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‘Oppenheimer’ Leads the Way with 5 Golden Globes P17

Heavy Homework Governor Rips Legislature Over 10-Day Window to Sign 101 Bills into Law P4

Israel Says Its Military Is Starting to Shift to a More Targeted Gaza Campaign

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Judge Does Not Rule on PREPA Bondholders Suit Claiming Fiscal Board Was Buying Votes P3

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PREPA bondholders lose suit claiming fiscal board was buying votes for debt deal

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everal Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) bondholders have lost an adversary proceeding that claimed PREPA was seeking support for its debt adjustment plan by “buying votes.”

GoldenTree Asset Management and Syncora Guarantee sued in November alleging that the Financial Oversight and Management Board, which represents PREPA, had given several groups, including National Public Finance Guarantee Corp., PREPA’s fuel line lenders and the BlackRock Financial Management group, advantageous debt settlements so that they would vote in favor of PREPA’s plan of adjustment.

The oversight board had argued that the action was designed to obstruct confirmation at all costs, not on the merits but rather based on litigation overload. The plaintiffs are creditors who allegedly own or insure some $886 million in PREPA bonds.

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain, who is overseeing PREPA’s Title III restructuring, on Jan. 3 did not rule on the issue but said the dispute would be part of the confirmation hearing slated for March and didn’t merit an adversary proceeding.

She said robust litigation schedules already exist to

ensure that all parties in interest to PREPA’s Title III case can raise objections to the plan, including objections to any alleged bad faith procurement of votes in support of the plan, she said.

“Accordingly, the Court finds that engaging in expedited litigation that would be duplicative of issues before the Court at the Confirmation Hearing in two months is not a beneficial use of the parties’ resources or in the interests of judicial economy,” the judge said. “For the foregoing reasons, the Court stays the Adversary Proceeding pending resolution of the request for confirmation of the Plan, without prejudice to the Plaintiffs’ ability to raise the issues presented in their Complaint in their objections to confirmation of the proposed Plan.”

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain

NPP delegation focused on approving tax reform this week

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he spokesman for the New Progressive Party minority in the House of Representatives, Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Nuñez, announced Monday that the priorities of that delegation in the last regular session of the current four-year term will be the approval of a tax reform that reduces the burden on the working class and small and midsize enterprises (SMEs), avoiding increases in the electricity bill, improving the hospital structure, proposing legislation to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and eliminating layers of bureaucracy in the disbursement of federal funds for reconstruction, among others.

“For this delegation, the priority is to approve and have the Governor sign a tax reform,” Méndez Nuñez said.

“When I say that it is the main issue, it is because we are going to work incessantly to lower the tax burden on our working class, so that they, along with SMEs, benefit from the use of the federal funds obtained and that are being used to move the economy and generate new income for the government. We have to impact, with real and verified discounts, the middle class and we are going to do that starting next Monday, without stopping.”

“We are going to give households with income,

whether individual or combined, between $41,500 and $61,500, a reduction in their rate to 24 percent, while those with income between $61,500 and $81,500 would also fall into the new 24 percent rate,” the veteran lawmaker said. “Denying the people this reduction is not the right thing to do. In the last four years we eliminated the ‘B2B’ (a 2015 tax on transactions between merchants and merchants, as well as professional services), we eliminated the national patente [contribution], we approved the elimination of the inventory tax, and we restored the senior bonus as well as to do justice to our older adults.

We do not increase any contribution; on the contrary.

This reform is necessary.”

“We are going to work on issues such as health, legislating to mitigate the exodus of health professionals, not only doctors, but nurses, pharmacists and other technical personnel,” Méndez Nuñez continued. “Meanwhile, the issue of access to housing is a priority for us. We hope to finally get the PDP [majority Popular Democratic Party] legislative leaders to send to the governor’s desk this coming week House Bill 1470 (A92), which has been on file since November 14, when the Senate approved the amendments. This measure facilitates the construction of new homes, which are so necessary at this time.”

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Governor denounces 10-day window to sign bills into law

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Gov. Pedro Pierluisi

ov. Pedro Pierluisi criticized the island Legislature on Monday for sending him 101 bills that had completed the legislative process in November, giving him only 10 days to evaluate them and decide whether to sign them into law or veto them.

During a legislative session, the governor has 10 days, excluding Sunday, upon transmittal to act upon a bill, or it becomes law without his/her signature.

If the Legislature is not in session, the measure only becomes law if the governor signs it within 30 days. If the measure is not signed into law within 30 days, it is called a pocket veto.

The governor criticized the 10-day deadline imposed upon him.

“So, now they intend that, within 10 days, we evaluate each of those 101 measures, and I decide whether to sign

or veto each,” the governor said in response to questions from the press. “To a certain extent, it is incredible that they have accumulated all these measures since November and are ignoring what our Constitution provides. Because the [Puerto Rico] Constitution establishes a process [for signing measures] when the session is in progress, and a process when the session is adjourned. And yes, it is correct, vetoes are given out of pocket without having to express the criteria that led to that decision, but that is provided for in our Constitution. They could care less … let’s leave it at that.”

He said he has a team in La Fortaleza that will do the work but that the 10-day window was onerous.

“We are going to do the work, but you can see the intention. Why 101 measures?” Pierluisi added. “I can understand what the spokesperson says, that some of them have taken a while to process, but

101! It’s outrageous.”

Senate Minority Leader Thomas Rivera Schatz stated that “[t]he numbers of the legislative assembly of the Popular Democratic Party are a shame and it has been the most unproductive legislature in the history of Puerto Rico. …”

“Once the measures are approved, there is no justification and it is contrary to the law to have them approved since November and for them not to have sent them to La Fortaleza,” he added.

The governor also said he hopes the Legislature acts soon on Joint Resolution 583, which would grant a credit to taxpayers.

The remarks were made at the end of a caucus meeting of the New Progressive Party delegations in the Senate and the House of Representatives ahead of the start of the Seventh Ordinary Session 2021-2024 of the Legislative Assembly.

González Colón meets with representatives of public housing complexes

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esident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón responded on Monday to a request from members of the Coalition of Leaders Fighting for the Rights of Our Communities, one of the groups representing public housing residents across the island, to discuss the status of federal funding that the Public Housing Administration has received.

“We have more than 300 public housing units in Puerto Rico, which represents thousands of units and families. That’s why it’s of the utmost importance to me to maintain the direct line of communication that I have with these community leaders, to always be aware of their needs,” said González Colón, who is seeking to become the New Progressive Party candidate for governor in this year’s elections.

“In the same way that I have supervised the disbursement of the funds that we have secured for other priorities, we are doing it with the nearly $2 billion for our residential homes because we want this money not to be lost and for it to reach the people who need it, that the people see and feel that they are being invested in.”

Within the public housing complexes that comprise the coalition, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has obligated the following funds: Ext. Santa Catalina $67,255.04; Santa Catalina $10,903.77; Santa Catalina $1,089,799.71; SSM Santa Catalina $3,690,239.40; Luis Llorens Torres-Youth Center $32,674,119.13; Luis Llorens Torres $32,042,787.98; Luis LLorens Torres $31,534,616.26; 1st Ext. Manuel A. Pérez $307,610.15; 2nd Ext. Manuel A. Pérez $5,761,453.58; Manuel A. Pérez $4,130,392.16; Nemesio R. Canales $24,607,523.46; Nemesio R. Canales $24,546,147.58; Monte Hatillo II Gardens $13,261,046.25; Monte Hatillo I Gardens $9,643,587.82; Turabo Heights $2,455,813.16; Father J. Rivera $6,164,377.18; JesúsT. Piñeiro $5,249,233.44; Jose H. Ramírez $7,040,589.91; Torres del Río $1,161,193.13; Fray Bartolomé de las Casas $14,206,923.34; El Prado $8,229,916.22; Puerto Real $3,064,337.54; Santiago Veve Calzada $4,900,296.70; Dr. Víctor Berríos $8,252,277.60; and Villa España $19,747,334.40.

The projects that are awaiting some

documentation, according to FEMA, are Diego Zalduondo Veve and Bonneville Heights.

Puerto Rico receives funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Public Housing Program to help cover operating and capital expenditures in public housing through the Public Housing Administration.

In addition, FEMA has awarded over $1.3 billion in reconstruction funds following Hurricane Maria to fund improvements and mitigate damage to residential areas. Similarly, HUD has allocated over $42 million for operating expenses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As part of the congressionally approved federal government budget, the resident commissioner said, Puerto Rico will receive about $294 million for operational expenses in public housing during fiscal year 2022 and a similar amount for fiscal year 2023. The island also received about $177 million for capital expenditures in fiscal year 2022 and over $174 million for fiscal year 2023. Those funds are allocated by way of a formula to ensure that the expenses are covered annually.

The HUD Public Housing Program pro-

vides federal rental assistance to low-income families across the island. HUD administers federal aid to public housing agencies, also known as PHAs, which in Puerto Rico is the Public Housing Administration.

Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón

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Governor submits 36 appointments to Legislature Correa to NMEAD, along with PRITS & DACO, are among them

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ov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia announced on Monday the sending of 36 appointments to the Legislative Assembly for consideration during the start of the Seventh Ordinary Session 2021-2024.

Among the appointments submitted, there are 23 that were not attended to in the previous legislative session. The governor also appointed Lisoannette González Ruíz as secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs (DACO). In addition, he Gov. Pedro Pierluisi submitted for the advice and consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico Nino Correa Filomeno to direct the Bureau of Emergency Management and Disaster Administration (NMEAD) and Anto- the governor said in a written statement. “I trust that they will nio Ramos Guardiola as executive director of the Government be evaluated on their merits, considering their capabilities and experience.”

Information and Technology Service (PRITS}.

The appointments submitted in the previous legislative “I submit to the advice and consideration of the Legislative session that were not taken up include the veteran’s advoAssembly the appointments of excellent professionals, competent cate, Agustín Montañez Allman. Pierluisi also resubmitted the and committed to the well-being and progress of Puerto Rico,”

appointments of eight judges to the Superior Court and one judge to the Municipal Court. Likewise, four prosecutors, two juvenile affairs attorneys and a property registrar.

The governor also submitted the appointments of a member of the Public Service Appeals Commission, a member of the Pilotage Commission, two members of the governing board of the Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, a member of the Parole Board and two members for the Regulatory Board of Reeducation and Retraining Programs for Aggressors.

Likewise, Pierluisi submitted to the Senate the appointment of María Teresa Quintana as commissioner and chairperson of the Industrial Commission. He did the same with the appointments of René Acosta and Raúl Bustamente as members of the Tourism Company board of directors, as well as the appointments of Carmen Ruiz Fischler, José Vega Santana and Fernando Llavona Torres as new members of the board of directors of the Puerto Rico Corporation for Public Broadcasting (WIPR).

Meanwhile, the governor submitted the name of Terilyn Sastre to the University of Puerto Rico governing board and that of Alicia Díaz as a member and chairperson of the Food and Nutrition Commission.

Education Dept. invites parents & guardians to ‘Know Your School’ event

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ducation Secretary Yanira Raíces Vega on Monday invited all parents and guardians to participate in the “Know Your School” event, which will take place at each school on Jan. 12, a week before the resumption of classes, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

“This occasion is of utmost importance for parents to go to school and learn how their children’s academic performance has been 20 weeks into school,” Raíces Vega said in a written statement. “This time allows us to identify any situation or difficulty so that the family and faculty can attend to it and work as a team to help the student. Our schools will be open during regular hours to receive all parents early in the morning.”

Last semester, 70% attendance was reached, with 173,882 parents and guardians going to the schools to pick up their children’s grades and talk to teachers and school staff.

The purpose of “Know Your School” is to foster collaboration between faculty, the school community, and families, with the goal of strengthening relationships and promoting an enriching and collaborative educational environment. Family involvement contributes to improved academic performance, attendance, behavior and understanding of community needs.

During the event, two initiatives will be followed up on with parents: “Activate Your Values,” which seeks to instill ethical values and responsibility in students, and the formation of a “Family Committee,” made up of seven volunteer parents who will work together with the school community to support the educational mission and improve communication. a task that began last November.

In the previous “Know Your School” visit, parents and guardians were asked to sign the “Commitment of Parents and Guardians,” a document that reaffirms their commitment to the education of their children and includes supervising class attendance, participating in at least four school activities, providing a study environment at home, fostering respect at school, maintaining regular communication with teachers, and helping children become responsible citizens.

Raíces Vega also thanked the Transportation and Public Works Secretary EileenVélezVega and Office of Human Resources Administration and Transformation Director Zahira Maldonado Molina, who signed collaborative agreements for the exchange of information that promotes the integration of the family into the school community, and the University of Puerto Rico for calling on parents to have a presence at their children’s schools.

To provide support to families, the secretary noted the presence of 1,169 social workers, 487 professional counselors, 881 nurses and 777 psychologists, who are part of the Integrated Support for Students in the island’s 856 public schools, a 7% increase in the social-emotional component compared to the previous year.

Education Secretary Yanira Raíces Vega

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Fiscal board rejects contract amendments for microgrid project at Roosevelt Roads

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he Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB) has declined amending a contract to develop a renewable energy microgrid at the now defunct U.S. Roosevelt Roads Naval Base, according to a recent letter.

The Dec. 29 letter sent by the oversight board’s general counsel, Jaime A. El Koury, to Local Redevelopment Authority for Roosevelt Roads (LRA) Executive Director Joel Pizá Batiz said the changes were rejected because they were proposed without a competitive tender process.

Under its contract review policy, the oversight board reviewed the proposed assignment, assumption and transfer agreement under the renewable energy microgrid Joel Pizá Batiz, executive director of the Local management agreement (MMA) between Redevelopment Authority for Roosevelt the LRA and IBD Energy (IBD), and the first Roads

amendment to the MMA. After reviewing the proposed contracts, the oversight board “rejected” it.

In essence, the board said it understands that the transfer of IBD’s rights and obligations under the MMA to PRIP RR under the proposed assignment, as well as the renegotiation of the original terms of the MMA according to the proposed amendment, without conducting a competitive process, are contrary to the principles of market competition.

“The FOMB believes that competitive procurement processes are critical for the integrity of contracts, effective economic development, and Puerto Rico’s fiscal stability,” the oversight board said.

The former Naval Station at Roosevelt Roads is a unique property with significant value for Puerto Rico’s economic future, the board added, noting that its development

must be made pursuant to competitive processes that ensure best market prices from the most qualified developers.

“Only confidence in the procurement process through public requests for proposals and a deliberate and effective selection process based on the best offer can ensure Puerto Rico maximizes the value and development of this important property,” the oversight board said.

For the avoidance of doubt, the review performed by the oversight board does not constitute a legal review of the contractual documentation or the contracting process, including without limitation: compliance with contracting requirements under applicable laws, rules, and regulations, both federal and local; and compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations governing procurement activities, both federal and local.

New medical director appointed at Ponce’s Damas Hospital

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amas Hospital Inc. CEO Pedro Barez Clavell announced on Monday the appointment of internist Miguel Magraner Suárez as medical director of the hospital.

“Dr. Miguel Magraner has been part of our family for the past 39 years,” Barez Clavell said in a written statement. “He started at our institution as a resident physician who had just graduated from the Ponce

School of Medicine in 1984. In 1987 he was appointed Head of Residency. He began his private practice in 1988. He has held the positions of director of the Skilled Nursing Unit, physician, associate director of the residency program, and director of the transitional program. In 2008 he was appointed Director of the Internal Medicine Residency and Director of Internal Medicine, a position he holds to this day. He has served as Professor and Director of the Department of Internal Medicine at Ponce Health Sciences

University from 2007 to the present.”

“We are certain that his love and vocation for Medicine, his spirit of service and innovation, his courage, together with his preparation, experience and skills will contribute substantially in this new stage to our institution,” the CEO added.

Magraner Suárez is also a member of the board of directors of Damas Hospital and chairs the board of directors of the Caribbean Imaging and Radiation Treatment Center.

Five homicides recorded over the weekend

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olice on Monday reported five homicides in Puerto Rico between Friday and Sunday.

According to authorities, the first slaying occurred in San Juan in the early hours of Friday morning. The police, during a preventive patrol, found a bullet-ridden body in a vehicle on the John F. Kennedy Avenue marginal in Santurce. The male victim has not yet

Dr. Miguel Magraner Suárez

been identified.

Police said that in Gurabo, 26-year-old Eddie Morales Castro was killed Friday night. He had a gunshot wound to the chest and died at a local hospital.

On Saturday, in Juana Díaz, David Morales Ortiz, 29, died after an altercation in front of a business establishment.

That same night, in Juncos, a man and a woman were shot and wounded; the man later died at a hospital.

Another homicide was reported on Sunday, in Humacao. A man, still unidentified, was found dead with a

stab wound on the premises of the Son de la Playa establishment.

In addition, two fatal accidents occurred over the weekend according to the police report, one in Yauco and the other in San Juan, both involving motorcycles. Two suicides were also reported, one in Vega Baja and one in Río Grande, as well as three gunshot wounds in separate incidents.

With the preceding figures, the total number of homicides on the island in 2024, as of early Monday, stood at eight, compared to 19 in the same period in 2023.

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With shutdown looming, House and Senate leaders agree on spending levels

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enate and House leaders announced earlier this week that they had struck an overarching agreement on 2024 government funding, but it was not clear whether they would be able to cement the deal and pass it into law in time to avert a partial government shutdown in less than two weeks.

After weeks of negotiations and on the eve of Congress returning from its holiday break, top Senate and House members said they had agreed to set the total amount of spending at nearly $1.66 trillion, bringing funding in line with the deal struck last year between President Joe Biden and then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy that met with vehement conservative opposition.

The agreement includes an increase in Pentagon spending to $886.3 billion and holds nondefense funding essentially flat at $772.7 billion, including $69 billion of added money agreed to through a handshake deal between McCarthy and the White House. That additional spending is offset by speeding up $10 billion in cuts to IRS enforcement and clawing back $6 billion in unspent COVID dollars and other emergency funds. Officials said the agreement did not include an additional $14 billion sought by the Republican and Democratic appropriators in the Senate to beef up both domestic and military spending.

“By securing the $772.7 billion for nondefense discretionary funding, we can protect key domestic priorities like veterans benefits, health care and nutrition assistance from the draconian cuts sought by right-wing extremists,” Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the majority leader, and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the House Democratic leader, said in a joint statement.

In briefing his colleagues Sunday on the framework he negotiated, Schumer called it a “good deal for Democrats and the country,” and he and Jeffries said Congress would need to take a bipartisan approach to “avoid a costly and disruptive shutdown.”

In a letter to his colleagues, House Speaker Mike Johnson emphasized the spending reductions that Republicans had secured, notably the extra $10 billion from the IRS, and said that the “result is real savings to American taxpayers and real

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Dec. 13, 2023. Senate and House leaders have announced an overarching agreement on 2024 government funding, but it was not clear whether they would be able to cement the deal and pass it into law in time to avert a partial government shutdown in less than two weeks. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) reductions in the federal bureaucracy.”

While calling the agreement the best spending deal Republicans had secured in years, Johnson acknowledged “these final spending levels will not satisfy everyone, and they do not cut as much spending as many of us would like.”

Biden noted that the deal “provides a path” to funding the government without deep cuts.

“Congressional Republicans must do their job, stop threatening to shut down the government, and fulfill their basic responsibility to fund critical domestic and national security priorities, including my supplemental request” for Ukraine and Israel, he said in a statement.

Congress faces its initial deadline for passing four spending bills Jan. 19, and getting an overall deal on total funding is just the first step in avoiding a shutdown. A second deadline for finishing the remaining eight appropriations bills, including the one covering the Pentagon, looms on Feb. 2.

Finishing the job could prove a daunting task. Lawmakers returning to Washington also face big decisions on the emergency spending package for Ukraine and Israel,

which Republicans have refused to consider without strict new immigration policies to stem the flow of migrants into the United States.

“The bigger problem that I see is, how does a bill that has to combine four separate bills pass both chambers and become law in less than two weeks’ time?” said Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the top Republican on the Senate spending panel.

“This is not going to be easy, to give the understatement of 2024.”

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., chair of the Appropriations Committee, said Sunday that she “will be working with my colleagues around the clock in the coming days to prevent a needless shutdown.”

