Tuesday Jul 25, 2023

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PPD vacancy in district 26 to be decided on Sunday, August 6,

- Delegates endorse Jesus ‘Chui’ Hernandez -

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmchaul@gmail.com

The vacancy in representative district 26, which covers the municipalities of Villalba, Barranquitas, Orocovis and part of Coamo, will be filled after a Popular Democratic Party delegate primary to be held on Sunday, August 6, 2023. In it, the president of the Municipal Legislature of Villalba, engineer Jesús ‘Chui’ Hernández Arroyo competes for that House seat

The candidate pointed out that “for me public service is a natural vocation and I made the determination to make myself available to the delegates who will make the determination on Sunday, August 6,” explained the candidate. The PDP estimates that about 111 delegates are eligible to vote. It is outlined that most of the delegates will opt for Hernández Arroyo, like Julio López Santiago, who supports him “because I know his trajectory, his values and his desire to help the country, without a doubt, Puerto Rico needs young, prepared and committed leaders like him.”

For his part, Neftalí Burgos Colón, delegate for Orocovis, postulates that “our interest is to have a legislator who can follow up on the work in process, and without a doubt Chui Hernández has the capacity and experience.” The candidate has served for the past seven years in the Municipal Legislature of Villalba, where he has chaired the Public Works Commission, as well as the Recreation and Sports Commission. In the last three years he presides over the Municipal Legislature. In the private sector, he has worked as an engineer for the past 10 years.

The event will be held at the Federico Degetau Second Unit School, located at PR156 in Barranquitas, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. After the event, the results will be reported publicly. Hernández confirmed that he has the endorsement of Luis Javier Hernandez, Mayor Villalba, as well as all the municipal legislators of the PDP in Villalba, and the presidential delegate of the PDP in Barranquitas, Pablo Daniel Ortiz.

Likewise, the municipal legislators of Coamo, Carmen L. Colón Padilla and Francisco Cruz Burgos, expressed their support. Similarly, Domingo Hernández Miró, who chairs the Association of Municipal Legislators of Puerto Rico affiliated with the PDP, endorsed the engineer.

Renewable energy projects qualify for financing under US Energy Department program

By The STAR STAFF

The Loan Programs Office (LPO), attached to the US Department of Energy, has announced that renewable energy generation and storage projects that the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) is developing as part of its Acquisition Plan, are eligible for financing under the Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment (EIR) program.

Under the EIR program, renewable energy and battery-energy storage project developers can apply for ultra-low-interest, federally backed loans for up to 30 years.

“This is excellent news for Puerto Rico, as it makes my administration’s goal of transforming the electrical system into a resilient, reliable, clean, and affordable one even more viable,” Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro R. Pierluisi said in a recent statement. “We appreciate the decision of the Loan Programs Office of the federal Department of Energy, while we emphasize our commitment to continue efforts to continue advancing in compliance with our public energy policy”

The executive director of the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority, Omar J. Marrero, was confident that the decision would support efforts to achieve a prompt

transition to renewable sources.

“After months of close collaboration with the federal Department of Energy, we can say that we are confident that this determination will open the doors to an enormous injection of financing that should expedite the construction and deployment of new large-scale renewable energy assets in Puerto Rico,” he said.

The chairman of the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (NEPR), Edison Avilés Deliz, indicated that the decision validates the PREB’s work as a regulatory entity for the energy sector in Puerto Rico.

“At PREB, we remain focused on doing everything necessary to meet the goals established by law and regulation, and above

all, ensuring at all times the balance that protects the public interest,” explained Avilés Deliz.

As required by PREB, PREPA is executing a Procurement Plan to replace its fossil fuel generation assets with renewable energy generation and storage systems to achieve the public policy objectives of achieving 40% renewable energy generation by 2025, 60% by 2040, and 100% by 2050.

PREPA’s Procurement Plan is divided into phases. At each stage, PREPA publishes a Request for Proposals (RFP) to develop renewable energy projects capable of meeting certain generation goals. PREPA has executed several agreements for eligible technologies under the first stage of the Acquisition Plan. The RFP for the second tranche is currently in process. In contrast, the third fair tranche opened its proposal period on Tuesday, July 18.

The LPO determines that the projects already contracted under the first tranche of PREPA’s Acquisition Plan and those to be contracted under the second and third tranches would replace parts of the energy infrastructure that have ceased operating. This makes such projects partially eligible for the EIR, one of four components of the Clean Energy Financing Program under Title 17 of the US Energy Policy Act. Unlike the other three programs under the Title 17 program, projects under the EIR do not require

Senate president and secretary of education-designate report on visit to Ponce area schools

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmchaul@gmail.com

The president of the Senate Government Commission Ramoncito Ruiz Nieves, visited last Saturday several schools in the district of Ponce with the secretary-designate of the Department of Education, Dr. Yanira Raíces, in order to examine ‘in situ’ the conditions of the same.

“I appreciate the availability of Dr. Raíces to visit the twelve (12) municipalities that make up the Ponce Educational Region, which has an approximate enrollment of 36,351 premises, the improvements that are being made to this school and all the schools that make up the municipality of Ponce, “said the district senator.

From Ponce, the officials traveled to Peñuelas to join Mayor Gregory Gonsález Souchet to know at what stage the work is in the new Josefa Vélez Bauzá High School, which is being enabled at an approximate cost of $14 million.

“In it, some approaches were brought regarding the classrooms or spaces to carry out the therapies of the students who need them. In the same way, the issue of other pending facilities to be built was discussed since about 12 additional rooms are required, “ said Ruiz Nieves.

During the meeting, Raíces committed to both the Mayor and the Senator to coordinate matters concerning the schools to be operational as of Thursday, August 10 and be in compliance by Wednesday, August 16, so that the new school semester can begin. The team then moved to Yauco to assess the final stage of the construction of new modular classrooms at the Luis Muñoz Marín Vocational High School.

“We recall that the academic area comprises about 60 class-

rooms that were affected by the tremors of January 2020, which led this school to an “interlocking” program. The commitment is that by Wednesday, August 16, the project of the 31 rooms has been completed, which was divided into three phases, with the final phase of 11 rooms. Then we visited the Loiza Cordero High School, to know where we are at this date, and the possibility that by December of this year 2023, that school campus will be finished for the enrollment of the 235 students who study at the Loiza Cordero, “ said the legislator.

The visit to Yauco was coordinated so that Mayor Ángel Luis ‘Luigi’ Torres Ortiz was present, to discuss several projects on the existing campuses, and in the same way, include the two schools that the municipality is working to meet the total need of the educational area of Yaucán families. During the visit to the town of Guayanilla with Mayor Raúl Rivera, the issue of the new Hipólito García school to be built in the Los Indios neighborhood was discussed.

“This school plays a very important role, since currently the student population has to travel from Barrio Los Indios to the Rafael Dapena school in the urban center, which is a trip of about 45 minutes in the morning and then in the afternoon, therefore the construction of the modular school is a requirement to be able to replace the old Hipólito García school. Finally, our tour ended in Guánica, together with Mayor Ismael “Titi” Rodríguez, where we visited the new José Rodríguez de Soto modular school, the second largest modular school built in Puerto Rico after the telluric events,” added the senator.

“In this case, the demand of yours truly is that the five modular schools built will work the facilities of indoor courts so that students can practice the discipline of physical education in addition to having a recreation area and practicing various

sports. From there we went to the José Rodríguez de Soto school, a centennial building located in the Ensenada neighborhood so that Dr. Raíces could see the facilities and listen to the demands of the population to rebuild this structure that is an icon of the town of Guánica, “said Ruiz Nieves.

Finally, the senator again thanked the availability of the designated secretary of the Department of Education, and assured that he will continue to supervise responsibly. “If there is a sector of the population of the district of Ponce that has suffered hard from the earthquakes in the southern zone, it is the students. More than three years after those events, we have to continue to bring the claim of justice for them, “concluded the legislator.

Secretary-designate of Dept. Education, Dr. Yanira Raíces, and president of the Senate Government Commission, Ramoncito Ruiz Nieves, visited last Saturday several schools in the south.

Dalmau presents new commonwealth status redefinition

By The STAR STAFF

As Puerto Rico marks the 71rst anniversary of the founding of the commonwealth constitution on July 25, Senate President Jose Luis Dalmau announced Monday he would present a new proposal to develop the commonwealth status to Congressional leaders.

The proposal is contained in amendments to the Puerto Rico Status Act, legislation before Congress enabling a status plebiscite.

“Today, I announce that I will formally present before the congressional leadership of both parties a block of amendments to House Bill 2757 and Senate Bill 4560, authored by Senator Roger Wicker, to address this issue seriously. It was precisely Senator Wicker who was the first to include the Commonwealth as a legitimate option,” Dalmau said

The proposal for the development of the Commonwealth proposed by Dalmau notes that a vote for the commonwealth option is a mandate to empower the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under certain principles and parameters that define the nature of the political relationship with the United States.

The new commonwealth of Puerto Rico will be united to the United States through a formal pact of political autonomy. The pact will have the character of a permanent relationship, and any modification to the terms of the political relationship between both peoples must be approved by the people of Puerto Rico using a referendum.

Under the new pact, the US citizenship of persons born in Puerto Rico will be guaranteed and protected as established in the Constitution of the United States. The application, protections, and rights associated with said citizenship will equal those of

citizens born in the states.

Federal laws and programs will be enforced in Puerto Rico with the provisions of the autonomy pact. However, in the event that the government of Puerto Rico understands that the promulgation of a federal law or specific provisions of a statute or regulation of the United States government, modifies or affects the powers granted to the people of Puerto Rico with respect to their self-government, fiscal autonomy or cultural identity, the government of Puerto Rico may claim - through a Joint Resolution, approved by the Legislative Assembly and signed by the Governor - the exemption from the application of said laws or regulations.

The agreement will include an expedited mediation mechanism to address such claims.

The mechanism shall supersede the corresponding provisions of the Federal Relations Act of July 3, 1950 regarding the application of certain federal laws that, due to their scope, could unilaterally modify the island’s political autonomy.

“The new definition is the result of multiple conversations, legal and constitutional studies that we have required and it is not the authorship of a single person, but of a group of citizens, committed to the unity of purpose that they see in the commonwealth, the realistic and practical option that meets an undeniable reality: we are a Latin American and Caribbean nation, which is associated with it and we are citizens of the United States of

America,” he said.

The scope of this proposal broadens approaches made in the past.

On the one hand, the terms and conditions of the political relationship are finally established - through a formal and signed agreement, which would render section 9 of the Federal Relations Law null and void, which is the source that Congress uses to legislate unilaterally for the island. This legal fact of political autonomy will be as broad as the parties agree.

Likewise, the proposal creates a protection mechanism against federal legislation that seeks to affect powers already recognized in Puerto Rico, such as self-government, fiscal autonomy, and cultural identity.

Likewise, it protects US citizenship by birth, protecting health, education and housing funds, among others, as well as scholarships for the youth.

“In the letters that I will be sending, I will also request amendments to the texts of other status formulas; particularly about the impact of federal contributions under statehood on the country’s economy, the possible breach of the obligations contracted in the debt adjustment plan and the loss of sports sovereignty,” he said.

“The issue of political status is a serious matter and if we are going to promote congressional measures responsibly, they have to be inclusive, fair and they have to be separated from accommodative language that creates a false representation for voters about the consequences of each of the status formulas,” he said.

Inmates form cooperative in Mayagüez Detention Center

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmchaul@gmail.com

Six inmates of the Western Detention Center in Mayagüez, have formed a cooperative under the Cooperative Development Commission (CDCOOP), the first of its kind in this correctional institution, with the objective of producing and marketing agricultural products, said the commission on Monday. The new agro cooperative, called New Generation Multicoop Farmers (NG Coop), joins the eight already existing in the

facilities, seven of which are diverse and two juveniles.

“Under this social business model, NG Coop members will have the opportunity to promote their agricultural project and, through the principles of cooperativism, acquire leadership skills, parliamentary processes and economic models that will help them in their rehabilitation process and future incorporation into the free community,” explained Glorimar Lamboy Torres, commissioner of the CDCOOP in written statements.

In addition to promoting associated work, the formation of this cooperative implies the need to seek educational agreements to develop a training plan that allows the acquisition of knowledge and managerial skills. The secretary of the Department of Correction and Rehabilitation (DCR), Ana Escobar Pabón, sees in these cooperatives an additional alternative of rehabilitation and potential source of employment once the sentence is served.

During the ceremony of incorporation of the cooperative, the inmates expressed their satisfaction at being able to start a company.

Travis Bonilla, president of NG Coop, thanked both CDCOOP and DCR for their help and

support throughout the cooperative formation process.

“Creating this cooperative is an important step for the rehabilitation of the inmates. In the coming weeks, workshops will begin to manage the entire administrative part of NG Coop, hand-in-hand with our specialists,” concluded Lamboy Torres, who also chairs the Board of Directors of the Corporation for the Supervision and Insurance of Cooperatives in Puerto Rico (Cossec).

The cooperative called New Generation Multicoop Farmers is the first of its kind in Mayagüez correctional institution.

Senate President Jose Luis Dalmau

Carraízo reservoir clean-up declared a success

By Richard Gutiérrez richardsanjuanstar@gmail.com

An impressive 18 tons of rubbish were successfully extracted from the Carraízo Reservoir during the 15th annual cleaning event, held on Saturday, July 15, hosted by the Gurabo Fishing Club. This initiative, known as ‘For You and For Me, a Clean Carraízo,’ garnered support from multiple organizations and received assistance from the municipality of Gurabo.

The event was a collaborative effort, bringing together members of state and federal agencies, local communities, private entities, the Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewer Authority (AAA), the Department of Natural Resources, and the municipal governments of Gurabo and Trujillo Alto. Vice President of the fishing club, Migdalia Santana, expressed her satisfaction to the Star: “We were able to retrieve many large pieces of rubbish from the water, including refrigerators and tires.”

Since 2007, the Gurabo Fishing Club has been organizing these annual cleanups, consistently uniting different groups for more efficient results. Over the years, a cumulative total of 318 tons of floating and submerged trash has been removed from the reservoir.

Santana provided insights into the types of materials collected during the clean-up, stating, “We found a significant amount of metals and plastics, along with glass items, car tires, and numerous refrigerators. Boats played a crucial role in retrieving the refrigerators that were floating far away.”

Although this year’s event saw a slight decline in attendance compared to previous years, Santana praised the dedication of the dozens of volunteers who worked tirelessly to clean up the reservoir. “While

we expected more people, the support we received was still invaluable. Both those in boats and on the shores contributed to the clean-up effort, and the Municipality of Gurabo played their part by removing the collected trash with their garbage trucks,” Santana explained.

Despite the successful outcome, the absence of government officials raised questions. Santana speculated that the current circumstances might have led to conflicting schedules, but she emphasized their past support and gratitude for the assistance they had provided in previous clean-ups.

Highlighting the importance of diversity in attendance, Santana praised the volunteers from various backgrounds, ages, and professions. She stressed that involving young people creates environmental consciousness from an early age, as they spread the message of their involvement in the clean-up, leading to improved water quality not only in Carraízo but in all reservoirs.

While celebrating the success of the event, Santana acknowledged that much more effort is needed to educate the public about the sources of water contamination. She revealed, “Many items end up in the reservoir unintentionally because people place rubbish near their lands, and heavy rainfall causes landslides that carry the debris into the water. We must teach people how their trash ends up in the reservoir unknowingly, as it negatively impacts the water quality, necessitating additional chemical treatment by the AAA.”

Santana concluded by announcing future opportunities to contribute to nature and the environment, with the next cleaning event scheduled for April 20th, 2024, from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm.

PR delegation visit DC to advocate for SNAP program on the island

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmchaul@gmail.com

Representatives Angel Morey Noble and José “Che”

Pérez Cordero recently visited the Federal Capital to advocate for the transition of the PAN program to SNAP in order to provide food security to nearly 800,000 families on the island.

During the visit to Washington, the New Progressive Party representatives held meetings with various members of Congress and several of the congressmen’s legislative work teams, where they participated in key discussions

on issues of great benefit to Puerto Rico.

“We have been in constant discussions seeking to have the island included in the SNAP program, the approval of this measure would represent an estimated additional $1.5 billion for the purchase of food and the implementation of the program. It could also generate an increase in the labor participation rate by expanding the eligibility tables to provide food security to families on the island that benefit from the current PAN program,” said Morey Noble.

Morey Noble emphasized the importance of guaranteeing the inclusion of Puerto Rico in federal programs

that benefit families in situations of vulnerability, “we visited Congress to advocate for the necessary resources that correspond to us as American citizens, so that families living in Puerto Rico have the same benefits of each Puerto Rican family residing in the states of the American Nation.”

The calendar of visits was led by the executive director of Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration Luis Dávila Pernas, the interim secretary of the Family, Ciení Rodríguez Troche, the administrator of the ADSEF, Alberto Fradera Vázquez and citizens representing the private sector.

