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Governor: Critics of Proposed Status Consultation ‘Have Not Realized That This Has Nothing to Do with Their Personal Aspirations’
Allies Say President Knows He Has Only Days to
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By THE STAR STAFF
Atotal of 443 attendees participated in the Summer Camp for San Juan Seniors that took place June 24-28 and where citizens were offered a week full of recreational, educational and wellness activities.
San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero said “this type of effort supports our population of older adults, providing them with leisure activities, while promoting the physical activity and entertainment that they deserve so much.”
The camp was designed to promote an active and healthy lifestyle among older adults in the capital city community. Throughout the week, participants enjoyed a variety of activities including low-impact exercises, recreational activities, field trips and walks.
Among the low-impact exercises offered were yoga, aqua aerobics and rhythmic aerobics classes, and there was also a health services and municipal services fair.
In addition, campers enjoyed art, music and dance sessions that encourage socialization and creativity. They also visited local places of interest, such as
the Museum of San Juan, the Museum of Puerto Rico and the Botanical Garden of Caguas, promoting knowledge and enjoyment of the natural and cultural environment.
“Offering this summer camp for our seniors is of the utmost importance and value,” Romero Lugo said. “It’s critical that we continue to create opportunities that allow them to stay active and connected to the community. This camp is just one of the many initiatives we are carrying out to improve the quality of life of our senior citizens.”
By THE STAR STAFF
The Puerto Rico Police Bureau and the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), Puerto Rico office, say they have identified a person who they claim may be Rolando Salas Jusino, 25 years after he went missing.
The information was provided earlier this week by the Wapa Television program “Cuarto Poder,” moderated by Jay Fonseca. The program aired an interview late Tuesday with officials from both agencies who have been working for some time to confirm or rule out whether a man residing in the United States is the 4-year-old boy who disappeared on July 7, 1999 in the Colinas del Plata urbanization in Toa Alta.
The officials said the individual has a birthmark that is the same as one the four-year-old had at the time.
According to the Charley Project,
Rolandito, as he was known, was last seen playing unsupervised in a park near his home in the Toa Alta urbanization between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. of the aforementioned date in 1999. He has not been seen since.
Roberto Gotay Valcarcel, Rolando’s stepfather, was a suspect in the case for a time after prison inmates said they overheard him telling people he had murdered the child and buried his body on a farm. That story has never been verified. Rolando’s disappearance was widely covered in the news media in Puerto Rico and Latin America. A theory that his disappearance was drug-related was quickly dismissed by police, as none of his family members were known to have been involved in drugs. There have been alleged sightings of him in the Dominican Republic, Spain and the mainland United States, but none of those reports have been confirmed. His case remains unsolved.
By THE STAR STAFF
The Financial Oversight and Management Board announced Wednesday that on or before July 17 it will file a new plan of adjustment for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) and a motion to reopen the confirmation hearing for the sole purpose of valuing the non-settling bondholders’ claim against the utility.
The proposed new plan of adjustment provides for the settling creditors to receive the consideration that was originally offered to the non-settling bondholders if they settled but became available to the settling creditors because the non-settling bondholders did not settle. This was referred to as the extra consideration. The plan amendments will provide for the use of the extra consideration, the approximate $168 million provided for the non-settling bondholders’ now disallowed unsecured claim, and loan proceeds to pay the new secured claim.
valuing the non-settling bondholders’ portion of the bondholders’ allowed secured claim. Aug. 16 will be the deadline for parties to file rebuttal expert reports and the closing of expert discovery will be on Aug. 23.
A hearing on the supplemental confirmation proceedings will be held by the court as soon as the court’s schedule permits after Sept. 13.
The change in the debt adjustment plan came after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued its opinion on June 12, ruling that PREPA’s bondholders are secured by a perfected security interest in PREPA’s net revenues and that they hold non-recourse claims secured by the net revenues, and do not hold any unsecured claims. The First Circuit also reinstated the non-settling bondholders’ “accounting” claim but ruled “that in any legal or equitable action to enforce payment of the Revenue bonds, the Bondholders may only reach moneys available for debt service,” so the accounting claim “will not entitle them to reach any moneys or funds in which they do not already hold a security interest.”
Accordingly, the oversight board proposed
Based on the foregoing, confirmation will not require resolicitation of votes on the amended plan, the oversight board noted. The board said it understands that National will not agree to relinquish its portion of the extra consideration. Therefore, the amended proposed plan will provide National the same treatment as the non-settling bondholders and will deem national to reject the proposed amended plan of adjustment.
to the Title III court to proceed with confirmation in the following manner. After filing the amended plan of adjustment on July 17, the oversight board proposed setting aside Aug. 2 as the deadline for parties to file expert reports
As a result of the First Circuit’s ruling, the non-settling bondholders will have a secured claim and no unsecured claim. PREPA filed for bankruptcy in 2017 to restructure over $9 billion in debt.
By THE STAR STAFF
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia and Housing Secretary William Rodríguez Rodríguez announced on Wednesday an investment of $30.7 million in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR)
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi views plans for the Brisas de Arroyo rehabilitation project, which includes the rehabilitation of 104 units in seven buildings, as well as an administrative building, a basketball court, a gym, green and recreational areas, and gardens. (Gov. Pierluisi/Facebook)
recovery funds for the substantial rehabilitation of the Brisas de Arroyo multifamily housing project for low- to moderate-income families.
“My administration, together with the teams at the Housing Department and the Housing Financing Authority, have focused on giving a high priority to ensuring that every Puerto Rican family has a safe and affordable home,” the governor said in a written statement. “Today we announce the Brisas de Arroyo rehabilitation project. This multifamily housing project is aimed at low and moderate income families and consists of the reconstruction and modernization of 104 units of one, two, three and up to four bedrooms that will now comply with current building codes.”
The project, located on highway PR-178 in the Pueblo neighborhood of Arroyo, includes the rehabilitation of 104 units in seven buildings, as well as an administrative building, a basketball court, a gym, green and recreational areas, and gardens. Additionally, sidewalks and roads will be demolished and reconstructed, and the 108 existing parking spaces will be repaved.
“We continue with our mission of providing housing accessibility and quality of life to thousands of families around the island, building, renovating and modernizing spaces for the benefit of our people,” Rodríguez Rodríguez said. “This is why today we are dedicating this investment under the Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) CDBG-DR Gap Program to rehabilitate more than a hundred units that meet
the highest standards.”
The LIHTC CDBG-DR Gap Program is administered by the Housing Finance Authority (AFV), and the total development cost is $41.9 million, funded by $30.7 million from the CDBG-DR program and other programs, private funds and federal tax credits.
“Brisas de Arroyo will join a wide range of affordable housing projects that we have been developing with the CDBG-DR LIHTC Program, to which we allocated over $1.4 billion,” Pierluisi added. “We have already completed the construction of more than 850 housing units throughout the island and we have an additional 1,382 units under construction.”
AFV Executive Director Blanca Fernández noted that “this rehabilitation project will have an impact on low- and moderate-income families, fulfilling the AFV’s mission of providing affordable housing to Puerto Rican families.”
The project includes sustainability elements such as a photovoltaic system for the administration building, solar heaters, low-water and energy-efficient fixtures, and a 5,000-gallon water cistern for community use. The units will also have ceiling fans, appliances and windows that meet storm specifications according to the 2018 Puerto Rico Building Code.
The rehabilitation of Brisas de Arroyo, projected to be completed in April 2026, is being carried out by Caribe General Constructors Inc., with design by A&T Design Studio PSC.
By THE STAR STAFF
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia said Wednesday that the objections raised by the presidents of the political parties and their affiliated groups are irrelevant to the issue of a status consultation he has proposed for election day in November.
“Those who are now speaking out, candidates for governor for the Dignity Project, the Independence Party and the Popular Democratic Party, have not realized that this has nothing to do with their personal aspirations,” the governor said in response to questions from the press. “This has to do with the future of Puerto Rico from the point of view of our status, that the one we have is unworthy, that the one we have limits us and is practically shameful.”
“My decision is final and firm. I used a law, Law 165 of 2020, which empowers me to call this consultation,” Pierluisi said. “As for then, the executive order itself, as the law establishes, asks the State Elections Commission to give me a budget plan to cover the cost of the consultation. Law 165 empowers me to identify the budget item that is necessary to cover that cost. In other words, I even have the power in law to allocate the funds that I have to
“This has to do with the future of Puerto Rico from the point of view of our status, that the one we have is unworthy, that the one we have limits us and is practically shameful,” Gov. Pedro Pierluisi, at left, said about his decision to propose an election day consultation on the island’s political status.
allocate. The Office of Management and Budget will be in charge of analyzing the budget plan that is presented to me and [...] will be the office that assigns any additional funds that the State Elections Commission needs to fulfill this mission.”
“At the same time, the [Financial Oversight and Management] Board cannot intervene in this matter because PROMESA [the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act] prohibits it,” the governor added. “In other words, this is clear. There can be no objection here from a budgetary point of view. There can be no objection from a political party point of view either, because it is irrelevant. And as for these thunders that perhaps they will go to court, that law, which I studied thoroughly, is very well drafted, I am talking about Law 165, it is very well drafted and well founded. So I predict that any legal dispute is stillborn; it will not yield results.”
Spokespeople for the Dignity Project, the Puerto Rican Independence Party and the Citizen Victory Movement expressed their opposition to the referendum. The Popular Democratic Party was slated to hold a meeting of its governing board to make a decision on how it would respond to the status vote proposed for election day.
By THE STAR STAFF
The San Juan Court of First Instance on Wednesday issued an order for employees under the General Workers’ Central (CGT by its initials in Spanish) to cease and desist from preventing entry to Suiza Dairy Corp. during their strike, following a lawsuit filed by the company.
The ruling, signed by Superior Court Judge Anthony Cuevas Ramos, orders the CGT, its president José Adrián López, and union members and officers to stop the use of fences, motor vehicles, or other obstructions that prevent vehicular and pedestrian access to Suiza Dairy’s facilities in San Juan.
“It is advised that failure to comply with this Order will be sufficient cause to order your arrest and immediate entry into jail for criminal contempt,” Cuevas Ramos said in the ruling.
The case began when Suiza Dairy filed a request for
provisional injunction, and preliminary and permanent injunction, alleging that striking employees had resorted to violence, intimidation and blockades, compromising milk processing and supply and creating significant dangers to the plant and the surrounding community. The company argued that the strikers’ actions had paralyzed normal operations and caused risky situations.
Cuevas Ramos determined that the strikers’ actions constituted a seizure of the employer’s facilities through physical obstruction of access to property, harassment and intimidation, which justifies the issuance of the permanent injunction order under Act No. 50 of 1947, as amended by Act No. 90-2018.
The court clarified that the order does not prohibit the right to strike and peaceful demonstrations, but merely guarantees vehicular and pedestrian access to the Suiza Dairy facilities.
The striking workers and the CGT scheduled a press
conference for Wednesday afternoon in front of the Suiza plant to react to the court’s determination.
Suiza Dairy argued that strikers’ actions had paralyzed normal operations and caused risky situations.
By THE STAR STAFF
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia and acting Treasury Secretary Nelson Pérez Méndez announced Wednesday the sending of the first payroll of credit payments for low-income seniors and pensioners, approved for nearly $6 million.
“The first approved payroll is $5,701,522, corresponding to 12,200 processed returns, this on the second day of making the form available,” the governor said in a written statement. “We are pleased with the response of citizens and hope that
many more will benefit from this aid. The payments should be seen in bank accounts in the coming days.”
Pérez Méndez noted that seniors and pensioners who qualify will receive refundable credits of $400 and $300.
“These can be requested from yesterday, July 2, until Oct. 14, 2024, through SURI accounts or using the services of the payroll specialists certified by the Treasury, available on the SURI homepage,” he said, referring to the Unified Internal Revenue System, as it is known by its acronym in Spanish.
