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Loíza confronts coastal erosion proactively
3rd municipal summit scheduled for March
By THE STAR STAFF
Loíza Mayor Julia Nazario Fuentes presented an update earlier this week on the coastal erosion mitigation work being done in the northeastern coastal municipality.
“Coastal erosion is mainly caused by climate change, a significant variation in climate when comparing long periods of time, which may be decades or more,” the mayor said Monday. “For example, the average temperature of the 1950s compared to the average temperature of the 1990s. This increase is linked to the process of industrialization, which started more than a century ago and, in particular, to the burning of ever-increasing amounts of oil, coal and the felling of forests.
“In Loíza we have been suffering from this for several years now with greater intensity. We notice it in the way in which the sea is ‘eating away’ at the coast, as fishermen and residents alike point out.”
Nazario Fuentes, who holds a doctorate degree in professional counseling, said the public policy of her administration is to firmly recognize the preeminence of science.
“As mayor, I promoted the holding of the first Municipal Summit on Coastal Erosion in March 2023, with the active participation of Resident Commissioner and Governor-elect Jenniffer González, who brought with her the Norwegian ambassador to the United States, Anniken Ramberg Krutnes, an expert in maritime and Arctic law,” she said.
“Then we held the second edition of the Coastal Erosion Summit in April 2024, because we are the fourth most affected municipality,” Nazario Fuentes said. “There, experts, researchers and academics discussed projects underway, as well as the risks and challenges posed by the erosion of our coasts.”
The Third Coastal Erosion Summit is already scheduled for Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
The mayor added that together with state and federal entities they raised the need to accelerate concrete actions to mitigate the damage to coastal communities.
“Going from theory to practice was the mission, because time is passing,” she said. “Specifically, given the advance of coastal erosion on the beach in front of the Los Lucas community, in full coordination with the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, we had to resort to covering the most affected area with stones, in an attempt to stop, at least in a temporary way, the encroachment of the sea that causes the loss of life and property.”
“We know that this is not the first option, but it is an option; it was the fastest [remedy], and we could afford it, to save the road that gives access to the community and peace of mind to families who lived in fear of the force of the sea every time there were strong waves,” Nazario Fuentes said.
“The stone cladding work done in the Los Lucas sector is the third [project] that our municipality has carried out to address the problem of coastal erosion,” she added.
The first project was undertaken about a year ago in Parceles Suárez, where the United States Army Corps of Engineers had already lined 1,050 linear feet with stones and it was necessary to continue that work to save the sanitary water system that was on the verge of collapsing, as well as 14 homes that were in danger.
The second stone cladding project was executed this year on a section of the PR-965 highway, facing the sea, the mayor noted.
“There the road was collapsing, since the sinkhole was so deep that if we didn’t do something, the road would be lost in the next storm surge, leaving area residents without access to their homes,” Nazario Fuentes said. “The Department of Transportation and Public Works came, assessed the situation and provided the money for the project.”
Incoming Senate leader won’t renew lease for resident commissioner’s office
By THE STAR STAFF
Resident Commissioner-elect Pablo José Hernández Rivera confirmed Wednesday that incoming Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz will not renew the $1 lease to the resident’ commissioner’s office in the School of Tropical Medicine in Puerta de Tierra, citing a lack of space.
The decision breaks the tradition of having a local office for the island delegate to the U.S. Congress in Washington. For years, the resident commissioner’s district office had been in the State Department building in Old San Juan.
When outgoing Gov. Pedro Pierluisi was resident commissioner and Rivera Schatz presided over the Senate, the latter took the initiative to provide permanent headquarters for the resident commissioner’s office within the Capitol complex because the resident commissioner’s legislative management at the federal level logically makes it convenient to have his or her district office close to the Capitol.
“The Resident Commissioner’s district office serves to execute multiple tasks that benefit Puerto Rico,” Hernández Rivera
said. “In addition to providing information to island residents about federal work, the staff of this office serves the public, who need guidance and help in their procedures with federal agencies such as the Social Security and Medicare offices, the Immigration Service, and the Veterans Administration.”
The district office serves as a meeting center for local and federal officials to address issues of interest for the benefit of residents in Puerto Rico. Hernández Rivera, who will be sworn in on Friday, Jan. 3 in the U.S. Capitol, said “options similar to those that the last two Commissioners have benefited from will be explored.”
“The process now begins, regardless of the setbacks that arise, to work for the benefit of the people, and find a new office that meets the needs of the citizens of this island,” he said. Hernández Rivera announced earlier this week that his chief of staff in Washington will be Maximiliano “Max” Trujillo, who previously worked with U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.), an opponent of statehood.
The incoming resident commissioner, a member of the pro-commonwealth Popular Democratic Party, has said that resolving the political status issue is not one of his priorities.
Rivera Schatz confirmed via social media that the office will not be available for Hernández Rivera.
“It is correct. The office that previous Resident Commissioners used will not be available in the Senate of Puerto Rico,” Rivera Schatz wrote on Facebook. “Nor will the one used by the Citizen’s Ombudsman. I estimate that the same Spokesperson for Mr. Hernández or the Commissioner himself will announce the new location of the Resident Commissioner’s Office. We hope that the announcement will be soon. It was a pleasure to have you as neighbors for so long.”
Transition committee worries about high amount of delinquent child support
By THE STAR STAFF
Former lawmaker Jorge Colberg Toro, a member of the Incoming Transition Committee of Governor-elect Jenniffer González Colón, called it problematic that 48% of the child support payments under the Child Support Services Administration (ASUME) are overdue, primarily because of operational problems at the agency.
“The ASUME reported that there are 161,000 people who are obligated to pay child support and 261,000 minors who receive or need that help. The number shows that 48% of those who must pay child support are not up to date,” Colberg Toro said at a government transition hearing on Wednesday. “So, we asked for the full report to see how many arrears and so on, because
there are laws that oblige, there are even discounts, when there is an order from the court. How is it being applied? Remember that they are minors. We are talking about money to buy food.”
Colberg Toro said the subject is a priority issue that must be examined because of the effect on minors.
“So the figure, we are talking about, if we were to be proportional a little, we are talking about probably more than 100,000 minors at this time, who are not receiving child support from their person in charge or are receiving it late,” he said. “And that is something worrisome.”
Earlier this year, ASUME launched guidelines to calculate child support to reduce the payments by 20% to 30% while increasing the amount of money a noncustodial parent can keep for his or her own expenses.
The guidelines, which went into effect March 16 and had not been revised since 2014, impacted current revisions of child support in the courts even if they were filed before the guidelines came into effect, ASUME Administrator Nicole Martínez Martínez said at Wednesday’s hearing.
The child support rule in force, like the one adopted in 2014, divides the pension into two parts. The first is the basic pension, which covers the basic expenses of food, transportation, clothing, entertainment and utilities. The second is the supplemental child support, which pays for housing, education or child care, and health expenses.
Instead of considering both parents’ income, the new guidelines consider the noncustodial parent’s income to calculate the basic child support pension.
Auberge to oversee proposed resort on east coast
By THE STAR STAFF
Auberge Resorts Collection, a luxury hotel and residence management company, has been selected to oversee Moncayo, a new beachfront resort and residential community proposed for Puerto Rico’s east coast.
According to HNR Hotel News, the decision was made by leading real estate firms Juniper Capital and Capital United, along with investors and philanthropists José E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones.
Moncayo, which is set to launch in 2027, will be located between El Yunque National Forest in Río Grande and the Puerto del Rey Marina in Fajardo. The resort and residences will offer a program of experiences curated by Auberge, revealing the island’s rich biodiversity and
culture. Activities include guided jungle hikes, sport fishing adventures, dawn meditations, and salsa nights.
The resort and residences, designed by Studio Paolo Ferrari, will sit on the beachfront and offer views of Isla de Ramos, Vieques, and Culebra in the Caribbean Sea. The resort will comprise 68 suites and 15 villas, along with branded private residences located on the hillside, the publication said.
The resort’s amenities will include a diverse collection of dining venues, a spa inspired by the island’s healing traditions, and a series of swimming pools. Guests will also have access to the broader Moncayo community’s amenities, which include a championship golf course, a 100-acre organic farm, a K-12 international school, and comprehensive medical and wellness centers, the publication noted.
Resident Commissioner-elect Pablo José Hernández Rivera
Moncayo will be located between El Yunque National Forest in Río Grande and the Puerto del Rey Marina in Fajardo, seen above. (Discover Puerto Rico)
Family secretary: A version of ASUME for seniors will have to be created by law
By THE STAR STAFF
Family Secretary Ciení Rodríguez Troche said Wednesday that, regrettably, a system similar to that of the Child Support Administration (ASUME by its acronym in Spanish) must be created by law to meet the needs of senior citizens in Puerto Rico.
“I give you this answer with regret,” Rodríguez Troche said in a press conference. “Unfortunately, it seems that we are going to need legislation that is much more specific in relation to that. One of the things that was discussed in the [government] transition hearing [earlier Wednesday] is how sometimes non-supporting parents go to the United States. In other words, parents go to the United States and forget that their children stay in Puerto Rico and have to eat. The same thing is happening to us with seniors.”
“So certainly the possibility of establishing legislation similar to what happens in ASUME with minors for seniors is something that should be in the pipeline; it is something that we should not rule out,” she added. “Obviously, mediation processes should be the first avenue of action, but there are hundreds of cases and people who have sat down with me or in some way or another have brought me the concern that, you know what? In my house there [were] seven children and I have been left alone. So I think that -- and again, I say this with regret because in a responsible society this should not happen -- but we are going to have to be much stricter in the measures that are adopted to ensure that our elderly with families are cared for.”
Attorney Verónica Ferraiouli Hornedo, a member of the incoming Transition Committee, said she was surprised that the Family secretary stated that there are no federal funds available to care for the elderly.
“I was surprised to learn that there were no federal funds for these programs,” she said at a press conference. “Because working for the Resident Commissioner’s office, I have seen many grants that are available, but they are competitive and you have to go ask for them.”
Ferraiouli Hornedo said they will try to train officials of the new administration in the operation of available federal funds and how to request them.
The attorney also noted that federal funds for long-term care through the Medicare programs, which in the states cover the costs of long-term care and hospices, amount to around $800 million.
She said that as part of Governor-elect Jenniffer González Colón’s Government Plan, the Family Department will establish by regulation an administrative process for outlining the contribution per family member to the care of the elderly.
During the government transition hearing earlier in the day, the Family secretary addressed the growth in cases of abandonment of older adults by relatives.
“I can understand the validity of a son or daughter going to the United States to seek a better future. The part I could not understand was that they called me on the phone to tell me that I had to take care of their father,” she said. “In that sense, an effort has been made to activate everything that has to do with the ASUME Prospera program. And that is another program that we have already, even at the legislative level, proposed to give more support to. Right now, it is a voluntary program where people go to clarify their situation and see who is going to feed daddy or mommy or who is going to take care of them in what way. The reality is that, unfortunately, voluntary action does not necessarily work.”
“So, we have to be much more rigorous,” Rodríguez Troche said. “That program operates with a budget of about $538,000. So, it is a program that we have to look at in order to expand. It may cost me $2 million more a year that would have to come from the General Fund, but at the end of the day, if it means that our adults will be cared for in their homes by their relatives, the savings to the treasury will ultimately yield savings. Why? Because then I will not have to assume the full subsidy of that elderly person.”