On the road with Will Hurd, the bipartisan candidate in search of a base

By JAZMINE ULLOA

It is the stuff of viral internet legend now. After snow disrupted their flights, Will Hurd, a former Republican congressman, and Beto O’Rourke, a Democrat from a neighboring district, climbed into a rented Chevy Impala and took a crosscountry road trip from their home state of Texas to Washington.

As they livestreamed what they called “a bipartisan town hall” to millions of Americans on Facebook and Twitter, featuring hourslong policy debates on health care, singalongs to Willie Nelson and doughnut runs, the two captured the national attention as Americans watched them cultivate a friendship, even as they disagreed.

More than six years later, on a sunny day this July, Hurd was on the road again, this time as a longer than long-shot presidential candidate, a moderate whose penchant for bipartisanship puts him at odds with the party’s current mood.

Riding in a rented gray SUV and cutting through the wooded highways of New Hampshire, he was seeking the spotlight once again, in a race for the Republican nomination that is being driven by some of the party’s loudest and most partisan voices.

“Have I changed my opinion that more unites us than divides us? No,” Hurd said, recalling the lessons he took from his trip with . O’Rourke. “People were craving something different — craving it.”

Hurd, 45, wants to show voters that he brings something different to the race. A Black Republican who has represented a majority Latino district and wants to broaden his party’s appeal, he is not, as he puts it, about “banning books” or “harassing my friends in the LGBTQ community.”

It’s a hard sell in a primary that so far has been dominated by culture-war issues that are the focus of the front-runners as well as by the legal issues surrounding former President Donald Trump.

Hurd has the most difficult of paths ahead. He has been on the campaign trail for only a little more than a month and is lagging behind his opponents in staffing, name recognition and fundraising. The latest quarterly filings showed he had just

$245,000 in cash on hand.

He may fall short of the qualifications for the first Republican primary debate on Aug. 23, which requires candidates to draw a minimum of 40,000 unique donors and at least 1% of voter support in three approved polls.

Even if he were to meet those requirements, he still might not get on the debate stage: He has refused to fulfill the Republican National Committee’s most disputed stipulation, that candidates sign a pledge to support their party’s eventual nominee. Not having a seat at the debate table means losing the most important lever to gaining attention in the primary.

At a pit stop outside Manchester, Hurd said he had no issue with championing another Republican. But he said he would not support Trump. “I’m not going to lie to get a microphone,” Hurd said, digging into a Philly cheesesteak and salty fries.

Back on the road, Hurd did not downplay the challenges. In interviews, town halls and political events, he is often quick to refer to himself as a “dark horse” or “a startup,” meticulously targeting the kind of voter that data suggests might be most open to his background and message. Those voters, he added, include a cross-section of people — Republicans,

independents and moderates — who are tired of the toxicity in politics, reject Trump and want someone with a vision for the future of the Republican Party. Proving that group of people indeed exists as a coherent base of support will be the ultimate test of his candidacy.

Hurd’s charisma and enthusiasm for wonky policy comes across in one-on-one conversations, but it remains to be seen how well his expertise will translate on the stump. At a 2024 presidential candidate speaker series at Dartmouth College, where he arrived that afternoon, an audience of more than 50 people seemed to gradually warm up to Hurd after a stiff start.

“We are in a competition — the Chinese government is trying to surpass us as a global superpower,” Hurd said, warning that artificial intelligence could lead to unemployment but could also help bridge inequality in education. “And I’m very specific. I say, the Chinese government. It’s not the Chinese people. It’s not the Chinese culture. It’s not Chinese Americans.”

Hurd has been a fierce and consistent critic of Trump but has remained a steadfast Republican with conservative values. Before the students at Dartmouth, he said he would be willing to sign a 15week ban on abortion, with exceptions

for certain cases, such as rape or incest. Like his Republican rivals of color, he walks a thorny line between rejecting the existence of a system of racism in America while describing situations that appear to fit the definition.

On the road trip through New Hampshire, he said that when his parents first arrived in San Antonio, they had to live in the only neighborhood where an interracial couple could buy a home. “There are still some communities that don’t have equal opportunity,” he said. But, “I don’t know if I’d call that systemic racism. I don’t call it that.”

At a Friday town hall at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, Thalia Floras, 60, a district retail manager and undecided Democrat, said her one concern with Hurd was his support for a ban on abortion. Yet she appreciated that he seemed open to listening to opposing views and did not resort to using phrases like “woke mob” or “radical left.”

Marie Mulroy, 75, a retired public health worker and an independent raised by a Republican mother and Democratic father, said she had donated to Hurd because he was compassionate, liked to work across the aisle and had “a better understanding of the world and where we are going in the future.”

In every good political argument, she said, “you have to have the thesis, antithesis and synthesis. But, “we don’t get the synthesis anymore,” she said. “And this is where the voters are — the voters are sitting in the synthesis.”

Will Hurd, a long-shot Republican candidate for president, drives to Manchester, N.H., after speaking at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., July 20, 2023.

Biden to name national monument for Emmett Till and his mother

One site is the church where Till’s funeral was held, Roberts Temple Church of God, in a historically Black neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side known as Bronzeville. Another is Graball Landing in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, where Till’s body is believed to have been pulled from the Tallahatchie River. A third site is the Tallahatchie County 2nd District Courthouse in Sumner, Mississippi, where an all-white jury acquitted Till’s killers.

Patrick Weems, executive director of the Emmett Till Interpretive Center in Sumner, said Sunday that the news of the monument had brought tears to his eyes.

“I’m so happy for the Till family and also our community that has worked tirelessly to get these sites recognized,” he said. “It’s just a lot of emotion.”

75-pound cotton gin fan to his neck with barbed wire and threw his body into the Tallahatchie River.

Till’s body was eventually pulled from the river, although his remains could be identified only by the silver ring on one of his fingers. One eye was gouged out, both of his wrists were broken and parts of his skull were crushed. His mother insisted on an open coffin at his funeral, asserting that “the whole nation had to bear witness to this.”

“They had to see what I had seen,” she wrote in her memoir. She went on to become a teacher and civil rights activist, and died in 2003.

By ANNA BETTS

President Joe Biden will establish a national monument Tuesday honoring Emmett Till, a Black teenager who was brutally killed in 1955, and paying tribute to his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, according to White House officials.

Till’s murder and the subsequent activism of his mother helped propel the Civil Rights Movement, and Biden will

memorialize both individuals when he signs a proclamation naming the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument.

As defined by the National Park Service, a national monument is a protected area similar to a national park. There are more than 100 national monuments in the country. The new monument will consist of three protected sites in Illinois, where Till was from, and Mississippi, where he was killed.

The establishment of the new monument Tuesday — which would have been Till’s 82nd birthday — comes amid polarized debates in the country about the teaching of Black history in public schools. Last week in Florida, the state’s Board of Education came under heavy criticism after approving a new set of standards for the instruction of African American history that includes teaching middle schoolers that enslaved people developed skills in their servitude that benefited them.

Weems said monuments like the one for Till and his mother help tell America’s story, playing a role in educating the country. “If we are to grow as a society,” he said, “we have to process past pain, past wounds that have taken place in this country, and Emmett Till represents some of those wounds.”

“I think this allows us to say never again, that this is not who we are anymore,” he added. “This is not who we want to be.”

In August 1955, Till was 14 years old and visiting relatives in the Mississippi Delta when he was kidnapped, tortured and killed after a white woman, Carolyn Bryant Donham, accused him of whistling at her at the store where she worked.

Her husband at the time, Roy Bryant, and J.W. Milam, his half brother, abducted Till at gunpoint and drove him to a barn about 45 minutes away. After torturing him, they shot him in the head and tied a

An estimated 250,000 mourners came during four days of public viewings to witness the horror for themselves, according to the The Chicago Defender, and many more saw photographs of Till’s body in Jet magazine.

The case went to trial, but an allwhite, all-male jury acquitted the two men, Bryant and Milam, who had been charged with murder. Later, a grand jury chose not to indict them on kidnapping charges. After the men were acquitted and immune from further prosecution, they confessed to the murder. Both are dead.

Last year, a Mississippi grand jury declined to indict Donham, whose accusations prompted the killing, on charges of kidnapping or manslaughter. She died in April.

In 2008, eight signs detailing Till’s story were installed in northwest Mississippi, including one in the area of Graball Landing. A year later, the sign at the spot on the river where Till’s body was discovered was stolen and thrown into the river. A replacement sign was soon marred with bullet holes. In 2018, another replacement was installed, but 35 days after it went up, it, too, was shot up. In 2019, a bulletproof sign was installed, along with a surveillance system.

The Rev. Willie Williams, the chair of the board of directors of the Emmett Till Interpretive Center, said in a statement Sunday that the national monument would be a symbol of healing. It will remind people, he added, that “out of the ashes of tragedy, beauty can emerge and that through collective action, we can transform pain into progress.”

A statue of Emmett Till, not far from where he was kidnapped and killed, in Greenwood, Miss., on Feb. 17, 2023.

A California bill would cap renters’ security deposits

By SOUMYA KARLAMANGLA

As rents have soared in California, so have security deposits. That’s because California law allows landlords to require up to the equivalent of three months’ rent from tenants as a security deposit. In San Francisco, where the median rent for a two-bedroom apartment is $3,961 a month, a tenant may have to deposit more than $10,000.

A bill moving through the state Legislature seeks to cap that cost, as part of a broader effort to make housing more affordable in California. According to one recent study, a lack of affordable housing is the primary reason for homelessness in California, a state with 12% of the U.S. population but 30% of the country’s homeless people.

Under rules established in 1977, landlords in the state can insist on the equivalent of two months’ rent as a security deposit for an unfurnished apartment, and three months’ rent for a furnished one. The new proposal would limit security deposits for all rental properties to no more than one month’s rent.

“It’s a huge burden for the over 17 million Californians that are renters,” Matt Haney, the assembly member who wrote the bill, said of high security deposits. “I’ve met people who live in their cars or in shelters who actually work full time but can’t move into housing because they can’t afford the upfront cost.”

The median rent in California has risen 35% since 2000, while the median household income for the state’s renters has increased 6%, according to a legislative analysis of the bill. “Security deposit amounts have likewise seen a significant increase over the same period,” the analysis said.

Haney said he was inspired to introduce the

legislation after meeting a janitor in his district, which encompasses the eastern half of San Francisco. The man was cramming into a one-bedroom apartment with his wife and two children. He could afford the monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment, but not the thousands of dollars needed for the security deposit, application fees, and first and last month’s rent payable in advance, he said.

“There’s a lot we need to do to reduce the cost of housing for everyone,” Haney said. “But this is something we can do right now to bring a lot of relief.”

The bill, AB 12, easily passed the Assembly in May, and the state Senate is now considering it. Haney said that more than 10 states, including New York, Massachusetts and Alabama, have similar caps.

The bill isn’t without its opponents. Several rental housing industry groups say the proposal could make it

untenable for landlords to take on new tenants and could ultimately reduce the housing supply. Smaller owners in particular might pull their units off the market because they won’t be able to take on the risk without the financial offset, the groups say.

Debra Carlton, a spokesperson for the California Apartment Association, a trade group that represents landlords, said that even the current security deposit limits did not always cover the damage that tenants left behind. And landlords sometimes have to spend thousands to evict tenants, she added.

“We understand the challenges tenants may have when it comes to coming up with a security deposit, but AB 12 is not the answer,” the association wrote in an opposition letter to Haney.

The Senate has until Sept. 14 to vote on the bill. If it passes, it would need Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature to become law.

The median rent in California has increased 35 percent since 2000, while the median household income for the state’s renters has increased 6 percent, according to a legislative analysis.

‘We must go faster.’ Yellen says rich nations must speed debt relief

Speaking in Gandhinagar, India, before a gathering of finance ministers from the Group of 20 nations, Yellen cited a recent agreement among international creditors, including China, to help Zambia pay its debts. She said that the agreement, which took more than a year to negotiate, should be a blueprint to use in helping other nations, such as Ghana and Sri Lanka, to accelerate debt relief and restore growth.

“We should apply the common principles we agreed to in Zambia’s case in other cases rather than starting at zero every time,” Yellen said. “And we must go faster.”

The Treasury secretary noted that more than half of low-income countries are in or near debt distress — double the total from 2015. These nations face a vicious cycle, because heavy public debt levels make it hard to attract public and private investment.

“When these countries develop and contribute to the global economy, all of us benefit,” Yellen said.

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Yellen said she would urge her G-20 counterparts to accelerate efforts to allow poor countries to restructure their debt and to provide more clarity for borrowers about how the restructuring should work.

Her trip to India comes less than a week after she returned from Beijing, where she held meetings with senior Chinese officials about how to stabilize the relationship between the United States and China.

Beyond debt distress, finance ministers are expected to discuss international efforts to modernize the World Bank and other regional development banks.

Finance ministers are expected to continue discussing international support for Ukraine, which has been a contentious issue within the G-20. Russia is a member of the group, and several countries, including India, have tried to remain neutral in the conflict.

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called Sunday for international creditors to speed up their efforts to provide debt relief to developing countries facing default, arguing that shoring up their deteriorating finances would benefit the global economy.

Last month, the government of Zambia hailed an agreement securing a three-year reprieve on payments for $6.3 billion in debt, the bulk of it to Chinese lenders. That cleared the way for the International Monetary Fund to release $188 million in relief funds under a $1.3 billion rescue package. The arrangement came only after a year and a half of torturous negotiations that left Zambia’s finances in a precarious

In her remarks Sunday, Yellen made clear that the United States and its Western allies have no intention of scaling back support for Ukraine.

“Our coalition’s support for Ukraine is unequivocal,” Yellen said. “The United States will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes. And I know the allies and partners in our coalition will do so as well.”

Why deep-sea mining is the next battleground in the energy transition

By EPHRAT LIVNI

Surging demand for metals used in electric vehicle batteries has kicked off an international race to mine the deep seas. And there are no rules.

Last week, the International Seabed Authority missed an important deadline to establish a regulatory framework, which means that companies can now apply for licenses before rules are final. Representatives from the agency, which is made up of 167 member states and the European Union, have gathered in Jamaica for two weeks to debate what should happen next.

Canada, France, Germany and others want to pause deep-sea mining because of its largely unknown environmental consequences. But countries including China, Norway and Russia are pushing ahead on establishing a framework, arguing that it is less destructive than land mining.

Seabed exploitation ventures, however, are eager to get started.

“We’re preparing our application,” said Gerard Barron, CEO of the Canadian-based Metals Co., which has an agreement with the Pacific island country of Nauru to sponsor its deep-sea mining endeavors.

The company preferred that there were final rules before acting, Barron told DealBook, “but we reserve the right to move forward.”

Regulators are under pressure to act. A United Nations

convention establishes waters beyond 12 nautical miles from a territorial coast as communal property, which means that profits from minerals discovered there should be shared to some extent. The ISA is responsible for setting up the structure for profit-sharing and taxing of mining efforts, as well as the legal and ecological guidelines. Or it could ban large-scale commercial mining altogether — though it’s not clear there is a legal path for a pause.

Mining could damage ecosystems that scientists don’t yet understand, said Jessica Battle, an ocean policy expert at the World Wildlife Fund. A study published in the journal Nature this past Tuesday, for example, argued that seabed mining could interfere with tuna migration patterns as climate change drives fish into new waters. Battle has been leading an effort to have businesses pledge not to finance seabed mining or source seafloor materials in their supply chains. More than 30 companies, including BMW, Google, Samsung, Volvo and Volkswagen, have signed on. Similarly, prominent banks in Britain, such as Lloyds and Standard Chartered, are refusing to do business with deep-sea mining entities. And seafood industry groups have demanded a moratorium.

Some also doubt the economic opportunity. Electric vehicles are expected to make up about 35% of cars sold globally by 2030, up from 14% in 2022, according to projections from the International Energy Agency. That growth will increase demand for metals like cobalt, copper and nickel that are used

in batteries. But critics say that the expense and logistics of mining in the remote ocean — and transporting metals back to land — raise doubts about whether deep-sea mining can be profitable. Battle argued other solutions in the works — like alternative materials and programs for reusing and recycling batteries — could sufficiently satisfy demand for critical metals. “This industry could start without being needed,” she said of deep-sea mining.

But seabed mining supporters say that existing mining is worse for the environment, and deep-sea mining could help wrestle control of critical metals from China and Russia. Some also see it as an economic lifeline for small island nations that are suffering the worst effects of climate change.

“Do not tell me to ignore the potential for promoting the green transition by not exploring these much-needed minerals for the green revolution that sit in my ocean,” Mark Brown, the prime minister of the Cook Islands, said at a U.N. climate conference last year. He referred to claims of environmental concern from countries that damaged the planet “through decades of profit-driven development” as “patronizing.”

Barron, who was in Jamaica for the ISA meetings this past week, pointed out that even some of the countries calling for a moratorium have exploration licenses that allow them to experiment with mining on a small scale for research purposes. He believes representatives are deciding not whether deep-sea mining can begin, but when. “That horse has bolted,” he said.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, arriving at a news conference in Gandhinagar, India, on Sunday.