At the same time, Johnson is under increasing pressure from some ultraconservatives in the House to reject any spending agreement unless Biden and congressional Democrats agree to stiff new controls to restrict the flow of migrants across the southern border. Senate Republicans and Democrats have reported progress toward a deal to impose new immigration restrictions, which could come as soon as this week, but House Republicans have

signaled they want more severe measures.

Senate and House Democrats are insisting that the forthcoming spending bills be free of policy dictates that House Republicans have sought to scatter through their bills aimed at limiting abortion rights and reining in what they consider a “woke” and weaponized federal bureaucracy. But Johnson on Sunday said he intended to “fight for the important policy riders” in the House measures.

The new spending agreement allows leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations committees to set the funding levels for the dozen individual spending bills for the federal government. To put it into force, they would have to come to terms on the four set to expire in mid-January — covering veterans programs, transportation and housing, energy and water projects, and agriculture and food and drug regulation — and move them through the House and Senate and to Biden’s desk.

Congress could potentially avert a partial shutdown by passing another short-term funding bill if lawmakers run out of time. But Johnson explicitly ruled out another temporary measure when he pushed through the current funding with Democratic help in November. Given his shrinking majority in the House resulting from resignations and illnesses, he will likely need substantial Democratic votes to push through any spending package, providing House Democrats with significant leverage in shaping the measures.

Should Congress fail to pass all 12 spending bills, it would prompt automatic, across-the-board cuts of 1%, a fallback included in the legislation to suspend the debt limit that was passed last June to avert a federal default. Johnson and other House Republicans have warmed to the possibility of extending the stopgap spending bill through the end of the fiscal year on Sept.

30 and taking the fiscal hit as an alternative to passing the spending bills.

That approach has drawn fierce resistance from both Republicans and Democrats in the Senate, the White House and House Democrats who say that it would gut domestic programs and pare Pentagon spending and should be avoided at all costs.

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With time running short, Liz Cheney implores Republicans to reject Trump

Former Rep. Liz Cheney has stepped up her denunciations of former President Donald Trump. (Emily Elconin/The New York Times)

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n a flurry of appearances and commentary, former Rep. Liz Cheney has stepped up her denunciations of former President Donald Trump in a last-ditch effort to persuade Republicans not to nominate him again.

“Tell the world who we are with your vote. Tell them that we are a good and a great nation,” Cheney told primary voters in New Hampshire on Friday, in a speech at Dartmouth College’s Democracy Summit. “Show the world that we will defeat

the plague of cowardice sweeping through the Republican Party.”

A day later, she blasted Trump’s suggestion on the campaign trail that the Civil War could have been prevented if President Abraham Lincoln had “negotiated.”

“Which part of the Civil War ‘could have been negotiated’? The slavery part?

The secession part? Whether Lincoln should have preserved the Union?” she wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

“Question for members of the GOP — the party of Lincoln — who have endorsed Donald Trump: How can you possibly

defend this?”

And in an interview Sunday on “Face the Nation” on CBS News, she denounced Trump’s attempts to end or delay his criminal trials by arguing that he had immunity against charges related to anything he did in office. She endorsed efforts to remove him from ballots under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

“I certainly believe that Donald Trump’s behavior rose to that level,” she said, referring to Section 3’s disqualification of people who engaged in insurrection against the Constitution after taking an oath to support it. (She made a similar comment at Dartmouth, saying, “There’s no question in my mind that his actions clearly constituted an offense that is within the language of the 14th Amendment.”)

“I think that there’s no basis for an assertion that the president of the United States is completely immune from criminal prosecution for acts in office,” she added of Trump’s appeals on that front. “He’s trying to delay his trial because he doesn’t want people to see the witnesses who will testify against him,” she continued.

Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for Trump, said Sunday: “Liz Cheney is a loser who is now lying in order to sell a book that either belongs in the discount bargain bin in the fiction section of the bookstore or should be repurposed as toilet paper.”

Cheney turned against Trump in response to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. As a member of the House, she was one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach him and one of two who served on the committee that investigated the attack. She lost her Republican primary

overwhelmingly in 2022.

Of all the states holding early primaries and caucuses, New Hampshire — where Cheney spoke Friday — is the most fertile ground for Trump opponents, thanks to its voters’ moderate tendencies and the fact that independents can vote in the Republican race. Trump leads his nearest challenger there, Nikki Haley, by about 13 percentage points — a large margin, but substantially smaller than the roughly 30 points by which he leads Ron DeSantis in Iowa and Haley in South Carolina.

Voting will begin in just one week, when Iowa Republicans hold their caucuses on Jan. 15. The New Hampshire primary comes next, on Jan. 23, followed by Nevada and South Carolina in February.

Cheney told the audience at Dartmouth that her own plans depended on whether Republican voters heeded her call.

As she has done on several occasions, she left open the possibility of running as a third-party candidate if they nominate Trump. But at the same time, she indicated a preference for President Joe Biden over Trump, saying that while she disagreed with Biden on policy matters, “Our nation can survive and recover from policy mistakes.

We cannot recover from a president willing to torch the Constitution.”

“I’m going to do whatever the most effective thing is to ensure that Donald Trump is not elected,” she added. “I’ll make a decision about what that is in the coming months as we see what happens in the Republican primaries.”

A spokesperson for Cheney did not respond to a message asking whether she planned to make an endorsement in the primaries.

With shutdown looming, House and Senate leaders agree on spending levels

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If the effort to pass the spending bills stalls, Congress could also pass a yearlong continuation of current funding and vote to eliminate the 1% cut. That approach would wipe out any policy and funding changes made in the pending spending bills, a scenario that those who wrote the measures would like to avoid. Col-

lins said that approach would eliminate a 30% boost in shipbuilding funds and leave scores of new Pentagon programs without money.

Negotiators have been predicting that they are close to a deal on strict new border provisions, though they have not yet agreed on every issue under debate.

The last sticking points include a dispute over how and when migrants should be

paroled into the country while awaiting their immigration court dates — a practice that the GOP wants to curtail and replace with the Trump-era policy of keeping migrants in Mexico if detention centers on the U.S. side of the border are oversubscribed.

“We’re hoping to get text out by later on this week,” Sen. James Lankford, ROkla., said on “Fox News Sunday,” noting

that negotiators wanted to give lawmakers time to closely inspect the bill before a potential vote, and ensure that “nobody’s going to be jammed in this process.”

Senate Democrats and Republicans are expected to be briefed on an outline of the emerging deal during their party policy lunches Tuesday, and Republicans are planning a special conference meeting Wednesday to discuss the details further.

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Trump takes aim at Haley as primary enters final phase in Iowa

Former President Donald Trump gestures during a campaign event at Clinton Middle School in Clinton, Iowa, Jan. 6, 2024. Trump’s escalating attacks on Nikki Haley both on the airwaves and at his rallies — criticisms she likened Saturday to “a temper tantrum” — captured the turbulent dynamics in the final week before the first votes of the 2024 Republican presidential primary are cast. (Doug Mills/ The New York Times)

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onald Trump’s escalating attacks on Nikki Haley both on the airwaves and at his rallies — criticisms she likened Saturday to “a temper tantrum” — captured the turbulent dynamics in the final week before the first votes of the 2024 Republican presidential primary are cast.

Trump, Haley and Ron DeSantis fanned out across Iowa over the weekend to make their case before the state’s caucuses on Jan. 15 in a frenetic burst of activity as voters endured an unending barrage of mailers, TV ads and door knockers.

But the late gust of campaigning belies a Republican race that has remained stubbornly static for months despite unfolding under the most extraordinary of circumstances. Trump remains the party’s prohibitive front-runner, even as he stares down legal jeopardy in the form of 91 felony counts spread across four criminal cases.

For months, the date of the Iowa caucuses has been circled on Republican calendars as the first and one of the best opportunities for those hoping to slow Trump’s march toward a rematch with President Joe Biden. Iowa Republicans, after all, were some of the few voters in the party to reject Trump in the 2016 primary.

But the former president’s two top rivals — Haley, a former United Nations ambassador, and DeSantis, the Florida governor — continue to thrash each other as much as Trump, though both are badly trailing him in most polls.

The leading pro-Haley super political action committee has spent more than $13 million attacking DeSantis in Iowa since December, including one recent mailer that features Trump’s distinctive blond hair photoshopped onto DeSantis, calling the governor “unoriginal” and “too lame to lead.” A pro-DeSantis super PAC, meanwhile, has funded more than $8 million worth of attacks in Iowa on Haley since November, with ads calling her “Tricky Nikki Haley” and condemning her positions on China and transgender rights.

“It’s literally a circular firing squad for second place,” said Terry Sullivan, a Republican strategist who managed Sen. Marco Rubio’s 2016 campaign. “Trump is the de facto incumbent nominee of the party, and if you want to beat an incumbent, you have to give a fireable offense.

Their effort has been abysmal at delivering a fireable offense.”

On the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol on Saturday, Trump indulged in the same lies about the results of the last election that were

at the center of the violent uprising, and described those imprisoned for their roles in the attack as “J6 hostages.” But his leading GOP rivals, ever wary of crossing a Trump-aligned party base even as the election nears, left the anniversary mostly unremarked upon. And it was Biden who on Friday used the occasion to pitch Trump as unfit for the presidency.

Chris McAnich, who was at Trump’s event in Newton, Iowa, on Saturday wearing his white “Trump Caucus Captain” hat, said he had specifically attended because of the Jan. 6 date.

“He did not incite a riot, and that’s kind of why I’m here, on Jan. 6, to say I’m with Trump and stick a thumb in their eye,” McAnich said.

Entering 2024, Haley appeared to be gaining momentum, consolidating support among more moderate Republicans.

She announced last week that she had hauled in $24 million in the fourth quarter, a major infusion of cash at a critical juncture. The political network founded by the industrialist Koch brothers said it was plunging another $27 million into aiding Haley, including the first spending in Super Tuesday states.

But she has made some verbal stumbles in recent days as a brighter spotlight shines on her. She suggested that New Hampshire would “correct” Iowa’s vote and that “you change personalities” as the calendar turns to the second voting state, miscues that DeSantis’ operation hopes he can capitalize on as the battle for second place has raged in Iowa. The DeSantis campaign was texting the quotes to Iowans over the weekend.

Trump slashed at Haley, much as he has DeSantis, for daring to run against him after she said she would not. “Nikki would sell you out just like she sold me out,” Trump said Saturday. The day before, he accused her of being “in the pocket” of “establishment donors,” and of being a “globalist.”

“She likes the globe,” Trump said. “I like America first.”

Trump’s pivot to Haley after months of unrelenting attacks on DeSantis signaled a new phase in the race. Haley is threatening not only to eclipse DeSantis for second place in Iowa but also to compete with Trump in New Hampshire, where independent voters are giving her a lift in a state with an open primary.

Since mid-December, Trump’s super PAC has spent more than $5 million hitting Haley in New Hampshire — after spending nothing, federal records show.

Trump’s campaign is now on the airwaves there, too.

“Isn’t that sweet of him spending so much time and money against me?”

Haley said on Fox News on Friday after she was shown a Trump ad attacking her on immigration.

Trump’s team is hoping that a string of early and decisive victories, starting in Iowa and then in New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, will help make him the presumptive nominee by March, when most of the delegates he needs to secure the nomination are up for grabs.

The former president has reliably led in national polling by landslide margins for many months. The indictments at the center of Trump’s legal vulnerability have so far served only to strengthen him politically, with Republicans consistently rallying to his defense.

Trump’s advisers have said that, in some ways, they are battling complacency as much as they are his rivals, with surveys showing him so far ahead. “Don’t go by the polls,” Trump said Saturday, urging Iowa Republicans to turn out despite his lead to send a “thundering message” that will resonate through November.

“It is effectively over,” said David Bossie, a Republican National Committee member who oversaw the debates process for the party and was a Trump campaign adviser. “It’s been effectively over since the beginning. This has never been a real race.”

Trump’s decision to bypass all the debates so far has left his rivals to fight among themselves. On Wednesday, Haley and DeSantis are set for their first one-onone debate, on CNN. Trump has scheduled an overlapping town hall on Fox News.

Haley, who has made the case that a Trump nomination will bring too much “chaos,” tried to goad the former president onto the debate stage at a town hall in Indianola, Iowa, urging him to “stop acting like Biden” and stop hiding.

DeSantis, who has struggled for months to find an effective message that draws a contrast with Trump, may have landed on one in the waning days: “Donald Trump is running for his issues. Nikki Haley is running for her donors’ issues. I’m running for your issues.”

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Boeing Max 9 jets remain grounded as airlines await inspection instructions

Boeing and the FAA were working to draft a message to airlines — primarily Alaska Airlines and United Airlines — with detailed instructions on how to inspect the planes, according to a person familiar with the process.

By NIRAJ CHOKSHI

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Boeing passenger jet model, the 737 Max 9, remained grounded in the United States earlier this week as airlines awaited instructions from the maker of the plane and from the Federal Aviation Administration on how to inspect the planes and resume service, two days after a harrowing flight raised concerns about the jet.

No one was seriously injured in the episode on an Alaska Airlines flight on Friday night in which a portion of a Max 9 fuselage blew out in midair, exposing passengers to howling wind. The plane landed safely, but the event, on a flight from Portland, Oregon, to Ontario, California, has spooked travelers and prompted an immediate call for safety inspections on Max 9 planes with similar seat configurations.

Boeing and the FAA were working to draft a message to airlines — primarily Alaska Airlines and United Airlines — with detailed instructions on how to inspect the planes, according to a person familiar with the process. Those discussions were well underway Sunday, and the FAA has final approval over the contents of the message, as is typically the case.

In the meantime, Alaska, United and other carriers said they had parked all their Max 9 planes, despite stating Saturday that some were deemed safe to fly. Federal authorities have focused attention on a midcabin door plug, which was part of the plane body that was torn out at an altitude of 16,000 feet Friday and is used to fill the space where an emergency exit would be placed if the plane were configured with more seats.

The National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading an investigation into the episode, has not identified a cause and is searching for the missing piece of the plane.

The board said it would look into a wide range of possible factors, including FAA oversight, Boeing’s manufacturing process, and installation or maintenance work done on the plane.

“Everything’s in, we go very broad, nothing’s excluded,” Jennifer Homendy, chair of the board, said at a news conference Saturday night.

The FAA said Saturday that the required inspections would affect 171 Max 9 planes operated by U.S. airlines or in U.S. territory. It said the inspections should take four to eight hours per plane to complete. Airlines abroad, including Turkish Airlines and Copa Airlines in Panama, also parked Max 9 planes.

The FAA order contributed to hundreds of canceled flights over the weekend. Alaska, which has 65 Max 9 planes, said it had canceled 170 flights Sunday because of the Max 9 grounding, affecting about 25,000 customers. It said it expected a “significant” number of additional cancellations in the first half of the week. The airline also said that it was waiting for further instruction from Boeing and the FAA on inspections of the door plug on its Max 9 planes.

Travelers took to social media to complain about long hold times on the phone for customer service at Alaska, and inadequate compensation as they waited at the airport and faced lengthy delays and abrupt cancellations.

United Airlines said it had canceled about 270 flights Saturday and Sunday that it had planned to carry out aboard its Max 9 planes. It said it was able to preserve another 145 flights over both days by swapping in other planes.

United has 79 Max 9 planes, more than any other carrier. In a statement Sunday, the airline said it had parked all those planes and had started removing door panels and performing preliminary inspections on those jets while it awaited further FAA instructions on what inspections would need to be carried out to get the planes flying again.

“We’re continuing to work with the FAA to clarify the inspection process and requirements for returning all Max 9 aircraft to service,” the airline said in a statement. “We are working with customers to reaccommodate them on other flights and in some cases have been able to avoid cancellations by switching to other aircraft types.”

Greg Feith, an aviation security expert and a former NTSB investigator, said this was the type of incident in which it was not “until you really get into the investigation — you identify all the facts, conditions and circumstances of this particular event — do you determine whether this is just a one-off or a systemic problem.”

In the meantime, those who make, service, operate and regulate the planes will be in the spotlight.

It is not clear whether Boeing is to blame for what happened to the Alaska Airlines plane, but the episode raises new questions for the manufacturer and puts additional pressure on it. Another version of the Max, a 737 Max 8, was involved in two crashes that killed hundreds of people in 2018 and 2019 and led to a worldwide grounding of that plane.

“The issue is what’s going on at Boeing,” said John Goglia, a longtime aviation safety consultant and a retired member of the NTSB, which investigates airplane crashes.

Last month, the company urged airlines to inspect the more than 1,300 delivered Max planes for a possible loose bolt in the rudder-control system. Over the summer, Boeing said a key supplier had improperly drilled holes in a component that helps to maintain cabin pressure. Since then, Boeing has invested in and worked more closely with that supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, to address production problems.

Spirit AeroSystems also worked on the fuselage for the 737 Max 9, including manufacturing and installing the door plug that failed on the Alaska Airlines flight.

This weekend, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun canceled a previously scheduled leadership summit for the company’s vice presidents this week and instead plans to host a companywide livestreamed meeting Tuesday to discuss its response to the accident and reiterate Boeing’s commitment to “safety, quality, integrity and transparency,” he said in a message to employees.

“When it comes to the safety of our products and services, every decision and every action matters,” he said.

“And when serious accidents like this occur, it is critical for us to work transparently with our customers and regulators to understand and address the causes of the event, and to ensure they don’t happen again. This is and must be the focus of our team right now.”

The Max is the bestselling plane in Boeing’s history.

The more than 4,500 outstanding orders for the plane account for more than 76% of Boeing’s order book. The plane is also popular among airlines: Of the nearly 3 million flights scheduled globally this month, about 5% are planned to be carried out using a Max, mostly the Max 8, according to Cirium, an aviation data provider.

“Every American deserves a full explanation from Boeing and the FAA on what’s gone wrong and on the steps that are being taken to ensure another incident does not occur in the future,” U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, said in a post on Saturday on X, formerly known as Twitter.

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Hedge funds dump tech, consumer stocks at start of year, banks say G lobal hedge funds last week sold tech shares for a third week running as managers chased falls in the S&P 500 index and cut exposure to big tech stocks, a Goldman Sachs note said.

U.S. tech stocks were the most net sold sector in the week to Jan. 6 with hedge funds shedding these stocks at the highest level in 11 weeks, the Goldman note to clients on Friday said.

Hedge funds not only cut long positions but piled into short bets that the prices on these equities would fall, the note added.

Apart from communications devices, all kinds of tech shares were sold, said the bank, including software companies, semi conductors, tech hardware and storage companies related to the technology industry.

European tech stocks fell 4.24% last week, their biggest weekly drop since July, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq stock index tumbled just over 3% and the S&P kicked off 2024 with its worst weekly showing in months.

Goldman’s prime brokerage department, which serves hedge funds, saw stockpickers’ performances fall 1.07% in the week between Dec. 29 and Jan. 4, the note said.

Hedge funds got hit by falling technology and mediarelated stocks, said a separate note by Morgan Stanley dated Jan. 5 but seen by Reuters on Monday.

Global hedge funds trading long and short positions in stocks saw a 1.2% negative performance for the week ending Jan. 5, said the note.

Hedge funds did not hold as many short positions going into the week and therefore, what profits they might have picked up from falling stock markets were not enough to cover their bullish bets.

Stock-picking hedge funds often hold both long and short positions in order to take advantage of both upward and downward stock price movements.

Elsewhere, hedge funds also ditched consumer discretionary companies making products that shoppers typically like to buy but do not necessarily need, the Goldman Sachs note said.

Speculators fled these positions at the fastest pace since September 2023, Goldman said, adding that traders were net sold globally in hotels and restaurants, retail stores, and auto companies.

Hedge funds that were already short in the consumer discretionary sector saw a 3.5% bump in performance, said Goldman.

German perfume retailer Douglas is considering going public in the first quarter of the year, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, in what could be one of the first major tests for European IPOs in 2024.

The private equity-backed company is set to release earnings encompassing the Christmas season in the coming weeks, with a view to listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

by March if market conditions allow, the people said.

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No final decision has been made on the timing and the IPO plans could be delayed, the people cautioned. Douglas declined to comment.

Proceeds from the IPO will be used to help pay down debt, the people said.

The company had 3.4 billion euros of net debt at the end of September, including store leases, equating to about 4.7 times its adjusted core earnings.

