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After several days of dialogue, Popular Democratic Party President Jesús Manuel Ortiz González announced Monday that he managed to reach agreements with the speaker of the House of Representatives and Senate president on House Bill (HB) 1822, which contains amendments to the Electoral Code.
“After talking with the legislative [leaders], we have overcome differences and reached an understanding in terms of what the [majority] Popular Legislature will be evaluating in terms of the Electoral Code,” Ortiz González said. “I have been consistent in that the amendments in this important matter must have the institutional endorsement of our party, in coordination and communication with our legislative delegations. The main objective has to be to achieve a reliable and unquestionable electoral system.”
For his part, House Speaker Rafael “Tatito” Hernández Montañez said that as part of the agreement the House will only concur with the approval of HB 1822 if the bill includes amendments that are a product of agreements with the speaker.
“With humility, I recognize the importance of this agreement for the benefit of the future of our institution, and with maturity I rectify the deficiencies of our communication during this process,” Hernández Montañez said in a written statement.
Ortiz González went on to say that as a result of the understanding reached with the legislative leaders, he rescinded the disciplinary measures imposed on the speaker and several other House members on Aug. 23, along with the convocation of the party’s General Council on Sept. 10.
On another front, Ortiz González on Mon-
day rejected the appointment by Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia of Judge Jorge Rivera Rueda as chairman of the State Elections Commission (SEC), a matter for which he requested the opportunity to dialogue with the governor.
“What cannot happen -- and I am going to take advantage of this moment to also make a call to the governor -- the governor has to sit down and talk in good faith,” Ortiz González said in a press conference. “And the governor has to understand that the fact that he has, and his party, a majority that gives him the possibility of governing, that does not mean that they are masters of the process of improving the electoral system.”
“Here we have a commission without a chairman, without a proper chairman, at a time when decisions are being made about the upcoming electoral cycle. And my call is for him to feel like negotiating seriously,” the PDP president added. “That appointment he made recently is not a serious appointment. [It is] a person who has already been rejected twice, who he knew did not have the endorsement of the electoral commissioners, nor did he have it in the Legislative Assembly. That demonstrates that [the governor] did not, they have not, taken the amendments and attention to the electoral system seriously. So, the doors are open to dialogue, but there must be on their side, I mean the NPP [New Progressive Party] and Governor Pierluisi, a genuine desire to address electoral issues that are important.”
Upon the advice of lawyers, University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Medical Sciences Campus (RCM by its Spanish initials) chancellor-designate Ilka Ríos Reyes, who is slated to officially assume the post on Sept. 1, reached a settlement with a 15-year-old medical student who had failed several courses or risk a lawsuit because the School of Medicine had failed to provide required assistance the student needed because of her age, documents obtained by the STAR showed.
Following the terms of the settlement, Ríos allowed the gifted student, who had been accepted at RCM when she was 14 years old, to drop the courses she had failed and to audit others as part of a transaction to avoid a long litigation for the campus. A document obtained by the STAR from UPR-RCM showed that as part of the transaction, Ríos authorized the student to drop the courses and had not authorized changes to her grades, as had been alleged.
Some 300 RCM workers, including the Medical School staff, constituting a small percentage of the campus -- which has 1,141 professors, 1,231 non-teaching employees and more than 2,000 students -- have objected to the appointment of Ríos as chancellor by the UPR governing board. The group of workers
says Marcos Antonio Román López, a former RCM legal adviser, said he learned about the student’s situation when he was informed by
professor Hilton Franqui Rivera, who wanted to know about a settlement reached with the student, who failed her first year of medical school and had been allowed to repeat it. Franqui Rivera informed Román López that the student had also failed her second year.
Román López said that when he requested the student’s file, he found out that the school’s Promotion Committee had said nothing could be done about the student’s grades after she failed her first year, but that the Office of the President had reached an agreement to allow her to repeat the first year. However, he also noted that the school had failed to provide the student with the help she needed to cope with her coursework. He said he contacted the school’s psychologist, identified as Luis Sánchez Caso, who informed the lawyer that “the girl’s rights had been violated” and that the school did not execute any of the recommendations he had made.
An agreement had been reached with the student and her parents in February 2021, and Román López had observed that the Medical School had violated that agreement. Román López also said he believed the February 2021 agreement, which was made because the student failed her first year, was also valid for the second year. The school’s Promotion Committee, which evaluates such situations,
had an impasse over the issue.
Román Lopez said he spoke with Ríos about his concerns regarding a prolonged litigation. Ríos met with the parents of the student. The parties reached an agreement similar to the one reached in February 2021 with Chancellor Segundo Rodríguez. The new agreement included a waiver of responsibility and was signed July 7, 2022.
In a letter dated Aug. 2, 2022, Ríos asked the RCM registrar to allow the student to drop some of the courses in her second year that she had taken in the 2021-2022 academic year, and to take three courses. The Promotion Committee in a letter dated Aug. 5, had voted to expel the student, who was informed of the decision.
The father of the student, Alejandro Franco Fernández, charged that following the July 7, 2022 transaction, three professors, Franqui Rivera, Joalex Antongiorgi and Adelaida Ortiz “manipulated the truth,” causing damage to his family.
“They engaged in an act of insubordination with the Chancellor, who had the capacity to do what she did,” said Franco Fernández, who is a lawyer.
He also charged that Carlos Ortiz, a former medical school chancellor, and UPR President Luis Ferrao Delgado have prevented the execution of the agreement.
As part of the initiatives aimed at the prevention of gender violence, the Office of the Women’s Advocate is extending its most recent educational campaigns in various high schools and universities in Puerto Rico, interim advocate Madeline Bermúdez Sanabria said Monday.
“Through education, social change is generated and in this way, we aspire to transform situations of inequality and violence,” Bermúdez said. “Educational institutions are an ideal space to evaluate, reform and recreate society, particularly for the new generations. For this reason, during the months of August and September, our staff will visit several institutions throughout the island.”
Among the efforts is an educational campaign aimed at combating macho culture, “Recognize Yourself and Change:
Macho Culture Canceled,” which is aimed at raising awareness about micromachismos -- psychologist Luis Bonino’s
term for subtle acts of violence that take place in daily life and are for the most part unperceived -- how they manifest
themselves and their adverse impact on the overall well-being of women and society in general.
Similarly, the #PonleFreno campaign reiterates among adolescent and adult women that control and humiliation should not be tolerated or normalized within a relationship, highlighting the importance of understanding and identifying the signs and alerts to get out in time of what can become a pattern of abuse.
Another community education effort being carried out under the #PonleFreno campaign is aimed at the prevention of sexual violence. The informational and promotional material for these campaigns is also being distributed at various traffic lights in the San Juan metropolitan area.
“We remind the community that Women’s Advocate has a 24/7 guidance line, free of charge. If you need help, you can call 787-722-2977,” Bermúdez said.
Work is not always pleasant; after all, some days are probably going to be better than others for those in the workforce. However, if the overall working conditions aren’t considered sustainable by the employees, they have the right to protest and make their grievances known. That is why on Monday, the Authentic Independent Union (UIA by its Spanish initials) of PRASA (Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority) stood in front of PRASA offices in San Juan to protest what they say is discrimination against older employees of the public corporation due to the fact that while the newer employees received a pay raise, older employees who have worked with the authority for a longer period of time did not.
Apart from the unionized workers’ insistence that the meal compensation is too low because of the high cost of living on the island, PRASA employees are also demanding better compensation for work performed on holidays and more control over the rising cost of deductibles under healthcare plans. UIA President Luis de Jesús Rivera demanded respect from PRASA executives after he said they refused to engage in any sort of negotiation with the union.
The protest started at PRASA but eventually moved on to the Department of Labor and Human Resources, where de Jesús Rivera was able to begin negotiations. All the issues on the table are related to inflation, which the workers believe is the main culprit. They also believe that lower pay is what has caused island employees to leave for the mainland where the pay is better. In other words, the pay doesn’t match the current cost of living on the island, and so many employees are forced to leave to find more financial stability.
“This is the first of many protests to come in the next few weeks to demand that PRASA negotiate in good will,” the union president said. “Even though the negotiations started on May 19 … three months later we’re in the same boat. The negotiations have yet to
advance at all -- nothing’s been done. Even worse than that, on July 27, the executive president [Doriel Pagán Crespo] assured me that on Friday, June 30 PRASA would submit a proposal to the Union to adjust the dietary payments in line with the current cost of living. Unfortunately, PRASA has yet to do this and in fact, two months later they have notified us that they would not submit a proposal. Those are bad negotiations.”
Everyone needs water to live, and the UIA believes strongly that keeping its employees on the island should be a top priority for PRASA. Regarding the economics of the situation, de Jesús Rivera stated that “in terms of salaries, PRASA has refused to negotiate the impact of the new state minimum wage.”
“They allegedly stated that the Financial [Oversight and] Management Board doesn’t allow them to make such adjustments,” the UIA president said. “This only demonstrates that superiors in PRASA have been incapable of providing evidence to the [oversight] board that the way they adjusted salaries was discriminatory against older employees. Discriminating against employees because of their age is prohibited in any place of work, by state and federal laws, which also apply to the board.”
It would seem that austerity would be an issue all across the board for PRASA; however, the union says, the authority is currently offering bonuses to executives.
“Apart from the fact that they raised the salaries of newer employees and left out older employees, it is important to note that [meal compensation] payments are not an economic benefit, it’s a reimbursement of expenses we have throughout the month,” UIA Executive Treasurer Héctor Mota Ríos told the STAR. “The diet payments are currently $8 a day. They have been at the same rate, which is $8, since 2002. With $8 you can’t buy a meal anymore. It is clear inflation has had a great effect on our economy, but the agency doesn’t seem to get that.”
“They’ve been denying a price raise in the reimbursements for more than a decade at this point,” the official added. “We made a claim in one of the negotiations and they offered a proposal of $8.50, which we consider to be highly disrespectful.”
“On top of that,” Mota Ríos said, “the deductibles on healthcare are exorbitant; a lot of coworkers have had to stop treating themselves because of these high deduct-
Apart from older workers not being included in wage hikes and union workers’ insistence that the meal compensation is too low because of the high cost of living on the island, Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority employees are also demanding better compensation for work performed on holidays and more control over the rising cost of deductibles under healthcare plans. (Richard Gutiérrez/The San Juan Daily Star)
ibles. We are high-risk employees constantly exposed to chemicals and bacteria, so healthcare is not a benefit, it’s a need.”
“They also forgot about us when they gave bonuses to public employees,” the union treasurer continued.
“Our department is extremely important for the island, and we want to tell the governor that he has to remember us. Even though we are essential workers, they do not treat us as such. It’s very frustrating. They don’t solve any of these issues and the [PRASA] governing board only becomes richer by adding a $6,000 bonus to their pockets, while they are paid between $3,520.83 and $3,791.66 every month.”
Currently, de Jesús Ri-
vera is in talks with the Labor and Human Resources Department and PRASA to solve the utility’s labor gridlock once and for all. No details from those negotiations were available as of press time Monday.
Bankrupt Grupo HIMA has filed an urgent motion seeking mediation before Aug. 30 with the opponents of its petition to obtain debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing, arguing the high risk of a shutdown and the loss of 3,500 jobs.
In the motion filed late Sunday, Grupo HIMA, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this month because of over $400 million in debt, is seeking interim financing to meet payroll and keep the hospital operating. However, the Municipal Revenue Collections Center (CRIM by its Spanish acronym), the U.S. Trustee and the Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (AAFAF by its Spanish initials) have raised objections because of the impact they say such financing would have on their claims.
Grupo HIMA obtained court approval to sell its Fajardo facility and is already seeking buyers for the rest of its assets, but it wants to avoid closing facilities.
“This acute liquidity crisis will shortly result in the loss of 3,500 jobs (including medical doctors and other health personnel), 1,200 hospital beds and essential healthcare services, in addition to the loss of value. All of this could be avoided if DIP
Financing is made available to the Debtors,” Grupo HIMA said in a statement. “The Debtors are at imminent risk. While they have made great efforts to be able to pay the insurance premiums for malpractice and personal liability insurance policies, among others, due by August 29, 2023, other expenses for professionals, utilities, future payroll, and operations require additional capital to keep the hospitals operating.”
Grupo HIMA said it cannot continue to operate based on cash collateral and collections alone and urged the court to compel CRIM, AAFAF and the U.S. Trustee to engage in court-supervised mediation.
Grupo HIMA owes about $11 million in property taxes to the CRIM. While hospitals are generally exempt from property taxes, Grupo HIMA has lost the exemption because it owes commonwealth taxes. CRIM is concerned that the DIP lender can hold a senior lien over all real estate and could prime CRIM’s lien.
The hospital group also owes about $70 million in unpaid taxes and withholdings.
The U.S. Trustee presented objections because the DIP financing motion, it said, looks more like a final disposition motion and it is concerned about the impact to the estate.
Cayey Mayor Rolando Ortiz
Velázquez announced the investment of $3.2 million in federal funds for the Mariano Rivera Ramos Municipal Health Center, specifically for the replacement of air conditioners and important equipment needed in health facilities, as well as the installation of an emergency electrical generator.
“Our institution was acquired by the municipal government in 1999 to promote the good health of the 22 neighborhoods of Cayey, as well as the neighboring towns,” the mayor said.
The Rivera Ramos Health Center offers health services such as an emergency room with an adult and pediatric area, laboratory, X-rays, pharmacy, vaccinations and a medical emergency corps.
“We also have private practices within the institution that offer services from general practitioners, internists, psychiatry, urology, audiology and ophthalmology,
as well as oncology, a radiotherapy center and a surgical center,” Ortiz Velázquez added.
The municipal facility has more than 60 professional employees such as doctors and medical technologists, as well as 55 municipal employees engaged in various tasks. People from all over the region come to the private practice offices, but particularly for the internal services that are offered in the emergency room, laboratory, X-ray department and pharmacy. There were about 3,500 users of the various services in July of this year.
“Particularly meaningful to us is the commitment employees have to their work and to all of our patients or visitors,” the mayor said. “Without our employees, this operation would not be successful, nor would it have the excellent reputation that we maintain under the direction of comrade Jason N. Pérez Rivera.”
The Municipal Health Center is located at 174 Calle Luis Barreras in the urban center of Cayey.
did not injure her.
When sheriff’s deputies arrived, about 1:19 p.m., they heard a single gunshot, which was most likely the gunman killing himself, Waters said.
“When a person grabs a hold of a gun with hateful intentions, it’s very difficult to stop that from happening,” he said.
The gunman had no criminal record, although authorities had held him for an involuntary, 72-hour psychiatric evaluation in 2017, when he was 15, Waters said. A year earlier, police received a domestic violence call involving him and his brother.
The gunman legally bought the two weapons he used in the shooting — a Glock handgun and an AR-15-style rifle — in April and June, Waters said.
Psychiatric evaluations under a Florida law known as the Baker Act do not show up in background checks unless the person has been committed for treatment.
in the interview. The family then called the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, although by then, the shooting was over.
The Justice Department is investigating the attack as a hate crime and an act of racially motivated violent extremism. In March, the FBI released an analysis of hate crime incidents in 2021 — the last year that data was fully available — that said hate crimes overall had increased by more than 11% since 2020. According to the data, anti-Black hate crimes made up the largest “bias incident category,” with 31% of all single-bias incidents in 2021.
Jacksonville, a city of nearly 1 million people, where about 30% of residents are Black, has a long history of racism. Sunday marked the 63rd anniversary of Ax Handle Saturday, when white supremacists severely beat a group of mostly Black civil rights activists.
By NICHOLE MANNA, ANNA BETTS and PATRICIA MAZZEIIn the span of 11 terrifying minutes, a gunman targeting Black people killed two shoppers and an employee at a Dollar General store here, a rampage that authorities are investigating as a hate crime and that has reverberated through a community that has long coped with the legacy of racism.
The shooting Saturday — the day that the nation commemorated the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington — prompted somber vigils and renewed vows for unity from residents and officials, but also a tense appearance by the governor in a city that in recent years has dealt with a series of hateful incidents and a continuing dispute over Confederate monuments.
“We have three people who are dead because they are Black,” state Sen. Tracie Davis, a Jacksonville Democrat, said at a vigil Sunday morning. “Shopping. In our community. Gunned down. Because they were Black.”
Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters on Sunday identified the three victims as Angela Michelle Carr, 52; Anolt Joseph
Laguerre Jr., known as A.J., 29, who worked at the store; and Jerrald De’Shaun Gallion, 19. Waters identified the gunman as Ryan Christopher Palmeter, a white 21-year-old from neighboring Clay County, and gave a chilling timeline of how the shooting had unfolded.
Carr, an Uber driver, had dropped off a friend at the store just before she was killed, said her son, Chayvaughn Payne.
“She would give her shirt off her back for people,” said Payne, 30, describing Carr as someone who would invite people to cookouts and other family events.
“This is really hard to process,” he added. “To lose a mother for nothing.”
The gunman, wearing a shirt over a tactical vest, as well as a mask and gloves, began his rampage at about 1:08 p.m. Saturday by shooting 11 times into a car parked outside the Dollar General, killing Carr, Waters said at a news conference.
The assailant went into the store, turned right and killed Laguerre before chasing some customers out, although it was unclear why. He returned and killed Gallion, who had entered through the front door with his girlfriend. The gunman then chased and shot at a woman, although he
Shortly before Saturday’s shooting, the gunman was spotted putting on the tactical vest in a parking lot at Edward Waters University, a small and private historically Black institution. A campus security guard saw him, and the gunman drove away in a gray Honda Element. The guard reported the gunman’s suspicious presence to a nearby sheriff’s deputy, Waters said.
Two people were in proximity to the gunman in the Edward Waters parking lot, but he did not go after them, Waters said, cautioning against assumptions that the university might have been the intended target.
Still, Waters said it was clear that the gunman sought Black victims. Most — but not all — of the customers he ordered out of the store were white, Waters said at the news conference. In an interview, Waters said the gunman did not shoot at one person inside the store who was also white.
“I know for a fact that he did not like Black people,” said Waters, who is Black. “He made that very clear.”
Toward the end of the shooting, the gunman texted his father, instructing him to use a screwdriver to get into his room at home, Waters said. On the gunman’s laptop, his family found a last will and testament and a suicide note as part of more than 20 pages of racist writings, Waters said
Mayor Donna Deegan and other local officials planned to attend a commemorative ceremony in the afternoon, before a vigil for the Dollar General shooting victims.
