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document filed in the commonwealth bankruptcy process by monoliner Ambac Assurance Corp., which insures Puerto Rico debt, shows that the U.S. commonwealth is very far from arriving at the terms of a debt settlement by the Feb. 10 deadline imposed by the federal court.

Ambac is a holding company whose subsidiaries provide financial guarantee products, including insurance on $2.5 billion in Puerto Rican debt, plus $8 billion in additional exposure for interest due on the bonds.

In a recent court document, Ambac, which is battling to obtain discovery to ascertain the cash capacity of the commonwealth, said arguments by the federal Financial Oversight and Management Board objecting to the discovery should be overruled, but suggested there would be litigation to contest the plan of adjustment.

“The [oversight] Board admits that it intends to rely on the most up-to-date version of the cash restriction analysis in the forthcoming ‘contested plan of adjustment’ litigation,” Ambac said. “Given this admission, the Board’s suggestion that creditors are entitled to discovery only into raw data on cash restrictions (and not into the Board’s analysis of them) is meritless.”

Ambac filed the motion because the oversight board flatly refused during a meet-and-confer process to produce any documents. The board is asking the court to rule categorically that no process documents should be produced and that a Rule 2004 request be denied. Rule 2004 provides the basic discovery mechanism in bankruptcy outside the context of a specific litigated dispute.

Ambac is seeking discovery on the commonwealth’s assets since October 2019. More specifically, Ambac Is seeking information concerning the commonwealth cash restriction analysis. While the island government has some $20 billion in bank accounts, it has said a huge portion of the bank accounts are restricted in their use. Ambac has said it wants to evaluate the analysis to determine whether the restriction in some of the bank accounts is justified.

Ambac also requested recently to conduct thirdparty discovery of Milliman, which has worked for at least 13 years as adviser to Puerto Rico’s pension systems, in order to ascertain if the government is telling the truth that there are $50 billion in pension liabilities.

In its role as the commonwealth’s actuarial consultant for over 13 years, Milliman conducts annual valuations of the commonwealth’s pension liability.

The analysis is published in a valuation report, which is the single source relied on by the oversight board for the pension obligation amounts included in the Commonwealth Fiscal Plan. Understanding Milliman’s analysis is critical to any assessment of the amounts available for debt service included in the Commonwealth Fiscal Plan. Over the past three years, Ambac says, it has “diligently sought information from the [oversight board] and from the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority concerning the Milliman actuarial valuation reports.”

After numerous meetings and confers, the government parties have maintained that they are not in possession of key information needed to understand Milliman’s analysis, and refuse to obtain the relevant information from Milliman for production to Ambac, the holding company said.

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Resident commissioner commits new term in U.S. Congress to lifting ‘children and families out of poverty’ Will file pro-statehood bill to ‘guarantee access to federal aid programs’

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

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ealth, equality and economic development remain top priorities for Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón as she begins her second fouryear term in the U.S. Capitol.

In an interview with the STAR, González Colón said after being sworn in for her third twoyear term in the 117th Congress on Sunday that, as part of her commitment to fighting poverty on the island, she has filed bipartisan measures to boost local economic development.

Among the bills González Colón has filed to date in Congress is the Child Tax Credit Equity for Puerto Rico Act of 2019, which modifies the rules for the refundable portion of the child tax credit to allow Puerto Rico resident to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit on the same basis as U.S. taxpayers, and let residents with one or two children claim the refundable portion of the credit on the same basis as residents with three or more children.

“This is an issue that goes directly into people’s pockets,” the resident commissioner said. “It is an economic development goal, but, more than that, it is a measure to get children and families out of poverty, so we filed that bill in a bipartisan manner with Rep. Darren Soto (D-Fla.).”

Another bill filed by González Colón was the Earned Income Tax Credit Act, which she said is “another benefit that goes straight to the taxpayer’s pocket” as it guarantees “income from the work credit the person has, rather than the person who is not working.”

The resident commissioner noted that since Puerto Rico does not receive that credit, its approval would imply “a measure of economic development and [would] lift families out of poverty.”

Other bills that González Colón will introduce in Congress include one to change the Nutritional Assistance Program (known in Puerto Rico as PAN, by its Spanish acronym) on the island to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, widely known as SNAP, which is the assistance program the states have, the resident commissioner said.

“The [PAN] formula is different as we receive much less [funding for nutritional aid],” she said.

The legislation will also seek to include islanders in the Supplemental Security Income Program, which is a federal program designed to help the elderly and people with disabilities who have little or no income, and provides cash to meet basic needs.

González Colón said that through bipartisan effort “[w]e are going to be establishing a bill of equality, a statehood bill based on the November electoral mandate, where the absolute majority of the island voted in favor of statehood for Puerto Rico,” to “guarantee access to federal programs and assure the right to vote” in the presidential elections.

When the STAR asked the resident commissioner how she expects to persuade Congress with the recent statehood plebiscite, given that it had only 54% of voter participation, González Colón replied that the reduction in electoral participation had much to do with around 200,000 to 300,000 prospective voters moving out of Puerto Rico after hurricanes Irma and Maria, the earthquakes that struck the southern part of the island and the COVID-19 pandemic.

“In American politics, what counts are the voters who went to the polling stations, not the ones who stayed in their homes,” she said.

“Numbers are always made based on how many people voted, not based on what could have been or what did not,” the resident commissioner added. “Yes for statehood had more votes than any political party, than any political candidate, and that’s the greatest consensus, which means that people who were not NPP [from the pro-statehood New Progressive Party], who did not vote for [Gov. Pedro] Pierluisi and yet voted for statehood, who did not vote for me, but they voted for statehood; this should be a source of reflection and respect for the people’s will that this is the road that people want to follow.”

According to the State Elections Commission, Yes for Statehood obtained 655,505 votes in the November general elections, which adds up to 52.52%.

Meanwhile, the STAR asked if the events that took place last Wednesday, when insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol spurred on by President Donald Trump’s repeated insistence that the presidential elections were rigged, would

affect the NPP’s statehood agenda, González Colón said that “the ruling for statehood is much larger than the NPP, it is an island ruling, and it is what was reflected at the polling stations.”

“Yesterday [Wednesday] was a coup [attempt], an insurrection that tried to take power by hand, by force,” she said. “I condemn that and I hope that the people who were involved in this will be charged. Thankfully, Vice President Mike Pence behaved like a statesman as he recognized the election results and closed that chapter with the certification of Joe Biden’s victory as president-elect. It would have been nefarious if it had been the other way around, but this also teaches us how vulnerable institutions can be if we don’t protect them with the vote, if we don’t protect them from people who want to take over.”

Regarding economic development legislation, González Colón said she will be filing tax incentive measures for manufacturers and pharmaceuticals, which she referred to as “vital at a time when we must ensure the supply of medical products, and research and development for these products nationwide, and that Puerto Rico is inserted into this discussion.”

Under such a bill the island would receive “credit per employee, credit per product, a credit for the depreciation and amortization of property, and goods and services,” she said.

Meanwhile, other bills the resident commissioner says she intends to file involve making Puerto Rico’s rum rebate permanent, creating an enduring air cargo hub, including the island in Medicaid programs based on socioeconomic indicators and formulas used in the mainland United States, providing access to broadband internet, and the In-Time Exchange Act, which González Colón said would be an amendment to the federal Internal Revenue Code to allow credits for real estate sold in other states.

“Instead of paying taxes, it is possible to invest in a property, whether it is residential, industrial, or commercial,” she said.

“In the [previous] four-year team, we fulfilled the acquisition of the largest sum of

federal funds in Puerto Rico’s history, but we can’t stop here,” she added. “I will always put Puerto Rico first.”

As for president-elect Joe Biden and the current Congress, where the Senate will be under a Democratic Party majority following Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff’s victories in the Georgia run-off elections, González Colón said she was already in conversations with Biden’s transition committee on the island’s economic affairs.

“I will work hand-in-hand with the new administration because what matters here is Puerto Rico, and I will always put Puerto Rico first,” she said.

As for the chances for another stimulus package amid resurging coronavirus infections, González Colón told the STAR that chances were high as Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who is poised to become the new majority leader, is advancing legislation to augment the payment of $600 to $2,000.

As for other measures, the resident commissioner announced that Puerto Rico will receive $183,823,862 to support efforts in the administration of COVID-19 tests and $28,857,749 for vaccinations, for a total of $212,681,611 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

She said she had anticipated that, within the coronavirus assistance package passed by Congress and converted to the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act in December, “there were funds for the purchase and distribution of vaccines, as well as for assisting states with coronavirus testing.”

Meanwhile, González Colón said, the island will also receive $125 million from the federal Department of Education to help both public and private schools open campuses and create the conditions to begin safe on-site classes.

The funds are allocated to the governor’s office in each state, and not to the Department of Education, under the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER Fund). The fund has two components, a line item of $21,829,617 that will go directly to GEER, while the remaining $104,161,180 will be for private school assistance.

The allocation is intended to assist with activities related to the safe reopening of schools, continuing instruction, and treatment of learning loss. The activities include cleaning educational facilities, obtaining personal protective equipment, improving ventilation systems, and training and professional development to assist educators in implementing new safety practices.

Funding is provided under the 2021 Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act.

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Governor spotlights reconstruction of island’s southwest

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

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t Saturday’s swearing-in ceremony forYauco Mayor Ángel Luis Torres Ortiz, Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia insisted on the reconstruction of Puerto Rico’s southwest region, which was hit hard by last year’s earthquakes.

“Our enemies, and you, here, know it well, the enemies are earthquakes, lack of decent and safe housing, flooding problems, condemned properties, damaged infrastructure, and closed businesses,” Pierluisi said. “Against those enemies, Luigi and I are going to work together to make reconstruction better and thus give Yaucanos the quality of life that they deserve.”

Designated Secretary of State Larry Seilhamer Rodrí-

guez said “reconstruction begins with Y for Yauco and not with A for the [San Juan] metropolitan area.”

“It also begins with G for Guayanilla, M for Maricao, S for Sabana Grande, P for Peñuelas and G for Guánica,” the mayor said at the beginning of his message. “We need help … from the impact of the earthquakes.”

Among the important projects that will begin development in the coming months are the construction of 30 houses for those affected by the earthquakes, the reconstruction of Ovidio Millino Park at a cost of $8.7 million and the construction of two bridges: one on PR Highway 2 that connects the town with the Cambalache community, and another in the Diego Hernández neighborhood.

“I am committed to a good government that is accessible to our people” the mayor said. “We will rebuild the service center integrated into the city center and begin a comprehensive plan to rebuild recreational facilities. In addition, we will begin the improvements to the community aqueduct in La Montaña sector, in the Río Prieto neighborhood. It is time for them to have a system that serves them well in a basic service.”

Torres Ortiz said he intends to work with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture so that the urban area of Yauco is declared a historic district and several museums can be rebuilt. He added that he aims to create a consortium among mayors of southwestern municipalities to expedite projects related to earthquakes and facilitate better use of resources.

“It will be a year of harvests, of leaving behind regrets and sadness,” he said. “It was tough, but we stayed on our feet.”

PDP electoral commissioner leaves electoral dispute in hands of Senate candidate

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

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opular Democratic Party (PDP) Electoral Commissioner Gerardo Cruz Maldonado said over the weekend that he is leaving it in the hands of Hill Román Abreu, the PDP Senate candidate for District 7 (Humacao), to continue pursuing the legal challenge of the election result that gave the seat to New Progressive Party (NPP) candidate Wanda Soto.

“After analyzing the acts that were delivered to us yesterday afternoon, we did not exceed the votes necessary for [PDP] candidate Hill Román Abreu to defeat Senator Wanda Soto in the Senate District of Humacao,” Cruz Maldonado said Saturday.

“The initial correction of those acts had the potential to add 62 net votes in favor of our candidate, Hill Román, compared to the disclosure as of December 31, 2020, thus ending with a 20-vote advantage over the NPP candidate.”

“The original claims we made to correct the disclosure of results were in the Humacao, Maunabo and San Lorenzo precincts,” Cruz Maldonado added. “In the latter case, it was an unjustified alteration of the acts, which raised suspicions that motivated our office to carry out a full investigation. However, in fairness, we have to recognize that in the Naguabo Precinct 095, an act was duplicated that gave the New Progressive Party

candidate 54 net votes against Hill Román. That single act will have the effect of favoring the NPP candidate.”

After the count for the Humacao senatorial district was over, Soto had defeated Román Abreu by 42 votes. If the acts are corrected as requested, Soto’s advantage would be reduced to 34 votes, Cruz Maldonado noted.

“Obviously I am not satisfied at all with these results, but we are hours before the start of the next Legislative Assembly,”

Cruz Maldonado said in a written statement. “We did NOT receive all the documents we were interested in and the reality is that we do not have more time to continue investigating this matter. I leave it in the hands of the PDP candidate to decide whether he is interested in continuing the investigation in any other forum. As far as the SEC [State Elections Commission] is concerned, this is final.”

Soto was sworn in on Jan. 2 as senator from the Humacao District.

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PREB to review 10-year infrastructure plan PREPA submitted to FEMA

By THE STAR STAFF

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he Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB), the island’s energy regulator, will hold a technical conference today to determine if the 10-year infrastructure plan submitted last month by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is in alignment with the utility’s integrated resource plan.

The investigation comes as the relationship between PREPA and LUMA Energy is becoming increasingly strained.

LUMA Energy and the Public Private Partnerships (P3) Authority signed an agreement in June for the private firm to operate PREPA’s transmission and distribution (T&D) system.

Besides delays in payments, LUMA Energy has complained that it was given little participation in the development of the 10-year infrastructure plan, which follows FEMA’s approval of $12 billion for the utility for repairs last year.

“LUMA is also very concerned with the misalignment of PREPA as it relates to the obligations under the [Operations and Maintenance Agreement] including delays in payment to LUMA,” the operator said in documents.

PREPA Executive Director Efran Paredes Maisonet said in documents filed with the PREB that LUMA participated in more than 20 meetings during which the 10-year plan was discussed. However, he noted that during the frontend transition period, PREPA is responsible for the T&D system’s operations.

“Furthermore, the 10-year plan is now completed and it was sent to LUMA on December 6,” Paredes said.

The strain in the relationship between PREPA and LUMA

became evident after PREPA’s board agreed at its December meeting that it would not pay LUMA for variable expenses unless the back-up documentation justifying them was submitted, regardless of any determinations made by the P3 Authority, which is the manager of the LUMA contract.

PREPA has paid the fixed fees required by the contract so far but has not yet paid the $32 million that LUMA has charged in expenses incurred since September, including salaries of executives.

However, it appears that now PREB wants to intervene.

The regulator said that in December it became aware of the 10-year plan posted in the utility’s website and decided to investigate it. The PREB convened a technical conference for today and ordered Paredes as well as the project manager, Fernando Padilla, to appear.

Meanwhile, both the island House and Senate are slated to investigate everything related to the LUMA Energy contract. Recently, documents from the federal Financial Oversight and Management Board showed that PREPA requires $894 million from the bankrupt government to execute the contract with LUMA Energy because the utility only has $10 million. The funding is needed to avoid rate hikes.

School cafeterias to reopen today

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

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esignated Education Secretary Elba Aponte Santos reminded the public Sunday that starting today, school cafeterias in Puerto Rico will begin to prepare and distribute food for all minors from age 1 up to 18 years old.

The resumption of the preparation and distribution of school lunches comes after the agency received in December a dispensation from the federal Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service to extend until June the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), which is traditionally offered during the months of June and July, and that is extended to all children and youth on the island.

The extension was necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, due to the holiday administrative recess in the academic calendar for school personnel, the SFSP was not offered from Dec. 23 to Jan. 8, the day they were supposed to report to their work centers.

Aponte Santos said in a written statement that all minors between one and 18 years old can benefit, whether or not they are enrolled in the public education system and it is not necessary to sign up on a list in advance.

“I urge all families to make the best use of this benefit,” she said. “With this program we help alleviate hunger and the difficulties faced by many families due to the pandemic. I remind you that it is not necessary to take minors [with you] to pick up food.”

As for the school lunch distribution schedules, Aponte Santos stressed that they are established by the school communities and recommended that parents communicate with school directors to find out more about them.

“I appreciate the commitment of food service professionals who work tirelessly for the nutrition of our children and youth,” the designated Education secretary said, noting that the agency will be conducting various alternatives in order to increase participation so that more minors can benefit.

“Their commitment has been central to the management of this emergency and continues to be of vital importance as we come out of this crisis.”

On a daily basis, more than 50,000 minors receive a ration of food made by school cafeteria employees and selected from a balanced menu prepared by Education Department nutritionists.

According to a press release from the agency, since May of last year, 2,844,923 lunch servings have been distributed from island school cafeterias.

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Major technology companies join list of Biden inaugural donors

By ERIC LIPTON and KENNETH P. VOGEL

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ajor technology companies like Google and Microsoft, as well as telecommunications giants like Comcast and Verizon, are among the nearly 1,000 people and groups that have donated at least $200 to the committee organizing President-elect Joe Biden’s scaled-back inauguration celebration this month.

The donor list, released Saturday evening by the committee, was filled mostly with individual donors, including major givers to Democrats such as Arthur Blank, the owner of the Atlanta Falcons; Richard Blum, the husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California; and Donald Sussman, a hedge fund mogul.

The inaugural committee did not list any of the amounts that these 959 donors had given as of Dec. 31, the end of the period covered in the voluntary disclosure.

The actual donor amounts may not be known until 90 days after the inauguration when the committee will be required under law to disclose the names and amounts of all donations over $200. There are no legal limitations on how much a donor can give to an inaugural committee, but Biden’s committee voluntarily limited contributions by individuals to $500,000 and by corporations to $1 million.

Many of the major corporations that traditionally make large contributions to inauguration events are missing. Some have explained that they are not going to donate given that the event will largely be virtual because of the pandemic. Others have said they are focusing their donations on helping people affected by economic downturn caused by coronavirus.

But the technology and telecommunications industries, a major source of cash for Biden’s campaign and the groups supporting it, are well represented on the list, with donations also coming from Qualcomm, a semiconductor and software company based in California, and Charter Communications, a cable company.

Google was included on the list because it provided online security protections without charge to the inaugural committee, said José Castañeda, a Google spokesman.

Other corporate donations came from the Enterprise Holdings political action committee, which is associated with the company that owns the Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car brands.

Health care companies also are prominent on the list, including Anthem Inc., the health insurance giant, MedPoint Management, which provides management services to physicians groups, and Masimo Corp., a maker of electronic patient monitoring devices.

Boeing Co., the aerospace and military contracting giant, is also listed as a donor.

The Biden team prohibited donations from the oil, gas and coal industries and registered lobbyists.

Labor unions including American Federation of

Preparation for the inauguration at the Capitol this week. Details on the inauguration schedule still have not been released, and planning for the event has also been affected by the storming of the Capitol.

Teachers, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the United Food and Commercial Workers union made contributions.

There was also a sprinkling of celebrities on the list — as was the case with Biden’s presidential campaign — including Barbra Streisand.

A spokesman for the inauguration declined to comment when asked Saturday how much in total Biden’s committee had raised.

The fundraising effort is likely to pale in comparison to the record $107 million raised four years ago by Trump for his inauguration, with donations of as much as $5 million from major supporters like Sheldon Adelson, a casino executive and major Republican donor.

Biden has urged his supporters not to travel to Washington for the inauguration Jan. 20, because outside of the swearing-in ceremony, there will be few large-scale in-person events.

Details on the inauguration schedule still have not been released, and planning for the event has also been affected by the storming of the Capitol on Wednesday by Trump supporters in an outbreak of violence that stirred concerns about security around the swearing-in ceremony.

Organizers have said the inaugural festivities will

include a “virtual concert” with some big-name performers, a ceremony to remember people killed by the coronavirus and a virtual event similar to the elaborate roll-call held at the Democratic National Committee last year, which included short videos from all 57 states and territories.

But the inauguration committee has still tried to pull in large donations by offering an array of unusual perks.

Corporations that contribute $1 million and individuals that contribute $500,000 will receive an invitation to a virtual event with Joe Biden and Jill Biden, the future first lady, along with a photo, as well as a similar event with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff.

The fundraising effort is continuing, with the committee sending a solicitation to donors Saturday night shortly after it released the preliminary list of donors.

“Our team is creating a new style of inauguration that integrates traditional elements with creative programming and local events across the country — which is why we’re reaching out today,” reads the fundraising email, which was targeted to recipients in different parts of the country.

The committee, according to the email, wants “to make sure we have strong representation across the country as part of our inauguration grass-roots donors program.”

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Georgia officials reveal third Trump call seeking to influence election results

By RICHARD FAUSSET

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ore than a week before President Donald Trump called Georgia’s secretary of state, pressuring him to “find” votes to help overturn his electoral loss, the president made another call, this one to a top Georgia elections investigator, in which he asked the investigator to “find the fraud” in the state.

The earlier phone call, which Trump made in late December, was first reported by The Washington Post on Saturday. The contents of the Post report were verified by a state elections official who requested anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak about the matter.

In the December call, Trump said the investigator would be a “national hero” for finding evidence of fraud.

The call occurred as Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office was conducting an audit of more than 15,000 ballots in Cobb County, a populous suburb of Atlanta that was formerly a Republican stronghold but voted against Trump in both 2016 and 2020.

The audit appeared to be an effort to placate Trump and his allies, who repeatedly, and baselessly, argued that he lost the election in Georgia by around 12,000 votes because of a “rigged” system. The president also repeatedly alleged that there were problems with the signature-matching system by which elections officials in the state verify the identity of absentee voters.

Election workers during the Fulton County ballot recount in Atlanta on Nov. 14, 2020.

On Dec. 29, the office of Raffensperger, a Republican, announced that the audit had found no evidence of fraud.

The new details about the president’s personal pressure campaign on Georgia officials comes as Democrats in the House of Representatives announced their plans to introduce an article of impeachment against the president for “willfully inciting violence against the government of the United States,” a reference to the pro-Trump mob that violently attacked the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Trump is also facing growing calls to resign, while his Cabinet is under pressure to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove him from office.

A number of legal scholars have said that Trump’s call to Raffensperger, in which the president seemed to vaguely threaten Raffensperger with “a criminal offense,” may have violated state and federal laws prohibiting election interference, although some have also said it may be difficult for prosecutors to pursue the matter.

Earlier in December, Trump made a third call, this one to Gov. Brian Kemp, urging him to call a special session of the Georgia legislature in hopes that lawmakers would overturn the election results.

Kemp and Raffensperger have rejected all of Trump’s efforts to get them to help him overturn the election results, even though both are conservative Republicans and Trump supporters. Trump has publicly attacked both men, spreading a baseless conspiracy theory about Raffensperger’s brother and promising that he would back a candidate in the Republican primary to challenge Kemp, who is up for reelection next year.

In a television interview on Monday, Raffensperger was asked if his office would open an investigation into the president’s phone call with him. He replied that because he had been on the Jan. 2 call, he might have a conflict of interest and suggested instead that such an investigation might be in the works by the Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis.

A spokesman for Willis recently said that no investigation had been opened. But Willis, in a statement released last week, did not rule out the possibility and called the news of the president’s call to Raffensperger “disturbing.”

Man with assault rifle charged with threatening Pelosi, officials say

By MICHAEL LEVENSON

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man who had an assault rifle was charged with threatening Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker, after he traveled to Washington for the pro-Trump rally Wednesday and sent a text message saying he would put “a bullet in her noggin on Live TV,” the federal authorities said.

Federal agents said the man, Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr., had been staying at a Holiday Inn in Washington and had weapons in his camper-style trailer, including a Glock handgun, a pistol, a Tavor X95 assault rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

Meredith was charged with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce, possession of an unregistered firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition, according to court records.

The Department of Justice said Friday that he was one of 13 people who had been charged in federal court after a violent pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol on Wednesday and disrupted Congress as it was certifying the results of the presidential election.

Those charged included conspiracy theorists, Proud Boys, elected officials and everyday Americans.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Meredith had erected a billboard in 2018 in Acworth, Georgia, that read, “#QANON” along with the name of his business, Car Nutz Car Wash.

The QAnon conspiracy theory, which the FBI has labeled a potential domestic terrorism threat, accuses Democrats and some Republicans of being beholden to a cabal of bureaucrats, pedophiles and Satanists. Many followers believe that President Donald Trump is secretly battling a criminal band of sex traffickers.

Meredith told The Journal-Constitution in 2018 that he had put up the QAnon billboard because he was “a patriot among the millions who love this country.”

Meredith, whose current hometown was unavailable, told federal agents that he had been traveling from Colorado and had arrived too late for Wednesday’s rally in Washington.

“I’m trying but currently stuck in Cambridge, OH with trailer lights being fixed,” he wrote in one text message, according to the FBI. In another text message, accompanied by a purple devil emoji, he said he had “a ton of 5.56 armor piercing ammo.”

In other text messages, he referred to Pelosi with misogynistic slurs and threatened to run her over, the FBI said.

“I predict that within 12 days, many in our country will die,” Meredith wrote, according to the FBI.

A man sent a text message threatening the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, saying he would put “a bullet in her noggin on Live TV,” federal officials said.

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Trump’s legacy: Voters who reject democracy and any politics but their own

By TRIP GABRIEL

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he sight of a violent mob inspired by President Donald Trump smashing its way into the Capitol was more than just a shocking spectacle. It also highlighted one of the most dangerous parts of Trump’s legacy: the disbelief in democracy that has metastasized among many of his supporters.

While the turmoil Wednesday has divided Republican officials, with some resigning or calling for Trump to leave office and others rallying behind him, there are few signs of division among these voters who fervently back Trump. In lengthy interviews with some of them this past week, they expressed sympathy with what they said were the motives of the mob: to stop the counting of Electoral College results in Congress, under the false premise that widespread fraud had deprived the president of reelection.

The adherence of Trump’s base to his groundless claims of a “sacred landslide” victory and their rejection of a routine Constitutional process — a position abetted by 147 congressional Republicans who objected to certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s election — suggests that a core part of the Republican Party, both voters and some officials, is dead-set on rejecting the legitimacy of any politics or party but their own.

“Yes, they’re raising Cain,’’ Candy Grossi, a retired apartment manager and a self-published author in Georgia, said of her fellow Trump supporters as rioters breached the Capitol, offering a running commentary on what she was seeing on television.

“We are fed up. There are so many people fed up with how crooked it is,” she said. “I really don’t have respect for our Congress anymore. They deep-sixed the president. It’s the first time in history I’ve seen one’s own party treat their president the way they did. It’s shameful.’’

Grossi, 65, said she did not condone the violence in the Capitol, which left an officer and a rioter dead. But she shared the mob’s rage over what she, and they, falsely called a stolen election, and their powerlessness to stop Biden’s presidency.

“People are tired,’’ she said. “It doesn’t seem to matter what we do.”

In the interviews, Trump supporters adamantly clung to what they called evidence of a fraudulent election, engaged in so-called whataboutism to play down the scenes of destruction in Washington and accused the news media of being overly

melodramatic in describing events as a historic inflection.

Mitchell Hoyt, a Trump voter in Wisconsin, objected when a reporter referred to the “storming” of the Capitol.

“The people didn’t show up with guns trying to overthrow the government, but the media likes to spin it that way,’’ he said. Although he said he believed that the break-in and vandalism at the Capitol were “not a good representation of conservatism in this country,” he added, “I don’t think those people should be demonized. They’re angry, and when people don’t think they have a voice that can be heard, stuff like this happens.”

Hoyt, a commercial producer of maple syrup in northern Wisconsin, claimed the mainstream news media and the left used a double standard in what he called uncritical coverage last year of the protests over police killings of Black Americans that included episodes of burning and looting.

“It’s not palatable,’’ he said. “People are not going to accept it.”

Since Trump first ran for president more than five years ago, his critics have been predicting that one or another of his norm-shattering acts would send droves of his supporters fleeing. It has never happened.

The interviews with Trump voters suggest that even his assault on the most bedrock norm of American democracy — the peaceful transition of power — may still not bring about mass defections.

For these voters, the lack of allegiance to small “d” democratic values seemed to stem, in part, from the shift among many Republicans to imbibing information from sources that offer propaganda rather than news and facts. The share of Republicans who trust the mass media has plunged in the Trump years to 10%, according to Gallup. A majority of Republicans believe that Trump was robbed of the election.

Hoyt praised The Epoch Times, a leading purveyor of right-wing misinformation, because “they just give you the facts of what’s happening.” For Grossi, One America News Network, the far-right channel that spreads conspiracy theories, is the only information source she trusts. She also follows QAnon, the baseless conspiracy movement that links top Democrats to child sex trafficking.

But she is also fed up with most elected Republicans.

“All of them were anti-Trump — except for the American public,’’ she said.

On Friday, at Ronald Reagan National

Members of a pro-Trumb mob clash with police at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan 6, 2021. The mob attack on the Capitol, and interviews with Trump voters this week, show that the president’s subversion of democratic values will have enduring influence within the Republican Party.

Airport in Washington, a group of die-hard Trump supporters yelled “traitor” and “liar” at Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., for failing to more aggressively back the president’s claims of a rigged election.

