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nion groups representing retirees gathered in front of the U.S. District Court on Chardón Avenue in Hato Rey on Tuesday to protest the lawsuit filed by the Financial Oversight and Management Board against the Dignified Retirement Act, which would protect retirees who receive pensions of over $1,500 from the board’s budget axe.

If an amended debt adjustment plan issued by the oversight board on Tuesday is approved, the union organizations said, thousands of retired people will be harmed by the cuts.

The trade unions, which have united in repudiation of the austerity measures being imposed by the oversight board, pointed to what they said are various conflicts of interest and business relations of the board as the reason why the debt agreement is being promoted against the wishes of the people.

“We are here to let the Board know that we will not put up with it anymore if they give away our pensions to millionaire bondholders,” said Sonia Palacios, spokeswoman for Build Another Agreement. “The Junta [oversight board] is the enemy of the people and we only have to look at its background to understand those they defend. The first example of this is Antonio Medina, who worked in pharmaceutical companies where they profited from million-dollar tax exemptions that led us to this bankruptcy. Justin Peterson, on the other hand, worked as a lobbyist for the vulture funds, looking for his bondholder friends to get richer. Others like David Skeel and Arthur González are Republican agents who have supported every austerity measure that has been put forward, no matter how much damage it does to us. The Junta is a disgrace for this country and we say a resounding NO.” The Dignified Retirement Act is currently being challenged in federal court by the oversight board.

Currently, the Dignified Retirement Act is the only mechanism preventing pension cuts. The island Legislative Assembly filed a motion to dismiss the board’s challenge, stressing that it would not be repealing the law.

“We urge pensioners and active public servants

to vote against the Debt Adjustment Plan in the voting process,” said Pedro Pastrana, spokesman for the Retired Chapter of the Teachers’ Federation.

“This is an abusive plan that has been created by a Board of people disconnected from the country. … How are we going to survive if we are not going to have anything to pay for medicines, food and utilities? Are we going to continue to place the economic burden of our island on the youth, who, to top it all off, earn a pittance? The cut in pensions is only going to end up plunging us all into poverty.”

Union groups representing retirees staged a protest Tuesday in front of the federal court building in Hato Rey against a lawsuit filed by the Financial Oversight and Management Board against the Dignified Retirement Act, which would protect public pensions of over $1,500 from cuts sought by the board. (Photo Courtesy of Construyamos Otro Acuerdo)

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Fiscal board issues 6th version of debt adjustment plan ahead of hearing

By THE STAR STAFF

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he Financial Oversight and Management Board on Tuesday issued its sixth version of the debt adjustment plan and of its disclosure statement that would restructure some $35 billion in debt but does not include a “Plan B” as ordered by the judge in the event that the Puerto Rico Legislature and government do not enact legislation enabling the debt deal.

As reported by the STAR earlier this week, a hearing to evaluate a disclosure statement for the debt adjustment plan is slated for Thursday. It was originally slated for Tuesday.

The sixth amended Plan of Adjustment reflects a plan support agreement with bond insurers Ambac Financial Group and Financial Guaranty Insurance Co. (FGIC) to settle both their asserted clawback claims against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and debts issued by the Puerto Rico Infrastructure Financing Authority (PRIFA).

PRIFA bondholders will receive $260 million in cash, inclusive of restriction fees and consummation costs. In addition, the agreement includes a contingent value instrument based on potential outperformance of Puerto Rico’s 5.5% sales and use tax relative to projections in the 2020 Certified Fiscal Plan and Puerto Rico’s general fund rum tax collections relative to projections in the 2021 Certified Fiscal Plan. Cash consideration to all PRIFA claims reflects a fixed reduction of the amount of PRIFA claims of around 90%.

“With this sixth amended Plan of Adjustment, the Oversight Board has reached agreements with all monoline bond insurance companies involved in the Commonwealth Plan of Adjustment,” said Natalie Jaresko, the oversight board’s executive director, in a written statement.

“The agreement to settle the PRIFA claims provides additional support to the Plan of Adjustment prior to confirmation hearings and brings Puerto Rico another step closer to the end of its bankruptcy.”

The government and the Legislature oppose the debt adjustment plan because it proposes an 8.5% cut to pensions higher than $1,500 a month, and have said they will not pass bills needed to enable the debt adjustment plan.

The document, however, did not include a proposed alternative to that issue.

The plan discloses the government’s po-

Natalie Jaresko, executive director of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico sition and includes a summary of recent statements by Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia and the speaker of the island House of Representatives, Rep. Rafael Hernández Montañez.

The plan then discloses the risks associated with the oversight board’s failure to obtain legislative approval for each legislative measure contemplated by the proposed plan, and the risks associated with implementation of the proposed plan of adjustment should the oversight board proceed without the enactment of legislation contemplated in the plan. The value of those municipal securities, such as the new general obligation (GO) bonds, could be impacted, and the government believes the oversight board is pursuing a risky path.

The oversight board said it believes the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act, commonly known as PROMESA, preempts commonwealth laws, including those enacted before the federal legislation and that the board can write budgets and fiscal plans that can wipe out local laws assigning cash flows to revenue bondholders.

The plan added a new section to discuss, among other things, the oversight board’s analysis of the debtors’ real property assets and efforts to monetize such assets.

“Creditors may raise at confirmation of the proposed Plan whether certain Commonwealth properties should be monetized, including pursuant to Act 26-2017, and, if they are monetized, whether the proceeds from the sale of such properties should be made available to pay creditors,” a section of the plan reads.

The plan reveals that Puerto Rico owns 16,800 real properties and parcels, including some 4,100 buildings and 12,700 parcels of land.

The debt disclosure statement also added that it can not offer guarantees as to the adequacy of the financial information provided by the government.

“The financial information contained herein has not been, and will not be, audited or reviewed by any independent accounting firm or third party and is limited in scope,” the document says.

“Although the Debtors believe that they have used their reasonable efforts to assure the accuracy of the financial information provided herein, there can be no assurance that the financial information contained herein is without material inaccuracies or inconsistencies. Neither the Oversight Board nor the Government can vouch for the accuracy and completeness of such information. As a result, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any of the financial information contained herein.”

It also discloses that creditors are conducting independent investigations into cash available to the commonwealth and may challenge whether the oversight board’s cash restrictions are correct. Additionally, it says the court may be asked to determine whether available cash should have been considered in formulating the plan of adjustment, and that, if the court finds that additional cash should have been considered and made available for distribution under the plan, there is a risk that the debtors may not be able to demonstrate satisfaction of confirmation standards.

The document also discloses the potential risks and costs associated with the issuance under the proposed plan of adjustment of multiple kinds and maturities of bonds to each holder of bond claims with respect to their current holdings, including any effect on marketability of such bonds, as well as the rationale for structuring distributions in that manner.

It advises holders of such bonds that they will need to consult their tax advisers as to the tax implications of the distribution.

Regarding the interest on the GO bonds, the plan says that which is to be issued under the plan of adjustment is intended to be exempt from federal taxes to the maximum extent permitted under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC).

“However, as noted above, the tax status of the New GO Bonds has not been determined as of the date of this Disclosure Statement,” the document says. “In order to determine the maximum amount of New GO Bonds that can be exempt from federal taxes under the IRC, due diligence regarding the use of proceeds of the existing bonds must be completed by Section 103 Bond Counsel, among other matters. This diligence process has started but will take some time to complete.”

“In addition, a ruling or other guidance from the IRS regarding the allocation of proceeds of the New GO Bonds between purposes eligible for tax-exempt financing and purposes not eligible for tax-exempt financing will be sought in order to maximize the amount of New GO Bonds that can be issued as exempt from federal taxes under the IRC,” the document notes. “A ruling request has not yet been submitted to the IRS, but it is expected that the guidance from the IRS will be obtained before the effective date.”

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Health Dept. orders mask wearing indoors amid virus case rise

By PEDRO CORREA HENRY Twitter: @pete_r_correa Special to The Star

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sland Health Secretary Carlos Mellado López announced Tuesday that in light of the case and hospitalization increase due to the delta variant, the agency will issue an administrative order that requires the use of face masks by all people at indoor establishments without distinction of the person’s COVID-19 vaccination status.

The announcement came right after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that even vaccinated individuals use face masks inside enclosed spaces with coronavirus outbreaks occurring around the United States.

Mellado also urged islanders to continue getting vaccinated to counteract the effects of the virus that had claimed 2,569 lives in Puerto Rico as of Tuesday.

“The vaccine, although it is true that there are positive patients, and I have always said this, there are positive patients with both doses of the vaccine, it means that the vaccine protects you in mortality and protects you in the development of the condition, but this does not exceed the vaccine’s level of error,” he pointed out. “It would have been much worse if the patient had not been vaccinated.”

Meanwhile, the Health chief rejected the idea that municipal screening has been dismantled.

Puerto Rico Health Secretary Carlos Mellado López He was asked to comment on the matter after the daily newspaper El Vocero reported that Ciales municipal epidemiologist Luis Xavier Mayol Vélez resigned and decried via letter what he said was undue interference from employees lacking experience in public health with the work his team carried out in the follow-up on COVID-19 cases.

“Here the municipal contact tracing system has not been dismantled; what is being done is to bring it to [the] Health [Department],” Mellado said, adding that he is working toward the department making information on the pandemic more comprehensive and transparent.

At about the same time, news outlet Las Noticias from Teleonce received a leaked email from the Health Department in which Principal Epidemiological Officer José Becerra ordered municipal epidemiologists

to transfer interview requests to him.

Becerra acknowledged during the lastminute press conference that he held back the release of COVID-19 outbreaks because the people who were developing them “had no scientific quality.”

Becerra made reference to demographers and chemists “who were not epidemiologists.”

He also acknowledged that he ordered municipal epidemiologists not to speak with members of the press unless he authorized it and knew what they were going to report.

He said he wanted to “contextualize” information that was meant to be released to media outlets.

‘Nobody wants to go back to the days of curfews and greater restrictions’ Earlier in the day, Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia said that he does not rule out making the coronavirus vaccine mandatory through an executive order as a countermeasure against the resurging coronavirus pandemic.

“I will be taking into consideration possible additional measures, but nothing that would entail the imposition of a curfew, or anything of the sort,” the governor said in response to questions at a press conference.

“But I am going to look for a way and means to encourage everyone to get vaccinated, except for those who have a reasonable justification [for not doing so].”

When asked if he would seek to turn mandatory vaccination into a piece of legislation, Pierluisi said “there is no need for a bill.”

“We are still in a state of emergency, so by way of an executive order, any other requirement can be established,” he said.

“As I said, everything is under evaluation.”

Pierluisi also insisted that it is not necessary to impose a curfew or additional major restrictions similar to last year. Moreover, he said, the current outbreak is “due to people who refuse to get vaccinated against the virus.”

“It’s important that everyone protects themselves, it’s important that everyone gets vaccinated,” he said. “I can understand if you have a medical condition or a particular religious conviction, do not do it, but everyone else should at least go to the around 400 vaccine providers available to protect yourselves and other people.”

“I am focused on finding a way for those who have not been vaccinated to finish their vaccinations if they do not have a justified cause to do so,” Pierluisi added. “It is proven that the only thing that can help us defeat this pandemic is the vaccine.”

Meanwhile, the governor urged both vaccinated and unvaccinated islanders to continue using face masks indoors.

“Nobody wants to go back to the days of curfews and greater restrictions,” he said.

When asked what would be the breaking point with further COVID-19 outbreaks, Pierluisi said the government continues to monitor data and statistics provided by the island Health Department to consider any actions.

Isabela mayor tests positive for COVID-19

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sabela Mayor Miguel Méndez Pérez announced on Tuesday that as part of a treatment for bronchitis, he underwent several tests, one of which came back positive for COVID-19.

Isabela Mayor Miguel Méndez Pérez

The mayor confirmed that he completed his COVID-19 vaccination last February, both doses from Pfizer.

“For me it is of the utmost importance that my people know everything related to our work, so I confirm that I am receiving adequate treatment in a hospital in the western region,” the mayor said in a written statement. “I feel good under the circumstances and as always, trusting in God and in the medical team that attends to me.”

Given the situation, the Isabela municipal tracking team activated its protocols and at the moment there have been no positive cases of COVID-19 in Méndez Pérez’s family or work environment.

“At an administrative level, my executive assistant, Mariluz Méndez, will be carrying out the necessary tasks, so that all municipal works are carried out as planned,” the mayor added. “I thank all the people who have been cooperating and as always, I will keep

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Pierluisi on Rincón condo pool dispute: ‘A governor should not have an opinion on a matter that is still pending’ Urges regulatory agencies concerned to ‘act quickly’

By PEDRO CORREA HENRY Twitter: @pete_r_correa Special to The Star

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ov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia deniedTuesday that he had any direct or indirect influence on the handling of permits that the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) granted for a pool reconstruction project at the Sol y Playa condominium in Rincón.

Demonstrators at the beachfront site say the project breaches the maritime terrestrial zone and disrupts a known nesting site for endangered sea turtles.

“That permit was granted long before I was governor.

Now it is being questioned. What is important is that both the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources and the Planning Board take up this matter with a sense of urgency,” Pierluisi said in response to questions from the press after he spoke at a commemoration of the birth of Dr. José Celso Barbosa, who is regarded as the father of the statehood movement in Puerto Rico, at María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery in Old San Juan.

The governor’s statement comes amid a dispute that has spurred dozens of residents, activists and legislators to protest against the construction work. Opponents of the

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi refrained from weighing in on a disputed pool construction project at a beachfront condominium in Rincón, saying “it is a matter that involves expertise, it is being adjudicated by both the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources and the Planning Board, and I am the first one to respect the regulatory agencies and the only thing I ask of them is that they act quickly.” project have set up an indefinite protest camp close to the Almendros Beach shore.

“A governor should not have an opinion on a matter that is still pending; that would be a general opinion, [and] that’s not a question to ask, to be fair with you,” Pierluisi said.

“If what you are asking me to do is to determine whether the permit proceeds or not, it would be irresponsible on

my part because it is a matter that involves expertise, it is being adjudicated by both the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources and the Planning Board, and I am the first one to respect the regulatory agencies and the only thing I ask of them is that they act quickly,” The governor also rejected the notion of any intervention whatsoever on his part because a relative, Walter Pierluisi Isern, owns a unit in the housing complex.

“First of all, we are talking about a third or fourth cousin of mine,” he said. “As I said, that permit was issued long before I was governor.”

When asked why DNER Secretary Rafael Machargo Maldonado filed and then two hours later amended a cease and desist order that demanded the housing complex stop the construction work as it was taking place in both a maritime terrestrial zone and a sea turtle nesting ground, Pierluisi said that what Machargo did was “to clarify the scope of an order or decision that was made.”

“In any case, it is the secretary who should be asked the questions regarding his own decisions, not this person,” he said. “At La Fortaleza, we do not intervene with the decisions that involve permits and pending adjudications at the agencies.”

Finally, the governor recommended that anyone who believes that police have been excessive in their use of force at the demonstrations should file a complaint.

US House committee OKs funds for update of seismic maps

By THE STAR STAFF

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esident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón said Tuesday that the Rules Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives approved an amendment that she authored that would provide an additional $650,000 to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to accelerate the update of seismic hazard models and maps for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI).

“The USGS has not updated the models for Puerto Rico since 2003,” the resident commissioner said. “Last year we included language directing the federal agency to update the models and seismic hazard maps for Puerto Rico and USVI. With this amendment that the Committee passed, we would ensure that they have the funds to start doing it and have a final product by 2024.”

“In December 2019, and until 2020, the southwestern part of the island was hit by consecutive earthquakes that

left damages estimated at one billion dollars,” González Colón added. “Updating the risk model for the two territories is urgent and crucial to save lives and ensure that we have the necessary tools to prepare for future seismic events.”

The amendment approved Monday was included as part of the group of amendments that the lower chamber will consider this week for House Resolution 4502, a bill that groups together the fiscal budget projects for the year 2022 for federal programs related to a range of agencies.

Water service to return in island west after line repair

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

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he Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) said Tuesday that although the repair work on ruptured raw water line that supplies the Miradero filtration plant in Mayagüez was completed, customers from several sectors of the island’s western region will continue to be without drinking water service until “the system gradually recovers.”

“The work was completed successfully

this morning,” said engineer Eric Rosa Lugo, the executive director of PRASA’s western region. “We are now waiting for the recovery of the drinking water service for the sectors that were affected by this failure.”

The customers affected since last Friday are the residents of Mayagüez’s Sabanetas, Maní, Algarrobo, Miradero, Leguísamo, Río Cañas Arriba and Río Cañas Abajo, Sábalos, Guanajibo, Río Hondo, Quebrada Grande and Mayagüez Arriba neighborhoods. Likewise, the Hoya Grande and Valle Hermoso neighborhoods in Hormigueros; Plan Bonito

and Cerrillos, in Cabo Rojo; Calvache, Atalaya and Barrero in Rincón; and Playa, Caguabo, Hatillo, La Choza, Piñales, Salto, Quebrada Larga and Caracol, in Añasco.

The engineer said the operation of the Miradero filter plant and the distribution of water would begin to the lower parts on Tuesday, and gradually to the higher or more distant sectors that depend on pumps.

As a mitigation measure, water stations continue to operate in Mayagüez (Recreation and Sports Palace, Isidoro García Park, in front of the Maní field); Añasco (Barrio Playa,

PR 109 Casey bridge, PR 405 entrance Urb. Vista del Río, PR 402 in front of the Valeriana school); Hormigueros (in front of the Urb.Valle Hermoso Sur court); and i Cabo Rojo (next to the Cerrillos community field).

The Miradero filter plant in Mayagüez was out of operation due to the breakage of a 36-inch-in-diameter line that transports raw water from the Río Grande de Añasco to the raw water pumping station and finally to the filtration plant.

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As virus cases rise, another contagion spreads among the vaccinated: Anger

By RONI CARYN RABIN

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s coronavirus cases resurge across the country, many inoculated Americans are losing patience with vaccine holdouts who, they say, are neglecting a civic duty or clinging to conspiracy theories and misinformation even as new patients arrive in emergency rooms and the nation renews mask advisories.

The country seemed to be exiting the pandemic; barely a month ago, a sense of celebration was palpable. Now many of the vaccinated fear for their unvaccinated children and worry that they are at risk themselves for breakthrough infections.

Rising case rates are upending plans for school and workplace reopenings, and threatening another wave of infections that may overwhelm hospitals in many communities.

“It’s like the sun has come up in the morning and everyone is arguing about it,” said Jim Taylor, 66, a retired civil servant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a state in which fewer than half of adults are fully vaccinated.

“The virus is here and it’s killing people, and we have a time-tested way to stop it — and we won’t do it. It’s an outrage.”

The rising sentiment is contributing to support for more coercive measures. Scientists, business leaders and government officials are calling for vaccine mandates — if not by the federal government, then by local jurisdictions, schools, employers and businesses.

“I’ve become angrier as time has gone on,” said Doug Robertson, 39, a teacher who lives outside Portland, Oregon, and has three children too young to be vaccinated, including a toddler with a serious health condition.

“Now there is a vaccine and a light at the end of the tunnel, and some people are choosing not to walk toward it,” he said. “You are making it darker for my family and others like mine by making that choice.”

On Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City ordered that all municipal workers be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the time schools reopen in mid-September or face weekly testing.

Officials in California followed suit hours later with a similar mandate covering all state employees and health care workers.

The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday required that 115,000 on-site health care workers be vaccinated in the next two months, the first federal agency to order a mandate.

Nearly 60 major medical organizations, including the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association, on Monday called for mandatory vaccination of all health care workers.

“It’s time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks,” a frustrated Kay Ivey, the Republican governor of Alabama, told reporters last week. “It’s the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down.”

There is little doubt that the United States has reached an inflection point. According to a database maintained by The New York Times, 57% of Americans ages 12 and older are fully vaccinated. Eligible Americans are receiving 537,000 doses a day on average, an 84% decrease from the peak of 3.38 million in early April.

Josh Perldeiner, of Wallingford, Conn., fears his 2-yearold son, too young to be vaccinated, was exposed to the coronavirus by a close relative who refuses to get the shot.

As a result of lagging vaccination and lifted restrictions, infections are rising. As of Sunday, the country was seeing 52,000 new cases daily, on average, a 170% increase over the previous two weeks. Hospitalization and death rates are increasing, too, although not as quickly.

Communities from San Francisco to Austin, Texas, are recommending that vaccinated people wear masks again in public indoor settings. Citing the spread of the more contagious delta variant of the virus, the counties of Los Angeles and St. Louis have ordered indoor mask mandates.

For many Americans who were vaccinated months ago, the future is beginning to look grim. Frustration is straining relations even within closely knit families.

Hospitals have become a particular flash point. Vaccination remains voluntary in most settings, and it is not required for caregivers at most hospitals and nursing homes. Many large hospital chains are just beginning to require that employees be vaccinated.

Even though she is fully vaccinated, Aimee McLean, a nurse case manager at University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, worries about contracting the virus from a patient and inadvertently passing it to her father, who has a serious chronic lung disease. Less than half of Utah’s population is fully vaccinated.

“The longer that we’re not getting toward that number, the more it feels like there’s a decent percentage of the population that honestly doesn’t care about us as health care workers,” McLean, 46, said.

She suggested health insurers link coverage of hospital bills to immunization. “If you choose not to be part of the solution, then you should be accountable for the consequences,” she said.

Many schools and universities are set to resume in-person classes as early as next month. As the number of infections increases, these settings, too, have seen tension rise between the vaccinated and unvaccinated.

Recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on K-12 school reopening are tied to rates of community virus transmission. In communities where vacci-

nation lags, those rates are rising, and vaccinated parents must worry anew about outbreaks at schools. The vaccines are not yet authorized for children under 12.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has advised that children wear masks in class when schools reopen. On Friday, school districts from Chicago to Washington began putting mandates into effect.

Universities, on the other hand, often can require vaccinations of students and staff members. But many have not, frustrating the vaccinated.

“If we’re respecting the rights and liberties of the unvaccinated, what’s happening to the rights and liberties of the vaccinated?” said Elif Akcali, 49, who teaches engineering at the University of Florida, in Gainesville. The university is not requiring students to be vaccinated, and with rates climbing in Florida, she is worried about exposure to the virus.

Some are even wondering how much sympathy they should have for fellow citizens who are not acting in their own best interest. “I feel like if you chose not to get vaccinated, and now you get sick, it’s kind of your bad,” said Lia Hockett, 21, the manager of Thunderbolt Spiritual Books in Santa Monica, California.

Though often seen as a conservative phenomenon, vaccine hesitancy and refusal occur across the political and cultural spectrum in the United States, and for a variety of reasons. No single argument can address all of these concerns, and changing minds is often a slow, individualized process.

Shon Neyland, a pastor who regularly implores members of his church in Portland, Oregon, to get the COVID-19 vaccines, estimated that only about half the members of the Highland Christian Center church have gotten shots. There have been tensions within the congregation over vaccination.

“It’s disappointing, because I’ve tried to help them to see that their lives are in jeopardy and this is a serious threat to humanity,” he said.

Shareese Harris, 26, who works in the office of Grace Cathedral International in Uniondale, New York, has not been vaccinated and is “taking my time with it.” She worries that there may be long-term side effects from the vaccines and that they were rushed to market.

“I shouldn’t be judged or forced to make a decision,” Harris said. “Society will just have to wait for us.”

Rising resentment among the vaccinated may well lead to public support for more coercive requirements, including mandates, but experts warn that punitive measures and social ostracism can backfire, shutting down dialogue and outreach efforts.

Elected officials in several Los Angeles County communities, for example, are already refusing to enforce the county’s new mask mandate.

“Anything that reduces the opportunity for honest dialogue and an opportunity for persuasion is not a good thing,” said Stephen Thomas, a professor of health policy and management at University of Maryland School of Public Health. “We are already in isolated, siloed information systems, where people are in their own echo chambers.”

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New York City and California to require vaccines or tests for workers

Lagging vaccination rates and the spread of the more contagious Delta variant have led to cases in New York City surging past 1,000 per day recently.

By EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS, SHAWN HUBLER and JENNIFER STEINHAUER

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he push to mandate coronavirus vaccinations amid sharply rising caseloads nationwide accelerated earlier this week, as the country’s most populous state and its largest city both announced that they would require hundreds of thousands of government workers to get inoculations or face weekly testing.

At the same time, the Department of Veterans Affairs became the first federal agency to require such vaccinations, by announcing that all 115,000 of its frontline health care workers must receive a coronavirus inoculation in the next two months or face possible termination.

The actions by Gov. Gavin Newsom in California and Mayor Bill de Blasio in New York City reflected growing concern among many government officials that vaccine skepticism and the spread of the more contagious delta variant could lead to a new wave of the pandemic. Their orders would cover hundreds of thousands of government employees and, in the case of California, the more than 2 million health care workers in private and public hospitals, nursing homes and other congregate-care facilities, according to the state Department of Health.

New cases per day have risen fourfold in the U.S. over the past month, leading some public health experts to call for stricter measures to increase lagging vaccination rates.

A group of nearly 60 major medical organizations, including the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association, also issued a statement Monday calling for mandatory vaccination of health care workers.

“Unfortunately, many health care and long-term care personnel remain unvaccinated,” the statement said. “As we move toward full FDA approval of the currently available vaccines, all health care workers should get vaccinated for their own health, and to protect their colleagues, families, residents of long-term care facilities and patients.”

Yet the logistical challenges of implementing these mandates or anything stronger became apparent quickly in New York City when several major unions representing city workers warned that the rules had to be collectively bargained.

“NewYork City is a union town and that cannot be ignored,” said Henry Garrido, the executive director of one of the unions, District Council 37, which has 150,000 members, the largest of any representing city employees.

In California, the new rules were generally welcomed by health care organizations and the public employee unions, who helped elect Newsom in 2018. The California Nurses Associa-

tion, which represents 100,000 nurses, did not directly address Newsom’s order, but said that all eligible people should be vaccinated, “while respecting the need for medical and religious accommodations.”

The new requirement in California, which covers 246,000 state government employees, plus the 2 million health care workers in the public and private sectors, will begin Aug. 2 and be implemented by Aug. 23, Newsom said.

“We are exhausted by the right-wing echo chamber that has been perpetuating misinformation around the vaccine and its efficacy and safety,” Newsom, a Democrat, said. “We are exhausted by its politicization of this pandemic, and that includes mask wearing that has been equated to the Holocaust. It’s disgraceful, it’s unconscionable and it needs to be called out.”

California averages almost 6,400 new virus cases per day, an increase of more than 200% in the past two weeks. More than 64% of adults in the state are fully vaccinated, according to federal data.

Last month, San Francisco announced that all of its workers, more than 35,000 people, would have to receive a vaccine or risk disciplinary action after FDA approval of at least one of the three vaccines now being administered under an emergency order. Several Bay Area counties, Stanford University and the 10 campuses of the University of California have also recently announced some type of mandate to help improve stalling vaccination rates.

The order in New York City, affecting roughly 340,000 city workers, including teachers and police officers, would begin for most workers Sept. 13, the day when nearly 1 million students in the nation’s largest school district return to class. De Blasio has signaled that school reopening is critical to the city’s recovery from the pandemic.

“September is the pivot point of the recovery,” de Blasio said Monday, also referring to the number of workers who are scheduled to return to offices in Manhattan.

The Biden administration has said it is not the federal government’s role to impose a nationwide mandate. But for the Department of Veterans Affairs, the risk to veterans, who tend to be older, sicker and possibly more vulnerable to illness, was becoming too great, Denis McDonough, the secretary of veterans affairs, said Monday.

“I am doing this because it’s the best way to keep our veterans safe, full stop,” said McDonough, whose department is one of the largest federal employers.

Doctors, dentists, registered nurses, physician assistants and some specialists in the sprawling VA system will, starting Wednesday, have eight weeks to get fully vaccinated or face penalties including possible removal, he said. About 70% of workers in department health care centers have been fully vaccinated.

In California, the SF Bar Owner Alliance, an industry group representing 500 bars, said Monday that its members would require customers to show proof of vaccination or a negative virus test in order to enter an establishment. Those who do not have either would have to sit in outside spaces, the group said.

On Monday, de Blasio reiterated a call he made last week to private employers to set vaccine mandates for their workers.

“Right now, what we’re saying is we’re leading by example,” he said. “A lot of times, private sector employers say that’s what they need.”

But de Blasio’s call to action has yet to show results, with

surveys suggesting that mostly smaller businesses are requiring their employees to get vaccinated.

