Tuesday Jan 7, 2025

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Governor to visit Education Dept. for insight into agency bureaucracy

By THE STAR STAFF

In light of the concerns voiced by Education Department secretary-designate Eliezer Ramos Parés, who has acknowledged persistent bureaucratic issues within the agency, Gov. Jenniffer González Colón will meet with the department today to gain further insight.

The decision comes as the excessive bureaucracy has reportedly prevented schools from being adequately prepared for the upcoming resumption of classes.

“The information presented to me was based

on the transition report, which has yet to be released publicly,” the governor said. “We found that many schools were still not ready. While I previously stated that everything would be in order by August, it has only been a week -- literally -- with me serving as governor for a mere four days.”

“We are now evaluating the status of all these schools, working closely with contractors and relevant management figures to handle these issues,” she added. “This is precisely why we appointed key personnel to the Education Department and the Public Buildings Authority, tasking them with coordinating efforts alongside OMEP [the Spanish acronym for Office of Public School Maintenance].”

Education Secretary-designate Eliezer Ramos Parés, at right, held the post from 2022 to 2023.

Slaying of suspect in attack on nonagenarian

Designated Public Safety chief urges public to use confidential tip line

By THE STAR STAFF

The designated secretary of the Department of Public Safety, Arturo Garffer, confirmed on Monday that a man who was slain in Sabana Grande was the suspect in an attack on a nonagenarian during a home robbery in that municipality.

“A 90-year-old man was attacked during a home robbery. This morning we learned that the person responsible was harassed and killed,” Garffer said in response to questions from the press. “I urge the public that we prefer to be notified anonymously, if they wish, of this type of information so that we can intervene, but street justice took care of this person.”

“That is the initial information,” he added. “The case is under investigation and as soon as the outcome of this morning’s event is clarified, it will be passed on to the

“I will personally visit the Education Department [Tuesday] to assess the progress because I am not satisfied with mere PowerPoint presentations,” González Colón said.

Ramos Parés, who was among the governor’s second round of appointments on Jan. 1, was interim education secretary from April 2021 to February 2022 and after that he was confirmed as secretary. However, he left the position midway through 2023.

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On Monday morning, the police reported a homicide at around 12:07 a.m., on the premises of building 10 of the Sabana Grande residential complex.

Police reported receiving a call through the 9-1-1 Emergency System. At the scene they found the body of Kenneth Camacho Horrach, 34, inside an apartment.

A 90-year-old man was attacked during a home robbery that occurred early Sunday morning on highway PR-328, kilometer 2.8, in the Rayo Guaras neighborhood of Sabana Grande.

Later on Monday, Lt. Aníbal Pérez of the Mayagüez police region’s Criminal Investigation Corps said authorities do not have information connecting Camacho Horrach to the case of the assault of the nonagenarian.

“We are in the process of investigation, looking for witnesses, interviewing relatives and film material,” Pérez told NotiCentro (WAPA TV). “Information has emerged that this person is related to a home robbery that occurred in the Guamá neighborhood of Sabana Grande, but so far we have nothing that links him to those events.”

Governor celebrates Three Kings Day, says more appointments coming today

By THE STAR STAFF

Amid the celebration of Three Kings Day, Gov. Jenniffer González Colón said she will reveal new appointments for her Cabinet today, but declined to provide any names. The governor spoke to the media on Monday as she handed out gifts and interacted with the public at the traditional Fiesta de Reyes, sponsored by La Fortaleza and held at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in San Juan’s T-Mobile Convention District.

González Colón said she is currently in the process of evaluating candidates for various positions.

“I am not going to reveal names,” she said. “I have been evaluating people. I have

been meeting with current staff for different things, some for advisers, others for other types of positions.”

The governor plans to appoint the majority of her administration’s positions by the beginning of the legislative session on Jan. 13. “You will see, completing the process,” she added. “You will see others on Wednesday, obviously, and we will have the largest number, if not all of them.”

Thus far, González Colón has made more than 20 nominations for key government positions. Several critical appointments are still pending, including the secretaries of the Treasury, Economic Development and Commerce, Correction and Rehabilitation, Agriculture, the Consumer Affairs, Recreation

Governor’s twins are baptized

By THE STAR STAFF

Twins Jenniffer Nydia Mercedes and José Yovin Jorge, children of Gov. Jenniffer González Colón and first gentleman José Yovin Vargas, were baptized on Sunday in an intimate ceremony at the Chapel of the Servants of Mary Convent in Old San Juan.

They were baptized by Monsignor Wilfredo Peña Moreno.

Jenniffer Nydia Mercedes’ godfather was Yovin Vargas, brother of the first gentleman, and her godmothers were Dr. Maruja Santiago and Meicy Yocibel Vargas. José Yovin Jorge’s godfathers were Jean Carlos González, and his godmothers were Dr. Meicy Sofibel Vargas and Nydia Colón Zayas.

The religious ceremony coincided with the 138th anniversary of the landing of the Servants of Mary at the San Juan dock from Spain, whose mission is to assist the sick wherever they are requested.

and Sports, and Natural and Environmental Resources departments.

Additional positions yet to be filled include the directors of the Police Bureau, the Bureau for Emergency Management and Disaster Administration, and the Office of the Women’s Advocate. The governor is also yet to announce a candidate for executive director of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), which is not a Cabinet position. PREPA, a government-owned utility, is responsible for providing electricity to more than 1.3 million residential and business customers in Puerto Rico.

Three Kings tradition reigns in Moca

Also on Monday, the mayor-elect of Moca, Efraín “Franco” Barreto Barreto, and his wife, Ermelinda Valentín, expressed gratitude for being able to share a beautiful morning at the Festival de Reyes La Familia y la Amistad Inc. in the Voladoras neighborhood of the northwestern town, promoting friendship and love during the festivities.

The couple also took part in the Caminata de Reyes from the Cuchillas neighborhood, encouraging the cultivation of Christmas traditions. They also attended the Velario de Reyes of the Ramos family, where music, tradition, and culture were celebrated. Barreto emphasized the importance of celebrating tradition, unity, and roots, as it fosters community sharing and strengthens the community as a whole.

Moca is well-known for its strong

commitment to preserving traditions, such as the Promise of Kings, which is well-attended in neighborhoods like Naranjo and Cuchillas. The Promise of Kings, an act of faith and gratitude, brings the community together.

Barreto’s swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 18. The event will begin at 5 p.m. at the Nuestra Señora de la Monserrate Parish in the urban center, followed by official acts in the public square and culminating with a celebratory community event featuring music and entertainment.

Gov. Jenniffer González Colón and first gentleman José Yovin Vargas celebrate Three Kings Day at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in San Juan on Monday. (Facebook via Governor Jenniffer González Colón)

Children enjoyed the Three Kings Day festivities in tradition-strong Moca on Monday. (Israel Morales)

Twins Jenniffer Nydia Mercedes and José Yovin Jorge, children of Gov. Jenniffer González Colón and first gentleman José Yovin Vargas, were baptized on Sunday at the Chapel of the Servants of Mary Convent in Old San Juan by Monsignor Wilfredo Peña Moreno.

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Boston appeals court rejects rehearing on fate of PREPA’s future

By THE STAR STAFF

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston has rejected requests from several parties involved in the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (PREPA) Title III bankruptcy case for a rehearing on a decision regarding bondholders’ security interest in future net revenues.

The court’s decision, issued last week, denied petitions from the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, the unsecured creditors committee (UCC), and the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority for a rehearing on a ruling that bondholders had perfected their security interest in PREPA’s future net revenues.

The appeals court had previously ruled in June 2024 that bondholders had a secured

claim of $8.3 billion, overturning an earlier district court ruling that found they only had an unsecured claim of $2.4 billion. That decision disrupted PREPA’s federal bankruptcy

case, prompting presiding Judge Laura Taylor Swain to order a litigation moratorium to encourage a consensual resolution.

The oversight board challenged the ruling, arguing that the security interest was not perfected. Perfection of the security interest is significant because unperfected liens can be avoided. Although the First Circuit changed its rationale for finding that the security interest was perfected in a subsequent decision, it still found that the interest had been perfected.

The court’s denial of the rehearing petitions marks another development in the ongoing dispute over the security interest in PREPA’s future net revenues.

The determination may put a damper on attempts by the oversight board to settle the utility’s estimated $9 billion debt with bondholders.

Teachers celebrate signing of Social Security Equity Act

By THE STAR STAFF

Puerto Rico Teachers Association (AMPR) President Víctor Manuel Bonilla Sánchez is celebrating the historic signing of the Social Security Equity Act (HR 82) by President Joe Biden, which will benefit thousands of retired and active Puerto Rican teachers who will see their Social Security benefits increased due to the elimination of the Windfall Elimination and Government Pension Offset provisions.

One-year-old dies in Vega Alta hospital

By THE STAR STAFF

An infant died at approximately 5:22 p.m. on Sunday, in a hospital in Vega Alta.

According to the police report, the one-year-old baby was transported to the hospital by his relatives because he had turned purple.

The doctor who treated the baby certified his death. Additional details were unknown as of press time. The infant’s body was taken to the Institute of Forensic Sciences for an autopsy.

Agent Nicolas Maldonado of the Vega Baja Criminal Investigation Corps’ Homicide Division and prosecutor Daniela Mejías were investigating.

“Today, justice is done for millions of workers throughout the American nation, including teachers from 15 states and Puerto Rico, who saw their retirements limited by punitive and extremely unnecessary provisions,” Bonilla Sánchez said Sunday in a written statement. “These unfair provisions further aggravated the economic situation of our retired educators, who have faced for several years the loss of important retirement benefits, and of active teachers who have suffered the freezing of their pensions. With the elimination of these provisions, between 30,000 and 35,000 teachers in Puerto Rico will benefit, including thousands of teachers who are still active in the public system and can access Social Security mainly based on previous jobs or second jobs.”

The union leader noted that the new law was promoted in Congress by numerous union organizations, including the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), to which the AMPR belongs. Among the efforts made by the AMPR since 2022 to promote the legislation, he highlighted meetings with staff from the office of the then-resident commissioner and current governor, Jenniffer González Colón, lobbying actions in the U.S. Congress along with the AFT, the mass sending of letters and emails to both representatives and U.S. senators, a support campaign by the families of teachers residing in the different states,

and written correspondence with the former executive director of the Federal Puerto Rico Affairs Administration in Washington.

“The retirement conditions of Puerto Rican teachers have always been and will always be a priority for the AMPR,” Bonilla Sánchez said. “We greatly appreciate the support received from AFT President Randi Weingarten and the main sponsors in Congress of this new law, Representatives Abigail Spanberger and Garret Graves and Senators Sherrod Brown and Susan Collins, as well as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer D-NY. Likewise, we thank President Biden, who is making history before concluding his term by signing this important legislation for basic justice for millions of workers, including our teachers.”

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Puerto Rico Teachers Association President Víctor Manuel Bonilla Sánchez, fourth from left, was part of the American Federation of Teachers delegation that attended the signing of the Social Security Equity Act this past weekend.

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NY judge’s ruling shows how legal issues will follow Trump into office

By MAGGIE HABERMAN

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares for his inauguration, some of the legal cases that spilled out of Trump’s first presidency will follow him into the second.

Trump has signaled he plans to fight to postpone the scheduled sentencing for his criminal conviction, set by Justice Juan M. Merchan of the New York Supreme Court for Friday. In social media posts this past weekend, Trump railed against Merchan, saying the justice should be disbarred.

Merchan made clear that even if the sentencing were to go forward, he would not recommend any kind of prison sentence or home confinement. In announcing the sentencing date, the judge signaled he planned to give Trump an unconditional discharge in the case, allowing him to walk free but leaving him with a criminal record.

In May, Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with a 2016 election-year hush-money payment to a porn actor who said she had a sexual liaison with him.

But even absent any real penalties, the jury verdict is its own form of punishment for Trump, a measure of accountability that he remains eager to erase. An unconditional discharge — absent a higher court ruling throwing out the jury verdict — would still formally mark Trump as a felon, the first president to carry that status into office.

Asked about the cases continuing on during the presidency, Trump’s communications

President-elect Donald Trump during a news conference at Mar-A-Lago, his residence and private club in Palm Beach, Fla., Dec. 16, 2024. As Trump prepares for his inauguration, some of the legal cases that spilled out of his first presidency will follow him into the second. (Maddie McGarvey/The New York Times)

director, Steven Cheung, said in a statement that the public had given Trump a “mandate” that “demands an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and all of the witch hunts across the board.”

