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he Puerto Rico Police Bureau on Tuesday detailed a major operation that has resulted in the arrest of dozens of suspects who, Police Commissioner Antonio López Figueroa said, were involved in violent crimes, and more than 180 people were connected to drug and weapon sales.

“The operation started out last Wednesday and has been extended until today October 31st,” López Figueroa said at a press conference in Bayamón.

“Nearly 400 people have been arrested for heinous crimes, people coming from around 76 towns.”

“There was interaction with more than 12 illegal organizations, and there were around 139 drug and weapon transactions which led to 189 arrest orders, and since Wednesday, 191 additional individuals who were caught selling illegal drugs and weapons and arrested,” he added.

There were also 64 raids conducted against individuals who were members of the aforementioned illegal organizations. On top of the 380 arrests that have already been made, additional arrests could be made over the course of the next few days, a result of work that continues, the police chief said.

The operation, called “Unmasking Crime,” is far from over, López Figueroa said. One notable factor is that many of the crimes behind the charges were perpetrated in family groups. The Clemente family in Toa Baja is one of those families. López Figueroa said another family was caught in Coamo after the town’s mayor filed complaints. Throughout the operation some 78 firearms were confiscated along with 50 vehicles, and some $100,000 in dirty money was also collected.

López Figueroa said authorities are working together with the public in order to establish peace in Puerto Rico.

He said a large portion of the confidential investigations, which were carried out in different phases, arose in response to complaints from citizens about illegal activities that disrupted peace in their communities.

“This operation is the best evidence that citizens’ complaints are being heard and addressed,” the island’s top cop said. “There are situations that take years of investigation and that strategically do not come to light until they are concluded. Not all agents work

Throughout the operation some 78 firearms were confiscated along with 50 vehicles, and some $100,000 in dirty money was also collected. (Photo by Richard Gutiérrez/ The San Juan Daily Star) on patrols with screens and sirens, many work hard from anonymity to reduce the incidence of crime in the communities. The police officers who made these arrests today are those who do not travel in marked patrol cars or wear uniforms. If the mechanisms of those who violate the laws change, then the police reinforce their strategies to combat crime.”

“We have compelling evidence to prove these charges beyond a reasonable doubt, thanks to the titanic work of prosecutors from the Department of Justice’s Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Division, as well as the 13 district attorney’s offices, along with the brave men and women who worthily represent the Puerto Rico Police,” López Figueroa said.

Justice Secretary Domingo Emanuelli Hernández added: “Starting today, the 380 defendants arrested throughout the island will not be able to continue committing crimes because they will be criminally prosecuted.”

“Their criminal actions are over,” he said.

The police commissioner noted that there are 35 individuals left that were known to have been involved in heinous crimes and they will be persecuted. However, he called on those still at large to turn themselves in to the police.

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Solar power plants should not impact farmland, governor says

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ov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia said Tuesday that proposed renewable energy projects should not impact farmland.

He made his remarks during a visit to the Ciro One

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia

solar energy farm in Salinas, a 90-megawatt (MW) plant that is close to being completed. The facility is a renewable energy project that has had a contract with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) since 2012 that is finally close to becoming a reality.

Construction on the project began last year and should be producing power next year.

The Salinas facility is the largest in the Caribbean.

The interconnection work with LUMA Energy still has to be completed.

PREPA has been working on a first tranche of procurements for some 15 industrial-scale renewable energy projects that will total some 830 megawatts and will be available in two years, Pierluisi said. Ciro One is not in that first section.

“We will comfortably be generating 2,300 megawatts with renewable energy,” he stated, without counting residential and commercial systems.

The percentage of renewable energy in Puerto Rico can reach up to 10%, but at night the percentage drops. On average, it stands at 3% to 4%.

Regarding the goal established by law of reaching 40% renewable energy by 2025, Pierlusi said “a goal is a goal.”

“We are going to try to achieve it,” he said.

In addition, the Salinas project has a planned expansion that will allow it to generate an additional 50 MW. The cost of energy production on the farm is below 10 cents per kilowatt-hour. The level of energy production can provide electric power to about 60,000 residences.

“The project developers have decided to reserve more than 10 percent of the land for the development of agricultural activities, which will make it possible to take advantage of the potential of the area, as well as help mitigate runoff,” the governor said.

Regarding claims from surrounding communities alleging that the development of the solar farm affects them by causing flooding, Pierluisi maintained that the flooding problems there precede the project, and that if the situation has been exacerbated, it must be addressed.

The governor said less than 3% of the agricultural land owned by the island Land Authority has been impacted by renewable energy projects and that of total agricultural land, less than 1% has been affected.

“There is a lot of agricultural land that is not being used for its intended purpose,” he said, maintaining that, at the end of the four tranches of renewable energy projects, 5% of the Land Authority’s land will have been impacted.

Community solar energy conference slated for Saturday

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n Saturday, the Neighbors United for Solar Energy conference will be held to empower individuals and communities in the transition to solar energy, and to share information about community solar projects and their benefits, and the federal funds available to help them pay for the technology.

David Ortiz, executive director of Solar United Neighbors Puerto Rico, the conference “is a unique opportunity to learn about different community solar projects, and how to access federal funds to acquire a solar system.”

The conference organized by the nonprofit Solar United Neighbors will be held in the theater at Polytechnic University in Hato Rey starting at 8:30 a.m.

The event, which is open to the public, free of charge and includes breakfast and lunch, will feature several panelists who will focus on the critical issues of solar energy and energy independence in Puerto Rico.

In one panel, various community groups will present examples of community projects in Puerto Rico. In another, representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will discuss the different federal DOE funding programs

available and how to apply for them.

The event coincides with the visit to Puerto Rico of U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, whose office will be represented at the conference by its director in Puerto Rico, Agustín Carbó.

Spaces are limited. To register, visit https://www.solarunitedneighbors.org/ event/ conference-neighbors-united-for-solar-energy/ or for more information and registration, write to prteam@solarunitedneighbors.org, visit the Solar United Neighbors page on Facebook or Solar United Neighbors in PR on Instagram, or call 787 923 7922.

Ponce mayor faces arrest on all charges filed by the PFEI

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udge Adria Cruz determined cause for arrest Tuesday on all charges against Ponce Mayor Luis Manuel Irizarry Pabón.

The Office of the Special Independent Prosecutor Panel (OPFEI by its Spanish initials) filed four charges against Irizarry Pabón. There are two charges of unjusti-

fied enrichment and two of violations of the Government Ethics Law. The special independent prosecutor has been investigating Irizarry Pabón since April, following a recommendation from the Department of Justice. A report details possible violations of government and campaign finance laws.

The beginning of the case was based on an email

sent to the comptroller of Puerto Rico alleging misuse of funds for campaign expenses and a “kickback” scheme by the mayor.

It was learned that $5,000 bail was imposed on each charge, which adds up to about $20,000.

“We have a lot of faith that we are going to prevail,” Irizarry Pabón’s lawyer, José Andreu Fuentes, said as he left the courtroom.

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Bloodstained sneakers found at house of policeman who killed himself

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pair of sneakers with apparent blood stains and a service revolver were found in the house of Puerto Rico Police agent José Miguel Centeno Sánchez, who took his own life earlier this week when his home was about to be raided by investigators from the Criminal Investigations Corps of Aguadilla with the support of technical units and the SWAT. Investigators searched the house on Pakistan Street in Aguadilla’s Guerrero neighborhood with a court order on Monday afternoon, according to a report by El Vocero.

It was presumed that the sneakers were the same ones Centeno Sánchez was wearing at the residence of his godparents Idelfonso Janeiro Rodríguez, 83, and Angélica Adorno Cruzado, 77, whose bodies were found on the night of Oct. 11, bound, gagged and shot in their home on highway PR-112 in the Arenales Bajos neighborhood of Isabela.

Both the sneakers and the pistol have been sent to the Institute of Forensic Sciences in Río Piedras for analysis, along with ballistics tests

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of the .40-caliber bullets that were also found in the house.

Centeno Sánchez had emerged as a suspect before his identity was corroborated by fingerprints. Two days before the vicious crime, he had been at his godparents’ house washing the roof, El Vocero reported. Upon news of the couple’s death, he did not appear at the wake or

tell investigators that he had a relationship with the victims, to the surprise of some. The conduct raised suspicions, which were corroborated when fingerprints found at the scene were compared.

The crime is presumed to have been a robbery, but it has not been determined what the alleged perpetrator may have taken. Relatives of the victims found two bearer checks, which were hidden, for the sale of land for a sum of more than $200,000.

Rodríguez, who authorities believe was in the bathroom of his home when the killer entered, kept several thousand dollars in cash which he used to gamble at a casino in Aguadilla, according to the El Vocero report.

Although there were no witnesses, investigators theorize that when Centeno Sánchez, who was masked, asked the octogenarian for the money, the strong-willed man recognized him by his voice. After being recognized, Centeno Sánchez allegedly shot Rodríguez.

Meanwhile, investigators searched the two-story house of Centeno Sánchez for two weapons that were stolen from Rodríguez, but they were not found.

Centeno Sánchez, 55 years old and the

father of two adult daughters, had worked in the Bayamón region until 2017. He lived alone and was known to have a friendship with the couple he allegedly murdered, whom he visited and helped around the house. He was paid for his work.

Centeno Sánchez was apparently in a tight economic situation.

When SWAT officers knocked on the door of the officer’s home early Monday morning to announce they were serving a search warrant, the suspect turned on the light in his room, police said. Then he extinguished it, and the fatal shot with which he took his life was heard. The SWAT officers forced open the door and entered the room where the officer’s body lay on the floor and the gun next to him. The body had a gunshot wound to the temple.

Police Commissioner Antonio López Figueroa told the STAR on Tuesday that the “operation is still open and we are checking to see if there were external collaborations in the incident.” “He [Centeno Sánchez] does not represent all of the honest and hardworking policemen who put their lives on the line for all of us,” he added.

Aguadilla mayor answers allegations regarding an FBI probe

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guadilla Mayor Julio Roldán Concepción responded to allegations Tuesday that the FBI is investigating him on possible corruption charges.

According to TeleOnce, the FBI is investigating the mayor for granting municipal contracts to a construction company that, in turn, has performed work on one of his properties.

Roldán said the report left many questions unanswered and upset his family and Aguadilla constituents.

The news report mentioned a complaint filed against the mayor and reported by the local media on Oct. 25, 2022.

“What was not said about this complaint is that the person who filed it was former Family secretary and former mayor defeated by me in the 2020 elections, Yanitzia Irizarry, the same one who, due to her immaturity and obstinacy, cost the Treasury thousands of dollars spent in three recount processes in the State Election Commission,” Roldán said.

The mayor denied he used a contractor from the Municipality of Aguadilla for a construction

project on his private property.

“I inform you that we have evidence of payments made to the company that carried out the work, which has no relationship with the [aforementioned municipal] contractor,” he said.

The report shows a visual of the mayor’s campaign committee headquarters under the premise that the mayor owns it.

“I inform you that these facilities are rented, and there is evidence of payment to whoever carried out the renovations in these facilities,” Roldán said.

Aguadilla Mayor Julio Roldán Concepción

“Like every elected official, I have to annually submit a thorough Government Ethics report, which reports and includes all information on expenses, income, properties, banking transactions, and other information,” he said. “My documents provided in the report are current and without any indication [of wrongdoing].”

The mayor told reporters that when it comes

to information that is so sensitive and that calls a person’s integrity into question, it must be reported with great care.

“We cannot report on or implicate anyone with assumptions or allegations,” Roldán said.

“I will not be the last person to be included in allegations like these; many have been implicated and time was the best witness to the truth.”

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PDP kicks off policy initiative for 2024

By RICHARD GUTIÉRREZ richardsanjuanstar@gmail.com

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n a strategic move ahead of the 2024 elections, Popular Democratic Party (PDP) President Jesús Manuel Ortiz González earlier this week unveiled the team that will be entrusted with shaping the party’s key public policy directives.

The team, led by attorneys Ayleen Figueroa and Ingrid Colberg, will feature Mayors Association President Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz as spokesperson and representative of elected officials. The initiative assembles a diverse group of specialists, PDP leadership, and concerned parties tasked with drafting a document, dubbed “Fuerza de Futuro,” that reimagines the PDP’s principles and priorities for the future.

“During my [party] presidential campaign, I promised PDP supporters that we would have an Institutional Government Plan that would serve as our guiding light and

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promote the principles our party has always championed,” Ortiz González said. “We must re-embrace the causes we believe in and have historically defended. The PDP was founded to champion social causes and find solutions to citizens’ problems. It’s time to get back on that path.”

As part of the endeavor, the PDP’s thematic secretariats responsible for issues such as economic development, education, healthcare, social welfare, human rights, public safety, the future job market, municipal reforms, climate change, environmental matters, animal rights and agriculture, among others, will be reactivated.

“The PDP is the big house for all,” Ortiz González said. “The main idea is that individuals passionate about different topics engage with our collective and offer their vision for Puerto Rico’s future. The group will be enriched with professionals and civil society members genuinely interested in contributing to the country.”

“With Luis Javier Hernández’s support, his genuine desire to serve and work on issues that impact people’s lives, we have the right person to channel the aspirations of elected officials in our collective,” the PDP president

“The core purpose is to establish fundamental directives within our diverse party that will guide the PDP beyond individual candidacies,” he said. “We will present the country with the public policy that embodies

The policy initiative announced this week by the Popular Democratic Party involves drafting a document, called “Fuerza de Futuro,” that reimagines the party’s principles and priorities for the future. (Photo by Richard Gutiérrez/The San Juan Daily Star)

added. “The [Villalba] mayor will also help communicate efforts and organize discussions in the districts. The PDP will have a robust and relevant document for Puerto Rico.”

Drawing inspiration from the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the guidelines approved by the PDP’s Regulatory Assembly, Ortiz González pointed out that the team’s objective is to develop a document that encompasses economic development, sustainability, social aspects, and environmental preservation.

the PDP’s essential causes and values, the objectives we fight for as an institution for this and future generations. With input and participation from various sectors, this plan will serve as a roadmap for PDP candidates to present to the country, aligning these priorities and proposing their own strategies consistent with our core objectives as an institution.”

Ortiz González said “Fuerza de Futuro” is slated to be presented to the PDP board of directors and assembly in the first quarter of 2024 for approval.

Governor: Charges against Delgado Altieri rules out Ponce mayor ‘are embarrassing’ gubernatorial run in 2024 G

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arlos “Charlie” Delgado Altieri announced on Monday that, although Carlos Delgado Altieri he had shown interest in July of this year in again running for governor for the Popular Democratic Party (PDP), he has decided not to do so.

Delgado Altieri added that he will not seek any other elective office in next year’s elections.

“In the face of what is shaping up to be an eventual primary for the governorship, I have decided not to aspire to that position,” he said in a written statement.

Despite his decision, Delgado Altieri will continue in his role as PDP vice president. He reiterated his commitment to the party.

“Although I will not aspire to any elective position, I will fight for the victory of the Pava in 2024,” he said.

ov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia said Tuesday that charges of corruption like those faced by Ponce Mayor Luis Manuel Irizarry Pabón “are embarrassing.”

“Every case of corruption, no matter where it comes from, no matter who the accused party is, it is reprehensible, it generates to a certain extent shame, annoyance with reason,” the governor said in response to questions from the press during an event at a Salinas solar farm. “That’s another one. There are four counts that I understand have brought serious charges against him. Now the process is running and I will be monitoring it. But it is certainly something very negative for the municipality of Ponce. At some point, if that case continues to develop, I am sure that the most advisable thing for that mayor is to focus on his defense so as not to distract attention from the administrative affairs of the municipality.”

The governor defended the effectiveness of the Office of the Independent Special Prosecutor Panel (OPFEI by its Spanish initials).

“When you look at the effectiveness of the panel, more than 90 percent of the cases that the prosecutors on the FEI panel see are successful,” Pierluisi said. In other words, what happens here is that when there is one in which the result is not what we want, then the panel is criticized.”

The charges filed against Irizarry Pabón include two violations of Article 4.2 of the Government Ethics Law, related to required financial reports, and another two of Article 251 of the Penal Code for unjustified enrichment.

The case is presided over by Judge Adria Cruz Cruz.

Ponce Mayor Luis Manuel Irizarry Pabón

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Energy Dept. pours billions into power grids but warns it’s not enough

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he Energy Department earlier this week announced $1.3 billion to help build three large power lines across six states, part of a new gusher of money from Washington to upgrade America’s electric grids so they can handle more wind and solar power and better tolerate extreme weather.

But officials warned that money won’t be enough. In a major report published the same day, the Energy Department said the nation’s vast network of transmission lines may need to expand by two-thirds or more by 2035 to meet President Joe Biden’s goals to power the country with clean energy.

That would help slash carbon dioxide emitted by gas and coal-fired electric plants — pollution that is heating the planet. But it would require hundreds of billions of dollars in investment and a frenzied pace of construction.

“We need to seriously build out transmission,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said.

There is no single grid. The nation’s electric system is divided into a patchwork of regions, each overseen by different operators. But many face similar challenges.

A major one is that there isn’t enough transmission capacity to carry power from farflung wind and solar farms to population centers.

Many regions are at risk of blackouts during heat waves or powerful storms, which are expected to worsen with climate change. Aging infrastructure needs to be replaced.

The Energy Department’s report, the National Transmission Needs Study, looks at which places would benefit from new or expanded power lines. For example, customers in parts of Wisconsin and Michigan pay high prices because local grids are too congested to bring in cheaper power from elsewhere. The mid-Atlantic’s grid is vulnerable to electricity shortfalls during winter storms because it lacks sufficient capacity to import power from its neighbors.

But there are major barriers to grid expansion. While the study found that new transmission capacity between different regional grids would have large benefits, hardly any such projects have been built in recent decades, since they can require approval from more than one state or jurisdiction, leading to disagreements over who should pay.

The federal government has limited authority to direct grid planning, in contrast to the way it oversaw the Interstate Highway System.

Some regions, like Texas and the Southeast, have

Parts for power poles transmission lines at Southern California Edison’s storage yard in Jurupa Valley, Calif., Jan. 1, 2019. America’s electric grids may need to expand by two-thirds by 2035 to handle future growth in clean energy, the agency said. The nation isn’t on track. resisted expanding transmission ties with their neighbors. And some utilities are wary of new long-distance lines that might undercut their local monopolies.

The Biden administration wants to use the limited tools at its disposal. As part of the bipartisan infrastructure law in 2021, Congress approved more than $20 billion to upgrade America’s power grids. The Energy Department has started sending much of that money out the door in recent weeks.

As part of Monday’s announcement, the agency will negotiate a commitment to buy capacity from three proposed transmission projects: a 748-megawatt power line carrying renewable energy from New Mexico to Arizona, a 1,200-megawatt line bringing Canadian hydropower to Vermont and New Hampshire and a 1,500-megawatt line linking Utah and Nevada.

By acting as an initial customer, the agency hopes to give developers confidence to move forward with these projects. The government would later sell its rights to private customers and replenish its funds, so that it could help other grid proposals.

“This is an extremely promising program,” said Rob Gramlich, president of the consulting group Grid Strategies. He noted that many transmission projects are plagued by a “chicken or

egg” problem: Developers won’t build power lines to windy or sunny regions until there are customers, but renewable projects won’t get built until after the lines are in place.

Still, Gramlich said, the agency’s $2.5 billion program to alleviate this issue can only support “a very small set of lines.”

Separately, the Department of Energy this month announced $3.5 billion in grants for 58 different projects to harden power lines against extreme weather, integrate batteries and electric

vehicles into local grids and expand capacity for wind and solar power.That included $464 million for an effort to connect two large regional grids in the Midwest and Great Plains.

Together, those projects could help increase U.S. renewable energy capacity 10%, Granholm said.

The agency has also offered $300 million to help states, tribes and local governments improve their permitting processes for power lines. Some recent projects, such as the SunZia line in New Mexico, have spent more than a decade trying to acquire permits.

Other, more contentious moves may be forthcoming. Congress has given federal regulators authority to override objections from states for certain power lines deemed to be in the national interest. The Biden administration has yet to wield this power, though it said the study released Monday could help identify potential projects.

A truly enormous grid expansion might require further action from Congress, such as a bill floated by Democrats to require greater grid connectivity between regions. But some utilities and Republicans have criticized that proposal.

In the meantime, technology might help.

New types of sensors and software can help utilities send more power through existing lines without the need for costly upgrades, said Julia Selker, executive director of the WATT Coalition, which advocates for so-called grid-enhancing technologies. But most utilities have yet to adopt these tools.