Facebook, which has 4,000 employees in New York, for instance, said Monday that it would continue to encourage, rather than require, coronavirus vaccines for workers.

A press officer for JPMorgan Chase, which employs about 20,100 people in New York City, declined to comment on de Blasio’s remarks. But last month, the bank’s chief executive, Jamie Dimon, warned employees in a memo that the company “may mandate that all employees receive a COVID-19 vaccination consistent with legal requirements and medical or religious accommodations.”

Private health care companies by and large have also not moved toward requiring their workers to receive shots, with only NewYork-Presbyterian issuing a vaccine mandate, which will begin in September.

A month ago, it seemed unlikely that anything could threaten New York City’s bounce back from the pandemic, as restaurants, stores and offices had all been allowed to reopen without restrictions. But recently, the number of virus cases in the city has surged, to more than 1,000 per day on some days, the most since May, which officials attribute to the spread of the more contagious delta variant.

While nearly 5 million New Yorkers have received at least one dose of the vaccine, the speed of inoculations has slowed.

Two million adult New Yorkers are still unvaccinated.

Some health experts are concerned that the city’s new rules amount to a testing mandate, not a vaccination mandate, and they are urging the mayor to take more aggressive steps. Weekly testing, experts have said, is not a strong control measure for the highly infectious variant.

Dr. Sheldon Landesman, an infectious disease specialist and professor at SUNY Downstate, called on the city to move forward with a full vaccination mandate for employees and indoor masking for all.

“This thing is spreading like wildfire again in the city,” Landesman said. “The city has not really done its job on this.”

At a news conference Monday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo avoided supporting a statewide measure like Newsom’s and argued most “public-facing” employees are municipal, not state workers, suggesting mandates were more of a question for localities.

De Blasio said the new measures were first steps and that more would follow.

He could face opposition from the city’s more than two dozen municipal unions.The president of one paramedics’ union, FDNY EMS Local 2507, which has 4,300 members, said Monday that it opposed the new measures, which he said needed to be collectively bargained.

“The city and the mayor cannot simply disregard the civil liberties of the workforce,” the president, Oren Barzilay, said in a statement.

But the United Federation of Teachers said it was on board with the new rules. New York City’s largest police union, the Police Benevolent Association, declined to comment.

New York City officials are hoping that the new rules will mitigate anxieties among parents who kept their children learning from home over the past year and are still wary of the return to classrooms. De Blasio has insisted that New York City’s schools will reopen in September as planned, with no remote option.

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Final victim of Surfside condo collapse is identified

By GIULIA HEYWARD, PATRICIA MAZZEI and AUDRA D. S. BURCH

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ore than a month after the terrifying collapse of a condominium tower in Surfside, the last victim’s remains were identified earlier this week, bringing the final death toll to 98 and capping a tedious, painstaking effort to account for every resident who had been killed.

The brother of Estelle Hedaya, 54, who lived in a sixth-floor condo at the Champlain Towers South, said the police contacted the family Monday, saying her remains had been identified.

Officials confirmed they had recovered remains for each person who had been considered missing after the June 24 collapse.

The disaster is now officially one of the deadliest structural building failures in American history. The response to the collapse was the largest emergency unrelated to hurricanes ever conducted in Florida.

“Nothing we can say or do will bring back these 98 angels, who left behind grieving families, beloved friends, loved ones across this community and across the world,” Mayor Daniella Levine Cava of Miami-Dade County said in a news conference.

“But we have done everything possible to bring closure to the families.”

While the search for bodies at the collapse site concluded Friday, teams of police officers continued to search off-site through millions of pounds of debris for evidence, victims’ remains and personal items belonging to residents. The final remains were found July 20, and the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner Department worked until Monday to identify them, said Alfredo Ramirez III, the director of the Miami-Dade Police Department.

Levine Cava said crews would continue searching through debris of the collapse “to ensure that all identifiable human remains are recovered.”

The secondary searches, some of them being done by hand, will try to ensure that officials have not missed any additional victims who were never reported missing, Ramirez said.

The crews will also keep collecting personal items, but officials could not give a time when people would be able to retrieve them. “We hope to return as much items as we can to bring closure to the families,” Ramirez said, adding that they hope to begin the process “as soon as possible.”

Searchers spent several weeks relentlessly digging through the steel and concrete remnants of the 13-story building in a hunt for survivors, long after it seemed that hope had been lost.

But after rescuing a 15-year-old boy, Jonah Handler, and finding his mother, Stacie Fang, who died at a hospital, just hours after the collapse 32 days ago, searchers found no one else alive in the debris.

The search-and-rescue effort officially ended July 7, but officials vowed that the recovery operation would not cease until all the rubble had been searched and every victim’s body had been found.

The discovery of Hedaya’s remains ends a long, painful period of waiting for her family and friends, who followed along as every other victim was identified within a month of the collapse.

Hedaya’s younger brother, Ikey, traveled to Florida twice, offering a DNA sample and praying near the site.

“Your first reaction is shock and disbelief, and then just

More than a month after the terrifying collapse, the last victim’s remains were identified, one of her relatives said on Monday, July 26, bringing the final death toll to 98 and capping a tedious, painstaking effort to account for every resident who had been killed. crying till you can’t stop, and then accepting what you can’t change,” Hedaya’s mother, Linda Hedaya, said Friday before her daughter’s remains were identified.

Estelle Hedaya had relocated to Florida from New York to begin a new chapter, and so much in her life was looking up, said her brother. She had lost weight, bought a new red car and was focused on her spirituality.

Her mother’s wish was that her daughter would be found so she could receive a proper burial.

“We have no choice but to go on, but I want to give her the respect that she deserves,” Linda Hedaya said. “She was my firstborn. I called her my shining star.”

Levine Cava said that, including the 98 victims, county officials ultimately accounted for 242 people who had been identified as possibly inside of Champlain Towers South at the time of the collapse.

Search-and-rescue teams from Florida, several other states, Israel and Mexico battled dangerous terrain to comb through the remains of the collapsed condo, breathing through billows of thick smoke as they extinguished occasional fires.

For more than a week, the remaining part of the building towered over them, until it was demolished July 4 amid the loud fireworks celebrations of nearby Miami Beach, opening new avenues for searchers and speeding the recovery of remains.

Tropical Storm Elsa brought lightning and heavy rain, forcing teams to periodically pause their efforts.

As the days dragged on, family members who gathered at a reunification center and nearby hotels for updates on the search were swabbed for DNA to help identify bodies, as a growing throng of people — including President Joe Biden — paid their respects at nearby memorials.

“We have all asked God for a miracle,” Levine Cava told reporters when the search for survivors was declared over. “So the decision to transition from rescue to recovery is an extremely difficult one.”

As time passed, authorities found it more and more difficult to identify the recovered victims because of the deteriorated state of the remains. The process required medical examiners to deploy extensive resources, including extracting DNA from bones and partnering with the FBI to lift delicate fingerprints. In the case of at least one victim, the identification process took 16 days.

Officials will now turn their entire focus to determining what could have caused the collapse. While search teams dug through the rubble, so did homicide detectives from the MiamiDade Police Department and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, looking for any clues.

“There was something very, very wrong with this situation,” Mayor Charles Burkett of Surfside said June 26. “We’re going to find out what happened — not tomorrow, not today, but not in the indefinite future.”

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US can expedite removal of migrant families, Biden administration says

Border Patrol agents questioning undocumented migrants from Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala who walked toward the border wall in Yuma, Ariz., in May.

By MIRIAM JORDAN

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he Biden administration announced late Monday that it would begin swiftly removing migrant families that immigration officials determined did not qualify for asylum after an initial screening at the southwestern border.

The policy, known as expedited removal, is a return to a measure that has been used by Democratic and Republican administrations to deter unauthorized immigration. Asylum officers interview families in a fast-tracked screening process to determine if they have a “credible fear of persecution.”

The Biden administration has been struggling to cope with an influx of unauthorized arrivals that shows few signs of abating.

“Expedited removal provides a lawful, more accelerated procedure to remove those family units who do not have a basis under U.S. law to be in the United States,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.

Under an emergency order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the coronavirus pandemic, the Biden administration has had the authority to expel to Mexico any migrants who show up at the border without a visa.

But the government of some Mexican border states have refused to accept families with young children or those who have traveled from countries outside Central America, such as Brazil, Ecuador, India and Venezuela.

Human smugglers in recent months have funneled tens of thousands of families to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas and to parts of Arizona and California — places where they are aware families will be admitted — because Mexican states such as Tamaulipas and Baja California are not taking them back.

Details of how expedited removal will be carried out were not immediately available, but it could potentially be applied to certain cohorts of families, depending on their country of origin or the age of the children, or along only

certain stretches of the border.

The announcement Monday drew a sharp rebuke from immigrant advocacy groups.

“Jamming desperate families through an expedited asylum process would deny them the most basic due process protections and can hardly be called humane,” said Lee Gelernt, a lawyer at the American Civil Liberties Union, which has sued the government to end the use of the emergency order, known as Title 42.

The lawsuit has not moved forward as the sides negotiate, Gelernt said.

In an attempt to limit the spread of the coronavirus, Title 42 allows the United States to immediately send migrants back across the border even if they wish to make an asylum claim. It is the main border policy from the Trump era that the Biden administration kept in place, although the current administration has exempted all minors who are traveling alone.

But thousands of families that Mexico would not allow to re-enter have been processed by the U.S. Border Patrol and released to shelters with notices to check in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement or to appear in immigration court for a hearing. They are allowed to live in the interior of the country while their cases are adjudicated.

Advocates have hoped that the CDC would revoke Title 42, which they consider a tool used for immigration enforcement rather than for protecting the country from the virus. Critics say that quick deportations are especially problematic because they can lead to erroneous expulsions.

“The announcement we had been hoping for was about an end to Title 42,” said Linda Rivas, the executive director of Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center in El Paso, Texas. She added, “This administration continues to seek efficiency over safety and due process for migrant families.”

As coronavirus infections from the highly contagious delta variant started to rise, administration officials and border officials began expressing concern that eliminating the public health order would encourage more migrants to make their way to the border.

In June, Border Patrol agents encountered 188,800 people, the highest monthly number in at least a decade. That brought to 1 million the number of border apprehensions in the first nine months of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30.

Agents apprehended 55,805 family members and 15,253 unaccompanied minors in June, up from 44,639 and 14,158 in May. Just 14% of the families intercepted last month were expelled under the public health order.

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As cyberattacks surge, security startups reap the rewards

By ERIN WOO

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s cyberattacks proliferated this year, Sanjay Beri, CEO of Netskope, a cloud security startup, got a phone call. Then an email. Then more messages.

All were from venture capitalists who wanted to invest in his company. Given the ransomware attacks and nation-state hacks that were making headlines, they told him, companies that made security products had a bigger market and mission than before.

“We weren’t looking for capital,” said Beri, who founded Netskope in 2012, but the cyberattacks “definitely increased their interest.”

After bids from seven investors, Netskope raised $300 million this month at a valuation of $7.5 billion, up from a $2.8 billion valuation last year. It was one of the year’s largest cybersecurity funding rounds, but not the maximum that Netskope could have attained.

“We could have raised $1 billion in capital,” Beri said.

Recent cyberattacks around the world have taken down operations at gasoline pipelines, hospitals and grocery chains and potentially compromised some intelligence agencies. But they have been a bonanza for one group: cybersecurity startups.

Investors have poured more than $12.2 billion into startups that sell products and services such as cloud security, identify verification and privacy protection so far this year. That exceeds the $10.4 billion that cybersecurity companies raised in all of 2020 and is more than double the $4.8 billion raised in 2016, according to the research firm PitchBook, which tracks funding. Since 2019, the rise in cybersecurity funding has outpaced the increase in overall venture funding.

The surge follows a slew of high-profile ransomware attacks, including against Colonial Pipeline, software maker Kaseya and meat processor JBS. When President Joe Biden met with Russian President Vladimir Putin last month, cyberattacks perpetrated by Russians were high on the diplomatic agenda. This month, the Biden administration and its allies also formally accused China of conducting hacks.

The breaches have fueled concerns among companies and governments, leading to increased spending on security products. Worldwide spending on information security and related services is expected to reach $150 billion this year, up 12% from a year ago, according to the research company Gartner.

“Before we got to this point, we as security teams were having to go and fight for every penny we could get, and now it’s the exact opposite,” said John Turner, an information security manager at LendingTree, an online-lending marketplace. Executives, he said, are asking: “Are we protected? What do you need?”

All of this is set to drive business for cybersecurity companies, creating a potential windfall that has excited investors. The average valuation of cybersecurity companies raising funds this year has more than doubled to $524.1 million from $221.8 million in 2020, according to PitchBook.

“In close to two decades as a VC, I’ve never seen valuations so escalated,” said Asheem Chandna, a venture capitalist at Greylock Partners, who has invested in security companies such as Palo Alto Networks.

The funding frenzy has built for months. The pandemic provided momentum when companies shifted to remote work, which required securing those remote-access systems, investors and executives said.

On a Friday evening in October, Chandna introduced the CEO of Abnormal Security, an email-security company in which he had invested, to another investor, he said. That investor, Venky Ganesan of Menlo Ventures, who had been pursuing a meeting with the CEO, Evan Reiser, for months, immediately emailed Reiser to invite him to dinner that night.

Reiser drove, he said, from San Francisco to Ganesan’s home in Atherton, California, about 30 miles away. By the end of the weekend, Abnormal had signed a deal to raise $50 million at a $600 million valuation, putting its total funding at $74 million. Menlo’s $40 million check was the firm’s largest investment ever.

“As shotgun weddings go, it’s as shotgun as you can get,” Ganesan said.

Since then, the ransomware attacks have given the funding wave a further boost.

In January, Lacework, a cloud security startup in San Jose, California, garnered $525 million in funding. Investors reached out because of Lacework’s products, which use artificial intelligence to identify threats, said Andy Byron, the company’s chief resource officer. In total, Lacework has raised $625 million since it was founded in 2015.

Mike Speiser, a venture capitalist at Sutter Hill Ventures, which led Lacework’s January financing, had no problem getting other investors to participate, he said.

“I called the five people that I thought were the best investors and asked them if they were interested. They were all interested, and within 48 hours we had a deal,” Speiser said. “One hundred percent of the people I called said they wanted in. We could have raised well over $1 billion.”

Netskope’s Beri said that with cybersecurity threats mounting, the funding boom was likely to continue.

“Many investors are not security savvy,” he said. “But when your next-door neighbors go, ‘Hey, what’s up with this ransomware stuff,’ then you know that it’s reached public consciousness. From an investor’s perspective, when something hits the average person’s mind, they realize: ‘Wow. This is here to stay.’”

David Hatfield in San Francisco on July 21, 2021. Hatfield runs Lacework, a cloud security start-up that closed a $525 million funding round in January.

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Return to office hits a snag: Young resisters

A generation gap has emerged between them and those who value the workplace over the advantages of remote work.

Bridging it may require flexibility.

By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ and CORAL MURPHY MARCOS

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avid Gross, an executive at a New York-based advertising agency, convened the troops over Zoom this month to deliver a message he and his fellow partners were eager to share: It was time to think about coming back to the office.

Gross, 40, wasn’t sure how employees, many in their 20s and early 30s, would take it. The initial response — dead silence — wasn’t encouraging. Then one young man signaled he had a question. “Is the policy mandatory?” he wanted to know.

Yes, it is mandatory, for three days a week, he was told.

Thus began a tricky conversation at Anchor Worldwide, Gross’ firm, that is being replicated this summer at businesses big and small across the country. While workers of all ages have become accustomed to dialing in and skipping the wearying commute, younger ones have grown especially attached to the new way of doing business.

And in many cases, the decision to return pits older managers who view working in the office as the natural order of things against younger employees who’ve come to see operating remotely as completely normal in the 16 months since the pandemic hit. Some new hires have never gone into their employers’ workplace at all.

“Frankly, they don’t know what they’re missing, because we have a strong culture,” Gross said. “Creative development and production requires face-to-face collaboration. It’s hard to have a brainstorm on a Zoom call.”

Some industries, like banking and finance, are taking a harder line and insisting workers young and old return.

The chief executives of Wall Street giants like Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase have signaled they expect employees to go back to their cubicles and offices in the months ahead.

Other companies, most notably those in technology and media, are being more flexible. As much as Gross wants people back at his ad agency, he is worried about retaining young talent at a time when churn is increasing, so he has been making clear there is room for accommodation.

“We’re in a really progressive industry, and some companies have gone fully remote,” he explained. “You have to frame it in terms of flexibility.”

In a recent survey by the Conference Board, 55% of millennials, defined as people born between 1981 and 1996, questioned the wisdom of returning to the office.

Among members of Generation X, born between 1965 and 1980, 45% had doubts about going back, while only 36% of baby boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, felt that way.

And if anything, the rise of the delta variant of the coronavirus in recent days may fuel resistance among reluctant officegoers of all ages.

“Among the generations, millennials are the most concerned about their health and psychological wellbeing,” said Rebecca L. Ray, executive vice president for human capital at the Conference Board. “Companies would be well served to be as flexible as possible.”

Matthew Yeager, 33, quit his job as a web developer at an insurance company in May after it told him he needed to return to the office as vaccination rates in his city, Columbus, Ohio, were rising. He limited his job hunting to

opportunities that offered fully remote work and, in June, started at a hiring and human resources company based in New York.

“It was tough because I really liked my job and the people I worked with, but I didn’t want to lose that flexibility of being able to work remotely,” Yeager said. “The office has all these distractions that are removed when you’re working from home.”

Yeager said he would also like the option to work remotely in any positions he considered in the future. “More companies should give the opportunity for people to work and be productive in the best way that they can,” he said.

Even as the age split has managers looking for ways to persuade younger hires to venture back, there are other divides. Many parents and other caregivers are concerned about leaving home when school plans are still up in the air, a consideration that has disproportionately affected women during the pandemic.

At the same time, more than a few older workers welcome the flexibility of working from home after years in a cubicle, even as some in their 20s yearn for the camaraderie of the office or the dynamism of an urban setting.

When they work apart, younger employees lose chances to network, develop mentors and gain valuable experience by watching colleagues close-up, veteran managers say.

In some cases, older millennials like Jonathan Singer, 37, a real estate lawyer in Portland, Oregon, find themselves making the case for returning to the office to skeptical younger colleagues who have grown accustomed to working from home.

“As a manager, it’s really hard to get cohesion and collegiality without being together on a regular basis, and it’s difficult to mentor without being in the same place,” Singer said. But persuading younger workers to see things his way has not been easy.

“With the leverage that employees have, and the proof that they can work from home, it’s hard to put the toothpaste back in the tube,” he said.

Alexander Fleiss, 38, chief executive of the investment management firm Rebellion Research, said some employees had resisted going back into the office. He hopes peer pressure and the fear of missing out on a promotion for lack of face-to-face interactions entices people back.

“Those people might lose their jobs because of natural selection,” Fleiss said. He said he wouldn’t be surprised if workers began suing companies because they felt they had been laid off for refusing to go back to the office.

Fleiss also tries to persuade his staff members who are working on projects to come back by focusing on the benefits of face-to-face collaborations, but many employees would still rather stick to Zoom calls.

“If that’s what they want, that’s what they want,” he said. “You can’t force anyone to do anything these days.

You can only urge.”

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Dollar edges lower as investors await Fed meeting outcome

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he U.S. dollar edged lower against a basket of peer currencies on Tuesday as investors awaited the outcome of this week’s two-day Federal Reserve policy meeting for any signals as to when the central bank will begin tapering its asset purchases.

The greenback was 0.263% lower at 92.362 at 2:15 p.m. ET, but still within striking distance of its 3-1/2 month high of 93.19 hit on July 21.

The U.S. currency has risen broadly for more than a month on expectations that as the economic recovery gains steam, the Fed will begin to taper its monetary support to keep inflation in check. But the rise in COVID-19 Delta variant cases may cloud the outlook.

“The dollar has had a nice summer surge and I think the event risk that the Fed poses has been enough for dollar bulls to take some chips off the table,” said Joe Manimbo, senior market analyst at Western Union Business Solutions.

The Fed began its two-day meeting on Tuesday, to be followed by a press conference by Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday.

“I think he’s just going to signal to markets that they’ve been discussing the size of the taper, they’re discussing how to taper, but they’re still in somewhat of a wait-andsee mode, given where we are in the recovery,” said Edward Moya, senior market analyst at OANDA. “So, they’re going to try to punt it, but I think there will be some hawkishness.”

Data on Tuesday showed that U.S. consumer confidence hovered at a 17-month high in July, suggesting the economy maintained its strong growth clip at the start of the third quarter.

Separately, the International Monetary Fund upgraded its growth outlook for the United States and other wealthy economies due to ongoing fiscal support and access to COVID-19 vaccines, while at the same time downgrading its estimates for a number of developing economies.

Overall, the IMF maintained its 6% global growth forecast for 2021 in an update to its World Economic Outlook.

The euro edged up 0.26%, changing hands at $1.1833 versus the greenback, while sterling gained 0.55% to $1.38925 as early data seemed to show an ebb in surging COVID-19 cases in Britain in spite of the removal of many social curbs last week. [GBP/] Elsewhere, concern over the spread of the Delta variant and Hong Kong stock market jitters weighed on risk-oriented currencies.

The Australian dollar weakened 0.26% while the New Zealand dollar was down 0.56%.

The Chinese yuan held up despite turmoil in equities and was up 0.66% at 6.5255. CNY/ In cryptocurrencies, bitcoin was up 1.04% at $37,677.58, but off its Monday high of over $40,000, after Amazon.com said a weekend news report claiming it was preparing to accept crypto payments was false.

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Biden takes two paths to wind down Iraq and Afghan wars

President Joe Biden meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Monday, July 26, 2021.

By ANNIE KARNI and ERIC SCHMITT

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hen it comes to winding down America’s wars, the contrast between President Joe Biden’s handling of Iraq and Afghanistan is growing sharper.

At the White House earlier this week, Biden promised Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi of Iraq that the United States would end its combat mission there by the end of the year. “We’re not going to be, by the end of the year, in a combat mission,” he said.

But the president also made it clear that most of the 2,500 U.S. troops stationed in Iraq would remain, simply reclassified on paper into advisory and training roles. The United States’ role, he said, would be “to continue to train, to assist, to help, and to deal with ISIS as it arrives.”

In Afghanistan, however, the United States is making a far cleaner break, pulling out troops and formally ending its military mission by the end of August. Biden has also declared that the mission of denying terrorists a haven in the country had long ago been achieved and that leaving forces on the ground was no longer worth the cost of blood and money.

The different ways that the president has handled the two wars, which began after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, offer insight not only into America’s strategic interests, but also into how he views the two conflicts.

In pulling out of Afghanistan, Biden said there was no longer any justification to believe that the United States could turn the country into a stable democracy. But in the conflict in Iraq, another decades-old war that many view as more costly than the one in Afghanistan, he sees an American presence as necessary, at least in part, to ward off the influence of Iran and the continuing threat of the Islamic State group.

President Donald Trump also created political pressure for Biden to extricate the U.S. from Afghanistan. Biden administration officials said they were committed to honoring an agreement the Trump administration had signed with the Taliban in February 2020 for U.S. troops to pull out of Afghanistan. Trump made no such pact about a withdrawal of forces from Iraq.

The White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, declined to specify the number of troops that would remain in Iraq.

“The numbers will be driven by what is needed for the mission over time,” she said.

That mission is strategically important to the United States. Even though the Islamic State group’s physical caliphate is long gone, military counterterrorism officials estimate that the militant group still has 8,000-16,000 guerrilla fighters operating in Iraq and Syria.

The American forces in Iraq also support about 900 U.S. troops in neighboring Syria, where the American-

backed Syrian Democratic Forces continue to carry out ground operations against the Islamic State group in the country’s northeast. If the United States were to withdraw from Iraq, it would make supporting the Syria mission much more difficult.

Many Biden administration officials are also haunted by the failed withdrawal from Iraq in 2011. The United States was pulled back in three years later after James Foley, an American journalist, was beheaded by the Islamic State group in August 2014 for a propaganda video and the group seized the northern third of the country.

As head of U.S. forces in Iraq, Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III oversaw the 2011 withdrawal mission. He now serves as Biden’s defense secretary. Richard N. Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, said a reluctance to exit Iraq altogether “might be a hangover from the Obama decision to leave only to have to re-enter.”

And while U.S. officials insist they are not keeping troops in Iraq to fight Iran or Iran-backed militias, the military presence there also allows the United States to monitor Iran more closely. The drone strike that killed Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, a powerful Iranian commander, for instance, was launched from Al Asad Air Base in western Iraq.

“U.S. troops in Iraq help in a political sense balance or contain Iran, which is a serious regional threat,” said James F. Jeffrey, a former U.S. ambassador to Iraq.

The incentives to stay, combined with the lack of political pressure at home to leave, made Biden’s announcement Monday mostly a set piece of diplomatic theater that did little more than formalize the current state of play.

“The objective of both sides is for nothing to change and to keep about 2,500 U.S. troops there that would do things they are already doing,” said Sarhang Hamasaeed, the director of Middle East programs at the United States Institute of Peace. “That’s supporting Iraqi security forces, but not engage in combat.”

U.S. troops no longer accompany Iraqi forces hunting remaining pockets of Islamic State group fighters. Still, experts in the region said the announcement Monday suited both the Iraqi and the U.S. governments in their policy objectives, even if it did little to change the situation on the ground in Iraq.

“The Iraqi government can say we’re less reliant on these foreigners, and the Biden administration can point to this as another example of how it is dialing down America’s involvement in these long-term conflicts in the Middle East,” Haass said.

Indeed, al-Kadhimi has been under pressure from Iraq’s Shiite political parties to end the U.S. mission in Iraq altogether ever since the strike in January 2020 that killed Soleimani and an Iraqi militia commander, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

“You leave Iraq, Iran will go deeper and deeper and dominate the state, giving them control over strategic energy reserves,” Hamasaeed said. “That’s not good for the global economy and stability and efforts to curb Iran’s agenda in the region.”

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‘They have my sister’: As Uyghurs speak out, China targets their families

By AUSTIN RAMZY

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he was a gifted agricultural scientist educated at prestigious universities in Shanghai and Tokyo. She said she wanted to help farmers in poor areas, like her hometown in Xinjiang, in western China. But because of her uncle’s activism for China’s oppressed Muslim Uyghurs, her family and friends said, the Chinese state made her a security target.

At first they took away her father. Then they pressed her to return home from Japan.

Last year, at age 30, Mihriay Erkin, the scientist, died in Xinjiang, under mysterious circumstances.

The government confirmed Erkin’s death but attributed it to an illness. Her uncle, Abduweli Ayup, the activist, believes she died in state custody.

Ayup says his niece was only the latest in his family to come under pressure from the authorities. His two siblings had already been detained and imprisoned. All three were targeted in retaliation for his efforts to expose the plight of the Uyghurs, he said.

“People are not only suffering there, they are not only being indoctrinated there, not only being tortured, they are actually dying,” said Ayup, who now lives in Norway. “And the Chinese government is using this death, using these threats to make us silent, to make us lose our hope.”

As Beijing has intensified its repression in Xinjiang in recent years, more Uyghurs living overseas have felt compelled to speak out about mass internment camps and other abuses against their families back home. Their testimonies have added to a growing body of evidence of China’s crackdown, which some have called a genocide, prompting foreign governments to impose sanctions.

Now the Chinese authorities are pushing back against overseas Uyghurs by targeting their relatives.

The Communist Party has long treated the relatives of dissidents as guilty by association and used them to pressure and punish outspoken family members. With the courts under the control of the authorities, there is little recourse to challenge such prosecutions.

Liu Xia, the wife of Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo, spent nearly eight years under house arrest after he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010. Her younger brother, Liu Hui, served two years in prison for a fraud conviction she called retaliation.

But with the Uyghurs, authorities seem to be applying this tactic with unusual, and

increasing severity, placing some Uyghur activists’ relatives in prison for decades, or longer.

Dolkun Isa, the German-based president of the World Uyghur Congress, a Uyghur rights group, said he believes his older brother is in detention. He learned in late May that his younger brother, Hushtar, had been sentenced to life in prison. “It was connected to my activism, surely,” Isa said.

Radio Free Asia, a U.S.-funded broadcaster, says that more than 50 relatives of journalists on staff have been detained in Xinjiang, with some held in detention camps and others sentenced to prison. The journalists all work for the broadcaster’s Uyghur language service, which has in the past several years stood out for its reporting on the crackdown, exposing the existence of camps and publishing the first accounts of deaths and forced sterilizations.

