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Mayors of Cayey, Aguadilla offer to help LUMA maintain lines, restore power

By THE STAR STAFF

Cayey Mayor Rolando Ortiz Velázquez proposed Thursday that the felling and pruning of vegetation to protect power lines be taken on by the municipality, with all current legal and environmental protections, given that LUMA Energy, the private operator of the island’s electricity transmission and distribution system, has been unable to handle the effort alone.

“There is a legal obligation, established by contract, to maintain a complete and effective tree pruning plan to protect power lines,” Ortiz Velázquez. “Over the past few years, LUMA has been charging millions of dollars and that plan is going too slowly. There are thousands of miles to be pruned and no one better than the mayors and municipal teams to do the job. It is the mayors, along with community leaders who know each neighborhood, each street and each community. Let us exercise common sense.”

District Rep. Gretchen Hau Irizzary (Cidra and Cayey) agreed with the proposal.

“We have a verifiable reality; almost seven years after Hurricane Maria, there is no reason for the Electric Power Authority (PREPA) to still be giving the excuse that the lines were not properly maintained,” she said. “It is

unusual for the vegetation cutting and pruning project to be going so slowly. It is unacceptable that there are even [utility] poles that pose a risk of collapsing, as well as fallen cables. Today’s issue is the disconnections, but what we are receiving from citizens are real reports of blackouts in different places, substations that explode because they are not maintained, poles and cables that are falling and becoming dangerous. The clearest example was the rain event of [Tropical Storm] Ernesto, which passed far from Puerto Rico. The wind blows and the power goes out.”

Ortiz Velázquez also pointed out that the collective memory is still alive with the reactions that occurred after information emerged indicating that LUMA Energy had canceled service agreements with subcontracted companies to carry out vegetation management tasks near transmission lines because, allegedly, the company did not have more funds for the remainder of the 20222023 fiscal year.

Also on Thursday, Aguadilla Mayor Julio Roldán Concepción formally requested through a letter to PREPA and LUMA Energy that immediate action be taken to resolve the energy crisis that is impacting more than 60% of subscribers in his municipality after the passage of Tropical Storm Ernesto.

In a letter to the directors of both entities, the mayor expressed his concern about the fragility of the electrical system and the need for a comprehensive transformation of the energy infrastructure.

“It is unacceptable that, with only moderate winds, our city has been left without electricity for more than five days,” Roldán Concepción said in the letter. “This is a clear indication that the system we have is not functional and that the company that is supposed to solve the problems in our electrical system is incapable, irresponsible and is not aware of the needs that our people are experiencing thanks to its ineptitude.”

Roldán Concepción went on to say that due to lack of action, he has made his municipal brigades available to LUMA to collaborate in the reconstruction of the Aguadilla electrical system and has requested the assignment of permanent brigades to deal with daily interruptions in the electrical service.

“To address the lack of electricity service after Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico, our administration made the decision, as did several mayors, to create local brigades with retired members and former employees of PREPA who know how to solve electricity connection problems in our municipalities,” he said.

Christian-based bilingual sports academy opens in San Germán

By THE STAR STAFF

After months of meetings and construction and painting work, the Remington Christian Academy Puerto Rico in San Germán opened its doors this week to the southwestern town and surrounding communities.

“With great enthusiasm, we announce the inauguration of this great school, [which] had been closed for several years, the old Carlos Rosado School, as a sports and bilingual institution with a Christian base,” San Germán Mayor Virgilio Olivera Olivera said.

The modern installations are located in Barrio Sabana

Eneas, in the Municipality of San Germán.

“We open the doors in San Germán after exhausting and extremely responsible work,” Olivera said. “The entire investment has been private! This academy [is for] students from kindergarten to senior year of high school in the west of Puerto Rico in combination with the sporting focus with a Christian bilingual education.”

“The students receive an academic and sporting education that opens doors to universities of renown and great prestige,” the mayor added. “With a teaching team completely certified and bilingual, Remington Christian Academy Puerto Rico offers an excellent education aligned with Chrstian values.”

Authorities fine scrap yards, repair, body and paint shops in Arecibo

By THE STAR STAFF

Authorities intervened this week at various auto repair shops, scrap yards, body shops and paint shops in Arecibo, where in the Miraflores neighborhood, several shops were inspected, cited and fined for not having the required permits in violation of the law.

The Puerto Rico Planning Board ordered the closure of two shops (cease and desist) and issued a fine of $2,000.

Environmental Quality Board staff issued $60,000 in fines, meanwhile.

Complaints were filed for: not having an automotive technician’s license, improper handling of diesel, motor oils and paint, as well as for lacking a record of entry and exit of vehicles.

About 20 vehicles were inspected, and 10 license plates were seized for investigation because they did not

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4th Annual El Parrandón de El Yunque slated for Sept. 1

By THE STAR STAFF

The Vitrina Solidaria organization, the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture (ICP by its Spanish initials), the Banco Popular Foundation, El Yunque National Forest and the Municipality of Río Grande on Wednesday announced the celebration of the 4th edition of the cultural and economic event El Parrandón de El Yunque on Sunday, Sept. 1 on Palmer Street in Río Grande.

Vitrina Solidaria Executive Director Raquel Skerrett Escalera said El Parrandón de El Yunque is an open-air family festival that promotes the economic development of microenterprises that participate in its acceleration programs and makes visible the local entrepreneurships of the eastern region of Puerto Rico.

“This emblematic event provides an invaluable space for exhibitors of micro-enterprises and social enterprises (such as artisans), many of whom have started their businesses

with the support of Vitrina Solidaria’s El Yunque Emprende and La Y en El Yunque programs,” Skerrett Escalera said. “It is a cultural and entertainment activity for the whole family, which also promotes tourism in the area and contributes positively to the solidarity economy.”

“Come prepared to be surprised by the options of products, food, services and personal, family and even corporate experiences that you can buy or order that day,” she added.

ICP Executive Director Carlos Ruiz said: “At the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture, we reaffirm our commitment to the entities subsidized through the Cultural Rescue Program and we offer our support to effectively make visible the cultural management that is being carried out in different municipalities throughout Puerto Rico.”

“We recognize the effort and work of the Vitrina Solidaria organization contributing to the quality of life of its communities and the economic development of the

Vitrina Solidaria Executive Director Raquel Skerrett Escalera, second from right with microphone, said El Parrandón de El Yunque “is a cultural and entertainment activity for the whole family, which also promotes tourism in the area and contributes positively to the solidarity economy.”

creative industries,” he said. “We invite all Puerto Rican families to be part of the El Parrandón de El Yunque event, where they will be able to learn about the work and support local entrepreneurs from the eastern region of Puerto Rico.”

belong to the shop owner.

Sgt. David Pantoja Pares of the Arecibo Stolen Vehicles

Atiles Cruz of the Utuado Stolen Vehicles Bureau Division were in charge of the intervention.

An automobile scrap yard was among several businesses in Arecibo that were fined for permitting and other violations.

Remington Christian Academy Puerto Rico in San Germán

Parked vehicle belonging to LUMA subcontractor hit by gunfire in Luquillo

By THE STAR STAFF

Luquillo District agents from the Puerto Rico Police Bureau were investigating on Thursday an incident in which a vehicle belonging to a company subcontracted by private grid operator LUMA Energy was hit by several bullets on Thursday on highway PR-983 in the Las Viudas sector of the northeastern coastal town.

The vehicle, which was parked and unoccupied, was damaged in circumstances that are still under investigation.

As of press time Thursday, agents from the Fajardo Region Criminal Investigation Corps (CIC) were continuing with the investigation of the incident.

LUMA Energy, which manages the island’s electric power transmission and distribution system, issued a statement emphasizing that the safety of its customers and employees is its top priority.

“We consider any threat against our staff, dedicated to serving the people of Puerto Rico, to be very serious,” the company said in the

A vehicle belonging to a LUMA Energy subcontractor was struck by gunfire on Thursday in Luquillo “at a work site where company employees and support contractors were present,” the grid operator said. No injuries were reported.

statement. “This morning, a security incident was reported in Luquillo, in which a gun was fired that hit a LUMA vehicle at a work site where company employees and support contractors were present. Fortunately, there were no reported injuries. We want to emphasize that our more than 4,000 employees work day

and night, always to serve Puerto Rico, and any type of threat is unacceptable and will not be tolerated.”

LUMA added that it will continue to collaborate with the authorities in the investigation of the incident.

Meanwhile, in an earlier communique, the company said it continues to be committed to reestablishing electrical service for the 1% of the remaining clients affected by Tropical Storm Ernesto, prioritizing critical areas.

“This includes the PREPA [Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority] installations,” LUMA said in a written statement. “Our brigades have made constant progress in replacing the interruptor damaged at the Cambalache substation that serves the Arecibo Superaqueduct.”

The substation has been put into service and has reestablished service to all its clients.

“Our personnel continue working to complete the installation of the new equipment,” LUMA added. “In addition, we are coordinating with PRASA [the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority] to finalize the repairs to

improve water service for more than 40,000 clients throughout Puerto Rico.”

PRASA Executive President Doriel Pagán Crespo, meanwhile, confirmed that LUMA did not have significant contact with the public corporation’s management during the passage of Tropical Storm Ernesto.

That is what Pagán Crespo told at-large Sen. Keren Riquelme Cabrera during an accountability meeting on the actions of first-response agencies with regard to the storm that grazed Puerto Rico last week.

“It is a shame, but apparently communication during the Tropical Storm Ernesto emergency between LUMA Energy management and PRASA was almost non-existent,” Riquelme said. “That is totally unacceptable. LUMA has the responsibility to attend to the needs of PRASA as a priority; it cannot be relegated to not calling or not communicating with the executive [president] of PRASA or her staff. I could not believe it when we were informed that communication was poor. It is incredible and absolutely unacceptable.”

Pro-statehood groups recognize González as president-elect of Venezuela

María Corina Machado, center, and presidential candidate Edmundo González, center right, during an opposition rally in Caracas, Venezuela on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Pro-statehood organizations in Puerto Rico have recognized González as president-elect of the South American country. (Alejandro Cegarra/The New York Times)

By THE STAR STAFF

Numerous organizations favoring statehood for Puerto Rico unanimously approved the recognition of Edmundo González as the president-elect of Venezuela, democratically elected by the people of the South American country, and called for the rejection of the repression practiced by President Nicolás Maduro, as well as his defenders and allies in Puerto Rico.

Luz Z. “Lucy” Arce Ferrer, the spokeswoman and president of the Pro-Statehood Retirees Organization, reported that the statement of support for Edmundo González is in response to the danger that the dictatorial regime represents for Venezuelans and for democracy in general.

“By this means we want to express our solidarity with the

Venezuelan people, who overwhelmingly on July 28 chose a change toward democracy and the prosperity of Venezuelans in their country,” Arce Ferrer said. “We also express solidarity with over 8 million Venezuelans who have escaped their country from the repression, hunger and lack of democracy that they live with there. No country should live the humanitarian crisis of Venezuela.”

The organizations recognized González, whose campaign team demonstrated with documentation a wide victory that they said signifies a cry for change for Venezuela, as president-elect.

“We recognize and celebrate the brave leadership of [barred opposition candidate] María Corina Machado in organizing the citizenry to care for their votes and documents despite a coup effort by Mr. Maduro,” the local organizations said. “María Corina is a heroine of democracy.”

