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Oversight board sets agenda for PRASA’s new fiscal plan, budget

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he Financial Oversight and Management Board has outlined the agenda for developing the 2024 fiscal plan and fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget for the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA).

The information is contained in a Dec. 22 letter sent

by Financial Oversight and Management Board Executive Director Robert Mujica to Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia, Senate President José Luis Dalmau Santiago and House Speaker Rafael Hernández Montañez.

The oversight board said the 2024 PRASA fiscal plan and FY25 PRASA budget must incorporate updated financial and operational information and enhance the long-term visibility of PRASA’s strategic initiatives. Specifically, the 2024 PRASA fiscal plan must include an extended fiscal plan period of 15 years. Prior fiscal plans were developed under a five-year fiscal plan period. An extended fiscal plan period of 15 years serves as a crucial foundation for decision making, strategic planning, and ensuring both resilient and responsible operations for PRASA in the long term, the board said. Under such an extended timeframe the fiscal plan must incorporate the financial benefits stemming from PRASA’s core initiatives, including the 15-year capital improvements program (CIP). Prior fiscal plans outlined ambitious CIP deployment targets of $6.5 billion over a five-year period using various funding sources. However, the 2024 PRASA

Financial Oversight and Management Board Executive Director Robert Mujica fiscal plan must include updated CIP projections over a 15-year period focusing on capital investments to PRASA’s water and wastewater infrastructure using available federal funding sources.

The oversight board said that by April 1, 2024 the governor must submit a proposed 2024 PRASA fiscal plan to the board. By April 26, the board will send to the governor a notice of violation, as needed. On May 13, the governor must make revisions, and on May 31 the oversight board will certify the fiscal plan.

The schedule for the process of developing, submitting, approving and certifying the FY25 PRASA budget will start on May 31, 2024 with the oversight board sending a forecast of revenues to the governor and the island Legislature, and the process will end on June 28, when the board expects to certify the FY25 PRASA budget.

Tony Croatto’s family says it has no control over use of composer’s song in NPP ad

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o Habito Una Tierra Luz,” a song written and recorded in 1979 by the late composer Tony Croatto, has become the target of controversy for the Croatto family because the administration of Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia features it in a government advertising campaign.

Tony Croatto was an Italian-born singer and composer best known for his Spanish folkloric songs from Puerto Rico. He died of cancer in 2005.

Croatto’s son Hermes Croatto posted a statement on social media Wednesday night expressing his disagreement with the use of the song “Yo Habito Una Tierra Luz” (I Inhabit a Land of Light) in a seasonal ad aired by the island government. He said the family was not asked about the use of the song.

“For those who have asked us about the use of the song “I Inhabit a Land of Light” in the government’s Christmas announcement, we want to let you know that we were not aware of the use of the song for this,” the

statement said. “Unfortunately, and for reasons we will not go into now, the family has no control over this song, nor did they authorize its use for the advertisement. Like everyone else, we did not find out until the commercial came out.”

Hermes Croatto emphasized that the government should not be blamed for the situation.

“We assume that they made an approach to use the song and the person who manages it said yes regardless of our father’s feelings of always staying out of political issues,” read the social media post that was signed by Alejandro, Mara and Hermes Croatto.

The song was also used in an advertising campaign called “La Isla Estrella” by the Tourism Company under the administration of former Gov. Alejandro García Padilla.

EDITOR’S NOTE: So that our employees can enjoy the New Year’s holiday, the STAR will not publish on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024.

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PDP president asks suspended Mayagüez mayor to withdraw Senate candidacy

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iven the filing of a candidacy for the Senate for the District of Mayagüez by the suspended mayor of Mayagüez, José Guillermo Rodríguez Rodríguez, Popular Democratic Party (PDP) President Jesús Manuel Ortiz González asked Rodríguez on Thursday “to reconsider your candidacy, and for the good of the PDP” withdraw it and focus his energies on defending himself before justice.

“I recognize the right of every person to aspire to the position they wish. As president, I guarantee fair processes to every candidate, framed in guaranteeing

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candidates that comply with the requirements of the law and in the presentation of a strengthened PDP for the 2024 election,” Ortiz González said in a written statement. “This is why, although Rodríguez Rodríguez’s aspiration will be evaluated by The Candidate Qualification Commission, I reiterate the position that I have assumed in this and other cases regarding candidates and/or incumbents who face legal situations in process.”

“This is a particularly delicate case since it is in an advanced judicial stage,” the PDP president added. “If Rodríguez continues with his candidacy, it is up to the Qualifying Commission to evaluate this case and make its recommendation to the Secretary General.”

Henriquez will seek independent candidacy for governor

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da Norah Henriquez announced on Thursday that she will seek an independent candidacy for governor, after renouncing the internal primary process and disaffiliating herself from the Dignity Project (Proyecto Dignidad) party.

“As a party we established a Code of Ethics to ensure the best management and behavior of members and affiliates, in the face of a citizenry affected by years of abuses and corruption,” . Unfortunately, said body of rules has not been fully enforced or used to promote healthy limits between enrollment,” said Henriquez, who is an attorney, in a written statement.

At the same time, she said she recognizes that the principles that were raised as the banner of the conservative movement have become a thing of the past.

“Specifically that lack of respect led me to a deep reflection on my permanence in this party,” she said.

“This despite the fact that by Wednesday, December 13, 2023, in the afternoon, we had already drafted the

judicial review appeal. Considering the different internal and public dynamics between members and affiliates without due intervention that promotes a healthy interaction, in accordance with the established regulations, I understand that the party is not in a position to withstand the defense of an adverse judicial procedure.”

Nilda Pérez, secretary general of the Dignity Project, said in a statement that “[i]n Proyecto Dignidad, the legal processes were rigorously established, a primary board was created with representation of both candidates for the governorship, agreements were reached for both campaigns and the party was aimed at holding it in February 2024.”

“It should be noted that Proyecto Dignidad offered at all times to Ms. Henriquez, as well as to all our applicants, the guarantees of fair and equitable due process of law to advance their candidacies,” the party leader said.

Henriquez’s determination leaves the mayor of San Sebastián, Javier Jiménez, as the only candidate for governor under the Dignity Project banner.

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Rep. Aponte Hernández hails job growth

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ew Progressive Party Rep. José Aponte Hernández on Thursday characterized the current four-year governmental term (2021-2024) as one of “jobs,” highlighting the historic drop in the unemployment rate – 5.7%, which is the lowest in 34 years – and labor participation that is close to a million people (958,200).

“This four-year period, no announcements were made to create 50,000 jobs in 18 months as was done in 2012 and it never materialized; on the contrary, more than 20,000 jobs were lost,” said the former speaker of the House of

Representatives in a written statement. “This quadrennium has been different and the statistics are there for everyone to evaluate. Not only do we have the lowest unemployment rate in more than three decades, we also added 23,100 new jobs in November. This makes it clear that this has been, without a doubt, the quadrennium of jobs.”

Employment grew by 2.5% in November, after a 2.7% increase in October, according to information provided by the island Department of Labor and Human Resources’ Non-Agricultural Salaried Employment Survey.

“We have the highest number of people working since December 2012,” Aponte said. “Even with the demographic

reality, where the median age rose to 44.5 years and we have over 760,000 people aged 65 and over, the economy added new jobs, with the private sector leading the way with 21,100 new jobs. This means that Puerto Rico’s economic footing is in great shape and that is due to the measures that this administration has taken.”

“Beyond the numbers and figures, the reality on the street is that there are jobs for anyone who wants to have one,” the veteran lawmaker added. “There is money in the economy and there is fiscal responsibility on the part of the government.

Puerto Rico has experienced an economic resurgence that is unique in our history and jobs are an essential part of this.”

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González Colón supports incorporated territory path to statehood

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esident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón says she is not ruling out the possibility of seeking statehood via a declaration by the U.S. Congress that Puerto Rico is an incorporated territory.

In an interview with the STAR, the resident commissioner, who is vying to be the New Progressive Party (NPP) candidate for governor in the 2024 elections, noted that her first bill introduced in Congress in 2017 had a provision for pursuing statehood declaring Puerto Rico an incorporated territory.

“Statehood is going to happen for Puerto Rico; the question is when that is going to happen,” González Colón said. “[...] I know it is going to happen; the question is when and what provision is going to be used to make it happen. But it is one of the examples or reforms that was used by other territories to get statehood.

It cannot be discarded.”

González Colón has made “governing with the people” her slogan. She proposes a multi-prong approach to attacking poverty.

Federal funding by itself cannot do the job, she said.

“Surprisingly, after a lot of federal funds that have been approved, you get 1% or 2% more of people living under poverty on the island,” she said.

Still, she said, Puerto Rico is shut out of several key federal programs designed to lift people out of poverty such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as SNAP. The resident commissioner managed to get the Child Tax Credit for Puerto Rico, but with not the same amount of funds as the states.

Something else that needs attention, she said, is the matter of subsidies, which are taken away from people once they join the workforce.

“We should find a way to incentivize those people who join the labor force without losing some of those benefits,” González Colón said. “The idea is not to punish them so they may lose access to affordable housing or access to health care providers.”

Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón has made “governing with the people” her mantra in the early days of her campaign for governor. (Jenniffer González Colón/Facebook) Another path out of poverty is education, the gubernatorial hopeful said.

“We must encourage and enforce bilingual teaching in the schools,” she said.”If you lack access to power, and power is knowledge, you are literally castrating or frustrating the aspirations in terms of our kids.”

Attacking poverty, she said, is “an issue of education, providing the tools and of course enforcing what is already the law.”

In the area of security, González Colón said law enforcement lacks a strategy to counter narcotics trafficking in the Caribbean region.

“At the United States level there is no strategy in management and counternarcotics in the region,” she said. “The United States does have a strategic approach in the Pacific in the northern area and the southern part of the United States, but not on the Caribbean border. So I did file a legislation in that regard.”

She said she brought the Biden administration’s drug czar, Rahul Gupta, to the island to see firsthand the dimensions of the transshipment of drugs through Puerto Rico.

Another vital problem in regard to drug violence is the fact that local usage is creating turf wars among gangs, and the resident commissioner said that as governor her cabinet would include people with experience in fighting local drug wars.

Regarding the brain drain that is fac-

ing the island as many professionals and younger people leave the island for more opportunities abroad, González Colón said the key is to improve the permitting system.

She said right now the government needs to cut the cost of doing business.

Small to midsize businesses in Puerto Rico need to wait eight to 24 months for permits, whereas the process takes 30 days or less in Florida.

In consultation with Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who installed Florida’s permitting system when he was the state’s governor, González Colón intends to emulate Florida’s experience, which includes an automated system, “not the system that the governor [of Puerto Rico] just announced

that’s not functioning.”

Regarding improving incentives for teachers to take jobs when their pensions have been frozen by the Financial Oversight and Management Board, González Colón said she has been discussing the issue with the board.

“I meet with retired teachers and I don’t know how they do it, living on $900 a month, having to pay rent, having to pay utilities,” she said.

She said she was motivated to challenge Pierluisi, also a member of the NPP, because she feels that “the people have been left behind.”

“When I visit people in their homes they ask me, ‘How am I going to pay my rent? How am I going to pay for utilities?’”

“There are issues the people have and they feel that the government doesn’t see them,” she said.

González Colón said she remains firm in her decision not to support Donald Trump if he is the Republican nominee for president next year.

For one thing, she will be too busy between her own campaign and her congressional duties to involve herself in a national campaign, and for another thing, she is seven months pregnant.

“With my work at Congress, [the fact that] I’ll be a new mother and my own campaign, I won’t have the time,” she said.

Still, her decision not to support Trump is rooted in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

“What happened on January 6 was a coup,” she said.

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Justice Dept. recovers over $340 million in corporate lawsuits

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he island Justice Department will close the year with more than $340 million in recovered funds, the result of multiple lawsuits filed against multinational companies and representing the rights of Puerto Ricans and particularly vulnerable populations.

Justice Secretary Domingo Emanuelli Hernández noted that through the agency’s Division of Monopolistic Affairs, the agency has focused its efforts on the defense of citizens, filing a series of legal claims against companies that have engaged in deceptive practices. Collections resulting from those claims, to date, represent $344,557,580 in new revenue for the island government, with more to be received in stages.

The Justice Department has several active lawsuits against companies from which they have demanded financial compensation to correct the damages caused by their illegal practices, which affect the health and access to medicines of the population, the economic situation of university students and water quality, among other impacts.

Emanuelli said the actions taken by the agency he heads

Justice Secretary Domingo Emanuelli Hernández

will translate into direct services to citizens. Among the settlements are those brought against companies involved in the opioid epidemic and manufacturers of e-cigarettes.

The Monopolistic Affairs team represented the commonwealth government in the lawsuit against insulin manufacturers Eli Lilly & Co., Eli Lilly Export, Novo

Nordisk Inc. and Sanofi Aventis, and pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts Inc., CaremarkPCS Health, Caremark Puerto Rico and OptumRx Inc., for having engaged in unfair and deceptive business practices that have illegally raised the price of insulin over the past decade to 1,200% of its original cost. They control most of the market in the United States and their effects are reflected in Puerto Rico.

In turn, the island will receive more than $2 billion through the announcement of the historic agreement by which Johnson & Johnson, as well as distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson, must make a disbursement of $26 billion nationwide. The companies agreed to settle thousands of lawsuits filed by state and local governments in the mainland United States and Puerto Rico, whose residents were affected by pharmaceutical companies, distributors and companies involved in the opioid epidemic.

In addition to financial compensation, several bans were imposed in order to stop the aformentioned companies from the practices that led to the public health emergency, and distributors were required to implement corrective measures.

Digital car stickers can now be registered with Autoexpreso

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uerto Rico Innovation and Technology Services (PRITS) Office Director Antonio Ramos Guardiola and Transportation & Public Works (DTOP by its Spanish acronym) Secretary Eileen Vélez Vega announced Thursday that citizens whose digital car sticker was defective will now be able to register it with the AutoExpreso application to pay tolls.

The announcement comes three months after the new digital vehicle sticker went into effect.

“Previously, citizens who received a new digital tag seal were facing problems registering it as a toll stamp,” the PRITS director said. “We diligently attended to this situation with AutoExpreso staff so that citizens, as in our CESCO Digital application, could carry out all the procedures online through the AutoExpreso application or portal without the need to visit the offices.”

The official stressed that people who register their tag stamp to use the toll do not need to activate the auto recharge or provide credit card information if they do not wish to do so. For people who do not have a seal eligible for a digital tag, acquiring a new toll seal is unnecessary since the tag seal has no cost. They will only need to go through the regular process of paying annual fees in the month corresponding to their renewal. A digital tag stamp that is activated for toll use will have a single charge of $7.

The DTOP secretary noted that “the implementation of the digital tag during recent months has been in phases taking into consideration the needs of the users.”

“That is why this new alternative of registering it in the AutoExpreso is simple and allows you to complete the

procedure in less time,” Vélez Vega said.

People who have not registered their account with AutoExpreso and who have a seal eligible for digital tag and wish to use it for toll purposes, as well as people who have a seal not eligible for tag purposes and acquire a new one for both functions (tag and toll), or people who did not have any seal and acquire the tag seal and at the same time wish to use it for tolls, must create an account in AutoExpreso and confirm the email. Then they must select the “existing stamp” option and fill out the boxes with stamp information, including the stamp and serial numbers. The serial number for the digital label seal can be obtained on the seal itself or through the CESCO Digital application.

People who have already registered their account with AutoExpreso and their seal is eligible for label use will not need to carry out any additional procedures. On the other hand, people whose AutoExpreso seal is not suitable for label use must unlink their ineligible seal through the AutoExpreso mobile application or portal and register their new seal through the same AutoExpreso app.

Ramos Guardiola recommended that citizens register their toll stamp in AutoExpreso since this will give them better visibility in order to monitor and recharge their account balance. They will receive notifications of low balance, which is a benefit for avoiding fines, which he noted are inactive at the moment. Also, users will receive recharge notifications when they make them.

According to reports, nearly 70,000 citizens have completed the tag renewal process through the CESCO Digital application since the digital tag was announced last September. Ramos Guardiola reiterated that the renewal

process can be done through the application, so that “we speed up the process even more and allow citizens to carry out their procedures at their convenience.”

To date, more than 619,000 digital tag renewals have been successfully completed.

That figure should increase dramatically in the coming days given that December is when the most car sales are made and the number of renewals increases.

Transportation and Public Works Secretary Eileen Vélez Vega said the “new alternative” of registering the digital vehicle sticker with the AutoExpreso application “is simple and allows you to complete the procedure in less time.”

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‘We are not equipped to deal with this.’ Migrant surge overwhelms US border.

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t a remote spot in the Arizona desert, near a hole in the border wall, dozens of migrants huddled over wood fires.

After fleeing war in Sudan, violent gangs in Central America or Mexican cartels, the men had all crossed into the United States illegally, walked on foot over rugged terrain for hours and arrived at this outpost exhausted, hungry and cold.

They wanted to turn themselves in to authorities to ask for asylum but were stranded here, miles from the closest town, Sásabe.

Then, as temperatures dropped Tuesday night, a convoy of Border Patrol agents rolled in, loaded the men into a van to be processed and sped away — off to search for more people in need of rescue.

“We are not equipped to deal with this,” Scott Carmon, a Border Patrol watch commander, said while surveying the muddy encampment. “It’s a humanitarian disaster.”

This is the crisis unfolding at the southern border, as migrant encounters once again hit record levels and test the capacity of American law enforcement to contain an explosion of illegal crossings with far-reaching repercussions for the Biden administration.

Thousands of migrants are arriving at the border every day, trekking from the farthest reaches of the globe, from Africa to Asia to South America, driven by relentless violence, desperation and poverty.

In May, the Biden administration briefly celebrated when crossings declined, even after pandemic-era border restrictions were lifted and many feared the floodgates would open. But the numbers have spiked in recent months, provoking sharp criticism from both parties and fears within the administration that the issue will damage Democrats’ electoral future.

Last week, the number of apprehensions reached more than 10,000 a day — stretching the resources of the Border Patrol and overwhelming small towns on both sides of the border, where people have been funneled by smugglers consolidating new routes to evade capture by U.S. authorities.

“In terms of migrants per day, De-

cember 2023 is bigger than any average we have ever seen,” said Adam Isacson, a migration expert at the Washington Office on Latin America. “Every official who is commenting on it, on all levels, says they’re near or past the breaking point.”

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other senior officials traveled to Mexico on Wednesday to discuss the spike in migration with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, while U.S. officials monitored a new caravan of more than 2,000 migrants moving north through the country toward the United States.

The caravan is unlikely to make it to the United States, experts said, but it has drawn significant media attention to the tide of migrants who have already crossed the border en masse.

Mexico has been a stalwart enforcer of U.S. border restrictions, detaining a record number of migrants this year, government figures show. But in December, the National Migration Institute, a government agency, suspended migrant deportations from the country because of a lack of funding, according to an institute official who was not authorized to speak publicly.

Experts and officials are still piecing together exactly what’s behind the recent migration swell.

Among the leading theories: larger numbers of Mexicans who seem to be fleeing cartel turf battles across the country, rumors about the end of a key legal pathway that may have prompted a rush to cross and smugglers who have pushed desperate people of all nationalities to try to enter at increasingly remote parts of the border.

“If you move to a place that’s super remote, there won’t be a lot of agents on staff, and that increases your chances of being released into the U.S.,” Isacson said.

“There is nowhere to put people. They can’t hold you.”

Izzeddin, a 32-year-old migrant from Sudan, was among about a dozen men from his homeland at the Arizona encampment Tuesday. He sipped sugary coffee provided by an aid group, No More Deaths, that has helped keep migrants alive with blankets, food and 911 calls to address life-threatening injuries.

“We came here because we need

Migrants who were brought in for processing by Border Patrol agents in Sásabe, Arizona, on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. Officials are struggling to contend with the chaos at the U.S.Mexico border as thousands of migrants arrive every day, trekking from the farthest reaches of the globe. (Fred Ramos/The New York Times) protection,” said Izzeddin, who asked to be identified by only his first name, fearing reprisals against his family.

A raging civil war in Sudan has driven millions from their homes, including these men, who said they lost family members and left loved ones in refugee camps to trek to the United States.