At Beijing’s request, some countries have also sent more than 300 Uyghurs back to China since 2010, according to a study by the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs, and the Uyghur Human Rights Project, nonprofits based in Washington, D.C. One Uyghur now fighting extradition is Idris Hasan, whom activists say has been detained in Morocco.

In the case of Mihriay Erkin, the scientist, her uncle first drew the attention of the authorities in Xinjiang for trying to expand the use of the Uyghur language. The government regarded even the most moderate expression of ethnic identity as a threat and Ayup was arrested in 2013 and spent 15 months in prison. After he was released, he fled abroad, but his experience emboldened him to continue campaigning.

Back home, Ayup’s brother, Erkin Ayup, a local Communist Party official, knew that his own situation was precarious. In 2016, he told his daughter that a crackdown was unfolding, and he feared he could be caught up in it, according to Asami Nuru, a friend of Mihriay Erkin’s in Tokyo.

The father and daughter devised a simple system to let Erkin know he was safe: He would send her a smiley face sticker on WeChat every morning.

“One day, he didn’t send the sticker,” Nuru said. “She called her mother and she learned her father was in a camp. She was very upset, and from then on she would cry every day.”

Ayup believes the authorities took his brother into custody in mid-2017.

In the years that followed, Erkin’s anxiety over her father’s situation bore down on her,

and she even lost weight, Nuru said. She began to receive adamant messages from her mother, likely at the behest of the authorities, telling her to stop her uncle’s activism or return home.

Her family and friends say her decision to return to China in June 2019 was sudden.

She left her suitcases in the house where she lived.

Erkin called Nuru from the airport and told her that she wanted to try to find her father, even though she knew he was still in detention. Nuru said she tried to persuade her against the idea.

“She told me, ‘I want to try to find my father, even if it means I might die,’” Nuru said.

Ayup said he believes that authorities arrested Erkin in February 2020 to punish him after he helped international news outlets report on a leaked government document outlining how Uyghurs were tracked and chosen for detention.

The circumstances of Erkin’s death remain unclear.

Her death was first reported by Radio Free Asia, which cited a national security officer from Erkin’s hometown as saying she had died while in a detention center in the

southern city of Kashgar. Ayup said he believed it was the same place where he himself had been beaten and sexually abused six years earlier.

Erkin’s family was given her body, Ayup said, but were told by security officials to not have guests at her funeral and to tell others she died at home.

In a statement to The New York Times, the Xinjiang government said that Erkin had returned from overseas in June 2019 to receive medical treatment. On Dec. 19, she died at a hospital in Kashgar of organ failure caused by severe anemia, according to the statement.

From the time she went to the hospital until her death, she had always been looked after by her uncle and younger brother, the government wrote.

Before she returned to China, Erkin seemed to be aware that her return could end tragically.

“We all leave alone, the only things that can accompany us are the Love of Allah and our smile,” she wrote in text messages to Ayup when he tried to dissuade her from going home.

“I am very scared,” she admitted. “I hope I would be killed with a single bullet.”

Abduweli Ayup believes his niece, Mihriay Erkin, died in state custody in Xinjiang because of his activism. The photo on his computer shows Ms. Erkin.

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Biden’s China strategy meets resistance at the negotiating table

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Saturday. On talks with China, she said: “We were quite direct with each other on the areas of great difference.”

By CHRIS BUCKLEY and STEVEN LEE MYERS

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s it seeks to manage an increasingly testy relationship, the Biden administration has mapped out a strategy of confronting China on points of dispute, while leaving the door open for cooperation against global threats.

On Monday, China seemed to slam the door on the idea that the two countries could collaborate one day and clash the next.

Talks with Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman — the highest-ranking administration official to visit China so far — began with a barrage of public criticism from the Chinese side and ended with little sign that the two combative powers were closer to narrowing their disagreements.

“The relationship between the United States and the PRC is a complex one, and our policy is very complex as a result,” Sherman said in a telephone interview after the meetings, referring to the People’s Republic of China. “We believe our relationship can tolerate that nuance.”

The meetings, held in the northeastern Chinese city of Tianjin, covered the range of disputes between the two countries, she said. Many of them are acrimonious, defying easy resolution.

They included human rights, quickly narrowing political freedoms in Hong Kong and what Sherman called “the horrifying actions taking place in Xinjiang,” the largely Muslim region in western China where hundreds of thousands have passed through indoctrination camps.

Sherman also raised China’s demands over Taiwan, its military operations in the South China Sea, and the accusations last week by the United States that China’s Ministry of State

Security was behind the hacking of Microsoft email systems and possibly other cyberattacks.

“This is very serious — that the Ministry of State Security would assist criminals to hack Microsoft and potentially others,” she said.

China, at least publicly, gave no ground, saying that the United States had no right to lecture the Chinese government or anyone else. Even before Sherman had finished her meetings, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a series of six acrid statements from the first official she met, Xie Feng, the vice foreign minister who oversees relations with the United States.

The Biden administration’s policies are nothing but a “thinly veiled attempt to contain and suppress China,” Xie told Sherman, according to a summary of his comments that the Chinese foreign ministry sent to reporters on Monday before the Americans could emerge to provide their own account.

“It seems that a whole-of-government and whole-of-society campaign is being waged to bring China down,” Xie told Sherman, according to the summaries of his comments, which were also issued on the Chinese foreign ministry website.

Sherman’s meetings offered the latest gauge of how the Biden administration’s strategy is working. So far, at least, it has done little to temper China’s behavior. Xie’s remarks underscored the anger that has been building in China toward the United States, undermining the chances that the approach will gain ground.

After a second meeting — with China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi — Sherman indicated that the two sides had discussed global and regional problems where the two governments might be able work in concert, including North Korea and nuclear proliferation. She sounded a note of caution about any concrete progress, though, adding that she had not come to the talks expecting instant results.

“We were quite direct with each other on the areas of great difference,” she said.

“On areas where we have common interests and there are great global interests, we had very substantive discussions, shared some ideas,” Sherman said. “We will have to see where that goes.”

Drew Thompson, a former director for China in the U.S. Defense Department, said that the underlying intent behind Sherman’s visit appeared to be ensuring that sharpening differences did not spiral into dangerous standoffs.

“Beijing is taking a maximalist approach to the U.S.-China relationship, issuing lists of demands, insisting Washington reverse policies and actions,” said Thompson, who is now a researcher at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.

“The primary objective for Washington has turned to deepening understanding of China’s positions, reducing the potential for misperception, and avoiding miscalculation that could lead to outright conflict,” he said.

The tone on Monday echoed the opening of high-level talks between senior Chinese and Biden administration officials in March, when Beijing’s top foreign policy official, Yang Jiechi, delivered a 16-minute lecture, accusing the Ameri-

cans of arrogance and hypocrisy. The contentious start with the Biden administration has surprised officials in China, who thought that relations had hit bottom during the last year of the Trump presidency and thus could only improve with the new president.

Xie told the Chinese news media after his meeting that he had passed along to Sherman two sets of demands, including lifting visa restrictions on Communist Party members, rescinding sanctions on Chinese officials and no longer designating major Chinese news outlets in the United States as foreign agents. All of those were put in place during Donald Trump’s presidency, but President Joe Biden has not moved to repeal any of them.

Wang, the foreign minister, told Sherman that to “prevent Chinese-U.S. relations from further deteriorating or even losing control,” Washington should respect China’s “bottom-line” positions, including on Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong, said a summary of his comments on the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

“Chinese-U.S. relations face serious difficulties and challenges, and it is up to the United States to seriously consider whether they next head toward clashes and confrontation or improvement and advancement,” Wang said, according to the summary.

While Biden has largely avoided the heated ideological sparring with the Chinese Communist Party that the Trump administration pursued in its final year, relations remain strained.

Washington has tried to draw in allies to press Beijing on many of these issues. Sherman’s travel also took her to Japan, South Korea and Mongolia as part of efforts to rebuild regional ties that were strained under Trump.

And the Chinese government has bristled at calls from the United States, the World Health Organization and others for a new examination of whether the coronavirus may have slipped out of a lab in China, igniting the pandemic.

Last week, Chinese officials said they were “extremely shocked” by a WHO proposal to take a fresh look at the lab leak theory. A report in March from an initial WHO inquiry said that it was “extremely unlikely” that the coronavirus had jumped into the wider population after escaping from a laboratory.

Sherman said she had pressed China to cooperate with the international investigation into the spread of COVID. “I’ll let them speak for themselves,” she said, “but from my perspective, I certainly didn’t get the answer I wanted or hoped for.”

China’s more combative tone appears to flow from the top. The country’s leader, Xi Jinping, has signaled growing impatience with criticism and demands from Washington, especially over what Beijing deems internal issues like Hong Kong and Xinjiang.

Beijing has retaliated against sanctions over Hong Kong and Xinjiang with its own against Western politicians, rights groups and academics.

“We’ll never accept insufferably arrogant lecturing from those ‘master teachers!’” Xi said in a speech on July 1 commemorating 100 years since the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.

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America punishes only a certain kind of rebel

By JAMELLE BOUIE

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or two months after the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump fought to invalidate and overturn the results.

When election administrators and judges refused to play ball, he urged his most loyal followers to march on Congress, to prevent final certification of the electoral vote. “We fight like hell. And if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore,” he told a crowd of thousands on Jan. 6.

“We’re going to the Capitol,” Trump said, and though he did not, many of his supporters did.

Trump was impeached for his leading role in the insurrection, but not convicted. The stain of that second impeachment notwithstanding, he left office without sanction. He lives in freedom, cushioned by continued wealth and influence. He still has the Republican Party in his thrall, and within that party, the only orthodoxy that matters is whether you also want to “stop the steal.” After a brief and uncharacteristic silence on this point, Trump now hails the Jan. 6 insurrectionists as heroes.

“These were peaceful people. These were great people,” he said during a recent interview on Fox News, in which he also embraced the MAGA martyrdom of Ashli Babbitt, who was killed inside the Capitol.

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ping him out of contention for future office, which would have been accomplished had he been removed from the White House.

As it stands, Trump has all but announced his plan to run for president in 2024, and Republican Party activists are eager to give him the nomination.

Who is to blame for the former president’s return to prominence? Is it the Democratic leaders who have been content to leave him to his own devices, or is it the Republican ones who have surrendered to his delusions and those of his most devoted fans?

Neither group is blameless, but the problem goes beyond our political elites, however fearful, timid or craven they happen to be. This isn’t the first time the United States has struggled to hold insurrectionists accountable for their actions.

Consider our Civil War. Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy and commander in chief of an army that killed more than 360,000 American troops, died a free man. Robert E. Lee, commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, died a free man as well. Alexander Stephens, the Confederate vice president, whose “cornerstone” speech defined the secessionist cause, served five terms in Congress after the war and also died a free man. Nor was this trio an exception. Other, less prominent Confederates were also able to escape any real punishment.

Most of the leaders of the deadliest insurrection in American history died free men, pardoned by President Andrew Johnson in the first years of Reconstruction and released from federal custody — if they were arrested in the first place. Howell Cobb of Georgia, for example, was president of the secession convention, a drafter of the Confederate Constitution, a member of the Confederate Congress and an officer in the Confederate Army. He died while on vacation in New York, three years after the war ended. Some of these men would show contrition.

But more typical were those who moved smoothly from open rebellion to opposition to Reconstruction to serving as propagandists for what would become the “Lost Cause.”

Before he died, Davis wrote “The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government,” a two-volume work in which he purported to show that “the Southern states had rightfully the power to withdraw from a Union into which they had, as sovereign communities, voluntarily entered” and that secession was a righteous response to “violations” and “usurpations” of the Constitution.

Stephens similarly sought vindication with a book that framed the Civil War as a fight over “opposing principles” that “lay in the organic structure of the government of the states.”

It was “strife,” he wrote, “between the principles of federation, on the one side, and centralism, or consolidation, on the other.”

Leniency for defeated Confederates did not just give them an opportunity to shape the nation’s memory of the war, it also contributed to a climate of impunity that fueled violence against Black people and their allies. Contemporary observers blamed the New Orleans massacre of 1866 — in which a mob of white

rioters attacked a group of mostly Black Unionists, leaving dozens dead and many more wounded — on Johnson’s permissive Reconstruction policies.

“Blood is upon his hands, the blood of innocent, loyal citizens, who had committed no crime but that of seeking to protect themselves against rebel misrule, which he, Andrew Johnson, had foisted upon them,” The Chicago Tribune wrote.

To explain Johnson’s leniency, historian Eric Foner notes two factors. The first was Johnson’s deep-seated racism, his belief that “white men alone must manage the South.” The second was his ambition to serve a second term. Thus, as Foner writes in “Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution,” Johnson came to view cooperation with the former Confederate elite as “indispensable to two interrelated goals — white supremacy in the South and his own reelection as president.”

Put a little differently, Johnson’s willingness to hold former Confederates responsible was tempered by both ideology and the realities of partisan politics. The Southern planter class may have been disloyal, but it still represented the kind of citizen Johnson believed should rule, as well as the kind of voter he hoped to attract.

This is an important point. The United States has never struggled to punish those radicals who stood against hierarchy and domination. Whether you were a labor radical, Black revolutionary or left-wing militant, to attempt to upset existing class and social relations — or, at times, to even associate with people who held those ideas — was to court state repression.

The two Red Scares of the 20th century are evidence enough of this fact.

When a perceived internal enemy is a threat to the established hierarchy, the state springs into action. But when the challenge is in defense of those hierarchies, the incentive often runs in the other direction, either out of ideological affinity or the potential for political gain or both.

Trump leads a mass movement in defense of traditional hierarchies. His most fervent supporters tried to overturn American democracy in his name. Perhaps, if he and his followers were more fringe figures, there would be greater appetite among political elites for holding him accountable.

But because Trump and his movement are essentially mainstream — because his political power weighs on the fortunes of both parties — he is insulated from the consequences of his actions. His most fervent followers may find themselves facing prosecution and jail time for what they did on Jan. 6, but he stands unchastened and unrestrained.

It almost does not matter if Trump runs for president again. The damage has been done. Not just in terms of what is possible — an attack on the Capitol — but in terms of what is remembered. If, as Trump suggests, the insurrectionists are heroes and martyrs, then the insurrection itself is already fast becoming something of a “Lost Cause.” And if experience tells us anything, it’s that we should not underestimate the power and potency of that particular narrative.

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Consejo General de Estudiantes rechaza la elección del doctor César Cordero como presidente interino de la UPR POR CYBERNEWS

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AN JUAN – La presidenta del Consejo General de Estudiantes (CGE), Fabiana Marini rechazó el martes, el nombramiento del doctor César Cordero como presidente interino por “falta de transparencia en el proceso, su controvertible historial administrativo y las recientes acusaciones tanto de acoso hacia estudiantes como de encubrimiento de casos”.

“Es inaceptable que una persona señalada por recibir pagos indebidos y catalogada como mal administrador por falta de controles internos se considere para la presidencia de la Universidad.

Sin embargo, lo más frustrante resulta que la comunidad universitaria se entere, por denuncias en las redes sociales, que el presidente interino es un acosador sexual. No podemos permitir que los hostigadores y acosadores sigan por la vía libre en nuestro sistema universitario”, denunció Marini, presidenta del Consejo General de Estudiantes del recinto riopedrense en comunicación escrita.

El lunes se llevaron a cabo las votaciones para la Presidencia de la UPR tras la salida del doctor Jorge Haddock. En dicha votación se levantaron interrogantes sobre el cuórum que contaba para la votación.

Marini mencionó que los representantes dieron por sentado que para ratificar al presidente se debían tener ocho votos a favor de alguno de los candidatos, cumpliendo con las pautas de mayoría simple. La discusión quedó inconclusa

ante la insistencia de los miembros de la Junta de Gobierno (JG) en validar la votación sin ofrecer mayores detalles.

“Entendemos que se deben revisar los cuestionamientos presentados y que se debe reconsiderar la validez de la votación. En asamblea deliberativa, el pasado 31 de marzo, se aprobó solicitar las listas de profesores y empleados que fueron denunciados en la oficina de Título 9. A esta petición, la administración del Recinto hizo caso omiso, y a pesar de que se ha solicitado en varias ocasiones, argumentan que continúa bajo revisión legal. Para escoger una presidencia interina y cualquier otra posición, tenemos que evaluar un historial completo y estas listas pueden ser un recurso importantísimo a esos efectos”, añadió el representante interino ante la Junta Universitaria, Delvin Caraballo.

“La Junta de Gobierno y el Comité de Búsqueda y Consulta deben reevaluar sus fallas y atender estos reclamos, de cara al proceso de nombramiento en propiedad. En estos momentos, la sostenibilidad financiera y la planificación académica de nuestro sistema universitario depende de un ente rector diligente y comprometido con los intereses de la comunidad universitaria”, concluyó Marini.

Jenniffer González incluye lenguaje para fortalecer infraestructura del agua, energía y para vivienda en la Isla en proyecto presupuestario 2022 POR CYBERNEWS

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ASHINGTON, D.C. – La comisionada residente, Jenniffer González Colón, anunció el martes que el Comité de Asignaciones de la Cámara de Representantes federal aprobó proyectos de presupuesto para agencias relacionadas al desarrollo de energía y agua, vivienda y transportación para el año fiscal 2022.

“Los huracanes del 2017 hicieron evidente la importancia de mejorar nuestra infraestructura de agua y energía y maximizar el uso de estos

recursos importantes para mantener nuestra economía corriendo, evitar desastres mayores como inundaciones y cubrir las necesidades básicas diarias. El Comité está incluyendo nuestro lenguaje para avanzar proyectos que promueven el control de inundaciones, como el Caño Martín Peña que es una de mis prioridades.

También aseguramos fondos para carreteras y lenguaje para mejorar la elegibilidad en programas de vivienda y que ayudarán a mejor servir a personas sin hogar”, dijo la comisionada residente en comunicación escrita.

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Britney Spears files to remove her father from conservatorship

By JOE COSCARELLI, LIZ DAY and SAMANTHA STARK

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ore than 13 years after the life and finances of Britney Spears were put under the strict, court-approved control of her father — and a month after Spears broke her public silence on the arrangement, calling it abusive and singling him out as its ultimate authority — a new lawyer for the singer has moved to have James P. Spears removed from the unique conservatorship.

The detailed petition to oust the singer’s father, also known as Jamie, from the complex legal setup was filed in Los Angeles probate court Monday by Mathew S. Rosengart, a former federal prosecutor and high-powered Hollywood lawyer, who has worked with celebrities including Sean Penn, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Steven Spielberg.

The move, less than two weeks after Rosengart was approved as the singer’s lawyer, is framed as a first step in a broader strategy to examine the conservatorship, which the filing calls a “Kafkaesque nightmare” for Spears.

Rosengart took over as Spears’ lawyer after Samuel Ingham, the court-appointed lawyer who had represented her for the duration of the arrangement, resigned in light of the singer’s recent comments about her care. In 2008, at the outset of the conservatorship, Spears had been found to lack the mental capacity to hire her own counsel.

In the filing Monday, Rosengart cited a section of the probate code that gives the court broad discretion to remove a conservator if it “is in the best interests” of the conservatee, and pointed to Spears’ recent comments in court as evidence that her father’s role was detrimental to her well-being.

The filing added that “serious questions abound concerning Mr. Spears’ potential misconduct, including conflicts of interest, conservatorship abuse and the evident dissipation of Ms. Spears’ fortune.”

“There might well come a time when the court will be called upon to consider whether the conservatorship should be terminated in its entirety and whether — in addition to stripping his daughter of her dignity, autonomy and certain fundamental liberties — Mr. Spears is also guilty of misfeasance or malfeasance warranting the imposition of surcharges, damages or other legal action against him,” Rosengart wrote.

Lawyers for Jamie Spears did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday. He has previously defended his care of, and concern for, his daughter.

In an additional filing, Rosengart requested that a certified public accountant in California, Jason Rubin, be named conservator of Britney Spears’ estate, which was listed as including cash assets of $2.7 million and noncash assets of more than $57 million.

The lawyer noted, since the court had ruled recently that Spears had the capacity to choose her own lawyer, she “likewise has sufficient capacity to make this nomination.”

In his petition to remove Jamie Spears, Rosengart added: “Any father who genuinely loves his daughter and has her best interests at heart should willingly step aside in favor of the highly respected professional fiduciary nominated here.”

The petition was supported by Britney Spears’ current personal conservator, Jodi Montgomery, as well as her mother, Lynne Spears, who said in the filing that her daughter’s relationship with her father had “dwindled to nothing but fear and hatred” because of his “microscopic control” over her life.

At an emotional hearing on June 23, Britney Spears, 39, said she wished to end the conservatorship, which oversees both her personal care and estate, without having to undergo psychiatric evaluations; she added that she had not known that she could file to end it.

But Rosengart said in his petition Monday that he was for now focusing on “the most pressing issue facing Ms. Spears: removing Mr. Spears as conservator of the estate.”

The next status hearing in the case is scheduled for Sept.

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Since 2008, Jamie Spears has overseen his daughter’s finances, sometimes with a professional co-conservator. He had also largely controlled Britney Spears’ personal and medical care until a personal conservator, Montgomery, took over in September 2019 on an ongoing temporary basis.

Jamie Spears cited health reasons when he stepped down.

But two weeks prior, there had been an alleged physical altercation between Jamie Spears and Britney Spears’ 13-year-old son.

No charges were filed in the incident, but the child’s father, Kevin Federline, was granted a restraining order barring Jamie Spears from seeing the children.

Lynne Spears said in the petition to remove Jamie Spears that the incident “understandably destroyed whatever was left of a relationship between” Britney Spears and her father.

She added: “It is clear to me that James P. Spears is incapable of putting my daughter’s interests ahead of his own on both a professional and a personal level and that his being and remaining a conservator of my daughter’s estate is not in the best interests of my daughter.”

Conservatorships are typically reserved for people who cannot take care of themselves. Britney Spears’ case has received scrutiny in recent years because she continued to perform as a pop star — and bring in millions of dollars — while under the arrangement.

“I shouldn’t be in a conservatorship if I can work,” Spears said at the June 23 hearing, while calling for its termination. “It makes no sense. The laws need to change.” She also requested that those behind the conservatorship be investigated for abuse.

Spears had expressed concerns about her father’s level of control over her for years as part of the court proceedings, which were largely sealed. In 2016, the probate investigator in the case concluded that the conservatorship remained in Spears’ best interests based on her complex finances, susceptibility to outside influence and “intermittent” drug issues, according to the report.

But the investigator’s report recommended over the longer term “a pathway to independence and the eventual termination of the conservatorship.”

Britney Spears, left, with her father, James P. Spears, who has largely overseen the conservatorship that controls her life since 2008.

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The extraordinary history (and likely busy future) of quarantine

By JENNIFER SZALAI

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uarantine can be lifesaving; it can also be dangerous, an exercise of extraordinary power in the name of disease control, a presumption of guilt instead of innocence.

In “Until Proven Safe,” a new book about quarantine’s past and future, Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley do an impressively judicious job of explaining exactly why fears of quarantine are understandable and historically justified, while also showing how in coming years “we will almost certainly find ourselves more dependent on quarantine, not less.” Quarantine has to do with risk and uncertainty, and its logic is simple: “There might be something dangerous inside you — something contagious — on the verge of breaking free.”

While medical advances have made some diseases more diagnosable and less deadly, newfound knowledge can also accentuate the depths of our ignorance. The more we know, the more we know how much we don’t know — not to mention that modern life, with escalating numbers of people and goods churning their way around the world, has increased the opportunities for contagion.

Quarantine is distinct from isolation, even if the terms are often used interchangeably. Someone is isolated when they are known to be sick; someone is quarantined when they might be but we cannot be sure. Manaugh, an architecture and technology blogger, and Twilley, co-host of a podcast about the science and history of food, bring an impressively wide range of interests to bear on a subject that involves not only infectious disease but also — in their ambitious yet seamless narration — politics, agriculture, surveillance and even outer space.

The authors begin by tracing the history of quarantine through its geography. The first known mandatory quarantine provisions date back to 1377 in Dubrovnik, a city on the Adriatic coast, where visitors were told to spend a month in a nearby town or islet before they would be deemed admissible.

The Black Death was sweeping across the continent. Venice, with its constellation of tiny islands separated by lagoons, became the site of the first permanent lazzaretto, or quarantine hospital; the word quarantine itself comes from the Italian word quarantena, short for quaranta giorni, or “40 days.”

Quarantine was often miserable for those subjected to it; conditions could be squalid and even cruel. (As Byron recalled in his poem “Farewell to Malta”: “Adieu, thou damned’st quarantine, / That gave me fever, and the spleen!”) But this book suggests that quarantine doesn’t have to be such a degrading experience. If anything, for quarantine to be a truly effective measure for public health, it has to be done with compassion and respect — or else people will understandably do everything they can to avoid it, possibly worsening the very problem quarantine was designed to solve.

A chapter on Kaci Hickox — the volunteer nurse who was forcibly kept in an isolation tent in 2014 after arriving in New Jersey from Sierra Leone, where she had treated Ebola patients — is unexpectedly poignant; at the time, most Americans didn’t seem to understand why Hickox, who had ex-

Geoff Manaugh and Dr. Luigi Bertinato wearing plague gear from different eras: Manaugh in 21st-century personal protective equipment and Dr. Bertinato in the costume of a Black Death-era physician.

hibited no symptoms and tested negative for Ebola upon her arrival, resisted quarantine. “Better safe than sorry,” seemed to be the prevailing argument for why Hickox should abide by New Jersey governor Chris Christie’s orders to isolate herself, even though medical experts repeatedly insisted those orders were scientifically unsound.

What becomes clear in “Until Proven Safe” is that it’s a lot easier to tell someone else to just shut up and submit to quarantine than to do it yourself. Any exercise of such formidable power also opens up the possibility of abuse. The book includes historical examples of disease control measures getting mapped onto existing prejudices. In 1900, a cordon sanitaire in San Francisco’s Chinatown zigzagged around white-owned businesses; during World War I, under the auspices of protecting men who might be called to fight overseas, local American officials were empowered to quarantine young women “reasonably suspected” of having a sexually transmitted disease.

More recently, in 1991, an “HIV prison camp” to detain asylum-seekers was set up by the Attorney General William Barr — the same William Barr, the authors helpfully remind us, who “refused to quarantine himself following a potential exposure to the coronavirus in October 2020.”

Manaugh and Twilley began their research into the subject years ago, and they acknowledge a certain irony to finishing a book about quarantine while living under lockdown for COVID-19. Quarantine infrastructures tend to be tailored to the previous epidemic, instead of anticipating whatever is to come. A shiny new federal quarantine facility in Omaha — the first constructed in the United States in more than a century — was finished in January 2020, just in time to receive 15 American passengers from the coronavirus-infested Diamond Princess cruise ship. This National Quarantine Unit has a grand total of 20 beds. It offers a “boutique experience” ideally suited to managing one or two patients at a time after they have had potential exposure to, say, Ebola. The facility can’t do much to help contain a raging pandemic. As Manaugh and Twilley point out, the first American evacuation flight out of Wuhan alone carried 195 passengers.

“Until Proven Safe” includes chapters on pests and agricultural blight, including forecasts of an impending “chocpocalypse.” (The cacao plant is especially disease-prone.)

Another chapter, on space travel, recalls that astronauts were quarantined in retrofitted Airstreams after lunar missions for fear of contaminating Earth with extraterrestrial life and sparking a “celestial pandemic.”

But it’s when Manaugh and Twilley describe their visit to a nuclear waste facility that quarantine takes on dimensions that feel simultaneously urgent and fantastical. How do you sequester radioactive material that can stay deadly for thousands of years? And if you manage to figure that out, how do you get curious people not to open it millenniums from now?

If you think that establishing trust is hard in the moment, imagine what it would take to build trust with future generations.

“A message has to survive, be found and be understood,” one geophysicist tells the authors. “It also has to be believed — that’s the hardest part.”

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At the Olympic games, Liberians sport cool looks

By VANESSA FRIEDMAN

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he Olympics are many things: a mythic sporting event, an emotional outlet, a tool for soft politics. And, of course, an enormous branding and marketing opportunity.

According to estimates from the International Olympic Committee, more than half the world’s population watched the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in one way or another: There were 356,924 hours of coverage on 584 TV channels and 270 digital platforms. That’s a lot of consumer eyeballs. Little wonder brands like Airbnb, Coca-Cola and Intel are willing to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to be official sponsors.

