Wednesday Jun 16, 2021

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

San Juan The

50¢

DAILY

Star

Let It Go, Sir

Court Challenges Halt Race & Gender Priority for Restaurant Relief Grants P11

Senate Treasury Committee Chairman: Governor’s ‘Deceased’ Budget ‘Never Met Its Legal Terms’ P4 Photo by Pedro Correa Henry

Family Dept. Confirms Child Abuse Referrals Have Increased During Pandemic P5

NOTICIAS EN ESPAÑOL P 18

Hurricane-Damaged PRIDCO Properties to Benefit from $93 Million FEMA Injection P6

2

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

The San Juan Daily Star

GOOD MORNING

3

June 16, 2021

The San Juan Daily Star, the only paper with News Service in English in Puerto Rico, publishes 7 days a week, with a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday edition, along with a Weekend Edition to cover Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

LUMA files data on Monacillos substation fire with energy regulator

Today’s

Weather

By THE STAR STAFF

Day

Night

High

Low

89ºF

78ºF

Precip 15%

Precip 24%

Partly Cloudy

Few Clouds

Wind: Humidity: UV Index: Sunrise: Sunset:

L

From E 18 mph 70% 10 of 10 5:48 AM Local Time 7:02 PM Local Time

INDEX Local 3 Mainland 7 Business 11 International 14 Viewpoint 17 Noticias en Español 18 Entertainment 19 Fashion 21

Kitchen Health Science Legals Sports Games Horoscope Cartoons

22 23 24 25 34 37 38 39

San JuanDAILY Star The

PO BOX 6537 CAGUAS PR 00726

sanjuanweeklypr@gmail.com (787) 743-5606

FAX

(787) 743-3346 • (787) 743-6537 (787) 743-5100

UMA Energy has filed documentation with the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) related to last Thursday’s explosion and fire at the Monacillos substation in Río Piedras that left more than 700,000 subscribers without power, along with a document asking PREB to keep all of the information confidential, PREB spokeswoman Marilyn Calo told the STAR. While there are numerous scattered blackouts across the island that have yet to be fixed, LUMA Energy has declined to comment on the problem. On Tuesday, the private consortium announced that it has detected an alleged scheme through which individuals outside the company make phone calls or send emails falsely identifying themselves as LUMA Energy employees as part of fraudulent collection efforts.

Last Thursday, at around 6:11 p.m., an explosion and fire occurred in the substation located at the Monacillos facility owned by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA). The facility is operated by LUMA Energy Servco LLC under PREPA’s Transmission and Distribution System Operation and Maintenance Agreement and its supplement, entitled Supplemental Terms Agreement of the Transmission and Distribution System.

The incident caused the certain generation units, including some operated by PREPA, to go offline, which caused more than 700,000 customers to experience a power outage. The PREB last week said it was going to investigate the incident and sought information from LUMA. “The PREB received the information and is analyzing the documents,” Calo said. “As soon as they make a decision, it will appear in the docket.”

Before and after the fire, blackouts have been reported across the island. Two homes burned in San Sebastián allegedly because of problems with the power. A woman in Cayey, identified as Stephany Burgos, paid in May to have power in a home she is renting, but so far she has not received service. She says her diabetes medication needs to be refrigerated.

Power outages have been reported in Guaynabo, Carolina, Gurabo and Caguas.

In addressing the issue of the phone calls, LUMA Energy officials said all calls generated by the LUMA Energy customer service team will be made through

the number 1.844.888.5862 (LUMA). LUMA Energy employees will only ask for personal information when the customer is the one making the call.

When LUMA Energy makes collection calls, the customer will be transferred to the automated system to enter their data and make their payments safely and confidentially, the officials said.

“Our employees will never ask you to share or expose your payment methods. Similarly, customers registered to receive their invoices electronically will do so from the address no-reply@lumapr.com,” reads a press release. “Should any change be made in the billing and collection procedure, LUMA Energy will inform its customers in an official manner.”

“We urge our clients not to share information such as account numbers or bank information and not to make payments in any channel other than those officially established by LUMA Energy,” the company reiterated. “Clients who receive this type of fraudulent call can report the actions to the Puerto Rico Police at 787.793.1234. We reiterate our commitment to provide the best service to our clients and this includes the security of their personal data.”

While there are numerous blackouts across Puerto Rico that have yet to be fixed, LUMA Energy had declined to comment on the problem as of Tuesday’s press deadline.

4

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

PDP senator: Governor is defending a ‘deceased’ budget Zaragoza foresees no significant changes in House resolution

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

T

he day after Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia stated his opposition to the $10.1 billion budget passed by the island House of Representatives and urged the upper chamber to “right wrongs,” Senate Treasury Committee Chairman Juan Zaragoza Gómez suggested Tuesday that the governor discard his own budget plan, which the lawmaker said “never met its legal terms.”

“What he’s saying, the budget was so good, so good, that they didn’t pass it,” Zaragoza said.

In an interview at the Capitol, Zaragoza said that contrary to what Pierluisi asserted on Monday, the budget plan and amendments under House Resolution 144 have been negotiated with the federal Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB) and balance the central government’s fiscal costs.

“Right now, two budgets are running, ours and the FOMB’s, because the board denied the governor’s budget when they told him through a letter that it was in noncompliance with the fiscal plan,” the senator said. “What the governor is essentially doing

At right, Senate Treasury Committee Chairman Juan Zaragoza Gómez is like we do at funerals, saying how good the deceased was.”

“Obviously, the deceased are always good; you’ve never seen a deceased person who is bad,” the former Treasury secretary added.

Zaragoza said meanwhile that one of the amendments that concerns him is the $15 million assignment to the Department of Correction and Rehabilitation to cover

a wage increase promised to correctional officers.

“That amendment involves money, and we haven’t discussed it with the [oversight] board,” he said. “Every other amendment that involves funding, such as the University of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Police Bureau, the municipalities, we spoke with the board already.”

“Like it or not, the board is here, and we

have to hustle with them,” he said. “That’s the road we chose; I think it is a dignifying road, and we accomplished most of the things we wanted, even though we wanted to have funds [allocated] to increase teachers and police officers’ wages.”

Nonetheless, he said, the Senate “will face the board to defend the allocation to increase the correctional officers’ wage.”

When asked if he sees House Resolution 144 going to a conference committee, Zaragoza said he would not be surprised if the legislation should face changes from district senators of the Popular Democratic Party.

“I will be meeting with [independent] Sen. José Vargas Vidot and Dignity Project Sen. Joanne Rodríguez Veve’s legislative advisers to show them our budget plan,” he said. “And I will present the budget we wrote not to get a vote in favor, but to show [them] what we are doing; [they] decide what to do after that.”

“To the New Progressive Party minority, we seek to give them at least some documents so they know what we are doing,” he added.

Zaragoza denied allegations that the Legislature increased its budget to $17 million.

He said the Board allocated funds to cover repairs at the Capitol, $5 million for liquidation for employees from the former administration, and to pay for water and electric power operating costs.

House passes measures to ‘correct errors’ in energy P3s

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

R

ep. Luis Raúl Torres Cruz, who chairs the Committee for Economic Development, Planning,Telecommunications, Public-Private Partnerships and Energy in the island House of Representatives, announced Tuesday that in recent days the House approved House Bills 774, 775, and 776, on which he shared authorship with a group of fellow legislators, to improve the energy system of Puerto Rico and “correct errors” in the implementation of future public-private partnerships.

Torres Cruz pointed out that during the public hearings to investigate the contract between the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), the Public-Private Partnerships Authority, and LUMA Energy, “serious inconsistencies and deficiencies in Law 29 of 2009, known as the Public-Private Partnerships Law, came to light that allowed an onerous and bad contract to be negotiated for Puerto Rico.”

“To correct these deficiencies, these three legislative measures were approved that establish that any government

entity that signs a public-private partnership contract will have to contribute capital or tangible assets, also to provide that the government entity participating in a public-private partnership contract will have the responsibility to administer and supervise the established contract,” Torres Cruz said. “Another amendment is aimed at guaranteeing that public funds are not used to finance the assembly or formation of any private company that is intended to be established under this law.”

Meanwhile, House Joint Resolution No. 157, authored

by Puerto Rican Independence Party Rep. Denis Márquez Lebrón, Torres Cruz and other legislators, was also approved.

It would create the Special Commission for the Review and Adjudication of the Mobility of Employees of the Electric Power Authority, in order to evaluate and review employee mobility and determine whether to revoke or confirm the mobility action determined by the Office of Administration and Human Resources, in addition to exempting the Public Service Appeals Committee from the review of all mobility actions involving former PREPA employees.

“We urge the Senate to promptly address these measures

so that they can be signed by the governor [Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia],” Torres Cruz said.

WE BUY OR RENT IN 24HRS

787-349-1000

SALES • RENTALS • VACATIONS RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT (SOME RESTRICTIONS MAY APPLY).

FREE CONSULTS REALTOR

Ray A. Ruiz Licensed Real Estate Broker • Lic.19004 rruizrealestate1@gmail.com

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

5

Governor takes retirement disclosure statement to court

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

G

ov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia announced on Tuesday that he will be filing an objection with the Federal Court of the District of Puerto Rico to the Disclosure Statement of the Debt Adjustment Plan of the Government of Puerto Rico, reiterating his opposition to cuts in the government pension system.

“This objection that we are submitting today to the Court is part of the actions we have taken in favor of our pensioners,” the governor said in a written statement. “I reiterate my commitment to them and I maintain that this Government does not favor any cuts to pensions. Our retirees spent years of their lives in public service and have already suffered a reduction in their income, so it is unfair and unnecessary to insist on cuts in their pensions. As I have said, although I support the financial terms of the Debt Adjustment Plan presented before the Title Three Court, I cannot endorse a cut in pensions.”

“My Government will continue to express itself in the pertinent forums so that an Adjustment Plan is approved that does not affect our pensioners,” he added.

Pierluisi said the objection warns that there is no space in his government for the approval of legislation that proposes cuts to pensions, or any situation in which the federal Financial Oversight and Management Board has not explained how the adjustment plan will be implemented if legislation

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi is not passed to that end. In addition, it is established that the document submitted by the oversight board does not explain that pensioners have already suffered cuts in the past as a result of the fiscal situation, nor does it detail the social and economic consequences of further affecting this sector of the population.

The objection that the government will present also indicates that the oversight board in its declaration does not explain that all pensioners would have to vote for the cuts, including those that would not apply to them.

Earlier on Tuesday, Rep. Lourdes Ramos, author of the Dignified Retirement Law, demanded that the

Oversight board desist from exacting “revenge” against Puerto Rico’s retirees, the vast majority of whom, she said, are grandparents who use their scarce resources to pay for the educational needs of their grandchildren.

Ramos also asked Pierluisi “not to backpedal in the face of the threats by the executive director of the oversight board, Natalie Jaresko, who thundered against the approval of the statute that establishes zero cuts to pensions as the public policy of the public sector.”

Ramos said “it is very comfortable to play with someone else’s money, as since it began operations, what the board has done is to increase its budget year after year unilaterally and without further consideration.”

“The scissors are good for them, but very sharp for the vulnerable sectors,” Ramos said in a written statement.

“This is easy! It seems to me to be an attitude that belittles the sacrifice of those who gave their productive lives to the service of Puerto Rico, and we are not going to tolerate that.”

When he signed the Dignified Retirement Law, Pierluisi stressed that the statute sought to affirm that there was no fiscal or legal justification for the additional cuts in pensions that the oversight board is pursuing as part of the debt adjustment plan. He highlighted that in 2013 the government reformed the pension system.

Ramos, who is well versed in the subject of pensions and authored a package of measures that have sought to finance the system, said the Dignified Retirement Act does not cost the treasury an additional cent.

Family Dept.: Child abuse referrals on the rise during pandemic

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

T

he Puerto Rico Family Department recognized on Tuesday during a joint Senate public hearing that the numbers of received and substantiated child abuse referrals continue to rise during the COVID-19 pandemic, although the entity supplied data that seems contradictory to what was presented late last week.

During the hearing held by the Senate Committee on Social Welfare, Family Secretary Dr. Carmen Ana González Magaz said that from the numbers provided by the agency “we could make the obvious observation of the increase in referrals and conclude without further analysis that child abuse has increased.”

Nevertheless, González Magaz said that when comparing the available figures for 2021 with the figures presented from 2017 to 2020, “there was a decrease in received and substantiated referrals.”

“The responsible exercise is to recognize that last year’s referral numbers may not represent a true reflection of the situations of abuse on the island,” the Family chief said. “We could also affirm that circumstances have changed and the factors that previously influenced child abuse reports are gradually changing.”

“Likewise, we could affirm that awareness of the situa-

tion and the difficulties of reporting child abuse in pandemic scenarios have borne fruit and citizens are more vigilant and aware of the responsibility we all have to ensure the welfare and safety of children,” she added.

In the presentation the Family Department provided to the upper chamber committee, the agency stated that the Abuse Hotline has received 6,221 referrals and substantiated 624 so far in 2021. However, the entity received 10,874 referrals and substantiated 1,810 in 2020.

Meanwhile, the agency received 15,633 child abuse referrals and substantiated 2,582 in 2019, received 12,899 and substantiated 2,441 in 2018, and received 16,947 and substantiated 2,752 in 2017.

Last Friday, González Magaz said that when recent child abuse referral numbers from April 2021 were compared to a similar period last year, “we observed a 21.4% increase.”

“On April 6, 2021, we reported 3,727 received abuse referrals through the Department of the Family’s Abuse Hotline, compared to the 3,069 referrals received in the same period last year,” she said. “This results in 658 additional referrals [compared to last year].”

The hearing was held for Senate Resolution 157, which calls for an investigation into child abuse complaints during the public health emergency and the services provided to victims by the Family, Education and Justice departments, as well as by the Puerto Rico Police Bureau.

After the hearing, Sen. Rosamar Trujillo Plumley, who chairs the Senate Committee on Social Welfare, said the agency’s referral numbers “seemed unreal.”

“What she [González Magaz] is saying is that there was a decrease of 5,000 referrals,” the Popular Democratic Party lawmaker said. “If we have the constant promotion of the services available, what is supposed to happen is that more people should be calling; if you have less promotion, you receive fewer calls.”

“What we want from the Family Department is for the agency to have the same numbers as the Statistics Institute, the same numbers as Education, the same numbers as the feds,” she added.

Family Secretary Dr. Carmen González Magaz, center (Photo by Pedro Correa Henry)

6

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Hurricane-damaged PRIDCO properties to get $93 million federal injection

By THE STAR STAFF

P

uerto Rico Industrial Development Co. Executive Director Javier Bayón Torres announced Wednesday the allocation of $93 million in federal funds to begin reconstruction and revitalization of some 159 commercial properties damaged by hurricanes Irma and Maria.

The allocation, granted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will impact 54 mandatory projects in some 41 municipalities. PRIDCO is also waiting for funding to fix some 100 properties damaged by the January 2020 earthquakes.

“Thanks to the collaboration of FEMA and the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience (COR3), it was possible

to identify these funds, which represent a short- and long-term economic impact, due to the potential for creating jobs in the rebuilding process,” Bayón Torres said. “Likewise, Governor Pedro Pierluisi has been emphatic that the restoration of our industrial properties will be essential to continue encouraging and promoting the creation or expansion of new business projects.”

The agency, which is currently restructuring its debt, has a consolidated financial debt as of June 30, 2019 of about $267 million.

Bayón Torres declined to speak on the debt restructuring, only to say that a lawsuit filed by its majority bondholders was paralyzed.

Bayón Torres said the allocation of the $93 million will boost the economy of the municipalities where PRIDCO properties are

located. Each project is estimated to generate some 15 to 25 direct and indirect jobs. Once the repairs are completed, the properties will be ready to be leased, which, in turn, will create more economic development in those areas.

“Optimizing PRIDCO properties so that they are in profitable condition is one of the priorities of this administration, which will improve operational efficiency to become the most effective real estate asset manager within the Government of Puerto Rico,” Bayón Torres said. “These efforts will result in a successful strategy to promote economic development.”

Manuel A. Laboy Rivera, executive director of COR3, which is the recipient of the funds, said that in addition to the repairs of PRIDCO’s industrial and commercial prop-

erties, the public corporation’s properties will also benefit from recovery projects to modernize the basic services provided by the Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, the Electric Power Authority, and the Highway Authority.

“All these components are important to promote Puerto Rico as an investment destination for local and foreign entrepreneurs,” Laboy Rivera said. “At COR3, we will support the processes related to the development of these projects that are so important for the economy of our island.”

PRIDCO’s commercial properties can accommodate a variety of uses, from light manufacturing to specialty manufacturing, research and development, distribution and warehousing centers, among other light industrial activities, Bayón Torres said.

US House passes 2 disaster-response measures filed by resident commissioner

By THE STAR STAFF

T

he U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved two measures authored or co-authored by Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón, HR 2016 and HR 539, to improve the federal government’s response to disasters.

“As someone representing a district that has been affected by multiple natural disasters over the past four years, the people hope that FEMA [the Federal Emergency Management Agency]

can respond to their immediate needs to ensure their safety and security, and then support their long-term recovery,” the resident commissioner said in a written statement. “I am proud to be a co-author of HR 539, the Disaster Revictimization Prevention Act, to prevent FEMA from taking away disaster funds given to those affected by a natural disaster as they begin to rebuild their lives.”

González Colón coauthored HR 539 with Sam Graves (R-Mo.), the ranking Republican on the Transportation and

Infrastructure Committee.

González Colón is the author of HR 2016, the Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act, which would amend the 2018 Disaster Recovery Reform Act. The measure would develop a study on streamlining and consolidating the collection of information and preliminary damage assessments.

The bills were approved as part of a package of measures that are under the jurisdiction of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, of which the resident commissioner is a member.

PDP, NPP offer opposing interpretations of US Justice status opinion

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

T

he legislative leaders of Puerto Rico’s two major political parties took away diametrically opposed interpretations of a U.S. Justice Department opinion on Puerto Rico’s political status.

The Popular Democratic Party (PDP) President José Luis Dalmau Santiago, said the legal opinion issued recently by the U.S. Department of Justice established that the presence of the commonwealth is an indispensable requirement for any status consultation process that intends to be validated by the federal government.

In addition, the opinion opens the door to an incorporated territory as a step prior to statehood, which means the payment of taxes without congressional representation, Dalmau Santiago said.

“Finally, the United States Department of Justice has agreed with the Popular Party which, from day one, pointed out that no consultation process will be valid if the Commonwealth is not included,” Dalmau Santiago said in a written statement. “This categorical position confirms our position that none of the bills currently being considered in Congress meet that requirement.

The message is simple: without the Commonwealth, there is no valid consultation.”

Dalmau Santiago, who is also president of the Puerto Rico Senate, stated further that the U.S. Justice Department “clarified several points, namely: that the transition to statehood could entail the payment of taxes without representation under the incorporated territory; that the results of the 2012, 2017 and 2020 consultations are misleading; that the Financial Oversight and Management Board would continue [during a] transition to statehood; and that free association is a ‘type of independence.’”

“These statements not only say we are right, but also make it urgent that the bills submitted to Congress must be substantially modified or withdrawn,” Dalmau Santiago said.

“In the next few days we will express ourselves in more detail on this important issue.”

On the other hand, for the minority leader of the New Progressive Party (NPP) in the island House of Representatives, Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Núñez, the position of U.S. Justice Department regarding the Puerto Rico status bills filed in Congress (House Resolutions 1522 and 2070) confirms that under the United States Constitution there is no possibility of any other non-territorial political relationship other than statehood.

“These opinions of the federal Department of Justice should terminate any illusion of some of the sectors within the Popular Democratic Party that there is the possibility of a Puerto Rico under the United States without being governed by the territorial clause,” Méndez Núñez said. “The debate is over.”

“Meanwhile, there is no doubt that statehood won again resoundingly today,” added the former House speaker. “The opinion of [the] federal Justice [Department] on HR 1522, the Puerto Rico Admission Act, filed by our resident commissioner in Washington, Jenniffer González and the Democratic congressman for Florida, Darren Soto, is solid and constant; they made it clear that under statehood the Financial Oversight and Management Board, an entity created by Congress to manage the finances of the colony, could be eliminated in the transition period toward the admission that Puerto Ricans have freely and democratically demanded at the polls.”

The NPP vice president said the big loser with regard to the U.S. Justice Department opinion is current House Speaker Rafael “Tatito” Hernández Montañez, who was seeking to amend HR 2070, a measure by Reps. Nydia Velázquez and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, both Democrats from New York, to include a version of non-territorial status, but with autonomy in every way.

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

7

Trump pressed official to wield Justice to back election claims

By KATIE BENNER

A

n hour before Donald Trump announced in December that William Barr would step down as attorney general, the president began pressuring Barr’s eventual replacement to have the Justice Department take up his false claims of election fraud.

Trump sent an email via his assistant to Jeffrey Rosen, the incoming acting attorney general, that contained documents purporting to show evidence of election fraud in northern Michigan — the same claims that a federal judge had thrown out a week earlier in a lawsuit filed by one of Trump’s personal lawyers.

Another email from Trump to Rosen followed two weeks later, again via the president’s assistant, that included a draft of a brief that Trump wanted the Justice Department to file to the Supreme Court. It argued, among other things, that state officials had used the pandemic to weaken election security and pave the way for widespread election fraud.

The draft echoed claims in a lawsuit in Texas by the Trumpallied state attorney general that the justices had thrown out, and a lawyer who had helped on that effort later tried with increasing urgency to track down Rosen at the Justice Department, saying he had been dispatched by Trump to speak with him.

The emails, turned over by the Justice Department to investigators on the House Oversight Committee and obtained by The New York Times, show how Trump pressured Rosen to put the power of the Justice Department behind lawsuits that had already failed to try to prove his false claims that extensive voter fraud had affected the election results.

They are also the latest example of Trump’s frenzied drive to subvert the election results in the final weeks of his presidency, including ratcheting up pressure on the Justice Department. And they show that Trump flouted an established anticorruption norm that the Justice Department acts independently of the White House on criminal investigations or law enforcement actions, a gap that steadily eroded during Trump’s term.

The documents dovetail with emails around the same time from Mark Meadows,Trump’s chief of staff, asking Rosen to examine unfounded conspiracy theories about the election, including one that claimed people associated with an Italian defense contractor were able to use satellite technology to tamper with U.S. voting equipment from Europe.

Much of the correspondence also occurred during a tense week within the Justice Department, when Rosen and his top deputies realized that one of their peers had plotted with Trump to oust Rosen and then try to use federal law enforcement to force Georgia to overturn its election results. Trump nearly replaced Rosen with that colleague, Jeffrey Clark, then the acting head of the civil division.

Rosen made clear to his top deputy in one message that he would have nothing to do with the Italy conspiracy theory, arrange a meeting between the FBI and one of the proponents of the conspiracy, Brad Johnson, or speak about it with Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer.

“I learned that Johnson is working with Rudy Giuliani, who regarded my comments as an ‘insult,’” Rosen wrote in the email.

“Asked if I would reconsider, I flatly refused, said I would not be

President Donald Trump during a meeting with governors at the White House on June 18, 2020. An hour before Trump announced in December 2020 that William Barr would step down as attorney general, the president began pressuring Barr’s eventual replacement to have the Justice Department take up his false claims of election fraud. giving any special treatment to Giuliani or any of his ‘witnesses’, and reaffirmed yet again that I will not talk to Giuliani about any of this.”

Rosen declined to comment. A spokesman for Trump could not immediately be reached for comment.

The documents “show that President Trump tried to corrupt our nation’s chief law enforcement agency in a brazen attempt to overturn an election that he lost,” said Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., the chairwoman of the House Oversight Committee.

Maloney, whose committee is looking into the events leading up the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol by a pro-Trump crowd protesting the election results, including Trump’s pressure on the Justice Department, said she has asked former Trump administration officials to sit for interviews, including Meadows, Clark and others. The House Oversight Committee requested the documents in May as part of the inquiry, and the Justice Department complied.

The draft brief that Trump wanted the Justice Department to file before the Supreme Court mirrored a lawsuit that Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas had filed to the court, alleging that a handful of battleground states had used the pandemic to make unconstitutional changes to their election laws that affected the election outcome. The states argued in response that Texas lacked standing to file the suit, and the Supreme Court rejected the case.

The version of the lawsuit that Trump wanted the Justice Department to file made similar claims, saying that officials in Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania had used the pandemic to unconstitutionally revise or violate their own election laws and weaken election security.

To try to prove its case, the lawsuit relied on descriptions of an election monitoring video that appeared similar to one that Republican officials in Georgia rejected as doctored, as well as

the debunked notion, promoted by Trump, that machines made

by Dominion Voting Systems had been hacked.

Eager to speak with Rosen about the draft Supreme Court lawsuit, a lawyer named Kurt Olsen, who had advised on Paxton’s effort, tried unsuccessfully to reach him multiple times, according to emails sent between 11 a.m. and 10 p.m. on Dec. 29 and obtained by the House Oversight Committee investigators.

Olsen first reached out to Jeffrey B. Wall, the acting solicitor general who would have argued the brief before the Supreme Court. “Last night the President directed me to meet with AG Rosen today to discuss a similar action to be brought by the United States,” Olsen wrote. “I have not been able to reach him despite multiple calls/texts. This is an urgent matter.”

Rosen’s chief of staff, John S. Moran, told Olsen that the acting attorney general was busy with other business at the White House. About an hour later, Olsen drove from Maryland to Washington “in the hopes of meeting” with Rosen at the Justice Department, the emails show.

When Olsen could not get through to Rosen or Moran, he called an employee in the department’s antitrust division, according to the documents.

The emails do not make clear whether Olsen met with Rosen, but a person who discussed the matter with Rosen said that a meeting never occurred. Rather, Olsen eventually coldcalled the official’s private cellphone and was politely rebuffed, the person said, requesting anonymity because the matter is part of an ongoing investigations.

Olsen provided more fodder for his case in an email sent later that night to Moran, saying that it was at Rosen’s request.

On the day that Trump announced that Rosen would be the acting attorney general, he wanted him to look at materials about potential fraud in northern Michigan, according to an email obtained by the committee. That fraud claim had been the subject of a lawsuit filed by the former Trump adviser Sidney Powell, who argued that Dominion voting machines had flipped votes from Trump to Joe Biden.

The state’s Republican clerk had said that human error was to blame for mistakes there that initially gave more votes to Biden, and a hand recount at the county level conducted in December confirmed that the machines had worked properly.

A federal judge threw out Powell’s lawsuit Jan. 7, saying that it was based on “nothing but speculation and conjecture.”

She has been accused of defamation in a lawsuit by Dominion in part because of the Michigan claims.

Rosen is in the process of negotiating to give a single interview with investigators from the House Oversight Committee, the Senate Judiciary Committee and others who are looking into the final days of the Trump administration; and he has asked the Justice Department’s current leaders to sort what he can and cannot say about the core facts that involve meetings at the Oval Office with Trump, which could be privileged.

Rosen met with department officials and spoke with Trump’s representatives within the last week to discuss these matters, according to a person briefed on the meetings. If the parties cannot come to an agreement, the issue could be thrown into court, where it most likely would languish for months, if not years.

8

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Tropical Storm Bill forms off the East Coast

By DERRICK BRYSON TAYLOR

H

undreds of miles off the coast of North Carolina, Tropical Storm Bill was upgraded from a tropical depression late Monday night, becoming the second named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center said.

The weather system was expected to remain away from the coast and was forecast to be “short-lived.”

By early Tuesday morning, Tropical Storm Bill was about 240 miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, the Hurricane Center said.