In May, Deegan, a Democrat, was elected to lead Jacksonville, Florida’s largest city, where Republican mayors had been in power for all but four of the past 30 years. Among her administrative appointments was a chief of diversity, equity and inclusion — a $185,000-a-year position that a committee of the City Council voted to defund Thursday, citing budgetary concerns.
The morning vigil, at Saint Paul AME Church of Jacksonville, was attended by at least four Edward Waters students. A professor described students as still too overwhelmed to talk about the shooting.
The choir sang “Amazing Grace” as some of those in attendance wiped away tears.
Florida officials began to deploy the National Guard and emergency utility crews before what forecasters called a “dangerous major hurricane” expected to make landfall on the Gulf Coast early Wednesday, bringing heavy winds and storm surge to parts of the state battered less than a year ago by Hurricane Ian.
Tropical Storm Idalia was east of Cancún on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula at midday Monday. It was expected to intensify and become a hurricane as it passed western Cuba and moved north into the Gulf of Mexico.
Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center said the storm would rapidly intensify Tuesday over the Gulf’s warm waters and continue to strengthen until landfall. It was likely to hit Florida as a Category 3 storm Wednesday morning, they said, with winds of 115 mph.
Three coastal counties issued evacuation orders for some residents Monday, and Gov. Ron DeSantis said more would be likely as the storm neared. “This is going to be a major hurricane,” he said at a news conference, warning everyone in the storm’s path to make preparations Monday before it became too late.
The governor declared a state of emergency for 46 of the state’s 67 counties. “This is likely going to cut across the interior of the state,” he said of the storm.
DeSantis warned that people in Idalia’s path “should be prepared to lose power,” adding that the major utility companies would have “tens of thousands” of workers in place before the storm strikes. Some 5,500 members of the state’s National
Guard would also be available to assist after the storm, the governor said.
Anticipating major disruptions, Tampa International Airport announced that it would close just after midnight early Tuesday and urged travelers to check the status of their flights with airlines.
Pasco, Pinellas and Hillsborough counties, all in the Tampa region, ordered people living in low-lying areas and mobile homes to evacuate and urged other vulnerable residents to leave as well. MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa also ordered a mandatory basewide evacuation by 10 a.m. Tuesday, except for certain essential personnel.
Mayor Donna Deegan of Jacksonville — a flood-prone city that is far from the Gulf Coast but within the path of the storm once it moves inland — declared a state of emergency Monday and said that district schools would be closed Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Shelters were set to open at noon Tuesday.
Exactly where Idalia comes ashore will be difficult to predict, because the storm is expected to run parallel to Florida’s western coast. The National Weather Service warned that “only a small deviation in the track could cause a significant change in Idalia’s landfall location.”
Forecasters said the west coast of Florida was likely to experience life-threatening storm surge and dangerous winds by late Tuesday.
President Joe Biden spoke with DeSantis on Monday and approved an emergency declaration for Florida before Idalia’s
arrival, according to a White House statement. The governor said schools would be closed along the Gulf Coast and urged people to heed any warnings from local officials — but said it was not necessary for people to leave the state to escape the danger.
“It’s not necessary to outrun the storm,” he said. “Just get to higher ground.”
Another storm, Hurricane Franklin, also strengthened in the Atlantic on Monday, but it was not expected to pose a serious threat to land.
As of 2 p.m. Monday, Idalia was 50 miles south-southwest of the western tip of Cuba and had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph, the hurricane center said. Tropical storm-force winds extended up to 140 miles from the storm’s center.
Storm surge watches were in effect for parts of Florida on Monday, and a hurricane warning extended from the middle of Longboat Key northward to the Ochlockonee River, including Tampa Bay. A hurricane warning was also in effect for the Cuban province of Pinar del Rio.
The hurricane center noted in an advisory Monday morning that Idalia (pronounced ee-DALya) could produce 4 to 7 inches of rain in western Cuba, and 4 to 8 inches in portions of the west coast of Florida, the Florida Panhandle, southeast Georgia and the eastern Carolinas.
A tropical storm watch was also issued for the Gulf Coast south of Englewood, which is about 80 miles south of Tampa, to Chokoloskee, a community south of Fort Myers, while a storm surge watch was in effect from Chokoloskee to Indian Pass.
The combination of the tide and storm surge was expected to bring water levels up to 11 feet in some parts of the Florida coast, forecasters said.
Florida emergency officials told residents to keep their gas tanks at least half-full as evacuations were ordered, and the state mobilized 1,100 members of the National Guard, which has 2,400 high-water vehicles and 12 aircraft ready for rescue efforts.
The Gulf Coast of Florida suffered extensive damage from both Hurricane Ian last year and Hurricane Michael in 2018. Both rapidly intensified before striking Florida as major hurricanes, with significant wind speeds and storm surges. Michael made landfall in the Panhandle, while Ian hit the southwestern part of the state.
There is consensus among scientists that hurricanes are becoming more powerful because of climate change. Although there might not be more named storms overall, the likelihood of major hurricanes is increasing.
Climate change also increases the amount of rain that storms can produce. In a warming world, the air can hold more moisture, which means a storm can hold and produce more rainfall, like Hurricane Harvey did in Texas in 2017, when some areas received more than 40 inches of rain in less than 48 hours.
The week after devastating wildfires swept across Maui, Hokulani Holt walked to the center of a grassy courtyard about 12 miles from Lahaina, just over the island’s steep mountains.
A kumu hula, or hula teacher, Holt gathered about 50 listeners into a half-circle, and exhorted them to “lift your voice.” They each held a cup of water, a connection between the body, soul and ‘aina, Hawaiians’ expansive idea of the land. Several men and women blew hollowed-out bamboo pipes called pu ‘ohe, producing a deep, trumpetlike sound. Then, led by Holt’s voice, the group began to chant.
After the country’s deadliest fire in more than a century — at least 115 people have been confirmed dead, with hundreds still missing — practical recovery responses were clicking into place: food distribution, debris cleanup, a visit from the president.
But traditional Hawaiian ceremonies such as the one Holt held are addressing another need that many residents say is crucial: spiritual healing.
Although more than half of the people in the state describe themselves as Christian, and there is a strong Buddhist presence on the islands, in recent decades, traditional Hawaiian spiritual practices have been revived and advanced across the state.
In a survey conducted last year, more than 40% of Native Hawaiians said they interacted with the sea or the ‘aina — an entity sometimes described as a relative who is respected and cared for and who, in turn, cares for the people — for religious or spiritual reasons. Among non-Native Hawaiians, the number was 31%.
“People automatically now expect the kumu hula to form some type of ceremonial situation to address whatever the need is,” said Cody Pueo Pata, a kumu hula and musician who was raised on Maui and still lives there.
Within two days of the fire, he was among the small group of kumu hula who were making plans for the gatherings led by Holt, at the invitation of the nonprofit community health center hosting the events. The midday ceremonies over the course of 10 days started out drawing a few dozen people and grew to as many as 100 in person and more than 80,000 watching a livestream on social media. Oprah Winfrey, who has a home on the island, attended quietly on the last day.
The group’s work included selecting prayers for healing the island’s land and people. That required precision, as they considered
Crosses in Lahaina, on the Hawaiian island of Maui, stand on Aug. 22, 2023, to mourn the victims of the wildfires. The fire that levelled Lahaina burned so hot that officials say some victims’ bodies were turned to ash and may never be recovered or identified.
which ancestors to address, and what to petition them for.
“What we didn’t want was to call too much rain,” said Keali’i Reichel, a musician who was born in Lahaina. Rain could cause flooding, and wash ashes and debris into the ocean. Instead, he said, “we try to urge moisture, just enough to create regenerative growth.”
He likened the practice of chant to the action of pulling back an arrow from a bow, poised to shoot. Practitioners must be aware of that power and know where to aim it, he said.
The prayer, in English, reads in part:
O Great Lono Residing in the Water — Urge growth, bestir, animate life;Here is the water, water of life, thrive!Grant us clouds, clouds from which life comes, thrive!
Reichel is one of the most prominent recording artists on the islands, known for several bestselling albums of Hawaiian music in the 1990s. But he has also become an ambassador for Hawaiian culture both on and off the islands. He founded a hula school in 1980 and is a longtime kumu hula, a role that goes far beyond choreography and includes responsibilities including passing down knowledge of specific spiritual lineages. More than onequarter of the state’s residents identify as at least part Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, according to the most recent census.
Revitalizing Lahaina, Reichel said, is “going to take planning, a lot of chanting, a lot of ceremony.”
Lahaina itself is a complex symbol for the way Hawaiian culture and Christianity are layered on the islands, with many residents practicing a blend of beliefs. It was where Christian missionaries established Maui’s first mission in 1823, at the invitation of Queen Keopuolani soon after the dismantling of key parts of the islands’ traditional religious system under King Kamehameha II. A large banyan tree was planted on Front Street in 1873 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Christianity on the island, and it was a popular public gathering place downtown. The tree was badly scarred in the fires, and its survival is uncertain.
But many Native Hawaiians in particular
see Christian influence as having been deeply damaging. Hula dancing was banned in public places for decades in the 19th century. Temples were destroyed, and use of the Hawaiian language withered.
“Our religion has been denigrated for centuries,” said Marie Alohalani Brown, a professor of Hawaiian religion at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, and a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner. “We’ve been called pagans, heathens, ignorant, naive.”
Nonetheless, Native Hawaiians never stopped practicing their traditional religion, a faith that includes multiple deities and identifies spirits in entities such as the sky and the sea. Its roots stretch back to the Pacific Islanders who most likely landed on Hawaii sometime after 1100 A.D. In the 1970s, a movement known as the “Hawaiian Renaissance” revived many traditional practices that were banned or discouraged in the 19th and early 20th centuries — a pattern also found in Guam and other colonized Pacific islands.
Those who came to the ceremony conducted by Holt welcomed the chance to gather and pray together, rather than at home.
Passing it all on to the next generation also seemed to be a priority. Mothers held infants who stayed silent through the chanting. Toddlers and teenagers quietly paid close attention.
Ceri Zablan, who is 16, said that for many young Hawaiians, the connection between culture, faith and history had become more powerful in recent years. She said she had been baptized Catholic but had gradually moved away from Christianity.
“There are people who kind of choose both,” Zablan said. “For me, this is more important.”
Acoalition of labor unions and civic groups in Georgia and Alabama launched a pressure campaign on Monday targeting Hyundai’s electric vehicle plants and its clean energy suppliers, an effort that could also push the Biden administration to make good on its oft-repeated pledge to create not just jobs but “good union jobs.”
By focusing on the shift to electric vehicles at Hyundai, a nonunion carmaker expected to reap huge benefits from Biden’s prized initiatives, the coalition hopes to make inroads at other automakers, such as BMW in South Carolina and Mercedes-Benz in Alabama, which similarly chose union-hostile territory for their U.S. manufacturing bases.
The campaign could also raise the heat on domestic automakers in the middle of contract negotiations with the newly aggressive United Automobile Workers, who are focused on raising wages at electric vehicle suppliers like battery makers.
For Biden, the Hyundai campaign has political ramifications, in setting specific demands on one of the largest automakers in the world in one of the most important swing states in the 2024 presidential election, Georgia.
“The people in the community should be able to come to work in these plants, with a livable wage and good jobs,” said Yvonne T. Brooks, president of the Georgia state AFLCIO, adding that “to bring jobs here but not provide a livable wage kind of defeats the purpose.”
Biden has campaigned on the sheer number of jobs created by his three signature laws, a $1 trillion infrastructure package, a $280 billion measure to rekindle a domestic semiconductor industry, and the Inflation Reduction Act, which included $370 billion for clean energy to combat climate change. A $25 million advertising blitz announced by his campaign last week kicked off with a one-minute spot that proclaims, “Manufacturing jobs are coming home,” and “America is leading the world in clean energy.”
But despite low unemployment, tempering inflation and steady job creation, Biden’s overall approval ratings have been dragged down by voters’ refusal to give him credit for the good economic news. Clifford Young, who oversees U.S. public opinion research at Ipsos, a polling company, said that
last year’s 8.5% inflation and the ensuing interest rate hikes and slower economic growth might have sealed Biden’s fate with the voting public.
“The dirty secret is a bad economy hurts a president more than a good economy helps,” he said.
White House officials, who were notified of the Hyundai effort ahead of time, said Thursday that Biden fully backs the aims of the coalition in Georgia. And labor leaders have generally supported Biden as the most pro-union president ever.
But in a notable shift, those leaders also say the volume of jobs created on his watch might not be enough to win worker loyalties if those jobs are low-paid, dangerous and insecure. That is especially true if substandard jobs are underwritten by the taxpayer.
“I know the president can’t make stipulations that all new jobs have to go to union workers, but there have to be fair labor standards for jobs that are supported by tax dollars,” said David Green, the United Automobile Workers’ regional director for Ohio and Indiana. “Members are a little frustrated with it. It’s our tax dollars, too.”
Such concerns have led the UAW to withhold its endorsement of Biden as the union’s new leadership threatens to strike over wages and benefits at electric vehicle
suppliers. Biden has responded with support, tapping a senior adviser and Democratic veteran, Gene B. Sperling, as liaison between the union and the automakers and backing the UAW this month in contract negotiations.
But union leaders are worried about the transition that Biden has set in motion with his push to address climate change with federal money funding the shift from fossil fuels. They are pressing automakers shifting to electric vehicles to “honor the right to organize,” take necessary steps to avoid plant closings, and provide training programs to help workers transition into new jobs at comparable wages.
A letter to the chief executive of Hyundai’s American subsidiary, José Muñoz, signed by coalition members including the UAW, the AFL-CIO, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (which is particularly close to Biden), and religious, community and environmental groups, maps key labor demands.
Such letters, demanding “community benefits agreements” enforced with binding arbitration systems, have been trotted out in the past to little effect. But union leaders said the Hyundai effort is more focused and forward-looking, hinting at the strategy of organizers in the South as unions across the
country have become much more aggressive. The letter pushes for Hyundai and its subsidiaries to hire locally, train workers from the communities around the plants, bolster safety standards, and protect the environment around the plants, which are expected to employ more than 30,000 Georgians and Alabamians. Of those, 12,750 are expected to work at or around Hyundai’s new electric vehicle “megasite” in Bryan County near Savannah, the largest economic development project in Georgia’s history.
The coalition is seeking a binding agreement modeled on one reached last year with the electric bus maker New Flyer, which promised, among other things, that at least 45% of new hires and 20% of promotions would be women, minorities and U.S. military veterans.
“These facilities will transform our communities, and we are faced with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to ensure that this transformation is for the best,” the coalition wrote, demanding that Hyundai and its suppliers come to the bargaining table to make “highroad commitments to workers and their communities.”
A spokesperson for Hyundai USA, Michael Stewart, said in a statement that the company’s “top priority is the safety and well-being of the more than 114,000 individuals we employ, directly and indirectly, whose market-leading skills and expertise are driving America’s auto industry forward.”
The Biden administration has had some successes with clean energy companies, securing commitments by a Danish wind energy giant to use union labor on its offshore wind projects and by a North Dakota metals company to stay neutral in any union drive at its new battery plant.
But union leaders have only so much influence over the rank and file — and against the pull of Donald Trump, who has made working-class appeals central to his political movement. Green pointed to the former president’s promise to revive a General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio, by enticing an untested startup to buy the facility. That startup, Lordstown Motors, filed for bankruptcy protection in late June.
“I will not, could not support any endorsement of Donald Trump,” he said. “But we’ve got a lot of members. Do I think that Trump’s rhetoric is contagious among our members? Absolutely.”
Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Monday ahead of key inflation and jobs data this week that will offer more clues on the Federal Reserve’s interest rate path, while a pullback in Treasury yields cushioned some megacap growth stocks.
Stocks ended a volatile session higher on Friday after Fed Chair Jerome Powell at the Jackson Hole meet said the U.S. central bank may need to raise interest rates further.
Focus now shifts to a report on the personal consumption expenditures price index, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, which is set to be released on Thursday and the nonfarm payrolls data due on Friday.
“There’s some risk core inflation on a year-over-year basis is still at a level that’s untenable for members of the Fed ... there are some upside risks in terms of rates going into the September meeting,” said Roosevelt Bowman, senior investment strategist at Bernstein Private Wealth Management.
Traders’ bets of a pause in tightening by the Fed next month were unchanged, while bets of at least a 25-basis point interest rate hike in November rose to nearly 50% from 38% a week earlier, according to CME Group’s FedWatch tool.
As a result, the euro/dollar exchange rate fell to its lowest level in more than two months on Friday – 4.5% below July’s peak, as US long-term bond yields began their upward march through August again .
The dollar index rose to its highest since June 7 against most-traded currencies (.DXY), while sterling also retreated sharply to June levels as UK economic clouds gathered.
The dollar’s jump ahead of the Jackson Hole set-piece was a modest change in Fed futures pricing, which now indicates a more than 50% chance of a Fed rate hike to 5.55.75% next month.
While there hasn’t been a major change in pricing, the changing constraints put the onus on Powell to return to the market if he really wants to signal that the Fed is done with its rate hike campaign.
Some of his aides indicated on Thursday that the central bank has indeed done enough to tighten the policy rate –and may continue to drive inflation down by keeping rates high longer. This allows it to reduce the traditional lag in credit tightening while keeping the long-term bond markets under its control.
Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker and Boston Fed President Susan Collins tentatively welcomed the recent jump in bond market yields, which complement the Fed’s work to bring inflation back to the 2% target and prevent another hike Can do.
Collins said, “We may be close, we may even be at a place where we will stop.”
Tech-related stocks were mixed by afternoon trade after kicking off the session on a strong note, with the yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury note easing to 4.21%.
Alphabet and Meta Platforms inched 0.3% and 0.4% higher, while Amazon and Nvidia slipped 0.9% and 0.7%, respectively.
3M jumped 4.8% on a report that the conglomerate has tentatively agreed to pay more than $5.5 billion to resolve over 300,000 lawsuits claiming it sold the U.S. military defective combat earplugs.
The S&P 500 industrial sector, of which 3M is a constituent, was up 0.9% and led gains among the 11 major S&P sub-indexes.
China halved the stamp duty on stock trading effective Monday to boost its ailing market, sending U.S.-listed shares
of Chinese companies, including JD.com, Baidu and Alibaba up between 2.5% and 3.7%.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo discussed concerns about restrictions on American businesses including Intel and Micron with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao. Micron and Intel’s shares gained 1.8% and 0.1%respectively.