US FDIC calls on banks to fix ‘inaccurate’ financial statements

The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on Monday called on some banks to fix their financial statements for “incorrectly” reducing the amount of uninsured deposits.

The banking crisis earlier this year has prompted regulators to draft new rules to make the industry more resilient.

In May, the FDIC had said it would charge a “special assessment” fee to recoup losses to its deposit insurance fund from the collapse of three U.S. banks.

That fee would be determined by the amount of uninsured deposits a bank held at the end of last year, the banking regulator had said.

The regulator said some banks were “not reporting estimated uninsured deposits in accordance with the instructions.”

“The chief financial officer (or the individual performing an equivalent function) and multiple directors of each insured depository institutions are required to attest to the correctness (of the report),” the FDIC wrote in a letter posted on its website.

Banks could submit up to three years of revisions, or more if appropriate, the regulator added.

With banking authorities tightening the standards, the companies are worried that going too far could add undue pressure to the industry at a time when many lenders are expecting demand for loans to taper off later in the year.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 113.89 points, or 0.33%, to 34,509.03, the S&P 500 lost 4.62 points, or 0.10%, to 4,505.42 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 24.87 points, or 0.18%, to 14,113.70.

For the week, the Dow was up 2.3%, the S&P 500 rose 2.4% and the Nasdaq advanced 3.3%. The S&P 500 remains up 17% for the year to date.

Among other financial company reports, Citigroup shares fell 4% after the lender’s quarterly profit tumbled, while BlackRock was down 1.5% after it posted a decline in quarterly revenue.

Some strategists said bank stocks may have sold off following recent strong gains.

The S&P banks index snapped a five-session winning streak along with the KBW regional bank index, which was down 1.9% on the day.

An index of high profile tech-related shares edged lower a day after registering a record high close.

Tesla, whose shares rose 1.3%, is the first of the growth giants to report, with earnings expected on Wednesday.

Volume on U.S. exchanges was 10.72 billion shares, compared with the 11.04 billion average for the full session over the last 20 trading days.

Declining issues outnumbered advancing ones on the NYSE by a 2.73-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 2.33-to-1 ratio favored decliners.

The S&P 500 posted 40 new 52-week highs and 4 new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 97 new highs and 60 new lows.

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showed weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fell last week, indicating that the labor market remains tight.

Focus also is shifting to the second-quarter U.S. earnings season kicking off this week. Shares of JPMorgan Chase ended up 0.5% ahead of its quarterly results due before the opening bell Friday.

“We might have another quarter here where the positive sentiment will continue,” said Alan Lancz, president of Alan B. Lancz & Associates Inc. in Toledo, Ohio.

“As long as expectations and guidance are in line, that’s what a lot of institutional investors will be looking at.”

Delta Air Lines ended near flat after rising on news it lifted its full-year profit outlook, citing a relentless post-pandemic travel boom.

PepsiCo shares jumped 2.4% after the company raised its annual revenue and profit forecasts for the second time.

Among the day’s other gainers, shares of Google parent Alphabet Inc shot up 4.7%. It said it was rolling out its artificialintelligence chatbot Bard in Europe and Brazil, easing worries about overseas regulatory issues.

Recent weakness in the U.S. dollar could be among positives for U.S. multinational companies for future earnings, strategists said.

Russia strikes Danube River port, escalating attacks on Ukrainian agriculture

By MATHEW MPOKE BIGG

Russia bombarded infrastructure at a port on the Danube River in southern Ukraine with drones, local authorities said Monday, destroying a grain hangar in an escalation of its efforts to cripple Ukrainian agriculture, one of the country’s leading industries.

The attack appeared to signal that Moscow, having pulled out from a deal that enabled Ukraine to ship its grain across the Black Sea, is now targeting the country’s alternative export routes.

Global wheat prices, which rose last week after Russia pulled out of the Black Sea grain deal, rose around 5.5% in Monday morning trading.

A local news website in the port of Reni said the attacks had happened there and published a photograph of the aftermath. Reni, a town of around 18,000 people more than 130 miles southwest of the city of Odesa, lies on the east bank of the Danube, just across from Romania, which is a member of NATO.

Romania’s Ministry of Defense on Monday condemned an attack on civilian targets and critical infrastructure in Ukraine “located in the proximity of the Romanian borders,” an apparent reference to the drone strikes. The ministry said it was maintaining a posture of “enhanced vigilance” with its allies along the alliance’s eastern flank.

“There are no potential direct military threats against our national territory or Romania’s territorial waters,” the ministry said in a statement.

The drone attack occurred over the course of four hours, Oleh Kiper, the head of the regional military administration, wrote on the Telegram messaging app, add-

ing that three drones were shot down by Ukraine’s air defenses. He said seven people were injured, three with light shrapnel wounds and one who was in serious condition.

Mike Lee, director of Green Square Agro Consultancy, which specializes in the Black Sea and Eastern Europe, said the attack appeared to be the first on a Danube port this year. He called it a “massive escalation” by Moscow in terms of the effect it could have on Ukraine’s ability to use alternative routes for its exports.

Since the Kremlin pulled out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative last week, its forces have launched attacks nearly every night on the city of Odesa and its Black Sea port, destroying grain stocks and infrastructure.

Those attacks, along with Moscow’s warning that it would consider any ship approaching Ukraine’s Black Sea ports as potentially carrying military cargo, made Ukraine’s alternative grain routes more important.

Ukraine has been exporting around 2 million metric tons of grain per month through its Danube River ports, according to Benoît Fayaud, deputy executive director of Stratégie Grains, an agricultural economy research firm.

The attack on Reni could deter commercial vessels from using the port in the short term and could raise the cost of insurance, Fayaud said. He said the assault on the port was likely one reason for the rise in wheat prices.

Ukraine is a major producer of grain and other food crops. The United Nations has said that Russia’s attempts to stop Ukraine’s exports exacerbate a hunger crisis faced by some countries in Africa and the Middle East, including Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and South Sudan. Ukraine exports grain via road and rail into European Union countries, as well as via the Danube ports. Last summer, Brussels took steps to smooth the path for Ukraine’s overland grain exports.

But after protests by farmers in some EU countries, the bloc allowed Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia to ban domestic sales of Ukrainian wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds, though they continued to allow the transit of those items for export elsewhere.

The ban is expected to end Sept. 15. Last week, however, ministers from those five countries called for the bloc to allow the bans to be extended — a call that further underlined the importance of the Danube River ports to Ukraine.

Israeli Parliament passes law to limit judicial power

By PATRICK KINGSLEY

The Israeli parliament passed a law Monday that limits the Supreme Court’s ability to overturn decisions made by government ministers, completing the first stage of a wider and deeply contentious effort to curb the influence of the judiciary.

The court is now barred from overruling the national government using the legal standard of “reasonableness,” a concept that judges previously used to block ministerial appointments and contest planning decisions, among other government measures.

The enactment of the law is the government’s first victory in a seven-month effort to reduce the court’s power. Previous plans that would have allowed parliament to overrule the court’s decisions and give the government more sway over who gets to be a Supreme Court justice were suspended by the government in March, after an eruption of street protests, labor strikes and disquiet in the military.

The new law passed despite a similar level of opposition, as well as criticism from the Biden administration. Large parts of the country fear that the legislation undermines the

quality of Israel’s democracy and will allow the government — the most ultranationalist and ultraconservative in Israeli history — to build a less pluralist society.

The government and its supporters say the legislation will in fact improve democracy by giving elected lawmakers greater autonomy over unelected judges, allowing them to more easily carry out the policies that they were elected to enact. The court can still overrule the government using other legal measures.

This disagreement is part of a much wider and longrunning social dispute about the nature and future of Israeli society. The ruling coalition and its base generally have a more religious and conservative vision, and see the court as an obstacle to that goal. The opposition tends to have a more secular and diverse vision, and consider the court as a standard-bearer for their cause.

The concept of reasonableness, never defined in a written statute, had become an emblem of that rift. In Israel, judges generally consider a decision unreasonable if they conclude it was made without considering all relevant issues or without giving relevant weight to each issue, or by applying too much weight to irrelevant factors.

The ruling coalition viewed this standard as too subjective, and allowed for too much judicial meddling. The opposition saw it as a safeguard against government overreach.

Furniture is removed from a house that was struck by Russian air bombardment in the town of New York in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, July 23, 2023.

The measure restricts the ways in which judges can overrule the government. The plan has deeply divided Israelis, and opponents are petitioning the Supreme Court to intervene.

Seeking full honors, some Ukrainian families wait to bury their dead

By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD

Dmytro Gubariev’s remains have been sitting in his bedroom for 10 months, unmoved. That’s how long his mother has been waiting to bury his ashes.

His mother, Iryna Gubarieva, 52, is determined to ensure that her son, who died defending the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, is laid to rest as a hero in a long-promised National Military Memorial Cemetery — and says she knows that many other families are doing the same.

“We go to funeral ceremonies of his comrades-in-arms who are identified, and basically everyone remains unburied,” Gubarieva said, her voice starting to shake. “Families are waiting for this cemetery.”

Thousands of families have buried fallen soldiers in ordinary cemeteries across Ukraine, the graves, adorned with tributes, forming “Alleys of Heroes.” But Gubarieva and others in similar situations say that not only are those sites filling up after 17 months of war but that only a memorial akin to the United States military’s Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington befits their loved ones’ sacrifices.

“Defending our Ukraine, they are making a heroic deed, they are dying,” Gubarieva said, digging a fingernail into her palm. “We want it to be a worthy commemoration.”

Plans for a Ukrainian version of Arlington have been in the works for more than a decade. In May 2022, about three months after the war began, Ukraine’s parliament adopted a law that provided for a National Military Memorial Cemetery. In March, the government said that a site had been chosen — 20 acres of woodland in outer Kyiv — but construction has not begun.

Families like Gubarieva’s have attended meetings, written letters and staged a protest. They say that promises were made and that delays are complicating the grieving process.

“It is very difficult, because the ritual is not completed as it should be,” Gubarieva said.

Ukraine’s minister of Veterans Affairs, Yulia Laputina, said in written responses to questions that the speed of construction depended on solving an issue of land allocation. She did not provide further details, but she said that she and her colleagues “regularly communicate with the families of fallen heroes and understand their needs” and “will do everything necessary to implement this project.”

It is impossible to know how many families are holding out to bury their dead with the honor that they believe only a national cemetery could provide; the recent protest in Kyiv drew about two dozen people. But their an-

guish reflects the complicated reality of trying to memorialize soldiers killed in an ongoing war whose history is not yet fully written.

Dmytro Gubariev was killed April 15, 2022, in Mariupol, where he had been fighting with Ukraine’s Azov regiment.

September will mark one year that her son’s ashes have awaited burial, Gubarieva said.

“This is not normal,” she sighed, lamenting the lack of a grave for his loved ones to visit.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Veterans Affairs is undoubtedly overwhelmed, dealing with the rehabilitation of hundreds of thousands of veterans — all while the ranks keep growing.

And Arlington, which inspired Ukraine’s project, itself had complex origins: It was initially created during the Civil War, more to address overcrowding in existing cemeteries than as a uniquely august memorial site.

That is little consolation to Viktoria Krasovska, who sometimes carries her husband’s remains in a backpack to his mother’s house, placing them on a mantle that has become a small shrine.

“They have already promised,” she said. “Let them fulfill their promise for once.”

Burying her husband, Vitaliy Krasovsky, in a civilian cemetery would not only be disrespectful, Krasovska said — there is also the question of space.

“Every day our soldiers are killed, and we don’t know where to bury them, because everything is already overcrowded,” she said.

Ukraine’s military has not released casualty figures from the war. Leaked Pentagon documents estimated that up to 17,500 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed in action as of February. Fighting has continued to rage since, with Kyiv launching a counteroffensive last month to recapture Russian-occupied territory,

a campaign that has incurred high casualties.

Breaking ground on a National Military Memorial Cemetery designed to hold 50,000 dead could send a chilling message about losses in a war for which no end is in sight.

But Krasovska scoffed at that idea, saying that the toll was already clear.

“Every person who lives in the city or in the countryside sees cemeteries with military flags everywhere,” she said, adding, “Just look at the flags on Independence Square” in Kyiv.

Krasovska said she understood that Ukrainian officials had other priorities — but not why the cemetery could not be addressed at the same time.

“Why not do it in parallel?” she asked. “After all, the war is ongoing and will continue for who knows how many years. Why not take this step now so that the families of the fallen soldiers and the soldiers themselves can be properly honored and buried?”

For her and Gubarieva, it comes down to promises made, and respect for the fallen.

Vitaliy was already a soldier when they met, through a classmate.

“It was love at first sight,” Krasovska said, beaming at the memory. “I felt something — a fire,” she added, tapping her chest.

They were legally married Oct. 10, 2021, and her husband returned to his base with the Azov regiment in Mariupol three days later. They had planned to celebrate last summer, but Russia’s full-scale invasion on Feb. 24 last year shattered their plans.

Within a week, it was clear that Mariupol

was in trouble, Krasovska said. The city was under daily bombardment.

Her husband would climb onto a rooftop to get phone service, allowed just 40 seconds for each call. But on March 18, they spoke for five minutes; Krasovska said she was alarmed.

“I tried to support him, tried not to cry,” she said. “I asked him if he could promise that he would come back. He said he couldn’t promise, but he would do his best.”

Two days later, he was killed. It took three months to get his remains back through an exchange of bodies; Krasovska identified them by one of her husband’s eight tattoos, a skull on his leg.

“There was almost nothing left to bury, so we had it cremated,” she said.

She echoed Gubarieva in saying that her husband and his fellow Azov fighters had discussed their wishes: “They wanted to be buried together, just as they served.”

A National Military Memorial Cemetery would grant that, plus space to reflect and visit. Equally important, she said, is that it would help safeguard their legacy.

“We have to bury our military in the right way so that they are remembered, because they gave the most important thing they have, their lives,” Krasovska said as her voice started to catch. She sighed and swallowed deeply.

She called the delays around the cemetery frustrating but insisted that she would wait.

“We have to do this for them,” she added. “We shouldn’t sit and cry. We should get what they deserve.”

Viktoria Krasovska holding the urn containing the ashes of her husband, Vitaliy Krasovsky, at her mother-in-law’s apartment in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 14, 2023.

Short-term pain for long-term gain? Nigerians buckle under painful cuts.

By ISMAIL ALFA, ELIAN PELTIER and NELSON C.J.

Ateacher in northern Nigeria walks three hours to school every day, no longer able to pay for a ride in a tuk tuk rickshaw. Bakers operate at a loss amid soaring flour prices. Workers in Lagos sleep overnight in their offices to avoid the prohibitive cost of commuting.

Since President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria was sworn in less than two months ago, he has shaken up his country with economic decisions that have been welcomed by investors and international backers, but been devastating to the livelihoods of many Nigerians.

Now the question is whether Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, with 220 million people, will thrive or just get sicker from the bitter medicine dispensed by its new president.

Tinubu set off shock waves when he announced during his inaugural speech on May 29 that he was ending a fuel subsidy that for decades had given Nigerians some of the cheapest oil in Africa, but amounted to one-quarter of the country’s import bill. Gas stations tripled their prices overnight. Transportation fares, electricity and food prices followed.

The government declared a state of emergency this month to deal with the soaring cost of food, and said it will begin distributing grains and fertilizer to boost production.

Still, investors have rejoiced over Tinubu’s moves, considering them necessary to fix Nigeria’s ailing economy. Nigerian stock prices have reached their highest valuation in 15 years. Consultancies are buzzing that Nigeria is open for business again.

“It’s about short-term pain and longterm gain,” said Damilola Akinbami, a Lagos-based chief economist at Deloitte,

a consulting firm. “Nigeria had reached a point where it was not if, but when it should remove the fuel subsidy.”

The impact has been far-reaching.

Atinuke Bolajoko, 43, a civil servant in Ilorin, a city in central Nigeria, said she stopped feeding rice to her three children, and switched to gaari, a mixture made from processed cassava, and a dish usually consumed by low-income Nigerians.

“We’ve never seen prices so high in the market,” said Bolajoko, a single mother.

A spike in wheat prices following the collapse of a deal that allowed Ukrainian ships carrying grain to bypass a Russian blockade could worsen food insecurity further, humanitarian groups have warned. Nigeria is one of the world’s largest importers of wheat and its national currency has sunk against the dollar in recent weeks.

In Kano, Nigeria’s second-largest city, Sani Mamman used to ride a three-wheeled tuk tuk taxi to the primary school where he teaches every weekday. But with his monthly salary of about $49, he said he can’t afford new daily round trip fares of $2, up from 75 cents before the fuel subsidy removal.

Instead of his usual 30-minute commute, Mamman, a father of five, leaves shortly after his morning prayer and walks for nearly three hours, making it just in time for the beginning of classes at 8 a.m.

“Prices keep soaring

every day, while our paycheck has remained static for years,” he said.

