The San Juan Daily Star, the only paper with News Service in English in Puerto Rico, publishes 7 days a week, with a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday edition, along with a Weekend Edition to cover Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
million, the removal and treatment of asbestos from these towers is estimated at $15 million and the improvements to the south tower before the fire was $70 million.
“The Authority is simply undercapitalized and its business model needs an injection of over $300 million,” said the representative for Carolina.
Last Thursday, the Public Funds Oversight Committee carried out an inspection based on Resolution 876 authored by Matos García, to investigate the conditions of the Government Center and the proper handling and removal of asbestos in the towers.
By JOHN McPHAUL jpmchaul@gmail.com
The representative for Carolina and House Majority Leader Ángel Matos García, proposed the staggered closure, the transfer of agencies and the sale of the Minillas government complex, given the economic situation of the Public Buildings Authority.
“As recently as last Thursday I visited the Minillas towers and in an ocular hearing on the roof where the fire (on Monday) occurred, we could see that, given the deteriorating condition of the physical floors of the buildings, there is simply no way without adequate money to finance their operations. The Public Buildings Authority (can’t operate) with the money he has,” Matos Garcia said in written statements.
The representative indicated that the rent debts that the government itself does not pay, asbestos problems, improvements in the south tower and the fire on the roof of the south tower Monday adds an additional economic burden, the sale of these buildings should be seriously considered.
The debt accumulated by government agencies is around $259
“I know it’s a radical decision for buildings of 51 years of construction. But without the collaboration of La Fortaleza and the Fiscal Supervision Board, the Minillas complex is not viable for its operation. It is better to sell at market value so that the private sector stops refusing housing development in the capital city. The Public Buildings Authority has other properties to lease to agencies and once and for all, we close this chapter, “ said Matos García.
Finally, the representative questioned how long the south tower will be closed, how much water and smoke damage this fire caused, how long it will take to certify the safety of the roof exposed to high temperatures.
“There are many questions and without the right money the Public Buildings Authority will not have the answers,” he concluded.
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Ramón González Beiró, prohibited the importation and entry of birds from Pennsylvania as a precaution to protect local poultry production.
The policy became effective through administrative order 2023-10.
An aggressive strain of avian flu capable of wiping out entire flocks of domestic birds is sweeping through the United States — and as of this week, Pennsylvania has more cases than any other state in the country, data from the Department of Agriculture show.
In the last 30 days, more than 215,000 birds in Pennsylvania have been affected by avian flu — meaning they live on farms or in backyards where the disease has been confirmed. Most avian flu viruses are mild, but the strain affecting birds in the state and across the country is “highly pathogenic,” the USDA says, causing severe disease and high bird death rates.
The Secretary emphasized that the entry of live birds, their commercial eggs, and incubator eggs from other states may be
allowed if the importer presents a certificate issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), demonstrating that the products come from a non-risk area. The DA and the Veterinary Laboratory will evaluate it.
The order will remain in effect until it
is repealed or amended as avian influenza progresses in the United States.
“We are responding to the situation quickly and taking preventive measures to protect the poultry industry from bird flu. At the moment, we have not reported or detected any cases. We continue to receive products from other states that do not represent a threat to our industry to date,” said González.
On the other hand, Secretary reiterated the importance of raising public awareness. “I call on the public to avoid bringing these
products either by personal hauling, some means of transportation, or mail services since they could bring the disease. Little by little, we have managed to increase the island’s poultry production, so it is essential for everyone to ensure the production of our food,” said González.
Bird flu is deadly, can spread to other animals, and has even been detected in humans. Unfortunately, until now, no cure has been identified to combat this disease. As a result, infected animals must be euthanized.
The mayor of Morovis, Carmen Maldonado González, again drew attention to the danger she said is posed to the island’s security by the substitute for House Bill 575 and House Bill 382, which would allow the establishment of shooting ranges and clubs 300 meters from schools.
“Who needs to have armories near where our children study?” asked the former vice president of the Popular Democratic Party.
Already in November of last year, Maldonado González had warned that the House of Representatives bill would change the current Law of 2020 that requires at least one mile between such businesses and schools. “Honestly, I don’t know what they’re thinking about when they approve such a thing. I hope that the Senate will block the passage of this initiative, because it has no
benefit for the general population,” she said. The measure was approved on November 9 of last year with 33 votes in favor and 12 against. The measure went to the Senate, where it is assigned to the Committee on Public Safety and Veterans Affairs chaired by Senator Thomas Rivera Schatz. “One would reasonably think that legislative measures are being introduced to provide greater security in our communities. The approval by the House, which also gives the green light even for ammunition to be sold to unlicensed people within shooting clubs, which could be allowing such people to leave the club with such ammunition. Worse, it allows a person with up to three violations of ostentatious possession to apply again for a license, after one year, without any requirement other than the lapse of that year. It also limits inspections of armories to an annual inspection, when the current law states that they are done every six months. Can anyone explain what is the benefit to citizens who cry out for security?”
asked Maldonado González.
According to legislative records, what was approved was submitted under the petition mechanism by the Corporation for Legal Assistance for the Defense of the Holder of Weapons Licenses of Puerto Rico (CODEPOLA by its Spanish acronym). The two original bills that ended up in a substitute were House Bill 382 filed by New Progressive Party Representative Yashira Lebrón and House Bill 575, filed by Popular Democratic Party Representative Ramón Luis Cruz Burgos and New Progressive Party José Enrique Meléndez.
A CODEP”OLA spokesperson could not be reached for comment.
“In a country where homicides, murders, and other gun crimes are the order of the day, these representatives who approved the bill should explain to the public what are the reasons for voting in favor of amendments to the Act. Since they intend to address gun issues, then they should legislate to improve
education in Puerto Rico. There is no weapon more powerful than education,” concluded Maldonado González.
The Condominium Owners Association, Inc. came out Tuesday against power rate hikes proposed by the Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB) to pay for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s debt adjustment plan for the next 50 years.
PREPA has been in bankruptcy since 2017 to restructure close to $10 billion in debt. The Bankruptcy Court is expected to confirm the utility’s debt adjustment plan in the coming months.
“Our members can’t stand more increases in their maintenance fees due to increased electric power service. It is time for the government to understand that allowing these hikes affects the entire country, but in our condominium communities, we have no alternatives. Even the loss of our properties is at risk. The power service in a condominium is not an option. It is practically the only energy source with which we can function,” explained Ivette M. Pérez Reilova, vice president of the Association.
PREPA’s debt adjustment plan proposes to cut PREPA’s more than $10 billion of debt to approximately $5.68 billion.
The plan imposes a Legacy Charge for certain customers not currently benefiting from subsidized electricity rates would be, on average, about $19 a month that will be added to the utility bill. The PREPA legacy charge, which will be used to pay bondholders, would exclude qualifying low-income residential customers from a connection fee and kWh charge for up to 500 kWh per month. For non-subsidized residential customers, the
proposed PREPA legacy charge would be: a flat $13 per month connection fee; and 75 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for up to 500 kWh per month of electricity provided by PREPA, and 3 cents per kWh for electricity above 500 kWh per month. For commercial, industrial, and government customers, the PREPA legacy proposed charge would entail: a connection fee of between $16.25 for small business customers, $20 per month for smaller industrial companies, and $1,800 per month for large businesses proportional to their current rate. They
will pay between 97 cents and 3 cents per kWh per month for electricity provided by PREPA.
Pérez specified that the impact of the increase in the bill would, directly and indirectly, affect half a million families in approximately 3,000 condominiums, who pay twice the electricity bill.
Owners of condominium apartments pay for the electric service for their apartments and communal areas.
“Annually, every condominium prepares a budget of foreseeable expenses to manage the services and meet the physical needs of communal maintenance. In short, a condominium owner pays for electric service in two bills: the one for his apartment, in which the owner has control of the expense, and the one for service and maintenance of the common areas, which he shares with all the other condominium owners. which they have no control,” she said.
Perez said that in multi-family housing, it is almost impossible to control communal electricity as if it were in a single-family house. “In a condominium, an owner cannot turn off the lights in the patio or the pool,” she said.
Pérez specified that the increase in the bill could also harm access to drinking water in “high rise” condominiums that depend on electric pumps to supply water.
The vice president of the Association insisted that the FOMB and the government have to take into account the diverse composition of the condominium owners, including retirees, since not all of the economic resources or the capacity to generate the income, to pay for electricity rate hikes.
The Committee on Social Welfare and Aging Affairs held a public hearing Monday to address Senate Bill 1063 which seeks to create the Law to Regulate the Licensing and Supervision of Care Facilities for the Elderly and Adults with Frailty Conditions and repeal Law 94 known as the Law of Establishments for the Elderly.
“Law 94 has been amended 13 times to temper it to the circumstances of the moment. The history of the amendments shows that it is necessary to establish a new legal order with new approaches that allow us to meet the demands of our older adults. Senate Bill 1063 aims to serve not only the elderly, but also those who have fragile conditions that have not yet reached the age of 60. Each of the care they need includes minimum, intermediate and maximum levels, and are a starting point to license the centers that offer care services to this population so that they are regulated by the Department of the Family and the Department of Health,” said the chairwoman of the committee, Rosamar Trujillo Plumey.
On the one hand, the secretary of the Department of the Family (DF), Carmen González Magaz, explained in her presentation that the agency has the power to evaluate, license and supervise all establishments that are dedicated to the care of older adults in Puerto Rico by virtue of Law 94. However, the legal system does not provide that the Family can license establishments that are dedicated to the care of persons with disabilities or fragile conditions.
“With this pressing social need, the Department of the Family received, in 2021, 102 dispensations, and for the current year 125 have been received requesting that people with disabilities can receive care services in licensed facilities for older adults. For this reason, we emphasize the urgent need to establish a law that regulates the services provided to this population that represents an important sector in our society,” said González Magaz.
Likewise, the DF emphasized that they have expertise to license homes that house people who have physical situations. Psychological or other care is the responsibility of the Department of Health and the Mental Health and Addiction Services Administration (ASSMCA by its Spanish acronym). Also, the administrator of the agency added that, as of February of this year, they subsidized 4,894 older adults.
Although they endorse the measure, the legal advisor of the Department of Health, Nilda Ortiz Burgos, representing the agency, proposed that the project be amended so that investigations and evaluations of care facilities for older adults are carried out entirely by the Department of the Family.
“This amendment would prevent bureaucracy and procrastination of procedures that must be given in a reasonable period of time. Moreover, these functions are consistent with the ministerial duties of that agency. Placing on other agencies the responsibility of initiating, concluding or evaluating research exposes older adults to continue living the vicissitudes that generated the research, “said the Department of Health in its presentation.
He also added that the department has the Healthy Aging
Program to develop strategies for the prevention and management of conditions that mostly affect the health of this population sector.
On the other hand, both the Association of Owners of Long-Term Care Centers and Insignia Senior Living opposed the measure, as drafted, on the grounds that it impermissibly limits the structure of the service model, and establishes provisions that undermine the right to develop business activity from the corporate conception of the service.
The president-elect of the association, Minerva Gómez Ramos, recommended that a working group be established so that a consensus project emerges that allows renewing, tempering and updating the licensing legislation of the business activity of the owners of elderly centers. She also emphasized that she agrees with Sen. Trujillo Plumey that Law 94 be repealed, because “it cannot withstand another amendment.”
“I recognize the service you offer, but my north is the elderly population. The reason for this bill is to improve the quality of service for the elderly,” emphasized the senator for the district of Humacao.
As part of the discussion, Sen. Juan Oscar Morales recommended that the association submit in writing the amendments they wish to make to the bill so that the legislation is adequate for the operation of care centers for the elderly.
Although the committee summoned the Office of Administration of the Courts, they excused themselves and commented that “the Judicial Branch has as a general rule to refrain from making judgments on matters of governmental public policy within the competence of the other branches of government.”
House Speaker Rafael Hernández Montañez pointed out the need to find $1.3 billion to finance priority programs and projects of the central government.
He spoke Monday during the first public hearing to evaluate the government budget for the fiscal year 2023-2024.
The governor’s fiscal team, made up of the heads of the Treasury Department, the Office of Management and Budget (OGP), and the Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (FAAFAF), admitted that they face multiple challenges in negotiations with the Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB) to find $600 million to finance Governor Pedro Pierluisi’s proposed tax reform. Another challenge is to stop budget reductions for the 78 cities.
The fiscal team expressed that it is trying to convince the FOMB to allocate the $120 million to the Municipal Essential Services Fund for the cities and to stop the contribution of $160 million that the Municipal Revenue Collection Center (CRIM) currently pays to the Health Insurance Administration (ASES).
They also said they are trying to stop a cut of $50
million to the Equalization Fund for the municipalities. Hernández Montañez also noted that one of the main challenges is to mitigate a difference of $300 million
in the matching of the Vital Plan health insurance plan after the request for reimbursement to the general fund by the FOMB.
“Finally, another big challenge is finding funds for the second part of the Classification and Compensation Plan, which amounts to $70 million annually and will make the adjustment for years of service to public employees,” the legislative leader said.
“All these challenges, which add up to $1.3 billion, are the reason why the FOMB has not yet certified a Fiscal Plan. Instead, the government, after reaching an agreement with the Board, will present its version of the budget to the Legislature before May 5,” he said.
He noted the need for the Legislature and the governor to discuss the distribution of funds.
“It is essential to know the amount of funding needed to maintain government operations, based on known fiscal challenges, changes in the administration of Medicare and Medicaid; specifically the need to identify $1 billion for health,” said Treasury Committee Chairman Jesús Santa Rodríguez.
The public hearings of the Treasury Committee for the evaluation of the budget for the fiscal year 2023-2024 will continue on March 23 with the Department of Education.
Aerostar Airport Holdings on Tuesday celebrated its tenth anniversary as the private operator of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport with the inauguration of the new passenger terminal D, rehabilitated at over $14 million, company President Jorge
Hernandez said.
Hernandez indicated that as of December 2022, the total net investment at the airport amounts to $274 million in capital improvements and new services that the corporation has made since it took over the reins of the airport in 2013.
Aerostar plans to invest another $250 million over the next five years and the $130 million already invested in airport maintenance, cleaning, and security over the past ten years.
In 2013, the company made an advance payment of $615 million to the Government as part of the agreement to take over the administration of the facilities. Since then, it has contributed annually by way of revenue sharing to the Ports Authority, a total of $47 million up to now.
Hernández added that Aerostar recently created a $2.1 million fund to encourage airlines to increase their seat capacity. This aims to increase passenger traffic and make Puerto Rico a more competitive destination.
“The airport is a fundamental asset for the growth of the tourism market and the general economy of Puerto Rico. For this reason, in these past ten years, we have invested in transforming it. However, although a signif-
icant part of this investment is not evident to travelers’ eyes, it is the one that has the greatest impact on them,” said Hernández.
LMM Airport currently ranks 38th among all airports in the United States and eighth among medium-sized airports in terms of passenger traffic, based on data from the Federal Aviation Administration for the calendar year 2021.
If Donald Trump were not running for president in 2024, there’s a group of Republicans who could be expected to vie for the White House: the ones Trump beat in 2016.
Instead, many of these once highwattage candidates are either skipping the 2024 cycle or have bowed out of national politics altogether. Jeb Bush is mostly a political recluse. Three senators, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul, all capitulated to Trump and became sometimes unconvincing acolytes. After losing reelection for governor in Wisconsin, Scott Walker now runs an organization for young conservatives and hosts a podcast.
None have shown much interest in facing the wrath of Trump again.
For all of the chatter about how the former president has grown weak politically and is ripe for overthrowing as the Republican Party’s dominant figure, and for all the polling that shows large numbers of Republican voters would prefer that Trump not run again, the will to challenge him is small, and the few contenders brave enough so far are inexperienced on the national stage.
That has left Trump as potentially the only Republican candidate in 2024 who has run for president before. The last time an open Republican presidential primary featured just one candidate who had previously sought the office was in 1980.
The relatively small size of the prospective 2024 field of Trump challengers, with several potential candidates dragging their feet on entering the race, may have something to do with the debasing experience of the Republicans who battled him in 2016 and came away with nothing to show for it but insulting sobriquets like Low-Energy Jeb, Lyin’ Ted and Liddle Marco.
“I was just wise enough to see it before everybody else, so I didn’t get a nickname,” Walker said in an interview of his 2016 campaign, which he ended after 71 days with a warning to consolidate behind one candidate or risk nominating Trump. “I could see the phenomenon that was Donald Trump going into the 2016
election. And it just took others longer to figure that out.”
Several of the other Republicans who lost in 2016 have made clear that they have absolutely no intention of confronting Trump again.
“I will always do what God wants me to do, but I hope that’s not it,” said Ben Carson, the pioneering neurosurgeon who became Trump’s housing secretary after his primary loss. “It’s not something I particularly want.”
Carson went so far as to say he never wanted to run for president in the first place.
“I didn’t particularly want to do it then,” he said. “There were so many pushing me to do it. I said, ‘If people really want me to, I will,’ but it was never anything that I wanted to do. I certainly don’t want to do it now.”
Cruz, who has said repeatedly that he is running for reelection to the Senate and not for president, predicted last fall that if Trump chose to bow out, “everybody runs.” And Walker, in his interview, said he still harbored presidential ambitions — but not right now.
“I’m a quarter-century younger than Joe Biden, so I’ve got plenty of time,” Walker, 55, said. “But not in ’24.”
Even as the GOP salivates to take on
Biden, many ambitious Republicans sense that it may be wise to wait for Trump to depart the national scene. This apparent reluctance to join the 2024 field — which early polling suggests will be dominated by Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — shows that high-level Republicans still view the former president as a grave threat to their political futures, and see more longterm costs than benefits in challenging him.
DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and several other Republicans are angling to topple Trump, but the expected field will probably fit easily on one debate stage.
Already, personal ambitions are colliding with a desire to avoid fracturing the opposition to Trump. Warning of “another multicar pileup,” former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced this month that he would not run for president. And former House Speaker Paul Ryan recently reiterated his call for a narrow primary field.
The don’t-run stance upends decades of political wisdom. Even long-shot presidential bids have provided a path to national relevance and laid the groundwork for subsequent campaigns — or at least cable TV shows. Before Trump won in 2016, seven of the previous eight Republican presidential nominees had either run for
president before or been president — and the other was the son of a president. Biden won the office on his third try.
Nearly all of the Democrats who ran and lost to Biden in 2020 ended their campaigns in better political shape than they began them, either with larger national and fundraising profiles or with consolation prizes that included the vice presidency, a cabinet post, a key Senate seat, Senate committee chairs, influence on the Biden administration and a major platform as a right-wing pundit.
But Republicans eyeing 2024 appear to see less to gain. They are well aware of Trump’s cutthroat political approach and his impulse to tear down in personal terms anyone he sees as a threat — even if those traits helped win him the undying loyalty of many Republican voters and created a cult of personality that has at times consumed his party.
Although his political strength has ebbed, he still commands the loyalty of about a quarter of the party’s voters, who say they would vote for him even as an independent candidate.
For the 2016 Republican field, losing to Trump was a springboard to party obsolescence.
Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina became one of Trump’s most fawning supporters and has endorsed his 2024 campaign. Rubio, still a Florida senator, is now the fourth most influential Republican in his own state.
Former Gov. John Kasich of Ohio and Carly Fiorina, the former corporate executive whose signature campaign moment came in response to Trump’s denigrating her appearance, emerged in 2020 as surrogates for the Biden campaign in its effort to court moderate Republicans repelled by Trump.
George Pataki, the former three-term governor of New York, acknowledged in an interview that by the time he ran in 2016, he was past his own viability.
“Politics is about timing, and I should have run before the time I did,” Pataki said. He explained that he had never considered a 2024 campaign and that most people could plainly see the race was shaping up as a Trump-DeSantis contest.
The San Juan Daily Star Wednesday, March 15, 2023 7 Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), one of candidate Donald Trump’s primary challengers in 2016, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 7, 2022.Saul Cornell’s corner of academia has historically been sleepy. So few scholars share his specialty that the Fordham University professor jokes that he and his colleagues could hold a national convention “in an English phone booth.”
But in the months since a landmark Supreme Court decision upended the standards for determining the constitutionality of gun laws, Cornell has been booked solid. An authority on the history and laws around U.S. weapons, he has served as an expert witness in at least 15 federal cases on gun control laws, which is roughly 14 requests more than he used to get in a busy year.
Gun historians across the country are in demand like never before as lawyers must now comb through statutes drafted in the Colonial era and the early years of the Republic to litigate modern firearms restrictions. From experts on military gun stamping to scholars of U.S. homicide through the ages, they have been called — many for the first time — to parse the nation’s gun culture in court.
Cases now explore weapons bans in early saloons, novelty air rifles on the Lewis and Clark expedition, concealed carry restrictions on bowie knives and 18th-century daggers known as “Arkansas toothpicks,” and a string-operated “trap gun” that may or may not be comparable to an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.
“This is what the courts have unleashed upon us,” said Darrell A.H. Miller, a Duke University law professor and faculty co-director at the Duke Center for Firearms Law. “Suddenly everyone is looking for early Republic scholars to tell them what the culture and norms around firearms law were in the 18th century.”
In a 6-3 decision last June, the Supreme Court dramatically shifted the standard for firearm restrictions. Writing for the majority in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, Justice Clarence Thomas found that gun laws should be judged not by the longstanding practice of balancing gun rights against the public interest, but according to the Second Amendment’s text and the “historical tradition” of gun regulation.
The constitutionality of gun constraints, he suggested, would hinge on whether the government could show a “historical analogue” in the law, either in 1791 when Americans ratified the right to bear arms, or around 1868, when the Fourteenth Amendment extended protections against federal infringements on gun rights to the states.
That originalist view has been celebrated
by gun rights advocates for strengthening a constitutional right and presenting a wide-open opportunity to erase gun control laws. Many others, seeking stricter controls against a crushing epidemic of gun violence, say that it is dangerous and absurd to base modern public safety on the 1700s and 1800s when a gun can be built with a 3D printer and plans shared on the internet.
Lawyers on both sides say it is unclear how Bruen will be interpreted in the long term; it seemed to leave some room to account for “unprecedented” societal concerns, new technology and sensitive places, such as schools.
In the near term, however, the decision has set off an explosion of legal challenges to gun laws and a scramble by government lawyers to find historically analogous regulations in centuries-old traditions and statutes.
The stakes are high. In just the first 10 weeks of this year, there have been more than 100 mass shootings, and gunfire has claimed the lives of more than 8,100 people and injured more than 6,000, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a research group that tracks public reports.
In WestVirginia, a federal judge in October struck down a prohibition aimed at “ghost guns” that are untraceable and often built through athome kits because, in 1791, privately owned firearms were not required to have serial numbers. In Texas, another federal judge recently ruled that it was unconstitutional to take guns from domestic abusers in part because men who beat their wives rarely were prosecuted, let alone forced to relinquish their firearms, until the 1970s.