“We’ll still need a big build-out in transmission, but these are technologies that can be deployed in a year or less,” Selker said. “That’s a huge help while we’re waiting several years to build large new transmission lines.”

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Democratic rifts over Israel burst to the forefront in Congress

The Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 30, 2018. The Pittsburgh community continues to be shaped by the 2018 shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue, which left 11 dead.

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srael’s war against Hamas is exposing deep divisions among Democrats in Congress, as the most outspoken supporters of the Jewish state and vocal pro-Palestinian members on the left trade accusations of bigotry and feud over what role the United States should play in the hostilities.

The tensions burst into the open last week after 15 House Democrats drew rebukes for refusing to vote for an overwhelm-

ingly bipartisan resolution that declared solidarity with Israel and condemned Hamas.

The situation is expected to escalate this week as the House debates an emergency $14.3 billion spending bill to provide security assistance for Israel. It will also consider a separate Republican-written resolution to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., the only Palestinian-American member of Congress, for participating in a pro-Gaza rally this month at the Capitol, where she accused Israel of committing genocide.

The schism reflects a broader split in the Democratic Party, where a left-leaning coalition of younger voters and people of color are breaking with President Joe Biden over his staunch support of Israel, and primary battles are brewing between strong defenders of the Jewish state and progressives who promote Palestinian rights.

On Capitol Hill, the divide has been exacerbated by Republicans who are eager to exploit the rift among their political rivals.

Speaker Mike Johnson plans to hold a vote this week pairing a bill to fund Israel’s war effort with cuts to the IRS that were a key part of Biden’s sweeping climate and health care law, a tough pill for Democrats to swallow. And some left-wing Democrats think Biden should have requested more humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians in his proposed emergency spending plan.

The House also is expected to vote as soon as Wednesday on the measure to formally censure Tlaib, who has harshly criticized Israel and expressed skepticism of U.S. intelligence

findings that Israel was not culpable for a recent hospital bombing in the Gaza Strip. At the rally at the Capitol, she pleaded for a cease-fire, saying, “We are literally still watching people commit genocide and killing a vast majority just like this, and we still stand by and say nothing.”

The measure, which is sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., accuses Tlaib of “antisemitic activity, sympathizing with terrorist organizations and leading an insurrection” at the Capitol.

Even the most pro-Israel Democrats appear disinclined to back Greene’s resolution.

“The language is extreme and over the top,” said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., noting that the measure falsely refers to the pro-Gaza rally and sit-in, which was organized by Jewish anti-war groups, as an “insurrection.”

Several other Democrats scoffed at the idea that a lawmaker who once compared coronavirus mask and vaccine mandates to the treatment of Jews by Nazis during the Holocaust and promoted a conspiracy theory that space lasers controlled by Jews were responsible for wildfires in California, as Greene did, could credibly accuse a colleague of antisemitism.

But Wasserman Schultz said she had “deep concerns” that Tlaib was engaging in “inflammatory conduct” and savaged Democrats who have refused to condemn Hamas.

“I understand there are usual suspects that are not proIsrael, that object to Israel’s policies, but we should all be against slaughter,” she said, referencing the 1,400 civilians and soldiers killed and 222 hostages seized when Hamas raided Israel. “If you’re not against slaughter, you don’t have a soul.”

Her words infuriated Democrats who voted against last week’s resolution, some of whom responded in kind.

“To dehumanize someone else, you have to relinquish a piece of your own humanity,” said Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., questioning why Wasserman Schultz and the resolution had not expressed similar outrage over the deaths of Palestinians. “It’s not us who are without a soul. I would say that she should maybe do some introspection.”

Gaza’s Health Ministry, which is run by Hamas, has said that more than 8,000 people have been killed in Israeli strikes since Oct. 7. That figure could not be verified independently, and Biden has said he had “no confidence” in the figures.

Similar spats have been playing out throughout House Democratic ranks. Last week, Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, that Democrats who had voted against the measure expressing solidarity with Israel “are despicable and do not speak for our party.”

The next day, Rep. André Carson, D-Ind., one of Congress’ few Muslim members, retorted on CNN that Gottheimer was “a coward, and he’s a punk.”

Some Democrats have tried to smooth over the tensions, arguing the disputes are playing out only on the margins of the party.

“I’m frankly impressed by the overwhelming support that the House of Representatives showed for Israel,” Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., said of the resolution. “It’s important that we continue to have conversations with those people who are not currently supporting us.”

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Police were told Maine gunman had threatened to carry out shooting spree

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS and CHELSIA ROSE MARCIUS

lice to take away people’s guns after having them evaluated by a medical practitioner, and with a judge’s approval. he Army Reserve and a Maine sheriff’s deCard began his rampage at a bowling alley partment were aware of a reservist’s deterioralast Wednesday evening, where he killed seven ting mental health more than five months before people. He then drove to a bar and opened fire he killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, according to again, shooting people who were playing pool records released on Monday. Just six weeks ago, the and several deaf friends competing in games of records show, he had grown increasingly paranoid, cornhole. Eight people died at the bar, and three punched a friend and said he was going to carry out more at the hospital. a shooting spree.

Thirteen more people were wounded between the two scenes. Card fled and was found But there is no indication in the documents that dead two days later, having shot himself in a trailer any law enforcement officials ever made contact with at a recycling plant where he used to work. the reservist, Robert R. Card II, 40, who carried out In May, Carleton, the sheriff’s deputy, met the deadliest mass shooting in America this year and with Card’s former wife and 18-year-old son at a set off a two-day search before he was found dead. high school where they had raised concerns with The warnings about Card were far more explicit than Maine officials had publicly acknowledged in Photos of the 18 people who were killed in the Lewiston mass shoo- a police officer assigned to the school. Card’s the days since the shooting on Oct. 25. They came ting are displayed during a memorial service at Holy Family Church in son relayed that his father had recently grown very angry with him and accused him of talking from Card’s family members — who believed he was Lewiston, Maine, Oct. 29, 2023. behind his back. hearing voices — and his Army Reserve unit in Saco, an abundance of caution after the unit became concerned The son and his mother told the deputy Maine, and were investigated by the Sheriff’s Office for his safety.” that they were worried about Card’s deteriorating mental in Sagadahoc County, where Card lived.

Skolfield said he had also contacted Card’s brother, health and rising paranoia. Card’s former wife told the Card’s family told a sheriff’s deputy in May that Card Ryan Card, who said that he and his father would try to deputy that he had recently collected 10 to 15 handguns had become angry and paranoid starting early this year. In take his brother’s guns away. The sergeant said he had ur- and rifles from his brother’s home and brought them back particular, he had begun to claim — wrongly, the family said — that people were accusing him of being a pedophile. ged Ryan Card to contact the sheriff’s department if he felt to his own house.

That night, Card’s ex-wife visited him with his sister, When the deputy, Chad Carleton, reached out to that his brother needed “an evaluation.” Ryan Card did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Nicole, and later reported that he had opened the door with Card’s base in Saco, he learned that people there already Sheriff Joel Merry of Sagadahoc County said in a a gun and complained that there were people outside his had “considerable concern” for Card’s mental health, acstatement that he believed his deputies had acted appro- home, casing it. But she told the deputy the next day that cording to a report that the deputy wrote.

Two months later, in July, Card was treated at a psychia- priately, but he added that his department would evaluate Card had also agreed to see a doctor about his paranoia tric hospital in New York for two weeks, according to a later its procedures for wellness checks. and hearing voices. It is unclear whether he did so.

Skolfield declined to comment over the weekend report, after an incident at the U.S. Military Academy in West Carleton wrote that Card’s brother said his paranoia Point. He had accused “several other soldiers” of calling when a reporter contacted him by phone. had started around the time that Card got hearing aids, earEarlier on Monday, Gov. Janet Mills declined to an- lier this year. Card’s sister-in-law told The New York Times him a pedophile, shoved one and made veiled threats that swer questions about law enforcement’s prior interactions last week that he had gotten them because his hearing had he would “take care” of things, the report said. with Robert Card.

The state’s public safety commissioner, deteriorated after two decades in the Reserve.

He made far more explicit threats in mid-September, When the sheriff’s department was contacted by the telling a friend that he had guns and was “going to shoot Michael J. Sauschuck, mentioned only a drunken driving up the drill center at Saco and other places,” according to incident in 2007 when asked on Saturday about previous Reserve in September, Skolfield wrote that he was assured contact with law enforcement.

by Card’s brother that he would work with their father to a Sheriff’s Office report from that month.

The record of Card’s previous run-ins with reservists make sure Card did not have any access to guns.

In response to that episode, the Army Reserve contacted the Sheriff’s Office, which assigned a sergeant, Aaron and warnings to the sheriff’s department are the latest to “They have a way to secure his weapons,” the sergeant Skolfield, to check on Card at his home in Bowdoin, Maine. raise questions about whether more could have been done to wrote in the last line of his report.

Skolfield went to Card’s home on Sept. 16 and tried prevent the Maine shooting or keep Card from buying guns.

The reports do not make clear whether Card was to make contact with him, but no one came to the door, despite the sergeant hearing someone he thought might be committed to the hospital in July involuntarily, but if he had been, he may have been barred from possessing guns.

Card moving around inside.

Préstamos Personales Pequeños The sergeant said in his report that soon after, he spoke One report describes Card’s Reserve colleagues hearing him otorgados para la semana que terminó el with Card’s commanding officer, Capt. Jeremy Reamy, who complain about the unit commanders having him committed sábado, 28 de octubre de 2023 said that he thought it was best for Card to “have time to and saying they are “the reason he can’t buy guns anymore.”

Federal officials have said that Card legally bought some himself for a bit.” Reamy also said that the Reserve was Tasa Mínima Promedio Tasa Máxima guns just days before the shooting. The FBI said there was working to get Card to retire and receive mental health (%) Ponderado (%) (%) nothing to prevent him from legally purchasing weapons. treatment. He declined to comment on Monday.

Despite Card’s behavior, the Sheriff’s Office did not 66.25% 98.11% 150.00% The Army Reserve said in a statement that it had reached out to the Sheriff’s Office regarding Card “out of try to use Maine’s “yellow flag” law, which allows the po-

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With executive order, White House tries to balance AI’s potential and peril The executive order also contains some provisions that will please the AI ethics crowd — a group of activists and researchers who woow do you regulate something that has the potential to both help and harm rry about near-term harms from AI, such as bias people, that touches every sector of the and discrimination, and who think that long-term economy and that is changing so quickly even the fears of AI extinction are overblown. experts can’t keep up?

In particular, the order directs federal That has been the main challenge for goagencies to take steps to prevent AI algorithms from being used to exacerbate discrimination vernments when it comes to artificial intelligence. in housing, federal benefits programs and the Regulate AI too slowly and you might miss criminal justice system. And it directs the Comout on the chance to prevent potential hazards and dangerous misuses of the technology. merce Department to come up with guidance React too quickly and you risk writing bad for watermarking AI-generated content, which or harmful rules, stifling innovation or ending up could help crack down on the spread of AI-gein a position like the European Union’s. It first renerated misinformation.

And what do AI companies, the targets leased its AI Act in 2021, just before a wave of of these rules, think of them? Several executinew generative AI tools arrived, rendering much of the act obsolete. (The proposal, which has not ves I spoke to Monday seemed relieved that the yet been made law, was subsequently rewritten White House’s order stopped short of requiring to shoehorn in some of the new tech, but it’s still them to register for a license in order to train The Biden administration has been under pressure to do something about a bit awkward.) large AI models, a proposed move that some in On Monday, the White House announced A.I. since late last year. the industry had criticized as draconian. It will its own attempt to govern the fast-moving world also not require them to pull any of their current of AI with a sweeping executive order that improducts off the market, or force them to disclosocial media, a technology that was allowed to grow unimposes new rules on companies and directs a host of federal peded for more than a decade before regulators showed any se the kinds of information they have been seeking to keep agencies to begin putting guardrails around the technology. interest in it, it shows that the Biden administration has no private, such as the size of their models and the methods The Biden administration, like other governments, has intent of letting AI fly under the radar. used to train them. been under pressure to do something about the technoloIt also doesn’t try to curb the use of copyrighted data The full executive order, which is more than 100 pages, in training AI models — a common practice that has come gy since late last year, when ChatGPT and other generative appears to have a little something in it for almost everyone.

AI apps burst into public consciousness. AI companies have The most worried AI safety advocates — like those who under attack from artists and other creative workers in recent been sending executives to testify in front of Congress and signed an open letter this year claiming that AI poses a “risk months and is being litigated in the courts.

And tech companies will benefit from the order’s atbriefing lawmakers on the technology’s promise and pitfalls, of extinction” akin to pandemics and nuclear weapons — will while activist groups have urged the federal government to be happy that the order imposes new requirements on the tempts to loosen immigration restrictions and streamline the crack down on AI’s dangerous uses, such as making new cy- companies that build powerful AI systems. visa process for workers with specialized expertise in AI as berweapons and creating misleading deepfakes.

In particular, companies that make the largest AI sys- part of a national “AI talent surge.”

Not everyone will be thrilled, of course. Hard-line safeIn addition, a cultural battle has broken out in Silicon tems will be required to notify the government and share the Valley, as some researchers and experts urge the AI industry results of their safety testing before releasing their models to ty activists may wish that the White House had placed stricter to slow down, and others push for its full-throttle accelera- the public. limits around the use of large AI models, or that it had bloction.

These reporting requirements will apply to models abo- ked the development of open-source models, whose code President Joe Biden’s executive order tries to chart a ve a certain threshold of computing power — more than 100 can be freely downloaded and used by anyone. And some middle path — allowing AI development to continue largely septillion integer or floating-point operations, if you’re curious gung-ho AI boosters may be upset that the government is undisturbed while putting some modest rules in place, and — that will most likely include next-generation models deve- doing anything at all to limit the development of a technology signaling that the federal government intends to keep a close loped by OpenAI, Google and other large companies deve- they consider mostly good. eye on the AI industry in the coming years. In contrast to loping AI technology.

But the executive order seems to strike a careful baThese requirements will be enforced through the De- lance between pragmatism and caution, and in the absence fense Production Act, a 1950 law that gives the president of congressional action to pass comprehensive AI regulations broad authority to compel U.S. companies to support efforts into law, it seems like the clearest guardrails we’re likely to get deemed important for national security. That could give the for the foreseeable future.

Tasa mínima, promedio ponderado, y máxima para There will be other attempts to regulate AI — most norules teeth that the administration’s earlier, voluntary AI compréstamos personales pequeños otorgados para la tably in the European Union, where the AI Act could become mitments lacked.

In addition, the order will require cloud providers that law as soon as next year, and in Britain, where a summit of semana que terminó el sábado, 28 de octubre de 2023 rent computers to AI developers — a list that includes Micro- global leaders this week is expected to produce new efforts Tasa Mínima Promedio Tasa Máxima soft, Google and Amazon — to tell the government about to rein in AI development. (%) Ponderado (%) (%) The White House’s executive order is a signal that it their foreign customers. And it instructs the National Institute intends to move fast. The question, as always, is whether AI of Standards and Technology to come up with standardized 33% 33% 33% itself will move faster. tests to measure the performance and safety of AI models.

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Wall St closes higher on eve of Fed decision; investors assess earnings

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all Street’s main indexes closed higher on Tuesday as investors looked ahead the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy update while they digested a mixed batch of earnings reports.

The Fed kicked off a two-day monetary policy meeting at which the central bank is widely expected to hold interest rates steady. Investors will monitor Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s comments for clues about its future plans.

Investors were also reacting to disappointing earnings reports and showed jitters over geopolitics.

Shares in heavy-machinery maker Caterpillar (CAT.N) fell as signs of slowing machinery demand overshadowed a quarterly earnings beat. And drugmaker Amgen’s (AMGN.O) stock lost ground as third-quarter sales of some high-profile medicines were below expectations.

But with 10-year Treasury yields up just slightly, some investors took the opportunity to look for bargains after recent weakness in stocks, said Sameer Samana, Senior Global Market Strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute.

“All roads right now lead back to long-term rates which impact equities,” said Samana, adding that in stocks some investors may be encouraged by the idea that, “the recent sell-off brings us back to fairly valued from over-valued levels.”

However the strategist was wary of upcoming events that could be huge catalysts for bonds and in turn equities. Along with the Fed’s policy update, he will also watch the U.S. Treasury Department’s announcement about its financing plans.

Analysts have said it is likely to boost the size of auctions for bills, notes, and bonds in the fourth quarter to fund a widening budget deficit. This would cause rates to rise further and hurt stocks, according to Wells Fargo’s Samana.

And on Friday, equity investors will also be monitoring the October U.S. jobs report and the Treasury market’s reaction.

According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 (.SPX) gained 26.93 points, or 0.65%, to end at 4,193.75 points, while the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) gained 61.76 points, or 0.48%, to 12,851.24. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) rose 123.01 points, or 0.37%, to 33,051.97.

“Today’s move back into positive territory is on the growing consensus the Fed is more likely to hold off on any more rate hikes this year,” said Greg Bassuk, chief executive of AXS Investments in New York.

Bassuk also pointed to mixed earnings reports and companies “messaging concerns about upcoming quarters with energy prices rising and increasing uncertainty” around wars in Israel and Ukraine that are “showing no end in sight.”

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Earlier, data showing a solid increase in U.S. labor costs in the third quarter prompted some concerns the Fed could keep interest rates higher for longer.

Of the 279 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings to date, over 78% have beaten analyst estimates, per LSEG data. Analyst expect earnings growth of 4.9% for S&P 500 companies in the third quarter.

Nvidia (NVDA.O) shares fell after a report said the

latest U.S. curbs could force the chip designer to cancel billions of dollars of orders to China.

Pinterest (PINS.N) shares rallied after the imagesharing platform beat third-quarter revenue and profit estimates.

VF Corp (VFC.N) shares sold off after the Vans sneaker maker withdrew its annual forecast. Arista Networks (ANET.N) stock rallied after it gave an upbeat fourth-quarter revenue outlook.

Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT.O) shares plummeted on the failure of its muscle disorder gene therapy in a late-stage trial. Shares of Sarepta’s client, Catalent (CTLT.N), also fell.

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Israel strike targets Hamas stronghold in dense Gaza area; hospital reports many deaths

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vey,” Martin Griffiths, the U.N.’s chief official for humanitarian and relief affairs, said in a statement Monday. “People are becoming increasingly desn Israeli strike aimed at Hamas militants hit perate, as they search for food, water and shelter amid the relentless bombing campaign that is a densely populated neighborhood in the wiping out whole families and entire neighborGaza Strip, leaving a massive crater and hoods.” widespread damage. Hamas and the director of a Here’s what else to know: nearby hospital said numerous people were killed.

— Despite growing international criticism The Gaza health ministry, which is controlled by Hamas, said the Israeli strikes killed and of Israel’s airstrikes in Gaza, Netanyahu said that wounded “hundreds” of people in the Jabaliya pleas for a cease-fire amounted to “calls for Israel neighborhood, a statement that could not be imto surrender to Hamas, to surrender to terrorism.” mediately verified. A doctor at a nearby hospital — Photos, satellite images and videos verified by The New York Times showed formations of said the facility was receiving hundreds of injured troops and armored vehicles approaching Gaza and that dozens were dead.

City and nearby population centers from the norIsrael’s military said in a statement that its th, east and south. fighter jets, in a “wide-scale” attack, had struck Some of the 239 beds, one for each hostage believed to be held by Hamas and — The World Health Organization said serHamas militants, including a commander who helped plan the Oct. 7 massacre that left 1,400 other Palestinian groups, set up in Safra Square in Jerusalem, Oct. 31, 2023. vices had been “severely reduced” at the TurkishPalestinian Friendship Hospital, Gaza’s only canpeople dead, mostly civilians. pushed deeper into the Gaza Strip and were edging closer cer center, after “extremely concerning reports of “His elimination was carried out as part of a to the territory’s main city.

More than half the population of airstrikes” in its vicinity over the last two days. wide-scale strike on terrorists and terror infrastructure belonging to the Central Jabaliya Battalion, which had taken 2 million people has been displaced since Israel expanded — Israel said its forces had rescued a soldier abduccontrol over civilian buildings in Gaza City,” the military a blockade of the enclave in response to the Hamas attacks. ted on Oct. 7 by Hamas militants, Ori Megidish. The FoHumanitarian officials have warned that Palestinian reign Ministry also confirmed the death of Shani Louk, a said. civilians face a growing catastrophe. “The scale of the ho- 23-year-old German Israeli citizen believed to have been It reiterated a warning for people in Gaza to evacuate south, a call that came as Israeli ground troops and tanks rror people are experiencing in Gaza is really hard to con- kidnapped at a music festival.

