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The University of Puerto Rico (UPR) has extended through November the period of its 19th standstill agreement on certain bonds.
The information is contained in a filing to the markets dated June 5.
For purposes of the litigation standstill contained in the agreement, the compliance period will be extended through and including Nov. 30, 2023. In consideration for extending the compliance period through and including Nov. 30, UPR will make certain transfers to the trustee, which is U.S. Bank, to hold or to make payments or distributions as required under the Trust Agreement, and the failure to make any such payment, if not cured within one business day, shall result in a termination of the compliance period.
The transfers are:
a. $2,209,534.24 (the “June 2023 Payment”) on or before June 23, 2023.
b. $3,973,018.15 (the “July 2023 Payment”) on or before July 25, 2023.
c. $3,973,018.15 (the “August 2023 Payment”) on or before Aug. 25, 2023.
d. $3,973,018.15 (the “September 2023 Payment”) on or before Sept. 25, 2023.
e. $3,973,018.15 (the “October 2023 Payment”)
on or before Oct. 25, 2023.
f. $3,973,018.15 less a credit for any amount as of Nov. 17, 2023 in the trustee’s bond service.
Meanwhile, UPR or the commonwealth’s Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority will provide U.S. Bank with detailed plans and specifications for repairing, replacing or reconstructing UPR property that was damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Maria as those plans are approved by UPR.
UPR will also deposit all proceeds of casualty insurance policies or direct federal aid in segregated accounts of UPR at a commercial bank. UPR will deposit proceeds of casualty insurance in a separate account and shall deposit proceeds of direct federal aid in one or more separate accounts to facilitate the audit of the expenditure of such funds.
Pursuant to the agreement, the majority bondholders expand their direction to instruct U.S. Bank not to call a default during the pendency of the extension period if by the 15th calendar day of each month UPR sends to U.S. Bank copies of the preceding month’s requisitions.
The parties also agree to use commercially reasonable efforts during the compliance period to arrive at a permanent resolution of the disputes which have given rise to the letter agreement and the various standstill extension agreements prior to Nov. 30.
As representatives of various sectors of society and experts in legal, energy and financial issues came together to make a call to stop rate hikes, the Financial Oversight and Management Board filed a proposed order Tuesday to confirm the plan of adjustment of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) that may do the opposite.
Separately, in an adversary proceeding, the oversight board and PREPA’s bondholders were presenting arguments to determine the amount of the bondholders’ claim following a ruling in March in which U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain decided they had no lien on the authority’s revenues, which could result in bondholders recovering as little as 0.21% of their principal. PREPA’s experts estimated that the unsecured net revenue claim of the bondholders is $2.1 billion as of July 2, 2017, the claim estimation date, an amount bondholders say is too low.
PREPA’s confirmation hearing, meanwhile, is scheduled for July 17. If the plan of adjustment is confirmed, the utility would be allowed to exit bankruptcy that began in 2017.
The order to confirm the plan would depend on the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) approving a rate increase that will allow PREPA to meet its new obligations. The legacy charge, which must be covered by the PREB-approved rate increase, will not be considered an available resource of the commonwealth. PREPA’s bondholders, who are seeking payment of over $8 billion in bonded debt, have objected to the plan on
a number of grounds, including that PREPA’s debt settlements with National Public Finance Guarantee and the fuel line lenders aren’t allowable. They argue that National should not get a higher payout because its claim is identical to bondholder and other insurer claims. The oversight board argued that because National agreed to drop the lawsuits related to the security of the debt, it could be placed in a different category.
Swain, meanwhile, has urged parties to negotiate, saying that confirmation is far from assured and has warned she could dismiss the case.
Some 20 organizations such as the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association; Condominium Owners Association; Chamber of Marketing, Industry and Food Distribution
(MIDA by its Spanish acronym); League of Cooperatives; Social Work Professionals Association; Sierra Club of Puerto Rico; Citizen Commission for the Audit of Public Credit; and the Puerto Rican Workers Union, among others and over a dozen individuals such as economists Dr. José Alameda and Dr. José Caraballo Cueto; the director of Financial Analysis at Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), Tom Sanzillo; and Dr. Ramón Cao, who is an economist and witness in federal court for the Institute for Economic Competitiveness and Sustainability (ICSE by its Spanish initials), signed a letter to the oversight urging a smaller payout to bondholders. The endorsements also include representatives of the religious sector such as Roberto González Nieves, OFM, archbishop of San Juan, and Rev. Hilda E. Robles Floran, general pastor of the Disciples of Christ Church, among others.
“Five years ago, the fiscal oversight board set a goal of reaching a rate below 20 cents per kilowatt-hour by 2023 to improve the island’s weak economy,” said Ramón Barquín, president-elect of the United Retail Association. “However, the average rate in the last year has been above 28 cents, more than double the average in the U.S.”
Barquín pointed out that the plan to restructure PREPA’s debt proposes to impose three new fee charges for the next 35 years or more.
“The plan, as proposed, would worsen a service and system that are already defective, in addition to causing -- as the CUD [United Retailers Association] has already expressed
-- the closure of more than 12,000 small businesses, layoffs, and migration, further risking the economic recovery of the island,” he said.
Methodist Bishop Lizzette Gabriel Montalvo insisted that the plan as presented couldn’t have come at a worse time historically for Puerto Rico.
“At the moment the electrical system does not have sufficient resources to meet basic reliability standards; PREPA’s pension plan -- which represents the monthly income of more than 10,000 retired employees and their families -- will run out of funds in July; and the [oversight] Board itself projects, in the most recent fiscal plan, that the economy of Puerto Rico will once again enter a prolonged period of contraction beginning in 2027 or 2028,” Gabriel Montalvo said. “Imposing an unpayable charge like the one proposed would severely affect our economy and lead to future bankruptcy of the electrical system.”
The signatories of the public statement sent to the oversight board chairman proposed that any future plan to restructure PREPA’s debt should, at a minimum, prioritize and guarantee capital and operational resources for Puerto Rico to achieve a stable, reliable and resilient electrical system. The rates should be lower than 20 cents per kilowatt-hour.
Puerto Rico Bar Association President Manuel Quilichini urged citizens and merchants to express to Swain, who is overseeing Puerto Rico’s Title III bankruptcy cases, how the increases can negatively affect them, by filing objections to PREPA’s debt adjustment plan in federal court before next Monday’s (June 12) deadline.
Rep. Yashira Lebrón Rodríguez clarified on Tuesday that the evaluation process of House Bill (HB) 1874, which became the New Condominium Law (Law 129-2020) was “open to all and long in duration,” despite assertions to the contrary by the president of the Condominium Administrators Association in Puerto Rico, Sharon Rodríguez.
“There is no reason to say something that is not correct,” said the New Progressive Party legislator representing the District of Bayamón. “The evaluation process of HB 1874 was one that lasted almost three years, open to all, not only in extensive public hearings, but a series of forums were developed in San Juan, Fajardo and Mayagüez so that people from those areas could also have input. Mrs. Rodríguez herself participated in the process and even sent a presentation.”
“At no time was the process anything other than trans-
parent,” the lawmaker added. “The measure was filed on October 10, 2018, approved by the House and Senate in July 2020 and signed into law on August 16, 2020. During all that time, presentations were received, which are reflected in the report on the measure in the House; it happened in the same way with the presentations received in the Senate. I do not understand the reason why Mrs. Rodríguez said she was not consulted, if she even had individual meetings with representatives and senators.”
“We may differ on the points and people may have different opinions, but that is no reason to criticize the process,” Lebrón Rodríguez said. “Much less to indicate that it was yours truly who placed in the Department of Consumer Affairs (DACO) the responsibility of processing the complaints. That was in the previous law, Law 103-2003. Again, the process was open to everyone, including the Condominium Administrators Association.”
San Juan recorded a new record high temperature of 95 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday, breaking the previous mark of 93 degrees set in 2012.
By midday Tuesday the thermometer had registered a record 94 degrees Fahrenheit, but an additional degree in the afternoon established another heat record.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the increase in temperature marks a new milestone in the climatological history of Puerto Rico’s capital city.
This rise in the thermometer exceeds the record set almost a decade ago and highlights the high temperatures that the city has been experiencing in recent days.
It is important to remember that high temperature levels can lead to extreme heat conditions, which in turn can have effects on the health of people and the environment, the NWS said.
“It is important that citizens take necessary precautions in the face of this increase in temperature, such as constant hydration and
avoiding exposure to the sun at peak times,” the NWS advised.
Very hot conditions will persist for the rest of the workweek in the urban and coastal
areas of Puerto Rico and its offshore island municipalities, the NWS said. Skies were hazy Tuesday due to Sahara dust particles, which were expected to gradually decrease throughout the week.
Higher heat rates were expected again for the northern municipalities of Puerto Rico and Culebra. No significant rainfall is expected for the next few days.
The NWS recommended taking extra precautions if working or spending time outdoors. It is important to schedule strenuous activities for the early morning or later afternoon hours, when temperatures are more moderate.
It is critical to know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. It is advisable to wear light and loose clothing, and stay hydrated by drinking plenty of water, the NWS said.
To reduce the risk of heat-related injuries during outdoor work, it is recommended to schedule frequent breaks in shaded or air-conditioned places. If someone shows signs of heat exhaustion or heat stroke, it is important to move them to a cool, shady place right away. In case of emergency, do not hesitate to call 9-1-1.
Atotal of 22,200 LUMA Energy customers were without service Tuesday afternoon due to a breakage at the Aguirre Power Plant in Salinas. The incident occurred at 2 p.m. when Unit 2 of the Aguirre Power plant was forced out of service due to a problem with the water level protection system in the boiler.
“Technical personnel of the plant are attending the failure that occurred,” the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) said through its social networks.
PREPA added that the reserve units of Cambalache, Mayagüez, Daguao and Palo Seco were entering into service to mitigate the situation and restore electrical service to affected customers.
The Aguirre Power Plant is one of the main sources of electricity production in Puerto Rico. The interruption of its service affects a significant number of customers on the island. PREPA said it was working to fix the problem as soon as possible.
The outage came a day after more than 60,000 customers of LUMA Energy, the private consortium that operates PREPA’s transmission and distribution system, were left without energy service due to a breakage in the same boiler.
“Unit 2 of the Aguirre Power Plant was forced out of service at 6:02 p.m [Monday], causing a deficiency in the Generation System and service interruptions,” LUMA said on its social networks.
Technical staff of PREPA in Aguirre had the boiler running overnight and was looking for the pressure and temperature parameters to begin the taxiing of the turbine and return it to service. According to the LUMA Energy website, 28,157 customers were out of service, and the
Carolina region had the greatest deficiency with over 17,000 customers lacking service.
According to the LUMA Energy website, some 60,169 customers remained without service. In the Arecibo region, some 16,829 customers were out, followed by Mayagüez with 13,306, Ponce with 10,989, Carolina with 5,245, Caguas with 5,228, San Juan with 4,433 and Bayamón with 16,289.
The University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo (UPRA) on Tuesday announced the accomplishments of its students at the Suncoast Regional Emmy Student Production Awards held virtually last Friday, where students from Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in San Juan and Atlantic University College (AUC) in Guaynabo also earned awards.
“UPRA students have once again demonstrated their excellence and creativity in the television industry by winning awards in several outstanding categories,” the university said in a press release.
The Student Production Awards, presented annually by the Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), recognize outstanding achievements in video production, thereby promoting excellence in work created by students in various categories of filmmaking, production and animation.
The Suncoast Chapter of NATAS recognized the outstanding work of UPRA students in the following award categories: Non-Fiction Short Film: “Young University Students of Today”; Non-Fiction Short Film: “A Country That Listens: Radio Sales and Salespeople”; Arts-Entertainment-Cultural Affairs: “In a Nutshell … Tony Chiroldes”; Magazine Program: “What a Workshop!”
Prof. José Soto, the director of the Department of Tele-Radio Communication at UPRA, congratulated his students.
“These awards are a testament to the talent, dedication and hard work of our students and faculty,” he said. “The University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo congratulates the students for their outstanding performance and for representing our institution and Puerto Rico with honor and distinction in this prestigious event.”
UPRA Chancellor Dr. Carlos Andújar Rojas, meanwhile, expressed great satisfaction and pride in the achievements of the students.
“We are very proud of our UPRA students and their accomplishments, having won in four categories at the Suncoast Regional EMMY Awards,” he said. “These recognitions demonstrate the dedication, talent and commitment of our students and faculty to excellence in production and communications. We congratulate all the winners and urge them to continue this path of success and to continue raising the prestige of our institution.”
The students from UPRA and Sagrado Corazón competed in six categories alongside students from prestigious colleges in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama.
“The fact that our students have been selected as winners in four of the categories in which they were nominated is a significant achievement and a sample of the quality of education taught at UPRA,” Andújar Rojas added.
Soto thanked the NATAS Suncoast Chapter “... for providing this platform to recognize the talent and creativity of students.”
“We are committed to continuing to foster excellence and support our students in their professional develop-
ment,” he said.
The two students from Sagrado Corazón who won awards were, in the Non-Fiction-Long Form category, Alan Colón, who was among four winners with “The Fate of the Riveras”; and in the News Report-Serious News category, Kenneth Santiago, who was a co-winner with “Report Under the Traffic Light.”
Meanwhile, film, graphic arts and animation students from AUC won eight awards after having received 19 nominations in the following categories: Animation-Graphics-Special Effects, Audio Sound, Director, Editor, Photographer, and Writer.
“The awards received are proof of the passion and creativity of our students,” said Andrew Hernández, the film project officer at AUC. “I am particularly excited and proud of the awards obtained by our film students who won five awards in various categories ranging from directing to editing and audio. Our students have collaborated to produce excellent work. Without a doubt, there is a lot of talent on this island.”
Yamel Figueroa, academic director of digital animation at AUC, noted that “[I]n the animation [category], of five nominations we received three awards, which are the result of the effort of these students.”
“‘Hopping Hat,’ one of the submitted projects, managed to win best direction and animation,” he said. “My congratulations to the students who won the award, and to all those who were nominated, since being recognized for their work in such a prestigious competition, which measures talent at the regional level of the entire southern United States, is an award in itself.”
“For us at Atlantic it is an occasion of celebration and pride for the triumph of the talent that emerges from this university,” said Fernando J. Montilla, the chief innovation and technology officer at AUC. “In the creative industries, this type of exhibition opens doors for these students to explore their skills and test themselves in a highly competitive market.”
Aware of the importance and contribution that internal auditing makes in the fiscal and operational processes of companies, businesses, non-profit organizations, municipalities and public administration in general, the Certified Public Accountants Association of Puerto Rico (CCPA by its Spanish initials) will hold the XII Internal Audit Forum on Friday.
CCPA President Aixa González Reyes said that during the XII Internal Audit Forum, the new global internal audit standards will be discussed and the most common findings in government audits will be presented. It is very important in these times, she said, to identify opportunities to guarantee privacy through effective data management and analyze real-life cases of great interest as well as investigations related to money laundering, fraud and government corruption.
“The audit is an independent and objective evaluation activity to add value and improve the accounting, financial and administrative operations of an organization,” González Reyes said. “It is certainly one of the most valuable resources for maximizing operational processes and profits, and achieving proposed goals, through accountability, both in private companies and in the sector of non-profit organizations and the public sector.”
Among the instructors invited to the XII Internal Audit Forum are personnel from the Office of the Inspector General of Puerto Rico and the Office of the Comptroller of Puerto Rico. In addition, there will be representatives from the FBI, the CIA, the insurance industry, banking, and cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.
“Participants in this forum will also be able to learn how internal audit departments can include in their programs measures to prevent and detect possible scenarios of internal control deficiencies and corruption,” the CCPA
president added. “And just as important, understanding how to implement them.”
The face-to-face event is to be held from 8:30 a.m. to late afternoon at Vivo Beach Club in Isla Verde.
House Republicans said they would move this week to hold the FBI director, Christopher Wray, in contempt of Congress, escalating their attacks on the federal law enforcement agency as they grasp for evidence of wrongdoing by President Joe Biden.
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chair of the Oversight Committee, made the announcement after summoning FBI officials to Capitol Hill for a closed-door briefing on a document containing an unverified allegation of bribery against Biden when he was vice president. The Trump Justice Department investigated the allegation, which involved his son Hunter Biden’s dealings in Ukraine, in 2020, but prosecutors could not substantiate the claims, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Yet Comer, who has said he is investigating whether Joe Biden traded on his office for money, has repeatedly insinuated that there is more to it; on Monday, he asserted that the allegation “has never been disproven.”
At the chair’s insistence, Wray’s team brought the document to a secure area of the Capitol on Monday and briefed Comer and Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the committee’s top Democrat, on it for about 90 minutes. But Comer complained afterward that the agency, citing concern about protecting the identity of the informant, declined to allow other members of the committee to view it.
“We will now initiate contempt of Congress hearings this Thursday,” Comer told reporters on Capitol Hill, adding, “The ball is in the FBI’s court.”
The surfacing of the unsubstantiated allegation against Biden is the latest bid by Republicans to undermine the credibility of the FBI, which they have sought to vilify after the bureau and the Justice Department began investigations into former President Donald Trump’s role in trying to overturn the 2020 election and his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House.
Republicans have relied on former FBI agents — some of whom have embraced Jan. 6 conspiracy theories and have even accepted money from a Trump ally — to provide information against the bureau.
Raskin said the document Comer sought, and Wray provided, contained an allegation from an informant relaying a conversation with someone else, which the informant could not corroborate. He said the Justice Department under former Attorney General Bill Barr “found no reason to escalate it from an assessment to a so-called preliminary investigation.”
“What we’re talking about is secondhand hearsay,” Raskin said, adding, “That confidential human source said that he had no way of knowing about the underlying veracity of the things that he was being told.”
Calling attention to the document is Comer’s latest effort to keep public attention on Hunter Biden’s business activities, which Republicans have made a focus of their investigations for years.
“We are not interested in whether the allegations against Vice President Biden are accurate or not,” Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said last week on Fox News. “We’re responsible for making sure the FBI does its job.”