A Category 1 hurricane has wind speeds beginning at 74 mph.

While there were no coastal watches or warnings in effect, the storm was moving northeast at 31 mph and was expected to continue on this track through Wednesday with increasing forward speed, the Hurricane Center said.

Some additional strengthening was possible for Tuesday, but the storm was expected to become a post-tropical low and dissipate on Wednesday.

Meteorologists were also watching a weather disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico. It was producing showers and thunderstorms over

the Bay of Campeche, just west of the Yucatán Peninsula. That system was expected to move northward and possibly form into a tropical depression by the end of the week, bringing heavy rains to the northern Gulf Coast.

A second disturbance, described as a tropical wave, was reported hundreds of miles south of the Cabo Verde Islands.

In late May, the Atlantic Ocean recorded its first named storm of the hurricane season.

Ana, a subtropical storm, developed northeast of Bermuda. It was the seventh year in a row that a named storm developed in the Atlantic before the official start of the season on June 1.

Scientists for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast this year to have 13 to 20 named storms, six to 10 of which will be hurricanes, and three to five major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher in the Atlantic.

Last year saw 30 named storms, including six major hurricanes, forcing meteorologists to exhaust the alphabet for the second time and move to using Greek letters. It was the highest number of storms on record, surpassing the 28 from 2005, and included the second-highest number of hurricanes on record.

Hurricanes have become increasingly dangerous and destructive with each passing season. Climate change produces more power-

ful storms with heavier rainfall. The storms also have a tendency to dawdle and meander. A combination of rising seas and slower storms also make for higher and more destructive storm surges.

This hurricane season comes as resources are already stretched thin. Workers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency have been busy with the migrant crisis along the border

with Mexico, running coronavirus vaccination sites in multiple states and are still managing the recovery from a string of record disasters starting with Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Last month, about 4,000 of the agency’s more than 13,000 emergency workers were available to respond to a new disaster, 29% fewer than were ready to deploy at the start of last year’s hurricane period.

A satellite image showing Tropical Storm Bill in the Atlantic.

US to ban dogs from over 100 countries amid concern over spread of rabies

By NEIL VIGDOR

D

ogs from more than 100 countries will be banned from being brought into the United States for one year because of heightened concerns over the spread of rabies, federal health officials announced esrlier this week.

The countries targeted by the ban, which will take effect July 14, are considered to be at high risk for spreading the deadly virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

They include the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Colombia, China, Russia, Ukraine, India and the Philippines.

Officials at the CDC said that the temporary measure was necessary to prevent the reintroduction of a canine rabies virus variant in United States, where the variant has been eliminated since 2007.

As many as 100,000 of the 1 million dogs that are brought into the United States each year could be denied entry, according to the CDC, which said that it would make exceptions on

a limited basis for owners of service dogs and foreigners moving stateside with their pets.

“Rabies is fatal in both humans and animals, and the importation of even one rabid dog could result in transmission to humans, pets, and

A dog in Manila was injected with the rabies vaccine in 2019 as part of a government campaign against the disease.

wildlife,” the agency said on its website Monday.

Health officials said that the number of dogs from high-risk countries that were denied entry into the United States in 2020 rose by 52% compared with the previous two years. Many of the dogs, which mostly came from Russia, Ukraine and Colombia, were rejected because the paperwork submitted for them was fraudulent and overstated their age, according to the CDC. Before the ban, dogs from the high-risk countries had to be at least 4 months old to be brought into the United States, giving them enough time for their rabies vaccinations to take effect.

The dogs, health officials said, had to wait longer to be returned to the countries where they came from because of reduced flight schedules, putting them at greater risk for illness or death.

Dr. Douglas Kratt, the president of the American Veterinary Medical Association, said Monday that the temporary ban was the right step.

“This is a deadly virus,” said Kratt, who owns an animal hospital in Onalaska, Wisconsin.

“I think that is a great concern, not just for rabies

but for any number of diseases, to protect the health and welfare of the animals.”

In the United States, the frequency of rabies transmission from dogs to humans has dropped sharply in recent decades because of animal vaccination programs and efforts to prevent dog bites.

The virus, which has no cure once symptoms begin, causes tens of thousands of human deaths each year, mostly in Asia and Africa, according to the World Health Organization.

The new rules will apply to dogs that are hand-carried, checked in as passenger baggage or transported as cargo on flights to the United States, the CDC said. The owners of puppies, emotional support dogs and service dogs must comply with the rules.

If an exception is made, it will be only for dogs that are least 6 months old (as verified by submission of current photos of the dog’s teeth), are microchipped, have a valid rabies vaccination certificate and have a valid rabies serologic titer from an approved laboratory if the dog was vaccinated outside the United States.

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

9

What data about you can the government get from big tech?

By JACK NICAS

T

he Justice Department, starting in the early days of the Trump administration, secretly sought data from some of the biggest tech companies about journalists, Democratic lawmakers and White House officials as part of wide-ranging investigations into leaks and other matters, The New York Times reported last week.

The revelations, which put the companies in the middle of a clash over the Trump administration’s efforts to find the sources of news coverage, raised questions about what sorts of data tech companies collect on their users, and how much of it is accessible to law enforcement authorities.

Here’s a rundown: What data do the big tech companies collect and store about their users?

All sorts. Beyond basic data like users’ names, addresses and contact information, tech companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft and Facebook also often have access to the contents of their users’ emails, text messages, call logs, photos, videos, documents, contact lists and calendars.

Is all of that data available to law enforcement?

Most of it is. But which data law enforcement can get depends on the sort of request they make.

Perhaps the most common and basic request is a subpoena. U.S. government agencies and prosecutors can often issue subpoenas without approval from a judge, and lawyers can issue them as part of open court cases. Subpoenas are often used to cast a wide net for basic information that can help build a case and provide evidence needed to issue more powerful requests.

With subpoenas, the authorities typically can get basic user data from tech companies, such as when an account was opened; the account holder’s name, address, email address and billing information; and a user’s internet-protocol or IP address. That can show their approximate location when the address was recorded.

The Justice Department subpoenas sought phone records. What about that sort of data?

Investigators often also seek logs of calls, text messages and emails. Such logs include details on who sent and received a call or message and when. Obtaining such data sometimes requires a higher-level request, such as a court order, which is issued by a judge.

The Justice Department used a court order to seek email logs from Google for four New York Times reporters as part of its investigation into leaks of classified information several years ago. The Times successfully resisted the order after Google informed it of the request.

In late 2017 and early 2018, the Justice Department also requested call records, as well as other basic information, from Apple and Microsoft related to people who work in Congress.

Apple and Microsoft complied with those subpoenas in part, but the companies did not send any call records to the Justice Department, according to two people familiar with the companies’ responses.

Apple said that it turned over call records only when the authorities have a warrant and that in 2019 it stopped collecting call logs.

Law enforcement officials are more likely to obtain call logs from telecommunications companies like Verizon and AT&T. What can the authorities get with a warrant?

A warrant is a much more powerful investigative tool and can yield all sorts of sensitive, private data about tech companies’ users.

Investigators can get a warrant by submitting an application to a judge that lays out evidence suggesting the subject of the warrant committed a crime. The judge can then issue the warrant for specific information.

With a warrant, officials can get access to far more data than with a subpoena, including the contents of emails, text messages, photos, documents, calendars and contact lists.

Apple, Google and Microsoft store such data on their servers as part of their cloud services for consumers. Those cloud services are frequently used by customers to retrieve information if a phone needs to be replaced.

Facebook also turns over similar private information to authorities with warrants, including messages, photos, videos, posts and location data, it said.

Law enforcement authorities can also use warrants in other ways. Police have issued warrants to Google for any devices that were near where a crime was committed.

The companies say they sometimes work with law enforcement officials to narrow their requests so the companies turn over only information that is relevant to a case.

How often do the authorities obtain such data from the tech companies?

Apple said that in the first half of 2020, the latest period available, it received more than 5,850 requests from U.S. authorities for data related to 18,600 accounts. It turned over basic data in 43% of those requests and actual content data, such as emails or photos, in 44% of requests.

Microsoft said that it received 5,500 requests from U.S. law enforcement over the same period, covering 17,700 accounts, and that it turned over basic data to 54% of requests and content to 15% of requests.

Google said that it received 39,500 requests in the United States over that period, covering nearly 84,700 accounts, and that it turned over some data in 83% of the cases.

Google did not break down the percentage of requests in which it turned over basic data versus content, but it said that 39% of the requests were subpoenas while half were search warrants.

Facebook said that it received 61,500 requests in the United States over the period, covering 106,100 accounts, and that it turned over some data to 88% of the requests. The company said it received 38,850 warrants and complied with 89% of them over the period, and 10,250 subpoenas and complied with 85%.

In these cases, U.S. authorities include any federal, state or local law enforcement office.

Do the companies ever resist these requests?

Yes. The companies say they sometimes push back on subpoenas, court orders and warrants if they believe the officials lack appropriate legal authority or if the requests are too broad.

In response to requests from U.S. authorities in the first half of 2020, Apple said it challenged 4% of requests and Microsoft said it rejected 15%. Google and Facebook did not disclose how often they challenged requests.

Is any data off-limits?

Yes. Tech companies — and law enforcement officials — can’t access data that is end-to-end encrypted. Such encryption means that only the account owner, or the sender and receiver of a message, can see the contents of the information.

For Apple, iMessages, which are text messages sent between two iPhones, as well as FaceTime calls are end-to-end encrypted.

Still, if a user backs up their text messages to Apple’s iCloud service, iMessages then become accessible to Apple and can be turned over to the authorities with a warrant.

Apple’s iPhones and some Android smartphones are also encrypted, which has at times led to fights with the FBI over access to criminals’ devices. But law enforcement authorities across the country also regularly use tools that can effectively hack into phones and extract their data.

The Justice Department, starting in the early days of the Trump administration, secretly sought data from some of the biggest tech companies about journalists, Democratic lawmakers and White House officials as part of wide-ranging investigations into leaks and other matters, The New York Times reported last week.

10

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

The San Juan Daily Star

Customer fatally shoots cashier in argument over mask at Georgia supermarket

By AZI PAYBARAH

A

customer who argued about wearing a face mask at a Georgia supermarket shot and killed a cashier Monday and wounded a deputy sheriff working off duty at the store, law enforcement officials said.

The gunman was shot by the deputy, and both are expected to survive their injuries, according to law enforcement officials.

A suspect, identified as Victor Lee Tucker, 30, of Palmetto, Georgia, was arrested by DeKalb County Police Department officers “as he was attempting to crawl out the front door of the supermarket,” according to a statement from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

The gunfire occurred inside a Big Bear supermarket in Decatur, Georgia, about 10 miles east of downtown Atlanta, just after 1 p.m., officials said. That is when Tucker was checking out of the supermarket and got into an argument with a cashier about his face mask, the bureau said in its statement.

Tucker left the store without purchasing his items but immediately returned.

“Tucker walked directly back to the cashier, pulled out a

handgun and shot her,” the bureau said. He then began shooting at the deputy, “who was attempting to intervene while working off-duty at the supermarket,” the bureau said.

The cashier, whose name was not released, was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta and pronounced dead, officials said. Tucker was taken there, too, and was in stable condition.

The deputy, whose name was not released, was taken to the Atlanta Medical Center and listed in stable condition, officials said.

The deputy was wearing a bulletproof vest and it likely saved his life, Sheriff Melody M. Maddox of DeKalb County said at a news conference.

A second cashier was “grazed by a bullet” and treated at the scene for her injury, according to the bureau.

The shooting came more than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed nearly 600,000 people in the United States and prompted health restrictions that crippled many businesses. For some, the public health rules prompted cries that personal freedoms were being violated.

Enforcing the wearing of masks in public places became, at times, dangerous.

An Iowa man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for assaulting and spitting on another man last year in a fight over how he was wearing his mask. An 80-year-old man died after he was pushed to the ground at a bar near Buffalo by a fellow customer whom he had asked to put on a mask.

And last June in Los Angeles, Hugo’s Tacos temporarily closed its two locations in the city because, it said, its staff was “exhausted by the constant conflicts over guests refusing to wear masks.”

Enforcing mask policies had become a new American pastime.

That began to change as more people were vaccinated and warmer weather allowed for safer gatherings outdoors, where transmissions were less likely to occur.

Soon, restrictions began to fade. In New York state, for example, officials have announced plans to roll back restrictions and New York City will hold a parade for essential workers.

But not every part of the country was succeeding against the virus at the same pace. Just last month, the city of Decatur extended until at least June 21 its requirement for people to wear a face covering when entering any building in the city, except religious establishments, Decaturish.com reported.

Iowa man is sentenced to 10 years in prison after mask fight

By ISABELLA GRULLÓN PAZ

A

n Iowa man convicted of assaulting and spitting on another man in a fight over how he was wearing his mask has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, the latest decision as the authorities weigh the cases of people involved in mask disputes over the past year.

The fight took place after a confrontation at a Vision 4 Less store in Des Moines in November, according to court documents. The man who was convicted, Shane Wayne Michael, 42, of Des Moines, was approached by another customer, Mark Dinning, and asked to put his mask above his nose. The exchange led to a fight in the parking lot between Michael and Dinning.

Michael was arrested and charged with willful injury, a felony. A lawyer for Michael did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday. According to court records, Michael’s lawyer moved to file for an appeal.

Police and court documents outlined each man’s version of the fight, according to The Iowa Capital Dispatch.

Dinning told the authorities that Michael had followed him outside the store and began assaulting him, jabbing him in the eye and repeatedly kneeing him in the groin. At one point, Dinning said, Michael spat on him, coughed on him and yelled, “If I have it, you have it!”

According to Michael, Dinning started the fight after the two left the store when he shoulder-checked him and

poked him in the abdomen. In this account, the two men eventually fell to the ground, and while Michael was pinning Dinning, he bit Michael’s arm.

Court documents show that witnesses identified Michael as the aggressor in the case. He was convicted by a Polk County District Court jury of assault causing bodily injury.

After a summer of lax restrictions, Iowa experien-

In an undated image provided by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Shane Wayne Michael. The Iowa man, convicted of assaulting and spitting on another man in a fight over how he was wearing his mask at a Des Moines eyeglasses store, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

ced a spike of coronavirus cases in the fall — by November, more than 4,100 people were testing positive in Iowa every day on average. Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, extended a state emergency order that required that masks be worn by customers and employees as a way to curb the spread of the virus.

The prosecutor in Michael’s case, Assistant Attorney General Kevin Cmelik, did not immediately respond to requests for comment Monday. The 10-year sentence, handed down June 9, appears to be one of the longest handed down to someone involved in an altercation over masks.

Fights over mask wearing have been breaking out at least since last summer, as mask mandates and lockdown orders became political issues in many states. Retail workers have had to break up fistfights and undergo special training to deal with patrons not wearing masks. Transit workers have been attacked for trying to enforce rules.

And reports of unruly passengers on airlines have increased significantly, mostly with episodes related to masks.

The Federal Aviation Administration imposed a zero-tolerance policy this year for interfering with or assaulting flight attendants, and dozens of people now face fines of up to $35,000 and possible jail time. Airline companies have also moved to bar people from their flights.

In some cases, criminal charges have followed. Last fall a New York man was charged with criminally negligent homicide in the death of an 80-year-old man who died several days after a confrontation over a mask at a bar near Buffalo.

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

11

Judges halt race and gender priority for restaurant relief grants

By STACY COWLEY

L

awsuits brought by white business owners challenging a policy that prioritized applicants for pandemic relief grants on the basis of gender and race have thrown the federal government’s Restaurant Revitalization Fund into turmoil.

Tens of thousands of applicants who expected an easier path through the $28.6 billion aid program are now stuck in limbo, and nearly 3,000 restaurant owners whose grants were approved have been told they can’t be paid.

The money is running out fast: The program has distributed $27.5 billion to about 100,000 applicants, an agency official said Monday.

Gregory León, the owner of Amilinda in Milwaukee, was told last month he’d be getting a grant. But over the weekend, he and 2,964 other applicants were notified that federal court rulings in Texas and Tennessee had halted their payments.

“I started crying,” said León, who read the email giving him the bad news Sunday morning. “Literally, I started crying. It’s like they’re dangling this carrot in front of you — this moment that will mark the end of a horrible year and a half — and then, in a matter of seconds, it’s all gone.”

The whiplash is the result of a foiled attempt by Congress to ensure that historically underserved business get the help they need.

When they created the Restaurant Revitalization Fund in March, lawmakers ordered the Small Business Administration, which runs the program, to include a 21day exclusivity period. During that time, only applications from women, military veterans and “socially and economically disadvantaged” individuals — defined by the agency as those from certain racial and cultural groups who also had limited financial means — would be approved. Others could file their applications, but had to wait to have their requests reviewed.

The fund began taking applications on May 3 and was soon overwhelmed. More than 362,000 businesses applied, seeking $75 billion in funds — nearly three times what Congress had allocated. Little, if any, money would have been left for applicants outside the priority groups.

Some restaurant owners sued, claiming that the priority period was discriminatory. Several judges agreed, prompting the agency to alter its approach. In court filings Friday, the agency said it had — in late May, in response to the legal actions — stopped payment on priority applications. The 2,965 people whose approvals were revoked will only be paid “once it completes processing all previously filed non-priority applications, and only then if the RRF is not first exhausted,” the agency said. Other applicants who expected to be part of the priority queue — tens of thousands of them, according

Gregory León, the owner of Amilinda, a restaurant in Milwaukee, learned over the weekend that the government relief grant he was promised could not be paid because of court challenges. to industry groups — are stalled, waiting to hear if they’ll be approved.

About 72,000 of the applicants who have already been paid were covered by the priority process, Patrick Kelley, the head of the agency’s Capital Access office, said Monday. They received $18 billion of the $27.5 billion that’s been handed out.

Han Nguyen, a spokesperson for the SBA, said the agency was frustrated by the decision. “While we cannot comment on the specifics of the litigation, it is the North Star of the U.S. Small Business Administration to assist underserved small businesses, and we’ll continue to do so,” he said.

León and others are victims of particularly unfortunate timing: They were informed that their applications were approved before the legal challenges succeeded and halted their payments.

On May 27 — three days after the 21-day priority period ended — a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit sided with Antonio Vitolo, an owner of Jake’s Bar and Grill in Harriman, Tennessee, who said he had “been pushed to the back of the line” because he is a white man.

In a 2-1 decision, the court said, “When the gover-

nment promulgates race-based policies, it must operate with a scalpel.” The Small Business Administration’s “scattershot approach” was unconstitutional, the court found.

Matthew McClanahan, a lawyer for Vitolo, said his client was pleased with the decision.

A similar case in Texas by the owners of two restaurants — the Lost Cajun in Keller, Texas, and Penn Hotel Sports & Raw Bar in Hershey, Pennsylvania — accused the government of “actively and invidiously discriminating against American citizens solely based upon their race and sex.” Judge Reed O’Connor ruled against the agency on May 28, ordering it to evaluate the plaintiffs’ claims “in accordance with a race-neutral, sex-neutral ‘first come, first served’ policy.”

The business owners who brought the suits are among the non-priority applicants that have been paid, the agency said in court filings. On June 1, the SBA paid $187,753 to the owners of the Lost Cajun, $640,425 to Penn Hotel Sports & Raw Bar, and $104,590 to Jake’s Bar and Grill.

Conservative groups backed their suits. The Texas case was brought by America First Legal, a group run

by Stephen Miller, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, and three other Trump administration officials.

“The Biden administration has inflicted needless pain and suffering on countless Americans through its deplorable and unconstitutional scheme that sent restaurant owners — on the basis of their race — to the back of the line for a limited pool of funds,” Miller said in a statement.

The Tennessee case was filed by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, which last week won another victory against a Biden administration program that prioritized business owners based on race. A federal judge in Wisconsin halted a $4 billion debt relief program for minority farmers, ruling that the farmers who filed the lawsuit were likely to win their claim that the government’s use of race-based criteria in the administration of the program violated their right to equal protection.

“The impact of COVID-19 did not discriminate by race, and neither should COVID relief,” Rick Esenberg, the president of Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, said in a statement.

Industry groups have been pushing for more relief money as the simplest solution. “Congress and the Biden administration must prioritize refilling this program quickly to ensure all restaurants and bars who need help can get it,” said Erika Polmar, the executive director of the Independent Restaurant Coalition.

A bipartisan group of four lawmakers — one from each party, in the House and Senate — last week introduced a bill that would add $60 billion more to the restaurant fund, but its prospects in a jammed congressional calendar are unclear.

12

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

The San Juan Daily Star

The recession isn’t over till they say it’s over. (But who are they?)

By NEIL IRWIN

O

ne year ago, a committee of economists declared that the pandemic had officially caused the United States to fall into a recession.

So is it over yet?

It might seem a simple question — and yet the committee still doesn’t have an answer. That’s because it’s more of a head-scratcher than it might seem.

And the issue raises some other weird questions, including: What is a recession?

Let’s back up. America’s semiofficial arbiter of these things is a committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a private organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Called the Business Cycle Dating Committee, it consists of eight esteemed academics who specialize in macroeconomics and business cycles.

Their definition of a recession has been “a significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy and that lasts more than a few months.”

Economists such as those on the committee use the term recession to refer only to the period in which economic activity is contracting, not to the entire period of bad economic times. That’s why the previous recession was ruled to have technically ended in June 2009, even though the economy still felt terrible to people during the sluggish recovery that followed.

Which brings us to the pandemic recession.

There’s little argument that economic activity peaked in February 2020 and contracted in March 2020.

The United States went through a period of rapidly collapsing economic activity with no modern precedent. Travel-related industries were most heavily affected, but sectors as varied as manufacturing, retail, construction and health care also took a hit.

“Significant decline in economic activity.”

Check. “Spread across the economy.” Check. Ah, but now consider “Lasts more than a few months” — what about that?

It now looks as if economic activity bottomed

Loyalty Finance LLC Préstamos Personales Pequeños

otorgados para la semana que terminó el sábado, 12 de junio de 2021 Tasa Mínima (%)

Promedio Ponderado (%)

Tasa Máxima (%)

35%

62.5%

90%

out sometime in April, maybe six weeks or so after the February peak. The committee says it weights two monthly data series particularly heavily: personal income excluding government transfers, and payroll employment. Both of these were higher in May than in April, providing evidence that April was the trough.

That’s not to say that the economy was in very good shape for the remainder of 2020. The personalincome measure surpassed its pre-pandemic level only last month, and employment is still well below pre-pandemic levels. But the direction of change has now been positive for more than a year.

Robert Hall, a Stanford economist who chairs the committee, declined to comment Thursday on when a ruling on the recession end date might come. But let’s imagine that the end date winds up being April. If the economic peak of the previous expansion was February 2020 and the trough of the recession was April 2020, then it really lasted only two months. Or even less, if you believe the rebound actually started in mid-April.

Two months are not “more than a few months.”

The previous shortest recession on record was the one that began in January 1980 and lasted six months.

In effect, the committee’s judgment is that even if the pandemic recession did not fit the usual definition of a recession, it still was one.

In its own words: “In the case of the February 2020 peak in economic activity, we concluded that the drop in activity had been so great and so widely diffused throughout the economy that the downturn should be classified as a recession even if it proved to be quite brief.”

Hall declined to comment beyond that, saying

that further elaboration on the jointly approved written comments would need to be approved by the committee.

But it’s easy to imagine why the committee ended up with that conclusion. It would be awfully pedantic to refuse to classify an enormous economic contraction as a recession just because it didn’t fit a somewhat vague definition that a few economists had written down.

“I think way back in March of 2020 there was a question of: ‘Should we call this a recession?’” said Tara Sinclair, an economist at George Washington University who studies business cycles. “Or if this is something that is going to last a few weeks, then the economy bounces right back, should it be treated as a recession or as the equivalent of a natural disaster?”

Waiting to call an endpoint made sense, she said, as the committee was watching for evidence of a second wave of virus outbreak that might cause the economy to tumble again. In fact, a wave of infections in the fall dragged down employment numbers for a single month, but by most evidence it did not cause a broad or sustained contraction in economic activity.

But “at this point, they are taking a particularly long time to call a particularly clear trough,” Sinclair said.

There’s one more wrinkle that shows how the pandemic recession is a weird one. Another common definition of recession, used especially widely outside the United States, is two straight quarters of contraction in gross domestic product, or GDP. Even though the actual economic contraction lasted only a few weeks in early 2020, it appears in the GDP tables as having stretched over two quarters.

The economy was shutting down in mid-March severely enough to cause the economy to shrink at a 5% annual rate in the first quarter that ended March 31.

Then the continued collapse of the economy into early April meant that the second quarter, which began April 1, recorded a further 31% rate of shrinkage. If the pandemic had started at the beginning of a quarter rather than the end, the data would most likely have shown only a single quarter of declining GDP. The exact start date and end date aren’t of great importance, of course, unless you’re a chart maker focused on where the gray bars should go in an economic data visualization, or a politician looking for talking points on the campaign trail. What matters for people is how long and how severe the bad times turn out to be.

But if nothing else, what appears likely to be the shortest recession on record shows just how odd the pandemic economy has really been.

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

13 Stocks

Futures hold steady with Fed meeting in focus

F

utures tied to the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq held near record highs on Tuesday as investors looked for comments from the Federal Reserve about whether a recent jump in inflation would prompt a sooner-than-expected tapering in monetary policy.

Assurance from the Fed that rising prices are transitory coupled with falling U.S. Treasury yields have helped ease some concerns over inflation but investors remain cautious as they await the Fed’s commentary on its inflation stance.

The benchmark S&P 500, the blue-chip Dow Jones and the tech-stocks focused Nasdaq have gained 13.3%, 12.3% and 10%, respectively so far this year as investors tried to find their ground between inflation concerns and optimism about an economic reopening.

The Fed is likely to announce in August or September a strategy for reducing its massive bond buying program, but won’t start cutting monthly purchases until early next year, a Reuters poll of economists found.

At 6:50 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were down 10 points, or 0.03%, S&P 500 e-minis were up 2.75 points, or 0.06%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 16.75 points, or 0.12%.

In a new policy statement and economic projections due on Wednesday, the U.S. central bank is expected to point to continued strength in the economy and acknowledge the first conversations among its policymakers about when and how fast to pare back the massive bond-buying program.

In corporate news, Biogen Inc fell 0.9% in premarket trading after the drugmaker’s potential therapy for choroideremia, an inherited disease that leads to vision loss, did not meet the main goal in a late-stage study.

Later in the day, investors would turn to purchaser price numbers and retail sales data to assess the state of the economy and inflation levels. (Reporting by Shashank Nayar in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel) The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 47.07 points, or 0.14%, to 34,346.91, the S&P 500 lost 6.43 points, or 0.15%, to 4,190.62 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.06 points, or 0.01%, to 13,660.11.

Energy, down 1.85%, was the weakest sector on the day Exxon Mobil Corp fell 2.38% as the biggest weight on the S&P 500, after sources said BlackRock Inc has backed several candidates of hedge fund Engine No. 1 to join the energy giant’s board.

Real estate, up 0.41%, was a bright spot, benefiting from the pause in yields. Data on Tuesday showed sales of new U.S. single-family homes dropped in April as prices surged amid a tight supply of houses, while a separate report showed U.S. consumer confidence was little changed and near last month’s number that was the highest reading since February 2020.