Each country also has sponsors and these often include fashion brands: designers and sports brands that dress the Olympians for their major public moments and then get to sell versions of those clothes to anyone who wants to buy into the idea, no matter how romantically impossible, that they, too, can acquire a small piece of sporting success.

Historically, the countries with the best, most buzzed-about looks have also been the countries with the most famous fashion industries: Italy (where Armani has created opening ceremony looks since 2012), France (Lacoste since 2016), Britain (Ben Sherman, after Stella McCartney between 2012-16) and the United States (Ralph Lauren since 2008). Designers use the relationship to burnish their patriotic credentials and suggest the breadth of a national talent pool; teams use it to raise the profiles and confidence of their athletes.

Still, the risk-taking tends to be left to athletic feats; formal Olympian wardrobes are often very traditional, or even boring; they generally resemble the sort of outfits a golf pro might wear in a fantasy country club. They are rarely “cool” — and rarely available to smaller countries with less promotional muscle.

But this year Liberia changed that narrative.

Liberia, a country in West Africa with a population of about 5 million, is one of the poorest in the world — yet it has fielded a Summer Olympic team almost every

People on the runway of the spring and summer 2020 Telfar fashion show in Paris, Aug. 21, 2019. Even before arriving in Tokyo, the Liberian Olympic team was already winning. How did they come out on top? Ask designer Telfar Clemens. year since 1956. It has never, however, won an Olympic medal, and has had to scrounge for sponsorships before almost every Games.

Until now. That’s where Telfar Clemens comes in.

Clemens is a Liberian American designer who founded his own company in 2004 with the motto “Not for you, for everyone.” He was creating deconstructed unisex basics aimed at subcultures long rejected or neglected by the establishment fashion world long before diversity was an imperative and gender fluidity a movement, and has always been more interested in building a modern community than catering to the status quo. His popular handbags, called “the Bushwick Birkin,” have become passports to this new world.

In fact, it was the handbags that caught the eye of Emmanuel Matadi, a sprinter who has been part of the Liberian Olympic team since 2016. His girlfriend followed Clemens’ Telfar label on Instagram, and once Matadi realized there was an increasingly famous designer who was actually Liberian, he suggested that Kouty Mawenh, Liberia’s Olympic attaché, see if Clemens, whose design studio is in Brook-

lyn, might be interested in working with them.

Mawenh had represented Liberia in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, and he has made it his mission to try to build up the team. But it’s hard to persuade athletes to run for a country that isn’t really able to support them by creating the sort of eyecatching moments that can lead to wider recognition and success — and it’s hard to get sponsors interested if the team itself doesn’t have famous athletes already committed.

Liberia, which is fielding three athletes at the Tokyo Olympics — Joseph Fahnbulleh, the NCAA champion in the 200-meter dash; Matadi, currently ranked 23rd in the world in the 200 and 25th in the 100; and hurdler Ebony Morrison — had not had an official sponsor since 2000, when New Balance bowed out. Instead, if an athlete qualified for the Olympics, a brand might help out with shoes here, or a singlet there.

Mawenh agreed Telfar might be able to help, so they got in touch via an email — which Clemens received when he was on a trip back to Liberia for the first time since he was 5. He, his parents and four

brothers had emigrated to the United States in 1990 during the Liberian civil war.

“I had been talking about going for so long, and I was finally there, and it was mind-blowing,” Clemens said. “And then this happened.”

Mawenh said, “As soon as I heard he was Liberian, I felt he was my brother.”

As it happened, Clemens and his business partner and creative director, Babak Radboy, had been thinking about expanding into athletic wear, though done their way, with a very specific definition of “performance.” This was the perfect opportunity. They agreed to outfit the whole team, and pay for their travel and meals. It is the biggest investment the company has ever made, but it was worth it because for both Clemens and the Liberian team, this was about much more than a mutually advantageous marketing exercise.

“It’s meaningful to me on a lot of levels,” Clemens said. It turned out that one of the runners is a distant cousin, and the team doctor was a childhood friend of one of his older brothers. His history is their history.

They were so interconnected, he was invited to go to Tokyo with the team, a pretty much unheard-of addition to the delegation. But as far as they were concerned, he was an athlete, too.

In only four months Telfar made approximately 70 pieces, working remotely with factories in China, Portugal, Vietnam and Italy. The clothes are the designer’s signature pieces, filtered through a prism of the questions Clemens posed: “What is Liberian fashion? It’s not just putting kente print on a tank top. What does nationality even mean?”

Walking around Liberia, Clemens said, “I realized the clothes of the place I am from and the clothes I am making are already the same thing.” According to Ayodeji Olukoju’s 2006 book “Culture and Customs of Liberia,” many of the country’s youth wear secondhand clothing from the Western world, and Clemens said as far as he could tell from his visit, that had not changed. The off-center proportions and customizations are echoed in his own work.

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From page 21 The Olympics pieces are made to be worn by both men and women. They include, for example, the “three hole top” of the opening ceremony: a silk and mesh basketball jersey-turned-royal-tunic, stretched down to brush the knees or even the ankles, and dropped off each shoulder, like an evening gown, worn with shorts that have been turned into matching wide-legged palazzo pants. Then there is the “half tank,” a tank top with the straps pulled suggestively to one side to create an asymmetric shoulderbaring line, which has been incorporated into a unitard and running compression top, and the “what!” shorts, which are essentially compression booty shorts.

The performance gear works like performance gear — it holds in what needs to be held and streamlines what needs to be aerodynamic — but it dares you to look away.

Like his bags and his clothes, every piece will be offered via drops through Telfar’s platforms during the Games, but they will not be available through any other retail outlets. And they will be “evergreen,” Clemens said.

“These are clothes we want to sell for the rest of our lives.”

His goal is to establish himself as on par with Nike and Reebok: in the same space, but different.

Even though Mawenh had given him free rein to make what he wanted, Clemens wasn’t sure how the athletes would react. (“They don’t look like anything that exists,” said Clemens of his pieces. “I want to open up the conversation about what sport and competition and performance really means.”) The athletes got their first look at the new gear the weekend before they flew to the Games, when Clemens hosted a fitting and dinner in New York (his aunt cooked Liberian food). It was a test that turned into something of a pre-Games psych party.

Aside from some basic alterations — “We didn’t see the thighs coming,” Radboy said of the runners’ muscular legs, and the need to adjust the corresponding dimensions — the team was grooving with what they saw.

“I didn’t know what to expect,” Matadi said. “First I thought, ‘This looks a little crazy.’” When he tried the collection on, though, he decided it was exactly what he and the rest of the team needed. “It’s definitely going to be

Team Liberia duing the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics at the Olympic Stadiium, July 23, 2021. talked about,” he said.

When Fahnbulleh first saw the “three hole pants” — pants that look like track shorts and are attached via a single point at the front and back of the midthigh to cover the lower legs and play peekaboo at the sides — he said, “I’ll never wear that.”

Clemens responded, “How do you know what you’ll wear if you’ve never worn them?”

Fahnbulleh agreed to test them out. Then he wouldn’t take them off. “It’s forward looking,” Mawenh said.

He did a little of that himself, marching, as a designer, with Liberia in the opening ceremony — the equivalent of the biggest runway show he has ever held. His family in both Liberia and the United States were watching.

Matadi said for the first time he felt as if the Liberian team was getting what the American team and the Canadian team had always had simply as a matter of course. The

Telfar-designed Olympic kit gives them “a psychological boost: If you feel like you look good, you perform well,” he said.

Not having had that boost before, Matadi added, it’s particularly meaningful. “We are really proud,” he said.

Mawenh said: “We’ve always had elite athletes, but they have never felt important. Now they feel important.”

Even beyond that, he added, he believes the Telfar clothes will have broader national and international repercussions.

“I want people to see this and say, ‘Oh, that’s Liberia,’” Mawenh said. “To identify with it, even after the Games are over, so it’s not just about the war.” For too long, he said, the Liberian narrative has been connected to the past: the civil strife and its aftermath. But, he said: “War is not what Liberia is about any more. My goal in all of this is to change perception.”

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Vaccine makers are asked to expand safety studies on children

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, SHARON LaFRANIERE and NOAH WEILAND

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t the urging of federal regulators, two coronavirus vaccine-makers are expanding the size of their studies in children ages 5 to 11 — a precautionary measure intended to detect rare side effects including heart inflammation problems that turned up in vaccinated people under age 30.

Appearing at a televised town hall-style meeting in Ohio last week, President Joe Biden said that emergency clearance for pediatric vaccines would come “soon.” The White House has declined to be more specific on the timeline, and it was unclear how much of an effect, if any, expanding the studies would have on when vaccines could be authorized for young children.

Multiple people familiar with the trials said the Food and Drug Administration had indicated to the two vaccine-makers, PfizerBioNTech and Moderna, that the size and the scope of their pediatric studies, as initially envisioned, were inadequate to detect the rare side effects. Those include myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, and pericarditis, inflammation of the lining around the heart.

Questions about vaccinating children — including those under 12 — are of huge interest to parents and teachers. Regulators will be required to balance potential side effects of coronavirus vaccination against the risks of COVID-19.

Members of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee have said that the benefits of shots for people older than 12 greatly outweigh the risks, including of heart problems. Children 12 and older have been eligible for the Pfizer shot for months even as studies continue on the safety of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for younger children.

The FDA has asked the companies to include 3,000 children in the 5- to 11-year-old age group, the group of younger children for which results were expected first, according to people familiar with the situation. That is double the original number of study participants envisioned in the Pfizer trial for that age group, two people said. The study initially sought to enroll 4,500 patients under 12, split into a group of 5- to 11-year-olds and two younger age groups, according to a government website.

A spokesperson for Moderna, Ray Jordan, confirmed that the company intended to expand its trial “to enroll a larger safety database,

Children at the ACCA Child Development Center in Annandale, Va., March 5, 2021. The Food and Drug Administration wants Pfizer and Moderna to increase the number of 5- to 11-year-olds who participate in trials of their COVID-19 vaccines to ensure there is enough data about rare side effects. which increases the likelihood of detecting rarer events,” and expected to seek emergency authorization in “winter 2021/early 2022.”

The Moderna trial began recruiting patients in March with the aim of enrolling 6,795 participants under 12, also split equally into three age groups, including a group of 6- to 11-year-olds. Jordan said the company was “actively discussing” a proposal with the FDA to expand the study.

Pfizer is on a faster timetable than Moderna, and may be able to meet the FDA’s expectations on a bigger trial size and still file a request to expand emergency authorization of its vaccine by the end of September. Reviewing all the safety and efficacy data will most likely take regulators at least a few weeks.

Pfizer has previously said it expects to have results for the 5- to 11-year-old group in September, with results for children ages 2-5 shortly after. Results for the youngest children, between 6 months and 2 years old, are expected in October or November. A spokesperson said Monday that the company had no updates on its timetable.

A spokesperson for the FDA, Stephanie Caccomo, declined to offer specifics. “While we cannot comment on individual interactions with sponsors, we do generally work with sponsors to ensure the number of participants in clinical trials are of adequate size to detect safety signals,” she said in an email.

In June, the CDC published data showing that the two vaccines may have caused myocarditis and pericarditis in more than 1,200 Americans, including about 500 who were under age 30. The symptoms typically appeared within two weeks and were more common in young men and boys. The rate was low: fewer than 13 cases per 1 million second doses administered.

Most cases were mild and quickly cleared up, the researchers said. And Dr. Paul A. Offit, an infectious disease specialist who previously served on the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which makes recommendations on vaccine use in the United States, noted that infection with the coronavirus also carried a risk.

If expanding the trials were to cause a delay in authorizing vaccines for pediatric use, he said, that would also put children at risk. “There’s always a human price to pay for knowledge,” he said. Of the heart ailments, he said: “It’s rare. It’s generally short lived and self resolving. It’s also a consequence of natural infection.”

The CDC’s data showed 12.6 cases per 1 million second doses administered, and researchers estimated that out of 1 million second doses given to boys ages 12-17, the vaccines might cause a maximum of 70 myocarditis cases, but would prevent 5,700 virus infections, 215 hospitalizations and two deaths. COVID-19 itself may cause heart problems in young people.

The FDA authorized the Pfizer vaccine on an emergency basis for children ages 12-15 in April; so far, the Moderna vaccine has been cleared only for people 18 and older. The agency attached a warning about potential heart problems to the fact sheets of the vaccines in June.

Many public health experts argue that with so much attention focused on hospitalizations and deaths among older Americans infected with the coronavirus, the risk for children has been overlooked. The American Academy of Pediatrics reported last week that more than 4 million American young children and adolescents had tested positive for the virus and 349 had died since the outset of the pandemic.

Biden’s attempt to put a general timeline on a possible authorization for children younger than 12 was unusual, and risked setting expectations for regulators to resolve a highly sensitive matter too soon. Biden and members of his administration have said they do not want to intervene in or be seen as influencing the work of regulators at the FDA — something that former President Donald Trump tried to do repeatedly last year as the agency reviewed coronavirus drugs and vaccines.

Government regulators and scientists have been hamstrung in recent months by a patchwork of sometimes weak data collection systems in the United States for vaccine side effects, forcing them to lean on a program called the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, a 30-year-old federal monitoring system that relies on self-reported cases from patients and health care providers. That dilemma has increased the pressure on companies to do more rigorous studies in children.

“There is a clear and well-defined risk to delaying the availability of these vaccines” in young children, said Dr. Steven Black, an emeritus professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the codirector of the Global Vaccine Data Network, a consortium that researches the safety of vaccines.

Black said that because of how rare the conditions were, increasing the size of the studies might not allow regulators to better detect the prevalence of the heart problems.

“The only way we’ll know about that is to roll the vaccine out and see what happens,” he said. “Passive reporting will probably be very good because I think we’re sensitized to the issue. We know to look for it. Physicians know to look for it.”

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tencia del 19 de abril de 2021 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 21 de abril de 2021 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 12 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021, A LA 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Fajardo, Sala Superior, Ave. Marcelito Gotay esquina barriada Jerusalén, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Brisas del Mar (Clarissa Row), situada en el Barrio Sabana del término municipal de Luquillo, Puerto Rico, con el número seis (6) de la manzana “D”, con cabida de 252.00 metros cuadrados; en lindes por el NORTE: en una distancia de 7.00 metros, con terrenos para uso público; por el SUR: en una distancia de 7.00 metros, con área de viraje de la calle número cinco (5); por el ESTE: en 36.00 metros, con el solar número cinco (5); y por el OESTE: en 36.00 metros, con el solar número siete (7). En dicho solar enclava una casa de vivienda de concreto para una sola familia. La propiedad consta inscrita al folio 165 del tomo 92 de Luquillo, Finca 4958. Registro de la Propiedad de Fajardo. La escritura de hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 61 del tomo 228 de Luquillo, Finca 4958. Registro de la Propiedad de Fajardo. Inscripción novena. La modificación de hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 61 del tomo 228 de Luquillo, Finca 4958. Registro de la Propiedad de Fajardo. Inscripción décima y última. DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: BRISAS DEL MAR, D6 CALLE 5, LUQUILLO PR 00773-2442. SUBASTAS: PRIMERA: 12 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $100,755.64. SEGUNDA: 19 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $67,170.42. TERCERA: 26 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $50,377.82.

El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $100,755.64.

De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 19 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021, A LA 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,

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o sea, $67,170.42. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 26 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021, A LA 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $50,377.82. 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 demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la suma de $91,298.20 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 4% anual desde el 1 de mayo de 2017 hasta su completo pago, más $129.24 de recargos acumulados, más la cantidad estipulada de $10,113.40 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 a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar. a) Aviso de demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico vs Wilfredo Pastrana Ortiz (soltero), ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, en el caso civil número FA2019-CV00710, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca con un balance de $91,298.20 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 21 de junio de 2019. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Luquillo. Anotación A. Se le 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

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Wednesday, July 28, 2021 acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 2102015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en Fajardo Puerto Rico, hoy 8 de junio de 2021.

SHIRLEY SÁNCHEZ MARTÍNEZ, ALGUACIL REGIONAL #161. DENISE BRUNO ORTIZ, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #266.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Parte Demandante Vs.

TITO DÍAZ SERRANO

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: FA2019CV00569.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia en Rebeldía dictada el 3 de febrero de 2020, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 12 de febrero de 2021 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 16 de febrero de 2021 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 12 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021, A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Fajardo, Sala Superior, Avenida Marcelito Gotay esquina Barriada Jerusalén, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar marcado con el Número Sesenta (60) de bloque V de la Urbanización Río Grande Estates, radicado en el Barrio Zarzal del municipio de Río Grande, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 300.15 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el

NORTE, con el solar número 59, en una distancia de 23.00 metros; por el SUR, con el solar número 61, en una distancia de 23.00 metros; por el ESTE, con los solares número 73 y 74, en una distancia de 13.05 metros; y por el OESTE, con la Calle Número 25, en una distancia de 13.05 metros. Contiene una casa de concreto reforzado diseñada para una familia.

La propiedad consta inscrita al folio 105 del tomo 362 de Río Grande, Finca Número 22189, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III. La escritura de hipoteca consta inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Río Grande, Finca Número 22189, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III. Inscripción séptima (7ma). DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: URB. RÍO GRANDE ESTATES, V-60 CALLE 25, RÍO GRANDE, PR 00745-5108. DIRECCIÓN POSTAL: BOX 16, CANÓVANAS, PR 00729. SUBASTAS: PRIMERA: 12 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021 A LAS 1:30 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $75,406.00. SEGUNDA: 19 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021, A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE. TIPO MÍNIMO: $50,270.66. TERCERA: 26 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021, A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE $37,703.00. TIPO MÍNIMO: $37,703.00. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $75,406.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 19 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021, A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE, 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, $50,270.66.

De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA día 26 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021, A LA 1:30 DE LA TARDE, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $37,703.00. 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 demandante el importe de la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia por la suma de $70,516.71 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 4% anual desde el 1 de noviembre de 2018 hasta su completo pago, más $16.96 de recargos acumulados, más la cantidad estipulada de

The San Juan Daily Star $7,540.60 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 a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: Anotación de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Vs. Tito Díaz Serrano (soltero), ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, en el Caso Civil Número FA2019CV00569, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $70,516.71 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 28 de mayo de 2019. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Río Grande. Anotación A. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. Se le 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 Fajardo Puerto Rico, hoy 8 de junio de 2021. SHIRLEY SÁNCHEZ MARTÍNEZ, ALGUACIL REGIONAL #161. SANDRALIZ MARTÍNEZ TORRES, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #737.

DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

SUCESIÓN DE ELIAS FLORES MORALES, COMPUESTA POR: FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS, IRIS MILAGROS MONTAÑEZ APONTE, POR SÍ Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA

Demandado Civil Núm.: CA2019CV04014.

(404). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo MANUEL VILLAFAÑE BLANCO, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, al público en general. CERTIFICO Y HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia fechado el 11 de junio de 2021, que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, en el caso arriba indicado, venderé en la fecha o fechas que más adelante se indican, en pública subasta al mejor postor, en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal, en mi oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el Centro Judicial de Carolina, Puerto Rico, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada, en el inmueble que se describe a continuación, propiedad de la parte demandada Sucesión de Elias Flores Morales, compuesta por: Fulano y Mengano de Tal como posibles herederos desconocidos; Iris Milagros Montañez Aponte, por sí y en la cuota viudal usufructuaria. Dirección Física: 68-35 Calle 56, Villa Carolina, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00985. Finca 19,033, al folio 146 del tomo 465 de Carolina, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Carolina. URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Villa Carolina, situada en el Barrio Hoyo Mulas de Carolina, Puerto Rico, con una área de trescientos dieciocho metros cuadrados, marcado con el número treinta y cinco de la ManLEGAL NOTICE zana sesenta y ocho, en lindes ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO por el NORTE, con la Calle cin-

The San Juan Daily Star cuenta y seis, en distancia de trece metros y veinticinco centímetros ; por el SUR, con los solares treinta y uno y treinta, en distancia de trece metros y veinticinco centímetros; por el ESTE, con el solar treinta y seis, en distancia de veinte cuatro metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar treinta y cuatro, en distancia de veinticuatro metros.

Contiene una casa de cemento para una familia. Finca 19,033: Por su procedencia está afecta a: a. Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico. b.

Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales de Puerto Rico. c. Servidumbre de aguas pluviales a favor del Municipio de Carolina. d. Servidumbre a favor de la Central Victoria, Inc. e. Condiciones restrictivas sobre edificación y uso. Por sí está afecta a: a.

Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Reliable Financial Services, Inc., haciendo negocios como Reliable Mortgage, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $127,187.00, con intereses al 5% anual, vencedero el día 1 abril de 2040, constituida mediante la escritura número 107, el día 31 de marzo de 2010, ante la notario Wanda M. Moreno Lugo, e inscrita al folio 150 del tomo 465 de Carolina, finca número 19,033, inscripción 8va., como Asiento Abreviado, extendidas las líneas el día 10 de marzo de 2011, en vritud de la Ley número 216 del día 27 de diciembre de 2010. (Fue presentado el día 14 de abril de 2010, al Asiento 346 del Diario 390). b.

Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Reliable Financial Services, Inc., haciendo negocios como Reliable Mortgage, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $10,000.00, con intereses al 5 1/2% anual, vencedero el día 1 de abril de 2040, constituida mediante la escritura número 108, el día 31 de marzo de 2010, ante la notario Wanda M. Moreno Lugo, e inscrita al folio 150 del tomo 465 de Carolina, finca número 19,033, inscripción 8va., como Asiento Abreviado, extendidas las líneas el día 10 de marzo de 2011, en virtud de la Ley número 216 del día 27 de diciembre de 2010. (Fue presentado el día 14 de abril de 2010, al Asiento 347 del Diario 390). c.

Modificada la hipoteca por la suma de $127,187.00, la cual se cancela parcialmente en cuanto a la suma de $28,462.96, para un nuevo principal de $98,724.04, con intereses al 3.875% anual, vencedero el día 1 de noviembre de 2046, mediante la escritura número 337, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 28 de noviembre de 2016, ante la notario Maricarmen Carrillo Justiniano, e inscrita al tomo Karibe

de Carolina, finca número 19,033, inscripción 9na. d. Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor del Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of the United States, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $35,386.16, sin intereses, vencedero el día 1 de noviembre de 2046, constituida mediante la escritura número 338, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 28 de noviembre de 2016, ante la notario Maricarmen Carrillo Justiniano, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Carolina, finca número 19,033, inscripción 10ma. Comparece la Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico a ratificar y consentir modificación de hipoteca, mediante la escritura número 90, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 9 de febrero de 2017, ante el notario Néstor Machado Cortés, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Carolina, finca número 19,033, nota marginal 9.1.

Comparece la Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico a ratificar y consentir modificación de hipoteca, mediante la escritura número 91, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 9 de febrero de 2017, ante el notario Néstor Machado Cortés, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Carolina, finca número 19,033, nota marginal 9.2. e. Aviso de Demanda de fecha 16 de octubre de 2019, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, en el Caso Civil número CA2019CV4014, seguido por el Banco Popular de Puerto Rico versus Elías Flores Morales, Iris Milagros Montañez Aponte y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales, compuesta por ambos, se reclama la suma de $94,309.87, más intereses y otras sumas adicionales o la venta en Pública Subasta, anotado el día 22 de noviembre de 2019, al tomo Karibe de Carolina, finca número 19,033, Anotación “A”. El precio mínimo de este remate con relación a la Finca 19,033 antes descrita y la fecha de cada subasta serán la siguiente: FECHA DE SUBASTA: PRIMERA SUBASTA: 13 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $98,724.04. HIPOTECA: Escritura Número 107 sobre Hipoteca, otorgada el día 31 de marzo de 2010, ante el notario MWanda M. Moreno Lugo y modificada mediante Escritura Número 337, otorgada el 28 de noviembre de 2016, ante la Notario Maricarmen Carrillo Justiniano. SEGUNDA SUBASTA: 20 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $65,816.03. TERCERA SUBASTA: 27 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO:

Wednesday, July 28, 2021 $49,362.02. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación que se transmite y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y las preferentes, si las hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante las acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de las mismas, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Conforme a la Sentencia dictada el día 8 de abril de 2021, notificada el 16 de abril de 2021 y publicada el 21 de abril de 2021, la anterior venta se hará para satisfacer las sumas adeudadas por concepto del préstamo garantizado por la hipoteca antes mencionada y las sumas que se mencionan a continuación: La suma principal de $94,309.87, más intereses a razón de 3.875%, desde el 1 de abril de 2019, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de $87.36 por cargos por mora, más la suma de $311.43 en conexión con la cuenta de reserva, más la suma de $9,872.40 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado hipotecariamente asegurados. Se notifica por la presente a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los inmuebles a ser subastados con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen del ejecutante descrito anteriormente, o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubieren pospuesto al gravamen del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizado hipotecariamente con posterioridad al gravamen del actor para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si así lo interesan o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogado, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y, para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general, y para su publicación de acuerdo con la ley en un periódico de circulación general de la isla de Puerto Rico y en tres sitios públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida de la parte demandada, expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 1 de julio de 2021. MANUEL VI-

LLAFAÑE BLANCO, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA.

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

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

SUCESION CARMEN CORTEZ T/C/C CARMEN CORTES T/C/C CARMEN MARIA CORTEZ T/C/C CARMEN M. CORTEZ COMPUESTA POR VEMA VELEZ CORTEZ, ELIZABETH VELEZ CORTEZ, BRUNILDA VELEZ CORTEZ, JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2019CV02773.

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

A: LA PARTE DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO GENERAL:

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 13 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar numero dieciocho

(18) de la manzana “HH” según plano de inscripción del proyecto de solares denominado Extensión Jardines de Palmarejo, radicado en el Barrio San Isidro del término municipal de Canóvanas, Puerto Rico. Dicho solar tiene un área de TRESCIENTOS VEINTICUATRO PUNTO OCHOCIENTOS SESENTA Y CUATRO METROS CUADRADOS (324.864 M.C.); en lindes por el NORTE, con Jardines de Palmarejo, en dieciocho metros; por el SUR, con la calle veintinueve (29), en once punto doscientos ochenta y nueve metros; por el ESTE, con el solar numero diecinueve (19), en veintitrés punto seiscientos ochenta y un metros; por el OESTE, con el solar numero diecisiete (17), en veintidós metros. Enclava una casa. Inscrita al folio 246 del tomo 156 de Canóvanas, finca 7,799, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución se encuentra inscrita al Tomo Karibe, finca 7,799 de Canóvanas, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III, inscripción 2ª.

Propiedad localizada en: URB. JARDINES DE PALMAREJO, HH-18 CALLE 29, CANOVANAS, PR 00729. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $144,000.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 19 de agosto de 2085. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $144,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 20 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $96,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo

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CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CARO- porch. The bathrooms are equipped with bathtub, lavatory LINA SALA SUPERIOR LIME RESIDENTIAL, LTD. and water closet. The kitchen is equipped with kitchen cabinets, Demandante V. stove and refrigerator. Parking MARCELO area 61: located in the lower leTORCHIO GÓMEZ vel of parking building of the Demandado New San Juan Condominium at Civil Núm.: CA2019CV03172.

