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61% of education budget goes to administration, secretary tells transition panel

By THE STAR STAFF

Education Secretary Yanira Raíces Vega said Tuesday in a hearing before the Incoming Transition Committee hearing that the agency spends 61% of its budget on administrative and operational expenses.

Raíces Vega said “if you want to maximize the funds to increase the dollar per student, you have to make adjustments like closing schools.”

“l am going to touch on subjects that people don’t want to touch on, but for me I have had to work on,” she added.

Sixty-one percent of the agency’s annual budget is spent on human resources, between salaries and retirement, Raíces Vega said.

“We have a situation here where

Education Secretary Yanira Raíces Vega said “if you want to maximize the funds to increase the dollar per student, you have to make adjustments like closing schools.”

people say ‘you have the students,’ and I say it’s a situation of inventory,” she said.

“I’ll give you an example without naming municipalities,” Raíces Vega continued. “I have municipalities where I have five schools and in the five schools 620 students don’t fit which could fit in one school, but I have to keep four schools open.

“This is the situation that we see,” she added. “There is a bad distribution. The recommendation is administratively to make a better distribution.”

“I’m not sure to say close schools because ‘boo,’ you’re afraid,” the official said. “If you want to keep them open you can do it. But you have to make a better distribution.”

Bilingual education to be a priority in public schools

By THE STAR STAFF

For Rep. Yashira Lebrón Rodríguez, the incoming deputy speaker of the island House of Representatives, bilingual education in public schools, particularly in elementary grades, will be a priority during the next four-year term that begins in January.

“In line with the public education policy of our elected governor, Jenniffer González, which focuses on promoting bilingual education for our students in the public school system, we will be working on legislation that makes this objective viable, mainly in primary grades, so that our children leave elementary school with knowledge of the English language, which is essential for professional development in the interconnected world in which we live,” the Bayamón lawmaker said.

“We are going to promote the Pilar Barbosa Boarding School, a

unique platform created by Law 53-1997 and administered by the Legislative Assembly, which has as its main objective to expand the academic experiences of our teachers at various levels, including the university, through the system of boarding schools in Congress, as well as federal government agencies in Washington, D.C.,” the New Progressive Party legislator added. “We believe that this program has the potential to assist in the development of bilingual programs in public schools.”

“According to the results of the META-PR tests, only 33 percent of our students in the public system are proficient in English. That is not enough; in fact, the figure is 40 percent lower than that established by the Department of Education itself,” Lebrón noted. “The Action Plan for Puerto Rico, endorsed by the people at the polls, establishes as an educational priority to increase that figure and that is our commitment from the new House of Representatives …”

Law 53-1997 created the Pilar Barbosa Program for Internships in Education of the Legislative Assembly. According to the law, the “purpose of the Program will be to facilitate Puerto Rican teachers and professors to better understand the functioning of Congress and the Federal Government and to coordinate the performance of interns in federal agencies, as well as in the United States Congress, in positions whose functions are related to education, but which are not limited to formal teaching in the classroom.”

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Senator seeks facility to house abused women amid space shortage at shelters

By THE STAR STAFF

Carolina District Sen. Marissa “Marissita” Jiménez Santoni announced Tuesday that she will be looking for a facility in the municipality of Carolina to create a temporary shelter for women who are victims of crimes in order to alleviate the congestion that exists in the shelter network, which already houses more than 500 women, as well as their children, all victims of abuse.

“The news that between January and October of this year, more than 500 women and their children have had to seek refuge in shelters for abused women [...] is dramatic and denotes the urgent need to create a support platform,” the New Progressive

Party senator said. “In light of this, we are going to study the feasibility of creating a temporary shelter for women and their children in the Carolina area to serve as support for the network of shelters.”

Jiménez said she is looking for a facility, which could be an unused school, in order to create a temporary shelter of at least 10 rooms, which will be attached to the Department of Justice’s Office of Compensation and Services for Victims and Witnesses of Crime.

“We are evaluating a structure that can not only have at least 10 rooms, but also … that will serve to provide a space for these victims and their children until the Housing Department identifies a home for them,” she said. “What cannot happen

is that there are no beds to house these victims of crimes such as abuse in all its forms, among others. Carolina is one of the cities with the largest extension in the metropolitan area, and seeking this facility in the municipality provides the victims with a safe place within the metropolitan region.”

It is estimated that there are currently about 170 beds available in Puerto Rico for use by victims and their children.

“This is part of our legislative program for the next four years,” Jiménez said. “Once we are sworn in in January, we will file legislation focused on identifying a structure for the creation of this temporary shelter, as well as the funds we need to rehabilitate and manage the facility.”

Federal maritime commissioner urges using PR as offshoring, distribution hub

By THE STAR STAFF

Federal Maritime Commissioner Carl W. Bentzel is calling for policies to help Puerto Rico become an offshoring and distribution hub for the United States.

“Events of recent years have made many who are interested in trade, transportation, and supply chain issues question the model of relying predominantly on manufacturers based in one nation located far from the United States,” Bentzel wrote in Marine Link. “Identifying manufacturing capacity closer to our shores has become a priority for leaders

in government and industry.”

The maritime commissioner pointed out that “Puerto Rico is a location that with the proper incentives and support could be a vital manufacturing and distribution hub serving the mainland United States.”

“I have written to both President Biden and President-elect Trump urging each to consider taking legislative or administrative action to encourage investment in the island’s manufacturing and logistics sectors,” he wrote.

After traveling to Puerto Rico earlier this year to speak at an event, Bentzel said he

was impressed by the many advantages the territory offers. A subsequent conversation in Washington with Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón further convinced him that Puerto Rico represents a strongly viable alternative to the People’s Republic of China or Mexico as a center for manufacturing and logistics activities serving the mainland.

“Puerto Rico’s proximity to the mainland reduces the distance goods must travel and allows for quicker responses to disruptions,” he wrote. “Further, encouraging manufacturing in Puerto Rico would reduce

America’s vulnerabilities to relying heavily on Chinese manufacturers. Puerto Rico’s status as a territory of the United States means there is a common legal and regulatory framework. Relatedly, Puerto Rico is within existing jurisdiction of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, an important distinction from Mexico.”

Reiterating that Puerto Rico “presents a compelling alternative to all non-U.S. options for the nearshoring of manufacturing,” Bentzel said “[s]upporting the development of manufacturing in an American territory should be a priority shared by all.”

Fiscal board seeks second rehearing from appeals court

By THE STAR STAFF

The Financial Oversight and Management Board recently asked for a panel rehearing of the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals decision on Nov. 13 that found that bondholders had perfected their security interest in future net revenues of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA).

The Unsecured Creditors Committee and the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (AAFAF by its initials in Spanish) also filed requests for rehearing.

The parties are seeking to overturn an appeals court decision that net revenues were general intangibles, which require only filing a public notice to perfect, rather than currency and bank accounts, which require the revenue to exist before the security interest can be perfected.

“There is no evidence in the record that net revenues ever take any form except money or deposit accounts,” the oversight board argued in its Nov. 27 request. “As such, there are no ‘moneys’ that are not ‘currency’ or in ‘deposit accounts’ and no basis, in law or in

the record, for the panel’s ruling that the net revenues constitute ‘general intangibles’.”

In June, the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston initially ruled that bondholders had a $8.3 billion secured claim, overturning an earlier district court ruling that found that they had only a $2.4 billion unsecured claim. The ruling has delayed PREPA’s bankruptcy as none of the parties want to settle. U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain, who is overseeing the Title III court process, ordered a litigation moratorium to encourage parties to reach a consensual resolution to the case since the plan

before the court was unlikely to be confirmed. The oversight board requested a rehearing in which they argued that the claim wasn’t perfected, a situation that would allow for the avoidance of the claim. The First Circuit, however, ruled for a second time on Nov. 13 that the security interest was perfected, which the board is now appealing.

The AAFAF argued the present dispute about the definition and applicability of ‘general intangibles’ will ultimately have an enormous impact on the electricity rates paid by Puerto Rico residents.

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Daddy Yankee’s legal rep confirms start of divorce proceedings

By THE STAR STAFF

Attorney Heileene Colberg Birriel, the legal representative of Raymond Ayala, known worldwide as Daddy Yankee, confirmed on Tuesday the start of divorce proceedings between the singer/ rapper and his wife, Mireddys González.

“In light of the accumulation of calls and emails received, the following statements are issued. As legal representative of Raymond Ayala, known artistically as Daddy Yankee, I confirm that this process is beginning,” Colberg Birriel said in a statement.

The attorney emphasized the respect that her client maintains toward González and underscored his desire to preserve the intimacy and privacy of the marriage.

“For a long time my client tried unsuccessfully to bridge the [marital] differences,” she said. “But in September 2024, Mr. Ayala was

notified through Ms. González’s legal representative of her decision to divorce, and private efforts were also made that also did not have the expected results.”

The legal representative stressed that the case filed represents the only available route and that they are committed to the confidentiality required by this type of legal process.

“As a legal office, dedicated mainly to family law, we take seriously the ethical and professional responsibility of fully complying with the confidentiality that is imposed by law on this type of case,” she said. “The understanding and respect of the media is requested during this process and when there is something to report, it will be done.”

Daddy Yankee and Mireddys González have been married for more than 25 years and have kept their personal lives largely out of the public eye. The artist is recognized as one of the pioneers and leading exponents of the urban genre worldwide.

DDEC promotes AI adoption in island’s business ecosystem

The educational event “AI Beyond the Hype: An Executive Educational Series for Strategic Transformation,” held in November, brought together more than 30 senior executives from leading organizations in Puerto Rico in a session led by AI experts from Very Big Things in Miami.

By THE STAR STAFF

The Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC by its acronym in Spanish) has joined with Ironhack, a leading global organization in technology education, to promote the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in Puerto Rico’s business ecosystem.

The alliance consists of educational events such as the program “AI Beyond the Hype: An Executive Educational Series for Strategic Transformation,” held in November, which brought together more than 30 senior executives from leading organizations in Puerto Rico in a session led by Chris Stegner and Alex Nucci, AI experts from Very Big Things in Miami. During the training, participants acquired essential tools to integrate AI into their business strategies. They explored topics such as organizational readiness for AI, creating a data-driven culture, and developing customized roadmaps to achieve business objectives.

MIDA to present food industry projections at seasonal event

By THE STAR STAFF

The Chamber of Food Marketing, Industry and Distribution (MIDA) will present the 2025 Economic Projections for the Food Industry, as part of its Christmas cocktail seminar. The event will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 11, starting at 1:30 p.m., at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in Isla Grande. The projections will be led by Prof. Luis R. Benítez Hernández, the chief economist of economic intelligence and director of MIDA’s economic studies division.

Benítez has served throughout his professional career as research assistant on the Puerto Rico Planning Board, Management and Budget analyst, member of the technical team of former Gov. Rafael Hernández Colón’s Infrastructure Council, co-chairman

of the Special Commission on Fiscal and Tax Reform of 2005 and, on two occasions, president of the Economists Association.

In addition, he is the chairman of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority governing board and commissioner of the Minimum Wage Commission as an economist representing the private sector.

Benítez holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Puerto Rico.

The event will also feature a presentation by Tatiana Irizarry Hilera, sales leader at Nielsen IQ, who will talk about global and local consumer trends and the outlook for 2025, under the theme: “Mid-Year Consumer Outlook Guide to 2025 by NielsenIQ.”

Analyzing the findings presented will be Eduardo Marxuach, president and CEO of Econo Inc., along with Rafael A. Álvarez, vice president of sales and marketing at Méndez & Co. Inc.

The educational events are part of the DDEC’s 21st Century Techforce program, which seeks to ensure Puerto Rico is prepared to lead in the field of digital transformation.

“Our mission is to ensure that Puerto Rico is at the forefront in adopting advanced technologies,” DDEC Secretary Manuel Cidre said. “These initiatives represent a firm step toward the consolidation of our island as a center of innovation and technological excellence in the global market.”

María José Pérez Canals, the assistant secretary of strategic projects at DDEC and leader of the AI adoption effort, emphasized the importance of educational initiatives.

“21st Century Techforce is a strategic response to the global digital transformation,” she said. “Our collaboration with Ironhack and other key institutions ensures that our workforce is equipped to lead in this new technological landscape.”

She added that the project seeks to train 50,000 qualified workers in the next 10 years, closing the gap between the demand for digital jobs and the development of local talent.