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prominent Iranian human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, was arrested and severely beaten, her husband said Monday — one of several activists taken into custody at the funeral in Tehran of a girl who was fatally injured after a reported confrontation with the enforcers of Iran’s strict dress code for women.

The activists were arrested Sunday at the funeral of Armita Geravand, a 16-year-old who died last week after what many believe was an encounter over not covering her hair on Tehran’s subway, in defiance of the law imposed by the Shiite Islamic government.

Sotoudeh, 60, is renowned for representing women who have not worn a hijab, the traditional headscarf, while in public, and for refusing to wear one herself. She has been imprisoned several times and, most recently, had been convicted at a secret trial in 2019 of security-related crimes but was released in 2021 because she suffers from heart disease and other ailments.

Her husband, Reza Khandan, said in an interview that she had called him in the middle of the night to tell

him what had happened, including that her glasses were broken in custody.

“I think the broken glasses say enough. Nasrin also confirmed the beating and mentioned that it was bad,” he said. When she was taken for a court appearance Monday morning, he brought an intact pair of her glasses, he added, but the guards refused to give them to her.

Then she was transferred to Qarchak, a notorious women’s prison outside Tehran.

The Fars News Agency, which is affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, accused Sotoudeh of “violating hijab rules” and “acting against the psychological security of society,” an offense that according to the Center for Human Rights in Iran does not exist in Iran’s penal code.

“I have heard that Nasrin had refused to wear a hijab until the very last moment before attending the hearing at Evin court,” Khandan said.

She had focused recently on her medical care and her family, not activism, “yet Armita’s case affected her deeply and she could not stay silent,” he said. “She already packed her jail suitcase before leaving to attend the funeral.”

The case of Geravand remains murky. Iranian state television has broadcast security camera video of her stepping onto a subway train with her hair uncovered Oct. 1 and then being carried off the train minutes later, apparently unconscious. Authorities have not released video from inside the subway car.

Farzad Seifikaran, a journalist with Radio Zamaneh, reported that witnesses said that after officers enforcing the dress code confronted Geravand and two friends, one of the officers pushed her and she struck her head, causing a cerebral hemorrhage. The government said she collapsed from low blood sugar because she had skipped breakfast.

She was declared brain-dead Oct. 23, as reported by state-owned media.

Her case has drawn parallels to that of Mahsa Amini, who died last year in the custody of the “morality police” who had arrested her, charging that she had violated the hijab law. Her death prompted some of the largest protests in more than four decades of theocratic rule, which Iran’s security forces suppressed violently, causing hundreds of deaths, according to human rights groups.

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Hezbollah hesitates as Israel strikes Gaza

By MARIA ABI-HABIB and BEN HUBBARD

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s Israeli troops move deeper south into the Gaza Strip with the goal of destroying Hamas, the world is closely watching what happens on Israel’s northern border, where its forces have engaged for weeks in intense clashes with another, more powerful foe, Hezbollah.

Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group, has found itself in an awkward position since its ally Hamas launched a deadly, surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7. Now, after years of spoiling for a fight with Israel, Hezbollah is torn between maintaining its credibility as a defender of the Palestinians, and its hesitation to get involved in a full-scale war.

Throughout its 40-year history, Hezbollah has defined itself as a resistance Hezbollah, a Lebanese militant group backed by Iran, has long positioned itself movement dedicated to protecting Leba- as a defender of the Palestinians. But can it maintain its reputation and still sit non, battling Israel and backing the Pal- out a war with Israel? estinians’ quest for statehood. Yet after three days of Israeli ground incursions cause of domestic and regional calcula- they’re going to escalate, and we’re going into Gaza and as the Palestinian death toll tions. to have to respond and we’re prepared climbs over 8,000, Hezbollah’s response In Lebanon, there is little appetite for that.” has so far been worrying but restrained. for war, as the country suffers through “We hope they don’t make that misHezbollah’s balancing act speaks to a crippling economic crisis. Regionally, take,” Dermer added. “They made a misits outsize role in Lebanon, a small, dys- if Hezbollah opened a second front, it take, I think, in 2006. I think the leader of functional country on Israel’s northern bor- could prompt the United States to come Hezbollah said if he knew what the reder. It is Lebanon’s most powerful political to Israel’s aid. sponse was going to be, he never would and military force, meaning that not even “All of Lebanon, including Hezbol- have started it. Believe me, the response the Lebanese government can control its lah — we don’t want a war,” said Leb- now will make what happened in 2006 decisions, even when they affect the whole anon’s foreign minister, Abdallah Bou look like child’s play.” country. Hezbollah is also the most power- Habib, who is in regular contact with HeBut, Bou Habib said, if the carnage ful node in a network of Iran-backed mili- zbollah. “There is Western pressure on in Gaza worsens, or Israel escalates its tias across the Middle East, which includes the Lebanese government to apply pres- attacks in Lebanon, Hezbollah may feel Hamas, meaning that its calculations often sure on Hezbollah not to go to war. We more pressure to respond. transcend Lebanon’s borders. have dialogued with Hezbollah and my “If the situation gets really bad in But as Israel’s air force levels whole impression is that they won’t start a war. Gaza, it will be really bad for the whole swaths of Gaza, can Hezbollah maintain But will Israel start a war? We need equal region — not just Lebanon and Israel,” its reputation as a vanguard of the so- pressure on them, too.”

Bou Habib said. called axis of resistance movement if it U.S. officials have privately urged Hezbollah, like Hamas, has been sits on the sidelines of the conflict?

Israeli leaders not to Hezbollah’s last major war with Is- launch a major strike rael was in 2006, and the group now has on Hezbollah that more sophisticated weapons and cadres could plunge the region of battle-hardened militants than it had into all-out bloodshed. then. But so far, it has engaged only in “We don’t seek an limited skirmishes with Israeli troops. It escalation in the north,” could squeeze Israel by expanding its Ron Dermer, Israel’s attacks on the country’s north while a minister of strategic aflarge part of the Israeli military is tied up fairs, said at a news in Gaza, Western and Arab officials say, conference Monday. but for now the group is holding back be- “Hezbollah may decide

designated a terrorist organization by the United States and other countries.

Some Hamas leaders have suggested they expect more help from Hezbollah.

Khaled Meshaal, the political leader of Hamas until 2017, said the group’s regional allies could contribute more to the war effort.

“When such a heinous crime is perpetrated against Gaza, greater things are certainly needed,” Meshaal said in a recent interview with Al-Arabiya, a news channel. “But we should not single out Lebanon and Hezbollah.”

While Hezbollah’s precise capabilities remain unclear, it can clearly cause damage inside Israel. The group is believed to have an arsenal of up to 150,000 rockets, as well as precision guided missiles capable of striking sensitive targets.

“Hezbollah today is in a position to inflict pain on Israel if they choose to enter this war,” said Maha Yahya, the director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut.

“The range of response Hezbollah can have is pretty versatile,” Yahya said.

“They don’t need to do a ground incursion into Israel. With Iran, they could start using the Syrian front and there could be attacks outside of Israel, not necessarily inside Israel against Israeli interests. That has happened before.”

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been unusually quiet since the Oct. 7 attacks that Hamas launched into Israel, killing some 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and taking more than 230 civilians and soldiers hostage. Israel has responded with a vast bombing campaign on Gaza, a blockade on fuel and a ground invasion.

Nasrallah is scheduled to address his followers Friday, leaving the region on edge.

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Near an Acapulco beach: Food, water and prayer after Hurricane Otis

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n a large church displaying a big blue cross near the Acapulco beachfront, dozens of people dozed in sleeping bags along the pews, prayed in silence or anxiously discussed their next move.

Víctor Hugo Sánchez attentively listened to the pleas from people desperate for food, water and gas two days after a Category 5 hurricane had rampaged through the city, leaving hundreds of thousands isolated and without basic resources. As of Monday morning, 45 people were confirmed dead and 47 were missing, according to the Mexican government’s preliminary numbers.

One woman wanted to know whether more water jugs were arriving soon. A man who traveled from Mexico City thanked Sánchez for finding his missing relatives.

Another woman sobbed quietly, asking him to help her get out of the battered city.

Sánchez, a member of the Guerrero state civil protection agency, had been assigned as a coordinator here and at four other makeshift shelters in the area. “I imagine more people will keep coming,” he said Friday. An incomplete list put together by local authorities identified 1,656 displaced people set up in hotels, schools and sports complexes.

“This is chaos,” Sánchez added. “Acapulco is a disaster.”

Inside the church, bottled water was running low.

Five plastic crates and one table overflowed with medicine boxes and bottles, but there were no doctors to prescribe them. And despite Sánchez’s best efforts to ask other authorities to set up a soup kitchen and a water purifier, no support had arrived by Friday.

Security was also starting to become a problem.

“Be careful at night,” he said. “They’re raiding. If you get mugged, they take your stuff. They steal your gas.”

But in a city that had been left in darkness after more than 10,000 power poles were knocked down by 165-mph winds, the church stood as a bright oasis for anyone wishing to charge their phones or escape from the heat with the breeze from a fan. The shelter had a rare resource, a mobile generator delivered by Mexico’s federal electricity commission.

Feliciano Olivorio Díaz, who lost his vision six years ago, listens to a radio inside a church in Acapulco, Mexico, Oct. 2023. Dozens of displaced locals gathered in a converted shelter, waiting for resources to be delivered to their ravaged city.

The Mexican government said Monday that it has deployed about 18,000 members of the armed forces to Acapulco, as well as thousands of workers from different institutions.

Erik Rojas, one of the commission’s nearly 2,220 electricians sent to Acapulco after the storm, inspected an industrial fridge that held some of the shelter’s supplies. “The power infrastructure is heavily damaged,” he said, puzzled as to why the buzzing machine was not freezing despite the generator.

The commission said Monday that power had been restored for 65% of the affected users in Acapulco.

But progress is challenging.

“It is a total collapse,” said Rojas, 38, who has had to spend the nights inside his truck. “It’s like building a whole new infrastructure.”

On Thursday, the shelter was overcrowded with visitors from different Mexican states and foreign countries. Eventually, Sánchez was able to bus out more than 140 of them to the nearest city, Chilpancingo, and the capital, Mexico City. Most of those who remained were locals from nearby neighborhoods.

A local resident, Feliciano Olivorio Díaz, 63, a vocalist and drummer who had sought refuge from Otis’ devastating winds, said: “If it got any stronger, it was going to blow the whole church. We’re fearful that something happens again because it’s quiet out there.”

To lighten the mood, Olivorio Díaz, who lost his vision six years ago, turned on a hand-held radio and sang. “I sing and the father says that things look bright, that we’re alive,” he said.

But when he placed his cane against a wall outside the church to blast a Mexican cumbia on the radio, only two men were there to listen to him sing.

As Olivorio Díaz’s voice resonated in the distance, Martha García, 63, was on a desperate mission.

Her husband, Abel Sánchez, 70, had been discharged from the hospital last Tuesday — one day before the hurricane hit Acapulco — after coming down with pneumonia three months ago. “It’s as if misfortune keeps following us,” she said in tears.

García had left her sick husband at home and come to the shelter, hoping someone could help her find an oxygen tank. His own tank, the only thing helping him breathe, she said, was going to run out of oxygen the next day.

But across the city, the health care system was also destroyed. Even the headquarters of Mexico’s Health Ministry in Acapulco had been badly damaged.

In a hospital about 3 miles from the church, Lucía Soriano, 43, knocked on the closed metal gate Friday.

The building’s basement was completely flooded with dark water and debris, and blown-out windows scarred the facade.

A security guard emerged from the hallways, following the noise. Soriano’s 77-year-old mother was scheduled to have eye surgery that morning, she told him.

“There’s no service because there’s no light. There’s no gas. There’s nothing,” he interrupted her, adding that only a small cleaning crew was inside. No doctors were there, and no surgeries would be performed in the near future, he said.

“I’ll come back on Monday,” said Soriano as she walked away, “to see what they tell me about the appointment, because it’s been paid.”

Even finding food and other supplies has been a major hurdle in the city. Almost every store, supermarket and warehouse across Acapulco has been stripped clean, although the government has begun to distribute provisions.

Back in the church, García said she had stumbled upon flour tortillas and canned beans in a ransacked convenience store. “That’s what we’ve been eating and what I’ve been feeding my husband,” she said.

She did not plan to evacuate anytime soon. “What I need,” she said, “is oxygen.”

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Autoworkers strike a blow for equality

By PAUL KRUGMAN

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t’s not officially over yet, but the United Auto Workers appear to have won a significant victory. The union, which began rolling strikes on Sept. 15, now has tentative agreements with Ford, Stellantis (which I still think of as Chrysler) and, finally, General Motors.

All three agreements involve a roughly 25% wage increase over the next 4 1/2 years, plus other significant concessions. Autoworkers are a much smaller share of the workforce than they were in Detroit’s heyday, but they’re still a significant part of the economy.

Furthermore, this apparent union victory follows on significant organized-labor wins in other industries in recent months, notably a big settlement with United Parcel Service, where the Teamsters represent more than 300,000 employees.

And maybe, just maybe, union victories in 2023 will prove to be a milestone on the way back to a less unequal nation.

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middle-class society as we liked to imagine, but in the 1960s we were a country in which many blue-collar workers had incomes they considered middle class, while extremes of wealth were far less than they have since become. For example, CEOs of major corporations were paid “only” 15 times as much as their average workers, compared with more than 200 times as much as their average workers now.

Most people, I suspect, believed — if they thought about it at all — that a relatively middle-class society had evolved gradually from the excesses of the Gilded Age, and that it was the natural end state of a mature market economy.

However, a revelatory 1991 paper by Claudia Goldin (who just won a richly deserved Nobel) and Robert Margo showed that a relatively equal America emerged not gradually but suddenly, with an abrupt narrowing of income differentials in the 1940s — what the authors called the Great Compression. The initial compression no doubt had a lot to do with wartime economic controls. But income gaps remained narrow for decades after these controls were lifted; overall income inequality didn’t really take off again until around 1980.

Why did a fairly flat income distribution persist? No doubt there were multiple reasons, but surely one important factor was that the combination of war and a favorable political environment led to a huge surge in unionization.

Unions are a force for greater wage equality; they also help enforce the “outrage constraint” that used to limit executive compensation.

Conversely, the decline of unions, which now represent less than 7% of private-sector workers, must have played a role in the coming of the Second Gilded Age we live in now.

The great decline of unions wasn’t a necessary consequence of globalization and technological progress. Unions

remain strong in some nations; in Scandinavia, the great majority of workers are still union members.

What happened in America was that workers’ bargaining power was held back by the combination of a persistently slack labor market, with sluggish recoveries from recessions and an unfavorable political environment — let’s not forget that early in his presidency, Ronald Reagan crushed the air traffic controllers’ union, and his administration was consistently hostile to union organizing.

But this time is different. Research by David Autor, Arindrajit Dube and Annie McGrew shows that a rapid recovery that has brought unemployment near to a 50-year low seems to have empowered lower-wage workers, producing an “unexpected compression” in wage gaps that has eliminated around a quarter of the rise in inequality over the previous four decades. The strong job market has probably encouraged unions to stake out more aggressive bargaining positions, a stance that so far seems to be working.

By the way, I constantly encounter people who believe that the recent economic recovery has disproportionately benefited the affluent. The truth is exactly the opposite.

The political ground also seems to be shifting. Public approval of unions is at its highest point since 1965, and Joe Biden, in a presidential first, joined an autoworker picket line in Michigan in September to show support.

None of what’s happening now seems remotely big enough to produce a second Great Compression. It might, however, be enough to produce a Lesser Compression — a partial reversal of the great rise in inequality since 1980.

Of course, this doesn’t have to happen. A recession could undermine workers’ bargaining power. If Donald Trump, who also visited Michigan but spoke at a nonunion shop, returns to the White House, you can be sure that his policies will be anti-union and anti-worker. And Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the House, has an almost perfect record of opposing policies supported by unions.

So the future is, as always, uncertain. But we might, just might, be seeing America finally turn back toward the kind of widely shared prosperity we used to take for granted.

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Cámara abre exposición de arte en honor a las personas con Síndrome Down POR EL STAR STAFF

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L CAPITOLIO – En el marco del Mes de la Concienciación del Síndrome Down, la Cámara de Representantes inauguró este martes la exposición de arte Trópico 21 como la muestra más reciente del Colectivo ArteVivo de la Fundación Puertorriqueña Síndrome Down.

En un ambiente de baile y júbilo, la actividad contó con la participación de los niños, jóvenes y adultos con Síndrome Down que expresaron sus ideas, sentimientos y mostraron su personalidad en las obras que serán exhibidas en la Galería José Tous Soto en El Capitolio.

“Hay gente que son bendecidas con el habla; algunos pueden saltar; otros pueden correr, pero no todos pueden plasmar su espíritu a través de las artes plásticas. Hoy vamos a ver el alma de nuestros talentos”, expresó el presidente de la Cámara, Rafael Hernández Montañez.

“Para nosotros es más que un honor que la galería del Capitolio sea el espacio para que ustedes puedan demostrar su arte”, abundó.

La directora ejecutiva de la organización, Stephanie Ávila Berríos, explicó que Trópico 21 se refiere a los paralelos que atraviesan las latitudes de la Tierra que otorgan al Planeta un clima y una diversidad biológica única. Como en el trópico de Puerto Rico, cada obra pretende lograr un acercamiento que muestre al espectador la diversidad y riqueza que hace destacar a la Tierra.

“Trópico 21 es mucho más de lo que habitamos.

Aporta a nuestros ricos colores y textura. Somos di-

versos y únicos. Somos una gama de emociones que se siente con un abrazo o una mirada”, afirmó Ávila Berríos.

Por su parte, Zaida Rivera Berrocal, integrante de la Junta Directiva, destacó la importancia de educar a la población sobre la inclusión de personas con diversidad funcional, así como eliminar las barreras y el estigma que existe en torno a esta población.

“Debemos fomentar la inclusión y la participación en el mundo laboral. La inclusión en el campo laboral es esencial para promover la igualdad de oportunidades, el respeto y los derechos humanos de esta población”, manifestó Rivera Berrocal.

La Fundación Puertorriqueña Síndrome Down es una organización sin fines de lucro incorporada en el Departamento de Estado en 1989. Sin embargo, desde el 1986 se había formado la Sociedad Puertorriqueña Síndrome Down por padres y madres de niños con esta condición.

Desde entonces, ha atendido a más de 6,000 personas, convirtiéndose en la única entidad en la isla que atiende a la población con síndrome de Down con un enfoque integral de servicios.

Celebra cumpleaños tenimesista Adriana Díaz en Juegos Panamericanos POR CYBERNEWS

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ANTIAGO, Chile – La tenimesista Adriana Díaz celebró su cumpleaños 23 este martes mientras compite en el evento individual de los Juegos Panamericanos Santiago 2023.

“Una medalla de oro”, expresó Díaz cuando Ricardo Torres, presentador deportivo, le preguntó sobre su deseo de cumpleaños.

La deportista de Utuado venció a la cubana Daniela Fonseca en octavos de final y al terminar su partida, el

público le cantó “Feliz cumpleaños”. Telemundo Puerto Rico y el Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico también la sorprendieron con un gesto especial.

Díaz, quien participó en las Olimpiadas de Río 2016 y Tokio 2020, enfrentará a la mexicana Yadira Silva en cuartos de final el día de hoy, con horario aún por determinar.

Por otro lado, el tenimesista Daniel González, también de Utuado, no tuvo la misma suerte y perdió en octavos de final, ocupando la novena posición en la competencia.

Al cierre de esta información, Brian Afanador estaba en juego buscando su pase a cuartos de final.

Vigilante el DACO ante quejas a Liberty Puerto Rico POR CYBERNEWS

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AN JUAN – La secretaria interina del Departamento de Asuntos del Consumidor, licenciada Lisoannette González Ruíz, reveló el martes que evalúan las quejas de consumidores sobre las largas esperas en el centro de llamadas de Liberty Puerto Rico.

“Cientos de consumidores se han quejado de esperas, en algunos casos de más de 5 horas, para ser atendidos. Eso es inaceptable”, mencionó González

Ruíz en declaraciones escritas.

“He impartido instrucciones para iniciar averiguaciones. Las telecomunicaciones son vitales para el pueblo. Entendemos averías, pero no esperas de tantas horas”, expresó la titular.

Miles enfrentaron problemas con su señal el pasado fin de semana. La empresa atribuye las interrupciones a la migración de números de bases de datos, incluyendo la antigua AT&T. La secretaria instó a los afectados a contactar al DACO a través de sus medios oficiales.

