Introduction of Global Minimum Tax in January Requires Island to ‘Adapt Its Economic Model’
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Interamerican University laments passing of its former President Manuel Fernós
By THE STAR STAFF
Former Interamerican University President Manuel Fernós, who presided over the institution for 23 years, passed away on Saturday. He was 76 years old.
The announcement was made by current Interamerican President Rafael Ramírez Rivera, who regretted the passing of the institution’s tenth president.
“For more than 40 years, Mr. Fernós dedicated himself to promoting, through university education, the professional training of thousands of graduates of the Interamerican University,” said Ramírez Rivera.
Before entering the field of education, Fernós worked professionally in the private sector and also in public service in the Department of Justice and in the Commission to Combat Crime in Puerto Rico. In the educational field, he was a professor, dean of Studies (1982-1985) and dean of the Faculty of Law (1985-1992); chancellor of the Metropolitan Campus (1992-1999) and president of the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico (1999-2022).
During his 40-year career at the Interamerican University and during his tenure as president, he managed to increase the academic offering to more than 200 programs, including associate degrees, bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees, and doctorates, such as the doctorate in Theological Studies, Business and Management Development, and Psychology.
Of these programs, he managed to create more than 70 online offers. He also started eight technical careers programs in which certificates are offered, and today Intertec offers more than 30 programs.
On the other hand, he achieved the review of the consortia of exchange and international cooperation programs, including agreements with the University of Oxford in England, the Beijing School of Communications in China, with universities in Spain, Chile, the Dominican Republic, the consortia with the Latin American Network of University Cooperation, UNIVERSIA and HETS, among other agreements. With these initiatives, he promoted the internationalization of university education, using distance education and the exchange of teachers, students and educational resources. In addition, he continued the development of Educational Centers abroad, such as those established in the city of Orlando, Florida, and Panama, and more recently as manager of the Inter Philadelphia Educational Center.
Despite his long list of achievements, Interamerican’s Board of Trustees removed Fernos from the position, which led to a legal battle.
The university community of the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico expresses condolences to his wife, nephews, relatives, friends and prays that the peace and comfort of the Almighty be with them all. President Ramírez Rivera indicated that as a sign of mourning for the death of Fernós, the flags at the University will fly at half-mast for seven days, the school said.
As president of the Institution, Fernós established the Vice Presidency of Religious Affairs. In addition, the institution achieved an expansion of more than 50 million dollars in construction projects, including a building for the School of Optometry at the Bayamón Campus, a building for the Center for Computer Science and Telecommunications at the San Germán Campus, a Student Center at the Barranquitas Campus, the construction of dormitories at the Bayamón Campus, as well as expansion of facilities at the Aguadilla, Arecibo, Fajardo, Guayama and Ponce campuses, and at the Faculty of Law and student residences at the Metro Campus.
Thousands of jobs at risk unless global minimum tax legislation is passed
By THE STAR STAFF
Some 100,000 jobs may be at risk unless the government passes legislation soon to mitigate the impact of the global minimum tax (GMT) by January, according to Espacios Abiertos, a non-profit group.
EA is slated to present on November 20 at the Faculty of General Studies in the UPR Rio Piedras on the local impact of the law. Governor Pedro Pierluisi has said he is interested in convening a special session to correct certain laws and to approve legislation related to the GMT, but the incoming government has objected to it.
The global minimum tax, which is based on the Global Anti-Base Erosion (GloBE) Model Rules, ensures that large multinational enterprises pay a minimum level of tax on their income in each jurisdiction where they operate, thereby reducing the incentive for profit shifting and placing a floor under tax competition, bringing an end to the race to the bottom on corporate tax rates. That tax is 15%.
EA earlier this year analyzed the effects of the 15% GMT in Puerto Rico, evaluating both the opportunities and risks it presents.
Historically, Puerto Rico has used its limited tax autonomy to attract investment through tax incentives and tax decrees, as well as federal policies like the nowdefunct Section 936, which provided tax incentives to US multinationals doing business in the U.S. territory.
Puerto Rico has used its limited tax autonomy to attract investment through tax incentives and tax decrees, as well as federal policies like the now-defunct Section 936.
The elimination Section 936 led Puerto Rico to an economic crisis, decreasing investment and employment. In response, the government enacted laws such as Act 154 of 2010 and Act 52 of 2022 to stabilize local tax policy. “Implementing the GMT in Puerto Rico could significantly increase tax revenues in the short term but also pose long-term risks if the island does not adapt its economic model to mitigate these impacts,” the EA said in its report.
The digitization and globalization of the economy have allowed multinationals to shift profits to low-tax jurisdictions, resulting in significant tax revenue losses globally. This situation has led over 140 economies to cooperate to implement a GMT to ensure more equitable taxation and sufficient funding for essential public services.
The OECD and the G-20 have developed the BEPS or Base Erosion and Profit Shifting, which is a tax planning strategy used by multinational corporations (MNEs) to avoid paying taxes.
Some estimated 147 jurisdictions have committed to reforming international taxation through two pillars. Pillar I seeks to reassign taxing rights over the profits of large multinationals to the markets where their sales occur. Pillar II, which includes the Global Minimum Tax (GMT) and the Subject to Tax Rule (STTR), establishes a minimum tax of 15% for multinationals with consolidated annual revenues exceeding 750 million euros.
The EA report projected potential tax revenues for 2024 and 2025 under different scenarios. If Puerto Rico implemented the QDMTT, it could collect up to $3.8 billion annually, primarily from U.S. foreign corporations. However, if the QDMTT is not implemented, other jurisdictions could claim part of these revenues.
According to the EA report, the island could collect $60.0 million from European corporations and $17.6 million from corporations in other countries.
COR3 reports increase in reconstruction works for third quarter of 2024
By THE STAR STAFF
The number of reconstruction works related to the disasters of Hurricane Maria and the 2020 earthquakes paid for with funds allocated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) increased from July to September, the executive director of the Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience (COR3) Manuel A. Laboy Rivera said.
The revelation was made in a Quarterly Progress Report.
“The technical assistance that we at COR3 offer to municipalities, non-profit entities and government agencies has been key to promoting reconstruction projects until they are completed. According to the new Quarterly Progress Report completed by municipalities, government agencies, and non-profit organizations, there are 10,137 reconstruction works in progress resulting from the disasters of Hurricane Maria and the earthquakes, with funds allocated by FEMA, amounting to $13.1 billion, which reflected an increase of 2,096 more projects in development when comparing the data with the same quarter in 2023,” explained Laboy Rivera.
The Quarterly Progress Report also reported a 64% increase, reaching 3,877 completed works with esti-
mated investments of $793.1 million. As of September 2023, 2,358 completed projects were reported with approximate costs of $525.4 million.
As an example, among the projects completed in the third quarter of 2024, are: the Central Laboratory of the Water and Sewer Authority, in Caguas. This is the only laboratory in the Caribbean certified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Health to perform critical water quality tests. The Punta Salinas Spa in Toa Baja, the Manuel González Theater in Lajas, and the Félix Herrera Cruz sports complex in Yabucoa, among others, also completed their development.
When comparing the data with the previous quarter from April to June 2024, the entities leading the works reported 546 more works between the design acquisition stages and construction, representing $1,277 million in additional investment. Meanwhile, 327 works ($95.2 million) were added to the completed category.
“The growth in the course of the works has been constant. When comparing the current period with the same period corresponding to 2022, some 4,535 additional works have been executed. This represents an increase of $8,684 million in investment. In the case of completed works, there was a 173% increase. As a
result of the boost in the development of the works, the Economic Development Bank revealed that the cement sales index in October increased by 15.2%, and in the month of September, the number of jobs in the construction sector rose to 37,500, which represents a growth of 4.7%,” said Laboy Rivera.
Executive director of COR3 Manuel A. Laboy Rivera.
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Outgoing independent Rep. Luis Raul Torres, who conducted numerous energy-related probes in the House, criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Chris Wright as Energy Secretary on Sunday because it would revert policies favoring the use of renewable energy over fossil fuels.
“The voice of reason calls us to reflect on the recent nomination of Chris Wright as Secretary of the Department of Energy, a decision that seems to be a nod to the powerful oil and natural gas industries rather than a commitment to a sustainable energy future. Wright, known for his open support of fossil fuels, represents an apparent setback in the advances made in producing energy through renewable sources,” he said through his X account.
Trump announced Saturday that he nominated Wright to run the Department of Energy, an executive of a fracking company who has fiercely criticized the existence of a climate crisis and the transition to renewable energy sources. (Gage Skidmore/CC)
Trump announced Saturday that he nominated Wright, an executive of a fracking company who has fiercely criticized the existence of a climate crisis and the transition to renewable energy sources, to run the Department of Energy. The Trump administration is expected to shift the department’s focus away from clean energy initiatives championed under outgoing President
The State Election Commission will not publish results until the acts of each precinct are corrected, the agency’s Alternate Chairwoman Jessika Padilla Rivera said this weekend.
“We continue to finally attend to what remains of precinct 1 of San Juan, what remains of precinct two, and work on what is precinct 3. We continue to evaluate the acts to finally prove that they are all 100 percent correct, which is the biggest challenge we have faced in recent days. We continue to see results in the dissemination system of the official page of the State Election Commission. Gradually, yes, we want to see more results, but until and as long as we make sure that the minutes are correct, we will not bring results that do not match the system,” said Padilla Rivera in a press conference on Saturday.
“There are 114 precincts; we are attending to the first three precincts in San Juan; the remaining 111 are still pending. I understand that some tables already have (precinct) 4. Several (working) areas do not all work in parallel, so when one finishes, the other is not necessarily finished,” she said.
The counting tables have all the ballot boxes from precinct 1. “However, there are still pending reports that have not been balanced from precinct 1, even if you have delivered the ballot box and have attended to 100 percent of precinct 1 in the first area, which is what is being attended to. In that case, it returns to the table to balance that ballot box. So, we would have to see exactly what 100 percent of the results have already been entered into the page, because what is entered into the page is 100 percent already balanced,” she added.
The situation worsens because there are few officials available to balance the minutes for the direct nomination votes.
“It is what we want, it is what we have said all these days, we are giving main and special interest to the balancing of the acts. We had not had a high participation in the direct nomination in the previous scrutiny. That directly affects the other positions on the legislative ballot. That takes time. And we cannot work on a record if it is not balanced. Precisely the slowness that we are seeing, what is proving is that the work is being done and that we are not, as they say in the jargon of the tables, we are not messing around with the acts,” she said.
“We are working on them as they should be. What does not add up, is returned. Do we want to see progress? Yes, of course, we all want to see progress, but we cannot compare this scrutiny with previous years because we had not seen such a significant rise in direct nominations on the legislative ballot, which directly implies other changes, other impacts on other positions,” she said.
The alternate president said the electoral commissioners will be deciding soon whether or not to extend the work schedule.
On the other hand, Padilla Rivera said the SEC investigated the situation of at least 20 voters listed as deceased in the SEC system and found that it was an error.
“The lists added by hand bring those voters who are not in the regular polling station; they are added by hand and it is evaluated whether or not they are excluded due to death. The lists that have been received, we have seen that they are excluded due to death. When the investigation is done, it seems to me that recently yesterday morning, we had 20 cases of
Torres said the burning of oil and natural gas perpetuates a toxic energy model that affects people’s health, contaminates the environment, and chains present and future generations to exorbitant energy prices. “Who benefits from this dependence? Not the people, but the powerful owners and managers of these industries, whose control over energy markets has proven to be as unbreakable as it is harmful,” he said.
“The voice of reason reminds us that the transition to renewable energy is not an ideological whim, but an existential necessity. Clean energies like solar, wind, and geothermal are not only safer for the planet but also represent an opportunity to diversify economies and free citizens from the yoke of corporate interests,” he said.
He said Wright’s nomination not only puts advances in renewable energy at risk but also reinforces a system prioritizing profits over public health, air quality, and climate well-being. While other countries move toward energy self-sufficiency based on renewable resources, the United States seems set to go back decades, leading the world not toward a cleaner future, but toward a present plagued by pollution and inequality, he said.
Appointment of Chris Wright is setback to use of renewables, Torres said SEC will not publish San Juan results just yet
people excluded due to death who are not dead but have voted. It is that they are living people who by mistake excluded themselves and went to vote. So what we have seen of people excluded due to death is due to an error in the system and if they have already been identified, they are people who are alive,” said Padilla Rivera in a press conference.