Under new CEO Sander van der Laan, Douglas posted a 12% rise in sales to more than 4 billion euros in the year to September 2023, with adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of around 726 million euros.

Its listing would come after a quiet two years for initial public offerings, as soaring debt costs and geopolitical uncertainty dampened sentiment towards new stock listings.

Last year was the worst for global IPOs since 2009 with $120 billion raised, according to Dealogic data.

Yet, IPO bankers ended 2023 on a positive note, with the U.S. Federal Reserve signalling it may start reversing interest rates in the new year, which would be a boost to new listings.

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Israel says its military is starting to shift to a more targeted Gaza campaign

By PATRICK KINGSLEY, ADAM ENTOUS and EDWARD WONG

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srael said its military is starting to shift from a large-scale ground and air campaign in the Gaza Strip to a more targeted phase in its war against Hamas, and Israeli officials have privately told their American counterparts that they hoped the transition would be completed by the end of January, U.S. officials said.

Israel’s disclosure came as Secretary of State Antony Blinken was expected in Israel to press officials there to curtail their campaign in Gaza and to prevent the war from spreading across the region, particularly in the aftermath of an Israeli strike last week that killed senior Hamas leaders in Lebanon and as Hezbollah said one of its commanders was killed in a strike in the country.

Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the chief spokesperson for the Israeli military, said the new phase of the campaign involved fewer troops and airstrikes. U.S. officials said they expected the transition to rely more on surgical missions by smaller groups of elite Israeli forces that would move in and out of population centers in the Gaza Strip to find and kill Hamas leaders, rescue hostages and destroy tunnels.

“The war shifted a stage,” Hagari said Monday in an interview. “But the transition will be with no ceremony,” he added. “It’s not about dramatic announcements.”

He said Israel would continue to reduce the number of troops in Gaza, a process that began this month. The intensity of operations in northern Gaza has already begun to ebb, he added, as the military shifts toward conducting one-off raids there instead of maintaining wide-scale maneuvers.

Israel will now focus instead on Hamas’ southern and central strongholds, particularly around Khan Younis and Deir al Balah, said Hagari, adding that he expected more aid and tents to be let into Gaza.

U.S. officials said they believe the number of Israeli troops in the northern part of Gaza has dropped to less than half of the some 50,000 soldiers that had been present as recently as last month during the height of the campaign. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive issue.

Still, Israeli officials have made clear

Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the chief spokesman for the Israeli military, walks out of what Israel claims is the largest tunnel they have discovered so far in Gaza, near the Erez border crossing, during an escorted tour by the military for international journalists, on Dec. 15, 2023. Israeli military vows different tactics in the crowded south of Gaza, but offers few details. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times) to U.S. officials that, while they hope to complete the transition by the end of the month, the timeline is not fixed. If Israeli forces encounter Hamas resistance that is stiffer than expected, or discover threats that they did not anticipate, the size and pace of the withdrawal could slow, and intensive airstrikes could continue, they said.

President Joe Biden has strongly supported Israel’s war in Gaza, in which the Israeli military, armed with U.S. weapons, has killed about 23,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians, according to the Gaza health ministry.

But Biden has come under pressure internationally, and from within his own administration, to rein in Israel’s campaign, launched after Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attacks on southern Israel, in which 1,200 people were killed and 240 hostages were seized.

Biden told aides last month that he wanted the Israelis to make the transition around Jan. 1. The Israelis presented the Americans with their own transition timeline. Upon hearing it, Biden’s aides urged the Israelis to move more quickly With the transition now underway,

there is a growing sense of urgency among Israeli and American officials to come up with plans to restore and maintain public order in the Gaza Strip as Israeli troops accelerate their withdrawal.

Israeli officials have told their U.S. counterparts that they envision a loose network of local mayors, security officials and leaders from prominent Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip stepping in to provide basic security in the near term in the areas where they live. These local leaders, according to Israeli officials, could oversee the distribution of humanitarian aid and enforce day-to-day order.

Although many of these local leaders will most likely have some ties to Hamas, which took control of the territory in 2007, Israeli officials see the district-by-district approach, in conjunction with aid groups on the ground, as their best option to allow for the distribution of humanitarian aid and to provide a measure of security for civilians.

Israeli officials have floated a wide range of other ideas. Some of them have held out hope that Arab states would agree to send in a peacekeeping force. Others

have promoted the idea of a multinational force led by the United States, but with Israeli oversight for security of the Gaza Strip. But U.S. officials say that their Israeli counterparts have not formally asked them to pursue the idea of an international force because they know it is unlikely to happen.

Israel’s plans have generally lacked detail, amid public disagreement among members of the government about how much control Israel should retain over Gaza after the war. Some have called for Israeli civilians to resettle the territory, while others, like the defense minister, Yoav Gallant, have ruled out an Israeli civilian presence.

To provide security in the Gaza Strip in the medium and long term, U.S. officials have proposed retraining members of the Palestinian Authority’s security forces.

U.S. officials said they believed that there are at least 6,000 members of these forces in the Gaza Strip but retraining them will take many months, and it is unclear whether Israel will accept their deployment or how the local population will receive them.

The Biden administration has called for a “revamped and revitalized” Palestinian Authority to govern Gaza after the war, viewing it as a path toward a twostate solution that would create a Palestinian state consisting of Gaza and the West Bank, a proposal that many Israelis on the right oppose. So far, Israeli leaders have all but ruled out the idea of the West Bankbased Palestinian Authority administering the Gaza Strip, and many Palestinians see it as corrupt and as an extension of Israel.

The Palestinian Authority has said it will help with postwar governance only if it is part of a wider process toward the creation of a Palestinian state.

On Jan. 1, the Israeli military announced that it would begin withdrawing several thousand troops from the Gaza Strip, at least temporarily. Israeli officials told their U.S. counterparts in private that this was the start of the transition.

Blinken has visited a half-dozen countries in the region since landing in Turkey on Friday and has spoken to leaders in each of them about how they might help in a postwar Gaza. He expects to speak with Israeli leaders about the ramping down of the war and how the strip might function in the coming months, a State Department official on the trip said.

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Bangladesh votes in election marred by crackdown and boycotts

By MUJIB MASHAL and SAIF HASNAT

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rime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh was nearly guaranteed a fourth consecutive term in office as voting ended Sunday in a low-turnout election that has been marred by a widespread crackdown on the opposition.

Security remained tight across the country of 170 million people as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the main opposition, which has boycotted the election as unfair, pushed for a nationwide strike. The situation had remained tense in the days before the vote, with episodes of violence — including arson on a train in Dhaka that killed four people, and the torching of more than a dozen polling stations — reported from across the country.

Hasina, 76, who cast her vote in Dhaka, the capital, soon after polls opened at 8 a.m. local time, urged people to come out in large numbers.

On the campaign trail, she has called for political stability and continuity, often by mentioning the country’s violent history of coups and counter-coups, including one that killed her father, Bangladesh’s founding leader, in the 1970s. She has highlighted her efforts to champion economic development, and her secular party’s resistance to the rise of Islamist militancy, as reasons the voters should and will give her another term.

“We have struggled a lot for this voting right: jail, oppression, grenades, bombs,” Hasina told reporters after casting her vote.

“This election will be free and fair.”

But with the results foretold, and the election largely a one-sided affair, there appeared to be little excitement on the streets about the vote.

“I didn’t go to vote in my hometown because what difference would my vote make?” said Mominul Islam, a rickshaw puller in Dhaka.

Visits to polling centers in Dhaka showed voting was slow. Members of the governing party, the Awami League, milled around outside the voting centers, but voters merely trickled in. Local news media reported instances of governing party members lining up their supporters when cameras and foreign election observers reached a polling station, only for the people to disperse afterward.

There appeared to be some confusion around the official figures on the voter turnout.

At 3 p.m. local time, voter turnout stood around 27%, according to Jahangir Alam, secretary of Bangladesh’s election commission. An hour later, after voting closed, Kazi

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh addresses the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 23, 2022. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) Habibul Awal, the chief election commissioner, said at a news conference in Dhaka that it was around a “national average of about 28%.” He was quickly corrected by other officials at the news conference, who said it was around 40%.

“This 40% is reliable,” Awal said, before adding that the numbers could still go up or down once the votes were tallied and that he did not “understand this math.”

With the main opposition boycotting, the competition — still tense, and in many constituencies marked by violence — is largely between members of Hasina’s own party.

While Hasina’s officials tried to play down the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s boycott of the vote, pointing to smaller parties still participating, her moves in the final stretch of the campaign made clear that she was worried about the vote’s legitimacy. She instructed her party to prop up what became known as dummy candidates — members of the Awami League contesting as independent candidates against their own party’s official candidates.

It was an effort to not only create a semblance of a contest, but to also shore up voter turnout that could give the election some legitimacy, analysts said.

But with power so centralized, and so much economic and political fortune at stake in a ticket to parliament, the result has been bitter interparty fights in many of the constituencies, including violent clashes. In at least two constituencies, Awami League candi-

dates have pointed fingers at opponents from their own party for deaths of their supporters.

“The ruling party had been trying for a long time to break up the main opposition party, the BNP, and bring some of their people to their side. This would have shown that there was some kind of participation from different parties, especially the BNP, in the election,” said Ali Riaz, a political scientist and professor at Illinois State University, using an abbreviation for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. “When they were not very successful in this, they had to choose this path.”

After winning a competitive election held under a neutral caretaker government in 2009, Hasina has set out to turn Bangladesh into a one-party state, analysts and critics say.

She changed the constitution to make illegal the practice of holding elections under neutral administration, and won two additional terms — in 2014 and 2018 — in votes marked by opposition boycotts and irregularities.

Hasina first moved to crush the Jamaate-Islami, Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party, effectively banning its political work and prosecuting several of its senior leaders for violence and treason during Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971. More recently, her efforts have focused on the BNP, the main opposition party, which has by now been so gutted that it retains little mobilizing capacity. Its leaders who are not in jail are bogged down with endless court appointments.

During much of the past 15 years, Hasina’s second time in power after a five-year term ending in 2001, an economic success story took attention away from her autocratic turn.

On the back of investments in the garment industry, Bangladesh experienced such impressive growth that average income levels

at one point surpassed India’s. The country also saw major improvements in education, health, female participation in the labor force and preparedness against climate disasters.

She has also played a difficult balancing act in a tough neighborhood, where both China and India are vying for influence. Hasina has managed to keep India and China on her side.

As Western pressures increased on her government over human rights abuses, including the crackdown on opposition and the enforced disappearances by Bangladesh’s elite security agencies, both Beijing and New Delhi have come to her defense. India, in particular, has been using its growing diplomatic weight to urge the United States and other Western nations to take it easy on Hasina, diplomats in New Delhi and Dhaka said.

As Hasina prepared to seek a fourth consecutive term, the sheen was coming off the economic success story, with the population struggling with rising prices. While she might be able to control a decimated opposition through her control of security agencies and the judiciary, the task will become much more difficult if public anger continues over rising prices and she fails to check the economy’s downward spiral.

Opposition leaders tried to leverage public anger over the economy, holding their first major rallies in years, prompting Hasina to intensify the crackdown. The BNP says more than 20,000 of its members have been arrested since its last major rally in October, which faced police batons and tear gas.

“They are playing with the ambition of the country to be a democratic state,” Nazrul Islam Khan, a leader of the BNP, said on the eve of the vote. “We will continue the movement until the government falls.”

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Blessing of same-sex couples rankles Africa’s Catholics

By JOHN ELIGON

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he Vatican’s recent declaration allowing the blessing of same-sex couples caused a stir around the world, but perhaps most of all in Africa, a rising center of the Roman Catholic Church’s future. In one statement after the next, bishops in several countries spoke of the fear and confusion the declaration has caused among their flocks, and said it was out of step with the continent’s culture and values.

The bishops also harbored a deeper fear: that in a place where the church is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, and where many forms of Christianity are competing for worshippers, the declaration could slow the church’s expansion on the continent.

Bishop John Oballa of the Ngong Diocese near Nairobi said that a woman had written to him saying that a friend told her he wanted clarification on the declaration, or else he would convert to the Methodist Church.

“There’s a lot of vibrancy in many, many dioceses of Africa,” Oballa said in an interview. “We need to safeguard against anything that might derail that growth.”

He said he would advise his priests to give blessings to same-sex couples only if they were seeking God’s strength in helping “to stop living in same-sex unions.”

But if the couple merely wanted a blessing and planned to continue living the way they were, “it may give the impression of recognition,” he said, adding that he would advise clergy “not to bless because it may be scandalous to others — it may weaken the faith of others.”

This past week, the Vatican sought to placate those bishops alarmed by the new rule, saying that allowances should be made for “local culture,” but that it would remain church policy. Bishops opposed to the change, it said in a statement, should take an “extended period of pastoral reflection” to wrap their heads around why the Vatican says the

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blessing of same-sex couples is in keeping with church teaching.

Home to 236 million of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics, Africa accounted for more than half of the 16.2 million people who joined the church worldwide in 2021. As bishops and other church leaders on the continent deal with the fallout among their parishioners over the declaration, broader concerns have been raised about whether it could lead to a rift between Pope Francis and a region that is a demographic bright spot for Catholicism.

“I think there is a rebellion already that’s started to say, ‘We’re not going to implement this,’” said Father Russell Pollitt, director of the Jesuit Institute South Africa, referring to the responses of bishops across the continent.

Some African clergy said they expected the Vatican and church leaders in Africa to work through their differences. But the declaration has complicated the relationship and will force difficult conversations between the church’s central authority and its African leaders. Some bishops have even hinted at a split between the values of African nations and the West, where some clergy had for years been running afoul of the Vatican’s guidance by blessing sameCORTINAS EN ALUMINIO sex unions.

“In our African context, while recognizing the confusion existing in the more developed countries

of new, unchristian models of ‘conjugal union’ and ‘styles of life,’ we are very clear on what a family and marriage is,” said a statement from the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Without exception, church leaders in Africa have emphasized to their flocks that the declaration approved by Francis was explicit in saying that marriage remained a union between a man and a woman. They have stressed that the church’s doctrine on marriage has not changed, and that the declaration is about blessing the individuals, not their relationships.

Bishops in Malawi and Zambia have already said that, to avoid confusion, their clergy would be instructed not to give blessings to same-sex couples. The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria did not take a firm position on the issue, and said in a statement that “asking for God’s blessing is not dependent on how good one is.” But it added that there was “no possibility in the church of blessing same-sex unions and activities,” a nod to the declaration’s nuance of blessing gay individuals not relationships.

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference affirmed that distinction in its statement. But it went further in saying that the church’s position was that “all people, regardless of their sexual orientation, must be treated with the dignity that they deserve as God’s children, made to feel welcome in the church, and not be discriminated against or harmed.”

The Vatican’s declaration has laid bare a tension for the church in Africa: How can it welcome homosexuals while not upsetting believers who stand firmly behind the

church’s teaching that homosexuality is a sin?

Some African church leaders feel strongly that they should not even talk about homosexuality “because it is un-African,” said Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of the Mthatha Diocese in South Africa, who is also the president of the Southern African conference. Others, he added, felt differently because they personally knew gay people. “It is not our experience that it’s this thing they got from Europe,” he said.

His conference has interpreted the declaration to mean that people in same-sex relationships can be blessed, he said, but individually and not presented together.

Months before the Vatican’s declaration, Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of the Karonga Diocese in Malawi delivered a fiery sermon accusing Western pastors of trying to bend the word of God to accept homosexuals as a way of attracting a larger pool of priests and other religious vocations.

“Any one of us pastors who champions this is just being heretical and fooling himself,” Mtumbuka said, according to an audio recording of the sermon, which circulated widely on social media after the Vatican’s declaration.

Francisco Maoza, 48, a parishioner who lives in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, said he was relieved when his country’s bishops said they would not permit blessings for same-sex couples.

“I still think the position by the pope is wrong,” said Maoza, a carpenter. “In the African context, even in Malawian culture, we don’t allow men and women to marry people of their own sex. So why should priests be allowed to bless such unions?”

Another Catholic in Malawi, Josephine Chinawa, said she felt that Francis needed to step down because of the declaration.

“I really couldn’t understand his motivation,” she said. “Maybe he is too old.”

However, Pollitt said that some church leaders in Africa were being hypocritical.

While they severely criticize homosexuality, he said, they say little about other “irregular unions” identified in the Vatican’s declaration, such as unmarried heterosexual couples who live together. The document says that priests can bless them, too. There have also been many cases on the continent of priests breaking celibacy rules by having children, but that does not get the same scrutiny among church leaders, he said.

“Let’s face facts: There is a lot of homophobia in Africa,” Pollitt said.

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Is Trump an agent or an accident of history?

By ROSS DOUTHAT

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n Isaac Asimov’s Foundation novels, a “psychohistorian” in a far-flung galactic empire figures out a way to predict the future so exactly that he can anticipate both the empire’s fall and the way that civilization can be painstakingly rebuilt.

This enables him to plan a project — the “foundation” of the title — that will long outlast his death, complete with periodic messages to his heirs that always show foreknowledge of their challenges and crises.

Until one day the foreknowledge fails, because an inherently unpredictable figure has come upon the scene — the Mule, a Napoleon of galactic politics, whose advent was hard for even a psychohistorian to see coming because he’s literally a mutant, graced by some genetic twist with the power of telepathy.

Donald Trump is not a mutant telepath. (Or so I assume — fact-checkers are still at work.) But the debates about how to deal with his challenge to the American political system turn, in part, on how much you think that he resembles Asimov’s Mule.

Was there a more normal, conventional, stable-seeming timeline for 21st century American politics that Trump, with his unique blend of tabloid celebrity, reality-TV charisma, personal shamelessness and demagogic intuition, somehow wrenched us off?

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Or is Trump just an American expression of the trends that have revived nationalism all over the world, precisely the sort of figure a “psychohistory” of our era would have anticipated? In which case, are attempts to find some elite removal mechanism likely to just heighten the contradictions that yielded Trumpism in the first place, widening the gyre and bringing the rough beast slouching in much faster?

I have basically changed sides in this debate. Into the early part of Trump’s presidency I was an apologist for elite machinations: I wanted party unity against his primary candidacy, a convention rebellion against his nomination, even a 25th Amendment option when he appeared initially overmastered by the office of the presidency.

Past a certain point, though, I became convinced that these efforts were not only vain but counterproductive. In part, this reflected strategic considerations: The plausible moment for unified intraparty resistance had passed, and the united front of elite institutions had failed spectacularly to prevent Trump from capturing the White House. In part, it reflected my sense that “Resistance” politics were driving liberal institutions deep into their own kind of paranoia and conspiracism.

But above all, my shift reflected a reading of our times as increasingly and ineradicably populist, permanently Trumpy in some sense, with inescapable conflicts between insider and outsider factions, institutionalists and rebels — conflicts that seemed likely to worsen the more that insider power plays cement the populist belief that the outsiders would never be allowed to truly govern.

This shift doesn’t mean, however, that I am immune to the arguments that still treat Trump as unique, even Mule-ish, with a capacity for chaos unequaled by any other populist.

You can see this distinctiveness in the failures of various Republican candidates who have tried to ape his style. And you can reasonably doubt that a different populist would have gone all the way to the disgrace of Jan. 6, 2021 — or inspired as many followers.

So, as much as I find the legal case for the 14th Amendment disqualification entirely unpersuasive, I can almost make myself see the return-to-normalcy future that some of its advocates seem to be imagining.

Start with a 7-2 decision, maybe written by Brett Kavanaugh, disqualifying Trump. Then comes a lot of ranting and rage that mostly works itself out online. Then a sense of relief among Republican officeholders who move on to a Nikki Haley vs. Ron DeSantis primary. Then various Trumpbacked spoiler-ish and third-party options emerge but fizzle out. Then, quite possibly, you have a DeSantis or Haley presidency — in which partisan loyalty binds Republicans to their new leader, and an aging Trump eventually fades away.

I will concede to partisans of disqualification that such a scenario is theoretically possible. I certainly would find some versions of it eminently desirable. (My fears about a Haley presidency I will save for a future column.)