Subsidized adoptions must not become ‘a business’
Rodríguez Troche also said at Wednesday’s transition hearing that she does not want to turn the issue of subsidized adoptions into a business.
“We believe that this is an area that we can strengthen, that we can begin to promote differently,” Rodríguez Troche said in
response to questions from César Alvarado Torres, a member of the Incoming Transition Committee. “The last thing I want is for someone to want to adopt a minor because he is going to receive a subsidy. This is not a business.”
“However, we can recognize that there are some children who have unique challenges that, due to the cost of the services themselves, no middle-class person could assume the costs of treatment for many of our minors,” she added. “So, we could talk about that type of mechanism.”
Rodríguez Troche said the issue of adoption of minors over 6 years old represents a problem because people interested in adopting are looking for children younger than 6 years of age. In addition, some of the minors over 7 years old have health conditions, and families interested in adopting cannot necessarily assume treatment costs.
Rivera Cruz: Transition committee has no say on school closures
By THE STAR STAFF
Incoming Transition Committee Chairman Ramón Luis Rivera Cruz said earlier this week that it doesn’t correspond to the committee to recommend to the governor-elect, Jenniffer González Colón, to close public schools on the island in anticipation of the decrease in students foreseen in the coming years.
“The committee doesn’t have the power for that,” Rivera Cruz said in a press conference Tuesday afternoon. “What the committee does is collect all the information, [and then]
supplies the information, in a report to the new government so that the new guy has the scenario and establishes the public policy that they think is most reasonable.”
Rivera Cruz insisted that closing schools is not under consideration, but that decisions will have to be made based on the cost of maintaining facilities, human resources and student matriculation.
“Even in a reorganization of students, that does not happen overnight. That can take two or three years,” he said. “Everything will depend on the demographic condition in the area. We are not talking about closing schools. …
I could see if the population, by 2028, drops to 184,000 students, then there could be a redistribution of students, because, for example, it could reach a place where there are 10, 15 or 20 students [in a school]. Well, look, we are going to put them in the school that is next door so that they are with a larger population and learn more, their performance is better, and [we] maximize resources as well because then [we are] taking advantage of the teachers. Sometimes we say that there is difficulty in hiring teachers; well, look, there we have a great opportunity to maximize all those resources.”
Family Secretary Ciení Rodríguez Troche
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Justice Department’s apolitical tradition is challenged by 2 presidents
By DEVLIN BARRETT
The special counsel appointed to investigate President-elect Donald Trump is wrapping up his work without the charges he brought in two cases ever going in front of a jury.
The special counsel named to lead the inquiry into Hunter Biden, the president’s son, has just seen the two convictions he secured wiped away by a presidential pardon.
Trump, whose election victory last month has done nothing to blunt his desire for retribution against those who pursued or opposed him, is trying to install a new FBI director, Kash Patel, dedicated to turning the nation’s premier law enforcement agency upside down.
And President Joe Biden, who for years cast himself as the principled defender of democratic norms and the rule of law, defended his grant of clemency to his son by saying Hunter had been “selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted” in a process infected by “raw politics.”
Over a few days, the American justice system was buffeted by raw exercises of power from the current Democratic president and the incoming Republican president.
Now, current and former officials as well as legal experts say they are worried about whether the post-Watergate tradition that criminal investigations remain largely outside the reach of political leaders can survive an era in which the system is engulfed by partisanship.
“What I anticipate is that the White House and President Trump will want to be able to direct Justice Department prosecutions,” said Kathleen Clark, a law professor at Washington University in St. Louis who specializes in government ethics.
“That’s not normal,” she said. “It’s a terrible idea. White House interference with
criminal prosecutions is the sort of thing that got us Watergate, but unfortunately we don’t have the same kind of accountability mechanisms now, so we’re at much greater risk.”
Trump’s vows to go after his enemies and enlist strident loyalists in those efforts constitute a more ominous challenge to impartial law enforcement than Biden’s onetime use of his clemency powers on behalf of his troubled son, Clark argued.
Clark said that in her view the Hunter Biden pardon was “political malpractice” but not a broadside against the Justice Department. She is far more concerned, she said, about Trump’s effort to install Patel at the FBI.
“If what we want as the head of the FBI is an enforcer of personal loyalty to the president, then Kash Patel is the guy,” Clark said. “If we actually want someone who will administer the agency well, who has good judgment about law enforcement and intelligence issues, and who can stand up to and say no when appropriate, Kash Patel is exactly the wrong person.”
Within the Justice Department, some officials said privately that they were disheartened by the way in which Biden and Trump sounded similar notes of distrust of the department.
“It’s incredibly demoralizing, after four years of talking about the independence of the department, about the rule of law, to see those things come under attack so fast, and from the White House as well,” said one law enforcement official, speaking on
condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the recent events.
At stake, in the minds of several current and former Justice Department officials, is the decades-long practice of the country’s political leadership respecting a clear line against interfering in or directing criminal investigations or prosecutions.
That line seems to be fading fast, several officials said.
“There’s a lot to be concerned about,” said Max Stier, president of the Partnership for Public Service, a group that pushes for modernizing federal agencies to be more effective. “The purpose of government authority is to look out for the public’s interest and not the private concerns of the people who are in charge for some limited period of time.”
Stier said it was fair to question whether Patel is the right person to run the FBI, given the power it wields.
“The apparent prioritization of loyalty over what should be the two primary qualities for selection, competence and character, is deeply troubling,” Stier said. “And hopefully that will be explored by the United States Senate,” which would have to confirm any Trump nominee.
Controversies over special counsel investigations — and presidential pardons — are not new. The Iran-contra scandal in the 1980s and the long investigation into President Bill Clinton in the 1990s demonstrated the perils of mixing politics and
prosecutions.
Since 2016, however, the tempo and potential consequences of those cases has increased, and at one point last year there were three special counsels operating at the Justice Department.
One official said that while Biden has generally stayed out of the department’s criminal cases, his statement about the reasoning for the pardon of his son showed the depth of his anger.
Michael Greenberg, a former Justice Department official who is now a law professor at the University of Maryland, called the pardon “a small, selfish act on Biden’s part, and I do not hold it against him.”
By comparison, Greenberg argued, the planned pick of Patel “is potentially a devastating blow” to the FBI.
Several federal law enforcement officials said there was nothing particularly surprising about this weekend’s actions. Trump’s hostile views of the FBI are well known, and those involved in the Hunter Biden case long thought he might ultimately be pardoned by his father.
Trump, in turn, seized on the news of the Hunter Biden pardon to suggest again that he will issue pardons to those charged or convicted of crimes surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump riot inside the halls of Congress.
In a court filing Monday, the special counsel who oversaw the Hunter Biden investigation, David Weiss, pushed back on the president’s criticism of his work, saying there “never has been any evidence of vindictive or selective prosecution in this case.”
Hunter Biden was set to be sentenced later this month on a conviction for lying on a form used to buy a gun and for tax violations. The pardon essentially short-circuits the cases before he would face those sentencing hearings.
The broad language of Hunter Biden’s pardon seems designed to ensure that the president’s son will not be charged with any additional crimes once his father leaves office. It covers not just the crimes for which Hunter Biden was convicted or pleaded guilty to, but any others he might have committed.
And by covering a time span of more than 10 years, the pardon reaches far back enough that the federal statute of limitations would invalidate investigations for all but the most serious offenses.
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The headquarters of the Justice Department in Washington, June 13, 2018. Some officials in the Justice Department said privately they were disheartened by the way in which President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump sounded similar notes of distrust of the department. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times)
Indiana man looks out his window and finds 2 babies left in a ditch
By JOHNNY DÍAZ
Robert Deane was waiting for a package Monday at his home in Indianapolis when he looked out the window on the chilly, 27-degree afternoon. He noticed something unusual across the street.
“I saw one car seat in the ditch,” he said in an interview Tuesday.
“Something didn’t seem right about it,” he added. “It was so cold.”
When Deane crossed the street to take a closer look, he found a second car seat a few feet away. And each held a baby girl. One of the girls wasn’t wearing a hat and appeared to have windburn on her face, Deane recalled. She was screaming.
Deane, who was identified in The Indianapolis Star, said he had immediately grabbed both seats and brought the babies inside his home, where he called authorities.
“One of them wasn’t crying, which was really concerning to me,” Deane said. “The only thing on my mind was getting them inside my house and getting them warm.”
It was not immediately clear how long the babies, who were 4 and 5 months old, were left outside on a day when the National Weather Service in Indianapolis had warned that highs were “struggling to get out of the 20s across Central Indiana.”
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said it was investigating who could have ditched the girls. Their abandonment in the cold was linked to the theft of a vehicle, a
2013 Hyundai Sonata, earlier in the day from a nearby location, according to local news reports.
Deane called for emergency assistance and paramedics were sent to his home to check on the girls.
The vehicle had been taken from a home about 4 miles
away from Deane’s residence, according to local TV station CBS4.
At the scene, Sgt. William Young of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police told the station that the department was looking into why the children were left inside the vehicle.
The Police Department had shared a photo of the car, a silver sedan, as well as of the babies when it asked for help in locating them. The department had not released the identities of the parents, but said that a sticker on the vehicle’s rear window bore a person’s name.
In the photos released by the police when they were searching for the vehicle Monday, both girls are dressed warmly in sweaters and sweatpants. One girl, wearing a light green sweater and a pink hat, is smiling. The other, in a pastel pink sweater and beige hat, appears to be crying.
“The stolen vehicle has been located, and we can confirm the children have been located safe,” the Police Department shared in an update.
The police did not provide any additional information on whether the department had identified a suspect or someone had been taken into custody.
“This remains an ongoing investigation,” the department said in a statement Tuesday.
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A photo provided by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department shows a vehicle that was stolen with a 4-month-old and 5-month-old child in the back. Robert Deane was waiting for a package when he discovered 4- and 5-month-old girls in car seats abandoned in the cold across the street from his house. (Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department via The New York Times) Vote on the Plans by December 16, 2024
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US moves to end a minimum wage waiver for disabled workers
By DANIELLE KAYE
The Biden administration earlier this weekmoved to end a program that has for decades allowed companies to pay workers with disabilities less than the minimum wage.
The statute, enacted as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, has let employers obtain certificates from the Labor Department that authorize them to pay workers with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage, currently $7.25 an hour. The department began a “comprehensive review” of the program last year, and on Tuesday it proposed a rule that would bar new certificates and phase out current ones over three years.
“This proposal would help ensure that workers with disabilities have access to equal employment opportunities, while reinforcing our fundamental belief that all workers deserve fair compensation for their contribution,” Taryn Williams, assistant secretary of labor for disability employment policy, said on a call with reporters.
As of May, about 800 employers held certificates allowing them to pay workers less than minimum wage, affecting roughly 40,000 workers, said Kristin Garcia, deputy administrator of the Labor Department’s wage and hour division.
Those figures reflect a steep decline in employers’ reliance on the program in recent years: The number of workers with disabilities earning less than the minimum wage dropped to 122,000 in 2019 from 296,000 in 2010, according to a report published last year from the Government Accountability Office.
Since 2019, more than half of workers employed under this program earned less than $3.50 an hour, according to the report.
