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ormer Tourism Company director Terestella González Denton has filed her candidacy for mayor of San Juan under the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) and says she will develop a government plan that will focus on addressing poverty.

González Denton said Sunday that her desire to return to public service and her love for the capital city moved her to file her candidacy for San Juan mayor.

“I call it [the Government plan] a living platform because I want to tie it to organizations that are currently making a change in the capital city and doing social and economic work,” she said as quoted in a radio interview.

Among some of the problems that González Denton said she would address, she pointed to clean and illuminated roads as an everyday responsibility, as is the issue of poverty surrounding the capital and its close proximity to tourism zones.

“We see places that, really, are almost marginalized, and they do not have any interconnection with the city,” she said. “And that’s the same thing; they are marginalized spaces, and there is great poverty, so we have to work on that vision of the city.”

The former top tourism official stressed meanwhile that she would amend the Public Order Code so that, instead of being a harassment measure for merchants, it focuses on improving the security services of the municipal police.

“We are going to look at this code so that it is a fair code and it is a code that applies to areas where there is a greater flow of visitors and see that harmony between what is the life of the resident and commerce,” she said.

The candidate also welcomed the leap that the mayors of Villalba and Comerío, Luis Javier Ortiz Hernández and Josian Santiago Rivera, respectively, intend to take to the Senate.

PDP Rep. Héctor Ferrer Santiago, whose work was noted by the San Juan mayoral candidate, said González Denton has impeccable experience.

“We have a capital city that does not compete with other cities in Latin America because, unfortunately, the outgoing mayor has dedicated himself to throwing tar and establishing a Public Order Code due to the inability to control crime,” Ferrer Santiago said.

The freshman lawmaker, who will run for reelection, also criticized Elmer Román, a candidate for resident commissioner in the New Progressive Party primaries, who he said would have no way out against the PDP’s candidate for the post, Pablo José Hernández Rivera.

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en. Keren Riquelme Cabrera on Monday announced the filing of a bill that makes it possible for people diagnosed with lupus to request and obtain a sign for parking their vehicles in areas designated for citizens with disabilities.

“Lupus disease is prevalent in Puerto Rico,” Riquelme said.

“According to the latest available data, one out of every 629 inhabitants on the island confronts this condition that disrupts the body’s immune system and triggers, in many cases, rashes on the face that manifest themselves in the cheeks and nose area, making it very uncomfortable for these patients to walk long distances outdoors,”.

“Faced with this reality, we accepted the petition on

behalf of Lupus patients, and we filed this measure that makes life a little easier for these people, many of whom suffer terrible pain as a result of these skin eruptions that we know are part of the condition associated with this unique disease,” added the New Progressive Party senator, who expects the measure to be addressed quickly in the next regular session, which begins in January.

Lupus causes the immune system to become overactive, forming large amounts of antibodies that in turn attack the patient’s healthy tissues and organs, including the skin.

In Law 28-2018 as amended and Law 41-2022, lupus is considered a serious disease of a catastrophic nature and is grounds for a leave of absence from work. The majority of people impacted by lupus and all its modalities are women.

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Sen. Vargas Vidot seeks reelection, vows to challenge SEC ‘hoax’ against independent candidates

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ndependent Sen. José “Chaco” Vargas Vidot announced his candidacy to run again for an at-large Senate seat in the 2024 elections, he revealed in a video posted Monday on his Facebook page.

“In 2024 I want to continue to be in the Senate. I call with great respect and love that if there is something unique in the Senate; it is not just me, it is all of us making our country transform,” the senator said. “We want to continue the work we are doing in the office, which ranges from oversight, coordination of services, visiting communities and attending to their situations, and supporting and pushing causes of social justice, mental health and more.”

Vargas Vidot said he again faces obstacles from the State Elections Commission

Sen. José Vargas Vidot

(SEC) when it comes to collecting endorsements, this time because the SEC included an additional reason for rejecting endorsements that the Electoral Code does not recognize as valid.

By means of the regulation, the SEC indicates that it will validate the signature of an endorser and decide if it is incompatible with previous signatures of the voter. In addition, the SEC regulatory measure is only stipulated for independent candidates, which Vargas Vidot said amounts to discrimination by the SEC against candidates who are not recognized as participating in the SEC or in the endorsement process.

“The provisions of Section 5.6 of the Rules for the Filing of Candidacies is a discriminatory approach to independent candidates that we will be raising with the State Election Commission and we are prepared

to go to court,” Vargas Vidot said. “Since in 2016 we already won in court against the discriminatory action of requiring 54,000 endorsements, now they invent a reason to reject our endorsements, which is not recognized in the Electoral Code and which only applies to independent candidates. Worst of all … in addition to being a hoax on the part of the SEC, it’s something that doesn’t make sense.

People change their signatures over time, and not only that, but with endorsements now being electronic, the signature on a tablet or cell phone is not the same as a physical one, so it is an arbitrary and capricious way for the SEC to hinder independent candidacies.”

“I have spoken with other independent candidates and they are notifying me of endorsement rejections for this reason, as happens to me, and we are going to stop it,” the independent senator said.

PFEI chooses Rivera Sánchez as its next president

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he Special Independent Prosecutor Panel (PFEI by its Spanish initials) announced Monday that the former judges who serve on the panel -- Rubén Vélez Torres, Ygri Rivera Sánchez and Aida Nieves Figueroa -- met in the morning to fill the vacancy in the presidency following the death of Nydia Cotto Vives.

As dictated by the provisions of Law 2-1988, the Law to Create the Office of the Special Independent Prosecutor Panel, the position of president is chosen through free

selection among the qualified members that constitute the PFEI. Accordingly, Rivera Sánchez was entrusted with occupying the presidency and directing the work of the institution.

Rivera Sánchez thanked Vélez Torres for acting in an extraordinary manner as interim president at the time of Cotto Vives’ death late last week.

The PFEI adopted a resolution recognizing Cotto Vives for her dedication, and extended its condolences and solidarity to her family.

Rivera Sánchez was initially appointed

as an alternate member of the PFEI, when Crisanta González Seda became president of the OPFEI. Subsequently, she was promoted by appointment of the governor, and confirmed by both legislative bodies, to full member on Nov. 14, 2018. She was sworn in five days later.

Rivera Sánchez has an extensive history in public service. She is and has been a member of various advisory committees of the Supreme Court. She also served as outside legal counsel to the Government Ethics Office and as a member of the Gov-

ernor’s Advisory Commission on Education Matters.

She also chaired the University of Puerto Rico board of trustees.

In the judicial branch, Rivera Sánchez dedicated almost 20 years of her life to the Court of First Instance in San Juan, where she spent over 12 years presiding over a criminal chamber. She later became a member of the Court of Appeals.

The selection of Rivera Sánchez as PFEI president does not require further action by La Fortaleza or the island Legislature.

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Ygri Rivera Sánchez will succeed Nydia Cotto Vives, who died late last week, as president of the Special Independent Prosecutor Panel.

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Fiscal board seeks dismissal of suit accusing it of illegal vote buying

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he Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB) has asked the judge overseeing the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (PREPA) Title III bankruptcy to dismiss a lawsuit that claims the federally appointed panel engaged in illegal vote buying.

The filing was made recently in the case GoldenTree Master Fund vs. the FOMB under PREPA’s bankruptcy.

GoldenTree Asset Management and Syncora Guarantee sued in November alleging that the oversight board has given several groups, including National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation, the fuel line lenders and the BlackRock Financial Management group, advantageous debt settlements so that they vote in favor of PREPA’s plan of adjustment.

The oversight board said the action is designed to obstruct confirmation at all costs, not on the merits but rather based on litigation overload. The board noted that the plaintiffs are creditors who allegedly own or insure some $886 million in PREPA bonds and who intend to object to confirmation of PREPA’s proposed plan of adjustment. They are also seeking the designation of a receiver for PREPA. The oversight board said the case should be dismissed because the court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction. The declaratory judgment action does not present an actual case or controversy; it seeks only an advisory opinion on the abstract question of whether certain votes were solicited or procured in bad faith, the board said.

Second, the oversight board said, the plaintiffs have not presented a ripe dispute.

“To the contrary, the Complaint raises issues concerning contingent future events that might never come to pass,” the board said. “As of the filing of the Complaint, not a single ballot had been cast in favor of, or in opposition to, PREPA’s proposed Plan. Unless and until such votes are cast, the Court should not waste time and effort seeking to determine whether such uncast ballots should

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be designated.”

The oversight board also said the complaint is defective because it omits bringing a whole host of necessary parties to the suit such as the creditors whose votes are at issue. The complaint should also be dismissed, the board said, because it does not plead a cognizable claim for solicitation or procurement of votes not in good faith; it refers only to negotiations for and entry into the plan sponsoring agreements (PSAs).

“Case law is clear that negotiating and entering into a PSA that obligates a creditor to vote does not constitute soliciting or procuring a vote and thus is not actionable under section 1126(e),” the oversight board said.

The board also said the questions raised by the plaintiffs should be addressed during the confirmation hearing next year.

PREPA has been in bankruptcy since 2017 to restructure some $9 billion in debt under the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act. A debt adjustment plan is expected to be confirmed next year.

Economist critiques debt adjustment plan Separately, Ramón Cao, an economist, submitted an economic evaluation of PREPA’s debt adjustment plan on behalf of the Instituto de Competitividad y Sostenibilidad

Económica (ICSE).

Cao noted problems with the oversight board’s “Customer Affordability Calculation,” which concluded that, under the proposed debt deal, the monthly electricity bill for unsubsidized residential customers is going to increase by 6.2% and that customers can afford to pay it, because the total monthly bill will be, on the average, about 6% of their yearly “representative income” of $25,356.

“Since electricity is an essential input for the production of every good and service in the economy, an increase in electricity tariff rates is going to certainly increase production costs for every other good and service produced on the island, inducing increases in supply prices in almost all other goods and services consumed in the economy,” Cao said. “If the general price level increases, consumers have to rearrange their consumption patterns.

Such rearrangement of consumption patterns implies that they cannot afford to consume all the things they used to purchase, and [must] even readjust their consumption of electricity. The published analysis is limited to residential customers, not considering the effects of the [debt deal] on commercial, government and industrial customers.

This is a major shortcoming. Nonresidential customers, particularly commercial customers, are going to bear most of the burden of proposed tariff rate increases.”

He also said PREPA’s debt has another major component: its debt to the Employees Retirement System (ERS).

“PREPA, years ago, decided to stop making the corresponding employer contribution to ERS and created a debt. The FOMB decision in this case [...] is the same that it adopted for the rest of Government and public corporations’ retirement systems; that is, to adopt a Pay Go approach for old employees and a Defined Contributions Retirement System for new employees,” the economist said.

“That such a model has been adopted across the board, without making public any actuarial, financial or economic analysis for individual cases, tends to induce people to think that it is an unjustified ideological approach.”

‘Thank God she said yes,’ because he was saving up for the ring, governor says about engagement

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ov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia said on Monday that he had been saving money for some time to buy the engagement ring that he gave to Fabiola Ansótegui

Blanc.

“Well, I knelt down and asked her properly. And, by the way, a little scared about whether she would say yes,” the governor said in response to questions from the press during an event in Barranquitas. “I asked her, yes, that was on Sunday, Dec. 10, but I did not notify my immediate family until, I think, three days later. That’s why I announced it in the media, I think it was last Thursday, because it was

Wednesday that I broke the news to my loved ones; but she did say yes. Thank God, because I was saving for a long time to buy her the ring.”

“But we haven’t decided on the details of when the wedding will be and where,” Pierluisi said. “We have many options; again, we are happy and in the same way, as for the date, we do not have a date at the moment, but we are happy. The future will tell if we make the decision in 2024. There is no date.

I will add to that, but let’s hope it will be sometime next year.”

Pierluisi and Ansótegui Blanc, an attorney, began their relationship in mid-2020.

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GDB’s collateral monitor challenges PFC debt restructuring

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year after a bankruptcy court approved the Public Finance Corporation’s (PFC) debt restructuring, the Government Development Bank of Puerto Rico (GDB) Debt Recovery Authority (DRA) collateral monitor Cantor-Katz is now arguing in an appeal that PFC bondholders should have received less than $47 million in replacement debt.

The petition was made in a Dec. 13 opening appeals brief to the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals in the case FOMB, et al v.

AmeriNational Community Services, LLC. Cantor-Katz, along with GDB DRA servicer Amerinational Community Services, ar-

gued that there was no valid claim, as required by the statute governing the GDB qualifying modification. The new bonds were issued five years after the GDB’s qualifying modification.

“It may have been expedient for the governmental parties to do an about-face and eliminate the valid claim requirement so as to have the maximum consideration to offer to PFC Bondholders -- but such expediency cannot trump [The Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act] PROMESA or governing law,” the collateral monitor and servicer argued.

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain, who oversaw both the GDB and PFC Title VI voluntary restructurings, found that there was

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain

no need for a valid claim under standby letters of credit, to issue more debt, because the bond indenture and the master trust agreement had superseded the terms set forth in the restructuring support agreement term sheet.

PFC bondholders accepted $13.8 million in cash and $47 million in bonds in exchange for their $1.1 billion in outstanding debt. They agreed that they would accept only cash if the courts did not allow the bond issuance.

The District Court entered an order approving the PFC Qualifying Modification on Dec. 30, 2022, but deferred its decision concerning whether, as contemplated by the PFC Qualifying Modification, certain additional bonds of the DRA could be issued.

Barranquitas to hold ‘Blackout Party’ with renewed energy

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B Barranquitas Mayor Elliot Colón Blanco

arranquitas Mayor Elliot Colón Blanco is inviting the entire community to the “Blackout Party,” which will take place in the eastern-central mountain town’s Monsignor Miguel Mendoza public square this Friday starting at 7:30 p.m.

The event got its name as a result of the unexpected blackout that took place during the night of the town’s Christmas lighting when the Quisqueya Ensemble was in full performance.

A power outage by LUMA Energy left the town’s traditional center without power,

forcing the cancellation of the celebration.

In response to that challenge, Colón Blanco decided to transform adversity into opportunity, giving rise to what is now known as the “Blackout Party.”

The activity will be full of music and joy, the mayor said, with outstanding performances by the Cantores de Bayamón, Los Animales Parranderos, and Joseph Fonseca, who were originally scheduled to close the night of the “switch-on.”

In addition to the excellent musical lineup, attendees will be able to enjoy artisan kiosks, taste delicious traditional food and

enjoy the festive atmosphere that will adorn the square and the traditional town center for the occasion.

Colón Blanco said “this Blackout Festival has united us as a people and has shown our resilience.”

“Christmas in Barranquitas is unique, and the positive attitude of our people has made it possible to resume the celebration,” he said.

“This time, all the logistics of the stage, lights and music will be supported by electrical generators, ensuring that we will enjoy great music and the distinctive camaraderie of the people of Barranquitas throughout the night.”

Island’s largest community pharmacy chain supports nonprofits

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uring the holiday season, the largest community pharmacy chain in Puerto Rico, Caridad y Pharmamax, is participating in several initiatives to support non-profit foundations that are dedicated to serving children and people in need who are confined in hospitals or sheltered homes.

“Among the most important characteristics of Christmas is giving, serving and thanking, and in conjunction with various media and entities, we will do our bit so that children and people with some type of need receive their toy or donation, and have a joyful Christmas,” said Víctor Curet Crespo, director of sales and marketing at Caridad y Pharmamax.

One of the “Live It in Gratitude” initiatives

is in conjunction with the TV Teleonce team, with the following entities chosen for assistance: Hogar Ruth, Hogar Niñito Jesús, Rayito de Esperanza and the American Cancer Society.

Another effort is the “Santa Route” in which, in partnership with radio station KQ105, the Children’s Hospital and San Cristóbal Crib Home are sponsored.

“The call is to donate toys that will then be given to these foundations,” Curet Crespo said.

“Our stores are serving as collection centers.”

Meanwhile, proceeds from sales of stickon Christmas gift tags available at the chain’s stores are for the benefit of the Pediatric Hospital Foundation.

Caridad and Pharmamax has 27 locations in the San Juan metro area and the north, west and south of Puerto Rico.

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New CDC director seeks to foster trust in a battered agency

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r. Mandy K. Cohen dropped by the Fox affiliate in Dallas in November, just days after the governor of Texas signed a law barring private employers from requiring COVID-19 shots. If she thought promoting vaccination would be a tough sell in a ruby-red state, Cohen, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, did not give any indication.

“I’m not just the CDC director, I’m also a mom,” she said cheerily, noting on live television that her daughters, 9 and 11, had already received the latest COVID and flu shots. She added, “So I wouldn’t recommend something for the American people I wouldn’t recommend for my own family.”

It was the kind of stock phrase that Cohen has repeatedly invoked as she pursues a task that some public health experts fear is impossible: restoring Americans’ faith in public health, and in her battered agency. Five months into her tenure, with the COVID public health emergency officially over, the CDC’s new leader is relentlessly on message.

Americans’ trust in the agency, and in science more broadly, was badly damaged by the coronavirus pandemic, and the loss of faith is particularly pronounced among Republicans.

In a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, 38% of Republicans said they had little or no confidence in scientists to act in the public’s best interests, up from 14% in April 2020.

At the same time, the CDC’s winter vaccination campaign appears to be falling on deaf ears. Last week, the agency issued an alert warning that low vaccination rates for the flu, COVID and respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV, could lead to “severe disease and increased health care capacity strain in the coming weeks.” And partisan divisions over vaccination persist: A KFF poll in September found that 7 in 10 Democrats but just a quarter of Republicans planned to get the updated COVID shot.

Cohen, whom President Joe Biden selected to succeed Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, is responding with a nationwide media blitz.

Since taking the helm of the CDC in July, she has traveled the country, promoting vaccination in 19 cities in 13 states. She has visited 22 vaccination sites and has participated in dozens of interviews, including an appearance on NBC’s “Today” just before Thanksgiving.

She has left a trail of social media posts

Dr. Mandy K. Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), speaks to Dr. Philip Huang, director of Dallas County Health and Human Services, right, and employees at Parkland Health Hospital, in Dallas, Nov. 17, 2023. Since taking the helm of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in July, she has traveled to 19 cities in 13 states. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times) in her wake, including a series of short videos, called “Check-In With Dr. Cohen,” that typically begin with some variation of the same greeting: “Hi everyone, it’s Mandy Cohen!”

In one video recorded on Long Island, New York, Cohen and a county health official, wearing hard hats and vests, reported on how wastewater can help scientists track viruses and disease. In Dallas, she appeared with another county health official to talk about the importance of data, and with a nurse at a church health fair. And in Chicago, she stood by the president of the American Medical Association as he promoted vaccination.

When she speaks to reporters, she frequently brings up her children.

“Science is important and yes, the data is important,” Cohen said in an interview with The New York Times. “But at the end of the day, we’re also all humans. And if we can have a human-to-human conversation about what I would do for my own kids, who I love and I want to be healthy, maybe that can connect us in a different way.”

Cohen is taking over an agency that is in transition. Her predecessor, Walensky, who began serving at the start of the Biden administration and stepped down in June, commissioned a review of the CDC that identified serious weaknesses in areas ranging from testing to data collection to communications. Walensky then initiated an overhaul of the agency.

Cohen has said she is committed to carrying out that plan, which included setting up a new forecasting and analytics center, as well as structural changes intended to enable the agency to quickly translate its science into coherent policy recommendations. But even her staunchest allies say her top priority must be to change the way the public views her agency.

“Restoring trust probably is the No. 1 challenge right now,” said Dr. Judith Monroe, president and chief executive of the CDC Foundation, an independent nonprofit established by Congress to mobilize privatesector support for the agency’s work. “Because where’s your platform if folks don’t trust what you say?”

The morning before she was to leave for a two-day, three-city swing through Texas, Cohen huddled with her top aides and her infectious disease team at CDC headquarters in Atlanta for an update on the flu, COVID and RSV — which circulate during what the agency now calls the “winter respiratory virus season.” One benefit of that moniker: Winter viruses are less politically toxic than COVID. The news was mixed. Hospitalizations from the flu were up slightly from last year. The rate of COVID vaccination was much lower than that of flu vaccination among health care workers — not a good sign. A new monoclonal antibody shot to prevent RSV in infants was in

short supply, but 77,000 more doses had just been released. Texas was seeing an uptick in RSV. But there was something else on Cohen’s mind. During her travels, she had been hearing from people who worried about side effects from vaccination and wanted more information about what federal health officials were doing to monitor vaccine safety. The CDC, she told her colleagues, needed to be able to “tell a clear and concise story.”

Unlike Walensky, who had no prior government experience and made headlines for seeking out media training, Cohen is not a stranger to Washington or the spotlight.

She was a top official at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services during the Obama administration. Later, as secretary of health and human services in North Carolina, she laid the groundwork for the Republicancontrolled legislature to accept an expansion of Medicaid, and she helped steer the state through the pandemic.

After news reports that Biden was planning to pick Cohen for the director’s post, more than two dozen congressional Republicans signed a letter accusing her of politicizing science. They cited her tenure in North Carolina, where she called for students and staff members in K-8 schools to wear masks and threatened legal action against a school district over its COVID policies.