In Sudan, Izzeddin said, “we saw people being killed, raped.” He and his companions, he said, were all waiting for one thing: “Border Patrol to come pick us up and give us protection.”

Often, migrants who get to the United States and ask for asylum — protection from political or other persecution at home — do not actually get their claims screened upon arrival. Because of the limited capacity to detain people at the border, many are instead released with a court date for a judge to evaluate their cases. The process can take years.

In Arizona, border officials closed a key port of entry to legal crossings in early December to focus on the unlawful ones.

Carmon pleaded for more resources.

“Give us more help; give us FEMA,” he said, referring to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Last week, workers from No More Deaths evacuated migrants caught in a rainstorm to a nearby Border Patrol facility, a spokesperson for the group said.

“If we had a flooded city and people needed to get evacuated, they would drive National Guard trucks, those big cattle trucks, and put our citizens in them,” Carmon said. “Why they’re not down here helping us transport these people to safety and warmth, I don’t know.”

For Izzeddin, being exposed to the elements in the desert felt a lot safer than staying in Sudan.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s cold,” he said.

“There is peace here.”

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Michigan Supreme Court decides Trump can stay on ballot

By JULIE BOSMAN, ERNESTO LONDOÑO and NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS

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he Michigan Supreme Court earlier this week gave Donald Trump an important victory in the legal battle over his eligibility to return to the White House by allowing the former president to appear on the state’s primary ballot in February.

But in a narrow ruling, the court left the door open for a new challenge to bar Trump from the general election ballot in the key battleground state over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

The decision was the latest in the highstakes efforts to block Trump from returning to power. It follows the bombshell ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court, which on Dec. 19 determined in a 4-3 opinion that Trump should be removed from the state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Lawyers across the country are venturing into largely unexplored legal terrain that could have far-reaching implications for future elections as they argue over a constitutional amendment passed after the Civil War. The provision, Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, disqualifies people who served as federal officers and “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” from holding office. The original intent was to bar Confederate officials from serving in the U.S. government. But the courts and Congress have not clearly established how the

provision should be interpreted today, or how much latitude states have to remove candidates from the ballot.

Jocelyn Benson, Michigan’s secretary of state, said in a statement Wednesday that the state’s top court had rightly concluded that she lacked the authority to prevent Trump from appearing on the primary ballot. But she called on the U.S. Supreme Court to promptly provide guidance on his eligibility to run for office.

“I continue to hope they do this sooner rather than later to ensure that we can move forward into 2024’s election season focused on ensuring all voters are fully informed and universally engaged in deciding the issues at stake,” she wrote.

The cases nationwide are being litigated with enormous urgency because primary voters will start casting ballots in Iowa in mid-January.

Trump applauded the Michigan ruling on social media. “We have to prevent the 2024 Election from being Rigged and Stolen like they stole 2020,” he wrote on his platform, Truth Social.

Ron Fein, the legal director of Free Speech For People, which filed the lawsuit seeking to disqualify Trump, said the Michigan Supreme Court ruled narrowly, sidestepping the core questions at the heart of the case.

But, he noted in a statement, “The Michigan Supreme Court did not rule out that the question of Donald Trump’s disqualification for engaging in insurrection against the U.S. Constitution may be resolved at a later stage.”

Michigan’s primary will be held Feb. 27.

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The efforts to disqualify Trump present the U.S. Supreme Court with one of its most politically explosive cases since it settled the dispute over the 2000 election in President George W. Bush’s favor.

The question ofTrump’s eligibility is widely expected to be answered by the U.S. Supreme Court. Some form of challenge to his eligibility has been lodged in more than 30 states.

Many of those challenges have already been dismissed, and officials in some states, including California, have signaled that they are wary of the efforts to have the former president removed. But several challenges are still pending.

Maine’s secretary of state is expected to soon decide whether Trump can appear on the ballot there after a challenge from voters under the same section of the 14th Amendment. In Oregon, the same group that filed the Michigan lawsuit is also seeking to have the courts remove Trump from the ballot, although the secretary of state there declined to remove him in response to an earlier challenge.

A key difference between the Michigan and Colorado decisions was that the latter followed a trial that established an evidentiary basis to find that Trump incited a violent uprising after losing the 2020 election. In Michigan, the lawyers challenging Trump’s eligibility sought a similar trial but were turned down by the courts.

The Michigan ruling included a dissent by Justice Elizabeth M. Welch. While she agreed with the decision allowing Trump to remain on the primary ballot, Welch argued that the court should have issued a more detailed ruling tackling the legal questions at play.

Welch said that Colorado state law made clear that political parties could only put forward “qualified” candidates in a primary presidential ballot. Michigan election law includes no such requirement, she wrote. The Michigan secretary of state “lacks the legal authority to remove a

legally ineligible candidate from the ballot once their name has been put forward by a political party,” Welch wrote.

The efforts to disqualify Trump present the U.S. Supreme Court with one of its most politically explosive cases since it settled the dispute over the 2000 election in President George W. Bush’s favor. Since then, the court has become far more conservative, largely as a result of the three justices whom Trump appointed.

Ashraf Ahmed, a professor at Columbia Law School who studies election law, said the U.S. Supreme Court would be taking up a case on legal issues that have rarely been decided by courts.

“When we’re talking about how uncharted this is, this is radically new territory,” Ahmed said. “And it’s radically new territory because we’ve never had a president before who could plausibly be implicated under Section 3.”

He said that he expected the court would want to hear the case quickly, but that the justices would most likely avoid delving into the weightiest matters, like defining Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Instead, he said, they might issue a ruling largely on procedural grounds.

“I suspect the last thing that the U.S. Supreme Court wants to get involved in is the presidential election,” he said.

The Supreme Court in Michigan, a swing state that Trump lost in 2020 to President Joe Biden, is composed of seven justices: Three were elected after being nominated by Democrats, one was recently appointed by the current Democratic governor, and three others were appointed by a Republican governor and later elected.

A lower-court judge previously decided the ballot eligibility case in Trump’s favor. Judge James Robert Redford of the Court of Claims in Michigan ruled in November that disqualifying a candidate through the 14th Amendment was a political issue, not one for the courts. A lower court in Colorado had also ruled in Trump’s favor before the state Supreme Court there took up the case.

Redford also ruled that Michigan’s top elections official did not have the authority alone to exclude Trump from the ballot. Free Speech for People appealed the ruling, asking the state Supreme Court to hear the case on an accelerated timetable.

Benson, the Michigan secretary of state and a Democrat, echoed the request for a quick decision, citing approaching deadlines for printing paper primary ballots. She wrote that a ruling was needed by Dec. 29 “in order to ensure an orderly election process.”

Jan. 13 is the deadline for primary ballots to be sent to military and overseas voters; absentee voter ballots must be printed by Jan. 18.

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Colorado Republican Party says it asked Supreme Court to keep Trump on ballot

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he Colorado Republican Party said it had asked the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week to hear an appeal of the bombshell decision from the Colorado Supreme Court ordering former President Donald Trump’s removal from the state’s primary ballot. The state court ruled that he was ineligible to hold office because he had engaged in insurrection.

The justices are likely to agree The Colorado Supreme Court building in downtown to hear the case, given the importan- Denver, Dec. 19, 2023. The Colorado Republican ce of the question it presents and the Party said it had asked the U.S. Supreme Court on need for a nationwide answer to it. Wednesday to hear an appeal of the bombshell deWednesday’s filing of the cision from the Colorado Supreme Court ordering petition seeking review of the state former President Donald Trump’s removal from the court’s ruling also had a practical state’s primary ballot. (Stephen Speranza/The New impact, extending a stay entered York Times) by the Colorado court while the By a 4-3 vote, the Colorado Supreme justices consider the matter. That means Trump Court ruled in December that the provision will remain on the primary ballot for now. applied to Trump, making him ineligible for Trump is expected to file his own peanother term. tition in the coming days. A lawyer for the “We do not reach these conclusions former president declined to comment, and his campaign did not immediately respond to lightly,” the majority wrote. “We are mindful of the magnitude and weight of the questions a request for comment.

The party’s petition said the U.S. Supreme now before us. We are likewise mindful of our solemn duty to apply the law, without fear Court’s intervention was urgent.

“Unless the Colorado Supreme Court’s or favor, and without being swayed by public decision is overturned, any voter will have the reaction to the decisions that the law mandates power to sue to disqualify any political candi- we reach.”

The party’s petition made three main date, in Colorado or in any other jurisdiction that follows its lead,” the petition said. “This will points: that Section 3 does not apply to the not only distort the 2024 presidential election presidency, that only Congress can enforce it but will also mire courts henceforth in political and that the state court’s decision violated the controversies over nebulous accusations of party’s First Amendment rights.

“The Republican Party has been irreparainsurrection.” bly harmed by the decision below,” the petition The petition added that “the catastrophic said.

“The state has interfered in the primary effects of the Colorado Supreme Court’s decielection by unreasonably restricting the party’s sion are already foreshadowed in pending and recently decided cases involving attempts to ability to select its candidates.”

The petition added that the state court’s deny President Trump access to the 2024 ballot.”

The case concerns Section 3 of the 14th ruling was “based on a subjective claim of Amendment, adopted after the Civil War. It insurrection the state lacks any constitutional bars those who had taken an oath to support authority to make.”

In a statement, two of the party’s lawyers the Constitution from holding office if they then — Jay Sekulow and Jordan Sekulow — urged “shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion the justices to move quickly. “There is an avaagainst the same, or given aid or comfort to the lanche of similar cases being filed around the enemies thereof.”

Congress can remove the prohibition, the country,” they said, “so the Supreme Court’s provision says, but only by a two-thirds vote definitive and prompt review in this matter is essential.” in each chamber.

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A look back at the top business stories of 2023

By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, RAVI MATTU, BERNHARD WARNER, SARAH KESSLER, MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED, LAUREN HIRSCH and EPHRAT LIVNI

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he collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the conviction of Sam Bankman-Fried, the reassertion of union power and the turmoil at OpenAI were just some of the big business stories in a year that was full of them.

DealBook has chosen some of the biggest newsmakers, stories and trends from 2023.

The world races to regulate AI Artificial intelligence had a good year. Investment poured into AI startups; Big Tech firms deployed their scale and cloud computing operations to build ties with the field’s new leaders; and Nvidia became the first chipmaker to hit a market capitalization of $1 trillion thanks to demand for its AI semiconductors.

The investor enthusiasm was matched by worry among lawmakers, who often struggled to keep pace with the companies developing the technology. But the first steps toward developing regulations for AI have been taken. President Joe Biden issued an executive order in October focused on the technology’s implications for national security; China imposed restrictions on certain types of AI; and European Union lawmakers passed one of the world’s first regimes to regulate the technology.

But amid the disparate efforts, there was also an attempt to achieve some measure of international collaboration. Last month, more than two dozen countries, including rivals U.S. and China, tech executives and researchers attended Britain’s AI Safety Summit. The event didn’t end with an agreement for a new set of rules, but the governments warned of the dangers posed by the most advanced AI systems and agreed to keep talking.

The PGA Tour and LIV Golf agree to a merger On June 6, the PGA Tour, the world’s preeminent men’s professional golf circuit, and LIV Golf, a Saudi-funded rival that was poaching top players and posed a serious threat, tentatively agreed to join forces. The decision was a stunning reversal for the PGA Tour and its commissioner, Jay Monahan, and it was negotiated in secret, angering many of the tour’s top players.

The deal demonstrated the growing power of Saudi Arabia in the business of sports. The kingdom has spent billions in soccer, boxing and golf as part of a push to diversify its oil-dependent economy. But many questioned the logic of the deal and pointed to Saudi Arabia’s dismal human rights record. U.S. lawmakers want to know if the Saudi government is using sports to further its strategic objectives as a means of “sportswashing.”

‘Barbenheimer’ dominates the box office In July, two movies that were released on the same day provided a long-awaited signal that theaters had bounced back from the pandemic. “Barbie” is a comedy based on the Mattel doll and directed by Greta Gerwig. “Oppenheimer” is a biopic about the creator of the atomic bomb made

by auteur filmmaker Christopher Nolan. Together, they gave North American multiplexes their biggest weekend since “Avengers: Endgame” arrived in April 2019. Some moviegoers even watched them back-to-back.

The movies opened as the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the union representing tens of thousands of actors, were both on strike, bringing the industry — and hopes for a consistent stream of hits — to a near standstill. The WGA reached a deal with studios in September and SAG-AFTRA reached an agreement with studios in November.

Regional bank failures set off a crisis On March 10, in the biggest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis, the government seized Silicon Valley Bank. A recap: The bank’s clients — spooked by news that the bank was working to shore up its finances and that Moody’s had downgraded its bond rating — had pulled out more than $40 billion of their deposits. On March 12, regulators shut down Signature Bank, a New York-based lender.

The banks’ failures led to fears about the stability of other midsize lenders. Wall Street’s biggest banks agreed to give $30 billion to First Republic and Swiss authorities brokered a deal for UBS’ take over of its domestic rival, Credit Suisse. But even a multibillion-dollar intervention wasn’t enough to save First Republic: Federal regulators seized the lender in May sold it to JPMorgan Chase.

The UAW conducts a historic strike On Sept. 14, the United Auto Workers union began its first strike that simultaneously targeted all three Detroit automakers, General Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis, the parent of Ram, Jeep and Chrysler. The union broke from its traditional approach of idling most or all operations at one company, instead taking action at a limited number of each company’s locations. After six weeks, the workers reached tentative agreements with the three companies, giving workers their biggest pay raises in decades while avoiding a protracted work stoppage. The UAW’s success inspired it to go after nonunionized carmakers, including Tesla and foreignowned companies.

Taylor Swift conquers the world The Eras Tour, Taylor Swift’s career-encompassing run of shows, was a blockbuster this year, selling $14 million in tickets each night, according to one estimate, setting it on a pace to potentially reach $1.4 billion in total sales by the time the tour ends next year. Swift, who in July broke the record for most chart-topping albums by a woman, also engineered a new type of deal for her concert film. She negotiated directly with the theater chain AMC Entertainment to release “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.” That allowed her to bypass big studios and keep 57% of ticket revenue. During its opening weekend in October, the film made an estimated three-day gross of $95 million to $97 million in North American theaters, easily becoming the biggest concert film opening ever.

Sam Bankman-Fried is convicted On Nov. 2, after four hours of deliberation, a jury found

Members of the United Auto Workers union picket outside of the General Motors Flint Assembly Plant in Flint, Mich., Sept. 16, 2023. After six weeks, the workers reached tentative agreements with the three companies, giving workers their biggest pay raises in decades while avoiding a protracted work stoppage. (Erin Kirkland/The New York Times) Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, guilty of seven charges of fraud and conspiracy for stealing billions of dollars from customers and investors. It was a stunning fall for Bankman-Fried, a one-time poster child of the cryptocurrency industry who was worth $20 billion just a year earlier. After FTX collapsed, many of his closest lieutenants and executives agreed to work with prosecutors and testified against him. In a trial in New York, he was portrayed as a brazen young founder, who funneled stolen money into his investments and used it for extravagant spending.

Bankman-Fried, 31, is expected to appeal. He is scheduled to be sentenced March 28.

U.S. businesses face new pressures in China President Joe Biden and the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, held their first face-to-face talks in more than a year last month on the sidelines of a meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders near San Francisco. The discussions were cordial and designed to reestablish lines of communication.

But Xi also sought to reassure U.S. business leaders during the trip. He hosted a banquet for business executives.

Those who attended included Tim Cook, CEO of Apple; Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock; and Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of Blackstone. Xi tried to convey that foreign business was welcome in China, despite the growing challenges of operating there amid a crackdown on companies with Western ties and the strained relationship with the U.S. Yet the dinner showed that many U.S. companies aren’t ready to give up on doing business in the country.

Elon Musk berates advertisers who fled X At the DealBook Summit on Nov. 29, Elon Musk made waves after he used profane language to denounce companies that had suspended their advertising on X, formerly known as Twitter, following Musk’s endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory. He also said he hadn’t meant to support bigots, and apologized for his post. The 90-minute interview with Musk, the billionaire whose companies SpaceX, Tesla and X are among the most consequential and talked-about in the world, also touched on his personal philosophy, his concerns about AI, and the 2024 presidential election.

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World Stocks at Highest in Over a Year on Rate Cut Bets W orld stocks rallied to their highest level in more than a year on Wednesday, while the U.S. dollar hit a five-month low, as expectations mounted that key central banks such as the Federal Reserve will start to cut interest rates early next year.

In line with expectations of lower interest rates, the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield fell to a five-month low, while the two-year Treasury yield tumbled to a low not seen in seven months.

Investor hopes that monetary conditions might be loosening boosted the MSCI’s gauge of stocks across the globe by 0.46% to a level not seen since October 2022.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.21%, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite were flat.

European shares edged up 0.21%, with trade subdued given public holidays across the region on Monday and Tuesday.

Analysts said the main risk for markets was that rates might not fall as fast as expected.

“If global equity markets have one Achilles’ heel going into January 2024, it is the expectation that the Fed will be methodically and consistently cutting interest rates throughout the year,” said Nicholas Colas, Cofounder of DataTrek Research.

The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield fell to 3.793%, and the 2-year yield retreated to 4.2375%.

[US/] Expectations of rate cuts also dragged on the U.S. dollar, which fell 0.51% against a basket of six major currencies to a level last seen on Jul. 27. [USD/] The jovial mood in world equity markets and a sluggish dollar lifted the euro by 0.54% to $1.1102, more than a four-month peak.

“If the Fed cuts rates because inflation has come so far down that they don’t want policy to unintentionally tighten ... then that’s probably a good scenario,” said Lou Brien, market strategist at DRW Trading in Chicago.

If they cut because of a weakening economy, however, “then the history is kind of harsh” for the economy and the stock market. “The motivation behind the rate cuts is still unknown and is going to be the most important factor,” Brien said.

Market pricing shows a more than 80% chance the Fed is likely to begin cutting rates next March, according to the CME FedWatch tool, with over 150 basis points of easing priced in for all of 2024.

Oil prices slipped as some major shippers returned to the Red Sea - an area disrupted after Yemen’s Houthi militant group began targeting vessels earlier this month.

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Israeli Supreme Court ruling expected mid-January

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looming Supreme Court decision on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s divisive plan to overhaul Israel’s courts returned to major public attention Thursday after an Israeli television channel reported that a leaked draft of the court’s ruling showed a narrow majority of the court intended to block a key part of the overhaul.

The development revived Israel’s confrontation with the country’s deep fissures over the overhaul plan and threatened to disrupt Netanyahu’s fragile wartime government.

The overhaul plan had prompted huge, monthslong protests that, before the war, were seen as one of the gravest domestic political crises Israel had faced in the 75 years since the nation’s founding.

The New York Times has not obtained a copy of the leaked decision, and the Israeli television outlet, Channel 12, did not publish a full version of the document. A spokesperson for Israel’s courts said Thursday that “the writing of the ruling is not yet complete.” The court’s decision is expected in mid-January.

The ruling has the potential to throw Israel’s unity government, formed after the Oct. 7 Hamas-led terrorist attacks, into disarray as the country wages war in the Gaza Strip and faces international pressure over the scope of its military campaign.

The Channel 12 report, on Wednesday night, said that eight of the court’s 15 judges were set to overturn a law passed in July that stripped the Israeli Supreme Court of the power to overturn government actions and appointments it deems “unreasonable.”

Netanyahu’s right-wing governing coalition had pushed the law through the Israeli Parliament, saying the law was needed to remove the court’s ability to overrule the will of the majority.

Before the Hamas invasion, two members of Israel’s new war Cabinet — one of Netanyahu’s longtime rivals, Benny Gantz, and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant — had criticized

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel during a meeting with President Joe Biden in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 18, 2023.

(Kenny Holston/The New York Times) the government’s pursuit of the overhaul. Netanyahu tried to fire Gallant, the defense minister, after he criticized the pace of the plan, only to reverse his decision amid widespread outrage.

Should the court rule against Netanyahu, it could set off a constitutional crisis within Israel if his allies try to defy it.