MOST ASSERTIVE STOCKS

PUERTO RICO STOCKS

COMMODITIES

CURRENCY

LOCAL PERSONAL LOAN RATES Bank

LOCAL MORTGAGE RATES Bank

FHA 30-YR POINTS CONV 30-YR POINTS

BPPR Scotia CooPACA Money House First Mort Oriental

3.00% 0.00 3.50% 0.00 3.50% 2.00 3.75% 2.00 3.50% 0.00 3.50% 0.00

3.50% 000 4.00% 0.00 3.75% 2.00 3.75% 2.00 5.50% 0.00 3.75% 5.50

PERS.

CREDIT CARD

AUTO

BPPR --.-- 17.95 4.95 Scotia 4.99 14.99 4.99 CooPACA

6.95 9.95

2.95

Reliable

--.-- --.--

4.40

First Mort 7.99 --.-- --.-Oriental 4.99 11.95 4.99

14

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

The San Juan Daily Star

Shifting focus, NATO views China as a global security challenge

President Joe Biden, right, meets with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, second from left, at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Monday, June 14, 2021.

NATO leaders expressed a new concern about China’s growing military might, signaling a fundamental shift in the attentions of an alliance devoted to protecting Europe and North America — not Asia.

By STEVEN ERLANGER and MICHAEL D. SHEAR

C

hina’s rising military ambitions are presenting NATO with challenges that must be addressed, the 30-nation Western alliance said earlier this week, the first time it has portrayed the expanding reach and capabilities of the Chinese armed forces in such a potentially confrontational way.

The description of China, contained in the communiqué issued at the conclusion of a one-day summit meeting attended by President Joe Biden and others, reflected a new concern over how China intends to wield its rapidly growing military might and offensive cyber technologies in the coming years.

At the Group of 7 meeting in Britain that ended on Sunday, Biden and his counterparts agreed to jointly counter China’s growing economic dominance. On Monday, NATO countries warned that China increasingly poses a global security problem as well, signaling a fundamental shift in the attentions of an institution devoted to protecting Europe and North America — not Asia.

The first minor reference to China in a NATO statement, not even a communiqué, was at the London summit in 2019, but global concerns have rapidly accelerated since then.

Both Biden and President Donald Trump before him put more emphasis on the threats they say China poses, as an authoritarian political system with growing military spending and ambitions, including a budding military cooperation with Russia. China is at the center of Biden’s assertion that democracies are in an existential confrontation with autocracies.

“The democratic values that undergird our alliance are under increasing pressure, both internally and externally,” the president told reporters Monday evening after the summit meeting. “Russia and China are both seeking to drive a wedge in our trans-Atlantic solidarity.”

In its communiqué, negotiated by consensus from all 30 members, NATO is cautious in its characterization of China.

Russia is repeatedly described as a “threat” to NATO in the document, with criticisms of the buildup in Russian weaponry, its hacking and disinformation assaults on Western countries, the 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, and other aggressive acts.

By contrast, China is described as presenting “challenges.” But those challenges are considerable. The NATO secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, has said China now has the second-largest military budget after the United States and the world’s largest navy. Beijing is strengthening its nuclear stockpile and developing more sophisticated missiles and ships.

“China is not our adversary, but the balance of power is shifting,’’ Stoltenberg said Monday. “And China is coming closer to us. We see them in cyberspace, we see China in Africa, but we also see China investing heavily in our own critical infrastructure,” he said. “We need to respond together as an alliance.”

China has sent ships into the Mediterranean and through the Arctic; it has also conducted military exercises with Russia in NATO’s backyard, built bases in Africa, and owns significant infrastructure in Europe, including the Greek port of Piraeus.

China’s army has hacked computers to steal industrial and military secrets all over the globe and engaged in disinformation in NATO societies. And with its effort to deploy 5G networks across Africa, the Middle East and Europe, Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant, has created new anxiety that it could control the communications infrastructure needed by NATO. In a discussion of “multifaceted threats” and “systemic competition from assertive and authoritarian powers” in the communiqué, NATO says that “Russia’s aggressive actions constitute a threat to Euro-Atlantic security.” While China is not called a threat, NATO states that “China’s growing influence and international policies can present challenges that we need to address together as an alliance.”

NATO promised to “engage China with a view to defending the security interests of the alliance’’ and said it planned to increase partnerships with more countries in the Indo-Pacific.

Much further into the document, China comes up again, described as presenting “systemic challenges” to the “rules-based international order.”

In a gesture toward diplomacy and engagement, the alliance vows to maintain “a constructive dialogue with China where possible,” including on the issue of climate change, and calls for China to become more transparent about its military and especially its “nuclear capabilities and doctrine.”

Chinese officials reacted sharply to the NATO communiqué, as they have to other statements from G-7 leaders made in the previous days. The alliance’s characterization of the challenges posed by China was “a slander of China’s peaceful development, a misjudgment of the international situation and its own role, and a continuation of the Cold War mentality,” the country’s mission to the European Union

in Brussels said in a post on Weibo.

NATO leaders on Monday also agreed to spend next year updating the alliance’s 2010 strategic concept, which 11 years ago viewed Russia as a potential partner and never mentioned China.

New challenges from cyberwarfare, artificial intelligence and disinformation, as well as new missile and warhead technologies, must be considered to preserve deterrence, the alliance said. And Article 5 of its founding treaty — an attack on one is an attack on all — will be “clarified” to include threats to satellites in space and coordinated cyberattacks.

This NATO meeting was mostly a warm embrace of Biden, who in contrast to his predecessor has expressed deep belief in the alliance and in the importance of American participation in the multilateral institutions Washington established after the horrors of World War II. The contrast to Trump’s May 2017 NATO summit was remarked on by many other leaders. Then, Trump was particularly angered by the expense and lavish use of glass in NATO’s new $1.2 billion headquarters. Trump also defied the expectations of even his own aides and refused to announce support for NATO’s Article 5, a central tenet of collective defense.

Biden quickly declared Monday that the alliance is “critically important for U.S. interests” and called Article 5 a “sacred obligation.” He added: “I just want all of Europe to know that the United States is there.”

Prime Minister Mario Draghi of Italy spoke for many when he connected this summit with the Group of 7 summit meeting just concluded in Britain and compared them unfavorably with the period of Trump. “This summit is part of the process of reaffirming, rebuilding the fundamental alliances of the United States,” which were “weakened by the previous administration,” Draghi said.

And he pointed to Biden’s similarly important meetings on Tuesday with the leaders of the European Union, which Trump considered an economic competitor and even a foe.

“We are here to reaffirm these alliances, but also to reaffirm the importance of the European Union,” Draghi said.

Another key element of Biden’s European tour, which will conclude on Wednesday in Geneva, where he meets President Vladimir Putin of Russia for a highly anticipated conversation, is how the democracies of Asia and the West can stand up to the authoritarian challenge. While Russia is a particular threat to NATO and the Euro-Atlantic world, it is not an economic rival.

Speaking Monday night, Biden called Putin “a worthy adversary” and said he would look for areas of cooperation with Russia, while laying down red lines about Russian efforts to disrupt democratic societies.

“I’m going to make clear to President Putin that there are areas where we can cooperate, if he chooses,” Biden said. “And if he chooses not to cooperate, and acts in a way that he has in the past, relative to cybersecurity and some other activities, then we will respond. We will respond in kind.”

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

15

Shift in Israel provides Biden a chance for better ties

By MICHAEL CROWLEY

P

resident Joe Biden waited more than three weeks after his inauguration to place his first call to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister at the time. It took Biden less than three hours after the swearing in Sunday of Netanyahu’s successor, Naftali Bennett, to phone with what the White House called his “warm congratulations.”

Bennett responded in kind, and Monday, Yair Lapid, his centrist partner in the awkward coalition assembled to oust Netanyahu, went even further, blaming Netanyahu for poisoning Israel’s relationship with Biden and the Democratic Party.

The change in government in Israel will hardly wipe away deep differences with the Biden administration: The right-wing Bennett is ideologically closer to Netanyahu than to Biden. And it did not make the long-standing issues in the Middle East any less intractable.

But the early interactions suggest a shift in tone and an opportunity, analysts said, to establish a less contentious relationship, with potential implications for dealing with Iran, the Palestinians and the wider region.

“The tone and tenor of the relationship has gotten off to a very good start,” said Daniel C. Kurtzer, the U.S. ambassador to Israel from 2001 to 2005.

“The Biden administration clearly wants to send a message that they’re open for serious business and dialogue,” he added, noting the swiftness of the calls from Biden and one from Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Lapid.

In a statement Sunday, Bennett’s office said he considered the American president “a great friend of the state of Israel” and planned on “strengthening ties between the two countries.”

And in a speech Monday, Lapid said the Netanyahu government’s management of its relationship with the Democratic Party “was careless and dangerous.”

“We find ourselves with a Democratic White House, Senate and House, and they are angry,” said Lapid, Israel’s new foreign minister and who, as part of the deal that formed the unlikely coali-

tion, will succeed Bennett as prime minister in two years. “We need to change the way we work with them.”

Although Bennett shares and even amplifies many of his predecessor’s hard-line views on issues that have recently strained the U.S.-Israel relationship, including Iran’s nuclear program and Israel’s stance toward the Palestinians, the combative Netanyahu’s exit after a 12-year tenure came as a relief to the Biden administration.

Biden administration officials “don’t like Bibi, and they do see the possibility for a fresh start with Bennett,” said Natan Sachs, director of the Brookings Institution’s Center for Middle East Policy, during an online panel hosted Monday by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, referring to Netanyahu by his common nickname.

“I think a fundamental change is possible,” added Kurtzer, now a professor at Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs. “You now have a government in which there’s a prime minister who doesn’t think that he knows better than Washington what the United States should do.”

Analysts noted that Israel’s fragile new coalition government, which stitches together political parties of diffuse views, lacks the political consensus to adopt major new policies toward the Palestinians.

“There will be no major moves,” Sachs said. Bennett and Lapid hope to make politics “boring,” he said, and focus on domestic matters like Israel’s economy and budget.

That means virtually no chance of an Israeli annexation of occupied West Bank territory of the sort recently contemplated by Netanyahu, a step that would have provoked a diplomatic crisis with the Biden administration. At the same time, the new Israeli government has little interest in or capacity for new peace initiatives with the Palestinians.

But Biden administration officials, who have called for the swift reconstruction of Gaza after the conflict that erupted last month between Israel and Hamas, the militant group that controls Gaza, could soon find themselves frustrated by the slow pace at which interna-

tional aid is moving into that area, whose infrastructure was badly damaged.

At the same time, any new burst of internecine violence between Jews and Arabs within Israel, like the one that set off last month’s Gaza conflict, could test relations between Biden and Bennett, a strong supporter of Israeli nationalist and settler groups that Biden officials see as an obstacle to peace.

Yousef Munayyer, a Palestinian American analyst and a fellow at Arab Center Washington DC, said that both Israeli and U.S. officials may hope to “put a new face on old policies” and return to a situation where Palestinian issues are not commanding global attention as they did this spring. “The challenge is that the conditions on the ground are not necessarily going to lend themselves toward this charade,” he said.

Biden will still have to manage sharp criticism from progressive Democrats in Congress over Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, which has prompted increasing calls for cuts to or limits on the $3.8 billion in annual military aid the U.S. sends to Israel.

Israel’s defense minister, Benny Gantz, visited Washington this month seeking $1 billion in additional U.S. funds to replenish Israel’s Iron Dome an-

timissile system, which intercepted thousands of Hamas rockets fired toward Israeli cities. While stressing their support for the Iron Dome system, Biden administration officials have not committed to that figure.

Another test case for the new relationship could emerge from Vienna, where nuclear talks among several world powers, the U.S. and Iran resumed for a sixth round over the weekend. The Biden administration, offering sanctions relief, hopes to persuade Iran to return to compliance with a 2015 nuclear agreement that Bennett and Lapid have both opposed on the grounds that it does not adequately limit Iran’s nuclear program.

But Michael Doran, a former National Security Council official for Middle East affairs in the George W. Bush White House, warned that a threat as substantial as Iran’s potential nuclear weapons capability was too great to be papered over by friendlier attitudes.

“I don’t think the Israelis are going to drop their opposition” to the nuclear deal, he said. “I don’t think they’re going to drop their clandestine operations to disrupt the Iranian nuclear program. And that’s going to create considerable friction between Jerusalem and Washington.”

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, center, is embraced after the Knesset, the country’s Parliament, voted to form a new coalition government in Jerusalem on Sunday, June 13, 2021. Bennett is ideologically closer to his predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu, than he is to President Joe Biden.

16

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

The San Juan Daily Star

Why Asia, the pandemic champion, remains miles away from the finish line

By DAMIEN CAVE

A

ll across the Asia-Pacific region, the countries that led the world in containing the coronavirus are now languishing in the race to put it behind them.

While the United States, which has suffered far more grievous outbreaks, is now filling stadiums with vaccinated fans and cramming airplanes with summer vacationers, the pandemic champions of the East are still stuck in a cycle of uncertainty, restrictions and isolation.

In southern China, the spread of the Delta variant led to a sudden lockdown last week in Guangzhou, a major industrial capital. Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand and Australia have also clamped down after recent outbreaks, while Japan is dealing with its own weariness from a fourth round of infections, spiked with fears of viral disaster from the Olympics.

Where they can, people are getting on with their lives, with masks and social distancing and outings kept close to home. Economically, the region has weathered the pandemic relatively well because of how successfully most countries handled its first phase.

But with hundreds of millions of people still unvaccinated from China to New Zealand — and with anxious leaders keeping international borders shut for the foreseeable future — the tolerance for constrained lives is thinning, even as the new variants intensify the threat.

In simple terms, people are fed up, asking: Why are we behind, and when, for the love of all things good and great, will the pandemic routine finally come to an end?

“If we’re not stuck, it’s like we’re waiting in the glue or mud,” said Terry Nolan, head of the Vaccine and Immunization Research Group at the Doherty Institute in Melbourne, Australia, a city of 5 million that is just emerging from its latest lockdown. “Everyone’s trying to get out, to find a sense of urgency.”

While the languishing varies from country to country, it generally stems from a shortfall in vaccines.

In some places, like Vietnam, Taiwan and Thailand, vaccination campaigns are barely underway. Others, like China, Japan, South Korea and Australia, have seen a sharp rise in inoculations in recent weeks, while remaining far from offering vaccines to all who want one.

But nearly everywhere in the region, the trend lines point to a reversal of fortune. While Americans celebrate what feels like a new dawn, for many of Asia’s 4.6 billion people, the rest of this year will look a lot like the last, with extreme suffering for some and others left in a limbo of subdued normalcy.

Or there could be more volatility. Worldwide, businesses are watching whether the new outbreak in southern China will affect busy port terminals there. Across Asia, faltering vaccine rollouts could also open the door to spiraling variantfueled lockdowns that inflict new damage on economies, push out political leaders and alter power dynamics between nations.

The risks are rooted in decisions made months ago, before the pandemic had inflicted the worst of its carnage.

Starting in the spring of last year, the United States and

several countries in Europe bet big on vaccines, fast-tracking approval and spending billions to secure the first batches. The need was urgent. In the United States alone, at the peak of its outbreak, thousands of people were dying every day as the country’s management of the epidemic failed catastrophically.

But in places like Australia, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, infection rates and deaths were kept relatively low with border restrictions, public compliance with antivirus measures, and widespread testing and contact tracing. With the virus situation largely under control, and with limited ability to develop vaccines domestically, there was less urgency to place huge orders, or believe in then-unproven solutions.

“The perceived threat for the public was low,” said Dr. C. Jason Wang, an associate professor at Stanford University School of Medicine who has studied COVID-19 policies.

“And governments responded to the public’s perception of the threat.”

As a virus-quashing strategy, border controls — a preferred method throughout Asia — go only so far, Wang added: “To end the pandemic, you need both defensive and offensive strategies. The offensive strategy is vaccines.”

Their rollout in Asia has been defined by humanitarian logic (which nations needed vaccines the most), local complacency and raw power over pharmaceutical production and export.

Earlier this year, contract announcements with the companies and countries that control the vaccines seemed more common than actual deliveries. In March, Italy blocked the export of 250,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine meant for Australia to control its own raging outbreak. Other shipments were delayed because of manufacturing issues.

“The supplies of purchased vaccine actually landing on docks — it’s fair to say they are not anywhere near the purchase commitments,” said Richard Maude, a senior fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute in Australia.

Peter Collignon, a physician and professor of microbiology at the Australian National University who has worked for the World Health Organization, put it more simply: “The reality is that the places that are making vaccines are keeping them for themselves.”

Responding to that reality, and the rare blood-clot complications that emerged with the AstraZeneca vaccine, many politicians in the Asia-Pacific region tried early on to emphasize that there was little need to rush.

The result now is a wide gulf with the United States and Europe.

In Asia, about 20% of people have received at least one dose of a vaccine, with Japan, for example, at just 14%. By contrast, the figure is nearly 45% in France, more than 50% in the United States and more than 60% in Britain.

China, which has struggled with hesitancy over its own vaccines after controlling the virus for months, administered 22 million shots on June 2, a record for the country. In all, China has reported administering nearly 900 million doses, in a country of 1.4 billion people.

Japan has ramped up its effort, too, easing rules that had allowed only select medical workers to administer vaccinations. The Japanese authorities opened large vaccination cen-

ters in Tokyo and Osaka and expanded vaccine programs to workplaces and colleges. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga now says all adults will have access to a vaccine by November.

In Taiwan, too, the inoculation effort recently got a boost, as the Japanese government donated roughly 1.2 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

But all told, Taiwan’s experience is somewhat typical: It has still received only enough doses to immunize less than 10% of its 23.5 million residents. A Buddhist association recently offered to buy COVID-19 vaccines to accelerate the island’s anemic inoculation effort, but was told only governments can make such purchases.

And as vaccinations lag across Asia, so too will any robust international reopening. Australia has signaled that it will keep its borders closed for another year. Japan is barring almost all nonresidents from entering the country, and intense scrutiny of overseas arrivals in China has left multinational businesses without key workers.

The immediate future for many places in Asia seems likely to be defined by frantic optimization.

China’s response to the outbreak this month in Guangzhou — testing millions of people in days, shutting down entire neighborhoods — is a rapid-fire version of how it has handled previous flare-ups. Few inside the country expect this approach to change anytime soon, especially as the Delta variant, which has devastated India, is now beginning to circulate.

At the same time, vaccine holdouts are facing increased pressure to get inoculated before the available doses expire, and not just in mainland China.

Indonesia has threatened residents with fines of around $450 for refusing vaccines. Vietnam has responded to its recent spike in infections by asking the public for donations to a COVID-19 vaccine fund. And in Hong Kong, officials and business leaders are offering a range of inducements to ease severe vaccine hesitancy.

Shoppers in Beijing this month. China has signaled that coronavirus restrictions may be here to stay.

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

17

By SERGE SCHMEMANN

T

he last time American and Russian leaders met in Geneva was when Ronald Reagan squared off against the new Soviet chief, Mikhail Gorbachev, in November 1985. Oh, how times have changed since then.

To be sure, there will be blasts from the past when President Joe Biden and President Vladimir Putin come together today at the Villa La Grange overlooking Lake Geneva. Biden has promised to lecture Putin on human rights and Russia’s foreign adventurism, and Putin will fire back in kind. And at separate news conferences at the end both men will most likely assert that they made the world a safer place, despite their disagreements, by at least agreeing to manage their hostilities.

That would be no small achievement, and a necessary one. American relations with Russia, as Putin said in an interview, and Biden concurred, are at their “lowest point in recent years,” quite possibly since Russia emerged out of the rubble of the Soviet Union in 1991.

And despite Russia’s sharply reduced fortunes and expanse, there are plenty of fronts on which it poses a serious threat to the international order and to global stability, from Ukraine and Syria to cybersecurity to human rights, as well as areas in which a more businesslike relationship between Moscow and Washington could benefit both, including climate change, Iran, China, the thawing

PO BOX 6537 Caguas PR 00726 Telephones: (787) 743-3346 • (787) 743-6537 (787) 743-5606 • Fax (787) 743-5100

Dr. Ricardo Angulo Publisher Manuel Sierra

Ray Ruiz

General Manager

Legal Notice Director

María de L. Márquez

Sharon Ramírez

Business Director

Legal Notices Graphics Manager

R. Mariani

Elsa Velázquez

Circulation Director

Editor / Reporter

Lisette Martínez

María Rivera

Advertising Agency Director

Graphic Artist Manager

Biden and Putin have bigger problems than Biden and Putin Arctic and the coronavirus pandemic.

This is where summit diplomacy is most needed, to find ways to manage a relationship that has gone sour so things don’t get worse, and so antagonists can still cooperate where they have to.

But that is not to be confused with the summits of the Cold War. When Reagan and Gorbachev squared off in Geneva in 1985, the United States and the Soviet Union were still masters of their rival domains in a bipolar universe, and their every word and gesture — as well as the comportment of their formidable first ladies, Nancy Reagan and Raisa Gorbachev — were minutely examined by hordes of aides and experts for shifts in global tectonics and beamed to a fascinated world by a legion of reporters.

I was among them, and it was heady. There hadn’t been a summit in six years, and Gorbachev had come to power only eight months earlier with the promise of real change after years of stagnation in the Soviet Union and in U.S.-Soviet relations.

Reagan opened the talks with a dramatic proclamation: “The United States and the Soviet Union are the two greatest countries on earth, the superpowers. They are the only ones who can start World War III, but also the only two countries that could bring peace to the world.”

The Soviet Union would fall apart in a few years. Yet the first post-Soviet summit, between Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin, in Vancouver, British Columbia, in April 1993, was still a big deal, now full of hope that a Russia freed of communism would meld seamlessly into a “new democratic partnership.” I remember watching as Clinton ardently pumped Yeltsin’s hand in parting, exhorting him: “Win! Win!” That bonhomie still lingered when President George W. Bush met with Yeltsin’s hand-picked heir, Vladimir Putin, in Slovenia in 2001. It was there that Bush made his famous (or infamous) comment, “I was able to get a sense of his soul.”

But the relationship soured for Americans as Putin’s Russia annexed Crimea, launched military operations against Georgia and Ukraine and became increasingly authoritarian and intolerant of opposition. Then came Russia’s entry into the Syrian fray and the brazen meddling in the 2016 election campaign in support of Donald Trump, followed by four years in which Trump pursued a bizarre personal relationship with Putin while a special commission was investigating Russia’s machinations and government-to-government relations tanked.

The rosy days of two decades ago are hard to imagine now, when Putin’s image among most Americans is of an irredeemable thug, when all consulates outside the respective capitals are closed, both ambassadors are home “for consultations,” and Biden’s meeting with Putin is assailed in some hawkish quarters in Washington as appeasement of a malign autocrat. In American eyes, Russia is an irritant, a country in decline but still capable of major mischief under a leader whose stripes cannot be changed and who is entrenched for many more years.

It may come as a surprise to some Americans, but in many Russian eyes, it is the United States that is the mischief-maker and needs to change; the United States that needs to acknowledge that its unipolar moment is over and it cannot impose its will around the world; the United States that preaches democracy and human rights and scatters sanctions against those who defy it while its own democracy is in polarized disarray.

Though a struggling economy and too many years in power have eroded Putin’s standing at home, and dissidents like Alexei Navalny have shaken his rule, he remains popular — in part for managing to remind the Biden administration, whether through cybermeddling or threatening troop movements on Ukraine’s borders, that Russia will not be taken for granted.

The meeting in Geneva will not reconcile these visions nor find either leader peering into the other’s soul. Both have made that clear. But both also have pressing reasons to make their relations more stable and predictable.

After years of conflicts and sanctions, Putin probably welcomes some evidence that he still carries weight in the world.

His apparent readiness to deal seriously on cybersecurity suggests he does want to emerge from the meeting with something to show.

Biden, for his part, is probably keen to lower the temperature with Russia if only not to be distracted from his domestic agenda, and from the more important joust with China. China, indeed, will be the elephant in the Genevan lakeside villa, a gathering force that worries Moscow as much as it worries Washington.

So even if the meeting features mutual bashing and ends without a joint communiqué, a “reset” or displays of chumminess or trust, simply getting together and demonstrating a readiness to give real diplomacy a chance — possibly by announcing joint initiatives on arms control, cybersecurity, climate change or the Arctic — would be mission accomplished.

18

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Investigación de la UPR de Cayey relaciona el discrimen por color con la salud de las personas en Puerto Rico POR CYBERNEWS

C

AYEY — Una investigación desarrollada por la Universidad de Puerto Rico en Cayey (UPR-Cayey) evaluó el impacto del discrimen por color o colorismo en la salud autoevaluada entre los puertorriqueños a través de una muestra representativa de 5,794 individuos, utilizando varios modelos estadísticos.

Los resultados mostraron que aproximadamente 202,817 personas de piel oscura en Puerto Rico reportaron un peor estado de salud general que las 425,415 personas de piel más clara, se indicó este martes en una comunicación escrita.

El estudio titulado “Colorism and Health Disparities in Home Countries: The Case of Puerto Rico”, fue desarrollado por el economista, doctor José Caraballo Cueto, y la antropóloga, doctora Isar Pilar Godreau Santiago; ambos catedráticos de la UPR-Cayey.

“Esta investigación se realizó en Puerto Rico, utilizando datos disponibles del Puerto Rico Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (PR-BRFSS).

A raíz de un acuerdo entre el Departamento de Salud y la UPR en Cayey, el PR-BRFSS añadió un módulo especial que incluyó preguntas en torno al discrimen por color de piel. En socieda-

des estratificadas racialmente como la nuestra, igual que en todas las sociedades post-esclavistas en las Américas, la tonalidad del color de piel es un elemento importante para conocer el nivel de vulnerabilidad de una persona frente al racismo”, indicó la Godreau Santiago.

“Para saber cuán vulnerable puede

estar una persona al racismo, se implementó una escala que permitía que los participantes pudieran clasificarse ellos mismos según su tonalidad de piel, siendo 1 la tonalidad más clara y 6 la más oscura”, explicó Caraballo Cueto, Director del Centro de Información Censal de la UPR-Cayey.

La investigación analiza la relación que tiene la salud de las personas encuestadas en Puerto Rico con el colorismo (término utilizado para describir el trato diferenciado que se le da a una persona por la tonalidad de su piel dentro de su propio grupo étnico, de tal manera que mientras más oscura es la piel, más sujeta está a los prejuicios y más vulnerable a los efectos del racismo y mientras más clara sea la piel, menos expuesto estará a estos efectos perniciosos.

El estudio concluyó que las personas con color de piel más oscura tienden a sufrir más discrimen, pobreza y malos resultados de salud.

Salud reporta seis muertes, 58 personas hospitalizadas y 188 nuevos casos positivos en pruebas de COVID-19 POR CYBERNEWS

S

AN JUAN — El informe del Departamento de Salud de este martes reportó seis muertes por COVID-19, mientras que se registraron 20 casos confirmados, 18 probables y 150 sospechosos adicionales, para un total de 188 nuevos casos positivos en pruebas para detectar el coronavirus, en muestras tomadas desde el 30 de mayo al 13 de junio de 2021.

Las personas con al menos una dosis de vacuna contra el COVID-19 alcanzan 1,877,474. Las personas que han completado sus dosis de vacunación llegan a 1,501,572.

Hay 119,179 personas que han pa-

decido Covid-19, recuperadas o en proceso de recuperarse del virus.

Se encuentran hospitalizadas 58 personas, dos menos que el lunes. Entre los hospitalizados hay 37 pacientes adultos, dos menos que el día anterior y 21 casos pediátricos, la misma cifra que el lunes.

En intensivo se encuentran 10 pacientes adultos, dos menos que el lunes.

No hay casos pediátricos en intensivo.

