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sland Health Secretary-designate Carlos Mellado López told members of the island House of Representatives on Thursday that he signed an administrative order giving priority for the next four weeks to the vaccination of adults over the age of 65 and would impose a $5,000 fine to discourage vaccine providers or people who are not yet in their vaccination phase from getting vaccinated before that phase is reached.

However, he said that at times to avoid a missed dose, the dose is given to people out of phase.

“However, this is the exception, and not the norm,” he said during a committee-of-the-whole process during which lawmakers asked him numerous questions about the way the Health Department has handled the coronavirus pandemic.

Mellado López also revealed, in response to a question from Puerto Rican Independence Party Rep. Denis Márquez, that he ordered an audit into the purchase of COVID-19 tests after the agency hired a firm last year that was unqualified to deliver them, but he is awaiting the results. He also said he will allow the Center for Investigative Reporting to obtain access to certain vaccination ledgers the media outlet requested to determine if the vaccination protocol was followed.

To accomplish the vaccination of the population of Puerto Rico, Mellado López, who has yet to be confirmed by the Senate, said the agency has 400 vaccine providers certified by the federal government. Currently, 239 providers have received and administered vaccinations.

“This is due to the limited number of doses received, which amounts to 41,450 doses of vaccines weekly,” he said. “The allocation of vaccines to each provider must be consistent with their role in each of the established phases.”

As of Wednesday, some 526,225 doses had been received, of which 442,416 had been distributed, the designated Health secretary said.

“It is important to note that we are constantly receiving vaccines and they are being distributed in accordance with the plan described above,” Mellado López said. “Of the doses administered, 289,974 have been recorded. The reason for the difference in this number is that, in some cases, the vaccine registration is manual and there is a delay in data entry into the system.”

The figures show that 219,649 people have been vaccinated with at least the first dose of the vaccine, while 70,325 have been vaccinated with both doses. Vaccination began in Puerto Rico in mid-December.

“Likewise, it is important to remember that both vaccines are authorized by the federal Food and Drug Administration [FDA] and require two doses, which are administered on different dates,” the Health chief added. “As the vaccine supply increases, this number will increase dramatically.”

The vaccination process is being carried out in different

centers, such as those set up by the National Guard, 330 Centers, IPAAs, and Walgreens and CVS pharmacies. In the case of pharmacies, they began vaccinating in long-term care centers on Jan. 4, he said. Since then, the agency has reached 19,070 residents living in those centers. Vaccination of that population is expected to be completed in the next three weeks.

Regarding the loss of vaccines, Mellado López emphasized that in Puerto Rico only 200 vaccines were lost, after a confusing incident in a hospital.

“Although it is true that this loss is unacceptable, we are far below the incidents that have occurred in other states in terms of losses,” he said. “To this we add that approximately 6,000 additional doses have been extracted in the vaccine containers, doses that have been administered immediately.”

The Health Department has also handled more than 1 million tests for COVID-19. They are distributed in 1,095 million antigen tests, of which more than 38% have been distributed, mainly in the so-called COViveo events.

“We have also received around 937,000 serological tests, of which more than 51% have been distributed,” Mellado López said.

Regarding molecular tests, which are more efficient, the agency has received some 575,000 tests.

From Oct. 27, 2020 to Jan. 31, 120 COViveo events were held, covering 71 of the island’s 78 municipalities.

Mellado López said 111,638 tests were performed in these events, of which 2,613 yielded positive results.

He also spoke about the Municipal System for Case Investigation and Contact Tracing, which is a project that has offered each municipality economic resources, a guide to establish a response to COVID-19 and supervision so that they are integrated into the national response. Currently, 77 municipalities are fully integrated into the system. The objectives of the program consist of the initial investigation of cases, referring the cases to the central monitoring system, monitoring and inspection, and education.

The municipal system that the Health Department has developed has allowed an increase in the personnel available for tracking, reaching the number of 600 people. With this, the agency has managed to investigate 89% of the cases, which allows the weekly publication of information to be more accurate, Mellado López said.

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Governor loosens a few pandemic restrictions in new executive order

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

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ov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia presented on Thursday the new executive order for managing the coronavirus pandemic with changes in the curfew hours. It will be in force until March 14, 2021.

“We have had the lowest [rate of positive COVID-19] cases since the summer of 2020,” Pierluisi said in a virtual news conference.

“This is because people are complying. That is good news, but we cannot let our guard down.”

The current executive order expires Sunday.

“I have accepted several recommendations from the scientific community, with four weeks’ time to have an effect on infections,” the governor said. “The modifications are limited so that the health measures continue.”

Pierluisi also insisted on the need to open schools.

“That for me is a social tragedy that we have to remedy,” he said.

The new executive order leaves in place the restrictions of the previous order, although it modifies certain areas such as the nighttime curfew, which will be in effect from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. Commercial establishments may remain open until 11 p.m. Also, occupancy at commercial establishments will be in-

creased to 50 percent, except for restaurants, which will remain at maximum 30 percent occupancy. In both cases, the six-foot social distancing requirement is maintained.

Although the order will be in effect until March 14, Pierluisi said it recognizes the possibility of opening schools, consistent with the recommendations of the American Pediatric Association, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chief White House medical adviser and epidemiologist Anthony Fauci, and the public policy of President Joe Biden.

During the term of the order it is established that the return to classes will be regulated by the island departments of Education and Health.

Likewise, the Health Department is ordered to establish, in conjunction with the Family Department, a protocol for allowing visits to care centers for the elderly in a limited and controlled manner, and avoiding infection risks. The departments of Health and Correction and Rehabilitation are ordered to do the same regarding visits to prisons.

As for sporting events, sports and recreation activities will be allowed as long as they comply with the established regulations. Therefore, the Recreation and Sports Department is directed to publish a departmental memo on those regulations.

Private schools, like all commercial establishments, are encouraged to register in the bio portal of the Municipal Case Investigation and Contact Tracing System.

“It has always been my guiding principle to seek balance, listening and being attentive to the health and economic sectors in order to make decisions that safeguard the health of all, but also that do not further harm our already battered economy,” the governor said.

“Our collective goal is to return to a new normal, but for now we must all continue with preventive measures to protect ourselves from the virus. The mask [wearing], distancing, and hand washing continues to be the lifestyle that we must continue to lead, even if we have already received one or two doses of the vaccine.”

Pierluisi said the new order may have changed before the expiration of its term of effect.

“If we have to restrict it more or make it more flexible, I will do so,” he said. “We will continue to observe the statistics, especially hospitalizations and new infections, which provide a picture of the status of our hospital system and its response.”

UPR Bayamón offering free COVID-19 antigen tests

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

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he University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Bayamón Campus on Thursday announced a COVIVEO event to offer free COVID-19 antigen tests to the general public.

The testing, which is being conducted in collaboration with the island Department of Health, will take place today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the UPR Bayamón parking lot, according to a written statement. Samples will be taken from participants using a drive-through service format.

“The University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón once again fulfills its commitment to positively impact the communities of Bayamón and its neighboring towns,” said UPR Bayamón Chancellor Miguel Vélez Rubio. “We provide this resource so that anyone with questions about their COVID-19 situation can have antigen tests done for free that provide results in 15 minutes. This is a collaborative effort with the Department of Health for the good of our general community and the university community.”

People interested in registering for COVID-19 antigen testing should access the link: https://testtaker.1linkfusion. com/registration/98.

The tests will be available for as long as they last.

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‘Uphill climb’ for islanders over 65 to get COVID-19 vaccine appointment Gov’t called on to do a better job of keeping the public informed

By PEDRO CORREA HENRY Twitter: @pete_r_correa Special to The Star

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fter Puerto Rico National Guard Adj. Gen. José Reyes announced Thursday that citizens over 65 do not require an appointment to receive the coronavirus vaccine, hundreds of senior citizens showed up at Pedrín Zorrilla Coliseum in San Juan to get their first shot, many with a tale to tell about the challenges of making an appointment.

Island Health Secretary Carlos Mellado López issued an administrative order Wednesday for National Guard vaccination centers to prioritize the senior population in an effort to inoculate up to 800,000 people against the coronavirus in four weeks, prompting some senior citizens to arrive at the San Juan Sports and Recreation Park parking lot before the break of dawn Thursday to ensure they would be vaccinated against the virus that has taken 1,861 lives on the island since the pandemic began.

Rafael Contreras, 66, tried to reserve appointments online and by phone. He told the STAR that after submitting the requested personal information, he had received no further response.

“I have filled out everything I could. I called every phone number and nothing,” Contreras said. “I called Walgreens and they told me that they would call back when they get the vaccines, but where would they call if they didn’t request a phone number?They could call their family members because they have their contact information, but what about us?”

Aside from calling the pharmacy, Contreras told the STAR that he tried to get an appointment from non-profit organization VOCES, from which he said he has received “a lot of text messages, but nothing involving an appointment.”

“This has been terrible,” he added. “It has been difficult.”

Contreras said he went to the “coliseito” in the capital city’s Hato Rey sector because his wife, who works as a nurse, was going to have her second vaccine dose administered there.

“I told her I’d take her to get her second dose and see if I can get my first shot, as it

Island Health Secretary Carlos Mellado López issued an administrative order Wednesday for National Guard vaccination centers to prioritize the senior population in an effort to inoculate up to 800,000 people against the coronavirus in four weeks. has been ordered to vaccinate people who are 65 and older,” he said. “We waited in two lines, because people who are supposed to get their second dose were directed to wait on the Manuel Domenech Avenue [side of the coliseum], while I was told that I had to get out of this line because senior citizens had to wait on the [Franklin Delano] Roosevelt Avenue [side].”

“We have been here since 4 a.m.,” Contreras said.

Milagros Marrero Bruno, 73, told the STAR that she was unable to get an appointment because, she said, her private health insurer informed her “there are no vaccines available.”

“It has been very difficult to make an appointment here and in other places. I have actually called and called, and they would get my information, then I was told that they would call back, but nothing,” Marrero Bruno said. “I don’t understand this. I wish I had some hope that they could tell me that I had reservations for a given date, but not even that.”

Carmen Gloria Díaz Ramos, 66, said she had been trying to get vaccinated since Monday when she was waiting in line at nearby Hiram Bithorn Stadium.

That was until she was told by other citizens that Pedrín Zorrilla Coliseum was the assigned vaccination center. She said she found the protocol to be better at the coliseum, and urged authorities to do a

better job of informing elder citizens.

“It has been very challenging. I have cried for days,” she added. “I tried to get an appointment through the internet, but it was so difficult. I tried through TurnosPR, and I couldn’t log in.”

“I had some luck at Auxilio Mutuo Hospital, but the appointment was for February 10,” she added. “After I get the vaccine now, I will cancel the appointment because another person deserves the spot.”

However, 73-year-old Carmen Hernández, who lives in Humacao, told the STAR that she had had no luck with Auxilio Mutuo since she requested an appointment two weeks ago. She also experienced issues with the TurnosPR platform, she said.

“I woke up at 5 a.m. to see if I could finally get an appointment, but nothing,” Hernández said. “It was until that moment that I said: ‘Well, I’ll come here then.’”

She added that she had tried to get an appointment at a community drugstore in her hometown, but she was told that no appointments were being made because vaccines had not arrived at the pharmacy.

“It’s like we are being duped or something,” Hernández said.

Nélida Morales Encarnación, a 65-year-old who tutors children, told the STAR that she found out through her niece, who was getting her second dose at the coliseum, that people aged 65 years and

older were getting vaccinated there.

“It has been an uphill climb to get the vaccine because there has not been enough information available,” Morales Encarnación said. “I tried to get an appointment through the Costco website and VOCES, but they didn’t have open dates available.”

Morales Encarnación said getting the coronavirus vaccine was important because she has an immunocompromised son who suffers from diabetes and renal failure.

“He has been vaccinated, fortunately.

Now it is my turn to protect myself,” she said. “This is a novel situation. I can understand that the government’s efforts in keeping up with logistics have been a struggle, which affects senior citizens and people who face health complications.”

Not everyone has had an uphill struggle. Sixty-six-year-old Carlos Orria told the STAR that his health insurer, MMM Healthcare, called him Wednesday to request information and gave him an appointment for 9-10 a.m. with a confirmation number.

“If I have to wait, then I must wait,” Orria said. “I was surprised with the healthcare system. … They asked me if I wanted it, asked some basic questions, and now, I’m here.”

Meanwhile, 74-year-old María Olivero said her insurer, MCS Classicare, “helped me a lot.”

“I’m from Canóvanas, and the only thing that is happening there are centers that are conducting coronavirus tests, where on 65th Infantry Avenue it was packed,” she said. “But as I am fortunate to be happy at my home, I just waited and kept calm.”

At the Caguas Fine Arts Center, meanwhile, around 100 senior citizens were getting their first shot while more than 200 healthcare professionals were there to receive their second coronavirus vaccine.

Eighty-three-year-old Korean War veteran Víctor Maldonado told the STAR that “everything was under control.” He and his wife, Rosa MaríaVelázquez, had obtained an appointment from health insurer Triple S, and had just received a text message to go to the vaccination center.

“I feel great, and I hope that the coronavirus vaccines give us 50 more years to live,” Maldonado said while holding hands with his wife the entire time.

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San Juan mayor issues executive order to control noise pollution

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an Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo announced Thursday a new municipal executive order that aims to ensure compliance with various laws and city ordinances to control noise pollution in the island capital.

The proliferation of vehicles modified to emit high-volume sounds has become a noise pollution problem that hinders the ability of the people of San Juan to live peacefully, Romero Lugo said.

“Healthy coexistence, tranquility and citizens’ peace are necessary elements for the Capital City of Puerto Rico to regain its position as a jurisdiction that encourages the repopulation of its various communities and maintains an environment that results in a better quality of life for all of our residents,” states Executive Order No. 008.

The mayor emphasized that the order seeks to reinforce compliance with existing laws and ordinances that address the problem

of unnecessary noise and noise pollution.

With the approved executive order, the San Juan Municipal Police have the tools to intervene in situations where excessive and unnecessary sound disturbs the tranquility of the communities in San Juan, thereby reducing the potential risk to the health of residents and visitors of the capital.

Among the laws to be enforced are No. 155 of 1937, which would suppress loudspeakers when they disturb public tranquility, and No. 71 of 1940, to suppress unnecessary noise of all kinds and establish penalties.

The latter law defines an unnecessary noise as any loud sound that is disturbing, intense and frequent, and that hampers tranquility.

Romero Lugo also announced that the municipal police will enforce the Puerto Rico Vehicle and Traffic Law, specifically Article 14.15 on sound-deadening systems and engine acceleration, and Article 14.21 on the illegal use and installation of sirens and bells in unauthorized private motor vehicles.

Work at San Sebastián filtration plant to entail water service interruption

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

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he Calabazas filtration plant in San Sebastián will be out of operation on Tuesday, Feb. 9 due to work to optimize the system’s operation by installing a flow meter at the raw water inlet, the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) announced Thursday.

“The work will last for eight hours, starting at 6 a.m., and is to be carried out as part of efforts to improve the operation of this filtration plant and the continuity of service to the community,” said Ebdiel Escobar Castro, director of PRASA’s San Sebastián operational area, in a written statement.

As a result of the work, the residents of Altozano, Cidral, Guatemala, Bahomamey, Culebrinas, Eneas, Hato Arriba,

Calabazas, Piedras Blancas and Guacio, and parts of Juncal, Pozas, Robles and Saltos will experience water service interruption, as will residents of Venturini, Villa Sofía, Villa Rita, Colinas Verdes and the urban area of San Sebastián.

Water service will be restored at night, first in the lower areas and then in the higher places that are supplied from pumping stations.

Given the possibility of turbidity during service restoration, PRASA recommends boiling water intended for human consumption for three minutes.

For more information, subscribers can contact the PRASA Customer Service Telephone Center at (787) 8822482 or access the internet portal www.acueductospr.com.

Also through the social networks Twitter and Facebook: @ Acueductospr.

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A parallel pandemic hits health care workers: trauma and exhaustion

By ANDREW JACOBS

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r. Sheetal Khedkar Rao, 42, an internist in suburban Chicago, can’t pinpoint the exact moment when she decided to hang up her stethoscope for the last time. There were the chaos and confusion of the spring, when a nationwide shortage of N95 masks forced her to examine patients with a surgical mask, the fears she might take the coronavirus home to her family and the exasperating public disregard for mask-wearing and social distancing that was amplified by the White House.

Among the final blows, though, were a 30% pay cut to compensate for a drop in patients seeking primary care, and the realization that she needed to spend more time at home after her children, 10 and 11, switched to remote learning.

“Everyone says doctors are heroes and they put us on a pedestal, but we also have kids and aging parents to worry about,” said Rao, who left her practice in October.

“After awhile, the emotional burden and moral injury become too much to bear.”

Doctors, paramedics and nurses’ aides have been hailed as America’s frontline COVID warriors, but gone are the days when people applauded workers outside hospitals and on city streets.

Now, a year into the pandemic, with emergency rooms packed again, vaccines in short supply and more contagious variants of the virus threatening to unleash a fresh wave of infections, the nation’s medical workers are feeling burned out and unappreciated.

Over the last year, there have been the psychological trauma of overworked intensive care doctors forced to ration care, the crushing sense of guilt for nurses who unknowingly infected patients or family members, and the struggles of medical personnel who survived COVID-19 but are still hobbled by the fatigue and brain fog that

Sheetal Khedkar Rao, an internist in suburban Chicago, decided last year she could not continue practicing medicine. “After a while, the emotional burden and moral injury become too much to bear.” hamper their ability to work.

Researchers say the pandemic’s toll on the nation’s health care workforce will play out long after the coronavirus is tamed. The impact, for now, can be measured in part by a surge of early retirements and the desperation of community hospitals struggling to hire enough workers to keep their emergency rooms running.

“Everyone wants to talk about vaccines, vaccines, vaccines, but for our members, all they want to talk about is workforce, workforce, workforce,” said Alan Morgan,

chief executive of the National Rural Health Association.

“Right now our hospitals and our workers are just getting crushed.”

Some health care experts are calling for a national effort to track the psychological well-being of medical professionals, much like the federal health program that monitors workers who responded to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

“We have a great obligation to people who put their lives on the line for the nation,” said Dr. Victor J. Dzau, president of the National Academy of Medicine.

As vaccinations ramp up, it is tempting to imagine that the pandemic’s horrifying effect on health care workers is poised to recede. But it is unclear whether vaccinated health care workers can still spread the virus to others and how the ever-changing variants will affect the effectiveness of the vaccines.

And while supplies of personal protective equipment have improved in recent months, health care workers in much of the country are still reusing N95 masks that were designed to be thrown away after each patient.

Celia Nieto, 44, an intensive care nurse in Las Vegas, said many Americans had scant appreciation for the tribulations that she and her colleagues face day after day. There is the physical exhaustion of lifting and turning patients on their bellies so they might breathe easier, the never-ending scramble to adjust ventilators and pain medication, and the mental anguish of telling relatives she doesn’t have the time to help them FaceTime with their loved ones.

“It feels like we’re failing, when in actuality we’re working with what we’ve got and we don’t have enough,” she said. “We feel quite helpless, and it’s a real injury to our psyches.”

Dr. Donald Pathman, a researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said he was struck by

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From page 7 the early results of a study he has been conducting on the pandemic’s effect on clinicians who serve in poor communities. Many of the 2,000 medical, dental and mental health professionals who have participated in the survey so far say they are disillusioned.

“There is a lot of personal trauma,” Pathman said.

“Many people have been scarred by their experiences during the pandemic, and they will look to leave their practices.”

In interviews, doctors who have recently left the field or are considering early retirement said the pandemic had exacerbated frustrations spurred by shifts in the business of medical care that often required them to work longer hours without increased compensation.

In a survey released in September by the online site Medscape, two-thirds of American doctors said they had grappled with intense burnout during the pandemic, with a similar percentage reporting a drop in income. A quarter

Celia Nieto, an intensive care nurse in Las Vegas.

“We feel quite helpless, and it’s a real injury to our psyches,” she said.

of respondents said their experiences with COVID had led them to exit the medical field.

Another survey, by the Physicians Foundation, found that 8% of doctors in the United States had closed their offices during the pandemic, translating to 16,000 fewer private practices.

Dr. Erica Bial, a pain specialist from suburban Boston who barely survived COVID-19 last spring, said she felt increasingly drained.

“We put on our masks and come to work every day because we don’t have the luxury of working from home in our pajamas, but the apathy and ennui that’s taken hold of society just makes our job feel thankless,” said Bial, who works full time despite struggling with the lingering effects of her illness. “It’s so demoralizing.”

Staffing shortages have been especially acute at nursing homes and long-term care facilities. They were already struggling to retain employees before the pandemic, but many are now facing an existential shortage of skilled workers. According to a study released last week by the nonpartisan U.S. PIRG Education Fund, more than 20% of the nation’s 15,000 nursing homes reported severe shortages of nursing aides in December, up from 17% in May, a significant jump over such a short period.

As more and more medical staff members fall ill or quit, those who remain on the job have to work harder, and the quality of care invariably suffers, said Dr. Michael L. Barnett, assistant professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health who served as a consultant to the study.

“It’s a recipe for a collapse in the workforce,” he said.

So far, the federal government has shown little interest in addressing what Dzau, of the National Academy of Medicine, writing in The New England Journal of Medicine, described as a “parallel pandemic” of psychological trauma among health workers.

He and other experts say the government should start by making a concerted effort to accurately count medical worker infections and fatalities.

