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he period in which consumers will be able to buy school supplies and uniforms free of sales taxes is slated for next weekend, July 15 and July 16, Treasury Secretary Francisco Parés Alicea said Monday.

A second period for buying school supplies tax-free is slated for mid-January 2023, he said.

The Treasury chief said Internal Revenue Administrative Memo 22-10 establishes “the two sales periods for uniforms and certain school supplies for the return to school for fiscal year 2022-2023.”

“The two weekends in which families will be able to buy uniforms and materials without paying the IVU [the Spanish acronym for sales and use tax] will be this Friday, July 15 and Saturday, July 16 for the first semester and Friday, January 13 and Saturday, January 14, 2023, for the second school semester,” he said.

“Both sales periods will begin at 12 midnight on Friday and end at 11:59 p.m. Saturday,” Parés Alicea added.

“The items that will be exempted from the payment of the sales and use tax will be uniforms and school materials included in the administrative memo available at the link https://hacienda.pr.gov/publicaciones/carta-circular-de-

rentas-internas-num-22- 10-cc-ri-22-10.”

Uniforms include clothing specifically required by the educational institution and cannot be used for general or continuous use as a substitute for ordinary clothing. Pieces of clothing and footwear that complement them are also considered part of the uniform.

Belt buckles sold separately, costume masks, patches and emblems sold separately are not included, except if they are part of the uniform. Also to be exempted: sewing equipment and articles such as needles, pins and patterns; sewing materials such as buttons, fabrics, thread and yarn; accessories such as briefcases, cosmetics, hair items, jewelry or sunglasses; and protective equipment to be used against injury or illness, such as masks, sterile room clothing, protective helmets or seat belts, among others.

Sports or recreational equipment such as sneakers, sports shoes with hooks, sports gloves, roller skates or shoulder pads, among others, will not be exempted from the IVU. Meanwhile, materials that will be exempted from paying the IVU will be school, art, music, or instructional materials purchased at retail, as well as computer storage media, including compact discs and flash drives.

Some items regularly used by students such as folders, school bags, calculators, tape, chalk, compasses, crayons, erasers, expandable folders including accordion type, and plastic and manila envelopes are also exempted.

Also included are glue, stickers, markers, index cards and storage boxes, lunch boxes, loose and lined paper, copy paper, grid paper, tracing paper, colored paper, construction paper, pencils and pencil cases, along with other materials such as pencil sharpeners, pens, protractors, rulers and scissors.

Materials for art and music disciplines, and other instructional materials that will be exempted include clay and glazes; acrylic, tempera, watercolor and oil paints; brushes; drawing and sketchbooks; musical instruments; and reference maps and globes .

The Internal Revenue Code also provides that all printed and electronic books (digital books, cyberbooks or ‘e-books’) are exempted from paying the IVU throughout the year, as well as notebooks purchased at retail, regardless of the size.

Purchases under installment plans (layaway), with vouchers, by mail, telephone, email or internet, as well as gift certificates and cards, will qualify for the exemption, as long as the final payment is made during the exemption period established in Internal Revenue Administrative Memo 22-10.

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Bill to investigate CRIM operability passes Senate in unanimous vote

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he island Senate on Monday passed in a unanimous vote Senate Resolution 613, authored by Sens. Gretchen Hau and Migdalia González Arroyo, which seeks to investigate the operations of the Municipal Revenue Collections Center (CRIM by its Spanish acronym) in relation to its structural capacity and human resources to comply with its obligations regarding the fees it is entitled to receive.

The CRIM receives about $40 million annually. Citizens have complained about increases in property taxes while the island’s mayors depend on revenue from the CRIM to operate.

González Arroyo, a former regional director at the CRIM, pointed out that “with this resolution we are handling the claims of the mayors of the 78 municipalities and CRIM employees who have indicated on many occasions that they do not have the necessary resources to carry out the work they must do.”

“We have also heard the claim of citizens who have come to the offices of the CRIM to challenge the receipts

for [tax] collection from their properties, alleging that the new system, known as virtual appraisals, has significantly increased the value of the properties,” she added.

Hau said that as a former executive director of the Puerto Rico Mayors Association, she recognizes the importance of addressing the many governance and administration problems that for many years have made the CRIM ineffective when it comes to collecting revenue from property taxes.

Furthermore, she said, given the impact that the current economic situation has on each of the 78 municipalities, “it is overdue and urgent to identify all effective alternatives for public administration within that body, emphasizing its responsibility to collect revenue.”

The legislators stressed the need to have specific data that allows an X-ray of the current situation at the CRIM and the possible use of technological mechanisms to improve its functions and responsibilities.

“The Legislature has decided to investigate the functional reality of the CRIM related to both its structural capacity and human resources and employees,” González Arroyo said. “We know that it is necessary to collect [property taxes]

in the face of the situation in each of the municipalities, but they need to have the necessary tools. Our fellow citizens must pay what is fair and that is why this resolution was filed and approved.”

Sen. Migdalia González Arroyo

Justice chief: Notary law amendments are unconstitutional

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

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ustice Secretary Domingo Emanuelli Hernández said Monday that the amendments to the Notary Law approved through the Puerto Rico Public Finances Stabilization Act are unconstitutional.

The agency thereby acquiesced to a lawsuit filed by the Puerto Rico Bar Association to declare the article containing the changes null.

“After carefully evaluating the proposals of the Association, the Department of Justice recognizes that Article 86 of Law 52-2022 suffers from the constitutional defects that are alleged in the lawsuit,” reads the motion presented by the Justice secretary to the San Juan Superior Court.

Emanuelli also argued that since Law 52-2022 contains a separability clause, any determination of the court declaring the unconstitutionality of Article 86 of the statute will not affect the rest of the law.

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia said later in the day regarding the court filing that the priority is to pass the law to stabilize the island’s finances, and that the issue involving notaries will be resolved by the courts.

“As I stated, it was so important to resolve the issue of [Law] 154 and change the form and manner in which foreign companies pay their taxes to Puerto Rico that that weighed more on me than any other consideration. That was specifically the bill that was introduced in the Legislature with my approval, that of the transition of Law 154. That was the one that I worked on along with the secretary of the Treasury,” the governor said

in response to questions from the press. “I publicly asked the speaker of the House not to include other issues in that bill, but, at the end of this entire legislative process, he did. Now, I was not going to allow this Bill 154 to return to the legislative process again. My judgment was to sign that measure immediately to give stability and certainty to the entire manufacturing sector in Puerto Rico, and that was the correct decision. Now what has happened is that an article of that law has been challenged because it violates the constitutional principle that each law must have a purpose and if there is more than one purpose, everything must be outlined in the title of the measure. That

The island Justice Department acquiesced to a lawsuit filed by the Puerto Rico Bar Association to declare null an article of Law 52-2022 containing changes to the Notary Law.

particular article was not included in the measure’s title nor in the explanatory statement of the measure, which is why, obviously, it violates that constitutional principle. The Justice secretary had no alternative because he could not defend an article that is clearly constitutional.”

The provision called into question by the Justice secretary creates new requirements in the granting of deeds of segregation, and in grouping or transferring ownership of real estate.

Therefore, the information sheet required for the granting of the deeds must include the appraisal price, accompanied by the appraisal of an authorized professional appraiser, duly licensed in Puerto Rico, a survey plan and a title study of the property in question.

The analysis conducted by the Justice Department was based on section 17 of Article III of the Puerto Rico Constitution, which establishes the so-called doctrine of one law, one matter, which requires that all laws approved by the Legislative Assembly regulate a single matter or subject. Failure to comply is grounds for annulling the statute.

The Justice motion notes that the amendment is not related to “the changes to the tax system” contained in the Puerto Rico Public Financing Stabilization Act. The new requirements have been questioned by various sectors because they could represent an onerous cost to any citizen who wishes to sell his or her property, and delay transactions for registering real estate, among other factors.

Also subject to criticism has been that the amendment was approved at the legislative conference stage, without having the discussion required as part of the process of evaluating a measure.

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Federal program helps eligible households pay power bill

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federal program is now available to help poor families who have received a service suspension notice get current on their electricity bills.

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia, Family Secretary Carmen Ana González Magaz and Socioeconomic Development of the Family (ADSEF by its Spanish acronym) Administrator Alberto Fradera announced the start of the federal program that will provide savings to individuals and families who are in arrears in the payment of their electricity bills.

The federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, known as LIHEAP, doubled the funds for Puerto Rico, allocating $36 million. The program is for poor families in arrears on their electricity payments who have received a suspension or disconnection notice on their last bill.

“This year, families who qualify can receive help of up to $1,200 to pay for electricity service,” the governor said. “We have seen a high cost in fuel prices worldwide that directly affects the prices of gasoline and electricity, which is why as a government we are constantly looking for alternatives that

can represent relief in the pockets of the people. This aid that we announce today joins the Housing Department’s Rental Payment Assistance Program, which in addition to aiding families in making rent payments, also provides financial aid for the payment of water and electricity services.”

González Magaz said “with this help, our families will be able to receive relief in their pockets and avoid having their electricity service suspended or cut off, which is vital in our society.”

Meanwhile, the ADSEF administrator noted that the benefit is granted only once per fiscal year and the payment is made directly to the LUMA Energy account. That is, people do not receive aid money.

“We encourage those who meet the eligibility requirements to apply,” Fradera said. “This aid is subject to the availability of funds and the validation of the data provided by the applicant. The process is simple and fast. They can do so through the ADSEF Digital platform at pr.gov and at https:// serviciosenlinea.adsef.pr.gov/adsefdigital/Security/Login. aspx. If you do not have access to the internet, you can apply by calling 3-1-1 or visiting any office of the Family

Family Secretary Carmen Ana González Magaz Department.”

Applicants must access the ADSEF Digital platform from pr.gov, complete the application and submit a series of documents. They will then be redirected to shiftspr.com where they will be scheduled for a phone appointment with an eligibility officer who will inform them if they are eligible for energy crisis financial assistance.

Supposed solar contractor charged in scam involving elderly client

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

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he island Justice Department’s Economic Crimes Division on Monday filed charges of fraud in the execution of work, financial exploitation of an elderly person and aggravated illegal appropriation against Gabriel López López, owner of the solar panel sales company Virtuosity LLC. “The Economic Crimes Division of the Department of Justice has several active investigations for fraud in

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the sale of solar panels,” Justice Secretary Domingo Emanuelli Hernández said in a written statement.

“Therefore, we urge citizens to inquire about the legitimacy and history of the companies before contracting and paying for this service.”

López, who is 24 years old, made a contract in March of last year with José Martínez Coello, 79, through which he promised to install solar panels on a real property located in Jayuya. The total cost of the installation was $267,500.24. On March 15, 2021, Martínez Coello advanced the accused the amount of $133,750.12. Agent William Heredia Morales, of the Puerto Rico Police Bureau’s Property and Fraud Division, was in charge of the initial investigation and was able to confirm that López cashed the check that same day. However, despite multiple efforts made by Martínez Coello and his family for more than a year, the company Virtuosity did not comply with the provisions of the contract.

Judge Melissa Santiago of the Utuado Superior Court determined cause for arrest against the owner of Virtuosity and imposed bail of $30,000, which López paid. The contractor must wear an electronic monitoring device until the preliminary hearing, which is scheduled for Aug. 9, at 3 p.m. in the Utuado court.

Agents from the Stolen Vehicle Division seized a Tesla vehicle from the accused that had been reported as in default by a banking institution.

Prosecutor Ileana Martínez Rosado noted that “López López could face between three and eight years in prison, in addition to fines and a penalty of restitution of the money received for the crimes defined in articles 127C, 182 and 204 of the Penal Code.”

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Governor rejects measure to cap kilowatt-hour cost of electricity

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Gov. Pedro Pierluisi

ov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia on Monday rejected a measure that Speaker of the House of Representatives Rafael “Tatito” Hernández Montañez intends to include in an extraordinary session slated to resume later this month that seeks to put a cap on the kilowatt-hour cost of electrical energy.

“To be fair, because I do not have these measures under my consideration because they are in the legislative process, so I have not seen the specific language, but it is impossible to establish a limit. That

doesn’t make any sense,” the governor said at a press conference. “Seventy percent of the cost of energy in Puerto Rico is the cost of fuel. There is no way to put a cap on the cost of fuel when that is set by the market,” said Pierluisi Urrutia at a press conference.

“When we could only talk about a real cap, it would be when we have transformed the entire system and basically the purchase of energy is established or set by contracts that have a cap,” he added. “If one day we have the purchase of energy fully contracted with caps, then you can talk about having caps of 20 cents. I believe that where that figure comes

from is that the [Financial Oversight and Management] Board in its Fiscal Plan at a given moment established as a goal that we have an energy cost that does not exceed 20 cents per kilowatthour. If, for example, the measure talks about it as a programmatic goal, I have no problem with establishing that goal. But if it says that it has to be that, without any type of language that gives it flexibility for when the markets soar, as has happened with this Ukraine thing, then I would say that it is not well thought out.”

Pierluisi added that such a measure must go through a public hearing process.

Health official: Monkeypox patients found to have used online dating apps

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r. Iris Cardona, the island Health Department’s chief medical officer, alleged on Monday that some additional suspected cases of monkeypox in Puerto Rico have occurred among patients who used computer dating applications.

“The United States already has over 700 cases, but the analysis of the first 300 identified that the majority were men,”

Cardona said in an interview. “Most of them had that number one epidemiological criterion, of participating in intimate contact activities, very close contact activities or sexual contact, particularly men having sex with other men, and also, the use of invitations by these different platforms that exist within the so-called social networks to meet people and enter into very close relationships or close contact with these people that until then were unknown.”

“It is not limited to dating because, for example, in Europe you see applications where there are invitations to mass activities with a high number of people in intimate or sexual contact,” she added.

The chief medical officer said the patients are already in isolation and that the relevant tests would be conducted presently.

If they are confirmed as monkeypox cases, the island total would increase to Chief Medical Officer Dr. Iris Cardona four.

Employers looking to fill 400-plus openings at Lajas job fair

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ith more than 400 jobs available, dozens of employers will set up booths at Juan E. Lluch Coliseum in Lajas as part of “Work Near You,” a job fair sponsored by the Department of Labor and Human Resources (DTRH by its Spanish initials) to be held Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

“We will be in Lajas through this job fair focused on more people from the

south and west being able to join the workforce,” Labor Secretary Gabriel Maldonado González said in a written statement. “It is an area that is undergoing reconstruction after the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria and the seismic events that have harmed commerce, education and daily life in the region. Therefore, we urge citizens to make an appointment so that they know the wide list of job opportunities that we will have.”

Job fair attendees will be able to go through the interview, selection and hiring

process, and be recruited on the spot. The official urged job seekers to go prepared with their resume so that they can expand on their credentials and experience during the meeting with employers.

Data from the most recent DTRH monthly Employment and Unemployment report reflects a sustained increase in labor participation so far in 2022. As recently as May, it stood at 43.6%, while the unemployment rate for the same month stood at 6.2%, surpassing April’s record low of 6.4%.

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Democrats sour on Biden, citing age and economy

By SHANE GOLDMACHER

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resident Joe Biden is facing an alarming level of doubt from inside his own party, with 64% of Democratic voters saying they would prefer a new standard-bearer in the 2024 presidential campaign, according to a New York Times/ Siena College poll, as voters nationwide have soured on his leadership, giving him a meager 33% job-approval rating.

Widespread concerns about the economy and inflation have helped turn the national mood decidedly dark, both on Biden and the trajectory of the nation.

More than three-quarters of registered voters see the United States moving in the wrong direction, a pervasive sense of pessimism that spans every corner of the country, every age range and racial group, cities, suburbs and rural areas, as well as both political parties.

Only 13% of American voters said the nation was on the right track — the lowest point in Times polling since the depths of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.

For Biden, that bleak national outlook has pushed his job approval rating to a perilously low point. Republican opposition is predictably overwhelming, but more than two-thirds of independents also now disapprove of the president’s performance, and nearly half disapprove strongly. Among fellow Democrats his approval rating stands at 70%, a relatively low figure for a president, especially heading into the 2022 midterms when Biden needs to rally Democrats to the polls to maintain control of Congress.

In a sign of deep vulnerability and of unease among what is supposed to be his political base, only 26% of Democratic voters said the party should renominate him in 2024.

Biden has said repeatedly that he intends to run for reelection in 2024. At 79, he is already the oldest president in American history, and concerns about his age ranked at the top of the list for Democratic voters who want the party to find an alternative.

The backlash against Biden and desire to move in a new direction were particularly acute among younger voters.

In the survey, 94% of Democrats younger than 30 said they would prefer a different

President Biden in Cleveland last week. Only 26 percent of Democratic voters said the party should renominate him in 2024. presidential nominee.

“I’m just going to come out and say it: I want younger blood,” said Nicole Farrier, a 38-year-old preschool teacher in East Tawas, a small town in northern Michigan.

“I am so tired of all old people running our country. I don’t want someone knocking on death’s door.”

Farrier, a Democrat who voted for Biden in 2020, said she had hoped he might have been able to do more to heal the nation’s divisions, but now, as a single mother, she is preoccupied with what she described as crippling increases in her cost of living. “I went from living a comfortable lifestyle to I can’t afford anything anymore,” she said.

Jobs and the economy were the most important problem facing the country according to 20% of voters, with inflation and the cost of living (15%) close behind as prices are rising at the fastest rate in a generation. One in 10 voters named the state of American democracy and political division as the most pressing issue, about the same share who named gun policies, after several high-profile mass shootings.

More than 75% of voters in the poll said the economy was “extremely important” to them. And yet only 1% rated economic conditions as excellent. Among

those who are typically working age — voters 18 to 64 years old — only 6% said the economy was good or excellent, while 93% rated it poor or only fair.

The White House has tried to trumpet strong job growth, including on Friday when Biden declared that he had overseen “the fastest and strongest jobs recovery in American history.” But the Times/Siena poll showed a vast disconnect between those boasts, and the strength of some economic indicators, and the financial reality that most Americans feel they are confronting.

“We used to spend $200 a week just going out to have fun, or going and buying extra groceries if we needed it, and now we can’t even do that,” said Kelly King, a former factory worker in Greensburg, Indiana, who is currently sidelined because of a back injury. “We’re barely able to buy what we need.”

King, 38, said she didn’t know if Biden was necessarily to blame for the spiking prices of gas and groceries but felt he should be doing more to help. “I feel like he hasn’t really spoken much about it,” King said.

“He hasn’t done what I think he’s capable of doing as president to help the American people. As a Democrat, I figured he would really be on our side and put us back on the right track. And I just feel like he’s not.”

Now, she said, she is hoping Republicans take over Congress in November to course-correct.

One glimmer of good news for Biden is that the survey showed him with a narrow edge in a hypothetical rematch in 2024 with former President Donald Trump: 44% to 41%.

On the whole, voters appeared to like Biden more than they like his performance as president, with 39% saying they have a favorable impression of him — six percentage points higher than his job approval.

In saying they wanted a different nominee in 2024, Democrats cited a variety of reasons, with the most in an open-ended question citing his age (33%), followed closely by unhappiness with how he is doing the job. About 1 in 8 Democrats just said that they wanted someone new, and 1 in 10 said he was not progressive enough.

Smaller fractions expressed doubts about his ability to win and his mental acuity.

The Times/Siena survey of 849 registered voters nationwide was conducted July 5-7, in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion, which had been protected for half a century. The ruling sent Democrats into the streets and unleashed an outpouring of political contributions.

Biden’s base, in 2020 and now, remains Black voters. They delivered the president a 62% job-approval rating — higher marks than any other race or ethnicity, age group or education level.

But even among that constituency, there are serious signs of weakening. On the question of renominating Biden in 2024, slightly more Black Democratic voters said they wanted a different candidate than said they preferred Biden.

“Anybody could be doing a better job than what they’re doing right now,” said Clifton Heard, a 44-year-old maintenance specialist in Foley, Alabama.

An independent, he said he voted for Biden in 2020 but is disillusioned over the state of the economy and the spiraling price of gas, and is now reconsidering Trump.

“I understand that they’ve got a tough job,” he said of Biden’s administration. “He wasn’t prepared to do the job.”

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Texans warned to reduce electricity use amid fear of rolling blackouts

By ANDRÉS MARTÍNEZ

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exas’ electricity regulator warned residents and businesses to reduce the amount of power they use Monday as

the heat index was forecast to soar above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, putting a strain on the state’s grid and potentially leading to rolling blackouts across the state.

Thermostats should be turned up at

A family in Houston trying to stay cool last month during a previous spell of hot weather.

least 1 degree Fahrenheit, and major appliances should not be used from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Central time Monday, according to an alert from the regulator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages about 90% of the state’s electric load.

ERCOT does not expect systemwide outages. The alert is one step before an Energy Emergency Level 1, which would allow the regulator to tap electricity from other grids nearby when reserves are dangerously low. If the situation worsens, ERCOT can order transmission companies to cut off power to industrial customers and residential consumers.

Local news reports have suggested that the power grid in Texas, which has failed in previous heat waves and natural disasters, could be at its breaking point.

“The heat wave that has settled on Texas and much of the Central United States is driving increased electric use,” ERCOT said in a statement Sunday. “While solar power is generally reaching near full generation capacity, wind generation is currently generating significantly less than what it historically generated in this time period.”

About 50 million people in the United States were under heat warnings or advisories this weekend, including about half of Texas, where the National Weather Service said there was a high probability that the heat index would rise above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the next 12 hours and remain there for at least two days.

Frank Pereira, a meteorologist with the weather service, described the conditions as “oppressive” and “dangerous.”

The heat wave began in the Central Plains and the Southeast of the United States last week and has moved west. Most of the advisories were issued in parts of Arizona, Texas and Alabama.

In a separate statement, the Texas regulator warned that the amount of reserve power could be dangerously low if demand spiked more than forecast, and that there would be “no market solution.” Less than 10% of installed wind power would be available Monday, ERCOT said, further reducing the available electricity.

The regulator forecast demand in Texas to peak at 79,671 megawatts, just short of the 80,168 megawatts that will be available.

Wildfire in Yosemite National Park imperils century-old trees

By CHRISTINE CHUNG

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wildfire in Yosemite National Park that has spread over 1,500 acres is threatening a grove of hundreds of giant sequoia trees, including some that are centuries old.

The fire, now entering its fourth day and fueled by timber and brush, is active in the Mariposa Grove, the largest and most popular of the park’s three giant sequoia clusters. The grove is home to some of the longest-living and tallest trees in the world, including a tree named the Grizzly Giant that is more than 200 feet tall.

Nancy Phillipe, a Yosemite fire information spokesperson, said the fire was 0% contained and that there was not yet any estimate of damage to the sequoia trees.

On Sunday, thick columns of smoke lingered in the park and beyond it. Mandatory evacuation orders for the grove and Wawona, a small community within the park, remained in place. Communication infrastructure and numerous residences were threatened, the

National Interagency Fire Center reported.

Yuli Gotsev, a marketing manager for The Redwoods in Yosemite, which manages about 120 vacation rentals in the park, said the company had evacuated dozens of guests and staff members from Wawona on Friday afternoon after receiving evacuation orders from authorities.

Although the winds were pushing the fire away from the community, he said he saw smoke rising in the distance. “It’s not our first wildfire,” he added. “We have some kind of a reflex that we developed over the years.”

The firefighting effort has involved nearly a dozen helicopters and more than 360 firefighters.

The cause of the fire is under investigation. Wildfires are growing in size and severity in the western United States. Experts say climate change is elevating the risks of wildfires.

