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House minority leader, fellow NPP lawmaker reject PREPA debt deal

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ouse Minority Leader Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Nuñez and New Progressive Party (NPP) Rep. Víctor Parés Otero (San Juan) on Tuesday rejected the latest version of the debt adjustment plan for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) filed in court by the Financial Oversight and Management Board.

“This fourth version of PREPA’s Debt Adjustment Plan was presented on a Saturday, just hours before the end of the year. In addition to lacking transparency, the Plan is totally arbitrary, unnecessarily impacting residential consumers and our small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs),” Méndez Nuñez said in a written statement. “We reject this proposed increase of 4.4 cents per kilowatt-hour for residential customers and a higher one for SMEs.” “It is important to emphasize that the increase in the cost of electricity affects not only residential customers, but also SMEs and industries, for which it would be tough not to pass this increase on to consumers,” the former House speaker added. “That’s not what we’re looking for. We also highlight that the payment of pensions, approximately $300 million annually, has not been considered in that Plan. This is a strong blow that should not be approved.”

The oversight board, which represents PREPA in its bankruptcy, filed yet another Fourth Amended Plan of Adjustment last week to include the debt settlement reached with the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors on Dec. 18. Like previous PREPA debt deals, the plan of adjustment contains 18 classes of debtors.

The plan includes provisions creating a GUC Trust Board comprising three members to be appointed to manage all matters related to unsecured creditors, including a GUC Trust created to distribute proceeds of the settlement.

The Unsecured Creditors Committee (UCC) and the oversight board reached a settlement on PREPA payments on Dec. 18 that would give the UCC a fixed payment of $335 million, the avoidance action proceeds, up to another $300 million if the court reduces bondholder claims, as well as other considerations.

In exchange the UCC agreed to support the plan and drop an adversary proceeding arguing that its claims were superior to those of bondholders, which U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain, who is overseeing Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy cases, ruled have only a $2.4 billion unsecured claim on their $8.3 billion in outstanding debt.

The oversight board has said it does not need to

re-solicit votes on the plan because the settlement will harm no creditor group. The extra money to pay the UCC will come from a recent increase of the oversight board’s estimate of how much debt PREPA can sustain.

From and after the effective date, reorganized PREPA will provide a single recovery in the form of payment to the PREPA PayGo Trust sufficient to satisfy participants’ claims against the PREPA Employees Retirement System (ERS) to the extent described in Article XIII of the plan.

Regarding pensions, the plan says benefit payments for which the PREPA ERS is entitled will be limited to benefits payable to any participant who is a retiree as of the effective date of the plan without any further cost of living adjustments from and benefits payable to participants who are active PREPA ERS participants with benefit accruals frozen as of the effective date.

The contractual obligations of PREPA to PREPA ERS including, without limitation, the obligation to pay employer contributions sufficient to fund benefits in the PREPA ERS Regulations and any obligations PREPA is required to pay on account of participants who moved to employment with the commonwealth or its agencies, will be rescinded under the plan.

PREPA will also charge a “legacy charge” consisting of all applicable customer charges and volumetric charges set at the levels for each customer class. The legacy charge is collected to ensure sufficient cash flow required for PREPA’s debt service on certain new bonds to be issued under the plan.

Rep. Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Nuñez

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Senators to hold round-table on surge of fraud schemes targeting the elderly

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ens. Marisa “Marissita” Jiménez Santoni and Keren Riquelme Cabrera announced Tuesday that a task force will meet to create strategies aimed at providing guidance to the elderly population on new fraud schemes focused on this sector of the population, which exceeds 760,000 in Puerto Rico.

The meeting, scheduled for next week at the Capitol, will be attended by officials from the Public Safety, Justice and Family departments, as well as the Office of the Ombudsman for the Elderly, the Office of Innovation and Technology Services (PRITS) and the American Association of Retired Persons. better known as AARP, among others.

“Today we see how fraud schemes have focused on the elderly, as well as on those who are close to reaching 60 years of age. The increase in the use of social media by this sector of the population, which if we include a metric from 55 years old onwards, we are talking about over 925,000 people, almost a third of our population,” said Jiménez Santoni, senator for the District of Carolina.

Sen. Marissa Jiménez Santoni “We have to act to protect them from these schemes, that is the aim of this working table that we are convening for this month.”

Riquelme Cabrera added that “[w]hat we’re seeing

is a skyrocketing increase in social media fraud that targets older adults.”

“All kinds of fraudulent schemes have an impact on this important sector of our society, which is why we need to develop an aggressive targeting campaign, along with mechanisms to facilitate the identification of these criminal elements, as well as their prosecution in the judicial system,” the at-large senator said. “There can be no impunity whatsoever.”

On Tuesday morning, news reports detailed a dizzying increase in fraud cases involving older adults, as well as people who are approaching 60 years of age, among which romantic frauds through electronic platforms such as social networks stand out.

“What we seek with this meeting is to outline strategies, real and applicable, in an expeditious manner to address these fraud schemes,” Jiménez Santoni said. “[...] In addition, there must be mechanisms available for older adults that make it easier for them to identify these types of schemes for the purpose of prevention.

We will also evaluate whether more legislation is needed and what areas we can strengthen.”

Proposed program would offer seed money to young entrepreneurs in Río Piedras

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ith the aim of encouraging young people to establish their own businesses in the urban district of Río Piedras, District 3 (San Juan) Rep. José “Cheito” Hernández Concepción has proposed a seed capital program for new businesses known as “Bet on Río Piedras.”

“The traditional urban area of Río Piedras is experiencing a new resurgence with the initiatives of our mayor Miguel Romero,” the New Progressive Party lawmaker said. “To

support this effort, we have outlined a new support program for young people who wish to develop their own businesses, which we have called ‘Bet on Río Piedras,’ a platform that allows the disbursement of seed capital for young people between 18 and 35 years old who establish their businesses in this important area of San Juan.”

The proposed new program will offer up to $10,000, or 30 percent of the investment in equipment and materials, through seed capital, similar to the SME (Small & Midsize Enterprises) Development program. The re-

quirements, in addition to the regular ones in the aforementioned program, also include that the business must be established in the urban area.

The new program also provides technical assistance.

“In the coming days we will be discussing the matter with the secretary of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce [DDEC by its Spanish acronym], Manuel Cidre,” Hernández Concepción said. “But the new program will be similar to the ‘Women’s Business Briefcase,’ a program created over the past four years that offers, among other things, business training seminars, access to development tools, individualized support and the opportunity to interact with other entrepreneurs, exchanging ideas and concepts for improvement. It is a hybrid program between the Briefcase and SME Development.”

Through the Women’s Business Briefcase Portal, DDEC offers the tools to guide, facilitate and give direction so that interested people can create their own businesses, or expand and grow their existing businesses, with a vision to export their goods and services competitively to the global market.

In the heart of the San Juan metro area, Río Piedras was the seat of the Municipality of Río Piedras until 1951, when it was incorporated into the Municipality of San Juan. Río Piedras,

sometimes known as the “University City,” has a long and rich relationship with the island’s primary teaching center, the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. For many years, Río Piedras was one of the most active places in the capital and the economic engine of the metro area.

Hernández Concepción is the author of House Resolution 449, which creates a sales and use tax-free zone in the traditional urban area of Río Piedras. The measure was approved in the House of Representatives and is under evaluation by the Senate.

Rep. José Hernández Concepción

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NPP, PDP field candidates for elective positions as deadline passes

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he New Progressive Party (NPP) has candidates for all of its elected positions, NPP Electoral Commissioner Vanessa Santo Domingo announced Tuesday, which was the deadline for aspiring candidates to file applications to run in this year’s elections.

The electoral process consists of 148 candidates. In the case of mayors, they are presented together with the city assembly members as they are grouped positions.

“The NPP is ready for this electoral cycle,” Santo Domingo said. “One hundred percent of the [elective positions] have candidates, from experienced leaders to new faces committed to our ideal, demonstrating that we are a party with structure and organization.”

She noted that preliminarily, 608 candidates had filed their candidacies with the State Elections Commission.

Of those, some 32 percent are women aspiring to elective office: 17 to the mayoralties, 18 to the Senate, and 12 to the House of Representatives, Santo Domingo detailed.

The official announced that, so far, there will be primaries in 22 municipalities, in all the senatorial districts except in Carolina, in the at-large candidacies for the Senate and the House of Representatives, in the majority of the House district seats, and in the governor’s race.

The NPP Evaluation Committee is evaluating the latest filings and complaints filed with the Electoral Commissioner’s Office. At noon on Tuesday the process for filing a candidacy for the

Popular Democratic Party Electoral Commissioner Karla Angleró various elective positions closed.

Separately, Dignity Project Electoral Commissioner Nelson Rosario anticipated in an interview before the noon deadline that the party would not have candidates for all elective positions.

Popular Democratic Party (PDP) officials did not answer requests for comment but preliminarily, they expected to have candidates for all their elective positions. This year, the PDP opted to nominate fewer at-large candidates for the Legislature in order to improve the winning chances of the party’s candidates in those races.

PDP Electoral Commissioner Karla Angleró and the party’s secretary general, Gerardo “Toñito” Cruz, announced that the candidacy process for all elective positions in the November elections had been completed.

That included the respective municipal assemblies for the 78 municipalities, 40 House districts, eight Senatorial districts, at-large candidacies for both chambers, resident commissioner and governor.

“On October 16, we opened applications for all elective positions. Today, January 2, 2024, one year before the PDP assumes its new mission of leading the country toward true development, we have completed all the available candidates for the next elections and, contrary to what detractors have said publicly, the PDP will go to the election with 100 percent of the same candidates covered,” Angleró said in a written statement. “This is undoubtedly a reflection of the work of our president [Jesús Manuel Ortiz González] to put the PDP in a position to win, which

has raised the enthusiasm of all the populares of the island and those who have become interested in running for an elective position.”

She added that the party will hold primaries in almost all races, except for resident commissioner since only Pablo José Hernández Rivera filed a candidacy for that post.

MVC presents Córdova Iturregui as a ‘water’ candidate for governor Also on Tuesday, the Citizen Victory Movement (MVC by its Spanish initials) completed its process of filing candidates for the fall elections, which includes a “water” candidate for governor, despite the fact that they agreed with the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) to support the candidacy of Juan Dalmau Ramírez for governor.

Dr. Javier Córdova Iturregui, a retired university professor and former president of the Puerto Rican Association of University Professors, will be the MVC’s candidate for governor.

As part of the so-called Country Alliance agreements, the MVC will support the PIP candidate for governor while the PIP will support the MVC candidate for resident commissioner.

Roberto Velázquez Correa was announced Tuesday as the PIP’s “water” candidate for the D.C. post.

At the close of the filing period, the MVC will have internal contests for the positions of resident commissioner, atlarge representative and at-large senator.

The party has adopted the alternate method for primaries, which is why it will be holding a series of assemblies during January and February to choose the candidates for those positions.

Capitol to host Three Kings event on Thursday

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enate President José Luis Dalmau Santiago announced Tuesday that this Thursday, Jan. 4, an event called “Give a Smile in This New Year” will be held at the Capitol, where attendees will have the opportunity to greet the Three Wise Men of Juana Díaz.

“We extend a special invitation to the people of Puerto Rico to join our Three Kings Day celebration at the Capitol,” Dalmau Santiago said in a written statement. “It will be a day full of magic, tradition and shared joy.”

During the event, which will begin at 10 a.m. on the

north side of the Capitol, families will have access to various play and entertainment areas. On stage, the Remi Show, Shabum, and the Clown Orchestra will perform, along with the animation of Alex DJ. Also on hand will be superheroes from the Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration.

In addition, the Senate will receive the visit of the Three Wise Men of Juana Díaz starting at 2 p.m., when the children will be able to have their portraits taken with them.

“Let’s celebrate our tradition and welcome this New Year with smiles and joy from our House of Laws,” the Senate leader said.

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Taboada de Jesús calls for charges against individuals injured while using illegal pyrotechnics

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ndividuals who used illegal pyrotechnic material on New Year’s Eve and were injured should be prosecuted since they had been warned in advance that the use of explosive materials is illegal, a police organization leader said Tuesday.

“Those individuals who are in hospitals receiving treatment either private or with payments from the government health card as a result of an explosion from a prohibited pyrotechnic item must be prosecuted for the illegal use of explosive material,” said Lt. José Taboada de Jesús, president of the Puerto Rico Police Members Association. “We call on the colleagues of the Puerto Rico Police and the Municipal Police not to drop the cases of these people who used explosives that exploded in their hands, injuring their bodies and putting them in an emergency room. No one can claim that they did not know about the danger of

Lt. José Taboada de Jesús, president of the Puerto Rico Police Members Association using illegal explosives.”

Puerto Ricans were informed well in advance about the danger of using explosives to celebrate Christmas, the law enforcement leader reiterated. On this occasion, the violators of the law on explosives confronted an oriented population and alert neighbors who used their cell phones to record violations with the use of multiple variations of explosive materials on New Year’s Eve, he said.

“They are already beginning to show evidence of the disorder caused by these irresponsible people who kept an entire community in agony with the detonation of thousands of firecrackers and quarter-sticks of dynamite,” Taboada de Jesús said. “We urge residents to protect these videos so they can be used in the courts.”

He said the Puerto Rico Police Bureau carried out exceptional intelligence work, conducting raids that managed to remove millions of firecrackers, quarter-sticks of dynamite and illegal pyrotechnic material that would have otherwise impacted the

tranquility of communities.

“However, the mafia that exists at the country’s docks managed to circumvent security and inspections so that more than 20 wagons [containers] of explosive material easily entered the country,” Taboada de Jesús said. “We insist that these violators of neighborhood peace must be taught a lesson.”

“We have to make complaints against everyone who, knowing the risk and knowing that the use of quarter-sticks of dynamite or illegally manufactured instruments could cause damage,” he added.

The law enforcement officer was adamant in insisting violators “must be prosecuted in the courts of the country.”

“There are many laws here that allow and support the Puerto Rico Police to be able to file complaints against anyone who is in a hospital convalescing from a wound caused by the mishandling of an explosive,” Taboada de Jesús said. “Being injured does not exonerate a person from the violation.”

10 patients treated at Centro Medico due to New Year’s Eve mishaps

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he emergency room at Centro Médico received 10 cases on Sunday, NewYear’s Eve, and into the early hours of New Year’s Day, five due to injuries from fireworks and another five reportedly due to wounds sustained from stray bullets.

As reported by Dr. Israel Ayala, medical director of the Puerto Rico Medical Services Administration (ASEM), in a written statement issued Monday, “of the five injured only one claims to have been [wounded due to] bullets fired into the air.”

“This case is in the investigation stage and is yet to be confirmed,” the official added. “With these figures we can deduce that the campaign against bullets in the air continues to yield results, but we must not let our guard down. The goal should be to continue educating the public to eliminate this practice.”

Regarding the burning of gunpowder and fireworks, Ayala specified that “from Christmas Eve 2023 until today, a total of eight patients were registered.”

“Meanwhile, in the approximate period of 24 hours, referring to New Year’s Eve and the early morning of New Year’s, a total

of 94 patients due to various medical conditions who arrived at our Emergency Room were referred either from other hospital institutions or directly from their homes,” he said.

The physician noted that holiday season festivities go on in Puerto Rico and called for continuing to celebrate with prudence. “The celebrations of Three Kings Day, the Octavitas and the San Sebastián Street Festivities are approaching and at these events the consumption of alcoholic beverages is higher, so I urge you, to avoid tragedies, if you are going to consume alcohol, hand over the keys,” Ayala said.

In the period from Dec. 24 to Dec. 31, 2023, meanwhile, the number of car accidents reached 35 cases, along with 17 accidents involving motorcycles.

Of the 10 cases treated in the emergency room at Centro Médico in Río Piedras on Sunday night, New Year’s Eve, and into early Monday, five were reportedly injuries caused by fireworks and another five reportedly involved wounds sustained from stray bullets.

First homicide of 2024 is reported in Bayamón

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he Puerto Rico Police Bureau was investigating the new year’s first homicide case, which occurred on Monday afternoon on PR-167 in Bayamón.

According to authorities, at around 2:15 p.m., a call

to the 9-1-1 Emergency System alerted police about a person who had sustained several gunshot wounds.

When agents reached the reported location, they found the bullet-riddled body of an unidentified man between 20 and 30 years old inside a white 2018 Toyota Corolla.

It was reported that PR-167 was closed to traffic during

the police response.

Agent José Díaz of the Bayamón Centro precinct was investigating the case, while agents assigned to the Bayamón Criminal Investigation Corps’ Homicide Division, along with the prosecutor on duty, joined the investigation.

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For 2024, expect state debates over AI, gender and firearms

By RICK ROJAS

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s Americans have engaged in fierce disagreement over gender expression and sexual orientation, the costs and reach of racism, and the danger and opportunity presented by rapid technological advancement, state legislatures have been one of the most visible and influential arenas for these debates.

It will probably be no different in 2024.

Lawmakers in dozens of states will soon be returning to work, weighing in on some of the most divisive issues confronting the country, including access to transitionrelated care for young transgender people, abortion and gun rights.

Lawmakers will also consider new regulations on artificial intelligence, a digital frontier that security experts have described as a serious potential threat — and one where state lawmakers could play a vital role by adopting safeguards that could be a model for the federal government to eventually follow.

“Consensus has yet to emerge, but Congress can look to state legislatures — often referred to as the laboratories of democracy — for inspiration regarding how to address the opportunities and challenges posed by AI,” said a report published in November from the Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan law and poverty think tank.

Several states, including Florida, South Carolina and New Hampshire, are considering legislation that would govern the use of artificial intelligence in political advertising, particularly “deepfake” technology, which could enable the voice and likeness of a candidate to be co-opted and used in malicious ways.

The South Carolina bill would limit the use of such technology within 90 days of an election and require a disclaimer declaring that the advertisement includes imagery or audio that has been “manipulated or generated by artificial intelligence.”

“The technology that produces this content has advanced rapidly and outpaced government regulation,” Nick DiCeglie, a Republican state senator in Florida who introduced legislation in December, said in a statement.

A recent surge of legislation focused

Hundreds of abortion rights demonstrators gather in the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Jan. 22, 2023. Some of the most contentious issues in the country will dominate the agendas of state legislatures returning to work in the coming days and weeks. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times) on gender expression and sexual orientation, driven by conservative lawmakers across the country, is also widely expected to continue in 2024.

In Missouri, lawmakers have proposed forbidding educators from referring to a student using pronouns that do not align with their “biological sex” without written permission from a student’s parent.

Lawmakers are also considering strengthening the law the state enacted in 2023 that prevents doctors from prescribing puberty blockers and hormones for transgender minors. The new proposals include removing a sunset clause on the current law, as well as an exception that allowed minors who were already prescribed puberty blockers or hormones before the law went into effect to continue receiving treatment.

Twenty-two states have now passed laws preventing access to transition-related health care for minors; some have been blocked by legal challenges. The laws were part of a flurry of legislation championed by conservative lawmakers over the past two years that focused particularly on the gay and transgender community. It included bills aimed at limiting drag performances and classroom discussions of gender identity and sexual orientation.

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Other states, including Kentucky and Tennessee, could see proposals for lessstringent gun control measures, including so-called red-flag laws that authorize the temporary removal of firearms from people who are deemed by the courts to be dangerous.

In Washington state, some elected officials — including the state treasurer and lawmakers — are pushing for an ambitious approach to tackling a growing chasm in upward mobility and access to education between upper-income white residents and children who grow up in lower-income families, especially families of color, with a proposal to create trust funds known as “baby bonds.”

The proposal would provide such children with a $4,000 bond by their first birthday, which would be available to them when they reach adulthood to use for college, buying a home or starting a business. Connecticut lawmakers approved baby bonds in 2021, but the implementation was delayed for two years as state officials negotiated funding. Attempts at the federal level have failed.

Washington state had considered a similar measure in 2023, but it failed, with opponents mainly put off by the cost. Supporters said the Washington Future Fund, as the program is officially known, would help with closing an important division in opportunity.

“Income gaps and other institutionalized racist policies and practices prevent Black, Indigenous and other people of color from building generational wealth,” the Economic Opportunity Institute, a think tank based in Seattle focused on economic security, racial equity and sustainability, said of the proposed policy. “The Washington Future Fund would shrink this racial wealth gap and provide longer term economic stability to low-income Washingtonians.”

In South Carolina, one of the few Southern states that have not passed a ban on transition-related care for minors, critics of the earlier proposed prohibitions have warned that the fight is not over. “We were able to stave off the worst attacks in 2023, but we need all hands on deck when the state legislature returns in January 2024,” the American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina said in a recent statement.

Virginia is another state where a transgender care ban for minors failed in 2023, as did nearly a dozen other bills assailed by critics as “anti-transgender.” But in 2024, with Democrats reclaiming full control of the General Assembly after the November elections, the majority has indicated that abortion protections, limits on access to guns and a higher minimum wage would rank as their biggest priorities.

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Trump’s most ambitious argument in his bid for ‘absolute immunity’

By ADAM LIPTAK

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here is almost nothing in the words of the U.S. Constitution that even begins to support former President Donald Trump’s boldest defense against charges that he plotted to overturn the 2020 election: that he is absolutely immune from prosecution for actions he took while in office.

A federal appeals court will hear arguments on the question next week, and the panel will consider factors including history, precedent and the separation of powers. But, as the Supreme Court has acknowledged, the Constitution itself does not explicitly address the existence or scope of presidential immunity.

In his appellate brief, Trump said there was one constitutional provision that figured in the analysis, although his argument is a legal long shot. The provision, the impeachment judgment clause, says that officials impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate are still subject to criminal prosecution.

The provision says: “Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States: But the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law.”

All the clause says in so many words, then, is that “the party convicted” in the Senate can still face criminal prosecution. But Trump said the clause implied something more.

The clause “presupposes that a president who is not convicted may not be subject to criminal prosecution,” Trump’s brief said.

A friend-of the-court brief from former government officials said Trump’s position

Former President Donald Trump addresses supporters at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Dec. 2, 2023. Trump says his acquittal by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, for inciting insurrection, bars any prosecution on similar grounds. (Jordan Gale/The New York Times)

had “sweeping and absurd consequences,” noting that a great many officials are subject to impeachment.

“Under defendant’s interpretation,” the brief said, “the executive would lack power to prosecute all current and former civil officers for acts taken in office unless Congress first impeached and convicted them. That would permit countless officials to evade criminal liability.”

Trump also made a slightly narrower but still audacious argument: “A president who is acquitted by the Senate cannot be prosecuted for the acquitted conduct.”

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ferred immunity from prosecution may come as a surprise to some of those who did the acquitting.

Take Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader from Kentucky, who voted for acquittal. Shortly afterward, in a fiery speech on the Senate floor, he said the legal system could still hold Trump to account.

“We have a criminal justice system in this country,” McConnell said. “We have civil litigation. And former presidents are not immune from being held accountable by either one.”