But while her relationships with Republicans in North Carolina may have been tense, they never veered into vitriol, said state Rep. Donny Lambeth, a Republican and a chair of the Health Committee in the North Carolina House of Representatives.

“She was cool, calm and collected almost every time we had her in front of us,” Lambeth said. “She did not get rattled.”

There were few fireworks during her congressional testimony last month. When Rep. Daniel Crenshaw, R-Texas, pushed her to admit that the CDC had been wrong during the pandemic, she politely ignored the request.

Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., wanted to know if she had regrets about COVID restrictions from her time in North Carolina. Cohen did not admit to any. When he asked her pointedly if she would impose such restrictions today, she ducked the question, telling him instead that she was looking forward to a new chapter at the CDC. “The good news,” she said, “is we’re in a new place.”

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Campus crackdowns have chilling effect on pro-Palestinian speech

College Hall, where offices for the University of Pennsylvania’s president are located, on the campus in Philadelphia, Dec. 14, 2023. As Israel’s war with Hamas rages in the Gaza Strip, universities are under tremendous pressure to stamp out antisemitism, but the measures taken, some say, are going too far, causing fear and curbing free expression. (Rachel Wisniewski/The New York Times)

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t the University of Pennsylvania, approval for the screening of a documentary critical of Israel was denied.

At Brandeis University — which expressed a public commitment to free speech — a proPalestinian student group was barred for statements made by its national chapter.

At the University of Vermont, a Palestinian poet was set to deliver a talk, but the school pulled the meeting space after students complained he was antisemitic.

There are growing signs that colleges are starting to clamp down on pro-Palestinian protests and events on campus, as the institutions face pressure from donors, alumni and politicians, who are furious over what they say is an antisemitic campaign against Jews.

Some schools have simply canceled events or delayed them. A handful of schools have shut down student groups and disciplined students. Some students have simply stopped participating in protests, concerned for their own safety, spooked by alumni who have started do-not-hire lists and outside groups that have doxxed students.

The war in the Middle East is laying bare the difficulties American universities are confronting in navigating free expression. Already under attack in recent years from conservatives

for closing off debate on other topics, university leaders are now struggling to balance open expression with fears and complaints from some Jewish students that the language of pro-Palestinian protest calls for violence against them.

As video of some protests went viral, with some devolving into physical altercations, university officials have been under more and more pressure to find a way to contain the demonstrations.

Radhika Sainath, an attorney with Palestine Legal, a civil rights group, said her organization has received more than 450 requests for help for campus-related cases since the Hamas attack, more than a tenfold increase from the same period last year. The cases include students who have had scholarships revoked or been doxxed, professors who have been disciplined, and administrators who have gotten pressured by trustees.

“It’s truly like nothing else we’ve ever seen before,” Sainath said. “We’re having a ’60s-level moment here, both as far as the repression but also the mass student mobilization.”

In the past few months, the most prominent pro-Palestinian campus group, Students for Justice in Palestine, has been suspended from at least four universities, including Columbia, Brandeis, George Washington and Rutgers. In some cases, the universities accused the group of being supportive of Hamas, disrupting classes and intimidating other students.

The group, a loosely connected network of autonomous chapters founded about 30 years ago, has denied those allegations.

“These suspensions are a dangerous escalation of the repressive measures administrators have been taking to characterize anti-Zionist student organizers as a violent and existential threat,” the national Students for Justice in Palestine group said in a statement, adding that administrators “have crafted the infrastructure for mass repression, censorship and intellectual manipulation.”

In Florida, the chancellor of the State University System of Florida wrote a letter in late October to school presidents that chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine in the state must be “deactivated” — an order civil rights groups say clearly violates the First Amendment.

School leaders are in a tough position, said Burt Neuborne, a New York University law professor and founding legal director of the Brennan Center for Justice. Universities, he said, “will pay a price in intellectual openness if they are unduly restrictive in speech that they allow on their campuses,” but “on the other hand, you’ve got traumatized and frightened young people; you don’t want to ignore them.”

Administrators at the University ofVermont canceled an in-person event in late October featuring Palestinian poet Mohammed el-Kurd, after some students said he was antisemitic. ElKurd could not be reached for comment.

The Anti-Defamation League, which tracks antisemitism, describes el-Kurd on its website as displaying a “troubling pattern of rhetoric and slander that ranges far beyond reasoned criticism of Israel.”

Lecture organizers rejected the charges of antisemitism. “The conflation of critics of Israel and anti-Zionism with antisemitism is false and used to curb academic freedom,” said Helen Scott, a professor involved in planning the event, adding that many of the lecture series board members are Jewish.

The university cited security reasons, but a university lawyer later acknowledged to faculty there were no threats to the venue or speaker, according to a video reviewed by The New York Times. The event was held online instead.

University officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

“This is a climate where it’s OK to cancel a talk at the last minute by a prominent Palestinian poet,” said Scott, noting that three students of Palestinian descent who attended other colleges were shot in town last month. (Officials arrested a 48-year-old man in the shooting and were investigating whether it was a hate crime.)

“What message does that send?”

William Youmans, an associate professor at George Washington University, where administrators this semester suspended the Students for Justice in Palestine chapter, said that while university officials’ tactics were sometimes chilling student activism, pressure from external forces — with doxxings and warnings to potential employers — were having greater consequences.

“In many ways, I feel like that strategy is a bit more effective at actually silencing,” said Youmans, who was a member of the SJP chapter at the University of California, Berkeley, in the early 2000s. “If administrators suppress speech, it backfires because they’re so clearly not supposed to be doing that.”

But Youmans said the responses of universities still had consequences.

“Some of this is to signal, ‘Hey, we’re doing stuff,’” Youmans said. “The easiest thing to do is put out statements that please donors.” But, he added, “Of course, a lot of those have the informal effect of stigmatizing kinds of groups, stigmatizing kinds of speech.”

Scholars studying and writing about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have always walked delicately, but the environment has deteriorated since Oct. 7, according to a biannual survey carried out last month. The survey, from the University of Maryland and George Washington University, found that 66% of respondents reported self-censoring on the Middle East in general, up from 57% in the fall of 2022.

Chisato Kimura, a 23-year-old-law student at Yale who is a member of Yalies4Palestine, said she has not been deterred and would continue to protest on behalf of Palestinians.

She said schools talk a lot about diversity “and love to plaster our faces on posters and promotional material” but need to accept that “if you have diverse faces on campuses, you’re also going to have diverse voices and opinion.”

At Harvard, an undergraduate student organizer with the school’s Palestine Solidarity Committee said students were worried about the consequences of speaking out for Palestinians.

She did not want to be named out of fear for her physical safety and possible repercussions at the college. Worries over being disciplined by her school cause some students to think twice about speaking openly about their views in class, she said.

But ultimately, the student said, given the brutal deaths of thousands of civilians in Gaza, she feels there is no choice but to continue to protest and speak out on campus, whatever the consequences. The stakes in Gaza, she said, “are too great to be silent in a moment like this one.”

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Giuliani was ordered to pay $148 million. What happens now?

By EILEEN SULLIVAN

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federal jury in Washington ordered Rudy Giuliani last week to pay $148 million in damages to two former Georgia election workers he defamed by spreading baseless claims that they tried to steal votes from Donald Trump on Nov. 3, 2020.

Giuliani, who faces a litany of legal and financial troubles, has said he will appeal the verdict.

Here’s what happens next: The judge will order a judgment on what Giuliani must pay.

The jury awarded the two former poll workers, Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Shaye Moss, who are Black, $148 million. That was after they gave hours of emotional testimony describing the relentless threats and attacks they received, including from people who said they should be hanged for treason or lynched. The total included a combined $75 million in punitive damages; compensatory damages of $16.2 million to Freeman and $16.9 million to Moss; and $20 million to each of them for emotional suffering.

Before Freeman and Moss can collect any money, the judge, Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court in Washington, will need to enter a judgment ordering the amount Giuliani is required to pay. In civil cases like this one, the judge can change the amount determined by the jury.

Once Howell rules on the amount, Giuliani can appeal the decision.

The money will not come immediately.

“Defense lawyers can string out these cases for pretty substantial periods of time before payments actually have to be made,” said Robert Rabin, a professor at Stanford Law School with expertise on torts and compensations.

If Giuliani appeals the verdict, Freeman and Moss could ask the judge to make him post a bond to secure some of his assets while an appeal is pending, said Christopher Mattei, a lawyer who represented the Sandy Hook families in their defamation case against Infowars founder Alex Jones.

The women can also request a special proceeding to look into ways to collect the judgment from him, such as garnishing his wages. Giuliani, who served as the mayor of New York City and as a federal prosecutor, cannot currently work as a lawyer because of disciplinary actions against him.

Giuliani refused to comply with the court’s requirement to disclose financial documents that would show his net worth, including how much money he makes from media endeavors such as his podcast.

And at any point, Giuliani and Freeman and Moss could agree on a settlement.

Giuliani will still be on the hook, even in bankruptcy.

After Friday’s verdict, Giuliani was likely to file for bankruptcy protection, according to a lawyer familiar with his legal situation.

The damages he owes Freeman and Moss are considered an “intentional tort,” meaning Giuliani was aware of what he was doing when he defamed the women by spreading

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Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and adviser to Donald Trump, holds a news conference outside City Hall in Manhattan on June 7, 2022. In a verdict handed down by a federal jury on Dec. 15, 2023, Giuliani was ordered to pay two former Georgia election workers more than $148 million for destroying their reputations and causing them extreme emotional distress by spreading baseless lies that they had tried to steal a victory from Trump after the 2020 presidential election. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times) baseless lies about election fraud, and bankruptcy would not erase his liability.

“It may be that Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss are able to chase Rudy Giuliani to his grave to catch every penny they can out of his pockets,” Barbara McQuade, a University of Michigan law professor, said recently on MSNBC. McQuade was a U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2010 to 2017.

If Giuliani, who is 79, dies before Freeman and Moss receive compensation, they could still collect compensatory and emotional damages against his estate, Rabin said.

Giuliani faces additional legal challenges.

Giuliani is under indictment in Georgia. A local prosecutor brought racketeering charges against him, Trump and others for their efforts to overturn the election results in Georgia.

He faces a defamation suit from Dominion Voting Systems, one of the largest voting machine vendors in the country. The company accused Giuliani of spreading lies about the company as part of his efforts to keep Trump in office.

Giuliani’s former lawyer, Robert Costello, is also suing him for $1.3 million in unpaid legal fees. And a former employee, Noelle Dunphy, filed a lawsuit in May, claiming that Giuliani harassed and assaulted her beginning in 2019.

Giuliani has denied the allegations.

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Carbon markets are in limbo. That’s not stopping this firm.

By MANUELA ANDREONI and MAX BEARAK

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irst, the little-known Emirati company set its sights on a forest the size of Maine. Then, another one that was as big as South Carolina. After that, it focused on a chunk of land the size of Puerto Rico.

As the oil-rich emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, prepared to host this year’s United Nations-sponsored climate summit, the company, named Blue Carbon and founded by a prince, was accumulating proposed deals on huge swaths of land across the developing world. It sought to position itself as a force for a purported solution to global warming: carbon credits.

Carbon credits are potentially one of the most important — but also most controversial — tools to speed up efforts to reduce global emissions of heat-trapping gases.

The idea is simple: each credit is worth 1 ton of carbon dioxide emissions that was sequestered or avoided.

In theory, the carbon trade could increase the ambition of industrialized nations by letting them reduce emissions in other countries while figuring out how to do it home. It could also direct funds to developing countries that badly need them to grow their economies sustainably.

But counting greenhouse gas emissions is a complex endeavor.

Many conservationists worry the carbon market could be abused by countries looking to lower emissions without abandoning fossil fuels. Others hope the trade would channel money the developing world needs to keep forests standing and build renewable energy plants.

Blue Carbon is pushing into the business despite unresolved issues of how the market for credits such as these should best be structured.

Within the span of a year, Blue Carbon announced agreements with nations in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean to develop huge conservation projects. Their goal was expansive, namely to stop forested land from being cut down and to plant forests in already-logged tracts, and then sell Please Take Notice that Pryco Movers, Inc. has abandoned a warehouse located at 851 Bethel Avenue, Pennsauken, New Jersey 08110 which contains property that may have been scheduled for delivery to the territory of Puerto Rico.

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Many conservationists hope the trade would channel money the developing world needs to keep forests standing and build renewable energy plants. (by M. Vorel, LibreShot) credits based on the expected emissions reductions from those projects to nations that are looking to reduce their carbon footprints.

One ton of carbon stored in trees equals one carbon credit that can be bought and sold.

But what government officials portrayed as a once in a lifetime opportunity for their nations was seen by many conservationists as an uncertain bet to curb carbon emissions with the potential to strip scores of local communities of their land rights.

Carbon markets are still largely unregulated. While they provide a way to marshal money to protect forests, much of the worry over deals such as Blue Carbon’s comes down to how little companies have to publicly divulge.

“We need all the financial levers we can get” to protect forests, said Zoe Quiroz-Cullen, a director at Fauna & Flora, an international wildlife nonprofit. But, she added, “I’m not seeing the level of detail that we would expect and for this number of announcements at this kind of scale.”

Most carbon-market activity until now happened between companies seeking to satisfy their voluntary pledges to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

But the trades Blue Carbon wants to broker have much higher stakes. They take advantage of a system created in the landmark Paris climate accord nearly a decade ago that allows nations to trade emission reductions that would count toward the buyer’s own pledge to reach carbon neutrality.

Though countries and companies are starting to make deals, the rules that govern the trade remain unwritten. Negotiators at the recently concluded COP28 summit in Dubai failed once again to agree on a framework for regulating the trades, largely over questions of how they would report the emissions reductions of their projects.

“We want and need countries and their partners to be very clear and transparent about what it is they’re doing,” said Alexia Kelly, who was a lead negotiator for the

United States on emissions trading and markets provisions of the Paris Agreement. “But absent any kind of agreed rules, that may or may not be occurring.”

The terms of Blue Carbon’s proposed deals were not released publicly. Its draft contract with Liberia’s government, reviewed by The New York Times, shows the company wouldn’t buy any land, but instead secure the right to sell carbon credits from areas that are currently occupied by communities, private farms and reserves.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe touted an agreement in September that could give control of almost a fifth of the country’s territory to Blue Carbon.

At a recent ceremony he said the deal would close the country’s “financing gap to the tune of $200 million.”

Requests for information on the agreements went unanswered by Blue Carbon and the office of its founder, Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, as well as four of the five African nations with deals.

When Loretta Alethea Pope Kai, chair of National Civil Society Council of Liberia, an umbrella group of advocacy organizations, saw the draft contract between her government and Blue Carbon in August, she said she committed herself to blocking it.

For years, Pope Kai had worked with community leaders to help pass a law that protects the land rights of communities as well as their right to be consulted about projects that affect them. “We said, ‘Halt the negotiation,’ because we need more consultation,” she recalled in an interview. “The deal was a bad deal.”

The draft document, which hasn’t been signed by Liberian authorities, was dated in July and said Blue Carbon would get 70% of the proceeds — tax free for a decade — from the sale of any carbon credits related to the land.

The government would get the remaining 30%, plus a 10% royalty over the value of each credit, half of which would go to local communities.

Environmentalists complained that local communities and the government were getting too little. A commonly used protocol by Plan Vivo, a nonprofit based in Britain, says communities should get at least 60% of the revenue from carbon credit sales.

Wilson Tarpeh, CEO of Liberia’s Environmental Protection Agency, said the government never intended for the deal to go forward before rules were in place.

“We are also very new to this issue, that’s why we are taking our time to make sure that the rules are put in,” he said in an interview. “But carbon is a major asset and we want to make money out of it.”

The governments of Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Kenya, which signed memorandums of understanding to negotiate deals over tens of thousands of square miles with Blue Carbon, did not respond to questions regarding the status of the deals. Kenya’s president, William Ruto, told reporters at the climate summit in Dubai that his country had “not sold one inch” of its land as part of any carbon-market deal.

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Wall St builds on rally as Fed euphoria lingers

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.S. stocks advanced on Monday as market participants parsed mounting expectations of interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve in the coming year and looked ahead to a week of crucial economic data.

All three major U.S. stock indexes gained ground in a broad but modest rally, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq advancing the most and the Dow inching toward yet another all-time closing high, posting nominal gains.

Wall Street continues to build on seven straight weeks of gains, the S&P 500’s longest weekly winning streak since 2017, fueled by optimism of policy rate cuts in 2024, a fervor that Fed policy makers attempted to rein in on Monday.

The S&P 500 was last about 1.1% shy of its all-time record close, reached in January 2022.

“It’s a carry-over from the seven-week advance that we’ve seen, reflecting the confirmation by the Fed that they are likely finished raising rates and that they will start to cut interest rates at least by the second quarter of 2024,” said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist of CFRA Research in New York. “But trees don’t grow to the sky, so sooner or later stocks will take a breather and digest some of these gains.”

Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee warned that the central bank has not pre-committed to cutting rates anytime soon, while Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said financial markets had got “a little bit ahead” of the central bank with respect to the timing and extent of interest rate cuts.

Even so, financial markets have priced in a 63.4% likelihood that the central bank will lower its Fed funds target rate by 25 basis points at its March monetary policy meeting, according to CME’s FedWatch tool.

“The Fed would like the market to respond in a more measured fashion, while also reminding investors that since the Fed is data-dependent, there’s no guarantee that what we think today will actually come to fruition,” Stovall added.

Later in the week, as the Christmas holiday draws near, the Commerce Department is expected to release its third and final take on third-quarter GDP on Thursday, to be followed by its broad-ranging Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) report on Friday, which will cover income growth, consumer spending, and crucially, inflation.

At 2:07 p.m. EST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) rose 19.2 points, or 0.05%, to 37,324.36, the S&P 500 (.SPX) gained 26.72 points, or 0.57%, to 4,745.91 and the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) added 107.49 points, or 0.73%, to 14,921.41.

Of the 11 major sectors in the S&P 500, communication services (.SPLRCL) were up the most, with real estate (.SPLRCR) suffering the biggest percentage drop.

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company’s iPhones and other foreign-made gadgets gathered momentum.

VF Corp (VFC.N) slid 7.6% after the Vans sneaker maker said it was investigating “unauthorized” activity on its computer systems, an incident that disrupted some of its business, including the ability to fulfill orders on its ecommerce site.

Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by a 1.20-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 1.09-to-1 ratio favored decliners.

The S&P 500 posted 29 new 52-week highs and two new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 110 new highs and 90 new lows.

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Austin returns to Israel with a tougher message and lessons learned

A U.S. Army photo shows then-Lt. Gen. Lloyd Austin, right, the current Secretary of Defense, outside Baghdad on Sept. 11, 2007. He has been involved in many of the United States’ major operations over the past two decades, including the troop “surge” in Iraq.

(Spc. Nicholas A. Hernandez/U.S. Army via The New York Times)

By HELENE COOPER and ERIC SCHMITT

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fter three years as President Joe Biden’s quiet man at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stepped off his plane at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Monday and into the limelight.

It was his second visit to the region since Israel launched a war in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for the Hamas-led terrorist attack on Oct. 7. During meetings and conversations with Israeli officials, Austin has stressed both the Biden administration’s support for Israel and concerns about the rising Palestinian death toll.

But his message has become more blunt: Israel, Austin recently predicted, could face “strategic defeat” that would leave the country less secure if it does not do more to protect civilians.

The warning is one that Austin is well equipped to deliver. The retired four-star general brings a wealth of military experience in combat, including urban warfare. Early U.S. efforts to target the Taliban and insurgents in Afghanistan in 2004. The troop “surge” in Iraq in 2007. The planning to pry Mosul, Iraq, from the hands of the Islamic

State group in 2016. Austin was involved in all of that.

As the Biden administration navigates the Gaza crisis, the intensely private Austin is taking a prominent role and also revealing more of himself.

“You know, I learned a thing or two about urban warfare from my time fighting in Iraq and leading the campaign to defeat ISIS,” he said in a speech at the Reagan National Defense Forum this month, using an alternative name for the Islamic State. “The lesson is not that you can win in urban warfare by protecting civilians. The lesson is that you can only win in urban warfare by protecting civilians.”

Republicans criticized the defense secretary for not sounding supportive enough of Israel. The day after the speech, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told CNN’s “State of the Union” that Austin was “naïve,” adding, “I’ve just lost all confidence in this guy.”

But critics of Israel’s bombing campaign say the message is long overdue, as the death toll in Gaza nears 20,000, according to health officials there.

“This level of civilian killing and destruction, and the rage it generates, guaran-

tees militant recruitment and support for resistance among future generations, both in Palestine and beyond,” said Daniel Levy, a former Israeli peace negotiator who is now the president of the U.S./Middle East Project. “That’s a problem for both Israel and the U.S.” Criticism of how Israel is conducting the war has grown in recent days after its military said soldiers on Friday accidentally killed three Israeli hostages held in Gaza.

The men were holding a makeshift white flag when they were shot, the military said.

During his earlier trip to Israel, six days after the Hamas attack, Austin warned his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, and the country’s military chief, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, that the large number of troops they had assembled at the border of Gaza, combined with the air campaign, was excessive.

Israel needed to establish humanitarian corridors and a defined set of rules to protect Palestinian civilians, he told them.

