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Citing Food Security Threat, Selectos Opposes Any PREPA Debt Plan with Rate Hike

PDP President Ortiz Meets with US Rep. Grijalva on ‘Various Important Issues for Puerto Rico’ P3

Judge Swain Considers

Union’s Request to Halt Genera PR Contract

NOTICIAS EN ESPAÑOL

Oversight Board to Legislative Leaders: Proposed Budget

Does Not Jibe with Fiscal Plan

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PDP president meets with US Rep. Grijalva on issues of top concern

By THE STAR STAFF

Popular Democratic Party (PDP) President Jesús Manuel Ortiz González received U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) in his legislative office Wednesday to discuss pressing issues for Puerto Rico.

“We had a meeting where we could talk about various important issues for Puerto Rico,” said Ortiz, who is an at-large representative in the island Legislature. “We talked about health, reconstruction, economic development and status, all matters of relevance to the island. As a legislator, and as president of the PDP, it is essential that we clearly focus the discussion on issues that immediately impact people through better jobs, accessible health services, tools to fight crime, and development opportunities for our SMEs [small and midsize business enterprises] and entrepreneurs. In that agenda they will have our collaboration.”

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process, infrastructure development, our energy system, and handling of environmental issues. However, a person in charge of promoting projects that result in the island’s economic development has yet to be appointed. Since it is a federal law, we seek assistance to provide supervision from Congress in compliance with the Oversight Board and our local government with the provisions of PROMESA.”

Another of the approaches that Ortiz brought to the attention of the ranking member of the Committee on Natural Resources in the U.S. House of Representatives is the health crisis facing the island and the limited resources that exist for Puerto Ricans to have the medical assistance and health services they so badly need.

During the meeting, Ortiz gave Grijalva a letter in which he expressed, among other things, his concern about the lack of compliance by the Financial Oversight and Management Board with Title V of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA).

Title V of PROMESA calls for a revitalization coordinator to move along critical projects for the U.S. island territory.

“Unfortunately, seven years have passed since PROMESA went into effect, and we have not yet seen a single proposal arising from that provision or even on the appointment of a ‘Revitalization Coordinator.’ This provision was supposed to help our permitting

“We express to Congressman Grijalva that in the process of addressing the health crisis that the island is going through, our Legislative Assembly approved legislation to help our people obtain that assistance and medical services,” Ortiz said. “However, after the approval of several bills, we have not seen the expected results, and the discussion in public hearings leads us to conclude that the main reason has been an obstructive oversight board and resistance from the government of Pedro Pierluisi to implement them.”

On the political status issue, Ortiz called for the inclusion of the commonwealth status and its development possibilities in any measure for a proposed plebiscite considered by the U.S. Congress.

“The differences that we may have on the issue of status will not be an impediment to working together on so many initiatives in favor of Puerto Rico on which we agree,” the PDP leader emphasized.

their meeting, Popular Democratic Party President Jesús Manuel Ortiz gave U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) a letter in which he expressed, among other things, his concern about the lack of compliance by the Financial Oversight and Management Board with Title V of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act, which calls for a revitalization coordinator to move along critical projects for the island.

State of island energy system is focus of economic forum

By RICHARD GUTIÉRREZ richardsanjuanstar@gmail.com

The Institute of Competition and Economic Sustainability (ICES) and the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association (PRMA) held a press forum on Wednesday where the current situation regarding the energy system in Puerto Rico was discussed.

“The situation regarding the Puerto Rico energy system is very complex, quite difficult,” said attorney Fernando AgraitI, one of the panelists at the event. “The system has been deteriorating for many years; however, with the right minds on the job, things can change.”

Both organizations have been active participants in the judicial process of restructuring the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (PREPA) debt and to implement an adjustment plan that promotes the economic and social development of Puerto Rico and abides by the mandates of Bill 17-2019. They have been active leaders with respect to electrical system matters in Puerto Rico for over 10 years and have been pushing for an adjustment plan that promotes economic and social development on the island.

“We must keep the people informed and educated, and educate the private sector about the current processes in the [U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor] Swain [federal Title III bankruptcy] court and the possible costs of the electricity bill in the

years 2023 and 2024,” said PRMA Vice President Yandia Pérez. “In the same light, we must encourage the private sector to continue participating in the multisectoral efforts in favor of an adjustment plan that promotes economic viability, that speeds up the processes of public policy and is not detrimental to the consumer.”

The forum was attended by people

from many different economic sectors and by different members of the community. Many of them aired their concerns and made recommendations regarding the electric power situation in Puerto Rico. They also expressed their commitment to work collaboratively to find solutions that promote economic growth, sustainability, and a better life for the people of

Puerto Rico.

The conference included panel discussions on the current state of the PREPA debt, including the history of the debt itself and how it got to the existing state of affairs. The new proposed fiscal plan for PREPA issued by the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico states that the utility’s debt has been reduced from $5.6 billion to $2.3 billion, which the panel saw as a victory for the general economy of the island. However, the purpose of the panel was to examine the adjustment plan and its possible consequences for the consumer. It was stated that even though the new fiscal plan reduces the cost of the debt to $2.3 billion, the plan needs to have its validity examined, along with the expected rise in the cost of the electricity bill, all this while the judicial processes of the Title III court continue to unfold.

Regarding the revised fiscal plan proposed by the oversight board, the panel analyzed possible economic impacts that could come from its implementation. The experts evaluated the short- and long-term effects of the cost of the electricity bill for consumers, apart from its implications on the industrial and corporate development of Puerto Rico.

The importance of finding a balance between economic sustainability and the need to promote a trustworthy and quality electrical service for all parts of Puerto Rican society was emphasized throughout the event.

Oversight board to legislative leaders: Budget not compliant with fiscal plan

By THE STAR STAFF

Financial Oversight and Management Board Executive Director Robert Mujica notified island legislative leaders on Wednesday about the non-compliance of the budget for fiscal year 2024 with the parameters of the Certified Fiscal Plan.

“The fiscal year 2024 budget proposal does not comply with the Fiscal 2023 Plan for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as certified by the Oversight Board on April 3, 2023,” Mujica said in a letter.

He argued that the proposed budget redistributes resources and uses of funds in a way that is not in line with the 2023 Fiscal

Plan, and that changes have been made to the budget control language that diverge from the plan.

“The Oversight Board provides specific feedback on the revisions needed to comply with the Fiscal 2023 Plan,” Mujica added.

“These revisions are detailed in sections I and II.”

In addition, the official set a deadline to correct the violations and submit a revised budget by 7 p.m. Wednesday.

“If the legislature fails to submit a compliant budget by the deadline set forth in this Notice of Violation, the Oversight Board intends to develop and certify its own revised budget on or before June 30, 2023,” Mujica said.

Financial Oversight and Management Board Executive Director Robert Mujica argued that the budget proposed by the Puerto Rico Legislature redistributes resources and uses of funds in a way that is not in line with the 2023 Fiscal Plan, and that changes have been made to the budget control language that diverge from the plan.

The forum included panel discussions on the current state of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority debt, including the history of the debt itself and how the existing state of affairs was reached. (Richard Gutiérrez/The San Juan Daily Star)

Judge takes request to halt Genera PR contract under advisement

By THE STAR STAFF

The judge overseeing the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (PREPA) bankruptcy proceeding took under advisement a decision on a request for an injunction filed by the Electrical Industry and Irrigation Workers Union (UTIER by its Spanish acronym) to stop Genera PR from taking control of PREPA’s thermal power plants.

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain said Wednesday she was going to issue a ruling promptly because of the urgency of the situation. Genera PR is slated to take over the operation of the power plants on July 1.

UTIER had challenged the Genera PR contract arguing that it violates public policy by creating a private monopoly in power generation. It also filed an injunction to stop it from going into effect.

The union argued that it had standing to pursue the injunction because the contract was going to result in the union’s destruction. Most of the generation workers are going to work for Genera or move to other agencies.

The Financial Oversight and Management Board argued that there was no injury to justify the injunction request. The board noted that PREPA was in a crisis, prompting laws allowing for its privatization.

New Fortress Energy subsidiary Genera PR was selected to operate, maintain and eventually decommission PREPA’s aging power-generation assets through a 10-year agreement established via a public-private partnership (P3). The 100-day transition period ends June 30.

Through the P3, Genera PR will receive $22.5 million annually over five years and could receive bonuses or incentives of up to $100 million, pending on whether consumer

savings are achieved. The generation units transferred by PREPA to the company produce about 70% of the energy consumed on the island.

UTIER pointed out that Acts 120-2018 and 17-2019 stipulate that generation assets cannot be assigned or sold to a single contractor.

Act 17-2019 establishes that “no electric service company may, by itself, with subsidiaries or affiliates or jointly, control fifty percent (50%) or more capacity of a generating asset, with the exception of the Authority and only in the case of legacy generation assets.” UTIER said the contract transfers over 50% of the generation capacity to Genera PR.

Swain yet to rule on request to move PREPA debt plan confirmation hearing to October

By THE STAR STAFF

The judge overseeing the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) bankruptcy did not rule Wednesday on a petition by the Financial Oversight and Management Board to schedule the confirmation hearing for PREPA’s debt adjustment plan for October.

At a hearing, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain appeared skeptical of the October confirmation but ordered the oversight board to file the third amended debt adjustment plan by mid-July and to put documents in a data repository by June 30.

The utility’s bondholders, meanwhile, had said they plan to ask the Title III court to dismiss the bankruptcy case. PREPA’s confirmation hearing, which was scheduled to begin July 17, had to be delayed after the oversight board announced it would amend the debt adjustment plan to cut the debt, arguing that new information showed PREPA expected lower revenues than previously anticipated.

After the oversight board proposed to cut PREPA’s debt to $2.3 billion, the judge this week ruled that bondholders’ net revenues were exactly $2.3 billion.

Bondholders plan to ask Swain to revive an adversary proceeding that would seek to dismiss the case so they can appoint a receiver, according to a June 27 document.

Even if the judge denies that forthcoming motion, bondholders are asking her to allow appeals of her orders that the $8.4 billion in outstanding bonds are virtually unsecured and that the claim isn’t for the face value of the debt. Those appeals are currently allowed only after plan confirmation. However, they will likely render the plan unconfirmable if reversed, and so the plan, even if confirmed, couldn’t take effect until after the appeals were heard.

Swain made remarks at Wednesday’s hearing that showed she was not inclined to allow for an appeal, citing the impact of extending the bankruptcy longer.

The bondholders are also seeking a longer confirma-

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain

Supermarket chain opposes any PREPA debt plan that includes rate increase

By THE STAR STAFF

Any Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) debt adjustment plan that is approved by the federal bankruptcy court should not include electricity rate increases because that would threaten food security on the island, Selectos Supermarkets officials said Wednesday.

Executive Director Mayreg Rodríguez Vázquez said there is a recognition on the part of U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain herself about the ability to pay bondholders because she has just established that the payment ceiling must be even lower than the one proposed by the Financial Oversight and Management Board on Saturday when it certified a new debt plan for PREPA.

“The consumer in Puerto Rico has had very high increases in the cost of living due to different internal and external factors,” said Ariel Torres, chairman of the Selectos board of directors. “As an aggravating factor, there have been several increases in the electricity bill in a very short period of time, with service that has not shown signs of improvement, but

San Germán to boost Christmas bonus for municipal workers

By THE STAR STAFF

San Germán Mayor Virgilio Olivera Olivera officially announced Wednesday that “our municipal employees will be seeing an increase in their ‘Christmas Bonus,’ which, this new fiscal year 2023-2024, will reach $700.”

In the meantime, “and as soon as next month, we will be handing out, also to our employees, a ‘Summer Bonus’ of $250,” the mayor added.

Olivera went on to say that “these will not be the only benefits that our beloved and respected employees of the different municipal agencies will receive.”

“We’ll also be individually contributing another $25 a month to their health plan coverage,” he said.

“Once again we present to our Municipal Legislature a highly balanced budget (of $13,506,843) and, better yet, without any deficit,” the mayor said. “In San Germán, once again, and since we have been

in charge of the seat [January 2020], today we can happily announce that we are not operating in the red!”

Olivera extended thanks to “our municipal colleagues for their great commitment to the residents of our beloved City of Las Lomas and to our respected legislators for approving the legislation unanimously.”

rather of deterioration. We are very concerned about what consumers are facing.”

“The reality we are observing is that consumers in Puerto Rico are making modifications to their diet and food purchases to the point that there have been occasions when customers have had to decide between shopping or buying less food in order to pay for electricity,” Torres added. “That’s unsustainable.”

The officials insisted that the debt adjustment plan that is approved should not start from ensuring payments to bondholders that imply more increases to the energy bill.

“The debt adjustment plan should not be sustainable only for PREPA and bondholders, it should also be sustainable for Puerto Rico, for the well-being of its people who have their food security at stake, and for economic development,” Rodríguez Vázquez said.

The island supermarket chain filed a motion a few weeks ago to oppose the previous plan presented by the oversight board. Currently, it is evaluating the legal course to follow now with the new plan certified by the board on Saturday, which implies rate increases.

Lajas mayor demands consultation on telecom tower installation

By THE STAR STAFF

At a time when the approval of House Bill 663, which contemplates the appropriate regulation of the construction, installation and location of telecommunications towers in Puerto Rico, is being discussed, the Municipality of Lajas, represented by its mayor, Jayson Martínez Maldonado, expressed its firm and tenacious opposition to a proposal to install a telecommunications tower in the southwestern municipality without prior consultation.

responsibly evaluated and, therefore, discussed in a transparent manner with all parties involved.”

As of Wednesday, no dialogue had been established with the proposer of the telecommunications tower and neither had the Municipality of Lajas received sufficient information about the potential environmental, health and aesthetic impacts associated with the proposed facility.

San Germán Mayor Virgilio Olivera Olivera

“We want to make it more than clear that our Municipality of Lajas does not know who the proponent of this project is and has not been properly consulted regarding the possibility of granting an endorsement for a project of this nature on PR-117, Km 1.4, at the corner of Calle Javilla, in Barrio Santa Rosa,” the mayor said Wednesday. “The well-being of our residents and the preservation of our natural environment are fundamental priorities for our Municipality of Lajas. Consequently, we believe that any initiative that has the potential to negatively affect our community and our landscape must be carefully and

“We firmly believe that the active participation of citizens and local authorities is essential in making decisions that directly affect our community,” Martínez Maldonado added. “As a municipal administration, we are very committed to safeguarding the best interests and well-being of the residents of Lajas. Therefore, we formally request that the process of installing the telecommunications tower be halted until proper consultation is made with the municipality and a full assessment of the potential impacts and benefits associated with this proposal is made.”

The mayor said the municipality is willing to collaborate constructively and openly in any future discussion on the subject, as long as transparency is guaranteed and the interests and concerns of the citizens are respected.

Selectos Supermarkets Executive Director Mayreg Rodríguez Vázquez

Supreme Court rejects theory that would have transformed American elections

By ADAM LIPTAK

The Supreme Court earlier this week rejected a legal theory that would have radically reshaped how federal elections are conducted by giving state legislatures largely unchecked power to set rules for federal elections and to draw congressional maps warped by partisan gerrymandering.

The vote was 6-3, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing the majority opinion. The Constitution, he said, “does not exempt state legislatures from the ordinary constraints imposed by state law.”

Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented.

The decision followed other important rulings this term in which the court’s three liberal members were in the majority, including ones on the Voting Rights Act, immigration and tribal rights. Although some of the biggest cases are still to come, probably arriving by the end of the week, the court has so far repeatedly repudiated aggressive arguments from conservative litigants.

The case concerned the “independent state legislature” theory. It is based on a reading of the Constitution’s Elections Clause, which says, “The times, places and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof.”

Proponents of the strongest form of the theory say this means that no other organs of state government — not courts, not governors, not election administrators, not independent commissions — can alter a legislature’s actions on federal elections.

Roberts rejected that position. “The Elections Clause does not insulate state legislatures from the ordinary exercise of state judicial review,” he wrote.

