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Governor appoints 2 justices to Supreme Court

By THE STAR STAFF

Gov. Jenniffer González Colón has appointed Camille Rivera Pérez and Raúl Candelario López as new associate justices of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court. They will fill the vacant seats on the Supreme Court left by Justice Edgardo Rivera García, who retired on Jan. 3, and Justice Anabelle Rodríguez Rodríguez, who retired on Dec. 18, 2020. Both judges retired upon reaching the age of 70, which is the age limit for serving on the island’s top court.

Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz welcomed the appointment and gave assurances that confirmation hearings will be held as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, House Speaker Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Nuñez welcomed the speed with which the governor addressed the vacancies in the Supreme Court, showing that she wants the island’s important cases to be taken up with urgency.

Independent Sen. Eliezer Molina Pérez, on the other hand, called the appointment of Candelario López “totally incestuous.”

“Now it turns out that Judge Candelario, whose brother worked for [New Progressive Party Electoral Commissioner] Aníbal Vega Borges, is nominated for associate justice of the Supreme Court,” Molina Pérez said during the regular session of the Senate on Thursday. “How can we talk about democracy and the fight against corruption if politicians appoint those who will judge their actions? It is incestuous.”

He also announced that his office would be publishing a document that he said would send “a powerful message” against what he described as government inefficiency and the prevalence of political interests over social interests.

“Federal entities must be held accountable for watching from the sidelines how our people are destroyed,” the activistturned-senator said. “This will end today.”

Rivera Pérez began her professional career as a legal officer in the Court of Appeals in 2002. From 2005, she worked in the island House of Representatives as a legal adviser to the Committee on Government, Federal and Veteran Affairs, eventually becoming the panel’s executive director in 2006.

In March 2010, then-Gov. Luis Fortuño appointed Rivera Pérez as a superior judge, and she was assigned to the Fajardo Judicial Region, where she presided over various chambers.

In July 2021, Rivera Pérez was appointed as a member of the Children’s Justice Act Multidisciplinary Committee of the Family Department. On Feb. 24, 2022, she was appointed as an appeals court judge.

analysis and drafting. In 1995, he was appointed assistant attorney in the Department of Justice, a position he held for over a decade, representing both victims and defendants in judicial proceedings.

From 2006 to 2012, Candelario López worked as an adviser in the Capitol Superintendency, managing legal and administrative aspects. He was appointed superior judge of the Puerto Rico Court of First Instance in March 2019, after being nominated by then-Gov. Ricardo Rosselló Nevares and confirmed by the Senate under the presidency of Rivera Schatz.

Candelario López obtained his Juris Doctor degree from Pontifical Catholic University in 1992 and holds a bachelor’s degree in arts and social sciences with a concentration in political science and public administration from the same institution.

The island Supreme Court is composed of nine judges; currently it has seven acting judges and two vacancies.

Raised in Las Marías and a graduate of public schools, Rivera Pérez obtained her law degree (Cum Laude) from Pontifical Catholic University, after graduating Cum Laude from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting.

Candelario López began his career in 1993 as a legal adviser in the House, where he contributed to legislative

Governor announces safety strategies for San Sebastián Street Festival

By THE STAR STAFF

In a joint effort to ensure the safety and well-being of participants at the traditional four-day San Sebastián Street Festivities, Gov. Jenniffer González Colón on Thursday announced strategies devised by government agencies.

“We are prepared to guarantee that citizens and tourists can enjoy the festivities in a safe and orderly manner,” the governor said. “To this end, we have implemented several measures, including the establishment of a Command Center for the Family Department, which will be located on the Isleta de San Juan. Personnel will be assigned to intervene in situations that may threaten the safety of children, adolescents, and the elderly, whether they are lost or experiencing incidents of abuse or neglect.”

In collaboration with the Integrated Transportation Authority (ATI by its initials in Spanish), the Department of Transportation and Public Works will provide a special free fare for the Urban Train and buses during the festival.

The Urban Train will operate on a regular schedule until 11:30 p.m. for those traveling to the Sagrado Corazón station, from where they can take municipal or private transportation. Return services will be offered from this station until the municipality requires the transportation of passengers off the island. Additionally, the following routes -- T-3, E-10, E-20, and E-30 -- will also operate during special hours for the event:

“The San Sebastián Street Festivities symbolize our culture and strength as a people,” Gov. Jenniffer González Colón said. “Let’s not allow excess or recklessness to tarnish this celebration. Enjoy, but always with awareness.”

**T-3**: From Sagrado Corazón station to Covadonga bus terminal in Old San Juan (with several stops in between) until 3 a.m.

**E-10**: From Sagrado Corazón station to Covadonga bus terminal in Old San Juan until 3 a.m.

**E-20 (Metro Urbano)**: From the Campanilla terminal in Toa Baja to the Bayamón station of the Urban Train until 3 a.m. This terminal provides ample free parking and security.

**E-30**: From the Caguas public bus terminal to the Cupey station of the Urban Train until 3 a.m.

Metropolitan Bus Authority (AMA) buses will continue to operate free of

charge on their regular schedule from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, and from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday,” the governor said.

The AMA routes that directly service the Covadonga terminal in Old San Juan include:

* 9: Cupey-San Juan

* 21: Sagrado Corazón-San Juan

* 5: Iturregui-San Juan

* 53: San Juan Airport

* 37: Bayamón-Cataño

* 4: Piñero-Cataño

Additionally, the maritime metro service (Cataño-San Juan) will operate during special hours:

First female mayor of Humacao to be sworn in this weekend

By THE STAR STAFF

History is to be written in Humacao this weekend with the official swearing-in of Rosamar Trujillo Plumey as the first female mayor of the eastern municipality. The event will take place Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Marcelo Trujillo Panisse Coliseum.

Trujillo Plumey, daughter of the late Mayor Marcelo Trujillo Panisse, who led the municipality for more than two decades, said she will continue her father’s legacy by assuming the reins of the municipal government with a firm commitment to social transformation, economic development and community well-being.

**Thursday, Jan. 16**: 5:30 a.m. – 2 a.m.

**Friday, Jan. 17**: 5:30 a.m. – 3 a.m.

**Saturday, Jan. 18**: 7:30 a.m. – 3 a.m.

**Sunday, Jan. 19**: 7:30 a.m. – 2 a.m.

It is important to note that round-trip tickets will cost $1, available only at the Cataño terminal via cash transactions. People are encouraged to purchase their tickets in advance on puertoricoferry.com and through the City Experiences app.

González Colón announced further that, as a risk mitigation measure, personnel from special opioid projects under the Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration (ASSMCA) will provide training and distribute intranasal naloxone (Narcan) to merchants and artisans in Old San Juan and Cataño, including personnel on the Cataño ferry. The initiative, which aims to prevent deaths from opioid overdoses, began Thursday and will continue in order to enhance community safety in anticipation of the Sanse festival.

“All illicitly acquired substances can be contaminated with fentanyl, significantly increasing the risk of mortality,” the governor said. “Through this initiative, the ASSMCA reinforces its life-saving measures through the Naloxone Saturation Plan, in collaboration with the municipality of San Juan, the municipal police, and other partners.”

González Colón added that personnel from ASSMCA’s Auxiliary Administration for Prevention will continue to provide guidance on the importance of moderate alcohol consumption for adults and will visit commercial establishments in San Juan to educate owners and employees on laws prohibiting the sale of alcohol to minors under 18.

The governor emphasized the need for reflection and responsible behavior.

“The San Sebastián Street Festivities symbolize our culture and strength as a people,” she said. “Let’s not allow excess or recklessness to tarnish this celebration. Enjoy, but always with awareness. Consider your loved ones waiting for you at home. May this be a feast of joy, not pain. Our Puerto Rico deserves the best from us.”

González Colón reminded citizens about the availability of the PAS Line for those in need of emotional support.

“If you need help, you can call 1-800981-0023, 988, VRS 787-615-4112, or access the online chat at lineapas.assm,” she said.

Humacao Mayor-elect Rosamar Trujillo Plumey (Wikipedia)

San Juan offers safe spaces for women during Sanse Festival

By THE STAR STAFF

The initiative “Jangueo Seguro,” led by San Juan’s Municipal Office for the Comprehensive Development of Women (ODIM by its acronym in Spanish), aims to educate and raise awareness about women’s right to enjoy public spaces without harassment or violence, especially during mass events such as the San Sebastián Street Festival, which runs through Sunday.

“I appreciate the extraordinary efforts of the ODIM to foster respect and promote women’s rights in all settings,” San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo said when announcing the initiative earlier this week. “During the Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián, our team will be more committed than ever to guaranteeing a safe space for all people. This year we wanted to emphasize that women have the right to enjoy themselves freely and

peacefully, without being harassed or stalked. Our team will be alert and committed to ensuring that these rights are upheld.”

As part of the campaign, a municipal contingent will tour key points of Old San Juan with clear and direct messages on banners, such as: “It is NOT a complete sentence” and “Gaming without harassment.” In addition to the distribution of campaign-themed materials, there will be an information table in the Plaza de la Barandilla that will offer more details about the services available.

“Our main objective is for every woman to feel safe and respected while enjoying this cultural event that is so important for San Juan,” ODIM Director Valerie Rivera said. “‘Jangueo Seguro’ reaffirms our commitment to the empowerment of women and the creation of spaces free of violence. Through education and access to resources, we seek to strengthen their safety and their right to full enjoyment.”

Official Sanse supplier Empire Gas stresses safety at festival

By THE STAR STAFF

For the sixth consecutive year, Puerto Rican company Empire Gas was selected as the exclusive official supplier of propane gas for all the kiosks at the Sanse 2025 festivities, which run through Sunday.

“All establishments that have been authorized to prepare food and meals in the four squares of Old San Juan, home of SANSE 2025, have modern equipment installed for the efficient handling of propane gas,” noted Ramón González Simounet, CEO of the Empire Gas Group. “... [O]ur team of specialized technicians has completed the

installation of modern propane gas supply systems (state-of-the-art), which have been duly tested and certified by specialized management personnel of Empire Gas’ Technical Services Division, by the Transportation Bureau of the Government of Puerto Rico, by the Permits Office of the Municipality of San Juan, and finally, by the Puerto Rico Firefighters Bureau.”

González Simounet noted that during all hours of operation at the Sanse festival, there will be specialized management personnel, as well as several mobile Empire Gas units, to handle any situation and ensure a constant supply of propane gas for the kiosks.

Throughout the Sanse festival there will be specialized management personnel, as well as several mobile Empire Gas units, to handle any situation and ensure a constant supply of propane gas for the kiosks.

“[I]t is important to ask the visiting public to help and cooperate in taking preventive measures that prevent accidents,” he added. “To ensure the proper functioning of the propane gas system, our staff will be offering preventive rounds every two hours, where we will visit each ‘kiosk’ that uses our product. Empire Gas has spared no resources and efforts to maintain the quality of our service for the SANSE festival, where as we have said, we are using high-tech material ensuring that the installed systems are safe and reliable.”

Island’s largest forensic psychiatry hospital receiving $122 million upgrade

By THE STAR STAFF

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has assigned over $122 million to the Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration (ASSMCA by its initials in Spanish), to repair the Ponce Forensic Psychiatry Hospital, a mental health service center that provides medical-legal evaluation to people with mental disorders who have been involved in the island criminal justice system. “This hospital is vital in the evaluation of people with mental health conditions, and it is essential that it operates in optimal conditions to provide adequate care,” said FEMA Infrastructure Division Director Al Gómez Rivera. “With this

allocation of funds, FEMA reaffirms its commitment to the recovery of specialized facilities that offer essential services for mental health patients.”