Another likely factor that leads to delegitimizing political opponents among Trump supporters is the scorched-earth attacks on Democratic candidates during elections.

Most recently, Biden and his vice presidential running mate, Kamala Harris, were falsely tied to “socialism” and the most far-left positions on energy policy and health care.

Eileen Lelich, a retired dental assistant in western Pennsylvania, disagreed that the storming of the Capitol was an “insurrection incited by the president,’’ as Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, described it.

“I wouldn’t say that,’’ said Lelich, who called herself a staunch backer of the president. “The Trump supporters are Trump supporters. They want answers. They want to know what happened” with the election.

Despite more than 60 court cases dismissing the president’s claims of fraud or misconduct by election officials, Lelich did not believe that Biden had won her state.

She credulously absorbed the Republican attacks on the Democratic ticket, in which Biden was portrayed as doddering and Harris as a left-wing extremist.

“Biden’s not a bad guy; he’s a good person,’’ Lelich, 60, said. “But if Kamala Harris takes over, I don’t know what’s going to happen. I’m very worried about our world.

I don’t want to go into socialism.’’

Some members of the president’s base said they would view Biden as illegitimately occupying the Oval Office, a further polarization of Americans after years when some Democrats questioned or denied Trump’s legitimacy. In the view of many Trump supporters, the president was never given a chance to govern; he was besieged from day one by claims of Russian collusion, fierce obstruction of his priorities and, ultimately, an impeachment.

“If they do get Joe Biden sworn in, I think we’re in for a very turbulent time because I don’t think many people are going to accept it,’’ said Jacob Hanna, a Trump supporter in northeast Pennsylvania. “We had dead people voting, illegal aliens voting, and we’re supposed to sit here and say he’s a legitimate president; it’s just not right.’’

Robert Fuller of Georgia remained so furious about the election that he foresaw an America casting off from its deepest moorings.

“We’ll be lucky if we still have a country left after this,’’ he said, citing false claims of election fraud that the president had ranted about over the weekend on a recorded call to Georgia’s top election official, a Republican.

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Amazon, Apple and Google cut off Parler, an app that drew Trump supporters

A rally by supporters of President Trump in Washington on Nov. 14 to protest the election results.

By JACK NICAS and DAVEY ALBA

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arler, a social network that pitches itself as a “free speech” alternative to Twitter and Facebook, is suffering from whiplash.

Over the past several months, Parler has become one of the fastest-growing apps in the United States. Millions of President Donald Trump’s supporters have flocked to it as Facebook and Twitter increasingly cracked down on posts that spread misinformation and incited violence, including muzzling Trump by removing his accounts this past week.

By Saturday morning, Apple listed Parler as the No. 1 free app for its iPhones.

But, by Saturday night, Parler was fighting for its life.

First, Apple and Google removed the app from their app stores because they said it had not sufficiently policed its users’ posts, allowing too many that encouraged violence and crime. Then, late Saturday, Amazon told Parler it would boot the company from its web-hosting service Sunday night because of repeated violations of Amazon’s rules.

Amazon’s move meant that Parler’s entire platform would soon go offline unless it was able to find a new hosting service Sunday.

“Big tech really wants to kill competition,” John Matze, Parler’s chief executive, said in a text message. “And I have a lot of work to do in the next 24 hours to make sure everyone’s data is not permanently deleted off the internet.”

A day earlier, Parler appeared poised to capitalize on growing anger at Silicon Valley in conservative circles and was even a logical choice to become Trump’s next megaphone after he was kicked off Twitter. Now its future is looking bleak.

In a letter to Parler on Saturday, Amazon said that it had sent the company 98 examples of posts on its site that encouraged violence and that many remained active. “It’s clear that Parler does not have an effective process to comply with” Amazon’s rules, the company said in the letter.

Amazon “provides technology and services to customers across the political spectrum, and we continue to respect Parler’s right to determine for itself what content it will allow on its site. However, we cannot provide services to a customer that is unable to effectively identify and remove content that encourages or incites violence against others.”

On Friday, Apple gave Parler 24 hours to clean up its app or face removal from its App Store. Parler appeared to take down some posts over that period, but Saturday, Apple told the company its measures were inadequate. “We have always supported diverse points of view being represented on the App Store, but there is no place on our platform for threats of violence and illegal activity,” Apple said in a statement.

“This is very huge,” Amy Peikoff, Parler’s policy chief, told Fox News after Apple gave its warning Friday. Without access to the App Store, she said, “we’re toast.”

Several Parler executives accused the tech companies’

moves as being politically motivated and anticompetitive.

Matze pointed to the fact that Twitter had recently promoted the phrase “Hang Mike Pence” as a trending topic.

(The majority of the discussion on Twitter was about rioters chanting the phrase about the vice president Wednesday.)

“I have seen no evidence Apple is going after them,” Matze said. “This would appear to be an unfair double standard as every other social media site has the same issues, arguably on a worse scale.”

The actions against Parler were part of a wider crackdown by tech companies on Trump and some of his most extreme supporters after Wednesday’s deadly riot in Washington. But unlike Twitter and Facebook, which make decisions about the content that appears on their own sites, Amazon, Apple and Google weighed in on how another company was operating.

BuzzFeed News first reported Amazon’s decision to pull its support for Parler.

If Parler is able to find a provider and resume its service, it will still have an uphill journey to find new users without a place in the major app stores. Apple’s decision blocks iPhone owners from downloading the Parler app. People who already have the app will still be able to use it — if it comes back online — but their versions of the app will soon become obsolete as Apple updates the iPhone software.

Google cut Parler out of its flagship Android app store, but it also allows apps to be downloaded from elsewhere, meaning Android users would still be able to find the Parler app, just with a bit more work. If Parler finds a new webhosting provider, its website would also be available via web browsers on phones and computers.

After Apple had given the company 24 hours to improve its moderation to avoid removal from the App Store, it appeared that Parler had tried to remove some posts that seemed to call for violence.

For instance, L. Lin Wood, a lawyer who had sued to overturn Trump’s election loss, posted on Parler on Thursday morning, “Get the firing squad ready. Pence goes FIRST.” The post was viewed at least 788,000 times, according to a screenshot on the Internet Archive. By Saturday morning, the post had been removed.

In a text message, Matze said the post had been removed “in compliance with Parler’s terms of service and rules against incitement of violence.”

In a notice to Parler on Saturday, Apple said that it had “continued to find direct threats of violence and calls to incite lawless action” on the app. Apple told the company its app would not be allowed on the App Store until “you have demonstrated your ability to effectively moderate and filter the dangerous and harmful content on your service.”

In an interview, Jeffrey Wernick, Parler’s chief operating officer, blamed “a cancel culture” at the tech companies for his company’s dimming prospects. He said he would advise other platforms not to try to compete on Apple’s App Store. “Because if you raise money and get investors and end up like Parler, what’s the point?” he said.

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In silencing Trump, two tech giants show where power now lies

By KEVIN ROOSE

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n the end, two billionaires from California did what legions of politicians, prosecutors and power brokers had tried and failed to do for years: They pulled the plug on President Donald Trump.

Twitter’s decision to permanently suspend Trump’s account on Friday “due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” after a decision a day earlier by Facebook to ban the president at least through the end of his term, was a watershed moment in the history of social media. Both companies had spent years defending Trump’s continued presence on their platforms, only to change course days before the end of his presidency.

Why these companies’ CEOs — Jack Dorsey of Twitter and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook — decided to act now is no mystery. They have been under pressure for years to hold Trump accountable, and that pressure intensified enormously this past week, as everyone from Michelle Obama to the companies’ own employees called for a permanent ban in the wake of Wednesday’s deadly Capitol riot.

These companies, corporate autocracies masquerading as mini-democracies, often portray their moderation decisions as the results of a kind of formulaic due process, as if “don’t incite an insurrectionist mob” had been in the community guidelines all along. But high-stakes calls like these typically come down to gut decisions made under extreme duress. In this case, Dorsey and Zuckerberg considered the evidence, consulted their teams, weighed the trade-offs and risks of inaction — including the threat of a worker revolt that could damage their ability to attract top talent — and decided that they’d seen enough.

Journalists and historians will spend years unpacking the improvisational nature of these bans, and scrutinizing why they arrived just as Trump was losing his power and Democrats were poised to take control of Congress and the White House. The bans have also turned up the heat on a freespeech debate that has been simmering for years.

On Friday night, pro-Trump Republicans raged, claiming Twitter’s move was an example of Silicon Valley’s tyrannical speech controls. And while many liberals cheered Twitter’s decision as an overdue and appropriate step to prevent more violence, some also cringed at the thought of so much control resting in so few hands.

“We understand the desire to permanently suspend him now,” Kate Ruane, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union, wrote in a statement on Friday. “But it should concern everyone when companies like Facebook and Twitter wield the unchecked power to remove people from platforms that have become indispensable for the speech of billions — especially when political realities make those decisions easier.”

Above all, Trump’s muzzling provides a clarifying lesson in where power resides in our digital society — not just in the precedent of law or the checks and balances of government,

but in the ability to deny access to the platforms that shape our public discourse.

Dorsey and Zuckerberg’s names have never appeared on a ballot. But they have a kind of authority that no elected official on earth can claim. This power appears mostly in subtle and unspoken ways — like the eerily calm, hostage-like video Trump filmed on Thursday, hours after Twitter and Facebook threatened to delete his accounts. In the video, Trump conceded that he had lost the election and condemned the Capitol attack, two things he had stubbornly refused to do even as Congress talked of impeaching him a second time and his own Cabinet members discussed invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him from office.

Legal and political concerns certainly pressured the president to adopt a more conciliatory stance. But there was another interpretation of his change of heart: Trump would rather lose his presidency than his posting privileges.

In some ways, Trump — who used to boast that the platforms “would never” ban him — would be correct to make his social media accounts a priority over his remaining days in office. A successful impeachment would be an embarrassing end to Trump’s political career. But losing his huge online following — 88 million followers on Twitter, and 35 million on Facebook — would deprive him of cultural influence long into the future. It takes away the privilege he seems to covet most: the ability to commandeer the world’s attention with a push of a button.

Trump is no ordinary inmate in Twitter jail. Unlike other de-platformed partisans, he has a huge right-wing media

Jack Dorsey, the chief executive of Twitter, testifies before Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept.

5, 2018. Twitter’s decision to permanently suspend Donald Trump’s account “due to the risk of further incitement of violence” provides a clarifying lesson in where power resides in our digital society, Kevin Roose writes.

apparatus that will follow him wherever he goes, and legions of followers who will amplify what he says no matter where he says it. On Friday, his followers pledged to decamp to so-called “alt-platforms” like Gab and Parler, which have less stringent rules. But these apps are tiny by comparison and, because they are largely unmoderated, often amount to lastresort echo chambers for noxious extremists.

If none of the alt-platforms suffices, Trump may well start his own social network, one where he can post with abandon.

And if all else fails, he can always call into Fox News.

But rebuilding a huge audience on a new platform is no simple thing, even for a former president, and these altplatforms face their own legal and technical battles. Parler itself suffered a major blow on Saturday when Apple joined Google in blocking it from their app stores, citing the app’s lax moderation policies.

No matter where he ends up posting, it’s doubtful that Trump will ever have what he had in Facebook and Twitter — a frictionless soapbox, where he could joust with his enemies as well as bask in the adoration of his fans, and a direct line to every newsroom in the country.

The most predictable result of Trump’s dismissal from Twitter — and, most likely, a similar ban he’ll face from Facebook after Inauguration Day — is that it will become a rallying cry for conservatives who see themselves as victims of Silicon Valley censorship.

“We are living Orwell’s 1984,” the president’s son Donald Trump Jr. fumed on his (still operational, 6.5 millionfollower) Twitter account. “Free-speech no longer exists in America. It died with big tech.”

Trump’s ban will have tangible effects on the spread of disinformation about the 2020 election, much of which originated on his accounts. It will also probably accelerate the splintering of the American internet along partisan lines, a process that was already underway, and intensify calls on the right for the repeal of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which shields social media companies from legal liability for their users’ posts.

In the short term, people worried about a slippery slope of censorship on Twitter and Facebook can take some comfort in the fact that Dorsey and Zuckerberg appear to hate playing the role of speech police, and avoid doing it whenever possible. For them, Trump’s case is unlike any other — a celebrity who rode their platforms to the presidency, then used them to stage an attack on American democracy itself — and their decisions to ban him aren’t likely to set much of a precedent.

But that will be cold comfort to Trump, who now finds himself on the wrong side of the bright line these companies have drawn.

The president railed against Twitter’s ban on Friday night, releasing a fiery statement through the White House press office that claimed, “We will not be SILENCED!” But in the ways that matter most to him, he already had been.

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Stocks

As political risk fades, earnings may start to matter again

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ith uncertainties regarding U.S. elections fading, some investors expect company earnings and economic data to play a greater role in moving stock prices this year.

For months, earnings and economic data have largely taken a backseat as investors grappled with two overarching uncertainties and their ultimate impact on financial markets: the changing political landscape in Washington and the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe.

Options data showed that bets on large earnings-related stock moves were profitable only 24% of the time in the last earnings season, compared with a historical win rate of about 40%, according to options analytics firm ORATS. Stocks have surged to record highs even as Citigroup’s U.S. Economic Surprise Index, which tracks economic data relative to expectations, has slipped to its lowest level in six months.

“In 2020, the fundamentals kind of went out the window,” said Matt Amberson, principal at ORATS. Some investors believe that is about to change. The resolution of the Georgia Senate runoffs tipped control of the chamber to Democrats earlier this week. That gave investors more clarity on fiscal policies that will have a greater chance of being advanced in 2021, namely, Presidentelect Joe Biden’s proposals for increased fiscal spending and higher taxes.

Congress certified Biden’s election victory early on Thursday, hours after hundreds of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a shocking display that weighed only briefly on markets.

“With less focus on politics, there is greater bandwidth for focusing on other issues such as COVID and economic fundamentals,” said James Knightley, chief international economist at ING in New York.

Stocks overcame early weakness to close at a record high on Friday despite data showing the U.S. economy shed jobs for the first time in eight months amid a resurgence of COVID-19 infections.

Investors will get a snapshot of how the economy is performing next week with the release of data on inflation, retail sales and consumer sentiment.

JP Morgan, Citigroup and Wells Fargo are set to release fourth-quarter results on Jan. 15, among the first S&P 500 companies to post their results for the last period of coronavirus-stricken 2020.

Overall, S&P 500 company earnings are forecast to increase about 23% in 2021 compared with pandemic-hit 2020, leaving investors with the task of figuring out how much of that is sustainable.

Many are likely to be more discerning than they were last year, said Mohannad Aama, managing director at Beam Capital Management.

Investors may be in for a certain degree of rotation, with companies whose businesses were battered by the pandemic in 2020 expected to show strong rebounds this year, analysts said.

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Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip receive vaccinations

By ELIAN PELTIER

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ueen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, received COVID-19 vaccines Saturday, according to Buckingham Palace, a day after Britain approved a third vaccine and as the country faced one of its deadliest weeks since the pandemic began.

The couple was vaccinated at Windsor Castle, the palace said in a statement, but it was not immediately clear which vaccine the queen, 94, and Prince Philip, 99, received.

Britain started its vaccination rollout last month with the approval of the PfizerBioNTech vaccine. It has since approved two other vaccines: last week, the one developed

by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, and Moderna’s on Friday.

A royal source said the queen had decided to make her vaccination public to prevent inaccuracies and speculation. The palace’s statement said no further details would be provided.

The queen’s vaccination comes amid a surge of cases that have been attributed to a new variant of the virus and as Britain en-

tered a new national lockdown.

On Saturday, 1,035 people died of the coronavirus in Britain, a day after health officials reported the highest daily death toll since the pandemic started, with 1,325 deaths. Britain has been the worst-hit country in Europe, with nearly 80,000 deaths.

As England reentered lockdown, figures showed that 1 in 50 people had recently tested positive. On Friday, London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, said 1 in 30 people in London had tested positive.

The queen and Prince Philip have joined over 1.3 million people who have been vaccinated in Britain, where priority has been given to residents in nursing homes and people older than 80. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he aims to have nearly 15 million of the nation’s most vulnerable people vaccinated by mid-February.

“Our hospitals are under more pressure than at any other time since the start of the pandemic, and infection rates continue to soar at an alarming rate,” Johnson said on Twitter on Saturday.

“The vaccine rollout has given us renewed hope, but it’s critical for now we stay

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in November, when they celebrated their 73rd wedding anniversary. at home, protect the NHS and save lives,” he added, referring to the National Health Service.

The queen spoke about the impact of the pandemic in her annual Christmas

speech.

“This time of year will be tinged with sadness,” she said. “Some mourning the loss of those dear to them, and others missing friends and family members distanced for

Pope calls coronavirus vaccinations an ethical obligation

By JASON HOROWITZ

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ope Francis said he would be vaccinated against the coronavirus as early as this coming week, calling it a lifesaving, ethical obligation and the refusal to do so suicidal, according to remarks made to an Italian television news program.

He also said the storming of the U.S. Capitol astonished him and should be condemned.

In an interview for the TG5 newscast expected to air Sunday evening, Francis called on everyone to get the vaccine. A transcript of the pope’s vaccination remarks, which were not immediately confirmed by the Vatican, was provided by Fabio Luca Marchese Ragona, the TG5 Vatican reporter who conducted the interview.

“It’s an ethical choice, because you are playing with health, life, but you are also playing with the lives of others,” Francis said in the

interview. “I’ve signed up. One must do it.”

According to the transcript, the pope added, “I don’t understand why some say, ‘No, vaccines are dangerous.’ If it is presented by doctors as a thing that can go well, that has no special dangers, why not take it? There is a suicidal denial that I wouldn’t know how to explain.”

Francis has sometimes been criticized for not wearing a mask during the pandemic, and some have expressed concern that world leaders and other attendees at papal audiences could be putting him, or themselves, in danger.

The Vatican has insisted that social distancing measures and testing are employed to maintain safety, although some prelates, including cardinals, have tested positive for the virus within days of interacting with Francis.

The virus has forced Francis to stay home during much of the past year, and the Vatican has had to cancel or severely limit even its most important celebrations. By presiding over

ceremonies before a vast, empty St. Peter’s Square, the pope has underlined the way the virus has changed not only people’s daily lives, but also the life of the church.

Footage of some of the pope’s remarks was made public in a clip promoting the interview, including his reaction to the storming Wednesday of the U.S. Capitol by a mob supporting President Donald Trump.

“I was astonished,” Francis said, “because it is a people so disciplined in democracy, no?” But even in a mature society, he added, there is always “something that isn’t right, something with people who take a path against the community, against democracy, against the common good.”

“This should be condemned, this movement, regardless of the people,” the pope said, clarifying that he meant the violence. “Violence is always like this, no?”

He said that all societies have been afflicted by violence over time and that people

should learn from history so the seeds of discontent are understood. “We must understand it well, not to repeat it. To learn from history,” Francis said. “These noncompliant groups not well integrated in society will sooner or later” turn to violence.

In the interview transcript, Francis also reflected on his own experience with vaccines, recalling the polio crisis when he was a child that led to desperation among mothers to find a vaccine.

“We grew up in the shadow of vaccines, for measles, for this and that, vaccines that they gave us as children,” he added.

In his “Urbi et Orbi” message on Christmas Day, Francis called for “vaccines for all,” especially the world’s most vulnerable people.

“Today, at this time of darkness and uncertainty because of the pandemic, there appear different lights of hope,” he said in his Christmas remarks, “such as the discovery of vaccines.”

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How Singapore has kept the coronavirus off campus

Students at the National University of Singapore maintain physical distance while studying at an outdoor area on campus in Singapore on Nov. 17, 2020. Singapore’s three major universities have reported zero COVID-19 cases. Their secret: technology, tough penalties and students willing to comply.

By SUI-LEE WEE

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very day, Tan Eng Chye, president of the National University of Singapore, scans his online dashboard to see how crowded the cafeterias are.

If the real-time map shows that one cafeteria is too packed, he has administrators send out an advisory to avoid it and to remind students that there are campus-run food delivery services, free of charge.

Following the government’s lead, universities in Singapore, a semi-authoritarian city-state of almost 6 million people, have taken a top-down approach to managing the coronavirus. The result: Since the start of the pandemic last year, not one person has been found to have contracted the virus at any of Singapore’s three major universities.

While Singapore’s universities have benefited from a generally low caseload in its broader population, their experience and stringent measures stand in stark contrast to many campuses across the United States. A number of U.S. universities experienced an explosion in cases almost as soon as students returned last fall.

The National University of Singapore, or NUS, describes its strategy as containment, decongestion and contact tracing. The university has harnessed technology to enforce social distancing measures, assigned students to different zones on campus and imposed tough penalties for flouting the rules. Like some U.S. colleges, it is testing people exten-

sively and even sifting through sewage for traces of the virus.

The goal, Tan said, “is to make sure there are no infections” among the students, faculty and staff members at NUS. “We are very mindful that we are a big population of 50,000 just on campus, and whatever we do also has a bearing on the larger community outside the campus,” he said in an interview.

The relative safety of the three Singapore universities — NUS, Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Management University — comes with certain trade-offs.

Kathlyn Laiu, a 19-year-old freshman who lives on the NUS campus, said the only party she attended last year was on Zoom, for Halloween. She spent her first semester eating most meals in her dorm room, counting the number of people in the dormitory lounge before entering, and reporting her temperature twice a day through a university app.

The zoning restrictions made it complicated for students to access banking services, eat in their favorite cafeterias or organize meetings, though they could meet friends and classmates off campus. A petition last October to lift the restrictions was signed by more than 800 students.

“I think it’s quite hard to live with, honestly,” Laiu said.

“It’s a very different idea of college.”

One major reason for Singapore universities’ success in keeping the virus at bay, experts say, is the aggressive pandemic response in society at large. The government offers

free testing and medical care to all citizens and long-term residents, and it quickly isolates infected people and traces their contacts. It punishes those found to have violated restrictions, including by deporting foreign nationals and revoking work passes.

“We have not had any outbreak in the universities because the government has taken very good care of the policies,” said Rajesh Krishna Balan, an associate professor of information systems at Singapore Management University.

Singapore has had almost 59,000 coronavirus cases and 29 deaths, according to a New York Times database. Of those cases, 93% were among migrant workers from South Asia and elsewhere, whose dormitories were the site of severe outbreaks that caught the government off guard.

Since those outbreaks were extinguished last fall, Singapore has averaged fewer than one locally transmitted case each day. On Dec. 28, the country began its final phase of reopening, though migrant workers continue to live under harsher restrictions than the rest of the population.

As reopening proceeds, Singapore Management University is planning more face-to-face classes, while NUS has lifted its zoning restrictions. But the universities are also maintaining caution. Nanyang Technological University said it would offer free testing to all students returning to the dormitories this semester.

Professors in Singapore say one major thread connects all three universities: a cooperative student population.

David Tan, vice dean of academic affairs at the NUS faculty of law, noted that students at Harvard Law School had vocally opposed plans to hold classes online last fall. In contrast, he said, his students did not utter a word of protest.

“In Singapore, we just roll with it,” he said. “I think we are blessed with rather compliant students.”

Another advantage is that unlike in the United States, most students in Singapore do not live on campus. Those who do must comply with more restrictions, such as limits on the number of visitors to their dormitories. Singapore also does not have fraternities and sororities, which on U.S. campuses have hosted large parties that led to major outbreaks.

“You just wouldn’t see 500 people at a party with loud music and drunk in Singapore,” said Dale Fisher, a professor in the NUS Department of Medicine. “It probably wouldn’t even happen in normal times.”

Olyvia Lim, a senior at Nanyang Technological University, said she and her classmates were baffled by reports about U.S. college students partying amid a pandemic.

“We all said, ‘Why would they risk themselves to do such a thing?’” Lim said. “It’s a bit hard to believe because we are of similar ages, but I think it’s culture. They are all about freedom, but when the government here says, ‘Wear a mask,’ we all do.”

Students say they comply with the rules because of the threat of punishment. Some of their classmates have been evicted for hosting visitors.

“The consequences are severe, so people are scared,” said Fok Theng Fong, a 24-year-old law student.

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In vaccine geopolitics, a great game played with Ukrainians’ health

By MARIA VARENIKOVA

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yudmyla Boiko’s family has already had a harrowing, and lethal, encounter with the coronavirus.

Several family members fell ill, and her daughter-inlaw’s mother died. Now, Boiko, a 61-year-old employee of a botanical garden in eastern Ukraine, is deeply worried about her husband, who has underlying health problems but has not yet caught the virus. She is pinning her hopes on a vaccine.

“I don’t care where the vaccine is produced as long as I’m sure it is safe,” Boiko said. “Safety should be the first priority.”

But in Ukraine, it is hardly the only consideration.

The country, already caught up in the broader tug-of-war between East and West in European politics, has now also become a focal point in the geopolitics of coronavirus vaccines — so far, to Ukraine’s detriment.

First, talks with Pfizer and other Western vaccine makers to obtain early shipments collapsed after the Trump administration banned vaccine exports. Now, unless the incoming Biden administration steps in, the earliest commercial purchases of Western vaccines will not be delivered before late 2021.

Not surprisingly, Ukraine’s plight has caught the eye of Russia’s state-controlled news outlets, which have highlighted the failure of Ukraine’s Western allies to step up in a moment of need — and offering Russia’s vaccine as an alternative.

Ukraine’s leaders, who have raised worries about the safety and efficacy of the Russian vaccine and would, in any event, almost literally die before accepting help from Russia, their blood enemy, turned to China, buying its first vaccine in a hurried negotiation in the final two weeks of December.

“Russia, as always, uses this in its hybrid war, as an information weapon,” Maksym Stepanov, Ukraine’s health minister, said in a telephone interview of the country’s effort to inoculate its population. “The issue of vaccines is politicized.”

The Russian taunting has outraged Ukrainian public health experts, though there is little they can do to counter it without an alternative vaccine supply.

“Russia is pursuing an active policy of aggression, even with the vaccines,” said Oleksandr Linchevsky, a former deputy health minister. “It’s in Russia’s political interest that Ukraine receive the vaccines from elsewhere as late as possible,” because it wants to fill the gap with its own vaccine.

Ukraine, with a population of 42 million, is scheduled to receive 8 million vaccine doses under the COVAX program that supplies low- and middle-income countries that might not otherwise be able to gain access to vaccines. But those doses are not due to arrive until at least March. Negotiations for Western shipments later in the year are continuing, Stepanov said.

Before President Donald Trump’s executive order banning vaccine exports from the United States, Ukraine had been in talks with Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson to speed up delivery. Although the negotiations are continuing, the delivery times are being pushed back.

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has barely contained his outrage at his country winding up far back in the line for vaccines despite its precarious geopolitical position.

Russia has for six years been backing a separatist war in two eastern provinces of Ukraine while trying to drive a wedge

between Kyiv and its Western allies. Vaccine politics are playing into the Kremlin’s hand.

“We are supposed to be like political acrobats to manage to get into a priority list” for vaccines, Zelenskiy said in an interview last month. The American export ban, he said, “put Ukraine at the end of the line.” In an end-of-the-year statement to Ukrainians, Zelenskiy wrote bitterly that, unfortunately, “the richest” countries would have vaccines first.

In late December, Ukraine hastened talks with Sinovac Biotech, a Chinese supplier, announcing on New Year’s Eve an order for 1.9 million doses, for delivery in early February. That is hardly enough, but still a geopolitical victory for China, providing a measure of relief when Western countries have looked the other way.

The vaccine situation has spawned an information war in Ukraine, fanned by Russia. Television stations broadcasting proRussian views and politicians aligned with Russia have accused Zelenskiy of allowing Ukrainians to die out of a stubborn refusal to take medicine from an enemy.

“The Ukrainian government wants to leave Ukrainians without the right for medical protection” by not accepting the Russian vaccine, called Sputnik V, for use in Ukraine, Viktor Medvedchuk, a politician favoring closer ties with Russia, said in a television interview.

Pro-Russian media outlets have reported with much fanfare that Biolik, a pharmaceutical company based in Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine, has appealed to health authorities for a license to manufacture Sputnik V, despite officials saying they have no

plans to approve it.

The false promise of relief is a cruel twist of the propaganda knife for Ukrainians who are tired, as are people everywhere, of worrying about their loved ones.

Viktor Lyashko, Ukraine’s chief public health official, has said the country will not approve Sputnik V not because it is Russian but because of deficiencies in its clinical trials.

But others object to the vaccine simply because it is Russian.

“We cannot rely on a Russian state company during an armed aggression against Ukraine,” said Arsen Zhumadilov, the director of medical procurement for the Ukrainian government.

Russia is offering the potentially lifesaving vaccine even as its military intervention in the east has killed more than 13,000 people.

“It is so politicized it cannot be used,” Oleksandr Danylyuk, a former director of Ukraine’s national security council, said of accepting a vaccine from Ukraine’s enemy in the war.

“There is no green lighting here. It would be impossible to do it.”

The rate of coronavirus infection in the country has slowed in recent weeks but still averages more than 7,000 new cases per day. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 19,712 Ukrainians have died from the virus. The country announced a lockdown starting this weekend.