The ruling soundly dismissed the theory, one that an unusually diverse array of lawyers, judges and scholars across the ideological spectrum viewed as extreme and dangerous. Adopting the theory, they warned, could have profound consequences for nearly every aspect of federal elections, including by erasing safeguards against partisan gerrymandering and curtailing the ability to challenge voting restrictions in state courts.

But some election law specialists cautioned that Tuesday’s decision elevated the power of federal courts in the process, allowing them to second-guess at least some rulings of state courts based on state law.

“This gives the U.S. Supreme Court the ultimate say over the meaning of state law in the midst of an election dispute,” Richard L. Hasen, a law professor at UCLA, wrote in a blog post. “This is a bad, but not awful, result.”

Others said the decision was a nearly complete victory and a resounding reaffirmation of the status quo. “I see no evidence of interest by the Supreme Court to make mischief here,” said Vikram David Amar, the dean of the University of Illinois College of Law.

Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson joined the chief justice’s majority opinion.

The case will have no practical impact in the dispute that gave rise to it, involving North Carolina’s congressional voting map. A recent ruling by the state’s Supreme Court authorized the Republican-controlled legislature to draw maps as it sees fit, ensuring that the resulting districts will be shaped by politics.

The case, Moore v. Harper, concerned a voting map drawn by the North Carolina legislature after the 2020 census that was initially rejected as a partisan gerrymander by the state’s Supreme Court. Experts said the map was likely to yield a congressional delegation made up of at least 10 Republicans and four or fewer Democrats, even though North Carolina is a roughly evenly divided state politically.

The state court initially rejected the argu-

ment that it was not entitled to review the actions of the state’s legislature, saying that adopting the independent state legislature theory would be “repugnant to the sovereignty of states, the authority of state constitutions and the independence of state courts, and would produce absurd and dangerous consequences.”

Republicans seeking to restore the legislative map last year asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene, arguing in an emergency application that the state court had been powerless to act.

The justices rejected the request for immediate intervention, and the election in

November was conducted under a map drawn by experts appointed by a state court. That resulted in a 14-member congressional delegation that was evenly split between Republicans and Democrats.

The Republican lawmakers appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying the state court was not entitled to second-guess the legislature. When the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the case in December, the justices seemed divided, if not fractured, over the limits of the theory.

The composition of the North Carolina Supreme Court changed after elections in November, favoring Republicans by a 5-2 margin. In what a dissenting justice called a “shameful manipulation of fundamental principles of our democracy and the rule of law,” the new majority reversed course, saying the legislature was free to draw gerrymandered voting districts as it saw fit.

Many observers had expected the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss the case in light of that development. But Roberts concluded that the case involved a live controversy and that the court retained jurisdiction over it.

In dissent, Thomas said the case was “indisputably moot.” He added that the majority’s reasoning on the merits was unpersuasive and that he feared the ruling would invite last-minute lawsuits over election disputes.

“They will arise haphazardly, in the midst of quickly evolving, politically charged controversies, and the winners of federal elections may be decided by a federal court’s expedited judgment that a state court exceeded ‘the bounds of ordinary judicial review’ in construing the state constitution,” he wrote. “I would hesitate long before committing the federal judiciary to this uncertain path.”

The Supreme Court building in Washington, on March 22, 2023. In a 6-3 decision handed down on June 27, the Supreme Court rejected a bid to radically reshape how federal elections are conducted by giving state legislatures largely unchecked power to set all sorts of rules for elections and to draw congressional maps warped by partisan gerrymandering.

Can DeSantis break Trump’s hold on New Hampshire?

By JONATHAN SWAN, MAGGIE HABERMAN, TRIP GABRIEL and SHANE GOLDMACHER

Campaigning earlier thios week in New Hampshire, Donald Trump expressed such confidence in his consolidation of Republican voters that he said he might soon have to find another rival to attack besides Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida.

The former president, who is given to riffing aloud about his campaign strategy, said a strategist on his team had told him not to punch downward against Republicans polling below second place.

“‘Don’t attack third, fourth, fifth or sixth — worry about two’,” Trump said, quoting his adviser. Then, citing some polls showing his lead expanding since his federal indictment two weeks ago, Trump predicted that DeSantis would be overtaken by other rivals.

“Soon, I don’t think he’ll be in second place,” he said. “So I’ll be attacking somebody else.”

Trump appeared in Concord on Tuesday the same day that DeSantis campaigned in New Hampshire, with the party’s top two challengers holding vastly different political positions: one the dominant front-runner in the state, the other still seeking his footing.

Strategists for both campaigns agreed that the state will play a starring role in deciding who leads the Republican Party into the 2024 election against President Joe Biden.

Trump sees the first primary contest in New Hampshire as an early chance to clear the crowded field of rivals. And members of Team DeSantis — some of whom watched from losing sidelines, as Trump romped through the Granite State in 2016 on his way to the nomination — hope New Hampshire will be the primary that winnows the Republican field to two.

“Iowa’s cornfields used to be where campaigns were killed off, and now New Hampshire is where campaigns go to die,” said Jeff Roe, chief strategist of DeSantis’ super political action committee, Never Back Down. Roe retains agonizing memories from 2016, when he ran the presidential campaign of the last man standing against Trump: Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.

In an hourlong speech to a Republican women’s luncheon, Trump did not mention an audio recording that surfaced Monday of a conversation that figures in his indictment over mishandling classified documents. In the 2021 recording, Trump refers to what he calls a “highly confidential, secret” plan to attack Iran.

Avoiding any details of the indictment, Trump on Tuesday claimed he was being persecuted by “fake prosecutors,” and he boasted that afterward, “my numbers went up.” He pointed to a St. Anselm College survey released Tuesday showing him gaining 5 percentage points since a poll in March, while DeSantis slipped

by 10 points. Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor and a caustic Trump critic since entering the race this month, was in third place, but still far behind Trump and DeSantis.

In an interview, Christie, a former federal prosecutor, said it was “absurd” that Trump had called his indictments “a badge of honor” because, as the former president said, “I’m being indicted for you.”

“How did this help the American people at all that he maintained the nation’s secrets at Mar-a-Lago unsecured for 18 months?” Christie said. “If anybody else in America did something like this, they would be laughed off the stage.”

New Hampshire’s voters are known for being fickle and choosy, sometimes infuriatingly so.

Yet midway through 2023, the state — more secular than Iowa and with a libertarian streak — appears frozen in place. Trump, now twice indicted and twice impeached, is nowhere near as dominant with Republicans as he was in 2020, but he is stronger than he was in 2016, and his closest challenger is well behind him.

In 2016, Trump won New Hampshire with a blunt and incendiary message, fanning flames about terrorist threats and without doing any of the retail politicking that’s traditionally required. But local operatives and officials believe that Trump, with his decadeslong celebrity status, is the only politician who could get away with this.

“It’s definitely not going to be something that someone like Ron DeSantis can pull off,” said Jason Osborne, the New Hampshire House majority leader who endorsed the Florida governor for president. “He’s got to do the drill just like everybody else.”

Polls suggest there is an opening for a Trump alternative. But to be that person, DeSantis has miles of ground to make up. On Tuesday in Hollis, New Hampshire, DeSantis made his pitch at a town-hall event, focusing largely on his record in Florida to a mostly receptive crowd.

As recently as January, DeSantis was leading Trump in the state by a healthy margin, according to a poll by the University of New Hampshire. But DeSantis has slipped considerably, with recent polling that suggests his support is in the teens and more than 25 percentage points behind Trump.

In a move that some saw as ominous, Never Back Down, the pro-DeSantis super PAC, went off the airwaves in New Hampshire in mid-May and has not included the state in its latest bookings, which cover only Iowa and South Carolina.

DeSantis allies insist the move was intended to husband resources in the Boston market, which they said was an expensive and inefficient way to reach primary voters. And they said DeSantis would maintain an aggressive schedule in the state.

“We are confident that the governor’s message will resonate with voters in New Hampshire as he continues to visit the Granite State and detail his solutions to Joe Biden’s failures,” Bryan Griffin, a spokesperson for DeSantis, said in a statement.

Still, so much of DeSantis’ early moves seem aimed at Iowa and its caucuses that are dominated by the most conservative activists, many of whom are evangelical. In contrast, New Hampshire has an open primary that will allow independents, who tend to skew more moderate, to cast ballots. And without a competitive Democratic primary in 2024 they could be a particularly sizable share of the GOP primary vote.

Iowa is where DeSantis held his first event and where his super PAC has based its $100 million door-knocking operation. DeSantis’ signing of a six-week abortion ban is unlikely to prove popular in New Hampshire, where even the state’s Republican governor, Chris Sununu, has described himself as “pro-choice.”

Sununu said in an interview that there was “a lot of interest” in DeSantis from voters who had seen him on television but wanted to vet him up close.

“Can he hold up under our scrutiny?” Sununu said. “I think he’s personally going to do pretty well here,” he added, but “the biggest thing” on voters’ minds is “what’s he going to be like when he knocks on my door.”

New Hampshire’s voters will indeed be subjected to thousands of DeSantis door-knocks — but not from the man himself. He has outsourced his ground game to Never Back Down, which is expected to have more than $200 million at its disposal. The group has already knocked on more than 75,000 doors in New Hampshire, according to a super PAC official, an extraordinary figure this early in the race.

But DeSantis still faces daunting challenges.

Trump remains popular among Republicans, and even more so after his indictments. And he is not taking the state for granted. Unlike in 2016, his operation has been hard at work in the state for months, with influential figures like former Republican state party chair Stephen Stepanek working on Trump’s behalf.

DeSantis’ biggest problem is the size of the field. If the major candidates stay in the race through early next year, a repeat of 2016 may be inevitable. In a crowded field, Trump won the state with more than 35% of the vote.

In the meantime, DeSantis needs “a defining message that gets beyond the small base he has,” said Tom Rath, a veteran of New Hampshire politics who has advised the presidential campaigns of Republican nominees including Mitt Romney and George W. Bush. “He needs to do real retail, and so far there is no indication that he can do that.”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential hopeful, campaigns in Hollis, N.H., on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. DeSantis and Donald Trump had dueling events scheduled on Tuesday in New Hampshire.

Brutal heat wave extends across the South

By MARIE ELIZABETH OLIVER, STACEY CATO and LIVIA ALBECK-RIPKA

Even for Southerners used to spending a lot of time outside, this week’s brutal heat and humidity — which spread from Texas across the Gulf Coast States and north into Missouri, Tennessee and Arkansas on Wednesday — are a little much.

“It’s miserable,” said Kellie Tortorich, a teacher in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who is out of school for the summer but is caring for two young children while pregnant with a third. “We prioritize being outside,” she said as her children, 4 and 6, emerged dripping wet from a splash park, “but it’s been hard at certain times of the day.”

An oppressive heat wave that baked Texas and Oklahoma last week, contributing to several deaths, has engulfed much of the southern and central United States, raising the heat index to dangerously high levels from Kansas City to the Florida Keys.

Temperatures will climb up to 20 degrees above normal for much of the region through at least the weekend, reaching the upper 90s or low 100s in many places, with the heat index — a measure of how heat and humidity make the air

feel — soaring even higher.

“It’s not usually this hot in June,” Tortorich said.

Major cities where the heat index could reach between 110 to 120 degrees over the next few days include Dallas, San Antonio, New Orleans and Nashville, Tennessee, as well as Little Rock, Arkansas; Jackson, Mississippi; and Montgomery, Alabama. “Many areas outside of Texas will experience their most significant heat of the season so far,” a forecast from the National Weather Service said.

Nighttime temperatures will offer little respite, staying unseasonably high even while the sun is down, and high humidity will continue to produce “potentially life-threatening” heat through the rest of the week, forecasters said. Health experts consider a heat index of over 103 degrees dangerous, with a higher risk of cramps, exhaustion and heat stroke, particularly after exercise or long stretches in the sun.

“It is essential to have ways to cool down and limit your heat exposure,” the weather service said on Twitter.

In Gulfport, Mississippi, the employees of Superior Detailing have to spend a lot of time outside, no matter the temperature. “We have to suck it up

and go to work,” John LaCoste, who owns the car detailing business, said, “because we still have families to take care of and bills to pay.”

But his crews are slowing down and taking more breaks when needed, he said, adding that his customers don’t seem to mind. “Most people don’t want to get out in the heat and clean their cars themselves,” LaCoste said, “so they definitely get it.”

The heat will also rise in other parts of the country, including in Northern California — where cool weather and gloomy skies have reigned for several weeks. Sacramento and the San Joaquin Valley are under excessive heat warnings, the weather service said.

And though temperatures are not expected to be above average in the Southwest, dry conditions and low humidity, combined with gusty winds, will

increase fire danger across much of Arizona, New Mexico and southwestern Texas.

The unusual early summer temperatures across the South are the result of a stubborn “heat dome” of high pressure, akin to a lid on a pot that holds in steam, that has hovered over Texas and northern Mexico for more than a week. Forecasters have warned that the relentless heat could continue through the weekend across much of the South.

The heat will persist next week in some parts of the country, with parts of the Great Lakes, Midwest, Idaho and eastern Washington state expected to be up to 10 degrees above normal, said David Roth, a meteorologist with the Weather Prediction Center of the National Weather Service.

“This may be outside of what you would normally expect in summer,” Roth said. “Prepare for that.”

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Starbucks to offer ‘clearer’ store decor guidelines after Pride clash

By J. EDWARD MORENO

Starbucks said earlier this week that it would issue “clearer” guidelines on permissible store decorations after the union that represents thousands of its workers said management had prohibited some employees from putting up decorations for Pride Month.

Sara Trilling, the North America president for Starbucks, said in a memo to employees that the company’s policy on visual displays had not changed but that more specific directions were coming. She also reiterated the company’s support of the LGBTQ community, saying, “No one can take away our legacy and our continued commitment to being a place where we all belong.”

Starbucks responded after workers at more than 150 stores went on strike over the course of a week starting Friday to protest the company’s decorations policy, its treatment of LGBTQ workers and unfair labor practices generally.

Starbucks Workers United said Monday that the strike would go on unless the company agreed to come to the bargaining table. “While we are glad Starbucks is finally reconsidering its position on pride decorations, Starbucks continues to ignore that they are legally required to bargain with union workers — that’s the power of a union,” the union said in a statement.

About 12 stores have had to close each day since the strike began, a Starbucks spokesperson said.

The company also filed two charges with the National Labor Relations Board, accusing the union of starting “a smear campaign” against it by misrepresenting the company’s stances on LGBTQ issues, including its benefits policy on gender-affirming care.

“The union’s violations have ignited and inflamed workplace tension and division and provoked strikes and other business disruptions in

Starbucks stores,” the charges said.

The union said it was confident those charges would be dismissed, calling them a “public relations stunt.”

Why it matters:

How companies approach Pride marketing has been subject to increasing scrutiny. Bud Light, for one, faced backlash and dipping sales after a transgender influencer posted a promotional video for the American beer staple. Target, one of the country’s largest retailers, said it had to relocate its Pride collection to prevent further threats to its employees.

Background: The fight over bargaining has grown heated.

The union has staged a series of strikes in the past year over what it says are aggressive anti-union tactics, such as retaliatory firings and delayed bargaining. In response to tensions with the union, Starbucks adopted a stricter dress code and decor policy to prevent workers from filling stores with union paraphernalia.

The union, which first filed petitions at three stores in August 2021, now represents about 8,000 of the company’s workers in more than 300 stores.

Starbucks has faced dozens of National Labor Relations Board complaints, including one in April that accused the company of failing to bargain in good faith with workers at more than 100 stores. In March, the coffee giant faced a scathing ruling from an administrative law judge who concluded that it illegally retaliated against unionized workers.

Starbucks said that it would issue “clearer” guidelines on permissible store decorations for Pride Month.

S&P 500, Nasdaq edge higher on tech rally

The S&P 500 rose to its highest level in five months on Thursday as better-than-expected Meta results further improved sentiment around technology shares, which led the market lower last year.

The broader market index jumped 1.47% to 4,179.76, or its best level since August. Meanwhile, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite advanced 3.25% to 12,200.82, or its highest level since September. The gains come ahead of a trio of Big Tech results after the bell in Apple, Amazon and Alphabet.