The hospital serves people with possible mental disorders who face criminal proceedings and whose suitability -- that is, the ability to understand the proceedings against them and cooperate with their defense -- must be determined by a doctor specializing in psychiatry. The hospital’s mental health service center is the only one in Puerto Rico with an exclusive area for women.

The ASSMCA’s other facility that provides treatment and accommodates mental health patients who are facing or awaiting legal proceedings is the Forensic Psychiatry

Hospital of Río Piedras, with capacity for about 100 male patients. The Ponce hospital, the larger of the two, has 125 spaces, of which 26 are for women and 99 for men. The minimum admission age is 18 years.

To ensure the well-being of patients, it is vital that the hospital has backup systems for essential water and electricity services. To that end, FEMA included among the hospital’s repairs the provision of a drinking water cistern and an electrical generator, and installed an alternative energy system. The construction project includes phases that have already been completed, such as the electrical infrastructure, lighting, security gates and the building’s air conditioning systems.

San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo

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As winds and fire risk ease in LA, displaced residents grow impatient

By CLAIRE MOSES, SHARON OTTERMAN and JOHN YOON

Dangerous winds subsided in the Los Angeles area Thursday, delivering a boost for firefighting efforts even as frustration grew among displaced residents desperate to return to their neighborhoods after more than a week of devastating wildfires.

Nine days after the blazes ignited, displacing tens of thousands of Southern California residents, officials said at a news conference Thursday that it will be at least a week before some evacuation orders can be lifted. Firefighters were still working to contain the biggest blazes in the region, the Palisades and Eaton fires. And even in areas that seem safe, homes and businesses need to be checked for toxic chemicals, and electricity and other public utilities have to be restored.

“Everyone wants to hear a date and we want to give a date,” Sheriff Robert Luna of Los Angeles County said. “But we need to make sure we’re doing the work appropriately.”

The expected shift in the weather Thursday should bring some much-needed relief to residents in the valleys and coastal areas, with light breezes arriving off the sea through the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

However, the air in the mountains will remain dry, meaning the risk of fire will remain high there.

Firefighters also made progress against the Eaton fire overnight, which covered more than 14,000 acres and was 55% contained as of Thursday morning. The cooler temperatures and more humid weather are expected to stretch into the weekend. But the respite in conditions is likely to be brief: Another wind event is forecast for late Monday and Tuesday, the weather service said.

Here’s what we’re covering:

— Containment updates: The Hurst fire, which burned through 800 acres in the San Fernando Valley, was 100% contained, officials from the Angeles National Forest announced Thursday morning. The Palisades fire, the largest in the area, had burned nearly 24,000 acres and was 22% contained as of Thursday morning, according to Cal Fire.

— An arrest: San Bernardino police officers investigating a brush fire that consumed 34 acres, the Little Mountain fire, said they had arrested a man on two felony charges, including reckless burning. Authorities said the fire’s progress had been stopped, and there were no reported injuries or structural damages.

— Eased fire risk: A batch of red-flag warnings, which

Canelo, a dog with scorched paws, is among many animals rescued in the Los Angeles fires

By AMY GRAFF

Canelo sat in a kennel at Pasadena Humane on Wednesday, his paws and legs wrapped in bandages as he nervously peered out from underneath the plastic cone wrapped around his head.

Canelo, a pit bull mix, sustained severe burns last week after he leaped out of and bolted from his owner’s car as they fled the Eaton Fire area.

“It must have been devastating for someone to have their dog in their car and get out into the fire — and then have to keep going with the fire right behind you,” said Kevin McManus, a spokesperson for Pasadena Humane. “The way the fire broke out, it happened so quickly.”

Canelo was found in the fire area and reunited with his owner a few days later, but the dog is being temporarily housed at the shelter as his owner resettles after losing their house, McManus said.

Canelo is one of more than 700 animals that have been dropped off at the shelter in Old Town Pasadena since the Eaton fire broke out

and devastated the community of Altadena. Of those, 150 are strays who were found in the fire area and need to be reunited with their owners. The other animals were dropped off by their owners who were displaced by the fire and need a temporary place to keep their pets.

“A lot of our pets, they don’t have a home to go back to right now,” McManus said.

Canelo’s owner could not be reached for comment.

Most of the animals are cats and dogs, along with rabbits, chickens lizards, a few goats and pigs and a giant tortoise. A goldfish was brought to the center in a stockpot, and a pony stayed overnight before being moved to a horse facility.

All the animals at the center were affected by the Eaton fire. Those at the shelter before the blaze broke out were transported to cities including San Diego, Santa Barbara and Sacramento.

The shelter has seen an uptick in volunteers and donations of food, bowls and leashes since the fire erupted. Emily Klonicki, a scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena that’s

Smoke lingers over burned homes in the aftermath of the Eaton fire in Pasadena, Calif., at sunrise on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Kyle Grillot/The New York Times)

indicate increased fire risk, have expired in Southern California. But the warnings remain in effect for the Santa Susana Mountains, the western San Gabriel Mountains and the Interstate 5 corridor, where forecasters predicted gusts of up to 40 mph into Thursday afternoon.

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER

IMPORTANT NOTICE

By the authority conferred upon the Comptroller of Puerto Rico by Act No. 9 of July 24, 1952, as amended, the Office of the Comptroller proposes to amend the following regulations:

REGULATION 31, ACQUISITION REGULATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO

These Regulations are issued to establish the rules governing the procedures to be followed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for the acquisition of equipment, materials, supplies, non-professional services and improvement work.

Copies of this Regulation will be available for 30 days from the publication of this Notice, from 7:45 to 11:45 a.m. and from 12:45 to 4:15 p.m. at the reception of the Office of the Comptroller of Puerto Rico located at 105 Ponce de León Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico. In addition, this Regulation is available on our website at: http://www.ocpr.gov.pr.

The comments or observations to said Regulation may be provided in writing, by email, or through an oral hearing (hearing) within the 30 days following the publication of this Notice. In addition, the hearing request may be requested by email and must express the grounds that, in the opinion of the applicant, make it necessary to grant the hearing. Comments and hearing requests can be delivered to the reception, or sent to the email address ocpr@ocpr.gov.pr or to the following mailing address:

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In farewell address, Biden warns of an ‘oligarchy’ taking shape in America

By ERICA L. GREEN

President Joe Biden on Wednesday warned that an “oligarchy” of the ultrawealthy was emerging in America, sounding the alarm about unchecked power as he gave a farewell speech to the nation just days before he surrenders office to a man he disdains.

In an address from the Oval Office, Biden expressed concern about the “dangerous concentration of power” and issued a plea for the preservation of democratic ideals and institutions under the administration of President-elect Donald Trump.

“Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead,” Biden said.

While Biden did not explicitly name Trump, his remarks went straight at the tension at the heart of the incoming administration, in which billionaires like Elon Musk are positioned to wield enormous influence over the next four years. Are they really populists intent on shaking up the government to benefit working people who have been left behind by the establishment? Or are they just billionaire disrupters out to enrich themselves?

Biden’s warning of an unelected oligarchy taking shape echoed a similar one by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who spoke about the military-industrial complex in his farewell address. The Biden version referred to the “techindustrial complex,” in which he warned of the erosion of truth itself, brought forth by unchecked social media platforms — a reference to Meta doing away with fact-checkers this week — and artificial intelligence.

“Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation and disinformation enabling the abuse of power,” Biden said. Biden, who has spent months promoting his record and accomplishments, did little of that Wednesday. Instead, he spent more time urging Americans to stay engaged in the democratic process and to continue to fight for progress in areas like addressing climate change.

“The powerful forces want to wield their unchecked influence to eliminate the steps we’ve taken to tackle the climate crisis, to serve their own interest for power and profit,” he said. “We must not be bullied into sacrificing the future, the future of our children and our grandchildren. We must keep pushing forward and push faster.”

The speech in many ways wrapped up not just four years in the White House but more than a half-century of public service for Biden, who came of age in an era of politics that he no longer sees around him. It also served as a plea for the country to remember its roots as he leaves the office he has coveted since he was a young man.

“After 50 years at the center of all of this, I know that believing in the idea of America means respecting the institutions that govern a free society,” he said.

“Our system of separation of powers, checks and balances — it may not be perfect,”

he said, “but it’s maintained our democracy for nearly 250 years, longer than any other nation in history that’s ever tried such a bold experiment.”

Biden called for term limits and ethics reform for the Supreme Court and banning members of Congress from trading stocks.

And he issued a call for changes that would safeguard against a recent Supreme Court decision that gave presidents broad immunity, which Trump has sought to use to blunt multiple criminal charges and could protect him as he vows retribution and other autocratic acts while in office.

“We need to amend the Constitution to make clear that no president, no president is immune from crimes that he or she commits while in office,” Biden said.

In his final days and weeks in office, Biden has been trying to cement a legacy as a transformative president who stabilized domestic politics while bolstering America’s

Canelo, a dog with scorched paws, is among many animals rescued in the Los Angeles fires

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under evacuation, was volunteering Wednesday. She saw a tortoise and two huskies get reunited with their owners.

“It’s inspiring to have these moments of hope and to watch these families come back together,” Klonicki said.

leadership abroad. Hours before Wednesday night’s address, Biden celebrated what would be a crowning accomplishment of his foreign policy record by announcing that Israel and Hamas had accepted a deal he proposed in the spring for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

But he is deeply unpopular. Even the location of the speech, behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, is a reminder that Biden is not departing as he may have wanted. His last prime-time address delivered there was his explanation in July of why he had dropped out of the presidential race under pressure from his own party as questions mounted about his age and fitness for another term.

Biden acknowledged that many of his policies had failed to resonate with Americans. “It will take time to feel the full impact of all we’ve done together,” he said. “But the seeds are planted, and they’ll grow, and they’ll bloom for decades to come.”

Biden spoke for about 17 minutes, keeping with a tradition of farewell speeches that goes back to George Washington. In 2021, Trump, politically isolated and facing an impeachment trial after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by a mob of his supporters, told those who had gathered to watch him take off from the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland: “Goodbye. We love you. We will be back in some form.”

As he signed off Wednesday night, Biden called out his family, including his son Hunter Biden, who was in the Oval Office along with his wife and their young son, as well as Finnegan Biden, one of the president’s granddaughters. “You are the loves of my life and the life of my love,” he said.

Vice President Kamala Harris and the second gentleman were also there as Biden closed out his speech. He called Harris an “incredible partner,” and said that she and her husband had become “like family.”

“Now it’s your turn to stand guard,” Biden said in his final words to the country. “May you all be the keeper of the flame. May you keep the faith. I love America. You love it, too. God bless you all. May God protect our troops. Thank you for this great honor.”

“We ended up leaving her in the house hoping everything would be OK,” Patel said.

Diana Patel was talking with volunteers at the shelter about her parents’ lost cat, a 4-yearold brown- and gray-striped tabby named Blue Jay. Her parents’ house, her childhood home, was destroyed in the Eaton fire. They were able to evacuate with their three parrots, but Blue Jay was nowhere to be found.

On Wednesday, Patel looked through a list of deceased pets and at pictures of the dozens of stray cats being held at the shelter, but none appeared to be Blue Jay. She’s hopeful her parents’ tabby will turn up.

“Cats are sneaky, right?” Patel said. “So who knows? Fingers crossed.”