Republicans have long alleged that Hunter Biden used his seat on the board of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma —
for which he was paid substantial sums — to influence his father. A career State Department official even raised concerns with a senior White House official in 2015 about the situation.
The attention on Hunter Biden from the right reached a high point in 2020, after Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani began circulating materials about the younger Biden, including photos and documents from a laptop he had abandoned at a Delaware repair shop.
In 2020, Barr asked the top federal prosecutor in Pittsburgh, Scott W. Brady, to examine any information Giuliani had on the Biden family and send anything that might be useful for other prosecutors to them.
One person familiar with the material who insisted on anonymity to discuss it said some of it was junk that was plainly not credible. The bribery allegation against Biden was never elevated to a preliminary investigation, according to people familiar with the inquiry, but Brady did forward some information from his work to other prosecutors.
Richard P. Donoghue, then a top official in the Trump Justice Department, agreed with Brady that the matter did not need to be investigated further, according to one of the people familiar with the matter.
Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., a member of the Oversight Committee who examined allegations against Joe Biden and Burisma as part of a House impeachment team in 2019, said the Republican narrative had fallen flat because Biden sought to crack down on corruption in Ukraine, not enable it.
“The facts are actually directly contrary to any of the Republican allegations,” Goldman said.
After the briefing Monday, Comer claimed the informant’s allegation “is currently being used in an ongoing investigation,” but Raskin described Comer as “recycling stale and debunked Burisma conspiracy theories long peddled by Rudy Giuliani.”
The FBI went to some lengths to make the documents available to lawmakers, first inviting them to bureau headquarters and then bringing the material to the Capitol to accommodate their schedules.
“The FBI has continually demonstrated its commitment to accommodate the committee’s request, including by producing the document in a reading room at the U.S. Capitol,” the bureau said in a statement Monday. “The escalation to a contempt vote under these circumstances is unwarranted.”
Sacramento airport aboard the same private plane. Authorities in California said those migrants carried papers indicating that their travel had been “administered by the Florida Division of Emergency Management” and its contractor, Vertol Systems Co., which is based in Florida.
It was not immediately clear whether the group that arrived Monday carried similar papers, but a state Justice Department official said it appeared that the same company, and the state of Florida, was involved. The official said that two of men who were on the flight Friday, both believed to be connected with Vertol, were also on board the plane when it arrived in Sacramento on Monday.
of the government. They didn’t tell us anything.”
Rodriguez added that the people told him: “If you want to go, go, or stay. Nobody is being obligated.”
Representatives of DeSantis have not responded to requests for comment. Neither has the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which is running the state’s taxpayer-funded program to transport migrants from the southern border to other areas of the United States. DeSantis appeared on a Fox News radio program Monday morning, but did not discuss the migrants who had mysteriously appeared in Sacramento.
Representatives for Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas have said that they were not involved in the trips to California.
The private charter aircraft that carried more than a dozen migrants, some from Venezuela, parked at the Sacramento Executive Airport, Calif., on June 5, 2023. About 20 migrants, who said they were mainly from Venezuela, arrived on Monday, June 5, 2023, from the same airport in New Mexico where another planeload had taken off Friday.
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Agroup of Latin American migrants aboard a chartered private plane landed at a small airport in Sacramento earlier this week, the second such planeload in three days to arrive in California’s capital city from an airfield in New Mexico.
The group of 20 migrants — 16 from Venezuela, two from Colombia, one from Nicaragua and one from Mexico, according to California’s Justice Department — landed just before 10:30 a.m. Pacific time Monday and was ushered into a room at Sacramento Executive Airport to meet with state law enforcement officials. One of the migrants, David Mata, 28, said he arrived in the United States from Venezuela roughly two weeks ago looking for work. Mata said that he did not know who had orchestrated his trip to Sacramento, but that whoever did had paid for it in its entirety.
Another group of migrants arrived Friday at a different
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Gov. Gavin Newsom of California and the state’s attorney general, Rob Bonta, both Democrats, have said they believed Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, a Republican running for president, had arranged for the flight Friday. So far, DeSantis has not acknowledged that Florida was responsible, although the details of the incident — including the apparent involvement of Vertol, a private air services and defense contractor — mirror an operation last fall, when the governor sent two planeloads of migrants from San Antonio to the island of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts.
On Monday, a county sheriff in Texas announced he was recommending that prosecutors file criminal charges pertaining to the Martha’s Vineyard flights, though he said nothing about who should be charged.
The migrants who were flown to California on Friday began their journey at a shelter in El Paso, Texas, and were taken from there to a municipal airport about 100 miles away in New Mexico. After they arrived in Sacramento, they were dropped off outside a church building.
Over the weekend, Newsom and other California officials accused Vertol of transporting the group under a false promise of jobs if the migrants agreed to be taken to California. Bonta said that California state investigators would pursue the possibility of criminal or civil charges against whoever was involved in flying the migrants, calling the action “morally bankrupt.”
The migrants who arrived Monday, who said their journey, too, had begun in El Paso, were flown to Sacramento from the same airport in New Mexico, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware. (It had been a long trip. Around lunchtime, Steven Thompson, 62, the owner of a flight school at Sacramento Executive Airport ordered three Little Caesars pizzas for the migrants. The group could be heard clapping and cheering when the food arrived.)
Wilkendri Rodriguez , 23, said in an interview at the airport that two men and two women had approached him at an El Paso shelter and asked if he wanted to go to California. Rodriguez, who had survived a dangerous journey through the jungle to reach Texas from Venezuela, said he had eagerly agreed.
“It’s something you don’t wish on others, because it’s too much, a lot of death,” Rodriguez said of his trek to the United States. He said he was extorted by criminal gangs during the journey.
He said the people who offered him the flight to California told him they could help him find work.
“I don’t know what is their motivation to organize these trips,” he said in Spanish. “I don’t know if it’s political, or part
On Monday, Newsom, who has clashed repeatedly with DeSantis, responded to his Florida counterpart on Twitter by calling him “pathetic” and suggesting that the flights could result in “kidnapping charges.”
DeSantis has said he is trying to wake up residents of Democratic cities and states to the border crisis by delivering migrants to their doorsteps. Abbott of Texas has also sent busloads of migrants to northern cities. Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, where tens of thousands of asylum-seekers have ended up since last spring, has described his city as being “destroyed by the migrant crisis,” leading to criticism from other Democrats.
The Martha’s Vineyard flights took 49 mostly Venezuelan migrants from San Antonio to the island in September. Vertol contractors gave the migrants a pamphlet, written in English and Spanish, that suggested help would be waiting for them on their arrival in Massachusetts. Among the promised benefits was assistance finding jobs, housing, food and clothing. But no one on Martha’s Vineyard knew they were coming, leading the migrants to say they had been lied to.
The alleged deception prompted a raft of lawsuits and investigations against Florida and its contractors, including a federal class-action lawsuit from the migrants and a criminal investigation by Sheriff Javier Salazar of Bexar County, Texas, a Democrat whose jurisdiction includes San Antonio.
In a statement released Monday, the sheriff’s office said it believed “felony and misdemeanor charges of unlawful restraint” were warranted, although it did not name the people it believed should be charged. “At this time, the case is being reviewed by the DA’s office,” the statement said. Any decision by prosecutors is likely several weeks away.
Those earlier flights also drew a state court lawsuit from Florida state Sen. Jason Pizzo, a Democrat who argued, among other claims, that Florida had violated existing state law by transporting migrants it found in Texas rather than Florida. In response, DeSantis called state legislators to a special session in February, where they passed a new law to allow Florida to transport migrants from anywhere within the United States. Later, the Legislature authorized $12 million for the program as part of the state’s new law cracking down on immigrants living illegally in the United States.
Pizzo agreed to dismiss his suit after the new law passed. But in an interview Monday, he said he believed the sole point of resuming the flights was to further DeSantis’ political ambitions.
“This is beyond theater,” Pizzo said. “These are not bad people, they’re not criminals, they are refugees and asylumseekers.”
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Federal authorities were investigating what caused an unresponsive private aircraft to fly over Washington, D.C., on Sunday, triggering a response by military jets that caused a sonic boom to be heard across much of the region before the small plane crashed in Virginia, killing all four people onboard.
The private business jet went down near Montebello, Virginia, the National Transportation Safety Board said. A spokesperson for the Virginia State Police said in a statement Monday that emergency responders were able to reach the wreckage on foot about four hours after receiving a report of a plane crash.
John Rumpel, who runs Encore Motors of Melbourne, a Florida-based company that owns the aircraft, said in a telephone interview Monday that his daughter, Adina Azarian; his 2-year old granddaughter; her nanny and the pilot were on the plane and did not survive.
The plane, a Cessna 560 Citation V, crashed “almost straight down and at a high speed,” he said, adding that the impact caused a crater, and the wreckage was spread over 150 yards. Rumpel had said Sunday that they were returning home to East Hampton, New York, after a four-day visit to his home in North Carolina.
Investigators were left Monday to piece together what went awry with the flight, which had taken off from Elizabethton Municipal Airport in Elizabethton, Tennessee, around 1:15 p.m. and was bound for Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, New York.
Fifteen minutes after taking off, the pilot was given a command from air traffic control to level off at 31,000 feet but did not respond, said Eric Weiss, a spokesperson for the NTSB. Instead, the plane continued to climb until it reached a cruising altitude of 34,000 feet, he said.
After reaching Long Island, the plane did not make an attempt to land but instead turned around and headed back in the direction of where it had originally taken off, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware.
With the plane’s pilot unresponsive, six F-16 jets were scrambled from bases in Maryland, New Jersey and South Carolina, said Michael Dougherty, a spokesperson for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD.
Two F-16s from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland made the initial contact with the plane, Dougherty said. For half an hour, he said, the F-16s used a combination of maneuvers and flares in an unsuccessful attempt to get the pilot’s attention.
The pilots who “visually inspected the Cessna” while it was in flight confirmed that the pilot of the private aircraft was unresponsive and “slumped over,” said Capt. Alexandra Hejduk, a NORAD spokesperson and member of the Canadian military.
In a statement Sunday, NORAD said the fighter jets responding to the unresponsive plane had been “authorized to travel at supersonic speeds,” which would have produced the boom that was heard in the region, including in the suburbs of Virginia and Maryland.
Officials determined that the Cessna did not pose a threat, and it crashed in Virginia about 3:30 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. It was not shot down, officials said. A White House official said President Joe Biden was briefed on the incident.
Adam Gerhardt, an NTSB investigator, told reporters Monday that the agency would be on the ground for at least three to four days. He said the wreckage was “highly fragmented,” and he described the area as rural and mountainous.
“It will be a very challenging accident site,” he said.
Gerhardt said it was not yet known if the plane had a cockpit voice recorder or a flight data recorder, though he said the aircraft was not required to have such equipment.
Weiss, the NTSB spokesperson, said one possibility the agency planned to examine was whether the plane might have lost cabin pressure, resulting in hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation, for those on board.
Rumpel, who is also a pilot, said Sunday that he had little information about the circumstances of the crash, but hoped his daughter, granddaughter and the
others on board had not suffered. His voice breaking, he said that if the plane lost pressurization, “they all just would have gone to sleep and never woke up.”
“It descended at 20,000 feet a minute, and nobody could survive a crash from that speed,” Rumpel said.
Azarian, 49, worked as an agent for Keller Williams Points North, the real estate company, in New York City and Long Island. The company said in a statement Monday that her death was a “profound loss” for colleagues and family.
On Sunday, people reported on social media that they had heard a loud boom across the Washington area. Many said the noise sounded like an explosion, and some said the boom was so strong that it shook their homes. A sonic boom is caused by an object moving faster than sound, or about 750 mph at sea level.
Rafael Olivieri, 62, said he was at home in Annandale, Virginia, when he heard a “loud, very short sound” that shook his house. Olivieri ran outside, where his neighbors were also trying to figure out what had happened. “My first thing was looking to the sky,” he said. “I was really worried.”
More than 30 miles northeast, in Edgewater, Maryland, Joseph Krygiel, 47, also felt the boom. He said he was in his basement just after 3 p.m. when the whole house shook. “It felt like something major,” Krygiel said.
The Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this week accused Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, of mishandling customer funds and lying to U.S. regulators and investors about its operations, in a sweeping case that has the potential to remake the landscape of power and wealth within crypto.
The SEC’s lawsuit was the second time this year that federal regulators have accused Binance of evading laws designed to protect investors in the United States. Regulators have long seen the exchange, which has said it does $65 billion in average daily trading volume, as a major target in their quest to bring to heel a crypto industry that has been built around an explicitly antigovernment ethos.
In the 136-page complaint filed Monday, the SEC said Binance had mixed billions of dollars in customer funds and secretly sent them to a separate company, Merit Peak Limited, which is controlled by Binance’s founder, Changpeng Zhao.
The complaint also said Binance had misled investors about the adequacy of its systems to detect and control manipulative trading and about its efforts to restrict U.S. users from trading on its international platform. U.S.-based customers were supposed to have access only to an ostensibly separate company formed specifically to operate within the United States, called Binance.US.
Binance and Zhao “enriched themselves by billions of U.S. dollars while placing investors’ assets at significant risk,” regulators said in the lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington.
In a blog post Monday, Binance said its leaders had been trying to negotiate a settlement with regulators and were “disappointed” and “disheartened” by the SEC’s decision to bring a case. The company said the case was a “misguided and conscious refusal to provide much-needed clarity and guidance to the digital asset industry” and added that it would fight back “vigorously.”
Binance also charged that the SEC had rushed to court to file the lawsuit, noting that last week regulators had served “a new set of 26 document requests” to the company.
Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, in Singapore on May 31, 2021. The Securities and Exchange Commission has accused Binance of mishandling customer funds as well as lying to regulators and investors about its operations in a sweeping case filed in federal court on Monday, June 5, 2023.
Binance was already under increasing pressure. In March, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed its own civil enforcement action against Binance and Zhao. The Justice Department is also investigating the exchange for money-laundering violations. Binance lost its outside auditing firm late last year, and the company has seen its control of the crypto market shrink.
To improve its reputation, Binance has hired new compliance officials, including a former federal prosecutor who now heads its compliance operation.
The SEC complaint “exposes the underbelly of crypto,” and big global exchanges like Binance have “misled the public at large for years,” said David Silver, a lawyer who has sued Binance several times.
In all, the SEC filed 13 charges against Binance and Zhao, better known in the crypto world as C.Z. It is seeking restitution from Binance and wants to bar Zhao from serving as an officer or director for any registered entity in the United States that issues securities.
The CFTC is also seeking to bar Zhao for life from doing business that falls under its jurisdiction. The agency also wants to permanently banish Binance from the United States.
The SEC and CFTC often coordinate the filing of enforcement actions when they are investigating the same company, but the agencies have been engaged in a turf battle to determine which would emerge as the primary regulator of crypto trading. Binance has long been based outside the United States, offering high-risk trading options that are not legal for U.S. customers. In 2019, it started a separate exchange in the United States that offered a smaller array of trading capabilities. The company said that the new exchange, Binance.US, would operate separately from Binance, under its own leadership.
But the SEC said the separate entity was really intended as subterfuge to conceal the fact that Zhao and his associates were actively enabling U.S. customers to trade on Binance’s much larger, unregulated offshore exchange.
The SEC’s complaint accuses Binance of recruiting U.S. customers to the international exchange, even though it was not supposed to operate in the United States. “On the surface, we cannot be seen to have U.S. users but in reality, we should get them through other creative means,” a Binance executive wrote in an internal message excerpted in the complaint.
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The charges were the latest actions by U.S. regulators and prosecutors to rein in the Wild West of crypto trading and force major players in the space to come into compliance with U.S. laws. Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX, which had been a big crypto trading rival of Binance’s until it filed for bankruptcy in November, faces an October trial for fraud and other charges. In recent months, the SEC has also levied fines and other penalties against crypto lending firms.
The SEC has taken the position that most crypto tokens issued by exchanges like Binance and FTX should be treated as securities under federal law.
“U.S. regulators are putting pretty huge speed bumps for Binance and are continuing to put the crypto world on notice,” said Reena Aggarwal, a finance professor at Georgetown University.
When Binance took steps to submit to a U.S. regulatory regimen, it did so disingenuously, the filing said. Binance.US was supposed to be separate from its offshore parent, but “behind the scenes,” Zhao and other senior Binance leaders were “intimately involved,” the complaint said. That led one executive to remark that “the entire team feels like they’ve been duped into being a puppet,” according to the complaint.
The SEC said Zhao gave instructions to encourage so-called VIP customers to bypass systems meant to restrict U.S. customers’ access to the platform. “Binance’s plan to retain lucrative U.S. investors while pretending to restrict them was a success,” the complaint said.
U.S. stocks closed up on Tuesday, helped by some advances in economically sensitive sectors, as investors awaited inflation data and the Federal Reserve’s policy meet next week.
Inflation data is expected to show consumer prices cooled slightly on a month-over-month basis in May but core prices are likely to have remained elevated, and the Fed is widely expected to hold interest rates.
Major indexes wavered as investors took a breather after pushing the S&P 500 up almost 20% from its October 2022 lows, boosted by gains in megacap stocks, a stronger-thanexpected earnings season and hopes that the U.S. central bank is nearing the end of its interest rate-hike cycle.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 10.42 points, or 0.03%, to 33,573.28, the S&P 500 gained 10.06 points, or 0.24%, to 4,283.85 and the Nasdaq Composite added 46.99 points, or 0.36%, to 13,276.42.
“It looks like investors are gaining a little optimism,” said Cresset Capital CIO Jack Ablin.
“The narrowness in the market where everyone was focused on the top seven names or so is starting to dissipate a little bit and that’s good news.”
Financials rose 1.33% to lead gains among the 11 major S&P 500 sectors, while the KBW regional banking index jumped 5.41%. The Russell 2000 index of small-cap companies added 2.69%.
