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Resident commissioner proposes feasibility study for island’s first national scenic trail

By THE STAR STAFF

Anew measure authored by Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón and filed in the U.S. House of Representatives seeks to promote tourism, conservation and the outdoor recreation economy in Puerto Rico by studying the possibility of creating the first national scenic trail in Puerto Rico, the resident commissioner and organizations that support the bill announced at a press conference Thursday in Fajardo.

House Resolution (HR) 4218, Puerto Rico’s National Scenic Trail Study Act, seeks to authorize a federal study on the feasibility of establishing a national scenic trail that interconnects trails and protected natural areas from the Cabezas de San Juan Nature Reserve in Fajardo to the Morrillos Peninsula in Cabo Rojo, passing through the El Yunque National Forest, the Sierra de Cayey, the Cordillera Central and the dry forests of the southwest coast. The bill seeks to support and expand to the rest of the island the efforts of the U.S. Forest Service, Para la Naturaleza and numerous other organizations to develop a trail system that interconnects El Yunque National Forest with other protected areas in the Northeast, including the Northeast Ecological Corridor and the Cabezas de San Juan Nature Reserve. The approximately 40-mile route -- known as the Veredas del Noreste route -- could be considered the first stretch of what would be the “Puerto Rico National Scenic Trail” that HR 4218 seeks to study and that would cross the island from the northeast to the southwest.

“Puerto Rico has unique and diverse ecosystems, soils, flora and fauna – including the only tropical rainforest that belongs to the national forest system, El Yunque. This measure would study the opportunity to enable a federal trail route interconnecting protected natural areas from the northeast coast to the southwest coast, promoting tourism and outdoor recreation, economic development and conservation,” the resident commissioner said. “I appreciate the crucial support of Para la Naturaleza, Love in Motion, Foundation for Puerto Rico, Fundación Amigos de El Yunque and the many other organizations for this measure that would be the first

step to officially designate the first national scenic trail on the island.”

“This bill reflects the importance of establishing strategic partnerships to encompass projects at the regional and island levels, involving state and federal governments, community and nonprofit organizations, and communities,” said Fernando Lloveras San Miguel, president of Para la Naturaleza. “The diversity in these collaborations directs us to maximize the economic, social and ecological benefits that would be obtained from an ecotourism project such as the one proposed by the national scenic trail. At Para la Naturaleza we consider that hiking is extremely important for the health of the people and for contributing to the generation of tourism based on the protection of nature.”

Friends of El Yunque Foundation Executive Director Carmen N. Portela added that the organization she leads has “been supporting the Forest Service for more than 13 years in education initiatives on environmental conservation and responsible recreation.”

“Development of Puerto Rico’s National Scenic Trail will bring our island an opportunity for community tourism and to diversify the tourism offer, promoting responsible tourism, led by adjacent communities,” she said.

The proposal seeks to authorize a federal study on the feasibility of establishing a national scenic trail that interconnects trails and protected natural areas from the Cabezas de San Juan Nature Reserve in Fajardo to the Morrillos Peninsula in Cabo Rojo, passing through El Yunque National Forest, the Sierra de Cayey, the Cordillera Central and the dry forests of the southwest coast.

Governor will extend gender violence state of emergency order to end of year

By THE STAR STAFF

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia confirmed on Thursday that he is going to extend the executive order declaring a state of emergency for violence against women for six months.

“Yes, my intention is to extend the emergency declaration for six months, until the end of this year,” the governor said in response to questions from the press.

When asked why a six-month extension, Pierluisi replied that “that was the recommendation of the prosecutor Iliana Espada, based on issues that are pending.”

“But nothing prevents me from considering extending it again at that moment [at the end of December],” the governor said. “But it is an extension for six months, based on the recommendation of prosecutor Iliana Espada, who is the compliance officer, who ensures that all the areas covered by the executive order are addressed.”

With the executive order, among other things, it remains a priority government service to establish and execute protection, prevention and orientation programs, along with protocols for access to housing, health services, education and work for gender violence victims and those at risk.

With UTIER injunction request denied, Genera PR continues with takeover plans

By THE STAR STAFF

Arequest for a preliminary injunction filed in federal court by the Electrical Industry and Irrigation Workers Union (UTIER by its Spanish acronym) has been denied, noted Iván Báez, vice president of government and public affairs at Genera PR, on Thursday.

“The determination of the Federal Court to deny UTIER the preliminary injunction fills us with satisfaction,” Báez said in a written statement.

The executive with Genera PR, which has contracted in a public-private partnership with the island government to take over management of the lion’s share of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s generation fleet, detailed the com-

Planning Board projects growth for 2023 & 2024

By THE STAR STAFF

The Puerto Rico Planning Board (JP by its Spanish initials) on Thursday announced a “base scenario” projection for growth in the economy of Puerto Rico of 0.8% and 1.8% for fiscal years 2023 and 2024, respectively, which represents an upward revision.

“After conducting an economic analysis, the Dynamic Econometric Model of the Puerto Rico Economy revealed the projection of growth in the Puerto Rican economy …” JP Chairman Julio Lassús Ruiz said.

The projections are published in the Economic Report to the Governor (IEG) for fiscal year (FY) 2022, which was released Wednesday. The report contains statistics that reveal the development and movement of Puerto Rico’s economic activity in the public and private sectors during FY 2022, in addition to economic projections for FYs 2023 and 2024.

Puerto Rico’s economy is impacted in various ways based on events that occur on a daily basis. Based on this, the PB prepared alternative scenarios for fiscal year 2023 of 1.2% in the optimistic scenario, and 0.4% in the pessimistic scenario. Also, for fiscal year 2024, Puerto Rico’s economy is expected to grow 2.4% in the optimistic scenario and 1.2% in the pessimistic scenario.

The projection’s assumptions are supported by: an increase in salaried jobs of 35,700 jobs, a level of 936,400 people employed for the cumulative fiscal period to April 2023, an unemployment rate of 6.0%, a projected growth in the Treasury Department’s collections of 3.8%, an increase in the consolidated budget of 9.85% compared to fiscal year 2023, and a significant reduction in inflation for fiscal year 2024 of 2.0%, according to information for April 2023 included in the Fiscal Plan for the Government of Puerto Rico.

pany’s plans: “We continue with the process of mobilization and takeover of the generation fleet on July 1. The mission is to ensure an orderly transition and activate our operational efficiencies program. We aspire to a Puerto Rico with reliable and cost-effective energy service.”

The court ruling occurs at a critical time for the energy industry in Puerto Rico, which has undergone various reforms and privatization processes in recent years. Báez noted that Genera PR, as an emerging actor, is working to ensure an effective transition.

“This is a crucial step forward on the road to a Puerto Rico with an efficient and reliable energy system,” he said. “We maintain our commitment to this objective and we will work tirelessly to achieve it.”

Iván Báez, vice president of government and public affairs at Genera PR

Puerto Rico Planning Board Chairman Julio Lassús Ruiz

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi

Getting to know you

Recent MIDA survey profiles the Puerto Rico consumer by generation and ‘customer journey’

By RICHARD GUTIÉRREZ richardsanjuanstar@gmail.com

Researchers ask consumers in a video to describe Puerto Rico in one word. The responses range from “terrible, disastrous and catastrophic” to “surviving, onwards and beautiful.”

“This is how your consumers describe Puerto Rico. We present this to you today because we need to understand, listen, learn, and overall we must promote change, with the data presented to you by the consumer survey it is your job as executives to change the perception people have of our island,” Diana Rodríguez of Lighthouse Strategies told an audience of some 2,000 members of the Puerto Rico Chamber of Food Industry, Marketing and Distribution (MIDA by its Spanish acronym) at its annual conference and food expo on Thursday. “These people come into your stores and buy your brands; it’s your job to promote a mindset that exemplifies change.”

At this year’s conference, held at the Puerto Rico Convention Center San Juan and titled “Living the Consumer Shopping Experience,” MIDA presented its latest consumer survey, which integrated the results of more than 1,350 interviews from people all over the island, and included a demographic of people from Generation Z, millennials, Generation X and baby boomers.

“We will always aspire to gather more and more information and aspire to get to know the consumer better, because they hold this industry together, and not just that, [they tell us] how we can help the industry better -- it’s techniques and communication skills,” Rodríguez, the research director of the consumer survey who opened the show with the aforementioned video, told the STAR a short while later.

After her introduction, Rodríguez went on to describe the various generations of consumers the researchers studied in the event and their differences.

The researcher noted that all four generations impact the industry in their own way. Generation Z was described as a digital generation that tends to use all tools available to them and is especially averse to wasting time. Millennials were described by Rodríguez as a mixed generation that cares a lot about health and is quite diverse and extremely hard-working. Generation X was described as a relaxed generation that just wants to have things go smoothly since they feel their time as workers is ending; however, the negative perception of the island has not let them relax. The baby boomers were described as follows: even though they are the oldest of the generations, they are not just sitting down watching TV all day; a lot of them work and sometimes even full time, and sometimes they even include their grandchildren and children in their budget. Their biggest concern is what they will leave their children and grandchildren after they are gone. Even if a lot of their children and grandchildren are busy building their lives, they do worry about them.

Rodríguez noted that understanding the four generations was essential to understanding their individual needs as consumers, which will determine the direction companies should take when approaching consumers. An interesting

fact described by the study is that 56% of shoppers consider themselves someone who makes a heavy balance between quality and price of items regardless of the economic crisis regarding inflation and the island itself; this was well executed throughout the entire study.

Rodríguez also explained the four main steps of the “Customer Journey.” The first step is exploration, which begins in the home, and involves motivation and budget. The next step is preparation, which involves the different processes regarding how the consumer is getting ready to shop. The third step is the journey to the store, which involves the location of the stores and the stores they prefer. Last is arrival at the store.

After Rodríguez presented the four parts of the consumer journey to the audience, subsequent presenters expanded up each step referring to the survey.

Mario Rodríguez from V2A Consulting and Herbert Torres from Econo Supermarkets discussed the first step, exploration. Some of the data the businessmen showcased involved expenses versus income. The most highlighted stage in this section of results was that the average consumer is operating with a more than $1,000 deficit when it comes to their expenses. Because of this deficit, consumers buy less, make a list, and sometimes must leave items behind.

“If the energy bill is raised then there’s no choice but to pay it, and so you have less money for food because you have to pay the bill instead of [consuming],” Torres said.

The presenters also stated that understanding the budget of consumers gives companies a more in-depth look at their lives and how they should approach pricings and marketing strategies. They also pointed out that while every generation has a different budget and different spending habits, the average consumer spends about $453 a month on groceries. They also stated that consumers are spending the same amount of money every year, but for fewer items.

The next step, preparation, was presented by Sara Ramírez from Plaza Provision and Yadmin Vargas from Selectos Supermarkets. The data in this section showed that 64% of the people who were interviewed checked the shopping circular

provided by the store, with a minimum of two different stores for their shopping lists. Of the people who used the circular, 43% of them used both digital and physical versions. Another interesting fact in this section was that even though social media is more widespread and used, TV has a larger influence on what people buy, according to 33% of those interviewed.

The third step, the journey to the store, was presented by Luis A. Defendini from the dairy producer Tres Monjitas and Cynthia Irizarry of Irizarry & Associates company. They stated that 54% of those interviewed in the study visit a store because of where it is located, while the other 48% visit the location based on its price range.

The last step, arrival at the store, was presented by Jennifer Garland from Walmart. She detailed that 64% of the interviewed people responded that they always purchase meat and 60% stated they always buy rice, while 42% of them stated they regularly buy eggs. In addition 48% of the respondents said they have pets, and therefore pet items are important to them.

Diana Rodríguez of Lighthouse Strategies (Richard Gutiérrez/The San Juan Daily Star)

Richard Valdés, chairman of the MIDA Consumer Survey Committee

Airbnb to apply party prevention system over summer holidays

By THE STAR STAFF

The short-term rental company Airbnb announced on Thursday the implementation of a party prevention system in anticipation of summer vacations.

The platform, which expects to host 300 million guest arrivals this year, is taking steps across the United States, including Puerto Rico, to minimize the risk of disruptive and unauthorized parties during the July 4 holiday weekend, as it did during Memorial Day weekend.

The system seeks to identify and prevent certain potentially high-risk, one- or two-night reservations for overall accommodations. The decision is based on factors such as the guest’s review history, distance to the listing, and last-minute reservations, among other considerations.

Guests who wish to book through Airbnb for holiday week-

ends will need to confirm that they understand that Airbnb prohibits parties and that failure to comply with the rule may result in suspension or expulsion from the platform.

The party prevention system was first tested last year over Memorial Day weekend and was rolled out over the July 4, 2022 weekend.

In addition to the aforementioned measures, Airbnb provides a 24/7 security line for hosts and guests to report an unauthorized party during an active stay, collaborates to offer a free noise sensor to hosts in the United States, and supports police investigations.

The platform invites neighbors to report any problems through the neighbor service channel 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Party reports are handled by a team of security specialists who can take swift action in the rare event of such an incident.

Airbnb’s party prevention system seeks to identify and prevent certain potentially high-risk, one- or two-night reservations for overall accommodations. The decision is based on factors such as the guest’s review history, distance to the listing, and last-minute reservations, among other considerations.

DNER official recommends halting of tree cutting in Salinas

By THE STAR STAFF

After detecting several flaws in a permit granted by the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) to cut trees in a Salinas forest, an agency examining officer recommended this week the stoppage of all work in the area until the case is clarified.

“Several flaws in the process were detected during the hearing,” said Víctor Alvarado Guzmán, coordinator of the Environmental Dialogue Committee, in a written statement. “A serious mistake was that the permit was granted to the arborist and the owner of the land, instead of to the corporation that owns the land, Clasiofertas LLC.”

Alvarado Guzmán further noted that the

A permit for cutting, pruning, transplanting and planting trees was granted in February for the removal of 79 trees. A dozen communities in the area, along with environmental organizations, challenged the permit on the grounds that it poses a risk to the ecosystem and nearby residences.

matter was treated as if it were an individual tree pruning, rather than one related to a larger construction project.

“The felling of trees is to create access roads for measurement and topography, which is part of a larger project to sell 400-meter lots” he said. “Therefore, the request to cut trees should have been handled through the Office of Permits Management [OGpE by its Spanish initials], not the DNER.”

A permit for cutting, pruning, transplanting and planting trees was granted on Feb. 10 for the removal of 79 trees. A dozen communities in the area, along with environmental organizations, challenged the permit on the grounds that it poses a risk to the ecosystem and nearby residences.

Wanda Janet Ríos Colorado, president of

the La Margarita Residents Association, insisted that communities will fight to prevent another environmental disaster in Salinas.

“This is a high-risk flood area, where there is a wetland and archaeological sites,” she said. “No construction or removal of trees from the existing forest should be allowed. We hope that the DNER will revoke that poorly granted permit.”

Another hearing is scheduled for Aug. 9. Salinas Mayor Karilyn Bonilla Colón, meanwhile, noted that the challenge was originally filed by the Municipality of Salinas and defended before the DNER and OGpE.

“Then the Residents Association and Environmental Dialogue joined,” she said. “Government agencies made the determination to take it in a single case.”

Gov’t obtains $3 million in federal funds to repair key port road

By THE STAR STAFF

Puerto Rico Ports Authority Executive Director Joel A. Pizá Batiz announced Thursday the approval of $3 million in a federal subsidy for repairing roads in the port zone of San Juan.

The funds come from the U.S. Department of Transportation Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program.

The funds are directed at financing, planning and design studies for a total reconstruction of Avenida C in the Puerto Nuevo port zone, the only access to the eight ports of that zone.

Pizá Batiz said that in addition to the reconstruction of the road, the study will consider the construction of underground structures, the system of illumination, truck access and signage.

“The entrance of the Puerto Nuevo ports has historically had challenges of paving due to the fact that it was built in the decade of the sixties and now experiences a significant increase in volume of traffic with more cargo of greater dimensions,” Pizá Batiz said. “This access road has already served its useful life and requires total reconstruction in conformance with its current operations, so it is one of the critical subjects that preoccupies us given the importance of making more agile ground transportation for the truckers of the supply chain.”

“For the administration of Gov. Pedro R. Pierluisi, it is a priority to take advantage of every opportunity to compete for federal grants that make the development of projects viable, as they become available,” the Ports chief added. “As part of this effort, the island’s maritime industry has been incorporated into the development of the strategic plan of the Authority to submit applications for federal grants.”

Ports Authority Executive Director Joel A. Pizá Batiz

Republicans’ problem in attacking Biden: They helped pass his economic bills

By JONATHAN WEISMAN and REID J. EPSTEIN

President Joe Biden isn’t the only one doing a full summer embrace of federal spending on infrastructure and semiconductor manufacturing — so are some of the Republicans aiming to remove him from office next year.

The White House has labeled the president’s new economic campaign Bidenomics, a portmanteau that until now has been a pejorative used by Republicans and conservative news outlets primarily to underscore inflation.

But in a speech earlier this week in Chicago about the economy, Biden latched on, with a renewed focus on the two most significant bipartisan legislative accomplishments of his term, the infrastructure bill and the CHIPS and Science Act. He hopes these measures will help brand him as the cross-aisle deal maker he sold to voters in 2020, appeal to political moderates who formed a core of his winning electoral coalition and impress upon tuned-out voters what he has done in office.

One significant benefit for Biden: Republicans helped pass those bills.

While GOP presidential candidates and the Republican National Committee continue to paint Biden’s economic stewardship as a rolling disaster, Republican senators who helped shape the legislation say they anticipated that those accomplishments would accrue to Biden’s political advantage — as well as to their own.

Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., who helped write the enormous bill aimed at revitalizing the domestic semiconductor industry, said the work on a law that he called “off-thecharts popular” had started with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., during President Donald Trump’s administration.

“The Biden administration deserves credit for advancing the proposal and, irrespective of the timing of its origin, helping it become law,” Young said.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., more grudgingly acknowledged the president’s role in securing a trillion-dollar infrastructure bill that had eluded the past two administrations.

“When senators from different parties come together to work on solutions to our nation’s problems and then the president

jumps in front of the parade, it does not mean he’s the grand marshal,” Cassidy said. Biden’s infrastructure bill won votes from 19 Republican senators and 13 Republican House members. Sixteen Senate Republicans and 24 Republicans in the House voted for the semiconductor legislation.