President Joe Biden is seen through the door of the Oval Office as he delivers his farewell address at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Doug Mills/ The New York Times)

TikTok says employees will have jobs even if ban takes effect

By SAPNA MAHESHWARI

TikTok on Tuesday sought to assure its U.S. employees that they will still have jobs next week even if the Supreme Court upholds a law that would see the video app banned in the United States on Sunday.

The message is a shift in tone from TikTok, which has otherwise said it was confident that it would emerge victorious from its legal challenge to the law. It also shows the company is not planning to leave the United States in the near term, even if it is banned.

TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, is fighting a law from last year that would ban the app unless its U.S. operations are sold to a nonChinese owner. TikTok sent a message to its staff Tuesday acknowledging the uncertainty around the coming decision and assuring employees that they would continue to be paid. The Supreme Court is expected to make a decision before the law takes effect Sunday.

“Your employment, pay and benefits are secure, and our offices will remain open, even if this situation hasn’t been resolved before the January 19 deadline,” wrote Nicky Raghavan, TikTok’s global head of human resources, in the message, which was obtained by The New York Times. “The bill is not written in a way that impacts the entities through which you are employed, only the U.S. user experience.”

The law will penalize app stores and internet hosting services for distributing or updating the TikTok app, effectively banning the platform. It would not force the closure of TikTok offices in the United States.

The message also noted: “Our leadership team remains laser focused on planning for various scenarios and continuing to plan the way forward.”

The note, which praised employees for their “resilience and dedication,” was one of the company’s few internal acknowledgments of its legal battle in recent months. Despite the existential threat facing TikTok, there has been little acknowledgment inside the company that it might soon be banned in the United States, former employees told The New York Times in November. Executives have, at times, made light of the situation, suggesting in one all-hands meeting that it would one day be the subject of a Hollywood film, some of them said.

TikTok did not immediately respond to an inquiry about its latest staff count in the United States, but the message was sent to an internal “U.S. Team News” channel with more than 13,000 employees. TikTok has previously said it has more than 7,000 U.S. employees.

“As we await the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of January 19, we know you have a lot of questions and wish we could provide a clear road map of next steps,” Raghavan wrote. “We know it’s unsettling to not know exactly what happens next.”

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Wall St subdued after strong session; focus on earnings

Wall Street’s main indexes took a pause on Thursday after a surge in the previous session, helped by a batch of bumper earnings from major banks, while investors assessed data to gauge the outlook for interest rate cuts this year.

At 11:59 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 26.22 points, or 0.06%, to 43,247.77, the S&P 500 gained 5.34 points, or 0.09%, to 5,955.25 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 53.30 points, or 0.27%, to 19,457.93.

Morgan Stanley added 3.3% after the lender said earnings increased in the fourth quarter, fueled by a wave of dealmaking, while Bank of America slipped 1.2%. The country’s second-largest bank predicted higher interest income in 2025.

Investors also focused on comments from Fed Governor Christopher Waller, who said three or four interest cuts this year are still possible if economic data weakens further.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury note slipped to 4.617% and rate futures were pricing in about 43.5 basis points of rate cuts in 2025 after Waller’s remarks, from about 37 bps late on Wednesday, according to LSEG data.

“Anyone who’s going to try and project where we are with the unknowns of the new administration and more importantly what the tariffs will or will not do is a mistake,” said Phil Blancato, chief executive officer of Ladenburg Thalmann Asset Management.

“Right now you’ve got to accept that inflation’s been stickier than we expected, and on top of that, you have a scenario where you still have confusion around what’s next from a political standpoint.”

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to take office on Monday.

Seven of the 11 S&P 500 sectors rose, with utilities’ and real estate stocks up over 1.5% each.

The S&P 500 equally weighted index rose 0.7%, while tech stocks Apple and Nvidia weighed on the Nasdaq.

On the data front, a report showed December retail sales increased less than expected, while another report said the number of jobless claims rose more than expected last week.

On Wednesday, Wall Street’s main indexes logged their biggest one-day jump since Nov. 6 after data indicated that underlying inflation was subsiding and three of the country’s biggest banks reported bumper results.

The S&P 500 banks index and the regional banks index have outperformed Wall Street’s top indexes so far in January, as investors anticipate a favorable business environment for

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the sector under Trump. The sentiment was reiterated by bank CEOs on Wednesday.

Of the 28 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported fourth-quarter earnings as of Wednesday, 82.1% have surpassed estimates, according to data compiled by LSEG.

UnitedHealth that lost 4.5% after the insurer report-

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ed fourth-quarter revenue below estimates.

U.S.-listed shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co rose 4.8% after the company posted a record quarterly profit.

At a Senate confirmation hearing, Treasury nominee Scott Bessent voiced support for extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts.

Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 1.81-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and by a 1.08-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.

The S&P 500 posted 19 new 52-week highs and nine new lows, while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 50 new highs and 84 new lows.

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Hamas after ceasefire: Weakened, isolated but still standing

By ADAM RASGON

Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip has delivered devastating blows to Hamas: It has killed top Hamas leaders and thousands of militants, pummeled the militant group’s tunnel network and undermined its ability to threaten Israel with rocket fire.

When Hamas launched its Oct. 7, 2023, attack against Israel, it had hoped to ignite a regional war that would draw in its allies and lead to Israel’s destruction. Instead, it has been left to fight Israel almost entirely alone. Its allies have been decimated in Lebanon, toppled in Syria and weakened in Iran. The Houthis in Yemen have only managed to inflict occasional rocket and drone attacks, most of which Israel has intercepted.

Despite its isolation, however, Hamas remains the dominant Palestinian power in Gaza even after 15 months of Israeli bombardment, holding sway in displacement camps and refusing to surrender. Although many Palestinians have criticized the group’s decision to carry out the October 2023 attack — unleashing a war that has killed tens of thousands of people and reduced cities to rubble — it has faced relatively little popular unrest.

Hamas has celebrated the provisional ceasefire agreement announced Wednesday as an “accomplishment,” but its future role in Gaza remains uncertain.

The deal calls for an eventual “cessation of military operations and hostilities permanently,” but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has repeatedly suggested that he will resume attacking Hamas after some hostages held by militants are released.

Yet if the full, multistage agreement is carried out, it could allow Hamas to rebuild its ironclad control over Gaza or at least allow it to maintain an influential role in the territory. Analysts connected to Hamas believe that Israel will struggle to resume the war in the face of international pressure and that Hamas will play an important role in the future of Gaza.

“Hamas will be present in every detail in Gaza,” said Ibrahim Madhoun, an analyst close to the militant group who is based in Turkey. “Trying to bypass Hamas will be like burying your head in the sand.”

Madhoun acknowledged that Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, had suffered losses, but said it was still “standing on solid ground” and had recruited new people to replace those killed. Antony J.

Members of the Qassam Brigades, a military wing of Hamas, pay tribute to Saeed Ali, a commander who the group said was killed alongside his wife and two daughters in an Israeli airstrike on their apartment in Tripoli, Lebanon on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. Hamas leaders have expressed readiness to give up civilian governance in Gaza, but without dismantling its military wing — a dynamic that analysts have said would be similar to Hezbollah’s role in Lebanon before Israel battered it. (Diego Ibarra Sánchez/The New York Times)

Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, said this week that American officials had assessed that Hamas has brought in almost as many new fighters as it has lost in the war.

Rearming will likely be more challenging for Hamas, having used up many of its munitions without an easy way to resupply stockpiles, especially given that its signature external supporters have been so severely weakened.

But if Israel decides to return to war, it could continue to weaken the group, taking out its new commanders and targeting what remains of its government.

Under such a scenario, Israel could find itself moving toward occupying Gaza, which may “cut off Hamas but antagonize everyone else in the public,” said Tamer Qarmout, a professor of public policy at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar.

Some former Israeli security officials argued that the agreement leaves Hamas on stable footing regardless of whether Israel returns to the war.

“Hamas earned a lot of points with this deal,” said Michael Milshtein, a former

military intelligence analyst specializing in Palestinian affairs. “They got the two things that they’ve been demanding all along written into the agreement: the end of the fighting and an Israeli withdrawal.”

And if Israel restarts the conflict, it will be entering “a war of attrition that has no light at the end of the tunnel,” Milshtein said. “Hamas is ready to drag Israel back into the mud of Gaza.”

Still, Hamas will likely need to offer some compromises if it wants enough aid to rebuild Gaza to flow into the territory. Until now, Hamas leaders have expressed readiness to give up civilian governance in Gaza but without dismantling its military wing — a dynamic that analysts have said would be similar to Hezbollah’s role in Lebanon be-

fore Israel battered it.

“I think everyone, including Hamas, understands that solving the people’s problems requires Hamas to stay away from the forefront,” Qarmout said, adding that it needed to reach an agreement with the internationally accepted Palestinian Authority to share power.

While Hamas supporters have conceded the October 2023 attack caused enormous suffering for Palestinians, they have refused to express regret about the assault that left 1,200 people dead, mainly civilians. They have highlighted how Israel’s ensuing bombardment of Gaza has revived worldwide interest in the Palestinian cause and dented Israel’s reputation.

Saudi Arabia, which had been drawing close to sealing diplomatic ties with Israel before the war, has presented Palestinian statehood as a prerequisite for a deal.

Netanyahu and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, are wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court. And the state is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice. Israel strongly denies both charges, but its international reputation has been tarnished like never before.

“Before the war, no one was following what happened in Palestine,” said Fouad Khuffash, an analyst close to Hamas who is based in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. “Now, everybody is watching,” he added.

In a speech Wednesday, Khalil alHayya, Hamas’ top negotiator, called the October attack “a military accomplishment” that would remain “a source of pride for our people.”

For many civilians, a future with both Israel and Hamas in the picture is bleak.

“We’re talking about a people stuck between a state ready to act with total brutality and a group ready to provoke that state to act with brutality,” said Akram Atallah, a Palestinian columnist from Gaza.

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South Korea detains its president, but crisis is far from over

By CHOE SANG-HUN, JIN YU YOUNG and VICTORIA KIM

President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea sounded defiant just over a year ago when the opposition-dominated National Assembly began threatening to impeach him. “I say, ‘Try it, if you want!’” he said during a town hall meeting.

Yoon has not only been impeached, but Wednesday, he won an ignominious place in South Korean history when he became the first sitting president to be detained in a criminal investigation.

His detention ended a weekslong political standoff and hand-wringing over what South Korea should do with a leader who declared martial law last month, a move that threatened decades of hard-won democracy in the country.

But Seoul’s inability to deal with the question quickly — and the fact that it had to mobilize an army of law enforcement forces to make him surrender — exposed how deep the

fractures are in its politics. This entrenched political polarization, combined with Yoon’s uncompromising style and his personal animus toward his political enemies, led him down a path to the showdown with police Wednesday at the hilltop residence where he had retreated.

Since he won his election by a razor-thin margin in 2022, Yoon has constantly clashed with the majority opposition over policies, scandals involving his wife and his hostile relationship with dissidents, including journalists he accused of spreading “fake news.”

His anger exploded Dec. 3, when he declared martial law, calling his liberal enemies

“anti-state forces” and the opposition-dominated National Assembly “a monster.” The law placed a ban on all political activities and put news media under military control, though the National Assembly killed his martial law decree before Yoon could enforce such moves.

During the six hours of martial law, he ordered military commanders to break the Assembly’s doors down “with axes” or “by shooting, if necessary” and “drag out” lawmakers,

according to prosecutors who have indicted the military generals on charges of helping Yoon commit insurrection.