Wawona Road is closed from the park’s south entrance to Henness Ridge Road, and Mariposa Grove is closed until further notice.

All other areas of the park remain open, the

Park Service said.

Multiple heat warnings and advisories were issued Sunday for a large portion of Northern California. Fire activity is expected to continue over the next few days, when temperatures in the area could reach triple digits.

Emergency responders are “proactively protecting” the giant trees by removing fuels such as dead trees and using sprinkler systems to increase humidity on the ground, the Yosemite fire management office said Sunday.

Firefighters were also using bulldozers to clear vegetation that was feeding the wildfire, The Associated Press reported.

With thick fibrous bark that acts as insulation and towering branches that can sometimes avoid flames, sequoias are adapted to survive less intense fires. But in recent years, wildfires have become far more destructive to giant sequoia trees, which grow on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada, the National Park Service said.

From 2015 to 2021, more than 85% of the acreage of all giant sequoia groves

across the Sierra Nevada burned in wildfires, compared with 25% in the previous century, according to the Park Service.

Over the weekend, smoke obscured some of Yosemite’s most striking vistas.

On Saturday, a tour guide pointed to a model of the topography at the Tunnel View, a popular roadside overlook 20 miles north of Wawona, and told a group of visitors that was what they could have seen in front of them were it not for the fire. The mountains at the front were in view, but the farthest ones were obscured by the haze.

Even beyond the park’s perimeter, smoke was thick on the horizon.

“It’s definitely a new normal that everyone is getting used to,” Jenna Boozer Yip, who lives in Oakhurst, about 18 miles south of the fire, said Sunday.

She said that many, frustrated with California’s relentless fire seasons, had moved. But, she added, “The people who have stayed are getting comfortable with knowing they have to evacuate.”

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Bannon, facing jail and fines, agrees to testify to Jan. 6 panel

By LUKE BROADWATER and MAGGIE HABERMAN

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ith his criminal trial for contempt of Congress approaching, Steve Bannon, an ally of former President Donald Trump who was involved in his plans to overturn the 2020 election, has informed the House committee investigating the Capitol attack that he is now willing to testify, according to two letters obtained by The New York Times.

His decision is a remarkable about-face for Bannon, who until Saturday had been among the most obstinate and defiant of the committee’s potential witnesses. He had promised to turn the criminal case against him into the “misdemeanor from hell” for the Justice Department.

But with the possibility of two years in jail and large fines looming on the horizon, Bannon has been authorized to testify by Trump, his lawyer told the committee late Saturday in a letter, which was reported earlier by The Guardian.

The former president had previously instructed Bannon and other associates not to cooperate with the panel, claiming that executive privilege — a president’s power to withhold certain internal executive branch information, especially confidential communications involving him or his top aides — compelled them to stay silent. But in recent days, as several witnesses have come forward to offer the House panel damning testimony about his conduct, Trump has grown frustrated that one of his fiercest defenders has not yet appeared before the committee, people close to him said.

“Bannon is willing to, and indeed prefers, to testify at your public hearing,” Robert J. Costello, Bannon’s lawyer, wrote to Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. and chairman of the committee.

Costello said Bannon’s decision to comply with the committee’s subpoena came after he was cleared to testify

by Trump. He provided the panel with a letter that Trump sent to Bannon on Saturday that waived any claim to executive privilege over his testimony or documents relevant to the subpoena.

“Our position about the committee remains unchanged, but President Trump wants Mr. Bannon to tell the committee the truth,” Costello said Sunday. He said Bannon planned to supply the committee with documents as well as testimony.

The committee and the Justice Department have long maintained that Trump has no valid claim of executive privilege over Bannon’s testimony, in part because Bannon left the White House in 2017 and was a private citizen when he was involved in Trump’s efforts to hold on to power after the 2020 election.

“When you first received the subpoena to testify and provide documents, I invoked executive privilege,” Trump wrote in his letter to Bannon on Saturday. “However, I watched how unfairly you and others have been treated, having to spend vast amounts of money on legal fees and all of the trauma you must be going through for the love of your country and out of respect for the office of the president.”

“Therefore,” he continued, “if you reach an agreement on a time and place for your testimony, I will waive exe-

cutive privilege for you, which allows for you to go in and testify truthfully and fairly, as per the request of the unselect committee of political thugs and hacks.”

Bannon’s trial on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress is set for July 18. Each count carries a penalty of up to a year in jail and a $100,000 fine.

It remains to be seen how Bannon’s new posture will affect the criminal proceeding, and how forthcoming he will be. He could refuse to speak about certain topics, citing his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, as some other witnesses have done. But the committee has repeatedly said that it needs to hear from Bannon and receive the documents it requested from him about plans to overturn the 2020 election.

“We got the letter around midnight from his lawyer saying that he would testify, and we have wanted him to testify,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif. and a member of the committee, told CNN on Sunday. “So the committee, of course, has not yet had a chance to discuss it, but I expect that we will be hearing from him. And there are many questions that we have for him.”

Should Bannon ultimately appear for an interview, he would give his testimony behind closed doors like hundreds of other witnesses have done, Lofgren said. The committee has carefully choreographed its public hearings to make a streamlined presentation of its case, and has worked to avoid public sparring sessions with witnesses.

For months, Bannon has been perhaps the most bom-

bastic and strident potential witness the committee has called to testify. He refused to turn over a single document or sit for a minute of testimony. For his intransigence, the House voted in October to hold Bannon in criminal contempt of Congress.

But the panel has insisted that Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist and counselor, could help investigators better understand the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, which was meant to stop the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory.

On his radio show on Jan. 5, 2021, Bannon promised that “all hell is going to break loose tomorrow,” a statement that shows he “had some foreknowledge about extreme events that would occur the next day,” the committee said in a report.

Investigators have also pointed to a conversation Bannon had with Trump on Dec. 30, 2020, in which he urged him to focus his efforts on Jan. 6, the day that Congress was to make the official count of electoral votes to confirm Biden’s victory. Bannon was also present at a meeting at the Willard Hotel in Washington the day before the violence, when plans were discussed to try to overturn the results of the election the next day.

Bannon’s criminal case is just the latest against him.

Federal prosecutors indicted and arrested him in 2020 in New York City on charges related to money raised to promote the construction of the border wall long sought by Trump. But before facing trial, he was preemptively pardoned by Trump hours before the former president left office.

An audio clip of Steve Bannon is played during the fourth hearing held by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, in Washington on Tuesday, June 21, 2022.

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Airline pilots seek big raises and broader changes

By NIRAJ CHOKSHI

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taffing shortages, bad weather, high fuel prices and runaway inflation — airlines face plenty of challenges as they seek to benefit from a strong travel rebound. But there’s at least one other complication in the mix: negotiating new pilot contracts.

Each of the nation’s largest carriers is in the process of trying to strike a deal with pilots. In some cases, airlines appear ready to pay substantially higher wages, with two major airlines recently offering to raise pay more than 14% in the next 18 months.

But money alone may not be enough. Pilot unions are also demanding changes that they say would improve operations and their members’ quality of life, particularly as flight disruptions throughout the recovery have left pilots feeling frustrated and overworked.

They may be well positioned to get what they want, industry analysts say. A brewing pilot shortage was worsened during the pandemic when airlines encouraged thousands of pilots and other workers to accept buyouts and early retirement offers. Now, with the industry hiring pilots at record numbers but struggling to attract, train and retain them, their unions are pushing hard for broader changes.

“You absolutely cannot address quality of life with money,” said Casey Murray, a pilot and the president of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association.

“You’re never going to pay someone enough for a lost piano recital with their daughter or a lost baseball game.”

Airlines in the United States have already hired more than 5,500 pilots this year, more than in any full year since at least 1990, according to Future & Active Pilot Advisors, a career consulting firm for pilots. The four largest carriers — American, Delta, Southwest and United — accounted for most of that hiring and collectively employ about 50,000 pilots. Those airlines say they have had little trouble finding qualified candidates, though the smaller, regional airlines from which they hire are struggling.

But even at the largest airlines, trai-

American Airlines plane on the tarmac at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Pilots feel frustrated and overworked, issues that they say the air travel rebound has magnified by disrupting operations. ning bottlenecks have slowed the process of putting new pilots to work. Those delays have hurt efforts to take full advantage of the travel recovery and, in some cases, have contributed to unexpected meltdowns as bad weather, staff shortages and coronavirus outbreaks conspired to transform what might have been contained turmoil into larger airline disruptions.

To avoid such problems this summer, the industry has broadly reined in its ambitions. Over the course of May, for example, airlines cut about 2.5% of the domestic flights scheduled for June through August, according to Cirium, an aviation data provider. And those problems aren’t limited to pilots or to one part of the world: Across Europe, understaffing has forced airlines to cancel flights and has led aviation workers to strike over working conditions.

In the United States, airlines have sought to shift some of the blame to the Federal Aviation Administration, arguing that the industry does not have enough air traffic controllers to run smoothly.

In a message to staff members last week, Jon Roitman, United’s chief operations officer, said the aviation system

would “remain challenged this summer and beyond” unless the agency addressed its staffing shortage. But the FAA disputed that characterization, arguing in a statement that, while the controller shortage has played a role, “the majority of delays and cancellations are not because of staffing at FAA.” Whatever the cause, disruptions and last-minute schedule changes have frustrated pilots across the industry, leading to complaints of being overworked to the point of fatigue. In a full-page newspaper advertisement last month, the leadership of Delta’s pilot union, known as the Delta Master Executive Council, said that, at current rates, the airline’s pilots will have worked more overtime by this fall than in all of 2018 and 2019 combined.

United and its pilots have moved the closest to a new contract, having reached a two-year agreement that pilots will vote on this week. Under the deal, pilots would receive a series of raises that would increase pay more than 14.5% within 18 months. They would also receive better pay for working overtime and during high-demand periods, eight weeks of paid maternity leave, better schedule flexibility, and more protec-

tions against overwork.

Last month, American publicized its own offer to pilots, which broadly matched the United deal and would raise base pay nearly 17% by the start of 2024.

That would increase the top base salary for a captain of a single-aisle plane to $340,000 a year, while a captain of a larger twin-aisle plane could earn as much as $425,000 a year, the airline’s CEO said in a message to pilots. The offer will include substantial signing bonuses if pilots agree to it by the end of September.

But the union representing American’s 14,000 aviators, the Allied Pilots Association, was unimpressed. In a video message to the union’s members, Ed Sicher, its president, argued that this was “the most competitive market in history for qualified airline pilots” and one that would largely drive favorable pay increases. He encouraged the union’s members to remain focused on securing better rules governing scheduling and assignments.

“We all know where the real value in this deal is for our members: It’s in the fixes to the onerous work rules to the company practices that have continued to degrade our quality of life,” he said.

A slowly building pilot shortage has shifted the dynamics from similar negotiations in years past, experts said. The shortage was caused by a number of factors, including a thinning military-to-airline pipeline and an aging workforce. The industry has struggled to bring in recruits, who have been attracted to other fields and discouraged by the approximately $100,000 in training costs. In hindsight, it appears clear that airlines pushed too many pilots out during the worst of the pandemic, with thousands taking early retirement and buyout offers, according to industry analysts and airline executives.

“For the past 20 years, in general, company leverage has eroded, especially for skilled positions like mechanics and pilots,” said Dan Akins, an aviation economist with Flightpath Economics, a consulting firm. “That’s been exaggerated by the release of senior people during COVID.”

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Global shares decline, bond yields slide and dollar rallies amid inflation fears

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orld equities and U.S. bond yields fell on Monday as investors prepare for fresh inflation data and corporate earnings that may be seen as potentially influencing the Federal Reserve’s path ahead for interest-rate increases.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX lost 0.50% and MSCI’s gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS shed 1.17%.

The euro hovered just above parity versus the dollar as the biggest single pipeline carrying Russian gas to Germany entered annual maintenance, with flows expected to stop for 10 days.

Euro zone bond yields fell while long-term inflation expectations dropped below 2% as recession fears deepened after warnings about the possible cut in Russian gas supplies.

Germany’s 10-year government bond yield, the euro zone benchmark, fell 5 bps to 1.296%. It hit a five-week low at 1.072% last week. DE10YT=RR Underlining the global nature of the inflation challenge, central banks in Canada and New Zealand are expected to tighten policy further this week. NZ/INTCA/ INT Wall Street, which was off to a strong start in July after a brutal first half of the year, further declined as traders fear another round of heavy sell-off if company results fail to meet expectations this month.

The dollar index =USD rose 0.869%, with the euro EUR= down 1.2% to $1.0061.

The market mood will be tested by earnings from JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley on Thursday, with Citigroup and Wells Fargo the day after.

“Not only are people worried that earnings are going to come in weak because of an economic slowdown, but also because of the rise of the U.S. dollar, which creates a headwind for earnings for multinationals,” said Robert Pavlik, senior portfolio manager at Dakota Wealth Management.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 0.42%, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 1.04% and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 2.02%.

Later in the week, a raft of U.S. economic data - including consumer prices, retail sales and factory output - should provide a glimpse of the extent to which inflation has peaked and the economy has cooled down as the Federal Reserve moves closer to next week’s policy meeting, which is expected to culminate in the second straight 75 basis points interest rate hike.

Chris Zaccarelli, chief investment officer at Independent Advisor Alliance in Charlotte, North Carolina, said his position remains cautiously optimistic,” but investors’ worry about a recession should not be ignored.

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At least 8 people are killed in Russia’s latest attacks

By MATTHEW MPOKE BIGG

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ussian strikes killed at least eight people in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours and the death toll from an apartment complex hit by Russian rockets grew, local officials said Monday, as civilians bore the brunt of Moscow’s latest attacks despite what military analysts say is a lull in its drive to seize territory.

Shelling and missile barrages, which seem to be striking almost at random, have ramped up in particular in Donetsk, an eastern province increasingly in Moscow’s crosshairs after Russian forces seized the last major city in neighboring Luhansk province this month.

The toll from a strike on the apartment complex in the Donetsk village of Chasiv Yar late Saturday rose to 30, the Ukrainian State Emergency Service said Monday on the Telegram messaging app. Nine people had been pulled from the rubble and rescued so far, it said.

Ukraine’s police force said Monday that missiles had struck at least 10 urban centers in Donetsk province in the past 24 hours. Two people were killed, bringing the civilian death toll in the province since Russia invaded the country in late February to nearly 600, said the region’s

Missiles struck at least 10 urban centers in Donetsk Province, where Russia is shifting its focus. In one apartment block hit by Russian rockets, the death toll rose to 30. military governor, Pavlo Kyrylenko.

Six people were killed and 31 more were wounded in northeastern Ukraine, local officials said.

“Only civilian structures — a shopping center and houses of peaceful Kharkiv residents — came under the fire of the Russians,” the head of the Kharkiv regional administration, Oleh Sinehubov, said

on Telegram.

At about 3:40 a.m. Monday, a Russian missile destroyed a school building in the Slobidske district of the city of Kharkiv, although no one was hurt, Sinehubov said. He said a six-story apartment building in the city was hit 20 minutes later.

Emergency workers rescued an 86-yearold woman from the rubble.

Explosions also rang out early Monday in the southern city of Mykolaiv, Ukrainian officials said. At least one person was wounded in a missile strike, the head of the regional military administration, Vitaliy Kim, said on Telegram.

Russia is engaged in a “theaterwide operational pause,” the Institute for the Study of War, a research group based in Washington, said in a report Monday, a view held by several military analysts. A British intelligence report Monday said that “shelling continued in northern Donbas without any major territorial advances.”

Many civilians have fled Donetsk province, but for those who remain, Russia’s pause in a concerted attempt to take fresh territory offers little comfort.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mocked the notion in an overnight speech: “Many talked about the

alleged ‘operational pause’ in the actions of the occupiers in Donbas and other parts of Ukraine. Thirty-four airstrikes by Russian aircraft over the past day is an answer to all those who came up with this ‘pause.’”

The attacks of recent days appear to differ from the concerted onslaught that Russian forces launched before its assault on cities in Luhansk in June and July. Then, Moscow used artillery to pound particular cities or, often, single neighborhoods relentlessly; only after weeks of shelling that left whole neighborhoods in ruins did it send in ground forces.

The latest attacks took place in the three main theaters of conflict that have evolved since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces failed in their attempt to seize Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.

In 2014, Russian forces and separatists loyal to Moscow seized the Crimea region and territory in the Donbas — the region containing the provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. They set up breakaway republics in both of those provinces, and, in total, they now control about one-fifth of Ukraine. With the exception of Luhansk, however, where Russian forces seized the last holdout city this month, little land has changed hands in recent weeks.

Germany on edge as Russian gas pipeline goes offline for repair

By MELISSA EDDY

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he flow of natural gas from Russia to Germany via a crucial undersea pipeline stopped Monday, as the link went offline for a 10-day scheduled maintenance period, testing Europe’s resolve to wean itself off abundant Russian fuel supplies.

Despite sanctions aimed at punishing Moscow for invading Ukraine, Germany still draws 30% of its natural gas from Russia, much of it used to power its economically important industrial sector. Other European Union countries, including Austria, Italy and the Czech Republic, also receive gas via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.

The pipeline’s majority owner, Russian energy giant Gazprom, cut the flow of gas by 60% last month, driving energy prices to record levels. The move has forced Germany

to raise its gas emergency alert level to the second of three stages — the third and final stage would permit the government to begin gas rationing — and pass a law to bail out utility companies and bring coal-fired power plants back online.

Officials in Berlin now worry that Gazprom could take advantage of the routine shutdown to cut off supply altogether, stymieing Germany’s plans to fill the country’s gas storage reserves by November to bolster supplies for the winter. Facilities across the country are just above 63% full, but if Russia turns off all supply beyond the 10-day maintenance period, that target could become unreachable.

“It’s simply a situation like we haven’t had before,” Robert Habeck, Germany’s economy minister, told German public radio Deutschlandfunk on Monday. “We honestly always

have to prepare for the worst and work a little bit for the best.”

Chancellor Olaf Scholz convened the heads of big German companies in Berlin on Monday to discuss the impact that the war in Ukraine and the economic sanctions against Russia are having on their businesses. Industry leaders are faced with high energy prices and growing uncertainty while they are struggling to emerge from disruptions caused by pandemic shutdowns and supply chain snarls.

Economists are predicting that a full gas cutoff could tip Germany, Europe’s largest economy, into a recession.

Over the weekend, Habeck reached an agreement with Canada for a turbine needed for the Nord Stream 1 pipeline that had been sent to Montreal for repairs to be returned to Germany. The turbine’s return had been held up by sanctions against Russia, and Gazprom

had cited the missing equipment as the reason it was forced to reduce supplies through the pipeline.

Analysts at the Brussels think tank Bruegel predict that Germany would need to cut its consumption of natural gas by 29% to prevent storage from running dry if Russian gas was permanently cut off.

A Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline facility in Lubmin, Germany. A maintenance shutdown is scheduled to last 10 days.

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Biden will find a changed Middle East on his coming visit

By PATRICK KINGSLEY

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hen U.S. President Joe Biden arrives in the Middle East this week, on his first visit as American head of state, he will find a region where alliances, priorities and relations with the United States have shifted significantly since his last official trip, six years ago.

His visit opens in Israel and the occupied West Bank, once at the center of U.S. policy in the Middle East, and is expected to focus on Israel’s fast-strengthening ties with Arab countries and an emerging Arab-Israeli military partnership to combat threats from Iran. He ends the trip in Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf state that the West wants to pump out more oil as a salve to a growing global energy crisis set off by the war in Ukraine.

When Biden last visited Israel, in 2016 as vice president, the country had diplomatic ties with just two Arab states, Egypt and Jordan. But now, it is increasingly embedded within the diplomatic ecosystem of the Middle East after several landmark deals brokered by the Trump administration that normalized relations between Israel and three other Arab states: Bahrain, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.

In the West Bank, Biden will meet with Palestinian officials and may announce new economic support. But analysts and diplomats said that they did not expect major developments in Israeli-Palestinian relations.

“U.S. engagement, let alone presidential involvement, in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is no longer a priority,” said Alon Pinkas, an Israeli former consul general in New York. “The U.S. has reverted or shifted to alliance management, which is why an Israeli-Gulf, counter-Iranian coalition is far more important to the U.S. than solving the conflict.”

Biden and his Israeli hosts are expected to discuss the strengthening of the military coordination system among Israel, its new Arab allies and the U.S. military. Unthinkable during Biden’s last official visit, the system allows the participating armies to communicate in real time about aerial threats from Iran and its proxies, and has already been used to help bring down several drones, according to Israeli officials.

There have even been hints about the involvement of Saudi Arabia in the military coordination, which currently has no overt relationship with Israel but shares its opposition to Iran.

“We are not going to be announcing a normalization with Saudi Arabia on this

A makeshift memorial to Shireen Abu Akleh, a prominent Palestinian American journalist, at the site where she was shot dead on May 11, in the West Bank city of Jenin, May 25, 2022. trip,” Thomas Nides, U.S. ambassador to Israel, said in a recent podcast hosted by Israeli newspaper Haaretz. But this will be the beginning of a process that will “show the importance of regional security,” he added.

Historically, Saudi officials have said they will avoid a formal relationship with Israel until the creation of a Palestinian state.

But leading Saudis have become increasingly critical of the Palestinian leadership, and two Saudi commentators expressed support for normalization with Israel in recent days.

The Israeli news media has also reported on back-channel negotiations to increase the number of Israeli planes allowed to fly over the Saudi mainland and to secure Israel’s blessing to change the role of international peacekeepers on two strategic small islands near Israel’s southern coast that Egypt handed over to Saudi Arabia in 2017.

An Israeli minister, Esawi Frej, also said Thursday that he had asked Saudi Arabia to allow direct flights from Israel to facilitate pilgrimages to Mecca by members of Israel’s Muslim minority.

“There is new closeness between Israel and the Gulf,” said Itamar Rabinovich, a former Israeli ambassador to Washington.

“The question is: Can the United States try to take all these different bricks and build something new with them?”

Biden’s visit will also give the United States a chance to bridge its differences with the Israeli government over how to contain Iran’s nuclear program.

Since the departure a year ago of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli former prime minister who had a fractious relationship with the Democratic Party, ties between Israel and the United States have improved.

Both sides speak of warm interactions, and there have been no major public spats.

That dynamic remains despite the recent collapse of Israel’s government and the installation of an interim prime minister, Yair Lapid.

Nevertheless, in private, Israel has opposed U.S.-backed efforts to persuade Iran to scale back its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief — and Biden’s arrival is partly an effort to reassure Israel that Washington has its back.

“No one’s going to hold the light to Joe Biden’s commitment and love for the state of Israel,” Nides said on the podcast. “The security of Israel is of utmost importance in the United States.”

Biden’s talks with the Palestinians promise to be more fraught, however.

The last time Biden visited, the latest Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, brokered by the last Democratic administration, had recently broken down. Renewed talks are considered highly unlikely amid dwindling hopes of an end to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank in the near future and diminished U.S. interest in seeking one.

American officials, including Nides, stress that the Biden administration believes in a two-state solution to the conflict. But the entrenchment of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, divisions within the Palestinian leadership and Israeli disinterest in peace negotiations all make a Palestinian state seem like an increasingly distant possibility, analysts said.

The Biden administration says it has restored about $500 million in funding for Palestinians, including for the United Nations department that provides for Palestinian refugees. It has also criticized actions, including settlement expansion, that make a

two-state solution less viable.

But it has also failed to reverse several measures taken by the Trump administration that Palestinians saw as undermining their quest.