Regardless of the outcome, the case is considered one of the most consequential in Israel’s history. Not only could it determine the extent to which politicians are subject to judicial oversight, but it has also led to the spectacle of a court weighing in on an issue that directly affects its own powers.

The law was part of Netanyahu’s wider plan to weaken the country’s judiciary, which led to the months of huge street protests. Opponents, including Israel’s chief justice and at-

torney general, said the plan — if fully carried out — would deal a fatal blow to the country’s separation of powers.

But the dispute faded into the background after the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, in which roughly 1,200 people were killed and more than 240 were taken hostage to Gaza, according to Israeli authorities.

Four days after the attack, Netanyahu formed a wartime government with opponents including Gantz, the leader of the opposition National Unity alliance, who opposed the judicial overhaul.

The crisis over the judicial changes was a proxy for deeper rifts over Israel’s future. Secular and liberal Israelis view the Supreme Court as a bulwark in a country that is becoming more conservative and religious.

Gas tanker explosion kills more than 40 in Liberia

By CLAIR MacDOUGALL and EMMA BUBOLA

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ozens of people were killed on a roadside in Liberia after they rushed to scoop up fuel from an overturned tanker before it exploded, officials

said.

Officials have said more than 40 people died in the blast on Tuesday, but the country’s health minister, Wilhelmina Jallah, said in a telephone interview that the number of fatalities could rise because an additional 83 people were injured.

A video circulating on social media showed people running from the explosion, some of them wrapped in flames, as thick, black smoke rose from the tanker.

“These guys risked their lives for little or nothing,” Jacob Vesselee, the regional traffic commander, said in a phone call.

Living standards are dire in Liberia, where more than four-fifths of the population do not have sufficient access to food, according to the World Bank, and prices for staples like rice and oil have soared over the past two years.

In November, Liberia held largely peaceful presidential elections in which the rising cost of living emerged as a major strike against the government led by former soccer star George Weah, who ultimately lost to Joseph Boakai.

The tanker overturned about 2 p.m. while it was overtaking another car in the town of Totota, in north-central Liberia, Vesselee said, drawing people to the scene before the vehicle exploded.

Sub-Saharan Africa has the worst road-safety record in the world, according to the United Nations.

Rescuers were still trying to determine the exact number of the victims by going from home to home and questioning families because not all the bodies were recogniz-

able, Dr. Francis Kateh, Liberia’s chief medical officer, told the local channel Super Bongese TV. “Some of the people burned beyond recognition,” he said. “Some of them turned into ashes.”

The majority of the injured were transported about 70 miles to the country’s capital, Monrovia, Jallah, the health minister, said.

Jerry Brown, the CEO of the John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Monrovia, the largest hospital in Liberia, said the hospital received 28 people on Wednesday with burns.

Two of them have since died.

He added that while the hospital has capable doctors, it does not have a specialized burn unit, forcing them to turn the trauma section into a makeshift burn unit.

“Our capacity to treat burns is dismal,” said Brown, adding that the hospital could handle four or five burn cases at a time. “It’s a big challenge.”

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Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, on a television screen during his hearing in Moscow, Jan. 28, 2021. (Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times)

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lexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, published a letter earlier this week describing an arduous transfer to his new penal colony in the Arctic, the first time his supporters had heard from him in three weeks.

Navalny’s comments, posted on his social network accounts and written with a heavy dose of irony and humor, highlighted his good spirits and seemed intended to assuage concerns among allies who had grown anxious about his health and status since his sudden disappearance from the public eye on Dec. 5.

“I am your new Father Frost,” Navalny wrote, referring to the Russian version of Santa Claus. “I have a sheepskin coat, a hat with earflaps; I should get felt boots soon, and I have grown a beard during the 20-day transit.”

But, he added, “The main thing is that I now live above the Arctic Circle.”

Navalny, 47, is a longtime antagonist of President Vladimir Putin who has been subject to increasingly harsh punishment over the past year. His transfer to one of Russia’s high-security “special regime” penal colonies had been expected since September, when he lost an appeal against the 19-year sentence he is serving.

But his lawyers and allies were not notified in advance that he would be moved, raising fears and speculations about his health after legal team was unable to contact him. His ability to pass a letter from a new prison suggested that Navalny would most likely remain a fixture in Russia’s public life as the country nears another presidential election that Putin is poised to win amid little genuine competition.

Navalny has been in custody since his detention in January 2021 at a Moscow airport, where he had arrived after spending months in Germany recovering from poisoning

by a nerve agent. Navalny and Western governments have accused the Kremlin of the poisoning, a charge that Russian officials have denied.

A former site of a Gulag labor camp, Navalny’s new snow-swept penal colony, in the town of Kharp, is one of the most remote in Russia. Known as the “Polar Wolf” colony, it is surrounded by tundra and polar mountains. Freezing dark winters give way to brisk summers with clouds of mosquitoes. Daylight is scarce, a fact he alluded to in his letter Tuesday.

“I don’t say ‘Ho-ho-ho,’ but I do say ‘Oh-oh-oh’ when I look out of the window,” Navalny said, “where I can see it’s night, then evening, then night again.”

Navalny said that he had not seen much of his new Arctic permafrost surroundings yet, but that he had noticed that prison guards there were different than their colleagues in central Russia. Wearing warm mittens and felt boots, they carried machine guns and were aided by “those very beautiful fluffy shepherd dogs,” he said.

A 2019 video report from the prison by a municipalowned news agency said that it had featured a library with 8,000 books, a shop, a church, and a prisoner cook who loves making big cakes.

A trip to Kharp from Moscow takes more than 40 hours on a train, which departs every second day. But Navalny described a more complicated 20-day journey through the Russian prison system.

He went to Moscow from his penal colony in the nearby Vladimir Region, then to Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains and then through Kirov up north to Vorkuta before finally arriving in Kharp on Saturday, according to his letter.

“I did not expect anyone would find me here until mid-January,” he said.

“I was very surprised then when yesterday, the cell’s doors were opened with the words: ‘There is a lawyer for you.’”

El peticionario, AJM Enterprises Corporation, cuya dirección postal es PO Box 1503, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico 00977, representado por el Sr. Alberto Díaz, Presidente, ha solicitado al Área de Calidad de Agua (ACA) del Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (DRNA) el Permiso de Construcción (UIC-18-71-0014), para dos (2) sistemas de inyección subterránea (SIS) Clase VC-1, bajo las disposiciones del Reglamento para el Control de la Inyección Subterránea (RCIS) y la Ley Federal de Agua Potable Segura, según enmendada 42 USC 300f et seq. (LFAPS).

El SIS 001 consiste en un tanque séptico de 4.5 pies de ancho por 4.5 pies de largo por 6 pies de profundidad líquida con una capacidad de 909 galones y un pozo filtrante rectangular de 4 pies de ancho por 8.5 pies de largo por 6.5 pies de profundidad líquida con un área de percolación de 130 pies cuadrados en el cual se inyectarán 100 galones por día de aguas sanitarias provenientes de baños del cafetín, laboratorio, tienda, local de reunión de grupo religioso y dos locales vacíos, y el SIS 002 consiste en un tanque séptico de doble cámara de 7 pies de ancho por 14 pies de largo por 8 pies de profundidad líquida, cada uno, con una capacidad total de 11,728 pies cuadrados y un pozo filtrante de doble cámara (que comparte pared con un tanque de retención) de 15.5 pies de largo por 8 pies de ancho por 7 pies de profundidad líquida con un área de percolación de 220.5 pies cuadrados en el cual se inyectarán 300 galones por día de aguas sanitarias provenientes del baño de un local y taller de mecánica. Los referidos SIS estarán ubicados en AJM Enterprises Corp. en la Carretera PR-181, Km 9.3, Barrio Dos Bocas, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico.

Luego de realizada la evaluación correspondiente de los documentos sometidos, el DRNA tiene la intención de emitir los Permisos de Construcción y Operación para la instalación antes indicada en conformidad con los requisitos del RCIS y de la LFAPS. Esta notificación se hace para informar que el DRNA, ha preparado los borradores de los permisos de construcción y operación de forma tal que el público interesado pueda someter sus comentarios con relación al mismo.

Los permisos contienen las condiciones y prohibiciones necesarias para cumplir con los requisitos reglamentarios aplicables.

Copia de la solicitud del permiso que sometió el peticionario ante el DRNA, los borradores de los permisos y otros documentos relevantes estarán a la disposición del público para ser examinados, a petición del interesado mediante el envío de un correo electrónico a inyeccionsubterranea@drna. pr.gov, o visitando el ACA, cuya oficina está localizada en el Piso 3, Ala A, del Edificio de Agencias Ambientales Cruz A. Matos, Carretera PR-8838, Km 6.3, Sector El Cinco, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. Copia de dichos documentos pueden adquirirse en el ACA, entre las 8:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m. de lunes a viernes o escribiendo a la siguiente dirección postal: Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales, San José Industrial Park, 1375 Avenida Ponce de León, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926.

Las partes interesadas o afectadas pueden enviar sus comentarios por escrito al Sr. Ángel R. Meléndez Aguilar, Gerente del ACA, o solicitar una vista pública por escrito a la Secretaria Interina del DRNA, a la dirección postal o correo electrónico antes indicado.

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Blinken meets with Mexico’s president about surge in migration at the border

By HAMED ALEAZIZ and EMILIANO RODRÍGUEZ MEGA

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ecretary of State Antony Blinken and other top American officials discussed the root causes of migration with Mexico’s president Wednesday in hopes of figuring out a strategy to slow the surge in illegal crossings at the southern U.S. border.

President Joe Biden dispatched the officials to Mexico City at a pivotal moment, as border crossings have hit record numbers and there is growing pressure on Biden to solve — or at least contain — a crisis that has proved to be a consistent political vulnerability.

The situation at the border is at the center of some of Biden’s biggest priorities going into 2024, particularly as Republicans in Congress demand a new crackdown on immigration in exchange for wartime aid for Ukraine and Israel.

“As we made clear in Mexico City today, we are committed to partnering with Mexico to address our shared challenges, including managing unprecedented irregular migration in the region, reopening key ports of entry and combating illicit fentanyl and other synthetic drugs,” Blinken said in a post on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter.

The large number of migrants in recent weeks has forced border officials to temporarily shut down several railway crossings in Texas and to close the port of entry in Lukeville, Arizona. Those actions were intended to allow border officials to redeploy their personnel to respond to the situation.

But the decision disrupted business in the United States and Mexico. On Wednesday, Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, Mexico’s secretary of foreign affairs, said that “the importance of reopening the border crossings is a priority for us.”

A large group of migrants heading toward the United States in Tapachula, Mexico, on Sunday. (Juan Manuel Blanco/EPA, via Shutterstock) Mexico has been a key player in the U.S.’ efforts to stem the tide of migration as people from across the globe have passed through the country. On several occasions in recent weeks, the U.S. Border Patrol encountered more than 10,000 people a day trying to cross the border.

Shortly before Wednesday’s meeting, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico said the U.S. Congress should offer more support to Latin America instead of putting up “barriers, barbed wire fences on the river or thinking about building walls.”

He added, “It is more efficient and more humane to invest in the development of the people.”

López Obrador also said next year’s presidential election in the United States would bring migration to the top of the agenda. Former President Donald Trump, whose plans to erect a border wall became emblematic of his harsh immigration policies, is the leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.

“The migration issue is going to intensify,” López Obrador said.

Wednesday’s two-hour meeting also

included Alejandro Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, and Liz SherwoodRandall, the White House homeland security adviser.

Mexico has taken steps to keep migrants from massing along the border in the past.

But earlier this month, the Mexican government suspended migrant deportations because of a lack of funding, according to an official from the government’s National Migration Institute who was not authorized to speak publicly.

During the Trump administration, Mexico agreed to take migrants under a policy known as “Remain in Mexico.” The migrants waited in border towns for months as they awaited court hearings in the United States, a key pillar of Trump’s crackdown on asylumseekers.

Later, during the institution of Title 42, a measure that allowed border agents to quickly expel asylum-seekers, Mexico agreed to take in migrants from other countries.

Biden has struggled to keep the numbers down despite trying to institute limits on asylum access at the border and deporting migrants to Venezuela and Cuba.

He has also said he is willing to make “significant compromises” with Republicans on the border if Republicans will agree to aid for Ukraine and Israel.

A caravan that began its journey north Sunday reflects the challenges in curbing migration. Migrant caravans have become a common phenomenon and are usually broken up by authorities well before they reach the U.S. border.

The latest caravan, roughly 1,000 miles south of the U.S. border in the state of Chiapas, includes people from Honduras, Haiti and Cuba, among other countries. The Mexico office of the United Nations refugee

agency said in a statement that the procession was starting to disperse and consisted of more than 2,000 people.

It initially included approximately 5,000 people, the agency said.

Republicans have stepped up their attacks on Biden over the border numbers, a continuing issue for the president as he seeks reelection next year. In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law that authorizes law enforcement officials in his state to arrest migrants who cross without authorization. (El Paso County challenged the measure in federal court last week.) The president has also faced pressure from mayors in Democratic cities over the increase in migrants arriving in their cities.

Last week, López Obrador briefed reporters about a call with Biden in which they agreed that more enforcement at the border was needed.

“Now we have an extraordinary situation because the number of migrants passing through our country with the purpose of reaching the United States has increased,” he said, adding that Mexico was “going to help, as we always do.”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced Friday that there were more than 190,000 apprehensions between ports of entry in November. U.S. officials said they “removed or returned” more than 400,000 people between May and the end of November.

“We are facing a serious challenge along the southwest border, and CBP and our federal partners need more resources from Congress — as outlined in the supplemental budget request — to enhance border security and America’s national security,” Troy Miller, the acting leader of the border agency, said in a statement Friday.

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Ukraine doesn’t need all its territory to defeat Putin

By SERGE SCHMEMANN

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he new report in The New York Times that Russia is quietly signaling a readiness to freeze the war in Ukraine is both suspicious and tantalizing.

The caveats are many: An armistice would leave Vladimir Putin in control of about a fifth of Ukrainian territory. He is not trustworthy; he could use prolonged negotiations to bolster his forces for a renewed push, or to lull Western lawmakers into cutting aid for Ukraine; he may be stalling in the hope that Donald Trump, his preferred choice for president, will return to the White House and stiff Ukraine.

But if Putin turns out to be serious, Ukraine should not pass up an opportunity to end the bloodshed.

Recovered territory is not the only measure of victory in this war.

A painful reality check shows the 600-mile-long Ukrainian-Russian front in a figurative and literal freeze, draining Ukrainian resources and lives without much prospect for change in the foreseeable future. The much-anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive of the past six months exacted a huge cost in casualties and materiel, but barely nudged the front lines. Ukraine’s top military commander has said the fight is at a “stalemate” — a notion deemed taboo not long ago — and only an unlikely technological breakthrough by one side or the other could break it. As the year draws to an

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end, lawmakers in the United States and Europe have separately held up critically needed aid packages for Ukraine, and there’s no certainty how they will fare in the new year.

The conflict could still take an unexpected turn, as it has before. But the prospect at this juncture is of a long war of attrition, inflicting ever more damage on Ukraine, sacrificing ever more lives and spreading instability over Europe. The way things are going, “Ukraine will for the foreseeable future harbor Europe’s most dangerous geopolitical fault line,” argues Michael Kimmage, author of “Collisions,” a new history of the war. He foresees an endless conflict that deepens Russia’s alienation from the West, enshrines Putinism and delays Ukraine’s integration into Europe.

That, at least, is the bleak prognosis if victory in the war continues to be defined in territorial terms, specifically the goal of driving Russia out of all the Ukrainian lands it occupied in 2014 and over the past 22 months, including Crimea and a thick wedge of southeastern Ukraine, altogether about a fifth of Ukraine’s sovereign territory.

But regaining territory is the wrong way to imagine the best outcome. True victory for Ukraine is to rise from the hell of the war as a strong, independent, prosperous and secure state, firmly planted in the West. It would be exactly what Putin most feared from a neighboring state with deep historical ties to Russia, and it would be a testament to what Russia promised to become in 1991, when both countries broke free of the Soviet Union, before Putin entered the Kremlin and succumbed to grievance and the lure of dictatorial power and imperial illusion.

Any talk of armistice is understandably difficult for Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the intrepid Ukrainian president who has steadfastly sought to project a morale bolstering picture of steady battlefield successes. It would be very painful, and politically very difficult for him, to halt the fighting without punishing Russia and by leaving it in control of so much Ukrainian land. After his senior military commander, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, described the true state of affairs as a stalemate in an interview with The Economist in November, Zelenskyy bristled at what he perceived as defeatism.

But to explore an armistice is not to walk away. On the contrary, the fight must go on, even when talks begin, to maintain the military and economic pressure on Russia. Those people who are resisting continued aid to Ukraine, whether some Republicans in Congress or Viktor Orban in Hungary, must not be allowed to abandon the Ukrainians now. If Putin is seriously looking for a cease-fire, he is doing so on the presumption that the alternative is a continued slaughter of his soldiers, and that there is nothing more he can achieve through destruction, violence or bluster.

And stopping the fight is not to grant Putin a victory, however loudly he may claim one. Ukraine and much of

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023.

(Doug Mills/The New York Times) the world will not accept his annexation of any Ukrainian territory. Russia’s army has been mauled and humiliated, and the country’s economy has been severed from the West.

An armistice would not be easy to achieve or to police.

But conversations and writings about various potential models have been quietly circulating in government and think tank circles. The authors of the most recent one, Samuel Charap of the Rand Corp. and Jeremy Shapiro of the European Council on Foreign Relations, argued that however dim the prospect of peace, the war “will probably end through some sort of negotiation.”

The first stage of talks, they proposed, would be focused on agreeing to stop hostilities, disengaging the forces and installing a third-party monitoring mission. The next hurdle would be to devise a security arrangement that would give Ukraine the assurances it needs while taking account of Russia’s opposition to a full NATO member on its western border. Many other issues would enter into the mix — Russian war crimes, reparations, sanctions. And any armistice would be far short of a final settlement.

But the only way to find out if Putin is serious about a cease-fire, and whether one can be worked out, is to give it a try.

Halting Russia well short of its goals and turning to the reconstruction and modernization of Ukraine would be lasting tributes to the Ukrainians who have made the ultimate sacrifice to preserve the existence of their nation. And no temporary armistice would forever preclude Ukraine from recovering all its land.

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Gobernador extiende Declaración de Emergencia por Violencia de Género POR CYBERNEWS

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A FORTALEZA – El gobernador Pedro Pierluisi, firmó el jueves, la Orden Ejecutiva 2023-039 que extiende la Declaración de Emergencia por Violencia de Género hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2024.

“Estamos enfrentando diversas manifestaciones de violencia física, sicológica, sexual y económica que representan un mal social complejo. Ante ello, es necesario trabajar tanto en la prevención como en la atención a víctimas teniendo como objetivo la erradicación de cualquier expresión de violencia de género. Con el estado de emergencia hemos instituido transformaciones en el manejo de este mal social y sus múltiples manifestaciones en el Poder Ejecutivo. Tales iniciativas se han implementado e integrado como política pública en las agencias del Gobierno de Puerto Rico. La obra que comenzamos el 25 de enero de 2021 con la Declaración de Emergencia no ha terminado y mucho menos nuestro compromiso inquebrantable con erradicar la violencia. Por ello, damos continuidad a las iniciativas y proyectos comenzados e implementados por el Comité de Prevención, Apoyo, Rescate y Educación de la Violencia de Género (Comité Pare)”, estableció el gobernador en la Orden Ejecutiva.

La extensión de la Declaración de Emergencia, tiene como objetivo salvaguardar la asignación de recursos fiscales en los presupuestos de las agencias

y el ofrecimiento de servicios esenciales por parte de las agencias y las organizaciones no gubernamentales expertas, así como continuar desarrollando e implementado el sistema de recopilación de datos.