“I understand the conflict around the Russian vaccine,” said Boiko, who worries about her husband, who has a heart ailment. “But I wish it were over soon.”

A clinic where patients were administered Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Moscow, Dec. 7, 2020.

Ukraine’s leaders, who have raised worries about the safety and efficacy of the Russian vaccine turned to China, buying its first vaccine in a hurried negotiation in the final two weeks of December.

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The myth of American innocence

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he history of the United States is rife with episodes of political violence far bloodier and more destructive than the one that President Donald Trump incited at the Capitol on Wednesday. Nevertheless, ignorance of a grisly past well documented by historians like W.E.B. DuBois, John Hope Franklin and Richard Hofstadter was painfully evident in the aftermath of the mob invasion of Congress. Talking heads queued up to tell the country again and again that the carnage was an aberration and “not who we are” as a people.

This willful act of forgetting — compounded by the myth of American innocence — has shown itself to be dangerous on a variety of counts. For starters, it allowed many Americans to view the president’s insistence that he had won an election in which he was actually trounced, and his simultaneous embrace of rightwing extremism, as political theater that will pass uneventfully from the stage when Joe Biden is inaugurated.

“What’s the harm in humoring him?” the argument went.

“Mr. Trump will soon be gone.”

As it turns out, Republicans in Congress who played along with the ruse encouraged a mob weaned on presidential lies to believe the fiction that Trump had been robbed of a victory. The resulting invasion of the government — which has thus far reportedly taken at least five lives — should make clear to everyone that the potential for political violence is a proverbial river of gasoline, waiting for a demagogue

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Broken glass on the doors to the entrance of the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol and were cleared from the building. like Trump to drop the lighted match.

The circumstances that led up to the sacking of the Capitol are reminiscent of the 19th century, when Southerners rolled back the period of Black self-determination known as Reconstruction, unleashing a reign of racial tyranny. During the November election, Trump echoed Southern white supremacists of a bygone era when he falsely asserted that there had been widespread voting fraud in majority-Black cities.

This month, a coalition of Republican senators led by Ted Cruz of Texas summoned up this blood-drenched history when they parroted the voting fraud lie and demanded that Congress appoint an electoral commission to sort out the 2020 election.

Cruz inappropriately cited as a precedent a commission created to adjudicate the election of 1876. At the time, it was unclear who had won the election; some states submitted multiple election returns, a set for the Republican, Rutherford B. Hayes, and a set for the Democrat, Samuel J. Tilden.

Cruz’s analogy was dishonest on its face, given that there is no valid dispute about electoral votes today. But by bringing up 1876, the senator unwittingly pointed to the ancestry of the voter suppression practices in which his party is heavily invested. The 1876 election, as historians Rachel Shelden and Erik B. Alexander noted this past week in The Washington Post, was riddled with bloodshed and intimidation. White terror organizations targeted African Americans throughout the South in the run-up to Election Day. In the Black stronghold of Hamburg, South Carolina, the authors write, “hundreds of gun-toting whites from South Carolina and nearby Georgia descended on the town, executing members of the militia and ransacking Black homes and shops.”

The federal government eventually withdrew the troops that were protecting Black rights in the South. This set the stage for the system of slavery by another name that persisted until the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The days leading up to the mob invasion of the Capitol presented several echoes of the intricately planned coup d’état

carried out against the city government of Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898. White supremacists overthrew a government that had been elected through an alliance that included African Americans and white progressives.

As Hofstadter and Michael Wallace report in “American Violence: A Documentary History,” military units poured into Wilmington from other places to assist the new regime: “African continued to cringe before Caucasian as the troops paraded the streets, as the guns barked and the bayonets flared, for a new municipal administration of the ‘White Supremacy’ persuasion.”

Untold numbers of Black citizens were killed, and wellknown Wilmingtonians were banished from the city under pain of death. As was the case at the Capitol on Wednesday, the Wilmington mob was especially keen to silence journalists who had resisted the rising tide of racism. To that end, the marauders burned the Black-owned Daily Record, whose editor, Alexander Manly, fled the city.

White supremacists eventually took control of the state, bringing down the curtain on Black political participation. Given this history, it is in no way a coincidence that North Carolina remains a battleground where African Americans continue to struggle against the effects of gerrymandering and other forms of suppression.

Large and small, these violent assaults on Black self-determination continued into the 20th century. While sometimes expressly intended to destroy Black electoral power, they were just as often deployed to crush Black economic independence by destroying homes and, particularly, businesses that competed with white-owned ones in the marketplace.

Perhaps the most pointed example of such an assault was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 in Oklahoma. A white mob unleashed partly by the Tulsa police murdered at will while incinerating 35 square blocks of the Black enclave of Greenwood, reducing to ashes a muscular business strip known as the Negro Wall Street.

As historian Jelani Cobb noted in The New Yorker two months before the election, America’s record of willfully ignoring the violent suppression of Black voting rights is much more extensive than its record of protecting Black voters. While the public tends to view instances of election violence “as a static record of the past,” he wrote, “historians tend to look at them the way that meteorologists look at hurricanes: as a predictable outcome when a number of recognizable variables align in familiar ways.” As Cobb said last fall — when political violence was clearly trending upward — the metaphorical hurricane was close at hand indeed.

The mob assault on the Capitol was an outgrowth of what came before. It followed a heavily racialized campaign by a president who falsely portrayed African American cities as hot spots of voting fraud, while endearing himself to white supremacists. Republicans who subscribe to this toxic strategy deserve to be held responsible for the chaos it reaps. For shades of things to come, they need look no further than the damaged Capitol and the dead and injured who were hauled away on gurneys.

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Sindicatos hacen reclamo en contra del Plan de Ajuste a la Deuda y exigiendo un retiro digno Por THE STAR

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l Frente en Defensa de las Pensiones, la campaña Construyamos otro Acuerdo (COA) y 18 sindicatos que representan a miles de trabajadores en Puerto Rico llevaron a cabo este domingo una caravana desde la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR) en Río Piedras hasta el Capitolio, como parte de sus esfuerzos para levantar los reclamos de los trabajadores y los pensionados de la Isla.

“Un total de 18 sindicatos, representantes de trabajadores del gobierno, las corporaciones públicas y la empresa privada, estamos en la calle el día de hoy (domingo) para alertar a nuestro pueblo sobre el impacto y las consecuencias negativas que tendrá el Plan de Ajuste Fiscal que pretende imponer la Junta de Control Fiscal al pueblo puertorriqueño y en reclamo de un sistema de retiro digno para nuestros jubilados y para los miles de empleados públicos que hoy prestan sus servicios en las diferentes agencias y departamentos”, indicaron las organizaciones en una declaración escrita.

“Estamos reclamando que se deje sin efecto el propuesto recorte a las pensiones de nuestros jubilados, que les estará robando hasta un 15 por ciento de sus menguados ingresos, condenándolos a una mayor precariedad a la que hoy sufren. De igual manera, estamos haciendo un llamado para que se apruebe y se defienda, ante todas las instancias correspondientes, la Ley para un Retiro Digno legislación que le da las herramientas a la legislatura y al gobierno para luchar en contra de recortes a las pensiones y proteger nuestros servicios esenciales”, afirmaron las entidades.

“Asímismo, denunciamos enérgicamente la acción de la Junta de Control Fiscal de acudir ante el tribunal que preside la juez Taylor Swain, para derogar dictatorialmente la legislación aprobada que restituía derechos que injustamente le han sido arrebatados al pueblo trabajador mediante el conjunto de leyes que integran la mal llamada Reforma Laboral”, añadieron.

“El Movimiento Obrero Puertorriqueño se mantiene alerta ante las acciones de sus funcionarios electos, frente a aquellos que atenten contra sus derechos y el bienestar general de nuestro pueblo.

Este es un momento de definiciones muy importantes donde habrá que establecer, con meridiana claridad, quien responde a los intereses de Puerto Rico y quién responde a los intereses de los usureros que pretenden obtener millonarias ganancias a costa del sufrimiento de nuestra gente. Que decida el gobernador (Pedro) Pierluisi y la Legislatura que intereses representan”, expresaron las organizaciones.

El Proyecto de la Cámara 120, Ley para un Re-

tiro Digno fue radicado el pasado 4 de enero por la representante Lourdes Ramos quien expresó: “La semana pasada radiqué los Proyectos de la Cámara 119 y 120, Sistema de Retiro de la UPR y Ley para un Retiro Digno, respectivamente. Al igual que el cuatrienio pasado, la aprobación de estas medidas son mis metas principales y estoy trabajando junto a las demás delegaciones para impulsar la aprobación de las medidas y proteger las pensiones de nuestros retirados. Me siento satisfecha con el producto final de ambos proyectos porque fue un trabajo de muchas horas en equipo y se logró consenso”.

Asímismo, varios representantes expresaron su apoyo a la medida y se comprometieron a impulsar la aprobación de La Ley para un Retiro Digno. “La protección de las pensiones tiene que ser una agenda común para todos los puertorriqueños. Como legislador voy a respaldar toda medida responsable que proteja a nuestros pensionados. La lucha por un retiro digno para miles de trabajadores nos corresponde a todos.” indicó el representante Jesús Manuel Ortiz, del Partido Popular Democrático.

De igual manera, el representante Dennis Márquez del Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño (PIP) expresó que “al igual que en el cuatrienio anterior, reitero mi compromiso inquebrantable con la aprobación de la Ley para un Retiro Digno. El Proyecto 120 de la autoría de la representante Lourdes Ramos, y del cual soy coautor, hace merecida justicia a miles de empleados públicos y pensionados que lo han dado todo por el país”.

Por su parte, Mariana Nogales, representante por el Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana (MVC) indicó que “durante la juramentación tuvimos la oportunidad de hablar con la representante Lourdes Ramos y le indicamos nuestro interés de unirnos al proyecto a la misma vez que reiteramos nuestro compromiso con la gente de proteger y defender las pensiones. De esta manera también hacemos constar que apoyaremos todo proyecto o resolución que sea bueno para el país y la gente, no importa quién lo presente y de qué partido sea. Aquí no vemos colores sino pueblo. Proteger las pensiones es proteger nuestro futuro.”

Las organizaciones sindicales que participaron en la caravana y reclamo de este domingo son: la Asociación Puertorriqueña de Profesores Universitarios, la Central Puertorriqueña de Trabajadores, EDUCAMOS, la Federación Central de Trabajadores, Local 481UFCW; la Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico, la Federación Puertorriqueña de Trabajadores, la Hermandad de Empleados Exentos No Docentes de la UPR, Movimiento Solidario Sindical, ProSol UTIER, Sindicato Puertorriqueño de Trabajadores, Unión de Abogados de Servicios Legales de Puerto Rico, Unión de Empleados de la Corporación del Fondo del Seguro del Estado, Unión de Trabajadores de la Industria Eléctrica y Riego, Unión General de Trabajadores, Unión Independiente de Abogados y Abogadas de la Sociedad para Asistencia Legal, Unión Independiente Auténtica de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (UIA), Unión Independiente de Trabajadores de Aeropuerto, Unión Nacional de Educadores y Trabajadores por la Educación.

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Marvel’s latest frontier? In ‘WandaVision,’ it’s the suburbs.

By DAVE ITZKOFF

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n the time they have spent playing Marvel heroes together, Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany have gotten extremely comfortable with each other. Not even a little misdirected mucus during the making of their new Disney+ series, “WandaVision” — an incident they affectionately describe as “Snotgate” — flustered them for long.

It occurred when their characters — a woman enhanced with psychic powers named Wanda Maximoff (Olsen) and a synthetic android called Vision (Bettany) — shared a kiss in especially cold weather. And some disagreements remain about the specifics of how it transpired.

“Paul was not in a good mood for me to make a joke about his snot,” Olsen said in a video interview with Bettany last month. “It was my first time ever seeing him get truly defensive about anything.”

Here, Bettany leaned into his camera and replied, sotto voce: “It was her snot. Anyway.”

They agreed that their differences were quickly settled, and now they can laugh about it.

“It was over as quickly as it happened,” Bettany said.

Such are the perils of playing a troubled woman and a sophisticated robot who have fallen in love with each other — characters who first met in the 2015 Marvel blockbuster “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” returned for several sequels and now get the chance to carry their own television series when “WandaVision” makes its debut Jan. 15.

Like its main characters, “WandaVision” is, well, weird. It’s not strictly an action-packed spectacle in the manner of hit movies like “Avengers: Endgame”; it’s a hybrid of drama and comedy that pays homage to vintage sitcoms like “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” “Bewitched” and “Family Ties.”

Now, through circumstances beyond anyone’s control, “WandaVision” has to carry even more weight. When the pandemic prompted Marvel to reshuffle its release calendar, “WandaVision” became the studio’s first attempt to bring the superhero soap opera of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to an original Disney+ series, in hopes that it will do for its comic-book characters what “The Mandalorian” has done for “Star Wars,” another Disney-owned fantasy franchise.

These are unexpectedly high stakes, but like the love-struck misfits they play, the stars of

Thanks to pandemic-related schedule changes, “WandaVision,“ with Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, will be the first Marvel series to come out on Disney+ “WandaVision” see them as reasons to be more understanding of each other, snot and all.

As Olsen explained: “It’s daunting to take these movie-theater characters and put them on a small screen. There’s a lot of firsts that are a little scary as an actor.”

Bettany agreed. “We need to feel safe with each other,” he added, “to do the thing we’re doing.”

Both actors entered the Marvel family in unusual ways. Bettany, a star of films like “A Beautiful Mind” and “Margin Call,” was cast in the first MCU movie, “Iron Man,” to play the voice of Tony Stark’s artificial intelligence system, J.A.R.V.I.S. “I would turn up for one day’s work and solve everyone’s problems,” Bettany said. “I could go, ‘The bad guys are coming, sir!’ And then they would give me a bag of money, and I would go home. It was lovely.”

Bettany was upgraded to an on-screen role for “Age of Ultron,” which also introduced Olsen (“Martha Marcy May Marlene”) as Wanda. At that time, Olsen said: “I was getting typecast as emotionally struggling young women in small genre films. They were like, ‘Let’s put her in a bigger genre film and make her the mentally unhealthy struggling hero.’”

Although the spotlight shone brighter on co-stars like Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr., Bettany and Olsen bonded over the strangeness of their enterprise, like a behind-the-scenes debate they observed over whether Vision should have android genitalia. (Mercifully, the answer was no.)

As they went on to films like “Captain America: Civil War,” they found that they shared an appreciation for diligence and preparedness, even on a hectic Marvel set.

At one point on that film, Olsen said, “I asked Paul if he wanted to run lines with me for the next week. And he had his lines memorized for next week. I was like, ‘This is going to be a great working relationship.’”

But Vision was seemingly killed in “Avengers: Infinity War,” and the following year, “Endgame” concluded the narrative arcs of major heroes like Iron Man and Captain America.

Marvel was exploring storylines for its next wave of movies when Disney introduced its Disney+ streaming service, with the expectation that Marvel would also provide original content for it.

Kevin Feige, the Marvel Studios president, said that a Disney+ series offered the opportunity to flesh out the relationship between Wanda and Vision that had been only hinted at in the movies.

“The entirety of the love story between Wanda and Vision was basically one shot in ‘Age of Ultron’ where he swoops in to rescue her, they make eye contact and fly away,” Feige said. “Then a bit more in ‘Civil War,’ a bit more in ‘Infinity War,’ but it all goes bad very quickly in that movie.”

In several decades of comics, Vision and Wanda shared a romance that was much more intricate: They dated, married, had two sons, broke up and reconciled. (Also — and here is where it gets messy — Wanda discovered that

her sons were actually the missing pieces of a demonic villain, who reabsorbed them; then she lost and regained the memory of her vanished children; and then she vengefully unleashed her powers to rewrite reality itself.)

With “WandaVision,” Feige said that he had wanted to honor the complexity of the title characters and Wanda’s reality-warping abilities but also to leaven the story with tributes to sitcom history. “I feel like I’ve justified all the time I spent playing with action figures in my backyard,” he said. “All the time I spent watching Nick at Nite and old TV shows, I haven’t justified yet. This show is helping me do that.”

The series finds Wanda and Vision — now somehow alive — residing in suburban bliss, not entirely sure of why they are cycling through various eras of television history and encountering veteran Marvel performers like Kat Dennings (as her “Thor” character, Darcy Lewis) and Randall Park (reprising his “Ant-Man and the Wasp” role of Jimmy Woo) as well as new additions to the roster, like Teyonah Parris (as Monica Rambeau) and Kathryn Hahn (playing a perplexingly nosy neighbor named Agnes).

As with many of the Marvel movies, there is also a central mystery running through “WandaVision,” asking viewers to ponder the everchanging reality that envelops its romantic leads.

Jac Schaeffer, the head writer, said that the show’s comic exterior was intended to lure its audience into its further layers of intrigue. “You enter a sitcom episode with the understanding it’s going to make you feel good and it’s all going to be OK at the end,” said Schaeffer, who also worked on “Captain Marvel” and “Black Widow.”

What “WandaVision” adds to this formula, she said, is an element of “creepiness — the idea of shattering that safety in a calculated way.”

Matt Shakman, who directed all nine episodes of “WandaVision,” said that the series ultimately tells a story of “grief and trauma and how we hold on to our hope.”

“Wanda is probably the person who has suffered the most of anyone in the MCU,” he added. “And so the show is always grounded in that. Even though what you see are faithfully re-created television shows, there’s a lot more going on than meets the eye.”

Shakman has previously directed shows like “Game of Thrones,” “Succession” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and was himself a child actor on TV sitcoms like “Diff’rent Strokes” and “Just the Ten of Us.” Directing “WandaVision,” he said, was “a gloriously schi-

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For these TV tribute sequences, Shakman and his team worked carefully to reproduce the wardrobe and production design of shows like “I Dream of Jeannie” and “The Partridge Family,” using vintage lighting and camera lenses and filming in front of live studio audiences.

Although the “WandaVision” actors were given two weeks of sitcom boot camp before filming started, they did not require much training to get into the spirit of things.

Olsen is, of course, the younger sister of former “Full House” stars Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen; she appeared in some of their later projects and grew up a fan of shows like “Laverne & Shirley” and movies like “A Very Brady Sequel.”

Bettany said that classic American shows were a regular part of his TV diet when he was growing up in England. He speculated that some of the religious exploration his family undertook in his childhood may have happened “because my mom was watching ‘Little House on the Prairie’ — we were in for a penny, in for a pound.”

Had events unfolded according to Marvel’s earlier plans, the debut of “WandaVision” would have followed the theatrical releases of movies like “Black Widow,” “Eternals” and “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,”

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as well as the premiere of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” an action-oriented Disney+ series in a more familiar, “Avengers”-like mode.

The pandemic required Marvel to reorganize this rollout, but Feige said that the studio’s carefully planned master narrative, stretched across its films and TV shows, had not been significantly affected.

“If the run we had in 2018 and 2019 had

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gotten disrupted this way, in the buildup to ‘Endgame,’ it would have been a bigger headache,” he said. “With these projects, it worked well,” he went on, adding that the debut dates for the TV shows were shifted only “by a matter of weeks.”

The creation of “WandaVision” was also affected by the pandemic; its actors left an environment in which they could freely mingle

“Family Ties” is another inspiration. The sitcom homages in “WandaVision” are designed to lure the audience into further layers of intrigue.

with co-workers and returned to one, several months later, where “you finish your scene and you get whisked away into these hermetically sealed bubbles,” Bettany said.

“I had a hard time with that,” Olsen said, her voice hardening in exaggerated anger. “I was like: ‘But I’m talking to the crew! This is for moral support!’”

In that sense, the actors said, perhaps it was fitting that “WandaVision” should reach audiences at this moment, when both its narrative message and its making-of process reflect a human desire to keep going, no matter how unrecognizable the world becomes.

“We’re all experiencing this extreme version of life right now,” Olsen said. But for a time, while she and her colleagues finished their work on the series, “We created this microcosm of humanity where we could communicate and problem-solve together,” she added. “There was something great about getting to come to work and experience that.”

What Marvel has done consistently, for its characters, its cast members and its audience, is “create a home for people who wouldn’t necessarily find each other,” Bettany said.

In the particular case of “WandaVision,” he added, “It’s about a group of people finding each other — people who are really getting their freak on — in a situation where it’s all right to be really different.”

The Smithsonian is collecting objects from the Capitol siege

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sign that reads, “Off with their heads — stop the steal” and a small handwritten poster with the words “Trump won, swamp stole” are among dozens of objects and ephemera from pro-Trump rallies and the Capitol takeover Wednesday that are heading to the National Museum of American History, collected by curators from the division of political and military history.

The museum, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution, announced Friday that it has begun archiving protest signs, posters and banners from protests on the National Mall and from the violent mob that stormed through the Capitol on Wednesday. Only a day after supporters of President Donald Trump invaded the halls of Congress, Frank Blazich, a curator with the museum, was on the National Mall collecting ephemera from the demonstrations before the winds swept them away.

“As an institution, we are committed to understanding how Americans make chan-

ge,” the museum’s director, Anthea M. Hartig, said in a statement, explaining that “this election season has offered remarkable instances of the pain and possibility involved in that process of reckoning with the past and shaping the future.”

Hartig added that the objects and stories collected will “help future generations remember and contextualize Jan. 6 and its aftermath.”

In an earlier statement, the Smithsonian’s leader, Lonnie Bunch, said, “As a historian, I have always believed in the power of peaceful protest.” He added, “Demonstrations give us a glimpse of the fragility of our democracy and why the work we do and the stories we tell are so important.”

Efforts to acquire materials from the unrest are restricted to the National Mall, while authorities in the Capitol Building are leading their own cleanup efforts and aiding a federal investigation into the violence that took place. However, curators expect that in the near future they will be able to work with government agencies, congressional offices and

the curator for the Architect of the Capitol to make acquisitions from inside the building.

Announcing the effort, Hartig recalled one of the museum’s most treasured artifacts, the Jefferson Banner, which symbolizes Thomas Jefferson’s presidential victory and the peaceful transfer of power that followed the bitter election of 1800.

“Two hundred and twenty years after Jefferson was sworn in as president, the vulnerability of this legal and historic handover was revealed,” she said. “While shaken, we remain confident that a peaceful transfer of power shall yet again occur Jan. 20.”

Curators at the museum had embarked on a similar collecting expedition over the summer, acquiring signs and banners from Black Lives Matter protests to document the moment in history. At that time, museum officials asked the public to submit any material that could be considered as a future acquisition; on Friday, they repeated the request for contributions, asking that photos and brief descriptions of objects be sent to 2020ElectionCollection@si.edu.

Signs, banners and other ephemeral items from the rallies and demonstrations on the National Mall on Wednesday are headed to the collections of the National Museum of American History. Curators hope to collect documents from the Capitol building next.

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The newest challenge for Europe’s parks: A surge of new nature lovers

Many European parks, among them, Parc National des Ecrins in France (above), rely on volunteers to augment staffing needs, but this year there were fewer volunteers because of the pandemic.

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ockdown-weary Europeans have sought out nature in record-breaking numbers this year, putting sudden and substantial pressure on national parks and other natural areas across the continent.

“You could see this increase in irresponsible behavior, and in a lot of parks it felt like this was out of control,” said Nikoleta Jones, a principal research associate at the University of Cambridge and an author of a recent study of the pandemic’s effect on protected areas in Europe. “The resources they had were not enough. It was just so much more than what they had experienced in the past.”

A telling episode occurred in Germany in November, not long after the country had gone into a partial lockdown. Three young adults went on a day trip to Bavarian Forest National Park, 60,000 acres of woodlands, bogs and boulder fields about an hour’s drive from their home in Straubing. As they neared the end of their hike, a young man in the group realized that he had left behind his smartphone. The sun was low on the horizon, but they all turned around to look for it — and ended up lost in the dark and very cold.

“It was a marked trail, but they were disoriented, and they did not have the right clothing,” said Teresa Schreib, the park’s manager of regional development and tourism. The local police and mountain rescue service mounted a search and found the hikers just before midnight, a local news outlet reported. They were taken to a hospital for hypothermia.

The incident was typical, Schreib said, of what the park’s employees had seen since the pandemic hit: a new crowd of people — many of them young city dwellers — visiting for the first time, and often unprepared and uninformed. It was, she said, a challenge to manage all of these new visitors, some of whom were aggressive toward rangers and other guests, while also allowing for social distancing and protecting the health of the park’s small staff.

If the trend of nature-seeking tourism persists after the pandemic — and there’s evidence that it will — then experts say the continent’s protected areas will require a significant increase in investment to deal with a surge in nature-based tourism that could bring jobs and income into Europe’s rural areas, which have been steadily emptying out for more than half a century. The trick will be accommodating all of those visitors sustainably — and

finding a way to finance the work.

A challenging summer While Schreib and her colleagues were busy managing crowds, Swiss National Park — a nature reserve in eastern Switzerland and the oldest national park in the Alps — had its busiest summer on record. The data are still being tabulated, but park officials estimate that visitor numbers in 2020 were 50% higher than normal. And it was a new crowd: A survey conducted over the summer revealed that 40% of respondents had not been to Swiss National Park at any point in the previous decade.

The park’s staff noticed the difference.

“We have more than doubled the amount of fines this year compared to other years,” said Sonja Wipf, head of research and monitoring at Swiss National Park, who noted that the fines were primarily for bringing a dog into the park, leaving marked trails and disturbing wildlife with loud noise or unruly behavior, including flying drones.

Overcrowding, irresponsible behavior and parking issues were among the top challenges identified in the study, led by researchers at the University of Cambridge, that analyzed the experiences of 14 European protected areas during the coronavirus pandemic. All of the areas saw an increase in visitors from the previous year, especially during the summer.

The study identified some of the most effective responses to the year’s challenges, including public information campaigns, online education programs and careful planning of visitors’ movements.

But finding the time and money to implement those responses is another matter, especially given that, unlike in the United States, very few national parks in Europe charge visitors an entrance fee.

“I think in the early days we were simply coping,” said Sarah Fowler, CEO of England’s Peak District National Park, an expanse of limestone gorges and moorland plateaus within an hour’s drive of more than 16

The Swiss National Park in eastern Switzerland had its busiest summer on record, with visitation an estimated 50 percent above normal.

The San Juan Daily Star million people. Fowler added that the park has a ranger team of about two dozen to cover 555 square miles. The park normally relies on a broad network of volunteers to supplement the rangers’ work, Fowler said, but this year the volunteers’ contributions were reduced to meet government requirements on COVID-19.

It was a similar story in France’s Parc National des Ecrins, home to nearly 25,000 acres of glaciers, as well as some 150 peaks that rise above 9,800 feet.

“The context is that we’ve been losing staff for the last 10 years or so,” said Pierrick Navizet, the park’s head of tourism and communications.

The park’s budget has been finalized for next year, and its staff will be reduced by one. He wasn’t optimistic about the odds of getting more reinforcements down the line.

“The French government is trying to control public spending, so I don’t think there will be job creation in national parks,” he said. “But if there were, that would be good news.”

In Finland, Sipoonkorpi National Park, a forested area outside Helsinki that is popular with hikers, will probably end up with a 200% increase in visitors this year, said Henrik Jansson, regional director for coastal and metropolitan areas for Metsahallitus, Finland’s parks and wildlife service. Jansson said that the parks system got new government funds even before the pandemic hit, which helped it respond to the year’s challenges. But it was still a sprint, especially at the beginning.

“For two weeks, we were working almost 24 hours a day and weekends to get things right,” Jansson said of the early stages of the pandemic, adding that now they have settled into “a kind of new normal.”

The Finnish government has allocated some of its COVID-19 funding for the construction of parking areas at the national parks, Jansson said, adding that proposals are being drawn up for the creation of two new national parks in Finland. He said that any new funding would more likely be used to engage external service providers, rather than hire a lot of new staff.

“We can’t employ too much,” he said, “because we know that at some point, this funding will end.”

A vital service Will all of the new visitors return after the pandemic fades? Officials at several parks expressed their belief that the crowds would continue in 2021 and beyond, although perhaps to a lesser degree.

“We’ve really seen, post lockdown, that hunger to get outdoors, to reconnect with nature,” said Fowler, of Peak District National Park. “There’s a huge realization that it supports our mental well-being, our own recovery.”

A continued influx of nature-seeking visitors may be good news for humanity, but it will no doubt continue to strain the protected areas they are visiting. James Hardcastle, director of the Green List program at the International Union for Conservation of Nature, described national parks and other conservation areas as “a vital service” and said that governments across Europe need to support them “in a much more deliberate way.”

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across the board,” Hardcastle said. “Even before COVID, most countries were rolling back the allocation of resources to the nature conservation sector, to parks in particular.”

Toward a new rural economy But funding national parks and other highly controlled natural areas is an expensive proposition, said Frans Schepers, co-founder and managing director of Rewilding Europe, an initiative that aims to promote “rewilding” as a new approach to conservation across the continent. He argues that policymakers and land managers need to embrace less intensive and more cost-effective ways to manage and generate income from the continent’s many natural areas, not just its national parks.

