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Traffic Safety Commission issues driver guidelines for Holy Week
By THE STAR STAFF
iven the increase in citizen mobility during the Holy Week period, Traffic Safety Commission (CST by its initials in Spanish) Executive Director José “Memo” González Mercado issued a call on Sunday for caution, law enforcement, and public awareness on public roads, in order to prevent collisions and protect lives.
“During Holy Week, many families travel to different parts of the island to share, rest, or participate in religious activities. This increase in traffic, combined with distractions, excessive speed, or alcohol consumption, can result in fatal consequences,” González said. “Therefore, we strongly urge everyone to respect traffic laws,
be alert, and drive responsibly.”
The CST, in support of the Puerto Rico Police Bureau, will be reinforcing education efforts on major highways and tourist areas. As part of that effort, commonwealth police will be conducting preventive patrols with a particular focus on detecting drivers under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances.
In addition, the educational campaign will continue through traditional and social media with guidance messages for drivers, pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. Among the main recommendations, the CST emphasizes:
* If you’re going to drink, don’t drive. Designating a sober driver can save lives.
* Always wear your seat belt, both in the front and rear seats.
* Respect speed limits and maintain a safe distance between vehicles.
* Avoid distractions while driving, such as using your cell phone or other electronic devices.
* Secure children in car seats appropriate for their age and weight.
* Yield to pedestrians and cyclists and remain alert in school, religious, and residential areas.
“Every life lost on our roads is a tragedy that could have been avoided,” González said. “That’s why, beyond fines and penalties, what we seek is to foster a culture of respect and responsibility on the roads.”
Holy Week security plan implemented in Guaynabo
By THE STAR STAFF
With the aim of guaranteeing the safety of residents, merchants and visitors during Holy Week, Guaynabo Mayor Edward O’Neill Rosa, along with Municipal Police Commissioner Col. Jorge Hernández Peña, led the implementation of a special security plan that reinforces preventive surveillance in residential, commercial and high-traffic areas of the municipality.
“So that Guaynabo remains safe and monitored by our police, we will not skimp on resources,” Hernández Peña said. “We have reinforced the plans to guarantee tranquility to everyone this Easter. In turn, we want merchants to have security during the hours that their businesses operate. We will not extend a truce to those who intend to commit crimes in our jurisdiction.”
As part of the special plan, active patrols will be established on the main roads with the municipal Traffic Division, which throughout the week will compute the speed of vehicles from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Likewise, motor and bicycle units will be assigned from 7 a.m. on to reinforce the police presence in banking institutions, ATMs and fast food establishments.
During the afternoons and evenings, meanwhile, security will be reinforced in shopping centers, anticipating an increase in the influx of people. In addition, the SORT and Intelligence units will intensify night surveillance through interventions and preventive presence.
In the urbanizations, patrols will be increased in the possible
absence of residents who are traveling or vacationing, particularly during the long weekend.
At the same time, available personnel from the Police Athletic League will also be integrated into the preventive tours, especially in residential communities and school campuses.
The municipality also announced, in what it said was a firm step toward strengthening the operational capacities of municipal agents, an investment of $800,000 to equip its municipal police with the TASER 10 model, the most advanced in electronic control devices.
The Guaynabo administration called on citizens to cooperate with the authorities, report any suspicious situation and maintain prudence during this period of reflection and rest. Incidents can be reported by calling 787-720-5040.
Guaynabo Mayor Edward O’Neill Rosa, at right
Traffic Safety Commission Executive Director José González Mercado
Another $44.8 million in FEMA funds to be disbursed for towns, agencies & nonprofits
By THE STAR STAFF
In a significant step in Puerto Rico’s continuing rebuilding efforts, Gov. Jenniffer González Colón announced Sunday the approval of a new round of federal funds amounting to $44.8 million.
The financial support, secured by the governor during her time as resident commissioner, comes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Public Assistance program and is set to benefit municipalities, agencies and non-profit organizations across the island.
Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience (COR3) Executive Director Eduardo Soria Rivera emphasized the agency’s commitment to expediting the disbursement of the funds, as instructed by the governor.
With the latest approval, the total amount of federal funds approved in the first weeks of April has now reached $85 million. Soria Rivera stated that the funds should be reflected
in sub-recipients’ accounts within the next three to five days.
Some of the major beneficiaries of the latest disbursements include the municipalities of Jayuya, Juana Díaz and
PIP seeks probe into impact of Trump’s tariffs
By THE STAR STAFF
The Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) delegation in the island Legislature proposed, through legislation filed over the weekend, to investigate the impact that the imposition of tariffs will have on Puerto Rico as a direct result of executive orders issued by the administration of President Donald Trump.
House Resolution 259 and its Senate counterpart, Resolution 148, were introduced Saturday.
“The increase in tariffs will translate into higher prices for consumers, private sector companies, third-sector entities, central government agencies, public corporations, and municipalities,” PIP Rep. Denis Márquez Lebrón said. “In the context of Puerto Rico, tariffs have a deeper impact due to our colonial status. On an island where 80% of what we consume is imported, the economic and social impact falls on those least
able to bear it: the working class, worsening inequality and precariousness for those already living on the edge.”
Sen. María de Lourdes Santiago added that “[i]t is important that central government agencies that work directly or indirectly with the country’s imports, including food and other daily consumer goods, provide accurate technical information on the potential consequences of this tariff policy.”
“It is also crucial to receive advice and analysis from international economic experts and other professionals who can guide the Puerto Rican government on the measures that can be taken in our context,” she said. “We cannot minimize the impact of the measures imposed by Trump on consumers, especially in a country with such a critical fiscal situation and with our alarming poverty levels. In the tariff war, the main victim is the people.”
PIP Reps. Adriana Gutiérrez Colón and Nelie Lebrón Robles joined as authors of House Resolution 259, while Sen.
San Juan activates security measures for Holy Week
By THE STAR STAFF
San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo announced Sunday the launch of a comprehensive security plan for Holy Week, aimed at ensuring the protection of residents and visitors during the period of high tourist and religious activity.
“This is a week when thousands of people visit our churches, beaches, and tourist areas,” the mayor said. “We want everyone’s experience to be safe and positive. Therefore, I have remained in the capital to personally oversee the implementation of this plan and ensure an effective response to any emergency.”
From Thursday, April 17 to Sunday, April 20, the Municipality of San Juan will activate all its response units, including the Municipal Police, the Municipal Office for Emergency Management and Disaster Administration, lifeguards, and paramedics. There will be enhanced surveillance in tourist areas, religious centers and public beaches. Highlighted measures include:
* Intensified patrols by the Maritime Unit, Traffic Unit, and Impact Unit, using boats, jet skis, Can-Am vehicles and electronic surveillance towers on beaches such as Escambrón and Último Trolley.
* 24/7 command centers on key beaches, with personnel
Morovis, as well as the Mental Health and Ant-Addiction Services Administration, the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority. Non-profit organizations such as the Disciples of Christ Christian Church, King Jesus PR International Ministry Corp., and the University of the Caribbean of Puerto Rico will also receive a portion of the funds.
In a statement, Soria Rivera stressed the importance of working closely with sub-recipients, including municipalities, government agencies, and nonprofit entities, to ensure that the reconstruction of infrastructure is achieved in a resilient, transparent and efficient manner. That commitment, he said, has been demonstrated by the progress made in recent weeks, as evidenced by the significant disbursements being announced.
Soria Rivera also urged interested parties to stay updated on the progress of reconstruction projects by visiting the Reconstruction Execution Status section of the COR3 Transparency Portal.
Adrián González Costa joined as author of Senate Resolution 148.
The tariffs enacted by the president are expected to have both positive and negative effects.
Critics argue that the tariffs have led to higher prices for imported goods, placing a strain on businesses and consumers in Puerto Rico, an island that relies heavily on imports. That in turn has contributed to inflation, making it increasingly difficult for people to afford basic necessities.
The trade tensions arising from the tariffs may disrupt supply chains, negatively affecting the availability and cost of goods. The situation is particularly challenging for Puerto Rico’s manufacturing sector, which depends on imported raw materials and components.
Additionally, some of Puerto Rico’s agricultural exports, such as coffee and rum, have been impacted by retaliatory tariffs imposed by other countries.
While the tariffs have created difficulties for Puerto Rico, they may also offer opportunities for the island. As businesses seek to relocate to avoid tariffs, Puerto Rico could attract new investments and create jobs by positioning itself as an appealing destination for those companies.
trained in water rescue and powered by Dolphin One motorized lifeguards.
* An active presence along the coast from San Juan Bay to Punta Las Marías, with an ambulance stationed at Escambrón and rapid response capability at Playita del Condado.
* Support from the 10 municipal precincts for processions and religious events.
“The security plan focuses on prevention while also providing an immediate response if an emergency arises. We will maintain continuous surveillance on our beaches with camera towers, vehicles that can access hard-to-reach areas, and certified lifeguards ready to act,” Municipal Police Commissioner Juan Jackson said. “We will have specialized patrols in La Placita, Loíza Street, Condado, and Old San Juan, including the Canine and Motorcycle Unit, as well as direct support for religious activities. It is a broad and coordinated effort.”
Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience Executive Director Eduardo Soria Rivera
Governor enacts public policy on protection of religious freedom
By THE STAR STAFF
In the context of Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week, Gov. Jenniffer González Colón signed into law on Sunday the measure that establishes as public policy the government’s unwavering commitment to promoting religious freedom as an inalienable human right and establishes the General Principles of Religious Freedom.
Act No. 14-2025, the Fundamental Right to Religious Freedom in Puerto Rico Act (PS 1), was authored by Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz, Dignity Project Sen.-at-Large Joanne Rodríguez Veve, Arecibo District Sens. Brenda Pérez Soto and Héctor González Lopez of the New Progressive Party (NPP), Aguadilla District Sens. Karen Román Rodríguez and Jeison Rosa Ramos of the NPP, Bayamón District Sen. Migdalia Padilla Alvelo of the NPP and Sen.-at-Large Gregorio Matías Rosario of the NPP.
The bill recognizes that the right to freely exercise religion is protected by the United States Constitution, the Puerto Rico Constitution, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. However, it also indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the
lack of knowledge and poor understanding of the scope of the right to religious freedom, and for this reason, the measure was filed to clarify that scope and meaning and to provide guidance to all branches of local government.
The bill seeks to establish as public policy of the government of Puerto Rico the prevailing regulations on religious clauses in both the United States and Puerto Rican Constitutions, and that these should not be viewed as conflicting but rather as complementary.
It clarifies how the legal relationship between the constitutional clauses on religious freedom and the so-called separation clause should be understood, according to the guidelines given by the Supreme Court of the United States in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, 597 U.S. 507 (2022).
The law may be used in both judicial and administrative cases and will allow the party claiming religious freedom, should it
prevail, to obtain costs and attorney’s fees paid by the government.
It provides express protection against any discrimination and affirms that, due to the preventive and deterrent function of the statute, both public sector employees and employers must seek reasonable accommodations before foreseeable conflict situations arise, thereby avoiding citizens requiring public services from suffering loss of time or lack of understanding regarding their dogmatic beliefs.
Similarly, the act seeks to prevent churches or faith-based organizations from being discriminated against on the basis of religion in government services, the granting of permits, access to funds, materials, proposals, loans, or other programs available to other non-religious entities.
With the signing of the bill into law, the governor said, she fulfilled another campaign promise to the people in last year’s elections.
