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he Puerto Rican Association of University Professors (APPU by its Spanish initials) is demanding that the university administration accept the unionization of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) professors.

The APPU urged UPR administrators this week to accept a union election that allows professors to engage in collective bargaining.

“Our association collected endorsements demanding a union election on all UPR campuses; 67% of all teachers validated the effort and it is thus certified by the Labor Relations Board,” the APPU said. “We went through the same process as the Brotherhood of Non-Teaching Employees [HEEND], FLEURUM [Labor Federation of Mayagüez Campus University Employees] and UBOS [Authentic Union of Security Officers].”

“The university administration’s reaction in all these cases was to accept the union election and sit down to negotiate a collective agreement,” APPU President Ángel Rodríguez Rivera said. “However, in our case, for unknown reasons, [the administration] insists on denying us the possibility of democratically deciding if we want to negotiate collectively.”

According to the APPU, collective bargaining would make it possible to improve university instructors’ working conditions. A sector that, Rodríguez Rivera said, has been hit hard by the gradual but constant dismantling of the UPR. “What has happened to the professors is disrespectful on the part of the university as an employer,” he said. “Our participation in committees is an exercise in futility, and an overload of work hampers our ability to produce knowledge. Our university does not provide teachers with the most basic working conditions. We don’t even have adequate offices to be able to serve our students.”

In the case of professors without tenure, the problem is magnified, the APPU president said. They have no job security, no fringe benefits such as a health plan, added to precarious wages, he said.

“At the University of Puerto Rico, an instructor without a tenured position who works part-time earns $594 a month if she has a master’s degree and $681 if she has a doctorate,” Rodríguez Rivera continued.

“This is an injustice of major proportions, but it

becomes even more incredible when we consider that non-teaching employees who are paid by the hour and work part-time are paid $737, at the rate of $8.50/hour. Paying $8.50 is outrageous. Paying less than that, with the requirement of higher academic degrees, is unheard of, disrespectful, and subjects part-time teaching to very poor conditions. That is why we demand better salaries from the University of Puerto Rico for part-time professors. That is why we demand collective bargaining. It is our instrument to force attention to those clear needs.”

Rodríguez Rivera called on the entire APPU enrollment to participate in its general assembly on Saturday, March 11, starting at 1 p.m. at the UPR’s Cayey Campus.

“Participation in our assembly is essential,” he said. “There we will establish the action plan to achieve our collective bargaining that allows us to put an end to the abuses against UPR professors.

Management can only continue to worsen our working conditions if we let them. Our strength is in our militancy and the assembly is the first step.”

According to the Puerto Rican Association of University Professors, collective bargaining would make it possible to improve the working conditions of university instructors, a sector that has been hit hard by the gradual but constant dismantling of the University of Puerto Rico.

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Lawmaker calls on AAFAF chief, governor to defend police pension hikes

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ep. José Rivera Madera on Thursday urged Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (AAFAF) Executive Director Omar Marrero Díaz and Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia to defend the hike in police pensions so it does not follow the fate of labor reform.

He urged them to submit for the pension plan the corresponding report on the origin of the funds for its implementation and its impact on the fiscal plan, as required by U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain with the labor Rep. José Rivera Madera reform bill.

The legislator reminded Marrero that a tax was imposed on slot machines to a better quality of life,” Rivera Madera fund the pension increase for retired emphasized, blaming “the lack of dilipolice officers. gence of the AAFAF executive director “We cannot allow the inaction of … supported by the neglect of his boss, the central government to throw away the governor.” “We cannot be signing this opportunity to give police retirees laws and then letting them die.”

In recent days, Swain, who is overseeing Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy cases in federal Title III court, nullified the Labor Reform Law, which reinstated the rights of employees eliminated by Act 4 of 2017 (Labor Transformation and Flexibility Law), after the Financial Oversight and Management Board expressed opposition to its implementation. Some sectors that defended the measure have argued that the “poor” defense of the measure from the government, led by Marrero, paved the way for Swain’s decision.

For that reason, Rivera Madera raised a flag out of concern the same thing could happen with the police pension measure, for which he warned that the money to comply with the law has been identified.

“We worked on a measure, we took it to the conference committee; we sought the votes, we got the governor to sign it and I don’t want to think that after so

much effort, it is not defended firmly by the central government, thus preventing police officers from receiving fair compensation upon retirement,” Rivera Madera said.

Law 104-22 of the Police Retirement Fund allows the collection of part of the proceeds from the “route gambling machines,” or slot machines, that operate throughout the island, to strengthen the revenue stream for the retirement system of law enforcement personnel.

Meanwhile, a new bill filed by Rivera Madera, House Bill 1593, which will be discussed next week, would determine that the guaranteed pension be 50% of the salary earned by police officers.

“After 25, 30 or 35 years of service, the least that the government owes to these public servants who give their years of youth and adulthood to the people, is to defend this law in the most energetic way,” Rivera Madera said.

Legislator to remove his name from abortion ban bill

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ew Progressive Party (NPP) Rep. Yazzer Morales Díaz announced Thursday that he intends to withdraw his signature from a bill that seeks to criminalize abortion in Puerto Rico.

“There must be repercussions and I’m going to talk to the representative [who filed the bill],” the legislator said in a radio interview. “We are going to meet because my name is clearly there and that has caused us damage because what was spoken and what was wanted to be done is not what was settled on.

There must be consequences. I am prolife. Here what was being discussed was the gestation time.”

“I will proceed to withdraw my signature from the bill,” he added.

Morales Díaz noted that in turn, he prefers that a bill be presented in which three years in prison is imposed in the case where the gestation period exceeds 20 to 25 weeks.

“It went out of áproportion,” he said.

The bill in question was filed by NPP Reps. Wilson Román López, José “Memo” González Mercado, and Morales Díaz.

González Mercado wrote on his

social networks that: “I am a believer, that is not a secret.”

“Christianity is tolerant, it is democratic, without imposing vision or criteria on anyone. On the contrary. Everyone who knows me knows that I have been a consistent advocate for women’s rights and protections since I entered the Legislature,” he wrote. “Finally, he made it clear that the defense of life is not incongruous with the struggle for equal rights for women, something I have always done and will continue to do. Without a doubt we have to work out this situation taking into account all positions.”

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Maricao mayor decries ecological damage from ‘negligently’ caused fire in state forest

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aricao Mayor Wilfredo “Juny” Ruiz Feliciano expressed concern on Thursday over the damages suffered at Maricao State Forest, after learning that someone through negligence caused a fire that ravaged an extensive portion of the popular tourist attraction located in the western mountain town.

“We believe that this is a criminal act; they definitely set fire or someone negligently allowed a fire to start in Indiera Fría Sector Las Piedras de Maricao. That fire was advancing and burned a considerable number of acres of land where the endemic species that inhabit our forest were affected,” Ruiz Feliciano said. “The area impacted by the fire is where the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources and federal agencies chose to release and multiply the Puerto Rican parrot, an endangered bird for which they have developed a project to prevent its disappearance. We are concerned that any fire, no matter how small, greatly affects the watershed that is formed in Maricao, since it alters the balance between the vegetation and the bodies of water that feed [barrio] Indiera and the dam that feeds part of the town of Sabana Grande.”

Since Wednesday, both the Puerto Rico Firefighters Bureau and National Guard have worked to extinguish the blaze along PR-119 in the Camino los Méndez sector of San Germán and PR-366 in Maricao.

Maricao Mayor Wilfredo Ruiz Feliciano The mayor noted that the Maricao State Forest has a wide variety of endemic species that are unique to Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. He thanked La Fortaleza Chief of Staff Noelia García, who he said “has been in constant communication with me on the issue of the unfortunate fire in the forest.”

“As a result of these conversations, [Public Safety Secretary] Alexis Torres has also contacted me and a division of the National Guard has been activated to help fight the

fire,” Ruiz Feliciano said. “We thank Emergency Management of Cabo Rojo along with Maricao and the Puerto Rico [Firefighters Bureau] which immediately … came forward to help fight the fire.”

“It is important to note that wildlife specialists from all over the world constantly travel to this region to study the flora and fauna present in the thousands of acres that hold the highest plant diversity on the island (about 1,141 species of plants, of which 368 species reach tree size; about 108 species of orchids; 22 species of bromeliads; and 174 species of ferns),” the mayor added. “We can say that of the 128 endemic plant species recorded in Puerto Rico, 23 of them are found in the Maricao State Forest. Since I became mayor in January 2021, we have emphasized the Maricao State Forest as one of the main tourist offerings of what is now known as the Mountain Capital. The prompt action to stop the fire helped the adjacent communities, especially the elderly people of Indiera who had to receive, many of them, medical help as they were affected by smoke from combustion in the Maricao State Forest.”

“As soon as everything normalizes,” the mayor said, “we will be convening a group of volunteers to assess the damage to proceed with mitigating actions for the effects caused by this ecological disaster.”

“From now on they are all summoned to help in this call to recover the vegetation damaged by the fire,” he said.

Cultural heritage, ‘bomba’ are focus of Saturday event in Loíza

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oíza Mayor Julia Nazario Fuentes invites the public to the celebration of “Algo más que Escritoras y Bailaoras de Bomba,” an educational and cultural event where outstanding women who do Puerto Rican

The educational and cultural event will take place Saturday starting at noon at Cueva María de la Cruz Historical Park in Loíza. Proceeds from a $10-per-person admission charge will be used for park maintenance.

cultural work meet to share with the public their experience as cultural curators.

The event will take place Saturday starting at noon at Cueva María de la Cruz Historical Park, which is adjacent to the Tau Center on highway PR-188 in Loíza, near the urban center. Admission is $10 per person, with proceeds going toward the maintenance of the park, which is a municipal corporation.

Renowned Puerto Rican writer Dr. Mayra Santos Febres has confirmed her participation, as well as Prof.

Marie Ramos Rosado and cultural proponents Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, Jeanitza Avilés and Jamie Pérez. Prof.

Maribella Burgos Junte, a Loiceño and coordinator of the event, added that the celebration will culminate with a “bomba” in which all those interested in enjoying this magnificent form of Afro-Antillean musical expression can participate.

“Narrating my life is not what motivates me to write, but telling the story of my ancestors is,” Santos Febres said in relation to the event. “In their lives there is courage, a commitment to the future and wisdom so powerful that it overwhelms me.”

The mayor added that the event, with its eminently

educational vision, is a suitable closing to International Women’s Week.

“It is a great opportunity for schools to promote attending this event,” Nazario Fuentes said. “As an educator, I consider it vital that the new generations welcome with pride and affection the cultural gift we have received from our previous generations. Without a doubt, this coming Saturday will be a great day for our cultural reaffirmation.”

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Tax filing assistance centers open starting Monday

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reasury Secretary Francisco Parés Alicea announced that starting next Monday, March 13, the agency will make the Orientation and Return Preparation Center available for tax year 2022.

The appointment system is also available through www. hacienda.turnospr.com, where taxpayers can select the most convenient Orientation and Preparation Center and schedule an appointment.

“As we announced, we are already offering assistance free of charge, in the preparation and filing of income tax returns to salaried individuals and pensioners,” Parés Alicea said.

“Officials will also assist people with Federal Form 1040PR, and the Credit for Minor Dependents or Child Tax Credit (CTC).

The service in the centers will be offered again by appointment, which can be coordinated through the turnospr platform.”

The Orientation and Return Preparation Centers will be located at: Plaza Las Américas (2nd floor, location 158); Plaza del Caribe in Ponce (2nd floor location 253); Mayagüez Mall (1st floor location 86); Plaza Carolina Mall (3rd floor location 25 A); and at Caguas City Hall (Casa Alcaldía) (1st floor, Lady Wilnelia Merced Forsyth Room).

To book an appointment, the taxpayer must access the link www.hacienda.turnospr.com, select the Return Preparation Centers option and continue the process, according to the instructions. Once the appointment is coordinated, the taxpayer must appear at the selected center on the scheduled day, 15 minutes before the agreed time. If unable to attend, the taxpayer must cancel and coordinate a new appointment.

The centers will serve salaried and retired taxpayers who are U.S. citizens residing in Puerto Rico throughout the taxable year and whose returns only require the following schedules: Individual Schedules A (Applicable Deductions), A1 (Dependents and Beneficiaries of Contribution Accounts Education and My Future Accounts) and B (Recovery of Credits Claimed in Excess, Tax Credits and Other Payments and Withholdings); Schedule B2 (American Opportunity); Schedule CH (Assignment of Exemption Claim for Children of divorced or separated parents); Schedule CO (Optional

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Computation of Tax); Schedule FF (Interest, Dividends and Miscellaneous Income); Schedule H (Annuity or Pension Income) and Schedule IE (Excluded and Exempt Income).

In order for the tax return preparation process to be completed, citizens must have the following information on hand: • Current photo identification card, such as a driver’s license or passport.

• Social Security number and dates of birth of the taxpayer, his spouse, if applicable, and his dependents.

• Active email address.

• Withholding Statements (Form 499-2W-2PR or Correction to the Withholding Statement (Form 499R-2c/W-2cPR), received for taxable year 2022.

• Informative Returns (Forms 480.6A, 480.6B, 480.6D and 480.7C, received for taxable year 2022.

• Evidence of deductions, such as mortgage interest (Form 480.7A) and interest paid on student loans, among others.

• If you are going to request the American Opportunity Credit (Schedule B2), you must present the following evidence: Forms 480.7G (Informative Declaration-Certification of Enrollment for the American Opportunity Credit), issued by the eligible institution, in the name of the student. You can

also use Form 1098-T (Tuition Statement, filed with the IRS) as evidence. You must submit a copy of the student’s Criminal Record Certificate, issued by the Puerto Rico Police, no more than three months old. And if you claim educational expenses for the purchase of materials, you must include a schedule with the breakdown, the date of purchase, name of the business, description of the item and the total price paid. The annex must be accompanied by the purchase receipts and a copy of the handbook or document from the educational institution, indicating that the texts and materials are required.

• In the case of married persons filing together, if one of the spouses cannot be at the center, they must send Form SC2745, Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representation, duly completed and signed, with a copy of valid photo identification. Married couples who file jointly and are going to apply for the CTC must both be present at the center.

Taxpayers who request assistance to claim the CTC must meet the following requirements: have income from salaries or pensions from Puerto Rico sources only, that does not exceed $75,000 or $150,000, in the case of married taxpayers filing jointly; they cannot have taxable income at the federal level and therefore, are not required to file the federal return; have qualifying dependents, as defined by the IRS and must provideIRS Form 13614-C Intake/Interview and Quality Verification Sheet, duly completed.

People who do not meet the aforementioned requirements will have the option of using the services of the IRS VITA Centers. For additional information, access www.irs.gov or call 1 800 829-1040.

Taxpayers who have to make payments may do so at the time of filing the return, providing a checking or savings bank account number and the routing number of the institution.

Payment may be made immediately or collection may be authorized at a later date, no later than the tax cycle deadline, Monday, April 17.

Payments may also be made through the SURI platform, after filing the form at the Center. Payment can be made using personal accounts in SURI or through the main page, without the need to register. Another payment option is by calling Hacienda Responde at 787 620-2323 option 3.

Federal, local Justice departments expand data exchange

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s a measure to strengthen investigations and combat crime on the island, the Puerto Rico Department of Justice will expand the exchange of criminal justice information with federal authorities through the National Data Exchange (N-DEx) system.

“The exchange of information between jurisdictions is essential for law enforcement, as well as for effective prosecution and crime solving at the local and federal levels,” Justice Secretary Domingo Emanuelli Hernández said in a written statement. “This collaboration benefits both Puerto Rico and the 50 states, because by eliminating jurisdictional gaps it facilitates interaction between investigators and reinforces the investigative

process.”

The N-DEx system, which became operational in 2012, is an electronic repository of criminal justice records submitted by agencies across the nation. The mission is to provide an online and accessible tool for law enforcement to share and analyze information across jurisdictions, providing them with investigative leads and helping solve criminal cases.

The platform, managed by the FBI’s Data Sharing Unit, orDSSU, allows investigators to link unique data, located in criminal incident reporting narratives, that can be critical in investigative processes and emergency management. Puerto Rico has access to N-DEx through the Department of Justice’s Office of Systems of Criminal Justice Information.

Justice Secretary Domingo Emanuelli Hernández

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Biden’s budget proposes new social programs and higher taxes on rich

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resident Joe Biden on Thursday proposed a $6.8 trillion budget that seeks to increase spending on the military and a wide range of new social programs while also reducing future budget deficits, defying Republican calls to scale back government and reasserting his economic vision before an expected reelection campaign.

The budget contains some $5 trillion in proposed tax increases on high earners and corporations over a decade, much of which will offset new spending programs aimed at the middle class and the poor. It seeks to reduce budget deficits by nearly $3 trillion over that time, compared with the country’s current path.

It reaffirms Biden’s case that he can prevent the growing debt burden from weighing on the economy while expanding spending and protecting popular safety-net programs — almost entirely by asking companies and the wealthy to pay more in taxes.

“This president clearly believes the way to grow this economy is investing in the middle class and working families,” Shalanda D. Young, the director of the White House budget office, told reporters Thursday. “I’ll take our plan as fiscally responsible any day.”

But after claiming credit for a $1.7 trillion decline in the annual deficit over the past year, Biden now sees the deficit increasing again in the 2024 fiscal year, to $1.8 trillion. The jump is larger than other forecasters, like the Congressional Budget Office, have projected. It is driven by rising costs of servicing the national debt as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates to curb inflation and by new programs the president is proposing that are not fully offset by tax increases in their first year.

The plan was certain to draw swift criticism from Republicans, who are locked in an economically perilous debate with Biden over the borrowing limit, which House conservatives refuse to raise unless he agrees to sharp spending cuts.

The proposals stand little chance of becoming law because Republicans won control of the chamber in November Instead, Biden’s budget request was a political statement of values aimed at winning public opinion amid the debt-limit fight and a nascent 2024 campaign. He was set to unveil it Thursday afternoon in a speech in Philadelphia — a swingstate setting.

“The budget reflects our values as a nation — a nation of good people, growing in a new age of possibilities, and standing as a beacon to the world,” Biden wrote in the document’s introduction. “Together, let us put those values into practice and prove that democracy delivers as we keep building a stronger, fairer economy that leaves no one behind.”

The proposals showcased his early success in expanding the federal government’s role in the economy, and they reaffirmed his push for more. On Biden’s watch, its numbers show, domestic spending in areas like research and support for manufacturing has grown significantly larger as a share of the economy than was considered in the budget proposals of the last Democratic administration, under President Barack Obama, when Biden was vice president.

In his first two years as president, Biden signed laws to expand and rebuild critical infrastructure like water pipes and

President Joe Biden speaks about his 2024 proposed budget at the Finishing Trades Institute, in Philadelphia on Thursday, March 9, 2023.

extend the solvency of Medicare by a quarter-century. He is also proposing new savings for the government based on more aggressive negotiation over prescription drug prices.

But for the third consecutive budget, Biden did not propose any new initiatives to extend the solvency of Social Security — unlike in the 2020 campaign, when he proposed to expand benefits and bolster the program’s trust fund by effectively raising payroll taxes on people earning more than $400,000 a year.

Last year’s budget painted a rosy and ultimately overoptimistic picture of the U.S. economy. The administration expected gross domestic product to grow 4.2% after adjusting for inflation, for instance, but it ultimately climbed by a more modest 2.1%.

The new budget’s projections were more muted. The White House sees the economy growing by only 0.6% after adjusting for inflation this year, a weak pace that is in line with outside expectations. Even more notably, the White House is predicting a substantial increase in the unemployment rate — to 4.3%, a notable rise from 3.4% in January.

Alongside that slowdown, inflation is expected to moderate.

Biden sees the gross national debt increasing by about $18 trillion through 2033, rising to just above $50 trillion.

But his budget suggests that growth will not threaten the economy.

“The economic burden of debt would remain low and in line with recent historical experience over the next decade,” administration officials wrote in the proposal.

Much of the budget’s contents were holdovers from Biden’s previous proposals. But it also included a few new ones. One of them is a tax on the energy used in creating new digital currency assets, known as cryptocurrency mining. That practice relies on large amounts of electricity and generates emissions that contribute to climate change.

Administration officials want to discourage the practice, which they say impedes the country’s energy transition. So they proposed a 30% tax on the electricity used in it, phased in over the course of three years, whether that comes from an electric utility or a localized source like a home solar panel, on the theory that the energy involved would be put to better purpose in another use.

highways, bolster U.S. manufacturing of semiconductors and other high-tech goods, and accelerate a transition from fossil fuels toward low-emission sources of energy to fight climate change. He delivered military aid to Ukraine in its fight against Russia and signed a bipartisan law to increase federal medical care for military veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.

He also left much of his economic agenda unfinished, a fact reflected in his budget, which renewed calls for programs that failed to pass muster when his party controlled Congress.

The president’s budget proposed $400 billion to deliver affordable child care for parents, $150 billion for home care for older Americans and the disabled and nearly $400 billion to make permanent expanded health coverage assistance through the Affordable Care Act. He would spend $325 billion to guarantee paid leave for workers and nearly $300 billion combined for free community college and prekindergarten for students. He proposes $100 billion in additional assistance to lower housing costs for homeowners and renters.

Biden would reinstate for three years an expanded child tax credit, which was included in the economic aid bill he signed in 2021 but expired last year, as a means of reducing child poverty. He would make permanent a change in the credit that allows people to benefit from it in full even if they do not make enough money to owe federal income taxes. Together, the changes would cost more than $400 billion.

To help offset costs, Biden proposed a series of tax increases on corporations and the wealthiest Americans.

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Republicans push lab leak theory on COVID’s origins but lack ‘smoking gun’ 7 million people,” Bera said in an interview. “But it might prevent another 7 million deaths, if we understand what happened.”

Redfield said the answer would probably he former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this week ac- come from intelligence agencies, not scientists, cused top federal health officials of excluding and lawmakers of both parties seem to agree. Last him from discussions in early 2020 about whether week, the Senate passed a bill that would order the coronavirus was the result of a laboratory leak the declassification of intelligence related to the — an assertion that one of the officials, Dr. Anthony Wuhan Institute of Virology, a laboratory that Fauci, later said had “nothing to do with reality.” specializes in coronavirus research in Wuhan, Three years into the pandemic, the ac- China, where the pandemic began. The House is cusation by the former CDC director, Dr. Robert scheduled to take up the measure Friday.

On the other side of the Capitol complex, the Redfield, put a spotlight on the lingering bitterness and partisan divisions around the scientific ques- director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday tion of the virus’s origins.

Redfield, a virus expert who ran the CDC that there was a consensus that the virus that causes during the Trump administration, believes the COVID-19 was not engineered as a biological pandemic was most likely the result of a lab leak. weapon, but that intelligence agencies disagreed He testified Wednesday at the first hearing of the on whether it leaked from a lab or came from House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus natural exposure to an infected animal. China Pandemic, which is digging into the origins of has destroyed evidence, complicating the search a virus that has killed nearly 7 million people for the cause.

“We’ve been trying to collect additional worldwide.

The hearing produced no new evidence information, and I think you’re absolutely right but plenty of political theater, and it made clear that China has not fully cooperated,” Haines said, just how difficult it might be to turn up conclusive responding to a question from Sen. Marco Rubio, evidence about whether the virus escaped from R-Fla., the committee’s vice chair. “And we do a lab or spilled over from animals to humans think that’s a key critical gap that would help us naturally. It is a question worth answering, said to understand what exactly happened.”

In the United States, the notion that the Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif., a doctor who serves on the subcommittee and said he was agnostic on coronavirus emerged from a lab was initially disthe issue. missed as a conspiracy theory by critics of President “Assigning blame is not going to bring back Donald Trump, who embraced the idea while trying to blame China for the pandemic. But it is now getting Ofrecemos: a second look, in part because Servicios de cuido new intelligence has led the Para pacientes con impedimentos manejables Energy Department to conclude, Desde los 23 años hasta los 59 with low confidence, that the Atención 24 horas al día 7 días de la semana pandemic was most likely the EN HOGAR DULCE HOGAR SERVIMOS CON AMOR result of a lab accident.

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Dr. Robert Redfield, who served as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under President Donald Trump, appears before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic in Washington on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. a furin cleavage site, helps the virus efficiently infect human cells.

In 2018, EcoHealth Alliance, a research nonprofit, and several of its partners, including the Wuhan Institute of Virology, sought funding from the Defense Department to experiment on coronaviruses that could spread in humans. Their proposal, which was rejected, involved studying furin cleavage sites.

One of the witnesses, Nicholas Wade, who served as The NewYork Times’ science editor in the 1990s and left the news organization at the end of 2011, told lawmakers that researchers may have already done experiments in which they inserted furin sites into coronaviruses.

Wade questioned the likelihood that evolution would “produce, at that very time and at that very place, a virus of the exact type described” in the groups’ proposal.

EcoHealth said Wednesday that researchers did not do the experiments before proposing them in part because they “required a substantial budget.”

No evidence has yet emerged showing that the Wuhan lab’s researchers had any virus in its collections that could have been altered to make the virus that causes COVID-19. Scientists have said natural evolutionary processes could easily explain the presence of the furin cleavage site.

While close known relatives of the coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan are missing a furin cleavage site, many other coronaviruses have that same signature feature, including coronaviruses

that cause colds.

Redfield testified that he was alarmed by the furin cleavage site, which, he said, “totally changes the orientation now so it has high affinity for human receptors,” transforming its ability to bind to human cells.

But coronaviruses, including bat coronaviruses discovered in Laos in 2020, can latch onto human cells without a furin cleavage site. Stephen Goldstein, a virus expert at the University of Utah, said the furin site affected the virus’s route of entry into cells, but not its binding ability.

“Everything he said was wrong,” Goldstein said of Redfield. “Robert Redfield is either ignorant or lying to Congress.”

Redfield’s accusation that he was excluded from discussions over the virus’s origins revolves around email exchanges and a phone conversation in early February 2020 — a month before the World Health Organization declared a pandemic — in the rush to figure out where the new virus had come from.

At the time, some scientists said the furin cleavage site made them wonder whether the virus had been engineered. The emails show that Dr. Jeremy Farrar, a British medical researcher, set up a call so scientists could discuss it. Fauci, at the time the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Dr. Francis Collins, who led the National Institutes of Health, were on the call.

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From page 8 Redfield’s accusation that he was excluded from discussions over the virus’s origins revolves around email exchanges and a phone conversation in early February 2020 — a month before the World Health Organization declared a pandemic — in the rush to figure out where the new virus had come from.

At the time, some scientists said the furin cleavage site made them wonder whether the virus had been engineered.

The emails show that Dr. Jeremy Farrar, a British medical researcher, set up a call so scientists could discuss it. Fauci, at the time the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Dr. Francis Collins, who led the National Institutes of Health, were on the call.

Redfield said he did not find out about the call until much later, when the emails became public. The messages do not refer to or name Redfield. But he told lawmakers that when he learned of them, he concluded that Fauci and Collins had intentionally excluded him because he believed the virus had originated in a lab.

“It was told to me that they wanted a single narrative and that I obviously had a different point of view,” Redfield said. He did not specify who made that remark, and he declined to answer questions after the hearing.

But in an interview, Fauci said that he and Collins did not organize the call, which brought together evolutionary biologists, including some who suspected that the virus had been made in a lab. He also said he did not know what Redfield’s views were at the time.

9 “It doesn’t make any sense that he was excluded because he had a different opinion,” Fauci said. “Half the people on the call felt that way.”

A few days after that call, the scientists who had suspected a lab leak changed their assessments, as they had initially said might happen. After doing further investigation, they concluded that the genetic evidence was inconsistent with a virus that had been deliberately engineered, and they later published a study laying out their research.

If there was a single point of agreement at Wednesday’s hearing, it was that politicians should put partisanship aside so that an unbiased inquiry could proceed. But lawmakers did not always practice what they preached.

Democrats used some of their time to attack Trump and assail Wade, who wrote a 2014 book, “A Troublesome Inheritance,” that argued there is a biological basis for race. Rep. Raul Ruiz of California, the subcommittee’s top Democrat, called Wade’s ideas “discredited, unscientific and harmful.” Wade countered that his book was “explicitly anti-racist,” adding, “I stress the fact that we are all variations on the same human genome.”

Republicans, in turn, repeatedly attacked Fauci, who has become a frequent target for the party. That prompted a warning from Metzl, who cautioned lawmakers against focusing on Fauci as they search for the pandemic’s origins.