Mientras que en ventilador hay tres pacientes adultos, dos menos que el lunes. No hay casos pediátricos con ventilador.

En total hay reportadas 2,536 personas fallecidas por Covid-19, seis más que el lunes.

El reporte de decesos puede variar en la medida en que se dan los procesos de registro y codificación de las causas de muerte, lo que po-

dría tomar varios días.

Para más información, puede acceder a través de la página web del Departamento de Salud.

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

19

Stephen Colbert returns to ‘Late Show’ stage before vaccinated fans

By JOHN KOBLIN

T

here was a hug for the bandleader, Jon Batiste, without any need for social distancing. There were chants of “Ste-phen! Ste-phen! Ste-phen!” And a standing ovation that lasted a minute and a half.

“So how ya been?” Stephen Colbert said to a roar of laughter from a crowd of more than 420 people — all vaccinated, most of them maskless — at the Ed Sullivan Theater in Midtown Manhattan.

The CBS late night host was back in his element Monday, connecting with a capacity crowd 460 days after the coronavirus pandemic had emptied the theater where he has worked since 2015. He was reveling in the moment.

“I am proud to say that we are the first show back up on Broadway,” Colbert said, adding a profane taunt of “The Lion King.”

The return to the stage of late night’s highest-rated host was one of the clearest signs yet, in television and in New York cultural life, that things were starting to get back to normal.

During an interview in his office last week, Colbert sounded eager to get back in the spotlight. “I’m like a dog who’s got his head out the window and can smell that we’re near the farm,” he said. “I’m ready to be out of the cage.”

There were 213 audience-less episodes of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” broadcasts that came with offcamera chuckles from his executive producer, Chris Licht, and his wife, Evie, in place of big laughs from a packed hall.

The usually buttoned-up host ditched his suit and grew out his hair.

The remote version started in March 2020, when Colbert returned to TV with a surprise monologue from a bubble bath at his home. In recent months, he has put on the show from a retrofitted supply closet above the Ed Sullivan Theater.

During an episode last week, he appeared to have had enough of the small-scale version. He broke away from his monologue to complain about Licht’s hovering presence — “I can’t escape him!” — and other annoyances of loc-

kdown television production. The rant was filled with bleeped-out words and ended with him shaking a fist at the heavens and crying, “What you got, old man? Is that all you got? Give it to me — I can take it!”

Describing the screed, Licht said in an interview that the host had “kind of lost his mind.” Colbert likened the on-air moment to an “emotional breakdown.”

He started pushing for a return on March 18, the day he taped a sketch backstage, surrounded by staff members. It was, in Colbert’s telling, a lot of fun to be with his colleagues in the building again.

He summoned Licht.

“That’s when I said to Chris, ‘It’s really important we get back,’ ” Colbert said.

He continued: “I think we’ve done the show the best we can in this isolated circumstance. I think the best way to do the show now is to find a way to get back in front of the audience, because it feels more honest to the national experience right now.”

Colbert set strict conditions for the return: There would be a full studio audience; there would be no mask requirement; and there would be no social distancing between him and Batiste.

“We made a conscious decision that really was following his lead as a performer, which was, ‘I don’t want to go halfsies back into that room,’ ” Licht said.

For three months the host regularly nudged his producer on how close he was to standing face to face with an audience again. “At the end of every day, I would say: ‘Chris, so what’s the answer? I mean, the answer can be no, but I just want an answer,’ ” Colbert said.

Licht worked with ViacomCBS to get the necessary clearances. By mid-May, when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifted indoor regulations for mask use among vaccinated people, the show was well on its way to a return. Approval from New York state came May 22, Licht said.

After Colbert announced, three weeks ago, that he would soon be back onstage, others followed suit, including Bruce Springsteen, who said his “Springsteen on Broadway” show would return to the St.

James Theater on June 26. Colbert’s NBC rival, Jimmy Fallon, welcomed back a full audience of just under 200 people for “The Tonight Show” last week, though attendees have been required to wear masks in his 30 Rockefeller Plaza studio.

The Ed Sullivan Theater, built in 1927, has hosted a number of dramatic moments in broadcast and New York history, including landmark performances by Elvis Presley and the Beatles on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” and David Letterman’s return to broadcasting six days after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

It was restored to its former glory after CBS bought the building, for $4 million, as the venue for Letterman’s program in 1993. When Colbert succeeded him in 2015, the network refurbished it anew at a cost of $18 million. Until Monday, the last “Late Show” broadcast from its stage took place March 12, 2020, when the host delivered his lines to empty seats.

Licht said he was concerned about finding enough people willing to show up for the Monday taping so soon after pandemic restrictions had been lifted, a worry that proved unfounded. Twenty minutes

after tickets were made available online, the show had received 20,000 requests, the producer said.

The vast majority of those who saw the return had their masks on their laps or in their pockets. There was even the sound of scattered coughing, and no one seemed shaken up by it.

As Colbert wrapped up his monologue, he brought out Evie, his wife, who became a mainstay of the show during his remote broadcasts. “Audience, he’s all yours now,” she said. “Don’t forget to laugh, because he really needs it.”

Colbert then did a remote interview with comedian Dana Carvey, who offered his impersonation of President Joe Biden, before welcoming his former “Daily Show” colleague Jon Stewart to the guest chair.

“Can I lick these people?” Stewart said, looking at the packed house.

To close the show, Batiste performed a new song of his with his band, Stay Human, and a group of gospel singers.

Colbert joined everyone else onstage and danced.

The song was called “Freedom.”

For the first time since March 2020, Stephen Colbert taped his show in front of an audience at the Ed Sullivan Theater on Monday.

20

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Hollywood take on Christchurch massacre provokes anger in New Zealand

By NATASHA FROST

A

planned Hollywood film about the Christchurch mosque massacre has drawn a sharp backlash in New Zealand, with Muslims denouncing the director’s decision to focus not on the community’s pain and resilience, but instead on the response by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

More than 60,000 people have signed a petition calling for the movie to be shut down. Ardern released a statement distancing herself from the film, which she said she had not been consulted on. The mayor of Christchurch said that the movie’s crews would not be welcome in her city, and one New Zealand producer dropped out of the production Monday.

Some Muslims said the film, as proposed, would exploit their trauma and engage in “white saviorism” by making Ardern the central character.

“It’s really intensely hurtful,” said Guled Mire, a Fulbright scholar at Cornell University who is a member of New Zealand’s Muslim community.

He added that he and others had learned of the movie only through social media.

“The grief is still very raw for a lot of the victims, their families and for

A makeshift memorial to the victims of the mosque massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 17, 2019. A planned Hollywood film about the mass shootings has drawn a sharp backlash in New Zealand, with Muslims denouncing the director’s decision to focus not on the community’s pain and resilience, but instead on the response by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. the community as a whole,” Mire said.

The film, announced Thursday, is called “They Are Us,” taking its title from Ardern’s comments about the Muslim community after the 2019 shootings at two mosques, in which more than 50 people died. It would

star Australian actress Rose Byrne as a grieving Ardern.

The film’s director, New Zealand screenwriter Andrew Niccol, told Deadline that “the film addresses our common humanity, which is why I think it will speak to people around the world.” He added, “It is an example of how we should respond when there’s an attack on our fellow human beings.”

While Ardern has been praised globally for her compassionate response to the massacre, Muslims in New Zealand said the movie’s focus on her was part of a long pattern in Hollywood of marginalizing minority populations.

“It was quite shocking to see that, in 2021, we are still making these films which you would probably see in the 1920s or ’30s in Hollywood, where white saviors go into the desert,” said Ghazaleh Golbakhsh, an Iranian-New Zealand writer, academic and filmmaker. “It all kind of harks back to this kind of colonialist

and Orientalist fantasy.”

Although reports in the U.S. news media suggested that the Muslim community had consulted on the film, multiple members said that they did not know of anyone who had been involved in the project.

“The issue is that the film is about Jacinda Ardern, but it’s not her story to tell,” said Adibah Khan, a spokeswoman for New Zealand’s National Islamic Youth Association, which organized the petition. “It’s the story of the victims and their victim community, and the truth is, they haven’t been consulted at all.”

Mohamed Mostafa, whose father was killed in the attacks, said he felt taken advantage of by the film project.

“Someone’s trying to exploit my pain and agony and suffering — and for what benefit?” he said.

He added that white saviorism was a false narrative.

“There’s no saviors here, because we have 51 victims in the story,” he said. “If we had a savior, we wouldn’t have any victims.”

Golbakhsh compared the proposed movie to “Green Book,” the Oscar-winning film that was dismissed by its detractors as a “racial reconciliation fantasy.”

“It is kind of encouraging the idea that anyone nonwhite is either too weak, or not as interesting, and therefore just kind of pushes them to the background, as not a three-dimensional character,” she said.

A report from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative released last week found that Muslims, who make up nearly a quarter of the global population, represented less than 2% of speaking characters in top-grossing films made between 2017 and 2019.

Nearly 20% of the Muslim characters who did appear were killed by the end of the film, often in a violent death.

“I sincerely hope that this project gets canceled and we don’t ever hear about it ever again,” Mostafa said.

“When we’re ready to tell the story, we might do it, one day. And it’s going to be our story to tell.”

The San Juan Daily Star The San Juan Daily Star

21 Wednesday, June 16, 2021 21

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

20

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

FASHION The San Juan Daily Star

High heels are ready to stomp out crocs and birks

By RUTH LA FERLA

A

s she dressed for her 26th birthday recently, Cleo Pac Monrose focused on making a statement.

Monrose, a podcast marketer for Spotify, flicked the dust off her party clothes and the high-heeled lavender pumps she had been hoarding since just before lockdown.

Slipping the shoes on, she felt unsteady at first.

“It was like a whole new role for my feet. We haven’t been here in a while,” she said. She soon regained her bearings.

“It’s kind of riding a bike,” she said. “You get right back up.”

Wait. Wasn’t it only a moment ago that shoppers were lamenting — or cheering, take your pick — the sorry demise of stilettos and skyscraper heels, ditching their party shoes during lockdown for the comfort of sneakers and clogs?

High-heeled shoes were at the point of flatlining, industry pundits fretted, teetering on the edge of extinction.

Fast-forward a few months to find those consumers making a sharp sutorial pivot: trading comfort and function for the joy of dressing up. They are itching, after more than a year of confinement, to step up their style game in towering heels.

“People are so tired of these comfy, sloppy outfits,” said Daniel Harris, 18, a freelance fashion consultant in Kingsport, Tennessee. “We’ve gone through a year and some change of everybody being holed up in the house.

Now we’re popping on those heels again and going out.”

Amen to that, professional trend watchers say. Markdowns of highheeled shoes have dipped in recent months, one indication that those who can afford them are snapping up “heels” at full price, said Sidney Morgan-Petro, head of retail and buying for WGSN, a trend forecasting service in New York.

Last year was an anomaly, so it may be too soon to call this a boom, MorganPetro said. “But high-heeled shoes are

having a moment right now.”

Matt Priest, president and chief executive of the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America, was as upbeat, noting a perceptible spike in the sale of dress shoes.

“As events — whether concerts, theater or parties — return, we expect to see a resurgence,” he said. “The question comes down to, will our industry have enough inventory?”

Google searches of “high heels,” one reliable indicator of demand, have climbed in recent weeks, as consumers presumably scoured the marketplace for shoes to wear to weddings, proms, graduations and other formal events.

The fashion glossies, whose business it is to drive sales, seem especially keen to give heels a boost.

“I certainly have missed flexing a statement outfit and wearing something uncomfortable, just for the sake of the look,” Christian Allaire wrote in April on Vogue.com, promoting an inventory of slinky tops, corsets and, of course, stilettos. “Beauty is pain, after all!” he argued without irony.

Ileana Zambrano hardly needed such a push. Prepping for dinner last week at Morandi, a popular New York City trattoria, Zambrano, who gave her age as “my business,” broke out her Jimmy Choo sandals.

“I couldn’t wait to dress up and wear them again,” she said. “I don’t care if I can’t walk.”

Kelly Holmes, 47, Zambrano’s friend and colleague, showed off a recent purchase, a pair of ultra-tall, pointy-toed goldtone sandals. She had been wearing high heels since restaurants reopened for indoor dining.

“Now, when I walk down the street,” she said, “I feel like a gazelle that’s just been born.”

Luxury brands are betting on a continued resurgence.

“Women have missed the joy of dressing up,” said Manolo Blahnik, who seems bent on cheering a new generation of Carrie Bradshaws, unveiling new stores in East Hampton, New York, and on Madison Avenue in Man-

High-heeled shoes were at the point of flatlining, industry pundits fretted, teetering on the edge of extinction.

Fast forward a few months to find those consumers trading comfort and function for the joy of dressing up.

hattan.

“Women cannot be without their high-heeled shoes,” Blahnik insisted.

“They never grow bored.”

Open for business after a twoyear hiatus, the shops will be stocked accordingly with calf-leather pumps and sandals, and colorful styles in silk moire. Four-inch heels have been a company mainstay, said Kristina Blahnik, Blahnik’s niece and the brand’s chief executive. “But we’re bringing back our 5-inch heels, which we haven’t done in years.”

Certainly for some, the Crocs and Birks of recent months represented nothing so much as giving up. Harris, the trend consultant, who is partial himself to tall bootees and mules, felt thwarted during lockdown and was casting about for most any occasion to trot out his party shoes. Last winter he slipped on a pair of high-heeled boots with a fragile chain detail and square toe.

“I looked like a baby giraffe when I put them on for the first time in six months or so,” he said. “I wore them to the mall. I was just so starved to look fabulous.”

Another fashion die-hard, Monrose resorted while working from home to strolling her bedroom in her lavender pumps.

“I had been wanting to wear them for so long,” she said. “When I put them on, I felt like a little kid again, playing in my Disney princess costume drawer.”

22

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

For the juiciest grilled chicken, just add yogurt

By MELISSA CLARK

O

f all the things to get excited about as grilling season kicks in — the crisp-edged pork butt, the herb-rubbed lamb legs, all those resplendent peppers and eggplants and burgers galore — humble chicken thighs fall to the bottom of the list.

It’s not because chicken thighs are inherently less delicious than burgers and lamb. It’s just that, being workaday staples you’re likely to whip up on any given Tuesday, they’re probably not the first thing you’re pining to throw on the grill.

This yogurt-marinated chicken aims to change all that.

With an intensely flavored marinade humming with za’atar, garlic and lemon zest, these chicken thighs are deeply savory, even when marinated for only a couple of hours. And if you accidentally overcook them — a risk faced by even the most experienced griller — the yogurt ensures they will still emerge juicy and piquant on the inside, and striped bronze and glistening on the surface.

A common marinade ingredient in South and Central Asia, yogurt has a centuries-long history of being used to tenderize meat destined for perilously high heat, like chicken tikka cooked in a tandoor or lamb kebabs seared on a charcoal grill.

Abetted by a little salt, the yogurt helps the meat retain its moisture when up against raging fire, and adds a mellow tang that you can easily perk up with whatever aromatics you have on hand.

Any combination of alliums (garlic, onions, shallots) with herbs, spices and an optional chile can find a happy home in the marinade bowl. As long as you make

A staple of South and Central Asian cooking, a yogurt marinade preps proteins to take the heat. sure to use enough salt — between 1/2 and 3/4 teaspoon salt per pound of bonein chicken — you really can’t go wrong.

Another benefit of yogurt, according to Nik Sharma, cookbook author, food scientist and contributor to New York Times Cooking, is that it contains lactic acid, which is gentler than the vinegar and lemon juice found in other marinades. This gives you a longer window of marination time, letting you soak your meat for up to 24 hours without it getting mushy, he wrote.

All of this means you can toss everything together in the morning (or the day before) and then grill it when you’re good and hungry. Or if grilling isn’t in the cards, you can even throw the chicken under your broiler. Forgiving and adaptable, these chicken thighs will cook up beautifully textured and perfectly seasoned — no matter how you apply the heat.

Grilled za’atar chicken with garlic yogurt and cilantro Yield: 4 to 6 servings Total time: 30 minutes, plus marinating time 6 garlic cloves, finely grated, pressed or minced 2 lemons, zested 1 cup plain whole-milk yogurt 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro, plus additional sprigs for garnish 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, more for serving

1 1/2 tablespoons za’atar, more for serving 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano or marjoram, plus additional sprigs for garnish 1 3/4 teaspoons salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 2 1/4 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs 1. In a large bowl or container, stir together 5 of the grated garlic cloves, half the lemon zest, 1/3 cup yogurt, the cilantro, oil, za’atar, oregano or marjoram, salt and black pepper. Add chicken and toss until well coated. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.

2. When ready to cook, light the grill to medium or heat your broiler with the rack 3 inches from the heat source. Remove chicken from bowl, shaking off any excess marinade, and grill or broil on one side until charred in spots, 5 to 8 minutes.

Flip the chicken and grill or broil for another 5 to 8 minutes, until just cooked through.

3. While the chicken is cooking, place remaining 2/3 cup yogurt in a small bowl. Stir in the reserve grated garlic clove and lemon zest, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Cut one zested lemon in half and set aside for serving (save the other zested lemon for another use).

4. To serve, place chicken on a serving platter and drizzle with olive oil and a large squeeze of the zested lemon. Top with cilantro and oregano or marjoram sprigs and serve with yogurt sauce.

Tip: If you’re broiling instead of grilling, you can line your sheet pan with foil for easier clean up. Don’t use parchment paper, it may burn.

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

23

Distorted, bizarre food smells haunt COVID survivors

By DEBORAH SCHOCH

M

arcel Kuttab first sensed something was awry while brushing her teeth a year ago, several months after recovering from COVID-19.

Her toothbrush tasted dirty, so she threw it out and got a new one. Then she realized the toothpaste was at fault. Onions and garlic and meat tasted putrid, and coffee smelled like gasoline — all symptoms of the once little-known condition called parosmia that distorts the senses of smell and taste.

Kuttab, 28, who has a pharmacy doctoral degree and works for a drug company in Massachusetts, experimented to figure out what foods she could tolerate. “You can spend a lot of money in grocery stores and land up not using any of it,” she said.

The pandemic has put a spotlight on parosmia, spurring research and a host of articles in medical journals.

Membership has swelled in existing support groups, and new ones have sprouted. A fast-growing British-based Facebook parosmia group has more than 14,000 members. And parosmiarelated ventures are gaining followers, from podcasts to smell training kits.

Yet a key question remains unanswered: How long does COVID-linked parosmia last? Scientists have no firm timelines.

Of the five patients interviewed for this article, all of whom first developed parosmia symptoms in late spring and early summer of last year, none has fully regained normal smell and taste.

Brooke Viegut, 25, whose parosmia began in May 2020, worked for an entertainment firm in New York City before theaters were shuttered. She believes she caught COVID in March 2020 during a quick business trip to London, and, like many other patients, she lost her sense of smell. Before she regained it completely, parosmia set in, and she could not tolerate garlic, onions or meat. Even broccoli, she said at one point this year, had a chemical smell.

She still can’t stomach some foods, but she is growing more optimistic.

“A lot of fruits taste more like fruit now instead of soap,” she said. And she recently took a trip without getting seriously nauseous. “So, I’d say that’s progress.”

Before COVID, parosmia received relatively little attention, said Nancy Rawson, vice president and associate director at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, an internationally known nonprofit research group.

“We would have a big conference, and one of the doctors might have one or two cases,” Rawson said.

In an early 2005 French study, the bulk of 56 cases examined were blamed on upper respiratory tract infections.

Today, scientists can point to more than 100 reasons for smell loss and distortion, including viruses, sinusitis, head trauma, chemotherapy, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease, said Dr. Zara Patel, a Stanford University associate professor of otolaryngology and director of endoscopic skull base surgery.

In 2020, parosmia became remarkably widespread, frequently impacting patients with the novel coronavirus who lost their sense of smell and then largely regained it before a distorted sense of smell and taste began.

An article last June in the journal Chemical Senses, based on questionnaires, found that 7% of post-COVID patients experienced smell distortion.

A later study based on an online survey in Britain found that six months after COVID’s onset, 43% of patients who initially had reported losing their sense of smell reported experiencing parosmia, according to an article in the journal Rhinology. The onset occurred a median of 2.5 months after the patients’ loss of smell, the article reported.

That matches the experience of Monica Franklin, 31, of Bergenfield, New Jersey, who was accustomed to having a keen sense of smell.

“I would be the one who could tell when the garbage had to go out,” said Franklin, a hospital occupational therapist. But she lost all sense of taste and smell in early April 2020, immediately after contracting COVID. Two months later, she found herself with both parosmia and phantosmia, a condition that causes a person to detect phantom smells. She was constantly inhaling the smell of cigarettes at times when no one was smoking, and she was in her room alone.

Garlic and onions are the major triggers for her parosmia, a particularly taxing issue given that her boyfriend is Italian American, and she typically joins him and his family on Fridays to make pizza.

She now brings her own jar of sauce, without garlic.

For Janet Marple, 54, of Edina, Minnesota, coffee, peanut butter and feces all smell vaguely like burning rubber or give off a sickly sweetness. It’s like nothing she has ever smelled in her lifetime.

“I literally hold my breath when shampooing my hair, and laundry is a terrible experience. Even fresh-cut grass is terrible,” said Marple, a former corporate banker.

Confounded by the cavalcade of smell and taste problems, scientists around the world are paying unusual attention to the human olfactory system, the areas of the nose and brain where smells are processed.

They have focused on the olfactory epithelium, a piece of postage-stamp-sized tissue behind the bridge of the nose. The

Monica Franklin found herself with both parosmia, a distortion in the senses of smell and taste, and phantosmia, or detecting phantom smells, two months after she had recovered from the coronavirus.

literal nerve center for detecting smells, it sends messages to the brain.

When people suffer from the common cold, mucus and other fluids may plug the nose so that smells can’t reach the nerve center. But no such blockage typically occurs in patients with COVID-caused anosmia and parosmia.

Some researchers initially speculated the virus was shutting down smells by attacking the thousands of olfactory neurons inside that nerve center. But then they found the process was more insidious.

Those neurons are held together by a scaffolding of supporting cells, called sustentacular cells, that contain a protein called the ACE2 receptor. A study published in July led by Harvard researchers found that the protein acts as a code for the virus to enter and destroy the supporting cells.

In short, parosmia appears to be caused by damage to those cells, distorting key messages from reaching the brain, according to a leading theory among some scientists.

As those cells repair themselves, they may misconnect, sending signals to the wrong relay station in the brain. That, in turn, could lead to parosmia and phantosmia.

The National Institutes of Health issued a call in February for proposals to study the long-term side effects of COVID. Stanford’s Patel is now enrolling people in a parosmia trial, preferably those who have suffered from the disorder for six months or more, but not as long as a year.

Meanwhile, many patients are turning to support groups for guidance. Such organizations existed in Europe before COVID, but none operated in the United States.

That’s why Katie Boeteng and two other women with anosmia formed the first known U.S. group for those with smell and taste disorders in December.

It is called the Smell and Taste Association of North America, or STANA. The women are now working to get it nonprofit status, with guidance from the Monell center, to raise funds for studies of smell and taste disorders.

Boeteng, 31, of Plainfield, New Jersey, lost her sense of smell more than 12 years ago, from an upper respiratory infection. In 2018, she started The Smell Podcast, and has recorded more than 90 episodes, interviewing patients, advocates and scientists around the world.

The best-known group worldwide helping people with such disorders is AbScent, a charity registered in England and Wales. AbScent only had 1,500 Facebook followers when coronavirus arrived; it has more than 50,000 today.

For some who work in the medical field, the altered smells can be confounding. Tracy Villafuerte developed parosmia about a year ago, and just as her sense of smell started coming back, the scents of coffee and other food turned rancid.

Like some others interviewed, Villafuerte, 44, is seeing a therapist. “I want to say it and say it loud. You need to learn mechanisms about it so that you can cope every day,” she said.

Villafuerte, a certified medical assistant in Bolingbrook, Illinois, is expecting her first grandchild in early July, and she hopes she will be able to smell the girl’s new-baby scent.

“People say, ‘You work in urology, so this must be a blessing,’” she said. “I would do anything to smell urine.”

24

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

The San Juan Daily Star

Suddenly, Venus has multiple visitors

In an undated image provided by ESA/VR2Planets/DamiaBouic, an artist’s concept of the European Space Agency’s EnVision mission arriving at Venus to study its atmosphere, surface composition, gravity field and other qualities.

By ROBIN GEORGE ANDREWS

N

ASA recently stunned planetary scientists when it announced that it was going to send not one but two different spacecraft to Venus by the end of the decade. On Thursday, the European Space Agency declared that it was launching its own mission there: EnVision, an orbiter that would investigate even more of the planet’s mysteries.

Until this month, Venus had been somewhat lonely.

NASA’s last mission to the second planet was Magellan, which burned up in its skies in 1994. Europe’s last foray there was the Venus Express spacecraft, which orbited the planet and studied it from 2006 until 2014. Today, Japan’s climateobserving Akatsuki is the only emissary from Earth in orbit.

With Europe’s EnVision spacecraft added to NASA’s decision to revisit Venus with the VERITAS and DAVINCI+

missions, it seems the next decade will belong to Venus, and some in the Venusian science community have been rendered speechless.

Upon hearing the news of the EnVision announcement, Martha Gilmore, a planetary geologist at Wesleyan University, who is part of both the DAVINCI+ and VERITAS teams, said: “I don’t even know what to do, my mind can’t.”

She paused and then added, “I’m in a weird state.”

“This is the best possible news,” said Paul Byrne, a planetary scientist at North Carolina State University. “You couldn’t have asked for a better situation.”

All three missions have different objectives and scientific instruments. But each will contribute to addressing the same overarching question. “Was Venus like Earth — was it habitable?” said Colin Wilson, a planetary scientist at the University of Oxford and a deputy lead scientist on EnVision.

Today, Venus is a post-apocalyptic wasteland: Its asphyxiating carbon dioxide atmosphere mingles with highly corrosive sulfuric acid clouds; its crushing surface pressures are equivalent to being 1 mile underwater; and its surface temperatures hit 900 degrees Fahrenheit. Curiously though, the presence of a rarer, heavier form of water in its atmosphere indicates that there once was a lot more normal water on Venus.

If that water existed not as steam, but as lakes, rivers, seas and oceans, it would have been the solar system’s second blue marble. How did Earth escape Venus’ fate?

“Some of those answers lie on Earth, but some of them lie on Venus,” Wilson said.

EnVision will study those mysteries with a suite of advanced scientific instruments. Its radar systems will peer through Venus’ thick atmosphere, mapping both the surface and the rocky layers up to 3,300 feet below the surface. An array of spectrometers seeing in ultraviolet and infrared light will analyze the atmosphere’s chemical composition, and differentiate between types of rock on the ground. A radio science experiment will be able to use slight changes in the planet’s gravity to parse the layer cake structure of Venus’ geologic guts.

All of these instruments will help answer another major query. “Is Venus alive or dead, geologically?” Wilson said.

Venus clearly had a geologically hyperactive past. Although most scientists suspect that Venus is still erupting, the thick cloud cover has prevented confirmation of that idea, just as it had prevented the search for the telltale movement of faults.

By conducting surgical scientific surveys on specific parts of the planet, EnVision will be able to comprehensively clear away this uncertainty. It can detect the thermal signatures of active volcanoes, sniff out the gaseous plumes from any erupting volcanoes and look for evidence of ongoing tectonic to-and-froing.