At 11:49 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 166.01 points, or 0.48%, at 34,512.91, the S&P 500 was up 11.39 points, or 0.26%, at 4,417.10, and the Nasdaq Composite was up 46.50 points, or 0.34%, at 13,637.14.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission suspended its challenge of Amgen’s $27.8 billion purchase of Horizon Therapeutics. Horizon’s shares rose 5.5%.
Airlines were forced to cancel hundreds of flights and delay hundreds more Monday after Britain’s air traffic control service experienced a “technical issue” that caused widespread disruption on one of the country’s busiest travel days of the year.
More than 200 flights departing from Britain were canceled, according to Cirium, an aviation analytics company, along with 271 that were scheduled to arrive in the country Monday. Many other flights would be delayed by more than eight hours, “which will inevitably result in a cancellation,” Cirium added.
NATS, Britain’s National Air Traffic Service, said a technical problem had affected its ability to automatically process flight plans, which meant that the information had to be entered manually, slowing the process.
While British airspace was not closed at any time, NATS restricted the number of flights departing from and landing at airports to maintain safety while its engineers tried to fix the problem. At 3 p.m. local time, NATS said it had resolved the issue, but noted that air traffic remained disrupted. Britain’s government has a 49% stake in NATS, which is a public-private partnership.
The delays hit during a particularly heavy travel period, as people returned from summer vacations or extended weekend trips on Monday’s “bank holiday,” or national day off, in Britain.
Thousands of holidaymakers spent hours stuck in departure lounges or on runway tarmacs, facing long delays and uncertain departure times.
In Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Jon Hughes, 49, boarded a plane bound for the English city of Leeds at 1 p.m. local time with his two children, ages 13 and 15. Once seated, he said, they were told the plane had been allotted a departure slot in about seven hours.
“It’s very hot and kids are getting restless,” he said in
a message. “We don’t know how long we will be stuck on the plane. Or even if we will get home today.”
Two hours after NATS said it had resolved the technical issue, Mark Harper, the government minister responsible for transportation policy, said flights were still affected, and advised travelers to “be aware” of their rights when flights were delayed or canceled.
Heathrow Airport, near London, advised passengers to contact their airline before heading there, and Edinburgh Airport told passengers not to leave home before checking
the status of their flight.
Jamie Steele, 39, a British nurse returning to Manchester from a vacation in the Italian city of Pisa, had been set to depart at 10:30 a.m. local time. Four hours later, he was still sitting in the plane on the tarmac. The pilot told passengers the plane would have a departure slot in the next three hours, but added that he was “not sure he trusts the time given.”
“It’s difficult not knowing the time we will get home,” Steele said in a message.
Louise Haigh, the lawmaker in charge of transportation policy for the opposition Labour Party, described the disruption as “extremely concerning for passengers” on “one of the busiest days of the year.”
The Scottish airline Loganair warned on social media that there had been “a network-wide failure of U.K. air traffic control computer systems this morning.”
The number of flight departures during the three-day holiday weekend had been scheduled to be 10% higher than the same period the year before, according to Cirium, and 83% higher than in 2021, when the COVID-19 pandemic drastically reduced air travel.
Alex Macheras, an aviation analyst, said the backlog of flights would cause flight disruptions for several days.
“That’s probably the worst timing ever given it’s the end of August, which is typically one of the busiest weeks of the calendar year,” he said.
Macheras said that compared with last summer, when there were numerous cancellations and delays, this summer’s air travel in Britain and Europe had been “smooth sailing” until Monday.
The disruption is expected to have little effect on overall operations for U.S. airlines, which collectively had just over 140 planned flights to or from Britain on Monday.
European flights were disrupted for hours in December 2014 because of a technical problem at NATS’ air traffic control center in Swanwick, England.
An estimated 80% of buildings were damaged during a hailstorm in a town in southern Germany on Saturday, according to local authorities, leading officials to declare a state of emergency.
The storm was part of a weather system that caused injuries and damage across the southern part of the country over the weekend during one of the most turbulent summers Europe has faced in years.
Hailstones, some of which measured 3 inches wide, damaged cars, roofs and windows during a 15-minute storm in Bad Bayersoien, a small town of 1,300 people in Bavaria.
Video footage from Bad Bayersoien shows entire roofs destroyed by hail. Roof-mounted solar panels were pierced
by hailstones and car windows were smashed, according to news reports.
On Sunday morning, local authorities ordered a state of emergency in order to mobilize state resources to clean up the town; emergency roofing was ordered and will be installed until the damage can be repaired permanently.
“The end of the operation is not yet in sight and the forces on the ground still have some heavy work ahead of them,” Anton Speer, the district’s commissioner, said in a statement.
Elsewhere in Bavaria, the storm left several people injured. In Kissing, a town just outside of the city of Augsburg, 12 people were hurt when a gust of wind tore through a festival tent as it was being erected. About 100 residents of a senior home in the town were relocated after the storm damaged the facility’s roof.
Pastor Marco, whose full name is Marcorel Zidor, leads the Pool of Bethesda evangelical church in Port-au-Prince and is known for “rhetoric that calls for violence.”
“The faithful believed what he was saying, and they took to the streets with machetes and sticks,” Gilles added.
LA CONSULTA DE UBICACIÓN NÚMERO 2022-438763-CUB-005926 PARA UN PROYECTO COMERCIAL CON VARIACIÓN EN USO CONSISTENTE DE UNA FARMACIA EN UN DISTRITO R-3 (R-I) CON PARÁMETROS DE DISEÑO A UN DISTRITO C-L EN EL MUNICIPIO DE SAN JUAN
Pastor Marco, an evangelical church leader, told his followers that they were bulletproof as they marched against a gang on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, a witness said.
By SIMON ROMERO and ANDRE PAULTREAgang vying for control of a swath of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, opened fire Saturday on protesters organized by a church leader, killing at least seven people, human rights groups said. The shooting points to escalating violence around the city.
“This shooting is symptomatic of the state’s inability to protect its citizens,” said Gédéon Jean, executive director of the Center for Analysis and Research in Human Rights, or CARDH, an independent Haitian group that consults for the United Nations. As authorities and rights groups examined the aftermath of the shooting, Jean said the death toll could increase because of the large concentration of people at the demonstration, some of whom had been wielding machetes.
The killings reflect the sharp increase in violence in Haiti after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, which created a power vacuum in the unstable Caribbean nation. Since then, gangs — whose tactics include random killings, rape and kidnappings — have taken over large parts of the capital. In response, a citizens “self-defense” movement has coalesced, unleashing a wave of gruesome executions of suspected gang members.
The shooting unfolded in Canaan, a squatter community on Port-au-Prince’s outskirts formed by survivors of the devastating 2010 earthquake, in response to a protest organized by an evangelical church leader known as Pastor Marco. Before the shooting, the worshippers were demonstrating against an organization known as the “5 Seconds” gang, which holds sway in Canaan.
A spokesperson for Haiti’s National Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the episode.
Marie Yolène Gilles, director of the human rights group Open Eyes Foundation, said
Amid the breakdown in security in Portau-Prince, the U.S. Embassy in Haiti recently ordered the departure of nonemergency government personnel from the country. Haitian aid groups backed by the International Rescue Committee also said this month that they were temporarily halting operations, citing the violence.
In a potential bid to ease the crisis, Kenya’s government has said that it was prepared to lead a multinational force to assert order in Haiti, including 1,000 Kenyan police officers. The Bahamas has also pledged to send 150 security personnel to support such an effort. The United States said this month that it would put forward before the U.N. Security Council a resolution authorizing the Kenyan force.
Still, doubts have emerged about the Kenyan proposal, underscoring wariness about the effectiveness of such efforts in Haiti, following a deadly cholera outbreak that was connected to infected sewage from U.N. peacekeepers sent to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. Other concerns involve human rights violations by Kenyan peacekeeping missions in Africa and reports that a Kenyan force could be limited to guarding key government infrastructure such as airports and main roads.
An update this month from the United Nations on Haiti’s security crisis provided grim details about some of the challenges on the ground, after alleged gang members fatally shot a municipal representative, his wife and child in the Decayette neighborhood of Port-au-Prince.
They were apparently targeted in retaliation for the municipal representative’s support of a local vigilante group created to confront the gangs, said Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the U.N. human rights office in Geneva. Just hours before those killings, five men and two women from the same family were burned alive when their home was set on fire on Aug. 14 by gang members, she added.
More than 350 people have been killed by local people and vigilante groups since April, said Shamdasani, including 310 suspected gang members, 46 members of the public and a police officer.
Some 5,000 people have fled this month from areas in the capital rife with gang activity.
Para conocimiento del público en general y de conformidad con las disposiciones del Artículo 8.6 de la Ley Núm. 161 del 1 diciembre de 2009, según enmendada conocida como “Ley para la Reforma del Proceso de Permisos en Puerto Rico”; Ley Núm 107 del 14 de agosto de 2020, según enmendada, conocida como Código Municipal de Puerto Rico; la Ley Núm. 382007, según enmendada, conocida como “Ley de Procedimiento Administrativo Uniforme del Gobierno de Puerto Rico”, el Reglamento Conjunto para la Evaluación y Expedición de Permisos Relacionados al Desarrollo, Uso de Terrenos y Operación de Negocios (Reglamento Conjunto), Reglamento Núm. 9473 del 16 de junio de 2023; y cualquier otra disposición de ley aplicable, se informa que la Oficina de Permisos del Municipio de San Juan celebrará una vista pública, según se dispone a continuación:
FECHA: HORA: LUGAR:
13 de septiembre de 2023 10:00 am Salón de Vistas Públicas Oficina de Permisos, 4to piso, Edificio Trilito, Ave. De Diego #130, esq. calle 54 SE, Urb. La Riviera
ASUNTO A DISCUTIRSE:
Caso número : 2022-438763-CUB-005926
Proyectista : Ing. Anibal Salgado Díaz
Dueño del proyecto : Juan Olivero Mangual
Calificación : Residencial Intermedio (R-I)
Dirección de la acción propuesta : 1599 calle Cavalieri, Urb. Caribe, Bo. Monacillo Urbano, San Juan
1. Se interesa discutir, pero sin limitarse una consulta de ubicación para un proyecto comercial donde se solicita establecer una farmacia con un área bruta de construcción de 1,511.21 pies cuadrados a dedicarse al manejo de recetas, procesamiento, despacho y entrega a domicilio, donde los pacientes de forma remota sometan las recetas. El predio de terreno tiene una cabida de 464.25 metros cuadrados y ubica en un distrito R-3 (R-I). La propiedad radica en la calle Cavalieri Núm. 1599, en la Urb, Caribe en el Barrio Monacillo Urbano del Municipio de San Juan.
2. En la exposición del caso la parte proponente deberá discutir y justificar los parámetros de diseño para el proyecto al amparo del Reglamento Conjunto para la Evaluación y Expedición de Permisos Relacionados al Desarrollo, Usos de Terrenos y Operación de Negocios de acuerdo con las Reglas 2.2.2 y 2.2.3 que discute proyectos de consultas de ubicación, las cuales establecen las disposiciones reglamentarias para las variaciones en uso. Deberá discutir el proyecto al amparo de las disposiciones incluidas y aplicables en la Regia 6.1.3 (Residencial Intermedio) y la Regla 6.1.6, Sección 6.1.6.2 (Usos Permitidos); Sección 6.1.6.5 (Parámetros de Diseño); Regla 6.3 (Variaciones); Regla 6.3.1 (Variaciones en Uso) y Regla 6.3.2 (Variaciones en Construcción); Regla 8.5.2 (Diseño y Requisito Mínimos de Áreas de Estacionamientos) y todas aquellas disposiciones reglamentarias aplicables.
INVITACIÓN AL PÚBLICO:
Se invita a vecinos del proyecto y a los propietarios de terrenos que radican dentro de los límites territoriales circundantes, organismos gubernamentales y al público en general, a comparecer y participar en dicha vista y a someter recomendaciones o comentarios. Conforme a las disposiciones de Ley Núm. 38 del 30 de junio de 2017, dichos comentarios deberán ser sometidos en un término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación de este aviso a la Oficina de Permisos al PO Box 70179, San Juan, P.R. 00936-8179 o a la siguiente dirección electrónica pot-comentarios@sanjuan.pr. La Oficina de Secretaría de Permisos acusará recibo de los comentarios recibidos mediante correo electrónico, conforme a la Sección 2.1 de la citada Ley Núm. 38. Para más información favor de llamar al (787) 480-4000, ext. 3080.
Los procedimientos para la celebración de la vista serán los establecidos en las Secciones 2.1.10.7 a 2.1.10.15 del Reglamento Conjunto. Si una parte debidamente citada no participa o comparece con antelación a la vista, a la vista pública o a cualquiera otra etapa durante el procedimiento adjudicativo, el funcionario que presida la misma podrá declararla en rebeldía, multarla y continuar el procedimiento sin su participación, pero notificará por escrito a dicha parte su determinación según la Regla 2.1.7 (Notificaciones), los fundamentos para la misma, el recurso de revisión disponible y el plazo para ejercerlo.
Se advierte que las partes podrán comparecer asistidas por abogados, pero no estarán obligadas a estar así representadas incluyendo corporaciones y sociedades. El Oficial Examinador que presida la vista no podrá suspenderla una vez señalada, salvo que se solicite por escrito con expresión de las causas sometidas, con no menos de cinco (5) días de antelación a la fecha de celebración de la vista, expresando las razones que justifican la suspensión o posposición, acompañado por un giro postal o un cheque de gerente por la cantidad de $100.00 a nombre del Municipio de San Juan. La petición de suspensión o transferencia deberá ser radicada ante el Área Legal de la Oficina de Permisos. El proponente notificará copia de la solicitud a las otras partes e interventores en el procedimiento dentro de los cinco (5) días señalados. Si la suspensión no fue motivada por el incumplimiento de un requisito legal, el solicitante se comprometerá a pagar los costos que conlleve la notificación de la suspensión y anunciar el nuevo señalamiento mediante la publicación de un aviso de prensa. El Reglamento Conjunto faculta al Oficial Examinador a imponer una multa de $500.00 a toda persona que observe una conducta irrespetuosa durante la vista, o que intencionalmente interrumpa o dilate los procedimientos sin causa justificada. El expediente de vista estará disponible para inspección de las partes en el Área de Secretaría de la Oficina de Permisos, ubicado en la Ave. De Diego Núm. 130 esq. calle 54 SE, Urb. La Riviera, Edificio Trilito, piso 4, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
Ing. Victor A. Joglar Díaz Director Oficina de PermisosThe wildfire was blazing a clear path toward a Canadian lakeside tourist spot in British Columbia with a population of 222,000 people.
The fire advanced on the city of Kelowna for 19 days — consuming 976 hectares, or about 2,400 acres — of forest. But at the suburban fringes, it encountered a fire prevention zone and sputtered, burning just a single house.
The fire prevention zone — an area carefully cleared to remove fuel and minimize the spread of flames — was created by a logging company owned by a local Indigenous community. And as a new wildfire has stalked the suburb of West Kelowna this month, its history with the previous one — the Mount Law fire, in 2021 — offers a valuable lesson: A well-placed and well-constructed fire prevention zone can, under the right conditions, save homes and lives.
It’s a lesson not only for Kelowna but also for a growing number of places in Canada and elsewhere threatened by increased wildfire amid climate change.
“When you think about how wildfire seasons are playing out, if we invested more into the proactive, then we would need less of that reactive wildfire response,” said Kira Hoffman, a wildfire researcher at the University of British Columbia. “We’re not going to see probably the effects of a lot of this mitigation and treatment for 10 or 20 years. But that’s when we’re really going to need it.”
Wildfires are an essential component of the natural cycle of forests, but in recent years, more of them have grown so big that containment is nearly impossible. Fire prevention zones — created in the offseason — can help slow approaching blazes so that
people can escape, and can also enable firefighters to gain control over some areas.
The creation of these zones is being greeted with renewed interest in parts of Canada, including in the western provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. Interest has peaked in Indigenous communities, which have been most affected by the country’s wildfires.
Ten times as many acres have burned in Canada this year than all of last fire season, at times sending smoke as far south as Georgia and as far east as Europe. The current fire in West Kelowna has breached areas that lack fire prevention zones, consuming 110 buildings and upending the lives of about 30,000 evacuees in the area.
By contrast, the 50-acre fire resistant zone starved the in 2021 fire, allowing firefighters to suppress it, keeping it away from houses.
The logging company, Ntityix Development, that created that fire prevention zone drew in part on traditional Indigenous forestry practices, including thinning the forest; cleaning up debris on the floor; and burning the debris and ground cover in a controlled way to prevent it from becoming fuel for wildfires — an act once banned by the provincial government.
“This was the first test of any of the work that we’ve done and it indicates to me that it works,” said Dave Gill, general manager of forestry
at Ntityix Development, which is owned by the Westbank First Nation, as he walked through the still largely intact forest a few weeks before this year’s fire began. “It certainly stopped it advancing.”
Ntityix’s strategy helps slow fires by reducing the flammability of forests showered by airborne embers, the main way wildfires spread, said Hoffman, a former wildfire fighter.
In 2015, six years before the Mount Law fire threatened Kelowna, Gill began creating the fire prevention zone, called the Glenrosa project, named after a forested neighborhood in West Kelowna. A key objective was keeping any fires on the forest floor.
“If you have a fire and it’s on a surface, it’s fairly easy to contain or to fight,” Gill said. “But as soon as it gets up into the crowns, it’s game over.”
The project also conserved mature trees with thick fire resistant bark and only harvested less valuable but more combustible young trees — a reversal of customary forestry practice.
Before coming to Ntityix, Gill, who is not Indigenous, had a decadeslong career in government, as well as with commercial forestry and consulting companies.
He said the First Nation’s elders, who have instructed him to manage the forest on a 120-year timeline, and his Indigenous coworkers changed how he thinks about the forest. “We’re leaving the trees that have the most timber value behind,” Gill, said. “This is trying to just instill a different paradigm in the way that you look at the forest, not just putting dollar signs on trees.”
After thinning the forest, Ntityix crews finished the project in 2016 by pruning the
lowest 10 or 12 feet of limbs on the remaining trees so that they won’t become ladders for fire to climb. The accumulated debris from the forest floor was either chipped and trucked away or burned.