The Bruen decision and subsequent federal rulings have provided momentum to gun
rights groups across the nation, particularly in Democratic-led states.
“We are going to defeat virtually every gun control on the books — assault weapons bans, large capacity magazine bans, ammunition registration, rosters of approved handguns for sale, limitations on how many guns you can buy in a month,” Sam Paredes, the executive director of the Gun Owners of California, said. “The courts have held that these laws don’t have an analogous law to 1791 when the Second Amendment was written, so they are by definition unconstitutional.”
Some judges have bristled at the new rules. In a Mississippi challenge to a law prohibiting felons from carrying firearms, U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves last fall wrote in a blistering order, “This Court is not a trained historian,” adding, “And we are not experts in what white, wealthy, and male property owners thought about firearms regulation in 1791.” Reeves wondered if the court should hire a neutral history consultant; both sides objected, preferring experts of their own.
Other judges have demanded encyclopedic briefings. In California, a federal judge who is weighing challenges to several key gun laws ordered lawyers to draw up a compendium of laws on lethal arms from Colonial times through the post-Civil War era. The 56-page list submitted to U.S. District Court Judge Roger T. Benitez included dueling pistols, muskets, trick “cane guns” and a custom-made instrument of mass murder known as “the infernal machine.”
Robert J. Spitzer, a retired political science professor at SUNY Cortland who has written a half-dozen books on the history of gun rights,
has consulted on at least 10 gun law cases. “The typical image of every adult white male owning a gun, using it to defend hearth and home, the wild West being tamed by the Colt and the Winchester — basically none of that stuff is true,” he said, adding that some of the first laws in Colonial America were gun control measures.
In Oregon, where gun rights groups are challenging controls passed by voters in November, the court file features dueling historians. For the plaintiffs, Ashley Hlebinsky, the former curator of the Cody Firearms Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Wyoming. For the government, Brian DeLay, a historian at the University of California, Berkeley, and an expert in the history of early American arms.
A highlight is the discussion of a novel, multishot air rifle that Meriwether Lewis and William Clark brought on their continental expedition. The plaintiffs mention the gun as an indication that high-capacity firearms were common, even in the early 1800s, and yet were unregulated by the nation’s founders who presumably could have restricted them.
But DeLay writes that commercially feasible guns capable of firing multiple rounds were far beyond the technological reach of the era, and that those in existence were little more than “expensive curiosities” for collectors. Writing laws for them in 1791, he writes, would be like implementing regulations for “personal jetpacks” today.
Most of the scholars tapped by the states say they are both honored to serve and deeply unsettled. Some said they feared that partisan judges were co-opting history itself and larding the law with culture war myths and politically useful distortions; others that, in an anti-intellectual era, historians simply will be ignored. How the law will ultimately view history remains to be seen.
On Thursday, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta cited 19th century laws to uphold a Florida age limit on gun purchases, rejecting a challenge by the National Rifle Association. But last month, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans struck down a Texas prohibition on guns for people who have domestic violence restraining orders against them.
Adam Winkler, a University of California, Los Angeles, law professor who has written widely on gun rights, said that inconsistency in the way the appellate courts interpret history will likely force the Supreme Court to eventually clarify or revise the Bruen test, but the bar will be high for firearm restrictions. “The fact of the matter is, a large number of our gun laws are 20th century inventions,” he said.
Aclosely watched lawsuit seeks to revoke the approval of the most common, safe and effective abortion pill regimen, with the potential for consequences to be felt in every state. A hearing in the case is scheduled Wednesday.
Nationally, more than half of reported abortions rely on medication, which is approved for use through the 10th week of pregnancy. Abortion pills are preferred among many patients and providers for their convenience, privacy and cost. Around 40% of the country’s clinics, including more than 80 telehealth providers, offer medication abortions only.
The federal case in Texas, filed late last year by a coalition of anti-abortion groups known as the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, claims that the Food and Drug Administration did not follow proper protocols in 2000 when it approved a twodrug abortion pill regimen of mifepristone followed by misoprostol and also that the medications are unsafe for patients.
A decision in favor of removing approval for the regimen would be unprecedented — apparently the first time that a court would order the FDA to revoke a drug against the agency’s will. The FDA would immediately appeal such a ruling. If allowed to stand, the decision could have significant ramifications in states where abortion is legal, not just in those trying to restrict it.
“This decision could definitely have an impact on what I can provide — in some ways this could be bigger than Dobbs,” Evelyn Kieltyka, the senior vice president for program services at Maine Family Planning, said, referring to the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned Roe v. Wade last year.
Kieltyka’s organization relies on medication for about 60% of abortions and operates 17 medication-only clinics in mostly rural areas.
More than half of all abortions — and 64% of abortions before 10 weeks of pregnancy — relied on abortion pills in 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And in states like Colorado, Iowa, Maine, Nebraska, Vermont and Wyoming, the share of abortions done with medication was 70% or higher. (A few large states that also depend on medication abortion, including California and Illinois, did not report data or did not report data by method type to the CDC.)
About 5.6 million patients in the United States have used mifepristone followed by misoprostol for a medication abortion since the approval of the regimen in 2000.
Experts say the share of abortion patients choosing medication, rather than procedures such
as aspiration, is higher because of the growth in telehealth abortion services. Patients increasingly turned to this option during the pandemic and after 13 states banned abortions following the overturn of Roe last year.
“There is no doubt in my mind that the share has increased since 2020,” said Ushma Upadhyay, a professor with Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health at the University of California, San Francisco, who surveys abortion care providers.
It is unclear how the judge presiding over the case will rule, but he wrote an essay in 2015 that was critical of Roe. Abortion providers and advocates say they have prepared for possible outcomes, depending on the details of the ruling and whether the FDA successfully appeals an unfavorable decision.
But in several scenarios, some form of medication abortion could remain available.
The FDA has enforcement discretion over the drugs it approves, and a big question mark in the case is whether the federal government would enforce an unfavorable ruling, something the plaintiffs acknowledge.
“If the FDA were to withdraw these drugs, do manufacturers persist and continue to sell drugs illegally and hope there’s no prosecution from this administration?” said Erik Baptist, a lawyer with the plaintiffs’ legal team, the Alliance Defending Freedom.
Even if access to mifepristone were limited, abortion providers say they could rely solely on misoprostol, a regimen used internationally and endorsed by the World Health Organization. Research shows this option is safe, though it is somewhat less effective at terminating a pregnancy
than the combination with mifepristone.
A ruling that limits the use of both drugs could further slow the pace of abortions in clinics that are already working to accommodate patients traveling from states with abortion bans, pushing abortions further out in pregnancy. Some providers say they could offer more procedural abortions, though these can be more costly, require additional clinician training and take more time to complete.
“If our clinic has to switch to doing procedures only, we simply will not be able to meet the demand,” said Ashley Brink, a clinic director at Trust Women Foundation. The foundation’s clinic in Wichita, Kansas, sees more than 500 patients a month, many from Texas, and 60% choose abortion pills.
“We could pivot and stretch ourselves, but you cannot make up 300 patients’ worth of appointments and procedures over the same amount of time,” she said.
“We are either going to have a future where the legislature can do whatever it wants to do without regard for our rights, without regard for the people who live here — that’s one option,” he added. “The other option is they have to respect our constitutional rights.”
A spokesperson for Lee declined Monday to comment on pending litigation.
Metro Council officials have scheduled multiple meetings to begin preparing for the new configuration that the law calls for, though Dietz said city lawyers were seeking to prevent the law from going into effect while the broader lawsuit moved forward.
Nashville officials have repeatedly pointed out that voters rejected a plan in 2015 that would have shrunk the council’s size, and argued that the new law denies the opportunity for voters to weigh in again.
Republicans have said the new law is not about targeting the city, though the lawsuit notes instances where lawmakers alluded to the effect on the Nashville area.
“Conventional wisdom for about four decades has been smaller group sizes tend to make better decisions,” said state Sen. Adam Lowe, a Republican, during legislative debate last week.
By EMILY COCHRANEThe metropolitan government of Nashville sued the state of Tennessee on Monday, asking a judge to block a new law that would slash the size of its governing body to 20 members, from 40.
The standoff has emerged as a particularly stark example of flaring tensions between liberal-leaning cities and conservative state lawmakers around the country. State governments — particularly where Republicans control both the governor’s office and the legislature — have increasingly moved to overturn city policies.
The Tennessee law would limit the size of any city or county legislative body to 20 members, but its effect would be limited to Nashville: The Metropolitan Council that oversees both the city and the county that it sits in is the only local government body in the state to exceed that limit, with 40 members currently seated.
The more conservative state legislature has increasingly worked to curtail the policies of historically Democratic Nashville, most notably by dividing its voters last year into three
separate districts that include rural Republican areas, all but guaranteeing the city would be represented by conservatives in the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time in nearly 150 years.
The relationship between the state and its largest city further fractured last year when the Metro Council quashed a proposal by Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, and his allies in the state legislature to host the Republican National Convention in 2024.
This month, the state House and Senate passed the bill aimed at cutting down the size of the council, with Lee signing it into law less than 24 hours after it reached his desk.
The legislature, whose session is scheduled to end in May, is also considering other measures that would further chip away at the city’s independence.
“It’s pretty clear this is an inflection point in history — the future of the relationship between the state and the metropolitan government will be dictated in large part by what happens in this lawsuit,” Wally Dietz, the law director for the Nashville metro area, said at a news conference Monday. He did not rule out the possibility of other legal challenges, should the legislature pass other measures targeting Nashville’s metro area.
In court documents filed Monday, city officials argue that the law violates the state’s Constitution by targeting Nashville and that it does not give the Metro Council enough time to adjust its size, with a deadline of May 1 and local elections scheduled for this fall.
“Even if it is right, why would we upend the way that we do government in our city in the next six weeks and throw chaos into ongoing elections?” asked state Sen. Jeff Yarbro, DNashville, who is running for mayor, as members of his chamber debated the measure this month. His push to delay the law’s implementation until 2027 failed.
City officials also argued that it would upend the 1963 charter that first combined the governments of Nashville and Davidson County and established the 40-member council in part to ensure diverse representation that reflected its voters.
“Enacted less than five months before the next Metro Nashville Council election, the act will sow political chaos, create significant voter confusion, dilute voter representation and jeopardize running the state’s largest economic engine,” officials wrote in one filing, adding that the new law “does all of this in a rushed and haphazard fashion without any purported public policy goal.”
Customers of Silicon Valley Bank aren’t going to lose any of their deposits.
Neither will the businesses or individuals who have money at Signature Bank.
That resolution, however, doesn’t make the upheaval of the past several days any less scary. As stocks of banks like First Republic and even brokerage industry stalwarts like Charles Schwab shudder, it’s natural to want to know what kind of backstops exist to keep you from losing money if your financial institution fails.
The news here is mostly good, since entities like the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Securities Investor Protection Corp. offer hundreds of thousands of dollars of guarantees.
Here are some answers to questions you may have about checking accounts and about money at investment firms. We’ll also suggest a few steps you might take even if the tumult subsides. Shoring up defenses — and having a few backup plans — is just good financial hygiene.
How much deposit insurance exists for my bank account?
You generally get $250,000 of insurance per depositor, per bank. The insurance covers several categories of holdings, including checking and savings accounts, prepaid debit cards and certificates of deposit. (In the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank instances, regulators chose to make depositors entirely whole — with no cap — though there is no guarantee that they would do it again the next time a bank failed.)
If you have many different types of holdings, then you add up the balances to see if they exceed $250,000. If not, then, say, your $50,000 CD and your $25,000 savings account are both protected.
The insurance costs nothing, and you don’t have to check a box when you open your account to get it. It’s automatic as long as you’re banking with an FDIC-insured institution. The FDIC’s website has a searchable database.
What if I want more than $250,000 in coverage?
If you set up a joint account with someone else — say, a spouse — you each get $250,000 in coverage, for a potential total of $500,000 in a single joint account.
Another possibility is to open accounts
at different institutions. You get the same FDIC coverage at each, with no limits on the number of institutions where you can have accounts (and insurance).
How does FDIC insurance work if my bank goes out of business?
If you have enough insurance to cover your balances, you usually have access to that money within days, often the next business day. Sometimes your money will end up at a new bank right away if that bank takes over your old one. So-called bridge banks are operating the former Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank for now.
If you don’t have enough insurance to cover your balances, you may still get some or most of that uncovered amount back. But it could take years for the FDIC to sort it out as it winds down a failed bank’s operations and sells its assets.
What would happen to the direct deposit of my paycheck or Social Security payment if my bank failed?
According to the FDIC, if another financial institution acquires the failed bank right away, the deposits should land in your new account without incident. Bridge banks should have the same abilities.
How would I get access to my safe depo -
sit box if my bank failed?
Access to safe deposit boxes should be possible the next business day after a bank failure, the FDIC says on its webpage with frequently asked questions about bank failures.
How much deposit insurance exists for my credit union?
The National Credit Union Administration administers an insurance fund that is similar to the FDIC’s and has its own $250,000 limit. You can read more about it on the mycreditunion.gov website.
How are my brokerage and investment accounts protected?
If a brokerage firm is in financial trouble, an entity called the Securities Investor Protection Corp., known as SIPC, serves as a backstop. It’s a nonprofit corporation that was created under the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970.
SIPC generally covers up to $500,000 of securities and cash (including a $250,000 limit for the cash component) for each customer, though that can be higher for people with multiple accounts — depending on the account types and whether they’re individual accounts or jointly held.
A traditional individual retirement account, a Roth IRA and an individual brokerage
account, for example, would each qualify for a $500,000 limit at the same firm. The same goes for a separate joint account or a trust account.
But if you had two individual brokerage accounts at the same firm, for instance, you would receive only up to $500,000 in protection for both. A married couple with a joint brokerage account — as well as two individual brokerage accounts at the same firm — would receive an additional $500,000 in coverage for the joint account.
Why were investors worried about Schwab?
Shares of Charles Schwab, the giant retail brokerage, plunged on fears that it, too, could be swept up in the crisis. The stock fell as much as 23% on Monday before closing down more than 11%. Investors may have been worried about its large banking business, which, like Silicon Valley Bank, holds a considerable amount of fixed-income investments that have dropped in value because of rising interest rates.
But Schwab has healthy reserves, and analysts aren’t worried about its financial position. And as the firm’s top executives recently pointed out, more than 80% of its clients’ cash is insured dollar for dollar by the FDIC.
Should I have backup credit cards?
There is no indication that any major credit-card issuer is in trouble, but it’s always wise to have two cards — with different companies — if you can qualify for that much credit.
You might lose your primary card, for instance. Or the card company could shut the card down if it’s worried about fraud — say, when you’re traveling.
Could I lose access to ATM withdrawals?
If a bank fails, there could be technical snafus if a new institution inherits insured accounts. That might render an ATM card inoperable for a few days.
Another possibility is a widespread power outage that lasts for days and makes it hard to get cash (and use credit or debit cards in stores). During the run-up to severe weather, bank customers may empty ATMs. And in the aftermath, it may be hard for the money trucks to get to the ATMs to refill them.
Given these possibilities, it’s a good idea to tuck a few hundred dollars away if you can afford to set that money aside. Just remember where you put it. It’s easy to forget — and then, years later, give away the clothes or books with the money still hidden inside.
Is my money safe? Here’s what is covered, and how you can do more.A line of clients outside the entrance to Silicon Valley Bank’s headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., March 13, 2023. The FDIC and other entities will protect most people’s bank and brokerage balances; but it’s as good a time as any for consumers to create other backstops.
ACalifornia appeals court said Monday that Proposition 22, the ballot measure passed by state voters in 2020 that classified Uber and Lyft drivers as independent contractors rather than as employees, should remain state law.
The decision by three appeals court judges overturned the ruling last year by a California Superior Court judge, who said the proposition was “unenforceable.” It was a victory for companies like Uber, which use gig drivers to transport passengers and deliver food, but do not pay costs that an employer would have to pay. Those costs can include drivers’ unemployment insurance, health insurance and business expenses.
Still, the appeals court ruling was not the final say. The Service Employees International Union, which, along with several drivers, filed a lawsuit challenging Proposition 22 in early 2021, is expected to appeal the decision to the California Supreme Court, which would then have several months to decide whether to hear the case.
The judges overruled Frank Roesch, the lower court judge whose decision to throw out the proposition in August 2021 set the stage for a protracted, high-stakes legal battle that will determine the job status of hundreds of thousands of California drivers.
The opponents of the proposition argued that the ballot measure was unconstitutional under several grounds. It set limits on the state Legislature’s ability to oversee workers’ compensation for gig drivers. It included a rule restricting them from collective bargaining that critics said was unrelated to the rest of the measure, and it set a seven-eighths majority vote of the Legislature as the bar for passing amendments to the measure related to collective bargaining — a requirement that was considered nearly impossible to achieve.
The three court of appeals judges, who heard oral arguments in the case in December in San Francisco, disagreed on two of the three points, but agreed that requiring collective bargaining to occur through an amendment to the proposition “violates separation of powers principles,” and ordered that clause to be severed from the rest of the ballot measure.
“The proper remedy,” the judges wrote, is to sever that section and “allow the rest of Proposition 22 to remain in effect, as voters indicated they wished.”
Tony West, Uber’s chief legal officer, said in a statement that the ruling was a “victory for app-based workers and the mi-
llions of Californians who voted for Prop 22.” He added that he was “pleased that the court respected the will of the people.”
The Protect App-Based Drivers and Services coalition, an industry group, said the ruling upheld the policy of protecting “the independent-contractor status of app-based drivers in California, while providing drivers with new benefits.” Lyft and DoorDash also issued statements calling the ruling a victory for drivers and voters.
The Service Employees International Union condemned the decision.
“Every California voter should be concerned about corporations’ growing influence in our democracy and their ability to spend millions of dollars to deceive voters and buy themselves laws,” David Huerta, the president of SEIU California, said in a statement.
Jon Streeter, one of the three appeals court judges, disagreed with large parts of the 63-page ruling of his colleagues, Tracie Brown and Stuart Pollak. In a 64-page dissent, Streeter wrote that all of Proposition 22 should be thrown out, in large part because of its clause limiting the Legislature’s authority over workers’ compensation for gig drivers.
“I would affirm the judgment, but I prefer to go further. I
believe we must invalidate Proposition 22 in its entirety,” Streeter wrote. He added that the definition of independent contractors used in the measure was “constitutionally infirm.”
Uber and other companies have long argued that drivers value the flexibility of being an independent contractor without set hours from an employer, and say they would have to give up that freedom if they were made employees. Labor activists reply that drivers are exploited, deserve better health care and employment benefits and could maintain their flexibility under a traditional employment model.
Gig companies spent more than $200 million pushing for Proposition 22, which gave gig workers limited benefits but exempted them from Assembly Bill 5, a law passed by the California Legislature in 2019 that set a new standard for determining whether workers should be considered employees under the law.
If AB 5, which is facing its own legal challenge, is ever applied to gig drivers, Uber and other companies could be found to be improperly treating those drivers as independent contractors rather than as employees.
As a result, gig companies would have to adjust their business models at the cost of several hundred million dollars per year, either by giving drivers further independence or — more likely — converting some number of them into employees, possibly of a third-party vehicle fleet operator that would use Uber’s and Lyft’s platforms.
Uber has used that model in parts of Europe and has considered using it in California. Uber and Lyft have said they would need to pause their operations in California for some length of time while they switched to that model.
In a blog post in December, Alison Stein, a senior economist at Uber, laid out a scenario of “forced reclassification” that would be devastating for the company’s business. She wrote that drivers would have to work set shifts, the service’s prices and wait times would surge, the company would reduce service in smaller cities and only about one-quarter of current drivers would be hired full-time as employees.
Those arguments are misleading, said Veena Dubal, a professor at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. She has said that drivers deserve to be treated as employees.
“Nothing about employment status restricts flexibility,” Dubal said, adding that raising prices is a “business decision, not a necessary consequence of the law.” She said many drivers worked for the platforms only rarely, so implying that a vast majority of drivers would have to find new work was deceptive.
“The oligarchs are dancing in the streets tonight,” Dubal wrote on Twitter after Monday’s ruling.
But the legal battle is far from over. Even though the California Supreme Court does not take up every case that is appealed to it, legal experts said they expected it to do so in this instance.
“It’s very hard to imagine them passing on a case of this importance,” said Seth Harris, a law and policy professor at Northeastern University who has studied gig drivers’ employment status.
Teresa Mercado of Victorville, Calif., who drives for Uber and Lyft, joins a protest on the steps of the California Court of Appeal in San Francisco, on Dec. 13, 2022. A California appeals court said on Monday, March 13, 2023, that Proposition 22, the ballot measure passed by state voters in 2020 that classified Uber and Lyft drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, should remain state law.Wall Street looked set to open higher on Tuesday after consumer prices in the world’s largest economy rose in line with expectations, bolstering bets of a smaller interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve at its next meeting.
Data showed that U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% in February versus 0.5% a month ago, while on a yearly basis, it rose 6.0% last month compared with 6.4% the previous month.
Traders held on to bets of a 25-basis-point rate hike at the Fed’s March meeting, with odds of a pause in hikes slipping a bit to 15%.
Stocks have been hammered in the past few days following the collapse of SVB Financial and peer Signature Bank and fears of contagion in the banking sector.
Investors are hoping that the threat of a financial crisis will force the U.S Federal Reserve to ease up on monetary tightening.
“In light of the weekend’s events, I don’t think it could have been a more perfect number. It’s showing that inflation is trending the way that the Fed has kind of expected and wanted,” said Kim Forrest, chief investment officer, Bokeh Capital Partners, Pittsburgh.
“The Fed’s not going to be super aggressive and hurt banks more by raising interest rates.”
The yield on two-year Treasury notes, which best reflect interest rate expectations, tumbled below the 4% mark on Monday and is currently at 4.26%.
Regional bank stocks rebounded in premarket trading. First Republic Bank jumped 59%, a day after the mid-cap lender’s executive chair, Jim Herbert, told CNBC the bank has been able to meet withdrawal demands with additional funding from JPMorgan Chase & Co.
At 9:02 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were up 301 points, or 0.95%, S&P 500 e-minis were up 43.25 points, or 1.12%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 124 points, or 1.04%.
Big U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co, Citigroup and Wells Fargo, gained between 1.2% and 3.4% after losing ground in the previous session.
Shares of ride-hailing companies Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc rose 6.4% and 6%, respectively, after a California state court revived a ballot measure allowing app-based services to treat drivers as independent contractors rather than employees.
While many investors looked through their bank holdings for signs of risk, Schleif said much of the weakness in regional bank stocks stemmed from a “proverbial shoot first ask questions later situation.”
The KBW regional banking index ended the session down 2.4% while the S&P 500 financials index lost 1.8%.
