Monday May 15, 2023

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Groups call for close monitoring of how COR3 handles federal disaster funds

By THE STAR STAFF

The Puerto Rico Police Members Association along with members of the María 2017 Civilian Coalition are calling on the island Legislature to investigate the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience (COR3), accusing it of making arbitrary decisions that are putting federal funds at risk.

The office, headed by Manuel Laboy Rivera, is in charge of distributing federal disaster funds. The COR3 website shows that of the estimated $82.5 billion allocated to Puerto Rico, only $28.2 billion has been disbursed.

Rico, meanwhile, which brings together some 1,500 congregations, took to the streets to extend help to the communities and to be supportive after the destruction caused by the hurricanes of 2017.

“Out of 3,000 churches, some 1,800 have requested help because they suffered damage, but there are only 10 projects under construction,” said Reverend Moisés Román, president of the Fraternity of Pentecostal Councils. “The churches have felt orphaned with the help available. Yes, there are churches that have received help, but others have been just as persistent and have achieved nothing.”

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“The slowness and failure of employees have put at risk millions of dollars that the federal government earmarked to Puerto Rico, many of them from FEMA and other agencies,” said José J. Taboada de Jesús, president of the Puerto Rico Police Members Association. “Thousands of churches, hundreds of non-profit organizations, and the Puerto Rico Police Members Association itself have been victims of the selective COR3 bureaucracy. In many cases, decisions are unsupported by any law or regulation. In our case, we have been submitting documents over the past five years. Today we found out that our claim rests in a drawer in a desk in the COR3 office.”

“Moreover, we learned that this office -- which is not a government agency -- has worked thousands of cases selectively, withholding information and reports that should have been sent and endorsed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for its corresponding procedure,” Taboada de Jesús added.

He made his remarks to the Puerto Rico Senate, which investigates COR3 compliance with respect to helping in Puerto Rico’s recovery.

“For us it is urgent to attend to the most pressing needs of our communities, municipalities and government entities, and as we approach the sixth anniversary of hurricanes Irma and Maria,” Sen. Javier Aponte Dalmau said.

Taboada de Jesús said the organization’s offices were destroyed by Hurricane Maria and that COR3 has not helped with efforts to move forward with restoration. The organization is seeking $5 million for repairs.

“We are before a government body that destroys instead of facilitates,” he said.

The Fraternity of Pentecostal Councils of Puerto

Iván Casal, adviser and spokesperson for the María 2017 Civil Coalition, said “we are facing the real possibility of having to return or lose billions of dollars allocated for the reconstruction of Puerto Rico.”

“Therefore, the Legislature must give way to creating a regulatory board that can be on the COR3, which includes professionals and experts in the field, including members of the Mayors Association and Federation with representation of the communities,” he said.

The processing of claims should be expedited to help those 3,000 churches, the pending claims of the Police Members Association that serves thousands of members, and people from the community, Casal said.

Puerto Rico Police Members Association President José J. Taboada de Jesús

Fiscal board director Mujica prods Legislature on budget responsibilities

By THE STAR STAFF

Financial Oversight and Management

Board Executive Director Robert Mujica is criticizing the island Legislature over the weekend for allegedly not fulfilling its responsibility regarding the budget.

“The budget is the prime responsibility of any elected legislature, yet this is the third consecutive time the two chambers of the Puerto Rico Legislature have failed to submit a budget for the government,” Mujica said in a statement late last week.

His remarks were made after the oversight board announced that its members had certified an amended general fund budget for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for the current fiscal year (FY) 2023. He said he hopes the three branches can work together to create the FY 2024 budget.

“The Oversight Board certified a $13.9 billion general fund budget that reflects updated revenue and expense projections. The amended budget includes $650 million previously authorized for the government’s Emergency Reserve and $545 million for a loan to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) to ensure sufficient working capital,” the statement on the FY 2023 budget notes. “The certified amended budget also provides an additional $100 million requested by the Puerto Rico Health Insurance Administration (ASES) to fund a potential Medicaid funding shortfall.”

According to the oversight board, on April 5, the board sent to Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia and the Legislature a letter establishing a schedule for submitting, approving and certifying the Amended Fiscal Year 2023 Budget and on April 13, the governor submitted a proposed Amended Fiscal Year 2023 Budget.

The oversight board and its advisers held extensive discussions with the governor’s representatives regarding such submission; and after substantial deliberations, the board determined that the proposed Amended Fiscal Year 2023 Budget, as submitted by the governor, was a compliant amended budget, approved the budget and submitted it to the Legislature on April 17.

“The Legislature failed to submit a proposed Amended Fiscal Year 2023 Budget adopted by the Legislature for the Oversight Board to review by May 1, 2023 in accordance with the schedule established in the April 5, 2023 letter,” the statement noted, and on May 2, the oversight board sent to the Legislature a letter stating, among other things, that the Legislature had failed to submit a proposed Amended Fiscal Year 2023 Budget.

The revised Fiscal Plan for Puerto

Rico prioritizes the allocation of updated revenue estimates to pre-existing unfunded obligations and commitments. Those investments and expenditures are incorporated in the certified amended budget.

“The amended budget for the current fiscal year the Oversight Board certified today reflects spending priorities that are essential for the people of Puerto Rico,” Mujica said. “The reserve to help the people, the government, and municipalities in case of natural disasters and other emergencies had run too low. The amended budget also reflects the Government’s and the Oversight Board’s shared priority of improving healthcare in Puerto Rico and completing the transformation of Puerto Rico’s energy system to provide the people and businesses with more reliable, more affordable, and cleaner energy.”

Mujica said the Puerto Rico Oversight,

Familias Capaz to hold child abuse prevention symposium

By THE STAR STAFF

Faced with the alarming rate of child abuse, the organization Familias Capaz will hold its third symposium, “I Sign Up … Against Child Abuse,” on Friday, May 19 in virtual format.

“It’s up to all of us to prevent child abuse,” said Dr. Aysha Concepción Lizardi, executive director of Familias Capaces. “We need to empower ourselves to identify what constitutes abuse and how to report it.”

“We invite all people, the general public and professionals in education, social work, physical and mental health, among others, to participate in this

symposium to prevent violence against children, a responsibility that we all have as citizens,” she added.

According to 2022 statistics, nine out of 10 abused children in the United States and Puerto Rico were abused by one or both biological parents. In addition, 80 percent of child deaths involved at least one parent.

This year’s symposium will also discuss the need to develop interprofessional efforts and collaborations for the prevention of child maltreatment. Familias Capaz is a nongovernmental organization that, since 2001, has provided psychological services and support to families in situations of vulnerability and risk of child abuse.

Management and Economic Stability Act, commonly known as PROMESA, gave the oversight board the authority to certify a compliant budget, but it did not take away the Legislature’s responsibility to approve and submit a budget.

“The budget is a key element of fiscal responsibility owed to the people of Puerto Rico,” he said. “The Governor and the Oversight Board are currently working on the fiscal year 2024 budget, and the Oversight Board hopes both branches of the government will approve and submit a compliant budget for the Oversight Board’s review and certification.”

The board noted that the Emergency Reserve provided direct assistance to people affected by natural disasters, funded the temporary relocation of schools during the pandemic, and provided vital support to municipalities. Fully funding the reserve, consistent with the fiscal plan, ensures that the government has sufficient resources to help the people of Puerto Rico quickly and efficiently in cases of emergencies, the oversight board reiterated.

The loan to PREPA establishes a working capital reserve for Genera PR LLC to ensure investments and upgrades are made and suppliers are paid, and is a requirement under the agreement of the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority (P3A) and PREPA with Genera. The working capital is not a payment to Genera for operating power plants but instead provides critical operational liquidity. PREPA’s failure to maintain adequate cash reserves in the past left the system vulnerable to natural disasters and impeded PREPA’s ability to respond quickly to crises, the oversight board noted.

Financial Oversight and Management Board Executive Director Robert Mujica

Dr. Aysha Concepción Lizardi, executive director of Familias Capaces

Hearing: Island lacks rules for disposal of solar panels & batteries

By THE STAR STAFF

While there is an increase in the use of renewable energy, such as solar panels and batteries, Puerto Rico does not have regulations in place for their disposal once their useful life is over, according to information coming out in legislative public hearings.

House Economic Development Committee Chairman Luis Raúl Torres Cruz has been conducting public hearings on House Resolution 243, which calls for a probe into the crisis caused by the installation, management and disposal of solar panels and solar energy storage batteries in Puerto Rico.

The Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER), the Sierra Club and the Puerto Rico Energy and Storage Association (SESA), the Department of Consumer Affairs (DACO) and the Department of Economic Development and Commerce recently shed light on the problem.

“Solar panels can have a useful life of 25 years and batteries up to ten,” Torres Cruz said. “However, the reality of Puerto Rico is that we already have many panels and batteries installed longer than they are supposed to be.”

Luma Energy reported recently that there were 25,000 solar panel installations when they assumed control of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s transmission and distribution network in 2021. By now the number has increased to 56,000 installations, Torres Cruz said.

DNER special assistant Samuel Acosta confirmed that there is currently no assistant secretary in the areas of land and solid waste services.

“Since when has there not been that assistant secretary?” asked Torres Cruz, to which the DNER special assistant replied that “for two years we have not had an assistant secretary.”

Torres Cruz said he plans to take a look at the DNER and see if the structure is functional or not.

“This situation is very serious,” he said.

Sierra Club spokeswoman Maritza Maymí stressed that

it is necessary to create laws that establish the responsibility of producers, distributors and sellers of solar energy products in the development of plans for the recovery, management, dismantling, demolition and treatment of those products once they reach the end of their useful life.

She recommended that the University of Puerto Rico be provided with an appropriate budget so that research projects can be developed to create solutions for the management and reuse of the materials that make up the products associated with the generation of photovoltaic energy.

“This would create several necessary conditions to boost our economy in a sustainable way, creating new spaces for the production of knowledge and merchandise necessary to improve the quality of life,” Maymí said.

Other officials advocated for the need for Puerto Rico to comply with the law that requires it to draw its energy entirely from renewables by 2050.

Javier Rúa Jovet, chief policy officer at SESA - Solar + Energy Storage Association of Puerto Rico, declared that a broad power be used aggressively for Puerto Rico to comply with its obliga-

tion to generate, in or before 2025, 40 percent of the country’s energy. with renewable sources, mostly solar.

“This includes that Luma and the Electric Power Authority finalize the contracting of the relevant projects and ensure that they do not die in the bureaucracy and fragmentation of executive branch processes, including the permitting agency,” Rúa Jovet said.

“Right now we are facing a crisis of an existential nature, truly apocalyptic in nature,” he added.

Along the same lines, the executive director of Amanecer 2025, Juan Rosario, stated that in the medium term it is necessary to install and put into operation sufficient capacity based on renewable energies that allows the entire island to have the greatest resilience to face natural phenomenon.

Mónica Figuera Ramos, a DACO lawyer, noted that given the increase in the sale and installation of photovoltaic systems, DACO’s Renewable Energy Affairs Office has promoted the need to create a legal structure to address the issue of management and arrangement of solar platform components.

“We call on the Legislative Assembly to start developing the parameters of a single recycling program for photovoltaic energy system components as soon as possible,” the official pointed out.

According to DACO in its explanatory memorandum, the number of structures with photovoltaic energy systems before hurricanes Irma and Maria was around 2,000.

“Today that figure exceeds 75,000 residences,” Figueroa said.

When asked by Torres Cruz about the complaints that DACO receives about solar panel companies, Figueroa said she doesn’t know the exact number, but assured him that the volume is high.

The lawyer for the DDEC Public Energy Policy Program, Brendalilz González Méndez, said meanwhile that there are currently some programs or incentives that allow people with limited or moderate resources to obtain and install solar panels.

Six tourists rescued in El Yunque

By THE STAR STAFF

Six tourists who were lost Saturday at El Angelito Pond in El Yunque Forest Reserve in Luquillo were found by agents of the Luquillo district and personnel from the Río Grande and Luquillo Emergency Management Bureau, according to authorities.

The search began Saturday afternoon after authorities received a call through the 9-1-1 Emergency System reporting the six missing people. Two of the tourists were found on the same day, but due to inclement weather, the search was suspended until Sunday morning, when the remaining four people were located in the Yuquibo sector of the forest reserve.

According to the police report, the rescued were evaluated at the scene by Medical Emergency Corps Bureau personnel and refused to be transferred to a hospital. At the time of their evaluation, all were in good health.

Rep. Luis Raúl Torres Cruz

State Agency for Emergency Management and Disaster Administration Interim Commissioner Nino Correa Filomeno

By THE STAR STAFF

With the celebration of Accountants Week starting today, certified public accountant (CPA) Aixa González Reyes, president of the Certified Public Accountants Association (CCPA by its Spanish initials) of Puerto Rico, announced an extensive calendar of events that the association will be holding for the development and networking of accounting professionals on the island.

In making the announcement, González Reyes stressed the value of certified public accountants and the contributions that they make daily to the economic and social development of Puerto Rico, as well as the importance of giving visibility to their role.

“The work we do is an extremely important one, because it influences all areas of the lives of individuals, families and companies, from the interpretation of financial data, accounting, auditing and budget decisions that are made daily in different scenarios,” she said. “To all, our congratulations for the extraordinary work you do. We celebrate them and invite them to participate in the events we have organized

By THE STAR STAFF

Mayor Virgilio Olivera Olivera presented the “Key to the City of San Germán” over the weekend to award-winning Puerto Rican actor and producer Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez, better known artistically as Benicio del Toro, for his gigantic contribution to the “Founding City of the People” and “for representing us, humbly, with great pride and successfully, not only in Puerto Rico, but also beyond the seas on the giant screen of Hollywood cinema.”

More than 20,000 people, according to the official figures of the municipal and commonwealth police, had participated through Saturday, in the three days of celebration of the “450 Years of Foundation of the City of San Germán in Las Lomas de Santa Marta.”

The event enjoyed a full turnout on Friday and Saturday, and continued Sunday, Mother’s Day. with a closing musical performance by Danny Rivera, in the facilities of the Plazuela Santo Domingo and

San Germán Mayor Virgilio Olivera presented the key to the city to Puerto Rican actor and producer Benicio del Toro, for his contributions to the island’s second-oldest town and “for representing us, humbly, with great pride and successfully, not only in Puerto Rico, but also beyond the seas on the giant screen of Hollywood cinema.”

Plaza Francisco Mariano Quiñones, where dozens of kiosks of crafts, meals and snacks were located. That is also where artists such as Porta Coeli Jíbaro Jam, Banda Back to the 80’s, Banda The Comeback, La Secta All Stars, Álex DJ, with the members of his television program “Puerto Rico Gana” (Telemundo), Algareplena, Manny Manuel (“El Rey de Corazones”) and El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico (“Los Mulatos del Sabor”), had already performed until after 1 a.m. Sunday to the delight of all in attendance.

Meanwhile, there also were historical and cultural tours guided by Ramón Vázquez, in which visitors discovered a little more about the history of the “Cradle of Basketball.” Likewise, they enjoyed the talent of the Majestad Negra Folklore Ballet, thanks to the collaboration of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture; Cuica Trotamundo Demonstration Team of the Cuica Federation of Puerto Rico, and directed by Roberto Acosta; Aladdin, of the School of Fine Arts of the City of San Germán and his teacher, Giselda Acosta of the Escuela Libre de Música Ernesto Ramos Antonini; and Compañía de Baile Elmera from Mayagüez and its teacher, Elvira del Toro; characters from the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, “Javi” and “Lola;” the Dance Group of the School of Fine Arts of San Germán, directed by Nelson Josué Rivera Pagán; colorful musical troupes; and a fireworks display, among many other attractions.

San Germán mayor presents key to the city to Benicio del Toro Accountants Week kicks off today

so that they continue to strengthen the profession, as well as their professional development.”

The educational activities organized for Accountants Week run through Thursday. As for social activities, on Tuesday night, the Opening Cocktail and the Delivery of Proclamation by Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia will be held at CCPA headquarters in Hato Rey. And on Thursday the traditional Patron Saint Festivities will be held.

“We invite all our members to be part of this great celebration, participating in these extraordinary seminars that we have organized for training and professional development, as well as the networking spaces to share among peers and continue strengthening the profession in Puerto Rico,” González Reyes said. “This year we are celebrating 50 years since our foundation, half a century in which we have left a mark.”

For more information on the calendar of events, as well as to find out the schedule of educational events and other activities, call 787-622-0900 or visit the CCPA website, www. colegiocpa.com, and the CCPA digital platforms on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram, under @colegiocpapr.

