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Prehearing set in probe of LUMA, PREPA liquidity problems

By THE STAR STAFF

Aprehearing on an investigation ordered by the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) into LUMA Energy’s claims that the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) has failed to fund its service accounts as required under the operation and management contract, is slated for Friday, Nov. 8.

The prehearing was ordered by examiner Scott Hempling, a Georgetown University Law Center professor and lawyer with expertise in public utility law, who has worked as an adviser to the PREB.

On Oct. 16, the PREB issued a resolution ordering PREPA to respond to the regulator’s questions about LUMA’s current system liquidity. The order also directed PREPA to address LUMA’s allegations that PREPA has “chronically failed” to fully fund LUMA’s Service Accounts, as required -- according to LUMA -- by the Puerto Rico Transmission and Distribution System Operation and Maintenance Agreement and the Puerto Rico Thermal Generation Facilities Operation and Maintenance Agreement.

On Oct. 25, PREPA filed a document titled “Motion in Compliance with Resolution and Order of October 16, 2024,” contending that its obligations to fund LUMA’s

service accounts are “contingent” on the availability of sufficient liquidity within PREPA’s accounts. Those accounts, PREPA asserted, are sourced primarily from funding sources within LUMA’s control.

PREPA contended that LUMA has been ineffective in accessing Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds and in collecting payments from customers. Liquidity issues were also highlighted in a confidential communication to the PREB from Omar Marrero Díaz, the island secretary of state and executive director of the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (AAFAF).

The communication underscored the urgency of PREPA’s liquidity challenges and the imminent need to address those cash constraints with short- and long- term solutions that would allow PREPA to adequately fund service accounts under transmission and distribution operation and maintenance. AAFAF urged the PREB to “take all actions deemed necessary” to ensure that PREPA has sufficient liquidity to carry out its functions, including the replenishing of the service accounts.

On Oct. 30, the PREB issued a resolution and order designating Hempling as hearing examiner to evaluate the “critical liquidity issues.”

Don’t mark ballots with cross, SEC says

By THE STAR STAFF

essika Padilla Rivera, the alternate chairwoman of the State Elections Commission, asked voters on Sunday not to mark an X or a cross on their ballots, because the counting machine cannot read them.

“What we want to avoid is that the machine identifies an x that is not sufficiently blackened as an indeterminate mark and that the interaction time between the machine and the voter is delayed,” Padilla Rivera said in a written statement.

She said the machine will alert voters if it identifies any situation that needs to be corrected.

Padilla Rivera noted that the quadrant or rectangle marked in its entirety, or filled in completely, on the ballot is more effective when read by the electronic counting machine and, consequently, awarded according to the intention of the voter who cast it.

“Before, during and even after the vote, the Commission remains focused on guaranteeing voters a reliable process, with the least possible number of incidents,” she

said. “Therefore, we continue to address each of the issues corresponding to this stage of the work, just one day [full] before the final vote.”

Attorney Scott Hempling, adviser to the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau

Jessika Padilla Rivera, alternate chairwoman of the State Elections Commission

Thousands gather in San Juan for close of Romero Lugo’s campaign

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By THE STAR STAFF

The mayor and candidate for re-election as mayor of San Juan for the New Progressive Party (NPP), Miguel Romero Lugo, led a spirited caravan called “We’re Still Moving Forward!” on Sunday afternoon that toured various sectors of the island capital.

The event marked the grand closing of his campaign ahead of the general elections on Tuesday.

“The affection and love of the people in San Juan is palpable,” Romero Lugo said. “This Tuesday, the people will choose between returning to the past, where what is sought is to advance political agendas, or continuing to move San Juan forward with infrastructure and projects […] . I am positive that the people will choose to continue the transformation of what has already begun.”

Supporters turn out for González Denton’s campaign closing

Earlier on Sunday, the area surrounding what is known as La Peña de la Pava on highway PR-1, the border between San Juan and Guaynabo, was filled for the closing campaign activity of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for mayor of San Juan, Terestella González Denton. The event consisted of a caravan that toured the five precincts of the city, culminating at the committee headquarters that González Denton shares with PDP resident commissioner candidate Pablo José Hernández Rivera at 122 Eleanor Roosevelt Avenue.

“Here is the strength and energy of the ‘popular’ people of San Juan,” González Denton said upon the arrival of the PDP caravan, which also included PDP gubernatorial candidate Jesús Manuel Ortiz González and Hernández Rivera. “I deeply appreciate the love and support of so many good citizens who will participate in the elections next Tuesday,”

Also present were five PDP candidates for the House of Representatives and two for the Senate, as well as other candidates and election officials.