Recent economic data and dovish remarks from Fed officials have raised the odds of the Fed holding interest rates at its June 13-14 meeting.
Fed fund futures indicate traders have priced in a near 80% chance that the central bank will hold interest rates in the 5%-5.25% range, according to CMEGroup’s Fedwatch tool. However, they see 50% odds of another 25-basis-point rate hike in July.
Coinbase Global plunged 12.09% after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued the crypto exchange, accusing it of illegally operating without having first registered with the regulator.
Apple Inc extended losses to slip 0.21%, a day after the iPhone maker unveiled a costly augmented-reality headset called the Vision Pro, barging into a market dominated by Meta.
Advanced Micro Devices rose 5.34% after Piper Sandler raised the price target on the stock to $150, the second highest on Wall Street, as per Refinitiv data.
Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by a 3.47-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 2.59-to-1 ratio favored advancers.
The S&P 500 posted 17 new 52-week highs and 5 new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 98 new highs and 69 new lows.
Harker echoed the same sentiment. “I am in the camp
increasingly coming into this meeting thinking that we really should skip,” Harker said at an event on financial stability. That said, data due on Friday about the U.S. job market “may change my mind.”
Following their comment, fed funds futures have factored in a 70% chance the Fed will keep rates unchanged next month, up sharply from a 30% probability earlier in the wake of data showing an increase in U.S. job openings.
The Labor Department reported on Wednesday that U.S.
job openings unexpectedly rose in April and data for the prior month was revised higher, pointing to persistent strength in the labor market.
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS report, also showed layoffs declined significantly last month. There were 1.8 job openings for every unemployed person in April, up from 1.7 in March, and well above the 1.0-1.2 range viewed as consistent with a jobs market that is not generating too much inflation.
After the JOLTS report, rate futures had priced in a nearly 70% chance of a rate increase next month.
“We have been suggesting that they (the Fed) stop,” said Ellis Phifer, managing director, fixed income capital markets at Raymond James in Memphis, Tennessee.
Acritical dam along the front line in southern Ukraine was destroyed Tuesday, sending cascades of water pouring through the breach and putting thousands of people downstream at risk. Ukraine and Russia each accused the other of blowing up the dam, which held back a body of water the size of the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
As water levels rose south of the dam, residents in the town of Antonivka, about 40 miles downstream, described watching in horror as roiling floodwaters swept past carrying trees and debris from washed-out houses.
Ukrainian emergency crews rushed to evacuate the most vulnerable on the western side of the river, while conservationists warned that a huge and long-lasting environmental disaster was unfolding.
It was more difficult to assess what was happening on the eastern bank of the river south of the dam, which is under Russian control. But more than 40,000 people could be in the path of the flooding on both Ukrainian- and Russiancontrolled territory, said the deputy prosecutor general of Ukraine, Viktoriya Lytvynova.
It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the destruction of the Kakhovka dam and electric plant, which lies along the Dnieper River and is held by Russian forces.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blamed “Russian terrorists,” while the Kremlin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov,
said Ukrainian forces carried out a “sabotage” attack.
The disaster came one day after U.S. and Russian officials said a planned Ukrainian counteroffensive might have begun east of the Dnieper in the Donetsk region. Although the dam is far from that fighting, its destruction could divert both sides’ resources from the counteroffensive.
The dam creates a reservoir that supplies water for drink-
ing and agriculture. It also provides water to cool reactors and spent fuel at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, although the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, said there was “no immediate nuclear safety risk.” The group said, however, that it was closely monitoring the situation.
Security of the dam, the second largest on the Dnieper, had been a continuing concern during the war, with both sides accusing the other of plotting to destroy it.
Here are other developments:
— Videos and images on social media showed flooding already underway in communities downstream from the Kakhovka dam, and streets filling with rising water. In Nova Kakhovka, the city under Russian control that lies immediately downstream of the dam, the Palace of Culture and administrative center were swamped.
— An energy official said floodwaters across southern Ukraine caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam are expected to continue to rise through Tuesday night and peak Wednesday morning.
— In Mykolaiv, an emergency train collected people fleeing the rising waters in Kherson, about 40 miles to the east. Humanitarian groups were just starting to arrive to provide support for those forced from their homes by flooding.
— Russian officials said the destruction of the dam potentially poses problems for a canal supplying water to Crimea that has for years been a point of geopolitical tension between Ukraine and Russia.
Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, is scheduled to go on trial this month on charges that he abused his power as president to make baseless attacks against Brazil’s election systems. If convicted, he would be ineligible to run for office for eight years.
A panel of seven judges in Brazil’s electoral court will decide the case, which is scheduled to start June 22. The court aims to reach a decision this month, although the case could be delayed if any judge requests more time.
A rival political party has accused Bolsonaro of abusing the office of the presidency when, less than three months before Brazil’s elections last year, he summoned foreign diplomats to a meeting, made false claims about the country’s voting systems and broadcast the remarks on state television.
Brazil’s top prosecutor for electoral cases recommended that Bolsonaro be blocked from running for office because his speech to diplomats was intended to undermine the public’s confidence in Brazil’s elections.
“As the head of state making public critiques, it could only be understood as a warning to Brazilians and the world that the election results could not be seen as reliable and legitimate,” said the prosecutor, Paulo Gonet Branco, in a legal filing that is sealed but was viewed by The New York Times.
Why it matters: A conviction could end Bolsonaro’s political career
The trial could upend Brazilian politics by removing Bolsonaro, the standard-bearer of Brazil’s conservative movement, from contention for the next two presidential elections.
Bolsonaro, 68, remains a highly popular and influential figure among conservatives in Brazil and is seen as a likely challenger to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a leftist, in 2026. Bolsonaro received 49.1% of the vote in the 2022 election, just 2.1 million votes behind Lula, in the nation’s
closest presidential contest since Brazil’s democracy was restored in 1985 following a military dictatorship.
A conviction would also be a clear and strong repudiation of Bolsonaro’s tactics to undermine the vote, and a warning to any political allies who might be considering a similar strategy.
Bolsonaro’s rhetoric resembled that of former President Donald Trump, a political ally.
The background: Bolsonaro has long attacked Brazil’s elections
Bolsonaro spent years criticizing Brazil’s voting systems, claiming that they were vulnerable to fraud and that his rivals were bent on rigging them, despite a lack of evidence. His commentary led millions of his followers to lose faith in the election systems and believe that Lula stole the 2022 election.
Despite Bolsonaro’s assertions, numerous reviews of the election results found no credible evidence of fraud.
One week after Lula was inaugurated in January, many of Bolsonaro’s followers invaded and ransacked Brazil’s halls of power in a bid to get the military to take control of the government.
Still, Bolsonaro did authorize the transition of power and, for the first several months of Lula’s presidency, receded into the background of Brazilian politics by temporarily moving to Florida. Bolsonaro is now back in Brazil and has been making more public appearances.
To the list of challenges facing President Emmanuel Macron after raucous nationwide demonstrations over his pension measures, add a new one: a cascade of warnings over France’s finances.
On Friday, S&P Global cautioned that it still had a negative outlook on France’s creditworthiness. It was a step short of a downgrade, which some had expected, but comes after two other ratings agencies have lowered their view of the country in the past month.
S&P Global maintained its investmentgrade credit rating for France, a decision that Macron’s government had eagerly awaited. But in restating a negative outlook first published in January, the ratings agency cited concern about France’s ability to rein in its public finances amid already elevated general government debt.
And it added to concern among analysts about Macron’s ability, in a tense social and political climate, to move forward with his efforts to lift the country’s competitiveness and growth.
France’s finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, said in an interview late Friday published in the Journal du Dimanche that he viewed the announcement as a “positive signal,” adding: “Our public finance strategy is clear. It is ambitious. And it is believable.”
At the end of April, Fitch Ratings cut France’s sovereign credit rating by one notch, to AA–, after a downgrade in December. Scope Ratings, a European agency, put a negative outlook on its assessment of France last month.
France’s economy, the eurozone’s second largest, is forecast to remain subdued until at least next year, but more worrisome to ratings agencies is the nation’s financial situation. France spent vast sums to shield households and businesses from an inflation crisis and painful pandemic lockdowns.
Its debt has surged to 111% of economic output, casting France into a club with Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain — the major eurozone economies holding the highest debt ratios. In Germany, which has Europe’s largest economy and is its stickler for budget discipline, the debt burden is 66% of economic output.
S&P Global said it could lower France’s ratings in the next 18 months if the debt did not decline, a risk that would be amplified if there was a prolonged economic slowdown or if France did not adequately curb government spending.
The potential for a downgrade had worried the government and was sensitive enough
that Le Maire and France’s prime minister, Élisabeth Borne, met recently with representatives of S&P to press their case. S&P had put France on notice in January that a downgrade was possible.
“There were detailed explanations from Bruno Le Maire to Standard & Poor’s on everything we’re doing to control our public finances,” Borne told a French radio station last week. The finance minister “explained France’s reforms and its objective of cutting the country’s budget deficit,” she said.
Le Maire has said stoking economic growth would be the best way to pay down the debt. But with the economy expected to grow just 0.8% this year, the government has pored through the budget to find offsetting cuts and limit growth in spending.
Ratings agencies have expressed concern that the potential political deadlock and social unrest pose risks to Macron’s agenda. Nationwide demonstrations — many of them violent — broke out after he invoked executive power to bypass parliament to ram through a measure that raised France’s legal retirement age to 64 from 62, a change opposed by nearly threequarters of voters in opinion polls.
Macron, who lost a parliamentary majority when he was reelected in April, said the maneuver was necessary to keep the pension system from falling into a deficit and to generate 17 billion euros ($18.2 billion) in savings in the coming years. Fitch and S&P Global gave it an approving nod as a moderately positive development.
But S&P Global cautioned that “political fragmentation” under Macron’s watch had raised questions over his government’s ability to carry out policies to stoke more growth and rein in the budget deficit.
His critics saw Macron’s use of execu-
tive authority as an abuse of power and have vowed to keep up the fight over other measures that Macron plans to put forward. Opponents have continued to harass the president and his Cabinet members by banging pots and pans on their official trips.
Macron has sought to show that he was quickly moving France back to business and trying to burnish its image after the turmoil. He hosted 200 global CEOs, including Elon Musk, Robert Iger of Disney and Lakshmi Mittal, the steel magnate, at Versailles last month for a business conference that drew pledges for 13 billion euros of new investment in France.
The moves are part of a plan by Macron, a former investment banker, to attract new investment and champion a push toward green industries to revitalize the French economy — partly by spending lavishly on subsidies to attract foreign companies and keep French ones from moving jobs abroad.
Since taking office in 2017, Macron has
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cut business taxes and made it easier to hire and fire workers. New rules would push unemployed people to look for jobs, a controversial measure that would create more than 4 billion euros in savings and theoretically help address a labor shortage. And for a fourth straight year in 2022, France was the European country that attracted the greatest number of foreign investments, according to a survey by EY, formerly Ernst & Young.
S&P Global said it expected labor market performance and the French economy overall to “continue to benefit from reforms implemented over the past decade.”
But such developments haven’t allayed concerns about France’s ability to pay down the enormous expenses the government has racked up.
France’s public debt soared after Macron spent nearly half a trillion euros shoring up the economy during the COVID pandemic. It is now nearly 3 trillion euros, and the cost of servicing the debt, which was low during the pandemic, has surged recently with inflation: About aone-tenth of all bonds issued by the French government are indexed to inflation, swelling the state’s payment bill. Adding to the pressure is the run-up in interest rates by the European Central Bank.
All told, France’s debt burden, or the amount of interest to be repaid, jumped to 42 billion euros in 2022 from 31 billion euros two years ago. The government expects that figure to rise to 60 billion euros by 2027 — as much as the national education budget.
“A lot of money has been spent to help the economy, people and firms,” said Charlotte de Montpellier, France analyst at ING Bank. “It worked when the economic situation was good, but public finances have been severely impacted.”
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Even filled with grass and wildflowers, the craters remain so deep and wide that you can still sense the blasts of bombs that carved them 79 years ago. At the pockmarked entrance of an old German bunker, you can almost feel the rattle of machine-gun fire. Peering over the 100-foot-cliff to the ocean below, you see clearly how exposed the young American men were as they climbed up grappling ropes early that morning of June 6, 1944.
Of all the D-Day sites, none quite conveys the horror and heroism of that pivotal moment during World War II as the Pointe du Hoc.
But it is disappearing, fast.
The Nazi defense and lookout point between two landing beaches in Normandy, which American Rangers conquered, suffered another three landslides this spring. Inspections revealed that waves had chewed a cavity more than 2 1/2 yards deep into their base.
“There is absolutely no doubt we are going to lose more of our cliff,” said Scott Desjardins, the American Battle Monuments Commission’s superintendent of the site that receives an estimated 900,000 visitors annually. “We know we are not going to fight Mother Nature. What’s frightening now, is the speed at which it is happening.”
Climate change and erosion are eating at the French coasts, raising gnawing questions about property rights, safety and sustainable development. But along the northern ribbon of beaches and cliffs in Normandy, where 150,000 Allied soldiers landed to confront machine guns and fascism, history, memory and even identity are at risk too.
When the sites are gone, how will France recount to itself, and the rest of the world, the impact of that moment? Alternatively, at what cost should they be saved?
“If I don’t have the site, I lose the history of what happened here,” said Desjardins, looking down at frothy waves pounding into the cliffs. “You may as well stay at home on the couch and read a book.”
Even for a country with an official “me-
morial adviser” to the president, the 50-mile stretch that witnessed the Allied arrival takes commemoration to an exultant level. The Normandy tourism office lists more than 90 official D-Day sites, including 44 museums, drawing more than 5 million visitors annually.
The edges of the country roads are decorated by tributary statues and banners flashing the faces of Allied soldiers who died in the fight. Village squares are named June 6, main roads are labeled “Libération” and tourist shops are packed with D-Day magnets and antique army paraphernalia.
All of that is threatened: Two-thirds of these coasts are already eroding, according to the Normandy climate change report, and experts predict worse to come with the swelling sea levels, increasing storms and higher tides heralded by climate change.
“The shore will go inland. We are sure of that,” said Stéphane Costa, a geography professor at University of Caen, and a leading local expert on climate change.
The French government is already declaring defeat. After centuries of bracing against the ocean’s outbursts with stony protections, it now pushes the principle of “living with the sea, not against it.” Communities around the country’s edges, including a number along DDay beaches, are working on adaptation plans, which will include the prospect of moving.
For many, the idea of abandoning a site of such potent history is not acceptable.
“This is a symbolic place; It’s mythical,” said Charles de Vallavieille, standing on the shore of Madeleine Beach, which, starting June 6, 1944, became known as “Utah.”
“Everyone must come here once in their life to understand what happened here,” said de Vallavieille, the local mayor.
The farthest west of the five D-Day beaches, Utah Beach was quickly conquered by
U.S. soldiers who then pushed inland to the central square of Ste.-Marie-du-Mont, where U.S. paratroopers — dropped in the night by plane — were already battling German soldiers.
“An American paratrooper hid in the recess behind this pump,” reads a sign over two water faucets. “He held his rifle in the crook of his elbow, like a hunter,” it continues, firing at German soldiers and killing around 10 of them.
Across the street, a large black-and-white photo of U.S. soldiers praying during Mass hangs by the entrance of the village’s 11thcentury church.
Like many residents, de Vallavieille’s personal story is intimately linked to D-Day. U.S. paratroopers shot his father, Michel, in the back five times that morning. They then rushed him to an Army tent for lifesaving surgery and to England for further operations. Later, Michel de Vallavieille became mayor and opened one of the region’s first D-Day museums inside a former German bunker on Utah Beach.
The museum has expanded along the dune many times to make space for some 1,300 artifacts, including an original B-26 bomber. But it increasingly finds itself in the crosshairs of climate change.
Over the past number of years, de Vallavieille has been given permission to pad the beach before the museum with dump loads of sand. But the state permit ends in 2026, and declares it can only be renewed if the museum has developed a long-term plan to move — a proposition de Vallavieille passionately rejects.
“For me, we absolutely have to protect it,” he said, pointing out that Dutch cities like Rotterdam had mastered dike-building. “The museum has to be here. It’s the importance of this place.”
Directors at the Landing Museum in Arro-
manches-les-Bains felt the same way. They just reopened after a massive renovation to their building costing 11 million euros (about $11.8 million). The museum’s internal risk assessment showed the site was unlikely to flood or erode, even given climate change, director Frédéric Sommier said.
If government politics bend, the price tag could still prove unsurmountable. In 2010, U.S. engineers spent $6 million to secure the observation bunker at the tip of Pointe du Hoc, implanting concrete blocks at the cliff’s base and anchoring them into bedrock deep below.
Sensors show the construction worked — the observation bunker has not budged since. However, pounding waves have eaten all around the concrete blocks below, Desjardins said. He is planning another $10 million renovation to better serve the site’s swarm of visitors, but even that does not include securing it against ocean storms.
“We will have to change how we do things,” he said, adding that the region might want to “draw back” the sheer number of visitors to the area.
An ongoing study by local university professors into social perceptions of climate change and the D-Day sites reveals mixed sentiments — many people living close to a site feel protective of it, but overall, Normans accept that most will have to move, said Xavier Michel, an assistant geography professor from the University of Caen who was leading the study.
Cécile Dumont, 92, is one of the few D-Day witnesses still alive. She considers Utah Beach sacred ground, and would like to see the museum stay there. But, she concedes, it’s unlikely.
“The ocean will take it all. We won’t have a choice,” she said from her small stone house in Ste.-Marie-du-Mont, surrounded by rose bushes and mementos of a long life — including a kneehigh shell casing, which she now uses to store scrap paper.
Dumont was a young teenager on D-Day, and vividly remembers the sound of planes overhead, bomb blasts, gunfire. Her father, a dairy farmer, dug a trench next to the house, where the family spent their nights praying for two weeks. “The bombing never stopped. It didn’t last just one day,” she said.
