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Pierluisi: Campaign proposals on how to handle LUMA are the easy part
By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul1@gmail.com
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia said Tuesday that it is obvious that the issue of electric power is a matter of political-party campaigning. However, he added, while it is easy to make proposals, what is really difficult is to carry them out.
“It’s not a matter of a plan B, it’s a matter of everyone here … right now we are in an electoral process, so those who are aspiring to the governorship are making their proposals,” the governor said at a press conference.
“We will see who the people trust,” he added. “They make their proposals and we will see who prevails and what they achieve later.”
The governor stressed that while the two mainstream party candidates for governor -- Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón of the New Progressive Party (NPP) and Rep. Jesús Manuel Ortiz González of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) -- are busy presenting dueling proposals for what they will do about LUMA Energy, the embattled private operator of the island’s electric power transmission and distribution system, his administration is focused on constant oversight and supervision, especially with regard to the electrical system.
“We are working,” he said. “And the way we are dealing with this issue is by constantly supervising and inspecting. We are doing it and we will continue to do so until January 1.”
“Every time information reaches La Fortaleza about any pending issue in the electrical system, whether it be distribution, transmission, generation, we are there to follow up,” Pierluisi said. “Of course, those who do not have electricity, or even worse, do not have water, will be very upset and uncomfortable and we recognize that. But that is our function.”
In reference to the proposals related to LUMA that have emerged in the electoral context, the governor said “the issue of the proposals and that they [candidates] have been suggesting legislation, new entities, cancellation, but before cancellation I don’t know what … Everything they propose, those are proposals. And that, well, look, I am going to say that it is easy to propose.”
“What is difficult is to do,” Pierluisi emphasized. “And we are doing it within the law and order, within the contracts that have been awarded; we are doing our job.”
Regarding the future of the electrical system, the governor said “No one can be satisfied.”
“We are in the process of rebuilding it,” he said. “There are over 200 construction projects related to the electrical
grid and the generation plants. We are also following up on that.”
On Monday, Ortiz González said González Colón was being inconsistent with regard to LUMA Energy, saying that she accused the private grid operator of fraud, but insists on not canceling its contract.
A day earlier, González Colón had accused LUMA of fraud, but maintained that she is not going to act hastily to cancel the public-private partnership contract that took effect in June 2021.
“Jenniffer said, and I quote: ‘I believe that they [LUMA] are manipulating the data.’ To manipulate statistics is a fraud against the government,” Ortiz González said at a press conference. “That is to say, Jenniffer believes the company is committing fraud and that could mean violation of the state and federal law. If that’s the case, there must be consequences for those who engage in this illegal act. We should not permit maintaining such an onerous contract for the country.”.
He said he notified LUMA President & CEO Juan Saca about the actions he will take to cancel the company’s contract.
“Today I am giving LUMA notice that, as soon as I am elected governor, I will proceed with the immediate cancellation of the contract that they have today,” Ortiz González said. “I ask them on behalf of the people of Puerto Rico to begin the transition because they are leaving.”
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governor continued, quoting from his missive to Saca, ‘I indicate to you in this communication that I am sending you today, the gross, continuous, public and ascending non-compliance of LUMA’s contractual obligations with Puerto Rico and that this non-compliance has a cause date and its imminent departure begins on November 5, 2024. On that day, LUMA’s defenders will be defeated and they will be defeated by the people of Puerto Rico, who suffer everything from the terrible actions of LUMA’s performance. I will have the honor of carrying out the execution of the mandate at the polls to remove LUMA.’”
Ortiz González went on to list, again quoting his communique, “the following actions” he intends to take against LUMA as governor:
“‘Number 1, on January 30, 2025, I will be communicating to the members of the Transition Committee to resume control of the transmission and distribution of energy from your company in accordance with article 16 of the agreement between LUMA and the Public-Private Partnerships Authority,’” Ortiz González said. The candidate stressed in the notification
to Saca that the proposed transition “‘will not affect … the employees and supervisors’” who form the vast majority of the LUMA workforce, but rather those “‘who will be replaced by the action of our government, the executive layer that currently runs LUMA and that has failed Puerto Rico.’”
“‘These two operations that LUMA has are divided into an executive layer of six executives paid by LUMA funds and a group of Puerto Rican employees who work and are paid by public funds,’” Ortiz González said. “‘If you are an employee of LUMA, you have nothing to worry about. What we are going to see is changing that management and going through a process to guarantee the country an effective system.’”
“‘Number 2, I will order the Electric Power Authority to identify all of the repeated breaches by the LUMA company,’” Ortiz González continued. “‘I will demand that LUMA be investigated and based on the findings, we will request the imposition of a fine for article 6.36 of 10.57 of 2014 and which are contemplated by section 20.17 of your agreement. We will replace the limits that this law establishes today, which are arbitrary limits, to impose higher fines so that justice is done to consumers and I will take the claims to the ultimate consequences.
“‘Number 3, I will also order the Department of Consumer Affairs, and whoever is its secretary as of January 2025, to begin class actions to enforce consumer rights against LUMA. Claims for damages for purchases of damaged equipment and belongings will be promoted by my administration.’”
“If the government did its job, if it had done so a long time ago, this situation would not be as it is today,” added Ortiz González, who in his missive went on to detail some instances which in his judgment demonstrated that the company has failed to comply with its obligations to Puerto Rico.
As previously reported by the STAR, González Colón on Monday reiterated her position that the LUMA Energy contract, along with other public-private contracts implemented in the energy sector, would best be handled by a proposed energy “czar” who would be empowered by law to monitor contractors’ compliance with local laws and enforce the government’s
energy policy with respect to the contractors’ actions.
“When I talk about a czar, I’m talking about a specialized team that can do that job,” the NPP candidate for governor said. “Within the framework of the law, they are representatives of the government of Puerto Rico, because we’ve already seen that whoever is in the office of Public-Private Partnerships, well, they operate as an assistant. I don’t want an assistant, I want an overseer. Someone who is speaking for the interests of the people of Puerto Rico and who gives me, as governor, the tools to be able to put in line not only LUMA, but any government contractor that fails to comply with the people of Puerto Rico.”
González Colón noted that, if her oversight gathers sufficient evidence, she would consider canceling the contract with LUMA Energy.
The candidate added that the other major energy issue she would address early in her first term as governor is the conversion to natural gas and hydrogen of the island’s generation plants that still operate with Bunker C fuel.
New FDA-approved COVID vaccine available in Puerto Rico
By THE STAR STAFF
The Puerto Rico Department of Health announced on Tuesday the approval of a new formula for the COVID-19 vaccine by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The updated vaccine is designed to provide more effective protection against the most recent variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, including the KP.2 strain of the omicron variant.
The approved vaccine contains a monovalent component, specifically targeting the KP.2 strain. According to clinical studies, the new mRNA formulation has demonstrated an ability to induce a robust and long-lasting immune response, suggesting sustained protection against the disease.
“The new vaccine formulation remains a valuable tool in the global strategy to control COVID-19, in conjunction with other public health measures,” Chief Medical Officer Iris Cardona said in a written statement. “FDA approval underscores compliance with the highest standards of
safety and effectiveness, which is essential for its use in the general population.”
The Comirnaty and Spikevax vaccines, approved for people 12 and older, also have adapted versions for children ages six months to 11 years, developed by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech. The vaccine is especially recommended for people with compromised immune systems, older adults, and those with chronic health conditions, according to recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health Secretary Carlos Mellado López stressed that “although we have learned to live with COVID, it is important to remember that the threat has not disappeared.”
“We know that the virus continues to evolve, and our response must be equally dynamic,” he said.
This year, 94.99% of COVID-related deaths have occurred in people over 60 years of age. In addition, two deaths have been recorded in the 0-9 age group, one in the 10-19 age group and one in the 20-29 age group.
To coordinate home vaccination for bedridden people or to find the nearest vaccination center, citizens can call
787-522-3985 Monday through Friday, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. A list of available vaccination centers can be found at salud.pr.gov/programa_vacunacion .
In addition, the Test to Treat Center, located at Ramón Ruíz Arnau University Hospital in Bayamón, remains available from Monday to Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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New theater group in San Germán created to honor slain young thespian
By THE STAR STAFF
The deep love that the young San Germán actress Valerie Ann Almodóvar Ojeda, who was murdered on Dec. 17, 2018 in Ponce, felt for the world of theater led to the birth of the theatrical group Las Bambalinas at the Municipality of San Germán’s School of Fine Arts.
The 23-year-old actress, who was also a theater producer and even a chef, and who studied communications at a local university, did nothing less than plant seeds of love, faith and hope in so many hearts, San Germán Mayor Virgilio Olivera Olivera said.
“In San Germán we feel more than proud of the birth of this theater group,” said the mayor of the southwestern town. “We recognize, again, the huge contribution of Valerie Ann to the field of theater and of course the quality
FEMA to reimburse eligible entities for severe storm damage
By THE STAR STAFF
The Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency (FEMA) posted a public notice on its website on Tuesday describing its intent to reimburse applicants, such as municipal and state governments, and certain nonprofit organizations, for eligible costs to repair and/or replace facilities damaged by severe storms and flooding events that occurred from April 29 through May 10 of this year.
On July 23, President Biden signed a Major Disaster Declaration due to severe storms and flooding events that occurred from April 29 through May 10, which designated the municipalities of Adjuntas, Guánica, Lajas, Las Marías, Luquillo, Maricao, Naranjito, Orocovis, Sabana Grande, San Sebastián, Toa Alta, Utuado and Yauco in Puerto Rico as eligible to apply for FEMA’s Public Assistance (PA) and Hazard Mitigation (HM) Grants programs.
After a disaster declaration, FEMA is required to make the public aware of the implementation of PA and HM activities that may affect historic properties, and activities that are in or otherwise affect wetland areas or floodplains.
of daily life.”
“We have an unshakable commitment to the arts,” he stressed. Las Bambalinas came out of the “great passion that [Almodóvar Ojeda] always had for the theater,” said Nelson Josué Rivera Pagán, San Germán’s director of art and culture and a dance teacher. “Valerie Ann always illuminated our hearts and days with her spirit and her contagious joy, as well as her passion for the scenic art.”
“Her name is, certainly, our best tribute to her memory and this great dream to have a theater named ‘Las Bambalinas,’ next to us,” he said.
The body of Almodóvar Ojeda, who had been stabbed to death, was found in a neighborhood of Adjuntas soon after she was slain. Her murderer, a Ponce graffiti artist, was found guilty in 2021 and sentenced to 107 years in prison in 2022.
Alameda Towers complex in San Juan to undergo $110 million rehab
By THE STAR STAFF
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia announced on Tuesday the rehabilitation of the Alameda Towers I and II housing complex in San Juan, with a partial investment of $85 million in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery funds and a total cost of $110 million.
“My administration is committed to providing decent and safe housing for our families,” Pierluisi said in a written statement.
The project, focused on low- and moderate-income families, will modernize 300 apartment units and add facilities such as cisterns, generators and community spaces. In addition, it will meet current sustainability and energy efficiency standards.
Housing Secretary William Rodríguez Rodríguez highlighted that, through the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, six affordable housing projects have already been completed on the island, totaling 851 units, and projects totaling 3,100 more units are expected in the coming months.
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Flooding in Utuado in May. (Facebook via Policía Municipal de Utuado)
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi, at lectern, at Tuesday’s announcement. The project at Alameda Towers in San Juan, which is focused on low- and moderate-income families, will modernize 300 apartment units and add facilities such as cisterns, generators and community spaces. (Facebook via Governor Pierluisi)
Valerie Ann Almodóvar Ojeda (Facebook via Motinsitepegas)
Judge pauses Biden administration program that aids spouses in US illegally
By MIRIAM JORDAN, HAMED ALEAZIZ and SERGE F. KOVALESKI
Afederal judge in Texas temporarily blocked earlier this week a Biden administration program that could offer a path to citizenship for up to half a million immigrants in the country without legal permission who are married to U.S. citizens, ruling in favor of 16 Republican-led states that sued the administration.
Judge J. Campbell Barker of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued an administrative stay that stops the administration from approving applications, which it started accepting last week, while the court considers the merits of the case.
In suspending the initiative, Barker said the 67-page complaint filed Friday by the coalition of states, led by Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas, raised legitimate questions about the authority of the executive branch to bypass Congress and set immigration policy.
“The claims are substantial and warrant closer consideration than the court has been able to afford to date,” wrote Barker, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump.
The administration can continue to accept applications for the program, but can no longer approve them, according to the order. The suspension initially remains in place for 14 days while the parties submit arguments in the case; it could be extended.
The lawsuit is the latest in a series of legal actions that Texas has spearheaded challenging federal immigration policies.
The Biden administration program, called Keeping Families Together, drew sharp criticism from Republicans, who have made illegal immigration a central campaign issue this election cycle. In the lawsuit, the Republican-led states said that the program amounted to an “amnesty” for immigrants who are in the country unlawfully.
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said in an email statement Monday that the program “enables U.S. citizens and their family members to live without fear of separation, consistent with fundamental American values.”
Immigrants whose applications were approved before the judge issued the stay would not be affected by the ruling, the statement said, and spouses of U.S. citizens could continue to apply, though no approvals would be granted while the stay remains in effect.
The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The program eases legalization for immigrants married to Americans and have been living in the United States for more than 10 years. The potential beneficiaries have l been in the country for 23 years, on average, according to the Homeland Security Department.
Even though marrying a U.S. citizen generally provides a pathway to U.S. citizenship already, those who cross the Southern border illegally are required to return to their home countries to complete the green card process. Often, families remain separated for years during the process, which discourages immigrant spouses from seeking to adjust their status.