That suggests that Trump’s reading of the clause is far from obvious, but the Justice Department has said that it is not wholly implausible. In 2000, its Office of Legal Counsel issued a 46-page memorandum devoted to just this question. It was called “Whether a Former President May Be Indicted and Tried for the Same Offenses for Which He was Impeached by the House and Acquitted by the Senate.”

The argument that such prosecutions run afoul of the Constitution “has some

force,” according to the memo, which was prepared by Randolph Moss, now a federal judge. But, it went on, “despite its initial plausibility, we find this interpretation of the impeachment judgment clause ultimately unconvincing.”

It added: “We are unaware of any evidence suggesting that the framers and ratifiers of the Constitution chose the phrase ‘the party convicted’ with a negative implication in mind.”

More fundamentally, the memo said, “impeachment and criminal prosecution serve entirely distinct goals.” Impeachment trials involve political judgments. Criminal trials involve legal ones.

In a brief filed Saturday, Jack Smith, the special counsel, wrote that “acquittal in a Senate impeachment trial may reflect a technical or procedural determination rather than a factual conclusion.” The brief noted that at least 31 of the 43 senators who voted to acquit Trump at the impeachment trial said they did so at least in part because he was no longer in office and thus not subject to the Senate’s jurisdiction.

Trump’s reading of the provision “would produce implausibly perverse results,” Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing his trial in U.S. District Court in Washington, wrote in a decision last month rejecting Trump’s claim of absolute immunity.

She noted that the Constitution permits impeachment for a narrow array of offenses — “treason, bribery or other high crimes or misdemeanors.”

Under Trump’s reading, Chutkan wrote, “if a president commits a crime that does not fall within that limited category, and so could not be impeached and convicted, the president could never be prosecuted for that crime.”

“Alternatively,” she went on, “if Congress does not have the opportunity to impeach or convict a sitting president — perhaps because the crime occurred near the end of their term, or is covered up until after the president has left office — the former president similarly could not be prosecuted.”

She added that President Gerald Ford’s pardon of former President Richard Nixon, who resigned as calls to impeach him for his role in the Watergate scandal grew, would have been unnecessary under Trump’s reading.

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To avoid New York rules, hundreds of migrants dropped off in New Jersey

By STEFANOS CHEN and JEFFERY C. MAYS

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undreds of migrants bound for New York City were taken to New Jersey over the holiday weekend, in an apparent attempt to bypass a city order that seeks to limit the chaotic flow of arrivals.

Since Saturday, 13 buses from Texas and Louisiana carrying about 450 migrants have arrived in New Jersey, including a bus that arrived early Monday in Jersey City, according to Steve Fulop, the city’s mayor. Other stops included New Jersey Transit hubs in Secaucus, Fanwood, Edison and Trenton.

The surge in New Jersey arrivals appears to be an end-run around an emergency executive order last week by New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams, requiring charter bus companies to provide 32 hours’ advance notice of the arrival of migrants and restricting the times of day when they can be dropped off.

“They’re using New Jersey essentially as a bus stop to circumvent the limits on buses that can arrive in New York,” Fulop said, adding that he is not yet concerned about the migrants’ passage through the state.

The buses — mostly from Texas, but at least one from Louisiana — had chaperones who assisted migrants in transferring to trains and buses heading into New York City. The office of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

A spokesperson for the governor of Louisiana, John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, said that while one of the bus companies was based in the state, the migrants aboard the bus came from Texas, and that their office was not involved.

A spokesperson for New Jersey’s governor, Philip Murphy, also a Democrat, said “nearly all” of the asylum-seekers arriving by bus had “continued with their travels en route to their final destination of New York City.” The spokesperson, Tyler Jones, added that the state was “closely coordinating” with local New Jersey officials, the federal government and New York City.

Adams signed his order last week to bring more structure to the process of buses dropping off migrants near the

A train leaves the terminal at the NJ Transit station in Secaucus, N.J., on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Hundreds of migrants sent mostly from Texas, arrived at train stops outside New York City over the weekend to sidestep a new order limiting their arrival. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times) Port Authority Bus Terminal in midtown Manhattan at odd hours and without notice. Adams has said the city was being destroyed by the migrant crisis. Since the spring of 2022, New York City has processed more than 161,500 asylumseekers, 68,000 of whom are in shelter and under the city’s care. New York City is required by court decree to provide shelter to those who ask.

Fourteen buses from Texas arrived in one day the week before last, a record since the city began processing large numbers of migrants who had been sent

by Abbott.

Texas has sent migrants to cities run by Democrats in an effort to bring attention to the difficulties of states on the southern border and to force President Joe Biden to “secure the border,” the governor’s office has said. Abbott, a Republican, said he had sent 25,000 migrants to New York City.

“Texas Governor Greg Abbott continues to treat asylum-seekers like political pawns, and is instead now dropping families off in surrounding cities and states in the cold, dark of night with train tickets to travel to New York City, just like he has been doing in Chicago,” Kayla Mamelak, a spokesperson for Adams, said in a statement.

suburbs surrounding Chicago have begun to pass similar rules regulating when chartered buses carrying migrants can be dropped off. Camille Joseph Varlack, the chief of staff to Adams, said last week that they alerted surrounding municipalities about Adams’ executive order.

“It is not our intention to shift any burdens,” Varlack told WABC-TV last week.

The areas surrounding Chicago have experienced unexpected arrivals of migrants since the city implemented its laws. On Sunday, Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago said on social media that a private airplane originating in San Antonio arrived at Chicago Rockford International, an airport about 85 miles from downtown Chicago, with 350 asylum-seekers aboard.

In New York, Power Malu, whose organization Artists Athletes Activists has been meeting migrants at the Port Authority Bus Terminal and directing them to the city’s intake center, said his staff had not seen a bus of asylum-seekers arrive there since Friday when the Police Department began enforcing the order.

He called the arrival rules too stringent and said he had seen more migrants arriving at the intake center at the Roosevelt Hotel on foot after being dropped off elsewhere.

“They’re going to come to New York City because they are desperate and they’re looking for opportunity,” Malu said. “This is not going to slow down the flow and this is not going to stop them.”

Michael Gonnelli, the mayor of Secaucus, New Jersey, where several migrants disembarked over the weekend, said in a statement Sunday that the new rules might be too difficult to enforce and were “resulting in unexpected consequences” for transit hubs in New Jersey.

Adams said his executive order was modeled after laws in Chicago that placed limits on when and where migrants could be dropped off. Chicago officials said that in response to the restrictions, buses from Texas began dropping migrants off at O’Hare International Airport, on “random streets” and in neighboring suburbs.

Under Adams’ executive order, buses could only arrive Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to noon, and the drivers had to have manifests describing which passengers had arrived in the country in the last 90 days, how many might seek emergency shelter, and whether passengers were traveling as single adults or as part of a family.

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Slow rollout of national charging system could hinder EV adoption

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ore than two years ago, lawmakers approved billions of dollars to build out a national electric vehicle charging network in the hopes of encouraging more drivers to switch to cleaner cars. The money, included in the bipartisan infrastructure law, was intended to help assure drivers they could reliably travel longer distances without running out of power.

But a robust federal charging network is still years away. Only two states — Ohio and New York — have opened any charging stations so far. A handful of others have broken ground on projects in recent weeks, with the aim of completing them in early 2024. In total, 28 states, plus Puerto Rico, have either awarded contracts to build chargers or started accepting bids for projects as of Dec. 15. The rest are much further behind on starting construction.

Broad availability of chargers is critical for the Biden administration’s goal of getting EVs to make up half of new car sales by 2030. Americans routinely cite “range anxiety” as one of the biggest impediments to buying an EV. About 80% of respondents cited concerns about a lack of charging stations as a reason not to purchase an EV, according to an April survey from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

The Biden administration is trying to entice consumers to buy EVs both by offering tax credits of up to $7,500 and promising to build out a national backbone of high-speed chargers. That network is meant to give drivers the assurance that they could reach a reliable charger every 50 miles along major roads and highways.

The White House has set a goal of building a national network of at least 500,000 public chargers by 2030, but researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have projected that the country will need more than 1 million public charging ports by the end of the decade.

Ben Shapiro, a researcher at RMI, a nonprofit that promotes the energy transition, said the country needed to accelerate the pace of new charging infrastructure considerably.

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But the law gave states flexibility to determine how to award contracts and dole out funds, resulting in varying degrees of progress.

Ohio became the first state to open a charger funded by the new program earlier this month. Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, cited charging concerns as a primary reason for getting the system up and running. There are about 43,200 EVs registered in Ohio.

“This industry is not An electric vehicle charging station in London, Ohio, Dec. 11, 2023. Law- going to develop unless makers approved $5 billion for states to build a network of fast chargers two people think they have places years ago — although some states have made progress in recent weeks, most where they can charge their have not yet awarded contracts or started construction. (Maddie McGarvey/ car,” DeWine said. “We want The New York Times) to send the signal that not only are we getting companies in does hamper people’s interest in EVs.” here that are building things EV sales have been climbing faster than any other for the future, but we want our consumers in Ohio to major category of automobile, with the nation on track have the ability to benefit from that.” to hit more than 1 million sales for the first time this Six more charging stations are being designed year. President Joe Biden’s signature climate law, the In- and expected to begin construction in the next month flation Reduction Act, has also spurred a surge of inves- or two, state officials said. Officials expect to build tment in EV production across the country. But demand about 50 charging stations by the end of 2026 to meet has not grown as much as expected. the program’s requirement.

Some state transportation officials said the rollout Most states are well behind Ohio and New York. has taken more than two years because they had little Although some are bidding out contracts to build the experience building chargers and it has been challen- network, the actual installation of all of the chargers ging to navigate new federal requirements. can take years to finish because projects have to clear In Tennessee, officials started reviewing bids for environmental reviews and other bureaucratic hurdcontracts after closing applications last month. Preston les in addition to the construction, state officials said.

Elliott, a deputy commissioner of the state’s transporta- Some states are also building chargers in several phation department, said he thought Tennessee was mo- ses. ving quickly, but it still took officials about two years to Barbara Ziegler, 66, a psychologist in Sheridan, get to that stage, in part because they had to submit two Wyoming, said she welcomed more chargers, but she plans to the federal government and wanted to have did not feel comfortable yet buying an electric car. She conversations with stakeholders before opening bids. said she often drives more than 100 miles to see a dia“Federal funds come with lots of requirements betes specialist, attend conferences and go shopping and lots of strings,” Elliott said. “I’ve been doing this for in larger cities, and she was concerned about being about 30 years, and this is the first time I’ve ever en- stranded on the road because of the lack of chargers. countered a program where you’ve had to do so much Ziegler said she would consider buying a hybrid planning before you spend a penny.” car, but for now, she planned to stick with her 2012 The U.S. Department of Transportation issued fi- Toyota RAV4 until it needed to be replaced. nal rules for the program early this year, outlining tech“Here we have long, long highways without nological requirements and standards that have to be towns in between,” Ziegler said. “I would be too womet. Chargers must be within a mile of an interstate rried to try and do the drive just on electric.”

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S&P 500 record in view as 2024 begins in same vein

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rollercoaster 2023 that ended with an equity rally on hopes for rate cuts amid slowing inflation has extended into the first trading day of 2024, pushing European stocks to an almost two-year high and bringing U.S. stock market peaks into view.

Today’s economic calendar looks light, so the theme that has driven markets since the beginning of November looks set to dominate until important U.S. data is released on Wednesday - JOLTs and manufacturing ISM - and the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s December meeting.

At that meeting, the central bank appeared to make the long-awaited pivot, signaling that tightening of interest rates is likely over and the discussion of rate cuts coming into view.

Traders moved quickly to price in easing of policy and, as things stand, are looking for 150 basis points of easing this year, with the first 25 basis-point rate cut almost fully priced for March.

Wednesday’s minutes will be parsed for clues on whether that pricing is justified, especially as commentary over the holiday period from Fed policymakers has been sparse.

It looks set to remain that way this week, apart from speeches from Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin on Wednesday and Friday.

Barkin will get to vote on policy this year as the annual reshuffle of voters on the Federal Open Market Committee sees Barkin, Raphael Bostic, Mary Daly and Loretta Mester get a vote, while Austan Goolsbee, Patrick Harker, Neel Kashkari and Lorie Logan rotate out in 2024.

How the new composition of voters on the FOMC affects policy this year remains to be seen.

For now, European equities are pushing higher with the STOXX 600 trading at a 23-month high and Germany’s DAX rising over 1%.

The euro zone’s banking stocks are leading the rally, jumping as much as 2% and on track for their biggest daily rise since October.

Wall Street futures are also pointing to a higher open.

With the S&P 500 just 1% from its all-time high, it seems only a matter of time before new peaks are reached for the U.S. benchmark.

The picture in Asia was less rosy with MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pac shares outside Japan falling 0.6%,

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led lower by weakness in China and Hong Kong as latest activity data signaled uneven economic recovery.

A private sector survey showed China’s factory activity expanded at a quicker pace last month, but that contrasted with official data, released on Sunday, that showed manufacturing activity shrank for a third straight month in December.

Elsewhere, the dollar is hovering above a five-month

low reached at the end of last year, while bond yields in the U.S. and Europe are on the up but remain within striking distance of multi-month lows reached at the end of 2023.

Bitcoin has also begun the new year in a similar fashion to how it ended the last, storming above $45,000 for the first time since April 2022.

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Russia hammers Kyiv with missiles in large-scale attack

By CONSTANT MEHEUT and ANATOLY KURMANAEV

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ussian missiles and drones hammered Kyiv on Tuesday morning, officials said, in a large-scale attack on the Ukrainian capital and other cities that killed at least five people and injured nearly 130 others, a day after President Vladimir Putin of Russia promised to retaliate for a Ukrainian assault on a Russian city.

The barrage — which the Ukrainian air force said involved about 100 missiles, including hypersonic weapons that fly at several times the speed of sound — was the latest in an escalating cycle of air assaults between the two countries, as both sides look for ways to inflict damage away from the largely deadlocked front line.

Moscow claimed that Ukraine retaliated hours later Tuesday, firing at least eight missiles on the Russian city of Belgorod. The attack killed one civilian and injured four others, according to the local governor. Later in the day, a strike hit the nearby town of Shebekino, the governor said, damaging an administrative building but causing no injuries.

The recent strikes against Ukraine may also be the start of another Russian air campaign against critical infrastructure. Ukrainian authorities had warned for months that Russia was stockpiling high-precision missiles to pound cities once the weather turned cold in a repeat of last year’s bombing campaign. Experts believe that strategy is aimed at diminishing Ukrainian morale and weakening its military and industrial capacities.

Both sides have improved their air defenses in the past year, but they have also expanded their military capacity to hit targets away from the front lines. And as the past week’s cycle of strikes and counter-strikes escalates, Moscow and Kyiv are showing growing readiness to deploy these capabilities.

“This is a competition of endurance,” said Serhii Kuzan, chair of the research group Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Center. He said Ukraine’s powerful air defenses were now forcing Russia to launch massive air

Members of an artillery crew with Ukraine’s 80th Air Assault Brigade load a shell before firing toward Russian infantry positions near Bakhmut in the eastern region of Donetsk on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. (Finbarr O’Reilly/The New York Times) assaults with multiple weapons systems to be able to evade interceptor missiles and hit some targets.

Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, Ukraine’s top commander, said the Ukrainian army had shot down about threequarters of the Russian missiles fired Tuesday, including all 10 hypersonic missiles, with the help of Western-delivered Patriot missile batteries.

Kuzan said Ukraine was also now more willing, and capable, of responding.

With each new attack, he added, Russia increasingly legitimizes “Ukraine’s retaliatory strikes against Russian air and naval bases, ammunition depots, defense enterprises and enemy oil bases.”

Both sides appear to be trying to justify the airstrikes as retaliation for previous attacks, in an escalating titfor-tat that risks causing more civilian casualties, either from direct targeting or falling debris. Since the start of the war Russia has regularly targeted civilian areas in Ukraine, resulting in thousands of casualties.

In Kyiv on Tuesday, most of the casualties were reported at a nine-floor residential building that was damaged and caught fire. Vitali Klitschko, the mayor, said at least two people died and 49 others were injured there.

The recent wave of missile attacks intensified Friday, when a ferocious Russian missile barrage killed at least 39 people, wounded about 160 others and hit industrial and military infrastructure as well as hospitals and schools, Ukrainian officials said.

The next day — in what a Ukrainian official said

was a response to Russia’s attack Friday — a barrage of missiles killed 24 people in the Russian city of Belgorod — the deadliest attack on the Russian territory since the start of the war.

In New Year’s Day remarks, Putin vowed retaliation.

“From our side, we will build up the strikes,” he said.

Hitting Kyiv on Tuesday appeared to be a prime objective. Air-raid alerts sounded throughout the morning, as wave after wave of missiles rained down, punctuated by loud bangs of air defense systems trying to destroy them. Massive plumes of black and white smoke rose over the capital, cutting through the gray early morning sky, as several buildings were hit.

Kharkiv, near the border with Russia, also came under a large-scale missile attack, according to its mayor, Ihor Terekhov. One person was killed there and 45 were injured, he said.

On Tuesday, the Belgorod region came under attack again, according to Russian officials, in what may have been Ukraine’s response to the morning’s strikes. Ukrainian officials have not yet commented on that assault.

Ukraine’s largest Western allies have explicitly prohibited the government in Kyiv from using the weapons they supply to hit targets inside Russia’s internationally recognized borders. Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed that Ukraine’s latest attacks on the Belgorod region Tuesday were launched from a Ukrainian-made Vilkha multiple rocket launcher, highlighting the country’s growing domestic military capabilities.

For its part, analysts believe Russia has been able to expand its own missile production in the past year despite Western sanctions. Ukrainian officials warned in the fall that Russia had stockpiled more than 800 highprecision weapons in preparation for massive winter assaults.

It was not immediately clear what, exactly, the Russian military tried to hit in its attacks against Kyiv on Tuesday. At least two facilities located in an industrial zone in the north of the capital were hit, and remained shrouded in billows of smoke by midday. Ukraine’s Energy Ministry also said that nearly 260,000 residents had been temporarily left without electricity Tuesday, suggesting that the power grid may have been one of the targets.

“Those missiles are a bit random,” said Serhii Zarybin, an employee of a cement factory, as he looked at what was left of a large auto repair workshop burned down in a strike. In front of him, dozens of cars were charred and twisted metal sheets were scattered all around, while a thick cloud of white smoke hovered above the site.

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Pope raises concerns about church in Nicaragua

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO

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ope Francis used his New Year’s Day address to highlight concern over the worsening situation of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua as a result of a protracted crackdown by the government of President Daniel Ortega, which has detained clerics, expelled missionaries, closed Catholic radio stations and limited religious celebrations.

Speaking to the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the traditional New Year’s Angelus prayer and blessing, Francis said he was “following with concern what is happening in Nicaragua, where bishops and priests have been deprived of their freedom.”

He expressed his “closeness in prayer to them, their families and the entire church in the country,” and called on all Catholics to “pray insistently” to find “a path of dialogue to overcome difficulties.”

“Let’s pray for Nicaragua today,” Francis said.

Vatican News reported Monday that at least 14 priests, two seminarians and a bishop had been arrested in recent days in Nicaragua, and that the country’s top church leader, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, had expressed his closeness “to the families and communities who are without their priests at this time.”

Since 2018, as Ortega has increasingly sidelined political opponents from all walks of life, detaining many and suppressing civic rights, the country’s Catholic leaders remained among the only independent voices of dissent.

Gianni La Bella, a professor of contemporary history at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, said in a 2022 interview that since 2018, there had been dozens of attacks of various kinds against the church and its institutions, a sign that the Ortega government perceived the “Church as an obstacle,” as the “only beacon that can shed light on the conditions of the people in Nicaragua.”

Church leaders initially tried to mediate between the government and political opposition, but they were unsuccessful, and the government’s crackdown intensified.

In the long campaign to dismantle the church’s reach in the country, dozens of clerics and missionaries have been de-

Pope Francis visits a church in Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta, Canada, July 26, 2022. The pope used his New Year’s Day address to highlight concern over the worsening situation of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua. (Ian Willms/The New York Times) tained or expelled, and Catholic institutions shut down.

Since 2018 the Catholic Church in Nicaragua has been subject to more than 770 attacks, arrests, expropriations, and harassment including “impediments to processions, prayers, masses in cemeteries,” as well as hate messages, according to Martha Patricia Molina, a Nicaraguan lawyer and author of the study “Nicaragua: A Persecuted Church?”

In August 2022, Bishop Rolando Álvarez became the most senior clergyman to be detained in Latin America for political views in decades.

After the bishop’s arrest, Francis spoke of “his concern and sorrow” over the situation in Nicaragua. “I would like to express my conviction and my hope that, through an open and sincere dialogue, the basis for a respectful and peaceful coexistence might still be found,” Francis said after the weekly Angelus prayer at that time.

In February, Álvarez was convicted of treason, stripped of his citizenship and sentenced to 26 years in prison.

After the sentence, Francis again spoke of his concern and sorrow over the imprisonment and also the fate of clerics who

had been deported to the United States.

At the time, he called for the hearts of political leaders to be open “to the sincere search for peace, which is born of truth, justice, freedom and love, and which is achieved through the patient pursuit of dialogue.”

In March, the Vatican closed its embassy in Nicaragua, after the Nicaraguan government proposed suspending relations with the Holy See, and its representative to Managua, Monsignor Marcel Diouf, left the country for Costa Rica, The Associated Press reported. The Vatican’s ambassador had been forced to leave a year earlier.

Some of the clerics who have been imprisoned have been released, and in October, the Vatican announced that 12 priests from Nicaragua who had recently been released from prison would be housed in the Diocese of Rome.

In 1979, Ortega led the Sandinista revolution that overthrew the corrupt dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza Debayle.

Ortega lost elections in 1990 but reclaimed the presidency in 2007, and spent a decade chipping away at the country’s democracy.

Tens of thousands of people rose up

against Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, in 2018, accusing them of being a dictatorial family dynasty.

Hundreds of people landed in prison for opposing the government, and at least 300 were shot in protests.

Last year, Ortega began seizing the properties of political prisoners and dissidents forced into exile. The government also took control of the buildings and bank accounts of a prominent Jesuit-run university in Managua, accusing the school of being a “center of terrorism,” according to Fides, a Catholic news agency.

Throughout the crackdown, the Vatican has opted to keep doors of communication with the government open.

On Monday, Francis spoke of finding “a path of dialogue to overcome difficulties.”

Victor Gaetan, author of a book on Vatican diplomacy, wrote in Fides last year, “A common Vatican strategy, especially under an autocratic regime, is to maintain a presence and resist being swallowed — quietly working to limit the state’s most aggressive tactics while seeking preservation of the sacraments and apostolic succession.”

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Death toll rises to at least 55 after powerful earthquake in Japan

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t least 55 people were killed in the powerful earthquake that struck western Japan on Monday, authorities said a day after the disaster, as they continued to comb through the rubble of collapsed and burned buildings.