She watched in awe as columns of soldiers arrived, first on foot, but quickly followed by tanks, jeeps, bulldozers. That first day, 23,000 soldiers, 1,700 vehicles and 1,800 tons of supplies were delivered to Utah Beach. They were followed by nearly half of the U.S. troops heading to the front — more than 800,000 soldiers — and all the supplies to support them, over the next few months.
“People need to understand what happened here,” she said.
Seventy-nine years ago, Allied paratroopers began landing behind the beaches of Normandy. World War II was a long time ago, but it still lives on in America’s memory. And the anniversary of D-Day, on Tuesday, seems especially evocative this year, as we await the moral equivalent of D-Day, coming any day now when Ukraine begins its long-awaited counterattack against Russian invaders (which may have already started).
I use the term “moral equivalent” advisedly. World War II was one of the few wars that was clearly a fight of good against evil.
Now, the good guys were by no means entirely good. Americans were still denied basic rights and occasionally massacred because of their skin color. Britain still ruled, sometimes brutally, over a vast colonial empire.
But if the great democracies all too often failed to live up to their ideals, they nonetheless had the right ideals; they stood, however imperfectly, for freedom against the forces of tyranny, racial supremacy and mass murder.
If Ukraine wins this war, some of its supporters abroad will no doubt be disillusioned to discover the nation’s darker side. Before the war, Ukraine ranked
high on measures of perceived corruption — better than Russia, but that’s not saying much. Victory won’t make the corruption go away.
And Ukraine does have a far-right movement, including paramilitary groups that have played a part in its war. The country suffered terribly under Stalin, with millions dying in a deliberately engineered famine; as a result, some Ukrainians initially welcomed the Germans during World War II (until they realized that they, too, were considered subhuman), and Nazi iconography is still disturbingly widespread.
Yet like the flaws of the Allies in World War II, these shadows don’t create any equivalence between the two sides in this war. Ukraine is an imperfect but real democracy, hoping to join the larger democratic community. Vladimir Putin’s Russia is a malevolent actor, and friends of freedom everywhere have to hope that it will be thoroughly defeated.
I wish I could say that the citizens of Western democracies, America in particular, were fully committed to Ukrainian victory and Russian defeat. In reality, while most Americans support aid to Ukraine, only a minority are willing to sustain that aid for as long as it takes. For what it’s worth, U.S. public opinion on aid to Ukraine right now looks remarkably similar to polls from early 1941 (that is, well before Pearl Harbor) on the lend-lease program of military aid to Britain.
What about those who oppose helping Ukraine at all?
Some of those who oppose Western aid just don’t see the moral equivalence with World War II. On the left, in particular, there are some people for whom it’s always 2003. They remember how America was taken to war on false pretenses — which, for the record, I realized was happening and vociferously opposed at the time — and can’t see that this situation is different.
On the right, by contrast, many of those who oppose helping Ukraine — call it the Tucker Carlson faction — do understand what this war is about. And they’re on the side of the bad guys. The “Putin wing” of the GOP has long admired Russia’s authoritarian regime and its intolerance. Before the war, Republicans such as Texas Sen. Ted Cruz contrasted what they perceived as Russian toughness with the “woke, emasculated” U.S. military; Russia’s military failures threaten such people’s whole worldview, and they would be humiliated by a Ukrainian victory.
The point is that the stakes in Ukraine right now are very high. If Ukraine’s counteroffensive succeeds, the forces of democracy will be strengthened around the world, not least in America. If it fails, it will be a
disaster not just for Ukraine but for the world. Western aid to Ukraine may dry up, Putin may finally achieve the victory most people expected him to win in the war’s first few days, and democracy will be weakened everywhere.
What’s going to happen? Even military experts don’t know, and I have no delusions of being such an expert myself. For what it’s worth, Western officials are sounding increasingly positive about Ukraine’s chances. And military affairs aren’t like economics, where, say, the Federal Reserve basically works off the same information available to anyone who knows their way around the St. Louis Fed’s economic research website. Defense officials have access to intelligence the public doesn’t, and they don’t want to end up looking foolish, so their optimism probably isn’t empty bravado.
Still, you don’t have to be a military expert to know that attacking fortified defenses — which is what Ukraine must do — is very difficult.
On the eve of D-Day, Dwight Eisenhower told the expeditionary force, “The eyes of the world are upon you.” Now the eyes of the world are upon the armed forces of Ukraine. Let’s hope they succeed.
EL CAPITOLIO – La Cámara de Representantes aprobó el martes el tercer presupuesto balanceado de forma consecutiva para el año fiscal 2023-2024, ascendente a 12,739 millones de dólares, priorizando la inversión social en áreas como salud, adultos mayores, la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR) y otras partidas prioritarias.
“Este presupuesto aprobado privilegia la inversión social sobre otro tipo de gasto de gobierno”, afirmó el presidente de la Comisión de Hacienda y Presupuesto, Jesús Santa Rodríguez en declaracio-
nes escritas.
El presidente de la Cámara, Rafael Hernández Montañez, agradeció el trabajo de Santa Rodríguez y también la colaboración de los representantes del Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP) “que han aceptado el reto de trabajar en alianza para lograr un presupuesto balanceado que priorice los servicios esenciales que nuestra gente necesita”.
Hernández Montañez señaló que “las delegaciones que voten en contra al dinero de la Universidad de Puerto Rico representan un junte malo. El junte que le vote en contra a los dineros para ayudar a nuestros adultos mayores y los municipios es una alianza mala para el país”.
Santa Rodríguez aseguró que “este presupuesto cubre lo que es el pago de las pensiones, las cuales dado al Plan de Ajuste de Deuda (PAD), se dijo que no va a haber reducciones. Esto cubre mil millones de dólares para el pago del Fideicomiso de Pensiones”.
El legislador explicó que una de las partidas más importante es la UPR, lo cual incluye 2.5 millones de dólares para sufragar el costo de pareo de propuestas para atraer fondos externos, 15.6 millones de dólares para costear los gastos relacionados a la acreditación institucional y acreditaciones profesionales y 20.5 millones de dólares para el aumento de salarios.
Además, mencionó que la promoción y reclutamiento de estudiantes en Puerto Rico se le asignó 4.4 millones de dólares para la promoción y reclutamiento de estudiantes en Puerto Rico y en el exterior, 750,000 dólares para el Programa Sea Grant de la UPR para el pareo de fondos federales
y 15,000,000 de dólares para sufragar aumentos de salario adicionales y reclutamiento de investigadores.
El presupuesto, a sugerencia de la Legislatura y el Ejecutivo, aumenta en 20 millones de dólares adicionales para cubrir los programas para el cuidado de adultos mayores, incluyendo de amas de llaves.
El legislador Santa Rodríguez precisó que otra de las partidas en el presupuesto para el próximo año fiscal es la creación del Fondo Especial de Servicios Esenciales Municipales, que se mantendría por un término de cinco años del dinero que hoy aportan los ayuntamiento para el pago de la tarjeta de salud vital. En total, se designan para los municipios unos 95,419 millones de dólares.
Cabe resaltar que, el tercer presupuesto otorgará 952,383,000 dólares para Seguridad Pública; 1,495,986,000 dólares para el sistema público de enseñanzas; y 1,110,178,000 dólares para los servicios de salud.
Por otra parte, la Cámara avaló a viva voz el Proyecto de la Cámara (PC) 1744, que establece como requisito la creación de empleos para la obtención o el mantenimiento de un decreto en el Código de Incentivos. La legislación crea el Certificado de Empleo Directo (CED) que certifica que el Negocio Exento cumple con el requisito de creación y preservación de empleos. Según el informe positivo firmado por Santa Rodríguez, el PC 1744 “es un proyecto que fomenta el desarrollo económico en Puerto Rico y a la vez fiscaliza los beneficios que se le brindan a aquellos que gozan de decretos contributivos”.
EL CAPITOLIO – El portavoz del Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP), en la Cámara de Representantes, Carlos ‘Johnny’ Méndez Núñez, denunció el martes que la delegación del Partido Popular Democrático (PPD) planea aprobar un proyecto que incrementa la tasa contributiva a las pequeñas y medianas empresas (Pymes).
“La delegación del PPD le impuso una nueva carga contributiva a las Pymes que generen sobre dos millones de dólares, de un 36 por ciento”, dijo Méndez Núñez en declaraciones escritas.
“No podemos avalar esta medida que en nada abona a mejorar la competitividad de Puerto Rico a nivel mundial”, añadió.
Méndez Núñez destacó que el costo del Proyecto de la Cámara 1645 aumentó de 280 a más
de 655 millones de dólares, calificándolo de una reforma para “las gradas”.
“La propuesta del Gobernador, en el Proyecto de la Cámara 1645, establece una reducción de la tasa máxima para empresas a un 33 por ciento. Esto sin decir nada del aumento en el costo de los cambios, que será de 28 millones de dólares más”, sostuvo.
El expresidente cameral argumentó que la Junta de Control Fiscal rechazaría la medida debido a su alto costo y la imposición onerosa a negocios que crean empleos en Puerto Rico.
“En el cuatrienio 2017-2020 nuestra delegación, tanto en Cámara como en Senado, bajamos la carga contributiva. Hoy vemos que el interés de subir contribuciones y hacer proyectos para las gradas es mucho mayor al deseo de bajar la carga de la gente”, concluyó.
‘Johnny’ Méndez denuncia incremento en tasa contributiva para las Pymes
Cámara de Representantes aprueba presupuesto ascendente a $12,739 millones
Geena Davis and her family were returning from dinner in their small Massachusetts town when her great-uncle Jack, 99, began drifting into the oncoming lane of traffic. Davis was about 8, flanked by her parents in the back seat. Politeness suffused the car, the family, maybe the era, and nobody remarked on what was happening, even when another car appeared in the distance, speeding toward them.
Finally, moments before impact, Davis’ grandmother issued a gentle suggestion from the passenger seat: “A little to the right, Jack.” They missed by inches.
Davis, 67, relayed this story in her 2022 memoir, “Dying of Politeness,” an encapsulation of the genially stultifying values that she had absorbed as a child — and that a great many other girls absorb, too: Defer. Go along to get along. Everything’s fine.
Of course the Academy Award-winning actress ditched that pliability long ago. From “Thelma & Louise” and “A League of Their Own” to this year’s coming-of-age drama, “Fairyland,” back-seat docility just wasn’t an option. Indeed, selfpossession was her thing. (Or one of her things. Few profiles have failed to mention her Mensa membership, her fluency in Swedish or her Olympic-caliber archery prowess.) But cultivating her own audaciousness was only Phase 1.
Next year will mark two decades since the creation of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. When her daughter was a toddler, Davis couldn’t help noticing that male characters vastly outnumbered female characters in children’s TV and movies.
“I knew everything is completely imbalanced in the world,” she said recently. But this was the realm of makebelieve; why shouldn’t it be 50/50?
It wasn’t just the numbers. How the women were represented, their aspirations, the way young girls were sexualized: Across children’s programming, Davis saw a bewilderingly warped vision of reality being beamed into impressionable minds. Long before “diversity, equity and inclusion” would enter the lexicon, she began mentioning this gender schism whenever she had an industry meeting.
“Everyone said, ‘No, no, no — it used to be like that, but it’s been fixed,’” she said. “I started to wonder, What if I got the data to prove that I’m right about this?”
Amid Hollywood’s trumpeted causes, Davis made it her mission to quietly harvest data. Exactly how bad is that schism? In what other ways does it play out? Beyond gender, who else is being marginalized? In lieu of speechifying and ribbons, and with sponsors ranging from Google to Hulu, Davis’ team of researchers began producing receipts.
Davis wasn’t the first to highlight disparities in popular entertainment. But by leveraging her reputation and resources — and by blasting technology at the problem — she made a hazy truth concrete and offered offenders a discreet path toward redemption. (While the institute first focused on gender data, its analyses now extend to race/ethnicity, LGBTQIA+, disability, age 50-plus and body type. Random awful finding: Overweight characters are more than twice as likely to be violent.)
Even when braced for it, the institute’s findings are staggering: In the 101 top-grossing G-rated films from 1990 to 2005, just 28% of speaking characters were female. Even in crowd scenes — even in animated crowd scenes — male characters vastly outnumber female ones. In the 56 top grossing films of 2018, women portrayed in positions of lea dership were four times more likely than men to be shown naked. (The bodies of 15% of them were filmed in slow motion.) Where a century ago women had been fully central to the budding film industry, they were now a quantifiable, if sexy, afterthought.
“When she started to collect the data, it was kind of incredible,” said Hillary Hallett, a professor of American studies at Colum bia University and the author of “Go West, Young Women! The Rise of Early Ho llywood.” “This wasn’t a vague feeling anymore. You couldn’t claim this was just some feminist rant. It was like, ‘Look at these numbers.’”
Davis is by turns reserved and goofy offscreen — a thoughtful res ponder, an unbridled guffawer. (At one point she enuncia ted the word “acting” so theatrically that she feared it would be hard to spell in this article.) On a recent af ternoon in Los Angeles, she took a break from illustrating the children’s book she had written, “The Girl Who Was Too Big for the Page.”
“I grew up very self-cons cious about being the tallest kid — not just the tallest girl — in my class,” she said. “I had this childhood-long wish to take up less space in the world.”
In time she began to look beyond her height — 6 feet — to the insidious messages rein forcing such insecurity.
“Hollywood creates our cultural narrative — its bia ses trickle down to the rest of the world,” she said in “This Changes Everything,” the 2018 documentary she produced about gender in equity in the film industry. The documentary takes its name from the in cessant refrain she kept hearing after the success of “Thelma & Louise,” and later “A League of
Their Own.” Finally the power and profitability of femalecentric movies had been proved — this changes everything!
It was here that Davis planted her stake in the ground — a contention around why certain injustices persist, and how best to combat them. Where movements like #MeToo and Times Up target deliberate acts of monstrosity, hers would be the squishier universe of unconscious bias. Did you unthinkingly cast that doctor as a male? Hire that straight white director because he shares your background? Thought you were diversifying your film, only to reinforce old
If a car full of polite Davises can awaken to oncoming danger, perhaps filmmakers can come to
“Everyone isn’t out there necessarily trying to screw women or screw Black people,” said Franklin Leonard, a film and television producer and founder of the Black List, a popular platform for screenplays that have not been produced. “But the choices they make definitely have that consequence, regardless of what they believe about
He added: “It’s not something people are necessarily aware of. And there’s no paper trail — it can only be revealed in aggregate. Which gets to the value of Geena’s work.”
Women represented just 18% of directors working on the top 250 films of 2022, up only 1% from 2021, according to the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film; the percentage of major Asian and Asian American female characters fell from 10% in 2021 to under 7% in 2022. A 2021 McKinsey report showed that 92% of film executives were white — less diverse than Donald Trump’s Cabinet at the time, as Leonard of the
“I think the industry is more resistant to change than anybody realizes,” he added. “So I’m incredibly appreciative of anyone — and especially someone with Geena’s background — doing the non-glamorous stuff of trying to change it, being in the trenches with Excel spreadsheets.”
Next year will mark two decades since the Academy-Award winning actor created the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.
In a first for the franchise, Blizzard said, each player’s unique character will be rendered in real time to appear inside the cinematic sequences intended to make Diablo IV’s story more immersive. And although defeated foes will continue to litter rare items at random, there will now be dungeons and quests where specific pieces of gear, such as a special pair of boots or a dagger, can be found.
“Valuing people’s time and their experience — they don’t want to feel like they’re in a fight with the game,” Fergusson said. “Players have come to expect to have some control over the situation.”
There is no guarantee that longtime Diablo fans will appreciate the changes. Diablo III featured a virtual auction house where players could buy and sell gear with real money, but Blizzard shut down the store after concluding that it “ultimately undermines Diablo’s core gameplay: Kill monsters to get cool loot.”
Major game studios pour resources into their biggest games, and Fergusson said the Diablo IV team, composed of hundreds of employees, was roughly double that behind the game’s predecessor. One group is focusing on the main story while two others are working on parallel tracks for season updates; another works on player customizations, such as the character outfits that are a key part of the game’s long-term plan to make money.
By BRIAN X. CHENWith hits such as World of Warcraft and Diablo, Blizzard Entertainment is considered a progenitor of the “forever game,” addictive experiences that players cannot put down because they seemingly never run out of quests to complete or gear to collect.
Part of Diablo’s deviousness was that it took forever to get what you wanted. As players fought through dungeons, slain monsters dropped loot, such as weapons and jewelry, that would empower their characters. Sometimes they were randomly rewarded with rare and exceedingly potent loot, much like pulling a slot machine and hitting the jackpot.
The endless dopamine-inducing hunt was a winning formula that persuaded Diablo players over the past 26 years to invest hundreds, sometimes thousands, of hours into building the perfect character. But as the studio, now part of Activision Blizzard, released Diablo IV for computers and Xbox and PlayStation consoles Tuesday, it is modifying its casinolike tactics to build a forever game for modern times.
The industry has transformed since Diablo III was released more than a decade ago. Diablo IV will now face an array of online competitors, not just other formidable forever games such as Destiny and Fortnite, but also streaming services such as Netflix and Disney+ that are battling to monopolize people’s time.
“Games have become more of a hobby or a lifestyle,” said Rod Fergusson, the Blizzard executive producer overseeing Diablo IV. “That does mean that you have to think about it as this live service.”
The old-school video game model, which Blizzard still uses for World of Warcraft, asked those who wanted additional gameplay to pay for expansion packs known as DLC, for downloadable content. But players now expect regular updates for free, with publishers instead making money from the sale of cosmetic upgrades to an engaged fan base.
Taking cues from modern forever games, Blizzard plans to release quarterly updates to Diablo IV that introduce new quests, storylines, items and gameplay mechanics. People who engage each season can unlock in-game rewards through battle passes, an industrywide tactic for player retention.
Facing the increased demands for additional content, Blizzard is emphasizing the storytelling that in past Diablo games was treated like an afterthought. Diablo IV returns to a dark, heavy-metal aesthetic and centers on the antagonist Lilith, daughter of the Lord of Hatred, who has been resurrected by cultists; player-controlled sorcerers, barbarians, rogues, necromancers and druids will pursue her as she wreaks havoc.