The new program allows them to bypass that step and stay in the United States while their application is adjudicated. If approved, they are granted a form of “parole,” which shields
them from deportation and allows them to receive work authorization. Once they have obtained legal permanent residency, beneficiaries become eligible, down the road, for U.S. citizenship.
The judge’s order Monday was swiftly rebuked by immigrant advocates and others who supported the policy.
“It is bad for the economy and against human decency to prevent people who have been here working and paying taxes, often for more than 20 years, and married to U.S. citizens, from obtaining legal status more quickly,” said Rebecca Shi, the executive director of the American Business Immigration Coalition, representing 1,400 CEOs of U.S. companies.
Earlier Monday, immigrant advocacy groups had filed a request with the court to participate in the lawsuit by bringing testimony from couples who would be harmed by a court ruling against the program.
“An order like this is an extreme measure that — by law — should only be taken in the most urgent of situations,” said Karen Tumlin, the director of the Justice Action Center, one of the groups that filed a motion to intervene.
Texas and the other 15 states in the lawsuit argued that their finances would be adversely affected because the program would allow immigrants without legal status to remain in the country.
Tumlin said Texas “has not been able to provide an iota of evidence” that it would be harmed by the policy.
“This is heartbreaking for our clients and the thousands of couples who hope to benefit from this process and be able
to live without fear that their family will be separated,” she said.
The program, unveiled by President Joe Biden in mid-June, is one of the most sweeping moves to help immigrants without legal status since Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA, was enacted in 2012 to protect immigrants who came to the United States as children.
The lawsuit contends that Biden’s program is illegal and incentivizes illegal immigration, and it accuses the administration of creating the program “for blatant political purposes.” The suit was filed by Texas and Idaho, along with 14 state attorneys general from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wyoming.
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President Joe Biden at an event marking the anniversary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals in the East Room of the White House in Washington, June 18, 2024. A federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, a Biden administration program that could offer a path to citizenship for up to half a million undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens, ruling in favor of 16 Republican-led states that sued the administration. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
Latino civil rights group demands inquiry into Texas voter-fraud raids
By EDGAR SANDOVAL
ALatino civil rights group is asking the Department of Justice to open an investigation into a series of raids conducted on Latino voting activists and political operatives as part of a sprawling voter-fraud inquiry by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
The League of United Latin American Citizens, one of the nation’s oldest Latino civil rights organizations, said that many of those targeted were Democratic leaders and election volunteers, and that some were older residents in their 70s and 80s. Gabriel Rosales, director of the group’s Texas chapter, said officers conducting the raids took cellphones, computers and documents. He called the raids “alarming” and said they were an effort to suppress Latino voters.
At a news conference Monday outside the attorney general’s offices in San Antonio, members of the group, known as LULAC, said they were filing a civil-rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice. Roland Gutierrez, a state senator, said he was requesting a state Senate investigation into the raids.
“You don’t go after our grandmothers,” Domingo Garcia, a LULAC leader, told reporters.
Campaign pins at the home of Lidia Martinez, an 87-year-old retired educator whose home was raided on Tuesday, Aug. 20, in San Antonio, Aug. 25, 2024. A Latino civil rights group is asking the Department of Justice to open an investigation into a series of raids conducted on Latino voting activists and political operatives as part of a sprawling voter fraud inquiry by the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton. (Christopher Lee/The New York Times)
The raids were carried out in counties near San Antonio and South Texas. In a statement last week, Paxton, a Republican, said they were part of an “ongoing election integrity investigation” that began two years ago to look into allegations of election fraud and vote harvesting. His office has said it would not comment on the investigation because it is still underway.
That investigation is being carried out by a unit in Paxton’s office, the election integrity unit, that was created after former President Donald Trump began making false claims of fraud after the 2020 election, and Republican-led states sought to crack down on supposed voter crime. Experts have found that voter fraud remains rare.
The actions by Paxton come as state Republican leaders push for greater scrutiny of election administration, particularly in Democratic-led cities. Audits have turned up administrative failures in places like Houston, but no widespread fraud.
Some Republicans have expressed concern that a surge in migrants arriving in recent years would lead to more noncitizens attempting to vote, but a top Texas election official said Monday that it had not happened.
“We have not seen any unusual activity,” Christina
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Adkins, the election director for the Texas secretary of state’s office, which conducted recent audits, said at a legislative committee hearing.
Even so, on Monday, Gov. Greg Abbott highlighted the number of noncitizens found to have voted in Texas — about 1,900 since 2021 — and said that the state would take action. “Illegal voting in Texas will never be tolerated,” he said in a statement.
The governor’s office said records related to the noncitizens who voted were being sent to Paxton’s office for investigation and potential legal action.
Rosales said that on Aug. 20 officers raided the home of Cecilia Castellano, a Democrat running against Don McLaughlin, the former mayor of Uvalde, for a state House seat, taking her cellphone.
Castellano described her experience as “very frightening” and said she still did not know why she was targeted. “This is all political,” she said.
Last week, officers also broke down a door to raid the home of Manuel Medina, who is a consultant for Castellano’s campaign and the chair of the Tejano Democrats, a group that pushes for Hispanic representation in the Democratic Party.
According to an affidavit used to seek the search warrant, an investigator obtained a recorded conversation in which Medina discussed collecting ballots, a practice known as vote harvesting, on behalf of Castellano. Court records show that agents with Paxton’s office spent seven hours at Medina’s house and seized numerous papers, documents, family and other photographs, as well as about 65 cellphones and 41 computers, digital and other storage devices.
A judge in Bexar County granted Medina a temporary protective order sealing the evidence obtained from his house and preventing investigators from reviewing it, based on Medina’s argument that it would “provide an unfair and
illegal advantage to the prying eyes of opposing political foes,” according to a court motion requesting the order. A hearing on the measure was set for Sept. 12. Gerry Goldstein, a lawyer representing Medina, said he would not have any additional comment.
Rosales of LULAC said he had received calls from nervous elderly residents who felt singled out by investigators. “It’s pure intimidation,” he said.
One of those residents was Lidia Martinez, an 87-year-old retired educator in San Antonio. She said she heard a knock on her door right before 6 a.m. Tuesday. She thought that maybe a neighbor needed milk and eggs, she said, and she fastened her sleeping gown and opened the door.
Nine officers, seven of them men, some with guns in their holsters, pushed open the door and marched past a living room wall decorated with crucifixes, she said.
“I got scared,” she recalled in an interview Sunday, speaking in English and Spanish. “They told me, ‘We have a warrant to search your house.’ I said, ‘Why?’ I felt harassed.”
Martinez said the officers told her they came because she had filled out a report saying that older residents were not getting mail ballots. “Yes, I did,” she told them. For 35 years, Martinez has been a member of LULAC, the civil rights group, helping Latino residents stay engaged in politics. Much of her work has included instructing older residents and veterans on how to fill out voter registration cards.
“I go to a lot of senior events; I explain to them what they have to do,” she said. “I’ve been involved in politics all of my life.”
The officers said they were looking for voter cards that residents had filled out, she said.
“I told them, I don’t have them here,” she said. The officers questioned her for about three hours, she said.
“They asked me about my entire life,” she said. They also asked her if she knew fellow LULAC members, Medina and area politicians. “I told them, ‘I haven’t committed any crimes,’” she said. Martinez has not been arrested or charged. Paxton’s office did not respond to a request for comment Sunday.
But in his statement last week, Paxton said the search warrants were connected to a referral from Audrey Gossett Louis, a district attorney from the 81st Judicial District, which includes Atascosa and Frio counties, where Paxton’s office conducted some of the raids. Efforts to reach Gossett Louis on Sunday were unsuccessful.
“Secure elections are the cornerstone of our Republic,” Paxton said. “We were glad to assist when the district attorney referred this case to my office for investigation. We are completely committed to protecting the security of the ballot box and the integrity of every legal vote. This means ensuring accountability for anyone committing election crimes.” Days after the raid, Martinez said she still felt shaken. But she said she remained committed to the cause.
“They wanted to intimidate me,” she said. “But this is important work.”
To stay relevant, a Spanish energy giant turns to waste
By STANLEY REED
In a narrow valley with steep sides near the ancient city of Cartagena, Spain, a team of 150 engineers has just finished building a plant that could be a game changer for Repsol, the Spanish energy company, and a bellwether for the transportation industry.
Emilio Mayoral, who manages the unit, said his colleagues were in the early days of brewing fuels for trucks and airplanes from what was formerly garbage. “It’s quite flexible,” he said. “We are currently using used cooking oil, but we can use other waste.”
Repsol says these alternative fuels will cut emissions by up to 90% compared with the petroleum-based products they will replace. The new fuels emit some carbon dioxide when consumed, but they are produced from plants and other organisms that absorbed carbon dioxide during their lifetimes, which is factored into the emissions calculation.
As an added benefit, this new generation of biofuel products performs as well as their fossil fuel counterparts, even in cold Northern European weather that creates problems for some fuels, Mayoral said.
Repsol, which is based in Madrid, is one of Europe’s largest energy companies, with 26,000 employees and more than 4,500 service stations as well as investments in renewable energy like wind and solar power. Repsol reported income of 1.6 billion euros (about $1.8 billion) for the first half of 2024.
Energy companies like Repsol are betting that advanced biofuels like the ones being made at the Cartagena plant will play an important role in transportation well into the future. They figure that airplanes and heavy trucks as well as a significant portion of the passenger car fleet will continue to be powered by liquid fuels like diesel and jet fuel, despite growth in the market for electrical vehicles.
Tightening regulations on emissions, they calculate, will force greater use of fuels that emit less carbon dioxide. Both energy companies and their customers consider biofuels — which can make use of large parts of existing infrastructure like gas station pumps and storage tanks — to be a practical and relatively inexpensive solution for navigating this technological and regulatory gantlet.
Until a cheaper, more convenient clean energy source for transportation emerges, “legislators don’t appear to have much choice but to continue to lean on biofuels,” said Charles Jans, vice president for consulting at Argus Media, a commodities research firm.
The International Energy Agency, a Paris-based policy research group, forecasts that consumption of these fuels will increase 20% globally by 2030.
Repsol anticipates that its home market, Spain’s Iberian Peninsula, will prove to be a kind of paradise for biofuels. Some of its rivals have closed traditional oil refineries, but Repsol plans to gradually retrofit its facilities to produce greener fuels from various forms of waste and, eventually, so-called e-fuels from gases like hydrogen and carbon dioxide.
In this way, the company is betting that it can continue to make profits from trading and processing oils, taking advantage of reduced competition and the higher prices that lower carbon fuels may bring.
“We are pushing very much not to close our refineries but to transform them,” said Luis Cabra, the company’s deputy CEO, who is a point person for Repsol’s energy transition. “We still believe in the internal combustion engine,” he added.
The new plant in Cartagena, a port city built around the ruins of a Roman-era theater, is the first big step in this makeover, which has been aided by research at Repsol’s laboratories outside Madrid.
Repsol spent 250 million euros grafting the new plant onto what had been a conventional refinery. Making use of existing facilities reduced the costs involved in the switch, Cabra said.
The overhaul at Repsol and other companies was prompted by European Union regulations intended to tackle climate change. For instance, energy companies like Repsol are required to supply airports with jet fuel that includes a growing proportion of what is known as sustainable aviation fuel — ingredients that did not come from fossils — starting with 2% in 2025 and rising to 70% by 2050.
A similar set of requirements exists for motor vehicle fuels, and the rules are complicated by other pri-
orities, like protecting the food supply and tropical forests.
As a result, the path to lower emissions faces dizzying complexity in the coming years. “It gives people a headache from the long-term planning and business management perspective,” said Jans of Argus.
The alternative fuels that companies like Repsol are proposing are a relatively easy way to meet the EU requirements because they give customers who purchase them green credentials with little effort. Drivers, for instance, can buy what is described as 100% renewable diesel at Repsol gas stations in Spain. The EU pegs the biodiesel market in the trading bloc at 31 billion euros.
That solution is particularly welcome in areas of transportation like aviation that, analysts say, will face decades of difficulty in their conversion to new energy sources like electricity or hydrogen.
For airlines, the so-called sustainable aviation fuel that Repsol will be brewing from waste in Cartagena looks like a much easier way to comply with tightening European standards.
“It’s like magic,” said Teresa Parejo Navajas, head of sustainability at the Spanish airline Iberia. “You can use it in the same aircraft with the same engines and the same airport infrastructure.”
But questions about the availability and sourcing of the waste ingredients like cooking oil are potential stumbling blocks for the industry.
Some environmentalists are skeptical about how green the new fuels will be, saying, for instance, that the ingredients will probably need to be transported from around the world, which will create emissions in the process.
“It’s going to be very difficult to get enough oil,” said Javier Andaluz, coordinator of climate and energy at Ecologistas en Acción. “Even if they took used oil from all the restaurants in Spain, it wouldn’t be enough.”
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The Madrid headquarters of Spanish energy company Repsol. (Wikipedia)
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Wall Street ends up as investors focus on Nvidia results
The S&P 500 ended higher on Tuesday ahead of a much-anticipated quarterly report from Nvidia on Wednesday and economic data expected later in the week that could give clues about the path of interest rate cuts.
Heavyweight tech-related stocks were mixed, with the focus on upcoming results from Nvidia, the chipmaker at the center of Wall Street’s rally in AI-related stocks.
Nvidia’s shares climbed and it was the most traded company on U.S. stock exchanges, according to LSEG data.
Up 159% in 2024, Nvidia is viewed as the biggest winner so far from AI technology, and its results follow recent concerns about increases in already hefty spending by Microsoft, Alphabet and other heavyweights in their race to dominate emerging AI technology.
“There’s a really, really high bar to clear for not just Nvidia’s earnings and guidance, but the story they tell about the state of AI that kind of lifts the tech sector out of its recent funk,” said Ross Mayfield, investment strategy analyst at Baird.