“In Puerto Rico, six out of 10 dollars of the [average household] budget are allocated to transportation, housing and food, with an average monthly expenditure on food and household products of $452, as we saw in Consumer Survey 2024,” MIDA President Félix Aponte said. “We have seen the slowdown in food inflation as a positive indicator, but it is important to be attentive to the changes that may come with the political environment in Washington at this time.”

In this regard, he noted that MIDA’s Christmas Cocktail Seminar has positioned itself as a crucial event for business plans for 2025.

Aponte added that with the event, “MIDA offers expert analysis so that entrepreneurs in the Puerto Rican Food Industry have real expectations of what they will face in the new year and draw up strategies that allow them to continue making it possible for food to reach the tables of Puerto Ricans.” MIDA has represented the food sector in Puerto Rico since 1980. It brings together supermarkets, wholesalers, distributors, processors, agro-industrialists and affiliates.

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Trump wants to shake up health care. Many Americans don’t mind.

By JACK HEALY, ISABELLE TAFT and KATE SELIG

As a nature-loving physical therapist in Boulder, Colorado, Colin O’Banion shops at farmers markets, grows organic squash in his backyard and thought he could never vote for Donald Trump.

But during the COVID-19 pandemic, he said, he and his wife became social outcasts when they refused vaccines for themselves and their three sons. Tuning in to alternative health podcasts, O’Banion became convinced that the country’s public health establishment was corrupt, and that the only antidote was the upheaval being promised by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he teamed up with Trump.

“That’s what brought me on board,” O’Banion, 49, said, still sounding surprised that he had voted for Trump, now the president-elect. “We have a real epidemic going on with metabolic disease, diabetes, obesity. How is it possible we have so much money and the most unhealthy people?”

Scientists and public health experts have expressed alarm that Trump wants to give over the country’s health agencies to people like Kennedy and Dr. Mehmet Oz, who have spread misinformation about vaccines and COVID treatments and vowed to gut the government agencies that regulate food and medicines.

But to people like O’Banion, rejecting norms is exactly the point.

Trust in scientists and medical experts has eroded since the pandemic, and voters galvanized by Kennedy’s pledge to “Make America Healthy Again” as head of the Department of Health and Human Services said he had given voice to their frustrations with the whole system — from vaccines and COVID rules to hospitals and health insurance.

“I see that man as someone who understands what’s happening and who is trying to help,” said Savannah Fisher, 36, a resident of St. Augustine, Florida, who said she turned to alternative treatments for chronic pain after feeling dismissed by medical doctors.

Years before the pandemic battles over vaccine mandates, school closures and mask rules turned public health into a partisan minefield, Americans struggled with worsening health outcomes, even as many were plagued by medical debt.

“You have a large swath of the population facing a health crisis, and they feel like medicine and public health isn’t delivering,” said Dr. Ashish Jha, who served as President Joe Biden’s COVID response coordinator. “They’re much more open to people saying, ‘The whole system is corrupt and we have to blow the whole thing up.’”

According to public surveys by the Pew Research Center, nearly 8 in 10 Americans still say they believe that scientists act in the public interest — a far higher level of trust than people give to politicians or the news media. Yet many Americans no longer have lasting relationships with primary care doctors, and social media influencers, often with little or no medical training, have rushed to fill the void.

A CBS poll found some early support for Kennedy’s

nomination to run the federal health department, with 47% of voters saying he was a good pick and 34% opposing him. (Both he and Oz, whom Trump nominated to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, are subject to Senate confirmation.)

Many of Kennedy’s fans make for unlikely allies: small-government conservatives who opposed COVID lockdowns, for example, and liberals sympathetic to Kennedy’s attacks on drugmakers and factory farms.

Even Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado, a Democrat, praised Kennedy’s nomination, though he quickly clarified his position to say he disagrees with Kennedy’s opinions about vaccines after a backlash from public health experts in his state.

In nearly two dozen interviews, voters supportive of Trump’s “MAHA” agenda — including many who have voted Democratic in the past — said they like Kennedy because he shares their grievances about health care and their interest in alternative medicines and natural remedies.

In Austin, Texas, Michelle High, 54, said she began questioning the medical establishment after an oncologist told her there was nothing she could do to improve her odds of surviving colon cancer.

High began seeing a naturopath and made nutritional changes to supplement her treatment at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. After reading more about holistic health, she came to believe that the medical establishment was ignoring what seemed to her an obvious connection between the American food system and chronic disease. Although government agencies have studied and sought to raise awareness about that link, many critics like High say it’s not nearly enough.

“Our government is just like, ‘Nope,’” she said. “That feels dirty, and that’s where you get all the conspiracy theories — when you feel like they’re lying to you, and gaslighting

you, telling you: ‘There’s nothing. Don’t look there.’”

High said she trusts her doctors, but she has stopped discussing her alternative treatments with them.

“They just make you feel small,” she said.

In the Atlanta suburbs, Melinda Hicks, 55, is a lifelong Democrat who voted for Trump in November thanks to Kennedy’s endorsement of him. Watching her father undergo painful and ultimately ineffective treatments for colon cancer soured her on Western medicine, she said, and she turned to naturopathic doctors and acupuncturists to address her family’s health issues.

She had long wanted Democrats to offer a different approach on health policy but kept voting for them because she saw them as her party. Until last month. While Kamala Harris championed abortion rights, birth control and the Affordable Care Act, Hicks felt that the vice president and other Democrats should have focused more on the country’s broader health problems.

“How do you look around at how sick people are and not say, ‘Well, I may not agree with Bobby Kennedy, but he’s right, we’ve got a real problem here’?” she asked.

Hicks said her family spends thousands of dollars a year on alternative treatments that are not covered by their insurance, which they rarely use. She hopes that Kennedy might be able to expand the types of services covered; insurance companies typically limit coverage to treatments that have been proven effective for a certain condition.

What’s unclear is whether Kennedy, a former Democrat and environmental lawyer, will make good on his vows to go after heavily processed foods, seed oils, food dyes, corporate farmers and drugmakers as part of a second Trump administration that is also promising to cut regulations. In his first term, Trump loosened nutrition rules for school lunches and approved scores of products containing pesticides.

Public health officials are already warning that Trump’s agenda could endanger Americans if scientists are purged from federal agencies and health decisions are made by political appointees who reject expert advice.

And some researchers say that Kennedy’s emphasis on toxins and the food supply overlooks Americans’ top concern about health care: its cost.

“Obesity, better food, those things don’t come up” in polling about health care issues, said Mollyann Brodie, executive director of KFF’s Public Opinion and Survey Research Program.

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A COVID-19 booster is administered at the Portage Park Senior Center in Chicago, Sept. 13, 2022. In nearly two dozen interviews by The New York Times, voters who like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. say he shares their grievances about health care and share their interest in alternative medicines and natural remedies. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)

More arctic air and snow are on the way

By JUDSON JONES, ANNIE CORREAL, ED SHANAHAN and ALEXANDRA E. PETRI

Ablast of cold air is settling into the East Coast of the United States this week, even as people across the Great Lakes region continue digging out from a dayslong round of lake-effect snow that snarled Thanksgiving travel.

Temperatures were expected to drop to below freezing in every state east of the Mississippi River early Tuesday, and a few places may even set daily records for low temperatures — a stark contrast to an unseasonably warm October and November. High temperatures will struggle to reach much higher through the day, with temperatures 10 to 20 degrees below normal. It is one of the first true blasts of cold for the Northeast, where fall has felt more like summer as recently as a few weeks ago — and temperatures later in the week may be even colder.

Although many places got a break from the heavy snow Monday, winter storm alerts were still in effect Monday afternoon for portions of southern Ontario, Canada, and parts of Michigan, far northern Indiana, northeastern Ohio, northwestern Pennsylvania, and western

A resident removes snow in Angola, N.Y., Nov. 30, 2024. Temperatures were on track to drop to below freezing in every state east of the Mississippi River on Tuesday. (Jalen Wright/ The New York Times)

and northern New York.

This past weekend’s lake-effect snowstorm should start to wind down into Tuesday, but forecasters described it as more of a “regime

Five cows out of about 100 kept in a barn died in the collapse, Gould said; one firefighter was injured in the effort to rescue the others. Because the barn is on a farm in a particularly remote area, the heavy snow had made it difficult for emergency services workers to get to the site, he added. A video posted online by a television meteorologist showed workers trying to clear snow off a second barn roof later in the day to avoid a second collapse.

The snow piled up to over 5 feet over the weekend in an area known for snowfall, commonly called the “snow belt.” Lake-effect snow occurs when cold winds blow across an unfrozen and warm body of water, such as the Great Lakes, causing moisture to rise and fall as snow downwind. This snow belt is on the eastern and southeastern shores of the Great Lakes, including Canada, where lake-effect snow generates, on average, more than 50% of the annual snowfall for this region.

Chilly start to the holiday season in New York City

change than a change in weather conditions.”

An Alberta Clipper, a meteorological name given to winter storms that begin in Alberta, Canada, and quickly slide through the Midwest and Great Lakes regions of the United States, is expected to move in. This transition from just lake-effect snow will bring a weather system that could affect a larger part of the region, including the higher elevations of the Northeast.

Alberta Clippers are common during winter and often have lighter snow amounts; however, like this storm, they bring stronger, gustier winds and colder air, potentially the most frigid air of the season so far. Although some snow amounts could be lighter, reduced visibility from blowing snow is possible.

Although the busy Thanksgiving travel was mostly over by the start of the week, forecasters said they expected travel to remain treacherous where the heaviest snow bands line up this week.

In Michigan, at least one person was critically injured after a multivehicle collision that closed part of Interstate 94 near Hartford in Van Buren County on Monday afternoon, according to Michigan State Police. Police said the pileup had involved about 14 passenger vehicles and three semitrucks.

“Driving too fast for conditions believed to be a factor with heaving blowing snow producing whiteout conditions,” police said on social media.

In western New York, where just over 54 inches of snow had fallen in the past four days on tiny Cassadaga in Chautauqua County, local officials at about 10:30 a.m. Monday received reports a cattle barn collapsing in nearby Arkwright, said Justin Gould, a spokesperson for the county government.

Tourists and New Yorkers alike bundled up in winter coats while walking through Columbus Circle, some stopping for hot chocolate at a food cart. Along Central Park South about a dozen horse carriages sat empty.

At the Columbus Circle Holiday Market, vendors hidden behind thick scarves and down trapper hats sawed plywood, drilled structural wood and hung lights and heaters as they built their stalls before the opening Tuesday.

Geri Schmitt and Jack Morgani walked hand-in-hand through the construction Monday evening. The Brooklyn couple layered up to celebrate the anniversary of their engagement 30 years ago at Tavern on the Green.

“We didn’t wear the dressiest of outfits for the 30th anniversary,” Schmitt, 55, joked, adding that Morgani brought out his ski coat for the first time this season.

More snow and more cold are on the way.

After a brief warm-up Wednesday, the weather pattern will drop temperatures back 10 to 15 degrees below normal as another blast of arctic air sweeps across the eastern United States. This could mean snow in the Northeast, more lake-effect snow in the Great Lakes, and freezing overnight temperatures back through the South.

In New York City, where it has remained mostly dry since the cold, rainy Thanksgiving Day, the next storm could bring a mix of rain and possibly some snow Wednesday night into Thursday. After the moisture is gone, the city could see high temperatures Friday and Saturday only in the 30s. The blustery conditions could make it feel even colder.

By Friday, some in the region may see at least some reprieve from the active weather, but another quick-moving storm could threaten the region again this weekend.

Intel’s CEO is out amid chipmaker’s struggles

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, second from left, with President Joe Biden during a tour of a new Intel semiconductor manufacturing facility in New Albany, Ohio, on Sept. 9, 2022. Gelsinger stepped down after nearly four years leading the semiconductor company, Intel announced Monday, Dec. 2, 2024, a surprise leadership change as the company has struggled in recent months. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times)

By DON CLARK, TRIPP MICKLE and STEVE LOHR

Over the weekend, Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger was given a choice by the company’s board of directors: Resign or be fired.

Intel’s board had concluded that Gelsinger had to depart after his plans to turn around the iconic semiconductor maker were not showing results quickly enough, said a person with knowledge of the matter, who was not authorized to speak publicly. Other challenges had piled up, with the company’s stock plunging more than 50% this year.