“How is this done? It goes to the list of the secretariat for the Special Secretariat Board (JES in Spanish). They work on what is the inclusion. When you make the comparison of the excluded due to death and the one who is pending inclusion, there the names match, that work of adding is done by hand and it is accredited that in effect it is not a deceased person,” she added.
The electoral commissioner of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP), Karla Angleró González denounced the irregularity Thursday.
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Padilla Rivera said the SEC investigated the situation of at least 20 voters listed as deceased in the SEC system and found that it was an error.
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Biden’s policies offer a starting point for Trump’s border crackdown
By HAMED ALEAZIZ
President-elect Donald Trump has spent the past year railing against the Biden administration’s immigration policies, saying they left the border wide open and risked U.S. security.
But actions taken by President Joe Biden in the past year, including a sweeping asylum ban and more streamlined deportation procedures, may make it easier for Trump to fulfill his promise to shut down the border and turn back migrants as quickly as possible.
To be sure, Biden’s vision for immigration is different from Trump’s. Although the White House has enacted stricter regulations at the border, it has also emphasized legal pathways to enter the country and offered temporary legal status to migrants from certain troubled countries.
After promising a more humane immigration policy when he took office in 2021, Biden was confronted with a worldwide surge in migration that put pressure on the southern U.S. border. By his second year in office, annual border arrests topped 2 million.
As chaotic scenes emerged of migrants crowding at the border, Republicans such as Trump argued that the Democrats were unable to govern and protect American cities, and they urged a crackdown on immigration. Republican governors such as Greg Abbott of Texas and Ron DeSantis of Florida sent thousands of migrants by bus and plane to Democratic northern cities to highlight the border crisis.
Under relentless political pressure, Biden eventually took several steps that marked a radical shift in U.S. immigration policy.
In an executive order in June, Biden blocked migrants from seeking asylum at the border, the most restrictive border policy enacted by any modern Democratic president.
A key feature of the new policy is that migrants being screened at the border are no longer routinely asked whether they fear return. If they do not express fear on their own, they are quickly processed for deportation. Migrant activists say far too many people who would be eligible for asylum are being summarily rejected.
The U.S. also ramped up deportations to countries other than Mexico to record levels, built more space to hold migrants near the border and began removing people more quickly by deporting asylum-seekers directly from Border Patrol custody.
Enemies Meet and Play Nice, For a Moment.CAPTION: President-elect Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with President Joe Biden as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. Politics always involves a measure of performance. And on that score, few moments rival the one on Wednesday morning at the White House, when Biden and Trump pretended in public to like and respect each other — for a total of 29 seconds..CREDIT: (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
Those actions dropped border numbers to lows not seen in several years.
“All of these tools will be in effect when Trump takes office,” said Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council.
Adam Isacson, who focuses on border security at the Washington Office on Latin America, a human rights organization, said that nearly 45,000 of the 54,000 migrants who crossed in September had been deported or detained.
“That certainly lays the groundwork for Trump,” he said, noting that only 9,145 people had been released into the country in September, pending an immigration court hearing.
He added: “So it won’t be too much work for Trump to get it down close to zero. Especially if they find a way to detain people
from distant and hard-to-deport countries.”
Trump has promised to close the border immediately upon taking office. He has committed to a return to a policy known as “Remain in Mexico,” which forces migrants to stay in Mexico until their U.S. cases are resolved. That would be one of his main solutions to shutting down the border, but that policy would probably take time and negotiations to put into place.
In the meantime, he can make use of the infrastructure that the Biden administration has developed.
The administration also announced in July a plan to help Panama deport migrants who cross its borders illegally as a way to cut down on migration targeting the U.S. border.
“This assistance seeks to reduce unprecedented irregular migration through the Darien region, through which over 520,000 migrants transited in 2023,” the State Department said in a statement at the time.
The Biden administration also plans to issue a regulation to make it easier for asylum officers to spot those ineligible for protection, including migrants with serious criminal records, and to quickly remove them from the country.
To increase opportunities for legal immigration, the administration is encouraging migrants to use a mobile app to apply for appointments with Border Patrol and to make a case for asylum. It also has created a program that allows people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to enter the U.S. and stay for two years if they have a financial sponsor.
Those programs have been key targets of Trump, who has promised to undo them immediately.
“All of the Biden administration restrictions give them a starting point far beyond what they had in 2016,” said Stephanie Leutert, director of the Mexico Security Initiative at the University of Texas at Austin and a former State Department official in the Biden administration.
Leutert explained that, unlike in 2017, there are more single adults and families arriving from across the globe.
“So, in a sense, there may be more that the Trump administration will want to immediately undo (the legal pathways) and more that they may want to work with (the restrictions),” she wrote in a text message.
Trump’s cabinet picks, panned in Washington, thrill many of his voters
By MICHAEL CORKEY, ISABELLE TAFT and SHAWN HUBLER
To his detractors, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s Cabinet looks like a rogues’ gallery of people with dubious credentials and questionable judgment.
His supporters see something different.
“It’s a masterpiece,’’ Eileen Margolis, 58, who lives in Weston, Florida, and owns a tattoo business, said of Trump’s Cabinet picks unveiled over the past week. “If it was a painting, it would be a Picasso.”
A “brilliant alliance,’’ is how Joanne Warwick, 60, a former Democrat from Detroit, described many of the nominees.
“It’s pretty much a star cast,’’ said Judy Kanoui of Flat Rock,
North Carolina, a retiree and lifelong Democrat who voted for Trump for the first time this month.
Democrats, and even some Republicans, worry that these nominees for top positions in government are inexperienced, conflicted and potentially reckless. But in interviews with almost two dozen Trump voters around the country, his supporters were more likely to describe them as mavericks and reformers recruited to deliver on Trump’s promise to shake up Washington.
In Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nominee for health and human services secretary, Trump’s supporters see a crusader searching for new solutions to chronic illnesses, not a conspiracy theorist promoting questionable and debunked ideas about vaccines and fluoride.
In Matt Gaetz, the nominee for attorney general, many Trump supporters look past the ethical investigation into allegations that he had a relationship with a 17-year-old girl and possibly violated federal sex trafficking laws, and see a provocateur who is willing to punish the Democrats who unjustly prosecuted the president-elect.
“I think it’s so crazy, and I love it,’’ Merrill McCollum, 60, of Bozeman, Montana, said of the nominees.
McCollum said she voted for Trump after becoming frustrated by bureaucracy, identity politics and the rising cost of living. She is excited by his appointments of people she sees as outsiders to Washington, D.C., a place she got to know while working there during tours in naval intelligence.
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“What we’ve been doing in the past really hasn’t worked,’’ she added.
Not everyone is thrilled with every nominee. Some said the choice of Gaetz, a polarizing figure in both parties, could prove an unnecessary distraction and expressed doubts that he could be confirmed. Others thought the Cabinet was not anti-establishment enough, pointing to Marco Rubio, the Florida senator who was tapped as secretary of state.
Brian Kozlowski, a 40-year-old lawyer in Orlando, Florida, said even after Trump’s resounding victory, his own expectations were relatively low that his candidate would be able to bring about lasting change in Washington. But the Cabinet appointees have made him hopeful.
“It’s an actual fulfillment of a politician dispensing with the norms,” said Kozlowski.
“The No. 1 thing to me, and a lot of Trump voters, is getting rid of the swamp,’’ he added. “This is what is shocking some people — it may actually be happening.”
Among the nominees most praised in the interviews was Kennedy, who often speaks of addressing the rise in chronic health conditions.
Many health experts are alarmed by Kennedy’s unfounded claims that vaccines cause autism and by his threats to sue medical journals and fire hundreds of employees at the National Institutes of Health. They fear that as health secretary, he could undo generations of sound public health policy.
But voters who support Trump said they admired Kennedy’s focus on environmental toxins and his break with his famous family over his unorthodox views.
Warwick said, “I bet there’s a bunch of people shaking in their boots” about Kennedy’s selection.
But in the end, she said, Democrats might like some of his policies.
Perhaps more than any other policy stance, Kennedy’s criticism of vaccines resonated with Trump supporters, many of whom said they were still angry about the mandates and business and school shutdowns during the pandemic. They blamed them on President Joe Biden, not Trump,
who was president when the pandemic started. The more criticism the Cabinet nominees elicit, Trump voters said, the more it proves that Washington is scared of change.
Donna Hutz, 60, of Hubbard, Ohio, said she has been happy about every appointment announced so far, particularly Gaetz, a former Florida member of Congress who resigned last week after Trump announced his nomination. Hutz believes that the allegations against Gaetz are false, which makes her root for his success even more.
The Justice Department under Biden declined to file charges in the case, and Mike Johnson, the House speaker, said he objected to releasing a report on an ethics committee’s investigation into the allegations because Gaetz resigned from Congress.
“It’s not what he’s done, it’s what was done to him,” said Hutz, a portfolio manager at an information technology company.
She said the backlash to some of Trump’s appointments does not surprise her, because in her view, his opponents have been blinded by the media.
“They’re losing it, and I’m enjoying every minute of it,” Hutz said of Trump’s critics.
Some people worried that the Cabinet would not work quickly enough to end the conflicts in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip. Cole Graham, 30, took issue with the selections of Rubio and Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host who was tapped to run the Pentagon.
Graham, who lives in Arizona, said those men appeared “too war hawkish.”
“I do not support further encroachment of Israel into Gaza or into the West Bank,” he said. “I was hoping we might be able to take a step back.”
Many Muslim voters backed Trump to protest the Biden administration’s unwavering support for Israel in its war against Hamas.
One of those voters, Khaled Saffuri, a Palestinian American of Fairfax County, Virginia, said he worried that Rubio is “pro-Israel to no limit.” But Saffuri believes if Trump keeps his campaign promises, he will step in to end the war.
“I didn’t think he was going to appoint angels,” said Saffuri, 65, who leads a foundation involved in foreign policy issues.
From left, Tulsi Gabbard, Vivek Ramaswamy, Mike Johnson and Matt Gaetz during a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, at Madison Square Garden in New York, on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. Where Trump’s critics see under-qualified nominees with questionable judgment, his voters described them as mavericks recruited to shake up Washington. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
Corporate America bets on a market-friendly Trump 2.0
By TALMON JOSEPH SMITH
Donald Trump’s election victory reverberated through financial markets.
And two weeks later, bets on the economy’s path and on corporate winners or losers — known as the “Trump trade” on Wall Street — are in full swing.
Stock prices for perceived winners have snapped higher: Bank valuations have soared, as investors anticipate more lenient regulations. The same is true for many large companies seeking to consolidate through mergers and acquisitions, which have frequently been blocked or discouraged under President Joe Biden.
The share price of Tesla, run by Trump’s adviser and campaign benefactor Elon Musk, has surged by more than 40% since the election last week. Cryptocurrencies, which Trump has pledged to lend more support, popped as well, with bitcoin hitting record highs.
Based on the president-elect’s promises of drastic immigration enforcement, which might increase demand for detention services, the shares of private prison operators also rose sharply.
Presumed losers slumped in price, including smaller green energy firms benefiting from Biden-era tax credits. A range of retailers and manufacturers reliant on imported goods have also suffered because they may be negatively exposed to tariffs that Trump has floated.
The stock market overall, though, has ripped to new highs, surpassing the records it set earlier in the year.
Although a relatively strong economy will greet the next Trump administration, the president-elect’s proposals on trade, immigration, monetary policy and more will have uncertain effects, making some on Wall Street wary of the long-term outlook. And many citizens and civic groups are on edge, concerned about Trump’s pledges to settle scores and upend U.S. policy.
Yet investors and corporate leaders largely remain focused on market fundamentals: earnings growth.
Estimates of earnings growth for the next two years, already high, are being upgraded by some analysts since the election. Beyond deregulation, the Trump team’s plan to lower corporate taxes is likely to increase the earnings most companies retain, which can be used to fund expansions and increase payouts to shareholders through dividends or buybacks.
Containers at the Port of Georgia, along the Savannah River, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. Some investors have been comforted by a clear election result and are anticipating tax cuts and deregulation from a second Trump administration. (Adam Kuehl/The New York Times)
“We’ve already got a good earnings backdrop,” said Joseph Quinlan, head of market strategy for Merrill and Bank of America Private Bank, “and it just got better.”
Still, the market rally is not entirely driven by politics but rather, in some respects, is a reflection of investors’ relief that the election results are clear, staving off a drawn-out fight.