Del mismo modo, se seguirán estableciendo alianzas con los gobiernos municipales para ampliar la red de servicios y apoyo a personas en situaciones de violencia de género. Igualmente, se continuarán concretando acuerdos de colaboración entre los municipios y el Centro de Operaciones y Procesamiento de Órdenes de Protección (COPOP) -adscrito a la Unidad de Violencia de Género y Asuntos Juveniles del Negociado de la Policía- integrando a las policías municipales en el sistema de trabajo diseñado para la atención y diligenciamiento de las órdenes de protección y el patrullaje preventivo, como parte del plan de trabajo, objetivos y metas del COPOP. La Orden Ejecutiva establece que se continuarán ampliando las herramientas para el manejo, procesamiento y la atención de las órdenes de protección, en colaboración con el Poder Judicial, las agencias y las organizaciones no gubernamentales. Además, como parte de las acciones concretas, se implementará el adiestramiento y capacitación continua del personal público sobre los protocolos adoptados para la atención y manejo de la violencia de género en toda manifestación.

Igualmente, se desprende de la OE que las cam-

pañas de prevención y educación contra la violencia tendrán continuidad, así como el desarrollo de planes y programas necesarios entre las agencias y las organizaciones no gubernamentales para la atención y apoyo de las víctimas secundarias de la violencia de género, sobre todo los y las menores que son víctimas secundarias de feminicidios.

Del mismo modo, se revisarán y establecerán programas efectivos para la rehabilitación dirigida a romper el ciclo de la violencia de género y se continuará implementando el currículo de equidad y respeto entre los seres humanos en las escuelas del sistema público de enseñanza.

Listos en Isabela para el 10K Fin de Año con fiesta en la plaza, alcalde Miguel ‘Ricky’ Méndez ofrece detalles POR EL STAR STAFF

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SABELA – El alcalde de Isabela, Ing. Miguel ‘Ricky’ Méndez Pérez, informó a las comunidades de los trabajos más recientes que lleva a cabo la administración municipal isabelina, previo a las celebraciones de Navidad. “En estos días, estamos en las labores de asfaltado en la Carr#473 de la Urbanización Corchado, como parte del amplio plan de reconstrucción de vías públicas que estamos haciendo en el Municipio de Isabela. Hemos avanzado conforme a lo planificado y continuaremos el próximo año.”

Precisamente por esta vía #473 transcurrirá el ya famoso Maratón de Fin de Año de Isabela, que se celebra este sábado, 30 de diciembre de 2023, en su edición #59. A pesar de los reclamos para que el DTOP asfaltara la vía, en vista de las condiciones en que se encontraba, no hubo respuesta, aún siendo una carretera enteramente estatal. “Ante esta realidad, siendo un evento deportivo de tal magnitud, el Municipio se encargó del proyecto”, informó el Alcalde. “Ya está programada la continuación del asfaltando en el resto de las vías en esta urbanización Corchado”.

“Este es el tercer maratón más antiguo de todo Puerto Rico y el primero 10K. Es una tradición isabelina de gran importancia y este año la meta es que participen 1,000 atletas, entre locales y extranjeros.

El evento está certificado por la Association of International Marathons and Distance Races, la World Athletics, Federación de Atletismo de Puerto Rico (FAPUR) y endoso del Departamento de Recreación y Deportes.

Entre los premios habrá un bono de $1,000 para quien mejore los récords de Beverly Ramos (34:45) y Alexander Torres (28:52), así como de $300 (Masculino y Femenino) si rompe la marca nacional. En la categoría de Overall (Masculino y Femenino) el 1er lugar gana $600 el 2do lugar $400, el 3er lugar $350 y así sucesivamente. Hay categorías de silla de ruedas, uniciclo e isabelino, tanto masculino como femenino. El Maratón sale a las 4:30 pm desde La Terraza de Raúl en la PR#113, y luego en la plaza pública Corchado y Juarbe inician las festividades desde las 7:30 pm, con Límit-21”, añadió Méndez Pérez.

Los interesados pueden inscribirse ese día de 10:00 am a 3:00 pm.

Para información adicional sobre inscripciones

del Maratón 10K Fin de Año, los interesados pueden acceder a https://micarrerapr.com/events/202312-30-carrera-fin-de-ano-edicion-59 . El evento nocturno en la plaza pública contará con gran variedad de kioskos con delicias típicas navideñas, bebidas y postres, así como un grupo de artesanos que presentarán sus creaciones especiales para los regalos para el Día de Reyes.

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The great 2023 streaming movies you may have missed

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s 2023 comes to a close, our monthly showcase of hidden gems on your streaming subscription services showcases a handful of worthwhile releases from this year that may have escaped your notice: character-driven dramas, dark comedies, smart documentaries, and romantic comedies both sunny and disturbing.

‘A Thousand and One’: Writer-director A.V. Rockwell begins this wrenching character drama in New York City circa 1994, and nicely recaptures the look and feel of Gotham indies of that era. But that’s not just window dressing. While ostensibly telling the Margaret Qualley and Christopher Abbott in “Sanctuary.” (Neon) story of a young woman trying to go straight after a stint at Rikers Island and raise her son, Rockwell folds in relevant reminders of the city’s history gically bruising and uncomfortably funny, while posing in the intervening years and adroitly incorporates them thought-provoking questions about guilt, privilege and into her characters and their ongoing struggle, reminding the omnipresence of social media. Most impressively, it us that “quality of life” policing and the dirty business reminds us that LGBTQ stories don’t have to be about poof gentrification are never purely policy issues. Yet it’s sitive representation; Silva allows his queer characters the more than just a polemic; Teyana Taylor is shattering as complexity to be as annoying, difficult and exploitative as the mother in question, Josiah Cross is charismatic and his story requires. (Mubi) ‘El Conde’: Pablo Larraín, the director behind “Jacsympathetic as her teenage son, and the revelations of kie” and “Spencer,” cooks up his most unconventional riff the closing scenes are wrenching and powerful. (Stream on the biopic yet with this stylized hybrid of dark comeit on Amazon Prime Video.)

‘Rye Lane’: A sensation at this year’s Sundan- dy, social commentary and gore-heavy horror. The prece Film Festival, the debut feature from director Raine mise is delicious, positing that Chilean dictator Augusto Allen-Miller is a zippily paced and endlessly satisfying Pinochet (Jaime Vadell) was, in fact, a literal vampire who compressed-timeframe romantic comedy (think “Before faked his own death and went into hiding in the country.

Sunrise” and its follow-ups) with a delightfully of-the- The razor-sharp script, by Larraín and Chilean playwright moment voice and feel. Dom (David Jonsson) and Yas Guillermo Calderón, ruminates on the parasitic nature of (Vivian Oparah) meet-cute in an art gallery bathroom; capitalism, wit and intelligence, and the cleverness of the he’s crying in a stall over a fresh breakup, and she’s nur- narration (which not only tells the story but wryly comsing a broken heart as well (albeit more quietly), and they ments on it) is topped only by the reveal of who is voicing wind up spending a few whirlwind hours baring their it. Ed Lachman’s black-and-white cinematography stuns, souls and helping each other settle their romantic scores. and Larraín injects the proceedings with genre thrills and It’s a venerable setup, rendered with vibrancy and inven- bleak laughs. (Netflix) ‘Sanctuary’: Margaret Qualley and Christopher Abtiveness by Allen-Miller, and the screenplay by Nathan bott both make brief but impactful appearances in “Poor Bryon and Tom Melia is full of witty, quotable dialogue.

Things,” one of the awards favorites of the season; viewers But the whole thing would fall apart without the bulletwho enjoy that cockeyed meditation on sexual mores will proof chemistry of Jonsson and Oparah; you want them to end up together so much, and that’s half the work of a find themselves equally fascinated by the duo’s provocative spring two-hander. Abbott stars as Hal, the wealthy great rom-com. (Hulu) ‘Rotting in the Sun’: Another Sundance breakout, scion of a luxury hotelier who is about to take over as this pitch-black comedy finds director Sebastián Silva the company’s chief executive; Qualley is Rebecca, who also starring as himself — or rather, a depressed and sui- first appears to be interviewing him for the job, but is cidal version of himself. After nearly drowning at a gay gradually revealed to be his longtime dominatrix, acting nude beach, Sebastián meets a charismatic but insuffe- out a scene of his own creation. Their tricky psychosexual rable American influencer, Jordan Firstman (playing him- exchanges, a complex series of shifting power plays and self, and admirably game about it), who tries to engage deeply embedded desires, make for situations both highly him in a collaboration. What follows is both psycholo- dramatic and unabashedly erotic — the kind of movie for

grown-ups it feels like they never make anymore, until they do. (Hulu) ‘Sharksploitation’: The title, for those not in the know, refers to a subgenre of exploitation movies prompted by the earthshaking success of “Jaws”— increasingly silly and derivative stories of shark attacks, grizzled sailors, frustrated scientists, corrupt politicians and swimsuit-clad human sacrifices. Stephen Scarlata’s giddily entertaining documentary tracks the evolution of these pictures, from the direct rip-offs of the ’70s and ’80s to their utterly insane contemporary counterparts, the cheapo disaster hybrids of the “Sharknado” ilk. But it also drills deeper, running down the history of sharks in fiction in general, as well as the (often negative) effects these works have had on the public perception of these much-maligned animals. (Shudder) ‘De Humani Corporis Fabrica’: The latest effort from the accomplished documentary filmmakers Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor combines a distinct nonfiction film style — the fly-on-the-wall institutional portrait, most frequently identified with Frederick Wiseman, focusing on a French hospital — and a more experimental approach, utilizing specialized cameras to explore the interiors of the human body during medical procedures. The latter footage, while not for the squeamish, is fascinating, taking a detached and almost fantastical view of our organs and orifices that’s akin to the landscapes of phantasmagorical science fiction. But the straightforward documentary sections are equally transfixing, forgoing talking head interviews for overheard conversations and operating room chitchat (“This guy’s weirdly put together!”), and capturing moments of staggeringly raw emotion and vulnerability. (Mubi)

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Tom Smothers, comic half of the Smothers Brothers, dies at 86

By WILLIAM GRIMES

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om Smothers, the older half of the comic folk duo the Smothers Brothers, whose skits and songs on “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” in the late 1960s brought political satire and a spirit of youthful irreverence to network television, paving the way for shows like “Saturday Night Live” and “The Daily Show,” died Tuesday at his home in Santa Rosa, California, a city in Sonoma County. He was 86.

He died “following a recent battle with cancer,” a spokesperson for the National Comedy Center announced on behalf of the family.

The Smothers Brothers made their way to network television as a folk act with a difference. With Tom playing guitar and Dick playing stand-up bass, they spent as much time bickering as singing.

With an innocent expression and a stammering delivery, Tom would try to introduce their songs with a story, only to be picked at by his skeptical brother. As frustration mounted, he would turn, seething, and often deliver a trademark non sequitur: “Mom always liked you best.”

Hoping to reach a younger audience, CBS gave the brothers creative control over “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,” a one-hour variety show that made its debut in February 1967. For the next three seasons it courted controversy as it addressed U.S. policy in Vietnam, religious fundamentalism, racial strife and recreational drug use.

Running features like Leigh French’s “Share a Little Tea With Goldie,” replete with drug references, either delighted or scandalized, depending on the age and the politics of the viewer.

“During the first year, we kept saying the show has to have something to say more than just empty sketches and vacuous comedy,” Smothers said in a 2006 interview. “So we always tried to put something of value in there, something that made a point and reflected what was happening out in the streets.”

Tom, more liberal than his brother and largely responsible for the production of the show, brought in writers attuned to the thinking of the baby boom generation — among them Rob Reiner, Steve Martin, Pat Paulsen and Mason Williams — and stretched the boundaries of taste at every turn.

“Easter is when Jesus comes out of his tomb, and if he sees his shadow he goes back in and we get six more weeks of winter,” Tom said on one show.

Far more combative than his mild-mannered brother, who survives him, Tom fought network executives and censors until CBS, tired of complaints from its rural affiliates, especially in the South, abruptly canceled the show in April 1969 and replaced it with “Hee Haw,” a corn-pone counterpart to the fast-paced (and often controversial) “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In” that featured country music stars.

“In any other medium we would be regarded as moderate,” Tom Smothers told reporters at a news conference the day after the show was canceled. “Here we are regarded as rebels and extremists.”

An Army family Thomas Bolyn Smothers III was born Feb. 2, 1937, on

Tom Smothers, at left, the older half of the comic folk duo the Smothers Brothers, died Tuesday.

Governors Island in New York Harbor, where his father, a West Point graduate and Army major, was stationed. The family relocated to Manila, Philippines, when Smothers’ father was reassigned. Shortly before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the family moved again, to the Los Angeles area, where Tom and Dick’s mother, Ruth (Remick) Smothers, had grown up.

She found work in an aircraft factory.

Smothers’ father remained on Corregidor in Manila Bay to fight and was taken prisoner on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines. He survived the Bataan Death March, but in 1945 he died of injuries sustained when American planes mistakenly bombed the prison ship transporting him to a camp in Japan.

Tom Smothers attended an assortment of schools as his mother descended into alcoholism and moved from husband to husband. In 1955, he graduated from Redondo Union High School, where he was a state champion on the parallel bars.

While in high school, he and Dick, two years his junior, sang in a barbershop group that won second prize on “Rocket to Stardom,” a local talent contest broadcast from the showroom of a Los Angeles Oldsmobile dealer.

At San Jose State College (now University), where Tom studied advertising, the brothers decided to ride the folk music wave and formed the Casual Quintet. In early 1959, by then a trio with Bobby Blackmore as lead singer, they began performing at the Purple Onion in San Francisco, a popular showcase for folk singers and comedians, billed as the Smothers Brothers and Gawd.

Gradually, the brothers introduced comic patter into their act, satirizing the folk music scene and turning their sibling rivalry — which was genuine — into shtick. The act “slowly evolved to be a running argument between two brothers who sang but never finished a song,” Smothers said in 2006.

The brothers became regulars on “The Tonight Show” with Jack Paar, “The Garry Moore Show” and “The New Steve Allen Show.” They signed with Mercury Records and recorded

“The Smothers Brothers at the Purple Onion,” the first of several successful albums. They toured college campuses nonstop.

In 1963, Tom married Stephanie Shorr. The marriage ended in divorce, as did his marriage to Rochelle Robley. In addition to his brother, he is survived by his wife, Marcy Carriker Smothers; their son, Bo, and daughter, Riley Rose Smothers; and a grandson. His son from his first marriage, Thomas Bolyn Smothers IV, died this year.

In a statement, Dick Smothers said, “Tom was not only the loving older brother that everyone would want in their life, he was a one-of-a-kind creative partner.”

In 1965, CBS gave the brothers their own sitcom, “The Smothers Brothers Show,” produced by Aaron Spelling. It did not play to their strengths: Tom played a probationary angel sent back to Earth to move in with and watch over his brother, a swinging bachelor played by Dick.

The ratings were strong, but it was a miserable experience. Deprived of their instruments and a live audience, and saddled with a laugh track, the brothers struggled.

“It was a nothing show,” Tom told The New York Times in 1967. “There was no point of reference, nothing meaningful, no satire in it.”

After “The Garry Moore Show” failed to challenge “Bonanza” on Sunday nights, Michael Dann, the head programmer at CBS, took a chance on a Smothers Brothers variety show.

Connecting with the young Expectations were low, but “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” connected with viewers, especially younger ones, and outperformed “Bonanza” in the ratings. The humor was irreverent, the writing was sharp, and musical guests like the Who and Jefferson Airplane broke the varietyshow mold.

A war with CBS executives began almost immediately, and a pattern quickly developed. The censors would cut words, lines or entire sketches. Smothers would fight tooth and nail to have them reinstated, often successfully. When thwarted, he would complain loudly and publicly.

After CBS cut the words “breast” and “heterosexual” from an early sketch, written by Elaine May, about two professional censors (played by Tom Smothers and May), Smothers told the Times: “The censors censored the censorship bit. It’s a real infringement of our creative rights.”

CBS began insisting that an advance tape of each week’s show be sent to the network and its affiliates for their review.

In April 1969, when the tape of a show that included a satirical sermon delivered by comedian David Steinberg, failed to arrive on schedule for the second time, CBS informed the brothers that they had broken their contract and that the show, whose option had been renewed two weeks earlier, would be canceled.

In an interview for the Archive of American Television in 2000, Smothers looked back on the show and its impact.

“It was the ’60s that we reflected,” he said. “The country was going through a revolution — a social revolution, a political and consciousness revolution, about government and its part.

We tried to reflect that.”

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December 29-31, 2023

Is it bad to eat late at night?

By ALICE CALLAHAN

subjects followed two different eating schedules, each for six days: One : I’ve heard that eating too schedule allowed for breakfast soon late in the evening is bad for after waking, lunch at midday and dinner in the early evening; and the other your health. Is this true? shifted meals four hours later, with A: Many of us reach for comfort supper around 9 p.m. foods like ice cream and leftover takeout after a long day. But if you make The participants consumed the late-night snacking a regular habit, it same amounts of nutrients and calories on both routines. Yet, on the later could have unintended consequences meal schedule, they felt hungrier than on your health, experts say. they did on the earlier one. At the same According to a recent study of time, their levels of the hormone leptin the eating habits of more than 34,000 (which signals fullness) were lower U.S. adults, nearly 60% said it was throughout the day, and their levels of normal for them to eat after 9 p.m.

Our bodies have evolved to pro- Late night eating is linked to heartburn, ghrelin (which signals hunger) were cess nutrients during the day — and disrupted sleep, metabolic issues and higher. to conserve and store energy at night, more. (Joyce Lee/The New York Times) They also burned fewer calories. said Marie-Pierre St-Onge, a nutrition And several other small studies have and sleep scientist at Columbia Unifound that people burn less fat on a versity. And disrupting that natural rhythm could cause prob- late eating schedule. lems, she said.

Together, these findings suggest that late-night eating Several studies have found, for instance, that eating din- could cause weight gain, Scheer said, though longer term studner within three hours of bedtime may worsen heartburn or ies are needed. acid reflux symptoms.

Research has also found that carbohydrates consumed And limited research has suggested that eating one to in the evening result in greater blood sugar spikes than those three hours before bedtime is associated with more disrupted consumed earlier in the day, said Erin Hanlon, a behavioral sleep. neuroscientist at the University of Chicago. That is in part beThe most intriguing research on late-night eating, howev- cause melatonin, a sleep-promoting hormone that increases in er, has focused on its relationship with body weight and meta- the evening, dampens the secretion of insulin, which regulates bolic health, said Frank Scheer, a neuroscientist at Brigham and blood sugar levels, she added.

Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Elevated blood sugars could eventually damage blood In one 2019 study of nearly 900 middle-aged and older vessels and increase the risk of developing high blood pressure U.S. adults, for instance, Scheer and his colleagues found that and Type 2 diabetes, St-Onge said. those who consumed roughly 100 calories or more within two How to time your nighttime eating. hours of bedtime were about 80% more likely to be overweight Research suggests that, if possible, it’s best to avoid eating or to have obesity than those who did not eat during that win- for three to four hours before your usual bedtime, St-Onge said. dow. Researchers have found similar results in adults in SweThat timing is likely better for your long-term health, and den and Japan. may also reduce symptoms of acid reflux, which can interfere And in a 2023 study of more than 850 adults in Britain, with sleep, Hanlon added. those who regularly snacked after 9 p.m. had higher levels of If you are a shift worker, eating late at night may be unHbA1c, a marker for diabetes risk, and greater spikes in blood avoidable. But, if you can, Scheer said, try to eat your largest sugars and fats after daytime meals than those who did not typi- meals between about 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. cally consume late-night snacks.

Timing your eating and sleeping can be “a little bit of a Such studies can’t prove that late-night eating directly juggling act,” St-Onge said. You don’t want to eat a large meal causes weight gain or other health problems, because other too close to bedtime, but you don’t want to go to bed hungry factors, such as our genetics, exercise and sleep are also in- either. volved, he said. But recent research that controls for these Scheer also cautioned that some people, such as those factors has started to reveal direct effects of meal timing on who struggle with low blood sugar or with getting enough nutrition, may need to eat at night. health.

Why late eating might be harder on your body.

If you do eat later in the evening, St-Onge suggested optIn a 2022 trial, Scheer and his col leagues asked 16 ing for smaller, more nutritious meals or snacks that aren’t very overweight or obese adults to live in a laboratory where their high in fat or added sugars, such as plain yogurt with fruit, vegmeals, exercise and sleep were carefully regimented. All of the etables with hummus or almond butter on whole grain toast.