Even after the Assembly voted down his decree and then impeached him, Yoon vowed to “fight to the end.” He holed up in his hilly residence in central Seoul — behind bodyguards, rolls of razor wire and barricades of buses. Yoon repeatedly ignored summons from investigators to face questioning for insurrection charges.

When they visited his presidential compound Jan. 3 to serve a court warrant to detain him, he refused to surrender, and his 200 presidential security officials formed human barricades to repel 100 investigators and police officers. On Wednesday, the investigators mobilized 1,000 police officers, including units specializing in targeting drug and organized crime gangs, to storm the compound again in overwhelming numbers.

Police officers on the rooftop of the official residence of Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s impeached president, in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Jun Michael Park/The New York Times)

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Some carried aluminum ladders to clamber over barricades of buses that blocked the road leading to Yoon’s residence. His bodyguards put up no resistance after warnings from the investigators that if they did, they would be arrested on charges of obstructing justice. At the gate of his residence, investigators haggled for two hours with supporters of Yoon. The president’s lawyers suggested that if the investigators withdrew, Yoon would visit their headquarters with his presidential security details to submit himself to questioning.

In a lengthy statement posted on his Facebook account Wednesday, Yoon again peddled a conspiracy theory popular among his followers, saying that his declaration of martial law was driven in part by widespread voting fraud in South Korea.

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But the investigators would have none of it. At 10:33 a.m., they served the warrant.

Yoon did gain some concessions: He was not handcuffed when he was taken to the investigators’ headquarters south of Seoul in a motorcade through busy morning traffic. He was escorted straight to a third-floor room where he faced a marathon interrogation. The investigators have said they had 200 pages of questions to ask, but a governing-party lawmaker who met Yoon before his detention indicated that the president would insist on his right to remain silent.

“Yoon’s detention is the first step toward restoring the constitutional order, democracy and rule of law,” said Park Chan-dae, the floor leader of the main opposition Democratic Party. “It was belated, but it also confirmed that our nation’s law enforcement and justice are still alive.”

But Yoon’s People Power Party refused to accept Yoon’s impeachment and his detention. It pushed out a party leader who supported Yoon’s impeachment and has demanded that a lawmaker who backed the impeachment leave the party.

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In a video message released shortly after he was taken away, Yoon said he agreed to submit to questioning in order to prevent a “bloody” clash between his bodyguards and the police. But he called the investigation and the warrant to detain him illegal.

“The reason they insisted on detaining the president was that they wanted to humiliate him,” Kwon Young-se, an interim leader of the party, said Wednesday. “They wanted to elevate their status by detaining a sitting president.”

To many analysts, however, his fate appears to have been set.

The investigators have 48 hours to interrogate him but can then seek a separate court warrant to formally arrest him. Since courts have already agreed to the arrests of Yoon’s associates in his imposition of martial law, they are likely to agree to his arrest as well, ana-

The cutthroat rivalry among parties leaves little room for debate and compromise as the nation struggles to overcome its worst political crisis in decades. The approval ratings of Yoon’s party, which took a nosedive in the wake of his martial law, began climbing back up in the past week as polarized politics kicked in again.

The Israeli right may soon be disenchanted with Trump

By BRET STEPHENS

The most interesting detail of the hostage and ceasefire deal that Israeli and Hamas officials agreed to Wednesday lies neither in its terms, which mainly resemble what’s been on the table for months, nor in the fact that Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, is effectively acquiescing to Hamas’ continued grip on power in the Gaza Strip after loudly and repeatedly vowing he wouldn’t.

It’s the way the deal was secured: by Steven Witkoff, Donald Trump’s billionaire friend and incoming Mideast envoy, in a blunt Saturday morning meeting with the prime minister. “The envoy explained to his host in no uncertain terms that Trump expected him to agree to a deal,” Amos Harel, a Haaretz military analyst, reported Tuesday. “Things that Netanyahu had termed life-anddeath issues,” he added, “suddenly vanished.”

Harel calls this “the Trump effect.” What is it? Partly it’s the store of political capital that every presidentelect has before coming to office and spending (or squandering) it; partly it’s the fact that Trump is behaving as if he’s already the president. But mostly it’s the fear and eagerness to please that Trump engenders, above all in those who seek his favor.

The result, in the hostage case, is an underappreciated diplomatic paradox: Thanks largely to Trump, a deal

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demanded by the Israeli left and reviled by the right is about to come into effect. A year’s worth of diplomacy by the Biden administration is finally about to bear fruit because of its political nemesis. The far-right parties that are part of Netanyahu’s coalition may bolt the government. And Netanyahu is far more prepared to bend the knee to Washington than he was when there were Democrats in the White House.

In the hostage deal, the price for Israel will in many ways be heavy. For every Israeli hostage released by Hamas, Israel will release several-fold Palestinian prisoners, many of them with Israeli blood on their hands. It was through one such release that Yahya Sinwar — the mastermind of the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre — was freed. The phased nature of the agreement — which begins with the release of 33 hostages, most of them living but some most likely dead — will leave an unknown number behind, raising their political value and giving Hamas an opportunity to extract additional concessions.

Most seriously, if Israel withdraws from the Philadelphi Corridor, the strip of land that separates Gaza from Egypt, Hamas may have the opportunity to rearm itself at scale, making an eventual replay of Oct. 7 and its aftermath more likely, though by no means inevitable.

This doesn’t mean the deal is a bad one for Israel’s national interest — to say nothing of the blessing it is for the returning hostages, their families and a people who believe that the redemption of captives is a supreme moral duty.

Unlike in May, when President Joe Biden first broached this agreement (or early September, when I opposed it) Israel now finds itself in a vastly stronger strategic position. The Iranian-led “Axis of Resistance,” of which Hamas was a member, has been decimated in Lebanon, overthrown in Syria, flattened in Gaza and badly stung in Iran itself. No matter how many Palestinian prisoners are released, nobody in Hamas can seriously say that their Oct. 7 gamble rewarded them with anything except catastrophe. Israel also has less to fear, with Trump as president, from the threat of international arms embargoes or legal sanctions: Watch as all the risks of arresting Netanyahu in European capitals swiftly disappear.

A more difficult quandary for the Israeli right is what else Trump may want them to accept. The president-elect clearly wants an Israeli-Saudi normalization agreement as a capstone to the Abraham Accords he oversaw in 2020. For that to happen, the Saudis will demand a road map for a Palestinian state. Trump may also prefer to use Iran’s current weakness to negotiate a second nuclear deal, when what Netanyahu most wants is American help in an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear sites, possibly in the next weeks or months.

President-elect Donald Trump speaks alongside Steve Witkoff, his Mideast envoy, during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla., on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Where wisdom lies on either front rests mainly in the details. (I would favor nearly any plausible deal with Saudi Arabia and oppose nearly any likely one with Iran.) But the larger point is this: Trump is going to scramble traditional foreign-policy assumptions, left or right. Liberals who think Trump’s second term will be one of unbridled bellicosity may be surprised. Conservatives who hope it will bring some overdue toughness on our enemies may be disappointed.

Trump may have the soul of a bully, but he also has the instincts of a dealmaker — and a yearning for acclaim, including the Nobel Peace Prize he thinks he was denied for the Abraham Accords. Whatever else his next four years in power bring, it won’t conform to ideological type. Somewhere out there, the spirit of Richard Nixon is smiling.

Gobernadora dice que DRNA no otorga títulos de propiedad, sobre certificación de casa de veraneo de sus suegros

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FORTALEZA – La gobernadora Jenniffer Aidyn González Colón dijo el jueves que el documento emitido por el Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales sobre la propiedad de sus suegros en La Parguera, Lajas es un documento solicitado por el Tribunal, por un caso que hay contra la esposa del ahora senador, Eliezer Molina Pérez, por vandalismo.

“Bueno, lo primero es que eso es una certificación emitida el amparo de un caso, de una orden del tribunal y que no tiene nada que ver, porque eso no es el registro de la propiedad. Precisamente estas propiedades, ninguna está en ese registro, pero tienen algunas de ellas sí tienen escrituras por notario, y esta tiene, su escritura por notario. Y esta certificación, existe, habla de que está registrada en el inventario, obviamente, y ese curso va a seguir. Esto es un proceso distinto que está en ante los tribunales. A mí no me preocupa en lo más mínimo. Hay más de cien propiedades ahí, así que hay unas, por eso es una orden administrativa, para que todas paguen y estén en el registro”, dijo la gobernadora en conferencia de prensa.

“Yo creo que, la conclusión o la condición de

esa certificación es extensiva a todas las casas, no solamente a una de ellas. Una cosa es que la casa está en el inventario del Departamento de Recursos Naturales como evidentemente, ahí está. Y el pleito que se lleva al tribunal que, dicho sea de paso, es un pleito en contra de la esposa del senador Eliezer Molina, por vandalizar y agredir policías. Así que no perdamos la perspectiva de dónde viene el caso”, añadió.

Según la gobernadora, el Departamento de Recursos Naturales no otorga títulos de propiedad, por lo tanto, el documento lo que hace constar es que la agencia reconoce la existencia del inmueble de sus suegros.

“De hecho, esa certificación lo que evidencia es que la propiedad está inscrita en el inventario de propiedades de La Parguera del Departamento de Recursos Naturales. Así que eso es una certificación de que está en el registro de ellos. Ahora, lo segundo es que el Departamento de Recursos Naturales no otorga título de propiedad. Ellos no tienen el catastro o el registro de título de propiedad, y esa escritura está, bueno, es una escritura pública donde hay un título de propiedad sobre esa, valga la redundancia, propiedad. Así que, para mí esta certificación no tiene cuál es el elemento que se toma

en consideración, no tiene nada que ver con el caso de lo que se está hablando”, sostuvo.

“Recuerde que esto es una certificación que pide el tribunal en el caso criminal contra una persona que fue allí, que agredió a la policía, que obstruyó el acceso a esa propiedad, un caso criminal, y como parte de ese caso criminal contra esta manifestante, se pide una certificación al Departamento de Recursos Naturales que evidencia que la propiedad está en el registro del Departamento de Recursos Naturales. Así que, al igual que las cien casas que puedan haber allí”, mencionó.

Hombre se declara culpable por más de 20,000 llamadas falsas al 9-1-1

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SAN JUAN – Carlos Soto Rodríguez, de 35 años, se declaró culpable a principios de esta semana, de realizar miles de llamadas falsas al Sistema de Emergencias 9-1-1, aceptó todos los cargos imputados por la Unidad Investigativa de Crímenes Cibernéticos del Departamento de Justicia.

“El Departamento de Justicia está comprometido con procesar estos delitos que afectan al Sistema de Emergencias 9-1-1”, expresó la secretaria designada de Justicia, Janet Parra Mercado, en declaraciones escritas el miércoles.

La fiscal Naydik Ramos Montesinos formuló siete cargos contra Soto Rodríguez bajo el artículo 239 del Código Penal, el cual establece una pena de tres años de cár-

cel por realizar llamadas falsas a sistemas de emergencia. Entre enero y agosto del año 2024, Soto Rodríguez realizó miles de llamadas falsas, utilizando palabras obscenas y bromas. La investigación fue dirigida por la UICC con apoyo del Negociado de la Policía.

El juez Rafael Taboas Dávila determinó el pasado 8 de enero que Soto Rodríguez es procesable, y la lectura de acusación estaba pautada para el 22 de enero.

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Ringo Starr goes country, and 13 more new songs

Pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on notable new tracks.