Cangrejos Arriba Ward of MuniSobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y cipality of Carolina, facing EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA highway number 187. It has an POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. area of approximately 148.50 EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alsquare feet, equivalent to 13.79 guacil que suscribe por la presquare meters. La propiedad sente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y antes relacionada consta inscrihace CONSTAR: Que en cumta en el folio 169 del tomo 460 plimiento de un Mandamiento de Carolina, finca número de Ejecución de Sentencia que 17,683, en el Registro de la le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil Propiedad de Carolina, Sección que suscribe por la Secretaría Primera. El tipo mínimo para la del Tribunal de Primera Instanprimera subasta del inmueble cia, Centro Judicial de Carolina, antes relacionado, será el disSala Superior, en el caso de puesto en la Escritura de Hipoepígrafe procederá a vender en teca, es decir la suma de pública subasta al mejor postor $190,000.00. Si no hubiere requién pagará de contado y en mate ni adjudicación en la primoneda de curso legal de los mera subasta del inmueble Estados Unidos de América, mencionado, se celebrará una giro postal o por cheque de geSEGUNDA SUBASTA en las rente a nombre del Alguacil del oficinas del Alguacil que suscriTribunal de Primera Instancia el be el día 9 DE AGOSTO DE día 2 DE AGOSTO DE 2021, A 2021, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MALAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en ÑANA. En la segunda subasta su oficina sita en el local que que se celebre servirá de tipo ocupa en el edificio del Tribunal mínimo las dos terceras partes de Primera Instancia, Centro (2/3) del precio pactado en la Judicial de Carolina, Sala Suprimera subasta, o sea la suma perior, todo derecho, título e inde $126,666.67. Si tampoco terés que tenga la parte demanhubiere remate ni adjudicación dada de epígrafe en el inmueble en la segunda subasta se celede su propiedad que ubica en brará una TERCERA SUBASTA Cond. New San Juan, 6471 Ave en las oficinas del Alguacil que Isla Verde 501, Carolina, Puerto suscribe el día 16 DE AGOSTO Rico 00979 y que se describe a DE 2021, A LAS 10:00 DE LA continuación: URBAN: HORIMAÑANA. Para la tercera suZONTAL PROPERTY: Resibasta servirá de tipo mínimo la dential apartment 501 with an mitad (1/2) del precio pactado irregular shape at the fifth floor para el caso de ejecución, o of New San Juan Condomisea, la suma de $95,000.00. La nium, located in Hato de Canhipoteca a ejecutarse en el grejos Arriba Ward, municipality caso de epígrafe fue constituiof Carolina, Puerto Rico, facing da mediante la escritura númeHighway number 187, said ro 234, otorgada el día 19 de apartment with an area of apmayo de 2005, ante el Notario proximately 915.22 square feet, Raúl Rivera Burgos y consta equivalent to 85.02 square meinscrita en el folio 196 del tomo ters, and its boundaries are as 961 (ágora) de Carolina, finca follows: at the North, in 15 feet 6 número 17,683, en el Registro inches equivalent to 4.72 mede la Propiedad de Carolina, ters, with bearing wall that seSección Primera, inscripción parates it from apartment numoctava. El pagaré y la escritura ber 502, 12 feet 4 inches de hipoteca fueron modificados equivalent to 3.75 square meel 6 de diciembre de 2018 meters, with same bearing back diante el documento titulado wall facing pool area of the conLoan Modification Agreement. dominium; at the South, in 30 En virtud del mismo, se establefeet 10 inches, equivalent to ció como nuevo principal adeu9.40 meters, with bearing wall dado la cantidad de that separates it from apartment $279,378.74, se extendió la fenumber 503; at the East, in 33 cha de vencimiento al 1 de nofeet, equivalent to 10.06 meviembre de 2048 y se modificó ters, with bearing wall and enla tasa de interés de la siguientrance door that separates it te manera: la tasa de interés from central corridor; apartment anual será 2.625% desde el 1 number 502 and ventilation de noviembre de 2018 hasta el shaft; at the West, in a broken 31 de octubre de 2021; la tasa line with a total length of 33 feet de interés anual será 3.625% equivalent to 10.06 meters, with LEGAL NOTICE desde el 1 de noviembre de wall of building and porch railing 2021 hasta el 31 de octubre de M&T facing Aleja Romero’s Property.

2022; la tasa de interés anual 42261 This apartment comprises foserá 4.625% desde el 1 de noCA2019CV03172 yer, living-dining, two bedrooms ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO viembre de 2022 hasta el 31 de with closets a kitchen, hall, two DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUoctubre de 2023; la tasa de inbathrooms, walk-in-closet and NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA terés anual será 5.625% desde

mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $72,000.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 27 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $59,799.95 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $16,401.05 en intereses acumulados al 31 de agosto de 2019 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 3.172% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $7,058.39 en seguro hipotecario; $431.00 en seguro; $450.00 en tasaciones; $100.00 en inspecciones; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $14,400.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado, esta última habrá de devengar intereses al máximo del tipo legal fijado por la oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras aplicable a esta fecha, desde este mismo día hasta su total y completo saldo. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta.

Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 1 de julio de 2021. SAMUEL GONZÁLEZ ISAAC, ALGUACIL REGIONAL #713.

26 el 1 de noviembre de 2023 hasta el 31 de octubre de 2024; la tasa de interés anual será 6.625% desde el 1 de noviembre de 2024 hasta el 31 de octubre de 2025 y la tasa de interés anual será 7.500% desde el 1 de noviembre de 2025 hasta el saldo de la obligación. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $279,378.74 por concepto de principal, más intereses al tipo pactado de 2.625% anual desde el día 1 de noviembre de 2018. Dichos intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Se pagarán también los cargos por demora equivalentes a 5.000% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha vencimiento, la suma de $19,000.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, la suma de $19,000.00 para cubrir los intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y la suma de $19,000.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca, más intereses según provisto por la regla 44.3 de las de Procedimiento Civil. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Carolina, Sala Superior durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes.

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

Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesan los gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relacionan más adelante. A los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de, o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso, o al portador, garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor por la presente se notifica, que se ce-

lebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. AVISO DE DEMANDA: Pleito seguido por Lime Residential LTD., vs.

Marcelo Torchio Gómez (soltero), ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, en el caso civil número CA 2019CV03172, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $279,378.74 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 21 de agosto de 2019. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Carolina.

Anotación A. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la alcaldía, el Tribunal y la colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado mediante edictos dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores sujeto a lo dispuesto en los Artículos 113 al 116 de la Ley 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015, según aplique. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 9 de junio de 2021. SAMUEL GONZÁLEZ ISAAC, ALGUACIL.

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MOHAMAD ALI CHEIKHALI también conocido como MOHAMAD CHEIKALI, MOHAMAD A. CHEIKALI y MOHAMED A. CHEIKHALI

EX PARTE CIVIL NÚM.: AG2021CV00603.

SALÓN: 601. SOBRE: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR. SS.

A: DON JOSE LUIS MARTINEZ VELEZ y DONA MIRIAM HERNANDEZ CUEVAS, Inmediatos Anteriores Dueños., Herederos, denominados FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL., y a las

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Wednesday, July 28, 2021 personas ignoradas o desconocidas a quienes puede perjudicar la inscripción solicitada.

POR LA PRESENTE se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los veinte (20) días contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la finca que se describe más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su posición 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 en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

RUSTICA: Sita en el Barrio Guatemala de San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, la cual mensurada por el agrimensor R. Colón LaTorre en julio de mil novecientos ochenta y nueve (1989), resultó con una cabida superficial de SEISICENTOS SESENTA Y SIETE PUNTO NOVENTA Y SIETE METROS CUADRADOS (667.97 MC); en lindes al NORTE y al OESTE con remanente de la finca principal propiedad de Sucesión Julio Quiñones; al SUR, Juan Vargas; y, al ESTE, con faja de uso público que la separa de la Carretera Cuatrocientos Cuarenta y Seis (446). Enclava una estructura en madera y zinc destinada a vivienda.” El abogado de la parte peticionaria es la Lcda. Maritza Guzman Matos, PMB 767, 1353 Ave. Luis Vigoreaux, Guaynabo, PR 00966; Tel. (787)-758-3277; Email: mguzman@partnerslegalservicespr.com Se le informa, además, que el Tribunal ha señalado vista en este caso para el 10 de diciembre de 2021, a las 2:45 de la tarde, mediante videoconferencia, a la cual usted puede comparecer asistido por abogado y presentar oposición a la petición.

Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo, se identificará en letra tamaño

10 puntos y negrillas, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, a 30 de junio de 2021. SARAHI REYES PEREZ, Secretaria Regional. Arlene Guzman Pabon, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal I.

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LIME HOMES, LTD. Demandante v.

EDWIN MILLAN FLORES, PAN AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION, CITIBANK, N.A., JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES TENDORES DECONOCIDOS DEL PAGARE EXTRAVIADO

Demandados CIVIL NUM. SJ2019CV00092.

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

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

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque gerente, giro postal, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América al nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 17 de agosto de 2021, a las 11:30 de la mañana, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Solar número 6 del bloque “A” en el proyecto de vivienda conocido como “Ciudad Señorial”, en

el Barrio Cupey del término municipal de Río Piedras Sur, antes, hoy San Juan, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 193.297 metros cuadrados.

En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar A-S; por el SUR, con el solar A-7; por el ESTE, con los solares A-24 y A-25; y por el OESTE, con Calle Soberano. Contiene una casa tipo Gardens Villa que cuenta con las siguientes facilidades: sala, comedor, cocina, baño, tres habitaciones con closets, balcón, marquesina y área de laundry.

Consta inscrita al folio 151 del tomo 590 de Rio Piedras Sur, finca numero 18617, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Seccion IV de San Juan.

Propiedad localizada en: A6 Calle Soberano, Ciudad Senorial, San Juan, PR 00926. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: a. AVISO DE DEMANDA con fecha 3 de enero de 2019 seguida en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, en el caso civil número SJ2019CV00092, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca; sustitución de pagaré extraviado; DJL Mortgage Capital, Inc., demandante v.

Edwin Millán Flores, Pan American Financial Corporation, Citibank, N.A., John Doe y Jane Doe como posibles tenedores desconocidos del pagaré extraviado, demandados. Por la misma se reclama el pago de $103,989.37, más otras sumas, correspondientes a la hipoteca de $115,000.00 que grava esta finca. Como segunda causa de acción en la demanda, se solicita la sustitución del correspondiente pagaré por haberse extraviado el mismo, antes de proceder a la venta en pública subasta y se proceda a la cancelación de la hipoteca en el Registro. Anotada el 28 de febrero de 2020 al Tomo Karibe, finca 18617 de Río Piedras Sur, anotación “A”. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes.

El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo mínimo de subasta la suma de $115,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el

precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una segunda subasta por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 24 de agosto de 2021, a las 11:30 de la mañana, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $76,666.67, dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la tercera subasta, la suma de $57,500.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 31 de agosto de 2021, a las 11:30 de la mañana. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $103,989.37 de principal, intereses al tipo del 6.50000% anual según ajustado desde el día 1 de diciembre de 2012 hasta el pago de la deuda en su totalidad, más la suma de $11,500.00 por concepto de honorarios de abogado y costas autorizadas por el Tribunal, más las cantidades que se adeudan mensualmente por concepto de seguro hipotecario, cargos por demora, y otros adeudados que se hagan en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 14 de julio de 2021. PEDRO HIEYE GONZALEZ, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR.

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REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC Demandante Vs.

JERONIMO IRIZARRY IRIZARRY, T/C/C GERONIMO YRIZARRY, T/C/C GERONIMO IRIZARRY IRIZARRY, T/C/C JERONIMO I. IRIZARRY POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES QUE COMPONE JUNTO A IRIS CAMELIA RIOS RIVERA, T/C/C IRIS CAMELIA RÍOS, T/C/C IRIS C. RÍOS RIVERA, T/C/C IRIS C. RÍOS; IRIS CAMELIA RIOS RIVERA, T/C/C IRIS CAMELIA RÍOS, T/C/C IRIS C. RÍOS RIVERA, T/C/C IRIS C. RÍOS POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES QUE COMPONE JUNTO A JERONIMO IRIZARRY IRIZARRY, T/C/C GERONIMO YRIZARRY, T/C/C GERONIMO IRIZARRY IRIZARRY, T/C/C JERONIMO I. IRIZARRY; Y A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

IRIZARRY, T/C/C GERONIMO YRIZARRY, T/C/C GERONIMO IRIZARRY IRIZARRY, T/C/C JERONIMO I. IRIZARRY; Y A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA.

Yo, JOVINO PÉREZ SANTIAGO, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Mayagüez, a los demandados, acreedores y al público en general con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, por la presente CERTIFICO, ANUNCIO y HAGO CONSTAR: Que el día 24 DE AGOSTO DE 2021, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, procederé a vender en Pública Subasta, al mejor postor, la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria mediante Sentencia dictada el 16 de abril de 2021 en el caso de epígrafe, la cual se notificó y archivó en autos el día 21 de abril de 2021. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el 31 DE AGOSTO DE 2021, A LAS 10:45 DE LA Demandados Civil Núm.: MZ2020CV00751. MAÑANA; y en caso de no proSobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO- ducir remate ni adjudicación, se TECA POR LA VÍA ORDINA- celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 7 DE SEPTIEMRIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. BRE DE 2021, A LAS 10:45 DE Al: PÚBLICO EN LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita GENERAL. en el lugar antes indicado. Que A: JERONIMO IRIZARRY en cumplimiento de un MandaIRIZARRY, T/C/C miento de Ejecución de SentenGERONIMO YRIZARRY, cia que ha sido liberado por la Secretaría del Tribunal de PriT/C/C GERONIMO IRIZARRY IRIZARRY, mera Instancia, Sala Superior de Mayagüez, en el caso de T/C/C JERONIMO I. epígrafe con fecha de3 de junio IRIZARRY POR SÍ Y EN de 2021, procederé a vender REPRESENTACIÓN DE en pública subasta y al mejor LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL postor, todo derecho, título e DE GANANCIALES QUE interés que tenga la parte deCOMPONE JUNTO A IRIS mandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad ubicaCAMELIA RIOS RIVERA, do en: 3510 (W19) Sierra T/C/C IRIS CAMELIA Cayey (20) St. Alturas de MayaRÍOS, T/C/C IRIS C. RÍOS güez Dev. Street Mayagüez RIVERA, T/C/C IRIS C. Puerto Rico 00682, y que se RÍOS; IRIS CAMELIA describe a continuación: URRIOS RIVERA, T/C/C IRIS BANA: Solar número 19 de la manzana W de trescientos CAMELIA RÍOS, T/C/C treinta y siete metros cincuenta IRIS C. RÍOS RIVERA, centímetros cuadrados radicaT/C/C IRIS C. RÍOS POR SÍ do en la Urbanización Alturas Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN de Algarrobo, localizado en el DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL Barrio Miradero de Mayagüez, DE GANANCIALES QUE Puerto Rico, en lindes por el NORTE, en una distancia de COMPONE JUNTO A 13.50 metros, con la calle nú-

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The San Juan Daily Star mero 20 de la Urbanización; por el SUR, en una distancia de 13.50 metros con Alturas de Mayagüez; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 25.00 metros con el solar número 18; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 25.00 metros, con el solar 20.

Contiene una casa de concreto diseñada para una familia. Finca número 28,844, inscrita al folio 158 del tomo 967 de Mayagüez, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Mayagüez. La subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer, hasta donde alcance, el importe de las cantidades adeudadas a la parte demandante conforme a la sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: $163,963.01, por concepto de balance de principal, más intereses acumulados, y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón del 5.060% por ciento anual hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $21,000.00, equivalente al 10% de la suma principal original pactada, estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; más recargos acumulados hasta la fecha en que se pague la deuda; más cualquiera suma de dinero por concepto de contribuciones, primas de seguro hipotecario y riesgo, así como cualesquiera otras sumas pactadas en la escritura de hipoteca, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número342, otorgada el día 12 de octubre de 2012, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Público Shariann Morales Feliciano y consta inscrita al sistema Karibe de Mayagüez, finca número 28844, Registro de la Propiedad de Mayagüez. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Entiéndase: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor del Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $210,000.00, con intereses al 5.060% anual,

vencedero el día 4 de marzo de 2096 constituida mediante la escritura número 343, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 12 de octubre de 2011, ante el notario Shariann Morales Feliciano, e inscrita al sistema Karibe de Mayagüez finca 28844 inscripción 5ta. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta del inmueble antes descrito será la suma de $210,000.00 según se establece en la escritura de hipoteca antes relacionada. En caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en su primera subasta se ordena la celebración de una segunda subasta de dicho inmueble, en la cual, la cantidad mínima será una equivalente a 2/3 parte de aquella, o sea la suma de $140,000.00; desierta también la segunda subasta de dicho inmueble, se ordena la celebración de una tercera subasta en la cual, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado para la primera subasta, es decir la suma de $105,000.00. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación, entiéndase efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Una vez efectuada la venta de dicha propiedad, el Alguacil procederá a otorgar la escritura de traspaso al licitador victorioso en subasta, quien podrá ser la parte demandante, cuya oferta podrá aplicarse a la extinción parcial o total de la obligación reconocida por la sentencia dictada en este caso. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Si el producto de la venta fuere insuficiente para satisfacer la cantidad reclamada, se procederá a la ejecución de la sentencia en contra de la parte demandada por el remanente de las sumas no satisfechas, mediante embargo y venta en ejecución de cualesquiera otros bienes propiedad de la parte demandada en cantidad suficiente para dejar cubierta y totalmente satisfecha a la parte demandante cualquier deficiencia o parte insoluta de la sentencia dictada a su favor

Wednesday, July 28, 2021 según dispuesto en la sentencia dictada en este caso. Se dispone, conforme con la sentencia dictada en este caso que, una vez efectuada la subasta y vendido el bien inmueble, los adjudicatarios sean puestos en posesión del mismo dentro del término de veinte (20) días por el Alguacil de este Honorable Tribunal y los actuales poseedores lanzados del referido inmueble. De ser ello necesario, el Alguacil podrá diligenciar el Acta de Subasta que se expida en horas laborales, de día, los 5 días de la semana y podrá romper cualquier cerradura o candado que dé acceso al inmueble objeto de este desalojo. Y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general, se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley, mediante edicto, en un periódico de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, una vez por semana, por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía, y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto de Subasta para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, a 8 de julio de 2021. JOVINO PÉREZ SANTIAGO, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE MAYAGÜEZ.

LEGAL NOTICE EN EL TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CABO ROJO

REPARTO SAMAN INC. Parte Demandante

MARCOS RANGEL PIZZINI, IDALIZ ORTIZ AVILES, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES ENTRE ELLOS CONSTITUIDOS

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: I4CI2013-00140.

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

A: MARCOS RANGEL PIZZINI; IDALIZ ORTIZ AVILES; La Sociedad Legal de Gananciales Compuesto por ellos. SECRETARIO DE HACIENDA; INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS

MUNICIPALES.

El Alguacil que suscribe anuncia y hace constar que, en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría de este Tribunal, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la parte demandada sobre el inmueble que a continuación se describe: URBANA: Solar identificado con el numero OCHO (8) del bloque “JJ” en el Plano de Inscripción de Extension Reparto Saman, radicado en el Barrio Llanos Costa del termino municipal de Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de Mil Ochenta y Seis Punto Cuarenta y Dos Metros Cuadrados (1086.42 mc). Colinda por el Norte, en treinta y siete (37.00) metros lineales con el solar numero nueve (9) del bloque “JJ” en el plano de inscripción; por el Sur, en treinta y siete punto noventa y siete (37.97) metros lineales con Joe Oscar Toro Hernandez; por el Este, en veinticinco punto diez (25.10) metros lineales con la calle numero quince (15.00); y por el Oeste, en dieciséis punto veintidos (16.22) metros lineales con el solar numero seis (6) del bloque “JJ” en el plano de inscripción y en diecisiete punto cuarenta y uno (17.41) metros lineales con el solar numero siete (7) del bloque “JJ” en el plano de inscripción. Este solar esta afectado por una servidumbre de paso a favor de la Puerto Rico Telephone Company de tres (3.00) metros de ancho por veinticinco punto diez (25.10) metros de largo por su colindancia Este. Este solar esta afectado por una servidumbre pluvial de tres (3.00) metros de ancho por treinta y tres punto sesenta y tres (33.63) metros de largo por su colindancia Oeste. Consta inscrito al folio 213 del tomo 555 de Cabo Rojo finca número 21804. Número catastral de la propiedad: 380-000-009-31-000. Se tasa la finca en $42,410.55 para fines de subasta. LA PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 20 DE AGOSTO DE 2021; A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA en las oficinas del Alguacil General del Tribunal de Cabo Rojo, la cantidad mínima a aceptarse en la primera subasta será de $42,410.55 que es el precio de tasación que surge de los gravámenes hipotecarios que se ejecutan. Si en la primera subasta no se produjese la venta del inmueble antes descrito, LA SEGUNDA SUBASTA se efectuará el día 27 DE AGOSTO DE 2021; A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA y la cantidad mínima aceptada será de $28,245.43.

Si en esta segunda subasta no se produjese adjudicación, entonces LA TERCERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 3 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA y el tipo mínimo de subasta a aceptarse será de $21,205.28.

Principal: $35,840.84. Interés pactados al 11 de enero del 2012: $4,569.71. Honorarios de Abogados: $2,000.00. Total: $42,410.55. Si se declarasen desiertas la tercera subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento y se le adjudicará al demandante la finca objeto de este procedimiento, dentro de los diez (10) días subsiguientes a dicha tercera subasta por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuera mayor. Para mejor información las personas interesadas pueden examinar los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante las horas laborables. Este edicto de subasta se publicará una vez por semana por espacio de dos semanas en un diario de circulación general en Puerto Rico y en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Es la abogada de la parte demandante el Lcda. Susan Báez Dixon, P.O. Box 2354, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681-2354, Tel. 787-8336480. DADA en Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, hoy 9 de julio de 2021. MARLYN VIDAL, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE CABO ROJO.

LEGAL NOTICE SUMMONS (CIVIL-ORIGINAL). IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN.

CAPTAIN’S COMMAND AT BLUEBEARD’S BEACH CLUB INTERVAL OWNERSHIP CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, vs.

NANCI SANTOS,

Defendant ST – 20 – CV - 00142. ACTION FOR DEBT FORECLOSURE OF LIEN AND BREACH OF CONTRACT.

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judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

Witness my hand and Seal of this Court this 27th day of April, 2021. s/TAMARA CHARLES, Clerk of the Court. /s/ALEX M. MOSKOWITZ (Attorney for Plaintiff) Alex M. Moskowitz, Esq. Address: DUDLEY NEWMAN FEUERZEIG LLP Law House P. O. Box 756 St. Thomas, USVI 00804-0756 Telephone: (340) 774-4422 NOTE: The defendant, if served personally, is required to file his/her answer or other defense with the Administrator/Clerk of this Court, and to serve a copy thereof upon the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty-one (21) days after service of this summons, excluding the date of service.

If served by publication or by personal service outside the jurisdiction the defendant is required to file his/her answer or other defense with the Clerk of this Court, and to serve a copy thereof upon the attorney for the plaintiff within thirty (30) days after the completion of the period of publication or personal service outside of the jurisdiction.

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

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

MILAGROS DATIS CARRERO T/C/C MILAGROS DATIS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Demandados CIVIL NUM. SJ2019CV02140.

SOBRE: EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DEFENDANT: DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS NANCI SANTOS Please take notice that an Or- EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIAder for Service by Publication DO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. dated January 11, 2021 was en- A: La Parte Demandada, tered by the Clerk in the above al (a la) Secretario(a) de captioned matter. You are he- Hacienda de Puerto Rico reby summoned and required y al Público General: to serve upon Dudley Newman Certifico y Hago Constar: Que Feuerzeig LLP, plaintiff’s attoren cumplimiento con el Mandaney, whose address is shown miento de Ejecución de Sentenbelow, an answer to the comcia que me ha sido dirigido por plaint, which is herewith serel (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal ved upon you, within 21 days de Primera Instancia, Sala Suafter service of this summons perior de SAN JUAN, en el caso upon you, exclusive of the day de epígrafe, venderé en pública of service. If you fail to do so, subasta y al mejor postor, por

separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 17 de agosto de 2021, a las 10:00 de la mañana, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Urbanización Puerto Nuevo de Monacillos. Solar: 18-HD. Cabida: 252 metros cuadrados.

NORTE, SUR, ESTE y OESTE, con terrenos propiedad de la Everlasting Development Corporation, y dando frente al Sur con la calle denominada número 45 de la urbanización y hace esquina a las calles denominadas calles número 45 y la calle 47. Enclava una casa de una sola planta de concreto que consta de 4 dormitorios, sala, comedor, cocina, baño y balcón. Inscrita al folio 243 del tomo 197 de Monacillos, finca número 7,262, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Tercera. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución se encuentra inscrita al folio 34 del tomo Monacillos, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección III, inscripción 8ª. Propiedad localizada en: URB. PUERTO NUEVO, 1043 CALLE 2 SE, SAN JUAN, PR 00921. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $217,500.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 20 de septiembre de 2093. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes.

El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $217,500.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una segunda subasta por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de

San Juan, el 24 de agosto de 2021, a las 10:00 de la mañana, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $145,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la tercera subasta, la suma de $108,750.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 31 de agosto de 2021, a las 10:00 de la mañana. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a las siguientes sumas: principal balance $92,681.94, interest due through $40,531.58; mortgage insurance premiums $12,911.98; appraisals $625.00; property inspections $100.00; preservation $5,542.33, para un total de $152,382.83. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 14 de julio de 2021. EDWIN E LOPEZ MULERO, Alguacil Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA.

ACM CDGY VI LN LLC Demandante, v.

ANA IRIS CABALLERO TOSADO T/C/C ANA I CABALLERO TOSADO T/C/C ANA I CABALLERO

Demandados CIVIL NÚM. VB2020CV00441.

SOBRE: EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA IN REM. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBAS-

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febrero de 2021, en el presente caso civil, a saber, al 3 de agosto de 2020, ascendía a un balance insoluto de $88,315.78, el cual se desglosa en $76, 363.36 de principal, $10,955.63 de intereses, $619.15 de cargos por demora, $377.64 de seEl que suscribe, Alguacil del guro (“FPI”) más costas, gastos Tribunal de Primera Instancia, y honorarios de abogado asSala Superior, Centro Judicial cendentes al 10% del principal de Vega Baja, Vega Baja, Puer- del pagare según pactados, o to Rico, hago saber a la parte sea, la cantidad de $7,680.00. demandada, y al PUBLICO EN Los intereses se continúan acuGENERAL: y a todos los acree- mulando, hasta el saldo total de dores que tengan inscritos o la deuda, para cubrir el principal anotados sus derechos sobre adeudado, disponiéndose que los bienes hipotecados con si quedare algún remanente posterioridad a la inscripción luego de pagarse las sumas del crédito del ejecutante, o de antes mencionadas el mismo los acreedores de cargas o de- deberá ser depositado en la rechos reales que los hubiesen Secretaría del Tribunal para pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecu- ser entregado a los demandatada y las personas interesadas dos previa solicitud y orden del en, o con derecho a exigir el Tribunal. La venta de la refericumplimiento de instrumentos da propiedad se verificará libre negociables garantizados hipo- de toda carga o gravamen que tecariamente con posterioridad afecte la mencionada finca. La al crédito ejecutado, siempre adjudicación se hará al mejor que surjan de la certificación re- postor, quien deberá consignar gistral, para que puedan concu- el importe de su oferta en el rrir a la subasta si les convenga acto mismo de la adjudicación, o satisfacer antes del remate en efectivo (moneda del curso el importe del crédito, de sus legal de los Estados Unidos intereses, costas y honorarios de América), giro postal o chede abogados asegurados, que- que certificado a nombre del dando entonces subrogados en alguacil del Tribunal. LA PRIlos derechos del acreedor eje- MERA SUBASTA se llevará a cutante. Que en cumplimiento efecto el día 11 DE AGOSTO del Mandamiento de Ejecución DE 2021 A LAS 10:30 DE LA de Sentencia expedido el día MAÑANA, en la oficina del re29 de abril de 2021, por la Se- ferido Alguacil, localizada en el cretaria del Tribunal, procederé Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, a vender y venderé en pública Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Que subasta y al mejor postor la el precio mínimo fijado para propiedad que se describe a la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de continuación: Dirección física: $76,800.00. Que de ser neceQ50 CALLE R, URB. ALTURAS saria la celebración de una SEDE VEGA BAJA, P.R. 00693: GUNDA SUBASTA, la misma RUSTICA: Solar cincuenta del se llevará a efecto el día 18 DE bloque “Q” del plano de inscrip- AGOSTO DE 2021 A LAS 10:30 ción de la Urbanización Alturas DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina de Vega Baja, situada en el Ba- antes mencionada del Alguacil rrio Pugnado Afuera de la mu- que suscribe. El precio mínimo nicipalidad de Vega Baja, con para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA un área de trescientos metros será de $51,200.00, equivalencuadrados con cuatrocientos tes a dos terceras (2/3) partes diezmilésimas de otro; en lin- del tipo mínimo estipulado para des por el NORESTE, en trece la PRIMERA subasta. Que de metros con la calle “R”; por el ser necesaria la celebración SURESTE, en veintitrés metros de una TERCERA SUBASTA ocho centímetros con el solar la misma se llevará a efecto el número cuarentinueve; por el día 25 DE AGOSTO DE 2021 A SUROESTE, en trece metros LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en “unbuildable área”; por el NO- la oficina antes mencionada del ROESTE, en veintitrés metros Alguacil que suscribe. El preocho centímetros con el solar cio mínimo para la TERCERA número cincuentiuno. Sujeto SUBASTA será de $38,400.00, a servidumbre de paso de cin- equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) co pies de ancho a lo largo de del tipo mínimo estipulado para sus lados Noroeste y Suroeste la PRIMERA subasta. Si se para el sistema eléctrico. En declarase desierta la tercera el referido solar enclava una subasta, se adjudicará la finca casa de concreto de hormigón a favor del acreedor por la totay bloques de concreto diseña- lidad de la cantidad adeudada da para una familia. Inscrita al si ésta es igual o menor que folio 109 del tomo 157 de Vega el monto del tipo de la tercera Baja, finca número 7,789; Re- subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima gistro de la Propiedad Sección conveniente; se abonará dicho Cuarta de Bayamón. El produc- monto a la cantidad adeudada to de la subasta se destinará a si esta es mayor, todo ello a satisfacer al demandante hasta tenor con lo dispone el Articulo donde alcance, la SENTENCIA 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 dictada a su favor, el día 17 de de diciembre de 2015 conocida

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como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”.