Tinubu won Nigeria’s presidential election in March amid a historically low voter turnout and allegations of vote-rigging that his opponents have taken to court, where they are now awaiting a ruling. Many Nigerians who had been energized by a younger candidate regarded Tinubu as an ailing stalwart of the old guard, and expected that little would change from the administration of his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari.

But his first two months in power may indicate otherwise, said Akinbami from Deloitte.

Tinubu has fired the head of Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency and the chief of its central bank, whom he blamed for leaving the country’s financial system “rotten.” The bank’s new leadership has eased foreign exchange rates to reduce the gap between the official and black-market rate, a key demand of international backers.

Yet the fast-paced moves come with little cushioning and amid multiple crises. Earlier this year, massive cash shortages left countless Nigerians unable to buy essential items. Kidnappings and a jihadi insurgency hamper business activities.

More than one-third of Nigerians are now unemployed. Two-thirds of the country’s 220 million people live in poverty, with an additional 7 million expected to join them this year, according to the World Bank. This month, inflation reached nearly 23%.

“The cost of living crisis that the West

has been complaining about for the last two years? Nigeria has faced that for the past eight years,” said Joachim MacEbong, a senior governance analyst at Stears, a Nigerian data and intelligence company.

“While Buhari kicked the can down the road,” MacEbong added, “Tinubu immediately ripped off the Band-Aid.”

In Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, many office workers now spend the night in their offices to save on transportation.

Most experts agree that the removal of the oil subsidy should free much-needed resources. Nigeria is Africa’s second-largest oil producer, but its refineries remain largely dysfunctional, so it imports most of the refined fuel that it uses. That has left its economy highly dependent on fluctuating exchange rates and international oil prices.

In 2020, when prices were low, Nigeria paid about $350 million in oil subsidies. Last year, it paid $10 billion, nearly 30 times more.

In the first six months of this year, it spent twice as much per capita on the subsidy as on education, and at least three times as much as on health.

Tinubu has yet to announce changes in those sectors. But the ongoing crisis has threatened to make it even harder for Nigerians to access health care and afford medications, doctors said in interviews.

Tosin Agbaje, a junior resident doctor training in mental health at a hospital in southwestern Nigeria, said that the number of patients he tends on an average day went from 10 to two since the fuel subsidy removal.

“It means more relapse, more deaths at home,” he said.

To soften the blow, Tinubu’s government said it would increase the supply of grain and fertilizer and raise the salaries of civil servants. It has also vowed to give cash to Nigeria’s poorest households, although an initial plan to provide a monthly emergency stipend of about $10 for the next six months was paused after many blasted the plan as insufficient.

Mamman, the primary schoolteacher in Kano, said he hoped his family would qualify for any government relief, to help him pay bills and maybe buy a bike to get to work.

“Nigerians are ready to sacrifice to improve the lives of future generations,” Mamman said. “But it must be done with policies that have a human face.”

A market in Kano, Nigeria, this month. Food prices have risen in part because of the removal of fuel subsidies.

Everything’s coming up soft landing

By PAUL KRUGMAN

The latest numbers on consumer prices arrived Wednesday, and they were better than even optimists had expected. Even media reports, as far I can tell, generally omitted the “but concerns remain” qualifiers that have seemed mandatory when covering good news about the Biden economy.

Which is not to say that everyone was happy. Republicans are more or less in denial, no doubt worried that they may be losing pretty much their only substantive campaign issue — leaving them with nothing to run on besides wokeness and Hunter Biden. And there have been some fairly peevish reactions from economists who had committed themselves to the grim view that we would face a nasty “sacrifice ratio” — that controlling inflation would require years of high unemployment.

For this report was anything but grim. It strongly suggested that we may be heading for a soft landing — a return to acceptable inflation without a large rise in unemployment. We’re not there yet, and I’ll talk shortly about what may still go wrong. But a happy outcome that not long ago seemed like wishful thinking now looks more likely than not.

To understand what the report told us, you first need to know that few serious analysts paid much attention to the two numbers that dominated most news reports: overall inflation and “core” inflation, excluding food and energy, over the past year.

Overall inflation has been driven largely by clearly temporary swings in volatile prices: The 16.5% decline in energy prices over the past year isn’t going to be repeated.

Core inflation, on the other hand, is at this point dominated by official shelter prices, which lag behind market rents by a year or more. So the core number is still reflecting the big 2021-22 run-up in rents, itself probably driven by the rise in remote work rather than what’s happening to the economy now.

So most of us now look at measures that try to bypass these distortions. I’m a fan of “supercore,” core inflation excluding shelter and used cars. Others prefer different measures, but they’re all telling the same story: a rapid decline in underlying inflation, even though the unemployment rate is the same as it was a year ago.

Supercore inflation, for example, was 3.5% over the past year, 2.7% at an annual rate over the past six months and 1.1% over the past three months. Even I don’t believe that threemonth figure, which was probably depressed by statistical noise, but the six-month number is down from 6.8% a year ago — and it’s not too far from the Federal Reserve’s target of 2%. And this decline has, as I said, happened without any rise in unemployment.

Why have things gone so well? Part of the answer is probably that until recently, disruptions related to the pandemic were still driving some inflation, but those disruptions have been fading away. Part of the answer may also be that when the economy is running hot, policies that cool it down — such as the Fed’s recent rate hikes — may reduce inflation without much adverse effect on employment.

So what can still go wrong?

First, this might be a statistical head fake; noisy data might be making things look better than they are, or future data revisions may take away some of the good news. I don’t think that’s happening, but anyone who’s been following inflation data these past few years is always worried about that possibility.

Second, most estimates of underlying inflation are still running significantly above the Fed’s target (although in the case of my preferred measure, not by much), and some economists argue that squeezing out that last bit will be painful. All I can say is that we’ve been hearing such warnings about the “last mile” in fighting inflation for quite a while, and so far, underlying inflation has just continued to fall. Also, if getting all the way down to 2% will be really hard, should we even bother?

Finally, we might get a recession even if we don’t need one to control inflation. So far, the economy has proved remarkably resilient in the face of rising interest rates, but monetary policy often works with a lag, so there might, to mix metaphors, still be a recession in the pipeline.

So we haven’t touched down on the runway yet, and a soft landing isn’t guaranteed. But it now looks amazingly within reach.

And if we do get that soft landing, I hope we’ll see some reevaluation of economic policy over the past years. Both the Biden administration and the Fed have been the targets of harsh criticism for initially missing the risk that engaging in large federal spending while keeping interest rates low would lead to inflation. But they have presided over a remarkable burst of job creation, not only reversing the job losses from the pandemic recession in one of the fastest recoveries in modern history but also arguably creating the best job market in a generation.

The 2021-22 burst of inflation was a shock, but if it turns out to have been temporary and ends without major suffering, it will be hard to avoid the conclusion that recent economic policy has, all things considered, been pretty darn good.

Todo listo en Aguada para conmemorar la Constitución del ELA

El alcalde de Aguada, Christian Cortés Feliciano, informó que ya el equipo del Municipio está listo para los actos oficiales en conmemoración de los 71 años de la firma de la Constitución del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, que se celebran en dicho municipio del oeste hoy martes a las 2:00 de la tarde en el Centro de Convenciones.

“La Carta Magna es el documento fundamental que todos los puertorriqueños que protege nuestros derechos y organiza nuestra forma de gobierno de manera democrática. Mañana martes recibiremos a un grupo de funcionarios y ciudadanos que fomentamos la educación sobre la importancia de este documento”, señaló el Alcalde.

El Centro de Convenciones de Aguada está localizado en el Centro de Servicios Cooperativos en la PR115 km 24.6, en una zona con amplio estacionamiento. El mensaje principal de la conmemoración está a cargo del presidente de la Comisión

de Gobierno de la Cámara de Representantes, licenciado Jesús Manuel Ortiz.

El presidente del Senado y el Alcalde de Aguada ofrecerán sus saludos de bienvenida y se hará un reconocimiento especial a un grupo de atletas aguadeños. Jóvenes pertenecientes a la academia de baile Aguada Center Stage, bajo la dirección de la profesora Rosemary Rodríguez, harán una presentación especial a los invitados.

“La Constitución del Estado Libre Asociado fue ratificada por el pueblo de Puerto Rico en un referéndum el 3 de marzo de 1952, aprobada de igual manera por el Congreso de los Estados Unidos, y promulgada por el Presidente Harry S. Truman el 3 de julio de 1952. El 25 de julio de 1952, el gobernador Luis Muñoz Marín proclamó en un acto público la efectividad de la Constitución, para beneficio de todos los puertorriqueños”, finalizó Cortés Feliciano.

Alcaldesa de Salinas propone medidas legales adicionales para protección de manatíes

L a alcaldesa de Salinas, Karilyn Bonilla Colón, reaccionó al anuncio emitido ayer por el coordinador federal de Recuperación por Desastre de la Agencia federal de Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA), José Baquero, sobre la asignación de $120,000 al Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (DRNA) para instalar rótulos que alerten al público cuando están cerca de estos animales marinos.

“Por supuesto que se agradece el gesto, pero hay que hacer más a nivel de afianzar y aplicar las leyes de una manera distinta a lo que se ha hecho hasta ahora. Por eso insistí en coordinar el encuentro que llevamos a cabo hoy lunes entre el presidente del Senado, José Luis Dalmau, el director del Centro de Conservación de Manatíes del Caribe, Dr. Antonio Mignucci, su personal, así como el compañero alcalde de Guayama, O’brain Vázquez Molina a los fines de establecer medidas innovadoras para proteger esta especie en peligro se extinción”, añadió la Alcaldesa. Del encuentro participaron además el presidente de la Legislatura Municipal de Salinas, Edgar A. González Moreno, el nuevo senador por el distrito de Guayama, Héctor Santiago y los representantes Luis R. Ortiz, Mariana Nogales y Edgardo Feliciano, quien preside la Comisión de Recursos Naturales de la Cámara.

Por su parte, el alcalde de Guayama, O’brain Vázquez Molina señaló que como parte del compromiso del Municipio con la protección ambiental y educación pública, próximamente hará una aportación al CCMC. A eso se suma la intensificación de las labores preventivas de la Policía Municipal de Guayama. Entre las medidas a analizarse a nivel legislativo

propuestas por la Alcaldesa están la inspección de embarcaciones para verificar las medidas de seguridad reglamentarias y reevaluar los registros de multas y marbetes. En el caso de las licencias, que actualmente no caduca, que se aplique un proceso de renovación. “Declarar la la Bahía de Salinas como zona de no anclaje es otra de las opciones, en colaboración con el Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (DRNA). Al día de hoy hay unas setenta y cinco (75) embarcaciones ancladas en la zona, algunas de ellas abandonadas, que representan riesgo en caso de eventos atmosféricos adversos”, señaló. De igual manera, se evalúa la ampliación de la prohibición de no sobrepasar las cinco (5) millas de navegación a lo largo de la zona gastronómica y Comunidad Playa, donde hay gran prevalencia de avistamientos de manatíes.

Bonilla Colón expuso además que el personal del Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (DRNA), concretamente el Cuerpo de Vigilantes “hacen lo que pueden con las grandes limitaciones que le ha impuesto tanto el gobierno central como la Junta de Supervisión Fiscal (JSF). El personal es insuficiente”.

Datos oficiales del Centro de Conservación de Manatíes del Caribe (CCMC), que dirige el Dr. Mignucci en colaboración con el recinto de Bayamón de la Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico (UIPR), señalan que la zona entre Salinas y Guayma es, por sus particularidades costeras y marítimas, una de las zonas de mayor avistamiento de manatíes en todo Puerto Rico. La semana pasada, el Municipio de Salinas hizo una aportación inicial de $10,000 al

CCMC, que es una organización sin fines de lucro que opera con donaciones, teniendo gastos anuales de $750,000.

“Nosotros exhortamos a todos los que puedan que hagan su aportación a esta causa ambiental, pero hay que hacer más en cuanto a la manera irresponsable que algunos dueños de lanchas y motoras acuáticas particularmente hacen uso de estos vehículos de motor y hélices. Al sobrepasar cinco (5) millas en las zonas costeras, se convierten en una amenaza mortal para los manatíes. Es preciso ver los ejemplares que se cuidan en el CCMC cómo sus cuerpos están lastimados por las cicatrices causadas por el ser humano”, finalizó Bonilla Colón.

Five children’s movies to stream now

By DINA GACHMAN

This month’s picks include an outer space road trip, a reimagining of “Peter Pan” and a nautical adventure based on a true story.

‘My Father’s Dragon’ Stream it on Netflix.

“My Father’s Dragon,” an adaptation of the 1948 children’s novel of the same name by Ruth Stiles Gannett, follows a young boy named Elmer (Jacob Tremblay, recently the voice of Flounder in “The Little Mermaid”) who is living a blissful life with his mother, Dela (Golshifteh Farahani). When Dela’s business shuts down, it forces her to move to a city tenement and scramble for work. A black cat (voiced by Whoopi Goldberg) tells Elmer to journey to a place called Wild Island and free a dragon named Boris, who can, in turn, bring fame and fortune to Dela. Elmer finds Boris (Gaten Matarazzo of “Stranger Things”), and what ensues is a tender story of friendship, fear and bravery. Beautiful handdrawn animation and wide-eyed characters are a signature of Cartoon Saloon, an Oscar-nominated Irish animation studio that produced this film along with Netflix and Mockingbird Pictures. And thanks to director Nora Twomey (“The Breadwinner”) and screenwriter Meg LeFauve (“Inside Out”), both Oscar nominees, this 2022 film’s sweet, important lessons —

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real-life middle school existence is interrupted by a series of fantasy sequences in which he and his father rap onstage, transforming this dramedy into a raucous hip-hop musical that might fall flat if you’re expecting A Tribe Called Questlevel skills. The lyrics are amateur, which makes sense since Prem is jumping from math prodigy to rap novice. His best friend, Jerome (Max Malas), provides some laughs, and his Mathlympics rival Claire (Piper Wallace) provides some light middle school villainy. It’s a high-energy romp from director Roshan Sethi (“7 Days”) that should appeal to music-loving school-age kids who love to see the underdog take the stage.

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Freeing fairy tales of their outdated I-just-want-to-feelpretty heroes is par for the course these days, and this 2021 entry into the pantheon, co-produced by James Corden, stars pop princess Camila Cabello as the titular hero. Coming on the glass heels of modern-day Cinderellas such as Brandy, Drew Barrymore and Anne Hathaway, Cabello’s princess-to-be is a woman on a mission — and that mission does not involve marriage and homemaking. Her goal in life is to make it as a fashion designer, but her evil stepmother (Idina Menzel) doesn’t want her at balls where she could show off her designs. Even so, Cinderella will not be deterred. You can probably guess the rest of the plot from there (Cinderella and the Prince meet; she resists his love because she is a MODERN WOMAN; musical numbers abound). Not everyone loves this version, and its writer-director, Kay Cannon (“Pitch Perfect”), made some dialogue choices that might feel too juvenile for older kids and adults (“I have dreams that I have to chase!”). Still, the tunes and proven, though updated, storyline should entertain youngsters who love a good notyour-average-princess story. Billy Porter, in all his splendor, plays the Fabulous Godmother.

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New Jersey tween Prem (Manny Magnus) is following in the footsteps of his widowed mother, Priya (Punam Patel of “Special”), by training for a Mathlympics competition. Prem’s father, Suresh (Utkarsh Ambudkar, who co-wrote the screenplay), died of cancer when Prem was in elementary school, which Priya still struggles to discuss. That is, until she tells her son that his father was actually a hip-hop legend. This juicy and unexpected family secret inspires Prem to ditch calculus for freestyle rapping. Prem’s

Years after the events of the first “Avatar” movie, we pick up with human Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), who is now a Na’vi (you know, the blue creatures) and husband to Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña). They’re raising a bevy of children, three of their own along with the human orphan nicknamed Spider and Kiri, the daughter of Sigourney Weaver’s character, Dr. Grace Augustine, from the first film. The family’s idyllic life in the fictional realm of Pandora is disrupted when “sky people” (you know, the military) come back to avenge Jake for betraying his human self. He is torn between fighting the enemy and protecting his family, and the universe of the original film opens up as they travel to distant, extremely gorgeous landscapes. With a running time of just over three hours, this James Cameron film might not be in the cards for toddlers who can watch maybe 20 minutes of “Blippi” before imploding. For older kids with some viewing stamina, the dynamic flying scenes and eyepopping visuals should hold their attention. Maybe not for the whole time, but you can always hit pause and come back later.

‘A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting’ Stream it on Netflix.

This Halloween-night comedy is not quite “Adventures in Babysitting” meets “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” but it tries. It’s based on the popular book series of the same name by Joe Ballarini about a secret society of babysitters who protect the children they watch from monsters. Here, a timid, mathloving teen named Kelly (Tamara Smart from “The Worst Witch”) is taking care of little Jacob (Ian Ho), who can’t sleep because, like many kids, he’s afraid of the dark. Kelly harbors her own childhood memories of being terrorized by scary ghouls and goblins, which has caused her to lead a cautious teenage life, devoid of fun. When evil Grand Guignol (Tom Felton) tells his army of colorful CGI monsters to kidnap Jacob, Kelly discovers that her young charge is missing and, in true teen fashion, she freaks. She’s helped along when cyberpunkish teen Liz LeRue (Oona Laurence) pops by and tells her about a magical order of babysitters — to which she belongs — who can help Kelly find Jacob. It’s not exactly scary, but for witch- and monster-loving kids, it might be a fun way to escape the summer heat.