“If we make it primarily about Dr. Fauci,” he said, “we will be inappropriately serving the Chinese government a propaganda coup on a silver platter.”

Nicholas Wade, a former science and health editor, testifies before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic in Washington, March 8, 2023.

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Death toll rises in Southern California mountains after blizzards A

By JILL COWAN

s mountain communities in Southern California gradually emerge from piles of snow, officials are starting the difficult task of assessing the damage and the number of people who have died.

At least four people were found dead in their homes in the Big Bear area of San Bernardino County, the first one on March 2, Shannon Dicus, the county sheriff and coroner, said Wednesday.

But the total number of dead could climb. Dicus said that at least 11 people had died in the region since Feb. 23, including those who were receiving care at Bear Valley Community Hospital. How many of those deaths are directly related to the snowstorms, however, is unclear because his office has not provided more information on the circumstances involved and is still reviewing the cases.

Dicus’ office so far has only attributed to the storm the death of a 39-year-old woman who was killed in a hit-and-run traffic collision on Feb. 26.

Residents and local leaders have said

that they were unprepared for the powerful storms that first arrived Feb. 21 and ultimately surrounded homes in snow drifts as tall as 10 feet. Many began running low on food, fuel and medications. Some endured power outages, while a handful of fires are believed to have been sparked by broken gas lines.

County officials have urged stranded residents to call 911 if they are in serious danger and need to be rescued immediately, but not all of those in dire need may be aware. Dicus emphasized that emergency communication systems were functioning and crews had been responding to calls for aid. He said there was a possibility that more people could be found.

“I’m worried about the people who we don’t know need help,” he said.

Dicus said that while the causes of death for the four people found in their homes were still being determined, there was no evidence of foul play; in three of the deaths, there was a history of significant medical concerns.

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Communities in Southern California’s San Bernardino Mountains have begun to clear away several feet of snow that left many trapped in their homes. gions, creating a winter wonderland in some parts and wreaking havoc in others.

That is predicted to change Thursday when the cold front departs and a warm atmospheric river from the tropics is expected to arrive. Warmer temperatures may help melt the snow drifts but could also strain roofs with additional weight if the snow absorbs water.

In San Bernardino County, the recent run of blizzards has slammed the mountain towns that are popular vacation destinations for Southern Californians and hubs for retirees. Dicus said the fact that a large share of homes are unoccupied for much of the time has made it extra challenging for emergency workers to determine whether there might be someone who needs help inside.

“We can’t knock on the door and then kick down the door if nobody answers,” he said.

Still, Dicus said that 700 firefighters, 60 law enforcement officers, search-and-rescue teams and volunteers were going door to door trying to make contact with as many of the area’s roughly 40,000 residents as possible. He said that there were 90 pieces of heavy equipment helping to clear snow. Over the past week, he said county roads had been plowed, allowing residents to travel to the region’s only open grocery store and other businesses, and crews were working to open up private access roads and driveways.

“We have plenty of boots on the ground,” he said. “I do believe we have a good handle on the situation as we speak.”

Still, local officials have said that the storms overwhelmed them and that they learned too late how heavy the snow would be.

Dan Munsey, the fire chief of San Bernardino County, said last week that “the weather came in much worse than has ever been anticipated in Southern California.”

Munsey said that the county did not

have the kind of specialized equipment that was necessary to keep the roads clear, and that it was using shovels and construction tractors to supplement the snowplows it had.

Many residents have expressed frustration with what they say has been a disorganized and slow government response ever since. And while neighbors and volunteers have offered to help clear driveways or deliver food, they worried that some older residents were unable to seek aid.

“The community and neighbors have been able to help some of these elders,” Daphne Salas said. “Some of them don’t have that, and they’ve been left all by themselves.”

Salas, 50, is an in-home caregiver who lives in Lake Arrowhead, one of the vacation hamlets tucked along the narrow roads snaking into the mountains. She said she took it upon herself to check on her older clients, many of whom she said were veterans who didn’t have relatives living close by.

One of her clients on hospice care died, she said, and his body wasn’t moved for four days.

Under clear skies Wednesday, some residents were trying to resume the rhythms of normal life, before any more rain or snow arrived.

Philip Simmons, 70, said he and his wife had lived on the western side of Lake Arrowhead for about seven years. They, like other full-time residents, watched as snow piled up outside their windows, awed by a wall of white that reached almost to their roof.

“It felt like we were living in an igloo,” he said.

Simmons said that the roads were clear enough now that he and his wife were planning to make a grocery run Thursday morning.

“We personally are not frustrated,” he said. “It would be nice if we had enough money to prepare adequately for everything all the time, but we don’t.”

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The chatbots are here, and the internet industry is in a tizzy

By TRIP MICKLE, CADE METZ and NICO GRANT

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hen Aaron Levie, the chief executive of Box, tried a new AI chatbot called ChatGPT in early December, it didn’t take him long to declare, “We need people on this!”

He cleared his calendar and asked employees to figure out how the artificial intelligence technology, which instantly provides comprehensive answers to complex questions, could benefit Box, a cloud computing company that sells services that help businesses manage their online data.

Levie’s reaction to ChatGPT was typical of the anxiety — and excitement — over Silicon Valley’s new new thing.

Chatbots have ignited a scramble to determine whether their technology could upend the economics of the internet, turn today’s powerhouses into has-beens or create the industry’s next giants.

Not since the iPhone has the belief that a new technology could change the industry run so deep. Cloud computing companies are rushing to deliver chatbot tools, even as they worry that the technology will gut other parts of their businesses. E-commerce outfits are dreaming of new ways to sell things. Social media platforms are being flooded with posts written by bots. And publishing companies are fretting that even more dollars will be squeezed out of digital advertising.

The volatility of chatbots has made it impossible to predict their impact. In one second, the systems impress by fielding a complex request for a five-day itinerary, making Google’s search engine look archaic. A moment later, they disturb by taking conversations in dark directions and launching verbal assaults.

The result is an industry gripped with the question: What do we do now?

“Everybody is agitated,” said Erik Brynjolfsson, an economist at Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. “There’s a lot of value to be won or lost.”

Rarely have so many tech sectors been simultaneously exposed. The AI systems could disrupt $100 billion in cloud spending, $500 billion in digital advertising and $5.4 trillion

Paul Bannister, Chief Strategy Officer at CafeMedia, at the company’s midtown Manhattan offices on Feb. 28, 2023. in e-commerce sales, according to totals from IDC, a market research firm, and GroupM, a media agency.

Google, perhaps more than any other company, has reason to both love and hate the chatbots. It has declared a “code red” because their abilities could be a blow to its $162 billion business showing ads on searches.

But Google’s cloud computing business could be a big winner. Smaller companies like Box need help building chatbot tools, so they are turning to the giants that process, store and manage information across the web. Those companies — Google, Microsoft and Amazon — are in a race to provide businesses with the software and substantial computing power behind their AI chatbots.

“The cloud computing providers have gone all in on AI over the last few months,” said Clément Delangue, head of the AI company Hugging Face, which helps run opensource projects similar to ChatGPT. “They are realizing that in a few years, most of the spending will be on AI, so it is important for them to make big bets.”

When Microsoft introduced a chatbot-equipped Bing search engine last month, Yusuf Mehdi, the head of Bing, said the company was wrestling with how the new version

would make money. Advertising will be a major driver, he said, but the company expects fewer ads than traditional search allows.

“We’re going to learn that as we go,” Mehdi said.

As Microsoft figures out a chatbot business model, it is forging ahead with plans to sell the technology to others.

It charges $10 a month for a cloud service, built in conjunction with the OpenAI lab, that provides developers with coding suggestions, among other things.

Google has similar ambitions for its AI technology.

After introducing its Bard chatbot last month, the company said its cloud customers would be able to tap into that underlying system for their own businesses.

But Google has not yet begun exploring how to make money from Bard itself, said Dan Taylor, a company vice president of global ads. It considers the technology “experimental,” he said, and is focused on using the so-called large language models that power chatbots to improve traditional search.

“The discourse on AI is rather narrow and focused on text and the chat experience,” Taylor said. “Our vision for search is about understanding information and all its forms: language, images, video, navigating the real world.”

Sridhar Ramaswamy, who led Google’s advertising division from 2013 to 2018, said Microsoft and Google recognized that their current search business might not survive. “The wall of ads and sea of blue links is a thing of the past,” said Ramaswamy, who now runs Neeva, a subscription-based search engine.

Amazon, which has a larger share of the cloud market than Microsoft and Google combined, has not been as public in its chatbot pursuit as the other two, though it has been working on AI technology for years.

But in January, Andy Jassy, Amazon’s chief executive, corresponded with Delangue of Hugging Face, and weeks later Amazon expanded a partnership to make it easier to offer Hugging Face’s software to customers.

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From page 11 When websites thrived during the pandemic as traffic from Google surged, Nilay Patel, editor-in-chief of The Verge, a tech news site, warned publishers that the search giant would one day turn off the spigot. He had seen Facebook stop linking out to websites and foresaw Google following suit in a bid to boost its own business.

He predicted that visitors from Google would drop from a third of websites’ traffic to nothing. He called that day “Google zero.”

“People thought I was crazy,” said Patel, who redesigned The Verge’s website to protect it. Because chatbots replace website search links with footnotes to answers, he

said, many publishers are now asking if his prophecy is coming true.

For the past two months, strategists and engineers at the digital advertising company CafeMedia have met twice a week to contemplate a future where AI chatbots replace search engines and squeeze web traffic.

The group recently discussed what websites should do if chatbots lift information but send fewer visitors. One possible solution would be to encourage CafeMedia’s network of 4,200 websites to insert code that limited AI companies from taking content, a practice currently allowed because it contributes to search rankings.

“There are a million things to be worried about,” said Paul Bannister, CafeMedia’s chief strategy officer. “You

have to figure out what to prioritize.”

Courts are expected to be the ultimate arbiter of content ownership. Last month, Getty Images sued Stability AI, the startup behind the art generator tool Stable Diffusion, accusing it of unlawfully copying millions of images. The Wall Street Journal has said using its articles to train an AI system requires a license.

In the meantime, AI companies continue collecting information across the web under the “fair use” doctrine, which permits limited use of material without permission.

“The world is facing a new technology, and the law is groping to find ways of dealing with it,” said Bradley J. Hulbert, a lawyer who specializes in this area. “No one knows where the courts will draw the lines.”

Executive sentenced for scheming to flood Northeast with opioids

By COLIN MOYNIHAN

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n his quarter-century as chief executive of Rochester Drug Cooperative Inc., Laurence F. Doud III made the distributor the country’s seventh-largest wholesaler, sending stock dividends to record highs as revenue topped $1 billion.

He also directed a criminal conspiracy to deceive the Drug Enforcement Administration and pump opioids into pharmacies throughout the Northeast, federal prosecutors said, despite knowing that retailers were diverting the drugs and supplying them to addicts.

On Wednesday, Doud, who was convicted last year of conspiring to distribute narcotics and defraud the United States, was sentenced to two years and three months in prison.

Doud’s indictment in 2019 marked a new approach for federal authorities seeking to stem a crisis that had ravaged large swaths of the country. They had often targeted street dealers and cartel chiefs with criminal charges, but large corporations and senior executives had long escaped criminal culpability.

During Doud’s trial, company emails entered into evidence included descriptions of a pharmacy that was dispensing a “staggering” number of pills to so many suspicious doctors that the data was “screaming red.”

Another pharmacy was likened to a “stick of dynamite waiting for DEA to light the fuse.”

Rochester Drug Cooperative, known as RDC, and its former head of compliance, William Pietruszewski, were indicted along with Doud and on the same charges. They were also charged with failing to disclose suspicious orders of controlled substances to the DEA. RDC entered into an agreement under which the government said it would not prosecute as long as the company paid a $20

Laurence Doud III, center, former CEO of Rochester Drug Cooperative, leaves Federal Court in Manhattan, on April 23, 2019. million fine, followed the law and submitted to five years of supervision by an independent monitor. Pietruszewski pleaded guilty and testified in Doud’s trial.

Lawyers for Doud had asked Judge George B. Daniels for a sentence without prison time, describing their client, who they said was appealing his conviction, as a pillar of his community who posed no threat to the public and had consistently helped others.

They added that the prosecution was “not typical,” suggesting that Doud had resembled an ordinary white-collar criminal motivated by financial gain rather than a drug kingpin. They wrote that in his case, “threat of physical force or violence was nonexistent.”

Prosecutors did describe Doud’s actions as stemming from greed and concern for his company’s bottom line. But they asked Daniels to sentence him to 15 years in

prison, saying that he should be held accountable for the “shattering impact” his actions had on people to whom he had unlawfully funneled opioids.

“It makes no difference whether a dangerous drug like fentanyl or oxycodone comes from a drug dealer, or someone with a medical or business degree,” they wrote, adding: “White collar drug dealers like the defendant should not receive a break.”

In court on Wednesday, a defense lawyer, Robert C. Gottlieb, suggested that Doud had made errors of judgment and had failed to understand the danger of opioids or the importance of adhering to regulations.

Doud told the court he had done a “lousy job” overseeing compliance with regulations but had meant no harm.

“I had no desire to see anyone hurt,” he said, adding, “I am forever sorry for the problems that have occurred.”

Moments later, while issuing his sentence, Daniels said that Doud’s crimes had been “motivated solely by profit” and that he had not fulfilled his duty to protect the public.

The criminal charges stemmed from an investigation that began after RDC violated a deal that resolved a civil case in which the company admitted that it had failed to report thousands of questionable opioid orders from pharmacies, many of which flouted order limits and catered to doctors who ran pill mills.

In 2006 and 2007, prosecutors wrote, Doud received letters from the DEA emphasizing that distributors have a responsibility to avoid filling suspicious orders. Despite that, they wrote, Doud designed a plan to ship drugs to pharmacies that some RDC employees knew were diverting the drugs and supplying them to addicts.

RDC violated its own policies by sending drugs to pharmacies despite red flags

that included unusually large orders, a high percentage of prescriptions being purchased with cash, routinely filling prescriptions for high pill counts, as well as filling orders for doctors who were out of state or had demonstrated suspicious behavior.

Doud directed that the shipments continue, prosecutors wrote, saying that he made it clear that he “didn’t care to turn off stores because that would affect the sales of RDC” and that he had also said that it was the DEA’s job to police pharmacies, not his company’s.

Prosecutors wrote that Pietruszewski and another employee, Jessica Pompeo Bouck, said that the company impeded the DEA by not reporting suspicious orders, and they attributed that decision to Doud. He also decided to supply drugs to customers without determining whether those drugs were being distributed legitimately, according to prosecutors.

In addition to testimony from RDC employees, jurors in Doud’s trial heard from a former pharmacy owner, Michael Paulsen, who testified that he purchased oxycodone from RDC and diverted those pills, selling them to drug dealers and people he knew were suffering from addiction.

Another witness was Barbara Castro, who prosecutors wrote became addicted to opioids after suffering from medical problems. Castro testified that a doctor named Carl Anderson, whom prosecutors said RDC had flagged as suspicious, prescribed her oxycodone for no legitimate medical purpose and that she filled those prescriptions at a pharmacy that RDC supplied.

Castro testified that she would go to Anderson’s office as late as 10 p.m. and spend all night there until she got her prescription, prosecutors wrote. They added that Castro also testified that she had visible “track marks on her arms” and would “nod out in the waiting room for hours.”

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Wall Street turns lower, Treasury yields dip ahead of jobs report

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all Street reversed an earlier advance on Thursday, weighed down by bank stocks and jitters ahead of Friday’s employment report, while Treasury yields eased and the dollar softened on signs that the Federal Reserve’s restrictive monetary policy is beginning to work as intended.

All three major U.S. stock indexes were last off around 1% or more after SVB Financial Group announced a $1.75 billion share sale to shore up its balance sheet. This sparked a broad sell-off as investors prepared for the Labor Department’s hotly anticipated February jobs data, expected before the bell on Friday.

“Investors are positioning cautiously ahead of tomorrow’s payrolls report,” said Tom Hainlin, national investment strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management in Minneapolis. “A strong jobs report could be perceived by investors that the economy is still strong and the Fed needs to be more aggressive.”

“It’s a challenging situation,” Hainlin added.

The dollar backed off a near three-month high, gold advanced and benchmark U.S. Treasury yields eased as economic data took some of the sting out of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s hawkish, two-day congressional testimony.

Data released on Thursday showed U.S. jobless claims rose 11% last week - the largest increase in five months - while planned layoffs for February jumped four-fold, year-on-year.

Any signs of cracks in the tight labor market is good news as far as the Fed is concerned.

Graphic: Jobless claims and planned layoffs https://www. reuters.com/graphics/USA-STOCKS/zdpxdxbqnpx/joblesschal.png A clearer picture on whether the job market is softening is expected on Friday in the Labor Department’s February employment report. Analysts expect the U.S. economy to have added 205,000 jobs last month - a sharp deceleration from January - and see the unemployment rate holding firm at 3.4%.

At last glance, financial markets have priced in a 69% likelihood of a larger, 50 basis point increase to the Fed funds target rate this month, according to CME’s FedWatch tool.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 310.93 points, or 0.95%, to 32,487.47, the S&P 500 lost 44.63 points, or 1.12%, at 3,947.38 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 152.89 points, or 1.32%, to 11,423.11.

European stocks ended modestly lower, dragged down by higher-for-longer interest rate worries.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index lost 0.22% and MSCI’s gauge of stocks across the globe shed 0.75%.

Emerging market stocks lost 0.90%. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan, closed 0.85% lower, while Japan’s Nikkei rose 0.63%.

Treasury yields eased in the wake of the jobless claims data.

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9 killed as Russia uses its newest missiles to strike Ukraine

By ANDREW E. KRAMER, IVAN NECHEPURENKO and VICTORIA KIM

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ussia launched its biggest aerial attack in weeks on Thursday, hitting targets across Ukraine with a complex barrage of weapons including its newest hypersonic missiles, in what it said was retaliation for an incursion last week by a pro-Ukrainian armed group in the Bryansk region of Russia.

Ending weeks of relative calm in Kyiv and other cities, the strikes killed at least nine people nationwide, knocked out power in several areas and damaged three electrical plants, Ukrainian officials said. The strikes included six of the new hypersonic missiles known as Kinzhals, or Daggers, the most Russia has used in a single wave since the war began a year ago, according to Ukraine’s air force.

The strikes included six of the new hypersonic missiles known as Kinzhals, or Daggers, the most Russia has used in a single wave since the war began a year ago,

Ukrainian soldiers in Chasiv Yar, about 10 miles from the frontline city of Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, March 9, 2023. according to Ukraine’s air force. Overall, Russia fired nine types of cruise and ballistic missiles alongside a volley of eight Iranianmade exploding drones.

Of the 81 missiles fired overnight and through the morning, 47 hit targets, Ukraine

said. That is a far higher ratio of strikes to missiles fired than Russia has achieved in barrages over recent months. Moscow’s higher success rate was made possible because Russian forces used some of their limited supply of hypersonic Kinzhal missiles and a higher than typical number of ballistic rather than cruise missiles, Yuriy Ihnat, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s air force, said in an interview.

Here are the latest developments: — Five people were killed in their homes when a rocket landed in a residential area in the western region of Lviv, bordering Poland, and one person died in the Dnipropetrovsk region of central Ukraine, local officials said. To the north, in the Kharkiv region near the border with Russia, 15 missiles hit infrastructure and a residential building, the head of the region’s military administration said on Telegram. Three people were also killed in Russian shelling in the southern city of Kherson, officials said.

— In the capital, Kyiv, two large ex-

plosions an hour apart injured at least two residents and sent a plume of black smoke billowing from the city’s center, rattling windows and engulfing cars in flames. At least one hypersonic missile appeared to have struck the capital, an official in Kyiv said.

— The head of the United Nations’ nuclear agency issued an impassioned plea after the strikes cut off the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine from external power lines and forced it to switch to diesel generators. It was the sixth time the plant had to move to its emergency power supply since the war began, the official, Rafael Mariano Grossi, said. “If we allow this to continue time after time, then one day our luck will run out,” he said, referring to the possibility of a nuclear accident.

— Georgia’s governing party, facing mounting pressure from protesters, said on Thursday that it had decided to withdraw proposed legislation on “foreign agents.”

Critics said the bill mimicked a Russian law used by the Kremlin to thwart opposition news media outlets and civil society.

Freddy could become longest-lasting tropical cyclone

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yclone Freddy, which has already hit several countries in southeastern Africa and caused 21 deaths as of Thursday, was on track to be declared the longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record — beating the previous record of 31 days — as it continued its path of ruin across the region.

After traversing the Indian Ocean, the cyclone has caused destruction bouncing between the island nation of Madagascar, where it has left 11 people dead, and Mozambique, on the African mainland, where 10 have been killed. It has already boomeranged back to hit Madagascar a second time and is now expected to return to Mozambique by Saturday.

The cyclone is unusual not only because of its longevity and route but also because it has undergone six separate rounds of rapid intensification.

By Thursday morning, Freddy had been downgraded to a severe tropical storm, but forecasters said that they expected it to power up again, becoming a cyclone once more by the time it returns to thump into

the Mozambican coastline.

Freddy is “a once-in-a-lifetime storm,” said Wayne Venter, a forecaster at the South African Weather Service.

The storm appeared more than a month ago and was named on Feb. 6 as it took shape near the northern coast of Australia.

Then it began a journey of more than 4,000 miles across the Indian Ocean. Meteorologists have not seen that path in two decades, and only three other storms have been recorded traveling from the east to the west of the Indian Ocean, according to a tracking agency at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Freddy crossed over the islands of Mauritius and Réunion, a territory of France, bringing heavy rain and some flooding, but became deadly when making landfall in Madagascar on Feb. 21, despite its intensity having dropped. The cyclone picked up power again in the warm channel of water between Madagascar and mainland Africa before reaching Mozambique on Feb. 24, where flooding brought more deaths. The deluge of rain has stretched as far as landlocked Zimbabwe.

Most intense storms peter out after mak-

ing landfall, but Freddy’s unusual path took the cyclone back out to sea after hitting Mozambique to begin its ricocheting between the African mainland and Madagascar.

During its meandering path, Freddy’s highest sustained wind speeds have reached about 160 mph, the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane, as such storms are known when they form in the Atlantic.

As Freddy continued to swirl between Mozambique and Madagascar, the World Meteorological Organization, a United Nations agency, said that it was on track to become the longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record. The organization has set up a committee to evaluate whether Freddy had surpassed the previous mark, set by a tropical cyclone called John in the Pacific in 1994, taking into account Freddy’s shifts in intensity.

Scientists have found that climate change is making furious tempests like Freddy more common. Just over a year ago, the same area was hit by Cyclones Batsirai and Emnati, killing at least 120 people in Madagascar, as the two storms followed in quick succession.

Mozambique was bracing Thursday for Freddy’s return. As well as the 10 deaths in

the country, around 9,900 people were displaced from their homes, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Villages in Mozambique were cut off by fallen trees or burst river banks as the storm unleashed its fury, with estimates of some 28,300 houses destroyed. In the worst-affected areas, such as the port city of Beira, people waded through waist-high water to reach drier ground or help rescue efforts.

Authorities in Mozambique say they fear that 1.75 million people could be affected by the cyclone when it returns, and aid agencies have urged people to remain in shelters for a few more days.

The indirect impact of Freddy has been felt across southern Africa, where summer rains have dried up as the cyclone sucks moisture from the Indian Ocean, said Venter, the forecaster.

The trail of devastation also brings a heightened risk of disease. Mozambique was already battling a cholera outbreak, with more than 7,500 cases reported. Floodwaters could destroy clinics and help spread the illness, the World Health Organization in Africa warned.

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Greece will make trains safer, transport minister vows

By NIKI KITSANTONIS

s thousands of workers went on strike earlier this week to protest the train crash in Greece last week that killed at least 57 people, the country’s new transport minister turned toward the future, saying railway safety would be improved in the coming weeks and service would resume.

“We will significantly improve the level of safety,” the minister, Giorgos Gerapetritis, told reporters at a news conference in Athens, although he conceded that perennial inadequacies in infrastructure had contributed to the crash and that Greece’s railway network was, until recently, “chronically obsolete.”

Contracts signed over the past decade by successive governments aimed at installing an electronic signaling and remote surveillance system had failed to deliver, he said, noting that only 70% of the work had been done.

“If we had a fully functioning remote management system in the country, the tragedy most likely would not have happened,” he said. The remainder of the work will be done this year, he said, adding that European rail experts were in Athens to provide guidance. His comments were the most detailed by a prominent official on the state of the country’s railways and plans for the system since the crash.

Service on the route on which the crash happened has been suspended since the crash. Gerapetritis said steps would be taken to restore travel, possibly by the end of the month, adding that service would resume only if “absolute” safety is secured.

He said that in the future, there would be two station masters at every stop and a reduced number of trains. Additional workers will be hired to offset a significant reduction in staffing on the railways over the past 15 years, and training will be improved, he added.

A 59-year-old station manager has been charged with manslaughter through neglect in connection with the train collision. He is accused of putting a passenger train carrying more than 350 people and a freight train on the same line, leading to the Feb. 28 crash.

After initially blaming the crash — Greece’s worst on record — on a “tragic human error,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is up for election, revised his

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Workers remove parts of the wrecked train carriages at the site of a crash near Larissa, Greece, March 3, 2023.

50 hooded youths broke away from the demonstration and pelted officers with firebombs and stones.

Many of the demonstrators were young people, including college students, who accounted for a large proportion of the train crash victims. The students joined the marchers, many chanting, “Murderers!”

Others carried banners with red handprints, one reading, “Our tears have run dry and turned into anger.” Scuffles also broke out between protesters and police in Thessaloniki and Patra, in western Greece.

Greece’s failure to upgrade its railway system to European standards — despite receiving millions of euros in subsidies — had come under scrutiny well before the crash. A contract signed in 2014 for the automatic operation and signaling of the railway network is the subject of an inquiry by the European prosecutor’s office.

That investigation comes amid an inquiry begun two weeks before the crash by the European Commission into Greece’s failure to comply with EU rules on rail transport.

Even if an electronic signaling and surveillance system had been completed, it would have had to have been accompanied by another system allowing for emergency braking, among other features, Gerapetritis said, referring to the European Train Control System.

According to the government’s spokesperson, Giannis Oikonomou, Mitsotakis plans to request additional EU funding for modernizing the country’s railways.

Mitsotakis ordered the creation of a cross-party committee of experts last week to examine the causes of the tragedy, which is also being investigated by the Supreme Court’s prosecutor, Isidoros Doyiakos, along with the systemic failings of the Greek rail system and delays in the completion of a technological upgrade of infrastructure.

stance Sunday and asked for the Greek bus drivers, joined railway staff members, people’s forgiveness for the chronic failings who have been holding rolling strikes for a week, to protest the years of neglect and of the Greek state.

On Wednesday, Gerapetritis also understaffing that they say had made the apologized for the authorities’ failure to crash all but inevitable. The civil servants avert the tragedy. “I am in shock,” he said. union, Adedy, called for an end to “policies “I understand the collective pain that this of privatization” which were adopted durdisaster has caused to society,” he contin- ing Greece’s post-2009 decadelong finanued, adding that the anger unleashed by the cial crisis and led to staff cuts.

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Mexicans question government’s swift response to lethal attack on Americans

By MARIA ABI-HABIB, NATALIE KITROEFF, ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS and OSCAR LÓPEZ

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bout 11:30 a.m. last Friday, Claudia said she was working in her office when she heard a staccato of sharp cracks — pop-pop-pop. She peeked outside to find heavily armed men shooting at a white minivan.

She saw a body being dragged along the street and ducked to avoid windows. Claudia, who grew up in the area, insisted that she be referred to only by her first name for fear of retribution.

At an elementary school nearby, the teachers, who are used to the sound of bullets outside, yelled at students to hit the floor, another witness said.

The chaos that unfolded at the busy, three-way intersection in downtown Matamoros, Mexico, might have been remembered as just a distressingly common act of violence in a violence-ridden border town — except this time, the victims were American.

After the nationality of the people who were attacked and abducted by gunmen that day became widely known, the Mexican president promised to put the force of his entire government behind the desperate effort to find them.

A task force made up of the police, the armed forces and the local authorities searched multiple locations and used security camera footage to track several vehicles. It also secured the assistance of American law enforcement officials.