Thousands of health care workers have already paid the ultimate price for their workaday devotion. Since March, more than 3,300 nurses, doctors, social workers and physical therapists have died from COVID-19, accord-

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ing to a tally by Kaiser Health News and the Guardian.

Experts say the death toll is most likely far higher.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention counts 1,332 deaths among medical personnel, which is striking given that its sister agency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, lists roughly the same number of deaths just among nursing home workers — a small portion of those employed by the nation’s hospitals, health clinics and private practices.

A number of studies suggest that medical professionals made up 10% to 20% of all coronavirus cases in the early months of the pandemic though they comprise roughly 4% of the population.

Many medical workers who have survived COVID-19 face more immediate challenges. Bial, the pain specialist from Boston, is still plagued by fatigue and impaired lung function.

“The day before I got sick, I could comfortably run 8 to 10 miles,” said Bial, 45, who started a Facebook group memorializing doctors lost to COVID. “Now I go out for a brisk walk and my heart is pounding. I’m starting to wonder whether these effects could be permanent.”

Dr. Andrew T. Chan, a professor at Harvard Medical School and a gastroenterologist at Massachusetts General Hospital who has been studying the pandemic’s disproportionate toll on health care workers, said his preliminary research suggested that long haulers in the medical field suffer greater health challenges than the overall population. That is in part because they are often exposed to increased levels of virus, which can lead to more severe illness.

Another factor, he said, is that the worsening staffing shortages in much of the country lead many COVID survivors to return to work before they have fully recovered.

“If health care workers are not given the opportunity to fully heal after getting COVID and are subjected to the continued physical and mental stress of working through the pandemic, they are likely to experience a greater risk of long-term complications,” Chan said. “COVID could impact our health care system for years to come by not only depleting our workforce but by impairing the ability of survivors to do their jobs.”

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Lawmaker promoted stem cell therapy for COVID-19 in fraud scheme, U.S. says

By NEIL VIGDOR

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state lawmaker in Missouri was charged this week in connection with a fraud scheme in which she claimed she could use stem cells to treat COVID-19 patients at her medical clinics, prosecutors said.

The lawmaker, Rep. Tricia Derges, a Republican, was stripped of her committee assignments in the state House on Monday, the same day that a 20-count indictment against her was unsealed in U.S. District Court in Springfield, Missouri.

And on Wednesday the House speaker in Missouri, also a Republican, urged the beleaguered first-term lawmaker, who has pleaded not guilty, to step down.

Prosecutors say that Derges, a licensed assistant physician, raked in nearly $200,000 from patients at three medical clinics that she operates for injections of amniotic fluid that she falsely claimed contained stem cells.

A month after the coronavirus outbreak was declared a global pandemic, Derges claimed in a Facebook post that the injections could help patients with symptoms of COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, according to the indictment.

“This amazing treatment stands to provide a potential cure for COVID-19 patients that is safe and natural,” the indictment said Derges wrote in the post. “All of the components of the God given amniotic fluid: Mesenchymal Stem Cells (progenitor stem cells which are baby stem cells: can become any tissue they want); cytokines, exosomes, chemokines, hyaluronic acid, growth factors and over 800 proteins working to create a human being: the emphasis on the lungs.”

The National Institutes of Health last year recommended against the use of mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of COVID-19, except in clinical trials. It also noted that the Food and Drug Administration had issued several warnings that patients could be vulnerable to stem cell treatments that are illegal and potentially harmful.

According to her biography on her legislative website, the clinics operated by Derges are primary and urgent care centers for the “working person and non-insured” in underserved areas of southwest Missouri.

The fraud scheme began in December 2018 and continued until May 2020, according to the indictment, which stated that Derges had promoted the regenerative medical benefits of the injections for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Lyme disease, erectile dysfunction, urinary incontinence and other conditions.

“This defendant abused her privileged position to enrich

Dr. Tricia Derges, with a patient in 2018 in Springfield, Mo., faces numerous charges in connection with a fraud scheme, prosecutors said. herself through deception,” Tim Garrison, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Missouri, said in a statement. “As an elected official and a health care provider, she deserves to be held to a high standard.”

Derges, 63, of Nixa, Missouri, was also charged with illegally providing the prescription drugs oxycodone and Adderall to clients of her three medical clinics in the Ozarks in southwestern Missouri, along with lying to federal investigators.

Stacie Calhoun Bilyeu, a lawyer for Derges, said in an interview Wednesday night that the public was rushing to convict her client before she gets her day in court.

“My client began getting death threats,” Bilyeu said. “Somebody told her that they hoped she died by lethal injection.”

Bilyeu declined to discuss details of the case, including the government’s allegations that Derges had charged patients as much as six times more than what she paid for amniotic fluid allograft that did not contain stem cells.

Derges obtained a medical degree from Caribbean Medical University in Curacao in 2014 but was not accepted into a postgraduate residency program, according to the indictment.

In 2017, she became a licensed assistant physician in Missouri and became authorized to prescribe medications the following year, the indictment said.

Prosecutors said that Derges had illegally provided prescription drugs to patients of other practitioners at her clinics who were not authorized to prescribe controlled substances.

On Monday, Derges, who was elected to her first twoyear term in 2020, was stripped of her assignments on the Health and Mental Health Policy Committee, along with the Professional Registration and Licensing Committee and the Special Committee on Small Business.

She was removed at the behest of Rep. Rob Vescovo, the speaker of the Missouri House and a fellow Republican.

“After speaking with her and with the caucus, I am asking her to resign her seat with the House,” Vescovo said in a statement Wednesday. “The legal process will ultimately determine her guilt or innocence, but this is clearly a time for her to spend with her family as she focuses on her legal issues, and for the people of the 140th District to move forward with selecting a replacement who can effectively advocate for their interests.”

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Il Nuovo Mercato inspires islanders to take a ‘piece of Italy’ to their homes Culinary establishment continues to thrive in the retail market amid the pandemic

By PEDRO CORREA HENRY Twitter: @pete_r_correa Special to The Star

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lthough the coronavirus pandemic and the limitations imposed by it continue challenging enterprises around the world, Il Nuovo Mercato has been standing strong in Puerto Rico since 2016 and strives to achieve more by expanding into the retail market in 2021.

Roberto Betturi, the Mercato Centrale LLC comptroller and vice chairman of its board of directors, told the STAR on Thursday that the enterprise wants to bring the “mercato” concept back from Tuscany to the island by providing a chance for customers to purchase the fresh produce that the establishment uses to cook right in their homes.

“In this 2021, I want to take the risk to see if we can bring a piece of Italy to Puerto Rico,” he said, adding that the goal is to establish the island enterprise to the same degree as Il Mercato Centrale in Florence.

Betturi said the venture is an expansion of their DIY pizza and pasta kits, which he said have been well received during the pandemic.

“If customers want a fresh slice of ribeye [steak] from our market, we can cut it and pack it for you so you can cook it for yourself,” Betturi told the STAR. “You want a beer? You can purchase it by the pound; if you want sauce, fresh pasta, other products you can’t get elsewhere such as burrata (Italian cow milk cheese with mozzarella and cream), well-cut prosciutto, an assortment of cheeses, why not bring that experience to your house and make yourself a good dinner with fresh products, instead of just hiring a catering service?”

“There’s a niche here, there’s a group of people who like this and have asked for such a service, to which we have made an exception and sold what we could,” the businessman added.

As for the bodegas Il Nuovo Mercato has on the third floor of the Mall of San Juan, Betturi told the STAR that the enterprise will continue bringing an “authentic Italian experience with a Puerto Rican spice” at an accessible price.

Il Nuovo Mercato, along with other restaurants such as Starbenne Caffé, Burger and Beer Joint, and the Prosecco Bar, support local businesses that produce Italian-roasted coffee from Lares and Adjuntas, arugula, bread, pumpkin, smoked cheese, and other products.

“In France, the cuisine is distinguished due to its technique, and they’re good at it. Italian cuisine, however, emphasizes the quality and freshness of the product, and is created using techniques that aren’t too challenging,” he said. “People might be surprised by how familiar it feels, since it is not a food service establishment, but by just ordering your meals and picking them up on your own, you can achieve a fine-dining experience for half the price.”

“In the last five years, we have been able to purchase most of the Puerto Rican produce we use today,” he added, noting that Il Nuovo Mercato, along with other restaurants such as Starbenne Caffé, Burger and Beer Joint, and the Prosecco Bar, support local businesses that produce Italian-roasted coffee from Lares and Adjuntas, arugula, bread, pumpkin, smoked cheese, and other products.

“Everything you see here is made from scratch,” Betturi said.

“The only thing that is still imported is our gelatos, because we want that experience to be as authentic as possible,” he added.

“However, we mix local fruits from the island and we also make partnerships with other brands to concoct unique flavors such as ‘coquito’ and panettone.”

‘We faced the pandemic as a family’ Regarding the pandemic, Betturi said Il Nuovo Mercato has been able to adapt to the executive orders the government has established to limit the spread of the coronavirus. He said that after the lockdown went into effect last March, the company was able to pay its staff members until the economic sector reopened during the summer.

“From 95 employees, 93 were able to report back to work when we called them,” he

Roberto Betturi, the Mercato Centrale LLC comptroller and vice chairman of its board of directors, told the STAR that the enterprise wants to bring the “mercato” concept back from Tuscany to the island by providing a chance for customers to purchase the fresh produce that the establishment uses to cook right in their homes.

said. “This shaped the beginning of finding the key to success as our focus was to never forget that we are here to sell an experience. We must make sure that our customers have a brief moment to escape from the reality we are living while remaining safe.”

As for safety measures, the entrepreneur told the STAR that Il Nuovo Mercato was fortunate to have enough outdoor dining space to avoid the risk of crowding and comply with government anti-coronavirus measures.

“We’re fortunate enough to have a gigantic space, such as a beautiful terrace,” he said.

“If you can imagine, even when the government imposed the 30% occupancy restriction, we didn’t even reach 25% of the authorized occupancy because it wasn’t necessary [to fill the space].”

“We take care of our clients; that’s something we are more than aware of,” he added.

“We have siblings, offspring, grandparents, and loved ones who we must protect, and we want to take care of everyone. We have faced this pandemic like a family.”

Likewise, he said “this philosophy of protecting our workers has been with us since Hurricane Maria,” as it was one of the greatest challenges that the island food market faced.

“We began establishing ourselves during a critical time for all Puerto Ricans,” Betturi said. “I understood after the hurricane that life was not only about receiving, but it’s also about giving back.”

As for now, he said their most regular clients amid the pandemic are elderly customers and families.

“The feedback we have received is that [clients] feel safe here,” Betturi said. “Some end up returning even four times a week.”

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S&P 500, Dow end up for 3rd day as Alphabet jumps, volatility eases T he Dow and S&P 500 rose slightly on Wednesday, registering a third straight session of gains, with Alphabet Inc’s shares hitting a record high following its strong quarterly results.

Alphabet shares ended up 7.3% and provided the biggest boost to the S&P 500. The Google parent late Tuesday posted results that topped quarterly sales expectations for its advertising and Cloud businesses, helped in part by the pandemic.

With recent stronger-than-expected results from Alphabet and other companies, S&P 500 companies are now on track to post earnings growth for the fourth quarter of 2020 and to defy expectations for another quarterly profit drop due to the pandemic, based on data from Refinitiv Wednesday.

The Cboe Volatility index was down, and wild swings in stock prices of GameStop and other social media favorites subsided following a recent trading frenzy. GameStop shares ended the day up just 2.7%.

“The broad tape continues to be strong,” said Michael O’Rourke, chief market strategist at JonesTrading in Stamford, Connecticut.

The recent retail trading activity is likely “to be here for a while,” said O’Rourke. “I don’t know if it’s going to be here with the same intensity ... It’s hard to maintain that type of intensity. What we’ll probably see are coordinated movements in individual names by that crowd.”

Weighing on the Nasdaq and limiting gains in the broader market, Amazon.com Inc shares eased 2% as Jeff Bezos’ surprise move to step down as chief executive quashed optimism about bumper quarterly results. However, analysts were upbeat on the promotion of its cloud computing head to the top job.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 36.12 points, or 0.12%, to 30,723.6, the S&P 500 gained 3.86 points, or 0.10%, to 3,830.17 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.23 points, or 0.02%, to 13,610.54.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is calling a meeting this week of top officials, including from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Reserve, to discuss market volatility driven by retail trading in shares of GameStop, silver and other stocks favored on social media.

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New vaccine puzzle: Who should get which shot?

A volunteer receives the coronavirus vaccine made by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford in Oxford, England, Nov. 20, 2020. Countries are grappling with uncertainties about vaccine supplies and how protective various shots will be, while racing to combat new variants and save lives.

By BENJAMIN MUELLER and REBECCA ROBBINS

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irst came the good news. The European Union authorized a third vaccine.

Then, the bad news. Regulators in country after country suggested restricting it to younger people until more testing was done.

The decisions marked the start of a delicate new phase of vaccination drives, one in which a growing menu of coronavirus vaccines was accompanied by contentious debates about who should be given which shots.

Those debates are a testament to the world’s good fortune in having several strong vaccines only a year into the pandemic. But every vaccine comes with its own idiosyncrasies, including gaps in clinical trial data. And

that has thrown up agonizing choices for countries already struggling to administer shots, forcing health officials to weigh their qualms about certain vaccines with the need to inoculate people before dangerous variants take hold.

After the European Union authorized the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine last week, adding a third shot to the bloc’s arsenal, Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Lithuania, Poland, Austria and Sweden all said they would restrict it to younger people or were considering doing so, citing a scarcity of data on the vaccine’s efficacy in older people.

Under those plans, older people would instead be scheduled to receive the PfizerBioNTech or Moderna vaccines, potentially leaving them unvaccinated for a period even as

younger people are inoculated with the AstraZeneca shot.

But those strategies, tangled as they may be, will at least make a new vaccine available to younger people, scientists said, a scenario far preferable to no one receiving AstraZeneca’s shot.

Some scientists are now urging the United States to adopt the same approach, as the country remains without an alternative to the hard-to-store Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. Its regulators refuse to authorize AstraZeneca’s shot until another clinical trial generates more data, including on how it works in older people.

In the absence of that data, targeting the vaccine to those in whom it is known to be effective was an urgently needed stopgap, scientists said — all the more so now that the virus is rapidly acquiring new and dangerous mutations.

“This is a pragmatic solution to a desperate situation,” said Dr. Peter Hotez, a vaccine scientist at the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas.

“Everything’s changed. The whole Biden plan made perfect sense up until about three to four weeks ago when we realized the pace of the variants emerging, and therefore you have to adjust.”

Confusion bubbled up in Italy after regulators there said AstraZeneca’s vaccine should, with some exceptions, “preferably” be used on adults under 55. Pfizer and Moderna’s shots, both mRNA vaccines that have shown roughly 95% efficacy in preventing COVID-19, should be given to the most vulnerable people, they said.

AstraZeneca’s vaccine had 62% efficacy at two full doses in clinical trials, but it protected all participants against severe illness or death.

In Italy, rumors quickly began to spread about who would receive which vaccine. News reports suggested the AstraZeneca shot would be reserved for younger essential workers, like soldiers, teachers and janitors.

But Italians spotted a hole in the plan: Some hundreds of thousands of public workers are too old to be allowed an AstraZeneca shot, but too young to qualify yet for an mRNA vaccine.

Salvatrice Alario, 65, a primary school Italian and art history teacher in Catania, Sicily, is among those who now fears that she is one of the people caught in the middle, with little chance of soon being vaccinated.

“If I could choose, I’d like to get the safest one, but more than anything, I would like to get

vaccinated as soon as possible,” Alario said. “I am scared, like everyone.”

Age limits have also thrown vaccine plans into flux in Germany, where an immunization committee authorized the AstraZeneca vaccine only for adults under 65. Given the limited supplies in Germany, those shots are likely to be reserved for younger medical workers and nursing home aides.

Still, some people resisted taking AstraZeneca’s shot, rather than Pfizer’s — a sign of the way people may grow choosier as more vaccines are authorized.

Scientists have largely advised people to accept the first vaccine they are offered, given the widespread protections against severe disease and the societal need to tamp down the emergence of new variants.

But for governments, questions of how to target vaccines to different groups “are never easy decisions,” said Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee. U.S. officials have not given any indication that they are considering such a plan.

So far, countries have largely tailored vaccine offerings based on where the shots can be stored and transported. The mRNA vaccines must be kept at very cold temperatures, making it difficult to reach older people in rural areas.

The AstraZeneca vaccine, which can be stored in normal refrigerators, would be a boon to older, harder-to-reach residents. But limiting it to younger people would undo those advantages.

And despite embarrassing shortages of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Europe that created a rift with the company, countries are still counting on it, all the more so because Pfizer shipments have also been smaller than expected.

“What if one of these countries now has a situation where they’re running out of the mRNA vaccines — are they not going to give the elderly any vaccine?” asked Dr. Ofer Levy, director of the Boston Children’s Hospital’s Precision Vaccines Program, a project to tailor vaccines for vulnerable people.

AstraZeneca and Oxford researchers have said their data point to similar levels of protection in older and younger people. That question could be definitively answered within weeks, when AstraZeneca reports results from a late-stage clinical trial in the United States that enrolled many older people. Those findings could open the door to authorization in the United States and changes to the vaccine rollout in Europe.

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Website editor in Russia is jailed for sharing joke about Navalny protests

By ANTON TROIANOVSKI

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Russian court Wednesday sentenced the editor of a popular news website to 25 days in jail for retweeting a reference to an anti-Kremlin protest, the latest sign of an extraordinary crackdown on freedom of expression following the return to Russia last month of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Until recently, President Vladimir Putin has mostly tolerated a vibrant landscape of independent online news outlets that took advantage of Russia’s uncensored internet to offer an alternative to the state-controlled television news. Similarly, Navalny’s allies and other opposition activists were rarely thrown in jail, an indication that the Kremlin saw them more as a nuisance than as a real threat.

But all that has changed in the last three weeks. Navalny’s livestreamed, dramatic return to Russia after recovering from poisoning in Germany, and his report on Putin’s purported secret palace, viewed more than 100 million times on YouTube, have highlighted the stark threat that the internet poses to the Kremlin’s hold on public opinion.

Navalny — who had never been forced to spend more than a few weeks in jail at a time — was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison Tuesday for violating his parole on a 2014 conviction that Europe’s top human rights court Police detain a protester in Moscow on Tuesday night, Feb. 2, 2021. A court sentenced opposition leader found politically motivated.

Then, Wednesday, Sergey Smirnov — the editor of news Alexei Navalny to more than two years in prison on Tuesday, a decision likely to send him to a far-flung site Mediazona, which covered Navalny’s Tuesday hearing in penal colony for the first time. meticulous detail — received a jail sentence of 25 days. His offense: retweeting a joke by another Twitter user about how a arrests in the past few weeks, according to OVD-Info, an activ“Our strategy is to be the best-organized political force musician pictured in a Navalny advertisement calling for pro- ist group that tracks detentions at protests. Those jailed or un- when things start to change,” Ashurkov said in a telephone tests looked similar to Smirnov. der house arrest include most of Navalny’s closest allies inside interview from London. “We don’t know when that will hapSmirnov’s retweet, according to court papers, “calls on a the country and many of his key supporters in the regions. pen.” group of individuals of unlimited size to take part in an unauThe Kremlin reiterated Wednesday that it would not back Tatiana Stanovaya, a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie thorized protest on January 23, 2021.” down.

Moscow Center, described in a commentary the crackdown Smirnov said he was simply retweeting a joke and was “There must not be any unsanctioned protest activity,” as the mark of a new phase in the Kremlin’s treatment of the not calling on people to come to the rally, which he said he Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters. “Unsanc- anti-Putin opposition. did not attend.

In years past, the Kremlin’s goal was to delegitimize the tioned protests are cause for concern, confirming that the po“A retweet does not equal endorsement,” Smirnov told lice are justified in their tough, legal actions.” opposition in the eyes of the public and keep it out of official the judge at his hearing Wednesday, according to a reporter Still, supporters of Navalny see momentum on their side, politics. Now, she said, it is being criminalized and cast as a there. and those allies who have managed to avoid jail called on national security threat.

Mediazona, founded by members of punk rock group Russians to be patient and to keep fighting. Navalny’s promiAt the same time, Putin’s critics are for the first time unitPussy Riot, focuses on criminal justice and human rights issues nence is now far greater than it was just a month ago, with ing around a single figure — Navalny. and is one of Russia’s most popular news websites independent extensive coverage even on the state television news. And, “A time of great confrontation has arrived,” Stanovaya of Kremlin control. One of those founders, Pussy Riot’s Maria even in prison, he may have a unique ability to unite Russia’s wrote.

Alyokhina, is among the Navalny supporters put under house disparate opposition — while those allies who are in relative arrest after having been detained at a protest last month. safety outside the country will continue to try to reach Rus“This is an attempt to silence honest and professional sians online. journalism,” Echo of Moscow, Russia’s best-known liberal radio The Navalny team’s strategy is to build its reach and visistation, said in a statement. bility while chipping away at Putin’s legitimacy through corrupSmirnov’s jailing came after a night of police violence tion investigations and election campaigns against the Kremlin. in central Moscow, where more than 1,000 people tried to His allies say they will also call for more street protests. protest Navalny’s prison sentence. They were met by an overVladimir Ashurkov, one of Navalny’s top allies, said his whelming show of police force — one Russian outlet reported team had long understood that Russia’s pro-democracy groups that more than 8,000 police officers had been deployed — that were too weak to force political change on their own timetaflooded the grand squares and upmarket side streets near the ble. But he said they were confident that change would come, Kremlin. with dissatisfaction building in the general public and among Across Russia, authorities have made more than 10,000 the elite.

