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After PDP Accuses González Colón Campaign of Illegal Fund Transfers, Her Campaign Director Says They Were All ‘Completely’ Aboveboard
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PDP accuses González Colón campaign of illegal fund transfers
Her campaign director says they were all ‘completely legal’
By THE STAR STAFF
After the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) said on Sunday it would be filing a complaint against the campaign of New Progressive Party gubernatorial candidate Jenniffer González Colón on Sunday for making fund transfers that allegedly violate the law on political campaign financing, the González Colón campaign fired back, saying the complaint was groundless and merely another sign of growing desperation on the part of the flagging campaign of Jesús Manuel Ortiz González, the PDP candidate for governor.
PDP Secretary General Juan Luis Camacho Semidei said the party would be filing a complaint with the Office of the Electoral Comptroller of Puerto Rico directed against the González Colón campaign for violations of Law 222 on the Financing of Political Campaigns by transferring funds from the federal committee to the local committee for the NPP campaign for governor.
“There are a series of financial irregularities in the campaign committee of Jenniffer González that we have identified that clearly violate federal and local regulations on the use of campaign funds,” Camacho Semidei said at a press conference. “From the moment Jenniffer announced her candidacy for governor of Puerto Rico, she could not make expenses from the federal committee for local campaign matters. With her actions, Jenniffer González shows that she is more of the same and that she is willing to do whatever it takes to obtain more political power and reach the governorship, even if it means violating the law.” González Colón announced her candidacy for governor on Sept. 27, 2023, challenging the current governor, Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia, through television ads, so from that moment on, Camacho Semidei said, federal committee expenses could not be made. But all the same, the PDP leader said, the income and expense report for the month of October reflects that:
● On Sept. 26, there was income of $750,000 from a check from “Todos con Jenniffer, Inc.” (transfer from the federal committee to the local committee).
● For the same date, there was an expense of $60,875 in media purchases for campaign ads.
campaign,” the PDP secretary general detailed.
Also, on Nov. 30, when González Colón was already certified as a candidate for the primaries and in the process of obtaining endorsements, a payment to LUMA Energy of $11,072.65 was reported under the federal committee. In the local report it was stated that this payment was one in kind.
Camacho Semidei went on to note what he said were two more questionable payment processes, to LUMA Energy on Nov. 30, 2023, and to an island publicity firm in January 2024.
“To this end, a complaint will be filed with the Office of the Electoral Comptroller,” he added. “Likewise, a referral will be made to the state and federal departments of Justice to investigate for misappropriation of campaign funds. And to issue a fine of $5,000 against the committee.”
Francisco Domenech, González Colón’s campaign director, issued the following response in a press release:
“As the elections approach, the total desperation of a campaign that has not been able to achieve any acceptance from the people begins to be demonstrated, together with a total lack of knowledge of how the federal law on donations operates; the political opposition no longer knows what else to invent.”
“The expenses and transfers to which they have referred today are completely legal and there is not even a hint of irregularity,” Domenech continued. “Both federal and state regulations allow the transfer of funds and assets from a federal committee to a state one, as long as they are from the same candidate. That is the case with the transfers made by the committees of our candidate for governor. In fact, past resident commissioners of both parties have done so.”
Domenech noted that
“[w]hat federal regulation requires is that these expenses be reported as transfers between committees and that they be awarded to a donor.”
“All expenses and transfers made by the campaign of our next governor have been reported in strict compliance with state and federal law,” he said.
● For Sept. 27, expenses of $3,000 are shown as being paid to the Metro newspaper for a message on the news outlet’s Facebook account.
● Also shown in the report is a payment of $1,564.95 to Diseños Gráficos de Puerto Rico for “graphic design for the
“Before making any expenditure, our treasurer and our attorneys consulted with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the Office of the Comptroller of Elections (OCE),” González Colón’s campaign director continued. “After these consultations, both entities gave their approval.”
Domenech expressed confidence that the electoral comptroller “can confirm the information provided here.”
“The Office of the Comptroller of Elections has audited our monthly reports and has not pointed out any irregularities in them, particularly with the transfers of funds made and expenses between the committees,” he said.
Popular Democratic Party Secretary General Juan Luis Camacho Semidei (Facebook via Juan Luis Camacho Semidei)
Citizen awareness urged on International Anti-Dengue Day
By THE STAR STAFF
For International Anti-Dengue Day, which is today, Health Secretary Carlos Mellado López is calling on citizens to strengthen prevention and control measures against dengue by knowing and identifying its symptoms early.
“Early detection and seeking timely medical care are essential for the effective management of the disease,” Mellado López said in a written statement. “We urge the population to be alert to these symptoms and to consult a health professional if they suspect anything.”
“It is crucial to recognize that dengue can evolve rapidly and, in some cases, become complicated,” the Health chief added. “The disease can progress to more serious forms, such as severe dengue, which can be life-threatening if
Today’s observance of International AntiDengue Day aims to raise awareness and encourage effective actions to combat the viral disease that is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. (Pexels)
not managed properly. Early detection and continuous monitoring of symptoms are essential to prevent complications and receive appropriate
treatment on time.”
Today’s observance aims to raise awareness and encourage effective actions to combat the viral disease that is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
Dengue symptoms can vary in intensity, but the most common ones include: a sudden and significant increase in body temperature (fever), severe pain in the joints and muscles, acute and persistent headaches, the appearance of a skin rash, and nausea and vomiting that can lead to dehydration. Dengue can also cause bleeding from the gums or nose.
To reduce the risk of dengue, it is important to take preventive measures, such as: eliminating mosquito breeding sites in and around homes, using repellents and protective clothing, and keeping the environment clean and free of
stagnant water, where mosquitoes can breed.
Community collaboration is essential to control the spread of dengue.
“Prevention and education are our best tools to protect the health and well-being of everyone,” Mellado López said. “During this day, teams from the Epidemiology and Research and Environmental Health divisions of the Health Department, as well as collaborators, have educational activities in Aguada, Caguas, Canóvanas, Guayama, Guaynabo, Juncos, Lares, Mayagüez, Moca, Río Grande and San Juan. We invite you to look for the calendar on the Department of Health’s social networks to participate in the activities of the day or week.”
More information about dengue and how to prevent it can be found at www.salud. pr.gov/dengue.
DNER launches new Puerto Rican parrot project with RFPs
By THE STAR STAFF
The Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER), through its Bureau of Habitat and Biodiversity Conservation, announced on Sunday the opening of a new project for the conservation of the Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata), an emblematic and endangered species.
The project is part of a federal grant entitled Monitoring, Movement, and Management of Puerto Rican Non-Game Species for Wildlife Restoration (W-50).
The DNER is requesting proposals for professional services for two key components of this project, which seek to improve both the genetic management of the parrot populations and their care and well-being in captivity.
The first component of the project focuses on improving the computer program “PopLink,” which is crucial for managing the genetic lineage of Puerto Rican parrots. The aim is to modify and modernize the PopLink software to improve its compatibility, optimize data storage and entry, and facilitate tracking of breeding efforts and sightings of wild parrots.
The second component focuses on veterinary care and the purchase of food for the parrots at the José Vivaldi Aviary in Arecibo. The hiring of certified veterinarians is required who can provide specialized care, including disease prevention, treatments and surgeries, as well as the purchase of supplies necessary to ensure the well-being of the birds in captivity.
DNER officials said the project is a fundamental step in the ongoing efforts to protect and restore Puerto Rican parrot populations, and invited all individuals and entities with the necessary expertise to participate in the proposal
process and contribute to the conservation of one of the most valuable species.
The deadline for submitting proposals is Sept. 15, 2024. Proposals must be submitted in English and meet the requirements specified in the call for proposals. They will be received until the established date through the email njimenez@drna.pr.gov. Questions can also be directed to the same email address.
The Puerto Rican Parrot Conservation Program is a DNER project that has been preserving, and augmenting, the species for more than 35 years.
Genera PR faces multiple breakdowns in generation units
Number of customers without electricity increases
By THE STAR STAFF
Genera PR spokesman Ivan Báez said late last week that multiple breakdowns at several generation units have compromised the electricity supply in Puerto Rico and have led to an increase in the number of customers without service.
“Unit 1 and Unit 2 of Aguirre went out of service on Friday,” Báez said in an interview with Cybernews. “Unit 2 is expected to return to service by this Sunday. Unit 1, which had been put into service in a limited way, went out again
this afternoon, and we are working to restore it.”
Báez noted that Unit 3 of Palo Seco suffered a breakdown in the boiler last Monday, which was repaired and put back into service on Wednesday.
“On Tuesday, we had a breakdown in Unit 6 of San Juan,” he added. “We are verifying the damage, but we do not yet have a date for its repair. In Costa Sur, unit 6 was forced out of service yesterday [last Thursday], and we expect it to be operational by next Thursday.”
Báez said EcoEléctrica is conducting repairs on one of its units, which has contributed to a deficit in electricity generation.
Number of customers without electricity rises
The number of LUMA Energy customers without electricity continued to increase late last week. According to the most recent data, as of 5:35 p.m. Friday, 163,272 customers were without service due to lack of generation, while an additional 3,404 customers were without service due to planned improvements, bringing the total affected to 166,676. No updated data was available as of press time on Sunday.
The breakdown by region was as follows:
Arecibo: 16,782 customers without service (9.46% of the region)
Mayagüez: 33,953 customers without service (15.68%)
Bayamón: 31,240 customers without service, with 2,990 of those due to planned
improvements (14.43%)
San Juan: 21,820 customers without service, with 25 of those due to planned improvements (8.62%)
Carolina: 13,991 customers without service (9.88%)
Caguas: 24,307 customers without service, with 389 of those due to planned improvements (9.70%)
Ponce: 24,583 customers without service (11.57%)
In total, 11.36% of LUMA Energy customers in Puerto Rico were without electricity as of last Friday afternoon, representing 166,676 affected customers out of a total of 1,468,223.
Yauco mayor commits to cycling in his municipality
By THE STAR STAFF
With each day that passes, more and more cyclists arrive in Yauco to participate in cycling in the southern coastal town and its green mountains, said Mayor Ángel Luis “Luigi” Torres Ortiz, who has been promoting the open-air sport.
In October 2023, the “Ciclovía” was inaugurated on Boulevard Rubén Ramírez Muñiz, an exclusive and secure lane for the daily use of hundreds of cycling enthusiasts.
“We, as a municipal administration, are also promoting this sport and, of course, the importance of physical activity,” the mayor said. “In our beloved municipality of Yauco, sports is one of the most important banners,
In October 2023, the “Ciclovía,” an exclusive and secure lane for the daily use of hundreds of cycling enthusiasts, was inaugurated on Boulevard Rubén Ramírez Muñiz in Yauco.
so we look to support and strengthen it through diverse disciplines.”
Torres Ortiz thanked the Office of the First Lady (Arline Roig), and all of the town’s recreation and sports personnel for “the love, so immense, with which they work on each one of the projects that later see the light of day for the benefit of yaucanos.”
He also recognized, “the immense commitment of our governmental agencies and the municipal agencies with a project like this.”
“Our north star, with this open air project, is to promote quality of life, safety and inclusion in our Municipality of Yauco,” the mayor said. “At the same time, to be vigilant so that people share the public thoroughfares responsibly.”
Qualifying Culebra residents urged to apply for ‘Senior Bonus’
By THE STAR STAFF
Seeking to help people aged 65 or older who qualify to receive the so-called “Senior Bonus” of up to $400, Treasury Department personnel will travel to the offshore island municipality of Culebra on Tuesday.
The initiative comes from Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Nuñez, the New Progressive Party minority leader in the House of Representatives.
“It is important for us to bring the services provided by government agencies, in this case the Treasury Department, closer to our communities,” said the lawmaker for District 36 (Río Grande, Luquillo, Fajardo, Ceiba, Vieques and Culebra). “The ‘Senior Bonus’
is vital for many of our seniors, over 65 years old, who use that income to supplement what they receive from the Social Security program, among others. This Tuesday we will have Treasury personnel ready to complete the 481.1 forms and submit the request to pay the bonus, which fluctuates between $200 and $400.”
