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LUMA Energy defends post-Ernesto power restoration efforts at House hearing

By THE STAR STAFF

Some 20 members of the island House of Representatives questioned LUMA Energy executives on Wednesday during a public hearing of the House Energy Committee in which the private consortium that operates Puerto Rico’s electric power transmission and distribution system gave assurances that by this Friday the municipalities most affected by the lack of electricity after the nearby passage of Tropical Storm Ernesto should have the service restored.

LUMA Energy President & CEO Juan Saca, along with engineer Juan Rodríguez, said that as of Wednesday morning there were some 13,500 clients without service related to the effects of Ernesto. Meanwhile, more than 17,700 clients did not have service due to scheduled improvements.

“How can we explain that, since last Friday, when LUMA announced that the system was 90 percent restored, today, Wednesday, 100 percent has not been restored?” asked Rep. Jesús Hernández Arroyo, who chairs the Energy Committee.

“What we are seeing and what we will continue to see in the coming days are jobs that can be highly complex, that we can have 10 groups working on them, without fear of being wrong in what I am saying,” said González, LUMA’s director of operations. “And the work, when we finish carrying it out, we may impact five or 10 clients in a remote area that is difficult to access.”

“Always, historically, the last five percent, normally in experience, takes the longest specifically for that reason,” he added.

One week after the storm, the municipalities of Fajardo, Luquillo, Río Grande, Orocovis and Maricao were the most affected due to significant distribution infrastructure challenges, the LUMA officials said.

Data provided in a presentation during the public hearing showed that the Carolina region continues to be the most affected with the lowest number of clients with restored electrical service, representing 93.6%.

Amid complaints about communication failures, Saca guaranteed that there is no guideline for restricting the information provided to legislators during emergency situations.

Attorney José Pérez, a legal representative of LUMA Energy, noted that since last Wednesday there had been 1,600 interactions or communications with mayors. He acknowledged that communication with legislators has been limited, however.

“I have two communities in Orocovis -- Pellejas and Mata de Cañas -- that have zero percent electricity ser-

vice seven days after the emergency, and the mayor of Orocovis probably still does not have precise details of when the lines will be working,” Hernández Arroyo said.

“In the 78 municipalities of this country, that was the greatest concern of all the mayors, that there was never an efficient, effective communication, and that every time they were told something, it created greater uncertainty. This generated, in a certain way, panic, frustration,” the lawmaker added.

Uncertain numbers reported

Rep. Jesús Hernández Concepción said there are sectors in the San Juan region that still do not have electricity service at a time when LUMA Energy certifies that 100% of the subscribers in that region already have electricity.

“On Filipinas Street, in Country Club, and four other streets have been without electricity since last Tuesday, a little before the storm arrived. “That means that your metrics are not real,” the legislator said. “These are the people you have to think about when you talk about 90 percent having light so that you know that this is not excellent service.”

Saca said the company has 1,116 line workers who perform various tasks that, for LUMA Energy, are comparable to the custodians of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (AEE). He pointed out that the field employees have been active in the restoration of electrical service after the storm.

“Those who are lacking [electricity service] are our priority and we are working hard to reach 100 percent,” Saca said. “For a while it will not be possible to reach 100 percent [...] due to the problems we have in the system and that we are in the process of solving.”

Rep. Jesús Hernández Arroyo, chairman of the House Energy Committee (Gerardo Moya)

González Colón: Energy czar proposal is about putting teeth in oversight

Her chief rival in governor’s race says the real problem is the ‘privatization’ law behind the contracting of LUMA

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

Jenniffer González Colón, the New Progressive Party candidate for governor, said Wednesday that her proposal to create an energy czar is a response to the fact that, in her opinion, none of the entities in charge of overseeing the work of LUMA Energy, the private operator of Puerto Rico’s electric power transmission and distribution system, have fulfilled their responsibilities.

“The ultimate goal is not to seek a cancellation [of LUMA’s contract,” González Colón said at a press conference. “The ultimate goal is to solve the problem for people, to ensure that people have light.”

“I am not talking about a band-aid, I am not talking about a spokesperson, no, no, no,” González Colón said. “I am talking about creating a law that allocates the experience of an energy czar. It has to be a person who knows the subject, who has a specialized technical team to be able to talk about distribution, to be able to talk about generation, to be able to talk about billing, to be able to talk about debt, and so that we can talk about execution, about creating new energy plants, about upgrading the plants that are burning energy to natural gas or hydrogen or any other technology that will lead us to being able to have renewable energy, which should be the goal -- that we have clean and renewable energy. That should be the government’s goal. Is it in law, are we close to achieving it? The reality is … no. We have to start putting these steps

Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón, the New Progressive Party candidate for governor, said the “ultimate goal” of her energy czar proposal “is to solve the problem for people, to ensure that people have light.” (Facebook via Jenniffer González Colón)

in place to be able to get there.”

“It is all about energy policy. And that czar is the one who is going to make the necessary recommendations. It has to be approved by law,” González Colón added.

“Therefore, the state will have the strength and the wherewithal to recognize this expertise and this expertise will help us. If we have to change the contract, change it. If we have to take it to court, we will take it. If we have to cancel it, we will cancel it, but it will not be canceled because the wind blew. It must be canceled with the corresponding legal and technical arguments, which at this moment no one is raising. Or have you heard the director of the public-private sector talk about this? No. Have you heard the COR3 [Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency] director … ? No. The La Fortaleza chief of staff? No. The truth is that no one is doing it.”

González Colón said her proposal does not seek to amend the laws of the entities in charge of supervising LUMA Energy, such as the Energy Bureau, since in her opinion that entity does not answer directly to the island government.

“First, because the bureau, regardless of who the government is, remains in charge and does not represent the government of Puerto Rico,” the resident commissioner and gubernatorial candidate said. “It is an independent bureau that reviews, that sees the rate, [and] approves it, among other things. I am not talking about any of that. I am talking about an official who represents the people, the people of Puerto Rico, from the executive branch. That is what I am talking about. […] I am talking about an entity of the government of Puerto Rico, an official with a team. And I am not saying that the deal is perfect. I think, that is why

I said that we have to review them all. We have to review the energy policy to see what has worked and what has not worked. More than 10 years have passed since this was approved. I think it is time for it to be reviewed. And sometimes the review can imply amending, it can imply improving, it can imply eliminating.”

González Colón’s Popular Democratic Party opponent, Rep. Jesús Manuel Ortiz González, said “Jenniffer González today threw another smokescreen over LUMA, to hide her complicity and that of the NPP.”

“To win her primary, she put on a show of opposing LUMA,” he said. “But her real desire is to defend LUMA, which is a product of her legislation to privatize essential services. She cynically took advantage of the people’s frustration with LUMA to win her primary, but she cannot escape her record and that of her party.”

Until recently, González Colón, in her post as resident commissioner, was vocal in her opposition to LUMA, Ortiz said.

“Now, after the primary, the [resident] commissioner has reversed course regarding the contract and told us that LUMA is staying,” he said. “Jenniffer is using the LUMA issue as a political football. Today, no one can say that the electrical system is better than it was four years ago. As part of the show, the figure of a ‘czar’ is invented to oversee the contract. The [resident] commissioner does not seem to understand that the problem is LUMA and the structure that she approved as the author of the Public-Private Partnerships Law. This disaster is her fault and [the fault of] her vision of promoting hasty privatization processes that go against the public interest. This contract [with LUMA Energy] is a product of that vision.”

By THE STAR STAFF

In the face of growing calls for the cancellation of its contract, LUMA Energy, the private operator of the island’s electric power transmission and distribution center, declared on Wednesday that: “Our commitment to Puerto Rico is clear. This is our home, and we will not deviate from our mission of building a better energy future that all of our customers and their families expect and deserve. LUMA will not back down.”

In a written statement, LUMA highlighted the progress

made during its administration, including the implementation of more than 140 Federal Emergency Management Agency-funded reconstruction projects, the installation of more than 12,500 utility poles resistant to winds of more than 160 miles per hour, and the clearing of vegetation along more than 4,800 miles of power lines. In addition, the statement said, the company has modernized dozens of critical substations and replaced more than 116,000 streetlights across the island to improve community safety.

In its statement, LUMA also emphasized its work in promoting clean energy, noting that it has connected more

than 100,000 customers to solar panel systems. As for customer service, the company has launched text messaging and email services to keep users informed about the status of the grid and outages.

LUMA gave assurances that it continues to meet the requirements of its contract and that its focus remains on continuously improving its performance to meet and exceed its customers’ expectations.

“The progress we have made is significant, and we are determined to continue moving forward every day,” the company said in its statement.

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How two Democrats jumped into politics and ended up as delegates

the national Emerge organization for Democratic women — and became the first Latino woman elected to the City Council in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

By the end of 2020, Patterson was the president of her school board, “which led me to even be more interested in politics, because COVID was so highly politicized,” she said. She founded a Black caucus within the Monroe County chapter of the Pennsylvania Democrats, and was elected as treasurer and then chair of the county party.

Diaz, by that point, was running for state Senate; she lost that race, but became the chair of the state party’s Latino Caucus. She served as a delegate to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, but the proceedings were virtual because of the pandemic, and it felt anticlimactic.

Then it was 2024, and the party was looking for delegates to an in-person convention. And soon they were delegates, each looking for a roommate to save money in Chicago.

“As a Black woman, we didn’t always have this right to vote, and I think it’s important that we all participate in this process,” Patterson said. “To be on the front lines is an amazing honor and privilege that I’m really looking forward to.”

Diaz said she was somewhat torn between excitement and anxiety. Especially after the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, she said, she is nervous about her and other delegates’ safety.

But she said she saw herself as playing an important role as a liaison between the Harris-Walz campaign and Latino communities, which she said political organizers tended to view inaccurately as monolithic.

By MAGGIE ASTOR and CAROLINE GUTMAN

Ten years ago, Janet Diaz and Tameko

Patterson were not particularly engaged in politics. This week, they are rooming together in Chicago as delegates to the Democratic National Convention: some of the most powerful yet little-known people in the party.

Both started dipping their toes into the waters of local politics in Pennsylvania around 2015, about 100 miles from each other and far from the battlefields of national politics.

Patterson’s journey began with the closing of an elementary school in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, where she was raising her two children. District officials, she recalled, said the school didn’t have enough enrollment and transferred its students to the district’s other schools, increasing class sizes. A couple of years after that, local teachers went on strike.

“I said, ‘OK, enough is enough — I need to find out why they’re making these decisions.’ So I ran for school board,” Patterson said. She won, in 2017 becoming the first person of color elected to the Stroudsburg school board.

“Little did I know when I was complaining about a school being closed that I would end up in the position that I’m in now,” she said.

Right around the time that the school closing was pushing Patterson into politics, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign was doing the same for Diaz. Excited by the prospect

of electing the first woman as president, Diaz started making phone calls and knocking on doors for the campaign.