María Vega, who was waiting on the side of the street with her husband Carlos Alicea, said “Terestella is the best candidate for San Juan.”

“From my point of view, she is the best because she has a combination of experience in the private sector,” Vega said.

“This Tuesday, the people will choose between returning to the past, where what is sought is to advance political agendas, or continuing to move San Juan forward with infrastructure and projects,” San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo said Sunday at the closing of his campaign for reelection.

“For me, it is very important that a person who is going to manage San Juan’s multi-million-dollar budget has experience in management.”

Other campaign closings also took place on Sunday, including for the four candidates for governor of Puerto

Rico: Ortiz González of the PDP, Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón of the New Progressive Party, Juan Dalmau Ramírez of the Puerto Rican Independence Party in alliance with the Citizen Victory Movement, and Javier Jiménez Pérez of the Dignity Project.

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who turned out for the campaign closing of Terestella González Denton cited the Popular Democratic Party mayoral candidate’s “combination of experience in the private sector.”

Jesús Manuel Ortiz González, the Popular Democratic Party candidate for governor (Facebook via Jesús Manuel Ortiz)

Javier Jiménez Pérez, the Dignity Project candidate for governor (Facebook via Javier Jiménez)

Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón gubernatorial candidate of the New Progressive Party (Facebook via Jenniffer González)

Juan Dalmau Ramírez, gubernatorial candidate of the Puerto Rican Independence Party in alliance with the Citizen Victory Movement (Facebook via Juan Dalmau)

The ‘garbage’ insult stung. But Puerto Ricans are focused on their own election.

By LAURA N. PÉREZ SÁNCHEZ and PATRICIA MAZZEI

María Mercedes-Grubb was about to sprinkle coarse salt on a perfectly grilled steak one night this summer at a new restaurant in San Juan when the power went out, forcing it to close hours early.

The restaurant, Mamplé, where she is executive chef, endured at least five blackouts in the first month after opening, Mercedes-Grubb said, each one a financial drain on the business and its employees.

“In a restaurant, it takes weeks to make what you lose in a day’s worth of work,” she said. “It’s really sad having your whole staff sitting out front, without making money.”

Power outages have increased in frequency and duration in Puerto Rico over the past year, government data shows, disrupting all facets of life. Seven years after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island, the power grid remains fragile, inefficient and expensive — Puerto Ricans pay some of the nation’s highest electrical bills — despite the privatization of the power transmission and distribution system in 2021.

Puerto Ricans living in swing states became a focus of attention in the presidential election this week after a comedian at a rally for former President Donald Trump called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” Vice President Kamala Harris and her allies amplified and denounced the offensive remark, while Trump quickly sought to distance himself from it.

But the more than 3.2 million Puerto Ricans living in Puerto Rico cannot vote for president beyond a symbolic ballot. Their most consequential election Tuesday is for governor, and a leading issue in that four-way race has been the electricity problem, which got worse after Hurricane Ernesto brushed the island in August.

The blackouts have recently prompted an unusual burst of political engagement, in part because they are harming small businesses that make up an important piece of the economy. Some businesses have offered deals to customers who showed proof that they had registered to vote. In social media posts about having to close because of a power outage, the owners

have encouraged people to vote. New voter registrations in recent months were robust.

By the time the candidates for governor debated on television this month, all four said they supported canceling the island’s 15-year contract with Luma Energy, the private Canadian-American consortium that took over the electrical grid. Not all of them had initially held that position.

Their stance is more political than practical: Ending the contract early could cost hundreds of millions of dollars and would require the approval of the fiscal board, appointed by Congress, that has overseen Puerto Rico’s finances since 2016.

Though critics point to the power outages as evidence of poor performance, Luma says it is focused on “overcoming historic challenges” that have plagued the electrical system.

“To be clear, we’ve made substantial progress while meeting all the requirements of Luma’s contract, and we’ve remained on budget, without raising our rates,” Luma said in a statement. “Our commitment to Puerto Rico is clear.”

The power outages — along with a housing crisis, the high cost of living, the slow hurricane recovery and a prolonged financial crisis — have hastened an extraordinary political shift.

The shift has given rise to third parties and to a coalition candidate for governor, Juan Dalmau Ramírez, who is running a close second in public opinion polls. Were Dalmau, a former state senator, to pull off an upset, he would become the first governor not affiliated with either of the two parties that have dominated politics on the island for more than half a century.

Puerto Rican politics do not neatly align with those on the mainland. The candidate leading in the polls, Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón, Puerto Rico’s nonvoting member of Congress, is a Republican who leads the New Progressive Party, which supports Puerto Rican statehood.