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19 Gobierno de Puerto Rico

DEPARTAMENTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AMBIENTALES

AVISO AMBIENTAL INTENCIÓN DE RENOVAR PERMISO DE INYECCIÓN SUBTERRÁNEA El peticionario, Edificio Comercial Propiedad Oscar Rivera García cuya dirección postal es HC 01 Box 6178 Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico 00703-9003, representado por su dueño Oscar Rivera García, ha solicitado al Área de Calidad de Agua (ACA) del Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (DRNA), la renovación del permiso de operación UIC-02-04-0011 para un (1) sistema de inyección subterránea (SIS) Clase VC-1, bajo las disposiciones del Reglamento para el Control de la Inyección Subterránea (RCIS) y la Ley Federal de Agua Potable Segura, según enmendada 42 USC 300f et seq. (LFAPS).

El SIS consiste un tanque séptico de 8 pies de ancho por 8 pies de largo por 5 pies de profundidad líquida con una capacidad de 2,394 galones conectados a tres (3) pozos filtrantes en serie de 10 pies de largo por 10 pies de ancho por 8 pies de profundidad líquida cada uno, con un área de percolación de 960 pies cuadrados para la disposición de 195 galones por dla de aguas exclusivamente sanitaria proveniente de los baños de la instalación. El referido SIS estará ubicado en las instalaciones de Edifico Comercial Propiedad Oscar Rivera García localizado en PR-156, Km 49.4 en el Barrio Sumidero en Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico.

Luego de realizada la evaluación correspondiente de los documentos sometidos, el DRNA tiene la intención de renovar el permiso de operación para la instalación antes mencionada en conformidad con los requisitos del RCIS y de la LFAPS. Esta notificación se hace para informar que el DRNA, ha preparado el borrador del permiso de operación de forma tal que el público interesado pueda someter sus comentarios con relación al mismo.

El permiso contiene las condiciones y prohibiciones necesarias para cumplir con los requisitos reglamentarios aplicables.

Copia de la solicitud de permiso de operación que sometió el peticionario ante el DRNA, el borrador del permiso y otros documentos relevantes estarán a la disposición del público para ser examinados, a petición del interesado mediante el envio de un correo electrónico a la siguiente dirección: inyeccionsubterranea@drna.pr.gov o visitando el ACA, cuya oficina está localizada en el Piso 3 Ala A del Edificio de Agencias Ambientales Cruz A. Matos, Carretera PR-8838, Km 6.3, Sector El Cinco, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. Copia de dichos documentos pueden adquirirse en el ACA, entre las 8:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m. de lunes a viernes o escribiendo a la siguiente dirección: Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales, San José Industrial Park, 1375 Avenida Ponce de León, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926.

Las partes interesadas o afectadas pueden enviar sus comentarios por escrito al Sr. Ángel R. Meléndez Aguilar, Gerente Interino del ACA, o solicitar una vista pública por escrito a la Secretaria del DRNA, a la dirección postal o correo electrónico antes indicado.

Los comentarios por escrito o la solicitud de vista pública deberán ser sometidos al DRNA no más tarde de treinta (30) días a partir de la fecha de publicación de este aviso. La fecha límite para someter comentarios puede ser extendida si se estima necesario o apropiado para el interés público. La solicitud para una vista pública deberá señalar la razón o las razones que en la opinión del solicitante ameritan la celebración de la misma. De realizarse una vista pública los interesados o afectados tendrán una oportunidad razonable para presentar evidencia o testimonio sobre si se emite o deniega el permiso, si la Secretaria determina que dicha vista es necesaria o apropiada.

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Some very cold sea turtles were just flown south for the winter

By DERRICK BRYSON TAYLOR

A

NOTICE

s the calendar enters winter and water temperatures in parts of the Atlantic Ocean drop, dozens of coldstunned sea turtles that washed ashore in Massachusetts in critical condition have been flown south on private planes for the winter.

No, these sea turtles aren’t the most glamorous reptiles in the Northeast, but the special treatment they are receiving could save their lives.

This month, conservationists with the New England Aquarium sea turtle hospital in Boston sent the largest group yet of endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, 51 of them in varying conditions, to facilities in Florida, according to Adam Kennedy, director of rescue and rehabilitation at the aquarium. The aquarium needed to make room for new arrivals.

It was the latest group to be flown south in recent weeks. Three weeks ago, 35 turtles were flown to facilities in North Carolina, according to a news release from the aquarium, and another 15 turtles were taken to the National Aquarium in Baltimore.

Sixteen of the Florida-bound turtles were sent to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. The rest were divided among the Florida Aquarium in Tampa, the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach and the Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in Sarasota.

Kennedy said that all the rescued turtles are young, between 1 and 3 years old, and that rescuing and eventually releasing them into the ocean plays a role in their conservation.

“At this stage, they have a better chance of making it to adulthood than when they were hatchlings,” he said.

“And then obviously, once they get to adulthood, they can grow and nest, and have more babies.”

The flights were arranged with volunteer pilots from nonprofit organization Turtles Fly Too. “I know we’re flying and we’re talking about conservation, but these turtles are still in really bad condition,” Kennedy said, adding that the Por favor tenga en cuenta que Pryco Movers, Inc. ha abandonado un almacén ubicado en 851 Bethel Avenue, Pennsauken, Nueva Jersey 08110 que contiene propiedad que puede haber sido programada para su entrega en el territorio de Puerto Rico. Si usted contrató a Pryco Movers, Inc. para entregar su propiedad personal y no se la han entregado, comuníquese con la siguiente persona para que podamos determinar si su propiedad se encuentra en el almacén de Pennsauken, Nueva Jersey: VV841, LLC c/o Sirlin Lesser & Benson, P.C. 123 S. Broad Street, Suite 2100 Philadelphia, PA 19109 Attn: NJ Pryco Property Return njprycopropertyreturn@sirlinlaw.com A la atención de: Declaración de propiedad de NJ Pryco njprycopropertyreturn@sirlinlaw.com IMPORTANTE: Si usted no se comunica con la persona mencionada anteriormente dentro de los treinta (30) días puede resultar en la pérdida de toda propiedad almacenada en esta ubicación

Sea turtles are coldblooded and lack the ability to regulate their body temperature. (New England Aquarium) transportation needed to be quick. “You don’t want to put them through undue stress, which would set them back and possibly kill them.”

Sea turtles are coldblooded and lack the ability to regulate their body temperature. When the water temperature drops below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, their internal body temperature also falls, causing them to become cold-stunned, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fisheries service. In this condition, the turtles become weak and inactive, and may be washed to the shore. If their temperature remains low or the turtles are not rescued, they may develop health problems or die.

Cold-stunning events are not uncommon and can affect hundreds or even thousands of sea turtles annually. These events can take place in extreme cold-weather events and have occurred repeatedly in recent decades in waters as far north as Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts and as far south as Corpus Christi Bay in Texas.

Sea turtles, some pushed along by strong winds, began appearing on the shores of Cape Cod in early November, according to the New England Aquarium. More

than 200 sea turtles have been treated so far this season, including 186 critically endangered Kemp’s ridley turtles, 19 green turtles and six loggerheads.

The aquarium said that some of the turtles suffered from dehydration and pneumonia and had injuries like fractured shells. As a result, treatment can range from a week up to more than a year before the turtles can be released into the ocean.

“Our survivorship is anywhere between 70 and 80%, depending on how severe the winter is,” Kennedy said.

“Once they make it through their first three days in rehabilitation and they get to what we would consider a more normal body temperature and what waters they would normally be occupying, the rate does go up pretty high.”

Kennedy said about 400 sea turtles on average were rescued each year.

“Our hope is that the winds blow, they get all the turtles in, because any turtles that are out in Cape Cod Bay at this time are not going to survive,” he said. “They’re out there trying to do their best, hoping that it’s going to get warm. But folks up in the Northeast know, that’s not going to happen anytime soon.”

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21

A cozy one-pot chicken for a fuss-free holiday

By MELISSA CLARK

T

he Yiddish word tsimmes, or tzimmes, means to make a big fuss over something.

It’s also the name of an Ashkenazi dish of sweet potatoes, carrots, dried fruit and sometimes flanken or brisket, traditionally served at Jewish holidays.

You’d think, with a name like tsimmes, it must be a fussy dish, needing chopping, peeling and praying over to get right.

But the tsimmes I grew up with were simple vegetable side dishes, a pretty mix of orangehued roots dotted with dark prunes and glistening with honey, baked until plush and velvety.

Sure, there was some peeling and chopping, but next to frying latkes, pinching kreplach and rolling matzo balls, a pan of tsimmes was the one fuss-free part of the holiday preparation.

With that ease in mind, I created this tsimmes as a convenient holiday showpiece.

Since Hanukkah is approaching, I wanted a one-pot dish that was festive enough for a holiday meal, yet easy enough to leave time to make latkes.

Tsimmes recipes vary greatly, but the version I grew up with included honey and orange juice to nudge the natural sweetness of the root vegetables and dried fruit. For this main-course version, I decided to nix the honey and use only orange juice, which reduces during simmering to a vibrant, tangy glaze.

I also substituted dates for the usual prunes, though almost any dried fruit will do.

Dried cherries and cranberries add pops of color, while dried apricots blend in with the roots for a chewy-sweet surprise in every bite.

Tsimmes can veer into sweet-enough-fordessert territory, which would cloy as a main.

So another tweak was to add cumin and coriander to the cinnamon and ginger that typically spice the dish, because I wanted those earthy, musky flavors to ground it to the savory side.

Lastly, I added chicken to make the dish substantial enough to anchor the meal. Because root vegetables need to simmer for 45 minutes or longer to turn silky and plush, dark meat chicken is a better partner than breasts.

Bone-in thighs will work, though the skin becomes limp after all that simmering. I call for boneless thighs because they get wonderfully soft and tender as they bubble away beneath the roots.

This tsimmes is such a simple, cozy main dish that the only fuss will be made over, not by, the cook who serves it.

Braised chicken thighs with sweet potatoes and dates This colorful meal is based on tsimmes, the classic Ashkenazi dish of sweet potatoes, carrots and dried fruit (and sometimes meat) typically served on Rosh Hashana and other Jewish holidays. This version includes boneless, skinless chicken thighs and spices, and lets everything simmer together in a Dutch oven until fragrant and silky. It’s a festive one-pot meal that’s sweet, savory and a little tangy from some orange juice used for braising.

Yield: 6 to 8 servings Total time: About 1 1/2 hours Ingredients: 2 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs (see Tip) 2 teaspoons kosher salt (such as Diamond Crystal), more as needed 1 1/2 teaspoons ground coriander 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 1/4 pounds sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch chunks 1 pound carrots, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch thick coins 1 cup dates or prunes, diced (or substitute other dried fruit) 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest 1 teaspoon grated or minced fresh ginger (optional) 1 (2-inch-long) cinnamon stick 1 large pinch ground cayenne or red-pepper flakes 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, more as needed 1 large leek, trimmed, halved lengthwise and sliced into half-moons 1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice 3/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro or dill Preparation: 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine chicken thighs, 1 teaspoon salt,

Braised chicken thighs with sweet potatoes and dates. This recipe, inspired by tsimmes, keeps ease in mind, turning a simple side dish into a main. Food styled

by Simon Andrews. (David Malosh/The New York Times) coriander, cumin and pepper, tossing well. Set aside to marinate while you prepare the other ingredients.

2. In another large bowl, add the sweet potato, carrot, dates or prunes, lemon zest, grated ginger if you like, cinnamon stick, cayenne and remaining 1 teaspoon salt. Stir to combine.

3. In a 5- to 7-quart Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high. Add as many pieces of chicken as comfortably fit in the bottom of the pan without crowding and brown on both sides, about 5 minutes. Transfer chicken pieces to a plate as they brown. Repeat with remaining chicken, adding more oil as needed.

4. Add leeks, a pinch of salt and more olive oil to the pan if it looks dry. Sauté leeks until

golden and tender, 5 to 7 minutes.

5. Place half of the chicken in 1 layer on top of the leeks. Top with half of the sweet potato mixture, spreading it out evenly over the chicken. Repeat layering with the remaining chicken and sweet potato mixture. Pour orange juice into the pan.

6. Cover pot and transfer to the oven.

Braise, covered, until the chicken and vegetables are tender, for about 55 to 70 minutes, stirring the mixture after 30 minutes. Sprinkle with herbs and serve.

Tip: Because of the long braising time needed to cook the root vegetables, it can be tricky to use chicken breasts because they’re liable to overcook.

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CAO dos; en Lindes por el NORTE Si usted deja de expresarse EDGARDO con terrenos propiedad de Sudentro del referido término, el cesión Genaro Perales; por el PERALES PERALES Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, SUR, con camino municipal; Peticionario previo a escuchar la prueba de por el ESTE, con terrenos de valor de la parte peticionaria en EX PARTE su contra, sin más citarle ni oír- Civil Núm.: HU2023CV00684. Mario Perales y por el OESTE, le, y conceder el remedio solici- Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DO- con Julio Perales. ” El abogado tado en la petición, o cualquier MINIO, BAJO EL ART. 13 DE de la parte peticionaria es la otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejerci- LA LEY 118, PROCEDIMIEN- Lcdo. Ernesto Rovira Gándara, cio de su sana discreción, lo en- TO EXPEDITO. EDICTO. ES- PMB 767, 1353 Ave. Luis Vigotiende procedente. “RUSTICA: TADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRI- reaux, Guaynabo, PR 00966; Predio de terreno radicado en CA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS Tel. (787)-758-3277; Email: el Barrio Tejas del Término Mu- E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE erovira@partnerslegalservicespr.com. Se le informa, además, nicipal de Las Piedras, Puerto ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. que el Tribunal ha señalado Rico, compuesto de una cabida A: LAS PERSONAS vista en este caso para el 9 de superficial de cero punto treinta IGNORADAS Y enero de 2024, a las 9:00 de la y nueve treinta y siete (0.3937) DESCONOCIDAS A mañana, mediante videoconfecuerdas, equivalentes a mil quiQUIENES PUDIERA rencia, a la cual usted puede nientos cuarenta y siete punto comparecer asistido por aboPERJUDICAR LA cuarenta y dos noventa y siete gado y presentar oposición a la (1,547.4297) metros cuadraINSCRIPCIÓN DEL dos; en Lindes por el NORTE DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA petición. Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres (3) ocasiones con terrenos propiedad de SuPARTE PETICIONARIA dentro del término de veinte cesión Genaro Perales; por el EN EL REGISTRO DE LA (20) días, en un periódico de SUR, con camino municipal; por el ESTE, con terrenos de PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA circulación general diaria, para Mario Perales y por el OESTE, QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE que comparezcan si quieren DESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA alegar su derecho. Toda primecon Julio Perales. ” El abogado de la parte peticionaria es la PERSONA EN GENERAL ra mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione Lcdo. Ernesto Rovira Gándara, QUE CON DERECHO en el mismo, se identificará en PMB 767, 1353 Ave. Luis VigoPARA ELLO DESEE letra tamaño 10 puntos y negrireaux, Guaynabo, PR 00966; OPONERSE A ESTE llas, conforme a lo dispuesto en Tel. (787)-758-3277; Email:

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Friday, December 29, 2023 las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de treinta (30) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En HUMACAO, Puerto Rico, a 27 de noviembre de 2023. Ivelisse c. Fonseca Rodríguez, Secretaria Regional. Ivelisse m. Monclova cruz, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.

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EDGARDO PERALES PERALES Peticionario

EX PARTE

Civil Núm.: HU2023CV00684.

Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO, BAJO EL ART. 13 DE LA LEY 118, PROCEDIMIENTO EXPEDITO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS.

A: SCESIÓN DE ISMAEL OLMEDA RIVERA Y HILVIA IDALIA RIVERA

POR LA PRESENTE se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los treinta (30) días contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la finca que se describe más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la secretaría del Tribunal.

Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. “RUSTICA: Predio de terreno radicado en el Barrio Tejas del Término Mu-

nicipal de Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, compuesto de una cabida superficial de cero punto treinta y nueve treinta y siete (0.3937) cuerdas, equivalentes a mil quinientos cuarenta y siete punto cuarenta y dos noventa y siete (1,547.4297) metros cuadrados; en Lindes por el NORTE con terrenos propiedad de Sucesión Genaro Perales; por el SUR, con camino municipal; por el ESTE, con terrenos de Mario Perales y por el OESTE, con Julio Perales. ” El abogado de la parte peticionaria es la Lcdo. Ernesto Rovira Gándara, PMB 767, 1353 Ave. Luis Vigoreaux, Guaynabo, PR 00966; Tel. (787)-758-3277; Email: erovira@partnerslegalservicespr.com. Se le informa, además, que el Tribunal ha señalado vista en este caso para el 9 de enero de 2024, a las 9:00 de la mañana, mediante videoconferencia, a la cual usted puede comparecer asistido por abogado y presentar oposición a la petición. Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo, se identificará en letra tamaño 10 puntos y negrillas, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de treinta (30) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En HUMACAO, Puerto Rico, a 27 de noviembre de 2023. Ivelisse c. Fonseca Rodríguez, Secretaria Regional. Ivelisse m. Monclova cruz, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.

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EDGARDO PERALES PERALES Peticionario

EX PARTE

Civil Núm.: HU2023CV00684.

Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO, BAJO EL ART. 13 DE LA LEY 118, PROCEDIMIENTO EXPEDITO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE

ASOCIADO DE PR, SS.

A: JULIO PERALES, COLINDANTES POR EL OESTE

POR LA PRESENTE se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los treinta (30) días contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la finca que se describe más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la secretaría del Tribunal.

Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. “RUSTICA: Predio de terreno radicado en el Barrio Tejas del Término Municipal de Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, compuesto de una cabida superficial de cero punto treinta y nueve treinta y siete (0.3937) cuerdas, equivalentes a mil quinientos cuarenta y siete punto cuarenta y dos noventa y siete (1,547.4297) metros cuadrados; en Lindes por el NORTE con terrenos propiedad de Sucesión Genaro Perales; por el SUR, con camino municipal; por el ESTE, con terrenos de Mario Perales y por el OESTE, con Julio Perales. ” El abogado de la parte peticionaria es la Lcdo. Ernesto Rovira Gándara, PMB 767, 1353 Ave. Luis Vigoreaux, Guaynabo, PR 00966; Tel. (787)-758-3277; Email: erovira@partnerslegalservicespr.com. Se le informa, además, que el Tribunal ha señalado vista en este caso para el 9 de enero de 2024, a las 9:00 de la mañana, mediante videoconferencia, a la cual usted puede comparecer asistido por abogado y presentar oposición a la petición. Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione

en el mismo, se identificará en letra tamaño 10 puntos y negrillas, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de treinta (30) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En HUMACAO, Puerto Rico, a 27 de noviembre de 2023. Ivelisse c. Fonseca Rodríguez, Secretaria Regional. Ivelisse m. Monclova cruz, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.

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CASITAS BLANCAS, LLC Parte Demandante V.

