Governor Completes Cabinet as 6th Round of Appointments
Agriculture Dept., COR3
Firefighters Make Progress as Forecasts Warn of Stronger Winds; More People Reported Missing
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Executive order strips PREB of control over generation tenders
By THE STAR STAFF
The executive order that Gov. Jenniffer González Colón recently enacted will give the newly established Office of the Energy Czar the authority to lead efforts to incorporate new sources of base generation through public-private partnerships, effectively removing significant power from the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) regarding those initiatives.
In light of several laws mandating that the island obtain all its energy from renewable sources by 2050, and following PREB’s approval of an Integrated Resource Plan, the energy regulator has begun procuring some 3,750 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy and 1,500 MW of energy storage resources, dividing the process into six tranches. However, those efforts have encountered issues: PREB canceled the Tranche 3 tender in October 2024 and subsequently launched Tranche 4, which resulted in only one project -- a 50 MW battery storage project -- being selected. To manage the tenders, PREB hired an outside manager.
Upon taking office, González Colón appointed Josué Colón Ortiz, the former director of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), as the energy czar. He also was named the head of the Public-Private Partnerships Authority. The executive order issued on Friday formalized the creation of the Office of the Energy Czar. Colón is tasked with overseeing LUMA Energy, the private operator of PREPA’s transmission and distribution system, with plans underway to cancel the contract with the embattled consortium.
As energy czar, Colón Ortiz will possess extensive powers over both LUMA and Genera PR, the private operator of PREPA’s legacy power plants, effectively granting him authority to influence the PREB and other entities.
The czar will “exercise the authority outlined in Act 76-2000, including the supremacy legislated under Article 14, to resolve and decide any impasse, disagreement, or default involving regulated parties (such as PREPA’s private operators) or any entity of the Executive, including AAFAF, PREB, PREPA, and COR3,” the executive order reads. “This authority ensures that the Executive Order takes precedence over any inconsistent provisions of general or special law, regulation, or actions by involved parties.”
2024. His primary responsibilities will include leading initiatives for rebuilding and modernizing the electrical system, and acting as a coordinator and liaison between the island government, PREPA, and federal entities such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Energy (DOE).
Colón Ortiz will facilitate coordination between FEMA, COR3, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, the DOE, PREPA, and any other state or federal entities managing federal funds for the reconstruction and modernization of Puerto Rico’s electrical system.
His role will involve promoting the addition of new base generation sources through public-private partnerships, documenting compliance or non-compliance by operators, and identifying any failures or negligence that may adversely affect the proper use of public funds.
AAFAF and COR3 refer to the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority and the Center for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience, respectively.
According to the executive order, the czar is empowered to take actions on behalf of the governor to supervise, coordinate and oversee the reconstruction and modernization of the electrical system, in line with the order’s objectives. The czar’s authority concerning energy emergencies will supersede other permitting laws and regulations, including Act 161-2009 and Act 118-
Additionally, Colón Ortiz will take necessary steps to identify new operators for the transmission and distribution system, influence strategic decisions, coordinate between various government agendas, and propose or implement initiatives to enhance energy management and efficiency policies.
He will also advise the central government on public energy policy development and execution, providing analysis and information needed to effectively evaluate and oversee electrical system-related processes, and promote coherent energy policy throughout the island government for better coordination and execution across all commonwealth and federal components related to the energy sector.
One of the executive orders signed by the governor last Friday formally establishes the Office of the Energy Czar, which is to be headed by Josué Colón Ortiz.
Agriculture Dept., COR3 lead governor’s 6th round of appointments
By THE STAR STAFF
Gov. Jenniffer González Colón made her sixth round of appointments Sunday, naming Josué Rivera as the new secretary of the Department of Agriculture. The appointment completes the constitutional Cabinet that will support the governor during this four-year term. The other appointments include: Eduardo Soria, an attorney and certified public accountant, as the executive director of the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience, commonly known as COR3; Dr. Regino Colón as the administrator of the Medical Services Administration; Enid Ortiz Rodríguez as the executive director of the State Insurance Fund Corp.; Wilma Ortiz Rivera as the head of the Families and Children Administration under the Family Department; Judge María del Mar Mateu Meléndez as head of the Child Support Administration; and Amy Vega Ojeda, an attorney, as the administrator of the Administration for the Care and Comprehensive Development of Children.
Rivera, the governor’s pick to head the Agriculture Department, is a public servant and federal policy expert. He served as director of the Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration starting at the end of January 2021. Previously, he served as the state director of rural development for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for Puerto Rico, from April 2018 to January 2021.
During his tenure at the USDA, he organized the first Puerto Rico Rural Loan Investment Summit, arranged to have Puerto Rico selected as a state pilot program for the
Single-Family Home Repair program, and convened leading roundtables in the telecommunications and public health industries, in collaboration with federal and state partners. In his first year in office, he received federal recognition for his efforts in recovery. Using his negotiating skills, the agency completed the largest restructuring of a public utility in the Rural Development portfolio, with a transaction of more than $400 million involving the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority.
Rivera also served as an adviser to the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration on issues such as finance, small businesses, agriculture, telecommunications, interstate commerce, air cargo deregulation, employee retention credit, HUBZones, and federal tax reform. In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, he worked directly with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to expedite recovery efforts.
Soria, who was appointed to lead COR3, has worked continuously since 2017 with FEMA federal funds in multiple agencies and public corporations. He has also been a financial expert in cases related to construction contractor claims for the past 20 years, so he is familiar with the highly specialized industry.
A licensed attorney since 2008 and a certified public accountant since 1996, Soria has more than 28 years of experience working in both national and international accounting firms and founded his own firm 10 years ago. He worked in the Office of Management and Budget and has been a consultant for government, federal funds, forensic accounting and business valuation, among other areas.
He has expert certifications in fraud investigation, internal controls and business valuation, and has worked with an array of federal funds throughout his professional career.
Senate president: Quiles will have to explain order legalizing La Parguera structures
By THE STAR STAFF
Newly appointed Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) Secretary Waldemar Quiles Pérez will need to explain to the island Senate his decision to shelve allegations of illegal construction in La Parguera, Lajas, just hours after taking office, Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz said late last week.
The administrative order, which was published last Thursday, followed Gov. Jenniffer González Colón’s comments, made after her swearing-in on Jan. 2, in which she referred to an ongoing investigation into waterfront construction on property belonging to her in-laws as “political persecution” against her.
The investigation targeted alleged violators, including the governor’s in-laws, who are accused of illegally cutting mangroves and making unauthorized expansions and renovations to a platform or dock at their residence in La Parguera, a natural reserve designated in 1979 and known for its bioluminescent bay.
Quiles’ order legalizes the structures built in La Parguera by allowing them to pay certain fees. He stated that the order was prepared and written by the previous administration. In response, Rivera Schatz emphasized on social media
that addressing political persecution requires caution and transparency.
Hernaliz Vázquez Torres, the director of the Puerto Rico Chapter of the Sierra Club, is calling for Quiles’ immediate removal as DNER secretary after he issued the executive order, which she claims represents a serious conflict of interest and an abuse of power.
Administrative Order 2025-01, which Quiles signed on the same day he was appointed, archives the administrative complaints against José del C. Vargas Cortés and Irma Llavona Rivera, the governor’s in-laws, and legitimizes the presence of other private structures on protected land by allowing them to pay a fee every five years. The decision comes despite serious accusations of violations against Vargas and Llavona, including cutting down mangroves, filling land, and building structures without permits.
“This action is a direct affront to environmental protection and justice,” Vázquez Torres said. “It is unacceptable that the DNER secretary, whose mission should be to safeguard our natural resources, is using his position to benefit the governor’s in-laws. This order not only legitimizes the environmental damage occurring in La Parguera but also reflects the true interests of Governor Jenniffer González’s administration, a situation we have been denouncing since her inauguration.”
The Sierra Club chapter director further stressed that the secretary’s actions contradict existing laws and regulations that protect maritime-terrestrial zones.
“Shelving these cases as if they were academic is a mockery of the conservation efforts led by many organizations and citizens for decades,” she said. “This type of abuse of power cannot be tolerated.”
Designated Agriculture Secretary Josué Rivera
Eduardo Soria has been named executive director of the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience.
Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz
Transportation plan announced for Old San Juan workers during Sanse Festival
By THE STAR STAFF
San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo announced on Sunday a comprehensive free transportation plan designed for employees of businesses in Old San Juan during the traditional San Sebastián Street Festival.
“With this plan, we guarantee that employees of businesses in Old San Juan can get to work for free and safely, while we continue to promote the economic development of our city,” the mayor said, while expressing thanks to the Old San Juan Merchants Association (ACOVI by its acronym in Spanish), the
Corporation for the Economic Development of the Isleta de San Juan and Its Surroundings (CODEVISA) and all transportation partners “for their collaboration in this effort that benefits both the community and the most emblematic event in San Juan.”
The plan includes the distribution of daily passes to participating businesses, which will allow employees:
* Free parking at the Convalecencia Parking Lot in Río Piedras or at the Municipal Tower Parking Lot in Hato Rey, located on the west side of the Miguel Agrelot Puerto Rico Coliseum.
* Transportation from those points by the Urban Train to the Sagrado Corazón Station, where there will be a special line for
employees with passes. From there, municipal buses will take them to the transfer station at the Capitol.
* CODEVISA will complete the route from the Capitol to Plaza Colón, allowing employees to go directly to their workplaces in Old San Juan.
The return journey will be available at the end of the working day, guaranteeing the same free service and comfort.
“This collaboration is vital to ensure that employees can get to their workplaces without complications, while we as merchants maintain fluid operations during the most important event in Old San Juan,” ACOVI President Karen Clark said.
Federal energy secretary urges governor to comply with clean energy goals
By THE STAR STAFF
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm urged Gov. Jenniffer González Colón late last week to comply with a law that mandates Puerto Rico to source all of its energy from renewable sources by 2050.
Granholm’s comments came Friday in response to criticism from González Colón regarding the Energy Department’s emphasis on renewable energy projects for the territory.
“Puerto Rico has a law that requires achieving 100 percent clean electricity by 2050. Our efforts align with that goal, which is the island’s commitment, not mine,” Granholm stated during a press conference in San Juan. “I hope the governor continues to honor that commitment to a clean energy transition, given the island’s abundant natural resources.”
She added that “Puerto Rico has a law. I hope that law is enforced.”
“I’m not clear on the current makeup of the Legislature or whether there would be support to override that commitment, but this law must be enforced, regardless of who holds the
governor’s office or who is the next secretary of the Department of Energy,” Granholm said.
Regarding concerns over the slow disbursement of reconstruction funds for the electrical grid, Granholm clarified that the primary responsibility on that front lies with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
“The Department of Energy does not control the funds related to the grid,” she said. “FEMA has accelerated project approvals, and we are observing a 500 percent increase in obligated funds, though we recognize that there is still room for improvement in the process.”
Granholm also noted that FEMA is addressing the main priorities presented by LUMA Energy and Genera PR, which include the approval of microgrid projects for Vieques and Culebra, repairs at generating plants, installation of advanced technology for electricity meters, and clearing vegetation.
“All the priority projects presented by LUMA and Genera are being addressed, which is a significant step forward,” she said.
The secretary expressed her disappointment at not having the opportunity to meet González Colón in person during her visit.