In the areas where it is logging, Ntityix does not clear cut, the standard industry practice, but does selective logging and leaves stands of fire resistant deciduous trees intact.
While billions of dollars have been spent putting out Canadian wildfires — British Columbia alone spent nearly 1 billion Canadian dollars in 2021 — funding for measures to make forests less welcoming to flames has generally been modest. Nor has the value of such measures been fully embraced by everyone in Canada’s forestry establishment.
Although more mitigation efforts are needed, their general effectiveness is being undermined by the growing intensity and size of wildfires, said Mike Flannigan, a wildfire scientist at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia.
“When things get extreme, the fire will do what the fire will do,” he said. “Unless you treat 40% of the landscape, it’s not going to work because the fire will just go around it or jump over.”
Hoffman, however, is less pessimistic, and says that not enough large-scale risk reduction has been attempted to judge its effectiveness.
“There are not a lot of economic incentives for doing” what Ntityix did, Hoffman said. “It’s not really sexy to go and take out 6-inch pine from the forest.”
The measures taken by Ntityix and other companies, many of them owned by First Nations communities or their members, are labor intensive and costly. The company has committed CA$100,000 a year to carrying out a variation of its work that turns logging roads into wildfire mitigation zones, a process that will likely take decades.
Craig Moore — a member of the Syilx Okanagan Nation in British Columbia — is also a former municipal firefighter and owns a company that does fire mitigation in forests.
During an interview at his company, Rider Ventures, in Vernon, British Columbia, he recalled how his efforts slowed a fire in the province in 2021. Moore said that afterward, the area’s wildfire ranking fell from 6 — the most severe on the province’s scale — to 2, giving firefighters the chance to save 500 homes.
“Having water and trees are our biggest things,” Moore said, standing amid a forest where his company had worked. “If we lose that, we’re all going to perish pretty fast.”
Once in a while, some single thing manages to encapsulate all that feels terrible about our world today. For me, last week, it was a bone-chilling report from Human Rights Watch documenting how Saudi border guards had killed hundreds — perhaps thousands — of Ethiopians seeking to cross from Yemen into Saudi Arabia. It landed in my inbox last Monday with concussive force. The accounts were so brutal that I struggled to read the 73 pages in one sitting: A 14-year-old girl named Hamdiya described waking up after an attack: “I could feel people sleeping around me. I realized what I thought were people sleeping around me were actually dead bodies.” There were bloodied corpses all around her. Another survivor, a 17-yearold boy, described being forced by Saudi guards to rape two girls after another man who had been asked to do the same was executed for refusing. These are defenseless children, unarmed people fleeing a savage conflict and relentless poverty, hoping for some chance at a life free of violence and want in one of the richest countries in the world.
In these reports from a remote corner of a distant desert, I saw a glimpse of the unrelenting cruelty that is our future.
First, let’s talk about Saudi Arabia. In 2018, its security forces, allegedly at the direction of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known far and wide by his initials, MBS, dismembered a Washington Post journalist and American permanent resident in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. That
was merely the most shocking and public example of Saudi human rights abuses: Courts routinely sentence citizens to decades in prison and even death for the crime of speaking their minds or living their lives as they wish.
Of course, none of this chilled the blossoming friendship between then-President Donald Trump and MBS, not to mention the Saudi prince’s warm bromance with Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who would later get a $2 billion investment from a Saudi fund MBS controls.
This administration was supposed to be different. During the 2020 campaign, Joe Biden rightly referred to Saudi Arabia as a pariah. In an awkward moment on a swing through the Middle East last summer, he avoided shaking hands with MBS by bumping fists with him instead.
Fast forward a year. Biden is now seeking to broker a historic pact between the Saudis and Israel. The contours of any such deal will be highly contested, and it faces a steep climb in Congress. But such a deal, far from making Saudi Arabia a pariah, would draw it even closer to the United States through defense guarantees.
Our messy, multipolar moment in global politics means that some countries are simply too important to face any kind of lasting opprobrium for their brutality. And so, MBS swans across the global stage like a prima ballerina in a careermaking role. He was welcomed with warmth in Paris by Emmanuel Macron in June. He convened dozens of nations to discuss prospects for peace in Ukraine this month. Britain’s government said this month that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is eager to meet him “at the earliest opportunity” to discuss deepening ties between the two countries.
It is tempting to argue that given Saudi Arabia’s track record on human rights, mowing down defenseless women and children as they desperately try to reach some semblance of safety is par for the course. It may be unusually brazen, but how different is it, really, from how Greek officials handled a sinking ship filled with migrants in the Mediterranean?
This brings me to the other grim truth the Human Rights Watch report underscores. There appears to be no limit to the cruelty that will be tolerated in the name of keeping out people whom rich countries deem undesirable. Despite the many international agreements and norms around the movement of people, everything from wanton disregard for the lives of migrants right up to deliberate, maximum deadly force seems to be on the table.
“We are at a level where state officials are directly firing explosive weapons and shooting people at a border and doing such insidious things like forcing a boy to rape a girl survivor,” Nadia Hardman, author of Human Rights Watch report, told me. “Where do we go from here?”
Indeed, the moral standard in how we treat those seeking safety and freedom across borders has unquestionably been set by the West. It was the European Union that decided to open its coffers to the murderous Libyan Coast Guard to prevent migrants from crossing the Mediterranean. Europe has paid Turkey’s government billions of euros in exchange for keeping millions of Syrian refugees out of Europe. Britain’s
Conservative government is trying to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda, of all places, rather than accept its obligation under international law to admit refugees.
Europe is hardly alone. The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, has strung barbarous devices across the Rio Grande. If the current doesn’t drown migrants, the razor wire and giant saw blades could. And it’s not just Republicans who engage in this cruelty. The Biden administration has continued many of Trump’s border policies or even pursued some that are arguably harsher.
We are living through a brutal new era of realpolitik, where might equals right amid a frenzy of global jockeying. This world has been very good to Saudi Arabia, a very rich and very important country by dint of its geography and natural resources. China brokered a deal between Saudi Arabia and its archenemy, Iran; and now the Biden administration seeks a grand bargain between the Saudis and the government of Israel. For the West, the dictates of our current moment are clear: Counter China. Contain Russia. Keep unwanted migrants out.
The Biden administration came to power with many promises and good intentions. Two years ago, speaking after the chaos of the necessary and long overdue withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, Biden declared: “I have been clear that human rights must be the center of our foreign policy, not the periphery.”
Biden made similar commitments about migrants. “If I’m elected president, we’re going to immediately end Trump’s assault on the dignity of immigrant communities,” he said in his acceptance speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. “We’re going to restore our moral standing in the world and our historic role as a safe haven for refugees and asylum-seekers.”
I am certain that Biden believed these words when he said them and believes them still. His administration is playing the hand it has been dealt. But as the events in the Saudi desert illustrate, this century is going to be nasty, brutish and long.
SAN JUAN – El presidente del Senado, José Luis Dalmau Santiago, anunció hoy que ese cuerpo legislativo, encaminará una abarcadora agenda ambiental de 10 puntos que incluirá la creación de un Código Ambiental, legislación para trabajar el deslinde estatutario de la zona marítimo terrestre, la regulación del litoral costero, la delimitación de los cuerpos de agua, las zonas de protección de los ríos, cuencas hidrográficas y el acceso a las playas.
“Por años, ha sido palpable la necesidad de regular el uso y disfrute de los cuerpos de agua; particularmente, en lo relativo al deslinde de la zona marítimo terrestre, el litoral costero, las zonas de protección de los ríos, mangles, humedales, las cuencas hidrográficas y el acceso a las playas. Estos asuntos, constituyen un tema prioritario que requiere de una acción legislativa clara y efectiva. A esos efectos, este Senado -el más diverso de la historia- asumirá su responsabilidad de cara al futuro”, afirmó el dirigente senatorial.
Como primer paso, Dalmau anunció la creación de un grupo de trabajo que “estará compuesto, inicialmente, por asesores y expertos en el área ambiental y de planificación en representación de las cinco delegaciones y el senador independiente. Este grupo de trabajo, realizará un inventario y acopio de toda la legislación que haya sido presentada sobre estos temas e identificará aquellas medidas que contengan áreas de consenso o propuestas que puedan ser armonizadas bajo objetivos comunes”.
Posteriormente, dijo “se integrarán a este esfuerzo a las agencias del gobierno, la academia y a las organizaciones profesionales y comunitarias que puedan aportar en la discusión de estos temas a través de una cumbre ambiental que será convocada en las próximas semanas. Una vez se redacten las medidas de forma final por las comisiones legislativas correspondientes, el Senado procederá a considerar las mismas”.
El dirigente senatorial explicó que los trabajos legislativos comenzarán por la regulación de la zona costera y los cuerpos de agua, ante la importancia que revisten esos recursos para la isla. “Puerto Rico cuenta con 66,762 cuerdas de mangle y humedales que se supone sean áreas protegidas. Además, existen 668 millas lineales de costas y en los 44
municipios costeros de la isla, residen un total de 1,815,000 personas lo que representa el 61 por ciento de la población. A pesar de esas impresionantes cifras, todavía es la hora que el deslinde de la zona marítimo terrestre no está establecida por ley y las definiciones que se usan como guías de desarrollo, provienen de la antigua Ley de Puertos de España implantada en el año 1866. Esto es insólito y es hora de corregirlo”, dijo el presidente senatorial.
Dalmau enfatizó que la agenda no tiene el propósito de detener el desarrollo, sino todo lo contrario. “Nuestro propósito es acabar con la tirantes y polarización que existe entre diversos sectores que parecen antagónicos, pero que no lo son. Múltiples países han logrado regular y ordenar el uso de sus recursos de forma armoniosa y balanceada”, sostuvo.
El líder senatorial recordó que países como Costa Rica, Ecuador, Chile, México, Bolivia y Brasil han adoptado medidas legislativas integradas para la protección del ambiente, mientras que países como Estados Unidos, Canadá, Australia, Filipinas, Nueva Zelanda, España y la Unión Europea, han adoptado medidas estatutarias uniformes para regular sus costas y cuerpos de agua.
En cuanto al Código Ambiental, el presidente del Senado explicó que de un análisis inicial que realizaron sus asesores, se han detectado un total de 117 leyes ambientales distintas que cobijan temas similares pero que están dispersas y desorganizadas en diferentes estatutos. Entre ellas, se destacan medidas sobre la declaración de áreas de reserva, las regulaciones sobre humedales, las zonas pesqueras y las servidumbres de conservación de ríos y quebradas.
“En este Senado, las cinco delegaciones y el
senador independiente han presentado medidas legislativas de importancia en el tema ambiental y de planificación. Esas medidas serán el punto de partida para la discusión de estos temas, porque uno de los objetivos que queremos promover con este esfuerzo es la aprobación de medidas multisectoriales, incluyendo la inclusión del tema ambiental en los currículos académicos”, indicó Dalmau.
Sobre esto, el presidente del Senado destacó el Proyecto del Senado 557, de la senadora Ada García Montes y los senadores populares Ramón Ruíz Nieves y Rubén Soto Rivera, que procura regular el acceso a las playas. Además, el Proyecto del Senado 787 de la senadora del Partido Nuevo Progresista, Nitza Morán que procura enmendar la Ley de la Junta Interagencial de manejo de costas.
Igualmente, el Proyecto del Senado 32 de la senadora María de Lourdes Santiago y los senadores Rafael Bernabe y Ana Irma Rivera Lassén que propone la creación de una nueva ley de costas; el Proyecto del Senado 923 de la senadora Joanne Rodríguez Veve, el cual se encuentra en conferencia y que propone una reforma de permisos; así como las recomendaciones de la investigación del senador José Vargas Vidot sobre el manejo de los acueductos rurales y su impacto en el ambiente.
Agenda ambiental de 10 puntos propuesto por el presidente del Senado, José Luis Dalmau:
1. Creación de grupo multisectorial para la redacción de medidas legislativas.
2. Redacción y aprobación de un Código Ambiental.
3. Aprobación de una nueva Ley de Costas.
4. Adopción por ley del deslinde de la zona marítimo terrestre.
5. Adopción por ley de la demarcación de las zonas de protección de ríos y quebradas.
6. Protección de las zonas de protección de las cuencas hidrográficas.
7. Establecer una política pública eficaz sobre estructuras existentes en áreas de reserva.
8. Regular y proteger el acceso ciudadano a las playas.
9. Crear un estado de derecho justo y balanceado que procure la restauración paulatina y ordenada de las zonas de alto valor ecológico y bienes públicos ocupados por estructuras.
10. Inclusión del tema de protección ambiental en los currículos académicos.
When superstar conductor Gustavo Dudamel took the podium at Usher Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Saturday night to lead the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, there were the usual cheers from the audience.
But onstage, there was also a sense of joy and celebration: Dudamel had not performed with this 140-member ensemble since 2017, when he ran afoul of the Venezuelan government after criticizing the ongoing social and political crisis in his home country. He then stopped traveling there.
The reunion, at the Edinburgh International Festival, was emotional for Dudamel, who has led the orchestra since 1999 and said he missed performing with the musicians, many of whom he has known since they were children in El Sistema, the Venezuelan program that teaches music to young people.
“To have the chance to see them — to play music with them in person — is something that reconnects me with my soul, with my spirit,” he said in a telephone interview. “It’s really a very historical and special moment for us.”
Players in the ensemble said that they were energized by Dudamel’s return.
“It’s like we’re reborn,” Abner Padrino, a 31-yearold cellist, said in a telephone interview. “It feels like we’re playing at home.”
Kira Riera, a 31-year-old violist, said that Dudamel had helped improve morale in the orchestra. “He has brought really good energy to us,” she said. “It feels like the darkest times have just passed in Venezuela. We are now seeing some light once again.”
Dudamel, who also leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic and will become the music and artistic director of the New York Philharmonic in 2026, last appeared with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra in March 2017, on tour in Spain, Germany and Austria.
But in the months that followed, as unrest gripped Venezuela and a young El Sistema-trained viola player was killed during a street protest, Dudamel, who had resisted weighing in on politics, spoke out. He issued a statement saying that “enough is enough” and wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times, criticizing a government plan to rewrite the constitution.
The government of President Nicolás Maduro canceled the orchestra’s planned tour of Asia in apparent retaliation, a week before the ensemble was to depart, as well as another Dudamel-led tour with El Sistema musicians.
The orchestra entered a challenging period, with many of its top players leaving the country because of political and economic turmoil. Dudamel, feeling unable to return there, stayed in touch with the musi-
cians by phone and video calls.
He finally went back to Venezuela last year, and spent time with friends and family. He also met with El Sistema students and teachers, and found time for a private reunion with the orchestra, leading a rehearsal of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony in Caracas. He returned again in June, for rehearsals with the orchestra of a production of Beethoven’s “Fidelio” conceived for both hearing and deaf audience members.
Dudamel said the political situation in Venezuela had improved to a point that he felt able to return. But, he added, there were still problems that needed to be addressed.
“People have the desire to get out of this unrest — this political, ideological unrest — and really make things move forward,” he said. “There has been a change, but we need to keep working to make things better because they are still very difficult.”
He said that he hoped to one day bring the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic there: “We are in a moment where we can start to build something — something that goes beyond the unrest.”
In Edinburgh, where the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra was in residence this past week, Dudamel led a performance of Mahler’s Symphony
No. 1, as well as two works by Venezuelan composers: “Guasamacabra,” by Paul Desenne, who died this year; and “Odisea,” by Gonzalo Grau, a concerto for cuatro, a small guitar, featuring Jorge Glem on the instrument.
On Thursday, the orchestra performed Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and a work by Villa-Lobos, with Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare. Many of the orchestra’s players are younger than 25 and have joined over the past year; Dudamel has overseen auditions in person and remotely.
Dudamel also met with students and teachers from Big Noise, a music education program in Scotland for disadvantaged children inspired by El Sistema. At the Scottish Parliament’s Festival of Politics on Friday, Dudamel spoke about his efforts to build on the legacy of his mentor, José Antonio Abreu, the celebrated Venezuelan educator who founded what became El Sistema in 1975. He described El Sistema as a “social project first and a cultural project second.”
“I have made it my personal mission not to rest until music is truly a fundamental human right for everyone,” Dudamel said. “El Sistema has endured through seven different governments in Venezuela. It is not about politics. It is about the shared belief that art must be a part of the fabric of society.”
Gustavo Dudamel led the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela for the first time since 2017 at Usher Hall in Edinburgh on Saturday. The San Juan Daily Star Tuesday, August 29, 2023 17 By DEBRA KAMINJoanna Lubkin, a Unitarian Universalist minister, has chronic pain and fatigue and relies on her service dog, a 4-year-old black Labrador named Sully, to pick up items she drops, press elevator buttons and brace her when her body weakens. She never travels without him.
In June, when she and Sully arrived at the Pittsburgh International Airport to fly home to Boston after a conference, the agent at the JetBlue Airways gate told her that there were no forms on file certifying Sully as a service dog, and refused to let her board.
Since 2021, the Department of Transportation has required travelers with disabilities to fill out a standard form before boarding an aircraft with their trained service animal, attesting to the dog’s health, behavior and training. Before her flight to Pittsburgh on Delta Air Lines, Lubkin, 37, had completed the DOT form for both Delta and JetBlue and uploaded it to their websites. With Delta, she experienced no issues.
But a week later, she found herself stranded in Pittsburgh, confused and frustrated. She did not know she was only one of many travelers with disabilities encountering hurdles with the verification process, and finding themselves stuck at the airport even after they had correctly verified their service dogs for air travel.
JetBlue is one of four airlines that uses a third-party — a small, Chicago-based company called Open Doors Organization — to review the new DOT forms and issue approvals or denials on their behalf. And when Lubkin arrived at her gate for her return flight home, she was told Open Doors had not verified her form and she would not be allowed to fly.
Angry and tired, Lubkin called a friend, who offered to drive her 570 miles back to Boston.
“Flying is physically painful for me and for a lot of people,” she said. “Making it that much harder for us to travel is just unjust, and it doesn’t feel right to me.”
A JetBlue spokesperson acknowledged her concerns.
“We understand that we need to ensure better consistency in verifying paperwork during travel on all flights of a customer’s itinerary,” said Derek Dombrowski, the airline’s senior manager for corporate communications.
