2 GOOD MORNING
The San Juan Daily Star, the only paper with News Service in English in Puerto Rico, publishes 7 days a week, with a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday edition, along with a Weekend Edition to cover Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Weather
JGo has $1.6 million for campaign
By The STAR STAFF
The candidate for governor for the New Progressive Party (PNP), Jenniffer González Colón, has available, as of Tuesday, the amount of $1.6 million in the bank account for match the electoral fund.
In the month of June, the campaign raised $911,000 dollars, said the finance director and treasurer of the Governorship Campaign, Mr. Oriol Campos.
With the money available in cash, $1.6 million, the committee can deposit said amount in the accounts of the Department of the Treasury and benefit from the matching of the Special Fund, which consists of a progressive allocation of equal parts (1:1) up to a maximum of $5 million. Campaigns can make deposits periodically until they reach the maximum amount allowed by law.
“The support that Jenniffer’s candidacy has received has been exceptional and we hope to close the month of July with additional collections that, cumulatively, will exceed $2 million. During the month of August we will be holding different fundraising events, which will bring us significantly closer to our fundraising goal,” said the political director of the NPP.
Campos assures that Jenniffer González’s collections are the highest of any gubernatorial candidate in the month of June, it is even greater if all the amounts collected from all the other gubernatorial candidates are added together.
The lawyer recognized the importance of the support received and clarified that this is
only part of the victory on the way to the elections, the greatest weight being the work of the electoral team, which is why he urged everyone who supports the candidacy of Jenniffer González to be the next governor of Puerto Rico, to update their electoral status and go out to vote this November 5.
“Anyone who recognizes in Jenniffer González that change to a government that cares for, understands and resolves for the people has to go to vote on November 5 with a full vote under the palm on all three ballots. Every vote is important and we need to elect the entire team, including the mayors, the resident commissioner and obtain the majority in the House and Senate to implement the public policy of Jenniffer González and the New Progressive Party,” concluded Mr. Campos.
torial candidate in the month of June, according to her finance director and treasurer.
Cerro Maravilla murders to be commemorated
By The STAR STAFF
The Cerro de los Mártires Coordinator invites the people of Puerto Rico to the commemoration of the murder of the young men Arnaldo Darío Rosado and Carlothes Soto Arriví, to be celebrated July 25 on the Cerro Maravilla.
Since 1978, except for the two years of the pandemic, the Coordinator, founded by the attorney José Enrique Ayoroa Santaliz, has commemorated this recognizing its impact beyond the independence struggles.
This commemoration remains relevant because of the repression that has transcended the independence sectors to include those who defend natural resources, labor rights and the essential public services.
The acts will be held from 8:30 in the morning, in front of the crosses of the young murdered men and will be dedicated tot he worker’s leader Ricardo Santos Ramos, known for his struggle for the rights of the workers and the energy service as a human right.
The principle message will be made by Juan Dalmau Ramírez, Secretary General of the Puerto Rico Independence Party and candidate for governor for the PIP-MCV Aliance. Other messages will be offered by José Rivera Rivera on the situation of pensions, Sonia Santiago Hernández on the situation in Palestine and Martha Quiñones on the context of the repression in the 1970s
After the political act, various musical interpretations will be presented with the participation of Julia Rita Rodríguez, Raúl Grant, Mikie Rivera and Joe Rivera.
Jenniffer González’s collections are the highest of any guberna-
LUMA begins work on power lines in Santa Isabel, Coamo
By The STAR STAFF
As anticipated during June, LUMA personnel began work on lines 100 and 200 in Santa Isabel to add redundancy for customers in Santa Isabel, Coamo, and neighboring towns, the firm said Tuesday.
“Since June 9, we have taken a series of specific measures to guarantee that our customers in Santa Isabel, Coamo, and Aibonito have electrical service, and this is
redundancy for customers.
one of the actions to provide greater stability and resilience,” the private operator of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s transmission and distribution system said in a statement.
These construction works will include installing more than 45 transmission structures and over 50,000 feet of cables along the PR-1 highway between Salinas and Santa Isabel. The company will fund the project, which will take four to six weeks and cost approximately $2 million, as part of its operational budget.
The 38,000 volt (38kv) lines, which have been out of service since Hurricane Maria hit the island in 2017, are part of LUMA’s reconstruction plan. In January 2022, LUMA formally submitted to FEMA a project for the reconstruction of both lines from Guayama to Ponce for $192 million. For this reason, LUMA had to request all endorsements from federal and state agencies before beginning work on this segment of the line.
“We need to complete these construction works correctly and with the endorsement of all relevant agencies so as not to compromise the reconstruction project with federal funds for the complete lines. We urgently need to give more redundancy to this area as soon as possible, which is why we have responsibly dedicated significant resources to repair the line in Santa Isabel,” confirmed Hendzon Martínez, director of LUMA transmission lines, who has over 20 years of experience in the system.
“We have remained in constant communication with area mayors to keep them informed of the progress of the work, and we are confident of the benefits to their communities when we complete the construction work.” Martínez added.
LUMA substation engineering and operations personnel continue coordinating plans to transport the transformer stored in Maunabo to the Santa Isabel substation for installation as quickly and safely as possible. On Monday, LUMA employees carried out visual inspections and other work before the start of transportation. In addition, operations personnel have planned vegetation management and maintenance work on the main feeder of Maunabo and the substation located in the urban area of the municipality to increase the resilience and reliability of the system in the area.
Meanwhile, workers completed work in Santa Isabel to disconnect the damaged transformer and remove it from its base for transfer to other LUMA facilities.
“We continue to focus on completing the necessary work to safely transfer the transformer located in Maunabo and provide stability to the electrical service to our customers in Santa Isabel and Coamo.” Alejandro González stated, director of lines of the Central and South division of LUMA. “We are working with commitment, security, and a sense of urgency with the good of our clients in mind,” he added.
Agriculture Secretary reveals 2022 Agriculture Census
By The STAR STAFF
The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA), Ramón González Beiró, revealed the results of the 2022 Agricultural Census compiled by the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the Federal Department of Agriculture (USDA), with a sustained increase in product sales of agricultural resources reaching $703 million, which represents an increase of 45 percent compared to 2018. This supports the public policy of Governor Pedro R. Pierluisi and the secretary of increasing the production of fresh products available to consumers in Puerto Rico. The document also reveals an increase in land areas compared to 2018.
By 2018 there were 487,775 acres and the year 2022 reflected 494,481 acres cultivated. The regions with the most farms on the island are Utuado, Lares and Caguas.
“This is revealing news that exemplifies our commitment and the Governor’s efforts with agriculture. The data collected indicates substantial growth and general improvement in the different industries underlining the effort and dedication of our farmers and ranchers. It is also important to highlight that for years we have seen how the data was decreasing and now we see how it is increasing. These are good statistical data for our agriculture,” said González Beiró.
Likewise, the secretary expressed that the findings of these statistical data reflect the transparency in the granting of incentives from the Department’s different programs, achieving better performance for our farmers by providing them with the necessary tools. The increase in acres of land
reflects how the sector has been consolidating so that the operation of the farms is more efficient.
These numbers are a testament to the hard work of the entire Department component to support the agricultural industry and the strength of our farmers, however, if we compare with the DA’s statistical data, our numbers reflect a more significant increase because we accounted for the fishing industry, among other sectors, as well as federal and state incentives. By adding this data, so far, around $939 million in gross income has been recorded.
According to the Census, the largest increases in sales of agricultural products were poultry and poultry products, coffee, bananas, plantains, pineapples and other tropical fruits. While the main municipalities in sales were Santa Isabel, Arecibo, Salinas, Hatillo, Juana Díaz, Cidra, Camuy, Aibonito, Barranquitas and San Sebastián.
On the other hand, milk was the main product in Puerto Rico with $173.0 million in sales, followed by poultry products with $111.2 million; vegetables with $74 million; bananas with $56.3 million; fruits $49.8 million; floriculture with $47.5 million; vegetables with $42.5 million and finally bovine with $36 million.
“Equally here we highlight the crucial role of agriculture in the local economy, which also generates jobs and provides fresh, quality food,” González Beiró pointed out.
LUMA personnel began work on lines 100 and 200 in Santa Isabel to add
Secretary of the Department of Agriculture Ramón González Beiró.
U.S. First Circuit to reconsider ruling that PREPA bondholders had secured claim
By The STAR STAFF
The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to review its prior ruling that holders of Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) bonds have a secured claim of $8.5 billion against the utility’s current and future net revenues.
The appeals court’s July 22 decision came after the Financial Oversight and Management Board had asked for a reconsideration of the ruling as part of PREPA’s bankruptcy case.
“Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 40(a) (3), the parties to this appeal other than the Board and the Committee of Unsecured Creditors should file any response to the pending petitions for rehearing on or before August 2, 2024. The Board and the Committee may file replies of no more than five pages on or before August 9, 2024,” the Appeals Court wrote.
On June 12, the Appeals Court, in a 66-page opinion, examined various issues, such as trust obligations and revenues, to declare that bondholders will receive the face amount of bonds, about $8.5 billion, and accrued interest.
The First Circuit’s decision could affect bondholder recoveries and the confirmation of PREPA’s debt adjustment, which Judge Laura Taylor Swain is currently considering. The decision also has implications for the broader municipal bond
markets. The FOMB had anticipated it was going to seek a reconsideration of the Appeals Court ruling.
“PREPA does not generate any net revenues until electricity rates are increased. Under bankruptcy law, the court must determine the value of the bondholders’ collateral on the confirmation date, which is prior to any rate increase. Therefore, the implications of the First Circuit decision and the value of the bondholders’ collateral will depend on careful consideration and additional determinations by the U.S. District Court,” the FOMB said.
In January, PREPA’s bondholders asked an appeals court to overturn a Swain’s ruling that found they had only a $2.4 billion unsecured claim on their $8.5 billion debt.
In 2023, Swain ruled that the bonds issued by PREPA gave bondholders security interests under the utility’s trust agreement only in money received and deposited into a fund rather than a security interest in future revenues not yet received for energy not yet generated. She also declared that bondholders had an unsecured claim to net revenues that the Judge reduced from about $9 billion to $2.4 billion.
In its June 12 opinion, the First Circuit Court confirmed that the trust agreement’s “preamble” functioned as a granting clause rather than a prefatory clause, indicating PREPA’s unequivocal promise to pledge revenues as security for bond payments.
The Appeals Court also declared that PREPA pledged net revenues as security for the revenue bonds, extending the security interest beyond the funds deposited into specific accounts such as the sinking and subordinate funds. It said a revenue lien could encompass revenues acquired in the future, extending security interests to after-acquired property.
Juan Luis Camacho: Cox Alomar still hurting from 2012 defeat
By The STAR STAFF
In response to the recent statements issued by Rafael Cox Alomar, the Secretary General of the PDP, Juan Luis Camacho, confronted him and questioned him about his career within the community , while ensuring that Jesús Manuel Ortiz is the only viable alternative to end eight years of a disastrous PNP government.
“There are people who aspire to political office, and when they are not endorsed
NPP criticizes
By The STAR STAFF
Tby the people’s vote they become resentful and never return. Cox Alomar did not abandon the Popular Party yesterday ; 12 years after his defeat, he has never been seen in the PDP working for our community,” the Secretary said.
“Speaking from the stands and from theory is one thing. And there is no expression that erases the facts, that Jesús Manuel is a candidate who has earned his place with hard work and dedication , and who has won on the seven occasions he has run , which thus
demonstrates the support and trust that the people have placed in him . Camacho stated.
“The populars We are not going to allow ourselves to be distracted from the main objective, which is to continue working intensely to defeat the disastrous NPP government and not give space to the independence alliance . The focus of our next governor , Jesús Manuel Ortiz, is on working for the people, on offering real solutions and on building a prosperous future for all Puerto Ricans,” he concluded .
idea of constituent assembly to deal with status issue
he New Progressive Party representatives, José Aponte, José ‘Che’ Pérez and Víctor Parés, have strongly criticized the idea of a constituent assembly to define Puerto Rico’s political relationship with the United States, describing it as a ‘lie aimed at hiding independence ‘.
Juan Dalmau, the gubernatorial candidate for the Puerto Rican Independence Party and the Citizen Victory Movement (MVC) Alliance, proposed holding a constituent assembly instead of a status referendum to address the status issue.
The legislators indicated that the new strategy of the PIP and MVC to promote a constitutional assembly is nothing more than “another attempt to prevent the People from expressing themselves in the status consultation. First, they have to win and then legislate their proposal, which is not going to happen.”
The Alliance opposes the status vote that will be held with the November election. The PIP is challenging the proposed
vote in court.
“The independence parties, Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana and the Puerto Rican Independence Party, now represented by Juan Dalmau, know that independence is overwhelmingly rejected by the People and in another attempt not to talk about it, they invent this lie of a Constitutional Assembly. This type of assembly is undemocratic since only a handful of people selected in dark rooms would choose for the People. It is part of the agenda of the independence movement to destroy democracy in Puerto Rico,” declared the New Progressive Party representatives.
A constituent assembly, however, consists of a group of representatives elected by the people to create or change a country’s constitution. The assembly is usually formed for a specific purpose and is dissolved once that purpose is accomplished.
“It is ironic and very accommodating for the PIP to launch this proposal. That party has historically supported status consultations with its active participation, such as in 2012 and
2020, to mention a few. Let’s go further; just a few months ago, they supported HR 2757, the current version of HR8393 approved in the Federal House. This bipartite measure seeks to hold a consultation endorsed by Congress between the decolonizing options of statehood, direct independence, and independence through free association. Now, they go to court to stop the referendum and invent a status assembly. They do nothing to not talk about independence,” the NPP lawmakers said.
The New Progressive Party’s (NPP) legislators also urged members of the Popular Democratic Party who cherish American citizenship to join the community to defend it.
“The New Progressive Party (NPP) is the home for all who believe in equal rights, American citizenship, and union with the United States. To those who feel fear due to their leaders’ lack of defense of the permanent union, we invite them to join the NPP, the only instrument that guarantees union and social justice for our people, with equal constitutional rights,” they said.
The San Juan Daily
Secretary General of the PDP, Juan Luis Camacho,
The appeals court’s July 22 decision came after the Financial Oversight and Management Board had asked for a reconsideration of the ruling as part of PREPA’s bankruptcy case.
The San Juan Daily Star
Far right spreads baseless claims about Biden’s whereabouts
By STUART A. THOMPSON
Many conspiracy theorists and far-right commentators are spreading doubts that President Joe Biden is alive after he posted a letter on Sunday resigning from his presidential campaign.
The theory is baseless. Biden, who learned he had COVID on July 17 and has been in isolation since, called into a campaign event for Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday, and the two exchanged praise and playful banter.
“Joe, are you watching? You hear this clapping? Can you see it?” Harris asked the president. As the room echoed with applause, Biden responded, “I’m watching. I’m watching it.”
Biden has also said he would address the nation later this week.
Despite all that, the conspiracy theories have gained traction among the far right, earning support from some mainstream commentators. A hashtag on the topic became a Top 10 trending topic in the United States on the social media platform X.
News that President Joe Biden is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race plays on a television at the Three Dollar Cafe in McDonough, Ga., on Sunday, July 21, 2024. Many conspiracy theorists and far-right commentators are spreading baseless doubts about Biden’s health since his decision to exit the presidential race while isolating with Covid. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times)
The theory adds to a torrent of falsehoods and misleading posts by right-wing influencers that have spread since Biden’s announcement. They have falsely denigrated Democrats for conducting a “coup” against primary voters by removing Biden and have attacked Harris
with a deluge of sexist and racist remarks.
Soon after the letter was posted to social media on Sunday, Fox News anchors raised questions over the lack of photos or videos to accompany the announcement.
“It is disconcerting, isn’t it?” Bret Baier, a Fox News host, said.
“Proof of life, please,” added Dana Perino, a co-host.
Online, conspiracy theorists raced to analyze the letter for signs that something was amiss. Several fixated on Biden’s autograph, which clearly bears the name “J.R. Biden” but also contains an underline not seen in other signatures from the president.
Bill Ackman, the billionaire financier, promoted several posts on X questioning whether the signature was authentic.
“If this were a hostage situation, that letter would not qualify as proof of life,” he wrote on X in a post that received more than 1 million views.
Several commentators also noted that the lack of a White House seal or letterhead was evidence that the document was not actually written by Biden. His candidacy is separate from his duties at the White House or for the federal government.
As the conspiracy theory circulated on Monday — and Biden remained out of the limelight as he recovers — the idea gained support from more prominent right-wing influencers.
Charlie Kirk, the right-wing podcaster, shared a convoluted story that suggested Biden was “dying or possibly already dead.” It was seen more than 12 million times on X.