But what I would ask them in turn is whether, having

Former President Donald Trump campaigns in Durham, N.H., on Dec 16, 2023. Was there a more normal, conventional, stable timeline for 21st century American politics that Trump somehow wrenched us off? Or is he just an American expression of the trends that have revived nationalism all over the world?, Ross Douthat writes. (Doug Mills/The New York Times). lived through the past eight years of not just American but global politics, they actually find it likely that normalcy will be restored through this kind of expedient — a judicial fiat that millions of Americans will immediately regard as the most illegitimate governmental action of their lifetimes?

What odds would they give that future historians, reflecting on our republic’s storms the way we now reflect on ancient Rome, will memorialize such an action as the moment when the seas began to calm?

As opposed to what seems so much more likely — that it would eventually produce some further populist escalation, ever-deepening division, not peace but the sword.

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Licenciado Iván “Tato” Alonso anuncia candidatura a la alcaldía de Aibonito POR EL STAR STAFF IBONITO – El licenciado Iván “Tato” Alonso anunció A oficialmente su candidatura a Alcalde por el Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño (PIP) en el Municipio de

Aibonito.

“La encrucijada que vive nuestro Puerto Rico me hizo tomar la decisión de poner mi experiencia y honestidad al servicio de mi pueblo”, expresó Alonso.

Alonso hizo historia con su candidatura a la poltrona municipal en el 1992 y en el 1996 cuando obtuvo los números electorales más altos para un candidato a alcalde del PIP alcanzando cerca de un 18% del favor del electorado aiboniteño.

“La patria requiere con urgencia personas con vocación de servicio honesto para sacarla de la bochornosa quiebra económica y moral a la que el bipartidismo la ha llevado durante 55 años. Llegó la hora de unirnos para limpiar nuestro país de tanto funcionario corrupto.

A los aiboniteños les digo: hace falta mucho más que organizar fiestas y jolgorios para solucionar las necesidades de los jóvenes, los envejecientes y los ciudadanos indigentes”, agregó Alonso.

“Pido el voto de los aiboniteños serios y honestos que libres de ataduras políticas formemos una alianza para establecer un modelo de administración pública que sirva de ejemplo para todo Puerto Rico. Mi compromiso es contigo, no con los que pretenden influir en las

decisiones políticas, con donativos de campaña y favores”, señaló para finalizar.

Honran el ejemplo de Doña Fela en el servicio público POR EL STAR STAFF

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AN JUAN – La licenciada Ginny Piñero Parés, candidata popular a la Cámara de Representantes por el precinto 1 de San Juan, exhortó a todos los sanjuaneros a emular el ejemplo de Doña Felisa Rincón de Gautier como figura ejemplar en el servicio

público.

“En estos tiempos en que tanto se señala la importancia de enaltecer el servicio a los demás, en Doña Fela tenemos un ejemplo a seguir. En aquellos tiempos donde los recursos eran menos, se hacía más porque se sumaban voluntades. Yo creo en ese principio y por eso asumí la responsabilidad de representar el precinto 1 de San Juan por el Partido Popular Democrático”, señaló.

Felisa Rincón Marrero de Gautier nació en Ceiba el 9 de enero de 1897 y falleció en San Juan el 16 de septiembre de 1994. Fue una política y activista feminista más conocida por ser la primera mujer elegida como alcaldesa de una capital en toda América.

“Su ejemplo está presente en tantas instancias. En 1946 fue elegida como alcaldesa de San Juan y bajo su liderazgo de 22 años, desde 1946 a 1968, nuestra capital se convirtió en un gran centro urbano latinoa-

mericano. Ella fue innovadora en servicios públicos y en establecer los primeros centros de enseñanza preescolar denominados ‘Escuelas Maternales’, lo que eventualmente se convirtió en el modelo para lo que hoy conocemos como ‘Head Start Program‘ a nivel de Estados Unidos”, señaló Piñero Parés.

Doña Fela además fue importante en creación de la Escuela de Medicina de San Juan, y laboró junto a Ricardo Alegría para restaurar y conservar las estructuras históricas del Viejo San Juan. “Ese Viejo San Juan que tanto atesoramos y que es ejemplo al mundo de conservación histórica, es parte de au legado”, añadió la candidata popular, conocida también su labor comunitaria y en instituciones sin fines de lucro.

En la mañana de ayer domingo, se celebró en la Catedral de San Juan una Misa en honor a Doña Fela, donde asisten importantes figuras del quehacer político, social y comunitario de la capital.

Ausentismo de Georgie Navarro en la Cámara de Representantes afecta a residentes del distrito cinco POR EL STAR STAFF

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AN JUAN – El constante ausentismo del representante por el distrito cinco (5) que comprende sectores de San Juan, todo Guaynabo y Aguas Buenas, es otro punto en contra del incumbente, donde lo residentes de dicho distrito terminan teniendo una representación menor en dicho cuerpo legislativo, a juicio de la Dra. Elba Beatriz Rivera Estrada, candidata del Partido Popular Democrático (PPD) a dicha posición.

“Navarro está entre los legisladores que más falta a las sesiones legislativas, con 8.9% de ausencias no excusadas, según se publica hoy en la prensa. Eso lo que evidencia que poco le interesa su labor, y que como hemos mencionado antes, sus prioridades son otras y que el continuismo no es bueno. Lamentablemente el legislador es más conocido por sus escándalos persona-

les y de violencia, que por su labor como representante.

Hace falta un cambio ya”, aseguró Rivera Estrada.

Los hechos le dan la razón a la candidata popular, pues se recordará que el representante novoprogresista fue señalado por el propio portavoz alterno de su partido, Rodríguez Aguiló, por un comentario en vivo sobre la vestimenta de una de los talentos de TeleOnce. De igual manera, públicas son las fotos. De igual manera, Navarro fue captado en unas reveladoras imágenes difundidas por la cadena estadounidense ABC, mientras acosaba y trataba de besar a una estudiante de periodismo durante un ágape en una convención de legisladores estatales celebrada el pasado mes de julio, en Kentucky.

“Con el paso de los años, la labor de Navarro Suárez ha ido en decadencia. Por eso es vital que la ciudadanía del distrito cinco dé paso a un cambio y por

eso he puesto mi preparación académica, experiencia profesional y trabajo comunitario a disposición de los electores en estas elecciones de noviembre”, finalizó Rivera Estrada.

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‘Oppenheimer’ wins 5 Golden Globes and ‘Succession’ wins 4

By BROOKS BARNES

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he 81st Golden Globes kicked off Hollywood’s awards season Sunday in a chaotic and sloppy manner, with the host, Jo Koy, delivering a train wreck of a monologue, winners alternately seeming to take the ceremony seriously and not at all, and prizes going to a wide array of films and television shows.

“Oppenheimer,” which entered the ceremony with eight nominations, emerged as the movie to beat in the coming Oscar race, winning five Globes, including for best drama, Christopher Nolan’s directing and Cillian Murphy’s acting. “Barbie,” “The Holdovers” and “Poor Things” also won notable movie awards.

Here are the other main takeaways: — The most nominated film, “Barbie,” which received citations in nine categories, won two Globes, including the one for best cinematic and box office achievement, a newly created prize. Its other victory was for best song.

— HBO’s “Succession” was the top television winner, as expected. The show collected Globes for best drama, actress (Sarah Snook), actor (Kieran Culkin) and supporting actor (Matthew Macfadyen).

— “Poor Things,” a surreal science-fiction romance, won best movie, comedy or musical.

Emma Stone, the film’s star, received the Globe for best comedic actress, while Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”) received the statuette for best comedic actor.

— Lily Gladstone won the Globe for best actress in a drama for her performance in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” becoming the first Indigenous person to win the award.

— Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Holdovers”) was honored as best supporting actress.

Robert Downey Jr. (“Oppenheimer”) won best supporting actor.

— Netflix’s “Beef” and FX’s “The Bear” each won three Globes. “Beef” was named best limited series, and Ali Wong and Steven Yeun collected Globes for their acting in the show.

“The Bear” won the trophy for best comedy, and two of its stars, Ayo Edebiri and Jeremy Allen White, were honored for their performances.

It was the first time that the Hollywood establishment had convened since the resolution of twin union strikes that shut down the industry for much of the past year. The Globes themselves were looking to turn a page by moving past an ethics, finance and diversity scandal that resulted in the sale of the show, an overhaul of its voting body and a change of network

to CBS from NBC. In recent years, the Golden Globes has become known for speeches about causes and concerns, most of them progressive. Last year, the ceremony gave airtime to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who spoke about his country’s war with Russia. This time around, the host and the winners seemed determined to steer clear of politics, with hot-button subjects such as the Israel-Hamas war going unmentioned.

The more the Globes change, however, the more they seem to stay the same. Just as in the past, voters spread their awards far and wide; five movies won at least two trophies.

And, just as in the past, there was at least one curveball — this year in the form of best screenplay, which went to the French film “Anatomy of a Fall.” Gold Derby, which compiles the predictions of two dozen awards handicappers, had predicted that “Barbie” would win.

Actor Robert Downey Jr. at the Golden Globes Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Sinna Nasseri/The Brie Larson (Sinna Nasseri/The New York Times) New York Times)

2024 GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS tion Picture made for Television Best Motion Picture, Drama “Beef” “Oppenheimer” Best Performance by an Actress in Best Motion Picture, Musical a Television Series, Drama or Comedy Sarah Snook, “Succession” “Poor Things” Best Performance by an Actor in a Best Motion Picture, Animated Television Series, Drama “The Boy and the Heron” Kieran Culkin, “Succession” Cinematic and Box Office Best Performance by an Actress Achievement in a Television Series, Musical or “Barbie” Comedy Best Motion Picture, NonAyo Edebiri, “The Bear” English Language Best Performance by an Actor in “Anatomy of a Fall” a Television Series, Musical or CoBest Performance by an Acmedy tress in a Motion Picture, DraJeremy Allen White, “The Bear” ma Best Performance by an Actress Comedian and actor Will Ferrell Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the in a Television Limited Series, Actor Jason Sudeikis (Sinna Nasseri/ (Sinna Nasseri/The New York TiFlower Moon” Anthology Series or Television The New York Times) mes) Best Performance by an Actor Movie in a Motion Picture, Drama Ali Wong, “Beef” Best Director, Motion Picture Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer” Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer” Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Best Screenplay, Motion Picture Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Picture, Musical or Comedy Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, “Anatomy of a Made for Television Emma Stone, “Poor Things” Steven Yeun, “Beef” Fall” Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Pic- Best Original Score, Motion Picture Best Performance by an Actress in a Televiture, Musical or Comedy sion Supporting Role Ludwig Göransson, “Oppenheimer” Paul Giamatti, “The Holdovers” Elizabeth Debicki, “The Crown” Best Original Song, Motion Picture Best Performance by an Actress in a Suppor- “What Was I Made For?,” from “Barbie” Best Performance by an Actor in a Television ting Role in any Motion Picture Supporting Role Best Television Series, Drama Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers” Matthew Macfadyen, “Succession” “Succession” Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Role in any Motion Picture Television “The Bear” Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer” Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Mo- Ricky Gervais, “Ricky Gervais: Armageddon”

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Three great documentaries to stream

By BEN KENIGSBERG

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his month’s selections include Jean-Luc Godard’s look at the Rolling Stones, an interview with a Holocaust survivor and a behind-the-scenes look at “Sesame Street.”

‘Sympathy for the Devil’ (1970) The most well-known documentary to center the Rolling Stones is almost certainly “Gimme Shelter,” the Maysles brothers’ chronicle of the band’s 1969 concert at Altamont Speedway, a movie that infamously captured the fatal stabbing of a concertgoer.

But the weirdest documentary in which the Stones have appeared is “Sympathy for the Devil,” first shown in 1968. The director was none other than Jean-Luc Godard, in the process of pivoting between the brilliance of “Weekend” and the barely watchable politicized films he would make with what was called the Dziga Vertov Group. In the recent documentary “Godard Cinema,” “Sympathy for the Devil” is held up as the director’s last bourgeois film before the rupture.

Far more interested in process than product, “Sympathy for the Devil” cuts back and forth between the Stones in the recording studio as they refine what would become one of their best-known songs, and scattered material that Godard shot around London.

The studio sessions are hypnotic; the camera tracks around the room in lengthy shots as the Stones try to find a groove, although

they’re often undercut by metallic-sounding voice-over from what Roger Greenspun, reviewing the film for The New York Times in 1970, described as a “now famous pornographic political novel,” whose text Godard uses as an alienation effect.

Between clips of the band, Godard intersperses various provocations: scenes of Black militants operating from a junkyard by the Thames; a bizarre interlude at a book and magazine shop where a man in Elton Johnstyle glasses reads from “Mein Kampf,” and heiling Adolf Hitler appears to be part of the checkout procedure; and Godard’s thenwife, Anne Wiazemsky, playing a person called Eve Democracy, who responds yes or no — mostly yes — to nonsensical questions from a television reporter. Graffiti and handpainted title cards engage in Godard’s customary wordplay, albeit this time in English (“FBI + CIA = TWA + PANAM”). An unbroken closing shot exposes the machinery of tracking, craning and tilting.

The version streaming is technically not Godard’s. His was titled “1 + 1” (or “One Plus One,” or “One + One,” depending on your source), ostensibly after the idea of putting contradictory ideas together. It did not play the Stones’ completed song all the way through at the end. Richard Brody’s comprehensive Godard book “Everything Is Cinema” gives an account of how the two versions of the film were at one point meant to be screened in counterpoint at the 1968 London Film Festival. In New York, “Sympathy for the Devil” and “1 + 1” alternated days. “If you go on Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Sunday, you will see Godard’s film,” Greenspun wrote. (Rent it on Amazon and Apple TV) ‘The Last of the Unjust’ (2014) “The Last of the Unjust” is one of several films by Claude Lanzmann (1925-2018) that can be considered an offshoot of “Shoah” (1985), his 9 1/2-hour film on the Holocaust that, for many, represents the finest cinematic statement on the subject. “The Last of the Unjust,” completed almost three decades later, revolves around a set of interviews that Lanzmann conducted in Rome in 1975 with a former Vienna rabbi named Benjamin Murmelstein.

Murmelstein was the final chair of what the Nazis called the Jewish Council at Theresienstadt, the show camp that they had established outside Prague to parade their os-

tensibly humane treatment of the Jews before the world. He essentially functioned as an intermediary between the Jews and the Nazis at the camp. Inevitably, after the war, he was accused of collaboration. Murmelstein’s description of his role is a bit different. He says that a council’s “elder” (the Germans’ term, which Lanzmann notes had tribal connotations) was always “between the hammer and the anvil.” Murmelstein adds: “The person in that position can deaden a lot of blows.”

Exactly how many blows he deadened, how he did it and why are the essential questions that Lanzmann teases out over the course of the film. Murmelstein, who in Vienna had already been assigned by Adolf Eichmann to investigate the topic of emigration, had the opportunity to flee to London in 1939 and didn’t. “Do you want me to admit that I felt I had a mission to carry out and that’s why I didn’t leave?” he asks Lanzmann.

“Does that seem so strange?” He volunteers that he had what he calls a “thirst for adventure” and doesn’t deny a taste for power. But if his position meant he could get more visas for more Jews from the British consul, so much the better.

He vigorously pushes back against Hannah Arendt’s description of Eichmann as embodying the “banality of evil.” (“He was a demon,” Murmelstein says.) His recollections of Theresienstadt become, in effect, the story of his efforts to bolster the Nazis’ propaganda efforts in order to save more lives by saving the camp. “If they hid us, they could kill us,” he says. “If they showed us, they

couldn’t. Logical!” That 33,000 Jews died at Theresienstadt, according to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, might give some sense of the grim calculus he was facing.

Lanzmann, who supplements the 1975 conversations with then-present-day visits to the sites in question, clearly likes Murmelstein, who died in 1989. The film’s parting note — with the men walking off in friendship — only adds to the complexity of the emotions the movie evokes. (Stream it on Kanopy. Rent it on Amazon, Apple TV, Kino Now and Vudu.)

‘Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street’ (2021) In late November in The New York Times, Sopan Deb got the scoop on how Cookie Monster’s cookies are made. What happens behind the scenes of “Sesame Street” is an endless source of curiosity — not least because most of its viewers watch it before they’ve begun to think about how television programs are made.

“Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street,” a documentary from Marilyn Agrelo (“Mad Hot Ballroom”), takes its cues and its title from a book by Michael Davis. But you can’t really tell the story of “Sesame Street” without clips, and that makes this documentary tough to resist. Who today — or ever, really — would think to harness triedand-true methods of advertising and turn them toward educational ends? “Every child in America was singing beer commercials,” says Joan Ganz Cooney, the first executive director of the Children’s Television Workshop. “Now where had they learned beer commercials?”

Jon Stone, a longtime writer, producer and director on the show, recalls that the idea for the brownstone set came from a commercial for the Urban Coalition. (The reasoning being that any city kid would know that the streets are more fun than being cooped up upstairs.) The show depicted a multiracial neighborhood long before it was fashionable to show one on TV. And some of the most fascinating tidbits recounted in the film deal with the sensitivity of “Sesame Street” to children’s psychology. When actor Will Lee, who played Mr. Hooper, died, the show’s creators made Mr. Hooper’s death a part of the show, in part because to do otherwise would have broken the program’s ethos of being truthful to children. (Stream it on Max. Rent it on Google Play and Vudu.)

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What happens to my body during Dry January?

By MELINDA WENNER MOYER

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: What are the health effects of Dry January?

Can cutting back on alcohol for a month have long-term benefits?

A: Champagne, eggnog, mulled wine — for many, the holiday season is a time for celebration, which typically involves copious amounts of alcohol. So it’s no surprise that an estimated 15% to 19% of U.S. adults in recent years have pledged to participate in Dry January, or “Drynuary,” in an effort to atone for their December choices and, hopefully, slightly unpickle their livers.

There’s been little research into what, exactly, a month off alcohol can do for your health. And the benefits will depend on how much and how frequently you drank before, said Danielle Dick, a professor and director of the Rutgers Addiction Research Center.

But, Dick added, we do know that alcohol has numerous and varied effects on the body, “so presumably, regardless of how much you drink, you will see improvements across many areas.”

You’ll feel worse — then better If you’re a regular drinker, a sudden change in your habits may make you feel worse at first, not better, said Sara Jo Nixon, a cognitive neuroscientist and director of the Center for Addiction Research and Education at the University of Florida.

“You’re irritable, you’re a little depressed,” Nixon said. That’s in part because alcohol decreases levels of stress hormones, making you feel calm as you imbibe — but after you’ve stopped, the hormones rebound and spike to higher levels than before.

If you experience any alcohol withdrawal symptoms, particularly those that are severe such as confusion, hallucinations, fever or seizures, it’s important to consult with a doctor, said Dr. Duncan B. Clark, a psychiatrist who studies substance use at the University of Pittsburgh.

People who engage in daily or near daily binge drinking — meaning men who drink five or more drinks or women who drink four or more drinks within about two hours — should not quit drinking cold turkey without first discussing it with a physician, Clark said.

People who drink less heavily, though, will likely start to feel better after a few days of sobriety. Although alcohol helps you fall asleep faster, it impairs the overall quality of your sleep. By not drinking, you will most likely wake up each morning feeling more rested, Nixon said.

Alcohol is dehydrating, so avoiding it may also reduce headaches and fatigue and improve the appearance of your skin, said Dr. Aitzaz Munir, an addiction

For many, the holiday season is a time for celebration, which typically involves copious amounts of alcohol. So it’s no surprise that an estimated 15 to 19 percent of U.S. adults in recent years have pledged to participate in Dry January. But, there’s been little research into what, exactly, a month off alcohol can do for your health. (Eric Helgas/The New York Times) psychiatrist at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.

The more you drink, the more likely your sexual function will become impaired. By cutting out alcohol, your sex life might improve, too, Clark added.

Your heart and liver will thank you Research suggests that moderate to heavy drinking increases blood pressure and can cause blood vessel damage and abnormal heart rhythms, Clark said.

Alcohol also increases blood levels of potentially harmful particles called free radicals, which can increase LDL, or “bad” cholesterol, Munir added.

Once you stop drinking, “these free radicals start to get removed from the body, and it improves heart health,” Munir said. “All these benefits start to occur from day one after the last drink.”

Binge drinking can also harm the liver, increasing the risk for liver disease, so time off can help it heal.

“Once a person stops drinking, the liver enzymes start to drop, and within a month or two they are back to their normal levels if there is not too much damage,”

Munir said.