It will be difficult for Republicans to land criticism when they themselves are taking credit for the same achievements. The White House on Wednesday highlighted praise for the Biden administration’s broadband spending from Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington and Gus Bilirakis of Florida, Republicans who both voted against the infrastructure legislation that funded it, along with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.

But perhaps no Republican acclaim for the infrastructure legislation brought Biden more joy than a tweet from Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama that said it was “great to see Alabama receive crucial funds.”

“To no one’s surprise, it’s bringing along some converts,” Biden said Wednesday of his bipartisan legislation. “There’s a guy named Tuberville from Alabama, a senator from Alabama, who announced that he strongly opposed the legislation. Now he’s hailing its passage.” Biden then dryly drew the sign of

the cross on his chest.

Steven Stafford, a spokesperson for Tuberville, said Biden and his allies had “twisted” the senator’s words. “Now that the bill is law of the land, the people of Alabama deserve their fair share,” he said.

And even as Biden on Monday played up the $42 billion of broadband spending in the infrastructure law, another Republican senator who did vote for it, Susan Collins of Maine, was trumpeting the $272 million from it that is going to her state.

Of course, the White House’s celebration of Republican plaudits for legislation Biden signed will matter little unless the president can persuade voters that these achievements are improving their material well-being.

Biden’s defenders have long maintained that the economic policies he is highlighting in the Bidenomics rebrand are very popular with voters. The problem, these allies say, is that few people connect them with Biden.

And Wednesday’s speech came at a moment when Biden’s approval ratings on the economy are in dangerous territory.

An Associated Press/NORC poll released Wednesday found that just 34% of adults approved of Biden’s handling of the economy.

Among Democrats, only 60% — and a mere 47% of those 45 years old or younger — approved of his economic stewardship.

The millstone is inflation, which has tempered sharply from its peak last year but remains above the norm. Whether inflation is at 9% or 4%, prices remain high, which may be why the president speaks less about the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan, which passed early in his tenure and has been blamed even by the Federal Reserve for part of the surge of inflation. It is also why Republicans continue to mock what they call the inaptly named Inflation Reduction Act, which passed in 2022 on strictly Democratic votes.

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., made clear that his party intended to lump all of the achievements being promoted by Biden into the inflationary maw, including the infrastructure and semiconductor legislation.

“Both of those bills caused inflation, which is Biden’s biggest albatross in the upcoming election,” he said, “so I don’t think they did him any favors,” referring to Republicans who helped pass the measures.

In his speech on Wednesday, Biden said that the pandemic relief plan had driven unemployment down from above 6% to below 4%. He suggested that his economic leadership would achieve an even broader goal he placed at the center of his 2020 campaign: restoring the soul of America.

“It’s going to help lessen the division in this country by bringing us back together,” Biden said. “It makes it awful hard to demagogue something when it’s working.”

President Joe Biden boards Air Force One as he departs O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, June 28, 2023. Biden delivered what his aides say is a “cornerstone” speech in Chicago on Wednesday, using the backdrop of the Old Chicago Main Post Office to reassert the lasting benefits of “Bidenomics” as the 2024 campaign cycle heats up.

Smoky skies menace US cities, driving residents indoors

in New York warned residents that they should brace themselves.

Air quality had reached unhealthy levels in parts of the state Wednesday, and was expected to worsen Thursday, according to officials.

At a news conference Wednesday, Mayor Eric Adams of New York City urged residents to take precautions. “In particular, vulnerable residents may want to adjust your outdoor activities,” he said.

In Chicago, the Air Quality Index had reached 217 by midafternoon, according to AirNow, a website and app administered by the Environmental Protection Agency; in Detroit, the index had reached 203; in Cincinnati, 185. Any reading above 100 on the index is a warning to people with respiratory conditions to take precautions.

said they were unaware of the severity of the pollution and others tried to take it in stride and proceed with planned events.

Muslims in Chicago observed Eid alAdha in a lakefront celebration Wednesday, despite the foul, smoky air. In Detroit, Marseille Arbuckle was one of the few people wearing a mask as he walked his dog, Thor, along the Detroit River.

An avid jogger, he said he was not too worried about the air quality affecting his health.

“My dog sneezes and coughs a little more,” Arbuckle, 35, said. “My throat’s a little drier, and it gives me a headache.”

By JULIE BOSMAN

The Great Lakes region was enveloped in smoke and haze from Canadian wildfires for two consecutive days this week, prompting millions of Americans to stay indoors in the heart of summer to avoid the unhealthy air.

In Chicago, the city’s famous skyline was shrouded in whitish, smoky clouds as President Joe Biden, visiting for the day, delivered a speech downtown on his economic policies. Pools and summer camps in Madison, Wisconsin, were closed down, forcing parents to scramble to find child care. Cleveland residents who ventured outside could taste the smoke in the air, the

worst conditions that many had seen since the first wave from Canadian wildfires descended into the northern United States this month.

“You can even see the quality of the air is awful,” said Vincent Radzilowski, 59, a mail carrier, as he walked his route in suburban Cleveland wearing a mask for the first time in ages. “I’m going to be out here 10 or eight hours today, so that’s a long day to be breathing in this kind of air.”

Forecasters predicted that by Thursday, the worst of the smoke would largely move on from the Midwest, where hazardous air quality paralyzing daily life remains a rare event. But the smoky air was threatening the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions once again, and officials

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Climate change has turned once improbably high temperatures into more commonplace occurrences, and is “the elephant in the room” that is worsening wildfires and their effects on air quality, said John C. Lin, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Utah.

They are now burning longer and more ferociously, and churning out more smoke that contains a complex mix of gases, hazardous air pollutants, water vapor and particle pollution.

Biden arrived at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Wednesday through a dense layer of smoke. A spokesperson said that the administration was monitoring air quality in the city and elsewhere in the country.

“This is part of a growing pattern of extreme weather events that we’re seeing as a result of climate change,” said Olivia Dalton, the deputy White House press secretary.

In the Midwest, residents whose routines were interrupted by the smoke and haze tried to adjust — and wait it out.

Outside a homeless shelter in Detroit, Nicholas Massengale, 33, was looking for a place to rest. The polluted air was getting to him, he said, as he sought a place to sit down.

“This out here is what’s been bothering me,” he said. “It’s leading to headaches and stuff.”

The air quality in Detroit was one of the worst in the country Wednesday, as the wildfire smoke suffused the city in an acrid haze. Michigan environmental officials issued a statewide air quality alert effective through Wednesday, advising children, vulnerable adults and pet owners to reduce their time outdoors.

Still, masks were a rare sight in many cities across the Midwest, as some residents

Just north of downtown Detroit, a group of landscapers were taking a break near a basketball court Wednesday. One of the workers, Anthony Williams, 28, said there was not much he could do about the air quality — but they have been wearing masks just in case.

“On Monday, we thought it was just fog,” Williams said, adding that by Tuesday an odor had emerged. “It’s a concern because you smell it all day, so you’re thinking about your health. But you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do.”

Cancellations of summertime activities and events cascaded across the region Wednesday.

Citing dangerous conditions, officials in Pittsburgh postponed an event called “City in the Streets,” where residents of Pittsburgh were supposed to meet and talk with representatives of various city departments.

The Cleveland Department of Public Health’s air quality division and the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency both issued health alerts because of the air. Cleveland called off all outdoor recreation programs for the day, closed its outdoor pools, spray basins and water parks, and canceled trash collection.

The air was so unhealthy that Chris Ronayne, the executive of Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland, canceled his annual speech on the state of the county at Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica, an outdoor venue on the banks of the Cuyahoga River.

At the same time, Major League Baseball was pressing ahead with games.

In Pittsburgh, where the Air Quality Index had at one point reached 180, according to AirNow, the Pirates issued a statement saying that they intended to play their game Wednesday against the San Diego Padres. In Chicago, the Cubs had yet to comment by midafternoon on Wednesday evening’s scheduled game against the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Manhattan skyline is shrouded in smoke in this view from the East Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn on Thursday morning, June 29, 2023.

Democrats reach milestone: 100 new district court judges

By CARL HULSE

President Joe Biden and Democrats, largely stymied by Republicans from enacting their policy agenda, have transformed the Senate into a judicial confirmation factory that has just passed a major milestone in its drive to remake the federal courts, approving the 100th District Court nominee since Biden took office.

The pace of the effort has surpassed the one set by Republicans when they pushed to reshape the courts during the administration of former President Donald Trump, putting the Biden administration 20 District Court nominees ahead of the Trump team at the same point in his term.

“These judges will affect America long after just about every senator is out of here,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the majority leader, who has had a longtime interest in judicial confirmations. “It is hugely important. It’s a step-by-step process. It’s hard.”

Despite being slowed by absences and resistance from Republicans who see some Biden nominees as unacceptable, the Democratled Senate hit the 100 mark last week with a 50-49 vote to confirm Natasha Merle to a seat in the Eastern District of New York. She was one of a string of newly confirmed judges with civil rights backgrounds whose nominations had been slow to reach the floor, given concerted Republican opposition.

While District Court judges were often previously confirmed on voice votes, the fight over the ideological leanings of nominees means nearly all of them are forced to navigate two votes. And there is little margin for error given the Democratic caucus’ slim 51-49 edge in the Senate and occasional defections from the Democratic side by Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia. Both parties have put a major emphasis on filling vacancies, given the increasing role the federal courts play in setting policy and deciding politically charged cultural issues.

Despite the judicial tally, some progressives are still agitating for Senate Democrats to do more to try to match the confirmation successes of Trump and Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the minority leader.

Some are urging Democrats to forgo the planned August recess and remain in session to confirm judges, and also to be more aggressive in nominating and confirming District Court judges in states with Republican senators. There are more than 40 vacancies without nominees and the potential for dozens more if eligible judges retired.

Without such a push, Biden is in danger of falling behind his predecessor by the end of the year, they say.

“It is a good thing so far,” said Russ Feingold, a former Democratic senator from Wisconsin who now heads the American Constitution Society. “It would be terrible shame

to not continue that work in an aggressive manner over the next year, year and a half. We believe the Senate has to expand the calendar.”

Feingold noted that some of the newest judges had to wait nearly two years before their nominations were brought to the floor, and he suggested Democrats were being too cautious.

“It really underscores the need for the Senate to pick up its pace generally,” Feingold said. “Waiting does not help anyone.”

Despite the pressure from the left, Senate Democrats are very unlikely to scrap their recess in a rush to confirm more judges. They say it would probably be futile since some senators would choose not to attend and Republicans could throw up new procedural roadblocks.

Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Il., who chairs the Judiciary Committee, dismissed Feingold’s criticism.

“He knows better,” said Durbin. “He served on the committee.”

Republicans note that Democrats still lag behind the Trump era when it comes to judges named to appeals courts, with 35 so far for Biden compared with 41 for Trump, who had also been able to fill two vacancies on the Supreme Court by this point in his tenure, while Biden has filled one.

Republicans say the circuit courts — the level between District Courts, where trials are held, and the Supreme Court — are far more anfluential than the trial courts when it comes to settling matters of federal power and social policy. They also point out that Democrats have benefited from a Republican-led rules change in 2019 that substantially reduced the Senate floor time required to win confirmation of a District Court nominee.

But Democrats say that the importance of District Court judges has recently been underscored by decisions at that level by Trumpnominated judges on issues such as COVID-19 rules, abortion and even the criminal case of the former president himself. They are eager to put their nominees with backgrounds in civil rights and criminal defense on the bench.

“Trump put in so many horrible rightwing judges,” Schumer said. “The people on the Supreme Court are obvious, but it’s even worse on most of the circuits.”

The big test for the White House and Senate Democrats will come when they run out of openings in states represented by Democratic senators and face the prospect of being unable to fill District Court vacancies in states with Republican senators, who can kill a nomination by denying a “blue slip” under a Senate tradition that gives senators a say in the selection of judges from their home states.

Democrats have made progress in finding consensus candidates with Republican senators, but it has been slow — and not all Republicans are willing to consider Biden administration nominees, meaning scores of vacancies could be left unfilled at the end of 2024.

Progressive advocacy groups want Democrats to jettison the blue slips and accompanying veto power.

“We’ve got to get rid of the blue slips instead of waiting around to see what happens,” Feingold said. “It might be too late.”

But Democrats said that move could spark a procedural war that would slow the nomination process to a crawl. They note that an additional two dozen nominees are in the pipeline and say they will assess the next steps once those people are confirmed. Overall, Biden has installed 136 judges, compared with 123 for Trump at this point, though Trump finished his third year with 187 confirmations and his term with 234, according to Feingold’s group.

“I’m very pleased at the pace at which we’re going,” said Schumer, who noted that Democrats also scored some legislative victories while pushing nominations. “I’m going to keep at it. Our goal is to surpass even what

Trump did.”

President Joe Biden arrives to deliver remarks about high-speed internet infrastructure, at the White House in Washington, June 26, 2023. President Biden and Democrats, largely stymied by Republicans from enacting their policy agenda, have transformed the Senate into a judicial confirmation factory that has just passed a major milestone in its drive to remake the federal courts, approving the 100th District Court nominee since Biden took office.

Costco is cracking down on membership sharing

By LAUREN McCARTHY

The success of Costco’s business model relies on rigor. The wholesale retailer, which uses a membership system, strictly monitors entrances and exits and double-checks customer receipts.

But for friends and relatives of members, there was a well-known hack for scoring Costco’s low prices without paying an annual fee: the self-checkout lanes. Some users found they could borrow a member’s card, or a member’s QR code from the Costco app, and avoid the identification requirements of the regular checkout lanes.

That workaround is coming to an end. The company said in an emailed statement earlier this week that it had noticed that nonmember shoppers had been using other people’s membership cards, which according to Costco policy are nontransferable, in the self-checkout lanes.

“We are now asking to see their membership card with their photo at our self-service checkout registers,” the company explained, adding, “If their membership card does not have a photo, then we ask for a photo ID.”

Costco is beloved by consumers for its $1.50 hot dog-andsoda combo, towering rows of inexpensive bulk goods and its signature Kirkland brand products — everything from linens to liquor. A regular membership costs $60 a year, and an executive card costs $120 a year.

Katie Thomas, who leads the Kearney Consumer Institute, a management consulting firm, said it was a “not unreasonable hack” for occasional shoppers to borrow a friend’s Costco card

or QR code, adding that she thought it could lead to new paid memberships. Thomas said she was recently scolded at a Costco for using her mother’s membership card, although she said she was also a member.

Costco said in its statement that it was “able to keep our prices as low as possible because our membership fees help offset our operational expenses, making our membership fee and structure important to us.”

The retail market has grown tighter, said Neil Saunders, managing director at retail consulting firm GlobalData, who guessed that reasons for the crackdown at Costco might include increasing pressures on corporate margins and the rising cost of commodities, labor and overhead for wholesalers.

“They probably turned a blind eye to it whilst growth and everything was looking rosy,” he said, but are becoming stricter in a more difficult economic environment.

Although Costco faced supply constraints and labor shortages during the pandemic, it reported strong operating results for 2022 in an annual report that also boasted about new items, including “BBQ pellets, women’s jeans, reformulated dog food, sauté pans, fresh mini cakes and chicken yakisoba.”

The company also reported that it had nearly 119 million cardholders last year. Revenue from those membership fees totaled $4.2 billion in 2022, up 9% from 2021. Costco’s net income was $5.8 billion last year, the company reported, up from $5 billion in 2021.

“You see the importance of the membership model,” Saunders said.

The member renewal rate was around 90% worldwide in

2022, the company said. Costco has not raised the cost of its membership since 2017, but executives indicated in a recent earnings call that the cost might increase.

Thomas pointed out the clear parallel to Netflix, which announced last month that it would begin kicking people off the service if they were using someone’s account for more than 30 days while at a different location, attributing its crackdown to shifting economic forces and increased competition.

Costco said Wednesday: “We don’t feel it’s right that nonmembers receive the same benefits and pricing as our members.”

A line outside a Costco in Manhattan, March 13, 2020. The wholesale retailer announced on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, that it will now require identification at all registers, eliminating a popular shopping secret.

DoorDash, shifting business model, will offer drivers hourly pay

By KELLEN BROWNING

The success of Costco’s business model relieDoorDash said Wednesday that it would begin giving its delivery drivers the option to be paid an hourly minimum wage, instead of earning money for each delivery.

The significant shift in compensation could be an answer to concerns that some delivery people are not paid fairly. It could also add an incentive for drivers to pick up smaller orders that don’t pay as well and that they would typically avoid.

Drivers will be able to choose whether they earn money for each order — usually a few dollars in base pay plus compensation for miles driven — or receive a flat hourly amount, DoorDash said.

The hourly rate includes only active time, meaning time between accepting and dropping off an order, and does not include the period when drivers are waiting for the next order. Drivers will be able to toggle between the two payment methods. Tips would be applied on top of the hourly base pay, the company said.

DoorDash, which uses gig workers to transport food and other deliveries, announced the change as part of Dash Forward, a product event marking DoorDash’s 10th anniversary.

DoorDash said it was adding the payment option in response to driver feedback, and because it wanted to give drivers more decision-making power.

“One of the things we’ve heard a lot is around choice: Choice of when, where and how they earn is really important,” said Cody Aughney, head of the company’s Dasher & Logistics team.

The relationship between gig workers and companies like DoorDash and Uber has been scrutinized in recent years by regulators and labor activists. The biggest questions have been over how those workers are classified and whether they are adequately paid.

Gig drivers are usually independent contractors who are responsible for their own expenses and do not receive benefits like full-time employees. They have long complained that they are underpaid and sometimes exploited by the companies.

DoorDash said drivers who chose to be paid hourly and those earning money per delivery were likely to earn a similar amount. The minimum compensation will depend on the region and range from $10 to $19.50 per hour, the company said.

The new payment method is similar to Proposition 22, a 2020 California ballot measure that was backed by gig companies and guaranteed drivers a minimum wage and other

limited benefits in exchange for precluding them from being classified as employees.

But DoorDash said there was a big difference: Drivers can switch between hourly and per-delivery pay as frequently as they want. The new system will not be used in California, Seattle or New York — areas that have passed laws governing minimum pay for drivers.