According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 gained 9.26 points, or 0.16%, to end at 5,626.10 points, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 29.82 points, or 0.17%, to 17,755.58. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 14.61 points, or 0.04%, to 41,255.13.
Data on Tuesday showed U.S. consumer confidence rose to a six-month high in August, while consumers also became more anxious about the labor market after the unemployment rate jumped to near a three-year high of 4.3% last month.
Investors will look to July Personal Consumption Expenditure data due on Friday for additional hints at the potential pace of rate cuts.
Traders are now betting on an interest rate cut of either 25 or 50 basis points in September, according to CME Group’s Fed Watch tool.
Meanwhile, UBS Global Wealth Management raised the odds of a U.S. recession to 25% from 20%, citing weakness in the labor market.
Paramount Global slid after Edgar Bronfman Jr. abandoned his bid for the company, clearing the way for Skydance Media to take control of Shari Redstone’s media empire.
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MOST ASSERTIVE STOCKS
Tesla fell after Canada said it will impose a 100% tariff on the imports of Chinese electric vehicles. The duties apply to all EVs shipped from China, which would include those made by Tesla.
Super Micro Computer declined after short seller Hindenburg Research said it had a short position in the AI server maker.
The PHLX Housing index lost after data showed single-family home prices fell in June as higher mortgage rates weighed on demand.
Markets are anticipating an imminent start to the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy easing, after Chair Jerome Powell said on Friday the central bank was ready to start cutting rates.
The benchmark S&P 500 and Nasdaq edged higher in choppy trading while the Dow traded lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.12% to 41,189.90, the S&P 500 gained 0.09% to 5,621.87 and the Nasdaq Compos-
ite gained 0.09% to 17,741.59.
European stocks finished up 0.16% , following a late rally in Japan’s Nikkei index, which ended 0.47% higher. MSCI’s all-country index of stocks <.MIWD00000PUS > was up 0.02% at 830.22.
Gold traded above $2,500 per ounce on rate cut expectations and lingering concerns about the Middle East conflict, exacerbated by a major missile exchange between Israel and Hezbollah on Sunday.
Middle East tensions - along with concerns about a potential shutdown of Libyan oil fields - had led to a surge in oil prices of more than 7% over the previous three sessions. However, that rally lost steam on Tuesday, with a slight dip in prices. [O/R]
Investors were also on edge ahead of Nvidia’s earnings report on Wednesday, where anything short of a stellar forecast from the chipmaker could jolt investor confidence in the AI-fuelled rally.
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Russia launches deadly new wave of missiles and drones at Ukraine
By ANDREW E. KRAMER and MATTHEW MPOKE BIGG
Russia launched a fresh wave of predawn missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and several other large Ukrainian cities Tuesday, the second day of a deadly, far-reaching bombing campaign that comes as Moscow fights to fend off a Ukrainian offensive on Russian soil.
The early-morning barrage hit a hotel in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, killing four people and wounding several others, according to the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Serhiy Lysak, who posted photographs showing the ruins of the hotel. Local authorities said two people also were killed in the city of Zaporizhzhia and that debris from downed missiles or drones sparked small fires in the capital, Kyiv.
Despite the bombardments of the last two days, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at a forum in Kyiv that he would press ahead with a diplomatic strategy to start talks.
Russia has over the past year fired large volleys roughly once a month in attempts to overwhelm Ukraine’s air defense systems with drones and missiles launched from multiple directions.
Many areas close to the front lines in Ukraine come under daily assault from Russian forces. But this week’s strikes have revived a broader sense of fear among civilians in bigger cities as air raid sirens blare, and drones and missiles tear into hotels and residential buildings. Attacks on energy infrastructure have disrupted water and power supplies, deepening the hardships of war.
“It was hard yesterday,” said Samir Mamedov, 33, a Kyiv resident who works in business development. “We were running to the shelter because it was a big bombing.”
But he added that people in his circle were now accustomed to the conflict. “Last year we thought that the war would be finished soon, but everyone is getting used to the idea that this war is not going to end,” he said.
The barrage that began Monday comes at a tumultuous moment, just three weeks after Ukraine launched an incursion into the Kursk region of southern Russia.
At a forum featuring military and government leaders Tuesday, just hours after the attacks, Zelenskyy laid out looming challenges for Ukraine and what he described as a fourpronged strategy of diplomacy and military ef-
People, who fled their villages outside the city, at a humanitarian hub in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. Russian troops are approaching the outskirts of the city of Pokrovsk, a stronghold and logistics hub for the Ukrainian Army in the eastern Donetsk region. (Nicole Tung/The New York Times)
forts to bring Russia to the negotiating table.
The diplomatic track is aimed at enlisting the broadest support possible among nations for Ukraine’s negotiating positions before a planned summit in November, to which Russian representatives will be invited, Zelenskyy said. Ukraine is also seeking security guarantees from allies, including a request to join NATO.
Militarily, Zelenskyy said, Ukraine has taken the initiative with an incursion into Russian territory. As a fourth point, he cited economic measures without elaborating.
Zelenskyy said he would present that plan to President Joe Biden at a meeting in September. He also invited the Democratic and Republican nominees, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, to review the strategy.
Still, he said, for now there were no indications that President Vladimir Putin of Russia intended to end the war through negotiations, and pointed to the missile barrage that hit Ukraine this week as a sign Russia does not want talks. Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said Monday that, after the Ukrainian attack into Russia, the topic of talks had “lost its relevance.”
Zelenskyy conceded that the incursion into Kursk had not caused Russia to withdraw forces now fighting in eastern Ukraine and
move them to the defense of Kursk. Russian troops are approaching the outskirts of the city of Pokrovsk, where residents were packing and evacuating Tuesday.
“This operation did unveil certain matters, political as well,” Zelenskyy said of Ukraine’s surprise attack into Russia. “It started showing the Russian public it is more important for Putin to grab a town they’ve never heard about somewhere in Ukraine than to defend his own territory,” he said. “It gradually opened many eyes.”
Analysts have suggested a different possibility: that the incursion could have a rallyaround-the-flag effect for Russians.
The commander of Ukraine’s armed forces, Oleksandr Syrsky, speaking at the same forum in Kyiv as Zelenskyy, said Tuesday that Ukraine has taken control of 100 settlements in Kursk. Russian authorities have repeatedly insisted the situation was under control and that its forces were repulsing the attack. The claims could not be confirmed independently.
Putin had promised a decisive response, and Peskov reiterated that message Monday, saying Russia would inflict “an appropriate response.”
It was unclear whether the attacks this week constituted that retaliation.
Zelenskyy vowed Tuesday to “pay Russia back” for the strikes.
“Crimes against humanity cannot be committed with impunity,” Zelenskyy said in a post on Telegram.
Since the incursion into Russia began, Ukrainian troops have gone beyond Kursk to the neighboring region of Belgorod. On Tuesday, the regional governor of Belgorod, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said Ukrainian forces had launched 23 drones and dozens of munitions at towns and villages in the area over the past 24 hours.
He also claimed there were reports of Ukrainian troops trying to break through the border in the region, the Russian state news agency Tass reported, saying the situation remained “difficult but under control,” without elaborating. That claim could not be independently verified and there was no immediate comment from Russia’s Ministry of Defense or from Ukrainian officials.
Ukraine’s air force said it had shot down five cruise missiles and 60 exploding drones, suggesting that Tuesday’s assault may have been smaller than the one the previous day, when Russia launched more than 200 drones and missiles. Zelenskyy called Monday’s attack “one of the largest” his country has faced since Russia’s invasion began 30 months ago.
On Tuesday, air alarms went off throughout most of the country. In Kyiv, a loud explosion echoed in the downtown area around dawn. The city’s military administration said the capital was under a “combined rocket and drone attack of the enemy,” and authorities later said falling debris from intercepted missiles or drones had set grass on fire in two city parks.
Ukraine relies on Soviet-legacy interceptors, which it had in great numbers before the invasion in 2022, and an array of Westernprovided air defenses to shoot down incoming missiles and drones. They include longrange Patriots; the midrange NASAMS; and short-range, shoulder-fired Stingers, intended to prevent missiles from slipping through to hit targets.
Ukraine, though, has been attempting to ramp up its domestic military production to make itself less reliant on supplies from NATO allies.
Zelenskyy told journalists Tuesday that the country’s defense industry had created and tested Ukraine’s first domestically produced ballistic missile. He gave no further details, and the claim could not be independently verified.
On luxurious Ibiza, essential workers are forced to live in tent cities
By BENJAMIN CUNNINGHAM
At 1,900 euros a month, the rent was not cheap. But Alicia Bocuñano still felt fortunate to find an apartment on Ibiza at that price. As a taxi driver pulling 16-hour days, Bocuñano, a single mother who grew up on this Spanish island, figured that a surplus from the busy summer months might be enough to make the rent. But her would-be landlord wanted six months of rent plus a security deposit upfront — close to 14,000 euros (about $15,300) in one shot. Though not quite legal in Spain’s tightly regulated rental sector, such demands are common on Ibiza, where wealthy tourists fill beachfront hotels and glittering dance clubs while the people who work in those places — not to mention the island’s teachers, firefighters and other essential workers — can’t find a place to live.
In lieu of a new apartment, Bocuñano, 38, spent a frightening two weeks sleeping in her car, then three months in a tent with her 10-year-old son, Raúl, by her side, before buying a used caravan in June. For a couple of months, she stationed the Caravelair-brand trailer in Can Rova, an ad hoc village of tents, shacks and campers on the outskirts of Ibiza Town, the island’s capital, just behind a dealership selling expensive powerboats. “When we first came here it was cold,” she said. “Like, very cold.”
Tent cities began popping up here in 2023, but they have mushroomed in size and number this year. Can Rova, the largest of three major camps in and around the capital, was home to some 280 people this summer. On a recent July night, six people and a dog were bedding down on the floor in Bocuñano’s caravan.
Many Can Rova residents said that, with nowhere else to go, they hoped to stay indefinitely. But on July 31, police made good on a court order to clear the camp, which had been erected on private land. (The owner is embroiled in an array of zoning and legal disputes.) Many said they planned to relocate to one of the other camps, even as those sites lacked the electricity, water and perimeter fence that made Can Rova accommodating.
Bocuñano was detained by police during the mass eviction and may face a fine. In much of the world, homelessness correlates with a lack of work. But not on Ibiza, where the jobs are plentiful and the booming tourism sector depends on itinerant workers (with varying immigration status). Though seasonal labor has long strained the housing supply for a few months
buyers who want to live on the island yearround. “Ibiza is a good investment because the prices never stop rising,” Pérez said. Land will always be limited on a 220-square-mile island, but there is an emerging consensus that government intervention is needed. In the town of Santa Eulària des Riu, where Can Rova was located, City Hall plans to allocate 54,000 square feet of public land for housing construction over the next few years. Policy documents call for increased emphasis on the construction of multifamily dwellings and a crackdown on illegal short-term rentals.
Carmen Ferrer Torres, Santa Eulalia des Riu’s conservative mayor, points to plans to break ground on the construction of 60 smaller rental apartments — a fraction of the units needed to ease the strain.
each year, the shortage now looks more structural.
“People who work every day to care for their children have no place to live,” Bocuñano said.
The rise of remote work and a surge in short-term rentals have erased many apartments from the market, compounding existing shortages caused by land-use restrictions on an island prized for its natural beauty, and by poor public policy that followed the burst of Spain’s housing bubble in 2008.
“It is fundamental,” said Carme Trilla, an economist and former director of housing policy for Catalonia, the Spanish region on “the peninsula,” as islanders are wont to say. “By definition they have to live there, and it’s not only price but also availability that is a problem.”
Ibiza’s deepening housing crisis came slowly at first, and then all at once. The island’s brand — “sun, beaches, nightlife,” as one broker put it — blossomed in the 1960s and ’70s as bohemians congregated on this Balearic Island. The flower children gave way to disco, and bell bottoms were pushed off the dance floor in the 1980s and 1990s by rave culture. By the 2000s, Ibiza had secured its reputation as a mecca for electronic music and luxury escapism.
“It is the only place in the world where you can see the top DJs in the world in top venues every night,” said Yann Pissenem, CEO and owner of the Night League, parent company to Ushuaia and Hi, two of the island’s hottest clubs.
The island’s year-round population of
160,000 is double what it was 20 years ago and growing. During peak summer months, more than 1 million people make merry on the island at any given time, with upscale tourism putting still more pressure on housing.
Ibiza is an extreme example of a larger phenomenon in Spain, where about 12% of the gross domestic product comes from tourism. A recent report found that in 306 cities and towns considered tourism draws, rents are an average of 75% higher than the national average — the largest gap ever. Already this summer, thousands of protesters have turned up in other vacation spots including Malaga, Mallorca and the Canary Islands to demonstrate against the excesses of tourism.
Trilla, who now runs Habitat 3, a foundation that works to facilitate subsidized housing, said that on Ibiza, the crisis has been intensified by a new spate of discount airline connections to European capitals, and by more online platforms renting apartments to foreign visitors. The median price for a home on the island is now 558 euros a square foot — three times the national average and more than double the average in Madrid and Barcelona.
Three-quarters of prospective buyers on Ibiza are looking for a second home, while another 15% want an investment property, said Paloma Pérez Bravo, CEO of Sotheby’s International Realty in Spain. So on an island with inadequate housing and limited buildable land, many homes sit vacant for much of the year. And since the pandemic, she added, there’s been more demand from
“These are important, urgent problems with solutions that will take longer than we have,” the mayor said. In the meantime, her party also advocates further liberalizing rental markets, betting that streamlined evictions for scofflaws could free up stagnant housing stock. Ferrer was on site supporting the July 31 clearance of Can Rova.