The scenario of “civil war or major cities flaring up with violence” did not come to pass, said Adam Parker, founder of Trivariate Research, which advises large firms. “And we knew immediately who won — that brings relief, certainty.”
The prospect of higher tariffs clouds earnings forecasts.
A dizzying amount of uncertainty remains with Trump’s return to office more than two months away.
Industry groups and most economists have been warning that broad tariffs could eventually reignite consumer inflation, hurt company earnings and potentially cause a destabilizing global trade war.
“Retailers rely heavily on imported products and manufacturing components so that they can offer their customers a variety of products at affordable prices,” Jonathan Gold, vice president of supply chain and customs policy at the National Retail Federation, said in a statement the day before the election. “A tariff is a tax paid by the U.S. importer, not
a foreign country or the exporter. This tax ultimately comes out of consumers’ pockets through higher prices.”
Tariffs could “accelerate investment in reshoring” jobs from abroad, said Samuel Rines, an economist and a macro strategist at WisdomTree, a financial firm. At the same time, Rines said, “we have no idea what’s going to be implemented, and so what you’re seeing priced in is the least-worst scenario.”
That scenario involves “tactical” tariffs, meant to extract more advantageous trading terms from global counterparts. “I wouldn’t say there is any sort of guarantee that it will be tactical, but the market assumption is that’s the case,” he added.
The imposition of new tariffs — which can happen for a long period without congressional approval — could increase costs and narrow profit margins. Generally, firms can pick their poison: raise prices to maintain their margins as they pay the import taxes, leave prices unchanged to avoid losing consumer sales or make their goods in countries with lower or no tariffs.
That last maneuver can take time, though some companies are on the move, like shoemaker Steven Madden, which told shareholders last week that it would cut nearly half of its China production within the next year to keep tariffs from eating into revenues. It is not clear, however, that this production will come
to the United States.
Some companies are already telegraphing plans to raise prices.
“If we get tariffs, we will pass those tariff costs back to the consumer,” Philip Daniele, CEO of vehicle parts supplier AutoZone, told analysts on a recent call — adding that the company would raise prices “ahead of” the imposition of tariffs, rather than wait.
Companies are uncertain about retaliation and the Fed.
Many corporate leaders may be happy to see Biden administration regulators go. But Brent Donnelly, president of Spectra Markets, a market research firm, notes that executives may be exchanging one headache for another: the wrath of Trump, who has railed against those he views as enemies of his agenda.
“There’s a lot of fear now in corporate America that you can’t say anything negative about the dear leader,” Donnelly said.
Publicly pushing back against Trump is “a headline risk” that could hurt a company’s stock price, he said, adding, “All it takes is one tweet.”
The president-elect has also asserted that he should have more say over interest rates. Current and former Federal Reserve officials say this threatens the independence of the central bank, which has a mandate to set rates in order to steer the economy toward maximum employment and price stability over the long term.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell defended the institution at a news conference last week, responding with a crisp “no” when asked if he would step down if Trump asked him to do so.
The multitrillion-dollar bond market — which tends to react negatively to news that inflation might tick higher or that the Fed might not be resolute in containing it — calmed after Powell’s remarks but remained jittery.
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US defense shares, government contractors fall after Trump efficiency picks
Shares of defense companies and government contractors were lower on Friday, extending recent losses amid uncertainty surrounding President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed Department of Government Efficiency.
Trump, a Republican who won last week’s election against Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, this week named Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to co-lead the proposed efficiency department, an entity Trump indicated will operate outside the confines of government.
Among defense contractors, shares of General Dynamics fell 1.5% on Friday, while Lockheed Martin was off 0.8% and Northrop Grumman was down 1.3%.
The S&P 500 Aerospace & Defense index was down 0.6%.
Changing inflation expectations are visible in the bond market, where the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield has ticked up to its highest since July.
Traders now expect a 79.1% chance of a 25-basis point reduction at the Federal Reserve’s December meeting, down from 82% prior to the data, according to the CME FedWatch tool.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 14.77 points, or 0.03%, to 43,943.42, the S&P 500 lost 4.30 points, or 0.07%, to 5,981.08, and the Nasdaq Composite lost 10.19 points, or 0.05%, to 19,220.53.
The blue-chip Dow was buoyed by a 7.1% gain in Walt Disney after the entertainment giant reported quarterly earnings that beat Wall Street’s estimates and offered robust guidance for the coming years.
Consumer discretionary stocks weighed on the S&P
MOST ASSERTIVE STOCKS
500. EV maker Tesla declined 2.5%, while Amazon.com was down 0.7%.
Powell will provide an update on his economic outlook to business leaders in Dallas, a day after some Fed policymakers shifted their attention back to inflation risks as they weighed when, and how fast and far, to cut interest rates.
Shares of government contractors also continued their recent slide on Friday, including Leidos Holdings, which was down 4.4%; Science Applications International, which was down 2.8%; and Booz Allen Hamilton, which fell 3%.
General Dynamics was down about 7% for the week,
while Leidos fell 19%. Both stocks suffered their biggest weekly percentage drops in more than four years.
JP Morgan analysts wrote in a research note Thursday that the trigger for the decline in the government contractors’ shares signals concern about the efficiency department “and how it may result in budget cuts and policy changes that reduce contractor earnings.”
The Musk and Ramaswamy picks were among some others this week by Trump, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services and Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense.
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Blast hits central Beirut for first time in weeks
By ISABEL KERSHNER, EUAN WARD and HWAIDA SAAD
An Israeli airstrike hit the Lebanese capital Sunday, a rare attack inside the city that comes as Israel’s military has been pounding areas outside it where Hezbollah holds sway.
Israel’s intensified push on the battlefield appears aimed at pressuring the Lebanese government and Hezbollah to accede to terms for a cease-fire for Lebanon worked out between Israeli and U.S. officials, in what Israeli analysts describe as a strategy of “negotiations under fire.”
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said one person was killed in the strike on the capital, Beirut — the first to hit the city in weeks. The infrequent attacks inside the capital have tended to target individuals belonging to Hezbollah, and the attack Sunday seemingly killed Mohammed Afif, the head of Hezbollah’s media office.
As the de facto spokesperson of Hezbollah, Afif was one of the group’s few remaining figures with a public profile. His role had gained newfound prominence in recent weeks after Israel killed Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in September along with much of the group’s top command and leadership.
The strike in Beirut on Sunday destroyed a seven-story building in the neighborhood of Ras al-Naba, Lebanon’s staterun news agency reported. It said that search teams were working to rescue a number of people trapped under the rubble and that Afif was “coincidentally present” when the building was struck.
The building housed the Lebanese headquarters of the Arab Socialist Baath party, a small political faction aligned with Hezbollah. In a statement, the party said that its leader, Ali Hijazi, was not in the building at the time of the strike.
Hijazi appeared to confirm Afif’s death on social media. He posted a photograph of himself sitting alongside Afif and wrote: “May God have mercy on you, dear brother, beloved fighter… You knew you would join the ranks of martyrs.”
The explosion set off panic and confusion in the city. Peo-
A Lebanese civilian looks out over Beirut as smoke rises in the distance on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (Diego Ibarra Sanchez/The New York Times)
ple rushed out into the street, some screaming, others trying to reach people by phone. Smoke and dust filled the air, and gunfire rang out as multiple ambulances rushed to the scene, where a crowd had gathered.
Um Ahmad, who gave only her first name, stood across from the building, her three young daughters huddled behind her. She said that she, her husband and their six children were staying in a nearby apartment along with dozens of others displaced by the war. The moment they heard the blast, they rushed out of their building in fear.
“We heard a loud boom and left immediately,” she said.
There was no immediate comment from Israel’s military about the strike in Beirut. Earlier Sunday, the Israeli military said it had conducted “intelligence-based strikes” against Hezbollah on the Dahiya, an area just south of Beirut where the militant group holds sway. A spokesperson for the Israeli military, Avichay Adraee, said Sunday that Israel had struck 50 targets in the area over the past week.
Abu Hussein had fled the Dahiya and taken a job as a security guard at a building in Beirut a few weeks ago. The
building where he works was the one that was hit Sunday.
After the strike, Hussein stood nearby in a daze. His head was bandaged, and streaks of blood ran down his neck.
“The building was nearly empty” when the strike hit, Hussein said, as medics tended to his wounds.
Afif had appeared in public in recent weeks to speak to reporters at news conferences in the Dahiya. During one news conference last month, Afif told reporters that Hezbollah had taken responsibility for an aerial attack that targeted the home of Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. When Israeli warnings of an imminent strike sent journalists scrambling to gather their equipment and leave, Afif told them, “The bombardments don’t scare us, so how should the threats scare us?”
A week ago, Afif said at a news conference that Hezbollah had not yet received any official proposal for a cease-fire deal — though he noted that there had been “contacts between Washington, Moscow, Tehran and other capitals” on the issue since the election of former President Donald Trump.
Hezbollah, he cautioned, remained “ready for a long war.”
Israel began an intensified military campaign against Hezbollah in September, nearly a year after the group began firing rockets into Israel in solidarity with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The offensive set off a humanitarian crisis in Lebanon, displacing nearly a quarter of the population and buckling the country’s health system.
The campaign against Hezbollah initially focused on southern Lebanon, where Israel’s military said it sought to stop the group from being able to fire rockets across the border. But the military operations have expanded in recent weeks to include cities and towns across the country, including some far from that border. And Hezbollah has maintained its ability to launch rockets into Israel.
The Israeli military said Sunday that about 20 rockets were fired into the country from Lebanon, setting off alert sirens in the area around Haifa, Israel’s main northern port city, and other places. Some of the rockets were intercepted by Israel’s air defenses, and others fell in open areas. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Biden allows Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range U.S. missiles
By ADAM ENTOUS, ERIC SCHMITT and JULIAN E. BARNES
President Joe Biden has authorized the first use of U.S.supplied long-range missiles by Ukraine for strikes inside Russia, U.S. officials said.
The weapons are likely to be initially employed against Russian and North Korean troops in defense of Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region of western Russia, the officials said.
Biden’s decision is a major change in U.S. policy. The choice has divided his advisers, and his shift comes two months before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, having vowed to limit further support for Ukraine.
Allowing the Ukrainians to use the long-range missiles,
known as the Army Tactical Missile Systems, or ATACMS, came in response to Russia’s surprise decision to bring North Korean troops into the fight, officials said.
Biden began to ease restrictions on the use of U.S.supplied weapons on Russian soil after Russia launched a cross-border assault in May in the direction of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.
To help the Ukrainians defend Kharkiv, Biden allowed them to use the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, which have a range of about 50 miles, against Russian forces directly across the border. But Biden did not allow the Ukrainians to use longer-range ATACMS, which have a range of about 190 miles, in defense of Kharkiv.
While the officials said they do not expect the shift to
fundamentally alter the course of the war, one of the goals of the policy change, they said, is to send a message to the North Koreans that their forces are vulnerable and that they should not send more of them.
The officials said that while the Ukrainians were likely to use the missiles first against Russian and North Korean troops that threaten Ukrainian forces in Kursk, Biden could authorize them to use the weapons elsewhere.
Some U.S. officials said they feared that Ukraine’s use of the missiles across the border could prompt President Vladimir Putin of Russia to retaliate with force against the United States and its coalition partners.
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But other U.S. officials said they thought those fears were overblown.
The Russian military is set to launch a major assault by an estimated 50,000 soldiers, including North Korean troops, on dug-in Ukrainian positions in Kursk with the goal of retaking all of the Russian territory that the Ukrainians seized in August.
The Ukrainians could use the ATACMS missiles to strike Russian and North Korean troop concentrations, key pieces of military equipment, logistics nodes, ammunition depots and supply lines deep inside Russia.
Doing so could help the Ukrainians blunt the effectiveness of the Russian-North Korean assault.
Whether to arm Ukraine with long-range ATACMS has been an especially sensitive subject since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Some Pentagon officials opposed giving them to the Ukrainians because they said the U.S. Army had limited supplies. Some White House officials feared that Putin would widen the war if they gave the missiles to the Ukrainians.
Supporters of a more aggressive posture toward Moscow say Biden and his advisers have been too easily intimidated by Putin’s hostile rhetoric, and they say that the administration’s incremental approach to arming the Ukrainians has disadvantaged them on the battlefield.
Proponents of Biden’s approach say that it had largely been successful at averting a violent Russian response.