Certified Public Accountants Association President Aixa González Reyes

Biden warns of ‘sinister forces’ trying to reverse racial progress

By PETER BAKER and ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS

President Joe Biden declared on Saturday that white supremacy is “the most dangerous terrorist threat to our homeland” and warned a predominantly Black audience that “sinister forces” embraced by his predecessor and putative challenger are trying to reverse generations of racial progress in America.

Biden never named former President Donald Trump in his sometimes stark commencement address to the graduating class of Howard University, the nation’s most prestigious historically Black college. He alluded, however, to Trump’s past statements to link him to racist elements in American society and suggest that the presidential campaign that has just gotten underway will determine whether justice will prevail over hate, fear and violence.

“There are those who demonize and pit people against one another,” Biden said. “And there are those who will do anything and everything, no matter how desperate or immoral, to hold onto power. That’s never going to be an easy battle. But I know this — the oldest, most sinister forces may believe they’ll determine America’s future. But they are wrong. We will determine America’s future. You will determine America’s future.”

Wearing blue and white academic robes, the president sought to enlist the young graduates in what he presented as the cause of this moment. He cited the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in 2020, which touched off widespread protests against police brutality, and expressed empathy with Black drivers who are fearful when they are pulled over by officers.

“Fearless progress toward justice often meets ferocious pushback from the oldest and most sinister of forces,” he said. “That’s because hate never goes away. I thought when I graduated that we could defeat hate. But it never goes away.”

Likewise, Biden said that “after the election and reelection of the first Black American president, I had hoped the fear and violence and hate was significantly losing ground.”

He discovered otherwise, he said, when neo-Nazis and white supremacists clashed with counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017, and he recounted Trump’s reaction. “What did you hear?” he asked. “That famous quote: ‘There are very fine people on both sides.’ That’s when I knew, and I’m not joking, that’s when I knew I had to stay engaged and get back into public life.”

Trump’s supporters have said his line has been distorted and note that he did at one point condemn neo-Nazis. But as he has opened a

campaign to recapture the presidency, Trump has more openly embraced racist and extremist elements in American life. Last winter, he hosted for dinner the rap artist Ye, who has made antise mitic statements, and Nick Fuentes, a prominent white supremacist who attended the far-right Charlottesville rally.

The choice of Howard offered Biden an opportunity to shore up support in the most loyal constituency in the Democratic Party, one that he needs to win reelection next year. While polls show continued strong support for Biden among Black voters, political analysts and party strategists have expressed concern about an enthusiasm gap that could complicate prospects for the president, who needs high turnout from his base.

Biden has been stymied on goals such as cracking down on police brutality and bolstering voting rights. He did sign an executive order on federal law enforcement last year, although crucial pieces of the order have not been implemented. Many supporters say he has fallen short on his pledge to make systemic changes to the criminal justice system.

But he chose Kamala Harris (a Howard gra duate) as the first Black vice president; appointed the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson; and has put more Black women on the federal bench than every other president combined. Unemployment among Black Americans fell to a record low of 4.7% in April, and the gap between white and Black jobless rates shrank to its smallest ever measured.

Of particular interest to his audience on Saturday, Biden has developed a program to for give $400 billion in student loans over the next few decades, wiping out up to $20,000 apiece for those who qualify. But the Supreme Court appears poised to invalidate it.

President Joe Biden delivers the commen cement address during Howard University’s 155th commencement ceremony, at Capital One Arena in Washington, on May 13, 2023.

Backlogged courts and years of delays await many migrants

a second class of citizens,” Klein, who started working as an immigration judge in the Clinton administration, said of those immigrants who have been waiting years to resolve their cases. The oldest case Klein adjudicated had been pending in the court for 35 years, she said.

“It’s a disgrace,” Klein said. “My perspective, my thought, is that we’re not committed in this country to having a just system.”

While crowds of migrants continued to seek refuge in the United States after the lifting of Title 42, U.S. officials said the border remained relatively orderly. Still, about 10,000 people crossed the border Thursday, a historically large number, but that dropped significantly to about 6,200 Friday.

The Title 42 border restrictions, enacted by the Trump administration, allowed border agents to rapidly turn away migrants without providing them a chance to apply for asylum, on the grounds that it would prevent the spread of COVID-19.

By ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS

President Joe Biden’s attempt to deal efficiently with a new surge of migration following the end of Title 42 pandemic restrictions has refocused attention on a severe shortage of judges, a result of long-standing neglect that has overwhelmed the immigration court system with a backlog of more than 2 million cases.

The court system is riddled with yearslong delays and low morale as a workforce of about 650 judges struggles to keep up with the volume of immigration cases, leaving immigrants who have long lived illegally in the United States in limbo.

The bottleneck shows how the challenges of dealing with a surge in immigration do not end at the southern border. Even as scrutiny has focused on how Border Patrol

agents will manage crowds of migrants, public officials and immigration experts say that bolstering the number of immigration judges is crucial to reforming the system.

Biden has made some progress — hiring more than 200 judges since he came into office — but is still falling short on his campaign pledge to double the number of immigration judges. Some of the judges will be working seven days a week for a time while the administration confronts the new surge, according to the Justice Department.

Eliza Klein, who left her position as an immigration judge in Chicago in April, said the latest increase in illegal border crossings will strain the understaffed workforce as it prioritizes migrants who crossed recently.

That will leave some older cases to languish even longer, she said.

“This is a great tragedy because it creates

Tens of thousands of migrants continued to wait in makeshift camps on both sides of the border for a chance to request sanctuary in the United States. The administration remained concerned about overcrowding; Border Patrol held more than 24,000 migrants in custody Friday, well over the agency’s maximum capacity of roughly 20,000 in its detention facilities.

The backlog of immigration cases grew to 1 million in 2019 during the Trump administration, but it has since increased to more than 2 million cases, according to data collected by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University. The average time to close an immigration case is about four years, according to the database. But some judges say they have cases that have been pending for more than a decade.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said this week that the backlog was a “powerful example of a broken immigration system,” as he pleaded for Congress to pass immigration reform legislation.

In his 2023 budget request, Biden requested funding to hire 200 more judges. Congress appropriated funds for only an additional 100 judges, for a total of 734 positions. The government is still working to fill the slots.

Mimi Tsankov, president of the National Association of Immigration Judges, said that to truly address the backlog, the Biden administration would need to do more than simply hire more judges. She said that the government should increase funding for better technology and bigger legal teams, and that Congress should reform the nation’s immigration laws.

“I don’t think the United States has ever treated the adjudication for any immigration benefit as a priority for its immigration policy,” said Cristobal Ramón, an immigration consultant who has written for the Migration Policy Institute and the George W. Bush Institute.

Now that the restrictions have been lifted, many migrants will once again be able to apply for asylum by securing an appointment through an app or by crossing and convincing an immigration officer that they have a credible fear of persecution at home. Regardless, they will probably wait for years in the United States before getting a resolution in their case. Typically, after migrants cross the border, they are questioned by an asylum officer to determine if they have a credible fear of persecution at home. After meeting the standard, many are released into the United States and wait years until they are heard in court.

As president, Donald Trump derided the American asylum program, saying migrants fleeing poverty and corruption were part of a “scam” and a “hoax.” As he sought to curb illegal and legal immigration, Trump imposed a quota of completing 700 cases a year.

The union representing the nation’s immigration judges said that quota came at the expense of due process.

The union filed a labor complaint against Trump’s Justice Department after the agency’s executive office for immigration review sent court employees a link to a blog post from a white nationalist website. The post included antisemitic attacks on judges.

Biden removed the Trump-era quotas on immigration judges when he came into office and in 2021 instituted a system to try to streamline the processing of asylum cases.

The Biden administration placed about 110,000 cases involving new arrivals on a dedicated docket, with the aim of finishing them within a year. About 83% of those cases were closed, but just 34% of the migrants found representation, according to the Syracuse database. Migrants have the right to an attorney, although the government is not required to pay for legal representation. Only 3,000 of the migrants were granted asylum.

Klein now fears her former colleagues will once again be forced to hurry through dozens of cases at a time.

“You’re being treated like all you’re doing is numbers. You’re just finishing a certain number of digits per day,” Klein said. “There has been a significant drop-off in the ability to take pride in your work.”

Migrants wait to be processed by U.S. Border Patrol agents after entering the U.S. from Mexico in San Diego, May 11, 2023.

North Carolina governor vetoes abortion ban but faces override

By KATE KELLY

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a ban on abortion Saturday that was passed by the state’s Republican-led Legislature. The bill prohibited abortion past 12 weeks, with some exceptions for rape, incest or to preserve the life and health of the mother.

The veto by Cooper, a Democrat, sets him up for a showdown with the Legislature, which now has a slim Republican supermajority. That means it has the power to override his veto and enact the ban, if the party can muster enough votes.

Hundreds of people gathered Saturday morning in Raleigh for Cooper’s “veto rally” to watch him sign as a way to call attention to his fight with Republicans.

“Standing in the way of progress right now is this Republican supermajority Legislature that only took 48 hours to turn the clock back 50 years,” Cooper said. The crowd around him chanted, “Veto! Veto!”

Abortion is currently legal in North Carolina up to 20 weeks. A 12-week ban would dramatically cut abortion access.

The ban would stand to have an impact well outside of the state. North Carolina has become a haven for women across the South who are seeking abortions and whose home states have banned the procedure. North Carolina had one of the biggest upticks in out-of-

state abortions since the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to abortion last year.

The bill is a consequential test of power of the Republican Legislature’s

new supermajority, achieved when a Democratic House member, Tricia Cotham, joined the Republican Party last month. A few weeks later, she voted in favor of the abortion ban in an apparent change

of heart on the issue.

The 12-week ban is not as restrictive as other bans enacted in conservative states since the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Many states have banned most abortions at any stage of pregnancy or after six weeks, before most women even know they are pregnant.

The North Carolina ban that Cooper vetoed allows a larger window, and broader exceptions. Most abortions take place within the first trimester, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Republicans in North Carolina have pitched the 12-week ban as a compromise.

Republican Sen. Phil Berger said Saturday that the bill was “a mainstream approach to limiting elective abortions.”

But those who support abortion rights say the bill would be disastrous for women’s health because of other barriers it creates, such as longer waiting periods, more in-person doctor visits and restrictions on who can provide abortions.

Republicans in the House and Senate are expected to hold votes to override the governor’s veto in the coming days.

Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore promised a swift override of Cooper’s veto. That override would most likely require the vote of every elected Republican, which is not assured.

Cooper has spent days campaigning around the state asking residents to pressure several Republican lawmakers who are viewed as movable on the issue to vote against the override.

Gov. Roy Cooper at a “veto rally” on Saturday in Raleigh, N.C., May 12, 2023. Cooper, vetoed a ban on abortion that was passed by the state’s Republican-led legislature. The bill prohibited abortion past 12 weeks, with some exceptions for rape, incest or to preserve the life and health of the mother. (Kate Medley/The New York Times)

First came the sports betting boom. Now comes the backlash.

By ERIC LIPTON and KEVIN DRAPER

Legislators and regulators who began the headlong expansion of legalized gambling in the United States are now moving in spots nationwide to tighten oversight of the gambling industry, particularly as it relates to advertising that may reach underage bettors.

The crackdown extends to bettors themselves, as at least three states have responded to a jump in abusive behavior by moving to bar gamblers if they threaten or harass athletes after lost bets.

This more aggressive approach toward online betting is evident in nations around the world, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, where officials in recent months have enacted or proposed new online betting restrictions, in some cases banning celebrity sponsorships and nearly all advertising.

Nationally, 33 states and the District of Columbia offer legal sports betting, with Kentucky, Maine, Nebraska and Florida up next. That means more than half of Americans live in places where sports betting is permitted, five years after the Supreme Court overturned a law that had prohibited most states from legalizing the practice. Collectively, Americans have legally bet more than $220 billion on sports since the court action in 2018.

In the United States, the tweaking of state regulations and laws started this winter in states including New York, where mobile sports betting generated $16.5 billion in bets and an extraordinary $909 million in new tax and licensing revenue in the first year it was legal.

But the explosive growth of legally sanctioned, online betting on sports also produced growing concerns that it could cause harm. New York responded by proposing new rules that prohibit any advertising on college campuses or is “aimed at persons under the minimum age,” which in New York is 21, while Ohio stepped up enforcement actions.

“Folks are waking up to the need to intervene and not wait a decade and have the full brunt of harmful effects of this, particularly on minors,” said Matt Schuler, executive director of the Ohio Casino Control Commission, who said he was extremely disappointed with content of advertising in his state as betting started this year. “The industry will certainly never police itself.”

An estimated $1.8 billion was spent advertising online gambling last year in lo -

cal markets in the United States, according to BIA Advisory Services, an industry data aggregator, up nearly 70% in just one year, contributing to a sense among certain state regulators — and many sports viewers — that the airwaves had become too saturated with sports betting ads.

Over the last six months, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, Ohio and Connecticut have enacted or proposed new rules relating to sports betting, some of which are now in effect or awaiting final approval. The measures differ by state, but most aim to prevent deceptive marketing or promotions targeting underage bettors.

Maine has proposed rules that would allow sports betting television advertisements to appear only during live game broadcasts, which would be the most restrictive policy in the nation. They would also prohibit advertisements that offer betting bonuses and ban the use of “cartoon characters, professional or Olympic athletes, celebrities or entertainers” in ads.

Massachusetts last month formally banned marketing on college campuses and prohibited advertising aimed at minors. This month, it also joined New York in moving to prohibit sports betting marketing outfits from getting paid a commission on bets placed by patrons they deliver to sports betting platforms, based on a concern that these arrangements might feed problem gambling.

Brian O’Dwyer, chair of the New York State Gaming Commission, said sports betting in his state was generating a windfall of tax revenue. But, he added, “We have to make sure

that we don’t hook people, we don’t promote problem gambling, and we certainly do not promote underage gambling.”

Maryland and Connecticut are separately moving to ban betting companies from signing deals with public universities in which they pay schools to help them market their sports betting platforms.

“I think it is outrageous,” Connecticut state Rep. Amy Morrin Bello, Democrat of Wethersfield, said of the agreements that certain betting companies had signed with eight universities around the country. Her bill banning the deals passed this month by 142-0.

Morrin Bello and O’Dwyer said their regulatory moves were prompted by reporting by The New York Times last year on the explosive growth in sports betting in the United States, including marketing on college campuses.

Ohio’s casino control commission has imposed more than $800,000 in fines on sports betting companies since January. The violators included DraftKings, one of the most prominent betting platforms, which acknowledged it illegally claimed bettors could make “free” bets and mistakenly mailed out 2,582 advertisements to state residents under the legal betting age of 21, urging them to download its mobile app and claim $200 in free bets.

Penn Entertainment, another major sports betting company that operates under the brand Barstool, was separately fined in February. Late last year on the University of Toledo campus, Barstool hosted a college football show that promoted the company’s mobile sports betting application despite a ban in advertising targeting anyone younger than 21.

Both companies declined to comment.

Schuler said the enforcement had resulted in more compliance from advertisers. But he said he still had concerns, such as the betting company logos affixed to players’ jerseys for the professional soccer team based in Columbus, a practice he called “entirely offensive,” given that these players are heroes to many youths. “Their greed trumps the common sense that they should be employing when looking out for the harm to minors,” he said, adding that he does not currently have the authority to ban betting sponsors from appearing on jerseys.

The surge in abusive behavior targeting college athletes and professional players has drawn attention from coaches and the players themselves. Anthony Grant, the coach of the

University of Dayton men’s basketball team, condemned verbal and online attacks on his players from angry bettors in January, just days after Ohio legalized sports betting.

In a hearing last month in Illinois, Josh Whitman, the athletic director of the state’s flagship university, asked legislators to continue to prohibit the state’s sportsbooks from accepting bets on in-state college sports. He presented legislators with a letter, signed by representatives from many of the state’s universities, that included five pages of crude and at times racist remarks made online to players and teams.

While the specific language differs, legislation or rule changes proposed or approved in Ohio, West Virginia and Massachusetts this year would broadly allow state officials to bar bettors who threaten or harass athletes.

The industry has supported the proposals, saying it abhors that kind of behavior toward athletes.

“There’s absolutely no place for that,” said Casey Clark, a senior vice president at the American Gaming Association, whose members include most major casino companies as well as FanDuel and DraftKings. “And anybody taking their reaction to losing a bet to that extreme I think has a gambling problem and needs to seek help.”

