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Manufacturers Assn. opposes minimum wage hike bill as written

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he House Committee on Labor Issues and Transformation of the Pension System for a Dignified Retirement, chaired by Rep. Domingo J. Torres García, began public hearings Monday on House Bill 338, which would create the Committee for a Minimum Wage Increase in Puerto Rico that would create a methodology for increasing the local minimum wage.

“Unlike our country, which continues to have a minimum wage of $7.25, the minimum wage has increased in several states such as New York, California, Arizona, Maine, Colorado, Alaska, Florida, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, Ohio and South Dakota,” Torres García said. “We are all clear and understand that the cost of living in our country continues to rise; however, the minimum wage does not. We are seeing how the jobs of our employees in private companies go to the detriment.

We want to make decisions with data, in a transparent and objective way.”

Naomi Álamo from the Department of Labor and Human Resources appeared at the public hearing, along with Georyanne Ríos Álvarez from the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association.

“With an intention similar to the bill under discussion, on March 2, 2017, then-Governor Ricardo Rosselló signed Executive Order No. 2017-027,” Álamo said. “This order created the Multisectoral Committee for the Increase of the Minimum Wage, chaired by the then-secretary of Labor and Human Resources, and also

Rep. Domingo J. Torres García

composed of the secretary of the Treasury, the secretary of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC by its Spanish acronym), the executive director of the Planning Board, a member of the Private Sector Coalition, a member of the labor movement, an economics expert and two additional people appointed by the governor.”

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office released in February a report that estimated that gradually increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 would benefit 17 million workers, but would also reduce employment by 1.4 million people. In addition, it would lift 0.9 million people out of poverty in the United States and possibly raise the wages of another 10 million workers.

“However, it would cause the prices of products and services to rise, the overall economic output to decline slightly, and it would increase the federal budget deficit by $54 billion over the next 10 years,” Álamo said.

In support of the measure, Álamo recommended the inclusion of DDEC among the members of the government sector in the committee.

Likewise, Álamo recommended that it be clarified, expressly in the bill, if all or some members of the committee will receive some type of salary, stipends, allowances, travel expenses or similar remuneration for serving on the committee or attending the meetings.

Popular Democratic Party Rep. Héctor E. Ferrer, the bill’s author, stated that “the purpose of the measure is to do justice to our workers and protect the economy.”

Meanwhile, Ríos Álvarez from the Manufacturers Association said “the discussion of the minimum wage and its possible adjustment is a matter of the highest public interest, which deserves a balanced and calm discussion, where all sectors, the business sector, the labor sector, as well as the various civic organizations, the third sector and the public sector, must present and defend their positions and recommendations.”

In turn, he stated that the Manufacturers Association does not support the bill as it is written.

However, based on his experience, he recommended that the committee be no larger than nine people, and that it include representation from the Department of Labor and Human Resources, as well as from the economic and private sector development sectors.

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SJ mayor announces incentive project to create & support local enterprises in urban centers Signs collaborative agreement with startup agency for ‘Capital Entrepreneurship Program’

By PEDRO CORREA HENRY Twitter: @pete_r_correa Special to The Star

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n an effort to promote the growth and expansion of local enterprises in the urban centers of Río Piedras, Santurce, Old San Juan and Condado, San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo signed a collaborative agreement Monday with the Puerto Rico Center for Entrepreneurs to support existing and new business owners.

During a press conference held at the end of Arzuaga Street in Río Piedras, Romero Lugo said the agreement comes as part of the municipality’s Capital Entrepreneurship Program, which seeks to put into effect the Municipal Incentives Code and make the capital city attractive or, as the mayor put it, “be more competitive in terms of what to offer so that a company that creates economic activity and jobs in the municipality of San Juan can be used.”

“That is where I spoke a little about incentives, for example, exempting the first years of municipal patents [taxes imposed on businesses], exempting those first years of real estate taxes, or the famous inventory, to make San Juan more attractive,” Romero Lugo said. “There are some natural attractions, which are the advantages of San Juan, the Urban Train connection, the infrastructure, the universities, the financial [district], the fact that the central government operates in San Juan, all this is an

incentive, an attraction, and strength that the city already has.”

“In addition to that, there are particular cases in which, when it comes to business development in buildings that have become public nuisances, there are broader exemptions that can last up to 10 years,” the mayor added.

After being asked which businesses might benefit from the announced initiative with the Puerto Rico Center for Entrepreneurs, Romero Lugo said it was “open to all types of businesses, new businesses, existing businesses.”

“One of the initiatives that we are looking to develop is that we can become owners of our own businesses, and those areas require education, tools for knowing the processes that apply to what is a legal entity as it can be a business regardless of the industry,” he said. “Also that we can help with all that permitting process because we want to carry out a transforma-

tion of the permits in the capital city, use all the advantages of our municipal autonomy, reduce them to an agreement of delegation of powers with the [Puerto Rico] Planning Board in order to have a leading role in the 48 square miles and be agile in the creation of businesses.”

“All of that requires mentoring, of what marketing is, of what digitalization is today, and that’s what we propose to do here,” Romero Lugo added.

The mayor went on to say that the startup center led by Nerma Albertorio would be in charge of providing the aforementioned services while “as should happen, we [the municipality of San Juan] should be facilitators.”

When the STAR asked if the San Juan administration had held conversations with government officials and Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia to seek initiatives that could expand relief efforts in Río Piedras beyond the current four-year political term, Romero Lugo said he has told Pierluisi “of the need to support the Río Piedras revitalization plan in both short and long terms so that the efforts do not become lame or halfway there.”

The mayor also said his administration has held meetings with Economic Development and Commerce Secretary-designate Manuel Cidre on the Río Piedras issue.

“Also, we told him that he should be meeting with the Río Piedras Community Board to begin developing initiatives,” he said, adding that such a meeting remains pending.

“I’m sure there will be a multidisciplinary commitment from this administration, not only from the municipality but also from central government agencies, that will help us because Río Piedras is for everyone,” Romero Lugo said.

House committee votes to extend incentives to young entrepreneurs

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

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he House Finance and Budget Committee, chaired by Rep. Jesús Santa, held a final consideration hearing Monday on House Bill 521, which seeks to amend Article 17 of Law 135-2014, as amended, known as the Incentives and Financing for Young Entrepreneurs Law, in order to extend its validity.

Santa filed an amendment whose aim is to expedite and facilitate the creation of new businesses by young residents of Puerto Rico, with the primary purpose of promoting economic development, creating jobs and providing an environment of socioeconomic security. For this reason, tax incentives would be provided for all new businesses created entirely by young entrepreneurs.

“This bill has the purpose of extending the validity of a tax incentive that we had for young people in Puerto Rico and that we want to continue,” Santa said in a written statement. “We believe that the way to retain young people on the island is by presenting this type of incentive, in a matter of improving their income and even offering them their first salary.”

The measure did not obtain new amendments in the established period, but Santa said “it will allow additional ones regarding technical aspects related to the numbering of articles

and increasing the age of young people to be able to participate in the incentive, all of which are subject to discussion with the representatives that make up this Committee.”

The committee chairman said meanwhile that “more and more young people are choosing to take the helm of their future and start a company.”

“These young entrepreneurs identify, develop and bring to life a business vision that may be novel, an opportunity, or a better way of doing things,” Santa said.

“The Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has the responsibility of being at the forefront and offering its young people the necessary tools to ensure their general well being in the medium and long term.”

According to the Institute of Statistics, by 2017 young people represented 9.3 percent of the workforce in Puerto Rico. The composition of the young workforce for 2017 was as follows: 14,000 in the 16-19 age group and 89,000 in the 20-24 age group. The participation rate for those groups was 7.8 percent and 37.9 percent, respectively. To face the unemployment situation, young people have sought innovative alternatives beyond traditional employment.

In its final vote, the measure was approved with seven votes in favor, one abstention and zero votes against.

“This measure will extend this validity process until 2024

and the next Legislature will determine whether or not to continue with this public policy,” Santa said.

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Romero Lugo files motion to dismiss CVM case due to ‘insufficient evidence’

By PEDRO CORREA HENRY Twitter: @pete_r_correa Special to The Star

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fter the San Juan Superior Court refrained from ruling last Friday on the petition filed by Citizen Victory Movement (CVM) San Juan mayoral candidate Manuel Natal Albelo, which requests that the certification filed by the State Elections Commission that allowed Miguel Romero Lugo to be sworn in as mayor of the capital city be invalidated and a new election be held in Unit 77 for early voting, voting by mail, and absentee voting in Precincts 1 to 5 of San Juan, Romero Lugo said Monday that his legal team also filed a petition on Friday to dismiss the case due to the “insufficiency of the evidence.”

During a press conference in Río Piedras to announce an initiative to support existing and new business in San Juan’s urban centers, Romero Lugo said he has tried to be “moderate” regarding the case that has been active since the aftermath of last November’s general elections because he did not want “to enter into or echo the purpose of some to continue creating controversies.”

However, after consulting with his at-

torneys, the San Juan mayor said the case in Superior Court was delayed after the motion to dismiss the petition filed by the CVM mayoral candidate.

“We didn’t have to present witnesses, we didn’t have to present documentary evidence, we didn’t have to present rebuttal witnesses

because the very evidence that was presented, first of all, is insufficient, is not pertinent, or is inadmissible under the rules of evidence,” Romero Lugo said. “Second, the evidence that was submitted through testimony was, on many occasions, based on inference, on documents created to prove the purpose of the lawsuit, so,

in that sense, after having consulted with our lawyers, we decided to submit it [the petition to have the case dismissed].”

“It seems to me that given that it is a case that had several days of hearings, I think it was five days, it may take some time for that [ruling],” the mayor added. “But I am at peace and convinced about the result and, once again, the important thing for me is that democracy is respected and that the vote is respected.”

When asked if he believes that around 1,400 ballots that the CVM team alleged are in excess and were improperly adjudicated would change the result of the election, Romero Lugo said that “if that was true, it would not change it, and, also, it is not true.”

“The alleged document that established that excess ballots were not admitted, there was no evidence to prove not one ballot in excess, not one,” he said. “So in that sense, they [the CVM’s statements] are inferences.”

“I could have my opinion about a process, and that must be respected because everyone has a right to their opinion,” Romero Lugo added. “What neither anyone else nor myself have the right to do is to have our own facts.

And the facts are that there is no evidence for the allegations that were made.”

Education Dept. launches attendance system long after fiscal board’s clawback

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wo months after the federal Financial Oversight and Management Board decided to claw back some $30 million from the Education Department (PRDE) for failure to keep adequate payroll records, the agency has launched its time and attendance project.

The time and attendance record system was officially launched March 8 but made public this week. The agency created the system in conjunction with the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority and the island Treasury Department.

“This means that all PRDE employees that did not record their attendance in accordance with the agency’s Time & Attendance Policy for the pay period of February 16 to February 28, 2021 will receive adjustments in their paychecks to be issued on March 31, 2021,” the oversight board wrote in a letter to Education Secretary-designate Elba Aponte Santos. “This process is to be continued and enforced from now going forward, without exceptions.”

In October 2020, the oversight board learned that the PRDE had paid out $84 million in total to 15,000 former employees since 2007. For over a decade and over several government administrations, the PRDE failed to remove former employees and properly account for vacation and sick leave from the payroll on a timely basis because of manual and undocumented processes. About 2,000 active workers were paid more than they were due. At the time, the agency had recovered about $4 million.

Ginorly Maldonado, the oversight board’s director of implementation, said at the time that nearly 769 employees were identified as being inactive, laid off or deceased. In January, the board decided to claw back some $30 million from the agency’s budget representing the salaries of certain inactive workers.

While the oversight board said the completion of implementation of the time and attendance project signifies a major achievement for the PRDE and will potentially save millions of dollars in payroll by ensuring that only active employees who show up to work

get paid, it noted that the agency granted mass approval of DE-14 requests absolving certain employees of misconduct.

“As we have mentioned before, such automatic mass approvals are not recommended under any circumstance given that this practice undermines the system that has

been put in place and absolves employees from their responsibility to ensure that they are utilizing the system appropriately,” the oversight board told Aponte Santos in a letter dated Friday. “Going forward, PRDE must discontinue this practice and instead, focus on taking corrective action.”

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Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Federal regulator: Natural gas terminal in Port of San Juan was built without authorization Assumes jurisdiction, orders New Fortress to comply with the federal law

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he Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has determined that New Fortress Energy’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Port of San Juan was built and currently operates without complying with the Federal Natural Gas Law, the Renewable Energy Now Alliance (AERA by its Spanish initials) announced Monday in a press release.

Therefore, the federal agency will assume jurisdiction, requiring New Fortress to submit a request to determine whether it will be authorized to operate the terminal, the press release said.

The FERC’s decision came in response to multiple claims and actions from the communities near the unauthorized New Fortress Terminal, as well as religious, environmental and civil groups in Puerto Rico. The organizations that make up AERA and other entities warned the federal entity about the danger posed by the highly explosive and polluting New Fortress LNG terminal.

New Fortress began the construction and operation of the terminal in the Port

of San Juan to supply methane gas to units 5 and 6 of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) power plant in Puerto Nuevo and to private companies. In addition, New Fortress built the terminal without complying with the requirement to prepare a location consultation and with no opportunity for nearby communities and affected groups to participate in public hearings, AERA said.

“We feel some relief to know that at last we are going to begin to intervene with this situation that worries us because we do not want another accident to occur like Capeco or HumbertoVidal,” said Sary N. Rosario, a resident of Puerto Nuevo Norte. “You cannot wait for a tragedy to occur and then take action. All lives are precious, and people deserve to feel safe where they reside.”

The volatility of methane gas exposes vulnerable communities to explosion accident risks, as the closest residences to the New Fortress terminal are some 1,312 feet (400 meters) away from the facility.

Similarly, the burning of methane gas causes respiratory problems, including asthma, among other adverse effects on the health of nearby residents, something that is especially dangerous in times of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rosario said.

The AERA organizations and various

island sectors have voiced their concerns regarding the health and safety risks that the New Fortress operation represents, especially for the communities of Sabana, Amelia andVietnam in Guaynabo, and for the Borinquen and Puerto Nuevo Norte neighborhoods of San Juan.

“People who live near this terminal have legitimate concerns regarding their life and health,” Rosario said. “This is a matter of eco-justice for the communities and also of climate justice, since the burning of fossil fuels such as methane gas contributes to the dire consequences of the climate crisis.”

The organizations that make up AERA and the Hermandad Pastoral de Puerto Nuevo, which includes church pastors from the aforementioned communities, requested the FERC’s intervention in the case. Felipe Lozada Montañez, bishop

emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Puerto Rico, said “defending life is our main goal, and a fundamental part of that is defending the environment, which is part of creation.”

New Fortress is also under legislative investigation for possible irregularities under which it built and is operating the terminal.

AERA promotes the Queremos Sol proposal (queremossolpr.com) that PREPA install rooftop photovoltaic systems on houses and commercial properties as the main alternative for generating electricity in Puerto Rico.

According to the press release, AERA is made up of community and environmental organizations in Puerto Rico that came together to defend renewable energy as the best alternative for the transformation of Puerto Rico’s energy system.

The organizations that are part of AERA are: CAMBIO Puerto Rico, Sierra Club Puerto Rico, Comité Diálogo Ambiental, Earthjustice, El Puente-Enlace Latino de Acción Climática, Campamento Contra las Cenizas en Peñuelas, Amigos del Río Guaynabo, Coalición de Organizaciones Anti-Incineración, Comité Yabucoeño Pro-Calidad deVida, Alianza Comunitaria Ambientalista del Sureste, and Mayagüezanos por la Salud y el Ambiente.

Hoteliers express approval of police efforts in tourist zones

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

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oaquín Bolívar III, chairman of the Puerto Rico Hotels and Tourism Association (PRHTA) board of directors, expressed approval Monday of the initiatives implemented by island security agencies to address the bad behavior of some tourists during their stay in Puerto Rico.

“At the PRHTA we have been in communication with our partners monitoring the situations and we have been informed that there has been an excellent response from the authorities. The Police have been responding in an agile manner, and excellent bridges of communication have been maintained with the various security directors of the properties,” Bolívar said in a written statement.

“Our partners have experienced increased preventative police presence, as well as reinforcing the use of masks, and enforcing the schedule established in the curfew.”

He also noted that most of the properties outside the metropolitan area have not experienced large numbers of incidents with tourists, but they have noticed that the use of controlled substances such as marijuana is on the rise without any control.

“Preventive work is very important, because it is the way to avoid having major incidents as we saw in the past in the different social networks,” Bolívar said. “We want to publicly thank the Public Safety Department for its monumental work and its entire police force for working together with the private sector to have a quick response and avoid incidents. It is extremely important to continue to carry the message that the law will be enforced, and that there will be consequences for not following [the law].”

“We believe that billboards in the metropolitan area should be eliminated due to their ineffectiveness, and those funds should be relocated to the Public Safety Department, so that they can be used in training and more tools to carry out their work,” the PRHTA official added.

Bolívar likewise told of some situations members of the PRHTA have run into, including the resignation of employees for fear of confrontations with ill-mannered visitors and the departure of other guests.

“We should not tolerate bad behavior,” he said. “These important issues should be addressed with urgency and we will continue to work hand-in-hand with the secretary of the Public Safety Department, Alexis Torres, to ensure compliance with the law.”

“We appreciate the work of Secretary Torres and we will continue working with him and the island’s entire police force to guarantee everyone’s safety,” Bolívar added.

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AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is found to be 79% effective in U.S. study

By REBECCA ROBBINS and BENJAMIN MUELLER

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he coronavirus vaccine developed

by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford provided strong protection against COVID-19 in a large U.S. clinical trial, completely preventing the worst outcomes from the disease while causing no serious side effects, according to results announced Monday.

The findings, announced in a news release from AstraZeneca, may help shore up global confidence in the vaccine, which was shaken this month when more than a dozen countries, mostly in Europe, temporarily suspended the shot’s use over concerns about possible rare side effects.

The trial, involving more than 32,000 participants, was the largest test of its kind for the shot. The vaccine was 79% effective overall in preventing symptomatic infections, higher than observed in previous clinical trials.

The trial also showed that the vaccine offered strong protection for older people, who had not been as well-represented in earlier studies.

But the fresh data may not make much difference in the United States, where the vaccine is not yet authorized.

If AstraZeneca’s vaccine is authorized for U.S. use, it is unlikely to become available before May, when federal officials predict that there will be enough vaccine doses for all the nation’s adults from the three manufacturers that already have authorization.

Even so, industry analysts said the results were better than expected, a heartening turn for a shot whose low cost and simple storage requirements have made it the workhorse of the drive to vaccinate the world.

The results also helped a campaign

by European lawmakers to buttress people’s confidence in the shot, one that has featured many political leaders themselves being

The AstraZeneca vaccine was administered last week at the military hospital of Milan. injected in recent days.

“The results from the U.S. trial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine give strong evidence that the vaccine is both safe and highly effective,” Matt Hancock, the British health secretary, said Monday. “Vaccines are our way out of this, so when you get the call, get the jab.”

AstraZeneca said Monday that it would continue to analyze the new data and prepare to apply “in the coming weeks” for emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration. The vaccine has already been approved in more than 70 countries, but clearance from U.S. regulators would bolster the vaccine’s reputation globally.

The new data have been highly anticipated because of the expectation that the trial, designed to meet FDA standards, would be the best measure of how well the vaccine works. The shot is the backbone of vaccine rollouts in many poor and middleincome countries.

“This is the vaccine that will likely vaccinate the world,” Ashish Jha, the dean of

the Brown University School of Public Health, wrote on Twitter on Monday, adding: “If you were rooting for global vaccination, this is a good morning.”

The interim results announced Monday were based on 141 COVID-19 cases that had turned up in volunteers. Two-thirds of participants were given the vaccine, with doses spaced four weeks apart, and the rest received a saline placebo. Volunteers were recruited from Chile and Peru in addition to the United States.

None of the volunteers who got the vaccine developed severe symptoms or had to be hospitalized, a major selling point for the shot. Five participants who were given the placebo developed severe COVID-19, Ruud Dobber, an executive vice president at AstraZeneca, told CNBC on Monday.

The new results could help the vaccine recover from the safety scare it has faced in Europe. Regulators there initiated a safety review after a small number of people who had recently been inoculated developed blood clots and abnormal bleeding.

Most countries are now restarting use of the shot, with some restrictions and a new warning label, after the European Union’s drug regulator said Thursday that a review determined that the vaccine was safe.

Nonetheless, the speed at which several nations suspended use of the vaccine reflected a skittishness about its safety and effectiveness that contrasts sharply with the confidence that has been shown in other vaccines. Trust in the vaccine has tumbled in Germany, France, Italy, Spain and, to a lesser degree, Britain, according to polls.

Participants who received the vaccine in the trial had no increased risk of blood clots or related illnesses. And a specific search turned up no cases of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis — blood clots in the brain that can result in dangerous bleeding — that raised some of the most serious concerns in Europe.

The U.S. trial also turned up no cases of serious neurological problems. That arose as a concern last summer after two volunteers in AstraZeneca’s trial in Britain fell ill with neurological problems. Although those cases forced a seven-week halt to the U.S. clinical study, researchers ultimately concluded that the illnesses could not be linked to the vaccine. Still, the delay was a key factor in why AstraZeneca fell so far behind three other vaccine manufacturers that have won emergency authorization in the United States.

The vaccine worked well across ethnicity and age groups, AstraZeneca said. The vaccine was 80% efficacious in approximately 6,000 trial enrollees older than 65 — findings likely to quell concerns about insufficient clinical trial data on how well the vaccine works in older people. Some countries briefly limited inoculations with the shot to younger people before reversing course to allow it to be used in all age groups, after data from the vaccine’s rollout in Britain showed the vaccine provided strong protection in older people.

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Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Miami Beach, overwhelmed by spring break, extends emergency curfew

Spring break revelers at a street party on Saturday before the city of Miami Beach imposed an 8 p.m. curfew.

By NEIL VIGDOR and AZI PAYBARAH

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ne day after the spring break oasis of South Beach descended into chaos, with police struggling to control overwhelming crowds and making scores of arrests, officials in Miami Beach decided Sunday to extend an emergency curfew for up to three weeks.

The officials there went so far as to approve closing the famed Ocean Drive to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. — the hours of the curfew — for four nights a week through April 12. Residents, hotel guests and employees of local businesses are exempt from the closure.

The strip, frequented by celebrities and tourists alike, was the scene of a muchcriticized skirmish Saturday night between sometimes unruly revelers who ignored social distancing and mask guidelines to curb the coronavirus, and police officers who used pepper balls to disperse a large crowd just hours after the curfew had been introduced.

The restrictions were a stunning concession to the city’s inability to control unwieldy crowds of revelers whom the city and the state of Florida have aggressively courted amid the continuing coronavirus pandemic.

“I believe it’s a lot of pent-up demand

from the pandemic and people wanting to get out,” David Richardson, a member of the Miami Beach City Commission, said Sunday. “And our state has been publicly advertised as being open, so that’s contributing to the issue,” David Richardson, a member of the Miami Beach City Commission, said Sunday.

In an emergency meeting, the commission approved maintaining the curfew in the city’s South Beach entertainment district from Thursday through Sunday for three more weeks, which is when spring break typically ends.

Officials also kept in place bridge closures on the nights of the curfew along several causeways that connect Miami Beach with the mainland.

The city’s decision to send police personnel in riot gear into the entertainment district Saturday, only a few hours after the curfew was announced, was heavily criticized, especially by local Black leaders.

They noted that many of the revelers dispersed by the police were young African Americans.

“It’s the same group of kids that are in South Padre Island right now, except those kids happen to be white,” said Stephen Hunter Johnson, chair of Miami-Dade’s Black Affairs Advisory Board, referring to the popular spring break destination in Texas.

Shortly after sunset Sunday, a time when Ocean Drive is usually swarming with revelers, businesses on the beachfront stretch, known for its Art Deco hotels, were shutting their doors and calling it a night to comply with the 8 p.m. curfew.

Although the crowds were not as large as they were Saturday night, hundreds of people remained in the city’s streets as police officers began their sweep to clear the district. The fracases associated with recent nights in South Beach appeared to have subsided.

A group of tourists who had flown in from Chicago and Memphis, Tennessee, for a long weekend of partying sipped beer and watched a staff member at their hotel, Winter Haven, cordon off the patio with yellow caution tape.

Among them was Ryan Ferchaud, 37, a tourist from Memphis who mostly faulted groups of college students for what she said was their no-holds-barred attitude regarding the mayhem.

“It’s never been this bad,” she said.

“And fighting and all that stuff? It’s just real different.”

Cierra Booker, 31, who was also with the group, offered a frank assessment of the situation.

“Man, I think we need the restaurants open,” she said. “We can’t eat. Listen, you got to understand, we’re in Miami for spring break. Ain’t nobody’s trying to eat during the day. We’re trying to party.”

Moments later, a formation of Miami Beach squad cars and officers on allterrain vehicles cruised north on Ocean Drive, working to clear the streets. They blasted ear-drum-piercing sound cannons as a prerecorded message blared from loudspeakers.

“The city of Miami Beach is under a state of emergency,” the message said, playing on a loop. “There is a curfew in effect from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. You are commanded to immediately and peacefully disperse.”

The curfew was initially put in place Saturday for 72 hours. On Sunday, city officials voted unanimously to extend the emergency declaration until Monday, with the city manager empowered to extend it again.

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, a Republican, has touted his state’s lack of pandemic restrictions, compared with

other parts of the country controlled by Democrats. “If you look at South Florida right now, this place is booming,” DeSantis said recently. “Los Angeles isn’t booming.

New York City isn’t booming.”

Miami-Dade County, which includes Miami Beach, has recently endured one of the nation’s worst coronavirus outbreaks, and more than 32,000 Floridians have died from the virus, an unthinkable cost that the state’s leaders rarely acknowledge.

The state is also thought to have the highest concentration of B.1.1.7, the more contagious and possibly more lethal virus variant first identified in Britain.

Some blamed the unusually large crowds on a spring break season supercharged by a pandemic that has limited socializing. Richardson, the city commissioner, said what Miami Beach was facing “is far greater than spring break, and that’s why we are experiencing the large number of crowds that we are.”

R i cky A r r i o l a , a n o t h e r c i t y commissioner, said at the group’s emergency meeting, “Shutting things down cannot be the way the city does business. It is embarrassing, and it just shows we don’t know what we’re doing.”

Arriola also said that the city should start planning for its next busy time. “We got caught flat-footed this spring break, and we’re going to walk right into the punch of Memorial Day weekend.”

Seemingly undeterred by the police presence Sunday night in South Beach, two maskless men in their 20s, who were wearing board shorts and clutching hard seltzers, took turns snorting white lines from a postcard. Around the corner, a group of police officers stood calmly, talking with one another and shouting for people to go home.

A man who was part of a maskless throng of people walking toward Ocean Drive sipped from an almost empty bottle of cognac and nodded at the officers.

“I’m throwing it away,” he said, pointing into the distance. “It’s my birthday.”

“Hurry up, man,” one of the officers said, cautioning about a police detail nearby.The officers stayed in place and continued their conversation as the group headed toward the bars that were now shuttered.

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After spa attacks, officers handcuffed victim’s anguished husband for four hours

By RICK ROJAS and GIULIA McDONELL NIETO DEL RÍO

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ario Gonzalez heard the gunfire from inside Young’s Asian Massage and immediately worried about his wife, who was in another room. But before he could check on her, he said, law enforcement officials handcuffed and detained him for about four hours while they worked to determine the identity of the gunman.

During that time, officers told him that his wife, Delaina Ashley Yaun, 33, had been killed.

Gonzalez described Tuesday’s shooting and the confused hours that followed in a video interview and news story published by the Spanish-language news site Mundo Hispanico. He expressed his frustration with law enforcement officials for detaining him, suggesting that he might have been treated poorly because he is Latino, and shared his anguish over the loss of his wife.

“They took away the most precious thing that I have in my life,” Gonzalez said of the gunman, before stopping himself and correcting tenses. “That I had.”

The attack at Young’s Asian Massage was part of a shooting rampage at three spas in and around Atlanta.

Yaun was among eight people killed by a gunman who intentionally targeted employees at those businesses, law enforcement officials said.

Representatives for the Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment on Sunday, but the accusations leveled by Gonzalez come after the agency had already faced scrutiny after a spokesman for the Sheriff’s Office described the gunman as having “a really bad day.”

The spokesman, Capt. Jay Baker, was no longer the office’s public representative on the case, and the sheriff, Frank Reynolds, apologized and defended Baker as not intending to disrespect the victims or their families. “We regret any heartache Capt. Baker’s words may have caused,” Reynolds said.

Efforts to reach Gonzalez in recent days have also been unsuccessful.

Tuesday had been a date night for González and Yaun, and the couple, who married last spring, went after work to Young’s Asian Massage, in the Atlanta suburb of Acworth. They arrived shortly before the shooting started, Gonzalez said in the video interview, and they were ushered into separate rooms for their massages.