The Labor Department’s proposed rule, even if it is made final, faces several hurdles. It is likely to confront legal challenges and could be reversed under the incoming Trump administration. There has been debate about whether the department has authority to alter the program or if that power rests solely with Congress.
“Companies and corporations will fight back against it,” said Doron Dorfman, a pro -
fessor of disability and employment law at Seton Hall Law School. “It’s going to be a hard battle, so you really need an administration that cares about the topic, who is really committed to the topic, to make a change. I doubt that for the new administration, it’s going to be at the top of their priorities.”
Many disability rights advocates have pushed for years to end the practice, arguing that it perpetuates economic inequality and prevents those with disabilities from affording basic goods without government assistance or other forms of financial support. Several
states have banned or restricted the practice. Certificates allowing employers to pay less than the minimum wage are “inherently based on a deeply flawed, false, ableist notion that disabled workers’ labor and contributions are less valuable than the labor and contributions of their nondisabled peers,” Maria Town, president of the American Association of People With Disabilities, said in a statement. “The ideas on which these certificates are based have no place in our modern society and workforce.”
Some parents of adults with disabilities, however, have urged for the program to remain in place, raising concern about a potential loss of work opportunities or Social Security benefits.
The Coalition for the Preservation of Employment Choice, a group of families, caregivers and others pushing for the program to stay in effect, did not respond to a request for comment on the Labor Department’s proposal. But the group has argued that eliminating the statute would reduce the number and diversity of employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
Opportunities for workers with disabilities to obtain employment at the full minimum wage have “dramatically expanded” in recent decades, Garcia said. These changes to the employment landscape factored into the department’s conclusion that issuing certificates for pay below the minimum wage was no longer necessary, she said, adding that the proposed rule would increase purchasing power and independence for workers with disabilities.
The department said it would review public comments on the proposal until Jan. 17.
The headquarters of the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington on June 12, 2020.
A plan by the Biden administration would phase out a provision that allows employers to pay workers with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage. (Ting Shen/
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BlackRock bets on AI-driven stocks rally but US debt clouds 2025 outlook
BlackRock expects the artificial intelligence boom to continue to boost U.S. stocks next year and support economic growth more broadly, although rising U.S. government debt levels could threaten its upbeat 2025 forecasts.
U.S. stocks were solidly higher in afternoon trading on Wednesday as technology shares rose after upbeat results from Salesforce, while indexes added to gains following comments by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
Powell’s comments overall along with the Beige Book report added to the upbeat tone in the market, said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital Securities in New York.
The central bank’s Beige Book released Wednesday afternoon showed economic activity rose slightly in most Fed districts.
Powell “was very upbeat about economy, and he said we’re making progress on inflation... that’s good news for stocks in general,” Cardillo said.
Innovations in AI technology will likely benefit U.S. stocks more than their European peers, while private markets will increasingly play a key role in financing AI-related infrastructure, the BlackRock Investment Institute, a research arm of the world’s largest asset manager, said on Wednesday.
“We stay risk-on ... and go further overweight U.S. stocks as the AI theme broadens out,” it said in a 2025 outlook report based on views of senior portfolio managers and investment executives at BlackRock, which manages $11.5 trillion in assets.
While U.S. economic growth may cool a little next year, the Federal Reserve will likely not be able to meaningfully lower interest rates as inflation remains sticky and above the central bank’s target, the institute said. It does not expect interest rates to go below 4% from their current 4.5%4.75% range.
Continued price pressures due to factors such as geopolitical fragmentation and infrastructure expenditure could weigh on the bond market.
“We’re watching very closely rate repricing dynamics, we’re also watching very closely tariffs announcements that can lead to higher inflation expectations and markets volatility,” BlackRock Chief Investment Strategist Wei Li said on Wednesday.
Investors will likely demand higher compensation to hold long-term government debt to account for inflation and wide U.S. deficits, the institute said. This will put upward pressure on long-term Treasury yields, which move inversely to prices.
“We are underweight long-term U.S. Treasuries on both a tactical and strategic horizon – and we see risks to our upbeat view from any spike in long-term bond yields,” it said.
BlackRock prefers U.S. corporate debt over Treasuries, as well as government bonds in other developed markets such as the United Kingdom, where the Bank of England will cut interest rates more than what the market is pricing, the institute said.
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In stocks, it favors sectors such as tech and healthcare, while it sees assets like gold and bitcoin as alternatives to government bonds to offset stock market declines.
BlackRock this week announced plans to buy credit investment manager HPS Investment Partners for about $12 billion, in a deal that will further its offerings in private credit, a key area of growth for the New York-based asset manager.
The institute said private markets can offer exposure to companies driving AI adoption and to infrastructure projects.
Amanda Lynam, head of macro credit research at
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BlackRock, said on Wednesday global private credit assets under management are expected to roughly double to $4.5 trillion by 2030.
“We are not at all, in our view, saturated, even in the North American market, which is the largest. We see a lot of room for growth in these markets,” she said.
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Lawmakers move to impeach South Korean leader after failed martial law bid
By CHOE SANG-HUN, JOHN YOON, VICTORIA KIM and THOMAS FULLER
Emboldened by their forceful rejection of military rule, members of South Korea’s political opposition moved Wednesday to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, after his abrupt declaration of martial law failed spectacularly.
Several opposition parties, buoyed by thousands of protesters who took to the streets to denounce the president, jointly submitted the impeachment motion, which could be put to a vote as early as Friday. While the parties represent an overwhelming majority of the National Assembly, it remains unclear whether they will have the two-thirds vote needed to impeach.
Yoon’s surprise declaration of martial law Tuesday night, the first attempt to impose military rule in more than four decades, incited chaos within one of the United States’ closest allies and evoked memories of the dictatorial regimes that ruled South Korea until the 1980s.
It was an audacious attempt by the president to break the gridlock in government — between a mostly progressive assembly and a conservative executive — that has hobbled his nearly three years in power. But in the end, martial law lasted only six hours. It backfired when lawmakers scrambled past heavily armed troops who had attempted to cordon off the assembly building. The 190 members present, out of 300 total, voted unanimously to rescind military rule — including 18 members from the president’s own party.
Yoon’s location was not publicly known Wednesday night and he seemed increasingly isolated. Members of his own party had denounced the martial law declaration and voted to overturn it. South Korean news media reported that the defense minister and several top aides to the president, including his chief of staff, had resigned.
If two-thirds of the assembly votes to impeach Yoon, he would be suspended from office and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, a career civil servant, would become the interim president. The president’s fate would then go to the Constitutional Court, where the justices could uphold the impeachment and remove
Members of multiple opposition parties demonstrate outside the National Assembly in Seoul, calling on President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down, the day after he briefly declared martial law in South Korea, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. Members of South Korea’s political opposition moved on Wednesday to impeach Yoon. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
him from office, or reject it and reinstate him.
Opposition parties control 192 of the 300 assembly seats, just short of a twothirds majority, so impeachment would require at least eight defections from Yoon’s own People Power Party, which holds 108 seats.
The imposition of military rule Tuesday night was the shortest-lived and most bizarre martial law in the history of South Korea, which has had its share of coups and military rule before it became a vibrant democracy after military dictatorship ended in the late 1980s.
Among the enduring images from six hours of turmoil were the hundreds of paratroopers arriving by helicopter to secure the assembly — and the opposition lawmakers who climbed the walls of the building and barricaded themselves inside to be able to cast their vote against military rule.
Thousands of people took to the streets overnight, chanting “Impeach Yoon Suk Yeol!” and pushing against troops who tried to keep them out of the assembly.
A military decree had banned all political activities and civil gatherings, and declared that “all news media and publications are under the control of mar-
tial law command.” It warned that those who spread “fake news” could be arrested without a court warrant.
But the Korean media did not acquiesce. News organizations spanning the political spectrum, even right-leaning publications more aligned with Yoon and his conservative party, stood united in criticism of his actions and any efforts to limit a free press.
An editorial in Chosun Ilbo, one of South Korea’s biggest daily newspapers which has often been friendly toward Yoon, called the president’s actions an international embarrassment. Yoon needed to answer to the public on how he intended to “take responsibility” for this situation, it added.
Before jumping into the presidential race in 2022 and winning by a razor-thin margin, Yoon was a political neophyte. He was a graft-busting, star prosecutor who helped imprison two former presidents, and was accustomed to a strictly top-down culture.
His victory was attributed to the public’s discontent with his predecessor, Moon Jae-in. From the start, he laid out big ambitions, seemingly staking his claim for a legacy as a change-maker in a gridlocked political system.
He put South Korea back on a path toward embracing more nuclear power, mended ties with Japan and expanded military cooperation with the United States and Japan as he took a harder line against North Korea.
But domestically, little of his agenda was fruitful. His opponents won even greater control in the assembly in parliamentary elections this year. His government was accused of using criminal investigations to intimidate opposition leaders and crack down on news media he accused of spreading “fake news.”
Yoon’s approval rating plummeted to around 20% as he repeatedly vetoed the opposition’s demands for independent investigations into allegations against his wife, Kim Keon Hee. The opposition stalled many of his bills and political appointments, imposed large changes on his budget proposals for next year, and pushed for the impeachment of his Cabinet members, accusing them of corruption and abuse of power. At the same time, thousands of doctors went on strike for almost a year to resist his changes to the health care system.
Analysts expressed skepticism about Yoon’s future in politics.
Sung Deuk Hahm, a professor of political science at Kyonggi University, west of Seoul, South Korea, said “the best option” for Yoon was to resign. “As tragic as it may seem, what happened overnight showed the resilience and durability of South Korean democracy,” he said.
Hahm, who has known Yoon since before his election, said the president appeared to grow increasingly despondent in recent months, particularly over escalating scandals surrounding him and his wife and the relentless political pressure from the opposition.
“Things have become too much for him,” Hahm said. “He became mentally unstable under political pressure.”
A former presidential aide to Yoon, who agreed to discuss the president’s leadership style on the condition of anonymity, said Yoon was surrounded by a handful of aides, including former military generals, who were not used to second-guessing their boss’s decision. That small circle raised questions about how thoroughly Yoon had prepared for martial law, the aide said.
The aide added that as soon as he heard the declaration of martial law, he called contacts in Yoon’s office and other branches of the government. None of them had had advance knowledge of what was coming.
Even top leaders of Yoon’s party said they had learned of the declaration through the media. Kim Byung-joo, an opposition lawmaker and former general, told MBC Radio on Wednesday that when he called army generals near the border with North Korea, none of them knew what was happening.
In Angola, Biden warns that slavery’s history should not be erased
By ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS and PETER BAKER
When American presidents visit another country, they typically like to highlight the positive history they share. But as the first leader of the United States to visit Angola, President Joe Biden opted instead to focus on the most bitter chapter that connects the United States and this giant southern African nation.
At the National Museum of Slavery in the capital, Luanda, Biden recalled in a speech earlier this week the slave trade that once defined relations between America and Angola. More Africans sold into slavery in the United States came from this part of the continent than from anywhere else, scholars say, a legacy of inhumanity that remains relevant four centuries later.
The president’s decision to emphasize that connection served not only as a nod to the injustices inflicted on generations of Africans, but also as a statement of principle in the contemporary debate underway in his own country about how to teach and remember history. At a time when some Republicans have sought to limit instruction about slavery and other shameful chapters of American history, Biden argued for confronting the past.