At the same time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average underperformed, falling 39.02 points, or 0.11%, to 34,053.94. The major index was dragged lower by Merck shares after the pharmaceutical firm issued a weak outlook in its latest earnings results, despite beating analysts’ estimates on the top and bottom lines.

Some momentum came out of the day’s earlier gains as bond yields traded off their lows. The S&P 500 was up 1.85% at one point. January’s jobs report looms Friday.

Meta surged 23% in its best day since 2013 after reporting a fourth-quarter beat on revenue and announcing a $40 billion stock buyback. That helped investors look past losses in the business unit overseeing the metaverse.

Other mega-cap tech stocks rose on the back of those results. Shares of Google-parent Alphabet were up nearly 7.3%, while Amazon jumped about 7.4%. Apple shares gained 3.7%.

Tech stocks have outperformed in 2023, buoyed by recent signals of cooling inflation that investors expect could lead to a pause from the Federal Reserve in its aggressive rate hiking campaign. The S&P 500 information technology sector is up more than 14% this year after a decline of more than 28% last year.

“It’s showing that growth is outperforming value as it unwinds some of the pressures that hawkish rhetoric brought to risk markets over the course of 2022,” said Keith Buchanan, senior portfolio manager at GLOBALT Investments.

Wall Street is coming off a winning session after the Fed on Wednesday announced a 0.25 percentage point interest rate hike. While the central bank gave no indication of an upcoming pause in rate hikes, investors were encouraged by the smaller increase and Chair Jerome Powell’s comments recognizing easing inflation.

Economists, on average, expect Friday’s payrolls data to show 187,000 jobs were added in January, according to Dow Jones estimates. Though, Thursday afternoon Goldman economists said payrolls could be as high as 300,000, a big number that could mean the Fed has further to go to cool the economy and curb inflation.

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best level in five months. The broader market index jumped 1.47%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite advanced 3.25%.

Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average underperformed, falling 39.02 points, or 0.11%.

The S&P 500 is headed toward another positive week, following its strongest January showing since 2019. However, analysts believe some stocks are getting ahead of themselves and are set to fall.

As of Thursday afternoon, the broad market index is up more than 2% for the week. The Nasdaq Composite surged nearly 5%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average oscillated around the flat line.

Investors’ optimism that the Federal Reserve will soon ease up on its monetary policy has fueled the rise in the major indexes, despite Chairman Jerome Powell saying it is “premature” to declare victory on inflation.

The tech stock rally has also contributed to the benchmark indexes’ gains in 2023. For example, Meta shares have jumped nearly 30% this week, surging after the social media company posted a quarterly revenue beat. Shares are up more than 60% for the year.

Prigozhin’s connections complicate any purge plans by Putin

By ANTON TROIANOVSKI

When President Vladimir Putin met with Russian media figures behind closed doors Tuesday, he presented himself as a leader, delving into Yevgeny Prigozhin’s business contracts with the Russian Defense ministry.

He also portrayed himself as being fully engaged throughout the 24-hour uprising last weekend by Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner paramilitary group, according to newspaper editor Konstantin Remchukov, who attended the meeting.

“Putin said he didn’t sleep for a minute during the rebellion,” Remchukov said in a phone interview from Moscow. In the rebellion’s aftermath, he said, Putin appeared focused on the economic motives guiding Prigozhin: “He’s deep in the numbers of the Prigozhin contracts, the money flows.”

The focus on Prigozhin’s financial dealings allowed Putin to cast the short-lived mutiny as a personal grievance over money, setting up the potential for broader fallout among the upper echelons.

The Russian leader was signaling that even though he allowed Prigozhin and his fighters to receive sanctuary in neighboring Belarus, associates of the mercenary chieftain in government and elsewhere could still face consequences.

Several pro-war Russian blogs reported this week that authorities were investigating military service members with ties to Prigozhin, but those reports could not be independently confirmed.

Prigozhin has built a web of connections deep into Russia’s ruling elite, beginning when he ran high-end restaurants and catered banquets in St. Petersburg in the 1990s.

Putin himself hinted at the depth of Prigozhin’s ties to the government in his public remarks Tuesday, saying Prigozhin, a catering magnate, had earned roughly $1 billion from military catering contracts in the past year, and that the government had spent another $1 billion to finance his mercenaries.

Remchukov said Putin returned to that theme in the closed-door meeting Tuesday evening, adding that it was evident Putin was “trying to learn the whole economic background” of Prigozhin’s financial arrangements with the government.

On Wednesday, Putin sought to show he was going back to business as usual. He flew to the southern Russian region of Dagestan to discuss domestic tourism, praising the expansion of the local brandy industry and, ac-

cording to the Kremlin’s transcript, not mentioning the weekend’s uprising.

But back in Moscow, with the nature of Putin’s longer-term response to the rebellion a matter of guesswork, members of the Russian elite were still scrambling to demonstrate their loyalty and disavow past ties to Prigozhin.

“It’s a highly convoluted question” as to who should get punished for their ties to Prigozhin, said Oleg Matveychev, a member of the Russian parliament and a longtime proKremlin political consultant.

Those targeted, he said in a phone interview, would not be those who were only “pictured with Prigozhin somewhere,” but those who “actively covered for him, actively continue to do this, and actively work against the policy of the president.”

Matveychev acknowledged working with Prigozhin and his internet “troll farm” about a decade ago, but said he stopped the partnership after concluding, in his view, that Prigozhin was a “mentally unstable person.”

The question of who gets punished for Prigozhin’s rebellion carries high stakes, especially because some of Prigozhin’s key allies and sympathizers are believed to be inside the military. Remchukov said there was intense speculation in Moscow about the fate of Sergei Surovikin, a senior general whom Prigozhin had praised publicly. The New York Times reported Tuesday that U.S. officials believe Surovikin knew about the rebellion in advance.

“I think they’re going to ask why he was quiet” and didn’t speak up against Prigozhin

before the rebellion, Remchukov said of Surovikin. “Were there any interests, was there any connection?” On Wednesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called the Times’ report “speculations’’ but did not deny the reporting or express any support for the general, who has not been heard from since appearing in a video last Friday night pleading with the rebels to stand down.

Prigozhin’s ties also extend well beyond the military. After a career spent in the shadows, Prigozhin turned himself into a public figure in the last year, casting himself as a tough-talking mercenary leader far more effective than the traditional military. He regularly castigated and belittled military leaders like Sergei Shoigu, the Russian defense minister.

In the last year, pro-Kremlin figures seeking to prove their patriotic bona fides rushed for Prigozhin’s bandwagon.

The son of Peskov bragged that he had joined an artillery unit in Prigozhin’s Wagner group and earned a medal “for courage.”

The head of a party in Russia’s rubber-stamp parliament, Sergei Mironov, posed with a sledgehammer decorated with the Wagner insignia — a pile of skulls, and a hand-drawn smiley face.

The sledgehammer last year became Prigozhin’s trademark after he endorsed its use in the gruesome execution of a Wagner fighter who had surrendered to Ukraine.

“Thank you to Yevgeny Prigozhin for the present,” Mironov wrote on Twitter in January. “This is a useful instrument.”

But by Tuesday, Mironov had refashioned

himself into a bulwark against Prigozhin’s rebellion. He called for an investigation into what he claimed was a “line of VIPs — officials and civil servants” flocking to leave the country from the private jet terminal of Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport during Wagner’s abbreviated march toward Moscow on Saturday.

“This is a fifth column!” he wrote on social media, without naming names. “Traitors to the Motherland!”

There was also the question of who had spoken up for Putin while the rebellion was ongoing, and who stayed silent. One Moscow political analyst, Mikhail Vinogradov, published what he called an “oath rating” on the Telegram social network that cataloged, down to the minute, at what time on Saturday Russia’s more than 80 regional governors posted a message of support of Putin, if they did — and listed the 21 who posted no such messages at all.

Vinogradov said in an interview that it would be a mistake to draw serious conclusions from his rating, but Matveychev, the member of parliament, said he found the list revealing.

“I had a glance and drew conclusions,” Matveychev said, “that a person is, let’s say, unreliable and might act differently next time.”

Matveychev insisted that the aborted rebellion was a positive for Russia because its failure “strengthens the image of the authorities” and acts as a “vaccine” against future rebellions. And Remchukov, the newspaper editor, said that despite his prediction Sunday that Putin might not run for reelection next year because of the rebellion’s blow to his image, he has seen Moscow’s Kremlinconnected elite rally to Putin’s side as he seeks to telegraph strength.

“Putin is now totally focused on sending the message to the elites that ‘I can protect you,’” Remchukov said. “Now there will, I think, be some very energetic actions to show this, because his whole logic is to show that this was nothing but treason.”

But others saw Prigozhin’s challenge as a problem for Putin, especially as the war drags on and members of the elite look to blame each other for setbacks at the front.

“This is a signal that the system of governance is not handling the wartime stress well,” Vinogradov said. “Especially not in the last two months, when everyone was awaiting a successful Ukrainian counteroffensive and preparing to turn on one another — and even the lack of that success didn’t change this at all.”

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The unexpected rescuers who found Colombia’s missing children

By GENEVIEVE GLATSKY and JULIE TURKEWITZ

At first, he heard a soft cry. Then, just beyond the broad leaves of the jungle, Nicolás Ordóñez could make out the form of a small girl, a baby in her arms.

Ordóñez, 27, a young man from the humblest of backgrounds, stepped forward, soon to become a national hero. He and three other men had found four Colombian children who had survived a terrifying plane crash followed by 40 harrowing days in the Amazon rainforest — and whose plight had drawn worldwide attention.

But these men did not wear the uniform of the Colombian military, or any other force backed by millions of dollars mobilized for the massive search.

Instead, they were members of a civilian patrol known as the Indigenous Guard — a confederation of defense groups that have sought to protect broad swaths of Indigenous territory from violence and environmental destruction linked to the country’s long internal conflict.

Many in the guard say their cause has long been marginalized. Now, they are at the center of the country’s biggest story.

“What we are, the Indigenous guards, has been made visible,” said Luis Acosta, who coordinates the multiple groups collectively known as the Indigenous Guard. “I think that this may gain us respect and gain us recognition.”

Although members of the guard still do not know how the four children survived the jungle, interviews in their hometown along Colombia’s southern edge provide the deepest account yet about what led them to the moment of the rescue.

Guard members usually wear cloth vests and carry wooden staffs, not guns. And yet, over the years, they have resisted incursions by left-wing guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries, oil companies and even Colombia’s security forces.

Their sudden thrust into a global spotlight started in May, after a single-propeller plane went down in the remote Colombian Amazon.

A search team soon found the bodies of the three adults aboard — but its four young passengers were missing, setting off an intense, anguished search that involved an unlikely cooperation between the military and

Indigenous men at meeting house for a sacred ritual, including two of the four who found the Colombian children who were lost for 40 days in the Amazon rainforest, in Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia, June 20, 2023.

the Indigenous Guard.

The children, ages 1 to 13, are siblings from an Indigenous group called the Huitoto, who are also known as the Murui Muina.

They had boarded the plane with their mother, a community leader and the pilot to escape violence from a faction of a left-wing guerrilla group in their Amazonian town, according to Manuel Ranoque, the father of the two youngest children. (The guerrilla group, in text messages to The New York Times, denied that.)

The rescue team’s work captivated people around the globe, and when the children were found alive June 9, Colombian President Gustavo Petro hailed the joining of forces between the Indigenous Guard and the military as a symbol of a “new Colombia.”

Ordóñez and the three other men who found the children — Eliecer Muñoz, Dairo Kumariteke and Edwin Manchola — are all from Puerto Leguízamo, a town at the southern edge of the Colombian Amazon where the drug trade reigns and armed groups fight for control of the industry. They are also Murui Muina.

On a recent day in Puerto Leguízamo, Ordóñez and others sat in a round meetinghouse known among Indigenous groups as a maloca and described why they had signed up for the rescue mission. Light streaked through a thatch roof. A bowl of brilliant green mambe, a mild stimulant made of ground coca leaf sacred to the tribe, sat in the center of the dirt floor.

Ordóñez, born in a town of just seven families, left school at age 10 to begin work-

ing, moving boxes at a grocery store in exchange for his pick of damaged produce.

Then, at 14, he was recruited by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia,

or FARC, the leftist guerrilla group that fought the Colombian government for decades, terrorizing the nation. He said he joined voluntarily, out of economic desperation.

His experience is not unique: Tens of thousands of children have been recruited by armed groups during the country’s long war.

In all, about 300 people participated in the search for the children, according to the military. Members of the Indigenous Guard and the military have spoken positively of their collaboration, explaining that the combination of the military’s technology and the guard’s ancestral knowledge was key to finding the children.

The group from Puerto Leguízamo spent three weeks sleeping in the jungle.

On June 9, the military told the Puerto Leguízamo group to go on alone, without accompanying soldiers, something they had never done before.

The Indigenous guards were exhausted but determined.

Bringing the wilderness back to Ireland’s storied countryside

By ED O’LOUGHLIN

The west coast of Ireland is famed for its wave-beaten shores and bare, stony mountains, where only a few stunted trees grow in hollows and valleys, bent by harsh storms blowing in from the North Atlantic.

The coastline, with its cold, clean winds and ever-changing skies, gives an impression of unspoiled, primal nature. In 2014, the Irish government designated a 1,550-mile tourist route along the coast, and called it “The Wild Atlantic Way.”

Yet, where generations of painters, poets and visitors have rhapsodized about the sublimity of nature and the scenic Irish countryside, ecologists see a human-made desert of grass, heather and ferns, cleared of most native species by close-grazing sheep that often pull grasses out by the roots.

As climate change threatens even more ecological disruption, a growing Irish “rewilding” movement is calling for the restoration of the native forests that once covered these lands, both as natural machines to capture atmospheric carbon, and to preserve and extend what remains of Ireland’s dwindling biodiversity.

Rewilding, the practice of bringing ravaged landscapes back to their original states, is well established in Britain, where numerous projects are underway. For Ireland, this would mean the re-creation of temperate forests of oak, birch, hazel and yew that once covered 80% of the land but now — after centuries of timber extraction, overgrazing and intensive farming — have been reduced to only 1%.

For some, rewilding began with a personal choice.

In 2009, Eoghan Daltún, a sculpture restorer, sold his house in Dublin to buy 33 acres of gnarled oaks and rugged hillside on the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, in the far southwest. Where local farmers had once raised a few cattle and sheep, he erected a fence to keep out feral goats and sika deer, two nonnative, invasive species that nibble undergrowth and saplings down to the roots, and kill older trees by gnawing away their bark.

One day in late spring, with the wind driving rain off the foaming ocean, he proudly showed off the results. Wood sorrel, dog violet and celandine were already in flower beneath the twisted branches of mature oak and birch, thickly draped in mosses, ferns and epiphytic plants. New shoots of oak, hawthorn and ash pushed up through the grass and dead ferns.

“The sheep and deer would eat those little saplings before they even started on the grass, so when the old trees eventually died, there’d be no new ones to replace them,” said Daltún, who wrote about his experiment in “An Irish Atlantic Rainforest,” a

memoir. “But the native forest is returning here, all by itself. I don’t have to plant anything.”

Ireland has committed to increasing the total proportion of forested areas to 18% by 2050, from 11% currently. Yet this would still be well below the European Union average of 38%, and most of it would consist of commercial spruce and pine plantations that make up more than 90% of Ireland’s current woodlands.

Grown to be harvested within 30 to 40 years, these nonnative conifers are treated with chemicals that pollute groundwater and rivers. Ecologists say little can grow on a forest floor carpeted with dead needles and a desert for insects and native wildlife. And much of the carbon they store is released again when they are harvested.

It would be better for biodiversity and carbon sequestration to pay farmers and landowners to grow native trees and leave them unharvested, according to Padraic Fogarty, the campaign officer for the Irish Wildlife Trust. He cited the example of Costa Rica, which has reversed the Central American trend of deforestation by paying farmers to preserve and extend the rainforest.