“We urge all Culebrenses eligible for this bonus to visit the Fine Arts Center of this beautiful island municipality,” Méndez added. “Officials from the Treasury Department will be available from 8:30 in the morning until the evening to assist them in the process. It is a unique opportunity that we are sure will help the Culebrenses.”
To qualify for the Senior Bonus, applicants must, in addition to being 65 years of age or
older on the last day of the tax year, in this case 2023, have a gross income, including Social Security benefits, of no more than $30,000, in the case of married persons, annually and $15,000 for individuals.
Also eligible are people who are not 65 years old on the last day of the tax year, whose income does not exceed $4,800, not including Social Security benefits. They must also be pensioners of the Government Employees Retirement System Administration, or the judiciary, the Teachers Retirement System, the University of Puerto Rico or the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, and/or pensioners of the private sector.
To fill out their forms, applicants must present a valid identification card proving that they were 65 years old as of Dec. 31, 2023.
Wreckage of Spanish vessel discovered off Vieques
By THE STAR STAFF
Following the discovery in Vieques of wreckage that may apparently come from an 18th century Spanish vessel, the mayor of the offshore island municipality, José “Junito” Corcino Acevedo, said the remains will be evaluated so that they can eventually be restored and presented to the general public.
“We are committed to our heritage as a town,” the mayor said. “These remains, which some experts tell us are from a Spanish vessel from the 18th century or possibly the 19th
century, including a cannon, will be examined carefully by experts in the field. We are currently evaluating possible experts in the field who we will be contacting soon to study these remains in detail.”
“We have been in direct and constant communication with personnel from the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture, as well as with marine archaeologists and shipwreck experts,” Corcino added. “We are making arrangements with other experts on the subject, particularly in the state of Florida. This is a matter that we will deal with professionally and always with the goal of preserving this heritage for our people.”
The remains of the vessel were found by a fisherman off the southern coast of Vieques last week.
“The first part is to corroborate the identity of these pieces of the vessel, their origin and even the name of the vessel,” Corcino said. “Then, it is to study and implement a conservation and restoration program, in accordance with municipal, state and federal regulations, which govern the preservation of artifacts of historical value. What I can make clear is that the remains of this vessel will remain here, in Vieques, and at some point we will be presenting it to the people so that they can learn about its history.”
Rep. Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Nuñez
Biden’s asylum restrictions are working as predicted, and as warned
By HAMED ALEAZIZ
In the months since President Joe Biden imposed sweeping restrictions on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, the policy appears to be working exactly as he hoped and his critics feared.
The number of people asking for haven in the United States has dropped by 50% since June, according to new figures from the Department of Homeland Security. Border agents are operating more efficiently, administration officials say, and many of the hot spots along the border, like Eagle Pass, Texas, have calmed.
The numbers could provide a powerful counternarrative to what has been one of the Biden administration’s biggest political vulnerabilities, particularly as Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, tries to fend off Republican attacks.
But migrant activists say Biden’s executive order is weeding out far too many people, including those who should be allowed to have their cases heard, even under the new rules. They say the figures are so low in part because of a little-noticed clause in the new policy, which changed how migrants are treated when they first arrive at the border.
Under the new rules, border agents are no longer required to ask migrants whether they fear for their lives if they are returned home. Unless the migrants raise such a fear on their own, they are quickly processed for deportation to their home countries.
It is difficult to know how many people with legitimate cases are turned back because they don’t know to “manifest fear,” as the practice is known. But critics of the new policy say it is deeply unfair to desperate people who have no idea how to seek help in America.
“The government knows full well from past practice that the manifestation standard will result in migrants with legitimate asylum claims being denied even a screening for danger,” Lee Gelernt, lead attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, which has sued to block the policy in federal court, said in an email. “Put simply, the manifestation standard will send migrants fleeing for their life back to grave danger, and the government knows it.”
Biden’s executive order was a dramatic rewriting of the traditional American promise to allow people from all over the world to take refuge in the United States when they
border, the policy appears to be working exactly as he hoped and his critics feared. (Paul Ratje/The New York Times)
no longer feel safe in their home countries.
The order mandates that only people who enter the country at an official port of entry with an appointment can be considered for asylum at the southern border, with only limited exceptions for unaccompanied children, victims of human trafficking and people facing serious medical emergencies or threats to their lives.
Before the new rules went into effect, migrants would cross the border illegally and seek out border agents to surrender, knowing that anyone who set foot on U.S. soil could ask for protection. Often, after an initial screening, they would be released into the United States to wait, sometimes for years, for their cases to come up.
Biden’s order changed that. Now, the majority of migrants are turned back quickly.
The administration believes the new screening process is more fair, because migrants are more likely to express fear if they are prompted with a question. Instead of asking what could be seen as a leading question, border agents have been told to look out for any clues showing a fear of return, including crying or shaking. Signs and videos in detention facilities inform migrants that they can tell an officer they fear deportation.
An administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the
policy freely, said the new rules allow the agency to focus on migrants who are more likely to have legitimate claims. The person said more than 1,000 migrants a day can schedule an appointment to claim asylum at an official port of entry, so there is still a pathway for people seeking refuge.
“Every day DHS agents and officers effectively execute a range of complex policies and guidelines, to include those related to manifestation of fear,” the agency said in a statement. “We are abiding by our international humanitarian obligations, and when individuals manifest fear, they are referred for the appropriate screening interview.”
Matthew Hudak, former deputy chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, said it’s a “game changer” that border agents no longer have to ask about fear.
“It’s the difference between committing a crime, getting a piece of paper telling you to show up to court in a couple of years, or putting handcuffs on you and bringing you back to a jail to face a judge,” he said.
Biden’s executive order is not the only reason the numbers have dropped.
Mexico has ramped up enforcement, intercepting migrants en route to the border. And illegal crossings typically fall after a major policy change — only to rise again later — as migrants try to make sense of the
new rules.
But it is clear that the restrictions are having a significant effect.
The number of people crossing into the United States has plummeted since Biden imposed the restrictions. In July, there were about 56,000 illegal crossings, the lowest monthly tally of the Biden administration. In December alone, that number was 250,000.
The number of people seeking asylum, in turn, also fell precipitously. Although the Department of Homeland Security did not give exact figures, the agency said in a court filing last week that asylum requests had dropped more than 50%.
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‘Run, Kamala, run’: Mention of Harris’ father was a rare homage to a fleeting figure
By ERICA L. GREEN
“Run, Kamala, run.”
When Donald J. Harris uttered those words to his young daughter more than 50 years ago, he was encouraging her to whip freely through the parks of Oakland,
California, not seek the highest elected office in the country. But in her address accepting the nomination as the Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris said it was these words that helped inspire her.
“From my earliest years, he taught me to be fearless,” Harris said.
It was a rare homage to her father, a prominent economist but fleeting figure in her life who has largely been a footnote in her personal and political story. The first Black scholar to receive tenure in Stanford University’s economics department, Donald Harris remains a professor emeritus there, and turned 86 the day after his daughter gave the most important speech of her life at the Democratic National Convention. He was not among the family members who accompanied Harris to the convention.
Her relationship with her father is a closely guarded part of Kamala Harris’ life about which she has spoken only sparingly. Her 2019 memoir, “The Truths We Hold,” referenced him only a handful of times. But in presenting herself as a nominee who understands the American dream through the complex lenses of personal, familial and social struggles, Harris tapped into the totality of the experiences that forged her.
That included when her parents divorced — or, as she would write in her memoir, “they stopped being kind to each other”— when she was in elementary school.
“My father remained a part of our lives,” Harris wrote. “We would see him on weekends and spend summers with him in Palo Alto. But it was my mother who took charge of our
upbringing. She was the one most responsible for shaping us into the women we would become.”
Over the years, Harris has given reserved answers when asked about her father. In a 2003 interview with SF Weekly, she said: “My father is a good guy, but we are not close.”
In recounting in 2021 how he instilled pride for their Jamaican heritage, Harris wrote in an email to the Washington Post that they were on “good terms,” which remains true today, according to people close to Harris.
Harris has been clear, however, that she is her mother’s daughter.
“There is no title or honor on earth I’ll treasure more than to say I am Shyamala Gopalan Harris’ daughter,” Harris wrote in her book. “That is the truth I hold dearest of all.”
She regularly praises the strength and courage displayed by her mother, while raising her and her sister, Maya Harris, alone. And she often credits her for instilling her fighting spirit — often through tidbits of wisdom that Harris regularly uses in public speeches and conversations.
On Thursday, Harris invoked her mother to drive home how she was no stranger to “unlikely journeys” — born to a woman who traveled to California from India alone at the age of 19, with an “unshakable dream to be the scientist who would cure breast cancer.”
Her mother died in 2009 of colon cancer at the age of 70.
In her address Thursday night, Harris described in detail her mother’s influence.
“And I miss her every day, and especially right now,” Harris said in her convention speech. “And I know she’s looking down smiling. I know that.”
Harris’ father has largely declined to weigh in on his daughter’s barrier-breaking political ascent in recent years, except in 2019 when he criticized a comment she made connecting her Jamaican roots to marijuana use. Since then, he has cited his aversion to seeking publicity. He did not respond to a request for comment Saturday.
In an essay published in a Jamaican publication in 2018, Donald Harris described how interactions with his children came to an “abrupt halt” in 1972, after a custody battle that he blamed on “the false assumption by the state of California that fathers cannot handle parenting,” especially Black ones like him from the islands.
“Nevertheless, I persisted, never giving up on my love for my children or reneging on my responsibilities as their father,” he wrote in the essay.
Donald Harris also reflected fondly on taking his girls on frequent trips to Jamaica, and imparting wisdom from what he learned there, particularly that it was “important not to lose sight of those who get left behind by social neglect or abuse and lack of access to resources or ‘privilege.’”
In his essay, he also vividly recalled taking his two daughters in 1970 to a mountain he once climbed called Orange Hill, and watching his daughter do what he had always urged her to do.
“Kamala, ever the adventurous and assertive one,” her father wrote, “suddenly broke from the pack, leaving behind Maya, the more cautious one, and took off like a gazelle in Serengeti, leaping over rocks and shrubs and fallen branches, in utter joy and unleashed curiosity, to explore that same enticing terrain.”
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, arrives to speak on the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. In her convention speech, Harris told of being inspired by her father, a prominent economist who was otherwise largely a footnote in her personal story. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
Elon Musk’s X is leaving San Francisco. City officials say ‘good riddance.’
By HEATHER KNIGHT and KATE CONGER
San Francisco’s long relationship with X is nearly over — and city officials are far from heartbroken.
Elon Musk is shuttering his social media company’s headquarters in a gritty downtown neighborhood in the coming weeks and will move its last employees based there south to offices in Palo Alto and San Jose, California. New headquarters will be set up in Texas.
But city officials are not lamenting the exit. X bears little resemblance to the company that San Francisco wooed with a tax break more than a decade ago, when it was Twitter, to help anchor a budding tech hub in a downtrodden neighborhood near City Hall known as Mid-Market. The pandemic, and Musk’s 2022 acquisition of the company and subsequent gutting of its workforce, reduced the headquarters to a ghost town.
“I share the perspective that most San Franciscans have, which is good riddance,” said City Attorney David Chiu, who as a member of the city’s Board of Supervisors backed the tax break that lured Twitter to Mid-Market in 2012.
Twitter once symbolized San Francis-
co’s status as a startup capital. But the city’s nonchalant response to the move — amid public posts from Musk about San Francisco’s inflexible tax policies and liberal politics — shows officials are now less willing to cater to companies considering a move.
Musk and X did not respond to requests for comment.
Twitter was founded in San Francisco in 2006. In 2011, it threatened to forsake its hometown for tiny Brisbane, just over the city’s southern border, which wouldn’t levy payroll taxes.
San Francisco’s mayor then, Ed Lee, coping with the lingering effects of a recession and a nearly 10% unemployment rate, proposed a so-called Twitter tax break. The deal would erase the 1.5% payroll tax on new hires for certain companies in MidMarket. Those companies would, in turn, create jobs and enliven a neighborhood that struggled with crime, vacancies and homelessness.
After Twitter moved into the new headquarters at 1355 Market St., its payroll swelled from a few hundred to a few thousand people. The cavernous ground floor became home to upscale bars and restaurants — where people could eat antelope, elk and pig ears.