Schleif and other investors said they hoped regula-
tions added to the U.S. banking system since the 2008 financial crisis would prevent a similar catastrophe.
But still “people are very nervous because they don’t want a repeat,” she said.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 345.22 points, or 1.07%, to 31,909.64, the S&P 500 lost 56.73 points, or 1.45%, to 3,861.59 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 199.47 points, or 1.76%, to 11,138.89.
All 11 S&P 500 industry sectors lost ground. Real estate, down 3.3%, led declines while consumer staples the top performer, fell just 0.5%.
For the week, the S&P lost 4.6% in its biggest weekly percentage decline since September but was clinging to a tiny year-to-date gain of 0.6%. The Dow fell 4.4% for the week and was down more than 3% year-to-date while the Nasdaq declined 4.7% this week but was up more than 6% for 2023.
The Cboe Volatility Index, an options-based indicator that reflects demand for protection against stock market declines, closed at a 3-month high, up 2.19 points at 24.9 after touching a roughly five-month high during the session.
Russian forces bombarded Ukrainian towns and villages on the west bank of the Dnieper River, which marks the front line between the warring sides in the southern Kherson region, pounding the area with more than 400 shells fired from tanks and artillery while also dropping explosives from drones, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday.
The attacks may be a sign that Russia is trying to interfere with preparations for a Ukrainian counteroffensive in the south, which senior Ukrainian military and political leaders say will get underway by summer at the latest.
The city of Kherson and neighboring communities have been targeted by Russian shelling since Ukrainian forces drove them from the area in November, but daily Ukrainian military reports of attacks have indicated a marked increase in the intensity of assaults in recent weeks.
While Ukrainian officials release daily
updates on Russian strikes that hit civilian targets, they do not release details about any damage to military equipment or concentrations of troops.
At least one person was killed and six
more wounded in the Russian attacks on the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian officials said. Moscow “carried out 93 attacks, launching 412 shells and rockets from heavy artillery and Grad multiple-launch rocket systems over the last day,” Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson regional military administration, said in a statement.
Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian military in the region, said the Russians were bombarding “solely to terrorize and demonstrate military presence.”
Shelling of other areas across the entire stretch of the southern and eastern front lines has also increased, according to Ukrainian military reports, statements from Ukrainian emergency services and video footage, as have attacks on Ukrainian communities near the Russian border.
Russian ground forces have in recent weeks mounted dozens of assaults aimed at breaking through Ukrainian defensive lines, without any strategic gains.
As Moscow continues to throw a vast amount of resources into the battle for Bakhmut, a city in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine that has been devastated by months of fighting, Russian pro-war military bloggers have expressed growing concern that Moscow’s forces could eventually be overwhelmed by what they say are large numbers of Ukrainian troops massing in the south.
Elsewhere, there were overnight reports of shelling in the border regions of Sumy and Kharkiv as well as in towns and villages across other areas of the front line.
In the eastern city of Kramatorsk, a Ukrainian stronghold about 30 miles from the front, one person was killed and at least three people were injured as a result of a Russian rocket attack that damaged at least six buildings in the city center, Ukrainian authorities said. At least two people were killed in Kostiantynivka, about 20 miles south of Kramatorsk, and seven wounded in shelling, officials said. The claims could not be independently confirmed.
Afavorite phrase of Emmanuel Macron, the French president, is that in life, “you have to take your risks.” He did, and rose from nowhere to lead France at the age of 39. Now, six years later, he has decided to risk his political future on reshaping France at the very point where it is most resistant to change.
Macron’s battle with the French street over his plan to raise the legal age of retirement to 64 from 62 is expected to culminate this week in a decisive vote in both houses of Parliament on Thursday. Before then, if the last several weeks are any guide, the president can expect more than 1 million French citizens to rally in protests around the country, hoping to beat back the change. In Paris, they will demonstrate in streets piled high with trash, uncollected because of strikes.
With his attempt to overhaul France’s pension system, Macron has taken on the fierce French resistance to a world of unbridled capitalism, the nation’s deep attachment to social solidarity and the pervasive view that a long and painful sentence of work is offset only by the liberating rewards of a pensioner’s life. It is an enormous gamble.
“Every country has a soul, and the soul of
France is equality,” François Hollande, Macron’s predecessor as president, famously said. Profit remains suspicious to many French people, who view it as a subterfuge of the rich. The 1.28 million protesters in the streets of France last week — 3.5 million, according to labor unions — had an unequivocal message for Macron: “Work less to live more,” as one slogan put it.
Macron, 45, appears unmoved, resolute in his conviction that the change is essential to France’s economic health because today’s workers pay the pensions of a growing number of retirees who live longer. If France is to invest in the transition to a green economy and in defense at a time of war in Europe, it cannot, in Macron’s view, pile up deficits financing a retirement age that reflects the shorter life spans of a bygone era.
“It’s simple,” Macron said last year. “If we do not solve the problem of our retirees, we cannot invest in all the rest. It’s nothing less than a choice of the society we want.”
That may be logical, but the reservoir of sympathy on which Macron could once depend has evaporated. The pivot point of his second term, still less than a year old and accompanied until now by sense of drift, appears imminent.
He won reelection last year more as a bulwark against Marine Le Pen, the extreme right
candidate, than anything else. Europe’s wunderkind is wounded. To some degree, he is vulnerable. Yet he insists, in the quixotic style he has often demonstrated, on the most difficult of changes at a time when 40% of French families say they struggle to make ends meet.
“It’s a question of his DNA,” said Clément Beaune, a government minister who knows Macron well. “As a former economy minister, he wants a solid, growing France at the core of Europe. When asked about the most important legacy of his first term, he always says slashing unemployment.”
The jobless rate has fallen to just over 7%, low for France, from 9.5% when Macron took office in 2017, a reflection of his sweeping changes to free up the labor market, which has helped lure increased foreign investment.
Expanding the workforce, however, does not make French hearts beat faster. They do skip a beat to six days of strikes and demonstrations over the past two months. The protests have been accompanied by an outpouring of sympathy. Polls suggest that at least two-thirds of French people do not want the retirement age raised.
Solidarity funds support strikers losing pay. Labor unions from the far-left to the center have acted in unusual unison. They have attacked
Macron’s relative silence as “a grave democratic problem that leads inevitably to a situation that could become explosive,” as they put it in a letter to Macron last week.
Just how explosive will be revealed in the next several days.
Macron’s hodgepodge centrist political party, Renaissance — formerly known as La République en Marche — with the backing of the center-right Republicans, should prevail, but support seems to be wavering, and the outcome is unclear. Renaissance holds 260 seats and the Republicans 61, with 289 votes needed for a majority.
“It’s not a given that the reform passes,” said Alain Duhamel, an author and political commentator. “A month ago, I would have said 80% it goes through; now I would say 60%. Macron has taken a risky gamble. The logic of it is evident, but not the urgency.”
For Macron, inclined to sweeping ideas, the urgency appears to lie precisely in the logic. France is an extreme outlier. The age of retirement in Europe has generally risen to over 65. In Germany, it is 65 years and 7 months. In Italy, it is 67. In the Netherlands, it will rise to 67 next year. And in Spain, it will reach 67 in 2027. Yet because France sees itself as a model apart, it tends to be unimpressed by these comparisons.
For months, Yevgeny Prigozhin has been Russia’s most public and provocative military leader in Ukraine. When he is not lauding the heroics of his private fighting force from the front lines, he is castigating the Russian generals for starving him of the supplies he needs to finish the work they could not.
Yet now, as his mercenaries struggle to complete a takeover of the eastern city of Bakhmut, Prigozhin is increasingly turning his attention to Russia’s home front, in what analysts see as attempts to secure a political offramp from the debilitating struggle on the battlefield.
He has said his fighting force, Wagner, will recede to the background after the fight for Bakhmut is over “to gradually reload, to shrink.” He also added, in a video message published on March 11, that Wagner would “transform into an army with ideology, and this ideology will be the struggle for justice.”
Such statements have coincided with other recent announcements suggesting Prigozhin wants to move past his standing as a military leader and play a larger role in Russian society.
Last week, Wagner, which operated in secrecy as recently as last year, announced that it would open recruitment centers in 42 Russian cities, despite the shrinking of the pool of veterans who have formed the backbone of its forces. Wagner has also recently opened a patriotic youth club, called Little Wagnerite, and hosted an exhibition of pro-war paintings.
The shift coincides with a wave of speculation about Prigozhin’s political ambitions, as he mixes aggrandizing statements and criticism of Russia’s military with careful navigation of the Russian hierarchy — and respect for President Vladimir Putin.
“He sees his future at risk, and he is scrambling to present a place for himself after Bakhmut within the larger war,” said Jack Margolin, a Washington-based expert on Russia’s private military companies.
Prigozhin has stepped up efforts to demonstrate broad support for Wagner among Russian businessmen, politicians and servicemen.
Last week, he publicly thanked Russia’s minister of industry and an executive at the military-industrial conglomerate Rostec for providing ammunition.
In the last several months, he has also publicized ties with regional officials and nationalist politicians on the fringes of Putin’s political system, as well as other proRussian paramilitary leaders. Wagner has been endorsed by the governor of Russia’s Kursk region, Roman Starovoyt, who in January went on a training course at the group’s base. His region has been a frequent target of Ukrainian drone and missile strikes.
Analysts say these kinds of alliances could serve a prelude for Wagner’s transformation into a political movement that, through recruitment and propaganda campaigns, will aid Putin’s goal of mobilizing Russian society for a long war. That would allow Prigozhin to show continued value to the Kremlin even if Wagner suffered battlefield defeats, Margolin said.
At the same time, Prigozhin has continued to lambast top military officials for denying his forces critical supplies. On Sunday, he went as far as claiming that ordinary Russian servicemen were bypassing military bureaucracy to donate some of their scarce ammunition to Wagner.
“Such servicemen are the majority,” he said in a follow-up statement Monday. “It’s just that we missed the moment when unqualified scoundrels and intrigants crushed these humble guys,” he said, using his usual insults for the Russian military general staff.
Russia’s defense and industry ministries and Rostec did not respond to requests for comment.
To some analysts, Prigozhin’s flurry of boasts and grandiose projections betray a losing struggle against Russia’s top generals.
“I see some desperation here,” said Kirill Rogov, the founder of Re: Russia, an analytical group. “Prigozhin’s positions have noticeably weakened, because they have not taken Bakhmut, they are taking big losses and it’s not clear how they will replenish them.”
The Russian political scientist Dmitri Oreshkin said Putin had tolerated Prigozhin’s outspokenness and military autonomy because his grinding advance on Bakhmut had pushed the regular Russian military to show similar success elsewhere in Ukraine.
Prigozhin has himself framed his battlefield role in similar terms. As Wagner advances, “others must to try to keep up with us to save their face,” he said in a video published on March 4.
Putin made a bet on Prigozhin last summer, after Russian forces stumbled from one military disaster to another in the early months of the war.
Wagner was allowed to boost its ranks with tens of thousands of men recruited directly from Russian prisons. Putin person-
ally issued mass pardons for the enlisted convicts, a departure from legal precedent that showed the scale of Kremlin’s involvement in Prigozhin’s project at the time.
Thrown into battle with little training, the ex-convicts have gradually exhausted Ukrainian defenses around Bakhmut with waves of costly assaults, allowing the group to take control of the eastern half of the city last week. The Russian forces have failed to make meaningful advances elsewhere.
Throughout the monthslong battle for Bakhmut, Prigozhin has appeared to relish his role as Russia’s military provocateur, posting profanity-laden accusations of incompetence against senior commanders and insulting the relatives of the defense minister, Sergei K. Shoigu.
Prigozhin has mocked Shoigu’s sonin-law for vacationing in Dubai and toying with anti-war sentiment, and last week said Wagner had recruited a namesake of the son-in-law. Social media channels affiliated with Wagner then posted a video of the fighter cursing the son-in-law.
But while Wagner’s progress in Bakhmut has put Russia on the cusp of its first significant victory since last summer, it has also exposed the limits of Prigozhin’s military strategy and the cost of his attacks on the Russian defense chiefs.
Prigozhin said last month that Wagner had lost access to Russian jails to recruit fighters; last week he added that he and his representatives had been banned from Russian military facilities. These developments have cut Wagner’s access to recruits and supplies, he said. He has regularly complained about a lack of ammunition.
Ukrainian officials said this month that Wagner had begun to run out of ex-convict fighters, forcing it to use more efficient but scarce professional units in assaults. That amplifies the cost of casualties.
On Sunday, Prigozhin acknowledged the slow pace of advance in Bakhmut, calling the fighting “difficult,” and saying that Ukrainian defenders continued to “claw at every meter.”
In a written response to questions, Prigozhin said his plans to turn Wagner into an ideological army referred to the political training of his fighters rather than a broader political project.
“Ideological preparation, in my opinion, will greatly increase the effectiveness of our units,” he said.
President Joe Biden took his most aggressive step yet on Monday to counter China’s military expansion in the Asia-Pacific region, formally unveiling plans with Britain and Australia to develop and deploy nuclear-powered attack submarines.
Standing in front of the USS Missouri, a nuclear submarine, at the Point Loma naval base in San Diego, Biden and leaders of the other two countries described the naval partnership as a crucial way to confront China at a time of heightened tension with Beijing. It will create, U.S. officials said, a “nuclear stewardship” among the allies.
“The United States has safeguarded stability in the Indo-Pacific for decades for the enormous benefit of nations throughout the region,” Biden said, adding, “We’re showing again how democracies can deliver our own security and prosperity, and not just for us but for the entire world.”
For the first time in 65 years, Biden said, the United States will share the technology at the heart of its nuclear submarines, allowing Australia to build powerful war machines that will grow into fleets capable of facing off with Chinese subs in the South China Sea. Initially, Australia will buy three submarines like the Missouri, and will eventually build a new version, called the AUKUS, with British and American help.
The move is a sign of the degree to which Biden and his aides are investing in strategic military planning with allies and partners to counter China’s growing capabilities and to prepare for a potential armed crisis over Taiwan, the democratic island with de facto independence that Chinese leaders claim is their territory. American officials say the submarine capabilities will also help deter aggression by North Korea and Russia, which has been conducting naval exercises with China in the region.
Nuclear submarines can stay underwater longer and travel farther than conventional submarines without surfacing. They are a substantial upgrade over the Australian navy’s six diesel electric submarines, which will soon age out of service. The nuclear-powered submarines are the headline items of the AUKUS arrangement, which also includes longterm plans to cooperate on artificial intelligence, quantum computing, cyberwarfare and missiles.
Australia officials said Monday that the country would spend between $178 billion and $245 billion as part of the nuclear submarine arrangement.
Monday’s announcement was a key step by the three English-speaking nations to deepen the partnership called AUKUS that they announced 18 months ago. The deal had infuriated French officials, whose own $66 billion submarine deal with Australia was canceled in the process.
Standing next to Biden in front of the flags of the three countries, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain stressed the economic benefits from the deal, which they said will provide thousands of good-paying jobs for those who design, build and
operate the subs.
“Our future security will be built and maintained not just by the courage and professionalism of our defense forces, but by the hard work and know-how of our scientists and engineers, our technicians and programmers, our electricians and welders,” Albanese said.
Sunak — who on Monday also invited Biden to Northern Ireland for the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement that ended decades of conflict there — said the new alliance will cement the effort of democratic nations to contain destabilizing behavior.
“The challenges we face have only grown,” he said. “Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, China’s growing assertiveness, the destabilizing behavior of Iran and North Korea all threaten to create a world defined by danger, disorder and division. Faced with this new reality, it is more important than ever that we strengthen the resilience of our own countries.”
The plan embeds Britain firmly into American and Australian military strategies in the Asia-Pacific region, which is likely to put London at greater odds with Beijing in the coming years.
“It’s tying the United Kingdom, a European power, to Australia, a Pacific power, with the United States as the glue holding this new partnership together,” said Jake Sullivan, White House national security adviser. “And it’s a manifestation of a broader encouragement that the president has offered to European allies to be more engaged in Asia, and Asian allies like Japan and Korea to be more involved in Europe.”
In recent months, Biden and his aides have announced they will help Japan build up its military after decades of
a pacifist stance by Tokyo, and they will deploy American troops and equipment at more non-U.S. military bases in the Philippines.
The Biden administration has also worked to strengthen cooperation among nations in the Quad, a nonmilitary partnership that includes the United States, India, Japan and Australia — all countries that are increasingly anxious about China’s expansive territorial claims and strategic intentions in Asia.
Officials in Beijing have accused the United States of trying to inhibit China’s growth. Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said last week during a political meeting in Beijing that the United States was leading Western countries to engage in “all-around containment, encirclement and suppression of China,” the Chinese state news agency, Xinhua, reported.
Mao Ning, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, said Thursday at a news conference that the agreement on the submarines “constitutes serious nuclear proliferation risks, undermines the international nonproliferation system, exacerbates arms race and hurts peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific.”
Sullivan said Biden planned to try to talk to Xi after the Chinese political meeting. He added that U.S. officials had spoken to Chinese counterparts about AUKUS over the past 18 months but that communications between the two nations, including in military-to-military channels, have been poorer than Washington would like. That is partly because of confrontations over a Chinese spy balloon and American accusations that China might send weapons to Russia.
China should “be open to ensuring that we have regularized, routinized patterns of communication and consultation at senior levels,” Sullivan said.
It would be easy to mistake Tuf for a trendy club somewhere in Russia. A meditative indie band played, a family of Muscovites sold homemade cosmetics and a tattoo artist from St. Petersburg drew a seal on someone’s arm.
But Tuf is in the capital of Armenia. It was born of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent exodus of Russians, many of whom are still in shock.
“Here you understand that you are not alone,” said Tatiana Raspopova, a 26-year-old Russian who helped found the club.
Armenia and Georgia share history with Russia, but in just months, the inflow of people has changed cities like Yerevan, the Armenian capital, and Tbilisi, the Georgian one.
“Yerevan is almost unrecognizable,” said Raffi Elliott, 33, an Armenian technology professional.
It has not always been easy. The Russians have buoyed local economies — Tbilisi now boasts its first hydrotherapy classes for dogs — but have also driven up the cost of living.
And the war looms over everything, even a techno dance club in Tbilisi called Dust that described one band’s music as a “force for the end of a horrific war.”
At Tuf, Raspopova said the idea was not to replicate her homeland but to forge bonds with locals.
“Our goal,” she said, “is to unite.”
Sometimes the transplants reinvent their new communities. Sometimes they reinvent themselves.
Pavel Sokolov provides hydrotherapy to help dogs overcome trauma, but in his native Moscow, he was a marketing specialist. The adjustment to a new life was difficult, he said, but ultimately gave him confidence.
“We realized that we are competent people and that we won’t die of hunger,” Sokolov said.
Others arrived with their working tools.
Two colleagues came to Tbilisi from St. Petersburg carrying suitcases filled with theatrical props and decided to open a small puppet theater for children. They called it Moose and Firefly.
“The only thing we can do at this point in life is theater,” said Dasha Nikitina, 31.
Dmitri Chernikov, a 32-year-old tailor from Moscow, opened a salon in Tbilisi where he produces bespoke suits.
“I started from scratch in Moscow,” he said. “I thought I could do the same here.”
The expanding Russian footprint has irritated some locals, especially in Georgia, which fought its own war with Russia in 2008. In Tbilisi, some walk out of the Otkhi ceramics factory when they discover Ukrainians working side by side with Russians.
“We believe it is our mission to expand people’s worldview,” said Vlada Orlova, 37, one of the co-founders.
Many Russians, aware that their situation is sensitive, try to tread carefully. They keep a low profile and contri-
bute to local communities by bringing new services and volunteering.
In Yerevan, Natalia Yermachenko, 36, opened a school of osteopathy, teaching mostly people who fled Russia and needed a new profession.
Some are trying to make amends for their homeland’s aggression against Ukraine.
After Mikhail Kondratyev arrived in Tbilisi from Moscow with his brother Aleksei, they visited a kindergarten for Ukrainian children and were struck by the lack of toys.
The brothers decided to carve little villages out of wood: small trees, fences, houses, to help the children feel at home. Displacement, after all, is a feeling they know well.
“It is like a new life has begun, as though you are a child,” said Kondratyev, 34.
Other have thrown themselves into environmental activism and other local causes.
Some Russians have worked to make clear to their new neighbors that their country’s war is not their own.
Forbidden to protest the invasion at home, they now sometimes hold signs at anti-war rallies in their adopted countries.
In Yerevan, Moscow restaurateurs have raised money for Ukrainian refugees through a refurbished mansion they call the Aesthetic Joys Embassy. The hip venue offers immigrant-themed cocktails, a vintage clothing store and a yard for sunbathing.
Still, it is not uncommon to hear complaints about the newcomers. By one estimate, the average Russian household in Tbilisi takes in more than six times as much money as the average one in Georgia. Graffiti there bears
witness to the anger.
Some Russians, however, marvel at the warmth they have found.
Dmitri Sorokin arrived in Tbilisi with few resources, just an idea for opening a restaurant. His landlord gave him a refrigerator and three metal tables, and a neighbor gave him a professional blender. That was enough to open Aut Vera, a little street cafe selling hummus and falafel.
“I never got as much help as here,” said Sorokin, 38. “I haven’t seen a more welcoming place.”
Many of the expatriates came from the most entrepreneurial stratum of Russian society. They have injected millions of dollars into their new home cities, filling cafes and bars, some of which have servers who no longer speak Armenian or Georgian, only Russian.
“A lot of these people got displaced overnight, and they are trying to recreate what they had lost,” said Elliott, the Armenian tech professional.
But some, like Pavel Yaskov, left Russia with little more than a desire to get out. He arrived in Yerevan shortly after President Vladimir Putin announced a major conscription for the Russian army in Ukraine.
A native of a small town near Moscow, Yaskov came with a backpack and a sleeping bag, ready to spend his first nights in a park. He soon found a job at a fast-food kiosk and shared an apartment with other Russians like him.
Back home in Russia, Vyacheslav Potapenko, 22, worked for a film-production company as an assistant director. Now, in Yerevan, he has been scraping out a living making food deliveries.
Security a Ponzi scheme. But it isn’t. It’s just a government program supported by a dedicated tax, which is fairly common — for example, that’s how we pay for roads and bridges, which are funded by gas taxes.
The other way Social Security is unlike a private pension is that what you get out isn’t at all proportional to what you put in. Workers with low earnings get a much higher share of those earnings replaced than higher-wage workers. In the past, this made the program strongly redistributive — a much better deal for workers with low pay than for workers with high pay.
The other idea I hear a lot is that we should raise the retirement age — which has already been increased, from 65 to 67. After all, people are living longer, so they can work longer, right?
Well, some people are living longer. But one key point in thinking about Social Security is that the number of years you can expect to spend collecting benefits has become increasingly linked to the income you earned earlier in your life.