The Israeli military, he said, should carry out a targeted precision air campaign, with limited numbers of special operations troops on the ground to act quickly on intelligence leads about the location of senior Hamas leaders.

One day later, on Oct. 14, he took his warning public. In a Pentagon statement describing his phone call with Gallant, and in other statements about their calls since then, Austin raised the issue of civilian casualties.

Austin’s advice comes from both successes and failures of the U.S. military, including the thousands of civilian deaths in U.S. bombing campaigns in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. Last year, Austin ordered the U.S. military to strengthen its efforts to prevent civilian deaths in combat operations.

He has also urged Israeli leaders to prioritize efforts to recover hostages taken by the group and others on Oct. 7, sending scores of U.S. Special Operations forces to advise Israeli planners and dispatching MQ-9 Reaper surveillance drones to fly over Gaza to search for clues about the captives’ locations.

Since the war in Gaza began, Israel has insisted that it is trying to limit civilian casualties in a battle against a terrorist group that embeds itself among the population.

Israeli military officials scaled back their ground campaign somewhat. But they did not follow Austin’s guidance on using mostly precision munitions accompanied by targeted special operations raids, instead continuing to bombard Gaza with unguided “dumb bombs.”

On Dec. 2, Austin turned up the pressure.

“In this kind of a fight, the center of gravity is the civilian population,” he said at the defense forum. “And if you drive them into the arms of the enemy, you replace a tactical victory with a strategic defeat.”

Nearly half of the air-to-ground munitions that Israel has used in Gaza have been unguided, according to a U.S. intelligence assessment, which Pentagon officials say may help explain the high civilian death toll. Even the precision-guided munitions that the United States military has favored in its campaigns in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan produced high civilian casualties.

Unguided munitions pose an even greater threat to civilians, analysts say.

An Israeli military official acknowledged that the Israeli air force used unguided “dumb bombs” in Gaza but said the U.S. intelligence assessment was too high.

The United States and Britain used dumb bombs over Dresden, Germany in 1945, killing about 25,000 people. But “military doctrine has evolved since World War II days, and today, the preferred doctrine in highly dense urban areas is to do intelligence-led precision strikes with precision munitions, and special operations forces,” Gen. Mark Milley, the former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in an interview.

“You have to go slower, with greater precision, and it’s going to take longer and it’s harder, but you have to do that — that’s what Austin is trying to get at,” Milley said.

“He is a soldier. He has experience in combat operations. He understands the military instrument and how you should use it.”

Speaking to reporters Monday after meetings in Tel Aviv, Austin said U.S. support for Israel was “unshakable” and that the country “has every right to defend itself.”

He added, “As I’ve said, protecting Palestinian civilians in Gaza is both a moral duty and a strategic imperative.”

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How Hungary undermined Europe’s bid to aid Ukraine

By ANDREW HIGGINS

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he European Union has a population of around 450 million and one of the world’s biggest economies.

So how is it that Hungary, a small country with only 10 million people and a lackluster economy blighted by high inflation, this past week steamrolled Europe’s plan to throw Ukraine a financial lifeline worth $52 billion?

The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, torpedoed the aid package, strongly supported by much bigger countries like Germany, France and Poland, by exploiting the power of veto held by each of 27 member states over key decisions relating to foreign and security policy and spending.

The requirement for unanimity on important matters, designed to ensure that small countries have a voice, but which many see as a grave design flaw, means that no decision gets taken unless everyone is on board.

Other European leaders have mostly shied away from threatening to use, never mind actually wielding, the veto. But Orban has embraced it as a disruptive weapon in his battles to shape policy and engage in what Daniel Freund, a German member of the European Parliament and critic of the Hungarian leader, described as a “constant game of extortion and blackmail.”

On the eve of a summit meeting on Ukraine held Thursday in Brussels, the European Union’s executive arm released 10 billion euros, about $11 billion, in funding for Hungary that had been frozen over its violation of various EU rules. Officials said the timing was coincidental, but many saw it as a payoff. A further 17.6 billion euros remains frozen.

After insisting in Brussels that he was not using his veto to extract money — “it’s not about a deal. We represent approaches and principles,” he said — Orban told Hungarian radio, “This is a great opportunity for Hungary to make clear that it must get all of what it is due.”

There are growing concerns, however, that Orban wants to paralyze decision-making in pursuit of a broader ambition: upending the European Union in its current form and remaking it in Hungary’s image as a bastion against liberal values, immigrants and what he calls the “woke movement and gender ideology.” Hungary, he says, is a “counter model” that works.

“The fear is that he actually wants to create chaos and disorder and destroy the EU from within,” said Charles Grant, director of the Center for European Reform, a research group in London. “He used to be more transactional, but people I talk to in Brussels say he has become more unreasonable, more truculent, more self-

President Joe Biden and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine during a meeting in the Oval Office, in Washington on Dec. 12, 2023. The Ukrainian leader returned from his U.S. visit empty-handed. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) confident and more destructive.”

At the same time, Orban has also become more isolated. The victory of centrist and liberal forces in a recent Polish general election ended the eight-year tenure of Law and Justice, a conservative nationalist party closely aligned with Orban in hostility to Brussels.

Since Russia started its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Hungary has worked consistently to water down European sanctions and, echoing a favorite Kremlin talking point, denounced them as hurting Europe, not Russia. But he still went along in the end, endorsing all sanctions applied on Russia by the European Union.

Last week, however, he broke ranks. He kept his veto weapon sheathed when fellow leaders voted to open negotiations with Ukraine over EU membership, something he had previously said he would never accept but in the end accepted by leaving the room during the vote.

But he used his veto to block the funding package, moving beyond previous bluster to mount a frontal attack on Europe’s core policy of helping Ukraine.

Membership talks usually drag on for many years, and Orban signaled Friday that he would do everything in his power to make sure they lead nowhere. “Luckily we have time to correct the decision,” he said in a post on social media.

Orban, who has tight control of the Hungarian media through state conglomerates and loyal business cronies, is not going anywhere in Hungary. His governing Fidesz party last year

won its third general election in a row.

Also seemingly immovable is the European Union’s commitment to unanimity on the most important decisions.

There have been demands for many years that decisions be taken instead by a majority, with votes weighted to reflect the population of each country, but that would require changing treaties, something that virtually no leader wants to risk trying to do.

In a speech to Poland’s parliament on Tuesday, Donald Tusk, the new prime minister, outlined a vision of Europe diametrically opposed to that promoted by Orban. Europe, he said, was more than just a trade bloc but a guardian of what he described as “European political values of democracy, the rule of law, media independence and freedom of speech.”

But he ruled out treaty changes.

Orban for his part has voiced growing contempt for the European Union. He in October derided it as a “bad contemporary parody” of the Soviet empire and mocked its impotence in face of his defiance of European rules requiring member states to protect press freedom, minority rights and judicial independence. “We had to dance to the tune Moscow whistled.

Even when Brussels whistles, we dance the way we want to,” he said.

The agreement in Brussels on Thursday to at least start membership negotiations with Ukraine gave a symbolic boost to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, who had just returned empty-handed from a visit to the United States. Desperately needed money for his

war effort is being held up by political divisions in Congress, and Ukraine hoped that money from Europe would fill the gap.

European leaders will meet in January to try to get Orban to relent. If he again uses his veto, as seems likely, Europe will still deliver money to Ukraine using various cumbersome alternative mechanisms that don’t require Hungary’s approval.

That would tide Ukraine over in the short term but cast a shadow over Europe’s long-term ambitions as a reliable geopolitical player.

Ivan Krastev, co-author of “The Light That Failed,” a book that examined disenchantment with liberal democracy in Eastern Europe, warned in The Financial Times on Friday that if “Europe cannot solve its Orban problem” it risks paralysis and fragmentation.

The European Union, built on the ruins left by World War II, has defied repeated predictions of imminent doom, most recently after Britain voted to leave in 2016. That set off alarm in Brussels — and joy among EU skeptics — that Brexit might trigger an avalanche of defections by other countries.

But nobody followed Britain’s lead, and even longtime critics of the bloc such as Marine Le Pen in France and Geert Wilders in the Netherlands, whose far-right party performed unexpectedly well in a general election last month, have shifted from advocating withdrawal from the union to demanding an overhaul of its priorities.

Orban, too, insists Hungary will not leave or be forced out, not least because it needs the money. It is the largest recipient per capita of European funds. His mission, he said in Budapest recently, is not to take Hungary out but to “take over Brussels.”

An important step on that path are elections next summer for the European Parliament, an assembly whose 705 members are chosen by voters in all 27 member states. It has limited powers and is mostly ignored by the general public, but nonetheless serves as a barometer of Europe-wide sentiment.

Growing public unease across much of the continent over a surge in illegal immigration this year could tilt the European Parliament sharply to the right in the summer elections and end the current isolation of Orban’s Fidesz party, which is now largely friendless and powerless in the European legislature.

In what amounted to a test run of the message he hopes will mobilize European votes to follow Hungary’s lead, Orban told a Fidesz rally last month, “The French, the Germans, the Italians, the Austrians would give half their lives if they could again have a country without migrants.”

He added: “The Hungarian model works.”

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Chile’s voters reject a new, conservative constitution

By JACK NICAS

to actually reduce pension payments or significantly take away rights. hileans on Sunday rejected a new The conversation over the proposed constitution that would have pulled constitutions often devolved into debates the country to the right, likely ending over politics rather than policy. Leading up a turbulent four-year process to replace their to Sunday’s vote, for instance, Chile’s surging national charter with little to show for it. far-right Republic Party, which had helped Nearly 56% of voters rejected the prowrite the proposal, focused its pitch not on posed text, with all of the votes counted. the text’s merits, but on the idea that voting It is the second time in 16 months that for it would punish Boric, who has become Chile, a South American nation of 19 mildeeply unpopular as crime rises. lion, has rebuffed a proposed constitution Felipe Agüero, a political scientist who — the other was written by the left — showhas studied Chile’s transition to democracy ing how deeply divided the nation remains from the military dictatorship that ruled the over a set of rules and principles to govern it country from 1973 to 1990, said that the even after four years of debate. constitutional process was fraught because That debate began in 2019 after enorreplacing the dictatorship-era charter had mous protests prompted a national referenbeen put off for so long. That has made both dum in which 4 out of 5 Chileans voted to Torn posters with messages supporting the new proposed constitution in Santiago, the left and the right eager to capitalize on scrap their constitution, a heavily amended Chile, on Dec. 14, 2023. Chileans voted against a new constitution on Sunday the rare chance to significantly sway the version of the 1980 text adopted under the that would have pulled the South American nation to the right. The process began country’s future, he said. bloody military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto with protests from the left. (Cristobal Olivares/The New York Times) “They decided that we have to use this Pinochet. opportunity to turn things around in a big But now, after failing to agree on a new way — that this was a once-in-a-lifetime “This could have been a possibility for people to chance,” he said. As a result, he said, “there was no text, the nation will muddle along with the constitution believe again in politics, in politicians — and that has interest in reaching a broader consensus.” that so many had voted to replace.

“I want to be clear: During my term, the constitu- not happened,” Michelle Bachelet, a leftist former presiChileans’ rejection of the two proposed constitutional process is closed,” President Gabriel Boric, a leftist dent of Chile, said in an interview before the vote. “No- tions is highly unusual historically. The votes represent just the 12th and 13th times that a nation has rejected who stayed out of the process, said in an address Sunday body will try to do a third version of this process.”

Chileans twice elected mostly political outsiders a full constitutional referendum in 181 such votes since night. “The country became polarized and divided, and despite this conclusive result, the constitutional process — doctors, engineers, lawyers, farmers, social work- 1789, according to research by American political scienfailed to channel the hopes of achieving a new constitu- ers and others — to constitutional assemblies to draft tists Zachary Elkins and Alex Hudson. proposed charters. But those bodies ended up creating Besides offering a pro-market approach to govtion written for all.”

That makes the outcome of Sunday’s vote a bitter long, complicated constitutions that were each in the erning, the proposed constitution defeated Sunday also one. A process that had once been hailed as a paragon partisan mold of the political side that controlled the included some conservative language on social issues.

The part that attracted the most attention was a oneof democratic participation now serves instead as an ex- assembly.

The left-leaning assembly last year offered a consti- word change to the current constitution’s language on ample of how difficult democracy truly is, particularly in tution that would have expanded abortion rights; given “the right to life” that many Chileans worried would be the internet age.

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What’s driving former progressives to the right?

By MICHELLE GOLDBERG

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n a new essay in the progressive magazine In These Times, writers Kathryn Joyce and Jeff Sharlet grapple with the contemporary version of an old phenomenon: erstwhile leftists decamping to the right. There have been plenty of highprofile defectors from the left in recent years, among them comedian Russell Brand; environmentalist-turned-conspiracytheorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; and journalist Matt Taibbi, a onetime scourge of Wall Street, who was recently one of the winners of a $100,000 prize from the ultraconservative Young America’s Foundation.

What gives this migration political significance, however, are the ordinary people following them, casting off what they view as a censorious liberalism for a movement that doesn’t ask anyone to “do the work” or “check your privilege.” Joyce and Sharlet write, “We, the authors of this article, each count such losses in our own lives, and maybe you do, too: friends you struggle to hold onto despite their growing allegiance to terrifying ideas, and friends you give up on, and friends who have given up on you and the hope you shared together.”

Naomi Klein described similar losses in her great book “Doppelganger,” which follows the exploits of one of the most infamous of recent progressive apostates, Naomi Wolf, a former liberal feminist who became an anti-vax influencer and a

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regular on Steve Bannon’s podcast. “Alpossibility of thoroughgoing transformost everyone I talk to tells me about mation become liberals like me, mostly people they have lost ‘down the rabbit resigned to working toward incremental improvements to a dysfunctional hole’ — parents, siblings, best friends, society. Others, looking beyond the as well as formerly trusted intellectuals and commentators,” wrote Klein. politics of amelioration, seek new ways “People, once familiar, who have becoto shake up the system. me unrecognizable.”

The right has an advantage in A key question for the left is why appealing to dislocated and atomized people: It doesn’t have to provide this is happening. For some celebrity defectors, the impetus seems clear a compelling view of the future. All it enough: They lurched right after a canneeds is a romantic conception of the cellation or public humiliation. Klein past, to which it can offer the false promise of return. When people are scared writes that a turning point for Wolf was and full of despair, “let’s go back to the widespread mockery after she was confronted, live on the radio, with evidence way things were” is a potent message, that the thesis of the book she was proespecially for those with memories of moting was based on her misreading of happier times. archival documents. Brand’s right-wing One common interpretation of turn, as Matt Flegenheimer wrote in the sort of ideological journeys Joyce The New York Times Magazine, coin- A voter in a voting booth for a and Sharlet wrote about for In These cided with the start of investigations into presidential primary in Boscawen, Times is “horseshoe theory,” the idea sexual assault accusations against him. N.H., Feb. 11, 2020. (Elizabeth that at the extremes, left and right bend But that doesn’t explain why there’s Frantz/The New York Times) toward each other. But plenty of the such an eager audience for born-again people who’ve followed a rightward reactionaries and why, in much of the trajectory were never particularly radiWestern world, the right has been so much better than the left cal; Wolf was a fairly standard Democrat, as was Elon Musk, now king of the edgelords. at harnessing hatred of the status quo.

As Klein argues, a better framework is “diagonalism,” Part of the answer is probably that the culture of the left is simply less welcoming, especially to the politically unsu- coined by scholars William Callison and Quinn Slobodian. re, than the right. The conservative movement may revel in Diagonalists, they write, tend to “contest conventional mocruelty toward out-groups — see, for example, the ravening nikers of left and right (while generally arcing toward fardigital mobs that descended on podcaster Julia Mazur for a right beliefs),” be ambivalent or cynical about electoral TikTok she made about the pleasures of life without children politics, and “blend convictions about holism and even spi— but the movement is often good at love-bombing potential rituality with a dogged discourse of individual liberties.” At recruits. “People go where people accept them, or are nice the extreme, they write, “diagonal movements share a conto them, and away from people who are mean to them,” the viction that all power is conspiracy. Public power cannot be Marxist Edwin Aponte, one of the founders of the heterodox legitimate, many believe, because the process of choosing but socially conservative magazine Compact, told Joyce and governments is itself controlled by the powerful and is de facto illegitimate.”

Sharlet.

Such conspiratorial politics have rarely, if ever, led to anBut I think there’s a deeper problem, which stems from a crisis of faith in the possibility of progress. Liberals and le- ything but catastrophe, but that doesn’t lessen their emotional ftists have lots of excellent policy ideas but rarely articulate pull. Both Sharlet and Joyce are longtime chroniclers of the a plausible vision of the future. I sometimes hear leftists talk right — its ambitions but also its divisions and contradictions. about “our collective liberation,” but outside a few specific “But in this age of Trump, his presence and his shadow, we’ve contexts — the ongoing subjugation of the Palestinians comes witnessed more right-wing factions converging than splitting, to mind — I mostly have no idea what they’re talking about. putting aside differences and adopting new and ugly dreams,” It’s easy to see what various parts of the left want to dis- they write. “They, of course, do not see the dreams as ugly, mantle — capitalism, the carceral state, heteropatriarchy, the but beautiful.” nuclear family — and much harder to find a realistic concepTo compete with them, the left needs beautiful dreams tion of what comes next. Some leftists who lose hope in the of its own.

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Secretaria de la Familia ordena investigación ante alegaciones de referidos contra familia de bebé fallecida en Aibonito POR CYBERNEWS

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AN JUAN – El Departamento de la Familia asumió la custodia de emergencia de los dos hermanos de la niña de un año que falleció el lunes, en Aibonito y su titular, Ciení Rodríguez Troche ordenó una investigación.

“En primer lugar, tengo que expresar que sentimos un dolor indescriptible con este caso que, al igual que otros donde las víctimas son menores de edad, nos desgarra el alma a todos. Por eso, mientras llevamos a cabo todo el proceso investigativo y administrativo que corresponde, activamos nuestros protocolos para dar todos los servicios de apoyo a este núcleo familiar”, sostuvo Rodríguez Troche en declaraciones escritas.

“Mientras, he ordenado una investigación, la cual ya dio comienzo y, preliminarmente, puedo confirmar que de este núcleo familiar sí se han recibido referidos, siendo el último para el mes de marzo de 2023, todos relacionados con la pareja anterior de la madre, ante alegaciones de violencia doméstica. Ninguno de esos

referidos, según nuestro sistema, estaba relacionado a maltrato contra menores o con la pareja actual de la madre, quien, según ha trascendido, ha sido señalado como persona de interés en este caso,” añadió.

“De hecho, a partir de estos referidos, el personal del Departamento de la Familia visitó a esta familia, por lo menos una vez todos los meses,” confirmó la secretaria.

Aunque en el sistema del Departamento no consta que se hayan recibido llamadas o referidos sobre este núcleo familiar, con excepción de los antes mencionados de hace más de 9 meses, según han publicado algunos medios de comunicación, hay alegaciones de algunos vecinos de que hicieron llamadas a nuestra línea de maltrato, y que no se atendieron adecuadamente.

“Por tal razón, responsablemente, hemos comenzado una investigación inmediata para corroborar dichas alegaciones y tomar todas las medidas que correspondan.

No estamos adjudicando, pero le aseguro al pueblo de Puerto Rico que llevaremos esta investigación hasta las últimas consecuencias,” aseguró Rodríguez Troche.

Finalmente, la funcionaria explicó que, “aunque comprendo el interés de los medios de comunicación de tener más información sobre este caso, por tratarse de una investigación en curso, cobijada bajo la Ley 57 de 2023 (Protección de Menores) no será posible hacer más expresiones sobre el mismo. Por tanto, estas serán nuestras únicas declaraciones.”

Inauguran puente de la PR-770 en Barranquitas con una inversión de más de $4 millones POR CYBERNEWS

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ARRANQUITAS – El gobernador Pedro Pierluisi, junto a la secretaria del Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas (DTOP), Eileen Vélez Vega; el alcalde Barranquitas, Elliot Colón Blanco y Manuel Laboy Rivera, director ejecutivo de la Oficina Central de Recuperación, Reconstrucción y Resiliencia (COR3), inauguró el lunes el puente de la carretera PR-770 del barrio Cañabón en Barranquitas.

La obra – que se realizó tras una inversión de más de $4 millones de fondos de reconstrucción de FEMA, fondos CDBG-DR y fondos del DTOP- reconecta, con una vía segura, a los residentes de Barranquitas, Orocovis, Comerío, Naranjito y Aibonito, cuyo acceso se vio interrumpido tras el paso del huracán María.

“Mejorar y modernizar la infraestructura ha sido uno de los enfoques prioritarios de mi administración, y le estamos dando atención especial a nuestras carreteras y puentes. Porque cuando mejoramos nuestra infraestructura vial, impactamos la calidad de vida y la seguridad de nuestra gente, y también impulsamos un mejor ambiente para el progreso en la Isla. Hoy estamos aquí para inaugurar el puente de la Carretera PR-770, en el Km 5.5 del barrio Cañabón de Barranquitas. Esta obra permanente provee un importante acceso que se había visto interrumpido tras el paso de los huracanes Irma y María, reconectando con una vía segura a los residentes de Barranquitas, Orocovis, Comerío, Naranjito y Aibonito”, sostuvo el gobernador en declaraciones escritas.