Dalmau is not a Democrat or a Republican; the coalition he represents, known as Alianza, includes the longstanding pro-independence party and one of the new, smaller parties that has emerged. The new parties have been less concerned with the defining question of Puerto Rico’s political status and more focused on social and economic policy, including energy policy.

There is no easy fix for the electrical system and its aging infrastructure after decades of lack of investment and past mismanagement. Reconstruction is slow and dependent on federal funds. But even if a new governor cannot easily cancel Luma’s contract, he or she could enforce or enhance oversight mechanisms.

Dalmau has proposed returning control of power plants and the electrical grid to the public sector under an independent energy agency and transitioning to renewable power sources. González Colón has proposed naming an energy czar to oversee the private power companies and hold them accountable while fostering more competition in the energy sector.

But some small-business owners are wondering how long they can wait.

Xavier Ramos Oliver and his business partner, Ariana Camayd Cabán, were preparing to celebrate the second anniversary of their wine shop, Cru, in September when more blackouts forced them to buy a generator for $14,000, close to a third of their monthly revenue.

They had lost sales during power-related closures, as well as a refrigerator when a power surge fried its compressor.

Customers who wanted to hold events at their shop would balk when they learned Cru did not have a generator.

“We didn’t have the money in the bank, so we bought it with a credit card,” Camayd Cabán said.

Mercedes-Grubb had to close her first restaurant in San Juan after Hurricane Maria. In the new, 35-seat restaurant on the ground floor of a residential building, there is not enough space for an adequate generator.

“That cannot be the solution,” she said. “The real solution here has to be for them to fix the electrical grid.”

She has been among the small-business owners encouraging customers on social media not only to vote, but to vote “neither red nor blue,” referring to Puerto Rico’s two traditional political parties.

“We need to vote differently,” said Mercedes-Grubb, who supports Dalmau. “It has always been the same politicians.”

Demonstrators against former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, carry Puerto Rican flags near the site of a campaign rally for Trump in Allentown, Pa., Oct. 29, 2024. Puerto Ricans living in swing states became a focus of attention in the U.S. presidential election last week after a comedian at a rally for Trump called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)

Juan Dalmau Ramírez, the Puerto Rican Independence Party-Alliance candidate for governor

Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón, the New Progressive Party candidate for governor

Trump and Harris offer night-and-day views of the economy

By KATIE ROGERS, MICHAEL GOLD and NICHOLAS NEHAMAS

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump swept through Southern states on Saturday, outlining sharply divergent economic messages for voters in top battlegrounds and, in Trump’s case, solidly blue Virginia.

Trump, after a week in which controversies often overshadowed his closing argument, traveled to North Carolina and Virginia, where he gave rambling speeches in which he tried to turn the race back toward immigration, the economy and transgender issues.

Harris began her day at a rally in Atlanta, where she focused on her plans to bolster the economy, an approach that her advisers say has been intentional in the last days of a coin-flip race.

At an event that featured food trucks and a performance by Georgia-born rapper 2 Chainz, she said her first goal as president would be “to bring down the cost of living for you” through tax cuts and measures like expanding Medicare to help cover home care. She emphasized that message soon after at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, saying that Trump would fight for “billionaires and big corporations.”

Trump, in his speeches at an airport in Gastonia, North Carolina, and arenas in Salem, Virginia, and Greensboro, North Carolina, pounced on Friday’s labor report showing that employers added just 12,000 jobs last month.

“These are depression numbers, I hate to tell you,” he said in Gastonia, wildly distorting the picture of what is actually a healthy economy and leaving out that the latest figures were driven down by hurricanes and a labor strike.

In all three speeches, Trump characteristically interrupted that jobs-focused message with winding digressions, personal insults and occasional profanity. At his rally in Greensboro, he chuckled and signaled some approval after a supporter shouted a crude joke insinuating that Harris had once been a prostitute.

Harris’ final push in Georgia came a day after the state’s early-voting period ended. According to election officials, more than 4 million people in the state have already cast their ballots, a breathtaking figure in a place where just under 5 million people voted in 2020 — and where fewer than 12,000 votes decided that year’s outcome.

Onstage in Atlanta, Harris also spoke about reproductive rights, telling the crowd that Georgia, which has the most restrictive abortion law of any battleground state, had “a Trump abortion ban.”

“I pledge to seek common ground and common-sense solutions to the challenges you face,” she said. “I am not looking to score political points. I am looking to make progress.”

Trump, as he often does, painted a hyperbolic and apocalyptic picture of the stakes.