By PAUL KRUGMAN“The days of our years are threescore and ten,” says Psalm 90 in the King James Bible. So right now I’m about to [keels over].
OK, actually, I’m feeling fine, and because both high education and high income are strongly correlated with life expectancy (more on that in a minute) I could easily be looking at two decades or more ahead, although obviously nothing is guaranteed. But one thing will change: Since there’s no longer any payoff to a delay, I’m about to start receiving Social Security payments.
Which, along with the fact that Social Security and Medicare are in the news, makes this seem like a good occasion to write about some common misconceptions about the program, mostly on the right but to some extent also on the left.
The thing about Social Security is that from the beginning it was designed to encourage misconceptions. It looks, on casual inspection, like a giant version of a private pension plan. You pay into such a plan during your working years, contributing to a pension fund, and when you retire you receive payments from that fund in proportion to the amount you put in.
That, by the way, is also the reason the payroll tax only applies up to a maximum income, currently $160,200: There’s a limit to how much you can contribute to a tax-advantaged pension plan, so there’s a seemingly analogous limit on contributions to Social Security.
I haven’t studied the detailed history of the program’s origins, but I’m pretty sure that it was set up to look like an ordinary pension fund because that made it politically easier to sell. But in reality, Social Security has never been run like a private pension plan.
For one thing, for the first half-century of the program’s existence it had almost no assets; in 1985, the trust fund was only large enough to pay around two months’ worth of benefits. So it has always operated mainly on a pay-as-yougo basis, with today’s payroll taxes paying for today’s retiree benefits, not tomorrow’s.
I often get mail from people claiming that this makes Social
By the late 1970s it was clear, however, that Social Security was facing financial trouble down the road. The baby boom ended in 1964, so the working-age population, which grew rapidly as long as boomers were still entering the labor market, would grow more slowly in the decades ahead; this meant that the program’s tax base would grow more slowly than the number of beneficiaries, especially once the boomers began retiring.
So in 1981 a bipartisan commission set out to secure Social Security’s future. It tried to do so with two measures. First, it increased the payroll tax rate; the idea was to make Social Security a bit more like a “real” pension fund by taking in more than it was spending, building up a serious trust fund that could help defray costs once the baby boomers hit the system. It also set in motion a gradual rise in the age of eligibility for full benefits, which started at 65 and will reach 67 for those born after 1960.
All of this was supposed to secure the system’s finances until 2060. It did in fact buy the system a number of decades, but the Social Security Administration currently expects the trust fund to be exhausted by 2035. The main reason for the shortfall, as I understand it, is that taxable wages have grown more slowly than expected, which in turn is largely the result of rising inequality: A growing share of overall income has gone to people with really high earnings, and much of that income isn’t subject to the payroll tax with its limit.
So what happens once the trust fund is exhausted? The system doesn’t collapse — but payroll tax receipts are expected to be only about 80% of promised benefits. So if nothing is done, benefits will suddenly have to be slashed by 20%.
That, however, almost certainly won’t be allowed to happen. These programs are both immensely popular and deeply relied upon, after all.
One obvious course of action would be to provide the system with more money. I get a lot of mail from people saying that we should simply eliminate the upper limit on the payroll tax. That would certainly raise a lot of money. But bear in mind that there’s no fundamental reason Social Security has to be financed with payroll taxes — we only do it that way because back in 1935, FDR’s advisers thought it would be a good idea to dress Social Security up to look like a private pension fund. And Social Security isn’t the only program that’s going to need more money unless we cut expenses. So we should be trying to figure out the best way to raise a few more percentage points of GDP in taxes. To achieve that, raising the payroll cap may not be the best way to go.
Life expectancy has indeed risen a lot for the affluent, but for the less well-paid members of the working class, it has hardly risen at all.
What this means is that calling for an increase in the retirement age is, in effect, saying that janitors can’t be allowed to retire because lawyers are living longer. Not a very nice position to take.
Growing disparities in life expectancy also mean, by the way, that Social Security isn’t as redistributive as it used to be. Low earners get more of their income replaced than high earners, but this is increasingly offset by the fact that they have fewer years to collect benefits.
In any case, I hope we don’t raise the retirement age further. As I wrote last week, what we need is medical cost control plus moderate tax hikes.
And meanwhile, don’t worry too much about your future benefits. Social Security isn’t a Ponzi scheme, it isn’t going bankrupt, and it will probably continue much as it has.
PO BOX 6537 Caguas PR 00726
Telephones: (787) 743-3346 • (787) 743-6537 (787) 743-5606 • Fax (787) 743-5100
Los doctores Clara E. Isaza Brando y Mauricio Cabrera Ríos, de los departamentos de Biología e Ingeniería Industrial, del Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez (RUM) de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR), integran el equipo de trabajo del Instituto EMBRIO, un proyecto multidisciplinario y colaborativo con universidades estadounidenses, subvencionado con $12.5 millones de la Fundación Nacional de la Ciencia (NSF), cuyo objetivo es identificar cómo se organizan las células para combatir el ataque y garantizar la capacidad de supervivencia a escalas que van desde las respuestas de una sola célula, hasta los tejidos y el cierre de heridas.
La propuesta titulada Emergent Mechanisms in Biology of Robustness Integration and Organization Institute (EMBRIO), es liderada por Purdue University, junto a investigadores de Indiana University, University of Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvannia y Morehouse College en Atlanta. Cada institución participante aporta la pericia desde sus respectivos laboratorios de investigación. Al equipo del RUM, se le han asignado aproximadamente $500 mil, por los próximos cinco años, para contribuir con las tareas que le corresponden.
“La idea es tratar de enfrentar un problema muy grande que requiere de diferentes acercamientos, de expertise de diversas disciplinas que trabajarán de forma coordinada para aprender sobre cómo los sistemas reaccionan; desde el nivel celular, tejido u organismo a estímulos externos que pueden ser químicos o mecánicos. El propósito es aprender cómo esos estímulos son procesados por la célula, tejidos u organismos para reaccionar a adaptarse al medio y preservar la vida”, explicó la doctora Isaza Brando.
Según abundó la catedrática, el equipo inves-
tigativo del RUM utilizará los datos provistos por otros colaboradores del Instituto, quienes, a su vez, trabajan en distintos enfoques del proyecto, como por ejemplo: cómo responden las plantas a una infección, cómo se regenera el tejido en animales, y cómo se comporta el calcio en un óvulo fertilizado por un espermatozoide, entre otros temas. El grupo mayagüezano se centrará en lo que ha sido su fuerte en los pasados años, el análisis biológico con bases de datos.
Por su parte, el doctor Cabrera Ríos adelantó que en la medida en que avancen, podrán establecer una estructura que conecte no solamente a las diferentes instituciones, sino las escalas a nivel científico dentro de la célula. Idealmente, también podrán comparar entre los diferentes reinos, como el animal y el vegetal.
“Nuestra contribución en el Instituto será esa parte de integración, tanto de experimentos biológicos establecidos, como de simulaciones computacionales, análisis de imágenes, que, a su vez, vamos a representar matemática y estadísticamente para crear una red en la cual podamos representar cómo se va a hacer esa señalización a través de escalas y a través de reinos. Cada una de las universidades y laboratorios participantes está inicialmente proveyendo sus fortalezas y, de esa manera, nos estamos integrando. Nosotros en el Colegio, estamos muy enfocados en nuestro trabajo transdisciplinario de análisis de datos biológicos”, señaló Cabrera Ríos.
La ambiciosa propuesta fue aceptada por la NSF bajo la convocatoria del programa Biology Integration Institutes (BII), que aspira a comprender cómo operan e interactúan los procesos que sostienen la vida y permiten la innovación biológica dentro y a
través de diferentes escalas de organización, desde moléculas a células, tejidos a organismos, especies, ecosistemas, biomas y el planeta entero.
Estudiantes del año 1973 que se graduaron de la escuela superior Luis Muñoz Rivera de Lajas anunciaron la celebración de un reencuentro para celebrar el 50 aniversario de su graduación. El encuentro planificado para este próximo verano contará con una recopilación de fotos y anécdotas preparado por los propios estudiantes y profesores del pueblo que cultiva y produce la famosa piña cabezona.
“Con el anuncio del evento hemos logrado localizar la mayoría de nuestros compañeros que se han activado, muchos de ellos viajarán desde puntos tan lejanos como Nueva Jersey, Florida, New York y California. El encuentro tendrá como sede el conocido Centro Comunal del Barrio Santa Rosa de Lajas el 10 de junio de este año 2023. Como parte de los trabajos realizados, la clase 1973 ha logrado circular fotos actualizadas de los graduados hace cincuenta
años de la Muñoz Rivera de Lajas. Esto ha sido necesario ya que han pasado muchos años sin vernos, muchos rostros han cambiado y queremos ambientalizar el proceso de un fácil y agradable encuentro. Hacemos un llamado a todo aquel que se sienta parte de esta clase compuesta por unos ciento treinta (130) estudiantes”, señaló Mildred Vega, coordinadora del reencuentro de la Clase 1973 de la escuela Luis Muñoz Rivera de Lajas.
Los organizadores del evento en la Ciudad Cardenalicia informaron que la actividad será dedicada a los profesores, entre ellos está el conocido entrenador Nacional del Comité de Fondismo, Freddie Vargas, quien fungió como maestro de educación física en esa escuela pública de Lajas. Los interesados en detalles o participar en el evento pueden comunicarse de 9:00 de la mañana a 5:00 de la tarde al teléfono 787-367-7641.
and award-giving was also reflected in the deconstructed seethrough set.
This contemporary feint toward inclusiveness — if they can’t nominate more female directors, at least they can make viewers feel as if they’re getting an inside look — contrasts, for better and worse, with the glossy insiders’ party that the Oscars used to be.
The surely unintentional effect, in a broadcast that sang the praises of the theater experience, is to make the movies feel smaller — more suited for the laptop screen and the Netflix interface. Winners don’t stick in the mind they way they used to. Did you remember that “Dune” took home six awards last year, twice as many as any other film? Or that “CODA” won best picture? (You’re welcome.)
In this context, the purely promotional segments Sunday — a long plug for the Academy museum, a creaky salute to Warner Bros.’ 100th anniversary — felt right at home but also, in their reinforcement of the show’s lumpen unremarkableness, more irritating than ever.
And seemingly harmless attempts to signal virtue can backfire, as in Kimmel’s awkward and eventually condescending exchange with Malala Yousufzai.
By MIKE HALETo paraphrase Greta Garbo, give me back my slap. No, of course onstage assaults are unacceptable. But the 95th Academy Awards could have used a jolt of some kind as they wound their way through 3 1/2 hours Sunday night. There was a crisis team in place to handle the fallout from any unexpected catastrophes like Will Smith’s attack on Chris Rock at last year’s show, but there was nothing it could do about the ordinariness and sameness of the ABC broadcast.
The audience in the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles roared for the early victories of sentimental favorites like Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (for best supporting actor and actress) and the late — very late — victories of the film’s writers and directors, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, and star, Michelle Yeoh. And
Tasa mínima, promedio ponderado, y máxima para préstamos personales pequeños otorgados para la semana que terminó el sábado, 11 de marzo de 2023
their speeches were stirring. But at the end of the now endless awards season, we knew that they would be, and we had a pretty good idea what they would say.
There is now, through no one’s individual fault, a consistently promotional, exhortatory, shrink-wrapped feeling to the Oscars. After the depredations of streaming video and COVID-19, no chances are being taken. Jimmy Kimmel, reviving the role of the solo Oscar host, got off some good lines in his monologue — the movies are still distinct from television because “a TV show can’t lose $100 million.” (Though in the age of Netflix and Amazon, is that true?) But on balance it was safe, with the sharp jibes reserved for easy targets who weren’t there, like James Cameron and Tom Cruise. (“L. Ron Hubba Hubba,” maybe the best line of the night.)
Kimmel addressed Smith’s slap at length without really talking about it. He focused on what would happen in the extremely unlikely event anyone went rogue this year, pointing out performers in the audience whose screen characters were brutal enforcers — Pedro Pascal of “The Mandalorian,” Michael B. Jordan of “Creed III” and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” It was an odd way to signal that violence was unwelcome.
(Smith, last year’s best-actor winner, was replaced as a presenter for the lead acting awards by Halle Berry.)
In current fashion, the show opened not with a production number but a film montage, in this case a series of behindthe-scenes clips from nominated films. The attempt to hook audiences by bringing them inside the process of filmmaking
As always, there were moments that pierced the veil. The victory of “Navalny” in the documentary feature category, while its subject, dissident Alexei Navalny, languishes in a Russian prison, was indelible. Julia-Louis Dreyfus and Paul Dano were polished and funny in their presentation of costume design; the award’s winner, Ruth Carter of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” movingly invoked her mother, who had just died at the age of 101, asking actor Chadwick Boseman to look for her in the afterlife. Yeoh, given carte blanche to emote, showed that feeling could be conveyed in an acceptance speech that was largely polished and non-self-aggrandizing.
David Byrne injected a welcome note of weirdness, if not musicality, in the performance of the best-song nominee “This Is a Life” from “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” The production number “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR,” Lady Gaga’s unplugged performance of “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick” and Rihanna’s rendition of “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” were unimpeachably professional. But the musical highlight of the night was undoubtedly the snatch of the Carpenters’ “Top of the World” sung by composer M.M. Keeravani when “Naatu Naatu” won best song.
When Kimmel wasn’t forced to ad-lib, he and his writers were generally on point. A call for audience votes on whether Robert Blake should be included in the In Memoriam segment was slyly handled. (He wasn’t.) A joke about the editing of footage from the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol didn’t mention Tucker Carlson or Fox News but made its point.
The good moments, however, couldn’t change my sense that the modern Oscars have become something more to be endured than enjoyed. If you wanted a glimpse of the zeitgeist on Sunday night, HBO (“The Last of Us”) and TLC (“MILF Manor”) were the places to look.
The audience in the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles roared for the early victories of sentimental favorites like Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis.
By ALEX WILLIAMS
David Lindley, the rare Los Angeles session guitarist to find fame in his own right, both as an eclectic solo artist and as a marquee collaborator on landmark recordings by Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Rod Stewart and many others, died Friday. He was 78.
His death was announced on his website. The announcement did not say where he died or cite a cause, although he was said to have been battling kidney trouble, pneumonia, influenza and other ailments.
With his head-turning mastery of seemingly any instrument with strings, Lindley became one of the most soughtafter sidemen in Los Angeles in the 1970s. Mixing searing slide guitar work with global stylings on instruments from around the world, he brought depth and richness to recordings by luminaries like Bob Dylan, Dolly Parton, Warren Zevon, Ry Cooder and Iggy Pop.
But he was far more than a supporting player. “One of the most talented musicians there has ever been,” Graham Nash wrote on Instagram after Lindley’s death. (Lindley toured with Nash and David Crosby in the 1970s.) “He was truly a musician’s musician.”
On Twitter, Peter Frampton wrote that Lindley’s “unique sound and style gave him away in one note.”
Lindley, who was known for his blizzard of curly brown hair and an ironic smirk, first made his mark in the late 1960s with the band Kaleidoscope, whose Middle East-inflected acid-pop albums, like “Side Trips” (1967) and “A Beacon From Mars” (1968), have become collectors’ items among the cognoscenti.
He embarked on a solo career in 1981 with “El Rayo-X,” a party album that mixed rock, blues, reggae, Zydeco and Middle Eastern music and included a memorably snarling cover of K.C. Douglas’ “Mercury Blues.”
By that point in his career, Lindley was already treasured among the rock elite for providing an earthiness and globe-trotting flair to the breezy California soft-rock wafting from the canyons of Los Angeles in the 1970s.
He is best known for his work with Browne, with whom he toured and served
as a featured performer on every Browne album from “For Everyman” (1973) to “Hold Out” (1980). His inventive fretwork was a cornerstone of many of Browne’s biggest hits, including the smash single “Running on Empty,” on which Lindley’s plaintive yet soaring lap steel guitar work helped capture both the exhaustion and the exhilaration of life on the road, as expressed in Browne’s lyrics.
Lindley’s guitar and fiddle could also be heard on landmark pop albums like Ronstadt’s “Heart Like a Wheel” (1974), which included the No. 1 single “You’re No Good,” and Rod Stewart’s “A Night on the Town” (1976), highlighted by the chart-topping single “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright).”
Ever on the hunt for new sounds and textures, Lindley had “no idea” how many instruments he could play, as he told Acoustic Guitar magazine in 2000. But throughout his career, he showed a knack for wringing emotion not only from the violin, mandolin, banjo, dulcimer and autoharp but also from the Indian tanpura, the Middle Eastern oud and the Turkish saz.
Despite his position at the center of the Los Angeles rock firmament, he kept a low-key presence both onstage and in life, steering clear of the epic hedonism of the era.
“I’m kind of a social misfit when it
comes to after-show parties, so I usually went back to the hotel,” Lindley said in a 2013 interview. “There’s danger at those after-show parties, you know what I mean? I couldn’t do that. And I had no real idea how to schmooze and do any of this stuff.”
David Perry Lindley was born March 21, 1944, in Los Angeles, the only child of John Lindley, a lawyer, and Margaret (Wells) Lindley. He grew up in San Marino, California, an upscale city near Pasadena, where his father, a musical connoisseur, filled the house with sounds from around the world, including masters of the Indian sitar and the Greek bouzouki.
Drawing on those influences, by age 6 David had become obsessed with all manner of stringed instruments. “I even opened up the upright piano in the playhouse out in back of my parents’ house to get at the strings,” he recalled in a 2008 interview with musician Ben Harper for the magazine Fretboard Journal.
His parents were less than enthusiastic when he channeled his energies into bluegrass. “I played the five-string banjo in the closet,” he said in a recent video interview, “because it was very, very loud, and my mom and dad were a little disturbed by their son, the hillbilly musician.”
Regardless, he found success with the instrument in the Los Angeles area, winning the annual Topanga Banjo-Fiddle Contest five times. After graduating from
La Salle High School in Pasadena, he played in a series of folk groups; in one of them, the Dry City Scat Band, he played alongside his fellow multi-instrumentalist Chris Darrow, later a member of Kaleidoscope.
Although Kaleidoscope failed to hit the commercial jackpot, it turned heads within the music industry. Tom Donahue, the influential San Francisco disc jockey, called it “one of the best groups in the country.” Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin once called Kaleidoscope “my favorite band of all time, my ideal band; absolutely brilliant.”
But Lindley and his bandmates had little interest in doing what seemed necessary to pursue fame. Once, he recalled in the Acoustic Guitar interview, “we were sitting in the dressing room of the Whiskey a Go Go, and a manager guy comes in and says, ‘We can make you guys stars — huge. But you’ll have to do this, this and this, and you’ll have to dress like this, too.’ And we said, ‘Get the hell out of here!’ and sent the guy packing.”
He is survived by his wife, Joan Darrow, the sister of his former bandmate Chris Darrow, and their daughter, Rosanne.
Lindley would eventually find a degree of stardom with a big boost from Browne, whom he met in the late 1960s at a Los Angeles rock club called Magic Mushroom. Once they started working together, though, it was the boost that Lindley gave Browne that became obvious.
In a Rolling Stone interview in 2010, Browne recalled an early tour when the audience was clamoring to hear his hit “Doctor My Eyes.” The band, however, lacked the full array of instruments to capture the sound of the recording.
“We’re playing at this concert at a college, and they were calling for this song,” he said. “And we said, ‘What the hell, let’s just play it.’ And it was a revelation. The piano part is sturdy enough — it’s just playing fours — and it was enough to support Lindley doing this insane grooving, swinging playing. He wasn’t even the guitar player on the record. But he just ripped it up.
“And I realized then I didn’t need a band to play with David. It just comes out of him.”
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 20
Wednesday, March 15, 2023 22
By IRIS EDÉN SANTIAGO Special to The STAR
What a weekend it was for the West Coast!
The Oscars. Versace. Rihanna. Lady Gaga. Cher. Naomi. Gigi. I mean. Everything, everybody. All at once!! Fashion. A-listers. Legends, Cranky old men, aka Hugh Grant. Most things and events worked, except yes, that champagne carpet. … Dull, boring. It reminded me of pedal pusher pants, they don’t do anything for anybody. Avoid at all times. I’m sure organizers can’t wait to go back to the Red Carpet being red. If it works, why change it, right?
The Oscars, as a ceremony celebrating movies, well … not memorable. For me it lacked excitement, big names, bubbly moments. But the fashion parading outside the venue? Fabulous! Like super elegant, stunning, well-fitted gowns. Celebrities went all out for the 95th Edition of the biggest night in Hollywood. Some actresses selected white (a bit too bridal for me), like Sofia Carson, Eva Longoria and Emily Blunt. The latter, however, with a minimalist off-shoulders dress by Valentino, is a best-dressed for me. Also perfection? Angela Bassett in a purple gown with
asymmetrical neckline and a draped mermaid silhouette by Moschino. Others rocking the Red Carpet were Jessica Chastain in Gucci, Cara Delevingne in Elie Saab, and Nicole Kidman in Armani. At the high-style afterparties, models and actresses changed into more relaxed but equally glam looks. Some stars changed to better looks, like seen on this page. Bravo to Kendall Jenner, Kaia Gerber, Ana de Armas, Megan Thee Stallion, Julia Garner, Eiza González, Sharon Stone, and a slimmed down Mindy Kaling, who looks amazing with her 40-pound weight loss.
Now for the woman of the night, Lady Gaga. The singer, actress, composer and influencer owned the Red Carpet. She arrived wearing a fabulous
sheer design with bustier bodice, drop corseted waist and low back that barely covered her derriere. The dress was modeled three days before by Gigi Hadid at Versace’s fall/winter 2023 presentation in Los Angeles. So this is truly, fresh off the runway. Also wearing Versace off-the-runway? Danielle Deadwyler. The actress selected a strapless mini dress in bronze and black print cinched at the hip with architectural bows.
And back to Versace. Because of bad weather, they had to reschedule their fashion show from Friday to Thursday, which did not affect attendance at all. It was packed. Packed with celebrities, the very rich, and the very famous. There were stars and global supermodels strutting their stuff on the roof of the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. And there were superstars who sat in the front row, wearing fantastic looks by Versace, of course, who had all the paparazzis watching their every move. Among the stars invited by Donatella Versace were Dua Lipa, Elton John, Cher, Pamela Anderson, Ariana DeBose, Ke Huy Quan, Miley Cyrus, Demi Moore, Paris Hilton, Channing Tatum, Jeff Bezos with wife Lauren Sánchez, Anne Hathaway, and Lil Nas X.
The show, previously set for Milan, was a winning spectacle. With snow-capped hills and the city skyline as backdrop, Versace presented the joint men’s and women’s fall 2023 collection. This was their first show in Los Angeles in more than two decades. About the switch to LA, Donatella said late last year: “For me, Hollywood is both a place and a state of mind. It’s about storytelling and magic, power and vulnerability, creativity and emotional expression. It’s a perfect place for Versace. I can’t wait to go back.”