El primer ejecutivo añadió que “este proyecto es una solución resiliente que fortalece esta vía en el barrio Cañabón, estableciendo altos estándares de seguridad de acceso a la comunidad en beneficio de todos sus residentes y visitantes, pues esta construcción es capaz de manejar la fuerza de la corriente del río, cumple con los códigos y requisitos de construcción más modernos, proveyendo ahora una infraestructura sostenible a largo plazo. La inversión realizada en este proyecto de reconstrucción sobrepasa los $4 millones, de los cuales $3.6 millones provienen de fondos federales de FEMA, $402 mil de fondos CDBG-DR y $85 mil provienen de fondos estatales de nuestro Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas. La viabilidad de la obra fue posible a través de un adelanto de $905 mil del programa piloto Working Capital Advance de COR3”.

El puente- que cuenta con un diseño de alto grado de resiliencia y seguridad- es de acero y descansa sobre dos pilastras de hormigón armado con zapatas colocadas sobre pilotes, los que permite flujos Q-100, que son aquellos asociados con un intervalo de retorno promedio de 100 años. El mismo tiene una longitud de 24 metros y un ancho de 10.36 metros.

Por su parte, la secretaria del DTOP expresó que “esta obra permanente es uno de los múltiples proyectos de reconstrucción que tiene fondos obligados por FEMA para reparar las carreteras a través de toda la Isla.

La inversión en dichas obras totaliza $671 millones, mediante fondos provistos por el Programa de Asistencia Pública, que permite el desarrollo de vías seguras y

resistentes ante las inclemencias del tiempo. El proyecto se realizó en menos tiempo del estimado; comenzamos en junio de este año 2023 y en solo siete meses culminamos la obra, adelantándonos al calendario proyectado. Sabemos lo importante que es para las comunidades del centro de la Isla tener vías seguras, que les mantengan interconectados y es nuestro compromiso seguir trabajando con la agilidad que estos proyectos ameritan”.

Mientras, el alcalde de Barranquitas dijo que “la apertura de este puente es un gran paso de avance para los buenos vecinos de la comunidad de Cañabón, que tendrán la seguridad vial al transitar por la zona”.

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The mostest for the hostess: The joy of vintage guides to throwing a party

By ALEXANDRA JACOBS

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intage cookbooks are a curious subdivision of the thriving antiquarian trade. They are, of course, more likely than most old books to be splattered with disgusting substances — maybe even to contain evidence of kitchen pests. They are as vulnerable as college texts to previous owners’ margin notes (“Delicious!”) and suggested modifications, sometimes helpful.

With his No. 1 bestseller “Baking Yesteryear,” TikTok star B. Dylan Hollis has reawakened America to the food from community cookbooks of the past. But let’s not neglect their more glamorous cousins: vintage entertaining guides.

In our gastronomically obsessed age, these are pleasurable not because of the recipes — though many contain a few perfunctory ones — but for their often humorous explication of how to be a good host, or as was far more common back in the day, hostess. They are replete with chafing dishes and towering candelabras, billowing chiffon sleeves and conversational pointers. And culinary shortcuts, a la Eleanor Roosevelt serving hot dogs to the king and queen of England: The Joy of Not Cooking.

They are a reminder that even in the worst of times, and without much expenditure, the home can be a respite of civility, friendship and grace.

Part of these books’ charm is that — unlike classic recipes that are replicated ad nauseam online, lacking much copyright protection — they tend to be out of circulation and therefore feel like special finds. “DISCARD” reads the cruel library stamp on a copy of “How to Do It: Or the Lively Art

of Entertaining,” by Elsa Maxwell, from Rizzoli’s 2005 reprint that someone painstakingly uploaded to the Internet Archive.

I can’t remember how I came into possession of a 1957 first edition, marked in pencil at a bargain $10, but “How to Do It” now roosts near my precious microwave with “Hostess” (1961), by English florist Constance Spry, with an assist from Rosemary Hume (and some adorable cartoon illustrations); “All About Parties” (1968),

by Edith Gilbert, a syndicated columnist; “The Party: A Guide to Adventurous Entertaining” (1997), by Washington, D.C., fixture Sally Quinn; and more corporate but no less compelling volumes from Betty Crocker and Bloomingdale’s.

The taxonomy of such books can be murkier than mock turtle soup. Dealers often marginalize them. Bonnie Slotnick, whose warren-like store in New York’s East Village is filled with unexpected treasures like “The Pyromaniac’s Cookbook: The Best in Flaming Food and Drink,” warned that news media mentions of out-of-print books, like a Veranda magazine feature about “These Entertaining People: A Guide for the Elegant Hostess” (1966), by fashion editor and television personality Florence Pritchett Smith, can artificially inflate the price.

Best to keep a cool head and, perhaps, plumb the shelves of your older relatives.

That’s where I first discovered the fascinating career of Annemarie Huste, who worked for Jackie Kennedy (briefly, since she blabbed about it) as well as diminutive impresario Billy Rose. Huste was a bona fide chef who ran a cooking school for a time, but her books, which include “To the Good Life! Entertaining With Annemarie” (1990), nonetheless throw off strong hostessy sparks, as do those of Vincent Price, the actor best known for his Gothic roles, and his

second wife, Mary.

Elsa Maxwell was right up there with those authors in the department of celebrity proximity: one of the most famous hostesses of the 20th century, as well as an occasional gossip columnist and actress — though her style of party-giving suggests she would have thrived as a director, possibly of musicals. She is acknowledged for popularizing the scavenger hunt and often introduced elements of surprise, like live animals, at her affairs.

“The fish course consisted of live seals she set free around the ballroom,” her obituary in The New York Times dryly recorded of one.

She was not a fan of cocktail parties, “whose unlovely symbol is the ring on the best mahogany,” she writes in “How to Do It,” adding that “in nine cases out of 10 the people who are invited to cocktail parties are the people your host has not thought worth inviting to either luncheon or to dinner — so why, I ask, should I bother with them?”

Novelists know how much can go deliciously wrong when entertaining. These experts — rarely dictatorial, generous with attribution, nosing right into interesting people’s homes — try endearingly to ensure everything will go right.

Gilbert, a proponent of morning coffees and bon voyage luncheons, suggests a “party log or diary similar to the call board used in” — yes — “the theater”; also progressive dinners spread over friends’ houses like “two, three or more acts.” Quinn won’t serve red wine to large groups. Spry has plenty to say about poorly arranged breakfast trays, pretentious “sugar-tong manners” and meeting her Waterloo in the form of an unfamiliar artichoke.

Again, don’t come to these guides for the food, more amusing than appetizing, and sometimes downright grotesque. (All that weird, off-putting glaze over hams, salads, cakes.) Rather, it’s a kind of coaxing, feminine spirit that draws you in: the social butterfly alighting next to the bookworm, an eternal flame of hospitality a-flicker, under the dubious fondue.

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Five international movies to stream now

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his month’s picks include a Canadian mumblecore comedy, an Argentine mother-daughter thriller, a Bangladeshi drama about a woman fighting a patriarchal system and more.

‘Retrograde’ The first several minutes of Adrian Murray’s cringe comedy take place in a single, uninterrupted shot. Framed from behind, Molly (Molly Reisman), a 20-something woman in Toronto, and her new housemate, wait in a car by the side of the road as a cop issues Molly a ticket for reckless driving. Even as the film eventually moves on to multiple other locations, including Molly’s apartment, her office and her ex-boyfriend’s home, we never truly leave those initial minutes in the car. The incident takes over Molly’s entire life as she becomes increasingly obsessed with fighting the ticket — reenacting the scenario repeatedly, doing the rounds of traffic court and talking her friends’ and co-workers’ ears off about the wrongs of the system.

As far as plot goes, that is pretty much all there is. Murray builds out a series of quotidian interactions around Molly’s newfound preoccupation, unfolding a witty, minor-key drama about the daily indignities of modern living and the small, often irrational ways in which we try to claw back agency from an indifferent world. Played with a masterful deadpan by Reisman, Molly is touchingly unlikable — not in the showy ways now fashionable in movies about antiheroines, but in the pricklier, everyday ways that women are rarely allowed to be onscreen. (Stream it on Tubi.)

‘Elena Knows’ Argentine acting powerhouse Mercedes Morán is the linchpin of this gutting motherdaughter drama, adapted from a novel of the same name by Claudia Piñeiro. Both the book and the movie unearth myriad complexities within a classic crime premise: Rita (Erica Rivas), the middle-aged daughter of Elena (Morán), is found dead by hanging in the local church. But Elena, who has Parkinson’s disease, is convinced it is a murder, not a suicide, and she embarks on a painstaking quest through Buenos Aires, visiting the police, the church, Rita’s workplace and the home of Rita’s childhood friend to seek answers.

The whodunit framework eventually emerges as a red herring; there are revelations to come, but they are not the sort Elena hopes for. Instead, she faces hard, irreconcilable facts about motherhood, femininity and

Molly Reisman in “Retrograde” (Cinedigm) women’s autonomy over their bodies and lives.

The movie, directed by Anahí Berneri, reifies these themes beautifully in the cinematography, using claustrophobic close-ups and elliptical edits to approximate Elena’s resolve in the face of her illness, as well as the limitations of her often arrogant perspective. Morán, for her part, stuns with a tightly wound performance of embodiment: When Elena’s long-repressed tears finally flow at the end, you may find that you’ve been holding your breath the whole time, too. (Stream it on Netflix.)

‘Rehana’ The heroine of this taut Bangladeshi drama by Abdullah Mohammed Saad is difficult to pin down from the very start. When we meet Rehana (Azmeri Haque Badhon), she is berating her brother over the phone; soon after, as she’s proctoring an exam at the medical school where she teaches, she expels a student rather cruelly for trying to cheat. But her severity is also a sign of her integrity. Later that day, Rehana sees a student emerge from a professor’s office, looking distraught. When she learns of the professor’s abuse behind closed doors, she embarks on a furious crusade to have him punished — despite the censure of the administration and the protestations of the terrified victim.

As the students, the perpetrator’s wife and even Rehana’s young daughter all become embroiled in the ensuing crisis, “Rehana” lays bare difficult questions. As a bystander, is Rehana’s responsibility only to the victim of the assault, or also to the many others the man may harm if he goes unpunished? And what is the price worth paying for justice? Is her career, and her daughter’s education, an acceptable cost? Composed of tight indoor shots and a bleak, blue-gray palette, the film brings

to life a suffocating world where a courageous woman’s choice is between sacrifice and selfishness. (Rent or buy it on Amazon.)

‘The Mountains Are a Dream That Call to Me’ A verdant forest fills the screen, crowded with vivid green trees. Something stirs in their midst; a silhouette becomes visible. Is it a plant, a person in camouflage, or a ghost?

“The Mountains Are a Dream That Call to Me” is a movie full of such subtle shifts, perceptible only to the attentive eye. Composed of moods and landscapes, Cedric Cheung-Lau’s feature unfolds as a simple yet expansive tale about two hikers through the Himalayas — a Nepali man, Tukten (Sanjay Lama Dong), on his way to a new job, and an Australian woman, Hannah (Alice Cummins), grieving some unspoken loss.

An extended shot of light moving across

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rugged terrain cuts to a close-up of Tukten’s crinkled face as he awakens in the morning glow; a long scene of Hannah stripping in a dimly lit bedroom is followed by an image of a peak glistening in the moonlight against a dark sky. The rumbling of winds thickens the silence of these shots. There’s little dialogue, no discernible story, no neat beginning or end: just a portrait of the smallness of humans against the monumentality of nature. (Stream it on the Criterion Channel.)

‘Robe of Gems’ The entwined stories of three women, all victims of misogyny in Mexico, unfurl slowly in Natalia López Gallardo’s sinister, cryptic drama. Isabel (Nailea Norvind) is a wealthy, white, blond woman moving into her mother’s grand, rural house with her family, and grappling with marital trouble with her husband.

Her longtime maid, María (Antonia Olivares), is looking for her kidnapped sister, one of the many women gone missing amid the drug and gang violence in Mexico. And La Torta (Aida Roa), a local cop, tries futilely to keep her teenage son in check as he sinks deeper into the cartel world.

In a bravura opening shot, a luminous forest comes slowly into view, and we see a man snipping at the scrub, though the sounds we hear are incongruous — a woman’s moans.

A reversal in perspective reveals that we’ve been looking out from the wife’s point of view as she’s pressed up against the glass wall of her new house by her husband, in a sexual act that soon turns to silent, unexplained violence.

Throughout, “Robe of Gems” employs such canny shifts in perspective and tricks of sound.

If the narrative can feel obscure or difficult to follow, it’s because the movie palpably renders the fog of fear, menace, desperation and inequity that embroils these women, rendering their lives illegible even to themselves. (Rent or buy it on Amazon.)

A scene from “The Mountains Are a Dream That Call to Me” (Sisyphus Films LLC)

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Now, what was I looking for?

By CAROLINE HOPKINS

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: Some thoughts vanish from my brain as soon as I think of them. Why can’t I remember things I just knew? And how can I improve my short-term memory?

A: Perhaps you smile and shake hands with a new acquaintance, and then promptly forget the person’s name. Or maybe you walk into your kitchen to do … something. What was it again?

Exasperating as it is, this type of forgetfulness is usually normal, said Dr. Sharon Sha, a professor of neurology at Stanford University.

When we blank on information we just learned or thoughts we just had, it’s typically because our brains didn’t save them as long-term memories to begin with, Sha said.

We don’t always make memories When going about your daily life, your brain holds information in a temporary state called working memory, said David Gallo, a professor of psychology at the University of Chicago. Having a phone conversation while following a dinner recipe, for instance, involves juggling multiple tasks in your working memory at once, he said.

Most people can only hold about four or five thoughts or tasks in their working memories at a time, Gallo said.

But unless those thoughts go through a brain process called encoding, he added, they won’t be saved permanently in your long-term memory.

This works like a computer’s “save” function, said Dr. Scott Small, director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Columbia University. “If you’re taking notes and you close your computer without saving, your notes are gone forever,” he said.

The encoding process involves creating meaningful connections between brain cells and requires ample working memory. So if you’re preoccupied with introducing yourself to someone new or deciding what you’ll say next, your brain won’t encode information like the new name you hear — and you’ll promptly forget it.

While these lapses may seem frustrating in the moment, they’re actually essential for your day-to-day functioning, said Lynne Reder, a professor emeritus of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University.

If our brains encoded everything we saw, heard, smelled or felt, we wouldn’t have any working memory left for things like walking, talking or listening.

How to remember Sometimes it’s easy to remember information, Sha said. If you feel a strong emotion such as fear or trauma in the moment you learn something, for in-

According to Dr. Sharon Sha, a professor of neurology at Stanford University, when we blank on information we just learned or thoughts we just had, it’s typically because our brains didn’t save them as long-term memories to begin with. (Joyce Lee/The New York Times) stance, you’re more likely to recall it later. This explains why many people remember exactly where they were on Sept. 11, she said.

But there are other tricks and tactics, experts say, that can help us purposefully save memories for the long-term.

Repeat and recite. Repeating information, especially in new ways, can assist with memory storage, said Ronald Davis, a professor of neuroscience at the University of Florida. When we hear, see, recite aloud or write down a word, we get several chances to encode that word using different pathways in the brain.

Studies also suggest that writing new information by hand — be it on paper or a tablet with a digital stylus — can activate more of the brain than typing can, further strengthening our memories. The more times we repeat something, the more likely we are to remember it, Davis said.

Assign meaning. Remembering arbitrary information can be particularly challenging, Reder said.

That’s why it is sometimes easier to recall names that

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are connected to certain characteristics or qualities.

We might remember a dog named Rusty if it had rustcolored fur, for example.

“If you meet someone named Michelle who’s from Florida, you can imagine a Florida beach with a seashell, which sounds like Michelle,” Gallo said.

“Now you can associate that name with a context, visual image and rhyme.”

Sing along. On a similar note, remembering can come easier when information is set to tunes, Sha said. You might remember an advertisement jingle, for example, even if it’s for a product you’d never buy.

Neuroscientists are still learning why music helps, but Sha said that “tagging” memories with tunes might move them into different parts of the brain, making them more likely to stick.

Create a visual or emotional cue. If you’re trying to remember to perform a specific task, Sha said that it can help to imagine yourself doing it or thinking about how it’ll make someone feel.

If you need to buy a holiday gift for your daughter, for instance, you can picture yourself purchasing the item, or imagine how happy it’ll make your daughter when she opens the present.

Prioritize sleep and exercise. As with many things in life, it’s more challenging to encode new information when you’re sleep deprived, Gallo said, so it’s crucial that you get enough rest.

Regular activity such as aerobic exercise, weight lifting, stretching or even short walks can also enhance memory, both in the short term and over time, experts said.

Keeping your heart healthy through exercise helps keep your brain healthy, Gallo said. “This can help you age gracefully, and keep your memory functioning optimally at any stage of life.”

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Skull of ancient ‘sea monster’ with daggerlike teeth discovered in England

By LIVIA ALBECK-RIPKA and DERRICK BRYSON TAYLOR

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n the spring of 2022, Philip Jacobs, an artist and fossil hunter, was walking along the Jurassic Coast in southern England when he came across a snout.

It was about 2 feet long, complete with teeth, and appeared to have come from an ancient ocean predator known as a pliosaur. When crews returned days later with a drone, they found the snout had fallen from a cliff towering over the beach — embedded in the cliff was the rest of the skull.

The more than 6-foot-long fossil, with the skull intact and no bones missing, is the “discovery of a lifetime,” one expert said.

“There are some special features in it that we haven’t seen on the previous ones that have been discovered,” Steve Etches, a paleontologist who has been collecting fossils for more than 40 years and was involved in the excavation, said by phone recently. “And it’s the most complete. So the whole skull is there; there are no bones missing.”

Pliosaurs were the largest carnivorous reptiles that ever lived, Etches said, and reigned at the top of the food chain in the seas of the Jurassic Period. They were probably solitary hunters who preyed on plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, other marine reptiles, he added.

“They are rather like lions on the Serengeti,” Etches said of pliosaurs. “You get a pride of lions, but thousands of antelope and everything else. It’s the same as the Jurassic seas.”

The skull is being kept in The Etches Collection Museum of Jurassic Marine Life in Kimmeridge, around 7 miles west of the Jurassic Coast and more than 100 miles southwest of London. Etches said the museum was working to get the skull into a display case for viewing in January.

Pliosaurs lived between 200 million and 65.5 mil-

In an image provided by BBC Studios, an artist’s rendering of a pliosaur attacking a smaller animal. Pliosaurs were most likely solitary hunters who preyed on other marine reptiles. (BBC Studios via The New York Times)

In a photo provided by BBC Studios, Sir David Attenborough with the pliosaur skull in the workshop of the Etches Collection Museum in Kimmeridge, England. The six-foot-long fossil could offer new clues about the pliosaur, known as the largest carnivorous reptile to ever live. (BBC Studios via The New York Times)

lion years ago, and could grow to more than 40 feet long.

With extremely powerful jaws, massive flippers and daggerlike teeth, they could quickly hunt and crush prey into bite-size pieces, said David Martill, an emeritus professor of ​paleobiology at the University of Portsmouth in England, who was not involved in the find. “There was nothing in the ocean that could have escaped an attack,” he said.

The first pliosaur fossils were found in the 1820s along the Jurassic Coast, and further discoveries have expanded scientists’ knowledge of the creatures. But nothing has come close to the nearly intact skull, Martill said.

“One, it’s enormous,” he added. “It’s also extremely wellpreserved.”

The skull could offer new clues about the pliosaur, which had a nostril that would let water flow into its mouth, allowing it to smell and hunt prey. Scientists hope the skull will shed further light on this anatomy and, ultimately, the structure of the ecosystem in the Jurassic seas.

More details about the skull will be shown in the documentary “Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster,” airing on PBS in February.

“We want to compare that ecosystem with other ecosystems — Cretaceous ones and even modern ones — to see if they are structured in the same way,” Martill said.

The fact that some vertebrae remain attached to the skull suggests the rest of the pliosaur may be inside the cliff, waiting to be discovered, he added.

Etches is sure of it, but excavating it will not come cheap: It could cost about 250,000 pounds, or about $300,000, which he hopes to raise.

“We really need to extract it,” he said, acknowledging a crew of people who helped to bring the discovery to light. “And they’ve done it for the best possible reasons, for science, and so people worldwide can benefit from the information we get from it.”

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Could a drug give your pet more dog years?

By EMILY ANTHES

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he life of a pet dog follows a predictable trajectory. Over time, the floppy-eared puppy that keeps falling asleep in his food bowl will become a lanky-legged adolescent with an insatiable interest in squirrels — before eventually settling into adulthood as a canine creature of habit, with a carefully chosen napping location and a well-rehearsed greeting ritual.

But as the years progress, his joints will stiffen and his muzzle will gray. And one day, which will inevitably arrive too soon, his wagging tail will finally still.

“When you adopt a dog, you’re adopting future heartbreak,” said Emilie Adams, a New Yorker who owns three Rhodesian Ridgebacks.

“It’s worth it over time because you just have so much love between now and when they go.

But their life spans are shorter than ours.”