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The day disco was demolished

By CHRIS VOGNAR

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he plan was simple enough: Gather a bunch of disco records, put them in a crate and blow them to smithereens in between games of a doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers at Comiskey Park. What could possibly go wrong?

This was the thinking, such as it was, behind Disco Demolition Night, a July 1979 radio promotion that went predictably and horribly awry. The televised spectacle of rioters, The Disco Demolition Night promotion at Chicago’s mostly young white men, storming the field in Comiskey Park quickly spun out of control, with Chicago, sent shock waves through the music thousands of people storming the field. industry and accelerated the demise of disco “Saturday Night Fever” helped turn disco from a club pheas a massive commercial force. But the fiasco didn’t unfold in nomenon into a mainstream sensation. a vacuum, a fact the new “American Experience” documentary “The War on Disco” makes clearer than a twirling mirror ball.

Organizers expected around 20,000 fans on July 12, 1979.

“The War on Disco,” which premiered earlier this week Instead, they got around 50,000, some of whom sneaked in for on PBS, traces the rise, commodification, demise and rebirth of free. Admission was 98 cents (WLUP’s frequency was 97.9), leaa dance music genre that burned hot through the ’70s, and the ving attendees plenty of leftover cash for beer. Located in the backlash against a culture that provided a safe and festive place mostly white, working-class neighborhood of Bridgeport, Cofor Black, Latino, gay and feminist expression. Originating in gay miskey Park had a built-in anti-disco clientele. dance clubs in the early ’70s and converted into a mainstream During the first game of the doubleheader, fans threw resensation largely through the 1977 movie “Saturday Night Fecords, firecrackers and liquor bottles onto the field. By the time ver,” disco engendered simmering resentment from white, bluethe crate of records was blown up, the place was going nuts, collar kids who weren’t cool enough to make it past the rope with patrons storming the field and rendering it unplayable. The at Studio 54 and other clubs. The film details disco’s role as a White Sox had to forfeit the second game. flashpoint for issues of race, class, gender and sexuality that still There were other anti-disco protests around the country resonate in the culture wars of today. in the late ’70s, but none so visible or of greater consequence.

“These liberation movements that started in the ’60s and see themselves and to derive pleasure, which is a huge trope in As the film recounts, reaction was swift; radio consultants soon early ’70s are really gaining momentum in the late ’70s,” Lisa Q. disco.” began steering toward nondisco formats. “Disco Demolition Wolfinger, who produced the film with Rushmore DeNooyer, All subcultures have their tipping points, and disco’s be- Night was a real factor, and it did happen very quickly,” DeNoosaid in a video call from her home in Maine. “So the backlash gan in earnest in 1977. The year brought “Saturday Night Fever,” yer said. “And we hear from artists in the film who experienced against disco feels like a backlash against the gay liberation mo- the smash hit movie about a blue-collar Brooklynite (a star-ma- that.” Gigs started drying up almost immediately. vement and feminism, because that’s all wrapped up in disco.” king performance from John Travolta) who escapes his rough reCommercial oversaturation didn’t help. Disco parodies When the Gay Activist Alliance began hosting feverish ality by cutting loose on the dance floor. Inspired by the movie, were becoming rampant, including a memorable one in the disco dances at an abandoned SoHo firehouse in 1971, rou- middle-aged thrill seekers began dressing up in white polyester 1980 comedy “Airplane!,” and novelty songs had been around tinely packing 1,500 people onto the dance floor, the atmos- and hitting the scene. The same year saw the opening of Studio since Rick Dees’ “Disco Duck” in 1976 (followed up by the lesphere was sweaty and cathartic. As Alice Echols writes in her 54 in Manhattan, which became famous for its beautiful-people ser-known “Dis-Gorilla” in 1977). But the film makes clear that disco history book “Hot Stuff,” gay bars, most of them run by clientele and forbidding door policy. the Disco Demolition fiasco and resultant coverage was a major the mob, traditionally hadn’t allowed dancing of any kind. But “There was this image of the crowd outside the door on factor in the death of disco’s mainstream appeal. change was in the air largely because of the ripple effect of the news, with people being divided into winners and losers,” It’s also important to note that disco didn’t die so much as the Stonewall uprising in 1969, when regulars at a Greenwich said DeNooyer. “And the majority were losers because they its more mainstream forms ceased to be relevant. The music and Village gay bar fought back against the latest in a series of police didn’t get by the rope. It was an image that spoke powerfully, the culture morphed into other dance-ready genres including raids. Soon discos were popping up throughout American cities, and it certainly encouraged a view of exclusivity.” house music, which ironically emerged in Chicago. When you drawing throngs of revelers integrated across lines of race, genAt least one man had reason to take it all personally. Ste- go out and cut loose to electronic dance music, you are paying der and sexual orientation. ve Dahl was a radio personality for Chicago’s WDAI, spinning homage to disco, whether you know it or not. The beat is still “The club became this source of public intimacy, of se- album rock and speaking to and for the white macho culture sy- pulsating. The sexual and racial identities remain eclectic. The xual freedom, and disco was a genre that was deeply tied to the nonymous with that music. On Christmas Eve in 1978 Dahl lost Who may have bid “Sister Disco” goodbye in their 1978 song, next set of freedom struggles that were concatenate with civil his job when the station switched to a disco format, a popular but the original spirit lives on. As Brooks put it, “Its vibrancy rights,” said Daphne Brooks, a professor of African American move in those days. He didn’t take the news well. Jumping to and its innovations just continued to gain momentum once the studies at Yale University who is featured in the film, in a video WLUP, Dahl launched a “Disco Sucks” campaign and, together spotlight moved away from it.” interview. “It was both a sound and a sight that enabled those with the White Sox promotions director Mike Veeck, spearheaThe culture, and its devotees, outlived the clichés. Disco who were not recognized in the dominant culture to be able to ded Disco Demolition Night. is dead. Long live disco.

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What to know about Robert De Niro’s trial over a workplace dispute

By JULIA JACOBS

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four-year legal battle between actor Robert De Niro and a former employee went to trial Monday in federal court in Manhattan, where competing claims of gender discrimination and improper spending were aired in open court.

The former employee, Graham Chase Robinson, who started as De Niro’s executive assistant in 2008 and ended up with the title of vice president, sued De Niro and his company, Canal Productions, for gender discrimination. She said in her lawsuit that De Niro had treated her like an “office wife,” directing her to wash his sheets and scratch his back, and had paid her less than a male employee whose job required no greater skill or responsibility than her own.

Canal Productions sued Robinson, accusing her of improperly transferring more than $450,000 in airline miles to her personal account and spending tens of thousands of dollars of company money on food, travel and other personal services.

The jury will decide the validity of both sides’ claims at the same time. In court papers, Robinson denied making unauthorized purchases or improperly converting airline miles, and De Niro denied her allegations of assigning her “stereotypically female” work.

On Monday, De Niro, 80, an Oscar winner who is in the spotlight for his role in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” took the stand as the trial’s first witness.

What is Graham Chase Robinson claiming?

Robert De Niro outside federal court in Manhattan on Monday. “It’s not like I’m telling her to go out and scrape floors, mop floors,” he said in testimony.

Robinson, 41, who often goes by Chase, started working for De Niro as an executive assistant at 25, ultimately becoming vice president of production and finance at Canal Productions before resigning, in 2019. Despite her promotions, De Niro continually referred to her as his assistant, she claimed in the lawsuit, assigning her duties that were inconsistent with her job descriptions, such as vacuuming his apartment and mending his clothing.

She claimed that she was paid less than a male employee because of her gender, and that De Niro made demeaning gender-based comments that included him calling her a “bitch” and a “brat,” her law-

suit said. (De Niro denied doing so in court papers.)

The jury will consider two specific claims under New York City’s Human Rights Law: for gender discrimination and retaliation.

The retaliation claim revolves around a dispute between Robinson and De Niro’s current girlfriend, Tiffany Chen, as they worked together in 2018 and 2019 to prepare a town house on the Upper East Side for the couple to move into.

In opening arguments Monday, a lawyer for Robinson, Brent Hannafan, said Chen had expressed concerns to De Niro that Robinson had romantic interests in him, leading to tension as they worked together on the town house.

After Robinson raised the issue to De Niro, Hannafan said, Chen sent an email stripping her of her job duties, including on the town house. Robinson resigned shortly after.

“There was no one more loyal to Canal and Mr. De Niro as Chase Robinson,” Hannafan said. (He said Robinson never had any romantic interests in her boss.)

What are Robert De Niro and his company claiming?

Lawyers for De Niro and his company have framed Robinson’s ascension in Canal Productions differently: Although she asked for the vice president title in 2017, they have said, her job duties co-

ordinating De Niro’s personal and professional life did not change. They also said that the male employee she was paid less than — De Niro’s personal trainer — had worked for the actor for significantly longer than she had.

In opening arguments, Richard C. Schoenstein, a lawyer for De Niro and his company, acknowledged that the job of a personal assistant to a high-profile actor and business owner, like De Niro, could sometimes be unglamorous. But he asserted that De Niro had been a kind and generous boss, positioning Robinson as someone who “took advantage” of access to money and fame by charging “extraordinary” amounts of personal expenses and expensing a trip to Los Angeles under false pretenses.

“All of this was adding up to a serious breach of trust,” Schoenstein said, later adding, “None of the things that happened occurred because she was a woman.”

Canal Productions’ claims against Robinson, who was making a salary of $300,000 when she resigned, include breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty of loyalty and conversion — referring to the dispute over the airline miles.

The lawsuit also accused her of binge-watching Netflix shows on the job — a claim that made headlines in 2019 — though De Niro’s lawyers did not bring up that allegation on the first day of the trial.

What did De Niro say on the stand?

De Niro spent about 90 minutes on the witness stand Monday afternoon, answering questions from Robinson’s lawyer about the rigor of her job — she claimed that she had to be “on call” at all times — and the specific details of her duties.

He said that he would call Robinson only at “civilized” hours, allowing her to work remotely when she wanted, and that her tasks sometimes involved scheduling, arranging travel and managing gift purchases for loved ones.

“It’s not like I’m telling her to go out and scrape floors, mop floors,” said De Niro, who wore a dark blazer, a gray polo shirt and sneakers.

De Niro also addressed the dispute between Robinson and his girlfriend, Chen, saying that when he introduced the two in 2018, “I wanted it all to work. I wanted everyone to be happy and play nice.”

De Niro is expected to continue his testimony Tuesday.

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What to know about dengue fever as cases spread to new places

By STEPHANIE NOLEN

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ases of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral illness that can be fatal, are surging around the world. The increase is occurring both in places that have long struggled with the disease and in areas where its spread was unheard-of until the last year or two, including France, Italy and Chad, in central Africa.

Last week, health officials in Pasadena, California, reported a first case of locally transmitted dengue.

What is dengue fever, and why is it becoming more widespread?

Dengue, a viral fever, is transmitted by Aedes species of mosquitoes. It can cause excruciating joint pain and is also known by the grim nickname “breakbone fever.”

The Aedes aegypti mosquito, which has been driving many of the current outbreaks, is native to Africa, where it originally lived in forests and fed on animals.

But decades ago, it spread to the rest of the world via trade routes and adapted to thrive in urban areas, feeding on people and breeding in small bits of trapped water in places such as old tires, discarded bottle caps and trays used to catch air conditioner drips.

Now as more people move to urban areas — many to lower-quality housing in developing countries — they are more vulnerable to the virus. And climate change is bringing the mosquito to new places, where it is thriving.

“Aedes mosquitoes thrive in warm and humid environments, so definitely climate change and rising temperatures and also extreme weather events are helping extend their habitat range,” said Dr. Gabriela Paz-Bailey, chief of the dengue branch at the division of vectorborne diseases at the U.S. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases.

How dangerous is it?

Only 1 in 4 dengue cases are symptomatic. Some infections may produce only a mild, flulike illness. But others can result in dreadful symptoms, including headache, vomiting, high fever and the aching joint pain.

Full recovery can take weeks.

About 5% of people who get sick will progress to what’s called severe dengue, which causes plasma, the protein-rich fluid component of blood, to leak out of blood vessels. Some patients may go into shock, causing organ failure.

Severe dengue has a mortality rate of between 2% and 5% in people whose symptoms are treated. When left untreated, however, the mortality rate is 15%.

Severe dengue may go untreated because patients live far from medical care or can’t afford it, or because hospitals are overwhelmed with cases during an outbreak.

The Aedes aegypti mosquito, which has been driving many of the current outbreaks, is native to Africa.

But decades ago it spread to the rest of the world via trade routes and adapted to thrive in urban areas.

Or it can happen when dengue isn’t diagnosed in time because it’s appearing in a new area. That is a problem in resource-strapped countries such as Chad, of course, but also a challenge for a patient or clinician in Pasadena who is unfamiliar with dengue, Paz-Bailey said.

Who is at risk?

Some 40% of people globally live in areas where they are at risk of dengue infection; the disease is most common in tropical countries such as Brazil.

The people most vulnerable to dengue live in housing that doesn’t keep mosquitoes away from them. In studies on communities along the U.S. southern border in areas where the aegypti mosquito is well established, researchers found that there were as many or sometimes even more of the mosquitoes on the Texas side, but far fewer dengue cases there than on the Mexican side.

That is because more people on the U.S. side of the border had screened windows and air conditioners, which limited their exposure to mosquitoes, and lived farther apart and were less social. By making fewer visits to friends and relatives, they were less likely to take the virus into new areas where a mosquito might pick it up from them and pass it on.

It is unlikely that dengue will become a serious problem in the United States, “as long as people keeping living like they’re living now,” said Thomas Scott, a dengue public health researcher and professor emeritus at University of California, Davis.

Outside Puerto Rico and other territories where the disease is endemic, there are about 550 dengue cases each year in the United States, but they are imported by travelers who were infected abroad and passed the disease along to their close contacts.

The case in Pasadena is a rare locally acquired case of dengue in the United States. City officials said Friday that they had been trapping and testing mosqui-

toes in the neighborhood where the case was reported and had not found any further insects with the virus.

But scientists say dengue will continue to spread to places that haven’t experienced it before.

In addition to climate change, rising rates of urbanization around the world are playing a role, said Alex Perkins, who is an associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame and an expert in the mathematical modeling of dengue transmission. If people have recently come from rural areas, they are unlikely to have priority immunity, so the virus can move swiftly through the population.

Is there treatment for dengue?

There is at present no specific treatment for dengue infection, and patients are given only symptom management, such as medication to control pain. Drug companies have antivirals in clinical trials.

Is there a vaccine?

The effort to find a dengue vaccine has been long and complicated. Dengvaxia, a vaccine developed by the French firm Sanofi, was rolled out widely in countries such as the Philippines and Brazil starting in 2015, but two years later, the company said it was causing vaccinated people who caught the virus to have more severe cases. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends use of Dengvaxia in endemic areas for people with a laboratory-confirmed previous dengue infection.

The World Health Organization recently recommended a new vaccine called QDENGA, which can be used regardless of prior infection status, for children ages 6 to 16 living in areas with high dengue transmission. This vaccine has already been introduced in Indonesia, Brazil, Thailand and 16 European countries, including Britain and Italy, but it won’t be available in the U.S. anytime soon. Takeda, the Japanese company that makes it, withdrew it from the FDA approval process in July after a dispute over what data was being considered.

What else can we do?

Some countries that have acted aggressively against dengue have controlled it. Singapore uses a combination of methods, including the inspection of homes and construction sites for breeding areas, with high fines for rules violations. “It’s a successful approach, but they have a really large budget to support those activities, but not every country has that,” Paz-Bailey said.

Brazil and Colombia have had success using a bacteria called Wolbachia: When Aedes aegypti is infected with the bacteria, it can no longer pass on the dengue virus. Projects there are mass-producing mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia and releasing them to breed with wild insects in an effort to get the bacteria through the mosquito population.

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DEPARTAMENTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AMBIENTALES

Dust might have snuffed out the dinosaurs

AVISO AMBIENTAL INTENCIÓN DE RENOVAR PERMISO DE INYECCIÓN SUBTERRÁNEA El peticionario, Automeca Technical College, cuya dirección postal es Urb. Parque Mediterráneo, Calle Sicilia F-15, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00966, representado por el Sr. Luis E. Vega Arce, Propietario, ha solicitado al Área de Calidad de Agua (ACA) del Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (DRNA) la renovación del permiso de operación, UIC-17-27-0023, para un sistema de inyección subterránea (SIS) Clase VII, bajo las disposiciones del Reglamento para el Control de la Inyección Subterránea (RCIS) y la Ley Federal de Agua Potable Segura, según enmendada 42 USC 300f et seq.

(LFAPS).

El SIS consiste de un tanque de retención de 20 pies de largo por 14 pies de ancho por 7 pies de profundidad líquida con una capacidad de 14,661 galones, en el cual, se inyectarán 1,395 galones/día de aguas exclusivamente sanitarias, provenientes de los baños de la instalación.

El referido SIS está ubicado en Automeca Technical College, localizado en la Carretera PR-3, Km 43.8, Barrio Quebrada Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico.

Luego de realizada la evaluación correspondiente de los documentos sometidos, el DRNA tiene la intención de renovar el permiso de operación para la instalación antes mencionada en conformidad con los requisitos del RCIS y de la LFAPS. Esta notificación se hace para informar que el DRNA, ha preparado el borrador del permiso de operación de forma tal que el público interesado pueda someter sus comentarios con relación al mismo.

El permiso contiene las condiciones y prohibiciones necesarias para cumplir con los requisitos reglamentarios aplicables.

Copia de la solicitud del permiso que sometió el peticionario ante el DRNA, el borrador del permiso y otros documentos relevantes estarán a la disposición del público para ser examinados, a petición del interesado mediante el envío de un correo electrónico a la siguiente dirección: inyeccionsubterranea@drna.pr.gov o visitando el ACA, cuya oficina está localizada en el Piso 3 Ala A del Edificio de Agencias Ambientales Cruz A. Matos, Carretera PR-8838, Km 6.3, Sector El Cinco, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. Copia de dichos documentos pueden adquirirse en el ACA, entre las 8:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m. de lunes a viernes o escribiendo a la siguiente dirección: Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales, San José Industrial Park, 1375 Avenida Ponce de León, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926.

Las partes interesadas o afectadas pueden enviar sus comentarios por escrito al Sr. Ángel R. Meléndez Aguilar, Gerente Interino del ACA, o solicitar una vista pública por escrito a la Secretaria del DRNA, a la dirección postal o correo electrónico antes indicado.

Los comentarios por escrito o la solicitud de vista pública deberán ser sometidos al DRNA no más tarde de treinta (30) días a partir de la fecha de publicación de este aviso. La fecha límite para someter comentarios puede ser extendida si se estima necesario o apropiado para el interés público. La solicitud para una vista pública deberá señalar la razón o las razones que en la opinión del solicitante ameritan la celebración de la misma. De realizarse una vista pública los interesados o afectados tendrán una oportunidad razonable para presentar evidencia o testimonio sobre si se emite o deniega el permiso, si la Secretaria determina que dicha vista es necesaria o apropiada.

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An artist’s reconstruction of a Dakotaraptor steini, among the last nonavian dinosaurs, in North Dakota after the Chicxulub impact 66 million years ago.

By MIRIAM FAUZIA

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n a spring day more than 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the sea just off the coast of modern-day Mexico. Known as the Chicxulub impact, it set off a global shock wave, earthquakes and megatsunamis that exterminated the nonavian dinosaurs and plunged Earth into a long and dark winter.

A study published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience has uncovered a cause of this cold snap: dust. The study’s authors say that micrometer-size fine silicate dust lingered as long as 15 years in the atmosphere after the impact and contributed to the global cooling.

Additionally, they say, all photosynthetic activity on Earth may have ceased completely within two weeks following the Chicxulub impact largely because of fine dust.

Stephen Brusatte, a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh who was not involved in the research, said studies like this one aided understanding of the time period after the asteroid’s impact.

“They help us empathize with T. rex, triceratops and the other dinosaurs that woke up in the morning on the top of the food chain but by the end of the day were facing a world in chaos,” he said.

During fieldwork in 2017, Pim Kaskes, a geologist at Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium and an author of the new research, collected some fine-grained samples from a geological formation in North Dakota known as Tanis, which yielded a treasure trove of fossils. While Tanis is 2,000 miles from the Chicxulub impact, seismic waves created a deposit of minerals known as the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. It is about four feet thick and corresponds to the event.

He shared the samples with Cem Berk Senel, a paleoclimate modeling researcher at the Royal Observatory of Belgium who was then a graduate student at Université Libre de Bruxelles.