“If Kamala is reelected, every town in America will be turned into a squalid, dangerous refugee camp,” he said. “That’s what’s happening.”

Trump is scheduled to hold a rally in North Carolina every day until Election Day — a potentially defensive move in a state he won in both 2020 and 2016. On Sunday, he will

Amara Ajagu watches as Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, speaks on the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, on Aug. 22, 2024. Harris said at a campaign rally in Atlanta on Saturday that her first goal as president would be “to bring down the cost of living for you” through tax cuts and measures like expanding Medicare to help cover home care.

(Todd Heisler/The New York Times)

travel to Kinston, a rural town in eastern North Carolina. And he will open Monday with a rally in Raleigh.

In Gastonia, a town of roughly 80,000 people about 20 miles west of Charlotte, Trump directly appealed to suburban women, saying that he believed they in particular needed to be protected “when they’re at home in suburbia” as he made exaggerated, fear-mongering depictions of America as being occupied by immigrants in the country illegally. He again compared migrants crossing the border to Hannibal Lecter, the cannibalistic serial killer from “The Silence of the Lambs.”

Although his advisers have urged him to focus on the economy, Trump has seen fear-based appeals about immigration as a way to reach persuadable female voters in swing states. Of the battlegrounds expected to decide the election, North Carolina is the only one that Trump won in both 2016 and 2020, when he defeated Joe Biden there by 1.3 percentage points.

The Trump campaign also sees an advantage in stoking fear about participation in female sports by transgender women and girls, who make up a significantly small fraction of the

population, as a way to win over women voters.

In Virginia, Trump brought onstage members of the Roanoke College women’s swim team who had objected to a transgender athlete joining their team. Trump has made attacking transgender athletes a mainstay of his speeches, and the swimmers stood behind him in pink T-shirts that used an image of hot dog as a stand-in for genitalia and read “Keep hot dogs out of women’s sports.”

Later, while praising Elon Musk, Trump described the mechanical arms that caught a SpaceX rocket booster as “like you grab your beautiful baby, your beautiful child, see?” He added: “In the old days, I would have said, ‘like you grab your girlfriend.’ Now I don’t say that anymore. I say, ‘like you grab your child.’”

Trump, who has faced a number of sexual misconduct allegations and was caught on a recording bragging about grabbing women by their genitals, is facing a widening gender gap, with polls showing likely women voters favoring Harris. Indeed, in the final days of his campaign, Trump has been choosing to defend or participate in the sort of commentary that could alienate undecided voters.

He continues to be dogged by criticism over his violent language about former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.; remarks he made about protecting women “whether they like it or not”; and fallout from racist jokes by a comedian at his rally in New York.

Calling in to Fox News before his rallies, Trump tried to defend himself on all three counts. He downplayed the seriousness of the comic calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage,” referring to him as “one comedian telling one little joke early in the show when nobody had even started going into the arena, practically.”

“He mentioned Puerto Rico, and they made it like a big deal,” Trump added.

Harris appeals to Latino pride, and anger at Trump, in final push

By JENNIFER MEDINA

Walter Mendoza, 30, was exasperated with his mother, Ana, as they walked in to Supremo Foods in Allentown, Pennsylvania, last week.

Their shopping list had to be kept to a minimum, said Walter Mendoza, angrily pointing the blame at President Joe Biden: “Because your president got these prices this high!” he told his mother.

“Because your president messed up big time,” Ana Mendoza, a 52-year-old warehouse manager, retorted to her Trumpsupporting son. “Inflation came after the pandemic that he screwed up, bro.”

Arguments about prices and presidents are taking place across America, but the Mendozas’ dispute comes with extraordinary stakes.

The 2024 campaign has marked an arrival of sorts for the nation’s roughly 36 million eligible Latino voters — a group now so large, geographically dispersed and politically divided that it will be crucial in deciding who wins the White House.

After years of Democratic dominance, Donald Trump has made steady inroads with these voters. That strength threatens Vice President Kamala Harris’ route to victory, not only through the Southwest battlegrounds, but also in Georgia and Pennsylvania, where even relatively small Latino communities may prove to be critical in a close race.

In the final days of the campaign, Democrats have landed on a closing message that they hope will stanch the bleeding. After months of focusing on economic issues, they have pounced on a Trump surrogate’s insult calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” at a Madison Square Garden rally.

Democrats believe the sharper focus on ethnic identity will rally Latino voters who had been leaning toward Trump or considering sitting out the election entirely. They have created new advertisements repeating the comments and have brought out a parade of celebrity surrogates to drive home the stakes.