By 2017, 59 new companies had set
move his operations to Texas. (Mike Kai Chen/The New York Times)
up shop nearby, including Uber, Square and Zendesk. Several luxury apartment buildings went up. The boom helped expand the city budget but also contributed to spiking housing costs.
Many of the tech companies also provided free food, so workers didn’t spend as much at local businesses as city leaders had hoped. The Twitter tax break ended in 2019, with politicians considering its success mixed.
Then came the pandemic. Offices emptied, and foot traffic dried up. Jack Dorsey, a Twitter co-founder and its CEO at the time, announced that employees could work from home forever.
In October 2022, Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion and soon slashed jobs. Last year, he renamed the company and erected on the roof a giant “X” sign that flashed at night, upsetting neighbors and landing him in trouble with the city.
“It’s like a zombie version of the old Twitter, and I think what a lot of people are feeling is: Just put this bird out of its misery,” said Yao Yue, a software engineer who worked at Twitter for 12 years and was let go after Musk’s takeover.
Musk, who clashed with state regulators over pandemic stay-at-home orders and has increasingly enmeshed himself in right-wing politics, recently indicated that he was souring on San Francisco. In July, he posted online that he had been trapped in the company’s garage “because a gang was doing drugs in the street and wouldn’t move!”
Musk said last month that he would move X’s headquarters to Austin, Texas,
after California passed a law that bans school districts from requiring teachers to notify parents if their children change their gender identification. He also blamed San Francisco’s gross receipts tax, which taxes local businesses for transactions that take place outside city limits.
He said the tax unfairly penalizes businesses that process payments — something he hopes X will do. “X could not remain in SF and launch payments, as it would immediately fail,” he posted in July.
Mayor London Breed said she met with Musk once several months ago and had texted with him. She said she had not offered X anything to stay but wanted to maintain good relationships with all CEOs in her city.
“I’m not going to beg anybody,” Breed said. “But I made it very clear that my goal is to ensure that companies succeed.”
She said she thought Musk’s political agenda had driven him out of San Francisco but did not elaborate.
Mid-Market is looking better than it did in the depths of the pandemic, but its office vacancy rate is 46%, 10 points higher than the city as a whole. Uber and Square moved out, and Zendesk retains a small footprint but has bigger offices downtown. Already, X’s lobby is empty, and most businesses in the building have shuttered.
The city’s chief economist, Ted Egan, said X had shrunk so much already, its departure would matter little to the city’s coffers.
“In many respects, they were already gone,” he said.
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‘Super Bowl’ Nvidia earnings stand to test searing AI trade
The rally in U.S. stocks faces an important test next week with earnings from chipmaking giant Nvidia, whose blistering run has powered markets throughout 2024.
The S&P 500 has pared a sharp drop it suffered after U.S. economic worries contributed to a sell-off at the beginning of the month and again stands near a fresh all-time high.
Nvidia, whose chips are widely seen as the gold standard in artificial intelligence, has been at the forefront of that rally, jumping by more than 30% since its recent lows. The stock is up some 150% year-to-date, accounting for around a quarter of the S&P 500’s 17% year-to-date gain.
The company’s Aug. 28 earnings report, coupled with guidance on whether it expects corporate investments in AI to continue, could be a key inflection point for market sentiment heading into what is historically a volatile time of the year. The S&P 500 has fallen in September by an average of 0.78% since World War Two, the worst performance of any month, according to CFRA data.
“Nvidia is the zeitgeist stock today,” said Mike Smith, a portfolio manager at Allspring Global Investments, which holds the company’s shares in its portfolios. “You can think of their earnings four times a year as the Super Bowl.”
Some investors are getting ready for fireworks. Traders are pricing in a swing of around 10.3% in Nvidia’s shares the day after the company reports earnings, according to data from options analytic firm ORATS. That’s larger than the expected move ahead of any Nvidia report over the last three years and well above the stock’s average post-earnings move of 8.1% over that same period, ORATS data showed.
The results come at the end of an earnings season during which investors have taken a less forgiving view of big tech companies whose earnings failed to justify rich valuations
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or prodigious spending on AI. Examples include Microsoft, Tesla and Alphabet, whose shares are all down since their July reports.
Nvidia’s valuations have also climbed, as the stock soared about 750% since the start of 2023, making it the world’s third-most valuable company as of Thursday, while also drawing comparisons to the dotcom bubble of more than two decades ago. The company’s shares trade at about 37 times forward 12-month earnings estimates, compared with a 20-year average of 29 times, according to LSEG Datastream.
Market sentiment could depend as much on Nvidia’s guidance as its results. Evidence that it sees robust demand will be a bullish sign that companies are continuing to invest rather than pull back in anticipation of an economic slowdown, said Matt Stucky, chief portfolio manager, equities, at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management.
Nvidia’s “connection to the largest companies in the U.S.
stock market makes this a must-watch event,” he said. “The biggest piece that investors want to know is whether there is sustainability and what demand will look like in ‘25 and ‘26,” he said.
The trajectory of monetary policy and the U.S. economy also looms large for investors. In a Friday morning speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell offered an explicit endorsement of interest rate cuts, saying further cooling in the job market would be unwelcome.
Investors will be watching U.S. labor market data on Sept. 6 for evidence of whether last month’s unexpected downshift in employment carried over to August. Signs that employment is continuing to weaken could bring back the recession fears that rocked markets earlier this month.
A tight presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, and Republican former President Donald Trump may also whip up market uncertainty in the weeks ahead.
After attacks, Israel and Hezbollah swiftly move to talk of containment
By ISABEL KERSHNER
For weeks, Israelis have waited in trepidation for a major attack by Hezbollah in retaliation for Israel’s assassination of a senior commander of the Lebanese group in Beirut last month, amid widespread fears that a cross-border escalation could spiral into an all-out regional war.
But much of Israel woke up Sunday to find that at least for the immediate term, the long-dreaded attack appeared to be over almost before it started.
Israel and Hezbollah quickly claimed victories of sorts: Israel for its predawn preemptive strikes against what the military said were thousands of Hezbollah’s rocket launcher barrels in southern Lebanon; and Hezbollah for its subsequent firing of barrages of rockets and drones at northern Israel, which the Israeli military said killed a naval officer.
By breakfast time, the two sides were employing the language of containment.
Hezbollah announced that it had completed the “first stage” of its attack to avenge the assassination of the senior commander, Fouad Shukur, and appeared to be calling it a day, at least for now. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said he had spoken with the U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and they had “discussed the importance of avoiding regional escalation,” according to a statement from Gallant’s office.
Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, said in a speech Sunday evening that his group had attacked an Israeli intelligence base, Glilot, just north of Tel Aviv. If the results of the attack on the base turned out to be satisfactory, he said, the militia would rest its case.
If it turned out to be a failure, he added, then Hezbollah reserved the right to respond at a later date.
After the attacks, the Middle East remained on edge, the days ahead uncertain.
“There can be stages,” cautioned Ehud Yaari, an Israel-based fellow of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a research group. “You can have escalation that is gradual.”
Later Sunday morning, the Israeli mili-
help calm tensions in the region.
For months, Hezbollah and Israel had engaged in tit-for-tat cross-border clashes. Hezbollah began firing in solidarity with Hamas after last October’s Hamas-led assault on southern Israel prompted Israel to go to war in Gaza.
The exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah have grown in intensity in recent weeks, in what many analysts have described as a war of attrition.
An all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah would be devastating for both sides, experts say. Hezbollah’s rockets and missiles can reach much of Israel and could paralyze parts of the country for weeks or months.
But the group must weigh its desire for revenge against the risks of a backlash at home in Lebanon, which is mired in political and economic turmoil.
Israel has long been readying for a war in Lebanon and is probably much better prepared than it was on its southern front, where Hamas took it by surprise in October.
tary said it was continuing to strike Hezbollah launchers in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah is estimated to possess tens of thousands of rockets and a smaller number of more sophisticated, precise missiles.
And Iran, Hezbollah’s patron, still has an open account with Israel, blaming it for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of its ally Hamas, while he was in Tehran, just hours after the killing of Shukur. Israel officially took responsibility for Shukur’s death but not for Haniyeh’s.
In broadcast remarks delivered at the start of a government meeting Sunday afternoon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel declared that the morning’s events were “not the end of the story.” But by then, life in Israel had largely returned to routine.
Based on intelligence, Israel took the decision to preempt Hezbollah’s attack on Sunday “but not to go beyond,” Yaari said. The targets that Israel struck were all less than 30 miles inside Lebanon, he said. Israel said they were focused on thwarting the threat to Israeli forces
and civilians from Hezbollah’s arsenal of rockets and drones, not its wider assets or infrastructure.
Hezbollah, for its part, appears to be “signaling that it is done for now,” Yaari said. “At the same time, they are saying this was the first stage of retaliation, leaving open the option to do more, if they get a green light from the Iranians,” he added.
The events Sunday have raised the stakes for negotiators gathering in Cairo to try to advance a cease-fire and hostage-release deal for the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. The United States is leading the push, along with Qatari and Egyptian mediators, for a deal that would end the 10-month conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the hope that such an agreement could
Netanyahu said Israeli forces destroyed thousands of Hezbollah’s shortrange rockets on Sunday and intercepted a swarm of drones that he said Hezbollah had launched at a strategic target in the center of the country.
Tens of thousands of residents of the towns and villages on both sides of Israel’s border with Lebanon have been displaced from their homes for nearly 10 months.
“This is an additional step in changing the situation in the north and returning our residents securely to their homes,” Netanyahu said of Sunday’s actions. But no date has been set for their return.
People have gathered at Palestine Square after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Iran on July 31, 2024. Tensions in the region had been high for weeks before Israel and Hezbollah began more intense cross-border attacks early Sunday. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)
On Ukraine’s Independence Day, Zelenskyy celebrates push into Russia
By ANDREW E. KRAMER
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, always adept at messaging, used his latest Independence Day speech on Saturday to drive home the idea that Ukraine is taking the fight to Russia, even as his troops struggle along the front line in the east.
He said the video of the speech was filmed near the site where his troops began a cross-border offensive into Russian territory nearly three weeks ago that caught Moscow by surprise and yielded a bounty in Russian prisoners of war. That paid immediate dividends Saturday when the two sides each sent 115 prisoners to the other in an exchange brokered by the United Arab Emirates.
Zelenskyy’s video was prerecorded from what he described as a location along the Psel River, an area frequently targeted by Russian artillery.
“Whoever wished misery upon our land shall find it in their own home,” Zelenskyy said of the incursion, which has pushed into the Kursk region of southwestern Russia. He called his military’s operation — which has come after 2 1/2 years of Russia’s brutal, all-out invasion of Ukraine — a “boomerang for evil.”
In the prisoner exchange, Ukraine said it had freed soldiers held in Russia since early in the invasion. That included dozens of soldiers who had held out for months in the siege of the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, before surrendering on the orders of Zelenskyy when escape or further resistance became hopeless.
Freeing some of the Azovstal prisoners eases domestic pressures on Zelenskyy, who has
key goal: forcing Russia to divert troops from areas of fierce fighting in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, where Ukrainian troops have been losing ground.
At the same time, the Ukrainian operation is fraught with risks, relying on troops drawn from defensive positions in the Donbas, even as Russia closes in on the city of Pokrovsk, a road and rail hub. Analysts also question whether the Ukrainians can manage to hold onto the territory they have seized.
Undeterred by such obstacles, Ukraine has begun a far smaller offensive on another section of the front, this time inside Ukraine, in the Kharkiv region in the northwest, near the Russian border.
This offensive began Thursday and has reclaimed a swath of land — less than 1 square mile, according to the Ukrainian military. The claim could not be independently verified.
faced weekly protests from family members in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. However, hundreds more remain in captivity.
The trade also freed six national guard soldiers captured on the first day of the invasion in the irradiated zone around the crippled Chernobyl nuclear power plant, as Russian soldiers streamed into Ukraine through the nuclear disaster zone as the shortest route to Kyiv from the Belarusian border.