On Monday, Intel announced that Gelsinger had retired as of Sunday. The 63-year-old Intel veteran, who took the helm in 2021 after an 11-year absence from the company, also resigned from the board. He will be replaced for now by two executives, David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus, the company said, adding that it would continue its search for a permanent CEO.

The abrupt change was the latest sign of the 56-yearold company’s fall from grace. Intel was one of the pioneers that gave Silicon Valley its name and for years was one of the world’s best-known tech names. But the company has been mired in recent years in innovation struggles and has ceded ground to rivals including Nvidia, the reigning maker of artificial intelligence chips.

“We have much more work to do at the company and are committed to restoring investor confidence,” Frank Yeary, who will serve as interim executive chair on Intel’s board, said in a statement.

Gelsinger said in the statement that the move was bittersweet. “It has been a challenging year for all of us as we have made tough but necessary decisions to position Intel for the current market dynamics,” he added.

Bloomberg earlier reported some details of Gelsinger’s exit.

Intel’s struggles reached the point this year that Wall Street analysts began considering it a potential takeover candidate or a target for a breakup. The change also came amid signs that the company’s latest production process, a technology at the center of Gelsinger’s turnaround plan, might not restore Intel to a leadership position next year as he promised.

Intel, which makes chips that handle calculations in a majority of the world’s computers, lost its lead in developing manufacturing technology to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. toward the end of the last decade. It also missed out on supplying processors for mobile phones and, more recently, the booming market for AI applications.

Gelsinger embarked on an ambitious plan to introduce five new production processes in four years while remaking Intel as a manufacturer for other chip designers, as well as producing its own products. He also spent much of his time pushing the Biden administration and Congress to pass the CHIPS Act, which was designed to encourage more U.S. production of the foundational silicon components.

As part of that lobbying effort, Gelsinger committed to building new U.S. factories and promised that Intel would catch up to TSMC’s technology by 2025.

But Gelsinger also hired aggressively as Intel’s latest microprocessors ran into slower demand and stiff competition. Revenue plunged more than 30% from 2021 through 2023. In October, the company posted a $16.6 billion quarterly loss, the biggest in its history.

Along the way, Intel’s market valuation withered as Nvidia turned into one of the world’s most valuable companies.

Gelsinger, acknowledging that Intel’s costs and revenue were out of balance, announced 15,000 job cuts. After a board meeting in September, he announced further belt tightening, including delaying plans for a new factory in Germany.

Gelsinger said that month that he still had the board’s support. But Yeary’s statement suggested that the board was not satisfied with Intel’s focus on making its chips more competitive with offerings from Nvidia and rival Advanced Micro Devices.

“As a board, we know first and foremost that we must put our product group at the center of all we do,” Yeary wrote. “Our customers demand this from us, and we will deliver for them.”

Part of that effort will be elevating Holthaus, who rose through Intel’s sales and marketing ranks to be an executive vice president of its client computing group. She was named CEO of Intel products Monday.

Zinsner, who will help run Intel during a transition period, was hired in January 2022 as chief financial officer after a stint at Micron Technology.

Intel’s shares rose about 5% in premarket trading after the company announced Gelsinger’s exit, but ended Monday down less than 1%.

Gelsinger first joined Intel in 1979, eventually ascending to become the company’s chief technology officer during his initial 30-year stint at the chipmaker. That tenure coincided with the era when Intel grew into the dominant supplier of chips for personal computers and, later, the server systems that power the internet.

Gelsinger later left Intel, eventually leading the software maker VMware before rejoining Intel in early 2021. He vowed to restore the company’s engineering-led corporate culture that was instilled by Andy Grove, a onetime Intel chief who died in 2016.

But that culture had always bound Intel too closely to its lucrative franchise in chips for computers, making it difficult to move into new markets. Gelsinger’s style and some of his tactics also did not sit well with some Intel engineering leaders, who complained privately that he had lost touch with industry changes and put too much emphasis on building new factories rather than Intel’s products.

Analysts said they were more surprised by the timing of the announcement than by Gelsinger’s departure. The main question, they said, is what comes next.

“There don’t seem to be any easy answers here, so whoever winds up filling the slot looks in for a tough ride,” Stacy Rasgon, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, wrote in a note Monday.

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Nasdaq, S&P 500 post record closing highs; investors await more data

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq eked out record closing highs on Tuesday, with tech-related shares extending recent gains as investors awaited further jobs data.

The Dow finished slightly lower.

Marketwatchers also digested reassuring comments from Federal Reserve policymakers. Two policymakers said they see inflation heading down to the U.S. central bank’s 2% target and that the job market is “solid.”

They stayed away from signaling whether they would support another interest rate cut later this month. On Monday, Fed Governor Christopher Waller said he was inclined “at present” to support another rate cut this month.

Investors will pay close attention to the U.S. monthly employment report on Friday. They also are keen to see other data this week, including a November reading of private payrolls and the Institute for Supply Management’s services report.

“The market is kind of waiting for the big data, which would be ISM and the (employment report) on Friday ... so people are sitting on their hands a little bit,” said Paul Nolte, senior wealth advisor and market strategist for Murphy & Sylvest in Elmhurst, Illinois.

A report on Tuesday showed U.S. job openings increased solidly in October while layoffs dropped by the most in 1-1/2 years.

Financial markets expect a roughly 72% chance of a 25-basis-point rate cut at the Fed’s Dec. 17-18 policy meeting, CME Group’s FedWatch tool showed.

An October jobs opening reading is slated to be released on Tuesday, while November private payrolls data is due on Wednesday.

Investors picked a significant $12.78 billion worth of U.S. equity funds, extending net purchases into a fourth successive week. However, they withdrew $1.17 billion and $267 million out of Asian and European funds, respectively.

The financial sector witnessed robust demand as it drew $2.65 billion in net purchases, the fifth weekly inflow in a row. Investors also snapped up consumer discretionary, tech and industrials sector funds totaling a hefty $1.01 billion, $807 million and $778 million, respectively.

Global bond funds witnessed inflows for the 49th successive week. Investors poured $8.82 billion into these funds.

Shares of Amazon (AMZN. The company announced a new slate of artificial intelligence platforms, known as foundation models, at its annual AWS conference.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI), fell 76.47 points, or 0.17%, to 44,705.53, the S&P 500 (.SPX), opens new tab gained 2.73 points, or 0.05%,

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to 6,049.88 and the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC), opens new tab gained 76.96 points, or 0.40%, to 19,480.91.

The S&P 500 advanced 5.7% in November as former U.S. President Donald Trump recaptured the White House in the Nov. 5 election and his Republican Party swept both houses of Congress. The index is up roughly 27% for the year to date.

“This is a market that has performed extremely well. You want it to pause, take a breather and wait for another catalyst to push it higher,” said Quincy Krosby, chief global strategist, LPL Financial in Charlotte, North

Carolina.

U.S.-listed shares of South Korean companies declined, with iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY.P), opens new tab easing. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said he would move to lift a martial law declaration he had imposed just hours before.

Shares of Tesla (TSLA.O), eased after data showed the automaker’s sales of China-made electric vehicles fell 4.3% year-on-year to 78,856 in November.

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South Korean president backs down from martial law order

By CHOE SANG-HUN, JOHN YOON and JIN YU YOUNG

President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea said he would lift the emergency declaration of martial law he imposed Tuesday as soon as he could convene his Cabinet, bowing to pressure after the National Assembly passed a resolution demanding it end. By law, Yoon needs to convene his Cabinet to lift martial law.

The announcement by Yoon early Wednesday in South Korea came five hours after he declared martial law late Tuesday night in an unannounced televised address, and soon after the assembly unanimously voted to rescind it, a swift rebuke of the president’s response to the political deadlock that has hobbled his tenure.

Yoon’s declaration of martial law had banned “all political activities” and enabled him to take command of the news media, and drew thousands of protesters outside the assembly complex in what were largely peaceful demonstrations.

Yoon, who is deeply unpopular, accused the opposition of plotting an “insurgency” and “trying to overthrow the free democracy.” But his declaration, in an unannounced speech to the nation, was a dramatic escalation of a simmering political feud and within hours had drawn protesters, tanks and military vehicles onto streets.

The South Korean act on martial law states that if the assembly demands an end to it, the president must lift it “without delay.” It was the first time a South Korean president

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had declared martial law since military dictatorship ended in the country in the late 1980s.

Here’s what else to know:

— Demonstrations in Seoul: Thousands of protesters gathered outside the National Assembly, chanting “End martial law!” In images broadcast by local networks, some appeared to be trying to enter the building as police officers tried to block them. As dawn approached, the protests swelled and spilled into the adjacent streets. Thousands of people filled a section of an eight-lane road to call for the president to be arrested.

— Political paralysis: Elected after a close race in 2022, Yoon has been in a near-constant political standoff with the opposition, which controls the National Assembly. In a nationally televised speech Tuesday night, he denounced the opposition for repeatedly using its majority to impeach members of his Cabinet and block his government’s budget plans. This has “paralyzed the administration,” Yoon said. “The National Assembly, which should have been the foundation of free democracy, has become a monster that destroys it.”

— The opposition: Lee Jae-myung, the opposition leader, rejected Yoon’s claims. “There is no reason to declare martial law. We cannot let the military rule this country,” Lee said. “President Yoon Suk Yeol has betrayed the people.” He called Yoon’s declaration of martial law “illegal.”

— Effects of martial law: Army Gen. Park Ansu, who was appointed martial law commander, banned “all political activities,” including political party activities and citizens’ rallies, and labor activities. Park said in a decree that “all news media and publications are under the control of martial law command,” warning that those who spread “fake news” could be arrested without a court warrant. It was unclear what action the government had taken.

— From his own side: Yoon’s move was criticized by the leader of his own political party. Han Dong-hoon, the head of the People Power Party, said on Facebook that the president’s “martial law declaration is wrong” and that he would “work with the citizens to stop it.”

Fighting worsens already dire conditions in northwestern Syria

By MUHAMMAD HAJ KADOUR and VIVIAN YEE

Hospitals have been ripped apart by airstrikes. Nearly 50,000 people have fled their homes, and tens of thousands lack running water. Civilians are being laid out in body bags on hospital floors after shells struck their neighborhoods.

Scenes from the bloodiest days of Syria’s civil war, which had lain largely dormant for several years, are now repeating themselves in the country’s northwest as pro-government forces try to beat back a surprise rebel offensive, according to aid workers, a war monitor and the United Nations, who warned of a rapidly worsening humanitarian situation.

Conditions were already dire for civilians in the area: Years of war and a powerful February 2023 earthquake had led to crushing poverty, displacement and breakdowns in services. But over the last several days, the region’s misery deepened as Russian and Syrian fighter jets have repeatedly

struck Idlib and Aleppo in northwestern Syria and rebels fought to capture more territory.

The U.N. said more than 50 airstrikes had hit Idlib province in northwestern Syria on Sunday and Monday. Four health facilities, four schools and two camps housing people displaced from earlier phases of the conflict suffered damage, it said.

Stéphane Dujarric, a U.N. spokesperson, said in a briefing Monday night that a strike on a water station had also cut off access for at least 40,000 people. And the Norwegian Refugee Council, which provides aid in the region, said its humanitarian workers were reporting that bakeries and shops had shut down in Aleppo, leading to food shortages.

Dujarric said 24 health care centers in Idlib and western Aleppo province had suspended operations amid the fighting, adding that humanitarian activities had been largely paused out of concern for aid workers’ safety.

In the city of Idlib, which the rebels fully control, several hospitals showed damage Tuesday from what staff said

were pro-government airstrikes a day earlier. At SAMS Maternity Hospital and Ibn Sina Children’s Hospital, heavily damaged incubator units for premature infants were seen.

Dr. Mohammed Hussam Kaddouh, the director of Idlib University Hospital, said Tuesday that his facility was one of two that was knocked completely out of service by strikes.

“The strikes directly targeted the hospital,” Kaddouh said. “Right now we’re mainly relying on the remaining medical centers outside of Idlib.”

One strike hit the hospital’s eastern wing in front of the emergency room’s entrance, Kaddouh said, and another its northern wing. On Tuesday, large shards of glass were still visible in front of a reception desk. Units that housed patients were torn apart, their ceilings displaying gaping holes, with debris strewed through hallways and patient rooms.