HÉCTOR AUGUSTO GONZÁLEZ QUIÑONEZ, MARIA ISABEL SOEGAARD TORRES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; EDDIE RIOS GOMEZ

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: HU2023CV00018.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Humacao, hago saber a la parte demandada HÉCTOR AUGUSTO GONZÁLEZ QUIÑONEZ, MARIA ISABEL SOEGAARD TORRES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS, EDDIE RIOS GOMEZ y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 10 de noviembre de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta por el precio mínimo de $341,500.00 y al mejor postor, pagadero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o giro postal, a nombre del alguacil del tribunal, la propiedad que se describe a continuación: COND. THE WOODS OAK EAST, PALMAS DEL MAR, APT 17, HUMACAO, PR 00791, y que se describe de la siguiente

The San Juan Daily Star manera: URBANA: Apartamento número 17: Apartamento residencial localizado en el cuarto (4to) piso de la sección Este del Edificio Oak (‘Oak East’) del Condominio conocido como The Woods at Palmas del Mar situado en el Barrio Candelero Abajo del Municipio de Humacao, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de mil novecientos noventa y ocho pies cuadrados (1,998 p.c.) equivalentes a ciento ochenta y cinco punto sesenta y nueve metros cuadrados (185.69 m.c.), en lindes por el NORTE, en una distancia de cuarenta y tres pies tres pulgadas (43’3’) con pared que lo separa de elementos comunes exteriores del condominio; por el SUR, en una distancia de cuarenta y tres pies tres pulgadas (43’3’) con pared que lo separa de elementos comunes exteriores del condominio; por el ESTE, en una distancia de sesenta y tres pies y seis pulgadas (63’6’) con pared que lo separa de elementos comunes exteriores del condominio; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de sesenta y tres pies y seis pulgadas (63’6’) con pasillo común que conduce al exterior y Apartamento dieciocho (18). La puerta de entrada de este apartamento está situada en su lindero Oeste. Consta principalmente de sala-comedor, cocina, tres (3) habitaciones dormitorios, dos y medio (2 ½) baños, laundry, terraza y (3) balcones. Le corresponden dos (2) espacios de estacionamientos marcados con el número diecisiete (17). Le corresponde 2.6931% de participación en los elementos comunes del condominio. Finca 27384, inscrita al sistema Karibe de Humacao, Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao. La finca antes descrita se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: (i) Hipoteca constituida por Héctor Augusto González Quiñones y su esposa María Soegaard Torres y Eddie Ríos Gómez, soltero, en garantía de un pagaré, aff. #3311, a favor de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaría de Puerto Rico , o a su orden, por $341,500.00 al 6.50%, vencedero el 1 de marzo de 2037, según Ese. #9 en San Juan a 28 de febrero de 2007 ante Teodoro Peña García, inscrita al Sistema Karibe de Humacao, finca #27384 inscripción 3ra. (ii) Sentencia de 21 de septiembre de 2009, caso HACI200901141, expedida en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Humacao, por Palmas del Mar Homeowners Association vs. Héctor A. González Quiñones y Eddie Ríos Gómez, reclamando el pago de $2,164.55 sobre cuotas de mantenimiento, inscrita al folio 104 del tomo 6 de Sentencia, Orden C, con fecha 10

de junio de 2010. (iii) Hipoteca constituída por Héctor Augusto González Quiñones y esposa María Isabel Soegaard Torres y Eddie Ríos Gómez, soltero, en garantía de un pagaré, aff#.2363, a favor de RG Premier Bank of PR , o a su orden, por $50,000.00 al 12%, vencedero a la presentación , según Ese. #56 en San Juan a 20 de septiembre de 2007 ante Vivían S. Alfonso Rivera, inscrita al Sistema Karibe de Humacao, finca #27384 inscripción 2da. (iv) Demanda del 7 de marzo de 2019 radicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Humacao, Caso #HU2019CV00296 seguido por Oriental Bank, demandante, vs Héctor Augusto González y su esposa María Soegaad Torres y Eddie Ríos Gómez, sobre Cobro de Dinero de hipoteca por $341,500.00 adeudando $300,588.05 más otras sumas; anotado en el Sistema Karibe, finca #27384, anotado el 19 de agosto de 2022, anotación A. (v) Embargo a favor del Estado Libre Asociado contra Eddie Ríos Gómez, Cuenta #6353, por la suma de $5,539.75; Embargo #SJU-21-225, al asiento 2021-006582-Est, según Certificación del 27 de septiembre de 2021, presentado y anotado el 4 de octubre de 2021 al Sistema Karibe de Humacao. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución es la que ha quedado descrita en el inciso (i). Será celebrada la subasta para con el importe de la misma satisfacer la sentencia dicta el 20 de septiembre de 2023, mediante la cual se condenó a la parte demandada pagar a la parte demandante la suma de $302,119.05 de principal, más intereses al 6.50% desde el día 1 de marzo de 2018 que continuarán acumulándose hasta el saldo total, más $5,288.57 gastos por demora, y $34,150.00 de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otro desembolso que haya efectuado o efectúe la parte demandante durante la tramitación de este caso para otros adelantos de conformidad con el Contrato Hipotecario, incluyendo primas de seguro de hipoteca, prima de seguro de siniestro y cargos por demora. La PRIMERA SUBASTA será celebrada el día 31 DE ENERO DE 2024 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina del Alguacil, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Humacao, Puerto Rico.

Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la cantidad de $341,500.00, sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 7 DE FEBRERO DE 2024 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la que servirá como tipo mínimo, dos terceras

Friday, December 29, 2023 (2/3) partes del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $227,666.67. Si no hubiese remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, celebraré TERCERA SUBASTA el día 14 DE FEBRERO DE 2024 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar en la que regirá como tipo mínimo, la mitad del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $170,750.00. El Alguacil que suscribe hizo constar que toda licitación deberá hacerse para pagar su importe en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, de acuerdo con la Ley y de acuerdo con lo anunciado en este Aviso de Subasta. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables. Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso acepta como bastante la titulación que da base a la misma. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si la hubiere al crédito que da base a esta ejecución continuará subsistente, entendiéndose, además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción cualquier parte del remanente del precio de licitación.

La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Vendida o adjudicada la finca o derecho hipotecado y consignado el precio correspondiente, en esa misma fecha o fecha posterior, el alguacil que celebró la subasta procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura pública de traspaso en representación del dueño o titular de los bienes hipotecados, ante el notario que elija el adjudicatario o comprador, quien deberá abonar el importe de tal escritura.

El alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término

de veinte (20) días a partir de la confirmación de la venta o adjudicación. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS LICITADORES Y DEL PUBLICO EN GENERAL y para su publicación de acuerdo con la Ley, expido el presente Edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy 6 de diciembre de 2023. WILNELIA RIVERA DELGADO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #249, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE HUMACAO. JENNISA GARCÍA MORALEZ, ALGUACIL REGIONAL.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante vs.

SUCESION DE MARCIAL ANDINO DELGADO, también conocido como MARCELINO ANDINO DELGADO y como MANUEL ANDINO DELGADO, compuesta por FULANO DE TAL y ZUTANO DE TAL, como herederos desconocidos con posible interés;CARMEN MONSERRATE RIVERA ALVAREZ, también conocida como CARMEN RIVERA ALVAREZ, por sí y en cuanto a la cuota viudal usufructuaria; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados CIVIL NÚM. HU2023CV00254.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO (Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria). EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Al: Público en General A: SUCESION DE MARCIAL ANDINO DELGADO, también conocido como MARCELINO ANDINO DELGADO y como MANUEL ANDINO DELGADO, compuesta por FULANO DE TAL y ZUTANO DE TAL, como herederos desconocidos con

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posible interés;CARMEN y un baño con servicio sanita- en el mismo acto, en efectivo o de cemento y hormigón refory el segundo nivel consiste en cheque de gerente, la totali- zado, que consta principalMONSERRATE RIVERA rio; de balcón, sala, comedor y co- dad del crédito hipotecario que mente de dos dormitorios, sala, ALVAREZ, también cina en una sola pieza, cuatro se ejecuta y la de cualesquie- comedor, cocina y cuarto de conocida como cuartos dormitorios y un baño ra otro créditos posteriores al baño. Finca número 7,852, insCARMEN RIVERA con servicio sanitario, La escri- que se ejecuta pero preferente crita al folio 41 del tomo 1039 ALVAREZ, por sí y en tura de hipoteca se encuentra al suyo. El exceso constituirá de Monacillos, Registro de la cuanto a la cuota viudal inscrita al folio móvil del tomo abono total o parcial en su pro- Propiedad de San Juan, Secde Las Piedras, Registro pio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO ción Tercera. Dirección Física: usufructuaria; CENTRO 268 de la Propiedad de Humacao, DE LO CUAL, expido el pre- Avenida Jesús T. Piñero #1036, DE RECAUDACION DE finca número 12,895, inscrip- sente Edicto para conocimiento Caparra Terrace, San Juan, INGRESOS MUNICIPALES ción segunda. La dirección y comparecencia de los licita- PR. La propiedad descrita an(CRIM) física de la propiedad antes dores, bajo mi firma y sello del teriormente está afecta a los

Yo, RAQUEL QUIÑONES SOTO, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 10 de enero de 2024, a las 11:30 de la mañana en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Humacao, Humacao, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Humacao durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una segunda subasta para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 17 de enero de 2024, a las 11:30 de la mañana y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 24 de enero de 2024, a las 11:30 de la mañana en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: RUSTICA: Solar marcado con el número Uno (1) en el plano de inscripción, situado en el BARRIO TEJAS del término municipal de Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de QUINIENTOS PUNTO DOSCIENTOS DIECINUEVE (500.219) METROS CUADRADOS; y en lindes por el NORTE, con solar marcado con el número Dos (2) en el plano de inscripción; por el SUR, con Alfonso Martínez; por el ESTE, con José Cáez; y por el OESTE, con área marcada camino de uso público en el plano de inscripción. Sobre dicho solar se construyo la siguiente edificación: Casa de dos niveles construida de hormigón y bloques de cemento que mide veintiocho pies (28’) por treinta y un pies (31’) que consta el primer nivel de marquesina, medio balcón, sala, comedor y cocina en una sola pieza, dos cuartos dormitorios

descrita es: Barrio Tejas, Solar 1, SR 908, Km. 4.6, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico. La subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $33,964.14 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 8 3/8% anual, desde el 1ro. de agosto de 2022, hasta su completo pago, más recargos acumulados, más la cantidad de $7,000.00 estipulada para costas, gastos, honorarios de abogado y recargos acumulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $70,000.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $46,666.67 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $35,000.00. Si se declara desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas.

Si la oferta aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer

Tribunal, en Humacao, Puerto siguientes gravámenes: Afecta Rico, a 20 de diciembre de por su procedencia: Condicio2023. JENNISA GARCIA MO- nes Restrictivas sobre EdificaRALES, ALGUACIL TRIBUNAL ción y Uso y Condiciones de REGIONAL, SALA SUPERIOR Tránsito. Por sí: HIPOTECA en DE HUMACAO. RAQUEL QUI- garantía de un pagaré suscrito ÑONES SOTO, ALGUACIL AU- bajo affidávit #2915, a favor de Doral Bank, o a su orden, por XILIAR. la suma de $337,500.00, con intereses al 7.95% anual y venLEGAL NOTICE cimiento el 1 de julio de 2035, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO constituida mediante la escrituDE PUERTO RICO TRIBUra #259, otorgada en San Juan, NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Puerto Rico, el día 28 de junio SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN de 2005, ante el Notario PúbliJUAN co Miguel A. Hernández AgosBAUTISTA REO PR CORP. to, inscrita al folio 41 del tomo Demandante, V. 1039 de Monacillos, inscripción LAWMEDIC, INC.; AYLEEN 7ma. Sujeta a cláusula de aceCHARLES RIVERA leración. MODIFICADA dicha Demandado hipoteca según consta de la esCivil Núm.: KCD2013-2010. critura #745, otorgada en San (901). Sobre: COBRO DE DI- Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 21 de NERO; EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO- diciembre de 2010, ante el NoTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA tario Público David Toledo Da- IN REM. AVISO DE SUBAS- vid, inscrita al folio 41 del tomo TA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE 1039 de Monacillos, inscripción AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE 9na. ARRENDAMIENTO a DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS favor de Premier Displays of DE AMÉRICA, EL PUEBLO Puerto Rico, por un término de DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. YO, 10 años, canon: $1,000.00, meel(la) Alguacil que suscribe, diante la escritura #6, otorgada por la presente anuncia y hace en Bayamón, Puerto Rico el día constar que en cumplimiento 6 de marzo de 2007, ante el del Mandamiento de Ejecución Notario Público William G. Ríos de Sentencia In Rem, expedido Maldonado, inscrito al. folio 41 el 7 de noviembre de 2023 por del tomo 1039 de Monacillos, la Secretaría de este Tribunal, inscripción 8va. ANOTACIÓN procederé a vender en pública DE SENTENCIA expedida el subasta y al mejor postor, quien 16 de mayo del 2014 por el pagará el importe de la venta Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en dinero efectivo o en cheque Sala de San Juan, en el caso certificado o de gerente, a la Civil Núm. KCD2013-2010. Deorden del Alguacil suscribiente, mandante: Bautista Cayman en moneda del curso legal de Asset Company, Demandado: los Estados Unidos de América, Lawmedic, Inc., Ayleen Charles el día 17 DE ENERO DE 2024, Rivera. Cantidad Adeudada: A LA(S) 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, $8,659.00. Extremos que se en las oficinas del Alguacil del solicitan en la Sentencia: Se Tribunal de San Juan, todo ordena a las partes dar fiel y título, derecho o interés que riguroso cumplimiento a lo paccorresponda a la parte deman- tado. Condiciones: El Tribunal dada sobre el inmueble que dictó Sentencia conforme a la se describe a continuación: Estipulación pactada entre las Urbana: Solar sitio en el Barrio partes, en la cual la parte deMonacillos de la municipalidad mandante concede a la parte de Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, demandada la oportunidad de marcado con el #30 de la man- repagar parcialmente la deuda, zana HD de la Urbanización anotada en el tomo Karibe de Puerto Nuevo, propiedad de Monacillos, anotación B. ANOla Everlasting Development TACIÓN DE DEMANDA. Es obCorporation, con un área su- jeto de esta anotación la Hipoperficial de 360.00 METROS teca a favor de Doral Bank, con CUADRADOS. En lindes por el un valor de $337,500.00, según NORTE, SUR, ESTE y OESTE, inscripción 7ª, la cual fue modicon terrenos propiedad de la ficada y cancelada parcialmenEverlasting Development Cor- te por la suma de $10,438.21, poration y dando frente al Norte para un nuevo principal de con la calle denominada Aveni- $327,061.79, según inscripción da Central de la Urbanización. 9ª. Demandante: Bautista CaEnclava una casa de bloques yman Asset Company Deman-

24 dado: Lawmedic, Inc., Ayleen Charles Rivera Cantidad Adeudada: $401,203.87. Según Demanda expedida el día 4 de abril de 2022 por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de San Juan en el caso Civil número SJ2022CV02604 sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, Demandante: Bautista Cayman Asset Company; Demandada: Lawmedic, Inc., Ayleen Charles Rivera, inscrita al tomo Karibe, Anotación C de fecha 18 de abril de 2022.

Según pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca #259, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 28 de junio de 2005 ante el Notario Público Miguel A. Hernández Agosto y Pagaré Hipotecario modificado el 21 de diciembre de 2010 y garantizado mediante escritura número 745 sobre Modificación de Hipoteca y Cancelación Parcial ante el Notario Público David Toledo David, servirá como tipo mínimo para la primera subasta de la Propiedad antes descrita la suma de $327,061.79. De no adjudicarse la propiedad en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, en las oficinas del Alguacil del Tribunal de San Juan, el día 24 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LA(S) 9:00 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, $218,041.19. De no adjudicarse la propiedad en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en en las oficinas del Alguacil del Tribunal de San Juan, el día 31 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LA(S) 9:00 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, $163,530.90.

Esta subasta se hará para satisfacer a la parte demandante, hasta donde alcance, el importe adeudado a BAUTISTA REO PR CORP. ascendente a la suma de $418,758.31, compuesta de $352,940.11 de balance de principal, más intereses ascendentes a $13,306.63 y los que se devenguen hasta su total y completo pago, más los cargos por demora ascendentes a $3,487.80 devengados hasta esta fecha y los que se devenguen hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda, más otros gastos en la suma de $15,273.77, más la suma de $33,750.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. 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 subrogados 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 San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 8 de diciembre de 2023.

PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE SAN JUAN.

LEGAL NOTICE IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

EDGAR ARQUELIO FERRER HERNÁNDEZ, HIS WIFE SOFÍA RIVERA DÍAZ AND THEIR CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP Plaintiffs V.

JOSÉ ENRIQUE PASTOR GARCÍA; HIS WIFE ADISSELY MENÉNDEZ OJEDA AND THEIR CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP D/B/A EL ELEFANTE BAR & GRILL

Defendants Civil No.: 17-02244. (JAG). FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE AND PLEDGE - IN REM. NOTICE OF SALE.

To: DEFENDANTS AND GENERAL PUBLIC.

The San Juan Daily Star

Friday, December 29, 2023

On March 22, 2023, the Court entered Default Judgment in favor of plaintiffs, Edgar Arquelio Ferrer Hernández, his wife Sofía Rivera Díaz and Their Conjugal Partnership (“Plaintiffs”) and against defendants, José Enrique Pastor García, Adissely Menéndez Ojeda, and their conjugal partnership d/b/a El Elefante Bar & Grill (“Defendants”). As of September 1, 2022, Defendants owe Plaintiffs, under the Loan Agreement, the sum of $161,750.15 in principal; interests in the amount of $87,843.79 which continues to accrue, even postjudgment as per the agreement of the parties, until full payment of the debt at $21.34 per diem; accrued late charges in the amount of $774.53; other expenses in the amount of $2,979.00 and any other advance, charge, fee or disbursements made by Plaintiffs, as well as under the other loan documents, plus costs and agreed attorney’s fees in the amount of $20,000.00. The amounts owed will be satisfied only with the proceedings obtained from the judicial sale of the Property. Pursuant to said judgment and/or the Order of Execution of Judgment, the undersigned appointed Special Master was ordered to sell, at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check, without appraisement or right to redemption, to the highest bidder, at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 - Federal Building, Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, or at any other place designated by said Clerk, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiffs, the following property: URBAN: Urban: Commercial lot identified with letter B, located in Américo Miranda Avenue in the low floor of the Caribe Tropical Condominium, San Juan, Puerto Rico, with irregular shape, with a superficial area of 1354.09 square feet, equivalent to 125.80 square meters. Bounded by the North, that is the front with access to the public way in 34’4.5” long, equivalent to 10.48 meters long; by the South, with the Doña Ana creek, in a distance of 40’ 9.37”, equivalent to 12.43 meters; by the East, with commercial lot A, in a distance of 27’6’” equivalent to 8.38 meters, and by the West, with common stairs, in a distance of 30’5” long, equivalent to 9.27 meters. This local have open space, kitchen, two bathrooms, bar, storage in the baseman that have a superficial area of 334.86 square feet, equivalent to 31.11 square meters. This place corresponds the parking areas number 2, 3, 4 y 5, and 50% in the common

limited elements.” The property described above is recorded at page 108 of volume 923 of Monacillos, property number 26,463, Registry of Property, Third Section of San Juan. Physical Address: 1116 Caparra Terrace Dev., Américo Miranda Avenue, Reparto Metropolitano, San Juan. The Property is described in the Spanish language as follows: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Local comercial marcado con la letra B, localizada en la Avenida Américo Miranda en la planta baja o terrera del Condominio Caribe Tropical, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, siendo de forma irregular teniendo un área superficial de 1354.09 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 125.80 metros cuadrados, teniendo los siguientes linderos: por el Norte, el cual es su frente que le da acceso a la vía pública en 34’4.5’’ de largo, equivalentes a 10.48 metros de largo; por el Sur, con la quebrada Doña Ana, en una distancia de 40’9.37’’, equivalentes a 12.43 metros; por el Este, con el local Comercial A, en una distancia de 27’6’’, equivalentes a 8.38 metros; y por el Oeste, con escalera común, en una distancia de 30’5’’ de largo, equivalentes a 9.27 metros. Consta de un espacio abierto, cocina, dos baños, barra, área de almacén en el sótano, el cual tiene un área superficial de 334.86 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 31.11 metros cuadrados. A este local le corresponde los estacionamientos marcados con los números 2; 3; 4 y 5, en los planos de inscripción. Le corresponde una participación equivalente a 50% de las comunes limitados.”

The property described above is recorded at page 108 of volume 923 of Monacillos, property number 26,463, Registry of Property, Third Section of San Juan. Dirección Física: 1116 Caparra Terrace Dev., Américo Miranda Avenue, Reparto Metropolitano, San Juan. The property is subject to the following liens: By its origin: Easements; Restrictive Conditions of Edification and Use. By itself: MORTGAGE in guarantee of note in favor of Doral Bank, or to its order, in the principal amount of $200,000.00, with an annual interest rate of 9.75% and due on presentation, as per Deed No. 198, executed on June 25, 2007, before Notary Public Carlos Manuel Rivera Corujo, recorded at page 108 of volume 923 of Monacillos, 3rd inscription. COMPLAINT ANNOTATION: The subject of this annotation is the Mortgage in favor of Doral Bank for the sum of $200,000.00 arising from the third inscription. Plaintiff: Bautista Cayman Asset Company; Defendants: Holders; El Elefante Bar and Grill, amount owed

$161,750.15 of principal plus interest, according to the Complaint of the US District Court for the District of PR in civil case #17-2244 on October 13, 2017, recorded in volume Karibe de Monacillos, Annotation A dated April 2, 2018. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal), shall continue in effect. It being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. The lien executed is over the property, and for the purposes of the first judicial sale the minimum bid amount is as follows: a. The amount of $200,000.00, as set forth in the mortgage deed, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, two-thirds of the aforementioned amount or $133,333.33 shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the second public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the second public sale, the minimum bidding amount for the third public sale shall be $100,000.00.