Sergio Avedian, a longtime driver and a contributor to The Rideshare Guy, a blog that provides tips to gig drivers, said an hourly pay option “gives the drivers a little bit of a comfort zone.”

Avedian, who encourages drivers to decline orders that are unlikely to offer a decent payday or a good tip, said the hourly payment could be a way for DoorDash to get them to accept smaller deliveries they would have skipped.

“On their end, the point is to push as many orders as they can, and on the driver’s end, it may give them some security,” he said.

Because some drivers do decline less desirable orders, DoorDash said, those who accept everything they are offered receive a disproportionate number of those cheaper deliveries and are put at a disadvantage. Hourly minimum pay, the company said, will help that group.

Dow, S&P gain with bank rally countering rate worries

The Dow and the S&P 500 advanced on Thursday as bank shares rallied after major lenders cleared the Federal Reserve’s annual stress test, while strong economic data stoked expectations of further interest rate hikes from the central bank.

Stronger than expected economic data pushed Treasury yields higher and steered investors toward economically sensitive sectors as recession fears eased. But buyers shied away from some rate-sensitive growth sectors due to concerns the Fed would keep interest rates higher for longer.

After a health check showed that the biggest U.S. banks have enough capital to weather a severe economic slump the S&P 500 banks index closed up 2.6%. The relief rally also helped advance the KBW Regional Banking index by 1.8%.

Data showed an unexpected weekly decline in the number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits, and the U.S. GDP increased at a 2.0% annualized rate in the first quarter, up from the 1.3% pace reported previously.

“The upside surprise economic data has pushed yields higher today and the move higher has put some downward pressure on technology and growth stock stocks while supporting value and cyclical parts of the market,” said Mona Mahajan, senior investment strategist at St. Louis based Edward Jones.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 269.76 points, or 0.8%, to 34,122.42, the S&P 500 gained 19.58 points, or 0.45%, to 4,396.44 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.42 points to 13,591.33.

The economically sensitive Russell 2000 index of small-cap stocks rose 1.2% while the cyclical materials index finished up 1.3% and was the second strongest performer among the S&P 500’s 11 sectors behind financials, which gained 1.7% as banks rallied.

Economic strength fueled bets the U.S. central bank will maintain tight monetary policy for longer, a day after hawkish comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

Traders were pricing in a roughly 86.8% chance the Fed would hike interest rates by 25 basis points to the 5.25%-5.50% range at its July meeting, according to CME Group’s Fedwatch tool, up from bets for 81.8% probability a day earlier.

The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the Personal Consumption Expenditure index (PCE) for May, will be released on Friday. Economists polled by Reuters expect core rates to remain steady at 4.7%.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq was still on track for a gain of more than 29% in the first half of the year, its biggest such gain in 40 years. On Thursday it managed to pare losses and close barely lower but was under pressure throughout the day from losses in megacaps including Amazon, Meta Platform, Nvidia and Microsoft.

The Philadelphia semiconductor index managed a

small 0.13% gain but underpeformed during the session, with a 4% decline in Micron Technology shares leading losses even though the chipmaker beat estimates for thirdquarter results.

Russia appears to have detained top general in post-mutiny crackdown, US officials say

By HELENE COOPER, JULIAN E. BARNES and ERIC SCHMITT

U.S. officials, citing early intelligence reports, say that Russian authorities appear to have detained a top general under suspicion that he was involved in or had knowledge of the planning for the Wagner Group’s failed rebellion.

The circumstances surrounding the status of the general, Sergei Surovikin, are still very murky. U.S. officials cautioned that the reports were not conclusive and said they could not provide further details.

American officials would not say — or do not know — if he was formally arrested or just held for questioning.

Focus in Russia on the fate of Surovikin, the country’s former top commander in Ukraine, has been intense following a New York Times report that U.S. spy agencies believe that he knew ahead of time about the rebellion, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, against Russia’s military leadership.

A senior NATO-country diplomat said that firm intelligence was lacking, but that careful comments by Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Thursday in which he deflected questions about Surovikin’s whereabouts seemed to confirm the general’s detention.

News of Surovikin’s detention was earlier reported by The Financial Times.

There were conflicting reports in the Russian news media about Surovikin’s fate. Some pro-war bloggers on the popular Telegram social network reported this week that he had

been arrested, while others said that was not the case.

One popular account posted a recording of an interview with a woman it said was Surovikin’s daughter, who denied that her father had been arrested. “Nothing happened to him,” she said. “He’s at his work location.” The account could not be independently verified.

U.S. intelligence agencies have been trying to learn more about the general’s potential role in the rebellion: whether

he simply knew about it or helped plan the revolt, which has come to be seen as the most dramatic threat to Russian President Vladimir Putin in his 23 years in power.

The question is a critical one for Putin as well.

For years, Putin has allowed different factions to exist inside the Russian military. But after the short-lived mutiny, the Kremlin may be more likely to purge at least some of the senior officers who are less supportive of Sergei Shoigu, the defense minister.

Prigozhin had expressed rage against Russian military leadership for months before the revolt, concentrating most of his ire on Putin’s two senior military advisers: Shoigu and Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the general staff.

U.S. officials said that Prigozhin’s failed rebellion could, at least for the time being, have the perverse effect of strengthening Shoigu’s hold on the top job, since Putin would not want to be seen as caving to Prigozhin.

Some Western analysts said the apparent detention of Surovikin and uncertainty about the fate of other senior officers could hurt Russian troop morale.

“That there has not been a clear signal from the top about these very senior generals’ standing after the Prigozhin mutiny can’t be good for morale,” said Samuel Charap, a Russia analyst at the RAND Corp.

“Surovikin in particular is known to be popular with the rank and file,” Charap said. “If he has been arrested and there is no explanation from the top, one can imagine his subordinates might be preoccupied with their own safety, not the war.”

French police officer who fatally shot 17-year-old is charged

By CATHERINE PORTER and AURELIEN BREEDEN

Apolice officer who shot and killed a teenage driver, setting off rioting in French cities, was detained Thursday on charges of voluntary homicide.

But it was unclear if the officer’s detention would calm the widespread anger against the police, which has been simmering for years in France’s poorer urban centers. The teenager who was killed has been identified only as Nahel M., 17, a French citizen of Algerian and Moroccan descent.

The legal action came after riot police officers outside

Paris fired tear gas canisters toward a crowd of people demonstrating against the killing. It was not immediately clear what had precipitated the use of tear gas, but some participants were seen setting off fireworks or lighting fires around the same time.

The unrest Thursday came after a second straight night of violence that convulsed more than a dozen cities.

President Emmanuel Macron has condemned both the killing and the riots that followed. He called the shooting of the teenager “inexcusable,” but said the violence was “absolutely unjustifiable,” appealing for calm and convening a crisis meeting.

Gérald Darmanin, the French interior minister, said that about 40,000 officers would be deployed across the country Thursday evening to try to contain further outbreaks of unrest — a major increase from the 9,000 deployed the night before.

Darmanin said 180 people had been arrested nationwide overnight and that 170 officers had been injured in what he called “a night of intolerable violence against symbols of the republic.”

Here is what to know:

— The rioting came after an officer shot and killed the driver during a traffic stop on Tuesday in

Nanterre, west of Paris.

— The top prosecutor in Nanterre said at a news conference early Thursday that the “legal conditions for the use of the weapon have not been met.” The interior minister said the officer would be suspended from his job.

— The public anger has been compounded by the way the episode came to light. Initial accounts, provided to the French news media by what were described as anonymous police sources, claimed that the young man had plowed into officers during the traffic stop. But those reports were quickly contradicted by video of the shooting that showed that the officer who fired the shot did not appear to be in any immediate danger as the vehicle pulled away.

— Lawyers for the 17-year-old killed in the shooting have said they will file several complaints against the two officers involved. They plan to file one accusing the officer who fired the shot of murder, a second accusing the other officer of complicity, and a third accusing them of lying in their initial statements about the episode.

— Looming over the explosion of anger is the memory of riots that shook France in 2005, when two teenagers running from the police were electrocuted after hiding in an electrical substation, setting off weeks of violent protests.

Gen. Sergei Surovikin in 2017.

Prigozhin may be gone, but not the failings he ranted about

community cheering on the war. “We knew that before, but we did not understand the scale of it,” Kuznets said. The uprising, he added, highlighted the gap between the commanders and the soldiers fighting the war, who generally endorse the idea that the army is badly run and headed for defeat.

“We can see that they agree with Prigozhin in general, but they don’t agree with his methods,” he added.

In some ways, the problems with the war go beyond the people involved and lie within the structure and culture of the Russian military.

Reforms begun more than a decade ago were meant to create a smaller, leaner, more flexible army. It was not built to conquer a large European country, so from that perspective President Vladimir Putin assigned the military a task beyond its grasp, said Alexander Golts, a Russian military analyst.

“Russia had forces that can win a short, local conflict,” he said. “That’s it.”

But the reformers fell short of achieving greater flexibility, which requires giving decision-making power to commanders in the field. That ran up against deep-seated cultural norms, particularly a penchant for rigid, hierarchical command structure and a callousness about soldiers’ casualties that some say is a legacy of Soviet times.

response to the mutiny underscored the weaknesses in the Russian military’s command-and-control structure — its inability to react quickly to unexpected developments, and poor coordination between the military and other security services.

U.S. military officials were stunned that an armored column of Wagner forces advanced within 125 miles of Moscow. The mercenaries met no resistance on the ground, but shot down half a dozen Russian military helicopters and an Il-22 airborne command post that engaged the column.

Pentagon officials said that this reflected once again the lack of coordination between Russian air and ground forces. But the muted reaction might also have been a sign that many officers and soldiers were sympathetic to the mutineers, military analysts said.

Still, Prigozhin overplayed his hand, possibly thinking that months of phone calls from officers grousing about the Defense Ministry meant that some would join the rebellion. “I think Prigozhin overestimated his support — disdain for Gerasimov does not equal support for Prigozhin,” said Dara Massicot, a senior policy researcher at the Rand Corp.

By NEIL MacFARQUHAR

The Russian warlord whose 24-hour mutiny provoked the worst crisis to roil the country in three decades has been packed off to an uncertain exile — along with the foulmouthed critiques of the Russian military that won him legions of followers, especially within the ranks.

Yet the problems identified by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group, did not disappear with him, military analysts say, and are likely to continue to fester, enraging troops and further lowering already sickly morale.

These include an overall lack of command and control, rigid hierarchy, corruption, tangled logistics, equipment shortages and the absence of an honest, public assessment of the war in Ukraine. The emergence of several other private military companies like Wagner promises to further complicate matters.

“If Prigozhin is gone, the problems will not go with him,” said Dmitry Kuznets, a military analyst for Meduza, an independent Russian news website. “They are here to stay. This is a bigger problem than Prigozhin himself.”

During the uprising, the Telegram messaging app erupted with comments from those who supported Prigozhin’s diatribes against the military leadership — particularly those aimed at Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Gen. Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff — while also condemning his mutiny.

“Do you think that guys who ask for scopes, for example, are very flattering about big generals? Of course not,” wrote a military blogger who uses the name “Z-War Geeks” and has more than 760,000 followers on Telegram. However, he said, most soldiers distinguish between their country and the state. “The motherland is unconditional,” he wrote. “You can’t betray it, or lose it.”

The reaction overall revealed an opposition bloc among soldiers, the volunteers who supply them and the Telegram

This month, the Ministry of Defense moved to assert control over the proliferating number of private military groups, insisting that they all sign contracts by July 1. That helped spark Prigozhin to mutiny, but it also highlighted an issue that to date has been discussed mostly among military bloggers and some Russian news outlets.

The crackdown “was a step in the right direction,” from a military perspective, said Golts, whose report for the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies on the potential for civil war in Russia had predicted a similar uprising just days before it happened.

The number of private armies remains small. Gennady Timchenko, a wealthy Putin crony, started one called Redoubt. It was initially intended to protect his Stroytransgaz energy facility in Syria, but it began recruiting people for Ukraine after the war began, according to Russian news reports.

Prigozhin himself brought attention to the fact that Gazprom, the state energy company, had started three private armed groups: Potok, Fakel and Plamya, or Stream, Torch and Flame. Their independence from the Defense Ministry remains murky.

“Those people who have money think that it’s an awesome topic now — to collect PMCs,” Prigozhin said in an interview broadcast on Telegram in April, referring to private military companies.

Although private militias remain technically illegal in Russia, and the government is now trying to rein them in, the fact that Wagner was paid nearly $1 billion for roughly the first year of the war offers an incentive to create such groups. And as Wagner just showed, they carry enormous potential to create havoc.

After the rebellion, “all people with arms in their hands understood that they can use those arms in their own interests, not in the interests of the state,” Golts said. “It was a very dramatic pivot. Prigozhin crossed the Rubicon.”

In Washington, senior Pentagon officials said the Kremlin’s

A pervading sense that high-level commanders aren’t held accountable can pose a substantive challenge to any military’s ability to command and control forces on the battlefield. Analysts say the lack of accountability undermined the authority of Shoigu and Gerasimov in the ranks.

“It made both of them look weak,” said Rob Lee, a senior fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute. “Clearly there are a lot of systemic issues in the Russian military that are attributable to the leadership,” he added. “The reason Prigozhin had any support at all is that his criticisms of the Russian Ministry of Defense — many of them are reasonable.”

In the days after the rebellion, Shoigu appeared multiple times in public — a sign that he would stay in his position — while reports of a widespread purge in the military began to emerge from Russia’s military bloggers.

The lagging morale among the rank-and-file will only be worsened by the infighting and Putin’s response to the mutiny, if the early reports are accurate. “It did not give added morale to the mostly demoralized army,” said Pavel Luzin, a Russian military analyst.

An image released by Yevgeny V. Prigozhin’s press service purporting to show him in Bakhmut, Ukraine, in May.

Debris and presumed human remains from lost Titan are recovered

bilization, which marks the end of a mission and a return to the base of operations. The company would not confirm that the debris belonged to the Titan, saying that the investigation was continuing, and referred questions to the Coast Guard.

A crew has been “working around the clock now for 10 days, through the physical and mental challenges of this operation, and are anxious to finish the mission and return to their loved ones,” Pelagic Research Services said in its statement.

Why It Matters: Debris could lead to clueJ. Carl Hartsfield, an underwater vehicle designer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, said that recovered debris could contain vital information about what exactly had happened to the Titan. Hartsfield said investigators would be looking for three things: a point of failure of the hull, how pieces of carbon fiber and titanium, the submersible’s materials, were connected; and if any electronic data was recoverable.

the event including authorities from Canada, the United Kingdom and France. There is no timeline for the investigation.

Hartsfield, who was consulted during the search but was not part of the recovery efforts, said an investigation could take anywhere from 18 to 24 months.

“It seems like a long time, but there’s a lot to do,” he said.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said in a statement Wednesday evening that it had inspected, documented and cataloged the wreckage of the Titan and turned it over to the U.S. Coast Guard.

It added that it has finished its preliminary interviews and documents related to the submersible’s apparent implosion and that the Polar Prince’s data recorder, which includes audio from within the bridge of the ship that launched the submersible, was at its laboratory in Ottawa, Ontario, for analysis.

Background: A ‘catastrophic implosion’

By REMY TUMIN and REBECCA CARBALLO

Debris and presumed human remains from the Titan submersible have been recovered and returned to land, the U.S. Coast Guard announced Wednesday night, nearly a week after an international search-and-rescue operation ended and the vessel’s five passengers were presumed dead.

At a Canadian Coast Guard pier in St. John’s, Newfoundland, on Wednesday, crews unloaded what appeared to be the Titan’s 22foot hull, crinkled and twisted with exposed wires and cables. Images from The Canadian Press showed what looked to be a piece of

the hull’s siding and other debris being unloaded from the Horizon Arctic, a vessel that had deployed a remotely operated vehicle to search the ocean floor for the submersible.

The debris will be taken to a U.S. port where the Marine Board of Investigation will do further analysis and testing. U.S. medical professionals “will conduct a formal analysis of presumed human remains that have been carefully recovered within the wreckage at the site of the incident,” the Coast Guard said in a statement.

In a statement, Pelagic Research Services, which led the deep sea recovery effort, said it had “successfully completed offshore operations” and was in the process of demo-

But it will not be as simple as examining a black box, as investigators do in plane or train crashes. Hartsfield said he believed it was “highly unlikely” that the submersible had a central data recorder for a disaster. But, he said, data is recorded in different places — hard drives, sonar footage and even possibly cameras — that could help investigators begin to paint a story of what had happened.

The U.S. Coast Guard is leading the investigation into why the submersible imploded and has convened a marine board of investigation, the highest level of investigation in the Coast Guard. The board is working closely with other national and international agencies that responded to

Almost two weeks ago, five people set off in a submersible vessel to see the remains of the Titanic 12,500 feet under the sea. But not even two hours into the dive, the craft lost communications.

A few days later, debris from the vessel was found on the ocean floor, including the Titan’s tail cone and other pieces, about 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic wreck. The discovery suggested a “catastrophic implosion” with no survivors, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

The victims included the founder of the company that operated it, a British business owner and explorer who held several Guinness World Records, a father and son from a prominent Pakistani family, and a French maritime expert.

Debris from the Titan was returned to land off Newfoundland, nearly a week after an international search-and-rescue effort for the vessel ended and its five passengers were presumed dead.

The wannabe Putin in Saudi Arabia

By NICHOLAS KRISTOF

American leaders have peered into Vladimir Putin’s eyes to sense “his soul,” have praised him as “very straightforward and trustworthy” or even a “genius.” They have “reset” relations, tolerated invasions of Georgia and Crimea, averted eyes from atrocities and even gone so far as to blame “U.S. foolishness” for strains in Russia-American relations — because they wanted a steady relationship, and Putin was unmistakably in control of an important country.

But as the weekend upheavals in Russia underscored, dictators are forever, until they’re not. In retrospect, ignoring Putin’s provocations wasn’t savvy realpolitik, but naivete.

So where else are we making the same mistake, empowering a dictator instead of confronting him? My candidate for tomorrow’s Putin is Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, better known as MBS. President Joe Biden and his aides have been courting MBS and trying to reset relations with him — even as he seeks a “civilian” nuclear program. This is as misguided and morally bankrupt as our mishandling of Putin over the last two decades.