In setting the sentencing date and dismissing Trump’s request to toss the verdict, Merchan was unmoved by Trump’s arguments, including a claim of presidential immunity.

“Defendant argues that a dismissal will ‘improve public confidence’ in the criminal justice system because anything short of a full dismissal will interfere with the presidency,” Merchan wrote. “This court’s perspective is different.”

The justice wrote that setting aside the jury verdict “would not serve the concerns set forth by the Supreme Court in its handful of cases addressing presidential immunity nor would it serve the rule of law.” Instead, he wrote, it would “undermine the rule of law in immeasurable ways.”

Trump was indicted four times in the span of a few months in 2023, twice on federal charges, once in Fulton County, Georgia, and once in New York.

The two federal cases have been withdrawn since Trump won the election, and the Georgia case has been stalled for months. In December, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was removed from the election interference case against Trump and other

defendants, citing her romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she chose for the case.

Although the Justice Department’s long-standing policy against prosecuting a sitting president does not apply to state charges, most legal experts say it would be difficult to pursue the case against Trump in Georgia while he is in office.

But Trump will most likely continue to face civil proceedings. He recently lost a bid for a new federal trial in a case brought by a New York writer, E. Jean Carroll. That case centered on Carroll’s claim that Trump had sexually

assaulted her decades ago in a department store dressing room.

New York Attorney General Letitia James said she would not seek to dismiss a separate $486 million civil fraud judgment against him, noting her intention in a letter last month to Trump lawyer John Sauer, who is the president-elect’s pick for the Justice Department solicitor general.

An appeals court is expected to rule soon on whether to uphold the judgment, which was imposed after a trial in which Trump was accused of manipulating his net worth and lying about the value of his properties to receive more favorable terms on loans.

There are also eight civil suits accusing Trump of inciting his supporters to rush the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, while President Joe Biden’s Electoral College win was being certified by a joint session of Congress.

In the New York criminal case, Trump’s lawyers successfully pushed the sentencing past Election Day. But the Trump legal team — led by Trump’s choice for deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, and for principal deputy attorney general, Emil Bove — has argued that the case should be swiftly dismissed, citing the president’s November victory and the broad immunity that the U.S. Supreme Court has granted to presidents for official acts committed while in office.

The inability to overturn the felony conviction remains a source of irritation to Trump, according to people who have spoken to him about it, even if the case does not appear poised to define the early stages of his second term in the way the Russia investigation did in his first term.

Supporters at former President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Gastonia, N.C., Nov. 2, 2024. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Driver in ramming attack made trips to New Orleans and abroad

By RICK ROJAS

Months before the man behind the New Orleans terror attack plowed a truck into a New Year’s Day crowd, he rode through the area on a bicycle, recording videos of his target using eyeglasses with a built-in camera, investigators said Sunday. He was back again a few weeks later, they said, probably to continue his plotting.

Those details emerged as investigators revealed more about the driver and the extensive planning behind the attack, which killed 14 people, injured many others and left New Orleans starting 2025 grappling with a cascade of anguish and alarm.

Investigators have been pushing to piece together a clear timeline of the attacker’s actions. The investigation has entailed establishing a beat-by-beat accounting of his movements in the hours immediately before the attack, which included loading guns in his rented pickup truck and planting explosive devices in coolers near the site of the attack, Bourbon Street in the city’s French Quarter.

Emergency personnel at the scene, hours after a man drove a pickup truck into people in the French Quarter of New Orleans, on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. Recordings and interviews detail Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s growing discontent with American society and increasing isolation even within his local Muslim community. (Edmund D. Fountain/The New York Times)

A far more sprawling search is looking back years to try to understand how a 42-yearold Army veteran with a lucrative job at an international accounting firm came to be radicalized, claiming alignment with the Islamic State terrorist group, also known as ISIS.

Investigators found that the attacker, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, had made trips to Egypt and Canada in 2023. But they said Sunday that they had yet to determine what role, if any, those travels might have played in his evolving beliefs or his

planning for the New Orleans attack.

“Our agents are getting answers as to where he went, who he met with and how those trips may or may not tie into his actions here in our city,” Lyonel Myrthil, the special agent in charge for the FBI in New Orleans, said at a news conference.

New Orleans has been immersed in grief since the attack, but also marching forward, reopening Bourbon Street to the public and preparing to host the Super Bowl next month, as well as the season of celebration that precedes Mardi Gras.

A crowd gathered Saturday evening on Bourbon Street for a vigil that included a traditional second line. President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit the city Monday.

”I believe only the power of prayer and faith in God can pull them and us through this time,” Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said Sunday, referring to the pain the families of the victims and the community as a whole were navigating.

The attack ended when Jabbar was killed in a shootout with police that left two officers wounded. Officials praised the police for a swift response that they credited with sparing the city from more carnage.

Jabbar expressed allegiance to the Islamic State group after a transformation that perplexed and troubled those who knew him. He had the group’s flag on the rented Ford F-150 pickup truck that he used in the attack. In a video he recorded for his family, he said, “I wanted you to know that I joined ISIS earlier this year.”

Officials said Sunday that they continue to believe Jabbar acted alone in carrying out the attack, and that they were still trying to determine whether he had deeper ties to the Islamic State group. It remained unclear why he chose New Orleans as his target, officials said.

Christopher Raia, an FBI counterterrorism official, said individuals like Jabbar — who typically are radicalized online, use easily accessible weapons and act alone or in small clusters — were perhaps the “greatest terror threat” the country faces.

“They are difficult to identify, investigate and disrupt,” he said at the news conference Sunday.

Investigators were also trying to find out where Jabbar went and what he did when he visited New Orleans in November, the second pre-attack visit officials are aware of. The first visit, when he recorded the video images from a bicycle, took place in October.

Investigators discovered that he had left two improvised explosive devices in coolers at nearby locations shortly before ramming his truck into the Bourbon Street crowd early New Year’s morning. They said he appeared to have had limited experience in building and using explosives, and the devices he created were crude, but they believed some of them could have been effective.

Jabbar had a transmitter in the rented pickup. “We believe that the transmitter would have functioned,” Myrthil said.

One of the coolers had been moved from where Jabbar had placed it, officials said, but the people who moved it were “unknowing Bourbon Street visitors” who had no connection to Jabbar.

Both devices were deactivated by authorities shortly after the ramming attack.

Investigators said Jabbar had rented the pickup weeks before the attack, and drove it to New Orleans from his home in Texas, arriving on the afternoon of Dec. 31. Investigators found bomb-making materials at a residence he had rented in New Orleans, where he had set a fire just before setting off for the French Quarter. Officials said the fire burned itself out within a few hours and was already extinguished by the time firefighters arrived at the home.

People grieve at a memorial on the corner of Bourbon and Canal Streets in New Orleans on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. (Emily Kask/The New York Times)

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Will Trump cut short the Biden clean-energy boom? Investors are nervous.

By LYDIA DePILLIS

Money is the mother’s milk of politics, but the outcome of elections also determines where it flows — and last month’s was especially crucial for the energy industry.

Clean investment — including renewable energy as well as the manufacturing of electric vehicles, batteries and solar panels — has boomed since the passage of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, championed by President Joe Biden. In the third quarter of 2024, it reached a record $71 billion, according to a tracker maintained by the Rhodium Group, an energy-focused research firm, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The big question looming now on Wall Street: Will President-elect Donald Trump, who called Biden’s policies the “green new scam” during the campaign, pull back enough of those subsidies and regulations to meaningfully change the economics of investing in decarbonization?

Market reactions right after the election seemed clear. Clean energy stocks dropped sharply, while shares of oil companies bounced, indicating a divergent view of how the two sectors will fare in the coming years.

Near the top of Trump’s agenda next year is extending his 2017 tax cuts. He will most likely need to reduce spending elsewhere to do that. Clean energy tax credits — worth about $350 billion over just the next three years, according to the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation — would be a tempting target. The more those subsidies are pared, the more projects would no longer make financial sense.

Since the election, renewable energy backers have drawn some hope from the knowledge that funding leveraged by the 2022 law has disproportionately flowed toward Republican states, potentially shielding it from cuts. Energy demand has also started rising for the first time in a generation with the growth of electric vehicles, heat pumps, new factories and artificial intelligence, bolstering the case for an expansive approach to energy sources. And solar energy, in particular, is now one of the cheapest forms of power available.

“Renewable energy has a certain bipartisan support,” said Nils Rode, the chief investment officer of Schroders Capital, a Swiss firm that manages $97 billion, including wind farms in the United States. “Even though there

might be risks, we don’t believe it will lead to major changes.”

Subsidies aren’t the only policy with the potential to affect the flow of money, however. Trump and his team have made it clear they wish to ease the path of fossil fuel projects in ways that could make them more attractive to investors.

His candidate for interior secretary, Doug Burgum, has promised to open up more federal lands to oil and gas drilling. Chris Wright, the fracking company CEO whom Trump picked to lead the Energy Department, could redirect the agency’s vast research agenda and loan programs away from low-carbon electricity. At the Environmental Protection Agency, the president-elect intends to nominate Lee Zeldin, who has discussed rolling back rules on power plant emissions, which would weaken incentives for utilities to shift to cleaner sources of electricity.

All of those actions would increase the return on fossil fuel investments relative to renewable ones.

“The fundamental thing that changes is just the economics,” said Ben King, an associate director of the climate and energy practice at the Rhodium Group, who has counted $435 billion in renewable energy projects that have been announced but not yet started. “Even today, wind, solar and batteries are competing with natural gas, on the margins. A slowdown in deployment of those technologies just leaves more room for gas on the grid.”

In addition, Trump’s promise to impose big new tariffs would hit the components needed to build solar fields, wind farms, car batteries and long-duration energy storage systems. And a decrease in the corporate tax rate could weaken the market for tradable tax credits that renewable energy developers use to take advantage of many of the Inflation Reduction Act’s subsidies that must be claimed against taxable income.

The prospect of such changes has caused some banks and investors to pause new renewable energy deals until the landscape in Washington becomes more clear. Financial firms are also making sure that new contracts include provisions that protect them against policy changes that could lower their returns.

“They will not invest when it’s unclear what the economics of the projects are, unless you’ve adjusted the pricing for the worst case and the deal still works,” said Keith Martin, a lawyer with Norton Rose Fulbright who has

Construction progresses on a plant for Wolfspeed, a company making materials for computer chips used in electric vehicles, in Siler City, N.C., Oct. 24, 2024. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to roll back many of the rules and subsidies that have attracted billions of dollars from the private sector to renewable energy and electric vehicles. (Sebastian Siadecki/The New York Times)

long handled complex financing for banks investing in renewable energy projects.

But some of Trump’s proposals and ideas could cut in opposing and unexpected directions. For example, encouraging the export of natural gas would tend to raise its price domestically and make the building of new U.S. gas power plants less appealing to investors, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Speeding up permitting of new electricity transmission could help some renewable energy projects. Mining for the minerals used in battery production might become easier, too.

Also, losing some of Biden’s climate rules may not make that much of a difference. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent rule requiring public companies to disclose certain carbon emissions is tied up in court, and the new administration may simply drop it — but many companies already have to do similar reporting to comply with European Union regulations. And Europe is phasing in a “border adjustment mechanism,” or a kind of tariff for goods produced using a lot of carbon.

“They’re not going to be able to hide

from it if they want to keep doing business in Europe,” said Jason Britton, president of Reflection Asset Management, a socially responsible investment consulting firm.

Ultimately, macroeconomic factors may matter more than policy. Oil and gas companies won’t pump more unless global prices are high enough to justify doing so. And renewable energy investment rose even under the last Trump administration, largely because interest rates were so low that investors could make money even without deep subsidies.

That’s why the news last week that the Federal Reserve was not expecting to cut interest rates as much as it had planned to in 2025 was bad news for the sector. If the cost of capital remains high, new tariffs would increase the cost of construction. And if the energy law is entirely repealed, the future for clean energy investment will look much dimmer.

“That, I think, is a tough situation,” said Quinn Pasloske, a principal with Greenbacker, a fund manager focused on clean energy infrastructure. “If any one of those three legs of the stool doesn’t fall, you’re in a fine spot because the fundamentals are still there.”

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Wall St hits one-week high after report of selective Trump tariffs

Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Monday to oneweek highs as optimism around AI boosted semiconductor stocks, and a report suggested the incoming Trump administration could adopt a less aggressive stance on tariffs than previously anticipated.

At 12:03 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 353.08 points, or 0.83%, to 43,085.21, the S&P 500 gained 74.43 points, or 1.25%, to 6,016.90 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 343.99 points, or 1.75%, to 19,965.67.

