‘Governor for All Puerto Ricans’
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Today’s Weather
LUMA restores power to 1.4 million, but generation woes continue
By THE STAR STAFF
As the island’s lack of power generation continues to be a problem, LUMA Energy confirmed Thursday that 1.4 million customers have had their power restored following an islandwide blackout that began at 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, New Year’s Eve.
The islandwide blackout highlights the lack of power generation in Puerto Rico, where private investors appear to be uninterested in building power generation plants.
Puerto Rico in December selected a single bidder for a tender launched in October which sought to procure 500 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy and 250 MW of battery storage. The STAR learned that only one single bidder ended up participating in the tender. The winning project was a 50 MW battery storage system, according to a document submitted to the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau.
Meanwhile, LUMA has expressed a commitment to maintaining transparency throughout the power restoration process, while on Thursday the private operator of the island’s electricity transmission and distribution system acknowledged a projected generation deficit starting at noon. Due to the fragility of the power grid, the available generation would need to be adapted to meet customer demand, LUMA said, adding that the adaptation could necessitate the implementation of rotating temporary outages.
“Customers are urged to conserve energy whenever possible and utilize battery power, if available, in order to minimize the impact of the generation deficit on the system,” the operator said.
LUMA said it is closely coordinating with personnel at the island’s power generation stations to ensure a continuous supply of energy to customers as additional capacity becomes available. The grid operator added that it will continue to maintain open lines of communication with local mayors to keep them informed about the progress of the restoration process until it is fully completed.
“Although the cause of the [blackout] event is still under investigation, LUMA has already implemented its restoration plan, allowing for the stabilization of the transmission and distribution system so that it can accommodate the available generation,” LUMA said.
Any electrical emergencies should be reported to LUMA at 1-844-888-5862.
PDP legislative delegations vow prompt filing of measures to cancel LUMA contract
The Popular Democratic Party (PDP) delegations in the island House and Senate announced Thursday that after being sworn in as representatives and senators, they would be filing several measures to cancel the LUMA Energy contract.
The move was indicated by PDP minority leaders Héctor Ferrer Santiago in the House of Representatives and Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz in the Senate, along with alternate minority leaders Domingo Torres García and Marially González Huertas in the lower and upper chambers, respectively.
“Puerto Rico is going through an unprecedented energy crisis, which has worsened in recent days, significantly affecting the quality of life of all Puerto Ricans,” Ferrer Santiago said. “For this reason, we are taking immediate action, fulfilling our ministerial duty, in order to remove LUMA Energy once and for all, and reduce the cost of electricity through an efficient and depoliticized dispatch system.”
The PDP minority leader in the House added that through the measures they will also seek to establish objective metrics for a future operator.
“LUMA Energy has shown poor management in the use of public resources destined for the maintenance and improvement of the electrical system,” Hernández Ortiz said. “Despite the promise of significant savings, the reality has been the opposite, with million-dollar budget overdrafts and the inappropriate use of public funds. The company has exceeded the budgets approved by the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau on multiple occasions, without adequately explaining the reasons for these overdrafts.”
“LUMA recognizes the significant inconvenience caused by the outage, particularly during the holiday season, and sincerely apologizes for any effects this event may have had on its customers and their families,” the operator said. “The company has been providing updates on the situation through various channels, including its website, social media accounts, and media outlets.”
In light of recent events, electricity customers are encouraged to exercise caution and safety when using generators, ensuring they are placed in well-ventilated areas to avoid accidents or injuries, the operator added.
Lawmakers are sworn in, with the exception of minority & write-in seats
By THE STAR STAFF
Some 26 senators and 53 representatives were sworn in Thursday to their elective seats to form Puerto Rico’s 20th Legislative Assembly.
However, four minority and write-in lawmakers, including activist Eliezer Molina Pérez, could not be sworn in because they had yet to be certified by the State Elections Commission (SEC). Molina Pérez said such situations underscore the importance of having an independent governor in Puerto Rico. Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz spoke about the reasons that prevented the swearing-in of Molina Pérez, who won a seat in the upper chamber as a write-in candidate. He noted Molina Pérez’s having not yet been certified by the SEC.
“He [Molina Pérez] has to submit a doping test that the Commission does not do,” Rivera Schatz in an aside. “The State Elections Commission gives him the order to go to the laboratory and the laboratory sends it directly to the Commission.”
Molina Pérez obtained more than 71,000 votes and will occupy the number 11 position in the Senate, leaving out incumbent candidate Keren Riquelme Cabrera.
“In addition, there is a court challenge to his seat,” Rivera Schatz added. “Keren Riquelme and Leyda Cruz have a claim and
we will see what happens. The NPP [New Progressive Party Electoral] commissioner [Aníbal Vega Borges] had said he would also file a court challenge. I don’t know if he did it, but I do know that Senator Keren Riquelme will carry out the challenge.”
Rivera Schatz said the Electoral Law and the Political Code establish that only SEC-certified candidates can be sworn in.
In the Senate chamber, there were two empty seats, corresponding to the atlarge senators Molina Pérez and Adrián
González Costa, an incoming senator from the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) who obtained a seat in the upper chamber because of the Minority Law.
In the House of Representatives, Nelie Lebrón Robles, an elected at-large representative from the PIP, and Adriana Gutiérrez Colón, also of the PIP, were not sworn in either.
González Costa, however, was able to enter the chamber as a guest of PIP Sen. María de Lourdes Santiago Negrón, the
incoming legislator said.
The SEC announced that as soon as Molina Pérez and other minority lawmakers are certified, they will be sworn in.
Rivera Schatz announced that he will introduce 100 bills in a wide range of areas, aimed mainly at strengthening the social and economic development of Puerto Rico.
“These measures represent the beginning of a process that seeks to effectively and sustainably transform the lives of our citizens,” Rivera Schatz said. “They respond to the needs of our people. The well-being of our people is the priority of this Senate, and we will work hand in hand with the community so that all sectors benefit equally.”
In the swearing-in ceremony in the lower chamber, House Speaker Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Nuñez said the new House of Representatives will commit Puerto Rico to urgently addressing the energy issue, to reducing the tax burden of residents as well as of small and medium-sized businesses on the island, and to reforming the permit system, among other initiatives that directly impact the people.
“We will have a direct and constant dialogue with the minority parties, because many of these pieces of legislation can be approved in conjunction with the other parties,” Méndez said. “We are going to work together for the Puerto Rico that we all want.”
ACLU urges new governor to reject Trump’s anti-rights policies
By THE STAR STAFF
The Puerto Rico Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union issued a public letter addressed to Governor-elect (now governor) Jenniffer González Colón on Thursday, asking her to reject President-elect Donald Trump’s anti-rights and anti-diversity policies.
The ACLU reaffirmed its commitment to continue promoting, protecting, and defending civil rights and liberties in Puerto Rico.
The letter makes the reaffirmation because, it says, González Colón is a Republican who supports President Trump’s policies. The ACLU called upon the new island government administration to adopt public policies that are supportive and aware of diversity and human rights.
“It is no secret that you have expressed your support for Donald Trump and have expressed your support for his government plan,” wrote Annette M. Martínez Orabona, the executive director of the ACLU in Puerto Rico. “In this regard, the ACLU-PR expresses its firm rejection of the anti-rights policies announced by President Trump and reaffirms that it will not back down in its defense of a Puerto Rico free of discrimination, abuse, and violence.”
“Please accept our greetings on the occasion of your inauguration as the new Governor of Puerto Rico. We remind you that the residents of our country deserve a dignified life and full respect for their human rights,” the letter signed by Martínez Orabona noted. “We trust that your administration
will be guided by a solid and conscious public policy that promotes the fundamental protections of all people who live in our archipelago. To do so, you will have our effective collaboration to ensure respect for diversity, community participation in decision-making processes, and access to justice.”
“We demand that, in your role as Governor, you confront any policy announced by President Trump that could undermine human rights in Puerto Rico, particularly those of migrants, women, members of the LGBTIQ+ community, children, as well as defenders of the environment and human rights,” the letter said.
Any policy that promotes censorship or attacks vulnerable sectors will face the ACLU’s strongest opposition in all available forums: in the streets, before the Legislature, and in the courts, Martínez Orabona added.
With the letter, the ACLU-PR expressed that it underscores the importance of the new government administration promoting initiatives and laws that guarantee the protection of the fundamental rights of all people in Puerto Rico, regardless of their gender, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or other conditions.
New Progressive Party Rep. Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Nuñez is sworn in as speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives on Thursday.
Annette M. Martínez Orabona, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Puerto Rico (LinkedIn)
New governor is ‘betting on a Puerto Rico that lifts itself up’
In her inauguration speech, González Colón vows to tackle energy woes ‘with a sense of urgency and sensitivity,’ press Congress on statehood, which ‘means equality’
By JOHN McPHAUL
jpmcphaul1@gmail.com
Gov. Jenniffer Aidyn González Colón said Thursday in her inaugural message in front of the Capitol in San Juan that the subjects of electrical energy and pro-
moting statehood through the New Progressive Party mayors and legislators will be among her priorities as Puerto Rico’s new chief of state.
“There are many challenges that confront our island. The most recent is the blackout that left our island without electricity in the middle of our end-of-the-year celebration,” the new governor said. “And this precisely is what moves me to attend to this first challenge with a sense of urgency and sensitivity and use the resources from the federal funds that we receive from the Congress of the United States, so that once and for all we have an electrical system that works and the does not fail us when we most need it.”
“I’m betting on a Puerto Rico that lifts itself up,” González Colón said. “And do you know what? I’m not going to govern only for those who voted for me. I’m going to be the governor for all Puerto Ricans, but do you know what? In Puerto Rico there will be order, there will be listening, there will be respect. There will be working together and everybody who wants to work will have the doors open to take Puerto Rico forward. The people are tired of divisions; the primary elections have passed.”
The former two-term resident commissioner and now governor emphasized that “the inequality that the people of Puerto Rico live with I will combat with all my force.”
Photos: Facebook via Jenniffer González Colón
“Poverty, the elements that made Puerto Ricans vote overwhelmingly in past elections to seek equality for all Puerto Ricans,” she said. “For that today I also recognize the president of the Senate, Tom Rivera Schatz, and the Speaker of the House Johnny Méndez, and the mayors and legislators who will help me also take to Congress the result of this election, where freely and voluntarily our people, once again, in an overwhelming manner, with numbers chose statehood. And statehood means equality.”
The governor was officially sworn in at around 8 a.m. on Thursday, then participated in a Mass at Santa Teresita Church in Santurce. From there she and her family moved on to the Capitol for the public acts of inauguration.
There were several protests during the day’s activities.
The police intervened with demonstrators on the Dos Hermanos Bridge in San Juan in the morning.
According to preliminary reports, the police were directing traffic when a number of protesters blocked traffic and were instructed by the police to leave. Several were arrested when they disobeyed the order. No injuries were reported and those arrested have not been identified.
González Colón did not react Thursday morning to an
incident while she participated in the Mass at the church on Loíza Street, where a protester shouted during the service.
“I came to listen here and I just heard the word of God,” González Colón told journalists upon leaving the church along with her husband, physician José Yovín Vargas. “This word is much stronger and more powerful than hate.”
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New Orleans attacker appears to have acted alone, investigators say
By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS and KEITH BRADSHER
Investigators on Thursday said they now believe the U.S. Army veteran who plowed a pickup into New Year’s revelers acted alone, after previously saying they were looking into whether other people might have helped him plant explosives in coolers in the French Quarter.
Based on hundreds of interviews and reviews of the attacker’s calls, social media accounts and electronic devices, “We’re confident, at this point, that there are no accomplices,” Christopher Raia of the FBI’s counterterrorism division said in a news conference.