In 2016, Rewilding Europe launched its own travel business, European Safari Co., which aims to bring tourists — and their money — into rural areas, primarily in Southern and Eastern Europe. The company works with local guides and tourism operators in places like Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and Italy to help them develop wildlife-watching tours, bison- and wolf-tracking escapes and other diversions. The goal, said Schepers, is to make nature and wildlife the basis for a new economy in these rural areas, where populations have been on the decline for decades.

“This is how new life can be brought into these areas that are suffering,” Schepers said. “We just need to make sure that nature-based tourism is done in the right way and that it will support conservation and not just

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exploit it.”

And while government funding for national parks might still be in short supply, Schepers praised recent policy developments in Brussels, where European policymakers are crafting ambitious targets and policies on issues like land restoration and tree planting. With rural landscapes emptying out, he said, Europe now had “a historic opportunity” to return its landscapes to a more natural state.

Along the Mediterranean, the pandemic has helped to drive interest in exactly these types of tourism experiences, said Carla Danelutti, executive secretary of MEET Network, an association of protected areas and tourism operators that promotes high-quality ecotourism in the Mediterranean region.

“COVID has been supporting this model that we set up,” said Danelutti, who noted that tourism in the Mediterranean has traditionally focused on “sun and sand” rather than guided nature walks and visits to traditional farms. Before the pandemic, she and her colleagues had to pursue tourism operators to try to recruit them to the network. Now the businesses are calling them.

The private sector can help to fill the gaps, but protected areas will continue to require the support of their governments, said Jones of the University of Cambridge.

“With the COVID crisis, there are so many things at the moment that require the support of the state. We’re all a bit concerned that nature will not be a priority,” she said.

Finland’s Sipoonkorpi National Park, a forested area outside Helsinki that is popular with hikers, may end up with a 200 percent increase in visitors this year.

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For a healthier 2021, keep the best habits from a very bad year

Here’s a better way to start the new year: Skip the traditional January resolutions and make time for some New Year’s reflection instead.

By TARA PARKER-POPE

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ere’s a better way to start the new year: Skip the traditional January resolutions and make time for some New Year’s reflection instead.

Take a moment to look back on the past 365 days of your life. Years from now, when you talk about 2020, what stories will you tell? Will it be clapping for health care workers every night at 7? Or perhaps it will be a memory from the months spent mostly at home with family members — or the pandemic “bubbles” you formed that helped friendships grow stronger.

Maybe you will tell the story of losing someone you loved or remember finding strength and resilience you didn’t know you had.

While reliving much of 2020 may sound like a terrible idea, psychologists say it’s a better way to start the new year. Looking back will help you build on the lessons you learned, and you may even discover some hidden positive habits you didn’t realize you had started.

“I don’t think we’ve given ourselves enough credit,” said Kelly McGonigal, a health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford University and the author of “The Willpower Instinct.”

“I don’t think we have had the emotional appreciation that we need and deserve for the kind of year many people have had,” McGonigal said. “The reflection that’s needed right now is a real, honest and self-compassionate look at what’s been lost, who’s been lost and what it is that you want to choose to remember about 2020. Reflection is a way of being ready to move forward into the new year. I say that

every year, but I think that it’s especially true for this year.”

Reflections vs. resolutions Reflecting on what you accomplished in 2020 — and what you missed or lost — is also a healthier path toward self-improvement than the typical New Year’s resolution. Studies consistently show that New Year’s resolutions don’t work. By February, most people have abandoned them.

The problem with many resolutions is that they tend to be inherently self-critical and stem from a sort of magical thinking that with one big change — some weight loss, regular exercise, more money — life will be transformed. “It’s just too easy to look for a behavior that you regularly criticize yourself for, or feel guilty about,” McGonigal said. “It’s that false promise of, ‘If you change this one thing, you’ll change everything.’ ” Studies show that one of the best ways to change behavior and form a new habit is to bundle it with an existing behavior — what in the science of habit formation is called “stacking.” It’s the reason doctors, for example, suggest taking a new medication at the same time you brush your teeth or have your morning coffee: You’re more likely to remember to take your pill when you piggyback it onto an existing habit. Adding steps to your daily commute is often a better way to add exercise to your day than trying to carve out a separate time for a daily walk.

By reflecting on the lessons of the past year, we can stack and build on the good habits we started in 2020. Maybe that involved

figuring out new ways to exercise when gyms were closed, strengthening friendships forged through our social bubbles, organizing our homes for 24/7 living and learning, learning to cook healthier meals or making ourselves accountable for the care of others.

Now, with the distribution of vaccines and the end to the pandemic in sight, you don’t need to abandon those changes — instead, try building on them. The first challenge is listed below. Every day this week, the 7-Day Well Challenge will identify a popular quarantine habit and offer a new strategy for turning it into a healthy lifelong habit. Just sign up for the Well newsletter at nytimes.com/newsletters/ well, and you’ll receive a daily email reminder to join the next day’s challenge.

Day 1 Build on your gratitude habit Quarantine clapping became a nightly ritual in many parts of the United States and around the world as a collective thanks to health care workers. It was both a show of community and a show of gratitude. The experience was what sociologists call “collective effervescence,” which happens when people simultaneously come together and take part in a group ritual.

Clapping for essential workers had the effect of “both unifying and energizing the group for action toward a common cause, such as persevering through the pandemic,” said Joshua W. Brown, a professor in the department of psychological and brain sciences at Indiana University Bloomington. “Group expressions of gratitude can be empowering for both those expressing it and those receiving it.”

Perhaps you showed gratitude in other ways. Did you offer larger tips than usual to delivery and restaurant workers? Did you find yourself saying a heartfelt thank you to the grocery and pharmacy workers at checkout?

When things got tough at home, did you remind yourself and your children of all the things for which you felt grateful? I adopted a regular gratitude hand-washing ritual, thinking of 10 things to be grateful for — one for every finger I washed.

Why it matters: Numerous studies show that people who have a daily gratitude practice, in which they consciously count their blessings, tend to be happier, have lower stress levels, sleep better and are less likely to experience depression. In one study, researchers recruited 300 adults, most of them college students seeking mental health counseling. All the volunteers received counseling, but one group

added a writing exercise focused on bad experiences, while another group wrote a letter of gratitude to another person each week for three weeks. A month later, those who wrote gratitude letters reported significantly better mental health. And the effect appears to last.

Three months later, the researchers scanned the brains of students while they completed a different gratitude exercise. The students who had written gratitude letters earlier in the study showed greater activation in a part of the brain called the medial prefrontal cortex, believed to be related to both reward and higher-level cognition.

Take the gratitude challenge This week, try one or more of these simple gratitude exercises.

Start small. Send an appreciative email or text, thank a service worker or tell your children, your spouse or a friend how they have made your life better. “A great way to develop more gratitude would be regular small steps — an extra email or note of appreciation to a colleague, or an extra in-person thank-you, and a focus on how rewarding it is to brighten someone’s day with appreciation,” Brown said.

Create a gratitude reminder. McGonigal keeps a sticky note on her desk lamp that reads: 1. Someone2. Something3. Yourself It’s a daily reminder to express gratitude not only for the people, events and gifts in her life but also for her own accomplishments. She might feel gratitude for completing a workout, for a healthy body or for taking on a new challenge. “Gratitude is really good when what you need is a belief in your ability to create a more positive future and a willingness to trust others to help you do that,” McGonigal said. “And that feels like a really good mindset for right now.”

Express your gratitude in writing. You can send emails or post feelings of gratitude on social media or in a group chat. Or think of someone in your life and write that person a letter of gratitude. (You don’t have to mail it.)

Fill your letter with details describing how this person influenced your life and the things you appreciate about him or her. Or keep a daily gratitude journal.

“I think the full potential of gratitude is realized when people are able to express gratitude in words,” said Y. Joel Wong, chairman of the department of counseling and educational psychology at Indiana University. “When we are able to say what we’re grateful for and explain why, it shifts our attention from what’s negative to what’s positive in our lives.”

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Missions to Mars, the Moon and beyond await Earth in 2021 lowed in October by Nova-C, a spacecraft built by Intuitive Machines of Houston.

NASA also has its eye on returning astronauts to the moon this decade. Its first step will be an uncrewed test flight of the massive Space Launch System built for future American deep space launches. The rocket has faced numerous delays and ballooning costs, but NASA still plans a journey in 2021 known as Artemis-1. It will send Orion, a capsule for astronauts, around the moon and back to Earth. That test is tentatively scheduled for November.

Deeper into deep space The most scientifically important mission of 2021 has been a long time coming. The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, effectively a successor to the Hubble telescope, has been postponed for years, plagued by technical problems and In an image provided by NASA, an illustration of NASA’s Perseverance rover casting off mounting costs. NASA and the world’s asits spacecraft’s cruise stage before entering the Martian atmosphere. tronomers and planetary scientists are eager than once. A successful landing there would to see it get off the ground at the end of OcBy MICHAEL ROSTON extend China’s record of impressive space- tober. The agency settled on that time frame bout a month after the new year has flight achievements, especially after last after the coronavirus pandemic and other started on Earth, three spacecraft will year’s Chang’e-5 mission to the lunar sur- problems added another delay to the existpull into the vicinity of Mars. These face came back to Earth with a fresh cache ing schedule.

Two other NASA explorers will also explorers, which launched in July last year, of moon rocks. head out into the solar system.

Soon after, on Feb. 18, NASA’s Persewill be heralds of a busy year of space exThe Double Asteroid Redirection Test ploration, launches and astronomical oc- verance rover will arrive and plunge toward the surface of Mars. If it lands successfully, spacecraft, launching in July, aims to test currences.

What follows is a preview of some of the rover will seek signs of extinct life in a whether a spacecraft could deflect a future 2021’s most notable expected events. Pri- dried out crater lake and riverbed. But first asteroid that was headed toward Earth’s survate companies and the world’s space agen- it will deploy Ingenuity, a small helicopter. face. To do that, it will visit Didymos, a pair That device has its own mission of carrying of near-Earth asteroids that travel around cies are likely to announce more. out the first powered flight from the surface the sun together, and attempt a collision to Martian meetup nudge the orbit of the smaller rock.

The United Arab Emirates, China and of another planet.

A second mission, Lucy, will launch Locking on to the lunar surface the United States all launched robotic misWhile China has landed spacecraft in October and travel much farther, making sions to Mars last summer, seeking shortened voyages during the period every two on the moon three times in the past seven flybys through Jupiter’s orbital path. There it years when Earth is closest to the red planet. years, NASA has not landed there since will study the Trojans — asteroids that travel The three spacecraft will join a bustling 1972, the last Apollo mission. That could in the same orbit as Jupiter but hundreds of community of explorers either in orbit or on change in 2021, deepening the commercial millions of miles ahead or behind, trapped there by the giant planet’s gravity. Scientists transformation of American space efforts. the planet’s surface.

NASA has in the past decade relied think these space rocks could conceal seThe first to arrive will be the Emirati Hope orbiter, the first deep space explorer on private companies to build and operate crets of how the solar system’s outer planets of the Arab country’s small but ambitious spacecraft that could ferry cargo, and now were formed.

Odysseys to orbit space program. The mission will study the people, to the International Space Station. It Human spaceflight was transformed Martian atmosphere, sending valuable data is trying a similar approach with Commerback to scientists on Earth. It is to reach its cial Lunar Payload Services. The program in 2020 as SpaceX successfully launched has contracted with a number of private a pair of crews to the space station. The destination on Feb. 9.

China’s Tianwen-1 mission is to arrive companies to build robotic lunar landers company is likely to send more astronauts at Mars on Feb. 10. After orbiting the planet that will carry cargo from NASA and other to orbit in 2021, and not all of them may be working for NASA and other government for a time, it will send a lander containing customers to the moon’s surface.

The first company, Pittsburgh’s Astro- space agencies. Multiple companies are a rover to the surface in May. Landing intact on the solar system’s fourth planet is botic, is scheduled to launch its Peregrine working with SpaceX to launch paying cusperilous, and only NASA has done it more lander to the moon in June. It could be fol- tomers on the Crew Dragon capsule. One

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of them, Axiom Space, could send its first private tourists to the space station late in the year.

When NASA picked SpaceX to build transport for its astronauts, it also hired Boeing to do the same. During an uncrewed test to orbit in December 2019, a series of errors nearly led to the catastrophic loss of Boeing’s Starliner capsule. To make up for that unsuccessful flight, Boeing will carry out a second test flight as early as March.

Other human journeys to space also beckon this year. Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin may send paying customers on short trips to the edge of space and back in 2021.

China could also start launching pieces of its next generation space station during the year, setting it on a course to have a regular human presence in low Earth orbit in the years to come.

Solar system showtime If 2020 taught people anything, it was to expect the unexpected. While COVID-19 darkened the world as it traveled around the sun, humanity was surprised by views of Comet NEOWISE in the summer months and enthralled with the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn during the winter solstice. It’s a big universe, and there is so much of it to be seen from our small part of it.

A lunar eclipse on May 26 will overlap with a period when the moon is closer to Earth than usual, what some call a “super blood moon.” People in Australia and on Pacific islands as well as in the Western United States will get the best views of the occurrence, and some of the event will be visible in other parts of the Americas as well as East and South Asia.

Most people in North America will have to wait until 2024 to experience the next total solar eclipse like the one in August 2017. But on June 10, some North Americans will get a taste of what’s to come in three years when an annular solar eclipse darkens some skies.

Also known as a “ring of fire” eclipse, it happens when the moon is too far from Earth to fully obstruct the sun, leaving a halo of sunlight around its edges. This unusual eclipse will cross over the North Pole as it travels, and only people in small parts of Canada and Russia will get the full effect. But those willing to wake early enough on parts of the East Coast and wear their safety glasses will get to see a partial eclipse around sunrise that morning.

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PROCEDIMIENTO IN REM SOBRE EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA.

A: LOS CODEMANDADOS DE EPIGRAFE Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de una Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe el 30 de julio de 2019, notificada el 1 de agosto de 2019 y publicada el 5 de agosto de 2019, y de un Mandamiento de Ejecución emitido el día, 11 de octubre de 2019 que le ha sido dirigido por la Secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, procederá a vender en subasta, por separado, y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de los demandados de epígrafe sobre el inmueble que adelante se describe. Se anuncia por la presente que la primera subasta habrá de celebrarse el día 9 DE FEBRERO DEL AÑO 2021 A LAS 3:15 DE LA TARDE, en mi oficina localizada en el edificio que ocupa la Sala del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Ponce, sobre el inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar #8 del bloque D de la Urbanización Palo de Pan, radicada en el Barrio Primero, en el municipio de Ponce, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de 310.30 metros cuadrados.

Colindante por el NORTE, su frente, en 18.50 metros, con la calle A; por el SUR, su fondo en 18.00 metros, con el solar #15 del bloque D; por el ESTE, su izquierda, en 17.00 metros, con el solar #9 del bloque D; y por el OESTE, su derecha, en 17.00 metros, con el solar #7 del bloque D. ENCLAVA: Una casa de concreto, diseñada para una familia, con techo de concreto, que consiste de sala, comedor, cocina, 3 dormitorios, baño, balcón y marquesina. Finca número veintiún mil setecientos treinta y tres (21,733) inscrita al folio sesenta y cuatro (64) del tomo setecientos ochenta y tres (783) del Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección I, demarcación Ponce. Dirección física: Los Maestros Dev. D-8 A St., Ponce Puerto Rico 00731. El siguiente pagaré consta inscrito en la propiedad antes mencionada y es el que se pretende ejecutar: HIPOTECA: Por $51,500.00, con

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intereses al 6.5% anual, en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Southern Mortgage Corporation, vencedero el 1 de abril de 2029. Según escritura #202, otorgada en Ponce, el 18 de marzo de 1999, ante Miguel A. Silvestrini Alemañy, inscrita al folio 42 del tomo 1865 de Ponce I, inscripción 10ma. La referida hipoteca grava el bien inmueble antes descrito. Que según surge del estudio de título, la propiedad se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes posteriores: HIPOTECA: Por $24,500.00, con intereses al 9.95% anual, en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Doral Mortgage Corporation, o a su orden, vencedero el 1 de mayo de 2020. Según escritura #185, otorgada en San Juan, el 5 de abril de 2005, ante Eric Hernández Batalla, inscrita al folio 170 del tomo 7036 de Ponce I, inscripción 11ma. AVISO DE DEMANDA: Dictada el 2 de abril de 2019, en el Caso Civil #PO2019CV01093, en el Tribunal Superior de Ponce, seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico (demandante) vs Sandra Valentín Nazario (demandada).

Se reclama el pago de la deuda garantizada con la hipoteca de la inscripción 10ma., reducida a $31,423.01, más intereses y otras sumas o la venta de esta finca en pública subasta. Anotado al tomo Karibe de la Sección I de Ponce, finca #21733 de Ponce, Anotación F y última, con fecha de 1 de junio de 2020. La subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al demandante, total o parcialmente según sea el caso, de la referida sentencia que fue dictada por las siguientes sumas: $31,423.01 por concepto de principal, más recargos por atraso, más intereses al 6.5% anual los cuales se continúan acumulando hasta su completo pago, más $5,150.00 como cantidad estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato de préstamo, según pactado. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LAS PARTES INTERESADAS y del público en general, se advierte que los autos de este caso y demás instancias están disponibles para ser inspeccionadas en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de Ponce, durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, incluyendo el gravamen por las contribuciones sobre la propiedad inmueble adeudadas, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el

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Monday, January 11, 2021 rematante los acepta y queda responsable de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá Libre de Cargas y Gravámenes posteriores. Los tipos mínimos a utilizarse para la subasta son los siguientes: El inmueble antes descrito ha sido tasado en la suma de CINCUENTA Y UN MIL QUINIENTOS DÓLARES ($51,500.00) para que dicha suma sirva de tipo mínimo en la primera subasta a celebrarse.

De no producirse remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del antedicho inmueble, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado, el día 16 DE FEBRERO DEL AÑO 2021 A LAS 3:15 DE LA TARDE, sirviendo como tipo mínimo para dicha segunda subasta, una suma equivalente a las dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de TREINTA Y CUATRO MIL TRESCIENTOS TREINTA Y TRES DÓLARES CON TREINTA Y TRES CENTAVOS ($34,333.33) para la finca antes descrita. De no producirse remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta del antedicho inmueble, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado, el día 23 DE FEBRERO DEL AÑO 2021 A LAS 3:15 DE LA TARDE, sirviendo como tipo mínimo para dicha tercera subasta, una suma equivalente a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo fijado para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de VEINTICINCO MIL SETECIENTOS CINCUENTA DÓLARES ($25,750.00) para la finca antes descrita. En testimonio de lo cual, expido el presente aviso, el cual firmo y sello, hoy 15 de diciembre de 2020, en Ponce, Puerto Rico.

MIGUEL A. TORRES AYALA, ALGUACIL #560.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

SUCESIÓN DE FREDDIE ANTONIO MARTÍNEZ TORRES COMPUESTA POR SUS MIEMBROS FRANCES MARTINEZ CASTRO Y FREDDIE MARTINEZ CASTRO; SUCESIÓN DE IRMA ADELAIDA TORRES CAZARETTE COMPUESTA POR SUS MIEMBROS MANUEL MARTÍNEZ TORRES,

DIANA ANGÉLICA MARTÍNEZ TORRES, SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ ANTONIO MARTÍNEZ TORRES COMPUESTA POR CAROLINA MARTÍNEZ ARROYO, JOSÉ ALBERTO MARTÍNEZ ARROYO Y CHARY MARTÍNEZ ARROYO; SUCESIÓN DE EDWIN RAFAEL MARTÍNEZ TORRES COMPUESTA POR SHARON FORTIE

Demandados Civil Núm.: PO2019CV01096.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA.

A: LOS CODEMANDADOS DE EPIGRAFE Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de una Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe el 8 de agosto de 2019, notificada el 12 de agosto de 2019 y publicada el 14 de agosto de 2019, y de un Mandamiento de Ejecución emitido el día, 22 de octubre de 2019 que le ha sido dirigido por la Secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, procederá a vender en subasta, por separado, y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de los demandados de epígrafe sobre el inmueble que adelante se describe. Se anuncia por la presente que la primera subasta habrá de celebrarse el día 9 DE FEBRERO DEL AÑO 2021 A LAS 3:45 DE LA TARDE, en mi oficina localizada en el edificio que ocupa la Sala del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Ponce, sobre el inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el #13 del bloque “BC” de la Urbanización Villa del Carmen, Ponce, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 350.653 metros cuadrados y en lindes por el NORTE, en dos arcos de 4.478 metros y 5.782 metros, respectivamente con la Calle #10; por el SUR, en 20.261 metros con solares 50 y 51 del mismo bloque; por el ESTE, en 25.182 metros con solar #12 del mismo bloque y por el OESTE, en 24.433 metros con solar #14 del mismo bloque. ENCLAVA: Una casa de concreto dedicada a vivienda. Este solar está afecto a una servidumbre de paso a favor de Puerto Rico Telephone Company. FINCA: Número cuarenta mil ciento cuarenta

The San Juan Daily Star y dos (40142) inscrita al folio ciento ochenta y cinco (185) del tomo mil trescientos ochenta y cuatro (1384) del Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección I. Dirección física: 10 BC 13 Villa del Carmen, Ponce Puerto Rico 00731. El siguiente pagaré consta inscrito en la propiedad antes mencionada y es el que se pretende ejecutar: HIPOTECA: Por $52,450.00, con intereses al 9% anual, en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Doral Mortgage Corporation, que vence el 1ro de diciembre de 2030.

Según escritura #84, otorgada en Ponce, el 14 de noviembre de 2000, ante Wendell W. Colón Muñoz, inscrita al folio 241 del tomo 1899 de Ponce I, inscripción 5ta. La referida hipoteca grava el bien inmueble antes descrito. Que según surge del estudio de título, la propiedad se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes posteriores: AVISO DE DEMANDA: Dictada el 2 de abril de 2019, en el Caso Civil #PO2019CV01096, Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce; seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico (demandante) versus Sucesión de Freddie Antonio Martínez Torres, compuesta por Frances Martínez Castro y Freddie Martínez Castro; Sucesión de Irma Adelaida Torres Cazarette, compuesta por Manuel Martínez Torres, Diana Angélica Martínez Torres; Sucesión de José Antonio Martínez Torres, compuesta por Carolina Martínez Arroyo, José Alberto Martínez Arroyo y Chary Martínez Arroyo; Sucesión de Edwin Rafael Martínez Torres, compuesta por Sharon Fortie (demandados).

Se reclama el pago de la deuda garantizada con hipoteca de la inscripción 5ta., reducida a $37,508.03, más intereses y otras sumas, o la venta de esta finca en pública subasta. Anotada en el tomo Karibe de la Sección I de Ponce, finca #40142 de Ponce I, anotación A y última, con fecha de 13 de septiembre de 2019. La subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al demandante, total o parcialmente según sea el caso, de la referida sentencia que fue dictada por las siguientes sumas: $37,508.03 por concepto de principal, más intereses al 9% anual, más escrow, más 4% de todo pago en atraso, más $5,245.00 como cantidad estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato de préstamo, según pactado.

Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LAS PARTES INTERESADAS y del público en general, se advierte que los autos de este caso y demás instancias están disponibles para ser inspeccionadas en la Secretaría del Tri-

bunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de Ponce, durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, incluyendo el gravamen por las contribuciones sobre la propiedad inmueble adeudadas, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda responsable de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá Libre de Cargas y Gravámenes posteriores. Los tipos mínimos a utilizarse para la subasta son los siguientes: El inmueble antes descrito ha sido tasado en la suma de CINCUENTA Y DOS MIL CUATROCIENTOS CINCUENTA DÓLARES ($52,450.00) para que dicha suma sirva de tipo mínimo en la primera subasta a celebrarse.

De no producirse remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del antedicho inmueble, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado, el día 16 DE FEBRERO DEL AÑO 2021 A LAS 3:45 DE LA TARDE, sirviendo como tipo mínimo para dicha segunda subasta, una suma equivalente a las dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de TREINTA Y CUATRO MIL NOVECIENTOS SESENTA Y SEIS DÓLARES CON SESENTA Y SEIS CENTAVOS ($34,966.66) para la finca antes descrita. De no producirse remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta del antedicho inmueble, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado, el día 23 DE FEBRERO DEL AÑO 2021 A LAS 3:45 DE LA TARDE, sirviendo como tipo mínimo para dicha tercera subasta, una suma equivalente a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo fijado para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de VEINTISEIS MIL DOSCIENTOS VEINTICINCO DÓLARES ($26,225.00) para la finca antes descrita. En testimonio de lo cual, expido el presente aviso, el cual firmo y sello, hoy 15 de diciembre de 2020, en Ponce, Puerto Rico.

MIGUEL A. TORRES AYALA, ALGUACIL #560.

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

US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Demandante V.

CYNTHIA MORA CORTES T/C/C CINTHIA DENISSE

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MORA CORTES

Demandada Civil Núm.: KCD2008-4117.

(807). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, Alguacil de la División de Subastas de la Sala Superior de San Juan, a los demandados y al público en general les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso por el Secretario del Tribunal de epígrafe con fecha 17 de agosto de 2020 y para satisfacer la Sentencia por la cantidad de $68,169.21 de principal, 5.50% de intereses, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; $37.64 por concepto de cargos por mora, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la deuda; más $180.00 de otros gastos, más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados pactados en 10% del principal del Pagaré, dictada en el caso de autos el día 20 de mayo de 2009, notificada y archivada en autos el día 4de junio de 2009. Procederé a vender en pública subasta, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, mediante efectivo, giro o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil de este Tribunal todo derecho, título e interés que hayan tenido tengan o puedan tener los deudores demandados en cuanto a la propiedad localizada en: en el Municipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico, el bien inmueble se describe a continuación: Condominio Puertas del Sol Apt. 1805 San Juan, Puerto Rico.

URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: APARTAMENTO NUMERO MIL OCHOCIENTOS CINCO (1805). APARTAMENTO RESIDENCIAL NUMERO MIL OCHOCIENTOS CINCO (1805), DE FORMA RECTANGULAR LOCALIZADO EN EL PISO NUMERO DIECIOCHO (18) DEL CONDOMINIO PUERTA DEL SOL, QUE UBICA EN LA CARRETERA ESTATAL NUMERO CIENTO OCHENTA Y UNO (181) DEL BARRIO SABANA LLANA DE RIO PIEDRAS, MUNICIPIO DE SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, CON UNA CABIDA SUPERFICIAL DE SEISCIENTOS CINCUENTA Y DOS PUNTO OCHENTA Y OCHO (652.88) PIES CUADRADOS, SIENDO SUS MEDIDAS LINEALES TREINTA Y DOS PIES DIEZ PULGADAS (32’10”) DE LARGO, POR VEINTIDOS PIES OCHO PULGADAS (22’8”) DE ANCHO; EN LINDES POR EL NORTE, EN UNA DISTANCIA DE DIECISIETE PIES NUEVE PULGADAS (17’9”) CON EL APARTAMENTO NUMERO MIL OCHOCIENTOS SEIS (1806); POR EL SUR, EN UNA DISTANCIA DE VEINTIDOS PIES OCHO

PULGADAS (22’8”) CON EL APARTAMENTO NUMERO MIL OCHOCIENTOS CUATRO (1804); POR EL ESTE, EN UNA DISTANCIA DE TREINTA Y DOS PIES DIEZ PULGADAS (32’10”), CON EL PASILLO CENTRAL DEL PISO; Y POR EL OESTE, EN UNA DISTANCIA DE TREINTA Y DOS PIES DIEZ PULGADAS (32’10”), CON TERRENOS DONDE ENCLAVA EL EDIFICIO. LA PUERTA PRINCIPAL DE ESTE APARTAMENTO TIENE ACCESO AL PASILLO CENTRAL DEL PISO. ESTA UNIDAD RESIDENCIAL CONSTA DE LO SIGUIENTE: SALA-COMEDOR, BAÑO, PASILLO CON CLOSET, COCINA Y TRES (3) CUARTOS DORMITORIOS, CON SU CLOSET CADA UNO. PORCENTAJE DE CERO PUNTO CERO CERO CUATRO DOS CERO DOS CERO POR CIENTO (0.0042020%) EN LOS ELEMENTOS COMUNES GENERALES. INSCRITO AL TOMO DE HOJA MOVIL 975, BARRIO SABANA LLANA, FINCA NUMERO 32,181, REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD, SAN JUAN, SECCION QUINTA. Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, según la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, cuyas cantidades son las siguientes: $68,169.21 de principal, 5.50% de intereses, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; $37.64 por concepto de cargos por mora, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la deuda; más $180.00 de otros gastos, más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados pactados en 10% del principal del Pagaré. El tipo mínimo para la subasta será la suma de tasación pactada, la cual es $71,700.00 para la propiedad descrita. Si no produjere remate o adjudicación la primera subasta, se procederá a una segunda subasta y servirá de tipo mínimo la cantidad de $47,800.00. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en esta segunda subasta, se procederá a una tercera subasta, en ésta el tipo mínimo será la cantidad de $35,850.00. Para el lote descrito, la PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 3 DE FEBRERO DE 2021, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a efecto una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 10 DE FEBRERO DE 2021, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a cabo una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 18 DE FEBRERO DE 2021, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. La subasta o subastas antes indicadas se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan. Se advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación

Monday, January 11, 2021 se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el término de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. De Estudio de Título realizado no surgen gravámenes preferentes. De Estudio de Título realizado surge el siguiente gravamen posterior el cual podrá ser cancelado: HIPOTECA: Constituida por Cynthia Denise Mora Cortés, soltera, a favor de la Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico por $15,000.00 sin intereses, vencedero el 24 de noviembre de 2012, según Esc. #2190, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 24 de noviembre de 2004, ante el Notario Público Julio F. Fernández Rodríguez, inscrita al Tomo Karibe, finca #32181 de Sabana Llana, inscripción 10ma. y última. Contiene condiciones de venta por 8 años. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, previa orden judicial dirigida al Registrador de la Propiedad de la sección correspondiente para la cancelación de aquellos posteriores. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en la Secretaría del Tribunal. 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; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate.