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Going to Europe this summer? You’re not alone.

By CEYLAN YEGINSU, ANNA MOMIGLIANO and JOE OROVIC

Between the time that Aiden Judson and his wife, Laura, picked Sicily as their honeymoon destination and their actual trip in early June, something significant happened: the second season of “The White Lotus.”

The New York couple had imagined a quiet getaway, hiking across the nearby Aeolian Islands and plunging into the crystal turquoise waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea, far from crowded Italian beach destinations like Capri and the Amalfi coast.

But then HBO released the second season of its hit show, set mainly in San Domenico Palace, a Four Seasons hotel and former Dominican monastery in the cliff-top town of Taormina. While the luxury hotel may be out of reach for tourists on a budget, the show’s idyllic Sicilian setting made the Italian island one of the most sought-after destinations in 2023.

“When we watched the show, we were so excited, like ‘wow, that’s going to be us,’ and didn’t realize that it would mean everyone and their mom would be going to Sicily this summer,” said Judson, 37, who returned from the island earlier this month. “It was still stunning and we had some special moments, but it was crazy busy with loud and sweaty tourists packed into narrow streets. It made it difficult to feel the Italian charm.”

Sicily isn’t the only European destination bustling with tourists ahead of the peak summer season in July and August. After three years of pandemic restrictions, travelers are flocking to Europe in record numbers, despite high airfares, limited accommodations, sweltering heat and crowded sites.

Among American travelers, Europe is the most popular destination this year, according to Hopper’s “Summer Travel to Europe” report. Demand has already outpaced 2019 levels, according to the report, even as hotel prices surge and airfares are the highest in five years. London; Paris; Rome; Lisbon, Portugal; and Athens, Greece are among the most booked cities on the Hopper travel app, and the Sicilian city of Palermo, which is also featured in “The White Lotus,” is among the top trending destinations.

“We have to make up for the lost time,” said Elizabeth Hughes, 44, an occupational therapist from Chicago, who made a scrapbook of places she wanted to visit in Europe

during the height of the pandemic. She is currently in London, starting a four-week itinerary in eight countries, including France, Italy and Greece. “I had to sell my car to pull this off, but if I’m traveling this far, I’m going to see everywhere,” she said.

Demand has been so high that many travel advisers have had to turn away clients looking to book vacations in popular European destinations in July and August because of a lack of availability.

“Two weeks ago I had a last-minute request for Greece and I reached out to my suppliers to see if there was any way to accommodate them. But there was nothing, so, unfortunately, I had to turn down business,” said Abby Lagman, the founder of the Blissful Travel Co., a U.S.-based travel agency.

Lagman has been encouraging her clients wanting to visit European hot spots to postpone to the fall, when there is more availability and fewer crowds.

International tourists aren’t the only ones behind the spring and early summer rebound. This year, most Europeans are planning to travel before August, the busiest vacation month, to get ahead of rising travel costs and extreme weather conditions, according to a survey carried out by the European Travel Commission. Attractions such as the Louvre in Paris and the Vatican in Rome are already teeming with tourists who had to wait an hour or more in line to get inside. Many hotels are already full, according to online booking sites, and cafes and restaurants in popular cities are overflow-

ing.

In June, Italy saw an estimated 8.6% growth in the number of foreign visitors arriving by plane, compared to the same period in 2019 (one of the busiest years ever for Italian tourism), with Americans making up the largest nationality among international visitors, according to the country’s Ministry of Tourism. Italians celebrating a series of national holidays in recent months contributed to the presummer frenzy; overall they account for half of the country’s tourists.

Stephanie Geddie, a 36-year-old nurse from Tulsa, Oklahoma, visited Italy with her husband during the shoulder season in late April. She had hoped to dodge the summer crowds, but Florence and Rome were even more packed than they were in the summer of 2008 when Geddie studied in Italy.

She knew the Colosseum would be crowded, but made sure to prebook to avoid waiting in line. But when they actually got in, they could barely move through the shoulderto-shoulder crowds. “It was a sea of people and any picture you took had 75 strangers in it,” she said. “It was a bit disheartening.”

Venice, which attracts large numbers of tourists year round, is even more crowded than usual, according to local travel industry members. What has been most striking is that areas outside of tourism hot spots like St. Mark’s Square are now filling up with visitors.

The Croatian city of Dubrovnik, its white ramparts best known as King’s Landing in the HBO show “Game of Thrones,” is another

destination that is grappling with the issue of overtourism. In the first five months of 2023 it saw a 46% increase in arrivals compared to the same period last year. It recently surpassed Venice as the most “over-touristed” city in Europe, according to a report published by Holidu, an online vacation home rental agency.

Marija Grazio, a 58-year-old pianist and occasional tour guide, lives next to St. Blaise’s Church within Dubrovnik’s old city walls, one of the most popular tourist areas.

“It’s impossible to create a normal, organized life,” she said, recalling a time two years ago when her mother fell sick, and the emergency services were unable to get to her apartment.

Tourists have also been flocking to the Croatian city of Split and its surroundings, known for its azure shores. The return of crowds means Croatia’s southern Dalmatian coast has restarted its ongoing battle with young and sometimes reckless partygoers. Recent headlines showcase various incursions into local life, from climbing onto public monuments to drunk guests stumbling along cobblestone streets and relieving themselves in public. In response, Split’s City Council has passed a slew of fines. Disorderly behavior — drinking close to schools, climbing on monuments, bathing in fountains, defecating and sleeping in public areas — now carry a 300-euro fine, about $327. Vomiting on public surfaces costs half as much.

Yet despite the issues that overcrowding and reckless behavior can bring to local communities, many people across Europe are happy and relieved to have tourists back.

“The city was so dead and depressing without tourists, the energy was completely off,” said Melissa Cruz, a bag designer and tour guide in Lisbon. “I’ve never seen the streets as full as they are now, the city is completely alive.”

While some tourists have been surprised and frustrated by the crowds, especially those who tried to beat them by coming in the spring or early summer, others are grateful for the opportunity to travel again, with or without throngs of visitors.

“When you visit London, you have to expect crowds at the Tate, or the British Museum or the London Eye,” Hughes, the occupational therapist from Chicago, said, referring to some of the city’s main attractions. “But there’s also a lot of opportunities to find the lesser-known places. It’s a huge city, you just need to budget some time to explore.”

A crowd on the Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy, Aug. 9, 2022. After three years of pandemic restrictions, travelers are flocking to Europe in record numbers, despite high airfares, limited accommodations and crowded sites.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-

NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ ZAMARIE

PONCE FANTAUZZI Peticionaria

EX-PARTE

Civil Núm.: MZ2023CV00665.

Sala: 307. Sobre: EXPEDICIÓN DE CARTAS TESTAMENTARIAS. AVISO DE ACREEDORES.

A: TODO POSIBLE

ACREEDOR DEL FINADO, RAMÓN ANTONIO PONCE FANTAUZZI, t.c.c. RAMÓN

PONCE FANTAUZZI o RAMÓN PONCE, QUIEN

MURIÓ TESTADO EL 3 DE MARZO DE 2023 EN MAYAGÜEZ, PUERTO RICO.

POR LA PRESENTE se le informa a cualquier acreedor del finado Ramón Antonio Ponce Fantauzzi, t.c.c. Ramón Ponce Fantauzzi o Ramón Ponce, quien murió testado el 3 de marzo de 2023, en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, que si tiene una acreencia en su contra deberá presentársela a su Albacea, Zamarie Ponce Fantauzzi, con los correspondientes comprobantes bajo juramento en su dirección postal en De Diego 55

Este, Oficina 206, Mayagüez, 00680, dentro del plazo de seis meses de publicado el aviso. Quedan advertidos los potenciales acreedores del causante de que si la Albacea dudase de la validez de su reclamación la rechazará, notificándoselo por escrito, quienes quedarán expeditos su derecho para incoar la acción contra la administración del caudal ante el tribunal competente. Asimismo, que la Albacea no le será personalmente responsable a un acreedor que no hubiese presentado la reclamación dentro del plazo aquí dispuesto por los caudales o dinero que hubiera entregado a cuentas de legítimas reclamaciones, legados o hijuelas antes de intentarse la acción, sin que ello afecte su derecho de ir directamente contra los herederos por el monto de su reclamación hasta el importe de lo recibido en pago de la herencia, si la misma no está prescrita. Arts. 594 y 595 del Código de Enjuiciamiento Civil, 32 L.P.R.A. §§2542 y 2543.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal hoy día 14 de junio de 2023. LCDA. NOR-

MA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL II. REBECA MEDINA FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL

TRIBUNAL I. LEGAL NOTICE IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO. LA ELECTRONICA LLC

Plaintiff, v. EMPRESAS OMAJEDE, INC.

Defendant. Civil No. 17-02372 (JAG). Re: COLLECTION OF MONIES; FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE AND OTHER COLLATERAL. NOTICE OF SALE.

To: EMPRESAS OMAJEDE, INC. AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

WHEREAS: On August 3, 2022, the Judgment (the “Judgment”) was entered in favor of plaintiff now LA ELECTRONICA LLC (“Electronica”) against defendant Empresas Omajede, Inc. (the “Defendant”). Under the Judgment, this Court concluded that the Defendant had defaulted on its obligations, had failed to pay the amounts due therein, further concluding that, as of July 18, 2022, Defendant owed the sum of $3,504,735.43, which would continue to accrue interest until payment is made in full. On June 21, 2023, this Court entered an Order for Execution of Judgment (the “Order of Execution”), designating Mr. Joel Ronda Feliciano as Special Master (the “Special Master”) for the execution of the Judgment pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 53(a)(1)(C). On June 22, 2023, this Court entered, in accordance with the Order of Execution, a Writ of Execution (the “Writ of Execution”). 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 Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WHEREAS: pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, 2 and the Writ of Execution, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash, or certified or bank manager check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 – Federal Office Building, 150 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to Electronica, the following properties, as described in the Spanish language: I. Property 11,660 RÚSTICA: Terreno en el Barrio Monacillos, del término municipal de San Juan,

Puerto Rico, compuesto de tres punto doscientos ochenta y siete (3.287) cuerdas, equivalentes a una hectárea, veintinueve áreas y diecinueve centiáreas.

En linderos: NORTE, con Rafael Nevárez; SUR, con Antonio Cosme; ESTE, nueva Carretera Estatal número 1 de concreto que va de Río Piedras a Caguas; OESTE, con una quebrada que la separa de terrenos de Antonio Emmanuelli, hoy el Pueblo de Puerto Rico. Enclava una edificación de concreto para fines comerciales y de oficina Property number 11,660 is recorded at page 204 of volume 301 of Monacillos, Puerto Rico

Property Registry, Third Section of San Juan. WHEREAS: Property 11,660 is encumbered by itself by Mortgage I (as defined below), which Electronica is seeking to foreclose, as described below: (i) Mortgage securing mortgage note in favor of Banco de Ponce, or to its order, in the principal sum of $3,300,000.00 with fluctuating interest, due on demand, constituted pursuant to Deed Number 3, executed in San Juan Puerto Rico, on February 27, 1987, before Notary Public Luis E. Dubon Jr., recorded at page 6 of volume 679 of Monacillos, Property 11,660, 10th recordation (“Mortgage I”). Mortgage I was modified pursuant to Deed of Modification of Mortgage Number 41, executed on July 30, 1999, of Notaiy Public Ronald L. Rosenbaun, recorded at page 5 of volume 679 of Monacillos, Property 11,660, marginal note of 10th recordation, Deed of Modification of Mortgage Number 7, executed on March 21, 2003, of Notary Public Arquelio Rivera Rodriguez, recorded at page 7 of volume 679 of Monacillos, Property 11,660, marginal note of 11th recordation, and by Deed of Modification and Interruption of Mortgage Number 418 executed on June 8, 2006, of Notary Public Juan C. Ortega Torres recorded at page 66 of volume 1,076 of Monacillos, Property 11,660, 13th recordation, as rectified by Deed of Rectification Number 543, executed on October 8, 2008, of Notary Public Gary E. Biaggi Silva. 3 Property 11,660 is encumbered by itself by the following junior liens: (i) Ratification of lease agreement in favor of Secretario del Plan de Emergencia por un Mundo Mejor, Inc., also known as Movimiento por un Mundo Mejor, Inc. dated September 1, 1998, executed a real estate private contract for commercial space of 14.03 of square feet in the sub-basement for a term of 72 months equal to 6 years and renewable for 48

additional months equal to 4 years by request of the lessee; with a rental fee of $5,612.00 annually, the first 5 years; and $7,015.00 annually the next 5 years for atotal of $63,135.00 for 10 years of the duration of the contract, resulting from deed number 2 of ratification of lease agreement, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on June 17, 1999, before Notary (ii) Mortgage securing mortgage note in favor of WesternBank Puerto Rico, or to its order, in the principal sum of $115,479.00 with interest rate of 8.24% annually with preferential rate, due on demand constituted pursuant to deed number 419, executed in San Juan Puerto Rico, on June 8, 2006, before Notary Juan Carlos Ortega Torres, recorded at page 66 of volume 1,076 of Monacillos, Property 11,660, 12th recordation. The FIRST public sale of Property 11,660 shall be held on August 4, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $3,330,000.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND public auction of Property 11,660 shall be held on the on August 11, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $2,220,000.00, which is twothirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale. If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD public auction of Property 11,660 will be held on the on August 18, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $1,650,000.00, which is onehalf of the minimum bid in the first public sale. II. Property 1,624

RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno radicado en el Barrio Carraízo de Trujillo Alto, compuesto de 15 cuerdas y 94 céntimas de otra equivalentes a 6 hectáreas, 26 áreas, 50 centiáreas y 42 decimiliáreas . Colindante por el NORTE en parte con Esteban Reyes, en parte con Pilar Báez Rivera; por el SUR en parte con Antonia Estrada y Sucesión 4 de Bonifacio Estrada y en parte con la Quebrada Higuerito que la separa de los terrenos de Jesús Navarro antes hoy Adolfo Diaz por el OESTE con Esteban Reyes y Pilar Báez Rivera y por el ESTE con el resto de la finca principal de donde este predio se segrega hoy Petrona Báez Rivera. Contiene casa de madera terrrera y techada de zinc, dedicada a vivienda. Property 1,624 is recorded at page 1 of volume 25 of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico Pro-

perty Registry, Fourth Section of San Juan. Property 1,624 is encumbered by itself by Mortgage II (as defined below), which Electronica is seeking to foreclose as described below:

(i) Mortgage securing mortgage note in favor of WesternBank Puerto Rico, or to its order, in the principal sum of $330,000.00 with interest of 2 points over “Prime Rate”, due on June 29, 2035, constituted pursuant to deed number 42, executed in San Juan Puerto Rico, on June 29, 2005, before Notary Public Jose Hector Vivas, recorded at Karibe volume of Trujillo Alto, Property 1,624, 8th recordation, as Abbreviated Seat, the lines extended on March 7, 2018 by virtue of Act 216 of December 27, 2010 (“Mortgage II”). The FIRST public sale of Property 1,624 shall be held on August 4, 2023, at 10:05 a.m. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $330,000.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND public auction of Property 1,624 shall be held on the on August 11, 2023, at 10:05 a.m. the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $220,000.00, 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 of Property 1,624 will be held on the on August 18, 2023, at 10:05 a.m., the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $165,000.00, which is onehalf of the minimum bid in the first public sale. 5 III. Property 2,214 RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno radicado en el Barrio Carraízo de Trujillo Alto, compuesto de 6 cuerdas , equivalentes a 2 hectáreas 35 áreas y 82 centiáreas. Colindantes por el NORTE con resto de la finca principal de donde este predio se segrega propiedad de Petrona Báez Rivera; por el SUR con terrenos de Jesús Navarro y de Juan Navarro, separados en parte por la quebrada Higuerito y en parte con terrenos hoy de Pedro Báez Rivera por el OESTE con Sofía Báez Rivera y por el ESTE con la quebrada Higuerito que la separa de terrenos hoy de Pedro Báez Rivera. Property number 2,214, recorded at page 232 of volume 38 of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico Property Registry, Fourth Section of San Juan. Property 2,214 is encumbered by itself by Mortgage III (as defined below), which Electronica is seeking to foreclose as described below:

(i) Mortgage securing mortgage note in favor of WestrnBank

Puerto Rico, or to its order, in the principal sum of $40,000.00 with interest of 2 points over “Prime Rate”, due on June 29, 2035, constituted pursuant to deed number 43, executed in San Juan Puerto Rico, on June 29, 2005, before Notary Public Jose Hector Vivas, recorded at Karibe volume of Trujillo Alto, Property 2,214, 8 recordation, as Abbreviated Seat, the lines extended on March 7, 2018 by virtue of Act 216 of December 27, 2010 (“Mortgage III”). The FIRST public sale of Property 2,214 shall be held on August 4, 2023, at 10:10 a.m. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $40,000.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND public auction of Property 2,214 shall be held on the on August 11, 2023, at 10:10 a.m. the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $26,666.67, 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 of Property 2,214 will be held on the on August 18, 2023, at 10:10 6 a.m., the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $20,000.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. IV. Property

1,625 RUSTICA: Predio de terreno radicado en el Barrio Carraízo de Trujillo Alto, compuesto de 6 cuerdas y 69 centésimas de otra cuerda , equivalentes a dos hectáreas sesenta y dos áreas , noventa y cuatro centiáreas y treinticinco decimiliáreas. Colindantes por el NORTE en parte con el camino de la finca y en parte con terrenos de Rosario Báez Rivera; por el SUR con Reinaldo Betancourt Viera por el OESTE con Reinaldo Betancourt Viera y por el ESTE con la quebrada Higuerito que separa esta finca de terrenos de Pedro Báez Rivera.