‘I consider that discrimination’
Before the coronavirus, air travelers looking to bring an animal into the cabin had to adhere to airlines’ individual rules for flying with pets, which sometimes required the purchase of a special ticket. Fully trained service animals were exempt from any charges.
Airlines say the 2021 regulations were needed after a
pandemic-related uptick of pets on airplanes, many of them untrained and presenting a risk to travelers and legitimate service animals alike. There were also a number of incidents where passengers attempted to pass off pets or emotionalsupport animals as trained service animals. At the end of 2021, most major airlines had declared they would no longer accept emotional-support animals on board, and the Transportation Department put forth new rules for service animals.
Among the changes: Airlines can require users of service animals, which are defined as dogs trained to perform a task directly related to an owner’s disability, to submit a DOT form attesting to the animal’s health, behavior and training.
JetBlue, Allegiant Air, Sun Country Airlines and Alaska Airlines have partnered with Open Doors to process the forms. Travelers upload their forms to the airlines’ websites, and the airlines then pass them on to Open Doors, which verifies the legitimacy of the service dog by examining the form and sometimes calling the trainer, whose contacts are required on the form, with additional questions.
Other airlines, including American Airlines and United Airlines, review and approve the forms themselves.
Some dog trainers and disability advocates say the new rules may be illegal.
After Lubkin filled out her DOT form and uploaded it to JetBlue’s website, more than a week before departure, she received an email from NEADS, the service dog organization that trained Sully, letting her know they had been contacted by Open Doors regarding her form and she was
“all set.”
But in Pittsburgh, the gate agent couldn’t find any communication from Open Doors in her file.
“The fact that a corporation is making it so difficult for somebody to get accommodations for their disability — I consider that discrimination,” Lubkin said.
Travelers on other airlines have also faced issues. In June, Ashley O’Connor, a stay-athome mother of three, was eager to fly home to Columbus, Ohio, from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, with her son, Owen, and his new service dog.
Owen, 4, has CHARGE syndrome — an acronym for a genetic illness affecting the heart and airways — and Téa, a German shepherd, was trained to alert people around her when Owen is at risk of respiratory distress.
Three days before their return flight on Allegiant, O’Connor, 30, filled out the DOT form on Allegiant’s website but was told her application was denied because she didn’t list the specific tasks for which the dog is trained. She filled it out again, resubmitted and then received a confirmation. An email from Open Doors came next, saying she could “request travel” from Allegiant. She did.
At the airport, however, O’Connor was told there were no forms on file. She tried to submit them yet again with her phone, at one point pausing at the check-in counter to suction Owen’s tracheostomy tube. But she received a series of error messages and was eventually told by the Allegiant gate agent that her application was denied.
She had to enlist the help of Owen’s great-grandparents, both in their late 70s, to drive Téa nearly 10 hours to Columbus. She flew home alone with Owen.
“My obviously disabled child was sitting in a stroller next to me,” she said of the incident at the check-in counter. “There was no compassion.”
Allegiant said that O’Connor’s application was held up due to incomplete information and that she did not inform the airline she was traveling with a service animal until she arrived at the airport. She contests this.
“Open Doors Organization is a trusted nonprofit disability advocacy organization,” a spokesperson with the carrier said. “This strategic partnership has equipped Allegiant with better tools to serve the disability community, allowing us to streamline the service animal approval process while ensuring the safety of all passengers and crew members.”
Open Doors has admitted that communication with the airlines at times has gone awry. But the organization’s founder, Eric Lipp, said the issue mostly stemmed from airline workers who lacked proper training.
Many travelers with disabilities are encountering hurdles with a process to verify that their service dogs are fit to fly. The San Juan Daily StarConfused, frustrated and stranded at the airport with a service animal
“We have had a couple of hiccups,” Lipp said. But when paperwork issues arise, he added, airline workers should allow customers with a clear disability to board, or reach out directly to Open Doors for guidance in that moment.
“JetBlue and Allegiant take up 90% of our time,” he said, adding that airlines should call the organization for input before issuing a denial. “Sometimes, the people who work for the airlines just do stuff. And we don’t want the people at the airport to be the ones making the decisions.”
Passed off as service animals
The Air Carrier Access Act, passed in 1986, requires airlines to allow travelers with disabilities to board a flight with their service animals. And it limits the questions airlines can ask about a traveler’s disability as well.
“There are certain reasons an airline can deny a service animal, such as if it’s not a dog or if they see behavioral issues,” said Cait Malhiot, an attorney with Marko Law, a law firm in Detroit. But an airline can’t require passengers to show any specific training for a dog, or that a dog be trained only by an accredited source.
Ashley Townsend, a 32-year-old social worker, is blind and relies on Lolly, a 3-year-old black Lab. In June, Townsend was invited to fly from her home in Denver to a fundraiser in New York City for a guide-dog conference. The organization booked her ticket on JetBlue, and Townsend called the carrier two days before her flight to ensure she wouldn’t face issues boarding with Lolly. She was assured that she was all set to fly.
But the next day, Townsend used her screen reader to look at JetBlue’s website. Only then did she see that her DOT form, which she was used to submitting, would have to be reviewed by Open Doors before flying. She had flown just two months earlier with Lolly on a Southwest Airlines flight and not encountered an Open Doors review. When she received an automated message that it would take 48 hours to receive a response, she panicked — her flight was in less than a day. She again called JetBlue, and after hours on hold, she was informed that she had not completed the paperwork properly and would not be allowed to fly.
She canceled her ticket and purchased a new flight on United, which does not use Open Doors. She and Lolly flew without issue.
JetBlue said the Open Doors partnership had been put into place because of multiple incidents of dogs being passed
off as service animals on flights, but then wreaking havoc in the air, including biting crew members and relieving themselves on the plane.
“We have developed a process to at tempt to distinguish properly trained service dogs traveling with a qualified individual with a disability from other dogs,” said Dombrowski, the JetBlue spokesperson.
Townsend said she understood the rules have been tightened, but she feels that the disability community is bearing the brunt of the responsibility for an issue they did not cause.
“I’m faced with this burden of proving that my service animal is legitimate, instead of people being held accountable for inten tionally blurring that line,” she said.
In May, Erin Brennan Wallner, a Jack sonville, Florida-based communications as sociate, and her family were left stranded in Boston with their son’s service dog. Mason, 14, has autism and relies on Zoe, a 65-pound goldendoodle in moments of stress.
The family booked a vacation to Boston and was unaware of the change in the DOT rules. So were the agents and crew on their outbound JetBlue flight — they flew with Zoe from Jacksonville to Boston with no issues. But when they arrived at the airport to return home, they were told they could not board without an approved DOT form.
Frantic, Wallner attempted to fill out the form in the airport. The family watched their flight depart without them, and two hours later, while still hoping to be rebooked that day, Wallner received an email from Open Doors stating that Zoe, who was trained by a company called Off Leash K9 Training, did not qualify as a service animal.
Open Doors, when contacted about the situation, said Zoe had been rejected because Wallner had used vague language to describe the dog’s training, rather than offering specifics on the tasks the dog performs. Lipp, Open Doors’ founder, said his company processes about 120 forms a day and in cases like Wallner’s, he always attempts to contact the trainer for more information.
But Zoe’s trainer, Matt Gregory, said he never received a call from Open Doors. The family ended up renting a car and driving 18 hours back to Jacksonville.
Wallner said the fact her family was allowed to fly to Boston in the first place proved the system is not working.
“I understand that plenty of people take advantage of the situation,” she said. “But don’t you have a responsibility to at least get us home?”
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.
LIME HOMES, LTD.
Plaintiff, vs. DAVID RAMOS PAGAN Defendants Civil No. 14-1417 (BJM). MATTER: COLLECTION OF MONIES. NOTICE OF SALE.
WHEREAS: On May 21, 2015, Default Judgment in Collection of Monies was entered and granted in favor of Plaintiff to recover from defendants the following sums: The principal sum of $270,853.04, bearing an annual interest rate of 2.50% on payments 1-60, and at 3.50% per annum on payments 61-72; 4.5% per annum on payments 73-84, and 4.75% per annum on payments 85-480, from October 1, 2013 until the present and until fully paid, plus 10% of the original principal amount equivalent to $27,500.00, to cover costs, expenses and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. That on June 27th, 2023, the Court entered order granting execution of the attachment affecting the property, with writ of execution of attachment issued on same day. The order of attachment shall cover the amount of the Default Judgment above cited and awarded to Plaintiff. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties. at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 150 Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.
WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the Clerk of the Court, Room 150— Federal Office Building, 150 Carlos Chard6n Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property described in Spanish: URBA-
NA: PROPIEDAD HORIZON-
TAL: URBANA: Apartamento de forma irregular identificado con el Número A Doscientos Tres (A-203), localizado en el segundo piso del Edificio A del Condominio Haudimar Beach
Apartments, ubicado en el Barrio Bajuras del término municipal de Isabela, Puerto Rico. EI apartamento consta de un nivel y son sus colindancias las siguientes: Por el Norte: Con elemento exterior en una distancia de veintidós pies con diez pulgadas (22’ 10”); Por el Sur: Con elemento exterior y área común en una distancia de veintidós pies con diez pulgadas (22’ -10”
); Por el ESTE: Con apartamento A Doscientos Cuatro (A-204) en una distancia de treinta y seis pies con seis pulgadas (36’ -6” ) y área común en una distancia de quince pies diez pulgadas (15’ -10’’) para un total de cincuenta y dos pies con cuatro pulgadas (52’ -4”); Por el OESTE: con el apartamento A Doscientos Dos (A-202) en una distancia de cincuenta y dos pies con cuatro pulgadas (52’ -4’’) Consta el mismo de dos (2) habitaciones con sus respectivos guardarropas, una sala comedor, cocina, dos (2) baños, lavandería y balcón. Los baños están equipados con bañeras, lavamanos Y servicio sanitario.
EI área total del apartamento es de mil seis punto mil trescientos cinco pies cuadrados (1, 006.1305 p. c.), equivalentes a noventa y tres punto cuatro mil setecientos veinticinco metros cuadrados (93.4725 m.c.). EI apartamento tiene una puerta de entrada, por su lado Sur que comunica al área común donde se encuentra la escalera. Le corresponde como elemento de uso común limitado dos (2 ) espacios de estacionamiento identificados ambos con el número y letra A guión Doscientos Tres (A-203). Le corresponde a este apartamento en los elementos communes generales del inmueble una participación del punto cero cero cinco uno uno cero por çiento ( .005110 % ). The property # 29,478 is recorded at Page KARIBE volume of Isabela, Property Registry of Puerto Rico, lot number 12,712 Section of Aguadilla.
Property address: Cond. Haudimar, Apartment A-203, Isabela, P.R. 00662. WHEREAS:
This property is subject to the following liens described in Spanish: Senior Liens: • NONE
• Junior Liens: • NONE. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed/sold upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that
the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. Because this is a case of money collection, it does not have a minimum rate or bid.
The sale will take place to satisfy the amounts owed per the Default Judgment entered on May 21, 2015. The AUCTION will take place on the 11th day of September of 2023, at: 9:15 am, at the office of the Clerk of the Court, Room 150— Federal Office Building, 150 Carlos Chard6n Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, whose sale at public auction was ordered by the Order of Execution of June 25, 2023, Judgment dated May 21, 2015. The undersigned Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency (cash), or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied. WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the undersigned Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, 22nd day of July of 2023. By: Pedro A. Vélez Baerga, Special Master 787-672-8269.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-
NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE WILFREDO GAUDINO BONILLA; ANAMARYS RIVERA DIAZ Vs. EX-PARTE Civil Núm.: PO2023CV02296.
Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS
Tuesday, August 29, 2023 20
UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: John Doe y Richard Roe, posibles interesados en la Propiedad que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno localizado en el Barrio San Patricio, Sector El Hoyo, Carretera Ciento cuarenta y tres (143), kilómetro seis punto siete (Km.
6.7) interior del término municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico con una cabida superficial de SEIS MIL NUEVE PUNTO DOS MIL CIENTO TREINTA METROS CUADRADOS (6,009.2130 MC), equivalentes a UNO PUNTO CINCO MIL DOSCIENTOS OCHENTA Y NUEVE CUERDAS (1.5289 CDAS). En lindes por el NORTE con terrenos de don Felipe Rivera y con terrenos de doña Rosa M. Suárez, por el SUR, con terrenos de don Miguel Petrilli; por el ESTE, con terrenos de don Miguel A. Torres y el camino municipal Hoyo San Patricio y por el OESTE, con más terrenos de don Felipe Rivera y camino municipal que da a la carretera Estatal Número ciento cuarenta y tres (143). No consta inscrita en el Registro de la Propiedad. No tiene número de catastro asignado. Los interesados incluyen a colindantes desconocidos, anteriores dueños desconocidos y posibles herederos de dueños anteriores desconocidos de la Propiedad antes mencionada. Por la presente quedan notificados que Wilfredo Gaudino Bonilla y Anamarys Rivera Díaz, han radicado en este Tribunal una Petición de Expediente de Dominio sobre la propiedad antes descrita, alegando que adquirieron la propiedad mediante compraventa mediante escritura número setenta y dos (72) del 3 de mayo de 2023 ante el notario público Félix A. Santiago Miranda, de sus anteriores dueños Milagros Olivero Delgado, Carlos Javier Medina Olivero, Jan Carlos Medina Olivero y Crystal Marie Medina Olivero y que el periodo de posesión de la propiedad de los peticionarios y todos los anteriores dueños sobre pasa un término de 30 años de posesión y por ello solicitan Orden para que Ordene al Registrador de la Propiedad de Ponce II que inscriba dicha finca a nombre de los Peticionarios. Se apercibe que si transcurrido Veinte (20) días desde la publicación de este 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. En cumplimiento de una orden dictada por este Tribunal expido el presente bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Ponce, Puerto Rico, a 4 de agosto de 2023. CARMEN TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE, PUERTO RICO. KEILENE RODRÍGUEZ MELÉNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAGÜEZ ORIENTAL BANK
Parte Demandante V. MARIA ESTHER CRUZ GALARZA Y LA SUCESIÓN DE MIGUEL ANTONIO SANABRIA MOLINA COMPUESTA POR YOLANDA SANABRIA, MIGUEL ANTONIO SANABRIA CRUZ, LILLIAN SANABRIA CRUZ, ROBERTO ENRIQUE SANABRIA CRUZ, LVONNE SANABRIA CRUZ, IVETTE SANABRIA CRUZ, ALBERTO SANABRIA CRUZ, FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: MZ2019CV02027. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de MAYAGÜEZ, hago saber a la parte demandada, MARIA ESTHER CRUZ GALARZA, LA SUCESION DE MIGUEL ANTONIO SANABRIA MOLINA compuesta por YOLANDA SANABRIA, MIGUEL ANTONIO SANABRIA CRUZ, LILLIAN SANABRIA
CRUZ,
Y FULANA DE TAL y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 20 de abri de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor pagadero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o giro postal, a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, la siguiente propiedad con dirección física: Calle G. Pales Matos #833, Urbanización Guanajibo Homes, Mayagüez, PR 00682-1163 y que se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar número 17 del bloque E de la Urbanización Guanajibo Homes Corporation, radicada en el Barrio Guanajibo del término municipal de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de 310.50 metros cuadrados. Colindando por el NOROESTE y SURESTE, en 13.50 metros por cada lado respectivamente, con la calle ‘B’ y solar número 22 de dicho bloque y por el NORESTE y SUROESTE, en 23.00 metros, por cada lado respectivamente con solares 16 y 18 de dicho bloque. Sobre este solar enclava una casa de concreto reforzado de una sola planta para una familia. Finca 13311 inscrita al folio 139 del tomo
1508 del Registro de la Propiedad, Mayagüez. La finca antes descrita se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes:
(i) HIPOTECA en garantía de pagaré a favor de Doral Bank o a su orden, con un valor de $107,000.00 con intereses a razón del 5 3/8% anual con y vencimiento al 1 de noviembre de 2035. Constituida por la Escritura 89 otorgada en Mayagüez el 10 de octubre del 2005 ante notario Elizabeth Pabón Quiñones. Inscrita en virtud de la Ley 216 para Agilizar el Registro de la Propiedad 2010, inscripción
12. (ii) EMBARGO FEDERAL: Contra Wilson Velázquez y M. Sanabria por $3,888.67, notificación 271300517, anotado al asiento 2017-008584FED, anotado el 29 de agosto de 2017 al sistema Karibe. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución es la que ha quedado descrita en el inciso (i). Será celebrada la subasta para con el importe de la misma satisfacer la sentencia dictada el 1 de marzo de 2023, mediante la cual se condenó a la parte demandada pagar a la parte demandante la cantidad ascendiente a $81,437.18 de principal, más intereses acumulados que
continuarán acumulándose al 5. 3/8% anual hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más cargos por demora, más $10,700.00 de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, según pactado, más cualquier otro desembolso que haya efectuado o efectúe la parte demandante durante la tramitación de este caso para otros adelantos de conformidad con el Contrato Hipotecario. La PRIMERA SUBASTA será celebrada el día 3 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de MAYAGÜEZ, Puerto Rico. Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma, la cantidad de $107,000.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el 10 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la que servirá como tipo mínimo, dos terceras (2/3) partes del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $71,333.33. Si no hubiese remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, celebraré TERCERA SUBASTA el día 17 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar en la que regirá como tipo mínimo, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $53,500.00. El Alguacil que suscribe hizo constar que toda licitación deberá hacerse para pagar su importe en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, de acuerdo con la Ley y de acuerdo con lo anunciado en este Aviso de Subasta. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables. Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso acepta como bastante la titulación que da base a la misma. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si la hubiere al crédito que da base a esta ejecución continuará subsistente, entendiéndose, además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos, sin destinarse a su extinción cualquier parte del remanente del precio de licitación. La propiedad para ejecutar será adquirida libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los
hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Vendida o adjudicada la finca o derecho hipotecado y consignado el precio correspondiente, en esa misma fecha o fecha posterior, el alguacil que celebró la subasta procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura pública de traspaso en representación del dueño o titular de los bienes hipotecados, ante el notario que elija el adjudicatario o comprador, quien deberá abonar el importe de tal escritura. El alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la confirmación de la venta o adjudicación. 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. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS LICITADORES Y DEL PUBLICO EN GENERAL y para su publicación de acuerdo con la Ley, expido el presente Edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal. En MAYAGÜEZ, Puerto Rico, hoy 10 de julio de 2023. JOSÉ M. CRESPO NAZARIO, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE MAYAGÜEZ.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMON SALA SUPERIOR. BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
DEMANDANTE VS. IRIS JEANNETTE
LA FOSSE ORTIZ
DEMANDADOS
CIVIL NUM.: BY2023CV01852. SALA: 403. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sen-
CRUZ, ROBERTO ENRIQUE SANABRIA CRUZ,tencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMON, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 14 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en la Oficina del Alguacil de Subastas, sita en el cuarto piso del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: URBANIZACION
SANTA ELENITA, AC-2 CALLE
37, BAYAMON, PR 00957 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Santa Elena, Segunda Etapa, situada en el Barrio Pájaros de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, que se describe como sigue: Solar treinta y siete del Bloque C-dos con un área de doscientos cuarenta y siete metros cuadrados con dos centésimas de metros. En lindes: por el NORTE, en diez metros sesenta y nueve centímetros con el Solar número uno del mismo bloque; por el SUR, en doce metros diecinueve centímetros con la Calle A; por el ESTE, en veinticuatro metros cincuenta centímetros con el Solar número treintiséis del mismo bloque; y por el OESTE, en veintiún metros con la Calle B. Contiene una casa de concreto diseñada para una familia. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 116 del Tomo 1096 de Bayamón Sur, finca número 49,101, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Primera. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $76,900.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una segunda subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el 21 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA en la Oficina del Alguacil de Subastas, sita en el cuarto piso del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $51,266.66. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una tercera subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 28 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA en la Oficina del Alguacil
de Subastas, sita en el cuarto piso del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $38,450.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número 44 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 28 de febrero de 2005, ante la Notario Félix Javier Santiago García, modificada en cuanto a su principal que será de $74,763.15, en cuanto a su interés anual será 4.50%; el pago mensual de principal e interés será de $336.11; en cuanto a su vencimiento que será el primero (1ro) febrero de 2051, según consta de la escritura de modificación de hipoteca número 9, otorgada el día 18 de febrero de 2011, en San Juan, Puerto Rico ante la Notario Público Rosanna Rivera Sánchez, modificada por segunda ocasión en cuanto a su principal que será de $76,900.00, en cuanto a su interés anual será 6.625% (Según Escritura de Modificación); en cuanto a su pago mensual de principal e interés que será de $422.71 y en cuanto a su fecha de vencimiento que será el 1ro de junio de 2054, en cuanto al tipo mínimo para la primera subasta en caso de ejecución será la cantidad de $76,900.00, según consta de la escritura de modificación de hipoteca número 115, otorgada el día 17 de mayo de 2014, en San Juan, Puerto Rico ante la Notario Público Genevieve López Stipes. La hipoteca y sus correspondientes modificaciones constan inscritas al Folio 131 del Tomo 1818 y al Tomo Karibe de Bayamón Sur, Finca número 49,101, inscripciones 6ta, 9na y 11ra, respectivamente, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Primera. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido contra la parte co-demandada ascendente a la suma de $68,345.88 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de noviembre de 2022, más intereses al tipo pactado de 6.50% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 5.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $7,500.00. Ade-
más, la parte demandada se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $7,500.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $7,500.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Por razón de dicho incumplimiento, y al amparo del derecho que le confiere el Pagaré, el demandante ha declarado tales sumas vencidas, líquidas y exigibles en su totalidad. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMON, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble 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 de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores conocidos y desconocidos que tengan inscritos, no inscritos, presentados y/o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en
un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 16 de agosto de 2023. EDGARDO ELIAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMON SALA SUPERIOR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAGUEZ SALA SUPERIOR.