Then she joined the Latino caucus of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, enrolled in a “boot camp” for prospective political candidates run by Emerge Pennsylvania — an affiliate of

They learned that they had been on parallel paths for the past decade, or perhaps even longer: They were both native New Yorkers who had moved to Pennsylvania.

Both have day jobs — Diaz as a medical data analyst and Patterson as a certified project manager — and said their husbands didn’t quite understand the amount of free time they devoted to politics. They said their identities as women of color helped drive them to devote that time.

“When you look like them, they feel more comfortable speaking to you,” she said. “I tried to even tell the party that you don’t understand the community, because we don’t come just from one place. I’m Puerto Rican. We come from everywhere, whether it’s Spain, Mexico, Dominican Republic. We have a different variety of Hispanics, Latinos that speak differently — even the dialect in Spanish — they eat differently, their cultures are different, and that’s something that unfortunately Anglos don’t understand.”

On Sunday, Diaz sat in a high-backed chair in a lounge off the lobby of the hotel where delegates from Pennsylvania and Florida were staying, waiting for Patterson to arrive from the airport. She looked around the vast room, commenting on the ornately painted ceiling and the clusters of police officers stationed in the doorways. Every so often, she spotted other Pennsylvania delegates whom she knew and greeted enthusiastically.

She said she was looking forward to attending panel events geared toward winning Latino votes, so she could explain the anger many of the neighbors she speaks to feel about their economic circumstances. And she said she wanted to “show the other Latinos in Pennsylvania that they also have a seat at the table.”

From left, delegates Janet Diaz and Tameko Patterson during the first night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, on Aug. 19, 2024. Diaz and Patterson barely knew each other before this year, but both had long journeys into the political arena. Now they are rooming together and representing their party in Chicago. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

Democratic delegate Janet Diaz hands Biden Harris campaign signs to Athena Williams, in Lititz, Pa., on July 20, 2024. Diaz served as a delegate during the 2020 Democratic convention, but the proceedings were held virtually because of the pandemic. (Caroline Gutman/The New York Times)

Elections officials battle a deluge of disinformation

By TIFFANY HSU

Tate Fall is overwhelmed.

When she signed on to be director of elections in Cobb County, Georgia, last year, she knew she’d be registering voters and recruiting poll workers, maybe fixing up voting machines.

She didn’t expect the unending flood of disinformation — or at least, she wasn’t prepared for how much it would overtake her job. She has had election deniers shout at her at public meetings, fielded weekend calls from politicians panicked about a newly circulating falsehood, and even reviewed conspiracy theories circulating on Nextdoor forums that might worsen skepticism among distrustful constituents already doubtful that the democratic system is reliable and secure.

And that was before the election went sideways.

In the weeks since former President Donald Trump was targeted in an assassination attempt and Kamala Harris replaced President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee, adding Tim Walz to the ticket, conspiracy theories have surged. The claims were pushed by pundits and politicians like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican known for promoting far-right conspiracy theories, who represents part of Fall’s jurisdiction.

The implications for Fall’s workload will not be good, she said, noting that conspiracy theories can make it harder to reach constituents who already find elections to be mystifying, like “magical” events.

“Anytime there’s a big event, that’s an opportunity for bad actors to seize on that and act on it,” said Fall, 30. “It’s our job to make sure we’re answering those questions effectively and communicating to our voters.”

Increasingly, her generation of elections officials must multitask as defenders against disinformation and its consequences. On any given day, they are debunking claims that masses of dead people are contaminating the voting pool or that mail-in balloting is susceptible to fraud. In just the past year, they have been flooded with inane demands for details about their employees, faced harassment campaigns targeted at their female family members, received intimidating letters laced with fentanyl and been subjected to fake threats of bombings and break-ins.

The stress has pushed many public servants to resign or retire. In Wisconsin alone, the state association of county clerks found that 31 of its 72 members had never administered a presidential election, with most entering office after their predecessors left mid-term. The remaining officials, many of them overwhelmed and very tired, are once again marshaling their limited

resources to try to reach people unmoved by earlier efforts to debunk and limit persistent online and offline rumors.

“Their job description has expanded significantly — it’s not just about getting voting equipment out once every couple of years. It’s a much longer and sustained process of getting trusted information out to the public,” said Jonathan Miller, the chief program officer at the Public Rights Project, a civil rights nonprofit. The group announced a project this year to help elections officials cope with increased litigation, especially in battleground states.

In Michigan, another swing state, Ottawa County residents “had a really difficult time” grappling with false narratives after the 2020 election, said Justin F. Roebuck, the county clerk. A Republican in a mostly Republican jurisdiction, he plunged into what his wife described as an existential crisis trying to understand what went wrong.

“Emotionally, I think, we’ve all gone through the wringer,” he said. “The vehicle for sowing fear and doubt about the system itself has changed — it’s just this perpetual moving target.”

Roebuck has spent 17 years in election administration, but this year “definitely feels different,” he said. He has tried to conduct his own research — he twice took notes while watching “2,000 Mules,” a film built on unfounded allegations about election fraud, to analyze its misstatements. He shifted away from “throwing data and facts at people,” realizing that rigorous

research from established think tanks may not move constituents who trust only right-wing outlets.

Now, he tries to reach voters on a personal level, stressing that he and his family are part of their community and care just as deeply for it.

“There’s a lot of people out there who are not bad actors, who are just really concerned because they’ve heard from sources they trust that there’s a problem,” he said.

The disconnect also exists in places like Oregon. The Democratic secretary of state, LaVonne Griffin-Valade, faced a steep cut to her annual budget for anti-disinformation measures, to $150,000 this year from $500,000 in 2022. That has forced her team to reuse old public service announcements and reduce their advertising spending 35% compared with the midterms. Every day, her office fields hundreds of (often antagonistic) messages about the voting system, according to Ben Morris, her chief of staff.

When his team was building its playbook against conspiracy theories, academic research on disinformation was “incredibly important” as a resource, Morris said. In recent months, however, work on the subject by American universities and think tanks has been chilled by a right-wing campaign that cast it as a shadowy plot to stifle speech.

Morris’ team also hired an artificial intelligence company, Logically, to help monitor the spread of false claims via a service that he compared to “a Google alert on steroids.” In the

fall, local Republicans said the team’s contract infringed on voters’ free speech. (Republicans in Washington state said that a similar contract with the secretary of state amounted to “political surveillance” and “government censorship.”)

Morris pushed back, saying that his team used Logically’s service to keep track of false narratives and identify which ones to debunk for constituents. The secretary of state’s office cannot take down online content and stopped submitting removal requests to social media companies after 2022 because “we didn’t think it was a good use of our time — Facebook and Twitter and those companies just ignored us,” he said.

Resistance from state legislators has tied up funding in various states that would have protected elections administrators and supported their efforts against conspiracy theories and false claims, officials said.

“Have those sorts of folks hampered what we’ve done? A little bit, yeah,” said Adrian Fontes, the secretary of state in Arizona and a Democrat. “We’re not doing anywhere near the kind of work that we could be doing because we understand the politics of the budgeting process, and there are some asks that we just refrained from making.”

Elections officials are doing what they can this year to shore up voter trust, setting up fact-checking websites (like in Pennsylvania) and posting refutations on social media (like a Mythbuster Mondays series in North Carolina).

Many officials are girding for a potential October surprise powered by AI — a piece of deepfaked audio or visual content, perhaps impersonating a candidate or poll worker, that cannot be debunked in time. The technology could also supercharge harassment campaigns, making it easier to blitz districts with frivolous public records requests asking for an overly broad range of documents, such as voter history files over an unspecified time frame, officials said. Last week, a bipartisan group of secretaries of state wrote to tech billionaire Elon Musk to urge him to fix his AI-powered search assistant, Grok chatbot, saying it provided inaccurate information about ballot deadlines and then failed to correct the mistake for 10 days.

In Arizona, Fontes ran a crisis scenario exercise involving simulations of AI-enabled attacks, including deepfakes of election officials and attempts to harvest official login credentials. Several Republican election deniers in his state won their primary challenges late last month.

“I don’t have time to fret,” he said. “We’re doing everything we can to inoculate the system, to prepare it for our voters, for what we think might come. And I hope I’m overreacting.”

With Democrats rapt, the Obamas assail Trump and appeal to hope and unity

By JIM RUTENBERG

In back-to-back speeches that were both soaring and lacerating, Barack and Michelle Obama electrified Democrats on the second night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Delivering blistering one-two attacks on former President Donald Trump, they exhorted the nation to reject what they called his politics of grievance and division.

In the city where he began his own history-making ascent nearly 30 years ago, Barack Obama gave a rousing endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris to cap what was already a rollicking celebration of the first major party presidential nomination of a Black woman in American history.

He mocked Trump as a man obsessed with power and crowd sizes who would take the country backward should he return to the White House. “We have seen that movie before, and we all know that the sequel is usually worse,” he told the crowd, which broke into familiar chants of “Yes, we can.”

The former president came to the stage after his wife, Michelle Obama delivered her own takedown of Trump. She portrayed him as the beneficiary of “the affirmative action of generational wealth,” attacking him for his birther lie about her husband, and pointedly asking, “Who’s going to tell him that the job he’s currently seeking might just be one of those Black jobs?”

Here are highlights of Day 2:

The second gentleman: Doug Emhoff, Harris’ husband of 10 years, shared the more personal side of his wife with the convention hall — and the prime-time television audience. He described the details of his first, awkward phone message to her seeking a date and the touching scene of her, as vice president, taking a call from his daughter (and her step daughter) Ella. But he also used his speech to beat back Republican efforts to tar Democrats with the antisemitism that has crept into anti-Israel demonstrations by sharing his own Jewish heritage, and Harris’ encouragement for him to use his national perch to fight antisemitism.

Two arenas, two cities: Harris capped a star-studded ceremonial roll call by briefly addressing Democrats gathered at her Chicago convention from another packed hall in Milwaukee. The two-arena, two-city show of strength highlighted the surge of enthusiasm that has come with her rise to the top of the party’s presidential ticket. “This is a people powered campaign,” she said from

Milwaukee, where Trump accepted his party’s nomination four weeks ago. “And together we will chart a new way forward.”

A show of unity: Inside the hall, a jubilant atmosphere prevailed as Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York spoke out against antisemitism, and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont defended progressive policy goals like universal health care and a higher minimum wage while casting economic pain as a result of an economy that favored the rich. The backto-back appearances underscored a theme of unity eight years after supporters of Sanders stormed out of the Democratic convention in Philadelphia to protest Hillary Clinton’s nomination following a bruising primary.

The party parties: Convention organizers teed up a series of musical guests from Patti LaBelle to Common and a ceremonial delegate roll-call led by a DJ, firing up the crowd of delegates. The enthusiasm was on full display, with impromptu chants and dancing in the aisles. Rapper Lil Jon offered the Georgia’s rollcall response, complete with a performance of “Turn Down for What.”