La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a.

Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes.

Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate.

EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, hoy día 15 de junio de 2021.

FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil División de Subastas Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de Vega Baja. ***

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Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de TOA ALTA.

WANDA MARIE MCKISSEN RIVERA Demandante VS.

ORIENTAL BANK Y OTROS

Demandados Caso Civil Núm.

TA2021CV00404. Sobre: CANCELACION DE PAGARE EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACION DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO

COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERES EN LA OBLIGACION CUYA CANCELACION POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA

(Nombre d las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO (A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 8 de JULIO de 2021, 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 2021. En TOA ALTA, Puerto Rico, el 20 de JULIO de 2021.

CC: LCDA. ZILMARIE DELGADO PIERAS 33 CALLE RESOLUCION SUITE 302 SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO, 00920-2727 LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SANCHEZ, Secretario (a) Regional.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO DEMANDANTE VS.

LYDIA MARGARITA RIVERA RODRÍGUEZ Y ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

DEMANDADOS CIVIL NUM.: BY2019CV02603.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe

por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMON, SALA SUPERIOR, , en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el día 20 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA DE BAYAMON, SALA SUPERIOR, QUINTO PISO SALA 503 todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en APT. 808 COND. TORRE DEL PARQUE SUR BAYAMON, PR 00956 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento número ochocientos ocho (808) Torre Sur para fines residenciales, con un área superficial de setecientos noventa y tres punto setenta y ocho pies cuadrados (793.78 p.c), equivalentes a setenta y tres punto setenta y cuatro metros cuadrados (73.74 m.c). En lindes por el NORTE, en veinticinco pies cuatro pulgadas (25’4”), con el apartamento ochocientos siete (807); por el SUR, en veinticinco pies cuatro pulgadas (25’4”), con el apartamento número ochocientos nueve (809); por el ESTE, en treinta y un pies cuatro pulgadas (31’4”), con el exterior del edificio; y por el OESTE, en treinta y un pies cuatro pulgadas (31’4”), con el corredor del edificio. Consta este apartamento de sala-comedor, cocina tres cuartos dormitorios con sus respectivos guardarropas y un cuarto de baño. La entrada y salida a este apartamento se encuentra en su lado Oeste, la cual conduce a los ascensores que dan acceso al exterior del edificio. Le corresponde a este apartamento un espacio de estacionamiento identificado con el número trescientos ochenta y ocho (388) y un cero punto veinticinco mil setecientos seis (0.25706%) por ciento de participación en los elementos comunes del edificio. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 251 del Tomo 1724 de Bayamón Sur, finca número 72,078, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Primera. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $78,200.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una segunda subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 27 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 1:15 DE LA TARDE. En la segunda

subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $52,133.33. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una tercera subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 4 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021, A LAS 1:15 DE LA TARDE. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $39,100.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número 802 otorgada en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el día 29 de octubre de 1999, ante el Notario Alberto C. Rafols Méndez, inscrita al folio 252 del tomo 1724 de Bayamón Sur, finca número 72,078 inscripción Segunda (2da). Modificada en cuanto a su principal que será de $74,513.43, en cuanto a su interés que será de 5.50% anual; en cuanto a su pago mensual de principal e intereses que será la cantidad de $423.08, y en cuanto a su vencimiento que será el primero (1ro.) de junio de 2041, según consta de la escritura de modificación de hipoteca número 285, otorgada el día 7 de mayo de 2011, en San Juan, Puerto Rico ante el Notario Público Gadiel O. Rosario Rivera, inscrita al folio 218 del tomo 1902 de Bayamón Sur, finca número 72,078 inscripción Tercera (3ra). Modificada por segunda ocasión en cuanto a su principal que será de $81,784.43, en cuanto a su interés que será de 4.00% anual; en cuanto a su pago mensual de principal e intereses que será la cantidad de $390.45, y en cuanto a su vencimiento que será el primero (1ro.) de mayo de 2043, según consta de la escritura de modificación de hipoteca número 289, otorgada el día 26 de abril de 2013, en San Juan, Puerto Rico ante la Notario Público Ivonne González Medrano, inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Bayamón Sur, finca número 72,078 inscripción Quinta (5ta). Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $74,542.85 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de febrero de 2018, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.00% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte co-demandada Lydia Margarita Rivera Rodríguez adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de ven-

cimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $7,820.00. Además, la parte co-demandada Lydia Margarita Rivera Rodríguez se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $7,820.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $7,820.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Por razón de dicho incumplimiento, y al amparo del derecho que le confiere el Pagaré, el demandante ha declarado tales sumas vencidas, líquidas y exigibles en su totalidad. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMON, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble 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 de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesa el gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relaciona a continuación: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Secretario del Departamento de la Vivienda de los Estados Unidos de América, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $4,495.47, sin intereses, vencedero el día 1 de noviembre de 2029, constituida mediante la escritura número 1071, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 29 de noviembre de 2001, ante el notario Pedro J. Caride Cruz, e inscrita al folio 88 del tomo 1947 de Bayamón Sur, finca número 72,078, inscripción 4ta, como Asiento Abreviado extendidas las líneas el día 13 de mayo de 2015, en virtud de la Ley número 216 del día 27 de diciembre de 2010. (Fue presentado el día 18 de diciembre de 2001 al Asiento 224 del Diario 1144).

AL ASIENTO 651 DEL DIARIO 1322, se presentó el día 3 de noviembre de 2015, la escritura número 203, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 29 de octubre de 2015, ante el notario Francisco J. Del Valle Torres,

mediante la cual comparece Lydia Margarita Rivera Rodriguez, soltera, a constituir hipoteca subordinada en garantía de un pagaré a favor del Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $6,924.12, sin intereses, vencedero el día 1 de mayo de 2043. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores desconocidos, no inscritos o presentados que sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 21 de julio de 2021. EDUARDO ELIAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMON, SALA SUPERIOR.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante v.

SUCESION DE MARJORIE ARROYO TORRES ET ALS

Demandado(a) Civil Núm. FA2019CV00620.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO

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(EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA CORPORATION Y OTROS VIA ORDINARIA), NOTIFICADemandado(a) CIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR Civil Núm. SJ2021CV02358 EDICTO. (402). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN A: VIOLETA DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO, NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENARROYO, OSVALDO CIA POR EDICTO. ARROYO, RICARDO

A: PUERTO ARROYO,CARLOS RICO FINANCIAL ARROYO, CARMEN CORPORATION , MILAGROS ARROYO, FULANO, MENGANO Y FULANO DE TAL SUTANO PERSONAS Y ZUTANO DE TAL DESCONOCIDAS COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA CON POSIBLE INTERES (Nombre de las partes a las que se le SUCESION DE MARJORIE notifican la sentencia por edicto) ARROYO TORRES. EL SECRETARIO(A) que susURB RAFAEL MELENDEZ, cribe le notifica a usted que el B-9 , FAJARDO PR 00738 19 de julio de 2021, este TriY/O URB MONTEBRISAS, bunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución CALLE ROUND F-23, en este caso, que ha sido debiFAJARDO PR 00738 Y/O damente registrada y archivada URB VILLAS DE en autos donde podrá usted enLUQUILLO, CALLE 3E D4, terarse detalladamente de los LUQUILLO PR 0773 Y/O términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola CARR.976 KM 3.2, vez en un periódico de circulaBARRIO FLORENCIO, ción general en la Isla de PuerFAJARDO PR 00738 Y/O to Rico, dentro de los 10 días URB MONTEBRISAS, siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted 5-5 N20 CALLE 5-19, una parte en el procedimiento FAJARDO PR 00738

(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 21 de julio de 20210, 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 21 de julio de 2021. En FAJARDO , Puerto Rico , el 21 de julio de 2021.

WANDA SEGUI REYES - SEC. REGIONAL f/LINDA I. MEDINA MEDINA Nombre Secretario(a) Nombre Secretario(a) Auxiliar

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LUIS A. MEJÍA ROY Demandante v.

PUERTO RICO FINANCIAL

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 2021. En CAROLINA , Puerto Rico, el 20 de julio de 2021.

LCDA MARILYN APONTE RODRIGUEZ, Secretaria. F/ KEILA GARCIA SOLIS, Secretario(a) Auxiliar.

PIEDRAS 609 CALLE MARÍA YABONEYTO, LAS PIEDRAS, PR 0077 Y/O URB. LOS PORTALES DE LAS PIEDRAS C-13 MARI, LAS PIEDRAS PR.

(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 20 de JULIO de 2021, 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 22 de JULIO de 2021. En HUMACAO, Puerto Rico, el 22 de JULIO de 2021. DOMINGA GOMEZ FUSTER, Secretaria. f/ILEANA MIRANDA ARROYO, Sec Auxiliar.

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LEGAL NOTICE Demandante V. Estado Libre Asocíado de MARGARITA Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL GENE- QUINTANA FERNANDEZ RAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Demandada Primera Instancia Sala Superior Civil Núm.: SJ2020CV02014. de HUMACAO. (506). Sobre: COBRO DE AMERICAS LEADING DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORFINANCE LLC Demandante VS. DINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉJOSE ANTONIO RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE SANTANA LOPEZ LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL Demandados Civil. HU2019CV00944 Sobre: ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO COBRO DE DINERO (VIA OR- DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A LA PARTE DEMANDADA: MARGARITA QUINTANA FERNANDEZ. DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: CONDOMINIO DE A: JOSE ANTONIO DIEGO APT. G #10 CALLE SANTANA LOPEZ CUYA AMARILLO, EL CEREZAL, ÚLTIMA DIRECCIÓN RIO PIEDRAS, PR 00902.

FÍSICA Y/O POSTAL DIRECCIÓN POSTAL: CONOCIDA POR LA 1590 CALLE GUADIANA, DEMANDANTE ES EL CEREZAL, SAN JUAN, LA SIGUIENTE: URB. PR 00926.

PORTALES DE LAS

DINARIA) Y EJECUCION DE GRAVAMEN MOBILIARIO (REPOSESION DE VEHICULO).

NOTIFICACION DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el dIa del diligenciamiento, notificando copia de Ia misma al (a la) abogado (a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podré dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en Ia demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, entiende que procede. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando Ia siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en Ia secretaría del tribunal.

MARICELI PÉREZ GONZÁLEZ RUA 12,651 1225 Ave. Ponce de León Suite 706 San Juan, PR 00907 Tel. (787) 977-1932 y Fax. (787) 722-1932 E-mail: mperez@garciachamorro.com Expedido bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal, hoy 21 de julio de 2021. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. ANGELA RIVERA HERNÁNDEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.

SÁNCHEZ RODRIGUEZ, PO BOX 11750, FERNÁNDEZ JUNCOS STATION, SAN JUAN, PR 00910-1750.

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 20 de julio de 2021, 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 22 de julio de 2021. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 22 de julio de 2021. LUZ MAYRA CARABALLO GARCÍA, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. BRENDA L. SANTIAGO LÓPEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR I.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO LEGAL NOTICE DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYANAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA MÓN SALA SUPERIOR CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONE.M.I. EQUITY CE SALA SUPERIOR 602

B. FERNANDEZ & HNOS., INC. Parte Demandante

NABEL JALAL RASHID H/N/C PUMA MAGAS

Parte Demandada Civil Núm: PO2020CV01528.

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

A: NABEL JALAL RASHID, VALLE REAL 1665, PONCE, PR 00732; CARR. 127 INT. 383, BO. MAGAS ABAJO, GUAYANILLA, PR 00656; BRISAS DE YAUCO #124, YAUCO, PR 00698; BRIKI DE YAUCO #124, YAUCO, PR 00698; PO BOX 1487, AGUAS BUENAS, PR 00703;CARR. 127 INT. 383, GUAYANILLA, PR 00656, A SER NOTIFICADO POR EDICTO. POR CONDUCTO DE LA LCDA MARISTELLA

MORTGAGE, INC Demandante Vs.

VIVIAN CASAÑAS CRUZ, POR SI Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA DE LA SUCESION DE ARNOLD FERNAND KELLY; LA SUCESION DE ARNOLD FERNAND KELLY COMPUESTA POR FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2021CV02168.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO Y MANDAMIENTO DE INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS,

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EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIA- le(s) cite a usted(es) por edicto que se publicará una sola vez DO DE PUERTO RICO. en un periódico de circulación A LA PARTE COgeneral. Quedan emplazados DEMANDADA: A) y notificados de que en este FULANO Y FULANA Tribunal se ha radicado una deDE TAL COMO manda enmendada en su conPOSIBLES HEREDEROS tra. Se les ordena a que dentro DESCONOCIDOS DE LA del término de treinta (30) días, SUCESIÓN DE ARNOLD a partir de la notificación de la presente Orden, acepten o reFERNAND KELLY, pudien la participación que les A LAS SIGUIENTES corresponda en la herencia de DIRECCIONES: FÍSICA: Arnold Fernand Kelly. Los co#5 CALLE A URB. VISTAS demandados miembros de la DEL RÍO III TOA ALTA, PR Sucesión de Arnold Fernand 00953; Y POSTAL: RR2 Kelly se incluyen en la demanBOX 4535 TOA ALTA, PR da enmendada ya que como herederos responden por las 00953. cargas de la herencia según lo Por la presente se le(s) notifica dispuesto en Nuestro Ordenaque se ha radicado en la Secremiento Jurídico. Se les apercitaría de este Tribunal una Debe y notifica que, de no expremanda Enmendada en Ejecusarse dentro de ese término de ción de Hipoteca “In Rem” por 30 días en torno a su aceptala vía ordinaria en contra de Vición o repudiación de herencia, vían Casañas Cruz y La Sucela herencia se tendrá por acepsión de Arnold Fernand Kelly), tada. También se les apercibe en la cual se alega que adeuda que luego del transcurso del a la parte demandante por contermino de 30 días antes secepto de hipoteca la suma de ñalado contados a partir de la $253,862.36 por concepto de fecha de la notificación de la principal, desde el 1ro de seppresente Orden, se presumirá tiembre de 2019, más intereses que han aceptado la herencia al tipo pactado de 4.50% anual del causante y, por consiguienque continúan acumulándose te, responden por las cargas hasta el pago total de la obligade dicha herencia conforme el ción. Además Vivían Casañas Articulo 959 del Código Civil, Cruz y La Sucesión de Arnold 31 L.P.R.A. 2785. Se ordena Fernand Kelly adeuda a la para la parte demandante a que, te demandante los cargos por en vista de que la sucesión de demora equivalentes a 4.00% Arnold Fernand Kelly, se include la suma de aquellos pagos ye a los herederos conocidos y con atrasos en exceso de 15 herederos desconocidos de Ardías calendarios de la fecha nold Fernand Kelly, denominade vencimiento; los créditos dos Angel Manuel Rosado Alaccesorios y adelantos hechos varez, por sí y en la cuota viudal en virtud de la escritura de hiusufructuaria de la Sucesión; poteca; y las costas, gastos y Fulano y Fulana De Tal, procehonorarios de abogado equida a notificar la presente Orden valentes a $27,601.82. Además mediante publicación de un Vivían Casañas Cruz y La Suedicto a esos efectos una sola cesión de Arnold Fernand Kelly vez en un periódico de circulase comprometió a pagar una ción diaria general de la Isla de suma equivalente a $28,890.00 Puerto Rico. Se le(s) emplaza para cubrir cualquier otro adey requiere que dentro de los lanto que se haga en virtud de sesenta (60) días siguientes a la escritura de hipoteca y una la publicación de este edicto suma equivalente a $28,890.00 excluyendo el día de la publicapara cubrir intereses en adición ción de este edicto conteste(n) a los garantizados por ley y la demanda radicando el origicualquiera otros adelantos que nal de la contestación en este se hagan en virtud de la escriTribunal y enviando copia de la tura de hipoteca número 700, Contestación de la Demanda otorgada en San Juan, Puerto a las oficinas de CARDONA & Rico, el día 31 de octubre de MALDONADO LAW OFFICES, 2009, ante el notario Luis O. P.S.C. ATENCIÓN al Lcdo.

Dávila Alemán, modificada meDuncan Maldonado Ejarque, diante la escritura número 580, P.O. Box 366221, San Juan, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Puerto Rico 00936-6221; Tel Rico, el día 16 de diciembre de (787) 622-7000, Fax (787) 6252014, ante el notario Jaime E. 7001, Abogado de la Parte DeDávila Santini, de la finca númandante. Usted deberá premero 26,234, inscrita al Folio sentar su alegación responsiva 161 del Tomo 524 de Bayaa través del Sistema Unificado món, Registro de la Propiedad de Manejo y Administración de de Bayamón, Sección Tercera.

Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede Por razón de dicho incumpliacceder utilizando la siguiente miento, y al amparo del deredirección electrónica: https:// cho que le confiere el Pagaré, unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, el demandante ha declarado salvo que se represente por tales sumas vencidas, líquidas derecho propio, en cuyo caso y exigibles en su totalidad. Este deberá presentar su alegación Tribunal ha ordenado que se responsiva en la secretaría del

tribunal. Se le(s) advierte que si dejare(n) de contestar la Demanda en el periodo de tiempo antes mencionado, podrá dictarse contra usted(es) Sentencia en Rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado sin más citarle(s) ni oírle(s). EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y con el Sello del Tribunal. DADA hoy 21 de JULIO de 2021, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ALBA BRITO BORGEN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC Demandante V.

FIRST FINANCIAL CARIBBEAN CORP, DESPUÉS DORAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION, DESPUÉS DORAL FINANCIAL CORP, DESPUÉS DORAL BANK AHORA BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO; RUBEN ROSARIO OTERO, JESENIA CHINEA RIVERA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS, JOHN DOE; RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDO

Demandado(a) Civil: MT2021CV00064. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDO.

(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 2021, 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

30 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 21 de julio de 2021. En Ciales, Puerto Rico, el 21 de julio de 2021.

VIVIAN FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. MADELINE GARCÍA PÉREZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN

SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. Demandante V.

FERNANDO CAMERON SANTIAGO Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Civil: BY2021CV00596. Sala: 504. Sobre: SUSTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, DEMANDADOS DESCONOCIDOS CUYA DIRECCION SE DESCONOCE.

(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 2021, 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 22 de julio de 2021. En BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, el 22 de julio de 2021. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. VIVIAN J. SANABRIA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO

DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ.

AMERICAS LEADING FINANCE, LLC Demandante v.

MIRIAM MORALES MONTALVO, LUIS CASTILLO BONILLA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

cuyo número de teléfono es (787) 946-5268, el facsímile (787) 946-0062 y su correo electrónico es: gerardo@bellverlaw.com. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, hoy día 9 de julio de 2021. Lcda.

Norma G Santana Irizarry, Secretario Regional. f/Jazmin Sanabria Torres, Secretaria.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Demandados SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYACIVIL NÚM.: MZ2021CV00393.

MÓN. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO AMERICAS LEADING POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y FINANCE, LLC EJECUCIÓN DE GRAVAMEN Demandante v.

MOBILIARIO (REPOSESIÓN JORGE LUIS VÉLEZ DE VEHÍCULO). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESNIEVES, YARITZA TADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRIRIVERA ALVARADO Y CA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL EE.UU. DE AMERICA EL ESDE GANANCIALES TADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE COMPUESTA POR PUERTO RICO SS.

A: MIRIAM MORALES MONTALVO, LUIS CASTILLO BONILLA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Quedan emplazados y notificados que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda sobre cobro de dinero por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega que los demandados Miriam Morales Montalvo, Luis Castillo Bonilla Y La Sociedad Legal De Gananciales Compuesta Por Ambos, le adeudan a Americas Leading Finance, LLC, la suma de $8,038.60, más cargos por atrasos, más una suma razonable por concepto de honorarios de abogados, costas y gastos, según pactados. Además, se solicita de este Honorable Tribunal que autorice la reposesión y/o embargo del Vehículo.

Se les advierte que este edicto se publicará en un periódico de circulación general una sola vez y que, si no comparecen a contestar dicha Demanda dentro 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 concediendo el remedio así solicitado sin más citarles ni oírles. El abogado de la parte demandante es el Lcdo. Gerardo M. Ortiz Torres, cuya dirección física y postal es: Cond. El Centro I, Suite 801, 500 Muñoz Rivera Ave., San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918;

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

AMBOS

Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: BY2021CV01139.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y EJECUCIÓN DE GRAVAMEN MOBILIARIO (REPOSESIÓN DE VEHÍCULO). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. DE AMERICA EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO SS.

A: JORGE LUIS VÉLEZ NIEVES, YARITZA RIVERA ALVARADO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Quedan emplazados y notificados que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda sobre cobro de dinero por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega que los demandados Jorge Luis Vélez Nieves, Yaritza Rivera Alvarado y la Sociedad Legal de Gananciales compuesta por ambos, le adeudan a Americas Leading Finance, LLC, la suma de $9,290.17, más cargos por atrasos, más una suma razonable por concepto de honorarios de abogados, costas y gastos, según pactados. Se les advierte que este edicto se publicará en un periódico de circulación general una sola vez y que, si no comparecen a contestar dicha Demanda dentro 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 concediendo el remedio así solicitado sin más citarles ni oírles.

El abogado de la parte demandante es el Lcdo. Gerardo M. Ortiz Torres, 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, el facsímile (787) 946-0062 y su correo electrónico es: gerardo@bellverlaw.com. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Bayamon, Puerto Rico, hoy día 13 de julio de 2021. LCDA. LAURA I SANTA SANCHEZ, Secretario Regional. Sandra I Cruz Vazquez, Sec Serv a Sala.

LEGAL NOTICE Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de TOA ALTA.

CAPITAL TITLE SERVICES INC Demandante v.

ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Civil Núm. TB2020CV00178.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO, NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERES EN LA OBLIGACION CUYA CANCELACION POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA

(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 19 de julio de 2021, 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 22 de julio de 2021. En TOA ALTA, Puerto Rico, el 22 de julio de 2021.

CC: LCDA. LIZBET AVILES VEGA - URB LOS SAUCES CALLE POMAROSA #222, HUMACAO, PUERTO RICO 00791 LCDA LAURA I SANTA SANCHEZ, Secretaria Regional.

LIRIAM M HERNANDEZ OTERO, Secretario(a) Auxiliar.

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

CONDADO 3 CFL, LLC Plaintiff, vs.

RAMON MONGE PASTRANA

Defendants.

CIVIL NO. 16-2111 (DRD). RE: COLLECTION OF MONIES, FORECLOSURE OF PLEDGE AND MORTGAGE. NOTICE OF SALE.

TO: RAMON MONGE PASTRANA: CONDADO 3 CFL, LLC; AND TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL:

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO. SS. Judgment in favor of plaintiff of the amounts due as of April 16, 2018, which amount to $1,796,039.26; deferred principal in the amount of $74,242.05, interest in the amount of $323,137.95, which continue to accrue until full payment of debt, force placed insurance in the amount of $438.00, and attorneys’ fees and costs of $192,997.18. Pursuant to the judgment, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for United States currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder to be held on the sidewalk in front of the main gate entrance of the United States District Court, Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico or any other place designated by said Special Master, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following properties: PROPERTY 499.

URBANA: Solar radicado en el Barrio Las Cuevas del término municipal de Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 0.9468 cuerdas, iguales a 3,721.17 metros cuadrados.

En lindes por el NORTE, con la Sociedad Rossy Fernandez y Compañia; por el SUR, con camino vecinal de Trujillo Alto; por el ESTE, con la carretera estatal que de Trujillo Alto conduce a Río Piedras; y, por el OESTE, con la Sociedad Rossy Fernández y Compañia. Contiene una casa semi alta de cemento y techada de

zinc, una casa de dos plantas en hormigón y bloques y una casa de cemento y bloques.

Consta inscrita al folio “185” del tomo “13” de San Juan, finca número “499”. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de IV de San Juan. Physical address: PR-181 KM 4.2, Las Cuevas Ward, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico 00976. The property is subject to the following liens: A) Mortgage note in favor of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, or to its order, dated June 11, 1998, Due on Demand, for the principal amount of $225,000.00 with interests at the rate of 10% per annum, guaranteed with a mortgage constituted by deed number 58 executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico on the same date before Notary Public Diana L. Ojeda, recorded at page 93 of volume 751 of Trujillo Alto, 43rd inscription over property number 499. B) Mortgage note in favor of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, or to its order, dated June 29, 2000, Due on Demand, for the principal amount of $180,000.00 with interests at the rate of 10.50% per annum, guaranteed with a mortgage constituted by deed number 68 executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico on the same date before Notary Public Diana L. Ojeda, recorded at page 93 of volume 751 of Trujillo Alto, 44th inscription over property number 499.

C) Mortgage note in favor of the Bearer, dated June 25, 2004, Due on Demand, for the principal amount of $431,000.00 with interests at the rate of 12% per annum, guaranteed with a mortgage constituted by deed number 97 executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico on the same date before Notary Public Ernesto A. Melendez Perez, recorded at page 93 of volume 751 (agora) of Trujillo Alto, 45th inscription over property number 499. D) Mortgage note in favor of the Bearer, dated May 5, 2005, Due on Demand, for the principal amount of $370,000.00 with interests at the rate of 12% per annum, guaranteed with a mortgage constituted by deed number 78 executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico on the same date before Notary Public Ernesto A. Melendez Perez, recorded at page 93 of volume 751 of Trujillo Alto, 46th inscription over property number 499. PROPERTY 31,688.

RUSTICA: Predio de terreno localizado en el Barrio Carraizo del término municipal de Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 6,826.21 metros cuadrados equivalentes a 1.74 cuerdas. En lindes por el NORTE, con parcela de terreno propiedad de Alfonso Díaz; por el SUR, con propiedad de Don Alfonso Días; por el ESTE, con el Rio Grande de Loíza y por el OESTE, con la Carretera Estatal #175. Inscrita al folio 93 del

tomo 743 de Trujillo Alto, finca 31,688. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección IV de San Juan. Physical address: East of PR-175 KM 10.4, Carraizo Ward, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico 00976. The property is subject to the following liens: a) Mortgage note in favor of the Bearer, datedMay 5, 2005, Due on Demand, for the principal amount of $150,000.00 with interests at the rate of 12% per annum, guaranteed with a mortgage constituted by deed number 79 executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico on the same date before Notary Public Ernesto A. Melendez Perez, recorded at page 93 of volume 743 of Trujillo Alto, 4th inscription over property number 31,688. b) Mortgage note in favor of the Bearer, datedJune 25, 2004, Due on Demand, for the principal amount of $80,000.00 with interests at the rate of 12% per annum, guaranteed with a mortgage constituted by deed number 98 executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico on the same date before Notary Public Ernesto A. Melendez Perez, duly recorded in the Registry of Property pursuant to Law 216 of December 27, 2010 over property number 31,688. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of the preferential liens with the holders of the liens. It will be understood that each bidder accepts the title as sufficient and that the previous or preferential taxes to which they are being executed, including but not limited to any property tax assessment (express, tacit, implicit or legal), or association fees of owners, to the extent specified in the applicable Condominium Law, will continue in force. It is understood that the successful bidder accepts them and assumes responsibility for them and that the price of the offer will not apply to their cancellation. The current properties will be acquired free and free of all minor encumbrances. THEREFORE, the first public sale shall be held on the September 10th, 2021, at 10:25 for Property 499 and at 10:35 to the Property 31,688; and the minimum of the offer of Property 499 that will be accepted is the sum of $64,000.00; and the minimum of the offer of Property 31,688 that will be accepted is the sum of $570,000.00. In the event said first public auction does not produce a bidder and the properties is not adjudicated, a second public auction shall be held on the September 17th, 2021, at 10:25 for Property 499 and at 10:35 to the Property 31,688; and the minimum of the offer of Property 499 that will be accepted is the sum of $42,666.67; and the minimum of the offer of Property 31,688 that will be accepted is the sum of $380,000.00, 2/3 parts of the

minimum bid for the 1st public sale. If said second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a third auction will be held on the September 24th, 2021, at 10:25 for Property 499 and at 10:35 to the Property 31,688; and the minimum of the offer of Property 499 that will be accepted is the sum of $32,000.00; and the minimum of the offer of Property 31,688 that will be accepted is the sum of $285,000.00, ½ of the minimum bid for the 1st public sale. Upon confirmation of the sales, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens.