The coordinated push led to an outcome that counts as extraordinary in Mexico: By Tuesday morning, just four days after the abduction, the Mexican authorities had recovered the victims, two dead and two alive, and had detained a suspect.

The speed of the rescue elicited anger among many Mexicans, who were shocked to see their leaders spring into action after years of doing little to locate the more than 100,000 people who remain missing in a country where the vast majority of crimes go unsolved.

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“If only our government would apply the same force and due diligence to search for our disappeared in Mexico,” Delia Quiroa, who has been searching for her missing brother for nearly a decade, said in a video posted on Twitter.

The kidnapping and killings of Americans incited significant blowback in the United States, which has seen its security relationship with Mexico tested in recent years.

Some Republicans in Congress seized on the violent episode to accuse the Biden administration of not doing enough to confront cartels in Mexico.

Border security throughout President Joe Biden’s time in office has been one of the more glaring political vulnerabilities for his administration.

“This is a terrifying glimpse into how Americans can quickly fall victim to cartel violence and how emboldened the cartels are under the Biden administration,” said Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security. “The cartels continue to exploit the weak posture that the Biden administration has taken with its perilous border security policies.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said this week that he planned to introduce legislation to categorize Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations and allow the United States to use military force against them, a proposal that has been generally criticized by the Mexican president.

The four Americans who were attacked, Latavia Washington McGee, 33; Shaeed Woodard, 33; Zindell Brown, 28; and Eric James Williams, 38, a close-knit group of friends, traveled to Mexico from South Carolina last week.

They were accompanying McGee, who planned to get a tummy tuck at a clinic in Matamoros, in Tamaulipas state, family members said, making a journey popular among

Americans who cross into Mexico for medical procedures.

Hours after they crossed into Mexico on Friday, they were targeted by gunmen in what the Mexican investigators believe was a case of mistaken identity.

The Mexican authorities are investigating the possibility that before the shooting began, armed men had told the Americans to stop their car but the driver instead sped up, according to two people familiar with the investigation who were not authorized to speak publicly.

Two of the victims, McGee and Williams, were found alive and returned to U.S. soil on Tuesday. The bodies of Woodard and Brown remain in Mexico.

Latonya Williams, Woodard’s fiancée, said in an interview that he did not usually travel far from home, but decided to go to Mexico “to support” McGee, his cousin, and to celebrate his birthday, on March 9.

“He was like, ‘My birthday was coming; this would be a trip for my birthday,’” Latonya Williams said. Her fiancé, she said, never hesitated to offer others help. “He would give you the shirt on his back,” she said. “He would give you his last dollar if you needed it.”

The killings have ratcheted up pressure on the Biden administration over its approach to the ongoing violence south of the U.S. border. Part of the problem, former officials said, is that security cooperation with Mexico has faced challenges under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico.

After American officials arrested a former Mexican secretary of defense, Salvador Cienfuegos, in 2020, Mexico threatened to kick Drug Enforcement Administration agents out of the country.

Gil Kerlikowske, a former commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection under the Obama administration, said he often hears from his peers in the DEA that “there’s just no exchange of vital, timely information, and you have nobody to blame except President López Obrador.”

The Biden administration has been reticent to openly criticize López Obrador, fearing that provoking the Mexican leader could jeopardize his cooperation on stemming the flow of migrants to the U.S. border.

López Obrador has said that his administration continues to cooperate closely on security with the American government.

Tamaulipas is one of the six states that the State Department warns Americans not to visit because of crime, though violence there has decreased in recent years. Homicides dropped from about 1,500 in 2012 to about 730 in 2021, government figures show.

Different factions of the powerful Gulf cartel dominate the state, and experts said that conflict between local criminal groups might have played a role in the attack.

“It sounds like you had a local faction that basically made a mistake, and they thought it was either probably another faction within the city or maybe a group that was coming in from outside the city,” said Robert J. Bunker, an expert on Mexican organized crime and director of research and analysis at a security consulting firm, C/O Futures, in California. “These poor American tourists kind of got caught in the middle.”

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US and Europe angle for new deal to resolve climate spat

By ANA SWANSON and ALAN RAPPEPORT

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merican and European officials meeting in Washington this week are trying to agree on the outlines of a limited trade deal that would allow European companies to qualify for some of the benefits of the Biden administration’s new climate legislation, in a bid to assuage a major source of tension between the allies.

The governments hope to announce their intention to begin negotiations over an agreement focusing on the critical minerals that go into electric vehicle batteries as soon as Friday, when President Joe Biden is set to meet with Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, at the White House.

U.S. officials have also been carrying out similar conversations with the governments of Japan and the United Kingdom to see if some type of limited new agreement could be struck that would also offer Japanese and British companies certain benefits under the law.

At the center of the debate is the Inflation Reduction Act, a $370 billion bill that President Joe Biden signed last year to try to mitigate climate change by transforming U.S. power generation and the car industry. The bill offers generous tax credits to American consumers to purchase new and used electric vehicles, but it imposes tough restrictions on the types of vehicles that can benefit from these rules, in ways that disadvantage foreign carmakers.

The law specifies that, to receive a tax credit, cars must be assembled in North America and source the material for their batteries from North America, or from countries with which the United States has a free-trade agreement.

Despite close ties, the United States does not have a free-trade agreement with the European Union, Japan or the United Kingdom.

The passage of the law has prompted harsh criticism from allies, who say companies in their countries will be penalized. European officials have been particularly outspoken, arguing that the bill comes at a delicate time for a European economy that is already contending with disruptions from the war in Ukraine and skyrocketing energy prices.

The dispute has raised the prospect of a subsidy war between the United States and the European Union, and threatened to strain relations at a time when both sides are trying to maintain a united front against Russia.

“I don’t think U.S. government officials anticipated this level of pushback and this level of disdain against this massive climate bill,” said Olga Khakova, the deputy director for European energy security at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center. But she said emotions had now subsided a bit. “We are in this mode

right now where we want to find a solution.”

The rift has set off a scramble within the U.S. government to try to scrape together some type of new trade deal that could be signed with allied governments to allow their companies to benefit from some of the law’s tax credits. With such an agreement, for example, a company based in the European Union could help to supply lithium, nickel or other battery materials for electric vehicles made in North America.

A Treasury official said that any new trade agreements would be evaluated during a rule-making process to ensure that they comply with the critical mineral requirements in the legislation. The official pointed to Chinese control over the critical mineral supply as a reason for the need for the United States to team up with like-minded countries.

A U.S. official said that the administration had been engaged in consultations with Congress about such an agreement, and that those briefings, and conversations with unions and private industry, would continue in the coming weeks.

The Treasury Department, in a white paper published in December, said that the Inflation Reduction Act did not define the term “free trade agreement,” and that the Treasury secretary could identify additional free-trade agreements for the purposes of the criticalminerals requirement going forward.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said last month that the Biden administration was considering limited trade deals focused on critical minerals as a solution, and she suggested that these could be done without the approval of Congress. She emphasized that the intent of the law was not for the United States to steal jobs from Europe and that the law was meant to be aligned with the administration’s “friendshoring” agenda.

“I think the word ‘free trade’ was meant to mean reliable friends and partners with whom we can feel we have secure supply chains,” Yellen said on the sidelines of the Group of 20 finance ministers meetings in India last month.

“We’ve been very clear with Europe that this is not a subsidy war.”

With input from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, officials from the Treasury Department have prepared a document spelling out what kind of deal would constitute a “free-trade agreement” for the purposes of the legislation, according to people familiar with the plans.

It is not clear how quickly the solution could be completed, however, as the white paper said the Treasury Department and the IRS would seek public comment on “what criteria should be used to identify free-trade agree-

President Joe Biden speaks from the deck of the USS Iowa with the Port of Los Angeles behind him, in Long Beach, Calif., on June 10, 2022. ments for the purposes of the critical-minerals requirement.”

Political appetite for striking new free-trade deals has diminished in the United States in recent years, in part because of a perception that such pacts have helped multinational corporations move factories and jobs offshore.

Efforts to strike expansive trade deals with Europe and a group of Asian countries during the Obama administration fizzled, in part because of that political opposition. During the Trump administration, the United States signed a series of limited trade deals with South Korea, Japan and China that were carried out through executive orders, not by congressional approval.

It remains unclear how Congress will respond. Some lawmakers have expressed concerns that the administration is not adhering to the law’s original intent of promoting U.S. manufacturing. Many also disapprove of efforts by the executive branch to bypass congressional authority in approving trade deals.

But Democrats may also be sympathetic to the effort to smooth over relations with Europeans, and reluctant to reopen debate over their signature climate legislation. And at least one key lawmaker, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has said he didn’t realize that the European Union lacked a free-trade agreement with the United

States in the first place.

Still, the dispute has elicited some criticism that American officials are going to great lengths to mollify Europeans, especially given that the European Union imposes some trade barriers on the United States, like a relatively high tariff on imported U.S. cars.

John G. Murphy, the senior vice president for international policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said it was his group’s view that the Biden administration should fight against various EU policies that discriminate against American companies “with the same doggedness European officials have brought to their complaints about the IRA.”

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The other children in the DeSantis culture war

Marcus Green outside his home in Hialeah, Fla., March 7, 2023.

By CHARLES M. BLOW

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t’s midday on Saturday in Orlando’s Greenwood Cemetery, and just up an incline from an algae-covered pond a group of students encircle a grave. Many are holding a book — some clutching it to their chests the way a preacher holds a Bible.

That book, “A History of Florida Through Black Eyes,” was written by Marvin Dunn, an emeritus professor at Florida International University, who is among those gathered. He quiets the group before telling the gripping story of the man beneath the tombstone. The man was Julius “July” Perry, a Black voting rights activist who was killed — arrested, then dragged from jail by a white mob and lynched — on Election Day in 1920 during the Ocoee Massacre, the culmination of a tragic chain of events set in motion, according to accounts, by a Black man attempting to vote.

The stop at the cemetery was part of the second “Teach the Truth” tour, a field trip to historic Black sites in Florida, organized by Dunn in response to the threat to teaching comprehensive Black history posed by the antiwoke hysteria of the Republican governor, Ron DeSantis.

“Teach the Truth” is full of visits to the graves of Black people killed by white racists, cases Dunn told me he focuses on “because those are the ones that are easiest to forget” — the “hard stories” that are, as he says, the ones most in need of preservation.

On this tour there are about two dozen students. One of them is Marcus Green, a 15-year-old Black boy, tall and thin, with searching, almond-shaped eyes, a crown of finger-length braids and a quiet, deliberative demeanor that occasionally surrenders a smile.

As we stand under a shade tree waiting for the tour bus, Marcus tells me what it feels like for him to be a student in Florida right now, that he is balancing a sense of empowerment and fear. I asked why he invoked fear, and he said: “Because you can’t help but feel it.”

His mother tells me that she signed him up for the tour because he was frustrated by the feeling that there was so much of his history that he didn’t know.

The next tour stop was in Live Oak, at the graveside of Willie James Howard, a teenager lynched because he wrote a love letter to a white girl. Her father kidnapped Howard from his home at gunpoint, took him to a bluff overlooking the Suwannee River and offered the boy an impossible choice: take a bullet from a barrel aimed at his head or jump — with his hands and feet bound — and take his chances in the water.

The boy chose the river. The river won.

As Dunn told the story of Howard — whom he has described as Florida’s Emmett Till — Marcus’ face rippled as he repeatedly clenched his jaw and furrowed his brow.

Howard was then the same age as Marcus is now: 15. As he told me: “That could have been me.”

Dunn called the students forward to touch Howard’s gravestone, which they did, one at a time. Marcus held back, but eventually stepped forward, bent down and pressed his open palm to the stone. He held it there, then slowly released, later telling me that when he touched it, he “felt a sense of serenity.”

As the group made its way to the spot along the river where Howard leapt to his death, a local radio station replayed an interview between DeSantis and Sean Hannity in which DeSantis called the Advanced Placement course in African American studies that he has vocally opposed “garbage” and “neo-Marxist indoctrination.”

The message — like the message in several of DeSantis’ broadsides aimed at academic freedom and so-called wokeness — is a medley of buzz-wordy circumlocution.

Too much of the debate about DeSantis’ cynical censorship craze has centered the opinions of adults, the theories of politicians and the feelings of white children — feelings presumed to be hurt if they encounter, in class, some of our history’s bleakest episodes.

But what about the other children, the roughly 600,000 Black students in Florida’s public schools, like Marcus, searching for a history that includes them — a history of them — who now feel targeted and afraid? Do they not matter in this debate? What about their needs and their feelings?

My conversations with Marcus echo those I recently had with another 15-year-old student from Florida, Adrianna Gutierrez, who identifies as Afro-Latina and as a lesbian, and therefore feels the brunt of both DeSantis’ antiBlack studies and history push and his anti-LGBTQ push, including his state’s Don’t Say Gay law.

Adrianna called the situation in Florida “surreal” and said it feels like things are in a “state of chaos,” all of which has pushed her toward activism.

She said the first protest she attended, late last year, was “scary” because although she knew some people didn’t like her for who she was, she had never come face-to-face with hate as intense and concentrated as it was among the

counterprotesters who were there.

As she recalled it, many of the counterprotesters brought young children with them, carried signs with slogans about school being a “place to learn and not teach about transgenderism” and they yelled, “Protect our children.”

But who’s going to protect children like Marcus and Adrianna, children who want to know our full history; who want to find themselves and be themselves and deserve to feel safe in the pursuit? Hiding the complexities or harsher truths of the past from them is to rob them of tools they need to navigate and survive in a still-hostile world, one in which horrors aren’t confined to graves nor queer people confined to closets.

On the last stop of the “Teach the Truth” tour, Dunn drove the group down an ivory-colored dirt road in the Rosewood community to a wooded area he’s converting into a remembrance park for the victims of the Rosewood Massacre.

He told the children about a tense encounter in September, when he visited the site with another group, including his son, and the neighbor across the street charged at them in his truck while yelling the “n-word” and “almost killed my son.” The neighbor was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

As Dunn told the story, a placard next to the neighbor’s fence was visible. It read: “DeSantisland: Land of Liberty.”

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Rinden homenaje a mujeres veteranas POR CYBERNEWS

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EGA ALTA – Con motivo del Día de la Mujer Veterana, el administrador de la Administración de Servicios de Salud y Contra la Adicción (ASSMCA), Carlos Rodríguez Mateo, se unió al procurador de la Oficina del Procurador del Veterano (OPV), Agustín Montañez Allman, y a la alcaldesa de Vega Alta, María Vega Pagán, para rendirle homenaje el jueves, a 24 mujeres puertorriqueñas pertenecientes a las Fuerzas Armadas de Estados Unidos.

“Sin lugar a duda, a través de los años la mujer ha tenido que experimentar grandes luchas y sacrificios para lograr incursionar en distintos ámbitos profesionales, particularmente en aquellos que solían ser destinados solo para el hombre. Con el pasar del tiempo, afortunadamente, el escenario ha ido transformándose, e incluso, podemos decir que hemos avanzado a pasos agigantados. Prueba de ello, es la presencia de miles de mujeres en las Fuerzas Armadas de Estados Unidos. Mujeres valientes, inspiradoras, tenaces y cuyo rol protagónico merece ser reconocido”,

dijo en comunicación escrita Rodríguez Mateo.

La actividad de reconocimiento se llevó a cabo en el Salón Rafael Ramírez, del Centro de Recepciones de Vega Alta Domingo Figueroa Ramírez como parte de los actos conmemorativos del Día de la Mujer Veterana.

Por su parte, el procurador del Veterano, Agustín Montañez Allman, indicó que “como veterano de la Guerra del Golfo Pérsico, conozco de primera mano el temple y determinación de la mujer. Las mujeres veteranas han labrado un camino de honor al que le rendimos tributo con admiración y respeto”.

Mientras, la alcaldesa de Vega Alta, María Vega Pagán, dijo que “nos place servir de anfitriones a una conmemoración que de por si, resalta el empeño de la mujer por abrir brechas de superación e igualdad. Nos llena de orgullo y emoción reconocer la gesta patriótica de la mujer veterana”.

Durante la actividad, personal de ASSMCA orientó sobre los servicios disponibles para los miembros de la comunidad veterana, desarrollaron dinámicas interactivas dirigidas al manejo de

emociones, distribuyeron material educativo de la Línea PAS y transmitieron mensajes motivacionales.

También, participaron del evento, en el que se entregó la Proclama del Día de la Mujer Veterana, representantes del Gobierno de Puerto Rico y del Gobierno Federal de los Estados Unidos. Entre éstos, el ayudante general interino de la Guardia Nacional de Puerto Rico, General de Brigada Miguel A. Méndez, y la teniente coronel Cynthia L. Pagán, quien representará al Primer Comando de Apoyo a la Misión, de la Reserva del Ejército de los Estados Unidos en Puerto Rico, y a su comandante general, coronel Carlos M. Cáceres.

Junta de Gobierno del CRIM aprueba propuesta para adoptar único pago del arbitrio sobre el inventario POR CYBERNEWS

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AN JUAN – El director ejecutivo del Centro de Recaudaciones de Ingresos Municipales (CRIM), Reinaldo Paniagua Látimer, presentó el jueves, una propuesta dirigida a la Asamblea Legislativa en la que se sustituiría el impuesto al inventario, por uno que sea a base del inventario vendido en un año, mediante un solo pago.

“Se aprobó el proyecto que habíamos presentado semanas atrás y se va a estar enviando a la Asamblea Legislativa. Había sido discutida con el gobernador (Pedro Pierluisi), igual que con el secretario de Desarrollo Económico y Comercio (Manuel Cidre Miranda), en la cual estamos eliminando, según ha sido una solicitud de un sector del comercio de Puerto Rico, eliminar la recurrencia del pago de este impuesto por un mismo artículo año tras año sugiriendo que se pague solo en el promedio del inventario vendido anual”, dijo Paniagua Látimer en declaraciones a la prensa.

“Esto eliminaría la recurrencia del pago del impuesto. En la mesa nuca estuvo la eliminación

del impuesto porque estaba abierto a pedir sugerencias o alternativas y del sector comercial no hemos recibido ninguna y esta es la sugerencia que está haciendo el CRIM”, añadió.

El impuesto sobre inventario es una fracción de la totalidad de la contribución mueble y representaba unos 240 millones de dólares anuales para los municipios, provenientes en su mayoría, de grandes comercios.

Recordó que la tasa aplicable al impuesto al inventario varía de municipio en municipio y dijo que la medida es un paso en la dirección correcta y se atiende la preocupación de los comercios sin aplicar un golpe a las finanzas municipales.

Indicó que la media es 8.33% y eso se mantiene igual.

El pasado mes de febrero, el gobernador Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia mencionó en conferencia de prensa, que lo que quería del CRIM era “encontrar la forma y manera de eliminar el Impuesto al Inventario o modificarlo, sin que se afecten adversamente las finanzas municipales”.

De otra parte, el presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Rafael “Tatito” Hernández Mon-

tañez, tiene, como parte de sus propuestas de enmiendas contributivas, eliminar el tributo municipal. El también expresidente cameral y portavoz de la minoría del Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP), Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Núñez apoya la eliminación del cobro.

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Maryse Condé, at home in the world

Maryse Condé at home in Provence, France on Feb. 20, 2023. Throughout her fourdecade literary career, the Guadeloupean writer has explored a global vision of the Black diaspora, and placed Caribbean life at the center.

By ANDERSON TEPPER

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aryse Condé’s long life and career — at 86, the Guadeloupean writer has published more than 20 books — has been shaped by some of the world’s biggest political and cultural upheavals.

And she, in turn, has played a role in interpreting those shifts. With roots in Guadeloupe, but encompassing the years she spent in Africa, Europe and North America, her work has explored the many threads of the Black diaspora — always keeping the Caribbean at the center.

In the past few years, Condé has been showered with honors and accolades across the globe. And even if she plays it down — “My children and grandchildren must be

proud, but I don’t think about it much,” she says — it’s prompted her to reflect on her dizzying journey and extraordinary life.

“The world changes and the writer changes with it,” Condé recalled by email from her home in Provence, France. “It’s not a question of age, but rather sensitivity to change and the desire to write about it.”

Haitian writer Edwidge Danticat sees Condé as a “giant of literature,” whose prolific work connects continents and generations. “We can follow not just the history of the Caribbean, but the African diaspora in her oeuvre,” Danticat said. “I always look forward to her work to see how she addresses the familiar anew, taking us on these unexpected journeys through past, present and future.”

One thing is certain: Condé is finally receiving the acclaim her wide-ranging body of work deserves. The attention, though, is all the more bittersweet coming so late in her life and career.

In 2018, Condé received the New Academy Prize, which was given the year that no Nobel Prize in literature was awarded (owing to a scandal within the committee). Since then, she has been feted around the world: at the Aké Festival in Nigeria in 2020, which included a video tribute by 24 female African writers, and during a twoday celebration at the Mucem museum in Marseille, France, in November. She was included in the 2022 Royal Society of Literature International Writers program, along with authors such as Tsitsi Dangarembga and Juan Gabriel Vásquez, and in January, a high school in Paris was named for her.

This month, Condé will publish “The Gospel According to the New World,” her third book to be released in the United States in her 80s, all published by World Editions and translated by her husband and longtime translator, Richard Philcox. (Condé, who has a degenerative neurological disorder that makes it difficult to speak and see, dictated her last two books to Philcox.)

The novel follows a mixed-race, Christ-like figure who travels the world in search of meaning and belonging. Along the way, he encounters revolutionaries, tyrants, false prophets and actual Judases — not to mention a string of passionate lovers.

It feels like a capstone work, but as scholar and translator Kaiama Glover, the editor of “Maryse Condé: A Writer for Our Times,” joked, “She’s been writing her last novel for 20 years now.”

Condé was nearly 40 when her first novel, “Hérémakhonon,” was published, and has called writing a “force she can’t resist.” She still feels its powerful compulsion.

Her work has been one constant in a restless, nomadic life. Born in Pointe-àPitre, Guadeloupe, she left to study in Paris in 1953, eventually earning a doctorate in comparative literature at the Sorbonne. A Fulbright scholarship took her to the United States, where she taught at several universities (including Columbia, for many years).

In the 1960s, as a young Marxist, she moved to newly independent Guinea and Ghana, in West Africa, where she rubbed shoulders with figures such as Malcolm X and Che Guevara, and surrounded herself with filmmakers, activists and Caribbean exiles.

That was a fervent and formative period for her, even if it ended on a sour note: Disillusioned with the government of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s president, she was expelled from the country after suspicions of subversive activity. “I have been witness to many contradictory events,” she recalled, including the deaths of Nkrumah and Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinea’s leader, which “signified the end of a certain radicalism and the beginning of interconnectedness between African societies.”

In her essay collection “The Journey of a Caribbean Writer,” she describes Africa’s profound impact on her. “It was Africa that revealed me to myself,” she wrote, allowing “me to see, with my own eyes, the world in which I live and to look at things round me in my own way, I, Maryse Condé, Black, female and Caribbean.”

Condé’s extensive roots around the world have enriched her work, giving it a distinct perspective on the Black diaspora.

French Guadeloupean writer Sarah-Estelle Bulle, the author of “Where Dogs Bark With Their Tails,” sees Condé’s life and books as historical and cultural bridges. “Her experiences in the Caribbean, Africa and Europe, as well as the U.S., are so vast that they allow us to think about the complex links between those worlds,” Bulle said. “She has an open culture and she is deeply attached to the notion of a global world and human culture. This is not so common in French literature.”

While Condé’s perspective may be somewhat rare in French letters, Francophone readers take seriously her literary importance. She has a smaller readership in the United States, which Malaika Adero, her editor at Atria Books in the 2000s, attributes to the tastes of American readers and publishers. “Americans are often sadly uninterested in things they regard as foreign,” Adero said. “I was disappointed — and embarrassed even — by our own company sales representatives who stated in field reports that the titles weren’t selling well because ‘people aren’t interested in these Jamaican novels.’”

And yet Condé has remained steadfast, continuing to probe our “troublesome and traumatic” times with both humor and insight. “As long as she has something to say,” Glover said, “she’s not done telling stories.”

Condé, naturally, has the final word.

“I am still Maryse Condé, Black, female and Caribbean, and always will be.”

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Topol, star of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ on the screen and the stage, dies at 87

By MARGALIT FOX

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opol, the Israeli actor best known for playing Tevye, the soulful shtetl milkman at the center of “Fiddler on the Roof,” a role he performed thousands of times on stage and screen, has died. He was 87.

His death was announced by President Isaac Herzog of Israel on Twitter on Thursday. Herzog did not give a time or cause of death.

Topol — born Chaim Topol, he used only his surname throughout much of his professional life — came to wide international renown as the star of the 1971 film version of “Fiddler.” Its director, Norman Jewison, had chosen Topol, then a little-known stage actor, over Zero Mostel, who had created the part on Broadway.

The film, for which Topol earned an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe Award, made him a star. For much of the late 20th century he would be, in the words of The Jerusalem Post in 2012, “Israel’s most famous export since the Jaffa orange.”

Topol reprised Tevye in stage productions worldwide for decades, in-

Chaim Topol, known simply as Topol, in 1966. He won fame for playing Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof,” a role he performed more than 3,500 times onstage; he also appeared in a film version in 1971. cluding a 1990 Broadway revival for which he received a Tony nomination.

By 2009, he had, by his own estimate, played the character more than 3,500

times, beginning when he was in his early 30s and ending when he was well into his 70s.

His other film appearances include the title role in “Galileo,” director Joseph Losey’s 1975 adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s stage play; “Flash Gordon” (1980), in which he portrayed scientist Hans Zarkov; and the James Bond film “For Your Eyes Only” (1981), starring Roger Moore, in which he played Greek smuggler Milos Columbo.

On television, he played the Polish Jew Berel Jastrow in the 1983 miniseries “The Winds of War,” reprising the role for its sequel, “War and Remembrance,” broadcast from 1988 to 1989.

But it was indisputably for Tevye — the weary, tradition-bound everyman who argues with God, bemoans his lot as the penurious father of five daughters and lives increasingly warily amid the pogroms of early-20th-century czarist Russia — that Topol remained best known.

“Like Yul Brynner in ‘The King and I’ and Rex Harrison in ‘My Fair Lady,’ Topol has become almost synonymous with his character,” United Press International said in 1989.

Histories of Hoover, the Mexican Revolution and 1790s New York win Bancroft Prize

By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER

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monumental biography of J. Edgar Hoover, a border-crossing history of the Mexican Revolution and a richly contextualized 1790s true-crime story have won this year’s Bancroft Prize, which is considered one of the most prestigious honors in the field of American history.

Beverly Gage’s “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century,” published by Viking, was described by the jury as upending the familiar “villainous caricature” of the former FBI director and replacing it with a panoramic portrait that captures “the 20th-century writ large.”

Reviewing it in The New York Times, Jennifer Szalai described the 837-page biography (the first of Hoover in nearly 30 years, and drawing on a wealth of previously unreleased documents) as a “revela-

tory” account that “doesn’t rescue Hoover’s reputation but instead complicates it.”

Kelly Lytle Hernández’s “Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire and Revolution in the Borderlands,” published by W.W. Norton, places liberal-turned-anarchist Ricardo Flores Magón and his circle at the center of a story stretching from Mexico City to St. Louis. In its citation, the prize jury called the book, which draws on both Mexican and U.S. archives, a “riveting” account that helps “shift the boundaries of what constitutes American history.”

In “The Sewing Girl’s Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America,” published by Henry Holt, John Wood Sweet uses the 1793 trial of the rape of a teenage seamstress to create what the prize jury hailed as “a precise, layered analysis of New York’s social hierarchy just as it was becoming the leading metropolis

of the early republic.”

Reviewing it in The New York Times Book Review, legal commentator Tali Farhadian Weinstein praised the book (which also draws on innovative digital mapping tools) as holding powerful lessons about debates over sex, class and justice whose “specters haunt us today.”

The Bancroft, which includes an award of $10,000 per winner, was established in 1948 by the trustees of Columbia University, with a bequest from historian Frederic The winners of the 2023 Bancroft Prize, from left: Bancroft. Entries are evaluated for “the scope, significance, depth of Beverly Gage, Kelly Lytle Hernández and John Wood research and richness of interpre- Sweet. tation.”