Republicans on stage: Delegates cheered loudly as Republicans who have disavowed former Trump announced their support for Harris. Among them was Stephanie Grisham, a White House press secretary under Trump from 2019 to 2020. “I love my country more than my party,” she told delegates — a message the Harris campaign is trying to highlight from as many Republicans as possible.

Watching from Wisconsin: After making surprise appearances on the first night of the convention, Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, were in Wisconsin for Night 2. Clinton was criticized for giving scant attention to the swing state in 2016 before narrowly losing it to Trump. It was Harris’ third trip to the state during her presidential campaign, not even a month old.

Republican counterprogramming: Trump campaigned in Howell, Michigan, about an hour northwest of Detroit, at a county sheriff’s office to speak about crime and public safety. His choice of location drew criticism from the Harris campaign: The city has a dark past involving activity by the Ku Klux Klan, and a group of white supremacists marched there last month and chanted “Heil Hitler.” Sen. JD Vance of Ohio held a news conference on crime and safety at a county courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he mocked the convention’s host city, calling it a “combat zone” in remarks impugning Walz’s military service.

Former President Barack Obama speaks on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center, in Chicago, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)

US said to consider a breakup of Google to address search monopoly

By DAVID McCABE and NICO GRANT

Google was found earlier this month to have violated antitrust law by illegally maintaining a monopoly in internet search. Now discussions over how to fix those violations have begun.

Justice Department officials are considering what remedies to ask a federal judge to order against the search giant, said three people with knowledge of the deliberations involving the agency and state attorneys general who helped to bring the case. They are discussing various proposals, including breaking off parts of Google, such as its Chrome browser or Android smartphone operating system, two of the people said.

Other scenarios under consideration include forcing Google to make its data available to rivals, or mandating that it abandon deals that made its search engine the default option on devices like the iPhone, said the people, who declined to be identified because the process is confidential. The government is meeting with other companies and experts to discuss their proposals for limiting Google’s power, the people said.

The deliberations are in their early stages. Judge Amit P. Mehta of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, who is overseeing the case, has asked the Justice Department and Google to come up with a process for determining a fix by Sept. 4. He has scheduled a hearing on Sept. 6 to discuss next steps.

Last week’s ruling that Google was a monopolist was a landmark antitrust decision, raising serious questions about the power of tech giants in the modern internet era. Apple, Amazon and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, also face antitrust cases. Google is scheduled to go to trial in another antitrust case — this one over ad technology — next month. Any remedies in Google’s search case are likely to reverberate and influence that broader landscape.

The stakes are acutely high for Google, which became a $2 trillion internet juggernaut by building an online advertising business and others on top of its search engine. Mehta could reshape the core of the company’s business or order it to abandon longtime practices that have helped to cement its dominance. Google generated $175 billion in revenue from its search engine and related businesses last year.

“The Justice Department is evaluating the court’s decision,” a spokesperson for the agency said in a statement. “No decisions have been made at this time.”

A Google spokesperson declined to comment. The company has pledged to appeal the ruling. Bloomberg News earlier reported the details of the discussions.

Remedies in antitrust cases can have profound effects. In 2000, a federal judge ruled against Microsoft in an antitrust case and ordered the company be split up. A breakup was reversed on appeal, but key legal findings were upheld. Afterward, Microsoft did not exert its dominance over the emerging internet industry, creating room for young companies — like Google — to thrive.

The Justice Department and a group of states brought the search lawsuit against Google in 2020. It went to trial last year alongside a second similar lawsuit brought by a different group of state attorneys general.

On Aug. 5., Mehta ruled that Google had illegally maintained a monopoly over general online search services and some of the ads that run in search results. He broadly agreed with the government that the company had built a cycle of dominance that stopped rivals from building new innovations and allowed it to raise ad prices beyond what would be possible in a free market.

At the center of that cycle were billions of dollars in payments that Google made to companies like Apple and Mozilla to be the default search engine on devices like the iPhone and browsers like Firefox, Mehta said.

Since then, the Justice Department and state attorneys general have started weighing their desire to check Google’s influence with what they can reasonably ask Mehta to do given the substance of his ruling, two people with knowledge of the discussions said.

Google’s competitors and other critics have proposed — either publicly or in discussions with the government — several options for how Mehta should rein in the company. The most extreme is for Google to split off a substantial part of its business. That could mean the company would have to spin off Chrome, its web browser, or Android, its software for smartphones. Both of those products use Google as the automatic search engine, which helps fuel the company’s dominance, Mehta said.

Global stocks set for modest gains, hinging on series of rate cuts

Global stocks will brush aside recent market turmoil and gain modestly from current levels in coming months, according to a Reuters poll of equity strategists, amid rising expectations major central banks are set for a series of interest rate cuts.

Unwinding of large leveraged positions funded in Japanese yen and recent weaker U.S. jobs data sent equity markets into a tailspin in early August, causing the global MSCI index to plummet about 9% from an alltime high set in mid-July.

But that key global index has since recovered almost all its losses and is now up around 14% for the year. Markets have swiftly moved away from recession concerns even though they are now pricing in more interest rate cuts than were expected just a few months ago.

Economists are predicting a more gradual easing cycle, given there has been no shift in the view the global economy will keep growing at a steady pace. Federal Reserve officials have said nothing to suggest more aggressive rate cuts are imminent.

“We think growth fears moved too far, and in places look overpriced relative to our central forecast,” said Kamakshya Trivedi, head of global FX, rates and emerging market strategy at Goldman Sachs.

“From a market standpoint, we again think it makes sense to lean against extreme concerns and keep faith in...continued expansion and decelerating inflation rather than imminent recession.”

The latest Reuters poll of over 150 equity strategists, stock brokers and portfolio managers taken Aug. 8-20 showed most major equity indices gaining further by year-end.

However, with 13 of 15 bourses surveyed already trading at or near their record highs, all but one were forecast to rack up single-digit gains from now until then.

In a May survey, analysts said while a run-up in global stocks was not yet over, it was beginning to show signs of fatigue.

Analysts in the August survey expected 13 out of the 15 equity indices polled to grow more slowly in 2024 versus last year, with only London and Toronto expected to better their 2023 performance.

While the benchmark U.S. S&P 500 was forecast to trade near current record levels at year-end, the euro zone’s blue chip index, the STOXX50E was forecast to gain 3.4% from Monday’s close to 5,038 by end-2024.

Even India’s high-flying benchmark stock index, the BSE Sensex, was predicted to rise just over 3% from Monday’s close to a lifetime high of 83,000 by year-end.

Despite the tempered outlook, an outright global correction - a drop of 10% or more - was not expected over the coming three months, according to a 60% majority of analysts, 57 of 95, who answered an additional question. That was mostly because a majority of strategists, 51 of 85, predicted corporate earnings to outperform expectations for the rest of the year in their local markets. The remaining 34 said earnings will underper-

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“We believe the market may be in a goldilocks scenario with the Fed poised to cut rates”, inflation on a downward path, the job market contained, and the macro-economic picture resilient overall, said Michael Gibbs, Lead Portfolio Manager at Raymond James.

Global stocks will brush aside recent market turmoil and gain modestly from current levels in coming months, according to a Reuters poll of equity strategists, amid rising expectations major central banks are set for a series of interest rate cuts.

Unwinding of large leveraged positions funded in Japanese yen and recent weaker U.S. jobs data sent equity markets into a

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tailspin in early August, causing the global MSCI index to plummet about 9% from an all-time high set in midJuly.

But that key global index has since recovered almost all its losses and is now up around 14% for the year. Markets have swiftly moved away from recession concerns even though they are now pricing in more interest rate cuts than were expected just a few months ago.

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August 22, 2024

Russia said it repelled a large Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow

By CONSTANT MÉHEUT

Russia said Wednesday that Moscow had come under a sizable drone attack overnight, as Ukraine presses on with a cross-border offensive far from the capital that has rattled the Kremlin.

Moscow’s mayor, Sergey Sobyanin, said in a statement that 10 Ukrainian attack drones had been destroyed by the city’s air defenses. Russian authorities did not report any damage or casualties. “This is one of the largest ever attempts to attack Moscow with drones,” Sobyanin wrote on social media.

Drone attacks on Moscow, more than 270 miles from the Ukrainian border, are relatively rare. They disrupt the prevailing sense of normalcy in the capital, which has largely remained insulated from the war, including from Ukraine’s recent offensive into Russia’s western Kursk region.

Last year, Russia accused Ukraine of launching drone attacks that targeted the Kremlin and a building housing government ministries.

A Ukrainian Humvee passes through the destroyed Russian border post at the Sudzha border crossing with Ukraine, on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)

war in Ukraine, with both countries targeting each other’s military complexes and energy infrastructure. Russia, in particular, has hammered Ukrainian civilian centers with barrages of aerial attacks mixing missiles and attack drones.

The Ukrainian cross-border offensive in the Kursk region, the largest foreign incursion on Russian soil since World War II, has brought the war to Russia as never before, forcing more than 120,000 civilians to evacuate their towns and villages and leaving the Kremlin scrambling to send reinforcements to halt the Ukrainian advance.

of three bridges there by Ukrainian strikes. The attacks in the area seem designed to sever supply routes for Russian troops defending the pocket of territory wedged between the river and the Ukrainian border.

Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, have repeatedly said that one of the ways to force the Kremlin to engage in genuine negotiations is to make Russia feel the impact of the war, including by bringing the fighting to Russian territory.

The Ukrainian offensive, launched about two weeks ago, caught the Russians by surprise and Moscow has since then struggled to mount a coherent response.

Dual drone assaults away from the front lines have become a feature of the

Russian authorities said they had shot down a total of 45 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory overnight. Ukraine said it had intercepted 50 Russian drones over its territory overnight. Neither claim could be independently verified, and the Ukrainian military did not comment on the reported drone attack on Moscow.

The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said Tuesday that Ukraine was continuing to make marginal advances in the Kursk region of Russia. Footage from the battlefield that was geolocated by the Institute shows that Ukrainian troops have entered the outskirts of Korenevo, a small town of about 5,000 people, and pushed into two more villages.

The Institute also reported that the Ukrainian army is targeting pontoons that Russian forces are trying to install across a section of the Seym River, in the Kursk region, following the destruction or damage

On Tuesday, Russia’s interior ministry said the Ukrainian military was connecting to unprotected video surveillance cameras to collect information, according to the Russian Interfax news agency. It recommended that military and law enforcement personnel in Kursk and two nearby regions not use dating apps and that they refrain from opening any hyperlinks in messages received from strangers or from posting videos from roads used by military vehicles.

“The enemy actively uses such resources for the covert collection of information,” it said.

Divers find 4 bodies from yacht that sank off Sicily

By EMMA BUBOLA and ELISABETTA POVOLEDO

After three days of searching the hull of a sailing yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily, divers on Wednesday recovered the bodies of four passengers who were believed to have been trapped inside their cabins when the vessel went down, officials in Sicily said.

The yacht, the Bayesian, with 12 crew members and 10 passengers, was caught in what some witnesses described as a waterspout, essentially a small tornado on water, during a sudden and violent downpour in the pre-dawn hours of Monday.