Russia’s human rights ombudsman, Tatyana Moskalkova, wrote on the Telegram social
networking site that all the Russians freed in the exchange were conscripts, and that most had been captured in Russia during Ukraine’s recent incursion.
The loss of conscripts, whether killed or captured, has stirred social unrest in earlier Russian wars in Afghanistan and Chechnya. Conscripts are drafted after high school on the promise that they will act in support roles but not be sent into active fighting.
“Though they were there for a short time, for us it seemed like eternity,” Moskalkova wrote of the conscripts captured in the incursion, which began on Aug. 6.
The Independence Day celebration Saturday marks 33 years since Ukraine split away from a crumbling Soviet Union. Earlier in the war, Ukraine marked the day by parading burned Russian armored vehicles along Kyiv’s central thoroughfare, Khreshchatyk Street, using the holiday to bolster morale. This year, Zelenskyy hosted Polish President Andrzej Duda and Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte at ceremonies in Kyiv.
The Ukrainian counterattack into Russia that Zelenskyy celebrated this year has seized more than 490 square miles of territory and displaced tens of thousands of Russians, posing a domestic challenge for Moscow. But it has so far fallen short of a
The thrust in Kharkiv seized on an opportunity created when Russia moved a limited number of troops from neighboring areas in northern Ukraine to deal with the Kursk incursion, according to an analysis of publicly available information by the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington research group. Ukraine has also stepped up long-range strikes with exploding drones and missiles in recent weeks, sinking a Russian ferry in the Black Sea that a Ukrainian navy spokesperson said was part of a fuel supply network for Russian troops in the Donbas region. Ukraine also attacked a sprawling oil and aviation fuel tank farm in Russia’s Rostov region, setting a fire that was still burning Saturday.
And the governor of Russia’s Voronezh region, south of Moscow, declared a state of emergency Saturday after a flurry of Ukrainian drone strikes set off explosions at a military storage site.
Also Saturday, as part of a long-running feud, Zelenskyy signed a law that could enable a ban on a Russian-aligned branch of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine. Ukrainian officials have long said that the Russian Orthodox Church is little more than an extension of the Russian government, with priests used for espionage and to spread propaganda. With the Russian invasion, the issue has grown increasingly acute.
Under the law, a committee would assess whether churches have ties to the Russian state and therefore should be banned. The law has drawn criticism from the Russian-affiliated church in Ukraine as an infringement on freedom of religion.
A soldier from the First Presidential Brigade of Ukraine’s National Guard at the front line in the Donbas region on Aug. 5, 2024. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used his latest Independence Day speech to drive home the idea that Ukraine is taking the fight to Russia, even as his troops struggle along the front line in the east. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)
Plan beats no plan
A bird wall in Nevada, Jan. 24, 2018. The candidates’ housing plans offer a window on how they would govern. (Roger Kisby/The New York Times)
By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
This isn’t a policy election. There’s no defining issue like tax cuts in 2000 or health care in 2008 or trade in 2016. Democrats are focused on convincing voters that Donald Trump poses an existential threat to the American way of life, and vice versa. But policy remains the purpose of politics, and the choice of a president is also the choice of a housing policy.
Kamala Harris has a plan to address the nation’s housing crisis. Trump (kind of) has one, too. And the differences say a lot about the two candidates.
Housing prices across the country have soared in recent years, dramatically outpacing income growth. Finding an affordable place to live is no longer a problem confined to a few big coastal cities. Millions of Americans cannot buy a place to call home. They cannot settle into a neighborhood, or move to a new city to take a better job.
The cause of the crisis is a shortage of housing. The solution is to build a lot more housing.
Harris is cleareyed about this need. She has proposed a target of 3 million new homes, and outlined a number of policies to move toward that goal, including tax incentives for builders, financial support for buyers and a necessary focus on opening land for development by removing state and local regulatory roadblocks.
Trump also talks about the high cost of housing, but ironically for a man who sees himself as a great
builder, the former president hasn’t called for more construction. Instead, in his telling, the housing crisis is just one more problem caused by illegal immigration — one more problem to be fixed with mass deportations.
“I will also stop inflation by stopping the invasion, rapidly reducing housing costs,” Trump said in Wisconsin in June. JD Vance, his running mate, made the same argument in his acceptance speech at the Republican convention in July. “Citizens had to compete with people who shouldn’t even be here for precious housing,” he said.
Whatever one’s broader views on immigration, it may sound plausible that immigrants are at least contributing to the rise of housing prices. After all, musical chairs is an easier game when there are fewer people trying to find a chair. But that intuition turns out to be wrong, because immigrants also are heavily employed in housing construction.
In a paper published this year, economists Troup Howard, Mengqi Wang and Dayin Zhang looked at the impact of immigration enforcement on housing prices between 2008 and 2013. They found that decreases in the immigrant population in a given county raised prices because the reduction in construction outweighed any decline in demand.
Also striking is what’s absent from Trump’s plan. Zoning and land use laws are a major obstacle to housing construction. Trump generally casts himself as a great champion of reducing regulation, and allowing private companies to build on private land seems like something he’d support. But Trump is a longtime defender of zoning because it allows wealthy communities to exclude those they see as undesirables. “There will be no low-income housing developments built in areas that are right next to your house,” he pledged at a rally in Montana this month.
In sum, Trump’s message on housing is a microcosm of his politics. He is once again telling Americans that their problems are caused by other people, and that those problems can be solved at no cost to Americans, as if by waving a magic wand.
Harris, by contrast, is proposing to address the housing crisis through the old-fashioned but necessary expedient of spending money. Democrats have long focused on giving government money to buyers and renters. Perhaps the most important feature of Harris’ housing plan is an overdue, if incomplete, shift to the supply side.
She has offered two big ideas for increasing construction: providing financial incentives to state and local governments to clear regulatory roadblocks, and providing financial incentives to companies that build starter homes. There’s a grab bag of other stuff, too, most notably an expansion of financial aid for first-time homebuyers.
Harris’ proposals probably are not enough to achieve her goal of building 3 million homes. The government needs still bigger and bolder ideas. One intriguing possibility, recently proposed by investment banker Jim Millstein, would tap the financial muscle of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The companies were created to make it easier for Americans to borrow money to buy homes.
Millstein, who served in the Treasury Department under President Barack Obama, argues that Fannie and Freddie could similarly help construction companies to borrow money to build apartment buildings. His idea is focused on multifamily construction, a market in which builders can typically borrow only about 60% of the cost of a project. Under his plan, Fannie and Freddie would encourage lending of an additional 20% of the cost of a project by buying those loans from lenders, just as the companies buy mortgage loans.
Harris’ plan, too, is a useful microcosm of her broader message: She’s from the government, and she’s here to help. She understands that America needs to solve its own problems, and that solutions have costs. She understands that small ideas can be marshaled to achieve big changes. She understands that policymaking is a process of borrowing and listening and refining. It’s not magic — it’s manufacturing.
Harris’ plan has problems and shortcomings and, because it is an actual plan, it is possible to scrutinize its details and to criticize its choices. But it’s important to maintain a focus on the bigger picture. Harris has a plan, and Trump does not. She is open to reasoned arguments and advice, and he is not. If Harris is elected, there is a chance that we may make some progress on the housing crisis. If Trump is elected, we will not.
Dr. Ricardo Angulo Founder
Impulso a la educación STEM en Puerto Rico: Nuevas becas y estudio de impresión 3D en Ponce
POR EL STAR STAFF
SAN JUAN – El Fideicomiso para Ciencia, Tecnología e Investigación de Puerto Rico, en colaboración con la Fundación Azmat A. Assur, ha lanzado una iniciativa para fortalecer la educación STEM (Cienlvazquez@prsciencetrust.orgcia, Tecnología, Ingeniería y Matemáticas) en toda la isla. Esta alianza estratégica busca empoderar a estudiantes y mejorar la formación de maestros, mientras brinda recursos claves que impulsarán el desarrollo educativo y tecnológico de Puerto Rico. Este ambicioso proyecto es liderado por el Programa de Educación STEM y Desarrollo de Fuerza Laboral (STEM Education & Workforce Development Program) del Fideicomiso.
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Becas STEM para Estudiantes y Maestros Un pilar central de esta iniciativa es la creación del Premio Azmat A. Assur para Futuros Académicos en Ciencia (Azmat A. Assur Future Science Scholars) que otorgará becas anuales de $5,000 a cuatro estudiantes destacados de escuela pública en el área de STEM. En total, se destinarán $100,000 dólares durante los cinco años del programa. Además de las becas para estudiantes, se asignarán $75,000 dólares para el desarrollo profesional de maestros en el sistema público, lo que permitirá a 25 profesores obtener anualmente la certificación STEM+AI que ofrece el Fideicomiso. Esta capacitación mejorará la capacidad de los educadores para integrar conceptos avanzados de STEM en sus métodos de enseñanza.
ocupa un lugar destacado entre los mejores lugares para
pescar este Día del Trabajo
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FAJARDO – A medida que el verano se acerca a su fin y el nuevo año escolar se aproxima, el fin de semana del Día del Trabajo ofrece una última oportunidad para tomar el sol y disfrutar de las actividades al aire libre. FishingBooker, la plataforma en línea más grande para reservar viajes de pesca en los EE. UU., ha publicado su lista de los 9 mejores destinos de pesca para el Día del Trabajo, haciendo más fácil la planeación de tu fin de semana festivo este año. ¡Y Fajardo está en la lista!
¿Por qué Fajardo obtuvo tan buena posición? Hogar de la marina más grande del Caribe, Fajardo es el epicentro de la escena pesquera de Puerto Rico y un lugar privilegiado para las aventuras del Día del Trabajo. Durante
esta época del año, el marlín domina las aguas, ofreciendo a los pescadores un desafío épico. Junto con el marlín, también puedes pescar atún, caballa, pargo y mero. Lo que hace que Fajardo sea aún más atractivo es que las zonas de pesca en alta mar están a solo seis millas de la costa, dandote aún más tiempo para pescar. Además de la pesca, la zona ofrece esnórquel y cruceros, mientras que el cercano Bosque Nacional El Yunque es una visita obligada. ¡No es de extrañar que esta joya haya aparecido en la lista! Los 9 mejores destinos de pesca para el Día del Trabajo son:
West Palm Beach, Fla.; Tybee Island, Ga.; Fajardo, P.R.; Manistee, Mich.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Lake Peppin, Minn.; North Platte River, Wyo.; Columbia River, Ore.; Eastern Sierra Lakes, Calif.
Hombre en bicicleta muere en accidente de tránsito en Vega Baja
pactado por una guagua Hyundai Tucson del año 2017 y color blanco.
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BAJA – Un hombre que se transportaba en bicicleta murió en un accidente a eso de las 6:15 de la noche del sábado, en la carretera PR-2 kilómetro 44.1, en Vega Baja.
Según la información preliminar, José Galíndez Andino de 50 años y residente en Vega Baja, perdió el balance en su bicicleta se metió al carril derecho y fue im-
Galíndez Andino, fue trasportado por Emergencias Médicas a una Institución Hospitalaria con heridas de gravedad a un hospital donde se certificó su muerte.
Al conductor de la guagua se le realizó la prueba de alcohol en el aliento con resultado de 0.14 por ciento.
El agente Joan Acevedo y el fiscal Luis Martínez investigan.
August 26, 2024
A memoir offers an insider’s perspective into the Pentagon’s UFO hunt
By RALPH BLUMENTHAL and LESLIE KEAN
Luis Elizondo made headlines in 2017 when he resigned as a senior intelligence official running a shadowy Pentagon program investigating UFOs and publicly denounced the excessive secrecy, lack of resources and internal opposition that he said were thwarting the effort.
Elizondo’s disclosures at the time created a sensation. They were buttressed by explosive videos and testimony from Navy pilots who had encountered unexplained aerial phenomena, and led to congressional inquiries, legislation and a 2023 House hearing in which a former U.S. intelligence official testified that the federal government has retrieved crashed objects of nonhuman origin.
Now Elizondo, 52, has gone further in a new memoir. In the book he asserted that a decades-long UFO crash retrieval program has been operating as a supersecret umbrella group made up of government officials working with defense and aerospace contractors. Over the years, he wrote, technology and biological remains of nonhuman origin have been retrieved from these crashes.