The gambling industry and professional sports leagues have announced their efforts to confront harmful practices — and prevent further mandatory tightening of rules.

That includes revisions to the American Gaming Association’s “responsible marketing code” endorsing the ban on the term “risk-free” bets and prohibiting marketing partnerships with colleges. The professional sports leagues and some television networks have joined to create what they are calling the Coalition for Responsible Sports Betting Advertising, making statements like “sports betting should be marketed only to adults of legal betting age.”

Clark said the industry took steps to confront emerging issues before regulators, reflecting a commitment “to provide the right kind of consumer protections that will enable a sustainable legal sports betting market.”

Brianne Doura-Schawohl, a lobbyist representing the National Council on Problem Gambling and other organizations, said the move to tighten rules was a response to the sloppy job state officials did enacting laws legalizing sports betting in somany states since 2018.

An advertisement for Caesars Sportsbook last October at Michigan State University.

Stocks slip as US consumer confidence slumps, dollar gains

The dollar rose on Friday but a gauge of global stocks retreated on a report that showed U.S. consumer sentiment slumped to a six-month low in May, reinforcing bearish investor sentiment over talks to raise the U.S. government’s debt ceiling.

The dollar strengthened against the euro, yen and other currencies as it rose 1.4% for the week, its biggest weekly gain since September, as concerns about the government’s borrowing cap and Federal Reserve monetary policy prompted a shift to safe havens.

The Congressional Budget Office warned on Friday that the United States faced a “significant risk” of defaulting on payment obligations within the first two weeks of June without raising the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, adding that payment operations will remain uncertain throughout May.

U.S. consumer sentiment slumped to a six-month low in May on worries that political haggling over raising the borrowing cap could trigger a recession, the University of Michigan survey showed.

“Lack of confidence in the economy is translating to a retreat to the safer dollar and is also causing pessimism about oil demand,” said John Kilduff, partner at Again Capital LLC in New York.

The dollar index , a measure of the greenback against six other major currencies, rose 0.59% on the day as oil prices slid for the fourth straight week.

Longer-dated Treasury yields were on track to end the week lower too - though the yield on benchmark 10-year notes was up 6.7 basis points to 3.464% - on bets the Fed will stop hiking rates at its next meeting in June.

But Fed Governor Michelle Bowman said in prepared remarks that the U.S. central bank probably will need to raise interest rates further if inflation stays high. The consumer price index (CPI) and producer prices this week showed inflation is slowing.

There could be a situation where U.S. inflation decelerates further and the dollar’s value declines, with European inflation staying high, said Thierry Wizman, Macquarie’s global FX & interest rates strategist in New York.

The dollar index , a measure of the greenback against six other major currencies, rose 0.59% on the day as oil prices slid for the fourth straight week.

Longer-dated Treasury yields were on track to end the week lower too - though the yield on benchmark 10-year notes was up 6.7 basis points to 3.464% - on bets the Fed will stop hiking rates at its next meeting in June.

But Fed Governor Michelle Bowman said in prepared remarks that the U.S. central bank probably will need to raise interest rates further if inflation stays high. The consumer price index (CPI) and producer prices this week showed inflation is slowing.

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“Given that scenario the Fed does not have to cut rates because it wouldn’t be until the end of the year that they would have a look-back on inflation and see whether it came in below their own projection of 3.6% for core PCE,” he said, referring to the personal consumption expenditures price index which the Fed uses as its primary measure of consumer

inflation.

There is extreme pessimism around the debt ceiling, said Thomas Hayes, chairman and managing member of Great Hill Capital LLC in New York. But better-than-expected earnings and hopes for a soft landing have kept a floor underneath stocks.

“You couple earnings estimates starting to go up with a Fed on hold, and that’s a formula for good things to happen,” Hayes said.

MSCI’s U.S.-centric gauge of stocks across the globe (.MIWD00000PUS) closed down 0.23%. But the pan-European STOXX 600 index (.STOXX) rose 0.40% after upbeat results from Richemont underscored strength in the luxury sector.

Cyclone Mocha reaches Myanmar and Bangladesh, killing at least 6

By JOHN YOON, JUDSON JONES, JIN YU YOUNG and SAIF HASNAT

Astorm forecast to be the strongest to hit Myanmar in more than a decade made landfall near the country’s border with Bangladesh on Sunday, but early reports suggested that it so far had not led to the humanitarian catastrophe authorities feared.

Cyclone Mocha moved ashore Sunday afternoon in the coastal area around Cox’s Bazar, according to Bangladesh’s meteorological department. The Bangladeshi city is home to the world’s largest refugee encampment.

By Sunday morning, maximum sustained winds had reached 160 mph, with gusts surpassing 180 mph, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, making it a Category 5 storm. That is the highest rating on the Saffir-Simpson Scale and indicates potential for catastrophic damage.

Even before the cyclone moved ashore, U Hla Moe, a representative from a rescue team in Tachileik, a city in the country’s eastern region, said a landslide caused by heavy rain killed two people early Sunday, burying them in their house while they were sleeping. The local news media reported that at least four more people had died in the western and central regions of the country.

Officials said heavy rains in Bangladesh had caused damage in several areas. About 500 shanties were damaged in the Rohingya camps, while thousands of houses were destroyed or partially damaged in the broader Cox’s Bazar and St. Martin areas, officials said.

Officials and storm watchers expressed cautious hope that the region could be spared the worst as the storm weakened over land.

“Fortunately, the rainfall was not as persistent as we had feared, and no casualties have been reported so far,” said Mizanur Rahman, the refugee relief and repatriation commissioner in Cox’s Bazar. “Overall, it appears that the damage was not as extensive as we had initially anticipated.”

At least 20 villages in the Magway

region, along the banks of the Irrawaddy River, were underwater because of a broken dam, affecting at least 100 people who needed help, according to local news reports.

The World Food Program was preparing for a large-scale emergency response and positioning food and relief supplies, cars and emergency equipment, the organization said in a statement.

The program has prepared enough food to help more than 400,000 people in Rakhine state, in Myanmar, and neighboring areas for one month. Food is also ready to be dispatched in and around the Rohingya refugee camps.

Mostofa Kamal, a weather and climate researcher at the University of Saskatchewan, wrote on social media that as the center of the storm began passing between Saint Martin Island and Maungdaw district in Myanmar, the tide was going out. This mitigated the effect of storm surge.

The Bangladesh Meteorological Center said Sunday that the center of the cyclone had crossed Cox’s Bazar at 3 p.m., and that it would finish crossing the coast by Sunday evening and gradually weaken.

Cyclone Mocha formed over the southern Bay of Bengal on Thursday and, as it churned northeast, drenched western Myanmar with heavy rain, strong winds and storm surges, according to the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System.

Days before the storm hit, Myanmar and Bangladesh began deploying thousands of volunteers and ordering evacuations from low-lying areas, in a region that is home to some of the world’s poorest people, who are especially vulnerable to increasingly severe weather events.

“Cyclone Mocha serves as a stark reminder to us of the devastating effects of climate change,” the U.N. Development Program in Bangladesh said on

Twitter.

In Myanmar, the risk of devastation is compounded by a civil war that has displaced about 1.8 million people across the country, with the region south of the Bangladesh border being an active fighting zone and home to several large refugee camps.

In Cox’s Bazar, more than 200,000 people had been sent to 1,600 shelters. There is capacity to accommodate about 500,000 people, according to district officials. More than 1 million Rohingya people live in the sprawling camps.

With a storm of this intensity, storm surge — the bulge of water that is pushed with the winds as a storm nears the coast — has been a major concern near the cyclone’s landfall and to the south of it. Storm surge is often the greatest threat to life and property, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Mocha looks likely to be the strongest storm to make landfall in Myanmar since Cyclone Giri in 2010, which packed winds of 143 mph, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s historical cyclone tracks. That storm killed at least 45 people in Myanmar.

The term “cyclone” refers to a type of tropical cyclone — the umbrella term for all such storms, like hurricanes and typhoons — that forms in the Bay of Bengal or the Arabian Sea, both in the northern Indian Ocean. Scientists say that climate change has helped intensify storms, because the unusually warm ocean temperatures provide more energy to fuel them.

Cyclone Mocha comes as a deadly heat wave has been searing Southeast Asia for weeks. In April, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, hit 105.1 degrees Fahrenheit, its highest temperature in six decades.

The Bay of Bengal, in the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, has had a long history of major storms.

In 2008, Cyclone Nargis became the second-deadliest tropical cyclone on record and the deadliest in Myanmar, killing more than 135,000 people. In 2007, Cyclone Sidr struck Bangladesh, killing more than 3,000 people.

Cyclone Mocha made landfall near Myanmar’s border with Bangladesh, passing through the city that is home to the world’s largest refugee encampment and raising fears of a humanitarian catastrophe.

Zelenskyy visits Germany, praising weapons pledge and seeking jets

By ERIKA SOLOMON

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine met with Germany’s leaders in Berlin on Sunday, his latest stop on a diplomatic tour aimed at shoring up support among Western allies and pushing for faster deliveries of weapons as a Ukrainian counteroffensive looms in the 15-month war.

Speaking to journalists side by side at the chancellery Sunday morning, Zelenskyy and Chancellor Olaf Scholz sought to highlight an improving relationship with exchanges of gratitude and praise. But their responses to some questions — namely on fighter jets — reflected how Ukraine is still struggling to gain traction with Germany and other Western allies on some of its demands.

Zelenskyy was escorted to Berlin by German fighter jets for his first trip to Germany since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began more than a year ago. He was greeted with military honors by Scholz at the chancellery.

The grand reception came a day after Germany announced its largest package of military aid yet for Ukraine as the two nations seek to turn the page on months of rocky relations.

“German air defense systems, artillery, tanks and infantry fighting vehicles are saving Ukrainian lives and bringing us closer to victory,” Zelenskyy wrote on Twitter on Sunday. “Germany is a reliable ally!”

Zelenskyy arrived in Paris on Sunday evening for a dinner with President Emmanuel Macron to discuss France’s military and humanitarian aid, as well as possible future peace talks, according to a statement from Macron’s office. The stop in Paris capped a two-day tour of European capitals in which Zelenskyy also held talks with Pope Francis and the Italian prime minister in Rome on Saturday.

In Germany, Zelenskyy and Scholz aimed to improve ties after a year marred by diplomatic sniping and wrangling over Berlin’s initially slower pace in delivering weapons to Ukraine. Both Ukraine and Germany are keenly aware that their relationship will be more important than ever before Ukraine’s looming counteroffensive against Russia, in which an influx of sophisticated Western-supplied weapons is expected to play a key role.

Scholz said that the Ukrainian leader’s visit sent a “strong message” and vowed that Germany would provide support — including weapons — against Russian aggression for “as long as necessary.”

Speaking to journalists after one-on-one

talks, the two leaders struck a friendly tone: They addressed each other by their first names, and Scholz used the German language’s more intimate form of address.

Zelenskyy said that the new arms package Germany had announced the previous day, totaling 2.7 billion euros, or about $2.95 billion, was “very important and strong help.” But underlining his quest for ever more powerful and sophisticated weapons, he noted that Germany was now Ukraine’s second largest backer after the United States and joked, “We are working to bring Germany to first place on that.”

It was not clear whether the weapons pledged in the new package would arrive in time for Ukraine’s much-anticipated counteroffensive against Russian forces. When asked by journalists whether Ukraine had received what was necessary to mount an offensive, Zelenskyy said, “A few more visits, and it will be sufficient.”

The Ukrainian government has repeatedly urged its allies to supply fighter jets, and Zelenskyy told journalists Sunday that on his recent visits to European capitals he had pushed to create a “fighter jet coalition” and had asked Berlin to support that effort.

But Scholz evaded any direct reply to that message, pointing instead to the weapons Germany had already provided and also pledged in the latest package. “That is what we as Germans are focusing on now,” he said.

In addition to fighter jets, Ukraine has been requesting weapons capable of targeting Russian military infrastructure and troop concentrations far behind the front lines. With a counteroffensive looming, those demands have become more urgent.

Ukraine’s assault could come in the south and east of the country, where Russia holds

territory. While Ukraine has not said when or where the push will begin, the country appears to have been intensifying attacks on Russian military strongholds and installations in preparation.

A report published Sunday by The Washington Post, citing leaked documents, said that Zelenskyy had in private discussed far more aggressive attacks on Russia, including trying to occupy Russian villages or hit infrastructure within Russian territory.

But in Berlin, Zelenskyy insisted that his military was not interested in attacking Russian territory.

“We are liberating our legitimate territories,” he said. “We have neither time nor strength for anything else. Nor do we have any weapons left with which to do so.” A counteroffensive, he said, would focus on reclaiming “territories illegitimately conquered according to our constitution, within the framework of our legitimate borders, which are recognized worldwide.”

Zelenskyy’s recent travel stands in stark contrast to earlier in the war, when his decision to stay in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, despite the Russian onslaught became a symbol of Ukrainian defiance.

The trips reflect the Ukrainian leader’s efforts to bolster relations with European nations at a time when China has been positioning itself as a potential peacemaker in the conflict. In February, Beijing issued what it described as a 12-point peace plan for Ukraine, though Western officials criticized it as lacking substance.

In April, President Xi Jinping of China had a phone call with Zelenskyy, the first since the full-scale invasion began. China’s top diplomat, Qin Gang, visited Europe last week, and on Monday a Chinese government envoy will begin a trip that is scheduled to include stops in Ukraine and Russia in an attempt to help negotiate an end to the war.

The Ukrainian government has said its preconditions for any peace negotiations include a complete Russian withdrawal from all of Ukraine’s territory and an end to hostilities. President Vladimir Putin of Russia has shown no signs of willingness to make concessions.

Scholz voiced support Sunday for the Ukrainian position — probably an effort to allay previous concerns from Kyiv and other critics that he and Macron might try to pressure Ukraine into an agreement.

“Ukraine already rightly and with our full support demands that this cannot mean simply freezing the war and that a dictate peace is formulated from the Russian side,” he said at a news conference. “Russia has to withdraw its troops, without that, it won’t work.”

On Sunday afternoon, Zelenskyy and Scholz traveled together to the western German city of Aachen, where Zelenskyy received the prestigious Charlemagne award. The award is bestowed on people deemed to have done the most to promote European unity.

Previous winners have included Winston Churchill, Pope Francis, Angela Merkel and Bill Clinton. The judges’ decision to award the prize to Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine underscored both how the war has united Europeans and the irony that Ukraine is not a part of the European Union, despite Kyiv’s strong entreaties to join.

Here’s what else is happening with the war in Ukraine:

— Russian toll: Russia’s defense ministry said Sunday that two Russian colonels were killed while repulsing Ukrainian attacks around Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. The rare acknowledgment of senior personnel deaths underlined the ferocity of the prolonged battle for the city, which has been the epicenter of fighting in eastern Ukraine.

The announcement came one day after the Russian state news media reported that at least two Russian military aircraft had crashed in the country’s Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine. The Tass news agency said the crashes involved an SU-34 fighter jet and an MI-8 helicopter. Aleksandr Bogomaz, the governor of Bryansk, said on Telegram that a helicopter had crashed but did not provide details on the cause. Russian military bloggers, citing video footage circulating widely on social media, said that at least three aircraft had crashed in Bryansk. It was not immediately possible to reconcile the conflicting accounts, and there was no comment from Russia’s defense ministry.

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Ukrainian soldiers west of Bakhmut, just after rotating out following a month of fighting inside the city, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on Saturday, May 13, 2023.

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Israel and Islamic Jihad agree to cease-fire after 5 days of violence

By ISABEL KERSHNER

Israel and militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad agreed to a cease-fire Saturday, according to Egyptian negotiators, ending five days of violence in which 35 people were killed.

Egyptian officials said representatives from Israel and Islamic Jihad, an Islamist group based in Gaza, had agreed to suspend fighting. The sides confirmed that a cease-fire had been reached, but exchanges of fire continued for at least 30 minutes after the deal was to go into effect at 10 p.m. local time.

According to local Arabic news outlets, the sides mutually agreed to stop firing on civilians and destroying homes. But a Western diplomat with knowledge of the talks said the cease-fire came without conditions — as Israel had demanded — and was based on the principle of calm being answered with calm.

The five days of fighting, the longest stretch of cross-border violence between Israel and the group in recent years, remained relatively contained. Islamic Jihad, a small militant group backed by Iran, failed to draw in Hamas — the more powerful Islamic militant organization that controls Gaza — or any other major faction. The Islamic Jihad fighters, alone on the battlefield, suffered crushing blows.