The recovery of the four bodies was confirmed by Salvatore Cocina, head of Sicily’s civil protection agency. Body bags were lifted from a firefighting vessel in Porticello, Sicily, on Wednesday afternoon as a large group of rescuers stood by in their uniforms.

On the dock, a crowd of reporters and bystanders watched on in near complete

silence, as a church bell tolled in the background.

Although 15 people made it to safety and the yacht’s cook was confirmed dead, the fate of the remaining six people, including a British tech entrepreneur, Mike Lynch, had been formally unresolved until the update on Wednesday.

In addition to Lynch, the remaining people who had been identified as missing by authorities were his daughter Hannah; Jonathan Bloomer, the chair of Morgan Stanley International; his wife, Judy Bloomer; Christopher J. Morvillo, a lawyer at Clifford Chance; and his wife, Neda Morvillo.

They were part of a group of people celebrating a legal victory for Lynch, who was acquitted in June of fraud charges tied

to the sale of his company, Autonomy, to the tech giant Hewlett-Packard.

The body of the yacht’s cook, Recaldo Thomas, who held Canadian and Antiguan citizenship, was recovered earlier from the water, the Sicilian civil protection agency said.

Deep sea divers with the Vigili del Fuoco, Italy’s firefighting corps, were able to reach the bodies after dealing with what Luca Cari, their spokesperson, described as “very difficult” conditions.

The yacht had settled on its side, about 165 feet below the surface, and divers could only remain underwater for a limited amount of time. To complicate matters, they had to navigate through broken furnishings and electrical wiring that blocked the tight spaces inside the hull.

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MarÍa Branyas Morera, world’s oldest person, dies at 117

By ALI WATKINS

Maria Branyas Morera, an Americanborn Spanish woman believed to be the oldest person in the world, has died, according to her family. She was 117.

Morera died on Monday in Olot, Spain, according to an employee at her nursing home, Residencia Santa Maria del Tura. Her family wrote in a post on her X social media account that she had died peacefully, in her sleep.

“A few days ago she told us: ‘One day I will leave here. I will not try coffee again, nor eat yogurt, nor pet my dog’” her family wrote in Spanish in the post. “‘I will also leave my memories, my reflections and I will cease to exist in this body. One day I don’t know, but it’s very close, this long journey will be over.’”

Born March 4, 1907, in San Francisco, Morera grew up in several American cities, including New Orleans, where her father, a journalist, started a Spanish-language magazine that went bankrupt, according to several news stories written about her life.

Facing dire straits, the family returned to Spain when Morera was a child. On the boat to Spain, her father died of tuberculosis.

There, she lived through the country’s civil war and the brutal regime of Francisco Franco. She had clear memories of the DDay invasion at Normandy, she told Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia.

“I haven’t done anything special to get to this age,” she said in an interview with Spanish newspaper El País earlier this year.

But Manel Esteller, chair of genetics at the University of Barcelona and one of the researchers who would study the reasons for Morera’s long life, would disagree. Besides Morera’s genetic makeup and her lifestyle of no smoking and moderate exercise, Esteller said she was a survivor of war and hardships, which he thinks helped her live longer.

“It is thought that people that have survived struggle, they have an advantage,” he said.

Morera went on to marry a doctor, with whom she lived in Girona, Spain, for 40 years. The couple had three children, and Morera stayed home to raise them.

“She had a quiet life, without work stress,” her daughter, Rose, told El País.

In later years, Morera enjoyed more than

Catalan regional government, said in a post on X.

Morera became the oldest living person in January 2023, after the death of Lucile Randon, a French nun known as Sister André. According to the Gerontology Research Group, which tracks the world’s supercentenarians, the next-oldest living person after Morera is Tomiko Itooka of Japan, who is 116 years old. Morera is survived by her two daughters, who are 91 and 82, and many grandchildren.

Reaching 117 comes with a toll. Morera suffered hearing and vision loss, and struggled to move freely in recent years. Still, she had no indication of cancer, heart disease or other mortal illnesses. She also never showed signs of dementia.

a dozen grandchildren. She survived a bout with COVID, as well as the general anxiety and isolation of the pandemic — a feat she found easier, she said at the time, because she remembered a world without the mod-

ern-day comforts to which most people had become accustomed.

“We lost an endearing woman, who has taught us the value of life and the wisdom of the years,” Salvador Illa, president of the

Having been born before the emergence of the telephone, Morera came to embrace the digital revolution, fashioning herself on social media as “Super Àvia Catalana,” or “Super Catalan Grandma.” From there, she posted bite-size pieces of life advice, observations and jokes to thousands of followers.

In her biography on X, she wrote: “I’m old, very old, but not an idiot.”

Since becoming the oldest living person, she had to manage a torrent of media interest, playfully stymying the reporters who lined up outside her nursing home for interviews. The attention eventually became too much, and her family stopped allowing visitors.

Like many supercentenarians, Morera became the subject of scientific fascination. Her habits and lifestyle — and genetic makeup — have been studied in the hopes of understanding her longevity.

Like many supercentenarians, Morera became the subject of scientific fascination. Esteller found her genes were protective against DNA damage, and she had low levels of fat and sugar in her blood, all of which he said was helpful for living a long life. His research also found that her cells aged much slower than she did, meaning she had a lower “biological age” than her actual age.

The Catalan diet, which is similar to the Mediterranean diet and includes a lot of olive oil, has also been linked to longer survival, he said, adding that Morera liked to eat yogurt.

“What do you expect from life?” a doctor once asked her while retrieving blood samples for study, according to El País.

Morera, unmoved, answered simply: “death.”

María Branyas Morera, at age 4, is seen sitting on a wooden fence with her family in New Orleans in 1911. (Wikipedia)

María Branyas Morera celebrates her 117th birthday on March 4, 2024 in this family photo. (Wikipedia)

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Kamalanomics revealed: A solid center-left agenda

By PAUL KRUGMAN

On Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris gave her first big economic policy speech as the Democratic presidential nominee. It was, of course, very different from the “economic” speech and news conferences Donald Trump has held in the past couple of weeks.

For one thing, Harris actually outlined her economic proposals, rather than veering off onto topics like who has the biggest crowds and how windmills are killing birds. For another, she doesn’t seem to have said anything demonstrably untrue — a sharp contrast with Trump, who lied or distorted the facts about twice per minute during an event at Mar-aLago.

But what about the substance? The usual suspects are claiming that Harris revealed herself to be an extreme leftist. Even some middle-of-the-road economic commentators have been hyperventilating, saying she’s essentially calling for price controls, which is odd, because she didn’t say anything like that.

All in all, Harris staked out a moderately center-left position, not too different from President Joe Biden’s original Build Back Better agenda, which he was able to implement only in part because in an evenly divided Senate, Joe Manchin had an effective veto.

So let’s go through the substance, working off a fact sheet released by the Harris campaign, which provided more detail than the speech itself.

The most important and, as I see it, best proposal was for the restoration of an expanded child tax credit, which the Biden administration implemented in 2021 but expired at the beginning of 2022 because Democrats didn’t have a big enough congressional majority. This credit significantly reduced child poverty while it was in effect; Harris would supplement it with an even bigger credit for families with children in their first year.

Let’s start by saying that the case for aggressively fighting

child poverty is overwhelming, not just on moral grounds — in a rich country, why should children who happen to be born into lower-income households suffer deprivation? — but in terms of the economics: On average, Americans who grow up in poverty have worse health and lower incomes as adults than those who don’t, which makes fighting child poverty an investment in the nation’s future.

(Let’s also note that we could have expanded the child tax credit just a few weeks ago — although not as much as Harris wants — but Senate Republicans blocked the bill.)

I’m less enthusiastic about Harris’ proposals on housing, which combine tax incentives for homebuilders with down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers. These aren’t bad policies per se. But the broader problem with housing affordability in America is zoning and regulation that blocks construction of new housing units. Unfortunately, these barriers to construction exist mainly at the state and local levels and are out of reach of any politically plausible federal policy.

By the way, one little-noticed aspect of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 is that despite all the railing against red tape and environmental regulation, its “Mandate for Leadership” blueprint goes all-in on NIMBYism: “Localities rather than the federal government must have the final say in zoning laws and regulations, and a conservative Administration should oppose any efforts to weaken single-family zoning.” Drill, baby, drill — but don’t build affordable housing.

Finally, about prices: I’ve been amazed by how many credulous commentators, and not just on the right, have asserted that Harris is calling for price controls, making her out to be the second coming of Richard Nixon if not the next Nicolas Maduro.

What she has actually called for is legislation banning price gouging on groceries. Obviously, this is a populist political gesture — a way to offer something to voters upset about high food prices. But just because something is popular doesn’t mean that it’s a bad idea.

We don’t have a detailed Harris price-gouging plan, but it’s unlikely to be more aggressive than a bill introduced this year by Sen. Elizabeth Warren. And that bill is surprisingly mild — not all that different from the anti-gouging laws on the books in many states. For example, Texas (yes, Texas) prohibits many businesses from “demanding an exorbitant or excessive price” on things including food and fuel during disasters.

Why do we have laws against price gouging? Mainly because voters hate it when businesses take advantage of shortages to charge very high prices, but also because when there aren’t effective price limits, businesses sometimes act to make shortages worse. Some of us still remember the California energy crisis circa 2001, when power producers reduced supply to drive up electricity prices.

The point is, you can consider it reasonable to have legal restrictions on price gouging without accepting the popular but almost surely wrong view that corporate greed was the

Vice President Kamala Harris walks to board Air Force Two in Morrisville, N.C., Aug. 16, 2024. “For one thing, Harris actually outlined her economic proposals, rather than veering off onto topics like who has the biggest crowds and how windmills are killing birds. For another, she doesn’t seem to have said anything demonstrably untrue — a sharp contrast with Trump, who lied or distorted the facts about twice per minute during an event at Mar-a-Lago,” writes The New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

main driver of recent inflation. And for those comparing Harris to Nixon, who imposed price controls in 1971, bear in mind that Nixon also pressured the Federal Reserve to juice up the economy before the 1972 election — while Harris has been clear about respecting the Fed’s independence.

So what have we learned about Harris’ economics? She is, as expected, moderately center-left. And for those determined to view her as a communist, sorry, she isn’t.

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Manhattan? Meh. A new book calls the Bronx NYC’s best borough.

By ALEXANDRA JACOBS

“The Bronx? No thonx,” poet Ogden Nash wrote for The New Yorker in 1931.

It’s surprising that Ian Frazier’s latest book, a fat and occasionally even phat history of the borough, omits this memorable epigram, later recanted. First, like Nash, he’s a New Yorker man known as a humorist, though a mostly prose-y one (a hundred bloggers toddled so that his Cursing Mommy could run).

Second, “Paradise Bronx” aspires to great comprehension, stretching from before the glacier that covered the New York Botanical Garden — and indeed most of New York City — 14,000 years ago to the fires that infamously punctuated Howard Cosell’s commentary on the Yankees during the 1977 World Series, and what has since risen from the ashes: hip-hop, murals, shiny new highrises.