Catholic Church in PR embarks on infrastructure, humanitarian renewal project
By THE STAR STAFF
In response to a series of natural disasters that have plagued Puerto Rico in recent years, a groundbreaking initiative has been launched to revitalize and rebuild the Catholic churches across the island.
The project, unveiled recently at San Juan’s historic Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist, aims to strengthen the church’s infrastructure, enhance its capacity for humanitarian aid, and rejuvenate the faith of its parishioners.
The event, led by Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago and Archbishop Roberto González Nieves of San Juan, brought together bishops, laypeople, public officials and private-sector leaders to kickstart the ambitious endeavor. Over the next five to seven years, the initiative will rebuild more than 600 churches, more than 25 schools, and various other church structures throughout Puerto Rico’s five dioceses.
Drawing on public and private funding sources, the project
is expected to generate over $400 million in financial support. Notably, the Catholic Extension Society, a Chicago-based nonprofit organization dedicated to serving Catholic communities in the United States’ poorest regions, has played an instrumental role in securing resources.
While focusing on physical restoration, the initiative also seeks to address the island’s vulnerability to natural disasters, such as hurricanes and earthquakes. By constructing resilient structures and fostering strong community bonds, the Catholic Church in Puerto Rico aims to provide both physical and emotional shelter to its people in times of crisis.
As the project commences, Cardinal Cupich expressed his commitment to regularly updating Pope Francis on its progress, emphasizing the shared hope for a renewed, thriving Catholic community in Puerto Rico. By rebuilding and strengthening the church’s presence on the island, the initiative endeavors to create a lasting, positive impact on the lives of Puerto Rico residents for generations to come.
The news comes six years after the Archdiocese of San Juan filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August 2018, citing a pension plan liability issue. The bankruptcy filing was a result of a legal battle with pensioners over unpaid retirement benefits. The bankruptcy application also applied to all other Catholic dioceses within Puerto Rico.
Federal Judge Edward Godoy granted the archdiocese protection under Chapter 11, preventing the seizure of assets and allowing it to avoid immediate payment of the owed retirement benefits.
Man faces charges for breaching fence at Ponce’s Mercedita Airport
By THE STAR STAFF
Puerto Rico Ports Authority Executive Director Norberto Negrón Díaz announced Sunday that a person faces charges for unauthorized entry into the Mercedita Airport in Ponce.
“Security at our airports and docks is vital to the Puerto Rico Ports Authority, which is why we have implemented an extensive monitoring program at each of these facilities,” the Ports chief said in a written statement. “Due to the type of op-
erations carried out at airports, as well as federal regulations from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the perimeter of any international airport is something that cannot be breached. Yesterday, personnel from the Port Security Office, assigned to Mercedita Airport, detected an unauthorized entry into the perimeter of that facility.”
Negrón noted that at around 10:20 a.m., a 35-year-old man climbed one of the airport perimeter fences in the area of Gate 9, along Highway PR-5983.
“Security protocols were immediately activated, including
notifying law enforcement authorities, in this case, the Ponce Municipal Police, who responded to the scene to intervene with the individual,” the officials said. “The individual was arrested shortly afterward, and charges for burglary and violating Part 1542 of the Code of Federal Regulations are being considered.”
“State and federal laws related to airports are designed to provide the greatest possible security for air operations in the United States, including Puerto Rico,” Negrón said. We will continue to implement additional measures that provide enhanced monitoring in all areas within our airport infrastructure.”
Gov. Jenniffer González Colón
Archbishop of San Juan Roberto González Nieves
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Fear shadows many children in immigrant families
By MIRIAM JORDAN
During President Donald Trump’s first term in the White House, Nadene Casteel’s students at an elementary school near Houston lamented that his border wall, as they understood it, would prevent them from seeing their grandmothers and other relatives in Mexico.
These days, she said, they are terrified that immigration agents will take away their parents.
“I have had kids coming to school saying, ‘Daddy’s gone — Daddy can’t come home,’” she said.
Trump focused his immigration crackdown on the southern border during his first term. His administration separated thousands of migrant children from their parents after they had crossed into the United States. The policy was intended to discourage family migration, and it set off public outrage as images surfaced of weeping toddlers pulled from their mothers’ arms.
This time, Trump has shifted his attention to the interior of the country, as he seeks to fulfill his pledge to carry out mass deportations — a goal that has drawn relatively broad support. And teachers, parents and other caregivers say the very public detention and deportation effort is taking a particularly heavy toll on young people in immigrant families.
“Every day I worry they could take my mom,” Ximena, 11 — who was born in California and whose Mexican mother has lived in the United States for decades — said before breaking into tears.
Nine million children, 17% of all 5- to 17-year-olds, live in a U.S. household with at least one noncitizen adult who could be affected by immigration enforcement, according to a report released this month by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The share is 1 in 3 children in California and about 1 in 4 in Nevada, New Jersey and Texas.
Within hours of his inauguration, Trump’s administration rescinded a long-standing policy that had generally barred immigration agents from entering schools, houses of worship and other “sensitive” locations.
“Criminals will no longer be able to hide in America’s schools and churches to avoid arrest,” said a statement issued by the Homeland Security Department that ricocheted across social media and news outlets.
There have been no reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions inside schools. But rumors and, in some cases, sightings of agents around schools have stirred anxiety among parents and children.
“You say my child can be safe with you,” read a text from a parent to Casteel that she shared with The New York Times, “but the problem will be for us to go drop him off and pick him up later.”
As Times reporters have been interviewing people across the country about the impact of the crackdown, the effect on school-age children has emerged as a recurrent concern among psychologists, teachers and parents. They said many students were having trouble concentrating. Some were more fidgety. Others had become disruptive. And still others were notably subdued.
Nine million children live in U.S. households with at least one noncitizen adult who could be affected by immigration enforcement. Heightened immigration enforcement is stirring anxiety among children whose parents are vulnerable to deportation. (Jimena Peck/The New York Times)
In interviews in Colorado, Ohio and Texas, young people talked about the impact on their lives.
Parents agreed to allow their children to speak to the Times on condition that only first names be published.
Manou, a Haitian girl in Columbus, Ohio, summed up her life in recent months like this: “We just go to school and back, school and home.”
Her family trekked to the southern border two years ago and found their way to Columbus, where they felt safe and settled.
They qualified for Temporary Protected Status, a U.S. program that shields people from deportation when they have come from countries in upheaval. Manou’s mother and father got jobs at FedEx.
But their routine has been upended by Trump’s return to the White House, she said.
Her parents kept Manou, who is a senior, and her two younger siblings home from school for a week after Trump was sworn in. Her 9-year-old sister still refuses to go to school many days, fearing ICE could separate her family.
Manou, who is 17, is not allowed to go to the gym or take her siblings to the public library.
Gone are outings with friends and trips to visit relatives in other states.
“We would go to the park, do barbecue with friends,” Manou said. “Now we can’t do anything.”
The Trump administration recently announced that it was terminating Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. While that decision is facing court challenges, her family worries that they would be forced to leave the country if they were stripped of the status.
Returning to Haiti, where much of the capital and some other parts of the country are no longer under government control, and violence is rampant, is an impossibility, she said.
“It’s so hard for us,” Manou said, fighting tears. “We are so tired. We are scared here. We are scared to go back
to our country.”
But she has not lost hope. She has been accepted into a U.S. college and continues to nurture her dream of working for the FBI or CIA.
Until this year, Aianna, the daughter of Mexicans living in the U.S. without legal permission, was a carefree 10-yearold girl whose biggest concern was making sure her pets — a bunny named Chopper, three cats and a dog — were happy and healthy.
Aianna’s family lives comfortably in Denver. Her father has a house-painting business. Like Aianna, her two siblings are also U.S.-born, including a sister who is in the Navy.
Aianna’s parents, who crossed the border three decades ago, tried to avoid discussing immigration issues in front of their fourth grader. But at school, children began talking about ICE.
One of her classmates, Jesus, shared that agents had come to his neighborhood.
Amid intensified enforcement, Aianna’s mother decided to sit her daughter down to explain that a relative would come forward to care for her should ICE detain them. She reassured her that they would not be separated forever.
Aianna said that she couldn’t help but think about it.
“Sometimes, at night, it’s hard to fall asleep.”
In class, she said, “I worry and just zoom out.”
Anderson arrived in the United States two years ago from El Salvador, after his father, who had crossed the border a few years earlier, opened a car repair shop in Columbus. Anderson quickly mastered English.
A history buff, he often texts his teacher to ask for extra material — about the Marshall Plan, the Constitution, she said — and Anderson aspires to be a social studies teacher.
But Anderson and his father are in the country unlawfully.
Whenever there are rumors of ICE operations, or unfamiliar vehicles in their neighborhood, Anderson’s father urges him to stay home from school.
“I don’t want to do that, because the reason I go to school every day is because I want to be successful,” said Anderson, who is in 11th grade. “And, also, in my school I have a lot of teachers who help me and who protect me.”
So he goes to school every day but has scrapped soccer, bowling and baseball.
If he could, Anderson said, he would ask Trump to give him and other people in this country illegally the chance to stay and prove their worth.
“We are not criminals,” he said. “We are just trying to work hard.”
He added: “I’m scared, but I’m focused on my goals. That’s the only thing I try to think about.”
Melinda, 17, entered the country legally and has a pending application for a green card as a dependent of her mother, a refugee from Rwanda.
But each time that she and her mother leave their apartment in Columbus, they carry documents to prove that they are lawfully in the United States, just in case they are stopped by immigration agents or police officers.
Melinda is especially anxious for her friends who aren’t in the country legally, or who have parents in the country unlawfully.
“The president should deport criminals,” she said. “He should forgive people who work hard for this country and pay taxes.”
By TIM BALK
The Trump administration appeared to deepen its standoff with a federal judge Saturday over the status of a man it wrongly deported to a Salvadoran prison, ignoring orders to provide a plan to return him to the United States.
A State Department official said in a two-page court filing that the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant who had been living in Maryland before he was deported, was “alive and secure” in a terrorism confinement center in El Salvador.
But the official, Michael G. Kozak, provided few other details, despite an order by Judge Paula Xinis of U.S. District Court in Maryland directing the government to describe, by 5 p.m. Saturday, what steps it had taken to secure his return to the United States.
Kozak wrote that Abrego Garcia was detained “pursu-
ant to the sovereign, domestic authority of El Salvador,” but he did not elaborate. Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele is an ally of President Donald Trump and has agreed to accept deportees from the United States. Bukele is set to meet with Trump in Washington on Monday.
The Trump administration has said that Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador on March 15 because of an “administrative error.”
On Friday, Xinis said in a hearing that she found the administration’s unwillingness to provide information about Abrego Garcia “extremely troubling.” She ordered the government to provide daily updates, beginning Saturday, detailing efforts to bring Abrego Garcia back.
The Supreme Court waded into the case Thursday, instructing the government to take steps to return Abrego Garcia. But even as the Supreme Court said that Xinis had “properly” directed the government to bring him back, it left open the possibility that courts may not have the power
to require the executive branch to do so.
The Supreme Court asked Xinis to clarify her directive and said the government should “be prepared to share what it can.” The ruling appeared to be unanimous, but Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote separately for the court’s threemember liberal bloc, saying that Xinis should “continue to ensure that the government lives up to its obligations to follow the law.”
On Friday, Trump said that “if the Supreme Court said, ‘Bring somebody back,’ I would do that. I respect the Supreme Court.”
Lawyers for Abrego Garcia filed their own court papers Saturday, saying that the government should be forced at a hearing Tuesday to provide witnesses from the federal government capable of offering specific details about his status.