“One of the key questions we wondered was what

was the primary governor of the Chicxulub mass extinction event because, in the literature, there have been diverse hypotheses addressing this phenomenon,” Senel said.

The role of dust has often been overlooked. Instead, scientists have focused on sulfur particles that rocks released after the asteroid vaporized them, as well as soot from the impact and subsequent wildfires.

“The effects of the dust were not well known,” Kaskes said. “Most of the work that has been done used very coarsegrained material that rains very rapidly out of the atmosphere or extremely fine particles that also rain down relatively quickly.”

The sulfur and soot, he said, were hypothesized to be better at absorbing and blocking sunlight compared with dust and thus the likely harbingers of the impact winter.

According to Senel’s computer simulations, which incorporated data from sulfur particles, soot and the measurements from Kaskes’ samples, fine dust was a climate heavy hitter. In the asteroid’s aftermath, a cloud of fine dust thinner than a strand of hair clung to the atmosphere. Unlike sulfur and soot, which disappeared over time, these particles stayed put for at least 15 years. This led global average surface temperatures to plummet by as much as 59 degrees Fahrenheit.

Global photosynthesis was interrupted within two weeks, Senel said. Because of fine dust, photosynthesis by land-dwelling plants was interrupted for 620 days after the impact. It took four years before the atmosphere cleared up, allowing plants to get enough sun to recover.

Jan Smit, a paleontologist at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam who was not involved in the study, said the findings about Earth’s cooling after the asteroid are “in the ballpark.”

But he said the idea that photosynthesis ceased for years, first proposed in the 1980s by Luis and Walter Alvarez, father-and-son scientists, was contentious. Neither their hypothesis, nor the new research, accounts for how marine plants survived, although it can explain how dormant seeds and flowering plants recovered.

Incorporating fine-dust measurements from more sites will be needed to make more global conclusions.

Senel and Kaskes say the computer simulation does show a slight difference in climatic activity between the Northern and Southern hemispheres, but they acknowledge that more research needs to be done.

“That’s something we would like to figure out, to see if there are differences around the globe, maybe some regions that were less affected by the meteorite’s impact and why some groups survived and others didn’t,” Kaskes said. “I think this is just a starting point for some cool research and to find fossil evidence of this global response.”

The San Juan Daily Star LEGAL NOTICE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Small Business Administration) Plaintiff V.

JOHN DOE AND RICHARD ROE as those unknown persons who may be the holders of the lost mortgage note or have any interest in this proceeding,

Defendants CIVIL NO. 23-01031 JAG. ACTION FOR CANCELLATION OF LOST MORTGAGE NOTE (MFC Investment, Inc. d/b/a Vernet). SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION.

TO: JOHN DOE AND RICHARD ROE

Unknown holders of a promissory note of $416,000.00 executed on December 18, 2009,

by MFC Investment, Inc. d/b/a Vernet, as acknowledged by affidavit number 18,094 sworn before JaimeSantosMirabal, and secured by a voluntary mortgage in favor of the plaintiff created by Mortgage Deed No. 11 executed on December 18, 2009, before Notary Public Jaime Santos Mirabal, over the following property, described in the Spanish language as: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Urbanizacion Industrial Caguas Oeste de Caguas. Lote: Nave Cuatro: con un area de construccion bruta de cinco mil cuatrocientos sesenta y seis punto cuarenta y dos pies cuadrados (5,466.42 p/ c) y un “Mezzanine” de dos mil setecientos cincuenta y ocho punto cincuenta y seis pies cuadrados (2,758.56 p/c). Colindando por el SUR, con la pared entre las naves tres y cuatro; por el NORTE, con la pared exterior del lado Norte; par el ESTE, con puerta de acceso al area de estacionamiento y a la zona de carga y descarga; par el OESTE, con pared exterior del lado Oeste, con puerta de acceso a pasillo comun y a los servicios sanitarios. El local tiene acceso al estacionamiento, el cual consta con rampa de acceso y estacionamiento para impedidos, areas de carga y descarga y tendra uso industrial y/o comercial. Como parte esencial del local se incluye el usa en comun de los estacionamientos para automoviles en las areas alrededor del edificio. Participacion en los elementos comunes: Corresponde a este local en los gastos de conservacion, admi-

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nistracion, ganancias y derechos y en los elementos comunes generates del Condominio, un porcentaje de veinticinco punto siete por ciento (25.07%).

Estacionamientos: Bordeando el edificio antes descrito en su colindancia Este, que es el frente y en las colindancias Norte y Sur se encuentran los espacios de estacionamientos de uso comun. En la parte Este, cada uno de los cuatro locales (naves) ubicados en el edificio, tienen facilidades para carga y descarga. Elementos comunes generales, areas y facilidades comunes generales: Las areas y facilidades comunes generates que pertenecen en comun proindiviso a los titulares de los locales en proporcion que se indica son los siguientes: El terreno donde enclava el edificio segun descrito y las verjas.

Los estacionamientos sobre el terreno, asi como tambien las vias de accesos o “drive way” existentes alrededor del edificio. Los cimientos de techo, paredes maestras, columnas, vigas, paredes de carga y que sostienen y/o dividen las areas y facilidades comunes del edificio. Las escaleras que dan acceso al edificio. Las tubenas de aguas potable. Las tubenas de desague pluvial de los techos.

Las tubenas de descarga sanitaria. Las tubenas y cables de alimentacion electrica primaria y secundaria y dos subestaciones electricas. Las tubenas y sistemas de alarmas de fuego.

Las tubenas y gabinetes con manguera para apagar incendios. El pasillo posterior, los servicios sanitarios comunes y el area de almacenaje para efectos de limpieza y mantenimiento. Las aceras. Las areas verdes. Las verjas alrededor de la propiedad. En el elemento comun denominado “techo” no se pueden instalar equipos que excedan una carga de quince libras par pie cuadrado, de igual manera en el “Mezzanine” de cada local no se puede instalar equipos que representen una carga en exceso de las cien libras par pie cuadrado.

The aforementioned Mortgage Deed is duly recorded at the Karibe System ofCaguas, property number 63,170, fourth inscription. Pursuant to the Order for Service by Publication entered on 08/23/2023 by the Honorable Jay A. GarciaGrecjon/, United States District Judge (Docket No._4), you are hereby SUMMONED to appear, plead or answer the Complaint filed herein no later than thirty (30) days after publication of this Summons by serving the original plea or answer in the United States District Court

Wednesday, November 1, 2023 for the District of Puerto Rico, and serving a copy to counsel for plaintiff Pedro Jaime Lopez Bergollo, Esq., at SBA District Office for the District of PR & USVI, 273 Ponce de Lean Ave., Suite 510, Plaza 273, San Juan, PR 00917-1930, telephone numbers (787) 7665269:his Summons shall be published by edict once a week for six (6) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Island of Puerto Rico. Should you fail to appear, plead, or answer to the Complaint as ordered by the Court and noticed by this Summons, the Court will proceed to hear and adjudicate this cause against you based on the relief demanded in the Complaint.

BY ORDER OF THE COURT, summons is issued pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1655, Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(e) and Rule 4.5 of the Rules of Civil Procedure for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 24th day of August, 2023. ADA I. GARCIA-RIVERA, ESQ., Clerk Of The Court. By: Ana Duran, Deputy Clerk.

Rio Piedras a Caguas, hoy de- fecha, y la suma de $19,425.00 subasta de dicho inmueble, en EDWINA MORILLO REYES Y TAHIANA nominada Avenida José De equivalente al 10% de la suma la cual, la cantidad mínima será T/C/C E. MORILLO ANTÚNEZ REYES, Diego. El apartamento tiene un principal original pactada, esti- una equivalente a 2/3 parte de COMPUESTA POR EDWIN JANE DOE Y JOHN área privada aproximada de pulada para costas, gastos y aquella, o sea la suma de ANTÚNEZ MORILLO, LA DOE, AVA ANTUNEZ 1116.24 pies cuadrados equiva- honorarios de abogado; más $129,500.00; desierta también SUCESIÓN DE EDDIE MORILLO, FULANO DE lentes a ciento tres metros con recargos acumulados hasta la la segunda subasta de dicho ANTÚNEZ MORILLO TAL; ESTADOS UNIDOS sesenta y nueve centímetros. fecha en que se pague la deu- inmueble, se ordena la celebraCOMPUESTA POR DE AMÉRICA; CENTRO Está compuesto de la siguiente da; más cualquiera suma de di- ción de una tercera subasta en forma: balcón, sala-comedor, nero por concepto de contribu- la cual, la cantidad mínima será EDDIE ANTÚNEZ REYES, DE RECAUDACIONES cocina, tres cuartos y dos ba- ciones, primas de seguro la mitad del precio pactado para CARLOS ANTÚNEZ DE INGRESOS ños. Su puerta principal de en- hipotecario y riesgo, así como la primera subasta, es decir la REYES Y TAHIANA MUNICIPALES. trada esta localizada al Sur del cualesquiera otras sumas pac- suma de $97,125.00. La proYo, EDWIN E. LÓPEZ MULE- corredor que distribuye al resto tadas en la escritura de hipote- piedad se adjudicará al mejor ANTÚNEZ REYES, RO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, Al- de los apartamentos a la circu- ca, todas cuyas sumas están postor, quien deberá satisfacer JANE DOE Y JOHN guacil del Tribunal de Primera lación vertical y a las demás líquidas y exigibles. La hipoteca el importe de su oferta en moDOE, AVA ANTUNEZ Instancia, Sala de San Juan, a dependencias del piso corres- a ejecutarse en el caso de epí- neda legal y corriente de los MORILLO, FULANO los demandados, acreedores y pondiente. Son sus colindan- grafe fue constituida mediante Estados Unidos de América en DE TAL; CENTRO al público en general con inte- cias y medidas lineales aproxi- la escritura número 248 otorga- el momento de la adjudicación, rés sobre la propiedad que más madas las siguientes; por el da el día 9 de junio de 2010, entiéndase efectivo, giro postal DE RECAUDACIÓN adelante se describe, y al públi- NORTE, en dos alineaciones San Juan, Puerto Rico, ante la o cheque certificado a nombre DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; A LOS co en general, por la presente diferentes una de 33 pies 2 pul- Notario Público Laura Mia Gon- del Alguacil del Tribunal de PriCERTIFICO, ANUNCIO y equivalentes a 10 metros zález Bonilla y consta inscrita al mera Instancia, y que las carESTADOS UNIDOS DE HAGO CONSTAR: Que el día gadas 11 centímetros con el corredor folio 97 del tomo 1072 de Saba- gas y gravámenes preferentes, AMÉRICA 14 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023, central de acceso a los aparta- na Llana, finca número 22,279, si los hubiese, al crédito del

Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2018CV10494.

Sala: 506. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

AL: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL. A: SUCESIÓN DE EDDIE ANTUNEZ GARCÍA LEGAL NOTICE T/C/C EDDIE ANTUNEZ ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO T/C/C E. ANTUNEZ DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA COMPUESTA POR EDWIN SALA DE SAN JUAN ANTÚNEZ MORILLO, LA CASCADE FUNDING SUCESIÓN DE EDDIE MORTGAGE TRUST HB2 ANTÚNEZ MORILLO Demandante Vs. COMPUESTA POR SUCESIÓN DE EDDIE EDDIE ANTÚNEZ REYES, ANTUNEZ GARCÍA CARLOS ANTÚNEZ T/C/C EDDIE ANTUNEZ REYES Y TAHIANA T/C/C E. ANTUNEZ ANTÚNEZ REYES, COMPUESTA POR EDWIN JANE DOE Y JOHN ANTÚNEZ MORILLO, LA DOE, AVA ANTUNEZ SUCESIÓN DE EDDIE MORILLO, FULANO DE ANTÚNEZ MORILLO TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL; COMPUESTA POR SUCESIÓN DE EDWINA EDDIE ANTÚNEZ REYES, MORILLO GONZALEZ CARLOS ANTÚNEZ T/C/C/ EDWINA REYES Y TAHIANA INOCENCIA MORILLO ANTÚNEZ REYES, GONZALEZ T/C/C JANE DOE Y JOHN EDWINE INOCENCIA DOE, AVA ANTUNEZ MORILLO GONZALEZ MORILLO, FULANO DE T/C/C EDWINA I. TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL; MORILLO GONZALEZ SUCESIÓN DE EDWINA T/C/C EDWINA MORILLO MORILLO GONZALEZ GONZALEZ T/C/C T/C/C/ EDWINA EDWINA INICENCIA INOCENCIA MORILLO MORILLO T/C/C EDWINA GONZALEZ T/C/C I. MORILLO T/C/C EDWINE INOCENCIA EDWINA MORILLO MORILLO GONZALEZ T/C/C E. MORILLO T/C/C EDWINA I. COMPUESTA POR EDWIN MORILLO GONZALEZ ANTÚNEZ MORILLO, LA T/C/C EDWINA MORILLO SUCESIÓN DE EDDIE GONZALEZ T/C/C ANTÚNEZ MORILLO EDWINA INICENCIA COMPUESTA POR MORILLO T/C/C EDWINA EDDIE ANTÚNEZ REYES, I. MORILLO T/C/C CARLOS ANTÚNEZ

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A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, procederé a vender en Pública Subasta, al mejor postor, la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, la cual se notificó y archivó en autos el día 10 de julio de 2023.

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 28 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 5 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado.

Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que ha sido liberado por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, en el caso de epígrafe con fecha de 6 de octubre de 2023, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble que se describe a continuación: “URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento número 1210. Residencia en forma irregular que radica en el décimo segundo piso del Condominio de Diego 444 localizado en Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, en el kilómetro uno hectómetro ocho de la antigua carretera de

mentos y otra de 8 pies 5 pulgadas equivalentes a 2 metros con 56 centímetros con la escalera; por el SUR, en 41 pies 7 pulgadas equivalentes a 12 metros con 67 centímetros con la fachada Sur del edificio que da frente a la quebrada Juan Méndez; por el ESTE, en dos alineaciones diferentes: una de 20 pies 4 pulgadas equivalentes a 6 metros con 20 centímetros con el apartamento número 1209 y otra de 8 pies con 2 pulgadas equivalentes a 2 metros con 49 centímetros con la escalera; y por el OESTE, en 28 pies 6 pulgadas equivalentes a 8 metros con 68 centímetros, con el apartamento número 1201.

Le corresponde a este apartamento un porcentaje en los elementos comunes de 0.62 por ciento y el espacio de estacionamiento número C-62, quedando el porcentaje sujeto a variación de acuerdo a lo expresado en la inscripción del Régimen”.

Finca número 22,279, inscrita al folio 105 del tomo 543 de Sabana Llana, del Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de V de San Juan. Dirección de la Propiedad: Apt. 1210, Condominio De Diego 444, San Juan, PR 00923. 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 $154,074.68 la cual incluye los intereses y otros gastos acumulados y los cuales se continúan acumulándose a razón de 5.685% anual hasta su completo pago, 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

Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección V de San Juan. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Entiéndase: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de Estados Unidos de América, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $194,250.00, con intereses al 5.685% anual, vencedero el día 10 de julio de 2081, constituida por la escritura número 249, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el dia 9 de junio de 2010, ante la notario Laura Mia González Bonilla, e inscrito al folio 97 del tomo 1072 de Sabana Llana, finca número 22,279, inscripción 3ra. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta del inmueble antes descrito será la suma de $194,250.00 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

ejecutante continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Una vez efectuada la venta de dicha propiedad, el Alguacil procederá a otorgar la escritura de traspaso al licitador victorioso en subasta, quien podrá ser la parte demandante, cuya oferta podrá aplicarse a la extinción parcial o total de la obligación reconocida por la sentencia dictada en este caso. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Si el producto de la venta fuere insuficiente para satisfacer la cantidad reclamada, se procederá a la ejecución de la sentencia en contra de la parte demandada por el remanente de las sumas no satisfechas, mediante embargo y venta en ejecución de cualesquiera otros bienes propiedad de la parte demandada en cantidad suficiente para dejar cubierta y totalmente satisfecha a la parte demandante cualquier deficiencia o parte insoluta de la sentencia dictada a su favor según dispuesto en la sentencia dictada en este caso. Se dispone, conforme con la sentencia dictada en este caso que, una vez efectuada la subasta y vendido el bien inmueble, los adjudicatarios sean puestos en posesión del mismo dentro del término de veinte (20) días por el Alguacil de este Honorable Tribunal y los actuales poseedores lanzados del referido inmueble. Y para la concurrencia de licitadores y

22 para el público en general, se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley, mediante edicto, en un periódico de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, una vez por semana, por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía, y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto de Subasta para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 12 de octubre de 2023. EDWIN E. LÓPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE SAN JUAN. ***

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ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC. Demandante Vs.

JOHNNY E. DANIELS SANCHEZ

Demandado Civil Núm.: CA2023CV01425.

Salón: 406. 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.

término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Edwin Serrano cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección edwin.serrano@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 07 de septiembre de 2023. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 07 de septiembre de 2023. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC

vera 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 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, hoy día 8 de septiembre de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARGARITA MUÑIZ MÉNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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THE TITLE SECURTIY GROUP, INC. Demandante V.

MORP DEVELPMENT CORPORATION; JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO Y CUALQUIERA PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA CANCELACIÓN POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA

Demandados Civil Núm.: TA2023CV01051.

Parte Demandante Vs. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE EDUARD CASTILLO PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMRODRIGUEZ PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. Parte Demandada ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉCivil Núm.: SJ2022CV09168. RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDIC- ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO TO. DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: EDUARD A: MORP DEVELPMENT CASTILLO RODRIGUEZ - CORPORATION; JUAN URB PUERTO NUEVO 500 DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA CALLE ARDENAS, SAN DEL PUEBLO COMO JUAN PR 00920-4136. POSIBLES TENEDORES Y POR LA PRESENTE se le CUALESQUIER PERSONA emplaza y requiere para que DESCONOCIDA CON conteste la demanda dentro de POSIBLE INTERÉS EN los treinta (30) días siguientes LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA a la publicación de este Edicto.

A: JOHNNY E. CANCELACIÓN POR DANIELS SANCHEZ - Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del DECRETO JUDICIAL SE URB DEL PILAR, 113 Sistema Unificado de Manejo y SOLICITA. CALLE MUNOZ RIVERA, Administración de Casos (SUPor la presente se le notifica CANOVANAS PR 00729- MAC), la cual puede acceder que ha sido presentada en 3218. utilizando la siguiente direc- este Tribunal una Demanda

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto.

Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramaiudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido

ción electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Ser-

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en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe. En este caso la parte demandante ha radicado una Demanda para que se decrete judicialmente el saldo de un (1) pagaré hipotecario a favor de MORP DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, o a su orden por la suma principal de $20,819.00, con intereses al 7% vencedero el 1 de junIo de 2018. Dicho pagaré fue suscrito el día 28 de mayo de 2003 ante el notario Arnaldo Castro Callejo, garantizado por hipoteca constituida mediante la Escritura número 5, sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar E-6 de la Urbanización Portobello en el Barrio

Bucarabones del término municipal de Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el plano de inscripción parcial de la Urbanización, numero de catastro: 12-112-000-00430-000, con una cabida de 488.4727 metros cuadrados de terreno llano y 54.2173 metros cuadrados de talud, para una cabida total de 542.69 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en 25.01 metros a lo largo con la Avenida Las Cumbres; por el SUR, en 20.00 metros a lo largo con la Calle número 2; por el ESTE, en 19.02 metros a o largo con el lote marcado con la letra E-7; por el OESTE, 22.50 metros, a lo largo con el lote marcado con la letra E-5. Enclava una casa. Finca Número 24,274, inscrita al folio 178 del tomo 485 de Toa Alta. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección 3 de Bayamón. La parte demandante alega que dicho pagaré ha sido saldado según más detalladamente consta en la Demanda radicada que puede examinarse en la Secretaría de este Tribunal. Por tratarse de una obligación hipotecaria y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectado por el remedio solicitado, se le emplaza por este edicto que se publicará una vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de Puerto Rico y se le requiere para que radique en este Tribunal su contestación y notifique con copia de ella al abogado de la parte demandante la LCDA LIZBET AVILES VEGA, RUA: 12536, Urb. Los Sauces, Calle Pomarrosa #222, Humacao, PR 00791, Tel: 787-354-0061, Email: lizbet_aviles@yahoo. com y lcdalizbetaviles@gmail. com; dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndole que de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su rebeldía y dictar sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle.

EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, hoy día 19 de octubre de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. M. BONILLA, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO DE RINCÓN

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

A: EDGARDO ACEVEDO BADILLO.