Allowing long-range strikes on Russian territory using U.S. missiles could change that equation.
In August, the Ukrainians launched their own cross-border assault into the Kursk region, where they seized a swath of Russian territory.
Since then, U.S. officials have become increasingly concerned about the state of the Ukrainian army, which has been stretched thin by simultaneous Russian assaults in the east, Kharkiv and now Kursk.
The introduction of more than 10,000 North Korean troops and Biden’s response come as Trump prepares to reenter office with a stated goal of quickly ending the war.
Trump has said little about how he would settle the conflict. But Vice President-elect JD Vance has outlined a plan that would allow the Russians to keep the Ukrainian territory that their forces have seized.
The Ukrainians hope that they would be able to trade any Russian territory they hold in Kursk for Ukrainian territory held by Russia in any future negotiations.
If the Russian assault on Ukrainian forces in Kursk succeeds, Ukraine could end up having little to no Russian territory to offer
Moscow in a trade.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine has long sought permission from the United States and its coalition partners to use long-range missiles to strike Russian soil.
The British and French militaries have given the Ukrainians a limited number of Storm Shadow and SCALP missiles, which have a range of about 155 miles, less than the U.S. missile system.
While British and French leaders voiced support for Zelenskyy’s request, they were reluctant to allow the Ukrainians to start using their missiles on Russian soil unless Biden agreed to allow the Ukrainians to do the same with ATACMS.
Biden was more risk-averse than his British and French counterparts, and his top advisers were divided on how to proceed.
Some of them seized on a recent U.S. intelligence assessment that warned that Putin could respond to the use of long-range ATACMS on Russian soil by directing the Russian military or its spy agencies to retaliate, potentially with lethal force, against the United States and its European allies.
The assessment warned of several possible Russian responses that included steppedup acts of arson and sabotage targeting facilities in Europe, as well as potentially lethal attacks on U.S. and European military bases.
Officials said Biden was persuaded to make the change in part by the sheer audacity of Russia’s decision to throw North Korean troops at Ukrainian lines.
He was also swayed, they said, by concerns that the Russian assault force would be able to overwhelm Ukrainian troops in Kursk if they were not allowed to defend themselves with long-range weapons.
Mr. Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to use Army Tactical Missile Systems, or ATACMS, came in response to Russia’s decision to bring North Korean troops into the fight.
A foul fireside chat
By MAUREEN DOWD
It was such a cozy moment in the Oval Office on Wednesday morning, with the roaring fire and the warm handshake and the past presidents — including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and FDR — looking down benignly on the scene.
So why did it feel so nauseating?
It is hard to watch Donald Trump be gracious, because he is gracious only when he wins, and that’s not a good lesson for the children of America. When he loses, he tries to burn the democracy down.
Trump can play it smooth or rough, depending on whether you’re willing to knuckle under. He promised a
President-elect Donald Trump and President Joe Biden meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
smooth transition but was crueler to President Joe Biden during the campaign than I’ve ever seen a presidential candidate be to anyone: Trump made fun of how Biden looked at the beach, how he was aging and his sad mental lapse at their debate, calling him “mentally impaired.”
But Biden is an institutionalist, and he honored the institution. Unfortunately, it was nauseating to watch Biden as well, because he was confronting a monster of his own making. If Biden had not bogarted the presidency, if he had not run for a second term, the Democrats would have had time to put together a stronger, centrist ticket with governors of swing states. Trump’s gloating chariot ride up Pennsylvania Avenue might never have happened.
Through the prism of his ego, Biden sees it differently. Trump told The New York Post afterward that after the “slog” of the campaign, the two combatants really enjoyed seeing each other. And it’s hard not to imagine that a frisson of satisfaction must have crossed Biden’s mind as he welcomed Trump back, because, in his view, it ratified his contention that he was the only one who could have beaten Trump.
This ritualistic tableau did not take place the last time these two transitioned, when Biden took over from Trump. Partly that was because of COVID, and partly it was because Trump was busy throwing monkey wrenches into the transition and desperately devising scenarios to purloin the election.
At the time, in mid-November 2020, President-elect Biden warned that Trump’s refusal to authorize an orderly transition would stain him as “one of the most irresponsible presidents in American history,” adding that “it sends a horrible message about who we are as a country.”
Trump’s election taught us a lot about who we are as a country, and the nearly two-hour Oval meeting, juxtaposed with the announcements of Trump’s bizarre Cabinet picks, was emblematic of an important truism in Washington: Democrats often try to play fair, while Republicans play to win; Democrats sometimes want to be right more than they want to win.
Just as President Barack Obama did in his transition
meeting with Trump in 2016, Biden had to sit there and be gracious while he contemplated all his accomplishments going down the drain at the hands of a man he has total contempt for.
Perhaps the most telling signal was sent by Melania Trump, who didn’t bother to show up at all. Underscoring that lapse in politesse, Jill Biden delivered a handwritten note to the president-elect to give to his wife.
Melania’s no-show was a way of saying: The Trumps tried, in their way, to do things the official way last time. But this time, they’re going to do any damn thing they want. They’re going to run the country like one of Trump’s companies. Tradition will be subsumed by Trumpism. And
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San Juan Capestrano reitera su compromiso con la salud mental y las artes en Puerto Rico
Lainstitución de salud mental Sistema Hospital San Juan Capestrano dio a conocer los nombres de los ganadores del Certamen Anual de Arte “Colores de una Mente Sana”, un evento donde participaron jóvenes de toda la isla. El anuncio se llevó a cabo en las facilidades de la Escuela de Bellas Artes del Municipio de Guaynabo, contando con la colaboración estrecha de su alcalde Edward O’Neill Rosa, el Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico y Toro Verde Adventure Park.
“Este evento destaca el compromiso social que tiene el Sistema Hospital San Juan Capestrano hacia la salud mental a través de la expresión artística, logrando captar inspiración de nuestro jóvenes y adultos para crear conciencia conectando la salud mental con el mundo del arte. Este año se presentaron más de cien (100) piezas, de las cuales se premiaron tres categorías segregadas por edad y se reconocieron varias obras sobresalientes por su creatividad y mensaje positivo. El certamen es una iniciativa que abre diálogos importantes sobre la salud mental y permite que nuestra comunidad se una a través del arte para promover el bienestar emocional que tanta falta nos hace”, señaló la principal oficial ejecutiva del Sistema Hospital San Juan Capestrano, la licenciada Marta Rivera Plaza,
“Estamos sorprendidos con la calidad de los trabajos presentados y el mensaje que trae cada pieza que se exhibe como parte de este Certamen Anual de Arte “Colores de una Mente Sana. Nos parece que en la juventud puertorriqueña hay mucho talento, lo que
nos lleva a pensar que estamos siendo testigos de la capacidad que ellos tienen para poder llevar un mensaje positivo como los que se expresan en esta muestra tan variada. Nosotros, entiéndase el Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico respaldamos esta actividad porque la misma crea un vínculo entre el arte, la salud mental y la comunidad”, expresó la gerente de Programas Educativos del Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Nancy Seda de León.
Los organizadores del certamen informaron que en el mismo premia tres categorías, segmentadas por edades. Los nombres de los ganadores son Jovianne Rivera Cruz (12 a 15 años), Anna Carolina Hernández Feliciano (16 a 18 años) y Emanuel Reyes Cruz (19 a 21 años). Es importante señalar que cada uno de los ganadores compartió el significado que hay detrás de su obra, enfatizando cómo el arte les ha servido como herramienta de expresión y reflexión personal sobre la salud mental.
“Además, estamos otorgando reconocimientos especiales a seis obras que sobresalieron por su calidad artística y mensaje. Este esfuerzo le da continuidad a nuestro Certamen Anual y permite fomentar el bienestar mental en Puerto Rico, integrando actividades que acerquen a la comunidad a través de temas de relevancia en nuestro diario vivir. La iniciativa busca crear un espacio seguro y expresivo para jóvenes y adultos, promoviendo una visión de la salud mental libre de estigmas. Estamos muy orgullosos de este proyecto,
Ganadores y participantes del Certamen de Arte Colores de una Mente Sana del Sistema Capestrano.
que nos permite ver de cerca cómo nuestra juventud percibe la salud mental, rompiendo estigmas e identificándose en el proceso. Además, este esfuerzo refleja el creciente compromiso de diversos sectores comunitarios con la salud mental de nuestro país”, terminó diciendo la directora ejecutiva del Sistema Hospital San Juan Capestrano.
Impulsan la Semana de la Puertorriqueñidad educando con patriotismo
Como preámbulo a la celebración de la Semana de la Puertorriqueñidad en las escuelas públicas y colegios privados de Puerto Rico, el Municipio de Cayey mantiene las puertas abiertas de la Casa del Cuento y la Historia Cayeyana Ramón ‘Moncho’ Gómez, para que las instituciones educativas lleven a sus estudiantes para conocer sus facilidades y servicios.
Tradicionalmente, en el mes de noviembre, se celebra la Semana de la Puertorriqueñidad, ocasión en la que miles de estudiantes son motivados a realizar manualidades, dibujos y vestir atuendos alusivos a la cultura y tradición puertorriqueña en sus respectivas escuelas, así como partcipar de bailes típicos y una serie de actividades, siendo el 19 de noviembre el día culminante.
Originalmente, la Casa del Cuento y la Historia Cayeyana fue una residencia, construida en 1910 para la familia del
Lcdo. Vicente Rodríguez Ortiz. Se le conoce también como Casa Gavillán, por ser la familia de don Melquiades Gavillán, la última en habitarla. En 1999 es adquirida por el Municipio y dedicada a Ramón ‘Moncho’ Gómez, quien fuera administrador del Correo Federal y luego profesor de historia en un colegio privado en la ciudad.
“En Cayey tenemos un amplio historial de promoción de las artes, desde la creación de la Escuela Especializada en Bellas Artes Miguel A. Juliá Collazo, hasta las localidades Casa de la Música e Historia Cayeyana, que ubica frente a la plaza pública Ramón Frade de León. Nos hemos proyectado como Capital Cultural de Puerto Rico porque destacamos los valores de Ramón Frade de León y Miguel Meléndez Muñoz, deportistas como Pedro Montañez, músicos como César Concepción, escritores como José Rabelo y Marta Aponte Alsina, entre otras figuras destacadas”, añadió el alcalde.
Grupo de niños y maestras en las facilidades de la Casa del Cuento y la Historia Cayeyana.
La Casa del Cuento sirve de lunes a viernes, de 8:00 am a 4:00 pm, con eventos especiales los fines de semana.
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The ‘king of weird fiction’ writes his strangest novel yet
By ALEXANDRA ALTER
Jeff VanderMeer has been called “the poet laureate of weird fiction,” the “king of weird fiction” and “weird Thoreau.” So it’s notable that VanderMeer says his new novel, “Absolution,” is his weirdest book yet.
“Absolution” is an eerie and unsettling coda to the books that make up his bestselling Southern Reach trilogy, which were published in quick succession in 2014. The series went on to sell more than 1.5 million copies in the United States alone, and was translated into 37 languages. In the first three novels — “Annihilation,” “Authority” and “Acceptance” — a shadowy agency sends ill-fated expeditions of researchers into a contaminated region on the Forgotten Coast called Area X, where human inhabitants have mysteriously disappeared and the plants and animals have undergone strange mutations, evolving into something alien. When the series concluded, Area X was spreading, and readers were left pondering the fate of humanity and the planet.
VanderMeer delighted fans this year when he announced he’d written a surprise fourth volume. And in his trademark hallucinatory fashion, the new novel delivers as many questions as answers.
During a video interview from his home in Tallahassee, Florida, Vandermeer spoke about why he wanted to return to Area X, how he’s kept the mystery alive for a decade and why he thinks alligators are misunderstood.
This conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity.
Q: What made you want to go back to Area X?
A: In 2017, I had this idea for an expedition of biologists to the same location 20 years before the events in “Annihilation.” I wrote the first few pages of “Absolution,” and then I thought, what does it mean, who’s mediating this experience? For a long time I didn’t know the answer to that, so I set it aside.
Q: What jump-started it again?
A: There was a long gestation period. It was after what I would say were some pretty terrible years during the pandemic, and I hadn’t written anything for a while. Then I woke up and had the complete vision for the novel in my head. I was writing morning, noon and night. I was in the grip of the thing, it was flowing out of me. There are certain scenes I don’t remember writing.