But for Trilla, the housing economist, the big picture solution is clear. “It’s necessary to prioritize public housing for essential workers,” she said, adding that the problem is not just housing but the price of land. Basically, public money is needed to buy private property at market prices.
She pointed to a series of policies in Barcelona, the Catalonian capital, that might ease short-term housing supply, including one that would temporarily loosen zoning rules so officials could break up single-family homes into multiple apartments. Barcelona is also phasing out short-term rentals of the type offered by platforms like Airbnb. They will be virtually banned by 2028.
On the private side, successful business owners like Pissenem, the club impresario, are wrestling with the crisis. His company has begun helping its seasonal workers find accommodations. “We all need to figure out a way to help the people that hold the island in their hands,” he said. For now, Ibizans like Bocuñano wonder where their next home may be. For the first couple of nights after the Can Rova raid, she stayed on a friend’s couch. Her son is staying with her mother on the other side of the island. She was briefly allowed back in to Can Rova to get her personal possessions, including her caravan, but needed to borrow a vehicle to tow it.
From there, she said, “I am going to recover and put the pieces back together.”
From left, Jonathan Sánchez and Sandra Velázquez, in front of their tent where they live at the Can Rova camp, in Ibiza, Spain, on July 12, 2024. The Spanish island fills beachfront hotels and glittering dance clubs with wealthy tourists, but its teachers, firefighters and police officers can’t find a place to live. (Edu Bayer/The New York Times)
Inflation is fading, statistically and politically
Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, speaks at a news conference in Washington on Nov. 1, 2023. Powell has made it clear that the Federal Reserve will cut rates on Sept. 18, 2024, as the central bank turns the corner in its fight against inflation. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Last week was full of speeches. Most of those that attracted national attention were at the Democratic National Convention, culminating in Vice President Kamala Harris’ big moment on Thursday. But there was another important speech on Friday: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s talk at the Fed’s annual shindig in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Yes, Powell’s remarks were of particular interest to investors looking for clues about future monetary policy. But even though his speech was rigorously apolitical, it had important political implications. For what we’re seeing, I’d argue, is inflation fading away — not just in the data, but also as a political issue. And that, of course, is very good news for Democrats.
About Powell’s speech: He noted that the inflation rate has declined a lot since it peaked in 2022 and expressed confidence that it’s on track to reach the Fed’s target of 2% — and why it’s getting there without the mass unemployment some economists had claimed would be necessary. Falling inflation all but guarantees that the Fed will cut interest rates at its Open Market committee meeting next month, although the size of the anticipated cut is uncertain.
What has brought inflation down? Like many economists, myself included, Powell believes that inflation was largely caused by “pandemic-related distortions” and that “the unwinding of these factors took much longer than expected but ultimately played a large role in the subsequent disinflation.”
Although Powell didn’t and couldn’t say so explicitly, this analysis implicitly exonerates the Biden administration. Many people, like Elon Musk — who, after demonstrating his political acumen last year by boosting Robert Kennedy Jr., has lately decided that he’s an expert on macroeconomics — attribute inflation to Biden-era government spending. Powell’s
discussion suggests, however, that fiscal policy played at most a distinctly secondary role.
But few voters follow Fed speeches; won’t they continue to blame Democrats for inflation?
Not necessarily. Surveys suggest that the political salience of inflation and the economy in general have been fading. It’s probably too late to convince voters that Democrats have done a good job managing the economy, even though that’s objectively the case — overall, America has outperformed other wealthy nations, achieving exceptionally high growth without exceptionally high inflation. But the economy is looking less and less like the, um, trump card Republicans were counting on.
Now, public opinion on the economy is peculiar. The widely cited University of Michigan survey of consumer sentiment continues to show a more negative view of the economy than one might expect given fairly low inflation and low unemployment. But it also shows respondents saying, by a 3-point margin, that Harris is a better candidate for the economy than Donald Trump.
This is a big shift from earlier this year, when respondents favored Trump over President Joe Biden by a substantial margin. This turnabout fits with a Financial Times survey — conducted before the Democratic convention — showing Harris more trusted on the economy than Trump.
To be fair, various other polls still show Trump ahead on economics, but his advantage has been declining. And a new YouGov survey shows Harris favored over Trump on the costs of health care, housing and food. The same pollster showed Trump with an 18-point advantage on inflation in early July.
Naturally, I’m eager to see what these numbers will look like in surveys taken after the Democratic convention, and especially after the Fed cuts interest rates, signaling its belief that inflation is under control.
Why are the politics of inflation shifting? Again, most voters don’t study Federal Reserve speeches; but the growing consensus among experts that inflation was mainly about the pandemic, not Biden policy, may finally be filtering through. So, too, may warnings that Trump’s proposed tariffs — which Harris correctly characterized as a “national sales tax” — would raise consumer prices.
Also, replacing Biden with Harris as the Democratic nominee may be helping voters put the inflation shock of 2021 and 2022 behind them and focus on the reality of low inflation over the past year. Consumers’ expectations of future inflation are back to prepandemic levels.
And I’d like to believe, although this may be wishful thinking, that Trump is being hurt by the sheer outlandishness of his claims. When he says that the price of bacon has gone up “by four or five times,” he demonstrates to anyone who actually buys groceries that he’s out of touch with the reality of Americans’ lives.
Whatever the explanation, inflation seems to be losing its value as a political cudgel. People still complain that
things cost more than they used to (and many don’t accept economists’ arguments that trying to roll back price levels would be a bad idea), but Republican scaremongering on the issue is getting stale.
Obviously, nobody knows what will happen on Election Day. But there’s growing evidence that inflation, which has fallen substantially over the past two years, may matter much less for the election than many observers expected.
Dr. Ricardo Angulo
Miss Teen World Puerto Rico busca nuevas reinas en “Casting Tour”
La Organización Miss Teen World Puerto Rico se complace en oficializar la apertura de las inscripciones para la edición número 21 del certamen juvenil de más prestigio en Puerto Rico.
Esta organización se da a la tarea de buscar las nuevas representaciones para el año 2025 luego de obtener el título mundial del Miss Teen Mundial 2024 de manos de la cagüeña, Juliana Rivera Larsen el pasado 3 de agosto en El Salvador. La organización trabaja con varios títulos entre ellos el Teen Global y Teen Universo.
El Sr. Carlos Figueroa Figueroa, Presidente, hizo expresiones ante la nueva etapa que esta por comenzar: “Como presi-
dente de “Miss Teen World Puerto Rico”, me siento orgulloso de ser parte de un certamen que trasciende la mera búsqueda de la belleza. Este evento se ha consolidado como una plataforma de impacto significativo para cientos de jóvenes puertorriqueñas, cuyo principal objetivo es inculcar valores, forjar líderes y empoderar a la juventud a través del desarrollo de una sana autoestima y amor propio. Desde su creación, “Miss Teen World Puerto Rico” ha promovido una visión de bienestar presente y futuro, sembrando las semillas de la sana competencia, el compañerismo y el orgullo patrio en las jóvenes que participan. Nos hemos convertido en el certamen de adolescentes más importante del país, donde la belleza e intelecto de las candidatas brillan en un espectáculo de calidad y profesionalismo. En estas dos décadas, hemos hecho historia. Nuestra “Escuela de las Reinas” ha sido el punto de partida para muchas jóvenes que han representado a Puerto Rico en el ámbito internacional. Nombres como Karla Guilfu Acevedo, Michelle Colón y Danna Hernández son solo algunos ejemplos de reinas que han dejado una huella imborrable, destacándose en plataformas como Miss International, Miss Supranational, Miss Cosmo, Miss Grand y Miss Universe. Hoy, quiero invitar a todas las jóvenes entre 14 y 20 años que deseen formar parte de esta maravillosa experiencia a que se inscriban para la edición 2025. La oportunidad de crecer, aprender y brillar está a solo una llamada de distancia”.
Para mas información pueden comunicarse al (939) 639-4499 o seguir en las redes sociales: Facebook: Miss Teen World Puerto Rico e Instagram: missteenworldpuertorico.
Anímate. Tú puedes ser la nueva embajadora de la belleza juvenil puertorriqueña, siendo parte de la edición 2025 del Miss Teen World Puerto Rico…¡Bienvenidas a La Escuela De Las Reinas!
Juliana Rivera Larsen, Miss Teen World Puerto Rico 2024 y Miss Teen Mundial 2024.
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5 horror movies to stream now
By ERIK PIEPENBURG
This month’s picks feature a zombie romance, a drug trial from hell and deathly prehistoric evil.
‘Lisa Frankenstein’
Lisa is a lot like I was in 1989: She lives with her middleclass family in the suburbs, loves staying up late to watch horror movies and has a crush on a cute boy with bangs.
What Lisa (a biting Kathryn Newton) has that I didn’t back then is a boyfriend, played here by Cole Sprouse with dreamy bad-boy appeal. Sure, he’s from the 19th century. Yes he has a too-quick temper and his tears smell “like a hot toilet at a carnival.” But he’s a devoted protector who listens well and never talks, and who wouldn’t want a boy like that, even if he is undead?
That’s the playful setup to Zelda Williams’ big-hearted, “Pretty in Pink”-meets-“Re-Animator” dark comedy. With snark and whimsy, Williams and screenwriter Diablo Cody (“Jennifer’s Body”) put a playfully macabre spin on the Frankenstein legend that doubles as a subversive exploration of the universal desire to be loved and understood. Add in a soundtrack that includes the Violent Femmes and the Chameleons, and this cheerfully twisted film is one heck of a Gen Xer’s dream stream. (Stream it on Amazon Prime Video.)
‘Double Blind’
For his feature debut, Irish director Ian Hunt-Duffy starts with a reliable horror convention: He puts a bunch of strangers in a room, introduces a monstrous premise, turns the stakes up to 11 and lets the devil take over. The result is a tense, 90-minute killer-thriller of David Cronenberg-style body horror and science fiction dystopia.
Claire (Millie Brady) volunteers at an antiseptic, bunkerlike clinic for what appears to be a routine pharmaceutical trial with a group of other young people who look like they’ve put their bodies on the line for money this way before. The pill-
popping goes normally until insomnia starts to set in, and the group learns that one of the medicine’s side effects is death. If you fall asleep, you die. As paranoia sets in and the building goes under lockdown, the assembled guinea pigs are left to fend off both sleep and one another. Hunt-Duffy and screenwriter Darach McGarrigle maintain a propulsive pace that did for me what it did not for the characters: keep me wide-awake.
(Stream it on Tubi.)
‘Out of Darkness’
This year, I’ve watched horror films that take place in 19th-century America (“Thine Ears Shall Bleed”), 18th-century Austria (“The Devil’s Bath”) and many other eras. But I’ve never been so transported as I was watching Andrew Cumming’s debut feature: It’s set some 45,000 years ago on desolate stretches of the Scottish Highlands. In a curveball that will make language nerds weep in ecstasy, the script is written in a fictional prehistoric language.
The survival story is straight out of “The Hills Have Eyes”: A group of humans, including a leader (Chuku Modu), his young son (Luna Mwezi) and a young woman (Safia OakleyGreen), are menaced by an unseen force that threatens their survival as it dwindles their tribe one by one. Cumming and his cinematographer, Ben Fordesman, are more invested in atmosphere than plot, and it pays off. Vast vistas, shadow-casting flames and wind-whipped faces become the villains we do see. Too bad a twist ends the film on a strangely syrupy note.
(Stream it on Paramount+.)
‘Starve Acre’
Grief looks like a wild-eyed hare in this chilling folk horror drama from writer-director Daniel Kokotajlo.
It’s the 1970s, and at their remote farmhouse in the British countryside, Richard (Matt Smith) and his wife, Juliette (Morfydd Clark), mourn the unexpected death of their young son, Owen (Arthur Shaw). Before the boy died, he told his mother he’d been hearing whispers from a demonic entity named Jack.
Richard, an archaeologist, is familiar with the entity too, having heard about it from his father, who was obsessed with local mythologies and the summoning and sacrifice required of them. When a dead rabbit-creature that Richard brings home slowly comes back to life, the couple make peace with it and with
other sinister omens in order to speed their path to healing. Kokotajlo’s stark but tender meditation on death calls to mind “Lamb,” “Lord of Misrule” and other recent folk horror films about parents and grief. But Kokotajlo, backed by his cinematographer, Adam Scarth, is assured in crafting a sense of despair that doesn’t retread familiar terrain. Matthew Herbert’s beautifully dissonant score deserves star billing. (Rent or buy it on major platforms.)
‘Doctor Jekyll’
Fans of Hammer, the British studio known for monster melodramas with Peter Cushing (“The Mummy”) and Christopher Lee (“Dracula”), are in for a treat, perhaps, with Joe Stephenson’s new film. A Hammer production, it has many of the hallmarks that made the studio a camp delight: It’s set at a remote estate where a wealthy, eccentric doctor stalks the halls and freaks out her young, naive new assistant (a perfectly mousy Scott Chambers).
What sets this film apart in the Hammer filmography is that it’s an intentional dark comedy with a queer sensibility. Nina Jekyll, the evil title doctor, is played by comedian Eddie Izzard, who, with a bright red lip and racks of elegant costumes, upends gender in the film’s 1886 source material, Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” (Izzard came out as transgender in 1985.)
The film isn’t all that scary, so if you’re in the mood for a slightly creepy, mildly amusing twist on the Jekyll-and-Hyde story, this is your pick. For Izzard fans, the film is a must: As the story (too slowly) crawls toward its explanation of what drives the monster within, Izzard casts a bewitching spell that keeps the film thrumming. (Rent or buy it on major platforms.)
“Lisa Frankenstein” (Focus Features)
“Doctor Jekyll” (Hammer Films)
NASA extends Boeing Starliner astronauts’ space station stay to 2025
By KENNETH CHANG
Two astronauts who have spent months aboard the International Space Station will have to stay there months longer after NASA decided over the weekend they could not return on Boeing’s troubled Starliner space vehicle. They will return instead on a SpaceX capsule next year.