“I am disappointed that the governor was unable to meet with me here or in Washington, D.C.,” she said. “I trust that she and her team recognize the importance of establishing a good relationship with the federal government. We are essential partners in building the future electrical grid in Puerto Rico.”
Granholm also noted that, aside from residents of the island’s public housing projects and Nutrition Assistance Program recipients, the Solar Access program will also accept applications from recipients of the central government’s Vital health plan to have solar panels and batteries installed in their homes.
SESA seeks Puerto Rico’s inclusion in energy studies
By THE STAR STAFF
The Puerto Rico Solar and Storage Association (SESA) asked U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm late last week to issue an order that guarantees that Puerto Rico is included in reports funded by the federal Energy Department (DOE) in the United States and its territories.
Currently, Puerto Rico is not part of all the reports that are produced.
The information was contained in a SESA statement issued last Thursday.
Javier Rúa-Jovet, director of public policy at SESA, said that “too often, Puerto Rico is excluded from national reports and studies.”
“For example, Puerto Rico has historically been omitted from NREL [National Renewable Energy Laboratory] reports on the progress of the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS), despite the fact that the island has enacted and faced difficulties
in implementing such policies,” Rúa-Jovet said. “We need to be part of these studies at the national level since it is crucial to have real visibility of the progress of renewables locally and on which critical areas we should focus.”
In Puerto Rico, important laws have been passed that have not been fully implemented to date, even though they are implemented predictably and consistently in other jurisdictions. For example, Act 17, passed in 2019, requires 40% renewable energy by 2025 and 100% by 2050. Despite this, DOE-funded studies tracking RPS progress in the United States do not include Puerto Rico, leaving the island’s challenges unexamined and unaddressed.
Rúa-Jovet added that “ensuring Puerto Rico’s inclusion in these studies is not just a matter of accuracy, but also of equity.”
“Puerto Rico’s energy challenges, particularly as they relate to renewable energy, deserve to be tracked, analyzed, and addressed with the same rigor and attention given to the states,” he said. “We believe this could be implemented as a formal
DOE order and mechanism, institutionalizing the inclusion of all U.S. jurisdictions and providing clear reporting.”
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm
Javier Rúa-Jovet, director of public policy at the Puerto Rico Solar and Storage Association
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More reported missing as strong winds fuel LA fires
By AMY GRAFF, JONATHAN WOLFE, CLAIRE MOSES and YAN ZHUANG
Firefighters racing against the arrival of more desert winds made some progress Sunday against the two biggest fires raging in Los Angeles, which have killed at least 16 people and destroyed entire neighborhoods from the inland hills to the Pacific Coast.
At least 16 other people have been reported missing in the area of the two largest fires, Sheriff Robert Luna of Los Angeles County said at a news conference, adding that he expected the number would “absolutely” rise.
Crews managed to contain more of the Eaton fire as of Sunday morning, and they had largely stopped the Palisades fire’s momentum toward a road of homes in Mandeville Canyon, a section of the Brentwood neighborhood. But the fire risk remains high in the region, and winds began picking up again Sunday morning.
A brief reprieve from the wind was expected Sunday afternoon, according to forecasters, but the kind of gusty desert winds that have propelled the fires were expected to return Monday. “Elevated, critical fire weather conditions will continue through Wednesday,” said Anthony Marrone, the Los Angeles County fire chief.
The Eaton fire, which has killed at least 11 people, now
The smoldering wreckage of beachfront structures destroyed by the Palisade Fire in Malibu, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (Loren Elliott/The New York Times)
ranks among the 10 deadliest in California history. Officials have warned that the death toll is likely to rise and the full scale of the destruction is still unknown, as search teams with cadaver dogs scour burned-out neighborhoods.
About 29 people have been arrested in the fire zones, Luna said — 25 in the area of the Eaton fire, and four near the Palisades. One man was dressed like a firefighter and had been burglarizing a home, he said.
Here’s what we’re covering:
— Slow progress: Crews have contained 11% of the 23,700-acre Palisades fire and 27% of the 14,000-acre Eaton fire, in the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of downtown Los
Angeles, according to Cal Fire. More than 100,000 residents are still under evacuation orders, and tens of thousands more have been warned they may have to evacuate.
— Forecast: The National Weather Service said Santa Ana wind gusts early Sunday could reach 60 to 70 mph in mountain areas of Los Angeles and Ventura counties. They were expected to diminish in the afternoon before stronger offshore winds develop Monday night and last through Wednesday.
— Criticism from Trump: President-elect Donald Trump, who has threatened to withhold disaster assistance from California, called state officials “incompetent” on Sunday. Trump has not publicly responded to invitations from Gov. Gavin Newsom and other officials who have suggested he tour the area. Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles said in a news conference Sunday that she expected Trump would ultimately visit, but that she had not spoken to him directly. Newsom told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that he had extended the invitation “in the spirit of an open hand, not a closed fist.”
— Scale of destruction: The combined area burned by the past week’s fires is larger than each of the city limits of San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Boston or Miami. Together, the Eaton and Palisades fires have damaged more than 12,000 “structures,” which can refer to houses, but also cars and outbuildings.
— The victims: The identities of more people who died in the blazes have been released.
Kamala Harris shares a Trump-less photo of presidents at Jimmy Carter’s funeral
By NEIL VIGDOR
Former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral Thursday brought together five current and former presidents. But photos of the group later shared to social media by Vice President Kamala Harris and the Carter Center left one of them out of frame: President-elect Donald Trump.
Harris, who lost a bitterly fought campaign to Trump, and Carter had both been harshly criticized by the president-elect, who attended the funeral at Washington National Cathedral with his wife, Melania Trump.
The photo shared from the vice president’s official social media accounts Saturday featured the three Democrats the most prominently.
It showed President Joe Biden, along with former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, standing with their hands over their hearts. Former President George W. Bush, a Republican, was obscured by Doug Emhoff, Harris’ husband, who was standing next to her in the front pew.
Trump was next to Obama. In the photo, a large pillar appeared to block both Donald and Melania Trump, who were at the end of their row.
“President Jimmy Carter loved our country,” Harris wrote in her post. “He lived his faith, served the people, and left the world better than he found it.”
The Carter Center, a nonprofit started by Carter after leaving the White House, shared a different photo Thursday of the funeral scene. Shot from a lower vantage point, it shows the attendees seated, with the president and vice president and their spouses clearly visible in the front row. In the second row, Clinton, Laura Bush and Obama are visible. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and George W. Bush are partly obscured, and the Trumps cannot be seen at all.
It was not clear whether the omissions of Donald Trump were intentional. Other photos taken by the news media during the funeral showed all five presidents in the same frame.
A representative for Harris’ office declined to comment Saturday.
The Carter Center and Trump’s White House transition team did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The state funeral service for Carter, who was the nation’s oldest living former president when he died at age 100, was marked by rare displays of bipartisanship at a moment of deep political divisions. Obama chatted amiably with Trump, who had spent years trying to undermine the legitimacy of Obama’s presidency with baseless claims about his citizenship.
Other Republicans in attendance included Mike Pence, who was Trump’s vice president during his first term and was the target of rioters during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. During the election, Pence refused to endorse Trump because
of his actions during the riot. At the funeral, they came together awkwardly for a handshake.
Some other dignitaries did not shake Trump’s hand and appeared to avoid him, including Karen Pence, Pence’s wife, and Bush.
Michelle Obama, the former first lady, did not attend the service.
Attendees are seated during former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, on Jan. 9, 2025. Pictures shared on social media by the vice president and by the Carter Center prominently showed other past presidents in attendance. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
Biden issues sweeping deportation protections before Trump takes office
By HAMED ALEAZIZ and MIRIAM JORDAN
The Biden administration Friday issued sweeping extensions of deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of people from Sudan, Ukraine, El Salvador and Venezuela in a move that makes it almost impossible for President-elect Donald Trump to swiftly strip the benefit when he takes office.
The extension of Temporary Protected Status, as the program is called, allows the immigrants to remain in the country with work permits and a shield from deportation for another 18 months from the expiration of their current protection in the spring. Late last year, Secretary of State Antony Blinken recommended the protections be extended in a series of letters.
For decades, Democratic and Republican administrations have designated the protection for citizens of countries that are in upheaval and deemed unsafe to return to. Biden has expanded who could receive the status, as war erupted in Ukraine and instability gripped countries such as Venezuela and Haiti.
“These designations are rooted in careful review and interagency collaboration to ensure those affected by environmental disasters and instability are given the protections they need while continuing to contribute meaningfully to our communities,” said Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Trump vowed to end the program, at least for certain countries. Immigrant advocates had been urging the Biden administration to extend it for many of those countries before he takes office.
In his first term, Trump terminated the
Migrants wait inside a welcome center at the Paso del Norte International Bridge in downtown El Paso, Texas on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. The Biden administration on Jan. 10 issued sweeping extensions of deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of people from Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela in a move that makes it almost impossible for President-elect Donald Trump to swiftly strip the benefit when he takes office. (Paul Ratje/The New York Times)
status for about 400,000 people from El Salvador and other countries, arguing that conditions there had changed and that the protection was no longer warranted. The move was challenged in court and did not take effect, but he is expected to try again during his second term, as part of his pledge to conduct mass deportations.
According to the Congressional Research Service, more than 1 million migrants from countries in Latin America, the Carib-
bean, Africa and the Middle East had Temporary Protected Status as of 2024.
The move makes it legally difficult for Trump to roll back the protections for citizens of the four countries, at least until they expire sometime in 2026.
“Because President Biden has extended protection for the nationals of all these countries, President Trump will be unable to deport these individuals anytime soon, “ said Steve Yale-Loehr, an immigration scholar at Cornell Law School.
”Trump can’t ignore what Congress wrote into law in 1990,” he said.
About 600,000 Venezuelans who currently have the protection will be allowed to renew and remain in the United States until October 2026, and approximately 232,000 immigrants from El Salvador will be able to do so. More than 100,000 Ukrainians will be able to remain in the United States until October 2026. About 1,900 people from Sudan will also be allowed to renew their status.
The program was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush to ensure that foreign citizens already in the United States can remain in the country if it is not safe for them to return to their home country because of a natural disaster, armed conflict or other upheaval.
On the campaign trail, JD Vance, now
the vice president-elect, called the program illegal when he criticized Haitians who had settled in his home state of Ohio and benefited from it. Haiti has been experiencing political turmoil and gang violence, and about 200,000 of its citizens are protected from removal under Temporary Protected Status until early 2026.
“We’re going to stop doing mass grants of Temporary Protected Status,” Vance said in October.
Critics have argued that the temporary protections are extended repeatedly and serve as a de facto means to enable people to stay in the country indefinitely, contrary to its intention of being a short-term solution.
Although the program has become all but permanent for many immigrants, it also highlights how troubled many corners of the world are and the failure of Congress to pass legislation to update the U.S. immigration system to the realities of contemporary global migration.
Immigrants from several countries, including El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, have been eligible for the protection for more than two decades. Other countries, such as Ethiopia, Lebanon and Syria, were added more recently.
If the status were eliminated, hundreds of thousands of immigrants would immediately become unlawful residents of the United States, unless they immediately departed. Many of them have U.S.-born children, businesses and jobs in sectors that rely on immigrant labor such as construction, hospitality and health care.
In cities such as Denver, temporary status has allowed thousands of Venezuelans, who arrived in the past two years from the southern border on buses provided by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, to legally work there and integrate into the economy.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said he applauded the Biden administration’s announcement to extend the designation.