Since the first award in 1948, part of the Americas is eligible, as long as it the prize has mostly been given to work is written in English or available in a pubfocused on U.S. history. But work on any lished translation.

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Psychedelics are a promising therapy, but they can be dangerous for some

By DANA G. SMITH

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hen Dr. Charles Nemeroff first met his patient, the 32-year-old woman had been to see several psychiatrists. Initially, the woman, whose identity has been concealed to protect her privacy, had experienced paranoid and racing thoughts, insisting there were listening devices in her phone and that people were watching her; she even sold her home in an attempt to get away from them. After being given antipsychotic drugs, her mania and psychosis abated, but they were replaced by debilitating depression.

“By the time she came to me, she said, ‘I have no feelings whatsoever. I have no mood variation. I am completely empty,’” said Nemeroff, who is chair of the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School.

While the woman had been treated for mild depression for over 10 years, she’d previously maintained a rich social life and fulfilling career. This — the psychosis followed by the deep depression — was something completely different. And it was triggered by her use of psychedelics.

Eight months earlier, the woman had tried hallucinogenic mushrooms for the first time with friends and had such a great time that she took them again the next day. The second time, though, something went terribly wrong.

“She had a full blown psychotic episode for the first time in her life,” said Nemeroff, who published the woman’s story as a case report in The American Journal of Psychiatry in December. Her friends, who took the same drugs she did both days, had no lasting ill effects.

Psychedelics have surged in popularity in recent years: 1.4 million Americans tried hallucinogens for the first time in 2020, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. This enthusiasm is partly attributed to clinical trials showing that the drugs, most notably psilocybin and ketamine, hold real promise in treating some mental health disorders, particularly depression.

There has also been a shift in how the drugs are presented in popular culture and the media, such as in Michael Pollan’s bestselling book and Netflix series, “How to Change Your Mind.” Two states, Oregon and Colorado, have now legalized psilocybin for therapeutic use, and more are expected to follow suit.

As these drugs gain mainstream acceptance, more and more people will likely consider taking them, both therapeutically and recreationally. Experts who study these substances strongly urge that people only use them in supervised therapeutic settings, such as in a clinical trial or at an established ketamine clinic, partly because of safety concerns and partly because they are illegal outside of these confines. Realistically, though, many people will use them elsewhere.

While drugs like ketamine and psilocybin are largely considered safe, that doesn’t mean they are entirely without risk.

Psychedelics have an extremely low chance of lethal overdose and there is little likelihood of addiction. As a result, they have been classified by experts as some of the least harmful recreational drugs. But that doesn’t mean they are entirely without risk. Because of this, psilocybin trials and ketamine clinics have strict exclusion criteria to try to protect people who have physical or psychological vulnerabilities.

If you’re considering using these drugs, here’s what to know about when they could potentially be dangerous.

Serious Psychiatric Disorders When it comes to significant side effects, experts’ primary worry about ketamine, psilocybin and other hallucinogens, such as LSD or ayahuasca, is that they can trigger a psychotic or manic episode. Because these drugs (with the exception of ketamine) are not approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration, the safety data on them is scarce. Instead, most of the basis for this concern stems from anecdotal evidence.

What little data does exist suggests that the chances of psychosis developing in the general population is low. One survey of over 1,000 self-reporting recreational psychedelic users did not find a link between drug use and schizophrenia-like symptoms. Another study similarly showed no connection between past psychedelic use and current psychosis or other psychiatric disorders.

However, experts say the risk of psychedelics triggering a psychotic or manic episode is likely elevated for people who have a personal or family history of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Consequently, people with these histories are excluded from psilocybin clinical trials and treatment at ketamine clinics.

“I had many patients that would give me the story that they were more or less fine, they took LSD, and they’ve had schizophrenia since,” said Bryan Roth, a pharmacology professor at the University of North

Carolina at Chapel Hill. “My guess is they had some underlying predisposition to schizophrenia and it sort of tipped them over the edge.”

Nemeroff agreed: “I think the issue with these very powerful medications is that there are probably people who are genetically vulnerable to a major psychiatric illness, but they haven’t reached the threshold yet. And then what these medications might do is unleash it.”

Backing up these concerns, one of the few studies looking at psychedelic use in people with bipolar disorder found that one-third reported that their symptoms worsened after taking psilocybin recreationally, and 3% had to seek emergency medical care.

As a result, Roth said, “Anybody with a serious psychiatric disorder — like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder — should not take psychedelics.”

Cardiovascular Concerns Psychedelics’ emerging legal status also means there is little research about their physical safety.

Experts do know that psilocybin and ketamine raise blood pressure and heart rate, so out of an abundance of caution, people with heart conditions, such as uncontrolled high blood pressure, heart disease and arrhythmias, are advised not to take them.

During carefully monitored clinical trials, where dosage is supervised and patients are screened, the drugs “appear to be safe from a cardiac standpoint,” said Jeremy Ruskin, a professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital who specializes in cardiology. Whether they are as safe for people who are at high risk in uncontrolled settings is unknown.

One reason that psychedelics appear to be safer than many other drugs is because the majority of users take them infrequently, meaning there’s little concern that potential damage could accumulate over time.

However, experts say there is a second, hypothetical cardiovascular risk if the drugs are taken every day or every week.

Other Safety Concerns There are a few other notable risks pertaining to medications or medical history that potential users of psychedelics should be aware of.

First, the drugs substantially alter brain activity, so it’s possible they could trigger a seizure in someone with epilepsy.

In addition, Dr. Celia Morgan, a professor of psychopharmacology at the University of Exeter in England, said that people who’ve had a traumatic brain injury should consult with their doctor before using ketamine, because the drug can increase intracranial pressure.

“If you’ve got anything in your brain that’s raising the pressure, then you raise the pressure further, you could end up with a horrible hemorrhage,” she explained.

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Waffles, gentle slopes and cloudberries everywhere: Skiing in Sälen, Sweden

By DANIELLE PERGAMENT

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inus 24 degrees Celsius is not as bad as it sounds.

That’s what I tell my children when we board a wooden sled attached to a snowmobile and wrap ourselves in reindeer skins. It’s actually only minus 11 Fahrenheit! If my kids hear me, they give no indication.

They’re buried in layers of long underwear, wool, down, more wool, probably some Gore-Tex, those foot heater things and whatever balaclavas are made of. I can’t even see their faces. The two huddled bodies opposite me on the sled may not even be my children for all I know.

My husband, kids and I are on our way, improbably, to get supposedly the best waffles in the entire country of Sweden. But first you have to get there.

The waffle promised land — Hemfjällsstugan — is about 3 miles from the nearest road in Sälen, a town on Sweden’s western flank about five hours by car from Stockholm.

A few days earlier, a woman named Cissi Bjuredahl had warned me by email that Hemfjällsstugan, which lacks electricity and water, wasn’t exactly a restaurant.

“We only serve soups, waffles & fika,” she wrote. Bjuredahl also told me the only way to get there was by snowmobile or cross country skis. “But remember you are in the mountains, so if the weather is bad, don’t go if you haven’t tried skis before,” she’d warned. And then, perhaps walking back the very Swedish honesty: “Welcome!”

Ergo, the snowmobile. As Felix, our teenage driver, guided our sled toward Hemfjällsstugan, we zoomed into a snow squall, shapes and shadows faded into nothingness. It was like watching a painting in reverse: from depth and perspective to a seamless white void until the landscape was simply erased and you couldn’t tell the difference between earth and sky.

It’s a little troubling to not know where the ground is. After about 20 minutes, my son peeked out of his scarf long enough to tell me he was scared, and could we please go back? But then, suddenly, we had arrived at Hemfjällsstugan: a modest log cabin with a 30-foot pole with the flag of Sweden whipping around it in the icy wind — everything but Mrs. Claus opening the front door wiping her hands on her apron.

On the inside, Hemfjällsstugan is lit entirely by candles and oil lamps. The dining area is a series of wooden tables and benches, a counter and a small chalkboard menu: waffles with homemade strawberry jam, waffles with homemade blueberry jam, and waffles with homemade cloudberry jam. I think there was a soup, too.

The fires blazing in every wood stove were soon crowded with arriving skiers and snowmobilers, shedding layers, waiting to regain sensation in their extremities. Soon enough, that little cabin in the middle of the snowy woods — full of people clicking off their helmets, helping themselves to homemade kanelbullar (Swedish cinnamon and cardamom rolls) and strong coffee — swelled with the volume of happy Nordic people.

Waffles with cloudberry jam and whipped cream at Hemfjällsstugan, a cabin near Sälen, Sweden, February 2023.

“This must be the coziest restaurant in the world,” said my daughter, a connoisseur of these things.

Swedish, Through and Through Broadly speaking, Hemfjällsstugan is in the town of Sälen. I have Swedish cousins who come here every year to ski, and this year we’d come to join them for a few days. The town of Sälen is not well known outside Sweden. It’s not like flying to Europe to ski in Courchevel or Gstaad. On the other hand, it’s only a few hours from Stockholm, Gothenberg, or in the case of my family, Jönköping — which means the place is Swedish through and through.

The whole area is called “Sälenfjällen” (which means “Sälen mountains”). There are about half a dozen ski resorts in Sälenfjällen — Stöten, Hundfjället and Lindvallen are the ones we visited. Swedes call the whole place “Sälen,” for short, the way that Californians say “Tahoe” even though there are a dozen mountains there.

The mountains aren’t intimidating; they’re what you would get if you sanded the top of the Alps down to smooth, endless hills. At the bottom they’re blanketed in forest, but there are no trees at the summit, so you can ski down in almost every direction. The slopes are mostly gentle, and there are trails for every level skier, cross-country skier and snowboarder.

Possibly the best reason to get to the top of the mountains is to eat. There’s almost always a sit-down restaurant at the peak, with menus that are local, seasonal and prepared by French-trained chefs.

“When you’re skiing all day, you want a lot of good food,” said Daniel Ahlen, head chef and owner of several restaurants in the area, including Lyktan, which sits atop Hundfjället, and Fompes Grill, which sits at the bottom of the same mountain and serves local sausages, vegan burgers and salty fries.

Ahlen centers his menus on Swedish comfort food.

“I think people would get really mad if we removed the goulash from our menu,” he said. “In Dalarna, we have our own way of doing things. Our tradition here of hunting and fishing and outdoor life are things we want to take care of and show to the rest of Sweden.” On his list: “the elk, the birds, the fish, the berries in the woods.”

About those berries. Every menu, every drinks list, every candy store (and there are a lot of them) has cloudberry something. I asked Ahlen why cloudberries have celebrity status here, and he explained that they are the pride of the forest, the rare Arctic berry. “If you serve waffles to a Swedish person who is a grown-up, you must serve it with cloudberry jam,” said Ahlen, who also owns Våffelstugen Hundfjället, a nearby cabin that specializes in waffles.

An Après-Ski Party A few days after our own waffle adventure, we spent a day skiing at Lindvallen, a few miles away. In the afternoon, as the sun was setting, we decided to end the day at a restaurant called Sälen Original, a log house with a high-pitched roof tucked on the side of the mountain.

Sälen Original takes après ski to a whole new and extremely Swedish level. When we walked in at around 2:45, it was silent and almost empty. A man on a plain wood stage was tuning his guitar. Then, at precisely 3 p.m., with theatrical precision, the door was thrown open and Swedes clomped in with their ski boots, tables filled up and the guitarist started.

People ordered schnapps with whipped cream, shots of Jägermeister, giant steins of beer as well as burgers, pretzels, mountains of fries and, naturally, waffles. As the guy with the guitar began singing American rock songs and Swedish folk songs, the whole place came to life. It’s a part of Swedish culture that I have always loved: the mandate that if you’re eating and drinking with other people, there must be singing.

People ate and drank, clapped and sang along, and ordered more rounds of glögg (spiced mulled wine); kids climbed the stairs, dangling their feet off the balcony, while servers carried skis — holes drilled to hold shots of schnapps — in every direction.

By the time we left, it was pitch black and completely silent outside. Maybe Sälen, I had started to think, claims more magic than other places. The kindly red farmhouses, the trails of chimney smoke curling upward from every village, the wise, endless forests with their precious berries, their creatures, their secrets. The warm cabins and homemade waffles hiding deep inside these woods. The whole place patrolled by elk, reindeer, the very real possibility of gnomes. There is such a sweetness to Sälen, like you have been transported into a snowy, benevolent Swedish fairy tale.

The San Juan Daily Star LEGAL NOTICE IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

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Sufficient Funds Fee of $30.00 and Attorney fees and Costs of 10% in the total amount of $30,273.17 plus interest thereafter at the daily accrual rate of 3% until final payment, and costs, and that plaintiff have execution therefore due in the above cause, plus all expenses and advances made by the plaintiff. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 150, Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution of Judgment and the Writ of Execution of Judgment thereof, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 – Federal Office Building, 150 Carlos Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the Plaintiff, the following property: URBANA: Solar marcado con el numero veintiocho de plano de Urbanización levantado por el Doctor Rafael Bernabe y cuyo solar mide cuatrocientos sesenta y tres punto veinte metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte en una distancia de veintinueve punto noventa metros con el solar numero veintiséis; por el Sur, en una distancia de veintiocho metros con el solar numero treinta; por el Este en una distancia de dieciséis metros con la calle número dos; por el Oeste en una distancia de dieciséis punto once metros con el solar numero doce. Enclava una casa. Consta inscrita al Folio 219 del tomo 244 de Rio Piedras Norte, Finca número 692, de Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Segunda. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: None. Junior Liens: None. Other Liens: None. Plaintiff’s mortgage in the amount of $281,000.00 was recorded at the San Juan Property Registry, Page 70, Volume 1477 of Rio Piedras Norte, property number 16,889, 4th inscription. The loan since then was modified pursuant to mortgage constituted by deed number 443, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on September 30, 2016, before notary public Julio E. Pijem Berrios, which MODIFIED it regarding its interests and due date, being now its new principal in the amount of

Friday, March 10, 2023 $302,731.72 accruing interest at a 3% annual rate, starting on November 1, 2016 through September 1, 2021 and then will accrue interest at 3.375% until its due date on December 1, 2044, which was presented for recording on October 13, 2016 at entry 2016-101894SJ02 at Karibe. Deed of Clarification number 538 executed on November 14, 2016, which clarifies the due date of the first period of interest related to the Deed of Modification number 443, it should read accruing interest at a 3% annual rate from November 1, 2016 to November 1, 2021, which was presented for recording on November 15, 2016 at entry 2016-115031-SJ02 at Karibe.

Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancelation. THEREFORE, the FIRST PUBLIC SALE shall be held on the 14 DAY OF MARCH, 2023 AT 9:15 AM. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $281,000.00.

In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on the 21 DAY OF MARCH, 2023 AT 9:15 AM and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $187,333.33, which is two thirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale.

If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD PUBLIC AUCTION will be held on the 28 DAY OF MARCH, 2023 AT 9:15 AM and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $140,500.00, which is one half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the third public sale, the property may be awarded to the creditor for the entire amount of its debt if it is equal to or less than the amount of the minimum bid of the third public sale, crediting this amount to the amount owed if it is greater. The Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency or certified checks, except in case the property is sold

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and adjudicated to the Plaintiff, in which was the amount of the bid made by said Plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied. WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 9th day of February of 2023. PEDRO A. VELEZ-BAERGA, SPECIAL MASTER.

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

ORIENTAL BANK

Parte Demandante V.

NELSON MIRANDA MAURA, ANTONIA SANTIAGO RAMOS Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CA2022CV00522.

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 Carolina, hago saber a la parte demandada, NELSON MIRANDA MAURA, ANTONIA SANTIAGO RAMOS y la SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES; YAL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL, que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 12 de agosto de 2022, 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: Urb, Castellana Gardens, N-14 Calle 15, Carolina PR 00983 y que se describe como sigue:

(787) 743-3346

25 URBANA: Solar #14 del bloque N de la Urbanización Castellana Gardens, del Barrio Sabana Abajo de Carolina, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de 316.25 metros cuadrados. Colinda por el NORTE, en 26.00 metros con el solar N-15; por el SUR, en 23.00 metros, con el solar #N-13; por el ESTE, en 13.75 metros, con área de viraje al final de la calle #15 y por el OESTE, en 13.75 metros, con el solar #2 del bloque JJ. Por la colindancia Oeste hay una servidumbre a favor de la Puerto Rico Telephone Company.

Contiene una casa de concreto y bloques de concreto de una sola planta que consiste de sala, comedor, cocina, tres dormitorios, dos baños, marquesina y balcón. Finca 11633 Inscrita al Folio 132 del Tomo 307 de Carolina. Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección I. La finca antes descrita se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: (i) HIPOTECA en garantía de pagaré a favor de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $143,217.00 con interés al 5% vencedero el 1 de mayo de 2039. Constituida por la Escritura 189 otorgada en San Juan el 2 de abril de 2009 ante el notario Raúl Villa Sellés, inscrita al folio 221 del tomo 972 del tomo 978 de Carolina, finca #11633, inscripción 11ma. 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 23 de junio de 2022, mediante la cual se condenó a la parte demandada pagar a la parte demandante la cantidad ascendiente a $113,901.92 de principal, más intereses acumulados, que continuarán acumulándose al 5% anual hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más $2,176.19 a 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 28 DE MARZO DE 2023, A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de CAROLINA, Puerto Rico. Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma, la cantidad de $143,217.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 4 DE ABRIL DE 2023, A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE, 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, $95,478.00. Si no hubiese remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, celebraré TERCERA SUBASTA el 14 DE ABRIL DE 2023, A LAS 1:30 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, $71,608.50.

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 procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS LICITADORES Y DEL PUBLICO EN GENERAL y para su publicación de acuerdo con la Ley, expido el presente Edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal. En CAROLINA Puerto Rico, hoy 2 de febrero de 2023.

HÉCTOR L. PEÑA RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE CAROLINA.

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

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES ACQUISITION TRUST 2018-HB1 Demandante Vs.

SUCESION RUBEN CACERES PEREZ T/C/C RUBEN CACERES COMPUESTA POR RUBEN CACERES GONZALEZ, CLAUDIA CACERES CAMILLA, GABRIEL CACERES, YVAN CACERES; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV02189.

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 San Juan, 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 San Juan, el 3 DE ABRIL DE 2023, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBAN: Apartment B dash seven hundred fifteen (B-715): Trapezoidal shaped Building two bedroom duplex apartment with a total surface area of one thousand sixty two (1,062) square feet, equivalent to ninety eight point sixty seven (98.67) square meters. Its general maximum measurements area approximately thirty four feet (34’) long by sixteen feet (16’), one inch wide, excluding balcony area. This is a two level apartment located on the seventh and eight floors of the high rise building. The main entrance is located on the lower level and faces North to a communal corridor. Its boundaries are: on the North, with a common wall that separates it from a communal corridor on the first level of the apartment, and from the exterior of the building on the second level; on the South, with a communal wall that separates it from the exterior of the building; on the East, on the first level, with a communal wall that separates it from apartment B dash seven hundred fourteen (B-714) and on the second level with a communal wall that separates it from apartment B dash seven hundred fourteen (B-714); and on the West, with a communal wall that separates it from apartment B dash seven hundred sixteen (B-716), and on the second level with a communal wall that separates it from apartment B dash seven hundred sixteen (3-716). The lower level contains an entrance foyer with a coats closet, a guest bathroom, the kitchen, the living-dining room, a balcony and the staircase leading to the second level. The second level contains a linen closet, a corridor, one bathroom and two bedrooms with closet. This apartment has been assigned the use of parking space number seventy eight (78) of the regimen whose location is as in-

26 dicated on the parking plan that was presented for recordation at the Registry of the Property, together with the Master Deed of the Regime. The parking spaces with the parking building located on the North side of Hostos Avenue, form part of Horizontal Property Regimen known as El Monte parking Condominium, with Regime was formed pursuant to deed number sixty five (65) of November six (6) nineteen seventy eight (1978) before Notary public Silvestre M. Miranda, and recorded at page two hundred fifty (250) of volume one thousand seven (1007) of the Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Second Section of San Juan. The aforesaid El Monte Parking Condominium consists of five hundred fifty seven (557) parking spaces of which two hundred seventy three (273) were dedicated to the Horizontal Property Regime Known as El Monte North Tower Condominium and the remaining two hundred eighty four (284) parking spaces were dedicated to the El Monte South Condominium. The apartment has an undivided interest on the common elements of the Regimen equivalent to point zero zero two six eight three percent (.002683%). Inscrita al folio 101 del tomo 1,150 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca 32,889, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección II. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al folio 193 del tomo 1,594 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca 32,889, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección II, inscripción 7ª. Propiedad localizada en: COND. EL MONTE SUR APT. B-715, SAN JUAN, PR 00918. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $274,500.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 17 de septiembre de 2089. 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 $274,500.00, 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 San Juan, el 11 DE ABRIL DE 2023, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $183,000.00, 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 $137,250.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 18 DE ABRIL DE 2023, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $185,585.47 de principal, más los intereses acumulados al 5.560% anual hasta su total y completo pago, contribuciones, recargos y primas de seguro adeudados y los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más $27,450.00, para las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, según pactado. 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 San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 21 de febrero de 2023. EDWIN E. LÓPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #368.

MEDINA A/K/A NILDA zación Santa Mónica, Barrio cial Master shall not accept in Mandamiento que me ha sido A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE en plus (v) costs and agreed por la Secretaria del el mismo lugar antes mencio- attorney’s fees in the amouL. SANTIAGO MEDINA Pájaros de Bayamón, Puerto payment of the property to be dirigido Rico, compuesta de 325.00 sold anything but United States Tribunal de Primera Instancia nado. El precio para la segunda nt of $14,000.00. Pursuant to A/K/A NILDA SANTIAGO metros cuadrados. En lindes currency or certified checks, ex- de Puerto Rico, Sala de Are- subasta lo será 2/3 partes del said judgment and the Order MEDINA A/K/A NILSA por el NORTE, con el solar nú- cept in case the property is sold cibo, en el caso de epígrafe, precio mínimo de la primera, o of Execution of Judgment, the SANTIAGO MEDINA A/K/A mero 5, en 25.00 metros; por and adjudicated to the plaintiff, venderé en pública subasta sea, $50,000.00. De declararse undersigned appointed Special NILDA LUZ SANTIAGO el SUR, con el solar número 7, in which case the amount of the y al mejor postor de contado desierta dicha segunda subas- Master was ordered to sell, at en 25.00 metros; por el ESTE, bid made by said plaintiff shall y en moneda de curso legal y ta, se celebrará una TERCERA public auction for U.S. currenA/K/A NILDA L. con la Calle número 6, en 13.00 be credited and deducted from corriente de los Estados Uni- SUBASTA el día 26 DE ABRIL cy in cash or certified check, SANTIAGO A/K/A NILDA metros y por el OESTE con el its credit; said plaintiff being dos de América y cuyo pago se DE 2023 A LAS 1:30 DE LA without appraisement or right SANTIAGO A/K/A NILSA solar número 21, en 7.00 me- bound to pay in cash or certified efectuará en efectivo, giro pos- TARDE en el mismo lugar an- to redemption, to the highest SANTIAGO; UNITED tros y con el solar número 20, check only any excess of its bid tal o cheque certificado a nom- tes mencionado. El precio para bidder, at the office of the Clerk STATES OF AMERICA en 6.00 metros, con un total over the secured indebtedness bre del Alguacil del Tribunal de la tercera subasta lo será 1/2 of the United States District

la distancia de 13.00 metros.”

Defendants Civil Action No.: 17-cv-1627. Property Number 19,829 recorded at page 146 of volume 438 NOTICE OF SALE. of Bayamon Sur, Registry of the To: NILDA LUZ of Puerto Rico, SecSANTIAGO MEDINA A/K/A Property tion I of Bayamón. The mortgaNILDA L. SANTIAGO ge being foreclosed is recorded MEDINA A/K/A NILDA at page 37, volume 1,933 of Bayamon Sur, property 19,829, SANTIAGO MEDINA A/K/A NILSA SANTIAGO 12th inscription, Registry of the MEDINA A/K/A NILDA Property of Puerto Rico, Section I of Bayamon. WHEREAS: LUZ SANTIAGO A/K/A This property is subject to the NILDA L. SANTIAGO following liens: Senior Liens: A/K/A NILDA SANTIAGO None. Junior Liens: Reverse A/K/A NILSA SANTIAGO; mortgage securing a note in favor of Secretary of Housing UNITED STATES OF and Urban Development, or its AMERICA. order, in the original principal GENERAL PUBLIC. amount of $171,000.00, due WHEREAS: Judgment was on March 30, 2094 pursuant to entered in favor of plaintiff to deed number 84, issued in San recover from defendants the Juan, Puerto Rico, on June 9, principal sum of $86,409.11, 2014, before notary Magaly Roplus interest at a rate of 5.060% driguez Batista, and recorded, per annum until the debt is paid at page 37 of volume 1,933 of in full. The defendant Nilda Luz Bayamon Sur, property number Santiago Medina a/k/a Nilda L. 19,829, 13th inscription. Other Santiago Medina a/k/a Nilda Liens: None. Potential bidders Santiago Medina a/k/a Nilsa are advised to verify the extent Santiago Medina a/k/a Nilda of preferential liens with the holLuz Santiago a/k/a Nilda L. ders thereof. It shall be undersSantiago a/k/a Nilda Santia- tood that each bidder accepts go a/k/a Nilsa Santiago to pay as sufficient the title and that Finance of America Reverse, prior and preferential liens to LLC., all advances made under the one being foreclosed upon, the mortgage note including but including but not limited to any not limited to insurance pre- property tax, liens, (express, miums, taxes and inspections tacit, implied or legal) shall conas well as 10% ($17,100.00) tinue in effect it being undersof the original principal amou- tood further that the successful nt to cover costs, expenses, bidder accepts them and is suand attorney’s fees guaranteed brogated in the responsibility for under the mortgage obligation. the same and that the bid price The records of the case and shall not be applied toward their of these proceedings may be cancellation.

THEREFORE, examined by interested parties the FIRST PUBLIC SALE shall at the Office of the Clerk of the be held on the 4TH DAY OF United States District Court, APRIL, 2023 AT 9:15 AM. The Room 150, Federal Office Buil- minimum bid that will be accepding, 150 Chardon Avenue, ted is the sum of $171,000.00.

Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WHE- In the event said first auction REAS: Pursuant to the terms of does not produce a bidder the aforementioned Judgment, and the property is not adjuOrder of Execution, and the Writ dicated, a SECOND PUBLIC of Execution thereof, the under- AUCTION shall be held on the signed Special Master was or- 11TH DAY OF APRIL, 2023 dered to sell at public auction AT 9:15AM, and the minimum for U.S. currency in cash or bid that will be accepted is the certified check without apprai- sum $114,000.00, which is twosement or right of redemption thirds of the amount of the minito the highest bidder and at the mum bid for the first public sale. office of the Clerk of the United If a second auction does not States District Court for the Dis- result in the adjudication and LEGAL NOTICE trict of Puerto Rico, Room 150 sale of the property, a THIRD UNITED STATES DISTRICT – Federal Office Building, 150 public auction will be held on COURT DISTRICT OF PUER- Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato the the 18th day of April, 2023 Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the at 9:15am, and the minimum TO RICO FINANCE OF AMERICA sums adjudged to be paid to bid that will be accepted is the the plaintiff, the following pro- sum of $85,500.00, which is REVERSE, LLC. perty. “URBANA: Solar número one-half of the minimum bid in Plaintiff Vs. seis de la Manzana H, Urbani- the first public sale. The Spe-

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that remains unsatisfied. WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 24th day of February of 2023. Pedro A. Vélez-Baerga, Special Master, specialmasterpr@gmail.com, 787-672-8269.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

SUCESIÓN DE ELIGIO COLÓN VALENTÍN, COMPUESTA POR: ELLIOT COLÓN ROBLES, CRISTOFER COLÓN ROBLES, RENÉ COLÓN ROBLES, JEFFREY COLÓN ROBLES, CINTHIA COLÓN ROBLES, FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; DOLORES MEDINA GUERRERO, EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA

Demandados Civil Núm.: AR2019CV01603.

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

A: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.

