies at 92
The next year, he became an assistant coach of the Sacramento Kings of the NBA under coach Rick Adelman, spending most of his time breaking down game tapes. He remained with the team for most of the next decade, retiring in 2006, but three years later, at 78, he rejoined the Kings as a consultant. “Being an assistant doesn’t bother me at all,” he said. “The aggravation and the pain in your stomach and the headaches that you get when you see things that are done wrong or when you lose, or all those problems you have as a head coach, I’d had enough.”
But he will be remembered, even though none of his teams gained the ultimate honor. He brushed that off, too.
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 Sudoku WordsearchCrossword Answers on page 38 The San Juan Daily Star Wednesday, August 17, 2022 37 GAMESGAMES
Pisces (Feb 20-Mar 20) You likely have lots to do, but the present star map hints that a relationship might benefit from more attention from you. Focusing on your own plans, could see you missing out on the good times to be had with a partner or other close friend. A lively blend of aspects suggests making the effort to connect with someone you care about, as it can uplift and nurture you both, Pisces.
Cancer (June 22-July 23) Get ready for some fascinating conversations! If something you chat about really excites you, this can be a cue to take it further. Activities or clubs that you didn’t know about may come to light, that are perfect for you. Mind, with Uranus preparing to rewind now, the past could begin to have a fascinating influence on the present. Something you enjoyed might come back into vogue.
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Leo (July 24-Aug 23) Been patiently looking into something? Prize information could find you making significant progress. Perhaps someone’s helpful advice enables you to take several steps forward, and overcome issues that have been a bit of a drag. Don’t feel bad about asking for help, as a developing Venus/Jupiter tie suggests doing so will enable you to get outstanding results, Leo. Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23) The coming day or so could find you restless. Matters might not go as planned, but keep an open mind as certain ideas and opportunities can pleasantly surprise you. A new door may open that inspires you to try something different. It could be a challenge, and will likely involve a learning curve, but it might be the kind that you’ll thoroughly enjoy and instantly rise to. Libra (Sep 24-Oct 23) The opportunity to collaborate or liaise with someone, could highlight the natural chemistry you have between you. You might even be dazzled by them. There’s so much more to them than it seems, and being around them may bring out qualities of your own that have lain dormant. Get ready for a journey of discovery, that allows you to realize more of your true potential, Libra.
Your words may convey one thing, but your body language can communicate something else that speaks volumes about your motives. With Mercury linking to Uranus in your sector of relating, your feelings for a certain person might be difficult to hide, even if you try to deny them. And as seductive Venus aligns with sassy Jupiter, it could be so much easier to go with the flow.
Answers to the Sudoku and Crossword on page 37Aries (Mar 21-April 20) Have a clever money-making idea? Don’t waste it, Aries. If you put it into action, you could start a whole new side business that makes it easier to pay bills plus any extra expenses. You may also be giving more thought to your health routines, and how far they are helping you to feel really well. Need support? A personal trainer or a good friend can help you stay accountable.
Lunar links to the Sun and Saturn, can coincide with the realization that one relationship is more serious than you thought. Ready to commit to a business partnership or other collaboration, or simply to spend more time with someone? This connection could be filled with endless possibilities, and in a day or so, you may find many more reasons to be around each other.
Sagittarius (Nov 23-Dec 21) This is a day when spontaneity could pay off, and might secure you a job or other offer that you would not get otherwise. The window of opportunity may be very small, so if you notice that it’s open, you’ll need to act fast to take advantage of it. On a more indulgent note, a developing Venus link is perfect for planning a getaway. Need a restful break? This is the time to go for it.
Gemini (May 22-June 21) With an electrifying aspect on the go, a flash of inspiration could inspire you to make changes to your place that encourage greater peace, calm and healing. While decluttering can give you more room to think, giving your place a makeover may be a good move too. The combination might prove energizing. Keen on Feng Shui? These principles could bring harmony to your home.
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Taurus (April 21-May 21) With Uranus slowing prior to turning retrograde, the coming months can be an opportunity to consolidate your affairs. If you do go through a revolution, it could be more of an internal one that changes your mindset. As Mercury aligns with this restless planet today, you may unexpectedly reconnect with a person you once knew or a hobby you once enjoyed, with interesting results.
A chance meeting could pave the way for a romance or friendship to develop, that may be like nothing you’ve experienced before. The two of you might get on right away because you have a lot in common. You’ll also respect each other’s views, even if there are areas of conflict. This can be the glue that keeps you coming back for more Capricorn, and that deepens your bond.
Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov 22)
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