Ray Ó Foghlú of Hometree, another rewilding organization, believes farmers could be paid not to plow or graze strips land that border remaining pockets of native woodland — often only a few trees and bushes — that cling to inaccessible hillsides or in the awkward corners of fields. Biologically rich, these microforests would, if left to themselves, quickly recolonize neighboring areas, Ó Foghlú believes. He recently bought 9 acres of “scrubland” — home to sessile oaks (Ireland’s national tree), hazels, wood sorrel, blue bells and anemones.

“I pinch myself still that I own it,” he said. “It has a river running through it, and I can’t believe it’s mine, for the price of a secondhand car these days.”

Irish rewilding enthusiasts look enviously at the highlands

of Scotland, ecologically very similar to the west of Ireland, but where the concentration of ownership in the hands of a few hundred aristocrats and magnates allows rewilding at much greater scale.

Ecologically minded figures like Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen, Scotland’s largest private landowner, with 220,000 acres, can clear deer and livestock from tens of thousands of acres, allowing native growth to quickly regenerate. Eradicated native species, notably the European beaver, have also been reintroduced to Scotland to restore ecological balance.

In Ireland, where the average farm size is 83 acres, such large-scale rewilding would seem to be unfeasible. The big exception, so far, has been in the unlikely setting of County Meath, in the flat, highly fertile and intensively farmed east of the island, and in the unlikely person of Randal Plunkett, a New York-born filmmaker, vegan and death metal enthusiast.

Since Plunkett — better known, to some, as the 21st Baron of Dunsany — inherited his 1,700-acre ancestral estate in 2011, he has cleared it of livestock and left one-third to revert to unmanaged forest, complete with a wild herd of native red deer.

“Biodiversity is expanding dramatically,” said Plunkett, 30, standing in thick woodlands humming with bees and other busy insects. “At least one species has returned every year since we started. Pine martens. Red kites. Corncrakes. Peregrine falcons. Kestrels. Stoats. Woodpeckers. Otter. We think there’s salmon in the river again, for the first time in my life.”

One of his forebears, Sir Horace Plunkett, pioneered modern, industrial farming in Ireland early last century, encouraging small farmers to set up cooperatives and to mechanize their operations and use fertilizers and chemicals. Today, Randal Plunkett says, not everyone in this rich farming area is happy about his decision to abandon intensive agriculture, or to ban all hunting on the estate.

“It’s safe to say I’m not popular with the hunting crowd,” he said. “I’ve had death threats.”

Rewilding has its opponents. Ireland’s agribusiness lobbies are economically and culturally suspicious of suggestions that farmland should be allowed to revert to what they traditionally derided as “scrub.” People will always need food, they point out. In more marginal areas in the uplands and west, farmers argue recent regulations have reduced the numbers of sheep they can graze per acre, and that removing them altogether would harm existing biodiversity.

“If you leave an area ungrazed and unmanaged, you leave an area that’s at risk of being burned,” said Vincent Doddy, the president of the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association. “I think cattle and sheep are the most cost effective way of managing the land.”

Even on poor soil and small farms, where livestock production is sustainable only through government grants and second jobs, the title of farmer is still prized beyond its cash value.

“You’d have some of them who’d say, ‘Sheep are a part of my family tradition, and my identity, and it’s what I want to do,’” said Daltún, who keeps some cattle on his 33 acres. “But others would see the benefit of being paid for looking after the land, and letting it regenerate, and to have time to focus more on their other work or business.”

Sheep grazing on the Beara Peninsula near Eyeries, Ireland on April 11, 2023. Sheep often pull grasses out by the roots and can eat saplings, preventing the growth of new trees.

Prigozhin’s mutiny against Putin’s reign of lies

By BRET STEPHENS

For a good understanding of the psychology of modern Russia, it helps to read Peter Pomerantsev’s “Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible,” published in 2014, the year Vladimir Putin seized Crimea using “little green men” who either were or were not Russian soldiers. The book captures the qualities of cultivated unreality and sinister surrealism that, for a day last week, were punctured by Yevgeny Prigozhin’s aborted mutiny.

Pomerantsev, a British journalist born in the Soviet Union to a family of Jewish dissidents, spent nearly a decade in Moscow working largely on reality TV shows for a Russian entertainment channel. It turned out to be the perfect lens through which to see Putin’s Russia, where the Kremlin’s spinmeisters work hard to promote an image of a virile and infallible president vanquishing devious foes. It’s a place where people don’t say (and may not even know) what they really think and where sophistication means being in on the truth that most everything is potentially a lie.

“It’s almost as if you are encouraged to have one identity one moment and the opposite one the next,” Pomerantsev wrote. “So you’re always split into little bits and can never quite commit to changing things. And a result is the somewhat aggressive apathy you can encounter here so often. That’s the underlying mind-set that supported the U.S.S.R. and supports the new Russia now.”

It was from this phantasmagorical kingdom that the war against Ukraine was launched. Everything the Kremlin says about the invasion has been either a lie or the result of self-deceit: the evolving justifications for the war, the optimism of its assumptions, the scale of the casualties, the description of it as a “special military operation.” In May, Putin finally used the term “actual war” to describe the conflict, but only as something that had “been unleashed against our homeland again.”

It’s hard to decide what’s scarier: that he believes this or that he doesn’t.

But something went wrong in Putin’s approach, and it wasn’t just the incompetence of his military, the bravery of Ukrainians or the intercession by the West. In a nutshell, the problem is this: A monopoly on truth can be sustained only through a monopoly on violence. Big Brother can tell the Big Lie only if he has the Big — and only — Gun. Otherwise, the lie inevitably falls apart.

But Putin tried to sustain his monopoly on truth even as he demonopolized violence, allowing Prigozhin’s Wagner Group to fight in Ukraine as an autonomous unit along with the fighters of Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov. Putin’s reasons for doing this are easy to guess; creating competing centers of power, loyal to the leader but profoundly hostile to one another, is a tried-and-true method of effective dictatorships. But it creates risks, including the risk that someone from one of those centers of power will be willing to tell an inconvenient truth.

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That is just what Prigozhin did and why his real mutiny did not happen over the weekend, with his takeover of the city of Rostov-on-Don and his brief march on Moscow. It occurred instead on Friday, with his 30-minute diatribe on Telegram, as cited by Newsweek, about the course of the war — a “poorly planned operation” that killed “thousands of the most combat-ready Russian soldiers in the first days” — and the falseness of its justification.

“The Ministry of Defense is trying to deceive the public and the president and spin the story that there were insane levels of aggression from the Ukrainian side and that they were going to attack us together with the whole NATO bloc,” he said. “The special operation was started for a completely different reason.”

To know the truth about the war is to see the awfulness of Russia’s options: a humiliating defeat, a bloody stalemate or escalation that risks a much wider war. There is an additional terror, too, though probably one that runs in a buried vein: the terror of self-indictment, when the apathy or jingoism of ordinary Russians must face the atrocities committed in their name.

The drift of Western commentary since Prigozhin’s mutiny is that Putin has been humiliated, his facade of invincibility cracked. I’m less sure.

His most vocal (and credible) internal critic may now go silent — or be silenced. Russians may conclude that they would rather live in the world of pleasing lies, in which they’ve long been complicit, than know the stark truth. And Putin will likely continue to rule inside his bubble because so many of the potential alternatives, from defeat to anarchy, look worse. Only a decisive Ukrainian victory can puncture it.

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Aside from Prigozhin’s decorative effort to deflect blame from Putin to his generals, this is as close to the truth as Russians are soon likely to hear. And it may be why he appeared to have been treated as a hero, almost a liberator, in Rostov-on-Don. For a moment, they were freed not only from the grip of the Kremlin’s political and security apparatus but also from the narcosis of its propaganda.

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SAN JUAN – La secretaria interina del Departamento de Asuntos del Consumidor (DACO), la licenciada Lisoannette González Ruíz, junto al secretario del Departamento de Agricultura, Ramón González Beiró, anunciaron el desarrollo de un detallado estudio económico y legal dirigido a evaluar los aspectos en los que pueden intervenir las dependencias para garantizar los derechos de los consumidores.

“En el DACO estamos muy pendientes a los cambios en el mercado para delinear acciones a favor de la defensa de los derechos de los consumidores. Un área que es de suma importancia para los consumidores es lo relacionado a la canasta básica de alimentos, la cual incluye productos de necesidad imperante como pan, leche, quesos, huevos, arroz, carne, frutas y verduras y los altos costos de la misma que se estiman en unos $161.00 al mes. Con el propósito de evaluar las posibles acciones que puede tomar DACO para asistir a los consumidores a enfrentar vertiginosos aumentos en la canasta básica, estamos encomendando un estudio económico y legal”, señaló la secretaria interina del DACO.

Por otro lado, el secretario del Departamento de Agricultura, Ramón González Beiró, dijo que “la colaboración entre ambos entes gubernamentales siempre ha sido abierta para atender de forma justa y transparente el mercado y los consumidores. Por tal razón, ante la preocupación del aumento en precio de venta de productos en la canasta básica, como el huevo, hemos comenzado a establecer un estudio económico exhaustivo para estudiar los precios a nivel de finca y a nivel de detallista

con el fin de asegurar de que sean razonables los márgenes de ganancia sin afectar al consumidor”.

De acuerdo con varios estudios, incluyendo uno emitido por la empresa PICODI, los precios en las carnes, verduras, frutas y pan impulsan el aumento en el costo de la canasta básica en la Isla. El informe también detalla que el 85 por ciento de los productos de la canasta son importados.

“Nos encontramos en un momento histórico, atravesando los efectos secundarios de la pandemia del COVID-19 con relación al disloque en la actividad agrícola y las líneas de producción en todo el mundo, así como aumentos en la tasa de inflación. El norte de este estudio es determinar los marcos legales en los cuales el DACO pudiera actuar y las acciones, si alguna, que podemos tomar para garantizar los derechos de los consumidores en Puerto Rico”, dijo González Ruíz.

Asimismo, González detalló que, es importante realizar este tipo de estudio y tomar acciones regulatorias para evaluar que no haya una competencia desleal y proteger nuestra agricultura al igual que a los consumidores.

Anaís Mendoza, primera medalla para el surf en San Salvador 2023

ricanos y del Caribe Mar y Playa en Santa Marta 2022 y no logró conquistar medalla.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – La surfista Anaís Mendoza agarró una ola plateada en la Playa Surf City donde se llevaron a cabo los XXVI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe San Salvador 2023.

“Me siento súper feliz”, dijo la aguadeña, que inició participación por Puerto Rico en los Juegos Centroame-

“Gracias a Dios lo puede hacer (ganar la medalla) y a todo el equipo que me ha apoyado”, añadió la atleta, que está acompañada de sus padres en San Salvador.

El podio de la modalidad bodyboard fue ocupado por la panameña Verónica Correa (13.50), la boricua Mendoza (9.84) y la venezolana Rosmarky Álvarez (8.77).

Academia Juvenil de la Guardia Nacional de Puerto Rico firma acuerdo con el Departamento de Educación

FUERTE ALLEN – La Puerto Rico Youth ChalleNGe Academy de la Guardia Nacional de Puerto Rico y el Departamento de Educación de Puerto Rico firmaron un acuerdo el miércoles para brindar más opciones educativas a los jóvenes en riesgo.

“Al unir fuerzas con el Departamento de Educación de Puerto Rico, podemos ofrecer una oportunidad transformadora a los jóvenes en riesgo de nuestra Isla”, dijo el General de Brigada Miguel Méndez, ayudante general interino en declaraciones escritas.

El secretario del Departamento de Educación, Eliezer Ramos Parés, mostró su entusiasmo por la colaboración, subrayando la importancia de la educación

para guiar a los jóvenes hacia un futuro provechoso. “Confiamos que este acuerdo cambie la vida de cientos de jóvenes, en beneficio de nuestra sociedad”, ex-

presó.

Como parte del acuerdo, el Departamento de Educación trabajará en estrecha colaboración con la Academia para informar a los jóvenes en riesgo sobre las oportunidades que ofrece el programa. La idea es que el Departamento de Educación ayude a identificar a los candidatos que puedan beneficiarse del entorno estructurado y el plan de estudios académicos de la academia.

La directora de la Academia, Matilde Almodóvar Acosta, resaltó la importancia del acuerdo: “Este histórico acuerdo será fundamental en la atención, tanto educativa como conductual, para jóvenes que presenten riesgo de desertar o hayan desertado del sistema escolar tradicional”.

DACO y Agricultura realizará estudio económico ante el aumento en los precios de productos de la canasta básica de alimentos

Angela Bassett and Mel Brooks are among those to receive honorary Oscars

By KYLE BUCHANAN

Just a few months after Angela Bassett came close to clinching a supporting-actress Oscar for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” she’ll become one of four Hollywood figures to receive an honorary Oscar at this year’s Governors Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced. Also getting honorary Oscars will be director Mel Brooks and editor Carol Littleton, while the Sundance Institute’s Michelle Satter will be presented with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

The awards “honor four trailblazers who have transformed the film industry and inspired generations of filmmakers and movie fans,” academy president Janet Yang said in a statement.

Bassett, 64, was first nominated for playing Tina Turner in the biopic “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” and also starred in films like “How Stella Got Her Groove Back,” “Malcolm X” and “Boyz N the Hood.” Her awards-season run for Wakanda Forever” earlier this year netted her a Golden Globe, and though she lost the Oscar to “Everything Everywhere All at Once” supporting actress Jamie Lee Curtis, Bassett is still one of only four Black actresses to have received more than one Oscar nomination for acting.

Brooks, who turns 97 this week, is the rare recipient of this honorary award to have already won a competitive Oscar: In 1969, he triumphed in the originalscreenplay category for his debut film, “The Producers.” Much more was still to come, as Brooks went on to become one of Hollywood’s most notable comic directors, making beloved films like “Young Frankenstein” and “Blazing Saddles.” He’s even one of 18 people in show business to have reached competitive EGOT status, after having added Grammys, Emmys, and Tonys to the Oscar on his

awards shelf.

Satter, the founding senior director of the Sundance Institute’s artist programs, has spent four decades nurturing independent filmmakers at the earliest stages of their ca reers: Projects like Wes Anderson’s “Bottle Rocket,” Darren Aronofsky’s “Requiem for a Dream,” Miranda July’s “Me and You and Everyone We Know” and Ryan Coogler’s “Fruitvale Station” were all developed at Satter’s Sundance Labs.

Littleton was Oscar-nominated for editing Steven Spielberg’s “E.T. the ExtraTerrestrial” and went on to work primarily with directors Lawrence Kasdan (on films like “The Big Chill” and “The Accidental Tourist”) and Jonathan Demme (on “Belo ved” and his remakes “The Manchurian Candidate” and “The Truth About Charlie”).

Though these honorary prizes are not televised, they remain one of awards season’s most star-studded events: Scheduled this year for Nov. 18, they offer the chance not only to herald the deserving but also to get schmoozy face time with a packed ballroom of Oscar voters. Expect emotional speeches delivered to scads of this season’s hopeful nominees, all of whom will work the crowd at every intermission.

Angela Bassett is one of four recipients of honorary Academy Awards this year.

Astrud Gilberto: 6 essential songs

By JON PARELES

Astrud Gilberto, who died on June 5 at 83, brought the first, alluring taste of Brazilian bossa nova to countless listeners worldwide. Her collaborations — with Stan Getz, Gil Evans, Stanley Turrentine and others — also helped cement the connections of bossa nova and jazz.

Her voice was disarmingly modest, sometimes hitting notes a little flat and often barely above a whisper; the effect was intimate and seemingly weightless. When she sang in English, her Brazilian accent gave her an endearing hint of awkwardness and approachability, even as her phrasing stayed supple, while the translated lyrics invited a wider audience to hear great Brazilian songwriters like Antonio Carlos Jobim. Her early recordings are her most radiant ones, steeped in the pensive, nostalgic longing that Brazilians call saudade.

Here are six indelible Astrud Gilberto performances.

Stan Getz featuring Astrud Gilberto: “The Girl From Ipanema” (1963)

This was the bossa nova that seduced the world: a purposeful crossover collaboration by American saxophonist Stan Getz, Jobim, Astrud Gilberto and her then-husband, the definitive bossa nova guitarist and singer João Gilberto. Its full version opened with João Gilberto singing the Portuguese lyrics, but the world-conquering single cuts quickly to Astrud Gilberto’s breathy voice in English, with Jobim on piano trickling just a few perfect notes to answer her.