Automakers rose, with Ford up 1.6% and General Motors gaining 4% after a report said President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration is currently focused on imposing universal tariffs, but only on certain sectors deemed critical to national or economic security. However, Trump later refuted the report.

Automobile manufacturers are considered the most vulnerable to tariffs imposed on trade partners of the U.S., given their vast supply chains.

In the lead-up to Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, investors are seeking insights into his policies, which are broadly seen as beneficial for corporate America as well as the U.S. economy.

The Russell 2000 index, tracking domestically focused small-cap companies, rose 0.9%.

“If we’ve learned anything over the years, it’s that Trump is unpredictable. He loves shaking up markets, but the final outcomes are often less dramatic than his initial announcements,” ING analysts led by Chris Turner said in a note.

“However, officials and companies shouldn’t get too comfortable. We will only know what’s truly happening once it’s done.”

Eight out of the 11 S&P 500 sectors advanced with tech stocks leading gains, up 2%.

Chipmakers got a boost from Microsoft’s plan to invest $80 billion to develop artificial-intelligence-enabled data centers, as well as Foxconn’s forecast-beating fourth-quarter revenue.

Nvidia gained 4.5%, Advanced Micro Devices added 3.7% and Micron Technology climbed 11.6%. The Philadelphia SE Semiconductor index jumped 3.7% to hit a two-month high.

U.S. stocks rebounded sharply on Friday after a string of losses in December and the first few sessions of the new year, when concerns about high valuations, rising Treasury yields and

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liquidity saw traders pull back after a strong 2024 run.

In a week packed with economic data and speeches from U.S. Federal Reserve officials, investors will look for clues on the pace of monetary policy easing this year. Later in the week, the focus will be on a key monthly payrolls report.

While Trump’s proposals could boost corporate profits and energize the economy, they also run the risk of placing upward pressure on inflation. Fed Governor Lisa Cook was the latest among a number of policymakers to caution that inflation risks remain in the new year.

Citigroup added 3.8% after a bullish rating from Barclays.

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An index tracking banks rose 1.7%. Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr, who has sought a range of strict rules on the nation’s biggest banks, said he’ll resign.

Markets will be shut on Thursday, Jan. 9, on account of a national day of mourning to mark the death of former President Jimmy Carter.

Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 1.84-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and by a 1.92-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.

The S&P 500 posted eight new 52-week highs and five new lows, while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 86 new highs and 21 new lows.

Trudeau is stepping down as party leader and prime minister

By MATINA STEVIS-GRIDNEFF and IAN AUSTEN

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada announced Monday that he would step down as Liberal Party leader and prime minister, a decision that means Canada will have a new leader once his party picks a new head through a nationwide election.

“Every bone in my body has always told me to fight because I care deeply about Canadians,” Trudeau said as he announced his decision in Ottawa, Ontario, the capital. His resignation sets off a succession battle to replace him after roughly a decade at the helm of both the party and the country.

The upheaval comes as the country is grappling with how best to deal with President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to impose crippling tariffs on all imports from Canada on his first day in office. Canada and the United States are each other’s big-

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada arrives for a news conference where he announced his resignation as Liberal Party leader and prime minister outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Trudeau, who has led the country for nearly a decade, said he would remain in both roles until his replacement has been chosen through a party election. (Cole Burston/The New York Times)

gest trading partners.

Trudeau visited Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida in late November and his government has been in talks to address the president-elect’s concerns about border security, in hopes that he will reconsider his tariff threat.

Trudeau has faced weeks of mounting pressure from inside his party’s ranks.

In December, Trudeau’s deputy prime minister and finance minister, Chrystia Freeland, abruptly stepped down in a stinging rebuke of his leadership and stewardship of the country. Her resignation incited a growing chorus of voices from Liberal parliamentarians asking him to step aside for the sake of the party, and let someone else lead the Liberal Party against the Conservatives in general elections.

Here’s what else to know:

— Election timetable: The elections would likely be contested sometime in the spring, according to experts. General elections need to be held by October, in line

with Canada’s electoral rules.

— A dark vision: Trudeau criticized the leader of the Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre, as having a bleak outlook for Canada. Instead, he said, the country needed an optimistic viewpoint and believed his party needed a different leader to confront Poilievre in the upcoming federal elections.

— End of an era: Trudeau has been in power since 2015, having resuscitated the Liberals, who had crashed electorally before he took over in 2013. But he has become deeply unpopular: According to a poll released last month by Ipsos, 73% of Canadians — including 43% of Liberal voters — believed he should step down as party leader.

— Falling confidence: Freeland, who had been Trudeau’s most steadfast lieutenant through multiple crises, including the pandemic and disagreements with the first Trump administration, said she no longer had confidence in his leadership.

Hamas approves list of hostages it may free under a ceasefire deal with Israel

By ISABEL KERSHNER and ABU BAKR BASHIR

As Israeli and Hamas officials continued indirect talks Monday for a ceasefire and hostage release deal, Hamas representatives indicated that the group had approved an Israeli list of 34 hostages to be released in the first stage of an agreement, conveying a sense of momentum.

But the Israeli government quickly dampened any notion that Hamas’ acceptance of the list constituted a significant breakthrough toward ending the war in the Gaza Strip. Here’s what we know about the list of hostages and the state of the talks, after months of false starts and failed rounds.

What Hamas says

A Hamas representative briefed on the negotiations told The New York Times on Monday that if a deal is reached, Hamas agrees to release the 34 hostages whose names appear on a list that Israel provided via mediators. The representative spoke on the condition of anonymity because the talks are being held in secrecy.

The United States has long been push-

ing for a deal and is trying to facilitate one with the help of Qatar and Egypt, the two main countries mediating between Israel and Hamas.

The Reuters news agency reported Sunday night that Hamas had approved the list presented by Israel. The report cited an unnamed Hamas official who added that any hostage deal was contingent upon Israel agreeing to a timetable for withdrawal from Gaza and a permanent ceasefire, in line with Hamas’ long-standing demands.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has refused to openly declare any willingness to end the war, vowing to eradicate Hamas as a military force and governing power in Gaza.

Roughly 100 hostages are still being held in Gaza out of some 250 people taken captive during the Hamas-led attacks in October 2023 that prompted the war. At least a third of the captives are presumed to be dead, according to Israel.

A weeklong truce in November 2023 allowed for the release of 105 hostages in exchange for some 240 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israel. Only a few hostages have been rescued alive by Israeli forces,

and the bodies of dozens of others have been recovered. Israeli soldiers accidentally killed three hostages whom they misidentified as fighters.

What Israel says

Israel sent the original list of hostages to be released in the first phase of any deal to the mediators in July 2024, according to a statement released Monday by Netanyahu’s office.

But the list has since been updated because three of those who originally appeared on it — Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an American Israeli dual citizen, and two Israeli women, Carmel Gat and Eden Yerushalmi — were killed by their captors in late August. The newer version of the list was published by the BBC on Monday, and Netanyahu’s office appeared to confirm its authenticity.

In this latest round of talks, Israel has demanded information from Hamas about which hostages remain alive. Without that, Israeli officials say, there can

be no agreement on how many Palestinian prisoners Israel would be willing to release in exchange for them.

“As yet, Israel has not received any confirmation or comment by Hamas regarding the status of the hostages appearing on the list,” Netanyahu’s office said in its statement.

The list includes 10 women, five of them soldiers; 11 older male hostages between the ages of 50 and 85; two young children who Hamas previously said had been killed in an Israeli airstrike, but whose deaths have not been confirmed by Israeli authorities; and other male hostages whose release Israel considers urgent.

Honduras threatens to expel US military as Latin America gears up for Trump deportations

By ANNIE CORREAL

Honduras’ president threatened to push the U.S. military out of a base it built decades ago in the Central American country should President-elect Donald Trump carry out mass deportations of immigrants living illegally in the United States.

The response by President Xiomara Castro of Honduras, in an address broadcast on television and radio last Wednesday, was the first concrete pushback by a leader in the region to Trump’s plan to send back millions of Latin American citizens living in the United States.

The threat came as Castro and Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, also called a meeting of foreign ministers later this month to address the deportation issue.

“Faced with a hostile attitude of mass expulsion of our brothers, we would have to consider a change in our policies of cooperation with the United States, especially in the military arena,” Castro said.

“Without paying a cent for decades,” she added, “they maintain military bases in our territory, which in this case would lose all reason to exist in Honduras.”

Honduras’ foreign minister, Enrique Reina, said afterward in a radio interview that Honduras’ leader had the power to suspend without the approval of the country’s Congress a decades-old agreement with the United States that allowed it to build the Soto Cano air base and operate America’s largest military task force in Central America from there.

The move would present grave risks for the small country, which depends on the United States as its largest trading partner and a source of humanitarian aid.

Will Freeman, a fellow in Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, said of the Honduran president’s statement: “I’m surprised a bit by the boldness of it.”

A spokesperson for the Trump transition team, Brian Hughes, responding to Castro’s warning, said in a state-

Planes that will be loaded with deportees before leaving for Guatemala, left, and Honduras, right, at El Paso International Airport in Texas, May 10, 2023. In an address that was broadcast on Wed., Jan. 1, 2024, Honduras’ President Xiomara Castro threatened to push the U.S. military out of a base in the Central American country if President-elect Donald Trump carries out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. (Justin Hamel/The New York Times)

ment: “The Trump administration looks forward to engaging our Latin American partners to ensure our southern border is secure and illegal immigrants can be returned to their country of origin.”

Trump promised to swiftly deport those living in the country without legal permission when he took office, but his transition team has not shared any concrete plans, leaving Latin American governments guessing even as they try to prepare. Trump also vowed to slap a 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada if they did not stop the flow of migrants and fentanyl to the United States.

Most governments in Latin America, including Mexico’s, have worked to stay on a good footing with Trump, even as they have sought to emphasize the contributions their citizens make to the American economy, whatever their legal status.

This week, Sheinbaum reiterated: “We will continue to demonstrate how the Mexican people in the U.S. contribute in a very important way to the U.S. economy. And if Mexican people were not in the U.S., there

would be no food on American tables.”

The governments have also sought to reassure their citizens in the United States that they are preparing for any large-scale expulsions. Honduras has said it will establish mobile consulates, and Mexico created an online application for its citizens to alert consulate authorities if they are at imminent risk of being detained.

On Friday, in an apparent shift from her previous goal to reach a deal with Trump to avoid receiving such migrants, Sheinbaum also suggested that Mexico might take in deportees from other countries, even as she reiterated that her administration did not agree with mass deportations.

“We are going to ask the United States that, as far as possible, migrants who are not from Mexico can be taken to their countries of origin. And if not, we can collaborate through different mechanisms,” Sheinbaum said.

“There will be a time to talk with the U.S. government if these deportations really occur,” she added. “But here we are going to receive them; we are going to receive them well, and we have a plan.”

Governments in the region rely on remittances from immigrants in the United States. They account for as much as 25% of Honduras’ economy. More than 500,000 Hondurans — about 5% of the Honduran population — were estimated to be living illegally in the United States in 2022, according to the Pew Research Center.

Since the 1980s, a U.S. task force has operated out of Soto Cano, an air base owned by the Honduran government in Comayagua, a town about 50 miles from the capital, Tegucigalpa. It was originally built by the United States in the 1980s to help contain the communist threat in the region.

Soto Cano hosts more than 1,000 U.S. military and civilian personnel, a spokesperson for the task force there, Joint Task Force Bravo, said Friday.

“We are guests of the Honduran government on a Honduran base,” said the spokesperson, Capt. Hillary Gibson.

While the task force has played a role in counternarcotics efforts, Gibson said, it has recently focused on disaster relief and administering humanitarian aid.

The U.S. Embassy in Honduras did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The U.S. military maintains a presence at bases in other countries in the region, including in El Salvador, though these have fewer U.S. military troops than Soto Cano.

While many Hondurans celebrated Castro’s statements, some elected officials sought to distance themselves from the president. Several members of Congress noted the need for dialogue with the Trump administration and pointed out that pushing out the U.S. military from the base would not stop Trump from carrying out mass deportations.

Reina said Thursday that Honduras intended to stay on good terms with the United States. But he stood behind the president’s statements, saying that “if mass deportations that violate the rights of migrants come about,” the country’s leaders had “a right to rethink” the relationship with the United States.