With no further apparent threat, New Orleans officials said they were moving to reopen Bourbon Street and were confident in the security precautions they had taken for the Sugar Bowl, which was originally set for Wednesday night but rescheduled for this afternoon.
At least 14 people were killed and dozens injured by the attack in the early hours of New Year’s Day. Investigators identified the pickup driver, who was killed in a shootout with police, as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, of Beaumont, Texas.
Here’s what else to know:
— Islamic State inspired: The attacker, who served eight years in the military and deployed to Afghanistan, said in a video posted online that he had joined the Islamic State group, Raia said. He had originally planned to hurt his relatives and friends, but worried about how that would
be interpreted by the news media, Raia added. “He was 100% inspired by ISIS,” he said, using an alternative name for the Islamic State group. — Las Vegas: Investigators have found no link between the New Orleans attack and the
explosion of a Tesla truck that killed one person outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Raia said, but cautioned that investigators have not ruled anything out.
— Sugar Bowl: An increased police presence was visible around the Superdome, where more than 80,000 fans are expected to attend a rescheduled game between Notre Dame and Georgia at 4 p.m. Eastern time Thursday. On Bourbon Street on Thursday morning, investigators began allowing street sweepers to clean up the remnants of the attack and prepare for a new influx of people before and after the game.
— The attack: Jabbar drove the rented pickup at a high speed into crowds around 3:15 a.m. before crashing and exchanging fire with three police officers, said Anne Kirkpatrick, the New Orleans Police superintendent. Two officers were injured in the gunfight and were hospitalized, she said.
— Security questions: Officials said security bollards along a section of Bourbon Street had been removed for repairs in preparation for the Super Bowl in February. Patrol cars and barriers had been set up to block access to the street, but the attacker drove around them, Kirkpatrick said.
1 dead after a cybertruck explodes outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas
By ALEXANDRA E. PETRI, EMMETT LINDNER and PASHTANA USUFZY
One person was killed and at least seven people were injured after a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday morning, authorities said, and officials were investigating any possible links to an earlier attack on a crowd in New Orleans.
Sheriff Kevin McMahill of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said during a news conference that authorities “believe this to be an isolated incident” but had not yet ruled out a connection to the Wednesday morning attack in New Orleans that killed at least 15 people.
McMahill said the authorities had found gas canisters, camp fuel canisters and large firework mortars in the back of the truck. It was unclear how they had been ignited, McMahill said.
“There is no further threat to the community,” McMahill said. As of Wednesday afternoon, there was no indication the explo-
sion was connected to the Islamic State group, which President Joe Biden said inspired the New Orleans attack, but the investigation remains ongoing, he said.
At a news conference Wednesday, Jeremy Schwartz, the acting FBI special agent in charge in Las Vegas, said the agency was investigating whether the explosion “was an act of terrorism or not.”
“I know everybody’s interested in that word and trying to see if we can say, ‘Hey this is a terrorist attack,’” Schwartz said. “That is our goal, and that’s what we’re trying to do.”
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department received a report of an explosion around 8:40 a.m. at the Trump hotel.
Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, said in a statement on his social media platform, X, that “the explosion was caused by very large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck” and said the vehicle was functioning properly.
Police were told that a 2024 Cybertruck “pulled up to the last entrance doors of the hotel,”
McMahill said earlier at a news conference.
The driver was the only person in the truck, McMahill said, and was killed inside the vehicle. At least seven others were reported to have sustained minor injuries.
The person’s body remained in the truck Wednesday afternoon, McMahill said, and the authorities were working on identification.
Authorities said the truck had been rented in Colorado using Turo, the same car rental app used in the New Orleans attack. Authorities had been able to trace the car back to Colorado using video footage captured at charging stations, McMahill said.
McMahill said authorities have identified the person who rented the truck but are not releasing their name.
The truck arrived in Las Vegas around 7:30 a.m., McMahill said, and went up and down Las Vegas Boulevard before immediately pulling into the Trump Towers.
In a statement, a Turo spokesperson said the company is working with the authorities as they investigate both incidents.
“We do not believe that either renter involved in the Las Vegas and New Orleans attacks had a criminal background that would have identified them as a security threat,” the spokesperson said in the statement.
As of Wednesday afternoon, there was no indication the explosion was connected to the Islamic State group, which President Joe Biden said inspired the New Orleans attack, but the investigation remains ongoing, he said.
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Chris Pellis donates blood at a blood drive hosted by the Blood Center and New Orleans EMS, a day after an attack in the French Quarter, in New Orleans, on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. Pellis said she was inspired to donate after seeing on social media that there was a shortage of blood. Security in the city was tighter ahead of the Sugar Bowl, which was rescheduled after a man drove into a crowd early on New Year’s Day and killed at least 14 people. (Edmund D. Fountain/ The New York Times)
Mexico, betting Trump is bluffing on tariffs, sees an opportunity
By PETER S. GOODMAN
Like much of the Mexican business world, Daniel Córdova finds himself grappling with an enormous variable looming across the U.S. border: the imminent return of Donald Trump to the White House.
Córdova oversees a factory outside the city of Monterrey that makes heating and airconditioning units for Trane, an American company. The first time Trump was president, he unleashed a trade war against China that proved beneficial to Mexican industry. Companies that relied on Chinese factories to make goods for the American market shifted production to plants in Mexico to avoid Trump’s tariffs.
That trend, known as “nearshoring,” gained momentum as President Joe Biden extended tariffs on Chinese imports. Soaring shipping prices during the pandemic heightened the pitfalls of relying on factories across oceans. For companies seeking to close the distance between plants in Asia and customers in the United States, Mexico beckoned as an attractive place to manufacture their wares.
Then, in November, Trump threatened the economics of nearshoring by promising to impose 25% tariffs on all goods entering the United States from Mexico and Canada. Mexican industry was confronted with a highstakes question: Was Trump bluffing, hoping the threat would pressure the Mexican government to halt the movement of people and drugs toward the border? Or was he really preparing to put tariffs on Mexican imports to force companies to move production to the United States?
Hanging in the balance is the pace of investment and job growth in Mexico, along with the availability of a vast profusion of imported goods in the United States — from fresh fruits and vegetables to auto parts.
At the Trane factory in the industrial enclave of Apodaca, Córdova is getting ready. If the tariffs materialize, the company could shift orders to its American factories. Yet, he remains optimistic that the status quo will prevail, because the Mexican and U.S. economies depend on each other for parts and raw materials for their own finished products. Although Trump is known to be unpredictable, Córdova cannot imagine him impeding the movement of products across the border — a course that economists warn would raise prices for American consumers and slow economic growth.
“We are together in this adventure, the United States and Mexico,” Córdova said, as machines on his factory floor pounded hunks of metal into parts for heating units that would be assembled in Tennessee. “We need each other. A divorce is never cheap.”
As the Trump administration vows an expanded trade war, businesses in Mexico are continuing with factory expansions. They assume their country remains central to the most fervent American aim: reducing dependence on factories in China.
Many Mexican business leaders assert that their companies are positioned to thrive during another Trump administration. So long as he proceeds with his promise to increase tariffs on Chinese imports, that will amplify the need for alternative places to manufacture goods.
“Trump hates China more than he hates Mexico,” said Isaac Presburger, whose family apparel business outside Mexico City has long exported to the United States. “This is a huge opportunity.”
For now, uncertainty reigns. Mazda, a Japanese automaker, is holding off on future investments in Mexico until Trump’s plans take shape. Honda has told investors that tar-
iffs on Mexican-made vehicles could force it to consider shifting production elsewhere.
“If I was a member of a corporate board or a CEO, I’d think hard right now about investing in Mexico until you get more clarity,” said Shannon K. O’Neil, a Latin America expert at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
The nearshoring boom has been bountiful in Monterrey, a metropolis of more than 5 million people sprawling across a desert valley framed by the jagged peaks of the Sierra Madre. The capital of Nuevo Leon state, Monterrey lies within three hours of the U.S. border by truck. It has a reputation for relative security along with luxurious hotels and restaurants. That combination has attracted foreign investment.
Over the first 11 months of this year, nearly $23 billion in foreign investment was committed to more than 100 projects, according to the state government. Volvo, a Swedish company, recently began erecting a truck factory. John Deere is building a plant to make construction equipment.
On a recent evening, Emmanuel Loo, Nuevo Leon’s economy secretary, held court at an outdoor restaurant, serving tacos to a
pair of consultants — one a former executive at Intel, the American computer chip manufacturer. Loo had retained them to attract investment that could make the state a hub for the semiconductor industry.
He expressed confidence that the Trump administration would not disrupt those plans. He said he had taken assurances from meeting with Donald Trump Jr., the presidentelect’s eldest son, in Houston just before the election.
“Trump can’t do what he wants to do on China without Mexico,” Loo said. Mexico’s role as an alternative to China has in recent years propelled a construction boom in Monterrey.
Wisdom Digital Logistics, which operates warehouses and arranges trucking for businesses on both sides of the border, recently opened a fourth warehouse in the area and is already looking for a fifth.
“We’re getting calls from all over the place — the French, the Germans, the Italians,” said the company’s CEO, Edgar Pereda. “They want to know how to guarantee their supply chains, and they’re trying to establish a presence in Mexico.”
Córdova, who oversees the Trane plant, now spends much of his time seeking out Mexican manufacturers that can produce the electronics and motors he has long imported from China. He figures that will limit the company’s vulnerability to any policies coming from Trump.
“We don’t know what decisions he could take,” he said. “We need to prepare for different scenarios. There are many variables.”
A packing area at a recently opened factory for Plastiexports, which makes plastic parts and items, in Saltillo, Mexico, Dec. 16, 2024. Business leaders in Mexico are betting that President-elect Donald Trump is largely bluffing on threats of tariffs for them, and say that his administration will enhance the appeal of their factories as an alternative to plants in China. (Alejandro Cegarra/The New York Times)
Stocks
Stocks falter, dollar hits two-year high
Global stocks fell on Thursday as early gains fizzled, continuing the year-end downdraft into the first trading day of the new year, while the dollar hit a two-year high after economic data indicated the U.S. labor market remained on solid footing.
On Wall Street, U.S. stocks were broadly lower after initial gains, with the S&P 500 on track for its fifth straight daily decline, its longest skid since April.
The U.S. Labor Department reported that the number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits dropped to an eight-month low of 211,000 last week, below the 222,000 estimate of economists polled by Reuters.
“The labor market has been incredibly resilient and we’ve seen that continue,” said Keith Buchanan, senior portfolio manager at GLOBALT Investments in Atlanta. “Overall, the labor market is really what’s fueled the consumer, which has held this economy together for the last three years of this fight we’ve had with inflation.”
Wall Street declines were led by the consumer discretionary sector (.SPLRCD), opens new tab, which was dragged lower by a roughly 6% fall in Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab after the electric vehicle maker reported its first decline in annual deliveries.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI), opens new tab fell 269.84 points, or 0.63%, to 42,274.38, the S&P 500 (.SPX), opens new tab fell 34.79 points, or 0.59%, to 5,846.67, and the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC), opens new tab fell 120.55 points, or 0.63%, to 19,188.71.
European stocks closed higher after a sluggish start to the session, buoyed by a jump in energy names (.SXEP), opens new tab.
MSCI’s gauge of stocks across the globe (.MIWD00000PUS), opens new tab lost 4.08 points, or 0.48%, to 837.34. Europe’s STOXX 600 (.STOXX), opens new tab index gained 0.6%.