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Mexico arrests Police officers over massacre

By OSCAR LOPEZ

with suspects, as well as in evidence from surveillance footage and geolocation data. uthorities in Mexico have arrested a “All these elements shaped the probabildozen police officers for the massacre ity that at least 12 state police officers particiof 19 people, including several migrants, pated in this situation, in these events,” said an incident which the country’s interior minisLuís Alberto Rodríguez Juárez, a spokesman for ter said Wednesday was part of a larger pattern the Tamaulipas state government. of migrant abuse at the hands of government Mexico’s northern states, where cartels agents. operate with impunity, have become particuThe 12 officers, part of the police force of larly deadly in recent years for migrants, mostly Tamaulipas, a state along the U.S.-Mexico borfrom Central America, who are trying to reach der, were arrested Tuesday and charged with the United States. homicide, abuse of authority and providing In 2010, 72 migrants were massacred in false information, authorities said.

Tamaulipas, at the time one of the deadliest The killings last month in Tamaulipas were events involving migrants in recent memory. “completely unacceptable,” the interior minisThe following year, almost 200 bodies were ter, Olga Sánchez Cordero, said at a morning found dumped in mass graves near the town news conference on Wednesday, adding that of San Fernando. any complaints of abuse by Mexican police Migrants are sometimes kidnapped by should be fully investigated. Migrants “are being violent criminal groups and forced to work harassed” she added, and “many women have Police on patrol in Tamaulipas, Mexico, on Jan. 2, 2019. Authorities in for the cartels. In other cases, they pay exorbeen abused and raped.”

Mexico have arrested a dozen police officers for the massacre of 19 people, bitant fees to have gang members help them Mexico has suffered record levels of vio- including several migrants, an incident which the country’s interior minister cross into the United States. Criminal groups lence in recent years, with more than 30,000 said Wednesday was part of a larger pattern of migrant abuse at the hands also fight fiercely over territory and smuggling people killed last year alone. President An- of government agents. routes, with vulnerable migrants sometimes drés Manuel López Obrador campaigned on a caught in the crossfire. promise of stanching the bloodshed with “hugs Law enforcement officers, often on cartel not bullets” but has thus far been unable to make a mean- with such a horrific crime. payrolls, have been known to participate in or cover up “There has always been suspicion and statements crimes. ingful dent in the carnage. from migrants of the abuses committed by some law enExtrajudicial killings, torture and abuse by the police All too often, the mixing of masses desperate miforcement offi cers, but never has the evidence been so grants, organized crime and corrupt police ends the same are hardly uncommon: In 2014, a group of 43 students disappeared from the town of Iguala in Guerrero state, with strong,” said José Carmona Flores, a former government way: Northern Mexico is littered with the bodies of peoboth police and military implicated in the still-unsolved official and president of the National Council of Lawmaker ple who never made it to the United States. and Migrant Leaders, a local advocacy group. crime.

“It’s depressing, it’s frustrating, knowing that it was The arrests come after the charred remains of 19 Migrants are regularly caught up in the bloodshed the state police committing these abuses,” said Carmona. when traversing the country, facing abuse from both crim- people were discovered by authorities last month inside a “It’s totally unforgivable.” inal gangs and from corrupt officials who often work in burned pickup truck some 40 miles south of the U.S. borMexican officials said that so far, only four of the tandem with the gangs, but who are almost never held der. The vehicle was riddled with bullet holes, but authori- charred bodies had been identified: two Mexicans with a ties grew suspicious when nearly no spent casings were history of people smuggling, and two migrants from Guaaccountable.

The arrest of government agents for this latest found, suggesting that whoever had committed the killings temala. Authorities also said the burned-out truck may massacre has sent shock waves through the country as had collected and removed the shells in order not to leave have been part of a convoy of vehicles carrying migrants one of the few times local police have been charged evidence behind. from Guatemala and El Salvador. The whereabouts of the State authorities also indicated that there were dis- rest of the human cargo is still unknown. crepancies between what police had stated in their report A second charred truck also discovered at the scene regarding the incident and what was revealed in interviews belonged to one of the dead smugglers, according to authorities. The Tamaulipas attorney general, Irving Barrios Mojica, said the same vehicle had been at the scene of an incident in December, when police in neighboring Nuevo Kansas Farmer looking for CDL León state detained 66 migrants. truck drivers to assist with harvest The truck was taken into custody by the National crew in the Midwest.

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Pandemic politics: Take the quiz

By GAIL COLLINS

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K, people. I know you thought that once Donald Trump was out of office, you could sort of ignore politics for a while. But really, you’re stuck indoors, you’ve already reorganized the closets, and you finished “The Queen’s Gambit” in December.

Let’s see if you’ve been paying attention.

1. President Joe Biden met with Republican moderates to try to negotiate a relief package. Looking around the room, he said, “I feel like …”

A. “I’m waiting for the dentist.”

B. “I’m back in the Senate.”

C. “I finally understand how Mitt Romney’s dog felt attached to the roof of that car.”

2. The governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, said that it sometimes sounds as if he doesn’t trust health experts …

A. “Because the media loves to stir up trouble. Loves it.”

B. “Because the Republicans in the state Legislature keep spreading vicious rumors.”

C. “Because I don’t. Because I don’t.”

3. The nation is really getting to know Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who once published a theory …

A. That George Washington was really from Atlanta.

B. That one of the terrible California wildfires was started by a space laser controlled by the Rothschild family.

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C. That Mitch McConnell spent his youth as an actor, playing the irritating Eddie Haskell on “Leave It to Beaver.”

4. Next on the Freaky Freshman list may be Republican Lauren Boebert of Colorado, who’s at war with the Capitol Police over her campaign promise to …

A. Bring her pistol to work.

B. Bring her rioters to work.

C. Decorate her office with war axes.

5. Freshman Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama declined to comment on the Greene controversy because …

A. The bad weather made it hard for him to keep up with the news.

B. He’s still mulling the nuances of her wildfire theory.

C. His new public affairs director hadn’t told him what to say.

6. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia was furious when Vice President Kamala Harris gave an interview to a TV station in his state that seemed to be aimed at putting pressure on him to support the Biden administration’s COVID-19 package.

Most listeners were probably more interested in the fact that Harris …

A. Endorsed retraining coal workers so they could reclaim “abandoned land mines.”

B. Appeared to believe the senator’s first name was Jerry.

C. Hinted that despite his image as a down-home guy, Manchin’s favorite TV special is the coverage of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

7. Rep. Matt Gaetz, the ever lively Florida Republican, went to Wyoming to campaign “for the soul of the Republican Party”

and asked voters to “break a corrupt system” by …

A. Supporting campaign finance reform.

B. Getting rid of their congresswoman, Liz Cheney, a Republican leader who backed Trump’s impeachment.

C. Giving up one of their senators to make up for the fact that their state has almost 70 times the representation per person as California.

8. Sidney Powell, who was one of the lawyers for the Trump campaign, is reportedly so popular with the former president that he wanted her to be a special counsel in an investigation of voter fraud.

Powell’s stock rocketed when she …

A. Published an essay in a prestigious legal journal on separation of powers.

B. Theorized that the election was corrupted by a Venezuelan plot to rig voting machines.

C. Actually ate dinner at a restaurant in Trump’s hotel.

9. Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani’s stock seems to be dwindling. While Trump was still in the White House, his relations with his lawyer-consultant-cheerleader reportedly cooled when …

A. Giuliani’s team asked to be paid $20,000 a day.

B. Trump discovered that Giuliani was tweeting from a cocktail party when he recommended stem cell therapy to cure COVID. C. Trump discovered that when Giuliani went to Washington to consult, he stayed at a Holiday Inn. 10. Giuliani also got into trouble when he told those rightwing demonstrators who stormed the Capitol to …

A. “Stop by the White House for a drink when you’re finished.”

B. Engage in “a trial by combat.”

C. “Take a look at this great new hair coloring I’m wearing.”

11. In celebration of Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil was hauled out of his hole to deliver the big weather prediction.

Alleged groundhog experts said Phil thinks …

A. We’re getting six more weeks of winter.

B. We’re getting four more years of Republican moderates.

C. Trump messed up the climate.

ANSWERS: 1-B, 2-C, 3-B, 4-A, 5-A, 6-A, 7-B, 8-B, 9-A, 10-B, 11-A Now, give yourself a grade: 1-3: Hey, you sneaked off to an Airbnb, didn’t you?

4-6: Just because these people don’t have a reality show background is no reason to ignore them.

7-8: OK, you passed. But really, considering all the spare time you’ve had …

9-10: Perhaps it’s possible to think about this stuff too much.

11: Congratulations! You win a prize for pandemic participation.

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Asociación de Comercio al Detal complacidos con el anuncio del gobernador Por THE STAR

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l presidente de la Asociación de Comercio al Detal (ACDET), Iván Báez, organización que representa las principales cadenas de tiendas en Puerto Rico, reaccionó este jueves, satisfecho y optimista al recién anuncio del gobernador de la nueva Orden Ejecutiva, la cual permite a los comercios abrir hasta las 11:00 de la noche y aumentar la capacidad de clientes a un 50 por ciento.

“Agradecemos al señor gobernador y a su equipo de trabajo la apertura e interés que han demostrado para seguir flexibilizando la actividad económica del país de una forma responsable y balanceada con la prioridad clara de bajar los contagios y velar por la salud del pueblo. De parte de nuestros miembros puede tener el pueblo la certeza que continuaremos celosos vigilantes de los protocolos de seguridad y salud para continuar reactivando la economía del país y no perder más empleos”, expresó Báez, en comunicación escrita.

Explicó que el sector del comercio al detal emplea sobre 125,000 puertorriqueños y lleva una disminución acumulada de casi un 15 por ciento comparado con el año 2019.

“Con la apertura gradual de la economía, se nos devuelve el optimismo de que la economía se reactive y para que miles de personas que estaban impedidos de llevar el sustento a sus hogares, así lo puedan hacer”, añadió Báez.

La ACDET fue una de las asociaciones pioneras en publicar las guías y protocolos para para un manejo seguro de clientes y lanzar la campaña Nueva realidad te abrazamos y compromisoalunisno.com, logrando un 97 por ciento de cumplimiento con las medidas de desinfección, uso de mascarilla y distanciamiento físico en los comercios participantes.

“Esto es una labor en equipo, gobierno, sector privado y el ciudadano, si todos colaboramos, salvamos vidas y podemos lograr salir exitosos de este gran reto”, concluyó el presidente de ACDET.

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l gobernador Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia mencionó el jueves que la reapertura de los colegios privados será similar al de las escuelas públicas, de cara a un inicio escalonado y gradual en marzo.

“Cuando se anuncien los protocolos y le he pedido al Departamento de Salud que anuncie el protocolo salubrista o los protocolos que hay que cumplir desde el punto de vista de salud en la reapertura, esos protocolos les van a aplicar, tanto a escuelas públicas como privadas”, dijo el gobernador a preguntas de la prensa.

“Hay que entender que en esto de las escuelas hay dos factores, está el factor de habilitar las escuelas,

es decir, tienen que estar en buenas condiciones. No pueden tener problemas estructurales significativos.

Tienen que tener todo el equipo necesario, desinfectantes, mascarillas, termómetros, cada escuela tiene que tener una enfermera en funciones”, añadió.

Explicó que esos aspectos se van a requerir y el protocolo de cupo de las aulas.

“Yo lo que quiero es mucha claridad porque están especulando demasiado”, acotó.

Expuso que “no es un reinicio escolar como se tenía el pasado todos los semestres, para que todos estén claros”, concluyó.

Las expresiones de Pierluisi Urrutia se ofrecieron en medio de la conferencia de prensa sobre la orden ejecutiva para contrarrestar el COVID-19.

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‘Anything for Selena’ examines a singer’s legacy and Latino identity

By MAIRA GARCIA

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aria Garcia has a distinct memory of when her connection to Selena Quintanilla-Pėrez began. It was the early 1990s and she was 7, watching the Tejano star perform on television.

“She had this cascade of black hair, red lips, brown skin,” Garcia says in the first episode of the new podcast “Anything for Selena.” “She sang like she felt every single word of her songs, like the music was emanating from her body.”

It was a pivotal moment for Garcia, the podcast’s host. Born in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and raised in El Paso, Texas, she struggled to figure out who she was and where she belonged, describing in the podcast how she felt “a rejection, a stigma, in both countries.” Yet, here was someone who looked like her, uncompromising in her biculturalism and appearance. Selena was Mexican as much as she was American. Her first hits, like “Como La Flor,” were in Spanish, but “Dreaming of You,” her posthumous English-language album, was a mainstream success, and the 1997 biopic starring Jennifer Lopez further cemented her legacy.

While the show, a 10-episode podcast co-produced by Boston’s NPR affiliate WBUR and Futuro Media, serves as a biography of Selena, it also weaves in Garcia’s personal story. And she makes the case for how the singer’s life and death (Selena was fatally shot by the president of her fan club in 1995) were profound flash points for Latinos like herself that had lasting effects on the cultural landscape. The episodes drop each Wednesday and are paired with Spanish-language versions.

I also grew up in Texas, 100 miles north of Corpus Christi, where Selena was from, and like Garcia, I am a first-generation Mexican American. Whether it was at a quinceañera or blaring from the kitchen radio, Selena’s music was part of the soundtrack of life. Tejano music, which fuses Mexican, European and American influences, was an expression of what it means to be from Texas. She embodied all those influences.

Garcia is currently in El Paso, where

Maria Garcia, the host and creator of the podcast “Anything for Selena,” in El Paso, Texas, where she was raised, Jan. 30, 2021. While the podcast is a biography of the Tejano star, it also weaves in the personal story of the host and examines why the singer has had a lasting effect on culture. she spoke on the phone about the series and how much it hinged on a meeting with Selena’s father, Abraham Quintanilla, who is known to be very protective of her legacy. These are edited excerpts from the conversation.

Q: What was the inspiration for “Anything for Selena?”

A: The podcast has been my own search to figure out where I belong in the world and how I belong in the world.

Everybody who knows me knows that I have always been a huge Selena devotee from the time I was a little girl to my adolescence and to my early adulthood.

The last home video I have with my father before he died, it’s of us dancing to Selena music. I realized there were all these moments in my life where Selena was there, and I really wanted to unpack why she felt so profound to me even in my 30s.

I knew the answer was more than just she was this Mexican American performer in the ’90s — a time when that really incentivized assimilation. I wanted to go even deeper and try to connect the dots through the decades and really try to do her legacy justice in music and in culture.

Q: The other thing about this series is that it’s partly a memoir about your

upbringing and life on the border and struggling to fit in. It made me think of this saying in Spanish, “ni de aquí, ni de allá,” neither from here nor there. Why did you want to open up about that?

A: I wasn’t thinking of it as a memoir when I started writing it. For me, I was telling this story because when I was 7 years old and I have the first memory of Selena, I didn’t have the language to articulate what she meant to me.

There was this tension between these two parts of me, and to see somebody who embodied both of those parts fully in the States and in Mexico, who traversed the two countries without code switching, who was the same person on both sides of the border — I’d never seen anything like that. It struck me at a young age and it

stayed with me all of my life.

Q: The most recent episode has topics that listeners may find intriguing.

A: We explore race pretty deeply in these next episodes. I have this theory that there is a direct historical lineage from Selena to today’s mainstreaming of big butts.

Black women have always been at the forefront of celebrating curvaceous bodies, but there is this moment in the mid-90s, after Selena’s death, and particularly at the time of her biopic, when Latinas made it a feature that became desirable in the mainstream.

Q: In the second episode, you talk about going to meet Abraham Quintanilla, Selena’s father. What was that experience like and did you have concerns about what might happen?

A: Oh absolutely. I was terrified. I flew to Corpus Christi without any guarantee that he would even see me. We had been trying to acquire the music rights for Selena’s catalog. We had heard from the record label, and they told us that not only the family rejected it, but that they were not supportive of the project.

But I knew Abraham was one of the foundational keys to understanding Selena. It’s amazing how often and how devotedly she talked about her father. They had a creative bond over their craft, over music.

Q: It felt like he let his guard down with you.

A: And I with him. It was reciprocal.

He is genuinely a complicated person. He admits that he was an incredibly demanding father. But he told me he has moments where he wonders if he had not pushed Selena to be a star, would she still be here? That’s a very real tension he has lived with for the last quarter century.

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Country star Morgan Wallen rebuked by music business after using racial slur

By JULIA JACOBS & JOE COSCARELLI

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organ Wallen, one of country music’s biggest new stars, was swiftly rebuked Wednesday by major radio stations, streaming services, record labels, fellow artists and CMT network after a video surfaced of him using a racial slur.

The genre’s brightest new headliner so far this year, Wallen has had the No. 1 album in the country for three weeks running, having found traction even on streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music, where country has traditionally struggled. But all of that threatened to crumble starting Tuesday night, when TMZ posted a video, seemingly filmed by a neighbor, that appeared to show Wallen returning from a night out in Nashville, Tennessee, and shouting at someone to take care of another person in his group, referring to that person with a racial slur.

By morning, Spotify, Apple and some of the largest radio conglomerates in the country had removed Wallen from playlists and airwaves, while the singer’s record label and management company, Big Loud, announced that it would “suspend” his contract indefinitely. Republic Records, a division of Universal Music Group that distributes Wallen’s releases in partnership with Big Loud, said it supported the decision, adding that “such behavior will not be tolerated.”

Big Loud did not respond to follow-up questions about what the recording contract suspension meant and whether the company planned to cease selling or promoting Wallen’s new album and past work.

Radio stations and streaming services distanced themselves from Morgan Wallen, one of the top country artists, after video surfaced of him using a racial slur.

Representatives for Wallen did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

TMZ reported that the singer had apologized in a statement, saying, “I’m embarrassed and sorry. I used an unacceptable and inappropriate racial slur that I wish I could take back.

There are no excuses to use this type of language, ever.”

But the prompt action by the industry, and especially by power players within tight-knit country music circles, seemed to

signal a shift in a world that has traditionally struggled with race, representation and political issues.

A major owner of country radio stations, iHeartMedia, decided to remove Wallen’s music from its playlists immediately in response to the video, a spokesperson said, and Entercom, another large player in radio, did the same; representatives for the companies said the decisions would impact more than 150 stations. SiriusXM has pulled Wallen’s music from its platforms, which include Pandora, a spokesperson said. Variety reported that Cumulus Media, another major owner of country music stations, had sent a directive to hundreds of its stations asking them to remove Wallen from their airwaves.

TV network CMT also said it was pulling all of Wallen’s appearances from its platforms. “We do not tolerate or condone words and actions that are in direct opposition to our core values that celebrate diversity, equity & inclusion,” CMT said in a statement. Later on Wednesday, the Academy of Country Music said that it would “halt Morgan Wallen’s potential involvement and eligibility” in its annual ACM Awards. The organization added that it would “expedite the offering of long-planned diversity-training resources” for its members and staff.

The uproar comes as Wallen, 27, is at a high point of his young career. He first gained national visibility as a contestant on “The Voice” in 2014, and has represented a major breakthrough for country music in the world of streaming, which now dominates how music is typically consumed but has been slower to catch on in Nashville.

His latest album, “Dangerous: The Double Album,” has topped the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, and it broke the country streaming record by a wide margin, with its songs racking up 240 million streams in the first week. On Wednesday, Wallen held 17 of the Top 100 spots on Apple Music’s overall song chart, including two in its Top 10, but he had been removed from the service’s flagship Today’s Country playlist. Spotify had also removed Wallen’s music from its Hot Country playlist.

Spotify declined to comment on how it would promote Wallen moving forward; Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Despite the formative roles of Black musicians in early country and hillbilly music, racial inequity has persisted for decades in the genre, and conversations regarding in-

sensitive language and popular Confederate imagery have often been shunted aside.

Last year, during the Black Lives Matter protests that followed the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, many Nashville artists broke with tradition and addressed race directly, making statements of solidarity on social media and issuing apologies for past ignorance. The Dixie Chicks and Lady Antebellum, two bestselling acts with names that suggested the Civil War-era South, announced that they would alter their names.

Beginning Tuesday night, several country music performers spoke up about Wallen’s use of the slur.

Mickey Guyton, a country singersongwriter, posted on Twitter about being a Black performer in the industry and the “vile comments” she receives daily, suggesting that Wallen’s behavior was hardly a surprise and questioning his “promises to do better.”

“When I read comments saying ‘this is not who we are,’” she wrote, “I laugh because this is exactly who country music is.”

Guyton recently became the first solo Black woman to be nominated in a country category at the Grammy Awards with her single “Black Like Me.” She added, “I question on a daily basis as to why I continue to fight to be in an industry that seems to hate me so much.”

Country singer-songwriter Kelsea Ballerini tweeted that Wallen’s behavior “does not represent country music,” while another performer, Maren Morris, said the opposite.

Wallen, has been in the limelight for the wrong reasons before. Last year, he was arrested and charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct in downtown Nashville.

Months later, he came under scrutiny after he was seen in videos on social media flouting social distancing guidelines intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus, drinking shots, kissing fans and mingling in groups while not wearing a mask during a celebration after a University of Alabama football victory.

That led “Saturday Night Live” to drop Wallen from an upcoming show. Wallen apologized, saying that he planned to “take a step back from the spotlight for a little while and go work on myself.” Two months later, Wallen was invited back to perform on “SNL,” and he appeared in a skit that poked fun at the incident.

“To no consequences!” Wallen says in the clip, raising a beer bottle to make a toast.

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ORIENTAL BANK Demandante v.