Some experts attributed the stamina of Islamic Jihad — which Israel, the United States and many other Western countries classify as a terrorist organization — to the fact that, unlike Hamas, the group does not bear any responsibility for Gaza’s largely impoverished population of more than 2 million people. Instead, it is focused only on its long-term goal of replacing Israel with an Islamic state.

“It exists just for one purpose: to fight and ‘liberate’ the country,” Zakaria al-Qaq, a Palestinian expert in national security based in East Jerusalem, said of Islamic Jihad.

“They have no ministerial positions or parliamentary seats to keep and no privileges other than to die” he said, adding that the group had gained the respect of many Palesti-

nians, who sympathize with the Gazans living under a strict land, air and sea blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt.

Israel also maintained that Iran, Islamic Jihad’s patron, had been setting the agenda while the group’s leaders live in exile. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, chief spokesperson for the Israeli military, said this past week that the group’s leaders, who were “living in hotels in Beirut and Damascus and driving Mercedes” while on the Iranian payroll were “OK with Gaza bleeding.”

Previous rounds of fighting between Israel and Islamic Jihad — in April, this past August and November 2019 — were all over in about 50 hours or less.

But in a television interview in October, Ziyad al-Nakhalah, leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad in exile, said the group had made a “strategic mistake” two months earlier in agreeing to a cease-fire after 50 hours, under local and regional pressure. He said they could have continued fighting and achieved “concrete results on the ground.”

This time, Israel argued it was ready for a cease-fire with no preconditions but said it was ready to continue with its offensive.

For its part, Islamic Jihad cited “great loyal popular support” Saturday and said that “the resistance has prepared itself for months of confrontation.”

Two significant events on the calendar in the coming week had the potential to draw broader Arab support for the group’s cause.

Today, Palestinians and their supporters will mark the 75th anniversary of the so-called Nakba, or “catastrophe,” in which hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees fled or were expelled from their homes in the war surrounding Israel’s creation in 1948. Then, later in the week, tens of thousands of Israeli nationalists are expected to march through the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City in an annual parade commemorating Israel’s capture of East Jerusalem in the 1967 war.

After firing rockets toward Jerusalem on Friday, Dawoud Shehab, a spokesperson for Islamic Jihad, told a local Arabic news outlet, “The battle is approaching the time of the flag march — that is what spurs us on to continue.”

The warring sides had traded fire Saturday before the agreement took hold. The Israeli military said it had struck mortar-shell-launching and rocket-launching sites belonging to Islamic Jihad as well as what it described as two of the group’s command centers located in residential homes. And sirens continuously sounded in southern and central Israel, warning of barrages of incoming projectiles including in the hour before the

cease-fire was expected to come into effect.

Over the past five days, Islamic Jihad fired more than 1,200 rockets and mortar rounds toward Israel, and Israel struck more than 370 targets affiliated with the group in Gaza, according to data released by the military. Israeli authorities also said the group had fired dozens of mortar shells toward areas near the border crossings between Israel and Gaza, preventing their opening for the passage of most people and goods.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health has reported at least 33 people killed in Gaza, many of them civilians, since the campaign began and more than 100 injured. In Israel, an older woman was killed Thursday by a rocket launched from Gaza that struck an apartment block in central Israel. Israel’s ambulance service reported eight people injured by shrapnel and debris, including three who it said were wounded by a rocket fired into southern Israel on Saturday, two of them severely. Two of the three were Palestinian workers from Gaza. One of the workers from Gaza subsequently died at the hospital.

Israeli officials said the decision to launch the offensive against leaders of Islamic Jihad was made May 2, the day the group fired more than 100 rockets and mortar shells at southern Israel after the death in Israeli custody of a Palestinian hunger striker, Khader Adnan, who was protesting his detention. Adnan was an Islamic Jihad leader from the occupied West Bank. That night, Israel carried out some initial airstrikes in Gaza that killed a man.

Israeli officials said the campaign that began Tuesday was aimed at weakening Islamic Jihad, an objective they achieved in the first seconds of the campaign, and restoring stability to the area. The opening strikes killed three of Islamic Jihad’s top commanders and 10 civilians, including children, according to Palestinian health officials. Three more of the group’s key commanders were killed in subsequent strikes this past week.

The Israeli military’s chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, said Saturday that Islamic Jihad’s continued fire had enabled Israel “to continue to make further achievements.”

The United States has backed Israel’s right to defend itself against indiscriminate rocket fire by Islamic Jihad, while also stressing the urgency of reaching a cease-fire agreement.

Islamic Jihad at first presented several conditions for a cease-fire, including an Israeli commitment to halt assassinations; the release of Adnan’s body for burial; and the cancellation of the Jerusalem flag parade — conditions that Israel refused.

Standing amid the rubble of a building hit by an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, in the Gaza Strip, on Saturday.

America is forgetting the lessons of the COVID health emergency

By JENEEN INTERLANDI

The coronavirus pandemic is here to stay, but the national and global emergencies it set off are, by all official accounts, over. Earlier this month, the World Health Organization declared an end to its “public health emergency of international concern,” and on Thursday, the public health emergency designation in the United States also expired. It’s a good time for the country to absorb the many lessons of the crisis. Instead, we seem to be actively forgetting them.

Despite the United States’ many failures — to develop coronavirus tests or deploy vaccines or communicate effectively about the pandemic and our response to it — it still got several things right. Lawmakers beefed up the social safety net with expanded tax credits, more generous unemployment benefits, a federal paid sick leave policy and stimulus checks that together kept millions fed and housed even as the economy plummeted. They also poured billions into Medicaid and suspended policies by which people are routinely purged from its rolls — a critical move during a health crisis.

Health departments rallied as well. Decimated by decades of funding cuts, understaffed and working with woefully inadequate technology, they still managed to gather and share reams of data about where and how the virus was spreading, which academics then worked heroically to analyze and publish. And even amid a rash

of protests over shutdowns, a silent majority of citizens donned masks and obeyed social distancing edicts.

Perhaps most striking of all: Scientists developed a new and highly effective coronavirus vaccine with unprecedented speed. And yet. Vaccine hesitancy has reached a high.

The reprieve that kept people on Medicaid has expired, and the 15 million or so Americans who benefited from it are expected to find themselves among the uninsured in the coming months. More than 5 million of them will be children. A disproportionate number will be Black or Latin American — the exact groups that proved most vulnerable to COVID.

Other safety net expansions have also ended, and whatever lessons leaders learned about the importance of public health appear to have been forgotten: Lawmakers in at least 30 states have moved to limit — rather than expand — the power of public health authorities. A surprising number of health experts say that they would opt to do less in the next crisis, even if it involved a more deadly virus. And in the face of low pay and constant harassment and with resources once again dwindling, those doing public health work are now leaving the field in droves.

Such sweeping reversals of progress and policy are sure to leave us as woefully unprepared for the next health crisis as we were for this one. But there is still time to change course.

A strong social safety net is crucial in a pandemic.

The expansion of social benefit programs including unemployment, food stamps, Medicaid and paid sick leave was one of the great triumphs of the pandemic response. It not only helped more people stay fed and housed during the pandemic and its attendant economic crisis, it also helped the economy rebound quickly once the crisis passed.

Rather than cut these programs now, Congress should be doing everything in its power to maintain the ground that has been gained. As experience tells us, and study after study shows, viruses thrive in the gaps between a society’s haves and have-nots, and a nation bereft of food security, health care access and other social supports will be that much more vulnerable to the next potential pandemic.

Border policies need to truly account for viruses.

the previous one in its continued use of Title 42, an emergency order that allows the federal government to turn away migrants during a pandemic. The stated goal of this policy is to prevent the spread of disease.

But that rationale defies all logic. Forcing people into overcrowded detention centers where they are denied basic preventive health care (including vaccination) is a recipe for ensuring viral spread, not preventing it. President Joe Biden is wise to finally end this policy (it expired with the public health emergency). But much more work remains: Only a fully modern immigration system can balance the demands of border security, human rights and pandemic preparedness.

Public health is at least as important as clinical

medicine.

The United States has a long history of granting primacy to private medicine and neglecting public health. In prepandemic years, less than 3% of the country’s $3.6 trillion total annual health care bill was spent on public health; a vast majority of the rest goes to clinical medicine.

We need to correct this imbalance. Public health agencies need modern computer systems and equipment, more and better-trained staff, and the resources to conduct urgently needed research: How well did mask wearing, social distancing, school closures and quarantine protocols work? When and where and why did they fail? The nation cannot prepare for the next pandemic unless its scientists and public health experts answer these questions.

Likewise, curbing public health powers and cutting funds for community health workers, as state and federal officials are now doing, are shortsighted moves that the nation will come to regret.

Public health requires public trust.

If the pandemic taught us anything, it’s that the most advanced technology in the world is no match for the suspicions of the fearful or the skepticism of the misinformed. Several studies indicate that the communities most mired in this kind of mistrust were among those with the worst pandemic outcomes. That’s not surprising, but rebuilding trust between the government and its constituents will take time, effort and a careful rethinking of what it means to follow the science in a time of crisis.

With fresh viral threats looming, it’s clear that the world will not get another century to make these course corrections. The coronavirus pandemic has cost millions of lives and trillions of dollars, has upended the economy, and has exposed and aggravated a grim roster of disparities and societal fissures. Though it’s hard to imagine, the next pandemic could do far worse. We have the tools to prevent that from happening, but we have to start putting the lessons of the past three years to use now.

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SAN JUAN – El director ejecutivo del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (ICP), Carlos Ruiz anunció el domingo el programa actividades gratuitas para celebrar el Día Internacional de los Museos del 18 al 21 de mayo en los diferentes museos y parques adscritos a la institución.

“El Día Internacional de los Museos nos permite resaltar y visibilizar los museos como espacios educativos y de enriquecimiento cultural. Les invitamos a visitar nuestra amplia red de museos y descubrir los tesoros que hay en cada uno de ellos. Esta semana pueden disfrutar de un programa lleno de actividades libres de costo para toda la familia, que se unen al tema internacional de la celebración, que reconoce la sostenibilidad y el bienestar de las comunidades”, expresó Ruiz en declaraciones escritas.

A nivel internacional, la celebración de este evento se realiza oficialmente el 18 de mayo. Este año tiene como objetivo concienciar sobre varios temas como la salud mental y el bienestar de todos, el cambio climático y el uso sostenible de los ecosistemas terrestres. Los museos son espacios transformadores que contribuyen restaurando, protegiendo y promoviendo a sus comunidades con actividades definidas hacia el bien de todos.

Las actividades darán comienzo el jueves, 18 de mayo, a las 10:00 de la mañana con la conferencia “Los pájaros de Puerto Rico” a cargo del profesor José González en el Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Caguana en Utuado. En el mismo parque a las 11:00 de la mañana se realizará la presentación “Areytos y bailes taínos” por el Concilio Taíno Guatu-Ma-Cú A Borikén. Ese mis-

mo día, a las 7:00 de la noche se presentará el Recital poético-musical: Andares del Verso Étnico en el Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña en Ponce con la participación del declamador David Santiago y el maestro Enrique Cárdenas. Como parte de la celebración, ese día la entrada a la Galería de La Sede en el Viejo San Juan será libre de costo. La Galería de La Sede está abierta de 10:00 de la mañana a 5:00 de la tarde.

El viernes 19, los más pequeños podrán disfrutar la presentación de Chicle a partir de las 10:00 de la mañana en el Anfiteatro del Centro Cultural de Barranquitas, que está ubicado al lado de la Casa Museo Luis Muñoz Rivera. Simultáneamente, en el Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Caguana en Utuado se estará ofreciendo la conferencia “Los árboles autóctonos y nativos de Puerto Rico” a cargo del doctor André Sanfiorenzo. Como parte de esta actividad cónsona con el tema de sostenibilidad y bienestar de la comunidad se regalarán árboles a los asistentes.

La celebración continuará el sábado 20 con actividades simultáneas en San Germán, Ponce, Utuado, San Juan y Vieques. A las 9:00 de la mañana se llevará a cabo el recorrido guiado “Joyas arquitectónicas: Historia de la construcción residencial y comercial de Ponce” a cargo del arquitecto conservacionista Jorge Ortíz Colom. Para este recorrido, el punto de encuentro será la Catedral Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Ponce. Asimismo, el artista puertorriqueño y declamador David Santiago realizará un conversatorio y un taller sobre “El Arte de la declamación” de 9:00 de la mañana a 3:00 de la tarde en el Museo Casa Blanca en el Viejo San Juan. Esta actividad se repetirá a la misma hora y el mismo lugar el domingo 21. Mientras, en el Museo

Conde de Mirasol en Vieques se celebrará un taller de teatro el sábado a las 10:30 am a cargo de Sarianne Acosta y a las 11:30 am en el Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Caguana en Utuado se ofrecerá la conferencia “San Pedrito, pájaro endémico de Puerto Rico y el Caribe” por el profesor José González. A las 11:00 de la mañana, el público podrá formar parte de un recorrido guiado libre de costo a través de la exhibición PhotoFinish 2023 en la Sala Este, Arsenal de la Marina Española en Viejo San Juan, a cargo de la Prof. Nitza Luna de la Universidad del Sagrado Corazón. Ese mismo día en Caguana, artesanos utuadeños tendrán muestras de sus trabajos para la venta. A las 3:00 de la tarde, se presentará el concierto “Raíces Música del Ayer y Hoy” en el Museo de Arte Religioso Porta Coeli de San Germán y a las 7:30 de la noche será la apertura la exhibición “Pinturas” del ponceño Jorge Romero Rodríguez en la Sala Principal del Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña en Ponce.

Las actividades culminan el domingo 21 con la ceremonia la repetición de la presentación “Areyto con cantos y bailes taínos” por el Concilio Taíno Guatu-Macú A Borikén a las 10:00 de la mañana en el Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Caguana en Utuado. Durante este día, también habrá artesanos locales exhibiendo sus piezas para la venta. La presentación del Concilio Taíno resalta las tradiciones de nuestros ancestros y sus costumbres.

Durante toda la semana y en la Tienda Cultural del Viejo San Juan se podrá disfrutar de las exhibiciones “Europa en papel” y “Homenaje a Domingo García”. La tienda abre de lunes a viernes de 9:00 de la mañana a 4:00 de la tarde.

S AN JUAN – El presidente de la Cámara Oficial Española de Comercio de Puerto Rico, licenciado Ramón González Simounet vaticinó que la sustitución del petróleo como fuente de energía para la producción de electricidad será cosa del pasado ya que las industrias y miles de hogares están optando por la sustitución de energía producida por otras fuentes como lo son el gas licuado o gas natural.

“La solución energética para Puerto Rico es variada, mixta, sobre todo, la gente se inclina a mantener el uso de gas propano porque es la única solución probada durante las emergencias y el paso de los huracanes. Tras el azote de los huracanes Irma, María y Fiona, la única fuente de energía real disponible veinticuatro (24) horas fue el gas propano, lo demás falló y en muchos casos tardó días en lograr acezar el despacho de gasolina y diésel en forma normal. Claro está, a medida que el mercado de energía renova-

ble se vaya robusteciendo los consumidores tendrán más alternativas a precios razonables. Como yo lo veo, estamos en una época de transición para el petróleo, porque es una fuente que está en desuso, lejos de Puerto Rico, su precio es alto y en muchos casos, su uso emite grandes cantidades de contaminantes a la atmósfera, cosa que cuestionan los ambientalistas, sin embargo en el combustible mayoritario para la transportación”, señaló el Lcdo. Ramón González Simounet.

El foro cuyo objetivo fue presentar la situación actual de la energía en Puerto Rico, con sus retos y oportunidades, reunió a los altos ejecutivos de compañías que proveen diferentes alternativas de suministro de energía. El mismo estuvo enfocada hacia la presentación de variadas alternativas que el consumidor puertorriqueño tiene a su alcance donde acudieron entre otros el director de Asuntos Energéticos del Gobierno, Francisco Berrios Portela y el director del Equipo de Modernización y Recuperación de la

Red Energética de Puerto Rico, Agustín Carbó Lugo. El foro incluyó la participación del ingeniero Marlon Cabrera quien habló de la descarbonización de procesos industriales: la ruta emisiones carbono neto cero, Diego Vélez (Director de Desarrollo de Negocios de AES) y otros.