Y para conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, a 23 de diciembre de 2020. PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL.

LEGAL NOTICE M&T 18-12-80662 HU2019CV00053 ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO SALA SUPERIOR

ORIENTAL BANK Demandante V.

IRIS M. RUÍZ OSORIO T/C/C IRIS MAGALY RUÍZ OSORIO T/C/C IRIS MAGALY RUÍZ OSORIO GARCÍA Y DERICK JOEL VELÁZQUEZ GINORIO (TITULAR REGISTRAL)

Demandados Civil Núm.: HU2019CV00053.

Sobre: 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 HUMACAO 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 4 DE FEBRERO DE 2021 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en Urb. Vista Hermosa, J-13 Calle 8, Humacao, PR 00791 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el No. 13 de la Manzana ‘J’ en el plano preparado por la Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda de Puerto Rico, para su proyecto de solares VM-87-3601 VISTA HERMOSA, radicado en el Barrio Tejas del término municipal de Humacao, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 365.371 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, con la Calle No. 8, en 12.50 metros lineales y un arco de 5.498 metros lineales; por el Sur, con el solar No. 12-J, en 16.00 metros lineales; por el Este, con el solar No. 14J, en 23.00 metros lineales; y por el Oeste, con la Calle No. 2, en 19.50 metros lineales. Enclava una residencia dedicada a vivienda. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita en el Folio Karibe del Tomo karibe de Humacao, finca número 30961, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado,

será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $96,224.00. 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 el día 11 DE FEBRERO DE 2021 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. 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 $64,149.33. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día el día 18 DE FEBRERO DE 2021 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. 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 $48,112.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 3, otorgada el día 4 de enero de 2010, ante el Notario Harold Alberto Vázquez Pedraza y consta inscrita en el Folio Karibe del Tomo Karibe de Humacao, finca número 30961, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao, inscripción tercera. 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 $81,526.03 por concepto de principal, más intereses al tipo pactado de5.000% anual desde el día 1 de julio de 2018. Dichos intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Se pagarán también los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.000% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha vencimiento, la suma de $9,622.40 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, la suma de $9,622.40 para cubrir los intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y la suma de $9,622.40 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca, más intereses según provisto por la regla 44.3 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 HUMACAO 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

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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. A: Demanda expedida el 14 de enero de 2019, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Humacao, caso civil número HU2019CV00053, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, seguido por Oriental Bank versus Iris Magaly Ruiz Osorio, por la suma de $81,526.03, anotado al tomo Karibe de Humacao, finca 30961, 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 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 Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy día 23 de noviembre de 2020. FDO. MARÍA DEL PILAR RIVERA, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. JENNISA GARCÍA MORALES, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #796.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

PEDRO ENRIQUE OLMO VELAZQUEZ, ARMIN RAKEL ROSA RODRIGUEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: ECD2016-0040.

(704). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA “IN REM” (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 CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el día 16 DE FEBRERO DE 2021, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS. SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en RESIDENCIAL BAIROA, AS-3 CALLE 28, CAGUAS, PR 00725 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Residencial Bairoa situada en el Barrio Bairoa del término municipal de Caguas, marcado con el número 3 de la manzana “AS” con un área de 305.24 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la Calle número 28, distancia de 13.280 metros; por el SUR, con los solares número 21 y 20, distancia de 13.280 metros; por el ESTE, con el solar número 4, distancia de 22.985 metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar número 2, distancia de 22.985 metros. Enclava una vivienda de concreto para una sola familia. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita en el Folio 70 del Tomo 926 de Caguas, finca número 31,343 (antes 5,763), en el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Primera. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $114,793.82. 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 23 DE FEBRERO DE 2021, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. 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 $76,529.21. Si tampoco hu-

biere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 3 DE MARZO DE 2021, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. 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 $57,396.91.

La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 103, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 20 de mayo de 2002, ante la Notario Amabel Marie Escalera Rivera, la cual consta inscrita al Tomo Móvil 1591 de Caguas, finca número 31,343 (antes 5,763), en el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Primera, inscripción Cuarta (4ta). Modificada en cuanto a su principal que es de $114,793.82, en cuanto a su interés que es de 4.50%, en cuanto a su pago mensual que es de $581.64, en cuanto al tipo mínimo en caso de subasta que es de $114,793.82 y en cuanto a su vencimiento que es el primero (1ro) de abril de 2044, según consta de la escritura número 153, otorgada el día 20 de marzo de 2014, ante el Notario Néstor Machado Cortés, la cual consta inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Caguas, finca número 31,343 (antes 5,763), en el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Primera, inscripción Quinta (5ta). 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 $112,463.53 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de agosto de 2015, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.50% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $11,707.50. Además, la parte demandada se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $11,707.50 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $11,707.50 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Por razón de dicho incumplimiento, y al amparo del derecho que le confiere el Pagaré, el demandante ha declarado tales sumas vencidas, líquidas y exigibles en su totalidad. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CEN-

26 TRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose 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 y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita.

Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores desconocidos, no inscritos o presentados que 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 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. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. 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 dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 29 de diciembre de 2020. ALBERTO NEGRÓN ROMÁN, ALGUACIL PLACA #435, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR.

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BANCO POPULAR DE

PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

TERESA LOPEZ RIOS; LA SUCESIÓN DE RAMÓN ROSARIO ROSARIO COMPUESTA POR FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION; Y CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2019CV01759.

Sala: 702. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (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 CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR , en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 16 DE FEBRERO DE 2021, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: 24 CALLE VIRTUD COMM. VILLA ESPERANZA CAGUAS, PR 00725 y que se describe a continuación: RUSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número veinticuatro (24) en el Plano de Parcelación de la Comunidad Rural Esperanza del Barrio Turabo del término municipal de Caguas, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de mil (1000.00) metros cuadrados. En lindes: por el NORTE, con parcelas número veinte (20) y número veinticinco (25) dela comunidad; por el SUR, con parcela número veintitrés (23) y calle número uno (1) de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con parcela número veinticinco (25) y calle número uno (1) de la comunidad; y por el OESTE, con parcelas número veinte (20) y número veintitrés (23) de la comunidad. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 114 del Tomo 1,381 de Caguas, finca número 49,000, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Primera (1ra). El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $62,840.00.

Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del

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Alguacil que suscribe el día 23 DE FEBRERO DE 2021, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. 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 $41,893.33.

Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 3 DE MARZO DE 2021, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. 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 $31,420.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 143 otorgada en Caguas, Puerto Rico, el día 6 de agosto de 2009, ante el Notario Ulises Santiago Tejada Nieves y consta inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Caguas, finca número 49,000, inscripción Cuarta (4ta). 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 contra la parte co-demandada Teresa López Ríos y La Sucesión de Ramón Rosario Rosario ascendente a la suma de $56,181.47 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de abril de 2017 más intereses al tipo pactado de 6.50% anual.

Dichos intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte co-demandada Teresa López Ríos y La Sucesión de Ramón Rosario Rosario adeudan a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $6,284.00. Además, la parte co-demandada Teresa López Ríos y La Sucesión de Ramón Rosario Rosario se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $6,284.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $6,284.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley.

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 CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabili-

dad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores conocidos y desconocidos que tengan inscritos, no inscritos, presentados y/o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca 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 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. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. 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 dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 29 de diciembre de 2020. ALBERTO NEGRÓN ROMÁN, ALGUACIL PLACA #435, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

RAQUEL BERRÍOS RIVERA

Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2019CV01760.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumpli-

miento 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 CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR , en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 16 DE FEBRERO DE 2021, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: AS-1 CALLE 28 URB. RESIDENCIAL BAIROA CAGUAS, PR 00725-1455 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar número Uno de la Manzana AS de la Urbanización Residencial Bairoa, en el Barrio Bairoa de Caguas, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de 345.00 metros cuadrados. Colinda por el NORTE, con la calle número 28, distancia de 15.10 metros; por el SUR, con el solar número 22 (Según Escritura de Hipoteca Calle número 22) distancia de 15.10 metros; por el ESTE, con el solar número 2, distancia de 22.985 metros; por el OESTE, con la calle 29 A, distancia de 22.985 metros.

Enclava una casa de concreto para una familia. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 160 del Tomo 921 de Caguas, finca número 31,148, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Primera (1ra).

El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $120,772.00.

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 23 DE FEBRERO DE 2021, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA. 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 $80,514.66.

Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 3 DE MARZO DE 2021, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA. 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 $60,386.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 54 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 11 de diciembre de 2015, ante el Notario Carlos R. Carrillo Jiménez y consta inscrita Tomo Karibe de Caguas, finca núme-

ro 31,148, inscripción Novena (9na), Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Primera (1ra). 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 contra la parte demandada ascendente a la suma de $115,253.78 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de diciembre de 2018más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.75% anual. Dichos interese continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación.

Además, la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $12,077.20.

Además, la parte demandada se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $12,077.20 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $12,077.20 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. 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 CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose 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 y/o preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores conocidos y desconocidos que tengan inscritos, no inscritos, presentados y/o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca 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 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 ase-

gurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. 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 dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 29 de diciembre de 2020. ALBERTO NEGRÓN ROMÁN, ALGUACIL PLACA #435, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR.

a quinientos cuarenta punto ochenta y tres metros cuadrados, en lindes por el NORTE, en punto con un camino municipal y con terreno propiedad de la señora Francisca Ramos; por el SUR, en veintitrés punto cero siete metros con terrenos del solar uno segregado a Irma Sara Montalván González; por el ESTE, en cuarenta y siete punto ochenta y nueve metros con camino municipal; y por el OESTE, en cuarenta y ocho punto setenta y tres metros con terrenos propiedad de la señora Francisca Ramos. Casa terrera con sótano construida en hormigón y bloques de hormigón, con un área de construcción de veinte pies de ancho por treinta y cinco pies de largo (20 x 35), setecientos pies cuadrados (700). Contiene 3 cuartos dormitorios, un baño, sala, comedor, cocina y balcón. El balcón mide 20 pies de ancho por cuarentiun pies y medio de largo y el restante mide nueve pies de ancho por treinta y cinco pies de largo, con valor de $10,000.00, según consta de la escritura #33, otorgada en Cidra el 11 de febrero de 2006, ante el Notario José Ramón LEGAL NOTICE González Colón, inscrito al folio ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO 1609 del tomo 518 de Cidra, DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- finca #11,985, inscripción 2da.

NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA FINCA NÚMERO: 11,985, insSALA SUPERIOR DE CA- crita al folio 157 del tomo 307 GUAS. de Cidra, sección II de Caguas.

DIRECCION: BARRIO SUD ORIENTAL BANK SECTOR MONTALVAN 171 RD DEMANDANTE VS. IRMA SARA MONTALVAN KM 0.9 CIDRA, PR. 00739. Se anuncia por medio de este edicGONZÁLEZ T/C/C to que la primera subasta habrá IRMA S. MONTALVAN de celebrarse el día 9 de febreGONZÁLEZ T/C/C IRMA ro de 2021, a las 10:45 a.m., en MONTALVAN GONZÁLEZ, mi oficina sita en el edificio que el Tribunal Superior de SU ESPOSO CEFERINO ocupa Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de GONZÁLEZ VÁZQUEZ Y Caguas. Siendo ésta la primeLA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE ra subasta que se celebrará en BIENES GANANCIALES este caso, será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la COMPUESTA POR Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo AMBOS mínimo pactado en la Escritura DEMANDADOS de Hipoteca para la propiedad, CIVIL NÚM.: CG2019CV03442. la suma de $40,500.00. De no SOBRE: EJECUCIÓN DE HI- haber remanente o adjudicaPOTECA (IN REM). EDICTO ción en esta primera subasta ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SE- por dicha suma mínima, se ceGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBAS- lebrará una segunda subasta el TA. El Alguacil que suscribe, día 17 de febrero de 2021, a las funcionario del Tribunal de Ca- 10:45 a.m.., en el mismo lugar guas , Puerto Rico, por la pre- antes señalado en la cual el sente anuncia y hace saber al precio mínimo serán dos tercepúblico en general que en cum- ras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo plimiento con la Sentencia dic- pactado en la escritura de hipotada en este caso con fecha 12 teca para la propiedad, la suma de noviembre de 2019, y según de $27,000.00. De no haber Orden y Mandamiento del 9 de remanente o adjudicación en enero de 2020 librado por este esta segunda subasta por el honorable Tribunal, procederé tipo mínimo indicado en el páa vender en pública subasta al rrafo anterior, se celebrará una mejor postor, y por dinero en tercera subasta en el mismo efectivo, cheque certificado o lugar antes señalado el día 24 giro postal a nombre del Algua- de febrero de 2021, a las 10:45 cil del Tribunal con todo título a.m., en la cual el tipo mínimo derecho y/o interés de la parte aceptable como oferta será la demandada sobre la propiedad mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo que se describe a continuación: pactado en la escritura de hipoRÚSTICA: Solar radicado en el teca para la propiedad, la suma barrio Sud del término munici- de $20,250.00. Si se declare pal de Cidra, Puerto Rico, con desierta la tercera subasta se una cabida superficial de cero adjudicará la finca a favor del punto mil trescientos setenta acreedor por la totalidad de la y seis cuerdas equivalentes cantidad adeudada si ésta es

The San Juan Daily Star igual o menor que el monto del tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. El Honorable Tribunal dictó Sentencia In Rem, declarando Con Lugar la demanda al incumplir la parte demandada con los términos del contrato hipotecario y ordenando la venta en pública subasta del inmueble antes descrito. Del producto de dicha venta se procederá a pagar en primer término los gastos del Alguacil, en segundo término las costas y honorarios de abogados según concedidos en la Sentencia, en tercer término los intereses acumulados por la Sentencia, en cuarto término los recargos acumulados, en quinto cualquier suma antes indicada como sobregiro en la cuenta de reserva y en sexto término hasta la suma de $33,097.78, para cubrir el principal adeudado, disponiéndose que si quedare algún remanente luego de pagarse las sumas antes mencionadas el mismo deberá ser depositado en la Secretaría del Tribunal para ser entregado a los demandados previa solicitud y orden del Tribunal. Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del demandado/deudor la ocupen. El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Si la subasta es adjudicada a un tercero y luego se deja sin efecto, el tercero a favor de quién se adjudicó la subasta solo tendrá derecho a la devolución del monto consignado más no tendrá derecho a entablar recurso o reclamo adicional alguno (judicial o extrajudicial) contra el demandante y/o el acreedor y/o inversionista, dueño pagaré y/o su abogado.

Por la presente también se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y 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 eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anterio-

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res y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 21 de diciembre de 2020.

Alberto Negron Roman, Placa 435, ALGUACIL, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

LEGAL NOT ICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

ORIENTAL BANK DEMANDANTE VS.

JANIZABETH SANCHEZ CARRASQUILLO

DEMANDADA CIVIL NÚM.: CG2019CV02167.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de Caguas, Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 1 de abril de 2020 y según Orden y Mandamiento del 21 de septiembre de 2020 librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamiento número trescientos siete del edificio Caguas Tower, ubicado en la calle “Z” esquina Ciprés, de las Urbanizaciones Bonneville y Villa Turabo del término municipal de Caguas, Puerto Rico. El apartamiento está situado en el ala Norte en la planta tercera del edificio, que da hacia el área de piscina y recreación. Su puerta de entrada abre contrario al vestíbulo o pasillo que comunica al apartamiento con el vestíbulo central de la planta, donde se encuen-

tran situados los ascensores y las dos escaleras interiores del edificio. Consta de tres dormitorios, dos baños, sala comedor, cocina lavandería y balcón.

Colinda por el OESTE, en veinticinco pies con seis pulgadas, con el apartamiento trescientos seis; por el ESTE, en veinticinco pies con seis pulgadas, con el exterior que da hacia el área de estacionamiento; por el SUR, en veinticinco pies con seis pulgadas, con el apartamiento número trescientos ocho, en ocho pies con el exterior y en diez pies con el pasillo; y por el NORTE, en treinta y tres pies con el exterior que da hacia el área de piscina y recreación.

El área total es de novecientos setenta y cuatro pies cuadrados con ochenta y dos centésimas.

Corresponde a este apartamiento el espacio de su igual número para estacionamiento de un automóvil. FINCA NÚMERO: 27,101, inscrita al folio 132 del tomo 821 de Caguas, sección I de Caguas. DIRECCION FISICA: 40 AVE. DEGETAU CAGUAS TOWER APT. 307 CAGUAS, PR. 00727. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la primera subasta habrá de celebrarse el día 10 de febrero de 2021 a las 10:15 a.m., en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Caguas. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso, será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $97,910.00.

De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una segunda subasta el día 18 de febrero de 2021 a las 10:15 a.m., en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $65,272.33. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una tercera subasta en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 25 de febrero de 2021 a las 10:15 a.m., en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $48,955.00. Si 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 mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Con el importe de esta venta se habrá de satisfacer el balance de la sentencia dictada en este caso el cual consiste en el pago de $96,997.21 de principal, más

intereses convenidos al 4.50% anual más recargos hasta su pago, más el pago de lo pactado en la sentencia para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del demandado/deudor la ocupen. El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Si la subasta es adjudicada a un tercero y luego se deja sin efecto, el tercero a favor de quién se adjudicó la subasta solo tendrá derecho a la devolución del monto consignado más no tendrá derecho a entablar recurso o reclamo adicional alguno (judicial o extrajudicial) contra el demandante y/o el acreedor y/o inversionista, dueño pagaré y/o su abogado.

Por la presente también se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y 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 eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy

día 21 de diciembre de 2020.

Alberto Negron Roman, Placa 435, ALGUACIL, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

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

ORIENTAL BANK DEMANDANTE VS.

MARIA DEL PILAR ACEVEDO BLANCO T/C/C MARIA D. ACEVEDO BLANCO T/C/C MARIA DEL PILAR ACEVEDO

DEMANDADA CIVIL NÚM.: CG2019CV02575.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de Caguas , Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 22 de noviembre de 2019 y según Orden y Mandamiento del 15 de enero de 2020 librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 4 del bloque AA de la Urbanización Chalets de Santa Barbara del Barrio Rincón, radicada en el término municipal de Gurabo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de quinientos noventa y tres metros, cincuenta y cuatro decímetros cuadrados. En linderos: NORTE, en distancia de 40.21 metros lineales, con el Lote AA-3; SUR, en distancia de 18.97 metros lineales y 14.908 metros lineales, con la Calle 1; ESTE, en distancia de 14.00 metros lineales, con la calle Local; OESTE, en distancias de 11.7678 metros lineales y 1.174 metros, con la calle 1. Contiene una estructura de hormigón residencial tipo “Town House” de dos niveles construida para una sola familia. FINCA NÚMERO: 14,169, inscrita al folio 53 del tomo 380 de Gurabo, sección II de Caguas. DIRECCION FISICA: AA-4 CALLE GORION CHALETS DE SANTA BARBARA GURABO, PR. 00778. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la primera subasta habrá de celebrarse el día 9 de febrero de 2021, a las 10:30 a.m., en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Caguas. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso, será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura

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de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $220,000.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una segunda subasta el día 17 de febrero de 2021, a las 10:30 a.m., en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $146,666.66. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una tercera subasta en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 24 de febrero de 2021, a las 10:30 a.m., en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $110,000.00. Si 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 mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor.

Con el importe de esta venta se habrá de satisfacer el balance de la sentencia dictada en este caso el cual consiste en el pago de $150,083.66 de principal, más intereses convenidos al 3.5000% anual más recargos hasta su pago, más el pago de lo pactado en la sentencia para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del demandado/deudor la ocupen. El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Si la subasta es adjudicada a un tercero y luego se deja sin efecto, el tercero a favor de quién se adjudicó la subasta solo tendrá derecho a la devolución del monto consignado más no tendrá derecho a entablar recurso o reclamo adicional alguno (judicial o extrajudicial) contra el demandante y/o el acreedor y/o inversionista, dueño pagaré y/o su abogado.

Por la presente también se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y gravamen posterior que afecte la mencio-

nada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la Primera, Segunda y Tercera Subasta, si eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 21 de diciembre de 2020.

Alberto Negron Roman, Placa 435, ALGUACIL, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

CARMEN SOCORRO VÁZQUEZ SANTIAGO T/C/C CARMEN VÁZQUEZ SANTIAGO

Demandados Civil Núm.: KCD2011-0018.

(602). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, Alguacil de la División de Subastas del Centro Judicial de San Juan, a los demandados y al público en general les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso por el Secretario del Tribunal de epígrafe con fecha 17 de enero de 2020 y para satisfacer la Sentencia por la cantidad de $65,338.85 de principal; 5.50% de intereses, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; $306.47 por concepto de cargos por mora, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la deuda; más

$160.00 de otros gastos; $76.72 de cargos por “escrow”; $7,100.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; dictada en el caso de autos el día 23 de junio de 2011, notificada y archivada en autos el día 1 de febrero de 2013, la misma fue publicada mediante edicto el día 11 de febrero de 2013 en el Periódico El Vocero de Puerto Rico. Procederé a vender en pública subasta, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, mediante efectivo, giro o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil de este Tribunal todo derecho, título e interés que hayan tenido tengan o puedan tener los deudores demandados en cuanto a la propiedad localizada en: en el Municipio de San Juan , Puerto Rico, el bien inmueble se describe a continuación: Condominio Puerta del Sol, Apto 210, San Juan, PR 00921. URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento número 210. Apartamento residencial, de forma rectangular, localizado en el piso 2 del Condominio Puerta del Sol, que ubica en la Carretera Estatal número 181, Barrio Sabana Llana de Rio Piedras, municipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de seiscientos setenta y nueve punto ochenta y ocho pies cuadrados (679.88) siendo sus medidas lineales 32 pies 10 pulgadas de largo por 22 pies 8 pulgadas de ancho, en lindes por el NORTE, en una distancia de 18’4” con el apartamento numero 209; por el SUR, en una distancia de 22’8” con terrenos donde enclava el edificio; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 32 pies 10 pulgadas con terrenos donde enclava el edificio y por el OESTE, en 32 pies 10 pulgadas con el pasillo central del piso. La puerta principal de este apartamento tiene acceso al pasillo central del piso. Esta unidad residencial consta de lo siguiente: salacomedor, baño, pasillo con closet, cocina y tres cuartos dormitorios con su closet cada uno. A este apartamento le corresponde el 0.0043757% en los elementos comunes generales del condominio. Le corresponde a este apartamento como elemento común el espacio de estacionamiento número 39. Finca 32111-B, inscrita al tomo de hoja móvil 973 de Sabana Llana, Sección V, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan.

Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, según la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, cuyas cantidades son las siguientes: $65,338.85 de principal; 5.50% de intereses, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; $306.47 por concepto de cargos por mora, los cuales conti-

28 núan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la deuda; más $160.00 de otros gastos; $76.72 de cargos por “escrow”; $7,100.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. El tipo mínimo para la subasta será la suma de tasación pactada, la cual es $71,000.00 para la propiedad descrita. Si no produjere remate o adjudicación la primera subasta, se procederá a una segunda subasta y servirá de tipo mínimo la cantidad de $47,333.33. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en esta segunda subasta, se procederá a una tercera subasta, en ésta el tipo mínimo será la cantidad de $35,500.00. Para el lote descrito, la PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 3 DE FEBRERO DE 2021, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a efecto una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 10 DE FEBRERO DE 2021, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a cabo una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 18 DE FEBRERO DE 2021, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. La subasta o subastas antes indicadas se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan. Se advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el término de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida.

Del Estudio de Titulo realizado surgen los siguientes gravámenes posteriores los que serán objeto de ejecución por esta subasta: CONDICIONES RESTRICTIVAS: Según surgen de la inscripción 10ma. a favor de Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico (La Llave para tu Hogar). Condiciones restrictivas que se establecen: A. El inmueble tiene que constituir la residencia principal de los deudores hipotecarios y no puede ser arrendada o destinada a otro uso que no sea el de su residencia habitual y permanente; B. Los deudores

hipotecarios no podrán vender, donar, permutar, o de cualquier otro modo, transferir la propiedad dentro de un periodo de 8 años, contados desde la fecha en que se adjudicó el beneficio o subsidio; C. Si el beneficiario fallece, sus herederos legítimos no vendrán obligados al reembolso dispuesto, si la propiedad hubiera sido legítimamente transferida a su favor por sucesión testada o intestada. Si los herederos advinieron titulares de la propiedad, dentro del periodo de 8 años antes relacionado, y dentro del mismo decidieren vender, permutar, donar o de otro modo transferir la propiedad, vendrán obligados a efectuar el reembolso de la totalidad del subsidio beneficio.

Termino de las condiciones restrictivas. Estas condiciones tendrán vigencia durante el término de la hipoteca. HIPOTECA: A favor de la Administración para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico, por $15,000.00, sin intereses, con vencimiento el día 30 de julio de 2012, en virtud de la escritura #1311, otorgada en San Juan, el día 30 de julio de 2004, ante el Notario Julio F. Fernández Rodríguez, según inscripción 10ma. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, previa orden judicial dirigida al Registrador de la Propiedad de la sección correspondiente para la cancelación de aquellos posteriores. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en la Secretaría del Tribunal. 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; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Y para conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, a 21 de diciembre de 2020. PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL.

The San Juan Daily Star

Monday, January 11, 2021

AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES ACQUISITION TRUST 2018-HB1 Demandante vs.

EDWIN RICARDO NIEVES TROCHE T/C/C EDWIN R NIEVES T/C/C EDWIN R NIEVES TROCHE; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Demandados CIVIL NUM. AR2018CV01016.

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

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

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Camuy, 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 Camuy, el 3 de febrero de 2021, a las 10:00 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: Solar radicado en el Barrio Buena Vista del término municipal de Hatillo, Puerto Rico, compuesta de 1,097.5354 metros cuadrados de terreno. En lindes por el NORTE, con Sucesión Torrado; al SUR, con faja dedicada a uso público y con Sucesión Torrado; al ESTE, con solar marcado número 1 en el plano de inscripción y al OESTE, con Sucesión Torrado. Finca número 7,311, inscrita al folio 1 del tomo 143 de Hatillo, Registro de la Propiedad de Arecibo, Sección II. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al Tomo Karibe, finca número 7,311 de Hatillo, Registro de la Propiedad de Arecibo, Sección II, inscripción 8ª. Propiedad localizada en: PR 488 KM 0.9 BO. BUENA VISTA, HATILLO, PR 00659. Según figuran en la certificación reLEGAL NOTICE gistral, la propiedad objeto de ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO ejecución está gravada por las DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- siguientes cargas anteriores NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA o preferentes: Nombre del TiSALA SUPERIOR DE CAMUY. tular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: WILMINGTON SAVINGS N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: Según figuran en la certiFUND SOCIETY, FSB, N/A. ficación registral, la propiedad NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT objeto de ejecución está graSOLELY AS TRUSTEE vada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del FOR FINANCE OF

crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano Suma de la Carga: $171,000.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 12 de diciembre de 2093. 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 $171,000.00, 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 Camuy, el 10 de febrero de 2021, a las 10:00 de la mañana, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $114,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la tercera subasta, la suma de $85,500.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Camuy, el 18 de febrero de 2021, a las 10:00 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 $73,322.29 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $18,993.21 en intereses acumulados al 30 de abril de 2019 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 3.184% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $8,408.63 en seguro hipotecario; $440.00 en tasaciones; $280.00 en inspecciones de la propiedad; $2,815.00 en mantenimiento de propiedad, más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $17,100.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado. 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 Camuy, Puerto Rico, hoy 15 de diciembre de 2020. Wilfredo Olmo Salazar, Alguacil Regional. Luis E. Roman Carrero, Placa 657, Alguacil.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN.

BOSCO CREDIT X, LLC, BY FRANKLIN CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION AS SERVICER Demandante vs .

JUAN RAMON CRESPO OCASIO T/C/C JUAN R. CRESPO OCASIO

Demandados CIVIL NUM. SJ2019CV02309.