Said sale to be made by the appointed Special Master is subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property may be executed and delivered after the judicial sale. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens. THEREFORE, public notice is hereby given that the appointed Special Master, pursuant to the provisions of the Judgment herein before referred to, will, on the 9TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2024, AT 10:30 A.M., in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Room 150 - Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder the property described herein, the proceeds of said sale to be applied in the manner and form provided by the Court’s Judgment. Should the first judicial sale set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the SECOND JUDICIAL SALE of the property described in this Notice will be held on the 16TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2024, AT 10:30 A.M., in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for

the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 - Federal Building, 350 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Should the second judicial sale set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the THIRD JUDICIAL SALE of the property described in this Notice will be held on the 23RD DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2024, AT 10:30 A.M. in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 - Federal Building, 350 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by the parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, 350 Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 14th day of December, 2023.

AGUEDO DE LA TORRE, APPOINTED SPECIAL MASTER. ***

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

GITSIT SOLUTIONS, LLC Demandante V.

MARTA RODRÍGUEZ ORTIZ, POR SÍ Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA; LA SUCESIÓN DE JUAN BÁEZ DÁVILA COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TALY FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Demandados Civil Núm.: DO2022CV00154.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

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

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Toa Alta, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque gerente, giro postal, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de

América al nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Toa Alta, el 7 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 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 88 del plano de inscripción del proyecto de solares denominado San Carlos, radicado en el Barrio Higuillar del término municipal de Dorado con una cabida superficial de 264.00 metros cuadrados, en lindes por el NORTE, con la Calle Número 1, distancia dc 12.00 metros; por cl SUR, Con el solar número 91, distancia de 12.00 metros; por el ESTE, con el solar número 87, distancia de 22.00 metros y por el OESTE, Con el solar número 89, distancia de 22.00 metros.

Sobre el descrito solar enclave una estructura construida de hormigón armado, que consiste de tres cuartos dormitorios, sala, comedor, cocina, balcón y servicio sanitario, según consta de la inscripción 2a, inscrita al folio 178 vuelto del tomo 80 de Dorado. Inscrita al folio 179 del tomo 80 de Dorado, finca número 3485, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Cuarta de Bayamón. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución se encuentra inscrita al folio 171 del tomo 261 de Dorado, finca número 3485, inscripción 7ma. Propiedad localizada en: #88 Calle Principal, Com. San Carlos, Bo. Higuillar, Dorado, PR 00946. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución no está gravada por cargas posteriores o preferentes a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo mínimo de subasta la suma de $39,000.00, 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 Toa Alta, el 14 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma

de $26,000.00 dos tercios (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $19,500.00 la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Toa Alta, el 21 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 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 $26,980.75 de principal; más intereses al tipo pactado de 6.996% anual desde el 28 de febrero de 2017, hasta el saldo total de la deuda; un balance diferido en la cantidad de $568.89 que no genera intereses, cargos por mora equivalentes a 5% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha vencimiento los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo de la deuda, los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; más la suma de $3,900.00 por concepto de honorarios de abogado. Además de cualesquiera sumas de dinero por concepto de contribuciones, primas de seguro hipotecario y riesgo, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda, así como de cualesquiera otras cantidades pactadas cn la escritura de hipoteca. 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 Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, hoy día 15 de diciembre de 2023. ROSAMARIE MELÉNDEZ PEÑA, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CEN-

The San Juan Daily Star

Friday, December 29, 2023

TRO JUDICIAL DE TOA ALTA, SALA SUPERIOR.

da: Sector Estero Carr. 3, Bo. Playa, Salinas PR 00751; Com. Alcadio Maldonado, 177 Calle LEGAL NOTICE 8, Salinas, PR 00751. EXPEESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DidO bajo mi firma y el sello DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- del Tribunal, en Salinas, Puerto NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Rico, hoy día 12 de diciembre de 2023. MARISOL ROSADO SALA DE SALINAS RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA ORIENTAL BANK REGIONAL. DANIELA RADemandante V. MANUEL LOPEZ RAMOS MOS, SUB-SECRETARIA.

Demandado Civil Núm.: SA2023CV00313.

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

A: MANUEL LOPEZ RAMOS.

POR MEDIO del presente edicto se le notifica de la radicación de una demanda en cobro de dinero por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega que usted adeuda a la parte demandante, Oriental Bank, ciertas sumas de dinero, y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado de este litigio.

El demandante, Oriental Bank, ha solicitado que se dicte sentencia 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, o 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; Teléfono: (787) 759-6897; Correo electrónico: legal@jrslawpr. com. Se le advierte que dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación del presente edicto, se le estará enviando a usted por correo certificado con acuse de recibo, una copia del emplazamiento y de la demanda presentada al lugar de su última dirección conoci-

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CONDADO HOTEL SERVICES GROUP, INC. Y CONDADO DUO LA CONCHA CASINO SPV LLC D/B/A CASINO DEL MAR Demandantes V.

TIMOTHY M. HAGER, SU ESPOSA ANGELA LYNN HAGER Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA ENTRE AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2023CV05872.

(403). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMéRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto y radicar el original de dicha en este Tribunal en donde podrán enterarse de su contenido.

Si dejaren de hacerlo, podrá anotárseles la rebeldía y se les dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarles ni oírles. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y con el sello del Tribunal. DADO hoy en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, 13 de diciembre de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. KATHERINE SANTIAGO RODRÍGUEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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LEGACY MORTGAGE ASSET TRUST 2019-PR1 Parte Demandante Vs.

ISIDRA ANTONIA BURDIE JIMÉNEZ T/C/C ISIDRA BURDIE JIMENEZ

Parte Demandada Caso Civil Núm.: BY2023CV05989.

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

A: ISIDRA ANTONIA A: TIMOTHY M. HAGER, BURDIE JIMÉNEZ T/C/C ANGELA LYNN HAGER ISIDRA BURDIE JIMENEZ. Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que conDE GANANCIALES teste la demanda dentro de los COMPUESTA ENTRE treinta (30) días siguientes a la AMBOS. Direcciones publicación de este Edicto. Usconocidas: Urb. Garden ted deberá radicar su alegación Hills, Calle Jardín R-4, responsiva a través del Sistema Guaynabo, P.R. 00966; Unificado de Manejo y Adminisde Casos (SUMAC), al 1 Calle Santa Ana San tración cual puede acceder utilizando Juan, P.R. 00911; 5434 la siguiente dirección electróniEast Hinsdale Crcle, ca: http://unired.ramajudicial.pr/ Centennial, CO 80122- sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo 2538.

Por la presente se les notifica que se ha radicado en su contra una Demanda de Cobro de Dinero 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. Se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a: Ferraiuoli LLC Luis G. Parrilla Hernández RUA Núm. 16,736 Angélica S. Vázquez Lozada RUA Núm. 21,742 PO Box 195168 San Juan, PR 00919-5168 Tel.: 787-766-700 / Fax: 787-766-7001 lparrilla@ferraiuoli.com / avazquez@ferraiuoli.com Abogados de la parte demandante, con copia de respuesta a la Demanda dentro de los

caso deberá radicar el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notifique con copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, Lcda.

Marjaliisa Colon Villanueva, al PO BOX 7970, Ponce, P.R. 00732-7970; Teléfono: 787843-41668. 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 desde el día primero de octubre del 2022, hasta el presente, más los cargos por demora correspondientes.

Además, adeuda a la parte demandante

las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en que incurra el tenedor del pagaré en este litigio. De acuerdo con dicho Contrato de Garantía Hipotecaria la parte Demandante declaró vencida la totalidad de la deuda ascendente a $156,011.03 de balance de principal, el cual se compone de un primer principal por la suma de $117,953.61 y un principal diferido por la suma de $38,057.52, mas los intereses sobre la suma de $117,953.61 al 3.625% anual desde el día 1ro de de septiembre del 2022 hasta su completo pago, mas las primas de seguro hipotecario y riesgo, recargos por demora computados al 5%, sobre cada mensualidad adeudada y cualesquiera otras cantidades pactadas en la escritura de hipoteca, desde la fecha antes mencionada y hasta la fecha del total de pago de las mismas, más la suma estipulada para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogados. La parte Demandante presentó para su inscripción en el Registro de la Propiedad correspondiente, un AVISO DE PLEITO PENDIENTE (“Lis Pendens”) sobre la propiedad objeto de esta acción cuya propiedad es la siguiente: URBANA: Solar ciento dieciséis (116) del Bloque “R” de la Urbanización Bella Vista Gardens, identificada en el plano de inscripción como Madison Development, radicado En el barrio Buena Vista en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, con un área de trescientos treinta y tres punto setenta y cinco (333.75) metros cuadrados.

En lindes por el Norte, en una distancia de veinticinco punto cero cero (25.00) metros, con el solar ciento quince (115) del bloque “R”; por el Sur, en una distancia de veinticinco punto cero cero (25.00), con el solar ciento diecisiete (117) del bloque “R”; por el Este, en una distancia de trece punto treinta y cinco (13.35) metros, con la calle número (20); y por el Oeste, en una distancia de trece punto treinta y cinco metros, con área verde. Enclava casa.

Inscrita al folio ciento sesenta y uno (161) del tomo mil setenta y tres (1073) de Bayamón, finca número cuarenta y ocho mil treinta (48,030), Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, sección I. SE LES APERCIBE que, de no hacer sus alegaciones responsivas a la demanda dentro del término aquí dispuesto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Bayamón, Puerto Rico. A 13 día diciembre de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. NILDA QUILES SANTANA, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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NA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA SALA DE SAN JUAN GENERAL. NILDA TORRES ISLAND PORTFOLIO ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO ACEVEDO, SECRETARIA AUSERVICES, LLC COMO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL XILIAR. AGENTE DE ACE ONE GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIFUNDING, LLC LEGAL NOTICE BUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANParte Demandante Vs. CIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO NASSER Y MAYAGÜEZ SALA DE HORMI- DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUTAHA ESTRADA NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA GUEROS Parte Demandada BANCO POPULAR DE SALA DE TRUJILLO ALTO EN Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV07447.

CAROLINA PUERTO RICO Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. ISLAND PORTFOLIO Demandante V/ EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICSERVICES, LLC COMO JORGE LUIS ORENGO TO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AGENTE DE ACE ONE TROCHE; Y LEYDIMILT AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE FUNDING, LLC CUEVAS VÁZQUEZ DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, Parte Demandante Vs. Demandados EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIALEROY ARRATIA DIAZ DO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. Civil Núm.: MZ2021CV01579.

Parte Demandada Sala: 207. Sobre: COBRO DE A: NASSER Y DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE Civil Núm.: TJ2023CV00251.

TAHA ESTRADA HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIEN- Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. URB COUNTRY CLUB TO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDIC1018 CALLE ALEJO UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRE- TO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE CRUZADO, SAN JUAN SIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, PR 00924.

ASOCIADO DE PUERTO EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIA- POR LA PRESENTE se le DO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. RICO, S.S. emplaza y requiere para que

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A: LEROY ARRATIA A: JORGE LUIS ORENGO DIAZ - VISTA DEL RIO TROCHE. B-32 Estancias APARTMENTS 345 del Río Dev. Hormigueros, CARR 8860 APT 1285C, PR 00660 y/o B 32 Urb. TRUJILLO ALTO PR Estancias del Río Dev. 00976-5490.

Hormigueros, PR 00660; PO Box 2956 Mayagüez, POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que PR 00681-2956; Urb. conteste la demanda dentro de Estancias del Río Dev. los treinta (30) días siguientes Calle Portuguez B-32 a la publicación de este Edic#570 Hormigueros, PR to. Usted deberá presentar su 00660; 140 E Garden Rd. alegación responsiva a través Vineland, NY 08360; PO del Sistema Unificado de MaBox 2947 Mayagüez, PR nejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede 00681. acceder utilizando la siguiente

Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda incoada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Si usted deja de presentar y notificar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE DEMANDANTE: Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández RUA Núm.: 16,393 BERMUDEZ DIAZ & SÁNCHEZ, LLP 500 Calle De La Tanca Suite 209 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901 Tel.: (787) 523-2670 / Fax: (787) 523-2664 rdiaz@bdslawpr.com Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal, hoy 13 de diciembre de 2023.

LCDA. NORMA G. SANTA-

dirección electrónica: unired. ramajudiciaI.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO Ml FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en TRUJILLO ALTO EN CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, hoy día 16 de octubre de 2023. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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SORINIL SANTOS RIVERA

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: VA2023CV00152.

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

A: SORINIL SANTOS RIVERA - BO SABANA HOYOS CARR 690 KM 2.5, VEGA ALTA PR 00692; HC 83 BOX 7432, VEGA ALTA PR 00692-9216; 1420 W UNION ST ALLENTOWN, PA 18102.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Maconteste la demanda dentro nejo y Administración de Cade los treinta (30) días siguiensos (SUMAC), la cual puede tes a la publicación de este acceder utilizando la siguiente Edicto. Usted deberá presendirección electrónica: https:/// tar su alegación responsiva a www.poderjudicial.pr/index. través del Sistema Unificado php/tribunal-electronico, salvo de Manejo y Administración que se represente por derecho de Casos (SUMAC), la cual propio, en cuyo caso deberá puede acceder utilizando la sipresentar su alegación responguiente dirección electrónica: siva en la secretaría del tribuhttps:///www.poderjudicial.pr/ nal. Si usted deja de presentar index.php/tribunal-electronico, su alegación responsiva dentro salvo que se represente por del referido término, el tribunal derecho propio, en cuyo caso podrá dictar sentencia en redeberá presentar su alegación beldía en su contra y conceder responsiva en la secretaría del el remedio solicitado en la detribunal. Si usted deja de premanda o cualquier otro sin más sentar su alegación responsiva citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en dentro del referido término, el el ejercicio de su sana discretribunal podrá dictar sentención, lo entiende procedente. El cia en rebeldía en su contra y sistema SUMAC notificará coconceder el remedio solicitapia al abogado de la parte dedo en la demanda o cualquier mandante, Natalie Bonaparte otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. el tribunal en el ejercicio de su Box 71418 San Juan, Puersana discreción, lo entiende to Rico 00936-8518, teléfono procedente. El sistema SUMAC (787) 993-3731 a la dirección notificará copia al abogado de natalie.bonaparte@orf-law.com la parte demandante, Natalie y a la dirección notificaciones@ Bonaparte Servera cuya direcorf-law.com.

EXTENDIDO ción es: P.O. Box 71418 San BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, Tribunal, en VEGA BAJA, Puerteléfono (787) 993-3731 a la to Rico, hoy día 16 de octubre dirección natalie.bonaparte@ de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANorf-law.com y a la dirección TA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. notificaciones@orf-law.com.

MILITZA MERCADO RIVERA, EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. y el sello del Tribunal, en SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, hoy día 16 LEGAL NOTICE de octubre de 2023. GRISELESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUSECRETARIA REGIONAL. NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA ELSIE PRATTS MELÉNDEZ, SALA DE SAN JUAN SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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

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

HILDA BAEZ RIVERA

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV05861.

Sala: 803. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRE-

26 SIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS K 7 H 3 PISO 2 TOA ALTA UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE PR 00953-8677.

ASOCIADO DE PUERTO POR LA PRESENTE se le RICO, SS. emplaza y requiere para que A: HILDA BAEZ conteste la demanda dentro de RIVERA - URB COOP V los treinta (30) días siguientes BORINQUEN 45 CALLE R a la publicación de este Edicto.

LOPEZ LANDRON, SAN Usted deberá presentar su aleJUAN PR 00921-4512. gación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y POR LA PRESENTE se le Administración de Casos (SUemplaza y requiere para que MAC), la cual puede acceder conteste la demanda dentro de utilizando la siguiente direclos treinta (30) días siguientes ción electrónica: https://unired. a la publicación de este Edicto. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se Usted deberá presentar su alerepresente por derecho propio, gación responsiva a través del en cuyo caso deberá presentar Sistema Unificado de Manejo y su alegación responsiva en la Administración de Casos (SUsecretaría del tribunal. Si usted MAC), la cual puede acceder deja de presentar su alegación utilizando la siguiente direcresponsiva dentro del referido ción electrónica: https:///www. término, el tribunal podrá dicpoderjudiciaI.pr/index.php/tritar sentencia en rebeldía en bunal-electronico, salvo que se su contra y conceder el remerepresente por derecho propio, dio solicitado en la demanda o en cuyo caso deberá presentar cualquier otro sin más citarle ni su alegación responsiva en la oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercisecretaría del tribunal. Si usted cio de su sana discreción, lo deja de presentar su alegación entiende procedente. El sisresponsiva dentro del referido tema SUMAC notificará copia término, el tribunal podrá dica los abogados de la parte tar sentencia en rebeldía en demandante, el Lcda. Natalie su contra y conceder el remeBonaparte cuyas direcciones dio solicitado en la demanda o son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, cualquier otro sin más citarle ni Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teoírle, si el tribunal en el ejerciléfono (787) 993-3731 a la cio de su sana discreción, lo endirección natalie.bonaparte@ tiende procedente. El sistema orf-law.com y a la dirección noSUMAC notificará copia al abotificaciones@orf-law.com. EXgado de la parte demandante, TENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Kenmuel J. Ruiz Lopez cuya sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 Puerto Rico, hoy día 18 de ocSan Juan, Puerto Rico 00936tubre de 2023. En Bayamón, 8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 Puerto Rico, el 18 de octubre a la dirección kenmuel.ruiz@ de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANorf-law.com y a la dirección TA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. notificaciones@orf-law.com.

LUREIMY ALICEA GONZÁEXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA LEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. y el sello del Tribunal, en SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, hoy día 19 LEGAL NOTICE de octubre de 2023. GRISELDA ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SEDE PUERTO RICO TRIBUCRETARIA REGIONAL. MARÍA NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA I. RÍOS LÓPEZ, SECRETARIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BADE SERVICIOS A SALA. YAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE TOA ALTA EN TOA BAJA

ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

BETTY RODRIGUEZ SIERRA

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: BY2023CV02778.

(Salón: 703). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOParte Demandante Vs. TIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA JEANETTE M POR EDICTO. GONZALEZ ROSARIO DUNCAN R. MALDONADO EJARQUE, EJECUCIONES@CMParte Demandada PRLAW.COM. Civil Núm.: TA2023CV00546.

A: BETTY Salón: 703. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENRODRIGUEZ SIERRA. (Nombre de las partes que se le TO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS notifican la sentencia por edicto) UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTA- EL SECRETARIO(A) que susDOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LI- cribe le notifica a usted que el BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO 22 de diciembre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, RICO, SS. Sentencia Parcial o Resolución A: JEANETTE M en este caso, que ha sido debiGONZALEZ ROSARIO – damente registrada y archivada BO GALATEO CARR 165 en autos donde podrá usted

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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 26 de diciembre de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 26 de diciembre de 2023. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. LUREIMY ALICEA GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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

LUIS A SUAREZ CRUZ

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SJ2023CV05444.

(Salón: 908). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERA, NATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.

A: LUIS A SUAREZ CRUZ - URB MATENZO CINTRON 562 CALLE LAVIANA, SAN JUAN PR 00923-2125.

contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 21 de diciembre de 2023. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 21 de diciembre de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. JOHANNA RODRÍGUEZ BENÍTEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ROGELIO FERRER PAZ Y ANGÉLICA FERRER MORALES Demandantes Vs.

JOSÉ ENRIQUE FERRER MORALES

Demandado Civil Núm.: MZ2023CV01895.