One missile slammed through two reinforced concrete roofs and landed in the hospital’s basement, according to Kaddouh, who said no one was injured in the strikes because people inside were able to evacuate in time.

Police with riot shields stand in front of the main gate to the National Assembly building in Seoul as protesters gather on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea declared emergency martial law on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, accusing the opposition of plotting “insurgency” and “trying to overthrow the free democracy.”

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US sending $725 million in arms to Ukraine, including more land mines

By JOHN ISMAY

The Pentagon will send Ukraine an additional $725 million in military assistance from its stockpiles, including antipersonnel land mines, drones, portable anti-aircraft missiles and anti-tank missiles.

In a statement, the Pentagon said earlier this week that the shipment was part of a surge in security aid as Ukraine battles a renewed Russian offensive.

The new support comes amid deep concerns in Ukraine that the incoming Trump administration might cut off military aid to the country. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to end the war quickly, though he has not said how. But Vice President-elect JD Vance has outlined a plan that would allow Russia to keep the Ukrainian territory it has seized.

The new tranche will be the single largest that the United States has sent to Ukraine since a $1 billion shipment was announced April 24, just days after the House approved new aid to the country after a monthslong hold.

The arms are provided under what is called presidential “drawdown” authority, which allows the administration to transfer Pentagon stocks to Ukraine instead of waiting the months or years it can take for defense contractors to manufacture weapons

Ukrainian soldiers fire at advancing Russian troops in the Pokrovsk area in eastern Ukraine, Nov. 16, 2024. The Pentagon will send Ukraine an additional $725 million in military assistance from its stockpiles, including anti-personnel land mines, drones, portable antiaircraft missiles and anti-tank missiles. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)

under new contracts.

There had been 15 such drawdowns totaling $4.6 billion of arms, ammunition, vehicles and other supplies since the $1 billion package was announced.

Over the same period, the United States has also provided $12.1 billion in funds un-

der the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which sends money to Ukraine for its government to purchase weapons directly from the U.S. defense industry.

The provision of land mines to Ukraine has been condemned by a variety of lawmakers and human rights groups because of the indiscriminate nature of those weapons. Anti-tank land mines cannot tell the difference between an enemy tank and a civilian car that drives over it, just as smaller antipersonnel mines are unable to distinguish whether they are being triggered by an enemy soldier or a noncombatant.

The White House authorized sending land mines to Ukraine in September 2023. It initially provided 1,000 155 mm artillery shells it calls RAAMS, for Remote AntiArmor Mine System, which are fired from howitzers and scatter small mines to destroy enemy tanks.

Weapons such as these are called nonpersistent mines because they are designed to self-destruct after a preset amount of time, though such safety features often fail in combat.

The Pentagon said it has sent more than 70,000 such shells to Ukraine as of Oct. 21.

In April 2023, the Pentagon announced it would send 1960s-era M21 heavy antitank mines to Ukraine. Those weapons do not have a self-destruct feature and stay le-

thal until they are cleared by bomb-disposal experts.

On Nov. 20, the Pentagon announced it would send antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine, despite a June 2022 White House directive banning such transfers.

According to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, White House officials told nonprofit organizations Nov. 22 that the United States would send three types of antipersonnel mines to Ukraine, all of which contain self-destruct features.

The first is a 155 mm shell called the Area Denial Artillery Munition that pops open midair and releases 36 small mines, which deploy tripwires once they land on the ground. When the tripwires are disturbed, the mine ejects a small warhead that explodes.

The second version, called the Modular Pack Mine System, can be carried by two soldiers, and dispenses 17 anti-tank mines and four antipersonnel mines into the surrounding area.

The last is called Volcano, which throws a similar mix of antipersonnel and anti-tank mines from cylinders that are mounted on trucks or helicopters to quickly create minefields.

The drawdown announced Monday will provide a second shipment of antipersonnel mines to Ukraine.

Trump threatens ‘hell to pay’ unless Gaza hostages are freed before inauguration

By EPHRAT LIVNI

President-elect Donald Trump earlier this week demanded that the hostages taken in the Hamas-led attack on Israel be released from the Gaza Strip before his inauguration in January, or there will be “hell to pay” in the Middle East for those responsible.

Writing on Truth Social, and without naming any militant group, Trump said in his post: “If the hostages are not released prior to January 20, 2025, the date that I proudly assume Office as President of the United States, there will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East, and for those in charge who perpetrated these atrocities against Humanity. Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of America. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW!”

About 250 hostages were captured

in the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct, 7, 2023, and about 100 of them remain in Gaza, with about one-third believed to be dead, according to Israeli authorities. The Biden administration has been working since last year with Israel and international mediators, including Qatar and Egypt, on a ceasefire deal that would include release of the hostages.

It was not clear what tactic Trump might take that has not been taken already by Israel, which has killed many of Hamas’ leaders and thousands of its fighters, while leveling much of Gaza.

Trump said in his post Monday, “It’s all talk and no action” when it comes to the hostages, and his statement suggesting that he could use the power of his office to punish those who took the captives is the first sign of how aggressively Trump might handle Middle East policy when he resumes office.

There was one brief pause in the fight-

ing, more than a year ago, that led to the release of about 105 hostages. And efforts to broker a ceasefire deal appeared to stall last month after mediators met in Egypt.

Some hostages have also been rescued in Israeli military operations. But there have been protests and widespread frustration in Israel over the lack of a deal to secure their freedom, with critics of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel saying that he has failed to prioritize their release over his political survival.

This is not the first time that Trump has addressed the conflict in Gaza and the fate of the remaining hostages. He has told Netanyahu that he wants the war in the enclave to end before he returns to the White House.

And at the Republican National Convention in July, he said that he wanted the hostages returned and that captors “will be paying a very big price.”

His latest warning came after Hamas released a propaganda video showing American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, 20, pleading with Trump to secure his release.

Posters of some of the people taken hostage during the Hamas-led attacks on Oct. 7, in a square outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in Tel Aviv, Israel, Feb. 17, 2024. (Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times)

Kash Patel’s threat to the rule of law

By DAVID FRENCH

The perfect expression of the authoritarian approach to the rule of law comes from a former Peruvian president, Óscar Benavides: “For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law.” The truly corrupted legal system combines impunity for the ruling class with punitive repression of political dissent.

When Jack Smith moved to dismiss his federal cases against Donald Trump, that clearly signaled Trump’s impunity. It was a representation of the adage that might makes right. He won, so he now enjoys a privilege from prosecution.

The selection of Kash Patel to lead the FBI — a move that would require firing or forcing the resignation of Christopher Wray, the current FBI director, well before the end of his 10-year term — demonstrates Trump’s commitment to repression and revenge.

Patel is the ultimate Trump loyalist. I strongly recommend reading Elaina Plott Calabro’s profile of Patel in The Atlantic. Much of her reporting was based on interviews with Patel’s former colleagues in the first Trump administration.

“Patel was dangerous,” Calabro wrote, summarizing their thoughts, “not because of a certain plan he would be poised to carry out if given control of the CIA or

FBI, but because he appeared to have no plan at all — his priorities today always subject to a mercurial president’s wishes tomorrow.”

Patel is so absurdly devoted to Trump that he wrote a children’s book about Trump, called “The Plot Against the King,” in which he describes the Russia investigation as a plot by “Hillary Queenton” against “King Donald.”

In December 2023, he told Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon, “We’re going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections.”

“We’re going to come after you,” he continued, “whether it’s criminally or civilly. We’ll figure that out.”

To be clear, this isn’t conventional tough-on-crime language. He’s not telling criminals that he’s coming after them. Instead, he’s clearly targeting people who blocked Trump’s illegal efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Biden did not rig a presidential election. Trump lost.

The danger to the rule of law is magnified by the circumstances. Wray is a Trump appointee, and his term doesn’t end until 2027. The only reason to replace him is to find someone who is more responsive to Trump.

Trump has clearly learned the lessons of his first term. When he nominates establishment Republicans, they’ll often (but not always) resist his worst and most

Kash Patel, former chief of staff to the secretary of defense and President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director, speaks during a campaign event at Stoney’s Rockin’ Country Club in Las Vegas, on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. President-elect Donald J. Trump turned to a firebrand loyalist to become director of the bureau, which he sees as part of a ‘deep state’ conspiracy against him. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)

unconstitutional impulses. Even Bill Barr, his second hand-picked attorney general, drew the line when Trump tried to steal the 2020 election.

But now he’s nominating people who possess few, if any, moral lines at all. The danger of Patel isn’t primarily his ideology; it’s his loyalty. He is, as Calabro wrote, “the man who will do anything for Donald Trump.”

A second-rate crime gets a second-rate pardon

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OK, I’m pretty sure when you began your week, you weren’t thinking, “Gee, I hope Joe Biden follows up Thanksgiving with a pardon for his delinquent son.”

I can’t really argue that this was a good move, particularly considering how many times Biden promised it would never happen. There are, however, a couple of lines of defense.

One is the whole Biden story. He’s been with us so long — so veeerrry long — that we’ve sort of forgotten how he lost his wife and daughter in a car crash back in 1972 and how Beau, the star son of that first marriage, died of brain cancer, leaving Hunter as the only surviving child.

While there apparently hasn’t ever been a presidential pardon for a son before now, we have had some other incidents that make the Hunter story look sort of secondrate.

Remember, for instance, Donald Trump’s pardon of Charles Kushner, father-in-law of Trump’s daughter Ivanka, after he pleaded guilty to a deeply, deeply disgusting crime involving the hiring of a prostitute to lure his brother-in-law

into a motel so …

OK, not going into detail. You can read about it in the stories covering Trump’s announcement that he’s going to make Kushner the ambassador to France in his next administration.

Truly, compared with that, Biden’s decision to let his son off the hook for tax offenses and having lied about his drug use when buying a gun seems less shocking. At least he didn’t make Hunter ambassador to a major international ally.

The big problem with Biden’s badness is that he’d specifically promised never to pardon Hunter and that he blamed the about-face on “raw politics” that “led to a miscarriage of justice.”

Nobody believes that, Joe. If only you’d said: “Look, I know this is wrong, but I can’t stand the idea of my troubled son being shipped off to prison. Other parents will understand. I’d rather risk the stain on my reputation than let anything else happen to my boy.”

We’d have known it was wrong, but we’d at least have appreciated that it was true.

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Pablo José Hernández nombra a Maximiliano Trujillo como jefe de gabinete en Washington

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SAN JUAN – El comisionado residente electo, Pablo José Hernández Rivera, anunció este martes que Maximiliano ‘Max’ Trujillo Ortega será el director de su oficina en Washington. Trujillo, actual director de USDA Rural Development en Puerto Rico, cuenta con 25 años de experiencia en el Congreso, el gobierno local y el sector privado.

“Max Trujillo cuenta con 25 años de experiencia combinada trabajando en el Congreso de los Estados Unidos y en el gobierno del Estado Libre Asociado Puerto Rico, así como en el sector privado”, expresó Hernández en declaraciones escritas.

Destacó la trayectoria de Trujillo en consultoría de políticas y asuntos gubernamentales estratégicos, asesorando en telecomunicaciones, atención médica y desarrollo económico.

Trujillo también trabajó como asesor de la congresista Nydia Velázquez y director asociado de AARP en Puerto Rico, donde promovió temas como Seguro Social, Medicare y Medicaid. En el ámbito local, fue asesor auxiliar del gobernador en seguridad económica y asesor legislativo en desarrollo económico en la Cámara de Representantes.

“Quiero agradecer al comisionado electo Pablo José Hernández Rivera por esta oportunidad. Será para mí un gran honor el poder continuar sirviendo a los intereses de Puerto Rico desde la oficina del Comisionado Electo Hernández Rivera”, expresó Trujillo en declaraciones escritas.

El Lcdo. Trujillo Ortega es graduado de la Universidad de Marquette, tiene un grado en derecho de la Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico y una maestría en Derecho en Estudios Jurídicos Internacionales de la American University.

Preparados para la celebración este fin de semana de La Feria en Cataño

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CATAÑO – Con una oferta musical de primera, centenares de artesanos, un amplio despliegue de seguridad y logística de estacionamientos y movilidad dentro y fuera del Frente Marítimo, el Municipio de Cataño y representantes de la destilería Bacardí, presentaron los últimos de-

talles para La Feria en Cataño, que se celebrará este sábado, 7 y domingo, 8 de diciembre en el Frente Marítimo del municipio costero.