The dollar jumped to a two-year high on Thursday, building on the strong gains from 2024 as expectations remained intact that economic growth in the U.S. will outpace that of its peers, keeping the Federal Reserve on a slower interest rate-cut path.
The dollar index , which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies including the yen and the euro, rose 0.77% to 109.37, after climbing to 109.54, its highest since Nov. 10, 2022.
“In terms of 2025 economic growth, there’s no rival to the dollar,” Adam Button, chief currency analyst at ForexLive in Toronto, said.
“Capital flows dominate the turn of the year and the U.S. stock market has really put to shame every other global market,”
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Button said. “The dollar is the only game in town until there is a genuine stumble in the U.S. economy.”
The euro was down 1.01% at $1.025 after slumping to $1.0223, its lowest level since Nov. 21, 2022.
Against the Japanese yen , the dollar strengthened 0.44% to 157.56. Sterling dropped 1.23% to $1.2363 and was on pace for its biggest daily percentage drop since Nov. 6.
Stocks had stumbled heading into the end of the year, denting a year-long rally fueled by growth expectations surrounding artificial intelligence, anticipated rate cuts from the Federal Reserve, and more recently, the likelihood of deregulation policies from the incoming Trump administration.
However, the recent economic forecast from the Fed, along with worries that President-elect Donald Trump’s policies such as tariffs may prove to be inflationary, has sent yields higher and created a stumbling block for equities.
The yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes edged down 0.6 basis point to 4.571%, but remained above the 4.5% mark that analysts see as a problematic level for stocks.
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Trinidad and Tobago declares state of emergency over rising crime
By FRANCES ROBLES and PRIOR BEHARRY
The government of Trinidad and Tobago, facing an alarming rise in violence, including retaliatory gang killings, has declared a state of emergency. The measure empowers the military to make arrests and allows authorities to enter suspects’ homes without warrants and deny them bail.
The state of emergency in the Caribbean country, the first for crime in more than a decade, was announced by the acting attorney general, Stuart Young, at a news conference Monday in Port of Spain, the capital. It comes as the government has been increasingly acriticized for failing to stop a wave of gang-related killings. The government reported 623 homicides in 2024 through late December.
National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds, who also attended the news conference, said the killings had become an epidemic and public health concern. The police responded to 33 double, eight triple, four quadruple and one quintuple homicides in 2024, he added.
No curfew will be set during the state of emergency, nor will people’s movements be restricted, Young said, unlike during the COVID-19 pandemic, as the government wanted to minimize the effects on economic activity. But people suspected of crimes can be stopped and searched by police or soldiers, he added.
Trinidad and Tobago has struggled with the presence of criminal groups for more than 25 years, but the past decade has seen a surge in the escalation of violence by street gangs, said Alex Papadovassilakis, an investigator for Insight Crime, an organized crime research group with main offices in Washington and Medellin, Colombia.
Experts estimate that there are more than 180 gangs with more than 1,750 members in Trinidad and Tobago.
“We’re not talking sophisticated gangs; we’re talking small and deeply territorial street gangs that engaged in mostly street level drug dealing, arms trafficking and other criminal activities,” Papadovassilakis said in a telephone interview. “They are extremely violent.”
The state of emergency in Trinidad and Tobago, the first for crime in more than a decade, was announced by the acting attorney general, Stuart Young, at a news conference earlier this week in Port of Spain, the capital. It comes as the government has been increasingly criticized for failing to stop a wave of gang-related killings. The government reported 623 homicides in 2024 through late December. (X via Egypt Independent)
Tit-for-tat killings have also contributed to the death toll, he said. The previous record for the number of homicides was in 2022, he noted, when authorities reported 599 people killed.
Two gang-related reprisal killings using high-powered weapons took place last weekend, Young said. On Saturday, a man was gunned down as he walked out of a police station in the eastern part of Port of Spain. And on Sunday night, six people were shot at in Laventille, outside the capital, with five of them killed.
Young said the gangs were using AR15s and AK-47s.
Attillah Springer, who runs an organization that works with at-risk youth in Port of Spain, said that while many people across the country were probably relieved that the government took action, others were worried, particularly because authorities released relatively few details.
“They said there will be no curfew, ‘but we just want to suspend certain parts of the constitution to address gang war-
fare and gang membership,’” she said.
“Quite a few people who work in these communities believe that it seems that what this state of emergency is going to do is kill young Black men, and that’s a frightening aspect,” she added.
The measure allows suspects to be held without charge for 48 hours and is aimed at gang members, but innocent people are likely to be swept up, Springer said.
“There are also hundreds, thousands, of young Black men who will just be going about their business who are going to be potential targets,” she said.
Derek Ramsamooj, a political analyst in Port of Spain, said while residents might
welcome the state of emergency if it results in a drop in crime, the results were not likely to last unless the government addressed the societal causes of gang violence.
Countries like Trinidad and Tobago have also seen serious spikes in crime because of their position between cocaineproducing countries in South America and the major consumer country up north, the United States, Ramsamooj said.
“Our challenge cannot be curbed through a state of emergency,” he said. “A state of emergency may be a bandage on a national sore.”
The situation has been worsened by Trinidad’s proximity to Venezuela, experts say, which allows criminals easy access to high-powered weapons.
In April last year, the Caribbean Community of nations held a symposium on crime, and one of the recommendations was to engage the U.S. government about guns from American manufacturers that were illegally entering Caribbean countries and fueling violence and gang activities.
A former national security minister and retired police commissioner from the opposition party, Gary Griffith, also said that the state of emergency would not solve rising crime.
He noted that the government now in power had criticized a similar measure tried by the opposing People’s Partnership coalition administration, which lasted 106 days in 2011, saying it reeked of a double standard and hypocrisy. That state of emergency was limited to a few crime hot spots in the country.
“A state of emergency is and should not be used as a crime-fighting tool,” he said. “It is a stopgap measure.”
What to know about the Islamic State
By EVE SAMPSON
A42-year-old Texas man rammed a pickup into New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early Wednesday, killing 15 people. He had an Islamic State group flag in his truck, the FBI said.
The terrorist group, also known as ISIS, has left a brutal legacy of death and destruction across the world. Although the group no longer controls significant territory in the Middle East, it has continued to launch terror attacks around the world and inspire believers of its extreme ideology to carry out atrocities of their own.
Law enforcement officials said Wednesday that they were trying to determine the suspect’s potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations. Counterterrorism specialists pointed to several telltale signs.
“By carrying an ISIS flag with him during the attack, the suspect wanted to show that he was a true believer, aligned with the ISIS cause, and perhaps hoping to trigger others into following suit,” said Colin P. Clarke, a counterterrorism analyst at the Soufan Group, a security consulting firm based in New York.
History
The Islamic State is a Sunni Muslim insurgent group that traces its origins to al-Qaida in Iraq, which nearly pushed Iraq into civil war before it was defeated by local militias and U.S. troops.
Fighters from the group rebranded as the Islamic State by 2013. Under the leadership of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, they exploited the instability from Syria’s civil war to seize terri-
tory. In 2014, the group seized Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, and declared itself a caliphate — a state governed by Islamic principles.
In the spring and summer of 2014, the group took control of cities across Iraq and Syria, gaining notoriety for kidnappings, sexual enslavement and public executions. It also orchestrated and inspired a series of terrorist attacks across Europe.
In October 2019, President Donald Trump announced the killing of al-Baghdadi, saying in a speech that he was “the founder and leader of ISIS, the most ruthless and violent terror organization anywhere in the world.” Trump went on to say, “We obliterated his caliphate, 100%, in March of this year.”
U.S.-allied Kurdish rebels seized the last remnants of Islamic State territory.
Today, experts say the group is the weakest it has ever been in Iraq, but shows signs of resurgence in Syria. ISIS has continued to propagate its radical ideology through clandestine cells and regional affiliates across the globe.
Recent attacks
Even though they no longer hold major swaths of territory, the Islamic State and its affiliates have carried out a spate of deadly attacks over the last year.
— In January 2024, the group’s Afghanistan affiliate, known as Islamic State Khorasan, carried out twin bombings in Iran at a memorial procession for Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian general who was killed in a U.S. drone strike four years earlier. More than 80 people were killed and scores were injured.
— A few months later, U.S. officials blamed the Afghan group for a deadly concert hall attack near Moscow that killed at least 137 people.
— In July, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for a shooting in Oman that killed six people and injured around 30 more near a mosque.
The Iran and Oman attacks specifically targeted Shiite Muslims, who the Sunni-linked Islamic State considers to be apostates.
Directed, enabled and inspired
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out attacks on their own.
In 2016 in Nice, France, more than 80 people were killed and hundreds injured in when a man drove a 19-ton truck through a packed crowd watching Bastille Day fireworks. The Islamic State claimed responsibility, although investigators said the driver had been self-radicalized, with no evidence linking him directly to the terrorist group.
In London in 2017, a 52-year-old Briton plowed a rented Hyundai sport utility vehicle through pedestrians on the Westminster Bridge, killing two and injuring at least 40. A day later, the Islamic State described him as a disciple and a hero for the assault carried out in the shadow of Big Ben, but no evidence emerged of a direct link.
The Islamic State in Syria and Iraq
The 2024 ouster of President Bashar Assad in Syria has given way to fears that the group could regain a foothold in the region. In July, the Pentagon warned that Islamic State attacks in Iraq and Syria were on track to reach double last year’s count.
cials have divided Islamic State attacks into three broad categories:
Directed: At least five successful attacks in the 2010s are known to have been directed outright by the Islamic State, carried out by operatives who trained with the group in Iraq and Syria.
These cases were among the deadliest, including the coordinated attacks in Paris in November 2015, which killed 130 people, and the airport and subway bombings in Brussels in March 2016, which claimed 32 lives. Yet these remain the minority.
Enabled: Counterterrorism experts have also identified violence conceived and guided by Islamic State operatives whose only connection to the attacker is through the internet.
In Paris in 2015, Amedy Coulibaly was in contact with Islamic State operatives in Syria before storming a kosher supermarket, taking hostages and killing four of them. And in Texas in 2015, two men initially thought to be “lone wolves” opened fire at a community center. The FBI later said the attackers were in communication with the Islamic State via encrypted texts.
Inspired: Finally, there are the socalled lone wolf attackers, who are radicalized through online propaganda and carry
The demise of the Assad regime has also led to conflict between U.S.-backed Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed rebels, prompting concerns that ISIS may exploit the instability.
More than 9,000 Islamic State fighters are housed in more than 20 facilities throughout Syria, according to the U.S. military, which has 2,000 American troops in the country and 2,500 in Iraq.
While Syria is in flux, the United States has continued to target the group’s fighters and camps with airstrikes.
Regional reach
The terrorist group’s Afghanistan affiliate has been responsible for some of the recent large-scale terror attacks. It is also fighting Afghanistan’s Taliban government, which Islamic State Khorasan deems insufficiently strict.
A U.S. official said last March that the Taliban had made some progress against the Afghan group but struggled to prevent attacks and dismantle urban cells.
U.S. officials have also been monitoring the group’s growth in the politically unstable African Sahel region. Last March, the Islamic State claimed an attack on Niger’s army that reportedly killed 30 soldiers.
An estimated 60% of Islamic State propaganda comes from sub-Saharan Africa, particularly affiliate groups in Nigeria, Congo and Mozambique, a U.S. official said in March.
A makeshift memorial outside a Moscow concert hall after a terrorist attack on March 24, 2024. The group whose flag was found after a New Orleans truck-ramming attack has never stopped orchestrating and inspiring acts of terror. (Nanna Heitmann/The New York Times)
The 73% solution
By CARLOS LOZADA
Whenever someone agrees wholeheartedly with something I write, I die a little inside.