Caguas priest meeting with gubernatorial candidates to discuss social problems

By THE STAR STAFF

Rev. Pedro Rafael Ortiz of the San Pablo Apóstol Parish in Caguas has started a series of “coffee conversations” aimed at addressing Puerto Rico’s social problems, inviting gubernatorial candidates and other political leaders to participate individually.

The initiative is part of the “social and community evangelization project” that the parish has developed over the past two years, inspired by Pope Paul VI’s encyclical “Ecclesiam suam,” which promotes dialogue between the Catholic Church and society.

“The problems we face are everyone’s and affect everyone,” the priest said in a statement. “The democratic way is to discuss them together and know that only together can these problems find a solution. Because in a community like the human one, one does not save oneself.”

Ortiz said meetings have already begun with the participation of Juan Dalmau Ramírez, the Puerto Rican Independence Party and Alliance candidate for governor, and will continue with the other candidates

“We hope to conclude at the end of October, in line with the ‘8th World Day of the Poor 2024’ that Pope Francis celebrates

in November of each year,” the priest said.

Rev. Pedro Rafael Ortiz of Caguas meets with Juan Dalmau Ramírez, the Puerto Rican Independence Party and Alliance candidate for governor.

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How a far-right takeover of Georgia’s election board could swing the election

By NICK CORASANITI

Josh McKoon, the chair of the Georgia Republican Party, boasted at the state convention in late May that he had “very good news.”

Georgia Republicans had just orchestrated a takeover of the State Election Board, an unelected body that sets voting rules. With this new majority, Republicans could enact an agenda that would help former President Donald Trump win in November, McKoon said.

“I believe when we look back on Nov. 5, 2024, we’re going to say getting to that 3-2 election-integrity-minded majority on the State Election Board made sure that we had the level playing field to win this election,” he said.

Since the takeover, the Georgia State Election Board has approved a host of rules on certifications and investigations backed by right-wing election activists who claim, falsely, that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump. The moves underscore a sharp rightward turn for what is supposed to be an apolitical body and have alarmed Democrats, election officials and even some Republicans.

“Clearly, the Trump allies have learned their lessons from the failure of the attempted coup of 2020, and they’re starting earlier and attempting to burrow more deeply into the most vulnerable pieces of the election system,” said Norm Eisen, a longtime Washington lawyer and chair of the State Democracy Defenders Fund, a nonpartisan election watchdog group.

If there is another chaotic challenge to the election results this November, Georgia is shaping up to be a hot spot, as it was in 2020. Polls show a close race in the state. Trump-aligned election activists there are well organized. Republican county officials have already shown a willingness to adopt practices from the election denial wing of the party. And the State Election Board will almost certainly be at the center of the dispute.

Like similar entities in other states, Georgia’s elections board was established to be an independent agency that determines voting rules and issues guidance for poll workers to maintain order and integrity in elections without consideration of their political impact.

But the board’s new right-wing majority has instead aligned itself with the goals

of conservative activists, drawing rebukes even from the Republican secretary of state.

For example, the board this month issued a new rule that could empower local officials to refuse or delay certification of a county’s election results they deem questionable.

The majority also requested another investigation by the state attorney general into questions of impropriety in the 2020 election in Fulton County, allegations that have already been investigated on multiple occasions.

The three board members who voted to pass these rules have been accused by watchdog organizations and Democrats of working with Trump-aligned activists in preparation to reject the results of a presidential election if Trump loses.

Members of the board, however, see it differently.

“I’m not looking at this as I’m trying to do something that’s going to benefit Republicans, because that would be a very idiotic approach,” Janelle King, a Republican member of the board who was appointed in May, said in an interview. “What I’m looking at is, when the petition is presented in front of me, I’m listening to why. I’m listening to past performance what the issues may have been.”

The right-wing takeover of the Georgia State Election Board is a significant victory

for conservative election activists who have spent the past four years looking for ways to influence the electoral infrastructure, with a focus on local institutions.

The three members of the Republican majority — Janice Johnston, Rick Jeffares and King — earned praise from Trump at a rally two weeks ago, calling them out by name as “pit bulls fighting for honesty, transparency and victory.”

“They’re on fire,” Trump told the crowd.

The new majority gets to work

With an effective majority, outside groups began to push their agendas to the board.

In April, the Election Research Institute, a right-wing group run by Heather Honey, an activist in Pennsylvania known for spreading conspiracy theories about elections, submitted a proposal to weaken certification requirements and allow counties to exclude results from individual precincts if there is evidence of discrepancies or malfeasance. While the rule did not pass, it received support from Johnston.

Johnston has also proposed a team to monitor Fulton County elections headed by Honey.

In July, McKoon sent Jeffares two new proposed rules — one on poll watchers and one on results reporting requirements — as

well as one-page talking points for each rule, according to email records obtained by The New York Times. McKoon included Josh Helton, a senior adviser for election integrity at the Republican National Committee, and Alex Kaufman, a Republican lawyer in Georgia, on the emails. The Atlanta-Journal Constitution first reported the emails.

McKoon, in an interview, said the state party regularly reaches out to the board on ways to improve elections. “Of course, I’m going to interact with and contact members of the board to advocate for that position,” McKoon said. “I don’t think I would be doing this volunteer job correctly if I was not doing that.”

Board members themselves have been active in meetings of the right-wing election activist network. Johnston has attended at least three virtual meetings of the Election Integrity Network, the sprawling activist coalition helmed by Republican lawyer Cleta Mitchell, according to recordings of the meetings obtained by the Times.

In a meeting in May, Johnston said in a message that she had spent “two hours at the DMV board meeting” and had been “invited to meet with the commissioner and secretary of state” to discuss helping election officials gain access to Department of Motor Vehicles databases.

During a presentation by the leader of the United Sovereign Americans, a rightwing group focused on election litigation, in another May meeting, Johnston again chimed in the comments.

“Please come to Georgia,” she wrote.

The Trump influence

The former president has taken an intense interest in the Georgia State Election Board, an obscure entity and one unusual for a nominee for president to focus on so intently.

In multiple messages on Truth Social, Trump has weighed in on the minutiae of state board of election meetings, including sharing the raw footage of a debate among board members at a public meeting.

The attention has concerned voting rights groups in Georgia.

“It is unusual for Trump to dive into details, so his specific praise for Georgia’s unelected State Election Board members is bizarre and should raise alarms,” said Lauren Groh-Wargo, the CEO of Fair Fight, the left-leaning voting rights group. “Trump is continuing to meddle in our state’s election, which is extremely concerning.”

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Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, during a campaign rally at the Georgia State University Convocation Center in Atlanta, on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Tim Walz, on biggest night of his career, goes on offense

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR

Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota formally accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for vice president Wednesday night with a plain-spoken but searing speech in which he lashed out at former President Donald Trump as “weird” and “dangerous” and leaned on his own Midwestern roots as evidence of the ticket’s broad appeal to voters.

“I’m ready to turn the page on these guys,” Walz said of Trump and Sen. JD Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president. He accused them of pursuing an agenda that will only benefit the “richest and most extreme” people in the country.

“It’s an agenda nobody asked for,” he said. “It’s an agenda that does nothing for our neighbors in need. Is it weird? Absolutely, absolutely. But it’s also wrong. And it’s dangerous.”

A former high school teacher and football coach who had never used a teleprompter until he was chosen by Vice President Kamala Harris to be her running mate, Walz demonstrated the energy that placed him squarely in the national spotlight. The speech was the biggest test for the jovial but blunt-spoken governor. In the 15 days since he joined the ticket, Walz has eagerly taken on Trump with a mix of biting sarcasm and witty commentary while defending himself against Republican attacks on his military record.

The Democratic National Convention’s third night included star power — from Oprah Winfrey, who told Democrats to choose “joy!” in her signature singsong — and some nostalgia, from former President Bill Clinton, who underscored the party’s desire for a shift from the old guard to the new.

Delivering a 28-minute address in which he warned against complacency and overconfidence, Clinton warned that Republicans were “really good at distracting us, at triggering doubt, at triggering buyers’ remorse.” Nearly a quarter century after leaving office, Clinton acknowledged his age, saying, “I have no idea how many more of these things I’ll be able to come to.” But the 78-year-old noted that he was still a few months younger than Trump.

The night also featured figures from the party’s next gen-

eration of leaders, including Pete Buttigieg, the transportation secretary, who noted that his life as a married, gay father “went from impossible to possible, from possible to real, from real to almost ordinary in less than half a lifetime.”

Here’s what else to know:

— The Oprah surprise: Democratic officials kept Winfrey’s appearance secret until the last minute, when the talk show host turned billionaire media mogul walked onto the stage after a short film she produced of ordinary people talking about the American dream. In her remarks, she warned that “decency and respect are on the ballot in 2024” and called out to independents and undecided voters and made it clear exactly where she stands: “We’re all Americans, and together, let’s all choose Kamala Harris,” she said.

— Jan. 6: A graphic video showing the 2021 attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters teed up a series of speakers warned about Trump’s refusal to accept the results of the

election. The video ended with the words “If reelected, he will never be held accountable.” Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker, focused heavily in her remarks on the Jan. 6 attack. On that day, rioters specifically sought to break into her office, threateningly shouting her name in the halls of Congress where she has served for more than three decades.

— Defending border policy: Several speakers aggressively confronted a topic long believed to be a Republican advantage — the southern border. They hammered Trump for persuading Republicans to kill a bipartisan border bill that Harris supported, calling it a cynical political calculation on the former president’s part. “All he knows is tearing families apart,” said Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., one of several speakers who said Harris would balance border security and the humanitarian concerns of migrants seeking refuge.

— Hostage’s family speaks: While the evening featured much of the same enthusiasm that has seized the party since Harris’ ascent to the top the ticket, two speakers stilled the crowd: Rachel Goldberg and Jon Polin, the parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of the Americans held hostage in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7. “Hersh, if you can hear us, we love you. Stay strong. Survive,” Goldberg said. The couple praised President Joe Biden and Harris for seeking the return of their son and other hostages, even as protesters outside the convention demanded a greater focus on Palestinians killed in Gaza.

— A candidacy in peril: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the political scion whose independent candidacy for president has long been viewed as potentially playing a spoiler role in the election, is expected to end his troubled campaign this week, according to three people briefed on his plans, and is in talks to throw his support behind Trump. His campaign, strapped for money and facing hurdles getting onto the ballot in a number of states, has scheduled an event for Friday in Arizona.

— Trump in North Carolina: Trump and Vance campaigned Wednesday afternoon in Asheboro, North Carolina, focusing on national security in a state that Trump won twice. The Republican ticket appeared to be on solid footing in North Carolina before Biden withdrew from the race last month and endorsed Harris. She edged ahead of Trump in the state in a recent poll from The New York Times and Siena College.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, waves to the crowd on the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center, in Chicago, on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)

FAA refers more unruly passenger cases to Justice Department

By MARK WALKER

The Federal Aviation Administration said earlier this week that it had asked the Justice Department to consider bringing criminal charges in 43 serious and dangerous incidents from the past year involving unruly passengers aboard planes.

Since late 2021, the FAA has referred 310 cases to the FBI, following a commitment between the two agencies to collaborate more closely on the criminal prosecution of unruly airline passengers when warranted.

As of Aug. 18, airlines reported 1,375 incidents of unruly passengers to the FAA. In the past year, the agency has forwarded 43 cases to the FBI for potential criminal charges. These incidents include attacks on crew members, sexual assaults on passengers and attempts to breach the cockpit.