YIRALIZ DAMAR REYES MÁRQUEZ T/C/C YIRALIS REYES MÁRQUEZ

Demandado CIVIL NÚM: HU2019CV00425.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo Maria del Pilar Rivera Rivera, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Humacao, al público en general. CERTIFICO Y HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia fechado el 14 de noviembre de 2019, que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Humacao, en el caso arriba indicado, venderé en la fecha o fechas que más adelante se indican, en pública subasta al mejor postor, en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal, en mi oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el Centro Judicial de Humacao, Puerto Rico, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada, en el inmueble que se describe a continuación, propiedad de la parte demandada, Yiraliz Damar Reyes Márquez t/c/c Yiralis Reyes Márquez. Dirección Física: Urb. Ciudad Cristiana, Q-10, Ave. 3, Humacao, Puerto Rico 00791. Finca 16,040, al folio 50 del tomo 368 de Humacao, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Humacao. URBANA: Solar marcado con el número diez (10) del Bloque Q de la Urbanización “Ciudad Cristiana”, localizada en el Barrio Río Abajo del término municipal de Humacao, Puerto Rico, con un área de doscientos cuarenta y dos punto treinta y dos (244.32) metros cuadrados, en lindes por el NORTE, con un canal “channel”, en una distancia de diez punto dieciocho (10.18) metros; por el SUR, con la Avenida número tres (3), distancia de diez punto dieciocho (10.18) metros; por el ESTE, con el solar once guion Q (11-Q) distancia de veinticuatro (24.00) metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar nueve guion Q (9-Q) distancia de veinticuatro (24.00) metros. Enclava una casa. Finca 16,040. Por su procedencia está: a. Servidumbre a favor de

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la Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales de Puerto Rico. b. Servidumbre a favor de la Puerto Rico Telephone Company. c.

Condiciones restrictivas sobre edificación de uso. Por sí está afecta a: a. Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de RG Mortgage Corp., o a su orden, por la suma principal de $51,176.00, con intereses al 7% anual, vencedero el día 1 de abril de 2029, constituida mediante la escritura número 156, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 4 de marzo de 1999, ante el notario Gamalier Oliveras Álvarez, e inscrita al folio 52 vuelto del tomo 368 de Humacao, finca número 16,040, inscripción 4ta. b. Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de RG Premier Bank o a su orden, por la suma principal de $70,560.00, con intereses al 5 7/8% anual, vencedero el día 1 de septiembre de 2034, constituida mediante la escritura número 209, no expresa lugar de otorgamiento, el día 23 de agosto de 2004, ante la notario Gloria Rivera Carrero, e inscrita al folio 53 vuelto del tomo 368 de Humacao, finca número 16,040, inscripción 5ta y última, como Asiento Abreviado extendida las líneas el día 22 de febrero de 2012, en virtud de la Ley número 216 del día 27 de diciembre de 2010. (Fue presentado el día 22 de septiembre de 2004 al Asiento 1222 del Diario 865). c.

Aviso de Demanda de fecha 1 de abril de 2019, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Humacao, en el Caso Civil número HU2019CV00425, seguido por Scotiabank Puerto Rico, contra Yiraliz Damar Reyes Marquez también conocida como Yiralis Damar Reyes Marquez, por la suma de $50,274.32, más intereses y otras sumas, anotado el día 31 de julio de 2019, al tomo Karibe de Humacao, finca número 16,040, Anotación “B”. d. AL ASIENTO 2020-047026HU01 DEL SISTEMA KARIBE, se presentó el día 22 de julio de 2020, Sentencia de fecha 30 de octubre de 2019; Orden de fecha 30 de marzo de 2020 y Mandamiento de fecha 2 de abril de 2020, expedidos en el Tribunal General de Justicia, Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Humacao, en el Caso Civil número HU2019CV00917, mediante la cual se cancela la hipoteca por la suma de $51,176.00, que refiere la inscripción 4ta., por haberse extraviado el Pagaré hipotecario. El precio mínimo de este remate con relación a la Finca 16,040 antes descrita y la fecha de cada subasta serán la siguiente: Primera Subasta: 3 de marzo de 2021,

Friday, February 5, 2021 Hora: 11:00am, Precio Minimo: $70,560.00, Hipoteca: Escritura Número 209, sobre Hipoteca, otorgada el 23 de agosto de 2004, ante la Notario Gloria Rivera Carrero. Segunda Subasta: 10 de marzo de 2021, Hora: 11:00am, Precio Minimo: $47,040.00. Tercera Subasta: 17 de marzo de 2021, Hora: 11:00am, Precio Minimo: $35,280.00. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación que se transmite y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y las preferentes, si las hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante las acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de las mismas, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate.

Conforme a la Sentencia dictada el día 5 de agosto de 2019, notificada el 7 de agosto de 2019 y publicada el 14 de agosto de 2019, la anterior venta se hará para satisfacer las sumas adeudadas por concepto del préstamo garantizado por la hipoteca antes mencionada y las sumas que se mencionan a continuación: La suma principal de $50,274.32, más intereses a razón de 5.875%, desde el 1 de agosto de 2018, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de $62.61 por cargos por mora, más la suma de $527.89 en conexión con la cuenta de reserva, más la suma de $7,056.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado hipotecariamente asegurados. Se notifica por la presente a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los inmuebles a ser subastados con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen del ejecutante descrito anteriormente, o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubieren pospuesto al gravamen del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizado hipotecariamente con posterioridad al gravamen del actor para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si así lo interesan o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogado, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores.

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Demandado CIVIL NÚM: AR2019CV01300.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. SS. Yo Ismael Serrano Cardona, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Arecibo, al público en general. CERTIFICO Y HAGO SABER. Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia fechado el 13 de febrero de 2020, que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Arecibo, en el caso arriba indicado, venderé en la fecha o fechas que más adelante se indican, en pública subasta al mejor postor, en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal, en mi oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el Centro Judicial de Arecibo, Puerto Rico, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada, en el inmueble que se describe a continuación, propiedad de la parte demandada, Jhoselyn Ramos Santiago. Dirección Física: F-9 Calle 5, Urb. Vegas de Florida, Florida, Puerto Rico 00650. Finca 411, inscrita al folio 50 del tomo 9 de Florida, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Manatí. URBANA: Solar radicado en el Barrio Florida afuera, término municipal de Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, antes, hoy el nuevo municipio de Florida del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, marcado con el número nueve del Bloque F

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19 de la Urbanización Vegas de Florida, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de doscientos setenta y siete metros cuadrados con veinte centésimas de metro cuadrado (277.20 m.c.) y colinda por el NORTE, con el solar número ocho, en una longitud de veintidós metros; por el SUR, con el solar número diez, en una longitud de veintidós metros; por el ESTE, con terrenos de José Hernández Méndez, en una longitud de doce metros sesenta centímetros; y por el OESTE, con la Calle número cinco, en una longitud de doce metros con sesenta centímetros. Enclava una casa de hormigón y madera. Finca 411.

Por su procedencia está afecta a: a. Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales de Puerto Rico. b. Mención de servidumbre de paso. c. Servidumbre a favor de la Puerto Rico Telephone Company. Por sí está afecta a: a. Condiciones de uso y edificación a favor de la Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda de Puerto Rico, por el término de 30 años, constituidas mediante la escritura número 263, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 4 de diciembre de 1978, ante el notario Rafael Oller Monclova, e inscrita al folio 50 del tomo 9 de Florida, finca número 411, al margen de la inscripción 1ra. b. Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Scotiabank de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $96,900.00, con intereses al 4.50% anual, vencedero el día 1 de febrero de 2044, constituida mediante la escritura número 28, otorgada en Manatí, Puerto Rico, el día 31 de enero de 2014, ante el notario Héctor Moyano Noriega, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Florida, finca número 411, inscripción 5ta. c.

Aviso de Demanda de fecha 15 de julio de 2019, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Arecibo, en el Caso Civil número AR2019CV01300, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Garantías, seguido por Scotiabank de Puerto Rico versus Jhoselyn Ramos Santiago, por la suma de $89,896.81, más intereses y otras sumas adicionales, anotado el dia 2 de octube de 2020, al tomo Karibe de Florida, finca número 411, Anotación “A”. El precio mínimo de este remate con relación a la Finca 411 antes descrita y la fecha de cada subasta serán la siguiente: Primera Subasta: 4 de marzo de 2021, Hora: 11:00am, Precio Minimo: $96,900.00, Hipoteca: Escritura Número 28 sobre Primera Hipoteca, otorgada el día 31 de enero de 2014, ante el notario Héctor Moyano Noriega. Segunda Subasta: 11 de

marzo de 2021, Hora: 11:00am, Precio Minimo: $64,600.00.

Tercera Subasta: 18 de marzo de 2021, Hora: 11:00am, Precio Minimo: $48,450.00. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables.

Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación que se transmite y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y las preferentes, si las hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante las acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de las mismas, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate.

Conforme a la Sentencia dictada el día 24 de octubre de 2019 y archivada en los autos el 31 de octubre de 2019 y publicada el 8 de noviembre de 2019, la anterior venta se hará para satisfacer las sumas adeudadas por concepto del préstamo garantizado por la hipoteca antes mencionada y las sumas que se mencionan a continuación: La suma principal de $89,896.81, más intereses a razón de 4.5%, desde el 1 de abril de 2018, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de $117.84 por cargos por mora, más la suma de $371.29 en conexión con la cuenta de reserva, más la suma de $9,690.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado hipotecariamente asegurados. Se notifica por la presente a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los inmuebles a ser subastados con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen del ejecutante descrito anteriormente, o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubieren pospuesto al gravamen del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizado hipotecariamente con posterioridad al gravamen del actor para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si así lo interesan o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogado, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y, para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general, y para su publicación de acuerdo con la ley en un periódico de circulación general de la isla de Puerto Rico y en tres sitios públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y vía correo certificado

con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida de la parte demandada, expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal en Arecibo, Puerto Rico, hoy día _ 15 de diciembre de 2020. WILFREDO OLMO SALAZAR, ALGUACIL SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE ARECIBO. ISMAEL SERRANO CARDONA, Alguacil #795.

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

BAUTISTA REO PR CORP. Plaintiff, v.

MIRNA DÍAZ CRUZ, and THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Defendants Civil No. 17-1910 (GAG). COLLECTION OF MONIES AND FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE AND PLEDGE. NOTICE OF SALE.

TO: DEFENDANT AND GENERAL PUBLIC

Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff, as of December 1, 2019, in the total amount of $205,303.76 in principal; plus interests in the amount of $40,557.00, which continue to accrue daily, even post-judgment as per the agreement of the parties, at a rate of $29.94, until full payment of the debt; plus accrued late charges in the amount of $2,574.19; plus $4,222.72 of escrow balance; plus any other advance, charge, fee or disbursements made

by Bautista on behalf of Defendant in accordance with Promissory Notes I, II and III, the Mortgage Note, the Loan Agreement, as well as under the other loan documents; plus $27,609.02 in accordance with the Promissory Note IV, the Loan Agreement, as well as under the other loan documents; plus costs and agreed attorney’s fees under the Mortgage Note in the amount of $25,000.00. Pursuant to the said judgment and/or the Order of Execution of Judgment, the undersigned appointed Special Master was ordered to sell, at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check, without appraisement or right to redemption, to the highest bidder, at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 - Federal Building, Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, or at any other place designated by said Clerk, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property: URBAN: Lot of land marked with # 4 of block DA of Residen-

tial Bairoa Development, located at Bairoa Ward of Caguas, with a surface area of 305.89 square meters. Its boundaries are: by the NORTH, with lot #3, in a distance of 21.00 meters; by the SOUTH, with lot #5, in a distance of 21.00 meters; by the EAST, with España Street, in a distance of 2.286 meters and 12.004 meters in an arch; and by the WEST, with Eugenio Astel Avenue, in a distance of 2.286 meters and 12.557 meters in an arch. It contains a concrete dwelling for a single family. The property described above is recorded at page 40 of volume 973 of Caguas, property number 32,049, Registry of Property of Caguas, First Section. The Property is described in the Spanish language as follows: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Residencial Bairoa situada en el Barrio Bairoa del término municipal de Caguas, Puerto Rico que se describe con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: número del solar: Cuatro (4) de la Manzana “DA”, con un área del solar: trescientos cinco punto ochenta y nueve (305.89) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, con el solar número tres (3) en una distancias de veintiún (21.00) metros; por el Sur, con el solar número Cinco (5) en una distancia de veintiún (21.00) metros; por el Este, con la Calle España, en una distancia de dos punto doscientos ochenta y seis (2.286) metros y doce punto cero cero cuatro (12.004) metros en arco; por el Oeste, con la Avenida Eugenio Astel, en una distancia de dos punto doscientos ochenta y seis (2.286) metros y doce punto quinientos cincuenta y siete (12.557) metros en arco. Enclava una casa. The property described above is recorded at page 40 of volume 973 of Caguas, property number 32,049, Registry of Property of Caguas, First Section. The property is subject to the following liens:

BY ITS ORIGIN: To the charges that are extensively related in the inscription 1 of property #6461, registered to page 1 of volume 943 of Caguas. By itself: MORTGAGE in guarantee of note in favor of Doral Mortgage Corporation, or to its order, in the principal amount of$ 250,000.00, with a yearly interest rate of 6.95%, due on April 01, 2014, as per Deed No. 37, executed in Guayama, Puerto Rico, on March 19, 2004 before Notary Public Ivelisse Toro Zambrana, recorded at page 166 of volume 1788 of Caguas, property #1788, 4th inscription, entry extended on August 20, 2015 under Law 216 of December 27, 2010. LIENS in favor of BANCO POPULAR

20 DE PUERTO RICO, plaintiff vs.

MYRNA DIAZ CRUZ, (thus arises), defendant, to answer for: A) First cause of Action (VISA NOVEL Card) for $47,443.37 plus interest from filing of the lawsuit until its total and complete payment, plus the costs that this litigation avoids as well as the attorneys’ fees for (VISA NOVEL Card) $4,744.33. B) Of the first cause of Action for (VISA NOVEL Card) the sum of $36,992.64 more for (VISA NOVEL card) for$ 3,699.26. C) 1st inscription cause of action (for charges to the American Express Ultra Card) for $37,011.31; (for American Express Ultra card charges) for the amount of $3,701.13. D) of the registration 1st cause of action (for Reserve account) for $ 4,473.98; (for Reserve account) for the sum of $447.39. Preventive Annotation is extended according to the Order of February 3, 2012, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE, CAGUAS ROOM, Civil Case #ECD-20110010 on MONEY COLLECTION. Noted on August 20, 2015. Recorded at page 166 of volume 1788 of CAGUAS, property # 32049, Annotation A and LAST. Entry. 1259 to Daily 1175, of August 2, 2013, as per deed# 671, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on June 28, 2013, before the notary public Gadiel O. Rosario Rivera, through the which Doral Bank and Mirna Díaz Cruz appear and modify the mortgage that arises from the 4th inscription regarding the following: The new principal will be$ 218,017.47, which will be divided into 3 amounts of: A. $198,000.00 with a monthly payment of $ 1,093.36; B. $ 4,017.00 with a monthly payment of$ 22.18; and C. $ 16,000.47 with a monthly payment of $ 88.36; and to expire on June 28, 2016, with a final Ballon payment of principal owed and interest due; interest A, B and Cat 6.25%. The mortgage note is partially canceled for$ 31,982.53. Entry 2017075184-CA01, of July 5, 2017, FILE OF DEMAND filed on July 3, 2017, by United States District Court, for the District of Puerto Rico, by Baptist Cayman Asset Company, plaintiff Vs Mirna Diaz Cruz plus The United States of America; civil case #Case 3: 17-CV-01910-GAG on MONEY COLLECTION AND MORTGAGE EXECUTION, for the following amounts: $ 205,303.76 of principal and other sums, related to 1 to 3; $ 27,609.02 related to # 4 payments; in addition to $ 25,000.00 of costs and attorney cost agreements. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited

to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal), shall continue in effect. It being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. The liens executed are over the property, and for the purposes of the first judicial sale the minimum bid amount is as follows: The amount of $250,000.00, as set forth in the mortgage deed, as amended, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, two-thirds of the aforementioned total amount or $166,666.67, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the second public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the second public sale, the minimum bidding amount for the third public sale shall be $125,000.00. Said sale to be made by the appointed Special Master is subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property may be executed and delivered after the judicial sale.

Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens. THEREFORE, public notice is hereby given that the appointed Special Master, pursuant to the provisions of the Judgment herein before referred to, will, on the 12th day of March, 2021, at 10:00 a.m., on the sidewalk in front of the main gate entrance of the United States District Court, Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder the property described herein, the proceeds of said sale to be applied in the manner and form provided by the Court’s Judgment. Should the first judicial sale set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the second judicial sale of the property described in this Notice will be held on the 19th day of March, 2021, at 10:00 a.m., on the sidewalk in front of the main gate entrance of the United States District Court, Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

Should the second judicial sale set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the third judicial sale of the property described in this Notice will be held on the 26th day of March, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. on the sidewalk in front of the main gate entrance of the United States District Court, Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by the parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. In San

The San Juan Daily Star

Friday, February 5, 2021

Juan, Puerto Rico, this 22th day centésimas del otro, con la caof January, 2021. ÁGUEDO DE lle número catorce del mencionado plano; por el OESTE, en LA TORRE. veinticinco metros con el solar LEGAL NOTICE número diez y seis del Bloque ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO “S” del mencionado plano; por DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- el ESTE, en veinte y cinco meNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA tros con el solar número diez y SALA SUPERIOR DE CA- ocho del Bloque “S” del mencioGUAS. nado plano. Finca 8,848. Por su BANCO POPULAR DE procedencia está: a. Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de PUERTO RICO Fuentes Fluviales de Puerto Demandante v.

Rico. b. Condiciones restrictiARNALDO TORRES vas sobre edificación de uso.

DEGRO, EVELYN Por sí está afecta a: a. Hipoteca AFANADOR MEJIAS Y LA en garantía de un pagaré a faSOCIEDAD LEGAL DE vor de Doral Mortgage LLC, o a orden, por la suma principal BIENES GANANCIALES, su de $178,825.00, con intereses COMPUESTA POR al 5% anual, vencedero el día AMBOS 1 de mayo de 2039, constituida Demandado mediante la escritura número CIVIL NÚM: CG2019CV03027. 174, otorgada en San Juan, SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Puerto Rico, el día 30 de abril Y EJECUCIÓN DE GARAN- de 2009, ante el notario FéTÍAS. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE lix Javier Santiago García, e AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE inscrita al folio 178 del tomo DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS 1742 de Caguas, finca número ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO 8,848, inscripción 11ma. b. AviDE PUERTO RICO. EDICTO so de Demanda de fecha 19 de DE SUBASTA. Yo, ANGEL agosto de 2019, expedido por el GOMEZ GOMEZ, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, en Sala Superior de Caguas, al pú- el Caso Civil CG2019CV03027, blico en general. CERTIFICO Y seguido por el Banco Popular HAGO SABER. Que en cumpli- de Puerto Rico, contra Arnaldo miento de un Mandamiento de Torres Degro, Evelyn Afanador Ejecución de Sentencia fecha- Mejías y la Sociedad Legal de do el 15 de diciembre de 2020, Bienes Gananciales, se solicita que me ha sido dirigido por la el pago de la deuda o la venSecretaría del Tribunal de Pri- ta en pública subasta, por la mera Instancia, Sala Superior suma de $152,215.16, anotado de Caguas, en el caso arriba el 19 de diciembre de 2019, al indicado, venderé en la fecha tomo Karibe de Caguas, finca o fechas que más adelante se número 8,848, Anotación A. El indican, en pública subasta al precio mínimo de este remate mejor postor, en moneda legal con relación a la Finca 8,848 de los Estados Unidos de Amé- antes descrita y la fecha de rica, en efectivo, cheque certifi- cada subasta serán la siguiencado o giro postal, en mi oficina te: Primera Subasta: 6 de abril sita en el local que ocupa en de 2021, Hora: 10:45am, Preel Centro Judicial de Caguas, cio Mínimo: $178,825.00, HiPuerto Rico, todo derecho, títu- poteca: Escritura Número 174, lo e interés que tenga la parte sobre Hipoteca, otorgada el 30 demandada, en el inmueble de abril de 2009, ante el Notaque se describe a continuación, rio Félix Javier Santiago Garpropiedad de la parte deman- cía. Segunda Subasta: 13 de dada, ARNALDO TORRES abril de 2021, Hora: 10:45am, DREGO, EVELYN AFANADOR Precio Mínimo: $119,216.67.