The U.S. State Department has not formally rescinded a Trump administration decision to bestow legitimacy on Israeli settlements in the West Bank, considered illegal by most of the world. It was a reversal of decades of U.S. policy.

After Israeli pressure, the United States has not reopened its consulate to the Palestinians in Jerusalem, which was closed under then-President Donald Trump. The Palestinian mission in Washington, also shuttered under Trump, remains closed.

Palestinian anger rose again this past week, after the United States concluded that Shireen Abu Akleh, a prominent Palestinian American journalist shot dead in the West Bank in May, was most likely killed by accident and said that it would not push Israel to pursue a criminal investigation into any Israeli soldier.

The Palestinian Authority, which administers parts of the West Bank, accused Israel of killing Abu Akleh intentionally, and a number of Palestinians, as well as the journalist’s family, considered the U.S. announcement an attempt to shield Israel from accountability — a claim Washington denied.

“All in all, from a Palestinian perspective, the administration has not done what it needs or what it takes in order to fix the damage that was done,” said Ibrahim Dalalsha, a former liaison between the U.S. government and the Palestinian leadership and director of the Horizon Center, a research group in the West Bank.

Biden’s visit is unlikely to significantly change that dynamic.

Lapid, the Israeli prime minister, broadly supports the concept of a Palestinian state, unlike his predecessor, Naftali Bennett. But Lapid is only in his role on an interim basis, pending elections in the fall, and he lacks the mandate to change the current situation.

Even so, Palestinian officials said they hoped the U.S. administration might at least persuade Israel to implement lower-profile projects, such as a 4G mobile network in Palestinian-run areas of the West Bank.

“Maybe this is not exactly the right time for the administration to push for a final status solution,” Dalalsha said.

But, he added, “This administration has failed to get the Israelis to deliver on a meaningful set of confidence-building measures.”

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A year after mass protest, Cubans face stark choice: ‘Prison or exile’

By OSCAR LÓPEZ

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ne year after Cubans took to the streets in one of the largest protest movements since the Communist government took power six decades ago, hundreds of demonstrators are languishing in prison while tens of thousands have fled repression and destitution on the island.

Economic conditions have only worsened since frustration over the worst financial crisis to hit the country since the 1990s, coupled with demands for political and social changes, propelled last July’s demonstrations.

“The situation gets worse every day,” said René de Jesús Gómez Manzano, a longtime Cuban dissident who has been previously jailed by the government.

“Here, whoever doesn’t leave, it’s because they can’t.”

Human rights groups say some of those arrested during and after the protests have been tortured and that many have been sentenced to long prison terms after unfair trials.

A report by Human Rights Watch released Monday based on interviews with more than 170 people documented instances of “arbitrary detention, abuseridden prosecutions” and even torture.

The report also said that the government’s failure to address the underlying issues that sparked the protests had created a mass exodus from the island.

Cuban migration to the United States has reached its highest level in four decades: Between January and May, more than 118,000 Cubans were detained at the southern border, compared with 17,400 in the same period last year.

Nearly 3,000 Cubans have been intercepted at sea since October.

“This is the greatest moment of repression in Cuba at least this century,” said Juan Pappier, senior Americas researcher at Human Rights Watch.

“Whoever doesn’t like the rules imposed by the regime has two options: prison or exile.”

About half of the 1,400 people detained by security forces after last year’s demonstrations were still behind bars as of July 1, including several people youn-

Plainclothes police officers clashing with antigovernment protesters last July 11 in Havana during the biggest wave of demonstrations since the Communist government took power. ger than 18, according to Cubalex, a local human rights group.

The crackdown has had a chilling effect on the protest movement, quashing any hope of meaningful social change. Still, the flame lit last July may not have been entirely extinguished, said Javier Corrales, a political-science professor at Amherst College.

“The very same forces that prompted the protest are still there,” Corrales said.

“Once these roundups end and you do return to a little bit of business as usual, people may go back to the same frame of mind that they may feel like they’re not afraid anymore.”

The Cuban government did not respond to requests for comment sent through the foreign media office. Last month, the country’s attorney general released a statement detailing the sentencing of protesters whom the government accused of attacking “the stability of our socialist state.”

According to the attorney general’s office, nearly 300 people have been sentenced to prison, including 36 who were charged with sedition and handed sentences of up to 25 years in prison.

Among those sentenced were two well-known Cuban artists, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maykel Castillo, who were featured in a video for the song “Patria y Vida” that became an anthem for protesters and won a Latin Grammy. In June, Castillo received a nine-year sentence, while Otero Alcántara was sentenced to five years in prison.

On Saturday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Twitter that the United States was imposing sanctions on 28 Cuban officials for “restricting Cubans’ human rights and fundamental freedoms.”

“We call on the regime to unconditionally and immediately release all those unjustly detained,” he said.

The Cuban government has accused the United States of instigating the protest movement.

“The U.S. government and its Secretary of State are seeking to discredit people’s victory over imperialist aggression,” Bruno Rodríguez, Cuba’s foreign minister, wrote in a tweet apparently responding to Blinken. “Their repeated coercive measures violate international law.”

Rodríguez, in an earlier tweet, also blamed the U.S. government’s immigration policy for encouraging mass migration as well as “the trafficking of people” that had caused “the loss of life and the suffering of Cuban families.”

To help alleviate the economic strain that has plagued the island for years and was made worse by the pandemic, the Cuban government has adopted a handful of financial measures, including lifting a ban on private businesses.

President Miguel Díaz-Canel, during a meeting with provincial governors last month, vowed to ease the financial hardship, and blamed the nation’s economic woes on the global downturn caused by the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, as well as the decades-old U.S. trade embargo.

“We can assure our people that the main cause behind this whole situation is the intensification of the blockade,” he said. “Here we are working intensely to overcome all these adverse situations we’re living through.”

But some Cubans say the government’s efforts have done little to improve the country’s financial situation.

Saily González Velazquez, a Cuban businessperson who created the country’s first coworking space for entrepreneurs, said she did not take part in last year’s protests because she was sick. But after seeing so many people detained, she felt compelled to speak out.

“I couldn’t take so many violations,” she said. “All that persecution, that witch hunt.”

In May, she held a one-woman protest in support of Otero Alcántara and Castillo, the artists who were on trial.

Last month, González said she was summoned to a meeting by state security forces and given an ultimatum: Either she leave the country or she, too, would be imprisoned. Three days later, she was on a flight to Miami.

Cubans are an “impoverished people, a sad people, a people whose main aspiration is to migrate,” Gónzalez said. “Because they’re afraid to fight against the repression that the Cuban government has unleashed.”

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Rockets, feathers and prices at the pump

By PAUL KRUGMAN

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ne of the sad paradoxes of politics is that few economic indicators matter more for public opinion — for voters’ evaluation of the government in power — than energy prices, especially the price of gasoline. This isn’t just a U.S. phenomenon: Inflation driven by soaring energy prices has undermined the popularity of leaders across the Western world.

Why do I call this a sad paradox? Because while policy can have a big effect on overall inflation, it doesn’t have much effect on energy prices. The rates for oil, in particular, are set on world markets; even the U.S. president (let alone the leaders of smaller nations) has very little influence on that global price.

Still, given the political salience of prices at the pump, leaders have an incentive to do what they can to bring them down a bit or at least be seen making the effort. So a few days ago, President Joe Biden tweeted an appeal to “the companies running gas stations” to “bring down the price at the pump to reflect the cost you’re paying for the product.” Indeed, wholesale gasoline prices have fallen about 80 cents a gallon since early June, while the decline in retail prices has been less sharp.

The reaction to his remark was, however, savage. Most notably, Jeff Bezos in a tweet assailed Biden for “a deep

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misunderstanding of market dynamics.”

Hmmm. Did Bezos check out what we know about the market dynamics of gasoline prices (or order an underling to do it)? Because if he had, he would have learned that there are some peculiar things about those dynamics — things that suggest at least some justification for Biden’s appeal. Serious research offers a lot more support for the idea that market power has played a role in recent inflation than you’d imagine from the ridicule heaped on that notion, including from Democratic-leaning economists.

Monopoly power isn’t the principal cause of inflation, which has been driven by an overheated economy plus external shocks like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But there’s a reasonable case that monopoly power is a cause of inflation — and blanket attacks on the mere possibility reflect, well, a deep misunderstanding of market dynamics.

So, about those gas prices. As economists at the St. Louis Fed recently pointed out, there’s a long-standing phenomenon in the fuel market known as asymmetric pass-through or, more colorfully, rockets and feathers. When oil prices shoot up, prices at the pump shoot up right along with them (the rocket).

And when oil prices plunge, prices at the pump eventually fall, but much more gradually (the feather).

Why this asymmetry? There have been a number of economic papers trying to understand it, pretty much all of which stress the market power of companies that face limited competition (something Bezos surely knows a lot about). The clearest explanation I’ve seen is in a relatively old paper by Severin Borenstein, Richard Gilbert and A. Colin Campbell. I’d summarize their argument as follows: When oil prices shoot up, owners of gas stations feel empowered not just to pass on the cost but also to raise their markups, because consumers can’t easily tell whether they’re being gouged when prices are going up everywhere. And gas stations may hang on to these extra markups for a while even when oil prices fall.

Is there evidence for this story? Yes. Notably, the rockets and feathers phenomenon seems to be strongest in areas where individual gas stations face relatively little competition.

In such a situation, badgering gas stations to get their prices down may actually make some sense. We can argue about its effectiveness, but it’s not stupid, given what we know about the relevant market dynamics.

What at least a few readers may notice is that the market power explanation of rockets and feathers — an explanation with an impeccable academic pedigree, developed by economists who had no obvious political ax to grind — is pretty much the same argument politicians like Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., have made about how monopoly power may have contributed to recent overall inflation. That is, some politicians argue that corporations have taken advantage of a generally inflationary environment to jack up their markups, in the belief that they will face less public backlash than they would in normal times. And this exploitation of market power has pushed inflation even higher.

Such arguments have been greeted with ridicule and

horror, even from some Democratic-leaning pundits and economists. But they make sense, as illustrated by the economic literature on gasoline prices. And what appears to be true for gasoline prices could be true more generally.

New research by Mike Konczal and Niko Lusiani of the Roosevelt Institute, a progressive think tank, finds that recent price increases have been largest in industries that had limited competition — as indicated by high markups — even before the pandemic. That’s the same kind of evidence that supports the view that asymmetric adjustment of gasoline prices reflects market power.

The mystery to me is why so many of my colleagues, in both the economics profession and the economics punditocracy, have had such an extremely negative reaction to any suggestion that market power might be playing a role in inflation and that presidential jawboning might make some contribution to anti-inflation strategy.

Are they afraid that Biden is about to turn into Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has rejected conventional macroeconomics and sent inflation soaring, officially to 79% and probably much higher in reality? Look, that’s not going to happen. Biden isn’t even going to do a Richard Nixon and try to use price controls to suppress inflation while urging the Fed to keep interest rates low. Unlike Donald Trump, who yelled at the Fed a lot, the current administration has been scrupulously hands-off as the Fed tightens policy to bring inflation down — a policy, by the way, that I support, even though there’s a real risk of recession.

The only thing I can conclude is that even supposedly center-left members of the economics commentariat are viscerally appalled by anything that even hints at populism.

And this, I’m afraid, says more about the profession than it does about the economy.

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Representante del PNP denuncia aumentos en almacenamiento de contenedores en muelle de Puerto Nuevo POR CYBERNEWS

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L CAPITOLIO – El representante del Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP), José Aponte Hernández, denunció el lunes que la empresa Luis Ayala Colón-Tote Maritime, bajo el consorcio Puerto Nuevo Terminals (PNT) incrementaron las tarifas que cobra por almacenar contenedores en sus predios, en algunos casos hasta un 186 por ciento.

“He sido consistente en mis planteamientos de que el acuerdo entre las empresas Luis Ayala Colón y Tote Maritime es uno malo para Puerto Rico, pues creó un monopolio total en el puerto de San Juan que, entre otras cosas, permite aumentar las tarifas de almacenamiento, sin razón alguna porque, inclusive, crearon un cargo nuevo de ‘Fuel Recovery Surcharge’ de 10.50 dólares por unidad almacenada para alegadamente mitigar el alza en el costo del combustible. Este

cargo es adicional al nuevo tarifario, así que cuando calculamos, el aumento es ahora mayo”, dijo Aponte Hernández en declaraciones escritas.

Reveló la nueva tabla de tarifas creada por el consorcio PNT la cual entra en efecto mañana, lunes, 11 de julio. En la misma se detalla un aumento en múltiples áreas de almacenamiento de contenedores. Por ejemplo, aumentos en los primeros cinco días de 40 por ciento (de 25.00 a 35.00 dólares), de 6 a 10 días de un 43 por ciento (35 a 50 dólares), de 11 a 15 días 114 por ciento (35 a 75 dólares) y de 16 días en delante de un 186 por ciento (35 a $100 dólares).

“Estos excesivos y abusivos aumentos de este consorcio son un ataque directo al pueblo con incrementos que no se ameritan únicamente porque son un monopolio. Estos aumentos están diseñados para que el pueblo los pague y eso vamos a tratar de evitarlo.

Inclusive, los aumentos también afectan el sector empresarial de Puerto Rico, pues existe un nuevo ‘fee’ para los contenedores de exportación, esos que contienen nuestros productos para ser vendidos en el exterior. Ahora esta empresa le colocó una nueva tarifa de ‘Export Containers’ de 50 dólares por los primeros siete días, 75 dólares hasta 12 días y 100 dólares hasta 17 días de almacenamiento, En esencia esto es un golpe mortal a la exportación de nuestros productos”, agregó.

Solicitan intervención de la Oficina de la Procuradora de la Mujer por supuestos casos de hostigamiento en el PIP POR CYBERNEWS

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AN JUAN – La presidenta de la Organización de las Mujeres Progresistas, Jackeline Rodríguez, solicitó el lunes, la intervención de la Oficina de la Procuradora de las Mujeres para que investigue el proceso seguido por Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño (PIP) y su secretario general, Juan Dalmau, en la tramitación de al menos tres querellas de hostigamiento laboral y sexual y prácticas discriminatorias contra las mujeres y el machismo.

La exrepresentante también pidió la intervención del Departamento del Trabajo y Recursos Humanos.

“En sus comparecencias públicas, el licencia-

do Dalmau ha aceptado que el PIP, y él como líder máximo de la colectividad, no han adoptado reglamentos para la tramitación de querellas de acoso laboral y sexual. Con independencia de los tecnicismos de si entre los querellantes y los querellados había relación de patrono, es un hecho admitido que el PIP no cuenta con los protocolos requeridos por las leyes 17 y 90. Aunque se haya realizado un proceso investigativo amañado para encubrir las acciones de los querellados, la razón principal para estas acciones desacertadas es la falta de los protocolos que establece la ley”, dijo Rodríguez en declaraciones escritas.

En la mañana del lunes, Valerie Román Echeva-

rría, exmilitante del PIP aseguró que procederá legalmente sobre la supuesta situación que enfrentó con Eliezer Ríos Santiago, militante del PIP en Aguadilla y a quien este le acusa de hostigamiento laboral y fomentar ataques misóginos en su contra.

Por su parte, las representantes del Partido Popular Democrático (PPD) Deborah Soto, Estrella Martinez y Sol Higgins, condenaron la manera en como el Partido Independentista y su secretario general, Juan Dalmau, justificaron los actos denunciados por mujeres militantes de ese partido en torno a un alegado patrón de acoso sexual y laboral por parte de un alto militante de ese partido y empleado de la senadora María de Lourdes Santiago.

Mueren tres y 2,108 casos nuevos por COVID-19 según informe del DS POR CYBERNEWS

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AN JUAN – El informe de COVID-19 del Departamento de Salud (DS) reportó el lunes, sobre 486 casos positivos confirmados, 1,622 casos probables y tres muertes.

Las personas fallecidas fueron 2 hombres y una mujer, de 56 a 80 años de las regiones de Arecibo, Mayagüez y Metropolitano. Dos estaban sin vacunas al día y una con vacunas al día.

El monitoreo cubre el periodo del 20 de junio de 2022 al 4 de julio de 2022.

La tasa de positividad subió a 31.9 por ciento.

Hay 304 adultos hospitalizados y de ellos, 48 están en intensivo. Mientras, 41 menores están hospitalizados y ninguno está en intensivo. 28 adultos están en ventilador y ningún menor.

Las personas con vacunas al día son 981 mil, 928 personas.

El total de muertes atribuidas es de 4,634.

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Kool & the Gang get the dance floor moving. Have they gotten their due?

By STEVE KNOPPER

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o something,” producer Gene Redd instructed drummer George Brown and bassist Robert “Kool” Bell during an early recording session in New York. “Say something! Sing something.”

That prompt in the late ’60s was what Kool & the Gang — a jazz group with a crack horn section that evolved into funk, then transitioned to disco — needed to get moving.

“Right off the top of the heads,” Brown, 73, said of group’s early years, when it was making instrumental tracks influenced by both James Moody and James Brown. “We’d just start, and bingo, there it is: ‘Raw Hamburger’ and ‘Chocolate Buttermilk,’” he added, referring to two memorable tracks. “It just flowed.

And we’re just grooving.”

Over nearly six decades, Kool & the Gang have released 25 albums and toured worldwide, playing Live Aid in 1985 and Glastonbury in 2011. Their 12 Top 10 singles are funk, disco and pop classics, underpinning movies including “Pulp Fiction” and “Legally Blonde”: “Jungle Boogie,” “Ladies Night,” “Hollywood Swinging,” the undeniable 1980 party anthem “Celebration.” They are foundational for hip-hop and have been sampled over 1,800 times, according to the website WhoSampled, including memorable turns on Eric B. & Rakim’s “Don’t Sweat the Technique” and Nas’ “N.Y. State of Mind.”

(Questlove played a three-hour-plus set of songs featuring the group’s samples during a 2020 livestream.)

Yet Kool & the Gang haven’t collected the same accolades as many of their contemporaries. They haven’t even reached the ballot for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Why? “We’re asking the same question,” said Bell, 71, in a separate interview. The bassist and singer left the Imperial Lords street gang and joined the first version of the group in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1964.

A new boxed set out this month, “The Albums Vol. 1: 1970-1978,” makes an argument for the band’s influence — 199 tracks over 13 CDs, celebrating a transitional period, one that would push the group to the edge of megastardom. (Part 2, covering the ’80s, is due in the fall.)

Bell was video chatting from Orlando, Florida, wearing a leopard-print dress shirt, with a bass, a Kool & the Gang-branded guitar and framed gold and platinum records

Over nearly six decades, Kool & the Gang have recorded more than 20 albums and toured worldwide. behind him. He’s an animated storyteller, delighting in remembering the band’s early days in Youngstown, Ohio, when he and his brother Ronald Khalis Bell, often credited under his Muslim name, Khalis Bayyan, pounded on empty paint cans to make rhythms.

Their father, Bobby, was a boxer who hung out with the jazzmen Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk; Monk later became Robert’s godfather. Robert tried boxing but only lasted a year. When the family moved to Jersey City, he fell in with local gangs.

Music eventually pulled him out: The group sparked when Ronald visited the home of a high-school classmate, Robert “Spike” Mickens, who could flawlessly play the jazz classic “Desafinado.” Soon the Bell brothers were hanging around Mickens’ house, and Kool picked up a guitar, learning the one-note bass part in Herbie Mann’s “Comin’ Home Baby.” His instinctive style, with help from his more accomplished brother, became the group’s rhythmic foundation.

“Didn’t take no lessons. Nothing like that,” Bell said. “Just listening.”

They formed the Jazz Birds, then the Jazziacs, then Kool and the Flames, after Bell’s street nickname, modified from a friend called Cool. In 1969, wanting to avoid trouble from James Brown and His Famous Flames, they renamed themselves Kool & the Gang.

The group found a manager and began playing gigs, learning Brown and Motown hits, backing minor R&B stars in their swings through town. “So now you have the jazz and the funk coming together,” Bell said. The band’s live, mostly instrumental 1970 debut “Kool and the Gang” reflected this combination.

Through most of the band’s early period, Kool & the Gang had no bona fide singer, and for a while, it didn’t matter. When a record executive requested they make their own version of Manu Dibango’s hit “Soul Makossa,” Kool & the Gang came up with “Jungle Boogie,” “Funky Stuff” and “Hollywood Swinging” during a one-day marathon rehearsal session in New York for their “Wild and Peaceful” album.

“These guys could make hit records with no singers,” said Pete Rock, the DJ and producer whose Jamaican family in the Bronx owned all the Kool & the Gang singles and albums. “Funky as hell — that’s the only way to describe that rhythm section.”

Rock said once the pioneering hip-hop DJ Kool Herc of the Bronx popularized the isolation of breakbeats grabbed from other artists’ records, Kool & the Gang became essential: “Everybody was on a James Brown kick in hip-hop, but certain producers listened to other music by other groups.”

By the late ’70s, Kool & the Gang had

survived long enough to realize they could be even bigger if they found their elusive frontman. Dick Griffey, a concert promoter, was the first to suggest the idea, and the group hired James “JT” Taylor.

A small detail at the end of “Ladies Night” turned out to be crucial — Meekaaeel Muhammad, a member of the group’s songwriting team, fleshed out the chorus with a countermelodic “Come on, let’s celebrate.”

It pointed to the band’s next hit: “Celebration,” based on an idea from Ronald Khalis Bell. “The track had that kind of down-home feeling, almost like you’re somewhere in Alabama, with grandma sitting on the porch with some lemonade. A rocking-chair vibe,” Bell said. “One of the guys came up with that ‘yahoo!’”

“Celebration” is one of the most recognizable songs in pop, on best-of playlists for weddings and sporting events — it was even played on the International Space Station. The track kicked off a commercially rich period in the ’80s (“Get Down On It,” “Cherish,” “Fresh”), but after so many years of funky polyrhythms, disco and pop got “a little boring, if you know what I mean,” Brown said. “You eventually get into it, but it wasn’t like playing jazz or funk. Those two genres, you can stretch out.”

The hits mostly dried up by 1989, and the group continued to make albums and tour internationally throughout the ’90s and 2000s, replacing original members with younger artists. In 2011, David Lee Roth saw Kool & the Gang perform at Glastonbury and invited the band to open for Van Halen on its tour the following year. The group’s tracks have streamed 2.8 billion times worldwide to date, according to the tracking service Luminate.

But the last few years have been difficult. Ronald Khalis Bell and saxophonist Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas died; Robert Bell lost his wife and another brother. When the pandemic hit, the group’s remaining members had to cut off their touring schedule. Discussing this period, Bell’s smile drooped, and he turned contemplative. “A lot of memories,” he said. “But we continue to move on.”

Brown said a new album is scheduled for October, and the band is on the road once again.

Perhaps it will eventually reach the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, too. Bell smiled wryly. “Yeah, well,” he said. “Maybe next year.”

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A canine companion so nice it (maybe) evolved twice

Feeding time for pups at Wolf Park, a nonprofit education and research facility in Battle Ground, Ind., July 1, 2017. Two different ancient wolf populations contributed DNA to modern dogs, according to a new study.

By EMILY ANTHES

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or years, one of the most confounding questions in science — alongside “What is dark matter?” and “Why do we sleep?” — has been one that many pet owners may have found themselves casually pondering: Where did dogs come from?

Scientists generally agree that humanity’s best friend descended from gray wolves, scampering into our lives at least 15,000 years ago. Virtually everything else is a matter of debate.

“When and where did this happen and with whom — with what human group?” said Pontus Skoglund, a paleogeneticist at the Francis Crick Institute in London. “It’s really a mystery.”