Ringo Starr featuring Molly Tuttle, ‘Look Up’

Ringo Starr maintains his perpetual optimism in “Look Up,” the title track of his new, Nashville-centered album. Written by T Bone Burnett and Daniel Tashian, the song posits, “There’s a light that shines in the darkest days,” bolstered by richly twangy guitars and an unmistakable Ringo backbeat. — JON PARELES

The Lumineers, ‘Same Old Song’

The Lumineers — singer Wesley Schultz and instrumentalist Jeremiah Fraites — have set rigorous parameters for their songwriting. The instrumentation is minimal and hand-played; the chords are few and unfancy. “Same Old Song” uses a basic but insistent drumbeat and a few piano chords, with an organ tucked into the background. That leaves Schultz room for wide-open emotions and raw dynamics, as lyrics leap between the mundane — rent, instruments stolen from a van — and thoughts of mortality, depression and tenacity. — JON PARELES

Hamilton Leithauser, ‘Knockin’ Heart’

Much of the solo work of Hamilton Leithauser, lead singer of the New York rock band The Walkmen, explores the more stately side of his versatile voice, but “Knockin’ Heart,” a single from the forthcoming album “This Side of the Island,” erupts with spiky desperation. “Oh, there’s no one who’s gonna love you like I do tonight,” he sings, just before the chorus explodes into a riot of distorted guitar and stomping percussion. — LINDSAY ZOLADZ

Lambrini Girls, ‘Company Culture’

All things patriarchal, capitalistic and obtuse are targets for Lambrini Girls, the gleefully obstreperous English punk duo Phoebe Lunny and Lilly Macieira. “Company Culture,” a blast at workplace harassment from their debut album, “Who Let the Dogs Out,” revs up instrumentally for nearly a full minute — clattery drums, buzz-bombing bass, dissonant guitar — before Lunny lets loose a brutally sarcastic tirade: “Human resources say I’m asking for it,” she barks. — JON PARELES

Spellling, ‘Portrait of My Heart’

Chrystia Cabral, a California songwriter who records as Spellling, proclaims “I don’t belong here!” with mounting vehemence in “Portrait of My Heart,” which will be the title track of her fourth album, due in March. She sings about a psychological and spiritual crisis — “I need a stroke of luck / ’Cause I kicked down all my angels to the dirt” — in a crescendo of choppy drums, layered guitars and orchestral strings, exulting in the drama. — JON PARELES

Bad Bunny, ‘Baile Inolvidable’

Heartache and heritage mingle on Bad Bunny’s new album, “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” (“I Should Have Taken More Photos”). Like many of its songs, “Baile Inolvidable” (“Unforgettable Dance”) morphs between current and vintage sounds, underscoring the multigenerational continuity of Puerto Rican music. “Baile Inolvidable” begins as a blurred dirge of synthesizer lines and Bad Bunny’s vocals, mourning a lost romance; “I thought we’d grow old together,” he sings in Spanish, and admits, “It’s my fault.” But the track switches to an old-school

salsa jam, with organic percussion and horns and a jazzy piano; the lessons of the girlfriend who taught him “how to love” and “how to dance” have stayed with him. — JON PARELES SZA, ‘What Do I Do’

In “What Do I Do” — from “Lana,” her album-length addition to her album “SOS” — SZA answers her phone to hear an accidentally dialed call and the sounds of her boyfriend with another woman. A lean, finger-snapping track backs her as she grapples with the shock in brief, colliding phrases: old loyalties, new anger, hurt, disgust and the clear realization that “It’ll never be the same again.” — JON PARELES

Cymande featuring Jazzie B, ‘How We Roll’ Caribbean-rooted British band Cymande, whose first three albums were released in the early 1970s, is about to put out a new one, “Renascence,” after decades of hearing its music recycled as samples. “How We Roll” brings back the group’s hand-played, Afro-Anglo-Caribbean grooves and hardheaded idealism: “We must never lose determination.” Its patient, cymbal-tapping beat and electric-piano chords hint at Miles Davis’ “In a Silent Way,” while the horn lines look toward Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s Afrobeat. And deep-voiced guest raps from Jazzie B, founder of Soul II Soul, connect across British R&B generations. — JON PARELES

Julia Michaels and Maren Morris, ‘Scissors’

In this breezy kiss-off, Julia Michaels and Maren Morris announce, “If you wanna cut ties, I’ll get the scissors.” It’s a bossa nova that takes on an R&B rhythm section and cottoncandy vocal harmonies. With different lyrics — and some of the same ones, as the women sing “feels so good” — it could have been a come-on instead of a goodbye. — JON PARELES Japanese Breakfast, ‘Orlando in Love’

Michelle Zauner had an eventful 2021: That was the year she released both “Jubilee,” her Grammy-nominated third album as Japanese Breakfast, and the bestselling memoir, “Crying in H Mart.” On March 21, Japanese Breakfast will put out a new album, produced by Blake Mills, titled “For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women).” The first single, the sumptuously dreamy “Orlando in Love,” pairs Zauner’s clarion croon with soft strumming and gentle orchestral swells. “Orlando in love writes 69 cantos,” she sings at the start, in

what has to be modern pop music’s only (or at least most prominent) reference to Italian Renaissance poet Matteo Maria Boiardo. — LINDSAY ZOLADZ

Panchiko featuring Billy Woods, ‘Shandy in the Graveyard’

The latest collaborator for the abstraction-loving rapper Billy Woods is Panchiko. It’s an English band that recorded a hazy, lo-fi demo in 2000 as teenagers, went on to more practical careers, then regrouped after the demo resurfaced in 2016 and found a cult following; there’s an album due in April. “Shandy in the Graveyard” is an enigma with an easy-swaying two-chord vamp that hints at Marvin Gaye. Panchiko’s Owain Davies croons in falsetto about listening to a Walkman — remember those? — in the rain; Woods raps, over the tapereversed vamp, about feeling like “Cyclops in its maze.” Nostalgia meets menace, calmly. — JON PARELES

Morgan Wallen, ‘Smile’

In Morgan Wallen’s morosely understated “Smile,” a girlfriend’s brief grin for a cellphone snapshot at a bar only reminds the singer that she hasn’t been smiling at him “in forever.” She’s also barely speaking to him. Backed by steady guitar picking and vocal-harmony oohs, Wallen sings in the fragile high end of his range. Trying to find consolation in “a pretty little moment frozen in time,” but all too aware that it was “just for the picture,” he abandons his usual swagger. — JON PARELES

girlpuppy, ‘Windows’

Becca Harvey, leading girlpuppy, sings about an unresolved breakup — verging on stalking — in “Windows.” Breathily, she explains, “We did everything together, me and you / So that’s why everything reminds me of you.” The track starts out seemingly placid, with quiet guitar picking and tapping drums, but instruments keep arriving and chiming in, amplifying an obsession that she clearly won’t give up. — JON PARELES

Ethel Cain, ‘Amber Waves’

Most of the songs on Ethel Cain’s debut album, “Preacher’s Daughter,” moved at slow ballad tempos. But they were sprints compared with the tracks on her new album, “Perverts”; the shortest one runs six minutes. In the 11-minute “Amber Waves,” Cain sings about someone drugging themselves toward oblivion, wondering, “Is it not fun in the catatonia?” The track is a nearly motionless waltz, with dark ambient stirrings of distorted guitar, wafting toward relief or death. — JON PARELES Bad Bunny, “Baile Inolvidable”

Morgan Wallen, “Smile”

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A Consular Corps of Puerto Rico celebration

By JUDY GORDON-CONDE and JENNIFER CONDE-POWERS

The Consular Corps of Puerto Rico enjoyed a special evening at the renowned Antonio’s restaurant in Condado over the holidays. The annual event highlighted the importance of the Consular Corps of Puerto Rico and celebrated each consul’s successes and their respective countries. At the event, the consuls and guests enjoyed traditional Puerto Rican delicacies, with wine and cocktails, before a gathering for dinner, accompanied by live music. The festivities also included memorable presentations by Humberto Zacapa, dean of the

Consular Corps of Puerto Rico; Manuel Cidre Miranda, then-secretary of Economic Development and Commerce; and Omar J. Marrero Díaz, then-secretary of the Department of State. To cap off the exceptional evening, everyone also had the opportunity to win curated holiday gift baskets.

Paula Jeff; Omar Marrero Díaz, then-secretary of the Department of State; Humberto Zacapa, dean of the Consular Corps of Puerto Rico; and Patricia Zacapa

The San Juan Daily Star

David Efron, Jennifer Conde and Luis Enrique Santaliz

Luis Enrique Santaliz; Humberto Zacapa, dean of the Consular Corps of Puerto Rico; and Eduardo Colón

Jillian Phillips and Tony Phillips

Helen Santos Rivera and Mariana Bula López

From left, Manuel Cidre Miranda, then-secretary of Economic Development and Commerce, and Humberto Zacapa, dean of the Consular Corps of Puerto Rico

Tony Phillips, Cameron McKenzie, Virginia Scandroglio, Janette Vives, Waldemar Vives and Augusto Schreiner

Augusto Schreiner, Marilú Santiago, Sylvia Seymour and Rex Seymour

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Cancer remission like Catherine’s does not always mean the illness is cured

By GINA KOLATA

Princess Catherine, wife of Prince William, reported Tuesday that her cancer was in remission. But what does it mean to be in remission from cancer?

Doctors discovered her cancer unexpectedly in March when she had abdominal surgery. She has not revealed the type of cancer she has nor how advanced it was when it was discovered.

But she did say she had chemotherapy, which she said had been completed in September. She told British news agency PA Media that she had a port, a small device that is implanted under the skin and attached to a catheter that goes into a large vein. It allows medicines like chemotherapy drugs to be delivered directly to veins in the chest, avoiding needle sticks.

Catherine told PA Media that chemotherapy was “really tough.”

“It is a relief to now be in remission,

and I remain focused on recovery,” she wrote on Instagram. Her announcement “certainly is good news and is reassuring,” said Dr. Kimmie Ng, associate chief of the division of gastrointestinal oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

But cancer experts like Ng say that the meaning of remission in a patient can vary.

In general, when doctors and patients talk about remission, they mean there is no evidence of cancer in blood tests or scans.

The problem is that a complete remission does not mean the cancer is gone. Even when a cancer is “cured” — defined as no evidence of cancer for five years — it may not be vanquished.

That makes life emotionally difficult for patients, who have to have frequent visits with oncologists for physical exams, blood tests and imaging.

“It’s really scary,” Ng said. “The amount of uncertainty is very, very

hard,” she added.

But that ongoing surveillance is necessary, despite the toll it takes on patients.

“Different cancers have different propensities of returning or not returning,” said Dr. Elena Ratner, a gynecologic oncologist at the Yale Cancer Center.

As many as 75% to 80% of ovarian cancers, she noted, can come back in an average of 14 to 16 months after a remission, depending on the stage the cancer had reached when it was found and on the cancer’s biology.

“Once the cancer returns, it becomes a chronic disease,” Ratner said. She tells her patients, “You will live with this cancer. You will be on and off chemotherapy for the rest of your life.”

Ratner’s gynecological cancer patients have to come back every three months for computerized tomography scans to keep an eye out for evidence that the cancer has returned.

“The women live CT scan to CT scan,” she said. “They say that for two and a half months, they have a wonderful life, but then, in time for the next CT scan, the fear returns.

“It costs them. It costs them a lot,” she said.

“It’s awful, yet I am amazed every day by their strength,” she said of her patients.