“In Denver, folks with Temporary Protected Status are working critical jobs, contributing to our economy and becoming integral members of our communities,” he said.
Gonzalo Roa, 43, a Venezuelan who is a beneficiary in Columbus, Ohio, said he had been anxious about the fate of the program.
“It is great news that it’s being renewed,” said Roa, who works at a car dealership and runs a small restaurant with his wife.
Without the status, Roa said, he would lose his job at the dealership, and his two Venezuelan-born children would not be eligible for college scholarships and other benefits that require legal status.
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Weight-loss drug developer Metsera reveals wider loss in US IPO filing
Weight-loss drug developer Metsera, backed by ARCH Venture Partners, revealed a wider loss in its paperwork for a U.S. initial public offering on Friday.
The terms of the IPO were not disclosed in the filing.
Strong equity markets, falling interest rates and hopes of a friendlier regulatory environment under the incoming Trump administration have given a push to companies looking to list their shares.
Metsera, founded in 2022 by venture capital firm ARCH Venture and investment firm Population Health Partners, revealed a net loss of $156.26 million in the first nine months of 2024, compared to a loss of $34.18 million in the same period in 2023.
The New York City-based biotech firm is developing injectable and oral drugs to treat obesity, based on the GLP-1 mechanism and other biological targets.
The company will use the proceeds from the IPO to advance into the next stage of clinical trials for its most advanced product candidate, MET-097i, an injectable. The remainder will be used for working capital and other general purposes.
The weight-loss drug market, which is estimated by analysts to reach at least $150 billion by the early 2030s, has boomed globally with several companies vying for a share of the pie.
This attractive market has also whetted investor appetite, with the strong reception of BioAge and MBX Biosciences last year.
In 2023, the World Health Organization decided not to add GLP-1 drugs to its essential medicines list, a catalog of the items that should be available in all functioning health systems.
However, another application has been lodged for the agency to reconsider their inclusion in the 2025 list update, a spokesperson told Reuters in December.
The company raised $290 million in funding last year, with participation from firms such as SoftBank and Mubadala Capital.
Metsera intends to list its shares on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol “MTSR”.
BofA Securities, Goldman Sachs, Evercore ISI, Guggenheim Securities and Cantor are the underwriters for the offering.
Wall Street’s most watched gauge of investor anxiety rose to a three-week high on Friday as stock indexes sold off following a an upbeat jobs report that pushed back market expectations for further Federal Reserve interest rate cuts.
The Cboe Volatility Index - an options-based indicator that reflects demand for protection against drops in the stock market - was last up 1.1 points to 19.18. The index reached 20.31, its highest since Dec. 20, earlier in the session.
A reading of 20 or higher on the VIX is associated with robust demand for options protection. Friday’s rise in the index - often dubbed the “Wall Street fear gauge” - pointed to investors waking up to the risks that lurk for stocks even as the S&P 500 remains within 5% of the record high hit in
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early December.
“Volatility is picking up and interest rate markets are doing interesting things,” said Michael Purves, CEO of Tallbacken Capital Advisors.
“That’s putting a lot of pressure on an equity market that has very extended valuations,” he said.
Longer-dated U.S. Treasury yields jumped to their highest levels since November 2023 on Friday after data showed employers added 256,000 jobs in December, far surpassing economists’ expectations, while the unemployment rate fell.
Worries that the incoming Donald Trump administration’s policies will increase an already bloated fiscal deficit
and revive inflation have helped ignite a rally in Treasury yields in recent weeks with the benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury yield inching closer to 5%.
Traders in the equity options market have responded by lapping up defensive options contracts, with VIX call options -contracts that offer protection against a market pullbackdrawing buyers.
On Friday, some 400,000 VIX call options changed hands by 12:30 p.m. (1730 GMT), at 1.5 times the usual pace, according to Trade Alert data.
“The market has a decidedly risk-off tone,” Mark Hackett, Chief Market Strategist at Nationwide, said in a note.
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Syria confronts an immense challenge: Justice for Assad regime crimes
By VIVIAN YEE
There seem to be no limits to the dark revelations laid bare by the downfall of Syria’s 54-year Assad regime.
Prisons have emptied, exposing the instruments of torture used on peaceful protesters and others considered opponents of the government. Stacks of official documents record thousands of detainees. Morgues and mass graves hold the gaunt, broken-bodied victims, or at least some of them.
Many others have yet to be found.
For these and many other atrocities, Syrians want justice. The rebel alliance that overthrew President Bashar Assad in December has vowed to hunt down and prosecute senior regime figures for crimes that include murdering, wrongly imprisoning, torturing and gassing their own people.
“Most Syrians would say they can only achieve closure to bring this dark 54-year era to an end when they bring these guys to justice,” said Ayman Asfari, chair of Madaniya, a network of Syrian human rights organizations and other civic groups.
But even assuming that the new authorities can track suspects down, accountability will be hard to achieve in a country as vulnerable, divided and battered as Syria. The experiences of other Arab countries whose despotic regimes collapsed testify to the challenges: None of those countries — not Egypt, not Iraq, not Tunisia — succeeded in securing comprehensive, lasting justice for the crimes of earlier eras.
Syria faces some distinctive hurdles. The country’s new de facto leaders come from the country’s Sunni Muslim majority, while the senior ranks of the deposed regime were dominated by Alawites, a religious minority. That means prosecutions for Assad-era abuses could risk fueling Syria’s sectarian tensions.
The justice system was for years little more than a tool for Assad, making it ill equipped to handle sweeping, complex human rights violations. Many thousands of Syrians could be implicated, more than can possibly be prosecuted, raising questions about how to handle lower-level officials.
And after years of war, sanctions, corruption and mismanagement, it is an enormous task just to sort through the damage while transitioning to a new government.
Nine in 10 Syrians live in poverty. Cities lie in ruins. Homes have been destroyed. Tens of thousands of people were unjustly detained
A location where hundreds of unidentified bodies are believed to be buried in a mass grave in Najha, south of Damascus, Syria, Dec. 17, 2024. The rebel alliance that took power has vowed to prosecute senior figures from the ousted government, but accountability will be hard to achieve in a vulnerable, divided and battered country. (Nicole Tung/The New York Times)
for years or decades. Hundreds of thousands were killed in the fighting. Many are still missing.
Syrians will need time and many discussions to design a sound accountability process, said Nerma Jelacic of the Commission for International Justice and Accountability, which has been gathering evidence against Syrian regime figures for years.
“These are things that take time, and they never happen overnight,” she said.
But there is enormous pressure on Syria’s new leaders to begin punishing the old, and the transitional authorities in the capital, Damascus, have promised to do so.
“We will not relent in holding accountable the criminals, murderers and security and military officers involved in torturing the Syrian people,” Ahmad al-Sharaa, Syria’s de facto leader, said in a post on Telegram in December. He added that they would soon publish “List No. 1” of senior officials “implicated in the torture of the Syrian people.”
Hunting down such figures will be difficult, if not impossible. Assad has found refuge in Russia, which is unlikely to give him up. Many of his top associates have melted away, with some reportedly in hiding in Lebanon or the United Arab Emirates.
Still, Syrian human rights groups in exile began laying the groundwork more than a decade ago, gathering evidence for prosecutions that were mounted in other countries — and someday, they hoped, in their own.
But Fernando Travesí, executive director of the International Center for Transitional Justice, which has worked with such Syrian groups, cautioned that, before beginning prosecutions in Syria, the authorities should first earn citizens’ trust by building a state that meets their needs.
Doing so would avoid the missteps of a country like Tunisia, where a lack of economic progress in the years after the 2011 Arab Spring revolution left many people embittered and disenchanted. By 2021, Tunisians had turned on their fledgling democracy, throwing their support to a president who has grown increasingly authoritarian. Efforts to bring members of the feared security services and regime cronies to justice are now functionally suspended.
“Any process of truth, justice and accountability needs to be coming from institutions that have some legitimacy and credibility with the population, otherwise it’s a waste of time,” Travesí said. Providing crucial services, he added, would encourage Syrians to view government as “not a tool for repression; it’s taking care of my needs.”
The transitional government can take basic yet vital steps such as helping refugees who left years ago obtain new identification, adjudicating what should happen to property that was stolen or occupied during the war, and providing stable electricity and running water. It will need to deliver humanitarian aid and economic improvements, though those may only be possible with the help of other countries.
And it must do all this in an evenhanded way, or Syrians might see accountability efforts as selective or politically driven. After the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq in 2003, the United States-led occupation and successive governments purged and blacklisted even junior functionaries in the former ruling party without due process, which analysts said undermined faith in the new system.
“The only way to heal the wounds with the other communities is to make sure they’re fairly represented,” Asfari said.
The Syrian authorities are signaling that they understand. They have vowed repeatedly to respect minority rights and have promised amnesty to rank-and-file soldiers who were
forced to serve in Assad’s military. Most government employees have been allowed to stay on to keep institutions running.
Any prosecution “has to be a good process, otherwise it’ll look like score-settling,” said Stephen J. Rapp, a former international prosecutor and former U.S. ambassador for global justice who has worked on Syrian abuses for more than a decade. “And that can play a key role in reconciling a society and defusing efforts to settle scores, for instance, against the children of parents who committed these crimes.”
In an added complication, some of the documents that will be crucial to mounting any prosecutions have been damaged in the chaos following Assad’s downfall, with regime prisons and intelligence agency archives ransacked, looted or burned, Jelacic said.
Because Syria remains under wartime sanctions, her group and others trying to safeguard these papers for future use in court cannot operate across much of the country, further jeopardizing their efforts.
The wartime mass graves and torture devices are only the most glaring evidence of abuses overseen by Assad and his father, Hafez.
Nearly every Syrian, in some sense, has been wronged by the former regime. So it is not enough to prosecute individuals for crimes committed during the civil war, say veterans of justice efforts in other countries that underwent political transitions.
Jelacic said Syria would need a broader reckoning with the Assad regime’s legacy that “doesn’t contribute to the divisions, but that it contributes to healing.”
Before trials begin, experts said, Syria should overhaul its police and court systems and build a legal framework to handle rights violations, perhaps creating a special tribunal to prosecute the most serious crimes. An equally urgent priority is finding out what happened to the estimated 136,000 people who remain missing after being arrested by the Assad regime and identifying bodies uncovered in mass graves.
But Syria cannot wait too long to prosecute former regime officials. Slow-moving official justice leaves room for angry people to take matters into their own hands, which could set off cycles of violence and deepen sectarian divisions. Already, scattered revenge killings and threats against minorities who were favored by the Assad regime have been reported.
Biden awards presidential medal of freedom to Pope Francis
By ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS
President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction to Pope Francis on Saturday, granting one of the nation’s highest honors to a figure he called “the People’s Pope.”
“Pope Francis, your humility and your grace are beyond words, and your love for all is unparalleled,” Biden wrote on the social platform X. “You are a light of faith, hope, and love that shines brightly across the world.”
Biden honored the pontiff during a weekend in which he was scheduled to meet with the pope in person at the Holy See. The president, however, canceled the three-day trip to Italy to coordinate the federal response to raging wildfires in Los Angeles, according to a White House statement.
Rather than the usual award ceremony, in which the president places the award around the neck of the recipient, Biden posted on X an image from the Oval Office in which a military aide presented the medal. The White House announced the honor after Biden spoke to Francis on Saturday and informed him of the award.