The authorities said Robert Aaron Long, 21, began his rampage shortly before 5 p.m. at Young’s, which is wedged in a small shopping center between a boutique and hair salon.

González told Mundo Hispanico that he heard the gunshots but that he was too afraid to open the door to see what was happening. He feared the bullets were flying into the room where his wife was taken.

Once Cherokee County sheriff’s deputies arrived,

Protesters call attention to the rise in anti-Asian violence after six Asian Americans were killed during attacks on three Atlanta-area spas, in Chicago, Saturday, March 20, 2021. he was detained and held for about four hours, Gonzalez said, according to Mundo Hispanico.

He said he did not see his wife as he was led out of the spa, and officers did not let him get close to her.

Eventually, he said, officers told him that his wife had been killed.

“And they knew that I was the husband,” Gonzalez said of the authorities. He held a photograph of himself with his wife as he spoke. “They gave me the news that she was dead.”

He questioned why it took officials so long to tell him that his wife had died, and he wondered why they had detained him in the first place.

“Maybe because I’m Mexican, I don’t know,” he said. “Because the truth is they treated me badly.” He showed the camera the marks left on his arm from the handcuffs placed on him by officers.

Gonzalez had met Yaun at a Waffle House restaurant, where he was a customer and she was a server. Yaun had been a single mother, raising a 13-year-old son. The couple married last year and had a daughter, who is now 8 months old. “What I need most right now is support,” Gonzalez said in the interview.

After the shooting at the Acworth spa, the authorities said that Long continued his attack. Gunfire was reported

at two other massage parlors near each other in Atlanta.

His car was spotted two hours later, about 150 miles south of Atlanta, in Crisp County, Georgia, officials said.

Investigators said Long appeared to have been motivated by an addiction to sex. He targeted the spas as an outlet for something “that he shouldn’t be doing,” Baker said in a news conference last week.

Long has been charged with eight counts of murder. On Sunday, Crabapple First Baptist Church, the conservative congregation that had been central to his life, formally ejected him from church membership, saying it could “no longer affirm that he is truly a regenerate believer in Jesus Christ.”

In Sunday services, the first since the rampage, the sermon was devoted to grief and pain, including biblical passages of loss and lament. The names of the eight victims were read aloud.

“All of our hearts are broken,” said Jerry Dockery, the senior pastor, adding that the congregation had been gutted by the “hatred and violence” of the attacks.

It was a sense of devastation that González struggled with as he contemplated raising his stepson and his daughter without Yaun.

“That murderer,” he said in the interview, “only left me pain.”

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Tension grows as money flows: Takeaways from the NYC mayor’s race

By DANA RUBINSTEIN, JEFFERY C. MAYS, KATIE GLUECK and EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS

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ince even before he officially entered the New York City mayoral contest, Andrew Yang has attracted more criticism from his rivals than any other contender in the sprawling field, a reflection of both missteps he has made and, as the race has unfolded, his standing as the leading candidate.

Last week, the criticisms became even sharper, signaling the beginning of a more intense phase of the campaign.

Here are the race’s latest developments: — The candidates take direct aim at Yang Part of Yang’s appeal to his supporters is his willingness to shed the conventions of political caution and speak frankly — a trait that sometimes gets him in trouble.

The most recent example came last week, when Yang, in an interview with Politico, criticized the United Federation of Teachers, suggesting that the union was “a significant reason why our schools have been slow” to open amid the pandemic.

The remarks drew pointed criticism from Scott M. Stringer, the city comptroller, and Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, as well as more muted criticism from other candidates, as they defended the work teachers have done under challenging circumstances.

They are all also aware that the union’s coveted endorsement is still up for grabs.

Stringer — who trails Yang and Adams in the little public polling available — laced into Yang in perhaps his most direct and sustained attack to date, seeking to cast his rival as an unserious candidate at a moment of significant challenges for the city — and appearing to make a barely veiled comparison to former President Donald Trump.

“Whether it’s an illegal casino on Governors Island, housing for TikTok stars or being baffled by parents who live and work in two-bedroom apartments, kids in virtual school, we don’t need another leader who tweets first and thinks later,” he said in a Friday morning speech. He also noted that Yang had spent much of the pandemic outside the city before deciding to run for mayor.

Stringer, Adams and Raymond J. McGuire, a former Citi executive, have also been critical of the details around Yang’s proposal for basic income — and on Twitter, exchanges between strategists for Yang and Stringer in particular have become even more contentious.

Andrew Yang, a candidate for mayor of New York, speaks during the Rally Against Hate at a park in Manhattan’s Chinatown, March 21, 2021.

“Andrew Yang is going to keep talking to New Yorkers about his plans to get the city safely reopen and people back to work as fast as we can,” said Chris Coffey, Yang’s co-campaign manager, about the mounting attacks. “We’ll leave the tired, 1990s negative campaigning to others.”

— Candidates reluctant to decriminalize all drugs This year, Oregon became the first state in the nation to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of all drugs. If the next mayor of New York City has his or her way, the city may finally open sites to allow for the safer injection of drugs. But based on responses at a recent forum, mayoral candidates do not favor following Oregon’s lead on full-scale decriminalization.

“I do have concerns about the devastation I’ve seen with highly, highly addictive and deadly drugs, where even small amounts can have life-altering consequences and even cause death,” said Shaun Donovan, a former Cabinet member in the Obama administration, citing fentanyl as an example.

Kathryn Garcia, the city’s former sanitation commissioner, echoed Donovan’s concerns and expressed particular unease with cocaine, saying, “Back in the day, when it was super-popular in the ’80s, we had young basketball players who died of heart attacks after their first use.”

Maya Wiley, the former counsel to Mayor Bill de Blasio, avoided directly

addressing the issue. Adams was forthright in his opposition, though he said he supports legalizing marijuana.

“You guys know I’m ex-po-po,” said Adams, the former head of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, using an expression to describe a police officer.

The only candidates to offer more support for the idea were Yang — who favors the legalization of psilocybin mushrooms — and Dianne Morales, a former nonprofit executive running to the far left in the Democratic primary.

“We need to move towards that, in response to the war on drugs,” Morales said, referring to the decriminalization of all personal drug possession.

— Friends with money The latest campaign filing revealed that Wiley has many friends in Hollywood.

The former MSNBC analyst received donations recently from director Steven Spielberg; Norman Lear, the creator of the television show “All in the Family”; Alan Horn, the former head of Walt Disney Studios; and Christopher Guest, the director of beloved mockumentaries like “Best in Show.”

Yang received a $2,000 donation from Jessica Seinfeld, wife of comedian Jerry Seinfeld, and had support from two snack magnates: Siggi Hilmarsson, the founder of Siggi’s yogurt, and Daniel Lubetzky, the founder of KIND bars.

Adams has the most money on hand

— more than $7.5 million — but Morales has the most individual donors in New York City.

Morales has received smaller donations from more than 9,000 New Yorkers, and said she expects to qualify for public matching funds — a major boost for her campaign.

Several candidates in the Democratic field have pledged not to take money from the real estate industry, but Adams is not one of them. He received donations from Brett Herschenfeld and Harrison Sitomer, two leaders of SL Green, the powerful commercial real estate company. A PAC affiliated with Madison Square Garden also donated $2,000 to his campaign.

In the Republican field, Sara Tirschwell, a former Wall Street executive, has raised about $320,000, while Fernando Mateo, a restaurant operator, raised nearly $200,000. They are far behind the Democratic candidates.

— Donovan vs. The Wall Street Journal Every election cycle, candidates perform the campaign ritual of visiting prominent newspapers’ editorial boards to discuss their ideas. The meetings are normally closed-door affairs, but Donovan has made his interview with The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board a public part of his campaign.

Donovan’s campaign distributed a news release and video of his remarks to the Journal, criticizing the editorial board for “turning a blind eye to the racist and un-American” remarks by Trump that he suggested may have contributed to the shootings in Atlanta where eight people, including six women of Asian descent, were killed.

The board, Donovan said, had shown a “willful disregard” for Trump’s “racist and hateful remarks about immigrants, about Asian Americans, calling this virus the ‘Kung Flu,’ and the contribution that has to the hate crimes we have seen, even yesterday in Atlanta.”

Paul Gigot, the editorial page editor and vice president of The Wall Street Journal, strongly disagreed with Donovan’s remarks.

The board had been critical of Trump around immigration and his response to a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 where Heather D. Heyer, 32, was killed after a car plowed into a crowd of counterprotesters, he said.

“I can point you to any number of pieces where we took his falsehoods on, and I can point you to any number of pieces where Donald Trump, tweets and everything else, was most unhappy with our coverage,” Gigot said before moving the conversation back to the topic at hand.

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Biden’s $1.9 trillion challenge: End the coronavirus crisis faster

By JIM TANKERSLEY and SHERY GAY STOLBERG

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he Biden administration, with hundreds of billions of dollars to spend to end the COVID crisis, has set a series of aggressive bench marks to determine whether the economy has fully recovered, including returning to historically low unemployment and helping more than 1 million Black and Hispanic women return to work within a year.

But restoring economic activity, which was central to President Joe Biden’s pitch for his $1.9 trillion stimulus package, faces logistical and epidemiological challenges unlike any previous recovery. Infectious new variants of the virus are spreading. Strained supply chains are holding up the distribution of rapid COVID-19 tests, which could be critical to safely reopening schools, workplaces, restaurants, theaters and concert venues.

Then there are questions of whether the money can reach schools and child care providers quickly enough to make a difference for parents who were forced to quit their jobs to care for their children.

The money from the rescue plan “will absolutely allow us to pull forward that end date,” said Charlie Anderson, the director of economic policy and budget for the White House’s coronavirus response team. “It’s very hard to tell how much, but I can tell you it will absolutely supercharge what we’re doing.”

Privately, Biden’s aides are tracking health and economic data — like the capacity levels of day care centers — to gauge their success. They are also setting broad targets, like a return to a 4% unemployment rate, which would be just above the nation’s pre-pandemic rate, by next year.

Similar promises came back to bite Biden in 2009, as vice president, when he oversaw a considerably smaller economic stimulus package signed by President Barack Obama to lift the country from the Great Recession.

Shortly before he and Obama took office that January, their advisers predicted the measure would keep unemployment from rising above 8% — a projection that haunted the administration as the economy slogged on for years.

This recovery is showing more favorable signs for the Biden administration. Economic optimism is rising as the pace of vaccinations steadily increases. Unemployment has already fallen from its pandemic peak of 14.8% in April to 6.2% in February. Federal Reserve officials expect the unemployment rate to slip below 4% by next year and the economy to grow faster this year than in any year since the Reagan administration, thanks in part to Biden’s rescue package.

The Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, told reporters last week that federal spending to combat the crisis was “going to wind up very much accelerating the return to full employment.”

A drive-through vaccination site this month in Cleveland, Miss. The stimulus package signed by President Biden includes billions to ramp up vaccine deployment.

He added, “It’s going to make a huge difference in people’s lives, and it has already.”

But risks remain. For the economy to fully bounce back, Americans need to feel confident in returning to shopping, traveling, entertainment and work. No matter how much cash the administration pumps into the economy, recovery could be stalled by the emergence of new variants, the reluctance of some Americans to get vaccinated and, in the coming weeks, spotty compliance with social distancing guidelines and other public health measures before a critical mass of Americans is inoculated.

“We’re being really cautious about our expectations about the speed” of the economic rebound, said Heather Boushey, a member of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers. “Part of this is establishing trust with the American people that we contain the virus, and that it’s safe, and then the economic activity will come up.”

Americans will also have to be willing to change their habits. As new infections have declined, so too has coronavirus testing. But public health experts say more testing — not less — will be critical for the economy to recover. When Biden ran for office, and again after he was sworn in, he promised to create a “pandemic testing board,” akin to the wartime production board that President Franklin D. Roosevelt created to help bring the country out of the Great Depression. Biden described the approach as a “full-scale wartime effort.”

His coronavirus testing coordinator, Carole Johnson, said the board, composed of officials from across government agencies, had been meeting to discuss how to work with the private sector to expand testing capacity, and to lay out plans to spend tens of billions of dollars from the stimulus bill for testing and other mitigation measures.

“We know that we’re going to continue to need to

grow as we go forward,” she said of the nation’s testing capacity.

Biden made grand promises in pushing his American Rescue Plan to swift passage in Congress this month.

“This is what this moment comes down to,” he said in February. “Are we going to pass a big enough package to vaccinate people, to get people back to work, to alleviate the suffering in this country this year? That’s what I want to do.”

Biden got virtually everything he wanted. Now administration officials must make good on his vow.

The legislation he signed centers on $1,400 direct payments to low- and middle-income Americans, expanded unemployment benefits, aid to renters facing eviction and a variety of programs to help the poor. The president and his aides have said that spending is intended to help the most vulnerable people in the country stay in their homes and keep food on the table.

But Congress will not continue borrowing trillions of dollars to tide citizens over indefinitely. The economy will not fully rebound from the recession brought on by the virus until the pandemic is over.

To that end, hundreds of billions of dollars in the bill are earmarked to speed vaccinations, bolster testing, help businesses return to full capacity sooner and ease the return to work for Americans — disproportionately women of color — who were forced to leave their jobs to care for young children.

Those provisions include nearly $30 billion to ramp up vaccine deployment, support struggling community health centers and hire 100,000 public health workers.

It also has nearly $50 billion for more COVID-19 testing, $122 billion for schools and both direct spending and expanded tax credits meant to increase the availability of child care.

Perhaps no spending effort will challenge the administration as much as increased testing.

Right now, testing is largely used as a diagnostic tool to detect whether someone is infected. Moving forward, testing is expected to function more as a screening tool that helps Americans feel more comfortable returning to normalcy.

The rescue plan includes nearly $48 billion for the administration to expand testing, contact tracing and other measures to track and contain the spread of the virus.

The administration has not said how it will spend all of that money, although the Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday that it would invest $10 billion in coronavirus screening for schools, with the goal of returning to in-person learning by the end of the school year. An additional $2.25 billion will go toward coronavirus testing in underserved communities.

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Foods from afar hope to catch the eye of American shoppers

Yolélé offers products made of fonio, a cereal grain from West Africa, and they are now available at Whole Foods.

By NINA ROBERTS

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onio, a cereal grain imported from West Africa, was once relegated to the shelves of tiny grocery stores frequented by immigrants primarily from Senegal and Mali. But it has gradually made its way to Whole Foods, where pouches decorated with a painted map of Africa are nestled amid packages of rice and lentils, aimed at a broader range of American consumers.

That journey was pushed in part by a New York City company, Yolélé, which roughly means “let the good times roll” in Fula, a West African language. Yolélé also offers seasoned fonio pilafs, a line of fonio chips and, coming soon, fonio flour.

The company was founded in 2017 by Philip Teverow, a food industry veteran, and Pierre Thiam, a chef from Senegal who grew up eating fonio. Thiam is confident that Americans would eat fonio, too, if they had better access to it.

The nutritious grain is gluten-free and has a slightly nutty flavor. It is also easy to prepare: “Fonio never embarrasses the cook,” Thiam said.

But crucial to their effort to appeal to the average American consumer was the packaging. Innovative package design and brand identity are vital when selling unfamiliar foods to mainstream markets, industry experts say.

“People really do shop with their eyes,” said Chris Manca, a buyer at Whole Foods Market focusing on local products for the company’s stores in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. “If your product doesn’t really jump off the shelf and catch your eye, it’s going to get overlooked.”

In 2019, 182,535 immigrant-owned food businesses, from manufacturing to restaurants, were operating in the United States, according to an analysis of the American Community Survey by the New American Economy, a research organization. Chinese and Mexican immigrants owned most, selling cuisines familiar to American palates.

But entrepreneurs from countries like Guinea, Kazakhstan and Senegal are gaining a foothold with less well-known cuisines.

Marketing these foods in the United States has its challenges, like cultural identity and consumer perception.

The savviest entrepreneurs work with designers and brand strategists to make their products more approachable.

One of the biggest hurdles is choosing visual clues — fonts, colors, illustrations and photographs — that channel a product’s physical or conceptual provenance. A brand identity that’s too sleek and polished might appear inauthentic and lose credibility. Yet folksy designs or a reliance on regional symbols can look cliché and dated.

Creating the right visuals is a “subtle balance,” said Paola Antonelli, senior curator of the department of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art. A new foreign food’s packaging must stimulate curiosity and radiate authenticity, “making you feel like there’s some sort of familiarity that maybe you had not yet discovered in yourself,” she said.

Cultural heritage is crucial for a new product, said Phil Lempert, a food industry analyst known as the Supermarket Guru. “You have to stand out,” he said, adding that there is a strong appetite for foreign cuisines and products, especially among younger generations: “They love to experiment with food.”

The global food industry has changed substantially

over the past several decades, Lempert said. New foreign food brands today tend to celebrate their origins, whereas businesses just 10 years ago might have pushed to Americanize their products.

“There was a stigma there,” he said.

Supermarket distribution has also changed.

“A lot of these smaller ethnic brands used to be distributed by ethnic food distributors,” Lempert said. “Now, these companies are going direct to the supermarket.”

Other strategies include posting on social media, especially Instagram, which is considered an effective, low-cost way to market products, and selling directly to consumers through websites and e-commerce marketplaces like Amazon.

But the key is often packaging. A designer’s ability tends to be a blend of creative thinking, diverse professional experience and wide travels. This often outweighs a shared nationality, ethnicity or culture; in fact, many entrepreneurs prefer working with designers from different backgrounds to better see their story through a fresh lens.

Thiam wanted to use Yolélé to claim fonio’s West African identity while avoiding labels like “exotic” and “ethnic.” He and Teverow approached Paula Scher, a partner at the design firm Pentagram, where Thiam already had connections because of his cookbooks. He said that he would have liked to use a designer of African descent, but that when he saw Scher’s map of Africa, it was “love at first sight.”

After Scher’s design hit the shelves last spring, sales surged 250%, Teverow said.

Using product names in foreign languages is a common hurdle for food business owners. To broaden the appeal of her classic Middle Eastern spice blends like hawaij, baharat and ras el hanout, Leetal Arazi, a co-founder of New York Shuk, worked with graphic designer Ayal Zakin to craft a visual solution.

The labels feature elegant illustrations of the contents in each jar, like turmeric or chili peppers, balanced with a modern gold logo and a tiny stylized camel in silhouette.

“All of a sudden, you are less afraid and intimidated to pick it up,” said Arazi, whose products are sold at supermarkets like Whole Foods and specialty stores.

Biden’s $1.9 trillion challenge: End the coronavirus crisis faster From page 11 “We’re going to need widespread testing for this virus probably for the next several years,” said Dr. Ashish K. Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. “Right now, it’s all about just management of disease. But over time, as the pandemic gets under control, there are a whole series of things we want to do where testing will add a layer of confidence — everything from getting on an airplane to going into a restaurant to going to a concert.”

But there are obstacles to that plan, including a shortage of the kind of rapid tests that are necessary to screen a large population. Michael Mina, an immunologist and epidemiologist at Harvard University, said onerous Food and Drug Administration regulations were delaying the approval of new rapid antigen tests that could fill that gap.

“I feel very firmly that the Biden administration is hampered by a regulatory framework that is not in a position to actually tackle this pandemic, that is holding up the tools that are required to effectively curb

transmission, to keep schools and businesses safe,” he said.

Biden, who criticized his predecessor President Donald Trump for interfering with the work of the FDA, is hardly in a position to intervene in a regulatory matter.

But his coronavirus testing coordinator, Johnson, said in an interview that the administration was closely tracking the supply chains for tests to determine what it could do to ensure widespread testing at schools become a reality.

“We make policy decisions informed by where the supply is,” she said.

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Wall Street closes up on tech rebound; Tesla gains W

all Street rallied on Monday as technology stocks rebounded from a recent selloff sparked by surging bond yields and Tesla jumped after a fund run by an influential investor in the electric-car maker said its shares could approach $3,000 by 2025.Accelerated vaccine rollouts and a monster fiscal stimulus on the horizon have raised bets on higher inflation, triggering a spike in Treasury yields that pushed the tech-heavy Nasdaq down as much as 12% from its Feb. 12 record close last week.

On Wednesday, the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield slipped from its session highs after data indicated the core consumer prices index, which excludes volatile items such as food and energy, rose less than expected last month.

Focus is on an auction of U.S. 10-year bonds later in the day for clues to where yields in the recently volatile market may be headed.

“Markets are rising on three factors - tame inflation, passage of the coronavirus aid package and a strong rally in tech stocks in the previous session,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital Securities in New York.

“We have a bond auction up ahead which is expected to go well. If it’s a sloppy auction we could see yields rise again and that could take some enthusiasm out of the market.”AmerisourceBergen Corp gained 7.3% after the U.S. drug wholesaler said it would buy Walgreens Boots Alliance’s drug distribution business for $6.5 billion to expand in Europe.

Dow component Walgreens rose 4%.

Advancing issues outnumbered decliners for a 2-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and a 2.5-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.

The S&P 500 posted 75 new 52-week highs and no new low, while the Nasdaq recorded 370 new highs and 13 new lows.

Bitcoin soared above $50,000 to an all-time high, adding steam to a rally fueled by signs that the world’s biggest cryptocurrency is gaining acceptance among mainstream investors and companies.

That super-easy stance, coupled with the Biden administration’s proposed $1.9 trillion spending bill for pandemic relief, has left some investors fretting over a coming surge in inflation.

The MSCI’s global stock index was down 0.42% at 682.18. The index touched a record intra-day high of 687.26 on Tuesday, before erasing gains to snap an 11-day winning streak.

Meanwhile, bank strategists are raising their estimates for U.S. corporate profitability this year following surprisingly strong fourth-quarter earnings and growing optimism about an economic rebound.

At 11:46 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 376.12 points, or 1.18%, to 32,208.86, the S&P 500 gained 23.42 points, or 0.60%, to 3,898.86 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 28.50 points, or 0.21%, to 13,102.33.

The Nasdaq extended gains after logging its best one-day percentage jump in four months on Tuesday, helped by a rise in momentum stocks that had recently taken a beating due to higher yields.

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Rich countries signed away a chance to vaccinate the world

By SELAM GEBREKIDAN and MATT APUZZO

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n the coming days, a patent will finally be issued on a fiveyear-old invention, a feat of molecular engineering that is at the heart of at least five major COVID-19 vaccines. And the U.S. government will control that patent.

The new patent presents an opportunity to exact leverage over the drug companies producing the vaccines and pressure them to expand access to less affluent countries.

The question is whether the government will do anything at all.

The rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines, achieved at record speed and financed by massive public funding in the United States, the European Union and Britain, represents a great triumph of the pandemic. Governments partnered with drugmakers, pouring in billions of dollars to procure raw materials, finance clinical trials and retrofit factories. Billions more were committed to buy the finished product.

But this Western success has created stark inequity.

Residents of wealthy and middle-income countries have received about 90% of the nearly 400 million vaccines delivered so far. Under current projections, many of the rest will have to wait years.

A growing chorus of health officials and advocacy groups worldwide are calling for Western governments to use

aggressive powers — most of them rarely or never used before — to force companies to publish vaccine recipes, share their know-how and ramp up manufacturing.

Governments have resisted. By partnering with drug companies, Western leaders bought their way to the front of the line. But they also ignored years of warnings — and explicit calls from the World Health Organization — to include contract language that would have guaranteed doses for poor countries or encouraged companies to share their knowledge and the patents they control.

Western health officials said they never intended to exclude others. But with their own countries facing massive death tolls, the focus was at home. Patent-sharing, they said, simply never came up.

President Joe Biden has promised to help an Indian company produce about 1 billion doses by the end of 2022, and his administration has donated doses to Mexico and Canada. But he has made it clear that his focus is at home.

“We’re going to start off making sure Americans are taken care of first,” Biden said recently. “But we’re then going to try and help the rest of the world.”

Pressuring companies to share patents could be seen as undermining innovation, sabotaging drugmakers or picking drawn-out and expensive fights with the very companies digging a way out of the pandemic.

A drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination site at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Feb. 25, 2021. Despite warnings, American and European officials gave up leverage that could have guaranteed access for billions of people. That risks prolonging the pandemic.

As rich countries fight to keep things as they are, others like South Africa and India have taken the battle to the World Trade Organization, seeking a waiver on patent restrictions for COVID-19 vaccines.

Russia and China, meanwhile, have promised to fill the void as part of their vaccine diplomacy.

Addressing patents would not by itself solve the vaccine imbalance. Retrofitting or constructing factories would take time. More raw materials would need to be manufactured.

Regulators would have to approve new assembly lines.

And as with cooking a complicated dish, giving someone a list of ingredients is no substitute for showing them how to make it.

To address these problems, the WHO created a technology pool last year to encourage companies to share know-how with manufacturers in lower-income nations.

Not a single vaccine company has signed up.

Drug company executives told European lawmakers recently that they were licensing their vaccines as quickly as possible but that finding partners with the right technology was challenging.

But manufacturers from Canada to Bangladesh say they can make vaccines; they just lack patent licensing deals. When the price is right, companies have shared secrets with new manufacturers in just months, ramping up production and retrofitting factories.

Despite the hefty government funding, drug companies control nearly all the intellectual property and stand to make fortunes off the vaccines. A critical exception is the patent expected to be approved soon — a government-led discovery for manipulating a key coronavirus protein.

This breakthrough, at the center of the 2020 race for a vaccine, actually came years earlier in a National Institutes of Health lab, where an American scientist named Dr. Barney Graham was in pursuit of a medical moonshot.

For years, Graham searched for a key to unlock universal vaccines — genetic blueprints to be used against any of the roughly two dozen viral families that infect humans. When a new virus emerged, scientists could simply tweak the code and quickly make a vaccine.

In 2016, while working on Middle East respiratory syndrome, another coronavirus known as MERS, he and his colleagues developed a way to swap a pair of amino acids in the coronavirus spike protein. That bit of molecular engineering, they realized, could be used to develop effective vaccines against any coronavirus. The government, along with its partners at Dartmouth College and the Scripps Research Institute, filed for a patent, which will be issued March 30.

When Chinese scientists published the genetic code of the new coronavirus in January 2020, Graham’s team had their cookbook ready.

Within a few days, they emailed the vaccine’s genetic blueprint to Moderna to begin manufacturing. By late February, Moderna had produced enough vaccines for government-run clinical trials.

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Australia’s worst floods in decades quicken concerns about climate change

By DAMIEN CAVE

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elly Miller stood in her doorway Monday, watching the water rise to within a few inches of the century-old home where she runs an alternative medicine business. The bridge nearby had already gone under in some of Australia’s worst flooding in decades, along with an abandoned car in the parking lot.

“It’s coming up really quickly,” she said.

Two massive storms have converged over eastern Australia, dumping more than 3 feet of rain in just five days. In a country that suffered the worst wildfires in its recorded history just a year ago, the deluge has become another record-breaker — a once-in-50-years event, or possibly 100, depending on the rain that is expected to continue through Tuesday night.

Nearly 20,000 Australians have been forced to evacuate, and more than 150 schools have been closed. The storms have swept away the home of a couple on their wedding day, prompted at least 500 rescues and drowned roads from Sydney up into the state of Queensland 500 miles north.

Shane Fitzsimmons, the resilience commissioner for New South Wales — a new state position formed after last year’s fires — described the event as another compounding disaster.

Last year, huge fires combined into history-making infernos that scorched an area larger than many European countries. This year, thunderstorms have fused and hovered, delivering enough water to push rivers like the Hawkesbury to their highest levels since the 1960s.

Scientists note that both forms of catastrophe represent Australia’s new normal. The country is one of many seeing a pattern of intensification — more extreme hot days and heat waves, as well as more extreme rainfalls over short periods.

Paddling through the flooded streets of Windsor, Australia, on Monday, March 22, 2021. Nearly 20,000 Australians have been forced to evacuate because of flooding, and more than 150 schools have been closed.

It is all tied to a warming earth, caused by greenhouse gases. Because global temperatures have risen 1.1 degrees Celsius, or about 2 degrees Fahrenheit, over preindustrial levels, landscapes dry out more quickly, producing severe droughts, even as more water vapor rises into the atmosphere, increasing the likelihood of extreme downpours.

“There is a very strong link between global warming and that intensification in rainfall,” said Andy Pitman, director of the ARC Center of Excellence for Climate Extremes at the University of New South Wales. “There’s good scientific evidence to say extreme rain is becoming more extreme due to global warming.”

Australia’s conservative government — heavily resistant

to aggressive action on climate change that might threaten the country’s fossil fuel industry — has yet to make that link.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has offered funds for those forced to flee and several dozen areas have already been declared disaster zones.

“It’s another testing time for our country,” he told a Sydney radio station, 2GB, on Monday.

Windsor may become one of the places hardest hit. Over the weekend, the Hawkesbury rose rapidly by more than 30 feet, and it is expected to peak in the next day or so at 42 feet.

With rain continuing to fall, emergency workers wearing bright orange went door to door on side streets with waist-deep puddles where the road dipped.