Property 1,625 is recorded at page 5 of volume 25 of Trujillo Alto, Property Registry, Fourth Section of San Juan. Property 1,625 is encumbered by itself by Mortgage IV (defined below), which Electronica is seeking to foreclose as described below:

(i) Mortgage securing mortgage note in favor of WesternBank Puerto Rico, or to its order, in the principal sum of $85,000.00 with interest of 2 points over “Prime Rate”, due on June 29, 2035, constituted pursuant to deed number 44, executed in San Juan Puerto Rico, on June 29, 2005, before Notary Public Jose Hector Vivas, recorded at Karibe volume of Trujillo Alto, Property 1,625, 7th recordation,

as Abbreviated Seat, the lines extended on August 22, 2005 before Seat 683 of Diary 432 (“Mortgage IV”). The FIRST public sale of Property 1,625 shall be held on August 4, 2023, at 10:15 a.m. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $85,000.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND public auction of Property 1,625 shall be held on the on August 11, 2023, at 10:15 a.m. the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $56,666.67, 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 of Property 1,625 will be held on the on August 18, 2023, at 10:15 7 a.m., the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $42,500.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens, if any, 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 Special Master shall not accept in payment of the properties to be sold anything but United States currency (cash), or certified or bank manager checks, except in case the properties are sold and adjudicated to Electronica, in which case the amount of the bid made by Electronica shall be credited and deducted from its credit; Electronica being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied. If the third auction is deserted, Electronica may proceed to coordinate the execution of a deed of conveyance with the Special Master of the public sale, to take title of the properties in full satisfaction of the Judgment pursuant to the Registry of the Property Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. WHEREAS: said sale to be conducted by the Special Master pursuant to the Order of Execution. Compliance with all foreclosure proceedings is subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the Dis-

trict of Puerto Rico pursuant to article 107 of the Registry of the Property Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, (30 L.P.R.A. § 6144), and the corresponding deed of conveyance and possession to the properties will be executed and delivered by the Special 8 Master after delivery of such Order of Confirmation. Once the properties are adjudicated in payment of the credit guaranteeing the mortgages, and the price does not exceed the value thereof, all junior liens must be canceled provided that said junior creditors be notified of the public sale of said properties. For further information, 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, on July 3, 2023. By: Joel Ronda Feliciano Special Master Ronda Legal Services, LLC rondajoel@me.com 787565-0515

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS MARVIN FLORES MOJICA Peticionario EX-PARTE Civil Núm.: SL2023CV00103. Sala: 304. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. CITACIÓN POR EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: LA SUCESIÓN DE GUMERSINDO TORRES, LA SUCESIÓN DE PABLO FLORES OCASIO Y TODA PERSONA QUE TENGA ALGÚN DERECHO REAL SOBRE EL INMUEBLE QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBE, PERSONAS IGNORADAS A QUIENES PUEDA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN SOLICITADA DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA; Y EN GENERAL A TODO EL QUE DESEE OPONERSE A COMPARECER O ALEGAR CUALQUIER DERECHO.

Por la presente se notifica a usted que se ha presentado ante este Honorable Tribunal a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de

BEGUM Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES

COMPUESTA ENTRE ELLOS

Demandados

Civil Núm.: CA2023CV01773.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO, EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECAS Y GRAVAMEN MOBILIARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: Sol and Rok LLC, Solmon M. Chowdhury, su esposa Rokeya Begum y la Sociedad Legal de Gananciales compuesta entre ellos. Direcciones

Conocidas: #26 Vistas de Yunque Mar, Río Grande, Puerto Rico 00745; 51 Hutchings St., Unit 2, Dorchester, MA, 02121; 51 Hutchings Street, Dorchester, MA, 02121; 322 Ave. De Diego, Suite 302, San Juan, P.R. 00920; 251 Norwell St., Dorchester Center, MA, Boston 02124.

Por la presente se le notifica que se ha radicado en su contra una Demanda por Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Prenda e Hipoteca por la vía ordinaria. Se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a:

Luis G. Parrilla Hernández RUA Núm. 16,736 PO Box 195168

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00919-5168

Tel: 787-766-7000; Fax: 787-766-7001

Email: Iparrilla@ferraiuoli.com

Abogados de la Parte Demandada, favor notificar a Endeavor Capital PR LLC, a través de su representación legal con copia de respuesta a la Demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar 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 represente por derecho propio. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia 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. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y con el sello del Tribunal. DADO hoy en Carolina, Puerto Rico, 12 de julio de 2023. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. KEILA GARCÍA SOLÍS, SUB-SECRETARIA.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA MUNICIPAL / SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN ASOCIACIÓN DE RESIDENTES JARDINES DE MEDITERRÁNEO, INC.

Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE RAMÓN ALEXIS DEL FRESNO TORRES, COMPUESTA POR LOS MENORES

ALEXIS DANECK DEL FRESNO SZABÓ Y NAHIARA GERALDYS DEL FRESNO SZABÓ, REPRESENTADOS POR SU MADRE CON CUSTODIA Y PATRIA

POTESTAD GERARDINE

SZABÓ TORRES T/C/C

GERALDINE SZABO TORRES; GERARDINE SZABO TORRES, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA

COMO GERALDINE

SZABO TORRES, POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE RAMÓN

ALEXIS DEL FRESNO TORRES

Demandado

Civil Núm.: BY2023CV00307.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: SUCESIÓN DE RAMÓN

ALEXIS DEL FRESNO

TORRES, COMPUESTA

POR LOS MENORES

ALEXIS DANECK DEL FRESNO SZABÓ Y NAHIARA GERALDYS DEL FRESNO SZABÓ, REPRESENTADOS

POR SU MADRE CON CUSTODIA Y PATRIA

POTESTAD GERARDINE

SZABÓ TORRES T/C/C

GERALDINE SZABO TORRES; Y GERARDINE

SZABO TORRES, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA

COMO GERALDINE

SZABO TORRES, POR SÍ

Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA

SUCESIÓN DE RAMÓN

ALEXIS DEL FRESNO TORRES.

Por la presente se le notifica que la parte demandante ha presentado ante este Tribunal Demanda contra usted(es), solicitando la concesión del siguiente remedio: Demanda de COBRO DE DINERO, por concepto de cuotas de mantenimientos vencidas y no pagadas por la suma de $6,794.00 al 21 de abril de 2023. Representa a la parte demandante el abogado cuyo nombre, direc-

ción y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:

LCDO. MELVYN E. FONTAN LOZADA Colegiado Núm. 15768, RUA: 14519 PO Box 124, Bayamón, PR 00960-0124 Tel. 787-340-6604 Fax 787-261-9168 e-mail: melfonloza@live.com, melvynfontan@gmail.com

Se le apercibe que si no compareciera usted a contestar dicha demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de haber sido diligenciado este Emplazamiento, 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 secretaria del tribunal. Si usted deje 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. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 12 de julio de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. IVETTE M. MARRERO BRACERO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DE! TRIBUNAL I.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYA-

GÜEZ

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. SUCESION DE JOSÉ

VEGA ARROYO T/C/C

JOSÉ RAMÓN VEGA ARROYO COMPUESTA

POR LA SUCESION DE JOSE RAMON VEGAS CEDENO COMPUESTA

POR FULANITO(A) DE TAL, SUTANITO(A) DE TAL Y MENGANITO(A) DE TAL Y JANE DOE EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA; SUCESION DE MARIA

ELENA VEGA CEDENO COMPUESTA POR

FULANO(A) DE TAL, SUTANO(A) DE TAL Y MENGANO(A) DE TAL, Y MARY DOE EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA; MADELINE VEGA

CEDENO Y EDWIN

VEGA CEDENO; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE

COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS; CENTRO

DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; SECRETARIO DE LA VIVIENDA Y DESARROLLO URBANO; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Demandados Civil Núm.: MZ2019CV00410. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO Y MANDAMIENTO DE INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S.

A: MADELINE VEGA CEDEÑO; JANE DOE; SUTANITO(A) DE TAL; MENGANITO(A) DE TAL; SUTANO(A) DE TAL; FULANO(A) DE TAL; MENGANO(A) DE TAL; MARY DOE; JOHN DOE; RICHARD ROE; FULANITO(A) DE TAL HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE MARIA ELENA VEGA CEDEÑO Y A SU VEZ DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JOSE VEGA ARROYO. DIRECCIÓN: COLINAS DE LA PARGUERA

173, CALLE 6, LAJAS, PUERTO RICO 00667. Por la presente se les notifica que se ha presentado en este Tribunal la Demanda de epígrafe. Se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a: Lcdo. Fernando Gierbolini; MONSERRATE, SIMONET & GIERBOLINI, 101 Ave. San Patricio, Edificio Maramar Plaza, Suite 1120, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968; Tel: (787) 620-5300, abogado de la parte demandante, con copia de la contestación a la Demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto, que se publicará una (1) vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general. Se le apercibe que si no contesta la Demanda radicando el original de la misma 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 dentro del término antes indicado, y notificando con copia a la parte demandante, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado a favor de la parte demandante sin más citarle ni oírle. Además, se les interpela judicialmen-

te, a tenor con el Artículo 959 (ahora 1578) del Código Civil de Puerto Rico, para que en un término de treinta (30) días de haber sido publicado este edicto, excluyendo el día de su publicación, acepten o repudien, mediante instrumento público o comparecencia judicial especial, la herencia de la SUCESIÓN DE DE MARIA ELENA VEGA CEDEÑO y a su vez de la SUCESIÓN DE JOSE VEGA ARROYO apercibiéndosele que, de no expresarse dentro de dicho término, se tendrá por aceptada la herencia. B.B.V.A. v. Latinoamericana, 164 D.P.R. 689 (2005), por lo que responderán por las cargas de dicha herencia. EXTENDIDO BAJO

MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy día 12 de julio de 2023. LIC. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL II. NILDA TORRES ACEVEDO, SUB-SECRETARIA.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

Demandante V. SUCESION DE JOSÉ VEGA ARROYO T/C/C JOSÉ RAMÓN VEGA ARROYO COMPUESTA POR LA SUCESION DE JOSE RAMON VEGAS CEDENO COMPUESTA POR FULANITO(A) DE TAL, SUTANITO(A) DE TAL Y MENGANITO(A) DE TAL Y JANE DOE EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA; SUCESION DE MARIA ELENA VEGA CEDENO COMPUESTA POR FULANO(A) DE TAL, SUTANO(A) DE TAL Y MENGANO(A) DE TAL, Y MARY DOE EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA; MADELINE VEGA CEDENO Y EDWIN VEGA CEDENO; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; SECRETARIO DE LA VIVIENDA Y DESARROLLO URBANO; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Demandados

Civil Núm.: MZ2019CV00410.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. MANDAMIENTO.

ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. Por Cuanto: Se ha dictado en el presente caso la siguiente Orden: “ORDEN DE INTERPELACIÓN: Vista la solicitud de interpelación judicial presentada por la parte demandante al amparo del Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico, se ordena a la SUCESION DE JOSÉ VEGA ARROYO t/c/c JOSÉ RAMÓN

VEGA ARROYO compuesta por la SUCESION DE JOSE RAMON VEGAS CEDENO compuesta por FULANITO(A) DE TAL, SUTANITO(A) DE TAL Y MENGANITO(A) DE TAL; SUCESION DE MARIA

ELENA VEGA CEDENO compuesta por FULANO(A) DE TAL, SUTANO(A) DE TAL Y MENGANO(A) DE TAL; MADELINE VEGA CEDENO Y EDWIN

VEGA CEDENO, dentro del plazo de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la notificación de la presente orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia del causante JOSÉ VEGA ARROYO t/c/c JOSÉ RAMÓN

VEGA ARROYO. Se les apercibe que de no comparecer en dicho término a aceptar o repudiar la herencia, la misma se entenderá por aceptada. Se les advierte que deberán presentar su aceptación o repudiación de herencia a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden 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. REGÍSTRESE Y NOTIFÍQUESE. En Mayagüez, Puerto Rico hoy 9 de junio de 2023. FDO. MAURA SANTIAGO DUCÓS, JUEZA SUPERIOR”. Por Cuanto: Se le advierte a que dentro del término legal de 30 días contados a partir de la fecha de notificación de la presente Orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia del causante JOSÉ VEGA ARROYO. Por Orden del Honorable Juez de Primera Instancia de este Tribunal, expido el presente Mandamiento, bajo mi firma y sello oficial, en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico hoy día 12 de julio de 2023. LIC. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA GENERAL. NILDA TORRES ACEVEDO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR TRIBUNAL I.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA

SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC.,

COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC

Parte Demandante Vs. RAFAEL MARÍN ÁLAMO

Parte Demandada

Caso Núm.: JU2022CV00214.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: RAFAEL MARIN

ALAMO BO LIRIOS 4

CALLES, CARR 929 KM 3

HM 5 R-9929, JUNCOS PR 00777.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se les notifica la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 11 de julio de 2023 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 17 de julio de 2023. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, 17 de julio de 2023. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. JESSENIA PEDRAZA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ

ORIENTAL BANK

Demandante V. SUCESION DE LIVIA

COTTY JUSINO, COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS

CON POSIBLE INTERES, CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandado(a)

Civil: MZ2023CV00448. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. NOTIFI-

CACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: FULANO DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION DE LIVIA COTTY JUSINO.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 10 de julio de 2023, 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 18 de julio de 2023. En Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el 18 de julio de 2023. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. NILDA TORRES ACEVEDO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSD, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES

ACQUISITION TRUST 2019-HE1 Demandante V. SUCESION JESUS

RAUL CHACON Y ORTEGA T/C/C JESUS

RAUL CHACON T/C/C

JESUS PAUL CHACON

ORTEGA T/C/C JESUS R. CHACON COMPUESTA

POR RODOLFO

CHACON GARCIA, IDALMIS CHACON GARCIA, HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS;

LOISA GLADYS GARCIA

GARCIA T/C/C ELOISA GARCIA GE CHACON

T/C/C GLADYS GARCIA DE CHACON FOR SI Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Demandado(a)

Civil: BY2023CV00037. 702.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: ELOISA GLADYS GARCIA GARCIA

T/C/C ELOISA GARCIA DE CHACON T/C/C

GLADYS GARCIA DE CHACON POR SI Y EN LA CUOTA VIUIDAL USUFRUCTUARIA;

RODOLFO CHACON GARCIA, IDALMIS

CHACON GARCIA, JESUS

CHACON GARCIA; JOHN

DOE Y JANE DOE COMO

POSIBLES MIEMBROS

DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION JESUS RAUL

CHACON Y ORTEGA

T/C/C JESUS RAUL

CHACON T/C/C JESUS

RAUL CHACON ORTEGA

T/C/C JESUS R. CHACON.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 14 de julio de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde pondrá 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 18 de julio de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 18 de julio de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MIRCIENID GONZÁLEZ TORRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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BANCO POPULAR DE

PUERTO RICO, INC.