In recent years, scientists have been chasing after drugs that might stave off this heartbreak by extending the lives of our canine companions. On Tuesday, the biotech company Loyal announced that it had moved one step closer to bringing one such drug to market.

“The data you provided are sufficient to show that there is a reasonable expectation of effectiveness,” an official at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration informed the company in a recent letter. (Loyal provided a copy of the letter to The New York Times.)

That means that the drug, which Loyal declined to identify for proprietary reasons, has met one of the requirements for “expanded conditional approval,” a fast-tracked authorization for animal drugs that fulfill unmet health needs and require difficult clinical trials. The drug is not available to pet owners yet, and the FDA must still review the company’s safety and manufacturing data. But conditional approval, which Loyal hopes to receive in 2026, would allow the company to begin marketing the drug for canine life extension, even before a large clinical trial is complete.

“We’re going to be going for claiming at least one year of healthy life span extension,” said Celine Halioua, the founder and CEO of Loyal.

Whether the drug will actually deliver on that promise is unknown. Although a small study suggests LOY-001 might blunt metabolic changes associated with aging, Loyal has not yet demonstrated that it lengthens dogs’ lives.

But the letter, which came after years of discussion between Loyal and the FDA, sug-

A undated photo provided by Loyal shows Renzo, an 11-year-old Shih Tzu in a study run by Loyal, one of many biotech companies working to bring longevity drugs for dogs to market.

(Loyal via The New York Times) gests that the agency is open to canine longevity drugs, Halioua said.

More are in the pipeline. A team of academic researchers is conducting a canine clinical trial of rapamycin, which has been shown to extend the lives of lab mice. And Loyal is recruiting dogs for a clinical trial of another drug candidate, dubbed LOY-002.

These developments are a sign of the accelerating pace of the science and the seriousness with which researchers and regulators are taking a field that once seemed like science fiction. They also raise questions about what it might mean to succeed, said Daniel Promislow, a biogerontologist at the University of Washington and a co-director of the Dog Aging Project, which is conducting the rapamycin trial.

“What if it works?” he said. “What are the implications?”

Lapping at the fountain of youth Aging may be an inevitability, but it is not an unyielding one. Scientists have created longer-lived worms, flies and mice by tweaking key aging-related genes.

These findings have raised the tantalizing possibility that scientists might be able to find

drugs that had the same life-extending effects in people. That remains an active area of research, but canine longevity has recently started to attract more attention, in part because dogs are good models for human aging and in part because many pet owners would love more time with their furry family members.

The drugs under investigation act in different ways. Rapamycin, which has also attracted intense interest as a potential longevity drug for humans, inhibits a protein known as mTOR, which regulates cell growth and metabolism.

This year, a team of scientists including Promislow and some of his colleagues at the Dog Aging Project published an analysis of dogs that had been randomly assigned to receive either a low dose of rapamycin or a placebo for six months. Although the sample size was small, 27% of dog owners whose pets received the drug reported improvements in health or behavior, including increases in activity or playfulness, compared with 8% of owners whose dogs received a placebo.

LOY-001, an extended-release implant intended for large, adult dogs, is designed to modulate a different growth-related compound: insulin growth factor-1, or IGF-1. The IGF-1 pathway has been associated with aging and longevity in several species; in dogs, it is known to play a key role in determining body size. Although the idea remains unproven, some scientists hypothesize that high IGF-1 levels drive both rapid growth and accelerated aging in large dogs, which generally have shorter life spans than small ones.

Loyal’s own research, which has not yet been published, suggests that LOY-001 does reduce IGF-1 levels in dogs and that it might curb aging-related increases in insulin; an observational study of nearly 500 dogs also suggested that lower insulin levels were correlated with reduced frailty and a higher quality of life.

“It’s quite an exciting approach,” said Colin Selman, a biogerontologist of aging at the University of Glasgow, who was not involved in the research and had not personally reviewed the company’s data.

But proving that a drug can actually extend canine lives will require large, timeconsuming clinical trials. Although some are underway, it will be at least several more years before the results are in. And regardless of the drug, researchers will need to demonstrate that it adds good, healthy years to a dog’s life, rather than just drawing out their decline, experts said.

Canine conundrums It is too soon to say what longevity drugs

will cost, but Halioua predicted that LOY-001 would work out to “mid-double-digit dollars per month.”

For some owners, cost will not be a deterrent, said Karen Cornelius of Illinois, who has owned mastiffs and other “giant” breeds for decades. Many died when they were about 9 years old, said Cornelius, who runs several Facebook groups for owners of giant dogs.

“We were just having a discussion on one of my forums yesterday about how shortlived they were, and how people would give almost anything if they could extend that life,” she said.

Some ethicists worried that this enthusiasm could be exploited, especially if the drugs are advertised as fountains of canine youth while questions of long-term safety and efficacy remain unresolved. The dogs themselves cannot give consent, they noted.

“Is it in their best interest to live a little bit longer when there’s some risk to taking these drugs?” said Rebecca Walker, a philosopher and bioethicist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who said she would not give a longevity drug to her golden retriever.

“Or is it really in the best interest of their owners, who are very attached to them?”

The worst side effect of LOY-001 has been mild and temporary gastrointestinal distress, Halioua said, although she acknowledged that the bar for safety would be “extremely, extremely, extremely high.”

Longevity drugs are intended for healthy dogs, which changes the risk-benefit calculus.

“It’s one thing if a dog is on death’s door and you’re giving them some late-breaking treatment,” said Bev Klingensmith, a Great Dane breeder in Iowa who also has a Great Dane and a golden retriever of her own. “Giving my young, healthy dog a brand-new drug would seem a little scary.”

Even drugs that deliver on all their promises will raise ethical questions. “If animals are living longer, do we have the resources and commitment to provide lives worth living?” Dr. Anne Quain, a veterinarian and an expert on veterinary ethics at the University of Sydney, said in an email. “What if we see more dogs outliving their owners?”

Reforming the breeding practices that have contributed to life-shortening health problems in many dogs and expanding access to basic veterinary care might be a better way to improve canine lives, she added. “We can save many ‘dog years’ by ensuring that as many dogs have access to that care as possible,” she said.

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Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. ANUNCIO DE SUBASTA. El suscribiente, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Bayamón, a los demandados de epígrafe y al público en general hace saber que los autos y documentos del caso de epígrafe estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables y que venderá en pública subasta al mejor postor, en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América en efectivo, cheque certificado, o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina en el Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Sala 410, Cuarto Piso, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el derecho que tenga la parte demandada en el inmueble que se relaciona más adelante para pagar la SENTENCIA por $76,680.53 de balance principal, los intereses adeudados sobre dicho principal y computados al 6.25% anual desde el primero de mayo de 2021 hasta su total pago y completo pago; más el 5% computado sobre cada mensualidad; cargos por demora devengados, más la suma estipulada de $para honorarios de abogado, pactada en la escritura de hipoteca; y cuales quiera otras sumas que por cualesquiera concepto legal se devenguen hasta el día de la subasta. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar radicado en la urbanización Lomas Verdes situada en el Barrio Minillas de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, con el número once (11) de la manzana “ZZ”, con un área de tres cientos veintiuno punto noventa y uno (321.92) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar número diez (10), en una distancia de veintitrés punto cuarenta y ocho (23.48) metros;

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por el SUR, con el solar número doce (12), en una distancia de veinte punto cero cero (20.00) metros; por el ESTE, con la carretera estatal número ochocientos treinta y uno (831), en una distancia de catorce punto cero cero (14.00) metros; y por el OESTE, con los solares número nueve (9) y trece (13), en una distancia de quince punto veinte y nueve (15.29) metros.

En la inscripción 5ta describen el solar como el once (11) de la manzana “Z”. Inscrita al folio ciento quince (115) del tomo doscientos setenta y nueve (279) de Bayamón, finca número doce mil doscientos sesenta y cuatro (12,264). Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. Dirección Física: ZZ11, Lomas Verdes, Bayamón, PR 00956. Dicha propiedad se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 30 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, y servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la suma de $96,000.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. En el caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 6 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, y el precio mínimo para esta segunda subasta será el de dos terceras partes del precio mínimo establecido para la primera subasta, o a sea la suma de $64,000.00. Si tampoco hubiera remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 13 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, y el tipo mínimo para esta tercera subasta será la mitad del precio establecido para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $48,000.00. El mejor postor deberá pagar el importe de su oferta en efecto, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse el inmueble al acreedor hipotecario dentro de los diez días siguientes a la fecha de la última subasta, si así lo estimase conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada conforme a la sentencia, si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuera mayor. Se avisa a cualquier licitador que la propiedad queda sujeta al gravamen del Estado Libre Asociado y CRIM sobre la propiedad inmueble por contribuciones adeudadas y que el pago de dichas contribuciones es la responsabilidad

del licitador. Que se entenderá por todo licitador acepte como suficiente la titulación y que los cargos y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes en entendiéndose que el rematador los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse su extinción al precio rematante. Todos los nombres de los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surgen de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico y en los sitios públicos de acuerdo a las disposiciones de la Regla 51.7 de las de Procedimiento Civil, así como para la publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria y en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas con antelación a la fecha de la primera subasta y por lo menos una vez por semana. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento indicado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables.

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EDWIN RODRÍGUEZ DÍAZ, ditos accesorios garantizados posterioridad a la inscripción noviembre de 2023, por la Se- completo pago, más las primas hipotecariamente (“Sentencia”). del gravamen que se está eje- cretaría del Tribunal, procederé de seguro hipotecario, recarSU ESPOSA YADIRA La adjudicación se hará al me- cutando, y para conocimiento a vender y venderé en pública gos por demora y cualesquiera VELÁZQUEZ MEDERO, Y jor postor, quien deberá consig- de todos los licitadores y el subasta y al mejor postor la pro- otras cantidades pactadas en LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE nar el importe de su oferta en el público en general, el presente piedad que ubica y se describe la escritura de primera hipoteBIENES GANANCIALES acto mismo de la adjudicación, Edicto se publicará por espacio a continuación: URBANA: Solar ca, desde la fecha antes menen efectivo (moneda del curso de dos (2) semanas consecuti- radicado en la Urbanización cionada y hasta la fecha del COMPUESTA POR legal de los Estados Unidos de vas, con un intervalo de por lo Extensión Estancias de Manatí, pago total de las mismas, más AMBOS

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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 de Comerío, Comerío, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia notificado por el Tribunal el día 3 de noviembre 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: Parcela de terreno radicado en el Barrio Doña Elena, del término municipal de Comerío, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de mil ochocientos setenta punto cinco mil cuatrocientos ochenta y siete (1,870.5487 m.c) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la carretera pública; por el SUR, con carretera pública; por el ESTE, con el lote número cinco (5); y por el OESTE, con la carretera pública. Enclava una estructura dedicada a vivienda. Inscrita en la finca número 10,560 al folio 213 del tomo 161 de Comerío.

Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Barranquitas. La propiedad ubica según pagaré: 6 Lot KM 4 4 Int SR 78 Parcela de terreno Barrio Doña Elena Comerío, Puerto Rico 00782. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor el día 20 de septiembre de 2023, notificada el 29 de septiembre de 2023, en el presente caso civil, a saber, la suma de $188,451.74 por concepto de principal, más los intereses sobre dicha suma a razón del 4.50%, anual desde el 1ro de septiembre de 2018, 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 $20,920.70 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás cré-

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América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. LA PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 19 DE ENERO DE 2024 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la Oficina / Sala de Alguaciles de Subastas del Tribunal, Sala Superior de Comerío, Comerío, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $209,207.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 26 DE ENERO DE 2024 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en la Oficina / Sala de Alguaciles de Subastas del Tribunal, Sala Superior de Comerío, Comerío, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $139,471.33, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 2 DE FEBRERO DE 2024 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en la Oficina / Sala de Alguaciles de Subastas del Tribunal, Sala Superior de Comerío, Comerío, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $104,603.50, 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

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 Comerío, Puerto Rico, hoy día 10 de noviembre de 2023.

ANDRÉS VÁZQUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #998, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE COMERÍO.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MANATÍ SALA SUPERIOR

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE PEDRO MANUEL MARTÍNEZ FERNÁNDEZ

Demandado Civil Núm.: MT2019CV00885.

Sala: 102. 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 de Manatí, Manatí, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 7 de

localizada en el Barrio Tierras Nuevas del término Municipal de Manatí, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el Plano de Inscripción, con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionar a continuación: Número del Solar D-20. Área del solar: 907.6504 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a 0.2309 cuerdas. En lindes por el NORTE, en una distancia de 41.91 metros lineales, con el solar 19 del mismo bloque; por el SUR, en una distancia de 46.64 metros lineales con el solar C-4 propiedad de Eduardo Antonio Rodríguez y con el solar C-6 propiedad de Ramón Torres Medina ambos solares segregados de la primera fase de la Urbanización Estancias de Manatí; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 22.15 metros lineales con el solar 14 del mismo bloque y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 12.04 metros lineales y un semi área de 7.15 metros lineales, con la calle 5 de la Urbanización, identificada en el plano “Concha Street”.

Enclava una casa de concreto para fines residenciales. Inscrita al folio 250 del tomo 441, finca #16,434 de Manatí. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Manatí. La propiedad está ubicada en: D 20 Concha St. Estancias Manatí, Manatí, PR 00674. La finca antes relacionada se encuentra afectada a un gravamen posterior al que se pretende ejecutar, el cual se describe de la siguiente manera: SENTENCIA de fecha 24 de octubre de 2011, expedida en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Manatí, en el Caso Civil número CM2008-2086, seguido por la Asociación Residentes Estancias de Manatí, Inc., contra Pedro Martínez Fernández, por la suma de $1,399.50, presentado el día 24 de febrero de 2012 y anotado el día 24 de febrero de 2012, al folio 86, Orden 1 del Libro de Sentencias 2. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor el día 5 de mayo de 2023, archivada en autos y notificada el 5 de mayo de 2023, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $134,012.75 por concepto de principal, más los intereses sobre dicha suma a razón del 4.00%, anual desde el 1ro de abril de 2019, hasta su

la suma de $15,208.90 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 17 DE ENERO DE 2024 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la Oficina / Sala de Alguaciles de Subastas del Tribunal, Sala Superior de Manatí, Manatí, Puerto Rico.

Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $135,000.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 24 DE ENERO DE 2024 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la Oficina / Sala de Alguaciles de Subastas del Tribunal, Sala Superior de Manatí, Manatí, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $90,000.00, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 31 DE ENERO DE 2024 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la Oficina / Sala de Alguaciles de Subastas del Tribunal, Sala Superior de Manatí, Manatí, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $67,500.00, 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 men-

The San Juan Daily Star cionada 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 Manatí, Puerto Rico, hoy día 29 de noviembre de 2023. WILFREDO RODRÍGUEZ CARRIÓN, ALGUACIL CONFIDENCIAL PLACA #135, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE MANATÍ.

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: SUCESIÓN MARCO LUIS RIVERA LÓPEZ COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS JULIA MILAGROS MATOS TORRES; CAROL ALEXA RIVERA MATOS; MARCO ALEJANDRO RIVERA MATOS; FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS: Y AL PUBLICO EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil que suscribe, certifica y hace constar que en cumplimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Ponce, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América. Todo pago recibido por el (la) Alguacil por concepto de subastas será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Todo derecho, título, participación e interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 25 del bloque B del plano de inscripción de la urbanización Portales de Jacaranda localizado en la Carretera Estatal PR-545, barrio Descalabrado del término municipal de Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de 1081.76 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con dos alineaciones que suman 39.18 metros lineales con la Calle Numero 16 y el solar número 26 del bloque B; LEGAL NOTICE por el SUR, con una lineación ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO de 5.31 metros lineales con el DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- Expreso Luis A. Ferre; por el NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA ESTE, con una alineación de SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE 34.74 metros lineales con los LIME HOMES, LTD. solares número 47 y 48 del Parte Demandante Vs. bloque G y por el OESTE, con una alineación de 56.06 metros SUCESIÓN MARCO lineales con el soler número LUIS RIVERA LÓPEZ COMPUESTA POR SUS 24 del bloque B. Afecta a este solar una servidumbre de 1.52 HEREDEROS JULIA metros de ancho que discurre MILAGROS MATOS a todo lo largo de su colindanTORRES; CAROL ALEXA cia Norte, a favor de la Puerto RIVERA MATOS; MARCO Rico Telephone Company. En ALEJANDRO RIVERA dicho solar enclava una estructura de concreto diseñada para MATOS; FULANO Y fines residenciales para una SUTANO DE TAL COMO familia construida de acuerdo POSIBLES HEREDEROS a los planos y especificaciones.

Afecta a este solar una serviDESCONOCIDOS dumbre sanitaria que discurre a Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: GM2020CV00060. todo lo largo de su colindancia Salón Núm.: (406). Sobre: Sur y Oeste. Consta inscrita al 179 del tomo 176 de Santa

Isabel, Finca #7,321, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Guayama. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: Urbanización Portales de Jacaranda, Calle Sauce 15130 (B-25), Santa Isabel, P.R. 00757. Se informa que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravamen posterior, una vez sea otorgada la escritura de venta judicial y obtenida la Orden y Mandamiento de cancelación de gravamen posterior. (Art. 51, Ley 210-2015). En relación a la finca a subastarse, se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $214,400.00, con intereses al 7.25% anual, vencedero el día 1 de septiembre de 2037, constituida mediante la escritura número 127, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 1 de septiembre de 2007, ante el notario David García Medina, e inscrita al folio 74 del tomo 193 de Santa Isabel, finca número 7,321, inscripción 4ta., como Asiento Abreviado extendidas las líneas el día 14 de mayo de 2014, según la ley número 216 del día 27 de diciembre de 2010. (Fue presentado el día 28 de enero de 2008 al Asiento 827 del Diario 634)., debidamente modificada la hipoteca por la suma de $214,400.00, cuyo principal será por la suma de $268,257.39, según consta de la escritura número 554, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 23 de noviembre de 2012, ante la notario Aurora Montalvo Díaz, e inscrita al folio 74 del tomo 193 de Santa Isabel, finca número 7,321, inscripción 5ta. La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 1 DE FEBRERO DE 2024 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Ponce, el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta es la suma de $268,257.39.

Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 8 DE FEBRERO DE 2024 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes del precio pactada para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $178,838.26. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 15 DE FEBRERO DE 2024 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar y regirá como tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta la mitad del precio pactado para la primera, o sea, la suma de $134,128.69. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo, para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: La suma de $252,877.60, con intereses a

7.25% anual, desde el 1ro de enero de 2018, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, la suma principal de $7,319.96, como pago diferido y la cual no genera intereses, más los cargos por demora que se corresponden a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pactada de 5% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, más una suma equivalente a $21,400.00, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la escritura de hipoteca y del Pagaré hipotecario. Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables.

Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, se publicará en los lugares públicos correspondientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los referentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Expedido en Ponce, Puerto Rico, a 01 de diciembre de 2023. MIGUEL A. TORRES AYALA, ALGUACIL PLACA #560.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMON.

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES

ACQUISITION TRUST 2019-HB1 Demandante vs.

CARMEN ANA GANDARA LOPEZ T/C/C CARMEN A. GANDARA DE RODRIGUEZ T/C/C CARMEN GANDARA LOPEZ; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Demandados CIVIL NUM. BY2022CV05065.

SOBRE: EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.

A: La Parte Demandada, al (a la) Secretario(a) de Hacienda de Puerto Rico y al Público General:

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, 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 Bayamón, Cuarto Piso, Oficina de Alguaciles de Subastas, el 11 de enero de 2024, a las 10:15 de la mañana, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número cinco (5) del bloque “C” del plano de inscripción de la Urbanización Rexville, situada en el Barrio Pájaros de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de trescientos veinticinco punto cero cero (325.00) metros cuadrados, en lindes por el Norte, en trece punto cero cero (13.00) metros con la calle número tres guion A (3-A) y el solar número diecisiete (17), por el Sur, en trece punto cero cero (13.00) metros con la calle número uno (1), por el Este, en veinticinco punto cero cero (25.00) metros con el solar número seis (6) y por el Oeste, con veinticinco punto cero cero (25.00) metros con el solar número cuatro (4). Enclava casa. Finca número 35,084, inscrita al folio 46 del tomo 770 de Bayamón Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al folio 149 del tomo 1921 de Bayamón Sur, finca 35,084, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I , inscripción 7ª. Propiedad localizada en: URB. REXVILLE, C-5 CALLE PARDO, BAYAMON, PR 00957. Según

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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: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $198,000.00.

Fecha de Vencimiento: 10 de mayo de 2086. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes.

El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $198,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una segunda subasta por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, Cuarto Piso, Oficina de Alguaciles de Subastas, el 18 de enero de 2024, a las 10:15 de la mañana, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $132,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la tercera subasta, la suma de $99,000.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, Cuarto Piso, Oficina de Alguaciles de Subastas, el 25 de enero de 2024, a las 10:15 de la mañana. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $89,496.00 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $67,697.65 en intereses acumulados al 11 de noviembre de 2022, y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 5.06% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $19,363.70 en seguro hipotecario; 2,520.00 en seguro; $910.00 de tasaciones; $600.00 de inspecciones; $2,170.00 en adelantos de honorarios de abogado; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $19,800.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado,

esta última habrá de devengar intereses al máximo del tipo legal fijado por la oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras aplicable a esta fecha, desde este mismo día hasta su total y completo saldo. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta.

Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 30 de octubre de 2023. Frances Torres, Alguacil Regional.

Edgardo Elias Vargas Santana, Alguacil Auxiliar Placa 193.

CRUZ T/C/C ÁNGEL A. PADILLA CRUZ T/C/C ÁNGEL PADILLA CRUZ COMPUESTA POR: SONIA ALEIDA PADILLA LUCIANO T/C/C SONIA A. PADILLA LUCIANO T/C/C SONIA PADILLA LUCIANO COMO POR SÍ, Y COMO COMPONENTE DE LA SUCESIÓN; FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM); DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA: BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO: Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil que suscribe, certifica y hace constar que en cumplimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Mayagüez, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América. Todo pago recibido por el (la) Alguacil por concepto de subastas será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera *** Instancia. Todo derecho, título, LEGAL NOTICE participación e interés que le ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO corresponda a la parte demanDE PUERTO RICO TRIBUdada o cualquiera de ellos en NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA el inmueble hipotecado objeto SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAde ejecución que se describe GÜEZ a continuación: URBANA: SoDLJ MORTGAGE lar radicado en la Calle Mestre CAPITAL, INC. del término municipal de Cabo Parte Demandante Vs. Rojo, Puerto Rico, con cabida SUCESIÓN DE ÁNGEL superficial de noventa y nueve con seis mil novecientos ALFREDO PADILLA CRUZ T/C/C ÁNGEL A. ochenta y nueve diez milésimas de metro cuadrados, iguales a PADILLA CRUZ T/C/C dos céntimos de cuerdas con ÁNGEL PADILLA CRUZ quinientos treinta y siete milésiCOMPUESTA POR: mas de céntimo (0.02537 cuerSONIA ALEIDA PADILLA das) (así surge), equivalentes LUCIANO T/C/C SONIA A. a noventa y nueve centiáreas y setenta y un miliáreas, en PADILLA LUCIANO T/C/C lindes por el NORTE, en diez y SONIA PADILLA LUCIANO siete metros y trescientos diez COMO POR SÍ, Y COMO y nueve milésimas con el remaCOMPONENTE DE LA nente de la finca principal proSUCESIÓN; FULANO Y piedad de Ofelia Olivera; por el en tres alineaciones que SUTANO DE TAL COMO SUR, totalizan diez y siete metros y POSIBLES HEREDEROS cincuenta milésimas con María DESCONOCIDOS; CRIM de los Ángeles Oliveras; por el Parte Demandada ESTE, en seis metros y treinta Civil Núm.: CB2022CV00687. y nueve milésimas con la Calle Salón Núm.: (207). Sobre: Salvador Mestre en que radica; EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA y por el OESTE, en cinco meY COBRO DE DINERO. EDIC- tros y cuatrocientos cuarenta TO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS y ocho milésimas con la SuceUNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL sión de Rodolfo López. Consta PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTA- inscrita al folio 242 del tomo DOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE 464 de Cabo Rojo, finca númeASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. ro #16,373, Registro de la ProA: SUCESIÓN DE ÁNGEL piedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de San Germán. La propiedad ALFREDO PADILLA

24 objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: #18 Calle Salvador Mestre, Cabo Rojo, P.R. 00623. Según figura en el Estudio de título, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada al siguiente Gravamen posterior a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Aviso de Demanda de fecha 4 de abril de 2013, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior Centro Judicial de Mayagüez, en el Caso Civil número I1CI201300302, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, contra Ángel A. Padilla Cruz, soltero y Sonia Aleida Padilla Luciano, por la suma de $21,515.35, más intereses y otras sumas, anotado el día 14 de noviembre de 2013, al folio 70 del tomo 921 de Cabo Rojo, finca número 16,373, Anotación A. Se les notifica a los acreedores posteriores anteriormente identificados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Se informa que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravamen posterior, una vez sea otorgada la escritura de venta judicial y obtenida la Orden y Mandamiento de cancelación de gravamen posterior. (Art. 51, Ley 210-2015). En relación a la finca a subastarse, se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $26,851.44, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura número 197, otorgada en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el día 28 de mayo de 2013, ante el notario Héctor A. Rodríguez Figueroa, e inscrita al folio 70 del tomo 921 de Cabo Rojo, finca número 16,373, inscripción 4ta. La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 30 DE ENERO DE 2024 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Mayagüez, el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta es la suma de $26,851.44. Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 6 DE FEBRERO DE 2024 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes del precio pactada para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $17,900.96. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 13 DE FEBRERO DE 2024 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar y regirá como tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta la

mitad del precio pactado para la primera, o sea, la suma de $13,425.72. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo, para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: La suma principal global de $24,152.99, la cual se desglosa a continuación: la suma principal de $23,907.23,, con intereses a 3.50% anual, desde el 1ro de noviembre de 2021, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más una suma principal diferida por la cantidad principal de $245.76 la cual no genera intereses, más los cargos por demora que se corresponden a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pactada de 5% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, más una suma equivalente a $2,500.00, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la escritura de hipoteca y del Pagaré hipotecario. Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables.

Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, se publicará en los lugares públicos correspondientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los referentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Expedido en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, a 4 de diciembre de 2023. ALG. IVELISSE FIGUEROA VARGAS, ALGUACIL PLACA #924.

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The San Juan Daily Star

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, pagaré: R&G Mortgage Corpo- CARMEN J. ROSARIO VALEN- léfono: (787) 759-6897; Correo BANCO POPULAR electrónico: legal@jrslawpr.

Sección 5 de San Juan 2. La ration, o a su orden, por Treinta TÍN, SUB-SECRETARIA. DE PUERTO RICO; com. Se le advierte que dentro parte demandante alega que y Nueve Mil Ciento Sesenta y LEGAL NOTICE JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y dicho pagaré ha sido saldado Ocho Dólares ($39,168.00), de los diez (10) días siguientes ISLAND PORTFOLIO JUANA DEL PUEBLO Y según más detalladamente con intereses al ocho y medio ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO a la publicación del presente SERVICES, LLC COMO CUALESQUIER PERSONA consta en la Demanda radica- por ciento (8 1/2%) anual, ven- DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- edicto, se le estará enviando AGENTE DE ACE ONE DESCONOCIDA CON da que puede examinarse en la cedero el primero (1ro) de julio NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA a usted por correo certificado FUNDING, LLC con acuse de recibo, una coPOSIBLE INTERÉS EN Secretaría de este Tribunal. Por del dos mil seis (2006), según SALA DE AGUADILLA Parte Demandante Vs. pia del emplazamiento y de la tratarse de una obligación hipo- consta de la escritura númeORIENTAL BANK LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA demanda presentada al lugar PEDRO A tecaria y pudiendo usted tener ro setecientos cuarenta y tres Demandante V. CANCELACIÓN POR de su última dirección conociinterés en este caso o quedar (#743), otorgada en Manatí, LESPIER LABOY OLGA MORALES, da: Bo. Malpaso, Carr. 417 Km DECRETO JUDICIAL SE afectado por el remedio solici- Puerto Rico, el día trece (13) Parte Demandada FULANO DE TAL Y LA 2.0, Aguada, PR 00602; HC 61 tado, se le emplaza por este de junio del mil novecientos SOLICITA Civil Núm.: PO2023CV01954.

SOCIEDAD LEGAL Box 34764, Aguada, PR 00602. edicto que se publicará una vez noventa y uno (1991), ante el Demandados Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. GANANCIALES EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDIC- Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV10589. en un periódico de circulación Notario Público Héctor Moyasello del Tribunal en Aguadilla, COMPUESTA POR TO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE diaria general de Puerto Rico. no Noriega y está garantizado Puerto Rico, hoy día 5 de diAMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EM- Usted deberá presentar su ale- por hipoteca sobre la propiedad AMBOS DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE PONCE

DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIA- ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE DO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: PEDRO A LESPIER LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO LABOY. 1039 AVE DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

PENONCILLO, COTO A: JUAN DEL PUEBLO LAUREL PR 00780; HC 03 Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO BOX 10502, JUANA DIAZ COMO POSIBLES PR 00795; URB. ORTA, TENEDORES Y CALLE A #27, JUANA CUALESQUIER PERSONA DIAZ, PR 00795.

DESCONOCIDA CON POR LA PRESENTE se le POSIBLE INTERÉS EN emplaza y requiere para que LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes CANCELACIÓN POR a la publicación de este EdicDECRETO JUDICIAL SE to. Usted deberá presentar su SOLICITA. alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:/// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en PONCE, Puerto Rico, hoy día 25 de octubre de 2023. CARMEN TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. KEILENE RODRÍGUEZ MELÉNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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THE TITLE SECURITY GROUP, LLC Demandante V.

Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe. 1. En este caso la parte demandante ha radicado una Demanda para que se decrete judicialmente el saldo de 1 pagaré hipotecarios: pagare a favor Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $20,000.00, con intereses al 10% anual, vencedero a la Presentación. Dicho pagaré fue suscrito mediante Escritura 104, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 15 de junio de 1993, ante la notario Angel Luis Mayol Arizmendi, e inscrita al folio 41 del tomo 149 de Monacillos Este y El Cinco, finca número 4,568, inscripción quinta (5ta), sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Quintas de Cupey, situada en el Barrio Monacillos de Río Piedras del término municipal de San Juan, que se describe con el número, área y colindancias que se relaciona a continuación: Solar número 22 de la Manzana C con un área de 586.29 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con los solares C-2 y C-3, distancia de 19.29 metros; por el SUR, con la calle número 17, distancia de 18.53 metros; por el ESTE, con el solar número C-21, distancia de 31.00 metros y por el OESTE, con el solar número C-23, distancia de 31.07 metros. En dicho solar enclava una vivienda de concreto para una sola familia.

Finca Número 4,568, inscrita al folio 60 del tomo 149 de Monacillos Este y El Cinco. Registro

gación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: httns://unired. ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Debe notificar con copia de ella a la abogada de la parte demandante la Lcda. Lizbet Aviles Vega, Urb. Los Sauces, Calle Pomarrosa #222, Humacao, PR 00791; TeL (787) 3540061, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndole que de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su rebeldía y dictar sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle.

EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 16 de noviembre de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ELSIE PRATTS MELÉNDEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE MANATÍ

LILLIAN ANTONIA VEGA CRUZ Demandante Vs.

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION COMO SUCESOR EN DERECHOS DE R&G MORTAGE CORPORATION; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES CON INTERÉS

Demandados Civil Núm.: MT2023CV00887.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE (PERSONAS DESCONOCIDAS CON POSIBLE INTERÉS).

En este caso la parte demandante ha radicado Demanda para que se decrete judicialmente el saldo del siguiente

que se describe como sigue: URBANA: Casa y solar radicado en el sitio denominado la Bomba, hoy Ensanche del pueblo de Manatí siendo el solar de Diez metros superficiales y la casa de maderas de una sola planta, techada de zinc, mide Ocho punto Setenta metros de fondo por Seis punto Veinte metros de ancho lindantes casa y solar al NORTE, Jacinto Sánchez; por el SUR, Rafael Ramos; por el ESTE, María Luisa Collazo; y por el OESTE, calle Berreteaga. Inscrita al folio número 50 del tomo número 165 de Manatí, finca número 6727, Registro de la Propiedad de Manatí. La parte demandante alega que dicho Pagaré se ha extraviado, según más detalladamente consta en la Demanda radicada que puede examinarse en la Secretaría de este Tribunal. Por tratarse de unas obligaciones hipotecarias, y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectado por el remedio solicitado, se les emplaza por este Edicto que se publicará en un (1) periódico de circulación general una (1) sola vez y que si no comparecen a contestar dicha Demanda radicando el original de la misma a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Manatí, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Lcdo. Jorge García Rondón, de PMB 538, 267 Sierra Morena, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926 dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del Edicto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarles ni oírles. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto por Orden del Tribunal, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Manatí, Puerto Rico, hoy 5 de diciembre de 2023. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA.

Demandados Civil Núm.: AG2023CV01604.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: CARLOS MORALES, POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON OLGA MORALES.

ciembre de 2023. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. ARLENE GUZMÁN PABÓN, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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LUNA RESIDENTIAL III, LLC Parte Demandante Vs.

LA SUCESION DE LUIS ANGEL ZAYAS ALVERIO COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POR MEDIO del presente edicto se le notifica de la radicación POSIBLES HEREDEROS de una demanda en cobro de DESCONOCIDOS DE dinero por la vía ordinaria en la ESTE Y/O PERSONA CON que se alega que usted adeuda INTERES; CENTRO DE a la parte demandante, Oriental RECAUDACIONES DE Bank, ciertas sumas de dinero, y las costas, gastos y honora- INGRESOS MUNICIPALES Y LA ADMINISTRACIÓN rios de abogado de este litigio.

El demandante, Oriental Bank, PARA EL SUSTENTO ha solicitado que se dicte senDEMENORES tencia en contra suya y que se le ordene pagar las cantidades reclamadas en la demanda.

POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index/php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente, sin más citarle ni oírle. El abogado de la parte demandante es: Jaime Ruiz Saldaña, RUA número 11673; Dirección: PO Box 366276, San Juan, PR 00936-6276; Te-

Parte Demandada Caso Civil Núm.: CG2023CV02615. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO Y NOTIFICACIÓN DE INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PERSONA CON INTERES EN LA SUCESION DE LUIS ÁNGEL ZAYAS ALVERIO.

POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá radicar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired.ramajudicial.pr/ sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá radicar el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notifi-

The San Juan Daily Star que con copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, Lcda.

Marjaliisa Colón Villanueva, al PO BOX 7970, Ponce, P.R. 00732; Telefono: 787-8434168. En dicha demanda se tramita un procedimiento de cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca bajo el número mencionado en el epígrafe. Se alega en dicho procedimiento que la parte Demandada incurrió en el incumplimiento del Contrato de Hipoteca, al no poder pagar las mensualidades vencidas correspondientes a los meses de mayo de 2020, hasta el presente, mas los cargos por demora correspondientes.

Además, adeuda a la parte demandante las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en que incurra el tenedor del pagaré en este litigio. De acuerdo con dicho Contrato de Garantía Hipotecaria la parte Demandante declaró vencida la totalidad de la deuda ascendente a la suma de $80,476.21 de principal, mas los intereses sobre dicha suma al 5 1/4% anual, así como todos aquellos créditos y sumas que surjan de la faz de la obligación hipotecaria y de la hipoteca que la garantiza, incluyendo la suma estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La parte Demandante presentó para su inscripción en el Registro de la Propiedad correspondiente, un AVISO DE PLEITO PENDIENTE (“Lis Pendens”) sobre la propiedad objeto de esta acción cuya propiedad es la siguiente: RÚSTICA: REMANENTE: Predio de terreno radicado en el Barrio Cerro Gordo de San Lorenzo, con una cabida de cero punto mil doscientos cincuenta y cuatro (0.1254) cuerdas, iguales a cuatrocientos noventa y dos punto ochenta (492.80) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, con Antonio Alverio, en diecinueve punto nueve mil setecientos siete (19.9707) metros; por el Sur, con carretera municipal en veintiuno punto ocho mil quinientos dieciocho (21.8518) metros; poro el Este, con Antonio Alverio, en veintidós punto seis mil seiscientos diez (22.6610) metros y por el Oeste, con predio número dos (2), en veintiséis punto siete mil cuatrocientos veintiocho metros. Inscrita al folio doscientos setenta (270) de) tomo doscientos cincuenta y tres (253) de San Lorenzo, finca número trece mil cero cincuenta y dos (13,052), Registro de Caguas, Sección Ill. SE LES APERCIBE que de no hacer sus alegaciones responsivas a la demanda dentro del término aquí dispuesto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Además, como miembro de la Sucesión Luis Ángel Zayas Alverio se ha presentado una solicitud de in-

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terpelación judicial para que sirva en el término de treinta (30) días aceptar o repudiar la herencia. Se le apercibe que si no compareciera usted a expresarse dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto en tomo a la aceptación o repudiación de la herencia, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del causante Luis Ángel Zayas Alverio por consiguiente, responderán por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dispone el 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico, 31 L.P.R.A. sec. 11021.

En CAGUAS, Puerto Rico, a Ponce, 5 de diciembre de 2023.

LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. MARTA E. DONATE RESTO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN

CPD, LLC.

Demandante V.

HÉCTOR MANUEL MALDONADO ROSADO, ANA GONZÁLEZ GONZÁLEZ AND THEIR CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP / Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES POR ELLOS COMPUESTA

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2022CV01396.

Sala: 402. Sobre: CONSENT JUDGMENT /SENTENCIA POR CONSENTIMIENTO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. YO, el(la) Alguacil que suscribe, por la presente anuncia y hace constar, que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia, expedido el 9 de marzo de 2023 por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Bayamón, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, quien pagará el importe de la venta en dinero efectivo o en cheque certificado o de gerente, a la orden del Alguacil suscribiente, en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, el día 16 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LA(S) 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en las oficinas del Alguacil del Tribunal de Bayamón, todo título, derecho o interés que corresponda a la parte demandada sobre el inmueble que se describe a continuación: “URBANA: Solar marcado con el numero veinticuatro (24) del bloque HS de la urbanización Levittown, radicada en el Barrio Sabana Seca de Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, con un área de trescientos treinta y tres punto cincuenta (333.50) metros cuadrados. En

lindes por el Norte, en veintitrés (23.00) metros, con el solar veintitrés (23); por el SUR, en veintitrés (23.00) metros, con el solar veinticinco (25.00); por el Este, en catorce punto cincuenta (14.50) metros, con Gregorio Ledesma, según plano calle setecientos tres (703); y por el OESTE, en catorce punto cincuenta (14.50) metros, con los solares quince (15) y dieciséis (16). Enclava una casa”. Finca número 12,296 inscrita al folio 46 del tomo 200 de Toa Baja del Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Segunda de Bayamón. Dirección Física: 24 HS Gregorio Ledesma Street, Urb. Levittown, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico 00949. La propiedad descrita anteriormente está afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: Afecta por su procedencia: Servidumbres a favor de Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales, Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados, Municipio de Toa Baja, Condiciones Restrictivas de edificación y uso. Por sí: HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de Doral Mortgage Corporation, o a su orden, por la suma de $125,000.00, con interés al 7.95%, y vencedero el 1ro de agosto de 2019, según consta de la escritura número 443, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 30 de julio de 2004, ante el Notario Público Víctor R. Núñez Arco, inscrita al folio 208 del tomo 613 de Toa Baja, inscripción 7ª. MODIFICACIÓN DE HIPOTECA: Es objeto de esta modificación la Hipoteca por $125,000.00, que surge de la inscripción 7ª, según consta de la escritura número 113, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 14 de abril de 2011, ante el Notario Público Melvin E. Rodríguez Torres, inscrita al folio 208 del tomo 613 de Toa Baja, inscripción 7ª (nota marginal). MODIFICACIÓN DE HIPOTECA: Es objeto de esta modificación la Hipoteca por $125,000.00, que surge de la inscripción 7ª, según consta de la escritura número 72, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 27 de febrero de 2014, ante el Notario Público Gadiel O. Rosario Rivera, inscrita al folio 208 del tomo 613 de Toa Baja, inscripción 7ª (nota marginal).

EMBARGO FEDERAL: Contra Héctor Maldonado Rosado (5381), caso # 769057211, por $24,160.33, presentado el 31 de marzo de 2011 al asiento 5, folio 172 del tomo 6 de Embargos federales de Toa Baja.

Servirá como tipo mínimo para la primera subasta de la Finca número 12,296 la suma de $111,664.92 según acordado por las partes en la Escritura Número 113 de Modificación de Hipoteca y Cancelación Parcial otorgada el 14 de abril de 2011 ante el Notario Público Melvin E. Rodríguez Torres. De

no adjudicarse la propiedad en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, en las oficinas del Alguacil del Tribunal de Bayamón, el día 23 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LA(S) 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. El tipo mínimo para la segunda subasta será dos terceras partes (2/3) del tipo mínimo de la primera subasta, o sea, $74,443.28. De no adjudicarse la propiedad en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en en las oficinas del Alguacil del Tribunal de Bayamón, el día 30 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LA(S) 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. El tipo mínimo para la tercera subasta será la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo que se pactara para la primera subasta, o sea, $55,832.46. Esta subasta se hará para satisfacer a la parte demandante, hasta donde alcance, el importe adeudado a CPD, LLC., ascendente a las siguientes sumas adeudadas al 3 de enero de 2023, una suma no menor de $164,025.51, la cual se desglosa de la siguiente manera: Nota: Nota A. Balance de Principal: $109,962.46. Intereses: $16,089.46. Cargos por demora y otros cargos: $439.84. Nota: Nota B. Balance de Principal: $37,533.75.

Intereses: $0.00. Cargos por demora y otros cargos: $0.00.

Además, la Parte Demandada adeuda la suma de $11,166.49 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado expresamente pactados por las partes. La venta en pública subasta de la propiedad descrita anteriormente se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte dicha propiedad. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si lo hubiera, al crédito que da base a esta ejecución, continuará subsistente, entendiéndose además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables.