The spacecraft will also be able to peer into Venus’ past, looking for the scar tissue left behind by ancient plate tectonics and the relics of its epic, primordial volcanic activity — the sort that some suspect may have set off the runaway greenhouse effect that dried up the planet. It will also investigate the tesserae, curious plateaus that rise above plains of younger lava. Some think these may turn out to be deformed layers of continent-like rock. If so, that means they formed in the presence of liquid water — yet more evidence that Venus was once an ocean world.

As capable as these three missions are, they won’t solve all of Venus’ mysteries, like whether phosphine, a gas potentially present in the planet’s clouds, is being manufactured by microbial life.

But the hope is that this is the beginning of a second Venusian renaissance. “It’s setting the stage for sustained Venus exploration,” Byrne said, and only a prolonged series of missions to Venus — from more orbiters and probes to atmospheric balloons and landers — will let us discover why it became Earth’s evil twin.

The San Juan Daily Star SETENTA Y SIETE PUNTO NOVENTA Y CUATRO (77.94) ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO METROS; por el SUR, con teDE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- rrenos de Juana viuda de RoNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA bles; por el ESTE, con la Calle SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYA- Carmen, en DIECISÉIS PUNGUEZ. TO SETENTA Y UNO (16.71) BANCO POPULAR DE METROS; y por el OESTE, con Manuel Valentín hoy Sucesión PUERTO RICO de Aquilino Monteverde. La esDemandante vs. critura de hipoteca se encuenLUZ MARIA SEDA tra inscrita al folio 162 del tomo RAMIREZ, también 1500 de Mayagüez, Registro conocida como LUZ de la Propiedad de Mayagüez, SEDA RAMIREZ finca número 4,519, inscripción Demandados décimo novena. La dirección CIVIL NÚM. MZ2019CV00697. física de la propiedad antes SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO descrita es: Mayagüez Town 12 (Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Santo Tomás, St. Sábalo Wd., Vía Ordinaria). EDICTO DE Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. La suSUBASTA. basta se llevará a efecto para Al: Público en General satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $62,395.69 A LUZ MARIA SEDA de principal, intereses al 5.5% RAMIREZ, también anual, desde el día 1ro. de conocida como LUZ septiembre de 2018, hasta su SEDA RAMIREZ completo pago, más la cantidad Yo, JOSE M. CRESPO NAZA- de $8,704.40 estipulada para RIO, Alguacil de este Tribunal, costas, gastos y honorarios de a la parte demandada y a los abogado, más recargos acuacreedores y personas con mulados, todas cuyas sumas interés sobre la propiedad que están líquidas y exigibles. Que más adelante se describe, y la cantidad mínima de licitación al público en general, HAGO en la primera subasta para el SABER: Que el día 7 de julio inmueble será de $87,044.00 y de 2021 a las 1:50 de la tarde de ser necesaria una segunda en mi oficina, sita en el Tribu- subasta, la cantidad mínima nal de Primera Instancia, Sala será equivalente a 2/3 partes Superior de Mayagüez, Maya- de aquella, o sea, la suma güez, Puerto Rico, venderé en de $58,029.34 y de ser necePública Subasta la propiedad saria una tercera subasta, la inmueble que más adelante cantidad mínima será la mitad se describe y cuya venta en del precio pactado, es decir, la pública subasta se ordenó por suma de $43,522.00. Si se dela vía ordinaria al mejor postor clara desierta la tercera subasquien hará el pago en dinero en ta se adjudicará la finca a favor efectivo, giro postal o cheque del acreedor por la totalidad de certificado a nombre del o la Al- la cantidad adeudada si esta es guacil del Tribunal de Primera igual o menor que el monto del Instancia. Los autos y todos los tipo de la tercera subasta, si el documentos correspondientes Tribunal lo estima conveniente. al procedimiento incoado, esta- Se abonará dicho monto a la rán de manifiesto en la Secre- cantidad adeudada si esta es taría del Tribunal de Mayagüez mayor. La propiedad se adjudurante horas laborables. Que dicará al mejor postor, quien en caso de no producir remate deberá satisfacer el importe ni adjudicación en la primera de su oferta en moneda legal y subasta a celebrarse, se ce- corriente de los Estados Unidos lebrará una segunda subasta de América en el momento de para la venta de la susodicha la adjudicación y que todo licipropiedad, el día 14 de julio de tador acepta como suficiente 2021, a las 1:50 de la tarde y la titularidad y que las cargas y en caso de no producir remate gravámenes preferentes, si los ni adjudicación, se celebrará hubiese, continuarán subsisuna tercera subasta el día 21 tentes, entendiéndose que el de julio de 2021, a las 11:50 rematante los acepta y queda de la mañana en mi oficina subrogado en la responsabilisita en el lugar antes indicado. dad de los mismos, sin destiLa propiedad a venderse en narse a su extinción el precio pública subasta se describe del remate. La propiedad a ser como sigue: URBANA: Solar vendida en pública subasta se en el BARRIO SÁBALOS, ra- adquirirá libre de cargas y gradicado en el término municipal vámenes posteriores. Podrán de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, con concurrir como postores a touna cabida superficial de CIEN- das las subastas los titulares de TO TREINTA Y DOS PUNTO créditos hipotecarios vigentes y SESENTA Y OCHO (132.68) posteriores a la hipoteca que METROS CUADRADOS. En se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno linderos: por el NORTE, con la o que figuren como tales en la Calle Santo Tomás, que mide

LEGAL NOTICE

@

Wednesday, June 16, 2021 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 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, a 19 de mayo de 2021. JOSE M. CRESPO NAZARIO, ALGUACIL TRIBUNAL SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGUEZ.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante vs.

SUCESIÓN DE ANDRÉS RODRÍGUEZ ROSADO compuesta por FULANO DE TAL y ZUTANO DE TAL, como herederos desconocidos con posible interés; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (“CRIM”)

Demandados CIVIL NÚM: SG2019CV00055.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO (Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria). EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Al: Público en General A: SUCESIÓN DE ANDRÉS RODRÍGUEZ ROSADO compuesta por FULANO DE TAL y ZUTANO DE TAL, como herederos desconocidos con posible interés; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (“CRIM”)

Yo, JOSE M. CRESPO NAZARIO, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 7 de julio de 2021 a las 1:40 de la tarde en mi oficina, sita en el Tribu-

staredictos@thesanjuandailystar.com

nal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, 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 Mayagüez durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una segunda subasta para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 14 de julio de 2021, a las 1:40 de la tarde y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 21 de julio de 2021, a las 11:40 de la mañana en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número Cuatro (4) del Bloque “C” del plano de inscripción de la URBANIZACIÓN EL REAL, radicado en el Barrio Sabana Grande Abajo del término municipal de San Germán, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de TRESCIENTOS VEINTICINCO PUNTO CERO CERO (325.00) METROS CUADRADOS. Colinda por el NORTE, en VEINTICINCO PUNTO CERO (25.00) METROS, con el solar número C guió Cinco (C5); por el SUR, en VEINTICINCO PUNTO CERO (25.00) METROS, con el solar número C guión Tres (C-3); por el ESTE, en TRECE PUNTO CERO CERO (13.00) METROS, con Sucesión Emilio Ufret; y por el Oeste, en 13.00 metros, con la Calle “C”, siendo todas estas calles y solares de la mencionada Urbanización. Se encuentra construida sobre dicho solar una casa de concreto y bloques, construida por la Corporación, diseñada para vivienda. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 10 del tomo 587 de San Germán, Registro de la Propiedad de San Germán, finca número 11,282, inscripción Octava. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Urbanización El Real, 212 (antes Solar 4, Bloque C), Calle Baron, San Germán, Puerto Rico. La subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $63,124.59 de principal, intereses al 5.75% anual, desde el día 1ro. de junio de

(787) 743-3346

25 2018, hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $8,370.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado y recargos acumulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $83,700.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $55,800.00 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $41,850.00. Si se declara 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 todo licitador acepta como suficiente la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas.

Si la oferta 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 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, a 19 de mayo de 2021.

JOSE M. CRESPO NAZARIO, ALGUACIL TRIBUNAL, SALA

SUPERIOR DE MAYAGUEZ.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante vs.

MANUEL ANTONIO HORTA RAMOS, su esposa ROSA IVETTE PEREIRA VALENTIN y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos

Demandados CIVIL NÚM. MZ2019CV00912 (306). SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO (Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria). EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Al: Público en General A: MANUEL ANTONIO HORTA RAMOS, su esposa ROSA IVETTE PEREIRA VALENTIN y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos; AUTORIDAD PARA EL FINANCIAMIENTO DE LA VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO, por tener Hipoteca en Garantía de Pagaré a su favor por la suma de $15,000.00.

Yo, ALG. IVELISSE FIGUEROA VARGAS, PLACA #924, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 7 de julio de 2021 a las 2:00 de la tarde en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, 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 Mayagüez durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una segunda subasta para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 14 de julio de

2021, a las 2:00 de la tarde y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 21 de julio de 2021, a las 11:45 de la mañana en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: RUSTICA: Solar radicado en el BARRIO QUEMADO del término municipal de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de QUINIENTOS VEINTINUEVE PUNTO CUATRO MIL CIENTO NOVENTA Y CINCO (529.4195) METROS CUADRADOS. En linderos: NORTE, en OCHO PUNTO CUARENTA (8.40) METROS y CUATRO PUNTO CINCUENTA (4.50) METROS, con parcela dedicada a uso público; SUR, en VEINTE PUNTO TREINTA Y NUEVE (20.39) METROS, con remanente de la finca principal; ESTE, en ONCE PUNTO VEINTICINCO (11.25) METROS y VEINTICUATRO PUNTO OCHENTA Y SEIS (24.86) METROS, con remanente de la finca principal y solar segregado; y por el OESTE, en VEINTIOCHO PUNTO VEINTIUNO (28.21) METROS, con el solar número Uno (1). La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 215 del tomo 1511 de Mayagüez, Registro de la Propiedad de Mayagüez, finca número 28,808, inscripción Cuarta. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Barrio Quemado, Carretera 353, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. La subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $42,896.44 de principal, intereses al 6.5% anual, desde el día 1ro. de junio de 2017, hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $5,550.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más recargos acumulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $55,500.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $37,000.00 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $27,750.00 Si se declara 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 todo licitador acepta como suficiente la titularidad 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 de la Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $15,000.00, sin intereses, vencedero en 8 años, según consta de la Escritura Número 133, otorgada en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el día 26 de febrero de 2004, ante el Notario Público Francisco José Casalduc Delgado; inscrita al folio 215 del tomo 1,511 de Mayagüez, Registro de la Propiedad de Mayagüez, finca 28,808, inscripción 5ta y última. 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 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, a 27 de mayo de 2021. ALG. IVELISSE FIGUEROA VARGAS, PLACA #924, ALGUACIL TRIBUNAL, SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGUEZ. **

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO

26 DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE ARECIBO.

NATlVIDAD MOLINA RODRIGUEZ PETICIONARIA

Ex Parte

CIVIL NUM.: AR2020CV00250.

SALON: 401. SOBRE: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.

A: A LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS O DESCONOCIDAS A QUIEN PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCION DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA QUE MAS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBE Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE POR LA PRESENTE se les notifica para que comparezcan, Si 10 creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los VEINTE (20) DiAS contados a partir de Ia ultima publicación de este edicto, el que se publicará por TRES (3) veces en el término de veinte (20) días, a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por Ia parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre Ia siguiente finca: RUSTICA: Predio de terreno con un área de 13,857.2056 metros cuadrados equivalentes a 3.5257 cuerdas, localizada en eI Sector Berrocal Bo. Bayaney del Municipio de Hatillo. En lindes por el Norte en varias alineaciones que suman 277.18 metros con Claudio Nuñez Salas; 01 el Sur en varias alineaciones que suman 261.22 metros con lsmael Méndez Méndez, Alejandro Ríos Pagan, Alejandro Rios Reyes y Juan Rosado; 01 el Este en varias alineaciones que suman 78.92 metros con Margot Soto y Juan Rosado y por el Oeste en 4.77 metros con Camino Municipal. Número de catastro: 131-020-198-19-000.

Debe presentar el original de su escrito al Tribunal y notificar copia del mismo al representante legal de Ia parte promovente, Lcda. Marisel Barreto Viera, cuya dirección postal es Urb. Crown Hills, 138 Ave. W. Churchill PMB 224, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926-6013 y cuyo teléfono es el 787-945-5193.

Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación

general diana, para que comparezcan Si quieren alegar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo, se identificara en letra tamaño 10 puntos y negrillas, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de Ia fecha de Ia Ultima publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por Ia parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oIrle. POR ORDEN DE ESTE TRIBUNAL, expido Ia presente bajo mi firma y sello oficial. EnArecibo, hoy día 17 de mayo de 2021. Vivian Y Fresse Gonzalez, Secretaria Regional.

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

NATIVIDAD MOLINA RODRIGUEZ PETICIONARIA

Ex Parte

tastro: 131-020-198-19-000.

Debe presentar el original de su escrito al Tribunal y notificar copia del mismo al representante legal de Ia parte promovente, Lcda. Marisel Barreto Viera, cuya dirección postal es Urb. Crown Hills, 138 Ave. W. Churchill PMB 224, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926-6013 y cuyo teléfono es el 787-945-5193.

Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación general diana, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo, se identificará en letra tamaño 10 puntos y negrillas, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de Ia fecha de Ia última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder eI remedio solicitado por Ia parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oIrle. POR ORDEN DE ESTE TRIBUNAL, expido Ia presente bajo mi firma y sello oficial. En Arecibo, hoy día 13 de mayo-de 2021. Vivian Y Fresse Gonzalez, Secretaria Regional. Anabel Perez Rios, Sec Auxiliar Tribunal I.

CIVIL NUM.: AR2020CV00250.

SALON: 401. SOBRE: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS LEGAL NOTICE EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIAIN THE UNITED STATES DISDO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. TRICT COURT FOR THE DISA: CLAUDIO TRICT OF PUERTO RICO

NUÑEZ SALAS HC-03 Box 33720, Hatillo, PR 00659

POR LA PRESENTE se Ie notifica para que comparezca, silo creyere pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los VEINTE (20) DIAS contados a partir de Ia ultima publicación de este edicto, el que se publicará por TRES (3) veces en el término de veinte (20) días, a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por Ia parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre Ia siguiente finca: RUSTICA: Predio de terreno con un área de 13,857.2056 metros cuadrados equivalentes a 3.5257 cuerdas, localizada en el Sector Berrocal Bo. Bayaney del Municipio de Hatillo. En lindes por el Norte en varias alineaciones que suman 277.18 metros con Claudio Nuñez Salas; por eI Sur en varias alineaciones que suman 261.22 metros con lsmael Méndez Méndez, Alejandro Rios Pagan, Alejandro Rios Reyes y Juan Rosado; por el Este en varias alineaciones que suman 78.92 metros con Margot Soto y Juan Rosado y por el Oeste en 4.77 metros con Camino Municipal. Número de ca-

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Plaintiff V.

NILDA BURGOS RODRIGUEZ, RICARDO PINEIRO NEGRON AND THE CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THEM

Defendant(s) Case No.: 3:11-cv-01424-ADC. COLLECTION OF MONIES AND FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE. NOTICE OF SALE.

To: NILDA BURGOS RODRIGUEZ AND RICARDO PINEIRO NEGRON, DEFENDANTS. URB. VILLAS DE SAN AGUSTÍN, E-10 CALLE 5, BAYAMÓN, PR 00959.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC:

WHEREAS: On August 6, 2012 this Court entered a Judgment in favor of Plaintiff, NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING, against Defendant. On April 29, 2013 this Court entered an Order of Execution of Judgment stating that “Defendants defaulted on their repayment obliga-

tion to Plaintiff, and as of May 7, 2021, they owe Plaintiff principal amount of $141,677.00, interest in the amount of $103,679.50 which continue to accrue on a daily rate of $26.20, $178.74 in late charges, $19,378.88 in escrow deficiency, and $14,820.00 in contractually agreed-upon attorney’s fees and legal costs, for a total amount of $279,734.12. 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. WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned judgment and the order of execution thereof, the following property belonging to the Defendants will be sold at a public auction: URBANA: PARCELA DE TERRENO UBICADA EN EL BARRIO GUARAGUAO ABAJO MINILLAS DEL MUNICIPIO DE BAYAMON, PUERTO RICO, IDENTIFICADO EN EL PLANO DE INSCRIPCION DE LA URBANIZACION VILLAS DE SAN AGUSTIN, COMO SOLAR NUMERO DIEZ (10) MANZANA “E” SECCION “1” CON UNA CABIDA SUPERFICIAL DE 331.50 METROS CUADRADOS. EN LINDEROS POR EL NORTE, CON SOLAR NUMERO VEINTITRES DE LA MANZANA “E” DE LA REFERIDA URBANIZACION EN UNA DISTANCIA DE TRECE PUNTO CERO METROS; POR EL SUR, CON LA CALLE NUMERO CINCO DE LA REFERIDA URBANIZACION EN UNA DISTANCIA DE TRECE METROS; POR EL ESTE, CON SOLAR NUMERO NUEVE DE LA MANZANA “E” DE LA REFERIDA URBANIZACION EN UNA DISTANCIA DE VEINTICINCO PUNTO CINCUENTA METROS; Y POR EL OESTE, CON SOLAR NUMERO ONCE DE LA MANZANA “E” DE LA REFERIDA URBANIZACION EN UNA DISTANCIA DE VEINTICINCO PUNTO CINCUENTA METROS. EN DICHA PARCELA EXISTE UNA EDIFICACION DE VIVIENDA UNIFAMILIAR DE UNA SOLA PLANTA, CONSTRUIDA DE CONCRETO ARMADO Y BLOQUE DE CONCRETO. The aforementioned Property is recorded in the Puerto Rico Property Registry, Section of Bayamon, Sección I, at page 236, of Book 1277, Property Lot (“Finca”) number 57434. The mortgage deed is recorded at entry 64 of the Journal of Daily Entries 1844 of Bayamon, Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section I, Property Lot (“Finca”) number 57434. 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. WHEREAS: The lien executed is the first one over the property and for the purpose of the first judicial sale, the minimum bid agreed upon by the parties in the mortgage deed will be $148,200.00 for the property and no lower offers will be accepted. Should the first judicial sale of the above-described property be unsuccessful, then the minimum bid for the property on the second judicial sale will be $98,800.00, that is two-thirds the amount of the minimum bid for the first judicial sale. The minimum bid for a third judicial sale, if the same is necessary, will be $74,100.00, that is one-half of the minimum bid agreed upon the parties in the aforementioned mortgage deed. (30 PR Laws Ann. § 2721, Mortgage and Property Registry Act, Act. No. 198, Article 221, as amended). WHEREAS: 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 will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation, free of all subsequent liens and encumbrances. NOW 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 6TH DAY OF AUGUST OF 2021 AT: 10:00 AM, in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 150, Federal Building, Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 2001, 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 13TH DAY OF AUGUST OF 2021, AT: 10:00 AM, in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court located at the address indicated above. 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 20TH DAY OF AUGUST OF 2021, AT 10:00 AM, in the Office of the Clerk of the United

States District Court located at the address indicated above.

In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 19th day of May 2021. PEDRO A. VÉLEZ BAERGA, APPOINTED SPECIAL MASTER, 787672-8269.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Parte Demandante Vs.

ADALGISA ALTAGRACIA YNOA TAVERAS t/c/c ADALGISA YNOA TAVERAS

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CA2019CV01971.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia dictada el 6 de marzo de 2020 y enmendada Nunc Pro Tunc el 9 de diciembre de 2020, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 3 de febrero de 2021 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 5 de febrero de 2021 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 31 DE AGOSTO DE 2021, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Carolina, Sala Superior, Carretera Número Tres (3) Km. 11.7, Avenida 65 de Infantería, Intersección Carr. Núm. 853, Entrada Urb. Lomas de Carolina, Carolina, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBAN: HORIZONTAL PROPERTY: Apartment 1711 of The Residences at Parque Escorial Condominium, located in San Antón Ward, Carolina, Puerto Rico located on the first and second floors of Building 17 of the Condominium. The apartment has an area of 173.24 square meters.

The first floor is bounded on the NORTH, by the terrace planter that separates it from the front yard and the parking area in distance of 10.85 meters; on the SOUTH, by the wall that separates it from apartment 1713 in a distance of 10.85 meters; on the EAST, where the entrance is located by the wall, hallway, stairwell and common elements that separates it from apartment 1710, in a total dis-

tance of 9.34 meters; and on the WEST, by the wall separates it from apartment 1810 in a distance of 9.34 meters. The second floor is bounded on the NORTH, by the wall that overlooks the terrace and the front yard in a distance of 10.85 meters; on the SOUTH, by the wall that separates it from apartment 1713, in a distance of 10.85 meters; on the EAST, by the stairwell that separates it from apartment 1710, in a distance of 6.24 meters and the wall that overlooks the terrace in a distance of 1.19 meters 6.24 meters; and on the WEST, by the wall that separates it from apartment 1810, in a distance of 6.24 meters and the wall that overlooks the terrace in a distance of 1.19 meters. The first floor consists of living and dining areas, kitchen, bathroom, laundry, a partially covered terrace and the staircase leading to the second floor. The second floor consists of three (3) bedrooms with a closet each, a hallway, two (2) bathrooms and the staircase leading to the first floor. The entrance to this apartment, located on its Eastern boundary communicates with the hallway and stairwell of the building that lead to the sidewalk. This apartment has as part and appurtenant to it 0.5596% of the common element and 11.75% of the limited common elements of Building 17. It also has as part and appurtenant as common element limited to it one parking space for two cars in the parking area identified with the unit designation. La propiedad consta inscrita al folio 224 del tomo 1348 de Carolina, finca número 55278, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección II. La escritura de hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 168 del tomo 1461 de Carolina, finca número 55278, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección II. Inscripción cuarta. DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: COND. THE RESIDENCES AT PARQUE ESCORIAL, APT. 1711, CAROLINA, PR 00987 (00985 SEGÚN PAGARÉ).

SUBASTAS: PRIMERA: 31 DE AGOSTO DE 2021 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $202,991.00. SEGUNDA: 8 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $135,327.33.

TERCERA: 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $101,495.50. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $202,991.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 8 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $135,327.33.

De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $101,495.50. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente.

Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la suma de $170,946.51 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 5% anual desde el 1 de octubre de 2018 hasta su completo pago, más $294.04 de recargos acumulados, más la cantidad estipulada de $20,299.10 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesa el siguiente gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: Anotación de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico vs. Adalgisa Altagracia Ynoa Taveras, también conocida como Adalgisa Ynoa Taveras, ante el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Carolina, en el Caso Civil Número CA2019CV01971, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca con un balance de $170,946.51 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 5 de junio de 2019. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Carolina. Anotación A. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. Se les advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley.

Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; enten-

The San Juan Daily Star diéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 2102015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 12 de mayo de 2021.

SAMUEL GONZÁLEZ ISAAC, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Parte Demandante Vs.

HÉCTOR JULIO HERNÁNDEZ MARTÍNEZ, ISABEL DE JESÚS FIGUEROA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS, [EN SU CALIDAD DE TITULARES REGISTRALES DEL INMUEBLE]

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CA2019CV02023.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA “IN REM”. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia en Rebeldía dictada el 31 de julio de 2019, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 19 de diciembre de 2019 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 31 de diciembre de 2019 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 31 DE AGOSTO DE 2021, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Carolina, Sala Superior, Carretera Número Tres (3) Km. 11.7, Avenida 65 de Infantería, Intersección Carr. Núm. 853, Entrada Urb. Lomas de Carolina, Carolina, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad:

URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 36 del bloque G del plano de la Urbanización Reparto Los Ángeles, sito en el Barrio Cangrejos Arriba de Carolina, con cabida superficial de 252.00 metros cuadrados.

En lindes por el NORTE, en 12.00 metros, con el solar número 21 del bloque G; por el SUR, en 12.00 metros, con la calle D; por el ESTE, en 21.00 metros, con el solar número 35 de dicho bloque; y por el OESTE, en 21.00 metros, con el solar número 37 del mismo bloque. Enclava una casa. Inscrita al folio 106 del tomo 10 de Carolina, Finca Número 399, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección I. La escritura de hipoteca consta inscrita al folio móvil del tomo 920 de Carolina, Finca Número 399, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección I. Inscripción décima. DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: URB. LOS ANGELES, G36 CALLE D, CAROLINA, PR 00979.

SUBASTAS: PRIMERA: 31 DE AGOSTO DE 2021 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $139,600.00. SEGUNDA: 8 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $93,066.66.

TERCERA: 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $69,800.00. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $139,600.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 8 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $93,066.66.

De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $69,800.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente.

Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la suma de $103,742.00 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.95% anual desde el 1 de agosto de 2017 hasta su completo pago, más $228.74 de recargos acumulados, más la cantidad estipulada de $13,960.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del

Wednesday, June 16, 2021 préstamo. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesan los siguientes gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: a. Embargo Federal: Anotada contra Héctor Hernández, seguro social XXX-XX-5316, por la suma de $5,934.03, según notificación número 2219680164, anotada el 9 de agosto de 2016, al asiento 2016-007513-FED del Libro de Embargos Federales de Karibe. Nota: No podemos precisar si el embargado y el titular son la misma persona. b. Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Vs. Rubén Gil Guzmán Rodríguez y su esposa Ileana María Rafols Izquierdo, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, en el Caso Civil Número CA2019CV02023, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $103,742.00 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 7 de junio de 2019.

Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Carolina. Anotación A. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea.

Se les advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 210-2015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 12 de mayo de 2021. SAMUEL GONZÁLEZ ISAAC, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA

INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR con el elemento exterior en diez pies cero pulgadas (10’0”); y DE CAROLINA. por el OESTE, con elementos LEGAL NOTICE de uso común y con el elemenESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO to exterior en cinco pies una DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- pulgada (5’1”). La puerta princiNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA pal de entrada y salida de este CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CARO- apartamento se encuentra LINA SALA SUPERIOR orientada hacia la colindancia BANCO POPULAR DE Oeste y da acceso a elementos comunes limitados de la propiePUERTO RICO dad, a saber, pasillo y escalera, Demandante Vs. y a su vez, a través de las calles LAURA MARGARITA número uno (1) y cinco (5) del MIRANDA SANFELIZ, Condominio, se provee acceso RAQUEL D. CERVERA a la vía pública, Calle MetrópoROJAS T/C/C RAQUEL lis del Municipio de Trujillo Alto.