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“Puerto Rico se encamina hacia la sustitución del petróleo como fuente de energía para la producción de electricidad”

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Sweden wins a Eurovision Song Contest that showed solidarity with Ukraine

By ALEX MARSHALL and MARIA VARENIKOVA

The Eurovision Song Contest grand final, held in Liverpool on Saturday, was meant to be Ukraine’s party.

After Ukraine won last year’s edition of the beloved, campy singing competition, the country won the right to host this year’s spectacle. But with Russia’s invasion showing no sign of ending, the event was relocated to Liverpool.

In the midst of a war, and with millions watching live, Ukraine’s entrant, Tvorchi, was among the favorites to win this year’s edition of the glamorous and, often, oddball event — a sign of the European public’s ongoing solidarity with Ukraine against Russia’s invasion.

Instead, Sweden crashed the celebration. Around midnight in the M&S Bank Arena, Eurovision’s hosts announced that pop singer Loreen had won with “Tattoo,” a dance track that grows in intensity with each verse.

Loreen was the bookmakers’ favorite for the competition, thanks to both her catchy track and Eurovision pedigree, having won once before, in 2012. Her victory means that Sweden, a Eurovision-obsessed nation, will host next year’s contest.

Ukraine’s entry, the pop duo Tvorchi, finished in sixth place.

Eurovision, which started in 1956 and is now onto its 67th edition, is the world’s most-watched cultural event. Each year, entrants representing countries across Europe and beyond face off, performing original songs in the hope of securing votes from watching viewers and juries.

Britain’s public broadcaster, the BBC, which organized this year’s contest, promised it would host a party for Ukraine, and in Liverpool on Saturday, the war-torn country’s presence was inescapable. Eurovision fans walked the city carrying Ukrainian flags, and dozens of Ukrainian art installations could be seen in prominent locations around the city.

In Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, the event offered a diversion from the battlefield. At the Squat 17b bar in the city, Eurovision fans gathered to watch the show, dedicating their first round of applause to the Ukrainian army.

Kyiv’s daily curfew starts at midnight, and the bar shut at 8:30 p.m. so that people could get home; fans could not watch the whole event there. Still, at one table, a group of friends sang along while they could.

“It’s a piece of happiness,” said Olha Tarasenko, 24. Tarasenko said she remembered Ukraine’s victory at last year’s event. When Kalush Orchestra, a rap-folk group, triumphed, “I was crying, and felt like everything is possible,” she said.

European solidarity with Ukraine was clear throughout Saturday’s spectacle in Liverpool. It opened with a video of Kalush Orchestra performing on a subway train in Kyiv, before the band appeared onstage to almost deafening cheers.

Later in the broadcast, Julia Sanina, one of the evening’s TV hosts, went into the audience and spoke with displaced Ukrainians living in Britain who had been given heavily-discounted tickets to the final. And, in a special guest performance, Duncan Laurence, a Dutch pop star, gave a rousing rendition of Gerry and the Pacemakers’ “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” accompanied by a choir in Kyiv via video. “Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart,” the choir sang, “And you’ll never walk alone.”

The show’s hosts and competitors were careful not to ac-

tually mention or criticize Russia, which last year was banned from participating in the contest because of its invasion of Ukraine. Eurovision is meant to be a nonpolitical event, and overt political statements are banned.

On Friday, that rule stirred controversy in Britain after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine asked to speak during the final, but was rebuffed. The European Broadcasting Union, which oversees Eurovision, said in a news release that “regrettably” an address by Zelenskyy would have breached its rules.

Shortly after the union’s decision, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain told reporters that Eurovision’s apolitical nature wasn’t a good enough excuse. “The values and freedoms that President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine are fighting for are not political, they’re fundamental,” the spokesperson said, according to a report on the BBC.

Still, the nonpolitical rule was stretched to breaking point Saturday night, with several participants performing songs that hinted at Russia’s invasion. During Tvorchi’s performance of “Heart of Steel,” the band sang lyrics including: “Despite the pain, I continue my fight.”

On Saturday night, even with Tvorchi’s sixth place finish, Ukrainian culture was on display right until the end of the spectacle.

After Loreen accepted the Eurovision trophy, Sanina, the Ukrainian TV host, appeared onstage to thank Liverpool for being “an amazing host on behalf of Ukraine.” She then quoted the slogan of

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this year’s contest: “We will always be united by music.”

Sweden was represented at the competition by the singer Loreen, center, who also won Eurovision in 2012.

By AINARA TIEFENTHÄLER and CEYLAN YEGINSU

Technological failures, system outages and staffing shortages have caused thousands of flight delays and cancellations in recent months, wreaking havoc for travelers across the country and putting a spotlight on transportation officials. According to data from the U.S. Department of Transportation, around 20% of flights were delayed last year. While the weather is often to blame,

airlines are also frequently at fault.

President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced a proposed new rule last week to compensate passengers affected by carrier-caused slowdowns. Under the proposal, airlines would be required to cover certain expenses for passengers as well as pay them for the inconvenience of flight delays and cancellations.

“I know how frustrated many of you are with the service you get from your U.S. airlines,” Biden said during the an-

nouncement at the White House. “Your time matters. The impact on your life matters.”

What would the change mean for travelers?

Under the new rule, carriers would have to provide passengers with assistance and monetary compensation when the airlines are at fault for cancellations or delays of three hours or more. Beyond free rebooking or refunding the price of the ticket, airlines would have to cover other costs incurred by travelers, such as hotels, meals and ground transportation. Additionally, inconvenienced fyers would be entitled to a payment in the form of cash, miles or travel vouchers.

“When an airline causes a flight cancellation or delay, passengers should not foot the bill,” Buttigieg said in a statement. The rule would also define “controllable cancellation and delay,” making it harder for airlines to deflect responsibility.

The Department of Transportation is still working out the specifics of how much travelers will be able to expect to be paid for their lost time or how claims will be handled, a spokesperson said in an email.

How is this different from what airlines already offer?

Since last year, most U.S. air carriers have committed to some type of compensation for passengers affected by controllable cancellations and significant delays. All 10 major carriers rebook passengers on the same airline at no additional cost, provide meals or meal vouchers when passengers are left waiting for three hours or more, and — with the exception of Frontier Airlines — furnish complimentary ground transportation and lodging in the case of overnight cancellations away from home.

Yet only two carriers offer customers any kind of compensation for the inconvenience.

Alaska Airlines provides discounts on future flights for delays of more than three hours if they were caused by the carrier. According to the airline’s online policy, affected passengers will receive instructions from Alaska’s airport personnel and an email or letter detailing the

amount of the discount.

JetBlue Airways automatically notifies passengers via email if their flight qualifies for compensation and offers travel credit on a sliding scale up to $250, depending on the length of the delay and whether the plane had already boarded.

No major U.S. airlines currently provide cash compensation for disrupted flights.

Is there precedent for this type of rule?

In the European Union, where a similar regulation has been in place since 2004, flight cancellations or lengthy delays may give passengers the right to either a refund or a replacement flight, unless caused by “extraordinary circumstances” like severe weather or political unrest. The rule covers all passengers, regardless of nationality, and routes originating within the European Union — even on U.S. carriers. On flights into EU countries, the rule applies only to EU carriers.

If flights take off late or are canceled less than 14 days before their scheduled departure, passengers may be entitled to up to 600 euros, or about $660. Passengers may also receive compensation if they’re denied boarding. Claims can be filed with air carriers directly or through an online service like Flightright by providing details about the booking and the cause of the delay or cancellation.

If a flight is delayed overnight, passengers in the European Union may also be entitled to reimbursement for expenses like food, ground transportation and accommodation.

In introducing his proposal, Biden pointed to research showing that the EU policy had made a positive impact on air traffic there. A recent study in the journal Transport Policy concluded that European consumer rights regulations had improved service quality by cutting departure delays and boosting airlines’ on-time performance.

When would the policy take effect?

No one knows for sure, but it isn’t likely to be anytime soon.

Biden said he hoped the Department of Transportation would “move as quickly as it can to put this new rule in place,” but he did not specify a timeline.

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SALA: 604 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 SAN JUAN, 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 5 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en:

CALLE MODESTA, APT PH500 (PH1-A), CONDOMINIO BELLO HORIZONTE, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00924 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: PROPIEDAD

HORIZONTAL: Apartamento individualizado de concreto armado, bloques de hormigón y paredes “Dry-Wall” de uso residencial, identificados con las letras y números PH uno A (PH- 1-A), localizado en el extremo Noreste del Piso veinte del edificio conocido como Condominio Bello Horizonte, localizado en la Calle Modesto de Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. Este Apartamento tiene una cabida superficial de mil doscientos diez y seis punto sesenta y un

pies cuadrados (1,216.61 pc) aproximadamente, y consta de sala-comedor, balcón, tres dormitorios, dos (2) baños, pasillos interior, una (1) cocina y closets. La puerta principal está localizada en a sala-comedor la cual la comunica con el pasillo de uso común que conduce a los ascensores, escalera y a la calle. Colinda por el NORTE, con elementos exteriores del edificio; por el SUR, colinda con el Apartamento PH uno B (PH1-B) y con hueco de ventilación; por el ESTE, colinda con elementos exteriores del edificio y con el Apartamento PH uno B (PH-1-B); y por el OESTE, colinda con hueco de ventilación, con el pasillo interior del edificio y con elementos exteriores del edificio. Le corresponde un porcentaje en los elementos comunes de .0065% y un espacio de estacionamientos marcado con el número 115 cubierto. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 231 del Tomo 635 de Sabana Llana, finca número 25,681, 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 $116,000.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebraráuna segunda subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 12 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $77,333.33. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una tercera subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 20 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $58,000.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número 172 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 11 de marzo de 2021, ante el notario Felix Cortés Soto, inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Sabana Llana, finca número 25,681, inscripción 20va., en el Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Quinta. 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 $116,000.00, la parte co-de-

mandada, La Sucesión de Vince Edward Karl Wells adeuda la suma de $112,392.50 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de diciembre de 2021, más intereses al tipo pactado de 3.1/2% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte co-demandada, La Sucesión de Vince Edward Karl Wells, 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 $11,600.00. Además, la parte demandada se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $11,600.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $11,600.00 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 SAN JUAN, 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 la propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes posteriores según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores desconocidos, no inscritos o presentados que sus 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 semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 28 de abril de 2023. Pedro Hieye González, Alguacil.

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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 conocer el remedio solicitado en la petición, o en cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

URBANA: Solar situado en la calle Soledad del Pueblo de Rio Grande, compuesto de doscientos noventa y ocho (298.00) metros cuadrados de superficie, o sea, catorce punto noventa (14.90) metros de frente, por veinte (20.00) metros de fondo, en el enclava una casa terrera, de maderas del país y americanas con techo de zinc, que mide ocho (8.00) metros de fondo, por cinco punto treinta y tres (5.33) metros de frente, por dos punto sesenta y seis (3.66) metros de fondo, colindantes, por el NORTE, con tierras de don Ramón Pérez Villamil, hoy Ángel Cruz Meléndez; por el SUR, con casa y solar e Dionisio Ramos, hoy Ismael Márquez Correa; por el ESTE, con la calle de la Soledad y por el OESTE, con Rosa Narváez Rosario. El representado legal de la parte peticionaria lo es: Lcdo. José Rubén Vélez Marrero, The Executive Building, Suite 1100-A, Ave. Ponce de León 623, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00917; Teléfono: 787-773-1111; jrvelez@centronotarialpr.com. 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, conforme a los 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 Fajardo, P.R., hoy día 28 de abril del

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WILMINGTON SAVINGS

FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF FINANCE OF AMERICA

STRUCTURED SECURITIES

ACQUISITION TRUST

2018-HB1

Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE AIDA

MILAGROS RODRIGUEZ

LIMERIS, T/C/C AIDA M. RODRIGUEZ

LIMERIS, T/C/C AIDA

LIMERIS RODRIGUEZ, COMPUESTA POR

FULANO DE TAL Y

SUTANO DE TAL COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES MUNICIPALES; Y A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Demandados

Civil Núm.: GB2019CV00988.

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

AL: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.

A: SUCESIÓN DE AIDA

MILAGROS RODRIGUEZ

LIMERIS, T/C/C AIDA M. RODRIGUEZ LIMERIS, T/C/C AIDA LIMERIS RODRIGUEZ, COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; 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 6 DE JUNIO

DE 2023, 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, la cual se notificó y archivó en autos el día 3 de noviembre de 2021. 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 13 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 21 DE JUNIO DE 2023, 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 22 de diciembre de 2021, 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: Lot 109 Elemy St. Alturas de Santa Maria Dev., San Juan, Puerto Rico 00969, y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número diez y ocho del Bloque D del plano de inscripción de la Urbanización Alturas de Santa María, situada en el Barrio Monacillos de Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de trescientos treinta y ocho metros cuadrados, en lindes por el NORTE, en veintiséis metros con el solar número diez y siete; por el SUR, en veintiséis metros con el solar número diez y nueve; por el ESTE, en trece metros con el solar número once; y por el OESTE, en trece metros con la Calle Santa María. En este solar enclava una casa residencial para una familia. Finca número 21,521; inscrita al folio 15 del tomo 657 de Monacillos. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección III 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: $423,029.58, más la suma estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados 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 144 otorgada el día 26 de abril de 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Público Francisco J. Biaggi Landron y consta inscrita a la vuelta del folio 117 del tomo 1019 de Monacillos, finca número 21521, Registro de la Propiedad de Monacillos, Sección III 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 $498,000.00, con intereses al 5.060% anual, vencedero el día 9 de octubre de 2093, constituida mediante la escritura número 145, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 26 de abril de 2011, ante el notario Francisco J. Biaggi Landron, e inscrita a la vuelta del folio 118 del tomo 1019 de Monacillos, finca número 21,521, inscripción 17va. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta del inmueble antes descrito será la suma de $498,000.00 según se establece en la escritura de hipoteca antes relacionada. En caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en su

2023. Wanda I. Seguí Reyes, Secretaria Regional. Kathia Ferrer Figueroa, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

Civil Núm.: BY2023CV02278.

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

A: JOHN DOE

COMO TENEDOR DESCONOCIDO DEL PAGARÉ a favor de Popular Mortgage lnc., o a su orden, por la suma de $101,000.00 de principal, intereses al3.75% anual y vencedero el día 1 de marzo de 2039, según consta de la escritura número 36, otorgada en San Juan, el día 14 de febrero de 2009, ante el notario R. Sánchez

Vahamonde Dieppa, e inscrita al folio 216 del tomo 1736 de Bayamón

Sur, finca número 72,606, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Primera Sección de Bayamón. Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda incoada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema

Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Si usted deja de presentar y notificar 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. Los abogados de la parte demandante son.

ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE

DEMANDANTE:

Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández

RUA Núm.: 16,393

BERMUDEZ & DIAZ LLP

Suite 209

500 Calle De La Tanca

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901

Tel.: (787) 523-2670

Fax: (787) 523-2664

rdíaz@bdprlaw.com

Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal, hoy 4 de mayo de 2023. LCDA. LAU-

RA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. IVETTE M. MARRERO BRACERO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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Demandante V. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, (FDIC), ET ALS

Demandado(a)

Civil: CM2022CV00691. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO POR LA VÍA JUDICIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: BRAULIO MANUEL VELEZ ACEVEDO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON NEREIDA RAMOS DIAZ, FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARE.

(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 3 de mayo de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 8 de mayo de 2023. En Hatillo, Puerto Rico, el 8 de mayo de 2023.

VIVIAN Y. FRESSE

GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. SUHAIL SERRANO MOYA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante V.

JOSÉ ANTONIO

RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Demandado(a)

Civil: IS2023CV00028. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA

POR EDICTO.

A: JOSÉ ANTONIO RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS.

DIRECCIONES: LOT 2

(185) FARO STREET, ALTURAS DEL MAR, JOBOS WARD, ISABELA, PUERTO RICO 00662; ALTURAS DEL MAR 179 CALLE FARO, ISABELA, PUERTO RICO 00662.

P/C LCDO. JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOS. PO BOX 194089, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00919. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 8 de mayo de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 10 de mayo de 2023. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 10 de mayo de 2023. NATHALIE I. ACEVEDO QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. NATHALIE I. ACEVEDO QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO

AGENTE GESTOR DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND LLC

Demandante V.

KAISALY VEGA GUZMAN

Demandado(a)

Civil Núm.: AD2022CV00135.

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

A: KAISALY VEGA GUZMAN, BO. GUILARTE CARR 131, KM 1 H 1 BOX 3610, ADJUNTAS, PR 00601-

9548.