El Alguacil 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. POR LA PRESENTE, se les notifica a los titulares de créditos y/o cargas registrales posteriores, si alguno, que se celebrará la SUBASTA en la fecha, hora y sitio anteriormente señalados, y se les invita a que concurran a dicha subasta, si les conviniere, o se les invita a satisfacer, antes del remate, el importe del crédito, sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados, quedando entonces su-

brogados en los derechos del Acreedor ejecutante, siempre y cuando reúnan los requisitos y cualificaciones de Ley para que se pueda efectuar tal subrogación. Y PARA SU PUBLICACIÓN en el tablón de edictos de este Tribunal y en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde se celebrará la subasta señalada. Además, en un periódico de circulación general en dos (2) ocasiones y mediante correo certificado a la última dirección conocida de la parte demandada. EXPEDIDO el presente EDICTO DE SUBASTA en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 3 de noviembre de 2023. MARIBEL LANZAR VELÁZQUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #735, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE BAYAMÓN.

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PERIOR”. Se le advierte que, si no comparece al Tribunal en el presente caso, enviando copia de su posición a la abogada del Demandante, la Lcda. Lizannette Morales Crespo, PO Box 5272 Carolina, PR 00984-5272, tel. (787) 945-5233, dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación, se dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPIDO, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 08 de diciembre de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. SANDRA I. BÁEZ HERNÁNDEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.

de su posición a la abogada del Demandante, la Lcda. Lizannette Morales Crespo, PO Box 5272 Carolina, PR 00984-5272, tel. (787) 945-5233, dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación, se dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPIDO, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 08 de diciembre de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. SANDRA I. BÁEZ HERNÁNDEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.

2023. IVELISSE C. FONSECA RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. KEYLA PÉREZ FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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JESUS MANUEL GONZALEZ JUAN

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR

ORIENTAL BANK COMO AGENTE DE SERVICIO DE THE MONEY HOUSE, INC. Demandante Vs.

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUDemandados LEGAL NOTICE NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Civil Núm.: CA2023CV03522.

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HU- Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- MACAO SALA SUPERIOR DE Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA LEGAL NOTICE NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA HUMACAO (VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYABANCO POPULAR DE MIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- MÓN SALA SUPERIOR DOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PUERTO RICO NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA LUIS A. OYOLA ROSARIO, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESDemandante V. CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAY OTROS CARLOS EMILIO NUÑEZ TADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO MÓN SALA SUPERIOR LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERDemandantes V. ROSAS Y OTROS TO RICO. LUIS A. OYOLA ROSARIO, SARAI DENNISSE OYOLA Demandado(a) A La Parte CoY OTROS ROSADO, Y OTROS Caso Núm.: HU2022CV00691.

Demandantes V. Demandada: Demandados (Salón: 206). Sobre: COBRO SARAI DENNISSE OYOLA Caso Núm.: BY2023CV06119. DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y JESÚS MANUEL Sobre: PARTICIÓN DE HE- OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE ROSADO, Y OTROS GONZÁLEZ JUAN, A RENCIA. EDICTO. ESTADOS SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. Demandados SUS DIRECCIONES JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS, Caso Núm.: BY2023CV06119. UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRECONOCIDAS: (A) PO BOX JCFORTUNO@FORTUNO-LAW. Sobre: PARTICIÓN DE HE- SIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., COM. 1934 TRUJILLO ALTO, RENCIA. EDICTO. ESTADOS ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO A: CARLOS EMILIO PR 00977; (B) SR 852 KM UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRE- DE P.R. SIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., A: SARAÍ DENNISSE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO OYOLA ROSADO DE P.R. El Tribunal Superior de Puerto A: MARITZA Rico, Sala de Bayamón dictó la siguiente providencia: Vista la FARDONK OYOLA El Tribunal Superior de Puerto solicitud para la orden de notiRico, Sala de Bayamón dictó la ficación por edicto, y cónsono siguiente providencia: Vista la con las Reglas de Procedimiensolicitud para la orden de noti- to Civil vigentes, el Tribunal auficación por edicto, y cónsono toriza y ordena que se le notificon las Reglas de Procedimien- que por edicto la Demanda de to Civil vigentes, el Tribunal au- epígrafe a Juana Rosado Rotoriza y ordena que se le notifi- dríguez. El edicto se publicará que por edicto la Demanda de conforme a la Regla 4.6 (a) de epígrafe a Juana Rosado Ro- las de Procedimiento Civil, 32 dríguez. El edicto se publicará L.P.R.A. Ap. V, R. 4.6 (a), meconforme a la Regla 4.6 (a) de diante la publicación de un solo las de Procedimiento Civil, 32 edicto en un periódico de circuL.P.R.A. Ap. V, R. 4.6 (a), me- lación general diaria en Puerto diante la publicación de un solo Rico, a los efectos de que preedicto en un periódico de circu- senten cualquier oposición a la lación general diaria en Puerto Demanda dentro del término de Rico, a los efectos de que pre- treinta (30) días a contarse de senten cualquier oposición a la la publicación del edicto, aperDemanda dentro del término de cibiéndole que de no hacerlo treinta (30) días a contarse de se continuará con los procedila publicación del edicto, aper- mientos sin más citarle ni oírle. cibiéndole que de no hacerlo Se exime al Demandante del se continuará con los procedi- requisito impuesto por la Regla mientos sin más citarle ni oírle. 4.6 de Procedimiento Civil de Se exime al Demandante del enviar por correo certificado requisito impuesto por la Regla con acuse de recibo copia de la 4.6 de Procedimiento Civil de Demanda y del edicto a la últienviar por correo certificado ma dirección conocida del noticon acuse de recibo copia de la ficado, por no ser conocida. Se Demanda y del edicto a la últi- ordena a la Secretaria expida el ma dirección conocida del noti- correspondiente edicto. Dada ficado, por no ser conocida. Se en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 21 ordena a la Secretaria expida el de noviembre de 2023. (FDO.) correspondiente edicto. Dada HON. SARAH Y. ROSADO MOen Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 21 RALES, (FIRMADO) JUEZ SUde noviembre de 2023. (FDO.) PERIOR”. Se le advierte que, si HON. SARAH Y. ROSADO MO- no comparece al Tribunal en el RALES, (FIRMADO) JUEZ SU- presente caso, enviando copia

NUÑEZ ROSAS, 4.2 BARRIO QUEBRADA RAMONITA SANCHEZ GRANDE CAMINO LOS ORTIZ, SOCIEDAD MANANTIALES LOT #3 LEGAL DE BIENES TRUJILLO ALTO, PR GANANCIALES. 00976.

DIRECCIÓN: HEAVEN Por la presente se le(s) notifica PLAZA #5-C, NEW YORK, que se ha radicado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal una NY 10009.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 13 de diciembre 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 14 de diciembre de 2023. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 14 de diciembre de

Demanda en Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca en su contra, en la cual se alega entre otras cosas que la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante por concepto de hipoteca la suma $97,944.09 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de julio de 2023, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.50% 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 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 $11,009.90.

Además la parte demandada se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $11,009.90 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $11,009.90 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y cualquiera otros adelantos que se hagan en virtud de la escri-

26 tura de hipoteca número 197, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 12 de mayo de 2017, ante la notario Magaly Rodríguez Batista, de la finca número 26,025, inscrita al Folio 152 del Tomo 504 de Trujillo Alto, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Cuarta.

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. Este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le(s) cite a usted(es) por edicto que se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general. Por tratarse de una obligación hipotecaria y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectando por el remedio solicitado, se le emplaza por este edicto que se publicará una vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de Puerto Rico. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal y notifique copia de la Contestación de la Demanda a las oficinas de CARDONA & MALDONADO LAW OFFICES, P.S.C. ATENCIÓN al Lcdo.

Duncan Maldonado Ejarque, P.O. Box 366221, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-6221; Tel (787) 622-7000, Fax (787) 6257001, Abogado de la Parte Demandante. Dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndole que de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su Rebeldía y dictar Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado sin más citarle(s) ni oírle(s).

EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y con el Sello del Tribunal. DADA hoy de de 2023, en Carolina, Puerto Rico. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. IDA L. FERNÁNDEZ RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE

FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

SUCESION DE DELIA MARIA AUFFANT MENDEZ Y OTROS

TIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA.

The San Juan Daily Star

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

DESCONOCIDO) O SEA, LUZ MARÍA VALLE LA PARTE DEMANDADA LUCIANO; JOEL NEGRÓN (Nombre de las partes que se le ARRIBA MENCIONADA. VALLE; Y FRANKLIN notifican la sentencia por edicto) POR LA PRESENTE, se le NEGRÓN MORITZ, EL SECRETARIO(A) que susemplaza y requiere para que TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO cribe le notifica a usted que el notifique al abogado de la parte 08 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023, POR FRANKLIN NEGRÓN demandante, cuyo nombre, dieste Tribunal ha dictado SenMARTÍNEZ rección y teléfono, son los que

SOLIVÁN, A.BOLORIN@ LUGOMENDER.COM. RUTH NOEMÍ SANTAIGO LUCIANO, RUTH_SANTIAGO@LUGOMENDER. COM.

A: JORGE W CIURO FEBRES - Demandada.

cia 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 12 de diciembre de 2023. En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, el 12 de diciembre de 2023. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

(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 diciembre 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 11 de diciembre de 2023. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 11 de diciembre de 2023.

WANDA SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. SHEILA ROBLES HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Copia de la Contestación a Demanda, dentro del mismo término, deberá ser notificada a la Lcda.

Ana Marín Castro, a la siguiente dirección: P.O. Box 366026, San Juan, Puerto Rico 009366026 número de teléfono: 787405-3330, abogada de la parte demandante. Por la presente se les apercibe que de no comparecer a formular alegaciones dentro de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de la publicación de este Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia de acuerdo con lo solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle.

Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 13 de diciembre de 2023. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. KEILA GARCÍA SOLÍS, SUBSECRETARIA.

A: JOHNNY E DANIELS SANCHEZ.

A: ALEXANDER Por el presente Edicto se le notifica que se ha presentado en AXFENDIOU Y MARI su contra una Demanda sobre LENA AXFENDIOU A: ALGERNON de Bienes GananCOMO HEREDEROS CHALWELL; TITULAR Liquidación ciales y solicitud de ejecución DE LA SUCESIÓN DE ABC; TITULAR DEF: de Sentencia presentada por la YAML LUGO AUFFANT tencia, Sentencia Parcial o se indican a continuación: P.O. BOX 471 TORTOLA Sra. Greisha Gomez Toro. Por Demandantes Vs. Resolución en este caso, que LCDO. VIRGILIO RAMOS TOMASINI Y ALEXANDER VG 1110, TORTOLA BVI; el presente Edicto, se les emTANITA NEGRÓN, P.O. Box 30966 plaza y requiere que conteste la AXFENDIOU, MARI LENA ha sido debidamente registraBLACKBURN ROAD, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA da y archivada en autos donde San Juan, P.R. 00929 demanda dentro de un término AXFENDIOU, LUCIA PURCELL ESTATE, POR TANITA HACKER Tel. / Fax (787) 203-3334 / podrá usted enterarse detade treinta (30) días siguientes a PÉREZ LUGO Y CARLOS lladamente de los términos de (787) 998-7631 Demandada ROAD TOWN, TORTOLA, la publicación de este Edicto y E-mail: Civil Núm.: CB2023CV00454.

TARA ANTEQUERA LUGO la misma. Esta notificación se VG 1110 BVI; CHALET presente el original a través del ramostomasinilaw@yahoo.com Sobre: ACCIÓN CIVIL, IMpublicará una sola vez en un COMO HEREDEROS DE SAN PEDRO # 500 Sistema Unificado de Manejo y con copia de la Contestación DE DESHEREDE LA SUCESIÓN DE periódico de circulación general a la Demanda, la cual podrá PUGNACIÓN SAN PATRICIO APT. 113, Administración de Casos (SUDACIÓN POR RECONCILIAla Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro examinar durante horas labo- CIÓN. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR FAJARDO, P.R. 00738; 500 MAC), al cual puede acceder DELIA MARIA AUFFANT en de los 10 días siguientes a su utilizando la siguiente dirección rables en la Secretaría de este EDICTO. MÉNDEZ. CALLE SAN PATRICIO, electrónica: https://www.podernotificación. Y, siendo o repreTribunal y en la cual se solicita (Nombre de las partes que se le APT. #113, CHALET DE judicial.pr/index.php/tribunalA: TANITA NEGRÓN, sentando usted una parte en el notifican la sentencia por edicto) la cancelación vía judicial de un procedimiento sujeta a los térSAN PEDRO, FAJARDO, electronico/, salvo que se reTAMBIÉN CONOCIDA EL SECRETARIO(A) que suspagaré hipotecario extraviado minos de la Sentencia, Sentenpresente por derecho propio, P.R. 00738.

POR TANITA HACKER. cribe le notifica a usted que el a favor de Banco Popular de 29 de noviembre 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 12 de diciembre de 2023. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 12 de diciembre de 2023. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. EREINA AGRONT LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC Demandante V.

JOHNNY E DANIELS SANCHEZ

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2023CV01425.

(Civil: 406). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NODemandado(a) Caso Núm.: PO2022CV00619. TIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA (Salón: 406 - Civil Superior). POR EDICTO. EDWIN OMAR SERRANO PEÑA Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO EDWIN.SERRANO@ORF-LAW.COM ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NO-

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EDDIE RAFAEL ROSADO FERRER, SU ESPOSA BEATRIZ RIVERA DE JESÚS Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA ENTRE AMBOS Demandantes Vs.

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO, DARY CABRERA RODRÍGUEZ, BRENDA MARIA CABRERA PORRATA, DARY MANUEL CABRERA PORRATA Y FULANO DE TAL (TENEDOR DESCONOCIDO)

Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $40,000.00, intereses al 7.25% anual, vencedero el día 1ro. de junio de 2008 y constituida mediante la escritura número 57, otorgada por Dary Cabrera Rodríguez y su esposa María Milagros Porrata Pol, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 17 de mayo de 1993, ante el notario público Gabriel A. Olivera Magraner, la cual consta inscrita al vuelto del folio 245 del tomo 344 de Bayamón Sur, Finca 15,292, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Bayamón, inscripción séptima. El Demandante solicita del Honorable Tribunal que declare con lugar la demanda y en su consecuencia declare como salda la deuda representada por el pagaré hipotecario extraviado y ordene al Honorable Registrador de la Propiedad que cancele en los libros a su cargo el gravamen hipotecario garantizando dicho pagaré extraviado. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva dentro de los TREINTA (30) días de haberse publicado el presente aviso 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 apercibe de que en caso de no hacerlo así, podrá dictarse Sentencia en Rebeldía en contra suya, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy día 30 de noviembre de 2023.

LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. LUISA I. ANDINO AYALA, SUB SECRETARIA.

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2023CV06135.

Sala: 401. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS LEGAL NOTICE UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO RICO, SS. DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA A: FULANO DE SALA DE CABO ROJO TAL (TENEDOR

Se notifica a usted que se ha radicado en este Tribunal la Demanda en el caso de epígrafe. Se le apercibe que deberá contestar la Demanda en el término de TREINTA (30) DÍAS de haberse publicado este Edicto presentando el original de la contestación 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 y notificando copia de la misma al Lcdo. Fernando L. Sepúlveda Silva (RUA núm.

9640), a su dirección, P. O. Box 202, Cabo Rojo, PR 00623, Teléfono número (787) 851-2708, oficinaflss@yahoo.com; y si así no lo hiciere, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. En Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, a 12 de diciembre de 2023. LIC. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL II, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE CABO ROJO. MARÍA M. AVILÉS BONILLA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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VMF HOLDING LLC H/N/C RENAISSANCE VILLA MARINA H/N/C VILLA MARINA Demandante V.

ALGERNON CHALWELL Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: FA2023CV00822.

(Salón 301). Sobre: ACCIÓN RESOLUTORIA Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. AMARYS VELASE BOLORÍN

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GREISHA M GOMEZ TORO Demandante Vs

JORGE W. CIURO FEBRES

Demandado Civil Núm.: CN2023CV00489.

Sobre: LIQUIDACIÓN DE SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS.

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terarse 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 14 de diciembre de 2023. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 14 de diciembre de 2023.

KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC Demandante V.

EDNA E. AMARO CORA

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: AY2022CV00033.

(Salón: 306 SALA MIXTA, DRUG COURT, CR, TR, VP).

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. KEVIN SÁNCHEZ CAMPANERO, KEVIN.SANCHEZ@ORF-LAW.COM.

A: EDNA E.

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO AMARO CORA. DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU(Nombre de las partes que se le NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA notifican la sentencia por edicto) CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CA- EL SECRETARIO(A) que susROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE cribe le notifica a usted que el CAROLINA 11 de diciembre de 2023, este MONSERRATE SIMONET Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución & GIERBOLINI, LLC en este caso, que ha sido debiDemandante V. damente registrada y archivada YAMILLET M en autos donde podrá usted SANTIAGO MATTEI enterarse detalladamente de Demandado(a) los términos de la misma. Esta Caso Núm.: CA2023CV02393. notificación se publicará una (Civil: 406). Sobre: COBRO DE sola vez en un periódico de DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOcirculación general en la Isla TIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA de Puerto Rico, dentro de los POR EDICTO. MIGUEL JUAN SIMONET GARCÍA, 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando MJSIMONET@MSGLAWPR.COM. usted una parte en el procediA: YAMILLET M. miento sujeta a los términos SANTIAGO MATTEI. de la Sentencia, Sentencia (Nombre de las partes que se le Parcial o Resolución, de la cual notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus- puede establecerse recurso de cribe le notifica a usted que el revisión o apelación dentro del 13 de diciembre de 2023, este término de 30 días contados a Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, partir de la publicación por edicSentencia Parcial o Resolución to de esta notificación, dirijo a en este caso, que ha sido debi- usted esta notificación que se damente registrada y archivada considerará hecha en la fecha en autos donde podrá usted en- de la publicación de este edic-

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DIONISIO AMARO LÓPEZ de Caguas. Registro de la Pro- nicio Pinto-Amaro t/c/c. Dionisio 10 días siguientes a su notifica- escrito alguno ante el Tribunal Amaro y Luz María Ra- ción. Y, siendo o representando dentro de dicho término el TriT/C/C DIONICIO PINTO- piedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Pinto ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO I de Caguas. Se apercibe y ad- mos Pumarejo t/c/c Luz M. Ra- usted una parte en el procedi- bunal procederá a ventilar el AMARO T/C/C DIONISIO vierte a ustedes como personas mos t/c/c Luz Ramos Pumarejo miento sujeta a los términos procedimiento sin más citarle ni DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA PINTO AMARO. desconocidas, que deberá pre- y, por consiguiente, responden de la Sentencia, Sentencia oírle. Dada en Mayagüez, PuerCENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAB: LUIS RAÚL PÉREZ sentar su alegación responsiva por las cargas de dicha heren- Parcial o Resolución, de la cual to Rico, hoy 11 de diciembre GUAS SALA SUPERIOR DE a través del Sistema Unificado cia conforme dispone el Articulo puede establecerse recurso de 2023. LCDA. NORMA G. SANRAMOS, BLANCA CAGUAS de Administración y Manejo de 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto revisión o apelación dentro del TANA IRIZARRY, SECRETAI. PÉREZ; “KIKO” CARMEN DOLORES Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede Rico de 2020, según enmen- término de 30 días contados a RIA GENERAL, TRIBUNAL DE T/C/C KIKO DE TAL Y accesar utilizando la siguiente dado. Se ORDENA a la parte partir de la publicación por edic- PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA FIGUEROA FIGUEROA Y COMO KIKO AMARO dirección: https://unired.rama- demandante a que, en vista de to de esta notificación, dirijo a SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ. OTROS LEGAL NOTICE RAMOS, FULANO DE juducial.pr, salvo que se repre- que la sucesión Dionisio Amaro usted esta notificación que se YAHAIRA TORRES MATÍAS, Demandante V. ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO sente por Derechos Propio, en López t/c/c Dionicio Pinto-Ama- considerará hecha en la fecha SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. TAL Y SUTANO DE SUCESION DE DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUcuyo caso deberá presentar ro t/c/c Dionisio Pinto Amaro a de la publicación de este edicTAL COMO POSIBLES LEGAL NOTICE PEDRO VAZQUEZ NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA alegación responsiva en la saber: “Kiko” t/c/c Kiko de Tal y to. Copia de esta notificación HEREDEROS NOMBRES su MEDINACOMPUESTA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUAsecretaria del Tribunal De no como Kiko Amaro Ramos, Fula- ha sido archivada en los autos ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DESCONOCIDOS DILLA SALA SUPERIOR DE contestar la demanda radican- no de Tal y Sutano de Tal como de este caso, con fecha 13 de DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUPOR MARIA M, MIGUEL LEGAL NOTICE DE SUCESIÓN DE do el original de la contestación posibles herederos nombres diciembre de 2023. En Maya- NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA AGUADILLA ANGEL,MIGDALIA, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO ante la secretaria del Tribunal desconocidos; proceda a notifi- güez, Puerto Rico, el13 de di- CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BALUZ MARÍA RAMOS ISLAND PORTFOLIO JOSE DAVID, LUIS DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUde Primera Instancia, Sala de car la presente Orden mediante ciembre de 2023. NORMA G. YAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE PUMAREJO T/C/C LUZ SERVICES, LLC, COMO MANUEL,ARTURO, de un edicto a esos SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRE- BAYAMÓN NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA M. RAMOS T/C/C LUZ San Juan, y notificar copia de publicación AGENTE GESTOR DE CARLOS, TODOS SALA DE CAGUAS la contestación de esta a la efectos una sola vez en un pe- TARIA. MILAGROS CANDEORIENTAL BANK RAMOS PUMAREJO. FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS parte demandante por conduc- riódico de circulación diaria ge- LARIA AGRON, SECRETARIA VAQUEZ RIVERA; Demandante V. COMPU-LINK POR LA PRESENTE, se les FUND, LLC. to de su abogada, GLS LEGAL neral de la Isla de Puerto Rico. AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. YBERNARDINA RIVERA EDNA IVELISS ROBLES CORPORATION emplaza y se les notifica que se Demandante V. SERVICES, LLC, Atención: Se ORDENA a la parte demanBAEZ Y OTROS RIVERA, COMO DBA CELINK LEGAL NOTICE ha presentado en la Secretaria Leda. Genevieve López Stipes dante a que, en vista de que la JERRY Demandado(a) Demandante Vs. de este Tribunal la Demanda MIEMBRO DE LA SUC Y Dirección: P.O. Box 367308, sucesión Luz María Ramos Pu- ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO ACOSTA FIGUEROA Caso Núm.: CG2023CV01198. SUCESIÓN DE DIONISIO del caso del epígrafe solicitanOTROS marejo t/c/c Luz M. Ramos t/c/c DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUSan Juan, P.R. 00936-7308, Demandado(a) (Salón: 705). Sobre: ACCIÓN Demandado(a) AMARO LÓPEZ T/C/C do la ejecución de hipoteca y Teléfono: 787-758-6550, den- Luz Ramos Pumarejo a saber: NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Caso Núm.: IS2021CV00225. CONTRADICTORIA DE DOMIel cobro de dinero relacionado Luis Raúl Pérez Ramos, Blan- SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYA- Caso Núm.: BY2023CV04319.