Benefits beyond Dry January As for whether these benefits will persist if you start drinking again in February — that all depends.

If you start drinking the same amount you did before, it’s unlikely you’ll experience long-term health benefits from Dry January, Clark said.

But your month of abstinence is likely to decrease your tolerance, so you won’t need to drink as much to feel the way you did before you stopped, Clark added.

And you may not even want to. Among other things, Dry January can help people realize how much they drink and why. Quitting often prompts people to ask themselves: “Why am I drinking this amount? Does it play a role in how I feel? Do I think I need it?” Nixon explained.

Dry January also helps to break ingrained drinking habits, such as a having a glass of wine every day after work.

A study published in 2016 found that even six months later, people in Britain who had participated in Dry January drank alcohol on average one fewer day per week, and consumed nearly one drink less each day they did drink, compared with their alcohol use before the break.

In other words, beyond the immediate health benefits, Dry January may help you break bad habits, reflect on the role that alcohol plays in your life — and give you an opportunity to make healthier choices long after January ends.

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9 predictions for how we’ll eat in 2024

Dal Adas (Spicy Red Lentil Tamarind Soup). Soup is the perfect vessel for a number of 2024 food trends. (Joe Lingeman/The New York Times. Food Stylist: Barrett Washburne)

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o one can predict with certainty what we will eat and drink in the new year, but multitudes try.

As my own end-of-the-year ritual, I sift through an avalanche of predictions from big food companies, public relations firms, restaurant groups and market researchers. And then I get on the phone, interviewing the best prognosticators in the business.

I’m not interested in the next viral chickle or what will replace almond moms and girl dinners. Instead, I study small cultural, media and economic data points and watch the trends emerge.

So what’s up for 2024? “I’d call it hi-lo,” said Andrew Freeman, president of AF & Co., a San Francisco consulting firm that for 16 years has published a popular food and hospitality trend report in conjunction with the brand and marketing firm Carbonate. “There is this desire for boldness and maximalism and collaboration, but with this sense that whatever I spend, I need to feel real value for my money.”

People want high-quality ingredients, but they also want value — especially members of Generation Z, who are emerging as sensible and skeptical cooks and diners who want safe rewards wrapped in adventure.

Luxury will be found less in the cost or rarity of an ingredient but rather in the quality of a product that makes life easier, interesting

and more fun.

“A lot of it is, ‘I just want this fantastic experience to take us away from what’s happening on the news,’” said Jennifer Zhou, who helps lead the flavor and color team at global food processor ADM. But there has to be a value proposition, said Sally Lyons Wyatt, who analyzes shopping and consumption trends for the market research firm Circana. “There are absolutely levers people will be pulling next year in order to manage the wallet,” she said.

Here is what to watch for.

Snack hype Meals are so 2023. Next year will be all about snacks. Small, delicious bites are a lowstakes way to explore new cuisines. They’re a canvas for cultural hybrids like shawarma crunch wraps. And snack collaborations will continue to drop like sneakers. (French’s mustard and Skittles? Milk Bar and Taco Bell?)

“Snacks can be the ultimate lowbrow cool,” said Claire Lancaster, who forecasts food and drink trends for the consumer trend forecaster WGSN. Hydration never takes a vacation Water is going to be bigger than ever. #WaterTok — essentially millions of people watching other people add syrups and powders to giant tumblers of water — doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Look for an uptick in water sommeliers, the “premium hydration” category, and wearable hydration sensors. New ways to use waste to make water will pop up,

like cacao water from what’s left after the cocoa bean is harvested. Water stewardship will matter more, with consumers looking for food and drinks that require less water to grow or produce, like dry-farmed beans, snacks made with nopales, and beer from companies that use a pond filtration system.

Against the grain “It’s gonna be buckwheat’s year,” said Cathy Strange, the Whole Foods Market ambassador of food culture. During a recent trip to Norway, she had a foie gras terrine with a crunchy layer of buckwheat. In New York City, buckwheat is starring in hot chocolate and coating monkfish dressed in curry vinaigrette. It’s being spiced with chai or vanilla and turned into drinks. For the climate- and health-minded, buckwheat is a great cover crop and rich in protein and fiber. Of course, fans of soba and blinis aren’t surprised.

Sipping your supper Thought espresso martinis were special?

Meal-flavored cocktails would like a word.

Through the magic of fat-washing, clarification and infusions, umami-heavy drinks that taste like specific dishes will proliferate as our collective palate shifts from super sweet to savory. Already, in New York, you can order a cocktail that tastes of Waldorf salad at Double Chicken Please in New York or a Caprese martini at Jac’s on Bond. Or would you prefer a Thai beef salad drink from the Savory Project, in Hong Kong, or an Everything Everywhere cocktail with smoked salmon-infused gin, vermouth and caper brine accented with everything bagel spice from the Anvil Pub and Grill, in Birmingham, Alabama?

Got to be real Concern over what it takes to create food from elaborate processing methods will explode. “Ultra-processed” will continue its rise as a toxic food phrase, according to a Mintel’s 2024 global food and drink trends report. Natural fermentation, cold-pressed oils, burgers from nuts and legumes and good, old-fashioned ingredients like butter and cream will have cachet. Corollary: Ingredient descriptions will become more transparent and detailed (instead of “spicy citrus,” you may see “pomelo and habanero”) and include more biodiversity bona fides, but not in the precious farm-to-table way. “It doesn’t always have to be so worthy,” Lancaster said.

Complex heat Heat will move from brain-exploding to nuanced and multidimensional, getting paired

with sweet and sour flavors or being coaxed from layering flavors from different peppers from different parts of the world. “It’s not just ghost pepper coming at you,” Strange said.

“It’s more about the complexity and what you can create with it.”

Technology of the year (maybe) Artificial intelligence will be a big part of the conversation, although many in the food business have NFT-level skepticism about the hype. Some of the changes AI might bring won’t be obvious to consumers, like tighter supply chains, food waste reduction in large kitchens and precision farming techniques.

But others might, like new ways to save time in the kitchen or make dining out more enjoyable. One AI-driven system, for example, allows a server to simply converse with a guest and send the order enhanced with information about the customer’s preferences to the kitchen with voice AI and an earbud, said Simon de Montfort Walker, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Food and Beverage & Central Industry Solutions.

Florals Color expert Pantone declared peach fuzz the color of the year, and several food prognosticators followed and endorsed peach as flavor of the year. Others say flavors like cherry blossom and violet will dominate.

Wildflowers will abound. It’s all about lightness, femininity and new metrics that include kindness, altruism and cooperation. Consider the viral appeal of hwachae, with fresh fruit, strawberry milk and Sprite over ice.

Dish of the year: Soup Soup is bone broth’s more interesting younger sibling and the perfect vehicle for cross-cultural mashups, like menudo tonkotsu ramen. It’s also an easy way to dip into the rising popularity of food from Cambodia, Singapore and Indonesia. For cooks, it’s a low-risk, forgiving way to experiment with new flavors and ingredients. Soup uses up vegetables that might otherwise get tossed. The Specialty Food Association’s trend spotters predict more soup and soup starter mixes on grocery shelves.

And soup is yet one more way to soothe ourselves. “Honestly,” said Jenny Zegler, director of Mintel Food and Drink, “I wouldn’t be mad if 2024 was the year of soup.”

Other trendlets Philadelphia as a food town. The continued reign of pickled things. Desserts using sweetened condensed milk and meringue (but not necessarily at the same time). Pistachio everywhere, both the color and the nut. Products that embrace menopause and women’s health. Breadfruit. Shrimp toast in new and creative forms. The sour taste of tamarind and calamansi. Chilled red wine.

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These vets make house calls for killer whales

By EMILY ANTHES

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ne day in September, a team of scientists clambered onto a small boat and set out into the Salish Sea, searching for an endangered population of orcas. The Southern Resident killer whales, one of several distinct orca communities that inhabit the Pacific Northwest, can be elusive, so the researchers were delighted to find a small pod of them. But as they drew closer, a putrid smell washed over the boat.

The scientists eyed one another with suspicion before it dawned on them: The odor was coming from the clouds of mist that the whales were expelling from their blowholes. “Everybody is allowed to have bad breath every now and then, but this was not just bad breath,” said Dr. Hendrik Nollens, vice president for wildlife health at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, who was on the boat. “There was something going on.”

Fetid breath can be a sign of illness or infection, but the cause could have been anything from a tooth abscess to a life-threatening case of pneumonia. Fortunately, the scientists were armed with an experimental diagnostic tool: a breath-collection drone.

The technology — essentially a flying petri dish that could be steered into an orca’s plume — was still under development, but it was about to face an unexpected, real-world test. “We were concerned,” Nollens said, “and so we launched our drone.”

It’s not easy to perform a veterinary exam on a wild, multiton marine mammal that might surface for only seconds at a time.

But for the past five years, a team of veterinarians, marine biologists and engineers has been developing tools to do just that. Their goal is to perform regular, remote health assessments on each of the Southern Residents — and, if necessary, to intervene with personalized medical care.

It’s an unconventional approach to conservation, which typically aims to shore up the health of populations rather than individual animals. But the Southern Residents, which were listed as endangered in 2005, are in serious trouble, threatened by pollution, boat traffic and plummeting stocks of wild salmon, their preferred food source.

Despite continuing conservation efforts, the population is about 75 whales.

“We’re in a dire, dire situation,” said Dr. Joe Gaydos, science director of the SeaDoc Society, a marine conservation program at the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine. “We’re at that point where the health of every single individual is important.”

An ailing whale That became painfully apparent five years ago, when another sickly Southern Resident known as J50 set the project into motion.

When she was born in 2014, J50 was a sign of hope; it had been more than two years since the last successful birth in the Southern Resident population. The calf was covered in scars, earning her the nickname Scarlet, but she seemed healthy and vigorous, becoming known for her playful behavior. “Everybody loved her,” Gaydos said.

Over the years that followed, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration worked with a nonprofit organization called SeaLife Response, Rehabilitation and Research to keep tabs on the Southern Residents, using aerial photography to monitor the whales’ size and condition. In the summer of 2018, the photographs revealed that Scarlet had become shockingly skinny. Behavioral observations suggested that she was weak, sometimes falling far behind her pod.

NOAA assembled an emergency response team, working with many organizations and experts including Gaydos and Nollens, then a veterinarian at SeaWorld.

The scientists looked for signs of a respiratory infection, a common and dangerous ailment in whales, by attaching a petri dish to a long pole and holding it above Scarlet’s blowhole when she exhaled. They scooped fecal samples out of the water, analyzing them for parasites.

They found no clear answers, leaving the team with a stark choice: They could try to do something, or they could watch Scarlet waste away. “Do we just have to sit here and watch this poor whale die?” Gaydos recalled thinking.

So they tried the few treatments they had, using a dart gun to administer antibiotics and depositing live salmon in the starving whale’s path.

Scarlet continued to deteriorate, and in September, she disappeared. After an in-

tensive, fruitless search, Scarlet was declared dead.

It was an enormous loss not only for the people who had come to love Scarlet but also for the Southern Resident population, which desperately needed young females to survive and reproduce. Other young orcas had died in recent years, too. “Trying to understand why they’re going out of population prematurely has been a big challenge,” said Brad Hanson, a wildlife biologist at NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center.

Experts had already been discussing the need to develop techniques to diagnose, and potentially treat, sick whales, but Scarlet’s death made that pursuit feel urgent. “We realized, wow, we didn’t have a lot of tools in the toolbox,” Gaydos said. “We were doing, like, Civil War medicine.”

Drone development For the past few years, Hanson, Gaydos, Nollens and their colleagues have been experimenting with a variety of techniques, including using infrared cameras to measure the whales’ body temperatures and directional microphones to record their breathing.

And they have gone all-in on developing a breath-collection drone. The respiratory droplets that the whales exhale are a biological gold mine, allowing scientists to search

for viruses and abnormal cells. But a petri dish on a pole was not going to cut it.

Other researchers had used drones to collect breath samples from large whales, such as humpbacks, which produce big plumes. Orca exhalations are smaller and harder to collect. But using computational modeling, experts in conservation technology at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance discovered that if they mounted a petri dish on a drone in the right place, air currents generated by the propellers would help funnel the respiratory droplets onto the dish.

The team tested their prototypes and refined their approach with captive orcas at SeaWorld and more robust wild whales before sending the drones buzzing over the Southern Residents. “We have developed the techniques to be able to do this without regularly spooking the animals,” Hanson said.

The scientists know that they can’t save the Southern Residents through veterinary interventions alone, but they hope to buy the whales more time while broader conservation efforts continue.

“When we started out, it was a pretty far-fetched idea to say, ‘We’re going to do veterinary exams on wild, free-swimming orcas, and they won’t even know we’re doing it,’” Nollens said. “It’s not far-fetched anymore.”

A southern resident killer whale surfaces near a NOAA research vessel near the San Juan Islands in Washington on September 13, 2023. With drones and infrared cameras, intrepid veterinarians are monitoring the health of wild orcas in the Pacific Northwest. (Louise Johns/The New York Times)

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Seeking higher ground: Western resorts take skiers where the snow is

In an undated photo from Jesse Hoffman, a skier on a steep slope in Aspen, Colo. A new 153-acre expansion known as Hero’s adds 20 percent more terrain to Aspen Mountain, one of four ski areas in the Aspen Snowmass portfolio. (Jesse Hoffman via The New York Times)

By ELAINE GLUSAC

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espite the La Nina weather pattern that dumped snowfall by the foot last winter at many mountain resorts in the western United States, global warming fundamentally threatens the survival of the ski business. In response, ski areas are increasingly investing in efficient snow-making and carbon emissions reductions. Some areas, especially in the West, are also pursuing another method: developing terrain higher up mountains where colder climes or steeper, tree-filled terrain are more likely to hold the snow.

This winter, three ski areas in Colorado — Aspen Mountain, Keystone Resort and Steamboat Ski Resort — are unveiling significant high-altitude expansions or terrain additions designed for experts, potentially delighting one of the biggest audiences of skiers and snowboarders in recent years.

Going higher While opening higher-elevation areas aims to take advantage of colder conditions to produce and preserve snow, travelers may need more time to adjust to runs cut above 10,000 feet.

In Aspen, the new 153-acre expansion known as Hero’s adds 20% more terrain to Aspen Mountain, one of four ski areas in the Aspen Snowmass portfolio.

“We have an uncertain future because of climate change,” said Geoff Buchheister, the CEO of Aspen Snowmass.

He stressed that the expansion — 20 years in the making —

didn’t begin as an answer to global warming, but should help retain snow.

“It’s above 10,000 feet and happens to be northeast-facing so the sun is perfect for holding snow once it’s there through the winter, allowing us to ski longer in the spring,” Buchheister said. “In low snow years, it might be a nice asset for us.”

Skiers and riders will take the main Silver Queen Gondola from the village base to the top of Aspen Mountain to gain access to Hero’s — which is entirely reliant on natural snow — at 11,262 feet.

Trees were thinned in the new gladed area of the White River National Forest, offering natural obstacles to carve around on a 1,220-foot vertical drop. While there are a few access points for intermediate skiers, the heart of the terrain — including chutes, or steep, narrow sections usually bounded by rock walls — are rated double black for expert skiers.

“It’s going to make you feel like a hero,” Buchheister said.

Keystone Resort, a Vail Resorts-owned destination about 75 miles west of Denver, is opening a new lift terminating at 12,282 feet and providing access to its Bergman Bowl, formerly available to skiers and riders who hiked in for more than 1 mile or took a snowcat ride up.

The high-speed Bergman Express lift will offer access to roughly 550 acres — much of it above the tree line — in two adjacent bowls, Bergman and Erickson, which have been mapped with 16 new trails, most of them intermediate. Although the resort

is open, the Bergman area, which is dependent on natural snow, is not expected to open until late December or early January.

Chris Sorensen, the vice president and general manager of Keystone, said the Bergman Bowl project has been in development plans since 2009 and is largely reliant on natural snow.

The relatively low angle of the mountain in the area allowed Keystone to offer less-than-expert skiers access to high alpine runs.

“We wanted to make sure it was accessible,” Sorensen said, adding that the new terrain includes three beginner runs that appeal to Keystone’s core demographic, families. “Everyone in the family can go out there and have a good time.”

Extending the season Another debut encompasses steeper conditions known to preserve snow. In Steamboat Springs in Northern Colorado, Steamboat Ski Resort has introduced 655 acres of expert terrain known as Mahogany Ridge, an area previously accessible from the resort by backcountry skiers, but not officially inbounds, meaning it wasn’t patrolled or treated to diminish the risk of avalanches. Served by the new Mahogany Ridge Express lift, the experts-only area — where trees were left uncut except for under the lift — adds more challenging terrain to the resort map.

“We’ve historically been an intermediate’s paradise, and we remain one,” Loryn Duke, the communications director at Steamboat, wrote in an email.

The addition will rely on natural snow with no snowmaking or grooming. “But because of its extreme nature the area tends to keep our light, fluffy snow for long periods of time,” Duke added, attributing its duration in part to low traffic and tree shading.

Skiing or snowboarding steeper, harder-to-reach or wooded terrain often demands expert skills catering to core enthusiasts.

“Higher elevation terrain keeps resorts open longer,” said Nick Sargent, the president of Snowsports Industries America, a trade group. Noting the short ski season traditionally runs from Thanksgiving to Easter, he added, “The resort’s goal is to extend that as much as possible.”

‘New and different terrain’ Pushing higher up the mountains isn’t an option for most ski resorts, even in the West.

“When it comes to high-elevation skiing, there aren’t that many resorts in the U.S. that can build higher,” said Adrienne Saia Isaac, the director of marketing and communications for the National Ski Areas Association. “For the majority of experiences, you’re already skiing from the summit.”

Trails venturing into thinner air offer their own management challenges. High winds may sheer them of snow or force the lifts to close. Taos Ski Valley in northern New Mexico, which began operating a chairlift reaching 12,481-foot Kachina Peak in 2015, said it rarely opens the lift before the end of January each season. Once the terrain is open, it is available about 76% of the time, on average, with the lift running about 68% of the time and the rest open to those who hike up.

Most expansions or developments, Isaac added, are done to stay competitive. “People want to ski new and different terrain,” she said.

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POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza por la deuda reclamada de $4,910.98 y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, Lcdo.

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POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:/// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Kenmuel J. Ruiz Lopez cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kenmuel.ruiz@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en ARECIBO, Puerto Rico, hoy día 31 de octubre de 2023.

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Se le apercibe que la parte demandante por mediación del Lcdo. Rafael Fabre Colón, P.O. Box 277, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681, Tel. 787-265-0334, ha radicado la acción de epígrafe en su contra. Copia de la demanda, emplazamientos y del presente edicto le ha sido enviado por correo a la última dirección conocida. Pueden ustedes obtener mayor información sobre el asunto revisando los autos en el Tribunal. Se le apercibe que tiene usted un término de treinta (30) días para radicar contestación a dicha demanda de cobro de dinero y/o cualquier escrito que estime usted conveniente 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 de epígrafe, pero que de no radicarse escrito alguno ante el Tribunal dentro de dicho término el Tribunal procederá a ventilar el procedimiento sin más citarle ni oírle. Dada en San Germán, Puerto Rico, hoy 14 de diciembre de 2023. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA GENERAL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA MUNICIPAL DE SAN GERMÁN. SOCORRO VÉLEZ RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: La Parte Demandada, al (a la) Secretario(a) de Hacienda de Puerto Rico y al Público General:

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Manatí, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Manatí, el 7 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: URBANIZACIÓN FELIX CORDOVA DAVILA de Manatí. 1: Cabida: 1,965.2 Metros Cuadrados. Linderos: Norte, en dos alineaciones de 66.79 metros, y 43.45 metros con la finca principal de la cual se segregara. Sur, en 29.50 metros y 34.70 metros con la parcela 139. Este, en 45.79 metros con la parcela 139-A. Oeste, en 1.00 metros con la carretera estatal 670. Casa de hormigón y bloques de concreto semi alta, levantada en columnas, de una sola planta, destinada LEGAL NOTICE a vivienda. Inscrita al folio 65 ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO del tomo 183 de Manatí, finca DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- número 7,738, Registro de la NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Propiedad de Manatí. La HipoSALA SUPERIOR DE MANATÍ teca Revertida consta inscrita Tomo Karibe, finca número FINANCE OF AMERICA al 7,738 de Manatí, inscripción 5ª.