“Humanity is, in fact, not the only intelligent life in the universe, and not the alpha species,” Elizondo wrote.
The book, “Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs,” was published by HarperCollins last Tuesday after a yearlong security review by the Pentagon.
Pentagon clearance does not imply endorsement. The New York Times obtained an advance copy of “Imminent” under embargo.
The Pentagon program currently working to address sightings of UFOs — or UAP, for “unidentified anomalous phenomena,” as they are now called — “continues its review of the historical record of U.S. government UAP programs,” said Sue Gough, a Department of Defense spokesperson.
To date, Gough added, the program “has not discovered any verifiable information to substantiate claims that any programs regarding the possession or reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial materials have existed in the past or exist currently.”
Elizondo was, for years, a high-ranking military intelligence officer, and ran highly classified programs for both the White House and the National Security Council. In 2009, he was recruited into the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program,
which investigated reports of UFOs.
In “Imminent,” Elizondo described his struggle within the program to investigate the phenomena, and his effort, since his resignation in 2017, to push for greater transparency on what is officially known about UAP. He also wrote about personal encounters with UAP — green orbs that he said visited his home while he worked for the Department of Defense.
In the book, he expressed alarm over the potential danger to humanity posed by the existence of technology that he said far exceeds what the United States or other countries have, or can explain.
Elizondo wrote that the craft and “the nonhuman intelligence controlling them present, at best, a very serious national security issue, and at worst, the possibility of an existential threat to humanity.”
In a foreword to the book, Christopher Mellon, a former deputy assistant secretary of
defense for intelligence, wrote that, without Elizondo, “the U.S. government would still be denying the existence of UAP and failing to investigate a phenomenon that may well be the greatest discovery in human history.”
The program led by Elizondo investigated sightings, near-misses and other encounters between UAP and Navy jets. It also collected data from incidents involving military and intelligence operations, including images of extraordinary craft maneuvers that were repeatedly captured by sophisticated sensors.
Within the program, he said, he learned that vehicles demonstrating “beyond next generation technology” have been observed since the 1940s. In the early 1950s, when UFOs became a Cold War national security concern, strict secrecy was enforced. “Whoever controlled such technology could control the world,” Elizondo wrote.
Much of the information collected by
this program remains classified, but two unclassified Navy videos of UAP were cleared for public release at Elizondo’s request and posted by the Times when it broke the news of the Pentagon’s secret UFO unit in December 2017.
In an interview, Elizondo said that he had firsthand knowledge of what he was discussing, but that his security clearances prevented him from explaining the source of his knowledge. He got Pentagon approval to publish his book partly by attributing some of the information to other sources whose comments had previously been approved. Elizondo also said he was not approved to discuss his involvement in any other secret projects beyond the program he once led.
With no prior interest in UFOs, Elizondo grew up in Florida, the son of an American mother and a Cuban father who fought alongside Fidel Castro before breaking with him and joining the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion.
Taught to shoot, drive a motorcycle and fly a plane by his father, he went to college and enlisted in the Army. He served in Afghanistan and also ran anti-terrorism missions against the Islamic State group, al-Qaida and Hezbollah, and later led secret programs at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and prison.
In 2007, the Defense Intelligence Agency launched the UFO-related Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Applications Program, funded with $22 million buried in an undeclared budget secured by Harry Reid, who was then the Senate majority leader.
In 2009, Elizondo became the senior ranking officer running that program’s successor, the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, along with James Lacatski and Jay Stratton. Lacatski, a rocket scientist for the Defense Intelligence Agency, and Stratton, an intelligence official with U.S. Strategic Command, were both part of the precursor program.
Frustrated by what he described as internal opposition and a lack of resources to deal with what he felt was a serious national security threat, Elizondo resigned and decided to bring his concerns to the broader intelligence community, Congress and the public.
“There remains a vital need to ascertain capability and intent of these phenomena for the benefit of the armed forces and the nation,” he wrote to James Mattis, then secretary of defense, in his resignation letter dated Oct. 4, 2017.
Luis Elizondo, who once ran a secret Pentagon program investigating UFOs, in Arlington, Va., Aug. 14, 2024. In “Imminent,” the former intelligence official shares some of what he knows. (Michael A. McCoy/The New York Times)
‘The demand is unstoppable’: Can Barcelona survive mass tourism?
By LISA ABEND
On a steamy August evening, a stream of young people bearing boxes of pizza and bottles of cheap cava began the uphill slog to Carmel Bunkers in Barcelona. Set on a hill overlooking the Catalan capital, the concrete structures once housed antiaircraft weapons that protected the city during Spain’s civil war in the 1930s. Later the site became a destination for residents on evening strolls and a hangout for local youths.
But that was before Instagram and TikTok.
Several years ago, inspired by social media, young tourists began making the Bunkers a favorite spot for drinking, carousing and the inevitable sunset selfie. Last spring the noise, litter and sheer number of visitors spurred the city to erect fences around the site.
Now, hundreds of visitors find any space they can amid the surrounding scrub and rocks. Or they simply jump the barriers.
“I used to play there as a girl,” said Manoli Fernández, 57, a longtime resident out strolling with her daughter and 87-year-old mother. “Now there are drunk tourists peeing on our neighbor’s doorstep.”
For anyone hoping to understand the complicated contours of overtourism in Barcelona, the Carmel Bunkers is a good place to start. The frustrations experienced by those who live nearby apply to other hot spots: residents of the Gothic Quarter who feel displaced by the crowds; pollution along the waterfront where massive cruise ships dock; and everywhere, it seems, an apparent disregard for local culture.
Last month, Barcelona made worldwide headlines when roughly 3,000 residents protested against tourism, some squirting visitors on the city’s famed boulevard Las Ramblas with water guns. News outlets speculated that tensions over tourism, which have been simmering for years, not only in the Catalan capital, but across Europe, had finally boiled over into outright hostility.
Transformed by tourism
In Barcelona, there is a new sense of urgency to solving a problem whose origins there can be largely traced to the 1992 Olympic Games, which introduced legions of travelers to the charms of the city, and transformed its fortunes. The arrival of Ryanair in 2010 had a major impact, initiating a new era of lowcost tourism, and a sharp growth in cruise travel poured hundreds of thousands of day-trippers into the city. Platforms like Airbnb spurred the conversion of residential housing to more profitable short-term rentals.
Then, following the pandemic, came “revenge” tourism, when throngs of people arrived after two years of lockdown. This year, the number of visitors is expected to surpass prepandemic levels.
Perhaps even more significant than the renewed presence of tourists is the absence that preceded it. As Daniel Pardo, 48, cofounder of the Assembly of Neighborhoods for Tourism Degrowth, which helped organize the recent protest, said, “During
the pandemic, we recovered the spaces and customs that tourism had forced us to abandon. You could have a coffee at a table in front of the cathedral, or chat calmly with your neighbors on the street. There were even beautiful scenes like children bathing in the fountain in the Plaça Reial.”
Today, the fountain is again a noisy perch for tourists sucking from beer bottles as the city of 1.6 million struggles to accommodate what tourism officials say will be at least 13 million visitors. Their impact includes skyrocketing housing prices, dirty beaches, crowded thoroughfares and the transformation of historic neighborhoods into what locals refer to as “theme parks.”
Yet, as Mateu Hernández, the managing director of the Barcelona Tourism Consortium, said, “Barcelona has developed more tools to manage tourism than maybe any other city.”
In the last decade, the municipal government has banned new hotel construction, raised the tourist tax on accommodations, limited the size of groups in congested areas, and even had one public bus line popular with tourists removed from Google Maps. By the end of 2028, a new regulation will eliminate short-term vacation rentals.
Economically, Barcelona remains reliant on tourism, which contributes 14% of the city’s revenues and directly employs 150,000 people. Hotels, vacation-home hosts, restaurant servers, kiosk owners — all are adamantly opposed to anything that might disturb the golden goose.
As a result, the city finds itself limiting some kinds of tourism while encouraging others. For instance, beginning Aug. 22, Barcelona will host the America’s Cup, an international sailing competition expected to draw tens of thousands of people.
A weekend spent crisscrossing the city shows just how complicated the attempt to balance these competing needs can be. But according to the deputy mayor responsible for tourism, Jordi Valls, the city has no choice.
“We have to come up with policies that manage the reality, which is that tourism in Barcelona has been a success, and that it could lead to our ruin,” he said. “We have to understand
that the demand is unstoppable. The only thing we can do is control the supply.”
Eixample, Saturday, 9 a.m.
On a recent Saturday morning, two inspectors were trying to do just that. Pressing insistently on a doorbell in the elegant Eixample neighborhood, Alba and R (each asked to give only part of their names because some inspectors have received threats) waited until a sleepy-looking man, chest bare, belt unbuckled, opened the door. Reluctantly, he answered the inspectors’ questions in a mix of Italian-inflected Spanish and English. Yes, he had paid for a room after booking it online; no, he didn’t know the people staying there. “So,” Alba explained to the unsuspecting lodger, “this is an illegal rental.”
In a city with an acute housing shortage and exorbitant rents, Alba, R and 25 other inspectors are part of the effort to control how many apartments are converted into tourist rentals. In 2014, the city began requiring property owners to secure permits for rentals of fewer than 31 days, and the inspectors have been busy ever since.
The combination of reduced housing stock and rising prices has meant that many residents cannot afford to live in the center. “It’s a zero sum game,” said Eduardo González de Molina, a sociologist at Carlos III University in Madrid and a former adviser for the Barcelona Housing Authority. “Every tourist apartment is one less for a family.”
Jaume Collboni, the mayor, recently announced that Barcelona would revoke the 10,100 permits currently in effect in 2028. Coupled with a 2017 cap on the construction of new hotels, the measure will reduce even further the 155,000 beds in the center that are legally available. According to an Autonomous University of Barcelona study, Airbnb has driven up rental prices in the center by 7%. But opponents of the measure point out that housing costs have risen far higher — 66% in the last decade — and that the number of permits for tourist apartments has been frozen at roughly 10,000 since the licenses were introduced in 2014.
“If the cost of housing has risen in the last several years, it’s not the fault of tourist apartments because the amount of them has stayed the same,” said Enrique Alcántara, president of Apartur, a property manager association that is suing the city for a regulation they claim unconstitutionally revokes their licenses. More to blame, Alcántara said, is the lack of new construction and the unregulated leases enjoyed by expats and digital nomads.
An Airbnb spokesperson responded to an interview request with a statement: “The root causes of housing and tourism challenges in Barcelona and Spain are a lack of new homes being built and decades of hotel-driven mass tourism, which accounts for the vast majority of visitors to Barcelona each year.”
The Ramblas, Saturday, noon
Midday on a Saturday, Las Ramblas, the thoroughfare that was once lined with boutiques and stalls selling flowers and birds, is a mass of sweaty tourists. One side of the street is torn up with construction that will eventually mean wider sidewalks
Views of cruise ships from Montjuic in Barcelona, Spain, Aug. 13, 2024. On Sundays, as many as 25,000 cruise passengers pour into Barcelona in the span of a few hours. (Maria Contreras Coll/The New York Times)
and new green spaces. But for now the boulevard remains a morass of souvenir stands, currency exchanges and cafes serving sangria and microwaved paella.
“Tourists consume certain kinds of services that locals don’t, and vice versa,” said Ayman Tobal, 30, an economic historian, who participated in the protests and lives nearby. Recently he couldn’t find a place to get his keys copied. “It was absolutely impossible — they’ve all been driven out by the souvenir shops and specialty coffee places. Overtourism destroys the fabric of a neighborhood.”
Perhaps no institution represents the change to that fabric better than the Ramblas’ Boqueria market, once considered among the greatest in the world. These days, instead of providing mainly families or chefs with raw ingredients, the stalls cater to tourists with prepared foods: fishmongers sell cones of fried shrimp alongside filets of monkfish; poultry vendors shelve pre-baked empanadas next to eggs.
Yolanda Serrano, a butcher, runs one of the few stalls that still sell only raw ingredients. “Tourism has taken this market from us. Our customers can’t come here anymore because they can’t get through with their carts. But I’m a butcher, I don’t want to sell crappy empanadillas.” She is thinking about moving her shop to a street near the less touristy Sant Antoni market.