They also wrote that the government should be required to show by Monday why it “should not be held in contempt due to its failure to comply with the court’s prior orders.”
State Dept. ignores order to detail return of wrongly deported migrant Harvard professors sue Trump administration over threat to cut funding
By EDGAR SANDOVAL
Two groups representing Harvard University professors sued the Trump administration Friday, saying that its threat to cut billions in federal funding for the university violates free speech and other First Amendment rights. The lawsuit by the American Association of University Professors and the Harvard faculty chapter of the group follows the Trump administration’s announcement this month that it was reviewing about $9 billion in federal funding that Harvard receives. The administration also sent the school a
list of demands that it must meet if it wants to keep the funds.
The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, seeks a temporary restraining order to block the Trump administration from cutting the funds.
“This action challenges the Trump administration’s unlawful and unprecedented misuse of federal funding and civil rights enforcement authority to undermine academic freedom and free speech on a university campus,” the lawsuit said.
The White House did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
The Trump administration has been on a campaign against elite universities that it views as being too lax on antisemitism. In a recent letter to Harvard, the administration said the school had “fundamentally failed to protect American students and faculty from antisemitic violence.” Other top schools including Columbia and Cornell universities have also been targeted.
Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass, March 19, 2025. Two groups representing Harvard professors sued the Trump administration on Friday, April 12, saying that its threat to cut billions in federal funding for the university violates free speech and other First Amendment rights. (Sophie Park/The New York Times)
Harvard did not respond to a request for comment Saturday. In recent weeks, Alan Garber, the university president, has said that Harvard had spent “considerable effort” during the past 15 months addressing antisemitism, adding that there was still more work to be done.
In a statement, Andrew Manuel Crespo, a law professor at Harvard and general counsel of the AAUP-Harvard Faculty Chapter, said the administration’s policies are a pretext to chill universities and their faculties from engaging in speech, teaching and research that don’t align with President Donald Trump’s views.
“Harvard faculty have the constitutional right to speak, teach and conduct research without fearing that the govern-
ment will retaliate against their viewpoints by canceling grants,” Crespo said.
On Saturday afternoon, hundreds of protesters, including students, professors and even the mayor of Cambridge, braved the cold to protest against the administration’s threat to cut Harvard’s funding. At a packed park in Cambridge, Massachusetts, home to Harvard’s campus, they called on the university to lead the charge against the government’s crackdown on higher education.
“Harvard possesses not just the resources to withstand the pressure,” said Mayor Denise Simmons of Cambridge, “but the moral obligation to do so.”
Smartphones and computers get reprieve from new US tariffs on China
By TRIPP MICKLE and ANA SWANSON
After more than a week of ratcheting up tariffs on products imported from China, the Trump administration issued a rule late last week that spared smartphones, computers, semiconductors and other electronics from some of the fees, in a significant break for tech companies like Apple and Dell as well as for the prices of iPhones and other consumer electronics.
A message posted late Friday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection included a long list of products that would not face the reciprocal tariffs President Donald Trump imposed in recent days on Chinese goods as part of a worsening trade war. The exclusions would also apply to modems, routers, flash drives and other technology goods, which are largely not made in the United States.
The exemptions are not a full reprieve. Other tariffs will still apply to electronics and smartphones. The Trump administration had applied a tariff of 20% on Chinese goods earlier this year for what the administration said was the country’s role in the fentanyl trade. And the administration could still end up increasing tariffs for semiconductors, a vital component of smartphones and other electronics.
The moves were the first major exemptions for Chinese goods, which would have wide-ranging implications for the U.S. economy if they persist. Tech giants such as Apple and Nvidia would largely sidestep punitive taxes that could slash their profits. Consumers — some of whom rushed to buy iPhones this past week — would avoid major potential price increases on smartphones, computers and other gadgets. And the exemptions could dampen additional inflation and calm the turmoil that many economists feared might lead to a recession.
The tariff relief was also the latest flipflop in Trump’s effort to rewrite global trade in a bid to boost U.S. manufacturing. The factories that churn out iPhones, laptops and other electronics are deeply entrenched in Asia — especially in China — and are unlikely to move without a galvanizing force such as the steep taxes that the Trump administration had proposed.
“It’s difficult to know if there’s a realization within the administration that reworking the American economy is a gargantuan effort,” said Matthew Slaughter, the dean of the Tuck School of Business at
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on April 11, 2025. After more than a week of ratcheting up tariffs on products imported from China, the Trump administration issued a rule late Friday that spared smartphones, computers and other electronics from some of the fees, in a significant break for tech companies like Apple and Dell. (Tom Brenner/ The New York Times)
Dartmouth College.
The electronics exemptions apply to all countries, not just China.
Still, any relief for the electronics industry may be short-lived, since the Trump administration is preparing another national security-related trade investigation into semiconductors. That will also apply to some downstream products including electronics, since many semiconductors come into the United States inside other devices, a person familiar with the matter said. These investigations have previously resulted in additional tariffs.
Karoline Leavitt, the White House spokesperson, said in a statement Saturday that Trump was still committed to seeing more of these products and components made domestically. “President Trump has made it clear America cannot rely on China to manufacture critical technologies” and that at his direction, tech companies “are hustling to onshore their manufacturing in the United States as soon as possible,” she said.
A senior administration official, speaking on background because they were not authorized to speak publicly, said that Friday’s exemptions were aimed at maintaining the U.S. supply of semiconductors, a foundational technology used in smartphones, cars, toasters and dozens of other products. Many cutting-edge semiconductors are manufactured overseas, such as in Taiwan.
Paul Ashworth, the chief North America economist for Capital Economics, said the move “represents a partial de-escalation of President Trump’s trade war with China.”
He said the 20 product types that were exempted on Friday account for nearly a quarter of U.S. imports from China. Other countries in Asia would be even bigger winners, he said. Should the tariffs on those countries kick in again, the exemption would cover 64% of U.S. imports from Taiwan, 44% of imports from Malaysia and nearly a third of imports from both Vietnam and Thailand, he said.
The changes punctuated a wild week in which Trump backtracked from many tariffs he introduced on April 2, which he had called “liberation day.” His so-called reciprocal tariffs had introduced taxes that would reach up to 40% on products imported from some countries. After the stock and bond markets plunged, Trump reversed course and said he would pause levies for 90 days.
China was the one exception to Trump’s relief because Beijing chose to retaliate against U.S. tariffs with levies of its own. Instead of pausing tariffs on Chinese imports, Trump increased them to 145% and showed no willingness to spare any companies from those fees. In return, China on Friday said it was raising its tariffs on American goods to 125%.
That sent shares of many technology companies into free fall. Over four days of trading, the valuation of Apple, which makes about 80% of its iPhones in China, fell by $773 billion.
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Broadening asset volatility intensifies worries for Tariff-tossed US stocks
Wild swings in global markets are poised to keep U.S. stock investors on edge in the coming week, as a weakening dollar and a selloff in Treasuries compound extreme equity volatility that erupted after President Donald Trump launched his sweeping tariffs.
The S&P 500 was set for solid gains on the week after Trump pulled back on the heftiest tariffs on many countries, relieving Wall Street’s worst-case scenario. Still, the benchmark index still was down about 13% from its February 19 alltime closing high. Concerns about lasting economic damage remained as the U.S. and China ratcheted up their trade battle and questions lingered over levies elsewhere as Trump only paused many of the most severe tariffs.
Investors punished U.S. assets in the wake of Trump’s tariffs, with the dollar plunging against other major currencies and benchmark U.S. Treasury yields, which move opposite to bond prices, surging.
The stock market is “very unsettled” as investors weigh how to price in any economic fallout from the changing tariff backdrop, said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott.
The market is “kind of trapped by the level of uncertainty that lurks out there,” Luschini said. “And therefore investors are largely unwilling to make big bets in one direction or another.”
A volatile week in stocks was highlighted by Wednesday’s 9.5% jump for the S&P 500, the index’s biggest one-day rise since October 2008 during the heart of the financial crisis.
The Cboe Volatility index, an options-based measure of investor anxiety, stood at around 40, more than twice its historic median level.
Stock investors were warily watching moves across asset classes, in particular the dollar and Treasuries. An index that measures the dollar against a basket of currencies on Friday fell below 100 for the first time in nearly two years, while the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury was on pace for its biggest weekly jump in decades.
In many prior risk-off events, the dollar and Treasuries have acted as safe havens, but that has not been the case over the last week as stocks have tumbled, said Walter Todd, chief investment officer at Greenwood Capital in South Carolina.
“We are the reserve currency and the risk free asset of the world, and our markets are not acting as such,” Todd said.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury on Friday topped 4.5%, which investors have cited as a level that could cause turbulence for stocks. Higher yields translate into higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses, while potentially making bonds more competitive investments against stocks.
“Until Treasuries stabilize and start to behave normally, risk assets will struggle,” Barclays analysts said in a note on Friday.
Quarterly U.S. corporate results in the coming week provide another test for investors. Goldman Sachs, Johnson & Johnson and Netflix are among the major U.S. companies set to report.
Bryant VanCronkhite, senior portfolio manager at Allspring Global Investments, said he would be looking for companies which can show confidence in their businesses despite the shifting tariff landscape.
“I’m looking for companies that have the competence and the desire to invest through this cycle,” VanCronkhite said.
Data on U.S. retail sales for March will shed light on the
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health of the consumer, but investors may discount the report to some extent because it covers a period before Trump’s April 2 tariff announcement. A survey on Friday showed U.S. consumer sentiment fell sharply in April and 12-month inflation expectations surged to the highest level since 1981 amid unease over escalating trade tensions.
Markets will remain highly sensitive to developments on the trade front. Investors will hope for evidence of progress between the U.S. and countries for which Trump has paused hefty levies for 90 days.
The faceoff between the U.S. and China -- the world’s two largest economies -- will also consume attention. Beijing increased its tariffs on U.S. imports to 125% on Friday after Trump’s move to hike duties on Chinese goods.
US nuclear talks with Iran move forward, but many pitfalls lie ahead
By STEVEN ERLANGER
The first meeting between the United States and Iran over its expanding nuclear program Saturday displayed a seriousness of purpose and an effort to avoid what neither side wants, another war in the Middle East. They will talk again next Saturday, but the hard work lies ahead, as hard-liners in both countries, and Israel, are expected to balk at most any deal.
If the first nuclear deal, reached in 2015, was prompted by Iran’s desire to rid itself of punishing economic sanctions, these talks have more urgency. Iran, battered by Israel and with its regional proxies diminished, still wants economic relief. But it also understands that the Islamic Republic itself is under threat and that President Donald Trump, who pulled out of the first deal because he thought it was too weak, may not be bluffing about Iran facing “bombing the likes of which they’ve never seen before.”
And Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has given his negotiators at least one last chance to trade Iran’s nuclear ambitions for lasting security.
The talks in Oman also promised some efficiency. The 2015 deal was struck between Iran and six countries — the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany, with the European Union playing the role of intermediary — and took two years.
This time the talks are bilateral, with the Europeans but also Russia and China on the sidelines. And although the United States remains “the Great Satan” for Khamenei, it also holds the key to restraining Israel and securing any lasting settlement. While Iran insisted on indirect talks through Oman, and Trump on direct talks, the two sides managed to fudge the issue, with Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, talking directly to Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, as the meeting ended.
“This is as good a start as it gets,” said Ali Vaez, Iran project director for the International Crisis Group. “They could have stumbled, but they agreed to meet again, they met together at the end, and they agreed on the ultimate objective.”