The shame that keeps millions of girls out of school

By NICHOLAS KRISTOF

Every year, I choose a university student to accompany me on my win-a-trip journey, which is meant to highlight issues that deserve more attention. My 2024 winner was Trisha Mukherjee, a recent Columbia University graduate and budding journalist — and with that, I’m handing the rest of the column over to her.

By Trisha Mukherjee

PAMPLEMOUSSES, Mauritius — When she was a teenager, Jossy Nation would collect water from a nearby river as the sun rose to wash the well-worn rags she used as sanitary pads, then lay them out to dry in a hidden spot. But during the rainy season in her remote village in Nigeria, the fabric wouldn’t dry, and Nation, now 30, would be swallowed by panic. “I feel sick,” she said, recalling the stress of running out of usable rags. “Sometimes I have to use one rag for the whole 24 hours.”

Laser-focused on her education, Nation would push herself to go to school, even though some of her classmates stayed home during their periods. In class, she would shift uncomfortably in her seat, worrying that blood would stain her clothes and bring shame.

For millions of girls across Africa and Asia today, menstruation means staying home from school. Often, owing to a lack of period products, these girls miss up to a week of class every month.

For their families, pads are too expensive, too difficult to access or too taboo to prioritize over other needs. Even in the United States, where 20 states tax pads and tampons as nonessential, luxury items, one study found that nearly a quarter of teenage girls struggle to afford menstrual products.

In many developing countries, girls wedge rags, mattress shreds or newspapers into their underwear. In addition to causing infections, these substitutes tend to leak. Mired in stigma around menstruation, girls often end up skipping school rather than risk bleeding through their clothes in public.

“I’m not going to leave my house to go to school if I know there’s a 99.9% chance I’m going to stain myself,” said Goitseone Maikano, a recent university graduate who grew up in Botswana. I interviewed dozens of girls across East Africa about menstruation, and each of them echoed this sentiment.

In Nairobi, Kenya’s bustling settlement of Mukuru, Celestine Wanza, 18, used to tear off a piece of her mattress to use as a pad, a workaround common in Kenya.

Wanza is charming, sharp and quick to speak up when her classmates are shy — the kind of student any teacher would want. For years, she stayed home while menstruating. But once she had to attend school for an exam. Blood seeped through the cloth shred and onto her clothes, sending her running home.

That day, Wanza decided she had had enough. Asking around, she learned of Huru International, a nonprofit that provides free kits of six thick, washable pads, along with panties, instructions and an odor-proof storage bag for when water is scarce.

Children during class at the Balizenda Primary School in Balizenda, Ethiopia, November 23, 2005. For millions of girls across Africa and Asia today, menstruation means staying home from school. (Vanessa Vick/The New York Times)

But Vola confided that she feels like she’s falling behind in school because she misses around four days every month. Her mother buys pads in the nearest city when she can afford it. But those flimsy disposable pads, which Vola washes and reuses three times, tend to leak.

If someone gave her a magical set of leakproof pads, Vola said, she could pursue her dream. “I can go to school without worrying,” she said.

When I met Nation, she was working a busy tech job in Mauritius. She not only managed to stay in school but also graduated from college as valedictorian of her class.

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Nation now lives near supermarkets stocked with shelves of pads, but access to period products is constantly on her mind. “Because I couldn’t get it before, I now see it as a very essential part of my life,” she said. “I see it before I see food.”

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Some studies indicate that distributing pads, combined with menstrual health education, has increased school attendance. According to one study in Uganda, girls’ school attendance increased 17%. Other studies in Kenya, Uganda and India suggest that these interventions reduced girls’ dropout rates or improved learning.

But distributing pads in isolation isn’t a silver bullet. Rather, it may be effective when combined with education, improved toilet access, pain relievers, destigmatization and convenient disposal mechanisms; UNICEF estimates that two-thirds of schools globally don’t have trash cans for used pads.

We need more robust research into the most effective interventions.

Yet each girl I interviewed said that pads are a matter of dignity. When period poverty is sidelined, they feel like they are, too. “It’s not something that is optional,” said Mitchelle Monda, a student in Nairobi. “It’s a necessity.”

In rural southern Madagascar, I met a bright-eyed 16-yearold named Vola Liamarinee Florence, who hopes to be a midwife to help other women in her village.

Nation regularly sends money for pads to her three younger sisters. And in a suitcase with her most cherished memorabilia — her first plane ticket, old photos — she keeps a rag she once washed and dried by the river, praying it would last her through the school day.

Every day, more than 300 million people are having their periods. But while many of us might thoughtlessly grab a pad, pop an Advil and head to school or work, millions of girls don’t have that choice. And until we take this issue seriously, they’ll continue to be left behind.

Applications are now open for my 2025 win-a-trip contest. Undergraduates and graduate students at any U.S. university are eligible; the winner will travel with me on an expense-paid reporting trip to highlight neglected issues. The winner may, like Mukherjee, have the chance to write for The New York Times. Information about how to apply is at nytimes.com/winatrip. Contact Kristof at Facebook.com/Kristof, Twitter.com/ NickKristof or by mail at The New York Times, 620 Eighth Ave., New York, NY 10018.

Policía no vincula asesinato en Sabana Grande con caso de agresión a nonagenario

POR CYBERNEWS

SABANA

GRANDE – El teniente Aníbal Pérez, del Cuerpo de Investigaciones Criminales (CIC) del área policíaca de Mayagüez, confirmó que Kenneth abatido en Sabana Grande no guarda relación con el caso de la agresión de un nonagenarioen medio de un robo domiciliario.

“Nosotros estamos en el proceso de investigación, buscando testigos, entrevistando familiares y material fílmico. Ha surgido información de que esta persona se relaciona con un robo domiciliario ocurrido en el Barrio Guamá de Sabana Grande, pero hasta ahora nosotros no tenemos nada que lo vincule a esos hechos”, declaró el teniente Pérez a NotiCentro (WAPA TV).

La Uniformada reportó esta mañana sobre un asesinato a eso de las 12:07 de la madrugada, en los predios del edificio 10 del residencial Sabana Grande.

Según se informó, la Policía recibió una llamada a través del Sistema de Emergencias 9-1-1. En el lugar encontraron el cuerpo baleado de Kenneth Camacho Horrach, de 34 años, en el interior de un apartamento.

Un hombre de 90 años fue agredido durante un robo domiciliario ocurrido en la madrugada del domingo en la carretera PR-328, kilómetro 2.8, en el barrio Rayo Guaras de Sabana Grande.

Según el informe preliminar, William Torres, el querellante, se encontraba en su residencia cuando un individuo de baja estatura y tez trigueña logró acceso a la vivienda. Al no poder despojarlo de objetos de valor o dinero, el intruso lo agredió con los puños en el rostro antes de abandonar el lugar.

Agentes del Negociado de la Policía, adscritos al Distrito de Sabana Grande, investigaron preliminarmente el caso, que fue referido a la División de Robos del Cuerpo de Investigaciones Criminales (CIC) de Mayagüez. Personal de la División de Servicios

Técnicos se presentó en la escena para realizar el levantamiento de huellas.

Se exhorta a cualquier persona con información sobre este caso a comunicarse de manera confidencial al 787-343-2020, o a través de X (@PRPDNoticias) y Facebook (www.facebook.com/prpdgov).

Venus, Marte, Júpiter y Saturno visibles durante estas noches en Puerto Rico

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SAN JUAN – La Sociedad de Astronomía de Puerto Rico (SAPR) informó que durante las próximas noches, los planetas Venus, Marte, Júpiter y Saturno podrán observarse a simple vista desde cualquier punto de la isla, ofreciendo un espectáculo celeste único. “Venus, el punto más brillante del cielo, puede verse hacia el oeste al atardecer, seguido por Saturno con su tonalidad dorado amarillento, ubicado un poco más arriba en la línea eclíptica”, explicó la SAPR en un comunicado.

Júpiter, más brillante y notable en el este, y Marte, identificado por su color rojo cobrizo cerca de la constelación de Géminis, también pueden ser localizados sin telescopios. Mientras, Urano y Neptuno requieren equipos especializados para su observación.

La SAPR, fundada en 1985, fomenta el interés por la astronomía en Puerto Rico, educando a la comunidad sobre el cosmos y su relación con otras ciencias. Más detalles sobre los eventos celestes y la organización están disponibles en su página de Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saprinc.

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la espalda y una herida abierta en la cabeza.

SAN JUAN – Un hombre murió a eso de las 6:52 de la tarde del domingo, como consecuencia de un incidente en Barrio Obrero, Santurce.

Según el reporte de la Policía, los agentes del Precinto de Barrio Obrero, fueron alertados a eso de las 4:48 de la tarde, de la muerte, de un hombre que llegó en busca de asistencia médica al Centro Más Salud Dr. José S. Belaval.

Al llegar los agentes al lugar, no pudieron recibir informacion de la persona, que fue referido al Centro Médico de Río Piedras en condición delicada con abrasiones en

Las autoridades verificaron el callejón Soriano, en Villa Palmera, pero en el lugar nadie brindó información alguna y tampoco se pudo ver rastros de violencia o sangre en la vía pública o lugares cercanos.

A eso de las 6:52 de la tarde aproximadamente se certificó su muerte. Al momento, ha sido identificado como Amaury y estaba vestido de pantalón corto de playa color azul y camisa negra, es delgado, de tez trigueña y tiene el cabello en dreadlocks color marrón.

El cadáver fue enviado al Instituto de Ciencias Forenses.

How much alcohol does it take to raise your cancer risk?

By NINA AGRAWAL and KATIE MOGG

The surgeon general of the U.S. Public Health Service warned late last week that even light or moderate alcohol consumption can increase a person’s risk of cancer.

In a new report, Dr. Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general, said alcohol use had been directly linked with at least seven types of cancers, including those of the mouth, throat, larynx, esophagus, breast, liver, and colon and rectum. Globally, 741,300 cancer cases were attributable to alcohol consumption in 2020.

But public awareness of the link is low: Only 45% of Americans believe alcohol has a significant effect on whether someone develops cancer, according to a 2019 national survey by the American Institute for Cancer Research.

Research has shown that the more alcohol a person drinks — particularly the more a person consumes regularly, over time — the greater the risk of cancer. The association is true for all types of alcohol: beer, wine and spirits.

But even what we think of as “light” or “moderate” drinking — up to one drink per day — increases the risk of some cancers, like those of the mouth, pharynx and breast.

“There is no safe level of alcohol when it comes to cancer risk,” said Dr. Ernest Hawk, vice president and head of the division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

The amount you drink affects your risk.

The surgeon general’s report defines a standard drink as containing 14 grams of alcohol — about the amount in a 5-ounce glass of wine, a 12-ounce beer, or a 1.5-ounce shot of liquor. The report looked at evidence on cancer based on how much people consume every day or week.

Less than one drink per week: Research on the relation of very light drinking to cancer is limited. Murthy’s report looked at what’s known as the absolute risk — or the chance of a certain outcome happening in a given time period — of specific cancers at various levels of drinking. To do that, it looked at data from an Australian study of nearly a quarter-million adults published in 2020.

On average, the report found, about 17 in 100 women who consumed one drink a week or less would develop alcohol-related cancers over the course of their lives. About 11 in 100 women would develop breast cancer, which is considered an alcohol-related cancer. Research suggests alcohol can increase estrogen, a sex hormone linked to breast cancer.

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Men who consumed less than one drink per week had about a 10% chance of developing any alcohol-related cancer over their life span.

Researchers considered this “less than one drink per week” group the reference group, against which they compared higher levels of drinking. Like many studies, they did not include non-drinkers to avoid what is known as the “sick quitter” effect — which happens when a study’s data is muddled by those who stopped drinking because of an illness.

One drink each day: For years, it was widely thought that low or moderate amounts of alcohol were good for you, particularly for your heart. But in recent years more research has shown that even one drink a day is linked to greater health risks.

The surgeon general’s report said the lifetime risk of developing any alcohol-related cancer jumped to 19% (19 of 100 women) among those who consumed one alcoholic drink each day (seven drinks a week). At this level, the lifetime risk of breast cancer increased to 13.1%, or 13 of 100 women.

Murthy’s report said that among men who had one drink per day, about 11 of 100 on average would develop an alcohol-related cancer during their lifetime.

Though the absolute increases in risk may sound small, they reflect a notably increased re-

lative risk compared to people who drink less alcohol.

A 2013 study in the Annals of Oncology that specifically looked at the association between “light drinking” and cancer found that compared with people who did not drink, those who drank up to one alcoholic beverage a day had a 30% higher chance of developing esophageal cancer, a 17% higher chance of developing cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx and a 5% higher chance of developing breast cancer.