“Este año nuestra administración municipal, junto a la destilería Bacardí, volvemos a no escatimar en preparativos para que este evento sea uno memorable para toda la familia puertorriqueña. Se incluyen trovadores, los anhelados artesanos, lo mejor de la gastronomía local y una mezcla artística que apela a los distintos gustos de nuestros visitantes. Sin embargo, otro atractivo de este evento es la rigurosa seguridad con la que se cuenta. Por eso estará activada toda nuestra policía municipal, la oficina municipal de manejo de emergencias, sus contrapartes de agencias del estado, el cuerpo de bomberos, ambulancias públicas y privadas, entre otros componentes para hacer de La Feria una actividad con un verdadero ambiente sano y seguro”, afirmó Julio Alicea Vasallo, alcalde de Cataño en comunicación escrita.

El sábado el espectáculo comienza al mediodía con el tradicional Ballet Areyto, seguido por los Pleneros de Severo, Oscarito, Norberto Vélez, Pink Pablo, Clarent, Yan Block y De la Rose. Mientras, que el domingo la fiesta em-

Unión del Fondo del Seguro del Estado rechaza señalamientos del administrador

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SAN JUAN – La presidenta de la Unión de Empleados del Fondo del Seguro del Estado (UECFSE), María Medina, respondió este martes a las declaraciones del administrador de la Corporación del Fondo de Seguro del Estado (CFSE), Noé Marcano, ofrecidas durante las vistas públicas de transición, en las que reconoció que en la región de Ponce empleados de mantenimiento desempeñan funciones administrativas relacionadas con seguros.

Marcano indicó durante su ponencia que esta práctica fue producto de un acuerdo entre la administración pasada y una de las uniones del Fondo, pero expresó que no estaba de acuerdo con la misma y consideraba que debía ser corregida con la implementación de un plan de clasificación y retribución. En respuesta, Medina rechazó categóricamente estas afirmaciones, calificándolas como “falsas” y “desacertadas”.

“Desde el año pasado, la Unión ha buscado implementar un plan de clasificación para resolver precisa-

pieza con la esperada Competencia de Trovadores Pico a Pico, luego le toca el turno a Julio Cesar Sanabria, Pirulo y la Tribu, Planéalo, La Secta y Joseph Fonseca, concluyendo con un gran cierre con El Gran Combo.

Para conveniencia de los visitantes, el Municipio de Cataño ha provisto y coordinado varios estacionamientos en toda la periferia del pueblo, con apoyos de seguridad de empleados municipales y un sistema de guaguas que transportará continuamente al público hacia el área del Frente Marítimo. Los estacionamientos son: Parque Perucho Cepeda; Coliseo Cosme Beitía; Estacionamiento bajo el puente de la carretera PR-5, frente al Perucho Cepeda; Coliseo Deportivo Luis Osvaldo Reyes; Plaza del Mercado de Cataño; Estacionamiento Público Edwin Rivera Sierra, mejor conocido como el estacionamiento de la Puntilla. Y exclusivamente para personas con impedimentos el Estacionamiento Matienzo Cintrón. Los estacionamientos estarán debidamente rotulados.

También se informó que el servicio de Lanchas entre San Juan y Cataño tendrá horario especial. El sábado operarán un último viaje a la 1:00 a.m. y el domingo terminan a las 12:00 a.m. La boletería cerrará una hora antes.

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mente situaciones como la señalada por el administrador. Hemos presentado propuestas y documentos que se entregaron tanto a la secretaria de la Gobernación, Noelia García, como a la Oficina de Administración y Transformación de los Recursos Humanos (OATRH) y al propio administrador Marcano. Sin embargo, ha sido él quien se ha negado a colaborar en el proceso, retrasando la implementación del plan y dejando sin resolver problemas de larga data,” expresó Medina en declaraciones escritas.

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Percival Everett, author of ‘James,’ wins National Book Award for fiction

By ALEXANDRA ALTER

Percival Everett won the National Book Award for fiction last month for his novel “James,” a propulsive and slyly funny retelling of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of Huck’s companion, an enslaved man named James.

In accepting the award, Everett said that seeing people coming together to celebrate books gave him a sense of optimism during what was, for him, a challenging moment.

“Two weeks ago, I was feeling pretty low, and to tell you the truth, I still feel pretty low,” he said, in an oblique reference to the results of the presidential election. “As I look out at this, so much excitement about books, I have to say, I do feel some hope.”

Published this spring, “James” drew rapturous reviews from critics. “It is a tangled and subversive homage, a labor of rough love,” Dwight Garner wrote in The New York Times, calling the novel a masterpiece that deserves to be read alongside the book that inspired it.

This year’s award ceremony, which drew 800 guests to a black-tie dinner at Cipriani Wall Street, marked the 75th National Book Awards.

The event kicked off with a piano riff on Beethoven’s Fifth symphony by Jon Batiste, the Grammy Award and Academy Award-winning singer, songwriter and composer.

He was followed by Kate McKinnon, a comedian and actress who hosted the event and joked about her lack of literary credentials in the opening remarks. After describing the power of books to illuminate, provoke and inspire change, she confessed that the line was written by ChatGPT. “Is that bad?” she asked.

Even with McKinnon’s jokes and frequent whoops of delight, the mood often turned somber, as writers spoke about the role of literature in challenging times, with ongoing wars, political division, racial inequality and growing book removals around the country.

“Hard times are coming,” said Ruth Dickey, executive director of the National Book Foundation, quoting a speech given by Ursula K. Le Guin at the National Book Awards in 2014, as she described the threat of rising censorship and book bans.

The award for nonfiction was given to anthropologist Jason De León for “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling,” an immersive account of the nearly seven years he spent embedded with human smugglers on the U.S.-Mexico border. The book depicts traffickers as both victims and perpetrators of violence, often suffering from the same poverty as migrants.

In accepting the award, which he dedicated to “everyone on the migrant trail,” De León denounced the

incoming Trump administration’s proposed crackdown on immigration and other policies. “I will not accept the dystopian American future,” he said.

The National Book Award, established in 1950, is one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the United States. Past winners include William Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor, Ralph Ellison, Louise Erdrich, Colson Whitehead and Jesmyn Ward.

The prize, which is given in five categories — fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people’s literature — is open to books released by U.S. publishers in the United States between Dec. 1, 2023 and Nov. 30, 2024. Earlier this year, the National Book Foundation announced that it was dropping the citizenship requirement, opening up the prize to immigrants and others who have made their home in the United States.

The National Book Foundation also recognized Barbara Kingsolver, the author of nine novels, including “The Poisonwood Bible” and “Demon Copperhead,” which won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize, with a lifetime achievement award.

In accepting the prize, Kingsolver made a case for morally engaged literature that raises uncomfortable questions about social inequality and injustice. “I think we’re at our best when we’re disruptors, when we rattle self absorption,” she said. “We get to crack people open.”

The foundation also honored W. Paul Coates, publisher and founder of Black Classic Press and BCP Digi-

tal Printing, with the Literarian Award, which recognizes service to the literary community.

Coates’ award provoked controversy after an article in Jewish Insider questioned the foundation’s decision, noting that Black Classic Press had republished the late Tony Martin’s 1993 book “The Jewish Onslaught,” which was criticized as antisemitic at the time of its publication for Martin’s claims that Jewish people were opposed to Black progress.

The foundation defended its choice in a statement to Jewish Insider, noting that they awarded the prize to Coates for his work “to ensure that Black voices and stories, that might otherwise have been lost, are instead preserved as an irreplaceable part of American literary history.” On Wednesday night, Coates received the award to warm applause and without incident, and spoke about the purpose of his press.

“My mission is recovery, and making Black self-narrating voices known to the world,” he said.

The award for translated literature, which was added in 2018, went to Yáng Shuāng-zā’s “Taiwan Travelogue.” The novel, about a Japanese novelist who travels to Taiwan in 1938 and forms a relationship with her young female interpreter, was translated from Mandarin by Lin King.

The award for young people’s literature was given to Shifa Saltagi Safadi for “Kareem Between,” a coming-ofage novel that centers on a Syrian American boy struggling to fit in. In her acceptance speech, Safadi thanked Allah and the Muslim writers who had come before her, and denounced the “dehumanization of Arabs and Islamophobia,” as well as the war in the Gaza Strip.

The poetry prize was awarded to Lena Khalaf Tuffaha for “Something About Living,” a collection that explores the erasure of Palestinian history. Tuffaha, who decried the ongoing violence in Gaza, said that she was honored to accept the award as a Palestinian American on “behalf of all the deeply beautiful Palestinians that this world has lost, and in honor of all the miraculous ones who endure.”

The novelist Percival Everett at the National Book Award ceremony in New York on Wednesday night, Nov. 20, 2024. Everett won the prize for fiction for his novel “James,” a propulsive and slyly funny retelling of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of Huck’s companion, an enslaved man named James. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)

You’re hungover. Can exercise help?

By TALYA MINSBERG

Electrolyte drinks, ibuprofen, a bagel overflowing with bacon, egg and cheese — everyone has their own way of nursing a hangover. There are also plenty of products that claim to make the experience less miserable, with little evidence to support them.

But what about exercise? Some people swear that a workout can help cure, or blunt, a hangover. If it can, what type of movement could be most helpful?

“There’s very few settings where exercise is not beneficial,” said Dr. Andy Peterson, a team physician at the University of Iowa. It’s “the closest thing we have to a miracle drug in medicine.”

That includes hangovers — with some caveats — he said. Here’s what experts advise if you are thinking about sweating through a rough morning.

How does a hangover affect your body?

After a night of drinking, several things happen to your body at once, said Dr. Shaan Khurshid, a cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. You might be dehydrated and you might experience sleep disturbances, digestive issues or a spike in anxiety.

While hangover symptoms and

their severity can vary a lot between people — and even for the same person at different times — no one is going to be at their physical peak after drinking a substantial amount of alcohol, Khurshid said.

Alcohol is a relaxant, which is why it can make you feel less stressed and more at ease. But as those effects wane, they can be followed by what Khurshid called a “compensatory kind of adrenaline surge.” He explained: “That’s why some people will notice

that their heart rate is faster, or they are a little bit more anxious or on edge” the next day.

Starting a workout with a higher baseline heart rate could make your go-to routine feel harder than usual. (If you are prone to heart arrhythmias, it’s best to stay away from intense exercise the morning after drinking, Peterson added.)

Alcohol also has a diuretic effect, meaning it makes you urinate more frequently. It also slows your digestion and irritates your stomach lining, which can cause vomiting or other gastrointestinal issues. All of these factors increase your chances of dehydration.

You also may not be eating as much or as healthily when you’re drinking. If so, come the next morning, you are likely not properly fueled for exercise.

What type of exercise is best?

There is very little research on exercise and hangovers. Of the small studies that do exist, most have focused on how hangovers might affect athletic performance, rather than the other way around. (For example, one study of hikers in Greece found that

hungover participants felt “significantly more exhausted” after a 10-mile walk than participants without hangovers. On average, they also smoked many more cigarettes the night before.)

But it is well-established that dehydration has a negative impact on exercise performance. For that reason, experts stress the importance of rehydrating and taking in electrolytes before attempting any kind of workout with a hangover. Khurshid recommends eating a salty snack or breakfast in addition to drinking plenty of water.

Some hangover symptoms, like poor coordination and slow thinking, can also put you at increased risk for injury if you choose a workout that demands complex motor movements, like boxing or rock climbing, Peterson said. For that reason, you are better off trying a low-intensity form of exercise, like a walk, an easy jog, a gentle swim or a ride on a stationary bike.

But as long as you listen to your body and do not attempt any new, vigorous activities, trying some movement should be safe, Khurshid said.

If the movement feels good, or you start to feel better as you exercise, you can increase the intensity, Peterson said. But if you start to feel worse, it’s time to call it.

Can a workout help you feel better?

If you don’t usually exercise, a hungover workout probably won’t be a “one-time cure,” Khurshid said, since it will be more difficult for you to push yourself enough to have a productive session when you’re feeling less than your best. For that reason, you are more likely to experience some benefit if you already exercise regularly. Still, this is not the time to push yourself to the edge. “If you start your workout and you feel terrible, but you don’t feel any worse as you go on, you’re doing the right thing,” Peterson said. If you do start to feel better afterward, the experts said, it is probably the regular magic of exercise and endorphins at work. There are far worse miracle elixirs to believe in.