The dead included 24 in Wajima, a city in Ishikawa prefecture, the coastal epicenter of the earthquake, which triggered tsunami warnings, extensive evacuations and widespread power outages after it hit around 4:10 p.m. on New Year’s Day. A large fire broke out in Wajima after the quake, which registered 7.6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale. Some died after being trapped in rubble from destroyed buildings.

The tsunami warnings were lifted Tuesday morning and the quake did not produce waves as high as initially feared. Police, firefighters and members of the country’s Self-Defense Forces were still assessing the damage, which included buckled roads along with charred houses and commercial facilities.

About 33,000 homes in Ishikawa and neighboring Niigata prefecture were without power Tuesday morning, said Yoshimasa Hayashi, chief Cabinet secretary. About 20,000 homes across four prefectures lacked running water. Hayashi said 57,360 people had fled their homes and gone to nearly 1,000 different evacuation facilities across the affected prefectures.

He said officials continued to search for people buried under rubble after 120 such incidents were reported to local police or fire departments, raising the possibility of a higher death toll. Hayashi said nuclear power plants in the affected prefectures continued to report no abnormalities.

Officials warned residents in the affected areas to brace for further aftershocks, landslides or new tsunami warnings.

Speaking to reporters at a briefing Tuesday morning, Noriko Kamaya of the Japan Meteorological Agency said there was a

10% to 20% chance that an earthquake of equivalent intensity could occur in the next week. She urged residents to exercise caution during sea-based activities such as fishing.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters Tuesday that

teams were working to clear roads blocked by landslides or damaged buildings. He also said retailers were supplying water, food, blankets, portable toilets and more to those housed in evacuation centers.

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Israel says it has begun to pull back some troops, but threats to Palestinians remain

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he Israeli military said Tuesday that it had begun withdrawing some soldiers from parts of the Gaza Strip, part of a planned pullout of about five brigades, but its forces continued pounding the enclave with airstrikes, according to residents.

Witnesses and Palestinian news reports said that Israeli forces were withdrawing from several parts of northern Gaza, including Jabalia, a refugee camp dating back to 1948 that has grown into a dense, bustling town, as well as the area north of the Shati refugee camp, the area around AlRantisi Hospital and other neighborhoods of Gaza City.

Hearing the news, some Palestinians who had fled the north earlier in the war returned to check on their homes and neighborhoods. They found their old streets transformed, said Abed Karin Khadar, 24, who went with his family back to Al Juron, a neighborhood in Jabalia, to see if he could grab some clothing from their home.

He described the scene in an audio message Tuesday.

Buildings lay in pieces, he said. Streets were flooded and

pocked with deep craters.

Bodies lay here and there, rotting, he said.

As they walked down the streets, they could hear people calling from under the rubble of destroyed buildings, pleading, “We’re down here,” Khadar recalled. But they could do little with their bare hands, and civil defense teams could not get close because the roads were blocked with debris.

When he reached home at last, he said, he found it burned down.

“They just destroy whatever they can,” he said. “It’s a ghost town. Houses are burned. Roads are damaged. They leave homes burned, ruined.”

And the risks to civilians remained. In southern Gaza, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said Tuesday that Israeli shelling had struck its headquarters, in Khan Younis, killing at least five displaced people who had been sheltering in the area, including a 5-month-old infant, and that three people had been injured, including one of the organization’s first responders. The Israeli military did not immediately comment.

Khadar said a rocket landed less than 100 yards from

him, killing one person.

“This announced withdrawal is just for media consumption, but effectively, they are still striking the area,” Khadar said of the Israeli military.

Israel had announced Monday that it would begin withdrawing several thousand troops from Gaza, at least temporarily, in an effort to shore up the country’s economy, which has slumped as reservists across the country stop working to take up arms. Analysts viewed the move as a sign of Israel’s impending shift to a more limited, targeted phase of the war, a pivot the United States has been urging it to make.

But Israel’s defense minister, Yoav Gallant, indicated Tuesday during a visit to Gaza that the war would continue.

He said Israeli forces would keep “holding a finger on the trigger” in northern Gaza, where he said the military had destroyed Hamas battalions but would continue targeting the several thousand fighters it estimates remain there.

“We are not giving up,” he said.

The military said Tuesday that it had conducted targeted operations over the last few days across Gaza and killed dozens of Hamas fighters.

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Governor defiance tries to usurp Washington’s role

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n mid-December, just one day after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a radical new immigration bill, immigrant rights groups challenged it in court as ridiculously unconstitutional. The groups felt they had no choice, but they did exactly what Texas was counting on, because the point of the law isn’t simply how outrageous it is; it’s about the fight it will cause.

And nothing defines Abbott’s governorship more than his endless fights against Washington, almost always in a way that hurts the poor, the stateless and those who live outside the boundaries of his state’s Republican culture.

The new law gives Texas the power to take over immigration enforcement from the federal government.

It’s now a state crime to cross from Mexico to Texas at an unauthorized crossing; state police are empowered to arrest migrants, and state judges are empowered to order them to leave the country. Forget all those niceties about asylum policy; if Texas doesn’t want you in the state, it can kick you back over the border.

None of this is legal, of course. Only the federal government can set immigration policy and enforce border security. Only the federal government can arrest migrants for immigration violations or deport them. The Supreme Court made that clear in 2012 in a decision that prohibited Arizona

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“Defending the constitutional principles that have made from arresting people for being in the country without the United States truly exceptional: That’s priceless,” he authorization.

“The government of the United States has broad, wrote in 2012.

As governor, Abbott found a new way to parade his undoubted power over the subject of immigration and the status of aliens,” Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the insolence. Rather than grind out lawsuits against the Biden court’s majority, citing the government’s constitutional power administration, he can now do outrageous things and wait to regulate naturalization and control relations with foreign for the government to sue him. In some ways, that’s even nations. “Arizona may have understandable frustrations with better, because he can create facts on the ground and wait the problems caused by illegal immigration,” the decision to see if a court will stop him.

As part of Operation Lone Star, his National Guard put up says, “but the state may not pursue policies that undermine more than 20 miles of razor wire along the Mexican border federal law.”

Texas is well aware that it is deliberately defying the near El Paso, and he expressed no concern when pictures Arizona decision, but it also knows that Mississippi achieved turned up of injured border crossers. A federal appeals court a historic win for conservatives when it defied settled law said in December that the U.S. Border Patrol couldn’t cut the by prohibiting most abortions after 15 weeks, setting the wire while the legal action plays out. Earlier in the month, stage for the Supreme Court to then overturn Roe v. Wade after the Justice Department sued Texas for stringing a large in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in 2022. barrier of buoys in the Rio Grande, a federal appeals court The court has changed significantly since the Arizona case, ordered the state to remove it.

Abbott, who said he was allowed to take such actions largely thanks to Donald Trump, and Abbott is openly hoping the more conservative majority will discard the Arizona in the case of an “invasion,” vowed to take the buoy case to the Supreme Court, following his usual pattern. This is how precedent, just as it did abortion rights.

“We think that Texas already has the constitutional the far right does business these days: Push all legal limits, authority to do this,” he said at the signing, imagining a hope for a bailout by Trump appointees to the high court and constitutional right that doesn’t exist, “but we also welcome celebrate the lost cause if they should lose.

On Thursday, as if on cue for this tiresome drama, the a Supreme Court decision that would overturn the precedent set in the Arizona case.” (In his dissent in that case, Justice governor got the best possible holiday gift from the Biden Antonin Scalia laid out a path for doing so, saying he saw administration: a letter from the Justice Department, warning nothing wrong with a state exercising sovereignty over that if Texas does not stop enforcing the new law by Jan. 3, its borders and openly expressing his political feelings by “the United States will pursue all appropriate legal remedies saying the lack of federal enforcement would leave the states to ensure that Texas does not interfere with the functions of the federal government.” The Justice Department really had “helpless before those evil effects of illegal immigration.”)

Abbott has been doing this sort of thing since he was no choice; it could not sit by idly while a state usurped one the Texas attorney general and found his mission in life by of the federal government’s essential roles and violated the taking the Obama administration to court. The Texas Tribune constitutional principle of supremacy.

Nonetheless, Abbott, who has made a dubious career out published a helpful list of his 31 lawsuits against Washington, which included challenges to the Environmental Protection of interfering with the functions of the federal government, Agency on pollution rules, to an equal-employment clearly anticipated the letter and immediately issued a rule that prohibited discrimination against felons, to the statement saying he had no intention of complying. And if constitutionality of “Obamacare” and to rules requiring pictures start to emerge next year of exhausted migrants and religious employers to pay for contraception. He had a their children rounded up by state troopers and treated to mixed record, winning, losing and withdrawing suits, but Texas justice, his cynical victory will be complete. victory was just a byproduct of the real point: battling the federal government at every step.

“I go into the office, I sue the federal government, and then I go home,” he said in 2012, describing his daily routine as attorney general. That kind of resistance to authority has Especialistas: always been a Texas thing, since copied by many Tipos de servicios: .REPARACIÓN other Republican imitators, but legal experts said no other state came close to Texas’ volume of .Instalación lawsuits. Abbott has made it the cottage industry .Venta Automatizando su Hogar y Negocio of Texas government, and he has never been shy about acknowledging how many millions these legal actions cost the state.

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Organizaciones sindicales rechazan asistir al Saludo Protocolar POR CYBERNEWS

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AN JUAN – Más de 15 organizaciones afiliadas a la Central Puertorriqueña de Trabajadores anunciaron este martes que no asistirán al Saludo Protocolar del gobernador Pedro Pierluisi.

El presidente de la CPT, Emilio Nieves Torres, indicó en comunicación escrita que “si en 3 años el gobernador Pedro Pierluisi no se ha reunido con nosotros, peticionado por escrito y a través de la Secretaria de Gobernación, no debemos asistir a un Saludo Protocolar que no es el foro para atender nuestros reclamos y se realiza en el contexto de eventos electorales (primarias y elecciones generales)”.

“La CPT y sus diversas organizaciones han enviado cartas solicitando reuniones directas con el gobernador Pedro Pierluisi y no ha habido respuesta favorable a esas solicitudes. Por lo tanto, asistir a un Saludo Protocolar equivale a validar que los reclamos de los trabajadores no sean atendidos directamente por el

gobernador y en consecuencia sean ignorados”.

Por su parte el presidente de la Unión Independiente de la Autoridad de Edificios Públicos, y vicepresidente de la CPT, Javier López, argumentó que “los trabajadores hemos solicitado atención directa del gobernador con respecto a la negociación colectiva, los planes de clasificación y retribución, la injusticia con el retiro incentivado que tiene que ver con la Ley 80 del 2020 y otros temas que no han sido atendidos directamente por el gobernador. Nuestro mensaje es claro: el pueblo votó por el gobernador, no por intermediarios o asesores”.

“Estamos dispuestos a reunirnos con el gobernador Pedro Pierluisi con una agenda que contenga reclamos y propuestas de los trabajadores. Lo haremos con él como gobernador o como candidato, porque en este año electoral esperamos reunirnos con todos los candidatos a la gobernación de Puerto Rico para plantear la ruta a seguir con los trabajadores del sector público y privado”, concluyó Nieves Torres.

Estudiantes de la Universidad del Sagrado Corazón se adiestran en técnicas especializadas en “El Molecular”-UPR POR EL STAR STAFF

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AN JUAN – El Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Moleculares (CICiM) de la Universidad de Puerto Rico fue nuevamente anfitrión de un internado especializado en biología molecular y biotecnología, llamado Taller de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular Avanzada, dirigido a estudiantes de ciencias y premédica de la Universidad del Sagrado Corazón (USC).

Esta iniciativa propició que una docena de estudiantes universitarios recibieran adiestramientos en instrumentación científica de última generación y técnicas avanzadas, tales como cultivo celular eucariota, extracción y purificación de metabolitos, resonancia magnética nuclear (NMR, por sus siglas en inglés) y microscopía de fluorescencia.

El evento fue respaldado por el proyecto “Empowering STEM in Sagrado” (ESTEMS) de la Fundación Nacional de Ciencias (NSF, por sus siglas en inglés), en alianza con los Centros de Excelencia en Investigación Biomédica y el Centro de Neuroimagen y Electrofisiología (COBRE y NIEF, por sus siglas en inglés), ambos proyectos con sede en el CICiM. El Dr. Rafael Maldonado-Hernández, investigador asociado en el CICiM y profesor investigador de microbiología y biología molecular de la Universidad de

Puerto Rico en Ponce, informó que el internado no solo proporciona conocimientos técnicos, sino que también sirve como inspiración e incubadora para el desarrollo de nuevos talentos, introduciendo a los estudiantes en proyectos respaldados por prestigiosos fondos de investigación, como COBRE, cuya subvención proviene de los Institutos Nacionales de Salud de Estados Unidos (NIH, por sus siglas en inglés).

“Este internado les proporciona conocimientos técnicos con instrumentación avanzada y de vanguardia a los estudiantes, a la vez que les inculca una perspectiva valiosa sobre la importancia de la investigación científica de alto calibre, para la solución de problemas globales, [desde] el primer centro de excelencia en investigaciones del país, el CICiM”, expuso.

Los talleres dirigidos por el Dr. Rafael MaldonadoHernández y el Lcdo. Bismark Madera contaron con la participación del Dr. Neftalí Ríos, Dr. Luis Prieto, los estudiantes doctorales Valerie Ortiz-Gómez (candidata doctoral de la UPR), Mallerie Carrasquillo y los estudiantes subgraduados del CICiM-UPR Kellyann Román-Cruz y Héctor Torres de Jesús.

Con relación al apoyo y participación de los estudiantes subgraduados y graduados que integraron el equipo, Maldonado indicó que “fueron grandes pilares para que esta experiencia fuera transformadora, in-

yectando un dinamismo y entusiasmo que resonó a lo largo de cada sesión. Su compromiso y conocimiento especializado no solo guiaron a los estudiantes de la Universidad del Sagrado Corazón que participaron de la experiencia, sino que también los inspiraron a explorar los límites de la investigación en biología molecular y biotecnología”.

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America Ferrera and the ‘Barbie’ monologue we all talked about

By CARLOS AGUILAR

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isting some of the many perils of womanhood in a still patriarchal society, the monologue that actress America Ferrera delivers in “Barbie” with the intensity of a rallying cry, became one of the most talkedabout movie moments of 2023.

“I’ve never been a part of something so eagerly anticipated,” Ferrera said during an interview at a Beverly Hills, California, hotel restaurant. Originally from Los Angeles but based in New York, she was back in her hometown for an awards-season screening of the smash hit.

Relaxed in a cozy beige sweater, Ferrera, 39, was recalling a prerelease press stop in Mexico City where 20,000 frenzied people welcomed filmmaker Greta Gerwig and the cast of her pink-soaked comedy. “It was like a presidential campaign,” she added.

Ferrera plays Gloria, mother and Mattel employee whose self-doubt and unfulfilled aspirations in the real world prompt an existential crisis in Stereotypical Barbie (Margot Robbie) in Barbie Land. Ferrera’s plucky performance has landed her in the Oscar discussion this year.

Although Gloria might be considered a supporting player in “Barbie,” Ferrera knows that it’s her flawed character who sets the adventure in motion. The performer, who broke through in “Real Women Have Curves” (2002) and went on to win an Emmy for her turn as the title character in “Ugly Betty” (2006-10), deeply admires how Gerwig dared to infuse a seemingly vacuous concept with plenty of meaning.

“It’s huge for something that is both so commercially successful and culturally dominant to also be about many things at the same time, which is not easy to execute in the biggest movie of the year,” Ferrera noted.

Here are edited excerpts from our conversation.

Q: Has the massive success of “Barbie” come as a surprise to you?

A: I went into reading the script with really no attachment to Barbie at all. I didn’t grow up playing with Barbies. I was more curious about what Greta would do with it. It wasn’t just funny and subversive and delightfully weird. It was also about womanhood.

When I was done reading the script, I was just giddy that this was the Barbie movie that no one asked for, but we were going to get.

I felt it was going to be huge from the beginning.

Q: Why did you never play with Barbies

America Ferrera, in Los Angeles, on Dec. 18, 2023. Some critics took issue with her monologue as an oversimplification, but Ferrera countered, “We can know things and still need to hear them out loud.” (Amy Harrity/The New York Times) as a child?

A: We couldn’t afford Barbies. She was very expensive along with all of her stuff.

[Laughs] I had a cousin who had Barbies, and I would play with them at her house, but they also seemed very far away from me. I didn’t necessarily feel represented in the Barbie narrative. It felt like a world that wasn’t accessible to me.

Q: Since you didn’t have a personal attachment to Barbie, how did you find your way into the character of Gloria and this world?

A: One of the things that really gave me a glimpse into this character was the documentary called “Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie” that showed when Barbie expanded into many different sizes and shapes and colors. The woman [Kim Culmone] who led that as the head Barbie designer, a very cool feminist progressive woman, was getting backlash from all sides: From the legacy holders saying, “Barbie can’t change.” And from her progressive friends, angry that she cared

about Barbie. “Why would you care about something that has been so bad for women?”

But she had her own deep personal connection to playing with Barbies with her mother. She fought for this idea that she knew was imperfect but that still meant something to her. That gave me the insight I needed to play Gloria as a real adult woman and to understand why she plays with Barbie and wishes herself to Barbie Land.

Q: What did you think the first time you saw Gloria’s now incredibly popular speech?

A: It definitely felt like an important moment, but Gloria was shining from the very beginning. She represents this quest for the permission to express yourself. She has to play the role of Mom and of responsible career woman, while hiding everything she loves underneath the corporate suit, being what she thought she needed to be. From the moment we meet her with her pink sneakers on to her getting to drive in that car chase, there was so much wish fulfillment and release for somebody who has been repressing so much.

The monologue felt so right for Gloria.

Yes, it breaks the Barbies out of their moment, but it’s also the natural breaking point for Gloria, where she has to say what she’s discovering on this journey. I recognized that it was a big moment and that it needed to work, but it also didn’t work independent of her entire search for more freedom for herself.

Q: What are your thoughts on the discourse that some people believe Gloria’s speech oversimplifies feminism?

A: We can know things and still need to hear them out loud. It can still be a cathartic. There are a lot of people who need Feminism 101, whole generations of girls who are just coming up now and who don’t have words for the culture that they’re being raised in. Also, boys and men who may have never spent any time thinking about feminist theory.

If you are well-versed in feminism, then it might seem like an oversimplification, but there are entire countries that banned this film for a reason. To say that something that is maybe foundational, or, in some people’s view, basic feminism isn’t needed is an oversimplification. Assuming that everybody is on the same level of knowing and understanding the experience of womanhood is an oversimplification.

Q: Gloria’s story is deeply intertwined with that of Barbie. How do you think the

two help each other overcome their struggles?

A: Greta, Margot and I talked about Gloria and Barbie’s relationship as a love story.

Not necessarily a romantic one, which some people on the internet have pushed for that reading of it, but we talked about it as Barbie and Gloria needing each other to be complete and to be the pieces of a puzzle that’s missing for each of them. The journey releases Gloria of the impossible assignment of being the kind of woman that she thinks she needs to be in the real world. And Barbie releases her herself from having to be an idea that is never going to satisfy all the things she’s meant to satisfy by choosing to be a human.

Q: What was your reaction when you first saw the doll made in your image for the Barbie collection inspired by the movie?

A: Surreal. There were actually some similarities to me in the facial features. She’s the first Barbie doll fashioned after a Honduran American woman to ever exist. That’s really special, to know that no one had a Honduran Barbie doll to play with until now.

Q: Do you feel like your career has always been marked by firsts, like being the first Latina to win a lead acting Emmy? There’s a lot of pressure in being the first.

A: I just took any single opportunity in front of me to do the best possible work that I could do in the hopes that there would be another opportunity after that. Looking backward, it’s much clearer to see that my career has been shaped by how the culture saw somebody like me. The opportunities that came my way were ones that kept me in very specific boxes. What I saw as my job as an actor was to inject those characters with as much complexity as I could, and not just play characters that were a foil to an expectation.

Q: What does the ideal future for Latinos in the industry look like to you?

A: The hope is that we get to actually have outlets for the immense talent that exists among Latinos. And that we can move beyond fighting just to be visible and that we can actually create and exist as full humans, as artists, with things to say beyond, “We’re here.” But it’s hard to find those opportunities. There’s a lot out there that is very transactional in terms of checking boxes to claim diversity. One of the most exciting things to me about this movie was, as a Latina woman, being invited to be a part of something so adventurous and joyful and fun. Gloria is Latina, but being Latina was not her reason for being in this story.

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Ana Ofelia Murguía, Mexican actress and voice in Disney’s ‘Coco,’ dies at 90

By ZAN YHUANG

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na Ofelia Murguía, one of Mexico’s most acclaimed actresses, whose voice acting as Mama Coco in the animated movie “Coco” brought her international recognition, died Sunday. She was 90.

Her death was confirmed by Mexico’s National Institute of Fine Arts and National Theater Company, which did not specify the cause of death.

The National Theater Company described Murguía on social media as “one of Mexico’s greatest actresses.” In a statement, Lucina Jiménez López, director of the National Institute of Fine Arts, described her career as one that “marked an entire era.”

In the 2017 film “Coco,” made by Disney’s Pixar Animation Studios, Murguía plays the key role of Mama Coco, the great-grandmother of a boy, the protagonist Miguel, who finds himself in the land of the dead on a journey to uncover his family’s history. At the emotional climax of the film, Miguel and Mama Coco sing the song “Remember Me” together.

The movie, which is built around the Mexican holiday of the Day of the Dead, was celebrated for its portrayal of Mexican culture and its handling of weighty subjects like death in

a children’s movie. It won best animated featured and best original song, for “Remember Me,” at the 2018 Oscars.

“Coco” introduced Murguía to a global audience, but she was well-known in her home country long before.

Ana Ofelia Murguía was born Dec. 8, 1933, in Mexico City. She studied acting at Mexico’s National School of Theater Arts and made her debut in 1954 in the play “Trial By Fire.” Her first screen role was in the 1964 film “Transit.”

She would go on to appear in more than 70 plays and 90 films, working with some of Mexico’s best filmmakers.

Hailed for her versatility, she often played the role of the villain or antagonist, according to a statement from the Institute of Fine Arts and National Theater Company.

At Mexico’s prestigious Ariel awards, Murguía won best supporting actress for her performances in “Cadena Perpetua,” in 1979; “Los Motivos de Luz,” in 1986; and “La Reina de la Noche” (The Queen of the Night), in 1996. She was nominated for best actress five times but never won. In 2011, she was recognized with a Golden Ariel special lifetime achievement award.

In April 2023, she was awarded the Ingmar Bergman Medal from the National Autonomous University of Mexico for leaving an “indelible mark” on Mexican film and theater. Ana Ofelia Murguía (X photo)

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Considering dry January? Set yourself up for success.

By CATHERINE PEARSON

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ry January sounds like a simple proposition: No alcohol.