“The Bronx? It honks!” is Frazier’s basic riposte.

Residents of the Pelham Parkway section of the Bronx on March, 3, 1970. Today the borough’s population is majority Hispanic. (Eddie Hausner/The New York Times)

His sentiment for the place isn’t entirely explained; certainly he’s not Ianny From the Block. A previous chronicler of Siberia and the Great Plains, Frazier writes about how in young adulthood, when New York was at its “Ford to City: Drop Dead” economic nadir, he was a self-identified “gentrifier” in Manhattan, living in a former candy factory in SoHo for a dozen years until he was priced out. He watched the underwhelming bicentennial fireworks from the West Side Highway and was dining with “my friend Jamaica” (Kincaid) in Chelsea during the ’77 blackout, seeing news of the riots uptown later that week on television from his home state of Ohio.

He now resides in Montclair, New Jersey, and when he compares complicated urban housing policy to “the details the contractor is telling you about why you are going to need a new basement,” those of youse without ownership of a basement might wonder for whom exactly this book is intended.

As Bill Bryson did on the Appalachian Trail, though, Frazier has logged many, many steps in the Bronx, setting out, he writes, to walk 1,000 miles there, sometimes 10 at

a time. It is just as much of a hike, with steep, hilly terrain that “registers in your calves,” and arguably more treacherous, given the interstate highways, like the one Justice Sonia Sotomayor had to cross to get from Co-Op City, the massive housing development built in the 1960s, to Cardinal Spellman High School.

With some glee he notes more than once that Robert Moses, head honcho of a highway system that ruined wide swaths of the city, is interred in a columbarium right near a particularly loud traffic intersection.

In his wanderings, Frazier finds significance in signage (hypnotically repeating the auto-shop phrase “FLAT FIX” over the course of one chapter) and encounters various neighborhood sages. Some gamely explain local phenomena, like the cheery decals temporarily applied to windows of abandoned buildings; others brush him off. Like Ricky Fitts in “American Beauty,” he romanticizes swirling plastic bags.

Source-wise the book is a melting pot (or perhaps an act of “dynamic compaction,” as onetime borough president Fernando Ferrer refers ruefully to a toxic-rubble disposal process). Frazier mines memoirs, like Grandmaster Flash’s, previously conducted interviews from Fordham University’s Bronx African American History Project (BAAHP) and his own articles. He is keenly sensitive to the pain of various populations and individuals, and to the twin scourges of drugs and gang violence.

But “Paradise Bronx” is a ramble in every way: physical, chronological, pedagogical. (There are charmingly hand-drawn maps, but a few photographs would have helped further orient out-of-towners.) Frazier lingers on the

biography of Gouverneur Morris, the native “proto-Bronxite” whose name is all over the area: a Founding Father who gave the preamble to the U.S. Constitution its lyricism and perished after an infection caused by trying to unblock his urinary tract with a piece of whalebone. (Add that to Tangerine Kitty’s list of “dumb ways to die.”)

As Frazier sees it, both the man and his birthplace were terminally “in between.” The Bronx is smaller than both Queens and Brooklyn but has the moxie of Manhattan, unsoftened by hipster arrivistes, “a hand reaching down” to barely tethered Staten Island. It’s the only borough attached to the mainland, making it a site of cyclical conflict and neglect: a place many people go through to get somewhere else.

Frazier plunges deep into the area’s ugly racist history, which included so-called slave markets for domestic workers on Prospect Avenue, and tidally changing demographics. It is currently majority Hispanic; the multitude of ethnicities and nationalities flowing in and out over the years makes for a dazzling pageant.

“We have residents from every continent, if you count the penguins from the zoo,” history professor Lloyd Ultan tells him.

Periodically, Frazier makes plain, the Bronx has been Arcadia, if not nirvana. Before it became the Bronx, it was like the Hamptons, with rich families taking trains and stagecoaches up to their mansions. For a time it was the “piano-making capital of America,” back when pianos were essential living room furniture, not consigned to the dump. Stella D’Oro cookies and the hilariously faux-Scandi Häagen-Dazs ice cream were once both manufactured there. Harold Bloom and E.L. Doctorow sprang from the Bronx. James Baldwin went to high school there. W.E.B. Du Bois, Edgar Allan Poe and Leon Trotsky flickered through. Irving Berlin is buried at Woodlawn.

At least half a dozen times, our nouveau Baudelaire of the borough retraces on foot the trail that an aghast President Jimmy Carter took in his motorcade when it looked like a war zone, marveling at the change. Frazier smells marijuana, overhears a sermon, admires recent row houses eclipsed by a willow’s “bouffant foliage.” Bucko, we get it: A tree does not just grow in Brooklyn.

Publication Notes:

‘Paradise Bronx: The Life and Times of New York’s Greatest Borough’ By Ian Frazier

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 576 pages. $35.

In loving memory of Jim Teale

June 19, 1922 - August 19, 2024

It is with profound sadness that the family of Plaza Provision Company, Plaza Food Systems, Plaza Outsource Solutions, Plaza Cellars, Hunter Food & Spirits, and Boutique Du Vin announce his peaceful passing on August 19, 2024, at the age of 102 years.

Jim was a dedicated businessman, beloved husband and father, and a passionate golfer. He was known as a generous and compassionate soul whose legacy will live on in the hearts and minds of everyone.

Jim was preceded in death by his wife, Adeline (RIP). He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Consuelo Mac Murray; his children, Debbie (Gary), Leslie (John), Suzette (Mario), Raquel, Consuelo (Rafael), Patricia (José A.); his grandchildren Tamara (Travis), Nicole, Sean (Sami), Lindsay, María Consuelo (Ricardo), Rafael (Caroline), Pablo (Mónica), Ana (Joe), and Mauricio; his great-grandchildren Gracelyn, Avery, Alexa, Josef, Remi, María Consuelo and Raúl; and his always present niece Cindy and nephew Scott.

Jim will also be dearly missed by his friends at Fundación Dr. García Rinaldi.

Visitation will take place on Sunday, August 25, from 2:00 pm until 6:00 pm, at Puerto Rico Memorial, 1712 Ponce de León Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico. A Funeral Mass, as a celebration of Jim’s life, will be celebrated on Monday, August 26, at 11:00 am at Puerto Rico Memorial. Burial will follow at Los Ángeles Memorial Park in Guaynabo.

In remembrance of Jim’s life and love, the family asks that any charitable donations be made to Fundación Dr. García Rinaldi, PO Box 8816, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-0816, or by PayPal to Fundación Dr. García Rinaldi.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

The Lord is my life’s refuge; of whom shall I be afraid?

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Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de 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 Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 30 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación

o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación:

“URBANA: Parcela de terreno identificada como solar catorce (14) del bloque “BI” de la Urbanización Bosque Lago, radicada en el Barrio Dos Bocas del término municipal de Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de trescientos sesenta y ocho punto cero cero (368.00 m.c.) metros. En lindes por el Norte, en dieciséis punto cero cero (16.00 m.) metros, con los solares números dieciséis (16) y diecisiete (17); por el Sur, en dieciséis punto cero cero (16.00 m.) metros, con Court diecinueve (19); por el Este, en veintitrés punto cero cero (23.00 m.) metros, con el solar número trece (13); y por el Oeste, en veintitrés punto cero cero (23.00 m.) metros, con el solar número quince (15). En dicho solar enclava una casa de concreto para una familia.” Finca número 24,810, inscrita al folio 131 del tomo 461 de Trujillo Alto, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección IV. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al folio 69 del tomo 867 de Trujillo Alto, Finca 24,810, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección IV, inscripción 6ª. Propiedad localizada en: URB. BOSQUE DEL LAGO, BI-14 CALLE PLAZA 19, TRUJILLO ALTO, PR 00976. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: $420,000.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 2 de marzo de 2080. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $420,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi

oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 7 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $280,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $210,000.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 15 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente la suma de $236,612.41 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $84,555.46 en intereses acumulados al 9 de abril de 2024 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 3.235% anual hasta su total y completo pago; $13,761.72 de seguro hipotecario; $6,055.00 de cargos por servicio; $1,022.93 de contribuciones; $3,159.00 de seguro; $1,260.00 de tasaciones; $880.00 de inspecciones; $8,284.30 de adelantos pendientes; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $42,000.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado. A tenor con la Regla 44.3 de Procedimiento Civil se condena a la parte demandada a pagar intereses aplicables sobre el importe de la presente sentencia incluyendo costas y honorarios de abogado, desde esta fecha y hasta que sea satisfecha. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre

ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 16 de julio de 2024. JOSÉ R. CRISTOBAL ORTIZ, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. ENRIQUE VERGÉ HERNÁNDEZ, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #960.

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Demandante V. MARLYN SILVA COLON Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: GB2023CV00042. (Salón: 202). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD COMERCIAL Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GENEVIEVE LOPEZ STIPES - LCDA. GLOPEZ@GMAIL.COM.

A: FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE NOMBRES

DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE MARLYN COLON PEREZ T/C/C MARLING COLON PEREZ. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 10 de junio de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 11 de junio de 2024. En Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el 11 de junio de 2024. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. SARA ROSA VILLEGAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. WILLIAM CALO RIVERA; ESTADO UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Demandados Civil Núm.; KCD2008-2358. (908). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE PRENDA E HIPOTECA. AVISO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. YO, el(la) Alguacil que suscribe, por la presente anuncia y hace constar, que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia, expedido el 29 de noviembre de 2021 por la Secretaría del Tribunal de San Juan, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, quien pagará el importe de la venta en dinero efectivo o en cheque certificado o de gerente, a la orden del Alguacil suscribiente, en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, el día 11 de septiembre de 2024, a la(s) 10:00 de la mañana. para la Finca Número 11,625; para la Finca Número 7,881, a la(s) 10:05 de la mañana; para la Finca Número 1,717, a la(s) 10:10 de la mañana; para la Finca Número 2,237, a la(s) 10:15 de la mañana, en las oficinas del Alguacil del Tribunal de San Juan, todo título, derecho o interés que corresponda a la parte demandada sobre los inmuebles que se describen a continuación: a. URBANA: Solar marcado con el número cincuenta y nueve A (59-A) en el Plano de Inscripción de la Urbanización Extensión San Martín, radicado en el Barrio Sabana Llana de Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de novecientos veinticuatro metros cuadrados (924 M), en lindes por el Norte, en treinta y ocho punto cincuenta metros (38.50 M) con los solares cincuenta y dos guión A (52-A) y cincuenta y tres (53); por el Sur, en treinta y ocho punto cincuenta metros (38.50 M), con el solar cincuenta y nueve guión B (59-B); por el Oeste, en veinticuatro metros (24 M) con el solar cincuenta y dos guión B (52-B) y por el Oeste, en veinticuatro metros (24 M) con la calle Otero. Inscrita al Folio Móvil del Tomo 893 de Sabana Llana, finca número 11,625, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Quinta. Dirección Física: Calle