In and around the historic downtown, many of the businesses close to the river stayed shut Monday, with a few putting sandbags by their doors. The central meeting place seemed to be at the foot of the Windsor Bridge, where television crews and crowds in rubber boots marveled at the view.

The new Windsor Bridge, which opened just a few months ago as a “flood-proof” replacement for an older bridge, was completely underwater.

It was built 10 feet higher than the bridge it replaced, but the river flowed over it as if it did not exist. A red flashing light on the top of a buried yellow excavator offered the only hint of the old bridge, or what had once been solid ground.

Cameron Gooch, 46, a diesel mechanic from a town nearby, said he saw huge trees speeding downriver toward the coast a day earlier. The water seemed to have slowed down, he said, becoming a giant bathtub with water held in place and rising slowly from tributaries.

“That’s the problem,” he said. “It’s just going to keep building up.”

Rich countries signed away a chance to vaccinate the world

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Exactly who holds patents for which vaccines will not be sorted out for months or years. But it is clear now that several of today’s vaccines — including those from Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Novavax, CureVac and Pfizer-BioNTech — rely on the 2016 invention. Of those, only BioNTech has paid the U.S. government to license the technology.

Patent lawyers and public health advocates say it is likely that other companies will either have to negotiate a licensing agreement with the government or face the prospect of a lawsuit worth billions.

The National Institutes of Health declined to comment on its discussions with the drugmakers but said it did not anticipate a dispute over patent infringement.

In May, the leaders of Pakistan, Ghana, South Africa and others called for governments to support a “people’s vaccine” that could be quickly manufactured and given for free. They urged the governing body of the WHO to treat vaccines as “global public goods.”

The Trump administration moved swiftly to block it.

Intent on protecting intellectual property, the government said calls for equitable access to vaccines and treatments sent “the

wrong message to innovators.”

World leaders ultimately approved a watered-down declaration that recognized extensive immunization — not the vaccines themselves — as a global public good.

That same month, the WHO launched the technology access pool and called on governments to include clauses in their drug contracts guaranteeing equitable distribution. But the world’s richest nations roundly ignored the call.

In the United States, Operation Warp Speed, a Trump administration program that funded the search for vaccines in the United States, disbursed more than $10 billion to handpicked companies and absorbing the financial risks of bringing a vaccine to market. The deals came with few strings attached.

Large chunks of the contracts are redacted, and some remain secret. But public records show that the government used unusual contracts that omitted its right to take over intellectual property or influence the price and availability of vaccines. They did not let the government compel companies to share their technology.

By comparison, one of the world’s largest health financiers, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, includes grant language requiring equitable access to vaccines. As leverage, the organization retains some right to the intellectual property.

For months, the United States and European Union have blocked a proposal at the World Trade Organization that would waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. The application, put forward by South Africa and India with support from most developing nations, has been bogged down in procedural hearings.

“Every minute we are deadlocked in the negotiating room, people are dying,” said Mustaqeem De Gama, a South African diplomat involved in the talks.

But in Washington, leaders are still worried about undermining innovation.

During the presidential campaign, Biden’s team gathered top intellectual property lawyers to discuss ways to increase vaccine production. Among them was the use of a federal law allowing the government to seize a company’s patent and give it to another in order to increase supply. Former campaign advisers say the Biden camp was lukewarm to this proposal and others that called for a broader exercise of its powers.

The administration has instead promised to give $4 billion to Covax, the global vaccine alliance. But Covax aims to vaccinate only 20% of people in the world’s poorest countries this year and faces a $2 billion shortfall even to accomplish that.

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Second Canadian is tried in China on spying charges

A court in Beijing where Michael Kovrig, a Canadian detained more than two years ago in China on espionage charges, was tried.

By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ

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Chinese court on Monday tried a former Canadian diplomat on accusations of spying, the second such trial in recent days and one that will most likely intensify tensions among China, Canada and the United States.

A court in Beijing held the trial of the former diplomat, Michael Kovrig, who was detained by Chinese authorities in late 2018, shortly after Canada arrested a top executive at the Chinese technology firm Huawei at the request of the United States.

The proceedings were conducted in secret, with Chinese authorities barring foreign diplomats and journalists from attending. In a show of support for Kovrig, more than two dozen diplomats representing several countries, including Canada and the United States, tried to gain access to the courtroom, only to be turned away by security personnel.

Government officials, legal scholars and human rights activists denounced China’s decision to hold the trial, just days after another Canadian, Michael Spavor, a businessman who was also detained in 2018, appeared before a court in Dandong, a northeastern city. Critics have described the trials as a sham and say China is resorting to “hostage diplomacy.”

“We are deeply troubled by the total lack of transparency surrounding these hearings and we continue to work towards an immediate end to their arbitrary detention,” the Canadian foreign minister, Marc Garneau, said in a statement.

The detention of Kovrig and Spavor appears to be part of an effort by China to win the release of Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei and the daughter of the company’s founder.

Meng faces sweeping fraud charges in the United States, which is seeking her extradition.

China on Monday defended its decision to go forward with the trial of Kovrig. The court in Beijing said in a brief statement that he was tried on charges of “gathering state secrets and intelligence for foreign countries” and that a verdict would be announced at a later date.

In combative remarks, Hua Chunying, a spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, rejected criticism that the trials should be open to the public and accused Canada of acting as an accomplice to U.S. efforts to undermine China.

“This is a political incident through and through,” Hua said at a news conference in Beijing, referring to Meng’s case.

The prosecutions of Kovrig and Spavor have

unfolded against a backdrop of growing tensions over China’s increasingly assertive behavior on the global stage.

U.S. officials on Monday denounced China’s decision to go forward with the trials, saying they were inconsistent with international human rights agreements.

“The charges are a blatant attempt to use human beings as bargaining leverage,” a spokesman for the Un.S. Embassy in Beijing said in a statement.

“The practice of arbitrary detention to exercise leverage over foreign governments is completely unacceptable.”

The Biden administration is working to build coalitions of countries to counter China’s strength and limit its transgressions, including on human rights issues.

But China’s authoritarian leader, Xi Jinping, appears increasingly unbothered by the threat of international condemnation, and his government seems eager to demonstrate it will not bow to demands from the United States.

At a meeting last week in Alaska, U.S. officials raised the detentions of Kovrig and Spavor with their Chinese counterparts, according to a senior Biden administration official. The Americans also expressed concerns about the exclusion of foreign diplomats from the trials. The talks identified areas of sharp disagreements as well as what Secretary of State Antony Blinken described as intersecting interests, although ultimately the two sides left without a joint statement of their willingness to work together.

“Beijing has shown time and time again that it frankly does not care what the international community disapproves of,” said Diana Fu, an associate professor of political science at the University of Toronto. “It is playing by its own rules, like it or not.”

While verdicts have not yet been announced in the cases of Kovrig and Spavor, both men are likely to be convicted. Chinese courts are controlled by the ruling Communist Party, and convictions are almost certain, especially in cases involving national security. During court proceedings, there are limited opportunities to examine evidence or hear rebuttals.

Chinese courts typically shroud such cases in secrecy so that authorities can maximize control over the outcomes, said Joshua Rosenzweig, head of Amnesty International’s China team.

“Whatever the results for Kovrig and Spavor,” Rosenzweig said, “China will want to keep everything under wraps to ensure that it has as much control over the narrative as possible.”

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The many faces of post-Trump stress disorder

By GAIL COLLINS and BRET STEPHENS

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ret Stephens: Gail, before anything else, I know we are both as one in our sense of heartbreak and horror at the massacre in Georgia. And while it’s not yet entirely clear what exactly motivated this depraved perpetrator, it has sparked an overdue recognition of anti-Asian hate crimes.

Gail Collins: Absolutely, Bret. As well as a wrenching regret that this is still a country where, in many places, anybody can walk down to the corner gun shop on a whim and buy a rapid-fire weapon that can kill multiple people in a matter of minutes.

Bret: Agree there, too. And a third thing we both agree on is that it’s good to once again have a consoler-in-chief in the White House, not to mention someone who doesn’t stoke racial divisions, like a certain former president I could mention. I don’t mean Millard Fillmore, either.

Gail Collins: Bret, I’ve never been a big defender of Millard Fillmore but I do think you’re mostly prejudiced against his name. If he’d been christened, say, Joshua Fillmore, he’d have been just as bad a president, but less memorable.

Bret: Little-known fact: After his presidency ended in 1853, Fillmore, who had been a Whig, was the anti-immigrant Know Nothing party’s presidential nominee in 1856, and actually won Maryland’s eight Electoral College votes that year. Lesser-known fact: Fillmore was out of the country at the time of the nomination and, given the state of communications back then, supposedly knew nothing about it. So he was a know nothing Know Nothing. Sorry, go on.

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Gail: I wonder if there’ll be more or less people naming their children Donald in the future.

Bret: Depends on the ZIP code, Gail. If the numbers begin with “3” or “7,” more. If they start with “0,” “1” or “9” I’m guessing that Donald is going the way of Millard.

Gail: To get back to your point, it is sort of amazing how much Joe Biden has turned out to be the perfect president for the moment.

But I have a vague memory that you’re not a fan of his actual domestic agenda.

Bret: Someone once pointed out to me that the American presidency combines the ceremonial role of head of state and the political role of head of government — unlike, say, in Britain, where the Queen is the former and the prime minister is the latter. I’m liking Joe a lot as head of state. He relates to human suffering. He shares the limelight. He speaks softly. And he isn’t using social media to pound himself into my head space like a construction-site jackhammer at 7 in the morning.

And, if you are a progressive, he’s getting a whole lot done.

Trouble for me is, I’m not a progressive, which brings me to my objections to him as head of government.

Gail: Well, that’s sort of why we converse, although I really do enjoy the historical forays, too.

Obviously, I’m a fan of Biden’s plan. The big infusion of money to jump-start the economy and support the antivirus program has such widespread national support. Is that your big problem? Or the aid to states and localities? Help for victims of domestic abuse? I know I’m trying to tilt the argument here …

Bret: Gail, did you ever see the 1980s remake of “Brewster’s Millions?” Richard Pryor plays a minor league baseball player who learns that he stands to inherit $300 million, provided he can spend $30 million in 30 days, and not just by giving it away or buying fancy assets. Turns out, it’s not so easy to do.

Gail: Bret, I always thought of myself as pretty well-versed in pop culture but every week you have a TV show or old movie that I’ve never met. I am, as always, in awe.

Bret: That’s only because I don’t read books, Gail.

Gail: But I have a feeling you believe Brewster has a moral …

Bret: I do! Congress passed a $900 billion stimulus in December.

Does anyone even remember that anymore or really know how the money was spent? Now we have another $1.9 trillion in stimulus, meaning Biden has to spend several billion dollars a day for the rest of the year, and that’s on top of the normal federal budget. Even the $1,400 stimulus checks he’s sending out to most families in the country only gets him to about $400 billion. This might make sense if we had to face another year’s worth of a pandemic. But, assuming the vaccines work, we’re spending into an economic boom, which means it’s totally unnecessary, hugely wasteful and probably inflationary.

I know Democrats think this is a big political winner for them, since nobody ever says no to free money. But that’s a subject we should revisit in about a year, when the cost of living shoots up and people start realizing that free money ultimately means increasingly worthless money.

Gail: Well, I don’t have a good movie reference to use as a comeback, although I could make one up — remember the comedy

when Tom Hanks had to spend $200,000 a day without letting anybody in the family know he had any money?

Bret: I seem to remember that Hanks was in a film called “The Money Pit,” which is about an epic fixer-upper of a house. But maybe it really was an allegory about the federal budget.

Gail: You always win, pop-culture-wise. I loved that movie. But about inflation — the Fed can take care of pressing problems and a wholesome tax hike on the rich would help balance the budget.

Bret: Where’s Paul Volcker when you need him?

Gail: Just saying that the people in Washington who beat their chests about red ink are Republicans who keep cutting taxes on people who can well afford to pay.

Bret: Gail, we will be in agreement unto eternity about the fiscal hypocrisy of the GOP. But let’s switch tack to another kind of hypocrisy. It looks to me like Andrew Cuomo is going to brazen it out as governor, despite yet another woman coming forward with allegations of improper behavior. Something tells me that if he succeeds, the #MeToo movement will basically be dead. Your thoughts?

Gail: Nonononono. You can’t call a movement dead when it’s transformed the American workplace. Before #MeToo, male supervisors often felt they had the right to put the moves on the women whose careers they basically controlled. Some imagined their co-workers were eager to be kissed on a cab ride home from an office party. Flattered to be propositioned. Amused to be swatted on the rearend when they walked to the copy machine.

Bret: Agree completely, and all of it is obviously wrong. What I mean is the politics of it. If this had happened to Cuomo at the time the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke, I don’t think the governor would have survived it. Now it seems he will.

Gail: Andrew Cuomo’s career is over. I’m sorry he didn’t resign, but he’s done. If he ever tries to run for something again, he’ll go through a hellfire of humiliation, followed by defeat.

Feel free to remind me of this in the future.

Bret: As you know, I disliked Cuomo from forever, and none of the revelations surprise me. But even now I wouldn’t entirely rule out a fourth Cuomo term. The lesson of recent politics seems to be that scandals rarely break a politician, and voters often admire shameless pols who never apologize or back down.

Gail: Well, I have long contended that people vote for the person they think will accomplish what they want done, never mind the morals. Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland all got elected despite scandals in their private lives. Cuomo openly lived with Sandra Lee, a celebrity chef, for most of the time he was governor. But grabbing powerless women in your administration is going too far.

Bret: I truly hope so, too. Maybe I’m still traumatized by a certain former president I mentioned earlier who also just bulldozed his way through ignominy. Post-Trump Stress Disorder should be a diagnosed medical condition; I wonder if those of us who suffer from it might be entitled to some relief in that giant stimulus package we were arguing about.

Gail: Hee-hee. A Still-Traumatized Conservatives Rescue Program? Let’s see if Congress can come up with anything that interesting.

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Gobierno federal autoriza acceso a $912 millones para Educación Por THE STAR

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l gobernador Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia informó el lunes, que recibió una llamada del Secretario de Educación de los Estados Unidos (USDE), Miguel Cardona, en la que le adelantó que hoy mismo recibirá una carta confirmando que su solicitud de acceso inmediato a los fondos de la “Ley de Ayuda, Alivio y Seguridad Económica contra el Coronavirus” Ley Pública 116-136 (Ley CARES por sus siglas en inglés) ha sido concedida.

“Hoy marca otro gran paso en nuestro progreso para continuar dando a nuestros estudiantes los recursos necesarios para el aprendizaje en persona, a nuestros maestros los medios para proporcionar tiempo de instrucción y reabrir nuestras escuelas de forma segura.

Nuestros estudiantes han sobrepasado mucho, desde los huracanes de 2017 hasta los terremotos y la pandemia de COVID-19, y merecen regresar a la normalidad. Estos recursos le proveerán los fondos necesarios para las necesidades de nuestros estudiantes de la isla”, dijo el gobernador en declaraciones escritas.

“A nombre de nuestros niños, maestros y los padres y madres de Puerto Rico, agradezco al secretario Miguel Cardona por su compromiso de apoyar a Puerto Rico y al

presidente Biden por conceder rápidamente a Puerto Rico acceso a estos fondos federales. Espero seguir colaborando con el USDE para así continuar trabajando por nuestros niños”, añadió.

El gobernador dijo que al 5 de marzo de 2021, envió una misiva al secretario Cardona solicitando el acceso inmediato a los fondos de la Ley CARES en aras de proporcionar los recursos necesarios para los estudiantes de Puerto Rico. Se trata de $912 millones en fondos federales para la educación.

Explicó que estos fondos incluyen $390 millones bajo la Ley CARES específicamente del Fondo de Alivio de Emergencia para Escuelas Primarias y Secundarias (ESSER I por sus siglas en inglés) y el Fondo de Alivio de Emergencia para la Educación del Gobernador (GEER I).

Además, incluye fondos en virtud del Título A, Parte A de la Ley de Educación Primaria y Secundaria de 1965, en su versión modificada, y la Parte B de la Ley de Educación de Personas con Discapacidades, ambos por un total de $522 millones. La comunicación oficial reconoce los esfuerzos del gobernador para implementar una mayor responsabilidad en el uso de estos fondos federales y subraya la necesidad de continuar proporcionando el apoyo necesario a Puerto Rico a medida que la isla

continúa recuperándose.

“El gobierno de Puerto Rico continúa enfrentándose a los desafíos de la pandemia y recuperándose de los huracanes y los terremotos más recientes, es por esto que el Departamento entiende la urgencia de acceder a los fondos federales vitales para la educación con el fin de satisfacer las necesidades de los estudiantes puertorriqueños que están experimentando un trauma agravado”, dijo el secretario de Educación Federal, Miguel Cardona.

“El Departamento está comprometido a continuar estableciendo una relación de trabajo con Puerto Rico y apoyarlo en el uso eficiente y efectivo de los fondos del Departamento para servir a los estudiantes de Puerto Rico, incluyendo en la reapertura segura de las escuelas y para maximizar el tiempo de instrucción en persona”, añadió.

“La administración del gobernador Pierluisi siempre va a asegurar que nuestros estudiantes, familias y maestros tengan los recursos necesarios para que puedan recibir una educación de calidad, mientras Puerto Rico continúa recuperándose de los desastres naturales y de la pandemia del COVID-19. PRFAA seguirá trabajando con las agencias federales y la Administración Biden-Harris por nuestros estudiantes”, dijo la directora ejecutiva de la PRFAA, Carmen Feliciano.

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a secretaria designada al Departamento de Educación (DE), Elba Aponte Santos, exhortó este lunes a los padres, madres o encargados a completar el proceso de solicitud de Matrícula en línea para el año escolar 20212022 en o antes de este próximo miércoles 24 de marzo, fecha límite para finalizar la gestión.

A la fecha, unos 194 831 ya han completado el proceso, descrito por el DE como sencillo y ágil, en el enlace mimatricula.dee.pr. Se recomienda tener a la mano el número de SIE (número de identificación de estudiante), información personal ( Seguro Social, Dirección etc.) y seleccionar las tres escuelas de su preferencia.

“Queremos que todos completen el proceso de solicitud de Matrícula en línea. Tener de antemano el conocimiento de la matrícula de estudiante nos ayuda a prepararnos para el inicio de clases escolares en agosto. De esta manera, podremos contar con los recursos humanos necesarios, trabajar el servicio de transportación, alimentos de comedores escolares y atender con prontitud cualquier detalle que sea necesario para el estudiante. Recordamos que el proceso es uno fácil y que solo toma algunos minutos”, expresó Aponte Santos en una declaración escrita.

Las Regiones Educativas también servirán de apoyo para los que presenten alguna dificultad en el trámite.

La secretaria designada indicó que aquellos con dudas o alguna situación relacionada con el proceso, podrán comunicarse por correo electrónico para asistencia. Los correos electrónicos de cada Región Educativa para este tipo de trámite son los siguientes: - matriculabayamon@de.pr.gov - matriculasanjuan@de.pr.gov - matriculacaguas@de.pr.gov - matriculahumacao@de.pr.gov - matriculaponce@de.pr.gov - matriculamayaguez@de.pr.gov - matriculaarecibo@de.pr.gov La secretaría recordó, además, que los padres, madres o encargados que en años anteriores han completado el proceso de Matrícula en línea para sus hijos, deberán utilizar el mismo correo electrónico para recibir las notificaciones, anuncios o instrucciones generales.

“Tras todo lo ocurrido en el sistema educativo por los temblores y la pandemia, queremos que en agosto se tenga la mayor normalidad posible. Es por ello, que nos queremos asegurar que ningún niño se quede sin maestros o directores escolares y este proceso de matrícula es primordial para obtener la información necesaria. Los

datos sobre la matrícula nos permiten tener visibilidad y diseñar planes de trabajo que sean para el mejor beneficio de cada comunidad escolar”, enfatizó Aponte Santos.

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The Snyder cut: What’s new, what’s gone (and more about that ending)

By CALUM MARSH

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ack Snyder’s Justice League,” out now on HBO Max, bears very little resemblance to the version of “Justice League” released by Warner Bros. in 2017.

It’s well known at this point that the theatrical version was released after much behind-the-scenes drama: Snyder found himself fighting over the creative direction of the movie with the studio, which was eager for an “Avengers”-style hit that would be the beginning of a billion-dollar franchise. Fed up and grieving the recent loss of his daughter, Snyder walked away during postproduction; Joss Whedon, who had already been brought in to add touches of humor to the screenplay, finished the job.

Although the resulting movie earned more than $650 million worldwide, it was lambasted by critics and disappointed fans. Their vocal campaign to #ReleaseTheSnyderCut persuaded HBO Max, an arm of WarnerMedia, to let Snyder do just that.

It took him four years, $70 million, and hundreds of hours of shooting and editing to finally realize his vision. This isn’t simply a director’s cut. It’s an altogether different movie.

Free of cringe-inducing gags about podcasts and alien probes, the movie feels liberated from a certain brand of popular mainstream filmmaking and more like the work of one artist: Snyder, who clearly takes this superhero stuff very seriously. It emphasizes big emotion and earnest, heart-on-sleeve displays of masculine feeling.

Snyder has said he never saw the version of “Justice League” that Warner Bros. released, but he is aware that most of what he had intended to put in the film was changed or discarded.

Although the broad outline — Batman (Ben Affleck), Superman (Henry Cavill) and Aquaman (Jason Momoa), among other comic book heroes, band together to defend Earth from the evil alien Steppenwolf (Ciaran Hinds) — remained the same, Snyder’s distinctive style was made unrecognizable.

Whether you love Snyder’s style or hate it, it’s clear that this version, divided into six chapters and an epilogue, is all Snyder, uncut and uncompromised.

What has been added Snyder’s love of balletic action and big, slow motion set pieces is on display in a number of new sequences, including a striking, snowdappled high school football match that sets up Victor Stone, aka Cyborg (Ray Fisher), and an

alternate introduction to the Flash (Ezra Miller), whom we now meet using his super speed to save the would-be victims of a car crash. (In the Whedon cut, he’s drawing on a bully’s face with a pen.) An entirely new villain called Darkseid, meanwhile, is depicted with menacing grandeur, smoldering extravagantly before towers of flame as he conspires to enslave the planet.

Some of the most immediately noticeable changes are essentially amendments or corrections. Whedon’s reshoots with Cavill, for instance, were ridiculed at the time for some incredibly wonky CGI mustache removal, which made his chin look like Plasticine. The actor’s face, in Snyder’s cut, has been restored to its ordinary flesh-and-blood glory.

There are new cameos from, among others, Vulko (Willem Dafoe), the Martian Manhunter (Harry Lennix) and Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg). Some of the Whedon version’s less-convincing visual-effects shots have been redesigned or fine tuned, and the aspect ratio in which the movie is presented has been altered from a conventional wide-screen format to a boxier, eye-catching “academy” ratio, which, Snyder said in a recent interview, he had always wanted “from the start.”

Snyder is known for staging scenes to popular music, and his cut is littered with new needle drops. A moment in which Aquaman chugs a bottle of whiskey and struts from a dock into the roiling sea strikes a forlorn note with a Nick Cave song, where it formerly had the trailerfriendly rock jam “Icky Thump.” Another moment is set to a plaintive cover of Tim Buckley’s “Song to the Siren.”

The Snyder cut’s four-hour running time greatly expands on a plot that in the theatrical version felt cursory and rushed. Much more context is provided to explain the origins of the Mother Boxes (all-powerful devices with distinctly Freudian undertones whose theft imperils the world and sets this story in motion), as well as to clarify the motivations of Darkseid and his horned minion, Steppenwolf, whose efforts now have an added dimension of centuries-old vengeance. There’s also an in-depth flashback revealing former battles between the forces of good and evil, and two extended dream sequences showing the fate that might befall the world should the bad guys prevail.

What has been deleted For as much new material as has been added to the Snyder cut, the biggest differences are in what has been removed. Whole scenes conceived and directed by Whedon have been

Aquaman (Jason Momoa), left, Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) and Cyborg (Ray Fisher) in the new version. taken out, including almost all of the slapstick comic interludes, whose upbeat, madcap tone felt at odds with the seriousness of the rest of the picture.

Gone is the early sequence in which Batman strings up a crook on a rooftop to entice an alien out of hiding, as well as a later, painfully unfunny scene in which Aquaman, inadvertently sitting on Wonder Woman’s Lasso of Truth, begins to confess his secrets and share his feelings about his crew.

One of Whedon’s first jobs on the film, before Snyder left, was to add jokes that were spliced into Snyder’s first cut of the film. Quirky, irreverent sitcom riffing is ubiquitous in Marvel’s superhero blockbusters, but in the middle of “Justice League,” it felt incongruous.

Snyder has excised Whedon’s punchlines, so that the Flash no longer kids about brunch and so that Superman, back from the dead, no longer jokes about his coffin itching. In Whedon’s version, after Batman is beaten to the ground

by Superman, he dryly quips, “Something’s definitely bleeding!” In the Snyder cut, he just stays down, bruised and broken.

A new ending and an epilogue A refined finale in meltdown-ravaged Russia leans into the emotional undercurrent threaded throughout the movie. The heroes still battle Steppenwolf inside a nuclear reactor, but instead of the Flash being relegated to a passive role saving civilians, as he is in the Whedon cut, he now must race around the city building

speed to allow Cyborg to enter the Mother Boxes before they finish merging and allow Darkseid to dominate the world. And instead of Steppenwolf simply being pummeled by the newly resuscitated Superman, the villain’s evil plan momentarily succeeds, leaving it up to the Flash to move so quickly that time actually reverses. It’s an emotional sequence, and the stakes feel much higher than the Whedon version’s limp fisticuffs.

After separating the Mother Boxes and vanquishing Steppenwolf, our heroes enjoy a brief celebratory denouement, before the Snyder Cut moves into its final chapter — a 40-minute epilogue that sets up enough action for another trilogy of sequels, despite the fact that there is no plan to follow through with those. Lex Luther, absconding from the Arkham Asylum to a luxury yacht, courts the mysterious Deathstroke, another bad guy of comic book lore. They talk about wanting to kill Batman and share a Champagne toast.

In a final vision of the future, Bruce Wayne dreams the world has come to ruin. He and a motley crew of heroes are roaming the apocalyptic landscape, “Mad Max”-style, and for some reason have the Joker (Jared Leto) in tow.

After Superman appears with an evil glint in his eye, Wayne wakes up at home in bed, where he is visited by the benign alien Martian Manhunter.

It’s a lot to take in at the end of an already long film, but Snyder said he “felt like it needed that coda” to finish the movie right.

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Tuesday, March 23, 2021

TV’s battle of the binge: Why the wait can be worth it

“WandaVision” on Disney+ is among the streaming series that have stuck to TV’s old weekly episode model.

By JAMES PONIEWOZIK

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isney+’s “WandaVision” began with a bold, disorienting move, taking viewers and depositing them without explanation into an unsettling bubble of 1950s television.

I am referring, of course, to the show’s practice of releasing new episodes only once every week.

Releasing TV installments on a schedule — “Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel,” as the show’s superhero predecessor “Batman” promised — was standard practice in the days of black-and-white TV, and still is on most traditional networks. But the age of Netflix has led accustomed streaming fans to getting full seasons all at once, and some WandaViewers did not care to wait for what an IndieWire review referred to as “inconvenient weekly installments.”

“WandaVision” is not the first

streaming show to face complaints for not feeding its audience on the allyou-can-eat plan. Last year, Eric Kripke, showrunner of Amazon’s dystopian superhero drama “The Boys,” defended the decision to release Season 2’s episodes weekly, against some fans’ objections, “to have time to sort of slow down a little bit and have conversations about everything.” (“The Boys” did release its first three episodes on its premiere date, “WandaVision” its first two; Disney is also following the weekly model with its latest Marvel series, “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.”)

Slow down? We are not much of a slowdown society these days. If people can have something, they increasingly believe they should, in Costco-size portions, to be savored or swallowed anaconda-like as they see fit. Who the hell is anyone else to tell us to chew between bites? We’ll — cough — we’ll

chew when we feel like it!

Fans’ increasing expectation of — and creators’ occasional pushback against — the binge model resonates with other tech-driven arguments over how art should properly be enjoyed.

Should the audience or the artist decide how the work is best experienced? Are you violating the artistic intention of an album when you listen to it on shuffle?

Are you a cretin for watching a movie on your phone when the director insisted it be viewed on a big screen?

Certainly, advocates of “I want it all, now” can sound entitled, like kids on the Wonka factory tour grousing that the gobstoppers aren’t coming fast enough.

But there can also be a kind of highhandedness to the defense of weekly airings, as if the communal watercooler ritual were somehow more authentic, and as if viewers needed to be guided toward the correct choice lest they, like children failing the marshmallow test, make the wrong one.

Maybe a more useful way of looking at the weekly and binge models is that neither is inherently better. Instead, they’re one more set of storytelling tools — like shooting in front of a studio audience, or not — creatively suited to different kinds of stories.

Release schedules, like many aspects of TV, are a case of the creative format following the business model. In the days of rabbit ears TV, you watched a show when it was beamed at you or not at all. Weekly (or daily) schedules built habits and fan bases.