Se le apercibe que la parte demandante por mediación del Lcdo. José F. Giraud Mejías, P.O. Box 277, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681, Tel. 787-2650334, ha radicado la acción de epígrafe en su contra. Copia de la demanda, emplazamientos y del presente edicto le ha sido enviado por correo a la última dirección conocida. Pueden ustedes obtener mayor información sobre el asunto revisando los autos en el Tribunal. Se le apercibe que tiene usted un término de treinta (30) días para radicar contestación a dicha demanda de cobro de dinero y/o cualquier escrito que estime usted conveniente 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 de epígrafe, pero que de no radicarse escrito alguno ante el Tribunal dentro de dicho término el Tribunal procederá a ventilar el procedimiento sin más citarle ni oírle. Dada en Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, hoy 23 de octubre de 2023. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA GENERAL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA. MARÍA VALENTÍN RAMÍREZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTRELLA HOMES III, LLC Demandante Vs.

ANTONIO FELIPE LAUREANO MORALES

Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2018CV00727.

(704). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO (VÍA ORDINARIA).

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

A: ANTONIO LAUREANO MORALES; AL PUBLICO EN GENERAL HAGO EDGARDO ACEVEDO SABER Y AL ACREEDOR BADILLO Y OTROS Parte Demandada DEL SIGUIENTE Civil Núm.: AG2023CV01264. GRAVAMEN POSTERIOR: Parte Demandante Vs.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO- El Alguacil que suscribe, anunTECA (IN REM). EMPLAZA- cia y hace constar que en cum-

plimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, SALA DE CAGUAS, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, de contado y por moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América. Todo pago recibido por el (la) Alguacil por concepto de subastas será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Todo derecho, título, participación e interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar número veintidós (22) del bloque C (C-22) de la Urbanización Horizontes, radicada en el Barrio Rincón del término municipal de Gurabo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de quinientos setenta y cinco punto cuarenta y seis (575.46) metros cuadrados. Colinda por el NORTE, en una distancia de veinticinco punto setecientos diecisiete (25.117), con el solar número veintiún (21) del bloque C; por el SUR, en una distancia de veinticinco punto setecientos (25.700) metros, con el solar número veintitrés (23) del bloque C; por el ESTE, en una distancia de veintidós punto cuatrocientos cincuenta y nueve (22.459) metros, con los solares número dieciocho (18) y diecinueve (19) del bloque C; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de veintidós punto trescientos diez (23.310) metros, con la calle número ocho (8) de la urbanización. Contiene una casa de una sola planta para fines residenciales que consta de sala, comedor, cocina, laundry, (3) habitaciones, dos (2) baños y marquesina doble. Inscrita al folio “9” del tomo “424” de Gurabo. FINCA “16,066”. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico. Sección II de Caguas.

Dirección propiedad: Urb. Horizonte, C 22 Calle Estelar, Gurabo, Puerto Rico 00778-4038.

EL TIPO MÍNIMO PARA LA PRIMERA SUBASTA SERÁ DE $172,090.04. En relación a la finca a subastarse se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $172,090.04, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escritura de Modificación de Primera Hipoteca inscripción 5ta, en cuanto se cancela parcialmente en la suma de $269.03 para un nuevo principal de $172,090.04, vencedero el día 1 de octubre de 2049, según la escritura número 365, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 29 de agosto de 2014, ante la notario Alexandra M. Serracante Cadilla, e inscrita al folio 10 del tomo 424 de Gurabo, finca número

16,066, inscripción 8va. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 28 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS. En relación a la propiedad a subastarse, la cantidad mínima de licitación en la Primera Subasta será la suma de $172,090.04. Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 5 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes del precio pactada para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $114,726.69. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 12 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar y regirá como tipo de la tercera subasta la mitad del precio pactado para la primera, o sea, la suma de $86,045.02. Dicha Subasta se llevará a cabo, para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: Dicha venta se llevará a efecto, para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de su Sentencia, a saber: la suma principal de CIENTO SESENTA Y CUATRO MIL QUINIENTOS SESENTA Y NUEVE DÓLARES CON SESENTA Y TRES CENTAVOS ($164,569.63), más intereses a razón del SIETE PUNTO VEINTICINCO (7.25%) anual desde el 1ro de abril de 2017, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más la cantidad de CUATRO MIL QUINIENTOS OCHENTA Y DOS DÓLARES CON TREINTA CENTAVOS ($4,582.30) de “PIGGY BACK”, suma la cual no acumula intereses, así como todos aquellos créditos y sumas que surjan de la faz de la anterior obligación y de la hipoteca que la garantiza, incluyendo la suma de DIECISIETE MIL DOSCIENTOS NUEVE DÓLARES ($17,209.00) para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, condenándola además, al pago de cualquier adelanto que haya hecho la parte Demandante o cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la Escritura de Hipoteca y del Pagaré Hipotecario. Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables.

Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA,

se publicará en los lugares públicos correspondientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuaran subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el Tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Se informa que la propiedad objeto de ejecución se adquiere libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Expedido en CAGUAS, Puerto Rico, a 23 de octubre de 2023. ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593.

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ANNE ELIZABETH COLLINSON Demandante V.

ORIENTAL BANK Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: HU2023CV01207.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ALYSSA MARIE RIVERA RIVERA ALYSSARIVERA.LAW@OUTLOOK. COM

A: JUAN DEL PUEBLO, JUANA DEL PUEBLO; DIRECCION; DESCONOCIDA.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de octubre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y,

The San Juan Daily Star siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 24 de octubre de 2023. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 24 de octubre de 2023. IVELISSE C. FONSECA RODRÍGUEZ SECRETARIA. KEYLA PÉREZ FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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E.M.I. EQUITY MORTGAGE, INC. Demandante Vs.

ZENAIDA BENITEZ COLON

Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV06020.

Sala: 508. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA).

EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 5 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: #500 CALLE GUAYANILLA, CONDOMINIO TOWN HOUSE, APARTAMENTO 1404, SAN JUAN, PR 00923-3315 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento número mil cuatrocientos cuatro (1404) que forma parte del edificio denominado Town House Condominium cuya descripción en el idioma inglés es la siguiente: This apartment located on the fourteenth apartment floor has a net area of nine hundred forty five and thirty four hundredth

square feet, equivalent to eighty seven and eight hundred and forty seven thousandths square meters. The apartment is located West of the center of the building and consists of a combination living-dining area, kitchen, balcony, laundry area, bath and two bedrooms. Its main entrance faces a corridor which is part of the limited common areas. It is bounded by the NORTH, in thirty three feet two in inches with area dedicated to parking which separates it from Guayanilla Street; by the SOUTH, in thirty three feet two inches, with corridor; by the EAST, in twenty nine feet with apartment number one thousand four hundred and five; and by the WEST, in twenty nine feet with apartment one thousand four hundred and three.

En los elementos comunes generales tiene un porcentaje de cero punto cinco dos cuatro dos (0.5242). La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 238 del Tomo 248 de Sabana Llana, finca número 11,071, en el Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Quinta. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $97,845.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 12 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $65,230.00. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 9 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $48,922.50.

La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número 80 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 24 de febrero de 2016, ante el Notario David Cardona Dingui y consta inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Sabana Llana, finca número 11,071, inscripción Décimo Sexta (16ta), en el Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Quinta. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la $89,182.30 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de febrero de 2021, más intere-

Wednesday, November 1, 2023 ses al tipo pactado de 4.25% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $9,784.50. Además, la parte demandada se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $9,784.50 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $9,784.50 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley; así como cualquier otra suma que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca. Dichas sumas están vencidas, son líquidas y exigibles. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate.

La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores desconocidos, no inscritos o presentados que sus acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Or-

den de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 23 de octubre de 2023. EDWIN E. LÓPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR.

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ORIENTAL BANK COMO AGENTE DE SERVICIOS DE THE MONEY HOUSE, INC. Demandante Vs.

ANA SOBEIDA DE JESUS PEREZ T/C/C ANA S. DE JESUS PEREZ T/C/C ANA DE JESUS PEREZ, POR SI Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA DE LA SUCESION DE FRANCISCO FELIX BELLO PERALTA T/C/C FRANCISCO F. BELLO PERALTA T/C/C FRANCISCO BELLO PERALTA, LA SUCESION DE FRANCISCO FELIX BELLO PERALTA T/C/C FRANCISCO F. BELLO PERALTA T/C/C FRANCISCO BELLO PERALTA COMPUESTA POR JAHDAI DINGUIS GARCÍA T/C/C JAHDAI BELLO GARCÍA; FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV03597.

Sala: 604. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA).

EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que

le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 5 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: URB. PUERTO NUEVO, #1230 (BL44) CALLE CAIRO, SAN JUAN, PR 00922 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar sito en el Barrio Monacillos de la municipalidad de Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, marcado con el número cuarenta y cuatro (44) de la manzana BL de la Urbanización Puerto Nuevo, propiedad de la Everlasting Development Corporation, con un área superficial de trescientos veinte (320.00) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, SUR, ESTE y por el OESTE, con terrenos propiedad de la Everlasting Development Corporation y dando frente al Norte con la Calle denominada número ocho (8) de la Urbanización.

Contiene una casa de bloques de cemento y hormigón reforzado que consta principalmente de dos (2) dormitorios, sala-comedor, cocina y cuarto de baño.

La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 127 del Tomo 77 de Monacillos, finca número 2,772, en el Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Tercera. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $106,000.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 12 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $70,666.67. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 9 DE ENERO DE 2023, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $53,000.00. La hipoteca a eje-

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cutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número 175 otorgada en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el día 26 de julio de 2019, ante el Notario Rey Havier De León Colón y consta inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Monacillos, finca número 2,772, inscripción Décimo Quinta (15ta), en el Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Tercera. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la $104,920.15 por concepto de principal desde el 1ro de abril de 2020; intereses al tipo pactado de 4.00% anual, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación; los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atraso en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos; las costas gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $10,600.00; $10,600.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto; $10,600.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley; así como cualquier otra suma que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca.

Dichas sumas están vencidas, son líquidas y exigibles. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate.

La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores desconocidos, no inscritos o presentados que sus acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita

a satisfacer antes del remate el rá presentar su alegación resimporte del crédito, de sus inte- ponsiva a través del Sistema reses, otros cargos y las costas Unificado de Manejo y Adminisy honorarios de abogado ase- tración de Casos (SUMAC), al gurados quedando subrogados cual puede acceder utilizando en los derechos del acreedor la siguiente dirección electróniejecutante. La propiedad objeto ca: https://unired.ramaiudicial. de ejecución y descrita anterior- pr, salvo que se represente por mente se adquirirá libre de car- derecho propio, en cuyo caso gas y gravámenes posteriores deberá presentar su alegación una vez el Honorable Tribunal responsiva en la secretaría del expida la correspondiente Or- tribunal. Si usted deja de preden de Confirmación de Venta sentar su alegación responsiva Judicial. Y para conocimiento dentro de! referido término, el de licitadores del público en ge- tribunal podrá dictar sentencia neral se publicará este Edicto en rebeldía en su contra y conde acuerdo con la ley por es- ceder el remedio solicitado en pacio de dos semanas en tres la demanda, o cualquier otro, sitios públicos del municipio en si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de que ha de celebrarse la venta, su sana discreción, lo entiende tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribu- procedente. Esta acción es de nal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto Cancelación de pagaré extraserá publicado dos veces en viado. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI un diario de circulación general FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal en el Estado Libre Asociado de , en Puerto Rico, hoy día 1 de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos septiembre de 2023. Lcda. Lausemanas consecutivas. Expido ra I Santa Sanchez, Sec Regioel presente Edicto de subasta nal II. F/Sara Rosa Villegas, bajo mi firma y sello de este Sec Tribunal Conf I. Tribunal en San Juan, Puerto LEGAL NOTICE Rico, hoy día 23 de octubre de 2023. EDWIN E. LÓPEZ MU- ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO LERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANTRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS- CIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE TANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL UTUADO SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPE- DE UTUADO SALÓN DE SERIOR. SIONES SALÓN 6 SALA DE INVESTIGACIONES

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Demandante V. Gustavo Torres Decos, CARLOS E por sí; Desimar de MENDEZ ROJAS Soto Torres, por sí; la Demandado(a) Sociedad de Gananciales Caso Núm.: UT2022CV00572. compuesta por ambos Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO -

Doral Financial DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. Corporation h/n/c NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERA H.F. Mortgage Bankers; NATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM FirstBank; Fulano de Tal, A: CARLOS E Sutano de Tal, posibles MENDEZ ROJAS. tenedores desconocidos 212 BDA LOS PINOS, del pagaré extraviado UTUADO PR 00641.

Demandados (Nombre de las partes que se le CIVIL NUM: BY2O23CV04460. notifican la sentencia por edicto) SOBRE: CANCELACIÓN DE EL SECRETARIO(A) que susPAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EM- cribe le notifica a usted que el PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. 24 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AME- este Tribunal ha dictado SenRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE tencia, Sentencia Parcial o LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL Resolución en este caso, que ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO ha sido debidamente registraDE PUERTO RICO. SS. da y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detaA: FULANO DE TAL lladamente de los términos de SUTANO DE TAL misma. Esta notificación se Posibles tenedores del la publicará una sola vez en un pagaré extraviado periódico de circulación general o sea, la parte demandada en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro arriba mencionada. de los 10 días siguientes a su POR LA PRESENTE se le em- notificación. Y, siendo o repreplaza para que presente al tri- sentando usted una parte en bunal su alegación responsiva el procedimiento sujeta a los dentro de los 30 días de haber- términos de la Sentencia, Sense publicado el emplazamiento tencia Parcial o Resolución, por edicto, excluyéndose el día de la cual puede establecerse de la publicación. Usted debe- recurso de revisión o apelación

24 dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 24 de octubre de 2023.

En UTUADO, Puerto Rico, el 24 de octubre de 2023. DIANE ÁLVAREZ VILLANUEVA, SECRETARIA. BRENDA L. DE JESÚS VÉLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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CHRISTIAN GERARD COLÓN VALENTÍN, T/C/C CHRISTIAN COLÓN VALENTÍN; SU ESPOSA JACKNEE PÉREZ GARCÍA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: ECD2016-0408. Salón Núm.: 703. Acción Civil De: COBRO DE DINERO, EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA O POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 10 de octubre de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Parcela de terreno marcado con el #4 según el plano de segregación preparado por el Ingeniero David Rodriguez Canales, licencia #3822, que radica en el barrio Quebrada Infierno de Gurabo, Puerto Rico reducida hoy su cabida a un área total de 2897.0061 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a 0.7371 cuerdas, según plano de segregación preparado por el Ingeniero Heriberto Velazquez, licencia #7448; en lindes por el NORTE, en 93.5366 metros con parcela #3 de Carlos Ubinas Ramos; por el SUR, en 89.47 metros con la parcela #5 propiedad de Don Wilfredo Meléndez Lugo; por el ESTE, en .0 metros en

forma irregular con parcelas #3 y 5; por el OESTE, en tres alineaciones que suman 83.7960 metros con camino o carretera de uso público. Inscrito al folio 214 del tomo 220 de Gurabo, finca número #8,517 Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Segunda de Caguas. La finca antes relacionada se encuentra afectada por un gravamen posterior al que se pretende ejecutar, el cual se describe de la siguiente manera: Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico: A cuyo favor aparece un pagaré, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $5,000.00, sin intereses, vencedero el día 1 de septiembre de 2010, constituida mediante la escritura número 811, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 21 de octubre de 2004, ante el notario Héctor M. Lúgaro Figueroa, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Gurabo, finca número 8,517, inscripción 8va, como Asiento Abreviado extendidas las líneas el día 31 de marzo de 2017, según la ley número 216 del día 27 de diciembre de 2010. (Fue presentado el día 20 de diciembre de 2004 al Asiento 153 del Diario 609). Sujeta a Condiciones Restrictivas de Subsidio bajo el Programa La Llave para tu Hogar, por el término de 6 años.

Aviso de Demanda de fecha de fecha 19 de octubre de 2015, expedida en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Trujillo Alto, en el Caso Civil número FEC1-2015-2252, seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, versus Christian Gerard Colón Valentín y su esposa Jacknee Pérez García, por la suma de $61,235.01, más intereses y gastos, anotado al tomo Karibe de Gurabo, finca número 8,517, Anotación A. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor el día 23 de septiembre de 2016 y notificada el 28 de septiembre de 2016 en el presente caso civil, a saber, la suma de $61,235.01 adeudada al día 1ro. de mayo de 2012, hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de $6,500.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, y aquellas cantidades pactadas en la escritura de hipoteca como seguro hipotecario y recargos adeudados desde la fecha antes mencionada y hasta el total saldo de la obligación. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. LA PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 29 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023 A

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LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la Oficina / Sala de Alguaciles de Subastas del Tribunal, Sala Superior de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $65,000.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 6 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en la Oficina / Sala de Alguaciles de Subastas del Tribunal, Sala Superior de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $43,333.33, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 13 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la Oficina/ Sala de Alguaciles de Subastas del Tribunal, Sala Superior de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $32,500.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les

informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate.

EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 23 de octubre de 2023. ALGUACIL ANGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, PLACA 593, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

derará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 27 de octubre de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 27 de octubre de 2023.

LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. AMALYN FILEGAL NOTICE GUEROA NIEVES, SECRETAESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO RIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. DE PUERTO RICO TRIBULEGAL NOTICE NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BA- ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO YAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUBAYAMÓN SALÓN DE SESIO- NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA NES SALÓN 402 SUPERIOR SALA DE CAGUAS archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 23 de octubre de 2023. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 23 de octubre de 2023.

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LA SUCESION DE JESUS SUCESIÓN DE TERESA MANUEL OCASIO BURGOS AYALA T/C/C CRUZ COMPUESTA TERESA BURGOS DE POR FERDINAND III RODRÍGUEZ T/C/C OCASIO VELEZ Y VICTOR TERESA BURGOS DE ARMANDO OCASIO LEGAL NOTICE AYALA T/C/C TERESA VELEZ; LA SUCESION ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO BURGOS, COMPUESTA DE LUZ IRAIDA ALVAREZ DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUPOR Y OTROS FIGUEROA COMPUESTA NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Demandado(a) CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAPOR JOHN DOE Y GUAS SALA SUPERIOR DE Caso Núm.: TB2023CV00145.

RICHARD ROE COMO CAGUAS SALÓN DE SESIO- Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOSIBLES HEREDEROS POTECA: PROPIEDAD RESINES SALÓN 802 DESCONOCIDOS; DENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE BANCO POPULAR DE EL HONORABLE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. PUERTO RICO Y OTROS GENEVIEVE LOPEZ STIPES SECRETARIO DEL Demandante V. LCDA.GLOPEZ@GMAIL.COM DEPARTAMENTO DE LILLIAM RIVERA A: JOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ HACIENDA DEL ESTADO CARRASQUILLO Y BURGOS, ADA LIBRE ASOCIADO OTROS RODRÍGUEZ BURGOS, DE PUERTO RICO Demandado(a) FULANO DE TAL Y EL CENTRO DE Caso Núm.: CG2019CV03052.

Y ZUTANO DE TAL Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO RECAUDACIONES DE COMO MIEMBROS - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOINGRESOS MUNICIPALES DE NOMBRES TIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA (CRIM) DESCONOCIDOS DE LA POR EDICTO. Demandados REGGIE DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZ SUCESIÓN DE TERESA Civil Núm.: ECD2016-1037.

RDIAZ@BDPRLAW.COM BURGOS AYALA T/C/C (802). Sobre: COBRO DE DIA: SECRETARY OF TERESA BURGOS DE NERO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE HOUSING AND URBAN AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE RODRÍGUEZ T/C/C DEVELOPMENT. TERESA BURGOS DE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO (Nombre de las partes que se le LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. notifican la sentencia por edicto) AYALA T/C/C TERESA AVISO DE VENTA EN PUBLIEL SECRETARIO(A) que susBURGOS. CA SUBASTA. Yo, ÁNGEL cribe le notifica a usted que el 09 de agosto de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido

Demandante V.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 24 de octubre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se consi-

GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, a la parte demandada y al público en general les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento Enmendada que se ha librado en el presente caso por eI Secretario del Tribunal de epígrafe con fecha 21 de mayo de 2021 y para satisfacer la Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos fechada 7 de julio de 2017, procederá a vender el día 29 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 9:15 DE LA MANANA en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 9 del Bloque “F” de la Urbanizaci6n

Llanos de Gurabo del Barrio Navarro del término municipal de Gurabo, con una cabida de 300.00 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en 12.00 metros, con el Canal Tributario (Tributary Creek); por el SUR, en 12.00 metros, con Calle número 1 de la Urbanizaci6n; por el ESTE, en 25.00 metros, con solar número 10 del Bloque “F” y por el OESTE, en 25.00 metros, con solar número 8 del Bloque Enclava una casa.