Frustrated Californians may be ready for a tougher approach to crime
By TIM ARANGO
Deodorant, shampoo and underwear are all under lock and key in many stores in California. Retail clerks are often told to ignore shoplifters, after a handful of store employees who confronted thieves were assaulted or killed. Video clips of smash-and-grab crews snatching armloads of merchandise have gone viral.
Californians of all political stripes have become fed up with the problems plaguing supermarkets and retail stores, not to mention car break-ins and open-air drug use. Some top Democrats, including San Francisco Mayor London Breed, have joined conservatives in denouncing a cascade of smaller crimes that have contributed to a sense of lawlessness in major cities.
Now, the state’s lawmakers and voters are weighing what to do.
With public sentiment in the state shifting toward stiffer punishment, California finds itself debating whether to roll back decade-old changes that sharply reduced the state’s inmate count and made it a leader in reducing mass incarceration.
A coalition of law enforcement figures, business owners
and relatives of fentanyl addicts want to reverse the 2014 ballot measure known as Proposition 47, which reduced penalties for shoplifting and drug possession. That measure has been blamed so often for the state’s crime woes that it is among the few past initiatives that residents can identify by number — right up there with Proposition 13, the state’s landmark property tax limitation, and Proposition 209, the state’s prohibition of affirmative action.
With financial help from giant retailers Target, Home Depot and Walmart, the coalition has gotten a ballot measure qualified for the November election that would impose harsher punishments for crimes that result in lighter charges or no prosecution today.
Many Democratic state leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, have acknowledged the state’s crime problems. Newsom was captured on a hot mic in February describing a shoplifting episode at a Target store in which he witnessed a man shoplifting without being confronted by anyone. “I was like, ‘Why am I spending $380 — everyone can walk the hell right out,’” he said.
But Newsom and Democratic legislative leaders say changing Proposition 47 is the wrong way to go. They argue that the new ballot measure would result in thousands more
incarcerations, at a cost to the state of hundreds of millions of dollars, at a time when Democratic leaders want to close prisons. They want to leave Proposition 47 intact, and pass legislation in August that would tighten laws on retail theft and repeat offenders.
Proposition 47 reduced most drug-possession crimes to misdemeanors, and raised the threshold for thefts to be charged as felonies, to $950 in property or more. The measure allowed people to get out of prison early if they were incarcerated under the old laws, and it reduced the number of people sent to prison. It also funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to services for people returning home from prison, helping to reduce the rate of recidivism, according to a study by a state regulator.
The fate of Proposition 47 will be decided by California’s nearly 27 million eligible voters in November. Nearly 1 million people signed a petition to amend Proposition 47 by imposing tougher sentences for shoplifting and drug possession.
The issue of how to address a surge in retail theft and the devastation of the overdose crisis provoked a political brawl this summer in Sacramento, California’s capital. Fearing that
Frustrated Californians may be ready for a tougher...
From page 5
the measure backed by law enforcement officials would go too far, Newsom and his allies tried to place on the ballot their own more moderate initiative, which would have addressed the problem of repeat thieves but would have stopped short of reimposing prison sentences for drug possession.
Newsom, by then distracted by national politics after President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate, quickly abandoned that effort, saying they could not get it done in time to place it on the November ballot. At the same time, negotiations with the tough-on-crime coalition to kill the more sweeping initiative failed.
“They refused, opting to instead push a ballot measure that would revive policies from the era of mass incarceration and the failed War on Drugs,” Newsom said.
A decade ago, the criminal justice debate unfolding in California was very different. The U.S. Supreme Court had ordered California to reduce the populations of its overcrowded prisons. Then-Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the majority, said the crisis had led to “needless suffering and death.” And he sprinkled his opinion with sordid details of suffering: suicidal inmates locked in cages the size of a telephone booth; one toilet for 54 prisoners; sick inmates routinely denied medical care and dying because of it.
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 10, 2024. Shoplifting and fentanyl use have tested the patience of California voters, who will decide in November whether to impose stricter laws that would lead to more incarceration. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
California voters responded by passing a series of measures, including Proposition 47, that reduced sentences, offered early parole and relaxed the state’s “three strikes” law. But in the years since, prosecutors and law enforcement officials have said Proposition 47 stripped them of the tools to effectively deter crime.
On a given day, there are now fewer than 100,000 people in California’s prisons, compared with about 160,000 when the Supreme Court issued its order.
Backers of this year’s rollback measure, known as Proposition 36, believe that fed-up voters will see that cost as worthwhile.
“What used to be a simple five-minute trip to the store has now become a ritual of clicking call buttons and waiting, sometimes ages, to get something as simple as a razor,” said Christian Medina, 26, who delivers groceries for Instacart in the Southern California city of Whittier.
Loyalty Finance LLC
At a Target store in Pasadena recently, Steven Wahl, 63, found the two items he was looking for — a charging cable and Tylenol — behind lock and key. “In the past, I’ve seen very expensive electronics locked up, and I kind of understand that because they are expensive, but now it really does feel like the most basic items are locked up,” he said.
Wahl said he did not know enough yet to decide how to vote on the November ballot initiative, but he was dismayed that some people had blamed the retail theft crisis on homeless people and had accused them of stealing things to sell on the street.
“I think they’re loading too much of this onto the homeless trying to sell things, when the homeless are just trying to live from day to day,” he said. “I think what we need to start thinking about is maybe doing more for our homeless, and worry less about locking everything up.”
As the debate has unfolded in recent months, opponents of the rollback effort said the scope of the problem remained elusive. Viral social media videos of flash mobstyle robberies, rare as such crimes have been, gave a false impression of rampant crime, the opponents have argued. And until very recently, state crime statistics showed that shoplifting was down compared with 2013, the year before voters approved Proposition 47, even though some property crimes increased after the measure passed. The state recently released statistics for 2023, though, that showed a 39% rise in shoplifting from the year before.
Los Angeles had an 81% increase in shoplifting last year, according to an analysis by Crosstown LA, a nonprofit newsroom. In San Francisco, whose postpandemic struggles have been in the national spotlight, thefts increased substantially in 2021 and 2022 before decreasing last year. That downward trend has extended through the first half of this year, according
to the San Francisco Police Department.
Jonathan Simon, a professor at the law school of the University of California, Berkeley, who studies criminology, said the way modern retail stores were set up could enable theft. With fewer employees and more self-checkout stations, stores make it easier to steal, he said. And it can be easy for someone who is spotted stealing to slip away.
“Most store employees are now instructed not to stop people leaving, mostly for insurance reasons,” he said. “It’s not worth the workers comp or other losses that would come from someone being injured in the process of trying to stop somebody.”
Yet, the public remains frustrated. And for many people, including Jeff Reisig, the district attorney in Yolo County, just west of Sacramento, the issue is deeply personal.
Reisig, whose county has not voted for a Republican for president since Dwight D. Eisenhower, pointed to his nephew’s struggles to explain why he believes it was a mistake for California to reduce penalties for shoplifting and drug possession.
His nephew was prescribed OxyContin after sustaining a high school football injury, and he fell into addiction, eventually moving on to heroin and fentanyl. Today, the nephew is homeless, living in an encampment near the Sacramento River, and, Reisig said, steals regularly to support his drug habit.
“He’s been cited repeatedly for possession of heroin and methamphetamine, and also the stealing, but because it’s a misdemeanor, he’s just back out on the street within days,” Reisig said.
(Under the ballot measure, a third conviction for possession of hard drugs would constitute a felony and force the defendant to choose between prison time and court-ordered treatment.)
It is far from clear that Californians, despite their frustrations, are ready to shift back to a tough-on-crime approach that was en vogue decades ago. The state is, on the whole, more liberal than it was in the 1980s and 1990s, when California had Republican governors for 16 straight years.
Some voters may see retail crime as a nuisance more than a serious concern, and drug use as a problem better solved through voluntary treatment. In a Public Policy Institute of California poll released last month, respondents ranked crime and drug use below the economy, housing costs and homelessness as top issues for the state to address.
Groups that advocate overhauling criminal justice are especially alarmed by the prospect of once again sending people to prison for drug possession. Tinisch Hollins, executive director of Californians for Safety and Justice, described the campaign to change Proposition 47 as “basically the War on Drugs 2.0.” Her organization has estimated that if the measure passes, tens of thousands of people could wind up behind bars for low-level drug crimes,
“Putting everyone in jail or prison for personal drug use had a devastating effect on our communities,” she said.
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 7
Delta changes uniform policy after employees seen with Palestinian flag pins
By EMMETT LINDNER
Two Delta Air Lines flight attendants seen in a social media post wearing pins depicting the Palestinian flag caused an online uproar, a rogue response from a Delta employee and a change to the company’s uniform policy.
The image, reposted Wednesday, showed the flight attendants in a plane aisle with small Palestinian flag pins affixed to their uniforms. The post characterized the pins as “Hamas badges.”
The post prompted a wave of criticism on social media aimed at the airline.
Soon after the images were published, the official Delta account on the social platform X responded in solidarity. “I hear you as I’d be terrified as well, personally,” read the comment.
Soon after, Delta’s reply was gone.
“On Wednesday, we removed a reply that was not in line with our values,” Delta said on social media. “We strive
for an environment of inclusivity & respect for all, in our communities & our planes. The employee responsible no longer supports Delta’s social channels. We apologize for this hurtful post.”
Delta said that, beginning Monday, it would change its uniform policies so that only U.S. flag pins would be permitted to be worn on uniforms. Previously, pins representing countries and nationalities from around the world had been allowed.
“The photographed flight attendants were compliant with Delta uniform guidelines and we’ve been in touch with them to offer support,” a Delta spokesperson said Saturday.
The spokesperson went on to address rumors that the airline had taken disciplinary action against the employees. “Contrary to further chatter on social media platforms, neither has been terminated,” she said.
In a letter dated July 11 to Ed Bastian, the company’s CEO, a steering committee from the Delta Association of Flight Attendants, a union, asked for an apology and a ban on unauthorized photography of crew members.
“Under current rules, Delta management leaves flight attendants vulnerable to harassment,” the letter said.
The letter went on to say that “targeting any individuals on the basis of their nationality violates anti-discrimination laws, is antithetical to Delta’s stated commitment to inclusivity and respect, and encourages a hostile work environment.”
The company spokesperson did not address the letter, which comes as videos and images of passenger disturbances aboard planes across all airlines circulate online.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, reports of unruly passengers have declined since 2021, when there were nearly 6,000 cases reported, compared with just over 1,000 in 2020.
So far this year, there have been nearly 900 reports of unruly passengers.
Delta’s change in its uniform policy aims to reduce these episodes and protect employee safety, the spokesperson said, adding that the airline is “taking this step to help ensure a safe, comfortable and welcoming environment for all.”
CNN cuts 100 jobs, and announces plan for digital subscription product
By JOHN KOBLIN
CNN’s top leader announced 100 job cuts last week as well as a digital strategy that would include a new subscription-only digital offering by the end of the year.
The company is laying off around 100 people, or about 3% of its workforce. The layoffs would come “across the company,” Mark Thompson, the network’s chair, said in a memo to employees. CNN last had significant layoffs in late 2022.
Thompson announced the job cuts as the company began to unveil steps on a digital plan that he said would help the network “regain a leadership position in the news experiences of the future.”
Thompson, the former chief executive of The New York Times and a senior leader at the BBC, has been in charge of CNN since October 2023. He has promised a more robust digital strategy as people flee traditional cable packages in favor of streaming entertainment.
Preparations at CNN headquarters in Atlanta on June 26, 2024, for the debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. CNN.com’s “first subscription product” is expected to debut later this year. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
CNN’s ratings have plummeted over the last two years, more so than those of its primary competitors, Fox News and MSNBC. Additionally, CNN’s parent, Warner Bros. Discovery, has an enormous debt load, and its share price has fallen sharply this year.
CNN got a recent shot in the arm when it organized and broadcast the first presidential debate in late June, an event that continued to set off alarm bells within the Demo-
cratic Party about the future of President Joe Biden’s campaign. CNN made the debate available for other outlets to broadcast, and it drew more than 50 million viewers overall. About 9.5 million of those watched on CNN.
As part of the announcement on Wednesday, Thompson said CNN.com’s “first subscription product” would debut later this year. He also said the company would create
“a growing stable of ‘news you can use’ offerings” in lifestyle coverage. Additionally, he said the company would make a push into artificial intelligence.
Thompson laid out a reorganization that would include merging three separate newsrooms (U.S. news gathering, international news gathering and digital news) under one leader, Virginia Moseley. And on the prime-time television front, he has directed deputies to “increase audience competitiveness and also keep a close eye on production costs.”
“Turning a great news organization toward the future is not a one-day affair,” Thompson wrote in a memo to employees. “It happens in stages and over time. Today’s announcements do not answer every question or seek to solve every challenge we face. However, they do represent a significant step forward.”
Andeno Co
Tasa mínima, promedio ponderado, y máxima para préstamos personales pequeños otorgados para la semana que terminó el sábado, 20 de julio de 2024
The San Juan Daily Star
Stocks
Wall St broadly flat ahead of big tech earnings; UPS plummets
PUERTO RICO STOCKS
Wall Street’s main indexes remained largely unchanged heading into the afternoon on Tuesday, having given up initial gains fueled by buying of megacap names ahead of Alphabet and Tesla earnings.
Tesla and Alphabet are set to kick off results from the socalled Magnificent Seven stocks after markets close. While the electric vehicle maker’s dropped 1.5%, the Google parent’s shares were up 0.8%.
Earnings from technology giants will be key in determining if 2024’s record rally can be sustained, or if U.S. stocks are overvalued. The question of whether a rotation away from megacaps in favor of underperforming sectors will con-
COMMODITIES
tinue is also on investors’ minds.
The small-cap Russell 2000 was up 0.9% on the day.
“You’re looking at a scenario where (Big Tech) names are going to determine the direction of the market... So, if those names disappoint in any way whatsoever, markets will struggle,” said Phil Blancato, CEO of Ladenburg Thalmann Asset Management.
“Their valuations are expensive and we could run into a problem if they don’t meet expectations.”
The megacaps initially buoyed markets on Tuesday, with all three benchmarks trading in positive territory. However, despite most of the megacaps continuing to trade higher, the
overall market advances ebbed away in the early afternoon. Apple, Microsoft, Meta Platforms and Amazon.com rose between 0.4% and 2.5%.
Helping subdue equity markets were disappointing earnings from household names.
United Parcel Service, seen as a bellwether for the global economy, slumped 13.6% after missing earnings estimates on subdued package delivery demand and higher laborcontract costs. The stock was trading at its lowest in nearly four years.
Markets are tuning in and the news has pulled geopolitical concerns to the front of investors’ minds.
“It is definitely one of the more important considerations we have been working into our process all year,” said Erik Knutzen, multi-asset chief investment officer at Neuberger Berman, which manages $481 billion in assets.
“The high-level way that that is being manifested is by assessing our overall portfolio risk levels,” he said.
“An environment of elevated geopolitical risk would lead you to turn that risk dial down.”
That has already been evident in prices as markets immediately focus on two potential pitfalls likely to be heightened by a Trump victory: inflation and restrictions or disruptions to semiconductor sales, particularly for Taiwan.
General Motors dropped 6.5% despite a second-quarter results beat and a higher annual profit forecast, while Comcast lost 2.2% after missing revenue estimates.
NXP Semiconductors slumped 9.3% after forecasting third-quarter revenue below estimates, dragging the Philadelphia SE Semiconductor index 1.4% lower.
Among others, Spotify jumped 11.5% after posting a record quarterly profit slightly ahead of expectations, while Coca-Cola rose 0.7% after it increased its annual sales and profit forecasts,
Of the 74 S&P 500 companies that have reported quarterly results during this earnings season, 81.1% have beaten expectations, according to LSEG data available on Monday. By 2:02 p.m. ET (1802 GMT), the S&P 500 gained 7.09 points, or 0.13%, to 5,571.50 points, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 38.25 points, or 0.21%, to 18,045.82. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 32.59 points, or 0.08%, to 40,448.03.
Economic data due to release this week includes the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, which will be crucial in gauging the monetary policy outlook against a backdrop of the recent inflation downtrend and signs the labor market is easing.
Bets of a 25-basis-point interest-rate cut by September have shot up to nearly 94%, from nearly 60% last month, according to CME’s FedWatch Tool.
A Reuters poll showed the Fed is expected to cut rates twice this year, in September and December. The central bank’s policymakers have said that resilient consumer demand warrants a cautious approach, despite easing inflation.
Israeli military using tanks and fighter jets to strike in Khan Younis
By MATHEW MPOKE BIGG
Israel’s military said Tuesday that it was pushing ahead with operations against Hamas in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, using tanks and fighter jets to strike what it said were weapons storage facilities and observation posts, a day after aid workers reported that dozens of people had been killed and hundreds of others wounded in the area.