Some people swear that a workout can help cure, or blunt, a hangover. If it can, what type of movement could be most helpful? (Gabriel Alcala/The New York Times)

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On the wings of war: Drone designers take cues from hummingbirds

By JIM ROBBINS

Hummingbirds zooming around the garden from flower to flower and sipping nectar probably don’t appear at first glance to be models for instruments of war.

But the tiny thrumming birds are unparalleled aerial acrobats, power in miniature, instantly zipping forward and backward, diving quickly down and soaring back up, pitching, rolling and yawing, and even flying upside down. Their sophisticated flying abilities have captured the attention of robot designers, especially those studying the use of drones in modern warfare.

“Hummingbirds are the best flyers out there,” said Bret Tobalske, a biology professor and director of the University of Montana’s Flight Lab. “They are extreme in their physiology and flight performance. They are incredibly maneuverable. They are capable of hovering indefinitely” — an adaptation driven by a love of nectar.

As crew-less vehicles have taken over the skies in conflicts, hummingbirds have become the subject of new research. The Flight Lab, accustomed to looking at the ecology, evolution and biomechanics of bird flight, is part of an effort, funded largely by U.S. defense dollars, to build a better robotic hummingbird. Mimicking these birds — a phenomenon known as bio-inspired technology — is the holy grail for the makers of flying robots.

“A real hummingbird can fly circles around robotic hummingbirds,” Tobalske said. “They can fly circles around real birds too.”

There have been hummingbird robots built — most notably the NanoHummingbird, built by AeroVironment, a private company, with funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — but they have myriad limitations. “None of these robots can fly fast forward,” Dr. David Letink, a professor of biomimetics at Groningen University in the Netherlands who has studied and built flying robots for decades. “That can only be performed by bigger robots.”

Aircraft design has long been informed by avian flight. And numerous flight labs study several types of creatures — hawk moths, dragonflies, bats and hummingbirds — to examine the secrets of their flying skills. Much of the work is funded by defense agencies, with the aim of using the knowledge to design better aircraft.

The work at Flight Lab in Montana is funded by the Office of Naval Research, part of the Defense Department, under a contract of a little more than $660,000, part of $2 million over seven years allocated to study the birds. Defense officials did not respond to requests for comment.

A robot based on a hummingbird might not be likely to carry weapons but instead could be deployed to scout streets ahead of troops, spy on troop movements or be dispatched to search for wounded soldiers in places where humans can’t go, such as inside a collapsed building or a tunnel.

The wings of many hummers beat about 50 times

The sophisticated flying abilities of hummingbirds have captured the attention of robot designers, especially those studying the use of drones in modern warfare. (Timo Lenzen/The New York Times)

a second, the most of any bird; by contrast, a pigeon’s wings beat nine times a second. Hummingbird hearts, the size of a pea, beat 1,200 times a minute when the bird is active. Human hearts beat 60 to 100 times a minute.

The birds are also deceptively strong. “Hummingbirds have more power output gram for gram than any other vertebrate,” Tobalske said.

neuvers in their natural habitat.

Paolo Segre, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, and Roslyn Dakin, associate professor at Carleton University, divided the maneuvers into three categories: pitching up and down; accelerating and braking; and complex, sharp turns.

One of their discoveries, counterintuitively, was that larger hummingbirds can maneuver more easily than smaller birds because they have more muscle mass and a larger wing in proportion to their bodies.

One aspect of the study of how the birds fly involves measuring the air velocity, pressure and viscosity that flow around the wings and support flight. Equations that explain this phenomenon are so complex that it takes a supercomputer weeks to devise a model of the aerodynamic forces.

An undated photo provided by the Journal of The Royal Society Interface show how hummingbirds use wing inertial effects to improve maneuverability. (The Royal Society Interface via The New York Times)

The birds’ bodies, especially the wings and tails, morph repeatedly and undergo numerous changes as they fly.

That complexity is difficult to replicate. For robot designers, “the biggest challenge is to change the shape of the wing and the tail like a bird does,” Letink said.

The researchers here are primarily focused on the calliope hummingbird, which weighs less than two paper clips. Yet every fall, the bird travels a risky migratory path through wind, rain and snow from the Pacific Northwest to southern Mexico.

Much about hummingbird ecology is a mystery, largely because the birds are too small for tracking devices. But they are very transient, Tobalske said. “They spend three months traveling south and three months traveling north again.”

Researchers also study rufous and black-chinned hummingbirds.

There are nearly 370 species of hummingbirds in the world, found only in North and South America. When Spanish explorers first traveled South America, they were delighted by the brightly colored, iridescent, hovering birds, which they called joya valadoras (flying jewels).

Despite the time and funding that has gone into trying to fully grasp the complex dynamics of hummer flight, a thorough understanding remains elusive.

A decade ago, researchers took a mobile lab into the Peruvian Amazon, Costa Rica and the Ecuadorian Andes. They studied 200 hummingbirds and tracked 330,000 ma-

“This has not really been cracked by engineers,” he said. “Making the wing shape change like you see in a bird, not only the sweeping motion, but the twisting motion and the folding, to do all of that is super hard for an engineer.”

Another major obstacle to replicating a hummingbird’s flight lies in the bird’s singular adaptation to wind, or gust tolerance.

“We like to fly our drones on calm days because they don’t like wind,” said Moble Benedict, who builds robots at Texas A&M University that are based on the kind of research the Tobalske lab does. “It’s the exact opposite with birds. You see more in the sky on windy days. They are not trying to fight winds, they are flying with the wind.”

This is especially important because as the climate warms, turbulence is increasing.

Developing a hummer robot that could fly like the real thing is possible but still years away, experts say.

“I think, ultimately yes,” Tobalske said. Accomplishing that feat would demand a considerable commitment of time and substantial funding, he estimated, and even then could take a decade or two.

It might be far easier, he joked, “to think about raising a hummingbird and training him with a little backpack.”

4, 2024

A stray dog climbed an Egyptian pyramid. Along came a paraglider.

By FRANZ LIDZ

They say that every dog has its day, and for Apollo, a stray who roams the Giza necropolis in greater Cairo, that day was Oct. 14. Just after sunrise, a paraglider pilot named Alex Lang spied the dog frolicking atop the Pyramid of Khafre, a 448-foot tall limestone monument in the famous Giza complex that people are not permitted to scale.

“I looked down and saw something move,” said Lang, an accountant from Atlanta. He was taking part in an adventure sport called paramotoring, which allows you to strap on a backpack attached to a small engine and wing and turn yourself into a human aircraft.

“He just stood there confidently, like he was king or maybe pharaoh of the hill,” Lang said.

Lang filmed a short video that quickly became an overnight sensation, amassing 28 million views on Instagram and trending on several other online platforms. The footage prompted social media commenters to ponder whether the creature with the large erect ears was Anubis, an ancient Egyptian god of the dead often depicted as a man with a jackal’s head.

“Wrong god,” said Vicki Michelle Brown, co-founder of the American Cairo Animal Rescue Foundation. “The workers at the Giza pyramid complex had already named him Apollo.”

Brown and her business partner, Ibrahim Elbendary, live in an apartment building across the street from the 4,600-year-old pyramid.

While online shortly after Lang’s video was posted, Elbendary recognized Apollo by his coloring and the curl of his tail. For the past three years, the animal welfare operation had provided food, water and medical care for the dog, his siblings and their pack mother.

The brood tends to camp out on the steps at the northwest corner of the Khafre pyramid, and it ranges freely with a dozen other packs at the site. Just about every dog has been vaccinated and, with the exception of Apollo, spayed or neutered.

“Whenever we try to trap him, he runs straight to the top of the pyramid,” Elbendary said.

Pyramid scheme

While soaring over the pyramid, Lang got so distracted by Apollo that his paramotor ran out of fuel, cau-

The brood tends to camp out on the steps at the northwest corner of the Khafre pyramid, and it ranges freely with a dozen other packs at the site. Just about every dog has been vaccinated and, with the exception of Apollo, spayed or neutered.

sing him to begin descent. He landed safely beyond the pyramids, in the Sahara. When he reached the designated landing spot, he told his fellow pilots about the dog and showed them the footage. He remembers one pilot, who calls himself a social media influencer, telling him, “That’s an awesome video.”

Wild in the streets

Five years ago, Egypt’s agriculture minister estimated that the country had 15 million stray dogs and that they were biting some 200,000 people a year. In Cairo, the strays are called baladi, an Arabic word that means “native” or “local.” Baladi dogs are a mix of Saluki, pharaoh hound and Canaan dog breeds that evolved naturally. “They’re literally everywhere in the city,” Brown said. “On stairs, on side streets, on the roofs of cars.”

Humans and dogs have a fraught history in Cairo. Alan Mikhail, an historian at Yale University, said that contrary to the common notion that dogs were considered impure in Islam, their relationship to people was mostly harmonious and mutually beneficial. Beginning in the 1500s, dogs were particularly valued for eating garbage and were even granted some legal protection.

The influencer, Marshall Mosher, then edited the footage, replacing a selfie of Lang with a photo of himself in flight and gazing downward, as if he were observing the dog. Without asking Lang’s permission, he then posted the altered video to an Instagram account, identifying himself in the caption as the pilot.

(Asked for comment on the video, Mosher wrote in an email: “It’s my video edit, my post, and I’m not required by any legal or moral rules to tag him.”)

When the clip went viral, the influencer gave numerous interviews to newspapers and TV outlets around the world, often accepting credit for spotting Apollo.

At the end of Mosher’s ersatz press tour, he texted Lang a quasi-apology: “I’ve been working toward a viral video like that for years and I think I just got caught up in the opportunity.” He told The New York Times he shared the several hundred dollars in earnings he made on the post from usage rights with Lang, which Lang confirmed.

Lang shook off the episode: “I wasn’t in this for the money or the notoriety,” he said. “I’d rather be like Apollo, standing above it all, enjoying the view.”

By the end of the 18th century, though, Napoleon’s three-year incursion into Egypt signaled a change. The semiferal dogs that informally guarded Cairo’s winding alleys so annoyed the French troops that on Nov. 30, 1798, sharpshooters were ordered to execute every stray they encountered, and squads of soldiers walked through the city with baskets of poisoned meat. By morning, Cairo was filled with dead dogs, Mikhail said.

It wasn’t long before dogs “came to be seen primarily as noise polluters, competitors for urban space, potential disease vectors and useless sources of filth,” Mikhail wrote in a book, “The Animal in Ottoman Egypt.”

Until recently, authorities culled baladi dogs by scattering the toxin citrinin in streets overnight. Today, it is illegal to poison them in Cairo, though enforcement tends to be lax, Brown said.

“The society here considers street dogs to be varmints,” said Brown, who grew up in Tennessee. “Fortunately, strays are increasingly gaining acceptance and grassroots support.”

Brown’s organization shelters 266 dogs, and she has facilitated adoptions all over Europe and North America. Over the last month, requests have poured in for Apollo. Brown has turned down every one.

“The pyramids are Apollo’s home, and to make him a house pet would be very unfair,” she said. “But if anyone wants a dog from the pyramids, we can very easily ship them a puppy that would love to be loved.”

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Se le emplaza y requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Este caso trata sobre Cobro de Dinero e Incumplimiento de Contrato; la parte demandante solicita que se condene a la parte demandada a pagar: la cantidad en pérdida de $47,178.35; más intereses a razón del 9.25% los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta su total y completo pago de la deuda; más una cantidad equivalente al 30% del total adeu-

dado para gastos y honorarios de abogado según pactado. Además que se ordene el embargo del vehículo descrito en el inciso cuarto de la demanda, para con el producto del mismo satisfacer hasta donde alcance las cantidades adeudadas.

Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle.