REVERSE LLC. Propiedad localizada en: 140Demandante Vs. 1 PR 670 KM 0.6 BDA FELIX SUCESION SALOMON CORDOVA DAVILA MANATI, MUNOZ ORTIZ T/C/C PUERTO RICO 00674. Según SALOMON MUÑOZ ORTIZ figuran en la certificación reT/C/C SALOMON MUNOZ gistral, la propiedad objeto de está gravada por las T/C/C SALOMÓN MUÑOZ ejecución siguientes cargas anteriores ORTIZ COMPUESTA o preferentes: Nombre del Ti-

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y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes.

El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $256,500.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Manatí, el 14 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $171,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $128,250.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Manatí, el 22 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $115,280.13 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $19,794.89 en intereses acumulados al 17 de julio de 2023 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 2.654% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $10,533.29 en seguro hipotecario; $2,025.53 de contribuciones; $1,702.75 de seguro; $450.00 de tasaciones; $400.00 de inspecciones; $907.50 en adelantos de honorarios de abogado; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $25,650.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado. A tenor con

esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Manatí, Puerto Rico, hoy 13 de diciembre de 2023. WILFREDO OLMO SALAZAR, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. WILFREDO DÍAZ QUIÑONES, ALGUACIL PLACA #914.

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MMG I PR CGDY LLC Demandante, V.

SUCESION DE YAMILLE MARINA MACHAL FERRER ET AL

Demandados Civil Núm.: MZ2023CV01003.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., S.S.

A: JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE YAMILLE MARINA MACHAL FERRER.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al

24 tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumac2018/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio.

Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. La información de los abogados de la parte demandante es la siguiente: Atención: LCDA. ANA J. BOBONIS ZEQUEIRA RUA 11305 FERNANDEZ CHIQUES, LLC PO Box 9749 San Juan, PR 00908 Tel. (787) 722-3040 / Fax (787) 722-3317 ana@ffclaw.com POR LA PRESENTE, además, se le interpela judicialmente conforme al Art. 959 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico (31 L.P.R.A. §2787), para que en un término de treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento, acepte o renuncie mediante instrumento público o comparecencia judicial especial la herencia del causante Álvaro Agosto Pérez t/c/c Álvaro Luis Agosto Pérez, apercibiéndosele que de no expresarse dentro de dicho término, se tendrá por aceptada la herencia. B.B.V.A. v. Latinoamericana, 164 D.P.R. 689 (2005). EXPEDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA Y SELLO DE ESTE TRIBUNAL. En Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy día 20 de diciembre de 2023. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. NILDA TORRES ACEVEDO, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS.

RICHARD DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; CLARA ARGENTINA FRONTAL SANCHEZ TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO CLARA FRONTAL SANCHEZ POR SÍ Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA; ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO Y CRIM

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2019CV04197.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL. A: LA SUCESION DE OLIMPIO MARTINEZ GUTIERREZ COMPUESTA POR ROBERTO MARTINEZ ORTIZ, OLIMPO MARTINEZ ORTIZ, MARIA MARTINEZ ORTIZ, IRMA MARTINEZ ORTIZ; JANE DOE, JOHN DOE, RICHARD DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; CLARA ARGENTINA FRONTAL SANCHEZ, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO CLARA FRONTAL SANCHEZ POR SÍ Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA; ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO Y CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM).

Yo, MARIBEL LANZAR VELÁZQUEZ, 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 7 DE FEBRERO DE 2024 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de LEGAL NOTICE Primera Instancia, Sala SupeTRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS- rior de Bayamón, en el Cuarto TANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL Piso, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPE- venderé en Pública Subasta la RIOR propiedad inmueble que más BANCO POPULAR DE adelante se describe y cuya PUERTO RICO venta en pública subasta se orDemandante Vs. denó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en LA SUCESIÓN DE dinero en efectivo, giro postal OLIMPIO MARTINEZ certificado a nombre GUTIERREZ COMPUESTA odelcheque o la Alguacil del Tribunal de POR ROBERTO Primera Instancia. Los autos y MARTINEZ ORTIZ, todos los documentos corresOLIMPO MARTINEZ pondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto ORTIZ, MARIA MARTINEZ ORTIZ, IRMA en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Bayamón durante horas laboraMARTINEZ ORTIZ; bles. Que en caso de no produJANE DOE, JOHN DOE, cir remate ni adjudicación en la

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primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 14 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 21 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: DESCRIPCION REGISTRAL: Urbana: URBANIZACION SANTA JUANITA de Bayamón Sur: Solar: SOLAR 45, BLOQUE R. Cabida: 303.1 Metros Cuadrados. Norte: con Solar Seis; Nordeste, con Solar cuarenta y tres, Noroeste, con el Solar cinco; Sureste, con solar cuarenta y cuatro; Suroeste, con calle Gioconda. Dirección física de la propiedad; R-45 Gioconda St., Urbanización Santa Juanita, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Inscrita al folio 217 del tomo 1801 de Bayamón, finca 23,732, inscripción 8va, del Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Primera. La subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $18,257.78 de principal, más intereses acumulados a razón de 6.125% anual computados desde el día 1ro. de mayo de 2018, hasta su total saldo, recargos por demora y $5,000.00 por costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles.

Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $50,000.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $33,333.33 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $25,000.00.

Si se declara 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 todo licitador acepta como suficiente la titularidad 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 subas-

ta 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 Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 21 de diciembre de 2023. MARIBEL LANZAR VELÁZQUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #735, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL, SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Parte Demandante Vs.

MARCOS ANTONIO HERNÁNDEZ SANTIAGO, MARILYN ORTIZ ROSARIO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2023CV02697.

(401). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia en Rebeldía dictada el 16 de julio de 2023, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 6 de diciembre de 2023 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 12 de diciembre de 2023 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 7 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la Oficina del Alguacil de Subastas, localizada en el cuarto piso del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Sala Su-

perior, ubicado en la Carretera Número Dos (#2), Kilómetro 10.4, Esquina Esteban Padilla, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar #2.

Compuesto de 942.1226 metros cuadrados radicado en el Barrio Hato Tejas de Bayamón.

Colindando por el NORTE, con el solar #3, en distancia de 34.88 metros cuadrados; por el SUR, en igual distancia con el solar #1; por el ESTE, en 27.00 metros, con el Dr. J.M. Becerra; y por el OESTE, en 27.00 metros con área de uso público denominado según plano como lote #7. Edificación: Enclava casa de cemento de 20 pies de ancho por 34 pies de largo con cabida de 3 cuartos dormitorios, un baño, sala-comedor, cocina y medio balcón con un valor de $14,000.00, según consta de la Escritura núm.

122, otorgada en Bayamón, el 22 de diciembre de 1984, ante el notario Domingo Carrasquillo Díaz, inscrita al folio 246 vuelto del tomo 1328 de Bayamón, Finca 59776, inscripción segunda. Inscrita al folio 246 del tomo 1328 de Bayamón, Finca 59776, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. La hipoteca consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Bayamón, Finca 59776, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. Inscripción sexta.

DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: URB. BO HATO TEJAS, 20 CALLE PABLO SALAS (SOLAR #2), BAYAMON PR 00959-4229.

Número de catastro: (15) 085001-002-91-000. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $153,600.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 14 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $102,400.00.

De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 21 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $76,800.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente.

Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto

satisfacer a la demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la suma de $75,856.57 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 5.25% anual desde el 1 de noviembre de 2017 hasta su completo pago, más $3,150.74 de recargos acumulados los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $15,360.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo, incluyendo pero sin limitarse a gastos de mantenimiento, inspecciones y otros adelantos “corporate advances”. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesan los siguientes gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: a. Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Vs. Marcos Antonio Hernández Santiago, Marilyn Ortiz Rosario y la Sociedad Legal de Gananciales; el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro de Bayamón, Sala Superior, en el caso civil número BY2023CV02697, sobre Cobro de Dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $75,856.57 y otras cantidades, según demanda de fecha de 15 de mayo de 2023.

Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Bayamón Sur. Anotación B. Se les advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 2102015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en Bayamón, Puerto

Rico, hoy 20 de diciembre de con intereses al tres punto se2023. MARIBEL LANZAR VE- senta por ciento (3.60%) anual, LÁZQUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA vencedero el dieciocho (18) de #735, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBU- noviembre de dos mil ochenta NAL DE PRIMERA INSTAN- y cinco (2085), según surge CIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE de la escritura número ciento BAYAMÓN, SALA SUPERIOR. setenta y seis (176) otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el LEGAL NOTICE día veinte (20) de febrero de ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO dos mil nueve (2009), ante el DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- notario Raúl Rivera Burgos, y NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA cuya obligación esta Inscrita al SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE folio ciento trece (113) del tomo mil novecientos trece (1913) de KARY GERARDO Ponce, finca número cincuenta NEGRON LÓPEZ y un mil quinientos cincuenta Demandante Vs. y cinco (51,555), inscripción SECRETARIO DE 17ma. “REVERSE MORTGALA VIVIENDA Y GE”. Que la propiedad sobre la DESARROLLO cual se constituyó dicha hipoURBANO; SECRETARY teca es la siguiente: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT cuarenta y dos (42) del Plano de inscripción de la Urbaniza(HUD); JOHN DOE Y ción El Monte, radicado en el RICHARD ROE COMO Barrio Coto Laurel de término POSIBLES TENEDORES municipal de Ponce, Puerto DESCONOCIDOS Rico, con una cabida superficial Demandados de dos mil quinientos cincuenCivil Núm.: PO2023CV03703. ta y seis punto cuatro cuatro Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE cero siete (2,556.4407) metros PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EM- cuadrados. En lindes por el PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. NORTE, en un arco de cinESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ- cuenta y uno punto cincuenta RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE y cinco (51.55) metros, con la LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LI- calle C de la misma UrbanizaBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO ción; por el SUR, en treinta y RICO, SS. cuatro punto cuarenta y ocho (34.48) metros, terrenos de la A: SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN Sucesión J. Serralles, Inc., Por ESTE, en cincuenta y tres DEVELOPMENT (HUD) el cero cero (53.00) metros con el - 451 TH STREET S.W. solar cuarenta y tres (43) de la WASHINGTON DC 20410. Urbanización; y por el OESTE, A: JOHN DOE Y en treinta y tres punto treinta RICHARD ROE COMO y uno (33.31) metros con el POSIBLES TENEDORES solar cuarenta y uno (41) y en dos alineaciones distintas de DESCONOCIDOS. dieciocho punto ochenta y tres POR LA PRESENTE se les em(18.83) metros, y de nueve punplaza y requiere para que conto treinta y tres (9.33) metros, teste la demanda dentro de los con el solar cuarenta (40) de la treinta (30) días siguientes a la misma urbanización. Inscrita al publicación de este Edicto. Usfolio ciento once (111) del tomo ted deberá radicar su alegación mil novecientos trece (1913) de responsiva a través del Sistema Ponce, finca número cincuenta Unificado de Manejo y Adminisy un mil quinientos cincuenta tración de Casos (SUMAC), al y cinco (51,555). Registro de cual puede acceder utilizando la Propiedad Sección Primela siguiente dirección electrónira (1ra) de Ponce. SE LES ca: http://unired.ramajudicial.pr/ APERCIBE que, de no hacer sumac/, salvo que se presente sus alegaciones responsivas a por derecho propio, en cuyo la demanda dentro del término caso deberá radicar el original aquí dispuesto, se les anotará de su contestación ante el Trila rebeldía y se dictará Sentenbunal correspondiente y notificia, concediéndose el remedio que con copia a los abogados solicitado en la Demanda, sin de la parte demandante, LCDO. más citarle ni oírle. Expedido WENDEL W. COLON MUÑOZ, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribua su dirección: PO. Box 7970 nal en Ponce, Puerto Rico, 20 Ponce, PR. 00732. Tel: 787de diciembre de 2023. CAR843-4168. En dicha demanda MEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SEse tramita un procedimiento CRETARIA. HILDA J. ROSADO de cancelación de pagare exRODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA traviado. Se alega en dicho AUXILIAR. procedimiento que se extravió un pagaré hipotecario a favor LEGAL NOTICE de Secretario de la Vivienda ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO y Desarrollo Urbano, y/o SeDE PUERTO RICO TRIBUcretary of Housing and Urban NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Development, (HUD), o a su SALA DE BAYAMÓN orden, por la suma principal de FEDERAL NATIONAL seiscientos veinticinco mil quiMORTGAGE nientos dólares ($625,500.00),

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ASSOCIATION T/C/C FANNIE MAE Parte Demandante V.

JOSE FRANCISCO SANCHEZ GUADALUPE; SUCESION DE IVELISSE MARRERO ROMAN COMPUESTA POR LUIS RODRIGUEZ MARRERO Y FULANO DE TAL

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2022CV06570.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, hago saber a la parte demandada, JOSE FRANCISCO SANCHEZ GUADALUPE; SUCESION DE IVELISSE MARRERO ROMAN compuesta por LUIS RODRIGEUZ MARRERO, FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 12 de septiembre de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor pagadero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o giro postal, a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, la siguiente propiedad con dirección física: 10 Flamingo Apartments, Apt. 12104, Ave. Los Dominicos, Bayamón PR 00959 y que se describe como sigue: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento número 12104. Apartamento residencial de forma irregular, localizado en el primer (1er) nivel del edificio número 12 del Condominio Flamingo Apartments, radicado en el Barrios Pájaros y Hato Tejas del Municipio de Bayamón, Puerto Rico. El área aproximada del apartamento es de 1,428.46 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 132.70 metros cuadrados, la cual está distribuida de la siguiente manera: 274.96 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 25.54 metros, con el área del patio trasero y 1,153.50 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 107.16 metros cuadrados las demás áreas del apartamento.

Son sus linderos por el NORTE, en una distancia de 24 pies 0 pulgadas con elementos comunes generales; por el SUR, en una distancia de 23 pies 4 pulgadas, con elementos comunes generales; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 54 pies 2 pulgadas, con el apartamento número 12103 y con elementos comunes generales; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 45 pies 7 pulgadas, con elementos comunes generales. La puerta de entrada de este apartamento está situada en su lindero Este.

Consta de sala, comedor, una cocina, un balcón, un dormitorio principal con un walk-in-closet y un baño, un pasillo principal en el cual están localizados un “laundry”, un baño y dos cuartos con closets. Este apartamento tiene derecho al uso exclusivo de un patio trasero.

Le corresponde a este apartamento dos espacios de estacionamientos identificados con el mismo número del apartamento. Este apartamento tiene una participación de 0.561645516% en los elementos comunes generales del Condominio. Finca 78441 inscrita al Folio 187 del tomo 1891 de Bayamón Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Primera de Bayamón. La finca antes descrita se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: (i) HIPOTECA constituida por José Francisco Guadalupe y Ivelisse Marrero Román, en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Oriental Bank o a su orden por $115,950.00, affidavit 14534 al 4% y vencedero el 1 de agosto de 2045, según Escritura #146, en San Juan, a 2 de julio de 2015, ante Notario Christian M. Castillo Moreno, inscrita al folio 75 del tomo 1957 de Bayamón Sur, Finca 78441, inscripción 3ra. Modificada la hipoteca de la inscripción 3ra, se difieren 10 pagos vencidos de principal e interés por la suma de $6,089.16, conforme al Artículo 8 del RC489, según instancia del 19 de abril de 2021, ante Carla M. Nevárez Pérez, inscrita al Sistema Karibe de Bayamón Sur, finca #78441, en nota marginal 5.1. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución es la que ha quedado descrita en el inciso (i). Será celebrada la subasta para con el importe de la misma satisfacer la sentencia dictada el 18 de julio de 2013, mediante la cual se condenó a la parte demandada pagar a la parte demandante la cantidad adeudada y vencida ascendiente a $100,045.66 de principal, más intereses acumulados, que continuarán acumulándose al 4% hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más cargos por demora y otros cargos, más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, según pactado, más cualquier otro desembolso que haya efectuado o efectúe la parte demandante durante la tramitación de este caso para otros adelantos de conformidad con el Contrato Hipotecario.

La PRIMERA SUBASTA será celebrada el día 8 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma, la cantidad de $115,950.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 15 DE FEBRERO DE

Tuesday, January 9, 2024 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la que servirá como tipo mínimo, dos terceras (2/3) partes del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $77,300.00. Si no hubiese remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, celebraré TERCERA SUBASTA el día 22 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar en la que regirá como tipo mínimo, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $57,975.00. El Alguacil que suscribe hizo constar que toda licitación deberá hacerse para pagar su importe en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, de acuerdo con la Ley y de acuerdo con lo anunciado en este Aviso de Subasta. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables.

Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso acepta como bastante la titulación que da base a la misma. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si la hubiere al crédito que da base a esta ejecución continuará subsistente, entendiéndose, además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos, sin destinarse a su extinción cualquier parte del remanente del precio de licitación. La propiedad para ejecutar será adquirida libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante.

Vendida o adjudicada la finca o derecho hipotecado y consignado el precio correspondiente, en esa misma fecha o fecha posterior, el alguacil que celebró la subasta procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura pública de traspaso en representación del dueño o titular de los bienes hipotecados, ante el notario que elija el adjudicatario o comprador, quien deberá abonar el importe de tal escritura. El alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo due-

ño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la confirmación de la venta o adjudicación. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS LICITADORES Y DEL PUBLICO EN GENERAL y para su publicación de acuerdo con la Ley, expido el presente Edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal. En BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, hoy 22 de diciembre de 2023. MARIBEL LANZAR VELÁZQUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #735, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE BAYAMÓN.

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LUNA RESIDENTIAL II LLC Demandante V.

YASSEN, SHAFFIC T/C/C SHAFFICK, YAMIL, JONATHAN, DANIEL ISRAEL DE APELLIDOS BAKSH DIAZ MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE YASSEN BAKSH BAKSH; LYDIA ESTHER DIAZ PIRELA, POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE YASSEN BAKSH BAKSH

Demandados Civil Núm.: GM2023CV00861.

IN REM: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EDICTO.

A: SHAFFIC T/C/C SHAFFICK, YAMIL, JONATHAN, DANIEL ISRAEL DE APELLIDOS BAKSH DÍAZ MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE YASSEN BAKSH BAKSH - BO. OLIMPO, CALLE B #7 GUAYAMA, PUERTO RICO 00784; LOT 103 3RD STREET, OLIMPO WARD, GUAYAMA, PR 00784; 1405 W BROAD STREET, 1ST FLOOR, STRATFORD, CT 06615; 2115 N SEMINOLE STREET, KISSIMMEE, FL 34744.

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://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 mismas 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 la apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2029, 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) menos fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, 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. Representa a la parte demandante el Lcdo.

Javier Montalvo Cintrón, RUA#18,682, Delgado Fernández, LLC, PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 009101750. Tel. [787] 274-1414, jmontalvo@delgadofernandez. com. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Guayama, Puerto Rico, a 22 de diciembre de 2023. MARISOL ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARÍA M. COTTO AMARO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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AILINE VELAZQUEZ RIVERA, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO ARLINE VELAZQUEZ RIVERA; ERNESTO LUIS RIVERA RAMOS; MARIA ELENA PEREZ GONZALEZ Y LA

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SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS Demandantes Vs.

FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO, INC.; FULANO DE TAL y MENGANO DE TAL

Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2023CV04059.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANO DE TAL.

El Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, dictó la siguiente providencia: “ORDEN: Vista la solicitud sobre publicación de edictos, la demanda que se acompaña para cancelar un pagaré a favor de FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO, INC. que se ha extraviado y a las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil vigentes, el Tribunal ordena que se citen por edictos a los demandados desconocidos Fulano de Tal y Mengano de Tal, en su condición de posibles tenedores del pagaré a favor de FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO, INC., o a su orden, por la suma de SETENTA Y DOS MIL DOSCIENTOS CINCUENTA DÓLARES ($72,250.00), con intereses al siete y un medio por ciento (7 1/2%) anual, vencedero el primero (1ro.) de marzo de dos mil treinta y dos (2032), según la Escritura Número Veinte (20), otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el quince (15) de febrero de dos mil dos (2002), ante la Notario Público Gwendolyn Moyer Alma. La propiedad inmueble sobre la cual se encuentra anotado el gravamen antes detallado se describe de la siguiente manera: RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno radicado en el Barrio Sumidero de Aguas Buenas, con una cabida superficial de CERO PUNTO MIL SETECIENTOS CINCUENTA Y NUEVE CUERDAS (0.1759 CDAS.), equivalente a seiscientos noventa y un metros con dos mil ciento sesenta y tres diez milésimas de otro metro cuadrado (691.2163 m.c.).