El Alguacil del Tribunal que suscribe anuncia y hace constar: A. Que en cumplimiento del

Primera Instancia, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la Parte Demandada en el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno radicado en el Barrio Hato Viejo de Arecibo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de setecientos dieciocho punto cincuenta y siete metros cuadrados (718.57) y en lindes por el NORTE, ESTE y OESTE, en diecisiete punto ochenta y cinco metros, en cuarenta metros y en cuarenta punto cuarenta metros, respectivamente, con el remanente de la finca principal de la cual se segrega; y por el SUR, en diecisiete punto noventa metros, con una carretera municipal. Dirección Física: RD 123 KM 78.8 BO. ARIZONA HATO VIEJO, ARECIBO PR 00612. Finca 18,203, inscrita al folio 100 del tomo 1,021 de Arecibo, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Arecibo. B. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado están de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables bajo el epígrafe de este caso.

C. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. D. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma principal de $16,823.56, la suma de $10,054.81, que incluye intereses según pactados, cargos por demora y otros cargos, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de 10% del principal, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se celebrará el día 12 DE ABRIL DE 2023 A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE en la Oficina del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Arecibo, por el tipo mínimo de $75,000.00. De declararse desierta dicha subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 19 DE ABRIL DE 2023

del precio mínimo de la prime- Court for the District of Puerra, o sea, $37,500.00. Y PARA to Rico, Room 150 - Federal QUE ASÍ CONSTE, y para su Building, 350 Carlos Chardón publicación en un periódico de Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, circulación general y por un or at any other place designatérmino de catorce (14) días en ted by said Clerk, to cover the los sitios públicos conforme a sums adjudged to be paid to the la ley, expido la presente bajo plaintiff, the following property: mi firma y sello de este tribunal, URBAN: Lot number 39 of the hoy 24 de febrero de 2023 en Gonzalez Seijo Development Arecibo, Puerto Rico. ÁNGEL plot plan, located in the SabaDE J. TORRES PÉREZ, AL- na Llana ward of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, with a surface GUACIL #770. area of 334.96 square meters.

LEGAL NOTICE Adjacent to the North, at 12.00 IN THE UNITED STATES DIS- meters with the Insular Highway TRICT COURT FOR THE DIS- number 3; to the South, at 11.98 meters with lot number 37 of TRICT OF PUERTO RICO BAUTISTA REO PR CORP. the development; to the East, at 27.64 meters with lot number Plaintiff V. THE ESTATE OF JUAN 40 of the development; and to the West, at 28.28 meters with VÁZQUEZ PEDROZA, lot number 38 of the developFORMED BY RUTH ment. Enclaves a residential DAMARIS VÁZQUEZ house for a family. The property described above is recorded CARRUCINI, BETZY at page 181 of volume 192 of AILINNE GREGORY Sabana Llana, property numVÁZQUEZ, JUAN ber 8,614, Registry of Property, ABDEL VÁZQUEZ, AND Fifth Section of San Juan. DiMARGARITA CARRUCINI rección Física: Calle De Diego #562, Urb. González Seijó, BaDELGADO A/K/A MARGARITA CARRUCINI, rrio Sabana Llana, San Juan,

BY HERSELF AND AS PR 00924. The Property is described in the Spanish language MEMBER OF THE ESTATE as follows: URBANA: Solar núOF JUAN VÁZQUEZ mero 39 del plano de la Urbanización Gonzalez Seijo, sito en PEDROZA el barrio Sabana Llana del Rio Defendants Civil No.: 3:20-cv-01494. Piedras, Puerto Rico, con un (JAG). COLLECTION OF MO- área superficial de 334.96 meNIES AND FORECLOSURE tros cuadrados. Colindando por OF MORTGAGE. NOTICE OF el Norte, en 12.00 metros con la Carretera Insular numero 3; SALE. To: DEFENDANT AND por el Sur, en 11.98 metros con el solar número 37 de la urbaGENERAL PUBLIC. nización; por el Este, en 27.64 On June 13, 2022, this Court metros con el solar número entered Judgment by Stipu40 de la urbanización; y por el lation in favor of Bautista CaOeste, en 28.28 metros con el yman Asset Company, now solar número 38 de la UrbaniBautista REO PR Corp. (“Bauzación. Enclava una casa resitista REO”). To date, Defendencial para una familia. The dants have not satisfied the property described above is Judgment. As of September recorded at page 181 of volume 15, 2021, the Defendants owe 192 of Sabana Llana, property Bautista REO a total amount number 8,614, Registry of Proof $212,729.79 comprised as perty, Fifth Section of San Juan. follows: (i) $123,838.78 in prinPhysical Address: #562 De cipal; plus (ii) interests in the Diego Street, González Seijó amount of $68,472.52 which Dev., Sabana Llana Ward, San continues to accrue, even postJuan, PR 00924. The property judgment as per the agreement is subject to the following liens: of the parties, until full payment

BY ITS ORIGIN: Easement in of the debt at $25.80 per diem; favor of Puerto Rico Water Replus (iii) accrued late charges sources Authority. BY ITSELF: in the amount of $4,191.96; MORTGAGE in guarantee plus (iv) other expenses in of note in favor of New York the amount of $2,226.50 and Mortgage Bankers, or to its orany other advance, charge, der, in the principal amount of fee or disbursements made by $140,000.00, with a yearly inBautista REO, as well as unterest rate of 7½%, due on April der the other loan documents;

The San Juan Daily Star 1, 2020, as per Deed No. 189, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on March 29, 2005, before Notary Public Oscar M. González Rivera, recorded at page 162 of volume 983B of Sabana Llana, 16th abbreviated inscription. COMPLAINT ANNOTATION: The object of this annotation is the Mortgage in favor of New York Mortgage Bankers for the amount of $140,000.00 arising from inscription #16.

Plaintiff: Bautista Cayman Asset Company; Defendant: Juan Vázquez Pedroza, amount owed $123,838.78, for principal plus interest, according to United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico Lawsuit in Civil case #3:20-CV-01494GAG on September 23, 2020, recorded in volume Karibe of Sabana Llana, Annotation A. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal), shall continue in effect.

It being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. The lien executed is over the property, and for the purposes of the first judicial sale the minimum bid amount is as follows: a. The amount of $140,000.00, as set forth in the mortgage deed, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, two-thirds of the aforementioned amount or $93,333.33 shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the second public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the second public sale, the minimum bidding amount for the third public sale shall be $70,000.00.

Said sale to be made by the appointed Special Master is subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property may be executed and delivered after the judicial sale. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens. THEREFORE, PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the appointed Special Master, pursuant to the provisions of the Judgment herein before referred to, will, on the 21ST DAY OF APRIL, 2023, AT 10:30 A.M., in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 - Federal Building, 350 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico,

Friday, March 10, 2023

will sell at public auction to the highest bidder the property described herein, the proceeds of said sale to be applied in the manner and form provided by the Court’s Judgment. Should the first judicial sale set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the SECOND JUDICIAL SALE of the property described in this Notice will be held on the 28th day of April, 2023, at 10:30 a.m., in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 - Federal Building, 350 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Should the second judicial sale set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the THIRD JUDICIAL SALE of the property described in this Notice will be held on the 5TH DAY OF MAY, 2023, AT 10:30 A.M., in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 - Federal Building, 350 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by the parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 9th day of February, 2023. AGUEDO DE LA TORRE, APPOINTED SPECIAL MASTER.

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

EDMUNDO AYALA OQUENDO

Parte Demandante Vs.

MIGDALLA IVETTE GONZÁLEZ MUNET

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: FA2022CV00989.

Sala: 307. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (VÍA ORDINARIA).

EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

A: MIGDALIA IVETTE GONZALEZ MUNET, DIRECCIÓN FISICA Y POSTAL: URB. FAJARDO GARDEN #155 CALLE ALMACIGO FAJARDO, PR 00738.

LCDO. EDMUNDO AYALA OQUENDO: P.O BOX 1105 FAJARDO, PR 00738.

EMAIL: EMNRN4@YAHOO COM. AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil del Tribunal que suscribe anuncia y hace constar: A La Alguacil al que suscribe del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Fajardo, por el presente Edicto ANUNCIA y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento de una Orden y Mandamiento en Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 16 de febrero de 2023,

procederé a vender en Pública Subasta y al mejor postor y por dinero en efectivo (dólares) y/o cheque oficial bancario y/o cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, todo titulo, derecho, e interés que tengan la demandada Migdalia lvette Gonzalez Munet, todo derecho, titulo o interés que tenga la Parte demandada en el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación: “URBANA”: Solar radicada en la Urbanización Fajardo Garden (Extensión Baralt) situada en el Barrio Quebrada de Fajardo con el número 3 de la manzana J (3J). Con cabida de 301.30 m/c. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar Dos (2), distancia de 23 metros por el SUR, con el solar cuatro (4) distancia de 23 metros; por el ESTE, con el canal abierto distancia de 13.10 metros y por el OESTE, con la calle cuatro (4), distancia de 3.10 metros.

Contiene una casa de concreto reforzado. Inscrita al Folio 106 del Tomo 147 de Fajardo en el sistema KARIBE, Finca 4,797 en el Registro de la Propiedad, Sección de Fajardo. B. El inmueble sita en: Urb. Fajardo Garden # 155 Calle Almacigo Fajardo, PR 00738. C. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado están de manifiesto en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante las horas laborales bajo el epígrafe de este caso. D. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los presentes, si los hubiere, al crédito ejecutante, continuaran subsistentes, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad para ejecutar tiene un gravamen anterior y ningún gravamen posterior. E. La Propiedad a ejecutar y subastar se encuentra afecta al siguiente gravamen anterior: Según la inscripción 4ta., y la Escritura Núm. 291 sobre Hipoteca otorgada en Fajardo el 23 de diciembre de 1992, ante el Notario Bernardo Colón Barbosa, la referida finca se encuentra afectada por una hipoteca en garantía de Pagaré en la cantidad $15,000.00 al 8.1/2% de interés anual a favor de Doral Mortgage Corporation o a su Orden, pagadero a plazos mensuales de $237.55. F. El remate y/o la subasta es en cobro de dinero en ejecución de la sentencia dictada en el presente caso que asciende a la suma de $14,998.58 por concepto de Principal, intereses legales pactados, más las costas del litigio y gastos de ejecución que se desglosan como sigue: A) Principal adeudado por el Pagaré. $11,000.00. B) Intereses legales pactados (4.5%) des-

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si transcurrido Veinte (20) días en la secretaría del Tribunal. su ubicación física es Calle Dr. A: JOHN DOE Y la publicación de este Si usted deja de expresarse Santiago Veve número 192, RICHARD ROE, posibles desde Edicto, no ha habido reparos dentro del referido término, el Barrio Pueblo. Bayamón. Puerinteresados que u oposición contra la demanda Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, to Rico. Se le informa, además, incluye a colindantes interpuesta, este Tribunal dic- previo a escuchar la prueba de que el Tribunal ha señalado visdesconocidos, anteriores tará Sentencia de acuerdo a lo valor de la parte peticionaria ta en este caso para el ____ de dueños desconocidos, solicitado en la misma. Copia en su contra, sin más citarle ______ de 2023, a las _______ Milla Figueroa y posibles de la contestación deberá ser ni oírle, y conceder el remedio mediante videoconferencia, a la notificada al Licenciado Rubén solicitado en la petición, o cual- cual usted puede comparecer herederos de dueños Román Toro a su dirección en: quier otro, si el Tribunal, en el asistido por abogado y presenanteriores desconocidos Apartado Postal número 1831, ejercicio de su sana discreción, tar oposición a la petición. Este de la propiedad que se Yauco, Puerto Rico 00698. En lo entiende procedente. URBA- edicto deberá ser publicado en describe a continuación: cumplimiento de una orden dic- NA: SOLAR de seis varas de tres (3) ocasiones dentro del tada por este Tribunal expido el frente por veinticinco varas de término de veinte (20) días, URBANA: Predio de presente bajo mi firma y sello fondo, radicado en la Calle Toa en un periódico de circulación terreno sitio en el Barrio de este Tribunal en Juana Díaz, Baja de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, general diaria, para que comPueblo Sector Borinquén Puerto Rico, a 28 de febrero de con una casa de madera, terre- parezcan si quieren alegar su carretera número 149 2023. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUI- ra, techada de zinc, colindando derecho. Toda primera mención kilómetro 44 del término ÑONES, SECRETARIA RE- por la derecha entrando con de persona natural y/o jurídica GIONAL DEL TRIBUNAL. DO- solar de Carmen Tibot, antes, que se mencione en el mismo, municipal de Villalba RIS A. RODRÍGUEZ COLÓN, hoy Fortunato Román; por la se identificará en letra tamaño de una cabida de izquierda, o sea, el SUR, con 10 puntos y negrillas, conforme SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. SEISCIENTOS TREINTA un callejón que la separa del a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de LEGAL NOTICE Y CUATRO PUNTO TRES solar y casa de José Romas Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Rivera, antes, hoy Carmen Ji- apercibe que de no comparecer MIL SETECIENTOS DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- ménez; por su frente, o sea, por los interesados y/o partes citaCUARENTA Y SEIS NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA el ESTE, con la Calle Toa Baja; das, o en su defecto los orga(634.3746) METROS SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYA- y por su fondo, con terrenos de nismos públicos afectados en el CUADRADOS, Sebastián Bauzá, antes, hoy término improrrogable de veinte MÓN equivalente a Cero Josefa Torres. Alega el Peticio- (20) días a contar de la fecha RICARDO ISAAC punto Mil Seiscientos PAGÁN SAN MIGUEL nario que adquirió la finca des- de la última publicación del crita mediante ocupación de edicto, el Tribunal podrá conCatorce (0.1614) Cuerdas, Peticionario la misma a título de dueño de ceder el remedio solicitado por colindante por el NORTE, EX-PARTE forma pacífica, pública e inin- la parte peticionaria, sin más con Laboratorio Clínico Civil Núm.: BY2023CV00882. terrumpidamente por más de citarle ni oírle. En Bayamón, (605).

Sobre: EXPEDIENTE Alfeciza, Inc; por el SUR treinta (30) años, sin justo títu- Puerto Rico, a 22 de febrero de con Camino Municipal; DE DOMINIO. CITACIÓN POR lo. Alega, además el peticiona- 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANEDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS por el ESTE, con terrenos DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDEN- rio que de acuerdo a mensura TA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA de Aguedo Maldonado; TE DE LOS ESTADOS UNI- practicada y datos que surgen REGIONAL. NÉLIDA OCASIO del portal del catastro digital, la ORTEGA, SECRETARIA AUXIy por el OESTE, con DOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOdescripción del inmueble al pre- LIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I. CIADO DE PUERTO RICO, Calle Borinquen hacia *** sente es la siguiente: URBANA: S.S. la carretera PR# 149.

Solar marcado con el número LEGAL NOTICE A: PERSONAS ciento noventa y dos (192) en No consta inscrita en el ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO IGNORADAS Y el plano de inscripción para Registro de la Propiedad.

DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUuna parcela de terreno propieDESCONOCIDAS A NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Los interesados dad del señor Carlos J. Dávila, QUIENES PUDIERA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSincluyen a colindantes localizado en la Calle Dr. SanTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE PERJUDICAR LA desconocidos, anteriores tiago Veve, Barrio Pueblo del CAROLINA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL término municipal de Bayamón, dueños desconocidos DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA con una cabida superficial de MTGLQ INVESTORS, LP y posibles herederos Demandante V. PARTE PETICIONARIA ciento cincuenta y uno punto de dueños anteriores MARIA DEL CARMEN nueve mil ciento treinta y dos EN EL REGISTRO DE LA desconocidos de la VIÑAS TORRES POR SI (151.9132) metros cuadrados Propiedad antes descrita. PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA equivalentes a cero punto tres- EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL Por la presente quedan noti- QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE cientos ochenta y seis (0.0386) ficados que Aidy Maria RodríDESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA cuerda. En lindes por el Norte, USUFURCTUARIA, LA SUCN DE LUIS EMILIO guez Santos también conocida PERSONA EN GENERAL en una distancia de veintiséis OCASIO RIVERA, como Haydeé María Rodríguez punto cero quinientos ochenta QUE CON DERECHO Santos, han radicado en este COMPUESTA POR IVAN y ocho (26.0588) metros con PARA ELLO DESEE Tribunal una Petición de Exel solar ciento noventa y cuatro LUIS OCASIO RIVERA; OPONERSEA ESTE pediente de Dominio sobre la (194) perteneciente a Quintín LUIS EMILIO OCASIO LEGAL NOTICE EXPEDIENTE. propiedad antes descrita, aleCollado Ortiz; por el Sur, en una RIVERA; ADDY DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO gando que Don Pedro Juan POR LA PRESENTE se les distancia de veinticinco punto CARMEN OCASIO DE notifica para que comparezcan, Rodríguez Pérez quien adquirió ocho mil seiscientos veintitrés DE PUERTO RICO TRIBULEON; CENTRO DE NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA por compra a Milla Figueroa si lo creyeren pertinente, ante (25.8623) metros con el solar RECAUDACION DE SALA SUPERIOR DE JUANA y luego su Sucesión siendo este Honorable Tribunal dentro ciento noventa (190) pertenedueños y ha poseído tanto por de los veinte (20) días contados ciente a Pérez Graulau ProperDÍAZ INGRESOS MUNICIPALES anteriores dueños como a partir de la última publicación ties, lnc.; por el Este, en una Demandado(a) AIDY MARÍA RODRÍGUEZ sus por ellos como dueños dicha de este edicto a exponer lo que SANTOS T/C/C HAYDEÉ propiedad por más de 30 años a sus derechos convenga en distancia de cinco punto cua- Civil: TJ2018CV00614. Sobre: tro mil setecientos veintinueve COBRO DE DINERO, EJECUMARÍA RODRÍGUEZ y por ello solicitan Orden para el expediente promovido por (5.4729) metros con la calle Dr. CIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA que Ordene al Registrador de la parte peticionaria para ad- Santiago Veve y por el Oeste SANTOS VÍA ORDINARIA. NOTIFICAde abril de 2022. $412.50. C) Costas del litigio. $1,500.00. D) Intereses legales (8%) desde emitida la sentencia. $86.08. E) Gastos de ejecución Regla 51.2 P.C. $2.000.00. Total adeudado a ésta fecha. $14,998.58. G. Según la Orden y Mandamiento de Venta Judicial se harán formar parte de la venta judicial los intereses legales que se sigan acumulando desde emitida la sentencia hasta su total pago y solvento en su día. H. Conforme a la Orden y Mandamiento sobre Venta Judicial el remate a efectuarse es en cobro de dinero en ejecución de sentencia y se llevará a cabo a través del procedimiento que proveen las Reglas 51.2, 51.3 y 51.7 de Procedimiento Civil, razón por lo cual no será necesario establecer un precio mínimo (Justiprecio) para la primera y única subasta, según lo resuelto por el Honorable Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico en el caso: Arkel Ramón Sánchez Torres v. Fundación Dr. Manuel de la Pila Iglesias 2012 TSPR 130.

La Primera y única subasta pública se celebrará el día 10 de agosto de 2023, a las 9:30 de la mañana, en la Oficina del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Fajardo.

Para obtener más información en relación con la Subasta Pública aquí anunciada pueden comunicarse y/o visitar con cita previa durante horas laborables al Lcdo. Edmundo Ayala Oquendo, con los números telefónicos (787) 603-4277 y/o con el Depositario Judicial designado Sr. Lebrón al (787) 470-5966. Y PARA QUE ASÍ CONSTE, y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general y por el término de dos (2) semanas en los sitios públicos conforme a la ley. Expido el presente Edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 21 de febrero 2023, en Fajardo, Puerto Rico. JORGE A. ORTIZ ESTRADA, ALGUACIL REGIONAL INTERINO #622. DENISE BRUNO ORTIZ, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #266.

Peticionaria

EX PARTE

Caso Núm.: JD2022CV00118.

Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. Número de Castrato: 294-081-038-03.

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

la Propiedad de Ponce II que inscriba dicha finca a nombre de los hijos de Don Pedro Juan Rodríguez Pérez cuyos miembros son Aidy María Rodríguez Santos también conocida como Haydeé María Rodríguez Santos (Peticionaria); Ana Teresa Rodríguez Santos; Pedro Miguel Rodríguez Santos y Celenia Rodríguez Santos en partes iguales. Se apercibe que

quirir su dominio sobre la finca que se describe más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.poderjudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación

en una distancia de seis punto CIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR dos mil ochocientos cuarenta y EDICTO. un (6.2841) metros con el solar A: MARIA DEL CARMEN ciento ochenta y ocho (188) VIÑAS TORRES POR SI perteneciente a.P.G. Properties, lnc. Ubicación física actual: Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA DE Dr. Santiago Veve 192, Barrio Pueblo, Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

LA SUCESION DE LUIS Catastro número: 085-014-015EMILIO OCASIO RIVERA. 12-000. El número de codifica- (Nombre de las partes a las que se ción del CRIM para la finca des- le notifican la sentencia por edicto) crita es: 085-014-015-12-000 y EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus-

28 cribe le notifica a usted que el 12 de enero 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 27 de febrero de 2023. En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, el 27 de FEBRERO de 2023. MARILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. DENISSE TORRES RUIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCia SALA SUPERIOR DE CABO ROJO

FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE GROUP OF PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

HF INC., T/C/C H.F. INC, SE FUSIONÓ CON FIRST FINANCIAL CARIBBEAN CORPORATION, LA CUAL CAMBIÓ DE NOMBRE A DORAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION; DORAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION, HACIENDO NEGOCIOS COMO H.F. MORTGAGE BANKERS; SR. WILBER ORTIZ, Y SU ESPOSA, LA SRA. MARGARITA PADILLA, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR ELLOS; FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANO MÁS CUAL

Demandados Civil Núm. MZ2023CV00003.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE HIPOTECA, REPRESENTADA POR PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A : FULANO DE TAL, Y

MENGANO MAS CUAL; EL SR. WILBER ORTIZ, SU ESPOSA, LA SRA. MARGARITA PADILLA, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR ELLOS.

Se emplaza y notifica a ustedes que se ha presentado una demanda en este caso, en la cual en síntesis, la parte demandante alega que se extravió un pagaré hipotecario que estaban en poder de “H.F. lnc.”, y solicita que se ordene la cancelación de la hipoteca que lo garantiza.

El pagaré fue librado por el Sr. Wilber Ortiz, y su esposa, la Sra. Margarita Padilla, a favor de “H.F. lnc.”, o a su orden, por la suma de $31,850.00, más intereses y créditos accesorios, vencedero el 1ro de junio del 2007, según consta de la escritura #792, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 16 de mayo de 1977 ante el Notario Público Miguel García Suárez.

La referida escritura consta inscrita al folio 232 del tomo 45 de Hormigueros, del Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Mayagüez, finca #1358, inscripción 3ra. Pueden ver la demanda en su totalidad en este Tribunal. Los abogados de la Parte Demandante lo son: Sandra De L. Tous-Chevres y Raúl J. Tous Bobonis, Edificio La Electrónica, 1608 Calle Bori, Suite 205, San Juan, PR 00927-6112, teléfonos 7518834 \ 3824, a quien deberá notificar la contestación de la demanda dentro de los próximos 30 días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Por la presente se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los próximos 30 días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto.

Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Se le apercibe que 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. Dado bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal y por Orden del mismo hoy 6 de marzo de 2023. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. MARÍA M. AVILÉS BONILLA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR TRIBUNAL I.

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Friday, March 10, 2023

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO CIADO DE PUERTO RICO. La dirección postal del abogaDE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- A: GILBREN HERNANDEZ do de la parte demandante es la siguiente: NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA CENTENO, COMO Lcda. Xana M. Connelly Pagán TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSMIEMBRO DE LA Bufete Collazo, Connelly & Surillo, TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE LLC SUCESION DE CARLOS MAYAGÜEZ P.O. Box 11550 ENRIQUE GONZALEZ BANCO POPULAR San Juan, P.R. 00922-1550 MALDONADO. Tel. (787) 625-9999 DE PUERTO RICO Fax (787) 705-7387 POR EL PRESENTE EDICDemandante V. E-mail: xconnelly@lawpr.com TO se le notifica que se ha WANDA L. radicado en esta Secretaría Se les interpela, además, para GONZÁLEZ GIRONA por la parte demandante, De- que conforme el caso de BanDemandado(a) manda sobre Cobro de Dinero co Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria v.

Civil: MZ2022CV00563. (206). y Ejecución de Hipoteca por Latinoamericana de ExportaSobre: COBRO DE DINERO. la Vía Ordinaria en la que se ción, Inc., 164 D.P.R. 689, 696 NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENalega adeuda la suma princi- (2005) y a tenor con las dispoCIA POR EDICTO. pal de $49,511.94, intereses siciones del Artículo 1578 del A: WANDA L. al 6 7/8% anual, desde el día Código Civil de Puerto Rico (31 GONZÁLEZ GIRONA. 1ro de abril de 2021, hasta su L.P.R.A. sec. 11021), deberá (Nombre de las partes a las que se completo pago, $5,481.54 de aceptar o repudiar la herencia le notifican la sentencia por edicto) principal diferido, más la can- del causante Carlos Enrique EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus- tidad de $7,500.00 estipulada González Maldonado, dentro cribe le notifica a usted que para costas, gastos y honora- del término de treinta (30) días. el 9 de febrero de 2023, este rios de abogado, más recargos De no expresar su intención de Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, acumulados, así como cual- aceptar o repudiar la herencia Sentencia Parcial o Resolución quier otra suma estipulada en dentro del término que se le fijó, en este caso, que ha sido debi- el contrato de préstamo, todas la herencia se tendrá por acepdamente registrada y archivada cuyas sumas están líquidas y tada. Se le notifica también por en autos donde podrá usted en- exigibles. La propiedad hipote- la presente que la parte demanterarse detalladamente de los cada a ser vendida en pública dante habrá de presentar para términos de la misma. Esta no- subasta es: URBANA: Solar su anotación al Registrador tificación se publicará una sola marcado con el número 15 del de la Propiedad del Distrito en vez en un periódico de circula- Bloque “A” de la URBANIZA- que está situada la propiedad ción general en la Isla de Puer- CIÓN ROLLING HILLS, situado objeto de este pleito, un aviso to Rico, dentro de los 10 días en el Barrio Martín González de estar pendiente esta acción. siguientes a su notificación. Y, de Carolina, con una cabida Para publicarse conforme a la siendo o representando usted superficial de 250.00 metros Orden dictada por el Tribunal una parte en el procedimiento cuadrados. En lindes por el en un periódico de circulación sujeta a los términos de la Sen- Norte, en 10.00 metros; con la general. EN TESTIMONIO DE tencia, Sentencia Parcial o Re- Calle Manuela Walker (Calle LO CUAL, expido el presensolución, de la cual puede es- número 1); por el Sur, en 10.00 te Edicto que firmo y sello en tablecerse recurso de revisión metros, con paseo público, por Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 06 o apelación dentro del término el Este, en 25.00 metros, con de marzo de 2023. LCDA. MAde 30 días contados a partir el solar número 16-A; y por el RILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, de la publicación por edicto de Oeste, en 25.00 metros, con SECRETARIA REGIONAL. IDA esta notificación, dirijo a usted pared medianera que separa FERNÁNDEZ RODRÍGUEZ, esta notificación que se consi- esta propiedad del solar y pro- SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL derará hecha en la fecha de la piedad número 14 del Bloque TRIBUNAL. publicación de este edicto. Co- “A”. Enclava una casa de dos LEGAL NOTICE pia de esta notificación ha sido plantas de concreto y bloques archivada en los autos de este de concreto para residencia de ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO caso, con fecha de 6 de marzo una sola familia. La escritura de DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL de 2023. En Mayagüez, Puerto hipoteca se encuentra inscri- GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA Rico, el 6 de marzo de 2023. ta al folio móvil del tomo 1307 SUPERIOR DE MANATI LCDA. NORMA G. SANTA- de Carolina Sur, Registro de la MARIA MAGDALENA, NA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. Propiedad de Carolina, Sección CARLOS ANSELMO JOSSIE BOBE RODRÍGUEZ, Segunda, finca número 15,674, Y ANGEL RAFAEL, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. inscripción sexta. POR LA

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

SUCESION DE CARLOS ENRIQUE GONZALEZ MALDONADO, COMPUESTA POR GILBREN HERNANDEZ CENTENO

Demandado Civil Núm.: CA2023CV00074.

(408). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASO-

PRESENTE se le emplaza 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: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/ salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. 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.

TODOS DE APELLIDOS SANTIAGO PIÑEIRO Demandante V.