When Netflix entered the originalseries business in the early 2010s, it could have followed some form of scheduling. Instead, dropping full seasons at once was a way of branding it as a forward-looking business — this ain’t your grandma’s TV! — and a way to find viewers where broadcast TV wasn’t.

(By letting viewers watch at their leisure, Netflix laid claim to the vast stretches, like Fridays and Saturdays, when fans had a lot of time and less marquee scheduled programming.)

For an era — well, a few years — this defined streaming TV. And the different formats led to different creative forms.

Traditional TV serials broke stories into structured units with tune-in-next-time endings. Binge series are often looser in episode structure, sometimes to the extent that whole seasons can feel like extended “episodes.” (Or extended movies, such as Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” whose season titles — “Stranger Things 2” and “Stranger Things 3”— recalled the film franchises that inspired the series.)

Eventually some competitors, including Hulu, Apple and Disney, separated themselves from Netflix with old-school weekly schedules, at least for some series. And Disney+, with its first streaming phenomena, showed that the traditional TV schedule works best for shows that play like traditional TV, with tight episode construction and careful maintenance of suspense.

Bingeing, on the other hand, benefits certain kinds of immersive longform TV that Netflix has gotten adept at: more straightforward miniseries, such as “The Queen’s Gambit,” and the visual equivalent of page-turner novels, such as “Bridgerton.” In some cases, a binge also helps gloss over weaknesses or repetitions that you might linger on with more time to dwell on them. (In general, I’m thinking of serial stories here; sitcoms, anthologies or procedurals with self-contained episodes feel less affected by the choice.)

There are also business dimensions to the debate, particularly the argument that spreading a season over months can allow a show to build word-of-mouth and grow, whereas binge series just crash and recede, like waves on an endless content ocean. But business and artistic choices are two different things.

Regardless, it’s good to see streaming platforms experimenting with their schedules; hopefully, they’re starting to see “To binge or not to binge?” as one creative choice among many. It made sense for Netflix to prove that the binge model could work, which unlocked a form of TV storytelling whose rules creators are still figuring out.

But just because you can make TV a certain way now doesn’t mean you always should. Sometimes, good things come from those who make you wait.

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Tuesday, March 23, 2021

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Double-crossing cats will not choose owners over their enemies, study finds Cats show no preference for a person who treats their owner positively compared to negatively, a study suggests

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any cat owners accept they are not always the most attentive of pets. But most might at least feel entitled to their feline friend’s support in the face of an enemy.

New research suggests such expectations would be misplaced.

Whereas dogs have been shown to avoid a person who behaves negatively towards their owner, the same cannot be said for domesticated cats.

Cats show no preference for people who treat their owners positively over those who behave negatively towards them, researchers from Kyoto University found.

In short, your cat will happily betray you to accept a snack from your enemy, the study suggests.

This is not to say our cats are not smart enough to tell the difference. The researchers noted cats have “remarkable cognitive abilities” and are able to follow human pointing and gazing cues, as well as discriminate between human emotional expressions and states of attention.

They can also recognise their owners voice and form attachment-like bonds. However, the differences between the reactions in cats and dogs towards negative behaviour displayed to their owners could be attributed to their vastly different domestication histories and ecological backgrounds, researchers said.

Dogs have an approximately 15,000-yearold relationship with humans and have been bred selectively to reproduce particular temperaments and character traits. Cats, on the other hand, have not been subjected to such intensely controlled breeding and are descended from cheetahs, which are solitary hunters and fiercely territorial.

“Due to the weaker influence of selective breeding during domestication, cats should show a lesser capacity for third-party based social evaluation than dogs,” said the study.

The experiment involved 36 domestic cats and their owners, who would be accompanied

A study by researchers at Kyoto University found cats largely accept treats from a stranger even if they display negative behaviour towards the feline’s owner. by two strangers: an actor and a neutral person.

The owner would participate in two scenarios in which they would attempt to open a container while their cat watched.

In both scenarios, the owner pretended not to be able to open the lid of the container, and asked the actor for help. In one scenario, the actor would help open the container, while in the non-helper scenario, they would refuse. The neutral person does nothing in either setting.

After each scenario, the cat would be offered food from both the actor and the neutral person to see who it would approach. The experiment was repeated four times with each cat.

The study, published in the journal Animal Behaviour and Cognition, found that cats in both groups were as happy to accept a treat from the

actor, no matter how they treated their owner, as they were to accept it from the neutral person.

“We found no evidence that cats evaluate humans in third-party interactions: they neither avoided a non-helper nor preferred a helper, despite their known sensitivity to human behavioural cues,” said the study.

It is possible cats simply have less affinity to their owners than we might hope. In 2013, researchers from the University of Tokyo found that while cats recognise their owners’ voices, they often choose to effectively ignore them.

A 2015 study by animal behaviour specialists at the University of Lincoln also found that domestic adult cats do not look to their owners as their primary source of security and safety in the way that dogs do.

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Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Snapshots from a swimming friendship

In this year of sorrow, plunging into the water has been essential for me and for my friend with cancer.

By BONNIE TSUI

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hree mornings a week for nearly seven years, my neighbor Lessly and I swam together at our local pool.

Often we shared a lane, at practice with the Masters swim club or just on our own, doing a workout she’d conjured up on the spot. She was a strong butterflier; she loved to send us charging through sprint repeats and drills that turned my arms into noodles by the end of a set.

We loved swimming together, and we loved the community in our women’s locker room, a damp little maze of shared benches and open showers. It was a tableau on aging. There were bodies and bottoms of every sort on display, from squishy baby to saggy lady. In that place, there was never a more cheerful and enthusiastic ambassador for water to treat all of life’s ills than Lessly.

Though she lived around the corner from me, I rarely ran into her on land. I almost always saw her at the pool, beaming and chatty and ready to go. Our swimming friendship was rooted in joy.

A little over a year ago, Lessly, at 52, was diagnosed with stage four oligometastatic breast cancer, which had infiltrated her bones. She cried underwater when she found out. We kept swimming.

In the first weeks after the diagnosis, she

talked through her treatment plan with all of us in the locker room after practice.

“How great it is to have this community of women around me to help me through this experience,” she said, smiling in the shower through her tears. When she started chemotherapy and had to take days off from the pool, I began visiting her at home, just to stretch and keep company together.

Then the pandemic hit, and the pool closed.

Soon after, she wound up in the hospital with sepsis. She told me about the glorious view of San Francisco Bay from her hospital room; one night, she had a dance party by herself, watching the rain fall on the empty streets of a locked-down world.

The water lifted her, even from afar.

Our swims were replaced with walks, the length of which depended on how strong she was feeling that day. Sometimes she would just talk to me from the sidewalk, maintaining a carefully distanced bubble around her immunocompromised self. She wore a mask long before everyone else did.

In the before-times, I was rarely home before dark; now, at random hours in the afternoon or early evening, my family would hear Lessly’s voice calling my name from the street. My husband or sons would look out the window and announce her

arrival: “Mama, Lessly’s here!” Sometimes Lessly’s husband or 14-year-old son would escort her to our front steps, stopping to say hello before continuing on and leaving us to our chats.

Water was never far from her mind, nor from mine. We devised ways to stay afloat: I kept surfing, supplementing with open-water swims in the Bay, while Lessly began to swim in a friend’s backyard pool.

Afterward, she came by and reported on her workouts. “I did a whole 10 laps with an inflatable flamingo!” she crowed with glee. “And it felt so good.” When public outdoor pools began to reopen, she set phone alarms to be first in line to snag a lane reservation.

There was the time when she and her neighbor sneaked into one of the community pools under cover of darkness for an illicit after-hours dip. In the morning, she called me with a sheepish confession, and a laugh: “I needed the water so bad I had to jump the fence.”

If she walked past my house and saw my wetsuit hanging on the porch railing, she’d inquire about the surf: “Tell me about the waves today.”

I’d tell her about the pink morning light, the glassy swell, the dolphins nosing up to say hi.

“Oh, honey,” she’d reply dreamily.

“I’m so happy for you.”

Water has long been a form of healing. For so many of us, it’s a restorative, an antidote for depletion and depression.

Time and time again it has carried me, through my own injuries, surgery, rehab, miscarriage — and through illness and death of ones dear to me.

In this year of sorrow, plunging into the ocean or pool or lake has been essential for me — it is momentary relief, forgetting and unburdening. Immersion is cleansing and conducive to play, even when things are heavy. Our dopamine levels rise, our metabolisms rev up. We can’t help but feel that outdoors, buoyed by water, we can breathe easier, even in — especially in! — a pandemic.

My friendship with Lessly began as a joyful thing at the pool, but it has deepened immeasurably over these long, dark months of loss. The water, in all its shapes and

forms, reminds us that levity exists. It has kept us living.

In late summer, Lessly described two pivotal swims to me. The first one came just before surgery, when she came to grips with the fact she was losing her breast; the second was when she found out her mother was dying, from her own longtime struggle with cancer.

“It was feeling like the water was carrying me when I was dealing with these giant emotions,” Lessly said, her voice breaking. The water felt like a friend, telling her what she needed to hear: You can do this. Keep going.

Her medical team encouraged swimming as a post-mastectomy recovery activity, because it promoted healing. So, in early fall, after her mastectomy but before radiation, she got up at dawn to swim in the kiddie pool during Masters practice — though a little ridiculous, it was what was available. And it was worth every minute to be in the water around her community.

Swimming encourages a nakedness of body, but also of spirit. It has been a privilege to be the witness in water for my friend. In this stripped-down state, we allow ourselves to see each other for who we really are. Our yearlong conversation about all the different ways water can heal you has been beautiful sustenance. There is renewed clarity.

In December, after 30 years of living on the same street in Berkeley, Lessly and her family made the decision to move to her dream house up north, cantilevered over a mirror-calm pond, with spectacular views of a river valley.

“The pond tinkles like music,” she told me. “My stress levels have decreased by 75%. The solitude, the serenity, the nature, the eagles, the coyotes. There’s constant flow.”

Our friendship has taken us from pool to ocean and bay to backyard kiddie pool to lake and mirror pond. These days, Lessly is watching and waiting; she gets periodic PET scans and regular infusions to block estrogen and rebuild her bones. She can’t wait for summer — and to receive a vaccine, so she can swim at a nearby indoor pool.

Me, I can’t wait to swim with my friend again.

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Tuesday, March 23, 2021

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This Passover recipe tells the story of a family tree

By JOAN NATHAN

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he mention of a Moroccan fish dish stirs Dafna Tapiero’s memory — of a jar of saffron water perched on her grandmother’s counter in Paris.

The jar sat there, ready to brighten her grandmother’s Passover recipes such as rice, chicken and the first course, pescado blanco, the Judeo-Spanish name for the dish Tapiero’s grandmother, Violette Corcos Budestchu, ate growing up in Morocco and later made at Passovers in Paris.

“You filled the fish with cilantro and parsley in the middle,” said Tapiero, recalling her grandmother’s preparation, “then added tomato and peppers and olives, and slowly poured the saffron water over all.”

Tapiero, an international economist born in New York, is a descendant of the Corcos family, with a lineage stretching back centuries and mostly extending across the Mediterranean and the Americas.

The family, prominent in the Sephardic world, has a well-documented history, thanks to various members who have traced its 12,000 descendants.

According to the family, the Corcoses left the Middle East sometime before the 13th century, the first recorded date of their presence in Spain, where they learned many new dishes that became part of the Sephardic canon.

Tapiero’s direct line fled to Fez, Morocco, during the Inquisition, while others in the family spread as far and wide to the Netherlands; Livorno, Italy; Gibraltar; Curaçao; and other places.

Along the way and across generations, they, like so many other families, passed down recipes, which changed slightly over time as the family spread. Among the dishes was that saffron fish, a dish typical of Moroccan Jewish cuisine, often served at Passover and on the Sabbath.

The dish began as a simpler preparation, as a whole fish with onions and a little lemon, and maybe saffron, a spice that arrived in southern Spain with the Moors in the eighth century. (Many cooks substitute ground turmeric for the more expensive saffron.) The peppers and tomatoes, an addition from the Americas, later came to embellish and deepen the dish’s flavors.

Cookbook author Danielle Renov is from another branch of the Moroccan Corcoses from Fez. Her book “Peas, Love & Carrots” (Mesorah Publications, 2020) includes many recipes from her grandmother Marcelle Corcos, including a take on saffron fish using fish fillets and lots of peppers, hot and sweet, along with a side of garlic mayonnaise.

To Renov, who lives in Jerusalem, her inclusion of her family recipes — such as the saffron fish — was “a stamp of authenticity.”

“These are the dishes I grew up eating,” she said, “and the experience of cooking, eating and serving them is

tied to the deep emotional connection I feel to the ones that first cooked them for me, my mother and my grandmother.”

Other members of the Corcos family, now scattered across continents, have their own iterations — variations on a theme.

Nicole Corcos-Ittah of Paris has two interpretations: In one, she adds a lot of garlic, fava beans and red peppers.

In the other, she incorporates preserved lemon, olives, carrots, tomatoes, cilantro and sometimes potatoes.

Sidney Corcos, a retired museum director in Jerusalem, is in part responsible for putting together the family’s extensive history, continuing his father’s work. He adds turmeric to his version, in addition to the saffron.

Tapiero sticks to her grandmother’s recipe.

Rabbi Dennis Sasso, senior rabbi of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck in Indianapolis, recently discovered his own distant connection to the Corcoses.

He grew up in Panama, but his ancestors left Spain, then Portugal, during the Inquisition, winding their way through Italy, the Netherlands and Brazil before settling in the Caribbean islands of Curaçao and St. Thomas. Although he does not make saffron fish, he makes escabeche, another fish dish featuring peppers, and prepared by other descendants of the Corcos family in Jamaica.

“Our people’s capacity to survive and thrive through history and geography included culinary adaptation,” Sasso said.

And the recipe continues to be passed down. Renov, for instance, will be serving the dish for Passover this year.

“When I serve these exact recipes to my own children,” she said, “my hope is to pass on the love, warmth and comfort that I was given through these dishes.”

Saffron fish with red peppers and preserved lemon Yield: 4 to 8 servings Total time: 30 minutes Ingredients: A few pinches to 1/2 teaspoon saffron strands 2 tablespoons olive oil 3 red bell peppers, trimmed, quartered, seeded, then halved crosswise 1 large red or yellow onion, diced 2 tomatoes, diced 6 garlic cloves, peeled and left whole 1 bunch cilantro, leaves and delicate stems separated and chopped Kosher salt and coarsely ground black pepper 8 skinless fish fillets (about 4 ounces each), such as salmon, sea bass, striped bass, whitefish or rockfish 1 teaspoon ground sweet paprika

Saffron fish with red peppers and preserved lemon in New York on March 9, 2021. A wide-reaching family’s interpretations of a Moroccan Jewish recipe reflects their history.

1/2 teaspoon red-pepper flakes (optional) 1/4 cup pitted kalamata or green Moroccan olives 1 preserved lemon, rinsed, chopped (peel and flesh) and seeded (or the juice of 1 fresh lemon) Preparation: 1. Pour 2 cups of boiling water into a bowl and sprinkle with the saffron strands. Use a spoon to press the saffron strands against the side of the bowl to release the flavor. Cover the bowl with a plate and set aside.

2. Heat the oil in a large skillet over low. Add the bell peppers, onion, tomatoes, garlic and cilantro stems, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Increase the heat to medium-high and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the onion is transparent.

3. Nestle the fish into the vegetables, sprinkle with the paprika, red-pepper flakes (if using), 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Pour the prepared saffron water over everything. (You can do all of this a day in advance and refrigerate until ready to finish.)

4. When ready to cook, add the olives and preserved lemon (if using — but if using fresh lemon, that will come in Step 5). Bring the mixture to a boil over high, reduce to low, cover the pan and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, basting the fish every 5 minutes. Sprinkle with the cilantro leaves during the last few minutes of cooking.

5. Taste for seasoning and serve, setting the fish on top of the vegetables. Sprinkle with fresh lemon juice, if not using the preserved lemon. Serve warm or at room temperature.

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The outsized influence of teen T. rex and other young dinosaurs

By CARA GIAIMO

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dolescence is a time of great change for most of us. But it was particularly volatile for young T. rexes. Before they became fearsome, bone-crushing adults, they had to pass through a number of stages — 2-foot hatchling, gangly preteen, bulky young adult. At each phase, they hunted different prey and filled different niches.

As a new study in Science reveals, juvenile T. rexes and the youth of other large carnivores called megatheropods transformed their communities as they fumbled through their own physical changes. Their rapid shifts in size and roles shaped their ecosystems, the study suggests, and could help to explain some of the perplexing mysteries of dinosaurdom, from the relative lack of species diversity to the strange preponderance of huge body sizes.

Considering dinosaurs ruled the planet for 179 million years, there were fewer distinct species than you might expect.

While today’s world is fuzzy with mammals — at the moment, nearly 7,000 different types — we only know of about 1,500 non-avian dinosaur species, said Kat Schroeder, a Ph.D. student at the University of New Mexico and a co-author of the new paper.

There are also “some very weird things about their mass distribution,” Schroeder said. Within contemporary animal classes, small-bodied species tend to vastly outnumber big ones.

(For instance, there are currently 20 species of elephant shrew, and just three species of elephant.) But for dinosaurs, it’s the opposite: “Most of them are large,” she said.

Some paleontologists looking into these dynamics over the years have tentatively blamed the youth. Juvenile T. rexes were light and agile before they leveled up into the adults we’re more familiar with. (The physical discrepancies between younger and older T. rexes can be so vast that experts have argued over whether certain specimens are different species altogether, rather than different ages.) Other megatheropods, such as abelisaurs, also grew from turkeylike hatchlings to bus-sized behemoths over the course of their lives.

For this reason, the presence of just one of these species in an ecosystem meant that “a large number of different-sized predators existed” there, hunting progressively larger prey as they themselves grew up, said Dr. Marcus Clauss, head of research at the Clinic for Zoo Animals in Zurich, who has published theoretical work on this concept but was not involved in the new study. Perhaps the ecological real estate that might have been filled by midsized dinosaur species was instead taken up by these in-betweeners.

To test this hypothesis, Schroeder and her co-authors examined 43 dinosaur communities. By cross-referencing scientific papers with a public paleobiology database, they deduced which species were likely to have coexisted. They then sorted the species in each community by size.

In an undated image from Schroeder et al., Science (2021), The dinosaur gap versus modern carnivorous mammals.

Carnivorous mammals of Kruger National Park, top, organized to scale by mass.

In communities with megatheropods, Schroeder and colleagues found what they call a “carnivore gap”: a large swath of empty medium-size niches. For instance, the Hell Creek Formation, a fossil area that stretches from modern day Utah to Alberta, was once home to 630-pound grown-up dromaeosaurs, 7-ton adult T. rexes — and no mature meateaters in between.

Though the gap in Hell Creek is extreme, most of the communities with megatheropods the researchers studied had no carnivores between 220 and 660 pounds. (For a modern comparison, this is as if the adult carnivores in South Africa’s Kruger National Park were all either larger than a lion or smaller than a bat-eared fox, they write.)

The carnivore gaps were more pronounced in these individual communities than in those that lacked megatheropods, supporting the idea that the young megatheropods were filling them, Schroeder said. The gaps also didn’t apply to herbivores.

This suggests that the juvenile carnivores’ inability to hunt the same food as adults forced them to carve out their own niche, which had a strong influence on the ecosystem, she said. (A baby sauropod, in contrast, could eat on the bottom branches of a tree while an adult consumed the top.)

The new study “represents an enormous feat in testing this concept,” Clauss said. Theoretically, he said, these same dynamics might have made it harder for dinosaurs to repopulate large niches after a mass extinction event: When the big dinosaurs died, the relative lack of small and medium-sized species meant that mammals were better positioned to take over.

Broad analyses like this one are “truly transforming the field” of paleontology, said Lawrence M. Witmer, a professor of anatomy and paleontology at Ohio University who was not involved in the study.

“The notion that youngsters were different kinds of predators than their monster parents was out there,” Witmer said. But while many paleontologists had been focusing on one species at a time in addressing this question, this study instead connects “thousands of dots,” he said, to show “how whole communities of dinosaurs evolved.”

At the same time, the paucity of juvenile dinosaur fossils makes it difficult to precisely understand the roles those youths played, said David Hone, a zoologist at Queen Mary University of London who has used similar methods to study dinosaur size distribution.

“Knowing that juveniles filled a general niche space and actually being able to do anything with that information are two different things,” he said.

Schroeder predicts big data techniques, already common in studies of ancient plants, mammals and invertebrates, will become increasingly popular with dinosaur researchers as they seek further insight into species interactions and growth patterns in prehistoric life.

Young dinos were a big part of this. “If you were transported to the Cretaceous, it would be fairly rare to see a big adult Tyrannosaurus,” she said. But juveniles would be “all over the place” — growing, changing and leaving their mark.

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TO: INMOBILIARIA ROSSY ASENCIO, S.E., ALFONSO ROSSY MILLAN, HIS WIFE, AIMEE RAICES SANCHEZ AND THE CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP CONSTITUTED THEREIN, JOSE ROSSY MILLAN, LETICIA ROSSY MILLAN; JOHN DOE; RICHARD ROE; WESTERNBANK PUERTO RICO: CITIBANK, N.A.: AND TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL:

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO. SS. Judgment in favor of plaintiff for the sum of: LOAN XXXXX0024. The sum of $2,086,035.15 in principal, accrued interest in the amount of $688,198.07, which continues to accrue until full payment of the debt at the established rate, forced placed insurance in the amount of $608.00 and any other advance or disbursement made by plaintiff, on behalf of defendants, in accordance with the term notes and/or mortgage deeds, plus costs and $240,000.00 in attorney fees.

LOAN XXXXX0025. The sum of $82,854.20 in principal, accrued interest in the amount of $23,128.19, which continues to accrue until full payment of the debt at the established rate and $16,000.00 in costs and attorney fees. LOAN XXXXX0026. The sum of $21,780.22 in principal, accrued interest in the amount of $6,188.28, which continues to accrue until full payment of the debt at the established rate and $5,000.00 in costs and attorney fees. Pursuant to the judgment, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auc-

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tion for United States currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder to be held on the sidewalk in front of the main gate entrance of the United States District Court, Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico or any other place designated by said Special Master, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número nueve (9) situado en la Urbanización Julio N. Matos en el Barrio Martin González del término municipal de Carolina, el cual tiene una cabida de diez mil seiscientos noventa y dos metros cuadrados con ochocientos centímetros cuadrados. Colindando por su lado NORTE, en ciento veinticinco metros novecientos cuarenta y un milímetros con el solar siete de la misma urbanización; por el ESTE, en ochenta y cuatro metros cincuenta y dos centímetros con área dedicada a calle publica que la separa en su mayor parte en dirección Sur del solar cinco; por el SUR, en ciento veintisiete metros noventa milímetros con el solar diez de la misma urbanización; y por el OESTE, en ochenta y cuatro metros cincuenta y tres con la Urbanización Jardines de Carolina, propiedad de Modern Home Construction, Inc., antes, Rosendo Vila. Consta inscrita al folio 36 del tomo 649 de Carolina, finca número 26,063. Registro de la Propiedad, Sección II de Carolina. Physical address: Lot No. 14 Julio N. Matos Industrial Park, Carolina PR 00985. The property is subject to the following Junior liens: MORTGAGE: Constituted in favor of Note Holder, in the original principal amount of $540,000.00, with 15% annual interests, due on presentation, constituted by deed #297, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on December 26, 2000, before Notary Public Carlos M. Franco, recorded at page of mobile volume 1316 of Carolina, property #26, 063, 12th inscription.

MORTGAGE: Constituted in favor of Westernbank Puerto Rico, in the original principal amount of $185,000.00, with 9.99% annual interests, (does not express expiration date), constituted by deed #1448, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on December 23, 2003, before Notary Public Adrian J. Hilera Torres and the Deed #525 “Act of Remediation”, issued in Mayaguez, on June 14, 2004, before the same notary, recorded at page 16 of volume the 1355 of Carolina, property recorded #26,063, at 14th page

Tuesday, March 23, 2021 inscription. The parties of renounce to the prescriptive terms of 20 years in the mortgage constituted by this deed that establishes Art. 145 of the Mortgage Law and they prolong o amplify to 35 years beyond the date of presentation. MODIFICATION: The $540,000. 00 mortgage in the 12th inscription has been modified in the following manner: starting from the issue date of the deed, the annual interest rate will be 9. 999%, indicating that in case of payment default in the principal or interest of the obligation, the amounts due will yield default interest by reason of the resultant by adding two percentage points to the type of interest agreed upon on the note and the expiration, according to that determined in Art. 145 of the Mortgage Law. This mortgage Lien is extended to 35 years from the issue date of this current deed which is #1447, executed in San Juan, on December 23, 2003 before Notary Public Adrian J. Hilera Torres, recorded on page 16 of volume 1355 in Carolina, property #26, 063, 16th inscription. MORTGAGE: Constituted in favor of Note Holder, in the original principal amount of $160,000. 00, with interest over the outstanding balance of 7.50% from this date and during the following 24 months, and during consecutive periods of the following 36 months, by a fixed rate resulting in adding 1% to the prime rate, as established from time to time

by Citibank, N.A. in the City of New York, in force on the commencement of each consecutive period of 36 months, up to the total and complete payment, indicating that in case of payment default in the principal or interest of the obligation, the amounts due will yield default interest by reason of the resultant by adding two percentage points to the type of interest agreed upon on the note and the expiration.

Authenticated of affidavit #2724.

Guaranteed credits: Three additional sums equivalent to 10% of the original note of the principal are guaranteed to cover cost, expenses and lawyer fees in case of judicial foreclosure, to cover other anticipated expense that may incur under this mortgage and for interest in addition to those guaranteed by law, and due on presentation, as noted in deed #161, executed in Carolina, on March 13, 2006 before Notary Public Juan Carlos Ortega Torres, recorded on page 205 of volume 1357 in Carolina , property #26,063, 17th inscription.

Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential

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liens with the holders thereof.

It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior or preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax liens (express, tacit, implied or legal), or homeowner associations dues, to the extent specified under the applicable Condominium Law, shall continue in effect. It being understood 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 present property will be acquired free and clear of all junior liens. THEREFORE, the first public sale shall be held on the April 23rd, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $1,675,000.00. In the event said first public auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a second public auction shall be held on the April 30th, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $1,116,666.67, 2/3 parts of the minimum bid for the 1st public sale. If said second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a third auction will be held on the May 7th, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $837,500.00, ½ of the minimum bid for the 1st public sale. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, on February 3rd , 2021. AGUEDO DE LA TORRE, Special Master.

LEGAL NOTICE IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.

TRIANGLE CAYMAN ASSET COMPANY 2, Plaintiff, v.

LUIS MANUEL MORALES SEDA, HIS WIFE SYLVIA ENID CABRERA ROMÁN, AND THE CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THEM,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-3074 (JAG).

RE: BREACH OF CONTRACT, COLLECTION OF MONIES, FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE AND PLEDGE. NOTICE OF SALES.

(787) 743-3346

25 TO: DEFENDANTS AND GENERAL PUBLIC

On October 11, 2019, the Court entered Judgment in favor of plaintiff, Triangle Cayman Asset Company 2 (“Triangle”) and against defendants, Luis Manuel Morales Seda, his wife Sylvia Enid Cabrera Román, and their Conjugal Partnership (“Defendants”). As of August 31, 2017, the Defendants owe Triangle under the loan documents the principal amount of $2,076,432.20; interests in the amount of $180,553.51 which continue to accrue until full payment of the debt at $302.81 per diem; late charges in the amount of $8,800.00 and any other advances, charges, fees, or disbursements made by Triangle, on behalf of the Defendants, in accordance with the loan documents, plus costs and agreed attorney’s fees in the amount of $201,500.00. Pursuant to the Judgment, the Order of Execution of Judgment, and the Writ 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 properties: Property I: RUSTIC: Located in Islote Ward in Arecibo, with a surface area of 9.833 “cuerdas”, equivalent to 3 hectareas, 86 areas and 48 centiareas of land dedicated to pastures and minor fruits, bounded by the North and West, with property of Carlos Domínguez, by the South and East, with Estate of Basilio Reyes. The property described above is recorded at page 67 of volume 42 of Arecibo, property number 2,138 of the Registry of Property of Puerto Rico, First Section of Arecibo.

Property I is described in the Spanish language as follows: RÚSTICA: Radicada en el Barrio Islote de Arecibo, tiene una cabida de 9.833 cuerdas, equivalentes a tres hectáreas, ochenta y seis áreas y cuarenta y ocho centiáreas de terreno dedicadas a pastos y frutos menores, en lindes por el NORTE y OESTE, con tierras de Carlos Domínguez; por el SUR y el ESTE, con la Sucesión de Basilio Reyes. La propiedad antes descrita consta inscrita al folio 67 del volumen 42 de Arecibo, finca número 2,138 del Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Primera de Arecibo. Property I is subject to the following liens: Free of charge due to its origin.