MEJIAS Y LA SOCIEDAD LE- Tercera Subasta: 20 de abril de GAL DE BIENES GANANCIA- 2021, Hora: 10:45am, Precio LES COMPUESTA POR AM- Mínimo: $89,412.50. Los autos BOS. Dirección Física: S-17 y todos los documentos corres(15) Calle Brillante, Urb. Villa pondientes al procedimiento Blanca, Caguas, Puerto Rico incoado estarán de manifiesto 00725. Finca 8,848, al folio 57 en la Secretaría del Tribunal del tomo 320 de Caguas, Re- durante las horas laborables. gistro de la Propiedad de Puer- Se entenderá que todo licitador to Rico, Sección I de Caguas. acepta como bastante la titulaURBANA: Solar marcado con ción que se transmite y que las el Número Diez y Siete (17) cargas y gravámenes anteriodel Bloque “S” del plano de res y las preferentes, si las huinscripción de la Urbanización biere, al crédito del ejecutante, Reparto Villa Blanca, radicada continuarán subsistentes, enen el Barrio Bairoa del término tendiéndose que el rematante municipal de Caguas, Puerto las acepta y queda subrogado Rico, con un área superficial en la responsabilidad de las de trescientos treinta y siete mismas, sin destinarse a su metros cuadrados con cincuen- extinción el precio del remate. ta centímetros cuadrados. En Conforme a la Sentencia dictalindes: por el NORTE, en trece da el día 13 de enero de 2020 metros con cincuenta centési- y notificada el 21 de enero de mas del otro, con el solar nú- 2020 y publicada el 30 de enemero ocho del Bloque “S” del ro de 2020, la anterior venta se mencionado plano; por el SUR, hará para satisfacer las sumas en trece metros con cincuenta adeudadas por concepto del

préstamo garantizado por la hipoteca antes mencionada y las sumas que se mencionan a continuación: La suma principal de $152,215.16, más intereses a razón de 5%, desde el 1 de septiembre de 2017, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de $592.24 por cargos por mora, más la suma de $17,882.50, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado hipotecariamente asegurados. Se notifica por la presente a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los inmuebles a ser subastados con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen del ejecutante descrito anteriormente, o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubieren pospuesto al gravamen del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizado hipotecariamente con posterioridad al gravamen del actor para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si así lo interesan o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogado, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y, para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general, y para su publicación de acuerdo con la ley en un periódico de circulación general de la isla de Puerto Rico y en tres sitios públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida de la parte demandada, expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 20 de enero de 2021. ANGEL GOMEZ GOMEZ, ALGUACIL SUBASTA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante v.

JULIO QUIÑONES SANTIAGO

Demandado CIVIL NÚM: CG2019CV01444 (SALÓN 704). SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo ANGEL GOMEZ GOMEZ, Alguacil del Tribunal

de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, al público en general. CERTIFICO Y HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia fechado el 23 de diciembre de 2019 que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, en el caso arriba indicado, venderé en la fecha o fechas que más adelante se indican, en pública subasta al mejor postor, en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal, en mi oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el Centro Judicial de Caguas, Puerto Rico, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada, en el inmueble que se describe a continuación, propiedad de la parte demandada, Julio Quiñones Santiago. Dirección Física: Urb. Boneville Heights, B-2, Calle 3 Rey Gaspar, Caguas, PR 00725. Finca 25,435, al folio 225 del tomo 780 de Caguas, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Caguas. URBANA: Solar número dos “B” (2-B) en el Plano de Inscripción de la Urbanización Bonneville Heights, Sección dos “B” (2-B), en el Barrio Cañabón y Cañaboncito del Municipio de Caguas, Puerto Rico, con la siguiente cabida y colindancias: ciento cuarenta y cinco punto doscientos veintisiete (145.227) metros cuadrados.

En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar número uno “B” (1-B); por el SUR, con el solar número tres “B” (3-B); por el ESTE, con la Calle número tres (3); y por el OESTE, con el solar número dos “A” (2-A). Finca 25,435.

Por su procedencia está afecta a: a. Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico. b. Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales de Puerto Rico. c. Servidumbre a favor de la Sociedad Anónima de Sucreries de Saint Jean. d.

Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Comunicaciones de Puerto Rico. e. Servidumbre a favor del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. f. Condiciones restrictivas sobre edificación y uso. g. Servidumbre a favor del Municipio de Caguas. Por sí está afecta a: a. a. Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Preferred Mortgage Corp., o a su orden, por la suma principal de $108,007.00, con intereses al 5.50% anual, vencedero el día 1 de marzo de 2040, constituida mediante la escritura número 236, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 25 de febrero de 2010, ante la notaria Lesbia Hernández Miranda, e inscrita al folio 230 vuelto del tomo 780 de Caguas, finca número 25,435, inscripción 9na. b. Aviso de Demanda de fecha 26 de abril de 2019, expedida en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de

Caguas, en el Caso Civil número CG2019CV01444, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, contra Julio Quiñones Santiago, por la suma de $ 95,754.01, anotado el día 6 de mayo de 2020, al tomo Karibe de Caguas, finca número 25,435, Anotación A. El precio mínimo de este remate con relación a la Finca 25,435 antes descrita y la fecha de cada subasta serán la siguiente: Primera Subasta: 6 de abril de 2021, Hora: 10:30am, Precio Mínimo: $108,007.00, Hipoteca: Escritura Número 236 sobre Primera Hipoteca, otorgada el día 25 de febrero de 2010, ante la notaria Lesbia Hernández Miranda. Segunda Subasta: 13 de abril de 2021, Hora: 10:30am, Precio Mínimo: $72,004.67.

Tercera Subasta: 20 de abril de 2021, Hora: 10:30am, Precio Mínimo: $54,003.50. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables.

Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación que se transmite y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y las preferentes, si las hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante las acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de las mismas, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate.

Conforme a la Sentencia dictada el día 18 de octubre de 2019, notificada el 21 de octubre de 2019 y publicada el 24 de octubre de 2019, la anterior venta se hará para satisfacer las sumas adeudadas por concepto del préstamo garantizado por la hipoteca antes mencionada y las sumas que se mencionan a continuación: La suma principal de $95,754.01, más intereses a razón de 5.5%, desde el 1 de abril de 2017, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de $81.60 por cargos por mora, más la suma de $10,800.70 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado hipotecariamente asegurados. Se notifica por la presente a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los inmuebles a ser subastados con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen del ejecutante descrito anteriormente, o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubieren pospuesto al gravamen del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizado hipotecariamente con posterioridad al gravamen del actor para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si así lo interesan o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abo-

gado, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y, para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general, y para su publicación de acuerdo con la ley en un periódico de circulación general de la isla de Puerto Rico y en tres sitios públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida de la parte demandada, expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 20 de enero de 2021. ANGEL GOMEZ GOMEZ, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

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

COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CREDITO DE AGUAS BUENAS Demandante Vs.

SUCESION ADNAN ABDEL HAMID; TOMASA GARCIA NEVAREZ; HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS ABC

Demandados CASO NÚM: CG2019CV02503.

SALÓN NÚM. SOBRE: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VIA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA.

A: SUCESION ADNAN ABDEL HAMID; TOMASA GARCIA NEVAREZ; HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS ABC

El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Caguas, hago saber a la parte demandada, que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 30 de enero de 2020, por la Secretaria del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la siguiente propiedad: [Calle Luis Lugo #10, Urbanización Fernández, Cidra, PR 00739 ]; FINCA: Número 3713, inscrito al folio 137 del tomo 82 de Cidra, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Caguas. URBANA: Solar en el Barrio Bayamón del término municipal de Cidra, marcado en el plano de inscripción de la Urbanización Fernández, con el número Diez, compuesto de trescientos ochenta y cinco metros y cincuenta y cuatro centímetros cuadrados, que mide y colinda por el NORTE, en catorce metros y ochenta centímetros, con terrenos de la compañía de Fomento de Puer-

The San Juan Daily Star to Rico; por el ESTE, en veintiséis metros cinco centímetros, con el solar número once de dicha urbanización; por el SUR, su frente en catorce metros y ochenta centímetros, con la calle B de la propia urbanización; y por el OESTE, en veinte y seis metros y cinco centímetros, con el solar número nueve de la propia urbanización Fernández. Enclava casa. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor, el día 30 de septiembre de 2019 en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $52,910.03 de principal, más los intereses sobre dicha suma al 6% anual que al día de hoy suma $4,444.44, hasta su completo pago, recargos por demora por la cantidad al presente de $1,108.38, y cualesquiera otras cantidades pactadas en la escritura de primera hipoteca, desde la fecha antes mencionada y hasta la fecha del total pago de las mismas, más la suma de $8,800.00 para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogados. La venta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posteriores que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA subasta, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectico (moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA subasta se llevará a efecto el día 24 DE FEBRERO DE 2021, A LAS 10:15 AM, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, localizada en el Centro Judicial de Caguas, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $88,000.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 4 DE MARZO DE 2021, A LAS 10:15 AM, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $58,666.66, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 11 DE MARZO DE 2021, A LAS 10:15 AM, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $44,000.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Cuando se declare

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desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Todas las subastas deberán ser acordadas y celebradas según lo ordenado por el Tribunal. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes.

Se entenderá, que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría de este Tribunal, durante las horas laborables, todo esto en virtud del artículo 102 de la Ley Número 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 mejor conocida como la Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmobiliaria de Puerto Rico. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 20 de enero de 2021. ANGEL GOMEZ GOMEZ, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR, DIVISION DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

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

COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CREDITO DE CAGUAS Demandante Vs.

RAFAEL RIVERA MARTINEZ; OLGA IVETTE OJEDA COLON y LA SOCIEDAD DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR

AMBOS

Demandados CASO NÚM: TA2019CV01024.

SALÓN NÚM. SOBRE: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VIA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA.

A: RAFAEL RIVERA MARTINEZ; OLGA IVETTE OJEDA COLON y LA SOCIEDAD DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, hago saber a la parte demandada, que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 5 de noviembre de 2019, por la Secretaria del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la siguiente propiedad [Jardínes Mediterráneo #428, Jardín Habana St., Toa Alta, PR 00953-3647]: FINCA: No. 20295, inscrita al folio 286 del tomo 400 de Toa Alta, Registro de la Propiedad, Sección Tercera de Bayamón. URBANA: Solar radicado en la URBANIZACIÓN JARDINES DE LA FUENTE, sección Jardines Mediterráneos, localizada en el Barrio Mucarabones del término municipal de Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el plano de inscripción con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: Número del solar: 8 del bloque W, Área del solar: 351.00 metros cuadrados, en lindes por el NORTE en distancia de 13.00 metros lineales, con el solar número 35 del bloque X; por el SUR en distancia de 13.00 metros lineales, con la calle número 13 de la urbanización; por el ESTE en distancia de 27.00 metros lineales, con el solar número 9 del mismo bloque y por el OESTE en distancia de 27.00 metros lineales, con el solar número 7 del mismo bloque. Enclava casa de concreto para fines residenciales.

Se halla afecto a servidumbre telefónica: Franja de terreno de 1.52 metros de ancho por 13.00 metros de largo, localizada en u colindancia Sur. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor, el día 7 de mayo de 2019 en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $143,163.49 de principal, más los intereses sobre dicha suma al 7% anual que al día de hoy suma $15,144.96, hasta su completo pago, recargos por demora por la cantidad al presente de $964.08, más las primas de seguro hipotecario y riesgo ‘Escrow’ por la cantidad de $590.94 y cualesquiera otras cantidades pactadas en la escritura de primera hipoteca, desde la fecha antes mencionada y hasta la fecha del total

pago de las mismas, más la suma de $16,100.00 para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogados. La venta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posteriores que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA subasta, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta.

La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectico (moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA subasta se llevará a efecto el día 25 DE FEBRERO DE 2021, A LAS 11:30 AM, en la Sala 503 localizada en el Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $161,000.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 8 DE MARZO DE 2021, A LAS 11:30 AM, en la sala antes mencionada. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $107,333.33, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 15 DE MARZO DE 2021, A LAS 11:30 AM, en la sala antes mencionada. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $83,500.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Cuando se declare desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Todas las subastas deberán ser acordadas y celebradas según lo ordenado por el Tribunal. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el

Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes.

Se entenderá, que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría de este Tribunal, durante las horas laborables, todo esto en virtud del artículo 102 de la Ley Número 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 mejor conocida como la Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmobiliaria de Puerto Rico. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 22 de enero de 2021.

JOSE F. MARRERO ROBLES #131, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR, DIVISION DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE SUPERIOR DE BAYAMON. ****

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE HUMACAO.

PALMAS DEL MAR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Parte Demandante V.

SOLAREA RESORT, LLC

Parte Demandada CIVIL NUM: HU2020CV00947 (206). SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R. SS.

A: SOLAREA RESORT, LLC

POR LA PRESENTE, se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a: GONZÁLEZ & MORALES LAW OFFICES, LLC PO BOX 10242 HUMACAO, PR 00792 TELÉFONO: (787) 852-4422 FACSÍMIL: (787) 285-4425 Email: jrg@gonzalezmorales.com abogados de la parte demandante, cuya dirección es la que deja indicada, con copia de su Contestación a la Demanda, copia de la cual le es servida en este caso, dentro de los TREINTA (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este Emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso

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deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Debe saber que en caso de no hacerlo así podrá dictarse Sentencia en Rebeldía en contra suya, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, hoy día 2 de febrero de 2021.

Dominga Gomez Fuster, Sec Regional. Marisol Davila Ortiz, Sec Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT For the District of Puerto Rico.

Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 28th of January, 2021. MARIA ANTONGIORGI-JORDAN, ESQ. CLERK OF COURT. Date: 01/28/2021.

LEGAL NOTICE Estado Ubre Asociado de Puerto Ríco Tribunal de Apelaciones Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de GUAYNABO.

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Y SUNWEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. COMO AGENTE DE SERVICIO Demandante v.

SUCESION DE CANDIDO LIZARDI TORRES COMPUESTA POR SU TEAL PEAK CAPITAL, VIUDA ROSA MONTERO LLC; SALDAÑA, POR SI; Y SU Plaintiff, v.

ALAN BRAM GOLDMAN; HEREDERO CONOCIDO Defendants CARLOS LIZARDI Civil No. 3:20-cv-01747 (PAD).

MONTERO; SUCESION BREACH OF CONTRACT; DE CANDIDO LIZARDI SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACT; REIMBUR- MONTERO; FULANO DE SEMENT OF FUNDS, COSTS TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL AND EXPENSES. SUMMONS COMO HEREDEROS

BY PUBLICATION. DESCONOCIDOS To: Alan Bram Goldman Y/O PARTES CON (“Goldman” and/or INTERES EN DICHAS “Defendant”).

SUCESIONES; ESTADOS 1014 Terrace St., UNIDOS DE AMERICA Montpelier, Vermont, USA, Demandado(a) 05602.

Civil: CG2019CV01555. SALA Pursuant to the Order for service by publication entered on 1/27/2021 by the Honorable Pedro A. Delgado-Hernández United States District Judge (Docket No.__), you are hereby SUMMONED to appear, plead or answer the Complaint filed in the captioned case no later than thirty (30) days after publication of this Summons by serving the original plea or answer in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, and serving a copy to counsel for plaintiff: Jean G. Vidal-Font Ferraiuoli LLC PO Box 195168, San Juan, PR 00919-5168 Tel. (787) 766-7000 / Email: jvidal@ferraiuoli.com This Summons shall be published only once in a newspaper of general circulation in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Within ten (10) days following publication of this Summons, a copy of this Summons and the Complaint will be sent to the above-named defendants by certified mail/return receipt requested, addressed to their last known address. Should you fail to appear, plead or answer the Complaint as ordered by the Court and noticed by this Summons, the Court will proceed to hear and adjudicate this case against you based on the relief demanded in the Complaint. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, summons is issued pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(e) and Rule 4.6 of the Rules of Civil Procedure for the Commonwealth of Puerto

solución, 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 1 de febrero de 2021. En GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico, el 1 de febrero de 2021. LCDA. LARUA I SANTA SANCHEZ, Sec Reg II. f/SARA ROSA VILLEGA, Sec del Trib Conf I.

LEGAL NOTICE Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de CAROLINA.

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante v.

SUCESION DE JOSE ENRIQUE CARDONA LLAMAS, COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON POSIBLES INTERES; LOURDES VENTURA MENA TAMBIEN CONOCIDA 201. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HICOMO LOURDES A. POTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE VENTURA MENA POR SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. SI Y EN CUANTO A A: SUCESION DE LA CUOTA VIUDAL CANDIDO LIZARDI USUFRUCTUARIA; TORRES COMPUESTA CENTRO DE POR SU VIUDA ROSA RECAUDACION DE MONTERO SALDAÑA, INGRESOS MUNICIPALES POR SI; Y SU HEREDERO (“CRIM”) CONOCIDO CARLOS Demandado(a) LIZARDI MONTERO; Civil: CA2019CV01065 (406).

SUCESION DE CANDIDO Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA LIZARDI MONTERO; POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). NOFULANO DE TAL TIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA Y SUTANA DE TAL POR EDICTO. COMO HEREDEROS A: FULANO DE TAL DESCONOCIDOS Y ZUTANO DE TAL, Y/O PARTES CON COMO HEREDEROS INTERES EN DICHAS DESCONOCIDOS CON SUCESIONES POSIBLE INTERES (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 26 de ENERO de 2021, 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 Re-

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 26 de ENERO de 2021, 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 Re-

22 solución, 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 ENERO de 2021. En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, el 27 de enero de 2021.

MARILYN APONTE RODRIGUEZ, Secretaria. JANNETTE RAMIREZ BERNARD, Secretaria Auxiliar.

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

Bautista REO PR Corp.

Demandante v.

Raymond Luis Sánchez Maceira t/c/c Raymond L. Sánchez Maceira, Valerie Robles Feliciano y la sociedad legal de bienes gananciales compuesta por ambos

Demandados CIVIL NÚM: DCD2014-0956 (701). SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor quién pagará de contado y en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, giro postal o por cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia el día 22 DE FEBRERO DE 2021, A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en sala 503 en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en Urb. Ocean Front, Solar 20, Barrio Yeguada, Vega Baja, PR 00693 y que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Solar marcado como remanente en el plano de inscripción localizado en la URBANIZACIÓN OCEAN FRONT, Barrio Yeguada del término municipal de Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, antes marcado como el solar No. 20 en el plano de inscripción de la Urbanización, con un área superficial de 1,787.4305 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a

0.4548 cuerda. En lindes por el Norte, en 37.300 metros, con la servidumbre de Salvamento del Departamento de Recursos Naturales, que lo separa de la zona marítima terrestre; por el Sur, en 37.008 metros, con el lote marcado como servidumbre de paso y el solar No. 1; por el Este, en 50.272 metros, con el solar No. 21 del Sandra Lartigaut Negrón; y por el Oeste, en 46.249 metros, con el solar No. 19. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita en el Tomo Karibe de Vega Baja, finca número 33110, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Cuarta. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $168,000.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una segunda subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 1 DE MARZO DE 2021, A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $112,000.00.

Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una tercera subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 9 DE MARZO DE 2021, A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $84,000.00.

La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 495, otorgada el día 28 de diciembre de 2004, ante el Notario Ana M. Leal Gamba y consta inscrita en el Tomo Karibe de Vega Baja, finca número 33110, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Cuarta, inscripción cuarta.

Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $149,813.04 por concepto de principal, más intereses al tipo pactado de 7.500% anual desde el día 1 de septiembre de 2013. Dichos intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Se pagarán también los cargos por demora equivalentes a 5.000% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha vencimiento, la suma de $16,800.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, la suma de $16,800.00 para cubrir los intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y la suma de $16,800.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca, más intereses según provisto por la regla 44.3

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de las de Procedimiento Civil.

Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR 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, 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 de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores ni preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesan los gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relacionan más adelante. A los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de, o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso, o al portador, garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor por la presente se notifica, que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Doral Bank vs. Raymond Luis Sánchez Maceira t/c/c Raymond L. Sánchez Maceira y su esposa, Valerie Robles Feliciano, ante el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Bayamón, en el caso civil número DCD 2014-0956, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $149,813.04, según Demanda de fecha de 4 de abril de 2014.

Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Vega Baja. Anotación A. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la alcaldía, el Tribunal y la colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado mediante edictos dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio

FANTAUZZI LÓPEZ - URB LAS AMERICAS, 116 CALLE VENEZUELA, AGUADILLA PR 00603; GADDIEL JOARIS FANTAUZZI LÓPEZ URB LAS AMERICAS, 116 CALLE VENEUELA, AGUADILLA PR 00603; ISASHEI DALLIE FANTAUZZI LÓPEZ - URB LAS AMERICAS, LEGAL NOTICE 116 CALLE VENEZUELA, Estado Libre Asociado de AGUADILLA PR 00603; Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de CARMEN JULIA Primera Instancia Sala Superior FANTAUZZI MARTINEZde AGUADILLA. URB LAS AMERICAS BOSCO CREDIT X, AVE CAMPOS 2 PMB LLC, BY FRANKLIN 328, AGUADILLA PR CREDIT MANAGEMENT 00603; JOHN DOE Y JANE CORPORATION AS DOE COMO MIEMBRO SERVICER DESCONOCIDO DE SUCN Demandante V. RAMON GUTIERREZ SUCESION DE JOSÉ MENDEZ URB LAS RAMÓN GUTIÉRREZ AMERICAS, 116 CALLE GONZÁLEZ COMPUESTA VENEZUELA, AGUADILLA POR: ANA LYDIA PR 00603 P/C LIC GONZÁLEZ MÉNDEZ, FRANCES L ASENCIO EL FALLECIDO RAMON GUTIERREZ MENDEZ Y GUIDO TRADE CENTRE SOUTH, SUITE 700 LA FALLECIDA MARÍA 100 WEST CYPRESS ESTHER FANTAUZZI CREEK ROAD FORT MARTÍNEZ; SUCESION LAUDERDALE. FL 33309 DE MARÍA ESTHER EL SECRETARIO(A) que susFANTAUZZI MARTÍNEZ cribe le notifica a usted que COMPUESTA POR: 14 de enero de 2021 , este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, CARMEN JULIA FANTAUZZI MARTÍNEZ, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución este caso, que ha sido debiJORGE LUIS FANTAUZZI en damente registrada y archivada MARTÍNEZ, LUIS en autos donde podrá usted MIGUEL FANTAUZZI enterarse detalladamente de MARTÍNEZ, LUZ IRENE los términos de la misma. Esta FANTAUZZI ROSARIO, notificación se publicará una vez en un periódico de ABDIEL JOEL FANTAUZZI sola circulación general en la Isla LÓPEZ, GADDIEL de Puerto Rico, dentro de los JOARIS FANTAUZZI 10 días siguientes a su notificaLÓPEZ, ISASHEI DALLIE ción. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procediFANTAUZZI LÓPEZ; sujeta a los términos FULANO Y MENGANO DE miento de la Sentencia, Sentencia TAL, COMO HEREDEROS Parcial o Resolución, de la cual DESCONOCIDOS; puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del SUCESIÓN RAMON GUTIERREZ MENDEZ término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicCOMPUESTA POR: JOHN to de esta notificación, dirijo a DOE Y JANE DOE COMO usted esta notificación que se POSIBLES HEREDEROS considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicDESCONOCIDOS; to. Copia de esta notificación ha CENTRO DE sido archivada en los autos de RECAUDACION DE este caso, con fecha de 26 de INGRESOS MUNICIPALES enero de 2021 En AGUADILLA de dos semanas consecutivas.