Su segundo nivel tiene una caCERVERA ROJAS Y ESTADOS UNIDOS DE bida superficial de quinientos sesenta y siete punto setenta y AMERICA ocho pies cuadrados (567.78 Demandados p.c), equivalentes a cincuenta y Civil Núm.: CA2020CV00068. dos punto setenta y siete meSobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y tros cuadrados (52.77 m.c). En EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA lindes por el NORTE, con ele(VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE mentos de uso común limitado SUBASTA. El Alguacil que susy con el elemento exterior en cribe por la presente CERTIFIcincuenta y cuatro pies una pulCA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSgada (54’1”); por el SUR, con la TAR: Que en cumplimiento de pared medianera del apartaun Mandamiento de Ejecución mento trescientos dos (G-302) de Sentencia que le ha sido dien veintidós pies dos pulgadas rigido al Alguacil que suscribe (22’2”); por el ESTE, con elepor la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL mentos de uso común limitado DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA y con el elemento de uso exteCENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROrior en diez pies cero pulgadas LINA, SALA SUPERIOR, en el (10’0”); y por el OESTE, con caso de epígrafe procederá a elementos de uso común y con vender en pública subasta al el elemento exterior en cinco mejor postor en efectivo, chepies una pulgada (5’1”). El prique certificado en moneda lemer nivel, denominado A, está gal de los Estados Unidos de dividido en los siguientes eleAmérica el 8 DE JULIO DE mentos: sala-comedor, cocina, 2021, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAtres dormitorios, dos servicios ÑANA, en su oficina sita en el sanitario y una terraza. El selocal que ocupa en el edificio gundo nivel denominado B está del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA dividido en los siguientes eleINSTANCIA CENTRO JUDImentos: “family room”, un (1) CIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA servicio sanitario, una (1) cociSUPERIOR, todo derecho, títuna pequeña y una terraza. A lo e interés que tenga la parte este apartamento le correspondemandada de epígrafe en el de como elemento común limiinmueble de su propiedad que tado pero asignado de forma ubica en: APT. 301-G COND. exclusiva, permanente e inseCHALETS SEVILLANOS TRUparable, dos estacionamientos JILLO ALTO, PR 00976 y que que acomoda dos vehículo de se describe a continuación: URmotor. Este espacio para estaBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIcionamiento se identifica con la ZONTAL: Apartamento residenletra mayúscula, corresponcial identificado con el número diente al edificio donde se enG trescientos uno (G-301), locuentra sito el apartamento y el calizado en la tercera planta del número de este apartamento.

Edificio B (Según Escritura de Este apartamento tiene una Hipoteca y Modificación Edificio participación en los elementos G) del Condominio Chalets Secomunes generales del Condovillanos, sito en el Barrio Las minio uno punto doce (1.12%) Cuevas de Trujillo Alto, Puerto por ciento. La propiedad antes Rico, el cual tiene en su primer relacionada consta inscrita al nivel una cabida superficial de Folio 241 del Tomo 597 de Trumil trescientos ochenta y uno jillo Alto, Finca número 28,597 punto setenta y cinco pies cuaen el Registro de la Propiedad drados (1,381.75 p.c), equivade San Juan, Sección Cuarta. lentes a ciento veintiocho punto El tipo mínimo para la primera cuarenta y uno metros cuadrasubasta del inmueble antes redos (128.41 m.c). En lindes por lacionado, será el dispuesto en el NORTE, con elementos de la Escritura de Hipoteca, es deuso común limitado y con el elecir la suma de $151,850.00. Si mento exterior en cincuenta y no hubiere remate ni adjudicacuatro pies una pulgada (54’1”); ción en la primera subasta del por el SUR, con la pared mediainmueble mencionado, se celenera del Apartamento G tresbrará una SEGUNDA SUBAScientos dos (G-302) en treinta y TA en las oficinas del Alguacil cinco pies cero pulgadas que suscribe el día 15 DE JU(35’0”); por el ESTE, con eleLIO DE 2021, A LAS 11:30 DE mento de Uso Común limitado y

27

LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $101,233.33. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 22 DE JULIO DE 2021, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $75,925.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 496 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 29 de diciembre de 2004 ante la Notario Lucy Navarro Rosado, inscrita al folio 201 del tomo 820 de Trujillo Alto, finca número 28,597, inscripción segunda (2da). Modificada la hipoteca de la inscripción 2da, en cuanto al principal que será por $80,624.52 y el interés que será el 4.00% anual, vencedero el día 1 de noviembre de 2044, según la escritura número 562, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 16 de octubre de 2014, ante el Notario David Toledo David, e inscrita al folio 74 del tomo 904 de Trujillo Alto, finca número 28,597, inscripción 3ra. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $76,577.54 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de septiembre de 2017, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.00% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además la parte co-demandada Laura Margarita Miranda Sanfeliz y Raquel D. Cervera Rojas t/c/c Raquel Cervera Rojas adeudan a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $15,185.00. Además la parte co-demandada Laura Margarita Miranda Sanfeliz y Raquel D. Cervera Rojas t/c/c Raquel Cervera Rojas se comprometieron a pagar una suma equivalente a $15,185.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $15,185.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA

DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate.

La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores ni preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad.

Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesa el gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relaciona a continuación: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $30,118.86, sin intereses, vencedero el día 1 de noviembre de 2044, constituida mediante la escritura número 563, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 16 de octubre de 2014, ante el Notario David Toledo David, e inscrita al folio 74 del tomo 904 de Trujillo Alto, finca número 28,597, inscripción 4ta. Aviso de Demanda de fecha 14 de mayo de 2019, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Carolina, en el caso civil número CA201901696,SOBRE Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, contra Laura Margarita Miranda Sánfeliz, Raquel D. Carrera Rojas también conocida como Raquel Carrera Rojas y los Estado Unidos de América, por la suma de $76,577.54, anotado el día 25 de mayo de 2020, al tomo Karibe de Trujillo Alto, finca número 28,597, anotación A. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores conocidos y desconocidos que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados

en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 2 de junio de 2021.

SAMUEL GONZÁLEZ ISAAC, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

WANDA IVELISSE DÁVILA CRUZ, ALFY JUAN GUERRERO AVILA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2019CV01075.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA “IN REM” (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR, , en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el día 6 DE JULIO DE 2021, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: 18-F CALLE 4 URB. ALTURAS DE FAIRVIEW TRUJILLO ALTO,

28 PR 00976 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número dieciocho (18) del Bloque F de la Urbanización Alturas de Fair View, radicada en el término municipal de Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de doscientos cuarenta y siete metros cuadrados con veinte centímetros cuadrados (247.20 m.c) por el NORTE, con el solar número diecisiete (17) en una distancia de veinticuatro metros (24.00); por el SUR, con el solar número diecinueve (19), en una distancia de veinticuatro metros (24.00); por el ESTE, con la Calle número cuatro (4) en una distancia de diez metros treinta centímetros (10.30); y por el OESTE, con el solar número siete (7) en una distancia de diez metros treinta centímetros (10.30). Sobre el solar precedentemente descrito enclava una estructura de hormigón y bloques de hormigón destinada a vivienda. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 65 del Tomo 384 de Trujillo Alto, finca número 21,418, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Cuarta. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $137,362.00.

Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 13 DE JULIO DE 2021, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $91,574.66.

Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 20 DE JULIO DE 2021, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $68,681.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número 560 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 31 de agosto de 2009 ante el Notario Lesbia Hernández Miranda, y consta inscrita al Folio 202 del Tomo 718 de Trujillo Alto, finca número 21,418, inscripción Séptima (7ma). Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido contra la parte demandada ascendente a la suma de $137,362.00 la parte co-demandada Wanda Ivelisse Dávila Cruz, Alfy Juan

Guerrero Ávila y La Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos adeudan la suma de $117,646.04 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de noviembre de 2017, más intereses al tipo pactado de 5.00% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $13,736.20. Además, la parte demandada se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $13,736.20 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $13,736.20 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Por razón de dicho incumplimiento, y al amparo del derecho que le confiere el Pagaré, el demandante ha declarado tales sumas vencidas, líquidas y exigibles en su totalidad. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores conocidos y desconocidos que tengan inscritos, no inscritos, presentados y/o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma en el Tribunal en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 2 de junio de 2021. SAMUEL GONZÁLEZ ISAAC, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

JOSÉ FRANCISCO DE LEÓN VIERA, FRANCHESKA WYNEE MARCANO PÉREZ, LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS Y ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2019CV01168.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 6 DE JULIO DE 2021, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JU-

DICIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: SR 941 KM 13.0 LOT 3 SECTOR EL LAGO BARRIO LA GLORIA TRUJILLO ALTO, PR 00976 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Predio de terreno identificado con el número tres (3) en el Plano de Inscripción, localizado en el Barrio La Gloria del término municipal de Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de dos mil novecientos cuarenta y nueve punto cincuenta y tres (2,949.53) metros cuadrados, equivalentes a cero punto siete mil quinientos cuatro (0.7504) cuerdas. En lindes por el NORTE y por el OESTE, con el predio identificado para uso público; por el SUR, con terrenos de la Sucesión Resto; y por el ESTE, con el predio identificado con el número dos (2) en el Plano de Inscripción.

La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 21 del Tomo 503 de Trujillo Alto, Finca número 25,980 en el Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Cuarta. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $145,319.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 13 DE JULIO DE 2020, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $96,879.33. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 20 DE JULIO DE 2021, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $72,659.50.

La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 55 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 5 de febrero de 2015 ante la Notario Yomara Arvelo López, inscrita al folio 88 del tomo 907 de Trujillo Alto, finca número 25,980, inscripción octava (8va). Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $139,948.72 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de agosto de 2017, más intereses al tipo pactado de 5.00% anual que continúan

acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además la parte co-demandada José Francisco De León, Francheska Wynee Marcano Pérez y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $14,531.90. Además la parte co-demandada José Francisco De León, Francheska Wynee Marcano Pérez y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $14,531.90 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $14,531.90 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate.

La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores ni preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad.

Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesa el gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relaciona a continuación: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Small Business Administration, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $192,000.00, con intereses al 1.75% anual, vencedero el día 1 de abril de 2048, constituida mediante la escritura número 36, otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, el día 16 de agosto de 2018, ante la Notario Valerie Enid Vázquez Negrón, e incrita al tomo Karibe de Trujillo Alto, finca número 25,980, inscripción 9na. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores conocidos y desconocidos que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de car-

gos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 2 de junio de 2021.

SAMUEL GONZÁLEZ ISAAC, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

PRICILA BONET GREEN, JORGE CORREA MORALES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: JCD2017-0346.

(406). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA).

EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE,

SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 6 DE JULIO DE 2021, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: 19F CALLE ALMENDRO, URB. PRADERAS DEL SUR, SANTA ISABEL, PR 00757 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número F diecinueve (F-19) del Plano de Inscripción de la Urbanización Praderas del Sur, ubicada en el Barrio Felicia II, del término municipal de Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de trescientos punto ciento cincuenta y siete (300.157) metros cuadrados, equivalentes a cero punto setecientos sesenta y cuatro (0.0764) cuerdas. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar número F- veinte (F-20) en una distancia de veintitrés punto doscientos cincuenta (23.250) metros; por el SUR, con el solar número F-dieciocho (F-18), en una distancia de veintitrés punto doscientos cincuenta (23.250) metros; por el ESTE, con la calle número seis (6) en una distancia de doce punto novecientos diez (12.910) metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar número F-catorce (F14) en una distancia de doce punto doscientos diez (12.210) metros y con el solar número F-quince (F-15) en una distancia de cero punto setecientos (0.700) metros. Contiene una estructura de concreto de una planta dedicada a vivienda.

Número de Catastro: “393051-238-19-000”. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 21 del Tomo 138 de Santa Isabel, finca número 5,041, Registro de la Propiedad de Guayama. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $102,258.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 13 DE JULIO DE 2021, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $68,172.00. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del

Alguacil que suscribe el día 20 DE JULIO DE 2021, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $51,129.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número 186 otorgada en Ponce, Puerto Rico, el día 14 de diciembre de 2012, ante la Notario María del Rosario Pujol Thompson, inscrita al folio 55 del tomo 193 de Santa Isabel, inscripción Octava (8va), finca número 5,041.

Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $94,348.08 por concepto de principal, más intereses al tipo pactado de 3.50% anual desde el 1ro de diciembre de 2016. Dichos intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación.

Además la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $10,225.80.

Además la parte demandada se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $10,225.80 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $10,225.80 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley.

Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate.

La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesa el gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se rela-

The San Juan Daily Star ciona a continuación: Sujeta a Condiciones a favor de la Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico, bajo el Programa Mi Nuevo Hogar, concedió la suma de $5,250.00, en la cual los compradores no podrán vender, donar, permutar o de otro modo transferir la propiedad sin el consentimiento previo de la Autoridad, por el término de diez (10) años.

Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores desconocidos, no inscritos o presentados que sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy día 02 de junio de 2021.

MIGUEL A. TORRES AYALA, ALGUACIL AUXILIA PLACA #560, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE, SALA SUPERIOR.

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

CIVIL NÚM. SJ2019CV03673.

SOBRE: SENTENCIA POR CONSENTIMIENTO BAJO REGLA 35.4 DE PROCEDIMIENTO CIVIL; EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

AL PUBLICO EN GENERAL; A LA PARTE DEMANDADA Y A LOS TENEDORES DE GRAVÁMENES POSTERIORES

YO, MARIBEL LANZAR VELAZQUEZ, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, al público en general, POR LA PRESENTE HAGO SABER: CERTIFICO Y HAGO SABER: Cumpliendo con un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia del Secretario del Tribunal, Sala de San Juan, venderé en pública subasta al mejor postor en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos, en mi oficina, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala 503, 5to piso del Tribunal de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el día 14 de julio de 2021, a las 11:30 de la mañana, la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Parcela de Terreno compuesta de mil sesenta y seis metros con cuarenta y dos centímetros cuadrados (1,066.42) radicada en el Barrio Pájaros de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, marcada con la letra B en el plano de Inscripción, colindando por el NORTE; con Gervasio Ramírez; por el SUR; con la parcela marcada con la letra A en el plano de Inscripción; por el Este; con la carretera estatal número ochocientos treinta y nueve (839); y por el OESTE; con las finca principal de donde se segrega.

Consta inscrita al folio 163 del tomo 610 de Bayamón Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Bayamón, finca número 16,296.

La dirección física es: Carretera 167 Intersección Carretera 839, Sector La Aldea, Bo. Pájaros, Bayamón, Puerto Rico 00961.

El tipo mínimo fijado para la ejecución del Inmueble antes mencionado lo es la suma de $787,500.00. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, hasta donde sea posible, el importe de la sentencia dictada el pasado 29 de junio de 2018 y notificada el 9 de julio de 2018 en el caso de epígrafe, ascendente a las siguientes cantidaLEGAL NOTICE des:$700,324.97 de principal, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO más la cantidad de $111,456.70 DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- de intereses acumulados al 23 NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA de enero de 2019 más los que continúen acumulándose hasta SALA DE SAN JUAN. ACM CCSC OB VII REO el pago total y completo de la deuda, más $15,516.70 de carPR CORP gos por demora y otros, más la Demandante v. cantidad de $78,750.00 para THE PALMS cubrir las costas, gastos y hoINTERVENTIONAL PAIN norarios de abogados. En caso de que el inmueble a ser subasCLINIC, PSC tado no fuera adjudicado en la Demandado

primera subasta, se celebrará una segunda subasta el día 21 de julio de 2021, a las 11:30 de la mañana, y el tipo mínimo para ésta será $525,000.00 que es las dos terceras partes del precio mínimo establecido para la primera subasta. Si tampoco hubiera remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 28 de julio de 2021, a las 11:30 de la mañana, y el tipo mínimo para esta subasta será $393,750.00 que es la mitad del precio mínimo pactado para la primera subasta. Cuando se declare desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuere mayor.

Todas las subastas deberán ser acordadas y celebradas según lo ordenado por el Tribunal.

La subasta antes indicada se llevará a cabo en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, Sala 503 ubicada en el 5to piso. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables. El inmueble antes relacionado consta afecto al siguiente gravamen posterior: 1. Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor del Portador, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $647,000.00, con intereses al 3% anual sobre el prime rate, no expresa vencimiento, constituida mediante la escritura número 5, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 4 de mayo de 2007, ante el notario Amber Liz Lebrón Rosa, e inscrita al folio 163 vuelto del tomo 610 de Bayamón Sur, finca número 16,296, inscripción 11ma, como Asiento Abreviado extendidas las líneas el día 10 de septiembre de 2013, en virtud de la Ley número 216 del día 27 de diciembre de 2010. (Fue presentado el día 3 de julio de 2007 al Asiento 67 del Diario 1269).

Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas preferentes, si alguna, continuarán subsistentes; entiéndase que el rematante los acepta y quedan subrogados en la responsabilidad del mismo sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Para la publicación de este edicto en un periódico de circulación general una vez por semana, durante dos semanas consecutivas, y para la colocación del mismo en tres sitios públicos visibles del municipio en que se celebre la subasta, libro

el presente en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 9 de ABRIL de 2021. MARIBEL LANZAR VELAZQUEZ, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE BAYAMON.

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

GERARDO CASTILLO PASTRANA, SU ESPOSA GRICETTE FUENTES TORRES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS Parte Peticionaria

EX - PARTE

Civil Núm.: SJ2019CV09394.

Sala: 606. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S.

A: CUALQUIER PERSONA QUE PUDIESE TENER INTERÉS Y TODA PERSONA A QUIEN PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN SOLICITADA.

POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal por la parte peticionaria, una petición de expediente de dominio solicitando la inscripción del inmueble que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno radicado en el camino Los Condes, barrio Cupey de Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, compuesta de 0.223 cuerdas, equivalentes a 874.8255 metros cuadrados y en lindes: Por el NORTE, en 44.898 metros, con terrenos de Ricardo Rodríguez Rodríguez (antes Hipólito Fuentes); por el SUR, en una distancia de 29.650 metros, con terrenos de la Sucesión de Juan De Dios Nieves; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 18.881 metros con terrenos de Pedro González y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 6.467 metros con el camino Los Condes y en una distancia de 33.662 metros en puntos no alineados con terrenos de Nicolás Conde Nieves. Enclava en la propiedad una estructura en hormigón y bloques dedicada a vivienda unifamiliar que contiene dos (2) habitaciones, dos (2) baños, sala-comedor, cocina, balcón, marquesina con espacio para un vehículo de motor.

Para el 29 de marzo de 1956, el bien inmueble era propiedad de Carmen Nieves Adorno, la cual fuese vendida a los esposos Esteban Saldaña Morales y su esposa Ana Rivera Rodríguez,

según consta de la escritura número 67, sobre Venta de Parcela de Terreno, otorgada en Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, el 29 de marzo de 1956, ante el Notario José Ruíz De Val .

Posteriormente, los señores Esteban Saldaña Morales y su esposa Ana Rivera Rodríguez, según consta de la escritura número 27 sobre Venta de Parcela Rústica, otorgada en Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, el 19 de febrero de 1959, ante el Notario José Ruiz De Val, vendieron la referida finca a favor de Domingo Castillo Guzmán y Jacinta Pastrana Sánchez. Los señores Domingo Castillo Guzmán y Jacinta Pastrana Sánchez desde entonces, 19 de febrero de 1959, luego su Sucesión constituida por sus únicos y universales herederos Juan Castillo Pastrana, Esperanza Castillo t/c/c Esperanza Castillo Pastrana, Susana Castillo t/c/c Susana Castillo Pastrana, Gerardo Castillo Pastrana y Otilio Castillo Pastrana, y a sus nietos Pedro Juan Castillo Montañez, Pablo Castillo Torres t/c/c Pablo Castillo Vargas t/c/c Pablo Castillo, en representación del heredero fallecido Pablo Castillo Pastrana, y hasta el presente la parte peticionaria, Gerardo Castillo Pastrana, ha venido poseyendo dicho inmueble de manera pública, pacífica, continua y a título de dueño, ejerciendo sobre el mismo los derechos y cumpliendo con las obligaciones de verdadero dueño sin interrupción alrededor de sesenta (60) años. La posesión de dicha propiedad ha sido en concepto de dueño en forma quieta, pública y pacífica por Hilda Rivera Vázquez desde el 1990 hasta el presente. Se le notifica que deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de San Juan y enviando copia a la representación legal de la parte peticionaria: LCDO. VÍCTOR M. RIVERA TORRES, con dirección en la Avenida Fernández Juncos 1420, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00909, teléfono 787-727-5710, fax: 787268-1835, correo electrónico: victor.rivera@rcrtrblaw.com. Se le advierte que este edicto se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria general en tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días, a fin de que cualquier persona interesada pueda comparecer ante el Tribunal, dentro del término de veinte (20) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación

29

del edicto, a fin de alegar lo que al derecho de los mismos convenga. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 14 de mayo de 2021. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARÍA I. RÍOS LÓPEZ, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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

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

SUCESIÓN DE LUIS LÓPEZ MARTINEZ T/C/C LUIS LÓPEZ COMPUESTA POR SU HEREDERO CONOCIDO JOSÉ LUIS LÓPEZ RUIZ; SUCESIÓN DE LUIS LÓPEZ MARTINEZ T/C/C LUIS LÓPEZ Y SUCESIÓN DE MARIA CRISTINA RAMOS RODRIGUEZ T/C/C CRISTINA RAMOS RODRIGUEZ T/C/C MARIA CRISTINA RAMOS COMPUESTAS POR SUS HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS NESTOR LUIS LÓPEZ RAMOS, JOSÉ ANTONIO LÓPEZ RAMOS, HIRAM LÓPEZ RAMOS, HARRY LÓPEZ RAMOS Y EVELYN LÓPEZ RAMOS; SUCESIÓN DE RUBÉN LÓPEZ RAMOS COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS RUBÉN DAVID LÓPEZ RIVERA Y MARIBEL LÓPEZ RIVERA; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHAS SUCESIONES; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

DEMANDADOS CIVIL NÚM.: CG2020CV02223.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de Caguas , Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 16 de marzo de 2021, y según Orden y Mandamiento del 30 de abril de 2021 librado por este honorable Tribunal,

procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en la urbanización Villas de Castro, situado en el barrio Tomás de Castro del término municipal de Caguas que se describe en el plano de inscripción de la urbanización con el número 16 del bloque A, con un área superficial de 202.50 metros cuadrados; en lindes por el NORTE, con el solar 16 “A” del bloque “A”, en una distancia de 27.00 metros; por el SUR, con el solar 15 “A” del bloque “A”, en una distancia de 27.00 metros; por el ESTE, con doctor Jorge Hereter, en una distancia de 7.50 metros; y por el OESTE, con la calle número 2, en una distancia de 7.50 metros.

Contiene una casa de concreto diseñada para una familia. FINCA NÚMERO: 36,735, inscrita al folio 129 del tomo 1084 de Caguas, sección I de Caguas.

DIRECCION FISICA: VILLAS DE CASTRO CALLE 2, A-16 CAGUAS, PR 00725-4602. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la primera subasta habrá de celebrarse el día 19 de julio de 2021, a las 9:00 a.m., en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Caguas. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso, será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $114,000.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una segunda subasta el día 26 de julio de 2021, a las 9:00 a.m en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $76,000.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una tercera subasta en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 2 de agosto de 2021, a las 9:00 a.m, en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $57,000.00. Si se declare desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abo-

nará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor.

Con el importe de esta venta se habrá de satisfacer el balance de la sentencia dictada en este caso el cual consiste en el pago de $198.583.18 de principal, más intereses convenidos al 7.0000% anual más recargos hasta su pago, más el pago de lo pactado en la sentencia para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del demandado/deudor la ocupen. El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Si la subasta es adjudicada a un tercero y luego se deja sin efecto, el tercero a favor de quién se adjudicó la subasta solo tendrá derecho a la devolución del monto consignado más no tendrá derecho a entablar recurso o reclamo adicional alguno (judicial o extrajudicial) contra el demandante y/o el acreedor y/o inversionista, dueño pagaré y/o su abogado. Por la presente también se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. Por la presente también se notifica e informa de una HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de Secretary of The Department of Housing and Urban Development, o a su orden, por la suma de $171,000.00, intereses al 7% anual y a vencer a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #7, otorgada en San Juan, el 11 de enero de 2008, ante Notario Namyr I. Hernández Sánchez, inscrito al folio 223 del tomo 1721 de Caguas, finca #36,735, inscripción 4ta.

La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la Primera, Segunda y Tercera Subasta, si eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá

30 que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 1 de junio de 2021.

ALBERTO NEGRON ROMAN, ALGUACIL, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

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

SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. DEMANDANTE VS.

ADRIÁN RAFAEL ROMÁN COLÓN T/C/C ADRIÁN ROMÁN Y SU ESPOSA LUZ ESTHER VELÁZQUEZ NUÑEZ

DEMANDADOS CIVIL NÚM.: CG2019CV02249.

SOBRE: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (IN REM). EDICTO ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de Caguas, Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 5 de febrero de 2020, y según Orden y Mandamiento del 8 de marzo de 2021 librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 4 del Bloque “H” de la Urbanización Bairoa Golden Gate Dos (II), ubicado en el Barrio Bairoa del término municipal de Caguas, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de 427.10 metros cuadrados, en lindes por el NORTE, con el solar #5 del bloque “H” en 29.19 metros cuadrados; por el SUR, con el solar #3 del bloque “H”

en 29.74 metros cuadrados; por el ESTE, con la calle “I” en 14.50 metros cuadrados; y por el OESTE, con la calle “N” en 14.53 metros cuadrados. En este solar enclava una casa de concreto y bloques para una vivienda. FINCA NÚMERO: 47,513, inscrita al folio 204 del tomo 1337 de Caguas, sección I de Caguas. Dirección: Urb. Bairoa Golden Gate Dos (II) 4-H Calle N Caguas, P.R. 00725-0000. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la primera subasta habrá de celebrarse el día 29 de julio de 2021, a las 9:00 a.m., en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Caguas. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso, será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $146,301.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una segunda subasta el día 5 de agosto de 2021, a las 9:00 a.m. ,en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $97,534.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una tercera subasta en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 12 de agosto de 2021, a las 9:00 a.m, en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $73,150.00. Si se declare desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor.

Con el importe de esta venta se habrá de satisfacer el balance de la sentencia dictada en este caso el cual consiste en el pago de $138,873.94 de principal, más intereses convenidos al 3.7500% anual más recargos hasta su pago, más el pago de lo pactado en la sentencia para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del demandado/deudor la ocupen. El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Si la subasta es adjudicada a un tercero y luego se deja sin efecto, el tercero a favor de quién se adjudicó la subasta solo tendrá derecho a la devolución del monto consignado más no tendrá derecho a entablar recurso o reclamo adicional alguno (judicial o extrajudicial) contra el demandante y/o el acreedor y/o inversionista, dueño pagaré y/o su abogado.

Por la presente también se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la Primera, Segunda y Tercera Subasta, si eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 31 de MARZO de 2021.

ALBERTO NEGRON ROMAN, ALGUACIL, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

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

ORIENTAL BANK DEMANDANTE VS.

SUCESIÓN DE CONFESOR CALDERÓN MOLINA, COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERES EN DICHA SUCESIÓN; MYRNA MARÍN LÓPEZ

DEMANDADOS CIVIL NÚM.: BY2019CV00075.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA ENMENDADO. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de Bayamón de Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 28 de agosto de 2019, y según Orden y Mandamiento del 22 de enero de 2020librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar identificado con el número cincuenta y dos en el plano de inscripción levantado por la Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda de Puerto Rico para su proyecto de solares con viviendas a bajo costo denominado VBCOnce y mejor conocido por Urbanización La Pastosa sita en el barrio Juan Sánchez del término municipal de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, con cabida superficial de doscientos treinta y dos metros cuadrados con veinte centésimas de metro cuadrado; en lindes por el NORTE, con solar número cincuenta y tres de dicha urbanización, en distancia de veintiún metros con cincuenta centímetros; por el SUR, solares números sesenta y uno, sesenta y dos y sesenta y tres de la referida urbanización, en distancia de veintiún metros con cincuenta centímetros; por el ESTE, con Paseo número “A” de la mencionada urbanización, en distancia de diez metros con ochenta centímetros; y por el OESTE, con solar número cincuenta y uno, en distancia de diez metros con ochenta centímetros. FINCA NÚMERO: 34,165, inscrita al folio 121 del tomo 748 de Bayamón Sur, sección I de Bayamón. DIRECCION FISICA: URB ALTURAS DE BAYAMON 52 PASEOS A BAYAMON, PR. 00956. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la primera subasta habrá de celebrarse el día 14 de julio de 2021 a la

siguiente hora 09:45 a.m, en mi oficina 503 del piso 5 sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Bayamon. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso, será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $102,767.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una segunda subasta el día 21 de julio de 2021 a la siguiente hora 09:45 a.m., en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $68,511.33. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una tercera subasta en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 28 de julio de 2021 a la siguiente hora 09:45 a.m., en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $51,383.50. Si se declare desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor.