Lcdo. José Antonio Lamas Burgos Abogado Número 15,693 650 Ave. Muñoz Rivera, Suite 701, San Juan, PR 00917, Teléfono: (787) 296-9500, Correo Electrónico: jlamas@lvprlaw.com

El Artículo 959 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico, 31 L.P.R.A. sec. 2787, dispone lo siguiente: “Instando, en juicio, un tercer interesado para que el heredero acepte o repudie, deberá el Tribunal Superior señalar a éste un término, que no pase de treinta (30) días, para que haga su declaración; apercibido de que, si no la hace, se tendrá la herencia por aceptada.” Por la presente el Tribunal de Instancia, conforme a lo establecido en el Artículo 959, supra, y el caso Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Puerto Rico vs. Latinoamericana de Exportación, Inc., 164 D.P.R. 689 (2005), le ordena que en el término de treinta (30) días, haga declaración aceptando o repudiando la herencia de la Sucesión de Reynaldo Colón Rivera t/c/c Reinaldo Colón Rivera. Se le apercibe que de no expresar su intención de aceptar o repudiar la herencia dentro del término que se le fijó la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy 12 de septiembre de 2024. Lcda. Laura I Santa Sanchez, Secretaria. Ivette M Marrero Bracero, SubSecretaria.

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Demandante V. ALEX G. SANTIAGO ALMENA

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SL2024CV00171. (Salón: 803 - CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE

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SANTIAGO ALMENA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 18 de noviembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 26 de noviembre de 2024. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 26 de noviembre de 2024. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. GLORIMAR RIVERA RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandado(a)

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(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 25 de noviembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 27 de noviembre de 2024. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 27 de noviembre de 2024. WANDA SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. ANA CELÍS MÁRQUEZ APONTE, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 27 de noviembre de 2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 27 de noviembre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. CARMEN M. PINTADO NIEVES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante Vs. FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DEL PAGARE EXTRAVIADO

Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2024CV03837. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL, personas desconocidas que se designan con estos nombres ficticios, que pueden ser tenedor o tenedores, o puedan tener algún interés en el pagaré hipotecario a que se hace referencia más adelante en el presente edicto, que se publicará una sola vez. Se les notifica que en la Demanda radicada en el caso de epígrafe se alega que un pagaré hipotecario fue otorgado el 14 de octubre de 2014, se emitió un pagaré ante el Notario Público Saideth Cristóbal

Martínez a favor de Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano, o a su orden, por la suma de $216,000.00, con intereses al 2.403% y vencedero el 8 de abril de 2087, garantizado por hipoteca constituida en virtud de la Escritura Número 50, testimonio numero 3,111 otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Río Grande Estates, situado en el Barrio Zarzal del término municipal de Río Grande, Puerto Rico, con el número, bloque, área y lindes que se relacionan a continuación y contiene una casa de concreto reforzado diseñada para una familia, construida de acuerdo con los planos y especificaciones aprobados por la Junta de Planificación de Puerto Rico y otras agencias gubernamentales, con el número de solar nueve (9) del Bloque “KK”, con un área superficial de 461.38 metros cuadrados; en lindes por el NORTE, con la Calle número 402, en distancia de 20.12 metros y 7.39 metros; por el SUR, con el solar número 11, en distancia de 11.30 metros; por el ESTE, con la Calle número 401, en distancia de 22.97 metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar número 8, en distancia de 25.00 metros. El inmueble gravado mediante la hipoteca antes descrita es la finca 22,378 inscrita al Sistema Karibe de Río Grande, Registro de la Propiedad, Sección Tercera de Río Grande. La obligación evidenciada por el pagaré antes descrito fue saldada en su totalidad. Dicho gravamen no ha podido ser cancelado por haberse extraviado el original del pagaré. El original del pagaré antes descrito no ha podido ser localizado, a pesar de las gestiones realizadas. Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano, o a su orden, es el acreedor que consta en el Registro de la Propiedad. El último tenedor conocido del pagaré antes descrito fue Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo de 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.

Lcda. Pamela Santiago Olivieri RUA NUM. 22028

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Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 26 de noviembre de 2024. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL AUXILIAR. KEILA GARCÍA SOLÍS, SECRETARIA CONFIDENCIAL DE TRIBUNAL I.

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Demandados Civil Núm.: CB2024CV00731. Sobre: DESAHUCIO POR FALTA DE PAGO Y COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. A: FRANCISCO JAVIER RULLÁN ACOSTA, JULIANA DUARTE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

Se les notifica a ustedes que se ha radicado en este Tribunal la Demanda en el caso de epígrafe. Se les apercibe que deberán contestar dicha Demanda dentro del término de TREINTA (30) DÍAS de haberse publicado este Edicto, radicando el original de la contestación en la Secretaría de este Tribunal y notificando copia de la misma al LCDO. FERNANDO L. SEPÚLVEDA SILVA, a su dirección, P. O. Box 202, Cabo Rojo, PR 00623; y si así no lo hiciesen, se les anotará la Rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarles ni oírles. En Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, a 14 de noviembre de 2024. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE CABO ROJO. MARÍA M. AVILÉS BONILLA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante V. LUIS R. SERRANO GONZALEZ

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SL2024CV00120. (Salón: 701). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTECIA POR EDICTO. KENMUEL JOSÉ RUIZ LÓPEZKENMUEL.RUIZ@ORF-LAW.COM.

A: LUIS R.

SERRANO GONZALEZ - PO BOX 689, SAN LORENZO, PR 00754. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 18 de noviembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 26 de noviembre de 2024. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 26 de noviembre de 2024. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. ENEIDA ARROYO VÉLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V.

OLGA N ROSARIO RIVERA

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: UT2024CV00137. (Salón: 10). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. KENMUEL JOSÉ RUIZ LÓPEZKENMUEL.RUIZ@ORF-LAW.COM. A: OLGA N ROSARIO RIVERA - 4 RES SAN ALBERTO APT 48, UTUADO PR 00641. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 25 de noviembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 26 de noviembre de 2024. En Utuado, Puerto Rico, el 26 de noviembre de 2024. DIANE ÁLVAREZ VILLANUEVA, SECRETARIA. GLORIA I. RIVERA FONSECA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE

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MEDINA

PETICIONARIAS EX PARTE AB-INTESTATO DE DOMINGO QUIÑONES

TORRES

Civil Núm.: PO2024CV02026. Sobre: PROTOCOLIZACIÓN DE TESTAMENTO OLOGRAFO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTOS. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: CINDY DOLORES QUIÑONES TAMBIÉN

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POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y notifica que usted deberá contestar la Petición presentada 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, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar y notificar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal ordenará la continuación de los procedimientos y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Representa a la parte demandante, el abogado cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato: LCDA. CÁNDIDA R. RENTAS ANCIANI RUA NÚM. 13595 1720 CARR. 506, SUITE 203 COTO LAUREL, PR 00780-2925 TELÉFONO: (787) 984-5714; CELULAR (787) 384-5711

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Demandante V. ROBERTO DIAZ DEL VALLE Y OTROS

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Caso Núm.: RG2023CV00535. (Salón: 303). Sobre: EJECU-

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN ACQUAMARINA HOLDINGS LLC Demandante V. ANGEL MANUEL ROMAN DIAZ Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SJ2024CV03902. (Salón: 506 CIVIL). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ALYSSA MARIE RIVERA RIVERAALYSSARIVERA.LAW@OUTLOOK. COM.

A: ANGEL MANUEL ROMAN DIAZ, JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 26 de noviembre de 2024, este

Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 26 de noviembre de 2024. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 26 de noviembre de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MARTHA ALMODÓVAR CABRERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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

EDWIN MORENO ROSA Demandante V. FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2024CV03255. (Civil: 403). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ZILMARIE DELGADO PIERASZILMARIED@HOTMAIL.COM.

A: JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERES EN LA OBLIGACION CUYA CANCELACION POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 24 de noviembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de cir-

culación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 26 de noviembre de 2024. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 26 de noviembre de 2024. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. LILLIAM ORTIZ NIEVES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE ISABELA ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC.

Parte Demandante Vs. ROSA M. BONILLA RIOS

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: IS2024CV00032. Salón: 603. 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: ROSA M. BONILLA RÍOS - URB MANUEL CORCHADO 53 CALLE ORQUIDEA ISABELA, PR 00662.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Juan Antonio Ruiz Robles cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección juan. ruiz@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law. com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, hoy día 8 de octubre de 2024. En Isabela, Puerto Rico, el 8 de octubre de 2024. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA.

ARLENE GUZMÁN PABÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAGUAS ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC.

Demandante Vs. JUAN E. FLORES GONZALEZ

Demandado

Civil Núm.: SL2024CV00112. Salón: 103-B. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - R.60. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JUAN E. FLORES GONZALEZ - HC 40 BOX 44308, SAN LORENZO, PR 00754.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo.

Jan Miguel Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787)

993-3731 a la dirección jan. otero@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law. com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy día 4 de octubre de 2024. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 4 de octubre de 2024. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL INTERINA. MICHELLE GUEVARA DE LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC. Demandante Vs. JOSHUA J. ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ

Demandado

Civil Núm.: BY2024CV02654. Salón: 500-A. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JOSHUA J. ORTIZ RODRIGUEZURB BELLA VISTA V4 CALLE 25, BAYAMON, PR 00957; 1174 SE 2ND ST, CRYSTAL RIVER, FL, 34429-4542.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Jan Miguel Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jan. otero@orf-law.com y a la direc-

ción notificaciones@orf-law. com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 10 de octubre de 2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 10 de octubre de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MARILYN COLÓN CARRASQUILLO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITION FUND, LLC. Demandante Vs. ALEJANDRO E. DIAZ RAMOS Demandado Civil Núm.: TB2024CV00072. Salón: 500-A. 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: ALEJANDRO E. DÍAZ RAMOSURB LEVITTOWN 2276 PASEO AMAPOLA, TOA BAJA, PR 00949. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Juan Antonio Ruiz Robles cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección juan.ruiz@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 7 de octubre de 2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 7 de octubre de

2024. LCDA. LAURA SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. JERALICE M. CRUZ POMALES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE AGUADA ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC. Demandante Vs. EDUARDO NAZARIO ARROYO Demandado Civil Núm.: AU2023CV00479. Salón: 1. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: EDUARDO NAZARIO ARROYOHC 58 BOX 13555, AGUADA, PR, 00602-9723. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Jan Miguel Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jan. otero@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law. com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Aguada, Puerto Rico, hoy día 11 de octubre de 2024. En Aguada, Puerto Rico, el 11 de octubre de 2024. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. NOEMÍ ROMÁN BOSQUES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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ASOCIADO

DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE TOA BAJA EN BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC.

Parte Demandada Vs. IVY L.

COSME ALBARRAN

Parte Demandada

Civil Num.: TB2024CV00282. Salón: 500-A. 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: IVY L. COSME ALBARRÁNBO PAJAROS SEC CAPITAN, 267 CALLE ALBARRAN PARC, TOA BAJA PR 00949. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Juan Antonio Ruiz Robles cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección juan. ruiz@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law. com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 16 de octubre de 2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 16 de octubre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. NOELIA MATÍAS SALAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA MUNICIPAL / SUPE-

RIOR DE FAJARDO ASOCIACIÓN DE PROPIETARIOS DE LOS ÁRBOLES, INC.