Gamers who have immersed themselves in franchises such as League of Legends or Apex Legends will be familiar with the approach Blizzard is taking with Diablo IV.
The studio said each quarterly update would showcase fresh storylines, including quests featuring old and new characters, and concepts that shift the dynamics of how the game was played. Players who complete certain tasks will be able to unlock perks, including currency that can be used to buy cosmetic upgrades; although anyone can play on a free tier of the battle pass, those who spend $10 a month get access to a more exclusive set of premium outfits.
Although previous Diablo games were fairly linear, Diablo IV embraces the popular open-world format where players can freely explore their environment and complete optional tasks at their leisure before resuming the main story.
The loose open-world structure also enables incentives for gamers to keep coming back for more. Each day, timed events will trigger at a random hour and location in Diablo IV, at which point up to 12 players can congregate to fight a boss together and earn special loot.
By making a modern forever game, Blizzard’s staff has committed to producing Diablo IV for eternity (or at least for as long as enough people are playing it). Fergusson said the effort was worthwhile because although gamers now have unfettered access to digital content, they tend to talk about the one game they played all year, not the new game they played each month.
“You definitely have to have a team,” he said, “that can respond to that consumptive nature of players to say, ‘Hey, you want a new experience in this existing game? How do I keep giving that to you?’”
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Everywhere you look, pink.
Although pink has discreetly and sporadically been around through the decades, it was Valentino who brought it everywhere, front and center with his fall 2022-2023 PP Collection.
Hey, not just pops of pink, but intense monochromatic unapologetic looks, from top to bottom. Since then, pink stopped being an exclusive possession of girly ladies. In today’s society both men and women have made fuchsia the neutral shade of choice. It is the new black. And we simply love it!
Enter Barbiecore. With neon hues of pink already trendy and trending, Barbiecore is but icing on the cake. From a bold move for daring celebrities and fierce fashionistas, the color has conquered shy royals, busy dignitaries and even classic actors you would have never imagined dressed in pink. Pierce Brosnan? No way.
Oh yes. Late in 2022, Brosnan shocked fans when he wore a loud fuchsia suit by Viggo London for the “Black Adam” movie photocall at the Corinthia Hotel. You see, we were used to this very hot James Bond spy in traditional tux edos and corporate suits. Yet he got the pink fever, made a statement, and won. Other guys exuding confidence in pink include Dwayne Johnson, Drake, Jared Leto, Jake Gyllenhaal, Idris Elba and Jason Momoa. Latin artists Sebastián Yatra, Luis Fonsi and Elvis Crespo are also in the game. Because Harry Styles, well, is Harry Styles. And he has been wearing pink en
Fuchsia is young, fun, glam and unforgettable. Pantone has announced it as Viva Magenta, the color of 2023. And trendsetters can’t get enough of it. Among them, first lady Dr. Jill Biden. Flotus has rocked the pink at least two times recently. In London, she was fabulous in Reem Acra.
Eye-catching fuchsia has been all over red carpets, Cannes, designer runways and royal events. Infanta Sofía of Spain, daughter of the very stylish Queen Letizia and King Felipe, and sister of HRH Princess Leonor, attended her confirmation this month wearing a sexy jumpsuit with crossed neckline by the Spanish label Cayro Woman. It was definitely a grownup move for the 16-year-old princess used to wearing more childish and conservative dresses. Based in Sevilla, Cayro Woman has been worn many times by Queen Letizia and her two daughters.
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In today’s society both men and women have made fuchsia the neutral shade of choice.
Q: I was just diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome. Am I destined to deal with its symptoms forever, or is there a cure?
A: The hallmark symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome are difficult to ignore — abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, bloating, gas.
It’s no wonder, then, that the millions of people who have the condition in the United States may wish for a treatment that helps them to completely recover.
But just as there is no cure for other chronic conditions like diabetes or high blood pressure, said Dr. Brian Lacy, a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, there is no cure for IBS.
For Beth Rosen, a registered dietitian in New York who was diagnosed with IBS in 2010, that reality was hard to accept.
“It took a while to come to terms with the fact that this was never going away,” Rosen said. “How was I going to manage it and live this way?”
She saw three gastroenterologists before she found one who took her symptoms seriously and could help her “work through the trials and errors of finding ways to feel better,” she said.
One reason IBS can be so challenging to treat is that we don’t know exactly what causes it, said Dr. Baha Moshiree, a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine at Atrium Health Wake Forest in Charlotte, North Carolina.
IBS is a result of impaired communication between the gut and the brain, with the nerves in the gut being excep -
tionally sensitive and signaling pain from what might be normal digestive processes.
Microbiome changes, GI infections, stress and issues with the way food moves through the gut can also contribute, Moshiree said.
What can help?
Finding effective treatments requires understanding the unique factors that contribute to each patient’s symptoms, Moshiree said, and often trying a combination of dietary, behavioral or pharmaceutical therapies.
Rosen often advises her clients to temporarily cut out foods that are high in certain sugars called FODMAPs, which are fermented by bacteria in the colon, resulting in gas and bloating that can worsen IBS symptoms.
Many vegetables, fruits, dairy products, legumes, nuts, seeds and grains are considered high-FODMAP foods, making the diet very restrictive — and best attempted with the guidance of a registered dietitian and inappropriate for people with eating disorders, she said.
Rosen coaches her clients through three phases of the diet. First, eliminating high-FODMAP foods for two to six weeks (and no longer, because of the risks of nutrient deficiencies, microbiome changes and disordered eating). Then, if their symptoms have improved, she has them reintroduce high-FODMAP foods, one by one, to determine which ones trigger symptoms. Finally, she creates a personalized diet that includes all of the foods her clients can eat comfortably.
Over-the-counter enzyme supplements may help people more easily digest some high-FODMAP foods like dairy
products, beans, lentils, garlic and onions, Rosen said.
Other nonprescription products that can improve IBS symptoms include enteric-coated peppermint oil capsules, which can relax the smooth muscles of the gut, Moshiree said. Rosen added that psyllium fiber supplements can also be helpful.
Changes in the gut microbiome do seem to play a role in IBS, although there’s not enough evidence to recommend probiotic supplements or other therapies like fecal transplants for those with the condition, Moshiree said.
If stress is a trigger for IBS symptoms, Moshiree often recommends that patients see a therapist or psychologist who specializes in gastrointestinal issues.
Cognitive behavioral therapy and hypnotherapy have also been shown to reduce IBS symptoms, Lacy said. He would like to see these used more often, although certain barriers, including therapist shortages and lack of insurance coverage, have limited their use.
Some studies support the use of smartphone apps to deliver these psychotherapies. Lacy recommended Mahana IBS, a cognitive behavioral therapy app available by prescription, and some of Rosen’s clients have found the hypnotherapy app Nerva helpful.
Prescription medications — including lubiprostone, linaclotide, plecanatide and rifaximin — as well as tricyclic antidepressants can also be effective. But they usually work best when combined with other approaches.
The right mixture of therapies may be different for every patient, however. “That’s where the art of medicine comes
Sweet peppermint pure essential oil in New York, April 20, 2023. The hallmark symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome are difficult to ignore — it’s no wonder, then, that the millions of people who have the condition in the United States may wish for a treatment that helps them to completely recover.
in,” Moshiree said.
There are plenty of options to help people manage IBS symptoms, Lacy said.
If you’re such a patient, he said, it’s important to be prepared to describe your history, symptoms, previous testing and therapies you have tried at health care appointments.
If your provider “doesn’t seem that interested or is stumped,” he said, find another one. “Don’t give up. Let’s keep plugging away, and let’s find the right thing for you.”
ray machine proved daunting.
“We do not have any machine that can make radiographs of large specimens, but luckily our colleagues at the Cultural History Museum did, as archaeologists use this technique much more often,” Engelschion said.
In the initial scans, Oda’s fossilized bones leaped off the X-rays. This contrast was a result in part of the fact that the material inside the animal’s bones had been entirely replaced by barite, a sulfate mineral that is used today as a radiographic contrast agent for medical exams.
“The ichthyosaur’s bones were no longer bones, which caused them to light up,” Engelschion said.
Because the barite gave the ichthyosaur’s bones a bright glow, the team was able to observe anatomical features that had been overlooked or obscured. They discovered that the animal’s alligator-like skull was considerably longer than previously thought. They also pinpointed previously invisible limb bones and vertebrae.
“This study illustrates the importance of using some of the more ‘tried and tested’ techniques that may still reveal new data,” said Dean Lomax, a paleontologist at the University of Manchester in England who specializes in ichthyosaurs and was not involved in the new study.
The crucial clue was in the creature’s teeth. The X-rays revealed that Oda’s larger teeth had grooves in them that were reminiscent of teeth found in the jaws of Phalarodon atavus, a small and sleek ichthyosaur that has been found in mainland Europe and China. According to Engelschion, finding this ichthyosaur in Svalbard sheds light on how widespread and successful the species was during its heyday.
By JACK TAMISIEAWhile exploring an Arctic mountaintop in 2008, paleontologists unearthed a small skeleton that resembled a coiled sea serpent imprinted into a slab of 240 million-year-old rock. The remarkably complete skeleton, nicknamed Oda, was deposited in the collection of the University of Oslo’s Natural History Museum.
It was clear that Oda was an ichthyosaur, but no one could say if it was a known species of the marine reptiles, which were like a mashup of a crocodile and a dolphin. While most of its skeleton remained, eons under a muddy seafloor had squeezed Oda into a two-dimensional jumble of bones.
To identify the reptile, paleontologists stuck the perplexing patient under an X-ray machine to piece together the petrified puzzle. In a paper published last Wednesday in the journal PLoS One, the researchers described the anatomical details they had gleaned from the ghostly glow of Oda’s Xrayed bones.
“The contrast of these bones are bright as day,” said Neil Kelley, a paleontologist at Vanderbilt University who studies marine reptiles and was not involved in the new study. “I’m very jealous — that’s exactly the result that you want when you put something in an X-ray.”
The findings, he added, show the potential of the technique to add new dimensions to mysteries in the fossil record that have been flattened by the passage of time.
The enigmatic skeleton was discovered on a wind-swept plateau on Edgeoya island in Svalbard, an Arctic archipelago north of Norway that’s home to reindeer and polar bears. But during the middle Triassic Period, the area was a deep sea shelf off the northern coast of the supercontinent Pangea and a haven for marine reptiles.
Victoria Sjoholt Engelschion, a doctoral researcher at the Natural History Museum in Oslo, came across bits of bluish ichthyosaur bones when she was making computed tomography scans of clumps of fossilized clams from the area. A colleague recommended scanning Oda for identifying clues.
For more than a century, paleontologists had to break open fossils to analyze internal anatomy, often destroying their prized specimens. In recent decades, scientists have turned toward nondestructive techniques like CT scanning to create three-dimensional renderings of fossils. Because Oda’s bones were stamped into the rock, Engelschion and her colleagues opted to go for a more traditional approach by shooting X-rays through the fossil to render two-dimensional images.
Fitting Oda, which is preserved with its spine curled, its tail bent and its flipper and rib bones strewn about, into an X-
Kelley added that finding Oda’s rightful place in the fossil record helped add context to the rise of ichthyosaurs, which would dominate marine ecosystems for 150 million years. He said he thought that reexamining other marine reptile fossils under X-rays might reveal hidden clues to how these reptiles evolved.
An undated photo provided by Engelschiøn et al. PLOS ONE shows three views of Oda, a 240 millionyear-old ichthyosaur found in Svalbard, Norway, including, from left, a photograph, radiograph and computed tomography scan. Scientists were able to unlock the identity of an ichthyosaur that had been reduced to a two-dimension jumble of bones.
An undated photo provided by Sofie Bernhardsen shows the Muen plateau, on the island of Edgeøya, where the Oda fossil was found. Scientists were able to unlock the identity of an ichthyosaur that had been reduced to a two-dimension jumble of bones.
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Demandados
Civil Núm.: NSCI201500792.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. 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 Fajardo, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque gerente, giro postal, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América al nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Fajardo, el 6 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar número 2 del bloque J de la Urbanización Alomar ubicada en el barrio Sabana del término municipal de Luquillo con un área superficial de 386.84 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NOROESTE, en 13.40 metros con la calle L; por el SURESTE, en 13.91 metros con Río Sabana; por el NORESTE en 27.00 metros con el solar número 1; y por el SUROESTE, en 30.74 metros con el solar número 3 de la Urbanización. Enclava
una casa de concreto dedicada a vivienda. Consta inscrita al folio 150 del tomo 158 de Luquillo, finca número 8842, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Fajardo. Propiedad localizada en: J-2 L St Alamar Dev, Luquillo, PR 00773. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución no está gravada por cargas anteriores o posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo mínimo de subasta la suma de $79,373.00, 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 Fajardo, el 13 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $52,915.33, 2/3 partes del tipo mínimo establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $39,686.50, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Fajardo, el 20 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $68,750.87 de principal, intereses al tipo del 6.50% anual según ajustado desde el día 1ro de noviembre de 2011 hasta el pago de la deuda en su totalidad, más la suma de $7,937.30 por concepto de honorarios de abogado y costas autorizadas por el Tribunal, más las cantidades que se adeudan mensualmente por concepto de seguro hipotecario, cargos por demora, y otros adeudados que se hagan en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de
toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico
The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 12 de abril de 2023. SANDRALIZ MARTÍNEZ TORRES, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #737, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO, SALA SUPERIOR. JORGE A. ORTIZ ESTRADA, ALGUACIL REGIONAL INTERINO #622.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC.
Demandante Vs. SUCESION ROSA
MARIA SANTIAGO
BONILLA T/C/C ROSA
SANTIAGO BONILLA COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO
POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Demandados
Civil Núm.: CA2022CV03256.
Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO-
TECA. 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
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 22
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 31 DE JULIO DE 2023, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Sabana Gardens, situado en el Barrio Sabana Abajo del término municipal de Carolina, Puerto Rico, marcado con el número trece (#13) de la manzana dos (2), un área superficial de cuatrocientos cuarenta y ocho metros cuadrados con cuarenta y cinco centímetros (448.45); en lindes por el Norte, con la Calle treinta (30), en un arco de cinco metros cincuenta centímetros (5.50), y un distancia de catorce metros ochenta y cinco centímetros (14.85); por el Sur, con paseo público, en distancia de dieciocho metros con treinta y cinco centímetros (18.35); por el Este, con el solar número catorce (#14), en distancia de veinticuatro metros con sesenta y cinco centímetros (24.65); y por el Oeste, con la calle número seis (#6), en distancia de veinte metros con quince centímetros (20.15). Enclava edificación. Inscrita al folio 239 del tomo 260 de Carolina Norte, finca 10,010, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección I. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al folio 189 del tomo 1004 de Carolina Norte, finca 10010, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección I, inscripción 10ª. Propiedad localizada en:
URB. SABANA GARDENS, 2-13 CALLE 30, CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO 00983. 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 gra-
vada 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: $214,500.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 4 de octubre de 2087. 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 $214,500.00, 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 Carolina, el 7 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $143,000.00, 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 $107,250.00, 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 14 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $107,476.83 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $27,345.17 en intereses acumulados al 25 de noviembre de 2022 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 3.493% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $5,942.11 en seguro hipotecario; $5,495.00 en tarifas de servicio; $3,826.81 en seguro; $475.00 de tasaciones; $460.00 de inspecciones; $3,058.00 en adelantos de honorarios de abogado; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $21,450.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado, esta última habrá de devengar intereses al máximo del tipo legal fijado por la oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones
Financieras aplicable a esta fecha, desde este mismo día hasta su total y completo saldo. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 11 de mayo de 2023. JOSÉ CRISTOBAL ORTIZ, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. HÉCTOR L. PEÑA RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #278.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE HATILLO DLJ MORTGAGE CAPITAL, INC.
Parte Demandante Vs. IVÁN ALEXIS ACEVEDO RIVERA, SU ESPOSA SAMIR DURAN TEJERA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR
AMBOS
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: AR2021CV00962. Salón Núm.: (101). 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: IVÁN ALEXIS
ACEVEDO RIVERA, SU ESPOSA SAMIR DURAN TEJERA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR
AMBOS: POPULAR MORTGAGE, INC.: Y AL
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 Camuy, 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: RUSTICA: Predio de terreno marcado catorce (14) en el plano de inscripción, radicado en el Barrio Corcovado del término municipal de Hatillo, Puerto Rico, compuesto de setecientos sesenta punto cero cero uno metros cuadrados (770.001 m/c). En lindes por el NORTE, con solar número quince (15) a ser segregado posteriormente; al SUR con solar número trece (13); al ESTE, con solar número ocho 8 a ser segregado posteriormente y a OESTE, con Calle a dedicarse a uso público B. Consta inscrito al tomo Karibe de Hatillo, finca número #26,518, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Arecibo. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: 490 RD KM 1.8 INT., LOTE 14, BO. CORCOVADO, HATILLO, P.R. 00659. Según figura en el Estudio de título, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada al siguiente Gravamen posterior a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: a. Aviso de Demanda de fecha 11 de enero de 2013, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Hatillo, en el Caso Civil número CFCD2013-0001, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, seguido por Popular Mortgage, Inc., contra Iván Alexis Acevedo Rivera y Samir Dúran Tejera, por la suma de $181,829.25, más intereses y otras sumas, anotado el día 17 de agosto de 2021, al tomo Karibe de Hatillo, finca número 26,518, Anotación A. Se le notifica a los acreedores posteriores anteriormente identificados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus in-
tereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. 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 $182,465.98, según consta de la escritura de modificación número 696, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 30 de diciembre de 2011, ante el notario Ricardo Rangel Rivera, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Hatillo, finca número 26,518, inscripción 4ta. La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 5 DE JULIO DE 2023 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Camuy, el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta es la suma de $182,465.98. Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día
12 DE JULIO DE 2023 A LAS 10:30 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 $121,643.98. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día
19 DE JULIO DE 2023 A LAS
10:30 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 $91,232.99. 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 $179,496.62, con intereses a 4.125% anual, desde el 1ro de agosto de 2013, 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 5% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, más una suma equivalente a $16,440.00, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros ade-
lantos 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. Expedido en Camuy, Puerto Rico, a 22 de mayo de 2023.