“There’s absolutely no excuse for unruly behavior,” Michael Whitaker, the FAA’s administrator, said in a statement. “It threatens the safety of everyone on board, and we have zero tolerance for it.”

Unruly passenger behavior surged during the pandemic, prompting the FAA in 2021 to implement a zero-tolerance policy for such conduct and begin issuing fines instead of warning letters to offenders. The agency reported approximately 6,000 such incidents in 2021, a sharp rise compared with about 1,000 reports in 2020. The number of incidents reported in 2023 fell to 2,100 but still represented an uptick from the years preceding the pandemic.

The FAA lacks criminal enforcement authority and can only impose fines for un-

Planes on the tarmac at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wa., Jan. 8, 2024. The Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday, Aug. 21, that it had asked the Justice Department to consider bringing criminal charges in 43 serious and dangerous incidents from the past year involving unruly passengers aboard flight planes. (M. Scott Brauer/The New York Times)

ruly and violent behavior, with penalties up to $37,000 per violation. More serious cases that the agency believes warrant criminal prosecution must be referred to the FBI. Typically, the aviation agency only refers the most egregious cases.

In April 2021, the FAA announced that its zero-tolerance policy would become permanent, even after a court order ended the mask mandate that had caused friction with passengers who did not want to comply. Later

that year, Stephen Dickson, the agency’s administrator at the time, sent a letter to airport leaders highlighting alcohol as a frequent contributor to unruly behavior.

“Our investigations show that alcohol often contributes to this unsafe behavior,” Dickson wrote.

A 2021 national survey conducted by the Association of Flight Attendants union revealed that nearly all flight attendants had dealt with unruly passengers that year, and 1 in 5

had been attacked. The survey identified mask compliance, alcohol, routine safety reminders, flight delays, and cancellations as common factors in these interactions. Many instances involved multiple contributing factors.

“The vast majority of passengers comply with all flight crew instructions and follow all federal laws and regulations that apply to air travel, however, one incident is one too many,” said Marli Collier, a spokesperson with Airlines for America, a trade group representing the country’s largest air carriers.

The flight attendants’ union called for increased action from the Justice Department and the FAA to curb passenger misbehavior. In response, the two government entities established an informationsharing protocol for referring unruly passenger cases to the FBI. The aviation agency also announced a new partnership with the Transportation Security Administration, under which fined unruly passengers may lose PreCheck privileges.

Sara Nelson, the international president of the flight attendants’ union, said travel woes had helped fuel the rise in troubling passenger behavior. Struggles getting home because of flight delays and cancellations add to the frustration for passengers, she said. She also pointed to increased drinking at airport bars before boarding as passengers wait for delayed aircraft as a contributing factor.

“The entire system is stretched very thin and all of the basic human needs that need to be addressed for people to just simply be able to follow the rules and remain calm are now at stressor points,” Nelson said.

Boeing grounds 777-9 test planes in latest setback

By NIRAJ CHOKSHI

Boeing said earlier this week that it had paused test flights of the 777-9, a large plane whose development had already been delayed by years, after discovering problems with a key part.

The airplane manufacturer discovered the problem with a structural component within the engine housing, during routine maintenance on one of four test planes. None of the three other planes had flights scheduled. Each engine includes a redundant version of the part, which is custom-made for the 777-9, according to Boeing.

The company is replacing the part and investigating the issue on each plane and “will resume flight testing when ready,” Boeing said.

The pause is the latest blow to development of the 777X series of planes, starting with the 777-9. Boeing operated its first 777-9 flight in January 2020, saying at the time that it expected deliveries to begin the next year.

The 777-9 is a large, twin-aisle plane designed for long-distance, international flights. It is capable of carrying around 426 passengers over a distance of more than 7,200 nautical miles. Boeing plans to later build a slightly smaller version of the plane capable of traveling farther, the 777-8, and a cargo version, the 777-8 Freighter.

Boeing did not say how long it expected the pause in test flights to last or whether it would delay its first delivery of the 777-9, which the company expects to happen next year. The Federal Aviation Administration said Boeing notified the agency about the problem last week, and the company said it planned to keep the FAA updated on its findings. The pause in test flights was reported earlier by The Air Current, an aviation news service.

Boeing began flights of the model for FAA certification in July, though it had been testing the plane on its own for some time. The test fleet had already carried out more than 1,300 flights in various regions and conditions

as of the end of last month, Dave Calhoun, the company’s former CEO, said on a call with investor analysts at the time. Calhoun stepped down this month and was succeeded by Kelly Ortberg, a former CEO of Rockwell Collins, a major supplier to Boeing and its main rival, Airbus. Calhoun’s departure had been announced after a harrowing episode in January in which a panel of a Boeing 737 Max blew off during an Alaska Airlines flight. There were no major injuries from that event, but it and an earlier crisis involving two fatal 737 Max crashes five years ago have slowed production at Boeing and contributed to the widening gap between the company and Airbus.

Wall St ends lower as tech shares weigh; Jackson Hole in focus

All three major U.S. stock indexes lost ground on Thursday, weighed by technology shares, as Treasury yields rose on easing recession fears and global central bank officials convened at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium.

Weakness in the so-called Magnificent Seven megacap growth stocks weighed heaviest on the tech-laden Nasdaq.

“There doesn’t appear to be any kind of clear catalyst as to what’s driving this sell-off,” Scott Ladner, chief investment officer at Horizon Investments in Charlotte, North Carolina.

“People may be trying to square positions a little bit ahead of Nvidia (earnings) next week, or risk-out ahead of (U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome) Powell’s Jackson Hole speech tomorrow.”

Central bank officials from around the world have gathered in Jackson Hole for the annual Economic Symposium. Investors will be laser focused on Powell’s address on Friday for clues on the timing and extent of the Fed’s policy easing cycle.

Powell is expected to assure the markets that the Fed will cut rates in September, Ladner said. “He’ll be coy with the question about whether it’s going to be a 25 or 50 basis point cut, but will probably try to lead the market towards 25.”

“He will say he expects to start slow but will also emphasize that if they do see any further weakness in the labor market they can speed things up,” Ladner added.

News of increasing U.S. jobless claims, following Wednesday’s sharply lower benchmark payrolls revision, appear to confirm the labor market is less robust than expected and is gradually softening. This soothed recession fears while bolstering the case for a 25 basis point rate cut at the Fed’s upcoming September policy meeting.

That sentiment was echoed in remarks on Thursday from Kansas City Fed President Frank Schmid, Boston Fed President Susan Collins, and Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker, all of whom indicated that a rate-cutting phase is shortly forthcoming.

“What Fed officials are saying is a rate cut is definitely on the table, but there’s still time between now and September and data can move things,” Martin said.

According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 lost 48.66 points, or 0.87%, to end at 5,572.19 points, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 292.92 points, or 1.63%, to 17,626.07. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 161.02 points, or 0.39%, to 40,729.47.

Among individual stocks, Snowflake raised its forecast for full-year product revenue. Even so, the data cloud analytics firm’s shares slid as its margin forecast remained unchanged. Shares of Zoom Video Communications jumped after raising its annual revenue forecast.

All three major U.S. stock indexes lost ground on Thursday, weighed by technology shares, as Treasury yields rose on easing recession fears and global central bank officials convened at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium.

Weakness in the so-called Magnificent Seven megacap growth stocks weighed heaviest on the tech-laden Nasdaq.

“There doesn’t appear to be any kind of clear catalyst as to what’s driving this sell-off,” Scott Ladner, chief investment officer at Horizon Investments in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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“People may be trying to square positions a little bit ahead of Nvidia (earnings) next week, or risk-out ahead of (U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome) Powell’s Jackson Hole speech tomorrow.”

Central bank officials from around the world have gathered in Jackson Hole for the annual Economic Symposium. Investors will be laser focused on Powell’s address on Friday for clues on the timing and extent of the Fed’s policy easing cycle.

Powell is expected to assure the markets that the Fed will cut rates in September, Ladner said. “He’ll be coy with the question about whether it’s going to be a 25 or 50 basis point cut, but will probably try to lead the market towards 25.”

“He will say he expects to start slow but will also emphasize that if they do see any further weakness in the labor market they can speed things up,” Ladner added.

News of increasing U.S. jobless claims, following

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Wednesday’s sharply lower benchmark payrolls revision, appear to confirm the labor market is less robust than expected and is gradually softening. This soothed recession fears while bolstering the case for a 25 basis point rate cut at the Fed’s upcoming September policy meeting.

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Venezuela’s top court, loyal to Maduro, rules him election winner

By JULIE TURKEWITZ and GENEVIEVE GLATSKY

Venezuela’s highest court ruled on Thursday that the country’s authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, won the July 28 presidential election, despite overwhelming evidence that Maduro’s opponent garnered the most votes.

The decision by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice asserted that Maduro’s claim to victory was based on a report from a group of “national and international experts” and was “supported by the tally reports issued by each of the vote machines.”

But the court — stacked with Maduro allies — did not share any tallies to back up this claim, despite demands from thousands of Venezuelans who have protested in the streets, as well as many in the international community, that his government produce evidence of his victory.

The decision surprised few Venezuelans, as the court has long been used to rubber-stamp the policies of Maduro, who is likely to use this ruling to strengthen his claim to the presidency. His new term is scheduled to begin in January and run through 2031.

Maduro is also likely to use the decision to argue that he should not engage in negotiations with the United States, Colombia and Brazil, which have all sought to persuade his government to publish evidence of his claim to victory, recognize the actual result of the vote and agree to a power transition if the tally shows a loss.

On election night last month, the

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a news conference at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 31, 2024. On the night of the vote, the country’s election council claimed that President Maduro had won more than 50 percent of the vote, but did not provide any evidence to back this up. (Alejandro Cegarra/The New York Times) The

country’s Maduro-friendly election council said that Maduro had won more than 50% of the vote, but did not provide any evidence to back this up.

Days later, the opposition movement said it had won 67% of the vote, and published on its website a breakdown of the result by state and even by election machine, using tally sheets collected by statecertified election observers.

The United States recognized Venezuela’s opposition presidential candidate as the winner, ratcheting up the international condemnation of a vote riddled with irregularities. Even some of Maduro’s fellow leftist leaders in Latin America expressed grave doubts about his claim of victory.

But in response to foreign govern-

ments criticizing Maduro’s victory claim, the Venezuelan leader simply ordered some of their diplomatic missions to leave his country.

Still, the vote posed the most significant electoral challenge to Maduro since he came to office in 2013. Throughout the campaign season, his government made major efforts to weaken the opposition, including barring its most popular leader, María Corina Machado, from running for office.

Yet an opposition movement with enormous support emerged, with Edmundo González, a former diplomat, as the man on the ticket for the opposition, backed by Machado.

Following the election, several re-

views of the tally sheets by researchers and independent media outlets supported the opposition’s assertion that González had won. Both the United Nations and the Carter Center, which sent delegations to Venezuela to monitor the vote, said the election did not meet international standards of transparency.

Amid the dispute, Maduro said that the country’s supreme court would make a final decision on the election result.

He also sent security forces and armed militias, called colectivos, to crack down on the thousands of Venezuelans who protested his claim of victory after the election; ramped up digital surveillance; annulled passports of activists and others; and pushed for the passage of a so-called anti-fascism law, making it easier to arrest opponents.

All of this marks an escalation of repression in a country already suffering for years under growing authoritarianism.

Maduro’s socialist movement, called Chavismo, has been in power for 25 years, overseeing an extraordinary economic collapse and severe erosion of democratic norms.