Dozens of models opened the show wearing black over black with more black in suits, trousers, minis, midis and corseted dresses. Glossy croc-embossed garments in black and chocolate were fantastic as were casual looks in blue denim and black. Versace presented looks that were girly, others were gothic and others just modern and chic. My favorite looks were those in orange, coral, fuchsia and turquoise: Textured coats, tiny mini dresses and glamorous ball gowns with structured sweetheart neckline and straps worn with embroidered opera gloves in contrasting colors. Colors are always mood enhancers. Now for the show stopping accessory: The Versace very graphic eye makeup designed
by Pat McGrath and inspired by Donatella. Models had thick black eye makeup, “perfectly structured wing shape” finished with a custom blend of metallic pigments and glitter. Said McGrath, “I wanted the makeup to represent the Versace woman while she radiates confidence, power and sophistication.”
When a 772-ton wooden schooner barge named Ironton collided with a wooden freighter loaded with 1,000 tons of grain and sank in Lake Huron on Sept. 26, 1894, its seven-man crew tried to escape on a lifeboat.
But no one untied the rope that secured the lifeboat to Ironton. Five crew members died.
More than 120 years later, when researchers discovered Ironton, magnificently preserved in the cold water at the bottom of Lake Huron, hundreds of feet below the surface, they also found that doomed lifeboat,
still lashed to Ironton’s stern.
Ironton was located in 2019, but the discovery was not revealed to the public until Wednesday to allow researchers time to study and document the wreck, said Jeff Gray, the superintendent of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, which discovered Ironton along with a group of partners.
The marine sanctuary, based in Alpena, Michigan, said it planned to develop educational materials to tell the story of Ironton and its foundering in “Shipwreck Alley,” an area of Lake Huron known for treacherous waters, where many sailors died.
“That lifeboat is the most chilling part of it because, had that lifeboat been deployed, there might not have been as many lives lost,” Gray said in an interview Wednes-
day. “It’s a good reminder of the dangers on the lake then and still today.”
Built in 1873, Ironton was typical of the floating workhorses that plied the waters of the Great Lakes, transporting the corn, wheat, coal, lumber and iron ore that helped build the Midwest.
The 191-foot vessel, capable of carrying more than 48,500 bushels of grain or 1,250 tons of coal, traveled steadily for two decades between ports such as Buffalo, New York, and Cleveland.
It sank after it collided with a 203-foot wooden freighter named Ohio that was heavily loaded with grain. Ohio, with a 12-foot hole in its hull, sank quickly in rough waters. But all 16 of its crew members escaped on lifeboats and were rescued by nearby ships.
Ironton, with a hole in its bow, drifted for more than an hour in the darkness, out of sight of the responding vessels, before slipping beneath the waves. The captain, Peter Girard; the mate, Ed Bostwick; a sailor, John Pope; and two other unidentified sailors died.
One of the two surviving crew members, William W. Parry of East China, Michigan, said in an interview printed in The Duluth News Tribune on Sept. 27, 1894, that the rope on the lifeboat had not been untied.
Parry said he had survived by grabbing on to a sailor’s bag and that another crewman, William Wooley of Cleveland, had held on to a floating box. Both men were res-
cued by a passing steamer.
The wreck of Ohio was discovered in 2017, in about 300 feet of water. But even though witnesses and contemporaneous accounts described where Ironton went down, its exact location remained a mystery for more than 120 years, the marine sanctuary said.
In 2019, researchers from the sanctuary set out on a mapping expedition in Lake Huron with Ocean Exploration Trust, a group founded by explorer Robert Ballard, best known for having discovered the Titanic in 1985.
Sonar images from the expedition revealed that a vessel resting on the lake bed appeared to be Ironton. Researchers returned in late 2019 and captured underwater video that confirmed that it was Ironton, with its rigging still attached, its three masts still upright and an anchor resting on its stern.
The sanctuary, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and oversees about 100 wrecks in Lake Huron, is exploring whether to mark the wreck of Ironton with a buoy, Gray said. That would allow divers to explore the sunken vessel and would protect it from damage from dropped anchors.
“It is hard to call it a shipwreck,” Gray said. “It’s a ship, sitting on the bottom, fully intact, and the lifeboat there, literally, is a moment frozen in time.”
In an undated image provided by NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Undersea Vehicles Program UNCW, the Ironton, which sank in 1894 after colliding with another ship in Lake Huron, off the Michigan coast.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE RIO GRANDE EN FAJARDO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. JOSUE COTTO VÉLEZ; SU ESPOSA GISELLE MARÍA ADORNO DELGADO, T/C/C GISELLE ADORNO DELGADO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: N3CI2016-00119.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, a la parte demandada 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 26 de enero de 2023 y para satisfacer la Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos fechada 17 de septiembre de 2021 y notificada el 20 de septiembre de 2021 procederá a vender el día 5 DE
JULIO DE 2023 A LAS 3:00 DE LA TARDE, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBA-
NA: Urbanización Río Grande
Estates de Río Grande. Solar:
8 Bloque “LL”. Cabida: 337.5
Metros Cuadrados. Linderos:
Norte, con la calle cuatro cero tres (403) en distancia de trece punto cincuenta metros (13.50).
Sur, con los solares número dieciséis (16) y diecisiete (17) en distancia de trece punto cincuenta metros (13.50). Este, con el solar número nueve (9) en distancia de veinticinco metros (25.00). Oeste, con el solar número siete (7) en distancia de veinticinco metros (25.00).
Inscrita a la finca 22,388, Demarcación: Río Grande, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III. La propiedad según pagaré en: 10321 Rey David St. Río Grande Estates, Río Grande, PR/ Solar #8 del Blo-
que 11 Urb. Río Grande Estates, Río Grande, PR. Que con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, según la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo. El remate comenzará por las sumas adeudadas declaradas en la Sentencia, y se llevará a cabo para con su producto, satisfacer dichas sumas. Las cuantías de la sentencia se describen de la siguiente manera: la parte demandada adeuda las siguientes cantidades a la parte demandante:
$139,851.73 adeudada según la sentencia, más los otros gastos, intereses, y recargos que se acumulan hasta la fecha de su total y completo pago, más las costas y gastos del proceso, más el 4.00% de interés mensual. La subasta se llevará a cabo el día 5 DE JULIO DE 2023 A LAS 3:00 DE LA TARDE. La venta de la propiedad será realizada para cubrir el importe adeudado a la demandante, el cual al momento de la Sentencia ascendía a la suma de $139,851.73 adeudada según la sentencia, más los otros gastos, intereses, y recargos que se acumulan hasta la fecha de su total y completo pago, más las costas y gastos del proceso, más el 4.00% de interés mensual. Se le 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, efectivo, giro y/o cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tenga (n) interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción de los gravámenes que se están ejecutando, que los mismos serán eliminados del Registro de la Propiedad, 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 termino 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 y a su abogado o abogada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo siempre que haya comparecido al pleito. Si el (la) deudor (a)
por Sentencia no comparece al pleito, la notificación será enviada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a las últimas direcciones conocidas. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere al crédito de ejecutante, continuarán subsiguientes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de gravámenes posteriores. Y para conocimiento de la parte demandada, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, a 21 de febrero de 2023. SANDRALIZ MARTÍNEZ
TORRES, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #737, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE FAJARDO. JORGE A. ORTIZ
ESTRADA, ALGUACIL REGIONAL INTERINO #622.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE LUIS
ANTULIO VÁZQUEZ
GONZÁLEZ; SUCESIÓN DE LUZ MARÍA TORRES
DOSAL T/C/C LUZ MARÍA
TORRES DE VÁZQUEZ;
AMBAS SUCESIONES
COMPUESTAS POR SUS
HIJOS: CARMEN ENID
VÁZQUEZ TORRES; JAIME LUIS VÁZQUEZ TORRES; LOURDES
MILAGROS VÁZQUEZ TORRES; JOSÉ ALBERTO VÁZQUEZ TORRES; IVETTE NAIR
VÁZQUEZ TORRES, COMO HEREDEROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE LUIS ANTULIO VÁZQUEZ
GONZÁLEZ Y DE LUZ MARÍA TORRES
DOSAL T/C/C LUZ
MARÍA TORRES DE VÁZQUEZ; Y SUCESIÓN DE EVELYN YANET VÁZQUEZ TORRES, COMO HEREDERA DE LAS SUCESIONES DE LUIS ANTULIO VÁZQUEZ GONZÁLEZ Y DE LUZ MARÍA TORRES DOSAL
T/C/C LUZ MARÍA TORRES DE VÁZQUEZ, COMPUESTA POR SUS
HIJOS: ROLANDO DAVID HADOCK VÁZQUEZ Y GRACE HADOCK VÁZQUEZ; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE LUIS ANTULIO VÁZQUEZ GONZÁLEZ; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE LUZ MARÍA TORRES DOSAL T/C/C LUZ MARÍA TORRES DE VÁZQUEZ; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE EVELYN YANET VÁZQUEZ TORRES; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (C.R.I.M.)
Demandados
Civil Núm.: PO2021CV02034. 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, Centro Judicial de Ponce, Ponce, 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 13 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: URBANA: Parcela de terreno de la Urbanización Las Delicias, Segunda Unidad de Planificación en el Barrio Magueyes de Ponce, de Ponce, Puerto Rico, marcado con el número tres (3) del Bloque BM, con un área superficial de trescientos treinta y uno punto cuarenta y tres (331.43) metros cuadrados, en lindes por el NORTE, en trece punto sesenta (13.60) metros, con el solar número veintidós (22); por
el SUR, en trece punto sesenta (13.60) metros, con la Calle número diez (10); por el ESTE, en veinticuatro punto treinta y siete (24.37) metros, con el solar número dos (2); y por el OESTE, en veinticuatro punto treinta y siete (24.37) metros, con el solar número cuatro (4). Existe en el solar una casa residencial para una familia de bloques y concreto. Inscrita al folio 160 del tomo 514 de Ponce Sur, finca número 18,580 (antes 35,071), Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Ponce. La propiedad se encuentra ubicada, según pagaré, en: 3628 (BM3) Lola Rodríguez de Tió Street, Las Delicias, Ponce, Puerto Rico. La finca antes relacionada se encuentra afectada por un gravamen posterior al que se pretende ejecutar, el cual se describe de la siguiente manera: Aviso de Demanda del día 8 de agosto de 2018, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, en el Caso Civil número B001-3558, seguido por Metro Island Mortgage, Inc., contra Luis Antulio Vázquez González y su esposa Luz María Torres Dosal, por la suma de $108,747.03 más otras sumas, anotado el día 30 de octubre de 2018, al tomo Karibe de Ponce, finca número 18,580, Anotación A. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada el 31 de mayo de 2022 y notificada en este caso el 19 de agosto de 2022, y publicada en un periódico de circulación general de Puerto Rico (“The San Juan Daily Star”) el 25 de agosto de 2022, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $96,848.30 por concepto de principal, más los intereses sobre dicha suma a razón del 6.00%, anual desde el 1ro de mayo de 2017, hasta su completo pago, más las primas de seguro hipotecario, recargos por demora y cualesquiera otras cantidades pactadas en la escritura de primera hipoteca, desde la fecha antes mencionada y hasta la fecha del pago total de las mismas, más la suma de $11,116.10 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente (“Sentencia”). La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 24 DE ABRIL DE 2023
A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $111,161.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 1 DE MAYO DE 2023 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $74,107.33, 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 8 DE MAYO DE 2023 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $55,580.50, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les
informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy día 6 de febrero de 2023. MANUEL MALDONADO, ALGUACIL, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA DE CAGUAS REVERSE MORTGAGE
FUNDING, LLC
Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE GLORIA
ESTER ACEVEDO
MORALES COMPUESTA
POR JOSE APONTE
ACEVEDO T/C/C
JOSE CHEO APONTE, FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO
POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS, CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES
MUNICIPALES; Y A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
Demandados
Civil Núm.: CG2019CV04444. Sala: 802. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.
Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.
A: SUCESIÓN DE GLORIA
ESTER ACEVEDO
MORALES COMPUESTA
POR JOSE APONTE
ACEVEDO T/C/C
JOSE CHEO APONTE, FULANO DE TAL Y
SUTANO DE TAL COMO
POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS, CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES
MUNICIPALES; Y A LOS
Yo, ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Caguas, 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 4 DE ABRIL DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, Caguas, 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 29 de noviembre 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 11 DE ABRIL DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 18 DE ABRIL DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 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 Caguas, en el caso de epígrafe con fecha de 3 de febrero 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: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Reparto Caguax en el Barrio Tomás de Castro de Caguas, Puerto Rico, identificado en el plano de inscripción con el número siete del Bloque H que según las medidas que aparecen de dicho plano de inscripción tiene una cabida superficial de trescientos tres metros cuadrados con setenta y cinco centímetros de metro cuadrado en colindancia por el NORTE, en veintidós metros quinientos milímetros con el solar número seis del bloque H; por el SUR, en veintidós metros quinientos milímetros con el solar número
ocho del bloque H; por el ESTE, en trece metros quinientos milímetros con el solar número treinta y nueve del bloque H; y por el OESTE, en trece metros quinientos milímetros con la calle número siete. Descrito en parte de conformidad con el documento presentando en el que se expresa que enclava una casa de concreto destinada a vivienda de una sola planta. Finca número 34,706 (antes 11,486), inscrita al folio 215 del tomo 425 de Caguas. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Caguas. Dirección de la Propiedad: H7 Batey St Reparto Caguax Dev, Caguas PR 00725. 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 $$104,028.51, la cual incluye los intereses y otros gastos acumulados hasta el 5 de abril de 2022 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 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 159 otorgada el día 14 de mayo de 2015, Caguas, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Público Jesus A. Ledesma Amador y consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Caguas, finca número 34,706, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección I de Caguas. 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 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, por la suma de $159,000.00, con intereses al 3.185% anual, vencedero el día 8 de abril de 2089 de según consta de la escritura número 160, otorgada en Caguas, Puerto Rico, el día 14 de mayo de 2015, ante el notario Jesús A. Ledesma Amador, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Caguas, finca número 34,706, inscripción 7ma. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta del inmueble antes descrito será la suma de $159,000.00 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 $106,000.00; 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 $79,500.00. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación, 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 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 Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 23 de febrero de 2023.
ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE CAGUAS.
LEGAL NOTICE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO
FINANCE OF AMERICA
REVERSE, LLC.
Plaintiff Vs.
NILDA LUZ SANTIAGO
MEDINA A/K/A NILDA
L. SANTIAGO MEDINA
A/K/A NILDA SANTIAGO
MEDINA A/K/A NILSA
SANTIAGO MEDINA A/K/A
NILDA LUZ SANTIAGO A/K/A NILDA L.
SANTIAGO A/K/A NILDA
SANTIAGO A/K/A NILSA
SANTIAGO; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Defendants
Civil Action No.: 17-cv-1627.
NOTICE OF SALE.
To: NILDA LUZ
SANTIAGO MEDINA A/K/A
NILDA L. SANTIAGO
MEDINA A/K/A NILDA
SANTIAGO MEDINA
A/K/A NILSA SANTIAGO
MEDINA A/K/A NILDA
LUZ SANTIAGO A/K/A
NILDA L. SANTIAGO
A/K/A NILDA SANTIAGO
A/K/A NILSA SANTIAGO; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
GENERAL PUBLIC.
WHEREAS: Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal sum of $86,409.11, plus interest at a rate of 5.060% per annum until the debt is paid in full. The defendant Nilda Luz Santiago Medina a/k/a Nilda L. Santiago Medina a/k/a Nilda Santiago Medina a/k/a Nilsa Santiago Medina a/k/a Nilda Luz Santiago a/k/a Nilda L. Santiago a/k/a Nilda Santiago a/k/a Nilsa Santiago to pay Finance of America Reverse, LLC., all advances made under the mortgage note including but not limited to insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% ($17,100.00) of the original principal amount to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. 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, and the Writ of Execution 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 Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property.
“URBANA: Solar número seis de la Manzana H, Urbanización Santa Mónica, Barrio Pájaros de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, compuesta de 325.00 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar número 5, en 25.00 metros; por el SUR, con el solar número 7, en 25.00 metros; por el ESTE, con la Calle número 6, en 13.00 metros y por el OESTE con el solar número 21, en 7.00 metros y con el solar número 20, en 6.00 metros, con un total la distancia de 13.00 metros.” Property Number 19,829 recorded at page 146 of volume 438 of Bayamon Sur, Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section I of Bayamón. The mortgage being fore-
closed is recorded at page 37, volume 1,933 of Bayamon Sur, property 19,829, 12th inscription, Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section I of Bayamon. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: None. Junior Liens: Reverse mortgage securing a note in favor of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or its order, in the original principal amount of $171,000.00, due on March 30, 2094 pursuant to deed number 84, issued in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on June 9, 2014, before notary Magaly Rodriguez Batista, and recorded, at page 37 of volume 1,933 of Bayamon Sur, property number 19,829, 13th inscription. Other Liens: None. 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. THEREFORE, the FIRST PUBLIC SALE shall be held on the 4TH DAY OF APRIL, 2023 AT 9:15 AM. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $171,000.00. 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 11TH DAY OF APRIL, 2023 AT 9:15 AM, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $114,000.00, 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 the 18TH DAY OF APRIL, 2023 AT 9:15 AM, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $85,500.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. 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 and adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case 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 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.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA DE PONCE REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC
Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN CRUZ RODRÍGUEZ
PALERMO, T/C/C CARMEN CRUZ RODRÍGUEZ, T/C/C
CARMEN C. RODRÍGUEZ
PALERMO, T/C/C
CARMEN C. RODRÍGUEZ, T/C/C CARMEN C. RODRÍGUEZ DE LUGO COMPUESTA
POR FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; Y LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA Demandados
Civil Núm.: PO2022CV00156.
Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.
AL: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.
A: SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN CRUZ RODRÍGUEZ PALERMO, T/C/C CARMEN CRUZ RODRÍGUEZ, T/C/C CARMEN C. RODRÍGUEZ PALERMO, T/C/C CARMEN C. RODRÍGUEZ, T/C/C
CARMEN C. RODRÍGUEZ DE LUGO COMPUESTA
POR FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS
Yo, MIGUEL A. TORRES AYALA, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, 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 05 DE ABRIL DE 2023, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Ponce, Ponce, 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 3 de noviembre 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 12 DE ABRIL DE 2023, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 19 DE ABRIL DE 2023, A LAS 11:00 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 Ponce, en el caso de epígrafe con fecha de 3 de enero de 2023, 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: Solar número vientiocho A (28 A) del Bloque P de la Urbanización Villa Grillasca, en el Barrio Canas de Ponce, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de doscientos treinta y siete punto cincuenta (237.50) metros cuadrados. Colindando por el NORTE, en veinticinco (25.00) metros, con el solar número veintinueve guión B (29-B); por el SUR, en veinticinco (25.00) metros con el solar número veintiocho guión B (28-B); por el ESTE, en nueve punto cincuenta (9.50) metros, con el solar número dos guión B (2-B); y por el OESTE, en nueve punto cincuenta (9.50) metros, con la Calle número uno (1) todos del mismo bloque de la Urbanización. Enclava una casa de concreto armado de una sola planta con
techo de azotea, y piso de lozas del país, que constituye una vivienda independiente, consistiendo de tres dormitorios, con sus closets, sala, comedor en una sola unidad, cocina con sus closet, cuarto de baño y balcón. Existe una servidumbre de signo aparente sobre esta finca consisitente de una pared medianera que divide la unidad de vivienda de esta finca de la situada en el Remanente de la propiedad de la cual esta se segrega, cuya pared continuara sirviente a ambas unidades y pertenecerá en común pro indiviso y en toda su actual extensión y espesor a la propiedad de las propiedades de las mismas. Finca número 1,004 (antes 20,969), inscrita al folio 107 del tomo 271 de Ponce Sur. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, II de Ponce. Dirección de la Propiedad: Villa Grillasca #1348 E Cuevas St. Ponce PR 00717. 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 $48,804.90 de balance principal, cual acumulan a un total de $75,604.59 a la fecha de 31 de enero de 2022, con interés al 3.185% anual, 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 $11,250.00 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 324 otorgada el día 16 de agosto de 2013, Ponce, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Público Gary E. Biaggi Silva y consta inscrita al folio 126 vuelto del tomo 1077 de Ponce Sur, finca número 1004, Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce Sur, Sección II de Ponce. 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, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $112,500.00, con intereses al 13.185% anual, vencedero el día 2 de diciembre de 2080, constituida mediante la escritura número 325, otorgada en Ponce, Puerto Rico, eld ia 16 de agosto de 2013, ante el notario Gary E. Biaggi Silva, e inscrita al folio 127 vuelto del tomo 1077 de Ponce Sur, finca número 1,004, inscripción 18va. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta del inmueble antes descrito será la suma de $112,500.00 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 $75,000.00; 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 $56,250.00. 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 par-
cial 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 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 Ponce, Puerto Rico, a 12 de enero de 2023.
Miguel A. Torres Ayala, Alguacil
Auxiliar Placa #560, Alguacil Del Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Sala De Ponce.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO. BANESCO USA, Plaintiff, v. CENTRO CITOPATOLÓGICO DEL CARIBE, INC.; LABORATORIO CLÍNICO EL CENTRO, INC.; OFICINAS DEL CENTRO, INC.; PUERTO RICO INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY, INC.; ELIUD LÓPEZ VÉLEZ; CRISTINA
Defendants
Case No. 19-1697 (PAD). NOTICE OF SALE.