The New Stan Getz Quartet featuring Astrud Gilberto: “It Might as Well Be Spring” (1964)

Gilberto doesn’t exactly sound “as jumpy as a puppet on a string” in this live performance of the Rodgers and Hammerstein standard with the Stan Getz Quartet. Instead, she’s poised and sure-footed, musing about the possibility of romance as Getz’s saxophone scurries and spirals around her.

“Água de Beber” (1965)

Jobim rejoined Gilberto as a collaborator on her luminous solo debut, “The Astrud Gilberto Album.” His voice shadows hers on their nonchalantly elegant version of his bossa nova standard “Água de Beber” (“Water to Drink”); as she sings about a love as es-

sential as water, the song glows with mutual fondness.

“The Shadow of Your Smile” (1965)

A studio orchestra offers a hint of fanfare, then falls into an admiring hush behind Gilberto’s voice in this Oscar- and Grammywinning song from the movie “The Sandpiper.” Written by Johnny Mandel and Paul Francis Webster, with strong bossa nova influences, the song’s arrangement ripples around Gilberto with little instrumental flourishes — strings, flutes, piano, vibraphone — but Gilberto’s voice maintains its serene wistfulness.

“Berimbau” (1966)

A berimbau, the one-stringed percussion instrument prized in Bahia, Brazil, twangs its way through this song by Baden Powell and Vinicius de Moraes. The brassy, slightly ominous arrangement by Gil Evans highlights the pinpoint syncopations of Gilberto’s vocal.

“Maria Quiet” (1966)

Gilberto sang most often about love as it arrives and disappears. But every so often she turned to other thoughts — like the feminist resentment in “Maria Quiet,” a brisk samba with lyrics (de Moraes translated by Norman Gimbel) about women’s endless work. Gilberto’s delivery is pointed, and quietly seething.

Astrud Gilberto brought the alluring sound of Brazilian bossa nova to listeners worldwide.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO

DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE MAYAGÜEZ

IVONNE SOTO, TAMBIEN

CONOCIDA POR IVONNE

SOTO GARCIA

Peticionaria

EX – PARTE; NELSON

SOTO GONZALEZ, TAMBIEN CONOCIDO

POR NELSON SOTO

Causante

Civil Núm.: MZ2023CV00853. Sobre: DECLARATORIA DE HEREDEROS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNINDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: IVETTE SOTO, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA

POR IVETTE

SOTO MACHUCA, Y/O PRESUNTOS

HEREDEROS DE NELSON

SOTO GONZÁLEZ

TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO

POR NELSON SOTO.

Por la presente se le notifica que la parte peticionaria Ivonne Soto, también conocida por Ivonne Soto García, ha presentado ante este Tribunal petición de declaratoria de herederos, solicitando la concesión del siguiente remedio: Se dicte Resolución declarando a Ivonne Soto, también conocida por Ivonne Soto García e Ivette Soto, también conocida por Ivette Soto Machuca, como los únicos y universales herederos de DON NELSON SOTO, también CONOCIDO POR ELSON

SOTO GONZALEZ. Representa a la parte peticionaria la abogada cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:

LCDA. MARGGIE

RODRIGUEZ PEREZ

RUA NUM. 20,363

#182 CALLE RAMON EMETERIO BETANCES SUR

MAYAGÜEZ, PUERTO RICO 00680

TEL. (787) 265-1111

E-mail: mrplawoffices@gmail.com

Se le apercibe que conforme al Artículo 552 del Código de Enjuiciamiento Civil de Puerto Rico, 32 L.P.R.A. sec. 2301, la peticionaria de epígrafe anuncia el fallecimiento de DON

NELSON SOTO, TAMBIÉN

CONOCIDO POR NELSON

SOTO GONZÁLEZ EL DÍA 4 DE ENERO DE 2011 EN LA CIUDAD DE MAYAGÜEZ, PUERTO RICO. Los nombres de los hijos que le sobreviven al causante son: Ivonne Soto, también conocida por Ivonne Soto García e Ivette Soto, también conocida por Ivette Soto Machuca. Por lo que se hace

un llamado a los que se crean con igual grado o mejor derecho para que comparezcan a reclamar dentro de un plazo de treinta (30) días a contar de la última publicación. El presente edicto se publicará dos (2) veces, en un periódico de circulación diaria general en la Isla de Puerto Rico; por dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con no menos de siete (7) días calendarios entre publicación. Que de no comparecer los que se crean con igual grado o mejor derecho a reclamar dentro del plazo de treinta (30) días a contar de la última publicación, apreciadas las pruebas, se dictará el auto, según lo previsto por la ley del caso, haciendo declaración de las personas con derecho a la herencia sin más citarle ni oírle. Por no conocer la parte peticionaria las circunstancias y dirección de la parte requerida se releva a la parte peticionaria del cumplimiento del requisito de notificación en el término reglamentario de diez (10) días contados a partir de la última publicación del edicto para enviarle copia de la petición, orden y emplazamiento y publicación de edicto a la última dirección conocida. Deberán comparecer a través del SISTEMA Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual podrán acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su comparecencia en la secretaria del Tribunal. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 07 de junio de 2023. LIC. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. JOSSIE BOBÉ RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA

BAJA

REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC

Demandante Vs. SUCESION ANA IDA

ORTIZ ASTACIO T/C/C

ANA ORTIZ ASTACIO

T/C/C ANA I. ORTIZ

ASTACIO T/C/C ANA

I. ORTIZ COMPUESTA

POR SUS HIJOS

IVELLISE GARCIA

ORTIZ, DIXIE GARCIA

ORTIZ, ANGEL SHERWIN

HERRERA ORTIZ Y EL CÓNYUGE SUPÉRSTITE GUILLERMO

MALDONADO; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION ROBERT MERCADO ORTIZ COMPUESTA POR JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES Demandados

Civil Núm.: BY2021CV04254.

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

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

GENERAL:

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Vega Baja, 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 Vega Baja, el 3 DE AGOSTO 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: RÚSTICA: Parcela Marcada con el número trescientos treinta y tres (333), en el plano de parcelación de la comunidad rural Hoyo Hoyo del barrio Sabana del término municipal de Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de mil seiscientos seis punto cero cero metros cuadrados (1606.00 m/c). En lindes por el Norte, con la parcela numero trescientos treinta “A” (330-A) de la comunidad; por el Sur, con las parcelas trescientos treinta y seis (336) y trescientos treinta y cuatro (334) de la comunidad; por el Este, con las parcelas trescientos treinta (330) y trescientos treinta y dos (332) de la comunidad; y por el Oeste, con las parcelas trescientos cuarenta (340) y trescientos treinta y nueve (339) de la comunidad. Finca número 17,666, inscrita

al folio 256 del tomo 284 de Vega Alta, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al folio 4689 del tomo 332 de Vega Alta, finca 17,666, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III, inscripción 2ª. Propiedad localizada en: COMM. RURAL HOYO HOYO, #333 CALLE VILLA LAGUNA, BO. SABANA HOYOS, VEGA ALTA, PUERTO RICO 00692. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: $226,500.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 1 de enero de 2091. 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 $226,500.00, 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 Vega Baja, el 10 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $151,000.00, 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 $113,250.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja, el 17 DE AGOSTO 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 $103,969.10 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $20,237.27 en intereses acumulados al 29 de noviembre

de 2021 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 3.483% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $5,273.77 en seguro hipotecario; $5,040.00 en tarifas de servicio; $500.00 de tasaciones; $160.00 de inspecciones; $615.00 en honorarios de abogado; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $22,650.00, 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 Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, hoy 24 de mayo de 2023. FRANCES TORRES CONTRERAS, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. LUIS ORTIZ ROSA, ALGUACIL PLACA #888.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAGUAS

ORIENTAL BANK

Demandante V.

SUCESIÓN DE RAMÓN

PULLIZA ALMODÓVAR COMPUESTA POR

GLADYNEL MARIA

PULLIZA VELÁZQUEZ, AXEL FRANCIS

PULLIZA VELÁZQUEZ Y ALEXANDER PULLIZA VELÁZQUEZ; CARMEN

GLADYS VELÁZQUEZ GUZMÁN

Demandados

Civil Núm.: CG2022CV02759. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Caguas, hago saber a la parte demandada, SUCESIÓN DE RAMÓN PULLIZA ALMODÓVAR Compuesta Por GLADYNEL MARÍA PULLIZA VELÁZQUEZ, AXEL FRANCIS PULLIZA VELÁZQUEZ, ALEXANDER PULLIZA VELÁZQUEZ Y CARMEN

GLADYS VELÁZQUEZ GUZMÁN Y Al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 11 de ABRIL de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor pagadero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o giro postal, a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, la siguiente propiedad con dirección física: Cond. Parque San Antonio II, Apt. 3005, Barrio Cañaboncito, Caguas PR 00727 y que se describe como

sigue: URBANA: PROPIEDAD

HORIZONTAL: Apartamento número 3005. Apartamento residencial de forma irregular localizado en la tercera y cuarta planta del Condominio Parque San Antonio II situado en el barrio Cañaboncito del término municipal de Caguas, Puerto Rico. El área aproxima de la tercera planta de 1096.34 pies cuadrados equivalentes 101.85 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en una distancia máxima de 40 pies 8 pulgadas con el Apartamento 2006 y con área exterior; por el SUR, en una distancia máxima de 35 pies y 4 pulgadas con el Apartamento 3006 y con área de escalera común; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 30 pies 8.5 pulgadas con área exterior y con área de escalera común; y por el OESTE, en una distancia máxima de 30 pies 8.5 pulgadas con área exterior. El área aproximada de la cuarta planta (penthouse) es de 1048.73 pies cuadrados equivalentes 97.47 metros cuadrados en el área sin techar más un área techada de aproximadamente 142.58 pies cuadrados equivalentes 13.25 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en una distancia máxima de 35 pies 4 pulgadas con el Apartamento 2906; por el SUR, en una distancia máxima de 40 pies 8 pulgadas con el Apartamento 3006 y con área exterior; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 30 pies 8.5 pulgadas con área exterior; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 30

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pies 8.5 pulgadas con área exterior. La puerta de entrada del Apartamento está situada en su lindero Sur. Consta de salacomedor, cocina – “laundry”, balcón, tres dormitorios, pasillo y dos baños y con acceso y uso del cuarto nivel denominado “Penthouse”. Le corresponden dos espacios de estacionamiento, identificados con el mismo número del Apartamento. Este Apartamento tiene una participación de 1.21960% de los elementos comunes del Condominio. Finca 53862 inscrita al Folio 150 del tomo 1665 (ágora) de Caguas, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección I. La finca antes descrita se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: (i) HIPOTECA en garantía de pagaré a favor del RG Premier Bank of Puerto Rico o a su orden por la suma principal de $115,000.00 con intereses a razón del 5.25% anual y vencimiento el 1 de mayo del 2039. Constituida por la Escritura #139 otorgada en Caguas el 30 de abril del 2009 ante la notario Miriam Vélez de Montañez. Inscrita el 1 de septiembre 2009 al folio 150 vuelto del Tomo 1665 de Caguas, finca número 53862, inscripción 5ª. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución es la que ha quedado descrita en el inciso (i). Será celebrada la subasta para con el importe de la misma satisfacer la sentencia dictada el 6 de febrero de 2023, mediante la cual se condenó a la parte demandada pagar a la parte demandante la cantidad ascendiente a $92,201.24 de principal, más intereses acumulados, que continuarán acumulándose al 5.250% hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más cargos por demora, más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, según pactado, más cualquier otro desembolso que haya efectuado o efectúe la parte demandante durante la tramitación de este caso para otros adelantos de conformidad con el Contrato Hipotecario. La PRIMERA SUBASTA será celebrada el día 31 DE JULIO DE 2023, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de CAGUAS, Puerto Rico. Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma, la cantidad de $115,000.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 7 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la que servirá como tipo mínimo, dos terceras (2/3) partes del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $76,666,67. Si no hubiese remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, celebraré TERCERA SUBASTA el día 14 DE AGOSTO DE

2023, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar en la que regirá como tipo mínimo, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $57,500.00. El Alguacil que suscribe hizo constar que toda licitación deberá hacerse para pagar su importe en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, de acuerdo con la Ley y de acuerdo con lo anunciado en este Aviso de Subasta. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables. Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso acepta como bastante la titulación que da base a la misma. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si la hubiere al crédito que da base a esta ejecución continuará subsistente, entendiéndose, además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos, sin destinarse a su extinción cualquier parte del remanente del precio de licitación. La propiedad para ejecutar será adquirida libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Vendida o adjudicada la finca o derecho hipotecado y consignado el precio correspondiente, en esa misma fecha o fecha posterior, el alguacil que celebró la subasta procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura pública de traspaso en representación del dueño o titular de los bienes hipotecados, ante el notario que elija el adjudicatario o comprador, quien deberá abonar el importe de tal escritura. El alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la confirmación de la venta o adjudicación. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior proce-

inscrita al folio 215 del tomo

275 de Lajas, Registro de la Propiedad de San Germán, finca número 12,860. Dirección

Física: PR-303 Km. 5.7, Palmarejo Ward, Lajas, PR 00667. La propiedad descrita anteriormente está afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: Afecta por su procedencia: Libre de Cargas. Por sí: HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de Eurobank, o a su orden, por la suma de $1,200,000.00, responde por $800,000.00, con interés sobre el balance insoluto a razón de ½% bajo la tasa preferencial fluctuante, según fijada por Citibank en sus oficinas de New York, y vencedero a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #32, otorgada en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el día 27 de septiembre de 2006, ante la Notario Público Myrta Estrella Nieves Blás, inscrita al folio 82 del tomo 383 de Lajas, inscripción 5ª. EMBARGO ESTATAL sobre esta propiedad en contra de Juan Ruiz Valentín y/o Gumersinda Rivera, por la suma de $197,075.54, presentado e inscrito el 28 de marzo del 2011 e inscrito al folio 61, asiento 239 del Libro #25 de Embargos Estatales de Aguadilla. EMBARGO ESTATAL sobre esta propiedad en contra de Juan Ruiz Valentín y/o Gumersinda Rivera, por la suma de $573,820.43, presentado e inscrito el 28 de marzo del 2011 e inscrito al folio 61, asiento #238 del Libro #25 de Embargos Estatales de Aguadilla. Servirá como tipo mínimo para la primera subasta de la Finca Número 18,785 el valor acordado por las partes en la escritura en que se constituyó el crédito hipotecario, el cual es la suma de $364,000.00. Servirá como tipo mínimo para la primera subasta de la Finca Número 12,860 el valor acordado por las partes en la escritura en que se constituyó el crédito hipotecario, el cual es la suma de $800,000.00. De no adjudicarse las propiedades en las primeras subastas, se celebrarán SEGUNDAS SUBASTAS, en las oficinas del Alguacil del Tribunal de Mayagüez, el día 9 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LA(S)

11:00 DE LA MAÑANA para la Finca Número 18,785 y para la Finca Número 12,860, A LAS

11:10 DE LA MAÑANA. Los tipos mínimos para las segundas subastas serán dos terceras partes (2/3) de los tipos mínimos de las primeras subastas, o sea, para la Finca Número

18,785 será la suma de $242,666.67 y para la Finca Número 12,860 será la suma de $533,333.33. De no adjudicarse las propiedades en las segundas subastas, se celebrarán TERCERAS SUBASTAS en las oficinas del Alguacil del Tribunal de Mayagüez, el día 16 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LA(S)

11:00 DE LA MAÑANA para la Finca Número 18,785 y para la Finca Número 12,860, A LAS

11:10 DE LA MAÑANA. Los tipos mínimos para las terceras subastas serán las mitades (1/2) de los tipos mínimos que se pactaran para las primeras subastas, o sea, para la Finca Número 18,785 será la suma de $182,000.00 y para la Finca Número 12,860 será la suma de $400,000.00. Estas subastas se harán para satisfacer a la parte demandante, hasta donde alcance, las siguientes sumas adeudadas: Obligación

400009387. Principal:

$5,323,129.26. Intereses pactados acumulados al 18 de marzo 2011: 149,237.34. Honorarios de Abogado: 532,312.93. Prepayment consideration:

159,993.88. Default Interest:

106,018.99. Gastos: 10,950.00.