Q: A lot of readers wanted to learn what happens after the end of the trilogy, when the situation is pretty dire: Area X is spreading uncontrollably and looks like it will colonize the planet. Why did you decide to go back into the past instead?
A: To describe what happens after “Acceptance,” when Area X takes over, would be almost impossible. It would be so alien or removed that it felt like a perspective I couldn’t really write. But this book is kind of like a prequel, contiguous with the prior few books, and it’s also sneakily a sequel. So it kind of allowed me to do what I didn’t feel like I could do directly, and that was exciting.
Q: Why do you think you and so many of your readers are still thinking about Area X?
A: I think because it did come so deeply out of my sub -
Jeff VanderMeer in New York on Sept. 22, 2024. VanderMeer, known for his blockbuster Southern Reach series, talks about his eerie new installment, “Absolution,” keeping mysteries alive and what people get wrong about alligators.
(Dustin Miller/The New York Times)
conscious. The fact that I was sick when I wrote it, recovering from dental surgery, and the fact that I was still unpacking its meaning in my mind after it was written, and then it took on so many different meanings from other people. There have been so many different interpretations, because of the ambiguity in the books. So people can see a lot of different things in the books, and then when they reflect it back at me, it makes me think about the books differently as well.
Q: How did readers’ reactions make you think differently about the series?
A: There’s something like 17,000 academic papers on the Southern Reach books. To give you just one example, Alison Sperling wrote this paper, “Second Skins,” and all the questions she raised about contamination, permeability, the environment in that paper, I thought they were fascinating.
When I wrote “Absolution,” there’s a really key aspect that I credit her with: Lowry’s fear of contamination from the suit. It really adds something to his character and your understanding of him, and it wouldn’t be in here without that paper.
Q: One of the unusual things about these books is how much remains a mystery at the end. How do you strike the right balance of giving readers a satisfying conclusion while
also engaging them with questions that might not have answers?
A: It’s the conundrum of the series: If I explain too much, I betray the whole idea of exploring the unknowability of the universe. It’s important in fiction sometimes to show our position relative to the universe, because we often feel like we have more control or more knowledge than we actually have. But it’s also up to the readers. Readers are willing to complete this in their imagination. You’re entering a pact where you’re giving room to the reader to engage their imagination. And here they’re filling in, in a sense, a more total explanation.
Q: Some readers and critics see an urgent message about the climate crisis in the series. Is that something you hoped readers would take away from it?
A: I have to be careful about thinking too much about those types of questions directly, because I really don’t like didactic fiction. In terms of those environmental themes, I think they’re in there indirectly and they’re posed more as questions. They’re never really resolved in the narrative, because I don’t know that fiction is supposed to supply those kinds of definitive answers. But it can raise some interesting questions. It can do things that make you uncomfortable.
Q: How do you feel about being called the “king of weird fiction?” That’s quite a title.
A: I don’t mind it. I would say that “Absolution” leans harder into that than a lot of my prior books, even my prior Southern Reach books. It’s the most uncanny of the four. I like the term “weird fiction” because I thrive best when there’s not strict categorization around my books, and weird, being kind of amorphous, helps with that.
But it also speaks to the nature of these books, which is that weird fiction is, at its heart, providing a fourth way of interpreting the world, by allowing fiction — rather than religion, philosophy or science — to try to interpret the unknowable.
Q: You live in Florida, and there are some big moments in this book involving a very unusual alligator.
A: I didn’t tackle alligators until this book. I feel like alligators in Florida are like a cliché, so I wanted, by the time I wrote about them, for it to be something big and different. I have a lot of experience jumping over alligators and things, and I wanted to get that experience in there, in a loving tribute, and thus was born the Tyrant. Alligators are much misunderstood. They’re good parents and they’re very social animals. No one will believe me.
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Civil Núm.: AR2024CV01882. Salón: 402. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. A: PERSONAS IGNORADAS O DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA
PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCION DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD Y TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO A ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE. POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica a usted que se ha presentado ante este Tribunal el expediente arriba titulado, con el fin de justificar e inscribir en el Registro de la Propiedad a favor de la Parte Peticionaria el dominio que alega sobre la finca que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Parcela de terreno radicada en el Barrio Santana del término municipal de Arecibo, Puerto Rico con una cabida superficial de Dos Mil Ochenta y Cinco punto Nueve Mil Quinientos Cincuenta y Siete Metros cuadrados (2,085.9557 m/c), equivalentes a Cero punto Cinco Mil Trescientos Siete cuerdas (0.5307 cds.). Linda al NORTE con la carretera “PR” Dos (PR-2); por el SUR, con la carretera “PR” Seis Seis Dos (PR-662); por el ESTE, con Isel, Inc.; y por el OESTE, con Eulogio Agosto. La Parte Peticionaria está representada por el Lcdo. Luis Sevillano Sánchez, RUA 13,644, PO BOX 141118, Arecibo PR 006141118. Teléfono: 787-878-5132. Correo electrónico: ofic.lcdo. luissevillano@gmail.com. Se le notifica a usted que este Tribunal ha ordenado su citación, para que presente oposición a este expediente, si se viesen perjudicados con la inscripción que se solicita; advirtiéndole que de no hacerlo dentro del término de veinte (20) días a contar desde que fuera usted
notificado de esta citación, la Parte Peticionaria podrán solicitar y obtener la aprobación de este expediente de dominio y la correspondiente inscripción a su nombre en el Registro de la Propiedad el dominio de la finca anteriormente descrita. 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 presentar su alegación dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la Parte Peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Petición, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Por Orden de este Tribunal, expido la presente bajo mi firma y sello oficial. Expedido en Arecibo, Puerto Rico, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 27 de octubre de 2024. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. PILAR H. MERCADO GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA AIUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE UTUADO CARMEN ANA VÉLEZ MARTÍNEZ Y SUCESIÓN DE LUIS ALFREDO NIEVES FIGUERDA COMPUESTA POR WILFREDO NIEVES, RUTH NILDA NIEVES, LUZ ENILDA NIEVES I LUIS ALFREDO NIEVES JR. Peticionarias Vs. EX PARTE
Civil Núm.: UT2024CV00431. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS STADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S.
A: (I) Personas Ignoradas o desconocidas a quienes pudiera perjudicar la inscripción del dominio a favor de Ia Parte Peticionaria en el Registro de la Propiedad y toda persona en general
que con derecho a ello desee oponerse a este expediente. (II) Sucesión de Edgar Ismael Vélez, compuesta por Edgar Ismael Vélez, Maria Vélez y Luz Elenia Vélez.
Por la presente se notifica a usted que se ha presentado ante este Tribunal el expediente arriba titulado, con el fin de justificar e inscribir en el Registro de la Propiedad a favor de la Parte Peticionaria el dominio que alega sobre a finca que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Solar DOS (2) radicado en el Barrio Callejones del término municipal de Lures, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de TRES MIL OCHOCIENTOS SESENTA Y SIETE PUNTO INCO MIL
TRESCIENTOS OCHENTA
Y TRES METROS CUADRADOS (3,867.5383 MC) EQUIVALENTES A NUEVE MIL
OCHOCIENTOS CUARENTA
DIEZMILÉSIMAS DE CUERDA (.98410 CD) en lindes al: NORTE, en dos (2) alineaciones continuas de setenta y siete punto trescientos cuarenta y cinco metros (77.345 m) con el solar tres (3) a nombre de Carmen Lydia Vélez Martínez y en una distancia de veinticuatro punto cuatrocientos setenta y dos metros (24.472 m) con el solar uno (1) a nombre de Ismael Vélez; al SUR, en una distancia de noventa y dos punto cuatrocientos cuarenta metros (92.440 m) con el remanente de la finca, a nombre de Ia Sucesión de Zenón Vélez; ESTE, en una distancia de dos (2) alineaciones continuas de cuarenta y seis punto trescientos ochenta y seis metros (46.386 m) con Ia carretera municipal cuatrocientos treinta y cuatro (434); y al OESTE, ez una distancia de veintiocho punto ochocientos dieciséis metros (28.816 m) con el solar uno (1) a nombre de Ismael Vélez. Contiene una vivienda. La parte promovente está representada por el Lcdo. Luis Sevillano Sánchez, RUA 13,644, P0 Box 141118 Arecibo, PR 00614-1118. Tel. (787) 8785132 / Fax (787) 880-3073. Correo electrónico: ofic.lcdo. lussevillano@gmail.com. Se Ie notifica a usted que este Tribunal ha ordenado su citación, para que presente oposición a este expediente, si se viesen perjudicados con la inscripción que se solicita; advirtiéndole que de no hacerlo dentro del término de veinte (20) días a contar desde que fuera usted notificado de esta citación, la Parte Peticionaria podrán soli-
citar y obtener Ia aprobación de este expediente de dominio y la correspondiente inscripción a su nombre en ci Registro de la Propiedad ci dominio de la finca anteriormente descrita. 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 presentar su alegación dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Petición, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Por Orden de este Tribunal, expido la presente bajo mi firma y sello oficial. En Utuado, Puerto Rico, hoy día 28 de octubre de 2024.