Studies have turned up widely divergent answers, variously concluding that dogs were first domesticated somewhere in Asia or Europe or the Middle East or perhaps in multiple locations.

Now, a new analysis of 72 ancient wolf genomes spanning the last 100,000 years suggested one possible explanation for some of the seemingly contradictory results: Two different ancient wolf populations, one in Asia and

another in the Middle East or surrounding area, contributed DNA to modern dogs.

Precisely how that happened remains unclear. It is possible that dogs were domesticated twice, in two different locations, and that the populations subsequently mixed. An alternate scenario is that dogs emerged just once, somewhere in Asia, and later bred with a more western wolf population, picking up additional wolf DNA. “We can’t tell the scenarios apart,” said Anders Bergstrom, an expert in evolutionary genomics at the Francis Crick Institute and an author of the study, which was published Wednesday in Nature. “But we can say that there were at least two source populations of wolves.”

Building a bigger map Archaeologists from 38 institutions in 16 countries donated bones and teeth from ancient wolf specimens that had been previously unearthed in Siberia, Europe and North America. Then, scientists at nine ancient DNA labs set to work. They drilled tiny holes in the specimens, collected samples of bone powder and extracted and sequenced the DNA. Then, the scientists compared

the wolf genomes they assembled with genomes from both ancient and modern dogs.

The researchers found that as a whole, dogs were more closely related to ancient wolves in Asia than those in Europe.

“This reinforces the idea that Central Asia was likely to be the center of origins for dogs,” said Adam Boyko, a canine geneticist at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, who was not involved in the research.

“Of course we want more data to pin that down a bit better. That’s a big area.”

But there were differences between different dog specimens. Early dogs in Siberia, East Asia, the Americas and northeastern Europe appeared to derive nearly all of their genetic material from an ancient wolf population in Asia.

But early dogs from the Middle East and Africa also had significant ancestry from a second, unidentified wolf population. This genetic material was most closely related to DNA from modern Middle Eastern wolves, the scientists found.

Modern village dogs in Africa and the Middle East — as well as breeds that originated in those regions, such as the Basenji — still have considerable amounts of ancestry from this second wolf population, the researchers found.

But this genetic legacy persists in nearly all modern dogs; globally, most dog breeds today can trace 5%-30% of their ancestry to this second wolf population, Bergstrom said.

“It looks like there is a smoking gun of a second population,” said Greger Larson, a paleogenomicist at the University of Oxford and an author of the new study.

Larson had previously proposed that dogs might have been domesticated twice, before changing his mind when subsequent evidence suggested a single origin. Now, he said he was “on the fence” about whether dogs truly emerged twice or simply bred with wolves after migrating. “We’re back to that square one again,” he said.

Boyko said the simplest explanation, and the scenario he favored, was

that dogs were domesticated just once, in Central Asia, and later mated with another population of wolves. “It just seems more parsimonious to believe — because we already know that dogs and wolves exchange genes and have done it at other times — that that’s what went on, and not a secondary domestication event,” he said.

None of the ancient wolf specimens the scientists analyzed were a close enough match to have been part of the actual population that gave rise to our canine companions, suggesting that dogs’ ancestors may have come from locations not covered by the study.

Wolves in the wild The researchers also found that ancient wolves that lived in far-flung locations were highly genetically similar — more closely related than wolf populations today — indicating that there was extensive movement and interbreeding between wolves across the globe.

This fluid, global population might explain how the species survived the end of the last ice age, the scientists posit.

“Cave lions, hyenas and bears and other mammals went extinct, but wolves survived,” Bergstrom said. “And perhaps it was this great connectivity and mobility of wolves that allowed the population to thrive.”

The researchers also traced natural selection in wolf populations over time, identifying multiple genetic variants that rapidly spread through ancient wolves, likely because they conferred a significant survival advantage.

For instance, new mutations in a gene called IFT88, which appeared to be involved in the development of the skull and face, emerged about 40,000 years ago, the researchers found. Over the next 10,000 years, these mutations spread to all wolves — and are still present in both wolves and dogs today.

“It is a very dramatic episode of natural selection,” Bergstrom said.

What drove it is unknown, but the mutations might have helped ancient wolves adapt to changing diets after some of their preferred prey species went extinct, the researchers speculated.

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LEGAL NOTICE M&T 042371 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.

DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc. Plaintiff, v.

Roberto Rivera Padilla

Defendants CIVIL NO: 3:20-cv-01637 PAD. RE: Mortgage Foreclosure. NOTICE OF SALE.

TO: Roberto Rivera Padilla, General Public and all parties that may have an interest in the property

WHEREAS, Judgment in favor of Plaintiff was entered for the principal sum of $339,817.05 plus interest at a rate of 5.875% per annum since April 1, 2015 until the debt is paid in full. Such interests continue to accrue until the debt is paid in full. The defendant was also ordered to pay Plaintiff late charges in the amount of 5.000% of each and any monthly installment not received by the note holder within 15 days after the installment was due until the debt is paid in full. Such late charges continue to accrue until the debt is paid in full. The defendant was also ordered to pay Plaintiff all advances made under the mortgage note including but not limited to insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% of the original principal amount ($37,600.00) to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United

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States District Court, Federal Building, Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico or by accessing the electronic court records. WHEREAS, pursuant to said judgment, the undersigned SPECIAL MASTER, Joel Ronda Feliciano, was ordered to sell at public auction for US currency in cash or certified check, without appraisal or right to redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the appointed special master at 441 Calle E, Frailes Industrial Park, Guaynabo, 00969, Puerto Rico (18.3698579, -66.1124836) the following property: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento Número 602 localizado en la sexta planta del inmueble sometido al Régimen de Propiedad Horizontal denominado Condominio Mont Blanc radicado en la calle Orquídea de la Urbanización Borinquen Gardens, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Es de forma sustancialmente cuadrado y está construido de hormigón reforzado y bloques de hormigón a ser utilizado para fines residenciales. Tiene su entrada principal por lado NOROESTE, que la comunica con el pasillo que conduce a ascensor y a las escaleras por donde tiene acceso a su vez a la vía pública y estacionamientos. Colinda por el NOROESTE, con el pasillo común que conduce al recibidor, ascensor y escaleras que conducen al exterior, con las escaleras del lado Este, con el apartamento 601 y con áreas comunes del exterior del condominio; por el SUROESTE, con el apartamento 604 y con las escaleras del lado Este; por el SURESTE, con áreas comunes del exterior del condominio; y por el NORESTE con áreas comunes del exterior del condominio. Presenta un área de construcción de 2,100 pies cuadrados equivalentes a 195.20 metros cuadrados. Su distribución interna es la siguiente: vestíbulo, área de sala-comedor, 2 dormitorios con sus respectivos closets o armarios empotrados, uno de ellos ‘walk-in’, salón de estar o ‘family room’, 2 1/2 cuartos de baño, cocina con área de comedor y puerta de servicio al pasillo común, balcón y área de lavandería.

Corresponde, además, a este apartamento una participación equivalente al 0.012481% en los elementos comunes generales del inmueble, a todos los fines legales pertinentes. Corresponde a este apartamento el uso exclusivo de los estacionamientos 58-A, 58-B, 57-A y 57- B. Corresponde a este apartamento el uso exclusivo de la covacha número 57-C y 58-C. The property is identified with the number 22,042 and is recorded at page number 177

Tuesday, July 12, 2022 of volume number 799 of Río Piedras Sur, in the Registry of Property of San Juan, Fourth Section. WHEREAS, The mortgage foreclosed as part of the instant proceeding is recorded at page number 177 of volume number 799 of Río Piedras Sur, Second inscription in the Registry of Property of San Juan, Fourth section. WHEREAS the property is subject to the following junior liens: • Mortgage: Pledged by Roberto Rivera Padilla single, guaranteeing a promissory note in favor of Doral Bank., or to its order, for the original loan amount of $94,000.00, bearing annual interest at a rate of 5 7/8% payable February 1st, 2034, as per deed number 5, executed in San Juan, January 29th, 2004, before notary Domingo Arturo Quiles Rosado. Recorded at page 177 of Rio Piedras Sur Volume 799. Third inscription.

• Lis Pendens: Civil case pursued by Doral Bank as servicer for Doral Financial Corporation vs. Roberto Rivera Padilla, before Puerto Rico Superior Court at San Juan, Docket Number KCD007-0995, regarding Collection of Monies and Foreclosure, requesting mortgage payment with an outstanding balance of $360,491.81 and other sums, as per complaint dated August 23, 2007. Recorded at Volume Karibe Rio Piedras South. Notation A. • Lis pendens: Civil case pursued by Banco Popular de Puerto Rico vs. Roberto Rivera Padilla, before Puerto Rico Superior Court at San Juan, Docket Number SJ2019-CV-02241, regarding Collection of Monies and Foreclosure, requesting payment of mortgage with an outstanding balance of $66,806.70 and other sums, as per complaint dated March 6, 2019. Recorded at Volume Karibe Rio Piedras South. Notation B. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It is understood that the potential bidders acquire the property subject to any and all the senior liens that encumber the property. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax liens (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts then and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and the bid price shall not be applied toward the cancellation of the senior liens. WHEREFORE, the first public sale will be held on AUGUST 5, 2022 AT 9:35 AM and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum

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of $376,000.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND public auction shall be held on AUGUST 12, 2022 AT 9:35 AM and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $250,666.67. If said second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD public auction shall be held on AUGUST 19, 2022 AT 9:35 AM and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $188,000.00. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the aforementioned office of the Clerk of the Unites States District Court. San Juan, Puerto Rico, this day of June 15, 2022. Sing. Joel RondaFeliciano, Special Master.

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

BANESCO USA, Plaintiff, v.

CENTRO CITOPATOLÓGICO DEL CARIBE, INC.; LABORATORIO CLÍNICO EL CENTRO, INC.; OFICINAS DEL CENTRO, INC.; PUERTO RICO INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY, INC.; ELIUD LÓPEZ VÉLEZ; CRISTINA GÓMEZ D’ANGELO; ARMANDO TROCHE OLIVIERI; HIS WIFE KATHERINE DÁVILA MORALES; AND THEIR CONJUGAL LEGAL PARTNERSHIP,

Defendants Case No. 19-1697 (PAD). NOTICE OF SALE. TO: DEFENDANTS AND GENERAL PUBLIC On February 1, 2022, the Court entered Judgment in favor of plaintiff, Banesco USA (“Banesco”) and against defendants, Centro Citopatológico del Caribe, Inc.; Oficinas del Centro, Inc.; Puerto Rico Institute of Pathology, Inc.; Eliud López Vélez; and Cristina Gómez D’Angelo; (“Defendants”).

As of February 27, 2020, Defendants owe Banesco the total amount of $1,380,025.92 consisting of $974,721.66 of principal, plus interest at a rate of $216.54 per diem. The interest continues to accrue until the debt is paid in full. Defendants also owe Banesco accrued late charges and any other advance, charge, fee or disburse-

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19 ments made by Banesco on behalf of Defendants, in accordance with the mortgage deeds, plus costs, charges and disbursements, expenses, plus the amount of $220,550.00 in attorneys’ fees. The amounts owed by codefendant Centro Citopatológico del Caribe, Inc. will be satisfied only with the proceedings obtained from the judicial sale of the properties.

Pursuant to the Judgment, the Order of Execution of Judgment, and the Writ of Execution of Judgment, the undersigned appointed Special Master was ordered to sell, at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check, without appraisement or right to redemption, to the highest bidder, at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 - Federal Building, Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, or at any other place designated by said Clerk, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the Plaintiff, the following properties: Property A: URBAN: HORIZONTAL PROPERTY: Commercial space No. 22.

Commercial area on the ground floor of Centro II Building, Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico, with a total floor area of 928.00 square feet equivalent to 98.70 square meters. Bounded on the North, by the interior wall that separates it from commercial unit 27 and with a distance of 21’6”; on the South, by the exterior wall that separates it from the exterior yard facing Loaiza Cordero Street on a distance of 21’6”; on the East, by the interior wall that separates it from commercial unit No. 21 on a distance of 39’ from commercial unit 28 on a distance of 21’8”; on the West, by the interior wall that separates it from commercial unit 23 and on a distance of 51’8”. This unit has its main access door on its southern boundary. Percentage: 1.197% in the general common elements.

The property described above is recorded at page 10 of volume 1523 of Río Piedras North, property number 36,709, Registry of Property, Second Section of San Juan. Property A is subject to the following liens: By its origin: Easement in favor of Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales; Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico; estate of Alfonso Luis Duval. By itself: MORTGAGE in the principal amount of $635,000.00, in guarantee of a mortgage note payable to R&G Premiere Bank of Puerto Rico, or to its order, subsequently endorsed to Banesco USA over this lot and three more lots, responding this lot for the amount of $158,750.00 with an annual interest of 12% and due on pre-

sentation, as per Deed #35, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on June 3, 2005, before Notary Public Mariela García Colberg, recorded at page 10 of volume 1523 of Rio Piedras Norte, 6th inscription. MORTGAGE in the principal amount of $1,093,000.00, in guarantee of a mortgage note payable to R&G Premiere Bank of Puerto Rico, or to its order, subsequently endorsed to Banesco USA over this lot and three more lots, responding this lot for the amount of $218,600.00 with an annual interest of 12% and due on presentation, as per Deed #64, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on August 26, 2005, before Notary Public Mariela García Colberg, recorded at page 10 of volume 1523 of Rio Piedras Norte, 7th inscription. In the same document is registered equal rank of mortgages for $635,000.00 and $1,093.000.00. Property B: URBAN: HORIZONTAL PROPERTY: Commercial space No. 21.

Commercial area located on the ground area of Centro II Building Muñoz Rivera Avenue, Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico, with a total floor area of 1072.00 square feet, equivalent to 99.63 square meters, bounded on the NORTH, by the interior wall that separates it from commercial unit #28 on a distance of 28’11”, on the SOUTH, by the exterior wall that separates it from the exterior facing Roiza Cordew street on a distance of 28’11”, on the EAST, by the interior wall that separates it from the entrance lobby No. 2 on a distance of 33’6” and from the exterior yard a distance of 5’6”, on the WEST, by the interior wall that separates it from commercial unit number 22 on a distance of 39’0”. This unit has its access on its Southern boundary. Percentage: 1.99% in the general common elements. The property described above is recorded at page 7 of volume 1523 of Río Piedras North, property number 25,287, Registry of Property, Second Section of San Juan. Property B is subject to the following liens: By its origin: Easement in favor of Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales; Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico; estate of Alfonso Luis Duval. Free of liens due to its origin. By itself: MORTGAGE in the principal amount of $635,000.00, in guarantee of a mortgage note payable to R&G Premiere Bank of Puerto Rico, or to its order, subsequently endorsed to Banesco USA over this lot and three more lots, responding this lot for the amount of $158,750.00 with an annual interest of 12% and due on presentation, as per Deed #35, executed in San Juan, Puerto

Rico, on June 3, 2005, before Notary Public Mariela García Colberg, recorded at page 7 of volume 1523 of Rio Piedras Norte, 10th inscription. MORTGAGE in the principal amount of $1,093,000.00, in guarantee of a mortgage note payable to R&G Premiere Bank of Puerto Rico, or to its order, subsequently endorsed to Banesco USA over this lot and three other lots, responding this lot for the amount of $262,320.00 with an annual interest of 12% and due on presentation, as per Deed #64, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on August 26, 2005, before Notary Public Mariela García Colberg, recorded at page 7 of volume 1523 of Rio Piedras Norte, 11th inscription. In the same document is registered equal rank of mortgages for $635,000.00 and $1,093.000.00.

Property C: URBAN: HORIZONTAL PROPERTY: Commercial space No. 27. Commercial area on the ground floor of El Centro II Building, Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico, with a total floor area of 924.00 square feet equivalent to 85.88 square meters. Bounded on the North, by the exterior wall that separates it from the interior patio on a distance of 21’6”; on the South, by the interior wall that separates it from commercial unit 22 on a distance of 21’6”; on the East, by the interior wall that separates it from commercial unit No. 28 on a distance of 43’0”; on the West, by the interior wall that separates it from commercial unit No. 23 on a distance of 18’6” from commercial unit 26 on a distance of 24’6”. This unit has its main access door on its northern boundary. Percentage: 1.033% in the general common elements. The property described above is recorded at page 4 of volume 1523 of Río Piedras North, property number 25,283, Registry of Property, Second Section of San Juan. Property C is subject to the following liens: By its origin: Easement in favor of Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales; Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico; estate of Alfonso Luis Duval. By itself: MORTGAGE in the principal amount of $635,000.00, in guarantee of a mortgage note payable to R&G Premiere Bank of Puerto Rico, or to its order, subsequently endorsed to Banesco USA over this lot and three more lots, responding this lot for the amount of $158,750.00 with an annual interest of 12% and due on presentation, as per Deed #35, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on June 3, 2005, before Notary Public Mariela García Colberg, recorded at page 4 of volume 1523 of Rio Piedras Norte, 8th inscription.

MORTGAGE in the principal amount of $1,093,000.00, in guarantee of a mortgage note payable to R&G Premiere Bank of Puerto Rico, or to its order, subsequently endorsed to Banesco USA over this lot and three more lots, responding this lot for the amount of $218,600.00 with an annual interest of 12% and due on presentation, as per Deed #64, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on August 26, 2005, before Notary Public Mariela García Colberg, recorded at page 4 of volume 1523 of Rio Piedras Norte, 9th inscription. In the same document is registered equal rank of mortgages for $635,000.00 and $1,093.000.00. Property D: URBAN: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Commercial space No. 28.

Commercial area on the ground floor of El Centro II Building, Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico, with a total floor area of 1609.00 square feet equivalent to 149.54 square meters. Bounded on the North, by the exterior wall that separates it from interior yard on a distance of 28’11”; on the South, by the interior wall that separates it from commercial unit 21 on a distance of 28’11”; on the East, by the interior wall that separates it from the entrance lobby No. 2 on a distance of 55’8”; on the West, by the interior wall that separates it from commercial unit No. 22 on a distance of 12’8”. This unit has its main access door on its northern boundary. Percentage: 1.699% in the general common elements.

The property described above is recorded at page 1 of volume 1523 of Río Piedras North, property number 25,251, Registry of Property, Second Section of San Juan. Property D is subject to the following liens: By its origin: Easement in favor of Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales; Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico; estate of Alfonso Luis Duval. By itself: MORTGAGE in the principal amount of $635,000.00, in guarantee of a mortgage note payable to R&G Premiere Bank of Puerto Rico, or to its order, subsequently endorsed to Banesco USA over this lot and three more lots, responding this lot for the amount of $158,750.00 with an annual interest of 12% and due on presentation, as per Deed #35, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on June 3, 2005, before Notary Public Mariela García Colberg, recorded at page 1 of volume 1523 of Rio Piedras Norte, 7th inscription. MORTGAGE in the principal amount of $1,093,000.00, in guarantee of a mortgage note payable to R&G Premiere Bank of Puerto Rico, or to its order, subse-

20 quently endorsed to Banesco USA over this lot and three other lots, responding this lot for the amount of $393,480.00 with an annual interest of 12% and due on presentation, as per Deed #64, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on August 26, 2005, before Notary Public Mariela García Colberg, recorded at page 1 of volume 1523 of Rio Piedras Norte, 8th inscription. In the same document is registered equal rank of mortgages for $635,000.00 and $1,093.000.00.

Property E: URBAN: Horizontal Property: Parking space number twenty eight (28) Parking space located in the basement of EL CENTRO II building Muñoz Rivera Avenue, Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico, with an areas of one hundred fifty seven square feet, equivalent to fourteen point fifty one square meters, bounded: on the NORTH, by the imaginary line that separated it from parking space twenty seven (27), on a distance of nineteen feet, on the SOUTH, by the imaginary line that separates it from parking space twenty nine (29), on a distance of nineteen feet, on the EAST, by the imaginary line that separates it from the circulation area, on a distance of nineteen feet, on the WEST, by the west retaining wall on a distance of eight feet three inches. This unit has access on its Eastern boundary.

Percentage: 0.031% in the general common elements. The property described above is recorded at page 239 overleaf of volume 1014 of Río Piedras North, property number 29,456, Registry of Property, Second Section of San Juan. Property E is subject to the following liens: By its origin: Easement in favor of Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales; Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico; estate of Alfonso Luis Duval. By itself: MORTGAGE in the principal amount of $30,000.00, in guarantee of a mortgage note payable to Banesco USA, or to its order, over this lot and two other lots, responding this lot for the amount of $10,000.00 with an annual interest of 12% and due on presentation, as per Deed #19, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on October 31, 2014, before Notary Public Rafael L. Rovira Arbona, recorded at page 62 of volume 1623 of Rio Piedras Norte, 9th inscription. FEDERAL LIEN against Centro Citopatologico del Caribe, Inc. for the amount of $38,475.60, case #391833219, of November 8, 2019, presented at entry 2019-011592-FED on December 12, 2019 at Federal Liens System of Karibe System. Property F: URBAN: Horizontal Property: Parking space number one hundred ninety six, Parking space located in the basement of El Centro Building Muñoz Rivera Avenue, Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico, with an area of one hundred se-

venty one square feet, equivalent to fifteen point eighty nine square meters, bounded on the NORTH, by the imaginary line that separates it from parking space one hundred ninety five on a distance of nineteen feet, on the SOUTH, by the imaginary line that separates it from parking space eighty, on a distance of nineteen feet, on the EAST, by imaginary line that separates it from the common area on a distance of nine feet, on the WEST, by the imaginary line that separates it from the circulation area, on a distance of nine feet. This unit has access on its Western boundary.

Percentage: 0.031% in the general common elements. The property described above is recorded at page 27 of volume 890 of Río Piedras North, property number 25,713-B, Registry of Property, Second Section of San Juan. Property F is subject to the following liens: By its origin: Easement in favor of Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales; Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico; estate of Alfonso Luis Duval. By itself: MORTGAGE in the principal amount of $30,000.00, in guarantee of a mortgage note payable to Banesco USA, or to its order, over this lot and two other lots, responding this lot for the amount of $10,000.00 with an annual interest of 12% and due on presentation, as per Deed #19, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on October 31, 2014, before Notary Public Rafael L. Rovira Arbona, recorded at page 149 of volume 1623 of Rio Piedras Norte, 3rd inscription. FEDERAL LIEN against Centro Citopatologico del Caribe, Inc. for the amount of $38,475.60, case #391833219, of November 8, 2019, presented at entry 2019011592-FED on December 12, 2019 at Federal Liens System of Karibe System. PROPERTY G: URBAN: Horizontal Property: Parking space number one hundred ninety five, Parking space located in the basement of El Centro II Building Muñoz Rivera Avenue, Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico, with an area of one hundred seventy one square feet, equivalent to fifteen point eight nine square meters, bounded on the NORTH, by the imaginary line that separates it from parking space one hundred ninety six on a distance of nineteen fee, on the SOUTH, by the imaginary line that separates it from parking space seventy seven and seventy eight, on a distance of nineteen feet, on the EAST, by imaginary line that separates it from the common area on a distance of nine feet, on the WEST, by the imaginary line that separates it from the circulation area, on a distance of nine feet. This unit has its access on its Western boundary.

Percentage: 0.031% in the general common elements. The property described above is re-

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corded at page 24 of volume 890 of Río Piedras North, property number 25,713, Registry of Property, Second Section of San Juan. Property G is subject to the following liens: By its origin: Easement in favor of Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales; Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico; estate of Alfonso Luis Duval.