William Bosch #1280, Urb. Extensión San Martín, Carolina, Puerto Rico. La propiedad descrita anteriormente está afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: Afecta por su procedencia: Servidumbres a favor de la Autoridad de las Fuentes Fluviales de Puerto Rico, Gobierno Municipal de San Juan y Condiciones Restrictivas sobre Edificación Por sí: HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de Doral Bank, o a su orden, por la suma de $330,000.00, con interés al 8%, y vencedero a la presentación, según consta de la escritura número 66, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 21 de marzo de 2003, ante el Notario Público Manuel L. Correa Márquez, inscrita al folio 221 del tomo 1026 de Sabana Llana, inscripción 12va. SENTENCIA: Por $17,000.00, a favor de United Security Indemnity Company vs. William Calo Rivera, Fulana de Tal y la Sociedad Legal de Gananciales compuesta por ambos, según Sentencia de fecha de 29 de marzo de 2007, anotado al folio 1-B del tomo 1 de Sentencias, con fecha de 13 de abril de 2007. ANOTACIÓN DE EMBARGO: Es objeto de esta anotación el Embargo a favor de “Central Electrical Capital Corporation of Puerto Rico”. Demandante: “Central Electrical Capital Corporation of Puerto Rico”; Demandado: William & Associates, Cantidad Adeudada $185,400.00, por concepto de Cobro de Dinero, caso Civil Núm. #HCD2005-0356(0905), del día 12 de marzo de 2009 y 16 de marzo de 2007, inscrita al folio 2212, da Sabana Llana, inscripción 13va. Al asiento 2021-116383-SJ05 del 14 de septiembre de 2021 se presentó Demanda Enmendada sobre Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria de fecha 14 de noviembre de 2011 bajo el caso Civil #2008-2358 (908) dictado en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan; Demandante: Doral Bank; Demandado: William Calo Rivera, Estados Unidos de América sobre la hipoteca a favor del Doral Bank por la suma de $330,000.00 y balance adeudado de $688,662.52. SENTENCIA: Contra William Calo Rivera por $17,000.00, caso Civil Núm. CA KICD 2006-0899 seguido por United Surety & Indemnity, Sentencia de fecha 14 de febrero de 2007, presentado el 13 de abril de 2007 y anotado al folio 1 del tomo de sentencias # 1B Sabana Llana. SENTENCIA: Contra William Calo Rivera por $3,777.00, caso Civil Núm. CRE 2007-240 seguido Asociación de Residentes de Castillo del Mar, Sentencia de fecha 8 de junio de 2007, presentado el 6 de junio de 2008 y

anotado al folio 112 del tomo 2 de sentencias de Fajardo. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Por $134,852.94, contra William Calo & Associates, Inc.; Notificación #218290905. Anotado al folio 121 del tomo 3 de Embargos Federales de Carolina Norte, con fecha de 23 de marzo de 2005. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Por $271,225.82, contra William Calo & Associates, Inc., Notificación: 276445706. Anotado al folio 236, asiento 1 del tomo 3 de Embargos Federales de Trujillo Alto, con fecha de 4 de mayo de 2006. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Por $134,852.94, contra William Calo & Associates, Inc.; Notificación #246114005. Anotado al folio 1 del tomo 2A de Embargos Federales, de Sabana Llana con fecha de 31 de agosto de 2005. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Por $16,284.23, contra William Calo & Associates, Inc.; Notificación #460365308. Anotado al folio 156 del tomo 2 de Embargos Federales de Canóvanas, con fecha de 19 de agosto de 2008. EMBARGO FEDERAL:

Por $16,284.23, contra William Calo & Associates, Inc.; Notificación #460365108. Anotado al folio 137 del tomo 4 de Embargos Federales de Carolina Norte, con fecha de 16 septiembre de 2008. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Por $204,026.95, contra William Calo & Associates, Inc., a Corporation, número de Notificación: 660348718. Anotado al folio 78, asiento 2 del tomo 3 de Embargos Federales de Trujillo Alto con fecha de 19 de agosto de 2003. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Por $16,284.23, contra William Calo & Associates, Inc.; Notificación #460365408. Anotado al folio 148 del tomo 8 de Embargos Federales de San Juan Antiguo con fecha de 13 de agosto de 2008. EMBARGO FEDERAL:

Por $16,284.23, contra William Calo & Associates, Inc.; Notificación #460365708. Anotado al folio 36 del tomo 2b de Embargos Federales de San Juan V con fecha de 14 de agosto de 2008. EMBARGO FEDERAL:

Por $16,284.23, contra William Calo & Associates, Inc.; Notificación #460366308. Anotado al folio 116 del tomo 5 de Embargos Federales de Carolina Sur con fecha de 12 de agosto de 2008. EMBARGO FEDERAL:

Por $12,074.68, contra William Calo & Associates, Notificación: 210592005. Anotado al folio 125, asiento 4 del tomo 3 de Embargos Federales de Carolina Norte. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Por $204,026.95, contra William Calo & Associates, Inc., a Corporation, 1038 Calle Luis Pardo, San Juan, PR 009244427; Notificación: 660348718. Anotado al folio 67, asiento 4 del tomo 3 de Embargos Fede-

rales de Trujillo Alto con fecha de 25de junio de 2003. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Por $123,401.28, contra William Calo & Associates, Inc., Notificación: 199552204. Anotado al folio 156, asiento 4 del tomo 3 de Embargos Federales de Trujillo Alto con fecha de 22 de febrero de 2005. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Por $134,852.94, contra William Calo & Associates, Inc.; Notificación #212787405. Anotado al folio 120 del tomo 2 de Embargos Federales de Fajardo con fecha de 29 de abril de 2005. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Por $134,852.94, contra William Calo & Associates, Urbanización San Martín 1038, San Juan, PR 00924-0000; Notificación: 246113905. Anotado al folio 39, asiento 5 del tomo 5 de Embargos Federales de Carolina Sur. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Por $85,585.11, contra William Calo Rivera, Notificación #350223607. Anotado al folio 125, asiento 4 del tomo 4 de Embargos Federales de Trujillo Alto con fecha de 19 de abril de 2007. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Por $2,992.74, contra William Calo Rivera, Notificación #658646. Anotado al folio 73, asiento 3 del tomo 7 de Embargos Federales, con fecha de 14 de junio de 2010. b. URBANA: Solar marcado con el número cincuenta y tres (53) en el Plano final de Inscripción de la finca principal, radicado en el Barrio Sabana Llana de Río Piedras, hoy parte de San Juan, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de novecientos metros cuadrados (900 mc), en lindes por el Norte, en treinta metros (30 M) con la Calle Modesta de la Urbanización; por el Sur, en treinta metros (30 M), con el solar cincuenta y nueve (59) de la misma Urbanización Extensión San Martín; por el Este, en treinta metros (30M) con la calle Otero en la prolongación y por el Oeste, en treinta metros (30M) con el solar cincuenta y dos (52) de la Urbanización San Martín Development Corporation. Enclava una casa. Inscrita al Folio 123 del Tomo 989 de Sabana Llana, finca número 7,881, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Quinta. Dirección Física: Calle Luis Pardo #53, Urb. Extensión San Martín, Carolina, Puerto Rico. La propiedad descrita anteriormente está afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: Afecta por su procedencia: Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de las Fuentes Fluviales y Condiciones Restrictivas. Por sí: HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de DORAL BANK, o a su orden, por la suma de$228,000.00, con interés al 8%, y vencedero a la presentación, según consta escri-

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR HERMAN ANTONIO

RIVERA FEBUS

Promovente V. HERMAN ANTONIO

RIVERA CARDONA, EVELYN CARDONA; ADMINSTRACION PARA EL SUSTENTO DE MENORES (A.S.U.M.E.)

Promovidos

Caso Núm.: SJ2024RF00782.

Sobre: RELEVO PENSION ALIMENTARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: HERMAN ANTONIO

RIVERA CARDONA - 212 WALDEMAR AVE APT 321, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 021281091.

De: HERMAN ANTONIO

RIVERA FEBUS - 100 CALLE JOSE DE DIEGO, CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO 00986.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza, se le notifica que una demanda ha sido presentada en su contra y se le requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, radicando el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notificando con copia de la misma a la parte demandante a la dirección antes indicada. Se le apercibe que de no hacerlo, se podrá dictar Sentencia en rebeldía concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin citarle ni oírle más. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA Y EL SELLO DEL TRIBUNAL, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 09 de agosto de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. CARMEN J. CASTRO SERRANO, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL CONFIDENCIAL I.

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Promovente V. HERMAN ANTONIO

RIVERA CARDONA, EVELYN CARDONA; ADMINSTRACION PARA EL SUSTENTO DE MENORES (A.S.U.M.E.)

Promovidos

Caso Núm.: SJ2024RF00782.

Sobre: RELEVO PENSION

ALIMENTARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: EVELYN CARDONA - 212 WALDEMAR AVE

APT 321, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 021281091.

De: HERMAN ANTONIO RIVERA FEBUS - 100 CALLE JOSE DE DIEGO, CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO 00986.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza, se le notifica que una demanda ha sido presentada en su contra y se le requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, radicando el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notificando con copia de la misma a la parte demandante a la dirección antes indicada. Se le apercibe que de no hacerlo, se podrá dictar Sentencia en rebeldía concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin citarle ni oírle más. EXTENDI-

DO BAJO MI FIRMA Y EL SELLO DEL TRIBUNAL, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 09 de agosto de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. CARMEN J. CASTRO SERRANO, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL CONFIDENCIAL I. LEGAL NOTICE

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T/C/C SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Y ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Demandante Vs. FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DEL PAGARE EXTRAVIADO Demandados Civil Núm.: GM2024CV00593. Sala: 302. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO ENMENDADO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL, personas desconocidas que se designan con estos nombres ficticios, que pueden ser tenedor o tenedores, o puedan tener algún interés en el pagaré hipotecario a que se hace referencia más adelante en el presente edicto, que se publicará una sola vez. Se les notifica que en la Demanda radicada en el caso de epígrafe se alega que un pa-

garé hipotecario fue otorgado el 30 de diciembre de 2010, se emitió un pagaré ante el Notario Público Maria Georgina Chévere Mouriño a favor de Secretario de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano, o a su orden, por la suma de $127,500.00, con intereses al 5.060% y vencedero el 18 de mayo de 2096, garantizado por hipoteca constituida en virtud de la Escritura Número 935, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, testimonio número 4,411, sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 4 de la manzana “K” del plano preparado por la CRUV de Puerto Rico, para su proyecto de solares denominado PRR7 Carroca, radicado en la zona urbana del término municipal de Guayama, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 337.01 metros cuadrados; en lindes por el NORTE, con la calle Baldorioty de Castro de la mencionada urbanización, en 12.19 metros; por el SUR, con la calle Meditación, en 12.19 metros; por el ESTE, con solar número K-5 de la susodicha urbanización, en 27.61 metros; por el OESTE, con el solar número K-3 de la susodicha urbanización en 27.68 metros. Enclava una casa. El inmueble gravado mediante la hipoteca antes descrita es la finca 6,698 inscrita al folio 205 del tomo 239 de Guayama, Registro de la Propiedad, Sección de Guayama. La obligación evidenciada por el pagaré antes descrito fue saldada en su totalidad. Dicho gravamen no ha podido ser cancelado por haberse extraviado el original del pagaré. El original del pagaré antes descrito no ha podido ser localizado, a pesar de las gestiones realizadas. Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano, o a su orden, es el acreedor que consta en el Registro de la Propiedad. El último tenedor conocido del pagaré antes descrito fue Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo de Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende

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Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 12 de agosto de 2024. MARISOL ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. STEPHANIE ESCALANTE ORTIZ, SUB-SECRETARIA. LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA DE SAN JUAN

SECRETARIO VIVIENDA Y DESARROLLO

URBANO Y VIVIENDA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

T/C/C SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Y ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Demandante Vs FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DEL PAGARE EXTRAVIADO

Demandados

Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV07177. Sala: 503. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL, PERSONAS DESCONOCIDAS QUE SE DESIGNAN CON ESTOS NOMBRES FICTICIOS, QUE PUEDEN SER TENEDOR O TENEDORES, O PUEDAN TENER ALGÚN INTERÉS EN EL PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO A QUE SE HACE REFERENCIA MÁS ADELANTE EN EL PRESENTE EDICTO, QUE SE PUBLICARÁ UNA SOLA VEZ.