It was the first time during Biden’s term that he had awarded the medal “with distinction,” a more prestigious version
of the honor. Biden received the recognition from President Barack Obama in 2017. Other recipients include Pope John Paul II and Colin Powell.
Biden, a Catholic, has seen Francis as an admired ally on the global stage and turned to him as a sounding board, and the pope has lobbied for Biden to use his presidential power during his final weeks in office.
Last month, Francis called Biden and asked him to commute the sentences of those on federal death row. Days later, Biden used his clemency power to soften the sentences of all but three to life in prison without the possibility of parole, sparing their lives.
A citation included in the White House announcement for the award said that Francis was “unlike any who came before.”
“His mission of serving the poor has never ceased,” the statement read. “A loving pastor, he joyfully answers children’s questions about God. A challenging teacher, he commands us to fight for peace and protect the planet. A welcoming leader, he reaches out to different faiths.”
Biden awarded the honor days after bestowing the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 18 leaders of the political, financial and celebrity establishment.
Jeju Air flight recorder stopped working four minutes before crashing
By CHOE SANG-HUN
The flight recorder of the Jeju Air passenger jet that crashed last month, killing 179 people, stopped recording for its last four minutes, South Korean officials said Saturday, a significant setback for investigators.
Data extracted from the so-called black box, consisting of the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder, is generally crucial in investigations of aviation accidents. Officials in South Korea, who have been work-
ing with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, have said that the flight data for the plane’s last four minutes would be especially important in this crash.
But on Saturday, South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said that for reasons not yet determined, the black box of the Boeing 737-800 had stopped recording then.
“We plan to investigate why the data was not recorded,” the ministry said in a news release. It also said that other data and analysis would be used to try to understand what hap-
pened in last month’s disaster.
Jeju Air Flight 7C2216, coming from Bangkok with 181 people on board, was preparing to land at Muan International Airport in southwestern South Korea at 8:59 a.m. Dec. 29 when its pilot reported, “Mayday, mayday, mayday,” and, “Bird strike, bird strike,” according to officials. The pilot also told the air traffic control tower that he was “going around,” meaning he would abort his first landing attempt and circle in the air to prepare for a second one.
But he apparently did not have enough time to make a full circle. Instead, the plane approached the runway from the opposite direction and landed on its belly, without its landing gear deployed. Seeming unable to control its speed, it overshot the runway. Four minutes after the mayday emergency report, the plane slammed into a concrete structure off the southern end of the runway and exploded into flames.
A key question has been: What happened during those four minutes?
“The black box data is crucial in the investigation,” said Hwang Ho-won, chair of the Korea Association for Aviation Security. “If the investigators don’t have it, it will create a serious problem for them.”
The missing data adds mystery to the crash, which was the worst aviation disaster
on South Korean soil and the deadliest worldwide since that of Lion Air Flight 610 in 2018, when all 189 people on board died.
Hwang said black boxes could be damaged by impact, fire or prolonged exposure to deep water. But it was hard to explain how the Jeju Air black box failed to record in its last four minutes, he said.
He said that investigators might be able to reconstruct part of the conversation inside the cockpit based on interviews with control tower officials. Radar and other data suggested that the plane tried but failed to gain altitude after reporting a bird strike and hurried to land, Hwang said.
Investigators have said they were looking into various possibilities, including that of the plane losing use of one or both of its engines in its last minutes.
Most of the 179 people who died were South Koreans returning home from a Christmas holiday in Thailand. The two survivors were both crew members found with injuries in the plane’s tail section.
The disaster prompted a national outpouring of grief, with memorials set up across South Korea, and came as the country was also dealing with a political crisis set off by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived imposition of martial law and his impeachment by parliament.
President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. President Biden, a Catholic, awarded the medal with distinction to the pontiff, to whom he has turned for personal guidance. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)
Five presidents and a funeral
By MAUREEN DOWD
Jimmy Carter was exactly where he wanted to be at his funeral Thursday — at a deliberate remove from his fellow presidents. And slightly above them.
When Brian Williams asked Carter in 2010 about a striking Oval Office photo of him with President Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and the Bushes, in which Carter had separated himself, he conceded that he felt “superior” to the others because of his stellar post-presidency.
The spectacle in Washington this past week was extraordinary: a deceased president and a revived president at opposite ends of the moral scale. Here was Carter, the righteous, ascending to heaven, as Donald Trump, the felonious, ascended again to the Oval Office. Carter’s passion for honesty was as ingrained as Trump’s addiction to lying.
Even as Carter was being praised at his state funeral at the National Cathedral for working tirelessly to eradicate diseases around the globe, Trump was hunting for a disease to pin on immigrants to justify sealing the border.
While the centenarian was heralded for his virtue and monogamous 77-year marriage with Rosalynn, Trump was bracing to be sentenced on his vice — falsifying records to cover up an infidelity with a porn actor while Melania was home taking care of her newborn son.
As Carter was praised for being prescient on climate
change, Donald “Drill, Baby, Drill!” Trump maintains his archaic views even as magical neighborhoods across Los Angeles are being incinerated.
Carter was a genuinely pious man. I saw his joy teaching Sunday school in Plains, Georgia. “Two Corinthians” Trump treats faith, as he does everything, as a transaction, a ploy to get him where he wants to be.
President Joe Biden shaded Trump by talking in his eulogy about the homespun Carter’s “character, character, character.” But after hiding his own aging difficulties, Biden is an imperfect messenger on that subject.
The tableau in the first three rows of the nave was mesmerizing, a sweet and sulfurous brew of historic grudges, grievances and battle scars, along with some flashes of the unique kinship that comes from being in the most powerful club in the world.
Trump may be buoyed by his win, but in this exclusive club, he was largely narcissist non grata. Karen Pence, not over the little matter of Trump shrugging off acolytes’ threats to hang her husband at the Capitol, iced Trump in the pews. Others appeared to as well. Hillary, Bill, Kamala, Doug, Joe. And Jill (who was also in Tension City with her seatmate Kamala). Mike Pence turned the other cheek and shook Trump’s hand.
But Carter and Trump both tended toward the excessive, vain in their own ways; Carter was excessively virtuous, irritating Americans when he was in office with his parsimonious, micromanaging ways and blunt, demoralizing truth-telling. Who wants to be ushered into a miasma of malaise? Trump wallows in the artifice Carter disdained, hawking Bibles and perfume. He goes over the top demeaning people, often veering into searing cruelty.
They both prided themselves on being outsiders and breaking norms, and they both were suffused with grievances.
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W. has clearly not changed his opinion of Trump since he famously said, after watching his American Carnage inaugural speech, “That was some weird shit.” He ignored Trump, who has blamed the younger Bush president for not stopping 9/11 and for the invasion of Iraq, which Trump said “may have been the worst decision” in White House history. But W. shook hands with Al Gore, probably still grateful that, unlike Trump with Biden, Gore conceded their whisker-thin election. And W. briskly tapped Obama’s stomach, as if they were old DKE brothers meeting again.
Michelle Obama, sick of the whole political scene, didn’t show. Trump, eager to hang with the cool kids, cozied up to Barack. The president-elect regards W., Gore, Hillary, Kamala, Pence, Biden and Carter as losers, but Obama won twice and transcended his party with a personality cult, as Trump did.
For her part, Melania, looking like a Valentino pilgrim, seemed immersed in a world of her own, probably trying to figure out the fastest route out of D.C.
It would seem as if the man who sold the presidential yacht, eschewed “Hail to the Chief” as too pompous and washed Ziploc bags to reuse could not have much in common with the flashy King of Gilt.
When I went to Plains to interview Carter in 2017, on the occasion of his 93rd birthday, his resentments were on display. He felt ignored and mistreated by his Democratic successors (just as they got annoyed when he did foreign-policy freelancing and tossed virtue-signaling darts at them). Carter confessed that he didn’t even have Obama’s email. He said his best relationship with a successor was with George H.W. Bush. He was most bitter that his wife had been left out of a mental health forum for first ladies held by Michelle Obama, though that had been Rosalynn’s special project.
Even though he was renowned for not playing the game of politics, Carter expertly played the game when I interviewed him at his modest home, as he wore a big “JC” belt buckle and showed off the furniture he had built. He was ahead of the curve in saluting Trump, which Republicans and tech executives have now done en masse, even defending him on his hypocritical relationship with evangelicals — perhaps in a bid to get Trump to send him to North Korea on a diplomatic mission.
At a concert for his birthday, he was asked by the pianist if he had a request. “Imagine,” he shot back.
The John Lennon classic was sung by Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood at the Washington funeral.
The farmer from Plains always wanted to imagine a world where people live in peace, treating one another with human decency. If only the Emperor of Chaos could take a cue from that.
Front row from left: President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, President-elect Donald Trump, and former first lady Melania Trump await the start of the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter at the National Cathedral in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Second row from left: Former President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, former President George W. Bush, former first lady Laura Bush, former President Barack Obama. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
Marcos Cruz Molina, presidente interino de la Asociación de Alcaldes, da la bienvenida a nuevos miembros de la organización
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SAN JUAN – El presidente interino de la Asociación de Alcaldes de Puerto Rico, Marcos Cruz Molina, primer ejecutivo del Municipio de Vega Baja, asumió dicha posición ante la vacante surgida por la salida de Luis Javier Hernández, exalcalde de Villalba y nuevo senador por acumulación. En la pasada Junta de Directores de la organización, Cruz Molina fungió como tesorero. La entidad, que agrupa a los primeros ejecutivos electos bajo el Partido Popular Democrático (PPD), fue fundada en 1949 por Doña Felisa Rincón de Gautier. Desde entonces, en cada cuatrienio renueva su liderato y traza la ruta de las administraciones municipales, donde todos sus miembros actúan en igualdad de condiciones.
“Para todos nosotros en la Asociación de Alcaldes es de gran satisfacción darle la bienvenida a los nuevos alcaldes de los municipios de Humacao, la exsenadora Rosamar Trujillo Plumey; de Ciales;
Jesús Resto Rivera; de Moca, Efraín ‘Franco’ Barreto Barreto y de San Sebastián, el exlegislador Eladio ‘Layito’ Rivera. Todos ellos fueron electos en las pasadas elecciones y ya recibieron sus certificaciones de la Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (CEE)”, señaló Cruz Molina.
De igual manera, se le da la bienvenida al principal grupo municipalista puertorriqueño a los alcaldes de Mayagüez, Ing. Jorge Luis Ramos Ruiz y de Ponce, Marlese Sifre Rodríguez, quienes ya estuvieron administrando sus municipios desde mediados del cuatrienio pasado, en sustitución de los alcaldes previos. “En ambas ciudades, los electores respaldaron de manera amplia la labor de Jorge Luis y Marlese, quienes asumieron esa responsabilidad en momentos difíciles”, señaló Cruz Molina.