DIANE ÁLVAREZ VILLANUEVA, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. GLORIA I. RIVERA FONSECA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAGÜEZ SALA SUPERIOR ANTONIO M. MOREDA ALEGRÍA Peticionario EX PARTE Civil Núm.: MZ2024CV01050. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: PERSONAS IGNORADAS O DESCONOCIDAS O PERSONAS CON INTERÉS, A QUIENES PUEDA PERJUDICAR LA INMATRICULACIÓN. POR CUANTO: La parte peticionaria por conducto de su abogado, Lcdo. Carlos L. Segar ra Matos, con oficina en el #2510 de la Carretera 100 kilómetro 3.5 en Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico y dirección postal PO Box 582 Boquerón PR 00622, ha radicado una petición en la Secretaría de este Tribunal, solicitando la inmatriculación y el dominio en el Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico Sección de San Germán, del inmueble que se describe de la siguien-
te manera: RÚSTICA: Porción de ter reno que mide diecisiete metros y medio de frente por veinte y dos metros y sesenta centímetros de fondo, abarc AR2024CV01882 ando una extensión superficial de TRESCIENTOS NOVENTA Y CINCO Y MEDIO METROS CUADRADOS, o sea diez céntimos de cuerda radicada en el barrio Monte Grande, término municipal de Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico y colinda por el NORTE, con terrenos de María Ruperta Laracuente, por el ESTE, con el camino, antes, hoy carretera de Cabo Rojo que conduce al barrio de Llanos Tuna, por el SUR, con más terrenos de la señora Castora Franqui Zapata y por el OESTE, con más terrenos también de la señora Castora Franqui Zapata. Enclava en esta parcela descrita, una casa de bloques, reforzada con hormigón y varillas de hierro, con su techo también de varillas de hierro y hormigón y su balcón, sala y pasillo, cubiertos con losetas, teniendo el piso de los cuartos de concreto. Esta casa mide veintiún pies de frente por treinta y dos pies de fondo y diez pies de luz y está dividida en departamentos que sirven de sala y comedor, tres cuartos dormitorios y una cocina, y en su patio contiene una caseta de madera, cubierta con cartón de techar y piso de concreto, dividida en dos departamentos que sirven cuarto de baño y letrina. Dicha propiedad se encuentra libre de cargas o gravámenes. POR CUANTO: El Tribunal Ordena la citación de las personas arriba nombradas, que pudieran tener algún interés en la propiedad o que puedan ser perjudicados por su inscripción para que comparezcan a formular alegaciones si así lo desean, dentro del término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de la última publicación de este edicto. A tales fines, el edicto se publicará tres (3) veces en un periódico general de circulación diaria dentro del término de veinte (20) días. Se le advierte que, de no haber oposición, se dictará Resolución concediendo lo solicitado. POR CUANTO: Expido el presente edicto en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy día 25 de octubre de 2024. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. EVELYN GONZÁLEZ HERNÁNDEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR. BAUTISTA REO PR CORP; Demandante, v. WILLIAM CALO RIVERA; ESTADO UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
Demandados CIVIL NÚM. KCD2008-2358 (908). SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE PRENDA E HIPOTECA. AVISO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO. S.S. YO, el(la) Alguacil que suscribe, por la presente anuncia y hace constar, que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia, expedido el 29 de noviembre de 2021 por la Secretaría del Tribunal de San Juan, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, quien pagará el importe de la venta en dinero efectivo o en cheque certificado o de gerente, a la orden del Alguacil suscribiente, en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, el día 2 de diciembre de 2024, a la(s) 10:30 a.m. para la Finca Número 11,625; para la Finca Número 7,881, a la(s) 10:35 a.m.; para la Finca Número 1,717, a la(s) 10:40 a.m.; para la Finca Número 2,237, a la(s) 10:45 a.m., en las oficinas del Alguacil del Tribunal de San Juan, todo título, derecho o interés que corresponda a la parte demandada sobre los inmuebles que se describen a continuación: a. URBANA: Solar marcado con el número cincuenta y nueve A (59-A) en el Plano de Inscripción de la Urbanización Extensión San Martín, radicado en el Barrio Sabana Llana de Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de novecientos veinticuatro metros cuadrados (924 M), en lindes por el Norte, en treinta y ocho punto cincuenta metros (38.50 M) con los solares cincuenta y dos guión A (52-A) y cincuenta y tres (53); por el Sur en treinta y ocho punto cincuenta metros (38.50 M), con el solar cincuenta y nueve guión B (59-B); por el Oeste, en veinticuatro metros (24 M) con el solar cincuenta y dos guión B (52-B) y por el Oeste, en veinticuatro metros (24 M) con la calle Otero. Inscrita al Folio Móvil del Tomo 893 de Sabana Llana, finca número 11,625, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Quinta. Dirección Física: Calle William Bosch #1280, Urb. Extensión
San Martín, Carolina, Puerto Rico La propiedad descrita anteriormente está afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: Afecta por su procedencia: Servidumbres a favor de la Autoridad de las Fuentes Fluviales de Puerto Rico, Gobierno Municipal de San Juan y Condiciones Restrictivas sobre Edificación Por sí: HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de Doral Bank, o a su orden, por la suma de $330,000.00, con interés al 8%, y vencedero a la presentación, según consta de la escritura número 66, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 21 de marzo de 2003, ante el Notario Público Manuel L. Correa Márquez, inscrita al folio 221 del tomo 1026 de Sabana Llana, inscripción 12va. SENTENCIA: Por $17,000.00, a favor de United Security Indemnity Company vs. William Calo Rivera, Fulana de Tal y la Sociedad Legal de Gananciales compuesta por ambos, según Sentencia de fecha de 29 de marzo de 2007, anotado al folio 1-B del tomo 1 de Sentencias, con fecha de 13 de abril de 2007. ANOTACIÓN DE EMBARGO: Es objeto de esta anotación el Embargo a favor de “Central Electrical Capital Corporation of Puerto Rico”. Demandante: “Central Electrical Capital Corporation of Puerto Rico”; Demandado: William & Associates, Cantidad Adeudada $185,400.00, por concepto de Cobro de Dinero, caso Civil Núm. #HCD20050356(0905), del día 12 de marzo de 2009 y 16 de marzo de 2007, inscrita al folio 2212, da Sabana Llana, inscripción 13va. Al asiento 2021-116383SJ05 del 14 de septiembre de 2021 se presentó Demanda Enmendada sobre Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria de fecha 14 de noviembre de 2011 bajo el caso Civil #2008-2358 (908) dictado en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan; Demandante: Doral Bank; Demandado: William Calo Rivera, Estados Unidos de América sobre la hipoteca a favor del Doral Bank por la suma de $330,000.00 y balance adeudado de $688,662.52. SENTENCIA: Contra William Calo Rivera por $17,000.00, caso Civil Núm. CA KICD 2006-0899 seguido por United Surety & Indemnity, Sentencia de fecha 14 de febrero de 2007, presentado el 13 de abril de 2007 y anotado al folio 1 del tomo de sentencias # 1B Sabana Llana. SENTENCIA: Contra William Calo Rivera por $3,777.00, caso Civil Núm. CRE 2007-240 segui-
do Asociación de Residentes de Castillo del Mar, Sentencia de fecha 8 de junio de 2007, presentado el 6 de junio de 2008 y anotado al folio 112 del tomo 2 de sentencias de Fajardo. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Por $134,852.94, contra William Calo & Associates, Inc.; Notificación #218290905. Anotado al folio 121 del tomo 3 de Embargos Federales de Carolina Norte, con fecha de 23 de marzo de 2005. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Por $271,225.82, contra William Calo & Associates, Inc., Notificación: 276445706. Anotado al folio 236, asiento 1 del tomo 3 de Embargos Federales de Trujillo Alto, con fecha de 4 de mayo de 2006. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Por $134,852.94, contra William Calo & Associates, Inc.; Notificación #246114005. Anotado al folio 1 del tomo 2A de Embargos Federales, de Sabana Llana con fecha de 31 de agosto de 2005. FEDERAL: Por $16,284.23, contra William Calo & Associates, Inc.; Notificación #460365308. Anotado al folio 156 del tomo 2 de Embargos Federales de Canóvanas, con fecha de 19 de agosto de 2008. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Por $16,284.23, contra William Calo & Associates, Inc.; Notificación #460365108. Anotado al folio 137 del tomo 4 de Embargos Federales de Carolina Norte, con fecha de 16 septiembre de 2008. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Por $204,026.95, contra William Calo & Associates, Inc., a Corporation, número de Notificación: 660348718. Anotado al folio 78, asiento 2 del tomo 3 de Embargos Federales de Trujillo Alto con fecha de 19 de agosto de 2003. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Por $16,284.23, contra William Calo & Associates, Inc.; Notificación #460365408. Anotado al folio 148 del tomo 8 de Embargos Federales de San Juan Antiguo con fecha de 13 de agosto de 2008. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Por $16,284.23, contra William Calo & Associates, Inc.; Notificación #460365708. Anotado al folio 36 del tomo 2b de Embargos Federales de San Juan V con fecha de 14 de agosto de 2008. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Por $16,284.23, contra William Calo & Associates, Inc.; Notificación #460366308. Anotado al folio 116 del tomo 5 de Embargos Federales de Carolina Sur con fecha de 12 de agosto de 2008. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Por $12,074.68, contra William Calo & Associates, Notificación: 210592005. Anotado al folio 125, asiento 4 del tomo 3 de Embargos Federales de Ca-
ra #5, otorgada en San Juan, el 23 de febrero de 1999, ante Carmen L. Guerrero Tamayo, inscrita al folio 116 del tomo 240 de Dorado, inscripción 1ra. La referida hipoteca grava el bien inmueble antes descrito. La subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al demandante, total o parcialmente según sea el caso, de la referida sentencia que fue dictada por las siguientes sumas: $667,226.07, más los intereses diarios que se acumulen desde el 12 de agosto de 2024, a razón del 6.75% anual con un per diem de $49.23, más una suma de $31,200.00, equivalentes al 10% del pagaré hipotecario, esto por concepto de costas y honorarios de abogados según pactados conforme surge del pagaré, según pactado. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LAS PARTES INTERESADAS y del público en general, se advierte que los autos de este caso y demás instancias están disponibles para ser inspeccionadas en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de Bayamón, durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, incluyendo el gravamen por las contribuciones sobre la propiedad inmueble adeudadas, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda responsable de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá Libre de Cargas y Gravámenes posteriores. Los tipos mínimos a utilizarse para la subasta son los siguientes: El inmueble antes descrito ha sido tasado en la suma de TRESCIENTOS DOCE DÓLARES ($312,000.00) para que dicha suma sirva de tipo mínimo en la primera subasta a celebrarse. De no producirse remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del antedicho inmueble, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado, el día 11 DE DICIEMBRE DEL AÑO 2024 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, sirviendo como tipo mínimo para dicha segunda subasta, una suma equivalente a las dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de DOSCIENTOS OCHO DÓLARES ($208,000.00) para la finca antes descrita. De no producirse remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta del antedicho inmueble, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado, el día 18 DE DICIEMBRE DEL AÑO 2024 A LAS 10:00
DE LA MAÑANA, sirviendo como tipo mínimo para dicha tercera subasta, una suma equivalente a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo fijado para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de CIENTO CINCUENTA Y SEIS DÓLARES ($156,000.00) para la finca antes descrita. En testimonio de lo cual, expido el presente aviso, el cual firmo y sello, hoy 31 de octubre de 2024, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico. MARIBEL LANZAR VELÁZQUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #735, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE BAYAMÓN.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYNABO.
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante vs. LA SUCESION DE LA FINADA ALBA RAQUEL
GARCIA MERCADO TAMBIEN CONOCIDA COMO ALBA GARCIA MERCADO, COMPUESTA POR YOMAR ALEXIS VAZQUEZ GARCIA (MENOR); YERIEL ORTIZ COTTO EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA; OMAR ALEXIS VAZQUEZ FERRER POR SI Y COMO PADRE CON PATRIA POTESTAD DE YOMAR ALEXIS VAZQUEZ GARCIA (MENOR); ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO Y CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
Demandados CIVIL NÚM. GB2022CV00258 (201). SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO (Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Al: Público en General A: LA SUCESION DE LA FINADA ALBA RAQUEL GARCIA MERCADO
TAMBIEN CONOCIDA COMO ALBA GARCIA MERCADO, COMPUESTA POR YOMAR ALEXIS VAZQUEZ GARCIA (MENOR); YERIEL ORTIZ COTTO EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA; OMAR ALEXIS VAZQUEZ FERRER POR SI Y COMO PADRE CON PATRIA POTESTAD DE YOMAR ALEXIS
VAZQUEZ GARCIA (MENOR); ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO Y CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
Yo, ALGUACIL HUGO BASCO MEDINA, PLACA 807, Alguacil de este, Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 3 de diciembre de 2024, a las 9:00 de la mañana en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Guaynabo, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Guaynabo 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 10 de diciembre de 2024, a las 9:00 de la mañana y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una tercera subasta el 17 de diciembre de 2024, a las 9:00 de la mañana en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número B guion Veinte (B-20) de la Urbanización Coquí II, situado en el Barrio Palmas, Sector Juana Matos del término municipal de Cataño, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de DOSCIENTOS CATORCE PUNTO CINCUENTA (214.50) METROS CUADRADOS. Lindando por el NORTE, con el solar B guion Dos (B-2) de la Urbanización, en una distancia de once punto cero cero (11.00) metros, por el SUR, con la Calle número Dos (2) de la Urbanización, en una distancia de once punto cero cero (11.00) metros, por el ESTE, con el solar B guion Diecinueve (B-19), en una distancia de diecinueve punto cincuenta (19.50) metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar B guion Veintiuno (B-21) de dicha Urbanización, en una distancia de diecinueve punto cincuenta (19.50) metros. Enclava una casa para fines residenciales. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 173 del
tomo 185 de Cataño, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Cuarta, finca 6,943, inscripción quinta. Modificada la hipoteca de la inscripción quinta, en cuanto a que se cancela parcialmente para un nuevo principal que será por $107,325.33, en cuanto al interés que será al 2.00% anual durante 60 meses, comenzando el 1ro. de julio de 2012; al 3.00% anual, durante 12 meses, comenzando el 1ro. de julio de 2017; y al 3.625%% anual durante los restantes meses, comenzando el 1ro. de julio de 2018, vencedero el 1ro. de junio de 2052, con un pago global (ballon Payment) por la suma de 5,800.00. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta, en caso de ejecución, será de $107,325.33, según la escritura número 218, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 27 de junio de 2012, ante el Notario Público Mario Enrique Vázquez Vilá, inscrita al folio 55 del tomo 193 de Cataño, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Cuarta, finca 6,943, inscripción sexta. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Urbanización Coquí II, Solar B-20, Calle 2, Cataño, Puerto Rico. La Subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $91,261.10 de principal, intereses al 3.625% anual, desde el día 1ro. de enero de 2019, hasta su completo pago; primas de seguros estipuladas en la escritura de hipoteca; contribuciones de la propiedad, de aplicar y contra riesgos; más recargos por demora; los intereses devengados y $11,000.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $107,325.33 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $71,550.22 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $53,662.67. De declararse desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta 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. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese,
continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad para vender en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, 1ro. de noviembre de 2024. HUGO BASCO MEDINA, ALGUACIL HUGO BASCO MEDINA, PLACA 807, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYNABO. ***
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE YAUCO EN SABANA GRANDE.
ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC. DEMANDANTE VS. LUIS A ECHEVARRIA RIVERA DEMANDADO CIVIL NÚM.: PE2024CV00036. SALÓN: 406. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO R.60. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. Estados Unidos de América El Presidente de los Estados Unidos El Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. SS: A: Luis A Echevarría Rivera–BO JUNCOS SEC YAUCO CARR 385 INT 384 KM 3.0, PENUELAS, PR 00624
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presen-
tar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico/ , salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Jan Miguel Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jan.otero@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Yauco en Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico, hoy día 7 de agosto de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, Secretaria Regional. Vanessa Rodríguez Maldonado, Secretaria Auxiliar.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. OLGA IVETTE DIAZ ROSA, POR SI Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESION DE EDWIN RAMIREZ DIAZ; LA SUCESION DE EDWIN RAMIREZ DIAZ COMPUESTA POR JOHANNA RAMIREZ DIAZ; FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2024CV00051. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN 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 CAROLINA, 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 3 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: CASTELLANA GARDENS F-21 CALLE 6 CAROLINA, PR 00983 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar número veinte y uno del bloque F de la Urbanización Castellana Gardens del Barrio Sabana Abajo de Carolina, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de trescientos veinte y dos metros cuadrados. Colinda por el NORTE en catorce metros con la calle seis: por el SUR, en catorce metros con los solares uno, dos y tres del Bloque F; por el ESTE, en veinte y tres metros con el solar veinte del bloque F; y por el OESTE, en veintitrés metros con el solar veintidós del bloque F. Contiene una casa de concreto armado y bloques de concreto de una sola planta que consiste de sala-comedor, cocina, tres habitaciones, dos baños, marquesina y balcón. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 192 del Tomo 329 de Carolina, finca número 12,476, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección Primera. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $76,500.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 10 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $51,000.00. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 17 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $38,250.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número
1011 otorgada en Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, el día 15 de diciembre de 2006, ante el Notario Rafael Bras Benítez y consta inscrita al Folio 69 del Tomo 329 de Carolina, finca número 12,746, inscripción 12da., en el Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección Primera. 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 desde el pasado 8 de agosto de 2024 contra condenando a Olga Ivette Díaz Rosa y La Sucesión de Edwin Ramírez Díaz, a satisfacer a la parte demandante por concepto de hipoteca la suma de $51,758.79 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de agosto de 2023, más intereses al tipo pactado de 6.375% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, Olga Ivette Díaz Rosa y La Sucesión de Edwin Ramírez Díaz adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 5.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $7,650.00. Además Olga Ivette Díaz Rosa y La Sucesión de Edwin Ramírez Díaz se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $7,650.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $7,650.00 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 CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores conocidos y desconocidos que tengan inscritos, no inscritos, presentados y/o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o dere-
NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. MANUEL FRANCISCO REXACH DAVILA
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: FA2024CV00179. (Salón: 307). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. REGGIE DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZRDIAZ@BDPRLAW.COM.
A: MANUEL FRANCISCO REXACH DÁVILA, URB COLINAS DEL YUNQUE, 48 B ST 6 A, RIO GRANDE PR 00745 Y/O PO BOX 2023, CANOVANAS PR 00729.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 06 de noviembre de 2024, 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 07 de noviembre de 2024. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 07 de noviembre de 2024. Wanda Seguí Reyes, Secretaria. Linda I. Medina Medina, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS
JOSÉ LUIS ROSARIO MARTÍNEZ
Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE SERGIO
ROSARIO COLÓN
COMPUESTA POR: A, B, C; SUCESIÓN DE ROBERTO
ROSARIO COLÓN
COMPUESTA POR: D, E, F; SUCESIÓN DE
FRANCISCO ROSARIO
DÍAZ COMPUESTA
POR: G, H, I; MAGDA VIOLETA ROSARIO DÍAZ, ALFREDO ROSARIO
DÍAZ, HÉCTOR MANUEL
ROSARIO DÍAZ, JUAN
ANÍBAL ROSARIO MARTÍNEZ, NYDIA ODET
ROSARIO RIVERA Y SUCESIÓN DE ROSA
MARÍA GARCÍA AVILÉS
COMPUESTA POR: X, Y, Z Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2024CV03124. Sala: 801. Sobre: PARTICIÓN Y LIQUIDACIÓN DE COMUNIDAD HEREDITARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: HÉCTOR MANUEL
ROSARIO DÍAZ; JUAN ANÍBAL ROSARIO MARTÍNEZ; NYDIA ODET
ROSARIO RIVERA; SUCESIÓN DE SERGIO
ROSARIO COLÓN COMPUESTA POR: A, B, C; SUCESIÓN DE ROBERTO ROSARIO COLÓN COMPUESTA POR: D, E, F; SUCESIÓN DE FRANCISCO
ROSARIO DÍAZ
COMPUESTA POR: G, H, I; Y SUCESIÓN DE ROSA MARÍA GARCÍA AVILÉS COMPUESTA POR: X, Y, Z.
Por la presente, se le notifica a usted que se le ha presentado ante este Honorable Tribunal una Demanda de Partición y Liquidación de Comunidad Hereditaria: Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo de Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Debe notificar con copia de ella a las abogadas de la parte demandante, la Lcda. Edith M. Echevarría Suárez o a la Lcda. Kristal M. Hernández Martínez, a la siguiente dirección: Condominio El Centro I, 500 Ave. Muñoz Rivera, Suite 249, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00918; tels. (787) 717-1773 y/o (939) 218-1698, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndole que, de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su Rebeldía y dictar Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo
mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy, día 27 de septiembre de 2024. Irasemis Díaz Sánchez, Secretaria. Carmen L. Soto Planas, Secretaria De Servicios A Sala.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA ALTA
JOVINA TIC/C JOBINA
RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY; OLGA IVETTE MOJICA
RODRIGUEZ; CARMEN IVETTE MOJICA
RODRIGUEZ; PERFECTA
RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY;
HAYDEE RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; MARTA
RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; PEDRO RODRIGUEZ BRUNO
Demandantes Vs. SUCESION DE CARMEN
RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY; SUCESION DE MIGUEL
ANGEL RODRIGUEZ
PICORELLY T/C/C
MIGUEL ANGEL
RODRIGUEZ BRACERO; CARMEN RODRIGUEZ
BRUNO; DIANA
RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; DIANA RODRIGUEZ
BRUNO; SUCESION DE PETRA RODRIGUEZ
PICORELLY COMPUESTA
POR JAVIER RAMOS
RODRIGUEZ T/C/C
JAVIER RAMOS Y LETYCIA RAMOS
RODRIGUEZ T/C/C
LETYCIA RAMOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: TA2024CV00843.
Sala: 702. Sobre: DIVISIÓN Y LIQUIDACIÓN DE COMUNIDAD DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: CARMEN
RODRIGUEZ BRUNO.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días siguientes a La publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación
responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.
LCDO. EDGAR A. MOLINA JORGE P0 Box 733, Sabana Seca PR. 00952 Tel. (787) 472-3444
E-mail: emolinalaw@gmail.com
EXTENDIDO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Rico, hoy día 25 de octubre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MIRCIENID GONZÁLEZ TORRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA ALTA
JOVINA TIC/C JOBINA
RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY; OLGA IVETTE MOJICA
RODRIGUEZ; CARMEN IVETTE MOJICA
RODRIGUEZ; PERFECTA
RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY; HAYDEE RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; MARTA
RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; PEDRO RODRIGUEZ BRUNO
Demandantes Vs. SUCESION DE CARMEN RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY; SUCESION DE MIGUEL ANGEL RODRIGUEZ
PICORELLY T/C/C
MIGUEL ANGEL
RODRIGUEZ BRACERO; CARMEN RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; DIANA
RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; DIANA RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; SUCESION DE PETRA RODRIGUEZ
PICORELLY COMPUESTA POR JAVIER RAMOS
RODRIGUEZ T/C/C
JAVIER RAMOS Y LETYCIA RAMOS
RODRIGUEZ T/C/C
LETYCIA RAMOS
Demandados Civil Núm.: TA2024CV00843. Sala: 702. Sobre: DIVISIÓN Y LIQUIDACIÓN DE COMUNIDAD DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: DIANA
RODRIGUEZ BRUNO. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días siguientes
a La publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. LCDO. EDGAR A. MOLINA JORGE P0 Box 733, Sabana Seca PR. 00952 Tel. (787) 472-3444 E-mail: emolinalaw@gmail.com EXTENDIDO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Rico, hoy día 25 de octubre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MIRCIENID GONZÁLEZ TORRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA ALTA
JOVINA TIC/C JOBINA
RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY; OLGA IVETTE MOJICA
RODRIGUEZ; CARMEN IVETTE MOJICA
RODRIGUEZ; PERFECTA RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY; HAYDEE RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; MARTA
RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; PEDRO RODRIGUEZ BRUNO
Demandantes Vs. SUCESION DE CARMEN
RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY; SUCESION DE MIGUEL ANGEL RODRIGUEZ
PICORELLY T/C/C
MIGUEL ANGEL
RODRIGUEZ BRACERO; CARMEN RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; DIANA
RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; DIANA RODRIGUEZ
BRUNO; SUCESION DE PETRA RODRIGUEZ
PICORELLY COMPUESTA
POR JAVIER RAMOS
RODRIGUEZ T/C/C
JAVIER RAMOS Y LETYCIA RAMOS
RODRIGUEZ T/C/C
LETYCIA RAMOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: TA2024CV00843. Sala: 702. Sobre: DIVISIÓN Y LIQUIDACIÓN DE COMUNIDAD DE BIENES HEREDI-
TARIOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JAVIER RAMOS RODRIGUEZ, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO COMO JAVIER RAMOS. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días siguientes a La publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.
LCDO. EDGAR A. MOLINA JORGE P0 Box 733, Sabana Seca PR. 00952 Tel. (787) 472-3444
E-mail: emolinalaw@gmail.com
EXTENDIDO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Rico, hoy día 25 de octubre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MIRCIENID GONZÁLEZ TORRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA ALTA
JOVINA TIC/C JOBINA
RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY; OLGA IVETTE MOJICA
RODRIGUEZ; CARMEN IVETTE MOJICA
RODRIGUEZ; PERFECTA RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY; HAYDEE RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; MARTA
RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; PEDRO RODRIGUEZ BRUNO
Demandantes Vs. SUCESION DE CARMEN
RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY; SUCESION DE MIGUEL
ANGEL RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY T/C/C MIGUEL ANGEL
RODRIGUEZ BRACERO; CARMEN RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; DIANA
RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; DIANA RODRIGUEZ
BRUNO; SUCESION DE PETRA RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY COMPUESTA
POR JAVIER RAMOS
RODRIGUEZ T/C/C
JAVIER RAMOS Y LETYCIA RAMOS
RODRIGUEZ T/C/C
LETYCIA RAMOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: TA2024CV00843.
Sala: 702. Sobre: DIVISIÓN Y LIQUIDACIÓN DE COMUNIDAD DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: LETYCIA RAMOS
RODRIGUEZ, TAMBIÉN
CONOCIDA COMO
LETYCIA RAMOS.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días siguientes a La publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. LCDO. EDGAR A. MOLINA JORGE P0 Box 733, Sabana Seca PR. 00952 Tel. (787) 472-3444
E-mail: emolinalaw@gmail.com EXTENDIDO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Rico, hoy día 25 de octubre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MIRCIENID GONZÁLEZ TORRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA ALTA
JOVINA TIC/C JOBINA
RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY; OLGA IVETTE MOJICA
RODRIGUEZ; CARMEN IVETTE MOJICA
RODRIGUEZ; PERFECTA
RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY; HAYDEE RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; MARTA RODRIGUEZ BRUNO;
PEDRO RODRIGUEZ BRUNO
Demandantes Vs. SUCESION DE CARMEN RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY; SUCESION DE MIGUEL ANGEL RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY T/C/C
MIGUEL ANGEL RODRIGUEZ BRACERO; CARMEN RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; DIANA RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; DIANA RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; SUCESION DE PETRA RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY COMPUESTA POR JAVIER RAMOS RODRIGUEZ T/C/C JAVIER RAMOS Y LETYCIA RAMOS RODRIGUEZ T/C/C LETYCIA RAMOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: TA2024CV00843.