“MBS is a wannabe Putin,” said Dr. Khalid Aljabri, a

Saudi cardiologist who previously worked as a clinician for the Saudi counterterrorism agency. Aljabri, who has a brother and sister imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for political reasons, lives in the United States and is frustrated that the crown prince has, as he puts it, played Biden “like a fiddle.”

Not everyone is comfortable comparing MBS to Putin. “I don’t want to make this comparison because I don’t want to make MBS happy,” said Alia al-Hathloul, a Saudi living in Europe. Her Nobel Peace Prize nominee sister, Loujain, was imprisoned and tortured for championing women’s rights.

Hathloul added that Western leaders should have learned a lesson from Russia that applies to Saudi Arabia: “Do not rely on crazy people; you will regret it.”

The crown prince specializes in crazy. He effectively kidnapped Lebanon’s prime minister and started a war with Yemen, causing what the United Nations described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. He provoked a split with Qatar, a crucial American partner. He is widely believed to be behind the murder and dismemberment of a Washington Post columnist, my friend Jamal Khashoggi — leading critics to say that MBS actually stands for “Mr. Bone Saw.”

In short, this is a Putin-like pattern of bamboozling Western leaders eager for a partner. And this is a leader we might trust with a nuclear program?

Yet that may be in the cards. The Biden administration is reportedly pursuing a deal in which the Saudis would recognize Israel, a diplomatic coup that might help Biden in the 2024 elections. As his price, MBS is said to be demanding security guarantees from the United States and acceptance of a “civilian” Saudi nuclear program involving enrichment of uranium.

America historically opposed enrichment, and such a deal should be a non-starter. For the same reasons we don’t want extremists in Iran to have nuclear weapons, we shouldn’t want extremists in Saudi Arabia to be on a path to get them.

How do we say we’re confronting Putin in Ukraine because we believe in the rule of law when Biden exchanges fist bumps with a Saudi ruler who also invades a neighbor and governs even more tyrannically at home, without even the fig leaf of sham national elections?

Defenders of MBS say that he is popular at home, because he has loosened social and cultural restrictions. Yes, that’s true. But remember that Putin also improved life in Russia in the 2000s and remains popular there.

One of the most baffling elements of the SaudiAmerican relationship is that both sides act as if MBS has us over a barrel.

Last year, he cut back the flow of oil in a move that

helped Russia and may have been intended to show us who is boss. He implicitly or explicitly threatens to turn to China and other countries for weapons or support. And just this month, the MBS aide who apparently organized the killing of Khashoggi reappeared in public — a message from the crown prince to “shove it in the Biden administration’s face,” according to Sarah Leah Whitson, of Democracy for the Arab World Now, a human rights organization.

In fact, we’re the ones with leverage, for MBS depends on America for his survival. Saudi Arabia’s armed forces are so pathetic that they couldn’t defeat even a ragtag army in Yemen, and no country other than the United States can assure MBS’ security. And if push comes to shove, how are the Saudis going to get spare parts for their fancy American military equipment?

We should aim for a civil, working relationship with Saudi Arabia, and officials should meet with MBS. But we needn’t let ourselves be pushed around by a two-bit dictator.

Whitson notes one difference between Saudi Arabia and other dictatorships: Russia, China and Iran don’t ask us to arm them or protect them, yet MBS insists that we do all this for him — and so far, we’ve gone along.

If we have learned anything from a quarter-century of miscalculations with Putin, it should be that thuggish dictators are unreliable partners.

A photograph of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on display in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Celebran la Centésima Décima Octava Colación de Grados en la UPR

POR CYBERNEWS

RÍO PIEDRAS – Cientos de estudiantes de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR) se reunieron el jueves en el Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot para la Centésima Décima Octava Colación de Grados del Recinto de Río Piedras, en reconocimiento a su esfuerzo, talento y dedicación.

El doctor Luis Ferrao, presidente de la UPR, también felicitó a los graduados. “Son una clase especial de profesionales que nos representarán en todas partes del mundo…”, señaló Ferrao en comunicacióne scrita.

En total, desfilaron alrededor de dos mil ciento catorce estudiantes para oficializar la culminación de sus grados académicos. La universidad otorgó ciento veinticuatro doctorados, cuatrocientos vein-

tisiete maestrías, mil trescientos noventa y ocho bachilleratos, diecinueve maestrías en Derecho, ciento treinta y nueve Juris Doctor y siete certificados de postgrado.

La facultad con más candidatos a graduación fue Ciencias Sociales con cuatrocientos cuarenta y ocho, seguida por Ciencias Naturales con trescientos cincuenta y cinco y Administración de Empresas con trescientos cuarenta y nueve.

Durante la ceremonia, la doctora Angélica Varela Llavona, rectora del recinto riopedrense de la UPR, entregó un emotivo mensaje a la Clase 2023.

“Hoy, en esta colación de grados, les pido que continúen defendiendo los derechos de todos los seres humanos a una vida digna y feliz…”, dijo la doctora Varela Llavona.

El presidente de la UPR también instó a los gra-

duados a permanecer en Puerto Rico. “Esperamos que se queden aquí en nuestra isla aportando sus conocimientos a nuestro pueblo. Recuerden, Puerto Rico los necesita”, concluyó Ferrao.

Havanna Cabrero gana plata en surf para Puerto Rico en San Salvador

POR CYBERNEWS

S AN SALVADOR, El Salvador – La surfista puertorriqueña Havanna Cabrero ganó la segunda medalla de plata para Puerto Rico en la disciplina de surf, la cual se disputó en Surf City el jueves por la mañana.

Cabrero dio una exitosa participación en la modalidad de tabla corta con una puntuación de 12.60.

La primera medalla de oro fue para Chelsea Tuach de Barbados, quien alcanzó una puntuación de 14.03, mientras que el bronce fue para la mexica-

na Shelby Detmers, quien obtuvo 10.30 puntos. La venezolana Rosanny Álvarez quedó en cuarto lugar con 7.87 puntos.

Cabrero, de 24 años, demostró su habilidad desde el inicio de la competencia, dominando las olas en la primera y segunda fase celebradas el lunes, pero descendió a la segunda posición el miércoles durante la tercera ronda.

Con este logro, Cabrero se une a Anaís Mendoza, quien ganó plata en bodyboard el miércoles. El surf es uno de los deportes debutantes en los XXIV Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe San Salvador 2023.

Abre período de participación de la 9na. edición de Women Certified en Puerto Rico

POR EL STAR STAFF

SAN JUAN – Las empresas que apoyan las aspiraciones y necesidades de la mujer en el mundo laboral, tendrán una nueva oportunidad para medir el éxito de sus programas y políticas de inclusión al participar de la novena edición de Women Certified Company (W-Certified).

La fundadora y CEO de Women Who Lead Company, Frances Ríos informó que este año la certificación tendrá varios elementos noveles en Puerto Rico porque abordará los aspectos de mujer e inteligencia artificial, la salud mental y la opinión de los hombres en puestos de liderazgo con respecto a inclusión.

La creadora de la certificación adelantó que este año incluyeron una encuesta solo para conocer el sentir de los hombres que lideran porque ellos son quienes todavía sientan la pauta con relación a la inclusión del talento femenino en las compañías en Puerto Rico. Solamente un

17% de las 200 empresas nativas y las más grandes, son dirigidas por mujeres.

“W-Certified es una radiografía de las necesidades del talento femenino en el mundo laboral. Hasta el año pasado medíamos lo que opinaban las mujeres de las empresas en las que trabajan para determinar cuáles son las compañías preferidas por la mujer. Ahora, vamos a también tomar el pulso de lo que piensan los hombres en puesto de liderazgo en términos del crecimiento, el desarrollo y el impacto de las mujeres en sus empresas”, explicó Ríos.

La empresaria explicó que el año pasado 30 compañías participaron de la prueba y 23 obtuvieron la certificación.

“W-Certified mide cómo se perciben las compañías en cuanto a la inclusión. Las empresas que logran aprobar los requisitos de la certificación desarrollan programas bien estructurados que les permiten posicionarse como

compañías preferidas por la mujer y diferenciarse de la competencia cuando se trata de contratar y retener al talento femenino. Eso en contraposición con aquellas que no se insertan en el tema de inclusión perdiendo con ello oportunidades y productividad y, definitivamente, enfrentan mayor escasez de talento”, acotó.

Añadió que por segundo año consecutivo el estudio contemplará los hallazgos de la Encuesta de la Mujer Trabajadora en general en el sector público y el privado, con el apoyo del Departamento del Trabajo.

El año pasado, el 95% de las mujeres que laboran para las compañías con la certificación WCC respondieron que se sienten felices y muy felices con respecto a su compromiso de ayudar a sus empresas crecer porque les agrada su lugar de trabajo. Sin embargo, cuando se midió lo que opinan el resto de las trabajadoras del sector privado solo 53% alcanzan ese nivel de compromiso y en el gobierno apenas un 49%.

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By MANOHLA DARGIS

What makes Indy run? For years, the obvious answer was Steven Spielberg, who, starting in 1981 with “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” guided Harrison Ford’s hunky anthropologist, Dr. Henry Walton Jones Jr., in and out of gnarly escapades and ripped shirts in four box-office behemoths. By the time Spielberg directed Ford in their last outing, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” (2008), Indy was in his late 50s and fans were speculating that the character was immortal, even if the franchise itself had begun running on fumes.

As a longtime big Hollywood star and hitmaker, Ford had already achieved an immortality of a kind. Indy-ologists, though, were more focused on the eternal life that Indy might have been granted by the Holy Grail when he takes a healthy swig from it in his third outing, “The Last Crusade” (1989). It’s pretty clear from his newest venture, the overstuffed if not entirely charmless “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” that while Indy may not in fact be immortal, the brain trust overseeing this installment wishes he were. They haven’t simply brought the character back for another go, they have also given him a digital face-lift.

The face-lift is as weird and distracting as this kind of digital plastic surgery tends to be, though your mileage will vary as will your philosophical objections to the idea that Ford needed to be de-aged to draw an audience, even for a 42-year-old franchise that’s now older than most North American moviegoers. The results don’t have the spooky emptiness of uncanny-valley faces. That said, the altered Indy is cognitively dissonant; I kept wondering what they’d done to — or perhaps with — Ford. It turns out that when he wasn’t getting body doubled, he was on set hitting his marks before his face was sent out to be digitally refreshed.

The guy you’re familiar with eventually appears — with wrinkles and gray hair, though without a shirt or pants, huzzah — but first you need to get past the prolonged opener, which plays like a franchise highlight reel. These nods to the past are unsurprising for a series steeped in nostalgia. “Raiders” was created by Spielberg’s pal, George Lucas, who saw it as an homage to the serials that he’d loved as a kid. Lucas envisioned a hero along the lines of Humphrey Bogart in “Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” but with morals (more or less), while Spielberg was interested in making a Bond-style film without the hardware and gimmicks.

As soon as the younger Indy appears in “Dial of Destiny,” it’s clear that the nostalgic love for old Hollywood that defined and shaped the original film has been supplanted by an equally powerful nostalgia for the series itself. That helps explain why this movie finds Indy once again battling Nazis, who make conveniently disposable villains for a movie banking on international sales. After directing “Schindler’s List” (1993), Spielberg expressed reluctance to make Nazis “Saturday-matinee villains,” as he once put it. The team here, by contrast, knows no such hesitation, even if evoking Spielberg’s films inevitably raises comparisons that do no one any favors, particularly the franchise’s new director, James

Mangold.

The movie opens in 1944 with Indy — wearing an enemy uniform as he did in “Raiders” — being held captive, a sack coyly obscuring his head while Nazi hordes scurry about. Once the sack comes off — ta-da! — the plot thickens with a mysterious antique (à la “Raiders”), nods to the Führer, the introduction of an Indy colleague (Toby Jones) and dastardly doings from a fanatic (Mads Mikkelsen, whose face has been similarly ironed out). There’s an explosion, a sprint to freedom, a zipping car, a zooming motorcycle (as in “The Last Crusade”) and a dash atop a moving train (ditto), a busy pileup that Mangold finesses with spatial coherency.

Things improve once the story cuts to 1969 and Ford and his beautiful, lived-in, expressively alive face make their entrance, with Indy staggering awake wearing just boxer shorts, an intro that elicits chuckles, admiration and bittersweet feelings because Ford’s years are etched into every crease. After some more preliminaries, Indy finds his usual fastpaced groove with familiar friends, foes, narrative beats and action-flick clichés, including a gal pal, Helena Shaw (Phoebe Waller-Bridge, from “Fleabag”), who’s an ethically challenged wisenheimer. The script — by Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, David Koepp and Mangold — keeps playing the greatest hits, at times nearly blow-for-blow, kiss-for-kiss.

The story turns on the treasure, a prize that dates back several thousand years and, like time, just keeps slipping away. Pressed to retrieve it, Indy suits up — fedora, bullwhip, leather jacket, check, check and check — and he and Helena race around the globe chasing it while trading banter and, by turns, evading and fighting villains. For some reason, a grizzled Antonio Banderas pops in as a boat captain. At another point, Indy et al. land in Tangier, a setting that evokes “Raiders” and, uncomfortably, the scene in which Indy shoots a sword-wielding Arab, a death that Spielberg played for laughs and that distills that film’s breezy colonialist mindset.

“Dial of Destiny” avoids such missteps simply by taking aim at Nazis. Indy and company still embark on breakneck chases in putatively exotic locations — including on tippy three-

wheelers that careen through Tangier — but with less obvious collateral damage to the locals, if not their food stalls. Like all the action sequences here, this one drags on long enough to kill the fun. Mangold can do action. He’s best known for “Logan,” that rare comic-book movie that achieves a just-so balance between genre familiarity and novelty; he should be better known for “Ford v Ferrari,” a smart, nimble car story that underscores he can do one of the hardest things in film, which is to turn two people just talking to each other into cinema.

The Indiana Jones series was customized for mass appeal, which doesn’t leave room for Mangold to do much, though at times he slows things down enough for Ford to shift rhythm. It’s hard to believe this or any other installment would have worked half as well without Ford, whose gruffly appealing, unthreatening (to women, importantly) masculine persona has always felt natural and unforced. No matter how outrageous Indy’s trouble, Ford’s persona and outwardly effortless charm — and his ability to drop that rakish smile for something darker, meaner, even threatening — have kept the character tethered to the real world of feelings and consequences. Lucas and Spielberg sketched a cartoon; Ford created a character.

That character, or rather Ford, or really the two of them together are the main arguments for seeing “Dial of Destiny,” which is as silly as you expect and not altogether as successful as you may hope. Among other things, it takes a while to settle down. Everything seems overly strained, at least at first, including the pacing, the story and Waller-Bridge’s performance. It all improves as it continues, or maybe I just surrendered, yielding to the movie’s disposable pleasures, its yearning to entertain you, Mangold’s old-school classicism and, of course, Ford, who, as befits a Hollywood veteran confident enough to make a grand entrance in only his boxers, can still run away with a movie — and run and run — without breaking a sweat.

‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’

Rated PG-13 for largely bloodless violence. Running time: 2 hours 34 minutes. In theaters.

‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ review: Turning back the

Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge in “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” directed by James Mangold.

Julian Sands, who played Shelley, a warlock and a king, dies at 65

By RICHARD SANDOMIR

Julian Sands, a versatile British actor whose film roles included poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, Louis XIV, a warlock, Superman’s father and a Latvian pimp, was pronounced dead Tuesday, more than five months after disappearing while hiking alone on a trail on Mount Baldy in the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California. He was 65.

On Sunday, authorities recovered human remains near the mountain where search crews had been looking for Sands. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said it had been contacted by hikers who had found human remains in the Mount Baldy wilderness. Dangerous conditions, including a series of severe storms, had complicated search efforts.

The coroner’s office identified the remains as Sands on Tuesday. It added that the cause of his death remained under investigation.

With his shock of blond hair and his occasionally icy demeanor, Sands was instantly recognizable. He could slip easily from a costume drama like James Ivory’s “A Room With a View” (1985), in which he played an idealistic romantic around the turn of the 20th century, to an occult movie like “Warlock” (1989), in which, as the title character, he flees a 17th-century witch hunter to 20thcentury Los Angeles.

“He was always good, always gallant and dignified,” Janet Maslin, a former New York Times film critic, said in a phone interview. “I don’t remember a false move from him.”

Sands played Shelley in Ken Russell’s horror film “Gothic” (1987), which re-creates a true story: a gathering on a stormy night in 1816 in a Swiss villa where Shelley; his future wife, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who would soon write “Frankenstein”; her stepsister, Claire Clairmont; Lord Byron; and Byron’s doctor, John William Polidori, wrote ghost stories.

Sands’ Shelley suffered from drug-fueled hallucinations and was tormented by fears and devils. Gabriel Byrne’s Byron was nearly demonic.

“I think these portraits are rooted in reality,” Sands told the Times in 1987. “If people think otherwise, it’s because of the later Victorian whitewash of them. These were not simply beautiful romantic poets. They were subversive, anarchic hedonists pursuing a particular line of amorality.”

Within two years, Sands had worked with Ivory and Russell, two directors with wildly different styles.

“James Ivory is like an Indian miniaturist, and Ken Russell is a graffiti artist,” Sands told the Times. “James Ivory is like an ornithologist watching his subjects from afar, whereas Ken Russell is a big-game hunter filming in the middle of a rhino charge.”

Sands also worked on several films with British director Mike Figgis, among them “Leaving Las Vegas” (1996), in which he played a pimp, and “The Loss of Sexual Innocence” (1999), in which Figgis fused the story of Adam and Eve with that of a filmmaker (Sands) drifting in and out of his sexual memories.

“Since this is a film of images rather than words, it requires a great deal of presence and expressiveness on

the part of the actors,” Kevin Thomas wrote in his review of “The Loss of Sexual Innocence” in the Los Angeles Times. “Happily, Figgis has chosen well, with Sands effortlessly carrying by far the most demanding role of a man of isolating self-absorption.”

Julian Richard Morley Sands was born Jan. 4, 1958, in Otley, England, to Richard and Brenda Sands and grew up in nearby Gargrave. He began acting as a child, inspired in part by his mother’s work in amateur theater. When he was 6, he told The Yorkshire Post in 2013, he appeared in a play; his first line was “My master, the great Aladdin.”

He studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London but left in 1979 to form a youth theater that performed at schools and clubs. His screen career began in the early 1980s, with small roles in movies like “Oxford Blues” and “The Killing Fields,” and in “The Sun Also Rises,” a miniseries based on Ernest Hemingway’s novel.

Sands’ other roles included an entomologist in “Arachnophobia” (1990), Louis XIV in “Vatel” (2000), JorEl, Superman’s father, in two episodes of the television series “Smallville” (in 2009 and 2010), and a sadistic farmer in the Czech film “The Painted Bird” (2019), an adaptation of Jerzy Kosinski’s 1965 novel about a homeless and abused boy during World War II.

“I was drawn to ‘The Painted Bird’ because of its unflinching, stark but ultimately redemptive consideration of human endurance,” Sands told the website Moviemaker in 2020. “The bleak hinterland of war-torn Eastern Europe is as beautiful and moving as it is disturbing and grotesque.”

Sands appeared onstage occasionally and earned a Drama Desk nomination in 2013 for his one-man show, “A Celebration of Harold Pinter.” Sands performed the show, which was directed by John Malkovich, at the Irish Repertory Theater in New York in 2012 (and again in 2016) and took it to Houston; Sarasota, Florida; East Lansing, Michigan; and other cities over the course of several years.

Sands’ survivors include his wife, Evgenia Citkowitz; his daughters, Natalya and Imogen; and his son, Henry. His marriage to Sarah Harvey ended in divorce.

The British actor Julian Sands in 2013. “He was always good,“ one critic said. “I don’t remember a false move from him.”

How much can a water filter do?

By DANA G. SMITH

Over the past few years, water safety crises have cropped up in several cities, including Baltimore; Flint, Michigan; Jackson, Mississippi; and Newark, New Jersey; where lead or bacteria have leached into tap water, forcing people to rely on bottled water or on boiling their tap water to rid it of contaminants.

In Wilmington, North Carolina, high levels of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, chemicals commonly known as PFAS, were detected in the local watershed. PFAS have been linked to a host of health issues, including cancer, liver damage and problems with fertility. The Environmental Protection Agency proposed new regulations in March that would crack down on drinking water levels of six types of PFAS. (Drinking water is not the only source of exposure to PFAS, which show up in food wrappers, cooking pans and waterproof clothing, among other places, but reducing contact wherever possible is advisable.)

These events raise questions about just how safe municipal water supplies in the United States are, and whether additional filtration steps are required even outside of areas experiencing an acute crisis. And if that’s the case, are there home water filters that will help?

Problems with the system

Water sanitation is often listed as one of the greatest health advancements of the 20th century, helping to significantly reduce the death rate from infectious diseases. Water safety standards were enshrined in the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, which gives the EPA authority to restrict the amounts of many metals, bacteria, pesticides and other harmful contaminants that can be detected in water. State agencies monitor water treatment plants to ensure they are adhering to the law, and if any violations emerge, they are required to notify consumers within 24 hours. (Owners of private wells are responsible for ensuring that their water is free of contaminants.)

Since the passage of the Safe Drinking Water Act, though, other water-monitoring issues have arisen. For example, most water treatment plants are not set up to remove more modern contaminants, such as PFAS, pharmaceutical drugs and endocrine disrupting chemicals, said Detlef Knappe, a professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering at North Carolina State University, who was one of the first to publish on the Wilmington PFAS problem.

Another concern is whether we are “setting standards at a pace that is reflective of what we know about the science of our water,” said David Cwiertny, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Iowa. He gave the example of nitrate, a pollutant present in the water of Des Moines, Iowa. While the treatment plant takes steps to remove the contaminant, there are

questions about whether the allowable levels could still cause harm.

Aging infrastructure is also a problem. In several of the recent crises, contamination occurred when lead leached into the water as it traveled through the distribution pipes. National regulations about the amount of lead permitted in pipes have been strengthened over the years, but many old water distribution systems have not been updated and contain unsafe levels.

Finally, experts say water treatment plants are not equipped for the extreme weather events that have become more common with climate change. That was part of the problem in Jackson, where flooding caused by heavy rains overpowered one of the city’s treatment plants, resulting in untreated, bacteria-laden water traveling to people’s homes.

The crises in Flint, Baltimore, Jackson and Newark are currently exceptional cases — public water supplies in the U.S. are generally safe, said Thanh Nguyen, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. But “the number of excep-

tions may increase with time if we don’t” update the infrastructure, she said.

Home devices

If there is a known crisis in your area, local officials will provide recommendations for how best to keep yourself safe. If you’re generally concerned about potential contaminants, at-home water filters can help with some issues.

Most filters contain activated carbon to capture contaminant particles, which can be used in pitchers, refrigerator dispensers, faucet attachments or systems installed under the sink. Activated carbon is good at removing many chemicals and metals but not all (it doesn’t capture nitrate, for example), and it cannot filter out most bacteria.

The American National Standards Institute and NSF International — two independent groups that evaluate product performance — have established standards for water filters. Companies aren’t required to make products that meet NSF/ANSI standards, but because “there is no federally regulated requirement,” certification can help to “ensure that the product isn’t a counterfeit or it’s actually effective,” said Kyle Postmus, senior manager of the Global Water Division at NSF.

NSF/ANSI Standard 42 is for aesthetics, such as taste, smell and appearance. Standard 53 focuses on safety, ensuring levels of lead or mercury, as well as some pesticides and industrial chemicals, are below the accepted limit. The certifications are for individual contaminants, and the product should specify all the contaminants it is approved to reduce.

Home filters appear to work decently well for PFAS and can now be NSF/ANSI Standard 53 certified for some of those chemicals, too. In a study published in 2020, Knappe and his co-authors found that, on average, pitcher and refrigerator filters that use activated carbon reduced PFAS levels by about 50%. More advanced filtration systems that use a process known as reverse osmosis were over 90% effective, but they are much more expensive and waste a significant amount of water.

Sometimes filters can cause more harm than good. Nguyen’s research revealed that if water sits in a faucet or under-sink filter for a long period of time, such as overnight, it can actually pick up more contaminants, including lead and bacteria. That’s because the water is bathing in high concentrations of the particles that were trapped by the activated carbon. When the faucet is turned on, the contaminant-infused water comes out. Nguyen said that it is important to flush your water filter for at least 10 seconds before drinking from it. Also, be sure to change your filter regularly.

The experts cautioned that if your region has a known issue with lead or another contaminant, a filter is a bandage on a wound that needs surgery — the larger problem with the pipes or water supply still must be addressed.

A glass of water from the tap, in New York, May, 2023. Most water filters contain activated carbon to capture contaminants, which can be used in pitchers, refrigerator dispensers, faucet attachments or systems installed under the sink.

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EN EL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CONDADO DE CUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA DIVISIÓN DEL JUZGADO DE HUÉRFANOS. NO. 21-18-1254.

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El día de hoy el 30th día del mes de May, 2023, después de analizar la Petición para Declarar al Beneficiario como Difunto y Distribuir los Fondos del Acervo Hereditario entre los Beneficiarios Vivos Abintestatos, y de acuerdo con 20 Pa. C.S.A. § 5704, el Tribunal ordena al Peticionario a que deberá proceder con un aviso publicado en un periódico de difusión popular en el Estado de New York, y en un periódico jurídico apropiado en New York y en Puerto Rico, una vez por semana por cuatro semanas consecutivas, anunciando el hecho de la solicitud de que Milton Pagan sea declarado como un presunto difunto, y que la Sucesión puede distribuir su proporción de la herencia a los herederos abintestatos que aún viven. Este anuncio incluirá un aviso de que el July 24, del 2023, a las 9:30 a.m, en la Sala 3 del Tribunal del Condado de Cumberland, 1 Courthouse Square, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 17013, el Tribunal va a oír evidencia en relación a las supuestas absencias, incluyendo las circunstancias y la duración de tal ausencia.

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Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por Ia Secretarla del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor quién pagará de contado y en moneda de curso legal en los Estados Unidos de América, giro postal o por cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia el día

12 DE JULIO DE 2023, 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 SAN JUAN, todo derecho, tItulo o interés que tenga Ia parte demandada en el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación: “PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: URBANA: Apartamento Trece-D (13-D) gobernado por el Régimen de Ia propiedad horizontal conocido por el nombre El Escorial, sito en el número ciento once (111) de Ia calle marginal avenida Roosevelt, en Ia Urbanización Piñero en Hato Rey. Este apartamento está localizado en Ia esquina Noreste de Ia décima tercera planta del edificio. En lindes por el NORTE, con el patio del solar que ocupa el edificio principal en Ia colindancia con Ia calle número dos (2) de Ia Urbanización Piñero; por el SUR, en parte con el patio interior Este del edificio, en parte con Ia escalera Oeste y el pozo del ascensor Oeste del edificio, en parte con el vestíbulo de Ia décimo tercera planta del edificio; por el ESTE, en parte con el patio interior Este del edificio y en parte con el patio del solar que ocupa el edificio principal en colindancia con los solares número nueve (9) y número veintiocho de Ia manzana D de Ia Urbanización Piñero; y por el OESTE, en parte con el vestíbulo de Ia décimo tercera planta del edificio y en parte con Ia

pared maestra que lo separa del apartamento E de dicha planta del edificio. El apartamento D tiene una cabida superficial de mil ciento ochenta y dos punto siete dos (1182.72) pies cuadrados equivalentes a ciento diez punto siete siete (110.77) metros cuadrados. Se compone este apartamento de una sala-comedor, de donde se tiene acceso, por Ia parte Noroeste de Ia misma a un balcón rectangular con una cabida superficial de noventa y cuatro punto cinco siete (94.57) pies cuadrados equivalentes a ocho punto siete nueve (8.79) metros cuadrados y de donde se tiene acceso también por su parte Noreste a un pasillo interior que contiene un closet y de cuyo pasillo también se tiene acceso a su vez a tres dormitorios y a un baño. Los tres dormitorios del apartamento contienen cada uno un closet. De Ia salacomedor antes mencionada se tiene acceso también por su parte Sur a una cocina que contiene un closet y de cuya cocina se tiene acceso, así como por su parte Este a un balcón de servicio que tiene cabida superficial de cincuenta y dos punto cinco cero (52.50) pies cuadrados equivalentes a cuatro punto ocho ocho (4.88) metros cuadrados. En este balcón de servicio se tiene acceso hacia el Sur y a través de una puerta de entrada secundaria del apartamento al vestíbulo del décimo tercer piso del edificio. La puerta de entrada principal del apartamento está localizada en el extremo Suroeste de Ia sala, que resulta a su vez el extremo Noreste del vestíbulo de uso comunal limitado de esa planta, de cuyo vestíbulo se tiene acceso por sus lados Este y Oeste a dos elevadores y a dos escaleras que conectan las varias plantas del edificio con el vestíbulo principal, localizado en Ia planta tercera y de cuyo vestíbulo principal se tiene acceso a su vez a través de los patios Sur y Norte de a propiedad a Ia avenida Roosevelt y a Ia calle número dos (2) respectivamente de Ia Urbanización Piñero.” Consta inscrita al folio ciento cuarenta y cinco (145) del tomo setecientos treinta y cinco (735) de Río Piedras Norte, finca número veintiún mil doscientos dieciséis (21,216), inscripción cuarta (4ta). Que todos los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado están de manifiesto en Ia Secretaría del Tribunal General de Justicia Centro Judicial de San Juan durante horas laborables bajo el epígrafe de este caso. Se en-

tender que todo licitador acepta como bastante Ia 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 Ia responsabilidad de estos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. El licitador y/o mejor postor pagará el importe de su oferta en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de Ia Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a Ia finca antes descrita. Por Ia presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a Ia inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a Ia 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 Ia 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. El tipo mínimo para Ia primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado es Ia suma de $225,000.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en Ia primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 19 DE JULIO DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, para Ia cual servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en Ia primera subasta, o sea Ia suma de $150,000.00. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en Ia segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 2 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, para Ia cual servirá de tipo mínimo Ia mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, Ia suma de $112,500.00. Dicha subasta se Ilevará a cabo para satisfacer Sentencia conforme a Ia cual se declaró Con

Friday, June 30, 2023

Lugar Ia Demanda y en su consecuencia se condenó a Ia parte demandada al pago a Ia parte Demandante de las siguientes sumas: $670,250.81 por concepto de principal; $184,103.74 por concepto de intereses; $2,066.24 por concepto de cargos por mora; y $971.13 por concepto de reserva de cuenta escrow; para un total de $855,449.66. La parte demandada pagará, además, el interés pactado a razón de $104.26 diarios; gastos legales y honorarios de abogados según fueron pactados en cantidad igual al 10% del valor principal de Ia obligación objeto de Ia demanda o $125,246.00 y cualquier otra suma que Ia parte demandante haya pagado o pague para preservar su crédito. La parte demandada al 1ro de febrero de 2023 tiene un balance pendiente de pago de $813,117.64, cantidad que incluye las costas y honorarios de abogado si estos fueron otorgados por el Tribunal. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con Ia ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse Ia venta, tales como Ia alcaldía, el Tribunal y Ia 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 las disposiciones de Ia ley vigente, según aplique. Expido el presente edicto de subasta bajo mi firma en San Juan, Puerto Rico hoy 6 de junio de 2023. PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC

Demandante Vs. SUCESION DELIA RAQUEL SANTOS SÁNCHEZ T/C/C DELIA SANTOS SÁNCHEZ COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE

AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS

MUNICIPALES

Demandados

Civil Núm.: BY2022CV02436.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

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

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

GENERAL:

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, 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 Bayamón, Cuarto Piso, Oficina de Alguaciles de Subastas, el 9 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación:

URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Sierra Bayamón, Barrio Hato Tejas de Bayamón, solar número catorce (14) de la manzana número sesenta (60), con un área de trescientos noventa y siete punto treinta u un (397.31) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en veinticinco (25.00) metros, con el solar quince (15); por el SUR, en veintiuno punto cincuenta (21.50) metros, con la calle numero cincuenta y cinco (55); por el ESTE, en doce punto cincuenta (12.50) metros, con calle principal y un arco de cinco punto cuatro nueve ocho (5.498) metros y por el OESTE, en dieciséis (16.00) metros, con el solar número trece (13). Enclava una edificación de concreto reforzado para una familia. Finca número 2,243, inscrita al folio 220 del tomo 40 de Bayamón Norte, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. Propiedad localizada en: URB. SIERRA BAYAMON, 60-14 AVE. NORTH MAIN, BAYAMÓN, P.R. 00961. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por

las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: Caribbean Financial Services Corp. Suma de la Carga: $40,000.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 1 de febrero de 2010. 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: $211,500.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 1 de enero de 2079. 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 $211,500.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, Cuarto Piso, Oficina de Alguaciles de Subastas, el 16 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $141,000.00, 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 $107,500.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, Cuarto Piso, Oficina de Alguaciles de Subastas, el 23 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $120,185.31 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $22,446.95 en intereses acumulados al 19 de mayo de 2022 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 3.481% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $5,447.26 en seguro hipotecario; $4,470.00 en tarifas de servicio; $2,283.42

en seguro; $425.00 de tasaciones; $360.00 de inspecciones; $960.00 en honorarios de abogado; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $21,150.00, 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 Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 02 de junio de 2023. FRANCES TORRES CONTRERAS, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. MARIBEL LANZAR VELÁZQUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #735.

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

BOSCO IX OVERSEAS, LLC, BY FRANKLIN CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION AS SERVICER Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN MARK DAVID PAGAN JIMENEZ COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; JANET COTTO RODRIGUEZ POR SI Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE

INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Demandados

Civil Núm.: CA2022CV01879.

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

A: LA PARTE

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

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 1 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: “URBANA: Solar marcado con el número Diez (10) del bloque “C” de la Urbanización Terrazas de Cupey, radicada en el barrio Las Cuevas del término municipal de Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 337.50 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en una distancia de 25 metros con el solar número 9 del bloque C; por el SUR, en una distancia de 25.00 metros con terrenos para la Servidumbre de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 13.50 metros con el solar número 11 del bloque C de la Urbanización; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 13.50 metros con la calle número seis (6). Enclava una casa de hormigón y bloques para una sola familia.” Inscrita al folio 9 del tomo 411 de Trujillo Alto, finca número 22234, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección IV. La hipoteca antes descrita consta inscrita al folio

110 del tomo 775 de Trujillo Alto, finca número 22234, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección IV, inscripción

9ª. Propiedad localizada en: TERRAZAS DE CUPEY, 10C CALLE 6, TRUJILLO ALTO, PR 00976. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de

la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $110,000.00, 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 8 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $73,333.33, 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 $55,000.00, 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 15 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma principal de $89,322.81 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $15,093.08 en intereses acumulados al 30 de noviembre de 2022 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 7% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $2,675.02 en “escrow”; $400.23 en cargos por demora; $975.00 en adelantos; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $11,000.00, para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, los recargos pactados desde la fecha antes indicada, acumulándose mensualmente, y todas estas sumas son líquidas y exigibles. 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 06 de junio de 2023.

JOSÉ R. CRISTOBAL, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. GRETCHEN

M. JEREZ SEDA, ALGUACIL PLACA #568.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA MUNICIPAL DE BAYAMÓN ASOCIACIÓN DE RESIDENTES

RIO HONDO II, VALLE VERDE I Y II, INC.

Demandante Vs. JUAN DÍAZ ROSARIO; BEATRICE PAUL CALDERÓN AMBOS

POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandado(a)

Civil Núm.: TB2021CV00694.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (R.60). EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

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

A: JUAN DÍAZ ROSARIO, BEATRICE PAUL CALDERÓN, AMBOS POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR

AMBOS. FÍSICA: URB.

VALLE VERDE I, AQ-57

CALLE PORTUGUES, BAYAMÓN, PR 00961.

POSTAL: URB.

LEVITTOWN, G3216

PASEO CLARO, TOA BAJA, PR 00949.

PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil del Tribunal que suscribe anuncia y hace constar: 1. Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento que me ha sido

dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Bayamón, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor de contado y en moneda de curso legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la Parte Demandada en el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación:

“URBANA: URBANIZACIÓN

VALLE VERDE I de Bayamón

Norte. Solar AQ-57. Cabida:

310.50 Metros Cuadrados. Linderos: Norte, en 26.00 metros, con el solar #56 de la manzana AQ. Sur, en 23.00 metros, con el solar #58 de la manzana AQ. Este, en 13.50 metros con el solar #42 de la manzana AQ. Oeste, en 13.50 metros, con la calle #30 de dicha Urbanización. Es traslado de la finca #53, 156 al folio 297 del Tomo 1198 de Bayamón Sur. En dicho solar enclava una casa de hormigón armado y bloques de concreto para uso residencial de una familia. Finca #4,313 de Bayamón, Norte, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III.” Dirección física: Urb.

Valle Verde I, AQ-57 Calle Portugués, Bayamón, PR 00961.

2. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. 3. 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 ejecutante, continuaran subsistentes, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. 4. La propiedad para ejecutar se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. 5. Que el licitador y/o mejor postor pagará el importe de su oferta en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil de Tribunal. 6. La propiedad se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes:

A. Hipoteca: Afecta por sí a Hipoteca a favor de Doral Mortgage Corporation, por la suma principal de $163,000.00, constituida mediante Escritura Pública número 100, otorgada en Bayamón, a 28 de febrero de 2004, ante el Notario Público David Gómez Rosario, inscrito en Karibe, inscripción 7ma. B. Anotación de Embargo (Judicial, Ley 209): Afecta por sí a Anotación de Embargo, (a favor de la asociación de Río Hondo II, Valle Verde I y II, lnc., por la suma de $9,561.10, en virtud de Orden en el caso civil número DCM2011-0408 (500) sobre R.60 ante el Centro Judicial de Bayamón ASOC. RIO HONDO

2, VALLE VERDE 1 Y 2 deman-

dante v.s JUAN DIAZ ROSARIO demandado de fecha de octubre de 2016, anotado en sistema, según anotación letra “A”. C. Anotación de Embargo (Judicial, Ley 209): Afecta por sí a Anotación de Embargo, (a favor de la asociación de Río Hondo II, Valle Verde I y II, lnc., por la suma de $7,318.80, en virtud de Orden en el caso civil número TB2021CV00694 sobre R.60 ante el Centro Judicial de Bayamón ASOC. RIO HONDO 2, VALLE VERDE 1 Y 2 demandante v.s. JUAN DIAZ ROSARIO, BEATRICE PAUL CALDERÓN demandados de fecha de agosto de 2022, anotado en sistema, según anotación letra “B”. D. Sentencia: Anotado contra Juan Díaz Rosario, como Demandado vs. Asociación de Residentes de Río Hondo II y Valle Verde I y II, lnc., por la suma de $3,245.00 anotado el 31 de mayo de 2006 al folio 26 del libro 2 de Sentencias. 7. Dicha subasta se celebrará para con el importe de la misma satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma principal de $6,362.00, por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento vencidas y no pagadas al 16 de diciembre de 2021, más intereses desde que se dicte la sentencia al 4.25% anual ($0.84 diario), a partir de esa fecha en la cantidad de $373.23, al 6 de junio de 2023; más $148.00 de costas y gastos según sentencia, más $500.00 por concepto de honorarios de abogado otorgados según sentencia; más $193.06 por concepto de memorando de costas y gastos de pleito, según orden de fecha 31 de julio de 2022, totalizan la cantidad de $7,576.29. La subasta se llevará a cabo Oficina de Alguacil de Subastas en el cuarto (4to) piso en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Bayamón, el día 9 DE AGOSTO DE 2023 A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA. Y para la conveniencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general y por un término de catorce (14) días en los lugares públicos que determine la ley. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 7 de junio de 2023. EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA

BAJA

GARANTÍAS. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.

El Alguacil del Tribunal que suscribe anuncia y hace constar: A. Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor de contado y en moneda de curso legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América y cuyo pago se efectuará en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la Parte Demandada en el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Parcela número uno (1). Predio de terreno radicado en el Barrio Pugnado Afuera del término municipal de Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de mil setecientos noventa y seis punto ocho mil novecientos noventa y cuatro (1,796.8994) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el predio número tres (3) que será dedicado para uso público y lo separa de la Carretera Estatal seiscientos setenta (670); por el SUR y OESTE, con la finca Francisco Vázquez, propiedad de la Autoridad de Tierras; por el ESTE, con el predio número dos (2) y la finca de Francisco Vázquez, ambas propiedad de la Autoridad de Tierras. Dirección

Física: Lot 1, Km. 7, SR 670, Pugnado Afuera Ward, Vega Baja, PR 00693. Finca 24,238, inscrita al folio 218 del tomo

297 de Vega Baja, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Cuarta de Bayamón.

la suma principal $106,800.17, más la suma de $4,176.34, que incluye intereses según pactados, cargos por demora y otros cargos, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de 10% del principal, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado hipotecariamente asegurados. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se celebrará el día 3 DE AGOSTO DE 2023 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la Oficina del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Carolina, por el tipo mínimo de $111,680.00. De declararse desierta dicha subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 10 DE AGOSTO DE 2023 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado. El precio para la segunda subasta lo será 2/3 partes del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $74,453.33. De declararse desierta dicha segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 17 DE AGOSTO DE 2023 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado. El precio para la tercera subasta lo será 1/2 del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $55,840.00. Y PARA

QUE ASÍ CONSTE, y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general y por un término de catorce (14) días en los sitios públicos conforme a la ley, expido la presente bajo mi firma y sello de este tribunal, hoy 1 de junio de 2023 en Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSADO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #833, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE VEGA BAJA.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

cribe anuncia y hace constar: A. Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Humacao, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor de contado y en moneda de curso legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América y cuyo pago se efectuará en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la Parte Demandada en el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación:

FIRSTBANK

PUERTO RICO

Demandante V.

JUAN PABLO

ROMÁN VALENTÍN

Demandado

Civil Núm.: VB2019CV00103. (201). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE

B. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado están de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables bajo el epígrafe de este caso. C. 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 ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. D. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a

Demandante V. LUIS ERNESTO BONNET

ALEMAR, MARÍA

DOLORES. MERCIER

MURGADO T/C/P MARÍA

DOLORES MERCIER

MERCADO Y LA

SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR

AMBOS

Demandados

Civil Núm.: HU2021CV00825. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, Ss.

A: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.

El Alguacil del Tribunal que sus-

URBAN: HORIZONTAL PROPERTY: Apartment number 683. Rectangular shaped three bedroom unit with a total construction area of 2,509.40 square feet, equivalent to 233.22 square meters distributed in 1,666.40 square feet, equivalent to 154.87 square meters, of enclosed area and 843.00 square feet, equivalent to 78.35 square meters of terraces. The main entrance is located on the South side of the apartment leading directly to the exterior of the building. This apartment is located in Building H of the Regime and occupies part of the second and third levels of the building. The maximum length of this unit is 38.0 feet and the maximum width is 40.0 feet. Its boundaries are: by the NORTH, in a distance of 40.00 feet with the common exterior areas; by the SOUTH, in a distance of 40.00 feet with the common exterior areas; by the EAST, in a distance of 36.00 feet with the common wall that separates it from Apartment number 685; and by the WEST, in a distance of 38.00 feet with the common wall that separates it from Apartment number 681. On its first level this unit contains a living room with storage closet, a dining room with pantry closet, a kitchen, a covered terrace, a hall with laundry closet, an air conditioning closet and a storage closet, a bathroom, a bedroom with closet and covered terrace and a bedroom with closet. From the hall and internal stairway leads to the upper level to a hall with an air conditioning closet, to a master bedroom with a walk-in-closet, a bathroom and two covered terraces, to an open terrace with jacuzzi. A esta unidad le corresponde una participación de 1.3300% en los elementos comunes del Condominio. Inscrita al folio 255 del tomo 442 de Humacao, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Sección de Humacao, finca número 19,868. Dirección fisica: APTO. 683, EDIF H, FAIRLAKES VILLAGE PALMAS, HUMACAO, PUERTO RICO, 00791. B. Que los autos y todos los documentos corres-

pondientes al procedimiento incoado están de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables bajo el epígrafe de este caso. C. 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 ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. D. Que la propiedad se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes posteriores: 1. Anotación de Embargo expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, en el caso civil número DCD2010-3078, sobre Cobro de Dinero, seguido por Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria de Puerto Rico, contra Luis Ernesto Bonnet Alemán y su esposa María Dolores Mercier Murgado, por la suma de $162,375.82, según Orden de Embargo de fecha 15 de abril de 2011 y Mandamiento de fecha 27 de abril de 2011,anotado el día 28 de septiembre de 2012, al folio 203 del tomo 552 de Humacao, finca número 19,868, Anotación

A. 2. Anotación de Embargo Judicial, según Orden de fecha 22 de enero de 2020 y Mandamiento de fecha 24 de enero de 2020, ambos certificados, expedidos en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Humacao, en el Caso Civil número HU2019CV00812, seguido por Palmas del Mar Homeowners Association, Inc. versus Luis E. Bonnet Alemán y otros, mediante la cual se ordena se proceda a anotar Embargo en Aseguramiento de Sentencia por la suma de $2,748.83, anotada el día 8 de diciembre de 2022, al tomo Karibe de Humacao, finca número 19,868, Anotación B.

E. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma principal de $ 218,340.67, la suma de $ 91,239.74, que incluye intereses según pactados, cargos por demora y otros cargos, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de 10% del principal, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La

PRIMERA SUBASTA se celebrará el día 22 DE AGOSTO DE 2023 A LAS 11:30 DE LA

MAÑANA, en la Oficina del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Humacao, por el tipo mínimo de $ 301,600.00. De declararse desierta dicha subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 29 DE AGOSTO DE 2023 A LAS

11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar antes mencionado. El precio para la segunda subasta lo será 2/3 partes del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $201,066.67. De declararse desierta dicha segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 5 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar antes mencionado. El precio para la tercera subasta lo será 1/2 del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $150,800.00. Y PARA QUE ASÍ CONSTE, y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general y por un término de catorce (14) días en los sitios públicos conforme a la ley, expido la presente bajo mi firma y sello de este tribunal, hoy 2 de junio de 2023 en Humacao, Puerto Rico. JOSÉ LUIS RODRÍGUEZ HERNÁNDEZ, ALGUACIL. WILNELIA RIVERA DELGADO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #249.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN

FIRSTBANK

PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. HERNÁN RAMÓN

PANTOJA SÀNCHEZ

T/C/C HERNÀN R.

PANTOJA SÀNCHEZ

T/C/C HERNÀN PANTOJA SÀNCHEZ

Demandado

Civil Núm.: BY2020CV00776. (701). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.

El Alguacil del Tribunal que suscribe anuncia y hace constar: A. Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Bayamón, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor de contado y en moneda de curso legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América y cuyo pago se efectuará en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en la oficina del alguacil, cuarto piso del Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la Parte Demandada en el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación:

RÚSTICA: Solar compuesto de trescientos once punto setenta

y ocho (311.78) metros cuadrados, radicado en el Barrio Pájaros, de la municipalidad de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a orillas de la carretera que conduce de Bayamón a Toa Alta, en lindes por el NORTE, con carretera que conduce a Bayamón a Toa Alta, por el SUR y ESTE, con Solón Davidson y por el OESTE, con Manuel Ramírez. Enclava una casa, con un valor de $10,000.00, según la escritura número 48, otorgada en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el día 11 de julio de 1967, ante el notario Enrique Ramon Román, inscrito al folio 208 vuelto del tomo 164 de Bayamón Sur, finca número 7,967, inscripción 2da.

Dirección Física: PR 861 KM

2.3, Barrio Pájaros, Bayamón PR 00957. Finca 7,967, inscrita al folio 208 del tomo 164 de Bayamón Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Sección Primera de Bayamón.

B. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado están de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables bajo el epígrafe de este caso. C. 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 ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. D. Que la propiedad se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que se ejecuta en la presente causa de acción: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $9,300.00, sin intereses, vencedero en 6 años, constituida mediante la escritura número 21, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 31 de enero de 2008, ante el notario la notario Dianne M. Pérez Sebastián, e inscrita al folio 211 vuelto del tomo 164 de Bayamón Sur, finca número 7,967, inscripción 5ta., como Asiento Abreviado extendida las líneas el día 23 de diciembre de 2008, en virtud de la Ley número 216 del día 27 de diciembre de 2010. (Fue presentado el día 20 de febrero de 2008 al Asiento 1189 del Diario 1273). Subordinada la hipoteca por $9,300.00 relacionada, para que la modificación de la inscripción 6ta., tenga rango preferente, según la escritura número 196, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 2 de abril de 2012, ante la notario Georgette M. Rodríguez Figueroa, e inscrita al folio 172 del

tomo 1916 de Bayamón Sur, finca número 7,967, inscripción 7ma. Aviso de Demanda de fecha 17 de agosto del 2017, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, Caso Civil número DCD20170982 (504), por concepto de Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, por la Vía Ordinaria, seguido por Firstbank Puerto Rico, versus Hernán Ramón Pantoja Sánchez, por la suma de $63,085.68 y otras sumas, anotado el día 10 de abril del 2018, al tomo Karibe de Bayamón Sur, finca número 7,967, Anotación A. E. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma principal de $62,957.55, más la suma de $13,389.68, que incluye intereses según pactados, cargos por demora y otros cargos, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de 10% del principal, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se celebrará el día 8 DE AGOSTO DE 2023 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la Oficina del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Bayamón, por el tipo mínimo de $69,700.00. De declararse desierta dicha subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 15 DE AGOSTO DE 2023 A

CONOCIDA COMO LINDA S. NEGRON Y COMO LINDA S. CINTRON; LUZ MIRIAM RIVERA WALKER; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados

Civil Núm.: CA2022CV03947. (402). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.

A: SUCESION DE CARMELO NEGRON GONZALEZ, COMPUESTA POR SUS HIJOS RICHIE NEGRON Y LINDA SOCORRO NEGRON, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO LINDA S. NEGRON Y COMO LINDA S. CINTRON; LUZ MIRIAM RIVERA WALKER; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM); ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, POR TENER EMBARGO ANOTADO A SU FAVOR POR LA SUMA DE $5,761.36.

LAS

9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar antes mencionado. El precio para la segunda subasta lo será 2/3 partes del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $46,466.67. De declararse desierta dicha segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 22 DE AGOSTO DE 2023 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar antes mencionado. El precio para la tercera subasta lo será 1/2 del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $34,850.00. Y PARA QUE ASÍ CONSTE, y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general y por un término de catorce (14) días en los sitios públicos conforme a la ley, expido la presente bajo mi firma y sello de este tribunal, hoy 5 de junio de 2023 en Bayamón, Puerto Rico. MARIBEL LANZAR VELÁZQUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #735.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA

ORIENTAL BANK

Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE CARMELO NEGRON GONZALEZ, COMPUESTA POR SUS

HIJOS RICHIE NEGRON Y LINDA SOCORRO NEGRON, TAMBIÉN

Yo, GRETCHEN M. JEREZ SEDA, 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 2 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 1:15 DE LA TARDE en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, Carolina, 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 Carolina 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 9 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 1:15 DE LA TARDE y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el 16 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 1:15 DE LA TARDE en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La

propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento número Catorce guión Sesenta (14-60) del CONDOMINIO PALACIOS DEL ESCORIAL, localizado en el Edificio número número Catorce (14) de apartamentos, situado en la Avenida De Diego y Calle “J”, Parque Escorial del término municipal de Carolina, Puerto Rico. Este apartamento está construido en hormigón reforzado y esta ubicado en el tercer nivel del Edificio. Tiene un nivel con su puerta de entrada por el lindero Oeste, y por ella se sale al pasillo que es elemento común donde esta ubicado el closet para almacenaje, el acceso a los ascensores y a la escalera de emergencia. Este apartamento tiene un área total aproximada de MIL SEISCIENTOS SETENTA Y NUEVE PUNTO DIECISIETE (1,679.17) PIES CUADRADOS, equivalentes a CIENTO CINCUENTA Y SEIS PUNTO CERO CERO (156.00) METROS CUADRADOS. Linderos: por el NORTE, en una distancia de diez punto ochenta y nueve (10.89) metros, con elementos comunes del Edificio; por el SUR, en una distancia de doce punto noventa y ocho (12.98) metros, con elementos comunes del Edificio; por el ESTE, en quince punto quince (15.15) metros, con el apartamento número Trece guión Sesenta y Uno (13-61); y por el OESTE, en quince punto sesenta y ocho (15.68) metros, con el apartamento número Catorce guión Sesenta y Uno (1461). Este apartamento consta de sala, salón de estar, comedor, cocina, balcón, dos baños, tres dormitorios con closet, closet en pasillo, área de lavandería y closet para almacenaje en el pasillo exterior. A este apartamento le corresponde dos espacios de estacionamientos individuales identificados con el número del apartamento. A este apartamento le corresponde una participación de 0.4692% en los elementos comunes del Condominio. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 174 del tomo 1424 de Carolina Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección Segunda, finca número 59,241, inscripción segunda. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Condominio Palacios del Escorial, Apartamento 60 Edificio 14, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00985. La Subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $252,495.19 de principal, intereses al 7.00% anual, desde el 1ro. de mayo de 2022, hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $33,900.00 estipulada para costas, gastos, y honorarios de abogado, más recargos acu-

mulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $339,000.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será una equivalente a 2/3 parte de aquella, o sea la suma de $226,000.00 y de necesitarse una tercera subasta la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir la suma de $169,500.00. De declararse desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad hipotecada a ser vendida en pública Subasta se encuentra afecta al siguiente gravamen posterior: Embargo Estatal contra Luz M. Rivera Walker, seguro social xxx-xx-3026, por la suma de $5,761.36, Embargo número CAR-23-0350, según Certificación de fecha 30 de noviembre de 2022, anotado el día 30 de noviembre de 2022, al Asiento 2022-010417-EST del Sistema Karibe. (Ley 210). 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 Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 20 de junio de 2023. GRETCHEN M. JEREZ SEDA, ALGUACIL DE LA DIVISIÓN DE EJECUCIÓN DE SENTENCIAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA. ***

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Parte Demandante Vs. KEYSHLIANET

BONEU GARCIA

Parte Demandada

Civil Núm.: TB2022CV00547. 402. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

A: KEYSHLIANET BONEU GARCIAURB LEVITTOWN LAKES HE1 CALLE AMALIA PAOLI, TOA BAJA PR

00949-3604. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, hoy día 30 de mayo de 2023. En BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, el 30 de mayo de 2023. LCDA. LAURA L. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. AMALYN FIGUEROA NIEVES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Parte Demandante Vs. MARILYN

MARTINEZ RUIZ

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: GB2023CV00068. 402. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

A: MARILYN

MARTINEZ RUIZHC 4 BOX 5455, GUAYNABO PR 00971. POR LA PRESENTE se le

emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, José Aguilar Vélez cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jose.aguilar@orf-law. com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EXTENDI-

DO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico, hoy 30 de mayo de 2023. En GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico, el 30 de mayo de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA

SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. AMALYN FIGUEROA

NIEVES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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PARTE DEMANDANTE V. MIGUEL A. REYES BALLISTA

PARTE DEMANDADA

CIVIL NÚM.: SJ2023RF00636.