Importantly, Trump and Witkoff indicated that their real bottom line is ensuring that Iran can never build a nuclear weapon — despite harsh demands from Trump officials before the talks that Iran dismantle its nuclear program entirely as well as abandon its missile program and its support for its regional proxies.
Iran had made it clear that such broad de -
A newspaper reader on a park bench in Tehran, Iran, April 12, 2025. The first meeting between the U.S. and Iran over its expanding nuclear program displayed a seriousness of purpose, but hard-liners in both countries, and Israel, are expected to balk at most any deal. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)
mands would leave it defenseless and would end the talks before they began. So limiting the goal to ensuring that Iran can never build a nuclear bomb, if the administration sticks with that, would sharply enhance the talks’ chance of success.
“The Iranians came prepared for more than an icebreaker, but with the expectation to break the logjam with the U.S., and most important, to hear directly what is the real U.S. bottom line,” said Vali Nasr, a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. “If it’s no weapon, then they can negotiate on levels of enrichment, inspections and so on. But Iran does not want to get into a situation where it cannot deliver and risk more sanctions and war,” he said. “What Iran wants is pretty clear: credible sanction relief and a deal that sticks.”
Iran insists that its nuclear program is solely civilian, but it has enriched enough uranium close to weapons-grade quality to make at least six bombs, according to data from the International Atomic Energy Agency, which implements the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty that Iran has signed.
Despite their mistrust of Trump, the Iranians think he would be better able to guarantee the sustainability of a deal that he makes and face down his own Republican hard-liners, Nasr said. The Iranians never trusted President
Joe Biden “to follow through and avoid being undermined by Congress,” he said.
“We’re in the best place we could be after this meeting,” said Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa Program at Chatham House. There were positive statements from both sides around a plan to move forward, she said, and “a mutual understanding about the urgency required, the opportunity presented and signs of pragmatism from both sides.”
Then she added, “Of course, the hard stuff lies ahead.”
A serious deal will be enormously complicated and technical, and it will take time. It would also need to survive efforts to undermine the talks by hard-liners in both countries and in Israel. Israel, which opposed the 2015 deal, wants a more comprehensive disarmament of Iran and keeps talking about the need to strike it militarily now, when the regime is weak and its air defenses have been badly compromised by Israeli airstrikes.
Iran has in the past vowed to destroy Israel, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel says he wants Iran to no longer be able to enrich
any uranium at all. Israel, citing the Hamas attack in the Gaza Strip, has badly damaged Iranian proxies, including Hamas and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and wants to try to ensure that Iran cannot rebuild them.
But Iran may also be encouraged that Trump announced the talks in the Oval Office next to Netanyahu, who did not look or sound very pleased about them. Iran will see “a powerful signal from Trump that he’s not owned by Netanyahu,” Nasr said.
The hope is that a next meeting or two can produce an interim agreement that gives both sides confidence to move forward, with shortterm measures from both sides so long as the talks continue. They could include Iran agreeing to freeze uranium enrichment and allow more inspections in return for Washington suspending some of its “maximum pressure” sanctions.
Iran is likely to insist on a step-by-step process that could take several years, Nasr said, “to help the deal grow roots before someone else comes into office and tried to undo it.” A longer process would also provide more security for Iran.
Still, Iran has no reason to stretch out the talks themselves. “Iran’s leverage is its nuclear enrichment, and more time won’t give them more leverage,” Vaez said. And then there is “the ticking time bomb of the snapback sanctions.”
Those sanctions, suspended under the 2015 deal, can be restored if any signatory — in this case, the Europeans — decides that there is no new deal or significant progress toward one. But that must happen before Oct. 18, when the ability to “snap back” expires. Officials say that the Europeans are exploring whether that deadline can be delayed, but the mechanism to do that is unclear.
In any case, the analysts agree, Iran does not want to be blamed for the failure of these talks. If they do fail and war ensues, the regime wants to be able to blame American perfidy and bad faith.
Sudanese paramilitaries kill entire clinic staff in famine-struck camp
By DECLAN WALSH
Sudanese paramilitaries killed the entire staff of the last medical clinic in a faminestricken camp in the western region of Darfur, Sudan, as part of a broader assault that killed at least 100 people, aid groups and the United Nations said Saturday.
The assault on the Zamzam camp, which holds 500,000 people in the besieged city of El Fasher, was notable even by the standards of a civil war that has seen countless atrocities as well as accusations of genocide.
Paramilitaries with the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, broke through the camp perimeter Friday evening after hours of shelling. They then destroyed hundreds of homes and the camp’s main market before turning their attack on the camp’s last remaining medical clinic, according to Relief International, the aid group that runs the facility.
Nine hospital employees were killed, including the head doctor, the aid group said in a statement Saturday. “We have learned the unthinkable,” the statement said. “This is a profound tragedy for our organization.”
Kashif Shafique, the group’s Sudan director, said in a phone interview that the aid workers — five medics and four drivers, his entire staff at the clinic — had been shot dead.
Paramilitaries had warned the medics to leave the day before the attack, Shafique said. But they had to treat civilians wounded by shelling and, in any event, the main routes out of the camp were closed.
“There was no way out,” he said.
The RSF has been battling Sudan’s military since April 2023, in a conflict that has caused the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. As many as 150,000 Sudanese have been killed, according to U.S. estimates, and 13 million have been forced from their homes.
The head of the United Nations in Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, said she was “appalled and gravely alarmed” by the violence in El Fasher, which continued into Saturday. At least 20 children were among 100 people
killed, she said.
Satellite images posted Friday by the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health showed military vehicles near the camp and fires burning inside it. The group called it “the most significant ground-based attack” on Zamzam camp in a year.
The escalating violence comes days before a major international conference on Sudan that is scheduled to take place in London on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the war. The purpose of the conference is to attract funds for Sudan’s severe humanitarian crisis. So far, donors have committed to just 10% of a $4.2 billion appeal by the United Nations.
The conference has stoked criticism from some Sudanese because it will be attended by delegates from the United Arab Emirates, which has been accused of providing military and financial support to the RSF.
Human Rights Watch urged the U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions on RSF commanders re-
sponsible for abuses, and to condemn “countries providing support to parties in violation of the ongoing U.N. arms embargo.”
“Global leaders need to act,” the organization said in a statement.
Both sides in Sudan’s war have been accused of war crimes by right groups, the United Nations and the United States, although only the RSF has been accused of genocide. Sudan’s military has regularly been accused of indiscriminately bombing crowded markets,
often in the Darfur region, in multiple incidents that have sometimes killed more than 100 people at a time.
This month, the top U.N. human rights official, Volker Türk, said he was “utterly appalled” by reports of widespread summary executions of civilians in the capital, Khartoum, following the city’s recapture by the Sudanese military.
On March 24, the military killed at least 54 people in an attack on a busy market in Toura, a small town in North Darfur.
Most of Darfur, however, is held by the RSF, which has been laying siege for more than a year to El Fasher, the last major city in the region that it does not control. It had been expected to step up the assault in recent weeks, since the RSF was expelled from Khartoum by the military in late March.
There were signs for days before Friday’s violence that a major attack was imminent.
Video of RSF deputy leader Abdul-Rahim Dagalo mobilizing his forces in the area circulated on social media. On Thursday, the RSF began to shell Abu Shouk, another camp in the north of the city, killing at least 12 people, according to local rescue workers.
The fighters also began to attack Zamzam camp with artillery, gunfire and drones, according to aid groups and local activists. A famine was officially declared at the camp last August.
A Sudanese research group, Fikra for Studies and Development, urged the U.N. to begin airdrops of food to Zamzam.
U.S. officials have repeatedly warned of a possible ethnic massacre if the RSF overruns El Fasher. Similar violence against the ethnic Masalit group in late 2023 led to thousands of deaths and was central to the U.S. decision in January to accuse the RSF of genocide.
A satellite image showing the entrance to the Zamzam camp near El-Fasher, Sudan, on Jan. 14, 2025. Refugees International said nine employees were killed when gunmen stormed the Zamzam camp in El Fasher, in the western Darfur region. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies via The New York Times)
from Sudan shelter from rain at Adre camp in Adre, Chad, on July 9, 2024. (Ivor Prickett/The New York Times)
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL
Trump’s tariff pause is less than meets the eye
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Presidents who make big changes in government policy usually lay their plans with care. They game out what might happen next. They sweat the little things. Richard Nixon did not just decide one morning to fly to China. Ronald Reagan’s tax cuts were the better part of a decade in the making. The details of Barack Obama’s expansion of health insurance emerged from countless public debates.
President Donald Trump prefers to shoot before aiming. Declaring that he intends to reboot America’s relations with the rest of the world, he has imposed tariffs on imports with abandon, demonstrating a disregard for the details or the collateral damage. His careless conduct of the public’s business has roiled stock and bond markets, threatened to cause a recession and damaged America’s global standing. The president’s decision-making has been so erratic that at one point this month, the administration’s top trade official was interrupted in the middle of testimony before Congress because the president had just changed the policy the official was defending.
The original version of Trump’s plan, which he paused Wednesday, imposed tariffs on foreign nations at rates that bore no apparent connection to America’s national interests. The highest tariff rate, 50%, applied to Lesotho, a tiny and impoverished nation in southern Africa.
The latest version isn’t much better. Trump is imposing a 10%
tariff on imports from most nations, along with higher rates on imports from America’s three largest trading partners: Canada, Mexico and China. The average tax on imports will rise to the highest level in more than a century, raising the prices on many consumer goods. The 145% maximum rate on Chinese imports is intended to isolate that nation economically, but the simultaneous tariffs on everyone else will undermine that goal. And while the stated purpose of all the tariffs is to expand U.S. manufacturing, putting them in place immediately doesn’t give companies time to build factories. It will cause pain without any benefit.
We want to emphasize that Trump has a point about the pain caused by free trade. The decades in which the United States threw open its doors to imports from other countries left many Americans without jobs and decimated the nation’s industrial heartland. Washington’s naivete about China’s rise, accomplished partly through its own trade barriers and theft of intellectual property, is particularly regrettable.
From the end of World War II until the beginning of Trump’s first term in office, American leaders of both political parties sought to expand trade, believing that it would increase the nation’s prosperity and help to maintain peace among nations.
The benefits of their efforts have been substantial. Globalization has lifted billions of people from poverty in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It has also enriched the United States, spurring innovation by increasing competition and the rewards for success. Wall Street, Hollywood and Silicon Valley have all reaped the benefits of global markets. So have American farmers, weapons makers and pharmaceutical companies. Nine of the world’s 10 most valuable companies today are American, in part because of this country’s openness to trade.
green energy technologies by combining targeted tariffs with funding for research, investment in infrastructure and incentives for consumers. The result was an increase in factory building. It is a bitter irony that even as Trump raises tariffs, he is axing federal support for these technologies, which are among the most promising areas of domestic manufacturing. Some companies are already abandoning their building plans.
Trump’s use of tariffs is indiscriminate. He is imposing tariffs on goods that the United States does not and cannot produce, like manganese from Gabon, which U.S. companies need to make steel. He is imposing tariffs on nations that buy more goods from the United States than they sell to the United States, like Australia, and on nations that have offered to remove all their tariffs on U.S. goods, like Israel. Even after Trump paused some tariffs under pressure from investors and members of his party, the measures he has imposed have raised the average effective tax rate on imports to the United States to 27%, the highest since the early 20th century, according to Ernie Tedeschi, an economist at Yale University.
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Tariffs could be deployed as part of a broader strategy to expand the nation’s manufacturing base and create more inclusive growth. Taxing imports protects domestic manufacturers from foreign competition at the expense of domestic consumers, who must pay higher prices as a consequence. That trade-off is sometimes worth it.