The claim for credits is made exclusively electronically,
including the submission of the required evidence such as identification with a date of birth. Paper forms will not be considered.
A microsite with all the necessary information about both credits is available on the Treasury Department website. Applicants must not have been claimed as dependents on the 2023 Income Tax Return, nor have received the Earned Income Tax Credit.
For more information, citizens can send a message through their SURI account or call 787-622-0123.
By KATIE ROGERS
President Joe Biden has told a key ally that he knows he may not be able to salvage his candidacy if he cannot convince the public in the coming days that he is up for the job after a disastrous debate performance last week.
The president, whom this ally emphasized is still deeply in the fight for reelection, understands that his next few appearances heading into the holiday weekend must go well, particularly an interview scheduled for Friday with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News and campaign stops in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
“He knows if he has two more events like that, we’re in a different place” by the end of the weekend, said the ally, referring to Biden’s halting and unfocused performance in the debate. The person, who talked to the president in the past 24 hours, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive situation.
Andrew Bates, a White House spokesperson, said the report was “absolutely false” and that the White House had not been given enough time to respond.
The conversation is the first indication to become public that the president is seriously considering whether he can recover after a devastating performance on the debate stage in Atlanta on Thursday. Concerns are mounting about his viability as a candidate and whether he could serve as president for another four years.
Several of his allies stressed on Wednesday that Biden still wanted to fight to keep control of his candidacy even as headwinds in his party grew stronger.
A top adviser to Biden, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the situation, said the president was “well aware of the political challenge he faces.”
That person added on Wednesday that Biden was aware that the outcome of his campaign could be a different ending than the one he is fighting for, but that the president believes he is an effective leader who is mentally sharp and “doesn’t get how others don’t accept that.” Biden still adamantly views his debate showing as a bad performance and not a revelatory event.
Campaign officials were nervously awaiting the results of a new poll on Wednesday, recognizing that bad numbers could fuel the crisis. A CBS News poll released Wednesday morning showed former President Donald Trump edging ahead of Biden since the debate with 50% to 48% nationally and 51% to 48% in battleground states.
Biden has been slow to personally reach out to key Democrats, which has fueled anger in the party and frustrated some of his own advisers. He called only Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the House Democratic leader, on Tuesday night, five days after the debate, and spoke with Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, the Senate Democratic leader, for the first time on Wednesday morning.
He had not spoken with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California as of Tuesday, and key donors expressed exasperation that he did not join a campaign call
on Monday meant to assuage them.
Democratic leaders in the House and Senate were not urging their members to rally around Biden on Wednesday. Instead, they were listening to a myriad complaints from across the party, including its centrist wing and its progressives.
The message from leadership was that members should feel free to take a position about Biden’s candidacy that was best for their districts. Members of Biden’s team — including Steve Ricchetti and Shuwanza Goff —- were working the phones, trying to tamp down the growing discontent.
The dilemma for Democrats was illustrated by the actions of Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a longtime Democrat who recently abandoned the party. The senator was so disillusioned by Biden’s debate performance that he asked his staff to book him on several Sunday shows to rail against the state of the campaign.
Manchin was also angered that he made phone calls to top Democrats that went unreturned. Eventually, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., Schumer and other Democrats intervened, and Manchin canceled his television appearances. Other lawmakers who have expressed openness to replacing Biden have received calls from the campaign
asking for more time to right to the ship.
The president was scheduled to have lunch on Wednesday with Vice President Kamala Harris and meet with Democratic governors at the White House in the evening. Until now, he has focused more on speaking with trusted advisers and family members, who have urged him to stay in the race.
But he has told at least one person that he is open to the possibility that his plans to move on from his debate performance — and flip the focus back to Trump — may not work.
Several allies of Biden have underscored that he is still in the fight of his political life and largely sees this moment as a chance to come back from being counted out, as he has done many times throughout his half-century career.
At the same time, they said, he is cleareyed about his uphill battle to convince voters, donors and the political class that his debate performance was an anomaly.
Some of the president’s advisers have grown increasingly pessimistic in the past day or so as unrest in the party has continued to grow, a reflection of unhappiness not just over the debate performance but the handling of it since then.
Democrats have been mystified that Biden has been relying on advice from his son, Hunter Biden, who was convicted last month on gun charges stemming from when he was taking crack cocaine, rather than from the party’s top leaders.
They have bristled at attacks on fellow Democrats derided by the campaign as the “bed-wetting brigade” for expressing concern about Joe Biden’s ability to beat Trump. And some Democrats have grown increasingly suspicious that the president’s team has not been fully forthcoming about the impact of aging on him.
Biden’s team had sought to build a firewall by persuading elected Democrats and well-known party figures not to publicly call on him to drop out. But Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas became the first Democratic member of Congress to say on Tuesday that the president should step aside, and others have indicated privately that they may follow suit.
Key party donors have been privately calling House members, senators, super poltical action committees, the Biden campaign and the White House to say that they think Biden should step down, according to Democrats familiar with the discussion.
By ADAM LIPTAK
Near the end of his opinion on executive immunity, Chief Justice John Roberts pooh-poohed the fears of his liberal colleagues who worried in dissent that the broad protections the Supreme Court had conferred on former President Donald Trump would place future presidents beyond the reach of the law.
The real concern, Roberts said, was not that immunity would embolden presidents to commit crimes with impunity, but rather that without it, the country’s rival leaders would endlessly be at each others’ throats.
“The dissents overlook the more likely prospect of an executive branch that cannibalizes itself,” he wrote, “with each successive president free to prosecute his predecessors.”
That dark vision, however right or wrong it proves to be, did not come out of nowhere: It was offered to the court by Trump’s own lawyers during oral arguments on the question of immunity that took place in April.
The justices in the majority said their decision was not just about Trump. But it was impossible to separate it from the possibility of a second Trump presidency following a campaign in which Trump himself has promised unabashedly to use the legal system as a weapon of political retribution against President Joe Biden and other foes, whom he accuses of having unfairly targeted him for prosecution.
In many ways, the court’s decision was something like a Rorschach test for the justices, revealing what they saw as the largest looming threat to American democracy.
For the conservatives, that threat is the prospect of ceaseless cycles of partisan prosecutions constraining a president’s ability to make decisions in the best interests of the country.
The main concern, the chief justice wrote, was to insulate a president from the perils of “hesitation to execute the duties of his office fearlessly and fairly” because of a fear of prosecution.
The liberals, by contrast, feared a monarchical president who could use the immense powers of the office for personal or political gain or for other illegitimate purposes without the legal checks and balances that they say have long been necessary to ensure accountability.
“Let the president violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official power for evil ends,”
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in her scathing and occasionally sarcastic dissent. “Because if he knew that he may one day face liability for breaking the law, he might not be as bold and fearless as we would like him to be. That is the majority’s message today.”
Overall, the ruling reflected just how far the court’s conservative majority, which Trump helped to expand, has gone in endorsing his view of politics as a no-holds-barred battle for power and his contention that American leaders will, as a matter of course, now seek to prosecute their rivals.
Trevor Morrison, a professor at the New York University School of Law, agreed that the court’s decision focused a spotlight not only on what the justices feared about the future of the country, but also on the central principles they held as federal jurists.
“The two sides differ greatly in what they saw as the chief danger that each wants to protect against,” he said. “But you can also contrast their values, with the majority wanting the presidency not to be undermined by constant prosecutions and the dissenters showing concern about ensuring the rule of law.”
These two different views about the nature of politics and power were far more than a mere philosophical dispute among the justices. The way in which the court decided the immunity case could soon have real effects on the ground.
Morrison, for example, imagined what might happen if Trump were reelected and appointed a pliant attorney general to go after Biden.
“The majority on the court would likely say that Biden enjoys a wide sweep of immunity from prosecution,” Morrison said. “But at the same time, no one would be able to go after Trump for weaponizing the Justice Department.”
Trump’s lawyers first presented their idea that in the future, former presidents will be relentlessly pursued by their successors in written filings to the court. But their fullest articulation of that stance came during the court’s oral arguments.
That was when D. John Sauer, who argued before the justices on Trump’s behalf, asked them to imagine someone — Trump was not identified by name — prosecuting Biden for his immigration agenda.
“Could President Biden someday be charged with unlawfully inducing immigrants
to enter the country illegally for his border policies?” Sauer asked.
Answering his own question, Sauer envisioned a world of constant legal tit-for-tat, asserting that it would destroy the “presidency as we know it.” And several of the court’s conservatives appeared to agree that world was on its way — or perhaps already here.
Justice Samuel Alito, for example, expressed concern that without some form of criminal immunity, former presidents would be highly vulnerable as their successors used the courts to go after them once they were out of office. And that, he added, could lead to persistent cycles of retribution that would present a risk to a “stable, democratic society.”
Trump has long — and baselessly — maintained that it is Biden and his Democratic allies who politicized justice by pursuing him with multiple indictments even as they have faced each other on the campaign trail. But in advancing those claims, Trump has never acknowledged the reality that no other president has been faced with as many allegations, or as much evidence, of wrongdoing as he has.
In its ruling, the Supreme Court’s majority tacitly bought into Trump’s portrayal of himself as a victim of partisan legal warfare — if only by endorsing his vision of a world where presidents would ruthlessly use their powers to go after their predecessors.
That bleak view was also in keeping with another of the former president’s longest-held beliefs: that there are no good guys in the world because everyone is corrupt.
Against that dystopian vision, the liberal
dissenters, particularly Sotomayor, asserted the idea that immunity was unnecessary to protect a former president against partisan indictments since the job could effectively be handled by “all the protections our system provides to criminal defendants.”
Sotomayor reminded the conservative majority that it was not exactly easy to indict a former president — a proposition that seemed in keeping with the amount of time and angst it required to bring charges against Trump and the subsequent difficulty prosecutors have had in advancing those cases.
There were built-in checks and balances, Sotomayor went on to say, to stop a prosecutor from bringing cases without merit. She cited the grand jury process, for example, the ability to file motions to dismiss and the burden of proof that prosecutors must assume at trial.
But Roberts seemed to play down the suggestion that any normal legal roadblocks could slow a partisan prosecutor on a mission to indict a political rival, claiming that immunity was needed because, by its very nature, it stopped prosecutions from ever reaching a courtroom.
He also seemed to reject the Justice Department’s assurances — echoed by the dissenting liberals — that “prosecutors and grand juries will not permit political or baseless prosecutions from advancing in the first place,” as he put it.
“We do not ordinarily decline to decide significant constitutional questions,” he wrote, “based on the government’s promises of good faith.”
By JEANNA SMIALEK
The travel industry is in the midst of another hot summer as Americans hit the road and make for the airport to take advantage of slightly cheaper flights and gas. But the 2024 vacation outlook isn’t all sunny: Like the rest of the American consumer experience this year, it is sharply divided.
Many richer consumers — always the lifeblood of the travel industry — are feeling good this year as a strong stock market and rising home values boost their wealth. While they have felt the bite of rapid inflation over the past few years, they are likely to have more wiggle room in their budgets and more
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options to ease the pain by trading down from name brands to generic, or Whole Foods to Walmart.
Poorer families have had less room to maneuver to avoid the brunt of high prices. Although the job market is strong, with low unemployment and wages that have risen especially rapidly at the bottom of the income scale in recent years, some signs of economic strain have been surfacing among lowerincome Americans. Credit card delinquencies have risen, many lower earners report feeling less confident in their own household finances, and companies that serve lower-income groups report that they are under stress.
The gulf between higher- and lowerincome consumers has been widening for years, but it is expected to show up especially clearly in travel this summer. Surveys show that richer households are more optimistic about their ability to take trips, and services that they are more likely to use — like fullservice hotels — are flourishing. Budget hotel chains, by contrast, are expected to report a pullback.
“If you go to upscale, you’re actually seeing growth there,” said Adam Sacks, the president of tourism economics at Oxford Economics. “A lot of that has to do with the different financial situations of different income groups.”