I know opinion columnists are supposed to be in the persuasion business, and that makes agreement the coin of the realm. But instant, knee-jerk agreement makes me suspicious. That coin is devalued.
Yes, I’m happy if you appreciated my column on Pete Hegseth’s books or enjoyed it when my colleagues and I riffed on the cultural artifacts of the Trump era. But please don’t give me an “absolutely!” or a “nailed it,” let alone a “straight fire!” (I want to straight douse straight fires.)
And please, never respond with “100%.” I’ll take principled dissent, thoughtful counterargument, even enthusiastic opposition over “100%.”
If you react to something I’ve said or written with “100%” — in written, oral or emoji form — all you’re telling me is that I probably did not persuade you of anything. Instead of changing your thinking, I affirmed it. “100%” lets me know that I’ve accomplished nothing but scratch your ideological itches, confirm your convictions, pinpoint your intellectual erogenous zones. One hundred percent — really? Even if you agreed
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in the main, did you find nothing at all worthy of disagreement? Not even, say 3% to 5%? If so, why should I bother writing, and why would you bother reading? One hundred percent agreement is a high-percentage failure.
Tune in to your favorite politics or culture podcast or your favorite cable news round table, and you’ll find many moments of 100% vociferous agreement. Audiences complain about the contrarian shout-fests in the mainstream media, but I’m more troubled by the self-assured nod-fests.
I don’t mean the “right” and “sure” and “of course” that litter our conversations, often just providing positive reinforcement — shorthand for “keep going” or “I see what you’re saying.” No, I mean “this!” and “co-sign” and, yes, “100%.”
I realize that perhaps I’m just overthinking figures of speech that are particularly common on social media. (Confession: This is a thing I do. My 17-year-old son, upon hearing my latest linguistic lament, looked at me and declared, “Daddy, you detest anything that enters the vernacular.”) I also understand it is far more common to worry about our polarization, our national disunity, than to decry any compulsion toward contrived consensus.
But one element driving the disagreement among America’s various political and cultural camps is the push for uniformity within those camps. When one side or another embraces lock-step dogmatism regarding, say, pandemic policies or gender politics or violent crime, it’s too tempting for opponents to take refuge in the precise opposite view. That’s how our views get clustered, how we “100%” know all the things we think we know.
Except we don’t always know it. Before you co-sign, always read the fine print.
Of course, I peddle in the persuasion marketplace, so part of me certainly wants you to agree with whatever I have to say. Just don’t 100% agree with me. Maybe, say, 73%?
Seventy-three percent. That’s the percentage
of Americans who rank their finances as the top source of stress in their lives. Or the percentage of Americans favoring term or age limits for Supreme Court justices. It’s also the percentage of Americans who believe in heaven.
I’d love to turn on cable news or log on to the social media platform X or tune in to my favorite podcast and find one talking head nodding at another and responding, “Oh, yes, in part! Not absolutely! Embers! This — but maybe that! 73%!” That would be heavenly. Agreeing with me 73% feels about right: You’re largely on my side, but there’s still room for debate. An encouraging start but with plenty of work still left to win you over or for you to win me over.
Do you agree?
A pie with slices cut from it. Food Styled by Simon Andrews. (Christopher Testani/The New York Times)
Inicia la Caravana Nacional de los Reyes Magos de Juana Díaz
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DÍAZ – Con la tradicional Ceremonia de Envío celebrada en la parroquia San Ramón Nonato, comenzó este jueves la Caravana Nacional de los Reyes Magos de Juana Díaz, un evento que recorrerá seis municipios durante cuatro días para llevar un mensaje de fe y tradición cultural a miles de personas en Puerto Rico.
La Ceremonia de Envío reafirma el carácter católico de esta celebración, solicitando autorización al párroco para iniciar el recorrido. Durante la ceremonia, el padre Pedro José Guzmán pidió que las palabras de los Reyes Magos sean eco de los mensajes de Cristo. Este evento, que celebra su 41 edi-
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ción, tiene como objetivo compartir la riqueza espiritual y cultural de esta tradición con toda la isla.
Este año, la caravana visitará Humacao, San Juan, Guaynabo, Comerío, Ponce y Juana Díaz.
“Este año tenemos una buena cantidad de eventos en el área metropolitana para el disfrute de todas esas personas que celebran nuestra hermosa tradición de los Reyes Magos”, expresó William John Santiago Vázquez, presidente del Consejo Juanadino Pro Festejos de Reyes en declaraciones escritas.
Una de las actividades más destacadas será en el DISTRITO T-Mobile, el sábado 4 de enero, a las 6:00 de la tarde, donde habrá música en vivo y presentaciones artísticas desde las 2:00 de la tarde.
En cada parada, la caravana incluye música jí-
bara, procesiones y la emotiva adoración al Niño Jesús, en la que los Reyes Magos presentan incienso, oro y mirra, como en el relato bíblico. Luego, los asistentes tienen la oportunidad de retratarse con los Reyes.
“Esta celebración es una semilla de nuestra fe católica y muy significativa para quienes participan de la caravana”, añadió Santiago Vázquez.
El recorrido culminará el domingo 5 de enero, víspera de Reyes, con una parada en Plaza del Caribe en Ponce a las 3:00 de la tarde y una visita a la parroquia Santísimo Sacramento. El evento concluirá con el regreso y recibimiento de los Reyes en la plaza pública de Juana Díaz a las 10:00 de la noche.
Para más información sobre el itinerario, se puede visitar la página oficial en https://www.losreyesmagosdejuanadiaz.com/fiestadereyes2025.
Ponce invita a actos de toma de posesión y develación del nombre de la Casa Alcaldía
PONCE – La alcaldesa de Ponce, Marlese Sifre Rodríguez, invitó este jueves a los ciudadanos de la Ciudad Señorial a participar de su toma de posesión el sábado, 18 de enero de 2025, en el Complejo Recreativo y Cultural La Guancha, a las 5:00 de la tarde.
“Este evento es una oportunidad para agradecerles a todos los ciudadanos de Ponce por su apoyo y confianza. Juntos, continuaremos trabajando para transformar nuestra ciudad”, expresó la alcaldesa. Entre los artistas
invitados están Luis Enrique, Joseph Amado y A Son de Guerra, además del Coro de Niños de Ponce y el Instituto de Música Juan Morel Campos.
Como parte de las actividades, el viernes, 17 de enero, se llevará a cabo la tradicional cancelación pictórica en el Parque de Bombas a las 7:00 de la noche, seguida de la develación del nombre de la Casa Alcaldía a las 8:00 de la noche. Este será bautizado en honor al exalcalde Rafael “Churumba” Cordero Santiago, figura clave en la historia de Ponce.
“La Casa Alcaldía de Ponce es el corazón del muni-
cipio, y es un honor rendir homenaje a uno de nuestros líderes más emblemáticos al dedicarle este espacio. Rafael ‘Churumba’ Cordero Santiago dejó una huella imborrable en nuestra ciudad”, afirmó Sifre Rodríguez. Ambas actividades contarán con transportación a través del sistema SITRAS desde diversos estacionamientos de la ciudad. La toma de posesión será transmitida en vivo por WIPR Canal 6 y las redes sociales del Municipio de Ponce. La alcaldesa exhortó a los ponceños y sus familias a ser parte de esta significativa celebración.
La primera Escuela del país lamenta la muerte de su Profesor de Química Rafael Aramis López Vargas
MAYAGÜEZ – Estudiantes, facultad, personal docente, ex alumnos y personal administrativo del Centro Residencial de Oportunidades Educativas de Mayagüez, conocido por sus siglas CROEM lamentan el fallecimiento del profesor de química Rafael Aramis López.
“Hemos perdido a un gran compañero, quien se desempeñaba como profesor que dio la milla extra por el Centro Residencial de Oportunidades Educativas de Mayagüez, nuestro CROEM. El profesor de química Rafael Aramis López logró impregnar conocimientos, entusiasmo y dedicación en el campo de las ciencias químicas. Fue un visionario que logró despertar el espíritu competitivo de sus estudiantes. Gran compañero apreciado por toda la facultad y estudiantes en este recinto que deja una huella imborrable de profesionalismo, realmente su paso por CROEM pone claro la importancia de su compromiso por el magisterio, que no es otra cosa el “pan de la enseñanza” a nuestros estudiantes”, señaló el profesor Milton Tomassini del Toro, director de CROEM.
Por su parte el director ejecutivo de la Asociación de Estudiantes de CROEM elogió la labor realizada por el profesor de química Rafael Aramis López y envió un mensaje de apoyo y consuelo a su esposa Maribel Ramos, sus hijos Rafael, Su Ellen, Anais, Krytle y familia.
“CROEM ha logrado mantenerse como la mejor escuela de Puerto Rico, muy en especial en ciencias, matemáticas y tecnología gracias a profesores como Rafael Aramis López, un ser humano extraordinario que entendió el mensaje de nuestro fundador Dr. Ramón Claudio Tirado el cual quiso proveer al país de una institución educativa de primera como lo es CROEM. El legado que nos deja el profesor fallecido es uno de emular, el demostró que para aprender química no hay limitaciones, ayudó a todo aquel que acudió a su salón de clases y lo más importante; fue efectivo en su cátedra la cual impartió con dinamismo y retos para que cada estudiante pudiera desarrollar sus capacidades de aprendizaje”, expresó Wilson Nazario, director ejecutivo de la Asociación de CROEM ALUMNI.
El director ejecutivo de CROEM ALUMNI informó que
los actos de velatorio se llevarán a cabo en la Funeraria Mayagüez Memorial viernes 3 de enero de 2025, de 2:00 de la tarde a 7:00 de la noche, por lo que se invita a todo el pueblo de Puerto Rico muy en especial a los ex alumnos de CROEM que fueron impactados por la enseñanza del López, Que En Paz Descanse.
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Nuevo lente intraocular ajustable disponible en Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Eye Institute anuncia con entusiasmo la disponibilidad en la isla del primer y único lente intraocular ajustable tras cirugía de cataratas, The Light Adjustable Lens™. Este innovador lente es una opción revolucionaria para pacientes que buscan una visión personalizada y precisa después de la cirugía de cataratas. Además, tenemos citas disponibles inmediatamente para los pacientes interesados.
Puerto Rico Eye Institute, dirigido por un equipo de expertos en retina y médicos especialistas, incluyendo a la Dra. Stephanie C. Vale Dykyj, el Dr. Carlos J. Fernández Santos, la Dra. María G. Velázquez Lamela, y la Dra. Frances M. Matrero Barrera, se enorgullece de ser el primer centro en ofrecer esta tecnología avanzada en Puerto Rico. Decenas de pacientes ya se han operado con nuestros especialistas, obteniendo resultados que superan sus expectativas. A partir de enero de 2025, el Dr. Frank Abella, oftalmólogo, se unirá a nuestro equipo para seguir brindando la mejor atención oftalmológica en la isla.
El Light Adjustable Lens™ es el primer lente intraocular (IOL) que puede ajustarse tras la cirugía, permitiendo a los médicos optimizar la visión del paciente según sus necesidades individuales. Esta tecnología avanzada mejora significativamente la calidad visual y, en muchos casos, permite a los pacientes prescindir de gafas o lentes de contacto después de
la cirugía de cataratas. “Esta innovadora tecnología da a los pacientes la oportunidad de no depender de espejuelos de por vida tras la cirugía de cataratas, ofreciendo la precisión más avanzada y una personalización única para cada paciente. Esta opción es especialmente útil para aquellos que han tenido cirugía refractiva previamente, brindándoles la posibilidad de lograr una visión aún mejor”, comentó el Dr. Carlos J. Fernández Santos.