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

A: La Parte Demandada, al (a la) Secretario(a) de Hacienda de Puerto Rico y al Publico 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 San Juan, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en publica subasta y al mejor pastor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de America y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 26 de enero de 2021, a las 9:30 de la mañana, todo derecho titulo, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellas en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: ---URBANA: Solar marcado con el numero dieciséis (16) del plano de inscripción levantado por los arquitectos y contratistas M. Gonzalez Seijo & Hermanos para una extension de la Urbanización Eleanor Roosevelt del Barrio Hato Rey, del termino municipal de Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, propiedad de la Asociación de miembros de la policia insular de Puerto Rico, con una cabida trescientos seis punto veintiocho (306.28 ) metros cuadrados.

Tiene dicho solar las siguien-

tes colindancias: por el Norte, en diecinueve punto setenta y seis (19.76) metros con el solar numero quince (15 ) de dicho plano de la Urbanización de la Asociación de miembros de la policia insular de Puerto Rico; por el Sur, en diecinueve punto setenta y seis (19.76) metros con el solar numero diecisiete (17) de dicho plano de la Urbanización; por el Este, en quince punto cincuenta (15.50) metros con la cal le “T” de dicho plano de la referida Urbanización y por el Oeste, en quince punto cinco mil sesenta (15.5060) (así expresa ) metros con el solar numero veintitrés (23) de dicho plano de la urbanización.

Enclava una casa. Consta inscrita al folio 152 del tomo 1304, Finca 13533 de Rio Piedras Norte, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección II. La hipoteca objeto de ejecución consta inscrita al folio 193 del tomo 1504 de Rio Piedras Norte, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección II, inscripción 9a. Propiedad localizada en: #568 RAFAEL LAMAR ST., URB. LA MERCED, SAN JUAN, PR 00921. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución esta 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 esta 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 coma bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y las pr efe rentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si las hubiere, continuaran subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de las mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $179,200.00, 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 celebrara en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 2 de febrero de 2021, a las 9:30 de la mañana y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $119,466.67, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en l a segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la tercera subasta, la suma de $89,600.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrara en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el

9 de febrero de 2021, a las 9:30 de la mañana Dicha subasta se llevara a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma principal de $147,913.36 de principal, intereses pactado y computados sobre esta suma al tipo de 7.25% anual desde el 1 de septiembre de 2018 y hasta su total y completo pago, contribuciones, recargos y primas de seguro adeudados y l a suma de $17,920.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La venta e n publica subasta de la referida propiedad se verificara libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber l a 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 Secretaria del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinada s 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 d e dos se manas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) Dias entre ambas publicaciones, así como par a su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 9 de diciembre de 2020. Edwin E. Lopez Mulero, Alguacil Regional.

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

REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC. Demandante vs.

HECTOR IVAN PEREZ GONZALEZ POR SÍ Y EN CUANTO A LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA; SUCESION AURORA PEREZ MARTINEZ COMPUESTA POR CHARLIE PEREZ PEREZ, ENIOVELL PEREZ PEREZ; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Demandados CIVIL NUM. BY2019CV05460.

SOBRE: EJECUCION DE HI-

POTECA. 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 BAYAMON, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, el 21 de enero de 2021, a las 3:15 de la tarde, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar diez (10) de la manzana “P” de la Urbanización Flamboyán Gardens, Barrio Juan Sanchez del término municipal de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, compuesto de trescientos siete punto cincuenta y tres (307.53) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con solar P guion once (P-11), en veintitrés punto cincuenta (23.50) metros; por el SUR, con el solar P guion nueve (P-9) en diecinueve punto ocho (19.08) metros; por el ESTE, con paseo público, en catorce (14.00) metros y por el OESTE, con la calle dieciséis (16), en cuatro punto sesenta (4.60) metros y ocho punto catorce (8.14) metros y dos punto veintisiete (2.27) metros. Inscrita al folio 120 del tomo 642 de Bayamón Sur, finca 29668, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución se encuentra inscrita al folio 137 del tomo 1876, finca 29668 de Bayamón Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I, inscripción 8a. Propiedad localizada en: URB. FLAMBOYAN GARDENS, P-10 CALLE LIMA (16), BAYAMON, PR 00956.

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: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $220,500.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 16 de junio de 2094. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la

The San Juan Daily Star 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 $220,500.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una segunda subasta por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, el 28 de enero de 2021, a las 3:15 de la tarde, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $147,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la tercera subasta, la suma de $110,250.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, el 4 de febrero de 2021, a las 3:15 de la tarde. 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 $115,866.83 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $9,113.57 en intereses acumulados al 3 de diciembre de 2019 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 3.685% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $5,452.27 en seguro hipotecario; $4,480.00 en cargos por servicio; $1,182.00 en seguro; $300.00 en inspecciones de la propiedad; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $22,050.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado, esta última habrá de devengar intereses al máximo del tipo legal fijado por la oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras aplicable a esta fecha, desde este mismo día hasta su total y completo saldo. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta.

Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publi-

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cación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 17 de diciembre de 2020. Jorge Campusano, Alguacil Regional.

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LEGAL NOTICE

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante v.

JIMMY HÉCTOR VÁZQUEZ ARÁN, SU ESPOSA, MARÍA MARGARITA GONZÁLEZ ARGUESO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm: CA2019CV02405.

PROCEDIMIENTO IN REM SOBRE EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA.

A: LOS CODEMANDADOS DE EPIGRAFE Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de una Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe el 15 de octubre de 2019, notificada el 16 de octubre de 2019 y publicada el 18 de octubre de 2019, y de un Mandamiento de Ejecución emitido el día 7 de febrero de 2020, que le ha sido dirigido por la Secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, procederá a vender en subasta, y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, y/o giro postal, dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, o letra bancaria, con similar garantía de todo título, derecho o interés de los demandados de epígrafe sobre el inmueble que adelante se describe. Se anuncia por la presente que la primera subasta habrá de celebrarse el dia 5 de marzo del año 2021 a la 1:30 de la tarde, en mi oficina localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, sobre el inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento residencial de 2 niveles como Penthouse letra A-801, ubicado en el octavo y noveno piso del Edificio A del

Condominio Polares, localizado en la Carretera Estatal PR-857, en el Barrio Canóvanillas del término m unicipal de Carolina, Puerto Rico, con un área residencial total de 1,913.675 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 177.80 metros cuadrados. La puerta de entrada a este apartamento ubica en el primer nivel de este apartamento, localizado en el nivel octavo del edificio del cual este apartamento forma parte en su colindancia Oeste, conectada el mismo con un área de recepción (main Entrance) la cual es un elemento común general del Condominio Polaris. El primer nivel de este apartamento tiene un área residencial de 1,519.83 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 141.20 metros cuadrados y sus linderos son los siguientes: por el NORTE, en una distancia de 11.78 metros lineales, con elementos comunes exteriores; por el SUR, en una distancia de 10.57 metros lineales, con elemento común exterior y en una distancia de 1.24 metros lineales, con el área de escalera del Edificio del cual este apartamento forma parte, la cual es un elemento común general del Condominio Polaris; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 12.39 metros lineales con elemento común exterior; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 7.39 metros lineales, con el primer nivel del apartamento identificado con la letra A-802, y en una distancia de 5.76 metros lineales, con el área de escalera del edificio del cual este apartamento forma parte y el de entrada (main entrace) a este apartamento, las cuales son elementos comunes del Condominio Polaris. El segundo nivel de este apartamento tiene un área residencial de 393.845 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 36.60 metros cuadrados y sus linderos, incluyendo el área de terraza abierta asignada como anejo al mismo, son los siguientes: por el NORTE, en una distancia de 11.78 metros lineales, con elemento común exterior; por el SUR, en una distancia de 10.57 metros lineales, con elemento común exterior y un cuarto de servicio (Service Room) el cual es un elemento común general del Condominio Polaris y en 1.24 metros lineales, con el área de escalera del Edificio del cual este apartamento forma parte, la cual es un elemento común general del Condominio Polaris; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 13.16 metros lineales, con elemento común exterior; por el OESTE, en una distancia de 7.39 metros lineales, con el segundo nivel del apartamento identificado con la letra A-802 y en una distancia de 5.76 metros lineales con el área de escalera del edificio del cual este apartamento forma parte y un cuarto de servicio (Service Room) los cuales son elementos comunes generales del Condominio Polaris. Contiene en el primer nivel

las siguientes facilidades o dependencias: Sala (living room), cuarto familiar (family) comedor (dinning Room), cocina (kitchen), un dormitorio principal (master bedroom) con un baño y área de closet, dos dormitorios adicionales con sus respectivos closets, un cuarto de baño, medio cuarto de baño, un área designada como lavandería (laundry), escaleras internas para ganar acceso al segundo nivel de este apartamento y en el segundo nivel, la continuación de las referidas escaleras, otro cuarto familiar (family room) y un baño. Están asignados como anejos a este apartamento un área de terraza abierta con una cabida de 1,125.985 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 104.60 metros cuadrados y dos espacios de estacionamientos (que podrán ser dos sencillos o uno doble back to back), los cuales se establecerán en la escritura de individualización de este apartamento, con una cabida de 13.75 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a 147.95 pies cuadrados, cada espacio de estacionamiento. La cabida total de este apartamento incluyendo sus anejos es de 3,335.56 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 309.90 metros cuadrados. Este apartamento tiene una participación en los elementos comunes del Condominio de 1.6489%. Finca Número 63176 inscrita al folio 116 del tomo 1513 del Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III. Dirección física: A-801 Polaris Condominium, Carolina PR 00985. El siguiente pagaré consta inscrito en la propiedad antes mencionada y es el que se pretende ejecutar: HIPOTECA: Por $176,383.00, con intereses al 4.00% anual, en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, vencedero el 1 de noviembre de 2043. Según escritura #61, otorgada en San Juan, el 31 de octubre de 2013, ante Eduardo E. Ortiz Rivera, inscrita al folio 116vto del tomo 1513 de Carolina II, inscripción 2da. La referida hipoteca grava el bien inmueble antes descrito.

La subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al demandante, total o parcialmente según sea el caso, de la referida sentencia que fue dictada por las siguientes sumas: $164,360.93 por concepto de principal, más recargos por atraso, más intereses al 4% anual los cuales se continúan acumulando hasta su completo pago, más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato de préstamo. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LAS PARTES INTERESADAS y del público en general, se advierte que los autos de este caso y demás instancias están disponibles para ser inspeccionadas en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de Carolina, durante las horas laborables.

Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, incluyendo el gravamen por las contribuciones sobre la propiedad inmueble adeudadas, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda responsable de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate.

La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá Libre de Cargas y Gravámenes posteriores. Los tipos mínimos a utilizarse para la subasta son los siguientes: El inmueble antes descrito ha sido tasado en la suma de CIENTO SETENTA Y SEIS MIL TRESCIENTOS OCHENTA Y TRES DÓLARES ($176,383.00) para que dicha suma sirva de tipo mínimo en la primera subasta a celebrarse. De no producirse remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del antedicho inmueble, se celebrará una segunda subasta en el mismo lugar antes mencionado, el día 12 de marzo del año 2021 a la 1:30 de la tarde, sirviendo como tipo mínimo para dicha segunda subasta, una suma equivalente a las dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de CIENTO DIECISIETE MIL QUINIENTOS OCHENTA Y OCHO DÓLARES CON SESENTA Y SEIS CENTAVOS ($117,588.66) para la finca antes descrita. De no producirse remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta del antedicho inmueble, se celebrará una tercera subasta en el mismo lugar antes mencionado, el día 19 de marzo del año 2021 a la 1:30 de la tarde; sirviendo como tipo mínimo para dicha tercera subasta, una suma equivalente a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo fijado para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de OCHENTA Y OCHO MIL CIENTO NOVENTA Y UN DÓLARES CON CINCUENTA CENTAVOS ($88,191.50) para la finca antes descrita. En testimonio de lo cual, expido el presente aviso, el cual firmo y sello, hoy 23 de diciembre de 2020, en Carolina, Puerto Rico. Manuel Villafañe Blanco, ALGUACIL.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante vs.

JACINTO SANTIAGO NEGRON y su esposa ANA IRMA BIBILONI LIZARDI, también conocida como ANA IRMA BIBILONI DE SANTIAGO, IRMA BIBILONI LIZARDI, ANA I. BIBILONI LIZARDI

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e IRMA BIBILONI DE SANTIAGO y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos

Demandados CIVIL NÚM. BY2019CV03831 (702). SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO (Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria). EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Al: Público en General A: JACINTO SANTIAGO NEGRON y su esposa ANA IRMA BIBILONI LIZARDI, también conocida como ANA IRMA BIBILONI DE SANTIAGO, IRMA BIBILONI LIZARDI, ANA I. BIBILONI LIZARDI e IRMA BIBILONI DE SANTIAGO y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos

Yo, EDGARDO E VARGAS SANTANA, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 8 de febrero de 2021 a las 10:15 de la mañana, en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, Sala 503, Quinto Piso, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Bayamón durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una segunda subasta para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 16 de febrero de 2021, a las 10:15 de la mañana y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 23 de febrero de 2021, a las 10:15 de la mañana en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar radicado en la URBANIZACIÓN RESIDENCIAL SAN SOUCI, situado en el Barrio Pájaros de Bayamón. Solar número Veinticinco (25) de la Manzana “O”, con un área de TRESCIENTOS TREINTA Y OCHO PUNTO TREINTA Y DOS (338.32) METROS CUADRADOS. En lindes: por el NORTE, con la Calle número Uno (1), distancia de trece punto noventa y siete (13.97) metros y un arco

de ocho punto ochenta y ocho (8.88) metros; por el SUR, con la Avenida Las Cumbres, distancia de tres punto noventa y siete (3.97) metros y un arco de diez punto trece (10.13) metros; por el ESTE, con el solar número O guión Veintiséis (O-26), distancia de veinticinco punto cero cero (25.00) metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar número O guión Veinticuatro (O-24), distancia de veinticinco punto cero cero (25.00) metros. Contiene una casa de concreto reforzado diseñada para una sola famlia. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 5038 del tomo 1965 de Bayamón Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Primera, finca número 43,278, inscripción sexta. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Urbanización Sans Souci, O-25, Calle 1, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. La subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $98,651.05 de principal, intereses al 5.95% anual, desde el día 1ro. de septiembre de 2017, hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $12,400.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más recargos acumulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $124,000.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $82,666.67 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $62,000.00. Si se declara desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente.

Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que todo licitador acepta como suficiente la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus

créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 28 de diciembre de 2020. EDGARDO E VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL TRIBUNAL, SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante vs.

Sucesión de HERMES SANTIAGO RÍOS compuesta por HERMES SANTIAGO QUINTERO, LILLIAM SANTIAGO QUINTERO, FULANO DE TAL y ZUTANO DE TAL como herederos desconocidos; CARMEN ANTONIA QUINTERO también conocida como CARMEN ANTONIA QUINTERO ALBERT por sí y en cuanto a la cuota viudal usufructuaria

Demandados CIVIL NÚM: BY2019CV02886 (402). SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO (Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria). EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Al: Público en General A: Sucesión de HERMES SANTIAGO RÍOS compuesta por HERMES SANTIAGO QUINTERO, LILLIAM SANTIAGO QUINTERO, FULANO DE TAL y ZUTANO DE TAL como herederos desconocidos; CARMEN ANTONIA QUINTERO también conocida como CARMEN ANTONIA QUINTERO ALBERT por sí y en cuanto a la cuota viudal usufructuaria

Yo, EDGARDO E VARGAS SANTANA, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 8 de febrero

30 de 2021 a las 10:30 de la mañana, en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, Sala 503, Quinto Piso, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Bayamón durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una segunda subasta para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 16 de febrero de 2021, a las 10:30 de la mañana y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 23 de febrero de 2021, a las 10:30 de la mañana en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar número Veintidós (22) de la Manzana “BB”, BAYAMÓN GARDENS EXTENSION, Barrio Pájaros Bayamón, Puerto Rico, con cabida de TRESCIENTOS SESENTA Y NUEVE PUNTO OCHENTA Y CINCO (369.85) METROS CUADRADOS; en lindes por el NORTE, con solar número Veintitrés (23), distancia de VEINTICUATRO PUNTO CERO CERO (24.00) METROS; por el SUR, con la Calle “F”, distancia de VEINTE PUNTO CUARENTA (20.40) METROS y un arco de CINCO PUNTO CINCUENTA (5.50) METROS; por el ESTE, con la Calle “D”, distancia de DOCE PUNTO CERO DOS (12.02) METROS; y por el OESTE, con solar número Veinticinco (25), distancia de QUINCE PUNTO CINCUENTA Y DOS (15.52) METROS. Contiene una casa de concreto para una familia.

La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 206 del tomo 1193 de Bayamón Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Primera, finca número 30,571, inscripción décimo primera. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Urbanización Bayamón Gardens Extensión, BB 22, Calle D, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. La subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $33,953.19 de principal, intereses al 8% anual, desde el día 1ro. de mayo de 2017, hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $6,400.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más recargos acumulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el

inmueble será de $64,000.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $42,666.67 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $32,000.00. Si se declara desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente.

Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que todo licitador acepta como suficiente la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 28 de diciembre de 2020. EDGARDO E VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL TRIBUNAL, SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMON.

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Civil No. 17-CV-01733 (WGY).

COLLECTION OF MONIES AND FORECLOSURE O F MORTGAGE AND OTHER COLLATERAL. NOTICE OF SALE.

TO: DEFENDANTS AND GENERAL PUBLIC

Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff in the amount of $951,424.32, which is composed of $601,342.83 in principal, $332,308.73 in accrued interests, and $17,772.76 in late fees plus the amount of $121,103.76 per diem until full payment of the judgment.

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: COMERCIAL: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Unidad de Oficina marcado con el número seiscientos once, ubicado en el Sexto Piso, del Condominio Centro Internacional de Mercadeo, Torre I, gobernado por el régimen de propiedad horizontal y localizado en el Barrio Pueblo Viejo, del Municipio de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

Tiene una cabida de MIL NOVECIENTOS DOCE PUNTO CIENTO CINCUENTA Y CUATRO (1,912.154) pies cuadrados, equivalentes a CIENTO SETENTA Y SIETE PUNTO SEISCIENTOS CUARENTA Y CINCO (177.645) metros cuadrados. Su entrada principal se encuentra en el lado Este que la conecta con el corredor común del piso. Colinda por el Norte, en una extensión de cuarenta y tres pies cinco y media pulgada (43’5 ½”) equivalentes a trece punto doscientos cuarenta y seis (13.246) metros con la Oficina seiscientos doce (612); por el Sur, en una extensión de cuarenta y tres pies cinco y media pulgada (43’ 5 ½”) equivalentes a trece punto doscientos cuarenta y seis (12.346) metros con la Oficina seiscientos diez (610); por el Este, en una extensión de cuarenta y cuatro (44’) pies, equivalentes a trece punto cuatrocientos once (13.411) LEGAL NOTICE metros, con corredor de uso IN THE UNITED STATES DIScomún del piso; y por el Oeste, TRICT COURT FOR THE DISen una extensión de cuarenta.

TRICT OF PUERTO RICO. It is recorded at page 13 of voDELTA PROPERTY lume one 1,440 of Guaynabo, INVESTORS, INC. Lot number 46,842, GuaynaPlaintiff, v. bo Property Registry. Physical VERLAN INC., EDUARDO Address: Centro Internacional ARIEL VERA RAMÍREZ, de Mercadeo, 100 Road 165, Suite 611, Tower I, Guaynabo, WANDA PéREZ áLVAREZ, Puerto Rico. The property is EILEEN LANDRÓN subject to the following liens: A. Perpetuity easement in favor GUARDIOLA, of the Commonwealth of PuerDefendants

to Rico assigned to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, easements for the installation of underground and potable water pipes and for the installation of the electrical system and telephone lines, and easement. By itself: MORTGAGE in favor of Doral Bank, or its order, for the amount of $680,000.00, with an annual interest of 7.25% and due on March 1, 2021, as per deed #32, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on February 21, 2006, before the Notary Public Alexandra M. Serracante Cadilla, recorded at page 13 of volume 1440 of Guaynabo, third and last inscription. MODIFICATION OF MORTGAGE which arises from the third inscription, as per deed #532, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on November, 2009, before the Notary Public Magda V. Alsina Figueroa, as per deed executed on September 23, 2010, before the same notary.

At entry 2017-108555-GU01 on December 4, 2017, Complaint dated May 31, 2017 was filed before the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Civil Case #CV-01733WGY, Collection of Money and Execution of Mortgage, Bautista Cayman Asset Company, plaintiff v. Verlan, Inc.; Eduardo Ariel Vera Ramírez, Eileen Landrón Guardiola, defendants, for the sum of $601,342.83 principal, plus interest and other sums, or the sale of this farm in public auction. FEDERAL EMBARGO against Eduardo A. Vera Ramírez, address 100 Road 165, Tower I, Suite 203, Guaynabo, P.R. 00968, under the number 107828314, filed and noted on July 15, 2014, at page 227 of entry 2 of book #12 for the amount of $13,484.78.

FEDERAL EMBARGO against Eduardo A. Vera Ramírez, address 100 Road 165, Tower I, Suite 203, Guaynabo, P.R. 00968, under the number 107828114, filed and noted on July 16, 2014, at page 65 of entry 3 of book #7 for the amount of $13,484.78. FEDERAL EMBARGO against Eduardo A. Vera Ramírez, address 100 Road 165, Tower I, Suite 203, Guaynabo, P.R. 00968, under the number 107828414, filed and noted on August, 2014, at page 88 of entry 5 of book #6 for the amount of $13,484.78.

FEDERAL EMBARGO against Eduardo A. Vera Ramírez, S.S. XXX-XX-9817, address 100 Road 165, Tower I, Suite 203, Guaynabo, P.R. 00968, under the number 107828214, filed and noted on September 25, 2014, at page 138 of entry 5 of book #4 for the amount of $13,484.78. 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, ta-

cit, 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 first lien executed over the property and for the purposes of the first judicial sale the minimum bid amount is as follows: The amount of $680,000.00, as set forth in the mortgage deed, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, two-thirds of the aforementioned amount or $453,333.33 shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the second public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the second public sale, the minimum bidding amount for the third public sale shall be $340,000.00.

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 19th day of February, 2021, at 10:15 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 26th day of February, 2021, at 10:15 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 5th day of March, 2021, at 10:15 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 Juan, Puerto Rico, this 4th day of January, 2021. ÁGUEDO DE LA TORRE, APPOINTED SPECIAL MASTER.

LEGAL NOTICE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.

XUANLU MUSIC LLC Plaintiff v.

C&C ELLEGANZA, INC.; PARAISO TERRENAL, INC.; CARLOS I. CUMBAS ORTIZ, EDNA N. PEÑA TORRES AND THE CUMBAS-PEÑA LEGAL CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP

Defendants CIVIL NO. 16-01786 (SCC).

COLLECTION OF MONIES, FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGES AND OTHER COLLATERAL. NOTICE OF SALE.

TO: DEFENDANTS AND GENERAL PUBLIC

Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff in the amount of (a) $2,195,620.58 under Loan Agreement I, which is divided as follows: $1,487,933.43 in principal, $539,215.66 in accrued interests, plus the amount of $7,113.99 in late fees, and $1,357.50 in valuation expenses. These sums accrue at a rate of $216.99 per day for interest for each day from February 29, 2017, through the date of payment in full. In addition to this sum and pursuant to the terms of Mortgage Note I, Defendants owe Xuanlu $160,000.00 in legal costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees; (b) $567,998.49 under Loan Agreement II, which is divided as follows: $346,234.47 in principal, $185,004.90 in accrued interests, plus the amount of $1,759.12 in late fees. These sums accrue at a rate of $43.28 per day for interest for each day from February 29, 2017, through the date of payment in full. In addition to this sum and pursuant to the terms of Mortgage Note II, Defendants owe Xuanlu $35,000.00 in legal costs and attorney’s fees.

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 in the Monacillos Ward of the municipality of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, marked with the number forty-one (41) of Block ED of the Puerto Nuevo Development, property of the Everlasting Development Corporation, with a Surface area of four hundred twenty point eighty square meters (420.80

sq.m.). Bordering on the NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST with lands property of the Everlasting Development Corporation and facing on the South with a street called Roosevelt Avenue of the Development. Embedded on this lot is a two-story cement blocks and reinforced concrete house dedicated to housing and commerce. Property Number 6,344, recorded at page 206 of volume 975 of Monacillos, Registry of Property of Puerto Rico, Section III of San Juan. Physical Address: 1119 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Ave., San Juan, Puerto Rico. The property is subject to the following liens: Traffic conditions by its origin. By itself: MORTGAGE in favor of Western Bank, or its order, for the amount of $1,600,000.00, with an annual interest of 8.99% and due on presentation, as per deed #579, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on August 4, 2006, before the Notary Public Juan Carlos Ortega Torres, recorded at page 207 of volume 975 of Monacillos, 12th inscription. MORTGAGE in favor of Western Bank, or its order, for the amount of $350,000.00, with an annual fluctuant interest announced for Citibank and due on presentation, as per deed #579, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on August 4, 2006, before the Notary Public Juan Carlos Ortega Torres, recorded at page 207 of volume 975 of Monacillos, 12th inscription. COMPLAINT ANNOTATION dated May 17, 2017, filed before the United States, District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Civil case number 16-01786, Collection of Money and Foreclosure of Mortgage, Triangle Cayman Asset Company 2, LLC v. C&C Elleganza, Inc., Paraíso Terrenal, Inc., Carlos I. Cumbas Ortiz and Edna N. Peña Torres and the Legal Conjugal Partnership between them, requesting the payment of the mortgages that result from the 12th and 15th inscriptions in the amount of $2,440,026.00 in principal or the sale of the property at public auction, filed on Karibe, annotation A, dated March 27, 2018.

Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal), shall continue in effect.

It being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. The first lien executed over the property and for the purposes of the first judicial sale the minimum bid amount is as follows: The amount of $1,600,000.00, as set forth in

the mortgage deed, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, two-thirds of the aforementioned amount or $1,066,666.67 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 $800,000.00.

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 19th day of February, 2021, at 10:30 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 26th day of February, 2021, at 10:30 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 5th day of March, 2021, at 10:30 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 Juan, Puerto Rico, this 4th day of January, 2021. ÁGUEDO DE LA TORRE, APPOINTED SPECIAL MASTER.

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

BAUTISTA REO PR CORP. Plaintiff, v.

JOSUÉ CARRIÓN CARRERO

Defendant Civil No.: 15-3038 (ADC). COLLECTION OF MONIES AND

The San Juan Daily Star FORECLOSURE OF MORT- BY ITS ORIGIN: Easements in GAGE IN REM. NOTICE OF favor of Puerto Rico Aqueduct SALE. and Sewer Authority; Puerto TO: DEFENDANT AND Rico Railroad Light and Power Authority; Puerto Rico TeleGENERAL PUBLIC phone Company; Municipality Judgment was entered in faof Carolina; Restrictive Convor of plaintiff, as of August ditions; easements in favor of 15, 2018, in the total amount the Property #11120 Property of $245,750.69, composed of the Sabana Corporation. By of: (i) the principal amount of itself: MORTGAGE in guaran$171,374.60 (ii) interests in the tee of note in favor of Centro amount of $42,903.11, which Hipotecario de Puerto Rico, continue to accrue until full or to its order, in the principal payment of debt at the annual amount of$ 196,000.00, with a rate of 7.5% (and at a per diem yearly interest rate of 7½ %, as rate of $35.70); (iii) accrued per Deed No. 306, on Decemlate charges in the amount of ber 23rd, 2005 in San Juan, $2,149.23 in late charges, (iv) Puerto Rico before Notary additional agreed upon charPublic Magaly Rodríguez Bages for valuation, environmentista, recorded at page 206vto tal costs and insurance in the of volume 968 of Carolina, amount of $9,723.75, and (v) property 8683, 6th inscription. $19,600.00 in contractually COMPLAINT ANNOTATION: agreed-upon attorney’s fees The object of this annotation is and legal costs. Pursuant to the the Mortgage in favor of Centro said judgment and/or the OrHipotecario de Puerto Rico, Inc. der of Execution of Judgment, for the sum of $196,000.00 that the undersigned appointed arises from registration #6th.