“They are so terrified of your power,” playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda told a group of young, Latino Harris supporters in Philadelphia last week. “Seize that power for yourself if you do not want to see that future for your country.”

Perhaps nowhere is the effort more urgent than in Pennsylvania, where the race is in a dead heat and Latinos make up more than 5% of the electorate. A string of industrial towns with growing Latino majorities — places like Allentown, Hazleton and

Reading — have become a hotbed of campaigning. Trump rallied voters in Allentown, which has a large Puerto Rican community, last week, and Harris will hold her own rally there Monday.

Conversations with more than three dozen Latino voters across eastern Pennsylvania found voters who were both highly engaged and deeply divided. While some hear Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric as a direct threat to their community and are turned off, others celebrated him, convinced he would cement their own security in America.

The number of Latino voters in Pennsylvania has nearly tripled in the past two decades. The growth mirrors the national landscape; more than 30% of Latinos expected to cast a ballot this year would be first-time voters.

For months, nationals polls have shown Democrats losing ground — dipping to a low point this summer when Biden was still the nominee. Support among Latinos rebounded after Harris entered the race, but not to the levels Biden had just four years ago, and far below former President Barack Obama’s benchmarks.

In mid-October, a New York Times/Siena College poll found Harris winning 56% of Latino voters, down from Biden’s roughly 62% in 2020. Trump had 37%, holding steady from four years ago.

A dip of support from Hispanic voters may not be devastating for Harris if she maintains the same level of support from all other demographic groups. But if she also loses

what might be considered traditional Hispanic outreach — it has been overwhelmingly outspent on Spanish-language media, for example — but has instead courted support from local Latino evangelical leaders, popular hip-hop musicians and social media stars. The campaign also opened several campaign offices in heavily Latino cities across the country, including Reading.

Although his campaign initially distanced itself from the comedian’s comments, Trump himself never apologized. Instead, he boasted of his support among Hispanic voters.

“Nobody loves our Latino community and our Puerto Rican community more than I do — nobody,” he told the crowd in Allentown, three days after the Madison Square Garden rally.

support from young voters or Black voters, for example, she is unlikely to win the White House. Both campaigns have acknowledged this year that they can no longer win with white voters alone.

Victor Martinez, who owns several Spanish radio stations in eastern Pennsylvania and hosts El Relajo de la Mañana from Allentown, said his audience had received more attention from Democrats than ever before. Martinez, who is an active Harris surrogate, said the Trump campaign had rebuffed his requests for interviews and did not advertise on his stations.

This past week, Martinez said, after the Madison Square Garden rally, several people called in to say that they previously “didn’t give a damn” but were now motivated to vote against Trump.

“There is a sense of pride — you insulted us and we’re going to show you,” he said.

There was plenty of evidence of that anger on social media. Nicky Jam, a Puerto Rican reggaeton star with 44 million followers on Instagram, endorsed Trump in September. But late last week, he rescinded his support in an Instagram post. He did not endorse Harris, but Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican superstar who has largely stayed out of mainland politics, did.

The fault lines dividing Latino voters are no different from those dividing other voters — gender, religion, education levels and age. Like voters overall, Latinos consistently name the economy as their top issue.

The Trump campaign has dismissed

Several polls have shown that Trump is popular with Latino voters who arrived in the country as immigrants and large numbers of Latino voters say they are not concerned by Trump’s anti-immigrant remarks or hard-line stances on immigration, including his plans for mass deportation.

“If you do things legally, if you obey the rules, you’ll be fine,” said Normando Santos, a Trump supporter who immigrated from Mexico to Hazelton more than 20 years ago. “I am not worried.”

The Times/Siena poll found that roughly 4 in 10 Hispanic voters said they did not take the former president very seriously when he spoke. Half of Hispanic men said people take his words too seriously.

As he argued with his mother again last week, Walter Mendoza said he just rolled his eyes when he heard Trump and other Republicans saying inflammatory things about immigrants, such as accusing Haitian immigrants in Ohio of eating pets.

Sometimes, he thinks they have a point.

“The illegals got more privileges than our veterans in this country,” he said to his mother. “Our veterans are homeless, but the illegals have a roof over their head, food in their fridge and take whatever they want.”

Ana Mendoza interjected: “Well, your father is an example of somebody who came that way, without papers.”

Her son cut her off: “That was 30 years ago.”

Like many young men he knows, Walter Mendoza will vote for Trump on Tuesday. His mother will vote for Harris.

“I don’t understand how I raised this boy — he can’t see reality for what it is,” she said. It was how these fights between them always ended.