Finca número 15,523, inscrita al folio 73 del tomo 411 de Gurabo, Registro de la Propiedad, Segunda Sección de Caguas.

Que con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, según la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan. La subasta se Ilevará a cabo el día 29 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 9:15 DE LA MANANA. La venta de la propiedad será realizada para cubrir el importe adeudado a la demandante, el cual al momento de la Sentencia asciende a la suma de $142,989.55 por concepto de principal, más intereses que se acumulen hasta su total y completo pago, más las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más los cargos, recargos y/o cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hagan y se acumulen. La deuda reclamada por la parte demandante emana del Pagare suscrito por Jesús Manuel Ocasio Cruz y Luz Iraida Álvarez Figueroa suscribieron y emitieron un pagare a favor de BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO, o a su orden, por la suma de $132,570.00 de principal, intereses al 3.75% anual y vencedero el día 1ro de abril de 2036, según consta de la escritura número #57, otorgada en Caguas, el día 5 de marzo de 2015, ante el notario Luis Valle Irizarry. Se le advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor pastor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que 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 cele-

brarse la venta, tales coma, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía, y se le notificara 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 Ultimas direcciones conocidas. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así coma la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaria del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere al crédito de ejecutante, continuaran subsiguientes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Y para conocimiento de la parte demandada, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 23 de octubre de 2023. ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE CAGUAS.

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ELI SAMUEL RODRIGUEZ RIVERA Demandante Vs

VERISYALI COLON CABRERA

Demandado(a) Civil Núm.: JU2023RF00045.

Sobre: ALIMENTOS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: VERISYALI COLON CABRERA. PC LIC. KATIA MARIE VAZQUEZ BERRIOS.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se les notifica la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 17 de agosto de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notifica-

The San Juan Daily Star ción. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 27 de octubre de 2023. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 27 de octubre de 2023. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. CARMEN M. VÁZQUEZ TORRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Civil Núm.: BY2023CV05507.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LEGAL NOTICE LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO TO RICO. DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUA LA PARTE CONAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA DEMANDADA: CARMEN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN MAGDALENA MESON JUAN

caso, con fecha 24 de octubre de 2023. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 24 de octubre de 2023.

LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. KARLA ROBLES CRESPO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

DE LEÓN (TITULAR REGISTRAL) A SUS ÚLTIMAS DIRECCIONES Parte Demandante V. CONOCIDAS: (A) BRENDA RODRÍGUEZ, 548 SEYMAR ST., 1-S LAUREEN MUÑOZ SYRACUSE NY 13204; (B) RODRÍGUEZ BARRIO AMELIA CALLE Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2023RF00884. MARTINEZ NADAL 93 E-6 Sala: 702. Sobre: FILIACIÓN, R GUAYNABO, PR 00965; LEGAL NOTICE CUSTODIA, RELACIONES FI(C) URBANIZACION ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO LIALES Y ALIMENTOS. EDICTOA VILLA B3-13 (#201) DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- TO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE CALLE SATURNO (6) TOA AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA BAJA, PR 00949-2331.

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BA- DE LOS EE. UU., ESTADO LIYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA SALÓN DE SESIONES SALÓN 101 VISTAS MUNICIPALES

ASOCIACION DE RESIDENTES URB. SAN AGUSTIN Demandante V.

CARLOS RODRIGUEZ Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: VB2019CV00461.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO REGLA 60. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. HÉCTOR L. CLAUDIO ROSARIO BUFETEHECTORCLAUDIO@GMAIL. COM

A: CARLOS RODRIGUEZ, MARLIS VAZQUEZ, HÉCTOR L. CLAUDIO ROSARIO.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 de diciembre de 2021, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este

PHILIP A. GALAFA BRADLEY

BRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: LAUREEN MUÑOZ RODRIGUEZ.

Se le notifica a usted que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría la demanda del epígrafe. Se le emplaza y requiere que radique en esta Secretaría el original de la contestación a la Demanda y que notifique con copia de dicha contestación a la Lcda.

Michelle M. Silva Marrero, 20 Ave. Luis Muñoz Marín, PMB 263, Villa Blanca, Caguas, Puerto Rico 00725, teléfono 787-668-6517, msilvamarrero@gmail.com, abogada de la parte demandante, dentro de los treinta días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Si dejare de hacerlo, podrá dictarse contra usted sentencia en rebeldía concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de San Juan, 11 de octubre de 2023.

SRA. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LIZ S. ORTIZ LÓPEZ, SECRETARA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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ORIENTAL BANK COMO AGENTE DE SERVICIO DE THE MONEY HOUSE, INC. Demandante Vs.

JOSE ANTONIO BURGOS BARRETO (DEUDOR HIPOTECARIO), CARMEN MAGDALENA MESON DE LEON (TITULAR REGISTRAL); ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA Demandados

Por la presente se le(s) notifica que se ha radicado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal una Demanda en Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca en contra de la co-demandada la parte co-demandada José Antonio Burgos Barreto y Carmen Magdalena Mesón De León, adeuda a la parte demandante $64,355.97 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de marzo de 2023, más intereses al tipo pactado de 5.50% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación.

Además, la parte co-demandada José Antonio Burgos Barreto y Carmen Magdalena Mesón De León adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $6,807.00. Además, la parte co-demandada José Antonio Burgos Barreto y Carmen Magdalena Mesón De León se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $6,807.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $6,807.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y cualquiera otros adelantos que se hagan en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca número 331, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 30 de abril de 2019, ante el notario Alejandro J. Mues Arias, consta inscrita al Folio 170 del Tomo 579 de Toa Baja, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Segunda. Por razón de dicho incumplimiento, y al amparo del derecho que le confiere el

Pagaré, el demandante ha declarado tales sumas vencidas, líquidas y exigibles en su totalidad. Este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le(s) cite a usted(es) por edicto que se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general. Por tratarse de una obligación hipotecaria y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectando por el remedio solicitado, se le emplaza por este edicto que se publicará una vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de Puerto Rico. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramjudicial. pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal y notifique copia de la Contestación de la Demanda a las oficinas CARDONA & MALDONADO LAW OFFICES, P.S.C. ATENCION al Lcdo. Duncan Maldonado Ejarque, P.O. Box 366221, San Juan, Puerto Rico 009366221; Tel (787) 622-7000, Fax (87) 625-7001, Abogado de la Parte Demandante. Dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndole que de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su Rebeldía y dictar Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado sin más citarle(s) ni oírle(s). EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y con el SelIo del Tribunal. DADA hoy 30 de octubre de 2023, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LUISA I. ANDINO AYALA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ANTONIO SÁNCHEZ E ISOLINA SANTIAGO LÓPEZ Peticionario V

Ex parte

Civil Núm.: GB2023CV00976.

Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: LOS HEREDEROS O CAUSAHABIENTES DE LUCIA SÁEZ RIVERA, CATALINA SÁEZ RIVERA, MARGARITA SÁEZ RIVERA, JUSTINIANO SÁEZ RIVERA,

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CORPORATION H/N/N VIRGINIA SÁEZ RIVERA, DORAL MORTGAGE NICOMEDES SÁEZ RIVERA, OBDULIA SÁEZ LLC, QUIEN ADQUIRIÓ LAS OPERACIONES RIVERA Y FRANCISCO DE SANA INVESTMENT CÁTALA VILLEGAS Y MORTGAGE DEMÁS PERSONAS IGNORADAS CON ALGÚN BANKERS, INC. H/N/C SANA MORTGAGE DERECHO REAL SOBRE CORP.; JOHN DOE LA PROPIEDAD QUE Y RICHARD ROE, MÁS ADELANTE SE COMO DEMANDADOS DESCRIBE A POSIBLES DESCONOCIDOS Y HEREDEROS DE LOS ANTERIORES DUEÑOS. POSIBLES TENEDORES POR LA PRESENTE, se le DE PAGARE notifica que los promoventes EXTRAVIADO de epígrafe, por su Abogado Ariannys E. Ibarra Sánchez, con oficina en 453 Brisas de Montecasino, Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, 00953 con teléfono: (787) 547- 1439 y correo electrónico: aibarra.law@gmail.com han radicado solicitud para que se declare a su favor el dominio sobre la finca que se describe así: Rustica: Finca con una cabida de ochocientos tres punto tres mil quinientos siete metros cuadrados (803.3507 m.c.) equivalentes a punto dos mil cuarenta y cuatro cuerdas (.2044 cda) localizadas en Carretera Alejandrino KM 1 HM 2 sector Mariquita, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

En lindes por el Norte con calle pública, por el Sur con terrenos de sucesión Francisco Cátala Villegas, por Este con terrenos de la Sucesión Andrés Báez y por el Oeste con terrenos de la sucesión Francisco Cátala Villegas. POR CUANTO: Por este presente Edicto que se publicará por tres (3) veces durante el término de veinte (20) días en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico, y convoca a los anteriores dueños arriba mencionados, sus herederos, causahabientes: así como a las demás personas ignoradas que puedan resultar perjudicadas con la declaración de dominio solicitada para que comparezcan a alegar sus derechos dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la última publicación de este Edicto. Extendido bajo mi firma y sello de esta Corte, por orden del Honorable Tribunal, hoy día 25 de octubre de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. NÉLIDA OCASIO, SUB SECRETARIA.

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MARIA ISABEL RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ Parte Demandante Vs.

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (FDIC), COMO SÍNDICO DE DORAL MORTGAGE

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2023CV04820.

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

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, DEMANDADOS, PERSONAS DESCONOCIDAS Y DE IGNORADO PARADERO QUE PUEDEN SER TENEDORES DE O TENER ALGÚN INTERÉS EN EL PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE RESEÑA.

Por la presente se les notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una demanda en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe. En este caso la parte demandante ha radicado una demanda para que se decrete judicialmente el saldo de (1) pagaré hipotecario: pagaré a favor de Sana Investment Mortgage Bankers, por la suma principal de $68,250.00, devengando intereses al 7-3/4% y con vencimiento el 1 de abril de 2014, Escritura Número 288 otorgada en la ciudad de San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 1 de abril de 1999, ante el Notario Público Ángel L. Rolán Padró, e inscrita al folio 90 deI tomo 49 de Cataño, finca número 2,390, Inscripción séptima; sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: “URBANA”: Solar número treinta y tres del Bloque “F” (33-F) de la Urbanización Las Vegas, sitio Flor Del Valle del Barrio Palmas de Cataño, con un área de doscientos noventa y nueve (299.00) metros cuadrados. Colinda por el Norte en veintitrés (23.00) metros con el solar número treinta y dos del bloque “F” (32-F); por el Sur, en veintitrés (23.00) metros con el solar número treinta y cuatro del bloque “F” (34-F); por el Este, en trece (13.00) metros, con la calle número tres (3) de la Urbanización Las Vegas; y por el Oeste, en trece (13.00) metros, con el solar número catorce del bloque “F” (14-F).

Enclava una casa. Consta inscrita al folio ochenta y seis (86),

del tomo cuarenta y nueve (49) de Cataño, finca número dos mil trescientos noventa (2,390).

Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón IV, lnscripción primera.

Que la parte demandante adquirió la referida propiedad mediante Escritura de Compraventa numero noventa y dos (92), otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el día siete (7) de agosto de mil novecientos noventa tres (1993), ante el Notario Emilio A. Montañez Delerme, según inscripción quinta (5) y mediante Escritura de Liquidación de Bienes Gananciales número veinticuatro (24), otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el día catorce (14) de octubre de dos mil ocho (2008) ante la Notaria Axi Lizette Diaz Amézaga lnscripción octava (8ª). Que el día 18 de abril de 2012, la parte demandante adquirió el cheque de Gerente número 025197, por la cantidad de diecinueve mil seiscientos cuarenta y un dólares con treinta y dos centavos ($19,641.32), expedido por la Cooperativa Comunal de Ahorro y Crédito de Oficiales de Custodia. La referida obligación con número de préstamo 30014008, fue saldada en su totalidad por la parte demandante compareciendo personalmente a las oficinas centrales de Doral Bank, entonces tenedor del susodicho pagare, el día 23 de abril de 2012 La parte demandante completó el formulario provisto por Doral informando que pasaría personalmente a recoger el pagare en las oficinas Centrales de Doral Bank Que el referido PAGARÉ estuvo todo el tiempo en poder de la parte demandante, quien para el mes de noviembre de 2016 decidió hacer las diligencias para la cancelación del mismo, dejándolo en el interior de su auto Nissan, Altima 2002, Tablilla ESJ-785 El 1 de diciembre de 2016, el auto le fue hurtado con todas sus pertenencias incluyendo el PAGARÉ. Que la parte demandante ha hecho una búsqueda extensa para localizar el referido PAGARÉ y la misma ha sido infructuosa, que dicho PAGARÉ esta extraviado, y a pesar de las gestiones y búsquedas efectuadas no se ha podido localizar. Que deseando y necesitando cancelar en el Registro de la Propiedad la hipoteca que esta garantizada con el Pagaré extraviado y al no poder otorgar un instrumento público, se ve obligada a recurrir a una acción judicial. Por tratarse de una obligación hipotecaria y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectado por el remedio solicitado, se le emplaza por este edicto que se publicará una vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de Puerto Rico Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado

de Manejo y Administración de casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-eIectronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Debe notificar con copia de ella a la abogada de la parte demandante, Lcda. Gloria Eva Rolón Romero y cuya dirección postal es: PMB 100, 3071 ALEJANDRINO AVE. GUAYNABO, PR 00969, TELEFONO: (787)765-0577, dentro dolos treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Se le apercibe que, de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su rebeldía y dictar sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. EXTENDIDO BAJO Mi FIRMA Y SELLO DEL TRIBUNAL. en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 27 de octubre de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARGARITA MUÑIZ MÉNDEZ, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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GABRIEL ROSARIO SANTIAGO Demandante V.

MARIA ALTAGRACIA LEGER FELIZ

Demandado(a) Civil: SJ2023RF00463. Sobre: DIVORCIO R.I. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: SRA MARIA ALTAGRACIA LEGER FELIZ.

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

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En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 9 de agosto de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. ISABEL ORTIZ CRUZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC. Demandante Vs.

JOSE A. BRUNO MORALES

Demandado Civil Núm.: DO2023CV00109.

Salón: 402. 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: JOSÉ A. BRUNO MORALES - PO BOX 304 DORADO PR 00646-0304.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto.

Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Edwin Serrano cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kevin.serrano@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 12 de septiembre de 2023. En Dorado, Puerto Rico, el 12 de septiembre de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. AMALYN FIGUEROA

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NIEVES, SECRETARIA AUXI- GIONAL. MARITZA BONILLA four (4.4) of the 65th Infantry HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA Highway at the Río Piedras LIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. Ward of the Municipality of San AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE Juan, which property is located LEGAL NOTICE in the Southern portion of the ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Berwind Country Club Main NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- Farm, property of the Urban CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BA- NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Renewal and Housing CorporaYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN tion. The apartment has a total JUAN TOA ALTA private area of 1049.37 square ISLAND PORTFOLIO BANCO POPULAR DE feet, being its lineal measurements 31’ by 29’ 11” inches SERVICES, LLC., PUERTO RICO on one side, 9’ 2” by 11’ 7” on Parte Demandante Vs. COMO AGENTE DE another, and 4’ 7” by 3’ 5” on the NANCY ELIZABETH FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS other side, comprising the total GUARDARRAMA FUND, LLC area. This family unit consists Demandante Vs. RIVERA T/C/C NANCY mainly of the following: a combined living-dining area, 4 beFRANKLYN RODRÍGUEZ E. GUARDARRAMA RODRÍGUEZ Y FULANA RIVERA T/C/C NANCY drooms with closets, a balcony facing North, one bathroom DE TAL; AMBOS POR GUARDARRAMA with wash basin, water closet SÍ Y COMO PARTE DE RIVERA; SENAIDA FELIZ and bathtub, an interior hall LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DELGADO with linen closet, a laundry area Parte Demandada DE GANANCIALES POR and a kitchen with sin, electric AMBOS COMPUESTA Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV03363. range, oven, refrigerator and Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO hot water heater. Its boundaries Demandado Civil Núm.: TA2023CV00697. Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA are as follows: by the NORSalón: 201B. Sobre: COBRO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EM- TH, with the exterior yard; by DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIEN- PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. the SOUTH, with the common ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ- corridor; by the WEST, with TO POR EDICTO. RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE apartment D-306; and by the A: FRANKLYN LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIwith the common interior RODRIGUEZ RODRÍGUEZ BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO EAST, corridor. Le corresponde a este Y FULANA DE TAL; RICO. apartamento un porcentaje AMBOS POR SÍ Y A La Parte Demandada: en los elementos comunes de COMO PARTE DE LA 0.0046307%. Inscrita al folio 7 NANCY ELIZABETH del tomo 503 de Sabana Llana, SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GUARDARRAMA 20033. Registro de la GANANCIALES POR RIVERA T/C/C NANCY Finca Propiedad de San Juan, SecAMBOS COMPUESTA. E. GUARDARRAMA ción V. La hipoteca consta ins27 GRAND ST APT 1, RIVERA T/C/C NANCY crita al folio 167 del tomo 1000 MIDDLETOWN CT 06427. GUARDARRAMA RIVERA de Sabana Llana, Finca 20033.

POR LA PRESENTE se le Registro de la Propiedad de Y SENAIDA FELIZ emplaza y requiere para que San Juan, Sección V. InscripDELGADO A SU ÚLTIMA conteste la demanda dentro de ción 9na. La demandante es la los treinta (30) días siguientes DIRECCIÓN CONOCIDA: tenedora por endoso, por valor COND. JARDINES DE recibido y de buena fe del refea la publicación de este Edicto.

Usted deberá presentar su aleBERWIND II, 1500 AVE rido pagaré objeto de la presengación responsiva a través del te acción. La parte demandada LOS ROMEROS APT Sistema Unificado de Manejo y D-307, SAN JUAN, PR deberá presentar su alegación Administración de Casos (SUresponsiva a través del Sistema 00926-7012.

MAC), la cual puede acceder Unificado de Administración y Queda usted notificado que utilizando la siguiente direcManejo de Casos (SUMAC), al en este Tribunal se ha radicación electrónica: https://unired. cual puede acceder utilizando do demanda sobre ejecución ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se la siguiente dirección electrónide hipoteca por la vía ordinarepresente por derecho propio, ca: https://unired.ramajudicial. ria en la que se alega que se en cuyo caso deberá presenpr, salvo que se represente por adeuda las siguientes cantitar su alegación responsiva derecho propio, en cuyo caso dades: $9,577.97 de principal, en la secretaría del tribunal. deberá presentar su alegación más intereses sobre dicha Si usted deja de presentar su responsiva en la secretaría del suma al 6% anual desde el 1 alegación responsiva dentro Tribunal. Se le advierte que si de octubre de 2022 hasta su del referido término, el tribunal no contesta la demanda, radicompleto pago, más $17.28 podrá dictar sentencia en recando el original de la contesde recargos acumulados, los beldía en su contra y conceder tación en este Tribunal y encuales continuarán en aumento el remedio solicitado en la deviando copia de la contestación hasta el saldo total de la deuda, manda o cualquier otro sin más a la abogada de la Parte Demás la cantidad estipulada de citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en mandante, Lcda. Belma Alon$2,400.00 para costas, gastos el ejercicio de su sana discreso García, cuya dirección es: y honorarios de abogados, así ción, lo entiende procedente.

PO Box 3922, Guaynabo, PR como cualquier otra suma que El sistema SUMAC notificará 00970-3922, Teléfono y Fax: contenga el contrato del préstacopia al abogado de la parte (787)789-1826, (787)708-0566, mo, incluyendo pero sin limitardemandante, el Lcdo. Kenmuel correo electrónico oficinabelse a gastos de mantenimiento, J. Ruiz López cuya dirección maalonso@gmail.com, deninspecciones y otros adelantos es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, tro del término de treinta (30) “corporate advances”. La proPuerto Rico 00936-8518, tedías de la publicación de este piedad que garantiza hipoteléfono (787) 993-3731 a la diedicto, excluyéndose el día de cariamente el préstamo es la rección kenmuel.riuz@orf-law. la publicación, se le anotará la siguiente: URBAN: Apartamencom y a la dirección notificaciorebeldía y se le dictará Sentento número D-307. Jardines De nesorf-law.com. EXTENDIDO cia en su contra, concediendo Berwind: Residential apartment BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del el remedio solicitado sin más of irregular rectangular shape Tribunal, en Toa Alta, Puerto citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo located at the third floor in builRico, hoy día 12 de octubre de mi firma y el sello del Tribunal, ding D of Jardines de Berwind II 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA hoy, 7 de junio de 2023, en San Condominium, which is in turn SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REJuan, Puerto Rico. GRISELDA located at kilometer four point

pia del emplazamiento y de la demanda presentada al lugar de su última dirección conocida: Villa del Rey 2, Edificio 11 Apto. 100, Caguas, PR 00725.