There is a good case for imposing tariffs on carefully defined categories of products, including those that are necessary to maintain the nation’s security. Tariffs can also protect U.S. industry from unfair competition, as when other countries are subsidizing exports. And tariffs can be effective as a shield for emerging industries, like electric vehicle manufacturing. Under President Joe Biden, the United States sought to expand manufacturing of
In addition to raising prices, tariffs are likely to slow economic growth. And another danger looms: There are warning signs that Trump’s provocations are reducing demand for Treasurys, forcing the government to offer higher interest rates to investors. If that continues, the federal debt will become even harder to repay.
President Donald Trump delivers remarks and signs tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington, April 2, 2025. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
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Municipio de Caguas honra el legado literario del escritor Luis Rafael Sánchez
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CAGUAS – Enmarcado en la celebración de los 250 años de fundación de la ciudad de Caguas el Departamento de Desarrollo Cultural del municipio rindió un merecido homenaje al escritor humacaeño Luis Rafael Sánchez por su consagrada trayectoria y su legado literario al pueblo de Puerto Rico.
El evento celebrado en la Sala Carmita Jiménez del Centro de Bellas Artes de Caguas estuvo enmarcado en su reciente libro titulado “Escribir en Puertorriqueño”. En su mensaje el alcalde de la ciudad criolla destacó la trayectoria del laureado escritor humacaeño Luis Rafael Sánchez y destacó que su legado ha enriquecido el panorama literario en la isla y ha dejado una huella indeleble en nuestra cultura y pensamiento puertorriqueñismo.
“Es un honor poder dedicarle un homenaje a un hombre que a través de sus letras ha creado una conciencia colectiva en defensa a nuestras raíces culturales y sociales como pueblo. Su prolífica obra es testimonio del poder de la palabra escrita como vehículo de reflexión, imaginación e identidad.
Continuó Miranda Torres que su incansable dedicación a las letras, su profundidad intelectual y su inigua-
lable estilo narrativo ha trascendido fronteras y a través de décadas ha inspirado a generaciones de lectores y escritores del país.
Por su parte el escritor Luis Rafael Sánchez expresó sentirse honrado con la dedicatoria la cuarta edición de la feria del libro ya que brinda la oportunidad de conocer los variantes estilos de escritores con experiencia en una mezcla única con las nuevas mentes dedicadas a narrar a través de sus escritos experiencias,sobre hechos históricos, cuentos que narran sus sueños y la libertad de pensamiento que se logra a través de la escritura.
“Escriban, no dejen que sus vivencias, experiencias de vida, su deseo de expresar lo que sienten se queden meramente en sus pensamientos. A través de la escritura logramos extender y aportar nuevas maneras de ver el mundo, saber que nos inquieta y preocupa sobre nuestro país, qué soluciones podemos plasmar a través de la escritura y la lectura” señaló el autor humacaeño.
En su último libro “Escribir en Puertorriqueño” el autor nos brinda la oportunidad de recorrer a través de sus letras momentos que forman parte de nuestra historia, conocer la idiosincrasia de quienes han tenido el poder de regir nuestro destino y nos lleva por un recorrido literario de caracterizaciones y descripciones que sin duda nos obliga a leer en puertorriqueno.
“Nuestro pueblo es sabio en su pensar, no somos pieza de rompecabeza alguno, somos una nación con identidad y sentido patrio único. Es la escritura la manera más longeva de dejar plasmado las realidades y vivencias de nuestro pueblo. Debemos sentirnos afortunados y orgullosos de la grandeza de quienes se atrevieron a expresar su pensamiento y creencias para compartirlas a través de una obra literaria”, concluyó diciendo el escritor Luis Rafael Sanchez”
Hombre mata a su hermano durante pelea en Toa Baja
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TOA BAJA – Un hombre mató a su hermano durante una discusión a eso de las 4:02 de la tarde del sábado, en la calle Eliza Tavárez de la Sexta Sección de Levittown, Toa Baja.
Según se informó, se recibió una llamada al Sistema 9-1-1 en la que solicitaban la presencia de la
Policía. Los agentes del precinto y de la policía municipal, localizaron en el interior del hogar, el cuerpo de Alexander Martínez Ocasio de 31 años quien presentaba varias heridas de arma blanca en el área de la espalda.
El hermano está bajo la custodia de los agentes del Cuerpo de Investigaciones Criminales (CIC) de Bayamón, para consultar el caso con la Fiscalía.
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5 songs by Rubby Pérez, the merengue singer lost in the roof collapse
By STEPHEN THOMAS ERLEWINE
Rubby Pérez, the singer who was performing last Tuesday when the ceiling of the Jet Set nightclub collapsed in Santo Domingo, claiming at least 221 lives, including his own, spent his long career devoted to merengue, the signature style of the Dominican Republic.
Wilfrido Vargas, the band leader who gave Pérez his big break in the early 1980s, called him “the best singer the genre has ever produced” upon learning of his bandmate’s death. At the outset of their collaboration, Vargas dubbed the singer “the loudest voice of merengue,” an appellation the vocalist wore proudly. An enthusiastic performer, Pérez brought high spirits even to ballads, but he specialized in rousing, spirited numbers in which his clarion voice commanded attention over a dance band’s bustling rhythms.
Music was Pérez’s second choice for a career. As a teenager, he harbored hopes of baseball stardom, dreams that came to an end when his right leg was fractured in an auto accident when
he was 15. During his convalescence, he found solace in the guitar, which he called his “new bat.” He started singing in a church choir, and, by the end of the 1970s, he dedicated himself to music, studying at Santo Domingo’s National Conservatory of Music.
Initially drawn to bolero, he embraced the widespread popularity of merengue in the Dominican Republic (it has also gained a significant foothold in Venezuela). He made his professional debut as part of Los Pitagoras del Ritmo, sang in Los Juveniles de Bani, then replaced Fernando Villalona in Los Hijos del Rey, spending three years with the outfit before joining Vargas’ orchestra in 1980.
Vargas provided the launchpad for Pérez’s career, giving him a pair of signature hits in “El Africano” and “Volveré,” which allowed him to embark on a solo career in 1987. His last album, “Hecho Esta,” arrived in 2022, but he made his mark in the 1980s, when both he and merengue broke out of the Dominican Republic. Here are five of his signature songs.
‘El Africano’ (1983)
Pérez made his recording debut as the lead singer in the
band led by Vargas, and the single “El Africano” from Vargas’ 1983 album “El Funcionario” was a Latin hit. It’s a brassy merengue, with Pérez’s high vocals punctuated by saxophones and a raucous trombone. The lyrics may strike modern listeners as offensive (“Mommy, what does the Black man want?” Pérez repeatedly sings, from the perspective of “a little Black girl”). The backing vocals answer, between mock-African interjections, “He wants some.” The track was later sampled by Pitbull for his 2007 single “The Anthem.”
‘Volveré’ (1985)
One of his last recordings with Vargas, “Volveré” became one of Pérez’s signatures. A cover of a song first cut by flamenco singer Chiquetete, “Volveré” is transformed by Vargas into an infectious merengue number that captures Pérez’s theatrical flair. The singer balked at the cover at first. “I said I couldn’t sing it in that key, and they told me it didn’t matter; we should sing it backwards, doing the low notes first and then the high notes after I was warmed up,” he once said. “We started from the back, and, thank God, after all this time, I can sing that song in that key.” This backward construction gives “Volveré” unstoppable momentum.
‘Buscando Tus Besos’ (1987)
Pérez’s solo stardom was cemented by “Buscando Tus Besos,” the lead single from his self-titled debut. A streamlined arrangement and bright production give the single a breezier feel than the hits the singer had with Vargas, a shift in tone that helped its accompanying album climb to No. 15 on Billboard’s Tropical Albums chart in 1987.
‘Enamorado De Ella’ (1988)
Riding the momentum of “Buscando Tus Besos,” Pérez reached No. 29 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart with “Enamorado De Ella.” An unabashed love song, “Enamorado De Ella” wears its romanticism in its execution, not its tempo. Pérez never pushes to the upper reaches of his range, instead choosing to sing with a tenderness that warms the song’s lively horns and vibrant rhythms.
‘Tú Vas a Volar’ (1999)
Originally released on his 1999 album “Vuelve El Merengue,” “Tú Vas a Volar” became Pérez’s highest-charting single in the United States, reaching No. 9 on Billboard’s Tropical Airplay charts in 2001. Despite its crisp, uncluttered production, the single doesn’t feel like a crossover concession. Instead, it shows how Pérez could adapt to shifting styles and fashion while retaining the robust vocal style that was his signature.
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Lazy people, this cake is for you
By MELISSA CLARK
My new favorite cake has a judgy name.
“It’s called lazy daisy cake,” my friend Ursula Reshoft-Hegewisch said as she handed me a slice at a barbecue last summer.
Ursula is a highly skilled baker, but this cake, which her mother used to make, was utterly unlike her elaborate meringue-topped tortes or fancy nut dacquoises. It was so plain it verged on homely: a flat wedge with a speckled brown top, unevenly blackened.
Yet its inner beauty shone forth. Beneath that dowdy exterior was a refined crumb, lighter than butter cake, more tender than spongecake. It was covered with a brown sugar frosting that managed to be both brittle and candylike at the top, and soft and fudgy where it met the cake. The speckles turned out to be shreds of coconut, which added a nubby chew and a toasted marshmallow flavor on the bits that had singed beneath the broiler’s fierce heat.
The titular laziness of this vintage recipe from the 1930s, as Ursula informed me, refers to the icing — a basic broiled topping, as opposed to the painstaking festoons of buttercream or sevenminute frosting that were the standard back then.
What seemed lazy for bakers of yore looks like an inspired hack today. Just stir together melted butter, brown sugar and coconut, pour it on the cake, then broil
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until the sugar bubbles. If the lazy road leads to something this delicious, who’s going to judge you for taking it?
Beneath that easy icing, the cake itself is equally retro and simple to make. A Depression-era favorite known as hot milk cake, it calls for minimal butter and only two eggs, which, with egg prices the way they are, feels very 2025.
The cake’s ethereal texture comes from the air beaten into the eggs, which are stabilized with baking powder. Melted butter and hot milk whisked in give the crumb a fine, velvety texture. Some bakers add vanilla for warm floral notes, and I’ve swapped in cardamom, which gives a spicy perfume that’s lovely with the molasses-y topping.
Lazy daisy cake has an overseas cousin called drømmekage, or dream cake, that’s traditional in Denmark. Drømmekage has the same hot milk sponge base topped with a brown sugar-coconut frosting, but it goes by a less disparaging name. I like “lazy daisy,” though. After all, the journey to dreamland begins on a pillow.
Lazy daisy cake
Also called Danish dream cake (drømmekage), this vintage recipe has a tender cake topped with a “lazy” frosting of butter, brown sugar and coconut. Then the whole cake, still in its pan, is run under the broiler until the brown sugar melts, turning fudgy, and the co-
Lazy daisy cake. Below that caramelized coconut topping is something lighter than butter cake and more tender than spongecake. Food styled by Simon Andrews. (David Malosh/The New York Times)
conut toasts and singes in spots. It makes for a lovely treat that keeps well, too. The topping, brittle and crunchy on the day it’s baked, gets softer and creamier after sitting at room temperature overnight, where it will last for three days.