For 31 days. And some enthusiasts jump in without much planning — perhaps even hungover after a rowdy New Year’s Eve. There is no data suggesting that those folks won’t be able to abstain from drinking, said Dr. David Wolinsky, an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences with Johns Hopkins Medicine, who specializes in addiction. But starting the month with a few strategies in your back pocket — and with a clear sense of your goals — may help you get the most out of the challenge.

“Most of the benefits of Dry January are probably going to be related to the intention with which you go into Dry January,” Wolinsky said. The challenge isn’t a stand-in for treatment for people with alcohol use disorder, he stressed, but those who are looking to get a fresh start to the year may benefit from the mental and physical reset it can offer, and the opportunity to adopt new habits. For instance, a 2016 study found that six months after Dry January ended, participants were drinking less than they were before.

We spoke to Wolinsky and other experts about some strategies for a successful month.

Tell people about your plan.

One of the simplest steps is to spread the word among friends and family that you intend to take the month off, said Casey McGuire Davidson, a sobriety coach and host of “The Hello Someday Podcast,” which focuses on “sober-curious” topics.

Research has shown that accountability can play a crucial role in helping habits stick, and you might find a friend or partner to join you, Davidson suggested. Even if you don’t, you may be surprised by how encouraging people are of your goal (though she said you should share it only with people you trust).

“Dry January gives people a pe-

The sobriety challenge can offer a mental and physical reset, and the chance to adopt healthier habits. (Lorenzo Gritti/The New York Times) riod of time when they can stop drinking with community and support,” she said, “without a lot of questions.”

Davidson also recommended reading books that may help you evaluate your relationship with alcohol, or listening to sobriety podcasts.

Identify your triggers.

Habits tend to be cued by certain environments or situations, explained Wendy Wood, a professor of psychology and business at the University of Southern California and the author of “Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick.”

For instance, “you have a toothbrush ‘habit,’” she said. “You put your toothbrush in a certain place.

You brush your teeth usually at about the same time in the morning in that place.” Wood said that for many people, drinking habits are shaped in a similar way.

“Understanding where it is that you typically drink, who you’re with, what you drink, and disrupting those

cues — disrupting the context in some way — is really critical to changing habits,” she said.

It may help to jot down observations throughout the month, Wolinsky said, recommending three columns: What was the situation in which you wanted to drink? What were your thoughts about drinking? And what did you do instead?

Find friction points.

Building extra time or effort into an activity that is typically seamless for you — such as pouring a glass of wine when you walk through the door after a long day at work — greatly reduces the likelihood of engaging in that behavior, Wood said. Something as simple as moving your wineglasses to the back of the cupboard can create just enough friction to help you achieve your goal of abstaining.

Similarly, Davidson recommended removing all alcohol from your home before Jan. 1, or at least your favorite drinks.

“I was a red wine girl,” she said.

When she took a break from drinking — a break that has lasted eight years — Davidson told her husband: “I can’t have any in the house. If it’s sitting on the counter, there’s no way I’m not going to pour myself a glass.”

Make a plan for self-care.

All of the experts recommended thinking about what you will do during moments when you would otherwise be drinking. So, instead of mixing a cocktail to relax before bed (which can disrupt sleep anyhow), you might try deep breathing or brewing a cup of tea. It may take some trial and error to find satisfying alternatives.

“Give yourself grace” in the coming weeks, said Khadi Oluwatoyin, founder of the Sober Black Girls Club.

Make time for rest to the extent you are able. And don’t take on too many New Year’s resolutions, she suggested; for instance, doing Dry January while adopting a new diet may be a recipe for failure. Some people slip up simply because they are hungry, Oluwatoyin said: “Go get something to eat!”

Davidson recommends rewarding yourself, either at the end of each day or the end of the week. Fun activities or indulgences can help the month feel like less of a slog.

“This is a period of experimentation and curiosity,” she said. “Instead of going to a bar, can you get a pedicure or massage on Friday night? Or get takeout sushi and plan a movie night with friends or your partner?”

These “tiny shifts” can give you something to look forward to.

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Entry of Supplemental Deadline for Confirmation Hearing Notice to be served.

You may obtain a hard copy of the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan, Disclosure Disclosure Statement Order Statement, and Supplemental Disclosure Statement, including Spanish Later of December 8, 2023 translations thereof, free of charge, by contacting the Balloting Agent, Kroll or the Date that is TwentyOne (21) Days Following Restructuring Administration LLC (f/k/a Prime Clerk LLC): Deadline for Debtor to complete mailing of solicitation Entry of the Supplemental materials.

Telephone (10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (AST)) (Spanish available): Disclosure Statement Order, (844) 822-9231 (toll free for U.S. and Puerto Rico) or as Soon as Reasonably (646) 486-7944 (for international callers) Practicable Thereafter Email: puertoricoinfo@ra.kroll.com (with ‘PREPA Solicitation’ in the subject line) Deadline for all parties to file opening expert disclosures November 17, 2023 (“Expert Disclosures”).

Alternatively, electronic copies of the Disclosure Statement, Supplemental Disclosure Statement and Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan are available, free of charge, by visiting Deadline for completion of fact discovery (the “Fact December 1, 2023 https://cases.ra.kroll.com/puertorico/.

Discovery Deadline”).

Deadline for all parties to file opening expert reports 2. Pursuant to the Supplemental Disclosure Statement Order, the Debtor will mail December 8, 2023 (“Opening Expert Reports”). materials needed for voting on the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan (the “Solicitation Deadline for all parties to file rebuttal expert disclosures Package”) to Holders with Claims in the following Classes (collectively, the “Voting December 15, 2023 (“Rebuttal Expert Witness Disclosures”).

Classes”): Deadline for all parties to serve fact notices of deposition, Class December 18, 2023 topics and requested times for depositions (“Expert 1 First Settlement Bondholder Claims Notices of Deposition”).

2 Uninsured Bondholder Secured Claims Deadline for all parties to file rebuttal expert reports January 9, 2024 3 Uninsured Bondholder Unsecured Claims (“Rebuttal Expert Reports”).

4 Assured Insured Bonds & Interest Rate Swap Secured Claims6 Deadline for the Debtor to file initial proposed January 12, 2024 confirmation order (the “Proposed Confirmation Order”).

5 Assured Insured Bonds & Interest Rate Swap Unsecured Claims7 8 Deadline for completion of expert discovery (the “Expert 6 Syncora Insured Bonds Secured Claims January 19, 2024 Discovery Deadline”).

7 Syncora Insured Bonds Unsecured Claims9 January 26, 2024 at 5:00 8 National Insured Bonds Secured Claims10 p.m. (Eastern Standard Voting Deadline & Election Deadline 9 National Insured Bonds Unsecured Claims11 Time) 10 Pension Claim12 Deadline for parties in interest to file: 11 Fuel Line Loan Claims • Objections to confirmation of the Fifth Modified Third January 26, 2024 at 5:00 12 General Unsecured Claims Amended Plan (“Plan Objections”); and p.m. (Atlantic Standard 13 Vitol Claims • Objections to Proposed Confirmation Order.

Time) 16 Federal Claims Deadline for all parties to file final witness lists.

3. Confirmation Hearing. A hearing to consider confirmation of the Fifth Modified Third Deadline for all parties to file Daubert motions and January 30, 2024 Amended Plan (the “Confirmation Hearing”) will be held before The Honorable Laura Taylor motions in limine.

Swain, United States District Court Judge, at the United States District Court for the District Deadline for all parties to file objections to Daubert of Puerto Rico, Clemente Ruiz Nazario United States Courthouse, 150 Carlos Chardón February 9, 2024 motions and motions in limine.

Avenue, San Juan P.R. 00918-1767 (or as otherwise provided pursuant to an order of the

February 12, 2024

Deadline for Debtor to file: • Memorandum of law in support of confirmation of the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan; • Omnibus reply to Plan Objections and objections to the Proposed Confirmation Order; • Witness Declarations; • Vote Tabulation; and • Initial proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law (“Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law”).

Deadline for parties in interest to file statements or joinders in support of confirmation of the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan.

Deadline for non-Debtor parties to file witness declarations.

February 16, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time)

Deadline for all parties to file replies in support of Daubert motions and motions in limine.

February 16, 2024

February 23, 2024

February 27, 2024

March 4–15, 2024

Deadline for all parties to file exhibit lists and deposition designations.

Deadline for parties in interest to file objections to the: • Vote Tabulation; and/or • Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law. Deadline for all parties to file counter-designations, objections to deposition designations, or objections to exhibit lists.

Deadline for Debtor to reply to objections to the: • Vote Tabulation; and/or • Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law. Deadline for all parties to file objections to counter designations.

Virtual hearing on motions in limine / pre-trial conference.

Confirmation Hearing

11. Voting Record Date. The voting record date is November 14, 2023 (the “Voting Record Date”), which is the date for determining which Holders of Claims in Voting Classes (except the Bond Classes15) are entitled to vote on the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan. Therefore, only those creditors in a Class entitled to vote on the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan and holding Claims against the Debtor (except in the Bond Classes) as of the Voting Record Date are entitled to vote on the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan.

12. Voting Deadline. The deadline for voting on the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan is January 26, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), unless such time is extended (the “Voting Deadline”). You are not required to vote on the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan to receive distributions pursuant to the terms of the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan, if confirmed by the Court, and provided you hold an Allowed Claim. However, if you are a First Settlement Bondholder, Second Settlement Bondholder, or National receiving the treatment provided to Holders of Claims in Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Class 8, or Class 9, you should review your First Bond Settlement Agreement, Second Bond Settlement Agreement, or National PSA, as applicable, prior to voting or abstaining from voting on the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan, and how it may affect your right to receive distributions.

13. If you received a Solicitation Package, including a Ballot or Notice and intend to vote on the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan, you must: (a) follow the instructions carefully; (b) complete all of the required information on the Ballot (as applicable); and (c) either (i) execute and return your completed Ballot according to and as set forth in detail in the voting instructions included in the Solicitation Package so that your Ballot is actually received by the Debtor’s solicitation agent, Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC (“Kroll” or the “Balloting Agent”)16 on or before the Voting Deadline, or (ii) instruct your broker or nominee (each, a “Nominee”) to electronically deliver your bonds via the Automated Tender Offer Program (“ATOP”) at The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) in accordance with your desire to vote to accept or reject the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan on or before the Voting Deadline. Failure to follow such instructions may disqualify your vote.

14. Election Deadline. The deadline for Beneficial Owners of PREPA Revenue Bonds insured by National that have the right to make an election of the form of distributions pursuant to the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan to make such election is on January 26, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), unless such time is extended (the “Election Deadline”). If you received an Election Notice with an option to make an election, you must: (a) follow the instructions carefully; and (b) deliver all of the required information according to and as set forth in detail in the election instructions so that it is received by your Nominee in sufficient time for your Nominee to actually effectuate your election through DTC’s ATOP on or before the Election Deadline.

15. Parties in Interest Not Entitled to Vote. Creditors in Class 18 (Section 510(b) Subordinated Claims) are deemed to reject the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan and not entitled to vote.

16. Creditors in Class 14 (Ordinary Course Customer Claims), Class 15 (Eminent Domain/ Inverse Condemnation Claims), and Class 17 (Convenience Claims) are deemed to accept the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan and not entitled to vote.

17. If a Claim is listed on the Debtor’s list of creditors [ECF No. 262] as contingent, unliquidated, or disputed and a proof of claim was not (i) filed by the earlier of the applicable bar date for the filing of proofs of claim established by the Court or the Voting Record Date (as applicable); or (ii) deemed timely filed by an order of the Court prior to the Voting Deadline, such Claim shall not be entitled to vote to accept or reject the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan. Proofs of claim filed for $0.00 or Claims that have been expunged by order of the Court are also not entitled to vote.

18. If you have timely filed a proof of claim and disagree with the Debtor’s classification of, or objection to, your Claim and believe you should be entitled to vote on the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan, you must serve the Debtor and the parties listed in paragraph 45 of the Supplemental Disclosure Statement Order and file with the Court (with a copy to Chambers) a motion (a “Rule 3018(a) Motion”) for an order pursuant to Rule 3018 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (the “Bankruptcy Rules”) temporarily allowing your Claim in a different amount or in a different Class for purposes of voting to accept or reject the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan. All Rule 3018(a) Motions must be filed on or before the tenth (10th) day after the later of (i) service of this Confirmation Hearing Notice and (ii) service of notice of an objection, if any, as to such Claim. In accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 3018(a), as to any to any creditor filing a Rule 3018(a) Motion, such creditor’s Ballot will not be counted except as may be otherwise ordered by the Court prior continue reading on the next page ►

The San Juan Daily Star Star The San Juan Daily to the Voting Deadline (January 26, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), which corresponds to 6:00 p.m. prevailing Atlantic Time). Creditors may contact the Balloting Agent (i) via first class mail or via overnight courier, at Puerto Rico Ballot Processing, C/O Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC (f/k/a Prime Clerk LLC), 850 Third Avenue, Suite 412, Brooklyn, NY 11232, (ii) by telephone at (844) 822-9231 (toll free for U.S. and Puerto Rico) or (646) 486-7944 (for international callers), available 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time) (Spanish available), or (iii) by email at puertoricoinfo@ra.kroll.com (with ‘PREPA Solicitation’ in the subject line), to receive an appropriate Ballot for any Claim for which a proof of claim has been timely filed and a Rule 3018(a) Motion has been granted.

Rule 3018(a) Motions that are not timely filed and served in the manner set forth herein shall not be considered.

19. If you wish to have your Claim temporarily allowed for voting purposes pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 3018(a), a form of Rule 3018(a) motion together with instructions for filing and serving the motion is available at https://cases.ra.kroll.com/puertorico/.

20. Parties Who Will Not Be Treated as Creditors. Any holder of a Claim that (i) is scheduled in the List of Creditors at $0.00 and is not the subject of a timely filed proof of Claim or a proof of claim deemed timely filed with the Court pursuant to either the Bankruptcy Code or any order of the Court, or otherwise deemed timely filed under applicable law, or (ii) is not scheduled and is not the subject of a timely filed proof of claim or a proof of claim deemed timely filed with the Court pursuant to either the Bankruptcy Code or any order of the Court, or otherwise deemed timely filed under applicable law, shall not be treated as a creditor with respect to such Claim for purposes of (a) receiving notices regarding the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan, and (b) voting on the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan.

21. Additional Information. Any party in interest wishing to obtain information about the solicitation procedures or copies of the Disclosure Statement, Supplemental Disclosure Statement, or the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan, including Spanish translations thereof, should contact the Balloting Agent, Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC, by telephone at (844) 822-9231 (toll free for U.S. and Puerto Rico) or (646) 486-7944 (for international callers), available 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time) (Spanish available), or by email at puertoricoinfo@ra.kroll.com (with ‘PREPA Solicitation’ in the subject line), or may view such documents by accessing either https://cases.ra.kroll.com/ puertorico/ or the Court’s website, https://www.prd.uscourts.gov/. Please note that a Public Access to Court Electronic Records (“PACER”) (http://www.pacer.psc.uscourts.gov) password and login are needed to access documents on the Court’s website.

22. Bankruptcy Rules 2002(c)(3) and 3016(c)). In accordance with Bankruptcy Rules 2002(c)(3) and 3016(c), set forth below are the release, exculpation, and injunction provisions contained in the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan: Section 31(A) – Discharge and Release of Claims and Causes of Action: 1. Complete Satisfaction, Discharge, and Release. Except as expressly provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, all distributions and rights afforded under the Plan shall be, and shall be deemed to be, in exchange for, and in complete satisfaction, settlement, discharge, and release of, all Claims or Causes of Action against PREPA and Reorganized PREPA that arose, in whole or in part, prior to the Effective Date, relating to the Title III Case, the Debtor or Reorganized Debtor or any of their respective Assets, property, or interests of any nature whatsoever, including any interest accrued on such Claims from and after the Petition Date, and regardless of whether any property will have been distributed or retained pursuant to the Plan on account of such Claims or Causes of Action. Upon the Effective Date, the Debtor and Reorganized Debtor shall be discharged and released from any and all Claims, Causes of Action, and any other Debts that arose, in whole or in part, prior to the Effective Date (including prior to the Petition Date), and all Debts of the kind specified in Bankruptcy Code sections 502(g), 502(h), or 502(i), whether or not (a) a Proof of Claim based upon such Debt is filed or deemed filed under Bankruptcy Code section 501, (b) a Claim based upon such Debt is allowed under Bankruptcy Code section 502 (or is otherwise resolved), or (c) the Holder of a Claim based upon such Debt voted to accept the Plan; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, this Article XXXI.A.1 does not extend to or include any claims, rights, or defenses (whether ordinary or affirmative) of the Vitol Parties related to the Vitol-SCC AP preserved pursuant to the Vitol Settlement Agreement, and the Vitol Parties are not releasing and instead are expressly preserving, all of their claims, rights, or defenses related to the Vitol-SCC AP as provided in the Vitol Settlement Agreement.

2. Preclusion from Assertion of Claims Against the Debtor. All Entities are enjoined from asserting any and all Claims or other obligations, suits, judgments, damages, Debts, rights, remedies, Causes of Action, or liabilities, of any nature whatsoever, including any interest accrued on such Claims from and after the Petition Date, against the Debtor and Reorganized Debtor and each of their respective Assets, property and rights, relating to the Title III Case, regardless of whether any property will have been distributed or retained pursuant to the Plan on account of such Claims or other obligations, suits, judgments, damages, Debts, rights, remedies, Causes of Action, or liabilities. In accordance with the foregoing, except as expressly provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, the Confirmation Order shall constitute a judicial determination, as of the Effective Date, of the discharge and release of all such Claims, Causes of Action, or Debt of or against the Debtor and the Reorganized Debtor pursuant to Bankruptcy Code sections 524 and 944, applicable to the Title III Case pursuant to PROMESA section 301, and such discharge shall void and extinguish any judgment obtained against the Debtor or Reorganized Debtor and their respective Assets, and property at any time, to the extent such judgment is related to a discharged Claim, Debt, or liability. For the avoidance of doubt, this Article XXXI.A.2 does not extend to or include any claims, rights, or defenses (whether ordinary or affirmative) of the Vitol Parties related to the Vitol-SCC AP preserved pursuant to the Vitol Settlement Agreement, and the Vitol Parties are not releasing and instead are expressly preserving, all of their claims, rights, or defenses related to the Vitol-SCC AP as provided in the Vitol Settlement Agreement.

3. Injunction Related to Discharge of Claims. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Article XXXI of the Plan, the Confirmation Order or such other applicable Final Order of the Title III Court, all Entities who have held, hold, or may hold Claims or any other Debt or liability discharged or released pursuant to Article XXXI hereof or who have held, hold, or may hold Claims or any other Debt or liability that is discharged or released pursuant to Article XXXI hereof are permanently enjoined, from and after the Effective Date, from (a) commencing or continuing, directly or indirectly, in any manner, any action or other proceeding (including, without limitation, any judicial, arbitral, administrative, or other proceeding) of any kind on any such Claim or other Debt or liability that is discharged or released pursuant to the Plan against any of the Released Parties or any of their respective Assets or property, (b) the enforcement, attachment, collection, or recovery by any manner or means of any judgment, award, decree, or order against any of the Released Parties or any of their respective assets or property on account of any Claim or other Debt or liability that is discharged or released pursuant to the Plan, (c) creating, perfecting, or enforcing any encumbrance of any kind against any of the Released Parties or any of their respective

Wednesday, December Wednesday, January20, 3, 2023 2024 Legal Notice (Page 2 of 2) assets or property on account of any Claim or other Debt or liability that is discharged or released pursuant to the Plan, and (d) except to the extent provided, permitted, or preserved

by Bankruptcy Code sections 553, 555, 556, 559, or 560 or pursuant to the common law right of recoupment, asserting any right of setoff, subrogation, or recoupment of any kind against any obligation due from any of the Released Parties or any of their respective assets or property, with respect to any such Claim or other Debt or liability that is discharged or released pursuant to the Plan. Such injunction shall extend to all successors and assigns of the Released Parties and their respective assets and property.

Section 31(B) – Releases by the Debtor and Reorganized Debtor: Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, on the Effective Date, and for good and valuable consideration, each of the Debtor and Reorganized Debtor, the Distribution Agent and each of the Debtor’s and Reorganized Debtor’s Related Persons shall be deemed to have and hereby does irrevocably and unconditionally, fully, finally, and forever waive, release, acquit, and discharge the Released Parties from any and all Claims or Causes of Action that the Debtor, Reorganized Debtor, and the Distribution Agent, or any of them, or anyone claiming through them, on their behalf or for their benefit, have or may have or claim to have, now or in the future, that are based upon, relate to, or arise out of or in connection with, in whole or in part, any act, omission, transaction, event, or other circumstance relating to the Title III Case, the Fuel Line Lender PSA, the National PSA, the Second Bond Settlement Agreement, or the Debtor taking place or existing on or prior to the Effective Date, and/or any Claim, act, fact, transaction, occurrence, statement, or omission in connection with or alleged or that could have been alleged, including, without limitation, any such Claim, demand, right, liability, or cause of action for indemnification, contribution, or any other basis in law or equity for damages, costs, or fees.

Section 31(C) – Releases by Holders of Claims: Notwithstanding anything contained in this Plan to the contrary, as of the Effective Date, for good and valuable consideration, each Holder of a Claim is deemed to have released and discharged the Debtor and the Reorganized Debtor from any and all Claims and Causes of Action, whether known or unknown, including any derivative claims, asserted on behalf of the Debtor, that such Entity would have been legally entitled to assert (whether individually or collectively), based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtor (including management, ownership, or operation thereof), the Debtor’s in- or out-of-court restructuring efforts, intercompany transactions, the Title III Case, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, or filing of the Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the Uninsured Bond Settlement Agreement, the Vitol Settlement Agreement, the Restructuring Transactions, the Fuel Line Lender PSA, the National PSA, or any contract, instrument, release, or other Definitive Documents, agreement, or document created or entered into in connection with the Disclosure Statement, or the Plan, the filing of the Title III Case, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of consummation, the administration and implementation of the Plan, including the issuance or distribution of securities pursuant to the Plan, or the distribution of property under the Plan or any other related agreement, or upon any other related act or omission, transaction, agreement, event, or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the releases set forth above do not release any post-Effective Date obligations of any party or Entity under the Plan, the Restructuring Transactions, or any document, instrument, or agreement (including those set forth in the Plan Supplement) executed to implement the Plan.