Two drinks per day: At two drinks each day (14 per week), the share of women who would develop alcohol-related cancers over their life span increased from 16.5% (among the “less than one drink per week” group) to nearly 22%, according to the surgeon general’s report. The share of those who would develop breast cancer increased to 15.3%.

Among men drinking at that level, the share who would develop alcohol-related cancer over a lifetime increased to 13%.

Four or more drinks a day: In addition to being associated with cancers of the mouth, oropharynx, larynx, esophagus, breast and colorectal area, heavy drinking — generally defined as four or more drinks a day — is linked to cancers of the liver, stomach, gall bladder and pancreas.

A large meta-analysis comparing light,

moderate and heavy drinkers with non-drinkers and occasional drinkers found that heavy drinkers had more than a twofold higher relative risk of liver and gallbladder cancer compared with non-drinkers and occasional drinkers. Their risk of stomach, lung and pancreatic cancer was about 15% to 20% percent higher.

Consuming four or more drinks in a twohour sitting is considered binge drinking for women, while having five or more drinks qualifies as bingeing for men. While binge drinking has many known harms, most studies in humans haven’t looked at the differences in cancer risk between drinking a lot all at once or drinking the same amount stretched over several days, said Dr. Timothy Naimi, director of the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria. “It’s an area of need in terms of future research.”

Your other risk factors matter, too.

While the report looks specifically at drinking levels, many other factors — including sex, genetics, diet and family history — also play a role in how alcohol consumption affects cancer risk.

For instance, it takes less alcohol to negatively affect women’s health than it does men’s, possibly because women take longer to metabolize alcohol and it remains in their system for longer periods of time.

Anyone with genetic mutations or family histories that predispose them to these types of cancers would be starting out at a higher baseline risk of cancer, experts said.

Certain behaviors and lifestyle choices could also exacerbate the risk of alcohol-related cancers. Drinking and smoking cigarettes, for instance, is known to compound the risk of head and neck cancers, said Elizabeth Platz, a cancer epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. And drinking alcohol when you have poor diet and exercise habits can further raise the risk of becoming overweight or developing obesity, another disease associated with cancer.

Drinking less cuts (some of) the risk.

A working group of the International Agency for Research on Cancer recently found that long-term quitting or reducing alcohol consumption was linked to a reduced risk of oral and esophageal cancer. But it’s not clear whether or when cutting back brings the risk back down to baseline, the surgeon general’s report said. Naimi said that even for people who drink more heavily, cutting back the amount of alcohol they consume somewhat will have health benefits in the long run. “Less is better,” he said.

The checkout counter at a liquor store in Gaithersburg, Md., Dec. 10, 2022. Only 45 percent of Americans believe alcohol has a significant effect on whether someone develops cancer, according to a 2019 national survey by the American Institute for Cancer Research.

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January 7, 2025

Bad Bunny talks coming back home on his ‘most Puerto Rican’ album yet

By JON CARAMANICA and JOE COSCARELLI

Over the past few years, Bad Bunny — a global superstar of reggaeton and Latin trap whose astonishing success has remade the pop landscape for Spanish-language music — gained the world. Three charttopping Billboard albums. A headlining slot at Coachella. The title of most-streamed artist on the planet. A burgeoning acting (and wrestling) career. A creeping interest in his romantic extracurriculars by the paparazzi.

And yet all his success left him unanchored from the place at the root of it: Puerto Rico, where he was born, raised and lived until 2023, when he decamped for an extended stay in Los Angeles and New York.

He’s back in Puerto Rico now, and on his sixth solo album, “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” (“I Should Have Taken More Photos”), the musician born Benito Martínez Ocasio is making his recommitment to the island plain with a pointed musical pivot.

The 17-track LP, cut through with live instruments, was recorded wholly in Puerto Rico, and features a host of young collaborators representing a range of his homeland’s styles dating back generations — urbano from singer RaiNao (“Perfumito Nuevo”); reggaeton and Latin trap from Omar Courtz and DeiV (“Veldá”); and traditional rhythms like plena and bomba from Pleneros de la Cresta (“Café Con Ron”) and the young band Chuwi (“Weltita”).

“Every one of them is Puerto Rican and there for a reason,” Bad Bunny, 30, said in an interview in late December, before the album’s release Sunday. During his globe-trotting, he added, “When I listened to them, I felt like I was there in Santurce, hanging out.”

In an appearance on Popcast, The New York Times’ music podcast, Bad Bunny discussed his path to “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” including how life under the celebrity spotlight in Los Angeles led him back home; how his creative risktaking has inspired Spanish-speaking musicians the world over; and whether it matters if you can understand all the words in his songs.

These are edited excerpts from the conversation.

JON CARAMANICA: You just played us your new album, which you called your “most Puerto Rican album ever.” What are you trying to achieve on this record?

BAD BUNNY: The title of the album means “I Should Have Taken More Photos.” I remember back in time, photos used to be something very special. Today you can take a picture of everything. Maybe sometimes I don’t want a picture with someone for many reasons: Maybe I’m not in my best mood. Sometimes I feel that maybe this person is not a real fan. And also because maybe I got used to it and it’s not a special moment for me.

But for them, maybe it is and the person wants to save that moment. So that’s the meaning of the title — you should appreciate more the moments and the people. It’s not an apology, it’s more like a reminder to myself.

CARAMANICA: This album is about Puerto Rico now, but also the sounds of Puerto Rico from 20, 40, 60 years ago.

Bad Bunny in New York, Dec. 27, 2024. Over the last few years, Bad Bunny — the global superstar of reggaeton and Latin trap whose astonishing success has remade the pop landscape for Spanish-language music — gained the world. (Dana Scruggs/The New York Times)

was working to reach the most places, but at the same time keeping my essence, my roots.

All the rhythms are Puerto Rican rhythms, like with plena, one of the oldest rhythms on the island. “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” the title song, is like a new plena. It’s a really rich rhythm to create and explore, even in mainstream pop music.

JOE COSCARELLI: This is something we’ve seen repeatedly over the last few years, whether it’s Rosalía with flamenco, young Mexican artists with corridos tumbados, even merengue and bachata. Did you feel that there were Puerto Rican sounds that were ripe for modernizing, like salsa and plena?

BAD BUNNY: Yes. This is not like a new rhythm, it’s a very old rhythm, it just sounds new and different because I’m doing it — I’m making this sound with my voice, my style, my flow. Sometimes young people can think, and I used to think this when I was a kid, this type of music is for old people, that’s my abuelita’s or my grandpa’s music. But when you grow up, you start to appreciate it and understand it more. And at the same time, I just want to let them know that you can make it in a very cool way. You can make it like your own style. You don’t have to do the same thing that the old artists did in the past. You can do it with a new feeling, with a new slang, with a new everything. There’s no rules.

You’ve spent the last six years elsewhere in the world — Los Angeles, New York, in the wrestling ring, in front of paparazzi. At what point did you realize, “I need to reconnect”?

BAD BUNNY: When you are far, sometimes you can see better, you can appreciate more. All the features on the album, those are the artists that I used to listen to when I was in LA or on the road on tour. And it was special because you can feel close to home through the music. That’s one of the purposes of this project.

CARAMANICA: In the early years of your success, did you think, “The more I’m away from Puerto Rico, that means I’m doing better”?

BAD BUNNY: I think it’s something that the industry tries to put in your head, like you need to be worldwide. And I understand because Puerto Rico is a very small island. Maybe an artist from Mexico could be successful only in Mexico. Same with Brazil. But I always knew that I could be big and successful being Puerto Rican, with my music and with my slang and with my culture, my everything. So I

CARAMANICA: You were, as far as I can tell, the first major artist to collaborate with someone in corridos tumbados, with your Natanael Cano remix for “Soy El Diablo.” Tell me about keeping your eye on that scene.

BAD BUNNY: I always believed in Latin music, not only in my genre but in all of them. I was impressed that this song that I liked a lot and sounded fresh and new was a traditional rhythm and it’s made by this kid. I was like, see, this can be real. This can be something. I’m really proud of this whole movement — corridos tumbados. I’m not Mexican, but I can feel how Mexicans can be proud. I believe that every country in Latin America can do the same with their rhythms, like Colombia with cumbia.

COSCARELLI: The live instrumentation on this album really stands out. Where was this music recorded?

BAD BUNNY: All in Puerto Rico. All the salsa songs are made by young kids from escuela Libre de Música. All of them are like 18, 19, 21 years old — young kids with a lot of passion and energy. Because people think, oh, now every young kid today is making reggaeton. No, there’s a lot of great, great musicians — young kids — that are only waiting for the opportunity.

COSCARELLI: Did you feel like only now, at this stage of your career, you had the platform to bring them up with you? Maybe if you did this project five years ago …

BAD BUNNY: It wouldn’t have been the same. I’ve been saying, like, “What is the purpose of me being here, in this position? What’s next?” You die and that’s it. There’s no, like, “Oh, you were the most streamed artist” — so what? I was thinking on that and said, “I should do something where I can plant a seed.” I said, “Bro, that is the purpose — to give young people an opportunity to showcase the rhythms of Puerto Rico.”

And it was a very nice experience to create this song with these people because we worked all together in the studio. The best part was that all of them were very humble, very talented, very passionate. There was no egos. And it felt good that I could relate more with them than any other huge stars that I’ve met before.

CARAMANICA: At Coachella in 2023, you brought out José Feliciano. I wonder when you think of the Puerto Rican music of the ’70s and the ’80s, what do you hear in common with what you do?

BAD BUNNY: When you really, really listen to the music from back in the day, it’s the same thing. I know that people say, “Nah, music in the old days, it was different.” And it’s true in some ways. But when you listen to the lyrics, when you listen to the stories, it’s the same. I’ve been listening to a lot of Chuito el de Bayamón, an artist from Puerto Rico from the ’40s and ’50s — música jíbara, música típica — and all the songs are about things I can relate to. Wait, he’s singing about this — I was living that two weeks ago.

COSCARELLI: Take me back to just befo re the U.S. election. There’s this Trump rally at Madison Square Garden and a comedian, Tony Hinchcliffe, makes his disparaging comments about Puerto Rico. You decide it’s time to say something. What was going through your mind?

tests, you’ve included investigative journalism in your music videos about things that are happening on the island. You said that after the rally, you didn’t feel that you had to say something. But you’re also the most visible Puerto Rican star. Does that weigh on you, having the power to sway people’s perspectives and opinions?

BAD BUNNY: Every time that I express myself about something, I do it because I feel it. It’s not because I’m Bad Bunny and I have 40 million followers and I want to — no. I’m a normal human being and I have feelings, and I get mad and I get happy and that’s how I make my music. Sometimes you want to cry, sometimes you want to dance, sometimes you want to fall in love and sometimes you want to talk about political things. That’s how it works: Everything that I say and everything that I do is because I feel it, not because I feel a pressure to say something because I’m a public figure.

BAD BUNNY: I didn’t feel any pressure to say something. I did it because I felt it. I was angry at the time, because I was here in New York. I was like, “Well, this guy’s right here — we should go …”

It was a real moment of frustration. Yeah, I know, he’s a comedian, blah, blah, blah, blah. But that wasn’t a standup comedy show. It was supposed to be a political rally. I didn’t know he was a comedian — he was in a suit. I was like, “Oh, he’s a politician.” Then people told me, “No, it’s a comedian.” It wasn’t funny. For a lot of reasons. I have a great sense of humor. And I like dark humor. But there’s places and there’s circumstances for that.

COSCARELLI: Then, a couple of weeks later, a big story coming out of the election was that many Latino voters moved to the right. How did you reconcile those two things in your head?

BAD BUNNY: I don’t know what to say. I don’t know what to believe. I don’t know anything. I just know that there’s always going to be people who are going to protect and defend our country and our culture. And that’s the people that I want to have around me. That’s the people that I believe. And that’s something that I also want to inspire and promote with this project.

CARAMANICA: In the past, you’ve participated in pro -

COSCARELLI: Are there political songs or lines on this project?

BAD BUNNY: There’s a lot of political

lines that you can’t tell are political. The song “Bokete” — it’s a song about a love story but the whole analogy of boquete is — in Puerto Rico there’s a lot of holes in the street. It’s not a song about potholes, but … There’s a lot of things like that.

COSCARELLI: One of the things that sets your generation of Latin artists apart from the crossovers that happened in the ’90s or the early 2000s is your choice to continue to perform in Spanish. Now that your music is reaching so many millions of people around the world, is there a part of you that feels like listeners who don’t understand the lyrics are missing something?