Se les notifica que en la Demanda radicada en el caso de epígrafe se alega que un pagaré hipotecario fue otorgado el 15 de agosto de 2016, se emitió un pagaré ante el Notario Público Magaly Rodriguez Batista a favor de Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, o a su orden, por la suma de $525,000.00, con intereses al 4.600% y vencedero el 9 de mayo de 2082, garantizado por hipoteca constituida en virtud de la Escritura Número 115, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto

Rico, sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número ocho (8) del Bloque “A” del plano de inscripción parcial por el Ingeniero Civil José C. Orihuela, para una urbanización parcial denominada “Reparto del Pilar” del Barrio Monacillos de Río Piedras, propiedad de los esposos Ortiz- Romany, con una cabida de 936.00 metros cuadrados. Tiene dicho solar las siguientes colindancias: por el NORTE, en 31.10 metros del resto de la finca de donde se segrega; por el SUR, en 31.30 metros con el Solar número 9 del Bloque “A” de la Urbanización del Pilar; por el ESTE, en 30.00 metros con el solar número 10 y la calle número 3 de la Urbanización; y por el OESTE, en 30.00 metros con el Solar número 7 de dicha Urbanización. El inmueble gravado mediante la hipoteca antes descrita es la finca 3,140 inscrita al folio 1 del tomo 98 de Monacillos Este y El Cinco, Registro de la Propiedad, Sección Quinta de San Juan. La obligación evidenciada por el pagaré antes descrito fue saldada en su totalidad. Dicho gravamen no ha podido ser cancelado por haberse extraviado el original del pagaré. El original del pagaré antes descrito no ha podido ser localizado, a pesar de las gestiones realizadas. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, o a su orden, es el acreedor que consta en el Registro de la Propiedad. El último tenedor conocido del pagaré antes descrito fue Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo de Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

Lcda. Pamela Santiago Olivieri RUA NUM. 22028

HMB Law Group, LLC 33 Calle Bolivia, Suite 201 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00917 Tel: 939-759-7668

E-mail: psantiago-olivieri@ hmblawgroup.com psco.law@gmail.com

Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 15 de agosto

de 2024. MAYRA CRUZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA REGIONAL AUXILIAR, MARILY LÓPEZ MARTÍNEZ, SECRETARIA CONFIDENCIAL DE TRIBUNAL I.

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Demandante V. SUN WEST MORTAGE COMPANY, INC. Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: SJ2024CV05112. (Salón: 903 CIVIL). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. PAMELA CRISTAL SANTIAGO OLIVIERI - PCSO.LAW@GMAIL.COM. A: FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 de agosto de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 13 de agosto de 2024. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 13 de agosto de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MILDRED J FRANCO REVENTOS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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YGRI RIVERA SANCHEZ

Demandante V.

ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA POR CONDUCTO DE LA ADMINISTRACIÓN DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CD2024CV00098. (Salón: 701). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. IAN ALEJANDRO LEBRÓN WARDIANLEBRONWARD@GMAIL.COM. A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 01 de agosto de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 05 de agosto de 2024. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 05 de agosto de 2024. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. VIONNETTE ESPINOSA CASTILLO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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

YANIRA PALERMO ORTIZ

Peticionaria EX PARTE

Civil Núm.: SG2023CV00571. Sobre: USUCAPIÓN. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

A: ELVIN TORRES

VIROLA Y/O SUCESION DE ELVIN TORRES VIROLA COMPUESTA

POR JOHN DOE & MARIE DOE.

Se le notifica a usted que ha sido radicada ante este Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala

de Superior de Mayagüez, una Demanda sobre Usucapión. Usted deberá presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días desde la última publicación de este edicto, sirviéndole copia de dicha contestación a la Lcda. Teresa Pacheco Camacho, con oficinas en la Calle Santiago Vivaldi Pacheco, Número 24-B, Yauco, Puerto Rico, dirección postal: P.O. Box 5004, PMB 200, Yauco, Puerto Rico 00698-5004, teléfono número 787-267-5784, fax número 787-267-6328, correo electrónico teresa@ pacheco-camacholawfirm.com, abogada de los Demandantes. Se le apercibe que, de no hacerlo así, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO bajo firma y sello de este Tribunal de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy 3 de julio de 2024. LIC. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL SUPERIOR. ARACELIS W. CAMACHO ACEVEDO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA GLORIA MONTALVO PABÓPN Demandante V. BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2024CV01048. (Civil: 402). SOBRE: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. HÉCTOR J. QUIÑONES INSERNIHQ@GAQLAW.COM. A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 31 de julio de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de

esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 12 de agosto de 2024. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 12 de agosto de 2024. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. LOURDES T. DÍAZ MEDINA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN

VICTORIA EUGENIA

BANUCHI CRESPO

Parte Peticionaria EX PARTE Civil Núm.: SJ2024RF00394. Salón: (708). Sobre: DECLARACIÓN DE INCAPACIDAD NOMBRAMIENTO DE TUTOR. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO, SS.

A: IVAN FELIX ARNALDO

BANUCHI CRESPOLAWRENCE COUNTY

JAIL, 111 MILTON STREET, NEW CASTLE, PA 16101.

Queda usted emplazado y notificado que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Petición sobre Declaración de Incapacidad y Nombramiento de Tutor en el caso de epígrafe. Por la presente se le emplaza para que presente su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido publicado el edicto, excluyéndose el día de publicado. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Apercibiéndole que si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia en Rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Usted deberá notificar copia de su alegación responsiva a:

LCDO. JOSÉ RUBÉN

VÉLEZ MARRERO

Abogado de la Parte Demandante

CENTRO NOTARIAL DE PUERTO RICO

THE EXECUTIVE BUILDING, SUITE 1100-A

AVENIDA PONCE DE LEON 623

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00917

TELEFONO (787) 773-1111

EMAIL:

jrvelez@centronotarialpr.com

Expido el presente emplazamiento bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 16 de agosto de 2024. Griselda Rodríguez Collado, Secretaria. Carmen M. Figueroa Andino, Secretaria De Servicios A Sala. LEGAL NOTICE

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Demandante Vs. MIGUEL A. HERNÁNDEZ ADORNO

Demandado Civil Núm.: CA2024CV00513. Salón: 406. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: MIGUEL A. HERNÁNDEZ ADORNO - URB. LA MARINA 10 CALLE DRAKO CAROLINA PR 00979; 1946 E MAINS ST APTO 11 ROCHESTER NY 14609. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Gabriel Antonio Ramos Colón cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección gabriel.ramos@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 10 de mayo de 2024. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 10 de mayo de

2024. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYAMA LUIS ALBERTO SANTOS TORRES; ROSA MARÍA

ALICEA MAISONET Peticionaria EX PARTE Civil Núm.: SA2023CV00145. Sala: 302. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO BAJO EL ART. 13 DE LA LEY 118, PROCEDIMIENTO EXPEDITO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS.

A: ISRAEL RIVERA, COLINDANTE POR EL SUR - DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: CARR 717 KM.

1.8 BARRIO MONTE GRANDE, SALINAS, PUERTO RICO.

POR LA PRESENTE se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los veinte (20) días contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la finca que se describe más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Tract of land located at Monte Grande ward municipality of Salinas, Puerto Rico. Bounded at North with Ema Santos Torres; at East with Pedro Gonzalez; at South with Israel Rivera; and at the West with Municipal Road. Which is the point of beginning, having an area of 657.3968 Square Meters, equivalent to 0.1673 Cuerdas. El abogado de la parte peticionaria es la Lcdo. Ernesto Rovira Gándara, PMB 767, 1353 Ave. Luis Vigoreaux, Guaynabo, PR 00966; Tel. (787)-758-3277; Email: erovira@partnerslegalservicespr.com. Se le informa, además,

que el Tribunal ha señalado vista en este caso para el 11 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, mediante videoconferencia, a la cual usted puede comparecer asistido por abogado y presentar oposición a la petición. Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo, se identificará en letra tamaño 10 puntos y negrillas, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En GUAYAMA, Puerto Rico, a 12 de agosto de 2024. MARISOL ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. STEPHANIE ESCALANTE ORTIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Parte Demandante Vs. LA SUCESIÓN DE IRMA ROSA PEREZ GUILLERMETY T/C/C IRMA ROSA PEREZ MEDINA COMPUESTA POR IRMA IVETTE MARTÍNEZ PÉREZ; ALEX GUILLERMETY PÉREZ; ERIC ALBERTO GUILLERMETY PÉREZ; GERALDINE GUILLERMETY PÉREZ; ENRIQUE GUILLERMETY PÉREZ; GABRIEL GUILLERMETY PÉREZ; JAMETE GUILLERMETY PÉREZ Y WANDA

GUILLERMETY

PÉREZ Y JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS DE ESTA Y LA ADMINISTRACIÓN

PARA EL SUSTENTO DE MENORES Y CENTRO

DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Parte Demandada Caso Civil Núm.: BY2024CV02884. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO Y NOTIFICACIÓNDE INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: WANDA GUILLERMETY PÉREZ