By itself: MORTGAGE in the principal amount of $964,600.00, in guarantee of a mortgage note payable to Westernbank Puerto Rico, or to its order, subsequently endorsed to Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and thereafter endorsed to Triangle in the principal amount of $964,600.00 with an annual interest of 8% and due on presentation, as per Deed #365, executed on June 8, 2007, before Notary Public Juan Manuel Casanova Rivera, recorded at page 41 of volume 1209 of Arecibo, 23rd inscription. MODIFICATION OF MORTGAGE of the 23rd inscription mortgage, as per Deed #182, executed on December 19, 2008, before Notary Public Genevieve López Stipes, recorded at Karibe of Arecibo, 25th inscription. COMPLAINT ANNOTATION regarding the Mortgage in the principal amount of $964,000.00 of the 23rd inscription, plaintiff Triangle Cayman Asset Company 2 and defendants Luis Manuel Morales Seda, his wife Sylvia Enid Cabrera Román, and the Conjugal Partnership between them, regarding Breach of Contract, Collection of Monies and Execution of Mortgage, Case No. 16-3074 before the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, recorded at Karibe of Arecibo, Annotation C, dated June 1, 2017. This complaint annotation was previously registered at entry 2016-124556-SJ02, dated December 9, 2016. LIEN (embargo) in favor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico against Luis M. Morales Seda in the amount of $2,525.22 for income tax, as per certification of August 15, 2017, registered on August 25, 2017, Lien #ARE-17-3782.

LIEN (embargo) in favor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico against Luis M. Morales Seda in the amount of $3,695.13 for income tax, as per certification of March 23, 2018, registered on April 19, 2018, Lien #ARE-173782. FEDERAL LIEN (embargo) against Luis M. Morales Seda, filed and registered on May 8, 2009, at page 5 of volume 4, entry 3 of federal liens book in the amount of $9,179.94.

Property II: RUSTIC: Located in Islote Ward in Arecibo, with a surface area of 86,337.7160 square meters, bounded by the North, with public way from Arecibo to Barceloneta; by the South, with Estate of Antonio Roses and United States; by the Outgoing, with United States and Estate of Carlos Domínguez, Juan Morales and Estate of Basilio Reyes; by the West, with Estate of Borrás, Antonio Roses, Crispina Maldonado, Marcelino Figueroa and Estate of Carlos Domínguez. This is a remnant of this land. The property described above is recorded at page 225 of volume 70 of Arecibo, property number 2,637

of the Registry of Property of Puerto Rico, First Section of Arecibo. Property II is described in the Spanish language as follows: RÚSTICA: Radicada en el Barrio Islote de Arecibo, tiene una cabida de 86,337.7160 metros cuadrados, en lindes por el NORTE, con camino público de Arecibo a Barceloneta; por el SUR, con Sucesión de Antonio Roses y Estados Unidos; por el SALIENTE, con Estados Unidos y Sucesión de Carlos Domínguez, José Morales y Sucesión de Basilio Reyes; por el OESTE, con Sucesión Borras, Antonio Roses, Crispina Maldonado, Marcelino Figueroa y Sucesión de Carlos Domínguez. La anterior descripción corresponde al remanente de esta finca. La propiedad antes descrita consta inscrita al folio 225 del volumen 70 de Arecibo, finca número 2,637 del Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Primera de Arecibo. The property is subject to the following liens: Free of charge due to its origin.

By itself: MORTGAGE in the principal amount of $906,400.00, in guarantee of a mortgage note payable to Westernbank Puerto Rico, or to its order, subsequently endorsed to Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and thereafter endorsed to Triangle in the principal amount of $906,400.00 with an annual interest of 8% and due on presentation, as per Deed #366 executed on June 8, 2007 before Notary Public Juan Manuel Casanova Rivera, recorded at page 46 of volume 1209 of Arecibo, 31st inscription. MODIFICATION OF MORTGAGE of the 31st inscription mortgage, as per Deed #179 executed on December 19, 2008 before Notary Public Genevieve López Stipes, recorded at Karibe of Arecibo, 33rd inscription. COMPLAINT ANNOTATION regarding the Mortgage in the principal amount of $906,400.00 of 31st inscription, plaintiff Triangle Cayman Asset Company 2 and defendants Luis Manuel Morales Seda, his wife Sylvia Enid Cabrera Román, and the Conjugal Partnership between them, regarding Breach of Contract, Collection of Monies and Execution of Mortgage, Case No. 16-3074 before the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, recorded at Karibe of Arecibo, Annotation D, dated June 1, 2017. This complaint annotation was previously registered at entry 2016-124556-SJ02, dated December 9, 2016. LIEN (embargo) in favor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico against Luis M. Morales Seda in the amount of $2,525.22 for income tax, as per certification of August 15, 2017, registered on August 25, 2017, Lien #ARE-17-3782.

LIEN (embargo) in favor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico against Luis M. Morales Seda in

the amount of $3,695.13 for income tax, as per certification of March 23, 2018, registered on April 19, 2018, Lien #ARE-183782. FEDERAL LIEN (embargo) against Luis M. Morales Seda, filed and registered on May 8, 2009, at page 5 of volume 4, entry 3 of federal liens book in the amount of $9,179.94.

Property III: URBAN: HORIZONTAL PROPERTY: Commercial Lot, of substantially rectangular shape, situated in the number 13 of the commercial first floor of the Darlington Building in the Muñoz Rivera Avenue in Río Piedras, San Juan, with a private area of 1,190 square feet, equivalent to 110.60 square meters, with lineal measures greater than 18’ and 33” in its width and 64’ 83” in its length. Bounded by the North, with wall that separates this commercial lot from commercial lot number 14; by the South, with wall that separates this commercial lot from commercial lot number 12; by the East, with exterior wall of the building that bounds with properties of Carmen Luisa Freites, Estate of Amoros and others; and by the West, with exterior wall of the building that bounds with Muñoz Rivera Avenue. The principal entrance door communicates directly and immediately with the access that leads and has exit to the public way, hence, the Muñoz Rivera Avenue. The percentage that corresponds in relation to the common elements is 1.2472%. The property described above is recorded at page 208 of volume 771 of Río Piedras North, property number 22,408 of the Registry of Property of Puerto Rico, Second Section of San Juan. Property III is described in the Spanish language as follows: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Local comercial de forma sustancialmente rectangular que radica en el #13 de la primera planta comercial del Edificio Condominio Darlington en la Avenida Muñoz Rivera de Río Piedras, San Juan, con un área privada de 1,190.00 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 110.60 metros cuadrados, siendo sus medidas lineales mayores de dieciocho pies con treinta y tres centésimas de pie en su ancho por sesenta y cuatro pies con ochenta tres centésimas de pie en su largo. Colinda por el NORTE, con la pared que separa este local comercial del local comercial #14; por el SUR, con la pared que separa este local comercial del local comercial #12; por el ESTE, con la pared exterior del edificio que da a la colindancia con propiedades de Carmen Luisa Freites, Sucesión Amoros y otros; y por el OESTE, con la pared exterior del edificio que da a la colindancia con la Avenida Muñoz Rivera. Su puerta principal de entrada comunica directa

26 e inmediatamente con los accesos que conducen y tiene salida a la vía pública, o sea, a la Avenida Muñoz Rivera. El porcentaje que le corresponde en relación con los elementos comunes es de 1.2472%. The property described above is recorded at page 208 of volume 771 of Río Piedras North, property number 22,408 of the Registry of Property of Puerto Rico, Second Section of San Juan. The property is subject to the following liens: By its origin: Easement of Sewerage in favor of couple Clar Bossó.

By itself: MORTGAGE in the principal amount of $98,000.00, in guarantee of a mortgage note payable to The Bank & Trust of Puerto Rico, or to its order, subsequently endorsed to Westernbank Puerto Rico, thereafter endorsed to Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and thereafter endorsed to Triangle in the principal amount of $98,000.00 with an annual interest of 9.25% and due on presentation, as per Deed #89 executed on March 12, 1999 before Notary Public Luis M. Nolla Vilá, recorded at page 194 of volume 923 of Río Piedras, 17th inscription.

MORTGAGE in the principal amount of $32,000.00, in guarantee of a mortgage note payable to R-G Premier Bank of Puerto Rico, or its order, subsequently endorsed to Westernbank Puerto Rico, thereafter endorsed to Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, and thereafter endorsed to Triangle in the principal amount of $32,000.00 with an annual interest of 6.75% and due on presentation, as per Deed #12 executed on January 21, 2003 before Notary Public Joisette Marie Rosa Rodríguez, recorded at mobile page 1441 of Río Piedras, 18th inscription. Pursuant to Deed #12 of first mortgage pari-passu, the mortgages at 17th and 18th inscriptions are equalized in ranking, both constituting first rank mortgages.

MORTGAGE in the principal amount of $14,000.00, in guarantee of a mortgage note payable to Westernbank Puerto Rico, subsequently endorsed to Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, and thereafter endorsed to Triangle in the principal amount of $14,000.00 with an annual interest of 8% and due on presentation, as per Deed #368 executed on June 8, 2007 before Notary Public Juan Manuel Casanova Rivera, recorded at page 82 of volume 1564 of Río Piedras, 19th inscription.

MODIFICATION OF MORTGAGE of the 17th inscription mortgage, as per Deed #363 executed on June 8, 2008 before Notary Public Juan Manuel Casanova Rivera, and as per Rectification Act executed on July 23, 2008 before Notary Public Gary E. Biaggi Silva, recorded at page 82 of volume 1565 of Río Piedras, 20th inscription. MODIFICATION OF MORTGAGE of the 18th inscription mortgage, as per Deed #364 executed on June 8, 2007 before Notary Public Juan Manuel Ca-

sanova Rivera, and as per Rectification Act executed on July 23, 2008 before Notary Public Gary E. Biaggi Silva, recorded at page 82 of volume 1565 of Río Piedras, 21st inscription. MODIFICATION OF MORTGAGE of the 18th inscription mortgage, as per Deed #178 executed on December 9, 2008 before Notary Public Genevieve López Stipes, and as per Notarial Act executed on January 9, 2009 before Notary Public Genevieve López Stipes, recorded at page 83 of volume 1565 of Río Piedras, 22nd inscription. MODIFICATION OF MORTGAGE of the 17th inscription mortgage, as per Deed #180 executed on December 19, 2008 before Notary Public Genevieve López Stipes, and as per Notarial Act executed on January 9, 2009 before Notary Public Genevieve López Stipes, recorded at page 84 of volume 1565 of Río Piedras, 23rd inscription. MODIFICATION OF MORTGAGE of the 19th inscription mortgage, as per Deed #181 executed on December 19, 2008 before Notary Public Genevieve López Stipes, and as per Notarial Act executed on January 9, 2009 before Notary Public Genevieve López Stipes, recorded at page 84 of volume 1565 of Río Piedras, 24th inscription. COMPLAINT ANNOTATION in favor of plaintiff Triangle Cayman Asset Company 2, versus defendants Luis Manuel Morales Seda, his wife Sylvia Enid Cabrera Román, and the Conjugal Partnership between them, regarding Breach of Contract, Collection of Monies and Execution of Mortgage, Case No. 16-3074 before the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, recorded at Karibe of Arecibo, Annotation A, dated June 1, 2017.

This complaint annotation was previously registered at entry 2016-124556-SJ02, dated December 9, 2016. LIEN (embargo) in favor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico against Luis M. Morales Seda in the amount of $2,525.22 for income tax, as per certification of August 15, 2017, registered on August 25, 2017, Lien #ARE-17-3782. LIEN (embargo) in favor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico against Luis M. Morales Seda in the amount of $3,695.13 for income tax, as per certification of March 23, 2018, registered on April 19, 2018, Lien #ARE-18-3782. FEDERAL LIEN (embargo) against Luis M. Morales Seda, filed and registered on May 8, 2009, at page 5 of volume 4, entry 3 of federal liens book in the amount of $9,179.94. 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

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them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. The liens executed are over the properties, and for the purpose of the first judicial sales the minimum bid amount is as follows: a) Property I - The amount of $964,600.00, as set forth in the mortgage deed, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, twothirds of the aforementioned amount or $643,066.67 shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the second public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the second public sale, the minimum bidding amount for the third public sale shall be $482,300.00. b) Property II - The amount of $906,400.00, as set forth in the mortgage deed, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, two-thirds of the aforementioned amount or $604,266.67 shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the second public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the second public sale, the minimum bidding amount for the third public sale shall be $453,200.00. c) Property III - The amount of $130,000.00, as set forth in the mortgage deeds in pari-passu at 17th inscription ($98,000.00) and 18th inscription ($32,000.00), shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, two-thirds of the aforementioned amount or $86,666.67 shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the second public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the second public sale, the minimum bidding amount for the third public sale shall be $65,000.00.

Said sales to be conducted by the appointed Special Master are subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the properties may be executed and delivered after the judicial sales. Upon confirmation of the sales, 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, the Order of Execution of Judgment, and the Writ of Execution of Judgment, on the 26th day of March, 2021, at 10:15 a.m. for Property I; at 10:20 a.m. for Property II; and at 10:25 a.m. for Property III, on the sidewalk in front of the main gate entrance of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Federal Building, 150 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico– will sell at public auction to the highest bidder the properties described herein, the proceeds of said sa-

les to be applied in the manner and form provided by the Court’s Judgment. Should the first judicial sales set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the second judicial sales of the properties described in this Notice will be held on the 5th day of April, 2021, at 10:15 a.m. for Property I; at 10:20 a.m. for Property II; and at 10:25 a.m. for Property III, on the sidewalk in front of the main gate entrance of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico located at the address indicated above. Should the second judicial sales set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the third judicial sales of the properties described in this Notice will be held on the 12th day of April, 2021, at 10:15 a.m. for Property I; at 10:20 a.m. for Property II; and at 10:25 a.m. for Property III, on the sidewalk in front of the main gate entrance of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico located at the address indicated above. The records of the captioned case and of these proceedings may be examined by the parties at the Clerk’s Office of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 Federal Building, 150 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 19th day of February, 2021. AGUEDO DE LA TORRE, Appointed Special Master.

LEGAL NOTICE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.

BAUTISTA REO PR CORP. Plaintiff v.

OROS VERDES, INC.

Defendant CIVIL NO. 16-2836 (CCC).

COLLECTION OF MONIES, MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE. NOTICE OF SALE.

TO: DEFENDANT AND GENERAL PUBLIC

On February 16, 2018, this Court issued Opinion and Order, and on the same date, Judgment was entered in favor of Bautista.

To date, Defendant has not satisfied the Judgment. Consequently, there is an outstanding balance as of June 22, 2017, Defendant owes Plaintiff the sum of $141,171.54, which consists of $107,935.07 in principal; interests in the amount of $14,483.81, which continues to accrue until full payment of the debt at the rate of $19.49 per diem; accrued late charges in the amount of $3,3,471.16, valuations and property inspections valued at $1,001.50, and any other advance, charge, fee or disbursements made by Bautista, on behalf of Defendant, in accordance with the Loan Agreement as well as under the other loan documents, plus costs and agreed attorneys’ fees in the amount of $14,280.00.

Pursuant to the 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: URBAN: HORIZONTAL PROPERTY: Apartment number 203 of the Playa Fortuna Condominium, located in the Mameyes ward of the municipality of Luquillo, Puerto Rico. This Apartment is built out of reinforced concrete and concrete blocks and is composed of one level. Its access door gives it access to the B stairway located in the EAST side of the building being continuous to the WEST and EAST terraces located in the ground level which border a communal sidewalk which grants access to the parking area which borders public road number one which gives access to the lot where the Condominium was built. The stairs, terraces, sidewalk and parking are common elements.

Area of the Apartment: 839.94 square feet equivalent to 78.06 square meters. Its boundaries are: by the NORTH, at a distance of 18 feet equivalent to 5.49 meters with exterior wall that separates it from a general common area composed of the north or back patio; by the SOUTH, at a distance of 18 feet equivalent to 5.49 meters with exterior wall that separates it from general common area composed of the south or front patio; by the WEST, at a distance of 48 feet and 2 feet, totaling 50 feet equivalent to 14.63 meters, 0.61 meters and 15.24 meters with Apartment 502 and exterior wall that separates it from general common area composed of the southern or front patio; and by the EAST, in four distances of 18 feet 9 inches, 12 feet 3 inches, 17 feet and 2 feet totaling 50 feet equivalent to 5.72 meters, 3.73 meters, 5.18 meters, 0.61 meters respectively with Apartment 202 and exterior wall that separate it from general common area (front or southern patio); And by the EAST in four distances of 18 feet 9 inches, 12 feet 3 inches, 17 feet and 2 feet totaling 50 feet equivalent to 5.72 meters, 3.73 meters, 5.18 meters, 0.61 meters and 15.24 meters with Apartment 204, stairway B, Apartment 204, and exterior wall that separates it from general common area composed of the front or southern patio (SIC). This Apartment is composed of kitchen, living room, open balcony, two bedrooms each one with a closet.

The master room has a private bath; linen closet and a common bathroom. Parking: To this Apartment belongs parking #203 according to the inscription plans. This Apartment has a 10% participation in the common ele-

ments of the building.” The property described above is recorded at page 196 of volume 271 of Luquillo, property number 12,874, Registry of Property, Section of Fajardo. The Property is described in the Spanish language as follows: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal; Apartamento número 203 del Condominio Playa Fortuna, situada en el Barrio Mameyes del término municipal de Luquillo, Puerto Rico.

Este apartamento está construido en hormigón armado y bloques de hormigón. Consta de un solo nivel. Su puerta de entrada da acceso a la escalera B, ubicada en el lado Este del edificio y la misma es continua hasta las terrazas Oeste y Este, ubicadas a nivel terrero, las cuales a su vez colindan con una acera comunal que da acceso al área de estacionamiento y este a su vez colinda con la calle pública número 1 que da acceso al solar donde se construyó el edificio.

Las escaleras, las terrazas, la acera y el estacionamiento son elementos comunes. Área; este apartamento tiene un área total de 839.94 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 78.06 metros cuadrados. Linderos; por el NORTE, en distancia de 18 pies, equivalentes 5.49 metros con pare exterior que lo separa del aérea común general constituida por el patio Norte o posterior; por el SUR, en una distancia de 18 pies, equivalentes a 5.49 metros, pare exterior que lo separa del aérea común general constituida por el patio Sur o delantero; por el OESTE, en 2 alineaciones, 48 pies y 2 pies que suman 50 pies, equivalentes a 14.63 metros, 0.61 metros y 15.24 metros respectivamente, colindando con apartamento 202 y con pared exterior que lo separa del área común general constituida por el patio SUR o delantero; por el ESTE, en 4 alineaciones, 18 pies 9 pulgadas, 12 pies 3 pulgadas, 17 pies y 2 pies que suman 50 pies, equivalentes respectivamente a 5.72 metros, 3.73 metros, 5.18 metros, 0.61 metros respectivamente colindando con apartamento 202 y con pared exterior que lo separa del área común general constituida por el patio SUR o delantero; por el ESTE, en 4 alineaciones, 18 pies 9, pulgadas, 12 pies 3 pulgadas, 17 pies y 2 pies que suman 50 pies, equivalentes respectivamente a 5.72 metros, 3.73 metros, 5.18 metros, 0.61 metros y 15.24 metros colindando cada alineación respectivamente, con apartamento 204, escalera B, apartamento 204 y pared exterior que lo separa del área común general constituida por el patio SUR o delantero (SIC). Este apartamento consta de cocina, sala, comedor, balcón abierto, 2 dormitorios, cada uno con closet, el dormitorio principal cuenta con baño privado. “linen closet” (percha para ropa de cama), y un baño común. Estacionamiento: A este apartamento le corresponde el estacionamiento #203, según marcado en

los planos. Participación: A este apartamento le corresponde una participación de 10%, en los elementos comunes del edificio.”

The property is subject to the following liens: BY ITS ORIGIN: Free and clear. BY ITSELF: MORTGAGE guaranteeing a note payable to the order of Doral Bank in the principal amount of $142,800.00 with an annual interest rate of 6.50% and due on February 1, 2032, as per deed number 69, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on January 31, 2002, before Notary Public Kristina Vivoni Girod, recorded at page 196 of volume 271 of Luquillo, 3rd inscription.

LIS PENDENS: Filed on October 17, 2016 to the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Civil Case #162836, about Collection of Monies and Foreclosure of Mortgage; plaintiff: Bautista Cayman Asset Company, defendant: Oros Verdes, Inc., amount owed $134,657.94; recorded on January 26, 2017 to the Karibe Volume, annotation A. (2016104666-FA01). Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal), shall continue in effect.

It being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. The lien executed is over the property, and for the purposes of the first judicial sale the minimum bid amount is as follows: The amount of $142,800.00, as set forth in the mortgage deed, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, two-thirds of the aforementioned amount or $95,200.00 shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the second public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the second public sale, the minimum bidding amount for the third public sale shall be $71,400.00.

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 26th day of March, 2021, at 10:35 a.m., on the sidewalk in front of the main gate entrance 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. Should the first judicial sale set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the second judicial sale of the property described in this Notice will be held on the 5th day of April, 2021, at 10:35 a.m., on the sidewalk in front of the main gate entrance of the United States District Court, Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Should the second judicial sale set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the third judicial sale of the property described in this Notice will be held on the 12th day of April, 2021, at 10:35 a.m. on the sidewalk in front of the main gate entrance of the United States District Court, Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by the parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 23th day of February, 2021. AGUEDO DE LA TORRE, Appointed Special Master. ***

LEGAL NOTICE

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

COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO DE CABO ROJO Parte Demandante Vs

WANDA I. VEGA TORRES

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: IDCI201400214-103.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (REGLA 60). AVISO DE SUBASTA.

A: WANDA I. VEGA TORRES.

El Alguacil que suscribe anuncia y hace constar que, en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría de este Tribunal, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la parte demandada sobre el vehículo que a continuación se describe: MARCA: TOYOTA. MODELO: ECHO. TABLILLA: GKH-873. AÑO: 2005. NÚM. SERIE: JTDAT123750385704.

LA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 26 DE ABRIL DE 2021; A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en las oficinas del Alguacil General del Centro Judicial de Mayagüez. Dicho vehículo se encuentra disponible para inspección en las facilidades de la Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito de Cabo Rojo, localizada en el Bo. Miradero, carretera #100, Km. 7.0 en Cabo Rojo, Puerto

The San Juan Daily Star Rico. Si se declarase desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento y se le adjudicará al demandante el vehículo, dentro de los diez (10) días subsiguientes a la subasta por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuera mayor. Para mejor información las personas interesadas pueden examinar los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante las horas laborables. Este edicto de subasta se publicará una vez en un diario de circulación general en Puerto Rico y en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Es la Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito de Cabo Rojo por conducto de su representación legal: Lcda.

María C. Mayoral Maldonado y/o Lcdo. Rafael Fabre Colón, PO Box 277, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681, teléfono 787-2650334 / 787-265-0335. DADA en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy 11 de marzo de 2021. ALG. IVELISSE FIGUEROA VARGAS, ALGUACIL PLACA #924, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE MAYAGÜEZ.

zada en el edificio que ocupa la Sala del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, sobre el inmueble que se describe a continuación: RUSTICA: Predio de terreno identificado en el plano de inscripción como Solar #1, ubicado en la carretera PR-734, kilómetro 4, hectómetro 0, Interior, radicado en el barrio Arenas, del término municipal de Cidra, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 1,147.8654 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a 0.2920 de cuerda. En lindes: por el NORTE, con área a dedicarse a uso público; por el SUR, con el solar #5; por el ESTE, con el solar #2 y por el OESTE, con área dedicada a uso público.

Finca número 17,644, inscrita al folio 81 del tomo 477 del Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección II, demarcación Cidra.

Dirección Física: Lote 1, PR-734, Km. 3.0, Arenas Ward, Cidra, PR 00739. El siguiente pagaré consta inscrito en la propiedad antes mencionada y es el que se pretende ejecutar: HIPOTECA: Por $159,580.00, con intereses al 5% anual, en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Preferred Mortgage Corporation, o a su orden, que LEGAL NOT ICE vence el 1ro de abril de 2041. SeESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE gún escritura #141, otorgada en PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE San Juan, el 7 de abril de 2011, PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE ante Katiria B. Faría Chacón, inscrita al folio 81 del tomo 477 de CAGUAS BANCO POPULAR DE Cidra, inscripción 3ra. La referida hipoteca grava el bien inmueble PUERTO RICO antes descrito. Que según surge Demandante V. del estudio de título, la propieJOSÉ RAMÓN BURGOS dad se encuentra afecta a los GONZÁLEZ, SU siguientes gravámenes posteriores: HIPOTECA: Por $10,000.00, ESPOSA, LIGIA DEL CARMEN RIVAS RIZZO con intereses al 5-1/2% anual, en de un pagaré a favor de Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL garantía Preferred Mortgage Corporation, DE GANANCIALES o a su orden, que vence el 1ro COMPUESTA POR de abril de 2041. Según escritura #145, otorgada en San Juan, el 7 AMBOS de abril de 2011, ante Katiria B. Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2019CV02170. Faría Chacón, inscrita al folio 81 PROCEDIMIENTO IN REM SO- del tomo 477 de Cidra, inscripBRE EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTE- ción 4ta. La subasta se llevará CA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. a cabo para con su producto AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. satisfacer al demandante, total o A: LOS CODEMANDADOS parcialmente según sea el caso, de la referida sentencia que fue DE EPÍGRAFE Y AL dictada por las siguientes sumas: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: $142,477.68 por concepto de El Alguacil que suscribe por la principal, más recargos por atrapresente anuncia y hace cons- so, más intereses al 5% anual tar que en cumplimiento de una los cuales se continúan acumuSentencia en Rebeldía dictada lando hasta su completo pago, en el caso de epígrafe el 30 de más $15,958.00 como cantidad septiembre de 2019, notificada estipulada para costas, gastos el 3 de octubre de 2019 y publi- y honorarios de abogados, así cada el 10 de octubre de 2019 y como cualquier otra suma que de un Mandamiento de Ejecución contenga el contrato de préstaemitido el día 3 de diciembre de mo. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO 2019, que le ha sido dirigido por DE LAS PARTES INTERESAla Secretaria del Tribunal de Pri- DAS y del público en general, se mera Instancia, Sala de Caguas, advierte que los autos de este procederá a vender en subasta, caso y demás instancias están por separado, y al mejor postor disponibles para ser inspecciocon dinero en efectivo, cheque nadas en la Secretaría del Tride gerente o letra bancaria con bunal de Primera Instancia Sala similar garantía, todo título, dere- Superior de Caguas, durante las cho o interés de los demandados horas laborables. Se entenderá de epígrafe sobre el inmueble que todo licitador acepta como que adelante se describe. Se bastante la titularidad del inmueanuncia por la presente que la ble y que las cargas y gravámeprimera subasta habrá de cele- nes anteriores y los preferentes brarse el día 21 DE ABRIL DEL al crédito del ejecutante, incluAÑO 2021, A LAS 9:15 DE LA yendo el gravamen por las conMAÑANA, en mi oficina locali- tribuciones sobre la propiedad

Tuesday, March 23, 2021 inmueble adeudadas, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda responsable de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá Libre de Cargas y Gravámenes posteriores. Los tipos mínimos a utilizarse para la subasta son los siguientes: El inmueble antes descrito ha sido tasado en la suma de CIENTO CINCUENTA Y NUEVE MIL OCHOCIENTOS CINCUENTA DÓLARES ($159,850.00) para que dicha suma sirva de tipo mínimo en la primera subasta a celebrarse. De no producirse remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del antedicho inmueble, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado, el día 28 DE ABRIL DEL AÑO 2021, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, sirviendo como tipo mínimo para dicha segunda subasta, una suma equivalente a las dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de CIENTO SEIS MIL QUINIENTOS SESENTA Y SEIS DÓLARES CON SESENTA Y SEIS CENTAVOS ($106,566.66) para la finca antes descrita. De no producirse remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta del antedicho inmueble, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado, el día 5 DE MAYO DEL AÑO 2021 A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, sirviendo como tipo mínimo para dicha tercera subasta, una suma equivalente a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo fijado para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de SETENTA Y NUEVE MIL NOVECIENTOS VEINTICINCO DÓLARES ($79,925.00.) para la finca antes descrita. En testimonio de lo cual, expido el presente aviso, el cual firmo y sello, hoy 11 de marzo de 2021, en Caguas, Puerto Rico. ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA # 593, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE CAGUAS.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

SUCESIÓN DE SYLVIA OJEDA SANTIAGO T/C/C SILVIA OJEDA SANTIAGO COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; Y A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Demandados Civil Núm.: KCD2014-2533.