Section 31(D) – Exculpation. Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, to the maximum extent permitted by law, no Exculpated Party shall have or incur, and each Exculpated Party is released and exculpated from any Cause of Action for any claim related to any act or omission in connection with, relating to, or arising out of, the Title III Case, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, or filing of the Fuel Line Lender PSA, the National PSA, Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the First Bond Settlement Agreement, the Second Bond Settlement Agreement, the Vitol Settlement Agreement, or any Restructuring Transaction, contract, instrument, release or other Definitive Document, agreement, or document created or entered into in connection with the Disclosure Statement or the Plan, the filing of the Title III Case, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of consummation, the administration and implementation of the Plan, including the issuance of securities pursuant to the Plan, or the distribution of property under the Plan or any other related agreement, except for claims related to any act or omission determined in a Final Order to have constituted actual fraud or gross negligence, but in all respects such Entities shall be entitled to reasonably rely upon the advice of counsel with respect to their duties and responsibilities pursuant to the Plan. The Exculpated Parties have, and upon confirmation of the Plan shall be deemed to have, participated in good faith and in compliance with the applicable laws with regard to the solicitation of votes and distribution of consideration pursuant to the Plan and, therefore, are not, and on account of such distributions shall not be, liable at any time for the violation of any applicable law, rule, or regulation governing the solicitation of acceptances or rejections of the Plan or such distributions made pursuant to the Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Plan shall not, and shall not be construed to, release or exculpate, any payment obligation under the applicable National Insurance Policy, to any beneficial holder of National Insured Bonds, in accordance with its terms solely to the extent of any failure of such holder to receive the treatment provided to Holders of Claims in Class 9 (or any claims that National may have against a beneficial holder of National Insured Bonds with respect to National’s applicable obligations under the National Insurance Policies).

Section 31(E) – Injunction. As of the Effective Date, all Entities that hold, have held, or may hold a Released Claim released pursuant to this Article XXXI of the Plan, are, and shall be, permanently, forever and completely stayed, restrained, prohibited, barred, and enjoined from taking any of the following actions, whether directly or indirectly, derivatively, or otherwise, on account of or based on the subject matter of such discharged Released Claims: (i) commencing, conducting, or continuing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any suit, action, or other proceeding (including, without limitation, any judicial, arbitral, administrative, or other proceeding) in any forum; (ii) enforcing, attaching (including, without limitation any prejudgment attachment), collecting, or in any way seeking to recover any judgment, award, decree, or other order; (iii) creating, perfecting, or in any way enforcing in any matter, directly or indirectly, any Lien; (iv) setting off, seeking reimbursement or contributions from, or subrogation against, or otherwise recouping in any manner, directly or indirectly, any amount against any liability or obligation owed to any Entity released under Article XXXI hereof; and (v) commencing or continuing in any manner, in any place of any judicial, arbitration, or administrative proceeding in any forum, that does not comply with or its inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan or the Confirmation Order.

Section 40(C) – Supplemental Injunction. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, except to the limited extent provided in the Plan, all Entities, including Entities acting on their behalf, who currently hold or assert, have held or asserted, or may hold or assert, any Released Claims against any of the Released Parties based upon, attributable to, arising out of or relating to the Title III Case or any Claim against the Debtor,

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whenever and wherever arising or asserted, whether in the U.S. or anywhere else in the world, whether sounding in tort, contract, warranty, statute, or any other theory of law, equity or otherwise, shall be, and shall be deemed to be, permanently stayed, restrained and enjoined from taking any action against any of the Released Parties for the purpose of directly or indirectly collecting, recovering or receiving any payment or recovery with respect to any Released Claims arising prior to the Effective Date (including prior to the Petition Date), including, but not limited to: 1. Commencing or continuing in any manner any action or other proceeding of any kind with respect to any such Released Claim against any of the Released Parties or the assets or property of any Released Party; 2. Enforcing, attaching, collecting, or recovering, by any manner or means, any judgment, award, decree, or order against any of the Released Parties or the assets or property of any Released Party with respect to any such Released Claim; 3. Creating, perfecting, or enforcing any Lien of any kind against any of the Released Parties or the assets or property of any Released Party with respect to any such Released Claim; 4. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, asserting, implementing or effectuating any setoff, right of subrogation, indemnity, contribution, or recoupment of any kind against any obligation due to any of the Released Parties or against the property of any Released Party with respect to any such Released Claim; and 5. Taking any act, in any manner, in any place whatsoever, that does not conform to, or comply with, the provisions of the Plan or the Confirmation Order, provided, however, that the Debtor’s compliance with the formal requirements of Bankruptcy Rule 3016 shall not constitute an admission that the Plan provides for any injunction against conduct not otherwise enjoined under the Bankruptcy Code.

Dated: November 17, 2023, San Juan, Puerto Rico Respectfully submitted, /s/ Martin J. Bienenstock , Martin J. Bienenstock, Paul V. Possinger, Ehud Barak, Margaret A. Dale, Michael T. Mervis, Daniel S. Desatnik, (Admitted Pro Hac Vice), PROSKAUER ROSE LLP, Eleven Times Square, New York, NY 10036, Tel: (212) 969-3000, Fax: (212) 969-2900, Email: mbienenstock@proskauer.com, ppossinger@ proskauer.com, ebarak@proskauer.com, ddesatnik@proskauer.com -and- /s/ Hermann D. Bauer , Hermann D. Bauer, USDC No. 215205, O’NEILL & BORGES LLC, 250 Muñoz Rivera Ave., Suite 800, San Juan, PR 00918-1813, Tel: (787) 764-8181, Fax: (787) 7538944, Email: hermann.bauer@oneillborges.com, Attorneys for the Financial Oversight and Management Board as representative for PREPA 1 The Debtors in these Title III Cases, along with each Debtor’s respective Title III case number and the last four (4) digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number, as applicable, are the (i) Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Bankruptcy Case No. 17-BK-3283LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3481); (ii) Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation (“COFINA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17-BK-3284-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 8474); (iii) Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority (“HTA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17-BK-3567-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3808); (iv) Employees Retirement System of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“ERS”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17-BK-3566-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 9686); (v) Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (“PREPA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17- BK-4780-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3747); and (vi) Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority (“PBA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 19- BK-5523-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3801) (Title III case numbers are listed as Bankruptcy Case numbers due to software limitations).

2 On March 29, 2022, Prime Clerk LLC changed its name to Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC. 3 Unless otherwise specified herein, docket references shall refer to Case No. 17-BK4780.

4 The Disclosure Statement contains additional information regarding PREPA and its Title III case, and is available online at https://cases.ra.kroll.com/puertorico/.

5 All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Fifth Modified Third Amended Plan.

6 A Solicitation Package shall only be provided to Assured on account of the Claims in Class 4.

7 A Solicitation Package shall only be provided to Assured on account of the Claims in Class 5.

8 A Solicitation Package shall only be provided to Syncora on account of the Claims in Class 6.

9 A Solicitation Package shall only be provided to Syncora on account of the Claims in Class 7.

10 A Solicitation Package shall only be provided to National on account of the Claims in Class 8.

11 A Solicitation Package shall only be provided to National on account of the Claims in Class 9.

12 With respect to Class 10 (Pension Claims), Solicitation Packages shall only be provided to Sistema de Retiro de los Emploeados de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica, Unión de Trabajadores de la Industria Eléctrica y Riego, Inc., and Union de Empleados Profesionales Independiente de la AEE. 13 The deadline for the Debtor to file the proposed confirmation order is January 12, 2024.

14 All of the dates and procedures set forth in this notice are subject to change by further Court order.

15 For the avoidance of doubt, because Holders of Claims in the Bond Classes must submit their vote and/or election through the Automated Tender Offer Platform at The Depository Trust Company, the Voting Record Date shall not apply to the Bond Classes; provided, however, the Voting Record Date shall apply to (i) any PREPA Revenue Bonds formerly insured by Assured in the primary market, and the principal amount of which was paid by Assured on or after the original maturity date of such bonds (the “Assured Matured Bonds”) or (ii) any claim arising from PREPA Revenue Bonds for which voting through Automated Tender Offer Platform cannot be established (“ATOP Ineligible Bonds”). The holder as of the Voting Record Date of the (i) claims arising from the Assured Matured Bonds (including, without limitation, Assured) and (ii) claims arising from ATOP Ineligible Bonds shall not be required to tender such bonds through the Automated Tender Offer Platform, and instead shall be provided with a ballot with which to vote such claims.

16 On March 29, 2022, Prime Clerk LLC changed its name to Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC.

22 de desahogo, dos baños, cocina, sala, comedor, balcón, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO lavandería y marquesina. ValoDE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- rado el solar con la edificación NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA en $90,000.00. El abogado de CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYA- la parte Peticionaria es el: Lcdo.

MÓN SALA SUPERIOR Angel A. Colón Colón, RUA SIXTA MARIA 7469, PO BOX 8210, Bayamón, HERNANDEZ RODRIGUEZ PR, 00960; número de teléfono: (787) 798-5271; correo electróPeticionaria nico: Icdo.angelcolon@gmail.

EX-PARTE Civil Núm.: DO2023CV00214. com. También, se le informa Sala: 605. Sobre: EXPEDIEN- que el Tribunal ha señalado visTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ES- ta en este caso para el 13 DE TADOS UNIDOS DE NORTE- MARZO DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LA MAÑANA, a la cual usDE LOS EEUU, EL ESTADO ted puede comparecer asistido LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUER- por el abogado y presentar oposición a la petición. Se le notifiTO RICO, S.S. A: SUCESIÓN DE MARIO ca a usted que este Tribunal ha ordenado su citación, para que CARDONA OLIVO Y/O presente oposición a este exMARIO CARDONA Y/O pediente, si se viesen perjudiHEREDEROS FULANO, cados con la inscripción que se MENGANO Y ZUTANO DE solicita; advirtiéndole que de no TAL Y A LAS PERSONAS hacerlo dentro del término de (20) días a contar desde DESCONOCIAS IGNORA veinte que fuera usted notificado de MASA QUIENES esta citación, la parte peticionaPUEDA PERJUDICAR ria podrán solicitar y obtener la LA INSCRIPCION DEL aprobación de este expediente DOMINO A FAVOR DE LA de dominio y la correspondienPARTE PETICIONARIA te inscripción a su nombre en registro de la Propiedad de EN EL REGISTRO DE LA el Puerto Rico, sección de IV de PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA Bayamón, el dominio de la finca QUE MAS ADELANTE anteriormente descrita. Usted deberá presentar su posición SE DESCRIBIRÁ Y A a través del Sistema Unificado TODA PERSONA EN de Manejo y Administración GENERAL QUE CON Casos (SUMAC), al cual DERECHO PARA ELLOS de puede acceder utilizando la siDESEE OPONERSE A guiente dirección electrónica: ESTE EXPEDIENTE DE https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por DOMINIO. POR LA PRESENTE se le noti- derecho propio, en cuyo caso fica a usted que se ha presen- deberá presentar su alegación tado en el Tribunal de Primera en la Secretaría del Tribunal.

Instancia de Puerto Rico, Cen- Si usted deja de presentar su tro Judicial de Bayamón, Sala alegación dentro del referido Superior, un escrito jurado por término, el Tribunal podrá dictar el promovente señalado en sentencia, previo a escuchar epígrafe, para justificar e ins- la prueba de valor de la parte cribir a su nombre el dominio Peticionaria en su contra, sin del inmueble que se describe a más citarle ni oírle, y conceder continuación: RÚSTICO: Solar el remedio solicitado en la perústico, localizado en el Barrio tición, o en cualquier otro, si el Magüayo, Sector el Cotto, del Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su término municipal de Dorado, sana discreción, lo entiende PR, con una cabida superfi- precedente. Por Orden de este cial de setecientos cuarenta y tribunal, expido la presente bajo cuatro metros cuadrados (744 mi firma y sello oficial. En Bamc), equivalentes a cero punto yamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 12 mil ochocientos noventa y dos de DICIEMBRE de 2023. Lcda cuerdas de terreno (0.1892 Laura I. Santa Sánchez, Secrecuerdas) en linderos por el taria Regional. Mircienid GonNORTE, en cuatro alineaciones zález Torres, Secretaria Auxiliar con terrenos de José L. Olivo; Del Tribunal. por el SUR, en dos alineaciones LEGAL NOTICE con terrenos de Luis Mario Cardona Hernández, Finca 16424; ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO por el ESTE, con terreno Mu- DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUnicipal y por el OESTE, con NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA terrenos de Ana María López SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYACardona y su esposo, Carlos MÓN Hugo Irizarry. Contiene una ediFIRSTBANK ficación de uso residencial de 3 PUERTO RICO cuartos dormitorios, un cuarto Parte Demandante Vs.

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VERÓNICA VARGAS FRAGAPANE

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2023CV00598.

Saló Núm.: (502). 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: VERÓNICA VARGAS FRAGAPANE: 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: URBANA: Solar número 43 de la Urbanización Paisajes de Dorado, situado en el Barrio Higuillar del municipio de Dorado, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de 376.070 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con terrenos de la Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda de Puerto Rico, en 14.00 metros lineales; por el SUR, en 14.00 metros lineales, con una servidumbre a favor de la Junta Reglamentadora de Telecomunicaciones de 1.52 metros de ancho y con la Calle Palma Real de la Urbanización; por el ESTE, con el solar número 42, en 27.074 metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar número 44, en 26.961 metros lineales.

Enclava en este solar una casa de hormigón para fines residenciales de una planta, conteniendo sala, comedor, “family room”, cocina, área de lavandería, tres cuartos dormitorios, dos baños y una marquesina abierta para dos automóviles.

Consta inscrita al folio 28 del tomo 258 de Dorado, Finca Número #13,075, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección IV de Bayamón. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: Paisajes de Dorado Dev. #43, Dorado, P.R. 00646.

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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 $196,903.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca #147, otorgada en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el día 30 de abril de 2007, ante el notario Pedro Juan Caride Cruz, e inscrita al folio 28 del tomo 258 de Dorado, finca número 13,075 inscripción 1ra., debidamente modificada mediante la escritura número 51, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 17 de octubre de 2011, ante la notario Marysol López González, e inscrita al folio 28 del tomo 258 de Dorado, finca número 13,075, inscripción 2da. La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 31 DE ENERO DE 2024 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 $196,903.00.

Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 7 DE FEBRERO DE 2024 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 $131,268.66. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 14 DE FEBRERO DE 2024 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 $98,451.50. 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 $170,652.62, con intereses a 4.00% anual, desde el 1ro de agosto de 2019, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más los cargos por demora que se corresponden a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pactada de 4% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, más una suma equivalente a $19,690.30, por

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Wednesday, January 3, 2024 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 08 de diciembre de 2023. Edgardo Elías Vargas Santana, Alguacil Auxiliar Placa #193.

DESCONOCIDOS; HONORABLE SECRETARIO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO; HONORABLE SECRETARIO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE JUSTICIA DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO

Demandado Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV06012.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL, Alguacil de la División de Subastas del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, a la demandada y al público en general, les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso, por el Secretario del Tribunal, con fecha 14 de noviembre de 2023 y para satisfacer la Sentencia por la cantidad de $56,827.19 de principal; dictada en el caso de epígrafe el 1 de agosto de 2023, notificada y archivada en autos el 4 de agosto de 2023, y publicada mediante edicto el día 10 de agosto de 2023 en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, procederé a vender en pública subasta, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, todo derecho, título e interés que haya tenido, tenga o pueda tener la deudora demandada en cuanto a la propiedad localizada en el: Municipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico, los bienes inmuebles se describen a continuación: Ur. Open Land LEGAL NOTICE 574 c/Elizondo, San Juan, PR ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO 00923-1822. URBANA: Solar DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL marcado con el número diez del DE PRIMERA INxSTANCIA proyecto de renovación urbana SALA SUPERIOR SAN JUAN conocido como San Jose Open BANCO POPULAR DE Land, U.R.P.R. cinco guion nueve situado en el barrio Sabana PUERTO RICO Llana del término municipal de Demandante V. SUCESION DE MARIO Rio Piedras, con una cabida superficial de 322.12 metros CASANOVA CRUZ, cuadrados; en lindes al Norte, COMPUESTA POR con la acera de travesía #1 de RACHELIZ CASANOVA la mencionada urbanización en ORTIZ, RUFINO, MARIO, distancia de 23.70 metros; al GILBERT Y LUZ EVELIN, Sur, con el solar #11 de dicho TODOS DE APELLIDOS proyecto en distancia de 24.37 metros; al Este, con la serviCASANOVA REYES, dumbre de paso de la calle #51 COMO HEREDEROS de la susodicha urbanización CONOCIDOS; FULANO en distancia de 12.80 metros DE TAL, FULANA DE y al Oeste, con el solar #35 del TAL, ZUTANO DE TAL Y mencionado proyecto, en 13.98 ZUTANA DE TAL, A, B Y metros. Enclava una casa. Finca #8275 inscrita al folio 221 del

C, COMO HEREDEROS

The San Juan Daily Star tomo 184 de Sabana Llana, Re- en moneda de curso legal de gistro de la Propiedad de San los Estados Unidos de NorteaJuan, Sección V. Con el importe mérica, giro postal o cheque de de dicha venta se habrá de sa- gerente a nombre del Alguacil tisfacer a la parte demandante del Tribunal y para conocimienlas cantidades adeudadas, to de la parte demandada y de según la Sentencia dictada toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) en el caso de epígrafe, por el que tengan interés inscrito con Tribunal de Primera Instancia, posterioridad a la inscripción Sala de San Juan, cuyas canti- del gravamen que se está ejedades ascienden a $55,526,19 cutando, y para conocimiento de 1er principal y $1,301.00 de de los licitadores y el público en 2do principal para un total de general y para su publicación $56,827.19, a razón de 6.50% en un periódico de circulación de interés al momento en que general, una vez por semana se incurrió en el atraso, los cua- durante el término de dos (2) les continúan acumulándose semanas consecutivas con un hasta el saldo total de la deuda; intervalo de por lo menos siete $397.85 por concepto de car- (7) días entre ambas publicagos por mora; más costas, gas- ciones, y para su fijación en tres tos y honorarios de abogado. (3) lugares públicos del municiEl tipo mínimo para la subasta pio en que ha de celebrarse la será la suma de tasación pacta- venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, da, la cual es $68,600.00 para el Tribunal y la Colecturía y se la propiedad descrita. Si no pro- le notificará además a la parte dujere remate o adjudicación la demandada vía correo certificaprimera subasta, se procederá do con acuse de recibo a la úla una segunda subasta y servi- tima dirección conocida. Se les rá de tipo mínimo la cantidad de advierte a todos los interesa$45,733.33. Si tampoco hubiere dos que todos los documentos remate ni adjudicación en esta relacionados con la presente segunda subasta, se procederá acción de ejecución de hipotea una tercera subasta, en ésta ca, así como la de la subasta, el tipo mínimo será la cantidad estarán disponibles para ser de $34,300.00. Si se declarase examinados en la Secretaría desierta la tercera subasta se del Tribunal. Se entenderá que dará por terminado el procedi- todo licitador acepta como basmiento, pudiendo adjudicarse a tante la titulación y que las caropción del demandante. Para gas y gravámenes anteriores y el lote descrito, la primera su- los preferentes, si los hubiere al basta se llevará a cabo el día crédito de ejecutante, continua17 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS rán subsiguientes entendiéndo9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. De no se que el rematante los acepta comparecer postor alguno se y queda subrogado en la reslevará a efecto una SEGUNDA ponsabilidad de los mismos, SUBASTA el día 24 DE ENERO sin destinarse a su extinción el DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA precio del remate. La propiedad MAÑANA. De no comparecer a ser ejecutada se adquirirá postor alguno se llevará a cabo libre de cargas y gravámenes una TERCERA SUBASTA el posteriores, previa orden judidía 31 DE ENERO DE 2024, A cial dirigida al Registrador de la LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. La Propiedad de la sección corressubasta o subastas antes indi- pondiente para la cancelación cadas se llevarán a efecto en mi de aquellos posteriores. Y para oficina, localizada en el Tribunal conocimiento de la demandada, de Primera Instancia, Sala Su- de los acreedores posteriores, perior de San Juan. De Estudio de los licitadores, partes interede Título realizado surge el si- sadas y público en general, exguiente gravamen posterior que pido el presente Aviso para su deberá ser cancelado. Hipoteca publicación en los lugares púconstituida por Mario Casanova blicos correspondientes. LibraCruz, soltero, a favor de la Auto- do en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a ridad para el Financiamiento de 8 de diciembre de 2023. Pedro la Vivienda de Puerto Rico, por Hieye González, Alguacil. $4,458.00 sin intereses, venLEGAL NOTICE cedero en 6 años, según Esc. #409 en San Juan el 28 de junio ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO de 2007 ante Nay del Carmen DE PUERTO RICO TRIBURodriguez Gonzalez, inscrita NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA en virtud de la Ley #216 del SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN 2010 al folio 123 del tomo 1125 JUAN de Sabana Llana, finca #8275 ESTRELLA HOMES II LLC. inscripción 6ta. Contiene condiParte Demandante V. ciones de venta por 6 años. Se SUCESIÓN DE JORGE le advierte a los licitadores que WILLIAM PERDOMO la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar MEDRANO COMPUESTA POR VILMA PERDOMO el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación

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DE SOTO, ISMAEL PERDOMO DE SOTO, JENNY PERDOMO DE SOTO, LUDMILA PERDOMO CAMACHO, TAMARA PERDOMO CAMACHO, JORGE WILLIAM PERDOMO CAMACHO, RAQUEL VIRGINIA PERDOMO PICHARDO, FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV06684.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de SAN JUAN, hago saber a la parte demandada, SUCESIÓN DE JORGE WILLIAM PERDOMO MEDRANO compuesta por VILMA PERDOMO DE SOTO, ISMAEL PERDOMO DE SOTO, JENNY PERDOMO DE SOTO, LUDMILA PERDOMO CAMACHO, TAMARA PERDOMO CAMACHO, JORGE WILLIAM PERDOMO CAMACHO, RAQUEL VIRGINIA PERDOMO PICHARDO, FULANO y FULANA DE TAL; y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 24 de octubre de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor pagadero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o giro postal, a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, las siguientes propiedades con dirección física: Condominio Miramar Royal Towers, Ave. Roosevelt 706, Miramar Sector, Santurce Ward, San Juan PR 00907 y que se describen como sigue: PROPIEDAD A: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento marcado con el número 7-A, ubicado en el séptimo piso de la Torre Norte, del Condominio Miramar Royal Towers, el cual está localizado en el número 706 de la Calle Roosevelt, del sector Miramar en Santurce, en la Ciudad de San Juan, Puerto Rico. Tiene un área superficial total o cabida de 1,444.44 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 134.19 metros cuadrados. Colinda por el NORTE, en 27’11”, equivalentes a 8.51 metros, con el espacio aéreo sobre la parte del frente del edificio mirando en dirección a la Calle Roosevelt; por el SUR, en 14’7”, equivalentes a 4.44 metros, con la pared que lo separa del Apartamento numero 7-B del edificio y en 13’4”, equivalentes a 4.06 metros, con la pared y puerta que lo separa del vestíbulo de los elementos y el elevador número 2; por el

ESTE, en dos alineaciones, una de 61’2” equivalentes a 18.64 metros y otra de 5’0”, equivalentes a 1.52 metros, con la pared exterior que da al espacio aéreo ubicado sobre el área de circulación vehicular que a su vez colinda con el Condominio Unión Norte; y por el OESTE, en tres alineaciones, una de 36’0”, equivalentes a 10.97 metros, con pared exterior que da al espacio aéreo sobre la rampa vehicular que a su vez colinda con el solar Anita Serra Blanco, otra de 20’5”, equivalentes a 6.22 metros, con la pared que lo separa del vestíbulo de elevadores y otra de 4’11”, equivalentes a 1.49 metros, con la pared que lo separa del recibidor del Apartamento 7-B. El apartamento es de forma aproximadamente rectangular, Su entrada está localizada en el lado Sur del apartamento por donde tiene acceso al pasillo o vestíbulo común de los elementos del séptimo piso. El apartamento consta de un vestíbulo, sala, comedor, cocina, balcón o terraza, 2 dormitorios, con armarios empotrados (closet) en la pared un armario para ropa de cama, 2 cuartos de baño completos y un medio baño. Le corresponde una participación equivalente a 2.28% en los elementos comunes generales así como la distribución de las ganancias y gastos comunes generales así como la distribución de las ganancias y gastos comunes generales del edificio y para fines del derecho al voto y le corresponde una participación equivalente a 5.59% en los elementos comunes generales limitados a la Torre Norte. Finca 21139, inscrita al Folio 160 del tomo 363 de Santurce Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección I. La finca antes descrita identificada como propiedad (A) se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: (i) HIPOTECA constituida por Jorge William Perdomo Medrano favor de Banco Santander Puerto Rico, por la suma principal de $188,000.00, respondiendo esta finca por la suma de $169,200.00, con intereses a razón del 5-5/8% anual, con vencimiento el 1ro de mayo del 2027. Créditos Garantizados: Se garantizan tres créditos adicionales equivalente al 10% del principal original del pagaré, cada uno, para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en caso de ejecución, para intereses no garantizados y para adelantos.