The United States has tried for years to oust the autocrat, calling his reelection in 2018 a sham, imposing harsh sanctions on the country’s oil industry and, along with dozens of other countries, backing the head of the country’s legislature, Juan Guaidó, in 2019, when Guaidó declared himself the nation’s interim leader.

None of that succeeded in removing Maduro.

They spouted hate online. Then they were arrested.

By MARK LANDLER

A53-year-old woman from northwest England was jailed for 15 months after posting on Facebook that a mosque should be blown up “with the adults inside.” A 45-year-old man was sentenced to 20 months for goading his online followers to torch a hotel that houses refugees. A 55-yearold woman was questioned by police for a

viral post that wrongly identified the suspect in a deadly knife attack at a children’s dance class.

These and other people are accused of being “keyboard warriors,” in the words of one British judge, exploiting social media to stir up the anti-immigrant riots that exploded after the suspect was arrested in the fatal stabbings of three young girls at the dance class, in the town of Southport. Their cases

have now become examples in a politically charged debate over the limits of free speech in Britain.

With the courts handing down harsh sentences to hundreds who took part in the violent unrest, and calls for the government to strengthen regulation of online content, some argue that authorities risk going too far. Not only are judges locking up far-right rioters, these critics say, but they are also opening

the door to a broader crackdown on speech.

The noisiest critiques have come from Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, once known as Twitter. After far-right groups used his platform to spread disinformation about the attack and foment the violent disorder that followed, Musk waded into the debate, claiming that civil war “is inevitable” in Britain and attacking Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

“The U.K. is turning into a police state,”

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Musk posted Monday, referring to an emergency plan activated by the government to ease pressure on chronically overcrowded jails, under which defendants can be held longer in police cells until space opens in prisons.

A self-described “free speech absolutist,” Musk has ample commercial and legal motives to pick a fight with the British government. But his critique has captured genuine differences in how Americans and Britons view the imperative of protecting speech online.

“Elon Musk does represent a philosophical strand that is very American,” said Sunder Katwala, director of British Future, a research institute in London. “I think there is quite a big difference in perceived political calculations on free speech between the United States and Britain.”

British authorities, he said, are more willing than Americans to prosecute people for posting what they view as incendiary material. Katwala said polls show that most Britons are worried about the proliferation of “hate speech” and believe that social media platforms should be held to account for propagating it as well as for the violence that often follows. Outside of right-wing media circles in Britain, where Musk’s feud with Starmer has received admiring coverage, Musk remains an unpopular figure, according to recent polls.

The differences between the two countries on these issues go back a long way. Britain does not have an equivalent of the First Amendment to the Constitution, which sanctifies free speech, though it is a member of the European Convention on Human Rights, which contains a provision guaranteeing free speech. British libel laws give fewer protections to publishers, while privacy laws are stricter.

After the killings in Southport, a judge in Liverpool took the extraordinary step of releasing the name of the suspect, Axel Ru-

A memorial for the victims of a knife attack at a children’s dance class in Southport, England, Aug. 9, 2024. As hundreds of people appear in court for their role in recent anti-immigrant riots in Britain, several are accused of fueling disorder through online posts, raising questions about the limits of free speech. (Andrew Testa/The New York Times)

dakubana, even though he was not yet 18.

The judge said he was trying to curb a flood of misinformation on social media about Rudakubana, who was born and raised in Britain by a Christian family from Rwanda. False claims that he was a Muslim asylum-seeker had agitated far-right rioters, who went on to clash with police in several cities, besieging mosques and setting fire to hotels used to house asylum-seekers.

For all the cultural differences between Britain and the United States, legal scholars note that at least on the free-speech principles that came into play after Southport, they are not as far apart as it might appear.

“The common law tradition in both countries is that the limits of free speech are reached when it incites people to commit violence,” said Jonathan Sumption, a lawyer and former justice on Britain’s Supreme Court.

That principle, he said, applied in the

digital as well as the real world. “I don’t see why the internet should be regarded as any different than when someone stands on a soap box and addresses a raging crowd,” Sumption said.

But he added that for cultural reasons, American courts might come to different judgments than British ones. “A lot of the outcome depends on the psychology of juries, which may be different in the United States,” he said.

Critics on the right say that the riots could give the government the pretext to clamp down further on free speech. Some Labour lawmakers, they note, have talked about toughening the Online Safety Act, which was passed last year by the Conservative government and imposes new responsibilities on social media companies to remove content that is harmful to children and adults.

The already contentious legislation would give authorities the power to fine

technology companies up to 10% of their worldwide revenues and even potentially imprison their top executives for violations.

Critics singled out the case of Bernadette Spofforth, 55, an online influencer and mother of three who was arrested in early August. She was released on bail and has not been charged.

Disinformation researchers say she appears to have been the first to falsely claim on X that the attacker was a Muslim asylumseeker, in a post suggesting that his name was Ali-Al-Shakati. By the time she deleted the post later that day, it had been viewed almost 1.5 million times and reposted by prominent conspiracy theorists. Spofforth, who has previously spread misinformation about COVID-19 and climate change, told The Sun, a London newspaper, that she had copied and pasted the post, and “fell into the trap of sharing misinformation.”

Some people have also objected to a 15-month prison term for Julie Sweeney, 53, of Cheshire. After seeing a photo on Facebook of people helping repair a mosque that was attacked during a riot in Southport, Sweeney posted: “Don’t protect the mosques. Blow the mosque up with the adults in it.” She pleaded guilty to a charge of sending a communication threatening death or serious harm. Her lawyer argued for leniency, saying she was her husband’s primary caregiver. But the judge, Steven Everett, said, “Even people like you need to go to prison.”

Allegations of incendiary speech are not confined to the right. A suspended Labour Party councilor in Dartford, Ricky Jones, was charged with encouraging a crowd to act violently toward far-right protesters — referring to them as “disgusting Nazi fascists” and saying “we need to cut all their throats” — during a counter demonstration in the London suburb of Walthamstow. Jones has not entered a plea, and his case is expected to go to trial.

Bill Clinton’s quiet warning

By BRET STEPHENS

Even now, more than three decades after Bill Clinton became a fixture on the national stage, it’s startling to be reminded of the 42nd president’s preternatural political gifts.

On Wednesday night, Clinton spoke to the Democratic National Convention’s audience of thousands as if they were a few good friends gathered in his living room. His tone was warm, relaxed, conversational, uplifting. “Aren’t you proud to be a Democrat?” he asked in nearly his first breath, and the audience was his from that moment on.

His speech did everything an elder party statesman’s speech is supposed to do, most of all by making the case for Kamala Harris and — more brilliantly — against Donald Trump. “Don’t count the lies, count the ‘I’s’” he said of the former president’s fondness for speaking about himself. “His vendettas, his vengeance, his complaints, his conspiracies.” About Trump’s management style, he aptly observed, “He creates chaos and then he sort of curates it, as if it were precious art.”

Then, toward the end of his remarks, Clinton took a more somber, admonitory — and necessary — turn. “We saw more than one election slip away from us,”

he said. He warned Democrats to “never underestimate your adversary.” He reminded delegates that “there are still a lot of slips between today and Election Day that we have to navigate.”

Most importantly, with his wife’s politically catastrophic “basket of deplorables” remark surely in mind, he offered some much-needed advice: “As someone who spends a lot of time in small towns in rural areas in New York and Arkansas and other places, I urge you to talk to all of your neighbors, to meet people where they are. I urge you not to demean them.”

That’s good advice in any election cycle, but perhaps never more so than in this one. Democrats want Americans to believe that democracy itself hangs in the balance in this election. Perhaps it does, but undecided voters who recall similar dire warnings from 2016 will most likely be unimpressed. What they’ll be asking instead is how a Harris presidency will be better than the Joe Biden one with which they weren’t altogether happy.

Almost inevitably, Clinton ended by invoking his political mythology as “the man from Hope” to pay tribute to Harris as next year’s “president of joy.” Joy is great, but what Harris needs to do is convince wavering voters that she’ll bring down their cost of living.

Michelle Obama absolutely takes apart Donald Trump

By TRESSIE McMILLAN COTTOM

In 2007, a young biracial senator from Illinois named Barack Obama was trying to convince Black voters that he was one of them. I traveled to South Carolina to see a set of speeches that would become a historic inflection point — Oprah and Michelle Obama codeswitching to tell the state’s Black Democrats that he was the real deal.

On Tuesday night, Michelle was back. She stood before an adoring crowd at the Democratic convention and drew concrete parallels between her Black American story and Kamala Harris’ “person of color” immigrant story. Mothers were the linchpin of her cultural analogy. “Her mother is like mine, and like yours,” she said.

If you trust Michelle, you can trust Kamala. That was the gist.

Michelle went on to code-switch to the audience with a juggernaut of shots at Donald Trump’s privilege, his abuses of power and his inarticulateness. Then

she owned the elephant in the room: naming Trump’s racist attacks on her, her husband and her children. She pulled no punches. “Who wants to tell him that the job he’s currently seeking might just be one of those Black jobs?” she said to thunderous applause.

Trump’s improbable run for president started as an ego campaign. Barack Obama made him the butt of a joke at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Trump would continue to tell one of his big lies — that Obama is not American.

Michelle Obama is the best messenger for this direct attack. After years of playing it safe, invoking the high ground, Michelle went straight for the jugular.

“Most of us will never be afforded the grace of failing forward,” she said. “We will never benefit from the affirmative action of generational wealth.”

That is a brilliant rhetorical summation of complicated ideas that boil down to this: Donald Trump embodies the inequality that is an enemy of democracy.

No doublespeak, no metaphors — just the

Former President Bill Clinton speaks on the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center, in Chicago, on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)

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Entre el 25% y el 75% de los niños en edad escolar experimentarán dolor abdominal en algún momento. Este dolor puede variar en intensidad y duración, afectando diferentes áreas del abdomen y perturbando sus actividades diarias. Puede manifestarse de manera continua o intermitente y localizarse arriba, alrededor o debajo del ombligo.

En ocasiones el dolor abdominal puede tener una causa identificable como: úlceras estomacales o duodenales, infecciones agudas o crónicas, Enfermedad Inflamatoria del Intestino, alergias severas a alimentos o Esofagitis Eosinofílica. Sin embargo, en la mayoría de los casos, la causa subyacente no es evidente, lo cual no invalida los síntomas experimentados por los niños. Es poco común que un niño simule dolor abdominal, pero la falta de hallazgos en los exámenes médicos puede generar frustración y ansiedad.

Causas comunes del dolor abdominal no orgánico incluyen:

• Dispepsia: Dolor principalmente en la porción superior del abdomen.

• Estreñimiento crónico: Dolor alrededor del ombligo y a veces en el lado inferior izquierdo del abdomen, acompañado de baja frecuencia en movimientos intestinales, y/o excretas duras, muy pequeñas o grandes.

• Síndrome de Colon Irritable (IBS): Sistema digestivo hipersensible a estímulos comunes, causando dolor abdominal difuso, náuseas, vómitos, flatulencia, es-

treñimiento y/o diarrea durante momentos de ansiedad o emociones fuertes.