Parte Demandante Vs JOSE MIGUEL BERGODERE COLON, RAMONITA BRUCELES LOPEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES

Parte Demandada

Caso Núm.: CG2023CV01302. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO POR LA COMPUESTA POR AMBOS, MORTGAGE VÍA JUDICIAL PLUS EQUITY & LOAN CORPORATION. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: JOSE MIGUEL BERGODERE COLON, RAMONITA BRUCELES LOPEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se les notifica la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 14 de julio de 2023 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 19 de julio de 2023. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, 19 de julio de 2023. LISILDA

MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRE-

TARIA REGIONAL. JESSENIA

PEDRAZA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO

DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYNABO

DIANA MARGARITA

ZORRILLA DIAZ, ENRIQUE ZORRILLA

DIAZ e ISABEL CRISTINA

ZORRILLA DIAZ

Demandantes Vs. U.S.DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)

T/C/C SECRETARIO DE LA VIVIENDA Y DESARROLLO URBANO

(HUD); JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE

Demandado

Civil Núm.: GB2023CV00595.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADOS DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE. Por la presente se emplaza y se les notifica que se ha presentado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal la demanda del caso de epígrafe solicitando la cancelación del Pagaré suscrito a favor de Secretario de Vivienda y Desearrollo Urbano, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $360,000.00, con vencimiento el 19 de enero de 2073, y habiéndose constituido por la escritura número 61 otorgada en San Juan, el 29 de febrero de 2016, ante el Notario Público Abelardo Dauhajre Davila, inscrita a Karibe Registro de Guaynabo, finca número 15326, inscripción 8va. Representa a la parte demandante la abogada cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:

ENEL M. PEREZ MONTE

RUA 9019

Reina Isabel 175, La Villa de Torrimar

Guaynabo PR 00969

Tel.: (787) 646-9168 lcdaenelperez@gmail.com

Se le apercibe que si no comparecieran ustedes a contestar dicha demanda dentro del término de 30 días a partir de la publicación de este edicto se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. La parte demandada deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo 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, advirtiéndosele que de no hacerlo se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. Dado en Guaynabo, a 17 de julio de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I.

SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL II. SARA ROSA VILLEGAS, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL CONFIDENCIAL I.

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VARONA RODRÍGUEZ, POR SÍ Y COMO HEREDERO DE BÁRBARA ANN DORSEY MENDOZA; GRACE

MARIE HERGER DORSEY, SONY HERGER DORSEY Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLE HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO, COMO PARTE DE LAS SUCESIONES DE BÁRBARA ANN DORSEY MENDOZA Y DE ALFRED HERGER DORSEY T/C/C ALFRED BERNHART HERGER DORSEY; ALFRED DOMINGO HERGER TRAVESO

T/C/C ALFRED HERGER Y SUTANO DE TAL, POSIBLE HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO, COMO PARTE DE LA SUCESIÓN DE ALFRED HERGER

DORSEY T/C/C ALFRED BERNHART HERGER

DORSEY

Parte Demandada

Civil Núm.: KCD2016-1142.

(806). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, ss. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia dictada el 7 de octubre de 2021 y notificada el 14 de octubre de 2021 , la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia Enmendada del 14 de junio de 2023 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución Enmendado del 5 de julio de 2023 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 21 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de San Juan, Sala Superior, en la Avenida Muñoz Rivera, Esquina Coll y Toste, Parada 37, San Juan, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad:

URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORI-

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO

TRIBU-

NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Parte Demandante Vs. NARCISO EMILIO

ZONTAL: Apartamento Número quince guion A (15-A) del edificio gobernado por el régimen de Propiedad Horizontal conocido por el nombre de Condominio El Escorial, sito en el Número ciento once (111) de la Calle Marginal Avenida Roosevelt, en la Urbanización Piñero, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Este apartamento está localizado en la esquina sureste de la décima

quinta (15ta). planta del edificio y colinda por el NORTE, en parte con el vestíbulo de la décima quinta (15ta) planta del edificio y en parte con el patio interior del Este del edificio, por el SUR, con el patio del solar que ocupa el edificio principal en colindancia con la Avenida Roosevelt de la Urbanización Piñero; por el ESTE, en parte por el patio interior Este del edificio y en parte con el patio del solar que ocupa el edificio principal en colindancia con los Solares nueve (9) y veintiocho (28) de la manzana D de la Urbanización Piñero; y por el OESTE, en parte con el vestíbulo de la décima quinta (15ta) planta del edificio y en parte con la pared maestra que le separa del Apartamento “B” de dicha planta del edificio. El apartamento “A” tiene una cabida superficial de 1191.61 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 110.77 metros cuadrados. Se compone este apartamento de una sala-comedor de donde se tiene acceso por la parte suroeste de la misma, a un balcón rectangular con cabida superficial de 94.55 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 8.79 metros cuadrados y de donde se tiene acceso también, por su parte sureste, a un pasillo interior que contiene un clóset de cuyo pasillo se tiene acceso a su vez a tres (3) dormitorios y un (1) baño. El dormitorio número uno (1), localizado en la sección noreste del apartamento, tiene un closet, da acceso a un baño para uso de este dormitorio, los dos dormitorios, localizados en la parte Sur del apartamento y denominados dormitorio número dos (2) y tres (3) contienen un clóset cada uno. De la sala-comedor antes mencionada se tiene acceso por su parte norte a una cocina que contiene closet y de cuya cocina se tiene acceso asimismo, por su parte este, a un balcón de servicio que tiene una cabida superficial de 52.50 pies cuadrados., equivalentes a 4.88 metros cuadrados. De este balcón de servicio se tiene acceso hacia el Norte, a través de una puerta de entrada secundaria del apartamento al vestíbulo de la tercera (3ra) planta del edificio. La puerta de entrada principal de apartamento está localizada en el extremo noroeste de la sala que resulta ser a su vez el extremo Sureste del vestíbulo de uso comunal limitado de esta planta de cuyo vestíbulo se tiene acceso por sus lados Este y Oeste a dos (2) elevadores y a dos (2) escaleras que conectan las varias plantas del edificio con el vestíbulo principal localizado en la planta terrera y de cuyo vestíbulo se tiene acceso, a su vez, a través de los patios Sur y Norte de la propiedad a la Avenida Roosevelt y la calle Número dos (2), respectivamente, de la urbanización Piñero. La propie-

dad consta inscrita al folio 181 del tomo 733 de Río Piedras Norte, Finca 21173. Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección II. La hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 111 del tomo 1467 de Río Piedras Norte, Finca 21173. Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección II. Inscripción 8va. Dirección Física: Cond. El Escorial, 111 Marginal Fd Roosevelt Apt 15A, San Juan, PR 00917-2713. Número de Catastro: 79-063-032371-37-057. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $96,350.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 28 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $64,233.33 De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA, el día 5 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $48,175.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la suma de $70,528.63 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 7.5% anual desde el 1 de diciembre de 2015, hasta su completo pago, más $239.04 de recargos acumulados, más la cantidad estipulada de $9,635.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesa el siguiente gravamen posterior que afecta la propiedad que se pretende ejecutar: a. Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Vs. Narciso Emilio Varona Rodríguez, Barbara Ann Dorsey Mendoza y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, Sala de San Juan, en el Caso Civil Número K CD20161142, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $70,528.63 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 10 de junio de 2016. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Río Piedras Norte. Anotación A. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su su-

cesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. Se les advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 210-2015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 17 de julio de 2023. EDWIN E. LÓPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR.

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Parte Demandante Vs. MARISE DEL ROSARIO ZENGOTITA MAS

T/C/C MARISE DEL R. ZENGOTITA MAS

Parte Demandada

Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV08394. (604). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO; EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: MARISE DEL ROSARIO ZENGOTITA MAS

T/C/C MARISE DEL R. ZENGOTITA MAS.

LA SECRETARIA que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 11 de julio de 2023, 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 19 de julio de 2023. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 19 de julio de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ELSA MAGALY CANDELARIO CABRERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA MUNICIPAL DE BAYAMÓN ASOCIACIÓN DE RESIDENTES FLAMINGO HILLS, INC. Demandante Vs. JOEL ANTONIO PELEGRIN LUPERON; ALTAGRACIA RIVERA VÁZQUEZ AMBOS POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS Demandado(a) Civil Núm.: DCM2016-1280. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (R.60). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: JOEL ANTONIO PELEGRIN LUPERON. FÍSICA: URB. LOMAS VERDES AD-10 CALLE POMPON, BAYAMÓN, PR, 00957. POSTAL: URB. FLAMINGO HILLS, 41 CALLE 2, BAYAMÓN, PR 00957. PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil del Tribunal que suscribe anuncia y hace constar: 1. Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Bayamón, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor de contado y en moneda de curso legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 5 de julio de 2023, 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 20 de julio de 2023. En San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, el 20 de julio de 2023. SARAHÍ

REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA

REGIONAL. MARITZA LEBRÓN ROSADO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ R. COLÓN GUZMÁN COMPUESTA POR: FULANA DE TAL, FULANO DE TAL, SUTANO DE TAL, MENGANA DE TAL Y POR

LA SUCESIÓN DE JOSER COLÓN COMPUESTA

POR: SUTANA DE TAL, MENGANA DE TAL Y

JOHN DOE

Demandado

Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV05038. 603. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO VÍA ORDINARIA.

EMPLAZAMIENTO E INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO.

ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ

R. COLÓN GUZMÁN

COMPUESTA POR:

FULANA DE TAL, FULANO DE TAL, SUTANO DE TAL, MENGANA DE TAL Y POR

LA SUCESIÓN DE JOSER COLÓN COMPUESTA

POR: SUTANA DE TAL, MENGANA DE TAL Y JOHN DOE.

Quedan emplazados y notificados que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda Enmendada sobre cobro de dinero en la que se alega que la parte demandada, SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ R. COLÓN GUZMÁN

COMPUESTA POR: FULANA DE TAL, FULANO DE TAL, SUTANO DE TAL, MENGANA DE TAL Y POR LA SUCESIÓN DE JOSER COLÓN COMPUESTA

POR: SUTANA DE TAL, MENGANA DE TAL Y JOHN DOE, le adeuda a Condominio Bahía Properties, LLC la suma total de $47,813.05 correspondiente a las cuotas de mantenimiento de la suite 909, por concepto de gastos comunes de mantenimiento adeudados a la fecha de la presentación de la demanda, más las sumas que se acumulen por concepto de mensualidades de gastos comunes, intereses, penalidades y recargos de los meses subsiguientes, más las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. Por otro lado, se notifica que en este Tribunal se ha solicitado y aceptado una interpelación judicial de la parte demandante a Sucesión de José R. Colón Guzmán compuesta por: Fulana De Tal, Fulano De Tal, Sutano De Tal, Mengana De Tal y por la Sucesión de Joser Colón compuesta por: Sutana De Tal, Mengana De Tal y John Doe, para que dentro del término legal de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de la publicación del presente edicto, acepte o repudie la participación que le corresponda en Sucesión de José R. Colón Guzmán compuesta por: Fulana De Tal, Fulano De Tal, Sutano De Tal, Mengana De Tal y por la Sucesión de Joser Colón compuesta por: Sutana De Tal, Mengana De Tal y John Doe. Si los herederos antes mencionados no se expresaren dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de la herencia, ésta se tendrá por aceptada. Se le advierte que este edicto se publicará en un periódico de circulación general una sola vez y que, si no comparecen a contestar dicha Demanda Enmendada y además aceptar y repudiar la herencia esta se tendrá por aceptada, y que luego del transcurso del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del Edicto, a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia con-

cediendo el remedio así solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle y se presumirá que ha aceptado la herencia de la causante, y por consiguiente, responde por las cargas de la herencia conforme dispone el Artículo 957 del Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. §2785. La abogada de la parte demandante es la Lcda. Evelian Del Rocío Suárez Rodríguez, cuya dirección física y postal es: Cond. El Centro I, Suite 801, 500 Muñoz Rivera Ave., San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918; cuyo número de teléfono es (787) 946-5268, y su correo electrónico es: evelian@bellverlaw. com. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 20 de julio de 2023. GRISELDA

RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. DIANA C. PÉREZ SIERRA, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA DE CAROLINA

FINANCE OF AMERICA

REVERSE, LLC

Demandante Vs. DAVID RAFAEL

CARABALLO OSORIO

T/C/C DAVID CARABALLO

OSORIO T/C/C DAVID R

CARABALLO OSORIO

T/C/C DAVID CARABALLO

OCASIO POR SI Y

COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN

JULIA VIZCARRONDO

BURGOS T/C/C CARMEN

J. VIZCARRONDO

BURGOS T/C/C CARMEN

J. VIZCARRONDO; SUCESIÓN DE SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN

JULIA VIZCARRONDO

BURGOS T/C/C CARMEN

J VIZCARRONDO

BURGOS T/C/C CARMEN

J. VIZCARRONDO

COMPUESTA POR

FULANO DE TAL Y

SUTANO DE TAL COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS

MUNICIPALES; Y A LOS

ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Demandados

Civil Núm.: CA2023CV00654.

403. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN

JULIA VIZCARRONDO

BURGOS T/C/C CARMEN

J VIZCARRONDO

BURGOS T/C/C CARMEN

J. VIZCARRONDO.

POR LA PRESENTE, se les emplaza y se les notifica que se ha presentado en la Secretaria de este Tribunal la Demanda del caso del epígrafe solicitando la ejecución de hipoteca relacionado al pagaré suscrito a favor de Metro Island Mortgage, Inc., o a su orden, por la suma principal de $138,750.00, más intereses computados sobre la misma desde su fecha hasta su total y completo pago a razón de la tasa de interés de 4.017% anual, y vencedero el 6 de abril de 2088. La Hipoteca consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Canóvanas, finca número 606 (antes 4033), inscripción 5ta: La hipoteca grava la propiedad que describe que describe a continuación: “URBANA: Solar radicado en el Barrio Canóvanas, del término Municipal de Loíza, Puerto Rico, marcado con el número trescientos treinta y ocho del Bloque “J” del plano de inscripción de la Urbanización Loíza Valley, con una cabida superficial de trescientos veinticinco metros cuadrados; en lindes por el NORTE, en trece metros, con la calle Crisantemo trece; por el SUR, en trece metros con el solar trescientos cincuenta y seis del Bloque “J”; por el ESTE, en veinticinco metros, con el solar trescientos treinta y nueve del Bloque “J”; y por el OESTE, en veinticinco metros con el solar trescientos treinta y siete del Bloque “J”. Enclava una casa de una sola planta de concreto reforzado y bloques de concreto para fines residenciales”.

Dirección física: J-338 Crisantemo St., Urbanización Loíza Valley, Canóvanas, Puerto Rico 00729. Finca número 606 (antes 4033) inscrita al tomo Karibe de Canóvanas. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Tercera de Carolina.

Se les APERCIBE y advierte a ustedes como personas desconocidas, que no contestar la demanda radicando el original de la contestación ante la secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Fajardo, y notificar copia de la contestación de esta a la parte demandante por conducto de su abogada, GLS LEGAL SERVICES, LLC, Atención: Lcda. Carla Colon Gómez, Dirección: P.O. Box 367308, San Juan, P.R. 00936, Teléfono: 787-758-6550, dentro de los próximos 30 días a partir de la publicación de este emplazamiento por edicto que

será publicado una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general en la isla de Puerto Rico, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia, concediendo el remedio solicitando en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. Se ORDENA a la parte demandante a que, en vista de que la sucesión de Carmen Julia Vizcarrondo Burgos t/c/c Carmen J Vizcarrondo Burgos t/c/c Carmen J. Vizcarrondo, incluye a: Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal como miembros de nombres desconocidos; proceda a notificar la presente Orden mediante publicación de un edicto a esos efectos una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de la Isla de Puerto Rico. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal hoy 19 de julio de 2023. Lcda. Kanelly Zayas Robles, Secretaria Regional. Angélica M. Romero Chaparro, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA DE CAROLINA

FINANCE OF AMERICA

REVERSE, LLC

Demandante Vs. DAVID RAFAEL

CARABALLO OSORIO

T/C/C DAVID CARABALLO

OSORIO T/C/C DAVID R CARABALLO OSORIO

T/C/C DAVID CARABALLO

OCASIO POR SI Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN

JULIA VIZCARRONDO

BURGOS T/C/C CARMEN

J VIZCARRONDO

BURGOS T/C/C CARMEN

J. VIZCARRONDO; SUCESIÓN DE SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN

JULIA VIZCARRONDO

BURGOS T/C/C CARMEN

J VIZCARRONDO

BURGOS T/C/C CARMEN

J. VIZCARRONDO

COMPUESTA POR

FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES

DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS

MUNICIPALES; Y A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Demandados

Civil Núm.: CA2023CV00654. 403. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. MANDAMIENTO DE INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIDRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. POR

CUANTO: En el presente caso se ha dictado la siguiente Orden: “ORDEN DE INTERPELACIÓN”: Vista la Demanda presentada por la parte demandante solicitando la interpelación judicial de la Sucesión de Carmen Julia Vizcarrondo

Burgos t/c/c Carmen J Vizcarrondo Burgos t/c/c Carmen J. Vizcarrondo; compuesta por David Rafael Caraballo Osorio

t/c/c David Caraballo Osario

t/c/c David R Caraballo Osario

t/c/c David Caraballo Ocasio, Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal como miembros de nombres desconocidos, conforme al Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico edición de 2020. Se Ordena a los herederos de la Sucesión a que dentro del término legal de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la notificación de esta Orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia del causante. Se le Apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que: (a) de no expresarse dentro del término de treinta (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de la herencia; o (b) de no solicitar término adicional para ello dentro del término de treinta (30) días; la herencia se presumirá por aceptada, respondiendo con ello por las obligaciones, por los legados y por las cargas hereditarias hasta el valor de los bienes hereditarios que recibe, según dispone el Artículo 1587 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico de 2020. NOTIFÍQUESE. Dada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 19 de julio de 2023. POR TANTO, en vista de la Orden dictada, se libra este Mandamiento de Interpelación a ser diligenciado por la parte demandante sobre los herederos que componen la Carmen Julia Vizcarrondo Burgos t/c/c Carmen J Vizcarrondo Burgos t/c/c Carmen J. Vizcarrondo. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 19 de julio de 2023. Lcda. Kanelly Zayas Robles, Secretaria Regional. Angélica

M. Romero Chaparro, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA DE BAYAMÓN LIME HOMES, LTD.

Parte Demandante Vs. LA SUCESIÓN DE WILFREDO LAUREANO CARRION T/C/C

WILFRIDO LAUREANO

CARRION, COMPUESTA POR WILFREDO

LAUREANO LUCYLLE LAUREANO, CARLOS LAUREANO, WILFREDO JESÚS LAUREANO, KEILA LAUREANO; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES

HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; AUREA ESTHER

FONTANEZ REYES, ADMINISTRACION

PARA EL SUSTENTO DE MENORES Y CENTRO DE RECAUDACION SOBRE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Parte Demandada

Caso Civil Núm.: BY2023CV03102. 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.