Sala: 702. Sobre: DIVISIÓN Y LIQUIDACIÓN DE COMUNIDAD DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: SUCESION DE CARMEN RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY; FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE CARMEN RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días siguientes a La publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. LCDO. EDGAR A. MOLINA JORGE P0 Box 733, Sabana Seca PR. 00952 Tel. (787) 472-3444
E-mail: emolinalaw@gmail.com
EXTENDIDO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Rico, hoy día 29 de octubre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MIRCIENID GONZÁLEZ TO-
RRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA
ALTA
JOVINA TIC/C JOBINA
RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY; OLGA IVETTE MOJICA
RODRIGUEZ; CARMEN IVETTE MOJICA
RODRIGUEZ; PERFECTA
RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY; HAYDEE RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; MARTA
RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; PEDRO RODRIGUEZ BRUNO
Demandantes Vs. SUCESION DE CARMEN
RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY; SUCESION DE MIGUEL
ANGEL RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY T/C/C
MIGUEL ANGEL
RODRIGUEZ BRACERO; CARMEN RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; DIANA
RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; DIANA RODRIGUEZ
BRUNO; SUCESION DE PETRA RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY COMPUESTA
POR JAVIER RAMOS
RODRIGUEZ T/C/C
JAVIER RAMOS Y LETYCIA RAMOS
RODRIGUEZ T/C/C LETYCIA RAMOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: TA2024CV00843. Sala: 702. Sobre: DIVISIÓN Y LIQUIDACIÓN DE COMUNIDAD DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: DIANA
RODRIGUEZ BRUNO.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días siguientes a La publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio
solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.
LCDO. EDGAR A. MOLINA JORGE P0 Box 733, Sabana Seca PR. 00952 Tel. (787) 472-3444
E-mail: emolinalaw@gmail.com
EXTENDIDO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Rico, hoy día 25 de octubre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MIRCIENID GONZÁLEZ TORRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA ALTA
JOVINA TIC/C JOBINA
RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY; OLGA IVETTE MOJICA
RODRIGUEZ; CARMEN IVETTE MOJICA
RODRIGUEZ; PERFECTA RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY; HAYDEE RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; MARTA
RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; PEDRO RODRIGUEZ BRUNO
Demandantes Vs. SUCESION DE CARMEN
RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY; SUCESION DE MIGUEL ANGEL RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY T/C/C MIGUEL ANGEL
RODRIGUEZ BRACERO; CARMEN RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; DIANA
RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; DIANA RODRIGUEZ BRUNO; SUCESION DE PETRA RODRIGUEZ PICORELLY COMPUESTA POR JAVIER RAMOS
RODRIGUEZ T/C/C
JAVIER RAMOS Y LETYCIA RAMOS
RODRIGUEZ T/C/C
LETYCIA RAMOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: TA2024CV00843. Sala: 702. Sobre: DIVISIÓN Y LIQUIDACIÓN DE COMUNIDAD DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: DIANA
RODRIGUEZ BRUNO.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días siguientes a La publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y
Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. LCDO. EDGAR A. MOLINA JORGE P0 Box 733, Sabana Seca PR. 00952 Tel. (787) 472-3444
E-mail: emolinalaw@gmail.com
EXTENDIDO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Rico, hoy día 25 de octubre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, Secretaria Regional. MIRCIENID GONZÁLEZ TORRES, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. MELVIN CRUZ MOJICA, MARIA ANTONIA MIRANDA SANCHEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandado
Civil Núm.: HU2023CV01046. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Humacao, Humacao, 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 11 de octubre de 2024, 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 sesenta y cinco (65) del plano de la Urbanización Tropical Beach, radicada en el barrio Santiago y Lima de Naguabo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 511.50 metros cuadrados. Colindando al Norte, en 16.50 metros con la calle “E” de la urbanización; al Sur, en 16.50 metros, con el solar #63 de la urbanización; al
Este, en 31.00 metros, con el solar #66 de la urbanización y al Oeste, en 31.00 metros, con el solar #64 de la urbanización. Sobre este solar se ha construido de acuerdo con los planos y especificaciones aprobados por la Junta de Planificación de Puerto Rico, una casa de concreto armado, de una sola planta dedicada a Vivienda. Consta inscrita al Folio 186 del Tomo 220 de Naguabo, finca #4707, Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao. Inscripción Séptima. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada el 27 de agosto de 2024 y notificada en este caso el 28 de agosto de 2024, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $41,546.40 de principal, con intereses al 2.5% del pago 1 al 60; con intereses al 3.50% del pago 61 al 72; con intereses al 4.5% del pago 73 al 84; con intereses al 5.5% del pago 85 al 96; con intereses al 6.5% hasta su fecha de vencimiento, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; más $170.46 de gastos por mora, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; más $608.00 de segundo principal; más más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. 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 5 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2024 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Humacao, Humacao, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $46,104.80. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 12 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2024 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA
SUBASTA será de $30,736.53, 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 19 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2024 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $23,052.40, 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 Artículo 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 Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy día 22 de octubre de 2024. JENNISA GARCÍA MORALES, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. MICHAEL A. RIVERA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #114, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE MAYAGÜEZ
ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC. Demandante Vs. DAVID MUÑIZ RODRIGUEZ Demandado Civil Núm.: MZ2023CV01786. Salón: 105. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: DAVID MUÑIZ RODRÍGUEZCERRO LAS MESAS, CARR. 3349 KM. 5.1, MAYAGÜEZ PR Y CALLE EUGENIO CUEVAS #62, BARRIO MINERAL, MAYAGÜEZ PR. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Juan Antonio Ruiz Robles cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección juan.ruiz@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy día 16 de septiembre de 2024. En Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el 16 de septiembre de 2024. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. EVELYN J. RODRÍGUEZ RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE JUANA DÍAZ FIRSTBANK
PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. SIDLORENNE
ALVARADO ALVAREZ
Demandados
Civil Núm.: JD2024CV00496. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO Y REPOSESIÓN. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: SIDLORENNE
ALVARADO ALVAREZ - BO. CALLABO E-10 CALLE 8, JUAN DÍAZ PR 00795; HC3 BOX 11292, JUANA DÍAZ PR 00795. De: FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO.
Se le emplaza y requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Este caso trata sobre Incumplimiento de Contrato y Cobro de Dinero en que la parte demandante solicita que se condene al demandado a pagar al 19 de julio de 2024, la cantidad de $27,730.18 de principal, más $3,113.49 de intereses acumulados a razón del 11.95% y los que se acumulen hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda, $418.06 de cargos por demora y los que se acumulen hasta su total y completo pago, más $10.00 de otros cargos; más los que se acumulen hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más una suma equivalente al 5% del total adeudado para honorarios de abogados según pactado.Además, se solicita se ordene la reposesión del vehículo en controversia y, de no ser suficiente el producto de la venta del mismo para cubrir la suma total adeudada, se solicita la ejecución de la sentencia que en su día se dicte sobre cualesquiera otros bienes del demandado. Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle.
Lcdo. José Antonio Lamas Burgos, Número del Tribunal Supremo 16,882 Po Box 0194089, San Juan PR 00919 Teléfono: (787) 296-9500, Correo Electrónico: jlamas@lvprlaw.com EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA
y Sello del Tribunal, hoy 24 de octubre de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. SANTA MELÉNDEZ RIVERA, SUB-SECRETARIA. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE HUMACAO ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC. Demandante Vs. JOSE E. PAGAN VAZQUEZ Demandado Civil Núm.: HU2024CV00389. Salón: 102. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - R.60. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JOSE E. PAGAN VAZQUEZHC 3 BOX 81356, LAS PIEDRAS, PR 00771. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Jan Miguel Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jan.otero@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy día 16 de septiembre de 2024. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 16 de septiembre de 2024. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. IVELISSE SERRANO GARCÍA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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Why 2 big-league teams will squeeze into small homes in 2025
By VICTOR MATHER
Major League Baseball teams are worth billions of dollars and generally fill mighty, 40,000- to 50,000-seat stadiums at premium prices dozens of nights each year.
So why are two of them playing next season in bandboxes that can barely fit 10,000 fans?
The Tampa Bay Rays announced Thursday that because the roof of their home stadium, Tropicana Field, was shredded by Hurricane Milton last month, they will play next season in the 11,000-seat George M. Steinbrenner Field, which normally hosts the Tampa Tarpons of the minor league Florida State League as well as the New York Yankees’ spring training games.
And after leaving Oakland, their home of more than 50 years, the A’s will play the next three seasons in Sacramento, California, while they wait for a stadium to be built for them in Las Vegas, their new permanent home.
Their stadium in Sacramento — Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, California, directly across the Sacramento River from downtown — seats about 10,000, although a few thousand more can fit on a grassy hill by the outfield. It is normally home to the Sacramento River Cats of the Pacific Coast League, a minor league team.
The Oakland/Sacramento/Las Vegas team can now theoretically lay claim to three cities’ fan bases, but will any of them turn up for the games?
The A’s drew an average of 11,500 disillusioned fans in 2024, when it was clear the team would be departing Oakland. That was the lowest figure in the major leagues. And those fans seem unlikely to follow the team 80 miles northeast, choosing instead to look elsewhere for their baseball fix.
“There are so many teams littered with former A’s players; I see people continuing to follow players,” said
Damage to the roof of Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., home to the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball, on Thursday morning, Oct. 10, 2024. The A’s and Tampa Bay Rays will play in minor league ballparks next season, one because of hurricane damage and the other because of an interstate move. (Zack Wittman/The New York Times)
Bryan Johansen, an engineer and a founder of Last Dive Bar, an Oakland A’s fan group. “The vast majority are pretty much done with baseball.”
Vegas fans anticipating the team’s 2028 arrival might be lured for a peek at their future hometown club, but they are a nine-hour drive away.
That leaves fans in Sacramento, who have only one major men’s professional sports team — the Kings of the NBA. Baseball fans around the California capital have offered a mix of reactions, from indifference to mild curiosity to enthusiasm.
The main attraction for many fans who end up at the ballpark might indeed be the visiting team — although that could well mitigate what little home-field advantage the A’s muster in Sacramento. Others might come for the long ball: There should be plenty of home runs hit out of the small park.
And there is also a more enduring problem: The quality of the A’s themselves. Their record was a paltry 69-93 in
2024, and that was actually an improvement over the previous two seasons.
In an acknowledgment of the peripatetic nature of the team, it will go by a naked “Athletics” without any city attached to its name.
The Tampa Bay Rays at least aren’t going very far. The team drew 16,500 fans per game last year at the Tropicana, in St. Petersburg, Florida, well under its full capacity of 42,000 (many of those seats aren’t ever used, and attendance is normally capped at 25,000). So they may not miss out on much in terms of ticket sales, even in their much smaller temporary home across the bay in Tampa.
The damage to the Rays’ stadium from Hurricane Milton, which destroyed its roof and parts of its interior, is expected to take a full year and more than $50 million to fix. The Rays had been planning to move into a new stadium in 2028 anyway, although for now they are expected to return to the Trop, as it is known, when it is ready.
MLB teams have occasionally dropped in at smaller parks over the years, either voluntarily or otherwise. The Rays played some games at Walt Disney World in 2007 and 2008, and two games were held at a “Field of Dreams” park in Iowa in 2021 and 2022.
In 2003, the Expos, who were on their way out of Montreal, played a significant chunk of the season in an 18,000-seat stadium in Puerto Rico. The Toronto Blue Jays played the COVID-shortened 2020 season at an 18,000-seat stadium in Buffalo, New York, and started the 2021 season in an 8,000-seat stadium in western Florida to avoid the hassle of crossing the U.S.-Canada border under pandemic restrictions.
Just after the Brooklyn Dodgers’ only World Series win in 1955, their owner, Walter O’Malley, who was itching to take the team out West, decided to tweak New York City by playing 15 games in two years across the Hudson River, at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey.
That ballpark, which seated 24,000, was fairly large for a minor league venue, and it filled up with eager Jersey fans for at least some of the games.
Asked how he got to New Jersey for the first game, in April 1956, Dodgers slugger Duke Snider quipped: “I swam over. It wasn’t bad. There was a little debris in the river. Maybe I’ll come by submarine the next time.”
Next year, the remaining Oakland fans are unlikely to travel to Sacramento by any means of conveyance. Still, many of them, despite their antipathy toward John Fisher, the owner who moved the A’s out of town, say it will be hard to quit the team entirely.
“I got a big old A’s tattoo on my arm,” Johansen said. “I’ve been a fan for over 40 years. You can’t just erase that. I’ll still follow them for the purpose of dragging John Fisher every step he takes.”
The San Juan Daily Star
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