Political signage on a road in Hazelton, Pa., Oct. 28, 2024. Kamala Harris is hoping that backlash to the bigotry at the Madison Square Garden rally will blunt Donald Trump’s appeal with a critical group of voters. (Hannah Beier/The New York Times)

Somewhere amid the frappuccinos, fans say Starbucks lost something

By JULIE CRESWELL

For 32 years, Greg Tutunjian, 73, has picked up his coffee at Starbucks. He’s partial to its dark-roast Red Eye, but starting to question his loyalty to the chain that serves it up.

While waiting for his order, Tutunjian watches impatiently as baristas whip up Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espressos or other foamy, iced, carameltopped drinks for drive-thru or mobileapp orders. Minutes tick by before he is finally handed his coffee (dark-roast coffee with a shot of espresso).

Even more annoying for Tutunjian is when Starbucks’s mobile app tells him that a bag of his favorite coffee beans — Komodo Dragon — is in stock when it isn’t.

“I will go to four or five Starbucks in my local area and have the same experience. I check the app right before I go inside and it says it’s there, but when I arrive, the people working there say, ‘Oh, we don’t use or look at the app,’” said Tutunjian, a software consultant from Newton, Massachusetts. “I walk out emptyhanded.”

Tutunjian’s frustrations are now Brian Niccol’s problems.

Niccol took over as the Starbucks CEO on Sept. 9 and quickly laid out what’s wrong at the company. During his first week on the job, he panned the Starbucks store experience in a letter posted on the company’s website: “It can feel transactional, menus can feel overwhelming, product is inconsistent, the wait too long or the handoff too hectic.”

The numbers bear him out. Last month, the coffee giant issued a preliminary report that showed a 7% drop in global same-store sales for the fourth quarter amid “a pronounced traffic decline” in North America — 10% lower than it was a year earlier. The company, in a sign that it will take time for Niccol to fix Starbucks’ issues, suspended its financial guidance for the 2025 fiscal year.

Investors tuned in last Wednesday to hear Niccol’s early efforts to remedy the maladies he has diagnosed. The company officially reported its fourth-quarter earnings, and there were high expectations for Niccol, who was wooed from a successful run at Chipotle with a compensation

package worth more than $100 million.

“Our problems are fixable — most of what we need to do is within our control,” Niccol told investors on the call late Wednesday. While work is already underway on some issues, he did note that “some things will take some time.”

Some customers, already squeezed by inflation, are simply balking at $8 lattes, while others are boycotting the chain for a variety of reasons. Still others have switched to coffee shop competitors that are popping up across the country.

Starbucks is also a victim of its own success. It pioneered the customized coffee drink, allowing customers to add an extra espresso shot, two pumps of sugarfree vanilla syrup and matcha cream cold foam to top it off. A simple cup of coffee became an expression of individualism or caloric abandon. But those eight-ingredient drinks can take a couple of minutes to make. And with more than a third of transactions in recent quarters coming from mobile app orders, that can lead to long waits for customers who order in person.

“The traditional Starbucks experience is being greeted by name, having a friendly conversation with the barista and given a drink that tastes good,” said Ari Bray, a barista at a store near the Uni-

versity of Washington in Seattle, one of about 500 stores in the country that are unionized. “When there is a 15-minute wait and nobody can talk to you because they’re so slammed, that’s not a good experience for anyone.”

On Wednesday, Niccol mentioned a few steps designed to win back customers. Starting with the introduction of the holiday menu in early November, Starbucks will no longer charge customers extra for nondairy milk, one of the most popular customizations. The company said it would also not increase prices for the 2025 fiscal year.

The company is also setting a goal of getting customers their orders in four minutes or less, Niccol said. Brewed coffee will now be delivered to customers at the register, and customers can customize their coffee themselves — adding milk and sweeteners — at the condiment stations that the company will be reinstalling. That should also alleviate some of the workload for baristas, Niccol said.

Some customers pine for the 1990s, when Starbucks cafes encouraged customers to curl up on a cozy chair or chat with friends while sipping lattes. Like most other restaurant chains in the postpandemic world, Starbucks has focused a

lot of attention on drive-thru and pickup orders. Seating has been reduced or even removed in some of its stores.

“My first date was at a Starbucks. One of my favorite things to do was get a coffee and read a book at Starbucks,” said Nicole Simone, a 39-year-old musician in Los Angeles. “Now it feels like a fast-food restaurant. It has the sterility of a Taco Bell or McDonald’s.”

Niccol said the company was reviewing and revising its store design with a goal of bringing back the cafe experience and more comfortable seating.

Analysts expect Niccol to first tackle the problems facing stores in North America, which make up about 43% of the company’s nearly 40,000 stores around the world and provide about three-quarters of its revenue.