ORIENTAL BANK
DEMANDANTE VS. LAS SUCESIONES DE RICARDA ORTIZ
PESANTE T/C/C
RICARDA ORTIZ Y RUPERTO VELEZ ORTIZ COMPUESTA POR RUPERTO VELEZ; FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL; MENGANO Y MENGANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LAS SUCESIONES; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
DEMANDADOS
CIVIL NUM.: MZ2022CV01030.
SALA: 207. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA) . EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAGÜEZ, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 5 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAGÜEZ, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: URB. ANA MARIA, B-10 CALLE 5, CABO ROJO, PUERTO RIOC 00623 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Ana María, situada en el Barrio Pueblo del término municipal de Cabo Rojo, Puer-
to Rico, que se describe en el Plano de Inscripción de la Urbanización con el número, área, y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: número del solar: diez del Bloque B. Area del solar: doscientos veintisiete metros cuadrados con treinta y seis centímetros cuadrados (227.36 m.c.). En lindes por el NORTE, veinticuatro metros cincuenta centímetros, con el solar número once; por el SUR, en veinticuatro metros cincuenta centímetros con el solar número 9; por el ESTE, en nueve metros veintiocho centímetros con solares treinta y treinta y uno; por el OESTE, en nueve metros veintiocho centímetros con la Calle número cinco. En este solar enclava una casa de concreto. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 260 del Tomo 331 de Cabo Rojo, finca número 11,148, en el Registro de la Propiedad de San Germán. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $70,919.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una segunda subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 12 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $47,279.33. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una tercera subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 19 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $35,459.50. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número 387 otorgada en Isabela, Puerto Rico, el día 31 de diciembre de 2015, ante el Notario Carlos Martínez Olmo, según la inscripción Octava (8va), en el Registro de la Propiedad de San German. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $62,877.81 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de diciembre de 2021, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.00% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte co-demandada, La Sucesión de Ricarda Ortiz Pesante t/c/c Ricarda Ortiz y Ruperto
Vélez Ortiz, adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $7,091.90. Además, la parte co-demandada, La Sucesión de Ricarda Ortiz Pesante t/c/c Ricarda Ortiz y Ruperto Vélez Ortiz se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $7,091.90 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $7,091.90 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Por razón de dicho incumplimiento, y al amparo del derecho que le confiere el Pagaré, el demandante ha declarado tales sumas vencidas, líquidas y exigibles en su totalidad. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAGÜEZ, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble 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 de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores desconocidos, no inscritos o presentados que sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto
de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, hoy día 18 de agosto de 2023. Jose M Crespo Nazario, Alguacil De Subastas, Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial De Mayagüez, Sala Superior. ***
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA DE CAROLINA ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC. COMO AGENTE GESTOR DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC.
Demandante Vs. MAGDA I ESTRELLA RIVERA
Demandado CIVIL NÚM.: TJ2022CV00520
SALÓN: 406 SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.
A: MAGDA I. ESTRELLA RIVERAURB. INTERAMERICANA GARDENS, Y-24 CALLE 24, TRUJILLO ALTO, PR 00976-3428.
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://unired. ramajudicial.pr, 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 re-
beldía 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. Edwin Serrano cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección, edwin.serrano@orflaw.com, natalie.bonaparte@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 19 de julio de 2023. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 19 de julio de 2023. Lcda. Kanelly Zayas Robles, Secretaria Regional. Maricruz Aponte Alicea, Secretaria Auxiliar.
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Demandante Vs. WALTER ALVARADO BAERGA
Demandado CIVIL NÚM.: DO2022CV00176
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.
A: WALTER ALVARADO BAERGAURB. SAN ANTONIO, 1571 CALLE DAMASCO, PONCE, P.R 00728. 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://unired. ramajudicial.pr. 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, la Lcda. Natalie Bonaparte cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección edwin.serrano@orf-law. com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy día 18 de julio de 2023. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 18 de julio de 2023. Carmen Tirú Quiñones, Secretaria Auxiliar. F/Sandra González Rodríguez, Secretaria Auxiliar.
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Parte Demandante Vs. DANILO E TAVAREZ CRUZ
Parte Demandada
CIVIL NÚM. SJ2022CV07087
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
A: DANILO E TAVAREZ CRUZURB LAS LOMAS 1756 CALLE 24 SW, SAN JUAN, 00921-1246.
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://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en SAN
JUAN, Puerto Rico, hoy día 17 de julio de 2023. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 21 de julio de 2023. Griselda Rodríguez Collado, Secretaria. F/Michelle Rivera Ríos, Secretaria Auxiliar.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE UTUADO
ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. CARLOS E MENDEZ ROJAS
Parte Demandada CIVIL NÚM. UT2022CV00572
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
A: CARLOS E MENDEZ ROJAS212 BDA LOS PINOS, UTUADO PR 00641. 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://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie. bonaparte@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO
MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Utuado, Puerto Rico, hoy día 18 de julio de 2023. En Utuado, Puerto Rico, el 18 de julio de 2023. Diane Álvarez Villanueva, Secretaria. Brenda L. De Jesús Vélez, Secretaria Auxiliar.
SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. CARLOS E MENDEZ ROJAS
Parte Demandada
CIVIL NÚM. UT2022CV00572
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
A: CARLOS E MENDEZ ROJASCARR. 490 KM. 3.0 BARRIO CAMPO ALEGRE
SECT. SANTO DOMINGO, HATILLO, PR
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://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie. bonaparte@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO
MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Utuado, Puerto Rico, hoy día 18 de julio de 2023. En Utuado, Puerto Rico, el 18 de julio de 2023. Diane Álvarez Villanueva, Secretaria. Brenda L. De Jesús Vélez, Secretaria Auxiliar.
LEGAL NOTICE
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NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA MUNICIPAL DE YAUCO EN SABANA GRANDE COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO DE CABO ROJO
Parte Demandante Vs GLORINETTE MARIE FIGUEROA PEÑA
Parte Demandada
Civil Núm.: YU2023CV00107. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (REGLA 60). EDICTO.
Se le apercibe que la parte demandante por mediación del Lcdo. Rafael Fabre Colón, P.O. Box 277, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681, Tel. 787-265-0334, ha radicado la acción de epígrafe en su contra. Copia de la demanda, emplazamientos y del presente edicto le ha sido enviado por correo a la última dirección conocida. Pueden ustedes obtener mayor información sobre el asunto revisando los autos en el Tribunal. Se le apercibe que tiene usted un término de treinta (30) días para radicar contestación a dicha demanda de cobro de dinero y/o cualquier escrito que estime usted conveniente 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 de epígrafe, pero que de no radicarse escrito alguno ante el Tribunal dentro de dicho término el Tribunal procederá a ventilar el procedimiento sin más citarle ni oírle. Dada en Yauco, Puerto Rico, hoy 16 de agosto de 2023. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL, SECRETARIA GENERAL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA MUNICIPAL DE YAUCO EN SABANA GRANDE. DELIA APONTE VELÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO PALMAS DEL MAR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante VS. RUBÉN A. RODRÍGUEZ VALDIVIA; MARIA D. MORRIS ZAMORA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandado(a)
Civil: HU2022CV01667. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: RUBÉN A. RODRÍGUEZ VALDIVIA, MARIA D. MORRIS ZAMORA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; DIRECCION; GARDEN HILLS S7 CALLE PALOS GRANDES,
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 17 de AGOSTO de 2023, 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 2023. En HUMACAO, Puerto Rico, el 21 de AGOSTO De 2023. IVELISSE FONSECA RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. KEYLA PÉREZ FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. MARÍA DEL PILAR VILCHES NÚÑEZ
Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV06335. Sala: 508. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA “IN REM”. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. A: MARÍA DEL PILAR VILCHES NÚÑEZ. 107 APONTE STREET, MACHUCHAL SECTOR, SANTURCE NORTE, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00907 Y 107 CALLE APONTE SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 009112219.
Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda incoada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. Usted
deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Si usted deja de presentar y notificar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE
DEMANDANTE:
Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández RUA Núm.: 16,393 BERMUDEZ & DIAZ, LLP 500 Calle De La Tanca Suite 209 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901 Tel.: (787) 523-2670 / Fax: (787) 523-2664 rdiaz@bdprlaw.com
Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal, hoy 21 de agosto de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA GENERAL. BRENDA HERNÁNDEZ ZAVALA, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN ESPACIO RESIDENTIAL. LLC
Demandante VS. MIGUEL FLORES COLÓN
Demandado (a)
Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV04165. Sala: 508. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTOS. A: MIGUEL FLORES COLÓN.
EL SECRETARIO (A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 18 de agosto de 2023, 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 diez (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 publica-
ción 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 2023. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 21 de agosto de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARTHA ALMODÓVAR CABRERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs SONIA MAXIMINA
QUIÑONES RIVERA
T/C/C SONIA QUIÑONEZ DE RODRIGUEZ T/C/C
SONIA QUIÑONES
RIVERA T/C/C SONIA M.
QUIÑONES T/C/C SONIA
MAXIMINA QUIÑONEZ
RODRIGUEZ T/C/C SONIA
Q. QUIÑONES T/C/C
SONIA M QUIÑONES
RIVERA POR SI Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE RICARDO ANTONIO
RODRIGUEZ QUETGLAS
T/C/C RICARDO A.
RODRIGUEZ QUETGLAS
TC/C RICARDO
RODRIGUEZ T/C/C
RICARDO RODRIGUEZ QUETGLAS; MARILYN
RODRIGUEZ QUIÑONES
Y VANESSA RODRIGUEZ
T/C/C VANESSA
RODRIGUEZ QUIÑONES
COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE RICARDO ANTONIO
RODRIGUEZ QUETGLAS
T/C/C RICARDO A.
RODRIGUEZ QUETGLAS
TC/C RICARDO
RODRIGUEZ T/C/C
RICARDO RODRIGUEZ
QUETGLAS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS
MUNICIPALES; ESTADOS
UNIDOS DE AMERICA
Demandado
CIVIL NÚM.: PO2022CV00672
SALÓN: 406 SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACION DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
VANESSA RODRIGUEZ
T/C/C VANESSA
RODRÍGUEZ QUIÑONES, ELAINE SERRANO
Y LETTY ARANGO, herederas conocidas de la SUCESION RICARDO
ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ
QUETGLAS T/C/C
RICARDO A. RODRIGUEZ QUETGLAS T/C/C
RICARDO RODRIGUEZ T/C/C RICARDO
RODRIGUEZ QUETGLAS
DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA Y POSTAL: 1573 CALLE DAMSACO, URB. SAN ANTONIO PONCE, P.R. 00728. DIRECCIÓN
FÍSICA Y POSTAL: 180 COLLINS VIEW CT, LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30043. DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA Y POSTAL: 6350 ELMSHORN WAY
ALPHARETTA, GA 300045751. LIC. FERNANDO J. GIERBOLINI GONZÁLEZ
101 AVE. SAN PATRICIO, SUITE 1120 GUAYNABO PR 00968. (Nombre de las partes a las que se les notifica la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que 09 de agosto de 2023, 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 representado 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 2023. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 21 de agosto de 2023. CARMEN G TIRU QUIÑONES, Secretaria Regional. F/ EREINA AGRONT LEON, Secretaria Auxiliar.
PUERTO RICO Demandante V. 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; CRIM Demandado(a)
Civil: Núm. SJ2023CV01124 (604) Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA IN REM.
A: SOLIMAR PRADOS RUIZ; RICARDO MATOS; FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JAIME MATOS RESTO Y DE LA SUCESIÓN DE MIRIAM RUIZ SANTIAGO
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 11 de agosto de 2023, 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 2023. En SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, el 21 de agosto de 2023.
GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, Secretaria. F/MARILY
LOPEZ MARTINEZ, Secretaria Auxiliar.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-
NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
PARTE DEMANDANTE VS.
LA SUCESIÓN DE AMÉRICO RIVERA
RIVERA COMPUESTA
POR FULANO y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS, DIMAS
ISABEL SANTIAGO
T/C/C DIMAS ISABEL
ANÉS SANTIAGO POR
SÍ Y COMO HEREDERA DE AMÉRICO RIVERA RIVERA PARTE DEMANDADA CIVIL NÚM. PO2022CV00326. (406). SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO, EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: DIMAS ISABEL SANTIAGO T/C/C DIMAS ISABEL ANÉS SANTIAGO POR SÍ Y COMO HEREDERA DE AMÉRICO RIVERA RIVERA A SUS ÚLTIMAS DIRECCIONES CONOCIDAS E INFORMADAS: URB. BELLA VISTA, B35 CALLE C, PONCE, PR 00731, 1225 ELM ST., READING PA, 19604-2927 Y 995
E 181ST ST APT 31, BRONX, NY 10460-2235.
FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE AMÉRICO RIVERA RIVERA.
Queda usted notificado que en este Tribunal se ha radicado demanda sobre ejecución de hipoteca por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega se adeuda las siguientes cantidades: $23,104.04 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 7.5% anual desde el 1 de abril de 2021 hasta su completo pago, más $150.70 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $5,214.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo. La propiedad que garantiza hipotecariamente el préstamo es la siguiente: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número B-35 del plano de inscripción del proyecto de vivienda a bajo costo denominado CRUV-1-10, radicado en el Barrio Machuelo del término municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 214.11 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE: con los solares número B-27 y B-28 A; por el SUR: con la calle C; por el ESTE: con el solar número B-34 A y por el
OESTE: con el solar número
B-36. Sobre este solar enclava una estructura residencial para uso de una familia. Enclava una
casa. Existe una servidumbre por signo aparente establecida por la corporación vendedora en la pared que divide dicha estructura, enclavada en el solar B-36 (pared medianera), cuya pared continuará sirviendo en toda su actual extensión y espesor al propietario de esta edificación y al propietario de la edificación colindante. La propiedad consta inscrita al folio 211 del tomo 1190 de Ponce, Finca 32825. Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección I. La escritura de hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 32 del tomo 1819 de Ponce, Finca 32825. Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección I. Inscripción séptima. La demandante es la tenedora por endoso, por valor recibido y de buena fe del referido pagaré objeto de la presente acción. Se interpela a los demandados para que acepten o renuncien a la herencia de la causante dentro de los 30 días subsiguientes a la fecha que fuesen emplazados o requeridos que contesten, para darle cumplimiento el Artículo 1578 del nuevo Código Civil de Puerto Rico, 31 L.P.R.A. § 11021, entendiéndose que, si no se expresan dentro de dicho término, aceptan el caudal relicto; la renuncia se hará por instrumento público o por escrito judicial. La parte demandada deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando 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. Se le advierte que si no contesta la demanda, radicando el original de la contestación en este Tribunal y enviando copia de la contestación a la abogada de la parte demandante, Lcda. Belma Alonso García, cuya dirección es: PO Box 3922, Guaynabo PR 00970-3922, Teléfonos: (787) 789-1826 y (787) 708-0566, correo electrónico: oficinabelmaalonso@gmail.com, dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, excluyéndose el día de la publicación, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia en su contra, concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal, hoy 17 de agosto de 2023 en Ponce, Puerto Rico. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA
REGIONAL. MARIELY FÉLIX RIVERA, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAGÜEZ SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ SALÓN DE SESIONES SALÓN 207 ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. ASTER MANUEL VEGA CRUZ Y OTROS Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: MZ2022CV00202.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO, EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL.
JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS JCFORTUNO@FORTUNO-LAW.COM NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: ASTER MANUEL VEGA CRUZ POR SI Y COMO HEREDERO CONOCIDO DE LA SUCESION DE ASTER MANUEL VEGA SANCHEZ Y LA SUCESION DE JUANITA CRUZ RODRIGUEZ; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS O TERCEROS CON INTERES SOBRE AMBAS SUCESIONES.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 11 de agosto de 2023, 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 24 de agosto de 2023. Notas de la Secretaría. SENTENCIA NUNC PRO TUNC. En MAYAGÜEZ, Puerto Rico, el 24 de AGOSTO de 2023. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. NILDA TORRES ACEVEDO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA DE QUEBRADILLAS BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. ELÍAS DE JESÚS JIMÉNEZ ROMÁN T/C/C ELÍAS DE JESÚS ROMÁN T/C/C ELÍAS JIMÉNEZ
ROMÁN T/C/C ELÍAS D. JIMÉNEZ ROMÁN, AIDA MARGARITA RODRÍGUEZ
RODRÍGUEZ T/C/C
AIDA M. RODRÍGUEZ
RODRÍGUEZ T/C/C
AIDA RODRÍGUEZ
RODRÍGUEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR
AMBOS; ANA
MARGARITA JIMÉNEZ
RODRÍGUEZ T/C/C ANA
M. JIMÉNEZ RODR!GUEZ T/C/C ANA JIMÉNEZ
RODRIGUEZ
Demandados
Civil Núm.: CICD2017-0004. (101). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. YO, LUIS
E. ROMÁN CARRERO, Subastas del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Camuy a los demandados y al público en general les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso por el Secretario del Tribunal de epígrafe· con fecha 8 de mayo de 2019 y para satisfacer la cantidad adeudada de $130,430.22 de principal mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos el 19 de febrero de 2019, notificada y archivada en autos el 21 de febrero de 2019, y debidamente publicada mediante edicto en el periódico “The San Juan Daily Star” el 28 de febrero de 2019, procederé a vender en pública subasta, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, mediante efectivo, giro o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil de este Tribunal todo derecho, título e interés que hayan tenido tengan o puedan tener los deudores demandados en cuanto a la propiedad localizada en el Municipio de Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, el bien inmueble se describe a continuación: SR 485, KM 1.5 #10, Quebradillas, PR 00678.
RÚSTICA: Parcela de terreno ubicada en el Barrio San José del término Municipal de Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, marcado con el número diez (10) en el plano de inscripción, con una cabida superficial de dos mil noventa y nueve punto novecientos cuarenta metros cuadrados (2,099.940 m/c) equivalentes a cero punto cinco mil trescientos
cuarenta y tres cuerdas (0.5343 cdas.). En lindes por el Norte, en treinta punto (30.00) metros, con el remanente de la finca principal de donde se segrega, perteneciente a Cándido Molinari; por el Sur, en treinta punto (30.00) metros, con camino dedicado a uso público; por el Este, en (75.917) metros, con el remanente de la finca principal de Cándido Molinari; y por el Oeste, en setenta y cinco punto novecientos diecisiete (75.917) metros, con el solar número nueve (9) del plano de inscripción. Inscrita al folio 80 del tomo 93 de Quebradillas, finca número 4,739, Registro de la Propiedad de Arecibo, Sección II. El tipo mínimo para la subasta será la suma de tasación pactada, la cual será la cantidad de $108,800.00 para la propiedad antes descrita. De declararse la subasta desierta, se procederá a una segunda subasta y servirá de tipo mínimo de 2/3 del precio mínimo antes mencionado; $72,533.33. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en esta segunda subasta, se procederá a una tercera subasta, en la cual regirá como tipo mínimo ésta la 1/2 del precio pactado; $54,400.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse a opción del demandante. Art. 104 de la Ley de Registro de la Propiedad Inmobiliaria del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, 30 L.P. R. A. sec. 2721. La cantidad adeudada según la sentencia asciende a la suma $130,430.22 de principal, 9.45% de intereses, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda, $826.32 de gastos por mora, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda, $113.42 de reserva “escrow”, más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el 13 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a efecto una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el 20 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA.
De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a cabo una tercera SUBASTA el 27 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. La subasta o subastas antes indicadas se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Camuy. Del Estudio de Título realizado surge el siguiente gravamen: Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica de Puerto Rico. Del Estudio de Título realizado surge el siguiente gravamen posterior el cual podrá ser cancelado: Aviso de Demanda dictado el 20 de marzo de 2009 en el Tribunal
de Primera Instancia Sala de Arecibo caso civil #CICD09-26 sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico antes Popular Finance, lnc. Vs. Elias De Jesús Jiménez Román y su esposa Aida Margarita Rodríguez Rodríguez donde se solicita el pago de la deuda garantizada con la hipoteca de la inscripción 5ta de $108,800.00 o la venta en pública subasta, anotada al folio 184vto del tomo 227 de Quebradillas, finca #4739 el 31 de octubre de 2011 anotación “A”. Se advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el término de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y se le notificará además a la parte demandada· vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, previa orden judicial dirigida al Registrador de la Propiedad de la sección correspondiente para la cancelación de aquellos posteriores. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en la Secretaría del Tribunal. 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 para conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en la Sala de Camuy, Puerto Rico, a 25 de
agosto de 2023. LUIS E. ROMÁN CARRERO, ALGUACIL. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
DEMANDANTE V. SUCESION DE MILAGROS LOZADAMELENDEZ COMPUESTA POR SUS MIEMBROS LUIZ LOZADA MELENDEZ, VICTOR ANGEL LOZADA MELENDEZ, ANGEL LUIS LOZADA MELENDEZ, HECTOR LUIS LOZADA MELENDEZ, SARA LOZADA MELENDEZ, ADELAIDA LOZADA MELENDEZ, VICENTE LOZADA MELENDEZ, NELIDA LOZADA MELENDEZ, OLGA IRIS LOZADA MELENDEZ, EDWIN LOZADA MELENDEZ, DAVID LOZADA MELENDEZ, Y LA SUCESION DE HERIBERTO LOZADA MELENDEZ COMPUESTA POR SUS MIEMBROS HERIBERTO LOZADA ALLENDE, EDIRIS LOZADA GUZMAN, Y MARIA LOZADA GUZMAN DEMANDADOS Civil Núm.: VB2019CV00259. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA, Alguacil Supervisor de la División de Subastas del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja a los demandados y al público en general les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso por el Secretario del Tribunal de epígrafe con fecha 15 de diciembre de 2021 y para satisfacer la cantidad adeudada de $38,015.02 de principal mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos el 5 de marzo de 2020 y enmendada el 29 de septiembre de 2021, notificada y archivada en autos el 30 de septiembre de 2021 y publicada mediante edicto en el Periódico “The San Juan Daily Star” el 7 de octubre de 2021, procederé a vender en pública subasta, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, mediante efectivo, giro o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil de este Tribunal todo derecho, título e interés que hayan tenido tengan o pue-
dan tener los deudores demandados en cuanto a la propiedad localizada en el Municipio de Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el bien inmueble se describe a continuación: URB EL ROSARIO, E-31 CALLE OSCAR COLLAZO, VEGA BAJA, PUERTO RICO, 00693. Urbana: Solar marcado con el número Treinta y Uno del bloque E (E-31), en el plano de inscripción de Residencial El Rosario, radicado en el Barrio Pugnado Afuera de Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de trescientos veinticinco (325) metros cuadrados, en lindes por el Norte, en trece (13) metros, con el solar número dieciséis (16) del mismo bloque E; por el Sur, en trece (13) metros, con la Calle A; por el Este, en veinticinco (25) metros con el solar número treinta del mismo bloque E (E30) y por el Oeste en veinticinco (25) metros, con el solar número treinta y dos (32) del mismo bloque E. Afectado en toda su colindancia Norte por una servidumbre de uno punto cinco (1.5) metros de ancho a favor de la Puerto Rico Telephone Company. El Inmueble antes descrito contiene una casa de cemento, diseñada para una familia construida de acuerdo con los planos y especificaciones aprobadas por la Junta de Planificación de Puerto Rico y otras Agencias Gubernamentales. FINCA: Número nueve mil seiscientos quince (9615) inscrita al folio noventa y nueve (99) del tomo ciento setenta (170) del Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección IV. Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, en el caso de epígrafe, que se desglosan de la siguiente forma: $38,015.02 por concepto de principal, más intereses al 7.5% anual, más 4% de todo pago en atraso, más $6,490.00 como cantidad estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato de préstamo. El tipo mínimo para la subasta será la suma de tasación pactada, la cual es $64,900.00 para la propiedad antes descrita. De declarase la subasta desierta y tener que celebrarse una segunda subasta el tipo mínimo serán dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio mínimo antes mencionado; $43,266.67.
Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, regirá como tipo de la tercera subasta la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado; $32,450.00.
La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el 14 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a efecto una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el 21 DE SEPTIEMBRE
DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a cabo una TERCERA SUBASTA el 28 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. La subasta o subastas antes indicadas se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. Del Estudio de Título realizado surgen los siguientes gravámenes: Servidumbres a favor de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico, Autoridad de las Fuentes Fluviales de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Telephone Company, servidumbre a favor de Alturas de Vega Baja Corp. Se advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el término de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, previa orden judicial dirigida al Registrador de la Propiedad de la sección correspondiente para la cancelación de aquellos posteriores. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en la Secretaría del Tribunal. 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 para conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente
Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en la Sala de Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 25 agosto de 2023. LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA, ALGUACIL #888.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE MANATÍ ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. LYDIA GARCÍA COLÓN
COMO MIEMBRO
CONOCIDA DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CONNIE RIVERA GARCIA; JOHN
DOE COMO MIEMBRO DESCONOCIDO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CONNIE RIVERA GARCIA
Demandados
Civil Núm.: MT2023CV00219.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO, EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. EDICTO.
A: JOHN DOE COMO MIEMBRO DESCONOCIDO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CONNIE RIVERA GARCIA. PO BOX
773, BARCELONETA, PR 00617; VILLA BARCELONA, D6 CALLE
2, BARCELONETA, PR 00617; D6 CALLE
2, BARCELONETA, PR 00617; D-6 2ND ST VILLA BARCELONA, BARCELONETA, PR 00617.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 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, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Representa a la parte demandante el Lcdo. Javier Montalvo Cintrón,
Delgado Fernández, LLC, PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-1750. Tel. [787] 2741414. DADA en Manatí, Puerto Rico, a 18 de agosto de 2023.
VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. CARMEN J. ROSARIO VALENTÍN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ
FIRSTBANK
PUERTO RICO
DEMANDANTE V. SUCESION DE OTILIO RAFAEL LUGO LUGO COMPUESTA POR FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO
POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS, MARIA CRISTINA AVILA DE JESUS, CRIM DEMANDADO(A)
CIVIL: SG2022CV00339. SOBRE: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO
POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION DE OTILIO RAFAEL LUGO LUGO.
(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 1 de agosto de 2023, 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 22 de agosto de 2023. En Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el 22 de agosto de 2023. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETA-
RIA. NILDA TORRES ACEVEDO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE
LIME HOMES, LTD.
Demandante V. SUCESION MARCO
LUIS RIVERA LOPEZ COMPUESTA POR SUS
HEREDEROS JULIA
MILAGROS MATOS
TORRES; CAROL ALEXA RIVERA MATOS; MARCO ALEJANDRO RIVERA MATOS Y FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS
Demandado(a)
Civil: GM2020CV00060. 406. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN MARCO LUIS RIVERA LOPEZ.
P/C LCDO. ROBERTO C. LATIMER VALENTÍN. PO BOX 9022512, SAN JUAN, P.R. 00902-2512.
(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 7 de agosto de 2023, 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 22 de agosto de 2023. PONCE, Puerto Rico, el 22 de agosto de 2023. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. MARIELY FÉLIX RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC., COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC.
Demandante V. CARMEN I SOTO VEGA
Demandado(a)
Civil: IS2022CV00089. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: FULANO DE TAL, POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES QUE COMPONE JUNTO A CARMEN I SOTO VEGA.
DIRECCIÓN: 379 AVE LULIO E SAAVEDRA BLASCO ISABELA, PR 00662-7038.
P/C LCDO. EDWIN OMAR SERRANO PEÑA. COND. MONTECENTRO, CALLE DAGUAO APDO 203, CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO 00987.
(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 18 de agosto de 2023, 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 2023. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 21 de agosto de 2023. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. NATHALIE I. ACEVEDO QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.
TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
DEMANDANTE V. LESLIE J MCCURDY ROJAS
DEMANDADO(A)
CIVIL: SJ2022CV09360. SALA
802. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: LESLIE J MCCURDY ROJAS.
(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 28 de marzo de 2023, 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 2023. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 21 de agosto de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. ELSIE PRATTS MELÉNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA MUNICIPAL DE SAN SEBASTIÁN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC., COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC.
EL SECRETARIO (A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 18 de agosto de 2023, 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 2023. En San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, 21 de agosto de 2023. SARAHI REYES PEREZ, Secretaria Regional. LAURA LUGO CRESPO, Secretaria.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA MUNICIPAL DE SAN SEBASTIÁN
ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC., COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC.
Demandante Vs STANLEY MEJIAS RIVERA
Demandado
Civil Núm: SS2022CV00777
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: STANLEY MEJIAS RIVERA
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA
Demandante Vs FRANCISCO CHAPARRO VAZQUEZ
Demandado CIVIL NÚM: MO2022CV00167
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: FRANCISCO
CHAPARRO VAZQUEZ
EL SECRETARIO (A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 15 de agosto de 2023, 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 2023. En San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, 21 de agosto de 2023. SARAHI REYES PEREZ, Secretaria Regional. LAURA LUGO CRESPO, Secretaria.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. OMAR ESPINELL NARVAEZ, SU ESPOSA YARELYS ÁLVAREZ TORRES, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados
CIVIL NÚM.: BY2022CV01505.
SALA: 703. SOBRE: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA “IN
REM”. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:
Que, en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia enmendado, expedido el día 17 de agosto de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación:
RÚSTICA: Solar número cinco (5). Predio de terreno radicado en el Barrio Santa Olaya del término municipal de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de mil quinientos treinta y uno punto dos mil ciento cuarenta y siete metros cuadrados (1,531.2177 m.c), así surge. Colinda por el NORTE, con terrenos de Juana Álvarez, antes con los solares numero dos (2) y número cuatro (4) de acuerdo al plano aprobado; por el SUR, con el solar número seis (6) de acuerdo al plano aprobado por la Administración de Reglamentos y Permisos; por el ESTE, con terrenos de Luciano Rivera; y por el OESTE, camino municipal asfaltado. Es el Remanente descrito luego de las segregaciones de cuatro (4) predios de 380.2295
metros cuadrados; 449.8630 metros cuadrados; 863.6738 metros cuadrados y 813.0465 metros cuadrados, por escritura número 173, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 29 de marzo de 2007, ante el notario
Héctor L. Torres Vilá, inscrita al folio 138 del tomo 1910 de Bayamón Sur, finca número 69,602, inscripción 5ta. Inscrita en la finca número 69,602, al folio 46 del tomo 1646 de Bayamón Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Bayamón. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada el 18 de mayo de 2023 y notificada en este caso el 23 de mayo de 2023, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $128,498.53 por concepto de principal, más los intereses sobre dicha suma a razón del 6.25%, anual desde el 1ro de febrero de 2021, hasta su completo pago, más las primas de seguro hipotecario, recargos por demora y cualesquiera otras cantidades pactadas en la escritura de primera hipoteca, desde la fecha antes mencionada y hasta la fecha del pago total de las mismas, más la suma de $14,920.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 26 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS
9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el cuarto piso, Oficina de Alguaciles de Subastas de Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $149,200.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 3 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $99,466.66, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día
10 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023 A
LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $74,600.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para
la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate.
EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 21 de agosto de 2023.
EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS
SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA
SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE FAJARDO.
ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante v. SUCESIÓN DE ANA LUISA CARRASCO TORRES compuesta por ROBERT JOHN WALLEN, JUDE ROBERT WALLEN y ETHAN WALLEN
Demandados
CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Parte con Interés CIVIL NÚM.: FA2023CV00119. Sobre: Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R. SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Fajardo, hago saber a la parte demandada, SUCESIÓN DE ANA LUISA CARRASCO TORRES compuesta por ROBERT JOHN WALLEN, JUDE ROBERT WALLEN y ETHAN WALLEN; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES como parte con interés; Y Al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 6 de junio de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor pagadero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o giro postal, a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, la siguiente propiedad con dirección física: 2 Calle B, Urb. Ext. Meléndez, Fajardo, PR 00738-4312 y que se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar número 2 de la Urbanización Melendez, Segunda sección en el Barrio Quebrada de Fajardo, Puerto Rico, compuesto de 405.45 metros cuadrados.