BAD BUNNY: Definitely. People miss a lot. Actually, there’s even a lot of Latinos who speak Spanish who are missing a lot because I’m singing in Puerto Rican slang. After “Un Verano Sin Ti,” it was the biggest spot of my career and I came with this totally different album — “Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana” — with a lot of bars and Puerto Rican analogies, and I’m 100% sure that people missed the best parts of that album. Definitely.

CARAMANICA: How does that make you feel? Do you want to over-explain it or you just —

BAD BUNNY: [singing] I doooooon’ttttt caaaaaaaare.

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The simplest way to make creamy scrambled eggs for a crowd

By ALI SLAGLE

To make fluffy, creamy, dreamy scrambled eggs for more than a few people, you don’t need a fancy pan or a newfangled hack. You don’t need boundless time or attention, either. You don’t even need the coffee to kick in yet — in fact, you’ll be rewarded for moving slowly.

You just need 24 eggs, one pot and this easy method.

Whether you’re scrambling just a few eggs or making a big batch, the difference between chalky, dry, rubbery eggs and ones you actually want to eat is in the details. This recipe and the tips that follow will help deliver a large-format scramble that’s soft, creamy and achievable for any cook.

Blitz the eggs in a blender.

If you have a blender handy, now is the time to use it: It makes the eggs uniformly smooth in seconds. (That said, whisking by hand also works.)

To save time in the morning, crack the eggs into the blender, cover and refrigerate overnight. Add the dairy and salt just before blending. You can mix everything together up to 15 minutes before cooking.

Boost the texture and flavor with salt and dairy.

Salt helps eggs set at a lower temperature and prevents them from getting watery, while halfand-half or heavy cream adds moisture and fat for fluffier, more tender curds. Both make the scramble taste good, too.

Trade the skillet for an enameled Dutch oven or nonstick pot.

A Dutch oven or other large pot can hold all those eggs without overflowing during stirring. Ideally, the pot has an enamel or nonstick coating for easier cleanup.

If you’re not using a nonstick pot and end up with eggs stuck to it, boil water and a little dish soap in it for a few minutes, then use a wooden spoon to loosen the crust. For really stubborn bits, try baking soda instead of soap.

Go for medium heat: not too hot, not too cold, but just right.

The New York Times columnist J. Kenji López-Alt said that the temperature of the pan (or in

this case, the pot) affects the eggs’ final texture: higher heat makes eggs poof, and lower heat makes them dense and creamy. So, medium heat produces fluffy and glistening curds, the Goldilocks of eggs. The moderate temperature also gives you enough time to move the eggs around and avoid a hodgepodge of overcooked and undercooked eggs. Stir and scrape the eggs slowly. Key word: Slowly.

Since the eggs will pile up in the pot as they set, your primary job is to move them around so they all come into contact with the heat from the bottom and sides of the pot. For big, soft curds, stir the eggs lazily and in long strokes. At the beginning, you can even walk away to get bacon in the oven and pop your bread in the toaster, then return for a stir or two.

The speed is important because it gives the eggs that are touching the pot a chance to set before the spoon breaks it into clumps. Agitating them too much will create smaller, harder clumps, which more closely resemble cottage cheese than the folds of a diner scramble.

Three or four minutes into scraping the pot, you’ll feel some resistance. The eggs are setting! Instead of excitedly speeding up your stirring, continue to scrape slowly until a swipe shows you the bottom of the pot, which then fills with liquid egg.

At this point, the mixture will be about half liquid and half solid: It’s not done yet, but this is your cue to turn off the heat and pick up the pace.

Finish off the heat.

Wake up! Sleepy stirring is over. At this point, the pot holds enough heat to propel the eggs toward rubbery dryness. To halt that momentum, drop the eggs’ temperature by taking the pot off the heat and adding cubes of cold butter.

Scrape and flip until the mounds of eggs are barely set but still shiny. The melting butter will meld with the wet eggs to create a glossy, buttery coating. Repeat until the eggs

nearly approach your desired doneness because they’ll continue to firm up as you’re serving them.

Scrambled eggs wait for no one. By the time the pot comes off the heat, toast should be toasted and everyone settled in their seats. Reward your diligent scrambling by enjoying this glorious breakfast as fast as possible.

Scrambled eggs for a crowd

Making fluffy, tender and creamy scrambled eggs for a crowd is easier than you might think — and it doesn’t require learning a totally newfangled method. This recipe makes just a few tweaks to a common technique to accommodate two dozen eggs. Trade the skillet for a Dutch oven and add the eggs to a warm, not hot, pot. As you slowly scrape in long sweeps, the eggs will begin to clump. Once you see the bottom of the pot behind your wooden spoon, take the pot off the heat and add cold butter, which will drop the temperature to prevent overcooking. Flip the curds until the still-runny egg and melting butter form a creamy, obviously buttery, coating.

Yield: 6 to 12 servings

Total time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

24 large eggs

1/2 cup half-and-half or heavy cream

1 1/2 teaspoons Diamond Crystal kosher salt or 3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt

6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes

Black pepper and sliced chives, for serving (optional) Preparation:

1. Blend or whisk the eggs, half-and-half and salt together until no streaks remain.

2. In a large Dutch oven or nonstick pot, melt half the butter cubes over medium. Refrigerate the remaining butter. When the butter is melted, swirl the pot to coat, then add the eggs.

3. Use a wooden spoon to slowly scrape the sides and bottom of the pot in figure-8 motions. As you do so, big clumps will form. Repeat until one drag of the spoon reveals the bottom of the pot, then quickly fills with runny egg, 6 to 8 minutes.

4. Working quickly, immediately remove the pot from the heat and add the remaining chilled butter. Scrape and flip the clumps over until slightly underdone, 30 seconds to 1 1/2 minutes, depending on how firm you like your eggs. The runny egg should be barely set but still shiny.

5. Transfer to a bowl or plates, sprinkle with black pepper and chives, if using, and serve right away; while it’s tempting to serve the eggs from the pot, they will overcook as they sit. An enameled Dutch oven is the ideal vessel for scrambling two dozen eggs — and it’s easy to clean afterward. Food

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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

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DY OF MINOR CHILD BY EXTENDED FAMILY PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTES CHAPTER 751

TO: JERRYEL FERMAIN

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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.

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SALA DE BAYAMÓN

LEGACY MORTGAGE

ASSET TRUST 2019PR 1

Parte Demandante Vs. JUAN ROSADO AMARO, SIOMARA PEREZ DIAZ, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCAILES,

COMPUESTA POR

AMBOS; ELIMANUEL

HERNANDEZ BARBOSA Y SU ESPOSA VANESSA

MARI NEGRON

UMPIERRE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2023CV00606.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. ANUNCIO 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 $235,287.58 de balance principal y la suma de $1,226.01 de balance diferido, los intereses adeudados sobre la suma de $234,061.57, computados al 3.625% anual hasta su total pago y completo pago; más el 5% computado sobre cada mensualidad; cargos por demora devengados, más la suma de $22,410.00 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 radicado en la Urbanización “Brisas de Montecasino” en el Barrio Candelaria del municipio de Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el plano de inscripción de la Urbanización con el número ocho (8) del Bloque letra “C”, con un área superficial de trescientos treinta punto ochenta y siete (330.87) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, con el solar letra y número (C-7), distancia de veintitrés punto cero cero (23.00) metros; por el Sur, con la calle numero 6, en dos alineaciones, en una distancia de diecinueve punto cincuenta (19.50) metros y otra de dos punto setecientos cuarenta y

nueve metros; por el Este, con el solar letra y numero (C-1), en una distancia de catorce punto cincuenta metros; y por el Oeste, con la calle número ocho (8), en dos alineaciones, en una distancia de once punto cero cero (11.00) metros y otra de dos punto setecientos cuarenta y nueve (2.749) metros. Enclava Casa. Inscrita al folio setenta y seis (76) del tomo quinientos treinta y uno (531) de Toa Baja, finca número veintiocho mil setecientos sesenta y seis (28,766), Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección II. Dirección Física: Urb. Brisas de Montecasino, C-8 Calle Casabe, Toa Alta, PR 00953. Dicha propiedad se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: Embargo a favor del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, Departamento de Hacienda contra Elimanuel Hernández Barbosa/ Van Negrón Umpierre, cuantía número 159-62-3787, por la suma de $33,588.98, embargo número BAY-19-3787, de fecha 6 de febrero de 2018, anotado al sistema Karibe bajo asiento 2019000983-EST., presentado el 7 de febrero e 2019. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 29 DE ENERO DE 2025, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la suma de $224,100.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. En el caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA

SUBASTA el día 5 DE FEBRERO DE 2025, A LAS 10:00 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 $149,400.00. Si tampoco hubiera remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 12 DE FEBRERO DE 2025, A LAS 10:00 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 $112,050.00. 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 anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes en entendiéndose que el rematador los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse su extinción al precio rematante. Todos los nombres de los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surgen de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico y en los sitios públicos de acuerdo a las disposiciones de la Regla 51.7 de las de Procedimiento Civil, así como para la publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria y en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas con antelación a la fecha de la primera subasta y por lo menos una vez por semana. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento indicado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables. (Art. 102 (1) de la Ley núm. 210-2015). Expedido el presente en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 13 de diciembre de 2024. MARIBEL LANZAR VELÁZQUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #735, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE BAYAMÓN. LEGAL NOTICE

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Demandados

Civil Núm.: DCD2010-2461. (501). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA.

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

El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de una Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe el 15 de octubre de 2024, notificada el 22 de octubre de 2024, que le ha sido dirigido por la Secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, procederá a vender en subasta, por separado, y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de los demandados de epígrafe sobre el inmueble que adelante se describe. Se anuncia por la presente que la primera subasta habrá de celebrarse el día 5 DE FEBRERO DEL AÑO 2025 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, sobre el inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar #22 de la manzana H de Urbanización Flamingo, sita en el barrio Hato Tejas del término municipal de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de 388.75 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar #21, en una distancia de 25.00 metros; por el SUR, en una distancia de 25.00, con el solar #23; por el ESTE, con los solares #17 y 18, en una distancia de 13.85 metros y por el OESTE, con la calle I, en una distancia de 13.85 metros. ENCLAVA: Una casa de concreto y bloques para una familia. FINCA: Número 18,287, inscrita al folio 105 del tomo 405 de Bayamón Sur, inscripción 1ra. (Sección I de Bayamón). Dirección física: H-22 Perla del Sur St., Flamingo, Bayamón, PR 00956. El siguiente pagaré consta inscrito en la propiedad antes mencionada y es el que se pretende ejecutar: HIPOTECA: Por $117,850.00, con intereses al 6-1/2% anual, en garantía de un pagaré a favor

de Doral Mortgage Corporation, o a su orden, que vence el 1ro de abril de 2029. Según escritura #323, otorgada en San Juan, el 1 de abril de 1999, ante Yvonne Vergne López, inscrita al folio 12 del tomo 155 de Bayamón Sur, inscripción 15ta. Que según surge del estudio de título, la propiedad se encuentra afecta al siguiente gravamen posterior. AVISO DE DEMANDA: Dictada en el Caso Civil #DCD2010-2461 (501), Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Sala Superior; seguido por Doral Bank (demandante) versus Pedro Iván Nieves Rodríguez t/c/c Pedro I. Nieves Rodríguez (demandados). Se reclama el pago de la deuda garantizada con hipoteca de la inscripción 15ta., reducida a $98,248.07, más intereses y otras sumas, o la venta de esta finca en pública subasta. Anotada al folio 137 del tomo 1887 de Bayamón Sur, anotación A y última, con fecha de 1 de abril de 2011. La referida hipoteca grava el bien inmueble antes descrito. La subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al demandante, total o parcialmente según sea el caso, de la referida sentencia que fue dictada por las siguientes sumas: $148,227.75., más intereses al 5.875% anual, a partir del 1 de septiembre de 2016 hasta su pago completo, más 5% de todo pago en atraso, más $32,180.50, como cantidad estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, según pactados. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LAS PARTES INTERESADAS y del público en general, se advierte que los autos de este caso y demás instancias están disponibles para ser inspeccionadas en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de Bayamón, durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, incluyendo el gravamen por las contribuciones sobre la propiedad inmueble adeudadas, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda responsable de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá Libre de Cargas y Gravámenes posteriores. Los tipos mínimos a utilizarse para la subasta son los siguientes: El inmueble antes descrito ha sido tasado en la suma de CIENTO DIECISIETE MIL OCHOCIENTOS CINCUENTA