Pinotxo, until recently the Boqueria’s most well-known bar, has already made the move. The owner, Jordi Asín, couldn’t be happier. “At the Boqueria, excess tourism really changed the kind of business we could do,” he said. “Here, we still get tourists, but they’re the gastronomic ones who come because they know of our cooking. And there are a lot more locals, so it’s a much better balance.”
Parc Güell, Saturday, 4 p.m.
With its vivid mosaics and undulating terraces, Parc Güell, designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí, is a tourist magnet, so
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popular that the attraction recently closed its on-site ticket office and now requires visitors to book online.
On a prominent hill in the Gracia neighborhood, Parc Güell is not easy to reach; even the nearest metro stations require a steep walk up or downhill. There is, however, one form of public transportation that helps residents navigate the hills: a minibus that stops at the park’s entrance. “But it had become so jammed with tourists that the city government asked Google to remove it from its maps,” said Artur Paz, who, with his son, was among a handful of passengers on a Saturday afternoon. “Now it’s ours again.”
Overtourism pressures communities in many ways. Paz’s son attends school inside the park, and he says that many parents are so fed up with the crowds that they sometimes ram tourists with their bikes. He thinks that kind of animosity is unwarranted. “We’re all tourists sometimes,” he said. “If I travel to New York and am sitting in an outdoor cafe, I wouldn’t want someone coming at me with a water gun.”
Cruise ship terminal, Sunday, 9 a.m.
On a Sunday morning, thousands of passengers had spilled from five massive cruise ships docked just outside the city center. Most summer mornings see the arrival of several ships, but Sundays are especially bad: As many as 25,000 passengers pour into the city in the span of a few hours.
To diminish their impact, the city recently moved the cruise terminals from the base of the Ramblas a bit farther south. But most passengers board buses that take them to the Ramblas. And many, like the 5,500 who arrived that morning on the MSC Virtuosa, stay only for the day, putting a lot of social and environmental pressure on the city without spending much.
According to the deputy mayor, Valls, the city will soon charge higher fees for ships that dock only for a day. It’s part of a plan to attract “higher quality” tourism, he said. “We want
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visitors who really value what they find in Barcelona, its culture, its concerts, its urban design, its architecture.”
And its America’s Cup. According to the tourism authority’s Hernández, the event appeals to the focused, higher-spending tourists the city wants. “The person who comes because they like sailing — that’s the profile of someone who adds a lot of value.”
Hosting that event, like the city’s expansion of the airport, suggests to some critics — like Daniel Pardo, whose organization wants a ban on tourism promotion — that the city isn’t serious about tackling overtourism. “For the government to pretend that they are doing something against the touristification of the city when they continuously decide and publicly defend these kinds of things is completely incoherent.”
Boqueria market on Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain, Aug. 13, 2024. Last month, Barcelona made worldwide headlines when roughly 3,000 residents protested against tourism, some squirting visitors on the city’s famed boulevard with water guns. (Maria Contreras Coll/The New York Times)
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CIVIL NUM.: BY2024CV03618. SOBRE: PETICIONARIO EXPEDIENTE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. A: PERSONAS IGNORADAS, Francisco Ortiz y Sucesión de Víctor M. Ortiz. Por la presente se le notifica a usted que se ha presentado ante este Tribunal el expediente arriba mencionado, con el fin de justificar e inscribir a favor de la Promovente, el dominio que tiene sobre la siguiente finca: “RÚSTICA” : Predio de terreno radicado en el barrio Guadiana del término municipal de Naranjito, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de TRES MIL NOVECIENTOS TRENTA PUNTO TRES MIL
NOVECIENTOS CINCUENTA Y SEIS METROS CUADRADOS (3,930.3956 me), equivalentes a UNA CUERDA (1.0000 cda). En lindes por el NORTE, en cuatro alineaciones de uno punto tres mil ciento veintidós metros (1. 3122 m.) , uno punto cinco mil trescientos noventa y dos metros (1.5392 m.), dieciséis punto cinco mil quinientos diez metros (lÍ6. 5510 m.) y diez punto ocho mil doscientos setenta y seis metros (10 .8276 M.) , con José Cruz Ortiz; por el SUR, en cinco alineaciones de 10.228m., 10,1984 m, 11.1560 m., 13,0314 m. y 6. 7480 m, con la carretera estatal 8826 y una alineación de 2 6. 34 67 m, con José Cruz Ortiz; por el ESTE, en dos alineaciones de 5.7428 y 8.6943 metros, con José Cruz Ortiz y en una lineación de 65. 4347 metros, con Carlos Estrada y Francisco Ortiz y por el OESTE, en una alineación de 73. 4263 metros con Francisco Ortiz. Alega la parte Peticionaria que adquirió la finca descrita mediante Resolución de declaratoria de herederos del 25 de febrero de 2005 y Relevo de Hacienda del 28 de marzo de 2023. Es abogado de la parte Peticionaria: LIC. JORGE M. DIAZ RODRIGUEZ, PO BOX 852, NARANJITO, P.R. 00719-0852, TELEFONO: (787) 869-4042, jorgemdiazrodriguez@gmail. com. Este Tribunal ordenó que se publique la pretensión por tres veces durante el término de veinte días en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que los que tengan algún derecho real sobre el inmueble descrito, las personas ignoradas a quienes pueda perjudicar la inscripción, y en general, a todos los que desearen oponerse, entre ellos los colindantes, puedan efectuarlo dentro del término de veinte días a partir de la última publicación del presente edicto. Por día 26 libro la presente en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy de 2024. Lcda. Laura I Santa Sanchez, Secretaria. Por: LUISA l. ANDINO AYALA, Sub-Secretario.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN ESTEBAN DE JESUS NIEVES SOTO Y VANESSA GASCOT MORENO EX-PARTE PETICIONARIOS Civil Núm.: BY2024CV03793. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL
PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: PERSONAS IGNORADAS, ELOY HUERTAS Y/O SUCN. ELOY HUERTAS Y MARTINA CRUZ ORTIZ, CAMINO ZOOLÓGICO, BUZÓN 1587, MAYAGÜEZ, PUERTO RICO 00682.
Por la presente se le notifica a usted que se ha presentado ante este Tribunal el expediente arriba mencionado, con el fin de justificar e inscribir a favor de la Promovente, el exceso de cabida que tiene sobre la siguiente finca: “RÚSTICA”: Predio de terreno radicado en el barrio Guadiana del término municipal de Naranjito, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial DOS MIL SEISCIENTOS SETENTA Y DOS PUNTO SETENTA Y NUEVE METROS CUADRADOS (2,672.79 m. c.), equivalentes a CERO PUNTO SEIS MIL OCHOCIENTOS CUERDA (0.6800 cda), y en lindes por el NORTE, con Eloy Huertas; por el SUR y OESTE, con remanente de la finca principal de la cual se segrega, y por el ESTE, con predio dedicado a uso público. Practicada la mensura correspondiente, la propiedad quedó con la siguiente descripción: “RÚSTICA”: Parcela de terreno de forma irregular, radicada en el barrio Guadiana del término municipal de Naranjito, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de CINCO MIL CIENTO OCHENTA Y NUEVE PUNTO OCHO MIL TREINTA Y CINCO METROS CUADRADOS (5,189.8035 m. c.), equivalentes a UNO PUNTO TRES MIL CINCUENTA Y DOS CUERDA (1.3052 cda), en lindes por el NORTE y ESTE, con doce alineaciones que suman ciento ocho punto cinco mil trescientos cincuenta y ocho metros, con Eloy Huertas; por el SUR, en cinco alineaciones que suman sesenta y nueve punto cuatro mil quinientos cuarenta y ocho metros, con camino municipal y por el OESTE, en seis alineaciones que suman ciento veinticinco punto cuatro mil quinientos ochenta y uno metros, con terrenos propiedad de Martina Cruz Ortiz. Alega la parte Peticionaria que adquirió la finca descrita mediante escritura pública de compraventa, ante el Notario Rafael A. Malavé Lebrón, el día 29 de abril de 2022, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico documento privado para el mes noviembre de 1998. Es abogado de la parte Peticionaria: LIC.
JORGE M. DIAZ RODRIGUEZ, PO BOX 852, NARANJITO, P.R. 00719-0852, TELEFONO: (787) 869-4042, jorgemdiazrodriguez@gmail.com. Este Tribunal ordenó que se publique la pretensión por tres veces durante el término de veinte días en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que los que tengan algún derecho real sobre el inmueble descrito, las personas ignoradas a quienes pueda perjudicar la inscripción, Eloy Huerta o Sucn. Eloy Huertas, Martina Cruz Ortiz, y en general, a todos los que desearen oponerse, entre ellos los colindantes, puedan efectuarlo dentro del término de veinte días a partir de la última publicación del presente edicto. Por tanto, libro la presente en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 2 de julio de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. LUIS ANDINO AYALA, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE AIBONITO DOMINGO RÍOS CRUZ SUCESIÓN ANA MARÍA LUNA MALDONADO T/C/P ANA MARÍA LUNA T/C/P ANA M. LUNA MALDONADO EX-PARTE PETICIONARIOS Civil Núm.: AI2024CV002714. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: PERSONAS IGNORADAS, SUCN. MANUEL MARTÍNEZ RIVERA, MARÍA DÍAZ Y/O MARTA DÍAZ Y SUCN. JUANA CRUZ REYES.
Por la presente se le notifica a usted que se ha presentado ante este Tribunal el expediente arriba mencionado, con el fin de justificar e inscribir a favor de la Promovente, el dominio que tiene sobre la siguiente finca: “RÚSTICA”: Predio de terreno radicado en el barrio Palomas abajo del término municipal de Comerío, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de DOSCIENTOS SETENTA Y CINTO PUNTO SIETE MIL OCHOCIENTOS OCHO METROS CUADRADOS (275.7808 m.c.), equivalentes a CERO PUNTO CERO, SE-
DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN
ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. KENNETH RAMOS MARTINEZ Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV01387.
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: KENNETH RAMOS MARTINEZ - COND BAHIA PLZ APT 1307 SAN JUAN, PR 009012441.
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, Kevin Sánchez Campanero cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kevin.sanchez@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, hoy día 25 de junio de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. NANCY I. GARCÍA FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE JUANA DÍAZ
SUCESIÓN DE SIXTO FLORES RIVERA COMPUESTA POR MELVIN, GLORIA,
RAMÓN, GUILLERMO, MIGUEL ÁNGEL, LOURDES, HERMINIA, MARTHA, CARMEN MARÍA, SIXTO Y GILBERTO DE APELLIDOS, FLORES ORTIZ
Demandantes V. JOSÉ LUIS FLORES ORTIZ
Demandado
Civil Núm.: JD2024CV00404. Sobre: LIQUIDACIÓN BIENES HEREDITARIOS. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
A: JOSÉ LUIS FLORES
RIVERA - 828 AMHERST STREET BUFFALO, NY14216.
POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá radicar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired.ramajudicial.pr/ sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá radicar el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notifique con copia a el abogado de la parte demandante: LCDA. MARJALIISA COLON VILLANUEVA
Abogada de la parte demandante
RUA: 17341
WENDELL W. COLON LAW OFFICE P.O. Box 7970
Ponce, Puerto Rico 00732 Tel. (787) 843-4168
Fax: (787) 840-1049
Email: mcolon@wwclaw.com
SE LES APERCIBE que, de no hacer sus alegaciones responsivas a la demanda dentro del término aquí dispuesto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, día 2 de agosto de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA
GENERAL. WALESKA E. RIVERA TORRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN DLJ MORTGAGE CAPITAL, INC.
Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE LEWIS PHILLIP RIVERA DIAZ, ET ALS.
Demandados
Civil Núm.: BY2024CV04292.
Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO.
Sala: 702. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE LA SUCESION DE LEWIS PHILLIP RIVERA DIAZ.
POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá radicar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá radicar el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notifique con copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, Lcdo. Roberto C. Latimer Valentín, al PO BOX 9022512, San Juan, P.R. 00902-2512; Teléfono: (787) 724-0230. En dicha demanda se tramita un procedimiento de cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca bajo el número mencionado en el epígrafe. Se alega en dicho procedimiento que la parte Demandada incurrió en el incumplimiento del Contrato de Hipoteca, al no poder pagar las mensualidades vencidas correspondientes a los meses de marzo de 2024, hasta el presente, más los cargos por demora correspondientes. Además adeuda a la parte demandante las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en que incurra el tenedor del pagaré en este litigio. De acuerdo con dicho Contrato de Garantía Hipotecaria la parte Demandante declaró vencida la totalidad de la deuda ascendente a la suma principal de $64,729.81, más intereses acumulados que al presente son a razón del 7.50% anual, desde el 1 de febrero de 2024, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y complete pago, más los cargos por demora que corresponden a los ploazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pactada de 5% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15 ) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, así como todos aquellos créditos y sumas que surjan de la faz de la obligación hipotecaria y de la hipoteca que la garantiza, incluyendo una suma equivalente al 10% de la suma principal ($5,535.00), por concepto de costas, gas-
tos y honorarios de abogado todo según pactado. La parte Demandante presentará para su inscripción en el Registro de la Propiedad correspondiente, un AVISO DE PLEITO PENDIENTE (“Lis Pendens”) sobre la propiedad objeto de esta acción cuya propiedad es la siguiente: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número Tres del Bloque “JM” situado en la Urbanización Levittown, unidad de planificación siete raya B, en el Barrio Sabana Seca de Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, con un área de trescientos diez metros cuadrados, con cincuenta centímetros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en trece metros cincuenta centímetros con Levitt and Sons Remnant; por el SUR, en trece metros cincuenta centímetros con Antonio Otero; por el ESTE, en veintitrés metros, con el solar número dos; y por el OESTE, en veintitrés metros, con el solar número cuatro. En este solar enclava una casa de cemento diseñada para una familia. Se segrega de la finca número 10,924, inscrita al folio 24 del tomo 165 de Toa Baja. Finca número 14,053, inscrita al folio 221 del tomo 232 de Toa Baja. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Bayamón. SE LE ORDENA a ustedes a que dentro del término legal de treinta (30) días, contados a partir de la fecha de notificación de la presente Orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia de la SUCESIÓN DE LEWIS PHILLIP RIVERA DIAZ. De no hacerlo dentro de dicho término, se dará la herencia por aceptada. SE LES APERCIBE que de no hacer sus alegaciones responsivas a la demanda dentro del término aquí dispuesto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictara sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Bayamón, Puerto Rico. A 5 de agosto de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MIRCIENID GONZÁLEZ TORRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA DE AGUADILLA HACIENDA DEL MAR
OWNERS
ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante Vs. RUBÉN SANTIAGO
TORRES, IRZA MARÍA BIGAS MELENDEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: AG2024CV00887. 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: RUBÉN SANTIAGO TORRES, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; IRZA MARÍA BIGAS MELENDEZ, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS. Siendo ustedes la parte demandada arriba mencionada, Se les notifica a ustedes que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la parte demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. Se les emplaza y se les requiere que notifiquen a GARRIGA & MARINI LAW OFFICES, C.S.P., P.O. Box 16593, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908-6593, teléfono (787) 275-0655, correo electrónico: jmartbirr@yahoo.com, copia de su contestación a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Ustedes deberán presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Si dejaren de contestar podrá anotarse la rebeldía y dictarse contra ustedes sentencia en rebeldía concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarles ni oírles. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, a tenor con la Orden del Tribunal, hoy día 6 de agosto de 2024. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. ZUHEILY GONZÁLEZ AVILÉS, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE MAYAGÜEZ BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. ROBERO AVILÉS SOTO,
JOAN MARIE CRUZ ACOSTA, JOHN DOE Demandados Civil Núm.: MZ2024CV01088. Sobre: SUSTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE SO ES DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. A: JOHN DOE COMO TENEDOR DESCONOCIDO DEL PAGARÉ por la cantidad de $90,000.00 a favor de First Equity Mortgage, Inc., endosado a favor de Citi Mortgage Inc., endosado posteriormente a Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, en el cual garantizada la hipoteca constituida por la escritura 390 otorgada el 23 de junio de 2005 ante el Notario Público Dianne M. Pérez Sebastián, inscrita al folio 81 del tomo 200 de Lajas, finca número 7,566, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de San Germán.
Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda incoada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Si usted deja de presentar y notificar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Los abogados de la parte demandante son. ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE
DEMANDANTE: Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández RUA Núm. 16,393 BERMUDEZ & DIAZ LLP Suite 209 500 Calle De La Tanca San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901
Tel.: (787) 523-2670
Fax: (787) 523-2664 rdiaz@bdprlraw.com
Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal, hoy 6 de agosto de 2024. LIC. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL IL. SRA. GUILLERMINA TORRES PAGÁN, SECRETARIA REGIONAL AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE GUAYNABO FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO
Parte Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE ALEJANDRINA MALDONADO MELENDEZ COMPUESTA POR CARMEN LYDIA RIVERA MALDONADO, JESUS DANIEL
SANTOS RIVERA, CARMEN ALEXANDRA
SANTOS RIVERA, ISMAEL GARCIA, JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS, ADMINISTRACION
PARA EL SUSTENTO DE MENORES Y CENTRO DE RECAUDACION
SOBRE INGRESOS
MUNICIPALES
Parte Demandada
Caso Civil Núm.: GB2021CV00574. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE TOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: JESUS DANIEL
SANTOS RIVERA, CARMEN ALEXANDRA
SANTOS RIVERA, ISMAEL GARCIA Y JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE ALEJANDRINA MALDONADO MELÉNDEZ.
POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda enmendada dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá radicar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá radicar el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notifique con copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, Lcda. Marjaliisa Colón Villanueva, al PO BOX 7970, Ponce, P.R. 00732; Teléfono: 787-843-4168. En dicha demanda se tramita un procedimiento de cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca bajo el número mencionado
en el epígrafe. Se alega en dicho procedimiento que la parte Demandada incurrió en el incumplimiento del Contrato de Hipoteca, al no poder pagar las mensualidades vencidas correspondientes a los meses de diciembre de 2020, hasta el presente, más los cargos por demora correspondientes. Además, adeuda a la parte demandante las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en que incurra el tenedor del pagaré en este litigio. De acuerdo con dicho Contrato de Garantía Hipotecaria la parte Demandante declaró vencida la totalidad de la deuda ascendente a la suma de $42,350.67 de balance principal, más los intereses sobre dicha suma al 7.00% anual, así como todos aquellos créditos y sumas que surjan de la faz de la obligación hipotecaria y de la hipoteca que la garantiza, incluyendo la suma estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La parte Demandante presentó para su inscripción en el Registro de la Propiedad correspondiente, un AVISO DE PLEITO PENDIENTE (“Lis Pendens”) sobre la propiedad objeto de esta acción cuya propiedad es la siguiente: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número uno (1) de la manzana N, en el plano de la Urbanización de Terrenos proyecto PRHA guión once (PRHA-11) Zenón Díaz Valcárcel, preparado por la Autoridad sobre Hogares de Puerto Rico y aprobados por la Honorable Junta de Planificación de Puerto Rico, radicado en el Barrio Amelia Sabana del término municipal de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de trescientos diecinueve punto cincuenta (319.50) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la calle número siete (7) del mismo plano, en una distancia de veinticuatro punto treinta y ocho (24.38) metros; por el SUR, con el solar N guión dos (N-2) del referido plano, en una distancia veinticuatro punto treinta y ocho (24.38) metros; por el ESTE, con el solar N guión tres (N-3), en una distancia de trece punto once (13.11) metros; y por el OESTE, con la calle número seis (6) del referido proyecto, en una distancia de trece punto diez (13.10) metros. Enclava casa. Inscrita al folio uno (1) del tomo setenta y cinco (75) de Guaynabo, finca número tres mil trescientos cincuenta y cuatro (3,354). Registro de la Propiedad de Guaynabo. SE LES APERCIBE que de no hacer sus alegaciones responsivas a la demanda enmendada dentro del término aquí dispuesto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, a 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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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA ALTA
WILFREDO HERNÁNDEZ BÁEZ
Demandante V.
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: TA2023CV01279. (Salón: 201B). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
ERIKA F. MORALES MARENGOEMARENGO16@YAHOO.COM.
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO - EDIFICIO ALTAMIRA POPULAR CENTER 1901 AVE.
JESÚS T. PIÑERO, OFICINA 860, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00920. FIRST BANK DE PUERTO RICOPO BOX 9146
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00908. JOHN DOE - DIRECCIÓN
DESCONOCIDA, TOA ALTA, PUERTO RICO, 00000. RICHARD DOE - DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA, TOA ALTA, PUERTO RICO, 00000.
A: JOHN DOE, RICHARD DOE. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 08 de 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 12 de agosto de 2024. En Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, el 12 de agosto de 2024. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MARITZA BONILLA HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUA-
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DILLA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V. ANIBAL ROSADO CRESPO Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: AG2024CV00428. (Salón: 601 CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. REGGIE DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZRDIAZ@BDPRLAW.COM. A: ANIBAL ROSADO CRESPO - DIRECCIÓN: 1 ESTANCIAS DE RIO GRANDE, RINCON, PR 00677; PO BOX 1218, RINCON, PR 00677. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 de 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 16 de agosto de 2024. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 16 de agosto de 2024. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. ARLENE GUZMÁN PABÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE JUANA DÍAZ
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. SAMUEL ESPADA VEGA Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SI2024CV00006. (Salón: 1 SALA SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GINA H FERRER MEDINA - LAWOFFICES. GINAFERRERMEDINA@GMAIL. COM.
A: SAMUEL ESPADA VEGA POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR ÉSTE Y CYNTHIA M. CRUZ SERRANO; P/C LCDA. GINA H. FERRER MEDINA.
(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 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 16 de agosto de 2024. En Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, el 16 de agosto de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ
QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. SANTA MELÉNDEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA
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PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. ÁNGEL VEGA
MIRANDA, DAPHNE RIVERA ORTIZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados Civil Núm.: VB2019CV00038. (201). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS (IN REM). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: PUBLICO EN GENERAL. El Alguacil del Tribunal que suscribe anuncia y hace constar: A. Que en cumplimiento del Man-
damiento que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor de contado y en moneda de curso legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América y cuyo pago se efectuará en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la Parte Demandada en el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación:
URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento número 103, del Condominio Chalets de la Playa Oeste, situado en el Kilómetro 10.3 de la Carretera Estatal Número 686, Barrio Puerto Nuevo, del Municipio de Vega Baja. Este apartamento está construido en hormigón reforzado. Tiene un nivel con su puerta de entrada por el lindero Oeste, y por ella se accesa a área común general del condominio. Este apartamento tiene un área total de 1,115.39 pies cuadrados equivalentes a 103.66 metros cuadrados. Linderos por el NORTE, en una distancia de 20’2”, equivalentes a 6.15 metros lineales, con área común general del condominio; por el SUR, en una distancia de 32’2”, equivalentes a 9.81 metros lineales con área común general del condominio; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 28’11” equivalentes a 8.82 metros lineales con área común general del condominio; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 45’10”, equivalentes a 13.97 metros lineales, con el apartamento número 104 y con área común general del condominio entre la que se encuentra el área de ubicación de la puerta de entrada al apartamento. Este apartamento consta de Sala, comedor, balcón, cocina, área de lavandería, tres cuartos con closets, dos baños y dos closets adicionales fuera de los cuartos. A este apartamento le corresponde el uso de un espacio de estacionamiento para dos automóviles, uno detrás del otro, identificado con el número 103 en el área de estacionamiento localizada al Norte del Edificio número uno del condominio. A este apartamento le corresponde una participación de 0.3411% en los elementos comunes del condominio. Inscrita al folio 21 del tomo 354 de Vega Baja, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Cuarta de Bayamón, finca número 26488. Dirección Física: 103 Apt. Chalets de La Playa, Vega Baja, PR. 00693. B. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado están de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables bajo el epígrafe de este caso. C. Que se entenderá que
todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. D. Que la propiedad se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes posteriores: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Doral Financial Corporation, haciendo negocios como HF Mortgage Bankers, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $43,000.00, con intereses al 6 5/8% anual, vencedero el día 1 de febrero de 2036, constituida mediante la escritura número 31, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 31 de enero de 2006, ante el notario Félix Javier Santiago García, e inscrita al folio 26 del tomo 442 de Vega Baja, finca número 26,488, inscripción 4ta. E. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma principal de $138,597.31, la suma de $3,303.99, por concepto de atrasos acumulados por la moratoria debido al paso del Huracán María, la suma de $12,716.62 que incluye intereses según pactados, cargos por demora y otros cargos, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de 10% del principal, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se celebrará el día 3 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en la Oficina del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Vega Baja, por el tipo mínimo de $172,000.00. De declararse desierta dicha subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 10 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado. El precio para la segunda subasta lo será 2/3 partes del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $114,666.67. De declararse desierta dicha segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 17 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado. El precio para la tercera subasta lo será 1/2 del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $86,000.00. Y PARA QUE ASÍ CONSTE, y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general y por un término de catorce (14) días en los sitios públicos conforme a la ley, expido la presente bajo mi firma y sello de este tribunal, hoy 19 de agosto de 2024, en Vega Baja, Puer-
to Rico. LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA, ALGUACIL PLACA #888, ALGUACIL CENTRO JUDICIAL DE VEGA BAJA #888. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS LUIS RAFAEL GRACIANI ROSA Y OTROS
Parte Demandante MULTINATIONAL INSURANCE CO.; UNICO AUTO CORP.; VIRGILIO CAR RENTAL; MARK ROBLES ENCARNACION ET AL Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CA2024CV02163. Sobre: DAÑOS Y PERJUICIOS A LA PROPIEDAD Y EMOCIONALES. 31 L.P.R.A. §§10801, EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A La Parte Demandada: MARK ROBLES ENCARNACIÓN - ULTIMA DIRECCIÓN CONOCIDA: 1131 7TH STREET, APT D306, WAITE PARK, MN 56387.