En lindes por el NORTE, con la finca principal, en veinte metros con treinta y seis centímetros (20.36 m.), por el SUR, con la faja dedicada a uso público, en veintidós metros con seis centímetros (22.06 m.), que los separa de la carretera número Ciento Setenta y Tres (173) de Aguas Buenas a Cidra; por el ESTE, en treinta y tres metros con cincuenta centímetros (33.50 m.), con la finca principal; y por el OESTE, en treinta y dos metros con veinte centímetros (32.20 m.), con Ángel Rivera. Enclava una casa de concreto dedicada a vivienda.

Consta inscrita al folio noventa y seis (96) del tomo ciento cincuenta y siete (157) de Aguas Buenas, finca número seis mil setecientos noventa y nueve (6,799), Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda. Los edictos se publicarán en un periódico de circulación general. En vista de encontrarnos ante demandados desconocidos, se exime a la parte demandante del envío por correo certificado del presente edicto. DADA en Caguas, Puerto Rico, 1 de diciembre de 2023. (FIRMADO) EVYANNE MARTIR HERNÁNDEZ, JUEZA SUPERIOR”. Se le notifica que de no contestar, o alegar en contra de la demanda radicada en este caso, previa notificación del demandante, dentro de veinte (20) días si el demandado reside en Puerto Rico, o dentro de treinta (30) días si el demandado reside fuera de Puerto Rico, contados desde la publicación del edicto, se le anotará rebeldía, sin más citarle ni oírle, y oída la evidencia del demandante, el Tribunal dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado. La abogada de la parte demandante es la Lcda. Teresa Pacheco Camacho con oficinas en la Calle Santiago Vivaldi Pacheco #24-B, Yauco, Puerto Rico y su dirección postal es: P.O. Box 5004, PMB 200, Yauco, Puerto Rico 00698. f/ LCDA. TERESA PACHECO CAMACHO RUA NÚM. 11,490 P.O. BOX 5004 PMB 200 Yauco, Puerto Rico 000698 Tel. 787-267-5784 / Fax. 787-267-6328 teresa@pacheco-camacholawfirm. com Expedido bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal para su publicación, hoy día 15 de diciembre de 2023. En Caguas, Puerto Rico. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL. ENEIDA ARROYO VÉLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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IDELIZ RODRIGUEZ AVILÉS Demandante Vs.

FIRST EQUITY MORTGAGE BANKERS, INC., FIRST BANK PUERTO RICO; ZUTANO DE TAL Y FULANO DE TAL, POSIBLES TENEDORES DEL PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO

Demandados Caso Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV10727. Sala: 906.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO E HI-

POTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: ZUTANO DE TAL Y FULANO DE TAL.

Mediante la presente se le notifica a Zutano de Tal y Fulano De Tal, posibles Tenedores desconocidos de un Pagaré Extraviado, que la Parte Demandante ha presentado en su contra una Demanda sobre CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO e HIPOTECA en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de San Juan, cuyo número de caso es SJ2023CV10727. Se reclama, que se suscribió un Pagaré a favor de First Equity Mortgage Bankers, Inc., o a su orden, por la suma principal $103,125.00, intereses al 5.75% anual, vencedero el 1 de abril de 2044, que el referido Pagaré está garantizado por una hipoteca constituida por la Escritura Número 148, otorgada en San Juan, el día 2 de abril del 2014, ante la Notaria Shariann Morales Feliciano. Inscrita al Folio 43 vuelto del Tomo 682 de Rio Piedras Sur, Finca 19S80, inscripción Onceava (11) y última, sobre el siguiente inmueble: “URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento Residencial Número 605, localizado en la tercera planta del Módulo número Seis (6) del Condominio Los Jardines de Montehiedra, situado en el Barrio Caimito de Río Piedras, termino municipal de San Juan, Puerto Rico. Area neta del Apartamento: 1,579.73 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 146.76 metros cuadrados. El apartamento consta de un (1) nivel y está dividido en los siguientes elementos: sala-comedor, cocina con despensa, 3 dormitorios de los cuales dos (2) dormitorios tienen sus respectivos “closets” y el dormitorio principal con “walk-in-closet” unidos por un pasillo central, 2 baños, área de lavadero y balcón. En lindes por el NORTE, en distancia de 3 1’S”, con pared medianera del Apartamento 604 y áreas comunes; por el SUR, en distancia de 31’5”, con áreas comunes; por el ESTE, en distancia de 57’0”, con pared medianera del Apartamento 606 y áreas comunes; y por el OESTE, en distancia de 57’0”, con áreas comunes. Puerta principal de entrada de este apartamento se encuentra en la colindancia Este. A este apartamento le corresponde una participación en los elementos comunes generales del Condominio de 0.5793% por ciento. También le corresponde como elemento común limitado de forma exclusiva, permanente e insepa-

26 LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. YO, el(la) Alguacil que suscribe, por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia, expedido el 15 de noviembre de 2023 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, quien pagará el importe de la venta en dinero efectivo o en cheque certificado o de gerente, a la orden del Alguacil suscribiente, en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, el día 1 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LA(S) 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, para la Finca Número 25,159 y para la Finca Número 25,314, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en las oficinas del Alguacil del Tribunal de Carolina, todo título, derecho o interés que corresponda a la parte demandada sobre el inmueble que se describe a continuación: a. RÚSTICA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Vistas de Yunque Mar, situada en el Barrio Mameyes de la Municipalidad de Río Grande, (antes Luquillo), Puerto Rico, que se describe en el plano de inscripción de la Urbanización, con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: Solar con un área, superficial de dos mil cuatrocientos dieciséis punto uno cero nueve cero metros cuadrados (2,416.1090 m.c.), identificado con el número veintiséis (26) de la Urbanización Vistas del Yunque Mar. En lindes por el NORTE, en distancia de veintiséis punto ochenta y ocho (26.88) metros lineales con terrenos de la Puerto Rico Industrialized Home, Inc.; por el SUR, en distancia de veintisiete punto noventa y tres (27.93) metros lineales con la calle número uno (1) de la Urbanización; por el ESTE, en distancia LEGAL NOTICE de ochenta y cuatro punto treinESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO ta y seis (84.36) metros lineales DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- con el solar número veintisiete NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA (27) de la Urbanización; y por el CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CARO- OESTE, en distancia de novenLINA SALA SUPERIOR ta y dos punto ochenta y uno (92.81) metros lineales con el ENDEAVOR solar número veinticinco (25) CAPITAL PR LLC de la urbanización. Finca núDemandante V. mero 25,159, inscrita al folio 1 SOL AND ROK del tomo 453 de Río Grande, LLC, SOLMON M. Registro de la Propiedad de CHOWDHURY, SU Carolina, Tercera Sección. DiESPOSA ROKEYA rección Física: Urb. Vistas de Yunque Mar, Solar #26, Río BEGUM Y LA Grande, PR. La propiedad desSOCIEDAD LEGAL crita anteriormente está afecta DE GANANCIALES a los siguientes gravámenes: COMPUESTA ENTRE Afecta por su procedencia: SerELLOS vidumbres a favor de la AutoriDemandados dad de Energía Eléctrica de Civil Núm.: CA2023CV01773. Puerto Rico, servidumbre de (401). Sobre: COBRO DE DI- paso, Condiciones Restrictivas NERO, EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO- de Uso y Edificación y CondiTECAS Y GRAVAMEN MOBI- ciones Restrictivas a favor de LIARIO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yunque Mar Residential Beach ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ- Development Corporation. Por RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE sí: HIPOTECA: En garantía de rable, 2 estacionamientos que acomodan dos (2) vehículos de motor. Consta inscrito al Folio 43 del Tomo 682 de Río Piedras Sur, Finca Número 19S80, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Quinta de San Juan. CATASTRO NÚMERO: 143-030-008-07-065. Que el descrito Pagaré se extravió sin haberse cedido, o traspasado o dado en garantía a ninguna persona y que no existe deuda alguna. Se le apercibe que este caso fue presentado a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC) y de igual forma usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través de SUMAC, al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-eletronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. De no contestar la demanda, dentro de los veinte (20) días de haber sido diligenciado este Emplazamiento, silos demandados residieren dentro de la Isla de Puerto Rico, y dentro de los treinta (30) días si residieren fuera de la Isla de Puerto Rico, contados desde la publicación del edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y el Tribunal dictará la sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. La publicación de este edicto se hará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general. Expedido bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día. De 21 de diciembre de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL, SECRETARÍA DEL TRIBUNAL. MARGARITA MUÑIZ MÉNDEZ, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024

un pagaré a favor de Endeavor Capital PR LLC, o a su orden, por la suma de $110,000.00, con interés al 12.00%, y vencedero a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #45, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 25 de mayo de 2022, ante la Notario Público Laura Cuevas Bonilla, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Río Grande, inscripción 3ª. b. Solar radicado en la Urbanización Vistas de Yunque Mar, situada en el Barrio Mameyes de la Municipalidad de Luquillo, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el plano de inscripción de la Urbanización con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: RÚSTICA: Solar con un área superficial de dos mil quinientos cincuentaisiete puntos cinco mil ciento cincuenta y ocho metros cuadrados (2,557.5158 m.c.), identificado con el numero veinticinco (25) de la Urbanización Vistas de Yunque Mar. En lindes por el NORTE, en distancia de treinta puntos cero siete (30.07) metros lineales con terrenos de la Puerto Rico Industrialized Homes Inc.; por el SUR, en distancia de treinta y dos punto noventa y nueve (32.99) metros lineales con la Calle número uno (1) de la Urbanización; por el ESTE, en distancia de noventa y dos punto ochenta y un (92.81) metros lineales con el solar número veintiséis (26) de la Urbanización; y por el OESTE, en distancia de ochenta y uno punto setenta y cinco (81.75) metros lineales con el solar número veinticuatro (24) de la Urbanización. Dicho solar está afecto en su parte posterior en forma diagonal de Este a Oeste a una servidumbre de tres metros (3.00 m.) de ancho de Alcantarillado Sanitario; también está afecto a Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica con relación al transformador localizado cercano a su colindancia Oeste con el solar número veinticuatro (24) y frente al solar en su colindancia Sur con la calle número uno (1) de la Urbanización. Finca número 25,314, inscrita al folio 1 del tomo 458 de Río Grande, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Tercera Sección. Dirección Física: Urb. Vistas de Yunque Mar, Solar #25, Río Grande, PR. La propiedad descrita anteriormente está afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: Afecta por su procedencia: Condiciones Restrictivas; Servidumbre de Paso; Condiciones Restrictivas de Uso y Edificación; Servidumbre Pluvial a favor de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica.

Por sí: HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de Endeavor Capital PR LLC, o a su orden, por la suma de $120,000.00, con interés al 12%, y vencedero a la presentación, según consta de la es-

critura #75, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 9 de septiembre de 2022, ante la Notario Público Laura Cuevas Bonilla, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Río Grande, inscripción 6ª.

Según pactado en la Escritura Número 45 de Hipoteca, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 25 de mayo de 2022, ante la Notario Público Laura Cuevas Bonilla, que es objeto de este procedimiento, servirá de tipo mínimo para la primera subasta de la Finca Número 25,159 la suma de $110,000.00. Según pactado la Escritura Número 75 de Hipoteca, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 9 de septiembre de 2022, ante la Notario Público Laura Cuevas Bonilla, que es objeto de este procedimiento, servirá de tipo mínimo para la primera subasta de la Finca Número 25,314 la suma de $120,000.00. De no adjudicarse las propiedades en las primeras subastas, se celebrarán SEGUNDAS SUBASTAS, en las oficinas del Alguacil del Tribunal de Carolina, el día 8 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LA(S) 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, para la Finca Número 25,159 y para la Finca Número 25,314, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA. Los tipos mínimos para las segundas subastas serán dos terceras partes (2/3) de los tipos mínimos de las primeras subastas, o sea, para la Finca Número 25,159 será la suma de $73,333.33 y para la Finca Número 25,314 será la suma de $80,000.00. De no adjudicarse las propiedades en las segundas subastas, se celebrarán TERCERAS SUBASTAS en las oficinas del Alguacil del Tribunal de Carolina, el día 15 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LA(S) 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, para la Finca Número 25,159 y para la Finca Número 25,314, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA. Los tipos mínimos para las terceras subastas serán las mitades (1/2) de los tipos mínimos que se pactaran para las primeras subastas, o sea, para la Finca Número 25,159 será la suma de $55,000.00 y para la Finca Número 25,314 será la suma de $60,000.00. Estas subastas se harán para satisfacer a la parte demandante, hasta donde alcance, las siguientes sumas: a. Al 15 de mayo de 2023, bajo el Contrato de Préstamo I, y los demás documentos de préstamo, una suma no menor de $133,909.50, la cual se desglosa como sigue: (i) $110,000.00 por concepto de principal; más (ii) $11,646.67 por concepto de intereses acumulados y no pagados, cantidad que se continúa acumulando hasta su total y completo pago a razón de $73.33 diarios; más (iii) $1,112.83 por concepto de cargos por demora; más (iv) $150.00 por concepto de otros gastos; más (v) la suma

agregada de $11,000.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado pactados expresamente por las partes, según se desprende del Pagaré Hipotecario I y la Hipoteca I. b. Al 15 de mayo de 2023, bajo el Contrato de Préstamo II, y los demás documentos de préstamo, una suma no menor de $149,377.00, la cual se desglosa como sigue: (i) $120,000.00 por concepto de principal; más (ii) $16,397.00 por concepto de intereses acumulados y no pagados, cantidad que se continúa acumulando hasta su total y completo pago a razón de $80.00 diarios; más (iii) $830.00 por concepto de cargos por demora; más (iv) $150.00 por concepto de otros gastos; más (v) la suma agregada de $12,000.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado pactados expresamente por las partes, según se desprende del Pagaré Hipotecario II y la Hipoteca II. Las ventas en públicas subastas de las propiedades descritas anteriormente se verificarán libres de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte dichas propiedades. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si lo hubiera, al crédito que da base a esta ejecución, continuará subsistente, entendiéndose además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate.

Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Carolina durante horas laborables. El Alguacil procederá a otorgar las correspondientes escrituras de ventas judiciales y se pondrá al(os) comprador(es) en posesión física del(os) inmueble(s), de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. POR LA PRESENTE, se les notifica a los titulares de créditos y/o cargas registrales posteriores, si alguno, que se celebrarán las SUBASTAS en la fecha, horas y sitio anteriormente señalados, y se les invita a que concurran a dichas subastas, si les conviniere, o se les invita a satisfacer, antes del remate, el importe del crédito, sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del Acreedor ejecutante, siempre y cuando reúnan los requisitos y cualificaciones de Ley para que se pueda efectuar tal subrogación. Y PARA SU PUBLICACIÓN en el tablón de edictos de este Tribunal y en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde se celebrarán las subastas señaladas. Además, en un periódico de circulación general en dos (2) ocasio-

nes y mediante correo certificado a la última dirección conocida de la parte demandada. EXPEDIDO el presente EDICTO DE SUBASTA en Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 12 de diciembre de 2023. HÉCTOR L. PEÑA RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE CAROLINA.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

ANACELIS TORRES RODRIGUEZ

Demandada Civil Núm.: FA2023CV01063.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: ANACELIS TORRES RODRIGUEZ.

POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le notifica que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría por la parte demandante, Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución te Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria en la que se alega adeuda la suma principal de $67,563.44, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.75% anual, desde el día 1ro de junio de 2023, hasta su completo pago, más recargos acumulados, más la cantidad de $9,500.00, 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. La propiedad hipotecada a ser vendida en pública subasta es: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número Veintidós (22) del Bloque “E” de la URBANIZACIÓN TERCERA EXTENSIÓN SANTA ISIDRA, radicado en los Barrios Sardinera y Quebrada del término municipal de Fajardo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de TRESCIENTOS CUARENTA Y SIETE PUNTO TREINTA Y SEIS 347.36) METROS CUADRADOS. En linderos: NORTE, en veinticinco punto veinticuatro (25.24) metros, con el solar número Veintiuno (21) del mismo bloque; SUR, en veinticinco punto cincuenta y ocho (25.58) metros, con el solar número Veintitrés (23) del mismo bloque; ESTE, en doce punto ochenta (12.80) metros, con los solares números Treinta y Dos (32) y Treinta y Tres (33) del mismo bloque; OESTE, en catorce punto cincuenta (14.50)

metros, con la Calle número LO CUAL, expido el presenDos (2). Sobre dicho solar en- te Edicto que firmo y sello en clava una casa de concreto y Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy 03 bloques. La escritura de hipote- de enero de 2024. WANDA I. ca se encuentra inscrita al folio SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. 149 del tomo 430 de Fajardo, LINDA I. MEDINA MEDINA, finca número 6,166-A, inscrip- SUB-SECRETARIA. ción décimo quinta. POR LA LEGAL NOTICE PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su ale- ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO gación responsiva dentro de los DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUtreinta (30) días de haber sido NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA publicado este emplazamien- SALA DE CAROLINA to, excluyéndose el día de la SAHIA LORIANA publicación. Usted deberá preSANCHEZ DIAZ sentar su alegación responsiva Demandante Vs. a través del Sistema Unificado FIRSTBANK PUERTO de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede RICO COMO SUCESOR EN DERECHOS DE acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección: https://www.poder- SANTANDER MORTGAGE judicial.pr/index.php/tribunalCORPORATION; FIRST electronico/, salvo que el caso MORTGAGE CAPITAL sea un expediente físico o que INC., JOHN DOE Y se represente por derecho proRICHARD ROE COMO pio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva POSIBLES TENEDORES CON INTERÉS en la Secretaría del Tribunal y Demandados notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte de- Civil Núm.: CA2023CV03971. mandante o a ésta, de no tener Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PArepresentación legal. Si usted GARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAEMPLAZAMIENTO deja de presentar su alegación VIADO. responsiva dentro del referido POR EDICTO. término, el tribunal podrá dicA: JOHN DOE Y tar sentencia en rebeldía en su RICHARD ROE. contra y conceder el remedio B. FIRST MORTGAGE solicitado en la demanda, o CAPITAL INC. cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en (PERSONAS el ejercicio de su sana discreDESCONOCIDAS CON ción, lo entiende procedente.