COMO HEREDERA DE IRMA ROSA PEREZ

GUILLERMETY T/C/C

IRMA ROSA PEREZ

MEDINA, JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE

COMO HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS DE IRMA ROSA PEREZ

GUILLERMETY T/C/C IRMA ROSA PEREZ

MEDINA. POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá radicar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired.ramajudicial.pr/ sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá radicar el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notifique con copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, Lcda. Marjaliisa Colón Villanueva, al PO BOX 7970, Ponce, P.R. 00732; Teléfono: 787-8434168. En dicha demanda se tramita un procedimiento de cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca bajo el número mencionado en el epígrafe. Se alega 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 octubre de 2022, hasta el presente, mas los cargos por demora correspondientes. Además, adeuda a la parte demandante las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en que incurra el tenedor del pagaré en este litigio. De acuerdo con dicho Contrato de Garantía Hipotecaria la parte Demandante declaró vencida la totalidad de la deuda ascendente a la suma de $23,490.24 de principal, más los intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.785% anual, así como todos aquellos créditos y sumas que surjan de la faz de la obligación hipotecaria y de la hipoteca que la garantiza, incluyendo la suma estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de

abogado. La parte Demandante presentó 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: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento número cuatrocientos veintiuno (421): Apartamento residencial número cuatrocientos veintiuno (421) de forma irregular, constituido poro un nivel, localizado en la segunda planta del edificio H de Alborada, El Condominio, que esta situado en la carretera número dos (2) kilometro número ocho punto seis (8.6), Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Consta de un nivel, siendo sus linderos los siguientes: Por el Norte, con el apartamento número cuatrocientos veintidós (422), con corredor de uso común y espacio exterior; por el Sur, con el apartamento quinientos veintidós (522) y espacio exterior; por el Este, con corredor de uso común y espacio exterior; por el Oeste, con espacio exterior. Consta el mismo de tres habitaciones con sus respectivos closets, una sala-comedor, cocina, dos baños, área de almacenar, laundry-terraza, los baños están equipados con bañera, lavamanos y servicios y servicio sanitario. Se incluye bidet en el baño del cuarto principal. El área total del apartamento es de ciento diez punto noventa y ocho (110.98) metros cuadrados. La puerta de entrada de este apartamento esta situada de su lindero Este y por ella se sale a la escalera y al área de circulación del proyecto. Este apartamento tiene una participación de cero punto dos mil ochocientos siete por ciento (0.2807%) en los elementos comunes generales del condominio. De modificarse o enmendarse la escritura matriz de Alborada, el Condominio, a los efectos de añadir ciento cincuenta (150) unidades de viviendas adicionales, el porciento de participación de este apartamento en los elementos comunes generales del condominio será de cero punto mil setecientos setenta y un porciento (0.1771%). Le corresponde y se le asigna a este apartamento como elementos comunes limitado los estacionamientos identificados con los números cuatrocientos ochenta y siete (487) y doscientos sesenta y uno (261). Inscrito al folio cuarenta y seis (46) del tomo mil setecientos veinte (1,720) de Cayey, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I, Finca número setenta y un mil novecientos doce (71,912). SE LES APERCIBE que, de no hacer sus alegaciones responsivas a la demanda dentro del término aquí dispuesto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Se le aper-

cibe que si no compareciera usted a expresarse dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto en torno a la aceptación o repudiación de la herencia, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del causante Irma Rosa Perez Guillermety t/c/c Irma Rosa Perez Medina y por consiguiente, responderán por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dispone el 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico, 31 L.P.R.A. sec 11021. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 3 de julio de 2024. Lcda. Laura I. Santa Sánchez, Secretaria. Marilyn Colón Carrasquillo, Sub-Secretaria.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAROLINA ORIENTAL BANK

Demandante V. JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE

Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2024CV02345. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE HIPOTECA CON INSTRUMENTO EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, PERSONAS DESCONOCIDAS QUE SE DESIGNAN CON ESTOS NOMBRES FICTICIOS, QUE PUEDAN SER TENEDOR O TENEDORES, O PUEDAN TENER ALGÚN INTERÉS EN EL PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO A QUE SE HACE REFERENCIA MÁS ADELANTE EN EL PRESENTE EDICTO, QUE SE PUBLICARÁ UNA

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Se les notifica que en la Demanda radicada en el caso de epígrafe se alega que el 25 de febrero de 2002, se otorgó un pagaré a favor de RG Premier Bank of Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $124,500.00 de principal, con intereses al 7% anual, con vencimiento el 1 de marzo de 2032, ante la notario Esther Rebeca Luzon Colón. En garantía del pagaré antes descrito se otorgó la escritura de hipoteca número 29, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 25 de febrero de 2002, ante la notario Esther Rebeca Luzon Colón, inscrita al folio 1 del tomo móvil 925 de Carolina, finca 39084, inscripción 6, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección I. El inmueble gravado mediante la hipoteca antes descrita es la finca 39084 inscrita al folio 21 del tomo 828 de Carolina, Registro de la Pro-

piedad de Carolina, Sección I. La obligación evidenciada por el pagaré antes descrito fue saldada en su totalidad Dicho gravamen no ha podido ser cancelado por haberse extraviado el original del pagaré. El original del pagaré antes descrito no ha podido ser localizado, a pesar de las gestiones realizadas. RG Premier Bank of Puerto Rico (hoy Oriental Bank, antes Scotiabank) es el acreedor que consta en el Registro de la Propiedad. RG Premier Bank of Puerto Rico (hoy Oriental Bank, antes Scotiabank) fue último tenedor conocido del pagaré antes descrito. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido publicado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la mismas al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro de! referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se la apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2029, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menos fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Representa a la parte demandante el Lcdo. Javier Montalvo Cintrón, RUA #17,682, Delgado Fernández, LLC, PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-1750. Tel. [787] 274-1414, jmontalvo@ delgadofernandez.com. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 07 de agosto de 2024. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LILIIAM ORTIZ NIEVES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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August 22, 2024

What’s the Orioles’ secret to developing great hitters?

By BRITTANY GHIROLI and ENO SARRIS / THE ATHLETIC

The Baltimore Orioles are a lesson in successful rebuilds, having gone from 115 losses in 2018 to one of the best teams in baseball — with one of the best farm systems — in five years.

The Orioles won the American League East last year, with 101 wins. Their farm system has produced young All-Stars like Adley Rutschman, Gunnar Henderson and Jordan Westburg. Its next wave is on its way: Jackson Holliday and Coby Mayo were recently promoted to the major leagues. Multiple rebuilding organizations have cited Baltimore as their blueprint, particularly in producing young hitters.

The problem is identifying what, exactly, that blueprint is. The Orioles are mum on their secret sauce, though some of their guiding principles are not necessarily groundbreaking. They are just difficult to execute, such as the 65 new hires general manager Mike Elias’ organization made in roughly 18 months as the franchise prioritized tough work environments to breed more competition through a culture shift.

“We have some organizational, nonnegotiable philosophies or values, and what we needed to do was find and hire a bunch of people that either believed in those or were willing to push those and build off those, and that’s what we initially did,” said Matt Blood, who was promoted this winter from director of player development to vice president for player development and domestic scouting.

While anecdotal evidence suggests many of the Orioles’ young hitters are good at the same things, Blood demurs.

“I think they’re just all good at adjustability,” he said, “and being able to compete against what the game is throwing at them.”

Still, there are some interesting theories around MLB as other teams try to figure out what the Orioles do well so they can follow the same road map.

“They draft for VBA,” or vertical bat angle, a rival scout said about the Orioles.

That is a compelling idea, that the Orioles have found something better than the analytics other teams use and that they have used those numbers to find the best hitters in baseball.

But what is VBA? Vertical bat angle is the angle of the bat respective to the ground, judged directly behind or in front of the batter. A “steeper” bat path is generally associated with the potential to lift the ball better. It is great to be steep low in the zone, but it is hard to maintain that steepness and still hit a ball at the top of the zone.

So are the Orioles great at this? Do they have good swing paths? Yes and no. SwingGraphs, which uses proprietary MLB swing path data, estimates that the Orioles are middle of the pack in vertical bat angle at the major league level. But the parent club still has holdovers from previous regimes, as well as players who fill different roles for their current lineup. In the minor leagues, Baltimore’s top three prospects — Holliday, Mayo and Heston Kjerstad — were second best in the league when compared with other top prospects in terms of their “path score,” which incorporates VBA.

Still, it is probably not a singular approach chasing one number in the scouting and development circles. Some evidence of this is how good the Orioles have been at slugging

Rival teams have theories.

pitches in both the top and bottom thirds of the strike zone.

The Orioles are the only team that is in the top five of slugging in both the top and bottom thirds of the zone, though the Minnesota Twins’ offense is close. The Orioles also have the third-smallest difference between slugging at the top and slugging at the bottom. They are good all over.

Adjustability? That is a different story. Their offense is multidimensional. Executives from other teams had more theories on how the Orioles have developed bats that can slug all over the zone.

speed up. They focus on making good swing decisions and help hitters internalize that as they come up through the minors.”

This starts to line up with things that even the Orioles will admit they value.

“Our training environments are very competitive, very difficult,” Blood said. “That leads to more efficiency, in terms of learning skills.”

They want to make drill work difficult and gamelike for their hitters, so the short box fits that bill. In fact, those young coaches challenged each other to develop the best stuff for their short box sessions, turning their knowledge of pitch shapes into nastiness on the mound. They want their hitters to swing only at pitches they can drive. They believe in data-driven techniques that have been shown to produce results, so the weighted bat training makes sense.

These examples offer a window into the data- and tech-driven process of developing today’s Orioles slugger. But these are not concepts that are foreign to other organizations. So why is it working so particularly well for Baltimore right now? The talk often comes back to the players themselves.

“I think the Orioles have done a phenomenal job of getting guys with really good makeup,” Rutschman told The Score, a sports media platform based in Toronto. “And once you get enough guys who are of that same mindset, because everyone is pushing each other and everyone is on the same page, it would be really difficult if guys were not bought in. When guys are bought in, it’s a lot of fun.”

A rival hitting coach agreed.

“They draft guys with present power and improve their launch angle and swing decisions,” said a rival assistant general manager. “That present power is there in the form of top-end exit velocities, not necessarily slugging percentage. They teach better vertical bat angle to reduce ground-ball rates. Swing decisions plus better VBA equals power production when those top-end exit velocities exist.”

Now we’re getting somewhere. Take raw power, add swing decisions and improve their bat paths, and you start pumping out really good hitters? And how do they add all that? How do they improve their raw hitters?

“The high IQ allows them to know what the pitcher is trying to do to them that day and adjust their swing path and approach on a pitcher-to-pitcher level,” the coach said. He’s throwing sinkers, I’m going to be more scoopy with my swing today. He’s got a lot of ride, I’m going to be flatter today.

“Never has it been more important to have high-IQ players like that.”

“They have a lot of young coaches and throw short box with them — so those are relatively live arms, from up close, forcing the hitters to adapt and see the ball out of a release point,” said a rival director of player development. “They use weighted bats at most levels as part of the regular process to keep bat

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Baltimore Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson at Camden Yards in Baltimore in 2023 (Wikipedia via Joe Andrucyk)

Baltimore Orioles infielder Jordan Westburg in 2023 (x.com via MLB Pipeline)

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