“I have learned that while history can be hidden, it cannot and should not be erased,” the president told an audience at the museum, where he was joined by several Black Americans whose descendants were enslaved in Angola and trafficked across the Atlantic Ocean. “It should be faced. It’s our duty to face our history — the good, the bad and the ugly, the whole truth. That’s what great nations do.”
Speaking under a rainy sky on a stretch of the Atlantic Ocean coast where enslaved people were forced onto ships, Biden called slavery “cruel, brutal, dehumanizing, our nation’s original sin, original sin, one that haunted America and cast a long shadow ever since.” And while the United States has never fully “lived up to that idea” of a truly equal society, he said, “we’ve never fully walked away from it, either.”
Among those on hand for Biden’s visit was Wanda Tucker, a descendant of William Tucker, believed to be the first enslaved child born in the United States. His
President Joe Biden deplanes from Air Force One at Amílcar Cabral International Airport in Espargos, Cape Verde, Dec. 2, 2024. The president stopped in Cape Verde on his way to Angola, where he will highlight American commitment to Africa in the economic competition against China. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)
parents were brought from Angola to colonial Virginia in 1619 aboard the White Lion, a Portuguese ship. The William Tucker 1624 Society was organized to research and share the stories of the first enslaved people brought to Virginia.
“It’s incredibly awesome to have the president of the United States to come to the homeland where the first enslaved people were taken from,” Tucker said in an interview outside the museum, which was founded in 1977 and will receive a U.S. grant of $229,000 to support restoration and conservation.
“It’s even more important because we have to keep the history and the story going wherever there are opportunities to tell the story,” Tucker said.
While many Americans focus on countries like Senegal and Ghana when tracing the history of slavery, Angola was a major center for the capture and sale of human beings. As many as 6 million people were kidnapped from this part of Africa, forced to march as much as 100 miles and loaded onto ships to the Western Hemisphere. Slavery “would decimate the Angolan pop-
to the U.S. government.
But in his speech Tuesday, Biden also pivoted forward to stress how far the United States and Africa had come since those days of misery. He pointed to U.S. investments and other commitments to the continent, where Angola is an important source of oil and minerals.
Biden met with President João Lourenço, who has made a point of bolstering relations with the United States and visited the White House during Biden’s term. Like other presidents, Biden said he had worked to transform the relationship with Africa from one based on aid to one based on trade.
“The United States is expanding our relationship all across Africa from assistance to aid, investment to trade, moving from patrons to partners to help bridge the infrastructure gap,” he said. “The right question in the year 2024 is not what can the United States do for the people of Africa. It’s what can we do together for the people of Africa.”
ulation for over 300 years,” Daniel Metcalfe wrote in “Blue Dahlia, Black Gold,” his 2013 book on modern Angola.
About a quarter of all enslaved Africans forced to go to the United States came from the area that includes modern-day Angola, according to SlaveVoyages, a digital database. Today, there are nearly 12 million Americans of Angolan descent, according
Lourenço welcomed his guest, saying that Biden’s decision to visit Angola marked a “turning point” for the two nations. He applauded Biden’s “great contribution” to the development of Angola through the Lobito Corridor project, a U.S.-funded rail line that will link Angola with Zambia and Congo.
Left unmentioned both in public and in the private meeting with Lourenço, according to American officials, was the incoming president, Donald Trump, whose imminent takeover of the White House has loomed over Biden’s visit. Trump never visited Africa while president and referred to some of its countries using an epithet.
Seniors need our help to stay in the homes they love
By MICHELLE COTTLE
There’s no place like home for the holidays, as the old song goes. At this time of year in particular, Americans want to gather in the spaces and places dear to them.
But thanks to a nationwide shortage of housing, more and more people are struggling to find a place to call home — or to stay in the home they have long loved. This problem cuts across demographic lines, but it can be a special challenge for low-income seniors, whose ranks are ballooning as the baby boomer generation grays.
Most housing in the United States wasn’t developed with aging in mind. People don’t usually think about wheelchair ramps, walk-in showers, stair railings or grab bars in a home — until they desperately need them. Only an estimated 10% of the nation’s housing stock is considered senior friendly.
With a nationwide shortage of housing, more and more people are struggling to find a place to call home — or to stay in the home they have long loved. This problem cuts across demographic lines, but it can be a special challenge for low-income seniors, whose ranks are ballooning as the baby boomer generation grays. (Sebastian König/ The New York Times)
Compounding the challenge, the housing stock is aging and sliding ever further into disrepair. Even minor modifications can be daunting and expensive. Nearly a third of households headed by seniors are cost burdened, meaning more than 30% of their income is eaten up by housing costs. That number is growing fast. So is the number of seniors falling into homelessness — a trend expected to continue for decades.
In my reporting on aging, I have come across several nonprofits focused on keeping seniors in their homes.
One effort that stood out was Habitat for Humanity International’s Aging in Place program. It follows a holistic housing-plus model, which means it looks at issues beyond just the physical structure of the home. A health or social services provider assesses individuals’ needs based on their daily routine. A construction specialist determines what home repairs are called for. The organization works to connect the person with community services such as meal delivery and medical care.
Since fiscal year 2019, the program has served more than 31,000 households with a person older than 65. Local Habitat affiliates — there are more than 1,000 across the country — can tailor the program to their communities.
The need can quickly overwhelm the available resources. I’ve spoken repeatedly with leaders from the organization’s Memphis, Tennessee, affiliate, who said that when they started with this kind of work several
years ago, they expected the average repair intervention to cost $5,000 to $7,000. (There is no charge to homeowners for the work done.) They soon discovered that the area’s older housing stock often required first tackling basics like leaking roofs and crumbling stairs — they can’t install a safety railing on rotted steps — which pushed the average cost to twice that. Today the average is $18,000. In the past year, the Memphis program completed 253 interventions, only a slice of the more than 1,000 requests it receives annually. Habitat is always looking for ways to improve outcomes. In 2018 several of its local affiliates established an intervention model developed by researchers at Johns Hopkins University. Considered a success, the program is being expanded to nine other cities. Habitat also provides resources for housing agencies and other groups looking to develop their own aging in place strategies.
Habitat for Humanity International is committed to helping some of America’s most vulnerable seniors remain in their homes and communities. This year, I’m donating to support this work and urge you to as well. Everyone deserves a place to call home. It’s hard to think of a better gift.
Dr. Ricardo Angulo Founder
Reyes Magos de Juana Díaz celebran su tradición en Puerto Rico y Florida
Reyes viajarán a Florida para compartir su tradición con la diáspora puertorriqueña.
DÍAZ – Los Reyes Magos de Juana Díaz revivirán la ilusión de la Navidad con actividades que llevarán su tradición centenaria a Puerto Rico y Florida. Este miércoles, el Consejo Juanadino Pro-Festejos de Reyes anunció la participación de los Reyes Magos en la fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Belén en el Viejo San Juan, así como su llegada a eventos en Orlando, Clermont, Lake Welch, West Palm Beach y Kissimmee, Florida.
“Este año celebraremos nuestra tradición más temprano en la Navidad, con actividades en la Casa Museo de los Santos Reyes y nuestra Caravana Nacional que recorrerá Puerto Rico y la Florida. Estamos felices de contar con el apoyo de Malta India, quien exhibirá la talla de los Reyes realizada por el artista Eric Saunders,” indicó William John Santiago Vázquez, presidente del Consejo, en declaraciones escritas.
La Caravana Nacional de los Reyes Magos comenzará el 2 de enero de 2025 en Juana Díaz, visitando Humacao, San Juan, Guaynabo, Comerío y Ponce. Posteriormente, del 9 al 12 de enero, los
Exposición en la Casa Museo de los Santos Reyes
Desde este mes, la Casa Museo exhibirá por primera vez la escultura en madera de Gaspar, Melchor y Baltasar, utilizada en la campaña publicitaria de Malta India. La exposición incluirá también piezas del artista plástico Francisco García Burgos y tallas de madera del coleccionista Félix Báez.
“Exhortamos a la ciudadanía a visitar Juana Díaz, disfrutar de nuestra Casa Museo y celebrar esta tradición que es parte esencial de nuestra cultura,” señaló Elaine García, directora comercial de Malta India.
Fiestas de Reyes en Juana Díaz
Del 4 al 6 de enero, la plaza pública Román Baldorioty de Castro será el escenario de las tradicionales Fiestas de Reyes, que incluirán actividades religiosas, musicales y recreativas para toda la familia. El Día de Reyes, 6 de enero, comenzará con el Desfile de los Reyes Magos a las 10:00 a.m., seguido por la Santa Eucaristía y un espectáculo musical con reconocidos artistas como Victoria Sanabria, Grupo Esencia, y Andrés Jiménez “El Jíbaro.”
Develan óleo de Pierluisi en La Fortaleza
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SAN JUAN – El artista puertorriqueño Luis Álvarez Roure develó en la noche del mar-
tes, el retrato al óleo del gobernador Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia, que será exhibido en La Fortaleza.
“En este retrato queda plasmado para la historia, su servicio, su compromiso y su calidad humana. Será por siempre símbolo de su legado y su trabajo incansable por Puerto Rico. Gracias por ser el líder que Puerto Rico necesitaba, por impulsar el progreso, el desarrollo económico, y por encaminarnos hacia un mejor futuro. Puerto Rico y nosotros siempre estaremos orgullosos”, expresó Caridad Pierluisi, directora ejecutiva de la Oficina Propia del Gobernador en declaraciones escritas.
Álvarez Roure, ha hecho los retratos del compositor Philip Glass, el expresidente de la Reserva Federal, Paul Volcker, y el violinista Joshua Bell, entre otros.
Su trabajo ha sido destacado en prestigiosas publicaciones como Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair y Fine Art Connoisseur, y su obra ha sido incluida en colecciones de renombre como la Galería Nacional de Retratos del Smithsonian y el Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico.
El Consejo informó que las medidas de seguridad incluirán vigilancia estatal, municipal y privada, así como el uso de drones y monitoreo en el perímetro del evento.
Para más información sobre las actividades, visite las redes sociales en Facebook (@ losreyesdejuanadiaz-oficial) e Instagram (@ reyesmagosdejuanadiaz).
Implementan servicio de videoconferencias para tribunales en Naranjito, Comerío y Barranquitas
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NARANJITO – La Jueza Presidenta del Tribunal Supremo, Maite Oronoz Rodríguez, anunció este miércoles la implementación del Proyecto de Videoconferencias en el municipio de Naranjito. Este servicio beneficiará a los residentes de Naranjito, Comerío y Barranquitas al facilitar el acceso remoto a procesos judiciales urgentes y otros servicios de los centros judiciales de Bayamón y Aibonito.
“Este proyecto amplía la prestación de servicios de manera remota, reduciendo los costos asociados a la transportación y presencia física en los tribunales. Facilita el acceso a la justicia de manera oportuna, especialmente en casos urgentes como órdenes de protección y solicitudes de salud mental”, indicó Oronoz Rodríguez en declaraciones escritas.
El servicio estará disponible en el Centro 2 Generaciones de Naranjito, gracias a un acuerdo de colaboración entre el Poder Judicial y el Municipio. Los residentes podrán realizar solicitudes relacionadas con violencia doméstica, acecho, protección de menores o personas mayores, y órdenes de salud mental. Personal del centro ofrecerá asistencia tecnológica a los usuarios durante estos procesos.