Con el importe de esta venta se habrá de satisfacer el balance de la sentencia dictada en este caso el cual consiste en el pago de $89,682.61 de principal, más intereses convenidos al 6.0000% anual más recargos hasta su pago, más el recobro de subsidio (si aplicara), más el pago de lo pactado en la sentencia para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. Si la subasta es adjudicada a un tercero y luego se deja sin efecto el tercero a favor de de quién se adjudicó la subasta solo tendrá derecho a la devolución del monto consignado más no tendrá derecho a entablar recursos o reclamo adicional alguno (judicial o extrajudicial) contar el demandante y/o el acreedor y/o el inversionista dueño pagaré y/o su abogado. Por la presente también se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora

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

Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 8 de ABRIL de 2021. JOSE F MARRERO ROBLES, ALGUACIL, SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMON.

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

ORIENTAL BANK DEMANDANTE VS.

SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ RAÚL SOBRINO BURGOS COMPUESTA POR SU VIUDA ZAIRA ANNETTE HERNÁNDEZ CRESPO T/C/C ZAIRA A. HERNÁNDEZ CRESPO, ZAIRA ANNETTE HERNÁNDEZ, ZAIRA HERNÁNDEZ CRESPO Y ZAIRA A. HERNÁNDEZ, POR SÍ; Y SUS HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS STEPHANIE CHANELL SOBRINO HERNÁNDEZ, JOSSIE BELL SOBRINO DELGADO Y JOSÉ MANUEL SOBRINO DELGADO; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN DEMANDADOS

CIVIL NÚM.: BY2018CV01726.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de Bayamón Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 1 de julio de 2019 y según Orden y Mandamiento del 17 de octubre de 2019 librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar tres, Bloque AE, Hato Tejas, Bayamón, Villa Rica, con un área de trescientos cincuenta metros cuadrados, colindando por el NORTE, en veinticinco metros con solar cuatro; por el SUR, en igual medida con solares uno y dos; por el ESTE, catorce metros con Calle P; y por el OESTE, en igual media con una franja de terreno de ocho metros de ancho que lo separa del solar veintidós. Contiene una casa de hormigón y bloques, cuatro dormitorios y marquesina, para una sola familia. FINCA NÚMERO: 9,516, inscrita al folio 232 del tomo 211 de Bayamón Sur, sección I de Bayamón. DIRECCION FISICA: URB. VILLA RICA A-E CALLE GLADYS BAYAMÓN PR 00957. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la primera subasta habrá de celebrarse el día 14 de julio de 2021, a la siguiente hora 09:30 a.m, en mi oficina 503 del piso 5 sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Bayamon. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso, será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $116,000.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una segunda subasta el día 21 de julio de 2021, a la siguiente hora 09:30 a.m., en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $77,333.33. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una tercera subasta en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 28 de julio de 2021, a la siguiente hora 09:30 a.m, en la cual

el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $58,000.00.

Si se declare desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor.

Con el importe de esta venta se habrá de satisfacer el balance de la sentencia dictada en este caso el cual consiste en el pago de $100,003.28 de principal, más intereses convenidos al 6.1250% anual más recargos hasta su pago, más el recobro de subsidio (si aplicara), más el pago de lo pactado en la sentencia para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. Si la subasta es adjudicada a un tercero y luego se deja sin efecto el tercero a favor de de quién se adjudicó la subasta solo tendrá derecho a la devolución del monto consignado más no tendrá derecho a entablar recursos o reclamo adicional alguno (judicial o extrajudicial) contar el demandante y/o el acreedor y/o el inversionista dueño pagaré y/o su abogado. Por la presente también se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. Por la presente también se notifica e informa por un EMBARGO FEDERAL: Asiento 2019-006271-FED, en Sistema Karibe se encuentra presentado el día 2 de agosto de 2019, con el número de notificación 364334319, embargo contra J. Díaz Maldonado & J. Sobrino Delgado, seguro social XXX-XX-1946, por la suma de $1,794.42. No podemos precisar si el titular y el embargado es la misma persona. La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la Primera, Segunda y Tercera Subasta, si eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en

The San Juan Daily Star el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuaran subsistentes.

Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 8 de ABRIL de 2021. JOSE F MARRERO ROBLES, ALGUACIL, SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMON.

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

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

SUCESIÓN DE EVARISTA ORTIZ RIVERA COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS, WILBERTO ALVARADO ORTIZ, WILMER ALVARADO ORTIZ; SUCESIÓN DE WINSLOW ALVARADO ORTIZ; SUCESIÓN DE WILSON ALVARADO ORTIZ; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHAS SUCESIONES; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

DEMANDADOS CIVIL NÚM.: SA2019CV00179.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de Salinas, Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 1 de marzo de 2021, y según Orden y Mandamiento del 11 de mayo de 2021 librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad

que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización La Margarita del término municipal de Salinas, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el plano de inscripción de la urbanización, con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: número del solar: C guión veintidos (C22). Área del solar: trescientos veinticinco punto cero cero (325.00) metros cuadrados.

En lindes: por el NORTE, en trece punto cero cero (13.00) metros, con el Solar C guión Tres (C-3); por el SUR, en trece punto cero cero (13.00) metros, con la calle “C”; por el ESTE, en veinticinco punto cero cero (25.00) metros, con el Solar C guión Veintiuno (C-21); y por el OESTE, en veinticinco punto cero cero (25.00) metros, con el solar C guión Veintitrés (C-23).

En este solar enclava una casa de concreto armado y bloques dedicada a vivienda familiar.

FINCA NÚMERO: 3,742, inscrita al folio 9 del tomo 272 de Salinas, sección de Guayama.

DIRECCION FISICA: URB. LA MARGARITA C-22 CALLE C SALINAS PR 00751. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la primera subasta habrá de celebrarse el día 15 de julio de 2021, a las 10:00 de la mañana, en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, SS SALINAS. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso, será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $85,000.00.

De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una segunda subasta el día 22 de julio de 2021, a las 10:00 de la mañana, en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de para la propiedad, la suma de $56,666.66. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una tercera subasta en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 29 de julio de 2021, a las 10:00 de la mañana, en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $42,500.00. Si se declare desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad

Wednesday, June 16, 2021 adeudada si ésta es mayor.

Con el importe de esta venta se habrá de satisfacer el balance de la sentencia dictada en este caso el cual consiste en el pago de $135,194.48 de principal, más intereses convenidos al 7.00% anual más recargos hasta su pago, más el pago de lo pactado en la sentencia para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del demandado/deudor la ocupen.

El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Si la subasta es adjudicada a un tercero y luego se deja sin efecto, el tercero a favor de quién se adjudicó la subasta solo tendrá derecho a la devolución del monto consignado más no tendrá derecho a entablar recurso o reclamo adicional alguno (judicial o extrajudicial) contra el demandante y/o el acreedor y/o inversionista, dueño pagaré y/o su abogado. Por la presente también se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. Por la presente también se notifica e informa de un HIPOTECA Constituida por Evarista Ortiz Rivera, en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Secretario de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano, o a su orden, por la suma de $127,500.00, intereses al 7% anual y a vencer presentación, según consta de la escritura #17, otorgada en San Juan, el 7 de febrero de 2008, ante la Notario María I. de Mier Pérez, inscrito al folio 9 vuelto del tomo 272 de Salinas, finca #3,742, inscripción 8va. y última. La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la Primera, Segunda y Tercera Subasta, si eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá

que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 1 de junio de 2021. IVETTE C. CARDONA, ALGUACIL SS SALINAS.

LEGAL NOTICE M&T 481237 ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR.

Albus Investment LLC Demandante v.

La sucesión de Iris Natalia Rodríguez Santiago t/c/c Iris Rodríguez Santiago t/c/c Iris N. Rodríguez Santiago compuesta por Ada Miranda Rodríguez; Fulano de Tal y Fulana de Tal como posibles herederos desconocidos de Iris Natalia Rodríguez Santiago t/c/c Iris Rodríguez Santiago t/c/c Iris N. Rodríguez Santiago; Estados Unidos de América

Demandados CIVIL NÚM: SJ2020CV05931.

SOBRE: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de San Juan, Sala Superior, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor quién pagará de contado y en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, giro postal o por cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia el día 7 de julio de 2021, a las 11:30 de la ma-

ñana en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de San Juan, Sala Superior, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en Urb. Las Lomas, 1681 calle 28 SW, San Juan, PR 00921-2447 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Las Lomas, situada en el Barrio Gobernador Piñero (antes Monacillos) de Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, marcado con el número 23 de la manzana W, con una superficie de 254.04 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la servidumbre de paso de una acera, distancia de 21.17 metros; por el SUR, con el solar número 24, distancia de 21.17 metros; por el ESTE, que se su frente, con la calle número 15, distancia de 12.00 metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar número 76, en distancia de 12.00 metros. En este solar enclava una estructura de concreto para fines residenciales.

La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita en el folio 232 del tomo 21 de Monacillos, finca número 778, en el Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Tercera. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $213,000.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una segunda subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 14 de julio de 2021, a las 11:30 de la mañana. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $142,000.00.

Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una tercera subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 21 de julio de 2021, a las 11:30 de la mañana. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $106,500.00.

La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 312, otorgada el día 30 de abril de 2012, ante el Notario María Georgina Chévere Mouriño y consta inscrita en el folio 133 del tomo 974 de Monacillos, finca número 778, en el Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Tercera, inscripción octava. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $116,584.30 por

31

concepto de principal, más intereses al tipo pactado de 5.060% anual desde el día 1 de febrero de 2019. Dichos intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Se pagarán también los cargos por servicio y primas de seguro que continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo de la obligación, la suma de $21,300.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, la suma de $21,300.00 para cubrir los intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y la suma de $21,300.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca, más intereses según provisto por la regla 44.3 de las de Procedimiento Civil.

Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de San Juan, Sala Superior durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores ni preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesan los gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relacionan más adelante. A los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de, o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso, o al portador, garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor por la presente se notifica, que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. HIPOTECA: Constituída por Iris Natalia Rodríguez Santiago también conocido como Iris N. Rodríguez Santiago, Iris Rodríguez Santiago e Iris Rodríguez (soltera), en garan-

tía a un pagaré a favor de SECRETARIO DE LA VIVIENDA Y DESARROLLO URBANO, o a su orden, por la suma de $213,000.00, sus intereses al 5.060 y vencedero el 22 de abril de 2070, según escritura número 313, otorgada en San Juan, el 30 de abril de 2012, ante el notario María Chévere Mouriño. Inscrita al folio 133 del tomo 974 de Monacillos. Inscripción novena. AVISO DE DEMANDA: Pleito seguido por Albus Investments LLC., vs. La Sucesion de Iris Natalia Rodríguez Santiago tambien conocida como Iris Rodríguez Santiago, Iris N. Rodríguez Santiago, compuesta por Ada Miranda, Fulana de Tal y Fulana de Tal y Estados Unidos de América, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de San Juan, Sala Superior el caso civil número SJ 2020CV05931, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $116,584.30 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 4 de noviembre de 2020. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Monacillos. Anotación A. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la alcaldía, el Tribunal y la colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado mediante edictos dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas.

La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores sujeto a lo dispuesto en los Artículos 113 al 116 de la Ley 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015, según aplique. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 7 de junio de 2021. FDO. PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL. ****

LEGAL NOTICE

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

REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC. Demandante vs.

INES ARAUDES REXACH T/C/C INES ARANDES REXACH T/C/C INES SOFIA ARANDES REXACH T/C/C INES P. MORALES CARRION T/C/C INES S. ARANDES REXACH; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Demandados CIVIL NUM. CA2020CV00680.

SOBRE: EJECUCION DE HI-

POTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.

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

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de CAROLINA, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 8 de julio de 2021, a las 9:45 de la mañana, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBAN: HORIZONTAL PROPERTY: Apartment number one thousand seven hundred seven (1,707) in Waldorf Apartment. Consists of a living-dining room, two (2) bedrooms, two (2) baths, kitchen, balcony and closets. It bounds or the NORTH, on a distance of twenty six point fifty nine feet (26.59’), equivalents to eight point eleven meters (8.11 m.), with common elements of the building and the one which it is erected; on the SOUTH, on a distance of twenty six point fifty nine feet (26.59’), equivalent to eight point eleven meters (8.11 m.), with a common Wall which separates it from the Apartment number one thousand seven hundred eight (1,708); on the EAST, in a distance of forty eight point fifty eight feet (48.58’), equivalent to fourteen point eighty two meters (14.82 m.), with the common elements of the building and a Wall which separates it from a common hall way through which Access to the public Street may be gained; on the WEST, in a distance of fifty point eight three feet (50.83’) equivalent to fifteen point fifty meters (15.50 m.) with the common elements of the building and the lot on which it is erected. This apartment has an area of one thousand two hundred sixty two point twenty eight point twenty seven square meters (1,262.28.27 s.m.). A balcony with an area of ninety four point twenty eight square feet (94.28 s.f.) equivalent to eight point seventy six square meters (8.76 s.m.) is included.

Le corresponde una participación en los elementos comunes generales de cero punto

32 novecientos nueve porciento (0.909%) y en los elementos comunes generales del condominio. Inscrita al folio 101 del tomo 834 de Carolina, finca 39,211, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección I. Propiedad localizada en: 4123 AVE. ISLA VERDE, WALDORF TOWERS, APT. 1707, CAROLINA, PR 00979. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: SECRETARIO DE LA VIVIENDA Y DESARROLLO URBANO. Suma de la Carga: $636,000.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 28 de diciembre de 2076. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes.

El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $636,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una segunda subasta por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 15 de julio de 2021, a las 9:45 de la mañana, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $424,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la tercera subasta, la suma de $318,000.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 22 de julio de 2021, a las 9:45 de la mañana. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $431,259.55 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $49,987.18 en intereses acumulados al 8 de octubre de 2020 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 3.493% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $13,449.80 en seguro hipo-

tecario; $4,690.00 en cargos por servicio; $475.00 en seguro de la propiedad; $1,175.00 de tasación; $280.00 de inspecciones; $477.00 en mantenimiento a la propiedad; $2,765.10 de adelantos pendientes; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $63,600.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado, esta última habrá de devengar intereses al máximo del tipo legal fijado por la oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras aplicable a esta fecha, desde este mismo día hasta su total y completo saldo. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta.

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

Expedido en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 28 de mayo de 2021.

JOSE CRISTOBAL, Alguacil Regional. MANUEL VILLAFAÑE BLANCO, Alguacil.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR.

E.M.I. EQUITY MORTGAGE, INC. DEMANDANTE VS.

MARIA DEL CARMEN DEL HOYO TORRES, POR SÍ Y EN LA CUOTA USUFRUCTUARIA VIUDAL DE LA SUCESIÓN DE FRANCISCO AGOSTO BERRIOS; LA SUCESION DE FRANCISCO AGOSTO BERRIOS COMPUESTA POR FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLE HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION; Y EL CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESO MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

DEMANDADOS CIVIL NUM.: CG2021CV00962 (802). SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA).

EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO Y MANDAMIENTO DE INTERPELACION. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, El Presidente de los Estados Unidos El Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico.

A la parte co-demandada: A) MARIA DEL CARMEN DEL HOYO TORRES, POR SI Y EN LA CUOTA USUFRUCTUARIA VIUDAL DE LA SUCESION DE FRANCISCO AGOSTO BERRIOS, a la siguiente dirección: FISICA Y POSTAL: 322 Dove St., Dunkirk NY 14048 y 3360 SW 177th Lane Rd., Ocala, FL 34473- 4565.

B) FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE FRANCISCO AGOSTO BERRIOS, a la siguiente dirección: FISICA: J-35 CALLE 14 URB. PASEO DE LA CEIBA JUNCOS, PR 00777 y POSTAL: 322 Dove St., Dunkirk NY 14048 y 3360 SW 177th Lane Rd., Ocala, FL 34473-4565.

Por la presente se le(s) notifica que se ha radicado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal una Demanda en Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la vía ordinaria en contra de María Del Carmen Del Hoyo Torres y La Sucesión de Francisco Agosto Berrios, en la cual se alega que adeuda a la parte demandante por concepto de hipoteca la suma de $118,375.00 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de septiembre de 2020, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.25% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación.

Además María Del Carmen Del Hoyo Torres y La Sucesión de Francisco Agosto Berrios adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $13,063.70.

Además María Del Carmen Del Hoyo Torres y La Sucesión de Francisco Agosto Berriosse comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $13,063.70 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la es-

critura de hipoteca número 187 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 10 de agosto de 2015, ante el notario Ricardo Mann Arias, de la finca número 15,335, inscrita al Folio 53 del Tomo 408 de Juncos, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda. Por razón de dicho incumplimiento, y al amparo de! derecho que le confiere e! Pagaré, el demandante ha dec!arado ta!es sumas vencidas, líquidas y exigibles en su totalidad. Este Tribunal ha ordenado que se !e(s) cite a usted(es) por edicto que se publicará una so!a vez en un periódico de circulación general. Quedan emplazados y notificados de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda enmendada en su contra Se les ordena a que dentro del termino de treinta (30) dias, a partir de la notificación de la presente Orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia de Francisco Agosto Berrios.

Los co-demandados miembros de la Sucesión de Francisco Agosto Berrios se incluyen en la demanda enmendada ya que como herederos responden por las cargas de la herencia según lo dispuesto en Nuestro Ordenamiento Jurídico. Se les apercibe y notifica que, de no expresarse dentro de ese término de 30 días en tomo a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. También se les apercibe que luego del transcurso del termino de 30 días antes señalado contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del causante y, por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme el Articulo 959 del Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. 2785. Se ordena a la parte demandante a que, en vista de que la sucesión de Francisco Agosto Berrios, se incluye a los herederos desconocidos de Francisco Agosto Berrios son denominados Fulano y Fulana De Tal, 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 le(s) emplaza y requiere que dentro de los sesenta (60) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto excluyendo el día de la publicación de este edicto conteste(n) la demanda radicando el original de la contestación en este Tribunal y enviando copia de la Contestación de la Demanda a las oficinas de CARDONA & MALDONADO LAW OFFICES, P.S.C. ATENCION al Lcdo.

Duncan Maldonado Ejarque, P.O. Box 366221, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-6221; Tel (787) 622-7000, Fax (787) 625-

7001, Abogado de la Parte Demandante. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Se le(s) advierte que si dejare(n) de contestar la Demanda en el período de tiempo antes mencionado, podrá dictarse contra usted(es) Sentencia en Rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado sin más citarle(s) ni oirle(s). EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y con el Sello del Tribunal. DADA hoy 9 de JUNIO de 2021, en Caguas, Puerto Rico. CARMEN ANA PEREIRA ORTIZ, Secretaria.

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

VACATION OWNERSHIP LENDING, LP Demandante V.

MARÍA ANTONIA CACHO CACHO; FULANO Y SUTANA DE TAL, COMO MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE OCTAVIO GÓMEZ RIVERA

Demandado(a) Civil: VB2019CV00562. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: MARÍA ANTONIA CACHO CACHO, FULANO Y SUTANA DE TAL, COMO MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE OCTAVIO GÓMEZ RIVERA.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 7 de junio de 2021, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación,

dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 8 de junio de 2021. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 8 de junio de 2021. LCDA LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. ROSALBA PAGÁN MARTÍNEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

CORPORATION RIVERA DOMÍNGUEZ, CORPORACION ADERLINÉS DOMÍNGUEZ FEDERAL DE SEGUROS RIVERA, JOSÉ ADRIÁN DE DEPOSITOS DOMÍNGUEZ RIVERA (FDIC) DEMANDADOS Y REMMI ORLANDO DESCONOCIDOS: JOHN DOMÍNGUEZ RIVERA, DOE, COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DE LA TENEDORES DEL SUCESIÓN DE MIGUEL PAGARE EXTRAVIADO ANGEL DOMINGUEZ Demandado MÁRQUEZ Y ELENA Civil Núm.: CG2021CV00736.

MARÍN VÁZQUEZ

Sala: 801. Sobre: CANCELALEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO E CIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIAPUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE DO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENPRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA TENCIA POR EDICTO. A: DORAL MORTGAGE MUNICIPAL DE CAGUAS.

CORPORATION, NATALIA MACHADO DEMANDADOS SERRANO Peticionaria DESCONOCIDOS: JOHN ANGEL D. GARCÍA ORTIZ DOE, COMO POSIBLES Peticionado TENEDORES DEL Caso Número: OPA-2021PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO.

013196. Civil: LEY 54. CITAEL SECRETARIO(A) que susCIÓN POR EDICTO. cribe le notifica a usted que el 8 A: ÁNGEL D. de junio de 2021, este Tribunal GARCÍA ORTIZ ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este Bo. La Prieta, Rabo De Buey Carr. 781, caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos Comerío, PR 00782 donde podrá usted enterarse POR LA PRESENTE se cita a detalladamente de los términos usted para que comparezca de la misma. Esta notificación ante este Honorable Tribunal se publicará una sola vez en en el lugar, fecha y hora Indiun periódico de circulación gecada más adelante para que neral en la Isla de Puerto Rico, preste declaración en relación dentro de los 10 días siguientes con el caso de epígrafe. Se le a su notificación. Y, siendo o apercibe de que, si usted no representando usted una parte comparece después de haen el procedimiento sujeta a los ber sido debidamente citado, términos de la Sentencia, Senpodrá ser encontrado incurso tencia Parcial o Resolución, en desacato, ordenándose su de la cual puede establecerse arresto. La vista se celebrará recurso de revisión o apelación en el Tribunal de Primera Insdentro del término de 30 días tancia, Sala Especial de Viocontados a partir de la publicalencia Domestica de Caguas el ción por edicto de esta notifica25 de julio de 2021 a las 9:00 ción, dirijo a usted esta notificaa.m. POR ORDEN DEL JUEZ ción que se considerará hecha DE ESTE TRIBUNAL hoy día 9 en la fecha de la publicación de de junio de 2021. EXTENDIDO este edicto. Copia de esta nobajo mi firma y sello de Tributificación ha sido archivada en nal, hoy día 14 de JUNIO de los autos de este caso, con fe2021. CARMEN ANA PEREIRA cha de 10 de junio de 2021. En ORTIZ, Sec Regional. RUTH Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 10 de PEDRAZA ALEJANDRO, Sec junio de 2021. CARMEN A. PEAuxiliar.

REIRA ORTIZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ENEIDA ARROYO LEGAL NOTICE VÉLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXIESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO LIAR. DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA LEGAL NOTICE TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUCAGUAS NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA ANA SEGARRA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROROSA, LUIS ENRIQUE LINA

ROMAN CAÑUELAS, RAÚL DOMINGUEZ HECTOR ALEJANDRO MARÍN, ALFREDO MALDONADO DOMÍNGUEZ MARÍN, CAÑUELAS, VIRGEN MIGUEL ÁNGEL MILAGROS ROMAN DOMÍNGUEZ MARÍN, CAÑUELAS, IRIS ROSAURA DOMÍNGUEZ ENILDA MALDONADO MARÍN, BLANCA IRIS CAÑUELAS, WANDA ENID DOMÍNGUEZ MARÍN, ROMAN CAÑUELAS, JOSÉ AMALIO RIVERA ENID WANDA ROMAN DOMÍNGUEZ, NILKA CAÑUELAS RIVERA DOMÍNGUEZ, Demandante Vs ERIKA RIVERA DORAL MORTGATE DOMINGUEZ JUAN LUIS

Demandantes Vs.

KIARA LUCHELLY DOMÍNGUEZ MORALES

Demandada Civil Núm.: CN2021CV00137.

Sobre: LIQUIDACIÓN DE HERENCIA. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR.

A: KIARA LUCHELLY DOMÍNGUEZ RIVERA, CON ÚLTIMA DIRECCIÓN CONOCIDA EN ESTADOS UNIDOS CONTINENTALES, SIN QUE SE SEPA SU PARADERO EXACTO.

POR LA PRESENTE: Se le notifica que en el caso de epígrafe se ha presentado una demanda solicitando la liquidación de los caudales relictos de Miguel Ángel Domínguez Márquez Vázquez y Elena Marín Vázquez. Se le apercibe y advierte, como heredera o persona con interés propietario o real en los caudales antes mencionados, que de no contestar la demanda radicando el original de la contestación ante la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina y notificar copia de la contestación de ésta a la parte demandante por conducto de la LCDA. DALMARIS BETANCOURT, LOTE #120 CARR. 876, BO. LAS CUEVAS, TRUJILLO ALTO, PR 00976-7234, TEL Y FAX (787) 758-3329 Y (787) 630-1296, 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 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 no oírle. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA Y SELLO DEL TRIBUNAL, EN 07 de junio de 2021. LCDA. MARILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. RUTH M. COLÓN LUCIANO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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

ORIENTAL BANK

The San Juan Daily Star Demandante vs.

DAYNA FUENTES CHEVERE

Demandada CIVIL NUM. VA2019CV00234.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO (Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria) “IN REM”. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Al: Público en General A: DAYNA FUENTES CHEVERE; SCOTIABANK DE PUERTO RICO y/o Sucesor en derecho, por tener Hipoteca en Garantía de Pagaré a su favor por la suma de $10,000.00

Yo, ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, 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 28 de julio de 2021 a las 10:30 de la mañana en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Vega Baja, Vega Baja, 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 Vega Baja 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 4 de agosto de 2021, a las 10:30 de la mañana; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 11 de agosto de 2021, a las 10:30 de la mañana en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: RUSTICA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento número Ochocientos Treinta y Uno (831), localizado en el Edificio número Ocho (8), piso número Tres (3) del CONDOMINIO VISTAS DE LA VEGA, el cual está situado en el Barrio Espinosa del término municipal de Vega Alta, Puerto Rico. Unidad individual de vivienda de un nivel de altura, construida de hormigón reforzado y bloques de concreto, con puertas de madera y ventanas de aluminio y cristal. Según se detalla en el plano, colinda al NORTE, con el “planting”, acera, área de estacionamiento y la calle interior del complejo; al SUR,

con el patio posterior del Edificio; al ESTE, con el área verde del proyecto; y al OESTE, con la unidad de apartamento número Ochocientos Treinta y Dos (832). Esta unidad consta de un área de construcción bruta de OCHOCIENTOS CINCO (805) PIES CUADRADOS como área privada de vivienda, dividida como sigue: incluye sala, comedor, cocina, un baño, área de lavandería, tres dormitorios con closets y una terraza exterior techada. A esta unidad le corresponde el cero punto seiscientos veinticinco por ciento (0.625%) en los elementos comunes generales del Condominio Vistas de la Vega.