(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 4 de mayo de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 8 de mayo de 2023. En Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, el 8 de mayo de 2023. DIANE ÁLVAREZ VILLANUEVA, SECRETARIA. WANDA I. RIVERA PÉREZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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NIEVES CASTRO

Demandado(a)

Civil: VB2021CV00322. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO VÍA ORDINARIA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: ELIZABETH

NIEVES CASTROURB. VILLA PINARES, 140 PASEO CALMA, VEGA ALTA, P.R. 00693-5911. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 20 de enero de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedi-

miento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 8 de mayo de 2023. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 8 de mayo de 2023. LCDA LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante V. JUAN C. ARZUAGA ROSA

Demandado(a)

Civil: LP2022CV00134. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO VÍA ORDINARIA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: JUAN C. ARZUAGA ROSA. P/C LCDO. JOSE F. AGUILAR VELEZ. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 28 de abril de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 10 de mayo de 2023. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 10 de mayo de 2023. IVELISSE C. FONSECA RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. KARILIN MORALES FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Parte Demandante Vs. NEREIDA BERRÍOS APONTE

Parte Demandada

Civil Núm.: CG2022CV04092. (705). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO, EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia dictada el 6 de marzo de 2023 y notificada el 9 de marzo de 2023, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 20 de abril de 2023 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 21 de abril de 2023 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el 12 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Caguas, Sala Superior, en la Carretera Número Uno (PR 1), Intersección PR 189, Kilómetro 0.4, Barrio Bairoa, (Entrada norte Pueblo Caguas), Caguas, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar Número nueve (9) del Bloque D de la Urbanización Villas de Gurabo, radicada en los Barrios Rincón y Celada del término municipal de Gurabo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 230.00 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE: en una distancia de 14.75 metros, con la Calle Número uno (1); por el SUR: en una distancia de 10.00 metros con el Solar Número diecisiete (17); por el ESTE: en una distancia de 19.00 metros con remanente de la finca principal; y por el OESTE: en una distancia de 18.00 metros con el Solar Número ocho (8). Enclava una casa de concreto para fines residenciales. La propiedad consta inscrita al folio 108 del tomo 220 de Gurabo, Finca 8504. Registro de Propiedad de Caguas, Sección II. La escritura de hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 112 del tomo 220 de Gurabo, Finca 8504. Registro de Propiedad de Caguas, Sección II. Inscripción sexta. La escritura de modificación de hipoteca consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Gurabo, Finca 8504. Registro de Propiedad de Caguas, Sección II. Inscripción

séptima. Dirección Física: Villas de Gurabo, 9-D Calle 1, Gurabo, PR 00738. Número de Catastro: 47-200-064-248-09-001. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $77,879.34. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 20 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $51,919.56. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 27 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $38,939.67. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la suma de $75,621.26 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.375% anual desde el 1 de mayo de 2022 hasta su completo pago, más $53.64 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $8,820.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesan los siguientes gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: a. Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Vs. Nereida Berrios Aponte (soltera), ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, en el Caso Civil Número CG2022CV04092 sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $75,621.26 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 12 de diciembre de 2022. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Gurabo. Anotación A. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo deseaba. Se les advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal,

bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley. 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 que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 210-2015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 9 de mayo de 2023. ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA MUNICIPAL DE CAYEY JUNTA DE RESIDENTES VILLAS DE JOHNNY TOLEDO, INC. Demandante Vs. Pedro rosario, YESENI Rodríguez torres; AMBOS POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR

AMBOS

Demandado(a)

Civil Núm.: GGCI2015-01558. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (R.60). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: PEDRO ROSARIO, YESENI RODRÍGUEZ TORRES; AMBOS POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS. FÍSICA & POSTAL: URB. VILLAS DE JOHNNY TOLEDO, #92 CALLE 4, CAYEY, PR 00736. PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: El Alguacil del Tribunal que

podrán acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su comparecencia en la secretaria del Tribunal. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 9 de mayo de 2023. LIC. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL II. NILDA TORRES ACEVEDO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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SERVICE BY PUBLICATION

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF GWINNETT COUNTY. STATE OF GEORGIA CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. 21AD-00113-1

IN RE: PETITION

OF S.R.C.

For the adoption of a minor child to be known as

SEBASTIAN CARVAJAL REYNA

By Order for the service by Publication dated the 13th day of July, 2022, you are hereby notified that on the 3rd day of August, 2021, BOVIS, KYLE, BURCH & MEDLIN, L.L.C. filed a Stepparent Adoption in the Superior Court of Gwinnett County. Senei Perez desires to adopt his stepson Sebastian Carvajal Reyna. Respondent Sandi Eligio Carvajal Zorrilla and any interested or affected party has the right to appear and file objections and an answer to the Petition by filing with the Superior Court of Gwinnett County in the above referenced action within thirty (30) days of the date of this publication for Stepparent Adoption. WITNESS, the Honorable Georgie Hutchinson, III, Judge of this Superior Court. This 10th day of May, 2023.

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located at 1851 Landstreet Road, Orlando, Florida 32809 in Orange County, Florida.

Pursuant to Section 718.118, Florida Statutes, the Blossom Park Condominium was sold by order of the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, in and for Orange County, Florida, in the matter of Dorcas Greek, et. al. vs. Blossom Park Condominium Association, Inc., Case No: 2010-CA-022896-O. If you are an owner or lienor of a condominium unit of Blossom Park Condominiums, located at 1851 Landstreet Road, Orlando, Florida 32809 in Orange County, Florida, you may be entitled to proceeds from the sale. To make a claim to be an owner or lienor of condominium units of Blossom Park Condominium, provide any unrecorded evidence showing that you own or have a lien on a condominium unit by July 14, 2023 via e-mail to: todd.norman@nelsonmullins.com, olivia.share@nelsonmullins.com and Katherine. reynolds@nelsonmullins.com; or by U.S. mail to Todd Norman, Esq., 390 North Orange Ave., Suite 1400, Orlando, FL 32801.

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. FRANCISCO JAVIER

JIMÉNEZ REDONDO, MARYSEL GARCÍA RODRÍGUEZ Y

LA SOCIEDAD

LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados

D/Clerk of Superior Court, Gwinnett County

TIANA P. GARNER, CLERK

Attorney:

Lauren Larmer Barrett

BOVIS, KYLE, BURCH & MEDLIN, L.L.C

200 Ashford Center North Suite 500 Atlanta, Ga 30338-2668

Telephone:770-391-9100

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION

DORCAS CREEK, et. al, Plaintiffs, vs. BLOSSOM PARK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 2010-CA-022896-O

ATTENTION: Owners or Lienors of condominium units of Blossom Park Condominium,

ATENCIÓN: Propietarios o personas con derecho de retencion de unidades de condominio de Blossom Park Condominium, ubicado en 1851 Landstreet Road, Orlando, Florida 32809 en el Condado de Orange, Florida. En conformidad con la Sección 718.118 de los Estatutos de Florida, el Condominio Blossom Park fue vendido por orden del Tribunal de Circuito del Noveno Circuito Judicial, en y para el Condado de Orange, Florida, en el asunto de Dorcas Greek, et. Alabama. vs. Blossom Park Condominium Association, Inc., Numero de Caso: 2010-CA-022896-O. Si usted es propietario o tiene derecho de retencion de una unidad de condominio de Blossom Park Condominiums, ubicado en 1851 Landstreet Road, Orlando, Florida 32809 en el Condado de Orange, Florida, puede tener derecho a las ganancias de la venta. Para reclamar si es propietario o tiene un derecho de retencion de unidades de condominio de Blossom Park Condominium, proporcione cualquier evidencia no registrada que demuestre que es propietario o que tiene un derecho de retencion sobre una unidad de condominio antes de Julio 14, 2023 por correo electrónico a: todd.norman@nelsonmullins.com, olivia.share@nelsonmullins.com, y Katherine. reynolds@nelsonmullins.com; o por correo de Estados Unidos a Todd Norman, Esq., 390 North Orange Ave., Suite 1400, Orlando, FL 32801.

Civil Núm.: E2CI201600590. Sala: 0304. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA “IN REM”. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia fue notificado por este Honorable Tribunal el día 17 de abril de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: URBANA: Parcela de terreno radicada en la Urbanización Los Caminos, Sección Camino Del Solar, localizada en el Barrio Hato del término municipal de San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, y que se describe en el Plano de Inscripción con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: Numero del Solar: Sesenta y Uno (61) del Bloque “L”. Área del Solar: Quinientos noventa y cuatro punto cero cero metros cuadrados (594.00 m.c.). En lindes por el NORTE, en una alineación recta de veintisiete punto cero cero (27.00) metros, con el solar número Sesenta (60) del Bloque “L”; por el SUR, en una alineación recta de veintisiete punto cero cero (27.00) metros, con el solar número Sesenta y Dos (62) del Bloque “L”; por el ESTE, en una alineación recta de veintidós punto cero cero (22.000) metros, con la Calle Alstromelia; y por el OESTE, en una alineación recta de veintidós punto cero cero (22.000) metros, con “Green Area”. Enclava una casa para fines residenciales. Este solar tiene un talud a todo lo largo de su colindancia Sur y en su colindancia Noreste. Servidumbres: Afecta a servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica de Puerto Rico, de uno punto cincuenta y dos (1.52) metros de ancho, a todo lo largo de su colindancia Este. Afecta además a servidumbre pedestal a favor de la Liberty Cablevision, de doce (12”) pulgadas cuadra-

das, en su colindancia Sureste. Afecta también a servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica de Puerto Rico, para transformador, de cinco (5’) pies de ancho por cinco (5’) de largo, en su colindancia Noreste. Inscrita al folio 77 del tomo 466, finca número 20,297 de San Lorenzo, Registro de la Propiedad, Sección II de Caguas. La propiedad está ubicada, según pagaré, en: L-61 Calle Astromelia, Urb. Los Caminos, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico. Además, el Alguacil que suscribe, hago saber a todos los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante: Sentencia dictada el día 8 de febrero de 2018, expedida en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Caguas, en el Caso Civil número EGCI2017-00233, seguido por Los Caminos Homeowners Association, Inc., demandante versus Francisco Javier Jiménez Redondo y su esposa Marysel García Rodríguez, por una cuantía de $8,753.50, más intereses, la cual se encuentra presentada al asiento 2018-019750-CA02 del sistema Karibe. Embargo Federal contra Francisco Jiménez, seguro social patronal xxxxx6844, por la suma de $32,467.02, notificación número 351552819, Certificación de fecha 12 de abril de 2019, anotado el día 8 de mayo de 2019 al Asiento 2019-003758-FED del Sistema Karibe. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA sumaria dictada a su favor el día 9 de junio de 2022, notificada a las partes el 10 de junio de 2022 en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $200,532.06 por concepto de principal; $1,098.43 por concepto de intereses acumulados; $878.72 por concepto de cargos por demora los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, y la suma de $22,000.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipote-

cariamente (“Sentencia”). La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. LA PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 14 DE JUNIO DE 2023 A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, localizada en el Centro Judicial de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $220,000.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 22 DE JUNIO DE 2023 A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, localizada en el Centro Judicial de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $146,666.67, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 29 DE JUNIO DE 2023 A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, localizada en el Centro Judicial de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $110,000.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) sema-

nas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 4 de mayo de 2023. ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

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

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE, FOR THE CSMC 2015-PR1 TRUST, MORTGAGE-BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2015-PR1 Demandante Vs. ELIZABETH

AGOSTO-BENITEZ

Demandados

Civil Núm.: SJ2020CV06374. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

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

GENERAL:

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor

postor en efectivo, cheque gerente, giro postal, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América al nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 1 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: PROPIEDAD

HORIZONTAL: Apartamento residencial número 811 de forma rectangular localizado en el piso 8, edificio A del proyecto

VBC-158 Condominio Valle de Berwind, hoy conocido como Torres De Cervantes que ubica en la Calle Elder, esquina Calle 36 del barrio Sabana Llana del término de Río Piedras del municipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 912.83 pies cuadrados, siendo sus medidas lineales 39’

2 3/4’’ de largo, por 24’ 11” pulgadas de ancho, en lindes: por el NORTE, 18’ 5” con el apartamento número 809; por el SUR, 24’ 11” con el apartamento número 813; por el ESTE, 30’

6 1/2’’ con la pared exterior del edificio y por el OESTE, 39” 2 3/4” con el pasillo. La puerta principal del apartamento tiene acceso al pasillo central del edificio. Esta unidad residencial consta de lo siguiente: sala-comedor, balcón, cocina, baño, pasillo con closet, calentador de agua de 30 galones, nevera, estufa y tres cuartos dormitorios con su closet cada uno. Tiene un por ciento de participación en los elementos comunes de .0023916%. Le corresponde un espacio de estacionamiento identificado con el mismo número del apartamento. Consta inscrita al folio 111 del tomo 586 de Sabana Llana, finca numero 23973, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección V de San Juan. Propiedad localizada en: 811AA Torres De Cervantes Cond., San Juan, PR 00924. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución no está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: HIPOTECA en garantía de pagaré a favor de la Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $5,000.00 sin intereses y vencimiento 30 de junio de 2014. Constituida por la Escritura 428 otorgada en San Juan el 30 de junio de 2008 ante el notario Carlos Garriga Blanco, e inscrita al folio 37 del tomo 1058 de Sabana Llana,

finca 23973, inscripción 12a. (18/885) Condiciones de la Hipoteca: Sujeta a las disposiciones del Programa gubernamental; no pudiendo ser transferida ni gravada por un término de 6 años, a partir de la concesión del subsidio, sin el previo consentimiento de la Autoridad so pena de la restitución del subsidio concedido. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo mínimo de subasta la suma de $91,570.36, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 8 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $61,046.91, 2/3 partes del tipo mínimo establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $45,785.18, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 15 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $72,878.82 de principal, intereses al tipo del 2.50000% anual desde el día 1ro. de enero de 2018 hasta el pago de la deuda en su totalidad, más la suma de $7,150.00 por concepto de honorarios de abogado y costas autorizadas por el Tribunal, más las cantidades que se adeudan mensualmente por concepto de seguro hipotecario, cargos por demora, y otros adeudados que se hagan en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados

que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 19 de abril de 2023. EDWIN

E. LÓPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR ORIENTAL BANK

COMO AGENTE DE SERVICIO DE THE MONEY HOUSE, INC.

Demandante Vs. LA SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ CARLOS ROMÁN MORALES COMPUESTA POR CARLOS JOSE ROMAN MARQUEZ, MARANGELY ROMAN ROBLES, NICOLE ROMAN ROBLES; FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados

Civil Núm.: BY2019CV02782.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS

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

A la parte co-demandada: CARLOS JOSÉ ROMÁN

MÁRQUEZ, MARANGELY ROMÁN ROBLES Y NICOLE ROMÁN ROBLES COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ CARLOS ROMÁN

MORALES, A SU ÚLTIMA DIRECCIÓN CONOCIDA: FISICA: (A) URB.

PARQUES DE FLAMINGO #80 CALLE ZEUS BAYAMON, PR 00959; Y

POSTAL: (B) RR01 BOX

11998 VILLA JUVENTUD

TOA ALTA, PR 00953; (C) URB. PARQUES DE FLAMINGO R-4 CALLE ZEUS BAYAMON, PR 00959.

Por la presente se le(s) notifica que se ha radicado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal una Demanda Enmendada en Ejecución de Hipoteca “In Rem” por la vía ordinaria en contra de La Sucesión de José Carlos Román Morales, en la cual se alega que adeuda a la parte demandante por concepto de hipoteca la suma de $148,764.66 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de diciembre de 2018, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.00% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, La Sucesión de José Carlos Román Morales 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 $15,964.50.