The military, which is seeking to dismantle Hamas, invaded Khan Younis in December, and by spring, it said that it had defeated the armed group’s forces in the city. That its troops have returned there this week suggests that Israel’s commanders perceive that Hamas had not been fully defeated or has regrouped.
The military said Tuesday that it was again “eliminating terrorists in tank and aerial strikes.” It also said that a projectile fired by
Hamas toward Israel from the area of Maghazi in central Gaza “fell and hit a school in the area of Nuseirat,” a town in the same part of the enclave. The military did not say whether there were casualties. It was not immediately possible to confirm the claim, and the main U.N. agency that aids Palestinians, UNRWA, said that it had no information about the reported incident.
The Israeli military had ordered residents to evacuate parts of Khan Younis on Monday, and video and photos showed terrified people, many on foot, running for safety. More than 150,000 people had fled by late Monday afternoon, according to UNRWA, which cited information from a charity, Alwaleed Philanthropies.
Israel had established what it described as a humanitarian zone just west of the city around the coastal village of Muwasi and encouraged
Palestinians in Gaza to go there for safety. But Monday, the military said that it had shrunk the area of that zone, asking people, many of whom had set up makeshift shelters, to leave again because it said Hamas fighters had been launching rockets from the area.
The decision was made because of “intelligence indicating that terrorists were operating and firing rockets in these areas, as well as efforts by Hamas to reassemble its forces there,” the military said in a statement.
The claim could not be independently confirmed, but Hamas has used urban areas in Gaza to conceal its operations, running tunnels under neighborhoods and holding hostages in city centers. The group’s members, who are from Gaza, have long lived among the civilian population.
People in Gaza “search for safety to no avail because no place is safe,” said Ju-
liette Touma, the communications director of UNRWA, who also said that people had been forced to move once a month.
The situation was particularly dire at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. The Gaza Health Ministry said Monday that 70 bodies had been brought there and that 200 others had been wounded. The figures could not be confirmed independently, and they do not distinguish between civilians and combatants.
Javid Abdelmoneim, the medical team leader for Doctors Without Borders at the hospital, said in an impassioned video posted on social media Tuesday that staff members were at a breaking point because of the overwhelming medical needs, not least patients with burns. Stocks of blood were at critically low levels, he said, adding that he feared the hospital would be forced to close entirely.
Netanyahu seeks support in U.S. visit, but will find a nation distracted
By ISABEL KERSHNER
With his visit to Washington this week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel will step away from one political maelstrom and into another.
He is facing anger at home over the prolonged war in the Gaza Strip and failure to bring home the hostages held in the enclave. Washington is divided over Israel’s conduct of the war and treatment of the Palestinians.
But now, the U.S. government and the entire country is preoccupied by the political upheaval surrounding President Joe Biden’s withdrawal over the weekend from the presidential race.
This was not at all what Netanyahu had in mind when he planned his first visit to Washington in almost four years. He is supposed to meet face to face with Biden, though it is unclear when. He is also expected to meet Vice President Kamala Harris, who looks set to become the Democratic Party’s nominee for president. And the Israeli leader is set to address Congress on Wednesday, hoping to shore up support in the face of increasing international censure over the war in Gaza.
“I will seek to anchor the bipartisan support that is so important for Israel,” Netanyahu said shortly before departing Israel on Monday. “In this time of war and uncertainty, it’s important that Israel’s enemies know that America and Israel stand together today, tomorrow and always.”
The timing may be complicated for the Israeli prime minister. But it is also critical that he secure Biden’s support for the months remain-
ing in the president’s term, even as their relationship has grown testier recently as their goals in the Middle East diverge somewhat.
Netanyahu is also aiming to rehabilitate his image on the world stage — at least for his audience back home, where he is in a constant battle for his political survival. But some political analysts suggested that he was about the only person still attaching any importance to his U.S. visit.
“Nobody is focused on this,” said Mitchell Barak, an Israeli pollster and analyst who worked as an aide to Netanyahu in the 1990s. “In less than 10 days, there’s been an assassination attempt on one president and another dropping out of the race,” he added of the turmoil in the United States.
“This is not the right time — for America or for Israel.”
Former President Donald Trump, who was wounded but survived a shooting on July 13, was in office when Netanyahu last came to Washington, in September 2020. Now, he is running again as the Republican candidate. Netanyahu and Trump may also meet this week.
When Netanyahu addresses a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, some of his staunchest allies will be sitting alongside fierce critics.
The invitation for the address was issued jointly by the top four congressional leaders in a show of bipartisan unity that belied a tense debate behind the scenes about receiving him. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and the Senate majority leader, has been sharply critical of Netanyahu and called for him to step down this year. But
in joining the leaders’ request for the address to Congress, he said that America’s relationship with Israel “transcends one person or prime minister.”
As a result, this address is expected to be less contentious than Netanyahu’s last one, in 2015, when the Republican House speaker at the time invited him without informing the White House and infuriated President Barack Obama.
Netanyahu then used the platform to rail against the Obama administration’s negotiating of a nuclear pact between world powers and Iran, driving a partisan wedge into the traditionally bipartisan support that Israel had long counted on.
Netanyahu’s speech on Wednesday is expected to be more conciliatory.
Still, coming at a time when Harris has pledged to do everything in her power to unite her party and the nation, Netanyahu’s visit may only serve to expose more of the cracks and divisions as some Democrats could boycott or try to disrupt his speech.
Harris has been more critical of Israel than Biden at times since Israel began its military offensive in Gaza in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas-led terrorist attack on Israel.
The vice president has declined to preside over the joint session of Congress on Wednesday. An aide cited a scheduling conflict, adding that her absence should not be construed as a change in her commitment to Israel’s security, and that she would meet Netanyahu this week in the White House.
The high civilian toll from the war in Gaza, where more than 39,000 Palestinians have been
killed, according to local health authorities, has created animus in the United States even among some of Israel’s traditionally ardent supporters. Netanyahu’s visit to Washington has also riled many Israelis, who said he should not be leaving the country as it is battles foes on multiple fronts and before he has secured the release of the remaining hostages held in Gaza.
He has articulated no clear vision for Gaza after the war. Tens of thousands of Israelis evacuated from the northern and southern border areas are still displaced from their homes, with little idea of when they can return.
“He has no business going to Washington,” said Barak, the pollster, “because he has unfinished business in Israel.”
President Joe Biden, right, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Netanyahu is to meet President Biden and address Congress this week, swapping one political maelstrom at home for another in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
When Pakistan tightened a border, thousands of lives were upended
By ZIA UR-REHMAN AND CHRISTINA GOLDBAUM
For most of Abdul Manan’s life, the border dividing Afghanistan and Pakistan was little more than a line on a map. Like generations of men before him, Manan, 55, commuted every day from his mudbrick home on the Pakistan side to the wheat field his family had cultivated for decades in Afghanistan. His four sons crossed the border with him, transporting electronics and groceries from markets on one side to homes on the other.
It was a journey shared by tens of thousands of residents in the Pakistani town of Chaman, the site of the last official border crossing where people could pass through using only their national identity card from Pakistan. Then, in October, the gates slammed shut.
Pakistani officials say the restrictions are a necessary security measure — though most of the travel originates on their side of the border — as the country has grappled with a resurgence of cross-border militant violence since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021.
For the first time since the border was drawn over a century ago, Pakistani authorities are requiring residents to show a passport and visa before crossing — paperwork that virtually none of them have, they say.
The rules have upended their daily lives. Small traders say they have been effectively locked out of their shops, where their goods rot and bills for shuttered stores mount. Farmers have missed out on wheat harvests, leaving them unable to feed their families, they say. Porters, who once earned up to $3.50 a day by transporting goods like electrical items and groceries on their backs or on hand trolleys, have lost their only source of income.
In recent weeks, Chaman has erupted in violent protests as residents demand that the
Durand Line, a 1,600-mile border dividing Afghanistan and British India. Border tribes continued to cross freely, a tradition that persisted even after the creation of Pakistan in 1947. Extended families lived on either side of the line, crossing to dance at weddings or offer condolences at funerals.
“The only real sign that you had crossed into Afghanistan was the sudden switch in driving sides — from the left in Pakistan to the right in Afghanistan,” said Abdul Rauf, 42, a trader who runs his family’s plastic supply business across the border in Afghanistan.
Pakistani officials said that the most recent border restrictions were necessary to prevent militants from the Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, from infiltrating Pakistan from Afghan soil.
Since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan three years ago, violence by the TTP and other militant groups has surged in Pakistan, stoking tensions between the two countries. Pakistani authorities have accused the Afghan Taliban of providing safe haven to Pakistani militants, a claim that Taliban officials deny.
restrictions be lifted. “Everything has been taken from us. The land is now inaccessible,” Manan said. “We are starving.”
Manan is one of thousands who have gathered every morning since late October at a makeshift protest camp 2 miles from the border crossing. Throughout the day, the demonstration’s leaders shout speeches to the crowds, which roar with applause. They break only briefly for midday prayers before gathering again until sunset.
The tensions boiled over in mid-June, after security forces were called in to clear protesters who had blocked the main highway linking Chaman to Quetta, the provincial capital 75 miles away. The officers clashed with the protesters, leaving more than 40 people injured.
PORTONES ELÉCTRICOS
In the days that followed, the two sides tried to negotiate but government forces arrested protest leaders, generating accusations that authorities had invited them for talks as a trap. Pakistani officials say that the arrests were necessary after attacks on paramilitary forces and attempts to seize government buildings.
Negotiations resumed last week and, on Sunday, the government released protest leaders in exchange for a temporary end to the daily protests at the border.
Negotiators also announced that the government would once again allow local tribesmen to cross the border with only a national identity card. But Pakistani officials have not issued an official statement on the issue and many observers are skeptical as to whether they will in fact restore the old system.
For generations, Pashtun tribes living along the rugged frontier traversed the area freely, their lives woven together by shared ancestry and culture, as well as economic dependence.
In 1893, British colonial officials established the
“These measures aim to strengthen border management and prevent terrorists from entering the country from Afghanistan,” said Shahid Rind, a provincial government spokesman.
But tribes complain that the restrictions have also decimated their livelihoods and, if they remain in place, will forever reshape the fabric of communities.
Even though the Pakistani government promises to help with passport applications, the greatest challenge for most Chaman residents is proving their Pakistani citizenship. Authorities require documents dating back to the 1970s, which many cannot provide.
Human rights groups have urged the government to find a way to balance national security needs and the rights of residents to maintain their livelihoods.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, an independent watchdog, urged “immediate engagement with the affected communities, all stakeholders and Afghan representatives through dialogue and diplomacy” to resolve the issue.
At the protest camp in Chaman, families are exhausted and worried. “Will I ever get back to my land? What will become of my sons if the border stays closed?” said Manan, the farmer. “We can only pray for a solution that shows mercy on the poor like us.”
People gathered in Chaman, Pakistan, to protest new rules that have effectively closed the border with Afghanistan. Saiyna Bashir for The New York Times
Can we ‘make America affordable again’? Should we?
By PAUL KRUGMAN
The third item on the 2024 Republican Party platform, after promises to seal the border and engage in mass deportations, is a pledge to “END INFLATION, AND MAKE AMERICA AFFORDABLE AGAIN.”
On the first part of that pledge, I don’t know whether the platform’s drafters — who mainly seem to have copied and pasted their items from Donald Trump’s posts on Truth Social — are aware that inflation is already way down. But the second part is more interesting. What do they mean by making America affordable again? Depending on the interpretation, that’s either something that has already happened or a really bad idea.
In normal life, when we ask ourselves whether we can afford something, we compare its price to our income. And if we use that normal-life standard, America is more affordable now than it has ever been; most workers’ wage gains over the past five years have comfortably exceeded the rise in consumer prices.
But many people get upset, even angry, if you point this out. That’s not really surprising. Recent research confirms an old observation, going back at least to the 1970s, that very few people think of inflation as a process that raises both prices and wages. Instead, most believe that they have earned whatever income gains they’ve experienced, and
that inflation has snatched away those gains.
So are the people who drafted the Republican platform saying that we should try to reverse the postpandemic rise in prices? My guess is that they haven’t thought it through. But I think it’s worth going through the reasons no economist I know believes that trying to reverse past inflation, as opposed to controlling future inflation — which we’ve already more or less done — would be a good idea.
The thing is, getting prices back to what they were in, say, 2019 would require putting the U.S. economy through a major episode of deflation — falling prices. And the historical evidence is clear: Imposing significant deflation on a modern economy leads to very high unemployment.
Most of that historical evidence is quite old. Aside from Japan, which is a special case in ways that would take too long to explain, deflation has been very rare in modern economies since World War II. Before the war, however, there were a few deflationary episodes. The United States experienced sharp deflation after World War I and huge deflation in the early years of the Great Depression.
Of course, you know what happened in the Great Depression, but even after World War I there was a large, though temporary, rise in unemployment as a percentage of the nonfarm labor force.
An even more relevant example is Britain in the 1920s. Like many nations, Britain went off the gold standard during World War I and experienced substantial inflation. After the war, however, the chancellor of the Exchequer — a guy named Winston Churchill — decided not only to restore the gold standard but also to restore the prewar gold value of the pound. He rejected vigorous arguments by John Maynard Keynes that this would be a terrible idea, arguments Keynes laid out in a classic essay, “The Economic Consequences of Mr. Churchill.”
Keynes was right. Getting back to the old gold value of the pound required, in effect, making Britain affordable again — that is, putting Britain through a sustained period of deflation. And as a result, while America was going through the Roaring Twenties, Britain remained persistently depressed.
Why is deflation so hard to achieve? The most important reason is that any large decline in prices also requires a big fall in wages — and wages are very difficult to cut, even if workers aren’t unionized. Economist Truman Bewley explained why in his book “Why Wages Don’t Fall During a Recession,” based on interviews with hundreds of business and labor leaders. Basically, everyone agreed that cutting wages would damage worker morale, and that the costs of this
damage to morale would outweigh cost savings except in extreme conditions. So wages and hence prices tend to exhibit “downward nominal rigidity.”
The exceptions prove the rule. The most conspicuous modern example of deflation is Greece, which was forced by the combination of a debt crisis and its membership in the euro area to engage in “internal devaluation” — cutting wages and prices to gain competitiveness against its neighbors. Greece did in fact achieve substantial wage cuts, but only at the cost of incredibly high unemployment.
By the way, this same logic explains why we had a burst of inflation as the economy recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic. The lingering effects of the pandemic led to large-scale disruptions — overstretched supply chains, a huge shift toward remote work and more. These disruptions led to large increases in some prices. To have avoided a rise in average prices would have required large price reductions in other parts of the economy, and almost surely would have required high unemployment. Allowing a one-time burst of inflation, then stabilizing subsequent inflation, was arguably the right policy — and it’s more or less what we did. So can we make America affordable again, in the sense of getting prices back to what they were before the pandemic? Almost surely not, nor should we try. It was important that inflation not get entrenched in the economy, and it didn’t. Instead, we seem to have achieved what many thought impossible: a soft landing that combines low inflation with low unemployment.
6537 Caguas PR 00726
(787) 743-3346 • (787) 743-6537 (787) 743-5606 • Fax (787) 743-5100
Illustration by The New York Times
Scuba Dogs Society invita a evento de recaudación de fondos de cara a la Limpieza Internacional de Costas
Scuba Dogs Society, una organización sin fines de lucro dedicada a esfuerzos de educación en acción para fomentar una cultura de armonía con nuestro ambiente, se complace en invitar a toda la comunidad a participar en un evento de recaudación de fondos en apoyo a la Limpieza Internacional de Costas (LIC), el evento ambiental más grande en Puerto Rico, en el que se moviliza a miles de voluntarios para limpiar simultáneamente más de 200 playas y ríos. Este año la LIC se celebrará el próximo 21 de septiembre.
El evento de recaudación se llevará a cabo el jueves 8 de agosto de 2024, de 5:00 p.m. a 8:00 p.m., en el Balneario El Escambrón en los predios de Scuba Dogs, detrás del Hotel Normandie. La actividad incluirá música en vivo, comida, bebidas y la oportunidad de conocer más sobre el trabajo de Scuba Dogs Society para proteger las costas de Puerto Rico.
“La participación de todos es fundamental para lograr nuestro objetivo de mantener las costas de Puerto Rico limpias y saludables”, dijo la Dra. María Ocasio Torres, directora ejecutiva de Scuba Dogs Society. “Este evento de recaudación de fondos nos ayudará a
coordinar y financiar las actividades de limpieza, enfocándonos en la protección y conservación de estos ecosistemas naturales que debemos conservar”, agregó.