That decision finally brings clarity to the saga of the two NASA astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who docked at the space station as part of a test flight of the Boeing vehicle. It also adds to months of difficult problems experienced by Boeing, a dominant aerospace company that has faced embarrassing setbacks in its much larger civilian aviation and defense divisions this year.
“A test flight by nature is neither safe nor routine,” Bill Nelson, the NASA administrator, said during a news conference, “and so the decision to keep Butch and Suni aboard the International Space Station and bring the Boeing Starliner home uncrewed is a result of a commitment to safety.”
Norman Knight, chief of NASA’s flight director office, said he had talked to Williams and Wilmore and that they backed the extended stay in orbit, which officials have resisted describing as a stranding.
“They support the agency’s decision fully, and they’re ready to continue this mission onboard ISS,” Knight said.
The Starliner episode is another black eye for Boeing, whose reputation has been badly damaged in recent years. Boeing’s defense unit, home to its space programs, has suffered from cost overruns and lengthy delays.
NASA selected Boeing and SpaceX in 2014 to develop spacecraft to take astronauts to and from the International Space Station. Under the fixed-price contract, NASA was to pay Boeing up to $4.2 billion to develop Starliner, and then launch once-a-year flights carrying crews of four to orbit.
The development of Starliner repeatedly encountered technical flaws, including faulty software, flammable tape, stuck valves and parachute systems that were not strong enough.
Nelson said he had spoken with Kelly Ortberg, Boeing’s new CEO.
“I told him how well Boeing worked with our team to come to this decision, and he expressed to me an intention that they will continue to work the problems once Starliner is back safely,” Nelson said.
But Boeing has written off $1.6 billion in costs for Starliner. Under the contract, Boeing is to pay the expenses of additional work needed to meet NASA’s requirements before Starliner is certified for operational flights.
If NASA requires another crewed test flight like the current one, that would cost Boeing at least hundreds of millions of dollars more.
Nelson said he was “100%” certain that Boeing would not back out of the contract, but later added, “They’ve spent X, will they spend Y to get to where Boeing Starliner becomes a regular part of our crew rotation? I don’t have the answer to that, nor do I think we would have the answer now.”
Meanwhile, the 737 Max, Boeing’s popular commercial jetliner, has suffered two crises, including one this year in which a panel blew off one of the planes midflight. That episode and other troubles culminated this month with the arrival of Ortberg, a former head of Rockwell Collins, an aerospace supplier.
The members of the Starliner crew were supposed to have stayed at the ISS for as little as eight days. Problems almost inevitably pop up during test flights. This test flight was the first with people aboard the Starliner spacecraft, so
it was not a surprise that their stay stretched out a couple of weeks.
But even after lengthy analysis and ground testing, engineers still could not say with certainty why several of Starliner’s thrusters had malfunctioned before the capsule and the astronauts docked with the space station in June.
Steve Stich, manager of NASA’s commercial crew program said engineers were concerned about how the propulsion system would perform during the return trip.
The key maneuver is an engine burn by larger thrusters that leads to the spacecraft dropping out of orbit. The smaller thrusters, including the ones that malfunctioned during docking, are used to keep the spacecraft pointed in the correct direction.
Analysis of the data showed that the firing of the larger thrusters also heated up the smaller thrusters.
“These clusters have experienced more stress, more heating,” Stich said, “and so there’s a little bit more concern for how they would perform during the deorbit burn, holding the orientation of the vehicle, and then also the maneuvers required after that.”
That lingering uncertainty spurred unease and led NASA leaders to decide they should not risk the lives of Williams and Wilmore on Starliner. Instead they elected to rely on a different spacecraft — the Crew Dragon, built by SpaceX, a company founded by Elon Musk — for the return trip.
“The polling was unanimous amongst all the NASA folks,” said Ken Bowersox, associate administrator for NASA’s space operations mission directorate.
Bowersox and Stich conceded that Boeing engineers and officials had disagreed about the risk. Boeing thought it had demonstrated that Starliner was safe enough for Williams and Wilmore to return home on.
“I would say that we’ve had a lot of tense discussions,” Bowersox said.
No one from Boeing took part in the news conference, but Mark Nappi, the Boeing official in charge of the Starliner program at Boeing, told his team in an email, “I know this is not the decision we had hoped for, but we stand ready to carry out the actions necessary to support NASA’s decision. The focus remains first and foremost on ensuring the safety of the crew and spacecraft.”
Starliner will undock and return to Earth in early September without anyone aboard. The next launch of a SpaceX Crew Dragon could occur Sept. 24.
The spacecraft will carry only two astronauts instead of the full crew of four who had been assigned to a sixmonth mission at the space station. NASA officials said they were not ready to announce which two crew members would be bumped off that launch.
That will leave two seats for Williams and Wilmore, who will remain in orbit and become full-fledged members of the space station crew. That will extend their stay at the space station to eight months.
The four astronauts — Williams, Wilmore and the two astronauts launching on Crew Dragon in September — are to return to Earth around February.
NASA decided Saturday that two astronauts could not return on Boeing’s troubled Starliner space vehicle. They will return instead on a SpaceX capsule next year. (NASA)
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An easy vegetarian dinner that starts with corn
Sheet-pan tofu with corn and chiles. Corn off the cob roasts nicely, browning at the edges and maintaining its chew. Food Stylist: Cyd Raftus McDowell. (Armando Rafael/The New York Times)
By MELISSA CLARK
Corn on the cob may get all the attention, but I’m here to make the case for corn off the cob, which is superior in so many ways.
First of all, it’s egalitarian, suitable for middle-schoolers in braces, seniors in dentures and really anyone who doesn’t carry floss around in their pocket. It’s also faster to prepare, because slicing the kernels off the cob generally takes less time than waiting for a giant pot of water to come to a boil. As a bonus, you don’t have to wash that big awkward pot in the sink afterward.
That said, it helps to have a good kernelremoval technique. My favorite is to lay the ears flat on the cutting board to slice off the kernels, rotating as you go. This is not only easy, but also surprisingly tidy, allowing the kernels to fall into a neat pile rather than catapulting them all over my kitchen.
In terms of precious summertime fridge space, loose kernels take up less real estate than whole ears, leaving room for the many watermelons I seem to keep lugging home. Packed in a container, the kernels will keep for two or three days, after which, if there’s any left, I’ll stick them in the freezer to brighten my winter. Corn that I freeze myself seems to taste better than the frozen stuff I can buy, perhaps because it feels so virtuously thrifty. Or maybe it just satisfies my summer urge to preserve food as lazily as possible, without the hassle of canning, pickling or jam-making.
Once you’ve got your kernels at the ready, corn off the cob is an excellent foundation for a weeknight meal.
For this recipe, I go the sheet-pan route and roast the kernels at high heat, which turns
them golden at the edges and a little chewy. Sweet corn goes well with bold, spicy flavors, especially chiles, both powder and fresh. Here, I season the corn with chili powder (a mix of ground chiles, black pepper and other spices), and balance it out with the tangier heat of sliced jalapeños and a poblano.
Then, for protein, I’ve paired everything with cubed tofu, coated in cornstarch so it becomes browned and crispy on the exterior while staying soft and pillowy on the inside.
It all makes for a colorful dish with a lively mix of textures — and no toothpicks required.
Sheet-pan tofu with corn and chiles
This colorful dish is as much about the lively mix of textures as it is the tangy, spicy flavors. On the textural side, cubes of tofu are coated in cornstarch so they become crispy at the edges as they roast, staying soft and pillowy on the inside. Corn kernels lend sweetness and a juicy snap while green chiles, onions and herbs lend freshness and heat. Fresh corn kernels are ideal when in season, but frozen corn works well too, making this a yearround dish with an inherently summery feel.
Yield: 2 to 4 servings
Total time: 45 to 50 minutes
Ingredients:
1 (14- to 16-ounce) package extra-firm tofu, cut crosswise into 1-inch-thick slices
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 3/4 teaspoons fine sea or table salt, plus more as needed
1 teaspoon chili powder, plus more as needed
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin, plus more as
needed
3 cups fresh or frozen corn kernels (from about 3 large ears)
2 jalapeños, halved, seeded if desired and thinly sliced
1 red onion, halved and thinly sliced into halfmoons
1 poblano chile, halved, seeded and thinly sliced (1 cup sliced poblanos)
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
1 lime, halved
1 garlic clove, finely grated or minced
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro or basil
Preparation:
1. Heat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Arrange tofu slices on a clean kitchen towel or on paper towels. Cover with another kitchen towel (or paper towels), and place a flat cutting board or baking pan on top. If your cutting board is lightweight, stack a few cans or a skillet on top to weigh it down. Let tofu drain for at least 15 minutes and up to 45 minutes.
3. While tofu drains, in a medium bowl, stir together cornstarch, 1/2 teaspoon salt, chili powder and cumin.
4. In another bowl, combine corn, about half of the jalapeño slices (save the rest for later), red onion, poblano, 2 tablespoons olive oil and remaining 1 1/4 teaspoons salt, mixing well.
5. Transfer drained tofu to a cutting board and cut into 1-inch cubes, patting them dry with paper towels. Add to the bowl with the cornstarch. Toss well to coat the cubes, then drizzle in 1 tablespoon olive oil, tossing gently to coat.
6. Arrange the tofu on a baking sheet, spacing it out. Roast for 15 minutes, then flip the tofu cubes and nudge them over to one side of the baking sheet. Spoon the corn mixture onto the empty half of the baking sheet. Drizzle tofu and corn with a little more oil. Continue to roast until the tofu is golden brown and crisp, 15 to 20 minutes longer, stirring the corn once while roasting.
7. Meanwhile, squeeze the juice of the lime into a small bowl, and add a pinch each of chili powder, cumin and salt. Stir in the remaining jalapeño slices and garlic.
8. Just before serving, pour the limechile mixture over the corn, tossing well. Top everything with cilantro or basil, and serve.
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Civil Núm.: CA2023CV03141.
Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: LA PARTE
DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO GENERAL:
Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 30 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipoteca-
do objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: “URBANA: Apartamento Número 211: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Es un apartamento residencial de forma irregular, que está localizado en el segundo piso del edificio Condominio La Mancha, situado en la Carretera Estatal Número 187, barrio Hato de Cangrejos Arriba del término municipal de Carolina, Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, que mide 29’11” de largo, por su parte más larga, por 25’0”de ancho, por su parte más ancha, que hacen un área de 791.67 pies cuadrados aproximadamente, equivalente a 64.28 meteros cuadrados. Sus linderos y distancias son los siguientes: Por el NORTE, en una distancia de 24’11” con el apartamento 209, separado del mismo por pared inferior y conducto de ventilación, y en 5’ con el espacio exterior, separado por baranda de la terraza; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 25’ con el espacio exterior que mira hacia terrenos de Don Eduardo E. Saldaña, antes Puerto Rico Land Development Corporation, separado por pared exterior y baranda de la terraza; por el SUR, en una distancia de 29’11” con el espacio exterior separado por baranda de la terraza, con elementos comunes del condominio separados por pared interior; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 25’ con el corredor central, separado por pared interior y puerta de entrada y conductos de ventilación. Este apartamento consta de salacomedor, una habitación, “walk in closet”, baño, cocina, linen closet y terraza.” Finca número 18,250, inscrita al folio 145 del tomo 475 de Carolina Norte, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección I. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al folio 225 del tomo 1001 de Carolina Norte, Finca 18,250, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección I, inscripción 8ª. Propiedad localizada en: APT #211 COND. LA MANCHA, CARR. ESTATAL #187, BARRIO HATO DE CANGREJOS ARRIBA, CAROLINA, P.R. 00979. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nom-
bre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: $322,500.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 5 de enero de 2086. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $322,500.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 7 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $215,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $161,250.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 15 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente la suma de $175,938.52 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $62,561.37 en intereses acumulados al 13 de febrero de 2024 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 3.535% anual hasta su total y completo pago; mas $10,167.94 de seguro hipotecario (MIP_); $6,125.00 de cargos por servicio; $1,971.76 de seguro; $525.00 de tasación; $220.00 de inspección; $328.00 en mantenimiento; $3,265.00 de adelantos pendientes ; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $32,250.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado. A tenor con la Regla 44.3 de Procedimiento Civil se condena a la parte demandada a pagar intereses aplicables sobre el importe de la presente sentencia incluyendo costas y honorarios de abogado, des-
de esta fecha y hasta que sea satisfecha. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 16 de julio de 2024. JOSÉ R. CRISTOBAL ORTIZ, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. ENRIQUE VERGÉ HERNÁNDEZ, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #960.
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Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2023CV05408. (502). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA.