(902). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTE-

CA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. en el Camino Cepero del Barrio EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Sabana Llana de Río Piedras del Municipio de San Juan, Al: PÚBLICO EN Puerto Rico. El apartamento tieGENERAL. ne un área total de setecientos A: SUCESIÓN DE SYLVIA noventa y ocho punto veinticinco OJEDA SANTIAGO pies cuadrados (798.25), equivalentes a setenta y cuatro punT/C/C SILVIA OJEDA SANTIAGO COMPUESTA to diecinueve metros cuadrados (74.19). Colinda por el NORTE, POR FULANO DE en cuarenta pies y cuatro y meTAL Y SUTANO DE dia pulgadas lineales (40’-4 ½”), TAL; CENTRO DE con el apartamento número Gcuatrocientos dos (G-402); por el RECAUDACIONES SUR, con cuarenta pies y cuatro DE INGRESOS y media pulgadas lineales (40’-4 MUNICIPALES; Y A LOS 1/2”), con el patio Sur del edifiESTADOS UNIDOS DE cio; por el ESTE, en veinte pies lineales (20’-0”), con el vestíbuAMÉRICA. Yo, PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, lo, escaleras de la entrada “G” y Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera patio Este del edificio; y por el Instancia, Sala de San Juan, a OESTE, en veinte pies lineales los demandados, acreedores y (20’-0), con el patio Oeste del al público en general con interés edificio. Tiene su puerta de ensobre la propiedad que más trada y salida por su lado Este adelante se describe, y al públi- que que da al vestíbulo que a su co en general, por la presente vez la conecta con las escaleras CERTIFICO, ANUNCIO y HAGO que conducen a los patios del CONSTAR: Que el día 19 DE edificio y a la vía pública. Consta ABRIL DE 2021, A LAS 10:30 de sala-comedor, cocina, cuarto DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, de baño, dos dormitorios, terrasita en el Tribunal de Primera za cubierta a balcón. Le corresInstancia, Sala Superior de San ponde a este apartamento el Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, espacio de estacionamiento procederé a vender en Pública marcado con el número G-cuaSubasta, al mejor postor, la pro- trocientos cuatro (G-404) en el piedad inmueble que más ade- área de estacionamiento. Le colante se describe y cuya venta rresponde una participación de en pública subasta se ordenó .5952% en los elementos comupor la vía ordinaria mediante nes generales y de 2.7778% en Sentencia dictada en el caso de los elementos comunes limitaepígrafe, la cual se notificó y ar- dos del Condominio. Finca núchivó en autos el día 18 de no- mero 28,299, inscrita al folio 143 viembre de 2016. Los autos y del tomo 693 de Sabana Llana. todos los documentos corres- Registro de la Propiedad de pondientes al procedimiento in- Puerto Rico, Sección V de San coado, estarán de manifiesto en Juan. La subasta se llevará a la Secretaría durante horas labo- cabo para satisfacer, hasta donrables. Que en caso de no pro- de alcance, el importe de las ducir remate ni adjudicación en cantidades adeudadas a la parte la primera subasta a celebrarse, demandante conforme a la sense celebrará una SEGUNDA SU- tencia dictada a su favor, a saBASTA para la venta de la suso- ber: $88,543.60 por concepto de dicha propiedad, el día 26 DE balance principal del préstamo, ABRIL DE 2021, A LAS 10:30 más intereses acumulados al 31 DE LA MAÑANA; y en caso de de octubre de 2014, y los cuales no producir remate ni adjudica- continúan acumulándose a ración, se celebrará una TERCE- zón del 7.00 % por ciento anual, RA SUBASTA el día 3 DE MAYO hasta su completo pago; más la DE 2021, A LAS 10:30 DE LA cantidad de $10,000.00, equivaMAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lente al 10% de la suma principal lugar antes indicado. Que en original pactada, estipulada para cumplimiento de un Mandamien- costas, gastos y honorarios de to de Ejecución de Sentencia abogado; más recargos acumuque ha sido liberado por la Se- lados hasta la fecha en que se cretaría del Tribunal de Primera pague la deuda; más cualquiera Instancia, Sala Superior de San suma de dinero por concepto de Juan, en el caso de epígrafe con contribuciones, primas de segufecha de 21 de enero de 2020, ro hipotecario y riesgo, así como procederé a vender en pública cualesquiera otras sumas pactasubasta y al mejor postor, todo das en la escritura de hipoteca, derecho, título e interés que ten- todas cuyas sumas están líquiga la parte demandada de epí- das y exigibles. La hipoteca a grafe en el inmueble de su pro- ejecutarse en el caso de epígrapiedad ubicado en: Apartamento fe fue constituida mediante la G-404, Condominio Florimar escritura número 30, otorgada el Gardens, San Juan PR 00924., día 28 de febrero de 2008, en y que se describe a continua- San Juan, Puerto Rico, ante el ción: URBANA: PROPIEDAD Notario Público Maria I De Mier HORIZONTAL: Apartamento nú- Perez y consta inscrita al tomo mero G-cuatrocientos cuatro (G- Karibe de Sabana Llana, Puerto 404), apartamento de dos dormi- Rico, finca número 28,299, Retorios localizado a la derecha de gistro de la Propiedad de Sabala entrada marcada con la letra na Llana, Sección V de San “G” en la cuarta planta del Edifi- Juan. Que la cantidad mínima cio número cuatro (4) del Condo- de licitación en la primera subasminio Carimar Gardens, situado ta del inmueble antes descrito será la suma de $100,000.00

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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 $66,666.67; 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 $50,000.00. 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. 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.

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 cua-

lesquiera 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.

De ser ello necesario, el Alguacil podrá diligenciar el Acta de Subasta que se expida en horas laborales, de día, los 5 días de la semana y podrá romper cualquier cerradura o candado que dé acceso al inmueble objeto de este desalojo. 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 San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 12 de marzo de 2021.

PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE SAN JUAN.

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FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE, LLC Demandante Vs.

SUCESIÓN DE JULIO REYES CARBALLO T/C/C JULIO REYES, COMPUESTA POR FELIPE REYES SANTIAGO; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLE HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESIÓN DE EUGENIA SOCORRO SANTIAGO MARTÍNEZ T/C/C EUGENIA SANTIAGO T/C/C EUGENIA S. REYES COMPUESTA POR FELIPE REYES SANTIAGO;

FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLE HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES MUNICIPALES; OFICINA DE HERENCIA Y DONACIONES DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO; Y A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Demandados Civil Núm.: KCD2016-1093.

Sala: 602. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL. A: SUCESIÓN DE JULIO REYES CARBALLO T/C/C JULIO REYES, COMPUESTA POR FELIPE REYES SANTIAGO; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLE HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESIÓN DE EUGENIA SOCORRO SANTIAGO MARTÍNEZ T/C/C EUGENIA SANTIAGO T/C/C EUGENIA S. REYES COMPUESTA POR FELIPE REYES SANTIAGO; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLE HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES MUNICIPALES; OFICINA DE HERENCIA Y DONACIONES DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO; Y A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA.

Yo, PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, 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 19 DE ABRIL DE 2021, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, San Juan, 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, el 7 de abril de 2017, la cual se notificó y archivó en au-

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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 día 26 DE ABRIL DE 2021, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 3 DE MAYO DE 2021, A LAS 10:00 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 San Juan, en el caso de epígrafe con fecha de 25 de septiembre de 2020, 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 de su propiedad ubicado en: 420 Huesca Street San José, San Juan PR 00923, y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número veintitrés de la Manzana I del Plano preparado Puerto Rico la Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda de Puerto Rico para su proyecto de solares denominado El Embalse radicada en el Barrio Sabana Llana del término Municipal de San Juan, con una cabida superficial de doscientos cincuentitrés metros cuadrados con cincuenta y nueve centímetros de metro cuadrado, en lindes por el NORTE, con el solar I-veintidós con veintidós metros setenta y ocho centímetros; por el SUR, con el solar I- veinticuatro en veintidós metros ochenta y ocho centímetros; por el ESTE, con la intersección de la Calle veintidós y veintiseis en diez metros con ochentidos centímetros; y por el OESTE, con el solar I-veintidós en once metros diez centímetros. Finca número 8,866, inscrita al folio 211 del tomo 197 de Sabana Llana, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección V de San Juan. 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: $104,158.32, por concepto de balance de principal, más intereses y otros gastos acumulados hasta el 30 de noviembre de 2016, y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón del 5.06% por ciento anual hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $13,800.00, 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 49, otorgada el día 13 de abril de 2012, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Público Samuel Soto Alonso y consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Sabana Llana, finca número 8866, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección V de San Juan. 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 $138,000.00, con intereses al 5.060% anual, vencedero el día 15 de agosto de 2070 constituida mediante la escritura número 50, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 13 de abril de 2012, ante el notario Samuel Soto Alonso, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Sabana Llana, finca 8866 inscripción 5ta. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta del inmueble antes descrito será la suma de $138,000.00 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 $92,000.00; 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 $69,000.00. 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 continua-

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rán 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. De ser ello necesario, el Alguacil podrá diligenciar el Acta de Subasta que se expida en horas laborales, de día, los 5 días de la semana y podrá romper cualquier cerradura o candado que dé acceso al inmueble objeto de este desalojo. 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 San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 12 de marzo de 2021. PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE SAN JUAN.

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

FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE, LLC Demandante Vs.

SUCESIÓN DE CECILIA FIGUEROA FIGUEROA T/C/C CECILIA FIGUEROA COMPUESTA COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; CARMEN FIGUEROA ORTIZ; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES MUNICIPALES; Y A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2019CV07017.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL. A: SUCESIÓN DE CECILIA FIGUEROA FIGUEROA T/C/C CECILIA FIGUEROA COMPUESTA COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; CARMEN FIGUEROA ORTIZ; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES MUNICIPALES; Y A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA.

Yo, PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, 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 19 DE ABRIL DE 2021, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, San Juan, 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, el 12 de agosto de 2020, la cual se notificó y archivó en autos el día 13 de agosto de 2020. 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 día 26 DE ABRIL DE 2021, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 3 DE MAYO DE 2021, A LAS 9:30 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 San Juan, en el caso de epígrafe con fecha de 24 de noviembre de 2020, 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 de su propiedad ubicado en: 713 (31 2-G) 44 St Fairview Dev. San Juan, PR 00926, y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 31 de la manzana 2-G de la Urbanización Fair View, radicada en el barrio de Cupey del Municipio de Río Piedras, del término municipal de San Juan, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 337.50 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar número 30, en distancia de 25 metros; por el SUR, con el solar número 32, en distancia de 25.00 metros; por el Este con el solar número 6 en distancia de 13.50 metros; y por el OESTE, con la calle número 44, en una distancia de 13.50 metros. Enclava una casa dedicada a vivienda.

Finca número 5,350 inscrita al folio 74 del tomo 156 de Río Piedras, del Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección IV. 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: $233,439.58, por concepto de balance de principal, más intereses y otros gastos acumulados hasta el 30 de septiembre de 2019, y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón del 5.060% por ciento anual hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $26,250.00, 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 73, otorgada el día 30 de marzo de 2012, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Público Ana Isabel Díaz Cabán y consta inscrita al folio 188 del tomo 650 de Río Piedras Sur, finca número 5,350, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan,

Sección IV de San Juan. 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 $262,500.00, con intereses al 5.060% anual, vencedero el día 7 de agosto de 2081 constituida mediante la escritura número 74, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 30 de marzo de 2012, ante el notario Ana Isabel Díaz Cabán, e inscrita al folio 188 del tomo 650 de Río Piedras Sur, finca 5,350 inscripción 9na.

Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta del inmueble antes descrito será la suma de $262,500.00 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 $175,000.00; 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 $131,250.00. 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 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. De ser ello necesario, el Alguacil podrá diligenciar el Acta de Subasta que se expida en horas laborales, de día, los 5 días de la semana y podrá romper cualquier cerradura o candado que dé acceso al inmueble objeto de este desalojo.

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 San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 12 de marzo de 2021. PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE SAN JUAN.

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DEVELOPMENT JV, LLC Demandante v.

SOFSCAPE CARIBE, INC.; JOSE ENRIQUE VALENTIN LOPEZ

Demandados CIVIL NÚM. KCD2014-0302.

SALA: SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO, INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO, EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA POR LA VIA ORDINARIA Y EJECUCIÓN DE GRAVÁMEN MOBILIARIO/ AVISO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO. S.S. YO, EDWIN E. LOPEZ MULERO, el Alguacil que suscribe, por la presente anuncia y hace constar, que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido por la Secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, quien pagará el importe de la venta en dinero efectivo, en cheque certificado o en cheque de gerente a la orden del alguacil suscribiente en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América el día 31 de marzo de 2021, a las 9:30 de la mañana, en mi oficina localizada en el Centro Judicial de San Juan, todo título, derecho o interés que corresponda a las partes codemandadas sobre el inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento número uno (1) del Condominio Doncella Winds, localizado en el edificio de apartamentos, situado en la calle Doncella de Santurce del término municipal de San Juan, Puerto Rico. Este apartamento está construido en hormigón reforzado y bloques. Tiene cuatro niveles con su puerta de entrada por el lindero Oeste, y por ella se sale a la calle de acceso frente a este edificio de apartamentos.

Este apartamento tiene un área total aproximada de dos mil quinientos treinta y siete punto nueve mil novecientos catorce pies cuadrados (2,537.9914 p.c.), equivalentes a doscientos treinta y cinco punto siete mil ochocientos setenta metros cuadrados (235.7870 m.c.). Linderos en su primer nivel: por el NORTE, en treinta y cinco pies media pulgada (35’1/2’’), equivalentes a diez punto sesenta y nueve metros (10.69m), con pared medianera que lo separa del primer nivel del apartamento número dos (2); por el SUR, en treinta y cinco pies media pulgada (35’1/2’’), equivalentes a diez punto sesenta y nueve metros (10.69m) con pared exterior que lo separa del estacionamiento (1) que es área común limitada dedicada a este apartamento, del estacionamiento número tres (3) que es área común limitada dedicada al apartamento número dos (2), del área exterior común; por el ESTE, en veinte pies tres pulgadas (20’3’’), equivalentes a seis punto diecisiete metros (6.17 m), con pared exterior que lo separa del área

The San Juan Daily Star exterior común y por el OESTE, en veinte pies tres pulgadas (20’3’’), equivalentes a seis punto diecisiete metros (6.17 m), con pared exterior que lo separa del colindante Oeste del solar descrito en el hecho primero anterior.

En el segundo nivel: por el NORTE, en treinta y tres pies una y media pulgada (33’1 ½’’), equivalentes a diez punto cero nueve metros (10.09 m), con pared medianera que lo separa del segundo nivel del apartamento número dos (2); por el SUR, en veintiocho pies seis pulgadas (28’6’’), equivalentes a ocho punto sesenta y nueve metros (8.69 m), con pared exterior que lo separa del área exterior común; por el ESTE, en veintiséis pies tres pulgadas (26’3’’), equivalentes a seis punto diecisiete metros (6.17 m), con pared exterior que lo separa del área exterior común y por el OESTE, en veinte pies tres pulgadas (20’3’’), equivalentes a seis punto diecisiete metros (6.17 m), con pared exterior que lo separa del área exterior común. En su tercer nivel: por el NORTE, en veintiocho pies seis pulgadas (28’6’’), equivalentes a ocho punto sesenta y nueve metros (8.69 m), con pared medianera que lo separa del tercer nivel del apartamento número dos (2); por el SUR, en treinta pies con nueve y media pulgadas (30’9 ½’’), equivalentes a nueve punto treinta y ocho metros (9.38 m), con pared exterior que lo separa del área exterior común; por el ESTE, en veinte pies tres pulgadas (20’3’’), equivalentes a seis punto diecisiete metros (6.17 m), con pared exterior que lo separa del área exterior común y por el OESTE, en veinte pies tres pulgadas (20’3’’), equivalentes a seis punto diecisiete metros (6.17 m), con pared exterior que lo separa del área exterior común. En el cuarto nivel; por el NORTE, en veintiocho pies seis pulgadas (28’6’’), equivalentes a ocho punto sesenta y nueve metros (8.69 m), con pared exterior que lo separa de la terraza descubierta en cuarto nivel del apartamento número dos (2); por el SUR, en treinta pies con nueve y media pulgadas (30’9 ½’’), equivalentes a nueve punto treinta y ocho metros (9.38 m), con pared exterior que lo separa del área exterior común; por el ESTE, en veinte pies tres pulgadas (20’3’’), equivalentes a seis punto diecisiete metros (6.17 m), con pared exterior que lo separa del área exterior común y por el OESTE, en veinte pies tres pulgadas (20’3’’), equivalentes a seis punto diecisiete metros (6.17 m), con pared exterior que lo separa del área exterior común.

Este apartamento en su primer nivel consta de garaje para un automóvil, entrada, vestíbulo y pasillo de entrada con la escalera que conduce al segundo nivel del apartamento, sala-comedor, cocina, patio; en su segundo nivel consta de la escalera que viene del primer nivel y va al tercer nivel del apartamento, vestíbulo de llegada, salón familiar con balcón, baño y un dormitorio con

balcón; en su tercer nivel consta de la escalera que viene del segundo nivel y va al cuarto nivel del apartamento, vestíbulo de llegada, un dormitorio, dormitorio principal con closet vestidor y baño compartido con área de lavamanos compartido y en su cuarto nivel consta de la escalera que viene del tercer nivel, vestíbulo de llegada, área de lavandería, acceso a la terraza descubierta, área de cocina y medio baño. A este apartamento le corresponde el estacionamiento sencillo número uno (1) al lado Sur de este edificio de apartamento y con acceso desde el exterior del condominio por la calle número uno (1), denominada Calle Los Pinos, conocida también por la calle Bucaré. A este apartamento le corresponde una participación de veinticinco punto dieciséis por ciento (25.16%) en los elementos comunes del condominio. Consta inscrita en el Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, sección primera (1era) de San Juan, al folio 204 del tomo 1167 de Santurce Norte, finca 44,746. DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: Condominio Doncella Winds, Apartamento 1, Punta Las Marías, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907. AFECTA POR SU PROCEDENCIA: Autoridad de Fuentes Fuviales. AFECTA POR SI: HIPOTECA en garantía de un pagaré a favor First Bank Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $410,000.00, con interés al 6 7/8%, y vencedero 1 de diciembre de 2015, según consta escritura #976, otorgada en San Juan, el día 30 de noviembre de 2005, ante la Notario Público Griselle Arbona Martínez, inscrita al folio 204 del tomo 1167 de Santurce Norte, finca #44746, inscripción 2da. HIPOTECA en garantía de un pagaré a favor del Banco De Desarrollo Económico Para Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $50,000.00, con interés al 2% sobre la tasa preferencial, y vencedero a la presentación, según consta escritura #5, otorgada en San Juan, el día 11 de febrero de 2010, ante el notario William Lopez Méndez, inscrita al folio 205 del tomo 1167 de Santurce Norte, finca #44746, inscripción 3ra. MODIFICACIÓN DE HIPOTECA es objeto de esta modificación la Hipoteca por $410,000.00, que surge de la inscripción 2da; comparece Titular y First Bank Puerto Rico como tenedor del pagare, y convienen en modificar los términos de la misma en cuanto a los siguientes extremos: Se amplia el pagaré por una suma de $775.00 quedando con un principal de $410,775.00 devengando interese a razón del 4% anual del 1 de septiembre de 2011 hasta el 1 de agosto de 2012; un 5% del 1 septiembre de 2012 al 1 de agosto de 2013; un 6% comenzando el 1 de septiembre de 2013 hasta el 1 de agosto de 2014 y un 6 7/8% hasta el vencimiento que será el 1 de agosto de 2051. Según consta de la escritura #150, otorgada en San Juan, el día 12 de agosto de 2011, ante el notario

Tuesday, March 23, 2021 Antonio R. Escriba Oliver, inscrito al folio 205 del tomo 1167 de Santurce Norte, finca #44746, inscripción 4ta. ANOTACIÓN DE DEMANDA es objeto de esta anotación la Hipoteca a favor de First Banck Puerto Rico, por la suma de $410,000.00 que surge de la inscripción 2da. Demandante: First Bank Puerto Rico; Demandado: Titular, Cantidad Adeudada $408,803.98, por concepto de principal más intereses, según expedida por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, sala de San Juan en el caso civil #KCD2012-1680 el día 12 de julio de 2012, inscrito al folio 205 del tomo 1167, anotación A de fecha del 22 de octubre de 2012. ANOTACIÓN DE DEMANDA, presentada al asiento 2017-033697-SJ01 del día 27 de marzo de 2017, se presenta de fecha 29 de enero de 2014 sobre cobro de dinero en el caso civil #KCD2014-0302 Tribunal de Primera Instancia, sala de San Juan. Demandante: Banco de Desarrollo Económico Para Puerto Rico, Demandas: Softcape Caribe, Inc., José Enrique Valentín Lopez. Cantidad adeudada por conceptos de las Facilidades de Crédito: #1010018926: $1,262,477.67, #1010023521: $156,547.69; #1010031064: $43,396.27; #1010018926: $129,684.90; y #1010023521: $20,000.00, El gravamen objeto de ejecución en este procedimiento es la que surge de la Hipoteca en garantía de Pagare, inscripción tercera (3ra), según consta de la Escritura número 5 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el día 11 de febrero de 2010, ante el Notario Público William Lopez Méndez, en la cual se establece como precio mínimo para la primera subasta la suma de $50,000.00. De no adjudicarse la propiedad en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, en las mismas oficinas de este Alguacil, el día 8 de abril de 2021, a las 9:30 de la mañana. El precio mínimo para la segunda subasta serán dos terceras partes (2/3) del tipo mínimo de la primera subasta, o sea, $33,333.33. De no adjudicarse la propiedad en esa segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las mismas oficinas de este Alguacil, el día 15 de abril de 2021, a las 9:30 de la mañana. El precio mínimo para la tercera subasta será la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo de la primera subasta, o sea, $25,000.00.

Esta subasta se hará para satisfacer a la Parte Demandante, hasta donde alcance, el importe adeudado bajo la sentencia en este caso, que al 31 de marzo de 2015 asciendía la cantidad total de $1,726,591.64, desglosado en $1,366.958.55 de nota número 1010018926, más $245.26 de interés diario, según pactado, hasta el pago total de lo adeudado; $166,551.92 de nota número 1010023521, más $23.48 de intereses diario, según pactado, hasta el pago total de lo adeudado; $43,396.27 de nota número 1010031064; $129,684.90 de gastos, costas y honorarios de

abogado estipulados en nota número 1010018926 y $20,000.00 de gastos, costas y honorarios de abogados estipulados en nota número 1010023521. Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso acepta como bastante la titularidad que da base a las mismas. 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 estos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. POR LA PRESENTE, se le notifica a los titulares de créditos y/o cargas registrales posteriores, si alguno, que se celebrarán las SUBASTAS en las fechas, horas y sitio anteriormente señalados, y se les invita a que concurran a dichas subastas, si les conviniere, o se les invita a satisfacer, antes del remate, el importe del crédito, sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del Acreedor ejecutante, siempre y cuando reúnan los requisitos y cualificaciones de Ley para que se pueda efectuar tal subrogación. SE HACE CONSTAR que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado están de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables, bajo el epígrafe de este caso. Y PARA SU PUBLICACIÓN en el tablón de edictos de este Tribunal y en dos (2) lugares públicos del Municipio dónde se celebrarán las subastas señaladas. Además, en un periódico de circulación general en dos ocasiones y mediante correo certificado a la última dirección conocida de la parte demandada. EXPEDIDO el presente EDICTO DE SUBASTA en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 25 de febrero de 2021. EDWIN E. LOPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN. ***

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COBRO DE DINERO (Ordina- detalladamente de los términos rio). NOTIFICACIÓN DE SEN- de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un TENCIA POR EDICTO. periódico de circulación general A: RAMÓN PONCE la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro FANTAUZZI, ZAHIDEE en de los 10 días siguientes a su FANTAUZZI GONZÁLEZ, notificación. Y, siendo o repreSOCIEDAD LEGAL DE sentando usted una parte en el GANANCIALES PONCE- procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia FANTAUZZI Parcial o Resolución, de la cual DIRECCION CONOCIDA: puede establecerse recurso de AVE AGUSTIN CALERO revisión o apelación dentro del #96, ISABELA PR 00662 término de 30 días contados a P/C LUIS R ALBALADEJO partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a ORTIZ usted esta notificación que se COND LE MANS STE 504 considerará hecha en la fecha 602 MUÑOZ RIVERA de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación SAN JUAN PR 00918 (Nombre de las partes a las que se le ha sido archivada en los autos notifican la sentencia por edicto) de este caso, con fecha de 15 EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscri- de marzo de 2021. En Salinas, be le notifica a usted que 8 de Puerto Rico, el 15 de marzo marzo de 2021, este Tribunal ha de 2021. MARISOL ROSADO dictado Sentencia, Sentencia RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. Parcial o Resolución en este BRENDA L. RAMOS POMALES, caso, que ha sido debidamente SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. registrada y archivada en autos LEGAL NOTICE donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE de la misma Esta notificación se PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GEpublicará una sola vez en un pe- NERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUriódico de circulación general en NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de SALA SUPERIOR CABO ROJO los 10 días siguientes a su notifiCOOPERATIVA DE cación. Y, siendo o representanAHORRO Y CREDITO do usted una parte en el proceDE CABO ROJO dimiento sujeta a los términos de Demandante V. la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede MARIA M ARENAS FORS Demandado(a) establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término Civil Núm.: CB2019CV00814. de 30 días contados a partir de Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. la publicación por edicto de esta NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENnotificación, dirijo a usted esta CIA POR EDICTO. notificación que se considerará A: MARIA M hecha en la fecha de la publiARENAS FORS cación de este edicto. Copia de (Nombre de las partes a las que se le esta notificación ha sido archinotifican la sentencia por edicto) vada en los autos de este caso, EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscricon fecha de 16 de marzo de be le notifica a usted que el 14 2021. En AGUADILLA , Puerto de marzo de 2021, este Tribunal Rico, el 16 de marzo de 2021. ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia SARAHI REYES PEREZ, Se- Parcial o Resolución en este cretaria. ZUHEILY GONZALEZ caso, que ha sido debidamente AVILES, Secretario(a) Auxiliar. registrada y archivada en autos

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ORIENTAL BANK Demandante V.

LEE MARY COLON MORENO, JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE

Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL Demandado(a) DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Pri- Civil Núm.: SA2020CV00130. mera Instancia Sala Superior de Sobre: SUSTITUCIÓN DE PAAGUADILLA. GARÉ HIPOTECARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR ASOCIACION DE EDICTO. TITULARES DEL

CONDOMINIO LE MANS Demandante V.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE

(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 12 de marzo de 2021, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente Demandado(a) registrada y archivada en autos Civil: IS2019CV00233. Sobre: donde podrá usted enterarse

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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 15 de marzo de 2021. En Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, el 15 de marzo de 2021. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARÍA M. AVILÉS BONILLA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ORIENTAL BANK Demandante V.

RAFAEL ANGEL PALLENS ALCAZAR, ET ALS

Demandado(a) Civil: CM2020CV00408. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: RAFAEL ANGEL PALLENS ALCAZAR Y SU ESPOSA WANDA PEREZ MUÑIZ, POR SI Y COMO COADMINISTRADORES DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

(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 14 de marzo de 2021, 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 15 de marzo de 2021. En Hatillo, Puerto Rico, el 15 de marzo de 2021. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. SUHAIL SERRANO MOYA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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CONDADO 3, LLC Demandante V.

CIUDAD INTERAMERICANA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Demandado(a) Civil: BY2020CV03455. Sala: 506. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (IN REM). NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: CIUDAD INTERAMERICANA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

(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 16 de marzo de 2021, 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 16 de marzo de 2021. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 16 de marzo de 2021.

LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MARILYN COLÓN CARRASQUILLO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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MIGUEL TANUZ GARCÍA Demandante V.

CITIBANK, N.A. Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Civil: CA2021CV00047. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO.

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 15 de MARZO de 2021, 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

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Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 16 de marzo de 2021. En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, el 16 de marzo de 2021. MARILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. KEILA GARCÍA SOLÍS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs

JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ TORRES, ANA MARGARITA RODRIGUEZ ISERN Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandado Civil Núm.: CG2019CV03129.

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

A: JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ TORRES, ANA MARGARITA RODRIGUEZ ISERN Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se les notifica la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 20 de marzo de 2020, 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 17 de marzo de 2021. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 17 de marzo de 2021. CARMEN ANA PEREIRA ORTIZ, SECRETARIA. GLORIMAR RIVERA RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

ALFONSO RONDÓN BENÍTEZ

Demandado Civil Núm.: KCD2010-3308.

(901). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor quién pagará de contado y en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, giro postal o por cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia el día 19 DE ABRIL DE 2021, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en Urb. Venus Gardens, 1673 Calle Hidalgo, San Juan, PR 00926 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el #35 del bloque AJ de la urbanización Venus Gardens Norte, situado en el barrio Sabana Llana del municipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de 412.54 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, con la calle #46-A, un arco y área de siembra, en una longitud de 29.011 metros, por el Sur, con el solar #34, en una longitud de 27.00 metros, por el Este, con el solar #1, en una longitud de 14.968 metros y por el Oeste, con la calle #47, en una longitud de 12.19 metros. Sujeto a servidumbre de 1.50 metros a todo lo largo de su colindancia Oeste a favor de Puerto Rico Telephone Company. Enclava una casa. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita en el Folio 92 del Tomo 600 de Sabana Llana, finca número 24429, en el Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Quinta.