By itself: MORTGAGE in the principal amount of $30,000.00, in guarantee of a mortgage note payable to Banesco USA, or to its order, over this lot and two other lots, responding this lot for the amount of $10,000.00 with an annual interest of 12% and due on presentation, as per Deed #19, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on October 31, 2014, before Notary Public Rafael L. Rovira Arbona, recorded at page 149 of volume 1623 of Rio Piedras Norte, 3rd inscription. FEDERAL LIEN against Centro Citopatologico del Caribe, Inc. for the amount of $38,475.60, case #391833219, of November 8, 2019, presented at entry 2019011592-FED on December 12, 2019 at Federal Liens System of Karibe System. PROPERTY I: URBAN: Plot marked with the number forty (40) and the block “A” of the plot plan prepared by the Puerto Rico Home Authority, for a new extension to the Eleanor Roosevelt development, of the Hato Rey ward, of the municipality of Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, with a surface area of four hundred and twenty-one square meters and eighty-one hundred square meters (421.81 SM). With boundaries by the NORTH, with the street “C” of said extension of the development in eighteen meters (18.00 m); by the SOUTH, with the plots number 45 and 46 and 47 of the block “A” of the development in eighteen meters with nine hundredths of another 18.09 square meters by the EAST with plot number 41 of the block “A” of said development in twenty-four meters with thirty-five hundredths meters (24.35 M). And for the WEST, with plot number thirty-nine (39) of the block “A” in twenty-two meters and fortynine hundredths of a meter (22.49 m) of the same development. On this site was built a house of a reinforced concrete floor, consisting of living room, three (3) bedrooms, two (2) bathrooms, kitchen and garage.

The property described above is recorded at page 162 of volume 756 of Río Piedras North, property number 21,962, Registry of Property, Second Section of San Juan. Property I is subject to the following liens: By its origin: Easement in favor of Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales; Restrictive Conditions.

By itself: MORTGAGE in the principal amount of $275,000.00, in guarantee of a mortgage note payable to Banesco USA, or to its order, with interest of 12% and due on presentation, as per

Deed #18, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on October 31, 2014, before Notary Public Rafael L. Rovira Arbona, recorded at Karibe, 10th inscription.

Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal), shall continue in effect. It being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. The liens executed are over the properties, and for the purpose of the first judicial sales the minimum bid amount is as follows: a. Property A - Mortgages I and II - The amount of $377,350.00, as set forth in the mortgage deeds, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, two-thirds of the aforementioned amount or $251,566.67 shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the second public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the second public sale, the minimum bidding amount for the third public sale shall be $188,675.00. b. Property B - Mortgages I and II - The amount of $421,070.00, as set forth in the mortgage deeds, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, twothirds of the aforementioned amount or $280,713.33 shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the second public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the second public sale, the minimum bidding amount for the third public sale shall be $210,535.00. c. Property C - Mortgage I and II - The amount of $377,350.00, as set forth in the mortgage deeds, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, twothirds of the aforementioned amount or $251,566.67 shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the second public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the second public sale, the minimum bidding amount for the third public sale shall be $188,675.00. d. Property D - Mortgage I and II - The amount of $552,230.00, as set forth in the mortgage deeds, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, twothirds of the aforementioned amount or $368,153.33 shall serve as the minimum bidding

amount for the second public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the second public sale, the minimum bidding amount for the third public sale shall be $276,115.00. e. Property E - Mortgage III The amount of $10,000.00, as set forth in the mortgage deed, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, two-thirds of the aforementioned amount or $6,666.67 shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the second public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the second public sale, the minimum bidding amount for the third public sale shall be $5,000.00. f. Property F - Mortgage III - The amount of $10,000.00, as set forth in the mortgage deed, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, two-thirds of the aforementioned amount or $6,666.67 shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the second public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the second public sale, the minimum bidding amount for the third public sale shall be $5,000.00. g.

Property G - Mortgage III - The amount of $10,000.00, as set forth in the mortgage deed, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, two-thirds of the aforementioned amount or $6,666.67 shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the second public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the second public sale, the minimum bidding amount for the third public sale shall be $5,000.00. h. Property I - Mortgage V - The amount of $275,000.00, as set forth in the mortgage deed, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, two-thirds of the aforementioned amount or $183,333.33 shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the second public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the second public sale, the minimum bidding amount for the third public sale shall be $137,500.00.

Said sales to be conducted by the appointed Special Master are subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the properties may be executed and delivered after the judicial sales.

Upon confirmation of the sales, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens. THEREFORE, public notice is hereby given that the appointed Special Master –pursuant to the provisions of the Judgment, the Or-

der of Execution of Judgment, and the Writ of Execution of Judgment, on the 9th day of September, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. for Property A; at 9:15 a.m. for Property B; at 9:30 a.m. for Property C; at 9:45 a.m. for Property D; at 10:00 a.m. for Property E; at 10:15 a.m. for Property F; at 10:30 a.m. for Property G; at 10:45 a.m. for Property I, in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico will sell at public auction to the highest bidder the properties described herein, the proceeds of said sales to be applied in the manner and form provided by the Court’s Judgment. Should the first judicial sales seth hereinabove be unsuccessful, the second judicial sales of the properties described in this Notice will be held on the 16th day of September, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. for Property A; at 9:15 a.m. for Property B; at 9:30 a.m. for Property C; at 9:45 a.m. for Property D; at 10:00 a.m. for Property E; at 10:15 a.m. for Property F; at 10:30 a.m. for Property G; at 10:45 a.m. for Property I, in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Should the second judicial sales set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the third judicial sales of the properties described in this Notice will be held on the 23th day of September, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. for Property A; at 9:15 a.m. for Property B; at 9:30 a.m. for Property C; at 9:45 a.m. for Property D; at 10:00 a.m. for Property E; at 10:15 a.m. for Property F; at 10:30 a.m. for Property G; at 10:45 a.m. for Property I, in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. The records of the captioned case and of these proceedings may be examined by the parties at the Clerk’s Office of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 Federal Building, 150 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 3rd day of June, 2022.

OLIVIERI; HIS WIFE KATHERINE DÁVILA MORALES; AND THEIR CONJUGAL LEGAL PARTNERSHIP

Defendants Case No. 19-1697 (PAD). NOTICE OF SALE.

TO: DEFENDANTS AND GENERAL PUBLIC

On February 1, 2022, the Court entered Judgment in favor of plaintiff, Banesco USA (“Banesco”) and against defendants, Centro Citopatológico del Caribe, Inc.; Oficinas del Centro, Inc.; Puerto Rico Institute of Pathology, Inc.; Eliud López Vélez; and Cristina Gómez D’Angelo; (“Defendants”). As of February 27, 2020, Defendants owe Banesco the total amount of $1,380,025.92 consisting of $974,721.66 of principal, plus interest at a rate of $216.54 per diem. The interest continues to accrue until the debt is paid in full. Defendants also owe Banesco accrued late charges and any other advance, charge, fee or disbursements made by Banesco on behalf of Defendants, in accordance with the mortgage deeds, plus costs, charges and disbursements, expenses, plus the amount of $220,550.00 in attorneys’ fees. The amounts owed by codefendant Centro Citopatológico will be satisfied only with the proceedings obtained from the judicial sale of the property. The amounts owed by codefendant Centro Citopatológico del Caribe, Inc. will be satisfied only with the proceedings obtained from the judicial sale of the properties.

Pursuant to said judgment and/or the Order of Execution of Judgment, the undersigned appointed Special Master was ordered to sell, at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check, without appraisement or right to redemption, to the highest bidder, at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 - Federal Building, Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, or at any other place designated by said Clerk, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property: PROPERTY H: URBAN: LEGAL NOTICE HORIZONTAL PROPERTY: IN THE UNITED STATES DISApartment No.602 of PELITRICT COURT FOR THE DISCAN REEF CONDOMINIUM, TRICT OF PUERTO RICO. Apartment Building, located in BANESCO USA, Corsica ward, of the municipaPlaintiff, v. lity of Rincón, Puerto Rico. This CENTRO apartment is built in reinforced concrete. Single level, with its CITOPATOLÓGICO entrance door from the exterior DEL CARIBE, INC.; corridor by the east boundary, LABORATORIO and that goes to the corridor CLÍNICO EL CENTRO, that leads to the lobby of elevaINC.; OFICINAS DEL tors and stairs by which you reCENTRO, INC.; PUERTO ach the first level of the building and from there to the parking RICO INSTITUTE OF building. This apartment has PATHOLOGY, INC.; ELIUD a total area of approximately LÓPEZ VÉLEZ; CRISTINA 715.32 square feet, equivalent to 66.4554 square meters. In GÓMEZ D’ANGELO; boundaries by the NORTH, ARMANDO TROCHE

in 33’9” equivalent to 10.29 meters, with dividing wall that separates it from apartment 603; by the SOUTH, in 33’9” equivalent to 10.29 meters, with a dividing wall that separates it from apartment 601 and the exterior corridor that is a common area; by the EAST, in 30’0” equivalent to 9.14 meters, with dividing wall that separates it from the exterior corridor that is common area; and by the WEST, in 30’0” equivalent to 9.14 meters, with dividing wall that separates it from apartment 603 and with railing that separates it from the common exterior area. This apartment consists: entrance hall, kitchen with closet for laundry equipment, living room, balcony, linen closet, bathroom and master bedroom with closet. This apartment corresponds to parking No.81 on the first level of the parking lot in front of the apartment building.

Percentage: 1.5440% in the common elements of the Condominium. The property described above is recorded at page 119 of volume 161 of Rincón, property number 8,155, Registry of Property, Section of Aguadilla. The property is subject to the following liens: By its origin: Easement in favor of Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales. By itself: MORTGAGE in guarantee of note in favor of Popular Mortgage, or to its order, in the principal amount of $189,190.00, with a annual interest rate of 5 7/8% and due on July 1, 2035, as per Deed No. 299, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on June 30, 2005, before Notary Public Namyr I. Hernández Sánchez, recorded at page 119 of volume 161 of Rincón, 2nd inscription. At entry 900 of journal 861, on January 21, 2015, Deed #3 was presented, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on January 28, 2013, before the Notary Public Mayra Rotger Meléndez, through which appeared Alejo Edgar Nery Beyer, t/c/c Edgar Alejo Nery Beyer, Edgar Nery Beyer and Edgar Nery Beijer, single; and María Cristina GÓMEZ D’Angelo, t/c/c Cristina Gómez D’Angelo, Cristina Gómez Nery and Doctor Cristina Nery, single, whose marriage was declared broken and dissolved by Judgment of December 6, 2012, followed in the Court of First Instance, Superior Chamber of San Juan, in Civil Case #KDI2012-1470, which is attached. Alejo Edgar Nery Beyer sells his participation in favor of María Cristina Gómez D’Angelo for the price of $20,000.00. In entry 901 of journal 861, on January 21, 2015, deed #20 was presented, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on October 31, 2014, before the Notary Rafael L. Rovira Arbona, through the which appears Cristina Gómez D’Angelo, t/c/c Cristina Gómez Nery, single, to establish a Mortgage as collateral for a promissory note in favor of Banesco USA, or at its order, for the

The San Juan Daily Star principal sum of $172,500.00, with interest at 12% per year and due on presentation. BANESCO USA Bank is holder by endorsement of the promissory note of $189,190.00 and POSTPONES said debt to the one hereby constituted; attesting the notary to add an “allonge”.

At entry 2022-052206-AG01 on April 22, 2022, Order and Writ Attachment dated April 21, 2022 was filed in civil case #19-1697 (PAD) in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Plaintiff Banesco USA; Defendant: Caribbean Cytopathological Center Inc. Amount claimed: $1,380,025.92.

Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal), shall continue in effect.

It being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. The lien executed is the Order and Writ of Attachment over the property, and for the purposes of the first judicial sale the minimum bid amount is the amount of $172,500.00. Said sale to be made by the appointed Special Master is subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property may be executed and delivered after the judicial sale. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens. THEREFORE, public notice is hereby given that the appointed Special Master, pursuant to the provisions of the Judgment herein before referred to, will, on the 9th day of September, 2022, at 11:00 a.m., in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder the property described herein, the proceeds of said sale to be applied in the manner and form provided by the Court’s Judgment. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by the parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 3rd day of June, 2022.

Aguedo De La Torre, Appointed Special Master.

Tuesday, July 12, 2022 FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO

Parte Demandante Vs.

BENIGNO RUIZ SOTO, TCC BENIGNO RUIZ, SU ESPOSA NELLY CLAUDIO LOPEZ, TCC NELLY RUIZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR ÉSTOS

Parte Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2021CV02361.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. ANUNCIO DE SUBASTA. El suscribiente, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Carolina, a los demandados de epígrafe y al público en general hace saber que los autos y documentos del caso de epígrafe estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables y que venderá en pública subasta al mejor postor, en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América en efectivo, cheque certificado, o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina en este Tribunal el derecho que tenga la parte demandada en el inmueble que se relaciona más adelante para pagar la SENTENCIA por $167,483.11 de balance principal, el cual se compone de un primer principal por la suma de $163,430.98 y un segundo principal por lasuma de $4,052.13, más los intereses adeudados sobre dicho principal de $163,430.98 , y computados al 7.25% anual hasta su total pago y completo pago; más el 5% computado sobre cada mensualidad; cargos por demora devengados, más la suma de $19,000.00 como cantidad estipulada para honorarios de abogado, pactada en la escritura de hipoteca; y cuales quiera otras sumas que por cualesquiera concepto legal se devenguen hasta el día de la subasta. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Apartamento número C guion trescientos seis (C-306) localizado en el tercer piso del edificio C del Condominio Costa del Mar en el municipio de Loíza, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de quinientos ochenta y seis punto noventa y cinco (586.95) pies cuadrados, equivalentes a cincuenta y cuatro punto cincuenta y tres (54.53) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con elemento exterior, en una distancia de veinticuatro pies seis pulgadas (24’ 6”), equivalentes a siete punto cuarenta y seis (7.46) metros; por el SUR, con pared medianera que lo separa del apartamento C guion trescienLEGAL NOTICE tos siete (C-307) en una disESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO tancia de veinticuatro pies seis DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- pulgadas (24’ 6”), equivalente NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA a siete punto cuarenta y seis SALA DE CAROLINA (7.46) metros; por el ESTE, con

elemento exterior, en una distancia de veinticuatro pies (24’), equivalentes a siete punto treinta y uno (7.31) metros, y por el OESTE, con pasillo común limitado a los apartamentos C guion trescientos cinco (C-305) y C guion trescientos seis (C306) del edificio C, en veinticuatro pies (24’), equivalentes a siete punto treinta y uno (7.31) metros. Consta de dos niveles y está dividido en los siguientes elementos, sala-comedor, cocina, un cuarto y su closet, un baño y un balcón. Contiene un calentador de agua y gabinetes de cocina. La puerta principal de entrada de este apartamento está situada en su lindero Oeste y por ella se sale al pasillo común limitado y luego al área del proyecto. Tiene una participación de punto nueve ocho cinco por ciento (.985%) en los elementos comunes generales. Se le asigna como elemento común limitado un área de sesenta y siete punto treinta y cinco (67.35) metros cuadrados, localizado en la azotea del edificio, cuyo acceso es a través de una escalera espiral localizada dentro del mismo apartamento, así como limitado a los apartamentos del tercer piso, localizado en la azotea del edificio. Se le asigna dos estacionamientos con el número C guion trescientos (C-306).

Elementos comunes limitados a once punto ocho dos cero nueve por cientos (11.8209%), en torno al pasillo, tres punto nueve cuatro cero tres por ciento (3.9403%) en torno a las escaleras, once punto ocho dos cero nueve por cientos (11.8209%) en la azotea por ser apartamento de esquina. Inscrito al folio doscientos dieciocho (218) del tomo doscientos dieciocho (218), finca número diez mil trescientos diez (10310), Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III. Dirección Física: 306 C A Cond. Costamar Beach Cond., Loíza, Puerto Rico 00772. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 12 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 2:00 DE LA TARDE, y servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la suma de $198,000.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. En el caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 19 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 2:00 DE LA TARDE y el precio mínimo para esta segunda subasta será el de dos terceras partes del precio mínimo establecido para la primera subasta, o a sea la suma de $132,000.00. Si tampoco hubiera remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 26 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 2:00 DE LA TARDE y el tipo mínimo para esta tercera subasta será la mitad del precio establecido para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $99,000.00. El mejor

postor deberá pagar el importe de su oferta en efecto, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse el inmueble al acreedor hipotecario dentro de los diez días siguientes a la fecha de la última subasta, si así lo estimase conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada conforme a la sentencia, si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuera mayor. Se avisa a cualquier licitador que la propiedad queda sujeta al gravamen del Estado Libre Asociado y CRIM sobre la propiedad inmueble por contribuciones adeudadas y que el pago de dichas contribuciones es la responsabilidad del licitador. Que se entenderá por todo licitador acepte como suficiente la titulación y que los cargos y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes en entendiéndose que el rematador los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse su extinción al precio rematante. Todos los nombres de los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surgen de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico y en los sitios públicos de acuerdo a las disposiciones de la Regla 51.7 de las de Procedimiento Civil, así como para la publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria y en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas con antelación a la fecha de la primera subasta y por lo menos una vez por semana. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento indicado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables.

(Art. 102 (1) de la Ley núm.

210-2015). Expedido el presente en Carolina, Puerto Rico a 27 de junio de 2022. Héctor L. Peña Rodríguez, Alguacil Del Tribunal Primera Instancia, Sala De Carolina.

LEGAL NOTICE M&T 22-06-210733 ECD2015-1058 ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

IVÁN ALEMÁN FIGUEROA, OLGA IRIS RUIZ VIERA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: ECD2015-1058.

(701). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor quién pagará de contado y en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, giro postal o por cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia el día 9 DE AGOSTO DE 2022 A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en PH 361, Ventans de Gurabo, Gurabo, PR 00778 y que se describe a continuación: Urbana: Propiedad Horizontal: Condominio Ventanas al Valle de Gurabo.

Apartamento: 361. Cabida: 280.855 metros cuadrados.

Apartamento residencial de forma irregular, localizado en el sexto (6to) nivel del Edificio número tres (3) del Condominio Ventanas al Valle, radicado en el Barrio Rincón del término municipal de Gurabo, Puerto Rico. El área aproximada del apartamento es de tres mil veintidós punto cero cero (3,022.00) pies cuadrados, equivalentes a doscientos ochenta punto ochocientos cincuenta y cinco (280.855) metros cuadrados, la cual está distribuida de la siguiente manera: (i) mil setecientos treinta y

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ocho punto cero cero (1,738.00) pies cuadrados, equivalentes a ciento sesenta y uno punto quinientos veinticuatro (161.524) metros cuadrados el área del apartamento del primer nivel; (ii) seiscientos punto cero cero (600.00) pies cuadrados, equivalentes a cincuenta y cinco punto setecientos sesenta y dos (55.762) metros cuadrados el área de la terraza descubierta (‘open terrace’), localizada en el segundo nivel; y (iii) seiscientos ochenta y cuatro punto cero cero (684.00) pies cuadrados, equivalentes a sesenta y tres punto quinientos sesenta y ocho (63.568) metros cuadrados las demás áreas del apartamento localizadas en el segundo nivel. Son sus linderos en el Primer Nivel, por el Norte, en una distancia de cincuenta y ocho pies con cinco pulgadas (58’ 15’), con el apartamento número trescientos sesenta y dos (362) y con elementos comunes generales; por el Sur, en una distancia de cincuenta y ocho pies con cinco pulgadas (58’ 5’), con espacio común aéreo; por el Este, en una distancia de treinta y cinco pies con nueve pulgadas (35’ 9’), con espacio común aéreo y con elementos comunes generales; y por el Oeste, en una distancia de treinta y cinco pies con nueve pulgadas (35’ 9’), con espacio aéreo. Son sus linderos en el Segundo Nivel por el Norte, en una distancia de cuarenta y un pies con dos pulgadas (41’ 2’), con el segundo nivel del apartamento número trescientos sesenta y dos (362) y con elementos comunes generales; por el Sur, en una distancia de cuarenta y un pies con dos pulgadas (41’ 2’), con espacio común aéreo y con elementos comunes generales; por el Este, en una distancia de treinta y cinco pies con nueve pulgadas (35’ 9’), con espacio común aéreo y con elementos comunes generales; y por el Oeste, en una distancia de treinta y cinco pies con nueve pulgadas (35’ 9’), con espacio común aéreo. La puerta de entrada del Primer (1er) y Segundo (2do) Nivel de este apartamento está situada en su lindero Este. Su primer (1er) Nivel consta de un recibidor, una sala-comedor, balcón, una cocina la cual incluye un ‘breakfast nook’ una alacena y un ‘laundry’ un pasillo principal en el cual están localizados medio baño, una habitación con ‘closet’, una habitación con ‘closet’ y balcón, un baño, un ‘linen closet’ un ‘closet’ adicional y un dormitorio principal con ‘walk-in closet’, un baño y un balcón. Su segundo (2do) Nivel consta de un recibidor, un baño, un estudio y dos (2) terrazas (una techada y una descubierta). Le corresponde a este apartamento dos (2) espacios de estacionamiento. Este apartamento tiene una participación de uno punto cuatro nueve dos cinco uno por ciento (1.499251%) en los elementos

comunes generales del Condominio. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita en el Tomo Karibe de Gurabo, finca número 20055, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $389,000.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 16 DE AGOSTO DE 2022 A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $259,333.33. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 23 DE AGOSTO DE 2022 A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $194,500.00.

La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 261, otorgada el día 19 de junio de 2009, ante el Notario Griselle Arbona Martínez y consta inscrita en el Tomo Karibe de Gurabo, finca número 20055, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda, inscripción segunda.

Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $352,961.74 por concepto de principal, más intereses al tipo pactado de 5.000% anual desde el día 1 de febrero de 2015. Dichos intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Se pagarán también los cargos por demora equivalentes a 5.000% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha vencimiento, la suma de $38,900.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, la suma de $38,900.00para cubrir los intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y la suma de $38,900.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca, más intereses según provisto por la Regla 44.3 de las de Procedimiento Civil. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble

y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes.

Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. 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 cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la alcaldía, el Tribunal y la colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado mediante edictos dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores sujeto a lo dispuesto en los Artículos 113 al 116 de la Ley 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015, según aplique. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 28 de JUNIO de 2022. FDO. ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593.

LEGAL NOT ICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMON.

NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Demandante v.

JOSE EDUARDO CACHO ROSA, GLENDA CORALY MERCED LEBRON Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR

22 AMBOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados CIVIL NUM. TA2021CV01011.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA POR LA VIA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.

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

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamon, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque gerente, giro postal, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América al nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamon, el 17 de agosto de 2022, a las 10:30 de la mañana, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Palacios del Monte, localizada en los Barrios Piñas y Ortiz del término municipal de Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el plano de inscripción de la Urbanización con el número, área y colindancias que se relaciona a continuación: Número del Solar: 4 del bloque J (J-4), con una cabida de 415.922 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la Avenida Los Palacios en una distancia de 20.767 metros; por el SUR, con la calle número 1 en dos alineaciones en una distancia de 9.532 metros y en otra de 2.542 metros; por el ESTE, con el solar J-3 en una distancia de 24.955 metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar J-5 en una distancia de 26.545 metros.