Nueva embestida del mar en Loíza, cierran calles 3 y 10 de Parcelas Suárez ante grave erosión costera
También los alcaldes de los municipios de Guayama, O’Brain Vázquez Molina y de Trujillo Alto, Pedro A. Rodríguez González, ya estaban ejerciendo labores municipales a mediados del cuatrienio pasado, y se sometieron a la voluntad de la ciudadanía en noviembre pasado, resultado electos por amplios márgenes. La Asociación, cuya directora ejecutiva es Verónica Rodríguez, tiene ya programados varios encuentros para la selección de una nueva Junta de Directores para el cuatrienio que comienza. Para el martes, 14 de enero de 2025 se presentan de manera interna las candidaturas a dicha Junta, el martes, 21 de enero de 20025 es la presentación de los programas de trabajo de los aspirantes y el jueves, 30 de enero de 2025 es la elección mediante el voto directo de los alcaldes. POR CYBERNEWS
LOÍZA – Un nuevo incidente de seguridad de evidenció nuevamente durante el fin de semana en Loíza, ante la crisis de erosión costera. Las marejadas han afectado a tal nivel las calles 3 y 10 de la Comunidad Parcelas Suárez, que la alcaldesa Julia Nazario Fuentes ordenó cerrar las mismas al paso vehicular ante la inestabilidad del terreno. Dichas zonas son distintas a donde previamente se ha aplicado le técnica temporera de recubrimiento costero en piedra.
“Si a alguien en este país le queda
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duda de la realidad del cambio climático climático y cómo eso afecta las costas aquí en Loíza, hoy la naturaleza nos brinda otro trágico ejemplo”, señaló la alcaldesa el sábado mientras supervisaba los trabajos de la Oficina de Manejo de Emergencias y Policía Municipal en la instalación de vallas de cemento por seguridad vial.
“El mar ha ido socavando el terreno y ya se nota que está hueco bajo las calles 3 y 10, que son las que reciben el impacto directo. Incluso hay un poste del tendido eléctrico que está peligrando y dos árboles grandes ya colapsaron”, añadió la al-
SAN JUAN – La Federación de Béisbol de Puerto Rico y su presidente, José Daniel Quiles, expresaron su más profundo pesar por el fallecimiento de Félix Mantilla y Desiderio de León, dos figuras de gran impacto en la historia del béisbol puertorriqueño.
caldesa. En una publicación en sus redes sociales, señaló que se requieren como parte ayuda por parte del gobierno estatal, pero al momento no tiene los contactos del nuevo liderato administrativo en las agencias.
“Esta situación de erosión grave viene pasando desde hace mucho tiempo, desde el 2011 esta comunidad ha sentido cómo el mar ha seguido entrando y socavando. Después del huracán María, perdimos esta carretera, la tuvimos que rehacer, y luego del huracán Fiona nos pasó lo mismo”, relató la alcaldesa Nazario Fuentes, recordando el impacto de estos
fenómenos atmosféricos en septiembre de 2017 y septiembre de 2022, respectivamente.
de Félix Mantilla y Desiderio de León
Mantilla fue integrante del Equipo Nacional que conquistó el histórico campeonato Mundial de 1951. Además, destacó como jugador de las Grandes Ligas, donde militó durante una sólida carrera de 11 temporadas con equipos como
los Milwaukee Braves, Boston Red Sox y New York Mets.
Por su parte, De León tuvo una destacada trayectoria como dirigente en la Liga de Béisbol Superior Doble A, liderando exitosamente a las franquicias de Juana Díaz, Patillas, Santa Isabel, Guaya-
ma y Yauco. “Hoy el béisbol puertorriqueño está de luto por la partida de dos grandes figuras que marcaron una época en nuestra historia. Extendemos nuestras condolencias a sus familias y allegados en este difícil momento”, expresó Quiles.
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Los Angeles is starring in an all-too-real disaster story
The sky over Los Angeles is filled with smoke from wildfires on Thursday evening, Jan. 9, 2025. A New York Times reporter and L.A. native has watched movies and TV destroy her hometown for years, but nothing can prepare someone for seeing real devastation. (Loren Elliott/The New York Times)
By ALEXIS SOLOSKI
Igrew up in Los Angeles, first in a canyon enclave minutes from the beach, then on a wide street in the Pacific Palisades. This means that I have spent my life watching my hometown destroyed on screen. In films and series, Los Angeles has endured meteor strikes, alien invasions, fires, floods, zombies, volcanoes, seismic catastrophe, multiple Sharknados. To live in Los Angeles as a moviegoer or a TV watcher is to see Hollywood delight in its ruin. Often I shared that delight.
the whole city smelled like smoke.
To our callous teenage eyes, these catastrophes felt cinematic, biblical, Four Horsemen stuff. “This is the apocalypse,” friends and I would joke about each new disaster. “No one should live here.” But in some ways, if I’m honest, it was exciting to live in proximity to danger, so close to things I had seen on screen. Hollywood had imagined them, and now they were made real but not too real. The worst of the Northridge earthquake was that it knocked the books from the shelves of our school library. We put them back.
A few years ago, during the pandemic lockdowns, I found a strange comfort in “9-1-1.” I had moved from Los Angeles for college and then to New York City, where I have spent most of my adult life. So, the imagined disasters of the show felt silly, remote. And as with “Emergency!,” the 1970s series that pioneered firstresponders drama, “9-1-1” suggested that every calamity had a tidy resolution, that police officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians could handle any cataclysm.
I am not there. I know that none of this is about me even as it feels somehow very personal. My social media feeds are scrolls of friends waiting to evacuate, of friends evacuating, of friends whose homes were already lost. The places that made me, those are lost too.
Once again, Los Angeles is starring in a thriller, a disaster show. A monster movie where the monster is climate change, with a dose of hubris for believing that a city on a fault line in such beautiful, perilous proximity to nature could ever be safe. I would like the end credits to roll now.
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“The city burning is Los Angeles’ deepest image of itself,” Joan Didion wrote in an essay titled “The Santa Anas.” Several friends forwarded it to me this past week, as wildfires burned through the city, displacing more than 150,000 residents so far. But images — and disaster movies and very special episodes — never prepare us for real devastation. There is no resolution at the end of the hour, no bittersweet song to play over a credit sequence.
There were fires in the 1990s in nearby Malibu, when I was a high school student, and also floods and a significant earthquake. If these disasters were natural, there was also the human-made calamity of the Los Angeles riots, spurred by the acquittal of police officers who had been videotaped beating Rodney King. Those riots began in South Central, many miles and freeways distant, but for several days,
“No other city seems to excite such dark rapture,” Mike Davis, a scholar who taxonomized the city’s destruction in fiction, wrote in 1998. Davis dates the earliest examples to 1909. Contemporary shows such as Fox’s bonkers first-response drama “9-1-1,” which has besieged the city with an earthquake, a landslide and the destruction of the Santa Monica Pier by tidal wave ensure that the hits keep coming. Fire exerts its own dazzle, birthing shows such as “L.A. Firefighters” and “Emergency: L.A.”; the docudrama “L.A. Fire & Rescue”; and a wealth of B-movies such as “Heat Twister.”
It has been strange to watch this real disaster unfold from almost 3,000 miles away. On Wednesday, I hustled to a media event with my phone held in front of my face, playing and replaying a Fox 11 video of my local library burning to the ground. Palisades Charter High School, my mother’s alma mater and the site of many Hollywood productions, was also aflame.
Later that same night, back at home, I learned that most of my former neighborhood in the Palisades is now gone. A beachside restaurant where I lazed as an adolescent, the gas station where we bought cigarettes — these had burned, too. For a while, on Thursday morning, the New York Times homepage led with a video of the ruins of Via de la Paz, where my family lived for over 20 years until the late 2000s. “Look at you,” I thought bleakly, as I played the video of the street repeatedly. “You’re famous.”
It is one thing, watching a delirious “9-1-1” crossover, to imagine calamity on this scale. It’s another to witness the real version, even at my safe, abstracted remove. I wish I were there to help. I am glad
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Exploring the Brazil where schnapps and grappa flow
By SETH KUGEL
Ihad intricately planned my road trip exploring the Italian and German heritage of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s southernmost state, to maximize immigrant cuisine, unsung wineries and villages with charming timber-frame buildings. I’d visit Antônio Prado, the self-proclaimed “most Italian city in Brazil,” drive along rural roads lined with hydrangeas, and explore Gramado, a town whose center this time of year resembles an Epcot version of an Alpine ski town, decked out with Santa statues and massive candy canes.
But while Gramado’s Christmas parade had its charms and Antônio Prado’s nearly 50 landmark buildings were mesmerizing, unexpected encounters would repeatedly steal the show during my five-day adventure.
Take the impromptu concert that started when I pulled my car over one day near a meandering river. A roadside event was clearly winding down — a woman wiped down a long table, a few stragglers drank beer by a makeshift bar, and a handful of kids splashed in the water. A friendly man told me I had just missed a party celebrating the opening of a bridge to replace the one that had been damaged by tragic floods in May.
As I explained in Portuguese that I wanted to learn “about the immigrant traditions of the region,” a man grabbed an accordion and gathered members of his musical group — Grupo Náni, slogan: “Keeping Italian Cultures Alive” — to belt out “La Bella Polenta,” an immigrant ode to a cornmeal dish with origins in the Italian province of Veneto. The town mayor, one of the dillydallying drinkers, joined in too, and all were singing in Talian, a language that evolved from Venetian and other Italian dialects that their ancestors brought to this region of Brazil more than 100 years ago.
I live in Brazil, and have done the big tourist hits — Carnival in Rio, a cruise on the Amazon, the jaguars of the Pantanal. But pockets of immigrant cultures have always sparked my interest, and I had never experienced the vibrant European traditions that began with 19th-century migration and are still found in the Serra Gaúcha and the neighboring Taquari River Valley.
Throughout my jaunt, I stumbled upon a surprising number of music festivals, visited towns with names like Garibaldi and Teu-
A charcuterie platter of salami, coppa, cheese, olives, sausage, and pickled onions at Armazém do Prado, a historic market that now is also a bar, on the outskirts of Antônio Prado, which has nearly 50 landmark buildings, in Brazil, Dec. 1, 2024. A road trip through Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state leads to German and Italian cuisine, dialects and a surprising number of music festivals. (Gabriela Portilho/The New York Times)
tônia, swigged Venetian-style “graspa” at a general store-turned-bar, and ate streusel cake at a German dance hall-turned-cafe. People spoke to me in Talian and two German dialects, Hunsrik and Westphalian, that many residents, especially in smaller towns, speak alongside Portuguese, Brazil’s national language. Welcomed everywhere, I was frequently regaled with proud tales of greatgrandparents who left everything behind to make a hardscrabble living in a strange land.
The actual story is, of course, more complex. In this politically and culturally conservative region, the plight of the Indigenous population — forced out or killed by government-hired mercenaries in the 19th century — never came up unless I asked.
To plan my itinerary, I had the help of Luiz Radaelli, who runs a Talian-language radio station; Lucildo Ahlert, who leads a Westfalian cultural group; and Cibele Tedesco and Hugo Lorensatti, two stars of “Until the Music Is Over,” a bilingual PortugueseTalian film I had seen in São Paulo before the trip.
Part of the film was shot in Antônio Prado, an easygoing municipality of 13,000 that calls itself the “most Italian town in Brazil.” Perhaps the town’s best-maintained landmark is Locanda Casa Verde, an olive green house with creamy yellow trim that was my home for a night. Lovingly restored with family photos and period furniture by the owner Clarice Bocchesse da Cunha Simm,
it rents through Airbnb, but felt more like an inn that doubles as a history museum.
I had stumbled across another quasi-museum, this one German, a few days earlier outside Nova Petrópolis, about a two-hour drive south. I couldn’t resist the cobalt blue, timber-frame building labeled “Vó Hertha Café e Armazém” — Grandma Hertha’s Café and General Store — even though I was behind schedule.