By Melissa Clark
Yield: 8 to 12 servings
Total time: 1 hour
Ingredients:
For the cake:
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus more for the pan
2 large eggs, at room temperature
3/4 cup (150 grams) sugar
1 cup (128 grams) all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon fine sea or table salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract or 1 teaspoon ground cardamom (optional)
ers, beat the eggs and sugar until fluffy and pale yellow, about 2 minutes. (You can also do this with a wire whisk, though it will take some time and effort.) Beat in flour, baking powder and salt. Beat in vanilla or cardamom, if using.
3. In a small saucepan, heat the milk and 2 tablespoons butter, stirring until the butter melts and the milk steams, but don’t let the mixture boil (a gentle simmer at the edges of the pan is fine). Pour the hot mixture into the eggs, beating briefly until you have a smooth, runny batter. Pour into the prepared pan.
4. Bake for 22 to 32 minutes, until the surface is pale golden and the top springs back when lightly pressed with your finger.
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1/2 cup (118 milliliters) whole milk
For the topping:
1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter
3/4 cup (165 grams) packed dark or light brown sugar
1/4 cup (60 milliliters) whole milk
Pinch of fine sea or table salt
1 1/4 cups (105 grams) shredded coconut (either unsweetened or sweetened)
Preparation:
1. Prepare the cake: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch square or round baking pan and line the bottom with parchment paper, then butter the paper.
2. Using an electric mixer or beat-
5. While the cake is baking, prepare the topping: In a small saucepan (you can use the same one you used for the milk, and you don’t have to wash it), melt the butter. Add brown sugar, milk and salt, and stir until the mixture comes to a simmer. Turn off the heat and stir in coconut.
6. When the cake is done, pour the coconut mixture evenly on top and place it under the broiler for 1 to 4 minutes, until the topping is bubbling and browned. Watch it carefully so it doesn’t burn (a few singed coconut shreds are nice).
7. Transfer to a wire rack to cool before serving. If not serving on the same day, store at room temperature and serve within 2 days.
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SOBRE: Ejecución de Hipoteca In Rem. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Al: Público en General A: N DE WILLIAM RODRÍGUEZ COLÓN COMPUESTA POR LUMARIS RODRÍGUEZ RIVAS, SUCESIÓN DEL FINADO WILLIAM RODRÍGUEZ RIVAS
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Yo, HECTOR L PEÑA RODRIGUEZ, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, a los demandados, acreedores y al público en general con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, por la presente CERTIFICO, ANUNCIO y HAGO CONSTAR: Que el día 7 de mayo de 2025, a las 9:15 de la mañana en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, Carolina, Puerto Rico, procederé a vender en Pública Subasta, al mejor postor, la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, la cual se notificó y archivó en autos el día 23 de enero de 2025. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una segunda subasta para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el 14 de mayo de 2025, a las 9:15 de la mañana; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 21 de mayo de 2025, a las 9:15 de la mañana en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. Que en
cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que ha sido liberado por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, en el caso de epígrafe con fecha de 13 de marzo de 2025, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Villa Carolina, situada en el Barrio Hoyo Mulas de Carolina, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el Plano de inscripción de la Urbanización, marcado con el número veintinueve (29) de la manzana Ciento Treinta y Dos (132), con un área de Trescientos Setenta y Nueve metros cuadrados con Cuatrocientos Sesenta y Tres milésimas de metro. En lindes por el NORTE, con la calle número Cien (100), distancia de Siete metros con Doscientos Setenta y Nueve milésimas de metro y un arco de Cuatro metros con Novecientos Sesenta milésimas de metro; por el SUR, con los solares Cuarenta y Tres (43) y Cuarenta y Cuatro (44), distancia de Diecinueve metros con Mil Quinientos Cincuenta y Cinco diezmilésimas de metro; por el ESTE, con el solar número Treinta (30), distancia de Veinticuatro metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar número Veintiocho (28), distancia de Veinticinco metros con Seis Mil Cuatrocientos Sesenta y Nueve diez milésimas de metro. Contiene una casa de cemento, diseñada para una sola familia”. Finca número 24,997, inscrita al folio 157 del tomo 622 de Carolina Sur. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Carolina. Dirección de la Propiedad: 132-29 100 St., Villa Carolina, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00985. La subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer, hasta donde alcance, el importe de las cantidades adeudadas a la parte demandante conforme a la sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: de $301,024.43 en concepto de principal con interés al 5.560% anual, los cuales continúan acumulándose, así como la cantidad líquida estipulada en los documentos del préstamo para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en caso de reclamación judicial y que correspondan a intereses y cargos por demora posterior a dicha fecha, y la suma de $27,750.00 equivalente al 10% de la suma principal original pactada, estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; más recargos acumulados hasta la
fecha en que se pague la deuda; más cualquiera suma de dinero por concepto de contribuciones, primas de seguro hipotecario y riesgo, así como cualesquiera otras sumas pactadas en la escritura de hipoteca, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 203 otorgada el día 10 de junio de 2010, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Público Jorge Laborde Corretjer y consta inscrita al folio 51 del tomo 1,466 de Carolina Sur, finca número 27,997, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección II de Carolina. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta del inmueble antes descrito será la suma de $277,500.00 según se establece en la escritura de hipoteca antes relacionada. En caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en su primera subasta se ordena la celebración de una segunda subasta de dicho inmueble, en la cual, la cantidad mínima será una equivalente a 2/3 parte de aquella, o sea la suma de $185,000.00; desierta también la segunda subasta de dicho inmueble, se ordena la celebración de una tercera subasta en la cual, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado para la primera subasta, es decir la suma de $138,750.00. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación, entiéndase efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, y que las car-
gas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Una vez efectuada la venta de dicha propiedad, el Alguacil procederá a otorgar la escritura de traspaso al licitador victorioso en subasta, quien podrá ser la parte demandante, cuya oferta podrá aplicarse a la extinción parcial o total de la obligación reconocida por la sentencia dictada en este caso. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Se dispone, conforme con la sentencia dictada en este caso que, una vez efectuada la subasta y vendido el bien inmueble, los adjudicatarios sean puestos en posesión del mismo dentro del término de veinte (20) días por el Alguacil de este Honorable Tribunal y los actuales poseedores lanzados del referido inmueble. Y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general, se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley, mediante edicto, en un periódico de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, una vez por semana, por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía, y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto de Subasta para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 18 de MARZO de 2025. HECTOR L.
PEÑA RODRIGUEZ, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE CAROLINA.
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Parte Demandada CIVIL NÚM.: CCD2010-0818. SOBRE: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR. SS. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, SUHEILL M. SALVA SOTO, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Arecibo, a la parte demandada y al público en general les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso por el Secretario del Tribunal de epígrafe con fecha 13 de febrero de 2025, y para satisfacer la Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos fechada 28 de junio de 2012, notificada el 6 de julio de 2012, procederé a vender el día 22 de abril de 2025, a las 9:30 de la mañana, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Arecibo, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque certificado y/o giro postal, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar radicado en el Municipio de Hatillo y perteneciente a la Urbanización Toledo, que está situado en los Barrios Hato Arriba y Hato Debajo de Arecibo y en el Barrio Campo Alegre de Hatillo, Puerto Rico. El solar se describe en el plano de inscripción de la urbanización con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: Número del Solar: Ciento Ochenta y Seis (186), Bloque “Q”. Área del solar: Trescientos Diecinueve Punto Uno Cero Dos (319.102) Metros Cuadrados. En lindes: por el NORTE, en una distancia de Veinticuatro Punto Uno Cinco Tres (24.153) metros con el lote Q número ciento ochenta y cinco (185); por el SUR, en una distancia de Veinte Punto Cinco Cuatro Seis (20.546) metros con área verde; por el ESTE, en una distancia de Nueve Punto Cero Siete Dos (9.072) metros, más un arco de Tres Punto Ocho Ocho Ocho (3.888) y otro de Dos Punto Cero Nueve Dos (2.092) metros con la calle número doce (12); y por
el OESTE, en una distancia de Trece Punto Cuatro Cero Seis (13.406) metros con el lote P número ciento ochenta y siete (187). Por su lado ESTE discurre servidumbre de paso de líneas de teléfonos. En este solar enclava una casa de concreto para residencia de una familia. Inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Hatillo, Registro Inmobiliario Digital del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, Sección Segunda (II) de Arecibo, Finca Número 26,728. Dirección Física: Urb. Haciendas Toledo Q-186 Calle Zaragoza Arecibo, PR 00612. Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, o sea, la suma principal de $100,153.67 más intereses al tipo convenido y demás términos y condiciones, según la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Arecibo. La primera subasta se llevará a cabo el día 22 de abril de 2025, a las 9:30 de la mañana, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de $103,435.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta, se celebrará una segunda subasta, el día 29 de abril de 2025, a las 9:30 de la mañana, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, la cantidad de $68,956.67. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una tercera subasta, el día 6 de mayo de 2025, a las 9:30 de la mañana, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, la cantidad de $51,717.50. A la propiedad no le afectan gravámenes preferentes. A la propiedad le afecta el siguiente gravamen (a ejecutarse): Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de RG Premier Bank of Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $103,435.00, con intereses al 7% anual, vencedero el día 1 de junio de 2037, constituida mediante la escritura número 64, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 6 de junio de 2007, ante el notario Nicolás
A. Quiñones Castrillo, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Hatillo, finca número 26,728, inscripción 2da., y última. A la propiedad le afectan los siguientes gravámenes posteriores: Embargo Federal contra Jaime Sepúlveda Concepción, seguro social xxx-xx-2489, por la suma de $747,661.31, Notificación número 13-CR-142-01, anotado el día 14 de septiembre de 2015, anotado al folio 7, Asiento 4, del
libro de Embargos Federales número 7 de Arecibo I. Embargo Federal contra Jaime E. Sepúlveda Concepción, seguro social xxx-xx-2489, por la suma de $8,428.20, Notificación número 259351217, según Certificación de fecha 25 de abril de 2017, anotado el día 25 de mayo de 2017, al Asiento 2017004689-FED del Sistema Karibe. Fecha de renovación: 23 de abril de 2024. Embargo Federal Notice of Lien for fine and/or Restituition imposed to the antitorrism and effective death penalty act of 1996, contra Jaime Sepúlveda Concepción, seguro social xxx-xx-2489, por la suma de $747,661.31, en Sentencia de fecha 26 de enero de 2015, del US District Court of Puerto Rico, Caso número 13CR-14201, Notificación número USAO2015A73339, según Certificación de fecha 1 de febrero de 2023, anotado el día 18 de abril de 2023, al Asiento 2023002469-FED del Sistema Karibe. Se le advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tenga (n) interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción de los gravámenes que se están ejecutando, que los mismos serán eliminados del Registro de la Propiedad, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general, y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el termino de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía, y se le notificará además a la parte demandada y a su abogado o abogada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo siempre que haya comparecido al pleito. Si el (la) deudor (a) por Sentencia no comparece al pleito, la notificación será enviada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a las últimas direcciones conocidas. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría
en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la Primera, Segunda y Tercera Subasta, si eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. 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. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 9 de abril de 2025. WILFREDO RODRÍGUEZ CARRIÓN, ALGUACIL
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MALDONADO BELTRÁN TAMBIÉN
CONOCIDO POR LUIS M. MALDONADO BELTRÁN; EX PARTE
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TO. POR LA PRESENTE de conformidad con el artículo 552 del Código de Enjuiciamiento Civil, 32 L.P.R.A. sec. 2301, se le notifica del fallecimiento de LUIS MANUEL MALDONADO
BELTRÁN, también conocido por LUIS M. MALDONADO
BELTRÁN, el 4 de noviembre de 1996, en Humacao, Puerto
Rico, estando casado con Irene Vázquez Álvarez, matrimonio contraído el 7 de abril de 1976 en Caguas, Puerto Rico. En el caso de epígrafe se ha presentado una solicitud de declaratoria de herederos del anterior finado informándose que de conformidad con el artículo 893 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico del 1930, los llamados a heredarle son sus descendientes: DORIS MERCEDES MALDONADO LAMBERTY, DAMARIS MALDONADO LAMBERTY, MARISOL MALDONADO LAMBERTY y JAVIER MALDONADO LAMBERTY y su viuda IRENE VÁZQUEZ ÁLVAREZ, en la cuota viudal usufructuaria. Por la presente se les notifica a los anteriores el llamado a heredarle al causante y que todos aquellos que se crean con igual grado o mejor derecho a heredarle, a que comparezcan a reclamar su derecho dentro de treinta (30) días 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 declaración en la secretaría del tribunal con copia a la abogada de la Peticionaria de epígrafe: Lcda. Sary Magdalena Brea Falcón a Jardines de Humacao A23, Humacao PR 00791, Fax.: 787-852-4605 o correo electrónico lcda.breafalcon@ yahoo.com. Los que comparezcan a consecuencia de dichos llamamientos deberán expresar por escrito y bajo juramento el grado de parentesco en que se hallen con el causante, si no tuviesen a su disposición documentos que los justifiquen. Se expidió bajo mi firma y sello de este Honorable Tribunal, en Humacao, Puerto Rico, a 1 de abril de 2025. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. IVELISSE SERRANO GARCÍA, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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Demandante Vs. ENIX DIMARIS ALAMO ROMÁN
Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2025CV01464. Sobre: CONVALIDACIÓN SENTENCIA EXTRANJERA - EXÉQUATUR. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LA PARTE
DEMANDADA, ENIX DIMARIS ÁLAMO ROMÁN. El Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Bayamón, dictó la siguiente Orden: “Considerada la Demanda y vista la Moción en Solicitud de Emplazamiento Por Edicto presentados por la parte Demandante, el Tribunal declara Ha Lugar la solicitud y en consecuencia, Ordena a la Secretaría del Tribunal para que expida emplazamiento por edicto dirigida a la demandada, ENIX DIMARIS ÁLAMO ROMÁN. El edicto será publicado una sola vez, conforme a la Regla 4.6 de las de Procedimiento Civil, en un periódico de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, para que el demandado presente cualquier oposición a la demanda dentro del término de (30) días, contados desde el día siguiente al de la publicación del edicto. Por la presente se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a la LCDA. OMARY RIVERA GONZÁLEZ, PO BOX 441 BAYAMÓN PR 00960-0441, AVE. LAUREL 3A-13 LOMAS VERDES BAYAMóN, PR 00956, Teléfono: 787-798-6215, correo electrónico: lcda.riveragonzalez@gmail.com, abogada de la parte demandante, con copia de su contestación a la Demanda radicada en este caso contra usted, dentro de un término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación de este Edicto. Usted debe 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. Por la presente se le apercibe que de no comparecer a formular alegaciones dentro de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de la publicación de este Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia de acuerdo con lo solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA Y SELLO DEL TRIBUNAL, HOY 28 DE MARZO DE 2025.
ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. KARLA P. RIVERA ROMÁN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ACTING THROUGH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Plaintiff V. ANGEL MANUEL PONCE
ROSA A/K/A ANGEL MANUEL PONCE A/K/A ANGEL M. PONCE ROSA A/K/A ANGEL PONCE ROSA A/K/A ANGEL M. PONCE A/K/A ANGEL PONCE
Defendants Civil No.: 19-2127 JAG. FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE - IN REM. NOTICE OF JUDGMENT BY PUBLICATION.
To: ANGEL MANUEL PONCE ROSA A/K/A ANGEL MANUEL PONCE A/K/A ANGEL M. PONCE ROSA A/K/A ANGEL PONCE ROSA A/K/A ANGEL M. PONCE A/K/A ANGEL PONCE.
THE CLERK OF THIS COURT hereby notifies you that on February 9, 2024, this Court entered judgment in favor of plaintiff. Said judgment has been duly registered and the terms of such judgment are available for review in the Clerks’ office. THEREFORE, this notice is hereby given to you that judgment has been entered against you in the instant proceedings. Notice will be deemed effective , and the thirty (30) day term to file the notice of appeal will begin the day this judicial notice is published in a newspaper of general circulation. A copy of the Notice of Judgment by Publication and Judgment in this case will be sent by plaintiff to the defendant’s last known address by certified mail, return receipt requested within ten (10) days of the one and only publication of this judicial notice. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 8th day of April, 2025 ADA I. GARCIARIVERA, ESQ., CLERK OF THE COURT, US DISTRICT COURT. ANA DURAN, DEPUTY CLERK.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAGUAS ERIC CRISTOBAL COLOM BAEZ
Parte Demandante Vs. CARIBBEAN FINANCE SERVICES CORPORATION; D/B/A EASY MONEY AHORA CITI FINANCIAL SERVICES OF PUERTO RICO; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS
Parte Demandada
Caso Civil Núm.: CG2025CV00529. Sala: 703. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
Monday, April 14, 2025
A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS. POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá radicar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumca/, que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá radicar el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notifique con copia a los abogados de la parte demandante Lcda. Marjaliisa Colón Villanueva, al PO BOX 7970, Ponce, P.R. 00732; Teléfono: 787-843-4168. Email: colonlawoffice@yahoo.com. En dicha demanda se tramita un procedimiento de cancelación de pagaré extraviado a favor de Caribbean Finance Services Corporation d/b/a Easy Money, ahora Citi Financial Services of Puerto Rico o a su orden, por la suma de cuarenta y seis mil dólares ($46,000.00), intereses al tres punto noventa y cinco por ciento (3.95%), anual, vencedero al tres (3) de diciembre de dos mil diecinueve (2019), según surge de la escritura escritura número quinientos dieciocho (518), otorgada en Caguas, Puerto Rico el día veintisiete (27) octubre del mil novecientos noventa y nueve (1999), ante el notario Luis Antonio Noriega Morales, y cuya obligación está inscrita al folio noventa y tres (93) del tomo quinientos cinco (505) de Cidra, finca número dieciocho mil setecientos setenta y ocho (18,778) inscripción tercera (3ra). Que la propiedad sobre la cual se constituyó dicha hipoteca es la siguiente: RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno identificado con el número uno (1), localizado en el barrio Rincón del término municipal de Cidra, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de uno punto cero dos ocho seis (1.0286) cuerdas, equivalentes a cuatro mil cuarenta y dos punto sesenta y dos (4042.62) metros cuadrado. En linderos por el NORTE, en cuarenta y dos punto setecientos setenta y dos (42.772) metros, con el solar número dos (2); por el SUR, en treinta y seis punto cinco ocho veintitrés (36.5823) metros con la calle Campo Bello; por el ESTE, en ciento quince punto ocho dos veintitrés (115.8223) metros, con terrenos segregados en el caso número noventa y tres guión cuarenta y cuatro guión A seiscientos noventa y cuatro guión CDP (93-44-A694-CPD); y por el OESTE, en noventa y cinco punto treinta y siete trein-
ta y uno (95.3731) metros con la calle a ser dedicada a uso público. Inscrita al folio inscrita al folio noventa y tres (93) del tomo quinientos cinco (505) de Cidra, finca número dieciocho mil setecientos setenta y ocho (18,778). Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas Sección Segunda (2da). SE LES APERCIBE que, de no hacer sus alegaciones responsivas a la demanda dentro del término aquí dispuesto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Caguas, Puerto Rico. A 5 día de marzo de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. LIZ WHARTON ROSA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
RAFAEL ANDRÉS VICENS RODRÍGUEZ EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE GARVIC, LLC
Demandante Vs. FIRST BANK PUERTO RICO, JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO Y CUALQUIER PERSONA CON INTERÉS
Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV02252. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO Y CUALQUIER OTRA PESONA CON INTERÉS. Por la presente se le notifica a usted que se le ha presentado ante este Honorable Tribunal una Demanda de Cancelación de Hipoteca y Pagaré Extraviado, el cual tiene como garantía la propiedad que se describe a continuación: “URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Villa Nevares situada en Monacillo de Río Piedras, que se describe en el plano de inscripción con el número treinta y ocho (38), Bloque “W” de la Urbanización, con un área de trescientos sesenta y tres (363) metros cuadrados, colindando por el frente, o sea, el ESTE, en catorce (14) metros con la calle número ocho (8) de la Urbanización; por el fondo, o sea,
el OESTE, en quince metros catorce centímetros cuadrados (15.14) con el Canal Buena Vista; por la derecha entrando, o sea, el NORTE, en veinticinco (25) con el solar número treinta y nueve (39) del Bloque “W”; y por la izquierda entrando, o sea, el SUR, en veinticinco (25) metros con el solar número treinta y siete (37) del Bloque “W” de la Urbanización. En dicho solar se encuentra enclavada una casa residencial de concreto reforzado, de una sola planta. FINCA: Número 6211, inscrita al folio 239 del tomo 194 de Monacillo Este, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección V de San Juan. Número de Catastro: (79) 086-020-089-68-802.” La hipoteca de la cual se solicita cancelación por pagaré extraviado está constituida en favor de First Bank Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por treinta y dos mil dólares ($32,000.00), con intereses al seis y siete octavo (6 7/8%) por ciento anual y vencimiento el uno (1) de abril del dos mil veinte (2020), según consta de la escritura número ochenta y nueve (89), otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día veintiuno (21) de marzo de dos mil cinco (2005), ante el Notario Público Frederick James Baraga Huyke, inscrito al folio 28 del tomo 294 de Monacillo Este, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección V, finca “6211”, inscripción 11ma. El número de testimonio en virtud del cual quedó notarizado el referido pagaré es el 518. Por medio del presente, se le emplaza y se le requiere para que notifique al Lcdo. Ian A. Lebrón Ward, cuya oficina queda en el Condominio El Centro I, 500 Ave. Muñoz Rivera, Suite 249, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918. Teléfono (787) 630-4697, abogado de la parte demandante, copia de la Contestación a la Demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la notificación de este Edicto. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer dentro de un término de treinta (30) días, a partir de la publicación del edicto, se concederá el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Dado en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 2 de abril de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. GLORIAM MARTÍNEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA EVELYN GONZALEZ PITRE, YASMIN GONZALEZ PITRE Y BEN STEVEN GONZALEZ PITRE MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE DON
BIENVENIDO GONZÁLEZ ORTEGA Y SUCESIÓN DE DOÑA MIGUELINA PITRE TRUJILLO Demandantes Vs. NOELIA ENID GONZALEZ PITRE, HELLEN GONZALEZ PITRE Y MIRIAM CHARISE GONZALEZ PITRE; MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE DON BIENVENIDO GONZÁLEZ ORTEGA Y SUCESIÓN DE DOÑA MIGUELINA PITRE TRUJILLO; FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL, COMO PERSONAS DE NOMBRE DESCONOCIDO Y/O CON INTERÉS EN LOS CAUDALES Demandada
Caso Núm.: AG2025CV00286.