Además, se le apercibe que, POSIBLE INTERÉS). en los casos al amparo de la En este caso la parte demanLey Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley dante ha radicado Demanda para la Prevención del Maltra- para que se decrete judicialto, Preservación de la Unidad mente el saldo del siguiente Familiar y para la Seguridad, pagaré: Pagaré a favor SanBienestar y Protección de los tander Mortgage Corporation, Menores, entre los remedios o a su orden, por la suma que el Tribunal podrá conceder principal de Ciento Cuarenta y se incluyen la ubicación perma- Un Mil Ciento Veinte Dólares nente de un (una) menor fuera ($141,120.00), con intereses de su hogar, el inicio de proce- a razón de siete y cinco octasos para la privación de patria vo por ciento (7 5/8%) anual, potestad, y cualquier otra me- vencedero el primero (1ro) de dida en el mejor interés del (de octubre de dos mil treinta y la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos seis (2036), testimonio número b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). 2996 mediante la escritura núSe le advierte de su derecho a mero ochocientos siete (807) comparecer acompañado(a) de otorgada en San Juan, Puerto abogado(a) en los casos que Rico el cinco (5) de octubre proceda. La información del (de de dos mil seis (2006) ante la la) abogado(a) de la parte de- Notaria Público Griselle Arbona mandante es la siguiente: Martínez, la cual consta inscrito Lcdo. Baldomero A. Collazo Torres al folio 107 del tomo 967 de CaRUA Núm. 10,189 rolina Norte, finca 31,597, insBufete Collazo, Connelly & Surillo, cripción 9na y está garantizado LLC por hipoteca sobre la propiedad P.O. Box 11550 San Juan, P.R. 00922-1550 que se describe como sigue: Tel. (787) 625-9999 URBANA: Solar marcado con Fax (787) 705-7387 el número uno (1) del Bloque E-mail: bcollazo@lawpr.com “C” en el plano de inscripción Se le notifica también por la de la Urbanización Alturas de presente que la parte demanVilla Fontana, radicada en el dante habrá de presentar para barrio Sabana Abajo del térsu anotación al Registrador mino municipal de Carolina, de la Propiedad del Distrito en Puerto Rico, con una cabida que está situada la propiedad superficial de trescientos trece objeto de este pleito, un aviso punto ochenta y seis (313.86) de estar pendiente esta acción. metros cuadrados. En lindes Para publicarse conforme a la por el NORTE, en dos punto Orden dictada por el Tribunal setenta y cinco (2.75) metros, en un periódico de circulación diecisiete punto ochenta y un general. EN TESTIMONIO DE

The San Juan Daily Star (17.81) metros y uno punto sesenta y nueve (1.69) metros en arco, con la calle número uno “A” (1A); por el SUR, en veintitrés (23.00) metros, con el solar número dos (2) del bloque “C”; por el ESTE, en dos punto sesenta y cinco (2.65) metros, y diez punto veintiséis (10.26) metros, con la calle número cuatro (4); y por el OESTE, en trece punto ochenta (13.80) metros, con el solar número nueve (9) del bloque “C”. Sobre este solar se ha construido una casa de concreto armado para ser utilizada como residencia familiar. Inscrita al folio 196 del tomo 596 de Carolina Norte, finca número 31,597, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección Primera. La parte demandante alega que dicho Pagaré se ha extraviado, según más detalladamente consta en la Demanda radicada que puede examinarse en la Secretaría de este Tribunal. Por tratarse de unas obligaciones hipotecarias, y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectado por el remedio solicitado, se les emplaza por este Edicto que se publicará en un (1) periódico de circulación general una (1) sola vez y que si no comparecen a contestar dicha Demanda radicando el original de la misma a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica:https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Carolina, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Lcdo. Jorge García Rondón, de PMB 538, 267 Sierra Morena, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926 dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del Edicto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarles ni oírles. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto por Orden del Tribunal, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, hoy 18 de DICIEMBRE de 2023. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. KEILA GARCÍA SOLÍS, SUB-SECRETARIA.

Tuesday, January 9, 2024 JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES CON INTERÉS

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2023CV07234.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

A: MR COOPER - 8950 CYPRESS WATERS BLVD DALLAS TDX 75019.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE (PERSONAS DESCONOCIDAS CON POSIBLE INTERÉS).

En este caso la parte demandante ha radicado Demanda para que se decrete judicialmente el saldo de un pagaré a favor de E.M.I. Equity Mortgage, Inc., o a su orden, por la suma principal de Ciento Quince Mil Dólares ($115,000.00) con intereses al seis y cinco octavo por ciento (6 5/8%) anual, vencedero el primero de julio de dos mil treinta y cuatro (2034) según consta de la escritura número doscientos cinco (205) otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el veintidós (22) de junio de dos mil cuatro (2004) ante el Notario Público David Cardona Dingui inscrito al folio 17 del tomo 431 de Vega Baja, finca 5231 inscripción 6ta, y está garantizado por hipoteca sobre la propiedad que se describe como sigue: URBANA: Parcela de terreno localizada en la Urbanización San Demetrio del término municipal de Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, e identificada con el número once (11) del bloque Y, con un área superficial de quinientos setenta punto cincuenta (570.50) metros cuadrados. Colinda por el NORTE, en catorce punto veinte (14.20) metros, con programas sociales; por el SUR, en catorce punto cero cero (14.00) metros, con la calle número trece (13) de la Urbanización; por el ESTE, en una distancia de cuarenta y uno punto cincuenta y dos (41.52) metros, con el solar número diez (10) de la Urbanización; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de treinta y nueve punto dieciséis (39.16) metros, con el solar número doce (12) de la Urbanización. Enclava una casa de concreto reforzado y bloque de concreto de una planta, diseñada para fines residenciales y construida de acuerdo con los planos y especificaciones de la Administración Federal LEGAL NOTICE de Hogares de Planificación ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO de Puerto Rico. Inscrita al folio DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- 17 del tomo 431 de Vega Baja, NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA finca número 5,231, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, SALA DE BAYAMÓN Sección Cuarta. La parte deTRUST MORTGAGE mandante alega que dicho PaCORP. garé se ha extraviado, según Demandante Vs. más detalladamente consta en EMI EQUITY MORTGAGE la Demanda radicada que pueINC; MR COOPER; de examinarse en la Secretaría

de este Tribunal. Por tratarse de una obligación hipotecaria, y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectado por el remedio solicitado, se les emplaza por este Edicto que se publicará en un (1) periódico de circulación general una (1) sola vez y que si no comparecen a contestar dicha Demanda radicando el original de la misma a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Bayamón, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Lcdo. Jorge García Rondón, de PMB 538, 267 Sierra Morena, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926 dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del Edicto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarles ni oírles. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto por Orden del Tribunal, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 26 de diciembre de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MILITZA MERCADO RIVERA, SUB-SECRETARIA.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE GUAYAMA SALA SUPERIOR DE PATILLAS

PR RECOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT JV, LLC Demandante V.

JUAN M. GOMEZ ORTIZ

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: PA2019CV00260.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JOSÉ FRANCISCO AGUILAR VÉLEZ, JOSE.AGUILAR@ORF-LAW.COM. KENMUEL JOSÉ RUIZ LÓPEZ, KENMUEL.RUIZ@ORF-LAW.COM. JUAN M. GOMEZ ORTIZ - HC01 BOX 4400, MAUNABO, PUERTO RICO, 00707.

A: JUAN M. GOMEZ ORTIZ.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 10 de febrero de 2020, 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 03 de enero de 2024. En Patillas, Puerto Rico, el 03 de enero de 2024.

MARISOL ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. GLORIVEE GARCÍA GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 03 de enero de 2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 03 de enero de 2024.

LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. SANDRA BÁEZ HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN

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

DORILYTZA GAZMEY ESTREMERA

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SJ2023CV05365.

(Salón: 504 CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO CIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERA, DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA NATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM. CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE A: DORILYTZA GAZMEY ESTREMERA. BAYAMÓN (Nombre de las partes que se le ISLAND PORTFOLIO notifican la sentencia por edicto) SERVICES, LLC COMO EL SECRETARIO(A) que susAGENTE DE ACE ONE cribe le notifica a usted que el 03 DE ENERO DE 2024, este FUNDING, LLC Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Demandante V. Sentencia Parcial o Resolución ANGEL M en este caso, que ha sido debiGARCIA MATOS damente registrada y archivada Demandado(a) en autos donde podrá usted enCaso Núm.: BY2023CV03454. terarse detalladamente de los (Salón: 502). Sobre: COBRO términos de la misma. Esta noDE DINERO - ORDINARIO. tificación se publicará una sola NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENvez en un periódico de circulaCIA POR EDICTO. ción general en la Isla de PuerEDWIN OMAR SERRANO PEÑA, EDWIN.SERRANO@ORF-LAW.COM. to Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, A: ANGEL M siendo o representando usted GARCIA MATOS. una parte en el procedimiento (Nombre de las partes que se le sujeta a los términos de la Sennotifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus- tencia, Sentencia Parcial o Recribe le notifica a usted que el solución, de la cual puede es02 DE ENERO DE 2024, este tablecerse recurso de revisión Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, o apelación dentro del término Sentencia Parcial o Resolución de 30 días contados a partir en este caso, que ha sido debi- de la publicación por edicto de damente registrada y archivada esta notificación, dirijo a usted en autos donde podrá usted en- esta notificación que se consiterarse detalladamente de los derará hecha en la fecha de la términos de la misma. Esta no- publicación de este edicto. Cotificación se publicará una sola pia de esta notificación ha sido vez en un periódico de circula- archivada en los autos de este ción general en la Isla de Puer- caso, con fecha de 03 de enero to Rico, dentro de los 10 días de 2024. En San Juan, Puerto siguientes a su notificación. Y, Rico, el 03 de enero de 2024. siendo o representando usted GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COuna parte en el procedimiento LLADO, SECRETARIA. MARÍA sujeta a los términos de la Sen- I. COLÓN RIVERA, SECRETAtencia, Sentencia Parcial o Re- RIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL solución, 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

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CALLE SICILIA 445 SAN ALVAREZ; JOHN DOE JUAN PR 00923 / F4 RES. Y JANE DOE COMO MANUEL A PEREZ APT POSIBLES HEREDEROS 39 SAN JUAN PR 00923 / DESCONOCIDOS; EMBALSE SAN JOSE 466 ESTADOS UNIDOS DE CALLE FLANDES SAN AMERICA; CENTRO JUAN PR 00923.

DE RECAUDACION DE To: STUART SU-COWLEY POR LA PRESENTE se le INGRESOS MUNICIPALES - UNKNOWN ADDRESS. emplaza y requiere para que Demandados

Defendant Civil No.: SJ2023RF01550.

About: DIVORCE. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO.

You are notified that the plaintiff has filed a lawsuit against you before this court, requesting the granting of the following remedy: Divorce due to Irreparable Breakup. Represents the plaintiff, the lawyer whose name, address and telephone number are immediately stated: Brito.Legal 1607 Ave. Ponce de Leon St. GM6 #232 San Juan, PR 00969 Tel. 787-705-1011 Email: adrian@brito.legal HEREBY, You are summoned to present your responsive allegation to the court within thirty (30) days following this summons being served. You must present your responsive allegation through the Unified Case Management and Administration System (SUMAC), which you can access using the following electronic address: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico/, unless it is presented in its own right, in which case you must present your responsive allegation at the court clerk’s office. If you fail to present your responsive allegation within the aforementioned term, the court may issue a default judgment against you and grant the remedy requested in the complaint, or any other, if the court, in the exercise of its sound discretion, understands it. coming. In San Juan, Puerto Rico on November 7, 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARÍA DEL C. OTERO NEGRÓN, DEPUTY SECRETARY.

conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto.

Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Gabriel Antonio Ramos Colón cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección gabriel.ramos@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 03 de noviembre de 2023. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 03 de noviembre de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL.

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

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBULEGAL NOTICE NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO SALA SUPERIOR DE CARODE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- LINA NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA COMPU-LINK SALA DE SAN JUAN CORPORATION,

Demandante Vs.

MARÍA D. MÉNDEZ HERNÁNDEZ

Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV07403.

Salón: 803. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENLEGAL NOTICE TO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS COMMONWEALTH OF PUER- UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL TO RICO COURT OF FIRST PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTAINSTANCE MUNICIPAL HALL DOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO OF SAN JUAN RICO, SS.

LORRIE ANN HERRERA ROJAS Plaintiff V.

STUART SU-COWLEY

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Civil Núm.: CA2023CV03141.

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

A: LILIANA ELISA ALVAREZ T/C/C LILIANA ELISA ALVAREZ JARAMILLO T/C/C LILIANA ELISA SOUTH, MARTHA PATRICIA ALVAREZ T/C/C MARTHA PATRICIA ALVAREZ JARAMILLO T/C/C MARTHA PATRICIA VIOLA T/C/C PATRICIA ALVAREZ VIOLA T/C/C PATRICIA ALVAREZ; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION EFRAIN ALVAREZ LEON T/C/C EFRAIM ALVAREZ LEON.

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

Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberé presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

Greenspoon Marder, LLP Lcda. Frances L. Asencio-Guido R.U.A. 15,622 TRADE CENTRE SOUTH, SUITE 700 100 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309 Telephone: (954) 343 6273 Frances.Asencio@gmlaw.com Expedido bajo mi firma, y sello del Tribunal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 20 de diciembre de 2023. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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Caguas blanks Santurce 1-0 to reach winter baseball final

By THE STAR STAFF

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he Caguas Criollos defeated the Santurce Crabbers 1-0 on Sunday night at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium in Hato Rey, and now await either the Ponce Lions or the Carolina Giants in the final series of the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League.

“We are satisfied with what we have achieved so far; we set the goal of reaching out, attracting more fans, creating a good atmosphere during the season … and we achieved it,” Crabbers President Carlos Iguina Oharriz said after the game.

“Unfortunately we fell, but it was a wellfought and strong semifinal for both teams.

We are very proud and we know that next season we will come back stronger.”

Caguas won the best-of-seven semifinal series A in five games winning four

The Caguas Criollos are back in the Roberto Clemente Winter Baseball League finals after a year’s absence.

straight after dropping the first game of the 2023-24 postseason. The Criollos are back in the winter league finals after a year’s absence.

A solo home run by Pedro León in the third inning was the only hit by Caguas until the ninth, and would prove to be enough to be the winning margin for the visitors.

León went deep against left-hander Eduardo Rivera, who took the loss with four strikeouts in three innings of work.

The Criollos used eight pitchers to blank Santurce, with just four hits allowed. The victory went to left-hander Christian Torres, with two strikeouts and a pair of hits in 1.1 innings of relief. Yacksel Ríos earned the save in a hitless 1.2 innings, striking out two.

Ponce and Carolina were slated to play Game 6 of their semifinals series on Monday night.

Britain’s newest sports sensation is a 16-year-old darts player

By VICTOR MATHER

T

he classic image of a darts game is a friendly contest in a smoky pub filled with middle-aged men holding pint glasses.

But at the top level, centered in Britain, darts is a fiercely competitive sport and a big business with multimillion-dollar purses, boisterous crowds and live television coverage.

Now the darts world has a new star: Luke Littler, who played in the world championship last week. His age? 16.

Littler lost the final, seven sets to four, to Luke Humphries, 28, in front of the usual rowdy crowd on Wednesday evening at the Alexandra Palace — also known as the Ally Pally — in North London. But he nonetheless made history with his deep run in the tournament.

The youngest player to make the final before Littler was Kirk Shepherd, who lost it in 2008 at 21. The youngest winner was Michael van Gerwen, at 24 in 2014. Indeed, Littler is the youngest player to win any match at the world championships, and he won six in a row to make the final.

Littler’s age is astonishing for a sport that often values experience. While many

recent world champions have been in their late 20s and 30s, Peter Wright won the 2022 title at 51 and the greatest player ever, Phil Taylor, made it to the 2018 final at 57.

Littler grew up in Cheshire, England, and threw his first dart before his second birthday. He was successful early on, regularly beating older children. But because of minimum age requirements, he had played at only one major event before this year’s world championships: the U.K. Open last March, when he made the fourth round.

His absence from big events before the worlds — which is the biggest — has made his success there even more of a shock.

In terms of his routine before the final, “I’ll be doing what I’ve been doing,” he said in an interview Tuesday with Sky Sports.

“In the morning, I’ll go for my ham and cheese omelet and then come here, have a pizza and then prep on the board. That is what I’ve done every day.”

On a typical day in his life outside the tournament, he will “just wake up, play on my Xbox, have some food and have a chuck on the board, go to bed and that’s it,” he told the BBC. There are few players in sports with parallel successes. One that comes to mind, especially to a British audience, is Boris

Becker, who burst onto the professional tennis scene at Wimbledon with a win at age 17. Like Littler at the worlds, Becker was unseeded for that event.

Littler’s sudden success has also attracted the interest of tabloids. Some outlets have published articles speculating on his age, since he appears older to some people. The Sun posted a photo of what appeared to be his birth certificate, showing that he is 16. His 21-year-old girlfriend has drawn attention from the tabloids as well.

In the showy world of professional darts, almost every player has a nickname.

As for the two Lukes who faced off in the final, Humphries is Cool Hand Luke, while Littler is Luke the Nuke. Humphries

Photo by Marc A on Unsplash

has been walking out to the oche — the playing area — to the song “Cake by the Ocean” by DNCE, Littler to “Greenlight”

by Pitbull.

Littler was a slight underdog to Humphries, the world’s third-ranked player — but only slight. Even in defeat he took home 200,000 pounds (about $250,000).

Humphries won 500,000 pounds.

“I might not get to the final for another 5 to 10 years,” Littler said after the match.

“But now I just want to go and win it.”

Although Littler lost the final, there is every expectation that he can be a darts superstar for years to come. If he can play as long as Taylor, he could keep making finals until 2065.

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024

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(Mar 21-April 20)

It seems your ship is about to come in, Aries. At least, the planets seem to think so. Your years of cultivating business relationships will pay off in the form of increased sales or new business opportunities. It seems this success spills over into your personal life as well.

Life on the home front has never been more serene.

You are the conductor of this melodious symphony that is your life. Congratulations!

Libra

(Sep 24-Oct 23)

Junk mail and a few telephone solicitations would almost be a welcome relief from the intense communications you’ve been having with people lately. All this intensity is interesting, to be sure, but also more time consuming than you’d like. You barely have time to handle your own affairs, much less those of others.

If you begin to feel yourself at the bursting point, call your own personal time-out. A shower or bath would do you a world of good, Virgo.

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Scorpio

Why does being patient have to take so long? quipped one frustrated soul. Could it have been you, Taurus? Waiting has never been your strong suit, there’s no question about it. You will get through today more easily if you concentrate on finding an outlet for your pent-up frustration. A visit to the gym or a vigorous cleaning of the house would help.

Think of yourself as a marathon runner. You have a very long distance to travel, but the sweetness is not just to be found in crossing the finish line, but rather in relishing all the sights along the way. While your head today is overflowing with plans and ideas, you begin to feel deflated when you begin to consider all the logistics of realizing these dreams. Fret not, Scorpio. The planets have blessed you with an energy level that is equal to the task, so go ahead and get started!

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We all know the adage, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” But you can’t help feeling that you have tried and tried and tried to no avail. All that is about to change, Gemini, as you begin to reap the fruits of your labors. You can expect to see things from a new, unusual perspective. This will allow you to sidestep the obstacles that have been blocking you recently.

Pay extra attention today and make a mental note, if not a physical one, of any unusual ideas you have.

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Whatever you want, Cancer, you need only ask for it and there is a good chance you will get it. And it’s about time, too. It seems you have been working exceptionally hard lately. You are certainly due for a raise, if not a promotion.

Gather your thoughts, collect your supporting evidence, and ask for what you deserve. If your yen for more public recognition is nagging at you, then take steps today to ensure that you get more time in the spotlight.

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(Oct 24-Nov 22)

It’s time for you to tap in to that inner resource that you have always known existed. Your ability to heal is extraordinary, and there’s no point in denying it any longer. Your mind is like a sponge, thirsty to soak up any new knowledge or practice about the healing arts. You might spend today browsing a New Age bookstore. Or why not spend a relaxing hour lying flat out on a table, learning from the skilled fingers of a master masseuse?

Once begun is half done, as the saying goes. This certainly applies to you today, Capricorn. Yes, it’s true that you have a considerable amount of work ahead of you, but surely you know that you can get it done. Trite as it may sound, making a list (no, you don’t have to check it twice) will help you break the projects down into manageable chunks. It’s so much easier to focus only on the next step rather than the entire Herculean task.

Aquarius

(Jan 21-Feb 19)

It’s time once and for all to tie up all those loose ends of projects left undone. Much as you may dread it, think of it this way, Leo: by completing these tasks you clear space for exciting new projects to come your way. Know that everything bodes well today for all things financial and professional. Perhaps you’ll get that bonus that’s due you!

How annoying when work gets in the way of pleasure, but there are times when professional opportunities are simply too good to pass up. That beguiling creature you’ve had your eye on will just have to wait for you another day. For now, Aquarius, focus on the business at hand. With the current aspect at play, the payoff could be tremendous!

Virgo

Pisces

(Aug 24-Sep 23)

Junk mail and a few telephone solicitations would almost be a welcome relief from the intense communications you’ve been having with people lately. All this intensity is interesting, to be sure, but also more time consuming than you’d like. You barely have time to handle your own affairs, much less those of others. If you begin to feel yourself at the bursting point, call your own personal time-out. A shower or bath would do you a world of good, Virgo.

(Feb 20-Mar 20)

How annoying when work gets in the way of pleasure, but there are times when professional opportunities are simply too good to pass up. That beguiling creature you’ve had your eye on will just have to wait for you another day. For now, Aquarius, focus on the business at hand. With the current aspect at play, the payoff could be tremendous!

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