Parte Demandante V. ALEXANDER SANTIAGO VILLAFAÑE, YESENIA RIVERA DE LA ROSA; AMBOS POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: RG2024CV00431. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (R. 60). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: ALEXANDER SANTIAGO VILLAFAÑE, YESENIA RIVERA DE LA ROSA; AMBOS POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

Por la presente se le notifica que la parte demandante ha presentado ante este Tribunal Demanda contra usted(es), solicitando la concesión del siguiente remedio: Demanda de COBRO DE DINERO, por concepto de cuotas de mantenimientos vencidas y no pagadas por la suma de $8,715.83 al 20 de agosto de 2024. Representa a la parte demandante el abogado cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:

LCDO. MELVYN E. FONTAN LOZADA Colegiado Núm.15768, RUA: 14519 PO Box 124, Bayamón, PR 00960-0124 Tel. 787-340-6604 Fax 787-261-9168 E-mail: melfonloza@live.com, melvynfontan@gmail.com Se le apercibe que si no compareciera usted a contestar dicha demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de haber sido diligenciado este Emplazamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal. Si usted deje 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. En Fajardo, Puer-

to Rico, a 15 de noviembre de 2024. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. IDALIA PIÑERO REYES, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO

Parte Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE LUIS ANÍBAL RAMOS

GONZÁLEZ COMPUESTA POR JOSÉ A. RAMOS PIZARRO; LUIS J. RAMOS PIZARRO; GERMARIE RAMOS RIZO; ÁNGEL LUIS RAMOS

CAMACHO; FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SOLYARY PIZARRO GARCÍA, POR SI Y COMO

CONYUGE SUPERSTITE; CRIM

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: RG2023CV00040. Salón Núm.: (307). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE

ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: SUCESIÓN DE LUIS ANÍBAL RAMOS

GONZÁLEZ COMPUESTA POR JOSÉ A. RAMOS PIZARRO; LUIS J. RAMOS PIZARRO; GERMARIE RAMOS RIZO; ÁNGEL LUIS RAMOS CAMACHO; FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SOLYARY PIZARRO GARCÍA, POR SI Y COMO CONYUGE SUPERSTITE; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM); DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA: Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: El Alguacil que suscribe, certifica y hace constar que en cumplimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América. Todo pago recibido por el (la) Alguacil por concepto de

subastas será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Todo derecho, título, participación e interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Urbanización Mansiones Hacienda Jiménez Fase II de Río Grande, Puerto Rico. Solar: 3 Bloque A. Cabida: 1,130.748 metros cuadrados. Linderos: por el NORTE, en distancia de 55.560 metros lineales, con el solar número A-2; por el SUR, en distancia de 48.551 metros lineales, con el solar A-4; por el ESTE, en distancia de 18.569 metros lineales, con terrenos de Braulio Agosto; por el OESTE, en distancia de 26.655 metros lineales, con Calle Maga. Enclava una estructura de hormigón y bloques de hormigón tipo residencial diseñada para una sola familia. La cabida es de 1130.748 metros cuadrados de los cuales 572.935 metros cuadrados, se encuentran en superficie plana y 557.813 metros cuadrados, se encuentran en superficie irregular (talud). Consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Río Grande, Finca Número# 29,879, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección III de Carolina. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: #A3 Mega St., Urbanización Mansiones Hacienda Jiménez Fase II, Río Grande, P.R. 00745 t/c 3 Maga St., Mansiones de Hacienda Jiménez, Río Grande, P.R. 00745. Se informa que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravamen posterior, una vez sea otorgada la escritura de venta judicial y obtenida la Orden y Mandamiento de cancelación de gravamen posterior. (Art. 51, Ley 210-2015). En relación a la finca a subastarse, se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $185,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca #379, otorgada en San Juan, el día 24 de agosto de 2009, ante el notario Jorge García Soto, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Río Grande, finca #29,879, inscripción 4ta. La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 15 DE ENERO DE 2025 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta es la suma de $185,000.00. Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA

SUBASTA el día 23 DE ENERO DE 2025 A LAS 9:30 DE LA

MAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes del precio pactada para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $123,333.33. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA

SUBASTA el día 30 DE ENERO DE 2025 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar y regirá como tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta la mitad del precio pactado para la primera, o sea, la suma de $92,500.00. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo, para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: La suma de $181,330.09, con intereses a 5.00% anual, desde el 1ro de enero de 2011, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más una suma equivalente a $18,500.00, más una suma adicional por la cantidad de $250.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la escritura de hipoteca y del Pagaré hipotecario. Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables. Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, se publicará en los lugares públicos correspondientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los referentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Expedido en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, a 21 de octubre de 2024. SANDRALIZ MARTÍNEZ TORRES, ALGUACIL CONFIDENCIAL #737. JORGE A.

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JIMENEZ T/C/C ISIDRA BURDIE JIMENEZ Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2023CV05989. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El suscribiente, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Bayamón, a los demandados de epígrafe y al público en general hace saber que los autos y documentos del caso de epígrafe estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables y que venderá en pública subasta al mejor postor, en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América en efectivo, cheque certificado, o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina en este Tribunal el derecho que tenga la parte demandada en el inmueble que se relaciona más adelante para pagar la SENTENCIA por $156,011.03 de balance principal, el cual se compone de un primer principal por la suma de $117,953.61 y un balance diferido por la suma de $38,057.42, más los intereses sobre la suma de $117,953.61, al 3.625 % annual desde el primero de septiembre de 2022 hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma garantizada en la hipoteca para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado del acreedor demandante, más cualesquiera otras sumas que por cualesquier concepto legal se devenguen hasta el total y completo pago de esta sentencia hasta el día de la subasta. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: 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 de 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 veinte (20); y por el Oeste, en una distancia de trece punto treinta y cinco metros, con área verde. Enclava casa. Inscrita al folio ciento doce (112) del tomo mil ochocientos cuarenta y siete (1847) de Bayamón Sur, finca número cuarenta y ocho mil treinta (48,030), Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. Dirección física: Urb. Bella Vista Gardens, Calle 20 #R-116, Bayamón PR 00957. Dicha propiedad se encuentra afecta al siguiente gravamen posterior: Embargo anotado contra Isidra Burdie Jiménez por la suma de $3,421.82 por contribución sobre ingresos, anotado el 28 de mayo de 2014, al folio 10 del Libro 31 de Embargos Estatales en virtud de la Ley 120 de 30 de octubre de 1995 (enmendada) Ley 12 de 20 de enero de 2010. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 14 DE ENERO DE 2025, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA, y servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la suma de $108,000.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. En el caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 21 DE ENERO DE 2025, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA y el precio mínimo para esta segunda subasta será el de dos terceras partes del precio mínimo establecido para la primera subasta, o a sea la suma de $72,000.00. Si tampoco hubiera remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 28 DE ENERO DE 2025, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA, y el tipo mínimo para esta tercera subasta será la mitad del precio establecido para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $54,000.00. El mejor postor deberá pagar el importe de su oferta en efecto, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse el inmueble al acreedor hipotecario dentro de los diez días siguientes a la fecha de la última subasta, si así lo estimase conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada conforme a la sentencia, si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuera mayor. Se avisa a cualquier licitador que la propiedad queda sujeta al gravamen del Estado Libre Asociado y CRIM sobre la propiedad inmueble por contribuciones adeudadas y que el pago de dichas contribuciones es la

responsabilidad del licitador. Que se entenderá por todo licitador acepte como suficiente la titulación y que los cargos y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes en entendiéndose que el rematador los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse su extinción al precio rematante. Todos los nombres de los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surgen de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico y en los sitios públicos de acuerdo a las disposiciones de la Regla 51.7 de las de Procedimiento Civil, así como para la publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria y en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas con antelación a la fecha de la primera subasta y por lo menos una vez por semana. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento indicado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables. (Art. 102 (1) de la Ley núm. 210-2015). Expedido el presente en Bayamón, Puerto Rico a 14 de noviembre de 2024. EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE BAYAMÓN.

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Civil Núm.: NG2024CV00129.

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Playing through pain is part of the game, but not this illness

By KEN ROSENTHAL / THE ATHLETIC

Left fielder Austin Hays played all 11 innings for the Philadelphia Phillies in a 3-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Sept. 1, going 0 for 4. After the game, during a flight to Toronto, he started feeling nauseated and lightheaded. When he got to his hotel room, he fell asleep in his clothes. He didn’t wake up until 2:30 the next afternoon. And when he went to the bathroom, he was shocked to see blood in his urine.

Hays rushed to a Toronto hospital, accompanied by Phillies athletic trainer Paul Buchheit. Doctors ran blood tests, then delivered the diagnosis that explained everything: the heaviness in his legs, the pain in his lower back, the floaters in his eyes, the brain fog that enveloped his conversations with his wife and teammates.

Hays, 29, had a kidney infection, a freak occurrence probably originating from something he ate. His test results indicated he had been ill for an extended period, perhaps the majority of the time he spent with the Phillies after they acquired him July 26 from the Baltimore Orioles for reliever Seranthony Domínguez and outfielder Cristian Pache.

The trade proved a disappointment for Philadelphia, and ultimately prompted the team to recently part with Hays rather than pay him a projected $6.4 million in arbitration.

Yet, as Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said, “I don’t think we saw the true guy.”

Hays is now a free agent, eager to prove he again can be the player who started in center field for the American League in the 2023 All-Star Game. He described his infection as “the hardest thing I’ve ever gone through.” He would sleep for eight hours and feel like he was hung over, like he hadn’t slept at all.

Austin Hays with the Philadelphia Phillies this past season. After recovering from a kidney infection, Hays is now a free agent, eager to prove he again can be the player who started in center field for the American League in the 2023 All-Star Game. (Instagram via @austinhays22)

“I’ve played with broken bones. I’ve played with all kinds of different stuff. You get banged up,” Hays said. “But this was something that attacks everything. It messes with your brain. It messes with your personality. When your kidneys aren’t functioning right, it changes everything.

“It had me down and out. My body was just so empty.”

In his first seven games with the Phillies, Hays was fine. But on Aug. 5, with the Phillies set to open a series at Dodger Stadium, he woke up more stiff and sore in his legs than usual.

Initially, Hays attributed his sudden aches to more consistent playing time. For the first time in his career, he had been in something of a platoon with the Orioles, alternating with Colton Cowser, the eventual runner-up for AL rookie of the year. The Phillies saw him as more of a regular. And then he got hurt.

In the series finale in Los Angeles, Hays experienced tightness in his hamstring running to first base. The strain, he said, felt different from anything he experienced before.

“To a certain degree, I kick myself,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said recently. “Maybe I played him too many days in a row early.”

Thomson, though, had no idea Hays was dealing with a potentially more serious condition. Hays, based on what he learned from his doctors, believes his kidney infection might have surfaced around the time he

strained his hamstring.

After two weeks on the injured list, Hays still didn’t feel right. Both his hamstrings were tight. He would perform exercises to make his legs stronger. His legs would end up feeling weaker. No matter how much he stretched, the stiffness persisted. Stretching, he said, made him feel almost worse.

It had to be lingering fatigue, Hays and the Phillies concluded, from playing regularly again. Hays went on a two-game rehabilitation assignment, then rejoined the major league club. But his discomfort persisted, each day getting worse.

He underwent MRIs and other tests on his legs. Thomson, hearing Hays describe his lack of energy, called the situation “scary.”

Dombrowski said the Phillies found it confusing. Hays, from almost the moment he arrived, simply did not move the way he had during his time with the Orioles.

“We liked him a lot when we got him, and we’d liked him in the past,” Dombrowski said. “There were other right-handed hitters available at the trade deadline who were really good players that we compared him equally to. And I know other people did, too.”

Hays did not return to the injured list immediately after receiving the diagnosis in Toronto. The initial plan was for him to go on antibiotics, take three days off and resume playing. He continued suiting up for games. He would try to warm up, prepare for action. It was futile.

In 22 regular-season games with the Phillies, Hays batted .256 with two homers and a .672 OPS. The team included him on its Division Series roster, used him as a late-inning substitute in Game 2 against the New York Mets, then started him in Game 3. Hays went a combined 0 for 4 with three strikeouts in the series.

“I don’t think there’s a real blueprint on how to come back from this,” Thomson said. “We just had to sort of wait it out, see how long it took to get through his system. Finally, it did, but it was a little bit too late. We couldn’t give him the proper rehab to get him ready for the playoffs.”

Still, Hays left an impression on his manager.

“He really showed his toughness, grinding through it even though he was sick,” Thomson said. “I take my hat off to him. Austin is a real pro.”

Hays was not surprised the Phillies declined to offer him a contract.

“I knew anything could happen this offseason,” he said, “just because of how things went.”

The team’s decision, Dombrowski said, was driven in part by its reluctance to close off the market. Virtually every other free-agent outfielder finished the season healthy. By the end of the season, Hays’ lab results were back to normal. He just needed to regain his stamina. Upon returning home to DeLand, Florida, he immediately resumed training, starting with light workouts and continuing in a slow, steady progression.

“My personality is back,” Hays said. “My brain is firing on all cylinders. I wake up in the morning and I just feel like myself.”

Before last season, Hays was an aboveaverage offensive player with a career .751 on-base plus slugging percentage, including a .779 mark against left-handed pitching. Dombrowski said after the trade that the Phillies had tried to acquire him at each of the previous two deadlines.

“I expect him, wherever he ends up, to have a much better year than, certainly, he had with us,” Thomson said.

Hays carries the same expectation.

“I know I didn’t live up to what I know I can do as a ballplayer,” he said. “I want the offseason to fly by so I can get to next year and show everybody ‘This is me.’ What you saw last year, that’s a shell of me. If I can hit .260 with a kidney infection, what can I do when I’m healthy?”

Considering everything he went through, the question seems fair.

The San Juan Daily Star

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