El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia del 23 de mayo de 2024, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 17 de julio de 2024 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 18 de julio de 2024 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender día 12 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA en el Cuarto Piso de la Oficina del Alguacil de Subastas, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Sala Superior, ubicado en la Carretera Número Dos (#2), Kilómetro 10.4, Esquina Esteban Padilla, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Bayamón Gardens, situada en el Barrio Pájaros de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el plano de inscripción de la urbanización con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: Solar #8 de la manzana W, compuesta de 322.00 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la calle #19, en distancia de 14.00 metros; por el SUR, con el solar #29 en distancia de 14.00 metros; por el ESTE, con el solar #9, en distancia de 23.00 metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar #7, en distancia de 23.00 metros. Enclava una casa de una sola planta de concreto reforzado y bloques de concreto designado para una familia. Inscrita al folio 246 del tomo 595 de Bayamón, Finca 27408, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. La hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 22 del tomo 1845 (Ágora) de Bayamón, Finca 27408, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. Inscripción séptima. Las modificaciones de hipoteca constan inscritas al tomo Karibe de Bayamón, Finca 27408, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. Inscripciones décima y undécima. DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: URB. BAYAMÓN GARDENS, W 8 CALLE 19, BAYAMÓN PR 00957. Número de Catastro: 1-508-507-161-70-800-1. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $100,100.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 19 DE SEPTIEMBRE
DE 2024, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $66,733.33. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA, el día 26 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $50,050.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la suma de $99,511.07 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.50% anual desde el 1 de febrero de 2017 hasta su completo pago, más $1,032.36 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $8,000.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo, incluyendo pero sin limitarse a gastos de mantenimiento, inspecciones y otros adelantos “corporate advances”. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesa el siguiente gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: a. Anotación de Demanda: a favor de Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, por $99,511.07, Caso BY2023CV05408 sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico demandante v. La Sucesión de Sofia Rivera Rivera compuesta por Fulano y Mengano de Tal, posibles herederos desconocidos, Sandra Ivette Vázquez Rivera t/c/c Sandra I. Vázquez Rivera, por si y como heredera de Sofia Rivera Rivera demandado a 28 de Septiembre de 2023, Anotación B. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. Se les advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así
como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 210-2015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 31 de julio de 2024. EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN, SALA SUPERIOR.
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Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV01124. Salón Núm.: (604). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - “IN REM”. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDEN-
TE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: SUCESIONES DE JAIME MATOS RESTO Y DE MIRIAM RUIZ SANTIAGO COMPUESTA POR ROBERTO PRADOS RUIZ; SOLIMAR PRADOS RUIZ; RICARDO MATOS; FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS EN AMBAS SUCESIONES; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM): DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA: Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:
El Alguacil que suscribe, certifica y hace constar que en cumplimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América. Todo pago recibido por el (la) Alguacil por concepto de subastas será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Todo derecho, título, participación e interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartment two hundred one (201) is situated on the second floor of the building in the southeast corner of the section which composes the easter extreme of the building. It consist of regular rectangular shaped body measuring approximately thirty five feet nine and a half inches long, by twenty nine feet ten and a half inches wide and on open balcony, thirteen feet seven inches long by five feet seven inches wide, that is an área of one thousand one hundred thirty six square feet and eighty six hundredths of another, equivalent to one hundred five square meters with seventy five hundreds of another, bounding on the NORTH, with the party wall which separates it from family unit two hundred sixteen which with the said apartment (family-unit) two hundred one from the Eastern end of the building on the SOUTH, with an exterior wall
whichs separates it from the common yard on the southern side of the building, on the WEST, with a party wall which separates it from the family unit apartment 202, and with on interior wall which separates it from the common public lobby, to which the entrance door of the apartment open and which leads to the common stairway and elevators, on the EAST, with and exterior wall which separates it from the common yard of the Eastern side of the building. This apartment consists of two bedrooms wath their closets, Westinghouse electric range model XF-130 counter and a thirty gallon capacity water heater. Le corresponde un porcentaje en los elementos comunes de .620 por ciento y en los elementos restringidos de 7.23 por ciento. Consta inscrita al folio 290 del tomo 457 de Sabana Llana, finca número #18,610, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección V de San Juan. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: Condominio Windsor Tower, Apto. 201, San Juan, P.R. 00926. Se informa que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravamen posterior, una vez sea otorgada la escritura de venta judicial y obtenida la Orden y Mandamiento de cancelación de gravamen posterior. (Art. 51, Ley 210-2015). En relación a la finca a subastarse, se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $104,397.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca #604, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 24 de septiembre de 2012, ante el notario Jorge García Soto, e inscrita al folio 202 del tomo 1079 de Sabana Llana, finca número 18,610, inscripción 10ma. La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 10 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta es la suma de $104,397.00. Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 17 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes del precio pactada para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $69,598.00. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 24 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar y regirá como
tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta la mitad del precio pactado para la primera, o sea, la suma de $52,198.50. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo, para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: Suma Principal de $81,295.29, con intereses a 3.50% anual, desde el 1ro de agosto de 2022, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más los cargos por demora que se corresponden a los plazos 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, más una suma equivalente a $10,439.70 y una suma adicional de $250.00, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la escritura de hipoteca y del Pagaré hipotecario. Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables. Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, se publicará en los lugares públicos correspondientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los referentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Se informa que la propiedad objeto de ejecución se adquiere libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Expedido en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 9 de agosto de 2024. EDWIN E. LÓPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR.
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LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN.
U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Demandante vs. FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL, posibles poseedores del pagaré extraviado
Demandados
CIVIL NÚM.: SJ2024CV06494. SOBRE: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR. SS. A: FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL, personas desconocidas que se designe con estos nombres ficticios, que puedan ser tenedor, portador, tenedores o portadores, o puedan tener algún interés en el pagaré hipotecario al que se hace referencia más adelante en el presente edicto, que se publicará una sola vez. Se les notifica que en la Demanda radicada en el caso de epígrafe se alega que un pagaré hipotecario emitido por los señores Luis Ángel Rubildo Cardona y Aurea Esther Romero Rodríguez a favor de U.S. Small Business Administration, por la suma principal de $13,200.00, más intereses al 4% anual, a un término de treinta (30) años, suscrito el 21 de diciembre de 1996, ante la Notario Elia E. Lloret Rodríguez y autenticado bajo el affidavit 35, el cual se ha extraviado y no ha podido ser localizado, por lo que la parte demandante pide que se ordene la cancelación del mismo y de la hipoteca que lo garantiza. La hipoteca que garantiza dicho pagaré, constituida mediante escritura número 28 ante el Notario Germán Hernández Garcés el día 5 de marzo de 1997 en San Juan, Puerto Rico, grava la propiedad inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el #1611 en el Bloque M-38 del plano de inscripcion de la URBANIZACIÓN
REPARTO METROPOLITANO
radicado en el Barrio Monacillos del sitio denominado Río Piedras, del término municipal del gobierno de la Capital de Puerto Rico, con área superficial de 311.85 metros cuadrados y colinda por el NORTE en 23.00 metros con el Solar #1613 del Bloque M-38
del mencionado plano, por el SUR en 21.00 metros con el Solar #1609 del Bloque M-38 del mencionado plano, por el ESTE en 11.00 metros con la Calle denominada “Eight West Street” del mencionado plano y por el OESTE en 18.70 metros con los Solares #1608, 1610 y 1612 todos el Bloque M-38 del mencionado plano. Enclava una casa de concreto armado de una planta con divisiones Durotex que consta de tres dormitorios, sala, comedor, cocina, cuarto de baño y balcón. TRACTO REGISTRAL: Se segrega de la finca # 15554, inscrita al folio 74 del tomo 582 de Río Piedras. CONSTA INSCRITA al folio 8 del tomo 356 de MONACILLOS, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección III, finca número 13549. Por la presente se les emplaza y requiere para que notifiquen al Lcdo. Pedro Jaime López Bergollo abogado de la parte demandante en este caso, cuya dirección es 273 Ave. Ponce de León, Suite 510, Plaza 273, San Juan, PR 00917 y su número de teléfono es (787) 766-5269, con copia de su contestación a la Demanda antes mencionada, de cuyos detalles pueden enterarse con mayor particularidad en el expediente de este caso, debiendo radicar ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, y notificar al abogado aludido tal contestación dentro del término de treinta (30) días de haberse publicado este edicto, excluyéndose en el cómputo de tal término el día de su publicación, y se le apercibe, además, que en caso de no radicar tal contestación podrá dictarse sentencia en rebeldía a favor de la parte demandante concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda sin más citarles ni oírles. EXPEDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA Y EL SELLO DEL TRIBUNAL, hoy día 27 de agosto de 2024. GRISELDA RODRIGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. F. MICHELLE RIVERA RIOS, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE LLC
Demandante Vs. SUCESION JOSE RUIZ
RIVERA T/C/C JOSE RUIZ
COMPUESTA POR MARIA DE LOS MILAGROS RUIZ YANTIN, JOSE MIGUEL
RUIZ YANTIN, JOSE ANGEL RUIZ YANTIN; SU VIUDA IRIS NEREIDA
YANTIN SALOME; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO
POSIBLES HEREDEROS
DESCONOCIDOS; IRIS NEREYDA YANTIN
SALOME T/C/C IRIS
N. YANTIN SALOME
T/C/C IRIS YANTIN
SALOME T/C/C IRIS
N. YANTIN - SALOME
T/C/C IRIS NEREIDA
YANTIN SALOME T/C/C IRIS NEREYDA YANTIN
T/C/C IRIS N. YANTIN
T/C/C IRIS YANTIN T/C/C
NEREIDA J. SALOME; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Demandados
Civil Núm.: PO2024CV01033. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: IRIS NEREIDA YANTIN
SALOME T/C/C IRIS
N. YANTIN SALOME
T/C/C IRIS YANTIN
SALOME T/C/C IRIS N. YANTIN-SALOME T/C/C IRIS NEREIDA YANTIN SALOME T/C/C IRIS
NEREYDA YANTIN T/C/C IRIS N. YANTIN T/C/C IRIS YANTIN T/C/C NEREIDA
J. SALOME POR SI Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESION JOSE RUIZ
RIVERA T/C/C JOSE RUIZ; JOSE MIGUEL RUIZ YANTIN, MARIA DE LOS MILAGROS RUIZ YANTIN; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE SUCESION JOSE RUIZ
RIVERA T/C/C JOSE RUIZ. POR LA PRESENTE se de emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este 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: http://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberé presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o
cualquier otro, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Greenspoon Marder, LLP Lcda. Frances L. Asencio-Guido R.U.A. 15,622
TRADE CENTRE SOUTH, SUITE 700 100 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309
Telephone: (954) 343 6273 Frances.Asencio@gmlaw.com
Expedido bajo mi firma, y sello del Tribunal, en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy día 5 de agosto de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARIELY FÉLIX RIVERA, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
CARRINGTON
MORTGAGE SERVICES LLC.
Demandante Vs. SUCESION MANUEL ANDRE PEREZ MARTINEZ T/C/C MANUEL ANDRES PEREZ MARTINEZ T/C/C MANUEL A. PEREZ MARTINEZ T/C/C
MANUEL ANDRE PEREZ
T/C/C MANUEL ANDRES
PEREZ T/C/C MANUEL
A. PEREZ T/C/C MANUEL PEREZ COMPUESTA POR ANDRE PEREZ
ACEVEDO; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Demandados
Civil Núm.: CA2023CV03724. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LA PARTE DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO
GENERAL:
Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal
de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 1 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: “RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno localizado en el Barrio Martín González de Carolina, Puerto Rico, identificado en el plano de inscripción con el número 4, con una cabida superficial de 948.368 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la calle municipal Amor; por el SUR, con la calle municipal La Fe y con el lote número 3 del plano; por el ESTE, con el arco donde convergen las Calles Fe y Amor; y por el OESTE, con los lotes 5 y 3 del plano; todo en los rumbos y distancias que se refieren en el Plano de Inscripción. Sobre el descrito solar se construyó una edificación de concreto armado y bloques y pisos de cerámica y terraza con un área residencial de 1602 pies cuadrados. Consta de cuatro cuartos dormitorios, dos baños, sala, comedor, cocina, marquesina, terraza y garage para dos automóviles.” Inscrita al folio 225 del tomo 1385 de Carolina Sur, finca 56522, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección II. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al folio 167 del tomo 1530 de Carolina Sur, finca 56522, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección II, inscripción 3ª. Propiedad localizada en: SR 860 KM 5.5, BO. MARTIN GONZALEZ, CAROLINA, PR 00987. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: $160,500.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 23 de mayo de 2086. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $160,500.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en
la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 8 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $107,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $80,250.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 16 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente la suma de $70,159.15 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $35,072.17 en intereses acumulados al 8 de mayo de 2024 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 2.800% anual hasta su total y completo pago; $10,233.85 de seguro hipotecario; $425.00 de tasación; $295.00 en inspecciones; $24,955.01 en mantenimiento; $3,590.00 en adelantos de honorarios y gastos de abogado; $81.57 de contribuciones; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $16,050.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado. A tenor con la Regla 44.3 de Procedimiento Civil se condena a la parte demandada a pagar intereses aplicables sobre el importe de la presente sentencia incluyendo costas y honorarios de abogado, desde esta fecha y hasta que sea satisfecha. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico,
por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 5 de agosto de 2024. JOSÉ R. CRISTÓBAL, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. HÉCTOR L. PEÑA RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #278.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAGUAS ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC.
Demandante Vs. JAVIER FLORES PAGAN
Demandado
Civil Núm.: CG2024CV01271. Salón: 801. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO R.60. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JAVIER FLORES PAGAN - VILLA CARMEN L23 CALLE GUAYAMA, CAGUAS, PR 00725. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Jan Miguel Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección
jan.otero@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO
MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 5 de junio de 2024.
En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 5 de junio de 2024. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. SANDRA J. TRINIDAD CAÑUELAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE TOA ALTA SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA ALTA BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. MARCOS EDUARDO REYES RIVERA Y CHERRY LEE ALVAREZ REYES
Demandados Civil Núm.: TA2024CV00761. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA “IN REM”. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: MARCOS EDUARDO REYES RIVERA - 528 COLIBRÍ ST. (12 ST. C-1) MANSIONES MONTECASINO TOA ALTA, PR 00953; MANSIONES DE MONTECASINO II 528 CALLE COLIBRÍ, TOA
ALTA, PR 00953. 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:// www.poderjudiciaI.prIindex.hp/ tribunal-electronico, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 572023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar
y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Los abogados de la parte demandante son:
ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE
DEMANDANTE: Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández RUA Núm.: 16,393 BERMUDEZ & DÍAZ LLP
500 Calle De La Tanca, Suite 209 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901 Tel.: (787) 523-2670 / Fax: (787) 523-2664 rdiazbdprlaw.com
EXTENDIDO BAJO Ml FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy 09 de agosto de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. SANDRA BÁEZ HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. Demandante Vs SUCESION DE DAMASO CONCEPCIÓN MARRERO Y SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN MILAGROS PAGAN SANTIAGO ET ALS. Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2024CV03277. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO. 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 LAS SUCESIONES DE DAMASO CONCEPCION MARRERO Y CARMEN MILAGROS PAGAN SANTIAGO.