Sobre: PARTICION DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS Y RENDICION DE CUENTAS DE SUCESION DE CAUSANTES BIENVENIDO GONZÁLEZ ORTEGA Y MIGUELINA PITRE TRUJILLO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: NOELIA ENID GONZALEZ PITRE: CON ÚLTIMA DIRECCIÓN RESIDENCIAL Y POSTAL CONOCIDA EN 1724 STEPHEN ST. RIDGEWOOD, NEW YORK 11385. A: HELLEN GONZALEZ PITRE, FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL Y/O CUALQUIER OTRA PERSONA DE NOMBRE DESCONOCIDO Y CON INTERÉS EN LOS BIENES Y PASIVOS DE LOS CAUDALES RELICTOS DE LAS SUCESIONES DE BIENVENIDO GONZÁLEZ ORTEGA Y DE DOÑA MIGUELINA PITRE TRUJILLO, INCLUYENDO AQUELLOS QUE TENGAN POSESIÓN DE LOS BIENES HEREDITARIOS Y/O ARRENDADORES DE LOS BIENES HEREDITARIOS CON CIRCUNSTANCIAS PERSONALES Y DIRECCIONES DESCONOCIDAS. De: EVELYN GONZALEZ PITRE, YASMIN GONZALEZ PITRE Y BEN STEVEN GONZALEZ PITRE MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE DON BIENVENIDO GONZÁLEZ ORTEGA Y SUCESIÓN DE DOÑA MIGUELINA PITRE TRUJILLO. POR LA PRESENTE, se le notifica a usted que se ha radicado una Demanda solicitando la
conocido del pagaré antes descrito fue Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. 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, 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.
LCDA. PAMELA SANTIAGO OLIVIERI RUA NUM. 22028
HMB Law Group, LLC
33 Calle Bolivia, Suite 201 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00917 Tel: 939-759-7668
E-mail: psantiago-olivieri@ hmblawgroup.com psco.law@gmail.com
Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 17 de marzo de 2025. LCDA. NORMA G SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. JOSSIE D.
BOBE RODRIGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE MAYAGUEZ SECRETARIO DE LA VIVIENDA Y DESARROLLO URBANO t/c/c SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Demandante Vs. URBAN FINANCIAL GROUP, FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DEL PAGARE EXTRAVIADO Demandados
CIVIL NÚM. MZ2025CV00302
SOBRE: CANCELACION O RESTITUCION DE PAGARE EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS
EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE
ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. A: FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL, personas desconocidas que se designan con estos nombres ficticios, que pueden ser tenedor o
tenedores, o puedan tener algún interés en el pagaré hipotecario a que se hace referencia más adelante en el presente edicto, que se publicará una sola vez. Se les notifica que en la Demanda radicada en el caso de epígrafe se alega que el siguiente pagaré hipotecario: El día 30 de noviembre de 2009 se emitió un pagaré a favor del Urban Financial Group, o a su orden, por la suma de $199,500.00, con intereses al 6.250% y vencedero el día 20 de mayo de 2088, testimonio número 459, garantizado por una hipoteca constituida en virtud de la escritura número 28, otorgada en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Iván Sánchez Limardo, e inscrito como asiento abreviado Ley #216, extendido el 24 de mayo de 2012, al folio 74 del tomo 1505 de Mayagüez, finca número 19768, inscripción 7ª . El día 30 de noviembre de 2009 se emitió un pagaré a favor del Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano o a su orden, por la suma de $199,500.00, con intereses al 6.250% y vencedero el día 20 de mayo de 2088, testimonio número 460, garantizado por una hipoteca constituida en virtud de la escritura número 29, otorgada en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Iván Sánchez Limardo, e inscrito como asiento abreviado Ley #216, extendido el 24 de mayo de 2012, al folio 74 del tomo 1505 de Mayagüez, finca número 19768, inscripción 8ª. Para garantizar el pago de dicha obligación por la suma adeudada se otorgó Hipoteca voluntaria, la cual hacemos referencia en el párrafo anterior, sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 7 del Bloque “R” en el plano de la URBANIZACIÓN RESIDENCIAL SULTANA, situado en el Barrio Guanajibo de Mayagüez, con una cabida superficial de 391.79 metros cuadrados; y colinda por el Norte, en 14.00 metros, con la Calle número 5; por el Sur, en 17.34 metros, con la Calle número 1; por el Este, en 25.00 metros, con el solar número 6; y por el Oeste, en 25.00 metros, con el solar número 8. En este solar enclava una casa de residencial para una familia. El inmueble gravado mediante la hipoteca antes descrita es la finca número 19768 inscrita al folio 9 del tomo 708 de Mayagüez, Registro de la Propiedad, Sección de Mayagüez. La obligación evidenciada por el pagaré antes descrito fue saldada en su totalidad. Dicho gravamen no ha podido ser cancelado por haberse extraviado el original del pagaré. El original del pagaré antes descrito no ha podido ser localizado, a pesar de las gestiones realizadas. El Secretario de la
Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano, o a su orden, es el acreedor que consta en el Registro de la Propiedad. El último tenedor conocido del pagaré antes descrito fue Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. 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, 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.
LCDA. PAMELA SANTIAGO OLIVIERI RUA NUM. 22028
HMB Law Group, LLC
33 Calle Bolivia, Suite 201 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00917
Tel: 939-759-7668
E-mail: psantiago-olivieri@ hmblawgroup.com psco.law@gmail.com
Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 17 de marzo de 2025. LCDA. NORMA G SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. JOSSIE D. BOBE RODRIGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE COAMO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL HOLDING CORPORATION; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: CO2025CV00117. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JOHN DOE; RICHARD ROE, POSIBLES TENEDORES DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO DESCRITO MÁS ADELANTE.
Por la presente se le notifica que se ha radicado una Demanda donde se solicita se cancele el siguiente pagaré, el cual está extraviado, así como la hipoteca que garantiza su pago: (i) pagaré a favor de Associates International Holding Corporation, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $15,599.99, con intereses al 13.66% anual, vencedero el día 5 de agosto de 2014, constituida mediante la escritura número 27, otorgada en Ponce, Puerto Rico, el día 31 de julio de 2004, ante la notario Teresa González Ferrer e inscrita al folio 135 del tomo 291 de Coamo, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Barranquitas, finca número 14,169, inscripción 2nda. Por la presente se les emplaza y requiere para que notifique a la Lcda. Maritza Guzmán Matos, PMB 767, Avenida Luis Vigoreaux #1353, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00966, teléfono (787) 758-3276, abogada de la parte demandante, con copia de vuestra contestación a la demanda radicada en este caso contra ustedes, dentro de un término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación de este Edicto. Por la presente se les apercibe de que de no comparecer a formular alegaciones dentro de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de la publicación de este Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia de acuerdo con lo solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Coamo, Puerto Rico, a 21 de marzo de 2025. ELIZABETH GONZÁLEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. WILLIAM NIEVES DIAZ Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2024CV03770. 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: WILLIAM NIEVES
DIAZ - URB FRONTERAS 229 CALLE JUAN LINES RAMOS, BAYAMON PR 00961.
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 al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, hoy día 25 de febrero de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. LUISA I. ANDINO AYALA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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April 14, 2025
A carefree pitcher who every team wanted to enlist
By TYLER KEPNER / THE ATHLETIC
The first general manager to trade righthanded pitcher Octavio Dotel did not want to do it. Nobody who knew Dotel really wanted to get rid of him.
“There are guys who get traded a lot because they’re not good guys,” Steve Phillips, general manager of the 1999 New York Mets, said by phone last week. “He got traded a lot because everybody always vouched for him.”
Some of the superlatives they might have said: sweet, competitive, bright, respectful, friendly, funny. All applied to Dotel, who died in the Dominican Republic last Tuesday at age 51. Dotel was among the victims of a roof collapse at Jet Set, a popular nightclub in Santo Domingo, where he was attending a concert.
“It just breaks my heart,” said Billy Wagner, a Hall of Fame closer and a former teammate. “He was such a carefree, easygoing guy, made everybody feel at ease. Even when he tried to be angry or mad, he wasn’t very good at it. I’m beside myself now just thinking of all the times I thought about needing to get back together.”
Few players have had the chance to affect as many peers as Dotel. He was the first major leaguer to appear for 13 different franchises (a record since eclipsed by Edwin Jackson, with 14). In many ways, Dotel was perfect for the role. The more places he traveled, the more places he could spread good cheer.
“All records are good,” Dotel said at spring training in 2012 after joining his final team, the Detroit Tigers. “Even if it’s bad, it’s good, because nobody had it before, only you. I hope I can keep breaking my own record.”
Dotel’s big league journey finally ended
the next April, but even then, at 39, Dotel did with the Tigers what he did everywhere: He struck guys out. From Chipper Jones in 1999 to Edwin Encarnación in 2013, Dotel was a harbinger of what pitching has become.
He once got three outs in a combined no-hitter — and found a way to collect four strikeouts in one inning while doing it. For his career, Dotel fanned 1,143 batters in 951 innings, an average of 10.8 strikeouts per nine.
Of the 10 pitchers in history with at least 700 appearances and 10 strikeouts per nine innings, only two (Armando Benítez and Wagner) made their debuts before him.
Omar Minaya, now a senior adviser for the New York Yankees, was Phillips’ assistant in 1998, when the Mets were trying to trade with the Florida Marlins for Mike Piazza. The Marlins wanted Dotel or Ed Yarnall as part of the deal, so Minaya was dispatched to the minors to evaluate the pitchers. The Mets kept Dotel.
“He had velocity and a great slider, and he was really deceptive,” Minaya said this week. “The closest thing to him now is probably Edwin Díaz — funky delivery, a two-pitch guy with velocity and deception because of the arm action.”
The Mets brought Dotel to the majors in June 1999, and in October, he earned the final victory of that memorable season. Facing elimination, Dotel worked three clutch innings in the rain before Robin Ventura’s famous grand-slam single.
“Dotel looks a little bit like Pedro Martínez,” Hall of Famer Joe Morgan said on the NBC broadcast that day, after Dotel shattered the bat of the first hitter he faced. “And anybody that looks like Martínez, I would give him a shot.”
The Mets parlayed that potential into a trade that winter, sending Dotel to Houston for Mike Hampton, an ace who helped them reach the World Series in 2000. By the time Dotel himself got there, in 2011, he had also pitched for (deep breath) the Houston Astros, Oakland A’s, Yankees, Kansas City Royals, Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado Rockies, Toronto Blue Jays and St. Louis Cardinals, who got him in a trade that July.
Dotel dominated the National League playoffs; the Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers hit just .087 off him as St. Louis won the pennant. Along the way, a squirrel scampered across the field in the division series — and when a fan tossed a stuffed one into the Cardinals’ bullpen, Dotel claimed it as his own. After the NL Championship Series, he shared a victory beer with his plush pal in the clubhouse.
The Cardinals would include the squirrel on their championship rings after they beat the Texas Rangers in the World Series. Dotel
notched two late outs in Game 7, and a year later, back in the postseason with Detroit, he made six more scoreless appearances.
It was all so much more than anyone could have expected. The Mets signed Dotel for just $3,000 in March 1993, eight months before his father, Emilio, was murdered in a robbery while working his second job as a taxi driver. An older brother, Angel, was playing in the minors at the time and never returned to pro ball. Octavio persevered.
“He didn’t carry anger or bitterness around with him at all,” said Phillips, who was then the Mets’ farm director. “He was very high spirited, in a positive way. He had great energy about him, a great smile.”
A generation later, after another unthinkable tragedy, that smile is what lingers — the smile and the strikeouts, the twin forces that kept Dotel in demand.
“A lot of different experiences — managers, coaches, players,” Dotel said in 2012, reflecting on his adventures. “There are a lot of players who don’t know everybody, like me. I always get new friends.”
Octavio Dotel pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2010 (Fandom/Baseball Wiki)
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