Los beneficios del Light Adjustable Lens™ incluyen la adaptación precisa de la visión postoperatoria, reduciendo la dependencia de espejuelos o lentes de contacto. Además, al ser ajustable, ofrece una solución personalizada que se adapta a las necesidades visuales específicas de cada paciente, mejorando la calidad de vida y garantizando resultados más satisfactorios.
“Los pacientes que son candidatos ideales para este lente son aquellos de 50 años o más, quienes comienzan a desarrollar cataratas, así como aquellos que anteriormente no eran aptos para otros lentes intraoculares premium, como los que han tenido cirugía refractiva previa, problemas con la córnea, glaucoma, o dificultades con los halos de otros lentes”, agregó la Dra. Vale.
El ajuste del lente se realiza mediante exposición controlada a luz ultravioleta, lo que permite que el lente cambie su forma y enfoque para adaptarse mejor a las necesidades del paciente. Este proceso puede realizarse en varias sesiones hasta obtener la visión deseada. El Light Adjustable Lens™ está fabricado con un material fotosensible especial que cam-
bia su forma y potencia al exponerse a la luz ultravioleta (UV). Este lente es el primero en ofrecer una combinación única de control, personalización y confiabilidad.
Este lente ha sido aprobado por la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de los EE. UU. (FDA), destacando su seguridad y eficacia. La capacidad de personalizar el tratamiento postoperatorio es crucial, ya que permite a los médicos realizar ajustes con una precisión sin precedentes.
“Este nivel de personalización garantiza que cada paciente reciba el tratamiento preciso que necesita, mejorando significativamente los resultados visuales y la satisfacción general”, concluyeron los especialistas.
Para más información o para agendar una cita, Puerto Rico Eye Institute está ubicado en Plaza Bairoa, PR 1, Ave Sakura, Caguas, 00725 (Suite 245). Visítanos en www.preyeinstitute.com o llámanos al (787) 641-3030.
Sobre Puerto Rico Eye Institute: Establecido en 2020, Puerto Rico Eye Institute se ha destacado por ofrecer atención médica excepcional con amabilidad y empatía. Nos comprometemos a proporcionar a nuestros pacientes los servicios de salud visual más avanzados, siguiendo los estándares de calidad más rigurosos. Con nuestro equipo de especialistas, nos enfocamos no solo en el tratamiento de las condiciones existentes, sino también en maximizar las estrategias de prevención, mejorando así la calidad visual de nuestros pacientes.
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In 2024, Sapphic stars ruled pop culture
By MAYA SALAM
When Chappell Roan accepted her MTV Video Music Award for best new artist in September, she had a message for “all the queer kids in the Midwest watching right now.”
“I see you, I understand you because I’m one of you, and don’t ever let anyone tell you that you can’t be exactly who you want to be,” she said, channeling Joan of Arc in a chain-mail ensemble.
Less than two months later, on “Saturday Night Live,” Roan, who has had a rocket-ship year, debuted her lesbian country song “The Giver,” about how only women know how to truly pleasure women.
Not long ago, such proclamations from one of the biggest pop stars of the moment would have been culturally earth shaking. But this year, even as LGBTQ+ issues played a divisive role in the U.S. election, Roan’s ascent only accelerated.
The 26-year-old is just one of a cavalcade of lesbian and Sapphically inclined stars who dominated pop culture last year while making their attraction to women central to their work and their personas. They don’t prioritize or cater to male audiences, and often outright ignore them, finding great success nonetheless.
What’s changed
The widespread embrace of a star like Roan is a seismic shift from the culture of just a generation or two ago. Then, even the most prominent lesbians — Melissa Etheridge, k.d. lang, Ellen DeGeneres, Rosie O’Donnell, Wanda Sykes and the Indigo Girls — were still, despite their mainstream fame, generally relegated to spheres of comedy and adult contemporary-type music, their image somehow tinged with asexuality despite their openness.
Mainstream pop culture representation of sexuality between women was almost always manufactured to titillate men: when Madonna kissed Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, or the troubling stunts in the once ubiquitous “Girls Gone Wild” franchise. Even Katy Perry’s 2008 debut song about bi-curiosity, “I Kissed a Girl,” largely played to men.
For some lesbians of the era who were famous, there was concern that candor would pigeonhole them and limit career options, fears that often led to silence or open secrets.
Jodie Foster first spoke publicly about her orientation in an unplanned declaration during her 2013 Golden Globes acceptance speech for a lifetime achievement award.
“I just have a sudden urge to say something that I’ve never really been able to air in public,” said Foster, then 50. “I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in the stone age, in those very quaint days when a fragile young girl would open up to trusted friends and family, co-workers and then gradually, proudly, to everyone who knew her,” she went on. “But now, apparently I’m told, that every celebrity is expected to honor the details of their private life with a press conference, a fragrance and a prime-time reality show.”
Queen Latifah also refused to address similar speculation for years. “You don’t get that part of me,” she told The New York Times in 2008. “I don’t feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don’t care if people think I’m gay or not.” But at the 2021 BET Awards, during her acceptance speech for a lifetime achievement award, she publicly called her partner, Eboni Nichols, “my love” and ended the speech with “Happy Pride!”
Marriage equality becoming U.S. law in 2015 also changed the public mindset, as did the contributions of performers like DeGeneres, whose daytime talk show won more than 60 Emmys during its run from 2003 to 2022. And Lady Gaga, in her hit “Born This Way,” proclaimed on national stages, including at the 2017 Super Bowl halftime show: “No matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgender life, I’m on the right track, baby, I was born to survive.”
Loud and clear
Now a new class of popular artists — including Roan, Billie Eilish, Kristen Stewart, Reneé Rapp, Janelle Monáe, Kehlani, Jojo Siwa, King Princess, Hayley Kiyoko, and the members of Boygenius and Muna — are propelling this phenomenon. They are speaking frankly, directly, even explicitly about their attraction to women in their lyrics and in interviews, and offer visuals to match, whether in film, music videos or online.
In a June interview with the online magazine Them, Rapp, who performed at All Things Go alongside her girlfriend Towa Bird, said, “‘Lesbian’ was not a good word for me to hear as a kid, and now it’s something that I have such a close emotional connection to.”
Stewart — the “Twilight” star turned Oscar nominee who starred in this year’s lesbian neo noir “Love Lies Bleeding” — appeared on the March cover of Rolling Stone wearing a jockstrap. For the photo shoot that accompanied her profile, she wore shirts that read “Pride,” “Eat Me” and “Animal.”
“I want to do the gayest [expletive] thing you’ve ever seen in your life,” she said in the interview.
And when Seth Meyers called Stewart, 34, a “lesbian icon” during a March segment on his late-night show, she responded, “That’s right.”
Eilish, who this year at age 22 became the youngest person to win two Oscars, did a similarly candid interview with Rolling Stone a couple of months after Stewart. “I’ve been in love with girls for my whole life,” Eilish said, adding that her desire to be physically intimate with women was a recent realization.
Though she has not claimed any specific sexual orien-
tation, Eilish expresses this desire in “Lunch” — the lead single from her latest hit album — whose playful lyrics are filled with same-sex longing.
Likewise, Monáe’s lyrics and music videos, as for “Pynk” and “Water Slide,” are joyful representations of Sapphic sexual pleasure and connection.
The other ecosystems thriving
It used to be that entertainment and online communities focused on lesbian culture were considered niche, but now they’re booming, especially in the realms of reality TV, social media, stand-up comedy and podcasting.
The Netflix reality show “Ultimatum: Queer Love” was hugely popular, with some of its stars amassing significant online followings. It is set to return for a second season in 2025. And in an amusing twist, a few former participants in ABC’s long-running “Bachelor” franchise, including former Bachelorette Gabby Windey and contestant Becca Tilley, are now out and open about their experiences and their love lives online and on podcasts.
And the trio of Mae Martin, Tig Notaro and Fortune Feimster, all stand-up comedians and actors, have a hit podcast, “Handsome,” which recently reached 25 million downloads and was acquired by the podcast network Headgum. It’s just one of several beloved podcasts anchored by lesbian and queer hosts.
This month, Feimster, 44, released her third Netflix stand-up special, “Crushing It,” in which she discusses the trials, tribulations and joys of marriage and life as a lesbian. In a recent interview with Them, she talked about the importance of being out and the arc of change.
“I want to be there to be that representation I didn’t have when I was growing up,” Feimster said. “I didn’t know a single gay person that was out when I was growing up in the South.”
“I go back now and there’s gay people with their partners, and it’s a much more prevalent thing,” she continued. “What a long way we’ve come in that time.”
Chappell Roan performs in Franklin, Tenn., Oct. 1, 2024. Across music, movies, social media and podcasts, a celebration of lesbianism and Sapphic queerness has been flourishing. (Fletcher Moore/The New York Times)
How worried should we be about bird flu?
By DANI BLUM
California has declared a state of emergency over the outbreak of bird flu among dairy cows.
H5N1, the virus that causes bird flu, or avian influenza, has been found in 645 dairies in California since August. Infected herds have also been identified in 15 other states. Here’s what we know, and don’t know, about the risk to human health right now.
Does this mean I need to worry about bird flu now?
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California said in a statement that the declaration was “a targeted action to ensure government agencies have the resources and flexibility they need to respond quickly to this outbreak.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reiterated Dec. 18 that H5N1 bird flu poses a low risk to the public’s health overall. And Michael Osterholm, an infectious disease expert at the University of Minnesota, agreed with that assessment. The main concern in California, he said, is the rapid spread of the virus among dairy farms.
Still, some people are at higher risk of infection because they are exposed to animals that spread the virus. People who work closely with animals, like dairy farmworkers, are particularly susceptible and should wear personal protective equipment such as masks, gloves and safety goggles, said Stacey L. SchultzCherry, a virus and influenza expert at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
There have been 61 human cases of bird flu reported in the United States so far this year, including 37 cases linked to exposure to infected cattle. The majority of these patients have
had mild disease, with symptoms including pink eye, fever and muscle aches.
On Dec. 18, the CDC confirmed the first severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the country: a patient in Louisiana, who was hospitalized after being exposed to backyard flocks. The patient was infected with a version of the virus that has been found in birds, not the one that is spreading in cows.
If you have a backyard flock, try to limit their contact with wild birds, said Dr. Meghan Davis, a veterinarian and environmental epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health. She also stressed the importance of keeping pets, particularly cats, away from wild birds, as some cats have become infected with bird flu and died.
“If you’re not working directly with animals right now, it would not be the top thing that I’d be worried about,” said Dr. Gail Hansen, a veterinary public health expert and consultant based in Washington, D.C. “It’s unlikely right now that’s going to be a problem for most people.”
Is the virus spreading among humans?
There isn’t any evidence so far that the vi-
rus can spread among humans. Every time the virus infects another person or animal, however, it has an opportunity to mutate, and scientists are closely watching whether the virus will gain mutations that make it more easily able to spread from human to human.
“I’ve been sleeping with one eye open about this virus for many years,” Osterholm said. It’s important to track the virus and be prepared for the possibility that it could spread among humans, he said.
Researchers are particularly concerned about the risks of the virus mutating during flu season, and encouraged people to get their flu shots to reduce the risk of contracting seasonal influenza.
“The biggest fear for any of us is that you get the wrong person, bird, animal, whatever, infected with a human seasonal and one of those bird strains, and those viruses are able to do what they do best, which is genetically swap components,” Schultz-Cherry said.
What about the milk supply?
Health authorities have stressed that pasteurized milk is safe to drink. But officials are worried about the risks of raw milk — especially in California, where two raw-milk producers have recalled their products after bird flu was detected in retail samples.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has ramped up its testing of raw milk, hoping to better identify the scale of the outbreak.