Total: $6,281,642.40. La obligación devenga interés a razón de 4% a partir del 19 de marzo de 2011. Obligación

400009434. Principal:

$135,833.45. Intereses pactados acumulados al 28 de febrero de 2011: 1,886.25. Cargos por demoras: 1,397.16. Total:

$139,116.86. La obligación devenga intereses a razón de $150.09 diario. Las ventas en públicas subastas de las propiedades descritas anteriormente se verificarán libres de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte dichas propiedades. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si lo hubiera, al crédito que da base a esta ejecución, continuará subsistente, entendiéndose además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Aguadilla durante horas laborables. El Alguacil procederá a otorgar las correspondientes escrituras de ventas judiciales y se pondrá al(os) comprador(es) en posesión física del(os) inmueble(s), de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley.

POR LA PRESENTE, se les notifica a los titulares de créditos y/o cargas registrales posteriores, si alguno, que se celebrarán las SUBASTAS en la fecha, horas y sitio anteriormente señalados, y se les invita a que concurran a dichas subastas, si les conviniere, o se les invita a satisfacer, antes del remate, el importe del crédito, sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del Acreedor ejecutante, siempre y cuando reúnan los requisitos y cualificaciones de Ley para que se pueda efectuar tal subrogación. Y PARA SU PUBLICACIÓN en el tablón de edictos de este Tribunal y en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde se celebrarán las subastas

señaladas. Además, en un periódico de circulación general en dos (2) ocasiones y mediante correo certificado a la última dirección conocida de la parte demandada. EXPEDIDO el presente EDICTO DE SUBASTA en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, a 5 de mayo de 2023. JOSÉ M. CRESPO NAZARIO, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE MAYAGÜEZ.

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Parte Demandante Vs ELSA MILAGROS

CARTAGENA SANTIAGO, WESTERNBANK PUERTO RICO, INC., JOHN DOE

Parte Demandada

Civil Número: PO2023CV01279.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO POR LA VÍA JUDICIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: WESTERNBANK

PUERTO RICO, JOHN DOE COMO TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DE LOS PAGARES, A SER NOTIFICADOS POR EDICTO.

POR CONDUCTO:

LCDA REGGIE DIAZ

HERNANDEZ, 500 CALLE DE LA TANCA SUITE 209, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, 00901, RDIAZ@ BDPRLAW.COM .

SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 21 de junio de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 22 de junio de 2023. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 22 de junio de 2023. CARMEN

G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. BRENDA L.

SANTIAGO LÓPEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR I.

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Demandante V. JOSÉ MIGUEL SILVA SONAR, SAIRA RIVERA SANFIORENZO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS, PREFERRED MORTGAGE CORPORATION, JOHN DOE Demandado(a) Civil: BY2023CV01624. Salón: 402. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO POR LA VÍA JUDICIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: JOSÉ MIGUEL SILVA SONAR, SAIRA RIVERA SANFIORENZO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS COMO TENEDOR DESCONOCIDO DEL PAGARÉ COMO TENEDOR DESCONOCIDO DE PAGARÉ A FAVOR DE PREFERRED MORTGAGE CORPORATION POR LA SUMA $102,000.00, CON INTERESES AL 7.50%, VENCEDERO EL DÍA 1 DE JULIO DE 2028, CONSTITUIDA MEDIANTE LA ESCRITURA NÚMERO 60, OTORGADA EN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, EL DÍA 26 DE JUNIO DE 1998, ANTE EL NOTARIO JULIO C. SILVAGNOLI COLLAZO, E INSCRITA AL FOLIO 51 DEL TOMO 1884 DE BAYAMÓN, FINCA NÚMERO 77,920, REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE PUERTO RICO, PRIMERA SECCIÓN DE BAYAMÓN.

JOHN DOE COMO TENEDOR DESCONOCIDO DEL PAGARÉ.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 21 de junio de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted

enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 22 de junio de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 22 de junio de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. AMALYN FIGUEROA NIEVES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante V. EDUARDO MELENDEZ SILVA, CARMEN LUZ MARRERO GOMEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA

POR AMBOS, R & G MORTGAGE CORPORATION, JOHN DOE

Demandado(a)

Civil: PA2023CV00081. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO POR LA VÍA JUDICIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: R & G MORTGAGE CORPORATION Y JOHN DOE. (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 junio de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término

de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 22 de junio de 2023. En Patillas, Puerto Rico, el 22 de junio de 2023. MARISOL ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. GLORIVEE GARCÍA GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante V. ORLANDO RIVERA URBINA

Demandado(a)

Civil: BY2023CV00305. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: ORLANDO RIVERA URBINA. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 21 de junio de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 21 de junio de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 21 de junio de 2023. LCDA.

LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. KATHERINE

SANTIAGO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante V. YOVANNY GELVACIO PAULINO JIMÉNEZ, SU ESPOSA KEISHLA JANICE BIDOT MARTÍNEZ, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR

AMBOS

Demandado(a)

Civil: BY2022CV02445. Sala:

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

A: KEISHLA JANICE BIDOT MARTÍNEZ, POR SÍ Y POR CONDUCTO DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES QUE COMPONE CON YOVANNY GELVACIO PAULINO JIMÉNEZ. LOT #14 BLOCK H SANTA JUANITA DEVELOPMENT, MINILLAS WARD TIC/C H-14 VISALIA STREET SANTA JUANITA DEVELOPMENT, BAYAMÓN, PR 00956; PO BOX 8137 SAN JUAN, PR 00910-0137.

(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 junio de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 23 de junio de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 23 de junio de 2023. LIC. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. CARMEN M. PINTADO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante V. EMIGDIO IRENE ORTIZ

Demandado(a)

Civil: CZ2022CV00060. Sala: 504. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: EMIGDIO IRENE ORTIZ. (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 5 de junio de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 22 de junio de 2023. En BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, el 22 de junio de 2023. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. VIVIAN J. SANABRIA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante V. VANESSA

RODRIGUEZ NIEVES

Demandado(a)

Civil: GB2022CV00549. Sala: 504. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: VANESSA

RODRIGUEZ NIEVES. (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 5 de junio de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos

de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 22 de junio de 2023.

En BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, el 22 de junio de 2023. LAURA

I. SANTA SNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. VIVIAN J. SANABRIA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO

ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS

Demandante V. SANTOS I PERCY BERRIOS

Demandado(a)

Civil: RG2022CV00382. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: SANTOS I. PERCY BERRIOS URB. ALT RIO GRANDE, R983 CALLE

16, RIO GRANDE, PR 00745-3221.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 21 de junio de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso,

con fecha 22 de junio de 2023. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 22 de junio de 2023. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. IVELISSE SERRANO GARCÍA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN TRUST MORTGAGE CORP.

Parte Demandante Vs. SUN WEST MORTGAGE CORPORATION; M&T BANK; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES CON INTERES

Parte Demandada

Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV03382. Salón de Sesiones: 908. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO POR SUMAC.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO

POSIBLES TENEDORES CON INTERÉS, M&T BANK - BOX 69129 1800 WASHINGTON BLVD. 8TH FLOOR, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21230 (PERSONAS DESCONOCIDAS CON POSIBLE INTERES).

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 21 de junio de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 23 de junio de 2023. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 23 de junio de 2023. GRISELDA

RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. JANE

VILLEGAS, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL CONFIDENCIAL I.

DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS

FUND, LLC

Demandante V. LUIS M. DIAZ SIERRA

Demandado(a)

Civil: GB2022CV00184. Sala:

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

A: LUIS M. DIAZ SIERRA. (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 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 23 de junio de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 23 de junio de 2023. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. VIVIAN J. SANABRIA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC

COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ADQUISITIONS FUND, LLC.

Demandante V. MARITZA

SANTIAGO RIVERA

Demandado(a)

Civil: CE2022CV00142. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO VÍA ORDINARIA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: MARITZA

SANTIAGO RIVERA.

(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 21 de junio de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 23 de junio de 2023. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 23 de junio de 2023. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ANA CELÍS MÁRQUEZ APONTE, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN GABRIEL

ROSARIO SANTIAGO

Demandante Vs. MARIA ALTAGRACIA LEGER FELIZ

Demandada

Civil Núm.: SJ2023RF00463.

Sobre: DIVORCIO, RUPTURA IRREPARABLE. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LFFIRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: MARIA ALTAGRACIA LEGER FELIZ.

CALLE LAFAYETTE, CONDOMINIO 702 PISO 3, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00909 O SEA LA PARTE DEMANDADA ARRIBA MENCIONADA. POR LA PRESENTE, se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal, por la parte demandante, una acción sobre divorcio. Es el abogado de la parte demandante:

LCDO. FELIPE BRAVO GARCIA RUA #8483

P. O. BOX 21090

SAN JUAN, P. R. 00928

TEL. / FAX: (787) 764-2275

Se le advierte que este edicto se publicará en un periódico de circulación general una (1) sola vez, y que sino contesta la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días de haberse publicado el original de esa contestación ante el Tribunal

de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior, Sala de San Juan, con copia a la parte demandante, se podrá dictar Sentencia en Rebeldía en contra suya, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy día 8 de mayo de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. CARMEN J. CASTRO SERRANO, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL CONFIDENCIAL.

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Demandante V. CELESTINO HERNANDEZ JIMENEZ, ET ALS.

Demandado(a) Civil: CG2022CV00522. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: LUIS MANUEL HERNÁNDEZ ROBLES, JUAN LUIS RODRÍGUEZ HERNÁNDEZ, LEOSED RODRIGUEZ HERNÁNDEZ, HÉCTOR SANTIAGO HERNÁNDEZ, JOHN DOE I Y RICHARD ROE I COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN MARÍA ROBLES FIGUEROA; JOHN DOE II Y RICHARD ROE II COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JUDITH MARÍA HERNÁNDEZ ROBLES.

(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 22 de junio de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la

publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 26 de junio de 2023. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 26 de junio de 2023. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. SHEILA RIVERA MEDINA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR CARLOS CALDERON PEÑA, ET. AL.

Demandantes V. SUCESIÓN DE ALEJANDRINA PEÑA FERRER, SUCESIÓN DE REMEDIOS CALDERON, ET. AL.

Demandados Civil Núm.: TJ2022CV00478. Sala: 409. Sobre: USUCAPIÓN, EXPEDIENTE CONTRADICTORIO Y DAÑOS Y PERJUICIOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: EVELYN GARCÍA CALDERÓN; SUTANO DE TAL, COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DEL SR. NÉSTOR CALDERÓN

PEÑA Y LA SUCESIÓN DE LA SRA. EMMA CALDERÓN PEÑA. Quedan emplazados y notificados de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda en su contra sobre Usucapión, Expediente Contradictorio, Reanudación de Tracto. Se le notifica para que comparezca ante el Tribunal dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga, en el presente caso. Se le notifica que deberá presentar su alegación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr., salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Centro Judicial de Carolina, Sala Superior, y enviando copia a la parte demandante: Lcda. Grace M. Figueroa Irizarry; PO Box 193813, San Juan, PR 00919; gracefigueroalawoffice@gmail. com Se le apercibe y notifica que si no contesta la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía en su contra y se dictará sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la demanda, sin más

citársele ni oírsele. Expido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal a 23 de junio de 2023. LCDA. KANELLY M. ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA GENERAL. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN MIGUEL ANIBAL GARCIA ALGARIN; ROSA MARIA CABRERA SANCHEZ Peticionarios EX-PARTE Civil Núm.: BY2023CV02767. (605). Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO CONTRADICTORIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: TODOS LOS QUE TENGAN CUALQUIER DERECHO REAL EN LA FINCA QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBE, PERSONAS IGNORADAS, NATURALES O JURÍDICAS, A QUIENES PUEDA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DE DICHA FINCA A FAVOR DE LOS PETICIONARIOS Y A LAS PERSONAS DESCONOCIDAS, NATURALES O JURÍDICAS QUE

TUVIEREN DERECHO A OPONERSE O SE CREYERON CON DERECHO A OPONERSE A LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL INMUEBLE QUE SE DESCRIBE MÁS ADELANTE.

POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica que se ha presentado ante este Tribunal el expediente arriba mencionado con el fin de justificar el dominio a favor de los Peticionarios sobre la siguiente propiedad: RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno identificado como solar 9 en el Plano de Inscripción Sustituto, radicado en el Barrio Guaraguao Arriba del término municipal de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 3,575.3620 mc., equivalentes a 0.9097 cuerdas, en lindes: por el NORTE, en 10.65 metros lineales, 26.34 metros lineales y 31.94 metros lineales, con la Carretera Estatal P.R. 812 que le sirve de acceso, el remanente de la finca de la cual se segrega y el solar 8, respectivamente; por el SUR, en 18.91 metros lineales con terrenos del Dr. Jesús F. Soto; por el ESTE, en 61.18 metros lineales con terrenos de la sucesión Federico Sufront; y por el OES-

TE, en cuatro alineaciones que totalizan 158.96 metros lineales, con terrenos de Jesús Soto y Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados. Los Peticionarios adquirieron la propiedad por Compraventa de Rafael Algarín Erazo y Elisa De Jesús Alvelo mediante escritura 11 otorgada el 22 de mayo de 1993 ante el Notario Público Elliot Merced Montañez. La propiedad antes descrita surge de la finca matriz que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Compuesta de 6.1377 cdas., equivalentes a 24,123.4080, ubicado en el Barrio SANTA OLAYA del término municipal de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, colindando por el NORTE, con el Dr. Alberto Sánchez, por el SUR, con el Dr. Jesús E. Soto, Por el ESTE, con el Sr. Baltazar Nieves Rodríguez, y el Sr Federico Sufront y Roberto Mercado, y por el OESTE, con el Dr. Alberto E. Sánchez. Enclava una estructura de hormigón para fines residenciales. La finca fue adquirida en dominio por declaración judicial. Consta inscrita al folio 6 del tomo 1551 de Bayamón Sur, finca número 67,914, inscripción primera y única, del Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón Sección I. SE LE NOTIFICA que este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le cite como persona que está en posesión de parte o todos los predios colindantes de la finca descrita, o tenga interés para que haga oposición a este expediente si se viere perjudicado con la inscripción solicitada; advirtiéndole que de no hacer oposición dentro del término de veinte (20) días a contar desde la publicación de este edicto, los Peticionarios podrán obtener que se apruebe este expediente y se mande a inscribir a su nombre la finca antes descrita en el Registro de la Propiedad. 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:// tribunalelectronico.ramajudicial.pr/sumac2018 salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal, notificando a la representación legal en la dirección de récord: LCDA. LIZANNETTE MORALES CRESPO

PO BOX 5272

CAROLINA, PR 00984-5272

TEL. 787-945-5233

EMAIL: moraIescrespolaw@gmail.com

POR ORDEN DEL HONORABLE Mariela Miranda Recci, Jueza de este Tribunal, expido la presente en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy a 20 de junio de 2023, bajo mi firma y sello oficial. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL SUPERIOR. NÉLIDA OCASIO ORTEGA,

SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL SUPERIOR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNA DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO

ROBERT MICHAEL

SCHWARTZ T.C.C

ROBERT M SCWARTZ

Parte Demandante Vs. CITIMORTGAGE INC.; NATIONSTAR

MORTGAGE LLC. D/B/A

MR. COOPER; JOHN DOE RICHARD ROE

Parte Demandada

Civil Núm.: FA2023CV00454.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EM-

PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

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

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE.

POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica a usted, que se ha radicado en esta secretaría la Demanda de epígrafe. En dicha Demanda se reclama que usted es el posible tenedor de un pagaré hipotecario extraviado constituido mediante la Escritura Número trescientos sesenta y cuatro (364), otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el veinticuatro (24) de julio de dos mil siete (2007) ante el Notario Mario

A. Quiles Rosado.), ante el Notario Juan C. Blasini González; por la suma principal de Doscientos Setenta Mil dólares ($270,000.00) al seis y cinco octavos (6 5/8%) el cual no expresa fecha de vencimiento a favor de Citimortgage, Inc., sobre el inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar número dos del bloque marcado con la letra “B” del Desarrollo Costa Azul, perteneciente a Costa Azul Development, Incorporated, con un área de trescientos ochenta y ocho metros cuadrados y noventa y cuatro centímetros, colindante por el NORTE, en veinticuatro metros y cuarenta y cuatro centésimas de otro con el solar número tres de la urbanización; por el SUR, en veinticuatro metros con treinta centésimas de otro, con el solar número uno de la urbanización; por el ESTE, en quince metros y noventa y seis centésimas de otro con el Boulevard de la Urbanización y por el OESTE, en quince metros y noventa y seis centésimas de otro con camino sobre el cual existe servidumbre de paso perteneciente a la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico. Según la inscripción tercera, Enclava casa de concreto armado de una sola planta compuesto de salacomedor y cocina, con fregade-

ro y gabinetes y una barra que separa la cocina del comedor, tres cuartos dormitorios con closets o guardarropas cada una, cuarto de baño, pasillo, balcón o porch al frente. TRACTO REGISTRAL: Se forma por segregación de la finca #1,670 inscrita al folio 215 del tomo 43 de Luquillo. INSCRITA AL FOLIO 62 DEL TOMO 44 DE LUQUILLO, FINCA NUMERO 1690. REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE PUERTO RICO, SECCION DE FAJARDO, SISTEMA DIGITAL KARIBE. CATASTRO: 092-086-028-02-001. Se le emplaza y requiere que presente su alegación responsiva a la DEMANDA dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal, con copia a con copia a la Lcda. Sary Magdalena

Brea Falcón, a A23 Jardines de Humacao, Humacao, P.R. 00791, con teléfono 787-4075832, 787-719-5585, 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. Se expidió bajo mi firma y sello de este Honorable Tribunal, en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, a 14 de junio de 2023. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LINDA I. MEDINA MEDINA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNA DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO

ROBERT MICHAEL SCHWARTZ T.C.C

ROBERT M SCWARTZ

Parte Demandante Vs. CITIMORTGAGE INC.; NATIONSTAR

MORTGAGE LLC. D/B/A

MR. COOPER; JOHN DOE

RICHARD ROE

Parte Demandada

Civil Núm.: FA2023CV00454. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO

DE PUERTO RICO.

A: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A

MR. COOPER 8590 CYPRESS WATERS BLVD, DALLAS, TEXAS 7509. POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica a usted, que se ha radicado en esta secretaría la Demanda de epígrafe. En dicha Demanda se reclama que usted es el posible tenedor de un pagaré hipotecario extraviado constituido mediante la Escritura Número trescientos sesenta y cuatro (364), otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el veinticuatro (24) de julio de dos mil siete (2007) ante el Notario Mario

A. Quiles Rosado.), ante el Notario Juan C. Blasini González; por la suma principal de Doscientos Setenta Mil dólares ($270,000.00) al seis y cinco octavos (6 5/8%) el cual no expresa fecha de vencimiento a favor de Citimortgage, Inc., sobre el inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar número dos del bloque marcado con la letra “B” del Desarrollo Costa Azul, perteneciente a Costa Azul Development, Incorporated, con un área de trescientos ochenta y ocho metros cuadrados y noventa y cuatro centímetros, colindante por el NORTE, en veinticuatro metros y cuarenta y cuatro centésimas de otro con el solar número tres de la urbanización; por el SUR, en veinticuatro metros con treinta centésimas de otro, con el solar número uno de la urbanización; por el ESTE, en quince metros y noventa y seis centésimas de otro con el Boulevard de la Urbanización y por el OESTE, en quince metros y noventa y seis centésimas de otro con camino sobre el cual existe servidumbre de paso perteneciente a la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico. Según la inscripción tercera, Enclava casa de concreto armado de una sola planta compuesto de salacomedor y cocina, con fregadero y gabinetes y una barra que separa la cocina del comedor, tres cuartos dormitorios con closets o guardarropas cada una, cuarto de baño, pasillo, balcón o porch al frente. TRACTO REGISTRAL: Se forma por segregación de la finca #1,670 inscrita al folio 215 del tomo 43 de Luquillo. INSCRITA AL FOLIO 62 DEL TOMO 44 DE LUQUILLO, FINCA NUMERO 1690. REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE PUERTO RICO, SECCION DE FAJARDO, SISTEMA DIGITAL KARIBE. CATASTRO: 092-086-028-02-001. Se le emplaza y requiere que presente su alegación responsiva a la DEMANDA dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido

término, a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal, con copia a con copia a la Lcda. Sary Magdalena Brea Falcón, a A23 Jardines de Humacao, Humacao, P.R. 00791, con teléfono 787-4075832, 787-719-5585, 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. Se expidió bajo mi firma y sello de este Honorable Tribunal, en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, a 14 de junio de 2023. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LINDA I. MEDINA MEDINA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYNABO

AIDA LUZ PAGÁN LÓPEZ Demandante Vs. EDUARDO

PAGAN BONILLA Demandado

Civil Núm.: GB2023CV00160.

Sala: 701. Sobre: CONTRADICTORIA DE DOMINIO.

EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., S.S.

A: EDUARDO

PAGAN BONILLA.

POR LA PRESENTE, se le emplaza y se le notifica que una Demanda sobre Contradictoria de Dominio 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, radicando el original de su contestación en el Tribunal correspondiente y notificando con copia de la misma a la parte demandante a la siguiente dirección:

LCDO. EDUARDO SÁNCHEZJÁUREGUI JIMÉNEZ Calle Escorial #366, Urb. Caparra Heights San Juan, Puerto Rico 00920 Tel. (787) 603-1178 / Email: edusjj@gmail.com

Se le apercibe que de no hacerlo, el tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia en concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy día 9 de junio de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA RE-

GIONAL. MARÍA E. COLLAZO FEBUS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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

FELIPE CARTAGENA

VÁZQUEZ; GLADYS

HADDOCK ARGUINZONI Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR

AMBOS

Demandante Vs. DORAL MORTGAGE LLC; JOHN DOE Y/O RICHARD ROE

Demandados

Civil Núm.: CG2023CV00887. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

A: JOHN DOE Y/O RICHARD ROE. Se notifica que se presentó en esta Secretaría la Demanda de epígrafe sobre Cancelación de Pagaré Extraviado Por la Vía Judicial. Se le emplaza y requiere que usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Deberá notificar con copia de la misma al LCDO. JESÚS

A. LEDESMA AMADOR, PO BOX 10338, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00922, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Si dejara de hacerlo, podrá dictarse sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. El pagaré hipotecario objeto de esta demanda, fue emitido a favor de DORAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, hoy DORAL MORTGAGE LLC, o a su orden, por la suma $41,600, intereses al 7 1/2% anual, vencedero el 1 de junio de 2012, suscrito ante el Notario Público César A Vélez Miranda. Dicha obligación quedó garantizada por una hipoteca voluntaria sobre el inmueble que más adelante se describe, según surge de la escritura número 327, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 15 de Mayo de 1997, inscrita al folio 294vto del tomo 275 de Cayey, finca 8,958, inscripción 3ra, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección

Primera. El pago de dicho pagaré se garantizó con hipoteca constituida sobre el inmueble que se describe a continuación:

RÚSTICA: Solar radicado en el Barrio Matón Abajo del término Municipal de Cayey, Puerto Rico, compuesta de DOS MIL OCHOCIENTOS NOVENTA Y DOS PUNTO CERO NUEVE (2,892.09) METROS CUADRADOS. En lindes por el NORTE, con la finca principal de la cual se segregó, propiedad de Julio Pérez Font; por el SUR, con Ángel Nicómedes Rosario y Francisco Ríos; por el ESTE, con faja de terreno destinada a uso público que separa este predio del Río La Plata y por el OESTE, con un camino público.

Finca #8,958, inscrito al folio #294 del tomo #275 de Cayey, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Primera. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, hoy 13 de junio de 2023. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA GENERAL. SANDRA J. TRINIDAD CAÑUELAS, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA MUNICIPAL DE BAYAMÓN

SEA WORLD, LLC, H/N/C SEA WORLD, INC.

Demandante V. CEVICHE BOWL LLC

D/B/A CEVICHE BOWL; JOSÉ DAVID ALEXANDER

RODRÍGUEZ ESCOBAR, SOLIMAR FIGUEROA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES; CÓNYUGE A

Demandados

Civil Núm.: BY2023CV01668.

Sala: 505. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: CEVICHE BOWL LLC

D/B/A CEVICHE BOWL POR CONDUCTO DE SU AGENTE RESIDENTE

Y PRESIDENTE JOSÉ DAVID ÁLEXANDER

RODRÍGUEZ ESCOBAR. DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA Y POSTAL: 12397 S. ORANGE BLOSSOM TRI. 106, ORLANDO, FL 82837. JOSÉ DAVID ALEXANDER RODRÍGUEZ

ESCOBAR POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES

ENTRE EL Y SOLIMAR FIGUEROA. DIRECCIÓN

FÍSICA Y POSTAL: 12397

S. ORANGE BLOSSOM TRI. 106, ORLANDO, FL 82837.

SOLIMAR FIGUEROA POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES

ENTRE ELLA Y JOSÉ

DAVID ÁLEXANDER

RODRÍGUEZ ESCOBAR. DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA

Y POSTAL: 12397 S. ORANGE BLOSSOM TRI. 106, ORLANDO, FL 82837.

CÓNYUGE A POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES ENTRE CÓNYUGE A Y JOSÉ DAVID ALEXANDER RODRÍGUEZ ESCOBAR.

DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA

Y POSTAL: 12397 S. ORANGE BLOSSOM TRI. 106, ORLANDO, FL 82837. Por la presente se le notifica a usted que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría la demanda de epígrafe por la causa de acción de cobro de dinero por la vía ordinaria. Se le emplaza y requiere para que radique ante este Tribunal sus contestaciones dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto conforme lo dispone la Regla 10.2 de Procedimiento Civil, que se publicará una vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general. Se le apercibe que si no contesta la demanda dentro del término antes indicado, radicando el original de la contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente, y notificando con copia a la parte demandante, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado a favor de la parte demandante sin más citarle ni oírle. Copia de las contestaciones radicadas deberán ser notificadas a:

Lcda. Amarys Vellise Bolorín Soliván LUGO MENDER GROUP, LLC

Abogados de la Parte Demandante 100 Carr. 165 Suite 501

Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968-8052

Tel. (787) 707-0404

Fax (787) 707-0412

EN TESTIMONIO DE LO

CUAL, expido el presente Edicto por Orden del Tribunal, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 22 de junio de 2023. LCDA.

LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MILITZA MERCADO RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ.

JEANETT PEREZ AREIZAGA

Demandante Vs. AUGUSTO VICTOR RIVEIRO GONZALEZ, MANUEL RIVEIRO

GONZALEZ, MARGARITA RIVEIRO GONZALEZ, IRENE RIVEIRO OLIVERAS, MARCO ANTONIO RIVEIRO

OLIVERAS

Demandados

CIVIL NUM.: MZ2023CV00072. SOBRE: DIVISIÓN DE HERENCIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: DON AUGUSTO VICTOR RIVEIRO GONZALEZ

POR LA PRESENTE, se le emplaza por edicto para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los TREINTA (30) días de haber sido publicado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día de la publicación. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicíal. 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 solicitando en la DEMANDA, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Debe notificar copia de la alegación responsiva a la abogada de la parte demandante:

Lcdo. Nelson Gustavo Rosario Rodríguez, 197 Monserrate CT. Apt. 610, Hormigueros, Puerto Rico 00660, Teléfono: (787) 458-1249 nelsong.rosario@capr.org Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Mayagüez, a 21 de junio de 2023. Lcda. Norma G. Santana lrizarry, Secretaria Regional. Jossie Bobe Rodriguez, SubSecretario(a) Aux.

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

JEANETT

PEREZ AREIZAGA

Demandante Vs. AUGUSTO VICTOR RIVEIRO GONZALEZ, MANUEL RIVEIRO GONZALEZ, MARGARITA

responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Se le advierte que de no contestar la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de éste Edicto, radicando el original de la contestación ante el Tribunal, con copia a la parte demandante, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma, y sello de éste Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 14 de junio de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MIRCIENID GONZÁLEZ TORRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRTMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA

PC 2018-1 LLC

Demandante Vs.

PREFERRED MORTGAGE

CORPORATION, HOME MORTGAGE COMPANY, BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO, STANWICH MORTGAGE

ACQUISITION COMPANY

LLC; EVELYN LÓPEZ

ÁLAMO Y CARMEN

ÁLAMO RODRÍGUEZ; FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO

POSIBLES TENEDORES

DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARÉ

Demandados

Civil Núm.: CA2023CV01780.

Sobre: SUSTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S.

A: HOME MORTGAGE COMPANY; STANWICH MORTGAGE

ACQUISITION COMPANY

LLC; FULANO DE TAL Y

FULANA DE TAL COMO

POSIBLES TENEDORES

DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARÉ.

Por la presente se les notifica que se ha radicado una Demanda donde se solicita se sustituya el siguiente pagaré, el cual está extraviado, así corno hipoteca que garantiza su pago: Un pagaré hipotecario suscrito por Evelyn López Alamo y Carmen Alamo Rodríguez, a la orden de PREFERRED MORTGA-

GE CORPORATION, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $92,589.00, con intereses al 8% anual, vencedero el día 1ro. de septiembre de 2022, constituida mediante la escritura número 844, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, ci día 3 de septiembre de 1992, ante el notario Radames Becerra González, El Pagaré Hipotecario se constituyó para evidenciar la deuda garantizada por una hipoteca que grava la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Parcela de terreno señalada con el número 28 deI Bloque “H” del Proyecto “Parque de Isla Verde” radicado en el Barrio Cangrejos Arriba de Carolina, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de 225.00 metros cuadrados, en lindes por el Norte, en una extensión de 9.00 metros, con la calle número 1-B del proyecto, por el Sur, en una extensión de 9.00 metros, con futura calle Malecón, por el este, en una extensión de 25.00 metros, con el lote número 29 del bloque “A” del proyecto, por el Oeste, en una extensión de 25.00 metros, con el lote número 27 del bloque “A”. En este lote se encuentra fabricada una unidad de vivienda de concreto reforzado. La misma consta de salón familiar, cocina, lavandería, marquesina, tres dormitorios y dos baños. Consta inscrita al folio 36 del tomo 889 de Carolina, finca número 40298, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Primera de Carolina. La hipoteca fue inscrita al folio 36 deI tomo 889 de Carolina Norte, finca 40298, inscripción 1a. Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto y deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través deE Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), el cual podrá acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia en Rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su discreción, lo entiende procedente.