SALA: 702. SOBRE: DIVOR-

CIO (RUPTURA IRREPARABLE DE LOS NEXOS DE CONVIVENCIA). EDICTO. ES-

TADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.

UU. ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R. SS.

A: MIGUEL AMAURY

REYES BALLISTA

Se le notifica a usted que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría la demanda del epígrafe. Se le emplaza y requiere que radique en esta Secretaría el original de la contestación a la Demanda y que notifique con copia de dicha contestación a la Lcda.

Sara I. Pagán Rodríguez, PO BOX 8232, Fernández Juncos Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910, teléfono 787-308-2020, sarapaganIaw@gmail.com, abogada de la parte deman-

dante, dentro de los treinta días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Si dejare de hacerlo, podrá dictarse contra usted sentencia en rebeldía concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de San Juan, a 23 de junio de 2023. SRA. GRISELDA RODRiGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. Luz S. Ortiz López, Luz S Ortiz Lopez, Sec Serv a Sala.

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Demandante V. ANGEL LUIS MENDOZA

SANTANA T/C/C ANGEL

L. MENDOZA SANTANA

T/C/C ANGEL MENDOZA

SANTANA, ERMELINDA

RIVERA RIVERA Y LA

SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES

COMPUESTA POR

AMBOS; JONALICE

MENDOZA RIVERA; JOE

SANTANA MALDONADO

Demandados Civil Núm.: HSCI201601016.

(205). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: PUBLICO EN GENERAL.

El Alguacil del Tribunal que suscribe anuncia y hace constar: A. Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Humacao, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor de contado y en moneda de curso legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América y cuyo pago se efectuará en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la Parte Demandada en el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación:

RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno situado en el Barrio Peña Pobre del término municipal de Naguabo, Puerto Rico, compuesto de 0.70 cuerdas, equivalentes a 2,786.20 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con Juan Cotto antes, hoy Teodoro Benítez; por el SUR, con la carretera que conduce de Naguabo a Juncos o sea con

la carretera número 31 y con la franja de terreno dedicada a uso público; por el ESTE, con Fermín Rosario antes, hoy Sucesión de Avelino Viera y por el OESTE, con el solar número 1 previamente segregado y con la franja de terreno dedicada a uso público. Enclavan dos casas de concreto armado y bloques. Inscrita al folio 275 del tomo 118 de Naguabo, Finca # 6,691-A del Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Humacao. Dirección Física: Carr. 31 KM. 12.6 Barrio Peña Pobre, Naguabo, PR. 00718. B. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado están de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables bajo el epígrafe de este caso. C. 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 ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. D. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma principal de $76,354.75, la suma de $3,258.59, que incluye intereses según pactados, cargos por demora y otros cargos, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de 10% del principal, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se celebrará el día 24 DE AGOSTO DE 2023 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en la Oficina del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Humacao, por el tipo mínimo de $83,640.00. De declararse desierta dicha subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 31 DE AGOSTO DE 2023 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado. El precio para la segunda subasta lo será 2/3 partes del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $55,760.00. De declararse desierta dicha segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 7 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado. El precio para la tercera subasta lo será 1/2 del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $41,820.00. Y PARA QUE ASÍ CONSTE, y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general y por un término de catorce (14) días en los sitios públicos conforme a la ley, expido la presente bajo

mi firma y sello de este tribunal, hoy 27 de junio de 2023 en Humacao, Puerto Rico. JOSÉ L. RODRÍGUEZ HERNÁNDEZ, ALGUACIL REGIONAL INTERINO. SONIA GUASP ROSA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #653.

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T/C/C/ MARTHA RIVERA SIERRA Demandante V. SUCESION DE DOÑA CARMEN D ORTIZ MONTAÑEZ COMPUESTA

POR JANE DOE; SUCESION DE DON FEDERICO OTERO HERNANDEZ COMPUESA

POR JAMES DOE Y JOHN DOE; FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL Demandado(a)

Civil: BY2022CV05302. Sobre: ACCIÓN REIVINDICATORIA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: SUCESION DE DOÑA CARMEN D ORTIZ MONTAÑEZ COMPUESTA POR JANE DOE; SUCESION DE DON FEDERICO OTERO HERNANDEZ COMPUESA

POR JAMES DOE Y JOHN DOE; FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 15 de junio de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 16 de junio de 2023. En Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, el 16 de junio de 2023. LAURA

I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRE-

TARIA. MARITZA BONILLA HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante V. LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN AIDA CINTRÓN MORALES COMPUESTA

POR JACQUELINE

COCHRAN CINTRÓN Y JOSÉ RAFAEL JIMÉNEZ

CINTRÓN; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Demandados

Civil Núm.: PO2022CV02056. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA - IN REM. EDICTO DE INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S. S.

A: LA SUCESION DE CARMEN AIDA CINTRÓN MORALES COMP ESTA

POR JACQUELINE

COCHRAN CINTRÓN Y JOSÉ RAFAEL JIMÉNEZ CINTRÓN.

El Artículo 1578 del Código

Civil de 2020, dispone: “Transcurridos treinta (30) días desde que se haya producido la delación, cualquier persona interesada puede solicitar al tribunal que le señale al llamado un plazo, para que manifieste si acepta la herencia o si la repudia. Este plazo no excederá de treinta (30) días. El tribunal apercibirá al llamado de que, si transcurrido el plazo señalado no ha manifestado su voluntad de aceptar la herencia o de repudiarla, se dará por aceptada.” Por la presente el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, conforme al Art. 1578, supra, y el caso Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria vs. Latinoamericana de Exportación, Inc., 164 DPR 689 (2005), les ordena que el término de treinta (30) días, hagan declaración aceptado o repudiando la herencia de la causante, CARMEN AIDA CINTRON MORALES. Se les apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días en torno a la aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la misma se tendrá por aceptada. Los abogados de la parte demandante son:

Lcdo. Andrés Sáez Marrero

T.S.P.R. Núm. 18074 TROMBERG, MORRIS & POULIN, LLC

1515 South Federal Highway, Suite 100 Boca Raton, FL 33432

Tel. 877-338-4101 / Fax: 561-338-4077 prservice@tmppllc.com / asaez@tmppllc.com

Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 9 de junio de 2023. CARMEN G. TIRÚ, SECRETARIA GENERAL. MARIELY FÉLIX RIVERA SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante V. ÁNGEL BÁEZ FRANCO, SU ESPOSA NYRIA

MARIE DÍAZ FERRER

T/C/C NYRIA M. DÍAZ FERRER Y SOCIEDAD

LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados

Civil Núm.: BY2022CV01833.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, 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 de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia notificado el día 12 de junio de 2023, 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 con una cabida de novecientos cuarentisiete metros cuadrados con doce centésimas de otro, y en lindes por el NORTE, en curva y una distancia de trientinueve metros seiscientos cincuentinueve milésimas de otro, con la carretera número ochocientos once y la parcela A dedicada a uso público para la ampliación de dicha carretera; por el SUR, en veintinueve metros seiscientos setenticuatro con terrenos pertenecientes a La Iglesia Católica, y en dieciséis metros con doscientos cuarenta y cinco milésimas de otro con terrenos dedicadas a uso públicos y designados parcela B, para la exposición del camino municipal; por el ESTE, en catorce metros quinientos ochentiocho milésimas de otro con el solar número dos, y en diecinueve metros con terrenos pertenecientes a la Iglesia Católica; y

por el OESTE, en cuarentitres ciento sesentidos milésimas de otro, con el solar número cuatro. Inscrita en la finca número

5,658, al folio 174 del tomo 81 de Naranjito. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Barranquitas. La propiedad ubica en: 811 RD KM

1.2 Barrio Cerro Abajo, Naranjito, Puerto Rico 00719. Además, el Alguacil que suscribe, hago saber a todos los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante: Aviso de Demanda de fecha 11 de abril de 2022, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Sala Superior de Bayamón, en el caso civil número BY2022CV01833, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, contra Angel Báez Franco, y su esposa Nyria Marie Díaz Ferrer también conocida como Nyria M. Díaz Ferrer, por la suma de $7,753.85, anotado el día 23 de junio de 2022, al tomo Karibe de Naranjito, finca número 5,658 Bis, anotación A. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor el día 28 de abril de 2023, archivada en autos y notificada el 1 de mayo de 2023, este Honorable Tribunal dictó Sentencia en contra de la parte demandada, de la que surge que se ha incumplido con las cláusulas dela escritura de hipoteca por haberse dejado de pagar las mensualidades vencidas al 11 de abril de 2022, adeudándosele a la parte demandante la totalidad de la deuda ascendente a: $14,814.14 (“Sentencia”). 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 22 DE AGOSTO DE 2023 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el cuarto

piso, Oficina de Alguaciles de Subastas de Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $14,250.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 29 DE AGOSTO DE 2023 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $9,500.00, 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 5 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $7,125.00, 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

número 10,117, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Mayagüez, inscripción Quinta (5ta). Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $57,901.41 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de septiembre de 2019, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.50% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte co-demandada, Blanca Iris Valentín Vélez, por sí y en la cuota viudal usufructuaria de la Sucesión de Benjamín Ruiz Rosario y La Sucesión de Benjamín Ruiz Rosario, 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 $6,410.20. Además, la parte co-demandada, Blanca Iris Valentín Vélez, por sí y en la cuota viudal usufructuaria de la Sucesión de Benjamín Ruiz Rosario y La Sucesión de Benjamín Ruiz Rosario se comprometieron a pagar una suma equivalente a $6,410.20 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $6,410.20 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 MAYAGÜEZ, 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 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 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy día 21 de junio de 2023. JOSÉ M. CRESPO NAZARIO, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAGÜEZ, SALA SUPERIOR.

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Demandante Vs. JOSÉ JUAN

VARGAS OLMO

Demandados

Civil Núm.: AR2019CV01849.

Sala: 102. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA) “IN REM”. 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, SALA SUPERIOR DE MANATI, 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 3 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE MANATI, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: #435 CALLE

6, PUNTA PALMAS COMM., PALMAS ALTAS WARD, BARCELONETA, PR 00617 y que se describe a continuación:

RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número cuatrocientos treinta y cinco (435) en el Plano de Parcelación de la Comunidad Rural Punta Palmas del Barrio Palmas Altos del término municipal de Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de trescientos sesenta y nueve punto noventa y cinco (369.95) metros cuadrados (379.95 metros cuadrados Según Escritura de Hipoteca). En lindes por el NORTE, con la parcela número cuatrocientos treinta y seis (436) de la Comunidad; por el SUR, con parcela número cuatrocientos treinta y cuatro (434) de la Comunidad; por el ESTE, con la Autoridad de Tierras de Puerto Rico; y por el OESTE, con la calle número seis (6) de la comunidad. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 103 del Tomo 241 de Barceloneta, finca número 12,712, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Manatí. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $72,231.00. 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 10 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 11:00 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 $48,154.00. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 17 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 11:00 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 $36,115.50. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 159 otorgada en Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el día 21 de mayo de 2014, ante el Notario Luis G. Rivera Marín, y consta inscrita al Folio 175 del Tomo 258 de Barceloneta,

inscripción 5ta, Registro de la Propiedad, Sección de Manatí. 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 condenando a la parte demandada ascendente a la suma de $63,806.99 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de octubre de 2017, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.50% 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 $7,223.10. Además, la parte demandada se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $7,223.10 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $7,223.10 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, SALA SUPERIOR DE MANATI 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 las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. 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 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 Manatí, Puerto Rico, hoy día 22 de junio de 2023. WILFREDO RODRÍGUEZ CARRIÓN, ALGUACIL CONFIDENCIAL PLACA #135, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MANATÍ, SALA SUPERIOR.

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PUERTO RICO

Parte Demandante Vs. NORILIS

LOZADA TORRES

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CG2022CV02610. Salón Núm.: (705). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA,EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: NORILIS LOZADA TORRES: Y AL PÚBLICO

EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil que suscribe, certifica y hace constar que en cumplimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América. Todo pago recibido por el (la) Alguacil por concepto de subastas será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Todo derecho, título, participación e interés que le corresponda

a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación:

URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 20 del Bloque “E-1” de la Urbanización Ciudad Massó, Barrio Florida de San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, compuesto de 351.00 metros cuadrados y en lindes por el NORTE, en 13.00 metros, con la Calle número 10; por el SUR, en 13.00 metros, con la Carretera número 183; por el ESTE, en 27.00 metros, con el Solar número 19 del Bloque E-1; y por el OESTE, en 27.00 metros, con el Solar número 21 del Bloque E-1. Enclava una casa de una sola planta de concreto reforzado y bloques de concreto para fines residenciales. Se segrega de la finca número 11,699, inscrita al folio 30 del tomo 224 de San Lorenzo. Finca número 13,418, inscrita al folio 9 del tomo 263 de San Lorenzo. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Caguas. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: Urb. Ciudad Masso, Calle 10 E-1 #20, San Lorenzo, P.R. 00754. Se informa que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravamen posterior, una vez sea otorgada la escritura de venta judicial y obtenida la Orden y Mandamiento de cancelación de gravamen posterior. (Art. 51, Ley 210-2015). En relación a la finca a subastarse, se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $109,080.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca #142, otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, el día 14 de mayo de 2018, ante el notario Carlos Martínez Olmo, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de San Lorenzo, finca número 13,418, inscripción 11ma. La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 1RO DE AGOSTO DE 2023

A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta es la suma de $109,080.00.

Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 8 DE AGOSTO DE 2023 A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes del precio pactada para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $72,720.00. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 15

DE AGOSTO DE 2023 A LAS

10:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar y regirá como tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta la mitad del precio pactado para

la primera, o sea, la suma de $54,540.00. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo, para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: Suma Principal de $104,303.18, con intereses a 5.00% anual, desde el 1ro de abril de 2021, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más los cargos por demora que se corresponden a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pactada de 4% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, más una suma equivalente a $10,908.00, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la escritura de hipoteca y del Pagaré hipotecario. Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables. Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, se publicará en los lugares públicos correspondientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los referentes, 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. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Se informa que la propiedad objeto de ejecución se adquiere libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Expedido en Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 26 de junio de 2023. ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593.

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Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE SOKI CARABALLO RÍOS; COMPUESTA POR DELILAH BONANO CARABALLO, NATHASHA BONANO CARABALLO Y NADELAYSHKA BONANO CARABALLO, “JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE DICHA SUCESIÓN; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandado(a)

Civil: FA2022CV00704. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: “NATHASHA BONANO CARABALLO, JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE SOKI CARABALLO RÍOS; LUQUILLO MAR DD 45 CALLE A LUQUILLO, PR 00773; HC 02 BOX 4145 LUQUILLO, PR 00773; PO BOX 1385 LUQUILLO, PR 00773. (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 26 de junio de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 27 de junio de 2023. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 27 de junio de 2023. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. IVELISSE SE-

RRANO GARCÍA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante Vs. PABLO RAÚL LUGO CRUZ, ALEJANDRINA ROBLES RODRÍGUEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados

Civil Núm.: CA2019CV02635.

Sala: 407. 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 1RO DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A

LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

CENTRO JUDICIAL 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: 203-30 CALLE 533, URBANIZACION

VILLA CAROLINA, CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO 00985 y que se describe a continuación: UR-

BANA: Solar 30 de la manzana 203 en la Urbanización Villa Carolina, quinta sección, en el barrio Hoyo Mulas de Carolina, de 324.00 metros cuadrados.

En lindes por el NORTE, con la calle 533, distancia de 13.50 metros; por el SUR, con solar #22, distancia de 13.50 metros por el ESTE, con solar #29, distancia de 24.00 metros y por el OESTE, con solar 31, distancia de 24.00 metros. ENCLAVA:

Una casa de concreto para una familia. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 29 del Tomo 869 de Carolina, finca número 34,959, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección Segunda (2da).

El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $161,395.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subas-

ta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 8 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 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 $107,596.66. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 15 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 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 $80,697.50. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número 346 otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, el día 30 de octubre de 2015, ante el Notario Carlos Martinez Olmo y consta inscrita al Folio 3 del tomo 1543 de Carolina, finca número 34,959, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección Segunda (2da), inscripción Sexta (6ta). 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 condenando a la parte demandada ascendente a la suma de $156,299.81 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de noviembre de 2017, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.50% 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 $16,139.50. Además, la parte demandada se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $16,139.50 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $16,139.50 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 CAROLI-

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 las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. 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 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 21 de junio de 2023.

GRETCHEN M. JEREZ SEDA, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR.

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Demandante Vs. GLORIA IRIS SANTIAGO

ACEVEDO T/C/C GLORIA

SANTIAGO ACEVEDO

T/C/C GLORIA IRIS

SANTIAGO; SUCESIÓN DE REYNALDO SOTO CABAN T/C/C REYNALDO SOTO COMPUESTA POR

GLORIA IRIS SANTIAGO

ACEVEDO T/C/C GLORIA

SANTIAGO ACEVEDO

T/C/C GLORIA IRIS

SANTIAGO, REYNALDO SOTO SANTIAGO, MADELINE SANTIAGO, FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; Y LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Demandados

Civil Núm.: AR2023CV00598.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: GLORIA IRIS

SANTIAGO ACEVEDO

T/C/C GLORIA

SANTIAGO ACEVEDO

T/C/C GLORIA IRIS

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CABAN T/C/C REYNALDO SOTO Y GLORIA IRIS

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ACEVEDO T/C/C GLORIA IRIS SANTIAGO POR SÍ.