Además La Sucesión de José Carlos Román Morales se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $15,964.50 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $15,964.50 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y cualquiera otros adelantos que se hagan en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca número 137, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 3 de marzo de 2015, ante el notario Lesbia Hernández Miranda, de la finca número 78,923, inscrita al Folio 135 del Tomo 1,898 de Bayamón, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Primera. Por razón de dicho incumplimiento, y al amparo del derecho que le confiere el Pagaré, el demandante ha declarado tales sumas vencidas, líquidas y exigibles en su totalidad. Este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le(s) cite a usted(es) por edicto que se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general. Quedan emplazados y notificados de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda enmendada en su contra. Se les ordena a que dentro del término de treinta (30) días, a partir de la notificación de la presente Orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia de José Carlos Román Morales. Los co-demandados miembros de la Sucesión de José Carlos Román Morales se incluyen en la demanda enmendada ya que

como herederos responden por las cargas de la herencia según lo dispuesto en Nuestro Ordenamiento Jurídico. Se les apercibe y notifica que, de no expresarse dentro de ese término de 30 días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. También se les apercibe que luego del transcurso del termino de 30 días antes señalado contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del causante y, por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme el Articulo 1578 del Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. 2785. Se ordena a la parte demandante a que, en vista de que la sucesión de José Carlos Román Morales, se incluye a los herederos conocidos y herederos desconocidos de José Carlos Román Morales, denominados

Carlos José Román Márquez, Marangely Román Robles y Nicole Román Robles, proceda a notificar la presente Orden mediante publicación de un edicto a esos efectos una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de la Isla de Puerto Rico. Se le(s) emplaza y requiere que dentro de los sesenta (60) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto excluyendo el día de la publicación de este edicto conteste(n) la demanda radicando el original de la contestación en este Tribunal y enviando copia de la Contestación de la Demanda a las oficinas de CARDONA & MALDONADO LAW OFFICES, P.S.C. ATENCIÓN al Lcdo.

Duncan Maldonado Ejarque, P.O. Box 366221, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-6221; Tel (787) 622-7000, Fax (787) 6257001, Abogado de la Parte Demandante. 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. Se le(s) advierte que si dejare(n) de contestar la Demanda en el período de tiempo antes mencionado, podrá dictarse contra usted(es) Sentencia en Rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado sin más citarle(s) ni oírle(s). EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y con el Sello del Tribunal. DADA hoy 10 de mayo de 2023, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. VIVIAN J. SANABRIA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE GUAYNABO REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC

Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE MARLYN COLON PEREZ T/C/c MARLING COLON PEREZ, COMPUESTA POR MARLYN SILVA COLON, HELEN SILVA, FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE NOMBRE DESCONOCIDO; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES Y LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA Demandados

Civil Núm.: GB2023CV00042.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. (HIPOTECA REVERTIDA). 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 MIEMBROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE MARLYN COLON PEREZ T/C/C

MARLING COLON PEREZ.

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 The Money House, lnc., o a su orden, por la suma principal de $231,000.00, con intereses computados sobre la misma desde su fecha hasta su total y completo pago a razón de la tasa de interés de 3.68% 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 $23,100.00, equivalente al 10% de la suma principal original. Este pagaré fue suscrito bajo el affidávit número 12205 ante el notario Raúl Rivera Burgos. Lo anterior surge de la hipoteca constituida mediante la escritura número 55 otorgada el 2 de febrero de 2009, ante la misma notario público, inscrita bajo la ley 216-2010, al folio 183 del tomo 1,247 de Guaynabo, finca número 22,593, inscripción 11ma. URBANA: PROPIEDAD

HORIZONTAL: Apartamento catorce “F” (14-”F”). Es un apartamento residencial de forma irregular que está localizado en el piso décimo cuarto (14to)

del Edificio “Condominio Santa Ana”, situado en la Carretera Estatal número diez y nueve (19) esquina Calle “A”, Villa Caparra, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Que mide cincuenta y seis pies cero pulgadas (56’ 10”) de largo, por su parte más larga, por treinta y un pies diez pulgadas (31; 10”) de ancho, por su parte más ancho, que hacen un área de mil trescientos cuarenta y cuatro (1,344) pies cuadrados, aproximadamente, equivalentes a ciento veinte y cuatro punto noventa (124.90) metros cuadrados, aproximadamente, siendo sus linderos y distancias los siguientes: por el NORTE, en una línea quebrada de una distancia de treinta y un pies diez pulgadas (31; 10”), con el espacio exterior que mira hacia el área de estacionamiento, el patio lateral y la Calle “A”, separado por paredes exteriors y la baranda del área de lavandería; por el SUR, en una distancia de trece pies una pulgada (13’ 1”), con el Apartamento catorce “D” (14 D), separado por una pared interior, en una distancia de cuatro pies diez pulgadas (4’ 10”), con el corredor común, separado por la puerta de entrada y pared interior y en una distancia de ocho pies seis pulgadas (8’ 6”), con el pozo de elevadores, separado por una pared interior; por el ESTE, en una línea quebrada de una distancia de cincuenta y seis pies cero pulgadas (56’ 0”), con el espacio exterior que mira hacia el patio delantero y a la Carretera Estatal número diez y nueve (19), separado por ventanas, paredes exteriores y baranda de la tenaza; por el OESTE, en una distancia de cinco pies siete pulgadas (5’ 7”), con el corredor común, separado por una pared interior, en una distancia de seis pies ocho pulgadas (6’ 8”), con el pozo de los elevadores, separado por una pared interior, en una distancia de diez y siete pies diez pulgadas (17’ 10”), con el Apartamento catorce “E” (14-”E”), separado por una pared interior y en una distancia de veinte y cinco pies once pulgadas (25’ 11”), con el espacio exterior que mira hacia el área de estacionamiento, el patio posterior y la propiedad adyacente, separado por pared exterior y ventanas. Este apartamento consta de “foyer” con closet, sala, comedor, dos dormitorios con sus respectivos closets, pasillo de comunicación baño con “linen” closet baño para uso del dormitorio principal, cocina, tenaza y terraza de servicio con lavandería. El baño general está equipado con bañera, lavamanos, servicio sanitario y bidé. La cocina está equipada con “counter”, gabinetes, estufa con su horno, fregadero y triturador de desperdicios. La terraza de servicio y lavandería está equipada con calentador y lava-

dero. La puerta de entrada de este apartamiento está situada en su lindero Sur y por ella se sale al corredor o vestíbulo de elevadores, por el cual se sale al exterior. Le corresponde una participación en los elementos comunes equivalentes a cero punto setecientos noventa y cinco milésimas (0.795%) por ciento. Le corresponde el área de estacionamiento señalado con el número catorce “F” (14 F) soterrado. Finca Número 22,593, inscrita al folio 151 del tomo 553 de Guaynabo. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Guaynabo. 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 accesar utilizando la siguiente dirección: https://unired.ramajuducial.pr, salvo que se represente por Derechos Propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del Tribunal De no contestar la demanda radicando el original de la contestación ante la secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, y notificar copia de la contestación de esta a la parte demandante por conducto de su abogada, GLS LEGAL SERVICES, LLC, Atención: Lcda. Yadira López González Dirección: P.O. Box 367308, San Juan, P.R. 00936-7308, Teléfono: 787-758-6550, dentro de los próximos 30 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 11 de mayo de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL II. SARA ROSA VILLEGAS, SECRETARIA TRIBUNAL CONFIDENCIAL I.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA

VICTORIA GUZMÁN VALENTÍN

Demandante V. LEVITT MORTGAGE CORP., Y COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DEL PAGARÉ

EXTRAVIADO JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE, TOM MIX, DON EDGARDO NEFTALÍ

MANTILLA MARTÍNEZ Y DOÑA ELSA VALE AROCHO

Demandado(a)

Civil: AG2022CV01530. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE Y TOM MIX, EDGARDO NEFTALI MANTILLA MARTINEZ Y DOÑA ELSA VALE AROCHO. DIRECCIÓN: DESCONOCIDA. P/C LCDA. VERÓNICA MUÑIZ MEDINA. BOX 545, ISABELA, PUERTO RICO 00662.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 2 de mayo de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 5 de mayo de 2023. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 5 de mayo de 2023. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. NATHALIE I. ACEVEDO QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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

Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE VÍCTOR

MANUEL

ALLENDE

COLÓN, ET ALS

Demandados

Civil Num.: SJ2019CV03832.

Sala: 604. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, Puerto

Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 2 de mayo de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación:

URBANA: Solar marcado con el número veintidós (22) del Bloque “KF” del Plano de Inscripción de la cuarta extensión de primera etapa de la Urbanización Country Club, situada en el Barrio Sabana Llana del Municipio de Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de trescientos veintidós metros cuadrados (322 m.c.) y colinda por el NORESTE, en veintitrés metros con el Solar número veintiuno; por el SUROESTE, en veintitrés metros con el Solar número veintitrés; por el SUROESTE, en catorce metros con la Avenida Iturregui; y por el NOROESTE, en catorce metros con el Solar número diecisiete. Inscrita en la finca número 10,816, inscrita al folio 182 del tomo 242 de Sabana Llana. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección V de San Juan. La propiedad, según pagaré, ubica en: 805 Molucas St., Número 22, Urbanización Country Club, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Además, el Alguacil que suscribe, hago saber a todos los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante: Aviso de Demanda de fecha 22 de abril de 2019, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, en el caso civil número SJ2019CV03832, seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, contra Sucesión de Victor Manuel Allende Colón, compuesto por Victor Manuel Allende Reyes y John Doe y Richard Doe, como posibles herederos desconocidos; a Aida Esther Allende Colón; Olga Iris Allende Colón; Wilfredo Allende Colón; Secretario del Departamento de Hacienda Treasury; CRIM, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, por la suma de $68,253.32

más otras sumas, anotado el día 16 de junio de 2020, al tomo Karibe de Sabana Llana, finca número 10,816, Anotación

A. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor el día 24 de enero de 2023, archivada en autos y notificada el 27 de enero de 2023, publicada en un periódico de circulación general, “The San Juan Star”, el 1 de febrero de 2023, este Honorable Tribunal dictó Sentencia en contra de la parte demandada, notificada a las partes el 24 de mayo de 2022, por la suma $68,253.32 por concepto de principal; generando intereses a razón de 9.95% desde el 1ro de octubre de 2018; cargos por demora los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, y la suma de $8,330.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente.

La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 14 DE JUNIO DE 2023

A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $83,300.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 22 DE JUNIO DE 2023 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $55,533.33, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 29 DE JUNIO DE 2023 A

LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $41,650.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida

como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy, 9 de mayo de 2023. PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL DE LA DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA

TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO

PALMAS DEL MAR

HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante V. ERNESTO ABRUÑA

PADUA, VIVIAN DAVILA BARRETO Y LA

SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES

Demandado(a)

Civil: HU2022CV01654. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO VÍA ORDINARIA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE

SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: ERNESTO ABRUÑA PADUA, VIVIAN DAVILA BARRETO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES P/C DE LCDO. JOSE R. GONZALEZ RIVERA.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 28 de ABRIL de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 8 de MAYO de 2023. En HUMACAO, Puerto Rico, el 8 de MAYO de 2023.

IVELISSE C. FONSECA RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. KARILIN MORALES FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR ORIENTAL BANK

Demandante Vs. JOSE ANTONIO

GAVILLAN RIVERA T/C/C

JOSE A. GAVILLAN

RIVERA, ROSAMIR

RIVERA NEGRON Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR

AMBOS

Demandado(s)

Civil Núm.: SJ2019CV07450. (604). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E. U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. Yo, EDWIN E. LÓPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de San Juan, al Público HAGO

SABER: Que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia dictada el 17

de enero de 2023, notificada el mismo día,, de la cual surge que las partes demandadas adeudan a la demandante al 1 de febrero de 2019 la suma principal de $40,689.05, más intereses devengados a la tasa de 3.50% según pactados; $1,202.85 por concepto de cargos por demora; $6,630.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios abogado, según pactados y a tenor con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se libró con fecha de 12 de abril de 2023, por la Secretaría de este Honorable Tribunal de San Juan, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, la siguiente propiedad inmueble, la cual se describe a continuación: URBANA”: PROPIEDAD

HORIZONTAL: Apartamento residencial número dos guión “B” (2-B) de forma irregular, localizado en la segunda planta del Condominio Apolo Towers, sito en la Calle número doce (12) de la Urbanización Apolo en el Barrio Caimito de Río Piedras término municipal de San Juan, Puerto Rico con un área total privada de mil ciento seis punto cero ocho pies cuadrados aproximadamente, (1,106.08pc), equivalentes a ciento dos punto setenta y cuatro metros cuadrados aproximadamente, (102.74mc) siendo sus mayores medidas lineales aproximadas las siguientes: cuarenta punto ochenta y tres pies lineales (40.83pl) en su mayor longitud por treinta y tres punto setenta pies lineales (33.70pl) en su mayor ancho. Colinda por el NORESTE, en una distancia aproximada de treinta y cuatro punto treinta y tres pies lineales (34.33pl) con el apartamento dos guión “C” (2-C) del Condominio, en una distancia tres punto cincuenta pies lineales (3.50pl), con pared que lo separa del elevador del edificio y en una distancia aproximada de tres pies (3’) con pared exterior que da la colindancia Noreste del solar; por el SUROESTE, en una distancia aproximada de cuarenta punto cuarenta y un pies (40.41p) con pared exterior del Condominio que da hacia la colindancia Suroeste del solar; por el NOROESTE, en una distancia aproximada de treinta y tres punto setenta pies lineales (33.70pl) con pared exterior del Condominio que lo separa de la colindancia Noroeste del solar; y por el SURESTE, en una distancia aproximada de treinta punto sesenta y nueve pies lineales (30.69pl) con paredes que lo separan del apartamento dos guión ”A” (2-A) del condominio, del elevador y del corredor que da acceso a los apartamentos. La puerta de acceso del apartamento se encuentra en colindancia Sureste del mismo. Consiste de las siguientes piezas, foyer, sala-comedor,

terraza, family room, dos (2) habitaciones cada una de ellas con sus closets, dos (2) baños , cocina equipada y hall con su linen closets. Corresponde a este apartamento el espacio de estacionamiento marcado con el número dos guión “B” (2-B). Le corresponde un porcentaje en los elementos comunes de cero punto cero ocho nueve dos uno (0.08921) por ciento. Inscrita al folio 211 del tomo 311 de Río Piedras Sur, Finca Número 9,961, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección IV de San Juan. Por su procedencia está afecta a: Servidumbre a Favor de la Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales de Puerto Rico. Sobre la antes descrita propiedad se encuentran inscritos los siguientes gravámenes posteriores: “AVISO DE DEMANDA”: de fecha 23 de julio de 2019, expedida en el Centro Judicial, Sala Superior de San Juan en el Caso Civil Número SJ2019CV07450 (604), sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, seguido por ORIENTAL BANK, contra JOSE ANTONIO GAVILLAN RIVERA T/C/C JOSE A. GAVILLAN RIVERA, ROSAMIR RIVERA NEGRON Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS , por la suma de $40,689.05, más intereses y otras sumas, anotado el día 24 de enero de 2020 al Tomo Karibe de Río Piedras Sur, Finca número 9,961, Anotación “C”. Esta propiedad tiene el siguiente número de catastro en el Centro de Recaudación de Ingresos Municipales (CRIM): 79-114-036-58636-005. La dirección física del inmueble anteriormente descrito es: CONDOMINIO ALTO APOLO, APARTAMENTO 2-B, SAN JUAN, PR 00926. Esta anotación de Demanda corresponde al caso de epígrafe. Se apercibe a los licitadores para que procedan con la inspección física del inmueble objeto de ejecución previo a la celebración de la subasta. El precio mínimo de licitación con relación a la antes descrita propiedad y la fecha y hora de cada subasta es como sigue: PRIMERA SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día de 12 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $66,300.00. SEGUNDA SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 20 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $44,200.00. TERCERA SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 27 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $33,150.00. Las subastas de dicha propiedad se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de San Juan, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe

de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, en cheque certificado, dinero en efectivo o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, siendo éste el mejor postor. En cualquier momento luego de haberse comenzado el acto de la subasta, el Alguacil podrá requerir de los licitadores que le evidencien la capacidad de pago de sus posturas. Del producto obtenido en dicha venta, el Alguacil pagará en primer término los gastos del Alguacil, en segundo término las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado hasta la suma convenida, en tercer término los intereses devengados hasta la fecha de la sentencia, en cuarto término las sumas establecidas en la Sentencia para el pago de recargos por demora, contribuciones, seguros y en quinto término la suma principal adeudada conforme con la sentencia dictada. Disponiéndose que si quedara algún remanente luego de pagarse las sumas mencionadas, el mismo deberá ser depositado en la Secretaría del Tribunal para ser entregado a la parte demandada, previa solicitud y orden del Tribunal. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de San Juan durante horas laborables. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Y PARA LA CONCURRENCIA, de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Colecturía de San Juan, Alcaldía y Cuartel de la Policía del Municipio donde se celebrará la subasta por espacio de dos semanas y en un periódico de circulación general del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 5 de mayo de 2023. EDWIN E. LÓPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE PONCE BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. ELSA MILAGROS

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

Civil Núm.: PO2023CV01279. Sala: 602. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO POR LA VÍA JUDICIAL. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S.