LUIS E. ROMÁN CARRERO, ALGUACIL PLACA #657.
LEGAL NOTICE
AVISO DE NOTIFICACIÓN DE DEMANDA POR MEDIO DE PUBLICACIÓN ESTADO DE CAROLINA DEL NORTE WAKE COUNTY ESTADOS
UNIDOS
En el Tribunal del Distrito de Wake County Divorcio (Christopher Suriel Rubio vs. Amarilyn Flores Galarza) en 23CV005279-910 a Amarilyn Flores Galarza, Demandada.
Tenga en cuenta que se ha presentado un alegato en busca de reparación en su contra en la acción mencionada anteriormente. El tipo de reparación que se busca es la siguiente: El demandante solicita al tribunal un divorcio absoluto basado en mas de un año de separación. El Demandante no está solicitando al tribunal una pensión alimenticia o una distribución equitativa de bienes y, a sabiendas, renuncia a este derecho. Usted está obligado a defenderse de tal alegato a más tardar (40 días después de la fecha de presentación en
el periódico) y si no lo hace, la parte que solicita la notificación en su contra solicitará al tribunal la reparación solicitada.
Este, el día 26 de Mayo, 2023.
Alejandro BuenRostro de BuenRostro Law FirmDirección de Correo:
4441 Six Forks Road, Suite 106 – Box 228, Raleigh NC 27609
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LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Parte Demandante Vs. MARCOS ANTONIO HERNÁNDEZ
SANTIAGO, MARILYN ORTIZ ROSARIO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR
AMBOS
Parte Demandada
Civil Núm.: BY2023CV02697.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A LA PARTE
DEMANDADA: MARCOS ANTONIO HERNÁNDEZ
SANTIAGO, MARILYN ORTIZ ROSARIO A SUS ÚLTIMAS DIRECCIONES CONOCIDAS URB.
BO HATO TEJAS, 20 CALLE PABLO SALAS (SOLAR #2), BAYAMÓN PR 00959-4229 Y 9339
NORWOOD TRAILS DR., HUMBLE, TX 77396-3077, CORREO ELECTRÓNICO: MARCOYMARILYN1@ HOTMAIL.COM.
Queda usted notificado que en este Tribunal se ha radicado demanda sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega usted le adeuda a la demandante las siguientes cantidades: $75,856.57 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 5.25% anual desde el 1 de noviembre de 2017 hasta su completo pago, más $3,150.74 de recargos acumulados los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $15,360.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo, incluyendo pero sin limitarse a gastos de mantenimiento, inspecciones y otros adelantos
“corporate advances”, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo. La propiedad que garantiza hipotecariamente el préstamo es la siguiente: URBANA: Solar número 2. Compuesto de 942.1226 metros cuadrados radicado en el Barrio Hato Tejas de Bayamón. Colindando por el NORTE, con el solar #3, en distancia de 34.88 metros cuadrados; por el SUR, en igual distancia con el solar #1; por el ESTE, en 27.00 metros, con el Dr. J.M. Becerra; y por el OESTE, en 27.00 metros con área de uso público denominado según plano como lote #7.
Edificación: Enclava casa de cemento de 20 pies de ancho por 34 pies de largo con cabida de 3 cuartos dormitorios, un baño, sala-comedor, cocina y medio balcón con un valor de $14,000.00, según consta de la Escritura núm. 122, otorgada en Bayamón, el 22 de diciembre de 1984, ante el notario Domingo Carrasquillo Díaz, inscrita al folio 246 vuelto del tomo 1328 de Bayamón, Finca 59776, inscripción segunda. Inscrita al folio 246 del tomo 1328 de Bayamón, Finca 59776, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. La hipoteca consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Bayamón, Finca 59776, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. Inscripción 6ta. La demandante es la tenedora por endoso, por valor recibido y de buena fe del referido pagaré objeto de la presente acción. La parte demandada deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal. Se le advierte que si no contesta la Demanda, radicando el original de la contestación en este Tribunal y enviando copia de la contestación a la abogada de la Parte Demandante, Lcda. Belma Alonso García, cuya dirección es: Terrazas de Guaynabo, H-26 Calle Las Flores, Guaynabo Puerto Rico 00969, Teléfono y Fax: (787) 789-1826, correo electrónico: oficinabelmaalonso@gmail.com, dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, excluyéndose el día de la publicación, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia en su contra, concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal, hoy, 31 de mayo de 2023, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico. LCDA. LAURA I.
SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRE-
TARIA REGIONAL. LUISA I. ANDINO AYALA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL
GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ARECIBO SALA SUPERIOR DE CAMUY.
Demandante Vs. GILBERTO
GALAN GERENA EDISSON
SANTIAGO RUIZ
Demandados
CIVIL NÚM. CM2021CV00540. SALÓN NÚM. 102. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E. U.U. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS: Yo, Luis E. Román Carrero, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Camuy, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia de que se me libró con fecha del 7 de febrero de 2023, por la Secretaria del Tribunal Superior de Camuy en relación con la Sentencia Sumaria en Rebeldía dictada en 27 de septiembre de 2022, notificada y archivada en autos el 3 de octubre de 2022, expidiéndose Notificación de Sentencia por Edicto Enmendada el 9 de noviembre de 2022 y publicada la Notificación de Sentencia por Edicto el 16 de noviembre de 2022, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad inmueble que se describe a continuación: RUSTICA: Comunidad localizada en el Barrio Piedra Gorda del Municipio de Camuy, Puerto Rico. Tiene una cabida de cuatrocientos ochenta y uno punto seis mil setecientos cincuenta (481.6750) metros cuadrados. Linda al NORTE, con remanente de la finca número ciento treinta y dos (132), por el SUR, con uso público, por el ESTE, con parcela número ciento treinta y tres (133) y ciento treinta y dos A (132-A) y por el OESTE, con remanente de la finca ciento treinta y dos (132). Consta inscrita al folio 45 del tomo 323 de Camuy, finca número 17,406, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Arecibo. Dirección de la propiedad: Carretera 119 Int., Barrio Piedra Gorda, Camuy, Puerto Rico 00627. Se apercibe a los licitadores para que procedan con la inspección física del inmueble objeto de ejecución previo a la celebración de las subastas. El precio mínimo de
licitación con relación a la propiedad anteriormente descrita y la fecha y hora de cada subasta es como sigue: PRIMERA SUBASTA: Se celebrará el 5 de julio de 2023, a las 10:00a.m. Precio Mínimo: $45,000.00.
SEGUNDA SUBASTA: Se celebrará 12 de julio de 2023, a las 10:00a.m. Precio Mínimo: $30,000.00. TERCERA SUBASTA: Se celebrará el 19 de julio de 2023, a las 10:00a.m. Precio Mínimo: $22,500.00. Las subastas se llevarán a cabo para satisfacer al Banco demandante de las siguientes sumas de dinero adeudadas por la parte demandante conforme a la Sentencia dictada, a saber, la suma de $32,323.54, adeudada por concepto de principal e intereses vencidos al 1 de octubre de 2020, y los que se continúen acumulando al tipo pactado hasta el pago total y completo de la obligación, los cargos por demora vencidos que a igual fecha ascienden a $124.33, y los que se continúen acumulando al tipo pactado hasta el pago total y completo de la obligación, las sumas adeudadas por concepto de seguros y/o contribuciones, la suma de $284.10, por concepto de adelantos (Corp Advances), la suma de $1,553.65, por concepto de otros gastos, más la suma de $4,500.00, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, según pactados. Las subastas de dicha propiedad se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal de Camuy, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. En cualquier momento luego de haberse comenzado el acto de la subasta, el Alguacil podrá requerir de los licitadores que le evidencien la capacidad de pago de sus posturas. Del producto obtenido en dicha venta, el Alguacil pagará en primer término los gastos del Alguacil, en segundo término las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados hasta la suma convenida, en tercer término los intereses acumulados hasta la fecha de la subasta según pactados hasta su total y completo pago, en cuarto término, las sumas establecidas para el pago de recargos por demora hasta la fecha de la subasta y en quinto término la suma principal adeudada. Disponiéndose, que si quedare algún remanente luego de pagarse las sumas mencionadas, el mismo deberá ser depositado en la Secretaría del Tribunal para ser entregado a la parte demandada, previa solicitud y
orden del Tribunal. El inmueble anteriormente descrito se encuentra afecto a los siguientes gravámenes posteriores:
a) Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de La Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $15,000.00, sin intereses, vencedero el día 24 de enero de 2013, constituida mediante la escritura número 13, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 24 de enero de 2005, ante la notario Carmen I. Colón Maldonado, e inscrita al folio 46 del tomo 323 de Camuy, finca número 17,406, inscripción 7ma. Sujeta a Condiciones bajo el Programa la Llave para Tu Hogar por el término de 8 años.
b) ANOTACIÓN PREVENTIVA DE DEMANDA radicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Arecibo, Civil Número CD20071199, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria, seguida por RG Mortgage Corporation (Demandante) vs Gilberto Galán Gerena (Demandado). Por la misma se reclama el pago de la suma de $43,726.32, anotado al folio 2555 del tomo 412 de Camuy, inscripción octava, como Asiento Abreviado extendidas las líneas el día 7 de diciembre de 2012, según la Ley Número 216 del día 27 de diciembre de 2010. Fue presentado el día 12 de febrero de 2002, al Asiento 682 del Diario 308), finca número 17,406. c) ANOTACIÓN PREVENTIVA DE DEMANDA radicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Camuy, Civil Número CM2021CV00540 sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria de fecha 16 de diciembre de 2021, seguida por Firstbank Puerto Rico (Demandante) vs. Gilberto Galán Gerena y Edisson Santiago Ruiz,(Demandados). Por la misma se reclama el pago de la suma de $32,323.54, más intereses y otras sumas, anotado al Tomo Karibe de Camuy, finca número 17,406, Anotación A, el cual se refiere al caso del epígrafe en la presente causa de acción. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, toda vez que el precio de remate no se destina a su extinción. Se le notifica a LA AUTORIDAD PARA EL FINANCIAMIENTO DE LA VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO en relación con los gravámenes posteriores inscritos a su favor para que comparezca a reclamar cualquier derecho
que en ley se le reconozca y se le advierte, además, que habrá de solicitarse la cancelación de sus derechos en el Registro de la Propiedad, una vez celebrada la venta en pública subasta. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Camuy, durante horas laborables. Y PARA LA CONCURRENCIA, de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la subasta por espacio de dos semanas y en un periódico de circulación general del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana. En Camuy, Puerto Rico, a 5 de mayo de 2023. Wilfredo Olmo Salazar, Alguacil Regional. Por: Luis E. Román Carrero,ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO ASOCIACIÓN DE PROPIETARIOS DE PLAYA HÚCARES, INC.
Demandante Vs BENJAMÍN TORRES MARTÍNEZ, JR Y
NANCY RIVERA ORTIZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR
AMBOS
Demandado(a)
Núm. Civil: NG2023CV00013.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO.
NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: BENJAMN TORRES MARTÍNEZ, JR.; NANCY RIVERA ORTIZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS. P/C LCDO. JOSÉ R. GONZÁLEZ RIVERA. EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 30 de mayo de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de
los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 31 de mayo de 2023. En HUMACAO, Puerto Rico, el 31 de mayo de 2023. IVELISSE C. FONSECA RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. IVELISSE M. MONCLOVA CRUZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN ÁNGEL OSVALDO
ROMÁ LÓPEZ TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO COMO ÁNGEL ROMÁN LÓPEZ Y ÁNGEL O ROMÁN LÓPEZ Y RUTH EVANGELINE
ROMAN LOPEZ, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO RUTH
ROMÁN LÓPEZ Y RUTH E. ROMÁN LÓPEZ Demandante (a) V. BANCO Y AGENCIA PARA EL FINANCIAMIENTO DE LA VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO AHORA AUTORIDAD PARA EL FINANCIAMIENTO DE LA VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO; BANCO POPULAR PUERTO RICO; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES CON INTERÉS Demandado (a) Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV02710. Sala: 803. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE (PERSONAS DESCONOCIDAS CON POSIBLE INTERÉS).
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 25 de mayo de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los
términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 30 de mayo de 2023. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 30 de mayo de 2023 . GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. KAROLYN RIVERA NAVARRO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE
LEGACY MORTGAGE
ASSET TRUST 2019-PR1
Demandante V.
TOMMY VARGAS
RAMOS AKA TOMMY
VARGAS POR SI Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE ANA CELIA RAMOS ROMÁN
AKA ANACELIA RAMOS
ROMÁN COMPUESTA
CON JULISSA M.
VARGAS RAMOS Y JUAN
LUIS VARGAS RAMOS
COMO HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS, FULANO DE TAL, FULANA DIE TAL, ZUTANO DE TAL, ZUTANA DE TAL, HEREDEROS
DESCONOCIDOS A, B Y C DE LA SUCESIÓN; HONORABLE SECRETARIO DE JUSTICIA DEL ESTADO
LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO; HONORABLE SECRETARIO DE HACIENDA DEL ESTADO
LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO
Demandados
Civil Núm.: PO2022CV00597.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA.
AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, MIGUEL
A. TORRES AYALA, Alguacil de la División de Subastas del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, a la demanda-
da y al público en general, les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso, por el Secretario del Tribunal, con fecha 28 de abril de 2023 y para satisfacer la Sentencia por la cantidad de $6,000.32 de principal; un balance diferido de $3515.00; para un total principal de$ 9,515.32; dictada en el caso de epígrafe el 17 de febrero de 2023 y notificada por edicto el 22 de febrero de 2023, publicada por edicto el 28 de febrero de 2023 en el periódico
“The San Juan Daily Star” y notificada por correo certificado el 2 de marzo de 2023 a la parte demandada; procederé a vender en pública subasta, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, todo derecho, título e interés que haya tenido, tenga o pueda tener la deudora demandada en cuanto a la propiedad localizada en el: Municipio de Ponce, Puerto Rico, el bien inmueble se describe a continuación: Lot 89, Amatista St, Magueyes, Ponce, PR 00730. RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número 89 en el plano de parcelación de la Comunidad Rural Magueyes, del Barrio Magueyes del término municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 0.1469 cuerdas, equivalente a cinco áreas, setenta y cuatro centiáreas y tres mil seis cientos treinta y ocho diezmilésimas de otra; 574.3630 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en una distancia de 19.40 metros con la Calle Amatista, esquina Calle Perla de la misma comunidad; por el SUR, en una distancia de 19.53 metros, con la parcela número 93 de la misma comunidad; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 30.29 metros, con la parcela número 94 de la misma comunidad; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 29.35 metros, con la Calle Perla, esquina Amatista. Las distancias de las colindancias Norte y Oeste que se indican en este documento son tornadas hasta el vértice de la esquina de las Calle Perla y Amatista. El área del conjunto en esta esquina fue restada y no está Incluida en el área que se indica en el presente documento. La curva de este abanico es de 90 grados y el radio es de 5.59 metros. Dentro de la parcela descrita se encuentra enclavada una casa de dos plantas de hormigón, madera y zinc de 32 pies con 4 pulgadas de largo por 16 con 3 pulgadas de ancho, con balcón, sala, cocina, comedor y tres habitaciones. Finca #10365 inscrita al folio 90 del tomo 419 de Ponce Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección Segunda. Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satis-
facer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, según la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por el Tribunal de Primera instancia, Sala de Ponce, cuyas cantidades ascienden a $6,000.32 de principal; un balance diferido de $3,515.00; para un total principal de $9,515.32, intereses al 9.208%, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; recargos a razón del 5% de cada pago vencido no recibido dentro de los quince (15) días después de la fecha de vencimiento; más el 10%, equivalente a $3,000.00, del principal del pagaré para cubrir costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados pactado. El tipo mínimo para la subasta será la suma de tasación pactada, la cual es $30,000.00 según la escritura de hipoteca para la propiedad antes descrita. De declararse la subasta desierta, se procederá a una segunda subasta y servirá de tipo mínimo dos terceras (2/3) partes del precio mínimo antes mencionado, $20,000.00. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en esta segunda subasta, se procederá a una tercera subasta, en la cual regirá como tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado, $15,000.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse a opción del demandante. Para el lote descrito, la PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 29 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a efecto una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 6 DE JULIO DE 2023, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a cabo una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 13 DE JULIO DE 2023, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. La subasta o subastas antes indicadas se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Ponce. De Estudio de Titulo realizado, no surgen gravámenes preferentes y /o posteriores que deban ser cancelados. Se le advierte o los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, giro postal o cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación
general, una vez por semana durante el término de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un Intervalo de por lo menos siete
(7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres
(3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere al crédito de ejecutante, continuarán subsiguientes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, previa orden judicial dirigida al Registrador de la Propiedad de la sección correspondiente para la cancelación de aquellos posteriores. Y para conocimiento de la demandada, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en Ponce, Puerto Rico, a 31 de mayo de 2023. MIGUEL A. TORRES AYALA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #560.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA ALTA
KELVIN ROSADO PEREZ TCC KELVIN ROSADO Y ANGEL GUILLERMO BALLAN FONDEVILA Demandante V. MULTINATIONAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC
JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE Demandado(a)
Civil: BY2022CV00610. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: MULTINATIONAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC, JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DEL PAGARE DESCRITO MAS ADELANTE.