Bookings, survey responses and spending trends suggest that the travel industry will see muted but healthy growth this summer and in 2024 as a whole. That growth is
expected even after several years of breakneck vacationing as people took “revenge” for the trips they missed during the pandemic.
Outbound international travel is still booming, domestic leisure travel is holding up, and even business travel is coming back after a sharp decline that started in 2020. While airfare-dollar spending might fall somewhat because flight prices have come down, airports are reporting record traffic on key days.
AAA is forecasting that Fourth of July travel will smash last year’s strong performance.
“We’re seeing lots of people on the road; we’re seeing people taking flights,” said Joshua Friedlander, vice president of research at the U.S. Travel Association. “We think this is a sustainable level of growth.”
But that resilience is not uniform across income groups. Spending on travel “picked up and was largely driven by consumers with discretionary income,” the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reported in the Fed’s latest anecdotal release about national economic experiences. “Conversely, low-to-moderateincome consumers were reportedly pulling back” because of “higher costs leading to tighter household budgets.”
That adds to an established trend: Rich people tend to spend a lot more on splurges like travel. The top two-fifths of the income distribution accounts for about 60% of spending in the economy; the bottom two-fifths, about 22%. The divide is more extreme when it comes to vacationing. Lower-income people have historically spent about 19 cents
on the dollar that a high-income person devotes to lodging, transportation and other travelrelated purchases, based on one analysis.
Recent economic trends could exacerbate that. Lashonda Barber, an airport worker in Charlotte, North Carolina, is among those feeling the pinch. She will spend her summer on planes, but she won’t be leaving the airport for vacation.
Barber, 42, makes $19 per hour, 40 hours per week, driving a trash truck that cleans up after international flights. It is a difficult position: The tarmac is sweltering in the Southern summer sun; the rubbish bags are heavy. And while it’s poised to be a busy summer, Barber’s job is increasingly failing to pay the bills. Both prices and her home taxes are up notably, but she is making just $1 an hour more than she was when she started the job five years ago. While that is not the standard experience — overall, wages for lowerincome people have grown faster than inflation since at least late 2022 — it is a reminder that behind the averages, some people are falling behind.
“I don’t take personal trips,” Barber said, explaining that it had been several years since she had taken a family vacation, and that when she did, she drove.
From an industry perspective, even if the surveys are prescient and poorer households do pull back on vacations this year, demand from richer people alone could be enough to fuel a strong — if not enthusiastic — performance for the summer travel season. That strong demand could add fuel to the overall economy. Domestic travel adds to U.S. economic growth. International trips do not, but they signal consumer confidence.
On a full Sunday afternoon flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport outside Paris to Washington, D.C., Erica Reasoner, 42, was returning from two weeks in Italy and France with her husband and two children.
She and her family had stayed with friends and relatives for about half of their trip, and Reasoner said they had not taken an international trip last year. A resident of Denver, she said that her job in custom homebuilding was stable and business solid, and that while she had noticed higher grocery prices, recent inflation had not caused problems for her family’s budget.
“We planned this trip for so long that the state of the economy didn’t really play into our decision,” she said. Not everyone, she said she realized, was so fortunate.
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The S&P 500 index and technology-laden Nasdaq rose on Wednesday to post record high closes, as data pointing to a softening economy raised hopes the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates in September.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed slightly lower, pressured by selling in healthcare and consumer stocks during a shortened trading session ahead of the Fourth of July. The market will stay closed on Thursday for U.S. Independence Day, keeping trading volumes thin throughout the week.
Both the ADP Employment report and weekly jobless claims data pointed to easing labor market conditions ahead of Friday’s closely watched non-farm payrolls report. Markets hope signs of weakness in the labor market will encourage the Fed to cut interest rates.
“It’s quite a strong unemployment claims number, and it’s fitting in with an overall trend that’s probably an indication of loosening up in the jobs market. It must be quite welcoming for the Fed,” said David Morrison, Trade Nation senior market analyst.
Also, PMI data from the Institute for Supply Management was weaker than expected, and factory orders unexpectedly slumped. Investors boosted bets of a September rate cut to over 70%, as per LSEG’s FedWatch.
The Fed’s June meeting minutes are due after the market closes.
Tesla jumped 6.5%, trading near a six-month high after rising more than 10% on Tuesday following a smaller-than-expected drop in second-quarter vehicle deliveries.
The Philadelphia SE Semiconductor Index rose 1.92%, helped by gains in the U.S. listing of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing and Broadcom.
Nvidia closed 4.6% higher, after slipping on Tuesday, while some other mega-stocks were weaker such as Amazon, closing 1.2% lower.
“The tendency at the moment is towards rotation ... we have quite a few days where we see the Russell down, and tech up and vice versa,” Morrison said, though noting that the market’s optimism around megacap tech stocks was still strong.
The S&P 500 has jumped over 15% in the first half of 2024, largely supported by top-tier high momentum technology-related stocks. The benchmark index’s equal-weighted counterpart only rose 5% and small and mid-cap stocks have significantly lagged.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 23.85 points, or 0.06%, to close at 39,308.00, the S&P 500 gained 28.01 points, or 0.51%, to 5,537.02 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 159.54 points, or 0.88%, to
18,188.30.
Paramount Global rose almost 7% after Shari Redstone’s National Amusements reached a preliminary deal to sell its controlling interest in the media giant to David Ellison’s Skydance Media.
First Foundation slumped nearly 24% after the lender, which holds a huge portfolio of multifamily real estate loans, disclosed a $228 million unexpected capital raise.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 2.65-to-1 ratio on the NYSE. There were 287 new highs and 50 new lows on the NYSE.
The S&P 500 posted 20 new 52-week highs and 4 new lows while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 51 new highs and 114 new lows.
Volume for the abbreviated session on U.S. exchanges was 7.11 billion shares, compared with the 11.64 billion average for the full session over the last 20 trading days.
By EMILIANO RODRÍGUEZ MEGA
As Hurricane Beryl headed toward Jamaica and the Cayman Islands early Wednesday as a powerful Category 4 storm, a clearer picture emerged of the devastation it had caused on two small islands in Grenada, with that country’s leader calling the destruction “unimaginable” and “total.”
“We have to rebuild from the ground up,” Grenada’s prime minister, Dickon Mitchell, said at a briefing after visiting the islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique, which were ravaged by Beryl on Monday.
Officials said about 98% of the buildings on the islands, where about 6,000 people live, had been damaged or destroyed, including Carriacou’s main health facility, the Princess Royal Hospital, and its airport and marinas. As of Tuesday night, there was no electricity on either island, and communications were down. Crops had been ravaged, and fallen trees and utility poles littered the streets.
The natural environment also took a beating. “There is literally no vegetation left anywhere on the island of Carriacou, the mangroves are totally destroyed,” Mitchell said.
But the death toll appeared to be low. Officials have reported three deaths from the storm in Grenada, two of them in Carriacou. Another was reported in the Caribbean country of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said on Tuesday that three deaths had been reported in that country’s north.
Beryl, which peaked as a Category 5 storm Tuesday morning, is still expected to be a major hurricane when it reaches Jamaica and the Cayman Islands on Wednesday,
Officials in Grenada said about 98% of the buildings on the islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique, where about 6,000 people live, had been damaged or destroyed, including Carriacou’s main health facility, the Princess Royal Hospital, and its airport and marinas. (Harvey Vale & Tyrell Bay/Facebook)
either hitting them directly or coming close.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness addressed the Jamaican public on Tuesday night, imposing a 12-hour curfew to start at 6 a.m. An evacuation order was issued for lowlying areas.
In the Caymans, a hardware store packed with shoppers was rationing sandbags, and residents with plenty of hurricane experience were bracing for Beryl.
“We get waves and wind, and we make the best of it, but this — this is going to be on a whole other level,” said Luigi Moxam,
the owner of Cayman Cabana, a waterfront restaurant in George Town, the Caymans’ capital. He said he had spent Tuesday morning “peeling away the restaurant to skeletal form.”
Mitchell said that many people on Grenada’s main island had lost their homes, but that the destruction was far worse on Carriacou and Petite Martinique. Officials were still trying to assess the extent of the damage on the two islands, particularly to the power grid and water supply.
Grenada, like other Caribbean nations,
gets most of its drinking water from rainwater harvesting, involving drains on roofs that lead to storage vessels. Terrence Smith, the head of the country’s water agency, said the storm damage was not expected to immediately cause a life-threatening shortage on Carriacou and Petite Martinique.
“We believe that is very unlikely,” Smith said on Tuesday. “If it is correct that most houses have lost their roofs, then they can’t harvest rainwater anymore. But many of these households have weeks of storage.”
Still, a recent dry spell has led many households on the islands to depend on desalination plants for water, and Smith said the plants on Carriacou and Petite Martinique were “probably negatively impacted by the hurricane.” That system had been under strain well before the hurricane arrived.
Beryl has set records as the first Category 4 hurricane, and then the first Category 5 storm, to form in the Atlantic Ocean so early in the season. A recent study found that with ocean temperatures rising, hurricanes in the Atlantic have become likelier to grow from a weak storm into a major one of Category 3 or higher within just 24 hours.
Mitchell called Beryl a direct result of global warming, saying that Grenada and countries like it were on the frontline of the climate crisis. “We are no longer prepared to accept that it’s OK for us to constantly suffer significant, clearly demonstrated loss and damage arising from climatic events and be expected to rebuild year after year while the countries that are responsible for creating this situation — and exacerbating this situation — sit idly by,” he said.
By DEREK M. NORMAN
All three of Jamaica’s international airports closed late Tuesday as Hurricane Beryl churned toward the island, leaving some travelers stranded and others scrambling to adjust their plans.
Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Norman Manley International Airport in Port Royal (near the capital, Kingston) and Ian Fleming International Airport in Boscobel — which together serve approximately 1.7 million visitors each year — would remain closed at least through Wednesday, according to Jamaica’s tourism board.
“All necessary precautions are being taken to ensure a swift and safe resumption of operations once the hurricane
has passed,” MBJ Airports, which operates Sangster International, the country’s largest and most popular hub for tourists, said in a statement.
Travelers staying on the island should remain in the safety of their accommodations or evacuation point, the tourism board said, adding that, if possible, they should register with their home country’s embassy to receive specific guidance and support.
For travelers whose plans had them arriving in Jamaica during the closures, some airlines are offering to rebook flights for a different date, free of charge.
American Airlines, for example, is working to reschedule flights to numerous places in the storm’s path, including several Caribbean islands, Belize and Mexican destinations like
Tulum, Cancún, Cozumel and Mérida through July 5.
JetBlue Airways said it would waive change or cancellation fees, as well as the cost of fare differences, for customers scheduled to travel to affected Caribbean destinations between July 1 and July 5.
And Southwest Airlines is allowing customers with flights to Montego Bay between July 1 and July 4 to reschedule without any additional charges.
Other tourist destinations potentially in the hurricane’s path are also shutting down airports.
Owen Roberts International Airport on Grand Cayman and Charles Kirkconnell International Airport on Cayman Brac would both close Wednesday, according to the Cayman Islands Airports Authority.
By SUHASINI RAJ
One moment, a crowd of tens of thousands, almost all women, were singing and swaying in devotion to a revered holy man in front of them onstage, all packed under a sprawling tent in northern India.
But as the guru left, people began pushing and shoving to get out from the close quarters and still, stifling heat under the pavilion. Some began falling, onto the muddy field underneath or into an adjacent ditch. There was panic and screaming. Bodies piled on top of each other everywhere.
By nightfall Tuesday, the toll of the tragedy in Hathras district, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, was devastating: at least 121 people, mostly from poor communities, were dead. Dozens were injured.
For the families, the search for the remains of their loved ones brought them to several hospitals and stretched on past midnight.