En este solar se ha construido una vivienda de bloques y hormigón reforzado para una familia. FINCA 25246 inscrita al FOLIO 211 del TOMO 497 de TOA ALTA. INSCRIPCION PRIMERA. Propiedad localizada en: J-4 Palacios del Monte, Toa Alta, PR 00953. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de

ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: a. HIPOTECA en garantía de pagaré a favor de First Equity Mortgage Bankers por la suma de $33,000.00 con intereses al 10.20% anual y vencimiento 1 de agosto de 2037.

Constituida por la Escritura 333 otorgada en San Juan el 23 de julio de 2007 ante el notario Patricia Pérez Surillo. Inscrita el 16 de noviembre de 2016 al Tomo Karibe, finca 25246 de Toa Alta, inscripción 3ª. b. EMBARGO a favor de Estado Libre Asociado De Puerto Rico contra José E. Cacho Rosa, expedido mediante Certificación del 10 de diciembre de 2010 por el Departamento de Hacienda por la suma de $7,169.95 por concepto de Contribuciones Sobre Ingresos. El embargo es anotado el 23 de diciembre de 2010 al folio 98, orden número 391, al amparo de las disposiciones de la Ley 12 del 20 de enero de 2010, Libro 1 de Embargos Ley 12 de Bayamón III. c. AL ASIENTO 2021-160908-BY03 se presentó el 14 de diciembre de 2021 Copia Certificada de Demanda con fecha 2 de noviembre de 2021, seguida en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, en el caso civil número 2021CV01011, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca; Newrez, LLC, h/n/c Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, demandante v. José Eduardo Cacho Rosa, Glenda Coraly Merced Lebron y la Sociedad Legal de Gananciales compuesta por ambos; Centro de Recaudaciones de Ingresos Municipales (CRIM), demandados. Por la misma se reclama el pago de $180,559.81, más otras sumas. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes.

El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo mínimo de subasta la suma de $211,320.00, 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 Bayamon, el 24 de agosto de 2022, a las 10:30 de la mañana, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $140,880.00, dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo establecido originalmente.

Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la tercera subasta, la suma de $105,660.00, la

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mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamon, el 31 de agosto de 2022, a las 10:30 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 $180,559.81 de principal, intereses al tipo del 3.50% anual según ajustado desde el día 1 de septiembre de 2016 hasta el pago de la deuda en su totalidad, más la suma de $21,132.00 por concepto de honorarios de abogado y costas autorizadas por el Tribunal, más las cantidades que se adeudan mensualmente por concepto de seguro hipotecario, cargos por demora, y otros adeudados que se hagan en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 29 de junio de 2022. LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA #888, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMON SALA SUPERIOR.

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LUNA COMMERCIAL II, LLC Demandante V.

FRANCISCO NIEVES FREITAS, MARIBEL MALDONADO CASTRO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandada Civil Núm.: N3CI201500074.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLI-

CA SUBASTA.

A: FRANCISCO NIEVES FREITAS, MARIBEL MALDONADO CASTRO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS: Y AL PUBLICO EN GENERAL:

El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hago saber a la parte demandada, y al PUBLICO EN GENERAL: y a todos los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante a saber: BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO: A Cuyo favor aparece una anotación de demanda, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala de Fajardo, caso civil #DCE2014-2586 por concepto de Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico versus Francisco Nieves Freitas; Maribel Maldonado Castro y la Sociedad Legal de Gananciales Compuesta por ellos, por la suma de $470,612.72 y otras sumas. Anotado el 27 de junio de 2019 en Karibe de Rio Grande finca # 2,210, Anotación A, finca # 8,003, Anotación B, finca # 2,3625, Anotación B, finca # 25,149, Anotación A, finca # 4,572, Anotación A. Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 30 de marzo de 2022, por la Secretaria del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: FINCA 2,210: Dirección Física: #62 San Antonio Street, Pueblo Ward, Rio Grande, PR 00745. RÚSTICA: Parcela de terreno compuesta de 0.967 cuerdas, equivalentes a 3,801.086 metros cuadrados, situada en el Barrio Guzman Abajo del municipio de Rio Grande y en lindes por el NORTE, en 41.98 metros con la Sucesión Perez Villamil; por el SUR, en 62.23 metros, linea trazada a lo largo por el centro

de la quebrada o caño con la finca principal de la cual se segrega propiedad de Valentin Villafañe; por el ESTE, en 64.38 metros, con la parcela C que se segrego de la finca principal, perteneciente dicha parcela a Valentin Villafañe y próxima a ser adquirida por Belen Villafañe; por el OESTE, en 87.26 metros, con la Carretera Insular que conduce el Rio Grande a Luquillo, ante llevaba el #3 y ahora lleva el #187. Finca numero 2,210, inscrita al Folio 103 del Tomo 44 de Rio Grande, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina III. Tipo mínimo para la Primera Subasta la suma de $491,400.00. Tipo mínimo para la Segunda Subasta la suma de $327,600.00. Tipo mínimo para la Tercera Subasta la suma de $245,700.00. FINCA 8,003: Dirección Física: M-581 13ST. Alturas de Rio Grande Development Rio Grande, PR 00745.

URBANA: Solar marcado con el numero 581 del Bloque M de la Urbanización Altura de Rio Grande, radicada en el Barrio Ciénaga del termino municipal de Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de 367.06 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en 13.03 metros con el solar 552 del bloque M; por el SUR, en 13.00 metros con la calle 13; por el ESTE, en 28.71 metros con el solar 580 del Bloque M; por el OESTE, en 27.76 metros, con el solar 582 del Bloque M. En el inmueble antes descrito enclava una casa de una sola planta de concreto reforzado y bloques de concreto para fines residenciales. Finca numero 8,003, inscrita al folio 50 del tomo 160 de Río Grande, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III. Tipo mínimo para la Primera Subasta la suma de $52,600.00. Tipo mínimo para la Segunda Subasta la suma de $35,066.67. Tipo mínimo para la Tercera Subasta la suma de $26,300.00. La finca antes descrita afecta un gravamen preferente que se describe a continuación: ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA ACTUANDO P/C DE LA ADMINISTRACIÓN DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES.: A cuyo favor aparece inscrito un pagaré por la suma de $26,500.00, intereses al 8 1/8% anual y a vencer en 33 años, según consta de la escritura #177, otorgada en Rio Grande, el 30 de septiembre de 1975, ante el Notario Miguel Bauza Rolon, inscrito al folio 50 del tomo160 de Rio Grande, finca #8,003, inscripción 1era.

Modificada la hipoteca por $26,500.00, inscripción 1era: El importe total adeudado al día 21 de octubre de 1983 que asciende a la suma total de $26,919.60 que ha venido devengando intereses a razón del 8 1/8%; dicha deuda hipotecaria asumida devengara intereses a razón del 11 7/8% y será pagadero a principal e intere-

ses en los siguientes 396 plazos en o antes de las siguientes fechas: $273.00 el día 21 de noviembre de 1983 y $273.00 el día de cada mes hasta tanto el principal y sus intereses sean totalmente satisfechos excepto el pago final de la deuda total aquí asumida de no haber sido satisfecha con anterioridad, vencerá y será pagadero a los 33 pagos de esta fecha o sea 21 de octubre del 2016. El notario da fe haber puesto la nota al pagare de dicha modificación, según consta de la escritura #152, otorgada en Rio Grande, el 21 de octubre de 1983, ante el Notario Miguel Bauza Rolon, inscrito al folio 50 del tomo 160 de Rio Grande, Finca #8,003, nota marginal inscripción 1era.

Modificada la hipoteca por $26,500.00, inscripción 1era: modificada el la forma de pago de los plazos consignados en el pagare y en la hipoteca de la siguiente manera: El importe total adeudado hasta el día de hoy asciende a la suma de $26,470.11 de principal, el cual ha venido devengando intereses según modificados, a razón del 11 7/8% anual dicha deuda hipotecaria asumida al día de hoy, continuara devengando intereses desde el día de hoy a razón del 9.5% anual y será pagadera al principal e intereses en los siguientes 396 plazos en o antes de las siguientes fechas: $220.00 el día 14 de mayo de 1989 y $220.00 subsiguientemente el 14 de cada mes, hasta tanto el principal y los intereses sean totalmente satisfechos, excepto el pago final de la deuda aquí asumida, de no haber sido satisfecho con anterioridad vencerá y será pagadero a los 33 años de esta fecha, o sea el día 14 de abril del año 2022. El notario da fe haber puesto la nota al dorso del referido pagare, según consta de la escritura #42, otorgada en Rio Grande, el 14 de abril de 1989, ante el Notario Abraham Morales Jimenez, inscrito al folio 52 del tomo 160 de Rio Grande, Finca #8,003, inscripción 4ta. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA P/C FARMER HOME ADMINISTRATION; A cuyo favor aparece anotación de demanda caso civil # 88-00598, seguido por Estados Unidos de America, Farmer Home Administration Versus Fred Nolasco Torres e Iris Violeta Sanchez y la Sociedad Legal de Gananciales Compuesta por Ambos, se solicita el pago de la deuda garantizada con hipoteca según inscripción 1era. Demanda expedida el 22 de marzo de 1988, presentada el 12 de abril de 1988, y anotada el 29 de marzo de 1990, al folio 52 del tomo 160 de Rio Grande, finca 8,003, Anotación A. DORAL MORTGAGE CORP., A cuyo favor aparece inscrito un pagaré por la suma de $45,500.00,

intereses al 7 ½% anual y a vencer el 1 de marzo de 2009, según consta de la escritura #51, otorgada en Fajardo, el 15 de febrero de 1994, ante el Notario Bernardo Colon Barbosa, inscrito al folio 53 del tomo160 de Rio Grande, finca #8,003, inscripción 5ta. FINCA 25,149: Dirección Física: Soledad Street Coner with 1 & 2 Streets, Pueblo Ward, Rio Grande, PR 00745. URBANA: Solar radicado frente a la calle Soledad del Municipio de Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de 174.67 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en 15.10 metros con la calle 1; por el SUR, en 17.88 metros, con Betty Latorre; por el ESTE, en 12.18 metros, con un solar ocupado por el Sr. Benjamin Baez; por el OESTE, en 9.26 metros con la calle Soledad. Finca numero 25,149, inscrita al Tomo móvil 454 de Rio Grande, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III. Tipo mínimo para la Primera Subasta la suma de $7,000.00. Tipo mínimo para la Segunda Subasta la suma de $4,666.67. Tipo mínimo para la Tercera Subasta la suma de $3,500.00. FINCA 4,572: Dirección Física: Soledad Street Coner with 1 & 2 Streets, Pueblo Ward, Rio Grande, PR 00745. URBANA : Solar radicado frente a la Calle Soledad del Municipio de Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, con una superficie útil de 112.29 metros cuadrado. En lindes por el NORTE, en 19.20 metros, con el solar ocupado por la Sra. Dolores Millan: SUR, en 18.80 metros, con un solar ocupado por el Sr. Benjamin Baez; ESTE, en 5.75 metros, con otro solar ocupado por el Sr. Benjamin Baez, OESTE, en 6.40 metros, con la Calle Soledad. Finca numero 4,572, inscrita al Folio 189 del Tomo 86 de Rio Grande, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III. Tipo mínimo para la Primera Subasta la suma de $7,000.00. Tipo mínimo para la Segunda Subasta la suma de $4,666.67. Tipo mínimo para la Tercera Subasta la suma de $3,500.00. FINCA 2,362: Dirección Física: Soledad Street Coner with 1 & 2 Streets, Pueblo Ward, Rio Grande, PR 00745.

URBANA: Solar radicado en la intersección de las Calles #2 y Calle Soledad municipio de Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de 256.00 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en 25.60 metros con un solar municipal; por el SUR, en 25.60 metros con la calle #2; por el ESTE, en 10.00 metros, con un solar municipal ocupado por Candido Rodriguez; por el OESTE, en 10.00 metros, con la calle Soledad. Sobre este solar se ha edificado una casa terrera construida mitad madera y techo de zinc y mitada concreto con piso y techo del mismo material; mide 20’ de frente por 45,

fondo, con la mitad del frente en madera y techo de zinc, y el resto de la casa en concreto.

Tiene sala-comedor, cocina, cuarto de baño y 5 dormitorios, con un garaje hacia el fondo, con salida a la calle #2 en bloques de hormigón, madera y zinc que mide 15’ pies de frente por 25’8 de fondo; una galería de concreto de 17’ de largo por 4’ de ancho hacia la colindancia Norte en la parte de concreto.

Finca numero 2,362, inscrita al folio 154 del tomo 46 de Rio Grande, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III. Tipo mínimo para la Primera Subasta la suma de $7,000.00.

Tipo mínimo para la Segunda Subasta la suma de $4,666.67.

Tipo mínimo para la Tercera Subasta la suma de $3,500.00. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor, en el presente caso civil, a saber, asciende al 21 de enero de 2021, la suma de $470,612.72, de principal $216,666.89 de intereses, la suma de $995.63 de cargos por seguro de propiedad, mas $56,50.00 por concepto de honorarios de abogado, según pactados equivalentes al 10% del principal del pagare, más costas y gastos. Los intereses se continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total y solvento del principal a razón de $91.38 por día (“per diem”). Los intereses se continúan acumulando, hasta el saldo total de la deuda, para cubrir el principal adeudado, disponiéndose que si quedare algún remanente luego de pagarse las sumas antes mencionadas del mismo deberá ser depositado en la Secretaria del Tribunal para ser entregado a los demandados previa solicitud y orden del Tribunal. La venta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. LA PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 8 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, para la finca (2,210) a las 9:30 de la mañana, para la finca (8,003) a las 10:00 de la mañana. Para la finca (25,149) a las 10:30 de la mañana, para la finca (4,572) a las 11:00 de la mañana, para la finca (2,362) a las 11:30 de la mañana, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, localizada en el Centro Judicial de Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022 , para finca (2,210) a las 9:30 de

The San Juan Daily Star la mañana, para la finca (8,003) a las 10:00 de la mañana. Para la finca (25,149) a las 10:30 de la mañana, para la finca (4,572) a las 11:00 de la mañana, para la finca (2,362) a las 11:30 de la mañana, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 22 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, para finca (2,210) a las 9:30 de la mañana, para la finca (8,003) a las 10:00 de la mañana. Para la finca (25,149) a las 10:30 de la mañana, para la finca (4,572) a las 11:00 de la mañana, para la finca (2,362) a las 11:30 de la mañana, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecu-

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tante continuarán subsistentes.

Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 28 de junio de 2022. Jorge A. Ortiz Estrada, Alguacil Regional Interino #622. Sandraliz Martínez Torres, Alguacil Auxiliar #737, División De Subastas, Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Sala Superior De Fajardo. ***

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ORIENTAL BANK Demandante Vs.

SUCESION DE AIDA ESTHER PASTRANA ROBLES, COMPUESTA POR SU VIUDO JOSE MANUEL GONZALEZ RIVERA, POR SI Y POR SU HEREDERO CONOCIDO JOSÉ ALBERTO MARTÍNEZ PASTRANA; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA

SUCESIÓN Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV01076.

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

A: SUCESIÓN DE ALOA ESTHER PASTRANA ROBLES, COMPUESTA POR SU VIUDO JOSE MANUEL GONZÁLEZ RIVERA, POR SI Y POR SU HEREDERO CONOCIDO JOSÉ ALBERTO MARTÍNEZ PASTRANA; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/0 PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN. URB. RIVIERAS DE CUPEY H-3 CALLE CORAL, SAN JUAN, PR 00926. DIRECCIÓN POSTAL: 9641 MINT HILL DRIVE FORT WORTH, TX 76108.

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

Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del

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

Se le apercibe que conforme al artículo 1578 del Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. §11021, usted tiene 30 días para aceptar o repudiar la herencia desde la publicación de este edicto. A esos efectos, de no rechazarla, se tendrá la herencia por aceptada. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato: BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS RÚA NÚM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970 TEL: 787-751-5290, FAX: 787-7516155 E-MAIL: ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com En San Juan, Puerto Rico a 27 de junio de 2022. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. BRENDA BÁEZ ACABA, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

SOEL HERNANDEZ SERRANO

Demandado(a) Civil: CG2021CV01090. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (PROCEDIMIENTO ORDINARIO). NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: SOEL HERNANDEZ SERRANO

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 29 de junio de 2022, 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 Sen-

tencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 5 de julio de 2022.

En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 5 de julio de 2022. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. MARTA E. DONATE RESTO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC. Demandante V.

SUCESIÓN DE JOAQUÍN QUIÑONES FERNÁNDEZ T/C/C JOAQUÍN QUIÑONES COMPUESTA POR MARÍA LASANTA IGNACIO NARTISA, FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES MUNICIPALES; Y LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

tencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 60 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 6 de julio de 2022.

En SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, el 6 de julio de 2022. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MARILY LÓPEZ MARTÍNEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

BERT RIVERA MARCHAND Y LA SLG COMP CON JENNIFER FERNANDEZ BETANCOURT Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Civil: CA2022CV01041. Sala: 403. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: JENNIFER FERNANDEZ BETANCOURT POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON BERT RIVERA MARCHAND.

Demandado(a) Civil: SJ2019CV04802. (604).

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO- (Nombre de las partes a las que se le TECA - IN REM. NOTIFICAnotifican la sentencia por edicto) CIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EL SECRETARIO(A) que susEDICTO. cribe le notifica a usted que el 6 de julio de 2022, este Tribunal A: MARIA LASANTA ha dictado Sentencia, SentenIGNACIO NARTISA cia Parcial o Resolución en este COMO MIEMBRO caso, que ha sido debidamente DE IA SUCESIÓN DE registrada y archivada en autos JOAQUIN QUIÑONES donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos FERNÁNDEZ, TIC/C la misma. Esta notificación JOAQUIN QUILIONES; de se publicará una sola vez en FULANO DE TAL Y un periódico de circulación geSUTANO DE TAL COMO neral en la Isla de Puerto Rico, POSIBLES HEREDEROS dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o DESCONOCIDOS. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus- los términos de la Sentencia, cribe le notifica a usted que Sentencia Parcial o Resoluel 30 de junio de 2022, este ción, de la cual puede estaTribunal ha dictado Sentencia, blecerse recurso de revisión o Sentencia Parcial o Resolución apelación dentro del término de en este caso, que ha sido debi- 30 días contados a partir de la damente registrada y archivada publicación por edicto de esta en autos donde podrá usted en- notificación, dirijo a usted esta terarse detalladamente de los notificación que se considerará términos de la misma. Esta no- hecha en la fecha de la publitificación se publicará una sola cación de este edicto. Copia de vez en un periódico de circula- esta notificación ha sido archición general en la Isla de Puer- vada en los autos de este caso, to Rico, dentro de los 10 días con fecha de 7 de julio de 2022. siguientes a su notificación. Y, En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, el siendo o representando usted 7 de julio de 2022. LCDA. MAuna parte en el procedimiento RILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, sujeta a los términos de la Sen- SECRETARIA. LILLIAM ORTIZ

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NIEVES, SECRETARIA AUXI- Propiedad Horizontal. ApartaLIAR. mento Número G guión Seis (G-6). Apartamento residencial LEGAL NOTICE de forma irregular localizado en la tercera planta del edificio G M&T del Condominio Chateau San 49825 Juan, situado en la Avenida CéKCD2017-0302 ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO sar González en el Barrio Hato DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- Rey Norte (Nuevo Centro de NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA San Juan) del término municiCENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN pal de San Juan, Puerto Rico.

El área aproximada es de noveJUAN SALA SUPERIOR cientos setenta y cuatro (974) THE BANK OF NEW pies cuadrados, equivalentes a YORK MELLON TRUST noventa punto cinco tres tres COMPANY, N.A. F/K/A (90.533) metros cuadrados.

Son sus linderos y distancias THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, los siguientes: por el Norte, en cuarenta y cinco pies ocho pulN.A., AS SUCCESSOR- gadas (45’8’) lineales y en dos IN-INTEREST TO (2) alineaciones, con área exterior común y con pared mediaJPMORGAN CHASE nera que lo separa del apartaBANK, NATIONAL F guión cinco (F-5); por ASSOCIATION, F/K/A mento el Sur, en cuarenta y cinco pies JPMORGAN CHASE ocho pulgadas (45’8’) y en seis BANK, AS TRUSTEE (6) alineaciones, con área exterior común, con área de pasillo FOR REGISTERED HOLDERS OF SOLOMON del edificio y con pared medianera que lo separa del apartaBROTHERS MORTGAGE mento G guión cinco (G-5); por SECURITIES VII, el Este, en veintiocho pies tres pulgadas (28’3’) lineales y en INC., MORTGAGE tres (3) alineaciones, con área PASS-THROUGH exterior común y por el Oeste, CERTIFICATES, en veintiocho pies tres pulgaSERIES 2001-2 das (28’3’) lineales y en cinco Demandante V. (5) alineaciones, con área exteVÍCTOR HENRY rior común y con área de pasillo del edificio. Consta de balcón, VELÁZQUEZ, JANET FUENTES RUEL T/C/C sala-comedor, cocina, laundry, un baño y medio y tres dormitoJANNETTE FUENTES rios. La puerta de entrada de RUEL Y LA SOCIEDAD este apartamento esta situada en su lindero Sur. Le corresponLEGAL DE BIENES de un estacionamiento identifiGANANCIALES cado con el mismo número del COMPUESTA POR apartamento. Este apartamento AMBOS tiene una participación de uno Demandados (1%) por ciento en los elemenCivil Núm.: KCD2017-0302. tos comunes del Condominio.

(802). Sobre: COBRO DE DI- La propiedad antes relacionada NERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HI- consta inscrita en el folio 41 del POTECA POR LA VÍA ORDI- tomo 1,231 de Río Piedras NorNARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. te, finca número 34,830, en el El Alguacil que suscribe por la Registro de la Propiedad de presente CERTIFICA, ANUN- San Juan, Sección Segunda. El CIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en tipo mínimo para la primera sucumplimiento de un Manda- basta del inmueble antes relamiento de Ejecución de Senten- cionado, será el dispuesto en la cia que le ha sido dirigido al Al- Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir guacil que suscribe por la la suma de $38,000.00. Si no Secretaría del Tribunal de Pri- hubiere remate ni adjudicación mera Instancia, Centro Judicial en la primera subasta del inde San Juan, Sala Superior, en mueble mencionado, se celeel caso de epígrafe procederá a brará una SEGUNDA SUBASvender en pública subasta al TA en las oficinas del Alguacil mejor postor quién pagará de que suscribe el día 18 DE contado y en moneda de curso AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 9:00 legal de los Estados Unidos de DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunAmérica, giro postal o por che- da subasta que se celebre serque de gerente a nombre del virá de tipo mínimo las dos terAlguacil del Tribunal de Primera ceras partes (2/3) del precio Instancia el día 11 DE AGOSTO pactado en la primera subasta, DE 2022, A LAS 9:00 DE LA o sea la suma de $25,333.33.

MAÑANA en su oficina sita en Si tampoco hubiere remate ni el local que ocupa en el edificio adjudicación en la segunda sudel Tribunal de Primera Instan- basta se celebrará una TERCEcia, Centro Judicial de San RA SUBASTA en las oficinas Juan, Sala Superior, todo dere- del Alguacil que suscribe el día cho, título e interés que tenga la 25 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A parte demandada de epígrafe LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. en el inmueble de su propiedad Para la tercera subasta servirá que ubica en Cond. Chateau de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del San Juan, 191 calle César Gon- precio pactado para el caso de zález, Apt. G6 (706), San Juan, ejecución, o sea, la suma de PR 00918-1429 y que se des- $19,000.00. La hipoteca a ejecribe a continuación: URBANA: cutarse en el caso de epígrafe

fue constituida mediante la escritura número 183, otorgada el día 6 de octubre de 1986, ante el Notario Rafael B. Ortiz Segura y consta inscrita en el folio 41 del tomo 1,231 de Río Piedras Norte, finca número 34,830, en el Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Segunda, inscripción primera. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $30,446.54 por concepto de principal, más intereses al tipo pactado de 10.000% anual desde el día 1 de octubre de 2008.