Princess Catherine say she had chemotherapy, which she said had been completed in September.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P.

Demandante Vs SUCESION DE DAMASO CONCEPCIÓN MARRERO Y SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN MILAGROS PAGAN SANTIAGO

COMPUESTAS POR FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE AMBAS SUCESIONES; CRIM

Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2024CV03277.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: SUCESION DE DAMASO CONCEPCIÓN MARRERO Y SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN MILAGROS PAGAN SANTIAGO COMPUESTA POR FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMOO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS DE AMBAS SUCESIONES; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM): Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil que suscribe, certifica y hace constar que en cumplimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América. Todo pago recibido por el (la) Alguacil por concepto de subastas será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Todo derecho, título, participación e interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno identificado como el solar número siete (7), localizado en el Barrio Higuillar del término municipal de Dorado,

Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 817.3410 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a 0.2079536 cuerda. Colinda por el NORTE, en distancia de 10.29 metros con el remanente de la finca principal y en 2.26 metros con predio dedicado a uso público; por el SUR, en distancia de 22.35 metros con carretera municipal; por el ESTE, en distancias de 7.58 metros, 13.81 metros y 22.81 metros con el remanente de la finca principal; y por el OESTE, en distancia de 18.48 metros y 22.56 metros con solar número seis (6). Consta inscrita al folio 196 del tomo 225 de Dorado, finca #10,246, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección IV. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: Barrio Higuillar, Carretera 695 K(Solar 7), Dorado Puerto Rico 00646. Se informa que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravamen posterior, una vez sea otorgada la escritura de venta judicial y obtenida la Orden y Mandamiento de cancelación de gravamen posterior. (Art. 51, Ley 2102015). En relación a la finca a subastarse, se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $65,000.00, con intereses al 12.268% anual, vencedero el día 20 de agosto de 2038, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca # 529, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 15 de agosto de 2008, ante el notario Félix R. Figueroa Caban, e inscrita al folio 1,398 del tomo 285 de Dorado, finca número 10,246, inscripción 4ta., como asiento abreviado extendida las líneas el día 23 de octubre de 2017, en virtud de la Ley 216 del 27 de diciembre de 2010. (Fue presentado el día 26 de agosto de 2008, al asiento 791 del diario 261). La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 4 DE FEBRERO DE 2025 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta es la suma de $65,000.00. Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 11 DE FEBRERO DE 2025 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes del precio pactada para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $43,333.33. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 18 DE FEBRERO DE 2025 A LAS 9:45 DE LA

MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar y regirá como tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta la mitad del precio pactado para la primera, o sea, la suma de $32,500.00. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo, para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: La suma de $64,695.78, la cual se desglosa a continuación: una suma principal de $64,342.03, con intereses a 4.625% anual, desde el 1ro de noviembre de 2023, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más una suma principal diferida (piggyback) de $353.75, la cual no genera intereses, más los cargos por demora que corresponden a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pactada de 5% de cualquier pago que esté en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, más una suma equivalente a $6,500.00, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la escritura de hipoteca y del Pagaré hipotecario. Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables. Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, se publicará en los lugares públicos correspondientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los referentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes.

Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen.

Expedido en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 20 de diciembre de 2024. EDGARDO ELÍAS VAR-

GAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL

AUXILIAR PLACA #193.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS

THE MONEY HOUSE, INC.

Demandante V.

LA SUCESIÓN DE VÍCTOR

MANUEL LIZARDI PÉREZ, TAMBIÉN

CONOCIDO COMO VÍCTOR M. LIZARDI

PÉREZ, VÍCTOR LIZARDI

PÉREZ, VÍCTOR MANUEL

LIZARDI, VÍCTOR M.

LIZARDI Y VÍCTOR

LIZARDI, COMPUESTA POR VÍCTOR MANUEL

LIZARDI CASILLAS, VÍCTOR ORLANDO

LIZARDI CASILLAS, NATIVIDAD HERNÁNDEZ

RIVERA; FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN; CENTRO

DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados

Civil Núm.: CG2023CV01127. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO-

TECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LA PARTE

DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO

GENERAL:

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque gerente, giro postal, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América al nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Caguas, el 27 DE ENERO DE 2025 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a

continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Villa del Rey, situada en el Barrio Turabo de Caguas, Puerto Rico, marcado con el número diez (10) de la manzana “Q” de la Urbanización, con un área superficial de trescientos noventa punto cero cero metros cuadrados (390.00 m.c.). En lindes por el NORTE, en distancia de veintiséis punto cero cero metros (26.00 m) con el solar número once (11); por el SUR, con el solar número nueve (9), en distancia de veintiséis punto cero cero metros (26.00 m); por el ESTE, en distancia de quince cero cero metros (15.00 m), con la Tana Development Corporation; y por el OESTE, en distancia de quince punto cero cero metros (15.00 m) con la calle número quince (15) de la urbanización. Enclava una vivienda de concreto para una familia. Consta inscrita al folio 153 del tomo 428 de Caguas, finca número 11,617, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Primera de Caguas. Propiedad localizada en: Q-10 Calle Borbon (15), Villa del Rey I, Caguas PR 00725. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución no está gravada por cargas posteriores o preferentes a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo mínimo de subasta la suma de $135,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Caguas, el 3 DE FEBRERO DE 2025 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $90,000.00 dos tercios (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $67,500.00 la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Caguas, el 10 DE FEBRERO DE 2025 A

LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $50,376.53 por concepto de principal; más los intereses sobre dicha suma en la cantidad de $36,205.24, los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 5.06000% anual, hasta su completo pago; y otros gastos acumulados. La suma global vencida, líquida y exigible incluyendo intereses y otros gastos acumulados es de $111,437.53 y los cuales continúan acumulándose, así como la cantidad líquida estipulada en los documentos del préstamo para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en caso de reclamación judicial y que correspondan a intereses y cargos por demora hasta su pago total.; así como cualquier otra suma que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca, todo ello de acuerdo a los términos de la Sentencia dictada, la cual es final y firme. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 3 de enero de 2025. EDGARDO ALDEBOL MIRANDA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAMUY LIME HOMES LTD. Parte Demandante Vs. JOSÉ HÉCTOR GARCÍA

COLÓN; LA SUCESIÓN DE ANA ELIA BARBOSA GONZÁLEZ, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO ANA ELIA BARGOSA GONZÁLEZ COMPUESTA POR CHAYANNE GARCÍA BARBOSA; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN DE ANA ELIA BARBOSA GONZÁLEZ, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO ANA ELIA BARGOSA GONZÁLEZ; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; ADMINISTRACIÓN PARA EL SUSTENTO DE MENORES Y ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA POR CONDUCTO DEL FISCAL FEDERAL DE LA CORTE DE DISTRITO DE ESTADOS UNIDOS PARA EL DISTRITO DE PUERTO RICO

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: AR2023CV00137. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El suscribiente, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Camuy, a los demandados de epígrafe y al público en general hace saber que los autos y documentos del caso de epígrafe estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables y que venderá en pública subasta al mejor postor, en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América en efectivo, cheque certificado, o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina en el Centro Judicial de Camuy, Puerto Rico, el derecho que tenga la parte demandada en el inmueble que se relaciona más adelante para pagar la SENTENCIA por $121,019.69, de balance principal, los intereses adeudados sobre dicho principal y computados al 6.75% anual hasta su total pago y completo pago; más el 5% computado sobre cada mensualidad; cargos por demora devengados, más la suma estipulada para honorarios de abogado, pactada en la escritura de hipoteca; y cuales quiera otras sumas que por cualesquiera concepto legal se devenguen hasta el día de la subasta. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se

describe como sigue: RUSTICA: Predio radicado en el Barrio Zanjas de Camuy, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de ochocientos punto cero cero (800.00) metros cuadrados, equivalentes a cero punto dos mil treinta y cinco (0.2035) cuerdas. En lindes por el Norte, con carretera municipal y faja a segregarse para uso público; por el Sur y Oeste, con el remanente de la finca; y por el Este, con Rafael López Morales. Inscrita al folio sesenta (60) del tomo doscientos setenta y seis (276) de Camuy, finca número Tres mil ciento noventa y cuatro (3,194), Registro de Arecibo, sección II. Dirección Física: Carr. 119 R 486 K1 Ho Int. Sanja Sect Pueblo Nuevo, CAMUY, PR 00627. Dicha propiedad se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: EMBARGO a favor de los Estados Unidos de América, contra José García Colón, seguro social numero xxx-xx-3912, notificación132091614, por la suma de $13,205.30, presentado el 10 de diciembre de 2014, anotado al Libro 4, pagina 212, Asiento 1. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 5 DE FEBRERO DE 2025, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, y servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la suma de $136,000.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. En el caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 12 DE FEBRERO DE 2025, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, y el precio mínimo para esta segunda subasta será el de dos terceras partes del precio mínimo establecido para la primera subasta, o a sea la suma de $90,666.67. Si tampoco hubiera remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 20 DE FEBRERO DE 2025, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, y el tipo mínimo para esta tercera subasta será la mitad del precio establecido para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $68,000.00. El mejor postor deberá pagar el importe de su oferta en efecto, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse el inmueble al acreedor hipotecario dentro de los diez días siguientes a la fecha de la última subasta, si así lo estimase conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada conforme a la sentencia, si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuera mayor. Se avisa a cual-

quier licitador que la propiedad queda sujeta al gravamen del Estado Libre Asociado y CRIM sobre la propiedad inmueble por contribuciones adeudadas y que el pago de dichas contribuciones es la responsabilidad del licitador. Que se entenderá por todo licitador acepte como suficiente la titulación y que los cargos y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes en entendiéndose que el rematador los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse su extinción al precio rematante. Todos los nombres de los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surgen de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico y en los sitios públicos de acuerdo a las disposiciones de la Regla 51.7 de las de Procedimiento Civil, así como para la publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria y en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas con antelación a la fecha de la primera subasta y por lo menos una vez por semana. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento indicado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables. (Art. 102 (1) de la Ley núm. 210-2015). Expedido el presente en Camuy, Puerto Rico a 3 de enero de 2025. WILFREDO OLMO SALAZAR, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. LUIS E. ROMÁN CARRERO, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE CAMUY.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE PONCE

ESTRELLA

COMMERCIAL, LLC

Demandante V.

RAFAEL E. PEREZ

RODRIGUEZ T/C/C

RAFAEL EBERTO PEREZ

RODRIGUEZ, BIRINA

OLIVERA LOPEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES

COMPUESTA POR AMBOS Y ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Demandado(s)

Civil Núm.: JCD2012-0768. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA.