Recalcó Ocasio Torres, que “Puerto Rico es un lugar con ecosistemas de mucho valor ecológico que merece ser cuidado. La Limpieza Internacional de Costas es una iniciativa global que busca unir a las personas para educar sobre la problemática de los desperdicios que llegan a los ecosistemas acuáticos. Scuba Dogs Society ha sido por décadas, el coordinador en Puerto Rico de esta iniciativa y este año se está comprometiendo a recaudar aún más fondos para apoyar el esfuerzo”.
Los boletos para el evento de recaudación de fondos ya están disponibles a través del enlace https://scubadogssociety.org/producto/boleta-profondo
Scuba Dogs Society invita y agradece el apoyo del sector privado que auspicia y hace posible la LIC y a las agencias de gobierno, ciudadanos y otras organizaciones sin fines de lucro comprometidas con la limpieza de los cuerpos de agua a unirse al esfuerzo
El evento Limpieza Internacional de Costas moviliza a miles de voluntarios para limpiar simultáneamente más de 200 playas y ríos.
de recaudación. Juntos, podemos hacer la diferencia y proteger las costas de Puerto Rico para las generaciones futuras”, concluyó Ocasio Torres.
Capacitan a pacientes con diabetes listos para abogar por su salud
APD invita a la comunidad, los medios de comunicación y las entidades gubernamentales a unirse a esta iniciativa para mejorar la calidad de vida de las personas con diabetes en Puerto Rico.
La Asociación Puertorriqueña de Diabetes (APD) anuncia con orgullo la culminación exitosa de su innovador programa Rumbo Control, diseñado para empoderar a pacientes con diabetes tipo 1 y tipo 2 en Puerto Rico.
Los participantes recibieron capacitación a través de talleres educativos virtuales sobre leyes que protegen a las personas con diabetes, empoderamiento y derechos y responsabilidades del paciente. También participaron
en conversatorios y talleres presenciales, incluyendo un recorrido por El Capitolio y un encuentro con el Hon. José F. Aponte, comprometido en apoyar sus derechos. Además, se desarrolló la Guía Informativa Rumbo Control como herramienta para empoderar a los pacientes sobre su derechos, recursos y herramientas de acción a seguir.
“La abogacía en salud es esencial y requiere el compromiso del gobierno, la industria de la salud y la comunidad. Como organización con más de 35 años de experiencia, hemos identificado grandes necesidades en los pacientes con diabetes, incluyendo falta de atención médica, acceso limitado a medicamentos y educación insuficiente. Más de 500,000 personas con diabetes en Puerto Rico merecen y tienen derecho a un tratamiento de alta calidad”, comentó Brenda Padilla, directora ejecutiva de la APD. “El compromiso y la dedicación de todos los involucrados son clave para el éxito de este programa, y estamos sumamente orgullosos de los participantes por su motivación e interés en aprender para abogar por su salud”, añadió.
Esta iniciativa de abogacía surge en respuesta a las necesidades identificadas en la atención de la diabetes
en la isla. APD está comprometida en desarrollar esta estrategia junto al gobierno, la industria de la salud y la comunidad en general. El programa Rumbo Control busca crear conciencia sobre el control comprensivo de la diabetes, capacitar a pacientes y cuidadores, y abogar por políticas públicas que mejoren el acceso a tratamientos de alta calidad.
Irmarie Virella, gerente del proyecto Rumbo Control, expresó: “Las iniciativas del programa, la actividad de cierre y los logros alcanzados han dejado una huella positiva en los portavoces. Los portavoces mostraron su agradecimiento y entusiasmo por ser parte del grupo y continuar los esfuerzos de abogacía por sus derechos como personas que viven con diabetes”.
Para más información sobre los programas y actividades de la APD, visite www.diabetespr.org , sus redes sociales o comuníquese al (787) 729-2210.
The San Juan Daily Star
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 13
‘Longlegs’ review: Daddy danger
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
Any horror movie that opens, as “Longlegs” does, with a quotation from a British glam-rock hit of the 1970s, suggests a filmmaker with, at the very least, an offbeat sensibility. Even so, this latest feature from the abundantly talented writer and director Osgood Perkins is a puzzler: Stuffed to the rafters with serial-killer cliches — coded messages, creepy dolls, satanic symbols, an androgynous maniac — the plot plays like a sampler of many, more coherent precursors. There’s even a minion dressed as a nun.
And that’s before we attempt to process Nicolas Cage (who else?) as the titular nut case. His appearances are brief, but resounding — and, as can happen with Cage, waver on the brink of parody. Much like the film itself, righted in part by the magnificently bleak mood and prickling sense of premonition that emerge from Andrés Arochi’s mold-colored images. This man can make a deserted, plastic-draped lair look as ominous as hell’s anteroom.
Preparing to enter is Lee Harker (Maika Monroe), a rather green FBI agent on the trail of a serial killer who somehow persuades fathers to slaughter their families and then commit
suicide. Coded notes, signed “Longlegs,” are left at the crime scenes and law enforcement is stymied. But Lee, who had a disturbing encounter with Longlegs as a child, appears to have a psychic connection with the monster. So, too, does her mother (Alicia Witt), and the two’s haunted, wary relationship thrums with unspoken secrets.
Set in Oregon in the 1990s, “Longlegs” wrestles to maintain its eerily menacing tone. The movie’s echoing spaces — a snowy landscape, Lee’s wondrously gloomy home — and wily performances (especially from Kiernan Shipka as an institutionalized survivor of the killings) are too often undercut by a strangely off-kilter comedy. Much of this resides in Longlegs himself, an apparent victim of botched plastic surgery whom Cage plays as a rhyming-and-singing lunatic beneath a frizzed gray wig. In one amusing scene, as Longlegs enters a hardware store sporting what appear to be slippers and a housedress, he resembles nothing so much as a bizarre amalgam of Buffalo Bill and Tootsie. He should have been a breeze to catch.
Scenes like this one (which benefits from a dry cameo by the director’s daughter, Bea Perkins, as a spectacularly unfazed clerk), in common with random moments throughout the movie, have a dottiness that seems intentional and suggests that
Perkins might be messing with us. As chilling and stylish as it is, “Longlegs” is a frustrating pleasure. In films like “I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives In the House” (2016) and “The Blackcoats Daughter” (2017), Perkins allowed his gift for ominousness and insinuation to take center stage. Here, we’re never quite sure if his tongue is in his cheek or his hand is on his heart.
‘Longlegs’Rated R for malevolence, madness and mass murder. Running time: 1 hour, 41 minutes. In theaters.
Release of Kevin Costner’s next ‘Horizon’ film is canceled
“Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1” has generated just over $22 million at the box office. (Richard Foreman/Warner Bros.)
By NICOLE SPERLING
Kevin Costner’s audacious experiment seems to have failed.
Costner tried something rare this summer, releasing the first chapter of his western saga “Horizon” — which he directed, starred in, co-wrote and partly financed — in theaters across the country on June 28. The plan was for the second chapter in the sprawling story to be released six weeks later.
But thanks to paltry box office returns, that plan has been scuttled. On Wednesday, New Line Cinema, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., said it was canceling the theatrical release of “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 2,” which was scheduled to debut in theaters on Aug. 16.
The first chapter, which cost $100 million, made $11 million in its opening weekend and has generated just $22.6 million overall. Costner planned for the saga, about the settling of the West after the Civil War, to consist of four chapters, and tickets to the first two chapters were made available at the same time. Those who bought tickets to the second “Horizon” film would be able to receive a refund.
“Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1” will now be available via premium video on demand on Tuesday, “in order to give audiences a greater opportunity to discover the first installment of ‘Horizon’ over the coming weeks,” a New Line spokesperson said in a statement. It will also be available on Max, the streaming service from Warner Bros. Discovery, though no date has been set for that. It is not clear when or
how the second chapter will be released.
Costner, who invested $38 million of his own money in the project and left his lead role in the hit television show “Yellowstone” because of scheduling conflicts over “Horizon,” declined to comment. He began filming the third chapter in May.
“Kevin made this film for people who love movies and who wanted to go on a journey,” Territory Pictures, Costner’s production company, said in a statement. “The support that we have received from film fans, and the theater owners, as they experience the first chapter of this saga only serves to reinforce our belief in them and the films that we have made, and we thank them for coming on board for the ride. We welcome the opportunity for that window to be expanded, as we know it will only serve to enhance the experience of seeing ‘Horizon 2.’”
Maika Monroe in “Longlegs.” (Neon)
July 24, 2024 14
Max, a 2-year-old German shepherd, Belgian Malinois and husky mix, photographed in Greenlake Park in Seattle on June 14, 2024. Scientists around the world are peering deep into the bodies and minds of cats and dogs, hoping to learn more about how they wriggled their way into our lives, how they experience the world and how to keep them living in it longer. (M. Scott Brauer/The New York Times)
By SETH KUGEL
Every dog has its day, and July 14, 2004, belonged to a boxer named Tasha. On that date, the National Institutes of Health announced that the barrel-chested, generously jowled canine had become the first dog to have her complete genome sequenced. “And everything has kind of exploded since then,” said Elaine Ostrander, a canine genomics expert at the National Human Genome Research Institute and who was part of the research team.
In the 20 years since, geneticists have fallen hard for our canine companions, sequencing thousands upon thousands of dogs, including pedigreed purebreds, mysterious mutts, highly trained working dogs, free-ranging village dogs and even ancient canine remains.
Research on canine cognition and behavior has taken off, too. “Now, dog posters are taking up half of an animal behavior conference,” said Monique Udell, who directs the human-animal interaction lab at Oregon State University. “And we’re starting to see cat research following that same trend.”
Just a few decades ago, many researchers considered pets to be deeply unserious subjects. (“I didn’t want to study dogs,” said Alexandra Horowitz, who has since become a prominent researcher in the field of canine cognition.) Today, companion animals are absolutely in vogue. Scientists around the world are peering deep into the bodies and minds of cats and dogs, hoping to learn more about how they wriggled their way into our lives, how they experience
How science went to the dogs (and cats)
the world and how to keep them living in it longer. It’s a shift that some experts say is long overdue.
“We have a responsibility to deeply understand these animals if we’re going to live with them,” Udell said. “We also have this great potential to learn a lot about them and a lot about ourselves in the process.”
Pet projects
For geneticists, dogs and cats are both rich subjects, given their long, close history with humans and their susceptibility to many of the same diseases, from cancer to diabetes.
Dogs have been an especially appealing target. Intense human selection, especially over the past few centuries, has created a staggeringly diverse collection of canines, from Chihuahuas to Great Danes, and hundreds of reproductively isolated breeds, which often suffer from high rates of disease.
In the 2000s, scientists identified the genetic underpinnings of a variety of canine traits, including curly coats and bobbed tails. They pinpointed mutations that could explain why white boxers were prone to deafness. And they found that corgis, basset hounds and dachshunds owe their stubby legs to a genetic aberration in a family of genes that also regulates bone development in humans.
These early studies “highlighted both the potential that we could learn from dogs, but also that we were going to need bigger sample sizes to do it really well,” said Elinor Karlsson, a geneticist at UMass Chan Medical School and the Broad Institute. So, researchers began creating large citizen science projects, seeking DNA samples and data from dogs across the United States.
Pet owners rose to the challenge. The Golden Retriever Lifetime Study, which began recruiting in 2012, has been following more than 3,000 dogs in an effort to identify genetic and environmental risk factors for cancer, which is especially common in the breed. Since 2019, the Dog Aging Project, a long-term study of health and longevity, has enrolled nearly 50,000 dogs.
Karlsson’s own project, Darwin’s Dogs, is at 44,000 canines and counting. (About 4,000 have had their genomes sequenced.) Researchers are mining the data for clues about bone cancer, compulsive behavior and other traits. Among the early findings: Although many behavioral traits, such as sociability and trainability, are heritable, they are widely distributed across the canine kingdom, and breed is a poor predictor of an individual dog’s personality.
This past spring, Karlsson unveiled a much-anticipated expansion: Darwin’s Cats. “I’m a total cat person — have never owned a dog,” she said. Later, in an email, she added, “I’d love to know if ‘cat sleeps on your head’ is influenced by genetics.”
Dog days of psychology
Several decades ago, scientists seeking to decipher animal minds typically studied wild, big-brained creatures, such as great apes and cetaceans, or laboratory stalwarts, such as rodents and birds. Those animals that napped on our couches? “People really were not thinking about dogs
as true animals,” said Horowitz, a canine cognition researcher at Barnard College. “Because they were in our homes, and they’re domesticated — like, they were so adulterated that they weren’t interesting.”
But in the late 1990s and early 2000s, two research teams reported that dogs were gifted at interpreting human cues, successfully following human pointing gestures and eye gazes to locate hidden food. On these tasks, they outperformed wolves raised by people and even, in some cases, great apes. The studies suggested that dogs possessed sophisticated forms of social cognition, and researchers sat up in attention.
Additional research has since added detail and nuance to those early studies, highlighting the capabilities and the limitations of the canine mind. The data generally confirm that dogs are skilled at social tasks and highly attuned to human cues. But the science also suggests that we are sometimes too eager to project our own experiences onto dogs. When dogs display what many people describe as a “guilty look” — averting their eyes and slinking away from their owners, perhaps — they are probably responding to being scolded, not feeling regret over a misdeed, Horowitz found.
The field blossomed, in part, because dogs were cooperative, convenient and affordable subjects. Why trek into the wild or house hundreds of animals in a lab? Canine cognitive scientists could simply borrow the approach of developmental psychologists.
“People who do developmental psychology don’t have labs full of 12-month-olds,” said Evan MacLean, director of the Arizona Canine Cognition Center at the University of Arizona. “They have phone numbers of parents. We have the phone numbers of dog parents.”
Cats as catch can
Until recently, scientists took little interest in the social cognition of cats, which did not descend from highly social animals and were often viewed as aloof. But emerging research suggests that some cats, at least, have plenty of social acumen, including the ability to pick up on human emotions and follow human gazes.
Perhaps our perception of cats as independent (and sometimes intransigent) is a self-fulfilling prophecy, Udell said. She noted that kittens are not typically given the same socialization and training opportunities that puppies are. Maybe those enrichment opportunities would help cats show off exactly what they are capable of.
Dogs and cats have become supremely successful at navigating the human world, but deepening our relationships with them might require understanding them on their own terms.
“They have their own drives and desires and needs and ways of understanding the world,” said Clive Wynne, a canine-behavior expert at Arizona State University. “And it’s a beautiful miracle that their way of understanding the world, especially the social world, and our way of understanding the world can be melded together into this really very beautiful partnership.”
The San Juan Daily Star
The San Juan Daily Star
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 15
Why you don’t need to exercise every day
By CALUM MARSH
Keeping fit requires consistency, motivation and discipline — establishing a routine and sticking with it. But building fitness also involves regularly breaking that routine and getting enough rest. In fact, choosing when not to work out can be as important as the exercise itself.
“Recovery is part of the process,” said Justin Santos, a head coach at the Academy of Lions, a fitness club in Toronto. “Neglecting rest is just as bad as skipping out on a month’s worth of training.”
Getting fit is a cycle of fatigue and repair. And as we adapt, our bodies become stronger, faster and more powerful.
For the average gym-goer, it can be difficult to know exactly how much rest is right. What constitutes a proper rest day? Are you resting too little or too much?
Why You Need Rest
Exercise causes microscopic tears in our muscle fibers, and as we rest, those fibers are repaired, adapting to become bigger and stronger. This process of adaptation, called supercompensation, is what allows us to run faster, jump higher or lift more weight.
“It’s during the fatigue phase, as the body recovers, that we adapt to the training,” said Giles Warrington, a professor of human performance and innovation at the University of Limerick in Ireland.
Without adequate rest, the muscles don’t have time to adapt, stalling progress and preventing improvement. But not all fatigue is the same, and neither is all recovery.
For aerobic exercise, like running or jumping rope, “the adaptations are relatively rapid” and could happen overnight, Warrington said. After a light jog, your body will probably be ready for another run the following morning.
For more powerful or explosive power training, “the process of recovery is longer,” and may require a day or two. “Generally speaking, you wouldn’t want to do consecutive days of strength training,” he said.
That said, you don’t need to wait until you’re 100% recovered to work out again, Santos said, especially if you are training toward a goal, like running a marathon. Some smartwatches and wearables, like the Apple Watch and Whoop, that track the quality of your sleep can score your readiness level, though accuracy varies.
If you’re just exercising to keep up with the kids or age gracefully, he recommended staying at what feels like 80% — where you might feel your previous workout a little, but it doesn’t affect performance.
If you’re training for a race or to climb a mountain, he recommended working through some soreness to push your body to improve more quickly. If you want to, say, run a faster 10K, shorter recovery times are better.