Por Ia presente se le notifica que se ha radicado Demanda en DAÑOS Y PERJUICIOS A LA PROPIEDAD Y EMOCIONALES. 31 L.P.R.A. §10801, se le emplaza y requiere que notifique a: Lcda. Mariemma Dorna-Llompart, 1353 Ave. Luis Vigoreaux, PMB 805, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00966, Teléfono: 787-413-0672, abogada de Ia parte demandante, con copia de la Contestación a Ia Demanda radicada, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a Ia publicación de este Edicto que se publicará una (1) sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico, por Orden del Tribunal. Se le apercibe a los efectos de que, si no contesta Ia demanda radicando el original de Ia contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente, con copia a Ia parte demandante, se le anotará Ia rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. La parte demandada deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando Ia siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en Ia secretaría del Tribunal. EXPEDIDO BAJO Ml FIRMA Y SELLO DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO, hoy
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16 de agosto de 2024. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ROSA M. VIERA VELÁZQUEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE AGUADILLA LAURA ESTHER
BORGES LOPEZ
Demandante Vs R.G MORTGAGE CORP
Demandados Civil Núm.: AG2024CV01322. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA. A: R.G MORTGAGE CORP.
Por medio del presente aviso se le notifica que la parte demandante ha radicado en su contra una demanda de Cancelación de Pagare Extraviado. Por la presente se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días a partir de la publicación del presente Edicto. Deberá usted presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC) al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal dentro del 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. La dirección postal de los Abogados de la parte demandante es: Ismael Pérez Nieves P.O. Box 534, Isabela, Puerto Rico 00662, teléfono (787) 872-1500 y su correo electrónico es perezcorderolaw@gmail.com. Se le advierte que este Edicto será publicado una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico y que de no contestar usted la demanda en el término anteriormente mencionado, se procederá a anotarle la Rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado de conformidad a la Ley, sin más citarle u oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Honorable Tribunal en la ciudad de Aguadilla, hoy a 9 de agosto de 2024. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARÍA VALENTÍN RAMÍREZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
“Blue Sky Towers Caribe, LLC would like to place on notice the following: 1) The proposed construction of an installation consisting of a 150’ (153’ including all appurtenances) monopole tower known as Quebradillas Vivero located at 18°27’27.90793” north latitude and 66°54’13.84332” west longitude near PR482, KM 0.2, Barrio Cocos, Quebradillas, Puerto Rico 00678 (no ASR included). 2) The proposed acquisition of an installation consisting of a 160’ (164’ including all appurtenances) monopole tower known as Barceloneta located at 18°24’54.59” north latitude and 66°34’50.28” west longitude near PR-664 KM 1.3, Barrio Florida Afuera, Barceloneta, Puerto Rico 00617 (no ASR included). 3) The proposed construction of a 120’ (124’ including all appurtenances) monopole tower known as Camino Los Ruiz (405.07’ ground elevation). If lighting is required the applicant will request the use of dual red/white, medium intensity lighting (but will ultimately use lighting/marking required by the FAA), located at 18°18’26.60425” north latitude and 65°57’54.73436” west longitude near State Road 852, Km. 4 Int., Camino Los Ruiz, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico 00976, ASR File #A1278560. The application for this proposed project can be viewed at www.fcc.gov/ asr/applications by entering the ASR file number. If you have environmental concerns about the proposed structure, a Request for Environmental Review may be filed with the FCC at www. fcc.gov/asr/environmentalrequest or by writing to FCC Requests for Environmental Review, ATTN: Ramon Williams, 445 12th St SW, Washington, DC 20554. The FCC strongly encourages interested parties to file Requests for Environmental Review online. Requests for Environmental Review may only raise environmental concerns and must be filed within 30 days of the date that notice of the project is published on the FCC’s website. If you have any concerns regarding historic properties that may be affected by the proposed undertaking(s), please contact: DeAnna Anglin, Lotis Environmental, LLC, at Legals@TheLotisGroup.com or (417) 840-5008. In your response, please include the proposed undertaking’s location and a list of the historic resources that you believe to be affected along with their respective addresses or ap-
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A Super Saturday when the stars played on and on at the US Open
By CINDY SCHMERLER
Throughout its 143-year history, the U.S. Open has produced memorable matches and compelling storylines.
There was the five-set semifinal victory for Manuel Orantes over Guillermo Vilas in 1975 in a late-night match in which Orantes saved five match points and then returned hours later to beat Jimmy Connors for the title.
There was the final in 1995 between Steffi Graf and Monica Seles that Seles lost in three sets after more than a two-year hiatus following a stabbing attack by a Graf fan. And then there was the Pete Sampras-Andre Agassi quarterfinal in 2001 where Sampras prevailed in four tiebreakers after midnight.
There was also the quarterfinal in 2008 between Venus and Serena Williams when Serena won 7-6 (6), 7-6 (7). And the five-set semifinal in 2011 between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic during which Djokovic rallied from two sets down and then saved two match points in the fifth before winning four straight games for the victory.
But no day in U.S. Open history carries more cachet than Super Saturday on Sept. 8, 1984. That day, fans and television audiences were treated to more than 12 hours of play in which each match stretched to the limits of durability and drama. For a single admission price, spectators got to see 16 sets, 165 games and 979 points.
“Today was probably the best day in the Open ever,” John McEnroe said shortly after he beat Connors in a nearly four-hour, five-set semifinal that didn’t end until after 11 p.m. McEnroe came back the next afternoon to beat Ivan Lendl to claim his fourth and final U.S. Open.
Super Saturday, as it was later called, began at 11:07 a.m. when Stan Smith and John Newcombe met in the semifinals of the men’s 35-and-over tournament.
“It was one of those historic days,” Smith said during an interview in July. “I remember it
John McEnroe in action at the U.S. Open on Sept. 8, 1984. The greatest day in tennis? Sept. 8, 1984, with its 165 games played over 12 hours, stands out. (José R. López/ The New York Times)
well. It was very hot during our match, but by the end of the night it was so cold that the concessions sold out of sweatshirts.”
Smith beat Newcombe, but that delayed the start of the first men’s semifinal between Lendl and Pat Cash, which ended three hours and 39 minutes later with Lendl saving a match point and winning 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4).
“From what I remember, he served and had a forehand volley crosscourt that he didn’t punch enough, and I got there and was able to hit a lob winner,” Lendl said of the match point by phone last month. After the match and his obligatory news conference, Lendl headed for his car without ever going back to the locker room to shower and drove to his home in Greenwich, Connecticut. There he had a massage and then
returned to the court at his home to hit against a left-handed practice partner in preparation for McEnroe.
As for Cash, who was just 19 at the time, he felt that he had played one of the best matches of his career.
“I had nothing to lose,” Cash said in July. “It was one of those small windows in your life when you come in carefree. And it ended up being one of those amazing days. You just didn’t know it at the time.”
Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert didn’t take the court until after 4 p.m. for their women’s final. That match also went the distance, with Navratilova prevailing 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to capture the second of her four U.S. Open titles.
Navratilova and Evert had no idea when they would begin their match. Evert remembered practicing around 11 a.m. and then sitting around “eyeball to eyeball” with Navratilova playing the game Boggle in a near-empty training room while keeping an eye on the compelling match between Lendl and Cash. Navratilova recalled that there was no pasta left in the players dining room, so she ate bagels that she brought from home. At one point she offered to share with Evert.
“Martina always had food,” Evert said by phone from Aspen, Colorado, this month. “Her racket bag was always full of food, and I was always mooching off her. It was really comical. We were like family in the locker room.”
Navratilova was not happy with the tournament scheduling that forced the women’s final to be sandwiched between two men’s semifinals.
“That was the hardest thing for women, not knowing when we were going to go on,” Navratilova said in July. “To go on after a men’s match is ridiculous because the spread is so big. But that’s how it was back then for TV because they didn’t trust that the women could carry the finals, so they had to have the men play back to back, Saturday to Sunday.”
McEnroe and Connors were forced to endure an endless wait before their match began. Unlike Evert and Navratilova, there was little friendliness in the locker room.
“By that time you’re talking about the semifinals, and it was pretty sparse in the locker room,” McEnroe said in July. “But it’s not as if I was chitchatting with Connors, especially because most of that year we weren’t even talking.”
By the time they entered Louis Armstrong Stadium at 7:28 p.m., few of the more than 20,000 fans had left, which electrified the atmosphere even more. When McEnroe finally beat Connors, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, it was 11:16 p.m.
Super Saturday was created, in large part, by Frank Chirkinian, then a CBS Sports producer. In 1983, the two men’s semifinals — straight-sets victories for Connors over Bill Scanlon and Lendl over Jimmy Arias — lasted barely four hours. The women’s final, in which Navratilova cruised past Evert, 6-1, 6-3, in just one hour and three minutes, meant that CBS was forced to fill about two hours of programming.
Chirkinian was determined that the network not suffer the same fate the next year, so he insisted on adding a match, in this case the contest between Smith and Newcombe. Bob Mansbach, then a producer for CBS’ late-night show, remembers the turmoil well.
“Frank figured that adding a match would guarantee CBS would have live programming from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., but the minute the matches started to run long, he grumbled that he needed Newk” — John Newcombe, one of the CBS commentators in addition to being a player — “on the air and needed the matches to go faster,” Mansbach said in an interview this month. “The big problem was that the network was supposed to air the season premiere of ‘Airwolf’ that night, but that wasn’t going to happen on the Eastern and Central time zones. So, we suddenly had to put together a three-hour highlight show that would satisfy the West Coast. It was bizarre, but it was also a tennis glutton’s fantasy.”
By the next year, the fourth match, the mixed doubles final, was played after the two men’s semifinals and the women’s final. In 2001, the women’s final between Venus and Serena Williams was moved to prime time and required a separate ticket for admission.
Both players and fans still recognized the value of that day 40 years ago.
“It was 12 hours, and every match went down to the wire,” Cash said. “And it was the old Louis Armstrong Stadium where the people were so close to you that you could actually run wide for a shot and then high-five everybody in the box. So the noise and atmosphere were just incredible.”
Evert said they knew it was a very special day. “Our match and then the quality of the men’s semis with the biggest names in tennis playing on the same day.” she said. “The way it turned out really made it an outlier.”
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