A: WESTERBANK PUERTO RICO, JOHN DOE COMO TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DE LOS PAGARÉS a favor de Westernbank Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $20,000.00, con interés al 15%, con vencimiento a la presentación, según consta escritura número 292, otorgada en Ponce, el día 11 de agosto de 2005, ante el notario Lourdes Alicea Soto, inscrita a la finca #13,053 de Yauco, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Segunda Sección de Ponce y el Pagaré a favor de Westernbank Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $1,500.00, con interés al 15%, con vencimiento a la presentación, según consta escritura número 178, otorgada en Ponce, el día 31 de mayo de 2006, ante el notario Lourdes Alicea Soto, inscrita a la finca #13,053 de Yauco, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Segunda Sección de Ponce.

Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda incoada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Si usted deja de presentar y notificar 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. Los abogados de la parte demandante son.

ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE

DEMANDANTE:

Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández

RUA Núm.: 16,393

BERMUDEZ & DIAZ LLP

Edificio Ochoa Suite 200 500 Calle De La Tanca San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901

Tel.: (787) 523-2670

Fax: (787) 523-2664 rdiaz@bdprlaw.com

Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal, hoy 08 de mayo de 2023, en Ponce, Puerto Rico. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA GENERAL. BRENDA L. SANTIAGO LÓPEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN JULIO E. ROSADO

SÁNCHEZ Y MARÍA DE LOURDES PHILIPPI DE LA PEÑA Demandante V. BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO COMO CUSTODIO DE LOS ARCHIVOS DEL DORAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION; JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE

Demandado(a)

Civil: SJ2022CV10815. (803). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: JONH 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 8 de mayo de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 9 de mayo de 2023. En SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, el 9 de mayo de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MARILY LÓPEZ MARTÍNEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

Tori Bowie’s hometown celebrates her life amid mystery of her death

By TALYA MINSBERG

Before she became a three-time Olympic medalist and before she earned the title of world’s fastest woman, Frentorish Bowie welcomed a camera crew to her hometown, Sandhill, Mississippi.

“This is where I found my strength,” Bowie, who was nicknamed Tori, said of the small town 30 minutes northeast of Jackson.

It was 2016, and at age 26 Bowie was about to make her Olympic debut as part of the U.S. sprinting team at the Rio de Janeiro Games. But first she stopped at Pisgah High School to visit teachers and staff and found herself wiping away happy tears. She loved being home.

“One day I hope that I can come to Sandhill and there’s this huge sign that says, ‘Welcome to Sandhill, home of Tori Bowie,’” she said.

On Saturday, the community that took such pride in Bowie was struggling for answers as it gathered for her funeral and mourned her recent unexplained death. She was 32.

Her body was found May 2 by Orange County, Florida, sheriff’s deputies, who were conducting a wellness check after she had not been seen or heard from in several days.

Bowie had been pregnant, but it was unclear whether she carried to term before she died. A program provided at the funeral service Saturday said that Bowie was “preceded in death” by a daughter, Ariana Bowie. An official at the Orange County medical examiner’s office on Saturday who declined to give her name confirmed a “baby Bowie,” but she declined to provide further details.

No cause of death has been released because toxicology tests are pending, and the office said this past week that the tests could take up to three months to complete.

Bowie’s last years appeared to have been as much a mystery as her death. Fellow track athletes who once trained or competed with her said she had grown distant in recent years. Many didn’t know her off the track at all. Al Joyner, an Olympic track coach who mentored Bowie beginning when she was in her early 20s, said he last spoke to her in the fall of 2019 at the world championships in Doha, Qatar.

At Saturday’s memorial service at True Vine Baptist Church in Brandon, Mississip -

pi, a crowd of mourners tried to put aside their questions and focus on Bowie’s athletic achievements, her faith and her effervescent moments.

But a sense of shock still permeated the room as tributes were shared. Even the Rev. Sylvester London, who officiated the service and gave the eulogy, described his disbelief when he learned of Bowie’s death from a news alert. “I was shocked, shocked,” London said. “Then I started to pray.”

Bowie’s path to track and field fame began in Sandhill almost by accident. She wanted to play basketball at Pisgah High School, but the school required interested students to compete in track, too, because it was too small to field separate teams for both sports. Bowie reluctantly agreed, even though she much preferred long basketball shorts to the shorter bottoms given to track athletes.

Without a track to call their own, the Pisgah Dragons practiced by running around a grassy field. They went on to win three state championship titles, with Bowie competing in the 100 meters, 200 meters, 4x100-meter relay and long jump.

Still, Bowie’s first love was basketball. When she was recruited by the University of Southern Mississippi, she turned the tables. She would do track and field if she could try to walk on to the basketball team, she said. They came to an agreement.

“What stood out to me is that she was really tall and lanky,” said Sonya Varnell, a

longtime athletic administrator at the University of Southern Mississippi. “Most sprinters got a lot of muscle on them, and she was tall and thin like a basketball player.”

Varnell was drawn to Bowie, whom she described as a hard worker who was humble and unassuming. Varnell was also raised by her grandmother, grew up in the same county as Bowie and had also been a first-generation student-athlete. “She came from nothing,” Varnell said, “just like me.” She added, “I don’t think she realized how good she was or how good she could be.”

Her greatest potential initially seemed to be in field events. When Joyner, a 1984 Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump, met Bowie in 2013, she was being groomed as a long jumper. It wasn’t long before he told Bowie she could be a sprinter on the world stage, too, he said.

“I told her she’s going to be the next great one,” Joyner said. “And that was in 2014. I’ll never forget the day she beat Allyson Felix. She told me, ‘Al, you were right.’”

At the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, she earned a silver medal in the 100 meters, a bronze in the 200 meters and a gold in the 4x100-meter relay on a team that included Felix.

In 2017, Bowie won a world championship, earning the title of fastest woman in the world after a dramatic 100-meter race that she won by one-hundredth of a second by leaning her head forward across the finish

line.

Her dreams expanded. She wanted to get into modeling and was interested in working with fashion brands, and in 2018 she did both. She was featured in a Valentino campaign and a Stella McCartney-Adidas collaboration. She walked in New York Fashion Week. She was photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Vogue and was featured in the ESPN “Body Issue.”

She wanted to use her fame for good, her friend Antoine Preudhomme said. When she was a toddler, Bowie and her sister, Tamarra, who is 11 months older, were handed over to the foster care system by their birth mother, Bowie told reporters. Their paternal grandmother, Bobbie Louise Smith, gained legal guardianship and raised them.

Bowie wanted to show up for foster children, Preudhomme said. Together, the pair would visit foster homes across Florida and Mississippi three to four times a year to deliver Christmas gifts and occasionally challenge children to foot races.

Tanyeka Anderson, a program director at the Mississippi foster care provider Apelah, remembers a 2019 visit from Bowie. She said: “For a person of her magnitude to come help? To come give back to our children? That’s a very special thing.”

She said Bowie gave a party for the children that included dancing, and stayed for more than four hours. “She was very vibrant, very happy,” Anderson said.

But then something shifted. Bowie was always private, friends and former coaches said. But in the past few years Bowie lost touch with many of the people who had been part of her athletic rise.

During visitation Friday, many mourners heard Bowie’s voice again for the first time in years, smiling as they watched her races and interviews being played on a television above Bowie’s coffin.

Her laugh, always infectious, reverberated around the room as some shook their heads in apparent disbelief.

“When I’m back in Sandhill,” Bowie said in a 2016 video, “I feel free.”

The funeral procession Saturday followed Bowie back toward Sandhill for her burial. The cemetery is not far from a sign that was installed in 2018. It reads: “Welcome to the Community of Sandhill, Home of Olympic Gold Medalist Tori Bowie.”

Tori Bowie after winning the silver medal in the 100-meter final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016.

After being ousted by Lakers, Golden State starts uncertain future

By SOPAN DEB

Whoops, shouts, music and a rousing rendition of “Happy Birthday” were so loud inside the Los Angeles Lakers locker room that they could be heard out in the hallways. Outside Golden State’s locker room, there was silence, as those inside assessed what had gone so wrong this season.

To the victor goes the noise. To the defeated goes an unusually early and sullen vacation.

The reigning champion Golden State’s freewheeling, 3-point-centric style of play changed the NBA and made Stephen Curry a household name. But on Friday night, the team couldn’t muster up one last overwhelming flurry of deep shots, bowing out to the Lakers in six games in the Western Conference semifinals.

It marked the first time a West team had defeated Golden State in the playoffs during its dynastic run, which began in 2015 with the first of four championships led by Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green. But this season was among the most difficult of the past decade, marred by long absences for key players, a confounding inability to win on the road, struggling young players and the fallout from Green punching a teammate, Jordan Poole, before the season even started.

“This is not a championship team,” Golden State coach Steve Kerr said after Game 6 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, which the Lakers won, 122-101. “If we were, we’d be moving on. So you can look at the year in total and see all the ups and downs, and there was all kinds of stuff that went on and adversity that hit. But our group stayed together and competed till the end and made a pretty good run.”

But “pretty good” has long been below the standards of Golden State, given the stature of Curry, who is widely considered the best shooter in NBA history. And now his team may have to contend with coming back down to earth. It’s the basketball equivalent of confronting mortality.

“You’re disappointed and kind of shellshocked that it’s over,” Curry said. “You’ve poured so much into every season, but going off last year you’re trying to defend and give ourselves the chance to

keep advancing. It’s a tough way for the season to end.”

The series against the Lakers marked one of the most highly anticipated playoff matchups in years, pitting Curry against Lakers star LeBron James for the first time since the 2018 NBA Finals, when James was on the Cleveland Cavaliers. But this series ultimately didn’t match the hype, with blowouts in four of the five games after a thrilling Lakers win in Game 1. Curry and Thompson struggled Friday, combining to shoot an abysmal 14 for 47 from the field. Thompson, who made just three baskets in each of the last three games, said this was “probably the worst shooting series I’ve had in a long time.”

Golden State now faces an uncertain summer; Curry called it “unfamiliar territory.” With one of the most expensive rosters in the league, and a new collective bargaining agreement aimed at curbing heavy spenders, Golden State is likely to try to bring down costs. It could be a stark transition for the team, given that it went from a rudderless middle-of-the-road franchise to one of the most financially valuable ones with Curry at the helm over the past decade.

“For us, it’s an opportunity to kind of take stock of where we’re at, keep the confidence that we can come back and be back at this stage next year,” Curry said.

It might help if they get off to a better start. This season, Green punched fourth-

year guard Poole in the face during training camp. TMZ published a video of the punch, exposing the internal discord of a franchise known for continuity and harmony.

“Every season is made up of events. Some are great, some are not,” Green said after Friday’s game. “I think for this team, more of the events that aren’t so great were so public, and, you know, that’s not something that you normally do. And so the world knows, you know, the tough times that this team has had.”

Now Green’s career is at a turning point. A four-time All-Star, he has a player option for next year and is expected to test free agency. Green had one of his better seasons this year, but he turns 34 next March, and Golden State may balk at offering him a maximum contract. Green has shown a penchant for impulsive behavior, like punching Poole or racking up technical fouls, for which he ranked second in the league during the regular season. The resolution of his contract is the key domino in a summer of retooling.

“I want to be a Warrior for the rest of my life,” Green said Friday. “I want to ride out with the same dudes I rode in with.”

This season was a slog for Golden State. “It felt like we were swimming upstream from the beginning,” Kerr said.

Golden State started the season 3-7.

It finished at 44-38 for the West’s sixth seed and had one of the worst road records in the league, at 11-30. Andrew Wiggins, a key contributor to last season’s title run, missed more than half the regular season because of an injury and an undisclosed personal issue. Thompson, a five-time All-Star, struggled to find his shot in the first third of the season, and he has noticeably slowed on defense after two major injuries in recent years.

If Thompson, 33, has doubts about his future in Golden State, or any skepticism that this team can win again, he didn’t show it Friday night. His contract expires after next season.

“I can tell you, we gave it everything we had,” he said. “But I believe that we have greatness in our future still.”

Golden State will also have to decide what to do with the young players it has tried to develop while chasing a championship — a path criticized for placing too much of a load on 35-year-old Curry. Poole, 23, struggled mightily in the playoffs, a problem given that Golden State signed him to a four-year contract extension in October worth up to $140 million. Other young players, like Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody, both 20, were in and out of the lineup all season.

In addition, the contract of Bob Myers, the team’s general manager for the past decade, ends this year. Carrying the dynasty into its next stage may fall to a different architect.

If there was one bright spot for Golden State this season, it was its most magnetic figure: Curry. He played some of the best basketball of his career — which meant some of the best basketball that anyone has ever played. In the first round of the playoffs, Golden State faced the third-seeded Kings in Sacramento for a decisive Game 7. Curry scored 50 points — the most ever in a Game 7 — and hit seven 3-pointers. It was a reminder of the magic that had made his teams so great.

But Curry said Friday that reaching the conference semifinals was not “a moral victory.”

“There’s a lot of pride in what we accomplished,” he said, “but there’s also an understanding that this is not good enough.”

Golden State’s Stephen Curry struggled with his 3-point shooting in Game 6.

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Aries (Mar 21-April 20)

Today you might want to think about getting things straight with the people close to you. It’s possible you haven’t dealt with any problems you had in your relationships last month, Aries. It’s time to look at things again. You may have hidden certain things from yourself. You need to be much more honest about what you want in your personal life.

Taurus (April 21-May 21)

You may be asking certain questions about your feelings, Taurus. Do you know about the trap that many people get caught up in - feeling so close to their partners that they often forget themselves? Sometimes it’s easy to confuse your feelings with this kind of self-denial. Today you need to think about how this affects your life.

Gemini (May 22-June 21)

Nothing can hold back your flame for long, Gemini. You have a hard time resting your body and recharging your batteries. At the moment, you’re probably still going through a deep transformation that won’t allow you to slow down. Take the time to meditate and get in touch with your feelings. What is it you really want out of life?

Cancer (June 22-July 23)

You can be known for needing a lot of love, but you will never admit that to yourself, much less anyone else. Sometimes it seems as if you like feeling emotionally frustrated. Today is the perfect day to meditate about whether or not this is true of you. Do you talk to other people about your emotional needs?

Leo (July 24-Aug 23)

You probably aren’t worried about being conventional in your relationships, Leo. In fact, conventionality is often what causes you problems. If you’re wondering what morality is and what it’s based on, this is a good day to think about these questions.

Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)

Is You may not be very precise. Your motto seems to be “everything is relative.” However, paying attention to details doesn’t necessarily mean that you lose sight of the fundamentals. Your friends could tell you that. If you’re an artist, you might make an effort today to be clearer in your expression and a little more down to Earth.

Libra (Sep 24-Oct 23)

This isn’t a good time to make any big relationship decisions. If you’re thinking about starting a relationship, moving in together, or getting married, you may feel a bit troubled by your decision, Libra. Take advantage of the day to reevaluate things objectively. There may be some issues to resolve before you go any further.

Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov 22)

Today you may feel like something is holding you back, Scorpio. Everything was going just fine until now. If you believe the stream of chatter in your head today, you will be regressing in every area of your life! For example, you may be afraid to go any further in your relationship because of your past failures. Use this time to lay the past to rest.

Sagittarius (Nov 23-Dec 21)

You may be looking for some new values in your personal life, Sagittarius. You’re no longer interested in superficial or frivolous relationships. You need to meet different kinds of people and select friends who are really worth keeping. Don’t worry if you feel like taking a step back to get some perspective, because this is the time to do it. Relationships are too important to neglect.

Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 20)

You may want to take a little trip into your past to visit some old friends, Capricorn. You could find yourself daydreaming through your good and bad memories. This is an excellent period to break with some of the more negative ties to your past. If your partner is a little worried about you going back in time at the moment, reassure him or her.

Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb 19)

If you’re concerned about the love that certain close people have for you, you shouldn’t try to compensate by being clingy or overly affectionate. This period is about keeping your distance and putting your relationships into perspective to see what they’re really worth to you, Aquarius. Someone may ask you for an even stronger commitment over the next few months.

Pisces (Feb 20-Mar 20)

This isn’t the time to make any more of a commitment to your relationship, Pisces. You aren’t satisfied with your attitude toward things lately. Don’t forget that your partner’s characteristics may have something to do with it! You have two months to take care of things. Take advantage of this reevaluation period. It doesn’t happen that often.

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