Los ahogados de la parte demandante son:

Lcdo. Andrés Sáez Marrero

T.S.P.R. Núm. 18074

TROMBERG, MORRIS & POULIN, LLC

1513 South Federal Highway, Suite 100

Boca Raton, FL 33432

Tel. 877-338-4101 /

Fax: 561-338-4077

prservice@tmppllc.com / asaez@tmppllc.com

Expido este edicto bajo mi firma

y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 20 de junio de 2023. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA GENERAL. LOURDES DÍAZ MEDINA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SALINAS SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. EDGARDO TOMÁS NOGUERAS ORTIZ

Demandado

Civil Núm.: SA2021CV00151.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Salinas, Salinas, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 7 de junio de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Vistas de Salinas, localizada en el barrio Pueblo del término municipal de Salinas, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el Plano de Inscripción de la urbanización: con el número, área y colindancias que se relaciona a continuación: solar número 17 del Bloque B. Área del solar: trescientos veintisiete punto seiscientos sesenta y cinco metros cuadrados (327.665 m.c). En lindes por el NORTE, con la calle número 3 de la Urbanización, en una distancia de 13.00 metros; por el SUR, con los solares B-3 y B-4, en una distancia de 13.00 metros; por el ESTE, con el solar B-18, en una distancia de 25.205 metros; y por el OESTE, con solar B-16, en una distancia de 25.205 metros. En este solar se ha construido una vivienda de bloques y hormigón reforzado para una familia. En su colindancia Norte está afecto a una servidumbre para la distribución de Telecomunicaciones y de televisión por cable a favor de la Junta Reglamentadora de Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico de 1.50 metros de ancho. Inscrita al folio 209 del tomo 292, finca número 12,967 de Salinas. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Guayama. La propiedad ubica según pagaré en: Vistas de Salinas #3 St. B 17, Salinas, PR. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde al-

cance, la SENTENCIA dictada y notificada en este caso el 18 de octubre de 2022, archivada en autos y notificada el 18 de octubre de 2022 en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $97,554.76 por concepto de principal; generando intereses a razón de 4.50% desde el 1ro de abril de 2017; cargos por demora los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, y la suma de $10,721.10 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 6 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Salinas, Salinas, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $107,211.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 13 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $71,474.00, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 20 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $53,605.50, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se

pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Salinas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 20 de junio de 2023. ROLANDO RODRÍGUEZ RIVERA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #037, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE SALINAS.

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Parte Demandante Vs. ELISA MESÍAS ROMERO Y OTROS

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: NG2023CV00024. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: ELISA MESÍAS ROMERO; MARÍA E. ANNONI MESÍAS; JUAN N. ANNONI MESÍAS; DAMIÁN ANONNI MESÍAS; ROBERTO ANNONI MESÍAS.

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SUCESION DE ARLENE IZQUIERDO GARCIA, representada por su ALBACEA, GLADYS ILEANA IZQUIERDO GARCIA

Demandante v. MICHAEL

MCQUEENY KEESE

Demandado(a)

Civil Núm. CA2023CV00452. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: MICHAEL

MICQUEENY KEESE

(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 9 de junio de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la

cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 9 de junio de 2023. En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, el 9 de junio de 2023. LIC. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, Secretario(a) Regional. DENISSE TORRES RUIZ, Secretario(a) Auxiliar.

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CANCELACIÓN POR

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Civil: BY2023CV02412. Sala: 502. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA CANCELACIÓN POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de junio de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta

notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 26 de junio de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 26 de junio de 2023. LIC. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. CARMEN M. PINTADO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE ROLANDO A. SILVA IGLECIA, FULANO Y MENGANO SILVA

Demandado(a) Civil: HU2022CV01656. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. A: LOS MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE ROLANDO A. SILVA IGLECIA COMPUESTA POR FULANO SILVA Y MENGANO SILVA. DIRECCIÓN CONOCIDA: AVE. DE DIEGO #61, SUITE 2-A, SAN JUAN, PR 00911. P/C LCDO. JOSÉ R. GONZÁLEZ RIVERA. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de junio de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 23 de junio de 2023. En HUMACAO, Puerto Rico, el 23 de junio de 2023. IVELISSE C. FONSECA RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. MICHELLE GUEVARA DE LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

Gold and a CAC Games record for swimmer Kristine Romano

By CYBERNEWS

Puerto Rican swimmer Kristine Romano won the 400-meter medley in record time earlier this week at the Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador 2023 in El Salvador.

Meanwhile, debuting Puerto Rico teammate Portia del Río Brown took the bronze medal to share the podium with Romano.

Romano broke her own top time in the combined-stroke event at the regional competition, 4:46.31, which she established at Barranquilla 2018. On Tuesday she lowered her time to 4:45.47, winning the gold medal by some 15 meters.

“A lot of times you can’t have a plan. Many times you cannot control what other people can do in the race,” Romano said. “My plan is to swim hard from the start. I feel very proud that I could win the gold medal.”

Romano was congratulated by the president of Centro Caribe Sports, Luisín Mejías, as she left the pool, and received a hug from del Río Brown when they arrived at the tent of the Puerto Rico delegation. The rookie swimmer was in sixth place until the 200-meter mark, then little by little she gained ground, finishing in 4:59.81 to win bronze.

“I really tried to get everything out of my mind, because when I swim with nothing on

my mind, I do better,” del Río Brown said. “After the first 200 meters I saw that I was a bit behind, and there I thought, ‘You have to be on the podium. You have to represent Puerto Rico well.’ And I did it.”

The silver medal went to Karen Rodríguez of Mexico, who held off del Río Brown to finish in 4:59.60.

López wins his first medal, in artistic gymnastics

José “Gussy” López of Puerto Rico won the bronze medal in the rings final at San Salvador 2023 on Tuesday.

“It took time to get the medal, but we got there,” said López, an advertising & marketing student at the Ferrer Rangel School of

Communication at the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón. “Barranquilla 2018 really hit me very hard, because I was in four finals and I was left out. At that time, I read a letter from [former fencer] David Bernier, who pointed out that he did not have a medal in his first Games. That letter really, I had it in my mind, and I said to myself that ‘This is going to be my medal moment.’ That helped me.”

López finished with a score of 13,330. The gold medal went to Kristopher Bohorquez of Colombia with 13,900. Alejandro de la Cruz of Cuba was second with a score of 13,800.

“In this same routine I hurt my [left] shoulder a bit,” López said. “... It was talking to me. It told me ‘this is the last thing I have left. Now that I’m lowering the revs I feel a little sore. I have little left; it is not the time to think about the pain, and instead continue.”

The bronze medalist was to conclude his participation in San Salvador on Wednesday with the vault and parallel bars finals at the Merliot sports complex.

“I had the opportunity for my parents to see me live. It was nice,” López said. “I know their frustrations, what they do for me. The frustrations hurt a lot and they carry mine. As an athlete you want to get out, and they are there to tell me not to give up. This is theirs too.”

FIFA may allow rainbow armbands at Women’s World Cup

By TARIQ PANJA

FIFA is inching closer to allowing teams to wear rainbowcolored armbands that promote inclusivity at this year’s Women’s World Cup, potentially reversing a policy that specifically outlawed similar armbands at the men’s World Cup in Qatar last year.

In November, FIFA threatened teams and their captains with serious punishments in its effort to silence a long-planned anti-discrimination statement only hours before the start of the World Cup, leading to a breakdown in relations between soccer’s governing body and several competing nations.

But this week, after months of discussions between soccer’s leaders and national federations that are intent on allowing their players to highlight causes that are important to them on women’s soccer’s biggest stage, FIFA is planning to send a letter outlining its armband rules for the 32 teams that will participate in the tournament.

The letter could be sent to the teams as early as Wednesday, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions who declined to speak publicly because FIFA’s final decision on the matter had yet to be communicated to its members.

The agreement that appears to have been reached will allow captains of teams that want to participate in efforts to promote inclusivity — a FIFA-approved message scheduled to be the theme for the first round of games — to wear armbands featuring rainbow colors during matches at the monthlong event in Australia and New Zealand.

The design, like the so-called One Love version banned in Qatar, would be similar in its colors to the well-known flag that serves as a symbol of LGBTQ+ pride, but purposely not identical to it.

FIFA, according to people familiar with the talks, will allow individual nations to decide whether or not to wear the rainbow armband, and it will offer captains and teams who opt out choices highlighting other social justice words and phrases on a solid blue armband, or a neutral FIFA armband bearing the message “Football Unites the World.”

In the tournament’s later rounds, FIFA and the national teams will promote themes beyond inclusivity. The co-host Australia, for example, is pushing for an armband that highlights the rights of Indigenous citizens. (In a related decision, FIFA plans to hang Indigenous flags at World Cup stadiums in Australia and New Zealand in a show of support for an issue of particular interest to both host nations.)

Puerto Rican swimmers Kristine Romano and Portia del Rio Brown (Photo courtesy of COPUR)

FIFA has signaled that it is eager to avoid another fight over rainbow armbands at the Women’s World Cup.

PGA Tour board meets as scrutiny of Saudi deal swells

By ALAN BLINDER, KEVIN DRAPER and LAUREN HIRSCH

The PGA Tour’s board, with its members gathered in the same room for the first time since a fraction of them negotiated a deal with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund to reshape golf, signaled earlier this week that it intended to move ahead with the agreement and past an outcry that has stretched from clubhouse locker rooms to Capitol Hill.

But it also made plain that closing the deal was no certainty.

The board, as expected, did not vote on a deal stocked with tentative terms that call for a web of golf businesses — including the tour, the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit and the European Tour, now known as the DP World Tour — to be housed in a new company. The entity is expected to be flush with Saudi cash but, for now, under the day-to-day control of PGA Tour leaders. But executives hoped that the regular meeting of the board, which is expected to weigh the pact formally only once final terms are negotiated, would help stabilize the tour’s course during a turbulent run of internal division and global scrutiny.

That period, executives and board members know, could last for months.

Tour executives, the board said in

a carefully worded statement Tuesday night, have “begun a new phase of negotiations to determine if the tour can reach a definitive agreement that is in the best of interests of our players, fans, sponsors, partners, and the game overall.”

The board, wary of further alienating the players who make up the tour’s membership, some of whom were infuriated after being blindsided by news of the pact, said it was “committed to the safeguards in the framework agreement that ensure the PGA Tour would lead and maintain control of this potential new commercial entity.”

The board’s meeting in Dearborn, Michigan came three weeks after the surprise announcement of the deal, and one day after the tour gave a Senate subcommittee a copy of the five-page framework agreement. The tentative accord, signed in the early morning hours of May 30 at a Four Seasons hotel in San Francisco, capped seven weeks of secret negotiations, but it was mostly notable for how few binding commitments it included — and how many consequential details remained to be sorted through.

Although the tour and

the wealth fund are expected to contribute their golf ventures, like LIV, into the new company, the deal’s architects signed the framework agreement so quickly that no valuations were included or, apparently, even completed in advance. The agreement does not quantify the scale of the wealth fund’s expected investment in the new company, although it offers an outline for its leadership structure and protects the Saudi fund’s investment rights.

Its few binding clauses include a nondisparagement pledge covering the tour and the wealth fund (but not the players) and a truce that keeps the rival circuits from recruiting golfers from one another. If a final agreement is not in place by the end of the year, barring a mutual extension, the tour and the wealth fund can “revert” to their businesses without any financial penalty, like a breakup fee.

Board approval, if it comes, does not guarantee that the deal will last. The Justice Department’s antitrust regulators are among the government officials examining the accord, and they could ultimately try to block it. The pact is also poised to draw scrutiny next month on Capitol Hill, where a Senate subcommittee has scheduled a hearing for July 11.

But Tuesday’s meeting was seen as pivotal to the way forward for the tour and an 11-member board that includes five players and luminaries in business, law and finance. Only two members of the board, Edward D. Herlihy and James J. Dunne III, were involved in the negotia-

tions that led to the deal, and it appears many board members did not know they were underway.

The board meeting, held at a Detroitarea hotel, began in the early afternoon and stretched into the evening. A person familiar with the meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private gathering, said it had not focused entirely on the deal; rather, the person said, the board also spent significant time on more technical matters of the sport, such as competition cuts and eligibility.

The majority of the meeting focused on the framework agreement, though, with board members receiving a briefing from the tour’s bankers about how they will try to assign values to the circuit’s varied assets. Jay Monahan, the PGA Tour commissioner, was absent from the meeting in Dearborn; on June 13, the tour announced that he was going on leave as he recuperated from an unspecified “medical situation.”

Board members did not comment as they left the meeting, allowing the statement to stand on its own. Only one player who sits on the board, Rory McIlroy, has publicly suggested any measure of support for the deal. In recent weeks, other players have said they wanted to learn more about the accord and what it would mean for the tour.

But board members have been told in recent months that the tour could not afford to maintain its duel with LIV, the league founded with billions of dollars from the Saudi wealth fund that enticed some of the game’s biggest stars with guaranteed contracts and enormous prize money. The wealth fund was also facing some pressure as it confronted setbacks in a court battle against the tour, and as LIV struggled to attract audiences and attention in the United States for reasons beyond its financial backer.

If the deal collapses, though, both sides have already secured a mutual victory: the dismissal of litigation in California after the tour, the wealth fund and LIV agreed to drop their clashing cases. The dismissals were made with prejudice, meaning that they cannot be refiled, even if the rest of the pact disintegrates.

For as guarded as the tour’s statement was Tuesday night, the dismissal of the litigation was mentioned in its very first sentence.

The 11-member board did not vote on the surprise pact, whose most significant details are still being negotiated.

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Aries (Mar 21-April 20)

Despite all your rage, you’re still just a rat in a cage. Get out of your box, Aries. Influences from other people may cause some serious transformation in your mindset. Let your belief systems loose to morph into other frames of mind. Consider new ways of living. Do things to get out of the social confines of how you should live your life.

Taurus (April 21-May 21)

You may be anxious to say what’s on your mind today, Taurus. Words are on the tip of your tongue and you aren’t afraid to let them spill out. Be careful. There’s a danger you will put your foot in your mouth. Your words may come across as harsher than you intended. Be sensitive of other people’s emotions. Don’t unload your problems on others.

Gemini (May 22-June 21)

Your mind is extra clear today, Gemini. Make sure you’re helping yourself as well as others. Take care of any tasks that require a great deal of brainpower. You have a tremendous ability to figure out any mental problem. Communicate with confidence. Contact people you haven’t heard from in a while. They will be pleasantly surprised to hear from you.

Cancer (June 22-July 23)

Do your thing today, Cancer, and don’t take garbage from others. Take control of the issue when you see that something needs to get done. Others may be acting rashly and see things differently than you do. Don’t change your point of view just to make it easier on others. If people are in your way, confront them

Leo (July 24-Aug 23)

You will be able to think clearly today, Leo. Do the best you can with what you have to work with. Do your thing and let people do theirs. Don’t dwell on others’ dramas. You should enjoy a good working relationship with mechanical objects, and it’s a great time to invest in a new gadget or appliance for your home. Don’t be a cheapskate. Spend to make life easier.

Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)

Don’t wait for an invitation to speak your mind, Virgo. No one will ask what you think. Express yourself. You’ve given other people plenty of time to have their say. It’s now time to chime in with your opinion. Don’t be an observer. Be an active player and help shape the conversation and the events of the day with your powerful words and thoughts.

Libra (Sep 24-Oct 23)

Your mind is sharp as a tack today, Libra. There’s a great deal of power behind your thoughts, so use it wisely. Take this energy to work and see how much you can accomplish. Lady Luck is on your side. The key is to put your brain in motion. Plow forward with new ideas and don’t look back. Jump in with both feet. Hesitation will cause you to falter.

Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov 22)

What are you waiting for, Scorpio? You aren’t going to meet anyone new by staying inside all the time. You aren’t going to become a rock star if you never pick up an instrument. Don’t do anything halfway today. If you love someone, tell him or her. You never know what will happen tomorrow. Take control and express your true feelings.

Sagittarius (Nov 23-Dec 21)

Don’t waste time today, Sagittarius. Act with courage. Tap your primal nature and throw caution to the wind. Your wit and keen mind provide you with opportunities that you should jump on. Link with groups and contribute to projects. Nothing will escape your attention. Enjoy games of wit and puzzles that exercise your brain.

Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 20)

There’s a powerful force urging you to act today, Capricorn. Someone may be working counter to your aims and trying to rub you the wrong way. Don’t let people outwit you. You have just as much right to express your opinions as anyone else. Use the power of your mind to come out on top in any situation. Freedom is a state of mind. Do something that makes you want to dance.

Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb 19)

Put the pedal to the metal today and have confidence in all your actions, Aquarius. There’s a great deal of power in your words. There’s a tremendous amount of information that needs to be exchanged, and you’re at the hub of this activity. What you learn may be transformative. Actively participate in the conversation.

Pisces (Feb 20-Mar 20)

Put the pedal to the metal today and have confidence in all your actions, Aquarius. There’s a great deal of power in your words. There’s a tremendous amount of information that needs to be exchanged, and you’re at the hub of this activity. What you learn may be transformative. Actively participate in the conversation.

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