La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores sujeto a lo dispuesto en los Artículos 113 al 116 de la Ley 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015, según aplique. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 15 de ENERO de 2021.

FDO. JOSE MARRERO ROBLES, ALGUACIL PLACA 131.

Demandado(a) Civil: AG2019CV01293. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE GARANTIAS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL- DIRECCION DESCONOCIDA; LUZ IRENE FANTAUZZI ROSARIO -2 EMVICK AVE, NEWPORT NEWS, VA 23601; ABDIEL JOEL

, Puerto Rico, el 26 de enero de 2021. SARAHI REYES PEREZ, Secretario(a). ZUHEILY GONZALEZ AVILES, Secretario(a) Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior Municipal de San Juan.

LIME HOME, LTD.

Parte Demandante VS.

LA SUCESIÓN DE ROGELIO GONZÁLEZ PÉREZ COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Parte Demandada CIVIL NÚM: SJ2019CV00288 (604). SOBRE: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA (IN REM). NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: LA SUCESIÓN DE ROGELIO GONZÁLEZ PÉREZ COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS

LA SECRETARIA que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 25 de noviembre de 2020, 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. a 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 60 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 26 de enero de 2021.

En San Juan, Puerto Rico, de 26 de enero de 2021. Griselda Rodríguez Collado, Secretaria Regional. f/Marily López Martínez, Secretaria del Tribunal Confidencial I.

LEGAL NOTICE Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de CAROLINA.

LUNA ACQUISITIONS LLC Parte Demandante VS.

FRANCISCO GUZMAN ALMANZAR Y OTROS

DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR ESTE Y MARIA LAUREANO COLLADO; URB LOMAS DE TRUJILLO I45 CALLE 6, TRUJILLO ALTO PR 00976, (787)2922342, (787) 454-6041; MARIA LAUREANO COLLADO POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR ESTA Y FRANCISCO GUZMAN ALMANZAR; URB LOMAS DE TRUJILLO I45 CALLE 6, TRUJILLO ALTO PR 00976, (787) 292-2342, (787) 454-6041.

LA SECRETARIA que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 27 de enero de 2021, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 27 de enero de 2021.

En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, el 27 de enero de 2021. LCDA. MARILYN APONTE RODRIGUEZ, Secretaria Regional.

MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, Secretaria Confidencial del Tribunal I.

FIGUEROA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Parte Demandada CIVIL NÚM: SJ2019CV11299 (604). SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: JESÚS ALEJANDRO SANTANA GONZÁLEZ, MILAGROS JUARBE VALENTÍN Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; JUAN PEDRO SANTANA GONZÁLEZ, MADELINE ROSA FIGUEROA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

LA SECRETARIA que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 26 de enero de 2021, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 27 de enero de 2021.

En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 27 de enero de 2021. Griselda Rodríguez Collado, Secretaria LEGAL NOTICE Regional. f/Marily López MartíEstado Libre Asociado de Puer- nez, Secretaria Confidencial del to Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL Tribunal I. DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de PriLEGAL NOTICE mera Instancia Sala Superior Estado Libre Asociado de PuerMunicipal de San Juan. to Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DLJ MORTGAGE DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de PriCAPITAL, INC. mera Instancia Sala Superior Parte Demandante VS. de CAROLINA.

JESÚS ALEJANDRO SANTANA GONZÁLEZ, Parte Demandada MILAGROS JUARBE CIVIL NÚM: SJ2020CV04626.

VALENTÍN Y L SOCIEDAD SALA (403). SOBRE: COBRO LEGAL DE BIENES DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN GANANCIALES DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR COMPUESTA POR EDICTO. AMBOS; JUAN PEDRO A: FRANCISCO GUZMAN SANTANA GONZÁLEZ, ALMANZAR, POR SI Y MADELINE ROSA EN REPRESENTACION

REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC. Demandante v.

CARMEN MARIE RODRÍGUEZ SANTANA T/C/C CARMEN RODRÍGUEZ SANTANA; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Demandado(a) Civil: CA2019CV04125 (407).

The San Juan Daily Star Sobre: EJECUCION DE HInotifican la sentencia por edicto) POTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE EL SECRETARIO(A) que susSENTENCIA POR EDICTO. cribe le notifica a usted que el 28 de enero de 2021 este A: CARMEN MARIE RODRÍGUEZ SANTANA Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución T/C/C CARMEN en este caso, que ha sido debiRODRÍGUEZ SANTANA damente registrada y archivada (Nombre de las partes a las que se le en autos donde podrá usted notifican la sentencia por edicto) enterarse detalladamente de EL SECRETARIO(A) que suslos términos de la misma. Esta cribe le notifica a usted que el notificación se publicará una 27 de ENERO de 2021, este sola vez en un periódico de Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, circulación general en la Isla Sentencia Parcial o Resolución de Puerto Rico, dentro de los en este caso, que ha sido debi10 días siguientes a su notificadamente registrada y archivada ción. Y, siendo o representando en autos donde podrá usted enusted una parte en el procediterarse detalladamente de los miento sujeta a los términos términos de la misma. Esta node la Sentencia, Sentencia tificación se publicará una sola Parcial o Resolución, de la cual vez en un periódico de circulapuede establecerse recurso de ción general en la Isla de Puerrevisión o apelación dentro del to Rico, dentro de los 10 días término de 30 días contados a siguientes a su notificación. Y, partir de la publicación por edicsiendo o representando usted to de esta notificación, dirijo a una parte en el procedimiento usted esta notificación que se sujeta a los términos de la Senconsiderará hecha en la fecha tencia, Sentencia Parcial o Rede la publicación de este edicsolución, de la cual puede estato. Copia de esta notificación ha blecerse recurso de revisión o sido archivada en los autos de apelación dentro del término de este caso, con fecha de 29 de 30 días contados a partir de la enero de 2021. En Mayaguez, publicación por edicto de esta Puerto Rico, el 29 de enero de notificación, dirijo a usted esta 2021. LCDA. NORMA G SANnotificación que se considerará TANA IRIZARRY, Sec Reg. f/ hecha en la fecha de la publicaBETSY SANTIAGO GONZAción de este edicto. Copia de LEZ, Sec Auxiliar. esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, LEGAL NOT ICE con fecha de 28 de ENERO de Estado Libre Asociado de Puer2021. En CAROLINA, Puerto to Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL Rico, el 28 de enero de 2021.

DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de PriMARILYN APONTE RODRImera Instancia Sala Superior GUEZ, Secretaria. KEILA GARde PONCE. CIA SOLIS, Secretaria Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de Mayaguez.

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante v.

ORIENTAL BANK T/C/C/ ORIENTAL BANK AND TRUST, FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION COMO SINDICO DE WESTERNBANK OF PUERTO RICO, CARMEN ALICIA PEREZ ACEVEDO, FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES TENEDORRES DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARE

Demandado(a) Civil Núm. MZ2020CV00919.

Sobre: CANCELACION DE PAGARE EXTRAVIADO POR LA VIA JUDICIAL, NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARE

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le

Friday, February 5, 2021 dimiento 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 28 de enero de 2021. En PONCE, Puerto Rico, el 28 de enero de 2021. LUZ MAYRA CARABALLO GARCIA, Secretaria Regional. f/ MARICELL ORTIZ MUÑIZ, Secretario (a) Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de San Juan.

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO VS

29 de ENERO de 2021, 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 esta. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la 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 29 de enero de 2021.

En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 29 de enero de 2021. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, Secretaria Regional. f/ DENISE M. AMARO MACHUCA, Secretario (a) Auxiliar.

FIRST NATIONL CITY BANK T/C/C CITIBANK N.A. T/C/C CITIBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; DORAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION T/C/C LEGAL NOTICE DORAL MORTGAGE LLC, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO POR CONDUCTO DE SU DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUAGENTE RESIDENTE NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAROLINA. CT CORPORATION BOSCO CREDIT X, SYSTEM; FEDERAL LLC, BY FRANKLIN DEPOSIT INSURANCE CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (FDIC) FIRSTBANK CORPORATION AS COMO SINDICO DE PUERTO RICO SERVICER Demandante Vs. DORAL BANK; OLIVAIN Demandante vs.

ELVIS ALEXIE ACEVEDO RODRIGUEZ, GLORIA SHEILA RAQUEL MATEO t/c/c ELVIS E. FERNÁNDEZ Y LA BALLESTER TORRES ACEVEDO MATEO SOCIEDAD LEGAL T/C/C SHEILA R. Demandado DE GANANCIALES CIVIL NUM. PO2019CV02183.

BALLESTER TORRES COMPUESTA POR SOBRE: EJECUCION DE HIT/C/C RAQUEL TORRES AMBOS; FULANO Y POTECA POR LA VIA ORDILAUREANO MENGANO DE TAL, NARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. Demandados NOTIFICACIÓN ENMEDADA POSIBLES TENEDORES CIVIL NUM. CA2019CV00549.

DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. DESCONOCIDOS DEL SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO A: ELVIS ALEXIE Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA. PAGARÉ ACEVEDO MATEO t/c/c CIVIL NUM. SJ2020CV03039 EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTAELVIS ACEVEDO MATEO, (602) . SOBRE: CANCELA- DOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA PARA SER NOTIFICADA CIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIA- EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESDO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SEN- TADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO POR EDICTO TENCIA POR EDICTO POR LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERP/C: LCDA. LINNETTE SUMAC. TO RICO. SS. GIULLIANI CASTILLO A: La Parte Demandada, A: FEDERAL PO BOX 7970 al (a la) Secretario(a) de DEPOSIT INSURANCE PONCE PUERTO RICO 00732 CORPORATION (FDIC) Hacienda de Puerto Rico EL SECRETARIO (A) que susy al Público General: COMO SINDICO DE cribe le notifica a usted que el DORAL BANK; OLIVAIN Certifico y Hago Constar: Que 30 de ENERO de 2020, este RODRIGUEZ, GLORIA en cumplimiento con el MandaTribunal ha dictado Sentencia, miento de Ejecución de SentenSentencia Parcial o Resolución E. FERNÁNDEZ Y LA cia que me ha sido dirigido por en este caso, que ha sido debiSOCIEDAD LEGAL el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal damente registrada y archivada de Primera Instancia, Sala SuDE GANANCIALES en autos donde podrá usted perior de Carolina, en el caso COMPUESTA POR enterarse detalladamente de de epígrafe, venderé en públiAMBOS; FULANO Y los términos de esta. Esta noca subasta y al mejor postor, tificación se publicará una sola MENGANO DE TAL, por separado, de contado y vez en un periódico de circulaPOSIBLES TENEDORES por moneda de curso legal de ción general en la Isla de PuerDESCONOCIDOS DEL los Estados Unidos de América to Rico, dentro de los diez (10) y/o Giro Postal y Cheque CerPAGARÉ días siguientes a su notificatificado a nombre del Alguacil ción. Y, siendo o representan- EL SECRETARIO (A) que susdel Tribunal de Primera Instando usted una parte en el proce- cribe le notifica a usted que el

cia, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 4 de marzo de 2021, a las 9:30 de la mañana, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: DESCRIPCION REGISTRAL: Propiedad Horizontal: CONDOMINIO OCEAN POINT de Loiza. Apartamento: NÚMERO 1703. Cabida: 116.0343 Pies Cuadrados.

Son sus linderos, en su Primer Nivel, por el Norte, en una distancia de treinta y seis pies con diez pulgadas (36’10”) con el apartamento número dieciocho cero tres (1803); por el Sur, en una distancia de treinta y cuatro pies con cero pulgadas (34’0”) con el apartamento número dieciséis cero tres (1603) del Edificio Número Cuatro (4); por el Este, en una distancia de treinta y un pies y cinco pulgadas y media pulgadas (31’-51½”) con espacio común aéreo y por el Oeste, en una distancia de treinta y un pies y cinco y media pulgadas (31’-5 ½”) con área común y con espacio común aéreo. En su Segundo Nivel colinda, por el Norte, en una distancia de doce pies con ocho pulgadas (12’-8”) con el apartamento número dieciocho cero tres (1803); por el Sur, en una distancia de doce pies con ocho pulgadas (12’- 8”) con la Terraza abierta de dicho apartamento con el apartamento con el apartamento número dieciséis cero tres (1603); por el Este, en una distancia de diez pies con siete y media pulgadas (10’-7 ½”) con la Terraza abierta de dicho apartamento; y por el Oeste, en una distancia de diez pies con dos pulgadas (10-2 ½”), con espacio común aéreo y con área común. La puerta de entrada de este apartamento está situada en su lindero Oeste. Su primer nivel consta de sala, un comedor, una cocina, un pasillo principal en el cual están localizados un laundrycloset, un baño, un dormitorio principal con su baño, vanity y walk-in-closet, dos cuartos con sus respectivos closets y un balcón y de las escaleras interiores del edificio las cuales dan acceso de la planta alta.

Su segundo nivel consta de terraza cubierta la cual es parte integral del apartamento, de un recibidor, el cual da acceso a las escaleras interiores del edificio, las cuales dan acceso a los apartamentos del segundo nivel y a la planta baja del apartamento y al uso exclusivo de una terraza a la intemperie con una cabida de novecientos setenta y nueve punto cincuenta y uno (979.51) pies cuadrados, equivalentes a noventa y uno punto cero trescientos veinticinco (91.0325) metros cuadrados, que es un elemento común limitado de ese apartamento. A este apartamento

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le corresponde 2 espacios de estacionamiento identificados con el mismo número del apartamento, localizados en la Calle Los Pinos. Este apartamento tiene una participación de cero punto seis ocho nueve cinco dos uno ocho dos nueve porciento (0.689521829%) en los elementos comunes del Condominio.” Inscrita al folio 206 del tomo 221 de Loiza, finca #10,585, inscripción 4ta, del Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección Tercera.

La hipoteca objeto de ejecución consta inscrita en el folio 207 del tomo 221 de Loiza, finca #10,585, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III, Inscripción 5ª. Propiedad localizada en: APTO. 1703 CONDOMINIUM OCEAN POINT, LOIZA, PR 00772. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $192,920.80, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una segunda subasta por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 11 de marzo de 2021, a las 9:30 de la mañana, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $128,613.86, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la tercera subasta, la suma de $96,460.40, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 18 de marzo de 2021, a las 9:30 de la mañana. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $176,447.36 de principal, más

intereses al tipo convenido al 6.250% anual, desde el día 1 de diciembre de 2017, hasta su total y completo pago, más la cantidad de $18,400.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado que la parte demandada se obligara a satisfacer como suma líquida y sin necesidad de nueva liquidación y aprobación por este Tribunal, más la cantidad que se adeuda mensualmente a partir del día 1 de enero de 2018, por concepto de las partidas enumeradas en el párrafo primero de las Determinaciones de Hechos, más los cargos por demora, más cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hagan en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta.

Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 8 de diciembre de 2020. Jose Cristobal Ortiz, Alguacil Regional. Manuel Villafañe Blanco, Alguacil. Placa 830.

RODRIGUEZ POR SI Y EN CUANTO A LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Demandados CIVIL NUM. SJ2020CV01170 (506). SOBRE: EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.

A: MYRIAM RAMOS OLIVENCIA T/C/C MYRIAM RANOS DE RODRIGUEZ POR SI Y EN CUANTO A LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA; FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ RAMOS, SONIA RODRIGUEZ RANOS Y MYRIAM RODRIGUEZ RAMOS corno miembros conocidos de la SUCESIÔN FRANCISCO ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ AGUILU T/C/C FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ AGUILU; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE como miembros desconocidos de la SUCESIÔN FRANCISCO ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ AGUILU T/C/C FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ AGUILU

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto.

Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del LEGAL NOTICE Sistema Unificado de Manejo y ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Administración de Casos (SUDE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- MAC), al cual puede acceder NAL DR PRIMERA INSTANCIA utilizando la siguiente direcSALA SUPERIOR DE SAN ción electrónica: http://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se JUAN. REVERSE MORTGAGE represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberé presentar FUNDING LLC. su alegación responsiva en la Demandante vs. secretaria del tribunal. Si usted SUCESION FRANCISCO deja de presentar su alegación ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dicAGUILU T/C/C FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ tar sentencia en rebeldia en su y conceder el remedio AGUILU COMPUESTA contra solicitado en la demanda, o POR FRANCISCO cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en RODRIGUEZ RAMOS, el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

SONIA RODRIGUEZ Greenspoon Harder, LLP RAMOS Y MYRIAM Lcda. Frances L. Asencio-Guido RODRIGUEZ RAMOS; R.U.A. 15,622 JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE TRADE CENTRE SOUTH, SUITE 700 100 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD COMO HEREDEROS FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309 Telephone: (954) 343 6273 DESCONOCIDOS; Frances. Asencio@gmlaw.com MYRIAM RAMOS Expedido bajo mi firma, y seOLIVENCIA T/C/C llo del Tribunal, en San Juan, MYRIAM RAMOS DE Puerto Rico, hoy 11 de enero

24 de 2021. Griselda Rodriguez Collado, Secretaria. Marlyn Ann Espinosa Rivera, Sec Serv a Sala.

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

NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Demandante vs.

RAMON SANTIAGO VELEZ, ELISANDRA MARTINEZ AHORRIO Y SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; FINCA NÚMERO 39306, INCRITA AL FOLIO 35 DEL TOMO 904 DE ARECIBO, REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE PUERTO RICO, SECCION I DE ARECIBO

Demandados CIVIL NUM. AR2019CV00652.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA POR LA VIA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.

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

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Arecibo, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Arecibo, el 3 de mayo de 2021, a las 10:15 de la mañana, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: RUSTICA: Radicada en el Barrio Hato Arriba del término municipal de Arecibo, Puerto Rico una cabida superficial de 678.87 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con parcela número 41-A y 42; SUR, con servidumbre de paso; ESTE, con solar a segregarse; OESTE, con calle municipal. Sobre el antes descrito solar enclava edificación que se describe: Estructura construida de hormigón y bloques de una sola planta, dedicada a vivienda, compuesta

de tres cuartos dormitorios, sala, cocina, comedor, baño, marquesina, recibidor y terraza con un valor de $15,000.00, según consta de la escritura 261 otorgada en Arecibo el 25 de septiembre de 2004 ante el notario Luis A. Arroyo Vázquez, e inscrita al folio 115 vuelto del tomo 1109 de Arecibo, finca 39306, inscripción 4ª. Consta inscrita al folio 35 del tomo 904 de Arecibo, finca numero 39306, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Seccion I de Arecibo. Propiedad localizada en: 40B Calle Pineiro, Abra San Francisco, Arecibo, PR 00612. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito Dr. Manuel Zeno Gandía. Suma de la Carga: 66,400.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 06/01/2017. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico.

Suma de la Carga: 15,000.00.

Fecha de Vencimiento: 01/14/2013. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes.

El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo mínimo de subasta la suma de $64,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una segunda subasta por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Arecibo, el 10 de mayo de 2021, a las 10:15 de la mañana, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $42,666.67, 2/3 partes del tipo mínimo establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la tercera subasta, la suma de $32,000.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Arecibo, el 17 de mayo de 2021, a las 10:15 de la mañana. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $50,857.51 de principal, intereses al tipo del 6.87500% anual

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según ajustado desde el día 1 de noviembre de 2011 hasta el pago de la deuda en su totalidad, más la suma de $6,400.00 por concepto de honorarios de abogado y costas autorizadas por el Tribunal, más las cantidades que se adeudan mensualmente por concepto de seguro hipotecario, cargos por demora, y otros adeudados que se hagan en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Arecibo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 18 de enero de 2020. BRAULIO PEREZ ROSA, Alguacil Regional. TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ARECIBO SALA SUPERIOR.

por este y su esposa NESHMAIDA MARIA SANCHEZ MARTINEZ. 511 Condominio Coral Beach II, Carolina, PR 00913.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando Ia siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en Ia secretarla del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. RepreSenta a la parte demandante el Lcdo.

Javier Montalvo Cintrón, Delgado & Fernández, LLC, PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-1750. Tel. [787] 274-1414. DADA en Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 20 de enero de 2021. Lcda. Marilyn Aponte Rodriguez, Sec Regional. Ida Fernandez Rodriguez, Sec Auxiliar del Tribunal.

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511 Condominio Coral Beach II, Carolina, PR 00913. 511 Condominio Coral Beach II, Carolina, PR 00913.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando Ia siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en Ia secretarla del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. RepreSenta a la parte demandante el Lcdo.