How to Build Rest Into Your Routine
If you are exercising three or fewer times per week, you likely don’t need more rest days — you may actu-
ally need to work out more often. Try to implement other forms of physical activity into your routine, whether that’s playing a game of Frisbee or taking a brisk hike, said Scott Panchik, a former CrossFit Games athlete who now runs a gym in Mentor, Ohio.
“If you want to get better at something, you need to be getting four or five days in,” he said.
Your rest days should not be completely sedentary. “Recovery doesn’t mean doing absolutely nothing,” Warrington said. Active recovery, which includes low-impact cardio, like a light jog, long walk or a game like pickleball, has been shown to be very effective at promoting recovery.
Panchik said his recipe is three days on, one day off, followed by two days on, one day off (then repeat). On his days off, he goes for long walks or does light cardio.
“I’ve tried resting less,” he said, “and it leads to overtraining and to injury.”
Another way to tell if you need more rest days is your overall disposition.
“Mood seems to be the most reliable marker of overtraining,” said Christie Aschwanden, author of “Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery.”
If you wake up feeling irritable or cranky, or if you suddenly find yourself reluctant to do a form of exercise you ordinarily love, it’s probably time for a day off.
If You Don’t Want Rest, Take It Anyway
For people who love working out, it can be tough to take a break. “Rest can be really hard for some people,” said Arielle Loewen, a professional CrossFit athlete. “It can be hard to feel like you’re doing enough. It takes a lot of patience.”
Forcing yourself to take a rest day is critical to sustaining a long-term exercise habit. “If you don’t take a rest day,” Loewen said, “your body will force you to take one.”
Lastly, it’s important to get to bed early enough before and after training. “Sleep is probably the most powerful tool in our recovery tool kit,” Warrington said.
2022. Rest days shouldn’t mean being completely inactive. Long walks, low-impact cardio and light jogs can help promote recovery as well. (Melissa Schriek/The New York Times)
Gobierno de Puerto Rico DEPARTAMENTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AMBIENTALES AVISO
AMBIENTAL
INTENCIÓN DE RENOVAR PERMISO DE INYECCIÓN SUBTERRÁNEA
El peticionario, Servicios Integrados Health Care, cuya dirección postal es Calle Lirios 191, Ciudad Jardín, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00987, representado por la Sra. Buenaventura Rodríguez, Propietaria, ha solicitado al Área de Calidad de Agua (ACA) del Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (DRNA) la renovación del permiso de operación, UIC-07-61-0025, para un sistema de inyección subterránea (SIS) Clase VC-1, bajo las disposiciones del Reglamento para el Control de la Inyección Subterránea (RCIS) y la Ley Federal de Agua Potable Segura, según enmendada 42 USC 300f et seq. (LFAPS).
El SIS consiste de un tanque séptico de 18 pies de largo por 10 pies de ancho por 7.5 pies de profundidad líquida, con una capacidad de 10,098 galones y tres (3) pozos filtrantes de 10 pies de largo por 10 pies de ancho por 9 pies de profundidad líquida con un área de percolación de 360 pies cuadrados, cada uno, en el cual, se inyectarán 1,650 galones por día de aguas usadas provenientes de los baños y cocina de la instalación. El referido SIS está localizado en la Carretera PR-958, Km 0.9, Barrio Ciénaga Alta, Río Grande, Puerto Rico. Luego de realizada la evaluación correspondiente de los documentos sometidos, el DRNA tiene la intención de renovar el permiso de operación para la instalación antes mencionada en conformidad con los requisitos del RCIS y de la LFAPS.
Esta notificación se hace para informar que el DRNA, ha preparado el borrador del permiso de operación de forma tal que el público interesado pueda someter sus comentarios con relación al mismo. El permiso contiene las condiciones y prohibiciones necesarias para cumplir con los requisitos reglamentarios aplicables.
Copia de la solicitud del permiso que sometió el peticionario ante el DRNA, el borrador del permiso y otros documentos relevantes estarán a la disposición del público para ser examinados, a petición del interesado mediante el envío de un correo electrónico a la siguiente dirección: inyeccionsubterranea@drna.pr.gov o visitando el ACA, cuya oficina está localizada en el Piso 3 Ala A del Edificio de Agencias Ambientales Cruz A. Matos, Carretera PR-8838, Km 6.3, Sector El Cinco, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. Copia de dichos documentos pueden adquirirse en el ACA, entre las 8:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m. de lunes a viernes o escribiendo a la siguiente dirección: Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales, San José Industrial Park, 1375 Avenida Ponce de León, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926.
Las partes interesadas o afectadas pueden enviar sus comentarios por escrito al Sr. Ángel R. Meléndez Aguilar, Gerente Interino del ACA, o solicitar una vista pública por escrito a la Secretaria del DRNA, a la dirección postal o correo electrónico antes indicado.
Los comentarios por escrito o la solicitud de vista pública deberán ser sometidos al DRNA no más tarde de treinta (30) días a partir de la fecha de publicación de este aviso. La fecha límite para someter comentarios puede ser extendida si se estima necesario o apropiado para el interés público. La solicitud para una vista pública deberá señalar la razón o las razones que en la opinión del solicitante ameritan la celebración de la misma. De realizarse una vista pública los interesados o afectados tendrán una oportunidad razonable para presentar evidencia o testimonio sobre si se emite o deniega el permiso, si la Secretaria determina que dicha vista es necesaria o apropiada.
En San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 15 de julio de 2024.
Autorizado por la Oficina del Contralor Electoral: OCE-SA-2024-00071.
Este anuncio se publica conforme a lo requerido por la Ley Núm. 416-2004, según enmendada, conocida como la “Ley sobre Política Pública Ambiental”, los reglamentos aprobados a su amparo; y las leyes y reglamentos federales aplicables. El costo del Aviso Público es sufragado por la entidad peticionaria. Lcda. Anaís Rodríguez Vega Secretaria
A model in workout clothes rests on a table in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Nov. 24,
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MANATI SALA SUPERIOR. BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
DEMANDANTE V. KAREN ROSADO COLÓN DEMANDADOS
Civil Núm. MT2023CV00114.
Sobre: IN REM Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, WILFREDO RODRIGUEZ CARRION, Alguacil Supervisor de la División de Subastas del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Manatí, a los demandados y al público en general les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso por el Secretario del Tribunal de epígrafe con 12 de febrero de 2024 y para satisfacer la cantidad adeudada de $101,822.95 de principal mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos el 24 de octubre e 2023, notificada en autos en la misma fecha, procederé a vender en pública subasta, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, mediante efectivo, giro o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil de este Tribunal todo derecho, título e interés que hayan tenido tengan o puedan tener los deudores demandados en cuanto a la propiedad localizada en el Municipio de Manatí, Puerto Rico, el bien inmueble se describe a continuación: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento Residencial identificado con el número U-202, localizado en el segundo piso del edificio “U” del Condominio “Villas del Manatí”, ubicado en el barrio Bajura Afuera del término municipal de Manatí, Puerto Rico. Tiene un área superficial de 1,108.41 equivalentes a 103.10 metros cuadrados. En lindes: al Norte, en una distancia de 29 pies 3 pulgadas, equivalentes a 8.92 metros, con áreas exteriores y recibidor del segundo piso; al Sur, en una distancia de 29 pies 5 ½ pulgadas, equivalentes a 8.98 metros, con áreas exteriores y recibidor del segundo piso; al Este, en una distancia de 41 pies 10 pulgadas, equivalentes a 12.75 metros, con el apartamento T-201 y al Oeste, en una distancia de 12 pies 6 pulgadas, equivalentes a 3.81 metros, con el apartamento número U-201, en otra de 4 pies 0 pulgadas, equivalentes a 1.22 metros,
con recibidor del segundo piso y en otra distancia de 25 pies 4 pulgadas, equivalentes a 7.72 metros, con áreas exteriores. Su puerta principal de acceso se encuentra localizada en su lado Oeste, la cual se comunica con el recibidos del segundo piso. Contiene tres cuartos dormitorios, dos baños, cuatro closets y un closet de pasillo (linen), sala, comedor, cocina, laundry y balcón. Le corresponde a este apartamento, en los elementos comunes generales, una participación de 0.6141%. Le pertenece el uso y disfrute de dos espacios para estacionamientos, marcados ambos espacios con el mismo número del apartamento. Inscrita al tomo de hoja móvil 512 de Manatí, Finca número 17035 Registro de la Propiedad de Manatí. Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, en el caso de epígrafe, que se desglosan de la siguiente forma $101,822.95 de principal, 6% de intereses, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; $583.23 de gastos por mora, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. El tipo mínimo para la subasta será la suma de tasación pactada, la cual es $125,012.00 para la propiedad antes descrita. De declarase la subasta desierta y tener que celebrarse una segunda subasta el tipo mínimo serán dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio mínimo antes mencionado: $83,341.34. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, regirá como tipo de la tercera subasta la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado; $62,506.00. La primera subasta se llevará a cabo el 1 de agosto de 2024, a las 10:00 de la mañana. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a efecto una segunda subasta el 8 de agosto de 2024, a las 10:00 de la mañana. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a cabo una tercera subasta el 15 de agosto de 2024, a las 10:00 de la mañana. La subasta o subastas antes indicadas se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Manatí. Se advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica y para conocimiento de la parte deman-
dada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el término de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, previa orden judicial dirigida al Registrador de la Propiedad de la sección correspondiente para la cancelación de aquellos posteriores. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Y para conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en la Sala de Manatí, Puerto Rico, a 16 de JULIO de 2024.
WILFREDO RODRIGUEZ CARRION, Alguacil Confidencial, Placa 135, ALGUACIL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAMUY BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. JACINTO YUPA
LUNA Y SU ESPOSA
MARILETZI MARTINEZ
CARABALLO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: CM2024CV00149. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA - IN REM. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.
A: JACINTO YUPA
LUNA Y SU ESPOSA MARILETZI MARTINEZ CARABALLO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.
Yo, LUIS E. ROMÁN CARRERO, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 7 DE AGOSTO DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Camuy, Camuy, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Camuy durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 14 DE AGOSTO DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el 21 DE AGOSTO DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número Catorce (14) del Bloque B en el Plano de Inscripción de la Urbanización Las Veredas, localizado en el Barrio Puente del término municipal de Camuy, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de TRESCIENTOS ONCE PUNTO SEIS DOS SEIS SIETE (311.6267) METROS CUADRADOS. En lindes por el NORTE, con el Lote número Trece (13); por el SUR, con el Lote número Quince (15); por
el ESTE, con la Calle número Uno (1): y por el OESTE, con la Urbanización Villa Del Carmen. Sobre dicho solar se ha edificado una estructura de hormigón y bloques de cemento para fines residenciales. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al Sistema Karibe de Camuy, Registro de la Propiedad de Arecibo, Sección Segunda, finca número 20,715, inscripción cuarta. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Urbanización Las Veredas, B-14, Calle Caoba, Camuy, Puerto Rico. La Subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $150,220.65 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 4.50% anual, desde el 1ro. de junio de 2013, hasta su completo pago, más recargos acumulados, más la cantidad de $15,700.40 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, así como cualquier otra suma estipulada en el contrato de préstamo, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $157,004.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $104,669.33 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $78,502.00. De declararse desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta acep-
tada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Camuy, Puerto Rico, 8 de julio de 2024. WILFREDO OLMO SALAZAR, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. LUIS E. ROMÁN CARRERO, ALGUACIL DE LA DIVISIÓN DE EJECUCIÓN DE SENTENCIAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAMUY. ***
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE
ASSOCIATION T/C/C
FANNIE MAE
Demandante V. LILLIAN LÓPEZ TORRES
Demandada
Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV03460. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA
SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, hago saber a la parte demandada LILLIAN LOPEZ TORRES y al PÚBLICO
EN GENERAL; que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 27 de junio de 2024, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta por el precio mínimo de $142,572.00 y al mejor postor, pagadero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o giro postal, a nombre del alguacil del tribunal, la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URB. VENUS GARDENS, 1701 AGUAS CALIENTES, SAN JUAN, PR 00926, y que se describe de la siguiente manera: URBANA: Solar marcado con el #24 del bloque AN de la Urbanización Venus Gardens (Norte), localizado en el Barrio Sabana Llana del Municipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de 702.04 me-
tros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la calle 43, en una longitud de 10.33 metros; por el SUR, con la Avenida A, en una longitud de 39.20 metros; por el ESTE, con el solar 23 en una longitud de 43.00 metros, y por el OESTE, con el solar 25 en una longitud de 26.06 metros. Enclava una casa de concreto. Finca 21387 inscrita al folio 191 del tomo 517 de Sabana Llana, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección V. La finca antes descrita se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: (i) Condiciones Restrictivas (Programa Protegiendo Tu Hogar), por 5 años, según Ese. #49, en San Juan, el 3 de enero de 2012, ante Héctor Luis Torres Vi/á, inscrita al folio 187 de/ tomo 1127 de Sabana Llana, finca #21387, inscripción 12da. (ii) Hipoteca constituida par Lillian Lopez Torres casada con Jorge Luis Armstrong Addarich, en garantía de un pagare, aff. #6206, a favor de Scotiabank P.R., o a su orden, por la suma de $142,572.00, al 3. 75%, vencedero el 1 de febrero de 2045, según Esc. #6, en San Juan, el 23 de enero de 2015, ante Omar Adolfo Jiménez Pacheco, inscrita al folio 187 del tomo 1127 de Sabana Liana, finca #21387, inscripción 13ra. (iii) Subordinas las Condiciones Restrictivas, en beneficio de la hipoteca por $142,572.00, según Esc. #75, en San Juan, el 8 de julio de 2015, ante Omar Adolfo Jiménez Pacheco, inscrita al folio 69 del tomo 1128 de Sabana Llana, finca#21387, inscripción 15ta. (iv) Modificada la hipoteca de la inscripción 13ra., en cuanto a diferirse la cantidad $3,301.35, según instancia (así surge), el 4 de diciembre de 2020, ante Carla M. Nevárez, inscrita al Sistema Karibe de Sabana Llana, finca 21387, al margen de la inscripción 13ra. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución es la que ha quedado descrita en el inciso (ii/iv). Será celebrada la subasta para con el importe de la misma satisfacer la sentencia dicta el 27 de febrero de 2024, mediante la cual se condenó a la parte demandada pagar a la parte demandante la suma de $119,724.93 de principal, más $2,244.84 de interés al 3.75% anual, a los cuales a razón de 12.3004 diario continuarán acumulándose hasta el saldo total; $68.91 de escrow balance; $842.02 de cargos por demora; $24.00 de otros cargos; $3,655.00 de principal forebearance; $14,257.20 de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otro desembolso que haya efectuado o efectúe la parte deman-
dante durante la tramitación de este caso para otros adelantos de conformidad con el Contrato Hipotecario, incluyendo primas de seguro de hipoteca, prima de seguro de siniestro y cargos por demora. La PRIMERA SUBASTA será celebrada el día 12 DE AGOSTO DE 2024 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina del Alguacil, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, Puerto Rico. Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la cantidad de $142,572.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 19 DE AGOSTO DE 2024 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la que servirá como tipo mínimo, dos terceras (2/3) partes del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $95,048.00. Si no hubiese remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, celebraré TERCERA SUBASTA el día 26 DE AGOSTO DE 2024 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar en la que regirá como tipo mínimo, la mitad del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $71,286.00. El Alguacil que suscribe hizo constar que toda licitación deberá hacerse para pagar su importe en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, de acuerdo con la Ley y de acuerdo con lo anunciado en este Aviso de Subasta. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables. Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso acepta como bastante la titulación que da base a la misma. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si la hubiere al crédito que da base a esta ejecución continuará subsistente, entendiéndose, además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción cualquier parte del remanente del precio de licitación. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito
ejecutado, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Vendida o adjudicada la finca o derecho hipotecado y consignado el precio correspondiente, en esa misma fecha o fecha posterior, el alguacil que celebró la subasta procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura pública de traspaso en representación del dueño o titular de los bienes hipotecados, ante el notario que elija el adjudicatario o comprador, quien deberá abonar el importe de tal escritura. El alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la confirmación de la venta o adjudicación. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS LICITADORES Y DEL PUBLICO EN GENERAL y para su publicación de acuerdo con la Ley, expido el presente Edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 09 de julio de 2024. EDWIN E. LÓPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE SAN JUAN.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ
MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC
Demandante V. RAMÓN MARTÍNEZ COLUMBIEZ, POR SÍ Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA LA SUCESIÓN DE ANGELA RÍOS AYALA, COMPUESTA POR NORMA RODRIGUEZ RIOS, ABRAHAM RODRIGUEZ RIOS, ADOLFO RODRIGUEZ RIOS, FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL, COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN, CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS
MUNICIPALES, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
Demandados
Civil Núm.: MZ2024CV00747. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. A: LA SUCESIÓN DE ANGELA RÍOS AYALA, COMPUESTA POR ABRAHAM RODRIGUEZ RIOS, ADOLFO RODRIGUEZ RIOS, FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL, COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS
DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN. Queden emplazados y notificados que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda sobre Ejecución de Hipoteca en su contra. Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto y deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), el cual podrá acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al licenciado Andrés Sáez Marrero, 623 Ponce de León Avenue, Executive Building, Ste. 1100A-2, San Juan, PR 00917, Tel. (561) 338-4101, correo electrónico, asaez@tmpllc.com, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de
abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 12 de julio de 2024. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA
IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA GENERAL. EVELYN GONZÁLEZ HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAGÜEZ SALA SUPERIOR DE SABANA GRANDE FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. JULIO A. IRIZARRY
Demandados Civil Núm.: SB2024CV00032. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JULIO A. IRIZARRY - D1 CALLE 3 URB. SANTA ELENA, SABANA GRANDE PR 00637. De: FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO. Se le emplaza y requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), 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. Este caso trata sobre Incumplimiento de Contrato y Cobro de Dinero en que la parte demandante solicita que se condene al demandado a pagar la suma principal de $16,298.75 por la tarjeta bancaria, más los intereses acumulados hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más los cargos por demora acumulados los cuales se continúan acumulando hasta el pago total y completo de la deuda; más una suma por costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalente a un diez por ciento (10%) del montante de esta obligación; Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Lcdo. José Antonio Lamas Burgos, Número del Tribunal Supremo 16,882 Po Box 0194089, San Juan PR 00919
Teléfono: (787) 296-9500, Correo Electrónico: jlamas@lvprlaw.com
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA
y Sello del Tribunal, hoy 9 de junio de 2024. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. CAROLINE HERNÁNDEZ VALENTÍN, SUBSECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN
FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO COMO AGENTE DE SERVICIOS DE ASOCIACIÓN DEL EMPLEADOS DEL ESTADO LIBRE
ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO
Parte Demandante Vs. LA SUCESIÓN DE IRMA ROSA PEREZ GUILLERMETY T/C/C IRMA ROSA PEREZ
MEDINA COMPUESTA POR IRMA IVETTE MARTÍNEZ PÉREZ; ALEX GUILLERMETY PÉREZ; ERIC ALBERTO
GUILLERMETY
PÉREZ; GERALDINE GUILLERMETY PÉREZ; ENRIQUE
GUILLERMETY PÉREZ; GABRIEL GUILLERMETY PÉREZ; JANETTE
GUILLERMETY PÉREZ Y WANDA GUILLERMETY PÉREZ Y JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS
DESCONOCIDOS DE ESTA Y LA ADMINISTRACIÓN
PARA EL SUSTENTO DE MENORES Y CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Parte Demandada
Caso Civil Núm.: BY2024CV02884. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO Y NOTIFICACIÓN DE INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá radicar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá radicar el original de su contestación ante el Tribu-
nal correspondiente y notifique con copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, Lcda. Marjaliisa Colón Villanueva, al PO BOX 7970, Ponce, P.R. 00732; Teléfono: 787-843-4168. En dicha demanda se tramita un procedimiento de cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca bajo el número mencionado en el epígrafe. Se alega en dicho procedimiento que la parte Demandada incurrió en el incumplimiento del Contrato de Hipoteca, al no poder pagar las mensualidades vencidas correspondientes a los meses de octubre de 2022, hasta el presente, más los cargos por demora correspondientes. Además, adeuda a la parte demandante las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en que incurra el tenedor del pagaré en este litigio. De acuerdo con dicho Contrato de Garantía Hipotecaria la parte Demandante declaró vencida la totalidad de la deuda ascendente a la suma de $23,490.24 de principal, más los intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.785% anual, así como todos aquellos créditos y sumas que surjan de la faz de la obligación hipotecaria y de la hipoteca que la garantiza, incluyendo la suma estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La parte Demandante presentó para su inscripción en el Registro de la Propiedad correspondiente, un AVISO DE PLEITO PENDIENTE (“Lis Pendens”) sobre la propiedad objeto de esta acción cuya propiedad es la siguiente: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento número cuatrocientos veintiuno (421). Apartamento residencial número cuatrocientos veintiuno (421) de forma irregular, constituido poro un nivel, localizado en la segunda planta del edificio H de Alborada, El Condominio, que esta situado en la carretera número dos (2) kilometro número ocho punto seis (8.6), Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Consta de un nivel, siendo sus linderos los siguientes: Por el Norte, con el apartamento número cuatrocientos veintidós (422), con corredor de uso común y espacio exterior; por el Sur, con el apartamento quinientos veintidós (522) y espacio exterior; por el Este, con corredor de uso común y espacio exterior; por el Oeste, con espacio exterior. Consta el mismo de tres habitaciones con sus respectivos closets, una sala-comedor, cocina, dos baños, área de almacenar, laundry-terraza, los baños están equipados con bañera, lavamanos y servicios y servicio sanitario. Se incluye bidet en el baño del cuarto principal. El área total del apartamento es de ciento diez punto noventa y ocho (110.98) metros cuadrados. La puerta de entrada de este apartamento esta situada de su lindero Este y por ella se
sale a la escalera y al área de circulación del proyecto. Este apartamento tiene una participación de cero punto dos mil ochocientos siete por ciento (0.2807%) en los elementos comunes generales del condominio. De modificarse o enmendarse la escritura matriz de Alborada, el Condominio, a los efectos de añadir ciento cincuenta (150) unidades de viviendas adicionales, el porciento de participación de este apartamento en los elementos comunes generales del condominio será de cero punto mil setecientos setenta y un porciento (0.1771%). Le corresponde y se le asigna a este apartamento como elementos comunes limitado los estacionamientos identificados con los números cuatrocientos ochenta y siete (487) y doscientos sesenta y uno (261). Inscrito al folio cuarenta y seis (46) del tomo mil setecientos veinte (1,720) de Cayey, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I, Finca número setenta y un mil novecientos doce (71,912). SE LES APERCIBE que, de no hacer sus alegaciones responsivas a la demanda dentro del término aquí dispuesto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Además, como miembro de la Sucesión de Irma Rosa Perez Guillermety t/c/c Irma Rosa Perez Medina se ha presentado una solicitud de interpelación judicial para que sirva en el término de treinta (30) días aceptar o repudiar la herencia. Se le apercibe que si no compareciera usted a expresarse dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto en torno a la aceptación o repudiación de la herencia, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del causante Irma Rosa Perez Guillermety t/c/c Irma Rosa Perez Medina y por consiguiente, responderán por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dispone el 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico, 31 L.P.R.A. sec. 11021. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 3 de julio de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MARILYN COLÓN CARRASQUILLO, SUBSECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. LUIS RAFAEL PACHECO MEDINA Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2024CV00441.
(Civil: 407). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. REGGIE DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZRDIAZ@BDPRLAW.COM. A: H.F. MORTGAGE BANKERS COMO TENEDOR DESCONOCIDO DEL PAGARÉ, JOHN DOE COMO TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARÉ. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 11 de julio de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 15 de julio de 2024. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 15 de julio de 2024. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. DENISSE MINERVA TORRES RUIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE ARECIBO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. SUCESIONES DE ANGEL
LUIS BERRIOS SANCHEZ Y BLANCA IRIS RIVERA CHEVERE COMPUESTAS POR ZAVIER BERRIOS RIVERA, POR SI Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LAS SUCESIONES DE ANGEL LUIS BERRIOS SANCHEZ Y BLANCA IRIS RIVERA CHÉVERE; FULANO DE TAL, FULANA DE TAL, ZUTANO DE TAL, ZUTANA DE TAL, A, B Y C COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LAS
SUCESIONES DE ANGEL LUIS BERRIOS SANCHEZ Y BLANCA IRIS RIVERA CHEVERE; HONORABLE SECRETARIO DE HACIENDA DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO; EL HONORABLE SECRETARIO DE JUSTICIA DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERO RICO
Demandado Civil Núm.: CCD2015-0352. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, SUHEIL M. SALVA SOTO, Alguacil Supervisor de la División de Subastas del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Arecibo, a los demandados y al público en general les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso por el Secretario del Tribunal de Ponce el 8 de marzo 2024 y para satisfacer la cantidad adeudada de $114,158.32 de principal mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos el 29 de marzo de 2016 notificada y archivada en autos el 6 de abril de 2016 y Publicada en el periódico “The San Juan Daily Star” el 15 de abril de 2016, procederé a vender en pública subasta, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, mediante efectivo, giro o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil de este Tribunal todo derecho, título e interés que hayan tenido tengan o puedan tener los deudores demandados en cuanto a la propiedad localizada en el Municipio de Arecibo, Puerto Rico, el bien inmueble se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Parcela de terreno situada en el Barrio Cialitos, sector conocido por Las Cruces, del término municipal de Ciales, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de CUATRO MIL CIENTO SESENTA Y CINCO PUNTO TRES MIL TRESCIENTOS CUARENTA Y SEIS (4165.3346) METROS CUADRADOS, equivalentes a uno punto cero cinco noventa y ocho (1.0598) cuerdas. En lindes por el Norte, con parcela segregada y vendida a José Juan Figueroa Trinidad; por el Sur, con Gonzalo Rivera; por el Este, con carretera estatal número seiscientos catorce (614); y por el Oeste, con otra propiedad de Juan Ortolaza Quintana. Enclava una casa de (2) plantas. lnscrita al folio 20 del tomo 215 de Ciales, finca número 10,115, Registro de la Propiedad de Manatí. Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte
demandante las cantidades adeudadas, en el caso de epígrafe, que se desglosan de la siguiente forma $114,158.32 de principal, más intereses al 6.625% más recargos por todo pago en atraso, más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenta el contrato de préstamo. El tipo mínimo para la subasta será la suma de tasación pactada, la cual es $116,513.73 para la propiedad antes descrita. De declarase la subasta desierta y tener que celebrarse una segunda subasta el tipo mínimo serán dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio mínimo antes mencionado:
$77,675.82. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, regirá como tipo de la tercera subasta la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado; $58,256.87. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el 13 DE AGOSTO DE 2024, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a efecto una SEGUNDA
SUBASTA el 20 DE AGOSTO DE 2024, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a cabo una TERCERA SUBASTA el 27 DE AGOSTO DE 2024, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA.
La subasta o subastas antes indicadas se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Arecibo. Del estudio de título realizado se observan los siguientes gravámenes: Aviso de Demanda dictado el 26 de mayo de 2015 en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Arecibo, caso civil #CCD20150352 sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria, seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico vs los esposos Angel Luis Berrios Sánchez y Blanca Iris Rivera Chévere y de Zavier Berrios Rivera donde se solicita el pago de la deuda garantizada con la hipoteca con la hipoteca de la inscripción 6ta de $117,000.00 o la venta en pública subasta, anotado al tomo Karibe el 29 de octubre de 2023, finca #10115 de Ciales anotación “A”. Se advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el término de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre
July 24, 2024 18
ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, previa orden judicial dirigida al Registrador de la Propiedad de la sección correspondiente para la cancelación de aquellos posteriores. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Y para conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en la Sala de Arecibo, Puerto Rico, a 16 de julio de 2024. SUHEIL M. SALVA SOTO, ALGUACIL PLACA #413.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante V. WALDEMAR ARROYO VELEZ
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: FA2023CV00986. (Salón: 206). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. KEVIN SÁNCHEZ CAMPANEROKEVIN.SANCHEZ@ORF-LAW.COM. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.
A: WALDEMAR ARROYO VELEZURB. MONTE BRISAS 3, 3B21 CALLE 101, FAJARDO, PR 007383405.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 de enero de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 16 de julio de 2024. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 16 de julio de 2024. WANDA SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. IDALIA PIÑERO REYES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ARECIBO SALA SUPERIOR DE MANATÍ
COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO DE MÉDICOS Y OTROS PROFESIONALES DE LA SALUD
Demandante V. ADRIAN ROMERO ESPINOSA
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: MT2023CV00629. (Salón: 101 SALA MUNICIPAL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ADELA SURILLO GUTIÉRREZADELA.SURILLO@GMAIL.COM. A: ADRIAN ROMERO ESPINOSA - VILLAS DE MANATÍ, 247 AVE. LAS PALMAS, APT. 201, MANATÍ PR 00674.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 16 de julio de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10
días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 17 de julio de 2024. En Manatí, Puerto Rico, el 17 de julio de 2024. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. ZORAIDA RODRÍGUEZ LÓPEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. EMILIO CONCEPCION GARCIA Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SJ2024CV01491. (Salón: 908). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
JAIME RUIZ SALDAÑALEGAL@JRSLAWPR.COM. A: EMILIO CONCEPCION GARCIA, FULANA DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 10 de julio de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 15 de julio de 2024. En San Juan, Puerto
Rico, el 15 de julio de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. LUCRECIA PAGÁN MORALES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ARECIBO SALA SUPERIOR DE MANATÍ
ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. RUBEN CORTES
MALDONADO POR SI Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON FULANA DE TAL Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: MT2020CV00058.
(Salón: 102 SALA SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
JAIME RUIZ SALDAÑALEGAL@JRSLAWPR.COM. A: RUBÉN CORTÉS MALDONADO, FULANA DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 22 de octubre de 2020, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 15 de julio de 2024. En Manatí, Puerto Rico, el 15 de julio de 2024. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA.
CARMEN JULIA ROSARIO VALENTÍN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO
DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN EDITH TORRES DIAZ; MELISSA TORRES DIAZ Demandantes Vs. MARIA PABEY Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV04148. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: MARIA PABEY - CONDOMINIO BALMORAL, APT. 10-E, #110 CALLE DEL PARQUE, SAN JUAN, PPR 00911.
De: EDITH TORRES DIAZ Y MELISSA TORRES DIAZ - PORT DE ARCOBALENO, 1783 CALLE SANTA AGUEDA, APT. 701, SAN JUAN, PR 00926.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza, se le notifica que una demanda ha sido presentada en su contra y se le requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, radicando el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan y notificando con copia de la misma al Lcdo. José M. Carreras Pérez, 1250 Ave. Ponce de León, Ste. 1008, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907, teléfono (787) 448-6530, correo electrónico: jmcarreras2002@yahoo.com.
Se le apercibe que, de no hacerlo, se podrá dictar Sentencia en rebeldía concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin citarle ni oírle más. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA Y EL SELLO DEL TRIBUNAL, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 20 de junio de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL. NANCY I. GARCÍA FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYAMA.
ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante vs. SUCESION DE RICHARD ALBERT LEPAGE, también conocido como RICHARD ALBERTO LEPAGE, compuesta por FULANO DE TAL y ZUTANO DE TAL, como herederos desconocidos con posible interés; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
(CRIM)
Demandados CIVIL NÚM. GM2023CV00907 (303). SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO (Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Al: Público en General A: SUCESION DE RICHARD ALBERT LEPAGE, también conocido como RICHARD ALBERTO LEPAGE, compuesta por FULANO DE TAL y ZUTANO DE TAL, como herederos desconocidos con posible interés; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
Yo, IVETTE C. CARDONA, Alguacil Auxiliar-Placa 962, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 14 de agosto de 2024 a las 11:00 de la mañana en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Guayama, Guayama, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Guayama durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una segunda subasta para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 21 de agosto de 2024, a las 11:00 de la mañana y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 28 de agosto de 2024, a las 11:00 de la mañana en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número Cinco (5) de la Manzana “K” del plano preparado por la Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda de Puerto Rico, para su proyecto de solares denominado PR-R7, CARIOCA, radicado en la zona ubana del término municipal de Guayama, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de TRESCIENTOS DIECIOCHO PUNTO UNO CINCO CINCO TRES (318.1553) METROS CUADRADOS; en lindes por el NORTE, con la Calle Baldorioty de Castro de la mencionada
Urbanización, distancia de once punto cincuenta y nueve (11.59) metros; por el SUR, con terrenos del Gobierno Municipal de Guayama y la Calle Meditación, distancia de once punto cincuenta y nueve (11.59) metros; por el ESTE, con solar número K guion Seis (K-6) de la mencionada Urbanización, distancia de veintisiete punto veinticuatro (27.24) metros; y por el OESTE, con solar número K guion Cuatro (K-4) del mencionado Proyecto PR-R-7 Carioca, distancia de veintisiete punto sesenta y uno (27.61) metros.La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al Sistema Karibe de Guayama, finca número 7,298, inscripción séptima. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Urbanización Carioca, K-5, Calle Baldorioty, Guayama, Puerto Rico. La subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $58,736.91 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 3.50% anual, desde el día 1ro. de junio de 2023, hasta su completo pago, más recargos acumulados, más la cantidad de $6,690.00, estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, así como cualquier otra suma estipulada en el contrato de préstamo, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será la suma de $66,900.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $44,600.00 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $33,450.00. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Guayama, Puerto Rico, a 18 de julio de 2024. IVETTE C. CARDONA, Alguacil Auxiliar-Placa 962. ALGUACIL TRIBUNAL SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYAMA.