LEGAL NOTICE EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO sello del Tribunal en Caguas, DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- Puerto Rico, hoy día 20 de ocNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA tubre de 2023. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. SALA DE CAGUAS CARMEN L. SOTO PLANAS, ORIENTAL BANK SUB-SECRETARIA. Demandante V. RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. BRENDA HERNÁNDEZ ZAVALA, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

YASHIRA SANCHEZ DE JESUS

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Demandada DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUCivil Núm.: CG2023CV02522.

NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO SALA SUPERIOR TOA ALTA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMDDR PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. RÍO HONDO LLC, S.E. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉDemandante V. RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE MOBILE SHOP, INC.; LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO ÁNGEL G. GARCÍA; RICO, SS. MARÍA DEL C. MUÑOZ

A: YASHIRA SANCHEZ DE JESUS.

POR MEDIO del presente edicto se le notifica de la radicación de una demanda en cobro de dinero por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega que usted adeuda a la parte demandante, Oriental Bank, ciertas sumas de dinero, y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado de este litigio.

El demandante, Oriental Bank, ha solicitado que se dicte sentencia en contra suya y que se le ordene pagar las cantidades reclamadas en la demanda.

POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), 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 baso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaria 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, sin más citarle ni oírle. El abogado de la parte demandante es: Jaime Ruiz Saldaña, RUA número 11673; Dirección: PO Box 366276, San Juan, PR 00936-6276; Teléfono: (787) 759-6897; Correo electrónico: legal@jrslawpr. com. Se le advierte que dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación del presente edicto, se le estará enviando a usted por correo certificado con acuse de recibo, una co-

HUERTAS

Demandados Civil Núm.: TA2023CV00868 (201-B). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

sentencia en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sal?a discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y con el sello del Tribunal. DADO hoy en Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, 24 de octubre de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. M. BONILLA, SUBSECRETARIA.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN SALÓN DE SESIONES SALÓN 502

SECRETARIA. SANDRA BÁEZ HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN SALÓN DE SESIONES SALÓN 703

COMPU-LINK CORPORATION, D/B/A CELINK Demandante V.

SUCESION DE LEONOR FIGUEROA CARRILLO T/C/C LEONOR FIGUEROA T/C/C LEONOR FIGUEROA DE LUNA ACQUISITION, LLC VILLANUEVA COMP. POR Demandante V. Y OTROS SUCESIÓN DE LOURDES Demandado(a) VÉLEZ CRESPO Y OTROS Caso Núm.: BY2023CV03128.

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: BY2019CV06751.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. RAQUEL DESEDA BELAVAL RDESEDA@DELGADOFERNANDEZ. COM

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. FRANCES L. ASENCIO GUIDO FRANCES.ASENCIO@GMLAW.COM

Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 24 de octubre de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 24 de octubre de 2023.

LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ,

en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 25 de octubre de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 25 de octubre de 2023.

LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. LUREIMY ALICEA GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

A: JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO A: STEPHANIE OCAÑA POSIBLES MIEMBROS VÉLEZ, FULANO Y DESCONOCIDOS DE A: MOBILE SHOP, INC., FULANA DE TAL COMO SUCESION DE LEONOR ÁNGEL G. GARCÍA Y MIEMBROS DE LA MARÍA DEL C. MUÑOZ SUCESIÓN DE LOURDES FIGUEROA CARRILLO T/C/C LEONOR HUERTAS. DIRECCIONES VÉLEZ CRESPO. 2701 FIGUEROA T/C/C CONOCIDAS: AVE. 32ND SOUTH APT 104, LEONOR FIGUEROA DE BOULEVERD, URB. FARGO ND 58103; URB. VILLANUEVA. LEVITTOWN LAKES S-19, VISTA MAR, CALLE 8 A-4, (Nombre de las partes que se le TOA BAJA, PUERTO RICO CATAÑO PR 00962; URB. notifican la sentencia por edicto) 00949; CALLE CONDADO, EL COQUI II, E-15 CALLE EL SECRETARIO(A) que susPICO CENTER 120 APT. 5, CATAÑO PR 00962. cribe le notifica a usted que el 606, SAN JUAN, PUERTO (Nombre de las partes que se le 24 de octubre de 2023, este notifican la sentencia por edicto) Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, RICO 00921; MARINA SECRETARIO(A) que sus- Sentencia Parcial o Resolución BAHÍA, ME 26 PLAZA 24, EL cribe le notifica a usted que el en este caso, que ha sido debiCATAÑO, PR, 00962.

20 de octubre de 2023, este damente registrada y archivada

Por la presente se le notifica que se ha radicado en su contra una Demanda de Cobro de Dinero. Se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a: Lcdo. Roberto A. Cámara Fuertes R.U.A. Núm. 13,556 Email: rcamara@ferraiuoli.com Lcda. Elizabeth Villagrasa Flores R.U.A. Núm. 16,877 Email: evillagrasa@ferraiuoli.com FERRAIUOLI, LLC P.O. Box 195168 San Juan, PR 00919-5168 Tel: 787-766-70001 Fax. 787-766-7001 Abogados de la parte demandante, con copia de respuesta a la Demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto Usted deberá presentar alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired.ramajudicial.pr/ sumac, salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar

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Lionel Messi wins eighth Ballon d’Or as soccer’s best player

By VICTOR MATHER

T

he Ballon d’Or, the most prestigious individual soccer award of the year, rewards the best player over a 12-month period. But Lionel Messi essentially won it in just about a month late last year.

Messi, 36, was awarded the prize earlier this week for the eighth time, and the first time since he signed with Inter Miami of Major League Soccer in July. Aitana Bonmatí of Barcelona and the World Cup-winning Spanish national team won the women’s award for the first time.

Messi’s exploits in Miami, as good as they were, did not earn him the award. Rather it was his performance in helping carry Argentina last December to its first World Cup since 1986. Just when it seemed that he would finish his career without lifting the cup, he helped his nation win the title with seven goals, including two in the final against France. He won the tournament’s most valuable player award as well.

That performance more or less locked up the Ballon d’Or 11 months before it was handed to him on Monday. In the meantime, he left Paris St.-Germain for a contract with Miami that pays him more than $50 million a year, according to reports.

When MLS began play in 1996, the hope, frankly, was merely to survive in a football, baseball and basketball-obsessed country. Surely few thought that the world’s best player would be plying his trade in the United States by 2023.

Messi earned the Ballon d’Or for his exploits at the World Cup in Qatar, not the Leagues Cup in Miami. Still, the award was a coup for MLS, which has already gained international exposure by signing him. Sales of Messi’s pink Inter jersey have skyrocketed worldwide, putting the league on the map in places it had been little noticed before.

Messi’s first six Ballons d’Or came when he was playing for Barcelona, the club team he had represented since he was 13.

When that club ran into financial problems, he tearfully left for the Qatar-financed PSG. Though he won one more Ballon d’Or there, his time was mostly unhappy, and it ended in a bitter divorce.

Then it was on to Miami, where he hardly looked like a late-30-something playing out the string. He guided Inter to victory in the Leagues Cup, for Mexican and MLS teams, with a tournament-leading 10 goals.

But the team, which had been terrible before his arrival, was buried too deeply in the standings to make the MLS Cup playoffs.

Messi has pronounced himself happy in Miami, though “one never completely adapts to this climate,” he said in August.

The pre-award debate centered on whether Messi’s amazing month at the World Cup should trump the fine yearlong play of Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, who won just about every club trophy available with mighty Manchester City. Voters thought it did.

Messi’s eighth Ballon d’Or is another positive tally in his long-running battle for best player of his generation with Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who is second on the all-time list with five of the awards, which date to 1956. Ronaldo, 38, now seems unlikely to win any more, especially after signing a big-money contract with AlNassr in the unheralded Saudi league at the end of last year.

This year’s Ballon d’Or awards, announced at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, cover performances from August 2022 to July 2023.

Bonmatí, 25, a midfielder, won the women’s Ballon d’Or, after helping her club team, Barcelona, win Europe’s biggest tournament, the Champions League.

She topped that with her performance in the World Cup, which technically took place outside the window for which players were judged, scoring three goals and winning the tournament’s MVP award as Spain defeated England, 1-0, in the final in Sydney in August.

Bonmatí has developed a reputation as a player who tirelessly seeks improvement, studying performance data, reading and working with her own fitness coach, nutritionist and psychologist. “I try to understand everything,” Bonmatí, the daughter of two lecturers in Catalan literature, told The New York Times in June. “I am a very curious person.”

Her Spain and Barcelona teammate Alexia Putellas, winner of the last two Ballons d’Or, was injured for most of the year.

FIFA bars former Spanish soccer chief for 3 years Soccer’s global governing body has barred Luis Rubiales, the former president of Spain’s soccer federation, from the sport for three years over his forcible kiss of a player after the Women’s World Cup final in Au-

Lionel Messi, who has been celebrated for his exploits with Inter Miami of Major League Soccer, won his eighth Ballon d’Or more for helping carry Argentina to its first World Cup since 1986 last year. gust.

Rubiales kissed Jennifer Hermoso during the medals ceremony after the Women’s World Cup final Aug. 20, a televised action that cast a pall over the Spanish team’s celebrations, drawing attention away from a proud national moment and toward a legacy of sexism in Spanish soccer. It also led to accusations in the days that followed that Rubiales and others at the federation had pressured the player to say the kiss was consensual.

Hermoso instead filed a criminal complaint of sexual assault, and Rubiales — who initially resisted calls to resign — was placed under a provisional 90-day suspension while FIFA, soccer’s governing body, investigated the episode. He quit as the head of Spain’s soccer federation less than a month after the final, under pressure from players who were refusing to take the field for the women’s national team.

On Monday, FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee said Rubiales would be banned from “all football-related activities at the national and international levels for three years” for breaching the organization’s disciplinary code by his actions after the final on Aug. 20. It did not provide further details on the findings but said Rubiales could request them, at which point a so-called reasoned

decision would be made public.

Rubiales could then appeal the case multiple times, first with a FIFA panel and then at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland.

In a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, Rubiales rejected FIFA’s decision and declared, “I’m going to fight.”

“I will go to the end so that justice is done and truth shines,” he added. “Despite much effort by politicians, the media and institutions, the disproportion and the injustice committed is becoming increasingly clearer.”

There was no immediate comment from Hermoso or Spain’s women’s team.

Rubiales has insisted that he did nothing wrong at the medals ceremony, describing the kiss as a consensual “peck,” and in an unrepentant address at a federation meeting he argued that he was a victim of “social assassination” and “false feminism.”

Hermoso and her teammates pushed back just as forcefully, describing years of sexism and mistreatment at the hands of the country’s soccer federation, and rejecting any suggestion that the kiss — which took place only feet from Queen Letizia of Spain, who was also participating in the medals ceremony — had been consensual.

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Frank Howard, towering slugger whose homers were, too, dies at 87

By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN

F

rank Howard, the Bunyanesque slugger who struck some of baseball’s more awesome home runs for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Washington Senators while rolling up a prodigious strikeout total as well, unable to conquer his penchant for chasing bad balls, died on Monday in Aldie, Virginia. He was 87.

His death, at a hospital, was caused by complications of a stroke, his daughter Catherine Braun said.

Listed at 6-foot-7 and 255 pounds — although well above that weight at times — Howard played for 16 seasons in the major leagues and hit 382 homers. He twice led the American League in that category. Many of his home runs — and even some hits that didn’t clear the fence — were unforgettable.

As a Dodger in 1960, he hit a ball over the left-field wall at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh that was found alongside a parked car some 560 feet from home plate.

Batting against Whitey Ford in Game 1 of the 1963 World Series, at the original Yankee Stadium, he hit a drive that landed, in fair territory, just to the left of the monuments to New York Yankee greats in center field, about 460 feet from home plate. He lumbered only as far as second base in what has been called the longest double in Yankee Stadium history.

In Game 4, he hit a 450-foot homer off Ford into the left-field mezzanine at Dodger Stadium, in a 2-1 victory that completed a Dodger sweep of the Series.

Howard drove in 1,119 runs in his long career. But he also struck out 1,460 times.

A humble muscleman well liked by teammates and friendly to fans, Howard could laugh at his failings. He once told how the great hitter Ted Williams, who became the Senators’ manager in 1969, helped him show more patience at the plate. Still, Williams couldn’t contain his frustration.

“Somebody was explaining to a visitor that some of the outfield seats in RFK Stadium had been painted white to mark where some of my long home runs had landed,” Howard told The New York Times in 1981. “Ted turned to the guy and said, ‘All the green seats are for the times he struck out.’”

A basketball and baseball star at Ohio State University before signing for a $108,000 bonus with the Dodgers in 1958 (almost $1.2 million in today’s currency), Howard became known as Hondo, after Hondo Lane, the strapping cavalry scout played by John Wayne in the 1953 Hollywood Western “Hondo.” While playing for the Senators, he was called the Capital Punisher.

Howard was the National League’s rookie of the year in 1960, when he hit 23 home runs for the Dodgers after playing briefly for them in the two previous seasons.

His best years came with the Senators, who obtained him in a multiplayer trade before the 1965 season. He hit an American League-leading 44 home runs in 1968, buoyed by a spree in May when he walloped 10 in a stretch of six games.

“The right type of power pitchers were going against me,” he said in remembering that home-run barrage for the

He was drafted by the Philadelphia Warriors of the NBA but shunned pro basketball.

Howard hit 123 home runs for the Dodgers, but they decided he was dispensable after the 1964 season, in which his batting average declined by nearly 50 points, to .226, and his 24 homers represented a drop for a second straight year.

Concerned that two of their starting pitchers, Sandy Koufax and Johnny Podres, might not recover from arm ailments, the Dodgers sent Howard to the Senators in a multiplayer deal that brought them Claude Osteen, who had won 15 games for a Washington team that finished in ninth place.

(That Washington ballclub was created in 1961 as an expansion team when the previous Senators left for Minnesota to become the Twins.)

After his time in Washington and Texas, Howard was sent to the Detroit Tigers in the middle of the 1972 season.

He retired after the 1973 season. He managed the San Diego Padres in the strike-shortened 1981 split season and the New York Mets in 1983, succeeding George Bamberger during the season. Both teams finished last. He was also a coach for several teams, including the Mets and the Yankees.

In 2009, the Nationals erected three statues at their ballpark, representing a timeline of baseball in Washington.

Howard was honored along with Walter Johnson, the great pitcher from the early decades of the 20th Frank Howard at the plate in 1968. century, and Josh Gibson, the star catcher of He once lumbered to second base the Homestead Grays of the Negro leagues, after hitting what may be the longest who played their home games in both Pittsdouble in Yankee Stadium history. burgh and Washington.

Howard married Carol Johanski in website of the Nationals, Washington’s 1959. They divorced in the mid-1980s. He third major league franchise in the and Donna (Scott) Howard were married modern era. “My balance at the plate from 1990 until her death in 2016. A few was good. I was seeing the ball well. years ago, Howard and his first wife remarI wasn’t committing too early into the ried. pitch.”

In addition to his daughter Catherine, Howard hit a career-high 48 he is survived by his wife, along with their home runs in 1969 and the next year five other children, Tim, Daniel, Mary and led the AL in homers, with 44, and runs Mitch Howard and Rebecca Thomas; a sister, batted in, with 126.

Grace Rocci; eight grandchildren; two stepHe was an All-Star for four con- Howard as a Washington Sena- grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and secutive seasons as a Senator, mostly tor in the 1960s. A humble several step-great-grandchildren. He lived in with losing teams. On Sept. 30, 1971, muscleman well liked by team- Aldie, west of Washington. he hit the Senators’ last home run at mates and friendly to fans, For all his long home runs, one of HowRFK Stadium before the team left Washard’s most vicious drives, in a 1958 Dodger Howard could laugh at his failington and became the Texas Rangers. game at Cincinnati, went only 90 feet. ings But he wasn’t a complete player.

Duke Snider was the runner on third Although he wore glasses, his fielding, when Howard came to the plate. mostly as an outfielder and sometimes at first base, was lack“I had my protective helmet on just in case he hit luster. He couldn’t shake his strikeout woes. His career bat- one at me, and he did,” Snider told Sports Illustrated in ting average was only .273.

1964. “The ball glanced off the shoulder and hit below Frank Oliver Howard was born on Aug. 8, 1936, in Co- the bottom of my helmet. Blood started to flow out of my lumbus, Ohio. His father, John, was a machinist. His mother, ear. They picked me up and I was dizzy for three, four, five Erma (Denny) Howard, was a homemaker. Frank was an All- days.”

American basketball player at Ohio State as a junior in the As Snider told it, from firsthand knowledge, “Frank 1956-57 season, when he averaged 20.1 points a game.

Howard has more raw power than anyone in baseball.”

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(Mar 21-April 20)

Recent study of philosophical or spiritual matters might inspire you to express your insights creatively. Whether you choose to write, make music, or paint pictures, you’ll notice a difference in your style. This may not last, as it’s at least partially due to what’s on your mind now, but make the most of it today. You might produce quality work that surprises even you.

Libra

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Group activities and other social events should keep you pretty busy. You have a lot of people to see, calls to make, errands to run. This can be a drag, but it’s exciting and exhilarating as well. You’ll be satisfied with the results. Some of the people should be especially congenial and might become friends. Relax and get busy.

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A social event could land you in the middle of a room full of writers, artists, and teachers. You might not know any of them, but don’t panic.

Just listen to what they have to say. Your interest could attract their attention, and you could make some new friends. You might also attract invitations to future parties like this. Accept them! You’ll be glad you did.

Have you been trying to learn about a subject for a long time? Have books, lectures, and documentaries on the subject been your primary form of entertainment? Whatever you’ve been hoping to gain from it could come to you today. If it’s a business advantage, you’ve got it.

If it’s knowledge for its own sake, you know a lot by now. Whatever it is, bask in the glow of your achievement.

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Is a member of your household away? Your home could be a lonely place for a while. You miss your housemate, but you also enjoy the solitude and the quiet that enables you to catch up on your projects, which may include sleep! Dreams that come to you tonight could bring insights to solutions for business and finance. Write them down in the morning. You’ll want to remember them.

If you’ve been reading about health and fitness and putting what you read into action, today you might suddenly feel the results of your efforts. You feel physically and mentally strong, healthy, and energetic. This could put you in just the right mood to give some extra attention to the matter. Take care not to obsess over it. You’re doing fine.

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Career success, particularly involving writing, teaching, and other communication skills, could come your way today. You may not be aware that it’s coming, so it could be a bit difficult to handle at first. Still, you’ve been working toward this goal for a long time, and you’ll be glad to hear the news. In the evening, go out with friends to celebrate. You’ve earned it!

Have you been trying to learn about a subject for a long time? Have books, lectures, and documentaries on the subject been your primary form of entertainment? Whatever you’ve been hoping to gain from it could come to you today. If it’s a business advantage, you’ve got it. If it’s knowledge for its own sake, you know a lot by now. Whatever it is, bask in the glow of your achievement.

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(Jan 21-Feb 19)

You look especially attractive today. Your communications skills are good. While romantic matters are low-key, love relationships could still advance. Interesting conversations with your love interest could reveal parts of you that your friend finds intriguing, and bring up interests in common that you didn’t know you had.

Make the most of it!

A social event, perhaps related to business, could put you in touch with an old friend or two you haven’t seen for a long time. You’ll have a wonderful time catching up. In fact, you have more in common now than you did before. If you’re single, you might think of this person as a potential romantic partner. Go slowly, but have fun!

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Business acquaintances could visit you today.

They might stay longer than expected, but this is positive. You’ll have a lot of interesting discussions that open up doors to more promising enterprises and ways to make a success of them.

If you get distracted and talk about other things, what does it matter? Relax and enjoy yourself.

(Feb 20-Mar 20)

A social event, perhaps related to business, could put you in touch with an old friend or two you haven’t seen for a long time. You’ll have a wonderful time catching up. In fact, you have more in common now than you did before. If you’re single, you might think of this person as a potential romantic partner. Go slowly, but have fun!

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