No human cases have been confirmed from drinking raw milk. But scientists say they think farmworkers may have contracted bird flu after coming into contact with droplets of raw milk.
“This could be a problem — don’t completely write it off,” said Matthew Moore, an associate professor in the department of food science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. “But right now, there’s no reason to panic or really do anything beyond avoid raw milk products.”
Members of the National Animal Health and Production Research Institute take a swab from a duck during surveillance of the poultry section of the Orussey market, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, May 7, 2024. When a child in a small Cambodian town fell sick, his rapid decline set off a global disease surveillance system. (Thomas Cristofoletti/The New York Times)
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA.
IN THE INTEREST OF MATTHEW CRUZ, Child, ADALEE CRUZ, Petitioner, and PERLA ROMAN, Respondent/Mother, JERRYEL FERMAIN
a/k/a JERRYS MEDINA
HERNANDEZ, Respondent/Father.
CASE NO: 48-2024-DR008928A001OX
NOTICE OF ACTION FOR TEMPORARY LEGAL CUSTODY OF MINOR CHILD BY EXTENDED FAMILY PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTES CHAPTER 751 TO: JERRYEL FERMAIN
a/k/a JERRYS MEDINA
HERNANDEZ
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Temporary Custody of Minor Child Pursuant to Florida Statutes Chapter 751 has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, on: Fenya Maria DelFyette, Attorney for Petitioner, whose address is 500 Winderley Place, Ste. 100, Maitland, FL 32751 on or before January 23, 2025, and file the original with the Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for Orange County, FL, 425 N. Orange Avenue, FL 32801, either before service on Petitioner’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint or petition. WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal of striking of pleadings.
Tiffany Moore Russell, Esq. Clerk of the Circuit Court. By: S/Robert Hingston, Deputy Clerk.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
JEAN LUIS BURGOS CAMACHO Y NATALIA
JAZMIN GARCÍA REYES
Peticionarios
EX-PARTE
Civil #: BY2024CV06238.
Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA,
EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE.
POR LA PRESENTE: se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los veinte (20) días contados a partir de la última publicación e este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la finca que se describe más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente par derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El abogado de la parte peticionaria es el Lic. Jaime Rodríguez Rivera, cuya dirección es #30 Calle Reparto Piñero, Guaynabo, PR 00969-5650, Teléfono 787-7209553. “RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno localizado en la carretera Puerto Rico Ochocientos Treinta y Tres (833), Sector Los Romero, barrio Guaraguao, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de TRES MIL NOVECIENTOS TREINTA METROS CUADRADOS CON TRES MIL NOVECIENTOS C!NCUENTA Y SEIS DIEZMILÉSIMAS DE OTRO (3930.3956 m/c). Colindando por su lado NORTE: en 135.302 metros lineales con terrenos propiedad de la Sucesión Moctezuma; por el SUR: en 142.113 metros lineales con terrenos de Tito Olivera Pérez
y Felicita Berríos Ramos, Claribeth Torres, Carmen Rebollo, Sucesión Miguel González y Batista Figueroa, por el OESTE: en 43.702 metros lineales con el Río Bayamón y por el ESTE: en 15.429 metros lineales con la carretera municipal del Sector Los Romero.” Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo, se identificará en letra tamaño 10 puntos y negrillas, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer las interesados y/o partes citadas, a en su defecto las organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación el edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 6 de diciembre de 2024.
ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL
INTERINA. LUISA I. ANDINO AYALA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA HERCILIA RODRIGUEZ ACEVEDO Peticionaria EX - PARTE Civil Número: AG2024CV01559. Sobre: INFORMATIVO DE DOMINIO.
EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTED E LOS ESTADOSU NIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE. POR LA PRESENTE se les
notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los veinte (20) días contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la finca que se describe más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo de Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. poderjudicial.pr, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. “RÚSTICA”:
Radicada en el Barrio Llanadas del término municipal de Isabela, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de CUATROCIENTOS NOVENTA Y CINCO PUNTO QUINCE CUARENTA
Y DOS METROS CUADRADOS (495.1542 m.c.). En lindes por el NORTE, con Consuelo Carides; por el SUR, con Luis A. Quiñones Rodríguez; por el ESTE con Calle Inglaterra y por el OESTE con Luis A. Quiñones Rodríguez.
LCDO. ADALBERTO RAMOS ORTEGA
40 RUTA 5 BARRIO ARENALES BAJOS
ISABELA, PUERTO RICO 00662 TEL. (939) 258-0733 ramos485@gmail.com
Se le informa, además, que el Tribunal ha señalado vista en este caso para el 14 DE MARZO DE 2025, A LAS 11:15 DE LA MAÑANA, mediante videoconferencia, a la cual usted puede comparecer asistido por abogado y presentar oposición a la petición. Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo, se identificará en letra tamaño diez (10) puntos y negrillas, conforme a los dispuesto en las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de
la fecha de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico hoy día 25 de noviembre de 2024. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. AWILDA CABÁN SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO LIME HOMES, LTD. Plaintiff V. MARCELO TORCHIO GOMEZ Defendants Civil Action Num.: 19-cv-01833. (JAG). Matter: Foreclosure of Mortgage. NOTICE OF SALE. To: MARCELO TORCHIO GOMEZ: AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC:
WHEREAS: On January 24th, 2023, Default Judgment was entered and grated day in favor of Plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal amount of $250,423.40, plus interests at a rate of 2.50% per annum since November 1, 2018, which continues to accrue until the debit is paid in full, late charged on the amount of 5.00% of each and any monthly installment not received by the note holder within 15 days after the installment is due, all advances made in accordance with the mortgage note including, but not limited to, insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% ($17,460.00) to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 150 or 400 Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master or its appointee was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the following address: Rondapro, 441 Calle E, Frailes Industrial Park, Guaynabo, 00969, Puerto Rico (18.3698414, -66.1125080), to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property described in Spanish: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Condominio Los Pinos de Carolina Norte. Apartamento: G-3 Oeste. Cabida: 55.58 metros cuadrados. Colindando el
mismo por el NORTE, con el apartamento G dos Oeste; por el SUR, con el apartamento G cuatro Oeste; por el ESTE, con el patio central Sur del Condominio; y por el OESTE, con el pasillo central del piso, por donde tiene su puerta de entrada el apartamento por cuyo pasillo tiene salida el apartamento al vestíbulo central y a las demás áreas comunes del piso terrero de ambos edificios del condómino y a sus patios circundantes y a la calle en la colindancia Norte del solar. Le corresponde un área de estacionamiento marcado con el número y letra del apartamento. Enmendada la descripción Registral de este apartamento en cuanto a lo siguiente: que por error o inadvertencia en las operaciones Registrales al momento de individualizar este apartamento conforme a la escritura número 770, al Registro expresó incorrectamente el número del apartamento como 3-G Oeste, cuando lo correcto es que dicho apartamento fue descrito en la referida escritura como el apartamento G-3, Oeste, quedando nuevamente descrita la propiedad conforma a dicha escritura como se describió nuevamente al comienzo; según Instancia suscrita el día 20 de septiembre de 2015, ante la notario Frances I. Ascencio Guido, inscrito al tomo Karibe de Carolina, finca número 31,628, inscripción 7ma. The property is recorded at Page 127 of Volume 598 of Carolina, Property Registry of Puerto Rico, and lot number 31,628, First Section of Caguas. The deed of mortgage is recorded at Page 213 of Volume 941 of Carolina, Property Registry of Puerto Rico, and lot number 31,628, 6th inscription. Property address: Condominio Los Pinos, Apartamento G-3, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00979. The deed of mortgage is recorded at Page 213 of Volume 941 of Carolina, Property Registry of Carolina, Sixth Section. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: NONE. Junior Liens: NONE. Other Liens: NONE. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. THEREFORE, the FIRST
PUBLIC SALE shall be held on the JANUARY 10, 2025 AT 9:30 A.M. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $174,600.00. In the event, said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on the JANUARY 17, 2025 AT 9:30 A.M., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $116,400.00, which is twothirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale. If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD PUBLIC AUCTION will be held on the JANUARY 24, 2025 AT 9:30 A.M., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $88,300.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the third public sale, the property may be awarded to the creditor for the entire amount of its debt if it is equal to or less than the amount of the minimum bid of the third public sale, crediting this amount to the amount owed if it is greater. The undersigned Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency (cash), or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied. WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the undersigned Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 6 day of December, 2024. JOSEL RONDA, SPECIAL MASTER.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE FAJARDO
YOSELIN
CALDERON ALVIRA
Peticionaria EX PARTE
Civil: FA2024CV00473. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: Las personas ignoradas a quienes pueda perjudicar la inscripción solicitado, a los tengan en la finca descrita más adelante cualquier derecho real, a los organismos públicos afectados, y en general, a todo aquel que desee oponerse a la Petición.
POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica que se ha radicado una petición sobre expediente de Dominio ante el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico sala Superior de Fajardo bajo el número del epígrafe que puede afectar sus derechos. El abogado de la parte peticionaria es: Lcdo. Edmundo Ayala Oquendo P.O. Box 1105 Fajardo 00738 Teléfono: 787-603-4277 edmundoayala@gmail.com
A través de la petición el peticionario de epígrafe solicita a este Tribunal que declare a su favor la Petición sobre Expediente de Dominio sobre el predio de terreno objecto de la misma para ser reconocido como adquirido y ocupado por el peticionario. Esta notificación se hace a tenor con lo provisto por el Artículo 185 de la ley 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 (30 LPRA 6221). La descripción de la finca objecto de la presente Petición sobre Expediente de Dominio. RÚSTICA Solar radicado en el Barrio Quebrada Vueltas de Fajardo de l término Municipal de Fajardo, con cabida superficial de mil coma trescientos cincuenta y nueve punto setenta noventa y cinco (1,359.0795) metros cuadrados, equivalentes a cero punto trescientos cuarenta y seis (0.346) cuerdas. En lindes por el Norte, con camino vecinal de la comunidad, por el Sur con Doña Iraida Carrillo, por el Este con solar de María Febres Ayala, y Ricardo Falú por el Oeste con Calle vecinal de la comunidad. Catastro es 178-038003-06-000 y un tiene un valor aproximado de $25,000.00 dólares. Este Tribunal ordenó que se publique este edicto en un periódico de circulación general para que aquellos que deseen oponerse así lo hagan ante el Tribunal notificando al abogado del peticionario referido en este Edicto. Los interesados contarán con el término improrrogable de 20 veinte días a partir de la (3) tercera publicación de este edicto para comparecer ante el tribunal para alegar lo que en derecho proceda. Se le
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advierte que de no comparecer al Tribunal para expresarse, el Tribunal podrá dar curso a los remedios solicitados por el Peticionario. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico hoy 10 de junio de 2024.
WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL.
KATHIA FERRER FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I. ***
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA MUNICIPAL DE FAJARDO CYNTHIA
FELICIANO CRUZ
Demandante V. GILBERTO RIVERA Y JUAN DEL PUEBLO
Demandados Civil Núm.: CU2024CV00036. Sobre: DESAHUCIO EN PRECARIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS.
A: GILBERTO RIVERA Y A TODAS LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS QUE PUEDAN TENER ALGÚN DERECHO
SOBRE EL INMUEBLE EN CONTROVERSIA.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de las treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto que se hará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de la Isla de Puerto Rico. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo de Casas (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente par derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de su alegación responsiva al Lic. EBIK M. TORRES LOPEZ, URB. SANTA JUANA CALLE 15 N·3, Caguas, PR 00725. Su teléfono es el (787) 547-3245, se les notifica que se ha presentado ante este Tribunal una Demanda alegando que la parte demandante es dueña de la propiedad ubicada en Comunidad Bo. Las Delicias, Parcela 11 en Culebra PR 00775 usted ocupa dicha propiedad de manera ilegal y sin tener derecho de estar ahí.
EXPEDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello de este Tribunal, por orden de un Juez de esta Sala. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, a 18 de diciembre de 2024. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ANA CELÍS MÁRQUEZ APONTE, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA MUNICIPAL DE FAJARDO CYNTHIA
FELICIANO CRUZ
Demandante V. GILBERTO RIVERA Y JUAN DEL PUEBLO Demandados
Civil Núm.: CU2024CV00036. Sobre: DESAHUCIO EN PRECARIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS.
A: JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y A TODAS LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS
QUE PUEDAN TENER ALGÚN DERECHO
SOBRE EL INMUEBLE EN CONTROVERSIA.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de las treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto que se hará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de la Isla de Puerto Rico. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo de Casas (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente par derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de su alegación responsiva al Lic. EBIK M. TORRES LOPEZ, URB. SANTA JUANA CALLE 15 N·3, Caguas, PR 00725. Su teléfono es el (787) 547-3245, se les notifica que se ha presentado ante este Tribunal una Demanda alegando que la parte demandante es dueña de la propiedad ubicada en Comunidad Bo. Las Delicias, Parcela 11 en Culebra PR 00775 usted ocupa dicha propiedad de manera ilegal y sin tener derecho de estar ahí. EXPEDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello de este Tribunal, por orden de un Juez de esta Sala. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, a 18 de diciembre de 2024. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ANA CELÍS MÁRQUEZ APONTE, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
COOPERATIVA DE SEGUROS DE VIDA DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V.
SUCESION DE OSCAR FRANCISCO SARDIÑA
GARCIA Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SJ2023CV08926.
(Salón: 604 CIVIL). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA.
FRANCISCO J. FERNÁNDEZ CHIQUÉS - FFC@FFCLAW.COM.
A: JOHN DOE Y JANE DOS COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE OSCAR FRANCISCO SARDIÑA GARCÍA, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 04 de noviembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 26 de diciembre de 2024. Notas de la Secretaría: SE ENMIENDA CON LOS FINES DE NOTIFICAR NUEVAMENTE NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO POR ORDEN DEL TRIBUNAL. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 26 de diciembre de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. KAROLYN RIVERA NAVARRO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE ARMANDO MARTÍN GÓMEZ
COMPUESTA POR SU HEREDERA CONOCIDA
LIZABETH JANE GLICK, POR SI; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL
COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN Demandados
Civil Núm.: FA2024CV01073. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: SUCESIÓN DE ARMANDO MARTÍN GÓMEZ COMPUESTA POR SU HEREDERA CONOCIDA LIZABETH JANE GLICK, POR SI; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN - URB. COLINAS DE LUQUILLO, (LOMAS DE SANTA TERESA), 62 CALLE #2, LUQUILLO, PR 00773; DIRECCIÓN POSTAL: COND. CONTINENTAL VILLA, APTO. 2-A, CALLE TARTAK #1, CAROLINA, PR 00979-5614.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera del hogar, el inciso de procesos para la privación
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de patria potestad, y cualquiera otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. De ser el demandado un heredero de una sucesión, se les apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días, en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. También se les apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que luego del transcurso del término de treinta (30) días antes señalado, contados a partir de la fecha de publicación de este edicto, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del(los) causante(s) y, por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dispone el Artículo 1,578 del Nuevo Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. sec. 11,021. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:
BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS RUA NUM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970 TEL: 787-751-5290, FAX: 787-751-6155 E-MAIL: ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 26 de diciembre de 2024. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. ANA CELÍS MÁRQUEZ APONTE, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMON.
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RURAL DEVELOPMENT A/C/C LA ADMINISTRACION DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES
DEMANDANTE VS. ERIC JAVIER CUEVAS ROSARIO T/C/C ERIC J. CUEVAS ROSARIO, SU ESPOSA JAZMÍN GRACIA
SANTIAGO T/C/C YAZMIN
GRACIA SANTIAGO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
DEMANDADOS
CIVIL NÚM.: BY2024CV06109. SOBRE: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (IN REM). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ES-
EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R SS.
A: ERIC JAVIER CUEVAS
ROSARIO T/C/C ERIC J. CUEVAS ROSARIO POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON JAZMÍN GRACIA
SANTIAGO T/C/C YAZMIN GRACIA SANTIAGO - BARRIO PALOS BLANCOS, SOLAR #3, COROZAL PR 00783. DIRECCION POSTAL: HC04, BOX 7266, COROZAL PR 00783; HC-4 BOX 1266, COROZAL PR 00783 y PRADERAS DE SAN FRANCISCO, COROZAL PR 00783.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm .. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera del hogar, el inciso de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquiera otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos by f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Representa a la parte
demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato: BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS RUA NUM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970 TEL: 787- 751-5290, FAX: 787-751-6155
E-MAIL: ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com
Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 27 de diciembre de 2024. Alicia Ayala Sanjurjo, Secretaria. Maritza Mercedes Alvarez, SubSecretaria.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P.
Parte Demandante Vs. FERDINAND ORTIZ RIVERA, JACKELINE PEREZ ROSA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Parte Demandada Caso Civil Núm.: BY2023CV02269. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO-ORDINARIO, HIPOTECA, EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El suscribiente, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Bayamón, a los demandados de epígrafe y al público en general hace saber que los autos y documentos del caso de epígrafe estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables y que venderá en pública subasta al mejor postor, en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América en efectivo, cheque certificado, o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina en el Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Sala 410, Cuarto Piso, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el derecho que tenga la parte demandada en el inmueble que se relaciona más adelante para pagar la SENTENCIA por $70,005.66, de balance principal, los intereses adeudados sobre dicho principal y computados al 5.0760% anual hasta su total pago y completo pago; más el 5% computado sobre cada mensualidad; cargos por demora devengados, más la suma estipulada para honorarios de abogado, pactada en la escritura de hipoteca; y cuales quiera otras sumas que por cualesquiera concepto legal se devenguen hasta el día de la subasta. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar número doscientos treinta y cinco (235) del Proyecto de solares denominado San Carlos, radicado en el Barrio Higuillar del término municipal de
Dorado, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de doscientos sesenta y cuatro punto cero cero (264.00) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la calle número cinco (5), en una distancia de doce punto cero cero (12.00) metros; por el SUR, con el solar número doscientos sesenta y seis (266), en una distancia de doce punto cero cero (12.00) metros; por el ESTE, con el solar número doscientos treinta y cuatro (234), en una distancia de veintidós punto cero cero (22.00) metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar número doscientos treinta y cinco (235), en una distancia de veintidós punto cero cero (22.00) metros. Inscrita al folio uno (1) del tomo noventa (90) de Dorado, finca número cuatro mil veintisiete (4,027), Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección IV. Dirección Física: Parcela 5, Sector San Carlos, Barrio Higuillar, Dorado, PR 006465000. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 30 DE ENERO DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, y servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la suma de $78,279.99 sin admitirse oferta inferior. En el caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 6 DE FEBRERO DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA y el precio mínimo para esta segunda subasta será el de dos terceras partes del precio mínimo establecido para la primera subasta, o a sea la suma de $52,186.66. Si tampoco hubiera remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 13 DE FEBRERO DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA y el tipo mínimo para esta tercera subasta será la mitad del precio establecido para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $39,140.00. El mejor postor deberá pagar el importe de su oferta en efecto, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse el inmueble al acreedor hipotecario dentro de los diez días siguientes a la fecha de la última subasta, si así lo estimase conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada conforme a la sentencia, si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuera mayor. Se avisa a cualquier licitador que la propiedad queda sujeta al gravamen del Estado Libre Asociado y CRIM sobre la propiedad inmueble por contribuciones adeudadas y que el pago de dichas contribuciones es la responsabilidad del licitador. Que se entenderá por todo licitador acepte como suficiente la titulación y que los cargos y gravámenes anterio-
cargos por demora $8.79, al 10 de julio de 2024, y de esa fecha en adelante acumula intereses a razón de $0.41 diarios, hasta su complete pago, más un 30% del principal del Pagaré estipulado para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado y recargos acumulados todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Además, adeuda por concepto de préstamo personal número 11,415 mensualidades vencidas desde el día 15 de abril de 2024, $407.92 de principal, más $13.42 de intereses al 10.00% anual acumulados, al 10 de julio de 2024, y de esa fecha en adelante acumula intereses a razón de $0.11 diarios, hasta su completo pago, más un 30% del principal del Pagaré estipulado para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado 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 & 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 Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 3 de diciembre de 2024. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. KEILA GARCÍA SOLÍS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. ELMI ALAMO CRUZ
Demandado
Civil Núm.: CA2024CV03290. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: ELMI ALAMO CRUZ. POR MEDIO del presente edicto se le notifica de la radicación de una demanda en cobro de dinero por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega que usted adeuda a la parte demandante, Oriental Bank, ciertas sumas de dinero, y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado de este litigio. El demandante, Oriental Bank,
ha solicitado que se dicte sentencia en contra suya y que se le ordene pagar las cantidades reclamadas en la demanda. POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index/php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente, sin más citarle ni oírle. El abogado de la parte demandante es: Jaime Ruiz Saldaña, RUA número 11673; Dirección: PO Box 366276, San Juan, PR 00936-6276; Teléfono: (787) 759-6897; Correo electrónico: legal@jrslawpr. com. Se le advierte que dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación del presente edicto, se le estará enviando a usted por correo certificado con acuse de recibo, una copia del emplazamiento y de la demanda presentada al lugar de su última dirección conocida: San Ciprian 1, 694 Calle Victoria Apto. 17, Carolina, PR 009855824. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 4 de diciembre de 2024. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. KEILA GARCÍA SOLÍS, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. SUCESION DE RONALD ZAPATA FAGUNDO COMPUESTA POR RONALD ANTONIO
ZAPATA VEGA, LYANN CRISTINE ZAPATA
VEGA, YULIANNE MARIE ZAPATA VEGA, Y LINETTE VEGA REYES T/C/C
LINNETTE VEGA REYES
COMO VIUDA, SUJETA A LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA;
LINETTE VEGA REYES T/C/C LINNETTE VEGA REYES; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
Demandados
Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV09299. Sala: 508. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO
POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN
DIRIGIDO A: A. SUCESION DE RONALD
ZAPATA FAGUNDO COMPUESTA POR
RONALD ANTONIO
ZAPATA VEGA, LYANN CRISTINE ZAPATA VEGA, YULIANNE MARIE
ZAPATA VEGA, Y LINETTE VEGA REYES T/C/C
LINNETTE VEGA REYES
COMO VIUDA, SUJETA A LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA, LINETTE VEGA REYES T/C/C LINNETTE VEGA REYES - COND. 308 TORRE D. ANDALUCÍA
II, SAN JUAN, PR 00926; COND. TORRE DE ANDALUCÍA 2, CALLE ALMONTE APT
308, SAN JUAN, PR 00926; UNIVERSITY GARDENS, 268 CALLE GEORGETOWN, SAN JUAN, PR 00926. Queden emplazados, notificados e interpelados, que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca de la que surge lo siguiente: Que se ha incumplido con las cláusulas de la escritura de hipoteca objeto de ejecución por haberse dejado de pagar las mensualidades vencidas desde el día 1ro de noviembre de 2017, adeudándosele a la parte demandante la totalidad de la deuda ascendente a $53,162.18 por concepto de principal; generando intereses a razón de 6.00% desde el 1ro de octubre de 2017; cargos por demora los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, y la suma de $5,500.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. La propiedad hipotecada cuya ejecución se solicita tiene la siguiente descripción y localización: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento nú-
mero trescientos ocho (308), localizado en la tercera (3ra) planta del Edificio número dos del Condominio Torres de Andalucía que radica en la calle Marginal Oeste de la Carretera Estatal número ciento ochenta y uno (181) (Expreso Trujillo Alto), kilómetro uno (1), hectómetro (2), Barrio Sabana Llana, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. Tiene un área superficial de ochocientos ocho punto setenta y tres pies cuadrados (808.73 p.c.), equivalentes a ochenta y cinco punto trece metros cuadrados (85.13 m.c.) y consta de sala, comedor, tres (3) dormitorios, cocina, lavandería, baño y closets. Colinda por el NORTE, por donde tiene su acceso de entrada y salida con un pasillo que lo comunica con el resto del Edificio; por el SUR, con el patio delantero; por el ESTE, con la pared que lo comunica con el apartamiento número trescientos nueve (309); y por el OESTE, con la pared que lo separa del apartamiento número trescientos siete (307). Le corresponde un porcentaje en los elementos comunes de cero punto dos tres nueve cero porciento y un espacio de estacionamiento identificado con el mismo número del apartamiento. Inscrita en la finca número 25,070, inscrita al folio 281 del tomo 617 de Sabana Llana, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección V de San Juan. Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda incoada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. Además, en cuanto a la interpelación de los herederos del causante, a que dentro del término legal de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia del causante conforme dispone el Artículo 959 deI Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. §2787, de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, se tendrá por aceptada. También se les APERCIBE a los herederos antes mencionados que luego del transcurso del término de treinta (30) días antes señalado contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del causante y, por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dispone el Artículo 957 del Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. §2785. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Si
usted deja de presentar y notificar 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. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE DEMANDANTE: Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández RUA Núm.: 16,393 BERMÚDEZ & DÍAZ LLP Edificio Ochoa, 500 Calle De La Tanca Suite 209 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901 Tel.: (787) 523-2670 / Fax: (787) 523-2664 rdíaz@bdprlaw.com
Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal, hoy 4 de diciembre de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARILY LÓPEZ MARTÍNEZ, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL CONFIDENCIAL I.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS
ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante Vs. ROBIN JEANNE CERRATI
Demandados Civil Núm.: VB2024CV01026. 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: ROBIN JEANNE CERRATI.