At the Bagla Combined District Hospital, where 34 victims were taken, the dead bodies lay on melting slabs of ice that lined the corridor. Faces bore the marks of the ghastly stampede from the afternoon — a blob of mud hanging from hair, dried trickles of blood on skin. The corridor’s green carpet was drenched with slush and mud from the shoes and slippers of distraught relatives.
Outside, on the veranda, dozens more slabs of ice were stacked. Ambulances brought in a steady stream of the deceased. A police officer went from body to body, accompanied by relatives, as he jotted details in a red diary. In the early hours of the morning, hospital staff started sanitizing the space, sweeping the melting ice and washing the floors, ahead of VIP visits. “Sprinkle more phenyl,” one official commanded, referring to the floor-cleaning liquid.
A husband, crouched on the wet floor next to his wife’s body, banged his head against the corridor wall. A grandfather clutched at the tiny fingers of his only grandchild. A son stooped over in examination, trying to find his mother’s body.
The hospital’s eerie silence was frequently broken by piercing cries of grief as a victim was recognized.
The holy man — whose real name is Suraj Pal, though he is better known as Narayan Sakar Hari or Bhole Baba — is a former police officer who took early retirement and then fashioned himself as a spiritual guru and began drawing huge crowds. Villagers said he had become an icon
Relatives prepare to cremate the body of one of three female relatives across three generations killed in the stampede in Sokhana, near Hathras, India, on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Family members streamed to hospitals in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to identify loved ones after at least 121 people — nearly all women — died in a stampede at a guru’s gathering. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times)
for women of the Dalit community, at the bottom of India’s rigid caste system, who have historically been marginalized as “untouchables” and denied access to temples. He often dresses in white suits with colorful ties, and he and his wife sit on thrones during their sermons onstage. He has built several ashrams, or spiritual centers, in other areas near Hathras, and his following extends to other states as well.
The crowd had arrived for Tuesday’s meeting in buses, trains and taxis before they streamed to a tent erected on farmland near the highway. They had come from all over the state, some walking from neighboring districts. Some had come alone, others with neighbors, friends, children or grandchildren. It was a congregation they absolutely did not want to miss.
An initial police report, filed late Tuesday, said that organizers had permission for 80,000 attendees, a number far higher than what local police officials earlier said was allowed under the permit. The police report accused the organizers, without naming the guru, of lying about the size of the crowd that had eventually gathered, and officials said three times as many people — about 250,000 — had showed up. The police also accused the organizers of trying to hide evidence “by throwing the clothes,
stretched to keep cutting through.”
Others weren’t so lucky.
“The bus carrying the devotees was back in the village. My mother was not on it,” said Bunty Kumar, 29, disheveled and teary-eyed after she arrived at the government hospital. “We finally found a picture of her laid on an ice slab on the internet. That’s when we realized she was dead.”
Saudan Singh, 62, a farmer, sat quietly next to the body of his only grandchild, Rehanshu, 2, who was laid out on a slab of ice, his short hair shooting out in all directions. A portion of his yellow T-shirt peeked out from below a white sheet. His father was too distraught to be able to come to identify his body.
Singh said Rehanshu had come on a bus with his mother, who was a devotee and frequently attended the spiritual revivals. He lost both of them.
“He came with his mother on a bus,” Singh said. “She had attended many of his sermons earlier. I had also attended some. He teaches us about brotherhood, humanity, peace and love.”
shoes, slippers and other things into the crop fields.”
The police report said the stampede had started after the guru left, as devotees “rushed to collect dirt from the path on which his car passed.” Event volunteers used sticks and force to try to hold back the crowd, but pressure kept building, and the stampede broke out.
Hans Kumari, 40, had arrived in a taxi with 10 other women for the gathering. She had begun following Bhole Baba in the hope of receiving a cure for her chronic health issues: pain in her knees and trouble sleeping. Some women in the village had told her the holy man could help, so she started going to his meetings regularly.
“Yesterday we got here early to get a good spot to sit,” she said.
Kumari said a commotion had started after Bhole Baba finished his sermon, left the stage and was driven away in a vehicle.
“People started running like crazy. It was mostly women,” she said. “I slipped in a ditch and waded over what looked like a bed of dead bodies. I could see two dead women and a child below my feet. Body upon body.”
Kumari said she made it out, with bruises on her skull and all over her body, by keeping “my head down and hands out-
His grief was palpable as he described his love for the mischievous child. “My grandson called me ‘baba,’” he said. “He demanded sweets, bananas and biscuits of me.”
By THOMAS FRIEDMAN
Immediately after Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7, I urged Israel to think about how to respond by asking itself one question: What does your worst enemy want you to do? Then do the opposite. Iran and Hamas wanted Israel to rush headlong into Gaza — without any plan or Palestinian partner for the morning after — and unfortunately, Israel did just that.
At this moment of incredible importance for America and the Democratic Party, I would urge President Joe Biden, his family and his party’s leadership to ask the same question: What does your worst enemy, Donald Trump, want you to do now? Then do the opposite.
Trump is salivating at the prospect of Biden staying in the presidential race so he can pummel him from now until Election Day with 15-second television and radio ads — not to mention memes on social media — of Biden’s incoherent responses in last week’s debate, each ad asking: Is this the man you want answering the phone at 3 a.m. if the Russians or the Chinese or the Iranians attack us?
That is a campaign the Trump GOP cult is surely confident it can win. I suspect that the cultists have known all along that the only reason Trump was leading in many key polls was because so many potential Biden voters were not worried about price inflation, they were worried about age inflation — Biden’s. And if the Republicans could make that the issue, the election would fall into their laps.
So, what keeps Trump up at 3 a.m.? My guess is a scenario where Biden turns to his family and his top advisers and pulls out a line from the musical “Hamilton”:
George Washington: I’m stepping down. I’m not running for president.
Alexander Hamilton: I’m sorry, what?
Washington: One last time. Relax, have a drink with me. One last time. Let’s take a break tonight. And then we’ll teach them how to say goodbye.
Yes, what Trump fears most right now is that Biden will teach the country how to say goodbye.
He fears that Biden will demonstrate the difference between a leader and a party who put the country first and a leader and a party who put themselves first, namely Trump and the Republicans who enable him despite knowing how many of Trump’s former advisers say he is unfit for office, despite knowing that Trump tried to overturn the last election, despite knowing that Trump has articulated no real plan for the country’s future other than “retribution” against all who crossed him and his followers.
How might Biden do what is best for the country and worst for Trump — a small man at a big time who is so unwilling to say goodbye that he will not even admit he lost the election in 2020 fair and square? Not by scrambling to shift a few panicky donors to his side to tough it out until November, insisting that he just had one bad debate night. And not by daring the party to remove him. He should elevate himself and the party above the whole fray.
That would entail declaring that he will release the delegates who vowed to vote for his nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August and work with the party to set up an orderly process between now and then for the next generation of Democratic candidates to make their cases to the public, and for the convention delegates to choose a new nominee. (By the way, a convention vote is how Lincoln and both Roosevelts got nominated — and that worked out pretty well for the country.)
Biden could, if he wishes, endorse Vice President Kamala Harris, or he could remain neutral. But he should make clear that the nomination must be decided by an open competition. For the six weeks leading up to the convention and at the convention itself, everyone in America will be listening closely as the best of the next generation of Democrats present a hopeful vision for the country. What a contrast with a Republican convention whose only platform is the whims of their dear leader. Will it be messy? Sure, it will. But every alternative is messy now.
Biden could add that once an alternative Democratic ticket is nominated, he will use his bully pulpit — and the credibility and admiration that this gesture will surely earn him from Americans of all political stripes — to ensure that they defeat Trump.
Instead of having to defend himself from a tsunami of attack ads about his diminishing mental capacity, Biden could bombard the airwaves with a set of arguments that could answer Trump’s lies while reminding voters that the reason they elected him in 2020 was they knew that America can only stay great if it is led by a unifier, not an avenger.
Gautam Mukunda, a presidential scholar and the author of “Picking Presidents,” pointed out to me the other day that “in 1783, when George Washington announced that he would surrender his commission, King George III of England — the man whose empire he destroyed — said that if he did this ‘he would be the greatest man in the world.’ Fourteen years later Washington did it again, leaving the presidency willingly when he could easily have made himself president for life. The father
of our country sealed his greatness by showing that sometimes the best thing a president can do for his country is give up the presidency. Today, in the face of the worst threat to our democracy since the Civil War, Joe Biden can cement his legacy by following Washington’s example.”
Biden, besides being a good man, has been a truly consequential president. He deserves to be remembered as the leader who saved the country from Trump in 2020, lifted us from the dark days of the COVID-19 pandemic, passed critical legislation to rebuild America’s infrastructure, renewed the dignity of work, promoted the transition to a green economy — and, in the end, knew when and how to say goodbye.
SAN JUAN – El gobernador Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia, abanderó a principios de esta semana a la delegación que representará a la isla en los Juegos Olímpicos de París.
La ceremonia, celebrada el martes en La Fortaleza, contó con la presencia del luchador Sebastián Rivera y la olímpica Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, quienes encabezarán la delegación.
“El deporte tiene un poder transformador. Promueve valores como la disciplina, el trabajo en equipo, la resiliencia y el respeto. Ustedes, al representar a Puerto Rico, son embajadores de estos valores. Son un ejemplo para nuestros jóvenes, una inspiración para todos los que bus-
can alcanzar sus sueños,” dijo Pierluisi Urrutia en declaraciones escritas.
La presidenta del Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico, Sara Rosario, y el secretario del Departamento de Recreación y Deportes, Ray Quiñones, también estuvieron presentes en la ceremonia, destacando el compromiso de los atletas.
“Para mí ha sido un honor hacerle entrega de nuestra bandera a Sebastián, la que él y Jasmine llevarán frente a nuestra delegación. Cada uno de ustedes es un símbolo de orgullo patrio, una muestra al mundo de lo que podemos lograr los puertorriqueños,” añadió Pierluisi.
Hasta el momento, Puerto Rico cuenta con 38 participantes en 13 disciplinas deportivas para los Juegos Olímpicos, con más atletas buscando clasificar en eventos de repechaje y otros torneos. La mayoría de los atletas son
mujeres, representando la fuerza femenina boricua en París.
“A nuestros atletas les pido que lleven consigo el espíritu de nuestra isla. Que en cada competencia sientan el aliento de su gente y que en cada esfuerzo recuerden el apoyo de sus familias y de sus hermanas y hermanos puertorriqueños,” concluyó el gobernador.
Gobernador adelanta que si aumento de pensiones violenta el Pla n Fiscal dificulta su aprobación
lares mensuales las pensiones de 160 mil empleados públicos jubilados del Gobierno.
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– El gobernador Pedro Rafael Pierluisi
Urrutia condicionó su firma el miércoles al Proyecto de la Cámara 2038, el cual aumenta en 300 dó-
“A mí me van a tener que indicar si es consistente, por ejemplo, con el Plan Fiscal del gobierno de Puerto Rico y me van a tener que indicar si es consistente con el Plan de Ajuste de la Deuda. Esos dos instrumentos o documentos son claves en este análisis y en su momento lo evaluarán y me y me dejarán saber si hay algún impedimento para que yo firme el proyecto. Pero yo no tengo ese asesoramiento al momento así que no me voy a expresar más allá de decir que sí que en su momento me van a asesorar y tomaré mi decisión”, dijo el gobernador a preguntas de la prensa.
El proyecto no cuenta con el visto bueno de la Junta Fiscal y su aprobación fue una de las razones que utilizó el ente fiscal creado bajo la Ley PROMESA para determinar que el presupuesto aprobado por la Legislatura no se podía certificar.