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 origi-
nal 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 diciembre de 2023, 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 $64,695.78, la cual se desglosa a continuación: la suma principal de $64,342.03, más intereses acumulados que al presente son a razón del 4.625% anual, desde el 1 de noviembre de 2023, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y complete pago, la suma de principal diferido de $353.75, la cual no genera intereses, más los cargos por demora que corresponden a los plazos 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 ($6,500.00), por concepto de costas, gastos 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: RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno identificado como el solar número siete (7), localizado en el Barrio Higuillar del término municipal de Dorado, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 817.3410 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a 0.2079536 cuerda. Colinda por el NORTE, en distancia de 10.29 metros con el remanente de la finca principal y en 2.26 metros con predio dedicado a uso público; por el SUR,
en distancia de 22.35 metros con carretera municipal; por el ESTE, en distancias de 7.58 metros, 13.81 metros y 22.81 metros con el remanente de la finca principal; y por el OESTE, en distancia de 18.48 metros y 22.56 metros con solar número seis (6). Consta inscrita al folio 196 del tomo 225 de Dorado, finca #10,246. 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 SUCESIONES DE DAMASO CONCEPCION MARRERO Y CARMEN MILAGROS PAGAN SANTIAGO. 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 12 de agosto de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. SANDRA I. BÁEZ HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUADILLA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADA COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CREDITO DE RINCON
Demandante V. HECTOR M. ROMAN FLORES
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: AU2024CV00164. (Salón: 0002 DISTRITO Y SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JOSÉ F. GIRAUD MEJÍASJGIRAUD@MCMLAWPR.COM. A: HECTOR M. ROMAN FLORES. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 16 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 repre-
sentando 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 20 de agosto de 2024. En Aguada, Puerto Rico, el 20 de agosto de 2024. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. ERIKA CRUZ PÉREZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
COMITÉ RESIDENTES
TERCERA SECCIÓN ALTURAS DE FALMBOYÁN, INC.
Demandante V. SUCESION DE JORGE ALBERTO AGUILU ZAMBRANA Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: BY2023CV04560. (Salón: 701). Sobre: . NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. MELVYN E. FONTÁN LOZADAMELVYNFONTAN@GMAIL.COM.
A: RAFAEL AGUILU
ARROYO; JORGE AGUILU ARROYO; SHARIZKA AGUILU
ARROYO Y CHRISTIAN AGUILU ORTIZ COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESION DE JORGE ALBERTO AGUILU SAMBRANA.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 02 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 20 de agosto de 2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 20 de agosto de 2024. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MARÍA COLLAZO FEBUS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE GUAYAMA SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYAMA ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante V. ROGER RAMOS RESTO
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: GM2024CV00231. (Salón: 306 SALA MIXTA, DRUG COURT, CR, TR, VP). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
GABRIEL ANTONIO RAMOS COLÓN GABRIEL.RAMOS@ORF-LAW.COM. KENMUEL JOSÉ RUIZ LÓPEZKENMUEL.RUIZ@ORF-LAW.COM. OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM.
A: ROGER
RAMOS RESTO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 19 de agosto de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 20 de agosto de 2024. En Guayama, Puerto Rico, el 20 de agosto de 2024. MARISOL ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA.
LUZ MARÍA GUZMÁN SANTIAGO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUADILLA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO DE RINCÓN Demandante V. EDUARDO J BENAVENT IBARRA Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: AG2024CV00429. (Salón: 602). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JOSÉ F. GIRAUD MEJÍASJGIRAUD@MCMLAWPR.COM. A: EDUARDO J BENAVENT IBARRA3719 WINCHESTER AVE, ATLANTIC CITY, NJ 08401. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 19 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 20 de agosto de 2024. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 20 de agosto de 2024. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. ZUHEILY GONZÁLEZ AVILÉS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC Demandante V.
LINDA L. QUILES GARCIA Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SJ2024CV00761. (Salón: 908). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GABRIEL ANTONIO RAMOS COLÓN GABRIEL.RAMOS@ORF-LAW.COM. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.
A: LINDA L. QUILES GARCIA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 20 de agosto de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 21 de agosto de 2024. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 21 de agosto de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. LUCRECIA PAGÁN MORALES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE RÍO GRANDE EN FAJARDO - SUPERIOR LIMITADO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Vs SUNC DE ELIUD
FALU PEREZ
Caso: N3CI201500442. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
FULANO DE TAL, FULANA DE TAL, SUTANO DE TAL, SUTANA DE TAL
A, B, Y C COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION DE ELIUD FALU PEREZ.
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 18 de agosto de 2017, 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 21 de agosto de 2024. LIc. Díaz Hernández Reggie. rdiaz@bdprlaw.com. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 21 de agosto de 2024. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. LINDA I. MEDINA MEDINA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
BANCO POPULAR DE PR Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE IVAN BARTOLOME BANUCHI DOMENECH T/C/C IVAN B BANUCHI Y OTROS Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SJ2022CV02054. (Salón: 508 CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO — ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
ADELA SURILLO GUTIÉRREZADELA.SURILLO@GMAIL.COM. A: IVAN FELIZ ARNALDO BANUCHII CRESPO, VICTORIA EUGENIA BANUCHI CRESPO E ISABEL MARIA BANUCHI GARCIA, COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESION DE VAN BARTOLOME BANUCHI DOMENECH, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO COMO IVAN B. BANUCHI; IRMA CRESPO MARTINEZ, POR SI Y EN CUANTO A LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA DE LA SUCESION DE IVAN BARTOLOME BANUCHI
DOMENECH, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO COMO IVAN B. BANUCHI.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 20 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 21 de agosto de 2024. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 21 de agosto de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MARTHA ALMODÓVAR CABRERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC
Demandante V. VIOLETA RONDAN QUIÑONES Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: FA2023CV00284. (Salón: 303). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA. GENEVIEVE LOPEZ STIPES - LCDA. GLOPEZ@GMAIL.COM. NECTOR F. ROBLES MORALESNFROBLES@ROBLES-ROBLES. COM. A: JOSÉ OBDULIO FUENTES ROLDÁN, FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE NOMBRES
DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE VIOLETA ROLDÁN QUIÑONES
T/C/C VIOLLETA RONDAN QUIÑONES
T/C/C VIOLETA RONDAN QUIÑONEZ T/C/C VIOLETA ROLDAN.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 05 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 21 de agosto de 2024. Notas de la Secretaría: SE ENMIENDA A LOS EFECTOS DE AÑADIR
LA PARTE CODEMANDADA EN SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 21 de agosto de 2024. WANDA SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. LYDIA E. RIVERA
MIRANDA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC
Demandante V. EDGARD
PEREZ NEGRON
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: LP2024CV00037. (Salón: 205). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
GABRIEL ANTONIO RAMOS COLÓN GABRIEL.RAMOS@ORF-LAW.COM. OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM. A: EDGARD
PEREZ NEGRONDIRECCION: PO BOX 190, LAS PIEDRAS, P.R. 00771. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 18 de abril de 2024, este Tribu-
nal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 21 de agosto de 2024. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 21 de agosto de 2024. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. DALISSA REYES DE LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
ISLAND PORTFOLIO
SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante V. LUIS A. FELICIANO ALERS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SJ2024CV01365. (Salón: 603). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. KENMUEL JOSÉ RUIZ LÓPEZKENMUEL.RUIZ@ORF-LAW.COM. A: LUIS A. FELICIANO ALERS. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 16 de agosto de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a
los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 19 de agosto de 2024. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 19 de agosto, de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. LUCRECIA PAGÁN MORALES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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SUMMONS {Family Law) ON AMENDED PETITION NOTICE TO RESPONDENT (Name):
Robert Louis De Requesens Morales AVISO AL DEMANDADO (Nombre):
Robert Louis De Requesens Morales FL-110
CITACION (Derecho familiar) FOR COURT USE ONLY (SOLO PARA USO DE LA CORTE) 2024 JUL 16 A 11:38 CASE NUMER (NUMERO DE CASO) 24FL007418S
You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call, or court appearance will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court, may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children.You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courts. ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca.orq), or by contacting your.local county bar association.
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These restraining orders are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment Is entered, or the court makes further orders. They are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them. FEE
WAIVER: lf you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the
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Tiene 30 días de calendario después de haber recibido la entrega legal de es/a Citación y Petición para presenta una Respuesta (formulario FL120) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefónica o una audiencia de la co rte no bas/a para protegerlo. Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar ordenes que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bienes y la custodia de sus hijos. La corte también le puede ordenar que pague manutención, y honorarios y costos legales. Para asesoramiento legal, póngase en contacto de inmediato con un abogado. Puede obtener información para encontrar un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte,ca.gov), en el sitio web de los Servicios Legales de California (www.lawhelpca. org) poniédose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado. AVISO - LAS ORDENES DERESTRICCION SE ENCUENTRAN EN LA PA GINA 2: Las ordenes de restricción están en vigencia en cuanto a ambos cónyuges o miembros de la pareja de hecho hasta que se despida la petición, se emita un fallo o la corte dé otras órdenes. Cualquiera agencia del orden público que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas órdenes puede hacerlas acatar en cualquier lugar de California. EXENCION DE CUOTAS: Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario un formulario de exención de cuotas. La corte puede ordenar que usted pague, ya sea en parte o por completo, las cuotas y costos de la corte previamente exentos a petición de usted o de la otra parte.
1. The name and address of the court are (Ei nombre y dirección de la corte son): Superior Court of California 500 Third Avenue Chula Vista, CA 91910
2. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: (El nombre, dirección y numero de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son):
Gilda Marisol Maldonado Cordero P.O. Box 211346 Chula Vista, CA 91921
Date (Fecha): 16 JUL 2024
Clerk, by (Secretario, por)
L.IBARRA, Deputy (Asistente) SUMMONS
(Family Law)
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ARECIBO SALA SUPERIOR DE HATILLO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V. BERENS MORTGAGE BANKERS, INC. Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CM2024CV00373. (Salón: 101 CIVIL CRIMINAL). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA. MARITZA DEL CARMEN GUZMÁN MATOS - MGUZMAN@ PARTNERSLEGALSERVICESPR. COM.
A: BERENS MORTGAGE BAKERS, INC.; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE, POSIBLES TENEDORES DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO DESCRITO MÁS ADELANTE. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 20 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 21 de agosto de 2024. Notas de la Secretaría: SE ENMIENDA A LOS ÚNICOS FINES DE NOTIFICAR AL ABOGADO. En Hatillo, Puerto Rico, el 21 de agosto de 2024. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. SUHAIL SERRANO MOYA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYA-
MÓN
MMG I PR CDGY, LLC
Demandante V. LA SUCESIÓN DE RAFAEL GARCIA SANTALIZ, ET AL.
Demandados
Civil Núm.: BY2024CV01973. (401). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUER-
TO RICO, SS. EDICTO A: RAFAELA PEREZ DE GARCIA
T/C/C RAFAELA PEREZ
RIOS POR SÍ Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA, HELGA GARCIA PEREZ, FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE RAFAEL GARCIA SANTALIZ. INTERPELACIÓN A: RAFAELA PEREZ DE GARCIA T/C/C RAFAELA PEREZ RIOS POR SÍ Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA, HELGA GARCIA PEREZ, FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE RAFAEL
GARCIA SANTALIZ.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr/sumac2018/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. La información de los abogados de la parte demandante es la siguiente: Atención: LCDO. FRANCISCO
FERNANDEZ CHIQUES
RUA 12826
FERNANDEZ CHIQUES, LLC
PO Box 9749
San Juan, PR 00908
Tel. (787) 722-3040 / Fax (787) 722-3317
ffc@ffclaw.com
POR LA PRESENTE, además, se le interpela judicialmente conforme al Art. 959 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico (31 L.P.R.A. § 2787), para que en un término de treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento, acepte o renuncie mediante instrumento público o comparecencia judicial especial la herencia del causante Jose Francisco Perez de Gracia, apercibiéndosele que de no expresarse dentro de dicho término, se tendrá por aceptada la herencia. B.B.V.A. v. Latinoamericana, 164 D.P.R. 689 (2005). EXPEDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA Y SELLO DE ESTE TRIBUNAL. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 16 de agosto de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. NÉLIDA OCASIO ORTEGA, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE
LUIS ROBERTO RODRÍGUEZ CHARDÓN Y LUIS GUILLERMO CLAVELL CHARDÓN
Demandantes Vs. LILLIANETTE CLAVELL CHARDÓN
Demandada
Civil Núm.: PO2024CV02115. Sobre: DIVISIÓN DE HERENCIA. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LILLIANETTE CLAVELL CHARDÓN433 E. CUMBERLAND ST., ALLENTOWN, PA 18103. Se apercibe que si transcurrido el término de treinta (30) días contados desde la publicación de este por edicto no ha habido reparos u oposición contra la demanda interpuesta, este Tribunal dictará Sentencia de acuerdo a lo solicitado en la misma. 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 salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Copia de la contestación deberá ser notificada al Licenciado Salvador Márquez
Colón a su dirección en: 485
Ave. Tito Castro, Ponce, PR 00716. POR ORDEN DEL HONORABLE TRIBUNAL, expido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, el presente en Ponce, Puerto Rico, a 5 de agosto de 2024. CARMEN TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. LOYDA TORRES IRIZARRY, SUBSECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUADILLA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA CARMEN ACEVEDO GONZÁLEZ Y OTROS
Demandante V. SAMUEL PADILLA GONZÁLEZ Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: AG2023CV01006. (Salón: 603 CIVIL). Sobre: INTERDICTO POSESORIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA. NELSON ESTEBAN VERA SANTIAGO - VERASANTIAGOLAW@ GMAIL.COM. A: SAMUEL PADILLA GONZÁLEZ; FULANA
DE TAL Y LA SLG PR ELLOS COMPUESTA
- CALLE CORCHADO #24, AGUADILLA PR; 24 CALLE MANUEL CORCHADO, AGUADILLA PR 00603-4923.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 17 de julio de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 20 de agosto de 2024. Notas de la Secretaría: SE ENMIENDA NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA PARA PODER EMITIR NUEVAMENTE LA SENTENCIA OAT 686 SE-
GÚN SOLICITADA POR EL LCDO. NELSON ESTEBAN VERA SANTIAGO. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 20 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 SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
MUNICIPIO DE TOA ALTA; REPRESENTADO POR SU HONORABLE ALCALDE CLEMENTE AGOSTO LUGARDO
Peticionario Vs. ADQUISICIÓN
ESTRUCTURA DE HORMIGÓN Y BLOQUES EN EL BARRIO TOA ALTA PUEBLO; ÁNGEL LUIS CEDEÑO SANTIAGO, ZULMA SANTANA ARROYO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES TOA ALTA; JOHN Y JANE DOE
Partes Con Interés Civil Núm.: BY2024CV01355.