Inside, I found the cafe more or less superimposed over what had been the Salão Schaefer, the region’s most ballyhooed German dance hall and wedding venue during the second half of the 20th century.
I had coffee and streusel cake, which here is called “cuca” (from Kuchen, German for cake), and grabbed two products to go: a small bottle of sugar cane liquor most of Brazil calls cachaca but here is called schnapps, and a jar of crem, a shredded native root that Italian and German settlers found to be a viable substitute for horseradish.
My next stop was Lajeado, the urban hub of the Taquari Valley and home to an underfunded yet impressive outdoor museum of original German-style homes that had been disassembled, transported from across the region, and rebuilt. I was late to meet Ahlert and his neighbor and friend Radaelli.
They showed me around the towns of the Taquari River Valley, where we saw halftimbered homes ranging from crumbling to meticulously restored and met Waldemar Ri-
chter, the idiosyncratic former mayor of Forquetinha who constructed a neo-Germanic chapel and museum in his backyard (open to the public “if I’m home”). At a restaurant called Stacke, we enjoyed “cafe colonial,” a lavish brunch tradition involving bottomless bowls of sausage, blood sausage, eggs, cornbread, cuca and more.
We also visited the surprisingly wonderful Cactário Horst, a 2.7-acre cactus nursery in the town of Imigrante, where over 1,000 succulent species — some seemingly straight out of a Dr. Seuss illustration — are for sale.
At night in Lajeado, I attended a performance by Ahlert’s group, whose members, clad in wooden shoes, sang in Westphalian. They were followed by a youth orchestra and dance group featuring the blondest Brazilians teenagers I have ever seen assembled in one place, performing folkloric songs in traditional German dress.
I thought it was just dumb luck that I happened to be in town for such an event, but it turns out cultural and musical festivals are constants in the region; I went to five in three days, over what everyone said was a typical weekend.
I found it rewarding to ask questions and be ready to change plans on a dime. It was 6:20 p.m. on a Sunday when I arrived at Locanda Casa Verde in Antônio Prado. I was ready to relax after a long day. But my host, Bocchesse, greeted me with urgency: I must hurry to a place just outside town called Armazém do Prado — it was closing soon and wouldn’t be open the next day.
I followed orders, and soon found myself on the porch of what used to be a general store, among a cluster of buildings that resembled a Wild West ghost town.
Márcia Marsilio, who grew up nearby, purchased Armazém do Prado during the pandemic, retaining its historic feel to create a lively (and on that Sunday evening, packed) bar where she and her husband, Marcelo Golin, mingled with guests nibbling on charcuterie plates loaded with salami, coppa, cheese and pickled onions.
Mingling may be an understatement, at least in Golin’s case. Before long he was coming around with a jug of what he called graspa, strongly “encouraging” patrons to take a swig of the fig-flavored liquor.
I guessed that “graspa” was the Talian word for grappa. The internet would later prove me correct — but just in case it hadn’t, I took a bottle home for further research.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE ARECIBO
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante.V. ANGEL LUIS ALVARADO
LOPEZ T/C/C ANGEL L. ALVARADO LOPEZ T/C/C ANGEL ALVARADO
LOPEZ; ANA DELIA ORTIZ MONTES T/C/C ANA D. ORTIZ MONTES T/C/C ANA ORTIZ MONTES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: CCD2012-0356. (302). Sobre: ACCIÓN IN REM Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA
POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, ÁNGEL DE JESÚS TORRES PÉREZ, Alguacil de la División de Subastas del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Humacao, a la demandada 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, con fecha 1 de octubre de 2024 y para satisfacer la Sentencia por la cantidad de $66,511.98 de principal; dictada en el caso de epígrafe el 6 de mayo de 2016, notificada y archivada en autos el 17 de mayo de 2016, publicada mediante edicto en el periódico “The San Juan Daily Star” el 24 de mayo de 2016 y notificada por correo certificado el 26 de mayo de 2016, 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, todo derecho, título e interés que haya tenido, tenga o pueda tener la deudora demandada en cuanto a la propiedad localizada en el: Municipio de Ciales, Puerto Rico, los bienes inmuebles se describen a continuación: RÚSTICA: Solar radicado en el Barrio Pesas, Carretera 149, kilómetros 21.1 interior, del término municipal de Ciales, Puerto Rico, marcado en el Plano de Inscripción con el número 2, compuesto de 900.00 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a 0.2290 cuerdas. En lindes por el Norte, en veintidós punto ochenta y nueve cuarenta y ocho metros (22.8948), con remanente de la finca principal de la cual se segrega, por el Sur, en tres alineaciones continuas, una desde el punto cinco
al punto once de diez punto setenta y cinco ochenta metros (10.6580), otra desde el punto once (11) al punto diez (10) de doce punto doce ochenta y seis metros (12.1286), ambas con área dedicada a uso público, y otra desde el punto diez (10) al punto nueve (9) de siete punto cincuenta y dos cero cuatro metros (7.5204), que suman treinta punto treinta setenta metros (30.3070), con solar marcado en el Plano de Inscripción con el número tres (3), por el Este, en dos alineaciones continua: una desde el punto siete (7) al punto ocho de dieciséis punto sesenta y uno cuarenta y ocho metros (16.6148) y otra desde el punto cocho (8) al punto nueve (9) de quince punto (15) que suman treinta y dos punto cero cuatro diecinueve metros (32.0419), con solar marcado en el Plano de inscripción con el número tres (3) y por el Oeste, en una alineación desde el punto cuatro (4) al punto cinco (5) de treinta y tres punto cuarenta y seis diecinueve metros (33.4619), con solar marcado en el plano de inscripción con el numero uno (1). Pendiente de Calificación y despacho. Enclava una estructura de concreto y bloques de concreto para fines residenciales. Inscrita al Tomo Karibe, Finca 16368 de Ciales, Registro de Propiedad de Manatí. 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 Arecibo, cuyas cantidades ascienden a $66,511.98 de principal, 6.5% de intereses, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; $346.05 de gastos por mora, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la deuda, 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 $73,000.00 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 $48,666.66. 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 $36,500.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse a opción del demandante. Para el lote descrito, la PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 29 DE ENERO DE 2025, A LAS
9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a efecto una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 5 DE FEBRERO DE 2025, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a cabo una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 12 DE FEBRERO DE 2025, A LAS 9:30 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 Arecibo. Del Estudio de Título realizado el 10 de junio de 2024, no surgen gravámenes posteriores. Se le 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, giro postal o cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal 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 de! 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. 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 en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere al crédito de ejecutante, continuarán subsiguientes 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, previa orden judicial dirigida al Registrador de la Propiedad de la sección correspondiente para la cancelación de aquellos posteriores. Y para conocimiento de la demandada, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes in-
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teresadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en Arecibo, Puerto Rico, a 10 de diciembre de 2024. ÁNGEL DE JESÚS TORRES PÉREZ, ALGUACIL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. LA SUCESIÓN DE JAVIER RIVERA VEGA T/C/C JAVIER RIVERA
COMPUESTA POR KEYCHA CARIDAD RIVERA VELÁZQUEZ, BÁRBARA FRANCHESKA RIVERA VELÁZQUEZ Y KEVIN JAVIER RIVERA, T/C/C KEVIN JAVIER RIVERA RODRÍGUEZ; DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA; DEPARTAMENTO DE JUSTICIA
Demandado
Civil Núm.: TB2023CV00096. (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 BAYAMON, 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 30 DE ENERO DE 2025, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en la Oficina del Alguacil de Subastas, sita en el cuarto piso del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: 1 COND LAGOS DEL NORTE, APT 1411, TOA BAJA, PUERTO RICO 00949y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Apartamento número Mil Cuatrocientos Once (1411): Apartamento residencial número Mil Cuatrocientos Once (1411) de forma irregular constituido por un (1) nivel, localizado en el piso catorce (14) del Edificio Lagos del Norte Apartamento,
que está localizado en el Barrio Sabana Seca del Municipio de Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. Consta de un (1) nivel, siendo sus linderos los siguientes: Por el NORTE, con el corredor principal y Apartamento Mil Cuatrocientos Diez (1410), en una distancia de doce metros treinta y cuatro centímetros (12.34 mts); por el SUR, con el espacio exterior en una distancia de doce metros con treinta y cuatro centímetros (12.345 mts); por el ESTE, con el espacio exterior en una distancia de ocho metros con cincuenta y ocho centímetros (8.58 mts); por el OESTE, con el Apartamento Mil Cuatrocientos Doce (1412), en una distancia de nueve metros con cincuenta y siete centímetros (9.57mts). Consta el mismo de cuatro (4) habitaciones con sus respectivos “closets”, una sala-comedor, cocina, dos (2) baños, área de almacenar, balcón. Los baños están equipados con bañeras, lavabos y servicios sanitarios. El área total del apartamento es de ciento cuatro metros con cero cero centímetros (104.00mc). La puerta de entrada de este apartamento esta situada en su lindero Norte y por ella se sale al corredor principal. Este apartamento tiene una participación de cero punto seis mil trescientos setenta y siete por ciento (0.6377%) en los elementos comunes generales del Proyecto. Le corresponde como elemento común limitado el estacionamiento identificado con el número doscientos catroce (214) y el doscientos catorce A (214-A). La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Toa Baja, bajo la finca número 29,100, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Segunda. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $104,000.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el 6 DE FEBRERO DE 2025, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA en la Oficina del Alguacil de Subastas, sita en el cuarto piso del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón. 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 $69,333.33. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día
13 DE FEBRERO DE 2025, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA en la Oficina del Alguacil de Subastas, sita en el cuarto piso del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón. 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 $52,000.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número 5 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 9 de enero de 2015, ante el Notario Lesbia Hernández Miranda, inscrita bajo el Tomo Karibe de Toa Baja, inscripción Quinta (5ta), bajo la finca número 29,100, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Segunda. 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 $92,033.48 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de mayo de 2022, más intereses al tipo pactado de 5.50% 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 $10,400.00. 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 CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMON, 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. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores co-
nocidos 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 Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 17 de diciembre de 2024. EDGARDO ELÍAS
VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN, SALA SUPERIOR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR
ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante Vs. WILMARI JIMENEZ
SANTIAGO T/C/C
WILMARIE JIMENEZ
SANTIAGO T/C/C
VILMARIE JIMENEZ
SANTIAGO POR SI Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESION DE MARIA SANTIAGO ROSARIO T/C/C MARIA
A. SANTIAGO ROSARIO; LA SUCESION DE MARIA SANTIAGO ROSARIO T/C/C MARIA A. SANTIAGO ROSARIO COMPUESTA POR HECTOR
JIMENEZ SANTIAGO Y WANANGELYS RIVERA
JIMENEZ; FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
Demandados
Civil Núm.: BY2023CV00141. 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 BAYAMON, 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 30 DE ENERO DE 2025, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la Oficina del Alguacil de Subastas, sita en el cuarto piso del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: CARR. 165 KM 3.5 BARRIO QUEBRADA CRUZ SOLAR 1 TOA ALTA, PR 00953 y que se describe a continuación: RUSTICA: Predio de terreno radicado en el Barrio Quebrada Cruz, dentro del término municipal de Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, compuesto de tres mil novecientos dieciséis punto seiscientos dieciocho (3,916.618) meros cuadrados, equivalentes a cero punto nueve mil novecientos sesenta y cinco (0.9965) cuerda y en lindes por el NORTE, con Casimiro Cabranes; por el SUR, con la parcela número dos (2) dedicado a uso público; por el OESTE, con el remanente de la finca principal; y por el ESTE, con un camino municipal. Contiene edificación: Casa de concreto y bloques de concreto que mide 53 pies de frente por 57 pies de fondo que consta principalmente de tres cuartos dormitorios, un baño, sala, comedor, cocina, balcón y marquesina.
gación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Ademas, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 572023, titulada Ley la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera del hogar, el inciso de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquiera otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. De ser el demandado un heredero de una sucesión, se le apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días, en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. También se le apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que luego del transcurso del término de treinta (30) días antes señalado, contados a partir de la fecha de publicación de este edicto, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del(los) causante(s) y, por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dispone el Artículo 1,578 del Nuevo Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. sec. 11,021. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:
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LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE GUAYNABO BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Demandante Vs. JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA CANCELACIÓN POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA Demandados Civil Núm.: GB2025CV00008. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA CANCELACIÓN POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA.
Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe. En este caso la parte demandante ha radicado una Demanda para que se decrete judicialmente el saldo de un (1) pagaré hipotecario a favor de RU Mortgage Corporation, por la suma de $176,000.00, con intereses al 7% anual, vencedero el 1ro de junio de 2031. El pagaré por fue suscrito el día 24 de mayo de 2001, ante la notario Carmen L. Guerrero Tamayo, garantizado por hipoteca constituida mediante la Escritura número 14, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, inscrita al folio 235 del tomo 1,192 de Guaynabo, inscripción ira, sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: PROPIEDAD
HORIZONTAL: Apartamento residencial marcado con el número 1105-AE ubicado en el piso tercero del Edificio “AE” del Condominio “los Frailes” (La Villa Garden Apartments) gobernado por el Régimen de Propiedad Horizontal y localizado en el Barrio Frailes Altos del Municipio de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Tiene una cabida de 1,740.00 pies cuadrados, equi-
valentes a aproximadamente 161.6519 metros cuadrados. El apartamento es de forma irregular y colinda por el NORTE, en una distancia de 33’ pies 6” pulgadas con el espacio aéreo de la finca que mira hacia el Robles Court; por el SUR, en dos alineaciones distintas, en una distancia de 25’ pies con el espacio aéreo de la finca que mira hacia el Almendro Court y en otra distancia de 8’ pies 3” pulgadas con el área de escalera y con el “elevator lobby”; por el ESTE, en dos alineaciones distintas, en una distancia de 29’ pies con el apartamento número 1,106-AE y en otra distancia de 21’ pies 4” pulgadas con el área de escalera y con el “elevator lobby”; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 56’ pies 11” pulgadas con el espacio aéreo de la finca que mira hacia un área denominada “Green Area”. Se compone el apartamento de sala-comedor, cocina, tres (3) cuartos dormitorios de los cuales el cuarto principal esta provisto de un baño y de un closet vestidor. Los otros dos (2) dormitorios tienen un (1) closet en su interior. Además, el apartamento esta provisto de otro baño, comedor informal, área de laundry, un closet para ropa localizado en el pasillo y balcón. Le corresponde una participación en los elementos comunes generales del edificio igual a .003760%. Se le asigna de forma permanente exclusiva e irreversible dos (2) espacios de estacionamiento señalados en los planos los cuales pueden estar, uno al lado del otro, uno de tras del otro y/o por separado. Finca número 41,610, inscrita al folio 235 del tomo 1,192 de Guaynabo, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Guaynabo. La parte demandante alega que dicho pagaré ha sido saldado según más detalladamente consta en la Demanda radicada que puede examinarse en la Secretaría de este Tribunal. Por tratarse de una obligación hipotecaria y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectado por el remedio solicitado, se le emplaza por este edicto que se publicará una vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de Puerto Rico. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, y notifique con copia de ella a la abogada de la parte demandante la Lcda. Zilmarie Delgado Pieras, 33 Calle Resolución, Suite 302, San Juan, PR 00920-2727; Tel. (787) 7826500, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndole
que de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su rebeldía y dictar sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 10 de enero de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. DIAMAR T. GONZÁLEZ BARRETO, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL CONFIDENCIAL II. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante V. MARIBEL
SANCHEZ LEONARDO
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SJ2024CV04599. (Salón: 905 CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM.
A: MARIBEL SANCHEZ LEONARDOURB PUERTO NUEVO 323 CALLE 7 NE, SAN JUAN, PR 00920; 174 BOYD AVE, JERSEY CITY, NJ, 07304. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 19 de diciembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 03 de enero de 2025. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 03 de enero de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MARÍA DE JESÚS RAMOS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL
TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante V. KARLA MALDONADO BAEZ
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: TA2024CV00129. (Salón: 903 CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JAN MIGUEL OTERO MARTÍNEZJAN.OTERO@ORF-LAW.COM. KENMUEL JOSÉ RUIZ LÓPEZKENMUEL.RUIZ@ORF-LAW.COM. A: KARLA MALDONADO BÁEZ.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 02 de enero de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 03 de enero de 2025. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 03 de enero de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MILDRED J. FRANCO REVENTÓS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE YAUCO
ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante V.
JOSE M. FIGUEROA FELICIANO
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: YU2023CV00622. (Salón: 3 SALA MUNICIPAL EN SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.
A: JOSÉ M. FIGUEROA FELICIANO - P/C LCDA. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 30 de diciembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 03 de enero de 2025. En Yauco, Puerto Rico, el 03 de enero de 2025. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. DELIA APONTE VELÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUADILLA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADA
ISLAND PORTFOLIO
SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante V. EMANUEL
ECHEVARRIA GARCIA
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: AU2024CV00061.
(Salón: 0002 DISTRITO Y SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.
A: EMANUEL
ECHEVARRIA GARCIA.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 02 de enero de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 03 de enero de 2025. En Aguada, Puerto Rico, el 03 de enero de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. NOEMÍ DEL C. ROMÁN BOSQUES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DRIVEN P.S.C., EN SU CARÁCTER DE SÍNDICO DE NODUS INTERNATIONAL BANK, INC. Demandante V. COSALATAM S.A.; MANUEL ANDRES FERNANDEZ GALLARDO; Y CONSULTORES
OCCIDENTALES, S.A. Demandados
Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV10845. Salón: 503. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: COSALATAM S.A.; MANUEL ANDRES FERNANDEZ-GALLARDO; Y CONSULTORES
OCCIDENTALES, S.A.CALLE REPÚBLICA DEL SALVADOR NO. 34-140, EDIFICIO DIAMOND BUSINESS, PISO 5, OFICINA 7, QUITO, ECUADOR; AV. 3C, CASA 19, CONJ. RES. LAS PIEDRAS, URB. LA
VIRGINIO, MARACAIBO, ZULIA, VENEZUELA AVENIDA 5 DE JULIO, ENTRE AVDS. 13ª Y 14ª, CENTRO COMERCIAL OLÍMPICO, PLANTA ALTA, APARTADO POSTAL NO. 1342, MARACAIBO, ZULIA, VENEZUELA; CENTRO COMERCIAL OLÍMPICO, CALLE 77 CON AVENIDA 13-A, MARACAIBO, ZULIA, VENEZUELA.
Por la presente se le notifica que se ha radicado en su contra una Demanda por Cobro de Dinero, reclamando las siguientes sumas adeudadas al 17 de octubre de 2024: una suma no menor de $281,884.01, la cual se desglosa como sigue: (i) $222,704.34 por concepto de principal; más (ii) la suma de $14,638.80 por mora; más (iii) la suma de $44,540.87 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado pactados expresamente por las partes, según se desprende del Pagaré. Se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a: Ferraiuoli Lcdo. Luis G. Parrilla Hernández R.Ú.A. Núm. 16,736 lparrilla@ferraiuoli.com PO Box 195168 San Juan, PR 00919-5168 Tel.: (787) 766-7000 Fax: (787) 766-7001
Abogado de la Parte Demandante, con copia de respuesta a la Demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://tribunalelectronico. ramajudicial.pr/sumac2018/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal. DADO hoy en San Juan, Puerto Rico, 20 de diciembre de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ELIZABETH AGOSTO NÚÑEZ, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Parte Demandante Vs. JUAN EDGARDO
dero, por lo que concluyó que el pagaré estaba extraviado. Pueden examinar la demanda en su totalidad en los autos de este Tribunal. El abogado de la parte demandante es:
Lcdo. Arsenio Comas Rodón RUA 11344
P.O. Box 270386
San Juan, PR 00927 Tel. 765-3027 / Fax: 765-3043
acomas@comasrevuelta.com
Deberán notificar su contestación dentro de los próximos treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Deberán presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se les apercibe que, de no hacerlo, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda. La PARTE DEMANDADA deberá radicar el original de la contestación de la demanda en este Tribunal, con copia a la PARTE DEMANDANTE. DADO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal y por orden de este, hoy 27 de diciembre de 2024. IRASEMIS
DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. ZAINA AGUAYO ÁLAMO, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYAMA HAYDEE ROSA RAMÍREZ Demandante Vs. COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO DE MAUNABO; JOHN DOE Y/O RICHARD ROE
Demandados
Civil Núm.: GM2024CV01016. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, POSIBLES TENEDORES DEL PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADOS.
Se le notifica por medio del presente edicto que se ha presentado en este tribunal una demanda en solicitud de cancelación de un pagaré extraviado a favor de LA COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO DE MAUNABO, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $40,000.00, con intereses al 8 ½% anual, vencedero el 1 de junio de 2008, sobre la siguiente propiedad: Urbana: Solar marcado con el #141 del Bloque D del plano de inscripción del Proyecto UM-2-11 denominado
Monday, January 13, 2025
Guamani, radicado en el Barrio Machete del término municipal de Guayama, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 328.09 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con solar D-142, distancia de 24.58 metros cuadrados; por el SUR, con calle E, distancia de 20.62 metros y un arco de 8.06 metros; por el ESTE, con solar D-169, distancia de 13.20 metros y por el OESTE. con calle F, distancia de 7.95 metros. Finca 11,374 inscrita al folio #2 del Torno #338 de Guayama. Por la presente se le emplaza y requiere para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de 30 días contados a partir del diligenciamiento del emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda. Deberá enviar copia de su alegación responsiva a la abogada de la parte demandante, cuya información es la siguiente:
Lcda. Lisdaira Serrano Martínez RUA 17356 1250 Ave. Ponce de León San Jose Tower Ste. 710 San Juan, PR 00907
Iisdairaserrano@gmaiI.com
Extendido bajo mi firma y sello del tribunal, hoy 2 de enero de 2025. MARISOL ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. GILENE TIRADO VALENTÍN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAROLINA ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITION FUND, LLC.