Salón Núm.: 307. Sobre: LIQUIDACIÓN DE GANANCIALES, PARTICIÓN DE HERENCIA, LIQUIDACIÓN DE COMUNIDAD Y ACCIÓN CIVIL. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

A: SR. JOSÉ ENRIQUE FERRER MORALES.

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 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, a 19 de DICIEMBRE de 2023. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE MAYAGÜEZ. JOSSIE D. BOBE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 21 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 LEGAL NOTICE términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO de la cual puede establecerse DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUrecurso de revisión o apelación NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA dentro del término de 30 días

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OTROS

A: TODA PERSONA CON DAVID OSBALDO GARCIA INTERÉS O QUE PUEDA VERSE AFECTADA Y OTROS POR LA INSCRIPCIÓN Demandado(a) SOLICITADA. Caso Núm.: MZ2023CV01278.

Demandante V.

(Salón 306). Sobre: DIVISIÓN O LIQUIDACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. CARLOS L. SEGARRA MATOS, CLSEGARRA@YAHOO.COM.

A: DAVID OSBALDO GARCIA, YESENIA VANESSA GARCIA OCASIO, YANDEL NUNEZ, ADELINA NUNEZ, WENDEL NUNEZ.

(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 15 de diciembre de 2023. En Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el 15 de diciembre de 2023. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. YAHAIRA TORRES MATÍAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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WANDA EVELYN BISBAL ACOSTA; JOSÉ ANTONIO BISBAL ACOSTA; ALFREDO BISBAL ACOSTA; ROSA TORRES SILVA Peticionario

EX PARTE

Civil Núm.: PO2023CV03290.

Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE

POR CUANTO: La parte peticionaria por conducto de su abogado, Lcdo. Carlos L. Segarra Matos, con oficina en el # 2510 de la Carretera 100 kilómetro 3.5 en Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico y dirección postal PO Box 582 Boquerón PR 00622, ha radicado una petición en la Secretaría de este Tribunal, solicitando la inmatriculación y el dominio en el Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico Sección II de Ponce, por un aumento en cabida del inmueble que se describe de la siguiente manera: URBANA: Parcela marcada con la letra B en el plano de inscripción radicada en el Barrio Barinas, Sector La Joya, Carretera 335 Interior, kilometro 4.6 en Yauco, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 917.28 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a 0.2334 cuerdas. En colindancia una primera alineación del punto sesenta y siete al punto sesenta y uno en dieciocho punto treinta y ocho metros lineales; en una segunda alineación al Oeste del punto sesenta y siete al punto sesenta seis en veintiocho punto sesenta y un metros con Ambrosio Torres; en una tercera alineación al Sur del punto sesenta y seis al punto sesenta y cinco en veintiséis punto diez metros lineales, con Carretera Municipal; En una cuarta alineación al Este del puto sesenta y cuatro a punto sesenta y cinco en cinco punto cero cinco metros lineales en carretera tres tres cinco Interior, en otra alineación mas al Este del punto sesenta y tres al punto sesenta y cuatro en ocho punto treinta y siete metros lineales con carretera tres tres cinco Interior y en otra alineación Este del punto sesenta y dos al punto E (letra e) en trece punto sesenta y dos metros lineales, con la carretera tres tres cinco Interior; y en una última alineación Este del punto E (letra e) al punto sesenta y uno en ocho punto sesenta y dos metros lineales con Carretera tres tres cinco Interior. En dicha propiedad enclava una estructura de dos plantas: la primera planta construida en cemento con dos locales, ambos dedicados a negocio de nombre “Barrita Sin Nombre” y la segunda planta esta construida en madera tratada y techada en zinc. Esta segunda planta contiene dos cuartos, sala, cocina-comedor, balcón y dos baños, dedicada a vivienda. POR

CUANTO: El Tribunal Ordena la citación de las personas que pudieran tener algún interés en la propiedad o que puedan ser perjudicados por su inscripción para que comparezcan a formular alegaciones si así lo desean, dentro del término de veinte (20) días a contar de la última publicación de este edicto que se publicará tres (3) veces en un periódico general de circulación diaria. Se le advierte que de no hacer oposición, se dictará Resolución concediendo lo solicitado. POR CUANTO: Expido el presente edicto en Yauco, Puerto Rico, hoy día 18 de diciembre de 2023. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. DELIA APONTE VELÁZQUEZ, SUBSECRETARIA.

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LOURDES EMILIA RIVERA COLÓN Demandante Vs.

DORAL BANK; BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO Y CUALQUIER PERSONA CON INTERÉS

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2023CV07048.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: DORAL BANK, JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO Y CUALQUIER PERSONA CON INTERÉS.

Por la presente, se les notifica a ustedes que se les ha presentado ante este Honorable Tribunal, una Demanda de Cancelación de Hipoteca y Pagaré Extraviado: POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.

poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaria del Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad. y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023).

Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda.

Nombre del Abogado: IAN ALEJANDRO LEBRON WARD. RUA: 21658 Dirección: COND EL CENTRO I STE 249, AVE MUÑOZ RIVERA, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, 00918 Tel: 7876304697 Correo Electrónico: ianlebronward@gmail.com Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy a 18 de diciembre de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LUISA I. ANDINO AYALA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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FRANCISCO JOSÉ SILVA SALCEDO, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO COMO FRANCISCO J. SILVA SALCEDO Demandante Vs.

SECRETARIO DE LA VIVIENDA Y DESARROLLO URBANO (HUD), NOVAD MANAGEMENT CONSULTING LLC, ZUTANO DE TAL Y FULANO DE TAL, POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO

The San Juan Daily Star Demandados Caso Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV07857.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO E HIPOTECA. EDICTO. Mediante la presente se le notifica a NOVAD MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, LLC, a Zutano de Tal y Fulano De Tal, posibles Tenedores desconocidos de un Pagaré Extraviado, que la Parte Demandante ha presentado en su contra una Demanda sobre CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO e HIPOTECA en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de San Juan, cuyo número de caso es SJ2023CV07857. Se reclama, que se suscribió un Pagaré a favor del Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano (Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD), o a su orden, por la suma principal $624,000.00, intereses al 5.25% anual, vencedero el 28 de junio de 2082, que el referido Pagaré está garantizado por una hipoteca constituida en virtud de la Escritura Número 460, otorgada el 30 de noviembre de 2010, ante el Notario Luis O. Dávila Alemán, inscrita al folio 203 del tomo 398 de Santurce Sur, Finca Número 22,023, inscripción 6ta., sobre el siguiente inmueble: “URBANA: Solar señalado con los números Dieciséis (16) y Diecisiete (17) del plano de urbanización de los terrenos de Miramar Realty Company Limited situado en la sección Sur del Barrio de Santurce, con una cabida superficial de Setecientos Ochenta Y Cuatro Metros Cuadrados (784.00 m/c); colinda por el NORTE, en Veintiocho metros lineales (28.00), con el Solar número 9 propiedad de las Siervas de María; por el SUR, en Veintiocho metros lineales (28.00), con el Solar número 24 de Arturo Fort González; por el ESTE, en Veintiocho metros lineales (28.00), con la Sucesión Hernández; y por el OESTE, que es su frente, en Veintiocho metros lineales (28.00), con la Calle Concordia.” Consta inscrito al Folio 202 del tomo 398 de Santurce Sur, Finca 22,203, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección I, Catastro #040-047-016-17-90. Que el descrito Pagaré se extravió sin haberse cedido, o traspasado o dado en garantía a ninguna persona y que no existe deuda alguna. Se le apercibe que este caso fue presentado a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC) y de igual forma usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través de SUMAC, al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica:https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-eletronico, salvo que se

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represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. De no contestar la demanda, dentro de los veinte (20) días de haber sido diligenciado este Emplazamiento, si los demandados residieren dentro de la Isla de Puerto Rico, y dentro de los treinta (30] días si residieren fuera de la Isla de Puerto Rico, contados desde la publicación del edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y el Tribunal dictará la sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. La publicación de este edicto se hará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de la Isla de Puerto Rico. Expedido bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 26 de septiembre de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL. YADIRA DÍAZ GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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PABLO VELEZ LAZZARINI Y OTROS Demandante V.

POPULAR MORTGAGE INCY OTROS

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 26 de diciembre de 2023. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 26 de diciembre de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. VANESSA NIEVES MORALES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

de este caso, con fecha 27 de diciembre de 2023. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 27 de diciembre de 2023. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. EREINA AGRONT LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

SUCESION DE ELBA IRIS BORRERO VELEZ, COMPUESTA POR SUS HIJOS JANICE ACOSTA BORRERO, WALESKA LEGAL NOTICE ACOSTA BORRERO, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO ANDRES ACOSTA DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUBORRERO, FULANO DE NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BALEGAL NOTICE YAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE POSIBLES HEREDEROS ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO BAYAMÓN CON INTERÉS; CENTRO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUBANCO POPULAR DE DE RECAUDACION DE NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANPUERTO RICO INGRESOS MUNICIPALES CIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE Demandante V. (CRIM) PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE ANGEL MANUEL TABARO Demandados PONCE O’FERRAL Y OTROS Civil Núm.: MZ2023CV01987.

MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Demandante V.

SUCESION DE IVELISSE PEREZ ALVAREZ Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: PO2023CV01754.

(Salón: 406 - CIVIL SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ANDRÉS SÁEZ MARRERO, PRSERVICE@TMPPLLC.COM.

A: FULANO DE TAL, FULANA DE TAL, MENGANO DE TAL Y MENGANA DE TAL, COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERES EN LAS SUCESIONES DE IVELISSE PEREZ ÁLVAREZ Y CRUZ CORNIER FIGUEROA.

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SJ2023CV08605.

(Salón: 901 CIVIL). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JAIME RODRIGUEZ RIVERA, BUFETE.RODRIGUEZRIVERA@ GMAIL.COM. (Nombre de las partes que se le REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD - PO notifican la sentencia por edicto) BOX 9020192, SAN JUAN, PUERTO EL SECRETARIO(A) que susRICO, 00902. le notifica a usted que el A: JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y cribe 21 de diciembre de 2023, este FULANO DE TAL. Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, (Nombre de las partes que se le Sentencia Parcial o Resolución notifican la sentencia por edicto) en este caso, que ha sido debiEL SECRETARIO(A) que susdamente registrada y archivada cribe le notifica a usted que el en autos donde podrá usted 22 de diciembre de 2023, este enterarse detalladamente de Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, los términos de la misma. Esta Sentencia Parcial o Resolución notificación se publicará una en este caso, que ha sido debisola vez en un periódico de damente registrada y archivada circulación general en la Isla en autos donde podrá usted ende Puerto Rico, dentro de los terarse detalladamente de los 10 días siguientes a su notificatérminos de la misma. Esta noción. Y, siendo o representando tificación se publicará una sola usted una parte en el procedivez en un periódico de circulamiento sujeta a los términos ción general en la Isla de Puerde la Sentencia, Sentencia to Rico, dentro de los 10 días Parcial o Resolución, de la cual siguientes a su notificación. Y, puede establecerse recurso de siendo o representando usted revisión o apelación dentro del una parte en el procedimiento término de 30 días contados a sujeta a los términos de la Senpartir de la publicación por edictencia, Sentencia Parcial o Reto de esta notificación, dirijo a solución, de la cual puede estausted esta notificación que se blecerse recurso de revisión o considerará hecha en la fecha apelación dentro del término de de la publicación de este edic30 días contados a partir de la to. Copia de esta notificación publicación por edicto de esta ha sido archivada en los autos notificación, dirijo a usted esta

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: BY2023CV05922.

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A: EMILY MARRERO VALLADARES Y JOHN DOE COMO TENEDOR DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARÉ.

(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 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 27 de diciembre de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 27 de diciembre de 2023. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MILITZA MERCADO RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado (a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. La información del (de la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante es la siguiente: Lcdo. Baldomero A. Collazo Torres RUA Núm. 10,189 Bufete COLLAZO, CONNELLY & SURILLO, LLC P.O. Box 11550 San Juan, P.R. 00922-1550 Tel. (787) 625-9999 Fax (787) 705-7387 E-mail: bcollazo@lawpr.com Se le interpela, además, para que conforme el caso de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria v.

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At what point should college athletes be considered employees?

By BILLY WITZ

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randon Outlaw sat on a witness stand for two days last week and described what it was like to play football at the University of Southern California.

His fingerprints were scanned when he arrived for meals at the athletes’ dining hall to make sure he was there. He received text messages from anonymous class checkers, who on occasion asked him to send photos to verify he was indeed in class. He regularly urinated into a cup before practice and handed it to a member of the training staff, who would inform him if he was properly hydrated.

After Outlaw conducted an interview with a student journalist, a coach reminded him that he had violated team policy by not clearing the interview with a school official.

Outlaw, who graduated in December 2022 with a master’s degree in entrepreneurship and innovation, detailed an existence that bore little semblance to the romantic ideal of the college athlete. Instead, he described football as occupying close to 60 hours per week during the season and requiring him — with an athletic academic counselor’s assistance — to shoehorn his classes into windows that did not conflict with his countless football-related activities, which some days started at 6 a.m.

The question at the heart of Outlaw’s testimony, at a National Labor Relations Board hearing in Los Angeles, is a simple one that carries profound implications: Should college athletes be considered employees?

If the answer is yes, it could be the death knell for the amateurism model that has remained a bedrock of college athletics as it has evolved into a billion-dollar business, allowing schools to pour money that might have gone directly to players into coaches’ salaries, glittering facilities and ballooning staffs.

Granting athletes employee status would bolster their standing in antitrust lawsuits and

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, home of the University of Southern California Trojans football team, in Los Angeles, California, March 2, 2016. (Emily Berl/The New York Times) arm the highest-profile athletes, football and men’s and women’s basketball players, with the power to collectively bargain directly with universities for salaries and other rights.

The case threatens to “disrupt and transform more than 100 years of college athletics,” said Adam Abrahms, a lawyer representing USC, which, along with the Pac-12 Conference and the NCAA, is a defendant.

Such disruption would be welcome, said Ramogi Huma, the executive director of the National College Players Association, an athlete advocacy group. Earlier this year, Huma filed the complaint with the NLRB on behalf of USC’s football and men’s and women’s basketball players.

“The years of tradition we’re trying to stop is the tradition of exploitation, the tradition of double standards and the tradition of refusing to pay fair market value to employees,” Huma said after the third day of the hearing last week. The proceedings are scheduled to continue in late January, when coaches and administrators may be called to testify, and

conclude by the end of February. A ruling is not likely to come until later next year.

The hearing is but one salvo in an assault against amateurism that was supercharged in 2021 by a unanimous Supreme Court decision in which Justice Brett Kavanaugh characterized the NCAA as a price-fixing cartel.

Players on the Dartmouth men’s basketball team have also gone before the NLRB to ask that they be considered employees; and a lawsuit, Johnson v. the NCAA, seeking to have athletes considered employees, is winding its way through federal court.

Then there is a raft of antitrust suits, including House v. NCAA, a class-action grievance asking for $1.4 billion in damages (which the court could triple) for athletes in the top conferences. The athletes in that case argue that the NCAA’s previous restrictions on name, image and likeness rights unfairly deprived them from a share of television and social media revenue.

These challenges have prompted the NCAA to repeatedly ask for an antitrust exemption from Congress, where they have seldom found a sympathetic ear.

The lack of traction prompted Charlie Baker, a former Massachusetts governor in his first year as NCAA president, to suggest this month that the wealthiest athletic programs begin putting at least $30,000 annually into trust funds for at least

half their athletes, an offering he hopes will get Congress to accede to narrow antitrust relief.

“We all know this is a big public issue and people have opinions about college sports,” said Daniel Nash, the lead counsel for the Pac-12. “But this is an unfair labor practice case.”

The stage in Los Angeles — far from the halls of Congress or august courtrooms with wood paneling and high ceilings — reflected that. The hearing took place in a conference room in a generic glass office building with the administrative judge, Eleanor Laws, seated in a portable box where she looked eye to eye across a table of more than a dozen lawyers. (About the only other people in the room were several members of the news media.)

That a case would end up before the NLRB, which handles fair employment cases involving private businesses, has seemed inevitable since Jennifer Abruzzo, the board’s general counsel, invited a challenge two years ago by issuing a memo saying that the law would support classifying scholarship football players in the NCAA’s top division as employees.

The NLRB accepted Huma’s case, which has been broadened to include men’s and women’s basketball players as well as nonscholarship athletes, who are commonly referred to as walk-ons. The Pac-12 and the NCAA have been named as co-defendants so that any ruling would apply to both public and private schools that are part of those organizations.

Over the opening days, Amanda Laufer, the lead attorney for the general counsel, sought to demonstrate through the testimony of two recent former walk-on football players, Outlaw and Kohl Hollinquest, that USC exerted extraordinary control over the athletes, even ones who were not being rewarded with scholarships or earning hundreds of thousands of dollars in endorsements like Caleb Williams, the team’s Heisman Trophywinning quarterback.

(Another subpoenaed witness did not show up for the hearing’s third day on Dec. 20. Laufer declined to identify the athlete, but subpoenas have been issued for other athletes.)

In addition to the fingerprint monitoring of their dining hall attendance, the class monitors and the nearly daily hydration and weight checks, players were required to remain in the team hotel when they were on the road unless they left with the team — even if the game was many hours away.

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(Mar 21-April 20)

Romance and marriage are always important to you, and today they’re especially so. You should feel particularly warm, loving, and attractive, and matters of love and partnership should be especially romantic. Today bodes well for other forms of partnership, as an increased level of understanding passes between you and others.

Casual acquaintances could become friends.

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Today you feel especially imaginative, and you might want to try writing, painting, or composing. The past is especially appealing, so you may want to stroll through an art gallery or museum or attend a concert. Use your intuition, as it’s operating at a high level. Messages might come through art that bring insight and perhaps revelation. Write down your impressions!

You’re always intellectually curious, but today you might be especially so. Although you’re usually idealistic, today your imagination is in full swing. You might want to try writing or painting. It will be better to go with fiction or impressionism than history or realism. Study of spiritual or esoteric subjects is likely to clear a path between intellect and intuition.

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Your usually dependable judgment may seem clouded by emotion today. Perhaps you’re unable to decide between different courses of action.

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Things will seem clearer tomorrow. Spend your day relaxing. Forget about work for a while.

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Optimism and foresight are important today, as you take charge of your life and seek new opportunities. Conversations lead to ideas for possible personal and career expansion, and you’re likely to send out and receive a number of messages. You could even be considering a move, perhaps to another city. Don’t rush. Plan carefully and all should work out as you wish.

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New ideas and opportunities for advancing yourself financially may come your way today, yet this isn’t the day to act indiscriminately or make any definite changes in your financial structure. Your judgment may be a bit clouded.

You could have difficulty deciding among different options. Write down all the information, study it, and sleep on it for a few nights before committing to anything.

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Your biorhythms may be low today, so you might not be feeling quite up to par. This could make you feel restless and a little blue. Most likely your malaise is related to stress. Play some soft music. Surround yourself with flowers or other colorful objects. If possible, get a massage. This will help you relax. You’ll feel like your old self by tomorrow.

Matters of love seem to be taking a turn for the better. Discuss your relationship with your partner. Your friend may or may not share your opinions, and a compromise may need to be reached. Don’t let this dampen your enthusiasm. Romance looks bright for the near future as long as you keep the lines of communication open.

Have you been thinking about remodeling or redecorating your home? If so, this is the day to do it. Your energy and aesthetic sense are high today. Enlist the aid of family members in planning colors, styles, and arrangements. A lot of activity may go on in and around your home, and you’ll be enthusiastic. Make sure on one works to the point of exhaustion.

Aquarius

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An unexpected visit or call from a friend could bring exciting news. You might decide to get together with this person and celebrate. Good fortune comes your way from an unforeseen source, but don’t waste time wondering about it. Make the most of it. Future successes may hinge upon it. By day’s end you might be aiming for entirely different goals than you were this morning.

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The morning could find you somewhat worried about finances. Past reckless spending may be on your mind. Go through your records and look at them objectively. You’ll probably find that things aren’t as bad as they seem. Write down a plan for handling whatever does need attention. You’ll be able to take care of business without making yourself crazy.

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