“Yo he defendido a los pensionados en todo momento, pero obviamente yo también tengo una responsabilidad de hacer cumplir la ley. Yo no puedo violentar tanto la Ley PROMESA como la sentencia del Tribunal Federal que confirmó el Plan de Ajuste de la deuda de Puerto Rico. Yo no puedo poner en peligro la reestructuración de la deuda. El gobierno ahora está en mucha mejor condición de lo que estaba antes de esa reestructuración. No puedo atentar contra esa reestructuración porque las finanzas del gobierno ha mejorado sustancialmente, pero lo evaluaré en su momento y tomaré mi decisión responsablemente”, sostuvo el gobernador.
Grupos que representan a los pensionados le han solicitado al gobernador una reunión para atender el asunto. Pierluisi Urrutia mencionó que sus asesores legislativos atenderán en algún momento a los portavoces.
POR CYBERNEWS
ARECIBO – La presidenta ejecutiva de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AAA), Doriel I. Pagán Crespo, informó el miércoles sobre el inicio del proyecto de rehabilitación de la estación de bombas tanque Cerro Márquez, también conocida como Dos Millones, en Arecibo.
Esta iniciativa busca optimizar el servicio de agua potable a clientes en zonas de Arecibo y Hatillo.
“Este proyecto se encuentra en etapa de gestión de permisos y movilización de equipos. Contemplamos la rehabilitación de esta instalación, lo cual incluye mejoras estructurales a la estación de
bombas y los tanques. Además, se reemplazarán válvulas, tuberías, bombas, sistema de control y también la instrumentación. De la misma forma, los trabajos contemplan la instalación de un generador de emergencias, mejoras al sistema de iluminación, verja del perímetro y mejoras a los accesos,” dijo Pagán Crespo en declaraciones escritas.
Los fondos para este proyecto provienen del Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (DWSRF), administrados por el Departamento de Salud, con una inversión estimada de 12.3 millones de dólares. El proyecto beneficiará aproximadamente a 26 mil familias en Arecibo y Hatillo y se estima su culminación para el tercer trimestre del 2026.
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Towne was a particular favorite of prominent movie critic Pauline Kael, who reached the peak of her influence during the New Hollywood’s heyday. “With his ear for unaffected dialogue, and with a gift for never forcing a point,” she wrote in her review of “Shampoo,” “Towne may be a great new screenwriter in a structured tradition — a flaky classicist.”
But the New Hollywood was not destined to last, and neither was Towne’s prominence.
Peter Bart, then the vice president of production at Paramount, called it “the last good time.” It was swept away by a sea of studiogenerated blockbusters, special effects and superheroes — not to mention the drugs, alcohol and sexual adventurism so prevalent in the 1970s.
it uncredited rewrites of others’ scripts, soon followed.
His “Chinatown” Oscar did not come without agony. The movie focuses on a private eye, Jake Gittes (Nicholson), who uncovers a complicated scheme by which power brokers in 1930s Los Angeles plan to get rich by controlling the drought-stricken city’s water supply. The movie’s dark undertow comes from Gittes’ discovery that the murdered water commissioner’s wife, Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway), gave birth to a daughter after being raped by her diabolical father, Noah Cross (John Huston).
By BILL MORRIS
Robert Towne, whose screenplay for Roman Polanski’s “Chinatown” won an Oscar, and whose work on that and other important films established him as one of the leading screenwriters of the so-called New Hollywood, died on Monday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 89. His publicist, Carri McClure, confirmed his death on Tuesday. She did not cite a cause. Towne’s Oscar was part of a phenomenal run. He was nominated for best-screenplay Os-
cars three years in a row; his “Chinatown” win, in 1974, came between nominations for “The Last Detail” and “Shampoo,” both directed by Hal Ashby. He had also worked as an uncredited script doctor on “Bonnie and Clyde” (1967) and “The Godfather” (1972).
He was widely regarded as a master at writing dialogue, though he was less gifted at meeting deadlines — he was notorious for delivering long, unshapely scripts way past their due dates. Film historian David Thomson called him “a fascinating contradiction: in many ways idealistic, sentimental and very talented; in others a devout compromiser, a delayer, so insecure that he can sometimes seem devious.”
Towne later directed a few movies, and occasionally appeared on-screen, but he left his most lasting mark as a writer. And although he remained active into the 21st century, his reputation is based largely on the work he did in the 1970s.
Beginning in the late 1960s with cuttingedge movies like “Midnight Cowboy” and “Easy Rider” and running through “Raging Bull” in 1980, the New Hollywood was a pinnacle for American directors, who followed the French auteur model of making idiosyncratic, personal movies, and also for talented screenwriters like Towne and a small army of gifted actors, like Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman, who did not fit the old Hollywood mold.
Towne was no stranger to the pleasures and perils of that hedonistic time. His first marriage, to actress Julie Payne, ended bitterly after he had affairs with both Patrice Donnelly and Mariel Hemingway, who co-starred as track athletes in the first film he directed, the 1982 box-office flop “Personal Best.” (There were also rumors of rampant cocaine use on the set.) His career began a long decline at about the same time, although he never stopped writing.
Towne was born Robert Bertram Schwartz on Nov. 23, 1934, in Los Angeles, and spent his early years in the blue-collar fishing port of San Pedro, California. When he was about 7, he saw his first movie, “Sergeant York.” He later said he got hooked on movies that day.
His father, Lou, owned a women’s clothing store but had his eye on bigger things. He changed the family name from Schwartz to Towne, got into the real estate business, and eventually moved with his wife, Helen, and their two sons to the gated community of Rolling Hills in affluent Palos Verdes, California.
Robert attended the exclusive Chadwick School there, then studied philosophy and English at Pomona College, graduating in 1956. While taking an acting class, he met another aspiring thespian, Jack Nicholson. The two would become close friends and collaborators, although they would eventually fall out over the making of a sequel to “Chinatown.”
Towne began his career writing for television shows like “The Outer Limits” and “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” and for Roger Corman’s B-movie factory. He both wrote and acted in “The Last Woman on Earth” (1960), a typically bare-bones Corman production shot in Puerto Rico. More prestigious work, much of
In Towne’s original draft, Evelyn kills her father — what might be called a happy ending, since evil is punished. (In his book “The Big Goodbye: ‘Chinatown’ and the Last Years of Hollywood,” published in 2020, Sam Wasson maintained that Towne had an uncredited co-writer, Edward Taylor.) But Polanski, who had escaped death in his native Poland during the Holocaust and had more recently lost his pregnant wife, actress Sharon Tate, to the murderous Charles Manson family, had darker ideas. He wanted Evelyn to die, and Noah to get custody of the fruit of his incest.
Director and writer went at each other in Polanski’s rented house for two months before filming began. “Bob would fight for every word, for every line of the dialogue as if it was carved in marble,” Polanski recalled in an interview with Peter Biskind for his book “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-andRock ’n’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood” (1998). For once, Towne agreed with him: “We fought every day, over everything.”
In the end, Polanski prevailed. Evelyn gets shot through the head and Noah makes off with their daughter, as Jake looks on helplessly. The ending is indelible, and the movie’s closing line has come to be regarded as a classic: “Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.”
Towne was slated to direct his own script for a sequel to “Chinatown,” “The Two Jakes,” built around real estate and oil deals in postWorld War II Los Angeles and again starring Nicholson as Jake Gittes. But the project was plagued with problems, including bitter fights among Towne, Nicholson and producer Robert Evans, and it was finally shelved. It was eventually made, with Nicholson as director, and released in 1990, to a lukewarm response from reviewers and audiences alike.
Towne is survived by his wife, Luisa Towne; two daughters: Chiara Towne, from his second marriage, and Katharine Towne, from his marriage to Payne; and his brother, Roger.
By TALYA MINSBERG
Doctors and physical therapists have long incorporated aerobic exercise into treatment programs for lower-back pain. Movement can simultaneously ease lower-back pain and also strengthen the muscles that support your back. Still, many people with back pain can be hesitant to exercise.
A study published last month in The Lancet, offers more evidence on the power of movement. The study found that a regular walking routine can be very effective for preventing the recurrence of back pain. The study focused on adults with a history of low-back pain; those who walked regularly went nearly twice as long without their back pain coming back compared with the control group.
The findings are in line with a large body of existing research that has established an association between physical activity and better outcomes for back pain. A 2019 systematic review found that physical activity lowered the prevalence of back pain. And a 2017 study found that yoga worked as well as physical therapy for relieving back pain.
The new study builds on this research by following patients outside a tightly controlled clinical setting. Mark Hancock, a professor of physiotherapy at Macquarie University in Australia and a senior author of the study, sought to evaluate the effectiveness of a less-expensive intervention that could be easier for many people to access than in-clinic treatment.
Hancock and a team of researchers targeted a relatively sedentary sample group. The researchers collected data on 701 adults who had recently recovered from an episode of low-back pain. They were randomly split in two groups: one group received an individu-
alized walking and education program, facilitated by a physiotherapist over six sessions in a six-month period. The other group did not receive any intervention. The researchers followed both groups for the next one to three years.
The goal for each person in the walking group was to walk five times per week for at least 30 minutes daily — but the program was highly personalized based on age, body mass index, current activity level, time constraints and personal goals.
Participants in the walking group also received an education program to help them better understand and respond to their pain. When patients had an uptick of lower-back pain, they were encouraged to continue walking, but adjust their speed and distance as needed. Hancock said that when many people experience increased pain, they often feel especially protective of their back and avoid movement.
“The education changed the way that they thought about that and got them being more active — and remaining active when they had some back pain,” Hancock said.
The new findings also echo the conclusions of a 2020 meta-analysis of 25 studies on low-back-pain prevention, of which Hancock was co-author. In the meta-analysis, researchers found that regular exercise, combined with physical education, was the most effective way to prevent lower-back pain from recurring.
Although there are many different causes of lower-back pain, often the root cause is having a “weak base of support,” said Hamza Khalid, a physician at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Spine Health. Walking can help strengthen the muscle groups that help stabilize the spine, primarily your core muscles. Core weakness can lead to fatigue, spine misalignment and pain, he said.
Almost 7 in 10 people who recover from an episode of low-back pain will experience a recurrence within the following year, according to Hancock’s research.
“Exercise is like medicine,” Khalid said, while also emphasizing that it’s “no magic pill.” If your back pain is chronic or complex, your doctor or physical therapist can help you tailor an exercise program to your specific needs.
Still, moving your body is likely to help. At this point, Hancock said, “the evidence is pretty overwhelming.”
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO
ALIPIO AQUINO
Plaintiff V. ANA MERCEDES
RAVELO CASTILLO
Defendant Civil No.: 16-1520. (PAD). COLLECTION OF MONIES AND FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE. NOTICE OF SALE.
To: DEFENDANT AND GENERAL PUBLIC.