But China, where Starbucks has more than 7,300 stores and a rapid expansion plan, is a sore spot for the company. Same-store sales there fell 14% in the fourth quarter, according to preliminary earnings. China’s lackluster economy, combined with heightened competition from other coffee and tea shops in the country, has led some analysts to wonder if Starbucks might slow its expansion plans or even spin the China business off entirely.

But in a video posted last week, Niccol said the company needed to “address staffing in our stores, remove bottlenecks and simplify things for our baristas.” He also called for improving the mobile system for ordering and paying so that mobile orders do not overwhelm the cafes.

And Niccol is moving quickly to simplify the menu, even removing the olive oil drinks promoted by the company’s longtime leader, Howard Schultz, according to Bloomberg News.

Customers at a Starbucks in Manhattan’s Times Square, Oct. 25, 2024. Customers are turning away from the coffee giant, and its new chief executive, Brian Niccol, has to figure out how to get them back. (John Taggart/New York Times)

Stocks

US election, Fed meeting loom in big week for markets

Adouble dose of potentially market-moving events arrives in the coming week as Americans vote on their next president and the Federal Reserve offers more insight on the path of interest rates at its monetary policy meeting.

The Nov. 5 vote culminates an election cycle that has captivated the country and sparked swings in corners of financial markets. Among these has been the waxing and waning of the so-called Trump trade, a bevy of asset price moves reflecting sentiment that Republican Donald Trump is gaining momentum in his race against Democrat Kamala Harris for the U.S. presidency.

Those trades have included a rise in the U.S. dollar and a sell-off in Treasuries possibly fueled by strong economic data and a bitcoin surge spurred by hopes that Trump would deregulate the crypto industry.

Still, polls remain deadlocked and bets leaning toward Trump were narrowing at the end of the week. Some investors expect volatility to accompany next week’s vote, no matter the result.

“In either scenario, it seems like there’s some near-term risk,” said Walter Todd, chief investment officer at Greenwood Capital.

Todd said a win by the Republican could be a “sell the news” event that sparks profit-taking in Trump trades. A win by Harris could spark a more serious unwind, he said.

Control of Congress will also be determined with Tuesday’s vote, adding another wrinkle for investors as they weigh how various political outcomes could impact assets over the longer term, with the two candidates offering starkly different

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paths for the U.S. economy.

For example, the expectation that Trump would seek to lower regulations stands to benefit banks, while higher tariffs could benefit domestically focused small-cap companies while ramping up the potential for volatility in broader markets.

Expectations that Harris would be more supportive of clean energy initiatives means solar and other renewable energy stocks could rise in the event she prevails, analysts said. Investors are also wary of volatility from an election result that is not immediately clear due to the closeness of the race

or is contested by one of the parties. In 2020, Trump tried to overturn the results of his loss to President Joe Biden, falsely claiming it was the result of voter fraud in multiple states.

“The market did fine under Trump. It can do fine under Harris,” said Robert Pavlik, senior portfolio manager at Dakota Wealth. “We just need clarity.”

Thursday’s Fed decision on monetary policy looms as another risk for the S&P 500’s rally of some 20% this year, though mixed earnings from several tech giants this week led the index to end October in the red, following five straight months of gains.

The San Juan Daily Star

After

By LYNSEY CHUTEL, JOSÉ BAUTISTA and AMELIA NIERENBERG

They came by bus, by tractor or on foot. They waded through mud hoping to help clean up neighborhoods washed away by floodwaters that have killed at least 214 people.

Thousands of Spanish citizens made their way to flood-ravaged Valencia over the weekend after the country’s worst natural disaster in recent history left the nation shocked by images of overturned cars and brick homes torn apart by furious water.

The devastation has become a political flashpoint and brought home fears over the effects of climate change. On Sunday morning, as King Felipe VI walked through a crowd in Paiporta, a town in Valencia where more than 60 people died, angry protesters shouted and threw mud.

“Killers!” the crowd shouted, according to video footage shared on Spanish news.

Felipe was with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, as well as Carlos Mazón, the regional president of Valencia, on whom many residents lay blame for sending out official alerts only after the flooding had reached dangerous levels.

Many people in Paiporta, an epicenter of the destruction, are still waiting for basic supplies from emergency services — and for news of their missing loved ones.

On Sunday, the grief, fear and anger erupted into frustration that resources were being used for an official walk-through, while emergency workers were still racing to try to find survivors.

“You abandoned us!” some protesters shouted at the officials, as the men who flanked the king opened black umbrellas to protect him from the mud. “Get out of here!”