Señales de alerta que requieren evaluación por un gastroenterólogo pediátrico y pueden indicar una emergencia quirúrgica o que se trata de una condición más severa:

• Pérdida de peso

• Despertar debido al dolor

• Sangre en vómito o excreta

• Fiebre

• Vómitos persistentes

• Dolor articular

• Erupciones en la piel

• Rezago en el crecimiento

• Dificultad para tragar

• Historial familiar de enfermedades gastrointestinales (úlceras, Crohn, Colitis Ulcerosa)

• Ahogamiento al comer

Dependiendo del historial y los hallazgos físicos, el gastroenterólogo pediátrico determinará qué pruebas de laboratorio o estudios son necesarios. En algunos casos, puede ser necesario realizar procedimientos endoscópicos para alcanzar un diagnóstico preciso. El tratamiento de dolor abdominal en niños puede incluir medicamentos para reducir el ácido estomacal, antiespasmódicos y suavizadores de excreta. También podría ser recomendable la intervención de un psicólogo para manejar estresores. Es crucial que los adultos responsables y los profesionales de la salud ayuden a los niños que presenten dolor abdominal a reintegrarse rápidamente a sus actividades diarias. No se deben minimizar los síntomas, pero tampoco permitir que estos controlen la vida del niño y su familia. Los niños con dolor abdominal a menudo se sienten malentendidos y aislados, por lo que es fundamental ofrecerles apoyo, comprensión y ayuda profesional.

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Here’s why ‘The Matrix’ is more relevant than ever

By ALISSA WILKINSON

Neo, the hero of “The Matrix,” is sure he lives in 1999. He has a green-hued cathoderay-tube computer screen and a dot-matrix printer. His city has working phone booths.

But he’s wrong: He lives in the future (2199, to be exact). Neo’s world is a simulation — a fakeout version of the late 20th century, created by 21stcentury artificial intelligences to enslave humanity.

When we first saw Neo, though, it really was 1999. The idea of AI feeding on human brains and bodies seemed like a thought experiment. But the movie’s warnings about AI — and everything else — have sharpened over time, which explains why it’s been harnessed by all kinds of people in the years since: philosophers, pastors, technoboosters and technodoomers, the alt-right. Judged solely on cultural relevance, “The Matrix” might be the most consequential release of 1999.

The genius of the movie — what makes it incredibly rewatchable 25 years later — is that writer-directors Lilly and Lana Wachowski didn’t try to control the meaning. Instead, they seeded symbolism throughout.

Look with me at how one introductory scene manages to draw together many thematic threads, explaining why in today’s world of pervasive internet, AI, fake news and extremism, “The Matrix” feels more relevant than ever.

Neo, played by Keanu Reeves, is instructed by some shadowy presence seemingly in his computer to “follow the white rabbit.” That’s a reference to Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” one of the movie’s structuring literary allusions.

A chapter titled “Down the Rabbit Hole” coined the phrase that is now used to describe becoming so obsessed with something that you start to lose your grip on reality. We all know what that’s like, thanks to the internet. One particular rabbit hole “The Matrix” has pushed people into is a philosophical inquiry known as the simulation hypothesis, which asks whether we’re actually living in a simulation. If so, what does that mean for our lives? The 2021 documentary “A Glitch in the Matrix” even centers on a man who came to believe that “The Matrix” literally depicts reality, and it drove him to murder.

But even if you’re not in a simulation, your reality might start to seem unreal. A deeply Generation X-coded theme in “The Matrix” has to do with recognizing and eschewing soulless corporations and brainless systems. Neo’s day job in a cubicle farm visually echoes that human farm on which, he eventually discovers, the AIs feed. (“The Matrix” came out a month after the release of “Office Space,” which satirizes corporate malaise.)

Now, 25 years later, the Gen X dictum against selling out has been transmuted into a world in which influencers constantly exhort you to be your own boss at

a time when it’s harder than ever to make a living. That’s scary for those whose jobs can be replaced by AI, which is trained on the products of human creativity — frequently without the creators’ consent. The human farms of “The Matrix” were chillingly prophetic.

There’s more “Alice” to consider here. Carroll created a fictional world in which every character and scenario mirrored something in his Victorian-era reality. In the end, Wonderland is absurdist. Yet the reality that Alice lives in, with its imperious leaders and convoluted systems, is just as absurd.

That’s where “The Matrix” is headed from this moment. Whatever we think we know about the world around us is actually blinding us to the truer, deeper reality; we’re in thrall to an opiate.

Neo is a hacker by night who sells contraband on minidiscs from his apartment, including to a group of cyberpunk partyers. Neo keeps his discs and his profits in a hollowed-out copy of “Simulacra and Simulation,” philosopher Jean Baudrillard’s 1981 treatise, a foundational text for “The Matrix.” Much has been made about the links between the movie and Baudrillard’s ideas about how simulations and hyperreality colonize “the real” in a postmodern age, to the point that nothing is real anymore.

Baudrillard actually didn’t like “The Matrix.” He felt it misrepresented his ideas about simulation overtaking reality, flattening and misunderstanding the argument.

But let’s go down the rabbit hole further: “Simulacra and Simulation” is open to the essay “On Nihilism.” In it, Baudrillard suggests it does no good to point out “the truth” from within a system that denies or suppresses reality. In those circumstances, your only tool to combat

oppression is violence. You can only fight nihilism with nihilism. This is where the Wachowskis differ. Based on all four “Matrix” movies — including the last one, a swoony romance — their biggest inquiry is about nihilism vs. humanism. It’s about how we live amid systems that seek to deny and suppress who we are, and their answer, ultimately, is love.

Both Wachowskis have since come out as transgender women. A significant subset of fans now sees “The Matrix” as a metaphor for the experience of transgender people, an interpretation bolstered in the movie by statements about Neo’s very existence inside a literal binary system. In 2016, Lilly Wachowski said that “while the ideas of identity and transformation are critical components in our work, the bedrock that all ideas rest upon is love.”

But still more themes present themselves. The moment before we’re even introduced to Neo, we see his computer screen, on which news headlines are loading and scrolling, though nobody’s touching the keyboard.

In 1999, the term “fake news” wasn’t pervasive, nor was it saddled with the same kind of baggage. But the question of “official” truths and who controls them had come to pervade pop culture at the time; when “The Matrix” premiered, for instance, “The X-Files” was at the peak of its popularity. In 1999, the open internet still held the promise of promoting more truth, not less. As we’ve learned since, if truth can be distributed on the internet, so can conspiracy theories — or outright falsehoods.

And when we get a glimpse of Neo’s desk, we see another phenomenological allusion with a long tail into today. The word “cave” comes to mind. (The philosophical notion of Plato’s cave hangs thickly over this movie.) It’s littered with computers and tech gadgets: monitors, an ergonomic keyboard, that printer. There’s also an Apple Newton, a tablet-style device with handwriting recognition that was a predecessor of our always-connected iPads and iPhones.

Neo is constantly wired into the internet. Back in 1999, most of us still thought of the internet as a place you visited, not a gooey nebulous entity to which you were always connected. “The Matrix” gave us a hero who knew what it was to always be on, and the sense of unreality that could come with a life lived in a virtual space. All of these metaphors swim around inside “The Matrix,” and the one you see depends, ironically enough, upon which system you’re most interested in dismantling. Twenty-five years later, metaphors about capitalism and gender binaries and technological cages and artificial intelligence have only become more relevant, not less. That “The Matrix” keeps giving us more ways to read it reminds us of what an accomplishment it was. But it’s also a glimpse into how great art never has one fixed meaning, and because of that, it’s always a little dangerous.

Judged solely on cultural relevance, “The Matrix” might be the most consequential release of 1999.

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Chef Juan José Cuevas Scholarship, from Condado Vanderbilt

By JUDY GORDON-CONDE and JENNIFER CONDE-POWERS

Recently, the Michelin-starred Chef Juan José Cuevas, executive chef of the exquisite restaurant 1919, located at the Condado Vanderbilt Hotel, was honored with a culinary arts scholarship bearing his name. It was on behalf of Ana G. Méndez University and its International School of Hospitality and Culinary Arts José A. (Tony) Santana, which awarded the prestigious recognition to Chef Cuevas at the lovely Marabar Caviar and Champagne Bar. Chef Cuevas was also surrounded by some of the top chefs and fellow mentors in the culinary field in Puerto Rico, who came together to celebrate his achievement. Guests also enjoyed delicious bites and champagne as part of the event.

Row: Chef Juan José Cuevas (1919, Marabar Champagne & Caviar and Condado Vanderbilt) and Stanley Tapia (International School of Hospitality and Culinary Arts, José A. “Tony” Santana UAGM). Second row: Chef Natalia Rivera, (La Concha Resort), Chef Luz Ferreira (Art of Cooking School), Chef Augusto Schreiner (Art of Cooking School) and Chef Carol Reyes (Bóveda). Third row: Chef Patrick Escobar (Instructor at Ana G. Méndez University) , Chef Nasha Fondeur (Condado Collection) , Chef Cathy Bravo (Medalla Arena) , Chef José Cruz (La Central), Chef Christopher Vega (La Pícara), Luis Castillo (El Jangiri) and Ben Tutt, Managing Partner

María Isabel de Guzmán, Juan Ernesto Ayala, Chef Juan José Cuevas (1919, Marabar Champagne & Caviar and Condado Vanderbilt), Stanley Tapia

Marian J. Medina, Paola Sáez and Militza Orama

Ben Tutt, Managing Partner of The Condado Collection

Marilí de la Puebla and Ivelisse Agostini

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Mónica Blanco with a group of chefs participating in the event

Chef Patrick Escobar, Mike Rivera, Stanley Tapia and Chef Nasha Fondeur

Chef Augusto Schreiner and Chef Luis Castillo

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Parte Demandante

CIVIL NUM. CG2019CV00456.

SOBRE: EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA POR LA VIA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. ANUNCIO DE SUBASTA. El suscribiente, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Caguas, a los demandados de epígrafe y al público en general hace saber que venderá en pública subasta en la Oficina de Alguaciles, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Caguas, al mejor postor, en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América en efectivo, cheque certificado, o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, el derecho que tenga la parte demandada en el inmueble que se relaciona más adelante para pagar la SENTENCIA por $106,079.22 de balance principal, los intereses adeudados sobre dicho principal y computados al 4.25% anual hasta su total pago y completo pago desde el primero de octubre de 2017; cargos por demora devengados, más la suma de $11,073.00 estipulada para honorarios de abogado pactada en la escritura de hipoteca y cualesquiera otras sumas que por cualesquiera concepto legal se devenguen hasta el día de la subasta. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue:

RUSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número ciento treinta y ocho (138) en el plano de parcelación de la comunidad rural G.L García del Barrio Vegas del término municipal de Cayey,

con una cabida superficial de mil trescientos once punto setenta y uno (1,311.71) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la parcela número ciento treinta y siete (137) de la comunidad; por el SUR, con la parcela número ciento cuarenta (140) de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con la parcela número ciento treinta y nueve (139) de la comunidad; y por el OESTE, con calle número once (11) de la comunidad. Inscrita al sistema Karibe, finca numero veinticuatro mil novecientos treinta (24930) de Cayey, Registro de Caguas I. Dirección Física: 138 Isabel Colón St., G.L. Garcia Comm, Cayey, Puerto Rico 00736. La primera subasta se llevará a cabo el día 9 de septiembre de 2024, a las 9:00 de la mañana, y servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la suma de $110,730.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. En el caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en la primera subasta, se celebrará una segunda subasta el día 16 de septiembre de 2024, a las 9:00 de la mañana, y el precio mínimo para esta segunda subasta será el de dos terceras partes del precio mínimo establecido para la primera subasta, o a sea la suma de $73,820.00. Si tampoco hubiera remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 23 de septiembre de 2024, a las 9:00 de la mañana y el tipo mínimo para esta tercera subasta será la mitad del precio establecido para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $55,365.00. El mejor postor deberá pagar el importe de su oferta en efecto, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse el inmueble al acreedor hipotecario dentro de los diez días siguientes a la fecha de la última subasta, si así lo estimase conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada conforme a la sentencia, si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuera mayor. Se avisa a cualquier licitador que la propiedad queda sujeta al gravamen del Estado Libre Asociado y CRIM sobre la propiedad inmueble por contribuciones adeudadas y que el pago de dichas contribuciones es la responsabilidad del licitador. Que se entenderá por todo licitador acepte como suficiente la titulación y que los cargos y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes en entendiéndose

que el rematador los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse su extinción al precio rematante. Todos los nombres de los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surgen de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico y en los sitios públicos de acuerdo a las disposiciones de la Regla 51.7 de las de Procedimiento Civil, así como para la publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria y en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas con antelación a la fecha de la primera subasta y por lo menos una vez por semana. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento indicado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables. (Art. 102 (1) de la Ley núm. 210-2015). Expedido el presente en Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 8 de agosto de 2024. MAIRANGELY ROSADO ROMAN, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE CAGUAS.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAGUAS

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. HUGO JAVIER GOMEZ

RODRIGUEZ Y DIXIE CUMBA POMALES

Demandados

Civil Núm.: CG2022CV01630. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESI-

DENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA.. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 8 de marzo de 2024, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número ocho (8) del bloque “F” del plano de inscripción de la Urbanización Ciudad Primavera, localizado en la carretera estatal #787 kilómetro 4.8 del barrio Beatriz del término municipal de Cidra, Puerto Rico. Con un área superficial de 507.3107 metros cuadrados; y sus colindancias son las siguientes: al Norte, con una alineación de 21.550 metros lineales, con el solar #7 del bloque “F”; al Sur, con tres alineaciones que suman 42.535 metros lineales, con área verde; al Este, con cinco alineaciones que suman 42.623 metros lineales, con la calle #8 y al Oeste, con una alineación de 11.003 metros lineales, con la carretera PR740. Afecta a este solar una servidumbre de 1.52 metros de ancho que discurre a todo lo largo de su colindancia Este a favor de la Puerto Rico Telephone Company. En dicho solar enclava una estructura de concreto diseñada para fines residenciales para una familia construída de acuerdo a los planos y especificaciones. Consta inscrita al folio 121 del tomo 450 de Cidra, finca #16255, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección II. Además, el Alguacil que suscribe, hago saber a todos los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o

satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor del Portador, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $22,800.00, con intereses al 8% anual, vencedero en 3 años, constituida mediante la escritura número 185, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 2 de diciembre de 2004, ante la notario María Isabel Valle Galarza, e inscrita al folio 121 del tomo 420 de Cidra, finca número 16,255, inscripción 3ra. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor el día 1 de noviembre de 2023, notificada y archivada en autos el 28 de diciembre de 2023 y publicada mediante edicto en el periódico “The San Juan Daily Star” el 4 de enero de 2024 en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $115,146.55 de principal, 7.5% de intereses, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda, $2,874.94 de gastos por mora, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 4 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $150,000.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 11 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $100,000.00, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 18 DE SEPTIEMBRE

DE 2024 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $75,000.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado

en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 8 de agosto de 2024. ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. RAFAEL DAVID MOJICA VELÁZQUEZ, SU ESPOSA GRISSELLE GONZÁLEZ CASTRO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES

COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; Y RITA VIVES DÍAZ

Demandado Civil Núm.: CG2021CV03245. Sala: 802. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 12 de julio de 2024, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Parcela radicada en el Barrio Ceiba Sur del término municipal de Juncos, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de seiscientos treinta y dos metros con seis mil quinientos treinta y uno centímetros (632.6531) y en lindes por el NORTE, en veinticuatro punto tres mil doscientos ochenta y dos metros (24.3282 m.), con terrenos de José Cruz; por el SUR, en varias alineaciones que suman veintidós punto ocho mil doscientos cincuenta y siete metros cuadrados (22.8257 m.), con el lote (2); por el ESTE, en veintiséis punto seis mil

seiscientos cincuenta y seis metros cuadrados (26.6656 m.), con el lote dos (2); y por el OESTE, en varias alineaciones que suman veintisiete punto seis mil ochocientos ochenta metros cuadrados (27.6885 m.), con camino público. Enclava una estructura de concreto dedicada a vivienda. Descrita luego de rectificación de cabida, mediante la escritura número 75, otorgada en Caguas, Puerto Rico, el día 11 de abril de 2014, ante el notario Manuel U. Rivera Giménez, inscrita al tomo Karibe, finca número 11,237, inscripción 4ta. Inscrita al folio 17 del tomo 298 de Juncos, finca número 11,237. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Caguas. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada 20 de mayo de 2024, notificada el 29 de mayo de 2024 en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $91,289.64 por concepto de principal, generando intereses a razón de 4.00% desde el 1ro de agosto de 2017; cargos por demora los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, y la suma de $9,693.80 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 4 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $96,938.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 11 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $64,625.33, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA

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Demandante V. GREAT ATLANTIC MORTGAGE

CORPORATION AHORA COMISIONADO DE INSTITUCIONES FINANCIERAS DE PUERTO RICO Y OTROS Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: SJ2024CV02619. (Salón: 903 CIVIL). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. MARJALIISA COLÓN VILLANUEVAMCOLON@WWCLAW.COM.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 12 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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SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS

MASSACHUSETTS

MUTUAL LIFE

INSURANCE COMPANY

Demandante Vs. FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN DE JULIO GOMEZ RODRÍGUEZ; MENGANO DE TAL Y

MENGANA DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN DE MARGARITA LEBRON RIVERA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS

MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados

Civil Núm.: CG2020CV00016. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA.

EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LA PARTE

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

GENERAL:

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque gerente, giro postal, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América al nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Caguas, el 16 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: Solar marcado con el número 52-C en el plano de inscripción de la Urbanización Idamaris Gardens, en los barrios Cañabón y Cagüitas del Municipio de Caguas, Puerto Rico, con la siguiente cabida y colindancias: Cabida de 313.404 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en dos alineaciones que suman 28.902 metros con un área designada para facilidades comunales marcada con el número dos; por el SUR, en 25.00 metros con el solar número 53 de dicho bloque; por el ESTE, en un arco de 10.375 metros con la calle número 22 de dicha Urbanización; y por el OESTE, en 10.50 metros con el solar número 61 de dicho bloque. Enclava en este solar una estructura dedicada a vivienda, construida de hormigón armado y bloques. Consta inscrita al folio 180 del tomo 1148 de Caguas, finca 39762, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Primera de Caguas. Propiedad localizada en:

Idamaris Gardens, Bloque C-52 Calle 22, Caguas PR 00725. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por cargas preferentes a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante que se describen a continuación: HIPOTECA en garantía de pagaré a favor de SMN Mortgage Corporation o a su orden por la suma principal de $58,793.00 con intereses a razón del 7% anual y vencimiento el 1 de julio de 2028. Constituida por la escritura 866 otorgada en San Juan el 11 de junio del 1998 ante el notario Radamés Becerra González. Inscrita el 12 de julio del 1999 al folio 184 vuelto del Tomo 1148 de Caguas, finca 39762, inscripción 6ª. CANCELACION presentada al asiento 2024-086476-CA01 se presentó el 29 de julio de 2024 Mandamiento emitido 19 de julio de 2024 por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Caguas, en el caso civil número CG2024CV00629, sobre Cancelación de Pagaré Extraviado. Por el mismo se ordena la cancelación del pagaré por la suma de $58,793.00; así como la hipoteca que lo garantiza. En adición, en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante que se describen a continuación: AVISO DE DEMANDA radicada el 3 de enero del 2020 en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, en el caso civil número CG2020CV00016, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca; Rushmore Loan Management Services LLC, demandante v. Julio Gómez Rodríguez, su esposa Margarita Lebrón Rivera y la sociedad legal de bienes gananciales compuesta entre ambos, demandados. Por la misma se reclama el pago de $62,675.75, más otras sumas, garantizado con la Hipoteca de la inscripción 7ª precedente. Anotada el 2 de octubre de 2020 al Tomo Digital Karibe de la finca 39762 de Caguas, Anotación “B”. 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 mínimo de subasta la suma de $99,690.00, 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

Caguas, el 23 DE SEPTIEM-

BRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $66,460.00 dos tercios (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $49,845.00 la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Caguas, el 30 DE SEPTIEMBRE 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 a la suma de $62,675.75 de principal, intereses al 8.00%, los cuales se acumulan mensualmente hasta el saldo total de la deuda, cargos por mora que continúen acumulándose hasta el saldo de la deuda, más la suma de $9,969.00, todo ello de acuerdo a los términos de la Sentencia dictada, la cual es final y firme. 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 Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 15 de agosto de 2024. EDGARDO ALDEBOL MIRANDA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR.

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Demandante V. ABIGAIL MONTES VEGA Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: BY2023CV06992. (Salón: 402 SUPERIOR CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GABRIEL ANTONIO RAMOS COLÓN GABRIEL.RAMOS@ORF-LAW.COM. A: ABIGAIL MONTES VEGA Y FULANO DE TAL AMBOS POR SI Y COMO PARTE DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES QUE AMBOS COMPONEN, COND ALBOLADA 12225 CARR 2 APT 4222, BAYAMON, PR 00959. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 13 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 de 16 de agosto de 2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 16 de agosto de 2024. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. NOELIA MATÍAS SALAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. JOSE A GUZMAN COLON

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: BY2023CV06985. (Salón: 402 SUPERIOR CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GABRIEL ANTONIO RAMOS COLÓN GABRIEL.RAMOS@ORF-LAW.COM. A: JOSE A GUZMAN

COLON-URB EL CORTIJO AF45 CALLE 23 BAYAMON, PR 009565701/URB. REXVILLE CK22 CALLE 6-A BAYAMON, PR 009574028. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 13 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 de 16 de agosto de 2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 16 de agosto de 2024. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. NOELIA MATÍAS SALAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE

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Demandante V. SUCN JORGE LUIS BAUZO MORALES Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2022CV03318. (Civil: 406). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ANDRÉS SÁEZ MARREROPRSERVICE@TMPPLLC.COM. A: LESLIE ANN BAUZO RIVERA, BRENDA BAUZO RIVERA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 12 de agosto de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi-

damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su 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 16 de agosto de 2024. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 16 de agosto de 2024. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. JOAN AYALA TORRES

Caso Núm.: JD2023CV00648. (Salón: 1 SALA SUPERIOR).

Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROREGLA 60. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 15 de marzo 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 de 16 de agosto de 2024. En Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, el 16 de agosto de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. WALESKA E. RIVERA TORRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. SUCN CARMEN ROSA ROSARIO GARCIA Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2023CV00831. (Civil: 407). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GUILLERMO A. SOMOZA COLOMBANI - BILLYSOMOZA@ YAHOO.COM. A: MARVIN DIAZ ROSARIO. (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 de 19 de agosto de 2024. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 19 de agosto de 2024. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. DENISSE MINERVA TORRES RUIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ALGARIN T/C/C ALEXIS

ALGARIN MANGUAL

COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS

CONOCIDOS ROBERTO E. CARRIÓN ALGARIN, JANNETTE CARRIÓN

ALGARIN; SUCESIÓN DE LUIS ANGEL

CARRIÓN ALGARIN; SUCESION DE JUAN

ALGARIN RODRIGUEZ

COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS

CONOCIDOS MARIA

MERCEDES ALGARIN MANGUAL, JUANITA

ALGARIN MANUAL Y RUTH ALGARIN

MANUAL; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN; DORAL MORTGAGE; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DEL PAGARÉ A CANCELAR; OFICINA DEL COMISIONADO DE INSTITUCIONES

FINANCIERAS T/C/C OCIO; BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Y FIRST BANK

Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2024CV01530. Sala: 802. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR 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: SUCESIÓN DE ALEXIS

ALGARIN T/C/C ALEXIS

ALGARIN MANGUAL COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS ROBERTO E. CARRION ALGARIN, JANNETTE CARRION

ALGARIN; SUCESIÓN DE LUIS ANGEL

CARRION ALGARIN; SUCESIÓN DE JUAN

ALGARIN RODRIGUEZ COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS

CONOCIDOS MARIA MERCEDES ALGARIN

MANGUAL, JUANITA

ALGARIN MANGUAL Y RUTH ALGARIN

MANGUAL; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESION; FULANO DE 1AL Y DUTANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DEL PAGARÉ A CANCELARBARRIO LIRIOS, CALLE ALGARIN #38, JUNCOS, PR 00777; PO BOX 3608, JUNCOS, PR 00777, Y; RES. NARCISO VARONA, EDIF. 12, APT. #94, JUNCOS, PR 00777. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. 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 misma 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 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. Este caso es relacionado a la cancelación de un Pagaré extraviado por la cantidad principal de $10,000.00 con intereses al 14.95% anual, vencedero el día 1 de abril de 2010, constituida mediante la escritura número 29, otorgada en (no expresa), Puerto Rico, el día 14 de marzo de 2000, ante el notario Ernesto Gabriel Lugo, e inscrita al folio 238 del tomo 450 de Juncos, finca número 2,933, inscripción 17ma., como Asiento Abreviado extendida las líneas el día 4 de octubre de 2017, en virtud de la Ley número 216 del día 27 de diciembre de 2010. (Fue presentado el día 8 de mayo de 2000 al Asiento 46 del Diario 436). Este asiento es preferente en rango de la inscripción 14ta., a la cual le da tracto. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, 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) menor fuera del hogar, el inciso de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquiera 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. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. De ser el demandado un heredero de una sucesión, se le apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días, en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. También se le apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que luego del transcurso del término de treinta (30) días antes señalado, contados a partir de la fecha de publicación de este edicto, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del(los) causante(s) y, por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dispone el Artículo 1,578 del Nuevo Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. sec. 11,021. Representa a la parte demandante, la representaión legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato: BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS RUA NUM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970 TEL: 787-751-5290, FAX: 787-751-6155 E-MAIL: ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 20 de agosto de 2024. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. ZAIDA AGUAYO ÁLAMO, SUBSECRETARIA.

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Demandante Vs. ISAAC ALLENDE Demandado Civil Núm.: GB2024CV00530. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: ISAAC ALLENDE. POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO, se le notifica que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría por la

parte demandante, Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero, en la que se alega adeuda la suma de $2,476.44 de principal, más $93.24 de intereses al 15.75% anual acumulados, más cargos por demora $6.62, al 19 de abril de 2024, y de esa fecha en adelante acumula intereses a razón de $1.19 diarios, hasta su completo pago, más un 30% del principal del Pagaré estipulado para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado y recargos acumulados todas cuyas sumas están liquidas y exigibles. Se le advierte que de no comparecer en autos dentro del término de los treinta (30) días siguientes a partir de la publicación de este Edicto, se le anotará la Rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado, sin más citarle ni oírle, debiendo radicar el original de su contestación en este Tribunal, enviando copia a la abogada de la parte demandante: Lcda. Adela Surillo Gutiérrez, Bufete Collazo & Surillo, LLC, P.O. Box 11550, San Juan, PR 00922-1550; Teléfono: (787) 625-9999. Para publicarse conforme a la Orden dictada por el Tribunal en un periódico de circulación general. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto que firmo y sello en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, hoy 6 de agosto de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. DIAMAR T. GONZÁLEZ BARRETO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL CONFIDENCIAL. LEGAL NOTICE

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Demandante Vs. LUIS A. RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ

Demandado

Civil Núm.: GB2024CV00547. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: LUIS A. RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO, se le notifica que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría por la parte demandante, Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero, en la que se alega adeuda la suma de $16,399.09 por concepto de principal más $6,504.01 por concepto de intereses al 3.45% anual acumulados al 24 de abril de 2024 y de esa fecha en adelante acumula intereses a razón de $1.55 diarios hasta su completo pago, más un

5% de honorarios de abogado, más gastos y costas todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Se le advierte que de no comparecer en autos dentro del término de los treinta (30) días siguientes a partir de la publicación de este Edicto, se le anotará la Rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado, sin más citarle ni oírle, debiendo radicar el original de su contestación en este Tribunal, enviando copia a la abogada de la parte demandante: Lcda. Adela Surillo Gutiérrez, Bufete Collazo & Surillo, LLC, P.O. Box 11550, San Juan, PR 00922-1550; Teléfono: (787) 625-9999. Para publicarse conforme a la Orden dictada por el Tribunal en un periódico de circulación general. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto que firmo y sello en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, hoy 1 de agosto de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL II. SARA ROSA VILLEGAS, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL CONFIDENCIAL I.

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Demandados Civil Núm.: HU2023CV01647. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL. A: WALTER IVAN MEDINA DIAZ; WANDA IVETTE DIAZ CORTES. Yo, JENNISA GARCÍA MORALES, ALGUACIL REGIONAL, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 17 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Humacao, Humacao, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de

Humacao durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 24 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el 1RO. DE OCTUBRE DE 2024, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar radicado en el BARRIO LIMONES del Sector

Poblado Laura de Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, compuesto de TRESCIENTOS CUARENTA Y CINCO PUNTO VEINTICINCO (345.25) METROS CUADRADOS; en lindes por el NORTE, con la Calle El Guano; por el SUR, con Sucesión Inocencio Vega; por el ESTE, con Facundo Isern Moctezuma; y por el OESTE, con Cesaria Arroyo. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 365 del tomo 292 de Yabucoa, Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao, finca número 5,981, inscripción octava. Modificada la hipoteca de la inscripción octava (8va.), la cual se cancela parcialmente en la suma de $231.00 para un nuevo principal de $71,019.00 con intereses del mes 1 al 60, al 2.50% anua; del mes 61 al 72 con intereses al 3.50% anual; del mes 73 al 84 con intereses al 4.50% anual; del mes 85 al 96 con intereses al 5.50% anual, del mes 97 al 480 con intereses al 6.375% anual, vencedero el día 1ro. de mayo de 2053. Se modificó además el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta em caso de ejecucion a la suma de $71,019.00, según la escritura número 10, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 28 de marzo de 2013, ante la Notario Público Cristina María Santiago Riutort, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Yabucoa, Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao, finca 5,981 inscripción novena. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Sector La Laura, Bo. Limones, Km. 1.5, PR 902 Int., Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. La Subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $64,327.90 de principal diferido, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.375% anual, desde el día 1ro. de mayo de 2023, hasta su completo pago; más recargos acumulados, más la cantidad de $7,125.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, así como cualquier otra suma estipulada en el contrato de préstamo, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $71,019.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda

subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $47,346.00 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $35,509.50. De declararse desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad para vender en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Humacao, Puerto Rico, 7 de agosto de 2024. JENNISA GARCÍA MORALES, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. WILNELIA RIVERA DELGADO, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO.

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Parte Demandante Vs. ROSA H. ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BC2023CV00155. 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: ROSA H. ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ - HC 1 BOX 5414, BARCELONETA PR 00617.

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 al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Manatí, Puerto Rico, hoy día 18 de junio de 2024. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. DENISE IRIZARRY PINTOR, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE HUMACAO ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC. Demandante Vs. CAROL M PERALES MONTANEZ Demandado Civil Núm.: NG2024CV00045. Salón: 205. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - R.60. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: CAROL M

PERALES MONTANEZ

– URB. RAMON RIVERO U3 CALLE 3, NAGUABO, PR 00718-2300; 92 TOWNSHIP DR, HIRAM, GA, 30141.

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/tribunalelectronico/, 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. Jan Miguel Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones

son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jan.otero@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO

MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy día 21 de junio de 2024. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 21 de junio de 2024. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. DALISSA REYES DE LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE ARECIBO JORGE LUIS ORTIZ MONTALVO; VIVIAN RIVERA GARCÍA

Demandante Vs JONH DOE Y JANE DOE

Demandados Civil Núm.: AR2024CV01451. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO, CONTRADICTORIO (USUCAPIÓN). EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS

E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, S.S.

A: CUALQUIER

PERSONA

DESCONOCIDA QUE PUDIERA TENER

INTERÉS EN ESTE EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO Y/O EN LA PROPIEDAD QUE MAS DELANTE DE DESCRIBE

Y ESPECIALMENTE A JONH DOE, Y A SUS POSIBLES HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS DE EXISTIR LA SUCESIÓN DE JANE DOE Y A SUS POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS, QUIENES ERAN VECINOS DE ARECIBO, PUERTO RICO Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO.

Por la presente se 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 siguiente finca: RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno ubicado en el barrio factor del término municipal de Arecibo. Con un área superficial de setecientos ochenta y tres puntos dos mil cuatro ciento veintiocho metros cuadrados (781.2428) equivalente a cero punto mil novecientos noventa y tres diez (0.1993 CDA). En lindes por el Norte; con Carretera Estatal PR-2 seguida en dos alineaciones continuas con Auto lares Corp.; al Sur: en dos alineaciones discontinuas con Surimar Cruz y Jorge L. Ortíz Adorno; al Este en dos alineaciones discontinuas con Departamento de Educación (Escuela Federico Degetau y Jorge L. Ortiz Adorno y por el Oeste; en dos alineaciones continuas con (R.O.W) de la Carretera Estatal PR-2 y Cooperativa de ahorro Crédito de Arecibo (COOPACA) sucursal de Santana. No inscrita. Libre de cargas. Catastro número: 031-064-012-25-000. La dirección física de esta propiedad es: Sur de PR-2. Kilómetro 69.2 Bo Santana, del término municipal de Arecibo, Puerto Rico 00612. También, se le informa que el Tribunal acogió la solicitud y el caso será señalado oportunamente para vista en su fondo en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Arecibo, a la cual usted puede comparecer personalmente o asistido por abogado a presentar cualquier oposición que tuviera 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 algar 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 notifica a usted que este Tribunal ha ordenado su citación, para que presente oposición a este expediente, si se viesen perjudicados con la inscripción que se solicita; advirtiéndole que de no hacerlo dentro del término de veinte (20) días a contar desde de la fecha de la última publicación del edicto, la parte peticionaria podrá solicitar y obtener la aprobación de este expediente de dominio y la correspondiente inscripción a su nombre en el Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Primera de Arecibo, el dominio de la finca anteriormente descrita. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la secretaría del Tribunal.

Si usted deja de presentar su alegación dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Petición, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. En Arecibo, Puerto Rico hoy 7 de agosto de 2024. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. SANDRA DÍAZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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REPRESENTADOS POR NELSÓN MALDONADO Peticionarios EX-PARTE Civil Núm.: AG2024CV01132. Sala: 601. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S.