On November 30, 2016, this Court entered Default Judgment in favor of Bautista Cayman Asset Company, now Alipio Aquino (“Aquino”). To date, Defendant has not satisfied the Judgment. The Defendant owes Aquino the principal balance of $96,325.89, plus interest at a rate of 6.95% per annum due as of August 23, 2016. The interest continues to accrue until the debt is paid in full. In addition, Defendant is further ordered to pay Aquino accrued late charges and any other advance, charge, fee, or disbursements made by Plaintiff on behalf of Defendant, in accordance with the mortgage deed, plus costs, charges and disbursements, expenses and attorneys’ fees. Pursuant to said judgment and the Order of Execution of Judgment, the undersigned appointed Special Master was ordered to sell, at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check, without appraisement or right to redemption, to the highest bidder, at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 - Federal Building, 350 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, or at any other place designated by said Clerk, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property: URBANA: Solar sito en la sección Norte del Barrio de Santurce de esta ciudad, marcado con el número ciento cincuenta (150) en el plano de la urbanización de la finca principal y mide doscientos (200) metros cuadrados. En colindancias por el frente Oeste, en diez metros (10.00) con la calle Rambla Monte Flores, por el fondo Este, en diez metros (10.00) con el solar número cuarenta y nueve (49) de la Avenida del Río de Miguel Tellado, por la derecha entrando Sur, en veinte metros (20.00) con la calle Monroy, y por la izquierda, Norte en veinte metros (20.00) con el solar número ciento cincuenta y dos (152) de la expresada señora King Daoly. Recorded at Page 220
of Volume 265 of Santurce Norte, Property Number 10,206, Registry of the Property of San Juan, First Section. Physical Address: 2011 Gilberto Monroig Ave., Villa Palmeras, San Juan, PR 00915. The property is subject to the following liens: By its origin: Free of Liens. By itself: MORTGAGE: in guarantee of note in favor of Doral Mortgage Corp., or to its order, in the principal amount of $104,000.00, with a yearly interest rate of 6.95%, due on December 1, 2019 as per deed no. 605, executed on November 23, 2004, before Notary Public Waleska C. Colón Villanueva, recorded at page 224 of volume 265 property #10206 of Santurce Norte, 13th abbreviated inscription. LIS PENDENS: The Mortgage in favor of Doral Mortgage Corp. is the object of this annotation, for the amount of $104,000.00 that arises from registration #13th, Plaintiff: Bautista Cayman Asset Company; Defendant: Owner, Amount Due $96,325.89, for principal plus interest, according to Demand issued by the US District Court for the District of PR, Civil case #16-1520PAD on day March 22, 2016, registered on Karibe volume, Annotation A, dated June 8, 2016. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal), shall continue in effect. It being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. The lien executed is over the property, and for the purposes of the first judicial sale the minimum bid amount is as follows: a. The amount of $104,000.00, as set forth in the mortgage deed, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, two-thirds of the aforementioned amount or $69,333.33 shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the second public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the second public sale, the minimum bidding amount for the third public sale shall be $52,000.00. Said sale to be made by the appointed Special Master is subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance
and possession to the property may be executed and delivered after the judicial sale. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens. THEREFORE, PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the appointed Special Master, pursuant to the provisions of the Judgment herein before referred to, will, on the 2ND DAY OF AUGUST, 2024, AT 9:30 A.M., in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 - Federal Building, 350 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder the property described herein, the proceeds of said sale to be applied in the manner and form provided by the Court’s Judgment. Should the first judicial sale set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the SECOND JUDICIAL SALE of the property described in this Notice will be held on the 9TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2024, AT 9:30 A.M., in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150Federal Building, 350 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Should the second judicial sale set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the THIRD JUDICIAL SALE of the property described in this Notice will be held on the 16TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2024, AT 9:30 A.M., in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 - Federal Building, 350 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by the parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 23rd day of May, 2024. AGUEDO DE LA TORRE, APPOINTED SPECIAL MASTER.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE CARLOS JUAN GUZMAN SIERRA COMPUESTA POR
SUS NIETOS KARLA
MICHELLE SIERRA
VELEZ, CARLOS ALBERTO SIERRA
VELEZ; CARLOS JUAN SIERRA RUIZ, HECTOR
GUZMÁN ALVIRA, CARLOS JOSÉ GUZMÁN ALVIRA Y ANTONIA
SIERRA RUIZ T/C/C ELBA
ANTONIA SIERRA RUIZ
T/C/C ANTONIO SIERRA RUIZ; Y SUCESION DE DORIS LYDIA TORRES
TORRES, COMPUESTA
POR SUS NIETOS KARLA
MICHELLE SIERRA
VELEZ Y CARLOS
ALBERTO SIERRA
VELEZ; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
Demandados
Civil Núm.: CG2024CV00312. (803). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. AL: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.
A: SUCESION DE CARLOS JUAN GUZMAN
SIERRA COMPUESTA
POR SUS NIETOS
KARLA MICHELLE
SIERRA VELEZ, CARLOS
ALBERTO SIERRA
VELEZ; CARLOS JUAN
SIERRA RUIZ, HECTOR
ISRAEL GUZMÁN ALVIRA, CARLOS JOSÉ GUZMÁN
ALVIRA Y ANTONIA
SIERRA RUIZ T/C/C ELBA
ANTONIA SIERRA RUIZ
T/C/C ANTONIO SIERRA
RUIZ; Y SUCESION DE DORIS LYDIA TORRES TORRES, COMPUESTA POR SUS NIETOS KARLA
MICHELLE SIERRA
VELEZ Y CARLOS ALBERTO SIERRA
VELEZ; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM); GOBIERNO MUNICIPAL DE CAGUAS, POR TENER HIPOTECA EN GARANTÍA DE PAGARÉ A SU FAVOR
POR LA SUMA DE 15,000.00.
Yo, EDGARDO ALDEBOL MIRANDA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 29 DE JULIO DE 2024, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, Ca-
guas, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Caguas durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 5 DE AGOSTO DE 2024, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el 12 DE AGOSTO DE 2024, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar número Trece (13) del Bloque “D” de la URBANIZACIÓN BONNEVILLE TERRACE, situado en el Barrio Gurabo de Caguas, Puerto Rico, con un área de TRESCIENTOS VEINTICINCO PUNTO CERO CERO (325.00) METROS CUADRADOS. Colinda por el NORTE, en una distancia de veinticinco punto cero cero (25.00) metros, con el solar Catore (14) del Bloque “D”; por el SUR, en una distancia de veinticinco punto cero cero (25.00) metros, con el solar Doce (12) del Bloque “D”; por el ESTE, en distancia de trece punto cero cero (13.00) metros, con la Calle Cuatro (4) de la Urbanización; y por el OESTE, en distancia de trece punto cero cero (13.00) metros, con terrenos propiedad de Domingo Matanzo. Enclava una casa de concreto reforzado, techo del mismo material, consistente principalmente de sala, comedor, cocina, pasillo, tres cuartos dormitorios, dos cuartos de baño, balcón y marquesina. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 249 vuelto del tomo 1341 de Caguas, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Primera, finca número 16,726, inscripción décima. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Urbanización Bonneville Terrace, D-13, Calle 4th, Caguas, Puerto Rico. La Subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $24,573.66 de principal, intereses al 8 5/8% anual desde el 1ro. de noviembre de 2021, hasta su completo pago; más la cantidad de $5,960.00
estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más recargos acumulados, así como cualquier otra suma estipulada en el contrato de préstamo, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $59,600.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $39,733.33 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $29,800.00. De declararse desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad hipotecada a ser vendida en pública Subasta se encuentra afecta al siguiente gravamen posterior: Hipoteca en Garantía de Pagaré a favor del Gobierno Municipal de Caguas, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $15,000.00, sin intereses, vencedero en 20 años, según consta de la Escritura Número 38, otorgada en Caguas, Puerto Rico, el día 20 de mayo de 1997, ante el Notario Público Francisco Sierra Méndez, inscrita al folio 250 vuelto del tomo 1341 de Caguas, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Primera, finca número 16,726, inscripción 11ma. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque
de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, 13 de junio de 2024. Edgardo Aldebol Miranda, Alguacil Auxiliar, Alguacil Del Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Sala Superior De Caguas.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN. JOSÉ A. MORALES RÍOS ANGÉLICA
ROSA ROBLES
Peticionarios CIVIL NÚM.: TB2024CV00275. SOBRE: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. USUCAPIÓN EXTRAORDINARIA. CITACIÓN POR EDICTO.
A: A PERSONAS IGNORADAS O DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUEDA AFECTAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN SOLICITADA Y A FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL DE: LCDA. DELIA CABAN DAVILA P. O. Box 361578 San Juan, P.R.00936-1578/ Tel 787- 627-1247.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza, se le notifica que una demanda ha sido presentada sobre EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO relacionada al inmueble que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno , localizado en el barrio Sabana Seca, sector Levittown, del término municipal de Toa Baja (calle José De Diego, intersección Avenida Sabana Seca) con un área superficial de ciento cuarenta y cinco punto dos mil trescientos cincuenta y cinco metros cuadrados (145.2354 M.C.) equivalentes a cero cuerdas con trecientos sesenta y nueve diezmilésimas de otra (0.0369 cdas.) en lindes por el Norte con Iglesia Presbiteriana Unida de Levittown, al Sur con Laguna Levittown, al Este con Laguna Levittown y al Oeste con calle José De Diego. SE LE REQUIERE que en el plazo improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación del edicto, los interesados y/o las partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados, podrán comparecer ante el tribunal, a fin de alegar
lo que en derecho proceda. Se le apercibe que de no hacerlo, se podrá dictar Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin citarle ni oírle más. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA Y EL SELLO DEL TRIBUNAL, en Bayamón ,Puerto Rico, hoy día 5 de junio de 2024. Lcda. Laura I Santa Sanchez, Secretario(a) del Tribunal. Luisa I Andino Ayala, Secretario(a) Auxiliar.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE ARECIBO
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. JUAN ÁNGEL RIVERA FERNÁNDEZ, MARTA PÉREZ PÉREZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Demandados Civil Núm.: AR2019CV01409. (403). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS (IN REM). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: PUBLICO EN GENERAL. El Alguacil del Tribunal que suscribe anuncia y hace constar: A. Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Arecibo, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor de contado y en moneda de curso legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América y cuyo pago se efectuará en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la Parte Demandada en el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número quinientos cuarenta en el plano de parcelación de la comunidad rural Animas del Barrio Factor I del término municipal de Arecibo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de cero cuerdas con dos mil ciento setenta y uno diez milésimas de otra, equivalente a ochocientos cincuenta y tres punto cuarenta y ocho metros cuadrados. En lindes: por el NORTE, con calle de la comunidad. Por el SUR,
dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $174,640.45 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $24,801.09 en intereses acumulados al 7 de noviembre de 2022 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 3.41% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $7,788.48 en seguro hipotecario; $5,915.00 de cargos por servicio; $690.00 de seguro; $575.00 de tasaciones; $120.00 de inspecciones; $685.79 en contribuciones; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $27,225.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado. A tenor con la Regla 44.3 de Procedimiento Civil se condena a la parte demandada a pagar intereses aplicables sobre el importe de la presente sentencia incluyendo costas y honorarios de abogado, desde esta fecha y hasta que sea satisfecha. 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 Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy 16 de mayo de 2024. JAVIER
SEGARRA MALDONADO, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. MIGUEL
A. TORRES AYALA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #560.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE SABANA GRANDE
COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO DE CABO ROJO
Parte Demandante Vs OMAR ENRÍQUE PÉREZ PAGÁN SU ESPOSA FULANA DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SB2024CV00031.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: OMAR ENRÍQUE PÉREZ PAGÁN, SU ESPOSA FULANA DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS. Se le apercibe que la parte demandante por mediación del Lcdo. Rafael Fabre Colón ha radicado la acción de epígrafe en su contra. Copia de la demanda, emplazamiento y del presente edicto le ha sido enviado por correo a la última dirección postal conocida de récord provista por la parte demandada: PO Box 401, Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico 006370401. En dicha demanda se le reclama la suma de $2,630.49 por concepto de préstamo personal concedido el 6 de febrero de 2023. Puede usted obtener mayor información sobre el asunto revisando los autos en el Tribunal. Se le apercibe que tiene usted un término de treinta (30) días para radicar contestación a dicha demanda de cobro de dinero y/o cualquier escrito que estime usted conveniente a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal de epígrafe, pero que de no radicarse escrito alguno ante el Tribunal dentro de dicho término el Tribunal procederá a ventilar el procedimiento sin más citarle ni oírle. Dada en San Germán, Puerto Rico, hoy 10 de junio de 2024. NORMA SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA GENERAL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE SABANA GRANDE. AUREA LUGO ALMODOVAR, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE SABANA GRANDE
COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO DE CABO ROJO
Parte Demandante Vs KEYSHLA LIZBETH VALENTÍN SANTIAGO Y OTROS
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SB2024CV00030. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTA-
DOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: KEYSHLA LIZBETH VALENTÍN SANTIAGO, SU ESPOSO FULANO DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.