Se tasa la finca en una suma equivalente al principal original del pagaré, cuyo valor servirá como tipo mínimo en caso de subasta. Así resulta de la escritura número 13 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el 5 de abril del 2012 ante la notario Gloria I. Velázquez Villares, según inscripción 5. (ii) Anotación de Demanda: A favor de Luna

Wednesday, January 3, 2024 Residential II, LLC., con un valor de $110,074.38, número de caso SJ2022CV06684 sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala de San Juan, LUNA RESIDENTIAL II, LLC demandante v. La Sucesión de Jorge William Perdomo Medrano Compuesta Por Fulano De Tal Y Fulana De Tal Como Posibles Herederos Desconocidos Con Interés En La Sucesión; Centro De Recaudación De Ingresos Municipales (CRIM) demandado a 26 de julio de 2022, según inscripción A. La PRIMERA SUBASTA de la Propiedad (A): [PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: APARTAMENTO MARCADO CON EL NÚMERO 7-A…], será celebrada el día 17 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico. Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma, la cantidad de $169,200.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 24 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la que servirá como tipo mínimo, dos terceras (2/3) partes del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $112,800.00. Si no hubiese remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, celebraré TERCERA SUBASTA el día 31 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar en la que regirá como tipo mínimo, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $84,600.00. PROPIEDAD B: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Espacio de estacionamiento techado marcado con el número 59, ubicado en el nivel soterrado B-3 en el Condominio Miramar Royal Towers, localizado en el número 706 de la Calle Roosevelt en el sector Miramar, en Santurce, en la Ciudad de San Juan de Puerto Rico. Tiene dicho estacionamiento un área superficial de 132.50 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 12.31 metros cuadrados. Mide 8’10” de ancho, equivalentes a 2.69 metros por 15’0”, equivalentes a 4.57 metros de largo. Colinda por el NORTE, con la pared de la escalera número 2 de la Torre Norte; por el SUR, con un área de circulación para vehículos de motor; por el ESTE, con una pared; y por el OESTE, con el estacionamiento número 58 y con una columna estructural.

Dicho estacionamiento tiene cabida para un solo automóvil el cual tendrá su entrada y acceso por el lado Sur. Le corresponde una participación equivalente a .21% en los elementos comunes generales así como la distribución de las ganancias y gastos comunes del edificio y para fines del derecho al voto.

Finca 21140, inscrita al Folio 163 del tomo 363 de Santurce Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección I. La finca antes descrita identificada como propiedad (B) se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: (i) HIPOTECA constituida por Jorge William Perdomo Medrano favor de Banco Santander Puerto Rico, por la suma principal de $188,000.00, respondiendo esta finca por la suma de $8,648.00, con intereses a razón del 5-5/8% anual, con vencimiento el 1ro de mayo del 2027. Créditos Garantizados: Se garantizan tres créditos adicionales equivalente al 10% del principal original del pagaré, cada uno, para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en caso de ejecución, para intereses no garantizados y para adelantos.

Se tasa la finca en una suma equivalente al principal original del pagaré, cuyo valor servirá como tipo mínimo en caso de subasta. Así resulta de la escritura número 13 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el 5 de abril del 2012 ante la notario Gloria I. Velázquez Villares, según inscripción 5. (ii) Anotación de Demanda: A favor de Luna Residential II, LLC., con un valor de $110,074.38, número de caso SJ2022CV06684 sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala de San Juan, LUNA RESIDENTIAL II, LLC demandante v. La Sucesión de Jorge William Perdomo Medrano Compuesta Por Fulano De Tal Y Fulana De Tal Como Posibles Herederos Desconocidos Con Interés En La Sucesión; Centro De Recaudación De Ingresos Municipales (CRIM) demandado a 26 de julio de 2022, según inscripción A. La PRIMERA SUBASTA de la Propiedad (B): [ESPACIO DE ESTACIONAMIENTO TECHADO MARCADO CON EL NÚMERO 59…], será celebrada el día 17 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:05 DE LA MAÑANA en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico. Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma, la cantidad de $8,648.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 24 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:05 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la que servirá como tipo mínimo, dos terceras (2/3) partes del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $5,765.33. Si no hubiese remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, celebraré TERCERA SUBASTA el día 31 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:05 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar en la que regirá como tipo mínimo, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $4,324.00. PROPIE-

DAD C: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Espacio de estacionamiento marcado con el número 5 sin techar ubicado en el nivel terrero del Condominio Miramar Royal Towers, localizado en el número 706 de la Calle Roosevelt en el sector Miramar en la Ciudad de San Juan, Puerto Rico. Tiene dicho estacionamiento un área superficial de 114.19 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 10.61 metros cuadrados. Mide 7’3” de ancho, equivalentes a 2.21 metros, por 151’9” de largo, equivalentes a 4.80 metros de largo. Colinda por el NORTE, con el estacionamiento número 6; por el SUR, con el estacionamiento número 4; por el ESTE, con un muro que delimita la propiedad; y por el OESTE, con el área de la Marquesina de la Torre Norte.

Dicho estacionamiento tiene cabida para un solo automóvil el cuan tendrá su entrada y acceso por el lado OESTE. Le corresponde una participación equivalente al 0.18% en los elementos comunes generales así como en la distribución de las ganancias y gastos comunes del edificio y para fines del derecho al voto. Finca 21141, inscrita al Folio 168 del tomo 363 de Santurce Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección I. La finca antes descrita identificada como Propiedad (C) se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: (i) HIPOTECA constituida por Jorge William Perdomo Medrano favor de Banco Santander Puerto Rico, por la suma principal de $188,000.00, respondiendo esta finca por la suma de $9,400.00, con intereses a razón del 5-5/8% anual, con vencimiento el 1ro de mayo del 2027. Créditos Garantizados: Se garantizan tres créditos adicionales equivalente al 10% del principal original del pagaré, cada uno, para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en caso de ejecución, para intereses no garantizados y para adelantos.

Se tasa la finca en una suma equivalente al principal original del pagaré, cuyo valor servirá como tipo mínimo en caso de subasta. Así resulta de la escritura número 13 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el 5 de abril del 2012 ante la notario Gloria I. Velázquez Villares, según inscripción 5. (ii) Anotación de Demanda: A favor de Luna Residential II, LLC., con un valor de $110,074.38, número de caso SJ2022CV06684 sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala de San Juan, LUNA RESIDENTIAL II, LLC demandante v. La Sucesión de Jorge William Perdomo Medrano Compuesta Por Fulano De Tal Y Fulana De Tal Como Posibles Herederos Desconocidos Con Interés En La Sucesión; Centro De Recauda-

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ción De Ingresos Municipales (CRIM) demandado a 26 de julio de 2022, según inscripción A. La PRIMERA SUBASTA de la Propiedad (C) - [ESPACIO DE ESTACIONAMIENTO MARCADO CON EL NÚMERO 5…] será celebrada el 17 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:10 DE LA MAÑANA en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico. Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma, la cantidad de $9,400.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 24 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:10 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la que servirá como tipo mínimo, dos terceras (2/3) partes del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $6,266.67. Si no hubiese remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, celebraré TERCERA SUBASTA el día 31 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:10 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar en la que regirá como tipo mínimo, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $4,700.00. PROPIEDAD D: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Espacio de Almacenamiento identificado con el número 10, localizado en el nivel soterrado B-3 del Condominio Miramar Royal Towers, localizado con el número 706 de la Calle Roosevelt en el sector Miramar de Santurce, en la Ciudad de San Juan, Puerto Rico. Tiene un área superficial de aproximadamente 6.50 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 0.60 metros cuadrados.

Mide 3’0” de largo, equivalente a 0.91 metros, por 2’2” de ancho, equivalente a 0.66 metros.

Colinda por el NORTE, con un área de circulación vehicular; por el SUR, con el estacionamiento número 58; por el ESTE, con la parte de escalera número 2 de la Torre Norte; y por el OESTE, con área de circulación vehicular. El almacén es una estructura cerrada a la cual se tiene acceso a través de una puerta localizada en el lado Sur. Le corresponde una participación en los elementos comunes generales del Condominio equivalente al 0.010%. Finca 21142, inscrita al Folio 173 del tomo 363 de Santurce Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección I. La finca antes descrita identificada como Propiedad (D) se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: (i) HIPOTECA constituida por Jorge William Perdomo Medrano favor de Banco Santander Puerto Rico, por la suma principal de $188,000.00, respondiendo esta finca por la suma de $752.00, con intereses a razón del 5-5/8% anual, con vencimiento el 1ro de mayo del 2027.

Créditos Garantizados: Se garantizan tres créditos adicionales equivalente al 10% del prin-

cipal original del pagaré, cada uno, para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en caso de ejecución, para intereses no garantizados y para adelantos.

Se tasa la finca en una suma equivalente al principal original del pagaré, cuyo valor servirá como tipo mínimo en caso de subasta. Así resulta de la escritura número 13 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el 5 de abril del 2012 ante la notario Gloria I. Velázquez Villares, según inscripción 5. (ii) Anotación de Demanda: A favor de Luna Residential II, LLC., con un valor de $110,074.38, número de caso SJ2022CV06684 sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala de San Juan, LUNA RESIDENTIAL II, LLC demandante v. La Sucesión de Jorge William Perdomo Medrano Compuesta Por Fulano De Tal Y Fulana De Tal Como Posibles Herederos Desconocidos Con Interés En La Sucesión; Centro De Recaudación De Ingresos Municipales (CRIM) demandado a 26 de julio de 2022, según inscripción A. La PRIMERA SUBASTA de la Propiedad (D) – [PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: ESPACIO DE ALMACENAMIENTO IDENTIFICADO CON EL NÚMERO 10…], será celebrada el día 17 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico. Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma, la cantidad de $752.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 24 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la que servirá como tipo mínimo, dos terceras (2/3) partes del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $501.33. Si no hubiese remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, celebraré TERCERA SUBASTA el día 31 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar en la que regirá como tipo mínimo, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $376.00. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución es la que ha quedado descrita en los incisos (i). Serán celebradas las subastas para con el importe de estas satisfacer la sentencia dictada el 5 de septiembre de 2023, mediante la cual se condenó a la parte demandada pagar a la parte demandante la cantidad adeudada y vencida, ascendiente a $110,074.38 de principal, más los intereses a razón del 5.6250% anual a partir del 1 de mayo de 2020 hasta su completo pago. Y la cantidad de $1,894.16 que no acumulan intereses. Mas recargos por la suma de $1,626.03 y los que se continúen acumulando al tipo

pactado hasta el pago total de la obligación, más los cargos por demora vencidos y los que se continúen acumulando al tipo pactado hasta el pago total y completo de la obligación, más $18,800.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, según pactados.

El Alguacil que suscribe hizo constar que toda licitación deberá hacerse para pagar su importe en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, de acuerdo con la Ley y de acuerdo con lo anunciado en este Aviso de Subasta. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables. Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a las subastas señaladas en este caso acepta como bastante la titulación que da base a la misma. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si la hubiere al crédito que da base a esta ejecución continuará subsistente, entendiéndose, además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos, sin destinarse a su extinción cualquier parte del remanente del precio de licitación. La propiedad para ejecutar será adquirida libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante.

Vendida o adjudicada la finca o derecho hipotecado y consignado el precio correspondiente, en esa misma fecha o fecha posterior, el alguacil que celebró la subasta procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura pública de traspaso en representación del dueño o titular de los bienes hipotecados, ante el notario que elija el adjudicatario o comprador, quien deberá abonar el importe de tal escritura. El alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la confirmación de la venta o adjudicación. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin nece-

24 sidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS LICITADORES Y DEL PUBLICO EN GENERAL y para su publicación de acuerdo con la Ley, expido el presente Edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal. En SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, hoy 8 de diciembre de 2023. Pedro Hieye González, Alguacil Del Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Sala De San Juan. ***

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Rico, hoy día 24 de octubre DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUde 2023. En Orocovis, Puerto NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Rico, el 24 de octubre de 2023. SALA DE AGUADILLA Elizabeth González Rivera, SeISLAND PORTFOLIO cretaria. Natalia Burgos MaldoSERVICES, LLC, COMO nado, Secretaria Auxiliar.

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ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC. Demandante Vs.

JESUS M QUINONES SOTO

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Demandado DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUCivil Núm.: CN2023CV00203.

NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Salón: 406. Sobre: COBRO SALA DE OROCOVIS DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENISLAND PORTFOLIO TO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS SERVICES, LLC, UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL COMO AGENTE DE PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTAFAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS DOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO FUND, LLC RICO, SS. Demandante Vs.

GLADYS MERCADO ORTIZ

Demandado Civil Núm.: OR2022CV00281.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: GLADYS MERCADO ORTIZ - PO BOX 1948, OROCOVIS, PR 00720.

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

Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Edwin Serrano cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección edwin.serrano@orf-law.com, y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Orocovis, Puerto

A: JESUS M QUINONES SOTO PARC. CENTRAL 252, CALLE 17, CANÓVANAS, PR 00729-4094.

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

Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Edwin Serrano cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección edwin.serrano@orf-law.com, y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 26 de octubre de 2023. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 26 de octubre de 2023. Lcda.

Kanelly Zayas Robles, Secretaria. Maricruz Aponte Alicea, Secretaria Auxiliar.

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The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, January 3, 2024 FUND, LLC

Demandante Vs.

ALEXANDER ROSADO REYES

PEDRO EDWIN RIVERA CASIANO, NILSA NEREIDA GANDULLA CORTINA T/C/C NISLA NEREIDA GANDULA RIVERA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandado Civil Núm.: CD2023CV00148.

Salón: 704. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMDemandante Vs. PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. JAZMÍN ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉGONZÁLEZ CABÁN RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE Demandado LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: AG2022CV01641.

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Civil Núm.: GM2021CV00258.

Salón: 0002. Sobre: COBRO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. Salón Núm.: (303). Sobre: DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. A: ALEXANDER ROSADO EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ- REYES - BO. CEIBA PARC COBRO DE DINERO. EDICRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE HEVIA CARR 173 R 782 TO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL K2 H1, CIDRA, PR 00739 UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTAESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO / RR-2 BOX 7912, CIDRA, DOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE DE PUERTO RICO, SS. PR 00739.

ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: JAZMÍN POR LA PRESENTE se le emA: PEDRO EDWIN GONZÁLEZ CABÁN plaza y requiere para que conRIVERA CASIANO, - URB. ESTEVES teste la demanda dentro de los NILSA NEREIDA treinta (30) días siguientes a 1641 CALLE SAUCE AGUADILLA, PR 00603- la publicación de este Edicto. GANDULLA CORTINA Usted deberá presentar su alet/c/c NISLA NEREIDA 7327. gación responsiva a través del GANDULA RIVERA Y POR LA PRESENTE se le emSistema Unificado de Manejo y SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE plaza y requiere para que conAdministración de Casos (SUteste la demanda dentro de los BIENES GANANCIALES MAC), la cual puede acceder treinta (30) días siguientes a COMPUESTA POR utilizando la siguiente direcla publicación de este Edicto.

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Usted deberá presentar su aleramajudicial.pr, salvo que se POPULAR DE PUERTO gación responsiva a través del represente por derecho propio, RICO: Y AL PÚBLICO EN Sistema Unificado de Manejo y en cuyo caso deberá presentar GENERAL: Administración de Casos (SUsu alegación responsiva en la El Alguacil que suscribe, cerMAC), la cual puede acceder secretaría del tribunal. Si usted tifica y hace constar que en utilizando la siguiente direcdeja de presentar su alegación cumplimiento de Mandamiención electrónica: https://unired. responsiva dentro del referido to de Ejecución de Sentencia ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se término, el tribunal podrá dicque me ha sido dirigido por represente por derecho propio, tar sentencia en rebeldía en la Secretaría del Tribunal de en cuyo caso deberá presensu contra y conceder el remePrimera Instancia, Sala Supetar su alegación responsiva dio solicitado en la demanda o rior de Guayama, procederé en la secretaría del tribunal. cualquier otro sin más citarle ni a vender en pública subasta Si usted deja de presentar su oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio y al mejor postor, por separaalegación responsiva dentro de su sana discreción, lo endo, de contado y por moneda del referido término, el tribunal tiende procedente. El sistema de curso legal de los Estados podrá dictar sentencia en reSUMAC notificará copia a los Unidos de América. Todo pago beldía en su contra y conceder abogados de la parte demanrecibido por el (la) Alguacil por el remedio solicitado en la dedante, el Lcdo. Kevin Sánchez concepto de subastas será en manda o cualquier otro sin más Campanero cuyas direcciones efectivo, giro postal o cheque citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, certificado a nombre del (de la) el ejercicio de su sana discrePuerto Rico 00936-8518, teléAlguacil del Tribunal de Primera ción, lo entiende procedente. fono (787) 993-3731 a la direcInstancia. Todo derecho, título, El sistema SUMAC notificará ción kevin.sanchez@orf-law. participación e interés que le copia a los abogados de la parcom, y a la dirección notificaciocorresponda a la parte demante demandante, el Lcdo. Kevin nes@orf-law.com. EXTENDIdada o cualquiera de ellos en Sánchez Campanero cuyas diDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello el inmueble hipotecado objeto recciones son: P.O. Box 71418 del Tribunal, en Caguas, Puerto de ejecución que se describe San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936Rico, hoy día 20 de octubre de a continuación: HORIZONTAL 8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 2023. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, PROPERTY: El Legado Cona la dirección kevin.sanchez@ el 20 de octubre de 2023. Lisildominium Regime 1 Apartment orf-law.com, y a la dirección da Martínez Agosto, Secretaria.

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Ana H. Lugo Muñoz, Secretaria ped two bedroom unit in the El EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA De Servicios A Sala.

Legado Condominium Regime y el sello del Tribunal, en AguaI, located at Jobos Ward of dilla, Puerto Rico, hoy día 19 de LEGAL NOTICE the Municipality of Guayama, octubre de 2023. En Aguadilla, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO with a total area of 1291.6458 Puerto Rico, el 19 de octubre de DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUsquare feet, equivalent to 2023. Sarahí Reyes Pérez, SeNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA 120.68 square meters, distribucretaria. Gisela Serrano Pérez, SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYAted in 1209.3819 square feet, Secretaria Auxiliar.

MA equivalent to 112.355 square LEGAL NOTICE WILMINGTON SAVINGS meters, of enclosed area, and FUND SOCIETY, FSB, 88.2639 square feet equivalent, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO to 8.19998 square meters of DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUD/B/A CHRISTIANA NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA TRUST, AS INDENTURE terrace. The main entrance is located on the Northwest side SALA DE CAGUAS TRUSTEE, FOR THE of the apartment leading to the ISLAND PORTFOLIO CSMC 2015-PR1 TRUST, common hallway that leads SERVICES, LLC, MORTGAGE-BACKED to the exterior of the building.

COMO AGENTE DE NOTES, SERIES 2015-PR1 This apartment is located on FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS Parte Demandante Vs. Building 5 of the Regime, occu-

AGENTE DE FAIRWAY AQUISITONS FUND, LLC

pies part of the first floor of the building and has been assigned a share of .59% in the common elements of the Regime. The maximum length of this unit is 18.19 meters and the maximum width is 10.43 meters. Its boundaries are by the NORTH, in a distance of 18.19 meters with the common green area; by the SOUTH, in a distance of 5.59 meters, with the common wall that separates it from apartment number 513 and at a distance of 12.60 meters, with the common green areas; by the EAST, in a total distance of 10.43 meters, with the common green areas and by the WEST, in a distance of 6.45 meters, with the common wall that separates it from apartment number 513, in a distance of 1.35 meters, with the common lobby area and a distance of 2.57 meters with the common green areas. The unit contains a foyer, living-dining area, kitchen, master bedroom with closet and bathroom, and another bedroom with closet, a bathroom, laundry closet, and a covered balcony. Le corresponden dos espacios de estacionamiento identificados cada uno con el número 514.