Sala: 506. Sobre: EXPROPIACIÓN FORZOSA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ-
RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: ÁNGEL LUIS CEDEÑO SANTIAGO, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SLG COMPUESTA CON ZULMA SANTANACALLE PALMER 39, TOA ALTA, PUERTO RICO. Por la presente se le notifica que la parte peticionaria Municipio de Toa Alta, ha presentado ante este Tribunal, solicitud de Expropiación Forzosa, solicitando el título absoluto de dominio sobre la estructura de su propiedad que se describe de la siguiente forma: RÚSTICA: BARRIO TOA ALTA PUEBLO de Toa Alta. Solar: EN LA CALLE PALMER. Cabida: 280.63 Metros Cuadrados. Linderos: Norte, con Myriam Ortiz Colón. Sur, con Calle Palmer. Este, con Luis Cedeño Santiago. Oeste, con Ramón Morales Ortiz. Se forma por Certificación de Inmatriculación de Bienes del Estado Municipio de Toa Alta. Representa a la parte peticionaria, la abogada cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono es el siguiente:
ISAMAR CORREA RUIZ
Edificio San Juan Towers Ave. Ponce de León 1250 - Suite 600 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907
Teléfono: (787) 370-1700
Email: icorrea@correapartners.com
Se le apercibe que si no compareciere usted a contestar dicha petición dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se
AVISO
dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 21 de agosto de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MARILYN COLÓN CARRASQUILLO, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO VMF HOLDING, LLC H/N/C RENAISSANCE VILLA MARINA H/N/C VILLA MARINA
Demandante V. GLODEMARIS LIZARZABAL BOSA, NESTOR AYALA VARGAS, Y LA SOCIEDAD DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR GLODEMARIS LIZARZABAL BOSA Y/O NESTOR AYALA VARGAS, Y CÓNYUGE A, Y TITULAR ABC
Demandados Civil Núm.: FA2024CV00685. Sala: 303. Sobre: DESAHUCIO Y ACCIÓN EN 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: LOS DEMANDADO: GLODEMARIS
MENSURA PARA AGRUPACIÓN DE FINCAS
Se les notifica que el 20 de agosto de 2024, a las 8:00 AM se realizarán trabajos de mensura de tres fincas propiedad de PP Worldwide Investments, Inc., ubicadas en el Barrio Sabana Llana de Río Piedras, San Juan, PR.
Según consta en el Registro de la Propiedad, las fincas a ser mensuradas son las siguientes: finca 8595, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Sabana Llana, número de catastro 087-017-264-05-000; finca 17382, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Sabana Llana, número de catastro 087-027-264-06-000; finca 34827, inscrita al folio 221 del tomo 1099 de Sabana Llana, numero de catastro 087-017-264-01-001.
Los colindantes de los predios antes mencionados, según información provista son: al Norte, Calle Albañiz Municipio de San Juan y desconocidos; al Sur, PR3 Ave. 65 De Infantería, Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas, Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal MI, Ave. Simon Madera; al Este, Ave. Simón Madera, Municipio de San Juan y desconocidos; al Oeste, Pep Boys- Manny Moe & Jack of Puerto Rico. Con esta notificación se le convoca para que algún representante autorizado de las fincas colindantes pueda estar presente durante el proceso de mensura y confirmar las colindancias en común. Su incomparecencia no será motivo para que la misma no se lleve a cabo. Cualquier comunicación con relación a la mensura que se pretende realizar puede ser dirigida al Agrimensor Alberto Rodríguez Banchs, Dirección: 34 Calle Mattei Lluberas, Yauco, PR 00698, Teléfono 787-645-3539, Correo electrónico a: arbanchs@yahoo.com,.
LIZARZABAL BOSA, NESTOR AYALA VARGAS - PMB 539 267 SIERRA MORENA ST. SAN JUAN, PR 00926.
Mediante la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe. Las abogadas de la parte demandante son, Lcdo. Luis Sotomayor Landrón y Lcda. Amarys Bolorin Solivan, Lugo Mender Group, LLC, 100 Carr. 165 suite 501, Guaynabo, P.R. 00968-8052; Tel: (787) 7070404 / Fax: (787) 707-0412.
Por este medio se le emplaza y se le advierte que este edicto se publicará en un (1) periódico de circulación general una (1) sola vez. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración y de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder por el portal cibernético del Poder Judicial www.poderjudicial.pr, bajo el Tribunal Electrónico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá pre-
LEGAL NOTICE
Liberty Mobile Puerto Rico Inc. is proposing to modify telecommunications equipment at approximate centerline heights of 79, 83, and 86 feet above ground level on an existing 87-foot tall building located at Ponce de Leon Avenue #210, San Juan, San Juan County, Puerto Rico (N18° 27’ 55.1”, W66° 06’ 1.2”). Liberty Mobile Puerto Rico Inc. invites comments from any interested party on the impact the proposed undertaking may have on any districts, sites, buildings, structures, or objects significant in American history, archaeology, engineering, or culture that are listed or determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Comments may be sent to Environmental Corporation of America, ATTN: Annamarie Howell, 1375 Union Hill Industrial Court, Suite A, Alpharetta, GA 30004 or via email to publicnotice@eca-usa. com. Ms. Howell can be reached at (770) 667-2040 x 108 during normal business hours. Comments must be received within 30 days of the date of this notice. 24-001793 HJF
sentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Si no comparece a contestar dicha dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la Rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia en su contra, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle, disponiéndose además, que en los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto se le dirigirá por correo certificado con acuse de recibo una copia del Emplazamiento por Edicto y de la Demanda presentada a sus últimas direcciones conocidas en: PMB 539 267 Sierra Morena St. San Juan, PR 00926. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, a 20 de agosto de 2024. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ZULMA I. RIVERA VEGA, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
Liberty Mobile Puerto Rico Inc. propone modificar el equipo de telecomunicaciones a una altura centerline aproximada de 79, 83, y 86 pies sobre el nivel del suelo en un edificio existente de 87 pies de altura ubicado en Ponce de Leon Avenue #210, San Juan, San Juan County, Puerto Rico (N18° 27’ 55.1”, W66° 06’ 1.2”). Liberty Mobile Puerto Rico Inc. invita a cualquier parte interesada a hacer comentarios sobre el impacto que la empresa propuesta puede tener en cualquier distrito, sitio, edificio, estructura u objeto significativo en la historia, arqueología, ingeniería o cultura de los Estados Unidos que se enumeran o se determina que son elegibles para Inscripción en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos. Los comentarios pueden enviarse a Environmental Corporation of America, ATTN: Annamarie Howell, 1375 Union Hill Industrial Court, Suite A, Alpharetta, GA 30004 o por correo electrónico a publicnotice@eca-usa. com. Puede comunicarse con la Sra. Howell al (770) 6672040 x 108 durante el horario comercial normal. Los comentarios deben recibirse dentro de los 30 días posteriores a la fecha de este aviso. 24-001793 HJF
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Disabled troops used to have to leave the military.
By RACHEL NOSTRANT
Master Sgt. Ivan Morera isn’t used to being in last place. He’s a Green Beret. A relentless competitor. But at the 2024 Warrior Games, with his prosthetic hand hooked into a rowing machine, he was trailing the pack.
So, he focused on increasing the rhythm of each pull: legs, body, arms. Arms, body, legs. When the buzzer sounded, he had passed everyone to win gold. “I do it to show my kids that everything and anything is possible,” said Morera, who lost his left arm in a 2013 convoy accident in Afghanistan.
Hundreds of wounded or disabled troops competed alongside him at the U.S. military’s Warrior Games in Orlando, Florida, this summer, in events including archery, swimming, seated volleyball and wheelchair rugby.
Since the annual competition was created in 2010, the Warrior Games have given the Defense Department a new way to support and rehabilitate a select group of wounded troops, helping them remain in the service and on duty. The event has also become an important symbol of the changing perceptions about who is fit to serve.
Facing a significant personnel crisis as they struggle to recruit and retain service members — a deficit on pace to be worse than any since just after the Vietnam War — some branches have begun to let more troops with disabilities remain on duty. Military recruiters are also accepting more people with asthma, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and other previously disqualifying conditions.
The Warrior Games were designed to give some of those wounded service members a chance to be part of a team and work toward common goals, said David Paschal, assistant deputy chief of staff with the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command, which oversees the branch’s recruiting efforts. “I think those two things are critical to supporting the recovery of our athletes.”
The competition has also become a prime source of athletes for the U.S. team at the Paralympic Games, which kick off today in Paris. One of the most successful Paralympic swimmers, Sgt. 1st Class Elizabeth Marks, was injured as an Army medic in Iraq, which led to an amputation of her left leg several years later.
Marks said Warrior Games athletes introduced her to adaptive sports during her initial recovery. “Swimming just became a place of peace for me,” she told the military publication Stars and Stripes in 2021. “It was the one place where I got to create my own pain, and push my own body and not just have to exist in that pain.”
She has won five medals so far, including two golds, and will swim again in Paris.
About 200 athletes, some of whom might
Now some compete for gold.
hope to make the next Paralympics, competed at the Warrior Games this year. Their disabilities include post-traumatic stress disorder, cancer, limb loss and traumatic brain injuries. About 70% of participants remain on active duty.
The slots are coveted. Athletes are drawn from the thousands of people in each branch’s “wounded warrior” program, who are given more time for medical appointments and additional access to specialists, although many say they still face long wait times and end up spending their own money for special care. About 40 competitors a year qualify for the Warrior Games from each service branch, with a separate delegation from Special Operations.
Giving injured service members another outlet for recovery is something the military has gotten better about in the more than two decades since the start of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Paschal said. Automatically discharging wounded troops who wanted to rehabilitate and continue to serve, he said, “was probably the worst thing we could have done.”
In past decades, for instance, Morera’s amputation would potentially have meant leaving Special Operations, because he could no longer perform one of the staple skills of a paratrooper: opening both the primary and emergency chutes by hand. The cords are on separate sides of the body.
To allow him to continue to serve in the job he wanted, the Army created gear that lets him use his right hand for both chutes. The first time he landed after trying it, he said, “I took a knee and I cried, because I was like, ‘I’m a Green Beret again.’”
Not all troops are allowed to remain in the same roles after amputations or other serious injuries. But leaders can approve it if, like Morera, accommodations allow them to do the job.
Similarly, the branches have reconfigured their regular physical fitness tests to give injured troops a better chance of passing. Alternatives to activities such as running and pullups are now allowed, such as using equipment including rowing and elliptical machines.
Opponents of changing physical standards over the years have denounced the moves as weakening the military, although most complaints are levied against differing standards for male and female troops. But the Pentagon has argued that some of the standards have become outdated as warfare
has changed, and that more technologically advanced threats don’t require the same fighting methods as traditional conflicts.
Staff Sgt. Adam Proctor lost his left leg in a motorcycle accident in 2021. To stay in the Army, he chose the alternate rowing option for the fitness exam, instead of running 2 miles. He also completed the other requirements and passed a separate exam specific to his job as a combat medic.
“Every task on the list for medics that they gave me to do, I added a 20-pound weight, went five minutes longer or 100 meters further,” he said. “I exceeded every standard. I didn’t want there to be any question about whether or not I could do all the tasks.”
In this year’s Warrior Games, Proctor competed in track, seated volleyball and four other events. Training for the Warrior Games not only helped him stay in the Army, he said, but gave him a reason to keep going during recovery.
“You don’t have anything to really drive you forward,” he said. “That becomes really hard.”
Tech. Sgt. Nicole Stickel, a radiologist, said training for weightlifting, cycling and track in the Warrior Games similarly helped give her the confidence to continue serving after she was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 2022. She was almost dismissed from the Air Force, but her commanders supported her desire to stay.
After she made a technical error in a track relay event at the Warrior Games this summer, her coach reminded her that, at one point, she believed she would never be able to run again.
“I have come so far,” Stickel said, adding, “The coaches really help bring that to light when you can’t see yourself.”
The San Juan Daily Star
Sgt. Adam Proctor of the Army team, seated at center, receives medical treatment during the Warrior Games, at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla., on June 27, 2024. Proctor said the competition helped motivate him to continue serving as a combat medic after he lost his leg. (Jacob Langston/The New York Times)
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