Colindando por el NORESTE, en 25.00 metros, con el solar número 3; por el SUROESTE, en 23.80 metros, con el solar numero 1; por el SURESTE, en 19.00 metros, con la calle B: y por el NOROESTE, en 15.00 metros con terrenos de Puerto Rico Industrial Development. Contiene una casa de concreto. Finca 5295 inscrita al Folio 247 del tomo 157 de Fajardo, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Fajardo. La finca antes descrita se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: (i) HIPOTECA constituida por Ana Luisa Carrasco Torres, soltera, en garantía de un pagaré, aff. 10485, a favor de Scotiabank, PR o a su orden por $65,600.00, al 5.125% vencedero el 1 de abril de 2049, según Esc. #35, en Fajardo, a 11 de marzo de 2019, ante Enrique Umpierre Suárez II, inscrita al Sistema Karibe de Fajardo, finca #5295, inscrip-
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
ción 8va. y última. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución es la que ha quedado descrita en el inciso (i). Será celebrada la subasta para con el importe de la misma satisfacer la sentencia dictada el 24 de abril de 2023, mediante la cual se condenó a la parte demandada pagar a la parte demandante la cantidad ascendiente a $62,520.16 de principal, más $2,136.08 a intereses acumulados, que continuarán acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más $125.30 a cargos por demora, más $118.07 a escrow, más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, según pactado, más cualquier otro desembolso que haya efectuado o efectúe la parte demandante durante la tramitación de este caso para otros adelantos de conformidad con el Contrato Hipotecario. La PRIMERA SUBASTA será celebrada el día 3 de noviembre de 2023, a las 10:00 de la mañana en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de FAJARDO, Puerto Rico. Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma, la cantidad de $65,600.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 10 de noviembre de 2023, a las 10:00 de la mañana, en el mismo lugar, en la que servirá como tipo mínimo, dos terceras (2/3) partes del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $43,733.33. Si no hubiese remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, celebraré TERCERA SUBASTA el día 17 de noviembre de 2023, a las 10:00 de la mañana, en el mismo lugar en la que regirá como tipo mínimo, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $32,800.00. El Alguacil que suscribe hizo constar que toda licitación deberá hacerse para pagar su importe en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, de acuerdo con la Ley y de acuerdo con lo anunciado en este Aviso de Subasta. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables. Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso acepta como bastante la titulación que da base a la misma. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si la hubiere al crédito que da base a esta ejecución continuará subsistente, entendiéndose, además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos, sin destinarse a su extinción cualquier parte del remanente del precio de licitación. La propiedad para ejecutar será adquirida libre de cargas y graváme-
nes posteriores. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Vendida o adjudicada la finca o derecho hipotecado y consignado el precio correspondiente, en esa misma fecha o fecha posterior, el alguacil que celebró la subasta procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura pública de traspaso en representación del dueño o titular de los bienes hipotecados, ante el notario que elija el adjudicatario o comprador, quien deberá abonar el importe de tal escritura. El alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la confirmación de la venta o adjudicación. 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. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS LICITADORES Y DEL PUBLICO EN GENERAL y para su publicación de acuerdo con la Ley, expido el presente Edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal. En FAJARDO, Puerto Rico, hoy 20 de julio de 2023. Denise Bruno Ortiz, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE FAJARDO. Jorge A. Ortiz Estrada, Alguacil Regional Interino.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA
TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA
COOPERATIVA DE AHORROY CRÉDITO DE AGUADILLA
Demandante V. MODESTO PACHECO
Demandado(a)
Civil: AG2022CV00237 Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (VÍA ORDINARIA). NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: MODESTO PACHECO
Dirección: Urb. Esteves
#1917 Calle Urunday Aguadilla, Puerto Rico 00603. P/C LCDO.
(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que 18 de agosto de 2023, 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 fechad e 21 de agosto de 2023. En AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico, el 21 de agosto de 2023. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, Secretaria. Nathalie I. Acevedo Quiñones, Secretaria Auxiliar.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
BOSCO CREDIT X, LLC , BY FRANKLIN CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION AS SERVICER
Demandante Vs. JOSEFINA CRUZ
PADILLA, ROBERTO BARRETO VELEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: CA2019CV00685.
Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (IN REM). 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
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 2023, A LAS 1:15 DE LA TARDE, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Round Hill, situada en el Barrio Las Cuevas de Trujillo Alto, que se describe en el plano de inscripción de la Urbanización con el #266 del Bloque “L” con un área de 416.00 metros cuadrados; en lindes por el NORTE, en 24.00 metros con el solar #267; por el SUR, en 26.00 metros con el solar #265; por el OESTE, en 16.00 metros con los solares #261 y #262 y por el ESTE, en 16.00 metros con la calle Azucena. Enclava una casa de concreto para fines residenciales. Finca número 3551, inscrita al folio 138vto del torno 75 de Trujillo Alto, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección IV. La hipoteca antes descrita consta inscrita al folio 271 del tomo 647 de Arecibo, Finca número 3551, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección IV, inscripción 10a. Propiedad localizada en: URB. ROUND HILLS, 1228 CALLE AZUCENA TRUJILLO ALTO, PUERTO RICO 00976. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. 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
Alittle after 5 p.m. Wednesday, Carlos Alcaraz, racket bag over his shoulders, bounded into the U.S. Open player garden outside Arthur Ashe Stadium in the Queens borough of New York like a high school quarterback striding into the cafeteria on the first day of school.
He slapped hands and bro-hugged with new friends and old ones. He posed for selfies with other players and their hangers-on. He double-kissed and hugged a few kids his agent had brought along. A few minutes later, as he began a slow, autograph-filled walk to a practice court, a roar rose from beyond the high hedges.
Less than a year after his breakout win at the U.S. Open, and a little more than a month after his thrilling five-set win in the Wimbledon singles final over Novak Djokovic, there is no longer any question: Alcaraz has pushed tennis permanently into its future.
Djokovic, 36 years old and with 23 Grand Slam titles, knows his career is sunsetting, and that Alcaraz, a 20-year-old Spanish star who has established himself as the game’s new standard, is at daybreak.
“The talk of our sport for the last two years, and, of course, deservedly because he has done things that probably no other, you know, teenager has ever done,” Djokovic said of Alcaraz during an interview last week.
Beyond all the accolades and the attention, Alcaraz is forcing the best players in the world into a devil’s choice — to change how they have trained to play for years and adapt to him, or to likely spend most of the next decade or more smothered by an athlete who plays on every inch of his side of the net and tries to hit balls to every inch of his opponent’s.
“There’s lots of power, not a lot of weaknesses, but also the all-court game, and the transition from neutral or defensive to offense is so quick,” said David Nainkin, who leads player development for the U.S. Tennis Association. “And now every player knows if he is going to compete with him, he’s going to have to do that as well.”
Alcaraz knows that better than anyone. He has said his goal, along with winning as often as possible, is to entertain and thrill the spectators who pack stadiums for his matches that have also sent television ratings soaring.
Winning efficiently is not enough. He wants to win spectacularly, showcasing his power and speed and touch from everywhere on the court.
“It’s dynamic,” Alcaraz has said time and again of his style.
For years, this was the sort of shift that might happen every half-decade or so, though for the last roughly 15 years, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Djokovic and, for a while, Andy Murray turned the sport into an exclusive scrum of skill and wit. Each took a turn or two redrawing the tennis court to suit his style. First came Federer’s supreme and unmatched shotmaking, which ran into Nadal’s power and competitive fire, which ran into Djokovic’s relentless defense and angular creativity, which ran into Murray’s magical touch and movement.
Now Alcaraz has begun collecting the sport’s most important championships and also accomplishing the far larger feat of forcing nearly everyone to think and compete differently. He is inside their head every time they step on the practice court.
The days of winning by hitting a big serve and whaling forehands from a foot behind the baseline, a style that has mostly dominated play in this era, appear to be numbered, as everyone goes to school on the talent that, barring injury, they know will be at the top for the foreseeable future.
“There’s pretty much never going to be a chance to go from defense to offense in
the middle of a point against him unless you are a ridiculous athlete like Novak,” Tommy Paul, a rising American who is ranked 14th in the world, said last week as he prepared in the Hamptons for the year’s final Grand Slam tournament. “Everyone now only has one choice. You got to get forward and go on offense before he does, because once he is on offense, you’re probably toast.”
Paul, 26, is worth listening to, since he is the rare player other than Djokovic who has consistently tested Alcaraz, winning two of their four meetings, including this summer in Toronto. A week later in Cincinnati, Alcaraz needed all three sets to beat Paul, with two of those sets decided by tiebreakers.
Jannik Sinner, 22, is also in that category, winning three of their six meetings. At the moment, he has positioned himself as Alcaraz’s most likely rival during the next decade. Their 5 1/2-hour, five-set battle in the quarterfinals at last year’s U.S. Open ended just before 3 a.m. and was arguably the match of the year.
In a sport that is all about matchups, Paul and Sinner are pretty sure they know why they can go toe-to-toe with Alcaraz while other players who have won far more prestigious titles often struggle. Both are plenty comfortable hitting the ball hard. They are able to cover the whole court. They aren’t afraid to move forward and use as much of the playing surface as possible to make Alcaraz move. They stay cool in tight moments
because they are confident they won’t be forced outside their natural skill set.
“He causes me problems, but also I cause him problems,” Sinner, who was also preparing — and relaxing — last week in the Hamptons, said recently. “Sometimes I try to overpower him, which is sometimes also the only solution.”
It’s hard to overestimate the level of fascination with Alcaraz at every level of the sport.
Coco Gauff has been studying his matches to learn how to become better at staying calm and composed, noting that sometimes Alcaraz even smiles after making a mistake or losing an important point.
Murray went to the All England Club on the Sunday morning of the Wimbledon finals to take care of some business, with no intention of staying for the afternoon. But once there, he realized he should stick around, got his hands on a ticket for a Centre Court seat and sat mesmerized for nearly five hours, shooting videos on his phone and trying to figure out how Alcaraz was hanging with Djokovic, who had won the last four Wimbledon singles championships and seven overall. Murray paid special attention to Alcaraz’s movement, his return positions — and Djokovic’s as well — and when and how he decided to play aggressive and offensive tennis.
“You could sort of see Alcaraz learning as the match went on,” Murray said last month.
J.J. Wolf, a 24-year-old American ranked 44th, watched on television and decided then and there that he needed to hit the weight room.
“I’ve always been in decent shape, but he’s so physical,” Wolf said in early August at the Citi Open in Washington, where he was already making plans for an offseason training program that would begin in November. “If I’m going to be able to play like that, I’m going to have to get stronger.”
Jimmy Arias, a star of the early 1980s who is now the director of tennis at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, a leading talent incubator, has struggled in recent weeks to wrap his brain around how Alcaraz can hit a ball from 10 feet behind the baseline to a deep corner of the court and then get to the net, a play that forces opponents to be aggressive on that shot or else give Alcaraz an easy volley.
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He compared it to when Federer destroyed Lleyton Hewitt in the 2004 U.S. Open final 6-0, 7-6(3), 6-0. Hewitt could hit the ball as hard as anyone, but Federer had such exquisite timing, and could step in and return Hewitt’s shots so quickly, that the rhythm of the game that Hewitt had played with for years disappeared.
“The only thing you are going to be able to do is outAlcaraz Alcaraz,” Arias said. “Good luck with that.”
Patrick McEnroe, an ESPN commentator and former pro who runs a top tennis academy in New York City with his brother, John, a seven-time Grand Slam winner, said he is planning to incorporate parts of Alcaraz’s game into his curriculum this fall. Players will have to learn how to follow a big serve with a drop shot the way Alcaraz does, and how he uses the drop shot as an offensive weapon, coming in after it for an easy finish.
There was a time, not long ago, when a slice backhand was not all that important. Then Murray used one that rarely
missed to become the world No. 1, and now no one serious about winning Wimbledon shows up without a slice. After Djokovic started hitting powerful second serves in pressure moments, hitting a 115 mph second serve became almost normal.
Now Alcaraz has come along, following his serve with a drop shot and a topspin lob, a risky combination, serving for the Wimbledon title against Djokovic.
“He has taken the game to a different place,” Patrick McEnroe said. “He does things no one thought was possible.”
When the president of the Spanish soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, kissed Jennifer Hermoso, a star forward on the Spanish national team that had just won the Women’s World Cup, much of the Spanish news media condemned his behavior. Most mainstream outlets, along with Spaniards on social media, called out the kiss as evidence of a callous disregard for Hermoso and, more broadly, lingering sexism in soccer.
Not radio sportscaster Manolo Lama, who said on a popular late-night show on the Cadena Cope radio station, “Those who are angry, it’s because they have never been kissed.” He used the female pronoun for “they” in Spanish.
Earlier, in a post-match interview with Rubiales, also on Cadena Cope, a popular sports presenter, Juanma Castaño, did not question the federation president about the appropriateness of his behavior. When Rubiales characterized the kiss as a “peck be -
tween two friends celebrating something” and brushed off his critics as “losers,” “idiots” and “stupid people,” Castaño laughed and said, “I think the same thing.”
As the chorus of condemnation grew over the week following Rubiales’ actions at the World Cup final, it became harder to defend the federation president.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez waded in, calling it “unacceptable” that Rubiales had kissed a player on the lips without her consent. The secretary of the opposition People’s Party, Cuca Gamarra, described the kiss as “shameful.” On Saturday, the world soccer federation temporarily suspended Rubiales. On Monday, Spanish soccer officials will hold an emergency meeting about the situation.
Since their initial comments, both sports journalists have apologized to their
audiences. Castaño issued a statement last Monday saying that he now realized the kiss was “more than a mistake with no importance.”
Lama published an apology of sorts on X, formerly known as Twitter, asking last Monday for “forgiveness from those I have offended.” But he did not condemn Rubiales, and wrote of the kiss: “I simply think it is an act produced from euphoria and without malice.”
“But Spain has become a country of inquisitors,” he continued, “if you think differently, you’ll be stoned.”
The Cadena Cope radio station did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The kiss has brought the ongoing lively conversation in Spain about the treatment of women back to the fore.
Some of Spain’s conservative mainstream news outlets have used the incident to take a dig at a controversial law passed in August last year by Sánchez’s Socialist government. The law classifies all nonconsensual sex acts as rape, but initially contained a loophole that allowed some convicted offenders to lower their sentences.
On Saturday, an editorial in Spain’s conservative newspaper, La Razón, described the episode as a “national monstrosity,” and said the progressivism of Sánchez’s government had created an environment that enabled Rubiales. “His vulgar and inappropriate behavior in the Women’s World Cup final would have been impossible” the editorial said, without the protection that Sánchez’s government “has provided to his escapades.”
The more left-leaning El País has focused on the emergence of a hashtag in support of Hermoso: “se acabó,” or “it’s over,” coined by Alexia Putellas, a member of the Spanish national team, who is widely acknowledged as the best female player in the world. An editorial Saturday said that “women are saying enough to the abuse of power and Spanish society is with them.” By Sunday, El País led with the simple affirmation: “Spain no longer tolerates ‘los Rubiales,’” referring not only to Rubiales, but to sexist behavior in general.
The sports newspaper AS, which had seemed to initially back Rubiales, has dropped its support for him.
Last week, it ran a headline blaming Hermoso — “Jenni lets Rubiales take the fall.” By Saturday, after widespread criticism, it was leading with a photo of Rubiales and a more neutral headline in reference to him, “Struck down.”
Some of his colleagues at the Spanish soccer federation are shifting their allegiance as well.
On Friday, as Rubiales defiantly announced he would not be quitting, many of his closest colleagues, including Jorge Vilda and Luis de la Fuente, managers of the Spanish women’s and men’s squads, gave him a standing ovation.
Hours later, FIFA announced Rubiales’ suspension from soccer for 90 days, and the entire female squad and dozens of other players signed a joint statement saying they would not take the field to play for Spain “if the current managers continue.”
De la Fuente and Vilda have now distanced themselves from Rubiales, with Vilda saying that he regretted the “inappropriate conduct” of his boss.
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Aries (Mar 21-April 20)
The strange behavior of a romantic interest may have you confused, Aries. Is your partner avoiding you? Do phone calls go unanswered? Forget it. Sometimes people see too much intimacy as a threat to their independence and choose to ignore it. The best way to deal with this is to not press any sensitive issues. Just go out for dinner and act like a friend. Keep romance out of the equation for now!
Taurus (April 21-May 21)
Have you invited some friends over for a celebration tonight, Taurus? If so, your guests are going to keep you hopping! That’s all right. The day is filled with love and joy. Entertaining them is your way of expressing your appreciation. If you’re romantically involved, you and your partner can celebrate privately after all your visitors are gone. Relax, let go, and enjoy your party!
Gemini (May 22-June 21)
Other responsibilities might keep you away from your loved one today, Gemini. If you have plans for tonight - or even if you don’t - you might find this rather depressing. Where is the one you love? Is your partner out carousing and having a good old time while you’re working like crazy? Don’t torture yourself with thoughts like this.
Cancer (June 22-July 23)
The absence of direct expressions of love might make your life seem rather empty today, Cancer. If you’re single, there may be nobody around to have fun with. If you’re involved, chances are your current love interest is unable to get together. Don’t waste time fretting over this. Make some other plans.
Leo (July 24-Aug 23)
You may decide to duck out of extra responsibilities today, Leo, perhaps to have a private celebration at home with your love partner! The fun might be delayed if your beloved is unexpectedly called away for a while. Just remember that quality is better than quantity!
Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)
You may feel neglected and unloved today, Virgo. If you’re single, you may feel worse. Cheer up. If you’re running around with such a depressed and dramatic expression on your face, nobody will feel like asking you out. Try to make yourself happy by doing things you like to do. If you smile, you’ll be a magnet for someone who has love to give.
Libra (Sep 24-Oct 23)
Are you worried that your romantic partner doesn’t love you as much as you love him or her, Libra? Love has many facets. Not everybody can verbally express love or feel comfortable with public displays of affection. If someone loves you, there are ways you can tell. It might be the way they look at you, how they touch you, or little favors. If you’re uncertain, why not ask?
If you’re single, Scorpio, you might feel a little down today. All your friends who are in relationships may have plans while you go home alone. Relax. Many people in relationships aren’t necessarily happy. They have their own problems and sometimes feel lonely and frustrated. There are certain advantages to being single. Make the best of it today and enjoy yourself!
Sagittarius (Nov 23-Dec 21)
Today you may substitute chocolate for a lack of love because you feel tempted to treat yourself to something good. This is fine, but confine yourself to a small amount. Overindulgence in sweets could have you regretting it when you get a stomachache, not to mention step on the scale! Remember, moderation is the key.
Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 20)
If you’re not married or engaged, Capricorn, you may feel that your current love interest is avoiding you. However, this is just your imagination. Relationships always go through ups and downs, so don’t worry. If you have serious doubts whether there’s something wrong, ask your partner.
Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb 19)
You may be a bit depressed today if you and your partner are going through a difficult time. Maybe there’s something unspoken that brings tension and awkwardness into your life together. Try to find the root of the problem. It will only get worse if you don’t talk about it. Don’t get too emotional when you bring it up. Just ask if your partner is bothered by something.
Pisces (Feb 20-Mar 20)
A short trip might be necessary today, Pisces. This could be disheartening, as it takes you away from your current love interest, but perhaps it’s just as well. A phone call on this emotionally charged day might advance your relationship more than a forced evening together. Acknowledge that you’re looking forward to seeing your friend again and then get on with the job!