Special Master was ordered to PLAINTIFF: Bautista Cayman sell, at public auction for U.S. Asset Company DEFENDANT: currency in cash or certified Josué Carrión Carrero, Amoucheck, without appraisement nt owed $171,374.60 for prinor right to redemption, to the cipal plus interest, according highest bidder, at the office of to LAWSUIT ISSUED by the the Clerk of the United States United States Bankruptcy DisDistrict Court for the District of trict of Puerto Rico in the civil Puerto Rico, Room 150 - Fecase #15-3038 on December deral Building, Carlos Chardón 10, 2015. Registered to the Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, volume Karibe ANNOTATION or at any other place designaA, dated the April 3rd, 2018. ted by said Clerk, to cover the Potential bidders are advised to sums adjudged to be paid to the verify the extent of preferential plaintiff, the following property: liens with the holders thereof. It URBANA: Solar radicado en shall be understood that each la Urbanización Villa Fontana bidder accepts as sufficient situada en el Barrio Sabana the title and that prior and preAbajo del término municipal de ferential liens to the one being Carolina, Puerto Rico, que se foreclosed upon, including but describe con el número, área y not limited to any property tax, colindancias que se describen liens, (express, tacit, implied or a continuación: Número del legal), shall continue in effect. solar: 116 de la manzana 2 AL. It being understood further that Área de 341.55 metros cuadrathe successful bidder accepts dos. En lindes por el Norte, con them and is subrogated in the la Avenida Monserrate en una responsibility for the same and distancia de 13.50 metros; por that the bid price shall not be el Sur, con la calle número 52 applied toward their cancellaen una distancia de 13.50 metion. The liens executed are tros; por el Este, con el solar over the property, and for the número 115, en una distancia purposes of the first judicial de 25.30 metros; por el Oeste, sale the minimum bid amount con el solar número 117, en is as follows: The amount of una distancia de 25.30 metros. $196,000.00, as set forth in the Enclava una casa. The Propermortgage deed, as amended, ty is described in the Spanish shall serve as the minimum language as follows: URBAN: bidding amount for the first puLot located at Villa Fontana Deblic sale. Should the first public velopment, situated in Sabana sale fail to produce an award or Abajo Ward of the Municipality adjudication, two-thirds of the of Carolina, that is described aforementioned total amount with the Number 116 of Block or $130,666.67, shall serve as 2 AL, with an area of 341.55 the minimum bidding amousquare meters. Bounded by nt for the second public sale. the North, with Monserrate AveShould there be no award or nue, distance of 13.50 meters; adjudication at the second puby the South with Street No. 52, blic sale, the minimum bidding distance of 13.50 meters; by the amount for the third public sale East, with Lot no. 115, distance shall be $98,000.00. Said sale of 25.30 meters and by the to be made by the appointed West, with Lot No. 117 distance Special Master is subject to of 25.30 meters. The property confirmation by the United Stadescribed above is recorded at tes District Court for the District page 176 of volume 229 of Caof Puerto Rico and the deed of rolina, property number 8,683, conveyance and possession to Registry of Property of Carolithe property may be executed na, First Section. The property and delivered after the judicial is subject to the following liens: sale. Upon confirmation of the

Monday, January 11, 2021 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 19th day of February, 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 26th day of February, 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 5th 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 Juan, Puerto Rico, this 4th day of January, 2021. ÁGUEDO DE LA TORRE, APPOINTED SPECIAL MASTER.

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

BAUTISTA REO PR CORP.; Plaintiff, v.

DARÍO EVANGELISTA ORTIZ DE LEÓN a/k/a DARÍO ORTIZ DE LEÓN a/k/a DARÍO ORTIZ LEÓN;

Defendant Civil No. 16-3009 (JAG). COLLECTION OF MONIES AND FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGES. NOTICE OF SALES.

TO: DEFENDANT AND GENERAL PUBLIC

Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff, as of November 15, 2016, in the sum of i)$198,786.97, comprised of: $141,663.89 in principal; interests in the amount of $36,183.32 which continues to accrue until full payment of the debt at $29.52 per diem; accrued late charges in the amount of $2,188.76; valuation expenses in the amount of $2,800.00; $75.00 in legal expenses, $276.00 in insurance costs, and any other advance,

charge, fee or disbursements made by Bautista, on behalf of Defendant, under the Loan Agreement I, the Mortgage I and Mortgage Note I, plus costs and agreed attorney’s fees in the amount of $15,600; ii) as of November 15, 2016, Defendant owes Plaintiff the total sum of $380,531.13, comprised of: $281,372.14 in principal; interests in the amount of $60,284.70 which continues to accrue until full payment of the debt at $54.71 per diem; accrued late charges in the amount of $3,128.54; valuation expenses in the amount of $4,000; $210.00 in legal expenses, $35.75 in title costs, and any other advance, charge, fee or disbursements made by Bautista, on behalf of Defendant, the under the Loan Agreement II, the Mortgage II and Mortgage Note II, plus costs and agreed attorney’s fees in the amount of $31,500.00. 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 properties: Property No. 8,398. URBAN: Plot of land with house located on Bartolomé Las Casas Street in the North Section of the Santurce Ward in the Municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico, with an area of 316.50 square meters. Bounded by the NORTH, at 21.09 meters with property of Elisa Raldiris; by the SOUTH, at 20.944 meters, with property of Víctor López Nussa with the rest of principal lot segregated of Mr. López Nusa; by the EAST, at 15.04 meters, with property of Ruquis Rolla Lutz; and by the WEST, at 15.13 meters with Las Casas Avenue.

Recorded at page 7 of volume 209, property number 8,398 of Santurce North, Puerto Rico Property Registry, First Section of San Juan. Physical Address: 527 Bartolomé Las Casas Street, Santurce Norte Ward, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936.

The Property is described in the Spanish language as follows: URBANA: Solar con casa situado en la Calle Bartolomé Las Casas en la sección norte del Barrio Santurce de San Juan, Puerto Rico, con un área de 316.50 metro cuadrados. Colindando por el NORTE, en 21.09 metros, con solar de doña Elisa Raldiris; por el SUR, en 20.944 metros, con el resto de la finca principal de que se segrega del Señor López Nusa; por el ESTE, en 15.04 metros, con Ruquis Rolla Lutz; y por el

OESTE, en 15.13 metros con Avenida Las Casas. Inscrita al folio 7 del tomo 209 de Santurce Norte, finca número 8,398, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Primera de San Juan.” Dirección Física: Calle Bartolomé Las Casas 527, Barrio Santurce Norte, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936. The property is subject to the following liens: Free of charge due to its origin. By itself: MORTGAGE in favor of Sana Investment Mortgage Bankers, Inc., for the amount of $156,000.00, with annual interest at 7½% and due on November 1, 2012, as per Deed #532, executed on October 31, 2005, before Public Notary Pylar Gómez Vélez, recorded at page 475 of volume 1235 of Santurce Norte, 21st inscription. PENDING for recorded at entry 2016-122516-SJ01, on December 5, 2016, Complaint dated November 22, 2016, Civil Case #16-CV-03009, in the US District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Bautista Cayman Asset Company v. Darío Evangelista Ortiz de León a/k/a Darío Ortiz de León a/k/a Darío Ortiz León. Amount claimed $198,435.97. of November 22, 2016, about mortgage foreclosure and monies collection, followed, JAG in favor of, in which it is claimed the amount of $198,435.97. for the mortgage of $156,000.00. Property No. 8,531. URBAN: Plot of land located at Monacillos Ward in the Municipality of Río Piedras, now San Juan, Puerto Rico, marked with #8-A of LB block of the Caparra Terrace Development, with a surface area of 237.50 square meters more or less. Its boundaries are: by the NORTH, in LB block; by the SOUTH, in 25.00 meters, with lot #9 of LB block; by the EAST, in 9.50 meters, with San Fernando Avenue (South) of the Development; and by the WEST, in 9.50 meters, with lot #13 of LB block. It contains a reinforced, flattop roof and floor slabs, independent dwelling, comprising of 3 bedrooms with its closets, living-dining room, a kitchen with a closet, a balcony and one bathroom. Recorded at mobile volume 10 of Monacillos, property number 8,531, Puerto Rico Property Registry, Third Section of San Juan. Physical Address: 760 Ave. De Diego, Caparra Terrace, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00921. The Property is described in the Spanish language as follows: URBANA: Solar sito en el Barrio Monacillos de la Municipalidad de Río Piedras, antes, hoy San Juan, Puerto Rico, marcado con el #8-A de la manzana LB, de la urbanización Caparra Terrace, con un área superficial de 237.50 metros cuadrados más o menos, el cual colinda por el NORTE, en la Manzana LB; por el SUR, en 25.00 metros con el Solar #9 de la Manzana LB; por el ESTE, en 9.50 metros con San Fernando Avenue (South)

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de la Urbanización; y por OESTE, en 9.50 metros con el Solar #13 de la Manzana LB; Enclava una casa de concreto armado con techo de azotea y piso de lozas del país, de una sola planta que constituye una vivienda independiente, consistiendo de tres dormitorios con sus closets, sala-comedor, en una sola unidad, cocina con su closet, balcón y cuarto de baño.

Inscrita al folio móvil 10 de Monacillos, finca número 8,531, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Tercera de San Juan, inscripción 10ma.” Dirección Física: Ave. De Diego #760, Caparra Terrace, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00921. The property is subject to the following liens: By its origin: A. Puerto Rico Railroad Light and Power Authority. B. Government of the Capital. C. Restrictive Convenants and Median Wall Easement. By itself: MORTGAGE in favor of Sana Mortgage Corporation, or to its order, for the amount of $315,000.00, 7% annual interest rate, due on February 1, 2016, as per Deed #217, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on December 30, 2005, before Notary Public Xana M. Connelly Pagán, recorded at page 111 of volume 1067 of Monacillos, 9th inscription. COMPLAINT ANNOTATION: Filed on November 22, 2016 before the US District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, civil case #3:16-CV03009-JAG, about Collection of Monies and Mortgage Foreclosure, in favor of Bautista Cayman Asset Company, in which is claimed the amount of $380,285.38 for the mortgage of $315,000.00, guaranteed by this property and the amount of $198,435.97 for another mortgage of $156,000.00, guaranteed by property 8398 of Santurce Norte, recorded on December 15, 2016, to the Karibe Volume, annotation A. (2016-122517-SJ03). 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 properties, and for the purposes of the first judicial sales the minimum bid amount is as follows: a) Property No. 8,398 - The amount of $156,000.00, as set forth in the mortgage deed, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, two-thirds of the aforementioned amount or

$104,000.00 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 $78,000.00. b) Property No. 8,531 - The amount of $315,000.00, as set forth in the mortgage deed, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, two-thirds of the aforementioned amount or $210,000.00 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 $157,500.00.

Said sales 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 properties may be executed and delivered after the judicial sales. Upon confirmation of the sales, 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 19th day of February, 2021, at 10:45 a.m. for Property 8,398; at 11:00 a.m. for Property 8,531, on the sidewalk in front of the main gate entrance of the United States District Court, Room 150, Federal Building, Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder the properties described herein, the proceeds of said sales to be applied in the manner and form provided by the Court’s Judgment. Should the first judicial sales set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the second judicial sales of the properties described in this Notice will be held on the 26th day of February, 2021, at 10:45 a.m. for Property 8,398; at 11:00 a.m. for Property 8,531 on the sidewalk in front of the main gate entrance of the United States District Court located at the address indicated above.

Should the second judicial sales set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the third judicial sales of the properties described in this Notice will be held on the 5th day of March, 2021, at 10:45 a.m. for Property 8,398; at 11:00 a.m. for Property 8,531, on the sidewalk in front of the main gate entrance of the United States District Court located at the address indicated above. 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 Juan, Puerto Rico, this 4th day of January, 2021. Águedo

De la Torre Alma, APPOINTED SPECIAL MASTER.

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

MERCHANT ADVANCE, LLC. Demandante, vs.

RAKIA SECURITY SERVICE CORPORATION y MARIAN COLON RAMIREZ Y CARLOS GABRIEL RIVERA FIGUEROA. AMBOS EN SU CARÁCTER PERSONAL Y COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES POR AMBOS COMPUESTA

Demandados.

CASO NÚM.: GM2020CV00357.

SALÓN NÚM. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

• A: RAKIA SECURITY SERVICE CORP, POR CONDUCTO DE OSVALDO AYALA VEGA O MARIAN COLON RAMIREZ O AGENTE AUTORIZADO • A: MARIAN COLON RAMIREZ POR SI Y COMO PARTE DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON CARLOS GABRIEL RIVERA. • A: CARLOS GABRIEL RIVERA POR SI Y COMO PARTE DE DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON MARIAN COLON RAMIREZ NOTIFIQUESE A LAS DIRECCIONES: • RR 1 BOX 7318 Guayarna, P.R. 00784.

• Urb. Bello Horizonte Calle 4 G-5 Guayama, P.R. 00784 • Urb. Carioca Calle 4 #12 Guayarna, P.R. 00784

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto.

Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio,

32 en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción , lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Kenmuel J. Ruiz López cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3 731 a la dirección kenmuel.riuz@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Guayama, Puerto Rico, hoy día 25 de noviembre de 2020. En Guayama, Puerto Rico, el 25 de noviembre de 2020. Marisol Rosado Rodriguez, Sec Regional I. Lesvia Guzman Cintron, Sec Auxiliar.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante vs.

PABLO MIGUEL SANCHEZ COLLAZO, su esposa NILDA LIZ CANDELAS PEREZ y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos

Demandados CIVIL NÚM. CG2019CV01578.

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

Al: Público en General A: PABLO MIGUEL SANCHEZ COLLAZO, su esposa NILDA LIZ CANDELAS PEREZ y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos

Yo, ALBERTO NEGRON ROMAN, Alguacil Placa 435, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 8 de febrero de 2021 a las 10:15 de la mañana en mi oficina, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tri-

bunal de Primera Instancia, en el mismo acto de subasta y tan pronto se conceda la buena pro al postor agraciado. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Caguas durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una segunda subasta para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 16 de febrero de 2021, a las 10:15 de la mañana; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 23 de febrero de 2021, a las 10:15 de la mañana; en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: RUSTICA: Solar número Diez (10) del Bloque “EE”, sito en el proyecto de viviendas conocido como HACIENDA PRIMAVERA, ubicado en el Barrio Bayamón, en Cidra, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de QUINIENTOS TREINTA Y UNO PUNTO SEIS MIL CIENTO CUARENTA Y SEIS (531.6146) METROS CUADRADOS. En lindes por el NORTE, en una distancia de DIECISÉIS PUNTO CERO SIETE (16.07) METROS, con el solar número Veinte (20), del Bloque EE; por el SUR, en una distancia de QUINCE PUNTO OCHENTA Y OCHO (15.88) METROS, con el solar número Veintiséis (26) del Bloque DD; por el ESTE, en una distancia de TREINTA Y TRES PUNTO DOS MIL OCHOCIENTOS CUARENTA Y DOS (33.2842) METROS, con la Calle Otoño y con el solar número Nueve (9) del Bloque EE; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de TREINTA Y TRES PUNTO DOS MIL OCHOCIENTOS CUARENTA Y DOS (33.2842) METROS, con la escuela Segunda Unidad de Certenejas. Contiene una casa tipo Jacaranda que cuenta con las siguientes facilidades, tres (3) habitaciones, dos (2) baños, sala-comedor, cocina, family room y marquesina doble. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 57 vuelto del tomo 467 de Cidra, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda, finca número 17,179, inscripción Quinta.

Ampliada la anterior hipoteca por la suma de $19,667.56 para un nuevo principal que será de $242,903.56 y modifican sus intereses al 4.250% anual vencedero el día 1ro. de enero de 2045, según la escritura número 1, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 12 de enero de 2015, ante el Notario Público Carlos O. Bermúdez Monroig, inscrita al folio 6 del tomo 517 de Cidra, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda, finca 17,179, inscripción 6ta. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Hacienda Primavera, EE-10, Otoño, Cidra, Puerto Rico. La

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NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Y TRES (0.1383) CUERDAS, SALA SUPERIOR DE CA- equivalente a QUINIENTOS GUAS. CUARENTA Y TRES PUNTO BANCO POPULAR DE SETENTA Y UNO (543.71) METROS CUADRADOS. En lindes PUERTO RICO por el NORTE, con parcela Demandante vs. número Trescientos Cuarenta JOSE DAVID y Seis (346) de la Comunidad; CARRASQUILLO por el SUR, con Calle número RODRIGUEZ; DORIMAR Catorce (14) de la Comunidad; por el ESTE, con parcela númeROLON AYALA ro Trescientos Cuarenta y Uno Demandados CIVIL NUM. ECD2016-0893 (341) de la Comunidad; y por (801). SOBRE: COBRO DE DI- el OESTE, con parcela númeNERO (Ejecución de Hipoteca ro Trescientos Treinta y Nueve por la Vía Ordinaria). EDICTO (339) de la Comunidad. Inscrita al folio 9 vuelto del tomo 189 de DE SUBASTA. Registro de la Propiedad Al: Público en General Cidra, de Caguas, Sección Segunda, A: JOSE DAVID finca número 7,590, inscripción CARRASQUILLO Tercera. Modificada la hipoteRODRIGUEZ; DORIMAR ca de la inscripción 13ra., en ROLON AYALA; ESTADO cuanto al principal que será por $109,262.84 y el interés LIBRE ASOCIADO que será al 4.50% anual, venDE PUERTO RICO – cedero el día 1ro. de septiemDEPARTAMENTO DE bre de 2044, según la escritura HACIENDA, por tener número 200, otorgada en San Puerto Rico, el día 25 embargo anotado a su Juan, de septiembre de 2014, ante favor por la suma de la Notario Público Rosanna Ri$17,772.16. vera Sánchez, inscrita al tomo Yo, ALBERTO NEGRON RO- Karibe de Cidra, Registro de la MAN, Alguacil Placa 435, Al- Propiedad de Caguas, Sección guacil de este Tribunal, a la Segunda, finca 7,590, inscripparte demandada y a los acree- ción 14ta. La dirección física dores y personas con interés de la propiedad antes descrita sobre la propiedad que más es: Urbanización Santa Clara, adelante se describe, y al públi- Calle 14, Número 340, Cidra, co en general, HAGO SABER: Puerto Rico. La subasta se lleQue el día 8 de febrero de 2021 vará a efecto para satisfacer a a las 10:30 de la mañana en mi la parte demandante la suma oficina, en el Tribunal de Prime- de $106,139.94 de principal, ra Instancia, Sala Superior de intereses al 4.5% anual desde Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico, el día 1ro. de marzo de 2016, venderé en Pública Subasta la hasta su completo pago, más propiedad inmueble que más la cantidad de $9,744.00 esadelante se describe y cuya tipulada para costas, gastos venta en pública subasta se or- y honorarios de abogado y denó por la vía ordinaria al me- recargos acumulados, todas jor postor quien hará el pago en cuyas sumas están líquidas y dinero en efectivo, giro postal exigibles. Que la cantidad mío cheque certificado a nombre nima de licitación en la primedel o la Alguacil del Tribunal de ra subasta para el inmueble Primera Instancia, en el mismo será de $109,262.84, y de ser acto de subasta y tan pronto se necesaria una segunda subasconceda la buena pro al postor ta, la cantidad mínima será agraciado. Los autos y todos equivalente a 2/3 partes de los documentos correspondien- aquella, o sea, la suma de tes al procedimiento incoado, $72,841.89, y de ser neceestarán de manifiesto en la Se- saria una tercera subasta, la cretaría del Tribunal de Caguas cantidad mínima será la mitad durante horas laborables. Que del precio pactado, es decir, la en caso de no producir remate suma de $54,631.42. Si se deni adjudicación en la primera clara desierta la tercera subasta subasta a celebrarse, se ce- se adjudicará la finca a favor del lebrará una segunda subasta acreedor por la totalidad de la para la venta de la susodicha cantidad adeudada si esta es propiedad, el día 16 de febrero igual o menor que el monto del de 2021, a las 10:30 de la ma- tipo de la tercera subasta, si el ñana; y en caso de no producir Tribunal lo estima conveniente. remate ni adjudicación, se ce- Se abonará dicho monto a la lebrará una tercera subasta el cantidad adeudada si esta es día 23 de febrero de 2021, a las mayor. La propiedad se adju10:30 de la mañana; en mi ofi- dicará al mejor postor, quien cina sita en el lugar antes indi- deberá satisfacer el importe cado. La propiedad a venderse de su oferta en moneda legal y en pública subasta se describe corriente de los Estados Unidos como sigue: RUSTICA: Parcela de América en el momento de marcada con el número Tres- la adjudicación y que todo licicientos Cuarenta (340) en el tador acepta como bastante la plano de parcelación de la CO- titularidad y que las cargas y MUNIDAD RURAL GANDARA gravámenes preferentes, si los de los Barrios Sud, Bayamón hubiese, continuarán subsisy Arenas del término munici- tentes, entendiéndose que el LEGAL NOTICE pal de Cidra, con una cabida rematante los acepta y queda ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO superficial de CERO PUNTO subrogado en la responsabiliDE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- MIL TRESCIENTOS OCHENTA dad de los mismos, sin destisubasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $234,536.01 de principal, intereses al 4.25% anual y recargos acumulados hasta el completo pago de la obligación, más $22,323.60 de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $242,903.56, y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $161,935.71, y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $121,451.78. Si se declara desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente.

Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas.

Si la oferta aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 23 de diciembre de 2020.

ALBERTO NEGRON ROMAN, Alguacil Placa 435, ALGUACIL TRIBUNAL SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

narse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad hipotecada a ser vendida en pública Subasta se encuentra afecta al siguiente gravamen posterior: Embargo a favor del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por la suma de $17,772.16, contra José Carrasquillo, seguro social número xxx-xx-8210, caso número HUM-19-8210 (Ley 12), por concepto de Contribuciones sobre Ingresos, según Certificación de fecha 6 de febrero de 2019, presentado el día 22 de febrero de 2019, anotado al Asiento 2019001184-EST del Sistema Karibe. Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 23 de diciembre de 2020. ALBERTO NEGRON ROMAN, Alguacil Placa 435, ALGUACIL TRIBUNAL, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

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BOSCO CREDIT X, LLC

by FRANKLIN CREDIT MANAGEMENT as servicer DEMANDANTES V.

MAURA FORTUNA ALCANTARA; A, POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESION DE LEONARDO HENRIQUEZ HERNANDEZ; B, POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE LEONARDO HENRIQUEZ HERNANDEZ; JANE DOE, COMO POSIBLE HEREDERA DESCONOCIDA; JOHN DOE, COMO POSIBLE HEREDERO

DESCONOCIDO; DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO

DEMANDADOS CIVIL NÚM.: SJ2019CV01678.

SALON CIVIL: 604. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA POR LA VIA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO. SS: Yo, el Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de SAN JUAN: CERTIFICO Y HAGO CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento con un MANDAMIENTO DE EJECUCIÓN DE SENTENCIA que me ha sido dirigido por el Secretario de este Tribunal en el caso arriba mencionado, venderé en pública subasta al mejor postor entre la parte demandante y aquellas personas que reúnan los requisitos y calificaciones de Ley, de contado y por moneda del cuño legal de los Estados Unidos de América, en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de SAN JUAN, el día 25 de enero de 2021, a las 9:30 de la mañana todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la parte demandada en la finca que se describe más adelante. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta lo será la suma de $95,000.00.

De no adjudicarse la propiedad en esa Primera Subasta, se celebrarán una Segunda y Tercera Subasta, en las mismas oficinas de este Alguacil, respectivamente, el día 1 de febrero de 2021, a las 9:30 de la mañana y el día 8 de febrero de 2021, a las 9:30 de la mañana.

Los tipos mínimos para dichas Segunda y Tercera Subastas lo serán, respectivamente las dos terceras partes y la mitad del tipo mínimo que se pactara para la Primera Subasta, o sea, las sumas de $63,333.33 y $47,500.00 respectivamente.

La propiedad objeto de subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Radicado en la Urbanización Las Lomas, situada en el Barrio Gobernador Piñero (antes Monacillos) de Rio Piedras, marcado con el número 38 de la Manzana “L” con un área de 311.41 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con los solares números 4 y 5, distancia de 12.00 metros; por el SUR, que es frente, con la calle número 12, distancia de 12.01 metros; por el ESTE, con el solar número 37, distancia de 25.87 metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar número 39 distancia de 26.11 metros.

Sobre este solar enclava una casa de hormigón que contiene

sala, comedor, cocina, baño, tres habitaciones y balcón.

Finca Número 1312, inscrita al folio 197 del tomo 36 de Monacillos, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección III. La dirección del inmueble es: 789 BLK SO 33 ST., LAS LOMAS, SAN JUAN, PR 00921. Dichos remates se llevarán a efecto para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $81,269.53 por concepto de principal, más los intereses acumulados desde el 1 de mayo de 2018, los cuales irán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda; más los cargos por mora; más una cantidad equivalente al 10.00% del principal del pagaré para el pago de las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados; más cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hagan en virtud del pagaré y la escritura de hipoteca. Cualquier título, derecho o interés que tenga la parte demandada en este caso en la propiedad anteriormente descrita se adjudicará al mejor postor entre la parte demandante y aquellas personas que refinan los requisitos y calificaciones de Ley. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento de ejecución de hipoteca por la vía ordinaria incoados en este caso, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría de este Honorable Tribunal durante horas laborables. Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso acepta como bastante la titulación que da base a la misma. Que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si lo hubiere, al crédito que da base a esta ejecución continuará subsistente, entendiéndose, además, que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. El monto de cada carga anterior que figura de la Certificación Registral sobre la finca objeto de esta ejecución, así como los nombres de sus titulares y fecha de vencimiento se detallan como sigue: NINGUNO. El monto de cada carga posterior que figura de la Certificación Registral sobre la finca objeto de esta ejecución, así como los nombres de sus titulares y fecha de vencimiento se detallan como sigue: ANOTACION DE DEMANDA: Radicada el 20 de febrero de 2019 , en el Centro Judicial de San Juan, Caso Civil SJ2019CV01678, por concepto de Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la vía ordinaria, seguido por Scotiabank de Puerto Rico versus Maura Fortuna Alcántara por sí y como miembro de la Sucesión de Leonardo Henriquez Hernández; Jane Doe como posible heredera

The San Juan Daily Star desconocida; John Doe, como posible heredero desconocido; Departamento de Hacienda; Centro de Recaudaciones de Ingresos Municipales; Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por la suma de $81,269.53, más intereses, etc.

Anotado el 11 de marzo de 2019 al Sistema Karibe de Monacillos, finca #1,312, Anotación A. Por la presente se le notifica a los titulares de crédito y/o cargas registrales posteriores, que se celebrarán las Subastas en las fechas, horas y sitio anteriormente señalados, y se les invitan a que concurran a dichas subastas si les conviniese, o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate, el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante, siempre y cuando refinan los requisitos y calificaciones de Ley y para que pueda efectuar tal subrogación.

Y para su publicación en el tablón de edictos de este Tribunal y en dos lugares públicos del municipio en el cual se celebrarán las subastas señaladas, así como para la publicación en un periódico de circulación general diarias y en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por el término de por lo menos dos semanas con antelación a la fecha de la primera subasta y una vez por semana. Se hace constar que los abogados de la parte demandante son Igor J. Domínguez Law Offices, 1225 Avenida Ponce de León, Suite 1105, San Juan, PR 009073945, Teléfono (787) 250-0220, Fax. (787) 250-0295. EXPEDIDO el presente en SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, a 8 de diciembre de 2020. EDWIN E. LOPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL, Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de SAN JUAN.

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

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (Farm Service Agency) Plaintiff v.

Monday, January 11, 2021

reclosure of Mortgage. NOTICE ve and the thirty (30) day term OF JUDGMENT. to file the notice of appeal will TO: John Doe & Richard begin the day this judicial notice Roe, as unknown heirs is published in a newspaper of general circulation. A copy of of the Estate of Jorge the Notice of Judgment by PuLuis Ramos Rodríguez blication and Judgment in this a/k/a Jorge L. Ramos case will be sent by plaintiff to the defendant´s last known adRodríguez THE CLERK notifies you that, dress by certified mail, return on December 16, 2020, this receipt requested within ten Court entered judgment in favor (10) days of the one and only of plaintiff and against you. The publication of this judicial notijudgment has been registered, ce. Issued in San Juan, Puerto and its terms are available for Rico this 22 day of December, review in the Clerk’s office. 2020. MARIA ANTONGIORGINotice to you will be deemed JORDAN, ESQ., Clerk of Court. effective, and the thirty (30) day By: Viviana Diaz Mulero, Clerk term to file any notice of appeal of the Court. will begin, the day this notice is published in a newspaper of general circulation in Puerto Rico. Plaintiff will send a copy of this Notice and the Judgment to the defendant´s last known address, by certified mail/return receipt requested, within ten (10) days of the one and only publication of this notice. San Juan, Puerto Rico December 22, 2020. MARIA ANTONGIORGI-JORDAN, ESQ., Clerk of Court. S/ Marie GonzalezRodriguez, By: Marie GonzalezRodriguez / Deputy Clerk.

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

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, acting through the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FARM SERVICE AGENCY) Plaintiff v.

ELLIOT GIRAUD PIÑERO A/K/A ELLIOT JIRAU PIÑERO, ASTRID ANNETTE DONATE HERNANDEZ A/K/A ASTRID DONATE HERNANDEZ, and their Conjugal Partnership; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Defendant(s) CIVIL NO. 19-cv-1250 (PAD).

Foreclosure of Mortgage. NOTICE OF JUDGMENT BY PUBLICATION.

ESTATE OF JORGE LUIS TO: Elliot Giraud Piñero RAMOS RODRIGUEZ a/k/a Elliot Jirau Piñero, a/k/a JORGE L. RAMOS Astrid Annette Donate RODRIGUEZ COMPOSED Hernández aka Astrid

BY HIS KNOWN HEIR Donate Hernández and KARINA RAMOS the conjugal partnership SANTIAGO AND EDITH constituted between them MERCEDES SANTIAGO THE CLERK OF THIS COURT notifies you that on DeALFONSO a/k/a EDITH M. hereby cember 4, 2020, this Court enSANTIAGO a/k/a EDITH tered judgment in favor of plainSANTIAGO AS WIDOW tiff. Said judgment has been AND CO-SIGNER; JOHN duly registered and the terms DOE AND RICHARD ROE, of such judgment are available review in the Clerk’s office.