On February 1, 2022, the Court entered Judgment in favor of plaintiff, Banesco USA (“Banesco”) and against defendants, Centro Citopatológico del Caribe, Inc.; Oficinas del Centro, Inc.; Puerto Rico Institute of Pathology, Inc.; Eliud López Vélez; and Cristina Gómez D’Angelo; (“Defendants”). As of February 27, 2020, Defendants owe Banesco the total amount of $1,380,025.92 consisting of $974,721.66 of principal, plus interest at a rate of $216.54 per diem. The interest continues to accrue until the debt is paid in full. Defendants also owe Banesco accrued late charges and any other advance, charge, fee or disbursements made by Banesco on behalf of Defendants, in accordance with the mortgage deeds, plus costs, charges and disbursements, expenses, plus the amount of $220,550.00 in attorneys’ fees. The amounts owed by codefendant Centro Citopatológico will be satisfied only with the proceedings obtained from the judicial sale of the property. The amounts owed by codefendant Centro Citopatológico del Caribe, Inc. will be satisfied only with the proceedings obtained from the judicial sale of the properties. Pursuant to said judgment and/or the Order of Execution of Judgment, the undersigned appointed Special Master was ordered to sell, at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check, without appraisement or right to redemption, to the highest bidder, at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 - Federal Building, Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, or at any other place designated by said Clerk, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property: PROPERTY H: URBAN:
HORIZONTAL PROPERTY: Apartment No.602 of PELICAN REEF CONDOMINIUM, Apartment Building, located in Corsica ward, of the municipality of Rincón, Puerto Rico. This apartment is built in reinforced concrete. Single level, with its entrance door from the exterior corridor by the east boundary, and that goes to the corridor that leads to the lobby of elevators and stairs by which you reach the first level of the building
and from there to the parking building. This apartment has a total area of approximately 715.32 square feet, equivalent to 66.4554 square meters. In boundaries by the NORTH, in 33’9” equivalent to 10.29 meters, with dividing wall that separates it from apartment 603; by the SOUTH, in 33’9” equivalent to 10.29 meters, with a dividing wall that separates it from apartment 601 and the exterior corridor that is a common area; by the EAST, in 30’0” equivalent to 9.14 meters, with dividing wall that separates it from the exterior corridor that is common area; and by the WEST, in 30’0” equivalent to 9.14 meters, with dividing wall that separates it from apartment 603 and with railing that separates it from the common exterior area. This apartment consists: entrance hall, kitchen with closet for laundry equipment, living room, balcony, linen closet, bathroom and master bedroom with closet. This apartment corresponds to parking No.81 on the first level of the parking lot in front of the apartment building.
Percentage: 1.5440% in the common elements of the Condominium. The property described above is recorded at page 119 of volume 161 of Rincón, property number 8,155, Registry of Property, Section of Aguadilla. The property is subject to the following liens: By its origin: Easement in favor of Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales. By itself: MORTGAGE in guarantee of note in favor of Popular Mortgage, or to its order, in the principal amount of $189,190.00, with a annual interest rate of 5 7/8% and due on July 1, 2035, as per Deed No. 299, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on June 30, 2005, before Notary Public Namyr I. Hernández Sánchez, recorded at page 119 of volume 161 of Rincón, 2nd inscription. At entry 900 of journal 861, on January 21, 2015, Deed #3 was presented, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on January 28, 2013, before the Notary Public Mayra Rotger Meléndez, through which appeared Alejo Edgar Nery Beyer, t/c/c Edgar Alejo Nery Beyer, Edgar Nery Beyer and Edgar Nery Beijer, single; and María Cristina GÓMEZ D’Angelo, t/c/c Cristina Gómez D’Angelo, Cristina Gómez Nery and Doctor Cristina Nery, single, whose marriage was declared broken and dissolved by Judgment of December 6, 2012, followed in the Court of First Instance, Superior Chamber of San Juan, in Civil Case #KDI2012-1470, which is attached. Alejo Edgar Nery Beyer sells his participation in favor of María Cristina Gómez D’Angelo for the price of $20,000.00. In entry 901 of journal 861, on January 21, 2015, deed #20 was presen-
ted, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on October 31, 2014, before the Notary Rafael L. Rovira Arbona, through the which appears Cristina Gómez D’Angelo, t/c/c Cristina Gómez Nery, single, to establish a Mortgage as collateral for a promissory note in favor of Banesco USA, or at its order, for the principal sum of $172,500.00, with interest at 12% per year and due on presentation. BANESCO USA Bank is holder by endorsement of the promissory note of $189,190.00 and POSTPONES said debt to the one hereby constituted; attesting the notary to add an “allonge”. At entry 2022-052206-AG01 on April 22, 2022, Order and Writ Attachment dated April 21, 2022 was filed in civil case #19-1697 (PAD) in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Plaintiff Banesco USA; Defendant: Caribbean Cytopathological Center Inc. Amount claimed: $1,380,025.92. 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 the Order and Writ of Attachment over the property, and for the purposes of the first judicial sale the minimum bid amount is the amount of $172,500.00. 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 April 21st, 2023, at 10:30 a.m., in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, 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. 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 3rd day of March, 2023. Aguedo de la Torre, Appointed Special Master.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYNABO GIL JOSUE GARCIA TORRES; NORMA IRIS BAEZ MERCED
Parte Peticionaria EXPARTE
Caso Núm.: GB2022CV01074. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS.
A: LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA
QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE.
POR LA PRESENTE se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los veinte (20) días contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir 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.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. RUSTICA: Parcela de terreno radicada en el Barrio Frailes, sector Mariquita, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida su-
perficial de Dos Mil Dos Punto Cero Cero Veinte (2,002.0020) Metros Cuadrados, equivalentes a Cero Punto Cinco Cero Nueve Tres (0.5093) Cuerdas. En lindes por el NORTE, con la quebrada Frailes; por el SUR, con Felix Román Merced y acceso que conduce a la carretera “PR” ochocientos treinta y ocho (PR838); por el ESTE, con la quebrada Frailes; y por el OESTE, con la iglesia Apostólica Alfa y Omega. Número de Catastro: 114-034-342-11-000. Valor de la propiedad es de Cien Mil Dólares ($100,000.00).
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 3 DE ABRIL DE 2023, A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE 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 citarle ni oírle. En Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, a 7 de febrero de 2023. LCDA. LAURA
I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LUISA I. ANDINO AYALA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN. BGI LLC, Demandante, v. JOSÉ LUIS MALDONADO FUERTES, SU ESPOSA BRUNILDA SALGADO DÁVILA, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: BY2021CV05176 (701). SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. AVISO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO. S.S. YO, el(la) Alguacil que suscribe, por la presente anuncia y hace constar, que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia, expedido el 31 de enero de 2023 por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Bayamón, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, quien pagará el importe de la venta en dinero efectivo o en cheque certificado o de gerente, a la orden del Alguacil suscribiente, en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, el día 27 de marzo de 2023, a la(s) 9:00 a.m., en las oficinas del Alguacil del Tribunal de Bayamón, todo título, derecho o interés que corresponda a la parte demandada sobre el inmueble que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: BARRIO SABANA SECA de Toa Baja. Solar: 234-A. Cabida: 647.29 Metros Cuadrados. LINDEROS: Por el NORTE, con la Carretera Estatal número 867; por el SUR, con la calle 14-A de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con las parcelas 234 y 234-D de la comunidad; y por el OESTE, con la parcela 265 de la comunidad. Contiene estructura de hormigón armado. Inscrita al Folio 103 del tomo 297 de Toa Baja, Finca número 17,697, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Segunda Sección. Dirección Física: Lot 234-A, PR 867, Barrio Ingenio, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico 00949. La propiedad descrita anteriormente está afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: Afecta por su procedencia: Por sí: HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de Doral Mortgage Corporation, o a su orden, por la suma de $113,600.00, con interés al 9½%, y vencedero el 1 de octubre de 2019, según consta de la escritura #168, otorgada en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el día 11 de octubre de 2002, ante el Notario Público David Gómez, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Toa Baja, inscripción 7ma.
ANOTACIÓN DE DEMANDA: Es objeto de esta anotación la Hipoteca a favor de Doral Mortgage Corporation, por la suma de $113,600.00 que surge de la inscripción #7. DEMAN-
DANTE: Bautista Cayman Asset Company; DEMANDADO: José Luis Maldonado Fuertes y su esposa Brunilda Salgado Dávila, cantidad adeudada $260,857.82, por concepto de principal más intereses, según Demanda expedida por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, caso Civil
#BY2021CV05176 el día 20 de diciembre de 2021m inscrito al tomo Karibe de Toa Baja, Anotación A de fecha del 13 de enero de 2022. Conforme lo estipulado en la Hipoteca, en caso de ejecución, la Propiedad anteriormente descrita responde por la suma de $113,600.00 cuyo valor servirá como tipo mínimo en la primera subasta en caso de ejecución. De no adjudicarse la propiedad en la primera subasta, se celebrará una segunda subasta, en las oficinas del Alguacil del Tribunal de Bayamón, el día 3 de abril de 2023, a la(s) 9:00 a.m. El tipo mínimo para la segunda subasta será dos terceras partes (2/3) del tipo mínimo de la primera subasta, o sea, $75,733.33. De no adjudicarse la propiedad en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una tercera subasta en en las oficinas del Alguacil del Tribunal de Bayamón, el día 10 de abril de 2023, a la(s) 9:00 a.m. El tipo mínimo para la tercera subasta será la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo que se pactara para la primera subasta, o sea, $56,800.00. Esta subasta se hará para satisfacer a la parte demandante, hasta donde alcance, el importe adeudado a BGI LLC. ascendente al 18 de abril de 2022 a la suma de $272,331.41, la cual se desglosa de la manera siguiente: (i) $107,498.79 por concepto de principal; más (ii) $132,392.19 por concepto de intereses acumulados y no pagados, los cuales incrementan diariamente a razón de $28.37 hasta su total y completo pago; más (iii) $6,588.73 por concepto de cargos por mora, los cuales incrementan diariamente a la tasa pactada bajo el Préstamo Hipotecario hasta su total y completo pago; más $14,491.70 por concepto de otros gastos; más (iv) la suma de $11,360.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado pactados bajo el Pagaré Hipotecario y la Hipoteca. La venta en pública subasta de la propiedad descrita anteriormente se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte dicha propiedad. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si lo hubiera, al crédito que da base a esta ejecución, continuará subsistente, entendiéndose además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables. El Alguacil procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble, de
conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. POR LA PRESENTE, se les notifica a los titulares de créditos y/o cargas registrales posteriores, si alguno, que se celebrará la SUBASTA en la fecha, hora y sitio anteriormente señalados, y se les invita a que concurran a dicha subasta, si les conviniere, o se les invita a satisfacer, antes del remate, el importe del crédito, sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del Acreedor ejecutante, siempre y cuando reúnan los requisitos y cualificaciones de Ley para que se pueda efectuar tal subrogación. Y PARA SU PUBLICACIÓN en el tablón de edictos de este Tribunal y en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde se celebrará la subasta señalada. Además, en un periódico de circulación general en dos (2) ocasiones y mediante correo certificado a la última dirección conocida de la parte demandada. EXPEDIDO el presente EDICTO DE SUBASTA en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 17 de febrero de 2023. Edgardo Elías Vargas Santana, Alguacil Auxiliar Placa 193, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE BAYAMÓN. ***
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA DE PEÑUELAS EN SABANA GRANDE ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC
Demandante Vs. CARMEN P.
SANTIAGO SANTOS
Demandada
Civil Núm.: PE2022CV00017.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
A: CARMEN P. SANTIAGO
SANTOS - COMUNIDAD
CARACOLES I PARC 158
CALLE 8, PEÑUELAS, PUERTO RICO 00624.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dic-
tar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. José F. Aguilar Vélez cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jose.aguilar@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO
MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Yauco, Puerto Rico, hoy día 7 de febrero de 2023. En Yauco, Puerto Rico, el 7 de febrero de 2023. CARMEN TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. DELIA APONTE VELÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CABO ROJO
ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante Vs. MABEN FIGUEROA RODRÍGUEZ
Demandada
Civil Núm.: CB2022CV00449. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
A: MABEN FIGUEROA
RODRÍGUEZ - MANS DE CABO ROJO 147 CALLE
PLAYA CABO ROJO, PUERTO RICO 00623. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. José F. Aguilar Vélez cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono
(787) 993-3731 a la dirección jose.aguilar@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO
MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 7 de febrero de 2023. En Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, el 8 de febrero de 2023. VERÓNICA MARTÍNEZ ORTIZ, SECRETARIA. SUIRKA FELICIANO GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. RAYMOND PIÑEIRO SOTO T/C/C RAMÓN PIÑEIRO SOTO, LYDIA ROMÁN CALERO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: CG2022CV03206.
Sobre: ACCIÓN IN REM Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S.
A: RAYMOND PIÑEIRO SOTO T/C/C RAMÓN PIÑEIRO SOTO; LYDIA ROMÁN CALERO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.
Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. 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, de no contestar la demanda dentro del término aquí estipulado, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia sin más citarle ni oírle. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: Lcdo. Guillermo A. Somoza Colombani, P.O. Box 366603, San Juan, PR 009366603. Tel. (787) 919-0073, Fax (787) 641-5016. Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 23 de febrero de 2023. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ
AGOSTO, SECRETARIA GENERAL. MARTA E. DONATE RESTO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYNABO
CARLOS EFRAÍN
SANTIAGO JORDÁN
Demandante Vs. FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANO DE TAL
Demandados
Civil Núm.: GB2023CV00105. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANO DE TAL. Quedan ustedes notificados que el demandante de epígrafe ha presentado en este Tribunal una Demanda contra ustedes como codemandados, en la que se solicita la cancelación judicial de un Pagaré Extraviado a favor de Doral Bank, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $31,680, con intereses al 5.95% anual y vencedero el 1° de junio de 2012, suscrito el día 31 de mayo de 2005. Para garantizar el referido Pagaré, el mismo día y ante la Notaria Adela Surillo Gutiérrez, se otorgó la Escritura #204, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, mediante la cual se constituyó Hipoteca sobre la siguiente propiedad: “PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento número mil cuatrocientos cinco (1405) del Condominio Portal De Sofía, localizado en el tercer nivel del Edificio Catorce (14) de apartamentos, situado en la Avenida San Ignacio de los Barrios Frailes y Río del término municipal de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Este apartamento está construido en hormigón reforzado. Tiene un (1) nivel con su puerta de entrada por el lindero Norte, y por ella se sale al pasillo y a la escalera que conduce al estacionamiento frente a este edificio de apartamentos.
Este apartamento tiene un área total aproximada de mil doscientos ochenta y cinco punto cero setecientos cincuenta y un (1,285.0751) pies cuadrados equivalente a ciento diecinueve punto tres mil ochocientos setenta y tres (119.3873) metros cuadrados. Linderos por el NORTE, en treinta y cinco pies y nueve pulgadas (35’ 9”) equivalente a diez punto noventa metros (10.90 m) con pared medianera que lo separa del pasillo que conduce a la escalera que es área común y con pared exterior que lo separa
del área exterior común; por el SUR, en treinta y cinco pies y nueve pulgadas (35’ 9”) equivalente a diez punto noventa metros (10.90 m) con pared exterior que lo separa del área exterior común; por el ESTE, en cuarenta y dos pies y once pulgadas (42’ 11”) equivalentes a trece punto cero ocho metros (13.08 m) con pared medianera que lo separa del apartamento mil cuatrocientos seis (1406); y por el OESTE, en cuarenta y un pies y nueve pulgadas (41’ 9”) equivalente a doce punto setenta y tres metros (12.73 m) con doble pared medianera que lo separa de los apartamentos mil trescientos seis (1306) y mil trescientos ocho (1308). Este apartamento consta de entrada, pasillo de entrada, cocina, sala-comedor, balcón, baño, closet en pasillo, dos dormitorios con closet, closet de lavandería, dormitorio master con área de lavamanos, closet vestidor y baño. A este apartamento le corresponde el estacionamiento doble número ciento setenta (170) frente a este edificio de apartamentos. A este apartamento le corresponde una participación de cero punto siete mil doscientos setenta y uno por ciento (0.7271 %) en los elementos comunes del Condominio.” Consta inscrita al folio ciento cuarenta y uno (141) del tomo mil cuatrocientos cuarenta y nueve (1,449) de Guaynabo, finca número cuarenta y seis mil seiscientos sesenta y uno (46,661), Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Guaynabo. Se le emplaza y se le notifica que debe contestar la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. Deberá presentar la contestación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajucial.pr/ sumac, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentarla ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, con copia a la abogada de la parte demandante a la siguiente dirección:
Lcda. Magaly Rodríguez Batista PO Box 9024082
San Juan, PR 00902 4082
Tels: (787) 504-4801
Fax: 1 (888) 224-3201
Se le apercibe que, de no contestar la demanda en el término aquí establecido, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 10 de febrero de 2023. LCDA.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL
GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA
SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA VIVIAN MUIÑA HERNANDEZ Y OTROS
Demandante V. POPULAR MORTGAGE, INC Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Civil: CA2023CV00024. Sala: 409. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERES EN LA OBLIGACION CUYA CANCELACION POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA.
(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 6 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 7 de marzo de 2023. En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, el 7 de 2023. LCDA. MARILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN MARIA REBECCA
PALACIOS SAN MIGUEL
Demandante V.
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A., JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA
DEL PUEBLO Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA CANCELACIÓN POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA
Demandados
Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV11309. Sala: 906. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO POR SUMAC.
A: THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A., JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA CANCELACIÓN POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA.
EL SECRETARIO (A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 6 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 esta. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 8 de marzo de 2023. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 8 de marzo de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MYRNA DELIZ VILLEGAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO
DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS
SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC
Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE HILARIO
GARCÍA T/C/C HILARO GARCÍA PEREZ
The
COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS SHERYL GARCÍA, ODALYS GARCÍA, PAOLA GARCÍA Y FRANCISCO GARCÍA; FULANO(A) DE TAL Y SUTANO(A) DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE DICHA SUCESIÓN; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
Demandados
Civil Núm.: GR2022CV00332. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO Y MANDAMIENTO DE INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO.
ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S.
A: ODALYS GARCÍA; PAOLA GARCÍA, FRANCISCO GARCÍA COMO HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE HILARIO GARCÍA T/C/C HILARIO GARCÍA PEREZ; FULANO(A) DE TAL Y SUTANO(A) DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS DE DICHA SUCESIÓN. 3401 NORTH
LAKE VIEW DR. APT 1412, TAMPA, FL, 33618; 60 CALLE 4 TOSCANA, GURABO, P.R. 007783900.
Por la presente se les notifica que se ha presentado en este Tribunal la Demanda Enmendada de epígrafe. Se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a: Lcdo. Fernando Gierbolini
MONSERRATE, SIMONET & GIERBOLINI, 101 Ave. San Patricio, Edificio Maramar Plaza Suite 1120, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968; Tel: (787) 6205300, abogados de la parte demandante, con copia de la contestación a la Demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto, que se publicará una (1) vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general. Se le apercibe que si no contesta la Demanda radicando el original de la misma a través del Sistema
Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal Superior dentro del término antes indicado, y notificando con copia a la parte
demandante, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado a favor de la parte demandante sin más citarle ni oírle. Además, se les interpela judicialmente, a tenor con el Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico, para que en un término de treinta (30) días de haber sido publicado este edicto, excluyendo el día de su publicación, acepten o repudien, mediante instrumento público o comparecencia judicial especial, la herencia del causante, HILARIO GARCÍA
T/C/C HILARIO GARCÍA PEREZ, apercibiéndosele que de no expresarse dentro de dicho término, se tendrán por aceptadas las herencias. B.B.V.A. y. Latinoamericana, 164 D.P.R. 689 (2005), por lo que responderán por las cargas de dichas herencias. EXTENDIDO BAJO
MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 8 de marzo de 2023.
LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. MARTA E. DONATE RESTO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
TRIAD INVESTMENT, LLC
Demandante Vs. ORIENTAL BANK
COMO SUCESOR EN DERECHO DE R-G
PREMIER BANK; ROSA
L. ANGUEIRA GONZÁLEZ Y GERONIMO VALENTÍN
MONTALVO; RICHARD
DOE COMO DEMANDADO DESCONOCIDO
Demandados
Civil Núm.: BY2023CV00584.
Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S.
A: ROSA L. ANGUEIRA GONZÁLEZ, POR SI, Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; Y GERONIMO VALENTÍN MONTALVO, POR SI, Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES.
URB. CAMPO ALEGRE, C-21 CALLE LAURE, BAYAMÓN, PR 009564453.
De: TRIAD INVESTMENT, LLC.
Se le emplaza y requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de
los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramaiudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Este caso trata sobre Sustitución de Pagaré Extraviado. Se le apercibe que si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle.
Lcdo. Fernando José Rivera Casellas Abogado de la parte demandada
Colegiado Núm. 19269 RUA 18246
Urb. Villa Nearez 314 Calle 4 San Juan, PR 00927-5355 Tel. 787-754-7248 Email: fernando@riveraiturbe.com
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy 08 de marzo de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARÍA E. COLLAZO FEBUS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-
NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN VIG MORTGAGE CORP.
Demandante Vs. JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE
Demandados
Civil Núm.: BY2023CV01178.
Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE.
POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica a usted, que se ha radicado en esta secretaría la Demanda de epígrafe. En dicha Demanda se reclama que usted es el último tenedor del pagaré hipotecario a favor de DORAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, por la suma principal de $94,086.00, con intereses al
6.50% anual, vencedero el día 1 de agosto de 2031 y garantizado con la escritura número 526, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 30 de julio de 2004, inscrita en la finca
6,176 de Dorado, Registro de la Propiedad Sección Cuarta de Bayamón, inscripción 4ta. Dicho pagaré e hipoteca fueron modificados disminuyendo su principal a $88,469.19 y la tasa de interés fue modificada al 4.50% anual, según surge de la escritura número 540 otorga-
da en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 27 de diciembre de 2011, inscrita en la finca 6,176 de Dorado, Registro de la Propiedad Sección Cuarta de Bayamón, inscripción 6ta. Se le emplaza y requiere que dentro del término de treinta (30) días conteste la Demanda. Se le apercibe que de no contestar la misma dentro del término antes dicho, presentando su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Tribunal Superior, Sala de Bayamón, con copia al Lcdo. Armando J. Martínez Vilella, PMB 458, 100 Grand Paseos Blvd. Suite 112, SAN JUAN, P.R. 00926-5955, E-mail: amartinez@amvlawpr. com, TEL. 787- 763-9777 FAX. 787-763-9444 se le anotará la Rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. Se expidió bajo mi firma y sello de este Honorable Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 08 de marzo de 2023. LCDA. LAURA
I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ELIBETH TORRES ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE HUMACAO KEYLINK LLC
Demandante Vs. SUCESIONES DE FERNANDO LOPEZ TORO Y DE MARIA ANTONIA
MIRANDA MESTRE
T/C/C MARIA ANTONIA MIRANDA DE LOPEZ COMPUESTAS POR FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES
HEREDEROS DE AMBAS SUCESIONES; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA
Demandados
Civil Núm.: HU2023CV00312.
Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS
EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: FULANO Y SUT ANO DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION DE HERNANDO LOPEZ
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
MIRANDA LOPEZ
T/C/C MARIA ANTONIA MIRANDA MESTRE.
POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, Usted deberá radicar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de, Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá radicar el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notifique con copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, Lcdo. Roberto C. Látimer Valentín, al PO BOX 9022512, San Juan, P.R. 00902-2512; Teléfono: (787) 724-0230. En dicha demanda se tramita un procedimiento ejecución de hipoteca bajo el número mencionado en el epígrafe. Se alega en dicho procedimiento que la parte Demandada incurrió en el incumplimiento del Contrato de Hipoteca, al no cumplir con los requerimiento establecidos en el Contrato de Hipoteca Revertida por no ser la vivienda principal del deudor, entre otras De acuerdo con dicho Contrato de Garantía Hipotecaria la parte Demandante declaró vencida la totalidad de la deuda ascendente a la suma principal de $58,108.27, más intereses a razón del 6.00% anual desde que dichas sumas fueron desembolsadas, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más adelantos para el pago de seguros hipotecarios y contribuciones sobre la propiedad, entre cualquier otro anticipo o adelanto hecho por la parte demandante, más una suma equivalente a ($13,950.00), por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado todo según pactado. La parte Demandante presentará para su inscripción en el Registro de la Propiedad correspondiente, un AVISO DE PLEITO PENDIENTE (“Lis Pendens”) sobre la propiedad objeto de esta acción cuya propiedad es la siguiente: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número sesenta y uno de la Urbanización Cooperativa de Vivienda Juan Mendoza, situada en el Barrio El Duque, del término municipal de Naguabo, Puerto Rico, con un área de trescientos veinticinco metros cuadrados. Colinda por el NORTE, en trece metros con la Autoridad de Tierras de Puerto Rico; por el SUR, en trece metros con la calle número cinco de la urbanización; por el ESTE, en veinticinco metros
29
con el solar número sesenta de la urbanización; y por el OESTE, en veinticinco metros con el solar número sesenta y dos de la misma urbanización. En este solar la vendedora ha construido una casa vivienda que consta de sala, comedor, cocina, tres habitaciones, cuarto de baño y balcón. Consta inscrita al folio 103 del tomo 78 de Naguabo, Finca# 4,441 Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao. SE LES ORDENA a ustedes a que dentro del término legal de treinta (30) días, contados a partir de la fecha de notificación de la presente Orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia de la DE LAS SUCESIONES DE FERNANDO LOPEZ TORO Y DE MARIA ANTONIA MIRANDA MESTRE T/C/C MARIA ANTONIA MIRANDA DE LOPEZ. De no hacerlo dentro de dicho término, se dará la herencia por aceptada. SE LES APERCIBE que de no hacer sus alegaciones responsivas a la demanda dentro del término aquí dispuesto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictara sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Humacao, Puerto Rico. A 9 de marzo de 2023. IVELISSE C. FONSECA RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. DALISSA REYES DE LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN GERMÁN
FIRSTBANK
PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE OTILIO
RAFAEL LUGO LUGO, ET. AL.
Demandados
Civil Núm.: SG2022CV00339. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO
POSIBLES HEREDEROS
DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE OTILIO
RAFAEL LUGO LUGO. POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá radicar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al
cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired.ramajudicial.pr/ sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá radicar el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notifique con copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, Lcda.
Marie L. Quiñones Tañón, al PO BOX 9022512, San Juan, P.R. 00902-2512; Teléfono: (787) 724-0230. En dicha demanda se tramita un procedimiento de cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca bajo el número mencionado en el epígrafe. Se alega en dicho procedimiento que la parte Demandada incurrió en el incumplimiento del Contrato de Hipoteca, al no poder pagar las mensualidades vencidas correspondientes a los meses de septiembre de 2020, hasta el presente, más los cargos por demora correspondientes. Además adeuda a la parte demandante las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en que incurra el tenedor del pagaré en este litigio. De acuerdo con dicho Contrato de Garantía Hipotecaria la parte Demandante declaró vencida la totalidad de la deuda ascendente a la suma de principal de $85,831.67, más intereses a razón del 5.00% anual desde el 1 de agosto de 2020 hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más los cargos por demora que se corresponden a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pactada de 5% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, más adelantos para el pago de seguros y contribuciones, entre otros; más una suma equivalente a $10,710.00, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado todo según pactado. La parte Demandante presentará para su inscripción en el Registro de la Propiedad correspondiente, un AVISO DE PLEITO PENDIENTE (“Lis Pendens”) sobre la propiedad objeto de esta acción cuya propiedad es la siguiente:
RÚSTICA: Solar número tres (3) del bloque “E” de Urbanización La Alborada, localizada en el término municipal de Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico, con un área de trescientos veinticinco metros cuadrados (325.00 m.c.). En lindes: por el NORTE, en una distancia de veinticinco (25.00) metros, con el solar Ecuatro (E-4); por el SUR, en una distancia de veinticinco (25.00) metros, con el solar Edos (E-2); por el ESTE, en una distancia de trece (13.00) metros, con los solares E-nueve (E-9) y E-diez (E-10); y por el OESTE, en una distancia de trece (13.00) metros, con la calle número uno (1) de dicha
urbanización. Este solar esta afecto a servidumbre a favor de la Puerto Rico Telephone Company en el patio frontal y la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica de Puerto Rico. En el solar de referencia se ha construido una casa de hormigón para una familia. Consta inscrita al folio 270 del tomo 200 de Sabana Grande, finca número #10,053. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de San Germán. SE LES ORDENA a ustedes a que dentro del término legal de treinta (30) días, contados a partir de la fecha de notificación de la presente Orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia de la DE LA SUCESIÓN DE OTILIO RAFAEL LUGO LUGO Y DE LA SUCESIÓN DE MARÍA CRISTINA ÁVILA DE JESÚS. De no hacerlo dentro de dicho término, se dará la herencia por aceptada. SE LES APERCIBE que de no hacer sus alegaciones responsivas a la demanda dentro del término aquí dispuesto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en San Germán, Puerto Rico. A 08 de marzo de 2023. LIC. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ALEXANDRA MARIE LÓPEZ, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
LEGAL NOT ICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE; ASSOCIATION T/C/C FANNIE MAE Demandante V. SUCESION DE ORLANDO ADROVET MOLINA COMPUESTA POR SU VIUDA SANDRA MONTAÑEZ VELEZ POR SÍ; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS O PERSONAS CON INTERÉS SOBRE DICHA SUCESION; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA
Demandado(a)
Civil: CA2022CV00782. Sala: 402. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS O PERSONAS CON INTERÉS SOBRE LA SUCESIÓN DE ORLANDO
(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de 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 23 de enero de 2023. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 7 de marzo de 2023.
LCDA. MARILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. LOURDES T. DÍAZ MEDINA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL
GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA
SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. SUCESION DE FELIPE
RODRIGUEZ LEBRON Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Civil: CA2022CV00598. Sala:
409. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION DE FELIPE
RODRIGUEZ LEBRONTERRAZAS DE PLAZA ESCORIAL, BO SAN
ANTON, EDIF 5 APT 5102
CAROLINA PR 00987.
(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de 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 circula-
ción 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 SALA
SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA CONSEJO DE TITULARES
DEL CONDOMINIO ST TROPEZ
Demandante V. VICENTE
SANTARCANGELO Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Civil: CA2022CV03464. Sala:
406. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: VICENTE SANTARCANGELO; VICTORIA SANTARCANGELO; ANN
SANTARCANGELO.
(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 2 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, Puer-
to Rico, el 6 de marzo de 2023.
LCDA. MARILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO. DEPARTAMENTO DE ESTADO. NOMBRE COMERCIAL PARA REGISTRAR. AVISO. A QUIEN PUEDA INTERESAR: De acuerdo con las disposiciones de la Ley Núm. 75 del 23 de septiembre de 1992, según enmendada, mejor conocida como la Ley de Nombres Comerciales del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y la Sección 24 del Reglamento promulgado bajo la ley citada anteriormente, el siguiente nombre comercial ha sido presentado en el Departamento de Estado de Puerto Rico para su archivo y registro.
Farmacia
San José
Número de Expediente:
251180-99-1. Propietario: Farmacia San José LLC. Dirección: 3 Calle San José Lares, PR 0066. Actividad Empresarial: “Pharmacy Operation; Retail Pharmacy Services; and Retail Convenience Store” Renuncia a elementos no registrables: Farmacia. NOTIFICA-
CIÓN: Cualquier oposición a este registro deberá presentarse en el Departamento de Estado de Puerto Rico dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este aviso.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
PR RECOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT JV, LLC
Demandante V. BEAN COFFEE BAR, LLC; MANUEL DE LA CRUZ SUÁREZ; JENNIFER
PÉREZ CASTRO
Demandado(a)
Civil: VA2022CV00096. Sala:
403. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: JENNIFER PÉREZ CASTRO. HC 77 BOX 7933, VEGA ALTA, PR 00692.
(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 7 de 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 9 de marzo de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 9 de marzo de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. KATHERINE SANTIAGO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE TOA ALTA SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. EDWIN AYALA AYALA; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA
Demandados
Civil Núm.: TA2023CV00087. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A la parte co-demandada:
EDWIN AYALA AYALA
A LA SIGUIENTE
DIRECCIÓN: 3U-10 CALLE 42, URB. ALTURAS DE BUCARABONES TOA ALTA, PR 00953. Por la presente se le(s) notifica que se ha radicado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal una Demanda en Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca en su contra, en la cual se alega entre otras cosas que la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante por concepto de hipoteca la suma de $24,719.40 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de agosto de 2022, más intereses al tipo pactado de 8.00% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además la parte codemandada Edwin Ayala Ayala adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los
créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $7,494.00. Además la parte co-demandada Edwin Ayala Ayala se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $7,494.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $7,494.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y cualquiera otros adelantos que se hagan en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca número 999, otorgada en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el día 30 de diciembre de 1996, ante el notario Manuel R. Pérez Caballer, de la finca número 13,966, la cual consta inscrita al Folio 96 del Tomo 286 de Toa Alta, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Tercera. Por razón de dicho incumplimiento, y al amparo del derecho que le confiere el Pagaré, el demandante ha declarado tales sumas vencidas, líquidas y exigibles en su totalidad. Este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le(s) cite a usted(es) por edicto que se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general. Por tratarse de una obligación hipotecaria y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectando por el remedio solicitado, se le emplaza por este edicto que se publicará una vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de Puerto Rico. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal y notifique copia de la Contestación de la Demanda a las oficinas de CARDONA & MALDONADO LAW OFFICES, P.S.C. ATENCIÓN al Lcdo. Duncan Maldonado Ejarque, P.O. Box 366221, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-6221; Tel (787) 622-7000, Fax (787) 6257001, Abogado de la Parte Demandante. Dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndole que de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su Rebeldía y dictar Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado sin más citarle(s) ni oírle(s). EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y con el Sello del Tribunal. DADA hoy 10 de marzo de 2023, en Toa Alta, Puerto Rico. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MARTHA E. ROSARIO ROSA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA
TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. OBED COLÓN
ILDEFONSO T/C/C OBED COLÓN IDELFONSO; SU RAMOS, ESPOSA
MARGARITA ARRIAGA
LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandado(a) Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV03890.
Sala: 508. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: OBED COLÓN
ILDEFONSO T/C/C OBED COLÓN IDELFONSO; SU RAMOS, ESPOSA MARGARITA ARRIAGA
LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 8 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 13 de marzo de 2023. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 13 de marzo de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARTHA ALMODÓVAR CABRERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO
Demandante Vs. EMIGDIO IRENE ORTIZ
Demandado
Civil Núm.: CZ2022CV00060. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
A: EMIGDIO IRENE ORTIZ - BO PALOS BLANCOS, CARR 807 KM.HM 5.2, COROZAL PUERTO RICO 00783 / HC 4 BOX 6550 COROZAL, PUERTO RICO 00783-9348.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda en la que se le reclama la cantidad de $4,931.58 y 10% de honorarios de abogado. Deberá contestar la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. José F. Aguilar Vélez cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jose.aguilar@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 9 de febrero de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 9 de febrero de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. VIVIAN SANABRIA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA DE CAROLINA ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante, V. ISABEL ORTEGA RIVERA
Demandados
Civil Núm.: CA2018CV02578.
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, ISABEL ORTEGA RIVERA; Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 14 de agosto de 2019, 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: [#C 33 El Diamantino Condominio, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00987] y que se describe como sigue:
URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento número ‘C’ guión treinta y tres (C-33), localizado en el inmueble sometido al régimen de Propiedad Horizontal, denominado Condominio Diamantino que radica en el Barrio Martin Gonzáles del término municipal de Carolina, Puerto Rico. Es de forma irregular y está construido de hormigón reforzado y bloques de hormigón a ser utilizado para fines residenciales. Tiene una entrada principal por su lado SUR que lo comunica con el pasillo por dónde tiene acceso a su vez a la vía público y estacionamiento. Colinda por el NORTE, en una distancia de veintidós pies cinco pulgadas (22’5’) con el elemento común general, por el SUR, en veintidós pies cinco pulgadas (22’5’) con elemento común general, por el ESTE, en treinta pies (30’) con el apartamento C’ guion treinta y cuatro (C-34), y por el OESTE, en cuarenta y dos pies (42’), con el apartamento ‘C’ guión treinta y dos (C-32). Tiene una cabida superficial setecientos setenta y siete punto ochocientos treinta y tres pies cuadrados (777.833). Consta de sala-comedor, tres (3) cuartos dormitorios con sus respectivos closets, cuarto de baño, cocina y patio de servicio. A este apartamento le corresponde un espacio (1) para estacionamiento de un automóvil marcado con el número diecinueve (19) localizado en el área de estacionamiento del condominio. Corresponde, además, a este apartamento en los elementos comunes generales del inmueble, una participación tres punto catorce por ciento (3.14%). Finca 60205 inscrita al folio195 del tomo 1450 de Carolina; inscrita al folio 195 del tomo 1450 del Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina II. La finca antes descrita se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: (i) HIPOTECA constituida por Isabel Ortega Rivera, soltera, en garantía de
término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 10 de marzo de 2023. En Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el 10 de marzo de LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. NILDA TORRES ACEVEDO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN.
REVERSE MORTGAGE
FUNDING LLC.
Demandante vs. SUCESION MANUEL
PELATI MALDONADO
T/C/C MANUEL
PELATI COMPUESTA
POR AILEEN PELATI
MORALES, ISABEL
PELATI MORALES, MANOLO PELATI
MORALES; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO
POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS;
SUCESION EVA AMALIA
MORALES EMERIC
T/C/C EVA MORALES
EMERIC COMPUESTA
POR COMPUESTA
POR AILEEN PELATI
MORALES, ISABEL
PELATI MORALES, MANOLO PELATI
MORALES; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO
POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Demandados
CIVIL NUM. SJ2021CV04767.
SOBRE: EJECUCION DE HI-
POTECA. EDICTO DE SUBAS-
TA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS
EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.
A: La Parte Demandada, al (a la) Secretario(a) de Hacienda de Puerto Rico y al Público General: Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de 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 19 de abril de 2023, a las 10:00 de la mañana, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado 26 del bloque H en la Urbanización San Fernando, Sección Primera, en el Barrio Monacillos de San Juan, Puerto Rico, compuesto de trescientos treinta y seis punto noventa y cinco (336.95) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en una distancia de veintitrés punto cuarenta y tres (23.43) metros, con el solar número veintisiete (27) del mismo bloque; por el SUR, en una distancia de veintitrés punto cuarenta y tres (23.43) metros, con el solar número veinticinco (25) del mismo bloque; por el ESTE, en una distancia de seis punto ochenta (6.80) metros, con el solar número once (11) y en siete punto diez (7.10) metros, con el solar número doce (12) del mismo bloque; por el OESTE, en una distancia de catorce punto sesenta y cinco (14.65) metros, con la Calle E de la Urbanización. Enclava una casa. Inscrita al folio 141 del tomo 117 de Monacillos Este, finca 3,661, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección V. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al folio 655 del tomo 332 de Monacillos Este, finca 3661, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección V, inscripción 10ª. Propiedad localizada en: URB. RIO PIEDRAS HEIGHTS (SAN FERNANDO), 1713 CALLE SAN LORENZO, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00926. 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: $277,500.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 24 de enero de 2085. 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 $185,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una segunda subasta por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 26 de abril de 2023, a las 10:00 de la mañana, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $123,333.33, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la tercera subasta, la suma de $92,500.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 3 de mayo de 2023, a las 10:00 de la mañana. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de: Unpaid
Principal Balance $176,099.82; Interest through June 16, 2022
$33,539.87; MIP $7,604.96; Service Fees $5,600.00; Insurance $753.00; Appraisal $550.00; Inspection $580.00; Preservation $4,544.00; Outstanding Advances $2,463.30; Total $231,734.95. La parte demandada también adeuda el equivalente del 10% del balance de principal original, como cantidad líquida para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, así como cualquier otra suma que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy
9 de marzo de 2023. Edwin E Lopez Mulero, Alguacil Auxiliar.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE ARECIBO
FINANCE OF AMERICA
REVERSE LLC
Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE CONFESORA OCASIO
SANTANA T/C/C CONFESORA OCASIO, T/C/C CONFESORA OCASIO-SANTANA, T/C/C CONFESORA VALLE COMPUESTA POR RAMONA SERRANO OCASIO; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE IMPUESTOS MUNICIPALES; Y A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
Demandados
Civil Núm.: AR2021CV01503.
Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.
Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.
A: SUCESIÓN DE CONFESORA OCASIO
SANTANA T/C/C CONFESORA OCASIO, T/C/C CONFESORA OCASIO-SANTANA, T/C/C CONFESORA VALLE COMPUESTA POR RAMONA SERRANO OCASIO; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE IMPUESTOS MUNICIPALES; Y A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA.
Yo, ÁNGEL DE JESÚS TORRES PÉREZ, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Arecibo, 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 25 DE ABRIL DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Arecibo, Arecibo, 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 1 de septiembre 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 2 DE MAYO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 9 DE MAYO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 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 Arecibo, en el caso de epígrafe con fecha de 22 de febrero de 2023, 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: RÚSTICA: Parcela marcado con el número 430 en el plano de parcelación de la comunidad rural Roberto Clemente del Barrio Campo Alegre del término Municipal de Hatillo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de trescientos cincuenta y (uno punto) cincuenta y dos metros cuadrados. En lindes: por el NORTE, con parcela número 429 de la comunidad; por el SUR, con Calle número 24 de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con parcela número 428 de la comunidad; y por el OESTE, con parcela número 432 de la comunidad. Finca número 17,120, inscrita al folio 20 del tomo 263 de Hatillo. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Arecibo. Dirección de la Propiedad: 430 P St Roberto Clemente II Comm, Hatillo PR 00659. 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 $$85,932.38, con interés al 3.154% anual, por concepto de balance principal del préstamo mas intereses acumulados al 3 de enero de 2022, y 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 $15,600.00 a 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 hi-
poteca, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 28 otorgada el día 30 de junio de 2014, Guyanabo, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Público Alfredo
A. Infante Gutierrez y consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Hatillo, finca número 17,120, Registro de la Propiedad de Hatillo, Sección II de Arecibo. 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 de Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $156,000.00, con intereses al 3.154% anual, vencedero el día 23 de octubre de 2088, constituida mediante la escritura número 29, otorgada en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el día 30 de junio de 2014, ante el notario Alfredo A. Infante Gutiérrez, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Hatillo, finca número 17,120, inscripción 6ta última. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta del inmueble antes descrito será la suma de $156,000.00 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 $104,000.00; 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 $78,000.00. 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 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 Arecibo, Puerto Rico, a 7 de marzo de 2023. Ángel De Jesús Torres Pérez, Alguacil Del Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Sala Superior De Arecibo.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN GITSIT SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Parte Demandante Vs. LA SUCESIÓN DE IDALIA LIVIA SÁNCHEZ VILLAMIL TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO IDALIA LIDIA SÁNCHEZ VILLAMIL Y COMO IDALIA SÁNCHEZ VILLAMIL COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV06682. (604). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: LA SUCESIÓN DE IDALIA LIVIA SÁNCHEZ VILLAMIL TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO IDALIA LIDIA SÁNCHEZ VILLAMIL Y COMO IDALIA SÁNCHEZ VILLAMIL COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN.
LA SECRETARIA que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 7 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 60 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notifica-
ción que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 9 de marzo de 2023. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 9 de marzo de 2023. GRISELDA
RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ELSA MAGALY CANDELARIO CABRERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN FIRSTBANK
PUERTO RICO
Parte Demandante Vs. JOSELIN LÓPEZ THEN T/C/C JOSELYN
LÓPEZ THEN, SU ESPOSO; RAMÓN
SERRANO GARCÍA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; ENJOLIE ROSADO GARCÍA, SU ESPOSO; JOSÉ ARIEL
CORDERO NEGRÓN Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV01333.
Salón Núm.: (604). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.
A: JOSELIN LÓPEZ THEN T/C/C JOSELYN
LÓPEZ THEN Y SU
ESPOSO RAMÓN SERRANO GARCÍA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR
AMBOS; ENJOLIE ROSADO GARCÍA, Y SU
ESPOSO JOSÉ ARIEL
CORDERO NEGRÓN Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA POR
AMBOS: Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:
El Alguacil que suscribe, certifica y hace constar que en cumplimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América.
Todo pago recibido por el (la) Alguacil por concepto de subastas será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Todo derecho, título, participación e interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación:
URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento residencial número A ciento uno (A-101) localizado en el primer piso del inmueble sometido al régimen de la Propiedad Horizontal, conocido como Condominio Camino Terraverde, situado en la Carretera Estatal número ciento setenta y cinco (175), kilómetro ciento diecinueve (119) en el Barrio Las Cuevas del término municipal de Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. Es de forma irregular y está construido de hormigón reforzado y bloques de hormigón. Tiene su puerta de entrada orientada hacia el Norte, según Régimen hacia el Sur y da acceso directamente al pasillo de dicha planta. Tiene una cabida superficial de mil ciento treinta y cinco (1,135.00) pies cuadrados, equivalentes a ciento cinco punto cuarenta y cuatro (105.44) metros cuadrados. Colinda por el NORTE, con espacio exterior, según Régimen con calle del condominio; por el SUR, con pasillo, escaleras y calle del Condominio; por el ESTE, con el apartamento A ciento dos (A-102); y por el OESTE, con la calle del Condominio. Consta de salacomedor, cocina, un (1) master bedroom con su walk in closet, dos (2) cuartos dormitorios con sus respectivos closets, dos (2) cuartos de baño con bañera y ducha de los cuales uno (1) pertenece al master bedroom, cuarto de almacenamiento “general storage” y un área de balcón. Le corresponde a este apartamento el uno punto sesenta y tres porciento (1.63%) de participación en los gastos, ganancias y derechos en los elementos comunes del Condominio. Este apartamento tendrá el uso y disfrute exclusivo del espacio de estacionamiento identificado con el número cincuenta y cuatro (54) que se considera como parte integral de esta unidad. Consta inscrita al folio 117 del tomo 900 de Trujillo Alto, finca número #34,527. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección IV de San Juan. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: Condominio Camino Terraverde, Apartamento A 101, Trujillo Alto, P.R. 00976. Se informa que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravamen posterior, una vez sea otorgada la escritura de venta judicial y obtenida la Orden y
Mandamiento de cancelación de gravamen posterior. (Art. 51, Ley 210-2015). En relación a la finca a subastarse, se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $148,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca #674, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 28 de junio de 2013, ante el notario Gadiel O. Rosario Rivera, e inscrita al folio 117 vuelto del tomo 900 de Trujillo Alto, finca número 34,527, inscripción
2da. La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 17 DE ABRIL DE 2023 A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta es la suma de $148,000.00. Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA
SUBASTA el día 24 DE ABRIL DE 2023 A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes del precio pactada para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $98,666.67. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 1 DE MAYO DE 2023 A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar y regirá como tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta la mitad del precio pactado para la primera, o sea, la suma de $74,000.00. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo, para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: Suma Principal de $136,028.81, con intereses a 2.99% anual, desde el 1ro de octubre de 2019, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más los cargos por demora que se corresponden a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pactada de 5% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, más una suma equivalente a $14,800.00, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la escritura de hipoteca y del Pagaré hipotecario. Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables.
Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, se publicará en los lugares públicos correspondientes y en un
periódico de circulación general en la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los referentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Expedido en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 9 de marzo de 2023. ERIK F. OSUNA ACEVEDO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #390.
Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de CAGUAS.
CHINEA PROPERTY MANAGEMENT INC.
Demandante v. RAFAEL GOTAY CRUZ Y ELIZABETH VEGA INFANTE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES POR ELLOS COMPUESTA; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE
Demandado(a)
Civil: Núm. CG2023CV00164.
Sobre: CANCELACION DE PAGARE EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: RAFAEL GOTAY CRUZ & ELIZABETH VEGA INFANTE; JOHN DOE & JANE DOE
(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 8 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
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
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 11 de MARZO de 2023. E n CAGUAS , Puerto Rico, el 11 de MARZO de 2023. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, Secretaria Regional. F/ VILMA OYOLA RIVERA, Secretaria Auxiliar.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC. COMO AGENTE GESTOR DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC.
Demandante Vs. JESUS COTTO MARCANO
Demandado
Civil Núm.: TA2022CV00799. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: JESUS COTTO MARCANOURB. PALACIOS DEL RIO II, 700 CALLE GUAJATACA, TOA ALTA, P.R. 00953.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto.
Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, la Lcda. Natalie Bonaparte cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la
dirección natalie.bonaparte@ orf-law.com, edwin.serrano@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EX-
TENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 08 de febrero de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 08 de febrero de 2023. Lcda. Laura I. Santa Sánchez, Secretaria Regional. Sandra Báez Hernández, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal I. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC. Demandante Vs. ROBERTO RIVERA
ACEVEDO
Demandado
Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV07149.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: ROBERTO RIVERA ACEVEDORESIDENCIAL JARDINES DE MONTE HATILLO, 1207 AVE. MONTE
CARLO, APT 139, SAN JUAN, P.R. 00924. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, la Lcda. Natalie Bonaparte cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalia.bonaparte@ orf-law.com, edwin.serrano@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FmMA y el sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 15 de diciembre de 2022. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 15 de diciembre de 2022. Griselda Rodríguez Collado, Secretaria Regional. Loyda M. Couvertier Reyes, Secretaria Auxiliar.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAGUAS
CSMC 2019-RPL10 TRUST
Parte Demandante Vs. PATRICIA DIAZ OLMEDA, CARLOS JOSE MERCED MEDINA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Parte Demandada
Caso Civil Núm.: CG2023CV00173. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTOS. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: PATRICIA DIAZ
OLMEDA POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR ELLA Y CARLOS JOSE MERCED MEDINA; CARLOS JOSE MERCED MEDINA POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR EL Y PATICIA DIAZ OLMEDA. POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá radicar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá radicar el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notifique con copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, Lcda. Marjaliisa Colon Villanueva, al PO BOX 7970, Ponce P.R. 00732; Teléfono: 787-843-4168, correo electrónico mcolon@wwclaw. com. En dicha demanda se tramita un procedimiento de cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca bajo el número mencionado en el epígrafe. Se alega en dicho procedimiento
que la parte Demandada incurrió en el incumplimiento del Contrato de Hipoteca, al no poder pagar las mensualidades vencidas correspondientes a los meses de abril 2011, hasta el presente, más los cargos por demora correspondientes. Además, adeuda a la parte demandante las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en que incurra el tenedor del pagaré en este litigio. De acuerdo con dicho Contrato de Garantía Hipotecaria la parte Demandante declaró vencida la totalidad de la deuda ascendente a la suma de $221,878.86 de balance principal, el cual se compone de $218,344.62 de primer principal y la suma de $3,534.24 de balance diferido, más intereses sobre la suma de $218,344.62 a razón del 4.625% anual, así como todos aquellos créditos y sumas que surjan de la faz de la obligación hipotecaria y de la hipoteca que la garantiza, incluyendo lo pactado para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La parte Demandante presentó para su inscripción en el Registro de la Propiedad correspondiente, en AVISO DE PLEITO PENDIENTE (“Lis Pendens”) sobre la propiedad objeto de esta acción cuya propiedad es la siguiente: RÚSTICA: Barrio Rio Cañas de Caguas. Solar Cabida Mil cincuenta uno punto nueve mil trescientos veintiocho (1,051.9328) metros cuadrados. Según inscripción tres (3): descripción del remanente: Rústica: Parcela localizada en el Sector Guasabara, Barrio Cañas de Caguas, con una cabida de mil cincuenta y uno punto nueve mil trescientos veintiocho (1051.9328) metros cuadrados. En linde: al NORTE, en una distancia de cuarenta y nueve punto treinta y dos (49.32) metros lineales con terrenos de Gilbag Corporation y Héctor Martinez; al SUR y ESTE, en un arco de Cincuenta y cinco punto cero siete (55.07) metros lineales con Camino Municipal y al SUROESTE, en una distancia de treinta punto diecinueve (30.19) metros lineales con la parcela que se segrega. Inscrita al folio treinta y seis (36) del tomo mil trescientos veinte y uno (1321) de Caguas, finca número cuarenta y seis mil ochocientos treinta y cinco (46,835), Registro de Caguas, Sección l. SE LES APERCIBE que de no hacer sus alegaciones responsivas a la demanda dentro del término aquí dispuesto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Caguas, Puerto Rico. A 8 día de marzo de 2023. Lisilda Martínez Agosto, Secretaria. Katherine
Carrasquillo Hernández, Sub-Secretaria.With a nine-run lead in the eighth inning Monday, Puerto Rico utility man Enrique Hernández stepped to the plate against Israel with two runners on base. He proceeded to lace the ball to left field, ending the game with a walkoff single that capped a four-pitcher perfect game and a 10-0 victory at the World Baseball Classic at loanDepot park in Miami.
Wait, what?
The unusual eighth-inning walkoff came by way of the WBC’s rules to protect players. Because the tournament is being held as players are still ramping up in Major League Baseball’s spring training, there is a mercy rule in place during pool play. Any game in which a team is leading by 15 runs after five innings, or by 10 runs after seven innings, is declared over.
So when Hernández drove in catcher Martín Maldonado from second base, his teammates ran onto the field and mobbed him for finishing off
a wildly dominant performance.
Since the contest did not go nine innings, it would not be recognized as a perfect game by MLB rules, but it was the first “perfect” game in WBC history regardless of length, and the players had no problem celebrating it like a playoff win.
It was the second no-hitter in WBC history, which dates back to 2006. In the inaugural tournament, Shairon Martis, a right-hander for the Netherlands, threw a seven-inning no-hitter against Panama that also ended because of the mercy rule and was also a 10-0 victory.
“We are very happy,” Puerto Rico manager Yadier Molina told reporters.
“I’m very happy with the guys.”
José De León, Puerto Rico’s righthanded starting pitcher, was stellar, striking out 10 Israel batters over 5 2/3 innings. He couldn’t attempt to finish his perfect game bid, however, because WBC rules limit pitchers to 65 pitches per game in the first round. De León, who has struggled in 22 major league appearances, had thrown 64,
so Molina had to turn to the bullpen.
Three more pitchers for Puerto Rico — Yacksel Ríos, New York Mets’ closer Edwin Díaz, and Duane Underwood Jr. — combined for 2 1/3 perfect innings. In all, Puerto Rico’s pitchers needed only 88 pitches to record the eight perfect innings, striking out 12 batters along the way.
On offense, Puerto Rico was nearly as dominant. Team captain and Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor led the way with two hits, including a bases-clearing triple in the fifth inning, and Javier Báez complemented his two hits with a slick slide into third base to avoid a tag that will be on highlight reels for years to come.
With two days remaining in Pool D play, Puerto Rico improved to 2-1 and remained in prime position to advance to the quarterfinals. Israel, on the other hand, fell to 1-1.
“The faster we can forget about this one, the better,” Israel manager Ian Kinsler said.
This article originally appeared in <a href=”https://www.nytimes.
com/2023/03/13/sports/baseball/wbcpuerto-rico-israel.html”>The New York Times</a>.
Javier Báez, above, had two hits, two RBIs and scored two runs, and Puerto Rico made World Baseball Classic history on Monday when four pitchers combined for eight perfect innings in the national team’s 10-0 win over Israel in a shortened game in Miami. Puerto Rico improved to 2-1 heading into tonight’s Group D showdown with the Dominican Republic, which will determine positioning in the next round.
WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC TUESDAY’S SCORES
Nicaragua 1 at Venezuela 4 Canada at Colombia (3 p.m.) Israel at Dominican Republic (7 p.m.)
Great Britain at Mexico (10 p.m.)
MONDAY’S SCORES
Korea 22, China 2 Dominican Republic 6, Nicaragua 1
Great Britain 7, Colombia 5 Puerto Rico 10, Israel 0 USA 12, Canada 1
TODAY’S GAMES (all times Eastern)
Australia at Cuba (6 a.m., FS2)
Venezuela at Israel (noon, FS2)
Mexico at Canada (3 p.m., FS2)
Puerto Rico at Dominican Republic (7 p.m., FS1)
USA at Colombia (10 p.m., FS1)
THURSDAY’S GAME
Italy at Japan (6 a.m., FS2)
Elite golfers, who have increasingly used head-turning distances on their drives to conquer courses, should be forced to start using new balls within three years, the sport’s top regulators said Tuesday, inflaming a debate that has been gathering force in recent decades.
The U.S. Golf Association and the R&A, which together write golf’s rule book, estimated that their technical proposal could trim top golfers’ tee shots by an average of about 15 yards. Although golf’s rules usually apply broadly, the governing bodies are pursuing the change in a way that makes it improbable that it will affect recreational golfers, whose talent and power are generally well outpaced by many collegiate and top amateur players.
But the measure, which would generally ban balls that travel more than 317 yards when struck at 127 mph, among other testing conditions, could have far-reaching consequences on the men’s professional game. Dozens of balls that are currently used could become illegal on circuits such as the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour, as the European Tour is now marketed, if they ultimately embrace the proposed policy change.
That outcome is not guaranteed — on Tuesday, the PGA Tour stopped well short of a formal endorsement of the proposal — but the forces behind the recommendation insisted that the golf industry needed to act.
“I believe very strongly that doing nothing is not an option,” Martin Slumbers, CEO of the R&A, said in an interview. “We want the game to be more athletic. We want it to be more of an elite sport. I think it’s terrific that top players are stronger, better trained, more physically capable, so doing nothing is something that to me would be, if I was really honest, completely irresponsible for the future of the game.”
The USGA’s CEO, Mike Whan, sounded a similar note in a statement:
“Predictable, continued increases will become a significant issue for the next generation if not addressed soon.”
In the 2003 season, PGA Tour players recorded an average driving distance of about 286 yards, with nine golfers typically hitting at least 300 yards off the tee. In the current season, drives are averaging 297.2 yards, and 83 players’ averages exceed 300 yards. The typical club head speed — how fast the club is traveling when it connects with the ball — for Rory McIlroy, the tour’s current driving distance leader at almost 327 yards, has been about 122.5 mph, about 7 mph above this season’s tour average. Some of his counterparts, though, have logged speeds of at least 130 mph.
At the sport’s most recent major tournament, the British Open last July, every player who made the cut had an average driving distance of at least 299.8 yards on the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland. When the Open, an R&A-administered tournament, had last been played at St. Andrews in 2015, only 29 of the 80 men who played on the weekend met that threshold.
The yearslong escalation, spurred by advanced equipment and an inten -
sifying focus among professional players on physical fitness, has unnerved the sport’s executives and course architects, who have found themselves redesigning holes while also sometimes fretting over the game’s potential environmental consequences.
When the Masters Tournament is contested at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia next month, for instance, the par-5 13th hole will be 35 yards longer than it was last year. The hole, lined with azaleas and historically the course’s easiest, will now measure 545 yards; the full course will run 7,545 yards, up 110 yards from a decade ago.
Faced with the distance scourge well beyond Augusta, golf’s rule makers considered a policy targeting club design. They concluded, though, that such a reworked standard would cause too many ripples, with multiple clubs potentially requiring changes if drivers had to conform to new guidelines.
“If you don’t, you’ll end up with a 3-wood that could go further than a driver, and that was a very good point, and that could have affected three or four clubs in the bag,” Slumbers said. Instead, after years of study and debate, the USGA and R&A settled on
trying to urge changes to the balls that players hit.
The rules currently permit balls that travel 317 yards, with a tolerance of an additional 3 yards, when they are struck at 120 mph, among other testing conditions. The existing formula has been in place since 2004, and Whan has said it is not “representative of today’s game.”
The proposal announced Tuesday is not final, and its authors will gather feedback about it into the summer. Although some members of the game’s old guard have openly complained about modern equipment and the governing bodies’ response to it — nine-time major champion Gary Player fumed last year that “our leaders have allowed the ball to go too far” and predicted top players would drive balls 500 yards within 40 years — the executives are bracing for resistance that could prove pointed.
“We have spoken to a lot of players, and as you can imagine, half of the world doesn’t want to do anything and half of the world thinks we need to do more,” Slumbers said.
The PGA Tour, filled with figures who believe that fans are dazzled by gaudy statistics and remarkable displays of athleticism, did not immediately support the proposal. In a statement Tuesday, the tour said it would “continue our own extensive independent analysis of the topic” and eventually submit feedback.
The tour added that it was “committed to ensuring any future solutions identified benefit the game as a whole, without negatively impacting the tour, its fans or our fans’ enjoyment of our sport.”
The debate may be more muted in some quarters than others, but the surges in distance have not been confined to the PGA Tour. Between 2003 and 2022, the R&A and the USGA said Tuesday, there was a 4% increase in hitting distances across seven professional tours. Only two of the scrutinized circuits, the Japan Golf Tour and the LPGA Tour, posted year-over-year declines in driving distance in 2022.
Gregg Berhalter, the men’s national soccer team coach at last year’s World Cup, is eligible to return for the next World Cup cycle after investigators looking into his personal conduct cleared him to remain a candidate for the job, the U.S. Soccer Federation said Monday.
“There is no basis to conclude that employing Mr. Berhalter would create legal risks for an organization,” investigators said in a report made public Monday.
The federation three months ago hired investigators at the Atlanta-based law firm Alston & Bird to look into an incident involving Berhalter kicking his wife, Rosalind, in front of a bar when they were dating as students at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in 1992. No police report was filed for that incident.
The investigators said they were “impressed with Mr. Berhalter’s candor and demeanor” during the inquiry and found no discrepancies between Gregg and Rosalind Berhalter’s description of the incident, with Gregg Berhalter saying he reported it to his college coach and also sought counseling for the way he acted. The two had been drunk when they left the bar arguing, and Rosalind hit Gregg in the face. Gregg then pushed her down and kicked her twice in the upper leg, the report said.
Both Berhalters, in a statement made
public in January, acknowledged what happened and said they have been happily married for 25 years.
The report also said, based on interviews and research, that there was no reason to believe that Berhalter — whose contract with U.S. Soccer expired at the end of 2022 — ever acted aggressively toward his wife in the past 31 years.
“The investigation revealed no evidence to suggest that he had engaged in violence against another person at any time prior or thereafter,” the report said, calling the 1992 incident “an isolated
event.”
In a statement Monday, Gregg Berhalter said: “Rosalind and I respect the process that U.S. Soccer went through. We are grateful that it is concluded and look forward to what’s next.”
The report concludes a bizarre turn of events surrounding the World Cup involving Claudio and Danielle Reyna, the parents of U.S. forward Gio Reyna. The Reynas complained to U.S. Soccer about Gio’s playing time in the tournament and suggested “they knew damaging information about Mr. Berhalter that U.S. Soccer officials did not know.”
The Berhalters and Reynas had been close friends for decades, and Rosalind and Danielle had been college soccer teammates. But the Reynas became upset after hearing Berhalter’s public comments about an unnamed player at the World Cup who “was clearly not meeting expectations on and off the field” and who the staff considered sending home. The player was Gio Reyna, and the Reynas vented to U.S. Soccer about what Berhalter had said, with Danielle Reyna telling the federation about the 1992 incident.
The Reynas told U.S. Soccer about the incident, the report said, because they didn’t want the federation to renew Berhalter’s contract. “The information was disclosed at a time when it would be expected to discourage or otherwise influence the organization from offering
a contract extension to Mr. Berhalter,” the report said.
The report said Danielle Reyna first denied to investigators that she told the U.S. Soccer sporting director Earnie Stewart about the kicking incident, but then called back to say she indeed had. Compared to how open and willing the Berhalters had been in the inquiry, the report said, the Reynas were much less cooperative.
The Reynas could not immediately be reached for comment.
The investigative report details some of the Reynas’ complaints to U.S. Soccer over the years, specifically calling out Claudio Reyna’s yearslong outreach to the federation on behalf of his children, especially Gio.
Claudio Reyna expressed his dissatisfaction with refereeing at the youth club level of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, travel arrangements at the U-17 World Cup (he wanted business class) and Gio’s playing time on the national team, according to the report. One person interviewed by investigators referred to Reyna’s interactions with U.S. Soccer about his sons as “inappropriate,” “bullying” and “mean spirited.” Another, whose name was also redacted, said, “Mr. Reyna expected Gio Reyna to be treated better than other players.”
The report also said that the communications between the Reynas and U.S. Soccer didn’t violate any federation laws or policy, but it did not say whether the Reynas violated FIFA’s code of ethics.
In a statement, U.S. Soccer noted that the report said that there is “a need to revisit U.S. Soccer’s policies concerning appropriate parental conduct and communications with the staff at the National Team level.”
The federation went on to say: “We will be updating those policies as we continue to work to ensure safe environments for all participants in our game.”
Whether Berhalter will be in charge of the men’s national team when those policies are put in place is still unknown.
Stewart resigned in January amid the Reyna-Berhalter situation and took a job with a Dutch club team, and U.S. Soccer is looking for his replacement. The new sporting director will likely be in charge of hiring the new men’s national team coach.
Fill in the empty fields with the numbers from 1 through 9.
Sudoku Rules:
Every row must contain the numbers from 1 through 9
Every column must contain the numbers from 1 through 9
Every 3x3 square must contain the numbers from 1 through 9
Answers on page 38
Aries (Mar 21-April 20)
You could feel very frustrated if your efforts seem mired in a hazy and unfocused fog of confusion. This isn’t the time to initiate anything that involves a lot of detail or money, as the potential for slip-ups is high. With your imagination at a peak, you could channel your skills into creating something outstanding. Plus, meditation and yoga can help ease any tension.
Taurus (April 21-May 21)
You may see the best in people, even if their intentions are not as positive as you think. Under the current skies you won’t see a bad bone in anyone, even if it’s blatantly obvious to others that someone isn’t perfect by any means. It’s best to wait a few days before you start making plans, either for romance or business. You could learn a lot and save yourself some trouble, Taurus.
Gemini (May 22-June 21)
With an emphasis on a high-flying zone, you’ll enjoy being in the spotlight. But due to Neptune’s impact, be careful how you come across to others. It will be easy for people to misunderstand your intentions. You may think you’re impressing them, but you could have the opposite effect. Before you post on social media or make an announcement, be sure you’re hitting the right note.
Cancer (June 22-July 23)
Finding it hard to decide what you believe? Even the impossible could seem highly likely when viewed through a skewed cosmic lens. You’ll easily come up with good reasons to do something others might think of as madness. If you’re fantasizing about a bold plan, give yourself a few days grace Cancer, and look at it again. You may be glad you didn’t take the plunge after all.
Leo (July 24-Aug 23)
Even though you’re often the life and soul of the party, you may not feel like going out today or over coming days. A need for privacy and a chance to reflect could take over, Leo. This won’t stop your friends from trying though. If you need some privacy to slow down and think things through, this is the time. The most important part is resting, so just go with it for now.
Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)
The idea of being offered a wonderful opportunity, closing a deal or getting started on a big project, can seem great in theory. In practice, a fog of confusion could mar your efforts to get anywhere, and things that should be straightforward may not be. If you can wait a few days and then make enquiries, you’ll see progress. Is a decision pending? The Quarter Moon might help.
Libra (Sep 24-Oct 23)
Temptation can show up in all kinds of ways today, so be kind to yourself. As Mars angles towards Neptune, the things you should steer clear of will seem to draw you in and promise you delights that you’ll find hard to resist. While Saturn’s presence can assist, it may take a while before its disciplined presence becomes helpful. If you do succumb, don’t worry about it, Libra.
Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov 22)
You’ll easily drop your defences, which is great if you want to unburden yourself and share a secret, but not so helpful if you say too much and regret it tomorrow. If you’re at a gathering and everything is in full swing, you may cross your own red line more than once. If you can keep on the ball rather than surrendering to the mood, you’ll have less chance of saying the unthinkable.
Sagittarius (Nov 23-Dec 21)
You may not feel at your most sociable. If anything, you might prefer to keep to yourself or go do something that takes you away from the reality of life. Energy levels could dip too, so you’ll prefer a walk in beautiful surroundings or a trip to an art gallery to anything too vigorous. The Quarter Moon in your sign is also a call to listen to your gut, especially if it tells you to relax.
Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 20)
You’ll be in a sensitive mood and aware of other people’s feelings, which will bring out your caring and compassionate side. People may see you as someone they can confide in, and over the coming days you’ll hear a few sad tales. There’s also a Quarter Moon in a private zone, which means that if you have a secret to share, getting it out into the open could leave you at peace.
Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb 19)
Even if you’ve made a vow to be very careful with your money, the coming days may find you bedazzled by an item you want. It might even be a few things that catch your eye, and that you’re happy to splurge on. By the end of the week you could regret being quite so generous with yourself. If you should invest in learning a creative skill, it’s something you won’t regret.
Pisces (Feb 20-Mar 20)
With a powerful emphasis on your sign and with Neptune deeply involved, you may not be at your most discriminating. Your natural empathy means you’ll easily connect with others, but you may get caught up with someone who is a tad unscrupulous. Before you go agreeing to anything, make time to get to know them. It’s better than accidentally hitching up with a bad egg, Pisces.