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DIS-
TRICT OF PUERTO RICO. BAUTISTA CAYMAN ASSET COMPANY
Plaintiff v. CENTRO CARDIOVASCULAR DE MANATÍ III, C.S.P.; JOSÉ RAMÓN MARTÍNEZ BARROSO; VIRGEN MILAGROS RIVERA COLÓN; AND THE CONJUGAL LEGAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THEM; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Defendants Civil No. 16-cv-3129 (CCC). COLLECTION OF MONIES AND FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE. NOTICE OF SALES.
TO: DEFENDANTS AND GENERAL PUBLIC
On April 12, 2024, this Court issued an Opinion and Order over the mortgages in controversy where it granted, among other matters, the Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment, against Defendants, Centro Cardiovascular de Manatí III CSP; José Ramón Martínez Barroso; Virgen Milagros Rivera Colón, and the Conjugal Legal Partnership Between Them. As of November 30, 2017, Defendants owed the amount of $933,324.74, composed of the sum of $803,313.96 in principal amount; interests in the amount of $122,605.28 which continues to accrue until full payment of the debt at the default annual rate of 11.00% and $245.46 per diem; accrued late charges in the amount of $7,406.50; and any other advance, charge, fee or disbursements made by Bautista, on behalf of Defendants, in accordance with the Loan Agreement, plus costs and agreed attorney’s fees in the amount of $87,000. 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 auctions 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: a. Property
A (7,284): “URBAN: Lot number G-9 in the inscription plat of the 0143 Project located in the Coto and Sabana Seca awards of the municipality of Manatí, Puerto Rico, with a superficial area of 284.62 square meters. Its boundaries are: by the NORTH with Marginal Street
South, at a distance of 13.00 meters; by the SOUTH, with lots numbers 8 and 21 of the G block, at a distance of 10.20 meters; by the EAST with lot number 10 of the G block at a distance of 19.78 meters; and by the WEST with lands owned by widower Teresa Fernandez, Eusebio Carbajal and Anselmo Rosario at a distance of 24,25 meters.” It appears registered on page 149 of volume 175 of Manati, Lot 7,284. Physical Address: Lot #G-9, 1 Marginal Street State Road #2, Corner of Fernández Vangas Street, San Salvador Dev., Manatí, Puerto Rico 00674. Property is subject to the following liens: By its origin: Affected with easements in favor of the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, Puerto Rico Railway, Light and Power Authority, and Municipality of Manati. By itself: MORTGAGE: guaranteeing a note payable to the order of Banco Santander de Puerto Rico in the principal amount of $220,000.00 with an annual interest rate of 8.5% and due on demand, as per deed number 119 executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on November 20, 1998, before Notary Public María de Lourdes González Rivas, recorded at page 1 of volume 456 of Manatí, 7th inscription. MODIFIED its due date, now October 18, 2024 as per deed number 55, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on October 18, 2013 before Notary Public Joseorlando Mercado Gely, recorded at page 25 of volume 584 of Manatí, 7th inscription (marginal note). ANNOTATION OF DEMAND: The subject of this annotation is the Mortgage in favor of Banco Santander de Puerto Rico, for the amount of $220,000.00 arising from registration #7. Plaintiff: Bautista Cayman Asset Company; Defendant: Centro Cardiovascular De Manatí III, C.S.P., José Ramón Martínez Barroso, Virgen Milagros Rivera Colón, And The Partnership Between Them, The United States Of America, Amount Owed $862,509.00, for principal plus interest, according to the complaint filed by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico in Civil Case number 16-CV-3129, on December 12, 2016, and Recorded in volume Karibe de Manatí, Annotation C dated June 27, 2018. FEDERAL TAX LIEN against José R. Martínez Barroso and “Servicios Ambulancia de Manatí, Inc.”, in the principal amount of $7,104.10. File number: 208199905 on April 28, 2005, at page 31 of volume 4 of the Federal Tax Liens inscription book. STATE ATTACHMENTS: Against José Ramón Martínez Barroso for $752,150.48, followed by the Department of the Treasury, refers to a 248.42 square meters lot on Marginal Sur Street
in the Coto and Sabana Seca Ward of Manatí, dated June 13, 2016, submitted on March 3, 2017, to the Karibe Embargo system and recorded on March 6, 2017. b. Property B (3,485):
URBAN: Lot number 1 of the E block of the San Salvador Development located in the Cotto ward of the municipality of Manatí, Puerto Rico, with a superficial area of 386.10 square meters. Its boundaries are: by the NORTH at a distance of 29.83 meters with marginal street of the Development; by the SOUTH at a distance of 29.82 meters with lot number 2; by the EAST at a distance of 11.14 meters with the Public Housing project known as Cordova Davila; and by the WEST at a distance of 14.75 meters with street number 4. It contains an one level and single family reinforced concrete and concrete blocks house; today a two level concrete and concrete blocks commercial building. It appears registered on page 40 of volume 91 of Manati, Lot 3,485. Physical Address: Lot #E-1, 1 Marginal Street State Road #2, Corner of Fernández Vangas Street, San Salvador Dev., Manatí, Puerto Rico 00674. Property is subject to the following liens: By its origin: Affected with an easement in favor of the Puerto Rico Railway, Light and Power Authority and Restrictive Covenants. By itself: MORTGAGE: guaranteeing a note payable to the order of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico in the principal amount of $650,000.00 (Mortgage Responsibility: $535,000.00) with an annual interest rate of 8.5% and due on demand, as per deed number 185, executed in Manatí on December 16, 1999 before Notary Public Francisco J. Arraiza Donate, recorded at mobile volume 445 of Manatí, 19th inscription. MODIFICATION OF MORTGAGE: The subject of this modification is the Mortgage for $650,000.00, which arises from the 19th registration, as per deed #54 granted in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on October 18, 2013, before Notary Públic Joséorlando Mercado Gely, registered in volume Karibe de Manatí, property #3485, Marginal Note 19.1. ANNOTATION OF CLAIM: The subject of this annotation is the Mortgage in favor of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, for the amount of $650,000.00, arising from registration #19. Plaintiff: Bautista Cayman Asset Company; Defendant: Centro Cardiovascular De Manatí III, C.S.P., Jose Ramón Martinez Barroso, Virgen Milagros Rivera Colón, And The Partnership Between Them, The United States Of America, Amount Owed $862,509.00, for principal plus interest, according to the complaint filed by the United States District Court for the District of
Puerto Rico in Civil Case number 16-CV-3129, on December 12, 2016, and registered in volume Karibe, Annotation A dated June 27, 2018. FEDERAL TAX LIEN against José R. Martínez Barroso and “Servicios Ambulancia de Manatí Inc.”, in the principal amount of $7,104.10. File number: 208199905 on April 28, 2005, at page 31 of volume 4 of the Federal Tax Liens inscription book. STATE ATTACHMENTS: Against José Ramón Martínez Barroso for $752,150.48, followed by the Department of the Treasury, refers to a 248.42 square meters lot on Marginal Sur Street in the Coto and Sabana Seca Ward of Manatí, dated June 13, 2016, submitted on March 3, 2017, to the Karibe Embargo system, recorded on March 6, 2017. c. Property C (3,587): URBAN: Lot located in the San Salvador Development located in the Cotto ward of the municipality of Manati, with a superficial area of 376.647 square meters. Its boundaries are: by the NORTH, with lot number 1 at a distance of 29.82 meters; by the SOUTH, with lot number 3 at a distance of 29.53 meters; by the EAST with the Public Housing Project known as Cordova Davila, at a distance of 12.69 meters; and by the WEST, with street number 4 at a distance of 12.69 meters.” It appears registered on mobile volume 445 of Manatí, Lot 3,587. Physical Address: Lot #E-2, 1 Marginal Street State Road #2, Corner of Fernández Vangas Street, San Salvador Dev., Manatí, Puerto Rico 00674. Property is subject to the following liens: By its origin: Affected with an easement in favor of the Puerto Rico Railway, Light and Power Authority and Restrictive Covenants. By itself: MORTGAGE: guaranteeing a note payable to the order of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico in the principal amount of $650,000.00 (Mortgage Responsibility: $115,000.00) with an annual interest rate of 8.5% and due on demand, as per deed number 185, executed in Manatí, Puerto Rico, on December 16, 1999, before Notary Public Francisco J. Arraiza Donate, recorded at mobile volume 445 of Manatí, 9th inscription.
MORTGAGE: guaranteeing a note payable to the order of Doral Bank in the principal amount of $650,000.00 with an annual interest rate of 6.5% and due on demand, as per deed number 23 of Mortgage, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on March 12, 2004, before Notary Public Tomás Correa Acevedo, recorded at Karibe, volume of Manatí, Property #3587, 10th inscription abbreviated. MODIFICATION OF MORTGAGE: The subject of this modification is the Mortga-
ge for $650,000.00, which arises from the 9th registration, as per deed #54, granted in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on October 18, 2013, before Notary Public Joséorlando Mercado Gely, recorded at Karibe, volume of Manatí property #3587, 10th inscription abbreviated. ANNOTATION OF CLAIM: The subject of this annotation is the Mortgage in favor of Doral Bank, for the amount of $39,000.00 arising from registration #10. Plaintiff: Bautista Cayman Asset Company; Defendant: Centro Cardiovascular de Manatí III, C.S.P., José Ramón Martínez Barroso, Virgen Milagros Rivera Colón, And The Conjugal legal Partnership Between Them, The United States Of America., Amount Owed $862,509.00, for principal plus interest, according to the claim filed by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, in Civil Case number 16-CV-3129, on December 12, 2016, and Recorded in the Karibe de Manatí volume, Annotation A, dated June 27, 2016. FEDERAL TAX LIEN against José R. Martínez Barroso and “Servicios Ambulancia de Manatí, Inc.”, in the principal amount of $7,104.10. File number: 208199905 on April 28, 2005, at page 31 of volume 4 of the Federal Tax Liens inscription book. STATE ATTACHMENTS: Against José Ramón Martínez Barroso for $752,150.48, followed by the Department of the Treasury, refers to a 248.42 square meters lot on Marginal Sur Street in the Coto and Sabana Seca Ward of Manatí, dated June 13, 2016, submitted on March 3, 2017, to the Karibe Embargo system and recorded on March 6, 2017. The Properties are described in the Spanish language as follows: a. Propiedad A (7,284): URBANA: Solar marcado con el #9 del bloque G del plano de inscripción del Proyecto 0143 radicado en los Barrios Coto y Sabana Seca del término municipal de Manatí, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 284.62 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la calle Marginal Sur, distancia de 13.0metros; por el SUR, con los solares #8 y 21 del bloque G, distancia de 10.20 metros; ESTE, con el sola#10 del bloque G, distancia de 19.78 metros y por el OESTE, con terrenos propiedad de Teresa viuda de Fernández y Eusebio Carbajal, Anselmo Rosario, distancia de 24.25 metros.” Consta inscrita al folio 149 del tomo 175 de Manatí, finca número 7,284, Registro de la Propiedad de Manatí. Dirección Física: Solar G-9, 1 Calle Marginal Carretera Estatal #2, Esquina Calle Fernández Vangas, Urb. San Salvador, Manatí, Puerto Rico 00674. b. Propiedad B (3,485): URBANA: Solar marcado con
el #1 del bloque E de la Urbanización San Salvador en el Barrio Cotto del municipio de Manatí, Puerto Rico, compuesto de 386.10 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en 29.83 metros, con la calle marginal de la urbanización; por el SUR, en 29.82 metros, con el solar #2; ESTE, en 11.14 metros, con el Caserío Córdova Dávila y por el OESTE, en 14.75 metros, con la calle #4. Enclava una casa de concreto reforzado y bloques de concreto de una sola planta para una sola familia antes, hoy edificio comercial de dos niveles de concreto y bloques de concreto.” Consta inscrita al folio 40 del tomo 91 de Manatí, finca número 3,485, Registro de la Propiedad de Manatí. Dirección Física: Solar E-1, 1 Calle Marginal Carretera Estatal #2, Esquina Calle Fernández Vangas, Urb. San Salvador, Manatí, Puerto Rico 00674 c. Propiedad C (3,587): URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización San Salvador, situado en el Barrio Cotto de Manatí, con un área de 376.64 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar #1, distancia de 29.82 metros; por el SUR, con el solar #3, distancia de 29.53 metros; ESTE, con el Caserío Córdova Dávila, distancia de 12.69 metros y por el OESTE, con la calle #4, distancia de 12.69 metros.” Consta inscrita al tomo 445 de Manatí, finca número 3,587, Registro de la Propiedad de Manatí. Dirección Física: Solar E-2, 1 Calle Marginal Carretera Estatal #2, Esquina Calle Fernández Vangas, Urb. San Salvador, Manatí, Puerto Rico 00674. 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 bids amounts are as follows: a. Property A (7,284). The amount of $220,000.00, 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 $146,666.67 shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the second public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the se-
cond public sale, the minimum bidding amount for the third public sale shall be $110,000.00. b. Property B (3,485). The amount of $535,000.00, 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 $356,666.67 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 $267,500.00. c. Property C (3,587). The amount of $115,000.00, 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 $76,666.67 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 $57,500.00. 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 Order of Execution of Judgment, and the Writ of Execution of Judgment, on the 4th day of October, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. for Property Number 7,284; at 10:45 a.m. for Property Number 3,485; at 11:00 a.m. for Property Number 3,587, in 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, 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 set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the second judicial sales of the properties described in this Notice will be held on 11th day of October, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. for Property Number 7,284; at 10:45 a.m. for Property Number 3,485; at 11:00 a.m. for Property Number 3,587, in 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. Should the second judicial sales set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the third judicial sales of the properties described in this Notice will be held on 21th day of October, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. for Property Number 7,284; at 10:45 a.m. for Property Number 3,485; at 11:00 a.m. for Property Number 3,587, in 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. 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 19th day of July, 2024. AGUEDO DE LA TORRES, APPOINTED SPECIAL MASTER.
LEGAL NOTICE
EDICTO SOBRE RECUSACIÓN DE ELECTORES POR MOTIVO DE DOMICILIO Y OTRAS CAUSALES SAN JUAN 002 CITACIÓN A VISTA A LOS SIGUIENTES ELECTORES A: Elizabeth De la Cruz Mercedes, número electoral 6840336, número de recusación 10306 y Jerfferson De Jesús, número electoral 6840335, número de recusación 10307. POR LA PRESENTE, se notifica que ha sido presentada una solicitud de recusación de electores por motivo de domicilio y otras causales hacia su persona, y se ha señalado VISTA PARA EL MIERCOLES, 7 DE AGOSTO DE 2024 A LAS 5:30PM EN LAS OFICINAS DE LA COMISIÓN LOCAL, LOCALIZADAS EN: CALLE ARTERIAL B 550 DE HATO REY, PUERTO RICO. LA DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA DE LA JUNTA DE INSCRIPCIÓN PERMANENTE ES CALLE ARTERIAL B 550 DE SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO. EL NÚMERO DE TELÉFONO DE LA JUNTA DE INSCRIPCIÓN ES EL 787-777-8682. SE APERCIBE A LOS ELECTORES QUE, DE NO COMPARECER A LA VISTA EN LA FECHA Y HORA SENALADA, SE PROCEDERÁ CON LA MISMA SIN MAS CITARLE, NOTIFICARLE, NI OIRLE. FIRMADA POR HON. JUAN A. LEÓN GONZÁLEZ, PRESIDENTE DE LA COMISIÓN LOCAL EL 17 DE JULIO DE 2024. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA DE SAN JUAN
SECRETARIO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE DESARROLLO URBANO Y VIVIENDA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA
Demandante Vs. FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DEL PAGARE EXTRAVIADO
Demandados
Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV04805. Sala: 504. Materia: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARE EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO ENMENDADO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL, personas desconocidas que se designan con estos nombres ficticios, que pueden ser tenedor o tenedores, o puedan tener algún interés en el pagaré hipotecario a que se hace referencia más adelante en el presente edicto, que se publicará una sola vez. Se les notifica que en la Demanda radicada en el caso de epígrafe se alega que un pagaré hipotecario fue otorgado el 13 de agosto de 2008, se emitió un pagaré ante el Notario Público Melvin E. Rodríguez Torres, a favor de Secretario Departamento de Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda de los Estados Unidos de América, o a su orden, por la suma de $285,000.00, con intereses al 7% y vencedero a la presentación, número de testimonio 3,679, garantizado por hipoteca constituida en virtud de la Escritura Número 255, otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, ante el notario Melvin E. Rodriguez Torres, con inscrito al folio 25 del tomo 2084 de Ponce, finca número 24,153, inscripción 13ra. El inmueble gravado mediante la hipoteca antes descrita es la finca 24,153 inscrita al folio 25 del tomo 2084 de Ponce, Registro de la Propiedad, Sección Primera de Ponce. La obligación evidenciada por el pagaré antes descrito fue saldada en su totalidad. Dicho gravamen no ha podido ser cancelado por haberse extraviado el original del pagaré. El original del pagaré antes descrito no ha podido ser localizado, a pesar de las gestiones realizadas. El Secretario de Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda de los Estados Unidos es el acreedor que consta en el Registro de la Propiedad. El último tenedor conocido del pagaré antes descrito fue Se-
cretario de Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda de los Estados Unidos. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo de Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.