DESCENDIENTES DESCONOCIDA DEL FENECIDO ANSELMO ROSARIO CARDONA

Demandado(a) Civil: MT2022CV00867. Sobre: DECLARATORIA DE REGINO ROSARIO CARDONA ART. 875, (2) CODIGO CIVIL SECCION 2591 L.P.R.A. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: DESCENDIENTES DESCONOCIDOS DEL FENECIDO: ANSELMO ROSARIO CARDONA.

(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 28 de febrero 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 6 de marzo de 2023. En Manatí, Puerto Rico, el 6 de marzo de 2023. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. SARAY SALGADO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

EDWIN ENRIQUE PICÓN TRENCHE T/C/C EDWIN PICÓN TRENCHE

Demandado Civil Núm.: FA2019CV00524.

Sala: 307. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA “IN REM”.

ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, Fajardo, 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 28 de diciembre de 2022, 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 Hacienda Paloma II, localizada en el Barrio Sabana del término municipal de Luquillo, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el Plano de Inscripción, con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: Número del solar 9. Área del solar: 721.63 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en una distancia de 20.27 metros lineales, con el solar 4 y 5; por el SUR, en una distancia de 12.93 metros lineales, y 6.39 metros lineales,

con calle Maori y solar número estipulado para la PRIMERA 10; por el ESTE, en una distan- subasta. Si se declarase decia de 21.50 metros lineales sierta la tercera subasta, se y 18.77 metros lineales, con adjudicará la finca a favor del Carretera Estatal PR-991 (PR- acreedor por la totalidad de la 991) y solar 3; y por el OESTE, cantidad adeudada si ésta es en una distancia de 25.22 me- igual o menor que el monto del tros lineales, con el solar núme- tipo de la tercera subasta, si el ro 8. Sobre dicho solar enclava Tribunal lo estima conveniente; una casa de concreto para fines se abonará dicho monto a la residenciales. El expresado so- cantidad adeudada si esta es lar se haya afecto a la siguiente mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo servidumbre: Servidumbre Te- dispone el Articulo 104 de la lefónica: Franja de terreno de Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciem5 pies de ancho, que discurre bre de 2015 conocida como a lo largo de su patio delantero “Ley del Registro de la Propiecon relación a la colindancia de dad Inmueble del Estado Libre la Calle Maori. Inscrita al folio Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La 121 del tomo 281 de Luquillo, propiedad a ser ejecutada se finca #13,149. Registro de la adquiere libre de toda carga y Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sec- gravamen que afecte la mención de Fajardo. La propiedad cionada finca según el Artículo se encuentra ubicada, según 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirpagaré, en: 9 #3 St. Maori, mada la venta judicial por el HoHacienda Paloma II, Luquillo, norable Tribunal, se procederá Puerto Rico. El producto de a otorgar la correspondiente la subasta se destinará a sa- escritura de venta judicial y se tisfacer al demandante hasta pondrá al comprador en posedonde alcance, la SENTEN- sión física del inmueble de conCIA dictada el 28 de diciembre formidad con las disposiciones de 2022 y notificada el 3 de de Ley. Para conocimiento de enero de 2023, en el presente la parte demandada y de toda caso civil, a saber la suma de aquella persona o personas $177,658.12 por concepto de que tengan interés inscrito con principal; generando intereses posterioridad a la inscripción a razón de 3.50% desde el 1ro del gravamen que se está ejede septiembre de 2017; cargos cutando, y para conocimiento por demora los cuales al igual de todos los licitadores y el que los intereses continúan público en general, el presente acumulándose hasta el saldo Edicto se publicará por espacio total de la deuda reclamada de dos (2) semanas consecutien este pleito, y la suma de vas, con un intervalo de por lo $18,686.40 para costas, gas- menos siete días entre ambas tos y honorarios de abogado; publicaciones, en un diario de y demás créditos accesorios circulación general en el Estado garantizados hipotecariamente Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico (“Sentencia”). La adjudicación y se fijará además en tres (3) se hará al mejor postor, quien lugares públicos del Municipio deberá consignar el importe en que ha de celebrarse dicha de su oferta en el acto mismo venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el de la adjudicación, en efectivo Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les (moneda del curso legal de los informa, por último, que: a. Que Estados Unidos de América), los autos y todos los documengiro postal o cheque certificado tos correspondientes al procea nombre del alguacil del Tri- dimiento incoado estarán de bunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA manifiesto en la secretaría del se llevará a efecto el día 6 DE tribunal durante las horas laJULIO DE 2023 A LAS 2:30 DE borables. b. Que se entenderá LA TARDE, en el Centro Judi- que todo licitador acepta como cial de Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto bastante la titularidad y que las Rico. Que el precio mínimo fija- cargas y gravámenes anteriodo para la PRIMERA SUBASTA res y los preferentes, si los hues de $186,864.00. Que de ser biere, al crédito del ejecutante necesaria la celebración de una continuarán subsistentes. Se SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma entenderá, que el rematante se llevará a efecto el día 13 DE los acepta y queda subrogado JULIO DE 2023 A LAS 2:30 DE en la responsabilidad de los LA TARDE, en la oficina antes mismos, sin destinarse a su mencionada del Alguacil que extinción el precio del remate. suscribe. El precio mínimo para EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy de $124,576.00, equivalentes día 21 de febrero de 2023. DEa dos terceras (2/3) partes del NISE BRUNO ORTIZ, ALGUAtipo mínimo estipulado para la CIL AUXILIAR #266, DIVISIÓN PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE necesaria la celebración de una PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA TERCERA SUBASTA la misma SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO. se llevará a efecto el día 20 DE JORGE A. ORTIZ ESTRADA, JULIO DE 2023 A LAS 2:30 DE ALGUACIL REGIONAL INTELA TARDE, en la oficina antes RINO #622. mencionada del Alguacil que LEGAL NOTICE suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO de $93,432.00, equivalentes a DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUla mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

The San Juan Daily Star Valor SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMA- 304-031-319-20-000.

CAO de la propiedad es de Treinta RENATO GARCIA GARCIA Mil Dólares ($30,000.00). La abogada de la parte peticioParte Peticionaria naria es la Lcda. Lizibel SalaEXPARTE zar Acevedo, con oficina en la Caso Núm.: HU2023CV00099.

Avenida Ponce de León 452, Sala: 207. Sobre: EXPEDIENEdif. Asociación de Maestros, TE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. Oficina 514, San Juan, Puerto ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRico 00918-3412, dirección RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE postal P.O. Box 367265, San LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO Juan, Puerto Rico 00936, Tel. LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. 787-475-2288. Se le informa A: JOHN DOE, JANE además, que el Tribunal ha seDOE, RICHARD DOE, LAS ñalado vista en este caso para PERSONAS IGNORADAS el a las en el Tribunal de PrimeY DESCONOCIDAS A ra Instancia Sala de Guaynabo, a la cual usted puede compareQUIENES PUDIERA cer asistido por abogado y prePERJUDICAR LA sentar oposición a la petición.

INSCRIPCIÓN DEL Este edicto deberá ser publicaDOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA do en tres (3) ocasiones dentro PARTE PETICIONARIA del término de veinte (20) días, EN EL REGISTRO DE LA en un periódico de circulación PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA general diaria, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE derecho. Toda primera mención DESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA de persona natural y/o jurídica PERSONA EN GENERAL que se mencione en el mismo.

QUE CON DERECHO Se identificará en letra tamaño 10 punto y negrillas, conforme PARA ELLO DESEE a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de OPONERSE A ESTE Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le EXPEDIENTE. apercibe que de no comparecer POR LA PRESENTE se les los interesados y/o partes citanotifica para que comparezcan, das, o en su defecto los orgasilo creyeren pertinente, ante nismos públicos afectados en el este Honorable Tribunal dentro término improrrogable de veinte de los veinte (20) días contados (20) días a contar de la fecha a partir de la última publicación de la última publicación de de este edicto a exponer lo que edicto, el Tribunal podrá cona sus derechos convenga en ceder el remedio solicitado por el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria, sin más la parte peticionaria para ad- çitarle ni oírle. En Humacao, quirir su dominio sobre la finca Puerto Rico, a 22 de febrero de que se describe más adelan- 2023. IVELISSE C. FONSECA te. Usted deberá presentar su RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA posición a través del Sistema REGIONAL. DALISSA REYES Unificado de Manejo y Adminis- DE LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUtración de Casos (SUMAC), al XILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electróniLEGAL NOTICE ca: https://unired.ramajudicial.

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO pr, salvo que se presente por DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUderecho propio, en cuyo caso NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA deberá presentar su alegación SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMAen la secretaría del Tribunal.

CAO Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el RENATO GARCIA GARCIA Parte Peticionaria Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, EXPARTE previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria Caso Núm.: HU2023CV00099. en su contra, sin más citarle ni Sala: 207. Sobre: EXPEDIENoírle y conceder el remedio so- TE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. licitando en la petición o cual- ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE ejercicio de su sana discreción, LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO lo entiende procedente. RÚSTI- LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. CA: Parcela de terreno radicaA: SANTOS CASTRO da en el Barrio Tejas, sector Los CRUZ, CARMEN Perales, del municipio de Las PERALES CRUZ Y Piedras, Puerto Rio, con una FRANCISCO CASTRO. cabida superficial de Cuatro Mil Seiscientos Cuarenta y Sie- POR LA PRESENTE se les te Punto Seis Mil Seiscientos notifica para que comparezcan, Setenta (4,647.6670) Metros silo creyeren pertinente, ante Cuadrados, equivalentes a Uno este Honorable Tribunal dentro Punto Mil Ochocientos Veinti- de los veinte (20) días contados cinco (1.1825) Metros Cuadra- a partir de la última publicación dos. En lindes por el NORTE, de este edicto a exponer lo que con Henry Rivera; por el SUR, a sus derechos convenga en con Renato García García; por el expediente promovido por el ESTE, con Francisco Cas- la parte peticionaria para adtro; y por el OESTE, con Idalia quirir su dominio sobre la finca Sánchez. Número de Catastro: que se describe más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su

Friday, March 10, 2023 posición 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 presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la secretaría del Tribunal.

Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle y conceder el remedio solicitando en la petición o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. RÚSTICA: Parcela de terreno radicada en el Barrio Tejas, sector Los Perales, del municipio de Las Piedras, Puerto Rio, con una cabida superficial de Cuatro Mil Seiscientos Cuarenta y Siete Punto Seis Mil Seiscientos Setenta (4,647.6670) Metros Cuadrados, equivalentes a Uno Punto Mil Ochocientos Veinticinco (1.1825) Metros Cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con Henry Rivera; por el SUR, con Renato García García; por el ESTE, con Francisco Castro; y por el OESTE, con Idalia Sánchez. Número de Catastro: 304-031-319-20-000.

Valor de la propiedad es de Treinta Mil Dólares ($30,000.00). La abogada de la parte peticionaria es la Lcda. Lizibel Salazar Acevedo, con oficina en la Avenida Ponce de León 452, Edif. Asociación de Maestros, Oficina 514, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918-3412, dirección postal P.O. Box 367265, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936, Tel. 787-475-2288. Se le informa además, que el Tribunal ha señalado vista en este caso para el a las en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala de Guaynabo, a la cual usted puede comparecer asistido por abogado y presentar oposición a la petición.

Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo.

Se identificará en letra tamaño 10 punto y negrillas, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación de edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más çitarle ni oírle. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, a 22 de febrero de 2023. IVELISSE C. FONSECA RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA

REGIONAL. DALISSA REYES treinta (30) días contados a parDE LEÓN, SECRETARIA AU- tir de la última publicación de este edicto, o en su defecto los XILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. organismos públicos afectados, el Tribunal podrá conceder el LEGAL NOTICE remedio solicitado en el expeESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO diente promovido, o cualquier DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejerNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA cicio de su sana discreción, lo SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUA- entiende procedente.

LCDO. ADALBERTO RAMOS DILLA ORTEGA EDILTRUDIS SOTO RUA: 7,419 GONZALEZ. 817 40 RUTA 5 BARRIO ARENALES BAJOS 1/2 NORTH 7 ST., ISABELA, PUERTO RICO 00662 ALLENTOWN, PA 18102 TEL. (939) 258-0733 Peticionario Vs. ramos485@gmail.com SUCESION ERIDERTY Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres (3) ocasiones dentro CORCHADO ROMAN (SE DESCONOCE LA del término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación DIRECCIÓN) general diaria, para que comEX- PARTE parezcan si quieren alegar su Civil Número: AG2022CV00177. derecho. Toda primera mención Sobre: INFORMATIVO DE DOde persona natural y/o jurídica MINIO CONTRADICTORIO. que se mencione en el mismo, EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICse identificará en letra tamaño TO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE diez (10) puntos y negrillas, AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE conforme a los dispuesto en las DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS Reglas de Procedimiento CiDE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIvil, 2009. En Aguadilla, Puerto BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO Rico hoy día 7 de diciembre de RICO, SS. 2022. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, A : SUCESION ERIDERTY SECRETARIA REGIONAL. CORCHADO ROMAN. NATHALIE I. ACEVEDO QUIPOR LA PRESENTE se les ÑONES, SECRETARIA AUXInotifica para que comparezcan, LIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I. si lo creyeren pertinente, ante LEGAL NOTICE este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los treinta (30) días conta- ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO dos a partir de la última publica- DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUción de este edicto a exponer lo NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA que a sus derechos convenga SALA DE SAN JUAN en el expediente promovido por MARIA TERESA la parte peticionaria para adquiRODRIGUEZ GARCIA, rir su dominio sobre la siguiente ANTONIO SANTIAGO finca: “RÚSTICA”: Parcela “B” RODRIGUEZ, JAVIER localizada en el Barrio Arenales Bajos de Isabela, Puerto Rico; SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ Demandantes Vs con una cabida superficial de OCHO MIL TRESCIENTOS AUTORIDAD DEL NUEVE PUNTO TREINTA Y DISTRITO DE OCHO METROS CUADRACONVENCIONES DEL PR, DOS (8,309.38 M.C.), equivaET ALS lentes a Dos Punto Once CuaDemandados renta y Una Cuerdas (2.1141 cdas.). En lindes al NORTE, Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV09259. con terrenos propiedad de la Sobre: DAÑOS Y PERJUISucesión de Juana Martínez CIOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR con viraje provisional y con faja EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS de terreno rotulada en el plano DE NORTE AMÉRICA, EL de inscripción como Uso Pú- PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTAblico 3; al SUR, con Canal de DOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIRiego de Moca, al ESTE, con BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO remanente de la finca principal RICO. de la cual se segrega; y por el Oeste con terrenos propiedad de la Sucesión de Juana Martínez y con terrenos propiedad del señor Bienvenido Rodríguez. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo de Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas dentro de los

A: JOSE DUEÑO ENTERNTAINMENT GROUP, INC. A QUE SE REFIERE ESTA ACCIÓN Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.

Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal por la parte demandante, una demanda sobre Daños y Perjuicios descrita en la demanda. Representa a la parte demandante: JOANNE PARDO MARQUEZ RUA NÚM. 12270 PO BOX 79236 Carolina, PR 00984 Tel. 787-505-4134 Fax. 787-762-5407 joanne.pardo@gmail.com

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Se le advierte que este edicto se publicará en un periódico de circulación general una sola vez y que si no comparece en el término de treinta (30) días desde su publicación a contestar la demanda radicando el original de la Contestación ante este Tribunal, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado, sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE SAN JUAN. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 22 de febrero de 2023. ADELLE RIVERA APONTE, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL.

alfonsoabogada@gmail.com.

EXPEDIDO POR ORDEN DEL TRIBUNAL, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 1 de febrero de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARÍA E. COLLAZO FEBUS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

ADMINISTRADOR DE SUCESIÓN AVILÉS FONTÁNEZ

Hector Enrique Mojica Phipps 2116, Longfellow Court, Orlando, Florida, USA, 32818-5321.

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

YOSHIKO GARCIA DEMANDANTE V.

HECTOR ENRIQUE MOJICA PHIPPS

DEMANDADO CASO NÚM. CN2023RF00001.

SOBRE: CUSTODIA y PRIVALEGAL NOTICE CION/SUSPENSION DE LA ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO PATRIA POTESTAD. EMPLADE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL ZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESGENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA TADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA DE DISTRITO DE BAYAMÓN EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS FRANCISCO AVILÉS EE.UU. ESTADO LIBRE ASOFONTÁNEZ; ANGEL CIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SSA: O. AVILES PADILLA;

Demandante Vs

EMÉRITA ORTEGA GONZÁLEZ, FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL

Demandado Civil Núm.: BY2022CV06574.

Sala: 701. Sobre: DESAHUCIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: EMÉRITA ORTEGA GONZÁLEZ, FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL. PARTE DEMANDADA.

POR LA PRESENTE Se le notifica que deberá comparecer ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de TREINTA (30) DIAS a partir de la publicación de este edicto, el cual se publicará una vez en un periódico de circulación general, para exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en la presente petición sobre Demanda Sobre DESAHUCIO EN PRECARIO, promovido por la Parte Demandante. La Parte Demandada deberá notificar sus alegaciones responsivas través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración y 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; y copiar a la representación legal de la Demandante, LCDA. CARMEN E. ALFONSO ARROYO, con dirección en 41 AVE FERNANDO L. RIBAS, BOX 355, UTUADO, P.R. 00641; a su correo electrónico:

Por la presente se le notifica que se ha presentado una demanda de custodia y privación ¡suspensión patria potestad en su contra y usted tiene derecho a examinar la misma y los autos en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina. Se le advierte que de no contestar la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días desde la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia para conceder el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. Dentro del término antes dispuesto, 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 presente por derecho propio en cuyo caso deberá presentar su contestación a la demanda en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Carolina, Puerto Rico. Copia de su alegación responsiva deberá enviarla a la representante legal de la demandante, Lcda. Liria Irimia Lliteras a su dirección de correo electrónico: l_irimia@hotmail. com o a su dirección postal: PO Box 43002, Suite 164, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, 00745.

EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y con el sello del Tribunal. DADO hoy en Carolina, Puerto Rico, 15 de febrero de 2023. Lcda. Marilyn Aponte Rodriguez, Sec Regional. Myrna L. Perez Herrera, Sec Aux Tribunal.

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BOSCO IX OVERSEAS, LLC, BY FRANKLIN CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION AS SERVICER Demandante V.

MIOSOTIS LEILANI BURGOS HERNÁNDEZ

Demandado Civil Núm.: BY2020CV02354.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS (IN REM). ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo EDUARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, al público en general. CERTIFICO Y HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia fechado el 7 de febrero de 2023 que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, en el caso arriba indicado, venderé en la fecha o fechas que más adelante se indican, en pública subasta al mejor postor, en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal, oficina de alguaciles Piso 4, sita en el local que ocupa en el Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada, en el inmueble que se describe a continuación, propiedad de la parte demandada, Miosotis Leilani Burgos Hernández. Dirección Física: C-15, Calle 2, Ciudad Interamericana, Bayamón, Puerto Rico 00957. Finca 74,548, al folio 53 del tomo 1,823 de Bayamón Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Bayamón.

URBANA: Solar número 15 del Bloque “C” sito en el proyecto de viviendas conocido como Urbanización Ciudad Interamericana, localizado en el Barrio Buena Vista y Cerro Gordo del término municipal de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de ciento cincuenta punto cero dos (150.02) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar número 14 del bloque C; por el SUR, con el solar número 16 del bloque C; por el ESTE, con los solares número 39 y 40 del bloque “C”; y por el OESTE, con calle número 2. Contiene una casa tipo Garden Villa, Modelo “B” que cuenta con las siguientes facilidades: Sala-comedor-cocina, tres (3) habitaciones, un (1)

30 baño, marquesina parcialmente techada para un automóvil, área designada para laundry, walk-in-closet, con patio posterior. Finca 74,548: Por su procedencia está: a. Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales de Puerto Rico. b. Servidumbre de paso real a favor de la finca número 13,996, inscrita al folio 215 del tomo 317 de Bayamón, a favor de Eduard J. Hellmich y su esposa Mildred J. Hellmich. c. Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica de Puerto Rico. d. Condiciones restrictivas sobre edificación de uso. Por sí está afecta a: a. Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de R-G Premier Bank of Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $99,000.00, con intereses al 6.25% anual, vencedero el día 1 de agosto de 2035, constituida mediante la escritura número 616, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 29 de julio de 2005, ante el notario Juan Carlos Ortega Torres, e inscrita al folio 53 del tomo 1823 de Bayamón Sur, finca número 74,548, inscripción 2da. b. Modificada la hipoteca de la inscripción 2da, en cuanto a que se cancela parcialmente la suma de $6,154.00 para un nuevo principal que será por $92,846.00, vencedero el día 1 de diciembre de 2035, según la escritura número 208, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 28 de noviembre de 2011, ante la notario Ana E. Gorbea Padró, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Bayamón Sur, finca número 74,548, inscripción 4ta. c. Aviso de Demanda de fecha 4 de agosto de 2020, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, en el Caso Civil número BY2020CV02354, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, seguido por Bosco IX Overseas, LLC By Franklin Credit Management Corp., contra Miosotis Leilani Burgos Hernández, por la suma de $81,417.03, más intereses y otras sumas, anotado el día 13 de agosto de 2020, al tomo Karibe de Bayamón Sur, finca número 74,548, Anotación A. El precio mínimo de este remate con relación a la Finca 74,548 antes descrita y la fecha de cada subasta serán la siguiente: FECHA DE SUBASTA: PRIMERA SUBASTA: 25 DE ABRIL DE 2023 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $99,000.00. HIPOTECA: Escritura Número 616, sobre Hipoteca, otorgada el 29 de julio de 2005, ante la Notario Juan Carlos Ortega Torres y modificada mediante Escritura Número 208, otorgada el 28 de noviembre de 2011, ante la Notario Ana E. Gorbea Padró.

SEGUNDA SUBASTA: 2 DE MAYO DE 2023 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $66,000.00. TER-

CERA SUBASTA: 9 DE MAYO DE 2023 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $49,500.00. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación que se transmite y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y las preferentes, si las hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante las acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de las mismas, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Conforme a la Sentencia dictada el día 12 de diciembre de 2022, notificada el 16 de diciembre de 2022, la anterior venta se hará para satisfacer las sumas adeudadas por concepto del préstamo garantizado por la hipoteca antes mencionada y las sumas que se mencionan a continuación: La suma principal de $81,417.03, más intereses a razón de 6.25 %, desde el 1 de noviembre de 2016, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de $1,259.32 por cargos por mora, más la suma de $9,900.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado hipotecariamente asegurados. Se notifica por la presente a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los inmuebles a ser subastados con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen del ejecutante descrito anteriormente, o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubieren pospuesto al gravamen del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizado hipotecariamente con posterioridad al gravamen del actor para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si así lo interesan o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogado, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y, para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general, y para su publicación de acuerdo con la ley en un periódico de circulación general de la isla de Puerto Rico y en tres sitios públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida de la parte demandada, expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 08 de marzo de 2023.

The San Juan Daily Star

Friday, March 10, 2023

EDUARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN.

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LEGACY MORTGAGE ASSET TRUST 2019-PR1 Demandante V.

KENNETH RIVERA DELGADO

Demandada Civil Núm.: MV2022CV00034.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, GERARDO E. REYES, Alguacil Supervisor de la División de Subastas del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Ciales, a los demandados y al público en general les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso por el Secretario del Tribunal de epígrafe con fecha 11 de enero de 2023 y para satisfacer la cantidad adeudada de $102,779.35 de principal mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos el 8 de septiembre de 2022, notificada y archivada en autos el de 8 de septiembre de 2022, procederé a vender en pública subasta, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, mediante efectivo, giro o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil de este Tribunal todo derecho, título e interés que hayan tenido tengan o puedan tener los deudores demandados en cuanto a la propiedad localizada en el Municipio de Ciales, Puerto Rico, el bien inmueble se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número 2 A en el plano de parcelación de la Comunidad Rural Ramón Pabón del barrio Unibón del término municipal de Morovis con una cabida superficial de 0.3498 cuerdas equivalentes a 1375.00 metros cuadrados.

En lindes por el NORTE, con camino municipal; por el SUR, con la parcela número dos; por el ESTE, con la parcela número uno; y por el OESTE, con camino municipal. Finca 7275, inscrita al folio 170 del tomo 112 de Morovis, Registro de la Propiedad de Manatí. Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, en el caso de epígrafe, que se desglosan de la siguiente forma: $94,157.18, de primer balance principal y $8,622.17 de segundo balance principal para un total de

$102,779.35, mas 10% del principal del pagare, equivalentes a $10,357.00, para cubrir costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. El tipo mínimo para la subasta será la suma de tasación pactada, la cual es $103,570.00 según la escritura de hipoteca para la propiedad descrita. De declararse la subasta desierta, se procederá a una segunda subasta y servirá de tipo mínimo la cantidad de 2/3 del precio mínimo antes mencionado: $69,046.67. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en esta segunda subasta, se procederá a una tercera subasta, en la cual regirá como tipo mínimo para esta, la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo antes mencionado: $51,785.00.

La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el 4 DE ABRIL DE 2023 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a efecto una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el 11 DE ABRIL DE 2023 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a cabo una TERCERA SUBASTA el 18 DE ABRIL DE 2023 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. La subasta o subastas antes indicadas se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Ciales. De Estudio de Título realizado no surgen gravámenes preferentes y/o posteriores. Se advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el término de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida.

La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, previa orden judicial dirigida al Registrador de la Propiedad de la sección correspondiente para la cancelación de aquellos posteriores. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles

para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate.

Y para conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en Ciales, Puerto Rico, a 7 de marzo de 2023. GERARDO E. REYES MELÉNDEZ, ALGUACIL CONFIDENCIAL PLACA #109.

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WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, COMO FIDEICOMISARIO DE FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES ACQUISITION TRUST 2019-HB1 Demandante V.

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 7 de marzo de 2023. En BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, el 7 de marzo de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MILITZA MERCADO RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTRELLA HOMES III LLC Demandante Vs

GASTON RODRIGUEZ ORTIZ, MARISOL MONTES CARIRE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: KCD2017-0575.