Consta inscrita al folio 87 del tomo 493 de Guayama, finca número 19,696. Registro de la Propiedad, Sección de Fajardo. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: El Legado Golf Resort, Apartamento 514, Guayama, P.R. 00784. Según figura en el Estudio de título, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada al siguiente Gravamen posterior a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Aviso de Demanda del día 27 de septiembre de 2011, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Guayama, en el Caso Civil número GCD2011-0331, seguido por el Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, versus Pedro Edwin Rivera Casiano y su esposa Nilsa Nereida Gandulla Cortina y la Sociedad Legal de Gananciales, solicitando el pago de la hipoteca de la inscripción 2da., adeudando la suma de $211,826.58 y otras sumas, anotado el día 6 de mayo de 2013, al folio 87 del tomo 493 de Guayama, finca número 19,696, Anotación A. Se les notifica a los acreedores posteriores anteriormente identificados 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. 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, blicos correspondientes y en un Ley 210-2015). En relación a la periódico de circulación genefinca a subastarse, se establece ral en la jurisdicción de Puerto como tipo mínimo de licitación Rico. Se entenderá que todo en la Primera Subasta la suma licitador acepta como bastante de $236,573.91, según consta la titularidad y que las cargas de la escritura de modificación y gravámenes anteriores y los número 25, otorgada en San referentes, si los hubiere, al Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 19 de crédito del ejecutante continuafebrero de 2013, ante el notario rán subsistentes. Se entenderá Carlos O. Bermúdez Monroig, que el rematante los acepta e inscrita al folio 197 del tomo y queda subrogado en la res496 de Guayama, finca núme- ponsabilidad de los mismos, ro 19,696, inscripción 3ra. La sin destinarse a su extinción el PRIMERA SUBASTA, se lleva- precio del remate. Se procederá a cabo el día 6 DE FEBRE- rá a otorgar la correspondiente RO DE 2024 A LAS 10:00 DE Escritura de Venta Judicial y el LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas Alguacil pondrá en posesión sitas en el Tribunal de Prime- judicial al nuevo dueño, si así ra Instancia, Sala Superior de se lo solicita dentro del término Guayama, el tipo mínimo para de veinte (20) días, de conforla primera subasta es la suma midad con las disposiciones de de $236,573.91. Si la primera Ley. Si transcurren los referidos subasta del inmueble no produ- veinte (20) días, el tribunal pojere remate, ni adjudicación, se drá ordenar, sin necesidad de celebrará una SEGUNDA SU- ulterior procedimiento, que se BASTA el día 13 DE FEBRERO lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanDE 2024 A LAS 10:00 DE LA zamiento del ocupante u ocuMAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y pantes de la finca o de todos los servirá de tipo mínimo las dos que por orden o tolerancia del terceras partes del precio pac- deudor la ocupen. Expedido en tada para la primera subasta, o Guayama, Puerto Rico, a 4 de sea, la suma de $157,715.94. diciembre de 2023. HÉCTOR E. Si la segunda subasta no pro- MÁRQUEZ NERIS, ALGUACIL dujere remate, ni adjudicación, PLACA #875. se celebrará una TERCERA LEGAL NOTICE SUBASTA el día 21 DE FEBRERO DE 2024 A LAS 10:00 DE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUy regirá como tipo mínimo de NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA la tercera subasta la mitad del SALA DE CAGUAS precio pactado para la primera, TRUST o sea, la suma de $118,286.95.

MORTGAGE CORP. Dicha subasta se llevará a Demandante Vs. cabo, para con su producto SUN WEST MORTGAGE satisfacer a la parte demandanCORPORATON: M&T te el importe de la Sentencia BANK; JOHN DOE Y dictada a su favor, a saber: La suma de $203,104.15, con inteRICHARD ROE COMO reses a 2.50% anual, desde el POSIBLES TENEDORES 1ro de agosto de 2020, hasta CON INTERÉS el presente y los que se contiDemandados núen acumulando hasta su toCivil Núm.: CG2023CV03969. tal y completo pago, una suma Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAde $68,200.94, como balance GARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAdiferido y el cual no genera VIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO intereses, más los cargos por POR EDICTO. demora que se corresponden A: M&T BANK - BOX a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indica- 69129 1800 WASHINGTON BLVD. 8TH FLOR, da a razón de la tasa pactada de 5% de cualquier pago que BALTIMORE, MARYLAND éste en mora por más de quin21230. ce (15) días desde la fecha de B. JOHN DOE Y RICHARD su vencimiento, más una suma ROE (PERSONAS equivalente a $23,850.00, por DESCONOCIDAS CON concepto de costas, gastos y POSIBLE INTERÉS). honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otra suma que resul- En este caso la parte demante por cualesquiera otros ade- dante ha radicado Demanda lantos que se hayan hecho la para que se decrete judicialdemandante, en virtud de las mente el saldo del siguiente disposiciones de la escritura pagaré: Sun West Mortgage de hipoteca y del Pagaré hipo- Company Inc., por la suma de tecario. Para más información, $122,735.00 con interés al 3 a las personas interesadas 1/2% anual y vencimiento el se les notifica que los autos y primero de octubre de 2042 en todos los documentos corres- virtud de la escritura número pondientes al procedimiento 46 otorgada en Guaynabo el incoado, estarán de manifiesto 28 de septiembre de 2012 ante en la Secretaría del Tribunal, el notario Marie Lynn Quiñodurante las horas laborables. nes Tañon, según inscripción Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, 2., Registro de la Propiedad se publicará en los lugares pú- Sección Segunda de Caguas

The San Juan Daily Star y está garantizado por hipoteca sobre la propiedad, que se describe como sigue: Urbana: CONDOMINIO CAMINITO de Gurabo. Apartamento: 2406.

Cabida: 91.4 Metros Cuadrados. Propiedad Horizontal: CONDOMINIO CAMINITO de Gurabo. Apartamento: 2406.

Cabida: 91.40 Metros Cuadrados. Localizado en la Tercera Planta del Módulo 24, Edificio “H” del Condominio “Caminito” localizado en la Carretera Estatal PR Guión Ciento Ochenta y Nueve (PR-189), kilómetro ocho punto seis (KM. 8.6), en el Barrio Mamey del término Municipal de Gurabo, Puerto Rico, con la descripción, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: por el norte, con el apartamento 2405 y con elemento común; por el sur, con el apartamento 2305; por el este, con elemento común; y por el oeste, con elemento común.

Este Apartamento está construido en hormigón reforzado y bloques. Consta de un nivel con su puerta de entrada y escalera del edificio por el lindero norte. Consta de salacomedor, balcón, cocina con área de lavandería, un segundo baño, dos (2) dormitorios con sus closets, pasillo, dos “linen” closets y dormitorio principal con baño y closet. Este Apartamento tiene como uso exclusivo y como anejo dos (2) estacionamientos colocados uno detrás del otro, identificados con el número 56 con un área de 13.75 metros cuadrados y número 57 con un área de 11.50 metros cuadrados, identificados en el “Site Plan” y los planos aprobados del Condominio. El área de los estacionamientos anejos no será incluida en el cómputo del área superficial de este Apartamento, ni en la determinación del por ciento de participación en los elementos comunes del Condominio. El área total de la superficie interior del apartamento utilizada para determinar el por ciento de participación en los elementos comunes del condominio, que incluye sólo el área interior el balcón es 96.74 metros cuadrados. Área Interior del Apartamento: 91.40 metros cuadrados. Área total del balcón: 5.34 metros cuadrados. A este Apartamento le corresponde una participación de 0.473% en los elementos comunes del condominio. Cargas: Afecta por su procedencia a servidumbre como predio sirviente a favor de La Junta Reglamentadora de Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico y condiciones restrictivas de tanteo y retracto. Inscrita al folio 213 del tomo 493 de Gurabo, finca número 19,189, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda. La parte demandante alega que dicho Pagaré se ha extraviado, según más detalladamente consta en la Demanda radicada que pue-

de examinarse en la Secretaría de este Tribunal. Por tratarse de unas obligaciones hipotecarias, y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectado por el remedio solicitado, se les emplaza por este Edicto que se publicará en un (1) periódico de circulación general una (1) sola vez y que si no comparecen a contestar dicha Demanda radicando el original de la misma a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Caguas, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Lcdo. Jorge García Rondón, de PMB 538, 267 Sierra Morena, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926 dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del Edicto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarles ni oírles. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto por Orden del Tribunal, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 5 de diciembre de 2023. Lisilda Martínez Agosto, Secretaria. Eneida Arroyo Vélez, Sub-Secretaria.

Wednesday, January 3, 2024 rios de abogado más costas y gastos y recargos acumulados todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Se le advierte que de no comparecer en autos dentro del término de los treinta (30) días siguientes a partir de la publicación de este Edicto, se le anotará la Rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado, sin más citarle ni oírle, debiendo radicar el original de su contestación en este Tribunal, enviando copia a la abogada de la parte demandante: Lcda. Adela Surillo Gutiérrez, Bufete Collazo, Connelly & Surillo, LLC, P.O. Box 11550, San Juan, PR 00922-1550; Teléfono: (787) 625-9999. Para publicarse conforme a la Orden dictada por el Tribunal en un periódico de circulación general. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto que firmo y sello en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 15 de diciembre de 2023.

Lisilda Martínez Agosto, Secretaria. Marta E. Donate Resto, Secretaria Auxiliar.

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

COMPU-LINK CORPORATION, D/B/A CELINK Demandante Vs.

UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE Demandado ASOCIADO DE PUERTO Civil Núm.: TJ2023CV00538.

RICO, SS. (S-408) EN LA SALA 101-A. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO A: CARLOS RAFAEL FONSECA DIAZ; JOHN REGLA 60. EMPLAZAMIENTO EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POR UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL POSIBLES MIEMBROS PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADESCONOCIDOS DE DOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, LA SUCESION CARLOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. MANUEL FONSECA

A: EUGENIO FONTANET T/C/C PEREZ RODRIGUEZ. CARLOS MANUEL FONCECA FONTANEZ POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO, se le notifica que se ha radiT/C/C CARLOS M. cado en esta Secretaría por la FONSECA FONTANET parte demandante, Demanda T/C/C CARLOS FONSECA sobre Cobro de Dinero, en la FONTANET; JOHN ROE que se alega adeuda la suma de $2,188.25, más los inteY JANE ROE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS reses que acumule hasta su total pago, además, $15.00 DESCONOCIDOS DE LA por concepto de cada pago en SUCESION MARIA LUISA demora y los honorarios, más DIAZ SANCHEZ T/C/C las costas y gastos que el pleito MARIA L. DIAZ SANCHEZ genere, sumas que están líquidas y exigibles. Se le advierte T/C/C MARIA DIAZ SANCHEZ T/C/C MARIA que de no comparecer en autos dentro del término de los treinta LUISA DIAZ. (30) días siguientes a partir de

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

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

Greenspoon Marder, LLP Lcda. Frances L. Asencio-Guido R.U.A. 15,622 TRADE CENTRE SOUTH, SUITE 700 100 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309 Telephone: (954) 343 6273 Frances.Asencio@gmlaw.com Expedido bajo m firma, y sello del Tribunal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 6 de diciembre de 2023. Lcda. Kanelly Zayas Robles, Secretaria Regional.

Denisse Torres Ruiz, Secretaria Auxiliar.

la publicación de este Edicto, se le anotará la Rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado, sin más citarle ni oírle, debiendo radicar el original de su contestación en este Tribunal, enviando copia a la abogada de la parte demandante: Lcda. Adela Surillo Gutiérrez, Bufete Collazo, Connelly & Surillo, LLC, P.O. Box 11550, San Juan, PR 00922-1550; Teléfono: (787) 625-9999. Para publicarse conforme a la Orden dictada por el Tribunal en un periódico de circulación general. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto que firmo y sello en Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, hoy 18 de diciembre de 2023.

Lcda. Kanelly Zayas Robles, Secretaria. Keila García Solís, Secretaria Auxiliar.

SUCESION CARLOS MANUEL FONSECA LEGAL NOTICE FONTANET T/C/C ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO CARLOS MANUEL DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUFONCECA FONTANEZ NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA T/C/C CARLOS M. SALA MUNICIPAL DE CAFONSECA FONTANET GUAS T/C/C CARLOS FONSECA VAPR FEDERAL FONTANET COMPUESTA CREDIT UNION POR CARLOS RAFAEL Demandante Vs. FONSECA DIAZ; JOHN YEIDI FIGUEROA LEGAL NOTICE DOE Y JANE DOE COMO DEL LLANO ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Demandada POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUCivil Núm.: CG2023CV03551.

DESCONOCIDOS; NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO SUCESION MARIA LUISA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENDIAZ SANCHEZ T/C/C JUAN SALA SUPERIOR TO POR EDICTO. LOS ESTAMARIA L. DIAZ SANCHEZ BANCO POPULAR DE DOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, T/C/C MARIA DIAZ EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESPUERTO RICO TADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRIParte Demandante Vs. SANCHEZ T/C/C MARIA CA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASO- LUISA DIAZ COMPUESTA GLADYS MONTILLA CIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. REYNOSO T/C/C GLADYS POR CARLOS RAFAEL A: YEIDI FIGUEROA MONTILLA FONSECA DIAZ; JOHN DEL LLANO. Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV06286.

ROE Y JANE ROE COMO POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO, (604). Sobre: COBRO DE POSIBLES HEREDEROS se le notifica que se ha radiDINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE DESCONOCIDOS; cado en esta Secretaria por la HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDILEGAL NOTICE ESTADOS UNIDOS DE parte demandante, Demanda NARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO sobre Cobro de Dinero, en la AMERICA; CENTRO AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUque se alega adeuda la suma DE RECAUDACION DE NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, de $4,044.70 de principal, INGRESOS MUNICIPALES SALA MUNICIPAL DE TRUJI- EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIAmas $2,429.08 de intereses al 10.5% anual acumulados al 1 de septiembre de 2023, y de esa fecha en adelante acumula intereses a razón de $1.16 diarios, hasta su completo pago, más un 5% del balance adeudado estipulado para honora-

Demandados LLO ALTO Civil Núm.: CA2023CV03142.

VAPR FEDERAL Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HICREDIT UNION POTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO Demandante Vs. POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIEUGENIO DOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PREPEREZ RODRIGUEZ SIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS

DO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia dictada el 26 de septiembre de 2023, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia

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del 30 noviembre de 2023, y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 5 de diciembre de 2023, en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 22 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de San Juan, Sala Superior, en la Avenida Muñoz Rivera, Esquina Coll y Toste, Parada 37, San Juan, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: Urbana: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Condominio Sucesión Josefa González de Santurce Norte. Apartamento: 4. Cabida: 1,110.36 pies cuadrados. Urbana: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento residencial identificado con el #4 ubicado en el cuarto piso del Edificio antes conocido como Edificio Sucesión Josefa González. Susodicho apartamento tiene un área superficial de 1110.36 pies cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con escalera que provee al exterior del apartamento y con el lote #75 en distancia de 19.00 metros lineales; por el SUR, con el lote #460 (antes lote #71), en distancia de 19.00 metros lineales; por el ESTE, con el lote #458 (antes lote #72) de la calle 10 a una distancia de 10.00 metros lineales; y por el OESTE, con la calle #10 a una distancia de 10.00 metros lineales. Contiene 4 cuartos, un comedor, una sala, una cocina, un balcón, un baño y una escalera con acceso a la azotea, la que resulta ser un elemento común limitado y exclusiva de este piso, con otra escalera que da acceso al tercer piso. Le corresponde a este apartamento en los elementos comunes una participación de 29.63%. La propiedad y la escritura de hipoteca constan inscritas al tomo Karibe de Santurce Norte, Finca 48722, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección I. Inscripción segunda. Dirección Física: Bo. Obrero 458 calle 11 Apt. 4, San Juan PR 00915-3705.

Número de Catastro: (79) 041092-522-04-001. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $56,000.00 De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 29 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $37,333.33 De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA, el día 5 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el

mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $28,000.00. 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 ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la suma de $31,616.69 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 7.00 % anual desde el 1 de diciembre de 2022 hasta su completo pago, más $204.78 de recargos acumulados, más la cantidad estipulada de $ 5,600.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo incluyendo, pero sin limitarse a gastos de mantenimiento, inspecciones y otros adelantos “corporate advances”. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesa los siguientes gravámenes posteriores que afecta la propiedad que se pretende ejecutar: a. Hipoteca: Constituída por Gladys Montilla Reynoso (soltera), en garantía a un pagaré a Favor de Doral Mortagage Corporation, o a su orden, por la suma de $56,000.00, sus intereses al 7% anual y vencedero el 1 de julio de 2034, según consta en la escritura#118, otorgada en San Juan, el 4 de junio de 2004, ante el notario Vivian S. Alfonso Nieves, inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Santurce Norte, finca #48722, inscripción 2da. b. Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Vs. Gladys Montilla Reynoso (soltera) también conocida como Gladys Montilla, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, en el caso civil número SJ2023CV06286, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, en la que reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $31,616.69 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 28 de junio de 2023. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Santurce Norte. Anotación A. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. Se les advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de

circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 210-2015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 19 de diciembre de 2023. Edwin E. López Mulero, Alguacil Auxiliar, Alguacil, Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial De San Juan, Sala Superior.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

JAVIER VALENTIN GOYCO; SUCESIONES DE HIRAM VALENTIN GUILLET Y ELENA GOYCO MORALES COMPUESTA POR JAVIER, HIRAM Y BRENDA TODOS DE APELLIDOS VALENTIN GOYCO, Y FULANO DE TAL, FULANA DE TAL, ZUTANO DE TAL Y ZUTANA DE TAL, A, B Y C, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE AMBAS SUCESIONES; HONORABLE SECRETARIO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO; HONORABLE SECRETARIO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE JUSTICIA DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO

Demandados Civil Núm.: AG2023CV00362.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, ESTEBAN

26 ATILES FELICIANO, Alguacil de la División de Subastas del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Aguadilla, a la demandada y al público en general, les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso, por el Secretario del Tribunal, con fecha 27 de noviembre de 2023 y para satisfacer la Sentencia por la cantidad de $62,179.59 de principal; dictada en el caso de epígrafe el 18 de septiembre de 2023, notificada y archivada en autos el 22 de septiembre de 2023, y publicada mediante edicto el 29 de septiembre de 2023, en el periódico “The San Juan Daily Star, procederé a vender en pública subasta, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, todo derecho, título e interés que haya tenido, tenga o pueda tener la deudora demandada en cuanto a la propiedad localizada en el: Municipio de Aguada, Puerto Rico, los bienes inmuebles se describen a continuación: Carr. 414 Km.3.3, Aguada, PR 00302. RÚSTICA: Solar identificado con el número tres (3) en el plano de segregación de la finca, sito en el barrio Rio Grande del término municipal de Aguada, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 591.40 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a 0.1504 cuerdas.

En lindes al Norte, en 29.521 metros lineales con remanente; al Sur, en tres alineaciones que totalizan 30.00 metros lineales, con camino municipal asfaltado; al Este, en 14.551 metros lineales con remanente de la finca principal y al Oeste, en tres alineaciones que totalizan 33.241 metros lineales con el camino municipal asfaltado.

Finca#14811 inscrita al folio 179 del tomo 273 de Aguada, Registro de la Propiedad de Aguadilla. Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, según la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Aguadilla, cuyas cantidades ascienden a $62,179.59 de principal, a razón de 5.5% de interés al momento en que se incurrió en el atraso, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; $543.66 de cargos por demora, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. El tipo mínimo para la subasta será la suma de tasación pactada, la cual es $70,123.27 para la propiedad descrita. Si no produjere remate o adjudicación la primera subasta, se procederá a una segunda subasta y servirá de tipo mínimo 2/3 partes del valor de la tasación, o sea $46,748.85.

Si tampoco hubiere remate ni

adjudicación en esta segunda subasta, se procederá a una tercera subasta, en ésta el tipo mínimo será la ½ del valor de la tasación, ó sea $35,061.63. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse a opción del demandante. Para el lote descrito, la PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 22 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a efecto una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 29 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a cabo una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 7 DE MARZO DE 2024, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. La subasta o subastas antes indicadas se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina, localizada en el sótano del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Aguadilla al final del pasillo. De Estudio de Título realizado no surgen gravámenes preferentes ni posteriores que deban ser cancelados. Se le advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, giro postal o cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el término de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere al crédito de ejecutante, continuarán subsiguientes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad

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a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, previa orden judicial dirigida al Registrador de la Propiedad de la sección correspondiente para la cancelación de aquellos posteriores. Y para conocimiento de la demandada, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, a 20 de diciembre de 2023. Esteban Atiles Feliciano, Alguacil.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE FAMILIA Y MENORES SALA DE BAYAMÓN

XIOMARY COSME ROSA T/C/C XIOMARY COSME Demandante Vs.

RAFAEL ORTIZ

Demandado Civil Núm.: BY2023RF01913.

Sala: 4002. Sobre: PRIVACIÓN DE PATRIA POTESTAD. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: RAFAEL ORTIZ 2244 E CORK ST. APT. 2B KALAMAZOO, MI 490016205.

POR LA PRESENTE se emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, radicando el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notificando con copia a la abogada del demandante, Lcda.

Samaria Carrasquillo Díaz, a la dirección: Palacio Imperial Calle Persia 1375 Toa Alta, P.R. 00953. Este caso se trata de Privación de Patria Potestad.

Se le apercibe que de no hacerlo, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 20 de diciembre de 2023. Lcda. Laura I. Santa Sánchez, Secretaria Regional. Marta E. Donate Resto, Secretaria Auxiliar.

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POTESTAD, CUSTODIA, ALIMENTOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: CARLOS J. MATOS DIAZ.

POR MEDIO DEL PRESENTE EDICTO se le notifica de la radicación de una DEMANDA DE PRIVACIÓN DE PATRIA POTESTAD, CUSTODIA Y ALIMENTOS en la que la demandante solicita la privación de su patria potestad, la custodia monoparental de menor y remedio ante deuda por pensión alimentaria. La demandante solicita del Tribunal que declare HA LUGAR la Demanda y dicte Sentencia a su favor. POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la Demanda radicando el original de su contestación, a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejos de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudiciaIpr; salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Caguas y enviando copia de dicha contestación a la abogada de la parte demandante, la Lcda. Michele M. Silva Marrero, 20 Ave. Luis Muñoz Marín PMB 263, Caguas, P.R. 00725, Tel. (787) 668-6517, msiIvamarrero@gmaiI.com dentro del término de treinta (30) días siguientes a la fecha de publicación de este Edicto; si dejare de así hacerlo, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia contra usted concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal de Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 2 de NOVIEMBRE de 2023.

LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. CARLA M. MARCANO SERRANO, SUBSECRETARIA.

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NATANAEL HERNANDEZ FLORES

Demandante Vs. ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO NASHALY DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUMAURAS GONZALEZ NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Demandado CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CACivil Núm.: CG2023RF00606.

GUAS Sobre: RELACIONES PATERKARINA NO FILIALES. EDICTO. LOS GONZALEZ CRUZ ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉDemandante V. RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE CARLOS J. MATOS DIAZ LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL Demandado ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Civil Núm.: SL2023RF00066. DE PUERTO RICO A: Sobre: PRIVACIÓN DE PATRIA

NASHALY MAURAS

GONZALEZ.

Por la presente se emplaza y se le requiere para que notifique a la Lcda. Magali Díaz Figueroa, P.O. Box 9644, Caguas, Puerto Rico 00726-9644, con copia de la Contestación a la Demanda de Divorcio instada en su contra dentro de los treinta días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto que se publicará una vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general en la isla de Puerto Rico por orden del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Bayamón. Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará sentencia en rebeldía concediéndose el remedio solicitado. Expedido bajo mi forma y sello del Tribunal de (Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Caguas, 22 de diciembre de 2023. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. CARLA M. MARCANO SERRANO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

BY THE COURT, here, that the Plaintiff give notice to the Defendant of the pendency of this action, to answer to said action, by causing an attested copy of this order to be published in the San Juan Daily Star, a newspaper printed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, once a week, for two consecutive weeks. WITNESS John M. Julian, Justice. at BARNSTABLE, this 20th day of December, in the year of our Lord, 2023. John R. Costello, CLERK. NOTE TO DEFENDANT: You need not appear personally in court to answer the Complaint, but if you claim to have a defense, either you or your attorney must serve a copy of your written answer within 20 days as specified herein and also file the original in the Clerk’s Office. RECEIVED DEC 07 2023. Office of the Clerk Magistrate BARNSTABLE DISTRICT COURT

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUCOMMONWEAL TH OF MAS- NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BASACHUSETTS. YAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BARNSTABLE, ss BAYAMÓN

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JOHN DUBY and LAUREN RUSSO DUBY, Plaintiffs V.