A: LAS PERSONAS DESCONOCIDAS Y/O IGNORADAS A QUIENES PUEDA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL

QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE. POR LA PRESENTE se les notifica para que comparezcan, silo 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.poderludicial. 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. RÚSTICA: Solar Numero “1” radicado en el Barrio Calvache del Municipio de Rincón, Puerto Rico. Con una cabida de 2,242.6399 MC equivalentes a 0.0.5706 CDAS. Colindando por el Norte, con Carretera Municipal y el sr. José L. Pérez Carrero; al Sur; con Coloso Development Inc. Al Este; con el solar número “7” y al Oeste; con Coloso Development Inc. No esta Tasada ni Segregada para efectos del Centro de Recaudaciones de Ingresos Municipales (CRIM) Número 125-000-07-28-000. El abogado de la parte Peticionaria es el: Lcdo. Angel A. Colón Colón, RUA 7469, PO BOX 8210, Bayamón, PR, 00960; número de teléfono: (787) 7985271; correo electrónico: lcdo. angelcolon@gmail.com. Se le informa, además, que el Tribunal ha señalado vista en este caso para el 25 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024, A LAS 2:45 DE LA TARDE, 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 Is interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públi-

cos 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 Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, a 12 de agosto de 2024. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ZUHEILY GONZÁLEZ AVILÉS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Parte Demandante Vs. WILFREDO ORTIZ NAVARRO, SU ESPOSA YOLANDA

ORTIZ ROSARIO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CG2023CV04012. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. ANUNCIO DE SUBASTA. El suscribiente, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Caguas, a los demandados de epígrafe y al público en general hace saber que venderá en pública subasta en la Oficina de Alguaciles, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Caguas, al mejor postor, en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América en efectivo, cheque certificado, o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, el derecho que tenga la parte demandada en el inmueble que se relaciona más adelante para pagar la SENTENCIA por $92,608.03 de balance principal, los intereses adeudados sobre dicho principal y computados al 7.25% anual hasta su total pago y completo pago desde el primero de febrero de 2023; cargos por demora devengados, más la suma estipulada para honorarios de abogado pactada en la escritura de hipoteca y cualesquiera otras sumas que por cualesquiera concepto legal se devenguen hasta el día de la subasta. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número diez (10) de la manzana E del plano preparado por la Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda de Puerto Rico, para su proyecto de solares denominado El Polvorín CRUV- ciento cincuenta y uno (151), radicado en el Barrio Montellano del término municipal de Cayey, Puerto Rico con una cabida superficial de ciento cuarenta y siete punto cincuenta y dos (147.52) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, con el solar E- cuatro

(E-4), distancia de nueve punto noventa y nueve (9.99) metros; por el Sur, con paso de peatones de dicho proyecto, distancia de nueve punto noventa y ocho (9.98) metros; por el Este, con el solar E-nueve (E-9), distancia de catorce punto setenta y cuatro metros; y por el Oeste, con paso de peatones del mencionado proyecto CRUVciento cincuenta y uno (CRUV151), distancia de catorce punto ochenta (14.80) metros. Enclava casa. Inscrito al folio diez (10) del tomo doscientos sesenta y nueve (269) de Cayey, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección I, Finca número ocho mil seiscientos trece (8,613). Dirección Física: Urb. Mirador de Cayey, E-10 Calle 22, Cayey, PR 00736. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 19 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA y servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la suma de $126,300.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. En el caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 26 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, y el precio mínimo para esta segunda subasta será el de dos terceras partes del precio mínimo establecido para la primera subasta, o a sea la suma de $84,200.00. Si tampoco hubiera remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 3 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA y el tipo mínimo para esta tercera subasta será la mi-

tad del precio establecido para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $63,150.00. El mejor postor deberá pagar el importe de su oferta en efecto, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse el inmueble al acreedor hipotecario dentro de los diez días siguientes a la fecha de la última subasta, si así lo estimase conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada conforme a la sentencia, si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuera mayor. Se avisa a cualquier licitador que la propiedad queda sujeta al gravamen del Estado Libre Asociado y CRIM sobre la propiedad inmueble por contribuciones adeudadas y que el pago de dichas contribuciones es la responsabilidad del licitador. Que se entenderá por todo licitador acepte como suficiente la titulación y que los cargos y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes en entendiéndose que el rematador los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse su extinción al precio rematante. Todos los nombres de los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto

a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surgen de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico y en los sitios públicos de acuerdo a las disposiciones de la Regla 51.7 de las de Procedimiento Civil, así como para la publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria y en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas con antelación a la fecha de la primera subasta y por lo menos una vez por semana. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento indicado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables. (Art. 102 (1) de la Ley núm. 210-2015). Expedido el presente en Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 19 de agosto de 2024. ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE CAGUAS.

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SOBRE RECUSACIÓN DE ELECTORES POR MOTIVO DE DOMICILIO U OTRAS CAUSALES

Al elector que se menciona más adelante, se le ha radicado una recusación por domicilio. Se les notifica una citación a vista en la Comisión Local de Elecciones localizada en la Junta de Inscripción Permantente en la 205 Av. Arterial B, San Juan PR 00918 del Municipio de San Juan del Precinto 04, el 5 de septiembre de 2024, a las 5:30 pm. Para más información comuníquese con el teléfono de la Junta de Inscripción Permanente (JIP) al (787) 777-8682 ext. 2419.

Maranyelí Colón Requejo 16 de agosto de 2024 Presidenta Comisión Local Fecha Autorización del Presidente Comisión Local

Número Nombre Núm. Electoral Núm. Recusación 1 Roselló Nevares, 4128262 62174 Ricardo

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Meet Danny Jansen. He may be the first to play for two teams in one MLB game.

By JAYSON STARK / THE ATHLETIC

Everyone knows you cannot be in two places at the same time. Those are the rules, the immutable rules of physics. But who knew you could play for two teams in the same baseball game? Those are also the rules — the wacky suspended-game rules of baseball.

So on Monday, Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen may go where no baseball-playing human has gone before. He could become the first player in MLB history to appear in a box score for both teams in the same game.

“Oh, man,” Jansen said recently. “It’s going to be nuts.”

Since June 26, Jansen has been stuck in the batter’s box at Fenway Park in Boston, frozen in baseball time. Life has gone on, but the box score of that game tells us he is still batting.

It was the second inning. He was hitting for the Toronto Blue Jays, with one out and a runner on first. He had just fouled off a firstpitch cutter. And that was when the weather gods decided it was time to mess with the baseball gods.

Those raindrops turned into a rain delay. That rain delay turned into a suspended game. The resumption of that game was scheduled for Aug. 26. And then came the trade deadline. And Jansen was traded, for the first time in his career — to the team the Blue Jays were playing that night, the Red Sox.

What happens next?

When this game resumes, one thing is guaranteed: Jansen will not get to finish his atbat. The suspended-game rules may be a little zany, but they are not that zany, not enough to allow a player wearing a Red Sox uniform to

bat for the Blue Jays.

But here is where this could get fun: The Red Sox also need to change catchers. Reese McGuire, who was catching for them at the time, is on their Class AAA roster now, not their major league roster. So if Boston manager Alex Cora is as astute as we think he is, we are headed for one of the greatest public address announcements ever:

“Now catching for the Red Sox, Danny Jansen. Now pinch-hitting for Danny Jansen. …”

“Oh, man,” Jansen said, thinking of the possibility. “Such an oddity.”

It is an oddity, all right, but the suspendedgame rule makes so much weird and wild nuttiness possible.

It makes time travel possible. Because of this rule, Juan Soto made his official debut after his actual debut in 2018. He arrived in the majors with the Washington Nationals on May 20. But he later played in a game that had been suspended May 15 — and homered. That means he made his debut before his debut and also homered before his first homer.

It makes team travel possible. Because of this rule, reliever Joel Hanrahan won a game for the Nationals while he was playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2009, he pitched a scoreless top of the 11th inning for the Nationals on May 5. Then that game got a little slippery, in more ways than one.

It was delayed, suspended and finished two months later. But he had been traded to the Pirates by then. So, yeah, while he was hanging out in the Pirates’ bullpen in Miami, the Nationals rallied to win in Washington, so their winning pitcher was Hanrahan. What a magic trick.

On Monday, catcher Danny Jansen, seen here with the Toronto Blue Jays and now with the Boston Red Sox, could become the first player in MLB history to appear in a box score for both teams in the same game. (Facebook via MLB on FOX)

But back to Danny Jansen. It makes no sense that a player could be taken out of a game, and then, at the same exact moment, be subbed into that game for the other team. But have we mentioned that the suspendedgame rule is inventive like that? Here is what it says, right there in Rule 7.02: A player who was not with the club when the game was suspended may be used as a substitute, even if he has taken the place of a player no longer with the club who would not have been eligible.

Yes!

Not that Jansen was intricately familiar with any of this when he was traded to Boston on July 27. But all it took was one day in his new clubhouse before he realized he was going to have to study up. Those Boston sports writers had a lot of questions.

“I didn’t know at first,” he said. “I was like, ‘What — am I going to have to go on the other team?’ I didn’t know what was going to happen. It just kind of caught me off guard about the whole situation. Because when I got traded, it was just a whirlwind at first, and I didn’t think about it.”

Will this be a baseball first? Don’t answer too quickly. There is, in fact, another living human who did this.

Unless you were a big fan of International League in the 1980s, you probably do not rec-

ognize the name Dale Holman. But did you know he has several artifacts from his career that are housed in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum?

And why is that? Because, in 1986, Holman did something that might sound familiar: He played for both teams in the same game.

He started that game in June, playing right field for Syracuse. He finished that game Aug. 16, playing left field for Richmond. But unlike Jansen, Holman was not traded. He was released. Then he hooked on with Atlanta’s Class AA team in Greenville, South Carolina. He was still there a month later when Atlanta’s Class AAA club in Richmond needed to find an outfielder in a hurry. Guess who got called up?

Naturally, just two days later, Holman’s new team was about to resume a suspended game with his old team, Syracuse. It almost went unnoticed, except that afternoon, a lightning bolt suddenly hit Richmond infielder Paul Runge. Wait, he thought, wasn’t the new outfielder in town playing for the other team when this game began?

“Until then, nobody had remembered it, even myself,” said Holman, who now lives in Miramar Beach, Florida. “But then Paul Runge did. I remember we were sitting in the clubhouse, and he said something about it. He said: ‘You’ve got to get in there!’”

So next thing he knew, Holman was in the lineup — and singled in his next two at-bats, against a team he was playing for as recently as the third inning. But that was not even his biggest claim to fame.

In the second inning, when he was still in the Syracuse lineup, he had hit a two-run double against Richmond. So not only had he played for both teams, he had gotten a hit for both teams in the same game. And even nuttier, he got credit for driving in the winning run against the team he was playing for when that game ended.

For nearly 40 years, Holman has had this space all to himself. As best as even longtime minor league historians can tell, he was the only player to play for two teams in the same game. So: Was he rooting for Jansen to join him or not?

“Well, he can’t join me,” Holman said. “He didn’t get a hit. You know, that’s the deal. So he can go ahead and play for three or four teams in a day. It doesn’t matter.”

Jansen found that amusing.

“He’s not wrong,” Jansen said. “I mean, I ended my day with the Blue Jays 0 for 1 — no, wait. I’m 0 for 0, and down, 0-1, in the count. So I didn’t get a hit for both sides.”

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