For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, on July 15, 2021. AGUEDO DE LA TORRE, Special Master.

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ORIENTAL BANK, Demandante, v.

IRIS L. CORDERO FUENTES,

Demandada CIVIL NUM.: IS2020CV00159.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTOP OR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.

A: IRIS L. CORDERO FUENTES

POR MEDIO del presente edicto se le notifica de la radicación de una demanda en cobro de dinero por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega que usted adeuda a la parte demandante, Oriental Bank, ciertas sumas de dinero, y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado de este litigio.

El demandante, Oriental Bank, ha solicitado que se dicte sentencia en contra suya y que se le ordene pagar las cantidades reclamadas en la demanda.

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

The San Juan Daily Star alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

El abogado de la parte demandante es: ,Jaime Ruiz Saldaña, RUA número 11673; Dirección: PMB 450, 400 Calle Calaf, San Juan, PR 00918- 1314; Teléfono: (787) 759-6897; Correo electrónico: legal@jrslawpr. com. Se le advierte que dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación del presente edicto, se le estará enviando a usted por correo certificado con acuse de recibo, una copia del emplazamiento y de la demanda presentada al lugar de su última dirección conocida: Carr. 459 KM 149 Int., Isabela, PR 00662; PO Box 2537, Isabela, PR 00662- 9538. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal en Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, hoy día 18 de marzo de 2021. Sarahi Reyes Perez, Secretaria. Zuheily Gonzalez Aviles, SubSecretaria.

COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESION RAMONITA ORTIZ LUGO T/C/C RAMONA ORTIZ LUGO T/C/C RAMONITA ORTIZ.

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

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

Greenspoon Marder, LLP Lcda. Frances L. Asencio-Guido R.U.A. 15,622 TRADE CENTRE SOUTH, SUITE 700 100 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD LEGAL NOT ICE FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309 Telephone: (954) 343-6273 ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Frances.Asencio@gmlaw.com DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUExpedido bajo mi firma, y sello NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA del Tribunal, en Ponce, Puerto SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE hoy 15 de julio de 2021.

REVERSE MORTGAGE Rico, LUZ MAYRA CARABALLO FUNDING LLC. GARCÍA, SECRETARIA REDemandante Vs. GIONAL. GLORIVEE MORASUCESION RAMONITA LES SÁEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I. ORTIZ LUGO T/C/C

RAMONA ORTIZ LUGO LEGAL NOTICE T/C/C RAMONITA ORTIZ ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO COMPUESTA POR DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUOSCAR SANTOS ORTIZ, NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA OSCAR GERARDO SALA DE CAGUAS SANTOS ORTIZ, FELIX ORIENTAL BANK Parte Demandante V. OSCAR SANTOS ORTIZ, SUCESIÓN JOSÉ LOURDES LYNNEETTE MULLER ACEVEDO SANTOS ORTIZ, RITA COMPUESTA POR ALEXANDRA SANTOS RICHARD MULLER ORTIZ; JOHN DOE CARBALLO, ERIK Y JANE DOE COMO MULLER Y FULANO POSIBLES HEREDEROS Y FULANA DE TAL; DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESIÓN GLADYS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE CARBALLO SANTIAGO, AMERICA; CENTRO COMPUESTA POR DE RECAUDACION DE RICHARD MULLER INGRESOS MUNICIPALES Demandados CARBALLO, FULANA Y Civil Núm.: PO2020CV00310.

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

A: OSCAR GERARDO SANTOS ORTIZ, FELIX OSCAR SANTOS ORTIZ; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE

Wednesday, July 28, 2021 EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTAEE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE DOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO RICHARD MULLER LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERCARBALLO, ERIK TO RICO, SS.

MULLER Y FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESION JOSE MULLER ACEVEDO Y RICHARD MULLER CARBALLO, FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESION GLADYS CARBALLO SANTIAGO DIRECCIÓN: HC-6 BOX 70261, CAGUAS PR 00725-9503 COMUNIDAD LAS CAROLINAS, 103 CALLE GARDENIAS, CAGUAS PR 00725.

Por la presente se les ordena para que se expresen si han de aceptar o rechazar formalmente la herencia en el término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de esta orden, de lo contrario la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. Se le apercibe a los herederos que si no se expresan dentro del término aquí otorgado, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. Aclarándose que el heredero deberá, si así lo desea, repudiar la herencia mediante instrumento público o por escrito judicial. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 9 de julio de 2021. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA INTERINA. LILI RODRÍGUEZ RODRÍGUEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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BOSCO IX OVERSEAS, LLC., BY FRANKLIN CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION AS SERVICER Demandante Vs.

SUCESION WILFREDO MARTINEZ SERRANO COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION MARGARITA GONZALEZ SANTIAGO COMPUESTA POR JOSE Parte Demandada GONZALEZ; JOHN ROE DEPARTAMENTO DE Y JANE ROE COMO HACIENDA; CENTRO DE POSIBLES HEREDEROS RECAUDACIONES DE DESCONOCIDOS; INGRESOS MUNICIPALES Partes Con Interés CENTRO DE Civil Núm.: CG2021CV00667.

RECAUDACION DE Sobre: INTERPELACIÓN; INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

COBRO DE DINERO Y EJEDemandados CUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (RECivil Núm.: AR2020CV00144.

SIDENCIAL). EDICTO. ESTASobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y DOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA.

A: LA PARTE DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO GENERAL:

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de ARECIBO, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Arecibo, el 7 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el numero cuarenta y seis (46) del plano de parcelación de la comunidad rural Sabana Hoyos Dos del término municipal de Arecibo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de NOVECIENTOS NOVENTA Y SEIS PUNTO OCHENTA Y SEIS (996.86) METROS CUADRADOS, en lindes por el Norte, con la parcela número cuarenta y ocho (48) de la comunidad; por el Sur, con parcela cuarenta y cuatro (44) de la comunidad; por el Este, con la parcela cuarenta y siete (47) de la comunidad, y por el Oeste, con la carretera estatal número seiscientos treinta y tres (633). Enclava una casa para fines residenciales. Finca número 33,895, inscrita al folio 195vto del tomo 1269 de Arecibo, Registro de la Propiedad de Arecibo, Sección I. La hipoteca antes descrita consta inscrita al folio 196 del tomo 1269 de Arecibo, Finca número 33,895, Registro de la Propiedad de Arecibo, Sección I, inscripción 8a. Propiedad localizada en: #46 COMUNIDAD SABANA HOYOS, CARR. 639, ARECIBO, PR 00612. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del

crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $100,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Arecibo, el 14 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $66,666.67, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $50,000.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Arecibo, el 21 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma principal de $90,872.11 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $6,996.71 en intereses acumulados al 16 de abril de 2020 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 6 3/8% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $2,016.76 en fondos adeudados; $657.15 en cargos por demora, más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $10,000.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más recargos según estipulados. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante

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horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Arecibo, Puerto Rico, hoy 15 de julio de 2021. LUENGY VIERA, ALGUACIL PLACA #558.

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ORIENTAL BANK

Parte Demandante Vs.

GABRIEL ENRIQUE SUÁREZ VÁZQUEZ

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2021CV03596.

Sala: 604. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: GABRIEL ENRIQUE SUÁREZ VÁZQUEZ.

Queda emplazada y notificada de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda de cobro de dinero (ejecución de hipoteca por la vía ordinaria) en su contra. Se le notifica que deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de San Juan y enviando copia a la parte demandante: Lcdo. Baldomero A. Collazo Torres, PO Box 70212, San Juan, PR 00936-8212 / Doral Bank Plaza Calle Resolución #33, Esquina Avenida F.D. Roosvelt, Oficina 201, San Juan, PR 00920-2727; Teléfono: (787) 625-9999, Facsímil (787) 705-7387; correo electrónico: bcollazo@lawpr.com.

Se le apercibe y notifica que si no contesta la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citárseles, ni oírseles. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, a 16 de julio de 2021. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRE-

TARIA REGIONAL. DANILSA Número 4449, Registro de la ORTIZ RAMOS, SECRETARIA Propiedad de Fajardo. InscripDE SERVICIOS A SALA. ción undécima (11ma). DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: URB. SANTA LEGAL NOTICE MARÍA, E9 CALLE 1 CEIBA, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO PR 00735-3173. SUBASTAS: DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- FECHAS: PRIMERA: 12 DE NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA OCTUBRE DE 2021 A LAS SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJAR- 2:00 DE LA TARDE. TIPO MÍNIMO: $65,000.00. SEGUNDA: DO DE OCTUBRE DE 2021 A BANCO POPULAR DE 19 LAS 2:00 DE LA TARDE. TIPO PUERTO RICO MÍNIMO: $43,333.33. TERParte Demandante Vs. CERA: 26 DE OCTUBRE DE LUIS ANTONIO DE JESÚS 2021 A LAS 2:00 DE LA TARMONTAÑEZ T/C/C LUIS A. DE. TIPO MÍNIMO: $32,500.00.

DE JESÚS MONTAÑEZ El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $65,000.00.

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: FA2019CV00401. De no haber adjudicación en la Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO primera subasta se celebrará Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTE- una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el CA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. día 19 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ- A LAS 2:00 DE LA TARDE, en RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL mínimo será de dos terceras ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO partes del tipo mínimo fijado DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVI- en la primera subasta, o sea, SO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. $43,333.33. De no haber adjuEl Alguacil que suscribe por la dicación en la segunda subaspresente anuncia y hace cons- ta, se celebrará una TERCERA tar que en cumplimiento de la SUBASTA día 26 DE OCTUSentencia en Rebeldía dictada BRE DE 2021, A LAS 2:00 DE el 6 de septiembre de 2019, la LA TARDE, en el mismo lugar, Orden de Ejecución de Senten- en la cual el tipo mínimo será cia del 4 de noviembre de 2019 la mitad del precio pactado, o y el Mandamiento de Ejecución sea, $32,500.00. Si se declaradel 5 de noviembre de 2019 en se desierta la tercera subasta, el caso de epígrafe, procederé se adjudicará la finca a favor a vender el día 12 DE OCTU- del acreedor por la totalidad de BRE DE 2021, A LAS 2:00 DE la cantidad adeudada si ésta es LA TARDE, en mi oficina, loca- igual o menor que el monto del lizada en el Tribunal de Primera tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Instancia, Centro Judicial de tribunal lo estima conveniente.

Fajardo, Sala Superior, Ave- Se abonará dicho monto a la nida Marcelito Gotay esquina cantidad adeudada si ésta es Barriada Jerusalén, Fajardo, mayor. Dicho remate se llevará Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en a cabo para con su producto pago de contado y en moneda satisfacer a la demandante el de los Estados Unidos de Amé- importe de la Orden de Ejecurica, cheque de gerente o giro ción de Sentencia por la suma postal a nombre del Alguacil del de $49,607.15 de principal, más Tribunal; todo título, derecho o intereses sobre dicha suma al interés de la parte demandada 6.5% anual desde el 1 de agossobre la siguiente propiedad: to de 2018 hasta su completo URBANA: Solar Número Nueve pago, más $284.89 de recargos (9) del bloque E de la Urbani- acumulados, más la cantidad zación Santa María, ubicado estipulada de $6,500.00 para en el Barrio Machos del térmi- costas, gastos y honorarios de no municipal de Ceiba, Puerto abogados, así como cualquier Rico, con un área superficial de otra suma que contenga el con325.00 metros cuadrados. En trato del préstamo. Surge del lindes por el NORTE, en 13.00 Estudio de Título Registral que metros, con la Calle Número sobre esta propiedad pesan los Uno (1) de la Urbanización; por siguientes gravámenes posteel SUR, en 13.00 metros, con riores a la hipoteca que por la el Solar Número Veintidós (22) presente se pretende ejecutar: del bloque E de la Urbanización a. Hipoteca Posterior: Constiy con servidumbre a favor de tuida por Luis Antonio De Jesús Puerto Rico Telephone Com- Montañez (soltero), en garantía pany; por el ESTE, en 25.00 de un pagaré a favor de la AUmetros, con el Solar Número TORIDAD PARA EL FINANCIADiez (10) del bloque E; y por el MIENTO DE LA VIVIENDA DE OESTE, en 25.00 metros, con PUERTO RICO, o a su orden, el Solar Número Ocho (8) del por la suma de $15,000.00 sin bloque E de la Urbanización. intereses y vencedero en 8 Enclava una casa de concreto años, según consta de la Esreforzado para fines residen- critura Número 880, otorgada ciales. La propiedad consta en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 8 inscrita al folio 230 del tomo 71 de diciembre de 2004, ante el de Ceiba, Finca Número 4449, Notario Rafael A. Ojeda Diez.

Registro de la Propiedad de Inscrita al folio 76 del tomo 134 Fajardo. La escritura de hipo- de Ceiba, Finca Número 4449, teca consta inscrita al folio 76 Inscripción duodécima (12ma). del tomo 134 de Ceiba, Finca Nota: Sujeta a Condiciones de

32 repago bajo el Programa de “La Llave para tu Hogar” por un término de 8 años. b. Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico vs. Luis Antonio De Jesús Montañez, también conocido como Luis A. De Jesús Montañez (soltero), ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, en el Caso Civil Número FA2019CV00401, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $49,607.15 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 17 de abril de 2019. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Ceiba. Anotación B. c. Embargo Federal: Anotado contra Luis A. De Jesús, Seguro Social Número XXX-XX-9927, por la suma de $39,430.41, según Notificación Número 379674019, presentada el 18 de septiembre de 2019, al Asiento 2019-009239-FED del Libro de Embargos Federales Karibe. Nota: No podemos precisar si el embargado y el titular son la misma persona. d. Bitácora: Al Asiento 2020-082201FA01, el 23 de octubre de 2020, Orden y Mandamiento de fecha del 8 de septiembre de 2020, dictados por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, en el Caso Civil Número FA2019CV01497, para que se cancele hipoteca por la suma de $54,990.00. Pendiente de cancelación. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea.

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

y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en Fajardo Puerto Rico, hoy 8 de junio de 2021.

SHIRLEY SÁNCHEZ MARTÍNEZ, ALGUACIL REGIONAL #161. DENISE BRUNO ORTIZ, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #266, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Parte Demandante Vs.

JESÚS ROBERTO ROHENA FIGUEROA

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: FA2019CV00985.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia en Rebeldía dictada el 17 de enero de 2020, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 23 de abril de 2021 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 27 de abril de 2021 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 12 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Fajardo, Sala Superior, Avenida Marcelito Gotay esquina Barriada Jerusalén, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar Número 144 de la Urbanización Segunda Extensión Santa Isidra, radicada en el Barrio Sardinera del municipio de Fajardo, Puerto Rico, compuesto de 321.60 metros cuadrados. Colindando por el NORTE y SUR, en 24.00 metros por cada lado respectivamente con los solares números 152, 153, 154 y 143; por el ESTE y OESTE, en 13.40 metros por cada lado respectivamente con solar número 156 y con la Calle Número Ocho (8).

Sobre este solar enclava una casa de concreto. La propiedad consta inscrita al folio 95 del tomo 154 de Fajardo, Finca Número 5109, Registro de la Propiedad de Fajardo. La escritura

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de hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 43 del tomo 505 de Fajardo, Finca Número 5109, Registro de la Propiedad de Fajardo, Inscripción cuarta. DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: URB. SANTA ISIDRA 2, 144 CALLE 8, FAJARDO, PR 00738-4171. SUBASTAS: FECHAS: PRIMERA: 12 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $78,780.00. SEGUNDA: 19 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $52,520.00.

TERCERA: 26 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $39,390.00. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $78,780.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 19 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021, A LAS 10:30 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, $52,520.00.

De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA día 26 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $39,390.00. 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 demandante el importe de la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia por la suma de $67,987.46 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 4.5% anual desde el 1 de septiembre de 2018 hasta su completo pago, más $83.60 de recargos acumulados, más la cantidad estipulada de $7,878.00 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 pesan los siguientes gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: a) Hipoteca: Constituida por Jesús Roberto Rohena Figueroa (soltero), en garantía a un pagaré a favor de Preferred Mortgage Corporation, o a su orden, por la suma de $10,000.00, sus intereses al 5 ½% anual y vencedero el 1 de mayo de 2041, según Escritura Número 421, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 29 de abril de 2011, ante la Notario Lesbia Hernández Miranda, inscrita al folio 43 del tomo 505 de Fajardo, finca número 5109, inscripción quinta y última. b)

Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico vs por Jesús Roberto Rohena Figueroa (soltero), ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, en el Caso Civil Número FA2019CV00985, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de Hipoteca, con un balance de $67,987.46 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 15 de agosto de 2019. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Fajardo. Anotación A. Se le advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 2102015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en Fajardo Puerto Rico, hoy 8 de junio de 2021.

SHIRLEY SÁNCHEZ MARTÍNEZ, ALGUACIL REGIONAL #161. SANDRALIZ MARTÍNEZ TORRES, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #737.

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COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO ORIENTAL Parte Demandante V.

ELIEXIS DELGADO BRITO

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: JU2019CV00384.

Sala: 203-B. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LI-

BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Caguas, RICO, SS. Sala Superior, en el caso de A: ELIEXIS epígrafe procederá a vender en DELGADO BRITO. pública subasta al mejor postor POR LA PRESENTE se le emquién pagará de contado y en plaza y requiere para que notimoneda de curso legal de los fique a: Estados Unidos de América, AGS LEGAL COLLECTIONS, LLC giro postal o por cheque de geAbogados de la parte demandante Lcdo. Ricardo A. Acevedo Bianchi rente a nombre del Alguacil del Lcdo. José R. González Rivera Tribunal de Primera Instancia Lcdo. Juan A. Santos Berríos el día 13 de septiembre de P.O. Box 10242 2021, a las 9:00 de la mañana Humacao, Puerto Rico 00792 en su oficina sita en el local que Teléfono: (939) 545-4300 Email: rab@agslegalpr.com o ocupa en el edificio del Tribunal jrg@agslegalpr.com de Primera Instancia, Centro POR LA PRESENTE se le Judicial de Caguas, Sala Supeemplaza para que presente rior, todo derecho, título e inteal tribunal su alegación res- rés que tenga la parte demanponsiva, con copia a la parte dada de epígrafe en el inmueble demandante, dentro de los 30 de su propiedad que ubica en días de haber sido diligenciado Urb. Estancias de Monte Río, o publicado este emplazamien- K1, Cayey, PR 00736 y que se to, excluyéndose el día de su describe a continuación: URpublicación. Usted deberá pre- BANA: Parcela identificada en sentar su alegación responsiva el plano de inscripción como el a través del Sistema Unificado solar 1 del bloque K de la Urbade Manejo y Administración de nización de Estancias Monte Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede Río, localizada en el Barrio Las acceder utilizando la siguiente Vegas del municipio de Cayey, dirección electrónica: https:// Puerto Rico, con una cabida de unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, 301.5222 metros cuadrados. salvo que se represente por En lindes por el Norte, con la derecho propio, en cuyo caso calle Primorosa; por el Sur, con deberá presentar su alegación facilidades recreativas; por el responsiva en la secretaría del Este, con la calle Heliconia y tribunal. Si usted deja de pre- por el Oeste, con el solar 2 del sentar su alegación responsiva bloque K. Enclava en dicho sodentro del referido término, el lar una residencia de concreto tribunal podrá dictar sentencia de una planta. Este solar esta en rebeldía en su contra y con- afectado por una servidumbre ceder el remedio solicitado en de 1.52 metros a favor de la la demanda, o cualquier otro, Puerto Rico Telephone Comsi el tribunal, en el ejercicio de pany que discurre a todo lo larsu sana discreción, lo entiende go de sus colindancias Norte y procedente. Extendido bajo mi Este. La propiedad antes relafirma y Sello del Tribunal, en cionada consta inscrita en el Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día folio 65 del tomo 548 de Cayey, 19 de julio de 2021. LISILDA finca número 21,937, en el ReMARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRE- gistro de la Propiedad de CaTARIA. ZAIDA AGUAYO ÁLA- guas, Sección Primera. El tipo MO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionaLEGAL NOTICE do, será el dispuesto en la EsM&T critura de Hipoteca, es decir la 42332 suma de $131,900.00. Si no ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO hubiere remate ni adjudicación DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- en la primera subasta del inNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA mueble mencionado, se celeCENTRO JUDICIAL DE CA- brará una segunda subasta en GUAS SALA SUPERIOR. las oficinas del Alguacil que Lime Homes, LTD suscribe el día 20 de septiemDemandante v. bre de 2021, a las 9:00 de la Luis Armando Malavé mañana. En la segunda subasDíaz, Haydiris Velázquez ta que se celebre servirá de tipo las dos terceras partes Berríos y la sociedad mínimo (2/3) del precio pactado en la legal de bienes primera subasta, o sea la suma gananciales compuesta de $87,933.33. Si tampoco hupor ambos; Luz Lillian biere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebraDíaz Aponte rá una tercera subasta en las Demandados CIVIL NÚM: CG2019CV04801. oficinas del Alguacil que suscriSOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO be el día 27 de septiembre de Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA 2021, a las 9:00 de la mañana.

POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. Para la tercera subasta servirá EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Al- de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del guacil que suscribe por la pre- precio pactado para el caso de sente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y ejecución, o sea, la suma de hace CONSTAR: Que en cum- $65,950.00. La hipoteca a ejeplimiento de un Mandamiento cutarse en el caso de epígrafe de Ejecución de Sentencia que fue constituida mediante la esle ha sido dirigido al Alguacil critura número 112, otorgada el que suscribe por la Secretaría día 30 de octubre de 2003, ante

el Notario Marilena Román Gandulla y consta inscrita en el folio 65 del tomo 548 de Cayey, finca número 21,937, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Primera, inscripción segunda. El pagaré y la escritura de hipoteca fueron modificados por las partes el 17 de mayo de 2016 mediante el documento titulado Home Affordable Modification Agreement.

En virtud del mismo, se estableció como nuevo principal adeudado la cantidad de $147,722.86, se extendió la fecha de vencimiento al 1 de mayo de 2056, se difirió la cantidad de $14,722.86 y se modificó la tasa de interés anual de la siguiente forma: la tasa de interés anual sería 2.00% desde el 1 de mayo de 2016 hasta el 30 de abril de 2021; la tasa de interés anual sería 3.00% desde el 1 de mayo de 2021 hasta el 30 de abril de 2022 y la tasa de interés anual sería 3.625% desde el 1 de mayo de 2022 hasta el saldo de la obligación. El 25 de junio de 2017 las partes suscribieron un Deferral Agreement, en virtud del cual se difirió la cantidad de $1,208.28. Dicha cantidad es pagadera a la fecha de vencimiento y no genera intereses.

Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $128,232.34 por concepto de principal, más intereses al tipo pactado de 2.00% anual desde el día 1 de enero de 2018. Dichos intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación.

Además, se pagará la cantidad de $15,931.14 denominado como balance diferido. Se pagarán también los cargos por demora equivalentes a 5.000% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha vencimiento, la suma de $13,190.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, la suma de $13,190.00 para cubrir los intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y la suma de $13,190.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca, más intereses según provisto por la regla 44.3 de las de Procedimiento Civil. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Caguas, Sala Superior durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes.

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

Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesan los gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relacionan más adelante. A los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de, o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso, o al portador, garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor por la presente se notifica, que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. EMBARGO ESTATAL: (LEY 12): Anotado sobre esta finca, como perteneciente a Luz L. Díaz Aponte, por concepto de contribución sobre ingresos, por la suma de $4,348.00 y otras cantidades, para un total de $9,140.33, según certificación de fecha 11 de junio de 2010, expedido por Colector de Rentas Internas. Presentada el 17 de junio de 2010, al folio 50, número de orden 200 del Libro de Embargos número 1 de Cayey. AVISO DE DEMANDA: Pleito seguido por DLJ Mortgage Capital Inc., vs. Luis Armando Malave Díaz y su esposa, Haydiris Velázquez Berrios y Luz Lillian Díaz Aponte, (soltera), ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Caguas, Sala Superior, en el caso civil número CG2019CV04801, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $128,232.34 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 30 de diciembre de 2019. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Cayey. Anotación A. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la alcaldía, el Tribunal y la colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado

The San Juan Daily Star mediante edictos dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores sujeto a lo dispuesto en los Artículos 113 al 116 de la Ley 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015, según aplique. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 20 de julio de 2021. FDO. ALBERTO NEGRÓN ROMÁN, ALGUACIL PLACA 435.

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E.M.I. EQUITY MORTGAGE, INC. Demandantes vs.

AAA CONCORDIA MORTGAGE CORPORATION, JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS

Demandados CIVIL NÚM: CA2021CV01384.

SOBRE: CANCELACION DE PAGARE HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO, EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, El Presidente de los Estados Unidos, El Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico.

A la parte codemandada: AAA CONCORDIA MORTGAGE CORPORATION, a su última dirección conocida FISICA: CARR 176, KM. 1.1, CUPEY, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00926 POSTAL: RR-37, BOX 1837, SAN .JUAN, PR 00926-9714

Se les notifica por este medio que en el caso del epígrafe se solicita la CANCELACION de un pagaré extraviado a favor de AAA Concordia Mortgage Corporation, o a su orden, por la suma de $86,900.00, intereses al 7% anual, vencedero el 1ro de septiembre de 2028, según escritura número 739, otorgada en San ,Juan, Puerto Rico el 4 de septiembre de 1998 ante el Notario Gamalier Oliveras Alvarez, inscrita al folio móvil del tomo 1319 de Carolina Sur, finca 15,943, inscripción séptima. Este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le(s) cite a usted(es) por edicto que se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general. Pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectado por el remedio solicitado, se le emplaza por este Edicto que se pu-

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blicará una vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de Puerto Rico. Usted deben\ 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: h!t2s:// unired.ramnü1ctic[al.nrlsumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal y notifique copia de la Contestación de la Demanda a las oficinas de CARDONA & MALDONADO LAW OFFICES, P.S.C. ATENCIÓN al Lcdo.

David Cardona Dingui, P.O. Box 366221, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-6221; Tel (787) 622-7000, Fax (787) 625-7001, Abogado de la Parle Demandante, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndole que de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su Rebeldía y dictar Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado sin más citarle(s) ni oírle(s). EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y con el Sello del Tribunal. DADA hoy 12 de julio de 2021 en Carolina, Puerto Rico. Lcda. Marilyn Aponte Rodriguez, Sec Regional. Denisse Torres, Sec Auxiliar.

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APEX BANK

Demandante Vs.

PETER ULF BORJE FALLMAN T/C/C PETER ULF BORGE FELLMAN, MARCELA TIRADO FALLMAN T/C/C MARCELA TIRADO FELLMAN Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: HSCI201600449.