Dichos intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Se pagarán también los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.000% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha vencimiento, la suma de $3,800.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, la suma de $3,800.00 para cubrir los intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y la suma de $3,800.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca, más intereses según provisto por la regla 44.3 de las de Procedimiento Civil. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de San Juan, Sala Superior durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes.

Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores ni preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad.

Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesan los gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relacionan más adelante. 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 cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de, o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso, o al portador, garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor por la presente se notifica, que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la

24 subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. HIPOTECA en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Banco de Desarrollo Económico para Puerto Rico o a su orden o a su orden por la suma principal de $30,090.00 con intereses sobre la tasa de interés preferente, a revisarse periódicamente, y vencedero a la presentación, según escritura número 11 otorgada ante el Notario Carlos Villa Rivera el 7 de junio de 2004. Inscrita al folio 70 del tomo 1,551 de Rio Piedras Norte, inscripción tercera. SENTENCIA a favor del Consejo de Titulares del Condominio Chateau San Juan, por la suma de $3,693.65, según Sentencia dictada el 14 de octubre de 2013 en el caso civil KCM2012-0995. Inscrita al folio 100 del Libro 5 de Sentencias.

AVISO DE DEMANDA: Pleito seguido por The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A. vs. Víctor Henry Velázquez, Janet Fuentes Ruel t/c/c Jannette Fuentes Ruel y la sociedad legal de bienes gananciales compuesta por ambos, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, en el caso civil número KCD2017-0302 sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $30,446.54, según Demanda de fecha 17 de febrero de 2017.

Anotada al tomo Karibe de Río Piedras Norte, Anotación A. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la alcaldía, el Tribunal y la colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado mediante edictos dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores sujeto a lo dispuesto en los Artículos 113 al 116 de la Ley 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015, según aplique. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 7 de julio de 2022. FDO PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

KAREN MICHELLE

COLÓN SANTANA

Demandado(a) Civil: SJ2022CV01014. (604).

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO, EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: KAREN MICHELLE COLÓN SANTANA.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 30 de junio de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 8 de julio de 2022.

En SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, el 8 de julio de 2022. Griselda Rodríguez Collado, Secretaria.

Marily López Martínez, Secretaria Auxiliar.

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FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

FRANCO LUIS MONTAÑEZ RIVERA, T/C/C FRANCO L. MONTAÑEZ RIVERA, T/C/C FRANCO MONTAÑEZ RIVERA, ADELMIS ROSARIO FERNÁNDEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Demandados Civil Núm.: C4CD2017-0217.

(103). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: PUBLICO EN GENERAL.

El Alguacil del Tribunal que sus-

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cribe anuncia y hace constar: A. Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Manatí, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor de contado y en moneda de curso legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América y cuyo pago se efectuará en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la Parte Demandada en el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Parcela de terreno radicada en el Barrio Tierras Nuevas Salientes del término municipal de Manatí, Puerto Rico, marcado con el número 11 en el plano de inscripción y compuesta de 508.81 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar número 7, por el SUR, con el solar número 12, por el ESTE, con Luis Soldevilla y por el OESTE, con área dedicada a uso público. Dirección Física: Carr. 685, KM 3.3 Int., Barrio Tierras Nuevas, Manatí, PR 00674. Finca 12,362, inscrita al folio 180 del tomo 312 de Manatí, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Manatí. B. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado están de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables bajo el epígrafe de este caso.

C. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. D. Que la propiedad se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que se ejecuta en la presente causa de acción: Embargo Federal contra Franco L. Montañez Rivera, seguro social xxx-xx-2508, por la suma de $11,179.27, notificación número 842852612, presentado el día 26 de enero de 2012, anotado al folio 160, Asiento 4, del libro de Embargos Federales número 5. Embargo Federal contra Adelmis Rosario Fernández, seguro social xxx-xx-7195, por la suma de $45,524.00, USAO-2015A70006, presentado el día 1 de septiembre de 2015, anotado al folio 9, Asiento 1, del libro de Embargos Federales número 8. Embargo Federal contra F. Montañez Rivera & A. Rosario Ferna, seguro social xxx-xx7508, por la suma de $3.577.91, notificación número 842852712, presentado el día 26 de enero de 2012, anota-

do al folio 160, Asiento 5, del libro de Embargos Federales número 5. E. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $128,981.23 de principal.

Se reclama además, la suma de $14,601.07 por concepto de intereses y recargos según pactado en la escritura número 388, la suma de $6,338.35, que incluye principal, intereses, cargos por demora y otros cargos, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de 10% del principal, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, pactados con en el pagaré y en la escritura de Hipoteca de la parte demandante pactados en el pagaré y en el contrato de hipoteca. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se celebrará el día 3 DE AGOSTO DE 2022 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en la Oficina del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Manatí, por el tipo mínimo de $120,000.00.

De declararse desierta dicha subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 10 DE AGOSTO DE 2022 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado. El precio para la segunda subasta lo será 2/3 partes del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $80,000.00. De declararse desierta dicha segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 17 DE AGOSTO DE 2022 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado. El precio para la tercera subasta lo será 1/2 del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $60,000.00. Y PARA QUE ASÍ CONSTE, y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general y por un término de catorce (14) días en los sitios públicos conforme a la ley, expido la presente bajo mi firma y sello de este tribunal, hoy 11 de julio de 2022 en Manatí, Puerto Rico. Wilfredo Rodríguez Carrión, Alguacil Confidencial # De Placa 135, Alguacil.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Y SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. COMO AGENTE DE SERVICIO Demandante Vs.

SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN MILAGROS CINTRÓN TORRES T/C/C CARMEN MILAGROS CINTRÓN DE RAMÍREZ COMPUESTA POR SU VIUDO LOUIS DANIEL RAMÍREZ MIRANDA, POR SÍ; Y SU HEREDERA CONOCIDA

BRENDA RAMÍREZ CINTRÓN; SUCESIÓN DE RICHY RAMÍREZ TORRES; SUCESIÓN DE VIVIAN RAMÍREZ TORRES COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS GABRIEL CASTRO RAMÍREZ Y JOSIE EDGARDO CASTRO RAMÍREZ; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHAS SUCESIONES; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA; DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2019CV04437.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de Carolina, Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 4 de abril de 2022 y según Orden y Mandamiento del 19 de mayo de 2022, librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar Doce de la manzana cuatroNS, radicado en la Urbanización Villa Fontana situada en el Barrio Sabana Abajo del término municipal de Carolina, con un área de cuatrocientos setenticinco metros cuadrados con setentiocho centésimas de metro cuadrado. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar número uno, distancia de quince metros con seiscientos ochentidós milésimas de metro; por el SUR, con la calle número trescientos veintinueve, distancia de diez y siete metros con seiscientos ochenticinco milésimas de metro y nueve metros con doscientos treintinueve milésimas de metro en arco; por el ESTE, con el solar número once, distancia de veintiún metros con seiscientos cincuenta milésimas de metros; por el OESTE, con la calle número trescientos veintinueve A y un área de siembra, distancia de diez y ocho metros con seiscientos ochentitrés milésimas de metros y tres metros con trescientos ochentisiete milésimas de metro en arco.

En dicho solar enclava una vivienda de concreto para una

sola familia. FINCA NÚMERO: 12,527, inscrita al folio 245 del tomo 330 de Carolina, sección I de Carolina. Dirección Física: BARRIO SABANA ABAJO URB. VILLA FONTANA, 12 4-NS CALLE 47, CAROLINA, PR 00985. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la PRIMERA SUBASTA habrá de celebrarse el día 4 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Carolina. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $180,000.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 11 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $120,000.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 18 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $90,000.00. Si se declare 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 mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. El Tribunal dictó Sentencia declarando con lugar la demanda y por consiguiente, ordenó a la parte demandada SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN MILAGROS CINTRÓN TORRES T/C/C CARMEN MILAGROS CINTRÓN DE RAMÍREZ COMPUESTA POR SU VIUDO LOUIS DANIEL RAMÍREZ MIRANDA, POR SÍ; Y SU HEREDERA CONOCIDA BRENDA RAMÍREZ CINTRÓN; SUCESIÓN DE RICHY RAMÍREZ TORRES; SUCESIÓN DE VIVIAN RAMÍREZ TORRES COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS GABRIEL CASTRO RAMÍREZ Y JOSIE EDGARDO CASTRO RAMÍREZ; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHAS SUCESIONES, a pagar a la parte demandante la suma de $269,719.99 de principal. Esta suma incluye los intereses y recargos contractualmente pactados hasta el

31 de octubre de 2019. Dicho monto continúa aumentando intereses bajo la tasa de interés acordada, recargos, costas, honorarios de abogados y otros gastos inherentes al presente procedimiento hasta el saldo total de la deuda. Las sumas antes descritas están vencidas, son líquidas y exigibles. Dichas partes demandadas también le adeudan a la demandante un monto equivalente al 10% del balance del principal del pagaré hipotecario para la demandante así cubrir las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. Dicho monto está pactado contractualmente con la demanda. Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. 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 demandado/deudor la ocupen. El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario.

Si la subasta es adjudicada a un tercero y luego se deja sin efecto, el tercero a favor de quién se adjudicó la subasta solo tendrá derecho a la devolución del monto consignado más no tendrá derecho a entablar recurso o reclamo adicional alguno (judicial o extrajudicial) contra el demandante y/o el acreedor y/o inversionista, dueño pagaré y/o su abogado. Si se anula la venta, el comprador tendrá derecho a la devolución del depósito de la venta judicial menos los honorarios y costos incurridos en el proceso de venta judicial. No tendrá ningún otro recurso contra el acreedor hipotecario ejecutante ni la representación legal de éste. Por la presente también se notifica e informa al Secretario del Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano, por éstos contar con una hipoteca a su favor por la suma de $180,000.00, con intereses al 7% anual y a vencer a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #275, otorgada en Guaynabo, inscrito al folio 57 del tomo 965 de Carolina. Además, se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la Primera, Segunda y Tercera Subasta, si eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración

de dicha Subasta. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes.

Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 2 de junio de 2022. SAMUEL GONZÁLEZ ISAAC, ALGUACIL, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA.

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SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. Demandante Vs.

SUCESIÓN DE LUIS TIRADO AGOSTO COMPUESTA POR SU HEREDERO CONOCIDO FERDINAND TIRADO SANTANA; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN

Demandados Civil Núm.: HU2021CV00145.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de Humacao de Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 8 de julio de 2021, y según Orden y Mandamiento expedidos el 18 de noviembre de 2021 librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo o cheque certificado con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno sito en el Barrio Tejas de Humacao, con una cabida superficial de 5,060.00 metros cuadrados.

The San Juan Daily Star En lindes, por el NORTE, con Sylvia Tirado Agosto, servidumbre de paso y Elías Tirado Agosto; por el SUR, con camino Francisco Tirado antes, hoy Aníbal Tirado; por el ESTE, con Sonia Vázquez Reyes, la Parcela F dedicada a uso público y con Francisco Tirado Agosto; y por el OESTE, con Juan Tirado Agosto. Es el remanente de la finca luego de practicada una segregación de 95.500 m/c, finca 28,407, el 2 de noviembre de 2012, al folio 75 del tomo 495 de Humacao. FINCA NÚMERO: 22,598, inscrita al folio 75 del tomo 495 de Humacao, Registro de Humacao. DIRECCION FISICA: BARRIO TEJAS CARR. 908 KM 2.3 INT, CALLE EUCALIPTO, ROCA DE ORO SECTOR, HUMACAO PR 00791. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la PRIMERA SUBASTA habrá de celebrarse el día 3 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina que sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Humacao. Con el importe de esta venta se habrá de satisfacer el balance de la sentencia dictada en este caso el cual consiste en el pago de $129,193.17 de principal, más intereses convenidos al 5.060% anual más recargos hasta su pago, más el pago de lo pactado en la sentencia para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños dentro del término de sesenta (20) días a partir de la fecha de la confirmación de la venta o adjudicación. Si transcurren los referidos sesenta (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 demandado/ deudor la ocupen. El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Por la presente también se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. Por la presente también se notifica e informa de una HIPOTECA en el asiento 412 del diario 914, el día 26 de febrero de 2013, se presenta la escritura #46, otorgada en Guaynabo, el día 7 de febrero de 2013, ante la Notario Lizbet Avilés Vega, comparece Luis Tirado Agosto, soltero, constituye hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano, o a su orden, por la suma de $172,500.00, intereses al 5.060% anual y a vencer el 23 de diciembre del año 2087.

Se acompaña copia del pagaré. Pendiente de calificación y

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despacho. La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la Primera Subasta, si eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuaran subsistentes.

Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 24 de marzo de 2022. MARÍA DEL PILAR RIVERA RIVERA, ALGUACIL REGIONAL, SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO. WILNELIA RIVERA DELGADO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #249.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Y SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. COMO AGENTE DE SERVICIO Demandante Vs.

SUCESIÓN DE VÍCTOR FIGUEROA MÉNDEZ T/C/C VÍCTOR ANTONIO FIGUEROA MÉNDEZ T/C/C VÍCTOR FIGUEROA Y SUCESIÓN DE GLADYS SANTIAGO RIVERA T/C/C GLADYS SANTIAGO COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS EDWIN FIGUEROA SANTIAGO Y ÁNGELA FIGUEROA SANTIAGO; SUCESIÓN DE JOSE ANTONIO FIGUEROA SANTIAGO, COMPUESTA POR

SUS HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS JOVIDIS PAOLA FIGUEROA y JOSE FIGUEROA; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHAS SUCESIONES; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2019CV03842.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de Carolina, Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 14 de marzo de 2022 y según Orden y Mandamiento del 2 de mayo de 2022, librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número Mil Trece del plano de inscripción del Proyecto de Viviendas a bajo costo denominado José Severo Quiñonez VBC-Cuatro, radicado en el Barrio Martín González, del término municipal de Carolina, con una cabida de doscientos cincuenta metros cuadrados. En lindes, por el NORTE, con la calle principal Quiñones; por el SUR, con los solares número Mil Veintiuno y Mil Veintidós; por el ESTE, con el solar número Mil Doce; y por el OESTE, con el solar número Mil Catorce. Enclava una casa. FINCA NÚMERO: 22,805, inscrita al folio 108 del tomo 566 de Carolina, sección II de Carolina. Dirección Física: BARRIO MARTÍN GONZÁLEZ, JOSE SEVERO QUIÑONES VBC-4, SOLAR 1013, CALLE QUIÑONES, CAROLINA, PR 00985. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la PRIMERA SUBASTA habrá de celebrarse el día 3 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Carolina. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $130,000.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 10 DE AGOSTO DE 2022,

A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $86,666.67. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 17 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $65,000.00. Si se declare 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 mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. El Tribunal dictó Sentencia declarando con lugar la demanda y por consiguiente, ordenó a la parte demandada SUCESIÓN DE VÍCTOR FIGUEROA MÉNDEZ T/C/C VÍCTOR ANTONIO FIGUEROA MÉNDEZ T/C/C VÍCTOR FIGUEROA Y SUCESIÓN DE GLADYS SANTIAGO RIVERA T/C/C GLADYS SANTIAGO COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS EDWIN FIGUEROA SANTIAGO Y ÁNGELA FIGUEROA SANTIAGO; SUCESIÓN DE JOSE ANTONIO FIGUEROA SANTIAGO, COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS JOVIDIS PAOLA FIGUEROA y JOSE FIGUEROA; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHAS SUCESIONES, a pagar a la parte demandante la suma de $156,378.10 de principal.

Esta suma no incluye los intereses ni cargos por demora, los cuales se continuarán acumulando hasta el saldo total de la obligación, más otros cargos conforme al contrato de préstamo suscrito entre las partes.

Esta suma continúa acumulando intereses al interés anual convenido de 7.00% hasta su completo pago. La suma adeudada también continúa acumulando recargos. Además, se le impone a la parte demandada el pago de costas a favor de la parte demandante, más 10% del balance del principal para honorarios de abogados, hasta el saldo total de la obligación.

Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedi-

miento, 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 demandado/deudor la ocupen. El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Si la subasta es adjudicada a un tercero y luego se deja sin efecto, el tercero a favor de quién se adjudicó la subasta solo tendrá derecho a la devolución del monto consignado más no tendrá derecho a entablar recurso o reclamo adicional alguno (judicial o extrajudicial) contra el demandante y/o el acreedor y/o inversionista, dueño pagaré y/o su abogado. Si se anula la venta, el comprador tendrá derecho a la devolución del depósito de la venta judicial menos los honorarios y costos incurridos en el proceso de venta judicial.

No tendrá ningún otro recurso contra el acreedor hipotecario ejecutante ni la representación legal de éste. Por la presente también se notifica e informa a Doral Financial Corporation hoy Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, por éstos contar con una Anotación de Demanda en el caso civil número FCD06-2430, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, por la suma de $33,341.54, más otras sumas. Anotado al folio 217 del tomo 1404 de Carolina, finca número 22805, anotación A. También se notifica e informa al Secretario del Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano, por éstos contar con una hipoteca a su favor por la suma de $130,000.00, con intereses al 7% anual y a vencer a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #46, otorgada en Carolina, inscrito al folio 124 del tomo 1408 de Carolina, inscripción 8va. Además, se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la Primera, Segunda y Tercera Subasta, si eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de

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este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 24 de mayo de 2022.

SAMUEL GONZÁLEZ ISAAC, ALGUACIL, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA.

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FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION T/C/C FANNIE MAE Demandante Vs.

GLADYS RAMOS MIRANDA

Demandada Civil Núm.: CG2019CV04330.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de Caguas, Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 4 de abril de 2022 y según Orden y Mandamiento del 24 de mayo de 2022, librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal de forma ele (“L”) sustancialmente rectangular dedicado a vivienda localizado en el Segundo (2do) Piso del Edificio denominado Tres (3) del Condominio Estancias del Rey, localizado en el Barrio Turabo del término municipal de Caguas, Puerto Rico, con un área privada de 1,155.74 pies cuadrados, equivalente a 107.41 metros cuadrados. Colinda por el NORTE, en 22 pies con 3 pulgadas, equivalente a 6.78 metros, con pared exterior que da los elementos comunes y en 9 pies con 2½ pulgadas, equivalente a 2.81 metros con pared interior que lo separa de los elementos comunes de entrada al apartamento y da la escalera; por el SUR, en 31 pies con 5½ pulgadas, equivalente a 9.59 metros con pared

exterior que da a los elementos comunes; por el ESTE, en 27 pies con 2 pulgadas, equivalente a 8.18 metros con pared medianera que lo separa del apartamento número 315 y en 18 pies con 3 pulgadas, equivalente a 5.56 metros con pared interior que lo separa de los elementos comunes, que a su vez dan a la escalera; y por el OESTE, en 45 pies con 1 pulgada, equivalente a 13.74 metros con pared exterior que da a los elementos comunes. Consta la unidad de sala, comedor, cocina-laundry, (“morning room”), tres (3) habitaciones dormitorios con closet, dos (2) baños y dos (2) balcones. Esta unidad tiene acceso al pasillo común a través de su puerta principal y participa de todos los elementos comunes del condominio tal como aparece en la escritura matriz, sometiendo los edificios al Régimen de Propiedad Horizontal, presentada para inscripción en el Registro de la Propiedad. Según establecido en la escritura matriz sometiendo los edificios al Régimen de Propiedad Horizontal y únicamente con el propósito de prorratear los derechos y deberes de cada uno de los dueños de dichas unidades o apartamientos con relación a los elementos comunes del Condominio Estancias del Rey, e independientemente del valor que cada dueño le asigne a su unidad, le corresponde a esta unidad .007611% por ciento de participación en los elementos comunes generales del condominio, y le corresponde para su uso exclusivo el área de estacionamiento identificado con el número 36 y 46. FINCA NÚMERO: 52,945, inscrita al folio 55 del tomo 1560 de Caguas, sección I de Caguas. Nota aclaratoria En el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección I, la descripción Registral consta tal y como fue transcrita anteriormente. En la Escritura número 40, otorgada el 24 de abril de 2004, se describe lo siguiente; Le corresponde a esta unidad punto cero cero setenta y seis por ciento de participación en los elementos comunes generales y le corresponde los estacionamientos identificados con los números treinta y seis y cuarenta y seis. Dirección Física: COND. ESTANCIAS DEL REY APT. 316, CARR. 1, CAGUAS, PR 00725. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la PRIMERA SUBASTA habrá de celebrarse el día 3 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Caguas. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $105,729.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta

primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 10 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $70,486.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 17 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $52,864.50. Si se declare 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 mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. El Tribunal dictó Sentencia declarando con lugar la demanda y por consiguiente, ordenó a la parte demandada GLADYS RAMOS MIRANDA, a pagar a la parte demandante la suma de $78,506.89 de principal hasta el 15 de abril de 2022, los cuales se continuarán acumulando hasta el saldo total de la obligación conforme al contrato de préstamo. Dicha suma continúa acumulando intereses bajo la tasa de interés acordada. Además, se le impone a la parte demandada el pago de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados y cualquier otra suma que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca. Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. 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 demandado/deudor la ocupen. El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Si la subasta es adjudicada a un tercero y luego se deja sin efecto, el tercero a favor de quién se adjudicó la subasta solo tendrá derecho a la devolución del monto consignado más no tendrá derecho a entablar recurso o reclamo adicional alguno (judicial o extrajudicial) contra el demandante y/o el acreedor y/o inversionista, dueño pagaré y/o su abogado. Si se anula la venta, el comprador tendrá derecho a la devolución del depósito de la venta judicial menos los

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No tendrá ningún otro recurso contra el acreedor hipotecario ejecutante ni la representación legal de éste. Por la presente también se notifica e informa al Consejo de Titulares del Condominio Estancias del Rey por éstos contar con un Mandamiento sobre Cobro de Dinero versus Gladys Ramos Miranda, expedido por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, en el caso civil número CG2019CV04181, por la suma de $1,330.00 y otras sumas, presentado al Asiento número 2021-100698-CA01, pendiente de calificación y despacho. Además, se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la Primera, Segunda y Tercera Subasta, si eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 23 de junio de 2022. Ángel Gómez Gómez, Alguacil Placa #593, Sala Superior De Caguas.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

ANA VILMA RIVERA

HERNANDEZ T/C/C ANA VILARO RIVERA HERNANDEZ; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Demandada Civil Núm.: ECD2015-1092.

(801). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de Caguas, Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 2 de mayo de 2017 y según Orden y Mandamiento del 29 de agosto de 2017, librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Solar radicado en el Barrio Sumidero de Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, identificado en el plano de inscripción con el número dos, con una cabida superficial de 0.14826 cuerdas, equivalentes a 582.7278 metros cuadrados.

En lindes por el NORTE, con solar número 3; por el SUR, con el solar número 1 a segregarse de la finca principal; por el ESTE, con el remanente de la finca principal; y por el OESTE, con el camino municipal pavimentado, que conduce a la carretera estatal número 173 de Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico.