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The revolutionary sound at the heart of a holiday classic
By JOSHUA BARONE
There comes a moment in “The Nutcracker,” a ballet full of fantasy of fantastical music, when the Sugar Plum Fairy dances to a tune you’ve probably heard before.
Over plucked string instruments, a glassy, bell-like melody emerges from a celesta, evoking water drops and then more as those drops give way to flowing runs. It’s a transporting sound: mysterious and otherworldly, delicate and playful.
This is the famous “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy,” a highlight of “The Nutcracker” and a holiday staple, born on the stage and heard today in commercials and on movie soundtracks around this time every year.
The “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” is so familiar that it’s difficult to imagine that when this music was new, in 1892, it was really new. And that’s because of the celesta.
Only recently invented, the celesta was in its infancy when Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky began to imagine how he might write for it. Since then, its sound has spread throughout classical music and into pop, often with the same magical effect you hear in “The Nutcracker.”
At first glance, the celesta would have looked to Tchaikovsky and his contemporaries like a piano with fewer keys. Under the surface, though, keyboard instruments vary widely.
Take the harpsichord, a reigning keyboard instrument of the baroque. To play it, you press a key, which triggers an action to pluck a string inside the wooden, boxlike frame. The resulting sound is bright and short-lived. With the modern piano, a key is pressed to hammer a string inside; more sensitive and sophisticated than a harpsichord, the piano allows for different colors and degrees of strength, as well as the ability to sustain a note.
The celesta came much later, invented by Parisian organ-maker Auguste Mustel in 1886. It is smaller than the piano, almost a toy by comparison, and with a less expansive keyboard. Mustel’s innovation was to have the keys set off an action that, rather than plucking or hammering strings, hammered a small metal bar over wooden resonators. Picture a glockenspiel, a mainstay of orchestral percussion sections, hidden inside a piano.
Celestas and glockenspiels have quite different sounds, though. The celesta is softer and is a transposing instrument, meaning that its pitch is always an octave higher than the notes on the page. Early listeners, hearing its fanciful tone and silvery timbre, found it more astral
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than other keyboard instruments, which led to its name: celesta, or heavenly.
Tchaikovsky heard the celesta in Paris while on his way to the United States, historian Simon Morrison writes in his recent biography “Tchaikovsky’s Empire.” The composer described the experience in an 1891 letter to his publisher:
“I discovered a new orchestral instrument in Paris, something between a miniature piano and a Glockenspiel, with a divinely wondrous sound. … The instrument is called the “Celesta Mustel” and costs 1,200 francs. It can be obtained only from its Paris inventor, M. Mustel. I’m hoping you’ll order this instrument for me.”
The instrument, Tchaikovsky predicted, would “have a colossal effect.” And he already knew how he would use it. He alluded to “The Nutcracker,” planned for fall 1892, but expressed a more immediate need “next season” for his symphonic ballad “The Voyevoda.” He asked that his publisher not show the celesta to anyone else. “I fear,” he wrote, “that RimskyKorsakov and Glazunov will hear about it and deploy its extraordinary effects before I get to do so.”
Little did Tchaikovsky know, another composer had incorporated the celesta into an orchestra: Ernest Chausson. In 1888, Chausson wrote a small part for the instrument in his in-
cidental music for a production of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” in Paris.
Chausson’s “Tempest” music has never been widely performed, however, and the celesta didn’t enter a full-scale symphony orchestra until Tchaikovsky premiered his “Voyevoda,” in 1891. Like Chausson, he seems to have been most attracted to its sound in arpeggios, or chords broken up into runs of individual notes.
“The Voyevoda” is scarcely heard today. And it isn’t the best showcase for the celesta; it wasn’t until “The Nutcracker” that Tchaikovsky unleashed the instrument’s full potential. In “The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy,” he at first treats it almost as a piano, with phrases as quick and light-footed as a ballerina on pointe. No longer background color, the celesta becomes, for the first time, the center of attention.
When Tchaikovsky has the celesta begin a string of arpeggios, it’s not as a texture to support other instruments, but as a solo passage similar to a cadenza in a concerto. The effect is of a dreamy whirlwind that leads to the initial melody, but twinkling an octave higher than before. Then, in the coda, the celesta dashes to the finish line, with both of the sounds it has used throughout the dance: fast runs of notes over light pricks of harmony.
It wasn’t long before other composers fell for the celesta. (Gustav Mahler requested that
there be not one, but three if possible in performances of his Sixth Symphony.) And they often followed Tchaikovsky’s example of using the instrument to fantastical effect.
Richard Strauss deployed the celesta’s sound in the lustrous, dreamy Presentation of the Rose scene of his opera “Der Rosenkavalier.” Similarly heady is a passage from George Gershwin’s “An American in Paris” that incorporates the instrument. Béla Bartok included it in his idiosyncratically orchestrated “Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta,” harking back to the era of celesta arpeggios as a source of soft color.
And in the 20th century, the celesta began to appear on Top 40 charts. It has been woven into songs by Kate Bush and Björk, Paul McCartney and Pink Floyd. Perhaps most famously, it quaintly opens Buddy Holly’s “Everyday” and joyously bobs, not unlike the Sugar Plum Fairy’s dance, at the start of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.”
Truest to Tchaikovsky’s treatment of the celesta in “The Nutcracker,” as a vehicle for fantasy, has been the instrument’s appearance in film soundtracks. In the 1971 musical “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” a celesta hypnotically sparkles as Wonka sings “Pure Imagination,” introducing visitors to the chocolate river and candy-coated landscape of his factory.
In the 21st century, the celesta may be most closely associated with a work of fantasy that rivals “The Nutcracker” in popularity: the Harry Potter films. The first three were scored by John Williams, the reigning composer of symphonic movie soundtracks, with an encyclopedic and reverential sense of how classical music can shape franchises like “Jaws,” “Star Wars” and “Home Alone.”
The film adaptation of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” opens with the defining musical motif of the series, a celesta melody called “Hedwig’s Theme.” You could describe this tune with the same language you would use for “The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”: toylike in its fun and transporting in its allure. Above all, it is magical.
Instruments have a way of quickly conjuring moods and images, and that’s largely because of how they’ve been used in the past. The English horn is nostalgic; the French horn, noble. And if “Hedwig’s Theme” immediately brings the world of magic to mind, that association was planted by Tchaikovsky well over a century ago in “The Nutcracker.”
The interior of a celesta at the David H. Koch Theater, home of New York City Ballet, New York, Nov. 12, 2024. There comes a moment in “The Nutcracker” when the Sugar Plum Fairy dances to a tune you’ve probably heard before. Over plucked string instruments, a glassy bell-like melody emerges from a celesta, evoking water drops and then more as those drops give way to flowing runs.
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How a tiny vineyard along an interstate may reshape the wine industry
By ERIC ASIMOV
Alemany Farm ripples with life on a steep hillside in San Francisco. Rows of broccoli and collards, tomatillos, chiles and herbs, stands of cherry and plum trees — all this bounty is available free to the public. There’s even a tiny vineyard, a scruffy eight rows, the only one in the city.
With birds singing as volunteers harvest vegetables, it’s almost possible to ignore the constant whiz of traffic on Interstate 280, which forms the 3.5-acre farm’s southern border, and the miasma of automotive fumes drifting over. Adjacent to the farm are 158 units of public housing. At the top of the hill is Bernal Heights, where homes typically sell for well over $1 million.
When Christopher Renfro began volunteering here in 2018, taking on responsibility for the grapevines, which had largely been abandoned, he noticed something striking. People from the top of the hill and other parts of the city visited and took home the free produce. But very few came from the primarily Black housing project next door.
“The farm is one of the most privileged parts of the city,” he said. “Who has access to organic produce right from a farm? What is it
like for people of color to have access but not use it?”
The disconnect gnawed at him. Renfro, the son of a sharecropper, had studied the work of George Washington Carver and Booker T. Whatley, an agriculture professor at Tuskegee University who helped develop communitysupported agriculture in the 1960s.
Renfro was well acquainted with the his tory of institutional racism toward Black farm ers in the United States and the resulting alien ation from farming that many people of color in cities feel. He had worked in fine restaurants and learned about wine.
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“I never saw people like me working in the front of the house or cooking or dining, except for NBA stars and actors,” he said.
It became Renfro’s mission to reintroduce people of color to the joys of growing things, to fresh food and its preparation, to the pleasures of wine and how to make it.
He founded the Two Eighty Project in 2019. The initial idea was to increase diversity in the wine industry by using those eight rows of grapes as a laboratory for groups of young people to get their hands in the soil, tend the vines, and learn to prune and trellis, harvest the grapes and make the wine.
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Wines from the 2024 vintage, made by Project Two Eighty, in San Francisco, on Oct. 22, 2024. With eight rows of vines in San Francisco and a vision of inclusivity, Christopher Renfro and Project Two Eighty are training the next generation of winemakers. (Carolyn Fong/The New York Times)
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That idea has evolved into an ambitious, idealistic, though still tiny program, dedicated to opening agriculture and wine to people who for so long had felt shut out and discouraged from participation. It is fueled almost entirely by the imagination of Renfro and his program manager, Rita Manzana, and those who have been drawn to help their cause.
“Chris is a singular individual with how selfless he is and how he wants to see the collective rise,” said Jahdé Marley, a sommelier and advocate for diversity in beverages. “He’s connected with knowledgeable, caring and giving folks. He’s planted this seed of giving and sharing.”
When the Two Eighty Project was getting off the ground, Renfro contacted Steve Matthiasson, the Napa Valley farmer and winemaker who, with his wife, Jill, have helped to redefine California wine over the past 20 years. Steve Matthiasson had worked in San Francisco in the 1990s and had been obsessed with urban gardening.
“I said, ‘I’ve got to go down there and see this,’” Matthiasson recalled. “He showed us the vineyard and told us how meaningful it was to him to work in this vineyard, especially given the fact that he was Black and the agricultural history of Blacks in the U.S.”
With Matthiasson’s help, the six-month program teaches apprentices, who are paid $22 an hour, many aspects of the wine business, from planting, tending and harvesting a vineyard to getting licenses, dealing with clients and becoming entrepreneurs.
Four years ago, he hired Manzana, who had been working in electric vehicle technology and whose family has an organic mulberry farm in the Philippines, as program director. Together, they have developed a network of wine industry contacts, including Elisabeth Forrestel, a professor in the University of California at Davis school of viticulture and enology, who gave the apprentices access to the school’s resources and facilities. They’ve made wine together at UC Davis, with hybrid grapes and wild species that Forrestel has been collecting.
“There’s been a lot of inclusion work in the wine space, but not as much in viticulture,” she said. “His is the only program in viticulture. I haven’t come across anything like it, and I feel really fortunate to be a part of it.”
Late last year, Manzana led a small group of apprentices to Japan, where they studied hybrid-grape growing. The Two Eighty Project has welcomed 50 students from historically Black colleges and universities to Alemany Farm, and Renfro has expanded the focus from wine to growing and making all sorts of fermented beverages.
“Wine is special because it’s the sexy side of agriculture,” he said. “But I grow everything.”
Some of the apprentices have begun to achieve toeholds in the industry. Pascal Carole, originally from Martinique, established his own brand, Pascal Carole, in the Loire Valley of France. Sabrina Tamayo now works at Les Lunes, a natural wine producer, and has her own label, Ruby Blanca.