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

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

LILLIAN HERNÁNDEZ MERCADO, T/C/C LILLIAN HERNÁNDEZ, T/C/C LILLIAM HERNÁNDEZ A: GASTON RODRIGUEZ MERCADO, T/C/C LILIAM ORTIZ, MARISOL HERNÁNDEZ Y A LOS MONTES CARIRE Y ESTADOS UNIDOS DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL AMÉRICA DE GANACIALES Demandado(a) COMPUESTA POR Civil: BY2019CV01323. Sala: 505. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE AMBOS; AL PUBLICO EN HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA OR- GENERAL HAGO SABER DINARIA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE Y AL ACREEDOR DEL SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. SIGUIENTE GRAVAMEN A: LILLIAN HERNÁNDEZ POSTERIOR: MERCADO, T/C/C LILLIAN El Alguacil que suscribe, anunHERNÁNDEZ, T/C/C cia y hace constar que en LILLIAM HERNÁNDEZ cumplimiento de MandamienMERCADO, T/C/C LILIAM to de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la HERNÁNDEZ. (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 6 de febrero 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

Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, SALA DE SAN JUAN, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, de contado y por moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América. Todo pago recibido por el (la) Alguacil por concepto de subastas será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Todo derecho, título, participación e interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a

continuación: URBANA: Solar de NOVENTA Y OCHO MIL marcado con el número seis- OCHENTA Y CINCO DÓLAcientos once en el bloque M RES CON OCHENTA Y OCHO cincuenta y tres del Plano de CENTAVOS ($98,085.88), más Inscripción de la Urbanización intereses a razón del CINCO Y Reparto Metropolitano, radica- SIETE OCTAVOS POR CIENdo en el Barrio Monacillos del TO (5 7/8%) anual desde el 1ro sitio Río Piedras, del término de noviembre de 2016, hasta el municipal del Gobierno de la presente y los que se continúen Capital de Puerto Rico, con un acumulando hasta su total y área superficial de doscientos completo pago, así como todo cincuenta y dos metros cua- los aquellos créditos y sumas drados; y colinda por el NOR- que surjan de la faz de la anteTE, en veintiún metros, con el rior obligación y de la hipoteca solar número seiscientos nueve que la garantiza, incluyendo del bloque M cincuenta y tres; la suma de DOCE MIL CIENpor el SUR, en veintiún metros, TO CINCUENTA DÓLARES con el solar número seiscientos ($12,150.00) por concepto de trece del bloque M cincuenta y costas, gastos y honorarios de tres; por el ESTE, en doce me- abogado, además al pago de tros, con la Calle East Street; y cualquier adelanto que haya por el OESTE, en doce metros, hecho la parte demandante, con el solar número seiscientos en virtud de las disposiciones siete del bloque M cincuenta de la Escritura de Hipoteca y y tres. Inscrita al folio “92” del del Pagaré Hipotecario. Para tomo “6”de Monacillos. Finca más información, a las personúmero “194” Registro de la nas interesadas se les notifica Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sec- que los autos y todos los doción III de San Juan. Dirección cumentos correspondientes al física: 1203 Calle 62, Reparto procedimiento incoado, estarán Metropolitano, San Juan, PR de manifiesto en la Secretaría 00921. En relación a la finca a del Tribunal, durante las horas subastarse se establece como laborables. Este EDICTO DE tipo mínimo de licitación en la SUBASTA, se publicará en los Primera Subasta la suma de lugares públicos correspon$121,500.00 según acordado dientes y en un periódico de entre las partes en el precio circulación general en la jurispactado en la Escritura de Pri- dicción de Puerto Rico. Se enmera Hipoteca “346” otorgada tenderá que todo licitador acepen San Juan, Puerto Rico, el ta como bastante la titularidad día 29 de julio de 2005, ante y que las cargas y gravámenes el notario Gina Aguilar Gerardi- anteriores y los preferentes, si no, e inscrita al folio “172” del los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutomo “927” de Monacillo, finca tante continuaran subsistentes. número “193” inscripción 19na. Se entenderá, que el rematante La PRIMERA SUBASTA se lle- los acepta y queda subrogado vará a cabo el día 13 DE ABRIL en la responsabilidad de los DE 2023, A LAS 11:30 DE LA mismos, sin destinarse a su exMANANA, en mis oficinas sitas tinción el precio del remate. Se en el Tribunal de Primera Ins- procederá a otorgar la correstancia, SALA SUPERIOR DE pondiente Escritura de Venta SAN JUAN. En relación a la Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en propiedad a subastarse, la can- posesión judicial al nuevo duetidad mínima de licitación en la ño, si así se lo solicita dentro Primera Subasta será la suma del término de veinte (20) días, de $121,500.00. Si la primera de conformidad con las disposubasta del inmueble no pro- siciones de Ley. Si transcurren dujere remate, ni adjudicación, los referidos veinte (20) días, se celebrará una SEGUNDA el Tribunal podrá ordenar, sin SUBASTA el día 20 DE ABRIL necesidad de ulterior procediDE 2023, A LAS 11:30 DE LA miento, que se lleve a efecto MAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y el desalojo o lanzamiento del servirá de tipo mínimo las dos ocupante u ocupantes de la terceras partes del precio pac- finca o de todos los que por tada para la primera subasta, orden o tolerancia del deudor o sea, la suma de $81,000.00. la ocupen. Se informa que la Si la segunda subasta no pro- propiedad objeto de ejecución dujere remate, ni adjudicación, se adquiere libre de cargas y se celebrará una TERCERA gravámenes posteriores. ExpeSUBASTA el día 27 DE ABRIL dido en San Juan, Puerto Rico, DE 2023, A LAS 11:30 DE LA a 7 de marzo de 2023. ERIK F. MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar OSUNA ACEVEDO, ALGUACIL y regirá como tipo de la terce- AUXILIAR PLACA #390. ra subasta la mitad del precio LEGAL NOTICE pactado para la primera, o sea, la suma de $60,750.00. Dicha ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Subasta se llevará a cabo, para DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUcon su producto satisfacer a la NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA parte demandante el importe de CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN la Sentencia dictada a su favor, JUAN SALA SUPERIOR a saber: Dicha venta se llevará MAGADA I. a efecto, para con su producto ORTIZ GARRETT satisfacer a la parte demanParte Peticionaria Vs. dante el importe de su SentenANTHONY A. cia, a saber: la suma principal

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REYES MALDONADO

Parte Peticionada Caso Civil: OPA 2022 029713.

Sobre: LEY 54. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTOS. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS.

A: ANTHONY A. REYES MALDONADO. DIRECIÓN DESCONOCIDA.

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 01 de marzo de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 1 de marzo de 2023. San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 01 de marzo de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. EDNIRIS LANZÓ OLIVER, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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

MARIA I. GARETT

Parte Peticionaria VS.

ANTHONY A. REYES MALDONADO

Parte Peticionada CASO CIVIL: SJLI2I -20222712. SOBRE: LEY 121. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTOS. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS FE. UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR. SS.

A: ANTHONY A. REYES MALDONADO DIRECION DESCONOCIDA

El(La) Secretario(a) que suscribe notifica a usted que el 01 de marzo de 2023 este Tribunal ha dictado sentencia, declarando con lugar la demanda de este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse

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detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Y, siendo o representando usted parte contra la cual se dictó sentencia, de la cual pueda establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la última publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 1 de marzo de 2023. San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 01 de marzo de 2023. Griselda Rodríguez Collado, Secretaria Reg. Por: Edniris Lanzó Olivero, Secr.

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

JESHLEEN COTTIO DÍAZ Demandante V.

ANTHONY CARTAGENA AYALA

Demandado Civil Núm.: EAL2019-0153.

Sobre: ALIMENTOS. Sala: 601. CITACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: ANTHONY CARTAGENA AYALA.

POR MEDIO DEL PRESENTE EDICTO se le notifica de la radicación de una PETICIÓN DE REVISIÓN DE PENSIÓN ALIMENTARIA en la que la demandante solicita se revise y establezca la pensión alimentaria a favor de menor conforme a Derecho. El Tribunal ha citado el caso para un señalamiento a celebrarse el próximo 3 DE ABRIL DE 2022 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, EN EL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, PISO 6, SALÓN 2 DE EXAMINADORES DE PENSIONES AUMENTARIAS. La demandante solicita al Tribunal que declare HA LUGAR la Petición y dicte Sentencia imponiendo el pago de pensión alimentaria y obligación del demandado. POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la Petición radicando el original de su contestación, a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejos de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr; salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Caguas y enviando copia de dicha contestación a la abogada de la parte demandante, la Lcda. Michele M. Silva Marrero, 20 Ave. Luis Muñoz Marín,

PMB 263, Caguas, Puerto Rico 00725, msilvamarrero@gmail. com; dentro del término de treinta (30) días siguientes a la fecha de publicación de este Edicto; si dejare de así hacerlo, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia contra usted concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle.

EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal de Caguas, Puerto Rico hoy 23 de febrero de 2023. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. KANIA QUINTERO PEREIRA, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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

ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC Demandante V.

MARY ROSARIO GARCÍA

Demandado(a) Civil Núm.: BY2022CV04172.

Salón: 703. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: MARY ROSARIO GARCÍA.

(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 1 de marzo 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 6 de marzo de 2023. En BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, el 6 de marzo de 2023.

LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. LUREIMY ALICEA GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ISLAND PORTFOLIO QUEBRADA GRANDE, siguientes a su notificación. Y, MUNICIPALES; Y LOS sions are clockwise as follows: o representando usted ESTADOS UNIDOS DE NORTHEAST, on a broken line SERVICES, LLC., CARR 852 KM 1.7 SOLAR siendo una parte en el procedimiento a distance of thirty feet seven AMÉRICA. 3, TRUJILLO ALTO PR sujeta a los términos de la SenCOMO AGENTE DE inches with exterior space seYo, ALG. HUGO BASCÓ MEDI00976.

FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS tencia, Sentencia Parcial o Reparated by exterior wall and EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus- solución, de la cual puede es- NA, PLACA #807, Alguacil del window, on a distance of eight FUND, LLC. Demandante Vs.

SHARLENE JORGE LÓPEZ

Demandados Civil: CG2022CV02119. (705).

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: SHARLENE JORGE LÓPEZ - RES. BAIROA BE5 CALLE 24, CAGUAS, PR 00725-1442.

(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 28 de febrero 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 6 de MARZO de 2023. En CAGUAS, Puerto Rico, el 6 de MARZO de 2023.

LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARTA E. DONATE RESTO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

cribe le notifica a usted que el 1 de marzo 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 6 de marzo de 2023. En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, el 1 de marzo de 2023.

LCDA. MARILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

tablecerse 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 6 de marzo de 2023. En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, el 6 de marzo de 2023.

LCDA. MARILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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

REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC Demandante Vs.

SUCESIÓN DE ALLAN THEOBALD SAGUE ÁLVAREZ T/C/C ALLAN T. SAGUE T/C/C ALLAN THEOBALD SAGUE T/C/C ALLAN T. SAGUE JR. T/C/C ALLAN SAGUE ÁLVAREZ COMPUESTA LEGAL NOTICE POR MICHELLE E. ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO SAGUE, FULANO DE DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA COMO MIEMBROS SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA DE NOMBRES ISLAND PORTFOLIO DESCONOCIDOS; SERVICES, LLC CENTRO DE Demandante V. RECAUDACIÓN CARLOS J. DE INGRESOS MATIAS SEMIDEY Demandado(a) MUNICIPALES; Y LOS Civil: CN2022CV00285. Sala: ESTADOS UNIDOS DE 406. Sobre: COBRO DE DINEAMÉRICA RO ORDINARIO. NOTIFICA-

Demandados CIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR Civil Núm.: GB2022CV00040.

EDICTO. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOA: CARLOS J. MATIAS TECA POR LA VÍA ORDINASEMIDEY - HC 2 BOX RIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

5420 CANOVANAS Al: PÚBLICO EN PR 00729-9742 / BO GENERAL. LEGAL NOTICE QUEBRADA GRANDE, A: SUCESIÓN DE ALLAN ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO THEOBALD SAGUE DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL CARR 852 KM 1.7 SOLAR GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA 3, TRUJILLO ALTO PR ÁLVAREZ T/C/C ALLAN SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA 00976.

T. SAGUE T/C/C ALLAN (Nombre de las partes a las que se ISLAND PORTFOLIO THEOBALD SAGUE T/C/C le notifican la sentencia por edicto) SERVICES, LLC ALLAN T. SAGUE JR. EL SECRETARIO(A) que susDemandante V. T/C/C ALLAN SAGUE cribe le notifica a usted que CARLOS J. el 1 de marzo de 2023, este ÁLVAREZ COMPUESTA MATIAS SEMIDEY Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, POR MICHELLE E. Demandado(a) Sentencia Parcial o Resolución SAGUE, FULANO DE Civil: CN2022CV00284. Sala: en este caso, que ha sido debiTAL Y SUTANO DE TAL 406. Sobre: COBRO DE DINE- damente registrada y archivada RO ORDINARIO. NOTIFICA- en autos donde podrá usted enCOMO MIEMBROS CIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR terarse detalladamente de los DE NOMBRES EDICTO. LEGAL NOTICE términos de la misma. Esta noDESCONOCIDOS; A: CARLOS J. MATIAS tificación se publicará una sola ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO CENTRO DE SEMIDEY - HC 2 BOX vez en un periódico de circulaDE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL RECAUDACIÓN ción general en la Isla de PuerGENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA 5420 CANOVANAS DE INGRESOS to Rico, dentro de los 10 días SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS PR 00729-9742 / BO

Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Guaynabo, a los demandados, acreedores y al público en general con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, por la presente CERTIFICO, ANUNCIO y HAGO CONSTAR: Que el día 11 DE ABRIL DE 2023, A LAS 10:40 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Guaynabo, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, procederé a vender en Pública Subasta, al mejor postor, la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, la cual se notificó y archivó en autos el día 18 de agosto de 2022. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el 18 DE ABRIL DE 2023, A LAS 10:40 DE LA MAÑANA; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 25 DE ABRIL DE 2023, A LAS 10:40 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que ha sido liberado por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Guaynabo, en el caso de epígrafe con fecha de 12 de diciembre de 2022, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Residential Apartment number seven-A (7A) of building number two of Alta Vista Condominium, Residential Apartment of irregular shape located on the building number, two seventh floor of Alta Vista Condominium, at state road number eighty hundred thirty-three and street number one of Alturas de Torrimar in Frailes Ward, Municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. This apartment has a total private area of one thousand five hundred fifty-three square feet (1,553sq.ft.), equivalent to one hundred forty-four square meters and thirty three hundredths of square meter being its lineal measurements thirty three feet five inches the largest width.

The boundaries and dimen-

feet seven inches with stairs and one a distance of one foot two inches with storage closet and separated by a bearing wall, SOUTHEAST, on a broken line, a distance of four feet ten inches with exterior space separated by exterior wall a distance of thirteen feet two inches with apartment seven “B” separated by interior wall on a distance of seven feet eight inches with elevator shaft separated by bearing wall; on a distance of five feet eight inches with common lobby, separated by bearing wall and entrance door, a distance of fourteen feet eight inches with stairs separated by bearing wall; a distance of thirteen feet two inches, with apartment seven “B” separated by interior wall and a distance of four feet ten inches with exterior spaces separated by exterior wall; SOUTHWEST, on a broken line, a distance of thirty three feet five inches with exterior space separated by exterior wall windows and balcony railing and on a distance of six feet eleven inches with elevator shaft separated by bearing wall; NORTHWEST, on a broken line a distance of sixty four feet zero inches with exterior spaces separated by exterior wall windows and balcony railings. This apartment unit consists of the following rooms: foyer, living dining with balcony, kitchen, master bedrooms with bathroom and dressing room corridor with two linen closets bathroom (second), bedroom with closet and balcony and third bedroom with closet. The kitchen is equipped with base and wall cabinets, double bowl sink with disposal water heater, range with oven and spaces for refrigerator and clothes washer dryer. The master bathroom has a bathtub, water closet bidet and two lavatories on a separate vanity area. The second bathroom has bathtub, water closet and lavatory. A storage closet located in the central core and with an area of thirty-three square feet equivalent to three square meters and seven hundredths of a square meter (3.07sq.mts.) form parts of this apartment this area is in addition to the area mentioned above. The entrance door of this apartment is located on the Southeast boundary facing the common lobby which gives access to the stairs and elevator leading to the exterior.

Le corresponde un porcentaje en los elementos comunes generales de uno punto tres siete cuatro nueve por ciento y un porcentaje en los elementos comunes limitados de dos punto ocho dos cinco cuatro por ciento (2.8254%) y el área de esta-

32 cionamiento número tres “B” (3-B) y el número ocho “B” (8B). Número 25,273 Bis, inscrita al folio 170 del tomo 619 de Guaynabo. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Guaynabo. Dirección de la Propiedad: Altavista Condominium 1& 11 Unit 7ª, Guaynabo PR 00969 La subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer, hasta donde alcance, el importe de las cantidades adeudadas a la parte demandante conforme a la sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: de $$208,133.28 con interés al 5.060% anual, por concepto de balance principal del préstamo más intereses acumulados, los cuales continúan acumulándose, así como la cantidad líquida estipulada en los documentos del préstamo para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en caso de reclamación judicial y que correspondan a intereses y cargos por demora posterior a dicha fecha, y la suma de $39,000.00 equivalente al 10% de la suma principal original pactada, estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; más recargos acumulados hasta la fecha en que se pague la deuda; más cualquiera suma de dinero por concepto de contribuciones, primas de seguro hipotecario y riesgo, así como cualesquiera otras sumas pactadas en la escritura de hipoteca, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 97 otorgada el día 1 de agosto de 2012, San Juan, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Público Jennifer Cordova Cordova y consta inscrita al folio 162 del tomo 1374 de Guaybao, finca número 25273 Bis, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Guaynabo. 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 cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Entiéndase: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor del Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de los Estados Unidos de América, o a su

orden, por la suma principal de $390,000.00, con intereses al 5.06% anual, vencedero el día 9 de agosto 2086, constituida mediante la escritura número 98, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 1 de agosto de 2012, ante la notario Jennifer Córdova Córdova, e inscrita al folio 162 del tomo 1,374 de Guaynabo, finca número 25,273 Bis, inscripción 10ª., y última. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta del inmueble antes descrito será la suma de $390,000.00 según se establece en la escritura de hipoteca antes relacionada. En caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en su primera subasta se ordena la celebración de una segunda subasta de dicho inmueble, en la cual, la cantidad mínima será una equivalente a 2/3 parte de aquella, o sea la suma de $260,000.00; desierta también la segunda subasta de dicho inmueble, se ordena la celebración de una tercera subasta en la cual, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado para la primera subasta, es decir la suma de $195,000.00. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación, entiéndase efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Una vez efectuada la venta de dicha propiedad, el Alguacil procederá a otorgar la escritura de traspaso al licitador victorioso en subasta, quien podrá ser la parte demandante, cuya oferta podrá aplicarse a la extinción parcial o total de la obligación reconocida por la sentencia dictada en este caso. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Si el producto de la venta fuere insuficiente para satisfacer la cantidad reclamada, se procederá a la ejecución de la sentencia en contra de la parte demandada por el remanente de las sumas no satisfechas, mediante embargo y venta en ejecución de cualesquiera otros bienes propiedad de la parte demandada en cantidad suficiente para dejar cubierta y totalmente satisfecha a

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la parte demandante cualquier deficiencia o parte insoluta de la sentencia dictada a su favor según dispuesto en la sentencia dictada en este caso. Se dispone, conforme con la sentencia dictada en este caso que, una vez efectuada la subasta y vendido el bien inmueble, los adjudicatarios sean puestos en posesión del mismo dentro del término de veinte (20) días por el Alguacil de este Honorable Tribunal y los actuales poseedores lanzados del referido inmueble. Y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general, se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley, mediante edicto, en un periódico de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, una vez por semana, por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía, y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto de Subasta para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, a 11 de enero de 2023. Alg. Hugo Basco Medina, Placa 807, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE GUAYNABO.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA

RICARDO JOSE SUAREZ MARTINEZ Demandante V.

ESTHER LYDIA GAUTIER TORRES Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Civil: CA2021CV00662. Sala: 409. Sobre: PARTICIÓN JUDICIAL DE HERENCIA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: FULANO DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE RAFAEL SUAREZ ALICEA.

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 7 de marzo de 2023. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 7 de marzo de 2023.

LCDA. MARILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

SUCESION DE MARIA MARGARITA MALDONADO MALDONADO T/C/C MARIA M. MALDONADO COMPUESTA POR AMARILIS VIERA MALDONADO, ANA B. VIERA MALDONADO, PERENGANO Y SUTANEJO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE ALEXANDER VIERA MALDONADO; FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION DE JOSE ANTONIO ROSARIO RIVERA COMPUESTA POR JAVIER ROSARIO MALDONADO; PERENCEJO DE TAL, POSIBLE HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO

demandada y al PUBLICO EN so de Demanda de fecha 15 de aquella persona o personas PERENGANO Y GENERAL: Que en cumpli- agosto de 2017, expedida en el que tengan interés inscrito con SUTANEJO DE TAL, miento del Mandamiento de Tribunal de Primera Instancia, posterioridad a la inscripción POSIBLES HEREDEROS Ejecución de Sentencia expedi- Sala de Río Grande, en el Caso del gravamen que se está ejeDESCONOCIDOS do el día 18 de enero de 2023, Civil número N3CI2017-00424, cutando, y para conocimiento por la Secretaria del Tribunal, seguido por el Banco Popular de todos los licitadores y el DE ALEXANDER VIERA MALDONADO; procederé a vender y venderé de Puerto Rico, versus Hernán público en general, el presente PERECENJO DE TAL en pública subasta y al mejor Cruz Maldonado y Maletsis Vie- Edicto se publicará por espacio postor la propiedad que ubica ra Dosal, sobre Cobro de Dine- de dos (2) semanas consecutiPOSIBLE HEREDERO y se describe a continuación: ro, por la suma de $129,862.22 vas, con un intervalo de por lo DESCONOCIDO DE JOSE Urbana: URBANIZACION RIO más otras sumas, anotado el menos siete días entre ambas GRANDE ESTATES de Rio día 28 de agosto de 2020, al publicaciones, en un diario de ANTONIO ROSARIO Grande. Solar: 20 BLOQUE 4N. tomo Karibe de Río Grande, fin- circulación general en el Estado RIVERA; JAVIER ROSARIO MALDONADO Cabida: 354.82 Metros Cuadra- ca número 23,169, anotación A. Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos. Linderos: Norte, con los La adjudicación se hará al me- y se fijará además en tres (3) DE LA SUCESION DE solares número dieciséis (16) jor postor, quien deberá consig- lugares públicos del Municipio JOSE ANTONIO ROSARIO y diecisiete (17) del mismo nar el importe de su oferta en el en que ha de celebrarse dicha RIVERA. bloque, en una distancia de acto mismo de la adjudicación, venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el

(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 septiembre de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 6 de marzo de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 6 de marzo de 2023.

LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. IVETTE M. MARRERO BRACERO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

HERNÁN CRUZ Demandado(a) MALDONADO; MALETSIS BY2021CV04056.

VIERA DOSAL

Civil: Sala:503. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE (Nombre de las partes a las que se HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORle notifican la sentencia por edicto) DINARIA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus- SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. cribe le notifica a usted que A: FULANO Y el 1 de marzo de 2023, este MENGANO DE TAL, Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada MARIA MARGARITA en autos donde podrá usted enMALDONADO terarse detalladamente de los MALDONADO T/C/C términos de la misma. Esta noMARIA M. MALDONADO; tificación se publicará una sola

Demandados Civil Núm.: N3CI2017-00424.

Sala: 307. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte

catorce punto cero cero metros (14.00 m). Sur, con la calle número quinientos diez (510) en una distancia de quince punto cincuenta y siete metros (15.57 m). Este, con el solar número diecinueve (19) del mismo bloque, en una distancia de veintiuno punto ochenta y cuatro metros (21.84 m). Oeste, con el solar número veintiuno (21) del mismo bloque en una distancia de veintiséis punto cero cero metros (26.00 m). Inscrito al folio 84 del tomo 386 de Rio Grande, finca número #23,169 Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Tercera de Carolina. La propiedad ubica en: 4N-20 Reina Fabiola St. Río Grandes States, Río Grande, PR. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor, el día 15 de octubre de 2019 y notificada el 16 de octubre de 2019, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $129,862.22 por concepto de principal; $749.92 por concepto de intereses acumulados, $954.80 por concepto de cargos por demora los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito; y la suma $14,800.60 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente.

Además, el Alguacil que suscribe, hago saber a todos los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante: a. Avi-

en efectivo (moneda del curso Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les legal de los Estados Unidos de informa, por último, que: a. Que América), giro postal o cheque los autos y todos los documencertificado a nombre del algua- tos correspondientes al procecil del Tribunal. LA PRIMERA dimiento incoado estarán de SUBASTA se llevará a efecto manifiesto en la secretaría del el día 5 DE JULIO DE 2023 A tribunal durante las horas laLAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE, en borables. b. Que se entenderá la oficina del referido Alguacil, que todo licitador acepta como localizada en el Centro Judicial bastante la titularidad y que las de Fajardo, precio mínimo fija- cargas y gravámenes anteriodo para la PRIMERA SUBASTA res y los preferentes, si los hues de $148,006.00. Que de ser biere, al crédito del ejecutante necesaria la celebración de una continuarán subsistentes. Se SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma entenderá, que el rematante se llevará a efecto el día 12 DE los acepta y queda subrogado JULIO DE 2023 A LAS 1:30 DE en la responsabilidad de los LA TARDE, en la oficina antes mismos, sin destinarse a su exmencionada del Alguacil que tinción el precio del remate. EXsuscribe. El precio mínimo para PIDO, el presente EDICTO, en la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy día de $98,670.66, equivalentes 21 de febrero de 2023. SANa dos terceras (2/3) partes del DRALIZ MARTÍNEZ TORRES, tipo mínimo estipulado para la ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #737, PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, necesaria la celebración de una TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTERCERA SUBASTA la misma TANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE se llevará a efecto el día 19 DE FAJARDO. JORGE A. ORTIZ JULIO DE 2023 A LAS 1:30 DE ESTRADA, ALGUACIL REGIOLA TARDE, en la oficina antes NAL INTERINO #622. mencionada del Alguacil que LEGAL NOTICE suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO de $74,003.00, equivalentes a DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUla mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA estipulado para la PRIMERA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUAsubasta. Si se declarase de- DILLA SALA SUPERIOR sierta la tercera subasta, se BANCO POPULAR DE adjudicará la finca a favor del PUERTO RICO acreedor por la totalidad de la Demandante V. cantidad adeudada si ésta es SUCESIÓN DE MARTÍN igual o menor que el monto del NIEVES GONZÁLEZ, tipo de la tercera subasta, si el COMPUESTA POR Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la MARISOL ACEVEDO cantidad adeudada si esta es CRUZ, POR CONCEPTO mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo DE USUFRUCTO dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciem- VIUDAL; JOYCE NIEVES Y MARTÍN NIEVES bre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la PropieCOMO HEREDEROS dad Inmueble del Estado Libre CONOCIDOS DE LA Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La SUCESIÓN DE MARTÍN propiedad a ser ejecutada se NIEVES GONZÁLEZ; adquiere libre de toda carga y Y “JOHN DOE Y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo RICHARD ROE” COMO 102, inciso 6. Una vez confir- POSIBLES HEREDEROS mada la venta judicial por el HoDESCONOCIDOS; norable Tribunal, se procederá EL CENTRO DE a otorgar la correspondiente RECAUDACIONES DE escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en pose- INGRESOS MUNICIPALES sión física del inmueble de con(CRIM) formidad con las disposiciones Demandados de Ley. Para conocimiento de Civil Núm.: AG2020CV00081. la parte demandada y de toda Sala: 404. Sobre: COBRO DE

The San Juan Daily Star DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Aguadilla, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Segundo Piso, Oficina del Alguacil, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 26 de enero de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Barrio Ceiba Baja de Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Solar 9.

Cabida: 806.4 metros cuadrados. Linderos: NORTE, con el solar número 9; SUR, con el solar número 8; ESTE, con remanente de la finca; OESTE, calle dedicada a uso público.

Contiene estructura de concreto y bloques de hormigón dedicada a uso público. Inscrita al tomo Karibe de Aguadilla, finca #35,776. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Aguadilla. La finca antes relacionada se encuentra afecta a un gravamen posterior al que se pretende ejecutar, el cual se describe de la siguiente manera: a. Escritura número 124, otorgada en Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el día 26 de noviembre de 1991, ante el notario S. Quiñones Elías, mediante la cual comparece Monserrate Pérez Cordero, casada con Juan Cumpiario Soto Lorenzo, y declara como únicos y universales herederos a sus hijos: Eddie Nelson Soto Pérez, soltero; Ernesto Soto Pérez, soltero; Leonilda Soto Pérez casada con Julio César Soto Vargas y Héctor Luis Soto Pérez, soltero, con un valor de $30,000.00, la cual se encuentra presentada al asiento 746 del diario 855, presentada el 7 de agosto de 2013. b. Aviso de Demanda de fecha 24 de enero de 2020, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Aguadilla, en el caso civil número AG2020CV00081, seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, contra Sucesión de Martin Nieves González, compuesta por Marisol Acevedo Cruz por concepto de usufructo viudal, John Doe y Richard Doe como posibles herederos desconocidos; El Centro de Recaudacion de Ingresos Municipales (CRIM), por la suma de $52,264.60, anotado el día 23 de junio de 2020, al tomo Karibe de Aguadilla, finca número 35,776, anotación A. La propiedad se encuentra ubicada, según pagaré en: RD110 Bo. Ceiba Baja Aguadilla, PR 00603. El producto de la subasta se des-

tinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor, el día 31 de agosto de 2022, notificada el 31 de agosto de 2022, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $52,264.60 por concepto de principal; generando intereses a razón de 5.50% desde el 1ro de julio de 2019; 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 $7,688.60 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 4 DE MAYO DE 2023 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Segundo Piso Oficina de Alguaciles en el Centro Judicial de Aguadilla, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es por la cantidad de $76,886.00.

Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 11 DE MAYO DE 2023 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $51,257.33, 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 18 DE MAYO DE 2023 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $38,443.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”.

La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá

Friday, March 10, 2023 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. Los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado pueden concurrir a la subasta si les convienen o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante.