(205). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Humacao, hago saber a la parte demandada PETER ULF BORJE FALLMAN t/c/c PETER ULF BORGE FELLMAN, MARCELA TIRADO FALLMAN t/c/c MARCELA TIRADO FELLMAN Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS, y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; que

en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 21 de mayo de 2021, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta por el precio mínimo de $428,000.00 y al mejor postor, pagadero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o giro postal, a nombre del alguacil del tribunal, la propiedad que se describe a continuación: BUILDING NUMBER FIVE (5), APARTMENT NUMBER THREE HUNDRED ONE (301). Horizontal Property: Apartment number five dash three hundred one (5-301), forms part of Palmanova Village I Condominium and is located in Candelero Abajo Ward, Palmas del Mar in the Municipality of Humacao, Puerto Rico. This Apartment of irregular shape is located at the third (3rd, fourth (4th) and fifth (5th) floors of Building number five (5) of the Regime. It consists of a Residential three (3) level residential apartment with a total construction area of two thousand seventy-six point ninety-three 2,076.93) square feet, equivalent to one hundred ninety-two point ninety-five (192.95) square meters. The maximum length of this apartment is forty-three fee nine inches (43’9’’) and the maximum width is twenty-three feet (23’). Its boundaries on its first (1 ‘J floor are: by the NORTH, in a maximum distance of thirty three feet nine inches (33’9”), with apartment number six dash three hundred four (6304) and a maximum distance of ten feet (10’), with exterior space; by the SOUTH, in a maximum distance of forty three feet nine inches (43’9”), with apartment number five dash three hundred two (5-02); by the EAST, in a maximum distance of twenty three fee 23’, with exterior s ace; and by the WEST, in a maximum distance of twenty three feet (23’) with exterior space. Its boundaries on its second (2nd) floor are: by the NORTH, in a maximum distance of thirty five feet three inches (35’3”), with apartment number six dash three hundred four (6-304) and eight feet six inches (8’6”), with exterior space; by the SOUTH, in a maximum distance of thirty five feet (35’), with apartment number five dash three hundred two (5302), five feet on inches (5’1 “), with limited common area and three feet eight inches (3’8”), with limited common area; by the EAST, in a maximum distance of twenty three feet (23’), with exterior space; and by the WEST, in a maximum distance of is twenty three feet (23’), with exterior space. Its boundaries on its third (3,d) floor, the terrace floor are: by the NORTH, in a maximum distance of twenty seven feet eleven inches (27’11 “), with apartment number six

dash three hundred four (6-304) and twelve feet two inches (12’2”), with exterior space; by the SOUTH, in a maximum distance of forty feet one inch (40’1 “), with apartment number five dash three hundred two (5302); by the EAST, in a maximum distance of twenty three feet (23’), with exterior space; and by the WEST, in a maximum distance of is twenty three feet (23”) with exterior space. In addition to the total construction area described above, this apartment includes an outdoor terrace space for its exclusive use and enjoyment on its third (3rd) floor with an area of six hundred three point seventy-six (603.76) square feet, equivalent to fifty-six point zero nine (56.09) square meters. The main entrance to this Apartment is located on the SOUTH side of its second (2nd) level and leads to the limited common element, which provides access to the same. This apartment contains a foyer, living/dining room, family room, three (3) balconies, a kitchen, kitchenette, a laundry, three (3) bedrooms with closets, three (3) bathrooms, an outdoor terrace space for its exclusive use and enjoyment and a water heater. This apartment has been assigned the parking spaces identified as number fifty-three (53), number seventysix (76) and the golf car parking space as number “G” dash thirty-four (G-34). The percentage share of this Apartment in and to the General Common Element is one point eight one six eight (1.8168) percent.” Finca 26,900 inscrita al folio 16 del tomo 600 de Humacao, Registro de Humacao. La finca antes descrita se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: (i) HIPOTECA en garantía de pagaré a favor de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, o a su orden, por la suma de $428,000.00 con intereses al 3.50% anual por los primeros cuatro años, y al 5.875% anual por los siguientes treinta y seis años, y vencimiento el 1 de febrero de 2051. Constituida por la Escritura 65, otorgada en San Juan el 31 de enero de 2011, ante el notario Raúl J. Vila Sellés, e inscrita al folio 16 vuelto del tomo 600 de Humacao, finca 26900, inscripción 2ª, Registro de Humacao. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución es la que ha quedado descrita en el inciso (i). Será celebrada la subasta para con el importe de la misma satisfacer la sentencia dicta el 2 de agosto de 2017, mediante la cual se condenó a la parte demandada pagar a la parte demandante la suma, que asciende al 31 de diciembre de 2020, a $518,117.83, de los cuales $403,123.92 corresponden al principal, $109,389.91 a intereses acumulados que continua-

ran acumulándose a razón de 65.61 diarios, $3,060.72 de otros gastos, $75.00 de cargos, $2,468.28 de escrow due; más $42,800.00 estipulados para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otro desembolso que haya efectuado o efectúe la parte demandante durante la tramitación de este caso para otros adelantos de conformidad con el Contrato Hipotecario, incluyendo primas de seguro de hipoteca, prima de seguro de siniestro y cargos por demora. La PRIMERA SUBASTA será celebrada el día 27 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina del Alguacil, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Humacao, Puerto Rico.

Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la cantidad de $428,000.00, sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 3 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la que servirá como tipo mínimo, dos terceras (2/3) partes del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $285,333.33. Si no hubiese remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, celebraré TERCERA SUBASTA el día 10 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar en la que regirá como tipo mínimo, la mitad del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $214,000.00. El Alguacil que suscribe hizo constar que toda licitación deberá hacerse para pagar su importe en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, de acuerdo con la Ley y de acuerdo con lo anunciado en este Aviso de Subasta. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables. Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso acepta como bastante la titulación que da base a la misma. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si la hubiere al crédito que da base a esta ejecución continuará subsistente, entendiéndose, además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción cualquier parte del remanente del precio de licitación.

La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen

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pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Vendida o adjudicada la finca o derecho hipotecado y consignado el precio correspondiente, en esa misma fecha o fecha posterior, el alguacil que celebró la subasta procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura pública de traspaso en representación del dueño o titular de los bienes hipotecados, ante el notario que elija el adjudicatario o comprador, quien deberá abonar el importe de tal escritura.

El alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la confirmación de la venta o adjudicación. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS LICITADORES Y DEL PUBLICO EN GENERAL y para su publicación de acuerdo con la Ley, expido el presente Edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy 29 de junio de 2021.

MARÍA DEL RIVERA RIVERA, ALGUACIL REGIONAL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE HUMACAO. WILNELIA RIVERA DELGADO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #249.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

YAHAIRA MALDONADO MARENGO

Demandada Civil Núm.: MT2021CV00382.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA “IN REM”. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: YAHAIRA MALDONADO MARENGO.

POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le notifica que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría por la

parte demandante, Demanda sobre Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria (In Rem) en la que se alega adeuda la suma principal de $81,739.97, intereses al 6.50% anual, desde el día 1ro de julio de 2019 hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $11,340.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más recargos acumulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles.

La propiedad hipotecada a ser vendida en pública subasta es: URBANA: Solar radicado en la URBANIZACIÓN LAS PRADERAS, sita en el Barrio Florida Afuera del término municipal de Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el plano de inscripción de la Urbanización, con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: Bloque y Número: B-14. Área: TRESCIENTOS VEINTICINCO PUNTO CERO CERO (325.00) METROS CUADRADOS. En linderos: por el NORTE, en una distancia de trece punto cero cero (13.00) metros, con la Calle número 4 de la Urbanización; por el SUR, en una distancia de trece punto cero cero (13.00) metros, con el solar número 5 del Bloque “B”; por el ESTE, en una distancia de veinticinco punto cero cero (25.00) metros, con el solar número 15 del Bloque “B”; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de veinticinco punto cero cero (25.00) metros, con el solar número 13 del Bloque “B”. Sobre el descrito solar enclava una estructura de hormigón y bloques de hormigón dedicada a vivienda. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 1ro del tomo 274 de Barceloneta, Registro de la Propiedad de Manatí, finca número 14,387, inscripción segunda. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido publicado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día de la publicación. 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: 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. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

La dirección postal del abogado de la parte demandante es la siguiente: Lcda. Xana M. Connelly Pagán

Bufete COLLAZO, CONNELLY & SURILLO, LLC P.O. Box 70212 San Juan, P.R. 00936-8212 Tel. (787) 625-9999 Fax (787) 705-7387 E-mail: xconnelly@lawpr.com Se le notifica también por la presente que la parte demandante habrá de presentar para su anotación al Registrador de la Propiedad del Distrito en que está situada la propiedad objeto de este pleito, un aviso de estar pendiente esta acción.

Para publicarse conforme a la Orden dictada por el Tribunal en un periódico de circulación general. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto que firmo y sello en Manatí, Puerto Rico, hoy 16 de julio de 2021. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. SARAY SALGADO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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ORIENTAL BANK Demandante V.

WILSON PASCUAL FELIX

Demandado(a) Civil: CG2021CV00381. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: WILSON PASCUAL FELIX.

(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 15 de JULIO de 2021, 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 22 de JULIO de 2021. En CAGUAS, Puerto Rico, el 22 de JULIO de 2021. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. YARITZA ROSARIO PLÁCERES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Critics pounce on Osaka after loss, denting Japan’s claim to diversity

By MOTOKO RICH

J

ust four days after Naomi Osaka mounted the stairs to light the Olympic cauldron, presented as a symbol of a new, more inclusive Japan, that image was undermined Tuesday by a backlash that followed her surprise defeat in Tokyo.

Many Japanese were stunned by Osaka’s third-round loss to Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic after she had been favored to take the women’s tennis gold medal on home soil.

But as the face of a Summer Games riddled with scandal and anxiety over an unstinting pandemic — Tokyo posted a record number of new coronavirus cases Tuesday — Osaka took a drubbing on Japanese social media, with some questioning her identity or right to represent the country at all.

“I still can’t understand why she was the final torchbearer,” one commenter wrote on a Yahoo News story about her loss. “Although she says she is Japanese, she cannot speak Japanese very much.”

Several comments like that one that were critical of Osaka were given “thumbs up” by 10,000 or more other Yahoo users.

As the Japanese-born daughter of a Haitian American father and a Japanese mother, Osaka has helped to challenge Japan’s long-standing sense of racial and cultural identity.

She has been enormously popular in Japan, and some online commenters voiced support for her Tuesday. The news media covers her victories extensively, and her face appears on advertisements for Japanese products ranging from Citizen watches to Shiseido makeup to Nissin Cup Noodles.

Her selection as the final torchbearer at the opening ceremony Friday demonstrated how eager the Olympic organizers were to promote Japan as a diverse culture. Washington Wizards star Rui Hachimura, who is of Japanese and Beninese descent, also featured prominently as a flag-bearer for the Japanese Olympic team. But in some corners of society, people remain xenophobic and refuse to accept those who don’t conform to a very narrow definition of what it means to be Japanese.

“I was a little concerned that that might be a little too much too soon and that there might be some kind of pushback,” said Baye McNeil, a Black man

Naomi Osaka of Japan during her defeat by Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic in Tokyo on Tuesday. who has lived in Japan for 17 years and writes a column for The Japan Times, an English-language newspaper.

Those who felt uncomfortable might have thought “if we had to swallow this Black Lives Matters thing and the representation of the country, the least you could do is win” the gold medal, McNeil said of Osaka. “So when she didn’t do that, now some people are unleashing their ugliness.”

Mixed-race residents, or “hafu” as they are known in Japan, still struggle to be accepted as authentically Japanese, even if they were born and raised in the country.

Melanie Brock, a white Australian who runs a consulting firm for foreign companies looking to do business in Japan and raised two sons whose father is Japanese, said that even though they went through the Japanese school system, they were often viewed as different.

Other mothers, she said, often ascribed behavior they deemed problematic to the fact that the boys were mixed race.

“I think Japan is very hard on hafus,”

Brock said.

When she saw Osaka light the cauldron at the opening ceremony, “I thought it was a brave decision” by the Tokyo organizers, she said. “But I was angry at myself for thinking that it was brave. It’s not brave at all. It’s right. She’s a remarkable athlete. She’s a terrific representative, and she deserves to be heralded as that.”

Osaka may have also touched some nerves when she pulled out of the French Open in May after a dispute with tennis officials over her decision not to appear at a news conference. She then revealed on Instagram that she had struggled with depression and anxiety.

Many of the online comments in Japan following her loss Tuesday referred disparagingly to her mental health.

“She conveniently became ‘depressed,’ conveniently healed, and was given the honor of being the final torchbearer,” wrote one commenter on Twitter. “And then she loses an important game just like that. I can only say that she is making light of sports.”

Mental health is still something of a

taboo subject in Japan. Naoko Imoto, an education specialist at UNICEF who is an adviser on gender equality to the Tokyo organizing committee and a former Olympian who swam for Japan, said in a news briefing Monday that mental health was not yet well understood in Japan.

“In Japan, we still don’t talk about mental health,” Imoto said. “When Naomi Osaka came out with the issue, there were a lot of negative comments on her, and that was also exaggerated because of the gender issue, her being a woman.”

“I think there are a lot of athletes coming out now, and it’s actually common, and almost every athlete experiences it,” Imoto said.

Some of the comments about Osaka seemed to echo conservative criticism in the United States of the movement for racial justice, which the tennis star has vocally supported.

“Her selection as the final torchbearer was wrong,” wrote another commenter on the Yahoo News story about Osaka’s loss. “Was the theme of the Tokyo Games human rights issues? Is it to show Japan’s recovery and show appreciation to the many countries which supported Japan? BLM is not the theme.

I don’t think she was able to concentrate on the match, and she deserved her defeat.”

Nathaniel M. Smith, an anthropologist at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto who studies right-wing movements in Japan, said that online critics could now copy from a global pool of commentary.

“A Japanese online right-winger is aware from being in the Twitter environment of both Black Lives Matter but also how white people critique Black Lives on Twitter,” Smith said. “So there is this shared digital repertoire of how to attack.”

But, he added, “I do think it’s pretty far afield from the sensibility or awareness of the average TV viewer, much less the average person.”

Some comments on social media were more supportive of Osaka. One post from someone who claimed not to be a fan showed gratitude for her appearance at the Olympics.

“I personally don’t like Naomi Osaka very much, but let me say one thing,” the poster wrote on Twitter. “Thanks for playing as a representative of Japan.

Thank you for your hard work!”

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Wednesday, July 28, 2021

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Biles said she was not in a good place mentally to compete

By JULIET MACUR

I

n the biggest upset for the United States at the Tokyo Games, Simone Biles withdrew from the gymnastics team competition after it had started on Tuesday, handing Russia’s squad a path to the gold medal and ending American domination of the event for more than a decade.

Biles, Team USA’s star, said she pulled out of the event because she wasn’t in the right place mentally to perform the difficult and often dangerous skills she is known for, after feeling so much pressure to be successful. She had been struggling with the stress of being the greatest gymnast in history, she said, and outside expectations were just too hard to combat.

Before the event on Tuesday, she said she began “fighting all of those demons,” and couldn’t hold them back.

“At the end of the day, I have to do what was right for me,” she said, adding, “It just sucks that it happened at the Olympic Games.”

She said she was not certain whether she would compete again at the Tokyo

Simone Biles, of the United States, watches gymnasts perform after she exited the team final at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday.

Games, starting with the all-around final on Thursday, an individual competition.

Russia finished with a total score of 169.528, more than 3 points ahead of the United States, which won silver, at 166.096.

Britain won the bronze medal with a score of 164.096.

The Russian team had surprised the Americans in qualifying on Sunday, raising the pressure even higher for the U.S. team

to maintain its unchallenged success in the sport. The Americans were aware of their impressive winning streak, which included Biles and the team known as “the Final Five” at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games and Gabby Douglas and “the Fierce Five” at the 2012 London Games.

The last time the United States lost a team final in the Olympics or world championships was back in 2010, to Russia.

Since then, the United States has been far ahead of the world in the sport, winning world championships and Olympics by at least 4 points, a wide margin in a sport where competitors are often divided by less than a single point. At the Rio Games, the Americans crushed the Russians by more than 8 points.

The U.S. team in Tokyo did what it could to preserve its legacy of success. But without Biles, the Americans simply could not keep up with the Russians. They appeared to have a chance at gold going into the final event, the floor exercise, though, and were only eight-tenths out of first. An untimely fall by Jordan Chiles, who landed on her rear end on one of her tumbling

passes, gave Chiles a score of just 11.7 points, putting the Russians securely in the lead, for good.

One day after its men’s team won the Olympic gold medal, the Russian team’s women executed its challenging routines with precision and grace, and the U.S. team simply could not keep up. It didn’t help the Americans’ confidence that it came into the final trying to bounce back from a secondplace finish to Russia in qualifying.

During that qualification on Sunday, Biles and some of her teammates made uncharacteristic mistakes because they were nervous. Biles stumbled on her balance beam dismount, taking a huge step and several tiny ones backward. On the floor exercise, she stepped so far out of bounds that she slid down the edge of the slanted, raised competition surface. On vault, she stepped off the mat after landing.

Those errors, as well as those of her teammates, were wiped clean for Tuesday’s final. Yet even though the Americans took deep breaths and tried to gather their composure, it wasn’t enough to reestablish the United States at the top.

Japan defeats US for softball gold again, 13 years later

By JAMES WAGNER

A

fter a 13-year wait, of course it came down to this: the world’s softball powers, the United States and Japan, facing off for the gold medal Tuesday. The last time the sport and these teams were in this position, Japan and Yukiko Ueno stunned the previously invincible United States and its stars Cat Osterman and Monica Abbott.

Given the chance to avenge that defeat, the top-ranked United States lost to its rival again.

Pitching in her third Olympics, Ueno, 39, vexed the United States once more.

And with a few well-placed hits and a lucky bounce, Japan defeated the United States, 2-0, at Yokohama Baseball Stadium.

The loss was the only one suffered by the U.S. team at the Tokyo Games, where softball, dropped from the permanent Olympics program more than a decade ago, was returning for the first time since 2008.

On Monday, Japan rested Ueno and lost to the United States in the teams’ final game

of round-robin play, a contest that essentially did not matter: Both teams were by far the best of the tournament, and they had already claimed spots in the gold medal game. A day later, with its best pitcher on the mound, Japan won with six scoreless innings from Ueno.

The game was the final Olympic appearance for Osterman, 38, and Abbott, 35, two veterans who also lost to Ueno and Japan in the 2008 final.

At the time, the United States had never failed to win an Olympic gold medal in softball, dating to the sport’s introduction at the Games in 1996. So when the sport returned to the Tokyo Games, there was little doubt that the United States and Japan would arrive back at this very position again, for the third time in Olympic softball history, fighting for the top prize.

Osterman, who entered Tuesday without having allowed a run in nearly 13 innings this tournament, started the game for the United States. She coughed up an infield single in the first inning — a comebacker she

couldn’t field cleanly — and a double in the second. But she escaped without any damage, getting help from right fielder Michelle Moultrie and her running catch at the wall to end the second.

When Osterman walked Mana Atsumi to lead off the third inning, U.S. coach Ken Erickson emerged from the dugout to bring in Ally Carda. After allowing another base runner, Carda pitched out of trouble.

An inning later, though, Japan capitalized. Yamato Fujita singled, moved to second base on a sacrifice bunt and then advanced to third on a groundout. She gave Japan a 1-0 lead when Atsumi chopped a ground ball and slid headfirst into first base to beat the throw.

Japan doubled its lead in the fifth inning, on a run-scoring single by Fujita after Abbott had entered the game in relief, and given the way Ueno was pitching, two runs felt like enough. At first base, Fujita pumped her first while the Japan dugout bounced in delight.

When Ueno surrendered a single to lead off the sixth inning, Miu Goto came on in re-

lief and used a fortuitous ricochet to erase a threat by the United States. With runners on first and second, Amanda Chidester lined a ball at Japan’s third baseman, Yu Yamamoto.

It bounced off her left wrist and directly to the shortstop Atsumi, who then flipped the ball to second to complete the double play.

Her mouth agape, Chidester stared in disbelief.

An inning later, Ueno returned to the mound to complete her work, once again stunning the United States.

Earlier in the day, Canada sneaked by Mexico, 3-2, to win the bronze medal, its first medal in Olympic softball.

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Moore and Ferreira win first Olympic gold medals in surfing

By JOHN BRANCH

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he fickle waves at the inaugural Olympic surf competition came roaring to shore Tuesday, pushed

by Tropical Storm Nepartak, leading contest organizers to try to jam the quarterfinals, semifinals and medal matches into one busy day.

Two by two, in head-to-head elimination rounds, many of the world’s best surfers paddled into the churning and unpredictable water, just days after they practiced in tiny, thigh-high waves.

One by one they emerged, either sent home or pushed onward toward the first Olympic medals in their sport.

And through the foam rode Carissa Moore of the United States and Italo Ferreira of Brazil, two of the top surfers of the day, now the first to win Olympic gold medals in the sport.

Moore, 28, a four-time world champion born and raised in Hawaii, met Bianca Buitendag of South Africa in the day’s last match at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach in Ichinomiya, about 60 miles east of Tokyo.

When the buzzer sounded under the breaking clouds and the fading daylight of a long day, she broke into tears on her board and blew a kiss to supporters on the beach and those watching around the world.

“I still feel like I’m going to wake up and I’m going to be like, OK, wait, it’s finals day,” she said, clutching her gold medal as if to make sure it was real.

She made victory look easy, as she often does, but admitted to feeling the nerves of the moment. Before the final match, against the underdog Buitendag, Moore showered, listened to music and called home. Even the best need a confidence boost, and she chatted by video with her husband.

“There’s always little moments of self doubt,” Moore said. “I had one before I paddled out for the final. I had to call home and be like, OK, what do I do? They were, like, you know what to do.”

Buitendag, 27, had arrived through a string of upsets, beating seven-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore in the third round and 19-year-old American Caroline Marks in the semifinal.

Although her ride ended without sus-

Carissa Moore of the United States won gold in the Olympic’s first surfing competition. pense against Moore, her consolation was a silver medal that few could have expected. She said it would be the last surf contest of her career.

But, Ferreira, also 27, is in his prime.

A 2019 world champion and one of Brazil’s army of surfing superstars, Ferreira beat Japan’s Kanoa Igarashi, 23, a Japanese American born and raised in Southern California.

Ferreira had been swallowed by a wave after a big drop in the opening minute. The first thing that popped to the bubbling white water was half of his broken board. A fresh board was delivered to him on the beach, and Ferreira was soon riding to a pair of scores that gave him a lead he never relinquished.

He celebrated by standing in the knee-deep surf, throwing his arms to the sky, then wrapping his face in his hands. He was carried to the beach on the shoulders of two members of the Brazilian contingent.

“For me, that was a long day,” Ferriera said. “But it was a dream come true.”

Igarashi, 23, had already knocked out one Brazilian superstar, Gabriel Medina, in the semifinal. Igarashi performed a 360-degree air with just seven minutes left in the 30-minute heat, earning 9.33, one of the highest-scoring waves of the Games.

“The ride was probably about seven seconds long, but it felt like 70 minutes long,” Igarashi said afterward. “I felt every single little moment. I felt my heartbeat, I felt my hair in the wind, I felt being in the air. And I had thoughts while I was in the air. It was kind of surreal, but as soon as I landed it I knew it was one of the biggest moments of my career.”

His gold-medal chances faded against Ferriera as the water conditions shifted in real time.

“I was just really lost out there, and by the time I realized where I was, that

the spot I was surfing was not the right spot, it was a little bit too late,” Igarashi said, wearing the silver medal, so often the prize of mixed emotions. “And the current came up really hard, so I was kind of stuck in that spot. But that’s just surfing.”

In the men’s bronze medal match, Medina was beaten by Owen Wright of Australia. Amuro Tsuzuki of Japan, who grew up riding waves on the surrounding coast, bested Marks to win bronze for the women.

The sudden decision to squeeze so much surfing into one day was made on Monday night, as the storm churned off the east coast of central Japan. The strong swells it created at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach were strokes of luck.

Surfing’s unique schedule, or lack of one, originally had the contest ending no sooner than Wednesday, but it was determined that the wildest waves were coming a day early.

So two of the world’s best surfers, Igarashi and Kolohe Andino of the United States, set out in the rain and wind at 7 a.m. for a high-level quarterfinal. It was a bit like surfing in a washing machine, as the sloppy storm surf made for difficult conditions for the competitors and a bit of a spectacle for those watching. Igarashi advanced, spoiling Andino’s medal hopes.

Clean rides were sporadic. For most of the day, the sea was more a roiling stew than a series of sets, better to look at than to surf.

“The waves go really fast, and then they just dump,” Moore said after a quarterfinal victory. “It’s kind of tricky to place your maneuvers in this kind of surf.”

When Marks won her quarterfinal, knowing there would be two more matches, she rushed out of the water to take the measure of the changing conditions.

Adapting was key; she had warmed up on one board, then competed on another. The tide was low but coming back, and the action was shifting north along the quarter-mile beach. There was a lot of paddling, and fatigue was a factor at the end of a long day.

“I’m having so much fun,” Marks said. “I’m here because I love surfing, and this is so rad.”

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

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

Crossword

Answers on page 38

Wordsearch

GAMES

HOROSCOPE Aries

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Ready to explore your theatrical side? As Mercury moves into Leo and joins the Sun, you’ll be in an expressive mood, and it will show. Everything you do, from creating art or music to starting a romance, will be a vibrant and vivid experience. And if you do have a desire to get involved in amateur dramatics, this is a great opportunity to wet your feet before taking the plunge, Aries.

Libra

(Sep 24-Oct 23)

A lively encounter could bring new people and opportunities into your life, giving you something to look forward to. If you’ve been busy lately, then time out in good company might be something to relish.

With your social life sparkling, this is a great chance to be inquisitive and join groups, enhance your social media presence and move in other circles. You’ll thrive, Libra!

Taurus

(April 21-May 21)

Scorpio

Gemini

(May 22-June 21)

Sagittarius

(Nov 23-Dec 21)

Capricorn

(Dec 22-Jan 20)

Need to get organized on the home front? You’ll get this opportunity, as the planet of talk and thought comes to roost in your domestic sector. Whatever issues or tasks may be hanging over you, you’ll be ready to tackle them once and for all. If entrepreneurial ideas are bubbling up, you can give some thought to starting a small business from home. It could be so very rewarding.

With inquisitive Mercury jogging into Leo, it’s time to get things moving regarding your latest projects.

Ready to promote your business or ideas to a wider audience? The valuable connections you make now may be of great assistance. If you work in sales, the media or teaching, this looks to be a busy time. And catching up with friends and family can boost morale.

Cancer

(June 22-July 23)

Ready to locate those bargains and do a little financial re-arranging? If there’s something you’ve been coveting for a while, online research could help you get it at a sterling price. As the planet of talk and thought moves into Leo, you may be tempted by anything that has a touch of glamour or luxury about it.

If you can arrange for a little pampering, then go for it, Cancer.

Leo

(July 24-Aug 23)

(Oct 24-Nov 22)

It’s time to hold your head up high and enjoy being in the limelight. As clever Mercury joins the Sun, you’ll benefit by liaising with others in your job or profession. Looking for new opportunities? Be willing to let key people know what you can do. If you haven’t circulated your CV to all the right places, it’s time to do so. Put in the effort, and you’ll see the rewards soon.

Feel a desire to move beyond your limits? Follow it, and see where it leads, Archer. There are exciting opportunities waiting for you, although you may need to leave your comfort zone to make the most of them. Studying, travelling and saying yes to new experiences, can all help you to feel more alive.

Need a qualification to boost your repertoire? Now is the time to go for it.

Liaising with experts who can help you manage your money or business better, could be the first step to getting things in order. This is a time when you might make big strides if you pool resources and collaborate with others. You could feel ready to make a deeper commitment to something, whether it’s an idea or opportunity. Is it right for you? Do some in-depth research.

Aquarius

(Jan 21-Feb 19)

The Sun, your radiant ruler, is already in your sign, and is joined by talkative Mercury from today, which can enhance your popularity further. Your words may impress and have the power to influence others, and you will not go unnoticed in any crowd. Mind, a dynamic Mars/Jupiter aspect means the coming days could find you ready to take a gamble that might pay off over time.

Someone’s ideas or perspective could be a great help over coming weeks, giving you the information you need to get things done. Ask, if there is something you don’t know, and answers will be forthcoming, as well as other assistance that might make life easier. You may be overwhelmed at how kind others can be, but it could be something you’ll need to get used to.

Virgo

Pisces

(Aug 24-Sep 23)

If you need to hold a soulful conversation to resolve an ongoing issue, then Mercury’s move into a spiritual zone, encourages you to make that call and link up for a heart-to-heart chat. Whatever happened in the past, this influence can be a call to release any unwanted feelings and make a fresh start.

Need creative ideas? Watch your dreams, and be aware of any intuitive nudges, Virgo.

(Feb 20-Mar 20)

You may feel like being spontaneous, and heading out to make new discoveries about your local area.

Rather than stick with the places you already know, a lively blend of influences can entice you to do some exploring, and connect with groups and initiatives that truly inspire you. Another upbeat influence could be a call to enjoy a spa treatment and to relish a little pampering, Pisces.

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CARTOONS

Herman

Speed Bump

Frank & Ernest

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Wizard of Id

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