POR LA PRESENTE, se les emplaza y se les notifica que se ha presentado en la Secretaria de este Tribunal la Demanda del caso del epígrafe solicitando la ejecución de hipoteca y el cobro de dinero relacionado al pagaré suscrito a favor de The Money House, Inc., o a su orden, por la suma principal de $215,000.00, con intereses computados sobre la misma desde su fecha hasta su total y completo pago a razón de la tasa de interés de 3.74% anual, la cual será ajustada mensual-

mente, obligándose además al pago de costas, gastos y desembolsos del litigio, más honorarios de abogados en una suma de $21,500.00, equivalente al 10% de la suma principal original. Este pagaré fue suscrito bajo el affidávit número 12,433 ante el notario Raúl Rivera Burgos Lo anterior surge de la hipoteca constituida mediante la escritura número 100 otorgada el 9 de febrero de 2009 ante el misma notario público, inscrita bajo la ley 216-2010, al folio 392 del tomo 1354 de Arecibo, finca número 12,619, inscripción 20a. RÚSTICA: Parcela de terreno radicada en el Barrio Hato Abajo de Arecibo, Puerto Rico, sitio San Luis, de doce y medio metros de frente por veinticinco metros de fondo o sea, trescientos doce y medio metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la Avenida del Mercado de la Urbanización García & Cía. Sociedad en Comandita; por el ESTE, con terreno de los hermanos García Faría y García Rodríguez; por el SUR, con el resto de la finca principal; y por el OESTE, con la Calle número catorce de la Urbanización García & García, Sociedad en Comandita. Finca número 12,619, inscrita al folio 152 del tomo 279 de Arecibo. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Arecibo. Se apercibe y advierte a ustedes como personas desconocidas, que deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede accesar utilizando la siguiente dirección: https://unired.ramajuducial.pr, salvo que se represente por Derechos Propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del Tribunal De no contestar la demanda radicando el original de la contestación ante la secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, y notificar copia de la contestación de esta a la parte demandante por conducto de su abogada, GLS LEGAL SERVICES, LLC, Atención: Lcda. Yadira López González Dirección: P.O. Box 367308, San Juan, P.R. 00936-7308, Teléfono: 787-758-6550, dentro de los próximos 60 días a partir de la publicación de este emplazamiento por edicto, que será publicado una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general en la isla de Puerto Rico, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia, concediendo el remedio solicitando en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal hoy 12 de junio de 2023. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. JACQUELYNE GONZÁLEZ QUINTANA, SE-

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Parte Demandante V. RAUL RAMOS SILVA, POR SI; INEABELL PAGAN RIVERA, POR SI

Parte Demandada

Caso Núm.: DCD2014-1994. Sala: 402. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA.

A: RAUL RAMOS SILVA POR SI; INEABELL PAGAN RIVERA, POR SI: Y AL PUBLICO EN

GENERAL:

El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hago saber a la parte demandada, y al PUBLICO EN GENERAL: y a todos los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 12 de marzo de 2020 por la Secretaria del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que se describe a continuación: Dirección Física:

Lote 5-E 830 KM 2 4 GOVEO

BAYAMON, PR 00957: RÚS-

TICA: LOTE CINCO “E” (5-E): Predio de terreno radicado en el Barrio Cerro Gordo del término municipal de Bayamón, con una cabida superficial de novecientos ocho punto cuatro mil seiscientos sesenta y cinco (908.4665) metros cuadrados, equivalentes a cero punto dos tres uno uno (0.2311) cuerdas. En lindes por el NORTE, con Lote cuatro “D” (4-D) a segregarse, en una distancia de veintiocho punto quince (28.15) metros; por el SUR, con camino dedicado a uso público, en dos

(2) alineaciones de veinticuatro

punto cinco (24.5) metros y dos punto ochenta y dos (2.82) metros; por el ESTE, con camino a dedicarse a uso público, en dos (2) alineaciones de veintiocho punto setenta y dos (28.72) metros y dos punto ochenta y dos (2.82) metros; y por el OESTE, con solar siete (7) segregado mediante el caso dos mil uno guion quince guion mil doscientos sesenta y nueve “DP” (2001-15-1269-DP), en una distancia de treinta y dos punto treinta y nueve (32.39) metros.

Consta inscrita al folio 12 del tomo 1859 de Bayamón Sur, finca numero 76,382; Registro de la Propiedad Sección Primera de Bayamón. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor, ascendente a la suma de $272,974.38, por concepto del préstamo hipotecario objeto del presente procedimiento, con intereses al 4.01743% anual, desde el 1 de octubre de 2013; cargos por demoras mensuales, las cantidades adeudadas de contribuciones e impuestos, primas de seguro contra riesgos y seguro de hipoteca, hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $27,465.70 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, disponiéndose que si quedare algún remanente luego de pagarse las sumas antes mencionadas el mismo deberá ser depositado en la Secretaría del Tribunal para ser entregado a la parte interesada previa solicitud y orden del Tribunal. La venta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca. 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 2 DE AGOSTO DE 2023 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, localizada en el Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $274,656.95. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día el 9 DE AGOSTO DE 2023 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 $183,104.63 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 el 16 DE AGOSTO DE 2023 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 $137,328.48, 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 Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 15 de junio de 2023.

EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS

SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN.

Yankees pitcher throws MLB’s first perfect game since 2012

with a 5.10 ERA this season, remained spotless even after long delays in the dugout as his team scored six runs in the top of the fifth inning; when Oakland’s pitcher left with an injury in the seventh; and when the Yankees tacked on more runs in the ninth. And he maintained his rhythm with two outs in the bottom of the eighth when a ball escaped the Oakland bullpen and briefly paused his matchup with Jonah Bride.

The modest crowd of 12,479 in Oakland, California, rose to its feet as Germán came out to start the ninth inning and chanted “Let’s Go, Yankees” as he faced the first batter of the inning.

Germán completed the perfect game by inducing a groundout from Esteury Ruiz, the speedy Oakland outfielder, to join a club with Hernández, a player he called his childhood “idol.”

It was the fourth perfect game in Yankees history, after Don Larsen’s in the 1956 World Series, David Wells’ in 1998 and David Cone’s in 1999. It was also the second Yankee no-hitter in the past three seasons, following a 2021 performance by Corey Kluber against the Texas Rangers. Higashioka was behind the plate for both games.

Germán entered play throwing his curveball about 40% of the time this season, even more than his fastball, and Higashioka said it was a key pitch Wednesday as Germán used it to record 20 of his 27 outs.

“He was fantastic tonight and he deserves all the credit,” Higashioka said.

By EVAN EASTERLING

During bids for no-hitters and perfect games, conventional baseball superstition demands that the pitcher throwing the gem not be disturbed. Teammates and coaches shy away.

But after Domingo Germán completed a seventh perfect inning Wednesday evening at Oakland Coliseum, the New York Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake sat beside him and chatted.

The break in tradition did not matter. Germán set down the next six hitters in the Athletics’ order to throw the 24th perfect

game in Major League Baseball history in an 11-0 win.

“So exciting,” Germán said in Spanish through an interpreter during an on-field interview with the YES Network after the game. “When you think about something very unique in baseball. Not many people have an opportunity to pitch a perfect game and accomplish something like this.”

After a relative spate of them — two in 2010 and three in 2012 — nearly 11 years had passed since Seattle Mariners star Félix Hernández tossed the most recent perfect game.

Germán, who came into the game

“That last inning was very different — very different,” Germán said. “I felt an amount of pressure that I’ve never felt before. I’m trying to visualize what I want to execute there. At the same time, I don’t want to miss.”

He continued: “So much pressure but yet so rewarding.”

Germán dedicated the performance to an uncle of his who died two days ago who was “always someone that really brought a lot of joy to our family.”

“I cried a lot yesterday,” he said. “I had him with me throughout the game.”

Afterward, teammates doused Germán with a cooler during his television interview, and he posed for photos with the game ball and his catcher, Kyle Higashioka, and then the rest of his teammates.

The masterpiece of a game was the highest point, by far, in an uneven season for Germán. He had been suspended for 10 games in mid-May for violating league rules against the use of foreign substances on the ball. He has put together strong outings, like when he allowed only one run over 8 1/3 innings against Cleveland last month. But his past two starts were a far cry from that showing, yielding 15 earned runs over 5 1/3 innings against Boston and Seattle.

The uneven season is nothing new for Germán. Throughout his six-plus years in the majors he has had periods of success and failure, has dealt with multiple injuries and served an 81-game suspension that encompassed part of the 2019 season and all of 2020 for violations of MLB’s domestic violence policy.

But for one night in Oakland, he kept everything together. He said that he had thought of perfection throughout Wednesday’s game. And, in the end, no one could touch him.

Domingo Germán of the Yankees needed only 99 pitches to complete a perfect game against the Oakland Athletics.

‘His ability to do pretty much everything is crazy’

By TYLER KEPNER

The slugger could not bunt. This was no surprise — when you slug .600, why play small ball? — but it bothered Corbin Carroll.

In March, Carroll, the centerpiece of the upstart Arizona Diamondbacks, agreed to an eight-year, $111 million contract, with a ninth-year team option. It was the largest guarantee ever for a player with fewer than 100 days of major league service, and while bunting was not the reason, of course, Carroll’s desire to bunt explained a lot.

The Diamondbacks had started bunting more last season, so practice drills filtered down to the minors. Carroll was playing for the Class AA team in Amarillo, Texas, when scout Jeff Gardner, an organizational troubleshooter, visited to work on bunts. Carroll was terrible the first day, Gardner said, but took about 200 bunts the next day and improved.

Carroll finished the 2022 season in the majors, after smashing 24 homers with a .611 slugging percentage in the minors. Over the winter, when he visited the Diamondbacks’ training complex in Scottsdale, Arizona, he asked Gardner if he could bunt some more. They worked together for five or six sessions, hundreds and hundreds of attempts.

“And pretty soon he had Alek Thomas out with him, he had Jake McCarthy out with him,” Gardner said, naming two other young Arizona outfielders. “He was dragging these guys with him. The point being: He wanted them all to get better, too, because he wants to win. And I thought, for a young kid, that was amazing.”

Just two years after the Diamondbacks staggered to 110 losses — the most in the National League since 2004 — Carroll has led the team to the top of the NL West standings. Through Tuesday, he was hitting .293 with 17 homers and 23 stolen bases,

on track to become the first 30-30 player in club history. He seems likely to be the first rookie of the year winner for the Diamondbacks, the only major league team to never have one.

“His ability to do pretty much everything is crazy, and he’s well beyond his years in maturity, which really stands out when you talk to him,” said Joe Mantiply, a Diamondbacks reliever. “I always try to kind of put myself in the front office’s shoes: What kind of guy would I like to be the face of my franchise? He checks all those boxes.”

Mantiply was the Diamondbacks’ only All-Star in Los Angeles last season, when Arizona finished 74-88. Carroll — a finalist for a starting NL outfield spot — is almost certain to make it this season in his hometown, Seattle, which hosts July 11.

“That definitely puts a smile on my face,” Carroll said before a recent game in Milwaukee. “There’s still a ton of work to be done — not just until the game; I’m committed to nine more years of this — but it would mean a lot to me.”

Carroll, 22, has never taken the field

at T-Mobile Park; the closest he got was an on-field pass for batting practice a few years ago. He grew up rooting for the Mariners, but by the time he starred at Lakeside School — the Seattle school where Bill Gates met Paul Allen — he had taken notice of others with a similar set of skills.

One of those players, he said, was the Brewers’ Christian Yelich, also a left-handed-hitting outfielder. Yelich won a batting title and had a 44-homer, 30-steal season in 2019, the year Carroll was drafted in the first round by Arizona. Yelich has noticed Carroll’s ascent.

“I’d like to say that we have some similarities, but he’s definitely better than I was at that age, that’s for sure,” Yelich said. “He’s really well rounded, and the way the game is evolving, especially with the new rules, that multidimensional player’s going to be more and more coveted because they can affect the game in so many ways.”

Only three players have had 30-30 seasons at age 22 or younger: Ronald Acuña Jr., Alex Rodríguez and Mike Trout, who did it as a rookie for the Los Angeles Angels in 2012. Gardner, a former major league

infielder, said he thinks of a young Trout when he watches Carroll now: Both are so skilled that they are bound to stand out, in some way, every game.

Torey Lovullo, the Diamondbacks’ manager, coached for Boston when Mookie Betts arrived in the majors. Carroll is 5 feet, 10 inches and 180 pounds, about the same size as Betts with a similar array of tools, but Lovullo made a more nuanced comparison. “Mookie would talk about limitations and try to figure out how he was going to work through that limitation,” Lovullo said. “There was a plan for every single day with Mookie, and it definitely overlaps with Corbin. In ’21, when he had shoulder surgery, he was on this crusade to find out: How am I going to get through this? What am I going to do with all this downtime? I don’t know how many games he came to, but every time I looked up, he was there.”

Because of the shoulder injury — after just seven games at high-Class A Hillsboro (Oregon) — Carroll spent that 2021 season in Arizona. After daily shoulder rehab, he would head to Chase Field and sit in the scout seats behind home plate with Gardner. In a year of misery for the Diamondbacks, their future star was paying close attention to the game’s finer points.

“As a minor leaguer, I feel like there’s a perception of big leaguers, you hold them on this pedestal like they’re ideal and perfect,” Carroll said. “And just watching big league players make mistakes and seeing their different reactions to it, it seemed like the best players were the ones that learned from it and didn’t take it with them through the rest of that game, through the rest of the series. That was pretty powerful for me.”

As they watched games together, Gardner would share stories and statistics with Carroll — a tip from an old teammate, Bruce Hurst, to never let a pitcher know when he’s frustrating you, and data from an iPad on spin rates and catch probabilities and exit velocities. They would study pitchers and devise an approach for each one.

“In his mind,” Gardner said, “he probably had a thousand at-bats that year.”

Officially, Carroll has had around 400 at-bats in the majors. Only one has produced a bunt single. But if he needs it, at least, he will know what to do. Carroll owes it to himself — and the team that invested its future in him.

“I’ve been graced with some natural ability, more than a little bit,” he said. “And I just view it as my role every day to try and maximize it.”

Corbin Carroll is building a strong case to win the Rookie of the Year Award. He leads the Diamondbacks in home runs and stolen bases.

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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

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Aries (Mar 21-April 20)

Other people may be stroking your fur in the wrong direction, Aries. There’s a great deal of fiery energy in the air today that’s promoting a “me first” attitude. It may come in direct conflict with your peaceful, diplomatic nature. Also, people may be a bit more sensitive than usual. It will be harder to stomach the slights or insults that result. You have your work cut out for you.

Taurus (April 21-May 21)

Latch on to what your mind has to say today, Taurus. More than likely, your rational brain knows the right way to go. Your mood may dictate the action, but let your brain handle the steering. Don’t get overly worked up over nothing. Tempers may rise in heated debates over what is and isn’t fair. Be part of the solution, not the problem.

Gemini (May 22-June 21)

There’s a greater burst of energy coming your way today than there has been in a while, Gemini. It’s as if you’re making a new start and now is your chance to begin with a fresh new attitude. Realize that a sensitive nature is what will help you be victorious on this day. Keep your mind focused inward while you pursue outwardly directed activities.

Cancer (June 22-July 23)

People and situations egg you on today, Cancer. It may seem like there’s contention around every corner. Remember that your path is the one that you chose. You may or may not have anticipated the barriers, but they’re unavoidable. The key to success is to strike the right balance between inner and outer activities. Don’t direct all your frustration at others. Don’t hold it all in, either.

Leo (July 24-Aug 23)

Be a pioneer in your world today, Leo. Go on an adventure with a courageous spirit. Your emotions are fired up and ready to go. Your instincts are ready for a new challenge. If anything slows you down today, it will be your rational thinking. Your self-protection mechanism may kick in just when things start to get exciting. Strike the right balance.

Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)

Your mind is surprisingly clear today, Virgo, and your thinking fits in line with what your ego has set out to accomplish. The key for you is to let your emotions speak. Take charge and let yourself go after what you want. While you’ve spent the last couple days in contemplation, the next few days should be more action oriented.

Libra (Sep 24-Oct 23)

Your mood is likely quite good, Libra, and you have an added boost of self-confidence that will help you along in just about any project you undertake. While the last couple days may have felt slow and a bit stagnant, today you’re ready to take action. Someone has just lit the pilot light and now you’re ready to fire up again.

Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov 22)

Your mood is likely quite good, Libra, and you have an added boost of self-confidence that will help you along in just about any project you undertake. While the last couple days may have felt slow and a bit stagnant, today you’re ready to take action. Someone has just lit the pilot light and now you’re ready to fire up again.

Sagittarius (Nov 23-Dec 21)

One of the themes today is giving versus receiving. You may be asked to handle many tasks at once, something you’re naturally quite good at, Sagittarius. There’s a strong need to take action and get things done, while you may also feel a strong inward pull asking you to settle down and reflect. Both are valid emotions, and both should be honored as you go through your day.

Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 20)

You’re in line with your warrior instincts today, Capricorn, which reminds you to align with your dreams. The tricky part is how you’re going to plan your attack so that there’s an equal balance of give and take. Today’s prevailing energies may catch you in a difficult situation. Sometimes an outwardly directed, argumentative approach is the only way to push through the roadblock.

Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb 19)

You’re feeling frisky today, Aquarius, and you’re happy to take the lead. It seems like the starting gate has just opened and you’re leading the charge. The one thing that could put a damper on the race is your rational mind reminding you that it’s also important to stop. Look around and reflect on what’s going on around you. Incorporate both energies into your day.

Pisces (Feb 20-Mar 20)

You’re feeling rather sensitive today, Pisces. You may want to rescue every injured animal from the side of the road. Combine this nurturing, loving instinct with a warrior drive that will take charge and lead the fight. This powerful energy duo is very action oriented. Send your loving, internal instincts out into the world to do good.