DÓLARES ($117,850.00) para que dicha suma sirva de tipo mínimo en la primera subasta a celebrarse. De no producirse remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del antedicho inmueble, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado, el día 12 DE FEBRERO DEL AÑO 2025 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, sirviendo como tipo mínimo para dicha segunda subasta, una suma equivalente a las dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de SETENTA Y OCHO MIL QUINIENTOS SESENTA Y SEIS DÓLARES CON SESENTA Y SEIS CENTAVOS ($78,566.66) para la finca antes descrita. De no producirse remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta del antedicho inmueble, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado, el día 19 DE FEBRERO DEL AÑO 2025 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, sirviendo como tipo mínimo para dicha tercera subasta, una suma equivalente a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo fijado para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de CINCUENTA Y OCHO MIL NOVECIENTOS VEINTICINCO DÓLARES ($58,925.00) para la finca antes descrita. En testimonio de lo cual, expido el presente aviso, el cual firmo y sello, hoy 18 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2024, EN Bayamón, Puerto Rico. EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE BAYAMÓN. *** LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante Vs. JOSE ALBERTO UMPIERRE VELAZQUEZ, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO COMO JOSE UMPIERRE VELAZQUEZ

Demandado

Civil Núm.: FA2024CV00710. (303). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA - IN REM. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL. A: JOSE ALBERTO UMPIERRE VELAZQUEZ, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO COMO JOSE UMPIERRE VELAZQUEZ. Yo, KEISHLA M. TORRENS

LOPEZ, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 4 DE FEBRERO DE 2025, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Fajardo durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 11 DE FEBRERO DE 2025, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el 19 DE FEBRERO DE 2025, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento número MIL NOVECIENTOS DOS (1902). Es un apartamento residencial de forma irregular, que está localizado en el piso décimo noveno del Edificio CONDOMINIO PLAYA AZUL III, situado en el Barrio Mata de Plátano, Municipio de Luquillo, en el Complejo Residencial Playa Azul, que mide veintiocho pies cuatro pulgadas (28’4”) de largo por su parte más larga por veintiséis pies tres pulgadas (26’3”) de ancho, por su parte más ancha, que hacen un área de SETECIENTOS CINCUENTA Y CUATRO (754) PIES CUADRADOS aproximadamente, equivalentes a SETENTA PUNTO CINCO (70.5) METROS CUADRADOS. Sus linderos y distancias son las siguientes: por el NORTE, en una distancia de dos pies dos pulgadas (2’2”), con el espacio exterior, separado por pared y en una distancia de veintiséis pies dos pulgadas (26’2”), con el apartamento número Mil Novecientos Uno (1901), separado por pared interior; por el ESTE, en una distancia de veintisiete pies tres pulgadas (27’3”), con

el corredor común separado por conducto de ventilación, la puerta de entrada y pared interior; por el SUR, en una distancia de veintiocho pies cuatro pulgadas (28’4”), con el apartamento número Mil Novecientos Tres (1903), separado por pared interior; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de veintisiete pies tres pulgadas (27’3”), con el espacio exterior separado por baranda de la terraza. Este apartamento consta de “foyer”, sala-comedor, una habitación con “walk-in-closet” y baño, “linen closet”, cocina con closet y terraza. El baño está equipado con bañera, lavamanos y servicio sanitario. La cocina tiene gabinetes y calentador de agua. La puerta de entrada de este apartamento está situada en su lindero Este por ella se sale al corredor o pasillo central del piso por el cual se sale al exterior. A este apartamento le corresponde una participación en los elementos comunes generales de cero punto quinientos diez por ciento (0.510%).

La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 163 del tomo 258 de Luquillo, Registro de la Propiedad de Fajardo, finca número 5,506, inscripción sexta. Modificada la hipoteca de la inscripción 6ta., la cual se cancela parcialmente en la suma de $173.20 para un nuevo principal que será por la suma de $116,226.80 con pagos de $629.40 comenzando el día 1ro. de diciembre de 2006 y vencedero el día 1ro. de noviembre de 2046, según la escritura número 135, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 16 de octubre de 2006, ante el Notario José V. Gorbea Varona, inscrita al folio 163 del tomo 258 de Luquillo, Registro de la Propiedad de Fajardo, finca número 5,506 al margen de la inscripción 6ta. Modificada nuevamente la hipoteca de la inscripción 6ta.. previamente modificada al margen en la inscripción 6ta., ampliada por la suma de $4,844.51 para un nuevo principal que será por $121,071.31 y al interés que será al 5.875% anual, vencedero el día 1ro. de enero de 2063, según la escritura número 98, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 23 de marzo de 2023, ante la Notario Carla Colón Gómez, inscrita al tomo del Sistema Karibe de Luquillo, Registro de la Propiedad de Fajardo, finca número 5,506 de Luquillo, inscripción 7ma. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Condominio Playa Azul III, Apartamento 1902, Luquillo, Puerto Rico. La Subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $120,296.03 de principal, intereses sobre dicha suma al 5.875% anual, desde el día 1ro. de enero de 2024, hasta su

completo pago, más recargos acumulados, más la cantidad de $11,640.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, así como cualquier otra suma estipulada en el contrato de préstamo, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $121,071.31 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $80,714.21 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $60,535.65. De declararse desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate.

La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, 11 de diciembre de 2024. KEISHLA M. TORRENS LÓPEZ, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #964, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO. JORGE A. ORTIZ ESTRADA, ALGUACIL RE-

GIONAL INTERINO #622. LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN VIG MOTGAGE CORP

Demandante V. BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: SJ2024CV07497.

(Salón: 902 CIVIL). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ARMANDO J. MARTÍNEZ VILELLAAMARTINEZ@AMVLAWPR.COM.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 30 de octubre 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 31 de octubre de 2024. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 31 de octubre de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MYRNA D. VILLEGAS TRINIDAD, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE ORIENTAL BANK

Demandante V. GILMAR MAURICIO

RUBIO, POR SI Y COMO COMPONENTE DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES CON MAYDA GARCIA RIVERA Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: PO2024CV00348. (Salón: 406 - CIVIL SUPE-

RIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FASJCFORTUNO@FORTUNO-LAW. COM.

A: GILMAR MAURICIO

RUBIO POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON MAYDA GARCIA RIVERA.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 12 de diciembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 27 de diciembre de 2024. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 27 de diciembre de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. EREINA AGRONT LEÓN, 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 ÁNGEL LUIS PERELES MERCED COMPUESTA POR SU VIUDA PURA SOCORRO SANTIAGO LEBRÓN, POR SÍ; SU HEREDERA CONOCIDA COMO ANA M. PERELES

SANTIAGO, PURA PERELES SANTIAGO, ANGELICA PERELES

SANTIAGO, ANGELA PERELES SANTIAGO Y ANGEL LUIS PERELES

SANTIAGO; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN

Demandados Civil Núm.: FA2024CV01067. 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: PURA PERELES

SANTIAGO, ANGELICA PERELES SANTIAGO, ANGELA PERELES

SANTIAGO Y ANGEL LUIS PERELES

SANTIAGO COMO HEREDERO S CONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESION DE ÁNGEL LUIS PERELES

MERCED; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN - COND. HILLSIDE VILLAGE, APT. NUMERO 101 DEL BLOQUE (“CLUSTER”) A, EDIFICIO ARENA, RÍO GRANDE PR 00745; 89 HILL SIDE VILLAGE, RIO GRANDE, PR 00745; PO BOX 1030, FAJARDO, PR 00738; 4213 LONG KEY LANE, APT. 1628, WINTER PARK, FL 32792; 13953 FAIRWAY ISLAND DR, APT. 621, ORLANDO, FL 32837.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días a partir de la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. 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

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. EDNA M APONTE ZAYAS Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CG2024CV03185. (Salón: 703). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FASJCFORTUNO@FORTUNO-LAW. COM. A: SUCESIÓN DE MARÍA ZAYAS MATOS COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDERAS CONOCIDAS COMO EDNA M. APONTE ZAYAS Y EVELYN APONTE ZAYAS; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN - COND. CHALETS DE SAN MARTIN, 301-C, CAYEY, PR 00736; PO BOX 375128, CAYEY, PR 00737; 2955 NW 126TH AVE., 409 SUNRISE, FL 33323, Y; PO BOX 5128, CUC STAT1ON, CAYEY, PR 00737. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(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 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 27 de diciembre de 2024. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 27 de diciembre de 2024. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. YAMAIRA RÍOS CARRASCO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE MANATÍ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RURAL DEVELOPMENT A/C/C LA ADMINISTRACION DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES

Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE IBIA VALDES RIVERA COMPUESTA POR SU HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS COMO JOSE LUIS ROSARIO BERRIOS Y ALONDRA ROSARIO VALDES; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN Demandados Civil Núm.: MT2024CV00797. 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: ALONDRA ROSARIO VALDÉS COMO HEREDERA CONOCIDA Y/O PARTE CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN DE IBIA VALDES RIVERA; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN IBIA VALDES RIVERA - URB. VILLAS DE LA SABANA, E-4, BARCELONETA PR 00617; PARCELA LA LUISA, CALLE OPALO, BUZON 56, MANATÍ PR 00617; URB. VILLAS DE LA SABANA, #653 AVE. LOS BOHIO, BARCELONETA, PR 00617.

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 b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. De ser el demandado un heredero de una sucesión, se le apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días, en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. También se le apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que luego del transcurso del término de treinta (30) días antes señalado, contados a partir de la fecha de publicación de este edicto, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del(los) causante(s) y, por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dispone el Artículo 1,578 del Nuevo Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A . sec. 11,021. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato: BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS RUA NÚM.: 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. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. CARMEN J. ROSARIO

VALENTÍN, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN MIGDALIS

SANTIAGO PÉREZ

Demandante Vs. OLVIN KELIEL

CORTÉS ROBLES

Demandado

Civil Núm.: BY2024RF01536. (3001). Sobre: DIVORCIO (RUPTURA IRREPARABLE). EDICTO.

A: OLVIN KELIEL

CORTÉS ROBLES.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 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://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Nombre de los Abogados: LCDO. ERIC M. PAGÁN DÍAZ

RUA: 11471

Dirección: PO BOX 9071

BAYAMÓN, PUERTO RICO, 00960

Tel: 787-436-7042

Correo Electrónico: epagan6739@yahoo.com

EXPEDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA Y SELLO DE ESTE TRIBUNAL, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 11 de septiembre de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA GENERAL.

NERI A. SANFELIZ RAMOS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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

NOTICE OF SALE.

MMG PRCI CFL, LLC

Plaintiff v. BMF, INC., ORLANDO MAYENDIA DIAZ, JULIO BLANCO DARCY, HIS WIFE WANDA MENDEZ QUIÑONES AND THE CONJUGAL

PARTNERSHIP CONSTITUTED THEREIN, ADNREW BERT FOTI TALLENGER, HIS WIFE, EVA JUDITH PAGAN BURGOS AND THE CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP CONSTITUTED THEREIN; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO (DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA)

Defendants

CIVIL NO. 19-1461 (BJM). RE: COLLECTION OF MONEY, FORECLOSURE OF PLEDGE AND MORTGAGE.

TO: BMF, INC., Orlando Mayendia Diaz, Julio Blanco Darcy, his wife Wanda Mendez Quiñones and the Conjugal Partnership constituted therein, Adnrew Bert Foti Tallenger, his wife, Eva Judith Pagan Burgos and the Conjugal Partnership constituted therein; United States Of America, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Departamento De Hacienda), General Public, and all parties that may have an interest in the property WHEREAS, on January 25, 2023, Judgment was entered for the total outstanding principal balance in the amount of $4,392,502.61 with interest accrued until full payment, plus mortgage and risk insurance premiums, late fees and any other amounts agreed in the mortgage deed, from the date stated above until full payment thereof, plus 10% for attorney’s fees and costs. The records of the case and these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico or by accessing the electronic court records. WHEREAS, pursuant to said Judgment, the undersigned SPECIAL MASTER, Joel Ronda-Feliciano, was ordered to sell at public auction for US currency in cash or certified check, without appraisal or right to redemption to the highest bidder at his office located in 441 E Street, Frailes Industrial Park, Guaynabo, PR 00969 (coordinates 18.3698579 - 66.1124836) the following property: “—“REMANENTE: SOLAR “B”: LOTE INDUSTRIAL: Predio de terreno de forma irregular que radica en el Barrio Rio Cañas del termino municipal de Caguas, Puerto Rico, con cabida de siete mil ochocientos ochenta

y un punto cero novecientos ochenta y tres metros cuadrados (7,881.0983 m2). En lindes por el NOROESTE, con el solar “A” que se segrega, en distancia de ciento noventa y dos punto cuatro mil setecientos cincuenta y cuatro (192.4754) metros por el SUR, con el cauce del Río Cañas en varias alineaciones, en distancia de cincuenta y dos punto cuatro mil cuatrocientos sesenta y nueve (52.4469) metros; y por el NORESTE, con la carretera insular número setecientos noventa y ocho (798), distancia de cuarenta y cinco punto dos mil quinientos noventa y dos (45.2592) metros. Finca número cincuenta y un mil seiscientos sesenta y nueve (51,669) inscrita al folio ciento cincuenta (150) del tomo mil cuatrocientos ochenta y nueve (1489) de Caguas, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Seccion Primera de Caguas. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It is understood that the potential bidders acquire the property subject to any and all the senior liens that encumber the property. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title 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 then and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and the bid price shall not be applied toward the cancellation of the senior liens. WHEREFORE, the FIRST public sale will be held on January 31th, 2025, at 9:00 am, and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $4,104,000.00. 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 February 7th, 2025, at 9:00 am, and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $2,736,000.00. If said second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD public auction shall be held on February 14th, 2025, at 9:00 am, and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $2,052,000.00.

Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the Stipulated Judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the aforementioned office of the Clerk of the Unites States District Court. San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 30 day of December, 2024 Joel Ronda-Feliciano,

Special Master. Tel: (787) 565-0515 email: rondajoel@ me.com.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. EUFEMIO RAMIREZ PEÑA Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: CG2018CV01284. (Salón: 801). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (ORDINARIO) Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. MARJALIISA COLÓN VILLANUEVAMCOLON@WWCLAW.COM. A: EUFEMIO RAMIREZ PEÑA Y MARIA ELENA GONZALEZ GARCIA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 de octubre 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 02 de enero de 2025. Notas de la Secretaría: ENMENDADA EN CUANTO A INCLUIR

A SRA. MARIA ELENA GONZALEZ GARCIA. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 02 de enero de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. SANDRA TRINIDAD CAÑUELAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO; POPULAR MORTGAGE

Demandante V. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION, COMO SÍNDICO DE RG MORTGAGE

CORPORATION; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2024CV07362. Sala: 702. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE, POSIBLES TENEDORES DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO DESCRITO MÁS ADELANTE:

Por la presente se le notifica que se ha radicado una Demanda donde se solicita se cancele el siguiente pagaré, el cual está extraviado, así como la hipoteca que garantiza su pago: a. pagaré a favor de RG MORTGAGE CORPORATION

por la suma de $26,988, intereses al 8 ½ % anual, vencedero el 1 de septiembre de 2020, mediante escritura número 979 otorgada en Manatí, Puerto Rico ante el Notario Hector Moya Norieg e inscrita al folio 20 del tomo 64 de Vega Alta, finca 3,202 según inscripción 7mª. POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que notifique a la Lcda. Maritza Guzmán Matos, PMB 767, Avenida Luis Vigoreaux, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00966, teléfono (787) 758-3276, abogada de la parte demandante, con copia de vuestra contestación a la demanda radicada en este caso contra ustedes, dentro de un término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: 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 a esta, 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. Se le advierte

de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 20 de diciembre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MIRCIENID GONZÁLEZ TORRES, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAROLINA ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC. Demandante Vs. ANGELICA M. DELGADO ESCALERA Demandado Civil Núm.: CA2024CV01208. Salón: 408. 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: ANGELICA M. DELGADO ESCALERAURB VILLA CAROLINA 190-11 CALLE 521, CAROLINA, PR 00985. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Jan Miguel Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jan.otero@orf-law. com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 22 de octubre de 2024. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 22 de octubre de 2024. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS RO-

BLES, SECRETARIA. KEILA GARCÍA SOLÍS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE ANTONIO OMAR MUÑIZ MARTÍNEZ, Y SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN MARÍA CABRERA ACARON T/C/C CARMEN MARÍA CABRERO ACARON, AMBAS COMPUESTAS POR SUS HEREDEROS: CARMEN MARÍA MUÑIZ CABRERA T/C/C CARMEN MARÍA MUÑIZ CABRERO; “JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE ANTONIO OMAR MUÑIZ MARTÍNEZ; “JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN MARÍA CABRERA ACARON T/C/C CARMEN MARÍA CABRERO ACARON; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (C.R.I.M.)

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2022CV01836. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 18 de noviembre de 2024, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento número ciento uno “B” (101-B): Apartamento individualizado de forma irregular de concreto armado y bloques de hormigón de uso residencial identificado con el número ciento uno “B” (101-B) y localizado en la Primera planta del Edificio “B” de Riberas del Río Gardens Apartments. Tiene una cabida superficial de ciento diez punto veinte metros cuadrados (110.20) y consta de una sala-comedor, una cocina, tres dormitorios, dos baños y

un balcón. Sus linderos son: Por el NORTE, en 13 metros, con elementos comunes; por el SUR, en igual distancia con el Apartamento 102-B, escalera común y elementos comunes; por el ESTE, en 9.169 metros, con elementos comunes y escalera común; y por el OESTE, en 9.169 metros, con elementos comunes. La puerta principal está localizada en la parte Oeste del inmueble. Le corresponde el estacionamiento 101-B. Tiene una participación en los elementos comunes del Condominio de 1.28205%. Inscrita en la finca número 66,331, al folio 121 del tomo 1,506 de Bayamón Sur. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Bayamón. La propiedad ubica según pagaré en: 101 B Apt. Riberas del Río, Bayamón, PR. Además, el Alguacil que suscribe, hago saber a todos los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante: Aviso de Demanda de fecha 5 de noviembre de 2019, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, en el caso civil número BY2019CV06516, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, contra Carmen Maria Cabrera (así surge) Acaron por sí y como miembro de la Sucesión de Antonio Omar Muñiz Martínez, compuesta además por Carmen Muñiz Cabrero (así surge), John Doe y Richard Doe como posibles herederos desconocidos; Centro de Recaudación de Ingresos Municipales, por la suma de $94,522.54 más intereses, anotado el día 4 de diciembre de 2019, al tomo Karibe de Bayamón Sur, finca número 66,331, Anotación A. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada y notificada el 7 de noviembre de 2022 siendo publicada en un periódico de circulación general de Puerto Rico (“The San Juan Daily Star”) el 10 de noviembre de 2022 en el presente

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How do the leading candidates for NFL MVP stack up?

By MIKE SANDO / THE ATHLETIC

When I assessed the NFL’s MVP race a year ago, I lamented the dearth of candidates producing at levels high enough for consideration.

There’s no such problem as the 2024 MVP race enters its final stages.

Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow and Saquon Barkley are superstar talents whose conventional and/or advanced stats match historic standards for MVP consideration. How will the voters choose among them?

Jackson was my favorite a month ago, partly because his production was allowing Baltimore to win despite terrible support from the Ravens’ defense and special teams. The picture looks different now. Allen and Burrow have surged. Barkley, having topped 2,000 yards rushing, fits into a different category as a non-quarterback. The best case for him goes well beyond statistics.

The best MVP candidates, in my view, are high-producing, dynamic quarterbacks for teams that win despite lackluster support from their defenses and special teams. These are the ultimate win-because-of quarterbacks.

Patrick Mahomes set the standard. He led the 2022 Kansas City Chiefs to Super Bowl glory after the team finished 29th in combined expected points added (EPA) on defense and special teams. But Mahomes isn’t part of the discussion this year, despite Kansas City’s 15-1 record going into Week 18.

Jackson’s Ravens are 11-5 even though their defense and special teams rank 24th com-

Burrow and Jackson have swapped places at the top since our check-in after Week 10, but Jackson has a much better record, which factors into the MVP equation. Being good enough on offense to overcome the other components and win is the goal. Sometimes, that’s unrealistic, but no MVP quarterback’s team has fared worse by winning percentage than an 11-5 record.

Jackson has played more overall games this season with below-average support from his team’s defense and special teams than Allen and Burrow have, although Burrow (five) and Allen (two) have combined to play seven games with worse defense/special teams support than the Ravens’ worst game. Buffalo’s offense has started a league-high 28 drives in opponent territory, compared with 19 for the Bengals and 14 for Baltimore. That helps explain why Allen’s Bills average more points per drive but less EPA per drive.

The quarterbacks have made their cases and still have one final weekend to bolster them (although Allen is expected to sit most of the finale). But what about Barkley?

bined in EPA, while Allen’s Buffalo Bills are 13-3 while ranking 15th in those phases that usually are critical for winning; Burrow’s 8-8 Cincinnati Bengals are 29th.

Burrow was far out of MVP contention, per the betting odds, with only three weeks ago. But he jumped firmly into the mix after the Bengals’ Week 17 overtime win over the Denver Broncos.

Allen overtook Jackson as the betting favorite after a stretch from Week 11 to Week 15 in which Buffalo beat Kansas City, put up 42 points on the Los Angeles Rams and won at Detroit, 48-42. Jackson’s Ravens lost in Week 11 and Week 13 before taking off Week 14 for their bye.

As fans debate the MVP merits of their favorite players, let’s take a quick look at basic stats for Jackson, Allen and Burrow before evaluating them through other contextual lenses.

Ten quarterbacks have combined to win 21 MVP awards since 2000. Through 16 games, those quarterbacks averaged 4,373 yards passing with 37 touchdowns (or 40 total touchdowns, including rushing), nine interceptions and a 108.8 passer rating during their MVP seasons, per TruMedia. They averaged 165.9 total EPA on pass plays

and rushes (0.27 per play), not counting kneeldowns.

Jackson, Allen and Burrow measure up to those standards except for Burrow’s 116.7 total EPA, which would rank 19th among those 21 MVP seasons, just behind 2021 Aaron Rodgers and ahead of 2003 Steve McNair. The lowest since 2000, by far, belonged to Jackson in 2023. His 51.5 EPA through 16 games was less than half the 16-game totals for the next-lowest MVP since 2000 (Cam Newton in 2015).

Jackson met the MVP threshold of 0.27 EPA per play 11 times of his 16 starts, compared with eight times for Allen and four for Burrow. Jackson also had the fewest games with negative EPA per play.

The Ravens have gone 11-0 when Jackson has produced at that MVP level, but 0-5 when he did not. The splits are 7-1 and 6-2 for Allen and 2-2 and 6-6 for Burrow.

This suggests that Baltimore has needed MVP production from its quarterback to win.

Burrow has elite receiving weapons in Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins. Allen has a strong offensive line. Jackson has a dominant running back in Derrick Henry. These are factors worth noting, but I don’t see them as significant enough to tip the balance one way or another.

If the best MVP candidates are indeed dynamic quarterbacks whose elite production helps their teams overcome weak defense and special teams to win, another measure for that is the Betrayal Index, which measures the degree to which quarterbacks overcome poor play by their own teams’ defenses/special teams.

Anyone arguing for a running back to win MVP risks getting laughed out of Math Club. The statistical value associated with Barkley’s 2,005-yard rushing season (13 touchdowns, 5.8 yards per carry) doesn’t compare to the value quarterbacks contribute mostly through passing.

Barkley’s 46.9 EPA on rushes and receptions ranks second to the Detroit Lions’ Jahmyr Gibbs (54.2) among running backs this season, which isn’t very exciting.

Only eight of the 35 running backs with at least 500 yards on the ground this season have produced positive EPA on even half of their rushes. Barkley is at 49%, meaning most of his runs actually cost the team value.

But there’s a case to be made that Barkley saved the Philadelphia Eagles this season by driving a philosophical shift that would not have occurred without him.

Did it take signing a running back of Barkley’s pedigree, ability and earning power for the Eagles to lean into the identity the offense needed to embrace to be their best selves? An MVP case for Barkley could make that point. There’s a calm and consistency to the team’s offensive operation. Barkley appears to be the leading reason for that. He is also the ninth player to surpass 2,000 yards rushing, and he didn’t need a 17th game to get there. (O.J. Simpson was the only runner to do it in a 14-game season.)

The odds are against Barkley winning the award. Jackson, Allen and Burrow have provided more verifiable value to their teams. But it’s plausible to say that Barkley’s contributions go beyond the impressive numbers.

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Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen looks for a receiver during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Jan. 22, 2023. Buffalo’s offense has started a league-high 28 drives in opponent territory, which helps explain why Allen’s Bills average more points per drive but less EPA (expected points added) per drive. (Ariana Shchuka/The New York Times)

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