“Chris really honors how much these apprentices want it,” Matthiasson said. “He has this vision of every single one of these apprentices, and the sky’s the limit after that.”
In March, Renfro and his business partner, Jannea Tschirch, opened a tiny, welcoming wine shop, Friend of a Friend, in the city’s North Beach neighborhood, selling natural wines as well as art, food, clothing and fragrances.
“This shop is a safe space for people to come in and be interested,” Renfro said. “I’m not going to somm-splain anything to anybody.”
Wine and the shop are useful in achieving his larger goals, building communities and helping people get back to the land. “Wine is a conversation starter,” he said.
The work for the Two Eighty Project is purely voluntary. Renfro, 41, with two young daughters, must work at several day jobs, at Alimentari Aurora, an Italian deli, and Ruby Wine, a natural wine bar and retail shop, as well as Friend of a Friend.
During the pandemic, Ruby organized an outdoor presentation in which Renfro took part, introducing people to natural wine. Carole, who had been working as a software engineer, attended. He had been interested in fermentations, primarily in baking and miso.
“Wine had not entered my consciousness as something I could do,” he said in a tele-
As for the state of the wine business, Renfro blames the industry for its exclusivity and lack of imagination. Fewer than 1% of American wineries have Black owners, according to one study.
“Everybody’s saying, ‘Wine’s not selling, wine is oversaturated,’” he said. “But with so few people of color, how can you say that? There’s a lack of correspondence between supply and demand.”
Renfro suggested the industry reexamine wine coolers, combinations of wine and fruit juice that were widely popular in the 1980s, but which the fine-wine world dismisses as mass-produced trifles.
This year, with the apprentices, he produced what he called a natural version of a cooler made of apple, quince, mugwort and other herbs, which they put in 250-milliliter bottles. It was lovely, floral, lively and delicious.
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His curiosity piqued by the presentation, he got in touch with Renfro, who invited him into the apprentice program, which had just started. He learned farming, winemaking and made connections. A few years later, with some experience, he and his family moved to the Loire Valley.
“Two Eighty was instrumental,” Carole said. “Without the project, I had the motivation, but I didn’t have the community. I was coming from a community that was white, and it helped me see the possibilities.”
In a year when wine sales are down and growers are talking about pulling out vines, the project is taking its opportunities where it finds them. One day, a woman walked into Friend of a Friend and Renfro struck up a conversation. He learned that her mother had an organic vineyard in Lodi, California, but had been unable to sell the grapes, including oldvine zinfandel. Apprentices with Two Eighty helped with the harvest, received some grapes and will return to prune the vineyard. This year, they also got some Napa cabernet sauvignon from another grower who was unable to sell the grapes.
“I’d much rather people call us than tear out their vines,” Manzana said.
A few years ago, Renfro took over stewardship of a remarkable small vineyard at Filoli Historic House and Garden, a repository of many rare plants in Woodside, California, including 120 varieties of American and hybrid grapes, which he makes into wine.
What kind of grapes are they? Renfro shrugged. “I look at them all as wine grapes,” he said.
“I wanted to make something like what my mom was drinking,” he said, adding that ridiculing such beverages was part of the gatekeeping that has for so long has made people feel shut out of wine. “I would like to make things more approachable. Making this is power.”
He imagined what could happen if a corporate wine company were to produce something like this. I suggested that a natural beverage might not lend itself to mass production.
“You might have to let this sector of the business tell a different story,” he said. “What if we had a bunch of smaller projects rather than one big one? People like one-off things. What about a bottle of wine dropping like streetwear?”
Renfro’s vision is infectious, drawing in people like Matt Niess of North American Press, which makes wine and ciders from hybrid and native varieties. Niess has volunteered his facilities, and his licensing, so that the apprentices would have a place to make wine and legally sell it.
“To already see the effects of what he’s doing to create a more equitable, diverse and sustainable community is amazing,” Niess said. “It’s not just morally right, it’s creating a more exciting, creative and economically viable business in the long range.”
The Two Eighty Project has a wealth of plans. But it lacks financing, both for basic items like a van for transporting the apprentices and for its larger dreams, like acquiring a small piece of land in Napa to plant hybrid grapes or creating a three-dimensional scan of vineyards as a teaching tool for the offseason.
“If we had investors to help us, we could build out Two Eighty rapidly,” Renfro said. “We’re able to dream about bigger things than people typically think of with wine. We’re trying to do something huge.”
Christopher Renfro, who operates Friend of a Friend, a wine shop, in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, on Oct. 22, 2024. (Carolyn Fong/The New York Times)
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Alejandra Hidalgo Cardona, Petitioner vs. Joel Caraballo Guzman, Respondent
Joel A. Caraballo, Child (DOB: 12/09/2015)
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A petition having been filed in this Court by Petitioner, Alejandra Hidalgo Cardona, who is the mother of the child, Joel Alejandro Caraballo, alleging that Respondent, Joel Caraballo, who is the father of the child, Joel Alejandro Caraballo has wrongfully and unlawfully detained the child named below, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the following child: Name
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cretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Mayagüez, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América. Todo pago recibido por el (la) Alguacil por concepto de subastas será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Todo derecho, título, participación e interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento número ciento uno (101) para fines residenciales localizado en la primera (1ra) planta del edificio número uno (1) del Condominio Boquerón Bay Villas, situado en el Barrio Boquerón, del término municipal de Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. Tiene un área privada de vivienda de aproximadamente mil doscientos cuarenta y cinco (1,245.00) pies cuadrados, equivalentes a ciento quince punto setenta y un (115.71) metros cuadrados. Colinda por el NORTE, con el pasillo y las escaleras del edificio número uno (1); por el SUR, con el patio posterior de uso común limitado para este apartamento; por el ESTE, con el patio lateral del edificio número uno (1); y por el OESTE, con el apartamento número ciento dos (102) del edificio número uno (1). Consta de sala-comedor, cocina, tres (3) dormitorios, dos (2) baños y terraza. Su puerta de entrada y salida comunica al vestíbulo o pasillo comunal del edificio que a su vez tiene acceso a la calle principal a este apartamento le corresponde para su único y exclusivo uso, como element común limitado, un área de patio con una cabida aproximada de trescientos veintiséis punto ochenta y nueve (326.89) pies cuadrados, equivalentes a treinta punto treinta y ocho (30.38) metros cuadrados. Le corresponde uno punto treinta y cuatro (1.34) porciento de participación en los elementos comunes generales. Le corresponde el uso de los estacionamientos ciento treinta y tres (133) y ciento cuarenta y siete (147) en el Plano de Inscripción. Consta inscrita al folio 211 del tomo 804 de Cabo Rojo, Finca Número# 27,107. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de San Germán. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: Condominio Boquerón Bay Villas, Apartamento 101, Cabo Rojo, P.R. 00623. Se
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SUBASTA el día 14 DE ENERO DE 2025 A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE, 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 $50,933.33. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA
SUBASTA el día 21 DE ENERO DE 2025 A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE, 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 $38,200.00. 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 $59,734.19, con intereses a 5.75% anual, desde el 1ro de junio de 2023, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más los cargos por demora que se corresponden a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pactada de 5% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, más una suma equivalente a $7,640.00, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la escritura de hipoteca y del Pagaré hipotecario. Para más información, a las personas interesadas
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RURAL DEVELOPMENT A/C/C LA ADMINISTRACION DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES Demandante Vs. ANGELICA FIGUEROA FELICIANO Demandada Civil Núm.: MZ2024CV01697. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (IN REMEDIOS). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: ANGELICA FIGUEROA FELICIANO - 112 URB. SAN ANTONIO, SABANA GRANDE, PR 00637-1542; URB. SAN ANTONIO, F-7 CALLE D, SABANA GRANDE, PR 00637-1542;
URB. SAN ANTONIO, 2 F-2, SABANA GRANDE, PR 00637-1542.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera del hogar, el inciso de procesos para la privación de patria de potestad, y cualquiera otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato.
BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P.
LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS RUA NÚM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970
TEL.: 787-751-5290, FAX: 787-751-6155
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Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 2 de diciembre de 2024. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. EVELYN GONZÁLEZ HERNÁNDEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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Demandante V. JORGE IGNACIO CARBIA GUTIERREZ-SOLANA Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: GB2024CV00596. (Salón: 202). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
FERNANDO J. GIERBOLINI GONZÁLEZ - FGIERBOLINI@ MSGLAWPR.COM.
A: GABRIELA ZAYAS TORRES; RICHARD DOE Y JOHN DOE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DEL PAGARÉ
EXTRAVIADO - LOTE 154, (6A) STREET BEL AIR, FINCA ELENA DEV. GUAYNABO, PUERTO RICO, 00971.
(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 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el 26 de noviembre de 2024. ALICIA
AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. SARA ROSA VILLEGAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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Demandante V.
CARLA YAMARIS
MALDONADO MARTÍNEZ
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: BY2024CV02461. (Salón: 703). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
GINA H. FERRER MEDINA - LAWOFFICES. GINAFERRERMEDINA@GMAIL. COM.
A: CARLA YAMARIS
MALDONADO MARTINEZ.