Enclava casa de una planta de bloques y hormigón, dedicada a vivienda, que consta de tres habitaciones, un baño, sala, cocina, comedor, con instalaciones de agua y luz eléctrica y pozo séptico. FINCA NÚMERO: 6,907, inscrita al folio 210 del tomo 159 de Aguas Buenas, sección II de Caguas. Dirección Física: BARRIO SUMIDERO LOTE 2, AGUAS BUENAS, PR 00703. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la PRIMERA SUBASTA habrá de celebrarse el día 3 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Caguas. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $90,609.25. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 10 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $60,406.17. De no haber

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remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 17 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $45,304.63. Si se declare 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 mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. El Tribunal dicta Sentencia declarando con lugar la demanda y por consiguiente condena a la parte demandada ANA VILMA RIVERA HERNANDEZ T/C/C ANA VILARO RIVERA HERNANDEZ a pagar a la parte demandante la suma de $88,928.42 de principal, intereses pactados a razón de 4.50% anual y cargos por demora hasta el total pago de la obligación, y $8,867.67 de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. 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 demandado/deudor la ocupen. El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Si la subasta es adjudicada a un tercero y luego se deja sin efecto, el tercero a favor de quién se adjudicó la subasta solo tendrá derecho a la devolución del monto consignado más no tendrá derecho a entablar recurso o reclamo adicional alguno (judicial o extrajudicial) contra el demandante y/o el acreedor y/o inversionista, dueño pagaré y/o su abogado. Si se anula la venta, el comprador tendrá derecho a la devolución del depósito de la venta judicial menos los honorarios y costos incurridos en el proceso de venta judicial.

No tendrá ningún otro recurso contra el acreedor hipotecario ejecutante ni la representación legal de éste. Por la presente también se notifica e informa al Secretario del Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de los Estados Unidos de América por éstos contar con una hipoteca a su favor por la suma de $33,156.00, sin intereses y a vencer el 1 de noviembre de 2041, según consta de la escritura #692, otorgada en

San Juan, inscrito en el Sistema Karibe de Aguas Buenas, finca número 6907. Además, se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto.

La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la Primera, Segunda y Tercera Subasta, si eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 13 de junio de 2022. ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

MARÍA SOCORRO COLLAZO ALICEA; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Demandados Civil Núm.: HU2021CV01301.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (IN REM). EDICTO ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de Humacao, Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha

21 de enero de 2022 y según Orden y Mandamiento del 25 de febrero de 2022 librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar número 12 del bloque B de la Urbanización Valle Piedra, radicado en el barrio Quebrada Arenas del término municipal de Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, con un área de 300.04 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en una distancia de 23.08 metros, con el solar número 13-B; por el SUR, en una distancia de 23.08 metros, con el solar número 11-B; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 13.00 metros, con la calle número 5 de la urbanización; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 13.00 metros, con terrenos de Luis A. Santiago. Enclava una casa diseñada para una familia. FINCA NÚMERO: 12,138, inscrita al folio 90 del tomo 229 de Las Piedras, Registro de Humacao. Dirección Física: URB. VALLE PIEDRA SOLAR 12 BLOQUE B, LAS PIEDRAS, PR 00771. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la PRIMERA SUBASTA habrá de celebrarse el día 2 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Humacao. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $120,828.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 9 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $80,552.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 16 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $60,414.00. Si se declare 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 mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima

conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. El Honorable Tribunal dictó Sentencia In Rem, declarando Con Lugar la demanda al incumplir la parte demandada con los términos del contrato hipotecario y ordenando la venta en pública subasta del inmueble antes descrito. Examinadas las alegaciones de la Demanda y la prueba documental sometida, así como los emplazamientos a la parte demandada, habiendo vencido el plazo para contestar la demanda, a solicitud de la parte demandante, se le anota la rebeldía a la parte demandada MARIA SOCORRO COLLAZO ALICEA y se dicta Sentencia In Rem declarando Con Lugar la demanda determinando que hay un balance pendiente de pago ascendente a la suma de $81,173.83 de principal, intereses y recargos.

Dicha cantidad es el balance de principal al momento de la radicación de la demanda. Por motivo del descargo concedido, o inminente a uno o varios de los demandados, el presente reclamo es in rem, pues el descargo no afecta la exigibilidad del gravamen hipotecario, conforme ha sido resuelto por el Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos en Johnson v. Home State Bank, 501 U.S. 78, 111 S. Ct. 2150, 115 L. Ed. 2d 66, 59 USLW 4609 (1991). Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. 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 demandado/deudor la ocupen.

El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Si la subasta es adjudicada a un tercero y luego se deja sin efecto, el tercero a favor de quién se adjudicó la subasta solo tendrá derecho a la devolución del monto consignado más no tendrá derecho a entablar recurso o reclamo adicional alguno (judicial o extrajudicial) contra el demandante y/o el acreedor y/o inversionista, dueño pagaré y/o su abogado. Si se anula la venta, el comprador tendrá derecho a la devolución del depósito de la venta judicial menos los honorarios y costos incurridos en el proceso de venta judicial.

No tendrá ningún otro recurso contra el acreedor hipotecario ejecutante ni la representación legal de éste. Por la presente también se notifica e informa a Secretary of Housing and Urban Development por éstos contar con una hipoteca a su favor por la suma de $33,102.77, sin intereses y a vencer el 1

de diciembre de 2044, según consta de la escritura #539, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, inscrito en Karibe de Las Piedras, finca número 12,138, inscripción 12da. Además, se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto.

La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la Primera, Segunda y Tercera Subasta, si eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 24 de marzo de 2022.

María Del Pilar Rivera Rivera, Alguacil Regional, Sala Superior De Humacao. Jennisa García Morales, Alguacil Auxiliar Placa #796.

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WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES ACQUISITION TRUST 2019-HB1 Parte Demandante Vs.

SUCESIÓN DE ISRAEL CONCEPCIÓN HERNÁNDEZ T/C/C ISRAEL CONCEPCIÓN

COMPUESTA POR MARÍA DE LOS ANGELES CONCEPCIÓN CONCEPCIÓN, CARMEN ISIDRA CONCEPCIÓN CONCEPCIÓN, FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: AR2021CV01855.

Salón de Sesiones: 402. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. ORDEN DE INTERPELACIÓN. Examinada la demanda presentada por la parte demandante, la solicitud de interpelación contenida en la misma y examinados los autos del caso, el Tribunal le imparte su aprobación y en su virtud acepta la demanda en el caso de epígrafe, así como la interpelación judicial de la parte demandante a los herederos del codemandado conforme dispone el Artículo 959 del Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. sec. 2787 y su equivalente el Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico 2020.

Se ordena a los herederos del causante, a saber, Maria de Los Angeles Concepción Concepción, Carmen Isidra Concepción Concepción, Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, herederos de nombres desconocidos a que, dentro del término legal de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia del causante Israel Concepción Hernández, t/c/c Israel Concepción. Se les apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados: (a) Que de no expresarse dentro del término de treinta (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia la misma se tendrá por aceptada; (b) Que luego del transcurso del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente orden, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del causante y, por consiguiente, la parte demandante podrá continuar la causa acción. Se ordena a la parte demandante a que, en vista de que la sucesión del causante Israel Concepción Hernández, t/c/c Israel Concepción, incluyen como herederos a María de Los Angeles Concepción Concepción, Carmen Isidra Concepción Concepción, y a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, como posibles herederos desconocidos, proceda a notificar la presente orden mediante un edicto a esos efectos una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de la Isla de Puerto Rico. NOTIFÍQUESE. Dada en Arecibo, Puerto Rico, a 06 de julio de 2022. f/SANDRA l. SEGARRA VÁZQUEZ, JUEZA SUPERIOR.

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Built to be flexible, Novak Djokovic bounces back

By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY

H

e is an elastic man, Novak Djokovic.

As he and Nick Kyrgios prepared to walk onto Centre Court for their Wimbledon men’s singles final Sunday, Kyrgios paced in tight circles in the clubhouse.

Djokovic stood a few paces behind him and stretched, just as he has since his early years in preparation for the challenges to come.

I made it to Belgrade, Serbia, once to speak with his childhood coach Jelena Gencic, a silken-voiced mentor with the paleblue eyes that discovered him on a remote hard court in the Serbian mountains when he was just 6 and taught him about much more than forehands and backhands.

They listened to classical music and discussed literature, all with an eye on the person and player he would become far down the road, when the courts would not have cracks running through them and NATO bombs would no longer interrupt their practice sessions.

Developing and preserving his flexibility was a part of her regimen and her vision.

“That’s the heaviest thing he had to handle when he was young,” she said in 2010, holding up a tennis racket. “We worked only on the legs, only quickness.”

Gencic, who died in 2013, was pleased during our interview with the results of her master plan, and she would have been prouder Sunday to see Djokovic, now 35 and the father of two young children, still lunging and twisting like an acrobat into the corners of the court to deal with Kyrgios’ haymakers.

As he proved once more over the course of three hours and his 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) victory, Djokovic can absorb pace like perhaps no man in tennis history. And he can clearly absorb adversity, as well, even when it is much of his own making.

A year ago at Wimbledon, he was flying particularly high, defusing another taller, bigger server in Matteo Berrettini to win the third leg of the Grand Slam and extend his winning streak at the All England Club.

But he would fall short of completing the Grand Slam at the U.S. Open and then become a magnet for international debate and plenty of opprobrium by declining to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a decision that led to his detention after he arrived in Melbourne, Australia, in January to play in the Australian Open.

When his appeals failed, he was deported on the eve of 2022’s first Grand Slam

Novak Djokovic won Wimbledon after missing the first Grand Slam tournament of the year and losing in the quarterfinals at the French Open. tournament.

When he returned to action briefly in Dubai in late February, he said it was uncomfortable to deal with the looks of disapproval from those who had watched what had unfolded in Australia from afar.

As the tour continued in March, he was unable to enter the United States, because of his unvaccinated status, to compete in the Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells, California, and Miami Gardens, Florida. Back in action, he struggled in the early events on clay before winning in Rome and then failed to hit the high notes required in his quarterfinal loss at the French Open to Rafael Nadal, his longtime rival.

“Certainly, this year has not been the same like the last years,” Djokovic said. “It has started the way it has started, and it has affected me definitely in the first several months of the year. I was not feeling great generally. I mean mentally, emotionally, I was not at a good place.

“I wanted to play, but at the same time when I went out on the court in Dubai, which was the first tournament of the year, I just felt so much pressure and emotions happening. I wasn’t feeling myself on the court.

I realized at that point that it’s going to take some time, that I have to be patient and that

sooner or later I will get myself in the state, the optimal state, where I would like to be.”

Wimbledon, once again, turned out to be the tonic. It was where he regained his mojo when he broke out of the biggest slump of his career to win in 2018. And although he continues to play precious-little grass-court tennis, skipping all the official lead-in tournaments on the surface, he was once again able to find his footing and range in a hurry to win his 21st major singles title, one behind Nadal’s record.

Goran Ivanisevic, Djokovic’s coach and a former Gencic student and Wimbledon champion, was with Djokovic in Australia, although he was never detained himself.

“This was a huge thing that happened to him,” Ivanisevic said, explaining that although many expected him to return to the practice court right after the deportation, “it’s not happening like this.”

“For some people, they don’t recover,” he said. “They will never play tennis. This was a big shock. Was a shock for me, and I was there. I was free. Imagine for him.”

But stubbornness, one of Djokovic’s traits, can cut both ways, keeping him on paths of greater resistance even when better options might be available, but also providing the kind of strength of mind and purpose

required to, say, save two match points and prevail against Roger Federer in the 2019 Wimbledon final.

“People like him you don’t doubt,” Ivanisevic said. “They say maybe it took him a long time, but it didn’t take him a long time.

Took him the exact time that he needed to recover and to digest all the things what happened to him.”

This was hardly Djokovic’s most dominant Wimbledon. He was pushed to five sets by Jannik Sinner in the quarterfinals and to four sets by four other opponents, including Kyrgios.

But he was never in genuine danger of elimination, and with seven Wimbledon singles titles, including four in a row, he now belongs in the same paragraph on grass as his boyhood idol Pete Sampras, who also won seven times at the All England Club, and his longtime rival Federer, who, for now, holds the men’s record all alone, with eight.

Sampras was the first player Djokovic remembers watching on television, and one of Sampras’ early victories at Wimbledon was the reason Djokovic asked his parents for a tennis racket and was in a position to meet Gencic and the moment at age 6.

“It always has been and will be the most special tournament in my heart, the one that motivated me and inspired me to start playing tennis in a little mountain resort in Serbia,” he said to the Centre Court crowd Sunday. “My first image of tennis was grass.”

And yet he is hardly a traditional grasscourt player in the Sampras mold. He served and volleyed just 27 times in the tournament this year. But he is not simply a new-age baseline camper, either. He came to the net 212 times and won a hefty 73% of those points, often showing off the deft touch that was missing in his early years as he produced drop-volley winners under offbalance duress.

He is a hard man to pass in any part of the court, even if his sliding open-stance backhand from the backcourt out of a near split remains his signature shot.

It is the stroke that he and Gencic were striving for all those years ago, and it fits the great champion he has become: dangerous under duress and resilient enough to turn even a compromised situation into a winner.

He bends but does not break, Djokovic, unless we’re talking about another man’s serve.

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Mets and Yankees sending 10 players to All-Star Game

By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN

T

he New York Mets’ Pete Alonso, who has become something of a fixture at MLB’s All-Star week, will come off the bench for the National League in this year’s All-Star Game. Alonso, the two-time defending Home Run Derby champion, will be joined in Los Angeles by three of his Mets teammates and six players from the crosstown Yankees, who led all teams in total selections once the pitchers and reserves were announced Sunday.

Starters for the game, which will be held at Dodger Stadium on July 19, had previously been announced Friday, with Alonso finishing as the runner-up to Paul Goldschmidt of the St. Louis Cardinals in the fan balloting at first base for the NL. Alonso, 27, has been a steady presence for a Mets offense that started this season well but has tailed off in recent weeks. He was batting a career-best .273 after Sunday’s 2-0 loss to the Miami Marlins, with an .881 on-base plus slugging percentage, 23 home runs and a leagueleading 70 runs batted in.

Named as reserve for the NL in 2019, when he had 30 home runs at the All-Star break, Alonso went on to hit 53, winning the rookie of the year award and breaking Aaron Judge’s rookie home run record. In his first All-Star weekend, Alonso topped Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays to win the Home Run Derby.

There was no All-Star Game during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, and although Alonso did not make the 2021 NL All-Star team, he was able to repeat as Home Run Derby champion anyway when he outlasted Trey Mancini of the Baltimore Orioles in Denver.

His consistency this season has been crucial for the Mets, who have ridden his bat and a solid pitching staff (despite numerous injuries) to the second-best record in the NL. In addition to Alonso, the team has three other All-Stars: second baseman Jeff McNeil, outfielder Starling Marte and closer Edwin Díaz.

The Yankees, who have the best record in the majors and have thrived in all aspects of the game, came into Sunday knowing that outfielders Giancarlo Stanton and Judge would start for the Ameri-

Pete Alonso was leading the majors with 70 runs batted in through Saturday.

On Sunday, he was selected as a reserve for this year’s All-Star Game. can League — the first time that Yankees outfielders have started an All-Star Game together since Rickey Henderson and Dave Winfield in 1988. They added four more All-Stars on Sunday: catcher Jose Trevino and pitchers Gerrit Cole, Néstor Cortés and Clay Holmes.

Holmes, acquired in a trade with Pittsburgh last July, has flourished for the Yankees thanks to his full embrace of a sinking two-seam fastball that had fallen out of favor for some teams but is being embraced by the Yankees. His emergence, along with breakout years from Trevino and Cortés, has helped power the Yankees’ incredible season. They are 61-25 after losing, 11-6, to the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.

Both the Mets and the Yankees could add more All-Stars once replacements are made for players who are unable to attend for various reasons. One strong candidate to be added is Taijuan Walker,

a right-handed starter for the Mets, who is 7-2 with a 2.63 ERA in 15 starts. Walker was a late addition to last year’s All-Star team when he was chosen to replace Jacob deGrom, who was injured.

In addition to the typical starters and reserves, MLB included two legacy selections to this year’s rosters, with Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers representing the AL and Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals representing the NL. Both sluggers are nearing the ends of their careers and are considered locks for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Fans voted Philadelphia’s Bryce Harper as the starting designated hitter, but he had surgery to repair a thumb fracture last month, so Atlanta’s William Contreras will start instead. Contreras’ older brother Willson, a Chicago Cubs catcher, will also start.

Once an event dominated by the NL, the AL has won the contest eight straight

times going back to 2013 and has gone 26-6-1 since 1988. Overall, the AL now leads the series 46-43-2.

All-Star Rosters AMERICAN LEAGUE Starters: Alejandro Kirk, TOR, C; Vladimir Guerrero Jr., TOR, 1B; José Altuve, HOU, 2B; Rafael Devers, BOS, 3B; Tim Anderson, CHW, SS; Giancarlo Stanton, NYY, OF; Mike Trout, LAA, OF; Aaron Judge, NYY, OF; Shohei Ohtani, LAA, DH Starting pitchers: Shane McClanahan, TB; Néstor Cortés, NYY; Alek Manoah, TOR; Framber Valdez, HOU; Martín Pérez, TEX; Paul Blackburn, OAK; Justin Verlander, HOU; Gerrit Cole, NYY; Shohei Ohtani, LAA Relievers: Clay Holmes, NYY; Emmanuel Clase, CLE; Gregory Soto, DET; Jorge López, BAL Reserves: Yordan Alvarez, HOU, DH; Xander Bogaerts, BOS, SS; José Ramírez, CLE, 3B; José Trevino, NYY, C; Luis Arráez, MIN, 1B, Andrés Giménez, CLE, 2B; George Springer, TOR, OF; Byron Buxton, MIN, OF; Andrew Benintendi, KC, OF; Kyle Tucker, HOU, OF; Julio Rodríguez, SEA, OF Legacy Pick: Miguel Cabrera, DET, DH NATIONAL LEAGUE Starters: Willson Contreras, CHC, C; Paul Goldschmidt, STL, 1B; Jazz Chisholm Jr., MIA, 2B; Manny Machado, SDP, 3B; Trea Turner, LAD, SS; Joc Pederson, SFG, OF; Ronald Acuña Jr., ATL, OF; Mookie Betts, LAD, OF; Bryce Harper, PHI, DH Starting pitchers: Clayton Kershaw, LAD; Sandy Alcántara, MIA; Corbin Burnes, MIL; Luis Castillo, CIN; Max Fried, ATL; Tony Gonsolin, LAD; Joe Musgrove, SDP Relievers: Edwin Díaz, NYM; Josh Hader, MIL; Ryan Helsley, STL; David Bednar, PIT; Joe Mantiply, ARZ Reserves: William Contreras, ATL, DH; Nolan Arenado, STL, 3B; Pete Alonso, NYM, 1B; Jeff McNeil, NYM, 2B; Travis d’Arnaud, ATL, C; C.J. Cron, COL, 1B; Dansby Swanson, ATL, SS; Kyle Schwarber, PHI, OF; Juan Soto, WAS, OF; Starling Marte, NYM, OF; Ian Happ, CHC, OF Legacy Pick: Albert Pujols, STL, DH

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Sudoku How to Play: Fill in the empty fields with the numbers from 1 through 9.

Sudoku Rules: Every row must contain the numbers from 1 through 9 Every column must contain the numbers from 1 through 9 Every 3x3 square must contain the numbers from 1 through 9

Crossword

Answers on page 30

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GAMES

HOROSCOPE Aries

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(Mar 21-April 20)

Libra

(Sep 24-Oct 23)

Despite there being some no-nonsense energies on the go, it’s still possible to go off on a tangent and do something you might regret. A desire to escape could encourage you to put your responsibilities to one side, and indulge to your heart’s content. There’s no problem with this, but if you’ve made a promise to someone and then break it, your pleasure may be offset by guilt.

Keen to spend on something nice for your home? A sobering Venus/Saturn link, can assist you in finding the perfect thing for the right price. If you have a passion for anything vintage, you could spend some time searching for the ideal item. Chances are, that if you let it go and carry on with your day, a remark or coincidence will enable you to locate it without any trouble at all.

Taurus

(April 21-May 21)

Scorpio

Gemini

(May 22-June 21)

You may not want to tell anyone what you have planned for today, for fear they might spoil it. With a strong emphasis on the sign of Cancer, family could be only too eager to meddle in your affairs and make your decisions for you. A need for some freedom and a chance to do what you want can be a motivating factor. Once you’ve had your fun, you’ll be ready to join in again.

Thinking about making something public? Think again Gemini, as under today’s nebulous skies it could backfire. Keeping it to yourself is by far the best option. Plus, a delightful Moon/Venus link might inspire you to do some exploring. Someone may take you somewhere you’ve never been for an experience you’ve never tried. If you can, go for it, as it could be unforgettable.

Cancer

(June 22-July 23)

(Oct 24-Nov 22)

A chat with someone you haven’t heard from in a while could make your day, Scorpio. Maybe they have moved away, or you have both been too busy to connect. A positive blend of energies can make it a truly heartfelt conversation that boosts your mood.

And it may inspire both of you to stay in touch more often. Going out? You’ll enjoy the opportunity for good company.

Sagittarius

(Nov 23-Dec 21)

Capricorn

(Dec 22-Jan 20)

It’s a time to indulge, with a comforting Moon/Venus link inspiring you to enjoy life’s pleasures and boosting your mood. And it needn’t be anything too major, as even the little things can set you up for a great day. Have doubts about your ability to handle certain issues? Don’t pay them any attention, and they will eventually fade away if you focus on victory rather than failure.

Want to make the best of this day? Then prepare first, Cancer. Whatever plans you have, don’t leave and hope for the best, as things could spiral downhill. The Moon’s angle to dreamy Neptune, suggests planning for every eventuality so you don’t get caught out. But there is another redeeming aspect that can bring a stroke of good fortune, and this may counteract any mishaps.

Forget any hassle you’ve been dealing with, and go on a journey of discovery. If something exciting or fascinating calls out to you, why not try it out? If there’s something you’ve wanted to explore, then teaming with others or another, can make it even more enjoyable. There is also potential for an encounter with promise Capricorn, as you and another might click right away.

Leo

Aquarius

(July 24-Aug 23)

Watch out for mixed signals, and a desire to hear what you want rather than what is meant. You may be so eager for a result, that you twist someone’s words to suit yourself, which could lead to disappointment.

The Moon’s angle with Neptune is a tricky one, especially if you’re emotionally involved. The less attached you are, the easier it will be to flow with events, Leo.

Virgo

(Aug 24-Sep 23)

If you can ignore someone’s dithering and inability to make up their mind, today might be a good day, Virgo. A pleasant Moon/Venus link will bring out the best in everyone, and make for a delightful outing or social event. Have a major task to complete?

Get family or friends to give a helping hand, and before you know it, it will be finished. Then you can kick back and unwind.

(Jan 21-Feb 19)

Forget any issues with work, as today the cosmos encourages you to let it all go and enjoy some peace. The Moon in a lively sector, puts the spotlight on socializing and making new connections.

And you’ll find that linking up with someone you haven’t seen in a while, can be truly enjoyable. If you feel a deep-seated need to recharge, make a little time to pamper yourself, Aquarius.

Pisces

(Feb 20-Mar 20)

You could become aware of a philosophy that you’ve lived with for so long, it has become a part of you. With an emphasis on your money zone, a flash of insight can help you see it for what it is. Do you have a belief that this is how things are? It may have prevented you from trying anything new. This realization might encourage you to handle your finances more resourcefully.

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