(Nombre de las partes a las que se
le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 20 de mayo de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 31 de mayo de 2022. En Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, el 31 de mayo de 2022. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. LIRIAM M. HERNÁNDEZ OTERO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA WILMINGTON SAVINGS
FUND SOCIETY, FSB Demandante V. SUCESION DE EDNA MARGARITA RODRIGUEZ
RAMOS T/C/C Y OTROS Demandado(a)
Civil: CA2022CV02376. Sala 409. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: ARIADNA MARGARITA RODRIGUEZ RAMOS; DANIEL GANBAROA RODRIGUEZ COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESION DE EDNA MARGARITA RODRIGUEZ
RAMOS T/C/C EDNA
RODRIGUEZ T/C/C EDNA RODRIGUEZ RAMOS; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION DE EDNA MARGARITA RODRIGUEZ
RAMOS T/C/C EDNA
RODRIGUEZ T/C/C EDNA
RODRIGUEZ RAMOS. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus-
cribe le notifica a usted que el 31 de mayo de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 1 de junio de 2023. En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, el 1 de junio de 2023. LCDA. MARILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN JASHIRA
LÓPEZ MALDONADO
Demandante V JOSEAN
TORRES REYES
Demandado Caso Núm.: SJ2023RF00537. (701). Sobre: CUSTODIA, RELACIONES FILIALES Y PATRIA POTESTAD. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: JOSEAN TORRESI REYES. DIRECCIÓN
DESCONOCIDA DE EEUU. ÚLTIMA DIRECCIÓN
CONOCIDA PR: COND.
TORRES DE CAROLINA
100, CALLE JOAQUÍN #207, CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO 00979. POR LA PRESENTE, se notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal por la parte demandante, una demandante custodia, relaciones filiales y patria potestad en su contra. La abogada de la parte demandante, la Lcda. Jessica Bernard Boígues, de la Oficina para el Desarrollo Integral de las Mujeres, del Municipio de San Juan, con dirección física de Avenida Carlos E. Chardón 160, Torre Municipal de San
Juan, Piso 10, San Juan, P.R. 00918, dirección postal de PO BOX 9023966, San Juan, P.R. 00902-3966, teléfono 787-4806832 y correo electrónico jbernard@sanjuan.pr. Se le advierte que este edicto se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria general luna sola vez y que, si no comparece a la vista señalada, la parte demandante podrá solicitar que se dicte una determinación en rebeldía, concediéndose le el remedio solicitado en la demanda. EXPEDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy 31 de mayo de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARÍA DEL C. OTERO NEGRÓN, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIO A SALA.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE
RICHARD ROSADO RAMÍREZ Y OTROS
Demandante VS. FELIX FIGUEROA COLÓN Y OTROS
Demandado CIVIL NÚM. PO2023CV00635. SOBRE: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO EN SU MODALIDAD DE REANUDACIÓN DE TRACTO SUCESIVO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. POR LA PRESENTE se notifica que la Demandante de epígrafe ha presentado una demanda para que se declare el dominio a su favor, sobre la finca que se describe más adelante, siendo ustedes los demandados, identificados como, Félix Figueroa Colón, Herminia Figueroa Rivera y la Sociedad Legal de Gananciales compuesta por ambos y Wanda Figueroa Stella. La descripción de la finca es la siguiente: RUSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número cuarenta y nueve en el plano de parcelación de la comunidad rural Playita Cortada del barrio Playa del término municipal de Santa Isabel con una cabida superficial de cero cuerdas con mil ochocientos cincuenta y dos diezmilésimas de otra, equivalente a setecientos veinte y siete punto ochenta metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE con la parcela cuarenta y siete de la comunidad. Por el SUR con la calle de la comunidad. Por el ESTE con la parcela cuarenta y ocho de la comunidad. Por el OESTE con la calle de la comunidad. Inscrita como la Finca 9,488 al Sistema Karibe del Registro de la Propiedad. Catastro número:414-050-068-01-000.
Por la presente se les emplaza para que presenten al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de la última publicación este emplazamiento excluyéndose el día de la publicación. Se le advierte, que deben presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo de Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando el siguiente enlace electrónico https://unired.rarajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán radicar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaria del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Ponce y enviando copia de su contestación a la parte demandante. Si usted deja de presentar alegación responsiva dentro del referido termino el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier remedio, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción lo entiende procedente. Se le requiere para que notifique su alegación responsiva ,al abogado de la Parte Demandante LCDO. SALVADOR MARQUEZ COLON, RUA 14, 160; 485 Ave. Tito Castro Suite 102, Ponce, P.R. 007160209, Tel. 787-812-0021, Fax 787-840-3075, con copia de su contestación a la demanda sobre Expediente de Dominio Contradictorio. POR TANTO, libro el presente en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy día 1 de junio de 2023. Carmen G Tiru Quiñones, Secretario del Tribunal, Centro Judicial, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Por: Jessica Bonilla Rodriguez.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA ALTA
JANNETTE IVELISSE
PÉREZ RODRÍGUEZ
Demandante Vs. ROXANNA NORIEGA DE LA GARZA EN REPRESENTACION DE VIKTOR JADIEL
LASANTA NORIEGA, JANN MARIE LASANTA PÉREZ MARILYN MATOS
ORTIZ, JOHN DOE Y JANET DOE
Demandados
Civil Núm.: TA2023CV00497. Sala: 703. Sobre: PETICIÓN DE ORDEN - AUTORIZACIÓN JUDICIAL Y OTROS. EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LO EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: ROXANNA NORIEGA DE LA GARZA EN
URBANA: Solar marcado con el número diecisiete del Bloque R de la Urbanización Toa Alta Heights, localizado en el Barrio Piñas y Mucarabones del término municipal de Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de ciento sesentiocho metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en siete metros, con los solares cuarentitres y cuarenticuatro del Bloque R; por el SUR, en siete metros, con la Calle veintiuno; por el ESTE, en veinticuatro metros, con el solar dieciséis del Bloque R; y por el OESTE, en veinticuatro metros, con el solar dieciocho. Enclava una casa. POR LA PRESENTE, se le emplaza y se le notifica que una Petición de Orden-Autorización Judicial y Otros ha sido presentada en su contra y se le requiere para que conteste la misma dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación del edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal y notificando copia de la misma a la parte demandante a la siguiente dirección:
LCDO. EDUARDO SANCHEZ
JAUREGUI-JIMENEZ, 366 calle Escorial, Caparra Heights, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00920 Tel (787) 603-1178, email: edusjj@gmail.com
Se le apercibe que, de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su Rebeldía y dictar Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado sin más citarle(s) ni oírle(s). Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy día 01 de junio de 2023. LCDA.
LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LUREIMY ALICEA GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN MARISABEL
MELENDEZ VALENTIN
Demandante Vs. FRANK JOSEPH SPALLA FRISZ
Demandado
Civil Núm.: SJ2023RF00777.
Salón: 704. Sobre: DIVORCIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.
A: SR. FRANK JOSEPH SPALLA FRISZ.
POR LA PRESENTE, se le notifica a usted que MARISABEL MELENDEZ VALENTIN, ha radicado demanda de Divorcio por Ruptura Irreparable contra usted. El abogado de la parte demandante es el Lcdo. HIRAM LOZADA PEREZ, con oficina en la Avenida Ponce de León 452, Edif. Asociación de Maestros, Oficina 416, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918, Tel. 787640-8867. Usted dispone de un término de treinta (30) días a contar de la publicación de este Edicto, el cual se publicará en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico por Orden del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, para someter contestación a la demanda. Se le apercibe que, si no contesta la demanda radicando el original de la contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente con copia a la parte demandante, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado, sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, hoy 25 de mayo de 2023. GRISELDA
RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LYMARIS LABOY NIEVES, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO
DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO SALA SUPERIOR
ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante Vs. RAUL TORRES LOPEZ
Demandados
Civil Núm.: FA2022CV00793.
Sala: 303. 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 FAJARDO, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, giro postal, o cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal el 6
DE JULIO DE 2023, A LAS 2:00 DE LA TARDE, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: COMUNIDAD PARCELAS SOSA, LOT 339 CALLE
17, RIO GRANDE, PR 00745 y que se describe a continuación:
RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número 339 en el Plano de Parcelación de la Comunidad Rural Guzmán Abajo del término municipal de Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 0.0962 cuerdas, equivalentes a 378.00 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la Calle número 17 de la comunidad; por el SUR, con el Solar número 338 de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con el Solar número 341 de la comunidad; y por el OESTE, con el Solar número 337 de la comunidad. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 183 del Tomo 202 de Rio Grande, Finca número 9,812, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección Tercera. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $80,246.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 13 DE JULIO DE 2023, A LAS
2:00 DE LA TARDE. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $53,497.33. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una tercera subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 20 DE JULIO DE 2023, A LAS 2:00 DE LA TARDE. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $40,123.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la Escritura de hipoteca número 752 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 23 de agosto de 2016, ante el Notario Ángel L. Rolan Prado y consta inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Río Grande, finca número 9,812, inscripción 12ma., en el Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección Tercera. 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 $72,987.66 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de octubre de 2020, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.00% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $8,024.60. Además, la parte demandada se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $8,024.60 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $8,024.60 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO, 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 car-
Wednesday,
gas 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 Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 01 de junio de 2023. DENISE BRUNO ORTIZ, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #266, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO, SALA SUPERIOR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. LA SUCESION DE MILAGROS FRANCO CRUZ COMPUESTA
POR FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
Demandados
Civil Núm.: CA2022CV02919.
Sala: 408. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA).
EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA
INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE 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 31 DE JULIO DE 2023, A LAS 10:30 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: BALBOA TOWN HOUSES, CALLE 517 EDIF. L, APARTAMENTO 91, CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO 00985 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar L guión noventa y uno (L-91) del desarrollo conocido como Balboa Townhouses en el Barrio Hoyo Mulas de Carolina, con cabida de ciento sesenta y cinco metros cuadrados con ciento ochenta y dos milésimas (165.182 mc.) en lindes por el NORTE, en siete metros con ochocientos setenta milímetros (7.870m.), con la Calle quinientos diecisiete (517) de Villa Carolina; por el SUR, en siete metros con ochocientos setenta milímetros (7.870 m.), con el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico; por el ESTE, en veinte metros con con novecientos ochenta y cuatro milímetros (20.984 m) con solar L guión noventa y dos (L-92); y por el OESTE, en veinte metros con novecientos noventa y tres milímetros (20.993 m) con solar L guión noventa (L-90). En dicho solar enclava una estructura para dedicarse exclusivamente a vivienda que comparte una pared medianera con las estructuras que enclavan en los solares L guión noventa (L-90) y L guión noventa y dos (L-92). La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 133 del Tomo 1252 de Carolina, finca número 53,731, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección Segunda. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $126,663.00. 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 7 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $84,442.00. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 14 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $63,331.50. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número 34 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 10 de junio de 2010, ante el Notario María Mercedes Storer Bello y consta inscrita al Folio 106 del Tomo 1463 de Carolina Sur, fin-
ca número 53,731, inscripción
Cuarta (4ta.), en el Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección Segunda. 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 $97,542.02 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de abril de 2022, más intereses al tipo pactado de 5.00% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación.
Además, la parte co-demandada La Sucesión de Milagros
Franco Cruz compuesta por Fulano y Fulana de Tal como posibles herederos desconocidos de La Sucesión, 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 $12,666.30. Además, la parte co-demandada La Sucesión de Milagros Franco Cruz compuesta por Fulano y Fulana de Tal como posibles herederos desconocidos de La Sucesión, se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $12,666.30 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $12,666.30 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad, y se relaciona a continuación; Sujeta a Condiciones Restrictivas a favor del Programa Bono de Vivienda por conceder la suma de $6,450.00, por el término de 10 años. 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 1 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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Parte Demandante Vs. PAOLA N. COTTO FIGUEROA
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: HU2022CV01724. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
A: PAOLA N. COTTO FIGUEROA - URB BAIROA PARK 1 CALLE NAPOLEON CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO 007271134 / HC 3 BOX 5809 HUMACAO, PUERTO RICO 00791. 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 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, el Lcdo. José F. Aguilar Vélez cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kevin.sanchez@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO
BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 8 de mayo de 2023. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 8 de mayo de 2023. LISILDA
MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. SANDRA J. TRINIDAD CAÑUELAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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Parte Demandante Vs. HÉCTOR RIVERA RODRÍGUEZ
Parte Demandada
Civil Núm.: DO2022CV00188. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
A: HÉCTOR RIVERA RODRÍGUEZ - BO
HIGUILLAR SECT EL ARENAL CALLE 12 PARC 444-B, DORADO, PUERTO RICO 00646 / HC 33 BOX 3330, DORADO, PUERTO RICO 00646.
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 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, el Lcdo. José F. Aguilar Vélez cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kevin. sanchez@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO
MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 8 de mayo de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 8 de mayo de 2023. Lcda. Laura
I. Santa Sánchez, Secretaria Regional. Nereida Quiles Santana, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal I.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR FIRSTBANK
PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. MARISABEL HERNÁNDEZ ALBURQUERQUE
Demandados
Civil Núm.: CA2019CV01281. Salón Núm.: 409. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E. U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. Yo, HÉCTOR L. PEÑA RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #278, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Carolina, al Público HAGO SA-
BER: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia de que se me libró con fecha del 30 de abril de 2020, por la Secretaria del Tribunal Superior de Carolina en relación con la Sentencia Sumaria En Rebeldía dictada en 4 de diciembre de 2019, notificada y archivada en autos el 10 de diciembre de 2019, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad inmueble que se describe a continuación:
“URBANA: Apartamento residencia “A” guión doscientos
diez (A-210) de forma rectangular, constituido por un nivel localizado en la segunda planta del Edificio “A” del Condominio Villas del Gigante, que está situado en la carretera ochocientos cincuenta y tres (853), intersección ochocientos cincuenta y dos (852), Barrio Barrazas, Carolina, Puerto Rico. Consta un nivel, siendo sus linderos los siguientes: por el NORTE, con elemento exterior, en una distancia de doce punto veinte (12.20) metros lineales; por el SUR, con el apartamento “A” guión doscientos nueve (A209), en una distancia de doce punto veinte (12.20) metros lineales; por el ESTE, con elemento exterior y lobby, en una distancia de seis punto sesenta y cinco (6.65) metros lineales; y por el OESTE, con elemento exterior, en una distancia de seis punto sesenta y cinco (6.65) metros lineales. Consta el mismo de tres (3) habitaciones con sus respectivos closet, una sala-comedor, cocina, baño, área de almacenar. El baño está equipado con bañera, lavamanos, servicio sanitario y laundry. El área del apartamento es setenta y cinco punto siete (75.07) metros cuadrados. La puerta de entrada de este apartamento está situada en su lindero Norte y por ella se sale a la escalera y al área de circulación del proyecto. Este apartamento tiene una participación de punto cero cero cinco nueve cinco dos tres ocho (.00595238%) por ciento en los elemento comunes generales del Condominio. Consta inscrita al folio 213 del tomo 1439 de Carolina, Finca Número 59,860, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Carolina. Por su procedencia está afecta a: a. Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica de Puerto Rico. b. Servidumbre a favor de la Puerto Rico Telephone Company. c. Condiciones restrictivas sobre edificación y uso. Por sí se encuentra afecta a Condiciones Restrictivas a favor del Programa La Llave para Tu Hogar, por un término de 8 años, en virtud de la Escritura Número 132 otorgada en San Juan, el 28 de diciembre de 2004, ante el Notario José M. Rodríguez Camacho, inscrita al folio 41 del tomo 1440 de Carolina, según la inscripción 5ta. Dirección de la propiedad: Condominio Villas del Gigante, Apartamento A-210, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00985. Se apercibe a los licitadores para que procedan con la inspección física del inmueble objeto de ejecución previo a la celebración de las subastas. El precio mínimo de licitación con relación a la propiedad anteriormente descrita y la fecha y hora de cada subasta es como sigue: PRIMERA SU-
BASTA: Se celebrará el 31 DE JULIO DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $82,500.00. SEGUNDA
SUBASTA: Se celebrará el 7 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS
9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO
MÍNIMO: $55,000.00. TERCE-
RA SUBASTA: Se celebrará 14 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS
9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO
MÍNIMO: $41,250.00. Las subastas se llevarán a cabo para satisfacer al Banco demandante de las siguientes sumas de dinero adeudadas por la parte demandante conforme a la Sentencia dictada, a saber, la suma de la suma de $59,823.80 adeudada por concepto de principal e intereses vencidos al 13 de septiembre de 2017, y los que se continúen acumulando al tipo pactado hasta el pago total y completo de la obligación, los cargos por demora vencidos que a igual fecha ascienden a $94.80, y los que se continúen acumulando al tipo pactado hasta el pago total y completo de la obligación, las sumas adeudadas por concepto de seguros y/o contribuciones, la suma de $25.50 por concepto de adelantos (“corporate advances”), más la suma de $7,500.00, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, según pactados. Las subastas de dicha propiedad se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Tribunal de Carolina, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. En cualquier momento luego de haberse comenzado el acto de la subasta, el Alguacil podrá requerir de los licitadores que le evidencien la capacidad de pago de sus posturas. Del producto obtenido en dicha venta, el Alguacil pagará en primer término los gastos del Alguacil, en segundo término las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados hasta la suma convenida, en tercer término los intereses acumulados hasta la fecha de la subasta según pactados hasta su total y completo pago, en cuarto término, las sumas establecidas para el pago de recargos por demora hasta la fecha de la subasta y en quinto término la suma principal adeudada. Disponiéndose, que si quedare algún remanente luego de pagarse las sumas mencionadas, el mismo deberá ser depositado en la Secretaría del Tribunal para ser entregado a la parte demandada, previa solicitud y orden del Tribunal. El inmueble anteriormente descrito se encuentra afecto a los siguientes gravá-
menes posteriores: 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 $15,000.00, sin intereses, vencedero el día 28 de diciembre de 2012, constituida mediante la Escritura Número 133, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 28 de diciembre de 2004, ante el Notario José M. Rodríguez Camacho, e inscrita al folio 41 del tomo 1440 de Carolina, finca número 59,860, inscripción quinta. ANOTACIÓN PREVENTIVA DE DEMANDA radicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Carolina, Civil Número CA2019CV01281 sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria, seguida por Firstbank Puerto Rico (Demandante) vs. Marisabel Hernández Alburquerque (Demandada). Por la misma se reclama el pago de la suma de $59,823.80 y otras sumas, anotado el día 17 de mayo de 2019, al Tomo Karibe de Carolina, finca número 59,860, Anotación A, el cual es objeto de ejecución en la presente causa de acción. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, toda vez que el precio de remate no se destina a su extinción. Se le notifica a los Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico en relación con el gravamen posterior inscrito a su favor para que comparezca a reclamar cualquier derecho que en ley se le reconozca y se le advierte, además, que habrá de solicitarse la cancelación de sus derechos en el Registro de la Propiedad, una vez celebrada la venta en pública subasta. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, durante horas laborables. Y PARA LA CONCURRENCIA, de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la subasta por espacio de dos semanas y en un periódico de circulación general del
Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 4 de mayo de 2023. HÉCTOR L. PEÑA RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #278, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS
REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC
Demandante Vs. SUCESION LEONCIO RIVERA OLIVO COMPUESTA POR JOSEPH RIVERA CARTAGENA; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION MARIA TEOTISTA CARTAGENA CRUZ COMPUESTA POR JOSEPH RIVERA CARTAGENA; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2023CV00583. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: JOSEPH RIVERA CARTAGENA; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION LEONCIO RIVERA OLIVO; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION MARIA TEOTISTA CARTAGENA CRUZ. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberé presentar
su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.