(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 Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 26 de noviembre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. LUREIMY ALICEA GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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PETICIONARIOS EX PARTE
Civil Número: AG2024CV00030. Salón: 601. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE
ASOCIADO DE PR, S.S. A: LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA
PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRÁ. Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE. POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica para que comparezcan si lo creyeren pertinente ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los veinte(20) días contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la finca que se describe más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su oposición u objeción a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://uniredpoderiudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Aguadilla. Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Rústica: Finca sita en el barrio Pozas de San Sebastián, compuesta de una cuerda de terreno más o menos. En linderos al Norte, con Peter Matías; al Sur, la carretera 497 del barrio Pozas; al Este, con Buenaventura Arvelo y Octavio Alvarez; al oeste, con Arcadio Beltrán y la sucesión Rivera. El abogado de la parte peticionaria es el Lcdo. Milton O. Rivera Adames, Urb. Villa Rita, Calle 2 B-4, San Sebastián, PR, 00685. Tel. (787) 810-7577. Correo electrónico: estudioIegaIrivera2@gmail. com. Se le informa además, que el Tribunal ha señalado vista en este caso para el 14 DE MARZO 2025 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA mediante videoconferencia a la cual usted puede comparecer asistido por abogado y presentar oposición a la petición. Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días en un periódico de circulación general, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo se identificará en letra tamaño diez puntos y en negrillas, conforme a lo dispuesto en las regla de Procedimiento
Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe de que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de la fecha de publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria sin más citarse ni oírsele. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, a 21 de noviembre de 2024. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ARLENE GUZMÁN PABÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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Demandante V. SUCESION CARLOS ANIBAL PAGAN RAMIREZ Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: GM2024CV00381. (Sala: 302). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
FRANCES L. ASENCIO GUIDOFRANCES.ASENCIO@GMLAW.COM. A: SUCESION DE CARLOS ANIBAL PAGAN
RAMIREZ T/C/C CARLOS A. PAGAN RAMIREZ T/C/C CARLOS PAGAN
RAMIREZ T/C/C CARLOS ANIBAL PAGAN T/C/C CARLOS A. PAGAN T/C/C CARLOS PAGAN COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; Y A LOS MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESION DE AIDA HERNANDEZ DIAZ T/C/C AIDA HERNANDEZ COMPUESTA POR JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS. (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 Guayama, Puerto Rico, el 26 de noviembre de 2024. MARISOL ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. LUZ MARÍA GUZMÁN SANTIAGO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE
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Demandante V. RAMON FAUSTINO
RAMIREZ PEÑA
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: BY2024CV02911. (Salón: 703). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. RAQUEL DESEDA BELAVALRDESEDA@DELGADOFERNANDEZ. COM. A: RAMÓN FAUSTINO
RAMIREZ PEÑA. (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 Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 26 de noviembre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. LUREIMY ALICEA GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE HENRY MOLL GONZÁLEZ COMPUESTA POR FULANA DE TAL, FULANO DE TAL, SUTANO DE TAL, SUTANA DE TAL
Demandado Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV07417.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. A: LOS CODEMANDADOS DE EPIGRAFE Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:
El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de una Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe el 12 de diciembre de 2023, notificada el mismo día y publicada el 21 de diciembre de 2023, una Orden de Ejecución de Embargo emitida el 13 de noviembre de 2024 y Mandamiento emitido el 18 de noviembre de 2024, que le ha sido dirigido por la Secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, procederá a vender en subasta, y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, y/o giro postal, dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, o letra bancaria, con similar garantía de todo título, derecho o interés de los demandados de epígrafe sobre el inmueble que adelante se describe. Se anuncia por la presente que la subasta habrá de celebrarse el día 15 DE ENERO DE 2025; A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, sobre el inmueble que se describe a continuación: Propiedad Horizontal: Urbana: Apartamento residencial A-1202, ubicado en el Condominio Bahía (VBC56), localizado en la Calle Las Palmas, Esquina Cerra, barrio Tras Talleres, Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, con un área privada de 823.90 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 76.54 metros cuadrados, el cual contiene sala, comedor, cocina, baño, 3 dormitorios y balcón, colinda por el NORTE, con parte del solar donde enclava el edificio que da frente a la Calle Las Palmas; por el SUR, con el pasillo exterior del edificio y con el pozo de ventilación y servicio y con el apartamento A-1201 (pa-
red medianera); por el ESTE, con el pozo de ventilación y servicio, y con el apartamento A-1203 (pared medianera); y por el OESTE, con el pozo de ventilación y servicio, y con el apartamento A-1201 (pared medianera). Corresponde a este apartamento en los gastos, ganancias y derechos en relación y sobre los elementos comunes generales una participación de 0.43929%, o sea, un 43.929% de un 1%. FINCA NÚMERO: 7123, inscrita al folio 41 del tomo 228 de Santurce Sur, Registro de la Propiedad, Sede Metropolitana, sección primera de San Juan. Dirección física: Cond Bahía A, 1048 Ave. Las Palmas Suite A-1202, San Juan PR 00907. La subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al demandante, total o parcialmente, según sea el caso, de la referida sentencia que fue dictada por la suma de $26,762.45 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento vencidas y no pagadas de la propiedad, más intereses, penalidades y recargos que se continúen acumulando, así como las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. Según la Regla 44.3 de Procedimiento Civil vigente, esta sentencia acumulará intereses legales sobre la cantidad total, a computarse desde la fecha en que se expide hasta su saldo total. Esta subasta no tiene fijación de tipo mínimo por tratarse de una ejecución de sentencia por embargo. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LAS PARTES INTERESADAS y del público en general, se advierte que los autos de este caso y demás instancias están disponibles para ser inspeccionadas en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de San Juan, durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, incluyendo el gravamen por las contribuciones sobre la propiedad inmueble adeudadas, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda responsable de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. En testimonio de lo cual, expido el presente aviso, el cual firmo y sello, hoy 25 de noviembre de 2024, en San Juan, Puerto Rico. PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE SAN JUAN. LEGAL NOTICE
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JARDO SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. JOHN DOE Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: FA2024CV00987. (Salón: 301). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
JAVIER MONTALVO CINTRÓN - JMONTALVO@ DELGADOFERNANDEZ.COM.
A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 22 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 Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 26 de noviembre de 2024. Wanda Seguí Reyes, Secretaria. Sheila Robles Hernández, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.
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SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
ANTONIO J. CABRERO MUÑIZ
Demandante V. FRANCISCO ZAYAS SEIJO, ET AL
Demandado
Civil Núm.: DDP98-1258. (506). Sobre: DIFAMACIÓN, DAÑOS Y PERJUICIOS. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.
A: FRANCISCO
ZAYAS SEIJO, NANCY COLON NUÑEZ, LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA ENTRE AMBOS, BANCO COOPERATIVO, y aL PUBLICO EN GENERAL:
El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Ponce, hago constar que, en cumplimiento de la Sentencia dictada con fecha de 19 de enero de 2018 por el Tribunal de Apelaciones y notificada el 12 de febrero de 2018 el NO HA LUGAR a la Moción de Reconsideración de los demandados, debidamente notificada, de la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia emitida el 16 de octubre de 2024 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 21 de octubre de 2024, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: URBANIZACION JARDINES FAGOT de Ponce Norte. Solar: 42-N. Cabida 390.65 Metros Cuadrados. Linderos: Noroeste, con paso de peatones, por donde mide veinticuatro punto novecientos veintisiete metros (24.927m). Sureste, con el solar número cuarenta y uno (41) del Bloque N, por donde mide veinticuatro punto novecientos veintitrés metros (24.923). Noreste, con el solar número cuarenta (40) del Bloque N, por donde mide quince punto setecientos cincuenta metros (15.750m). Suroeste, con la calle marginal por donde mide quince punto seiscientos veintiséis metros (15.626m). Finca número 2784 de Ponce Norte. Dirección física: Calle Marginal N-42, Urb. Jardines de Fagot, Ponce, PR. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, el balance pendiente de la sentencia original de $375,000.00, reducido el 18 de julio de 2024 a $151,367.00, que compone la deuda del principal actual, más el interés legal anual sobre el balance del principal hasta el pago de la deuda en su totalidad. Los intereses continuarán devengándose hasta el pago total y completo de la deuda. El Honorable Tribunal emitió orden de embargo a favor del demandante sobre dicha propiedad presentada al asiento 2018-082147- PO01. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen POSTERIOR que afecte la mencionada finca. La subasta se llevará a efecto el día 9 de enero de 2025 a la 10:30 de la mañana, en la sala del referido Alguacil, del edificio que ocupa el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce. No hay precio mínimo fijado en este caso debido a que la Ley Hipotecaria, Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmobiliaria del 2015, no aplica al presente caso por ser una ejecución de una propiedad de los demandados para satisfacer la suma de dinero conferida al demandante por sus daños personales y no una ejecución de garantía
hipotecaria. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistente. Entendiéndose que el rematante lo acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Consta en el Registro de la Propiedad que el Banco Cooperativo tiene derecho hipotecario inscrito sobre el bien inmueble, anterior a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante. Se les advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará el mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en moneda curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, entiéndase en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. Tome conocimiento la parte demandada y toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando; y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general, se publicará dos (2) veces en un periódico de circulación diaria en la Isla de Puerto Rico y se fijará, además, en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Una vez efectuada la venta de dicha propiedad, el Alguacil procederá a poner al licitador victorioso en posesión física de la propiedad dentro del plazo de veinte (20) días contados a partir de la venta en pública Subasta. Además, el Alguacil procederá a darle posesión del material al adjudicatario, en los casos que fuere necesario, proceda el lanzamiento del demandado o terceras personas de la propiedad subastada y forzar puertas o ventanas, romper cerraduras, candados, cortar cadenas y tomar cualquier otra medida propia. De igual forma, el Alguacil sacará cualquier propiedad mueble o personal de los demandados o de terceras personas que se encuentren en la mencionada propiedad. Además, los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Ponce, Puerto Rico, a 15 de noviembre de 2024. Manuel Maldonado, Alguacil, Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Sala Superior De Ponce. LEGAL NOTICE
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FUND, LLC.
Demandante Vs. NACHALY
GARCIA SERRANO
Demandado
Civil Núm.: LP2024CV00119. Salón: 205. 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: NACHALY GARCIA SERRANO - HC 3 BOX 77801, LAS PIEDRAS, PR 00771; 913 CENTRAL AVE APT 9, SEVIERVILLE, TN, 37862.
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/tribunalelectronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Jan Miguel Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jan.otero@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy día 30 de agosto de 2024. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 30 de agosto de 2024. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. LISA M. FIGUEROA RUIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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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. Demandante Vs. GILBERT MORO PUMAREJO Demandado Civil Núm.: IS2024CV00167.
Salón: 1. 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: GILBERT MORO PUMAREJOURB CORCHADO CALLE VIOLETA #4, ISABELA, PR 00662; 107 NE 2ND ST, WASHINGTON, IN, 47501. 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/tribunalelectronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Jan Miguel Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jan.otero@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Isabela, Puerto Rico, hoy día 8 de octubre de 2024. En Isabela, Puerto Rico, el 8 de octubre de 2024. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. OMAYRA LÓPEZ GIRALD, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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Parte Demandante Vs. HECTOR G. GUZMAN FIGUEROA
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: MB2024CV00059. Salón: 205. 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: HÉCTOR G. GUZMÁN FIGUEROA37 EXT VILLA NAVARRO, MAUNABO PR 00707. 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 Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy día 10 de octubre de 2024. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 10 de octubre de 2024. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. LISA M. FIGUEROA RUIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE HUMACAO ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC. Parte Demandante Vs. MARIA D. RODRIGUEZ GARCIA
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: HU2024CV01084. Salón: 205. 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: MARÍA D. RODRÍGUEZ GARCÍAURB CIUDAD CRISTIANA 298 AVE BOLIVIA, HUMACAO PR 00791. 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 Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy día 16 de octubre de 2024. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 16 de octubre de 2024. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. LISA M. FIGUEROA RUIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA MUNICIPAL / SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO ASOCIACIÓN DE PROPIETARIOS DE LOS ARBOLES, INC.
Parte Demandante V. LUIS ENRIQUE ROSADO SANTIAGO
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: RG2024CV00427. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LUIS ENRIQUE ROSADO SANTIAGO.
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 DIN ERO, por concepto de cuotas de mantenimientos vencidas y no pagadas por la suma de $7,642.23 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, Puerto Rico, a 18 de noviembre de 2024. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. IDALIA PIÑERO REYES, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE COMERÍO
LEGACY MORTGAGE
ASSET TRUST 2019-PR1
Parte Demandante Vs. ANTONIO OCASIO BERMÚDEZ Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CR2023CV00383. Salón Núm. (001). 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: ANTONIO OCASIO BERMÚDEZ: 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 Comerío, 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: RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número 36, en el plano de parcelación de la Comunidad Rural Doña Elena del Barrio Doña Elena del término municipal de Comerío, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de mil doscientos cuarenta y cinco metros, once decímetros cuadrados (1,245.11 mc). En lindes por el NORTE, con la parcela número 35 de la comunidad; por el SUR, con las parcelas número 51 y 53 de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con la Calle número uno; y por el OESTE, con la parcela número 37 de la comunidad. Consta inscrita al folio 111 del tomo 84 de Comerío, finca número #5,937, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Barranquitas. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: Lote 36 KM 5.7, PR 780, Elena Alt., Comerío, P.R. 00782. 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 2102015). En relación a la finca a subastarse, se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $72,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca #31, otorgada en Bayamón, el día 31 de marzo de 2007, ante el notario Xana M. Connelly Pagán, inscrita al folio 193 del tomo 152 de Comerío, finca #5,937, inscripción Sexta. La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 8 DE ENE-
RO DE 2025 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Comerío, el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta es la suma de $72,000.00. Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 15 DE ENERO DE 2025 A LAS 2:00 DE LA TARDE, 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 $48,000.00. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 22 DE ENE-
RO DE 2025 A LAS 2:00 DE LA TARDE, 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 $36,000.00. 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 $68,122.35, con intereses a 5.5% anual, desde el 1ro de mayo de 2023, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más los cargos por demora que se corresponden a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pactada de 5% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, más una suma equivalente a $7,200.00, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la escritura de hipoteca y del Pagaré hipotecario. Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables. Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, se publicará en los lugares públicos correspondientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los referentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Expedido en Comerío, Puerto Rico, a 18 de noviembre de 2024. RODOLFO LARA MARTÍNEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #171.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
MMG
INVESTMENTS IV, LLC
Demandante v. JOSE PEREZ
FONSECA, INC., ET ALS.
Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2024CV01703. (502). Sobre: COBRO DE
DINERO, EJECUCIÓN DE PRENDA E HIPOTECA. INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. INTERPELACIÓN A: JOSÉ CARLOS PÉREZ
CÓRDOVA COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JOSE FRANCISCO PEREZ DE GRACIA).
POR LA PRESENTE se le interpela judicialmente conforme al Art. 959 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico (31 L.P.R.A. § 2787), para que en un término de treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento, acepte o renuncie mediante instrumento público o comparecencia judicial especial la herencia del causante Jose Francisco Perez de Gracia, apercibiéndosele que de no expresarse dentro de dicho término, se tendrá por aceptada la herencia. B.B.V.A. v. Latinoamericana, 164 D.P.R. 689 (2005). EXPEDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA Y SELLO DE ESTE TRIBUNAL. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 18 de noviembre de 2024. Alicia Ayala Sanjurjo, Secretaria. Carmen M. Pintado, Secretaria De Servicios.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante Vs. JOHN HOWARD BURRUS, MYRA KAY BURRUS Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: VB2024CV00632. 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: JOHN HOWARD BURRUS, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; MYRA KAY BURRUS, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR
AMBOS.
Se les notifica a ustedes que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la parte demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. Se les emplaza y se les requiere que notifiquen a la Lcda. Jessica Martínez Birriel, GARRIGA & MARINI LAW OFFICES, C.S.P., P.O. Box 16593, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908-6593, teléfono (787) 275-0655, correo electrónico: jmartbirr@yahoo. com, con copia de su contestación a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Dentro del mismo periodo de treinta (30) días ustedes deberán presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico/, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Si dejaren de contestar podrá anotarse la rebeldía y dictarse contra ustedes sentencia en rebeldía concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarles ni oírles. Además, se les apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, a tenor con la Orden del Tribunal, hoy día 18 de noviembre de 2024.
ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA INTERINA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante Vs. ROGER WILLIAM GOODWIN, MAUREEN THERESE GOODWIN Y
LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados Civil Núm.: VB2024CV00636. 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: ROGER WILLIAM GOODWIN, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; MAUREEN THERESE GOODWIN, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.
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y cualquier otra medida en el interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se les advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, a tenor con la Orden del Tribunal, hoy día 18 de noviembre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA INTERINA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SUB-SECRETARIA. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante Vs. SAMUEL STEVEN FRANZ JOSLOFF T/C/C/ SAMUEL FRANZ, MARILYN HODOR PIESMAN T/C/C/ MARILYN FRANZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados Civil Núm.: VB2024CV00638. 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: SAMUEL STEVEN FRANZ JOSLOFF T/C/C/ SAMUEL FRANZ, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; MARILYN HODOR PIESMAN T/C/C/ MARILYN FRANZ, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.
Se les notifica a ustedes que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la parte demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. Se les emplaza y se les requiere que notifiquen a la Lcda. Jessica Martínez Birriel, GARRIGA & MARINI LAW OFFICES, C.S.P., P.O. Box 16593, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908-6593, teléfono (787) 275-0655, correo electrónico: jmartbirr@yahoo. com, con copia de su contestación a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edic-
to. Dentro del mismo periodo de treinta (30) días ustedes deberán presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico/, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Si dejaren de contestar podrá anotarse la rebeldía y dictarse contra ustedes sentencia en rebeldía concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarles ni oírles. Además, se les apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se les advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, a tenor con la Orden del Tribunal, hoy día 18 de noviembre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA INTERINA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SUB-SECRETARIA. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante Vs. JOHN C. ESPOSITO, BARBARA DENISE ESPOSITO T/C/C BARBARA DENISE BURNS Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: VB2024CV00639. 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: JOHN C. ESPOSITO, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE
BIENES GANANCIALES; BARBARA DENISE ESPOSITO T/C/C
BARBARA DENISE BURNS, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.
Se les notifica a ustedes que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la parte demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. Se les emplaza y se les requiere que notifiquen a la Lcda. Jessica Martínez Birriel, GARRIGA & MARINI LAW OFFICES, C.S.P., P.O. Box 16593, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908-6593, teléfono (787) 275-0655, correo electrónico: jmartbirr@yahoo. com, con copia de su contestación a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Dentro del mismo periodo de treinta (30) días ustedes deberán presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico/, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Si dejaren de contestar podrá anotarse la rebeldía y dictarse contra ustedes sentencia en rebeldía concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarles ni oírles. Además, se les apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se les advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, a tenor con la Orden del Tribunal, hoy día 18 de noviembre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA INTERINA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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G League teenager just wants to meet his favorite player
By JOE VARDON / THE ATHLETIC
Seated in a plastic chair near midcourt in a hot, old gym some 600 miles south of the U.S. border, the youngest American to ever play professional basketball really wanted to talk about LeBron James.
Dink Pate, now 18, is playing for the NBA G League’s Mexico City Capitanes this season after his debut last year for the now-defunct G League Ignite at 17 years, 1 month and 7 days. He had just finished his morning practice with the Capitanes at the Mexican Olympic headquarters on the city’s west side, behind brick walls and heavy gates that cordon off the property from the high-volume traffic that dominates the city landscape most of the time.
Two years ago, Pate was a junior at Pinkston High School on the west side of another city — Dallas. How he ended up in Mexico City, falling in love with tacos and admiring the way 22 million people manage city life there, is a story in itself. But Pate sees it as part of a journey that began 10 years ago, when he was an 8-year-old deciding who his favorite player was.
“When I was 8, I told myself straight
out my favorite player was LeBron,” Pate said, “and I said if he didn’t go to college, why couldn’t I do it?”
Pate, a 6-foot-7 guard, said that when he first charted his life’s path, he wasn’t even good at basketball. In fact, he had little interest in it. He wanted to be a rapper.
“I didn’t know how to dribble, couldn’t shoot. Too skinny, too weak. I didn’t know how to do jumping jacks,” Pate said. “I’m a real big Tupac fan, a real big fan of ’90s and ’80s music. I used to walk around the house with my fake chain on, with my paper in my hand.”
Pate said he played football at 8, and the program he joined required its athletes to also play basketball. His older brother played basketball in high school, and Pate became enamored with Dallas-area star Marcus Garrett, a 6-foot-5 guard who would play at Kansas and then for the Miami Heat. Garrett currently is in the G League with the Greensboro Swarm.
From the beginning, though, Pate said James was his man.
The simple fact that Pate is sitting in the practice gear of a G League team as a teenager, with draft experts projecting him to be selected in the middle of the first round of what many believe to be an above-average draft, implies that he followed the life plan he set for himself. One that was so heavily influenced by the NBA’s all-time leading scorer.
“I looked up his story, and I just kept searching ‘LeBron and college’ — nothing ever popped up,” Pate said. “I didn’t even know that was possible. I was just 8 years old, like, I was just capping. I was just chatting. I didn’t even mean it for real. I was just saying if LeBron went to the league out of high school, I’m doing it too.”
The catch now is that players no longer can enter the NBA draft directly out of high school. They either have to go to college for one year, find a pro league overseas or in the United States, or otherwise wait until they’re 19 to declare for the draft.
The first college offer Pate received came from Southern Methodist, minutes away from his home, when he was
ing him to enter the NBA draft early. He was allowed to sign with any G League team for the second year of his contract and came away from his experience as a minor league free agent more aware of the business side of basketball than most aspiring NBA players his age.
The Capitanes, like the Ignite, are not affiliated with any NBA team. Players don’t shuttle to and from the big-league club throughout the course of the season. Their goals are to develop all the players they have, as well as to grow basketball in Mexico and Latin America in part by trying to keep a few players on the roster from countries south of the United States.
“I bring my value and what I bring to a team and to a city in a culture where my personality fits,” Pate said.
a freshman. Pate graduated early, after a junior season at Pinkston averaging 20.3 points per game, and had college offers from the likes of Alabama and Arkansas. He said he would have picked Alabama because of his relationship with Crimson Tide coach Nate Oats, but “college was never my dream.”
G League Ignite, founded in 2020 as a developmental team for prospects, thought enough of Pate’s chances to award him a two-year contract at age 17. But his historic rookie season was not without its challenges.
Pate was among the least efficient players in the G League last season, making just 34.7% of his shots and 21.4% of his 3s while committing 2.5 turnovers per game. The Ignite weren’t very good, either, finishing with a 2-32 record. The NBA shut down the Ignite for good after last season.
“We found out 45 minutes before y’all did,” he said. “I just knew something was going to happen. I didn’t know if it was a family problem or what? But when he told me, you know, Ignite is no longer going to be here, I didn’t even think about me because I’m the only one on a two-year contract. I’m thinking about my teammates.”
Because of the Ignite’s closure, Pate tried unsuccessfully to get a waiver allow-
Pate now finds himself on a team with NBA champion Juan Toscano-Anderson, who was born in Oakland, California, but is of Mexican descent and is in his second season with the Capitanes. Pate calls Toscano-Anderson “my vet” and appreciates the advice the former Golden State Warrior passes down.
As for his own draft prospects, Pate said he wants “to be a lottery pick,” offering that it has been his longtime goal (since, you guessed it, “8 years old”).
“Some people don’t even get to be in the room, or even get to be in New York at Barclays Center, period,’” he said. “So, for me to think about that and feel like I know I need to go No. 1 — I feel like I can go No. 1, but, you know, I’m not even harping on that.”
Pate admitted that he needs to fix his jumper and is at the Mexico Olympic facility day and night, even after his teammates have gone home from practice, getting up extra shots. He added that he is focused this season on winning with the Capitanes.
He knows that the South Bay Lakers have a game in Mexico City this season, and though Bronny James hasn’t been traveling with the team, there’s still a chance he might. And if Bronny is there, there’s always a chance that LeBron James would be there, too.
“I’m pretty sure he gets it all the time,” Pate said, “but he doesn’t know what impact he has on me.”
Dink Pate, 18, plays for the NBA G League’s Mexico City Capitanes this season after his debut last year for the now-defunct G League Ignite at 17 years, 1 month and 7 days. (Instagram via @d1nkpate)
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