A esta unidad le corresponde para su único y exclusivo uso como elemento común limitado un área de estacionamiento de dos punto cincuenta (2.50) metros de ancho y cuyo número de estacionamiento asignado es el Ochocientos Treinta y Uno (831). A esta unidad además le corresponde para su único y exclusivo uso como elemento común limitado un área de estacionamiento de dos punto cincuenta (2.50) metros de ancho y cuyo número de estacionamiento asignado es el Ochocientos Treinta y Uno guión A (831-A). La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al Sistema Karibe de Vega Alta, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Tercera finca número 20,855, inscripción cuarta. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Condominio Vistas de la Vega, Edificio Número 8, Piso 3, Apartamento 831, Rd. 2, Vega Alta, Puerto Rico. La subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $78,667.69 de principal, intereses al 4.500% anual, desde el día 1ro. de mayo de 2019, hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $9,194.00, estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más recargos acumulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será la suma de $103,000.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $68,666.67 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $51,500.00. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta

Wednesday, June 16, 2021 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 de Scotiabank de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $10,000.00, con intereses al 5.50% anual, vencedero el día 1ro. de agosto de 2041, según consta de la Escritura Número 292, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 31 de agosto de 2011, ante el Notario Público Arturo I. Corretjer Maldonado; inscrita al tomo Karibe de Vega Alta, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Tercera, finca 20,855, inscripción quinta. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 26 de mayo de 2021. ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL TRIBUNAL SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO, INC. Demandante v.

SUCESIÓN DE ROBERTO ANTONIO BATLLE CRUZ; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE DICHA SUCESIÓN; EL HONORABLE SECRETARIO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO; EL CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: SG2019CV00153.

SALA: SOBRE: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA “IN REM”.

ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PUBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamien-

to de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 14 de abril de 2021, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Parcela de terreno localizado en el Barrio Duey Alto del Municipio de San German, Puerto Rico, situado en Camino Vecinal Pavimentado. Tiene una cabida de cuatro punto nueve mil ochocientas treinta y dos cuerdas (4.9832 cdas). En lindes por el NORTE, con Jose A. Ayala Rosa y Javier Figueroa Rivera; por el SUR, con camino vecinal pavimentado y tierra de la Sucesión Irizarry Pagan; por el ESTE, con Sucesión Colon Seda; y por el OESTE, con Jose A. Ayala Rosa y Sucesión Irizarry Ramos. Contiene una casa de hormigón. Inscrita al folio 170 del tomo 126 de San Germán, finca #4,533. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de San Germán. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor, el día 10 de diciembre de 2019, notificada el 27 de diciembre de 2019, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $119,342.92 por concepto de principal, más los intereses sobre dicha suma a razón del 6.50%, anual desde el 1ro de abril de 2018, hasta su completo pago, más las primas de seguro hipotecario, recargos por demora y cualesquiera otras cantidades pactadas en la escritura de primera hipoteca, desde la fecha antes mencionada y hasta la fecha del pago total de las mismas, más la suma de $12,000.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. LA PRIMERA subasta se llevará a efecto el día 24 DE AGOSTO DE 2021 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, localizada en el Centro Judicial de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $120,000.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 31 DE AGOSTO DE 2021 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $80,000.00, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para

la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 7 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $60,000.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”.

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

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

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

EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy día 25 de mayo de 2021.

Ivelisse Figueroa Vargas #924,

33

Alguacil, División de Subastas, da (2da). La hipoteca por la Tribpunal de Primera Instancia, suma de quinientos mil dólares Sala Superior de Mayagüez. ($500,000.00), se amplía a una suma adicional de quinientos LEGAL NOTICE mil dólares ($500,000.00) para ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO un nuevo principal de un millón DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- de dólares ($1,000,000.00), NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA con intereses al seis y un ocSALA SUPERIOR DE BAYA- tavo por ciento (6 1/8%) anual MÓN a vencer el primero (1ro) de LEGACY MORTGAGE septiembre de dos mil treinta ASSET TRUST 2019-GS2 y cuatro (2034), según consta de la escritura número cuatroDemandante Vs. doce (412) otorgada BANCO POPULAR DE cientos en San Juan, Puerto Rico el PUERTO RICO; JOHN cinco (5) de agosto de dos mil DOE Y RICHARD ROE cuatro (2004) ante el notario Angel Rolón Prado. Inscrita COMO POSIBLES al folio treinta y tres (33) del TENEDORES tomo doscientos setenta (270) DESCONOCIDOS de Dorado, finca número nueDemandados ve mil ochenta nueve (9,089), Civil Núm.: BY2021CV02003. inscripción cuarta (4ta). La Sobre CANCELACIÓN DE hipoteca ampliada a un millón PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMdólares ($1,000,000.00) se PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. vuelve ampliar a la suma de un ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉmillón nueve ciento noventa y RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE uno dólares con once centavos LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LI($1,009,191.11), con intereses BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO al cinco punto ocho siete cinRICO, SS. co por ciento (5.875%) anual a A: JOHN DOE Y vencer el primero (1ro) de junio RICHARD ROE COMO de dos mil quince (2015), según POSIBLES TENEDORES consta de la escritura número cuarenta y uno (41) otorgada DESCONOCIDOS. POR LA PRESENTE se les en San Juan, Puerto Rico el emplaza y requiere para que día ocho (8) de junio de dos conteste la demanda dentro de mil diez (2010) ante el notario los treinta (30) días siguientes Antonio R. Pavía Vidal. Inscria la publicación da esta Edicto. ta al folio treinta y tres (33) del Usted deberá radicar su ale- tomo doscientos setenta (270) gación responsiva a través del de Dorado, finca número nueve Sistema Unificado de Manejo y mil ochenta nueva (9,089), insAdministración de Casos (SU- cripción quinta (5ta). Que grava MAC), al cual puede acceder la propiedad que se describe a utilizando la siguiente dirección continuación: RÚSTICA: Parceelectrónica: http://unired.rama- la de terreno identificada como judicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se Solar sesenta y dos (62) del presente por derecho propio, Bloque “P” de la Urbanización en cuyo caso deberá radicar el Dorado Reef, que radica en el original de su contestación ante barrio Higuillar del término muel Tribunal correspondiente y nicipal de Dorado, Puerto Rico, notifique con copia a los abo- con una cabida superficial de gados de la parte demandante, quinientos veinticuatro punto LCDA. MARJALIISA COLÓN cincuenta y cuatro (524.54) meVILLANUEVA A su dirección: tros cuadrados. En lindes por PO. Box 7970 Panca, PR. el NORTE, en once punto cua00732. Tal: 787-843-4168. En renta y cuatro (11.44) metros, dicha demanda se tramita un con área verde, por el SUR, en procedimiento de cancelación dos distancias de nueve punto de pagaré extraviado. Se alega cuarenta y nueve (9.49) metros en dicho procedimiento qua se y cinco punto cuarenta y nueve extravió un pagaré hipotecario (5.49) metros, con la calle núa favor del Banco Popular de mero uno (1), por el ESTE, en Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la dos distancias de treinta y uno suma por la suma de quinientos punto cincuenta y siete (31.57) mil dólares ($500,000.00), con metros y siete punto noventa intereses al seis y medio por (7.90) metros, con área verde, ciento (6 1/2%) anual, vence- por el OESTE, en treinta y seis dero el primero (1ro) da enero punto diecisiete (36.17) metros, de dos mil veinticuatro (2024), con el solar número sesenta y según consta de la escritura cuatro (64) del mismo bloque número quinientos cuarenta “P”. Enclava casa. Inscrita al (540), otorgada en San Juan, folio dos cientos veinticinco Puerto Rico, el día siete (7) de (225) del tomo ciento ochenta diciembre de mil novecientos y cuatro (184) de Dorado, finnoventa y tres (1993), ante el ca número nueve mil ochenta notario José David Medina Ri- nueve (9,089) de Registro de vera, y cuya obligación está ins- la Propiedad Sección Cuarta crita al folio doscientos setenta (4ta) de Bayamón. SE LES y dos (272) del tomo doscientos APERCIBE que, de no hacer uno (201) de Dorado, finca nú- sus alegaciones responsiva a mero nueve mil ochenta nueve la demanda dentro del término (9,089), inscripción segun- aquí dispuesto, se les anotará

la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo firma y sello del Tribunal en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a día 4 de junio de 2021. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. SANDRA I. DE JESÚS COLÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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

POPULAR AUTO, LLC Demandante V.

JOHANNA FEBO ROMAN Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Civil: TJ2019CV00219. Sala: 404. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y EJECUCIÓN DE GRAVAMEN MOBILIARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: JOHANNA FEBO ROMAN; SUCESION DE FRANK GUZMAN GONZALEZ COMPUESTA POR SUS MIEMBROS FULANO DE TAL, FULANA DE TAL, SUTANO DE TAL, SUTANA DE TAL Y JOHANNA FEBO ROMAN EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 17 de julio de 2020, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 10 de junio de 2021. En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, el 10 de junio de 2021.

LCDA. MARILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

34

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

That other milestone: Djokovic has Golden Slam in his sights

By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY

W

ith his 19th career Grand Slam singles title in hand, Novak Djokovic is chasing more tennis milestones unreservedly.

No complexes. No playing it cool.

“I’ve achieved some things that a lot of people thought it would not be possible for me to achieve,” he said Sunday after winning his second French Open.

The odds were stacked against him from the start of his journey. His family had ski racers, not tennis players, and lacked the means to fund his career without considerable sacrifice. He grew up in Serbia in a time of conflict, when Serbia was an international pariah and traveling outside the country was a challenge.

He still left home — for the first time at age 12 — and found a path to the top of a brutally competitive global sport.

Perhaps more remarkably, he has endured at the top.

He first reached No. 1 on July 4, 2011. Nearly 10 years later, he is amid another extended reign at No. 1, and to watch him think on his feet (or fly through the air with his elastic limbs) is to observe a form of tennis genius. His game is not as smooth and artful as Roger Federer’s. His point-by-point tenacity is not as obvious as Rafael Nadal’s.

But he is the complete package, with no weaknesses other than an intermittently shaky overhead. He has become the sport’s most steely-eyed competitor, and as he is warding off danger and big deficits, it is easy to forget that he was once considered a player without staying power, prone to midmatch retirements.

Now, he is the one in everybody else’s head, and that could be helpful as he pursues, at the same time, the men’s record for Grand Slam singles titles and a so-called Golden Slam.

After winning in Paris, he is just one major singles title behind Federer’s and Nadal’s 20. But the chase that will generate bigger buzz is Djokovic’s attempt at age 34 to win all four Grand Slam singles titles and the Olympic singles gold medal in the same calendar year.

“He is so amazingly great that it would not surprise me, but it’s a perfect

Novak Djokovic won his second French Open final on Sunday. Wimbledon is next; it starts June 28. game in progress, so it’s difficult to talk about,” said Brad Gilbert, the coach and ESPN analyst, using a baseball analogy.

Steffi Graf is the only player to have completed a Golden Slam. But Djokovic now has a chance to make his own run after winning the Australian Open and the French Open this year.

Wimbledon, which starts June 28 in London, is the next target. The Olympics in Tokyo and the U.S. Open in New York will follow.

“Everything is possible,” Djokovic said. “And I did put myself in a good position to go for the Golden Slam, but I was in this position in 2016 as well. It ended up in a third-round loss in Wimbledon.”

That defeat was a shock. When Wimbledon began in 2016, Djokovic had won four straight majors, although not in the same calendar year, and had just won the French Open for the first time. But he ran into Sam Querrey in the third round at the All England Club.

Querrey, a tall and big-serving American who thrives on grass, upset him in a match that lasted two days because of rain delays.

“If Novak is not the best returner of all time, he’s on the very, very short list,” said Craig Boynton, Querrey’s coach at the time, in an interview Monday. “But from the start of that match, he just couldn’t read Sam’s serve, and Sam was hitting line after line.”

Tennis remains a game of momentum. If Djokovic successfully defends his 2019 title at Wimbledon — last year’s tournament was canceled — and loses at the Olympics, he will still have a chance at the Grand Slam heading into the U.S. Open. Only two men have achieved a Grand Slam in singles: Don Budge of the United States in 1938 and Rod Laver of Australia in 1962 and 1969.

No man has come close since then, although Serena Williams came within two matches of achieving it in 2015 before being upset in the semifinals of the U.S. Open by Roberta Vinci.

“It gets more and more interesting as it builds,” Boynton said of a Grand Slam.

“You saw what happened with Serena.

She’s human. We’re all human, and so is Novak. I would think he would be able to handle it, but you just never know.

You never know what stumbling block

is right around the corner. Novak is making it look easy right now, but I’m telling you, it’s just not that easy.”

Djokovic actually has not made it look easy over the past two months.

He lost early in Monte Carlo and at the first of two tournaments in Belgrade, then fought his way through two tough matches before losing to Nadal in the final of the Italian Open. After winning the second tournament in Belgrade against a low-grade field, he came to Paris feeling better about his game but still had to overcome two-set deficits twice at Roland Garros and also had to play one of the matches of his life to defeat Nadal in a four-set semifinal.

There was also the extended scream he let rip after his quarterfinal victory over Matteo Berrettini that spoke volumes about the state of his inner peace.

But Djokovic can change his mood as quickly as he changes directions on a tennis court. He has learned how to turn a negative into a positive, imagining that when fans chant Federer’s or some other opponent’s name, they are actually cheering “Novak.”

On Sunday, in the final against Stefanos Tsitsipas, Djokovic had pockets of support, but the majority of the 5,000 fans were pulling for the newcomer.

Djokovic still prevailed, draining some of the suspense from his comeback from two sets down by going up a break early in all three of the final sets.

When it was over, he went to the side of the court and spoke with a boy in the front row, embracing him and giving him the racket he had used to close out the victory.

“He was in my ear the entire match basically, especially when I was two sets to love down,” Djokovic explained when I asked him about it. “He was actually giving me tactics as well. He was like, ‘Hold your serve, get an easy first ball, then dictate, go to his backhand.’

He was coaching me literally. I found that very cute, very nice.”

Leave it to Djokovic, an expert at blocking out the static and focusing on the essential, to hear one of the few voices in a big crowd wishing him well.

That skill could come in handy as he chases history.

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

35

No, Eriksen’s sudden collapse was not from the COVID vaccine

By LINDA QIU and BEN DECKER

T

he sudden collapse of Danish soccer player Christian Eriksen during a game at Euro 2020 on Saturday has spurred a wave of unfounded speculation over his vaccination status.

Eriksen, a 29-year-old midfielder who also plays for the Italian champions Inter Milan, went into cardiac arrest in the first half of Denmark’s opening game against Finland and was resuscitated. Contrary to some social media posts, his condition was not because he had received a coronavirus vaccine.

In fact, Eriksen has not been vaccinated, Inter Milan’s director told Gazzetta Dello Sport, an Italian sports publication.

That did not stop social media users from suggesting or claiming that he collapsed after receiving the vaccine. False rumors that he received the Pfizer vaccine or “got the jab” in May spread on Twitter and were reposted to Facebook in English, German, Italian, Greek, Dutch, Romanian, Portuguese, French, Polish and Arabic.

Medics surrounded Christian Eriksen during the Euro 2020 Championship Group B match between Denmark and Finland on Saturday.

Some cited as their source of information a supposed radio interview on an Italian station with an Inter Milan doctor. But the radio station, Radio Sportiva, said on Twitter that it had not interviewed any Inter Milan medical staff members about Eriksen’s condition.

Others have pointed to an English translation of an Italian-language interview between Inter Milan’s club doctor and Gazzetta Dello Sport as proof that Eriksen was vaccinated. The physician, Dr. Piero Volpi, told the sports publica-

tion in an interview published May 18 that all the players would be vaccinated at the start of the next championship.

Volpi did not specify whether he was referring to Euro 2020 or the start of Serie A, Italy’s top soccer league, which restarts in August.

Eriksen is in stable condition at a hospital in Copenhagen. He released a statement Monday in which he said he felt better.

It’s rare for athletes to collapse during games, but not unheard of. Fabrice Muamba, an English soccer player who

is now retired, collapsed during a 2012 game between Bolton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur; his heart stopped beating for 78 minutes. Muamba told Sky Sports News that Eriksen “being alive is the best thing that can come out of Euro 2020.”

A 2017 study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology estimated an incidence rate of 1.04 sudden cardiac deaths per 100,000 person years among professional soccer players. This is relatively low, according to the study, but higher than the 0.72 rate among all sports-related incidents.

A separate 2017 study in the New England Journal of Medicine identified soccer and race events as “the sports associated with the greatest number of cases of sudden cardiac arrest among competitive athletes.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating reports that a small number of teenagers and young adults vaccinated against the coronavirus may have experienced heart problems. It will hold a meeting Friday to discuss the cases.

Baffert sues New York racing officials over ‘impulsive’ ban

By JOE DRAPE

B

ob Baffert, the trainer of the Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit, sued the New York Racing Association earlier this week for banning him from competing at the three tracks it operates, saying in an affidavit it “will effectively put me out of business in the State of New York.”

The association barred Baffert from entering horses or stabling them at the Belmont, Saratoga and Aqueduct racetracks after Medina Spirit’s post-Derby drug test was positive for betamethasone, a corticosteroid that is injected into joints to reduce pain and swelling.

In a complaint filed Monday in federal court in Brooklyn, Baffert said the suspension was unconstitutional and that he wanted it lifted so horses in his high-powered barn could race in lucrative and prestigious races in Saratoga this summer and at Belmont in the fall.

“NYRA’s impulsive decision to deprive Baffert of his professional livelihood within the state of New York is one that it had no legal authority to make,” the complaint said.

Neither Baffert nor his lawyer, W. Craig Robertson III, returned calls seeking comment.

Medina Spirit, Baffert’s colt, faces disqualification from the Derby — and the horse’s owner faces the loss of a more than $1.8 million first-place check — after two tests following his victory were positive for the anti-inflammatory drug.

After floating various theories — including contamination, a conspiracy targeting him and “cancel culture” — Baffert acknowledged that he was responsible: He said he treated Medina Spirit with the antifungal ointment Otomax without knowing it contained betamethasone.

NYRA barred Baffert from its tracks

on May 17. After Medina Spirit’s second test came back positive on June 2, Churchill Downs suspended him for two years, including the Derby in 2022 and 2023.

“NYRA took this action to protect the integrity of the sport for our fans, the betting public and racing participants,” Pat McKenna, a spokesperson for the association, said Monday. “In making the determination to temporarily suspend Mr. Baffert, NYRA took into account the fact that other horses trained by Mr. Baffert have failed drug tests in the recent past, resulting in the assessment of penalties against him by thoroughbred racing regulators in Kentucky, California, and Arkansas.”

At least five of Baffert’s horses have failed drug tests in a little more than a year, and he has had 30 failed tests in his career.

Still, a possible disqualification is months away and destined to be tied

up in the courts for years. First, racing officials will conduct a hearing and issue a ruling. If they disqualify Medina Spirit and either suspend or fine Baffert, he could appeal to the full commission.

If the unfavorable ruling is still not overturned, he could pursue a remedy in civil court.

Bob Baffert at Churchill Downs in 2019.

36

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

‘I surely can stand in front of men and lead them’

By KURT STREETER

I

t’s about time.

The NBA sits poised to be the first American men’s professional sports league to hire a woman as a head coach.

The bond is there, boosted by the league’s growing group of assistants who are women and its siblinglike connection to the WNBA. The NBA’s players have shown a clear willingness to be led by women. Just ask Michele Roberts, the head of their powerful union.

Job openings are plentiful. There are head coach postings in Orlando, Indiana, Portland and Boston.

This time around, there are women among the candidates, and that’s a sea change not just for the NBA but for all of sport.

It’s bound to happen. If not this year, then hopefully in the next few.

Will a woman running an NBA team from the bench shatter the glass ceiling?

Not quite. Not until women are regularly hired for such positions.

More than that, true advancement will come only if trailblazing in the men’s game is just one of many opportunities for women to coach at any level — including college basketball and the WNBA. Still, think of the powerful message that would be sent by that first NBA hire: The leadership of a billion-dollar franchise and some of the most famous male athletes on the planet entrusted to a woman.

“It would be huge,” Dawn Staley said.

“We just need the right situation.”

She has the bona fides to speak up.

Enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame after a stellar playing career, Staley, 51, is now the head coach of the U.S. women’s Olympic team and the University of South Carolina women’s basketball team, a perennial power. She is also one of the most prominent Black women in coaching.

“There are a lot of women good enough” to lead an NBA team, Staley said.

Becky Hammon is one. She has insider credentials, having spent several years as Gregg Popovich’s assistant in San Antonio. In the NBA, that’s like being at the right hand of God. Duke’s Kara Lawson is another. She was a favorite of Brad Stevens, the for-

“There are a lot of women good enough” to lead an N.B.A. team, said Dawn Staley, a Hall of Fame player and coach of the University of South Carolina women’s basketball team. mer coach of the Celtics and their current president for basketball operations, during her stint as an assistant in Boston, and is reportedly on the team’s radar.

What about Staley herself? A bold tactician and motivator, she is more than capable of making the leap. That’s why I sought her wisdom.

When we spoke, she made it clear she wasn’t campaigning for an NBA job.

She treasures her team at South Carolina, which she has led to three Final Fours since 2015 and a national title in 2017.

“I come with a lot of credentials,” she said. “I surely have the confidence. I surely can stand in front of men and lead them. First-team All-Stars. MVPs. I’m OK with that.”

More than OK, given the firm tone in her voice as she said that.

Female coaches at every level and in every sport are used to unfair scrutiny of everything from their looks to the way they speak to their strategies. The trailblazing coach will face obstacles that bring to mind those of other “firsts” who broke down barriers in sports.

The city and fan base will also need to be prepared to embrace change — particularly, given the tangle of racism and sexism in America, if the coach is a Black woman.

Being the first has a deep resonance

that can spread far and wide, but there’s nuance to the battle for equality that women are fighting on all fronts.

We can take a cue from Staley, who in our conversation noted repeatedly how happy she is at South Carolina.

She sees herself in women’s college basketball for the long haul, teaching, cajoling and “getting young women ready to go to the WNBA, so our WNBA can be around for another 25 years.”

And a cue from the recently retired Muffet McGraw, the other Hall of Famer I spoke with last week.

Women leading NBA teams, she said, is “not something I even care about.”

“I want women coaching women,” she added. When it comes to men’s pro basketball, “I want to see those women going off to the NBA and being great assistants and then coming back and taking over women’s jobs in college and the pros.”

Her candor was no surprise.

In her 33 years of coaching women’s basketball at Notre Dame, McGraw won two national championships and turned her team into a venerable power. She also gained a reputation for speaking out about the need to have women in positions of leadership and for backing it up: As her career evolved, she decided to hire female assistants only.

McGraw pointed out how much work remained to be done. In 1972, at the dawn of Title IX, the landmark law that created a pathway for gender equality on college campuses, 90% of the head coaches in women’s college sports were female.

Then, slowly but surely, as the fame in women’s sports increased, along with the pay, men began taking over.

By 2019, the numbers had dipped to around 40% in the highest division of college sports overall — and around 60% in Division I women’s basketball.

It’s hardly better in the WNBA. Despite its reputation as a bastion of empowerment, the 12-team league has only five female head coaches.

There are too few female coaches at all levels and all sports, from elementary age through high school and beyond. “Why is it,” McGraw wondered, “that when your kid goes out to play soccer and they are age 5 and 6, it’s so rare to see someone’s mom coaching the team? And then you get older, it’s almost always a guy. So it’s no wonder that there’s a stereotype in there.

You’re led to believe that when you think of a leader you think of a man.

“That has to change.”

Glass ceilings are everywhere for women. Shattering them in men’s professional basketball would be an important start in shattering them all.

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

37

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

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

Crossword

Answers on page 38

Wordsearch

GAMES

HOROSCOPE Aries

38

The San Juan Daily Star

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

(Mar 21-April 20)

With Venus forging a link with asteroid Ceres, home and family matters may be seen in a new and more supportive light. Been under pressure lately, Aries?

You might still be busy working things out, but the coming days can bring a sense of purpose to your affairs and spur you on to find solutions. This is also a good time to enjoy some self-care, as you truly deserve time out.

Libra

(Sep 24-Oct 23)

A task can be heavy going, in that a lot of work is required. But if you’re enthusiastic about the results, then it will be worthwhile. With Venus in you sector of goals linking to asteroid Ceres, you could derive great satisfaction from doing the best job you can.

Mind, you’ll do even better if you think out of the box rather than go with the tried and trusted, which may be the key to success.

Taurus

(April 21-May 21)

Scorpio

Gemini

(May 22-June 21)

Sagittarius

(Nov 23-Dec 21)

Capricorn

(Dec 22-Jan 20)

A delightful blend of energies involving Venus your guide planet, could coincide with a conversation that fills you with hope, Taurus. Someone’s words could be like a balm that soothes your soul, especially if you are dealing with something that’s taking a toll. After speaking with them, you may realize that things are not quite as bad as they seem, and a solution is possible.

Dealing with powerful issues, Gemini? It may be time to make decisions that could bring dynamic change into your life, and create breakthroughs in key areas. All this looks very positive, even if it means letting go of things that you’ve become attached to. Yet the thought that you’re making space for wonderful new possibilities can be the very thing that spurs you on.

Cancer

(June 22-July 23)

(Oct 24-Nov 22)

Keen to get a project finished? Adopting the right mindset could be key to completing it on time. If you’ve despaired of ever getting it done, a change in your thinking from might-do to can-do, may make all the difference. With dynamic Mars your co-ruler powering through your sector of goals and ambitions, you would benefit from keeping your focus on all that is great about you.

Keen to get a project finished? Adopting the right mindset could be key to completing it on time. If you’ve despaired of ever getting it done, a change in your thinking from might-do to can-do, may make all the difference. With dynamic Mars your co-ruler powering through your sector of goals and ambitions, you would benefit from keeping your focus on all that is great about you.

Have a lot on? Even so, you may be busy with other things, such as a project with a loved one or friend.

With sweet Venus linking arms with asteroid Ceres, the pleasure you get from this could be that it strengthens your connection. Whoever it is, you might find the experience nurturing but also quite eye-opening, as it can pave the way for new developments over coming weeks.

You may have a lot to contend with, but there is no need to push yourself to the limit, Capricorn. Is a decision required? If so, some reflection might help you better assess your situation. But do give yourself credit where it is due, and treat yourself to something you deserve. Plus, a delightful Venus aspect suggests someone’s company could be just the ticket to feeling much happier.

Leo

Aquarius

(July 24-Aug 23)

(Jan 21-Feb 19)

While there are opportunities to enjoy yourself Leo, you might prefer to deal with an issue and work towards a constructive outcome. The more you work to tackle it, the happier you’ll be, as you revel in the challenge of finally getting it done. This can be a rewarding time when a successful outcome is likely.

The result of this may be that your priorities change dramatically.

As fiery Mars continues its journey through Leo and your sector of relating, the romance factor can ramp-up. Have someone in mind? You may be ready to reveal your feelings by making a magnanimous or even a theatrical gesture, that leaves them in no doubt. A gentler aspect could find you eager to reorganize your home so that it’s as eco-friendly as it can be, Aquarius.

Virgo

Pisces

(Aug 24-Sep 23)

Someone may have just the right words to encourage you on, but you might find their company heart-warming too. Whether they are a friend or a romantic partner, their influence can allow you to feel really good, while also boosting your morale.

Plus, the Moon’s angle with Mercury in a prominent zone, encourages you to act on an intuitive nudge to secure a golden opportunity.

(Feb 20-Mar 20)

A developing friendship could be something special, as this person may be like a breath of fresh air, and a fabulous listener. Something about them might inspire confidence, and you’ll sense that if you ever have any issues, this is one person you can share them with. Ready to get more done? Mars in your lifestyle zone could help you zip through your to-do list and enhance energy too.

Answers to the Sudoku and Crossword on page 37

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

39

CARTOONS

Herman

Speed Bump

Frank & Ernest

BC

Scary Gary

Wizard of Id

For Better or for Worse

The San Juan Daily Star

Ziggy

40

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

The San Juan Daily Star