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Expedido bajo mi firma, y sello del Tribunal, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 25 de mayo de 2023. Lisilda Martínez Agosto, Secretaria. Katherine Carrasquillo Hernández, SubSecretaria
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
DYREK, PSC
Demandante V. FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANO DEL CUAL
Demandados
Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV04485. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIAD. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., S.S. POR MEDIO del presente edicto se le notifica de la presentación de una Demanda en su contra. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través de Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. La parte demandante alega que suscribió un pagaré hipotecario a favor del Portador, o a su orden, por la suma de $20,000.00, con interés al 11%, y vencedero el 29 de marzo de 2017, autenticado bajo testimonio número 1,378 del Notario Público Ángel W. Rodríguez Garayalde, el cual está garantizado por le Escritura de Hipoteca número 154, otorgada el 29 de marzo de 2016, ante el Notario Público Ángel W.
Rodríguez Garayalde, la cual grava la finca que se describe a continuación: “PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: CONDOMINIO VICTORY GARDENS de SANTURCE NORTE. Local: 1. Cabida: 2,571.79 PIES CUADRADOS. LINDEROS: por el NORTE, en una distancia de treinta y dos pies dos pulgadas, con el espacio exterior separado por pared exterior; por el SUR, en una distancia de treinta y dos pies dos pulgadas con el espacio exterior separado por pared exterior; por el ESTE, en una distancia de cincuenta y nueve pies diez pulgadas, con el espacio exterior separado por pared exterior en una distancia de veinte pies con el pasillo y escalera común separado por pared exterior y por el OESTE, en una distancia de ochenta y nueve pies diez pulgadas, con el espacio exterior por pared exterior. Este local consiste de un área comercial, dos baños con ducha, inodoro y lavamanos. La puerta principal queda en el lindero Sur la que conduce al exterior del edificio. Le corresponde a este una participación de un condominio indiviso con los demás titulares en los elementos comunes del inmueble equivalente a ocho punto nueve dos por ciento (8.92%)”. Inscrita al folio 141 del tomo 1134 de Santurce Norte, finca número 30,874, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de San Juan. El original del pagaré hipotecario antes mencionado se ha extraviado o la posesión la ostenta los demandados desconocidos de epígrafe, sin que la parte demandante lo haya podido localizar a pesar de las gestiones realizadas, por lo cual no lo tiene para la cancelación correspondiente en el Registro de la Propiedad y por ello comparece a este Honorable Tribunal solicitando su cancelación. Que se incluye a Fulano de Tal y a Mengano del Cual como posibles tenedores desconocidos del pagaré hipotecario extraviado. POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO, se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la Demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto notificándole con copia de dicha contestación al Lcdo. Luis G. Parrilla, 221 Avenida Ponce De León, Piso 5, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00917 y/o P.O. Box 195168, San Juan, PR 009195168, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal de San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 31 de mayo de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL. MYRIAM RIVERA VILLANUEVA, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
Karim Benzema, one of soccer’s best players and a fixture at the Spanish giant Real Madrid for more than a decade, has agreed to join the Saudi champion AlIttihad on a three-year contract that will make him the latest prize acquisition for a kingdom rapidly expanding its ambitions and influence in sports.
The decision by Benzema, a 35-year-old French striker, to move to Saudi Arabia was confirmed by Al-Ittihad on Tuesday after days of rumors. While it is an unusual choice for a player still perceived as an elite talent in one of Europe’s best leagues, his acquisition might not be the last high-profile signing by the Saudi league, which is embarking on a billiondollar project, backed by the seemingly bottomless wealth of the state-controlled Public Investment Fund, to turn the kingdom into a major player in world soccer.
Benzema’s arrival will come only months after a different Saudi club lured another star, Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo, with one of the richest contracts in soccer history.
Among the other marquee players said to have been targeted by the Saudi league is Lionel Messi, who led Argentina to the World Cup title in December in Qatar. The salaries
By ALAN BLINDERThe PGA Tour and LIV Golf, the insurgent league bankrolled by billions of dollars from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, said Tuesday that they had agreed to a merger, ending a bitter and costly fight for supremacy of men’s professional golf that had divided top players, everyday fans and corporate sponsors.
The merger represented the most stunning success to date of Saudi Arabia’s ambition to become a player in global sports. Yet unlike its purchase of a Premier League soccer team or its sponsorship of events as diverse as boxing cards and Formula One auto races, its billion-dollar play for control of golf seemed from the start like nothing less than an attempt to seize control of an entire sport — one that in the United States has occupied a rarefied place in the sports firmament for more than a century.
LIV Golf had sparked a crisis for the PGA Tour, which has scrambled to reinvent its economic model as it has watched some of its biggest stars switch circuits. But LIV itself has also been a target of fierce criticism, immense skepticism and bitter litigation. Although much about the circuit’s operations remains unclear — many documents that would reveal details are under court seal — some information about its structure and its operations has emerged in legal filings, interviews, business records and internal documents reviewed by The New York Times. And some LIV critics contend that the sovereign wealth fund is using sports to distract from Saudi Arabia’s record of human rights abuses.
Now, by merging with the PGA Tour, LIV Golf has gained a foothold that guarantees it outsize influence in the game’s future after a long struggle to break through, especially in the United States, where the PGA Tour has long dominated men’s professional golf. The governor of the Saudi state entity bankrolling LIV, the Public Investment Fund, will become chair of the new golf organization, which was created so quickly that it was announced before it even had a name.
Here are a few other notable parts of the deal:
— The Public Investment Fund also will have right of first refusal on new investments in the merged tour, according to the statement announcing the merger. That leaves open the possibility for Saudi Arabia to take more ownership of the sport in the future should the tour need to raise more capital.
— In a joint statement Tuesday, the wealth fund and the PGA Tour said the former rivals would “implement a plan to grow these combined commercial businesses, drive greater fan engagement and accelerate growth initiatives already underway.”
— Under the terms of the tentative agreement, the Public Investment Fund will at first be the exclusive investor in the blended operation, along with the established tours, which includes the DP World Tour, and LIV. Jay Monahan, the PGA Tour commissioner, is expected to be the new group’s CEO, with Yasir al-Rumayyan, the wealth fund’s governor, installed as its chair.
— The Trump family, an early and eager partner of the Saudi-backed series, took a victory lap after the merger was announced.
offered to the players are some of the largest in sports history, according to interviews with agents, Saudi sports officials and consultants hired to execute the project. All spoke on condition of anonymity because the negotiations are private.
Saudi officials are hoping that the presence of stars such as Ronaldo and Benzema will persuade dozens more successful players from Europe’s top leagues to follow them to the kingdom. The signings are part of an ambitious plan, supported at the highest levels of the Saudi state and bankrolled by the Public Investment Fund, to raise the profile of the Saudi league and the country’s status in global sports, and alter perceptions of Saudi Arabia on the world stage.
Similar in scale and ambition to a Saudi-financed campaign to dominate professional golf through the year-old LIV Golf series, the soccer effort is a centralized plan to turn a domestic league that has long been an afterthought into a destination for elite talent.
The signing of Benzema came days after Saudi Arabia passed ownership of the Saudi Premier League’s four biggest clubs to the PIF from the government by announcing the fund had taken a 75% ownership stake in each team: Al-Ittihad, the newly crowned Saudi champion; Al-Nassr, which employs Ronaldo; and Al-Ahli and Al-Hilal. They are among the
biggest and best followed clubs in Saudi soccer.
Those four clubs are expected to be the primary beneficiaries of the PIF’s new focus on raising the league’s profile. But their common ownership by the fund is raising questions about sporting integrity, since the rules of soccer’s global governing body, FIFA, and Asian soccer’s ruling confederation prohibit the same owner to control multiple clubs in the same competition.
She couldn’t win a single game. In the third round of the French Open on Saturday, Wang Xinyu of China had to believe there was at least a chance she could defeat Iga Swiatek, the event’s reigning women’s singles champion and top seed. Wang is no slouch, after all. She is a hard-hitting 21-year-old who in April hit a careerhigh ranking of 59th in the world, and she can put up a viable fight against the very best.
But she lost, and it was as ugly as can be: 6-0, 6-0 — in tennis parlance, a dreaded double bagel. The match didn’t last much longer than the warmup.
I say there’s glory in that kind of imperfection.
Long live the frail. The weary and worn, the strugglers and the stragglers. The athletes who woefully suffer losses in public.
Long live the defeated in sports.
We’ve seen many of them over the past week or so, and we’ll soon be seeing more.
Of course, this won’t happen only on the slippery clay at the French Open.
The NBA and NHL playoffs have finally reached their finals. College softball, growing fast in popularity, is in the mix with the NCAA Division I championships. The Oklahoma Sooners are aiming for a third straight title — and to add to their Division I record of 51 consecutive victories — after beating Stanford on Monday in a semifinal in extra innings. Let’s have some sympathy for the Sooners’ cavalcade of victims.
Most of the narrative will focus on the winners of these championships. That’s only natural. The world’s greatest athletes stretch and bend the limits of human potential. The best of the best even seem capable of controlling time. No wonder we watch them perform with awe that feels existential. They have become godlike in our world.
That’s fine and understandable, but give me the tennis player who struggles with all her might to win a single game in a Grand Slam match. Give me the
basketball star who shanks crucial free throws and the goaltender in hockey who slips and lets the winning slap shot whir by.
Give me nerves that wilt when the pressure comes. I’m here for reflexes that aren’t what they used to be.
Why? Well, the victors are always going to get their due. But to err, as we all know, is human — entirely and beautifully so. And those who lose in so many different ways occupy the more relatable corner of big-time sports.
There’s comfort in knowing that highly conditioned, supremely coordinated, deeply battle-tested athletes can tire, cramp, succumb to pressure, struggle to get enough air and suffer stinging defeat. In the act of failing, they become, even if only briefly, more like the rest of us schmoes.
So we can take solace in the Boston Bruins, who posted a record 65 wins in the regular season, promptly losing in the first round of the NHL playoffs to the Florida Panthers. High expectations for the Stanley Cup became dead weight. Who can relate? I know I can.
Speaking of Boston, in the NBA playoffs, the Celtics’ Jaylen Brown and
Jayson Tatum battled back from a 3-0 hole to tie the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference finals. Then, in Game 7, with a history-making comeback in play, they collectively laid a stink bomb, putting in performances that stand among the worst and weakest of their careers.
Ever been on the precipice of something great, only to fail — and fail hard, in public? Yeah, me too, going back to the fifth grade play in which I forgot my lines, tripped onstage and nearly broke my nose. It wasn’t hard to sympathize with Brown and Tatum as they clunked shot after shot, and Miami won by 19 points, with all those millions tuning in.
The red clay at Roland Garros — where no step is sure, no bounce can be counted on, and each match can turn into a grueling marathon — offers as clear a window as any into the crushing truth of sports.
Players walk onto the courts looking like Parisian runway models, their skin bronzed, their crisp outfits pressed. Then, once the matches get moving, reality sets in.
At the other Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the points often finish
rapid-fire. On the Roland Garros clay, the points can extend like a John Coltrane solo. They can go on and on, pressure mounting, tempo building in a crescendo.
In the most prolonged and competitive matches, you can often see agony — mental as much as physical — descend upon the players. Uncertainty creeps in, and with it gauntness. Muscles weaken and tremble. The crisp outfits — shoes, socks, shirts, wristbands, headbands, hats — cake with sweat and clumps of clay.
Wang was not on court long enough to suffer like this against Swiatek. But Gaël Monfils of France was. Monfils, a weathered, 36-year-old veteran playing in perhaps his final Grand Slam in front of his home crowd, won his first-round match despite facing a 4-0 fifth-set deficit. Along the way, he struggled past aching lungs and a storm of leg cramps. He eked out the match, but was so tired and sore that he couldn’t make it to the court for his second-round match two days later.
The march of time waits on no one.
A few days later, a much younger player, Jannik Sinner of Italy — 21, seeded No. 8 and rising fast — took to Suzanne Lenglen Court against Daniel Altmaier, a journeyman ranked No. 79. Sinner should have won without much trouble.
He nosed ahead early, but struggled. An hour passed. Altmaier caught up. Another hour went by. The match became a stalemate. Three hours turned to four. Sinner held two match points — and coughed up both. They headed into a fifth set. Sinner fell behind and came back: He faced four match points, but won them all.
And then … and then, after 5 hours, 26 minutes, Sinner watched a screaming serve fly past his outstretched racket for an ace. Game. Set. Match. Final score: 6-7 (0), 7-6 (7), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5. The upset was the fifth-longest match in French Open history.
Sinner walked off the court messy and tousled, his face betraying the self-doubt common to losers. In other words, he was beautifully human.
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Aries (Mar 21-April 20)
Aries, you should feel physically strong and energetic today and ready to take on just about anything that comes your way. This is good, as you may be presented with some powerful challenges that bring new purpose to your life. Excitement and enthusiasm permeate your entire being right now. Anything that comes your way you’re likely to face with determination, undeterred by the enormity of the task.
Taurus (April 21-May 21)
Spiritual passion is tempered by romantic desire today, Taurus, and you’re likely to want to pursue both. Perhaps your romantic partner is as spiritually inclined as you, and you both aspire to the same ends. Much of the passion you feel wells up from deep within. If you’re in any way creatively inclined, you may want to memorialize these feelings through writing, painting, or music.
Gemini (May 22-June 21)
If you’re currently romantically involved, Gemini, you can expect your relationship to move to the next level of commitment. You and your partner could agree to be monogamous, get engaged, or set a wedding date. If you’re married, you might decide to have a child. If you aren’t involved, expect to attract someone soon. You’re ready, and eligible partners are definitely registering your availability!
Cancer (June 22-July 23)
An invitation to an important social event could come today, Cancer. This could represent a chance to meet important people who could advance your career or who might be involved in a field that interests you. Your energy and enthusiasm won’t be lost on these people, or anyone for that matter, as you will obviously be speaking from the heart when you discuss what’s on your mind.
Leo (July 24-Aug 23)
A previously untapped talent could emerge today, Leo. You may decide to train this talent and foster a skill that can help you with any type of work you will do. This is definitely the day for it, as you should be full of energy and enthusiasm, capable of assuming any task, however formidable. Physically, you should feel strong and well. This is a day full of challenges and new enterprises.
Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)
Romantic passion might motivate you to work on improving your appearance, Virgo. You might decide to exercise, change your diet, and experiment with new clothing styles. You’re likely to produce the results you want. With the energy and enthusiasm churning within you today, you might surprise yourself with this task or anything else you do.
Libra (Sep 24-Oct 23)
You’ll wake up ready to take on the world, Libra. Excitement, enthusiasm, and purpose will fill your soul, yet you might wonder where it comes from, as nothing has changed since yesterday. Don’t waste time mulling over it - harness it! Tackle a class or exercise program. Start a project. This energy is generated from deep in the subconscious, but should be channeled into the conscious world!
Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov 22)
Information gleaned from friends could have you focusing on a new goal, Scorpio. You may have a lot of ideas about projects you want to take care of, and today you might realize which one has top priority. Start moving! Whatever you choose to do, find out what you need before you start. There’s a chance that you might waste time running around trying to find necessary materials.
Sagittarius (Nov 23-Dec 21)
The Universe is inviting you magnify your vision, Sagittarius. It’s time to see the bigger, better, more advanced side of things. Remember that life is a mirror. You’re highly unlikely to receive more than you hope for. So dream big, hope big, and imagine yourself in the stars. Don’t sell yourself short. It’s a misuse of humility and modesty.
Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 20)
You should feel especially emotional today, Capricorn, reacting strongly to nearly everything you see, whether a photo of a natural disaster, a group of children, or a kitten sitting on a doorstep. Spiritually, you’re highly motivated and longing to know more about worlds beyond this one. You might long to make a pilgrimage, perhaps to a holy shrine or other sacred place. If you’re serious, make plans.
Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb 19)
Dreams and visions might come and go today, Aquarius, as unconscious drives and images surface. Some of these impressions could represent old traumas or phobias that need to be released. You could also draw creative inspiration from these perceptions and use them as a basis for artistic projects. By day’s end you may feel much lighteremotionally, at least!
Pisces (Feb 20-Mar 20)
Social events or group activities could put you in touch with a lot of people, Pisces, both close friends and casual acquaintances. A new person may come into your life who makes a difference for you. Issues may come up that you feel strongly about, and you aren’t likely to hesitate about expressing your opinions. This is fine, as you will be tactful and others will appreciate your sincerity.