Se le apercibe que la parte demandante por mediación del Lcdo. Rafael Fabre Colón ha radicado la acción de epígrafe en su contra. Copia de la demanda, emplazamiento y del presente edicto le ha sido enviado por correo a la última dirección postal conocida de récord provista por la parte demandada: HC 9 Box 3906, Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico 00637. En dicha demanda se le reclama la suma de $2,389.67 por concepto de préstamo personal concedido el 27 de febrero de 2023. Puede usted obtener mayor información sobre el asunto revisando los autos en el Tribunal. Se le apercibe que tiene usted un término de treinta (30) días para radicar contestación a dicha demanda de cobro de dinero y/o cualquier escrito que estime usted conveniente a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal de epígrafe, pero que de no radicarse escrito alguno ante el Tribunal dentro de dicho término el Tribunal procederá a ventilar el procedimiento sin más citarle ni oírle. Dada en San Germán, Puerto Rico, hoy 10 de junio de 2024. NORMA SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA GENERAL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE SABANA GRANDE. AUREA LUGO ALMODOVAR, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA REGIÓN JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN MÚLTIPLES MORTGAGE CORPORATION
Demandante V. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE
Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2024CV02736.
Sala: 503. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LI-
BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE. Quedan notificados que la demandante de epígrafe ha radicado en este Tribunal una Demanda contra la parte demandada en la que se solicita la cancelación por la vía judicial de un Pagaré hipotecario extraviado a favor de Small Business Administration, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $19,700.00 e intereses al 3.437% anual y vencimiento en 9 años, mediante la Escritura Número 1 otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico ante el notario público Leoner Rivera Lebrón, inscrita al folio 264 del tomo 1171 de Bayamón, finca número 20,351, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Bayamón, inscripción 9na. El descrito Pagaré hipotecario grava la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar uno (1), Manzana “P” Villa Conteasa, Barrio Pájaros y Cerro Gordo de Bayamón con un área de trescientos setenta y ocho metros con treinta y dos. En lindes por el NORTE, con calle setenta y ocho (78), distancia de quince metros con veintisiete centímetros (15.27 m); por el SUR, con solar treinta y siete (37), en igual distancia; por el ESTE, con solar dos (2), distancia de veinticinco metros (25.00 m) y por el OESTE, con calle ochenta y uno (81), en igual distancia y como en igual distancia. Enclava una casa de concreto reforzado para una familia. Inscrita al folio 24 del tomo 449 de Bayamón, finca número 20,351, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Bayamón. Se les advierte que el presente Edicto se publicará en un periódico de circulación general una sola vez y se le requiere para que contesten la Demanda de epígrafe dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación del edicto, radicando el original de su contestación en el Tribunal correspondiente y notificando con copia de la misma a la parte demandante a la siguiente dirección: BUFETE APONTE & CORTÉS LCDA. ERIKA MORALES MARENGO PO Box 195337 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00919-5337 Tel. (787) 239-5661 / Email: emarengo@apontecortes.com 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 presente por derecho propio. Se le apercibe que de no hacerlo, el tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia en rebeldía concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy día 17 de junio de 2024. LCDA.
LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. IVETTE M. MARRERO BRACERO, SUBSECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN COMPU-LINK (COMPULINK CORPORATION DBA CELINK)
Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE CARLOS MERCADO PUMARES COMPUESTA POR CARLOS MERCADO FRIAS, FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE NOMBRE DESCONOCIDO; SUCESIÓN DE IRAIDA FRIAS DE MERCADO
T/C/C IRAIDA FRIAS PÉREZ COMPUESTA POR CARLOS MERCADO FRIAS, FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE NOMBRE
DESCONOCIDO; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES Y A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
Demandados
Civil Núm.: BY2024CV03252. Sala: 501. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
A: FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS, COMO HEREDEROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE SUCESIÓN DE CARLOS MERCADO PUMARES. B: FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS, COMO HEREDEROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE SUCESIÓN DE IRAIDA FRIAS DE MERCADO T/C/C IRAIDA FRIAS PÉREZ.
POR LA PRESENTE, se les emplaza y se les notifica que se ha presentado en la Secretaria de este Tribunal la Demanda del caso del epígrafe solicitando la ejecución de hipoteca y el cobro de dinero relacionado al pagaré suscrito a favor de Master Mortgage Corp., o a su orden, por la suma principal de $291,000.00, con intereses computados sobre la misma desde su fecha hasta su total y completo pago a razón de la tasa de interés de 3.494% anual, la cual será
ajustada mensualmente, obligándose además al pago de costas, gastos y desembolsos del litigio, más honorarios de abogados en una suma de $29,100.00, equivalente al 10% de la suma principal original. Este pagaré fue suscrito bajo el affidávit número 2390 ante el notario David E. Vera Umpierre. Lo anterior surge de la hipoteca constituida mediante la escritura número 216 otorgada el 9 de octubre de 2009, ante el misma notario público, inscrita al Folio 11 del Tomo 250 de Bayamón Norte, finca número 4,465, inscripción 5ta. La hipoteca grava la propiedad que describe que describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el numero diecisiete (17) del bloque “BD” del Plano de inscripción de la segunda sección de la Urbanización Valle Verde (Valle Verde II) radica en el Barrio Hato Tejas de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de TRESCIENTOS DIEZ PUNTO QUINIENTOS METROS CUADRADOS (310.500 M.C.), en lindes por el NORTE, con solar dieciocho (18), distancia de veintitrés metros; por el SUR, con el solar dieciséis (16), distancia de veintitrés metros; por el ESTE, con el solar dos (2), distancia de trece punto cincuenta metros; y por el OESTE, con calle cuarenta (40), distancia de trece punto cincuenta metros. Enclava una casa en concreto dedicada a vivienda. Finca número 54102, inscrita al folio 121 del tomo 104 de Bayamón Norte. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección III de Bayamón. Se apercibe y advierte a ustedes como personas desconocidas, que deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede accesar utilizando la siguiente dirección: https://unired.ramajuducial.pr, salvo que se represente por Derechos Propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del Tribunal De no contestar la demanda radicando el original de la contestación ante la secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, y notificar copia de la contestación de esta a la parte demandante por conducto de su abogada, GLS LEGAL SERVICES, LLC, Atención: Lcda. Ilia Cristina Ramírez Martínez Dirección: P.O. Box 367308, San Juan, P.R. 00936-7308, Teléfono: 787758-6550, dentro de los próximos 60 días a partir de la publicación de este emplazamiento por edicto, que será publicado una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general en la isla de Puerto Rico, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia, concediendo el remedio solicitando en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. INTERPELACIÓN: Se les ORDENA a
ustedes a que dentro del término legal de TREINTA (30) días, contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia de Carlos Mercado Pumares a saber:
Carlos Mercado Frias, Fulano y Sutano de Tal como miembros de nombre desconocido. Se les ORDENA a ustedes a que dentro del término legal de TREINTA (30) días, contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia de Iraida Frias de Mercado t/c/c Iraida Frias Pérez a saber:
Carlos Mercado Frias, Fulano y Sutano de Tal como miembros de nombre desconocido. Se les APERCIBE que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de TREINTA (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. También se les APERCIBE que luego del transcurso del término de TREINTA (30) días antes señalado contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia de los causantes Carlos Mercado Pumares y Iraida Frias de Mercado t/c/c Iraida Frias Pérez; y, por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dispone el Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico de 2020, según enmendado. Se ORDENA a la parte demandante a que, en vista de que la sucesión de Carlos Mercado Pumares a saber: Carlos Mercado Frias, Fulano y Sutano de Tal como miembros de nombre desconocido; proceda a notificar la presente Orden mediante publicación de un edicto a esos efectos una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de la Isla de Puerto Rico. Se ORDENA a la parte demandante a que, en vista de que la sucesión de Iraida Frias de Mercado t/c/c Iraida Frias Pérez a saber: Carlos Mercado Frias, Fulano y Sutano de Tal como miembros de nombre desconocido; proceda a notificar la presente Orden mediante publicación de un edicto a esos efectos una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de la Isla de Puerto Rico. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal hoy 1 de juliode 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. NÉLIDA QUILES SANTANA, SUB - SECRETARIA.
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CONSEJO DE TITULARES CONDOMINIO EL
SEÑORIAL PLAZA
Demandante V. ROBERTO GONZÁLEZ Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: PO2022CV03458. (Salón: 605 CIVIL SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JOSEPH GABRIEL CEPEDA ACOSTA - LCDO.CEPEDA@GMAIL.COM. MANUEL IZQUIERDO ENCARNACIÓN - MIE1980@GMAIL. COM.
MARIA D PAGAN HERNANDEZMARILUPAHE@YAHOO.COM. A: DAKOTA ASSETS SERVICE, 221 PLAZA AVE PONCE DE LEON, SUITE 1600, SAN JUAN, PR 00917. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 de mayo de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 16 de mayo de 2024. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 16 de mayo de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. BRENDA SANTIAGO LÓPEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE CONSEJO DE TITULARES CONDOMINIO EL SEÑORIAL PLAZA
Demandante V. ROBERTO GONZÁLEZ Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: PO2022CV03458. (Salón: 605 CIVIL SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
JOSEPH GABRIEL CEPEDA ACOSTA
- LCDO.CEPEDA@GMAIL.COM.
MANUEL IZQUIERDO ENCARNACIÓN - MIE1980@GMAIL. COM.
MARIA D PAGAN HERNANDEZMARILUPAHE@YAHOO.COM.
A: POLAURIS VAZQUEZ - PO BOX 1874, JUANA DIAZ, PR 00795. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 de mayo de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 15 de mayo de 2024. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 15 de mayo de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA.
BRENDA SANTIAGO LÓPEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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Demandante V. ROBERTO GONZÁLEZ Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: PO2022CV03458. (Salón: 605 CIVIL SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
JOSEPH GABRIEL CEPEDA ACOSTA - LCDO.CEPEDA@GMAIL.COM. MANUEL IZQUIERDO ENCARNACIÓN - MIE1980@GMAIL. COM. MARIA D PAGAN HERNANDEZMARILUPAHE@YAHOO.COM.
A: JORGE
RAMOS TORRESEXT. PUNTO ORO, 4834
CALLE MERCED, PONCE, PR 00728. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que
el 09 de mayo de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 15 de mayo de 2024. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 15 de mayo de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. BRENDA SANTIAGO LÓPEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE CONSEJO DE TITULARES
CONDOMINIO EL SEÑORIAL PLAZA
Demandante V. ROBERTO GONZÁLEZ Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: PO2022CV03458. (Salón: 605 CIVIL SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
JOSEPH GABRIEL CEPEDA ACOSTA - LCDO.CEPEDA@GMAIL.COM. MANUEL IZQUIERDO ENCARNACIÓN - MIE1980@GMAIL. COM.
MARIA D PAGAN HERNANDEZMARILUPAHE@YAHOO.COM. A: JIMMY SOTO LEDESMAPO BOX 32237, PONCE, PR 00732. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 de mayo de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando
usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 16 de mayo de 2024. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 16 de mayo de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ
QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. BRENDA SANTIAGO LÓPEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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Demandante V. ROBERTO GONZÁLEZ Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: PO2022CV03458. (Salón: 605 CIVIL SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
JOSEPH GABRIEL CEPEDA ACOSTA - LCDO.CEPEDA@GMAIL.COM.
MANUEL IZQUIERDO ENCARNACIÓN - MIE1980@GMAIL. COM.
MARIA D PAGAN HERNANDEZMARILUPAHE@YAHOO.COM.