El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $257,418.00.

Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 26 DE ABRIL DE 2021, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma

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de $171,612.00. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 3 DE MAYO DE 2021, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $128,709.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 522, otorgada el día 30 de diciembre de 2006, ante el Notario Julio E. Pijem Berríos y consta inscrita en el Folio 148 del Tomo 1041 de Sabana Llana, finca número 24429, en el Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Quinta, inscripción décimoquinta. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $247,055.32 por concepto de principal, más intereses al tipo pactado de 6.500% anual desde el día 1 de mayo de 2010. Dichos intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación.

Se pagarán también los cargos por demora equivalentes a xxxxx de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha vencimiento, la suma de $25,741.80 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, la suma de $25,741.80 para cubrir los intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y la suma de $25,741.80 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; más intereses según provisto por la Regla 44.3 de las de Procedimiento Civil. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad está sujeta a los siguientes gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. A. HIPOTECA en garantía de un pagaré a favor de PORTADOR o a su orden por la suma principal de $30,000.00 con intereses al 10% anual y vencedero el 20 de abril de 2004 según escritura número 9 otorgada ante el Notario José Luis Monroy González el 20 de abril de 2002. Inscrita al folio 147 del tomo 1041 de Sabana Llana, inscripción undécima. B. HIPOTECA en garantía de un pagaré

a favor de PORTADOR o a su orden por la suma principal de $30,000.00 con intereses al 10% anual y vencedero el 20 de abril de 2004 según escritura número 9 otorgada ante el Notario José Luis Monroy González el 20 de abril de 2002. Inscrita al folio 148 vuelto del tomo 1041 de Sabana Llana, inscripción décimo séptima. Dicha hipoteca (la misma se inscribió dos veces), están pendientes de cancelación conforme a la orden y mandamiento dictada el 4 de febrero de 2021, por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia de San Juan. Surge de un estudio de título efectuado que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesan los gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relacionan más adelante. 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 por la presente se notifica, 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. A: Aviso de DemandaPleito seguido por Firstban Puerto Rico vs. Alfonso Rondon Benítez (soltero), ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, en el caso civil número KCD 20103308, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $247,055.32 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 14 de octubre de 2010. Anotada al folio 148 vuelto del tomo 1041 de Carolina. Anotación A. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la alcaldía, el Tribunal y la colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado mediante edictos dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores sujeto a lo dispuesto en los Artículos 113 al 116 de la Ley 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015, según aplique. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 18 de marzo de 2021. PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL.

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

REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC. Demandante Vs.

SUCESIÓN DE RAMON VELEZ PEÑA COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL, SUTANO DE TAL, LYDIA BURGOS CARABALLO Y RAMONITA BURGOS CARABALLO T/C/C RAMONA BURGOS CARABALLO; RAMONITA BURGOS CARABALLO T/C/C RAMONA BURGOS CARABALLO; ESTADOS UNIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE IMPUESTOS MUNICIPALES

Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2020CV02013.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE RAMON VELEZ PEÑA.

POR LA PRESENTE, se les emplaza y se les notifica que se ha presentado en la Secretaria de este Tribunal la Demanda del caso del epígrafe solicitando la ejecución de hipoteca y el cobro de dinero relacionado al pagaré suscrito a favor de Urban Financial Group, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $232,500.00, con intereses computados sobre la misma desde su fecha hasta su total y completo pago a razón de la tasa de interés de 3.543% anual, la cual será ajustada mensualmente, obligándose además al pago de costas, gastos y desembolsos del litigio, más honorarios de abogados en una suma de $23,250.00, equivalente al 10% de la suma principal original. Este pagaré fue suscrito bajo el affidávit número 1,251 ante el notario María G. Chévere Mouriño. Lo anterior surge de la hipoteca constituida mediante la escritura número 25 otorgada el 15 de julio de 2009, ante el mismo notario público, inscrita al folio 223 del tomo 399 de Carolina, finca número 15,776 del Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Carolina, inscripción 5ta.

La Hipoteca Revertida grava la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Ci-

lla Carolina, situada en el Barrio Hoyo Mulas de Carolina, Puerto Rico, que se describe con el número diecisiete de la manzana cincuentiuno con un área de trescientos setentisiete metros cuadrados con seis centímetros y en lindes por el NORTE, con los solares dos y tres, distancia de catorce metros; por el SUR, con la calle cuarenticuatro, distancia de catorce metros; por el ESTE, con solar dieciséis, distancia de veintiséis metros noventitrés centímetros; y por el OESTE, con el solar dieciocho, distancia de veintiséis metros noventitrés centímetros. Finca número 15,776, inscrital al folio 221 del tomo 399 de Carolina. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Carolina. Se apercibe y advierte a ustedes como personas desconocidas, que deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede 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. De no contestar la demanda radicando el original de la contestación ante la secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, y notificar copia de la contestación de esta a la parte demandante por conducto de su abogada, GLS LEGAL SERVICES, LLC, Atención: Lcda. Genevieve López Stipes, Dirección: P.O. Box 367308, San Juan, P.R. 00936-7308, Teléfono: 787-7586550, dentro de los próximos 60 días a partir de la publicación de este emplazamiento por edicto, que será publicado una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general en la isla de Puerto Rico, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia, concediendo el remedio solicitando en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal hoy 16 de marzo de 2021. LCDA. MARILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ROSA M. VIERA VELÁZQUEZ, SUB- SECRETARIA.

A/K/A CARLOS VIDAL GAMBARO COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; LA SUCESION DE MARIA DE LOURDES ROMAN ROMAN A/K/A MARIA DE LOURDES ROMAN DE VIDAL A/K/A MARIA L. ROMAN ROMAN A/K/A MARIA D. ROMAN ROMAN A/K/A MARIA ROMAN ROMAN COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIO DE INGRESOS MU ICIPALES

Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2021CV00104.

Sala: 702. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: JANE DOE Y JOHN DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE LA SUCESION DE CARLOS ANTONIO VIDAL GAMBARO T/C/C CARLOS A. VIDAL GAMBARO T/C/C CARLOS VIDAL GAMBARO; JANE DOE Y JOHN DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE LA SUCESION DE MARIA DE LOURDES ROMAN ROMAN T/C/C MARIA DE LOURDES ROMAN DE VIDAL T/C/C MARIA L. ROMAN.

rridos por concepto de un préstamo hipotecario. Se advierte que debe presentar al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los TREINTA (30) DÍAS de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), el cual podrá acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia en Rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su discreción, lo entiende procedente. Favor de enviar alegación responsiva a: Tromberg, Morris & Poulin, LLC Lcda. Edmy Cortijo Villock R.U.A. 18,126 1515 South Federal Highway, Suite 100 Boca Ratón, FL 33432 Tel. 877-338-4101 / Fax 561-338-4077 prservice@tmppllc.com De no recibir su contestación a la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días siguientes a la fecha de publicación de este edicto, la parte demandante podrá solicitar que se le anote la rebeldía, y que se dicte sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle.

Se enviará al Demandado copia del Emplazamiento y la Demanda dentro del término de diez (10) días de esta publicación a su última dirección conocida.

EXPEDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA, y el sello de este Tribunal, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 8 de marzo de 2021. CARMEN ANA PEREIRA ORTIZ, SECRETARIA. ANA H. LUGO MUÑOZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENQueden emplazados y notificaTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUADILLA dos que en este Tribunal se ha SALA SUPERIOR. radicado Demanda sobre Cobro LEGAL NOTICE EIDA CRUZ PEREZ de Dinero y Ejecución de HiESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PETICIONARIA poteca, en la que se alega que PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE EX PARTE usted(es) le adeuda(n) a la dePRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA mandante lo siguiente: La suma CIVIL NÚM.: AG2021-CV00165.

SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS de $172,442.10 de principal SALÓN: 601. SOBRE: EXPEKONDAUR CAPITAL más los intereses sobre dichas DIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICCORPORATION, NOT sumas devengados desde el TO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE día 29 de marzo de 2018, más AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY aquellos a devengarse hasta DE LOS E.E.U.U. EL ESTADO el pago total de la deuda a ra- LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR. SS.

IN ITS CAPACITY AS SEPARATE TRUSTEE OF MATAWIN VENTURES TRUST SERIES 2020-1 Demandante V.

LA SUCESION DE CARLOS ANTONIO VIDAL GAMBARO A/KIA CARLOS A. VIDAL GAMBA RO

zón 5.56000% anual, más las primas de seguro hipotecario y riesgo, recargos por demora y cualesquiera otras cantidades pactadas en la escritura de hipoteca desde la fecha antes mencionada y hasta la fecha del total pago de las mismas, más la suma estipulada de $19,500.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado incu-

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

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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 represente 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 solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. RUSTICA: Solar rotulado número seis (6) en el plano de inscripción radicado en el Barrio Llanadas de Isabela, compuesto de dos mil trescientos seis punto ciento cincuenta y uno (2,306.151) metros cuadrados, equivalente a cero punto cinco ocho siete siete uno cero (0.587710) de otra, en lindes al NORTE, con solar número cinco (5) a segregarse antes, ahora con Sucn. Josefa Perez Ramos; al SUR, con el solar “C” dedicado a uso público antes, ahora con Calle Casimiro Ramos; por el ESTE, con el solar “C” dedicado a uso público; y por el OESTE con Casimiro Ramos antes, ahora con Sucn. Casimiro Ramos.

No consta inscrita en el Registro de la Propiedad. Catastro número: 026-043-185-03-000. El abogado de la parte peticionaria es el Lcdo. Ismael Pérez Nieves, PO Box 534 Isabela, P.R. 00662; Tel. 787-8721500. Se le informa, además, que el Tribunal ha señalado vista en este caso para el 13 de agosto de 2021, a las 11:15 am, mediante videooconferencia, 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 puntos y negrillas,

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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 del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, a 25 de febrero de 2021.

Saraí Reyes Pérez, Secretaria Regional. Por: Arleen Guzmán Pabón, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.

LEGAL NOT ICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN

ORIENTAL BANK Demandante V.

JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE

Demandados Civil Núm. BY2021CV00880.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, personas desconocidas que se designan con estos nombres ficticios, que puedan ser tenedor o tenedores, o puedan tener algún interés en el pagaré hipotecario a que se hace referencia más adelante en el presente edicto, que se publicará una sola vez.

Se les notifica que en la Demanda radicada en el caso de epígrafe se alega que el 30 de diciembre de 2005 se otorgó un pagaré a favor de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria de Puerto Rico (hoy Oriental Bank), o a su orden, por la suma de $200,000.00 de principal, con intereses al 6.375% anual, con vencimiento el 1 de enero de 2031, ante el Notario Rosa Nely Plaza Acevedo. En garantía del pagaré antes descrito, otorgue la escritura de hipoteca número 38, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 30 de diciembre de 2005, ante el Notario Rosa Nely Plaza Acevedo, inscrita al folio 195 del tomo 312, finca número 19033 de Vega Alta, inscripción segunda (2da), Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. El inmueble gravado mediante la hipoteca antes descrita es la finca 19033 inscrita al folio 195 del tomo 312 de Vega Alta, Registro de la Propiedad, Sección Tercera de Bayamón. La obligación evidenciada por el pagaré antes descrito fue saldada en su totalidad. Dicho gravamen no ha podido ser cancelado por haberse extraviado el original del pagaré.

El original del pagaré antes descrito no ha podido ser localizado, a pesar de las gestiones realizadas. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaría de Puerto Rico (hoy Oriental Bank) es el acreedor que consta en el Registro de la Propiedad. El último tenedor conocido del pagaré antes descrito fue la parte demandante. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

LCDO. JAVIER MONTALVO CINTRÓN RUA NÚM. 17682 DELGADO & FERNÁNDEZ, LLC PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-1750, Tel. (787) 274-1414 / Fax (787) 764-8241 E-mail: jmontalvo@delgadofernandez.com Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 10 de marzo de 2021. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. SANDRA I. CRUZ VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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

ORIENTAL BANK Demandante V.

JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE

Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2021CV00549.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, personas desconocidas que se designan con estos nombres ficticios, que puedan ser tenedor o tenedores, o puedan tener algún interés en el pagaré hipotecario a que se hace referencia más adelante en el presente edicto, que

se publicará una sola vez.

Se les notifica que en la Demanda radicada en el caso de epígrafe se alega que el 29 de febrero de 2008 se otorgó un pagaré a favor de Eurobank, o a su orden, por la suma de $164,500.00 de principal, con intereses al 5.25%, con vencimiento a 1 de marzo de 2038, autenticado mediante el afidávit número 1273 ante la Notario Diana Lopez Feliciano. En garantía del pagaré antes descrito, otorgue la escritura de hipoteca número 11, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 29 de febrero de 2008, ante la Notario Diana Lopez Feliciano, inscrita al folio 45 del tomo 480 de San Lorenzo, finca 20883, inscripción 2, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Il. El inmueble gravado mediante la hipoteca antes descrita es la finca 20883 inscrita al folio 45 del tomo 480 de San Lorenzo, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección II. La obligación evidenciada por el pagaré antes descrito fue saldada en su totalidad. Dicho gravamen no ha podido ser cancelado por haberse extraviado el original del pagaré. El original del pagaré antes descrito no ha podido ser localizado, a pesar de las gestiones realizadas. Eurobank (hoy Oriental Bank) es el acreedor que consta en el Registro de la Propiedad. El último tenedor conocido del pagaré antes descrito fue la parte demandante. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

LCDO. JAVIER MONTALVO CINTRÓN RUA NÚM. 17682 DELGADO & FERNÁNDEZ, LLC PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-1750, Tel. (787) 274-1414 / Fax (787) 764-8241 E-mail: jmontalvo@delgadofernandez.com Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 10 de marzo de 2021. CARMEN ANA PEREIRA ORTIZ, SECRETARIA. ENEIDA ARROYO VÉLEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE RIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I. PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO LEGAL NOTICE JUDICIAL DE PONCE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR RECOVERY AND PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GEDEVELOPMENT JV, LLC NERAL DE INJUSTICIA TRIBUDemandante Vs. NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA JOSÉ CRUZ RAMOS, SALA DE AGUADILLA

MARÍA C. ROSADO JIMÉNEZ & LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS H/N/C HERBORISTERIA ROSA IGNEA

Demandados Civil Núm.: PO2019CV03930.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO.

A: JOSÉ CRUZ RAMOS H/N/C HERBORISTERIA ROSA IGNEA, POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES. 146 CALLE MAGNOLIA PONCE, PUERTO RICO 00730-3595.

A: MARÍA C. ROSADO JIMÉNEZ H/N/C HERBORISTERIA ROSA IGNEA, POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES. 146 CALLE MAGNOLIA PONCE, PUERTO RICO 00730-3595.

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@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy día 10 de marzo de 2021. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 10 de marzo de 2021. LUZ MAYRA CARABALLO GARCÍA, SECRETARIA LEGAL NOTICE REGIONAL. SANDRA GONZÁESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE LEZ RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETA-

APEX BANK

Demandante V.

RICHARD RODRÍGUEZ TORRES

Demandado Civil Núm.: ACD2014-0115.

(601). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Aguadilla, hago saber a la parte demandada RICHARD RODRÍGUEZ TORRES, Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL, que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia por Embargo liberado el 10 de febrero de 2021, por la Secretaria 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 [Cond. Isla - Bela Beach Resort, Apt. 335, lsabela, PR 00662]: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: barrio Bajuras de Isabela. Apartamento: PENTHOUSE: 335 de forma irregular, constituido por dos niveles, cabida 205.2231 metros cuadrados. Localizado en la tercera planta del edificio 9 del Condominio Isla Bela Beach Resort, que está situado en el Barrio Montones del término municipal de Isabela, Puerto Rico.

Consta de dos niveles, siendo los linderos del primer nivel los siguientes: por el NORTE, con elementos exteriores, en una distancia de 6.96 metros cuadrados; por el SUR, con elementos exteriores y área común, en una distancia de 6.92 metros cuadrados; por el ESTE, con el apartamento 334, en una distancia de 15.52 metros cuadrados; y por el OESTE, con el apartamento 336 y área común, en una distancia de 15.52 metros cuadrados.

Consta el mismo de dos habitaciones con sus respectivos closets, una sala-comedor, cocina, dos baños, área de almacenar, laundry y balcón. Los baños están equipados con bañera, lavamanos y servicio sanitario. Se incluye bidet en el baño del cuarto principal. El área del primer nivel del apartamento es de 99.7628 metros cuadrados. Los linderos del segundo nivel de este apartamento son los siguientes; por el NORTE, con elemento exterior en una distancia de 6.96 metros cuadrados; por el SUR, con elemento exterior en una distancia de 6.96 metros cuadrados; por el ESTE, con el apartamento 334 en una distancia de 18.26 metros cuadrados; y por el OESTE, con el apartamento 336, en una distan-

cia de 18.26 metros cuadrados.

El segundo nivel de este apartamento consta de un área de terraza cubierta y terraza descubierta de 105.4603 metros cuadrados. Las mejoras a esta área están regidas por la escritura matriz y el Reglamento de Condómines, según el detalle de terraza techada provisto, siendo responsabilidad del titular el mantenimiento de dicha área y teniendo la obligación de permitir la entrada a dicha área, en la eventualidad de existir elementos comunes generales que requieran mantenimiento periódico. Ambos niveles están conectados por una escalera localizada en el interior del apartamento, la cual conecta ambos niveles. El área total del apartamento 205.223 1 metros cuadrados. La puerta de entrada a este apartamento está situada en el primer nivel, por su lindero Oeste, y por ella se sale a la escalera y al área interior de circulación del proyecto. Este apartamento tiene una participación de 1.225828% en los elementos comunes generales del proyecto.

Le pertenece el uso y disfrute de dos espacios para estacionamiento, marcados con los números 240 y 241. Finca número 30199 de Isabela, inscrita en el sistema Karibe, Registro de la Propiedad de Aguadilla. El inmueble antes descrito se encontrará afecto a los siguientes gravámenes: (i) HIPOTECA en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $246,525.00, con intereses al 6-1/8% anual y vencimiento 1 de noviembre de 2035.

Constituida mediante la escritura 294 otorgada en San Juan el 31 de octubre de 2005 ante el notario Pablo F. Jiménez Meléndez.

Inscrita el 26 de diciembre de 2016 al Tomo Karibe, finca 30199 de Isabela, inscripción 3a AMPLIADA en cuanto a la suma de $13,775.33 y MODIFICADA en cuanto a su interés y vencimiento, siendo ahora su nuevo principal por la suma de $260,300.33 con intereses al 3.850% anual, desde el 1 de junio de 2011 hasta el 1 de mayo de 2014, luego devengará intereses a razón de 6.125% anual, comenzando el 1 de junio de 2014 hasta su vencimiento el 1 de mayo de 2051, con un pago final de $27,160.61, según consta de la escritura 83 otorgada en Isabela el 27 de abril de 2011 ante el notario Luis Y. Rodríguez San Miguel. Inscrita el 27 de diciembre de 2016 al Tomo Karibe, finca 30199 de Isabela, inscripción 4a Registro de la Propiedad de Aguadilla. (ii) SENTENCIA dictada el 7 de abril de 2009 por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Isabela, caso civil ACCI200800435, sobre cobro de dinero; Consejo de Titulares del Condominio Isla Bela Beach, demandante v. Richard Rodríguez, Fulano de Tal y la Sociedad Legal de Gananciales compuesta por ambos, demandados.

Por la misma se condena al de-

mandado al pago de $3,850.00, más otras sumas. Anotado el 7 de abril de 2009 al folio 54, orden 160, del Libro 6 de Sentencias de Aguadilla. (iii) Al asiento 2020-020206-AG01 se presentó el 2 de marzo de 2020 Mandamiento de Embargo expedido el 30 de enero de 2020 por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Aguadilla, caso civil número ACD2014-0115, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca; Apex Bank, demandante v. Richard Rodríguez Torres, demandado. Por el mismo se ordena la anotación de embargo por ejecución de Sentencia sobre esta finca por la cantidad de $230,524.43, más otras sumas.

El embargo objeto de esta ejecución es el que ha quedado descrito en el inciso (iii). La hipoteca descrita en el inciso (i) está relacionada a la ejecución del embargo descrito en el inciso (iii), ya que al momento que se dictó sentencia en el caso de epígrafe la hipoteca no estaba inscrita, ésta será cancelada como parte de la escritura de venta judicial producto de la subasta. Por otro lado, lo descrito en los incisos (ii) será cancelado por instancia por haber transcurrido el término dispuesto en los Artículos 206 y 53 de la Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmobiliaria de Puerto Rico, Ley 210 de 2015. Se celebrará la subasta para ejecutar el embargo antes mencionado en el inciso (iii) y para con el importe de la misma satisfacer la sentencia dicta el 29 de septiembre de 2014 a favor de la parte demandante por la suma principal de $292,339.09, los cuales se detallan de la siguiente manera, $230,524.43 de principal; $29,130.92 de intereses que continuarán acumulándose a razón de $24.3155905 a partir del 1-15-16; $3,228.67 escrow/impound overdraft; $1,218.85 recoverable corporate advance; $2,194.01 unpaid late charge; $26,032.21 unpaid other fees; $10.00 pay off statement fee, más cualquier otro desembolso que haya efectuado o efectúe la parte demandante durante la tramitación de este caso para otros adelantos de conformidad con el Contrato Hipotecario, incluyendo primas de seguro de hipoteca, prima de seguro de siniestro y cargos por demora.

La SUBASTA será celebrada el día 8 DE ABRIL DE 2021 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina del Alguacil, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Aguadilla, segundo piso. El precio ofrecido se pagará de contado y en moneda de curso legal o por cheque del gerente librado a favor del alguacil en el mismo acto de subasta y tan pronto se conceda la buena pro al postor agraciado. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulari-

32 dad 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.

La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que puedan tener inscrito o anotado su derecho sobre el bien inmueble hipotecado con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Vendida o adjudicada la finca o derecho hipotecado y consignado el precio correspondiente, en esa misma fecha o fecha posterior, el alguacil que celebró la subasta procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura pública de traspaso en representación del dueño o titular de los bienes hipotecados, ante el notario que elija el adjudicatario o comprador, quien deberá abonar el importe de tal escritura. El alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la confirmación de la venta o adjudicación. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Y, para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general, y para su publicación de acuerdo con la Ley en un periódico de circulación diaria en la isla de Puerto Rico, y en los sitios públicos de costumbre, expido el presente Aviso bajo firma y sello de este Tribunal. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, hoy día 16 de marzo de 2021. CARLOS RIVERA LÓPEZ, ALGUACIL REGIONAL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE AGUADILLA.

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

SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC Demandante Vs.

FIRST FINANCIAL

CARIBBEAN CORP H/N/C H. F. MORTGAGE BANKERS, AHORA BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO; JOSÉ ALBERTO COLON ROSARIO; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDO

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 16 de marzo de 2021, en Ponce, Puerto Rico. LUZ M. CARABALLO GARCÍA, SECRETARIA. MICHELLE VÁZQUEZ OLIVERAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR Demandados Civil Núm.: PO2021CV00274. DEL TRIBUNAL I. Sobre: SUSTITUCIÓN DE PALEGAL NOTICE GARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ES- ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE TADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ES- PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO TADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO SUPERIOR

SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC A la parte co-demandada: Demandante Vs. JOHN DOE Y RICHARD SOUTHERN MORTGAGE ROE, demandados CORPORATION desconocidos cuya AHORA ORIENTAL dirección se desconoce.

BANK; MARIO ORONA Se les notifica por este medio que en el caso del epígrafe se CRUZ; JOHN DOE Y solicita la SUSTITUCION DE UN RICHARD ROE COMO PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO notaPOSIBLES TENEDORES rizado bajo el testimonio núm.

DESCONOCIDOS 4,761 a favor de FIRST FINANRICO.

CIAL CARIBBEAN CORP H/N/C H. F. MORTGAGE BANKERS, o a su orden, por la suma de $48,769.00, devengando intereses a razón del 7.06% por ciento anual, vencedero el primero (1ro) de abril de 2025, garantizado con hipoteca constituida mediante escritura número 58 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el 18 de marzo de 1995, ante el Notario Manuel González Gierbolini, la cual consta inscrita al Folio 227 vuelto del tomo 132 de Santa Isabel, finca número 4,874, inscripción Segunda (2da) y última. 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) 6227000, Fax (787) 625-7001, Abogado de la Parte Demandante.

Dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este

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Tuesday, March 23, 2021 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 Ia secretaría del tribunal y notifique copia de la Contestación de la Demanda a las oficinas de CARDONA & MALDONADO LAW OFFICES, P.S.C. ATENCION al Lcdo. Duncan Maldonado Ejarque, P.O. Box 366221, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-6221; Tel (787) 6227000, Fax (787) 625-7001, Abogado de la Parte Demandante.

Dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndole que de no hacerlo asI 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 17 de marzo de 2021, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2021CV00474. PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO (506). Sobre: SUSTITUCIÓN JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE PUERTO RICO AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE Demandante Vs. DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL LUIS JOEL TRAVIESO ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE OLIVO, ARIANA RUIZ PUERTO RICO.

A Ia parte co-demandada: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, demandados desconocidos cuya dirección se desconoce.

Se les notifica por este medio que en el caso del epígrafe se solicita la SUSTITUCION DE UN PAGARE EXTRAVIADO notarizado bajo el testimonio núm.

39,242 a favor de Southern Mortgage, o a su orden, por la suma de $49,850.00, devengando intereses a razón dcl 8% por ciento anual, vencedero el primero (1ro) de mayo de 2028, garantizado con hipoteca constituida mediante escritura número 44 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el 28 de abril de 1998, ante el Notario Alfonso J. Gómez Roubert, la cual consta inscrita al Folio 90 del Tomo 933 de Bayamón Sur, finca número 24,241, inscripción Décima (10ma) y última. 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 diana general de Puerto Rico. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al

ROSA

Demandados Civil Núm.: ECD2017-0223.

(704). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA “IN REM” (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 14 DE ABRIL DE 2021, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: 2G CALLE PICAFLOR, REPARTO SAN JOSE, CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO 00725 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número dos (2) del Bloque “G” la Urbanización Reparto San José, radicada en el Barrio Cañaboncito del término municipal de Caguas, con una cabida superficial de ciento noventa y ocho punto cero cero (198.00) metros cua-

drados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la calle número seis (6) de la urbanización, en distancia de once punto cero cero (11.00) metros; por el SUR, con el solar número veintitrés (23) del Bloque “G” de la urbanización en la distancia de once punto cero cero (11.00) metros; por el ESTE, con el solar número tres (3) del Bloque “G” de la urbanización, en distancia de dieciocho punto cero cero(18.00) metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar uno (1) del Bloque “G” de la urbanización, en distancia de dieciocho punto cero cero (18.00) metros.

Enclava una casa. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 10 del Tomo 1,426 de Caguas, finca número 50,084, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Primera. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $120,767.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 21 DE ABRIL DE 2021, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $80,511.33.

Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 28 DE ABRIL DE 2021, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $60,383.50. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número 344 otorgada en Caguas, Puerto Rico, el día 22 de agosto de 2012, ante el Notario Mario A. Quiles Rosado, y consta inscrita al folio 212 del tomo 1,765 de Caguas, finca número 50,084, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Primera, inscripción Séptima. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $110,989.78 por concepto de principal, más intereses al tipo pactado de 3.50% anual desde el 1ro de octubre de 2016. Dichos intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación.

Además la parte demandada adeuda a la parte Demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $12,076.70. Además la parte demandada se compro-

metió a pagar una suma equivalente a $12,076.70 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $12,076.70 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad está sujeta a los siguientes gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Sujeta a Clausula de Subsidio bajo el Programa Mi Nuevo Hogar por la suma de $6,150.00 por el término de 10 años, por virtud de escritura número 171 otorgada en Caguas, Puerto Rico el 22 de agosto de 2012 ante el Notario Carlos José Mangual Santiago, inscrito al folio 59 del tomo 1669 de Caguas, inscripción Sexta, finca número 50,084, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Primera. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores desconocidos, no inscritos o presentados que sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos se-

manas consecutivas. Expido el JUDICIAL DE UTUADO SALA presente Edicto de subasta bajo MUNICIPAL DE ADJUNTAS mi firma y sello de este Tribunal COOPERATIVA DE en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día AHORRO Y CRÉDITO 16 de marzo de 2021. ALBERTO DE LA INDUSTRIA NEGRÓN ROMÁN, ALGUACIL BIOFARMACÉUTICA PLACA #435, ALGUACIL DE Demandante Vs. SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO IDANIA YADITH JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA DÁVILA ANDÚJAR SUPERIOR. Demandada Civil Núm.: JA2020CV00027.