Parte Demandante Vs. JESUS I. CASTRO CALO
Parte Demandada
Civil Núm.: DO2024CV00084. Salón: 406. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: JESÚS I. CASTRO CALO - HC 3 BOX 8452
DORADO PR 00646-9574; URB ROSA MARIA, D36 CALLE 4 CAROLINA PR
00985-6114.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Juan Antonio Ruiz Robles cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección juan.ruiz@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 13 de noviembre de 2024. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 13 de noviembre de 2024. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAROLINA ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC. Demandante Vs. MARITZA SALAS ABREU Demandado
Civil Núm.: CA2024CV02481. Salón: 406. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: MARITZA SALAS ABREU - 1 COND LOS NARANJALES APT 322, CAROLINA, PR, 00985. 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 Ca-
sos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Jan Miguel Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jan.otero@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 13 de noviembre de 2024. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 13 de noviembre de 2024. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE PONCE ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC Parte Demandante Vs. CARLOS L. MEDINA ORTIZ Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: PO2024CV01977. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: CARLOS L. MEDINA ORTIZ - PARC MARUENO 276 CALLE LOLA RODRIGUEZ DETIO, PONCE PR 00731-9452; PO BOX 310, VILLALBA PR 00766.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:///www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar
su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Osvaldo L. Rodríguez Fernández cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en PONCE, Puerto Rico, hoy día 15 de noviembre de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. HILDA J. ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA(A) AUXILIAR.
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Parte Demandante Vs. MISAEL NATAL PABON, EMILY ORTIZ PAGAN & LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTO POR AMBOS
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: TA2024CV01012. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: EMILY ORTIZ PAGAN - 536 MADISON DR, DAVENPORT FL 33837.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la de-
manda 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, Osvaldo L. Rodríguez Fernández cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law. com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, hoy día 20 de noviembre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA BONILLA HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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Parte Demandante Vs. JUAN R. MONTANEZ RODRIGUEZ
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: LU2024CV00074. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JUAN R. MONTANEZ RODRIGUEZ - BO MATA DE PLATANO CARR 990 K1 H9, LUQUILLO PR 00773; PO BOX 1711 LUQUILLO PR 00773; 102 PUTNAM ST SYRACUSE NY 13204-3818. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:///www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Osvaldo L. Rodríguez Fernández cuya
dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en FAJARDO, Puerto Rico, hoy día 22 de noviembre de 2024. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. LYDIA E. RIVERA MIRANDA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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Demandante Vs. LUIS J. FELICIANO FIGUEROA
Demandado Civil Núm.: AU2023CV00474. Salón: 1. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LUIS J. FELICIANO FIGUEROA - BO BORINQUEN 144 CALLE ANEXOS, AGUADILLA, PR, 00603; 44 CASTLE VIEW DR, GLOUCESTER, MA, 01930.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SuMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Jan Miguel Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jan.otero@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribu-
nal, en Aguada, Puerto Rico, hoy día 15 de octubre de 2024. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 15 de octubre de 2024. Sarahí Reyes Pérez, Secretaria. Erika I. Cruz Pérez, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal I.
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COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC Parte Demandante Vs. WILNELY HERNANDEZ ALVAREZ Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: JD2024CV00451. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: WILNELY HERNANDEZ ALVAREZ - BO PLAYA 106 CALLE LORENZA BIZO, PONCE PR 00716; 15 RES LIRIOS DEL SUR APT 173 PONCE PR 00716-0724; HC 7 BOX 4992 JUANA DIAZ PR 00795. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:///www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Osvaldo L. Rodríguez Fernández cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, hoy día 22 de noviembre de 2024. Carmen G. Tirú Quiñones, Secretaria. Vanessa Rodríguez Maldonado, Secretaria Auxiliar.
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
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1. Long dist.
2. Cookie with a filling
3. Motion picture
4. Ohio town
5. "Nope"
6. "...and to ____ good night!"
7. Squashed circle
8. Corpus beginning
9. Flammable liquid
10. Sleuth's shout
11. Month after avril
12. Sea bird
13. Infamous insecticide
18. That little extra something
22. Rank below sgt.
24. Kind of chip, for short
26. Bread fuzz
27. More slick
28. Reporter's triumph
29. Prefix meaning "four"
30. Sacred place
31. 1945 Pacific battle site, briefly
32. Arm joint
33. Quiet down
34. December number
38. Epic chronicle
47. Clean air org.
48. Tricky saying
52. 1930's first lady
53. Univ. employees
54. Negative termina 57. Alien genre
61. Mideast desert region 65. "David Copperfield" schemer
67. Guru
68. Criminal, to a cop
69. Cubesmith Rubik 70. Took ___ (went out on a limb)
71. Nightstand pitcher
72. Elopes, e.g.
40. Popular nail polish brand
41. Insatiable desire
44. Northern Quebec
46. Secret stock
49. Ages and ages
50. Group of actors
51. Stay clear of
55. Worked as a cartoonist
56. Dublin's home
58. Phrase in a noted palindrome
59. Repel, with "off"
60. Nasdaq debuts
61. Secret govt. group
62. NJ airport code
63. "___-Jin" (James Clavell novel)
64. Dash lengths
66. CPA's busy time (abbr.)
Monday, January 13, 2025 22
In Canada, long-suffering NFL fans have reason to cheer
By KEN BELSON
About a decade ago, Mike Smith tried to capture the sour mood of the patrons in his neighborhood bar, Joe Kool’s. For years, their favorite sports teams endured winless seasons, playoff droughts and epic collapses, so he designed a T-shirt that included a map of southern Ontario with London in the middle and lines connecting to Buffalo, New York; Cleveland; Detroit; and Toronto. Above it were the words “The Epicentre of Losing” and a red arrow pointing at London.
Since then, London has morphed into an epicenter of winning, sort of. The Toronto Maple Leafs haven’t won a Stanley Cup since 1967 but have made the playoffs for eight straight seasons (losing in the first round almost every time). Although the Cleveland Browns last won an NFL title the year the Beatles invaded America, the crosstown Guardians have made the American League playoffs six times since 2016.
The real turnarounds, though, are the Buffalo Bills and the Detroit Lions, traditionally two of the NFL’s sad sacks. They convincingly won their divisions this season and, as the playoffs started this past weekend, are serious Super Bowl contenders, something that delights their fans in southern Ontario, which separates the two cities.
“There’s a mutual respect and sympathy among Bills and Lions fans,” said Charlie Smith, who runs Joe Kool’s with his father. “Rust Belt cities don’t get a break, which is why I’m happy for both teams.”
A four-hour drive apart just past London, the cities have much in common, from shuttered factories to gutted neighborhoods to faded histories. The Bills’ founding owner, Ralph Wilson, was close with the Ford family, which still owns the Lions. Wilson kept his office in Detroit, and for years the Bills and the Lions played preseason games. In 2022, the Bills played a home game in Detroit because of snowstorms in Buffalo.
The teams also share a dubious distinction: no Lombardi Trophies. The Lions are one of four teams that have never played in the Super Bowl. Before last season, they had won just one playoff game in 65 years, and their last NFL title was in 1957, two months after the Soviet Union launched the first Sputnik satellite. The Bills won two AFL titles in the 1960s and played in four consecutive Super Bowls in the 1990s, but lost each time.
After long fallow periods, both teams now have high-powered offenses and gritty defenses that appeal to Canadian fans living
People watch the Minnesota Vikings take on the Detroit Lions, at Joe Kool’s bar in London, Canada on Jan. 5, 2025. With the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions both Super Bowl contenders, fans north of the border are nervously hopeful a title drought could end. (Brett Gundlock/The New York Times)
between Buffalo and Detroit. That explained the nervous hope masquerading as optimism at Joe Kool’s.
“The rust bucket teams never sleep,” said Ross Cockburn, the longtime bartender, who began rooting for the Bills when O.J. Simpson was their running back. “If the Bills and Lions are in the Super Bowl, it’ll end in a tie.”
Two Sundays ago, the Bills played their second-stringers and lost to the New England Patriots to end the regular season. But they had already won their fifth straight AFC East crown and were saving their strength for the Denver Broncos, whom they were to face Sunday.
The real tension began when the Lions faced the Minnesota Vikings, two teams with 14-2 records and no Super Bowl titles, later on Sunday, Jan. 5. After a tight first half, the Lions ran away with the game, locking up the NFC North title and earning a bye this past weekend as the conference’s top seed.
“This year, I keep pinching myself,” said Darren Pyne, a Lions fan who did not want to jinx his team and left Joe Kool’s at halftime to go home and watch the second half in his “fortress of solitude.”
Canadian fans have other reasons to cheer.
The Vikings, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Seattle Seahawks, all teams popular north of the border, had double-digit win totals this year, and all but the Seahawks qualified for the postseason.
Their success comes as the NFL expands into international markets in search of new
fans and revenue. More than a decade ago, the Bills played six regular-season games over six years in Toronto, an experiment that unnerved fans in Buffalo. Not only did their team lose five of those games, but they saw them as a prelude to the team’s moving.
The games, though, were not well received in part because they lacked tailgating and were played indoors. The Bills are building a new stadium in Orchard Park, New York, ensuring they will stay put. But Toronto remains part of the Bills’ home market. About 10% of the team’s season-ticket holders are Canadian, and last year, the Bills hired a new executive to expand the team’s presence in Ontario, including finding corporate sponsors and media partners.
“Ultimately, we’re doing whatever we can to theoretically erase the border and make sure people in southern Ontario and Toronto feel like they can be part of the Bills organization, or as close as possible,” said Pete Guelli, the team’s chief operating officer.
The Lions, the Seahawks and the Vikings are developing Canada as a market. About 5% of the Lions’ season-ticket holders are Canadian, mostly from Windsor, across the border from Detroit. The team has broadened its outreach, doubling its email list of Canadian fans in the past three years. Before Christmas, the Lions held a watch party in London with the team’s cheerleaders and Roary the mascot entertaining more than 3,000 fans.
London is roughly equidistant between Buffalo and Detroit and, with the success of
the Bills and the Lions, has turned into an NFL demilitarized zone. For years, fans in London received television signals that let them watch Browns and Lions games. But the league’s digital streaming package allows them to follow the Bills as well.
The ubiquity of the NFL is one reason Reid Collins, 9, became a Bills fan. Wearing a Josh Allen jersey, he and his father, John, watched the Bills on televisions at the Dawghouse Pub, a 10-minute drive from Joe Kool’s. After following the Bills in the 1990s, “I had stopped watching them, but he got me into it again,” John Collins said. “It’s nice he picked it up.”
As at Joe Kool’s, there was a mix of NFL fans at the Dawghouse, with patrons wearing Los Angeles Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants and Green Bay Packers caps and jerseys. With 14.5 million fans nationwide, the NFL has more than two dozen corporate sponsors in Canada, two media packages and its own online store. The Super Bowl is the highest-rated program most years. Nearly three dozen Canadians play in the league.
“As long as the NFL has been around, there’s been fans in Canada,” said Gavin Kemp, general manager of the league’s office in Toronto.
As popular as the NFL is, hockey remains king. Had the Canadian national team made it to the final round of the recent World Junior Championships, Joe Kool’s would have been packed with hockey fans. Instead, just one television showed the title game between the United States and Finland.
For the next few weeks, though, the NFL will be front and center at Joe Kool’s, and throughout Canada. Bill Haddow, Smith’s 95-year-old grandfather, who attended the Lions’ title game in 1957 and had season tickets for many years, can’t wait.
“I’m nervous now because we’ve never been in this position,” he said.
NFL PLAYOFFS
Wild Card Round
(All Times Eastern)
Saturday
Texans 32, Chargers 12
Ravens 28, Steelers 14
Sunday
Broncos at Bills, 1 p.m.
Packers at Eagles, 4:30 p.m.
Commanders at Buccaneers, 8 p.m.
Today Vikings at Rams, 8 p.m.
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January 13, 2025 23
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