AS UNKNOWN MEMBERS for THEREFORE, this notice is OF SAID ESTATE; UNITED hereby given to you that judgSTATES OF AMERICA ment has been entered against

Defendant(s) you in the instant proceedings.

CASE NO. 19-02073 (FAB). Fo- Notice will be deemed effecti-

LEGAL NOTICE

South Tower, 239 Arterial Hostos Ave., Suite 305, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918-1476, teléfono (787) 250-1420, correo electrónico: israel_alicea@ yahoo.com. Se le apercibe que si dejare de comparecer se podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra de acuerdo con la súplica de la demanda, conforme a lo establecido en la Regla 45 de Procedimiento Civil de 2009. EXPEDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico hoy día 17 de diciembre de 2020.

Lcda. Laura I Santa Sanchez, Secretario Regional. Brenda G Zamot Salgado, Secretaria Auxiliar.

16,267, Capital Center Building, South Tower, 239 Arterial Hostos Ave., Suite 305, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918-1476, teléfono (787) 250-1420, correo electrónico: israel_alicea@ yahoo.com. Se le apercibe que si dejare de comparecer se podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra de acuerdo con la súplica de la demanda, conforme a lo establecido en la Regla 45 de Procedimiento Civil de 2009. EXPEDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico hoy día 17 de diciembre de 2020.

Lcda. Laura I Santa Sanchez, Secretario Regional. Brenda G Zamot Salgado, Secretaria Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO LEGAL NOT ICE DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUSALA DE GUAYNABO .

NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE GUAYNABO .

ASOCIACIÓN DE SALA DE BAYAMÓN. ASOCIACIÓN DE

RESIDENTES DE TORRIMAR, INC., Demandante v.

EDUARDO JESÚS CALBETO VAILLANT, ANA SOFIA GONZÁLEZ HIRSEL, LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS, JANE Y JOHN DOE

Demandados Civil Núm.: GB2020CV00211.

SALA: 202. Sobre: Cobro de Dinero, Procedimiento Ordinario.

EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERO RICO.

A: Ana Sofía González Hirsel, por si en representación de la Sociedad Legal de Gananciales compuesta por esta y Eduardo Jesús Calbeto Vaillant.

POR LA PRESENTE, se le notifica que se ha presentado una Demanda en cobro de dinero por la vía ordinaria, en la cual la parte demandante alega que usted le adeuda la cantidad de $3,045.00. Por consecuencia, se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste dicha Demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, radicando su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Guaynabo y enviando copia a la parte demandante: Lcdo. Israel O. Alicea Luciano, Número RUA: 16,267, Capital Center Building,

RESIDENTES DE TORRIMAR, INC.,

LUNA ACQUISITIONS LLC.,

EDUARDO JESÚS CALBETO VAILLANT, ANA SOFIA GONZÁLEZ HIRSEL, LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS, JANE Y JOHN DOE

JUDIMIL DE LEÓN QUIÑONES

Demandante v.

Demandados Civil Núm.: GB2020CV00211.

SALA: 202. Sobre: Cobro de Dinero, Procedimiento Ordinario.

EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERO RICO.

A: Eduardo Jesús Calbeto Vaillant, por si en representación de la Sociedad Legal de Gananciales compuesta por este y Ana Sofía González Hirsel.

POR LA PRESENTE, se le notifica que se ha presentado una Demanda en cobro de dinero por la vía ordinaria, en la cual la parte demandante alega que usted le adeuda la cantidad de $3,045.00. Por consecuencia, se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste dicha Demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, radicando su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Guaynabo y enviando copia a la parte demandante: Lcdo. Israel O. Alicea Luciano, Número RUA:

Demandante v.

Demandado CIVIL NÚM.: TJ2019CV00321.

Sobre: Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R. SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de BAYAMÓN, hago saber a la parte demandada, JUDIMIL DE LEÓN QUIÑONES y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 24 de agosto de 2020, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta por el precio mínimo de $81,000.00 y al mejor postor la propiedad de la dirección Urbanización Jardines de Caparra QQ-11 Calle 18 Bayamón PR 00959 y que se describe como sigue: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento 2. Apartamento residencial de forma rectangular dedicada a vivienda, ubicada en la segunda planta del Condominio Perla de Caparra, sito en la Calle 11 manzana QQ de la Urbanización Jardines de Caparra con un área privada de 1454.79 pies cuadrados, equivalente a 135.14 metros cuadrados. Colinda por el NORTE, con el patio lateral izquierdo en una distancia de 44’10” equivalentes a 13.67 metros; por el SUR, en dos alineaciones que suman 44’10” equivalentes a 13.67 metros con el patio lateral derecho; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 36’0 “equivalentes a 6.36 metros con el patio posterior y por el OESTE, en dos alineaciones que suman 34’0” equivalentes a 10.36 metros con el patio delantero. Este apartamento consta de escalera, sala, comedor, cocina, baño, balcón, terraza y dos dormito-

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rios. El acceso del apartamento ubica en su colindancia Oeste, hacia la escalera que conduce a la segunda planta desde la Calle Numero 18. Le ha sido asignado una participación en los gastos e ingresos del condominio y en su titularidad de los elementos comunes generales equivalentes al 50%. Se le asigna como elemento limitado a este apartamento el uso de un espacio de estacionamiento apartamento 2 de 3.05 metros de ancho por 6.38 metros de largo y un área de 19.46 metros cuadrados localizado en el patio delantero. Finca 77514, inscrita al folio 197 del tomo 1877 de Bayamón Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón. La finca antes descrita se encuentra afecta al siguiente gravamen: (i) HIPOTECA en garantía de pagaré a favor de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $81,000.00 con intereses al 7.8750% anual y vencimiento 1 de noviembre de 2037. Constituida por la Escritura 142 en San Juan el 19 de octubre de 2007 ante la notario Yariliz Aime Rios Portela, subsanada por la escritura 4 otorgada en San Juan el 12 de enero de 2010 ante el notario José Guillermo Barea Fernández, e inscrita al folio 197 del tomo 1877 de Bayamón Sur, finca #77514, inscripción 2ª. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución es la que ha quedado descrita en el inciso (i). Será celebrada la subasta para con el importe de la misma satisfacer la sentencia dictada el 27 de enero de 2020, mediante la cual se condenó a la parte demandada pagar a la parte demandante la cantidad ascendiente a $70,252.87 de principal, más intereses acumulados, que continuarán acumulándose al 7.875% anual hasta el saldo total de la deuda, $601.65 a cargos por demora, más $8,100.00 de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otro desembolso que haya efectuado o efectúe la parte demandante durante la tramitación de este caso para otros adelantos de conformidad con el Contrato Hipotecario. La PRIMERA SUBASTA será celebrada el día 10 de febrero de 2021, a las 10:15 de la mañana, en la oficina del Alguacil, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico. Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma, la cantidad de $81,000.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 18 de de febrero de 2021, a las 10:15 de la mañana, en el mismo lugar, en la que servirá como tipo mínimo, dos terceras (2/3) partes del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $54,000.00. Si no hubiese remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, celebraré TERCERA SUBASTA el día 25 de febrero de 2021, a las 10:15 de la mañana, en el mismo lugar en la que regirá

como tipo mínimo, la mitad del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $40,500.00. El Alguacil que suscribe hizo constar que toda licitación deberá hacerse para pagar su importe en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, de acuerdo con la Ley y de acuerdo con lo anunciado en este Aviso de Subasta. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables. Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso acepta como bastante la titulación que da base a la misma. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si la hubiere al crédito que da base a esta ejecución continuará subsistente, entendiéndose, además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción cualquier parte del remanente del precio de licitación. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Vendida o adjudicada la finca o derecho hipotecado y consignado el precio correspondiente, en esa misma fecha o fecha posterior, el alguacil que celebró la subasta procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura pública de traspaso en representación del dueño o titular de los bienes hipotecados, ante el notario que elija el adjudicatario o comprador, quien deberá abonar el importe de tal escritura.

El alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la confirmación de la venta o adjudicación. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS LICITADORES Y DEL PUBLICO EN GENERAL y para su publicación de acuerdo con la Ley,

expido el presente Edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal.

En BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, hoy 29 de diciembre de 2020. Jorge Campusado, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN.

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

EVELYN ENID COLE FALTO Demandante v.

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE COMPANY (FDIC) COMO SUCESOR EN DERECHO DE WESTERNBANK PUERTO RICO; FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANO MAS CUAL

Demandado(a) Civil Núm. MZ2020CV00255.

Sobre: CANCELACION DE PAGARE EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: FDIC COMO SUCESOR EN DERECHO DE WESTERNBANK PUERTO RICO, P/C KEVIN J GLUECKERT; FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANO MAS CUAL Y A TODAS LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS QUE PUEDAN SER TENEDORES O QUE EN SU PODER TENGAN UN PAGARE HIPOTECARIO QUE SE EXTRAVIO

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) LA SECRETARIA que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 17 de diciembre 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. 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 tos autos de este caso, con fecha 23 de diciembre de 2020. En MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico, el 23 de diciembre de 2020. LCDA. NORMA G SANTANA IRIZARRY, Secretaria Regional. F/BETSY SANTIAGO GONZALEZ, Secretaria Auxiliar.

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The San Juan Daily Star

Monday, January 11, 2021

Lasorda was a star, and a tactician who had vision

By TYLER KEPNER

T

ommy Lasorda was born on the first day of fall, the season that matters most in baseball. Many years later he would make a lasting autumn imprint, but on that day, in 1927, the Brooklyn Dodgers lost a doubleheader. Lasorda, from Norristown, Pennsylvania, would grow to be a scrappy left-handed pitcher for the team, but he would never win for them, either.

Like Walter Alston, his predecessor as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Lasorda appeared only briefly as a major league player.

Alston was hitless in one at-bat; Lasorda was winless in a handful of starts. Yet they managed the team in an unbroken line from 1954 to 1996, combining for all six of the franchise’s championships before 2020.

“Their strength was the strength of the Dodgers: They knew the minor league system, they knew how players got to be major leaguers, they understood the importance of scouts and player development — they knew it from the ground up,” Fred Claire, the former Dodgers general manager, said Friday. “Their personalities were different, but their foundations were nearly identical.”

Until Lasorda’s death at home last Thursday, at 93 years old, he was the senior member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. If there really is a Dodger blue heaven, as he always claimed, he could look down at the world and see his old team on top of it. He was watching from a ballpark suite, in Arlington, Texas, when the Dodgers clinched the World Series last October.

“I think he needed to be there, you know?” Bobby Valentine said Friday. “Just like he needed to get home from the hospital to be with his wife, so she could say it’s OK.” Valentine, the longtime major league manager, was with Lasorda at Globe Life Field; a mutual friend, Warren Lichtenstein, had arranged for Lasorda to take a private plane to Texas, with a doctor by his side at all times.

“He didn’t stand — we wheeled him in, and he sat the entire time — but with one out or maybe two outs in the last inning, he stood, and he watched the game standing, and when they won he threw both hands up over his head and said: ‘Oh yeah!’” Valentine said.

“That ‘Oh yeah,’ for anyone who was ever around him, that’s what he was saying when he was running out of the dugout after they won: ‘Oh yeah, we did it!’”

Lasorda’s teams won 1,630 games in the

Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda autographs a baseball inside the Dodgertown locker room on Feb. 15, 1990, in Vero Beach, Fla. major leagues, postseason included. He guided the Dodgers to seven division titles, four World Series appearances and two championships, in 1981 and 1988. In retirement, he managed the U.S. team — mostly minor leaguers — to gold at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

With Lasorda, though, the games were only part of the story. He was a genuine celebrity, a friend of Frank Sinatra and Don Rickles who always knew where to find a camera.

He could share wisdom as a pointy-capped wizard on a children’s TV show (“The Baseball Bunch”) or spew profane hilarity at a reporter who dared to ask for his opinion of a rival’s performance. Jon Lovitz played him on “Saturday Night Live.”

Lasorda had a thing about mascots. In 1989, he ordered the umpires to eject Youppi!

— a jolly orange blob in a Montreal Expos jersey — for noisily cavorting on top of the Dodgers dugout. A year earlier, he wrestled the Phillie Phanatic to the turf at Veterans Stadium and beat him with a stuffed Dodgers dummy.

Lasorda and the Phanatic, then played by Dave Raymond, had formed an act, of sorts, on a Major League Baseball goodwill trip to Japan in 1979. The mascot would mock the manager, whose feigned outrage got a laugh from the fans. But Lasorda snapped that day in Philadelphia, and an all-time highlight was born.

“The biggest sadness — beyond his family and his close friends and the Dodger family —

is for baseball, because Tommy was the best ambassador,” Raymond said. “We don’t have people like Tommy Lasorda or Earl Weaver or Tug McGraw or Jay Johnstone anymore. Those types of people seem to be weeded out. With travel sports and the emphasis on performance and analytics and all that, we’re losing some of the best parts of baseball, some of the things we’d latch onto as kids. There was this wonderful window frame that personalities like Tommy gave to the game.”

Valentine — himself a colorful character — agreed with that idea but emphasized Lasorda’s role as a visionary who saw far beyond the hills overlooking Dodger Stadium. He held clinics around the globe, learned Spanish and championed players like Fernando Valenzuela, one of baseball’s first stars from Mexico, and Hideo Nomo, the first MLB All-Star from Japan.

To Valentine, Lasorda was following the lineage of Branch Rickey, the Hall of Fame executive for the Dodgers and other teams who brought Jackie Robinson to the majors and created a blueprint for the modern farm system.

“Tommy was carrying the baton of doing things differently,” Valentine said. “He was an old Italian who had old Italian ways, but somehow, with a high school education, he knew that the world was changing and that baseball needed to change with it.”

Lasorda’s most profound legacy, perhaps, is in the way he changed the role of manager.

While Alston could be distant and taciturn, La-

sorda was an unabashed cheerleader for his players, creating an environment where young players thrived, and motivating players as few could.

The 1988 World Series, against the imposing Oakland Athletics, was Lasorda’s masterpiece. The Dodgers stole Game 1 on Kirk Gibson’s spellbinding homer, and pitcher Orel Hershiser dominated the A’s twice. But their other win, in Game 4, was all Lasorda, whose patchwork lineup had fewer homers put together than Oakland’s José Canseco had all by himself.

On the NBC pregame show, Bob Costas praised the Dodgers’ pitching but called their lineup “one of the weakest ever to take the field for a World Series game.” Lasorda, who was watching in the clubhouse, rattled the walls with a fusillade of grievances.

“You hear what Costas said? He said you’re the worst offensive team ever!” said Mickey Hatcher, the super-sub batting third, recalling Lasorda’s tirade recently. “Oh, man, he was stirring it up. And of course when we were out in the dugout, the players were yelling and Costas didn’t know what the heck was going on. But Tommy kept feeding everybody.”

Costas finished the pregame show from his spot on the first-base side of the grass, by the visitors’ dugout. He stayed on the field for the national anthem, having no idea Lasorda had seen his analysis, let alone used it to rally the Dodgers.

“I’m standing next to Hershiser, who’s at the end of the line with his cap over his heart during the anthem,” Costas said recently. “And he looks down over his shoulder and out of the corner of his mouth he goes, ‘Boy, Tommy’s really got the guys going over what you said.’ And I’m startled, like, ‘What the hell is he talking about?’

“Then they won, and Lasorda makes a big deal about it afterward on TV with Marv Albert. And the whole time he’s winking at me!”

The Dodgers ran the bases with abandon that night, scratching out runs on a passed ball, an error and two ground outs. They clinched the title one game later, and when they finally reclaimed it, at long last, their biggest fan was there.

“What it was about Tommy, more than anything, was his passion and love for the game,” Claire said. “It’s what drove him, it’s what enabled him to play professional baseball to begin with, it’s what he had as a youngster, and it’s what he never lost.”

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Tennis players mull competition or rest at start of new season

By MATTHEW FUTTERMAN

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iguring out where and how to start the tennis season is usually pretty easy for the world’s top players. They catch a flight to Australia around Christmas, spend a few days getting over the jet lag, then compete for two weeks in warm-up tournaments ahead of the Australian Open.

But with the sport’s calendar upended by the coronavirus pandemic, which prompted a three-week delay of the Australian Open, players have had to make difficult calculations about the value of traveling to compete now, as infection rates are still soaring in many parts of the world.

As the 2021 professional tennis season began last week, several of the top players opted not to attend the only opening tournaments before they have to quarantine for two weeks in Australia. This year, they cannot simply show up in Australia and compete right away.

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, ranked No. 1 and No. 2 among the men, remained on their practice courts rather than venturing to Turkey or Florida for the first events on their tour (Roger Federer is out with a knee injury). Andy Murray of Britain, a three-time Grand Slam winner, was supposed to play in Florida, then grew skittish about traveling during the pandemic and pulled out. On the women’s side, U.S. stars Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka skipped the event in Abu Dhabi.

The plans for those three tournaments were announced only in late December, as the organizers of the Australian Open decided that the start of their Grand Slam event would be delayed until Feb. 8 and that all participants would be required to heavily restrict their movements for two weeks ahead of the tournament.

“I was ready to go and ready to play matches,” said Cam Norrie of Britain, who played in the Florida tournament, the Delray Beach Open, after practicing indoors in London since late November. “But for a lot of players since it was sprung on them a bit last minute, they were not ready and didn’t want to compete.”

The schedule follows an offseason that, for most players, was longer than the usual six-week break. The pandemic forced the women’s tour to cancel its fall Asia swing.

On the men’s side, for all but the top players, there has not been a tournament since early November.

Changes being considered by the men’s and women’s tennis tours to their ranking systems could have big implications for players like Rafael Nadal, who won the United States Open last year.

Sofia Kenin, 22, the reigning Australian Open champion, went to Abu Dhabi and said at a news conference this past week that opting to play was a “last-minute decision” motivated in part by a desire “just to get out of the house.”

Also competing there were Karolina Pliskova, a former world No. 1, and Coco Gauff, the rising American teenager.

For most top players, the decision to play or not to play this past week ultimately came down to whether they thought playing real matches now would help them get mentally and physically prepared for the rigors of a Grand Slam.

“I need some time to get back into rhythm and play more matches,” Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, who won the last two tournaments of 2020, told reporters as she competed in Abu Dhabi last week.

She won her 12th consecutive match Saturday.

The open question for Sabalenka and other players is how their individual choices during the first weeks of the season might play into the unusual routines for this Australian Open.

During the quarantine, players will be allowed to practice for only two hours each day, initially with just one practice partner and then with two more in the second week.

They will also get to spend about two hours in the gym, and one other hour at the tennis center in Melbourne. They must spend the 19 other hours in their hotel rooms.

After the quarantine, the men’s and women’s tours will hold three competitive events in Melbourne in the week before the Open.

Craig Morris, a former coach for Australian Samantha Stosur, who won the 2011 U.S. Open, said that given how little tennis took place last year, competition this month would be valuable.

“Anything they can get under the belt is going to help,” he said.

Tennis players are constantly searching for the optimal rhythm — to hit the ball cleanly on nearly every shot and to feel confident about their strokes regardless of the situation. It’s not something that can easily be turned on and off, and for many players that zone is reached through the right combination of practice and match play.

The coronavirus is just the newest twist to that hunt.

Murray, 31, was ready to play last week but announced in a news release on New Year’s Eve that he was too concerned about the pandemic to make the trip.

“Given the increase in COVID rates and the trans-Atlantic flights involved, I want to minimize the risks ahead of the Australian Open,” Murray said.

Several other notable players, including Italians Matteo Berrettini and Fabio Fognini, plus John Isner of the United States and Adrian Mannarino of France, were competing in either Turkey or Florida.

Plenty of players competed last week because they knew they could use some prize money after so many competitive opportunities were canceled last year, when the tour was shut down for about five months. Many also wanted to see if the offseason work they put in was paying dividends on the court.

Leylah Fernandez, 18, a fast-improving Canadian, said making the trip to Abu Dhabi was “a very difficult decision,” but with all the uncertainty hanging over the tennis schedule — and all sports in 2021 — she and her team took the bird in hand.

“We wanted to get as many matches under my belt as we could,” Fernandez said after winning her first match Wednesday.

She was eliminated by Tamara Zidansek of Slovenia in the second round on Friday, 6-4, 6-4.

Tommy Paul, an American who spent the offseason training at the tennis complex in Delray Beach, Florida, said the realigned schedule had shifted his approach to the weeks leading up to a Grand Slam. Paul, 23, said in an interview last Wednesday that he spent the offseason trying to turn himself into more of an all-court player by coming to the net more often.

The Delray Beach tournament, he said, offered him an opportunity to measure his progress and figure out what he still needs to work on. The two-week quarantine in Australia, where his hitting partners will be Americans Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey, will give him the chance to work on the weaknesses he identifies in competition at the Delray Beach event. Paul won his firstround match Thursday over Nam Ji-sung of South Korea, 6-1, 6-4, then lost to fellow American Sebastian Korda, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, in the second round on Saturday night.

“If there is something I don’t like about my game, I have time to fix it.” Paul said.

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Trainer barred in New York and other states for giving horse a racist name

By JOE DRAPE

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he New York Racing Association on Saturday barred a prominent trainer from competitions on its circuit for changing the name of one of his horses to a racial slur and taunting a Black analyst for the horse racing network TVG. The trainer, Eric Guillot, can no longer enter horses or have stalls on the nation’s premier circuit. Horses he trained have earned more than $13 million in purses and have won 259 races, including the Whitney, Test and Jim Dandy stakes, all considered among New York’s most important races.

“Racism is completely unacceptable in all forms,” David O’Rourke, the association’s president and CEO, said in a statement. “NYRA rejects Eric Guillot’s toxic words and divisive behavior in the strongest terms.

He added, “Our racing community is diverse, and we stand for inclusion.”

The Stronach Group, which owns racetracks in Maryland, Florida and California, also said Saturday that it would not allow horses trained by Guillot to race at its tracks.

On New Year’s Day, Guillot tweeted that he was giving a 3-yearold colt a “unique name in honor of a TVG analyst,” adding a Black fist emoji. When a follower asked the name, he responded, “GRAPE SODA,” which can be a racist term directed at African Americans.

The following day, Guillot tweeted again about the colt’s workout, characterizing it as smooth as a “menthol Kool” with a Black hand giving the thumbs-up symbol. The tweet was later deleted.

The colt was owned at the time

by Cypress Creek Equine, which issued a statement to The Thoroughbred Daily News suggesting that Guillot was no longer employed there.

“Cypress Creek Equine would like to denounce the actions of their former trainer Eric Guillot,” the statement said. “Mr. Guillot will no longer train for or represent Cypress

The trainer Eric Guillot with a different horse, Southern Phantom, in 2018.

Creek Equine due to his action on social media. Cypress Creek apologizes for any ill feelings and does not condone this type of behavior.”

The horse was originally named Kirkstetter, but the name was changed to the offensive term on Dec. 29, records show.

Telephone calls to Guillot went unanswered. On Twitter, however, he said the name Grape Soda had been chosen for his love of the drink as a child. He also sent a tweet suggesting that he was stepping away from the sport, saying that his first day of retirement was “going awesome.”

Guillot’s remarks were widely believed to have been directed at Ken Rudulph, the only African American analyst at TVG. On Friday, after the horse won his debut race at Aqueduct, horse enthusiasts lit up social media about Guillot and the slur.

On Twitter, Rudulph said he was

the target of Guillot’s tweets and denounced racism in horse racing as a long-standing problem.

In July, for instance, amid the widespread tumult over the death of George Floyd in police custody, Tom VanMeter, a prominent Kentucky horse owner and sales consignor, posted a racist comment on Facebook directed at the NFL, whose players are predominantly Black.

But the incident also brought attention to the lack of diversity at the top levels of horse racing. The Jockey Club, for example, does not have an African American among its 128 members and has just five people of color among its 286 employees.

Keeneland, which sold more than $627 million in horses last year, also does not have a single African American executive or board member among its leadership.

“Y’all sent lots of angry tweets and DM’s my way,” Rudulph tweeted. “Re-

ceived text messages from friends and colleagues. Many viewers attacked and questioned my perspective. I told you that horse racing has a TON of racists hiding in plain sight. Now ... what are you gonna do about it? Let’s go.”

And what of the horse?

After winning Friday, the colt was bought for $25,000 by Lawrence Roman. He said he had no idea the name was a slur until the Jockey Club contacted him Saturday morning and asked him to change it.

He not only did so but chose to rename him Respect for All, while pledging 10% of the colt’s purse earnings to a fund to help New York’s backstretch workers.

“I wanted to make a positive out of a negative situation,” Roman said. “This is a great sport that I have really enjoyed, and the people on the backstretch are from all over and they love and take care of these athletes. We don’t want racism in this sport.’’

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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 38

Wordsearch

GAMES

HOROSCOPE Aries

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(Mar 21-April 20)

Using mindpower to solve a problem could lead to further frustration, and a sense that something is insoluble. The more you try to think your way out of an issue, the more it may seem you have hit a brick wall. Asking others might be a dead end too. In this instance, you’ll need to go to a deeper level and pay attention to your intuition, from where exciting solutions can emerge Aries.

Libra

(Sep 24-Oct 23)

Want something or someone so much you can’t get this out of your mind? Paradoxically, the more you crave it, the less likelihood there is of being satisfied.

Relaxing your grip and going with the flow is the better option. If you can be happy whether you have it or not, then what is best for you will occur. There is a chance that if you did get it, you might regret your decision.

Taurus

(April 21-May 21)

Scorpio

Gemini

(May 22-June 21)

Sagittarius

(Nov 23-Dec 21)

Capricorn

(Dec 22-Jan 20)

Try talking someone out of a decision, and you may find they dig their heels in even further. The harder you try, the more stubborn they might be. Don’t go there, as doing so could add a note of tension to this connection. If you are equally determined to have things your way, nothing will change. Instead, see if you can turn this to your advantage. There may be a way if you look for it.

A part of you is excited, and so ready to explore new ideas and options, and yet the current line-up suggests you could be getting in your own way and sabotaging your best efforts. Just as you are about to take a leap of faith, the old programs rise to the surface to test your resolve. If a wonderful opportunity is on the horizon, a coach or mentor may be able to help you grasp it.

Cancer

(June 22-July 23)

The determined meets the immovable, and this could occupy your thoughts unless you choose to forget it.

Much as you might want to resolve an issue, you are unlikely to get very far if you and another are unwilling to co-operate. But time can be a great healer. What seems so urgent now may appear less so in a week, and might not even register after that. If nothing is moving, let go.

Leo

(July 24-Aug 23)

On the brink of an opportunity or project you’ve been dreaming about? You may be in the frustrating position of having other commitments that are taking up your time, leaving you little chance to do anything about it. You can do something though. If you negotiate some leeway or delegate certain tasks, it might give you the toehold you need to go for it and enjoy the outcome.

Virgo

(Aug 24-Sep 23)

To make the coming days work you need to consider that nothing is written in stone, even if it seems to be just now. The thought of being stuck is just that, a thought, and if you refuse to identify with such thinking and allow your instincts to take over, you can find a way through. If you want an alternative result, then you need to do things differently to get what you want.

(Oct 24-Nov 22)

Your ideas could seem great to you, but to a partner or family member they may not. It’s going to need a lot of give and take before you can agree to anything.

Much as you might want your own way, getting it could be draining and exhausting if no-one is willing to give in. If this has to do with something important, then it may be wise to let it rest as a better way can emerge soon.

You’ll have the ability to put a great deal of effort into a task and to get a lot done, as long as you don’t pile too much on your plate. If you’re juggling commitments or deadlines, then things could get stressful, especially if you’re trying to please everyone. Admit to yourself that you’re not someone with superpowers. There is only so much you can do in a day, so be kinder to yourself.

A desire to save could conflict with an urge to invest in ideas that can be an exciting step forward. There may be so much you want to explore and experiment with, but the cost might be off-putting. Don’t abandon your dreams altogether. If you plan for this, then you could make gradual strides forward, and over the coming months, be pleased with your progress.

Aquarius

(Jan 21-Feb 19)

Try not to let anyone talk you out of exploring a new idea, as your judgement may be better than theirs.

Besides, with key influences occurring, it might only be a matter of time before others realize how brilliant it is. On another note, as Jupiter angles towards Uranus, the urge to be somewhere else could be strong, and a restless craving for new experiences can fuel a desire to move.

Pisces

(Feb 20-Mar 20)

If you’re finding it hard to get through to someone, then try not to take it personally. With a frustrating focus showing up though, you could become quite impatient. The Moon in the top spot suggests that if you want to make your feelings known, others will likely chime in with their thoughts or suggestions. It may be that they need some leeway though Pisces, and sympathy.

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CARTOONS

Herman

Speed Bump

Frank & Ernest

BC

Scary Gary

Wizard of Id

For Better or for Worse

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