Javier Montalvo Cintrón, Delgado & Fernández, LLC, PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-1750. Tel. [787] 274-1414. DADA en Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 20 de enero de 2021. Lcda. Marilyn Aponte Rodriguez, Sec Regional. Ida Fernandez Rodriguez, Sec Auxiliar del Tribunal.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUDE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRI- SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE. LEGAL NOTICE BUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANAMERICAS LEADING ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO CIA SALA DE CAROLINA. FINANCE, LLC DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL ORIENTAL BANK Demandante v.

GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIDemandante V. SUCESIÓN DE RAFAEL BUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANJULIO ANGEL RIVERA HERNÁNDEZ TORRES, CIA SALA DE CAROLINA.

SERRANO, NESHMAIDA COMPUESTA POR: MARIA SANCHEZ JEANNETTE HERNÁNDEZ MARTINEZ Y LA JULIO ANGEL RIVERA SILVA T/C/C JINET SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE SERRANO, NESHMAIDA HERNÁNDEZ SILVA, BIENES GANANCIALES MARIA SANCHEZ JAVIER HERNÁNDEZ POR ESTOS MARTINEZ Y LA SILVA Y NIURKA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE COMPUESTA; JOHN DOE HERNÁNDEZ SILVA Y RICHARD ROE Demandados BIENES GANANCIALES Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: PO2020CV00348.

POR ESTOS NUM. CA2020CV02330. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO COMPUESTA; JOHN DOE CIVIL SOBRE: SUSTITUCION DE POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y Y RICHARD ROE PAGARE HIPOTECARIO. ES- EJECUCIÓN DE GRAVAMEN ORIENTAL BANK Demandante V.

Demandados CIVIL NUM. CA2020CV02330.

SOBRE: SUSTITUCION DE PAGARE HIPOTECARIO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R. SS. EDICTO.

TADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R. SS. EDICTO.

MOBILIARIO (REPOSESIÓN DE VEHÍCULO), INTERPELACIÓN Y EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. DE AMERICA EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: NESHMAIDA MARIA SANCHEZ MARTINEZ, por si y en representación de la Sociedad Legal A: JULIO ANGEL RIVERA A: SUCESIÓN DE RAFAEL de Bienes Gananciales SERRANO, por si y en HERNÁNDEZ TORRES, compuesta por esta y su representación de la COMPUESTA POR: Sociedad Legal de Bienes esposo JULIO ANGEL JEANNETTE HERNÁNDEZ RIVERA SERRANO. Gananciales compuesta SILVA T/C/C JINET

HERNÁNDEZ SILVA, JAVIER HERNÁNDEZ SILVA Y NIURKA HERNÁNDEZ SILVA.

Quedan emplazados y notificados que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero por la Vía Ordinaria y Ejecución de Gravamen Mobiliario (Reposesión de Vehículo), en la que se alega que los codemandados de epígrafe adeudan solidariamente a Americas Leading Finance, LLC, la suma de $8,903.31, más los cargos que se continúen acumulando, más las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado según pactados. También, quedan notificados que en este Tribunal se ha solicitado y aceptado, una interpelación judicial de la parte demandante a los herederos de la Sucesión de Rafael Hernández Torres. Se ordena a los herederos del causante, a saber, Jeannette Hernández Silva T/C/C Jinet Hernández Silva, Javier Hernández Silva Y Niurka Hernández Silva, a que dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de la publicación del presente Edicto, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia de la Sucesión de Rafael Hernández Torres. Se les apercibe a los herederos que, de no expresarse dentro del término de treinta (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. También se les apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que luego del transcurso del término de treinta (30) días antes señalado, contados a partir de la fecha de la publicación del presente Edicto, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del causante. El abogado de la parte demandante es la Lcdo. Gerardo M. Ortiz Torres, cuya dirección física y postal es: Cond. El Centro I, Suite 801, 500 Muñoz Rivera Ave., San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918; y cuyo número de teléfono es (787) 946-5268, y cuyo e-mail es: gerardo@bellverlaw.com. Se les advierte que este edicto se publicará en un periódico de circulación general una sola vez y que si no comparece por escrito a aceptar o repudiar la participación que les corresponda en la herencia de la Sucesión de Rafael Hernández Torres, dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación del presente Edicto, entonces la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. El original del escrito, aceptando o repudiando la herencia de la Sucesión de Rafael Hernández Torres, deberá radicarse en el Tribunal, y notificarle la copia a la abogada de la parte demandante dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del Edicto. De igual manera, deberán contestar la demanda dentro de los

próximos treinta (30) días de la publicación del presente edicto, a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal, y de no contestarse dentro del referido término, pues entonces se les anotará la rebeldía. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy día 19 de enero de 2021. Luz Mayra Caraballo Garcia, Sec Regional. Hilda J. Rosado Rodriguez, Sec Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de Mayaguez.

CARMEN J MONTERO ROSSY Demandante v.

KERSTIN MEYERS

ROSA AMELIA FERNANDEZ FIGUEROA, CLARIANN RIVERA TORRES EN REPRESENTAClÓN DE ANA CÉLIDA TORRES ALDAHONDO WILLIAM TORRES CONQUET, ROSA JUDITH TORRES ALDAHÓNDO, NYRMA ENID TORRES Al,DAHONDO, EDWIN TORRES ALDAHONDO Peticionarios vs.

WlLLIAM TORRES MÉNDEZ ROSA MARGARITA TORRES PLUMEY A, B & C ACREEDORES DESCONOCIDOS

Demandados CIVlL NÚM. CA2020CV02243.

SALA: SOBRE: LIQUIDACIÓN DE COMUNIDAD DE BIENES. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.

Demandado(a) A: ROSA MARGARITA Civil Núm. MC2019CV00029.

TORRES PLúMEY Sobre: DESAHUCIO POR LA VIA SUMARIA Y COBRO DE POR LA PRESENTE, se le DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE emplaza por edicto para que presente al Tribunal su alegaSENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ción responsiva a la demanda A: SRA KERSTIN dentro de los treinta (30) días MEYERS de haber sido publicado este (Nombre de las partes a las que se le emplazamiento, excluyéndose notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus- el día de la publicación. Usted cribe le notifica a usted que deberá. presentar su alegación el 22 de enero de 2021, este responsiva a través del Sistema Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Unificado de Manejo y Administración . de Casos (SUMAC), al Sentencia Parcial o Resolución cual puede acceder utilizando en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada la siguiente dirección electrónien autos donde podrá usted ca: https://unired.ramajudicial. enterarse detalladamente de pr, salvo que se represente por los términos de la misma. Esta derecho propio, en cuyo caso notificación se publicará una deberá presentar su alegación sola vez en un periódico de responsiva en la Secretaría del circulación general en la Isla Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva de Puerto Rico, dentro de los dentro del referido término, el 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando Tribunal podrá dictar sentenusted una parte en el procedi- cia en rebeldía en su contra y miento sujeta a los términos conceder el remedio solicitado de la Sentencia, Sentencia en la demanda o cualquier otro, Parcial o Resolución, de la cual si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de puede establecerse recurso de su sana discreción, lo entiende revisión o apelación dentro del procedente. Es la abogada de término de 30 días contados a la parte demandante: LCDA. NÍVEA E. TORRES LÓPEZ partir de la publicación por edicRÚA 19074 to de esta notificación, dirijo a PO BOX 192853 usted esta notificación que se SAN JUAN P.R. 00919-2853 Tel . 787-758-6396 considerará hecha en la fecha ntorreslaw@gmail.com de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha Expedido bajo mi firma y sello sido archivada en los autos de del Tribunal, hoy 20 de enero este caso, con fecha de 27 de de 2021. Lcda. Marilyn Aponte enero de 2021. En Mayaguez, Rodriguez, Sec Regional. Ida Puerto Rico , el 27 de enero de Fernandez Rodriguez, Sec Au2021.LCDA NORMA G SANTA- xiliar del Tribunal.

NA IRIZARRY, SEC REG INT. F/BETSY SANTIAGO GONZALEZ, Secretario(a) Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA.

ROSA AMELIA FERNANDEZ

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FIGUEROA, CLARIANN RIVERA TORRES EN REPRESENTAClÓN DE ANA CÉLIDA TORRES ALDAHONDO WILLIAM TORRES CONQUET, ROSA JUDITH TORRES ALDAHÓNDO, NYRMA ENID TORRES Al,DAHONDO, EDWIN TORRES ALDAHONDO Peticionarios vs.

WlLLIAM TORRES MÉNDEZ ROSA MARGARITA TORRES PLUMEY A, B & C ACREEDORES DESCONOCIDOS

Demandados CIVlL NÚM. CA2020CV02243.

SALA: SOBRE: LIQUIDACIÓN DE COMUNIDAD DE BIENES. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.

A: WILLIAM TORRES MENDEZ

POR LA PRESENTE, se le emplaza por edicto para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido publicado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día de la publicación. Usted deberá. presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración . de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Es la abogada de la parte demandante: LCDA. NÍVEA E. TORRES LÓPEZ RÚA 19074 PO BOX 192853 SAN JUAN P.R. 00919-2853 Tel . 787-758-6396 ntorreslaw@gmail.com Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 20 de enero de 2021. Lcda. Marilyn Aponte Rodriguez, Sec Regional. Ida Fernandez Rodriguez, Sec Auxiliar del Tribunal.

LEGAL NOTICE

Friday, February 5, 2021 REPRESENTAClÓN DE ANA CÉLIDA TORRES ALDAHONDO WILLIAM TORRES CONQUET, ROSA JUDITH TORRES ALDAHÓNDO, NYRMA ENID TORRES Al,DAHONDO, EDWIN TORRES ALDAHONDO Peticionarios vs.

WlLLIAM TORRES MÉNDEZ ROSA MARGARITA TORRES PLUMEY A, B & C ACREEDORES DESCONOCIDOS

Demandados CIVlL NÚM. CA2020CV02243.

SALA: SOBRE: LIQUIDACIÓN DE COMUNIDAD DE BIENES. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.

A: A, B & C ACREEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION DE DON WILLIAM TORRES PADILLA

POR LA PRESENTE, se le emplaza por edicto para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido publicado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día de la publicación. Usted deberá. presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración . de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Es la abogada de la parte demandante: LCDA. NÍVEA E. TORRES LÓPEZ RÚA 19074 PO BOX 192853 SAN JUAN P.R. 00919-2853 Tel . 787-758-6396 ntorreslaw@gmail.com Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 20 de enero de 2021. Lcda. Marilyn Aponte Rodriguez, Sec Regional. Ida Fernandez Rodriguez, Sec Auxiliar del Tribunal.

ESTADO LIBE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE LEGAL NOTICE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA. DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUROSA AMELIA NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA FERNANDEZ SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARFIGUEROA, CLARIANN DO.

RIVERA TORRES EN

TRIANGLE REO PR 2

CORP.;

Demandantes; v.

NÉSTOR DOMINGO FIGUEROA RODRÍGUEZ T/C/C NÉSTOR D. FIGUEROA RODRÍGUEZ; GLORIA MARÍA GRACIA VELÁZQUEZ T/C/C GLORIA M. GRACIA VELÁZQUEZ T/C/C GLORIMAR MARÍA GARCÍA VELÁZQUEZ T/C/C GLORIA GRACIA VELÁZQUEZ, y La Sociedad de Bienes Gananciales Compuesta por ambos; YAZMIN FIGUEROA GRACIA;

Demandados CIVIL NÚM. NSCI2015-00788 (303). SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO; EJECUCIÓN DE PRENDA E HIPOTECA. AVISO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO. S.S. YO, el(la) Alguacil que suscribe, por la presente anuncia y hace constar, que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia, expedido el 2 de julio de 2020 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, quien pagará el importe de la venta en dinero efectivo o en cheque certificado o de gerente, a la orden del Alguacil suscribiente, en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, en mi oficina localizada en el Tribunal de Fajardo, todo título, derecho o interés que corresponda a la parte demandada sobre los inmuebles que se describen a continuación: El 7 de abril de 2021, a la 1:30 p.m. se celebrará la primera subasta de la Finca Número 12,462.

Servirá como tipo mínimo para la primera subasta la suma de $186,666.66, según pactado en la Escritura número 195, otorgada el día 10 de noviembre de 2000, ante el Notario Público Carlos J. Morales Bauzá. Finca Número 12,462 RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número cuarenta y seis (46), en el plano de comunidad rural Sardinera del Barrio Sardinera del término municipal de Fajardo, con una cabida superficial de cero punto cero ocho nueve cuatro (0.0894) cuerdas, equivalentes a trescientos cincuenta y uno punto y cuarenta y uno (351.41) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, con las parcelas número cuarenta y cinco y cuarenta y siete (45 y 47) de la comunidad; por el Sur, con la parcela número cuarenta y ocho (48) de la comunidad; por Este, con la calle cuatro (4) de la comunidad; y por el Oeste, con la parcela número cincuenta (50) de la comunidad. Finca número 12,462, inscrita al folio 265 del tomo 294 de Fajardo, Registro

de la Propiedad, Sección de Fajardo. La propiedad descrita anteriormente está afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: Por su procedencia está afecta a servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Tierras. Por sí: HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor del PORTADOR, o a su orden, por la suma de $560,000.00, respondiendo esta finca por $186,666.66, con interés al 1% sobre prime rate, y vencedero a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #195, otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, el día 10 de noviembre de 2000, ante el Notario Público Carlos J. Morales Bauzá, inscrita al folio Móvil del tomo 10 de Fajardo, inscripción 6ta. MODIFICACIÓN DE HIPOTECA: Es objeto de esta modificación la Hipoteca por $560,000.00, respondiendo esta finca por $186,666.66, que surge de la inscripción 6ta, según consta de la escritura #178, otorgada el día 31 de marzo de 2003, ante el Notario Público Gary E. Biaggi Silva, inscrito al folio 106 del tomo 532 de Fajardo, inscripción 8va Abreviada.

HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de WESTERNBANK PUERTO RICO, o a su orden, por la suma de $120,000.00, respondiendo esta finca por $40,000.00, con interés al 10%, y vencedero 30 años, según consta de la escritura #179, otorgada el día 31 de marzo de 2003, ante el Notario Público Gary E. Biaggi Silva, inscrita al folio 106 del tomo 532 de Fajardo, inscripción 8va Abreviada. De no adjudicarse la propiedad en la primera subasta, se celebrará segunda subasta en las mismas oficinas de este Alguacil, el día 14 de abril de 2021, a la 1:30 p.m. El tipo mínimo para la segunda subasta será dos terceras partes (2/3) del tipo mínimo de la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $124,444.44. De no adjudicarse la propiedad en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una tercera subasta en las mismas oficinas de este Alguacil, el día 21 de abril de 2021, a la 1:30 p.m. El tipo mínimo para la tercera subasta será la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo que se pactara para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $93,333.33. El 7 de abril de 2021, a las 2:00 p.m., se celebrará la primera subasta de la Finca Número 10,608.

Servirá como tipo mínimo para la primera subasta la suma de $186,666.66, según pactado en la Escritura número 195, otorgada el día 10 de noviembre de 2000, ante el Notario Público Carlos J. Morales Bauzá. Finca Número 10,608. RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número cuarenta y cinco (45), en el plano de comunidad rural Beltrán del Barrio Sardinera del término municipal de Fajardo, con una cabida superficial de cero punto uno dos siete uno (0.1271) cuerda, equivalentes a cuatrocientos noventa y nueve punto

setenta y cuatro (499.74) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, con la carretera estatal número novecientos ochenta y siete (987) de la comunidad; por el Sur, con la parcela número cuarenta y seis (46) de la comunidad; por el Este, con la calle número cuatro (4) de la comunidad; y por el Oeste, con la parcela número cuarenta y siete de la comunidad. Finca número 10,608, inscrita al folio 1 del tomo 262 de Fajardo, Registro de la Propiedad, Sección de Fajardo. La propiedad descrita anteriormente está afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: Por su procedencia está afecta a servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Tierras. Por sí: HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor del PORTADOR, o a su orden, por la suma de $560,000.00, respondiendo esta finca por $186,666.66, con interés al 1% sobre prime rate, y vencedero a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #195, otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, el día 10 de noviembre de 2000, ante el Notario Público Carlos J. Morales Bauzá, inscrita al folio Móvil del tomo 8 de Fajardo, inscripción 7ma. MODIFICACIÓN DE HIPOTECA: Es objeto de esta modificación la Hipoteca por $560,000.00, respondiendo esta finca por $186,666.66, que surge de la inscripción 7ma, según consta de la escritura #178, otorgada día 31 de marzo de 2003, ante el Notario Público Gary E. Biaggi Silva, inscrito al folio 105 del tomo 532 de Fajardo, inscripción 8va Abreviada.

HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de WESTERNBANK PUERTO RICO, o a su orden, por la suma de $120,000.00, respondiendo esta finca por $40,000.00, con interés al 10%, y vencedero en 30 años, según consta de la escritura #179, otorgada el día 31 de marzo de 2003, ante el Notario Público Gary E. Biaggi Silva, inscrita al folio 105 del tomo 532 de Fajardo, inscripción 8va Abreviada. De no adjudicarse la propiedad en la primera subasta, se celebrará segunda subasta en las mismas oficinas de este Alguacil, el día 14 de abril de 2021, a las 2:00 p.m. El tipo mínimo para la segunda subasta será dos terceras partes (2/3) del tipo mínimo de la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $124,444.44. De no adjudicarse la propiedad en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una tercera subasta en las mismas oficinas de este Alguacil, el día 21 de abril de 2021, a las 2:00 p.m. El tipo mínimo para la tercera subasta será la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo que se pactara para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $93,333.33. El 7 de abril de 2021, a las 2:30 p.m. se celebrará la primera subasta de la Finca 13,346. Servirá como tipo mínimo para la primera subasta la suma de $186,666.66, según pactado en la Escritura

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número 195, otorgada el día 10 de noviembre de 2000, ante el Notario Público Carlos J. Morales Bauzá.

Finca Número 13,346. RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número cuarenta y siete (47), en el plano de comunidad rural Beltrán del Barrio Sardinera del término municipal de Fajardo, con una cabida superficial de cero punto uno cero tres cero (0.1030) cuerda, equivalentes a cuatrocientos cuatro punto noventa y nueve (404.99) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, con la carretera estatal número novecientos ochenta y siete (987); por el Sur, con la parcela número cincuenta de la comunidad; por el Este, con la parcela número cuarenta y cinco de la comunidad; y por el Oeste, con la parcela número cuarenta y nueve (49) de la comunidad. Finca número 13,346, inscrita al folio 90 del tomo 310 de Fajardo, Registro de la Propiedad, Sección de Fajardo. La propiedad descrita anteriormente está afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: Por su procedencia está afecta a servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Tierras.

Por sí: HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor del PORTADOR, o a su orden, por la suma de $560,000.00, respondiendo esta finca por $186,666.66, con interés al 1% sobre prime rate, y vencedero a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #195, otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, el día 10 de noviembre de 2000, ante el Notario Público Carlos J. Morales Bauzá, inscrita al folio Móvil del tomo 11 de Fajardo, inscripción 5ta. MODIFICACIÓN DE HIPOTECA: Es objeto de esta modificación la Hipoteca por $560,000.00, respondiendo esta finca por $186,666.66, que surge de la inscripción 5ta, según consta de la escritura #178, otorgada día 31 de marzo de 2003, ante el Notario Público Gary E. Biaggi Silva, inscrito al folio 107 del tomo 532 de Fajardo, inscripción 6ta Abreviada.

HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de WESTERNBANK PUERTO RICO, o a su orden, por la suma de $120,000.00, respondiendo esta finca por $40,000.00, con interés al 10%, y vencedero en 30 años, según consta de la escritura #179, otorgada el día 31 de marzo de 2003, ante el Notario Público Gary E. Biaggi Silva, inscrita al folio 107 del tomo 532 de Fajardo, inscripción 6ta Abreviada. De no adjudicarse la propiedad en la primera subasta, se celebrará segunda subasta en las mismas oficinas de este Alguacil, el día 14 de abril de 2021, a las 2:30 p.m. El tipo mínimo para la segunda subasta será dos terceras partes (2/3) del tipo mínimo de la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $124,444.44. De no adjudicarse la propiedad en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una tercera subasta en las mismas

oficinas de este Alguacil, el día 21 de abril de 2021, a las 2:30 p.m. El tipo mínimo para la tercera subasta será la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo que se pactara para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $93,333.33. El 7 de abril de 2021, a las 3:00 p.m., se celebrará la primera subasta de la Finca 17,233. Servirá como tipo mínimo para la primera subasta de la Finca Número 17,233 la suma de $98,000.00, según pactado en la Escritura número 856, otorgada el día 12 de agosto de 2003, ante el Notario Público Gary E. Biaggi Silva. Finca Número 17,233. URBANA: Predio de terreno radicado en el Barrio Quebrada de Fajardo, compuesto de mil ciento dieciocho punto cero cero (1,118.00) metros cuadrados, en lindes por el Norte, en treinta y seis punto cero cero (36.00) metros con el solar treinta y ocho (38); por el Sur, en veinticinco punto cero cero (25.00) metros con el solar veintidós (22) y en once punto cero cero (11.00) metros con la calle “J”; por el Este, en treinta y seis punto cero cero (36.00) metros con la calle “J”, con los solares treinta y siete (37) y veintiséis (26) y por el Oeste, en treinta y nueve punto cero cero (39.00) metros con la avenida “A”. Finca número 17,233, inscrita al tomo 15 del sistema de folio móvil de Fajardo, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Fajardo. La propiedad descrita anteriormente está afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: Por su procedencia está afecta a servidumbres. Por sí: HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de WESTERNBANK, o a su orden, por la suma de $98,000.00, con interés al 10%, y vencedero a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #856, otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, el día 12 de agosto de 2003, ante el Notario Público Gary E. Biaggi Silva, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Fajardo, inscripción 2da. HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de WESTERNBANK PUERTO RICO, o a su orden, por la suma de $35,000.00, con interés al 10%, y vencedero el 31 de marzo de 2033, según consta de la escritura #862, otorgada el día 31 de agosto de 2007, ante el Notario Público Juan Carlos Ortega Torres, inscrita al folio 2289 del tomo 537 de Fajardo, inscripción 3ra Abreviada. De no adjudicarse la propiedad en la primera subasta, se celebrará segunda subasta en las mismas oficinas de este Alguacil, el día 14 de abril de 2021, a las 3:00 p.m. El tipo mínimo para la segunda subasta será dos terceras partes (2/3) del tipo mínimo de la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $65,333.33. De no adjudicarse la propiedad en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una tercera subasta en las mismas oficinas de este Alguacil, el día 21 de

abril de 2021, a las 3:00 p.m. El tipo mínimo para la tercera subasta será la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo que se pactara para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $49,000.00. Estas subastas se harán para satisfacer a la parte demandante, hasta donde alcance, el importe adeudado a TRIANGLE REO PR 2 CORP. ascendente a $775,158.79 de principal; $341,788.71 de intereses acumulados hasta su total y completo pago; $19,103.97 por concepto de “Escrow”; $96,500.00 pactados para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; para un total de $1,232,551.40 al 30 de septiembre de 2015. Las ventas en públicas subastas de las propiedades descritas anteriormente se verificarán libres de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecten dichas propiedades. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si lo hubiera, al crédito que da base a esta ejecución, continuará subsistente, entendiéndose además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables. El Alguacil procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física de los inmuebles, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. POR LA PRESENTE, se les notifica a los titulares de créditos y/o cargas registrales posteriores, si alguno, que se celebrarán las SUBASTAS en la fecha, horas y sitio anteriormente señalados, y se les invita a que concurran a dichas subastas, si les conviniere, o se les invita a satisfacer, antes del remate, el importe del crédito, sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del Acreedor ejecutante, siempre y cuando reúnan los requisitos y cualificaciones de Ley para que se pueda efectuar tal subrogación. Y PARA SU PUBLICACIÓN en el tablón de edictos de este Tribunal y en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde se celebrarán las subastas señaladas. Además, en un periódico de circulación general en dos (2) ocasiones y mediante correo certificado a la última dirección conocida de la parte demandada. EXPEDIDO el presente EDICTO DE SUBASTA en Fajardo Puerto Rico, a 21 de enero de 2021. SANDRALIZ MARTINEZ TORRES, ALGUACIL CONFIDENCIAL #737, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE FAJARDO.

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The San Juan Daily Star

February 5-7, 2021

Will the Super Bowl be decided by penalties?

By MIKE TANIER

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uper Bowl LV could be decided by penalties. And if that happens, Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will have a distinct, unsurprising and perhaps unfortunate (for the Kansas City Chiefs) advantage.

Buccaneers’ opponents were charged with 24 pass interference penalties during the regular season, the highest total since Football Outsiders began tracking the statistic in 1985. The Buccaneers benefited from 395 yards on those infractions. If pass interference were a person, it would be the Buccaneers’ sixth-most productive receiver, contributing more yardage to their passing game than tight end Cameron Brate.

Now, suggesting that Brady gets reputation-based “superstar calls” would be as sacrilegious as insinuating that Michael Jordan got away with traveling now and then or that Alex Rodríguez benefited from a narrower strike zone than the average slugger’s. Perish the thought.

A less sinister explanation of the Buccaneers’ pass interference record is that an experienced quarterback like Brady can spot defenders jostling his receivers and throw passes in their direction knowing he will get either a catch or a flag. In fact, the league-leading beneficiaries of pass interference penalties in recent seasons have indeed been wily (read: old) veterans — Philip Rivers in 2019 and 2017, Drew Brees in 2018.

Overall in the regular season, the Buccaneers were charged with 11 fewer penalties for 300 fewer yards than their opponents, the largest net differential in the NFL. The Chiefs were closer to the other end of the spectrum: They committed eight more penalties than their opponents for 159 more yards, the sixth-worst net yardage differential in the league.

The Chiefs committed 23 offensive holding penalties, the NFL’s second-highest total during a regular season in which officials called the infraction the fewest times since at least 1998. The Chiefs committed 23 false starts, tied for the third-highest figure.

Most troublingly for a team about to

Buccaneers opponents were charged with 24 pass interference calls in the regular season, the highest total since the statistic started being tracked in 1985. If pass interference were a person, it would be the Buccaneers’ sixth most productive receiver. face Brady’s Untouchables, Chiefs defenders were flagged for 15 defensive pass interference penalties, the thirdhighest total in the NFL. The Chiefs also had an unfortunate pattern of having big plays called back because of offensive infractions.

According to the NFL Game Stats and Information System, the Chiefs had 310 offensive yards nullified by penalties, the second-highest figure in the league.

A holding penalty negated a would-be touchdown in their Week 5 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders, and several Chiefs victories were narrower than they should have been because apparent touchdowns or 20-yard gains turned into 10yard losses.

The Buccaneers had just 142 yards nullified by penalties. After all, only a fiend would throw a flag that might deny our beleaguered society an opportunity to cherish one of Brady’s last memorable moments, right?

Kidding aside, officials are generally too busy making split-second interpretations of the NFL’s arcane rule book to keep track of whether the pass that tangled a defender with a receiver was thrown by a living legend or a mere mortal. Still, the Chiefs have earned a reputation as brilliant-but-scatterbrained students who lose points for forgetting to write their names atop their assignments, while Brady is so irreproachable that the teacher is more likely to believe him than the answer key.

Whether or not there’s a teensy bit of unconscious bias at play, each team’s penalty tendencies could create the perception of one-sided officiating, which could then overshadow the Super Bowl itself.

Spotty officiating has already become one of the major subplots of the 2020 postseason. The Buccaneers benefited from just one pass interference penalty in the playoffs, but it was a

whopper: A fourth-quarter call on Green Bay Packers defender Kevin King against receiver Tyler Johnson in the NFC championship game granted the Buccaneers a third-down conversion, allowing them to run out the clock. The call was appropriate — Johnson’s undershirt can clearly be seen stretching away from King’s grasp on replays — but officials in that game stopped just short of allowing defenders to take piggyback rides on receivers’ shoulders for the previous 58 minutes.

In the divisional round, the Chiefs benefited from an uncalled helmet-to-helmet hit that turned a possible Cleveland Browns touchdown into a fumble for a touchback. The no-call just happened to favor the more popular and marketable team.

The last thing the NFL wants is a repeat of Super Bowl XL, in which the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks, 21-10, with the help of some famously dubious officiating, including a touchdown call for the Steelers after a run on which Ben Roethlisberger’s helmet (but no other part of his body, nor the football) crossed the plane of the goal line on a sneak. The call added to speculation that the NFL was eager to nudge the more popular team toward victory.

The Buccaneers are, of course, hosting Super Bowl LV, where the 25,000 socially distanced fans in attendance will probably skew toward the home team. And while the Chiefs have no shortage of star power, a seventh Brady championship sure would make a compelling climax to this pandemic-stricken season.

The NFL does not fix its results, of course; if it did, the New York Jets would at least be competitive once in a while. The officials will by no means conspire to hand Super Bowl LV to Brady and the Buccaneers. But the season averages suggest that the Buccaneers could hold an edge of 40-50 yards on penalties, which would probably come in big chunks of pass interference calls and negated Chiefs touchdowns.

Should that happen, the conspiracy theorists will have plenty to talk about after the game.

The San Juan Daily Star

February 5-7, 2021

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As the tennis party in Australia begins, an uncertain year awaits

By MATTHEW FUTTERMAN

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y sheer force of will, professional tennis inched toward normalcy this week, with a flurry of events in a country that has managed to nearly smother the coronavirus.

The three tournaments and a men’s team competition called the ATP Cup, in which players compete for their countries, have turned Melbourne Park into a sea of matches with the gates open to spectators.

Hundreds of matches were scheduled this week at the tennis complex, which is on the banks of the Yarra River, just a few hundred yards down a hill from this city’s downtown.

The smaller events lead into the Australian Open, the centerpiece of the summer tennis season here, which is scheduled to begin Monday.

A stern reminder of the challenge to public health represented by the events came Wednesday when Australian Open organizers said a hotel quarantine worker had tested positive for the virus. That prompted a suspension of play Thursday and orders for all of those associated with the tennis events at the hotel to isolate in their rooms until they return a negative test.

The positive test ended a 28-day run of zero community transmission in the state of Victoria, The Age, a newspaper in Melbourne, reported. The Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, was not immediately affected, but the positive test made clear that the event — with all its planning and precaution — could be upended if more people are infected.

Before the latest setback, the word “lucky” kept flying out of the mouths of the players — lucky that their sport happens to begin its year in an isolated, island nation that decided months ago that it would do nearly anything it could to limit the spread of the coronavirus. The federal and state governments specially allowed more than a thousand people to travel from overseas for the tournament, requiring them to serve 14 days in varying degrees of lockdown to reduce the risk of bringing COVID-19 back into the community. For the players, that was the ante to compete for more than $80 million in prize money for all the events.

And yet the massive effort of holding these competitions has illuminated an unpleasant truth for a sport that normally

Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece was in action on Wednesday during his ground stage match against Alex de Minaur of Australia in the ATP Cup in Melbourne, Australia. hopscotches the globe for 11 months each year. No one knows exactly what will happen to professional tennis for the rest of 2021 when the competitions in Australia conclude at the end of the month.

The problem is that two of the main ingredients for tennis to be successful are open international borders and large crowds in big cities, neither of which are in abundance at the moment.

There are tournaments on the calendar everywhere from the Middle East to South America and Florida, but it’s anyone’s guess how they might take place, what officials in those countries will require of anyone who wants to enter their borders, or whether players will be able to travel freely in and out of their own countries.

“Everything is continuously ever-evolving,” Johanna Konta of Britain, a member of the WTA player council, said when asked recently what the rest of the year looked like

both for her and her sport. “I don’t know how it will be. I don’t know how the quarantines will be. I don’t know how things will shape up.”

As Andrea Gaudenzi, chairman of the Association of Tennis Professionals, put it Tuesday night, “We live in the now.”

Australia, though, has had its difficulties, too. After 10 people on three flights tested positive, health officials ordered 72 players into a hard 14-day lockdown. That meant players who expected to practice, train and be outside for up to five hours each day had to stay isolated in their hotel rooms even if they continued to test negative for the coronavirus.

Craig Tiley, the chief executive of Tennis Australia, held teleconferences with the players for up to two hours each day. The conversations turned combative at times and included in-depth discussions about how tennis could operate for the rest of the

year. Would France and Britain follow Australia’s lead and require similarly long quarantine periods for players as they attempt to hold the French Open and Wimbledon from late May through mid-July?

Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain, whose National Health Service has been withering under the strain of treating COVID-19 patients, has moved toward requiring 10-day hotel quarantines for people arriving from more than 20 nations where new variants of the virus pose a risk.

“I don’t think many people will come if it’s two weeks of hard lockdown,” Tiley said.

Gaudenzi, the ATP chairman, said the tours were trying to figure out how to get players from event to event while complying with national rules for international arrivals.

He said players might simply have to play less for a time. Playing in one country on a Tuesday and another the next Monday may be impossible.

Players may have to travel to one continent and remain there for two months — Europe beginning in the spring, North America in midsummer. But that carries complications for players who have families, as the tour now has a limit on how many people players can travel with.

“There is no perfect answer,” Gaudenzi said. “The key word is flexibility — and a lot of patience.”

Naomi Osaka, the three-time Grand Slam champion, said Sunday that after Australia she would not play again until the Miami Open, which is scheduled to begin in late March.

“You have to plan your tournaments more because you’re not sure what’s going to happen,” Osaka said. “That’s sort of the thought process everyone has right now.”

Many top players were looking forward to the Olympics this summer in Tokyo, where officials remain determined to press ahead. The Olympics offer a huge opportunity for tennis to be a showcase in front of casual fans, but Rafael Nadal, the 20-time Grand Slam champion, said it would be very difficult for professional tennis to combine a long quarantine for the Olympics with tour schedules.

All the players can do, he said, is follow “the people who know about the virus and about protecting the people in every single country, just follow their instructions.”

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Wayne Terwilliger dies at 95; baseball was his (long) life

By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN

W

ayne Terwilliger got his first RBI in professional baseball when he was beaned with the bases loaded in a 1948 minor league game. It was hardly an auspicious start. But he went on to become a baseball “lifer” and was still in uniform in 2010, closing out his career at age 85, a coach hitting fungoes in batting practice to minor leaguers.

Terwilliger died Wednesday at 95 at a hospice in Weatherford, Texas, near Dallas. His death was confirmed by the St. Paul Saints, a minor league affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. He had been a manager and coach for the Saints when they were an independent team.

He had been treated for bladder cancer, but the cause of death was not given.

Terwilliger spent 62 years in pro ball. A major league second baseman before becoming a coach and manager, he was devoted to his craft with no expectation that it would ever make him wealthy.

Twig, as he was known in the baseball world, managed the Fort Worth Cats to the 2005 championship of the Central League, an independent professional circuit, at age 80. He was a coach with the team for five years after that.

He didn’t come close to Connie Mack as baseball’s oldest manager. But Mack, who managed the Philadelphia Athletics for 50 years, also owned the team, so he could stick around in the dugout until he fired himself at age 87.

Terwilliger played for nine seasons in the major leagues, with five teams.

On the 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers, he backed up Jackie Robinson at second base.

“I hit .240, which I like to say would get me $1.5 million these days,” Terwilliger told the St. Paul Pioneer Press in 1998, recalling his career batting average. “I should have been a better hitter. I could turn the double play as well as anybody. But I got a break coaching and being around all these great things.”

Terwilliger was a coach under Ted

Williams when he managed the second Washington Senators franchise and its successor, the Texas Rangers, from 1969 to 1972.

He was a Rangers coach for five seasons in a second stint with the team in the 1980s, then was a coach for manager Tom Kelly of the Twins, receiving championship rings when they won the World Series in 1987 and 1991.

Terwilliger was known mostly to baseball buffs, but he garnered cameo mentions in popular culture.

In his novel “Lake Wobegon Summer 1956” (2001), Garrison Keillor told of a radio broadcaster describing a batter for the Minneapolis Millers minor league team narrowly missing a home run, then telling listeners, “Now Wayne Terwilliger comes to the plate.”

“The crowd,” he added parenthetically, “goes back to sleep.”

In her memoir “An American Childhood” (1987), Annie Dillard told how her mother became intrigued by Terwilliger’s name when the radio broadcaster for a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants said, “Terwilliger bunts one.” In the years to come, her mother turned that phrase into a private joke.

“Testing a microphone, she repeated ‘Terwilliger bunts one,’” Dillard wrote. “Testing a pen or a typewriter, she wrote it.”

Terwilliger, a self-effacing sort, reprised the Keillor and Dillard vignettes in his 2006 memoir. Its title: “Terwilliger Bunts One.” Willard Wayne Terwilliger was born June 27, 1925, in Clare, Michigan, a son of Ivan and Dorris Terwilliger.

Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Charlotte, Michigan, where his father owned a bar. He served in combat with the Marines on Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima in World War II, then played baseball for what is now Western Michigan University and signed with the Chicago Cubs in 1948.

He made his Cubs debut in August 1949, then hit .242 with 10 home runs and 13 stolen bases in 1950.

Terwilliger was traded to the Dodgers as part of a multiplayer deal in June 1951. One of his small triumphs

Wayne Terwilliger during his tenure as manager of the Fort Worth Cats. He managed the Cats to the 2005 championship of the independent Central League at age 80 and was a coach with the team for five years after that. came a month later when he got a game-winning pinch-hit single against the St. Louis Cardinals at Ebbets Field.

He long cherished a photograph that showed Jackie Robinson congratulating him on the field.

He later played for the first Washington Senators franchise, the Giants and the Kansas City Athletics.

After working as a coach in the majors, Terwilliger returned to the minors as both manager and coach for the Saints as well as the Cats. He spent only one year away from baseball in his long career, when he operated his family-owned bar in Michigan in 1974.

Terwilliger had a son, Steve, and a daughter, Marcie, from his marriage to Mary Jane Locke, which ended in divorce. He had two stepchildren, Mike and Kevin, from his marriage to his second wife, Linda. A complete list of survivors was not immediately available.

Terwilliger never lost his enthusiasm for baseball.

“With a big head on a small body and bags under his eyes, he looks like an aged Tweety Bird in a baseball uniform,” Pat Jordan wrote in The New York Times in 2001.

But as the Fort Worth Cats infielder Byron Smith told The Associated Press during the team’s 2005 championship season: “No one even thinks of him as an old guy until somebody says something.

He’s excited about being on the field and makes us young kids excited to be here.”

That same season, the Cats pitcher Logan Stout told The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi: “He’s just amazing to watch when he’s out there doing batting practice and hitting fungoes. We just all hope we can still walk when we’re 80.”

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Sudoku How to Play: Fill in the empty fields with the numbers from 1 through 9.

Sudoku Rules: Every row must contain the numbers from 1 through 9 Every column must contain the numbers from 1 through 9 Every 3x3 square must contain the numbers from 1 through 9

Crossword

Answers on page 30

Wordsearch

GAMES

HOROSCOPE Aries

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(Mar 21-April 20)

There could be times when you may not get the opportunities you feel you deserve, but this is not one of them. However, to make the most of what is on offer, you might need to attend to any intuitive nudges, especially over the next few days. If it seems you are spoilt for choice, then listening to your inner wisdom can help you choose the one that could work out best for you.

Libra

(Sep 24-Oct 23)

Even though you might know you have a natural gift or talent for something, you may have held back while others pushed forward. Today’s Quarter Moon in your sector of resources though, suggests it’s time to be more assertive and to allow yourself an equal chance to showcase your skills. If you make such a decision over coming days and act on it, much good can come from it.

Taurus

(April 21-May 21)

Scorpio

Gemini

(May 22-June 21)

Sagittarius

(Nov 23-Dec 21)

Capricorn

(Dec 22-Jan 20)

It can be true that if we want something enough, we often get it. In this instance, it may be someone you know who helps you to fulfil your dream. It might not be quite as you envisaged though, and on reflection, you could be very glad it isn’t. On another note, planets at the top of your chart can see you enjoying the limelight, which is as is should be, if you have worked for this.

Today’s angle between the Sun in your sector of belief and the Moon in your lifestyle zone, suggests that you may need to review certain decisions in the light of fresh information. This doesn’t mean that you should feel bad for not getting it right first time around, rather it shows that you have the integrity to admit that you made a mistake, which others will truly appreciate.

Cancer

(June 22-July 23)

You may reach a critical phase in a creative project, with today’s Quarter Moon suggesting that cost might be a significant factor. However, this needn’t be the end of the road, as with some thought and a little research, you could be able to find a cheaper way to continue. This lunar phase can help you reorganize your efforts so that the outcome works really well for you.

Leo

(July 24-Aug 23)

If a family member tries to convince you of something, you don’t have to buy into it, especially if their idea sounds a little dubious. As the Moon in your home zone aligns with mesmeric Neptune in your sector of deep secrets, it may be wise to look to the details, as they might have misunderstood a key issue. Indeed, today’s lunar phase suggests taking the initiative here, Leo.

Virgo

(Aug 24-Sep 23)

The opportunity to get what you want may be directly linked to your ability to tell others what you need.

With a potent lunar link in your sector of communication, you could find that asserting yourself and being very honest goes a long way to enabling you to feel good. This is your chance to delegate, and to allow others to do things for you, making a pleasant change.

(Oct 24-Nov 22)

A potent lunation in your sign Scorpio, can be an opportunity to stop what you are doing and get your bearings. This could be important if you’re reaching the end of a project and want to make sure that it will be as successful as you’d like it to be. Pausing now might help you to take stock and make sure that everything is on track before you move to complete the final details.

Head and heart may seem to be in conflict, but are they really? Sometimes the only way to know what to do regarding a situation, is to find out as much as you can about it. This might involve talking to people, gathering information, and becoming acquainted with the details. Reflecting on your feelings as well should give a complete picture, making any decisions much easier, Archer.

As the Moon in your social zone aligns with Neptune in your communication sector, someone might appreciate you taking the time to listen, especially if they are worried or anxious. Whether they are a good friend or not, you may find they can be a source of support should you ever require help. However, another association could have run its course, so don’t feel bad if it has.

Aquarius

(Jan 21-Feb 19)

Networking can be very helpful to you over the coming weeks and months, and you may learn something that could be turned to your advantage.

However, a key influence suggests that if you want to know something important, you might need to trade it for one of your own secrets. If you do, you may get the better deal, even if this is the very last thing on your mind, Aquarius.

Pisces

(Feb 20-Mar 20)

There could be times when you may not get the opportunities you feel you deserve, but this is not one of them. However, to make the most of what is on offer, you might need to attend to any intuitive nudges, especially over the next few days. If it seems you are spoilt for choice, then listening to your inner wisdom can help you choose the one that could work out best for you.

Answers to the Sudoku and Crossword on page 29

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CARTOONS

Speed Bump

Frank & Ernest

BC

Scary Gary

Wizard of Id

For Better or for Worse

Herman

Ziggy

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