A: HECTOR REYES6267 COND. SAINT TROPEZ APT 5N AVE. ISLA VERDE, CAROLINA, PR 00979.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 de mayo de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notifica-
ción ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 16 de mayo de 2024. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 16 de mayo de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. BRENDA SANTIAGO LÓPEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO CORPORACIÓN DE SERVICIOS EDUCATIVOS DE YABUCOA
Parte Demandante Vs. R & G MORTGAGE CORPORATION Y JOHN DOE COMO POSIBLE TENEDOR DESCONOCIDO DEL PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO
Parte Demandada
Caso Núm.: YB2024CV00149. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: R & G PREMIER BANK OF PUERTO RICO Y JOHN DOE COMO POSIBLE TENEDOR DESCONOCIDO DEL PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO.
Por la presente se notifica que se presentó en esta Secretaría la Demanda de epígrafe sobre Cancelación de Pagaré Extraviado Por la Vía Judicial. El pagaré hipotecario objeto de esta demanda fue emitido el 29 de junio de 2004 en virtud de la Escritura Número 162, otorgada en Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, ante la Notario Gloria Rivera Carrero, se constituyó una hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de R & G Premier Bank of Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por $196,000.00, con intereses a razón de 7% anual, vencedero el 1 de julio de 2034. Inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Yabucoa, finca “9221”, inscripción 14ta. Inscrito en virtud de la Ley para agilizar el Registro de la Propiedad de 2010. Se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido publicado este emplazamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la 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. Siendo la parte demandada una entidad que ya no existe y una persona desconocida, se exime a la parte demandante del envío por correo con acuse de recibo a los 10 días de la publicación del último edicto a dirección alguna. El abogado de la parte demandante es: Carlos R. Garriga Blanco, Urb. Summit Hills, 1647 Calle Adams, San Juan, PR 00920-4510, Teléfono: (787)792-8644, garriga@ ragflaw.com. Expedido bajo mi firma, sello del Tribunal, hoy 27 de junio de 2024. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL INTERINA. KEYLA PÉREZ FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA REGIÓN JUDICIAL DE AGUADILLA SALA SUPERIOR JOSE ANGEL CAMACHO PEREZ
Demandante Vs KATHLEEN ANN MCGRATH MUÑIZ
Demandada Civil Núm.: AG2024CV00593. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; MANDAMUS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: KATHLEEN ANN MCGRATH MUÑIZ.
POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica que la parte demandante ha presentado ante este Tribunal Demanda de incumplimiento de contrato y Mandamus contra usted, solicitando al Tribunal que le ordene comparecer a una escritura de Liquidación de Bienes Gananciales, con el fin de poder disponer de un bien inmueble adjudicado en el proceso de divorcio por consentimiento mutuo llevado a cabo en el caso Kathleen Ann McGrath Muñiz v. José Ángel Camacho Pérez, ADI20020345. Representa a la parte demandante el abogado cuya información se consigna de inmediato:
Lcdo. Moisés Rodríguez TorresR.U.A. Núm. 17201 P.O. Box 1661, Isabela, Puerto Rico, 00662 Tel/Fax: (787) 872-1277 moisesrod2001@gmail.com Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este 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, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Se le apercibe que de usted no presentar su alegación responsiva a la Demanda 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. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, hoy día 27 de junio de 2024. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. LISNEL RODRÍGUEZ ACEVEDO, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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Parte Demandante Vs FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION, SÍNDICO LIQUIDADOR DE R&G MORTGAGE
CORPORATION; BANCO POPULAR DE DE PUERTO RICO, SUCESOR DE R&G MORTGAGE CORPORATION; FULANO DE TAL, POSIBLE TENEDOR DEL PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO
Partes Demandadas Civil Núm.: BY2024CV03490. Sala: 703. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: FULANO DE TAL, COMO POSIBLE TENEDOR DEL PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO, O SEA, LA PARTE DEMANDADA ARRIBA MENCIONADO. POR LA PRESENTE queda emplazado y notificado de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda sobre cancelación de pagaré extraviado emitido a favor de R&G Mortgage Corporation o a su orden por la suma de $61,500.00, con intereses al 6.50% anual y con fecha de vencimiento del 1 de marzo de 2017, según consta en la Escritura Número Noventa y Siete (97) otorgada el 11 de febrero de 2004 ante el notario Gamalier Oliveras Álvarez. Consta inscrita al folio 34 del tomo 1,813, finca número 64,145 del Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección
1ra. La descripción del inmueble gravado con la hipoteca en cuestión es la siguiente: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número Uno (1) del Bloque E de la Urbanización Villas del Río, localizado en el Barrio Juan Sánchez del Municipio de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, con un área de trescientos dieciocho punto quinientos setenta y nueve metros (318.579 m.) equivalentes a punto cero ochocientos once cuerdas (.0811 cdas.). Colinda por el Norte, en una distancia de trece punto novecientos un metros (13.901 m.) con terrenos de propiedad de Empire Housing Corporation, por el Sur, en varias alineaciones de cinco punto setecientos cincuenta y tres metros (5.753 m), nueve punto setecientos seis metros (9.706. m) con la calle número quince (15) de la Urbanización, por el Este, en una distancia de veintidós punto trescientos ochenta metros (22.380 m.) con el solar número dos (2) del Bloque “E” y por el Oeste, en tres alineaciones de diecisiete punto ochocientos diecisiete metros (17.817 m) y tres punto ciento treinta y cuatro metros (3.134 m) con terreno propiedad del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y uno punto quinientos metros (1.500 m) con la calle número quince (15) de la Urbanización. Enclava casa para fines residenciales. Se le notifica para que comparezca ante el Tribunal dentro del término de (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga, en el presente caso. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal, dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, o se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia en su contra, conforme la remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, los entiende procedente, sin más citárseles, ni oírseles. La información del abogado de la parte demandante es la siguiente: Lcdo. Carlos A. Fraticelli Oliver, RUA 12178, PO Box 360029, San Juan, PR 00936-0029, Tel: (787) 627-7612, email: cfratic07@gmail.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, hoy día 18 de junio de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. LUREIMY ALICEA GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA.
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NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN ANELVIS MARIE NIN PEREZ Vs ADMINISTRACION ASUNTOS DEL VETERANO; FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANA MAS CUAL Civil Número: BY2024CV02001. (506). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANA MAS CUALDemandados desconocidos. Por la presente se les emplaza y se le notifica que se ha presentado en la Secretaria de este Tribunal la Demanda del caso de epígrafe solicitando la cancelación de un pagaré suscrito a favor de la Administración de Asuntos del Veteranos., o a su orden, por la suma principal de $26,900.00, con interés al 12.5% anual, vencedero el día 1 de febrero de 2014, según consta de la escritura número 22, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 26 de enero de 1984, ante el Notario Walter Perales Reyes, inscrita al folio número 210 del tomo número 1057 de Bayamón Sur, finca número 47439, inscripción sexta del Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Primera cuyo pagaré fue saldado en su totalidad y no ha podido ser cancelado por haberse extraviado el mismo. Se apercibe y advierte a ustedes como personas desconocidas que pueden ser tenedores o estar interesados en el pagaré extraviado, que de no contestar la Demanda radicando el original de la contestación ante la Secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón y notificar copia de la contestación de esta a la parte demandante por conducto de su abogado Lcdo. Reinaldo Conesa Reyna, Urbanización Sevilla Biltmore B-13 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00966, teléfono número 787-409-2610 dentro de los próximos treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este emplazamiento por edicto que será publicado una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. Extendido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal hoy 26 de junio de 2024, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. CARMEN M. PINTADO, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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By FABIAN ARDAYA
At some point this past spring, Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Ryan Yarbrough figured someone would approach him. If anyone could understand the difficulty of getting Shohei Ohtani out, it would be Yarbrough.
On paper, Yarbrough should represent an uncomfortable foe for a left-handed hitter. Despite not throwing a single pitch topping 90 mph this season, his low arm slot and arsenal challenge hitters horizontally and present a frustrating look.
And yet, Ohtani tortured the left-hander on a June afternoon in 2019. That day, Ohtani became the first Japanese player to hit for the cycle in the majors as the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3 and three of his hits came against Yarbrough.
He tried locating a fastball in the first inning but missed over the heart of the plate and Ohtani smoked it the other way for a home run. Yarbrough tried getting him to chase a cutter away, but it caught enough of the plate and Ohtani drove it over the left fielder’s head for a double. Yarbrough thought he had fooled Ohtani on a full-count curveball only for Ohtani to reach out and poke it down the right-field line for a triple.
Two years later, he appeared to jam Ohtani with an inside fastball except that broken-bat shot wound up soaring over the right fielder’s head for another double.
So, yes, the question came within a few weeks of spring training this year when someone asked Yarbrough: How do you get baseball’s $700 million man out?
“It’s tough to just continue to live off a certain pitch because he’s going to make an adjustment,” Yarbrough said. “It’s a one of one. He’s so unique.”
Ohtani’s first year with his new club has
been fruitful. The designated hitter entered play Saturday leading the majors in batting average (.322) and he is striking out less than ever.
“Where he’s at right now, if the ball is in his hitting zone, it’s going to be hit hard somewhere,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters last week.
How do you game-plan against that? It is a multipronged effort that has prompted even Roberts to chuckle over the years. After all, the Dodgers have been there, tried that, when Ohtani played for the Angels.
“I think sometimes people try to go up on him,” Roberts said earlier this season. “We tried to go up on him. But he closed that window.”
To the Dodgers’ credit, they managed relatively well against Ohtani — an .828 on-base plus slugging percentage that is more than 100 points below his career average. Of course, that is still some quality production.
Ohani has hit just .100 this season on pitches up and in within the strike zone, but that keyhole is minuscule and invites danger. If you miss, it will most likely be right in the zone you are looking to avoid.
“Earlier in his career, he was more raw and he was more of a free swinger,” Boston Red Sox right-hander Lucas Giolito said. “So it actually wasn’t that — like game-planning against him wasn’t that intricate.”
Giolito would pepper Ohtani with elevated fastballs on the outer half of the plate, hoping to get him to chase change-ups down after getting ahead.
“You just didn’t want to miss,” he said.
Only seven pitchers have faced Ohtani more often than Giolito (26 plate appearances). He struck Ohtani out nine times — while yielding six extra-base hits, including three homers.
“He’s adjusting quickly,” Giolito said. “So,
That’s a $700 million question.
Shohei Ohtani at bat earlier this season (Wikipedia/All-Pro Reels)
you can beat him on certain pitches in one atbat and strike him out and then the next at-bat, he makes that quicker adjustment.”
Here’s a sampling of opinions from Ohtani’s teammates, pitchers who have the luxury of not having to face him any time in the near future:
Daniel Hudson: “You can kind of watch the game and see how he’s feeling that day, but I mean, he hits everything. He hits everything hard. You just try and hope he hits a 105 mph rocket at somebody. It’s very rare to see him get jammed. Even when he catches it off the end, it’s still 100 mph. It’s a rare combination of power but like contact and hitting ability, as well.”
Evan Phillips: “Definitely want to live on the edges a little bit more.” In 2019 with the Baltimore Orioles, “my thought was: Stay away. Don’t let him get anything close to him. Ball four, put him on first isn’t as bad as a home run.”
Michael Grove: “It’s a tough at-bat for me personally just with my arsenal. But it’s a tough at-bat for anybody, especially righties. Anything
in the zone was red. It’s more like, I have a really good slider, so I’d try to get him to chase as much as possible. For me honestly, I mean he hit a homer off me last year.”
Tyler Glasnow: “I kind of just attacked him the same way every time I faced him. He hit a homer off me, and there was also a pop-up. I think I’ve struck him out. When I’d seen him, the holes were relatively similar. But they’re not really holes like a normal person. He can still get to them. He just gets to them less. I kind of just would attack him with my strengths and try to live up and then slider below.”
Yarbrough: “It’s just trying to keep him uncomfortable. Because he’s just so big. He’s so strong. Knows the strike zone so well. His bat’s in the zone for a long time. It’s just superimpressive. So, just trying to keep him guessing at the plate, getting him in uncomfortable counts where he has to chase. I don’t think I’ve done really a good job.”
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