LEGAL NOTICE Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE (REGLA 60). EDICTO. ESTAPUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE DOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESSUPERIOR DE MAYAGUEZ. TADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO JONATHAN CRUZ LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. PIAZZA; SYLBIA

VAZQUEZ OCASIO Y BEATRIZ PIAZZA VELEZ Demandantes vs.

VICTOR J. MORALES VARGAS por sí y en Representación de la Sociedad Legal de Gananciales compuesta por él y DEBBIE M.; RAMOS CALDER; RAMÍREZ BUS LINE, INC.; DUEÑO GUAGUA, COMPAÑÍA DE SEGUROS MAPFRE PRAICO, COMPAÑÍA DE SEGUROS ABC y PATRONO A

Demandados CIVIL NUM: MZ2020CV00505.

Sala 206. SOBRE: DAÑOS Y PERJUICIOS, EDICTO.

A: VICTOR J. M~RALES VARGAS y DEBBIE M. RAMOS CALDER

Por la presente se les emplaza y se les notifica que se ha presentado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal la Demanda Daños y Perjuicios en el caso de epígrafe contra su persona. Se le apercibe y advierte a usted, que de no contestar la Demanda radicando el original de la contestación ante la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Mayagüez , y notificar copia de la contestación de ésta a la parte Demandante Jonathan Cruz Piazza; por conducto de su abogado, Ledo. Luis Roberto Santos Montalvo , a su dirección: P. O. Box 1809, Mayagüez , Puerto Rico 00681-1809, Teléfono 7878335466, dentro de los próximos TREINTA (30) días a partir de la publicación de este Emplazamiento por Edicto, que será publicado UNA (1) sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general en la Isla de Puerto Rico; se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia , concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. Dado en Mayagüez , Puerto Rico, a 25 de febrero de 2021.

Lcda. Norma G. Santana lrizarry, Secretaria Regional II. POR: f/ Rebeca Medina Figueroa, Secretaria Auxiliar Tribunal I.

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A: IDANIA YADITH DÁVILA ANDÚJAR. DIRECCIÓN: ALTURAS DE JAYUYA 84 CALLE EUCALIPTO JAYUYA, PUERTO RICO 00664-1479.

POR LA PRESENTE, se le emplaza y se le notifica que una Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero ha sido presentada en su contra y se le requiere para que conteste la misma dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación del edicto, radicando el original de su contestación en el Tribunal correspondiente y notificando con copia de la misma a la parte demandante a la siguiente dirección: BUFETE APONTE & CORTES LCDA. ERIKA MORALES MARENGO PO Box 195337 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00919 Tel. (787) 302-0014 / (787) 239-5661 / Email: emarengo16@yahoo.com 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 presente por derecho propio. Se le apercibe que de no hacerlo, el tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia en rebeldía concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy día 4 de marzo de 2021. DIANE ALVAREZ, SECRETARIA. MARGARITA TORRES MATÍAS, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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EVELYN GUADARRAMA RAMOS Demandante Vs.

SUCN. LUIS MEDINA BONANO COMPUESTA POR NECTOR LUIS MEDINA BÁEZ TIC/E NÉSTOR LUIS MEDINA BÁEZ COMO DEMANDADO INVOLUNTARIO Y MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE LUIS MEDINA BONANO Y DE

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LA SUCN. DE CARMEN VERGEL BAEZ CRUZ

Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2021CV00072.

Sobre: LIQUIDACIÓN DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: NECTOR LUIS MEDINA BAEZ TLC/C NÉSTOR LUIS MEDINA BÁEZ.

Por la PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. POR MEDIO del presente edicto se les notifica de la radicación de una demanda en Liquidación de Bienes Hereditarios. Los demandantes, la Sucesión de Gladys Josefina Malpica Rosa, ha solicitado que se dicte sentencia contra usted y se ordene la Liquidación de Bienes Hereditarios. POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se les emplaza y requiere para que conteste la Demanda radicando el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de San Juan, y notificándole con copia de dicha contestación al abogado del demandante, Lcdo.

Ricardo J. Cacho Rodríguez, 54 Calle Resolución, Suite 303, San Juan, Puerto Rico 009202729 Tel: (787) 722-2242; Fax: (787) 722-2243, cachor@microjuris.com dentro del término de treinta (30) días siguientes a la fecha de publicación de este Edicto; si dejaren de así hacerlo, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia contra ustedes concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal de Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 11 de marzo de 2021.

LCDA. MARILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ROSA M. VIERA VELÁZQUEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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BANCO POPULAR DE

Tuesday, March 23, 2021 PUERTO RICO

DEMANDANTE VS.

ANITA HERNÁNDEZ MARTÍNEZ

DEMANDADOS CIVIL NUM.: CG2019CV01285.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR , en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 12 DE ABRIL DE 2021, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: CARR. 181 INT KM 30.9 LOTE 2 BARRIO QUEBRADA SAN LORENZO, PR 00754 y que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Lote 2: Predio de terreno radicada en el barrio Quebrada del término municipal de San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, marcado con el número dos (2) en el plano de inscripción, con una cabida de 0.3723 cuerdas, equivalentes a 1,463.2455 metros cuadrados, en lindes por el NORTE, con área de uso público marcada con la letra A en el plano de inscripción; por el SUR, con Antonio Hernández; por el ESTE y OESTE, con la finca principal de Carlos Alberto Zayas Lozada. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 37 del Tomo 458 de San Lorenzo, finca número 19,910, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda (2da).

El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $140,000.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una segunda subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 19 DE ABRIL DE 2021, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $93,333.33. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una tercera subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 26 DE ABRIL DE 2021, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la

suma de $70,000.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 174 otorgada en Caguas, Puerto Rico, el día 30 de agosto de 2008, ante el Notario Christian M. Castillo Moreno y consta inscrita al folio 37 del tomo 458 de San Lorenzo, finca número 19,910, inscripción Segunda (2da), Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda (2da). Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido condenando a la parte demandada ascendente a la suma de $120,580.46 por concepto de principal, los intereses pactados al 6.00% anual, cargos por demora, primas de seguro, adelantos y contribuciones acumulados, así como los que se acumulen hasta el saldo total de la obligación, mas $12,058.04 de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores conocidos y desconocidos que tengan inscritos, no inscritos, presentados y/o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en gene-

ral se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 16 de marzo de 2021. ALBERTO NEGRON RAMON, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR.

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ORIENTAL BANK COMO AGENTE DE SERVICIO DE THE MONEY HOUSE, INC. DEMANDANTE VS.

JOSÉ MIGUEL SANTOS PÉREZ Y JUAN ANTONIO RIVERA REYES

DEMANDADOS CIVIL NUM.: CG2019CV02635.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR , en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 12 DE ABRIL DE 2021, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: J-12 CALLE B URB. REPARTO VALENCIANO JUNCOS, PR 00777 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar denominado J-12, compuesto de 288.00 metros cuadrados, radicado en el Reparto Valenciano en el Barrio Mamey de Juncos, en lindes por el NORTE, con solar J-11, distancia de 24.00 metros, por el SUR, con solar J-13 y distancia de 24.00 metros, por el ESTE, con el solar J-37 y distancia de 12.00 metros y por el OESTE, con la Calle B y distancia de 12.00 metros. ENCLAVA: Una casa de concreto destinada a vivienda. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita

al Folio 274 del Tomo 262 de Juncos, finca número 10,102, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda (2da).

El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $83,460.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una segunda subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 19 DE ABRIL DE 2021, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $55,640.00. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una tercera subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 26 DE ABRIL DE 2021, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $41,730.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 59 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 14 de marzo de 2016, ante la Notario Rosa E. Permuy Calderón y consta inscrita Tomo Karibe de Juncos, finca número 10,102, inscripción Undécima (11ma), Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda (2da). Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido condenando a la parte demandada ascendente a la suma de $79,313.27 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de marzo de 2019 más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.¼% anual. Dichos interese continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $8,346.00. Además, la parte demandada se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $8,346.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $8,346.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que

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las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores conocidos y desconocidos que tengan inscritos, no inscritos, presentados y/o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 16 de marzo de 2021. ALBERTO NEGRON ROMAN, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

CARMEN DE LOURDES RIVERA RODRIGUEZ

Demandada Civil Núm.: FA2019CV00381.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, SANDRALIZ

MARTÍNEZ TORRES, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #737, Alguacil Supervisor de la División de Subastas del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Fajardo a los demandados y al público en general les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso por el Secretario del Tribunal de epígrafe con fecha 4 de marzo de 2020 y para satisfacer la cantidad adeudada de $79,780.83 de principal mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos el 28 de octubre de 2019, notificada y archivada en autos el 1 de noviembre de 2019, procederé a vender en pública subasta, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, mediante efectivo, giro o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil de este Tribunal todo derecho, título e interés que hayan tenido tengan o puedan tener los deudores demandados en cuanto a la propiedad localizada en el Municipio de Río Grande, Puerto Rico, el bien inmueble se describe a continuación: 113 Calle 10, Com. Sosas Bo. Guzmán Abajo, Río Grande, PR 00745. Rústica: Parcela marcada con el número Ciento Trece en el plano de parcelación de la Comunidad Rural Guzmán Abajo del Barrio Guzmán Abajo del término municipal de Río Grande, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de cero cuerdas con mil cuatrocientos sesenta y cinco diezmilésimas de otra, equivalente a quinientos setenta y cinco punto noventa y cuatro (575.94) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, con la calle diez (10) de la comunidad; por el Sur, con terrenos de la Sucesión José Sosa Oliva; por el Este, con parcela ciento doce (112) de la comunidad; y por el Oeste, con la parcela ciento catorce (114) de la comunidad.

FINCA: Número dieciocho mil quinientos ochenta y cuatro (18584) inscrita al folio ciento noventa y tres (193) del tomo doscientos sesenta y siete (267) del Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III. Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, en el caso de epígrafe, que se desglosan de la siguiente forma: $79,780.83 por concepto de principal, más intereses al 4.5% anual, más 4% de todo pago en atraso, más $9,191.00 como cantidad estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato de préstamo. El tipo mínimo para la subasta será la suma de tasación pactada, la cual es $91,910.00 para la propiedad antes descrita. De declarase la subasta desierta y tener que celebrarse una segunda subasta el tipo mínimo serán dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio mínimo antes mencionado; $61,273.33.

Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, regirá como tipo de la tercera subasta la mitad (1/2)

del precio pactado; $45,955.00.

La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el 7 DE ABRIL DE 2021, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a efecto una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el 14 DE ABRIL DE 2021, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a cabo una TERCERA SUBASTA el 21 DE ABRIL DE 2021, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. La subasta o subastas antes indicadas se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Fajardo.

Se advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el término de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida.

La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, previa orden judicial dirigida al Registrador de la Propiedad de la sección correspondiente para la cancelación de aquellos posteriores. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Y para conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en la Sala de Fajardo, Puerto Rico, a 18 de marzo de 2021. SHIRLEY SÁNCHEZ MARTÍNEZ, ALGUACIL REGIONAL #161. SANDRALIZ MARTÍNEZ TORRES, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #737.

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San Antonio is quiet at outset of women’s basketball tournament

Louisville players enter the testing facilities. Women’s players will mostly receive antigen tests, while men’s players will take polymerase chain reaction tests, which are more sensitive and less likely to produce false negatives.

By GILLIAN R. BRASSIL

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ver the past few days in San Antonio, it would not have been unusual to see a women’s basketball team walking from its hotel to the coronavirus testing facility at a nearby convention center.

It would be the biggest pack of pedestrians wearing basketball merchandise in town at the outset of the 2021 NCAA women’s tournament.

San Antonio is not sleepy. Residents and tourists are here for the nightlife, food and warm weather, and there’s a 5050 chance that they have masks on outside despite the local recommendation that people wear them on county property.

But here for basketball? No — not yet, anyway.

“Some people have asked where we’re from, what game we’re playing, and know that the tournament is here,” Skyler Curran, a junior guard for High Point University, said in an interview after her virus test Sunday.

The first games of the 2021 women’s basketball tournament tipped off Sunday, days after images and statements regarding inequities between the men’s and women’s tournaments circulated on social media, highlighted by differences in workout facilities, meals and virus tests.

“We all went through the same stuff this year, we all took the same precautions,” Curran said. “We all work for the same thing every year — and for us, especially, our first time being here, and we were excited for the experience — and for us to get here and to see our facilities and their facilities be better essentially because they are men, that was

super frustrating.”

At the men’s tournament in Indiana, players and staff are tested in their hotels daily, no travel necessary, according to David Worlock, an NCAA spokesperson. All of those tests are polymerase chain reaction tests, which are more sensitive and less likely to produce false negatives than rapid antigen tests, which women’s teams are mainly receiving.

“With the obvious disparity between the women’s and men’s tournaments, the message that is being sent to our female athletes, and women across the world, is that you are not valued at the same level as your male counterparts,” Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer wrote in a statement posted to Twitter on Saturday.

Mark Emmert, the NCAA president, apologized for the training room setup in an interview with The New York Times and other organizations Friday, calling the situation “deeply disappointing.”

But the differences between the two tournaments extend beyond the facilities and testing. Fans are not permitted to attend games in San Antonio and nearby cities until the round of 16, Lynn Holzman, the NCAA’s vice president for women’s basketball, said in an interview Thursday. The men’s tournament in Indiana has allowed a limited number of in-person spectators from the start.

For now at women’s games, six members per individual in a team’s travel party can enter the stadium. All games starting with the round of 16 will be played in the Alamodome, which is bisected by a curtain to designate two courts and will allow up to 17% capacity including staff, teams and fans.

In Indianapolis, the hub for the 2021 men’s tournament because of virus concerns, it is hard to turn a corner without seeing a massive “March Madness” banner draped over a skywalk, a bracket hanging off the face of the J.W. Marriott Hotel or pop-up merchandise stands selling T-shirts, hats and water bottles emblazoned with college basketball insignia.

Not in San Antonio. Signs hang from lampposts near the Henry B. González Convention Center reading, “San Antonio Is Tourney Town, March 21-April 4” or “2021 Women’s Final Four, San Antonio,” if a passerby is close enough to discern them. Police cars line locations being used by the tournament, but are otherwise unobtrusive.

The airport and hotel lobbies in Indianapolis are adorned with “March Madness” signs, and there are tables with trinkets for sale, stickers bearing logos and social distancing recommendations. San Antonio offered a few floor stickers, official signs that read, “NCAA Women’s Basketball, Team Entrance Only,” and clipboards posting printed-out pages to advertise the Final Four.

Precautions, taken in congruence with local health authorities to limit contact and spread of the virus within the so-called controlled environment, prevent those who are not among the members of athletic programs or officials who would come in contact with them from entering places used by the NCAA, including food delivery servers and even lower-level credentialed officials.

Coronavirus cases have been trending downward for several weeks in the San Antonio area, according to Anita Kurian, the assistant director of the city’s public health department. There have been fewer than 300 new cases on average per day in Bexar County, Texas, in the past week, according to a New York Times database.

Players and staff will stay in their individual rooms for the length of the tournament, meeting virtually unless they are headed to the convention center for daily antigen testing, practices or meeting room gatherings. Two of the hotels housing teams — a Holiday Inn near the River Walk and the St. Anthony — take teams everywhere on buses with police motorcades, regardless of distance, according to Paul Jacobs, a travel agency employee working the tournament.

All remaining teams will move to a centralized hotel across from the convention center for the round of 16.

Meals, provided by the NCAA or bought by the programs themselves, are taken alone in rooms, unless coordinated in a team’s meeting room or grabbed in the morning at the convention center. Teams have some autonomy over how they want to meet.

Some cope with the isolation better than others. Curran and her teammates, thankful to be in the tournament, play cards online, do school work or otherwise relax when they are not together.

“The new Justin Bieber album came out this weekend, so I have been listening to a lot of that,” Curran said.

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Loyola-Chicago topples No. 1 seed Illinois to reach Sweet 16

By ALAN BLINDER

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op-seed Illinois is out. The No. 8 Loyola-Chicago Ramblers — and, of course, Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt — are in the Sweet 16 after steering past the Fighting Illini, 71-58, on Sunday.

Illinois became the first No. 1 seed to be ousted in this year’s NCAA men’s tournament, faltering from the start of the second round in Indianapolis and only sporadically looking any better. It was the earliest exit for a region’s top seed since 2018.

And Loyola-Chicago, which reached the Final Four in that 2018 tournament and transformed the team chaplain, known simply as Sister Jean, into a joyful symbol of college basketball fealty, extended its record of pulverizing the postseason ambitions of

ostensibly mightier schools.

On Friday, it defeated Georgia Tech, which had won the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. On Sunday, it was Illinois, the winner of the Big Ten Tournament and a favorite in brackets from coast to coast, that collapsed.

The Ramblers, who never trailed Saturday, capitalized on steals and turnovers.

They mounted big runs as a masked Sister Jean, now 101, watched, her eyes so frequently fixed with approval. Most of their scoring came in the paint, and three players — Marquise Kennedy, Cameron Krutwig and Lucas Williamson — each had at least 13 points on the day.

In the Sweet 16 round, which will begin next weekend, Loyola will play No. 12 Oregon State, an 80-70 winner over No. 4 Oklahoma State on Sunday night.

The Loyola Chicago Ramblers celebrate after defeating the Illinois Fighting Illini in the second round game of the 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

LaMelo Ball is out indefinitely with a wrist injury

By MARC STEIN

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harlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball, widely considered the leading candidate to win the NBA’s Rookie of the Year Award, has a fractured bone in his right wrist and is out indefinitely, the team announced Sunday night.

Ball underwent a magnetic resonance

imaging exam Sunday in San Antonio as the Hornets prepared for a road game against the San Antonio Spurs on Monday and is feared to be lost for the season. Ball, 19, had a hard landing on the wrist Saturday night after a drive to the basket in the first half of the team’s road loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.

A Southern California native, Ball tried to play through the pain in the second half with the

LaMelo Ball, middle, has averaged 19.5 points per game since becoming a starter.

wrist covered by protective tape.

Ball’s injury was the latest for marquee players around the league in recent days. The Los Angeles Lakers, already playing without the injured Anthony Davis, lost LeBron James indefinitely after James sustained a high ankle sprain in Saturday’s loss to Atlanta. Earlier in the week, Golden State lost Stephen Curry (tailbone contusion) and Draymond Green (ankle) to injuries.

Drafted third overall by the Hornets in November, Ball is averaging 15.9 points, 5.9 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 1.59 steals per game; he ranks seventh in the league in steals per game. Combined with strong play from the free-agent newcomer Gordon Hayward and the second-year Hornet Terry Rozier — both former Boston Celtics — Ball has helped Charlotte challenge for a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference after four consecutive seasons out of the postseason.

Ball became a starter Feb. 1 in Miami and has averaged 19.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 1.7 steals since the move. Amid much skepticism leading up to the draft about his ability to convert from the perimeter, Ball has shot 46.4% from the field and 42.6% from 3-point range in his 21 starts.

Michael Jordan, the Hornets’ owner, recently told The Associated Press: “I think

Melo has adjusted to the NBA game better than any of us ever thought this early in his career. He has exceeded our expectations so far this season.”

Ball was named the Eastern Conference rookie of the month in both January and February, and was the only rookie over the past 60 years to lead all first-year players in total points, rebounds, assists and steals at the All-Star break.

If Ball is unable to play again this season, he will have appeared in 41 of Charlotte’s scheduled 72 games — nearly 57%. Patrick Ewing won Rookie of the Year honors in 1985-86 with the lowest percentage of games played in league history (nearly 61%) after appearing in 50 of the New York Knicks’ 82 games that season.

The younger brother of New Orleans Pelicans guard Lonzo Ball, LaMelo Ball was selected by the Hornets in the 2020 draft, after Minnesota drafted guard Anthony Edwards and Golden State chose center James Wiseman.

Lonzo Ball, currently in his fourth NBA season after the Lakers drafted him No. 2 overall in 2017, is one of the most coveted players in advance of Thursday’s trade deadline. The New York Times reported Friday that the Clippers were among the teams that have pursued him.

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LeBron James leads a generation of athletes into ownership

LeBron James’s investment last week in the Fenway Sports Group gave him a stake in the Boston Red Sox and further involvement in professional sports’ owner class.

By KURT STREETER

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n an age marked by kneeling protests and cross-league walkouts in sports, which gained new traction in 2020, it’s easy to put too much faith in the ability of professional athletes to make social change.

True empowerment will only come when more players cross the long-standing divide between management and labor and enter the ranks of team ownership, where the real influence lies. That’s why the latest off-court move from LeBron James, largely overlooked amid the whirling excitement of the NCAA tournaments, is so intriguing.

James, the Los Angeles Lakers star, announced his small but significant stake in the Fenway Sports Group last week. As you might have guessed because of the conglomerate’s name, that makes him a part owner of the Boston Red Sox and gives him entree into baseball’s inner sanctum. The investment also adds to James’ shares in Liverpool of the Premier League and his foothold with NASCAR’s Roush Fenway Racing team, which he bought into in 2011.

It is a preview of things to come. Today’s athletes are beginning to realize that true strength lies not only in grassroots activism and the chase for championships, but also in having a seat in team boardrooms. By doing that, they can sway leagues

that remain halfhearted about transformation. Would the NFL have blackballed Colin Kaepernick if a significant number of former Black players were at the owners’ table? Unlikely.

Athlete involvement in team ownership isn’t an entirely new phenomenon. Mario Lemieux bought the Pittsburgh Penguins out of bankruptcy in 1999. Eleven years later, Michael Jordan became the first former NBA player to control a majority interest in one of the league’s teams when he purchased the Charlotte Bobcats. (One of his first big moves was to rename his team the Hornets.) Those actions allowed Lemieux and Jordan to reap financial returns that their labor alone could not have produced.

But James’ increasing involvement in the corridors of power shows that today’s sports stars — more outspoken than Jordan and Lemieux, more inclined to push against entrenched wealth — are ready to use ownership as a means to push for more than personal gain.

With a boost from James, Renee Montgomery announced her retirement at age 32 to become the first WNBA player to own a part of one of the league’s teams, the Atlanta Dream, after its players rallied against a team co-owner, Kelly Loeffler, the firebrand Republican senator who angered the basketball world when she denounced the Black Lives Matter movement.

Outspoken tennis stars Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams have

signed up as team owners in the National Women’s Soccer League, as have a number of retired women’s soccer stars, in the wake of the U.S. women’s national soccer team’s fight for pay equity.

Expect more to come, with this generation’s athletes deeply aware of team owners’ direct power. Buying into the Fenway group allows James a chance to learn the ropes as he draws closer to one of his most cherished goals. I’m not talking about equaling or even surpassing Jordan’s haul of six NBA titles. I’m talking about taking a majority financial stake in an NBA team.

For now, James must wait. League rules bar active players from joining ownership.

When the time comes, he’ll be ready. Now 36, he’s long been a business mogul, backed by a cadre of high-gloss, well-heeled advisers. If he needs wealthy investors to form a partnership and come along for the ride, he has more than a few options on speed dial. Not that he would need much help.

James is said to be a billionaire, or nearly so.

Of all of today’s sports stars, James possesses the heaviest clout. He is the one most adept at standing up and speaking out — both inside the boardroom and, through his social activism, at street level.

That’s why he offered advice and connections to help Montgomery’s successful bid to purchase a part of the Dream.

Montgomery, a two-time WNBA champion, sat out last year’s truncated season to work as a grassroots activist. After the players called for Loeffler’s ouster from her Senate seat, Loeffler lost a runoff election in January, an outcome that allowed James to flex.

“Stick to Sports,” James said in a Twitter post aimed at Loeffler in the wake of the sale to a group that included Montgomery. The barb turned the tables on what James and others have been told for years after they have spoken up on political matters.

The two basketball stars know that joining ownership offers them a new and important way to make their voices heard.

It’s one thing to kneel during the national anthem, attend marches or even lead teams on walkouts and work stoppages.

Such moves are key. They enlighten, draw attention and energize passion. But in sports, they are also not enough.

The limits athletes face became clear during the protest movement that swept through last summer. Team owners in the major North American men’s sports talked a good game and contributed millions of dollars to causes backed by players.

But many of the same owners gave lavishly to President Donald Trump, who stood in direct opposition to everything the players were pushing for. Such double-dealing showed that the players might have had a megaphone, but money remains the language that packs the biggest punch.

Real transformation isn’t likely to happen unless enlightened athletes continue to cross the divide, enter the ranks of ownership and have their say on everything from the hiring of head coaches to an effort in sports to push for more accountability in policing. It’ll take time to get enough in place to make a consistent difference. Thankfully, owner-activists like LeBron James and Renee Montgomery are creating a road map.

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Sudoku How to Play: Fill in the empty fields with the numbers from 1 through 9.

Sudoku Rules: Every row must contain the numbers from 1 through 9 Every column must contain the numbers from 1 through 9 Every 3x3 square must contain the numbers from 1 through 9

Crossword

Answers on page 38

Wordsearch

GAMES

HOROSCOPE Aries

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(Mar 21-April 20)

With feisty Mars continuing its journey through your communication sector, you may be inspired by a project that could lead to further gains. With the red planet making a harmonious tie to structured Saturn, the coming days can be perfect for taking strategic steps necessary for success. Ready to break the ice romance wise? A Sun/Venus tie hints it might melt very fast.

Libra

(Sep 24-Oct 23)

Matters connected with your social life and with interacting and networking, are to the fore, making this a great time to liaise and connect. If you are planning a virtual event, then the present star map suggests a positive outcome. There may be one meeting though, that might be better done privately Libra, especially if it involves sensitive issues that need careful handling.

Taurus

(April 21-May 21)

Scorpio

Gemini

(May 22-June 21)

Sagittarius

(Nov 23-Dec 21)

Cancer

(June 22-July 23)

Capricorn

(Dec 22-Jan 20)

You might wonder whether to go with the tried and trusted or to follow the call of your soul, which might be encouraging you to move in a new direction. It is possible that a new facet of your being is ready to emerge, and has been for some time, but you could wonder what will happen if you dare to express it.

The push to do so could be so strong Taurus, you may have no choice.

Discussions to get a project up and running can be very fruitful, and may lead to a firm decision to pair up with another on a key plan. But with communicative Mercury angling towards Mars in your sign, you might have some reservations that are preventing you from making a decision. Until these are cleared, you could find it difficult to give this idea your all, let alone make a start.

(Oct 24-Nov 22)

Lunar ties can encourage a heart-to-heart chat to resolve a certain matter. If you wait too long you might overthink this, which could lead to procrastination and to a missed opportunity. But a link to no-nonsense Mars may see you adopting a decisive approach to this issue, which is all to the good. Faith in the strength of your convictions and in intuitive wisdom, can be a positive here.

This is a good time to forge an agreement, as the dual energies of Mars and Saturn can give any deal you engage with a sense of purpose. There’s less chance of mistakes, and more opportunity to get started knowing everything is taken care of. This is one relationship that could go from strength to strength, as the results will speak for themselves and confirm your decision, Archer.

Improving your career chances may be at the heart of any decisions. This might mean being extra helpful to someone who could assist you with a new opportunity. Too much red tape involved concerning a pet project? Finding a way to avoid it can speed up progress considerably. Either this, or be patient.

Clarity at the outset may help smooth the way ahead.

The willingness to commit could mean a key project can now move in the right direction, and begin to bear fruit. Upbeat influences suggest that this initiative may be linked to a mission that you are passionate about. Because of this, you might feel inclined to pour yourself into it, regardless of the outcome. A Mars/Saturn tie is a call to do your research and go from there.

Leo

Aquarius

(July 24-Aug 23)

Although optimistic, you may lack certainty, and this could be the reason you hesitate to move forward over coming days. Financial matters can be a part of this, especially if you have invested a lot in a moneyspinning plan without much to show for it. Some in-depth research might boost your confidence and help you make good decisions. Don’t just hope for the best, Leo.

Virgo

(Aug 24-Sep 23)

While cheerful Jupiter in your wellness zone can buoy up energy levels, sobering Saturn here too suggests that it’s wise to pace yourself. Getting your priorities in order could assist you in accomplishing so much more. Keen on a romantic opportunity? It may be someone you let go a while back who now piques your interest again. A friend might have some useful advice, Virgo.

(Jan 21-Feb 19)

The willingness to commit could mean a key project can now move in the right direction, and begin to bear fruit. Upbeat influences suggest that this initiative may be linked to a mission that you are passionate about. Because of this, you might feel inclined to pour yourself into it, regardless of the outcome. A Mars/Saturn tie is a call to do your research and go from there.

Pisces

(Feb 20-Mar 20)

The current star map could gift you with a golden opportunity to resolve a lingering matter. Engaging with this in a purposeful and constructive way, may be what’s needed so you can heal it once and for all.

If it stems from childhood, then a key aspect might assist you in getting to the heart of the matter, and benefiting from any insights. With understanding comes healing, Pisces.

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CARTOONS

Herman

Speed Bump

Frank & Ernest

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Wizard of Id

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