A: RAFAEL E. PEREZ

RODRIGUEZ T/C/C

RAFAEL EBERTO PEREZ

RODRIGUEZ, BIRINA

OLIVERA LOPEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES

COMPUESTA POR AMBOS Y ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; Y AL PUBLICO EN GENERAL:

El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico, hago saber a la parte demandada y, al PUBLICO EN GENERAL, y a todos los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante, a saber: EMBARGO

FEDERAL: En el libro de Embargos Federales número 6, en la página 153, asiento 1, se encuentra presentado el día 24 de febrero de 2011, con el número de notificación 754978311, embargo contra Rafael E. Pérez Rodríguez, seguro social XXX-XX-3799, por la suma de $24,399.43. Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 1 de febrero de 2024, por la Secretaria del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: Dirección de la Propiedad: Urb. Santa Elena, #6 Calle Luis M. Rivera, Guayanilla, PR. RUSTI-

CA: Parcela de terreno radicada en el barrio Quebradas del término municipal de Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, marcada con el número seis (6) del plano de inscripción con una cabida de diecisiete mil trescientos sesenta y seis punto novecientos diecisiete (17,366.917) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en una distancia de veintiocho punto cincuenta y ocho (28.58) metros con la finca principal de la cual procede, propiedad de Cristino Torres; por el SUR, en una distancia de setenta y uno punto cuarenta y dos (71.42) metros con cinco (5) parcelas segregadas pertenecientes a distintos dueños y en una distancia de once (11) metros con la carretera Estatal número trescientos ochenta y siete (387); por el ESTE, en una distancia de doscientos catorce (214.00) metros con terrenos de Ángel Orlando Rodríguez y; por el OESTE, en una distancia de doscientos nueve (209) metros con la finca principal de la cual procede. Consta inscrita al folio 13 del tomo 221 de Guayanilla, finca número 2752, Registro de la Propiedad Sección Segunda de Ponce. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante, hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $141,195.28 de principal, más intereses acumulados a razón del 10.00% anual, suma que al 15 de febrero de 2022 ascendía a $64,517.57, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la deuda, en adición a la suma de $2,649.24 de otros cargos, costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, según pactados, correspondientes al préstamo 294130021; adeudando además la suma de $11,500.00 de principal, más intereses ascendentes a $3,895.53, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la deuda, correspondiente al préstamo 294130022, por concepto de cargos por demora, en adición a cualquier adelanto realizado conforme a los documentos de préstamo, costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado según pactados, disponiéndose que si quedare algún remanente luego de pagarse las sumas antes mencionadas del mismo deberá ser depositado en la Secretaria del Tribunal para ser entregado a la parte con interés previa solicitud y orden del Tribunal. La venta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. LA PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto

el día 29 DE ENERO DE 2025, A LAS 1:45 DE LA TARDE, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, localizada en el Centro Judicial de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es por la suma de $210,000.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 5 DE FEBRERO DE 2025, A LAS 1:45 DE LA TARDE, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será por la suma de $140,000.00, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 12 DE FEBRERO DE 2025, A LA 1:45 DE LA TARDE, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será por la suma de $105,000.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al proce-

dimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy día 27 de diciembre de 2024. MIGUEL A. TORRES AYALA, ALGUACIL #560, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE. ***

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Demandante V. JORGE FOURNIER CARTAGENA

Demandado Civil Núm.: TA2024CV01076. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: JORGE FOURNIER CARTAGENA.

POR MEDIO del presente edicto se le notifica de la radicación de una demanda en cobro de dinero por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega que usted adeuda a la parte demandante, Oriental Bank, ciertas sumas de dinero, y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado de este litigio. El demandante, Oriental Bank, ha solicitado que se dicte sentencia en contra suya y que se le ordene pagar las cantidades reclamadas en la demanda. POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index/php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva

dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente, sin más citarle ni oírle. El abogado de la parte demandante es: Jaime Ruiz Saldaña, RUA número 11673; Dirección: PO Box 366276, San Juan, PR 00936-6276; Teléfono: (787) 759-6897; Correo electrónico: legal@jrslawpr. com. Se le advierte que dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación del presente edicto, se le estará enviando a usted por correo certificado con acuse de recibo, una copia del emplazamiento y de la demanda presentada al lugar de su última dirección conocida: Urb. Monte Elena, 70 Calle Pomarosas, Dorado, PR 00646-5602; 430 Wilson Ave. #7, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal en Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, hoy día 10 de diciembre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. M. BONILLA, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RURAL

DEVELOPMENT A/C/C LA ADMINISTRACION DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES

Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE PEDRO RAFAEL MARTINEZ

GUZMAN Y SUCESION DE GLADYS ESTHER ROJAS NATAL, AMBAS COMPUESTAS POR FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERES EN DICHAS SUCESIONES

Demandados Civil Núm.: AR2024CV01910. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: SUCESION DE PEDRO RAFAEL MARTINEZ

GUZMAN Y SUCESION DE GLADYS ESTHER ROJAS NATAL, AMBAS COMPUESTAS POR FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERES EN DICHAS SUCESIONES

- BARRIO SANTANA, LOS LLANOS, CALLE 5 B-23, ARECIBO, PR 00612; EXTENSION LOS LLANOS, BO. SANTANA, H23 CALLE 5, ARECIBO, PR 00612.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), 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. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de las 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 les 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 les apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que luego del transcurso del término de treinta (30) días antes señalado, contados a partir de la fecha de 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: BUFETE FORTUñO & FORTUñO FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUñO FAS RUA NUM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970 TEL: 787-751-5290, FAX: 787-751-6155

E-MAIL: ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com

Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 7 de enero de 2025. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. ALEXANDRA ÁLVAREZ NATAL, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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ORIENTAL BANK Demandante V. SUCESION DE MIGUELINA VALDES PLAZA TCC MIGUELINA VALDEZ PLAZA Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2022CV02772. (Civil: 402). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FASJCFORTUNO@FORTUNO-LAW. COM.

A: FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE MIGUELINA VALDÉS PLAZA T/C/C MIGUELINA VALDEZ PLAZA, SUCESIÓN DE MIGUELINA VALDEÉS PLAZA T/C/C MIGUELINA VALDEZ PLAZA, SUCESIÓN DE LUIS ROHENA VALDÉS, SUCESIÓN DE DENIS STERLING VALDÉS SUCESIÓN DE ELIER STEVEN ROHENA FIGUEROA, COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS O PERSONAS CON INTERÉS CHISTOPHER ROHENA BAYAS T/C/C CHRISTOPHER ROHENA ZAYAS, CATHERINE STERLING SALDAÑA, NINOSHKA EUNICE STERLING SALDAÑA, DARITZA STERLING,

MACAO SALA SUPERIOR E.M.I. EQUITY MORTGAGE, INC.

Demandante Vs. MIRAIDA RODRIGUEZ TORRES

Demandados

Civil Núm.: HU2024CV00958. 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 HUMACAO, 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 11 DE FEBRERO DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: URB. MENDEZ BO. JUAN MARTIN A-34 CALLE B YABUCOA, PR 00767 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número A-34, denominado VBC quince, radicado en el Barrio Juan Martín de Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 276.4 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar A1; por el SUR, con la Calle B; por el ESTE, con el Solar A33; y por el OESTE, con terrenos de la Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda de Puerto Rico. NOTA: No surge del historial de la finca mención de edificación. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 66 del Tomo 117 de Yabucoa, Finca número 5,796 en el Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $89,898.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 18 DE FEBRERO DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $59,932.00. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día

25 DE FEBRERO DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $44,949.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 704 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 17 de junio de 2022, ante la Notario Lesbia Hernández Miranda y consta inscrita tomo Karibe de Yabucoa, finca número 5,796, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao, inscripción Quinta (5ta). Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido contra la parte demandada ascendente a la suma de $87,670.72 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de marzo de 2024, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.75% 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 $8,989.80. 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 HUMACAO, 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 ni preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesa el gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relaciona a continuación: Hipoteca a favor de Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico, por la suma principal de $8,000.00, sin intereses, vencedero el día 17 de junio de 2027, constituida mediante la

escritura número 705, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 17 de junio de 2022, ante la notario Lesbia Hernández Miranda, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Yabucoa, finca número 5,796, inscripción 6ta. Sujeta a condiciones bajo el Programa CDBG-DR por un término de 5 años. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores conocidos y desconocidos que tengan inscritos, no inscritos, presentados y/o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy día 2 de enero de 2024. JENNISA GARCÍA MORALES, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. WILNELIA RIVERA DELGADO, AGUACIL #249, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO, SALA SUPERIOR.

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OWNERS

ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante V. FRANCISCO MANUEL

VAZQUEZ LOPEZ Y

OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SJ2024CV07776. (Salón: 506 CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JESSICA D. MARTÍNEZ BARRELJMARTBIRR@YAHOO.COM. A: FRANCISCO MANUEL VAZQUEZ LOPEZ, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; MARIA ANGÉLICA CRUZ RIVERA, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 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 09 de enero de 2025. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 09 de enero de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MARIELA O. VIZCARRONDO ROSADO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. JOHN DOE Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SJ2024CV06416. (Salón: 506 CIVIL). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JAVIER MONTALVO

CINTRÓN - JMONTALVO@ DELGADOFERNANDEZ.COM. A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, PERSONAS DESCONOCIDAS QUE SE DESIGNAN CON ESTOS NOMBRES FICTICIOS, QUE PUEDAN SER TENEDOR O TENEDORES, O PUEDAN TENER ALGÚN INTERÉS EN EL PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO A QUE SE HACE REFERENCIA MÁS ADELANTE EN EL PRESENTE EDICTO, QUE SE PUBLICARÁ UNA SOLA VEZ. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 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 09 de enero de 2025. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 09 de enero de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MARIELA O. VIZCARRONDO ROSADO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante Vs. ALBERTO MORALES SÁNCHEZ

Demandado

Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV08191. (1003). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: ALBERTO MORALES SÁNCHEZ.

Queda emplazado y notificado de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda en su contra sobre Cobro de Dinero. Se le notifica para que comparezca ante el Tribunal dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga, en el presente caso. Se le notifica que deberá presentar su alegación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.poderjudicial. pr., salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Centro Judicial de San Juan, Sala Municipal, y enviando copia a la parte demandante: Lcda. Andrea Carolina Chaves Figueroa; PO Box 193813, San Juan, PR 00919; achaves@ esqlegalpr.com. Se le apercibe y notifica que si no contesta la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía en su contra y se dictará sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la demanda, sin más citársele ni oírsele.

Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal a 7 de enero de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA GENERAL. LAURA C. REYNOSO ESQUILÍN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante V. RANDY JAY STEPP Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: VB2024CV00585.

(Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR).

Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JESSICA D. MARTÍNEZ BIRRIELJMARTBIRR@YAHOO.COM. A: RANDY JAY STEPP, POR SÍ Y REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; KIMBERLY SUE SLEEP, POR SÍ Y REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 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 09 de enero de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 09 de enero de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS

ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante V. PABLO GABRIEL HALPERN Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: VB2024CV00586. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JESSICA D.MARTÍNEZ BARRELJMARTBIRR@YAHOO.COM. A: PABLO GABRIEL HALPERN, POR SÍ Y REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; NANCY ELIZABETH WIGHT, POR SÍ Y REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 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 en-

terarse 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 09 de enero de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 09 de enero de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Demandante V. ELOISE ALEXANDER WATSON Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: VB2024CV00587. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JESSICA D. MARTÍNEZ BARRELJMARTBIRR@YAHOO.COM. A: ELOISE ALEXANDER WATSON Y PERRY MCFARLAND. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 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 09 de enero de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 09 de enero de 2025.

ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE

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CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN

SUNWEST MORTGAGE

COMPANY INC.

Demandante V. ELSA MAGALY COLON ATANACIO Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: TB2024CV00472. (Salón: 703). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

ENRIQUE SILVA AVILESENRIQUE.SILVA@USDOJ.GOV.

FERNANDO J. GIERBOLINI

GONZÁLEZ - FGIERBOLINI@ MSGLAWPR.COM.

A: ELSA MAGALY COLON ATANACIO; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DEL PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 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 10 de enero de 2025. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 10 de enero de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. LUREIMY ALICEA GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN

LAS FLORES DE MONTEHIEDRA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC. T/C/C LAS FLORES DE MONTEHIEDRA

Demandante V. JORGE HERNANDEZ MILLER, LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON ESTE Demandado

Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV08302. Sala: 802. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. A: JOSE HERNANDEZ MILLER.