A: LUCYLLE

LAUREANO, CARLOS

LAUREANO, WILFREDO

JESÚS LAUREA NO, KEILA LAUREANO

COMO HEREDEROS

CONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE WILFREDO

LAUREANO CARRIÓN

T/C/C WILFRIDO LAUREANO CARRIÓN.

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 Tribunal 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: 787-8434168. 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 enero de 2023, 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 $137,114.52 y un principal diferido por la suma de $9,194.72, más los intereses

sobre la suma de $137,114.52 al 5.50% anual desde el primero de diciembre de 2022, 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: Solar marcado con el número siete (7) del bloque V de la urbanización Reparto Teresita, radicado en el Barrio Hato Tejas de Bayamón, con un área superficial de doscientos treinta y cinco punto sesenta y cuatro (235.64) metros cuadrados y colinda por el Norte, en una distancia de veinticuatro punto cincuenta uno (24.51) metros, con el solar número ocho (8); por el Sur, en una distancia de veintitrés punto setenta (23.70) metros, con el solar número seis; por el Este, en una distancia de nueve punto noventa (9.90) metros, con la calle número veintiuno (21); y por el Oeste, en una distancia de cinco punto veinte metros, con Flora González y en cuatro punto setenta y nueve (4.79) metros, con propiedad de Eusebio Prados. Enclava casa. Inscrita al folio doscientos noventa (doscientos noventa) del Tomo dieciséis (16) de Bayamón Norte, finca número cuatrocientos ochenta y seis (486), Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. 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 Wilfredo Laureano Carrión t/c/c Wilfrido Laureano Carrión 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 Wilfredo Laureano Carrión t/c/c Wilfrido Laureano Carrión 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 14 de julio de 2023. Lcda. Laura I. Santa Sánchez, Secretaria Regional. Marilyn Colón Carrasquillo, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal I.

Germany routs Morocco; Borges gets hat trick for Brazil

By CLAIRE FAHY

Germany kicked off its World Cup campaign Monday with the same objective as always: to win it all. Germany, a two-time champion that has never failed to reach at least the quarterfinals, drew a favorable group and began its tournament with a 6-0 romp past Morocco. So even though it has a good chance to reach the final eight again, Germany has set its sights much higher.

Brazil made a similar statement with a rout against Panama, behind a hat trick from Ary Borges.

And Italy, a team in transition, featured two teenagers in a win against Argentina, 1-0.

Germany vs. Morocco

Germany won the World Cup in 2003 and 2007, and also has eight European Championships and an Olympic gold medal in its trophy case. But its form had been erratic in recent months, with losses to Brazil and Zambia and a narrow win against Vietnam in a friendly in June.

Still, it showed every indication that it deserves its status as a title contender by cruising in its opener, piling up goals and taking advantage of two own goals by Morocco to post the most lopsided win of the tournament. Alexandra Popp scored the first of her two goals only 11 minutes into the match and added a second before halftime. But it was clear even before then that the Germans were in control.

Klara Bühl and Lea Schüller added their first goals of the tournament in the second half, bookending a pair of Morocco own

goals, to complete the rout.

Morocco is one of the eight first-time qualifiers in the field. Even though its competitive chances are daunting, its qualification has won the team new fans back home.

Brazil vs. Panama

All eyes have been on Marta, the 37-yearold Brazilian legend who is hoping to capture an ever-elusive World Cup title in her sixth appearance. She is considered by many to be the greatest player in the history of the game, but has often carried the load for her national team alone.

Not Monday, when that honor went to Borges, a 23-year-old midfielder who delivered highlight after highlight in Brazil’s 4-0 win over Panama. Borges hit two goals, then

passed on a relatively easy opportunity for a hat trick to deliver a wild assist, then got the third goal anyway with a header between the legs of Panama goaltender Yenith Bailey.

Borges, who plays for Racing Louisville of the National Women’s Soccer League, was eventually subbed out of the game — for none other than Marta.

The closest the Brazilians have come to winning the tournament was nearly a generation ago, when they lost to Germany in the 2007 final.

Italy vs. Argentina

Italy reached the quarterfinals of the last World Cup, a solid result after a 20-year absence from the tournament. But after missing the knockout stage of the European Championship last year, the team began a generational transition, with coach Milena Bertolini dropping a number of veterans to make way for new talent.

Giulia Dragoni, a 16-yearold midfielder whom some have nicknamed Little Messi, only made her debut this month in a scoreless draw against Morocco. But she started against Argentina, part of a lineup that also featured 18-year-old forward Chiara Beccari.

Italy nabbed a victory over Argentina with a single goal, a header from Cristiana

Girelli, who came off the bench to replace Dragoni and scored four minutes later. She is the first Italian woman to score in two World Cups.

Dragoni, meanwhile, could be the face of Italy’s team for the next decade. “I have no expectations,” she said this week. “I can’t because I am still so young and I came here to learn and to have some experience.”

Argentina has never advanced past the group stage, failing to win a World Cup match and scoring only five goals in three tournaments.

Colombia vs. South Korea

Colombia is coming off a strong performance in the Copa América Championship, where it beat Argentina in the semifinals and fell to Brazil in the final, 1-0. Those results suggest a readiness to contend on the world stage.

But that competitiveness may have gone too far in a recent friendly against Ireland: That match was called off after 20 minutes for what the Irish labeled “overly physical” play from the Colombians. Colombia rejected that characterization and defended its style; it said the Irish simply “preferred not to continue playing.”

Colombia will face South Korea, the runner-up in the 2022 Asian Cup, on Tuesday in Sydney (late Monday Eastern time). The South Koreans have made it to the knockout stage once in three previous World Cup appearances, in 2015. Four years ago, the Koreans lost all three of their games.

Germany trounced Morocco for the biggest victory so far this tournament. And Brazil’s Ary Borges put up three goals and a nifty assist against Panama.

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The mind is willing, so the body doesn’t have much choice

By ANDREW KEH

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Mike Duggan and his hockey buddies were strapping on their gear one recent morning when their banter hopscotched, as it frequently does, to the subject of joint replacement surgeries.

Duggan, 74, the proud owner of an artificial hip, marveled at the sheer number of titanium body parts in the locker room. He gestured toward Mitch Boriskin, who was wiggling into a pair of skates along the opposite wall.

“I don’t think there’s an original part on you,” Duggan said.

Boriskin, 70, smiled. “Two fake knees, a spinal cord stimulator, 25 surgeries,” he began, as if reciting a box score.

“And one lobotomy,” Duggan interjected, as laughter rippled across the room.

All that titanium, at least, was being put to good use. Their team, the Oregon Old Growth, had joined dozens of others from around North America to compete this month at the Snoopy Senior hockey tournament in Santa Rosa, about 60 miles north of San Francisco.

The tournament has become a summertime ritual for hundreds of recreational players — all of them between 40 and 90 years old — who gather each year at Redwood Empire Ice Arena, where Charles M. Schulz, the creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip and a lifelong hockey fanatic, founded the event in 1975.

By now, everyone knows what to expect: The skating is slow, the wisecracks whiz by fast and the laughter flows as freely as the beer.

“If you like paint drying, you will be riveted,” said Larry Meredith, 82, the captain of the Berkeley Bears, a team in the tournament’s 70-plus division.

Playing sports can feel like a young person’s game. Maybe you compete through high school, perhaps find a regular pickup game or beer league after college. But, eventually, families and jobs and the various other encumbrances of adult life conspire to pull you away.

These senior skaters, though, represent a generation that has increasingly pushed back on this timeline. They understand how fitness and camaraderie can be beneficial for both body and mind. They hold on dearly to the games they love, even as their bodies beg them to reconsider.

“You don’t quit because you get old, you get old because you quit,” said Rich Haskell, 86, a player from New Port Richey, Florida. “A friend of mine died a couple years ago. He played hockey in the morning, died at night. You can’t do it better than that.”

The tournament has the unbent feel of a week-and-a-half-long summer camp. Camper vans and recreational vehicles crowd the arena parking lot, where players drink beer, grill meat and fraternize between games.

The squad names this year — California Antiques, Michigan Oldtimers, Seattle Seniles and Colorado Fading Stars, to name a few — nodded at players’ advanced age and evolved sense of humor.

“We used to just be the Colorado Stars,” said Rich Maslow, 74, the team’s goalie. “But then we turned 70.”

Maslow and his teammates were scheduled to play that day at 6:30 a.m., the earliest slot, which meant they had to assemble before sunrise.

“We all have to get up at 5:30 to pee anyway, so we might as well play some hockey,” said Craig Kocian, 78, of Arvada, Colorado, as they dressed for the game.

Kocian described himself as having “adult onset hockey syndrome.” But many other participants began playing when they were children and let the game weave itself through the decades of their lives.

Among them was Terry Harper, 83,

who played in 19 seasons as a defenseman in the NHL. When he retired, he threw away his equipment, he said, and for the next 10 years stayed away from the ice. But in 1992, a neighbor coaxed him to Santa Rosa, and Harper, who grew up playing in his backyard in Saskatchewan, felt some long dormant pleasure center reactivate in his brain.

“I came here and had the greatest time I’ve had in hockey, ever,” said Harper, who, it must be noted, won five Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens. “There wasn’t the pressure, the travel. I found out hockey is fun.”

Harper, playing for the Bears, took his time on the ice. Changing directions, for one thing, required a couple more beats than it once did. But his stickhandling and anticipation betrayed his expertise, and he was smiling throughout the game, even after getting whacked in the face.

“I took a stick to my chin!” Harper shouted happily as he skated to the bench, putting out his tongue to check for blood.

Harper and the other players said hockey simply made them feel good. It gave them a method and a reason to stave off the natural effects of aging.

And by gliding on skates, they could actually generate some speed.

“If we tried to run, we wouldn’t go anywhere,” Maslow said.

But the players also hinted at something less tangible, some swirl of selfhood and ritualism and sense memory, that

week after week lured them back to the ice.

“It’s part of who I am, and that feeling is really powerful,” Meredith said about playing hockey. “Maybe that’s why I hang on, because it hearkens back to going to a rink, smelling those smells that you can only find in an indoor ice rink, those hockey smells.”

Schulz, the “Peanuts” creator, was the same way. He ate breakfast and lunch at the rink, which he had built and opened in 1969. Spending most days grinding away at the drawing board, he saw his Tuesday night games as something of a spiritual salve.

“He used to say, ‘It’s the only thing that gives me pleasure,’ ” said Jean Schulz, his widow.

He played until he died, at the age of 77, in 2000. Many players said they would like to do the same.

But if the specter of injury and bodily impermanence hovers over the tournament, the older players defuse it with dark humor.

Bob Carolan, 82, a retired pulmonologist from Eugene, Oregon, recalled an incident about 15 years ago in which he resuscitated a player on the ice who was having a heart attack.

“The best play I ever made at Snoopy,” said Carolan, who ran into the same man at a tournament 10 years later. “He had an implantable defibrillator, but he was still playing.”

After their early morning game, the Fading Stars came off the ice and stripped away their gear. Out came a case of Coors Light. It was 7:40 a.m. Noticing the beer company’s logo on the team’s sweaters, a visitor asked if it was a sponsor.

“The only sponsorship we’re looking for is Viagra,” said Murray Platt, 68, of Denver.

Also grabbing a cold one was Dave McCay, 72, of Denver, who scored four goals in the team’s opening game, sprained an ankle in the second and arrived for the third in a walking boot.

That leg had given him trouble before — he held up a photo showing 12 screws, a steel rod and a plate in it — and his wife had already begun gently questioning his priorities. But slowing down has not crossed his mind.

“I’m convinced this gives you a better quality of life,” McCay said, leaning on a pair of crutches, “even if you have to limp around a little bit.”

These men, many in their 80s, may have titanium hips and implantable defibrillators. But they plan to play hockey until they go to that big locker room in the sky.

Sudoku

How to Play:

Fill in the empty fields with the numbers from 1 through 9.

Sudoku Rules:

Every row must contain the numbers from 1 through 9

Every column must contain the numbers from 1 through 9

Every 3x3 square must contain the numbers from 1 through 9

Crossword

Answers on page 30

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Aries (Mar 21-April 20)

If there’s an issue with your partner that needs airing, this is a good time to do it, Aries. Don’t hold back just to maintain the equilibrium in the relationship. Don’t sacrifice your peace of mind just to keep from rocking the boat. Refusing to face reality just to keep up an easy facade isn’t doing anyone a bit of good. Be totally honest with yourself, your feelings, and other people.

Taurus (April 21-May 21)

The intensity of the day may bring unexpected opposition, Taurus. Whether it’s verbalized or not, the confrontations are quite real. Don’t underestimate a loved one’s emotions. Stand up to these issues and be realistic about their solutions. No one expects you to have all the answers, so don’t pretend to. We’re all human and we all make mistakes.

Gemini (May 22-June 21)

Give your loved ones the attention they need today, Gemini. Don’t let another day go by without saying you love them. Life is short and getting shorter with each passing day. Be confrontational about a serious issue that needs addressing. You’re responsible for your feelings. Don’t play the victim. You’ll only experience more pain and resentment later.

Cancer (June 22-July 23)

Don’t run away from the tension today, Cancer. Any emotional stress you feel will be compounded if it isn’t dealt with right away. Be in the moment while the moment is here. The more you face the present, the less you will regret in the future. Clear up any sticky situation that arises and move forward. People may not understand your needs and concerns until you clearly verbalize them.

Leo (July 24-Aug 23)

Stop hiding behind your intellectual barrier, Leo. Playing games will get you nowhere. True strength is standing up and demonstrating that you can say what you feel in any situation, especially regarding a close loved one. If you feel the need to say something, say it. Don’t wait until the situation escalates to an unhealthy argument before you finally get your feelings out.

Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)

Stop trying to feel everyone else’s emotions and focus on yours, Virgo. Being empathetic is certainly laudable, but at some point you need to face the music and look in the mirror. Make a clear distinction between your needs and those of others. Express your feelings. Ask for help if you need it. Other people aren’t mind readers. They probably have no idea what you’re feeling.

Libra (Sep 24-Oct 23)

It may seem like neither side of the bed is the right side to wake up on today, Libra. The only solution may be is to just go back to dreamland if you can. If you can’t, focus on your heart, because it’s trying to tell you it needs some attention. Emotions may be running high, so be careful how you treat yourself and others.

Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov 22)

You may feel like you’re being double-crossed by a loved one today, Scorpio. Maybe your words are being used against you in such a way that makes you look like the bad guy. When it comes to making a rebuttal on your behalf, let the other person know that you’re confronting them about their behavior and not their person.

Sagittarius (Nov 23-Dec 21)

You may say one thing one minute and the opposite the next, Sagittarius. Most of the time you jump from one issue to the next with no hassle, but today people probably will call you on it. Think about what you mean before you say it. Don’t do all your thinking aloud so others can hear. Your continuous thought process might be mistaken for your final analysis. Confusion could ensue.

Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 20)

You may say one thing one minute and the opposite the next, Sagittarius. Most of the time you jump from one issue to the next with no hassle, but today people probably will call you on it. Think about what you mean before you say it. Don’t do all your thinking aloud so others can hear. Your continuous thought process might be mistaken for your final analysis. Confusion could ensue.

Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb 19)

You may say one thing one minute and the opposite the next, Sagittarius. Most of the time you jump from one issue to the next with no hassle, but today people probably will call you on it. Think about what you mean before you say it. Don’t do all your thinking aloud so others can hear. Your continuous thought process might be mistaken for your final analysis. Confusion could ensue.

Pisces (Feb 20-Mar 20)

You may say one thing one minute and the opposite the next, Sagittarius. Most of the time you jump from one issue to the next with no hassle, but today people probably will call you on it. Think about what you mean before you say it. Don’t do all your thinking aloud so others can hear. Your continuous thought process might be mistaken for your final analysis. Confusion could ensue.

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