BRIAN COOK,

EFRAIN DIAZ ORTIZ Y OTROS Demandante V.

NEW YORK MORTGAGE

Defendant DISTRICT COURT. DOCKET BANKERS, INC Y OTROS Demandado(a) NO. 2325CV000429. Order of Caso Núm.: SJ2023CV04027.

Notice Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTo the above named TITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXDefendant: TRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN Whereas it appears from the DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO officer’s return of process is- ENMENDADA. sued therein that after diligent CARMEN E. ALFONSO ARROYO, search he can find no one upon ALFONSOABOGADA@GMAIL.COM. whom he can lawfully make NEW YORK MORTGAGE BANKERS, INC - 818 AVE PONCE DE LEON service, and after hearing, it is 1ER PISO MIRAMAR SAN JUAN, ORDERED by the Court that PUERTO RICO 00911. the following summons issue A: NEW YORK for service upon you: You are hereby summoned and required MORTGAGE BANKERS, 818 AVE. PONCE DE to serve upon David V. Lawler, Plaintifrs attorney, whose adLEÓN, LER. PISO, dress is 540 Main Street, Suite MIRAMAR, SAN JUAN, 8, Hyannis, MA 0260 I, a copy PR, 00911, FULANO of your answer to the Complaint TENEDOR DE PAGARÉ, which is hereby served upon CUYO NOMBRE you, within 20 days after serviY DIRECCIÓN SE ce of this summons, exclusive of the day of service. You are DESCONOCEN. (Nombre de las partes que se le also required to file your answer notifican la sentencia por edicto) to the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of this Court either EL SECRETARIO(A) que susbefore service upon Plaintiff’s cribe le notifica a usted que el attorney, or within five days 08 de noviembre de 2023, este thereafter. If you fail to meet the Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, above requirements, judgment Sentencia Parcial o Resolución by default may be rendered en este caso, que ha sido debiagainst you for the relief de- damente registrada y archivada manded in the Complaint. Un- en autos donde podrá usted enless otherwise provided by Rule terarse detalladamente de los 13(a), your answer must state términos de la misma. Esta noas a counterclaim any claim tificación se publicará una sola which you may have against vez en un periódico de circulathe Plaintiff which arises out of ción general en la Isla de Puertransaction or occurrence that is to Rico, dentro de los 10 días the subject matter of the Plain- siguientes a su notificación. Y, tiffs claim or you will be barred siendo o representando usted from making such claim in any una parte en el procedimiento other action. IT IS ORDERED sujeta a los términos de la Sen-

tencia, Sentencia Parcial o Re- dio solicitado en la demanda, solución, de la cual puede es- sin más citárseles, ni oírseles. tablecerse recurso de revisión o Expedido bajo mi firma y sello apelación dentro del término de del Tribunal, a 22 de diciembre 30 días contados a partir de la de 2023. Griselda Rodríguez publicación por edicto de esta Collado, Secretaria Regional. notificación, dirijo a usted esta Carla J. Rivera Climent, Secrenotificación que se considerará taria De Servicios A Sala. hecha en la fecha de la publiLEGAL NOTICE cación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archi- ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO vada en los autos de este caso, DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUcon fecha 07 de diciembre de NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA 2023. Notas de la Secretaría: CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BASE ENMIENDA A FINES DE YAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE INCLUIR A FULANO DE TAL. GUAYNABO En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 07 VILLA VENECIA L.P. de diciembre de 2023. LAURA I. H/N/C VILLA VENECIA SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETAAPARTMENTS RIA. LUISA I. ANDINO AYALA, Demandante V. SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL YOCASTA LAUREANO TRIBUNAL. Demandado(a) LEGAL NOTICE Caso Núm.: GB2023CV00361.

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO (Salón: 101). Sobre: DESAHUDE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- CIO POR FALTA DE PAGO. NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENSALA SUPERIOR DE SAN CIA POR EDICTO. WILLIAM SANTIAGO SASJUAN TRE, WSANTIAGOSASTRE@ PR RECOVERY AND GMAIL.COM. D DE LA FAMILIA DEVELOPMENT JV, LLC - PO BOX 11218, SAN JUAN, Parte Demandante Vs. PUERTO RICO, 00910.

ZYMBIA COMPANY, D DE LA VIVIENDA - PO BOX CORP.; SYMBIA 21365, SAN JUAN, PUERTO WALESKA DIAZ CHICO RICO, 00928.

Parte Demandada A: YOCASTA LAUREANO Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV11233.

- VILLA VENECIA (604). Sobre: COBRO DE DIAPARTMENTS, TORRE NERO, EJECUCIÓN DE HI2, APARTAMENTO POTECA Y EJECUCIÓN DE 8D, CARRETERA #20, GRAVAMEN MOBILIARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. NÚMERO 99, GUAYNABO, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉPR 00970.

(Nombre de las partes que se le RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., ESTADO LIBRE notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que susASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: ZYMBIA COMPANY, cribe le notifica a usted que el 18 de diciembre de 2023, este CORP. Y SYMBIA Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, WALESKA DÍAZ CHICO. Sentencia Parcial o Resolución Queda emplazado y notifica- en este caso, que ha sido debido de que en este Tribunal se damente registrada y archivada ha radicado una demanda de en autos donde podrá usted COBRO DE DINERO, EJE- enterarse detalladamente de CUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y los términos de la misma. Esta EJECUCIÓN DE GRAVAMEN notificación se publicará una MOBILIARIO en su contra. Se sola vez en un periódico de le notifica que deberá presen- circulación general en la Isla tar su alegación responsiva a de Puerto Rico, dentro de los través del Sistema Unificado 10 días siguientes a su notificade Manejo y Administración de ción. Y, siendo o representando Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede usted una parte en el procediacceder utilizando la siguiente miento sujeta a los términos dirección electrónica: https:// de la Sentencia, Sentencia unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo Parcial o Resolución, de la cual que se represente por derecho puede establecerse recurso propio, en cuyo caso deberá de revisión o apelación dentro presentar su alegación respon- del término de 30 días contasiva en la Secretaría del Tribu- dos a partir de la publicación nal Superior de Puerto Rico, por edicto de esta notificación, Sala de San Juan y enviando dirijo a usted esta notificación copia a la parte demandante: que se considerará hecha en la Lcdo. Luis G. Parrilla Hernán- fecha de la publicación de este dez; P.O. Box 195168, San edicto. Copia de esta notificaJuan, PR 00919-5168; Tel.: ción ha sido archivada en los 787-766-7000 / Fax: 787-766- autos de este caso, con fecha 7001; lparrilla©ferraiuoli.com. 22 de diciembre de 2023. En Se le apercibe y notifica que si Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el 22 no contesta la demanda radica- de diciembre de 2023. LAURA da en su contra dentro del tér- I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECREmino de treinta (30) días de la TARIA. DIAMAR GONZÁLEZ publicación de este edicto, se le BARRETO, SECRETARIA AUanotará la rebeldía y se dictará XILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. sentencia concediendo el reme-

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The people who brought you Travis Kelce

By ZACH SCHONBRUN

I

n the only recent year in which Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs weren’t playing in the Super Bowl, the NFL star was driving around Los Angeles in early February with his business managers, André and Aaron Eanes, marveling at billboards featuring Dwayne Johnson, the actor and entertainer better known as The Rock.

“Man, I don’t think I’ll ever be as famous as the Rock,” Kelce said.

His co-managers looked at each other.

“We’re like, ‘Yes, you can,’” André Eanes said.

The twin brothers had known since Kelce was at the University of Cincinnati that the 6-foot-5 athletic star with the Marvel-character physique, blue eyes and affable charm had crossover potential.

But let’s be honest. Nobody imagined this.

This was a year even The Rock might envy. Kelce, a tight end, won the Super Bowl (his second) in February. In March, he hosted “Saturday Night Live.” He’s starred in seven national television commercials. The podcast he co-hosts with his brother, Jason, is among the most popular on Spotify. He launched a clothing line with his team.

And he’s dating the world’s most famous pop singer. Perhaps you’ve heard.

Kelce’s sudden conquering of the zeitgeist — being put on the map, if you will — has taken even die-hard football fans by surprise. The reality is that most of his ascent has been years in the making — the result of a carefully manicured business plan developed by the 34-year-old Eanes brothers that blossomed at precisely the right moment.

The Chiefs have spent the past few years as the most unstoppable force in football and, along the way, Kelce’s other team has grown to include a creative strategist, a community outreach coordinator, a Los Angeles-based publicist, a personal chef and a trainer. He has four football agents, led by Mike Simon at VMG. In the spring, he also became a client of Creative Artists Agency to feed his budding acting itch.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce during the first quarter of Super Bowl LVII against the Philadelphia Eagles at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on Feb. 12, 2023. (AJ Mast/The New York Times) The Eanes brothers coordinate it all, managing the surging flow of incoming traffic for a piece of Kelce Inc. Film scripts have been shared among the team. Game shows are a consideration. Maybe a few less commercials.

“People say to me, ‘Man, it’s been a crazy year,’” Aaron Eanes said. “When I say, ‘Actually, it’s not that crazy,’ people look at me funny. It’s because it’s easy when you have a plan. We’re executing that plan.”

Before you run to YouTube and TikTok to research conspiracy theories, no, the plan did not include Taylor Swift.

Kelce’s managers have a window of time between the ending of the Super Bowl in February and the beginning of training camp in July in which their plan for the Kelce brand must unfold. Once the season starts, Kelce manifests what he wants on his own.

But while Kelce’s shift into a more mainstream form of celebrity was planned out before he met Swift, there is no question that the doubling of his prospective audience — from mostly men between the ages of 18 and 49 to a far larger group bolstered heavily by Swift’s female fans of all ages — has changed the calculus for

where the plan goes from here.

“The awareness of Travis is much larger and with an even broader audience,” said Richard Lovett, CAA’s co-chair. “It’s accelerated that which was probably inevitable in terms of his level of awareness and appeal.”

André Eanes, who manages Kelce’s portfolio of 28 investments, first met his client through Kelce’s college roommate, D.J. Woods, a childhood friend of Eanes, who grew up near Cleveland. They became close when Eanes started an event management business while still in college that booked venues and hosted DJs around Cincinnati. Eanes became Kelce’s go-to guy for a VIP pass.

“He was always the life of the party,” André Eanes said of Kelce. “Everyone wanted to go hang out with Travis.”

At the same time, Aaron Eanes was studying sport management and entrepreneurship at Bowling Green University in northern Ohio. He wanted to help athletes grow their careers. But he had no interest in becoming a traditional sports agent.

“Agents are contract advisers,” Aaron Eanes said. “I thought instead about a music model and building a business where there’s coordination with all their external

providers.”

Aaron Eanes hadn’t even graduated when he began pitching college football players about the services of a manager in addition to a traditional agent. It was an unusual proposition at the time for most players, whose focus primarily was on getting that first professional contract. But Kelce seemed to grasp the bigger picture that his friends were charting. He became the second client of A&A Management, the company that the Eanes brothers still run.

“It was unusual,” said Simon, Kelce’s agent. “I think his thought process at the time was, ‘Let’s all do this together, and we’ll figure it out as we go.’”

Kelce’s first glint of mainstream publicity came in a 2015 feature in Complex magazine, in which he stood on a pool table wearing a burgundy velour Versace jumpsuit and Gucci sunglasses. A short time later, Aaron Eanes got a call from a producer from E! about a reality dating show. “I was like, Absolutely not!” Aaron Eanes said.

The brothers eventually relented, thinking that a TV show might open other doors.

After “Catching Kelce,” which ran for eight episodes and never did find Kelce’s true love, they agreed that reality television was one and done. Instead, Kelce, a lifelong comedy fan, gave his co-managers a lofty goal to chase: He wanted to be on “SNL.” Aaron Eanes reached out to the show’s producers during the 2020 season, but their reciprocated interest sounded lukewarm at best. That changed in October 2021 after Kelce dropped into an “SNL” after-party before a game in Philadelphia and went to work, chatting up (and impressing) Lorne Michaels.

The day after the Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl in February, Aaron Eanes’ phone rang at 9 a.m. It was “SNL.” “I don’t think he’s even been to sleep yet,” Aaron Eanes told the booking agent.

After walking out onto the stage at Rockefeller Center’s Studio 8H on March 4, less than a month after the Super Bowl win, Kelce choked up during the show’s opening monologue at the enormity of fulfilling a childhood dream. He had brought

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After “SNL,” the Eanes brothers began interviewing Hollywood agencies that had stronger connections in the entertainment industry.

“We’re just two guys that live in Ohio,” Aaron Eanes joked.

Lovett and Tom Young, CAA’s co-head of sports media, both said that Kelce had an easygoing charisma and a coachable nature that made producers want to work with him. “Decision-makers and those folks that are meant to be visionary about who’s the next potential movie star, those folks had already tapped into Travis even coming out of ‘Saturday Night Live,’” Lovett said. “And probably before.”

But nothing was being rushed, Aaron Eanes said. That’s not Kelce’s style. And Aaron Eanes had already been laying the groundwork for his client’s path to the A-list. Throughout 2022, Aaron Eanes had targeted endorsement deals with companies that were not traditional NFL partners — like promoting vaccines for Pfizer, for instance, or a new debit card from Experian. The purpose was to build out Kelce’s resume as a standalone pitchman, rather than yet another interchangeable player in a commercial for one of the NFL’s partners, capitalizing on a foundation built by the league.

Danielle Salzedo, a veteran brand strategist who joined Kelce’s management team after 14 years at Viacom, said she has adopted marketing lessons from working with music artists like Harry Connick Jr., who was constantly willing to reinvent himself to reach new audiences.

“That ability to continue to evolve what your image is and stay current but still remain elevated, from someone who is already a global star,” Salzedo said, “is something that I think Travis has the ability to do.”

Kelce’s inner circle insists that his time as a viral celebrity hasn’t changed him. His personal chef, Kumar Ferguson, has been pals with Kelce since they played recreational basketball together in the fourth grade. He drives home-cooked meals (typically wild rice, chicken and veggies) to the Chiefs’ practice facility every day so that he and Kelce can have lunch together.

Despite the growing pile of distractions, Kelce’s longtime trainer, Alex Skacel, said the star tight end’s dedication to football has never been stronger.

Skacel likes to share the story of a visit to Paris Fashion Week a few years ago, when he and Kelce took a late-night jog around the city because Kelce was antsy for a workout after an entire day of sitting by the runway. “It’s midnight, and we’re doing sprints over the bridges over the river,” Skacel said. “No matter where he is, he finds time to get done whatever he needs to get done.”

While 2023 was a nearly perfect year for Kelce, Aaron Eanes

said the increased attention has his team considering a potential area of concern: oversaturation. Is there too much of Kelce on television and in the news, and could fans grow numb to the sight of him? The plan for next year revolves around one word: curation. Fewer deals. Quality over quantity. Authenticity first.

After a midweek visit to New York to talk at a sports business conference, the Eanes brothers were rushing to catch flights to Ohio for a few days with family before heading back to Kansas City, where the Chiefs were playing the Buffalo Bills in a clash of two top teams.

The game was decided in the final moments by a penalty that reversed what would likely have become a signature play in Kelce’s career.

Trailing by 3, Kelce caught a pass in the open field. Then, as he was about to be tackled, he showed off the arm he had used as a high school quarterback, throwing a perfect pass back to an open teammate who raced in for what appeared to be a game-winning score. The only problem was that the teammate had lined up incorrectly before the play, which erased the touchdown.

The Chiefs went on to lose the game, but once again, Kelce had found a way to be in the middle of everything.

“We positioned Travis to be world famous,” André Eanes said. “We didn’t know how it would happen, or when it would happen, or what would help push that further along. But it’s always been the thought in the back of our minds.”

PGA Tour and Saudi-backed LIV extend deadline to finalize deal

By LAUREN HIRSCH

W

hen the PGA Tour and the upstart LIV Golf league, which is bankrolled by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, announced their groundbreaking deal in June for the men’s golf circuits to join forces, they left most details unanswered and set a Dec. 31 deadline to figure them out.

Now, with that deadline having come and gone, it is clear that the two sides will need more time.

The PGA Tour commissioner, Jay Monahan, said in a memo to players Sunday evening that the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, were “working to extend” the negotiations into the new year.

The sides had been discussing signing a formal one-month extension, which could be further prolonged, said three people familiar with the negotiations who were not authorized to discuss them. But while both sides remain focused on completing a deal, they have not set any new formal deadline.

Those negotiations continue as the PGA Tour progresses on simultaneous talks to raise additional money from Strategic Sports Group, an investment group

led by Fenway Sports Group — the parent company of the Boston Red Sox, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the English soccer club Liverpool.

Monahan said on Sunday that the tour and Strategic Sports Group “have made meaningful progress” in their talks and that the tour had “provided S.S.G. with the due diligence information they requested.” The parties are focused on finalizing terms of the deal and documents, he said.

The PGA Tour, the Saudi wealth fund and the Strategic Sports Group entered 2024 with significant uncertainty about the deal. Since the June announcement, questions that had initially accompanied the agreement’s frenzied rollout appear to have compounded: How will potential U.S. investment sit alongside Saudi money? How will the golf circuits work together even as the Saudis still actively seek to poach PGA Tour players?

The planned partnership was announced on June 6 with scant contours of an actual agreement. The PGA Tour and the Saudi wealth fund had planned to work out the details, including governance, the valuation of assets and how the money would be put to work, by the end of 2023.

About two weeks after the tentative partnership was announced, the tour and the Saudi wealth fund, which had been bitterly feuding for months, agreed to drop their acrimonious litigation against each other. LIV had accused the tour of violating antitrust laws, and the tour had accused LIV of improperly interfering with existing player contracts.

In the months since, the preliminary pact has faced backlash from players, who said that they were blindsided by the deal, and American lawmakers, with some demanding further investigation into the tour’s ties to Saudi money and influence.

Discontent among players, includ-

ing those on the powerful PGA Tour policy board, has been pervasive. And LIV Golf recently signed Jon Rahm, the No. 3 player in the Official World Golf Ranking, poaching him from the PGA Tour and highlighting the Saudis’ continued willingness to spend money on the sport and make LIV a competitor to the tour.

“To have Jon on board was critically important to our future and what we want to do,” Greg Norman, the CEO of LIV Golf, said of the move. “It will create a domino effect — there will be more apples falling from the tree — no question about it, because LIV continues to develop.”

Ron Price, chief operating officer of the PGA Tour, and Jimmy Dunne, a board member of the tour, during a congressional hearing to examine PGA’s tentative deal with LIV, on Capitol Hill, in Washington on July 11, 2023. The tentative deal for the men’s golf circuits to join forces had a Dec. 31 deadline, but significant questions remained. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

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You’re a hard and conscientious worker, Aries, and sometimes you work so hard that you neglect to take any time for yourself. This is admirable in the short run, but not so wise in the long run. You do no one any good if you burn out from sheer exhaustion. You must learn how to pace yourself and balance your life in such a way that there is ample time for work, play, and meditation.

Libra

(Sep 24-Oct 23)

Today you’ll likely find that you begin to make real progress on a project that may have been stagnating for a while, Libra. You can’t help but feel gratified that all of your hard work is finally beginning to pay off. Good for you! You have earned every success that is due to come your way. But don’t rest on your laurels! Continue to work hard so that you can achieve even greater recognition.

Scorpio

(Oct 24-Nov 22)

Taurus

(April 21-May 21)

Today may find you longing for some spots of color in your life, Taurus. Do what you can to brighten up your home environment. Even buying a few flowering plants and some colorful scatter rugs and artwork will make a world of difference. You don’t have to spend a lot of money to brighten your home and lift your spirits.

Today you’ll likely awake, look around your home environment, and realize that there is much room for improvement. Fortunately, you are just the person for the job, Scorpio! You are creative and have tremendous decorating talent (even if you don’t realize it). Since it’s likely that you will have some visitors this evening, why not spend the day reorganizing and sprucing up your home.

Gemini

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Today you may discover that you have more in common with your neighbors than you thought, Gemini. It’s likely that some sort of local event has brought all your neighbors together under one roof. You go as an obligation, but stay out of interest and a genuine willingness to participate.

There is nothing like rolling up one’s sleeves and working together to tackle a common goal.

You may receive some kind of windfall today, Cancer. It may be that a rich old relative dies and leaves you some unexpected cash. Or perhaps an investment is paying off better than you dared hope. This is just what you need to perk up your spirits! Be smart about how you handle this money.

Leo

(July 24-Aug 23)

Romance is very much highlighted today, Leo. All the planetary energies indicate that you and your partner are operating on precisely the same wavelength. It’s no wonder that the two of you have been getting along so well lately. Perhaps it’s time to take the next important step in your relationship. No matter at what stage you are, there is always a higher plane to aspire to.

Virgo

(Aug 24-Sep 23)

Anything you attempt to do today is likely to turn out really well, Virgo. You have an ambitious nature, so by all means take advantage of these auspicious conditions to pursue your careerrelated goals. You will find that you have strong focus and a clear understanding of what needs to be done in order to get ahead. Go ahead and get started.

You are a hard and conscientious worker, Sagittarius, and certainly have been applying your skills and doing your best for some time now. The time is ripe for you to reap some benefits from all your efforts. The good news is that all signs indicate that a big career leap is just around the corner for you. Continue to work hard and be patient and soon it will all prove worthwhile.

You may find yourself thinking of looking for a new job in order to increase your income, Capricorn. But there is probably no need to take such a drastic step. It’s possible that your boss has been considering giving you a raise - you may soon be pleasantly surprised. If your money concerns are only short-term, consider asking a family member for a loan at a low interest rate.

Aquarius

(Jan 21-Feb 19)

You have a lot of charm and tremendous social skills, Aquarius. This is an unbeatable combination, and is especially strengthened with the current astral energy. Be sure to go the extra mile today, even if you aren’t in the mood to do so.

Someone in a position of power and authority may ask you to join him or her for dinner, or perhaps you’ll be invited to “perform” at a party.

Pisces

(Feb 20-Mar 20)

This is a day when you could greatly benefit from spending some time outdoors in quiet reflection, Pisces. Even a half-hour’s walk through a city park will help you feel more rested and grounded. You have been working especially hard lately, and need some time to refill the well of your soul. Don’t deny yourself some downtime.

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