Lcda. Pamela Santiago Olivieri RUA NUM. 22028 HMB Law Group, LLC 33 Calle Bolivia, Suite 201 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00917 Tel: 939-759-7668
E-mail: psantiago-olivieri@ hmblawgroup.com psco.law@gmail.com
Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 16 de julio de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MARILYN LÓPEZ MARTÍNEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN.
FIOLDALIZ AUREA
CRISTIA MARTINEZ t/c/c
FIOLDALIZA CRISTIA
MARTINEZ y como FIOLDALIZ CRISTIA MARTINEZ y como FIOLDALIZA AUREA
CRISTIA MARTINEZ
DEMANDANTE VS. BANCO POPULAR
DE P.R.; JOHN DOE (COMO PARTE(S) DESCONOCIDA(S) * DEMANDADOS
CIVIL NUM.: SJ2024CV06308. SOBRE: CANCELACION DE PAGARE EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.
A: JOHN DOE, como posible tenedor desconocido del Pagaré a la orden de Home Mortgage Company y el mismo fue transferido al Banco Popular de Puerto
Rico, garantizado con hipoteca constituida sobre la finca propiedad de la demandante. POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica que se ha radicado ante este Tribunal una acción sobre la cancelación de pagaré, a favor de Home Mortgage Company y el mismo fue transferido al Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, el cual se alega que el pagaré es inexistente. La demandante Fioldaliz Aurea Cristiá Martínez y su esposo fallecido, Carlos Fortuño Candelas constituyeron una hipoteca en garantía de un Pagaré a favor de Home Mortgage Company por la suma de $42,547.00, con intereses al 8 ó% anual, con vencimiento el día 1 de julio de 2009, otorgaron la Escritura Número 945 en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 19 de junio de 1994, ante el notario Rafael F. Morales Cabranes. La hipoteca se transfirió al Banco Popular de Puerto Rico y se modificó respecto a la suma principal que será de $39,592.00 el pago mensual será de $343.59 comenzando el 1 de agosto de 2000, a vencer el 1 de julio de 2020, queda cancelada en la suma de $2,955.00, mediante la Escritura Número 73 y Acta de Subsanación Número 38, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 13 de febrero de 2002, ante el Notario José V. Gorbea Varona. Este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le cite a usted por edicto que se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general. Se le notifica que 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 Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de San Juan y enviando al abogado de la parte demandante el Lcdo. Héctor R. Díaz González, con dirección física en: Colinas de Bayoán, 616 Calle Guarionex, Bayamón, Puerto Rico 00957; Teléfono: (787) 379-6621, hectorrafaeldiazgonzalez@gmail.com. Se le apercibe y notifica que, si no contesta la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía en su contra y se dictará sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la Demanda, sin más citársele, ni oírsele. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy19 de julio de 2024. Griselda Rodriguez Collado, ECRETARIA REGIONAL.
Keren Oliveras Padilla, SUB-
SECRETARIO(A). LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR JOSEPHINE AUDAIN MOLINA POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE SU HIJA MENOR JVT
Parte Demandante Vs. MUNICIPIO DE VEGA BAJA; MULTINATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY; MULTINATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY; MAPFRE PRAICO INSURANCE COMPANY; ASEGURADORAS 1-8; CORPORACIONES 1-10; DEMANDADOS DESCONOCIDOS 1-10
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2022CV04312.
Sobre: DAÑOS Y PERJUICIOS. CITACIÓN POR EDICTO.
A: JOSÉ LUIS TOVAR OTERO - DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA.
Usted deberá comparecer a la vista de Solicitud de Autorización Judicial en el caso de epígrafe a través de videoconferencia el día 11 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Por videoconferencia: las partes recibirán un correo electrónico con las instrucciones específicas que deberán seguir para comparecer mediante videoconferencia. La videoconferencia es el equivalente a una vista presencial en el tribunal por lo que los (las) abogados (as) y partes deberán observar las normas de comportamiento y rigor en la discusión de los asuntos con la solemnidad acostumbrada. De tener alguna pregunta puede comunicarse con la línea de apoyo de la Oficina de Educación y Relaciones con la Comunidad de la Oficina de Administración de los Tribunales al (787) 641-6263. Para asistencia técnica podrá comunicarse al (787) 641-6225. Cualquier organización que no sea parte en este caso, que sea citada para la toma de una deposición o vista, deberá asigna uno(a) o más oficiales, directores(as), agentes gerenciales u otra persona que pueda consentir a testificara nombre de ésta y deberá, por cada persona designada, indicar las materias sobre las cuales la persona testificará.
LCDO. LUIS DOMINGUEZ FUERTES
Abogado de la Parte Demandante Licenciado Núm. 18,375 PO Box 364566, San Juan, PR 00936-4566 Teléfono 787-296-0000
ldominguezfuertes@gmail.com
Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, a 11 de
julio de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. LUREIMY ALICEA GONZÁLEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE RAFAEL SANTANA LAUREANO Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SJ2023CV08107. (Salón: 508 CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
REGGIE DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZRDIAZ@BDPRLAW.COM. A: SUCESIÓN DE RAFAEL
SANTANA LAUREANO, Y SUCESIÓN DE MERCEDES SANTIAGO
GUZMÁN, COMPUESTAS
POR: EDWIN SANTANA
SANTIAGO, CARMEN INÉS SANTANA
SANTIAGO, REY FRANCISCO SANTANA SANTIAGO, ARACELIS
SANTANA SANTIAGO
COMO HEREDEROS DE AMBAS SUCESIONES; LAURA ELENA GARCIA
SANTANA Y JOSE
RAFAEL GARCIA
SANTANA, COMO HEREDEROS POR SER NIETOS DE RAFAEL
SANTANA LAURANO Y MERCEDES SANTIAGO GUZMÁN, Y QUIENES A SU VEZ SON HIJOS DE LA HEREDERA
FALLECIDA: LAURA
NYDIA SANTANA
SANTIAGO “JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LAS SUCESIONES DE RAFAEL
SANTANA LAUREANO, SUCESIÓN DE MERCEDES SANTIAGO
GUZMÁN Y SUCESIÓN DE LAURA NYDIA SANTANA SANTIAGO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 12 de julio de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una
sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 16 de julio de 2024. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 16 de julio de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MARILY LÓPEZ MARTÍNEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO LIME HOMES, LTD.
Plaintiff V. MARCELO TORCHIO GOMEZ
Defendants Civil Action Num.: 19-cv01833. (JAG). Matter: FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE. NOTICE OF SALE.
To: MARCELO TORCHIO GOMEZ: AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC:
WHEREAS: On January 24th, 2023, Default Judgment was entered and grated day in favor of Plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal amount of $250,423.40, plus interests at a rate of 2.50% per annum since November 1, 2018, which continues to accrue until the debit is paid in full, late charged on the amount of 5.00% of each and any monthly installment not received by the note holder within 15 days after the installment is due, all advances made in accordance with the mortgage note including, but not limited to, insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% ($17,460.00) to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 150 or 400 Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master or its appointee was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or
certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the following address: Rondapro, 441 Calle E, Frailes Industrial Park, Guaynabo, 00969, Puerto Rico (18.3698414, -66.1125080), to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property described in Spanish: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Condominio Los Pinos de Carolina Norte. Apartamento: G-3 Oeste. Cabida: 55.58 metros cuadrados. Colindando el mismo por el NORTE, con el apartamento G dos Oeste; por el SUR, con el apartamento G cuatro Oeste; por el ESTE, con el patio central Sur del Condominio; y por el OESTE, con el pasillo central del piso, por donde tiene su puerta de entrada el apartamento por cuyo pasillo tiene salida el apartamento al vestíbulo central y a las demás áreas comunes del piso terrero de ambos edificios del condómino y a sus patios circundantes y a la calle en la colindancia Norte del solar. Le corresponde un área de estacionamiento marcado con el número y letra del apartamento. Enmendada la descripción Registral de este apartamento en cuanto a lo siguiente: que por error o inadvertencia en las operaciones Registrales al momento de individualizar este apartamento conforme a la escritura número 770, al Registro expresó incorrectamente el número del apartamento como 3-G Oeste, cuando lo correcto es que dicho apartamento fue descrito en la referida escritura como el apartamento G-3, Oeste, quedando nuevamente descrita la propiedad conforma a dicha escritura como se describió nuevamente al comienzo; segón Instancia suscrita el día 20 de septiembre de 2015, ante la notario Frances I. Ascencio Guido, inscrito al tomo Karibe de Carolina, finca número 31,628, inscripción 7ma. The property is recorded at Page 127 of Volume 598 of Carolina, Property Registry of Puerto Rico, and lot number 31,628, First Section of Caguas. The deed of mortgage is recorded at Page 213 of Volume 941 of Carolina, Property Registry of Puerto Rico, and lot number 31,628, 6th inscription. Property address: Condominio Los Pinos, Apartamento G-3, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00979. The deed of mortgage is recorded at Page 213 of Volume 941 of Carolina, Property Registry of Carolina, Sixth Section. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: NONE. Junior Liens: NONE. Other Liens: NONE. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each
bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. THEREFORE, the FIRST PUBLIC SALE shall be held on the 16 OF AUGUST OF 2024 AT 9:30 AM. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $174,600.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on the 23 OF AUGUST OF 2024 AT 9:30 AM, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $116,400.00, which is two-thirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale. If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD PUBLIC AUCTION will be held on the 30 OF AUGUST OF 2024 AT 9:30 AM, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $88,300.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the third public sale, the property may be awarded to the creditor for the entire amount of its debt if it is equal to or less than the amount of the minimum bid of the third public sale, crediting this amount to the amount owed if it is greater. The undersigned Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency (cash), or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied. WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the undersigned Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 11 day of July of 2024. JOSEL RONDA, SPECIAL MASTER.
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
Wordsearch
Marquee
Outlived
Parsec
Polices
Princes
Salts
Sapling
Shored
Tadej Pogacar returns to the top, winning the Tour de France
By VICTOR MATHER
When an athlete wins a championship two years in a row, but then slips to second the next two years, it’s fair to assume that he may be starting a downswing — that he is a cut below the new champion and that he will struggle to beat him in the years ahead.
But Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia turned the tables on his rival and the defending champion, Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark, this year in the Tour de France, completing a smashing victory Sunday to take his third title.
Pogacar’s championship was confirmed in the final time trial from Monaco to Nice on Sunday. Setting off last among the Tour’s 141 surviving riders, crouched over his time trial bike — with its solid rear wheel for aerodynamics — Pogacar in the race leader’s yellow jersey rode with the confidence of a sure winner. He capped his stellar three-week run with another stage win, his sixth, finishing 1:03 ahead of Vingegaard to take the Tour by 6:17 overall.
“After two hard years in the Tour de France, always some mistakes,” Pogacar said. “This year — everything to perfection. I am super happy to win here.”
The location (Nice, not Paris) and the format (time trial, not flat stage) were unusual for a final stage, but Sunday turned out to be the same as almost every Tour finale: a coronation more than an actual contest.
Pogacar had led by 5 minutes, 14 seconds going into the day, a lead that would have required an epic meltdown or total disaster of some kind to be overhauled.
Going into the weekend, after impressive day on impressive day in the mountains of France, Pogacar held a seem-
ingly unassailable lead of 3 minutes, 11 seconds. But there was always the chance he would melt down on the brutal Alpine climbs of the last two mountain stages. He did not, and instead extended his lead over Vingegaard, the winner of the previous two Tours.
On Friday, Pogacar attacked on a brief final climb with 5 miles to go and created a gap between him and Vingegaard. He then ran down Matteo Jorgenson of the United States, who had been up front for much of the day.
Leaving the field gasping behind him, Pogacar climbed to the ski station Isola 2000 and won the stage, his fourth of the race, and added almost two minutes to his overall lead.
Vingegaard, who was returning from broken ribs and a collarbone sustained in a crash in April, acknowledged afterward that the race was all but over, and Saturday seemed to focus more on holding second place over Remco Evenepoel of Belgium. On the final mountain of the Tour, the Col de la Couillole, the two leaders eventually left Evenepoel behind.
Vingegaard set the tempo with Pogacar glued to him. With a half-mile left, they dropped the last challenger, Richard Carapaz of Ecuador, and high in the Alps the two best riders in the Tour raced to the finish line.
There the winner was Pogacar again, accelerating away in the last couple of hundred yards, helped because Vingegaard was tired after leading for so long.
After Sunday’s time trial, Pogacar completed what is known as a double: winning the two biggest cycling tours, the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France, in the same season. He is the first to complete a double since Marco Pantani in 1998.
Of his third Tour win, Pogacar said: “This is the first one I was totally confident every day. Even in the Giro I had one bad
day — I won’t tell which one.”
Leaving aside Lance Armstrong, whose seven victories from 1999 to 2005 were stripped from him after revelations of drug use, the record for most victories in the Tour is five, held by four riders. Pogacar’s three tied him for sixth place.
Carapaz won the polka-dot jersey as best climber, Evenepoel won the white jersey as best young rider and Biniam Girmay of Eritrea, who had earlier in the race become the first Black African to win a Tour stage, won the green jersey as best sprinter.
Either Pogacar or Vingegaard has now won the last five yellow jerseys, and they have finished one-two the past four years. At ages 25 and 27, there is no reason to think their battles won’t continue for some years to come.
Warner Bros. Discovery matches rival bid to keep NBA broadcast rights
By TANIA GANGULI
Warner Bros. Discovery said Monday that it had matched a rival offer to air NBA games, a move aimed at allowing the company to keep the lucrative broadcast rights it has held for decades.
The competing offer was from Amazon, which has offered to pay the league a little more than $1.9 billion per season, according to two people familiar with the discussions who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss contract talks.
“We have reviewed the offers and matched one of them,” Warner Bros. Discovery said in a statement. An NBA spokesperson said, “We’ve received WBD’s proposal and are in the process of reviewing it.”
Warner Bros. Discovery did not identify which broadcast package it matched, but said its current contract allowed it to keep the rights if it matched competing offers. This so-called matching rights provision is “an integral part of our current agreement and the rights we have paid for under it,” the com-
pany’s statement said, adding, “We look forward to the NBA executing our new contract.”
The NBA has negotiated new rights contracts to broadcast its games the season after next. Last week, the league’s board of governors approved deals with Disney, Comcast and Amazon which are expected to bring in about $76 billion over the next 11 years. Disney, the parent of ESPN, and Warner Bros. Discovery paid roughly $2.66 billion annually under the old deal.
Warner Bros. Discovery has been broadcasting NBA games since the 1980s. Its channel, TNT, is home to the beloved show “Inside the NBA” in which former players Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal banter about the NBA with Ernie Johnson, the show’s host.
If the NBA declines to accept Warner Bros. Discovery’s matching efforts, the two sides will continue conversations, and Warner Bros. Discovery could pursue legal action, according to one of the people familiar with the discussions.
Amazon’s package of games would include one
conference finals series every other year, split with Comcast; the league’s newly renamed in-season tournament; and the play-in tournament.
Amazon would stream all of its games on its Prime streaming service, which could represent a tension point in the matching discussions. Warner Bros. Discovery primarily broadcasts games on TNT, though it did simulcast all TNT games on the streaming service Max last season.
The company had an exclusive negotiating window, as did Disney, which also broadcasts NBA games under the current contract. But while Disney reached an agreement with the league during that time, Warner Bros. Discovery did not.
“Regrettably, the league notified us of its intention to accept other offers for the games in our current rights package, leaving us to proceed under the matching rights provision,” the statement from TNT Sports read.
The NBA sent the rival contracts to Warner Bros. Discovery on Wednesday, giving the company five days to submit an offer to match.
The San Juan Daily Star
Answers to the Sudoku and Crossword on page 21