(Salón: 603 Civil). Sobre: CO- NIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SEN- DIONICIO PINTO-AMARO al pagaré suscrito a favor de tro de los próximos 60 días a (Salón: 403). Sobre: COBRO BRO DE DINERO - ORDINA- TENCIA POR EDICTO. T/C/C DIONISIO PINTO First Equity Mortgage Bankers, partir de la publicación de este ca I. Pérez; “Kiko” t/c/c Kiko de GÜEZ DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y emplazamiento por edicto, que Tal y como Kiko Amaro Ramos, COOPERATIVA DE IVETTE ROSSANA GARCÍA CRUZ, RIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENAMARO, COMPUESTA Inc., o a su orden, por la suma será publicado una sola vez en Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal OTROS. GARCIACRUZLAW@GMAIL.COM. AHORRO Y CRÉDITO TENCIA POR EDICTO. POR “KIKO” T/C/C KIKO principal de $160,000.00, con un periódico de circulación dia- como posibles herederos nomBALDOMERO A. COLLAZO KENMUEL JOSÉ RUIZ LÓPEZ, A: SUCESIÓN PEDRO DE CABO ROJO TORRES, BCOLLAZO@LAWPR. DE TAL Y COMO KIKO intereses computados sobre ria general en la isla de Puerto bres desconocidos; proceda KENMUEL.RUIZ@ORF-LAW.COM. COM. VÁZQUEZ MEDINA, Parte Demandante Vs KEVIN SÁNCHEZ CAMPANERO, AMARO RAMOS, FULANO la misma desde su fecha has- Rico, se le anotará la rebeldía a notificar la presente Orden A: JACQUELINE ta su total y completo pago IRVIS ROMELIA MARCO KEVIN.SANCHEZ@ORF-LAW.COM. COMPUESTA POR MARIA DE TAL Y SUTANO DE a razón de la tasa de interés y se dictará sentencia, conce- mediante publicación de un ROBLES RIVERA, M VÁZQUEZ RIVERA, SANTANA, SU ESPOSA A: JERRY ACOSTA a esos efectos una sola TAL COMO POSIBLES de 3.685% anual, la cual será diendo el remedio solicitando edicto COMO MIEMBRO DE FIGUEROA. DIRECCIÓN: MIGUEL ANGELVÁZQUEZ HEREDEROS NOMBRES ajustada mensualmente, obli- en la Demanda sin más citarle vez en un periódico de circula- FULANA DE TAL Y LA ni oírle. INTERPELACIÓN: Se ción diaria general de la Isla de LAS SUCESIONES DE RIVERA, MIGDALIA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE URB ISLAZUL 3382 gándose además al pago de DESCONOCIDOS; les ORDENA a ustedes a que Puerto Rico. Expedido bajo mi JOSE ISRAEL ROBLES VÁZQUEZ RIVERA, GANANCIALES CALLE TENERIFE costas, gastos y desembolsos SUCESIÓN DE LUZ dentro del término legal de firma y sello del Tribunal hoy 13 Parte Demandada CARDONA Y ESTHER del litigio, más honorarios de ISABELA, PUERTO RICO JOSE DAVID VAZQUEZ TREINTA (30) días, contados de diciembre de 2023. LISILDA MARÍA RAMOS Civil Núm.: MZ2023CV00473. abogados en una suma de RIVERA ROBLES. RIVERA, LUIS MANUEL 00662-6342. a partir de la fecha de la noti- MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECREPUMAREJO T/C/C LUZ $16,000.00, equivalente al 10% Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. (Nombre de las partes que se le (Nombre de las partes que se le VÁZQUEZRIVERA, ficación de la presente Orden, TARIA. ZAIDA AGUAYO ÁLAnotifican la sentencia por edicto) M. RAMOS T/C/C LUZ de la suma principal original. acepten o repudien la participa- MO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. EDICTO. notifican la sentencia por edicto) ARTURO VÁZQUEZ EL SECRETARIO(A) que susEL SECRETARIO(A) que susA: IRVIS ROMELIA Este pagaré fue suscrito bajo RAMOS PUMAREJO, ción que les corresponda en la RIVERA, CARLOS cribe le notifica a usted que el LEGAL NOTICE MARCO SANTANA, SU cribe le notifica a usted que el COMPUESTA POR LUIS el affidávit número 2,120 ante herencia de Dionisio Amaro Ló13 de diciembre de 2023, este RIVERA VÁZQUEZ Y 12 de diciembre de 2023, este notario Ana Isabel Díaz Capez t/c/c Dionicio Pinto-Amaro ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO ESPOSA FULANA DE TAL RAÚL PÉREZ RAMOS, el Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, ban. Lo anterior surge de la hiBERNARDINA RIVERA t/c/c Dionisio Pinto Amaro a DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL BLANCA I. PÉREZ; Sentencia Parcial o Resolución Sentencia Parcial o Resolución poteca constituida mediante la BÁEZ; Y SUCESIÓNDE saber: “Kiko” t/c/c Kiko de Tal NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA DE GANANCIALES en este caso, que ha sido debi“KIKO” T/C/C KIKO en este caso, que ha sido debiescritura número 73 otorgada y como Kiko Amaro Ramos, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYABERNARDINA RIVERA damente registrada y archivada COMPUESTA POR damente registrada y archivada DE TAL Y COMO KIKO el 29 de abril de 2009, ante la Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal GÜEZ en autos donde podrá usted en autos donde podrá usted BÁEZ, COMPUESTA POR AMARO RAMOS, FULANO misma notario público, inscrita AMBOS. como posibles herederos nom- Cooperativa de ahorro y enterarse detalladamente de MARIA M. VÁZQUEZ enterarse detalladamente de al folio 3,102 del tomo 1,793 de Se le apercibe que la parte debres desconocidos. Se les ORDE TAL Y SUTANO DE crédito de CABO ROJO mandante por mediación del los términos de la misma. Esta los términos de la misma. Esta RIVERA, MIGUEL ANGEL Caguas, Sección Primera de TAL COMO POSIBLES Caguas, finca número 30,816, DENA a ustedes a que dentro Demandate V. notificación se publicará una Lcdo. José F. Giraud Mejías, notificación se publicará una VÁZQUEZRIVERA, HEREDEROS NOMBRES inscripción 9na. La hipoteca del término legal de TREINTA ISRAEL ENRÍQUE sola vez en un periódico de P.O. Box 277, Mayagüez, Puer- sola vez en un periódico de (30) días, contados a partir de MIGDALIÁ VÁZQUEZ circulación general en la Isla DESCONOCIDOS; grava la propiedad que descriRIVERA DÍAZ to Rico 00681, Tel. 787-265- circulación general en la Isla la fecha de la notificación de RIVERA,LUIS MANUEL de Puerto Rico, dentro de los be que describe a continuación: Demandado(a) 0334, ha radicado la acción de de Puerto Rico, dentro de los CENTRO DE la presente Orden, acepten o VÁZQUEZ RIVERA Y 10 días siguientes a su notificaURBANA: Solar marcado con Caso Núm.: MZ2022CV01777. epígrafe en su contra. Copia de 10 días siguientes a su notificaRECAUDACIÓN repudien la participación que ción. Y, siendo o representando ARTURO VÁZQUEZ el número cuatro de la man(Salón 103 Sala de Investigala demanda, emplazamientos y ción. Y, siendo o representando les corresponda en la herencia DE INGRESOS usted una parte en el procedizana CT en la Urbanización ciones). Sobre: COBRO DE del presente edicto le ha sido usted una parte en el procediRIVERA. de Luz María Ramos Pumarejo MUNICIPALES; ESTADOS Residencial Bairoa, situada en miento sujeta a los términos miento sujeta a los términos (Nombre de las partes que se le Luz M. Ramos t/c/c Luz DINERO - REGLA 60. NOTIFI- enviado por correo a la última de la Sentencia, Sentencia notifican la sentencia por edicto) UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA el Barrio Bairoa de Caguas, t/c/c de la Sentencia, Sentencia CACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR dirección conocida.

Pueden usRamos Pumarejo a saber: Luis to. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 11 de diciembre de 2023. En Guayama, Puerto Rico, el 11 de diciembre de 2023. MARISOL ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. LUZ MARÍA GUZMÁN SANTIAGO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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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 08 de diciembre de 2023. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 08 de diciembre de 2023. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. MARTA E. DONATE RESTO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 13 de diciembre de 2023. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 13 de diciembre de 2023. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. NATHALIE ACEVEDO QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 de diciembre 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

Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2023CV02445.

Sala: 802. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

A: “KIKO” T/C/C KIKO DE TAL Y COMO KIKO AMARO RAMOS, FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS DE

Puerto Rico, compuesto de trescientos tres metros cuadrados con cincuentiuna centésimas de metro cuadrado, en lindes por el NORTE, con el solar número tres, distancia de veintiún metros; por el SUR, con el solar número cinco, distancia de veintiún metros; por el ESTE, con la Calle Cazabe, distancia de catorce metros con setecientos veinte milésimas de metro en arco; y por el OESTE, con la Avenida Augenio Astol, distancia de catorce metros con doscientos milésimas de metro en arco. Enclava una vivienda de concreto para una sola familia. Finca Número 30,816, inscrita al folio 35 del tomo 914

Raúl Pérez Ramos, Blanca I. Pérez; “Kiko” t/c/c Kiko de Tal y como Kiko Amaro Ramos, Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal como posibles herederos nombres desconocidos. Se les APERCIBE que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de TREINTA (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. También se les APERCIBE que luego del transcurso del término de TREINTA (30) días antes señalado contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia de los causantes Dionisio Amaro López t/c/c Dio-

EDICTO. RAFAEL FABRE COLÓN, RFABRE@ MCMLAWPR.COM.

A: ISRAEL ENRÍQUE RIVERA DÍAZ.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 27 de noviembre 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

tedes 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

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Tommy DeVito loves New Jersey, and New Jersey loves him back

A signed photograph of New York Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito on a shelf at Natoli’s Italian deli in Secaucus, N.J., on Dec. 13, 2023. DeVito made the cut for a picture at Natoli’s, but the New Orleans Saints sullied his image on Sunday. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)

By COREY KILGANNON and MARK BONAMO

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t Natoli’s Italian Deli in Secaucus, New Jersey, in the shadow of MetLife Stadium, one can now order the Tommy DeVito hero — chicken parm a la vodka — just like the breakout New York Giants quarterback likes it.

In the past month, DeVito, raised across the Hackensack River in Cedar Grove, has rocketed from third-string obscurity to star on the often-dismal Giants, keeping their longshot playoff chances alive -- barely -- and becoming an icon of the greater Meadowlands metro area.

DeVito, 25, grew up loving the Giants, his mother’s chicken sandwiches and watching his father, a plumber, fix boilers. Now he is known as “Tommy Cutlets,” a nickname he scribbled on fans’ white tank tops during an event at Primo Hoagies in nearby Wayne. He posed for selfies pursing his fingers Italianstyle in his signature touchdown celebration.

A hometown NFL hero might seem like an anomaly in an era of free agents, multimillion-dollar contracts and teams without local roots. But when DeVito materialized in the Meadowlands, he drove home the truth that a “New York” team has actually played in one state over for nearly half a century. That state is

now staking an ownership claim.

Tommy Cutlets has become the toast — or maybe the bruschetta — of the towns that lie in the shadow of MetLife Stadium.

At Lombardi’s Bar and Restaurant in Cedar Grove, where the DeVitos live down the street and have been customers for years, the owner seized on a mafia analogy to describe DeVito’s sudden prowess.

“He’s the don now,” the owner, Al Lombardi, said.

The don still lives with his parents less than 10 miles from the stadium, but he is ubiquitous on the back pages of tabloids and social media.

DeVito started and won three straight games for the Giants, including a thrilling comeback at home against the favored Green Bay Packers last week on “Monday Night Football,” before crashing back to earth in Sunday’s gruesome 24-6 road loss to the New Orleans Saints in which the quarterback was sacked seven times.

Hardcore fans here have followed his career for years, from peewee leagues to a high school state championship for Don Bosco Prep, the football powerhouse in Ramsey, New Jersey, and then Syracuse University and the University of Illinois.

Hometown hopes flagged early this year after DeVito failed to be selected in the NFL

draft, which left him living with his family and uncertain about his football future.

But this spring, he headed over to the Meadowlands and walked onto the Giants practice squad as an undrafted rookie. He was riding the bench when injuries to the Giants’ top two quarterbacks opened the starting role last month.

The DeVito family rooting section cheered his plays with the trademark hand gesture whose myriad meanings can include a profane, get-a-load-of-this attitude. His father, Tom DeVito Sr., in proper old-world style, would kiss the cheek of his son’s agent, Sean Stellato.

The cameras love the agent, who calls his client the “Passing Paisan” and dresses in a black pinstriped suit, turtleneck and fedora.

And they love the overflow DeVito contingent smoking cigars in the parking lot during pregame tailgating, amid tables of chicken parmigiana heroes handmade by a cousin and a feast of Italian food laid out in aluminum trays.

Last Tuesday morning, having slept only an hour after his son’s triumph over the Packers, Tom DeVito Sr. was back to the boilers.

“It’s heating season, so it’s business as usual for me,” he said. “I’m the donkey of the family.”

Given his son’s sudden stardom, he said, “It’s gotten to the point I tell my workers, ‘I’m not going inside because as soon as I walk in the house, everyone’s got their Giants jerseys on.’ I can’t get any work done.”

He added, “Every five seconds, my wife sends me another media request. I have 818 text messages to return. It’s just so overwhelming for him and us.”

The hype has not won over everyone. A crowd of regulars at the Belmont Tavern in Belleville last Wednesday stoically sipped Seven and Sevens and debated whether the quarterback had the staying power to merit a spot on the wall of fame.

“A few games don’t make a season. He’s got to earn his stripes,” said Joe Coviello, a patron from Nutley. “Once you start losing, you’re out.”

Anyway, the wall already has two Tommy DeVitos: the gangster character from “Goodfellas” played by Joe Pesci, who also grew up nearby; and the real-life member of the Four Seasons singing group, another local.

At Natoli’s in Secaucus, they’re sold. DeVito’s photo is in the center of a family photo gallery set up in a corner. The lunchtime crowd

last Wednesday swarmed the counter for the Tommy DeVito hero.

“How do you beat a chicken parm cutlet with vodka sauce? How do you beat this kid?

He’s a hero,” said Rob Gail, who was busy polishing off his own sandwich. “He’s a humble guy who lives at home with his mom and dad.

I lived at home until I was 30 years old, and my mom makes great chicken cutlets. I get it.”

It appears that many New Jerseyans do.

Of the state’s population of roughly 9.3 million, roughly 500,000 residents identify solely as Italian American, and another 750,000 claim partial Italian ancestry, according to 2022 census figures.

Teresa Fiore, a professor of Italian American studies at Montclair State University, said New Jersey has the third-largest population of Italian Americans in the country. “It’s a profoundly Italian state,” she said. “Tommy DeVito is joining a very large family of famous Italians from New Jersey.”

The avalanche of stereotypes, from memes of wannabe wiseguys in track suits to “Godfather” allusions, amuses Ignacio Urbina, one of the people who coached DeVito at Don Bosco Prep, a school named after a saint born near Turin, Italy.

Getting noticed for being Italian “wasn’t a huge thing at Don Bosco,” Urbina said. “It’s not exactly unfamiliar territory to Italian American families here.”

But DeVito’s image has become intertwined with his ethnicity. “It’s the New Jersey thing. People still talk about ‘The Sopranos’ and ‘Jersey Shore,’ and it’s all fed into that, and people seem to eat it up,” Urbina said.

He called DeVito a hardworking, confident player who regularly returns to the school, including a recent football open house where he spoke to families of prospective students.

If DeVito is now a long way from high school ball, you would not know it to see him as he was swarmed by reporters at his locker after practice last Wednesday. He seemed unfazed. It could have been another afternoon practice at Don Bosco.

“I appreciate all the support, and there’s a lot going on right now,” he said. “I’m just trying to be me. I’m going to let my personality show.”

Back at Lombardi’s, Lombardi said he hopes the ride continues for the don of the Giants’ offense. But he was realistic.

“An NFL quarterback and a mobster, there’s no difference,” he said. “Any day, it could be over.”

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(Mar 21-April 20)

This is a great day for you. You’re able to get a lot done. You might find a marked seriousness to your emotions that helps you stay on track with everything you need to do. Integrate your plans with others and see what kinds of incredible breakthroughs you can have. You can maintain a pleasant demeanor in every social situation.

Libra

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Your emotions may be dampened today, but don’t let it get you down. To make the most of this day, it would behoove you to work with the energy. Engage in tasks that require more discipline and willpower. Get in serious mode and get things done. Tackle practical tasks that require a steady hand and focused thought. You can get quite a bit accomplished.

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It may be difficult to fit in with the current trends of the day. The energy is light and airy, while you feel the need to get more deep and penetrating. Take a break from your usual intensity and try to keep things light. Stay on the surface and be social. By integrating with the mood of the day, you might be more balanced and well rounded in general.

You may experience an emotional climax today.

Things could come to a head. Don’t be surprised if you run into some serious opposition. Disperse your energy freely, but don’t be surprised if other people try to pull you in the opposite direction. Flexibility is a key aspect for you. Free yourself from restraints and improvise.

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There’s a fast-paced frenzy to the day that might leave you feeling a bit left out. You may want to take things more slowly, yet the day’s energy doesn’t allow for hesitation or delay. This is a good time to get out and be social. Make important contacts with others and try to multitask.

Keep your humor handy and your manner flexible.

This is an excellent day for you. People are on your wavelength more than usual. You can get quite a bit accomplished. You might want to take a disciplined approach today. Consider being a bit more realistic with your actions.

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You may want to go in many directions today, yet something seems to keep you from going anywhere. This annoying conflict of energies may make it difficult to make the most of your day, but you can handle it. Don’t act too hastily. Evaluate all your choices before you make a final decision. If nothing seems to fit, don’t push it.

This is a much better day to get out and be with people than it is to sit at home. Communicate with others on a personal level and share some of your wisdom. At the same time, open yourself up to receiving important knowledge from others. Don’t take things too seriously. No one will be in the mood for deep conversation on a day like today.

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There’s a somber mood hindering your emotions today, but things favor you generally. The contacts you make now can be extremely valuable. You could gain a great deal of information from social interactions. This is a good day to multitask and cross as many things off your list as possible.

There’s a great deal of fuel for your fire today, so go for it. Spend time with children and be creative. Put your fun-loving personality to good use by encouraging others to play along. This is a good day to offer your talents to group efforts.

You’ll be a welcome addition to every social situation.

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It may seem like people have lost their sensitivity today. Meanwhile, you’re left feeling indecisive and unsure about which way to turn. People want to hear from you. They want to know what you’re thinking. Don’t be afraid to say your peace even if it goes against the general mood.

Don’t get down if things don’t exactly go your way. Things will get better soon.

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It may be hard to make a decision today.

You’re so bombarded by facts and information that you’re unsure how to proceed. Don’t get overwhelmed. You’re the master of analysis and organization. If anyone can sort things out, it’s you. Trust your ability and make it happen.

Keep things light and energetic. Don’t get too bogged down with details.

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