Por la presente, se le emplaza y se le notifica que debe contestar la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. Deberá presentar la contestación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentarla ante el Tribunal de Primera lnstancia Sala Superior de San Juan con copia a la representación legal de la parte demandante a la siguiente dirección: Lcdo. Rafael E. Santos Toledo, HC-45 Box 13698 Cayey, PR 00736; Tel. (787) 409-1586; Correo electrónico; rsrestlaw@gmail. com. Se le apercibe que, de no contestar la demanda dentro del término aquí establecido, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 07 de enero de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. DIANA C. PÉREZ SIERRA, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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RAMÓN ROSADO

ROMERO Y OTROS

Demandante V. HIPÓLITO RIVERA RAMOS Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: BY2024CV05696. (Salón: 505). Sobre: USUCAPIÓN. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. CAROLINA J. GARRIGA

CESANI - CGARRIGA@ TITLESECURITYGROUP.COM. A: HIPÓLITO RIVERA

RAMOS, AUREA GEIGER Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES

COMPUESTA ENTRE AMBOS; SUCESIÓN DE HIPÓLITO RIVERA

RAMOS, COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE; SUCESIÓN DE AURE GEIGEL, COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO CUALQUIER PERSONA CON INTERÉS EN LA PROPIEDAD INMUEBLE OBJETO DE ESTA DEMANDA.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 7 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 08 de enero de 2025. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 08 de enero de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MILITZA MERCADO RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. YARITZA NIEVES PEREZ Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: UT2024CV00053. (Salón: 10). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JAN MIGUEL OTERO MARTÍNEZ -

JAN.OTERO@ORF-LAW.COM. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.

A: YARITZA NIEVES PEREZ - HC04 BOX 9707, UTUADO PR 00641-7811. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 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 09 de enero de 2025. En Utuado, Puerto Rico, el 09 de enero de 2025. DIANE ÁLVAREZ VILLANUEVA, SECRETARIA. GLORIA I. RIVERA FONSECA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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NORMA ISABEL ORTIZ

MIRANDA T/C/C NORMA ISABEL ORTIZ VARGAS Demandante V.

DOLORES MATILDE ORTIZ COLÓN, RAMÓN LUIS ORTIZ HANSEN, SUCESIÓN DE FLORENCIO

ORTIZ HANSEN T/C/C

FLORENCIO ORTIZ JR. Demandados

Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV07980. Sala: 905. Sobre: PARTICIÓN Y ADJUDICACIÓN DE HERENCIA. EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS

E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE

ASOCIADO DE P.R., S.S.

A: RAMÓN LUIS ORTIZ

HANSEN, SUCESIÓN DE FLORENCIO

ORTIZ HANSEN T/C/C

FLORENCIO ORTIZ

JR. compuesta por Ramón Luis Ortiz Hansen, Florencio Ortiz

Hansen t/c/c Florencio Ortiz III, Orlando Ortiz Hansen, Sherezetle L. Ortiz Hansen, Lorencio Chinnery, John Doe y Jane Doe, demandados desconocidos cuya dirección se desconoce. Se les notifica por este medio que en el caso del epígrafe se solicita la Partición y Adjudicación de Herencia de los bienes de la herencia de LA SUCESIÓN DE FLORENCIO ORTIZ ORTIZ.

Este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le(s) cite a usted(es) por edicto que se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general. 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, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal y notifique copia de la Contestación de la Demanda a las oficinas de LCDO. EDUARDO SANCHEZ JAUREGUIJIMENEZ, 366 CALLE ESCORIAL, CAPARRA HEIGHTS, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00920; Tel (787) 603-1178, email: edusjj@gmail.com, Abogado de la Parte Demandante, 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, concediéndose el remedio solicitado sin más citarle(s) ni oírle(s). EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y con el Sello del Tribunal. DADA hoy 03 de enero de 2025 en San Juan, Puerto Rico. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ

COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. DIANA C. PÉREZ

SIERRA, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN FELIPE MATOS APONTE Parte Demandante Vs. DORAL MORTGAGE, LLC COMO SUCCESSOR DE DORAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, JOHN DOE

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2024CV07370. Sala: 703. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO E HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A La Parte Demandada: JOHN DOE - DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA. Se le emplaza y requiere para que, dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados, Por la presente se le emplaza para que, presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 contados a partir de la publicación del edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://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 de este 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 termino, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, inciso 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.

Lcda. Leslie J. Hernández Crespo Nombre de la abogada de la parte demandante 15,559 Número ante el Tribunal Supremo (RUA)

P.O. Box 10338, San Juan Puerto Rico 00922

Dirección Postal 787-344-2853

Número de Teléfono ljhc_99@yahoo.com

Correo electrónico.

EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 20 de diciembre de 2024. ALICIA

AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA INTERINA. LUREIMY ALICEA GONZÁLEZ, SUBSECRETARIA.

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Parte Demandante Vs. JEAN C. RIVERA RIVERA

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BQ2024CV00107. Salón: 002. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMIPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

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The kids are all right on defense

By JOHN HOLLINGER / THE ATHLETIC

Something has changed in the NBA, and I’m not sure it is getting enough attention. Let’s start with three plays from a Jan. 6 game between the Chicago Bulls and San Antonio Spurs. All three feature Bulls center Nikola Vucevic attempting to score against the Spurs’ 7-foot-3 center, Victor Wembanyama.

— Ninety seconds into the game, Vucevic goes to his bread and butter, a pick-and-pop with Josh Giddey. Vucevic has been cooking from outside this season, but when he picks and pops against Wembanyama, he knows the Spurs big man can recover and block his jump shot. So Vucevic wisely shot-fakes and cruises to the rim for what he thinks is an easy layup, only to have Wembanyama block his offering from behind.

— Two minutes later, Vucevic gets Wembanyama on the block, but he knows his usual offering of jump hooks with either hand is likely to end up in Row 7. Instead, he goes to the shot-fake. It works. Wembanyama leaves his feet! Unfortunately, he recovers so quickly that when Vucevic goes up for a layup, Wembanyama does not just block it, he swallows it with his hands.

— One minute later, Vucevic catches a pass from Zach LaVine 1 foot from the basket and seems to have an uncontested layup or dunk, except he senses the looming presence of Wembanyama. Vucevic turns down the first shot and tries to dribble into Wembanyama’s body. That does not work either. Instead, despite being a 7-footer and inches from the basket, he meekly kicks the ball out and resets the offense.

This play, what I call the “Hell naw,” is Wembanyama’s true specialty. The center’s

greatest power is not the shots he blocks; it’s the ones opponents do not even dare to attempt.

Wembanyama blocked eight shots that night, and while the Bulls ended up rallying to beat San Antonio, the larger story arc of Wembanyama’s defensive dominance this season is only gaining steam.

Those three plays show the quandary of going up against Wembanyama: What are you supposed to do against him? He can cover the entire lane in a single bound, needs a nanosecond to load up for his jump (or second jump) and his arms are longer than a CVS receipt. Good luck trying to score on him.

In just his second season, Wembanyama has blocked four shots per game, the most in the NBA in nearly three decades.

He swats 5.8 shots per 100 possessions, and only 11 players in the league have played at least 500 minutes and blocked even half as many.

Want a more amazing stat? He had 127 blocks through Sunday’s games — do you know how many times he was called for goaltending?

Four. That’s it.

Needless to say, the results back up his impact. The Spurs give up 7.2 points fewer per 100 possessions when he plays and surrender a much lower field goal percentage. Inside 6 feet, opponents shoot 50.2% against the Spurs when he is the closest defender and 62.9% the rest of the time. That’s as big a difference as any other player in the NBA who has played the bulk of his team’s games.

In doing so, Wembanyama has singlehandedly dragged the Spurs into the top half of the league in defensive efficiency and into the Western Conference playoff race. He has

become the runaway front-runner for defensive player of the year at age 21, a year after finishing second in voting. And that, friends, is my long-winded lead-in to the real story here:

The kids are taking over on defense.

This has never been the way in this league. Mastering defense was something that was supposed to take years. But as the game has opened up and prioritized mobility and switchability, it has been easier for younger players to enter the NBA and make a more immediate impact. Wembanyama is one example — nobody is trying to mash him into the stanchion the way players might have a decade ago.

While the older cohort still has its share of elite defenders — 31-year-old Rudy Gobert was the defensive player of the year in 2023-24, most notably — we have had a fairly abrupt changing of the guard in the past few seasons that has only accelerated in 2024-25. (Note that all ages in this article are as of Feb. 1 for the season in question and all statistics were through Sunday’s games.)

Take 21-year-old Dyson Daniels in Atlanta, for instance. Liberated from a crowded backcourt in New Orleans, the Great Barrier Thief, as he is sometimes called, is running with the league lead in steals and deflections in his third season, to the point that his 225 deflections on the season are 87 more than secondplace Kelly Oubre Jr. His team does not reach the midpoint of its schedule until Saturday, yet Daniels is closing in on the point where he could shut it down for the year and still lead the league in deflections.

If there were an Eastern Conference defensive player of the year race, Daniels’ biggest rival would most likely be the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Evan Mobley, 23. He has been the linchpin of the defense for a Cavaliers team that is running away from the rest of the East; he also finished third in defensive player of the year voting two years ago, when the Memphis Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. won.

At 25, Jackson is not exactly a grizzled veteran, either. He, along with Wembanyama, Mobley and Daniels, are the four players to be recognized as defensive player of the month this season. Thus, every winner of the league’s newest honor has been 25 or younger.

Again, this is a massive difference from how things have been historically. Nobody under the age of 22 had meaningful vote share for defensive player of the year in any of the six seasons from 2016 to 2021, and the 2017, 2018 and 2019 All-Defensive teams did not feature a single player under 24. As recently as 2019, eight of the 10 players on the two All-

San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama’s greatest power is not the shots he blocks; it’s the ones opponents do not even dare to attempt. (Facebook via Victor Wembanyama)

Defensive squads were 27 or older. This season? It is possible Wembanyama and Daniels finish first and second as 21-yearolds. We might also see all five first-team AllDefensive spots go to players 25 or younger when you add players like Mobley; Jackson; Oklahoma City’s Jalen Williams, 23, and Lu Dort, 25; Houston’s Amen Thompson, 21; Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards, 23, and Jaden McDaniels, 24; and Orlando’s Goga Bitadze, 25 — and that is with the Thunder’s fly-swatting Chet Holmgren, 22, out with an injury. Oklahoma City is without a doubt the league’s paramount example. The top eight players in minutes all are 26 or younger. Two of the most impactful have been Williams, who has had an extended run as a 6-6 center and somehow mastered rim protection despite playing point guard in college, and 21-year-old Cason Wallace, a ball-hawking guard with the team’s highest steal rate.

Despite relying on young players, the Thunder are poised to be one of the best defensive teams in NBA history, if not the best. Their 103.9 defensive rating is 9.4 points below the league average; since team turnovers began being tracked in 1970-71, no team has ever finished a season that far below the league average.

We are at a point where the learning curve is faster because talent is mattering as much or more than strength and technique. As a result, we are seeing players make massive leaps forward as soon as their second and third seasons in the league.

Wembanyama, at the individual level, and the Thunder, at the team level, are our two shining examples. But look deeper, and examples of both types abound. Things have changed.

The San Juan Daily Star

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