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 Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, hoy día 17 de febrero de 2023.

CAROL CHALMERS SOTO, ALGUACIL REGIONAL #526, ALGUACIL DE LA DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA.

LACHA, AZMINA SHIVJI KARSAN Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Parte Demandada Civil Núm. CA2022CV00538.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. ANUNCIO DE SUBASTA. El suscribiente, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Fajardo, a los demandados de epígrafe y al público en general hace saber que los autos y documentos del caso de epígrafe estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables y que venderá en pública subasta al mejor postor, en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América en efectivo, cheque certificado, o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, el derecho que tenga la parte demandada en el inmueble que se relaciona más adelante para pagar la SENTENCIA por $179,045.69 de balance principal, el cual se compone de un primer principal por la suma de $175,179.49 y un principal diferido por la suma de $3,866.20, más los intereses sobre dicha suma de $175,179.49 a razón de 5.25% annual, desde el primero de diciembre de 2020, hasta su completo pago, más el 5% computado sobre cada mensualidad de principal e interés por la suma de $1,546.17 por concepto de cargos por demora devengados desde el primero de enero de 2021, a razón de $77.31 mensuales hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma estipulada para honorarios de abogado de $28,000.00, pactada en la escritura de hipoteca; y cuales quiera otras sumas que por cualesquiera concepto legal se devenguen hasta el día de la subasta. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal; Unidad residencial con el número PH guión uno (PH-1) del Bloque (cluster) E del Edificio Olas del régimen de propiedad horizontal conocido como Condominio Hillside Village, sito en el Barrio Mameyes del término municipal de Río Grande, Puerto Rico. Consta de dos plantas con un área aproximada de construcción de dos mil trescientos sesenta y ocho (2,368) pies cuadrados, equivalentes a doscientos diecinueve punto cero cero (219.00) meLEGAL NOTICE tros cuadrados. Colinda: por el ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO NORTE con áreas comunes; DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- por el Sur, con áreas comunes; NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA por el ESTE, con apartamento SALA DE FAJARDO número D guión PH guión dos FIRSTBANK (D-PH-2); por el OESTE, con apartamento número E guión PUERTO RICO PH guión dos (E-PH-2). Esta Parte Demandante Vs. unidad es el modelo típico. Su

ALNASIR MAWANI

entrada es aliado SUR en el cuarto piso del edificio a través de un portal techado que da a un pasillo de entrada que conecta al área de sala-comedor en el lado Oeste, que a su vez da a un balcón en el lado Norte. La cocina se encuentra en el lado Oeste. Consta de tres (3) dormitorios con closet, uno de ellos “master” con baño, un área para laundry, dos closets y un baño en el pasillo que conecta los dormitorios. Aliado Norte, se encuentra una escalera que lleva al segundo nivel al área de terraza que consta de una parte techada y parte sin techar de aproximadamente novecientos (900) pies cuadrados, equivalentes a ochenta y tres punto sesenta y uno (83.61) metros cuadrados.

Tiene asignados los estacionamientos número noventa y nueve (99) y cien (100). Tiene una participación de cero punto ocho dos cinco uno (0.8251) por ciento en los elementos comunes y limitados. Inscrito al folio doscientos dieciséis (216) del tomo cuatrocientos ochenta y uno (481) de Río Grande, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III, inscripción primera (1a). Dirección Física: Cond. Hillside Village, PH1 Olas 3, Río Grande, PR 00745. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 10 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LA 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la suma de $280,000.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. En el caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 17 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y el precio mínimo para esta segunda subasta será el de dos terceras partes del precio mínimo establecido para la primera subasta, o a sea la suma de $186,666.67. Si tampoco hubiera remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 24 DE AGOSTO DE 2023 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y el tipo mínimo para esta tercera subasta será la mitad del precio establecido para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $140,000.00. El mejor postor deberá pagar el importe de su oferta en efecto, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse el inmueble al acreedor hipotecario dentro de los diez días siguientes a la fecha de la última subasta, si así lo estimase conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada conforme a la sentencia, si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta

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fuera mayor. Se avisa a cualquier licitador que la propiedad queda sujeta al gravamen del Estado Libre Asociado y CRIM sobre la propiedad inmueble por contribuciones adeudadas y que el pago de dichas contribuciones es la responsabilidad del licitador. Que se entenderá por todo licitador acepte como suficiente la titulación y que los cargos y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes en entendiéndose que el rematador los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse su extinción al precio rematante. Todos los nombres de los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surgen de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico y en los sitios públicos de acuerdo a las disposiciones de la Regla 51.7 de las de Procedimiento Civil, así como para la publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria y en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas con antelación a la fecha de la primera subasta y por lo menos una vez por semana. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento indicado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables.

(Art. 102 (1) de la Ley núm. 21 0-2015). Expedido el presente en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, a 27 de febrero de 2023. SANDRALIZ MARTÍNEZ TORRES, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #737, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE FAJARDO. JORGE A. ORTIZ ESTRADA, ALGUACIL REGIONAL INTERINO #622.

LEGAL NOT ICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE HUMACAO

PALMAS DEL MAR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Parte Demandante V.

MOHAMMADSADO BASSAM LULU Y OTROS

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: HU2022CV01647.

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: MOHAMMADSADO BASSAM LULU Y SAJIDA AL LULU Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

POR LA PRESENTE, se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a: GONZÁLEZ & MORALES LAW OFFICES, LLC PO BOX 10242 HUMACAO, PR 00792 TELÉFONO: (787) 852-4422 FACSÍMIL: (787) 285-4425 EMAIL: jrg@gonzalezmorales.com abogados de la parte demandante, cuya dirección es la que deja indicada, con copia de su Contestación a la Demanda, copia de la cual le es servida en este caso, dentro de los TREINTA (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este Emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Debe saber que en caso de no hacerlo así podrá dictarse Sentencia en Rebeldía en contra suya, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, hoy día 28 de febrero de 2023.

IVELISSE C. FONSECA RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. KARILIN MORALES FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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

ASOCIACIÓN DE RESIDENTES DE LOS MONTES, INC. Demandante V.

PABLO JOSÉ CARTAGENA ANTONGIORGI, IVELESE

FELICIANO FORTIS, AMBOS POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2022CV06091.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (R. 60). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: PABLO JOSE CARTAGENA ANTORGIORGI, IVELESE FELICIANO FORTIS, AMBOS POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

Por la presente se le notifica que la parte demandante ha presentado ante este Tribunal Demanda contra usted(es), solicitando la concesión del siguiente remedio: Demanda de COBRO DE DINERO, por concepto de cuotas de mantenimientos vencidas y no pagadas por la suma de $7,412.50 al 28 de noviembre de 2022. Representa a la parte demandante el abogado cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato: LCDO. MELVYN E. FONTAN LOZADA Colegiado Núm. 15768, RUA: 14519 PO Box 124, Bayamón, PR 00960-0124 Tel. 787-340-6604 Fax 787-261-9168 e-mail: melfonloza@live.com, melvynfontan@gmail.com Se le apercibe que si no compareciera usted a contestar dicha demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de haber sido diligenciado este Emplazamiento, Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal. Si usted deje 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. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 23 de febrero de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MILLITZA MERCADO RIVERA, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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The San Juan Daily Star

Gonzaga storms into March with a new look and the same old goal

Drew Timme became Gonzaga’s career scoring leader as his team won its fourth straight West Coast Conference tournament championship.

By BILLY WITZ

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hint that this season might be different for Gonzaga’s basketball team came early, when it was thumped by Tennessee in a scrimmage. There have been other periodic reminders: getting walloped

by Texas and pounded by Purdue, and losing at home to Loyola Marymount, which ended the Zags’ 75-game home winning streak.

And then there was Tuesday night when Gonzaga ran out to face St. Mary’s in the West Coast Conference championship game dressed in its road blues, signifying it was the lower seed.

But just as it nears another NCAA men’s basketball tournament, the stage on which Gonzaga long ago made its national name, the Zags delivered a timely reminder — to the tournament selection committee and others — that they should never be discounted in March.

The message was sent with a 77-51 pasting of St. Mary’s at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, a victory that sends Gonzaga off to tournament selection day with a 28-5 record. That would be a noteworthy accomplishment for most programs, but it is the most losses for a Gonzaga team entering the NCAA tournament since 2016. And for the first time since 2018, the Zags will not enter the tournament as a No. 1 seed.

“I love it,” said Gonzaga coach Mark Few, whose team hadn’t worn its away uniforms in the postseason since the 2017 na-

tional championship game it lost to North Carolina.

Few, the ever fretful coach, seemed pleased not only to be spared the weight of expectations, but also in the knowledge that his team has blossomed as the regular season draws to a close. The Zags didn’t just beat St. Mary’s in Tuesday’s title game: They jumped to an early lead and — unlike in the teams’ two regular-season meetings, which they split — buried the Gaels (27-6).

The shoulders of the St. Mary’s players slumped with each shot that wouldn’t fall, and their expressions sagged each time Gonzaga sliced through their defense for another basket. The Zags led by 37-19 at halftime and spent the second half stretching the margin to as many as 37 points.

“We were awful,” St. Mary’s coach Randy Bennett said.

Gonzaga did all this even with its star Drew Timme limited to 20 minutes by foul trouble.

It was all that hampered him. Timme scored 18 points, making 8 of 10 shots, including the basket that made him Gonzaga’s career scoring leader — a mark that had belonged not to Adam Morrison, John Stockton or Dan Dickau but to Frank Burgess, who led the nation in scoring in 1961.

More than the points, though, Timme, a senior forward who has all but closed the door on returning for a fifth season, will be remembered for his record as a Zag: 118-12, and counting.

He has been a wingman for high draft picks like Chet Holmgren and Jalen Suggs as his modest professional prospects have kept him in college. And sometimes his look — mustache, headband and on-court histrionics — obscures his more subtle contributions.

“I knew it was somebody we wanted in our program,” Few said of Timme. “I knew he’d be a good player here and I knew he was a perfect fit just watching how he played. That same confident persona that he showed in those small gyms on the AAU circuit is what he brought to this program.”

“It gives us all that edge,” he added.

That edge is what Gonzaga has been searching for all season. It wasn’t the losses or the handful of narrow conference victories that were so bothersome to Few. It was how hard the Zags played, how tough they were and how rapt their attention to detail was.

“There were numerous days when I was not fun to be around, as a player or as an assistant coach,” Few said with a laugh. “I probably owe everybody an apology for that. But I was just trying to hold those guys to the standard that all the other teams have hit.”

Timme said he had sensed a similar malaise.

“I’ve won so much in my career, it’s a shock to me not to win,” he said, adding: “How the season has gone made us appreciate the little things — the journey — more. Sometimes it’s hard not to fall into this mindset of: We’ve just got to get to March.

You can’t just wake up and go, ‘Oh, we’re a tough team.’ It’s something you have to get through the dirt and the mud.”

Gonzaga’s offense has also been a work in progress, even though it has hummed along, once again, as the nation’s most efficient team: This is the fourth time in five seasons the Zags have been atop the KenPom rankings in that category. (The Zags slumped to third last season.)

Rather than running at a breakneck pace, the Zags are — for them — almost deliberate.

After taking more than three minutes to score their first point on Tuesday night, the Zags were just as sublime as ever. The victory was their eighth in a row. Wherever they are seeded on Sunday, Timme said, they will accept the challenge and go looking for more.

“It was nice,” he said, “to be an underdog for once.”

WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC THURSDAY’S SCORES Italy 6, Cuba 3 Japan 8, China 1 Czech Republic at China (10 p.m.)

Cuba at Panama (11:30 p.m.)

WEDNESDAY’S SCORES Netherlands 3, Panama 1 Australia 8, Korea 7 Panama 12, Chinese Taipei 5 FRIDAY’S GAMES (all times Eastern) Korea at Japan (5 a.m., FS1) Italy at Chinese Taipei (6 a.m., Tubi) China at Australia (10 p.m., FS2) Panama at Italy (11 p.m., FS1) SATURDAY’S GAMES Czech Republic at Japan (5 a.m., FS1) Netherlands at Chinese Taipei (6 a.m., FS2) Nicaragua at Puerto Rico (Noon, FS2) Colombia at Mexico (2:30 p.m., Fox) Dominican Republic at Venezuela (7 p.m., FS1) Great Britain at USA (9 p.m., Fox) Czech Republic at Korea (10 p.m., FS1) Chinese Taipei @ Cuba (11 p.m., FS2) SUNDAY’S GAMES Japan at Australia (6 a.m., FS1) Netherlands at Italy (7 a.m., FS2) Nicaragua at Israel (Noon, FS2) Great Britain at Canada (3 p.m., FS1) Venezuela at Puerto Rico (7 p.m., FS1) Mexico at USA (10 p.m., FS1) Australia at Czech Republic (11 p.m., FS2)

The San Juan Daily Star

March 10-12, 2023

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A hitter who is happy to go his own way

By SCOTT MILLER

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fter a season in which he was a first-time All-Star and played a key role in helping the Seattle Mariners end their two-decade playoff drought, Ty France extended his memorable year by taking his wife, Maggie, to Europe.

It was his first time there, and the couple went big. They started with London and Rome. Next up were Zagreb and Dubrovnik in Croatia, where Maggie’s family is from. Then they finished with a few days in Paris.

“When we checked into the hotel, they saw my last name,” France said.

“And they just started speaking to me in French. And I’m looking at the guy like, ‘I have no idea what you’re saying.’ And he could tell that I had this blank look on my face.”

From there, it went like this: “Do you not speak French?” the hotel desk clerk said.

“No, sir. Sorry,” France said.

“Shame on you,” scolded the clerk.

France laughed as he recounted the story. One day, the first baseman who inspired South of France nights at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park said he might learn French. For now, he has enough on his plate trying to revive the art of hitting to all fields — a style he was taught by one of hitting’s great practitioners, Tony Gwynn — and helping the Mariners build on last season, when they made the postseason for the first time since 2001.

To say that France, 28, has traveled a long way is an understatement.

He was chosen by San Diego in the 34th round (pick No. 1,017) of the 2015 draft, an impossible feat now that the draft has been capped at 20 rounds.

But France, who went to high school in West Covina, California, and college at San Diego State, made the Padres look smart by thriving at every level of the minors. He was batting .399 in 76 games at Class AAA El Paso when the Padres summoned him to the majors in 2019.

The Mariners, who had been stuck in an endless rut, acquired France at the trade deadline of the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. He was part of a seven-player deal that sent catcher Aus-

In his second full season in the majors, Ty France helped the Seattle Mariners end a 20-season playoff drought. tin Nola to the Padres, and France has been a key contributor for Seattle ever since. His contact-heavy approach is almost an anachronism in today’s game.

“He’s a really good hitter,” Seattle manager Scott Servais said. “And I think you have to be that way in our ballpark. You don’t get any cheapies, so to speak.”

France does not have the tape-measure power of Mariners outfielder Julio Rodríguez. He doesn’t rack up home runs in bunches like third baseman Eugenio Suárez. And he doesn’t jump out in highlight reels like his newest teammate, Teoscar Hernández.

But France, who bats right-handed, is a complete hitter who sprays the ball to all fields. That alone makes him an ideal fit in Seattle’s home stadium, where fly balls go to die.

“We’ve had some players come through here, and it didn’t work for them based on their profile and how they hit the ball,” Servais said of his team’s home stadium, which from 2020 to 2022 ranked as the least hitter-friendly park in the majors. “It works for Ty. Ty doesn’t try to overdo it. If you try to overdo it when it’s not working for you, that’s when you get in trouble.”

In 140 games last season, France batted .274 with 20 homers, 83 RBIs, 65 runs scored and a .338 on-base percentage. He started hot, hitting .337 in

April, then put together a 13-game hitting streak in the second half of May. Things became more complicated in the second half. He strained his left elbow in late June during a collision at first base. The injury lingered, which he confirmed this spring, and opponents quickly spotted his limitations: He hit .233 with a .291 on-base percentage in the second half.

“I was trying to push through it,” he said. “We were in a spot where I really wanted to be able to be out there and help the team. So I was playing through some stuff. And then I think, because of that, I started to manipulate my swing.”

His focus this spring is on eliminating the bad habits he developed, with hopes of “trying to get that feel of my old swing back, the first-half swing.”

He added, “When I’m healthy, I feel like I’m one of the best hitters in the game.”

France had a good teacher. His approach was honed while playing for Gwynn at San Diego State. Although Gwynn’s cancer of the salivary gland progressively worsened, and he died in June 2014, after France’s sophomore season, the lessons learned from one of the game’s best hitters are still apparent in France’s approach.

“I took a lot of pride in hitting the ball all over the field,” France said. “He

was very big on that, the type of hitter he was.”

The lefty-swinging Gwynn became famous for driving hits to the opposite field through the “5.5 hole,” as he referred to it — that space between third base and shortstop.

“And so he raved about us hitting the ball through the opposite hole,” France said. “That was definitely worked on in batting practice in our squads, and so that’s where I really learned how to be able to master it.”

Growing up in Southern California, France entered college with sky-high expectations of what Gwynn could teach him, and was surprised how much boiled down to not complicating things.

“His hitting tips were so simple,” France said. “As an 18-year-old kid, you show up and you’re expecting a book on how to be the best hitter alive like he was. And he always said it was all about getting in position and taking your best swing.”

At the time, France said, not everything sank in. It wasn’t until he was a little older and able to fully process the coaching that it made sense.

“He knew how hard the game was,” France said. “And how to make it easier.”

One of Gwynn’s go-to teaching tools was the batting tee. He believed that it helped with fundamentals — especially in keeping weight on the back leg before driving forward to hit the ball — and that it could help batters hit to the opposite field. Today, France still uses the tee, leaning on those drills, especially when he is slumping.

“And I’m very fortunate to have YouTube,” he said. “I’ll watch Tony Gwynn videos before I go to sleep if I’m struggling, just to watch how his swing was and try and get to that.”

A thinking man’s approach continually impresses his teammates.

“That guy knows himself as a hitter as good as anybody I’ve ever seen,” catcher Tom Murphy said.

“We can talk about how hard guys hit it and how far they hit it, but when you try to beat another team, it’s the guys who are the tough outs, the tough at-bats, that really wear you down,” Servais said. “And his bat-to-ball skills are elite.”

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Jim Boeheim out as Syracuse coach after 47 seasons

By ADAM ZAGORIA and BILLY WITZ

J

im Boeheim, the Hall of Fame Syracuse coach who became one of the faces of college basketball as the sport rose in stature through his 47 seasons, was abruptly replaced as the team’s coach earlier this week after losing in a conference tournament.

Adrian Autry, a former player for Boeheim who has been the men’s basketball team’s associate head coach since 2017, was named as his successor hours after Boeheim told reporters it was “up to the university” to decide whether he would continue as coach.

It was not immediately clear whether Boeheim had retired or been fired, but the university announced his departure hours after Syracuse lost, 77-74, in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament in Greensboro, North Carolina, to Wake Forest, on a 3-pointer in the game’s final second by Daivien Williamson.

Wednesday’s performance prompted criticism of Boeheim, 78, on social media as well as on the game’s television broadcast. Boeheim hinted at retirement as he spoke with reporters minutes after the game but also acknowledged his bosses.

“The university hired me, and it’s their choice what they want to do,” he said.

Boeheim did not respond to messages seeking further comment.

Boeheim walked onto the Syracuse team in 1962 and left only briefly to play for the Scranton Miners in the Eastern Professional Basketball League. He returned to Syracuse to coach and was elevated to head coach in 1976 when Roy Danforth, who led the team to the Final Four a year earlier, left for a bigger payday at Tulane.

It was so long ago that Gerald Ford was president of the United States, the American Basketball Association was about to merge with the NBA and Elvis Presley was still alive. Boeheim’s first season even predated the Big East Conference, whose formation coincided with the birth of ESPN and was instrumental in the growth of college basketball from a regional, niche sport to one in which college players — and coaches — became nationally recognized figures.

If Georgetown’s towering, glowering John Thompson Jr. and St. John’s rumpled, lovable Lou Carnesecca were the standard-bearers for the conference in its early years, there was room for other characters in the annual winter drama — Villanova’s combustible Rollie Massimino, Providence’s slick Rick Pitino (who once worked for Boeheim) and Boeheim, who wore hornrimmed glasses, knit ties and a perpetually aggrieved look on the sidelines.

Boeheim could come across as whiny, aloof and pompous, but he also rarely shied away from speaking his mind — whether it was on the state of the game, his team’s play or how long he planned to coach.

Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim during a NCAA men’s basketball game against Oklahoma during the NCAA East Regionals in Albany, N.Y., March 30, 2003.

“I’m not Derek Jeter. There will be no farewell tour,” he told Sports Illustrated in 2015.

It was in that same year that Syracuse designated Mike Hopkins, a former Syracuse player who was an assistant coach at the time, as the head coach in waiting. Two years later, Hopkins grew tired of waiting and took the head coaching job at Washington, where he continued to coach this season.

“He’s given his heart and soul to that school. I’m still surprised they don’t have a statue,” said Hopkins, who was an assistant under Boeheim for 22 seasons.

“You think of Syracuse University, you think of Jim Boeheim.”

Boeheim has had transcendent stars from time to time — most notably Pearl Washington, Derrick Coleman and Carmelo Anthony — but his adherence to a matchup zone defense has been as defining a characteristic of Syracuse basketball as his team’s orange uniforms. He was as known for the zone defense as Bob Knight was known for the motion offense or Pete Carril was known for the Princeton offense.

“To have the — just the belief in a zone to never get out of it,” New Mexico coach Richard Pitino, son of Rick, said of Boeheim’s adherence to the tactic. “I mean when somebody hits a 3 versus a zone, I get out of that thing so fast.”

As college basketball evolved into a more wideopen game, the Orange stuck steadfastly to the zone, and when their teams were good, they often befuddled opponents in the NCAA Tournament who were not used to seeing it. As a No. 11 seed, Syracuse upset San Diego State and then West Virginia to advance to the round of 16 during the 2021 NCAA Tournament.

It was an especially gratifying run for Boeheim giv-

en that his youngest son, Buddy, was the team’s star.

Boeheim also coached his son Jimmy, and when both players exhausted their NCAA eligibility, some fans thought it would be the perfect time for their father to exit, too. But Boeheim instead said he would continue and indicated at times that he could coach into his 80s.

“Because we’re having a bad year, you want me to quit? I don’t quit cause we’re having a bad year,” Boeheim said last year. “I’ll be coaching next year.”

Twice in Boeheim’s career, the NCAA has levied penalties against Syracuse’s men’s basketball program.

Once was in the early 1990s, when the program was put on probation for two years for NCAA violations across several sports. In 2015, Boeheim was suspended for nine games after an investigation found academic misconduct, extra benefits and violations of the university’s drug testing policy that had occurred for more than a decade.

Boeheim’s tenure was also briefly threatened in 2011 when an assistant coach who worked for him was accused of sexually assaulting a boy, although federal authorities dropped their investigation and said there was not enough evidence to support charges.

(Boeheim was not accused of wrongdoing.)

While driving after a game in 2019, Boeheim struck and killed a pedestrian who had been involved in an earlier accident. He was not charged with a crime and the victim’s family filed a lawsuit against him in 2020.

Boeheim is the fourth Naismith Hall of Fame coach to leave the men’s Division I ranks in the last three seasons, following North Carolina’s Roy Williams, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski and Villanova’s Jay Wright. Together, the coaches won 11 national championships. After Williams retired following the 2021 season, Krzyzewski and Wright stepped down after last season. Boeheim’s official win total of 1,015 — he had 101 victories vacated by the NCAA — ranks second on the Division I career list behind Krzyzewski.

“There is no doubt in my mind that without Jim Boeheim, Syracuse Basketball would not be the powerhouse program it is today,” Kent Syverud, the university’s chancellor, said in a statement.

Under Boeheim, the Orange won the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament in 2003 with the talents of Anthony, who went on to be a superstar in the NBA. Although Boeheim won only a single national championship, his teams regularly made the NCAA Tournament and he made the Final Four in five seasons.

But after reaching the round of 16 in 2021, the Orange failed to make the tournament last year, and with a 17-15 record following Wednesday’s loss, they are not projected to make it this season (the selections for the NCAA Tournament are scheduled to be unveiled Sunday).

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Sudoku

GAMES

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HOROSCOPE 38 Aries

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(Mar 21-April 20)

Co-operation is key. You may see how you and others could benefit from embarking on a plan or project as a team, rather than going at it separately. When you pull together, you’ll travel further in a shorter time.

With the Moon in Libra, lunar ties reveal you’ll find it easier to liaise, negotiate and collaborate. These congenial influences also enhance a romantic date or social event, Aries.

Libra

(Sep 24-Oct 23)

The Moon in your sign boosts your ability to play the diplomat and be tactful when necessary. Have you held back from saying things that need to be said?

This can change, with a desire to be more open and share your feelings. If you’re fed up with a situation, you may be ready to say something. The emphasis on bold and feisty Aries can help, and not a moment too soon, Libra.

Taurus

(April 21-May 21)

Scorpio

Gemini

(May 22-June 21)

Sagittarius

(Nov 23-Dec 21)

Capricorn

(Dec 22-Jan 20)

You may need to make allowances for others who don’t see things the way you do, and who could be a tad difficult at times. The Moon/Jupiter face-off can assist you with being upbeat, leaving others feeling good, even if your values are at odds. A focus on the sign of Aries, can inspire you to dream big.

You have the ability and the talent, you just need to go for it!

Saturn, newly in a high-flying zone, is encouraging you to dig deep into your reserves of power and strength, as this may be the only way you can succeed at something you have set your heart on. If you thought it was going to be easy, this stoic planet is telling you that it will be if you’re prepared to change. You may be way out of your comfort zone, but you’ll soon get used to this.

Cancer

(June 22-July 23)

Giving your home or living area a crucial makeover?

This is the perfect time. if you’re keen to make space for new projects. If you enjoy crafts or have been thinking about setting up a small business or exercise area, the current alignment can bring ideas bubbling to the surface. Considering some bigger changes? It’s wise to ask family members for their opinion first.

Leo

(July 24-Aug 23)

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Ready to reorganise your daily routine? If you can see the benefits it would bring, including more free time, then think about it. There may be other options on the horizon that are of interest to you, and juggling your commitments could be necessary to allow you to participate. But don’t begrudge yourself opportunities for relaxation and self-care, Scorpio. Make these non-negotiable.

This is not the time to doubt yourself, as key influences suggest you could do well. Yet you may swing between a can and can’t approach. If you give way to fear, you could miss out on an opportunity to further your plans or key goals. It really comes down to changing your mindset from one that might be pessimistic, to one that reflects your buoyancy and optimism, Archer.

If you’ve been overthinking a certain issue, you could feel anxious at your lack of progress. You might be so eager to do the right thing, that you end up doing nothing. But a lively link involving expansive Jupiter, could change this by boosting your confidence and inspiring you to go for it. If you don’t move beyond your doubts and fears, you’ll never get anywhere, Capricorn.

Aquarius

(Jan 21-Feb 19)

If you’re still feeling your way into a situation that you’ve never encountered before, you might be nervous of what to expect. The coming days can find you becoming more confident and willing to make mistakes as you gain experience. If you need help, ask for it, Leo. The Moon in Libra encourages you to connect with others who have been there and succeeded greatly.

Lunar ties suggest a lively encounter might lead to interesting developments. The seed of a new friendship may be planted, and with constant care could turn into a supportive association that opens your mind to new ideas and opportunities. If you share similar interests, then time could see you forging a much stronger bond that becomes an inspiration to you both, Aquarius.

Virgo

Pisces

(Aug 24-Sep 23)

You may have a personal issue with someone in authority, but today you’ll begin to see the value in letting any differences go, and instead making a sterling effort to get on with this person. You’ll be better off with them on your side than being in constant conflict. The reason for this may become clear over coming days, when you might need their help in securing an opportunity.

(Feb 20-Mar 20)

You may be going through the motions regarding an activity. If you are, ask yourself if it’s necessary.

It could be habit that makes you do it. A little conscious reflection might bring the realization that there are other options. And life is too short to be involved with anything that you don’t really want to do.

What would a perfect day look like? Think about it, and go from there.

Answers to the Sudoku and Crossword on page 37

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CARTOONS

Herman

Speed Bump

Frank & Ernest

BC

Scary Gary

Wizard of Id

For Better or for Worse

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