Se le notifica a usted que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la parte demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. Se le emplaza y se le requiere que notifique a la Lcda. Jessica Martínez Birriel, GARRIGA & MARINI LAW OFFICES, C.S.P., P.O. Box 16593, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908-6593, teléfono (787) 275-0655, correo electrónico: jmartbirr@yahoo.com, con copia de su contestación a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Dentro del mismo periodo de treinta (30) días usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia.
Si dejare de contestar podrá anotarse la rebeldía y dictarse contra usted sentencia en rebeldía concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, a tenor con la Orden del Tribunal, hoy día 3 de diciembre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA INTERINA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SUBSECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN. Island Portfolio Services, LLC, como agente de Ace One Funding, LLC. DEMANDANTE VS. PEDRO A.
DEL VALLE RIVERA DEMANDADO CIVIL NÚM.: SJ2024CV04654. SALÓN: 504. 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: Pedro A. Del Valle Rivera –Urb. Los Maestros, 825 Calle José B. Acevedo, San Juan PR POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico/ , salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni
oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Juan Antonio Ruiz Robles cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección juan.ruiz@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, hoy día 29 de AGOSTO de 2024. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 4 de SEPTIEMBRE de 2024. GRISELDA RODRIGUEZ COLLADO, Secretaria Regional. JESSICA SOTO PAGÁN, Secretaria Servicios a Sala.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA ASOCIACIÓN DE PROPIETARIOS DE CIELO DORADO VILLAGE, INC. Demandante Vs. RUVILED PABÓN BELTRÁN Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2024CV04836. (201). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: RUVILED PABÓN BELTRÁN - CIELO DORADO VILLAGE, 130 CALLE CIELO RUBI, VEGA ALTA PR 00692. POR LA PRESENTE queda emplazado y notificado de que en este Tribunal se ha presentado en su contra una Demanda de cobro de dinero. Se le notifica que usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en el término de treinta (30) días a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica https://tribunalelectronico.ramajudicial. pr/sumac2018, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Sala Superior de Vega Baja y enviando una copia a la representación legal de la parte demandante: Lcdo. Fernando Cervoni Mundo, DESPACHO CERVONI LLC, PO BOX 41307, SAN JUAN PR 00940, teléfono 787-434-3381, 787-434-3382, correo electrónico: fcervoni@despachocervoni. com. Se le apercibe y notifica que, si no contesta la Demanda presentada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30)
días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará una sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la Demanda, sin más citar, ni oír. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 19 de diciembre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA INTERINA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SUBSECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.
E.M.I. EQUITY MORTGAGE, INC. Demandante v. GLENDA ENID MOLINA MONTES Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CG2023CV00694 (SALÓN 802). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS.
DUNCAN R. MALDONADO EJARQUE EJECUCIONES@CM-PRLA W.COM NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO A: GIOVANNIE CARDONA OYOLA, POR SI Y COMO REPRESENTANTE DE IA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON IA SRA. GLENDA ENID MOLINA MONTES. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRET ARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 26 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los termino de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 27 de DICIEMBRE de 2024. En CAGUAS, Puerto Rico, el 27 de DICIEMBRE de 2024. IRASEMIS DIAZ SANCHEZ, Secretario(a). F/ELIZABETH MUÑIZ SANCHEZ, Secretario(a) Auxiliar del Tribunal.
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Lenny Randle, ‘most interesting’ major leaguer, is dead at 75
By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Lenny Randle, a versatile major league ballplayer whose career was defined by unusual events — he once blew a ground ball into foul territory, battered his manager on another occasion and was at bat for the New York Mets when the power went out in New York City — died Sunday at his home in Murrieta, California. He was 75.
His wife, Linda Randle, confirmed the death but did not cite a specific cause.
Randle was playing third base for the Seattle Mariners on May 27, 1981, at the Kingdome in Seattle, when Amos Otis of the Kansas City Royals tapped a ground ball that trickled toward third. As it continued to roll in fair territory, on artificial turf, Randle dropped to his hands and knees and blew on the ball, huffing and puffing until it veered foul. The home plate umpire, Larry McCoy, called it a foul ball.
But Jim Frey, the Royals’ manager, lodged a protest with the umpires, and McCoy reversed his call, sending Otis to first base.
Randle insisted that he had only been talking to the ball.
“I said, ‘Please go foul, go foul,’” he said afterward. “I did not blow on it. I just used the power of suggestion.”
By then, Randle was near the end of a peripatetic career, which had begun in 1971 with the Washington Senators. (He remained with the team when it moved to Texas, becoming the Texas Rangers.) He also played for the Mets and the New York Yankees as well as the Chicago Cubs. He was known for his speed and reliabil-
into his windup when, suddenly, as if a giant switch had been flicked off, the lights went out.
“I thought, ‘God, I’m gone,’” Randle told The New York Times. “I thought for sure he was calling me. I thought it was my last at-bat.”
Ten years later, he told Newsday: “I couldn’t figure out whether he threw the ball or not, so I just swung. Then I didn’t know whether I hit the ball or not, so I took off.” When he pulled into second base, he added, the Cubs’ Manny Trillo “was waiting for me to hug and kiss him.”
In 2015, Rolling Stone magazine called Randle baseball’s version of the “most interesting man in the world.” Several months later, the MLB Network premiered the documentary “Lenny Randle: The Most Interesting Man in Baseball.”
suit filed by Lucchesi. Randle was then traded to the Mets a month into the 1977 season.
The Mets were entering an especially dismal phase in their history: They would win 64 games that year and finish in last place in the National League East. But Randle excelled that year. On July 9, when the Mets played the Montreal Expos, he had hits in 13 of his last 14 games and was batting .310.
During one game he made two diving catches, one saving a run. Then, in the bottom of the 17th inning, he crashed a two-run home run off Will McEnaney into the left field bullpen at Shea to win the game.
ity, whether playing at second base, third base, shortstop or center field. A switchhitter, he had a career batting average of .257, with 27 home runs and 322 RBIs.
He had his best season in 1977, with the Mets, with a batting average of .304, five home runs, 27 RBIs and 33 stolen bases. But in baseball lore those statistics were, in more ways than one, overshadowed by the great New York City blackout that year.
On July 13, the Mets were trailing the Cubs, 2-1, in the bottom of the sixth inning at Shea Stadium when Randle came to the plate. Cubs pitcher Ray Burris went
Leonard Schenoff Randle was born Feb. 12, 1949, in Long Beach, California, and grew up in nearby Compton. His father, Isaac, was a longshoreman, and his mother, Ethel Lee (Smith) Randle, worked in the garment industry.
After playing baseball and football at Centennial High School in Compton, Randle went to Arizona State University, where he was part of the Sun Devils’ 1969 NCAA championship. He also played varsity football. He was chosen 10th overall, by the Senators, in the secondary phase of the Major League Baseball draft in 1970. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1973.
Randle continued to be in the middle of bizarre doings. In 1974, he was at bat for the Rangers when the Cleveland Indians’ pitcher Milt Wilcox threw the ball behind him, nearly striking Randle. Then, after laying down a drag bunt along the first base line, Randle retaliated, deliberately running off the base path to knock Wilcox down, sparking a brawl.
And during spring training with the Rangers in 1977, Randle lost the starting second base job to Bump Wills and became so upset that he punched the team’s manager, Frank Lucchesi, three times, causing a triple fracture to his right cheekbone and other injuries.
“I never thought it would come to this,” Randle said afterward. “I’m just not that kind of person.”
He was suspended for 30 days and fined $10,000 by the league. In court he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery, was fined $1,050 and settled a law-
After struggling in 1978, Randle was released by the Mets during spring training the next year. He played in the minor leagues in the San Francisco Giants’ and Pittsburgh Pirates’ systems before the Yankees acquired him on Aug. 3, 1979, the day after Thurman Munson, their All-Star catcher, died in the crash of an airplane he was piloting alone.
Randle played sparingly for the Yankees but had a strong season for the Cubs in 1980. He finished his MLB career with Seattle in 1982.
In addition to his wife, whom he had met in elementary school when she was Linda Bradley, Randle is survived by their sons Bradley, Kumasi and Ahmad; three grandchildren; four sisters, Becky Osborne, Ruthie Downs, Barbara Edney and Theresa Price; and two brothers, Ronald Randle and Clyde Williams.
Randle continued playing baseball for several years in the Italian Baseball League, or Serie A1. He was the first former major leaguer to play professionally in Italy and led the league in batting with a .477 average in 1983 playing for the Nettuno team, which he later managed. Fans nicknamed him “Cappuccino” for his “hard-hustling play, charismatic swagger and impish sense of humor,” according to Rolling Stone.
He also ran a baseball academy and conducted instructional clinics, spoke five languages, performed stand-up comedy and recorded music with his band, Ballplayers.
“He was like the wind that can never be harnessed,” Linda Randle said in an interview. “He was never upset, mad or mean, and always had something positive to give to you.”
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Lenny Randle with the Texas Rangers. The Long Beach, California native was drafted in 1970 by the Washington Senators, who later moved to Texas, becoming the Rangers. (Facebook via National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum/Doug McWilliams)
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