But despite the anger at Spanish officials, for many, the most immediate and important response was to lend a hand.

While the military, the police and civil guard officers searched for survivors and cleared debris, civilians joined in the effort wherever they could, determined to help Valencia and surrounding regions rebuild and to help its citizens recover.

On Saturday, a parade of tractors rolled into urban Valencia, a province on Spain’s eastern shoreline, driven by farmers from

floods,

around the region who had come to help clear debris. “The countryside is once again showing its solidarity,” Valencia’s agricultural association said on social media.

With major roads in the Valencia province closed to vehicles, many decided to walk, carrying brooms, rakes and buckets, according to footage aired by Spanish broadcasters. A sea of people crossed the bridge to Paiporta, where mud still clogged the streets after a river burst its banks.

In urban Valencia, the city’s celebrated soccer club offered Mestalla Stadium as an emergency center where citizens could drop off bags of food, clothes and bottles of water. City officials and volunteers also set up a food bank, serving food along the stadium’s main entrance.

“The image of Mestalla filled with people coming together, arriving to donate products, and applauding each time a truck leaves full of food and basic necessities, will be unforgettable,” said Javier Solís, the club’s corporate director.

Alongside star players like José Gayà

and Jaume Doménech, fans and volunteers sorted and packed food destined for devastated neighborhoods. Candela Reig Moril, an industrial engineering student who lives in central Valencia, helped coordinate university students who wanted to help, and ended up working with hundreds of people who wanted to do something for their city.

“Many of them come crying because of this huge, unexpected catastrophe,” Reig Moril, 21, said. “The little children have even come to deliver their toys. It’s very touching to see everybody so willing to show solidarity.”

Volunteers have used social media or message boards set up in response to the disaster to find out how they can help. They have offered beds for displaced families or shelter for

pets and have volunteered their professional skills, from logistics management to cooking.

Claudia Orts García, a nursing assistant, used a message board to collect food, medication and feminine hygiene products. On Sunday, she and her partner plan to drive from Dénia, a port town south of Valencia city, to the worst affected areas, where they will deliver the donated supplies. Some friends who also wanted to help have asked to ride along. Orts García said she will also offer medical assistance where possible.

“We will lend a hand in everything that is necessary,” she said.

Amid the rush to help those in need, there was also a wave of criticism directed at the Spanish government. Parts of Valencia were doused in a year’s worth of rain in just eight hours and some said government warnings came too late. Other victims said rescue workers and the police took too long to respond to the disaster. Dozens were still missing by Saturday.

For Toni Zamorano, who was trapped on the roof of his car for hours as rain fell, the volunteers have become a lifeline. In the town of Sedaví, houses and businesses were completely flooded. Zamorano said he has lost everything.

Were it not for the volunteers who work from sunrise to sunset, he would not have clothes, food and water, he said. Not only have the volunteers provided the basic necessities, they have also restored his faith in humanity, he said.

“I feel that humanity is still capable of forgetting its differences. Here, race or economic level don’t matter,” he said. “This solidarity makes you feel great, then you close your eyes when you sleep, you remember everything you have seen and you understand the magnitude of this tragedy.”

Flash flooding across Spain killed at least 158 people last week, mostly in the Valencia region.

Iran’s supreme leader threatens Israel with ‘crushing response’ to strikes

By LIAM STACK

Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday threatened “a crushing response” to Israeli strikes on his country, as the Pentagon said it would deploy additional resources to the region in the coming months.

Iran initially appeared to play down the damage caused by Israeli strikes inside the country late last month, raising hopes that it might de-escalate the situation rather than pursue a new cycle of retaliation. But in recent days, Iranian officials have changed their tone.

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has the authority as commander in chief to order strikes on Israel. In a statement posted online, he said Saturday that Israel and the United States would “definitely receive a crushing response” for actions against Iran.

His remarks echoed two Iranian officials who recently said that Iran would retaliate, with one telling state news media that a response would be “definite” and a second saying Iran would launch “a fierce, toothbreaking” response.

After years of avoiding direct military clashes, Iran and Israel have been locked in an escalating monthslong cycle of retaliation that has drawn in their allies and proxies, bringing the region to the brink of an all-out war.

The Pentagon in late September extended the deployment of an aircraft carrier strike group in the Gulf of Oman to deter Iranian attacks and shoot down any ballistic missiles fired into Israel.

seven people in northern Israel were killed by Hezbollah rocket attacks.

The Israeli military said Saturday that its forces had struck more than 120 sites in both Lebanon and Gaza since the day before, including an airstrike in the Lebanese city of Tyre that it claimed killed two Hezbollah commanders. It also said troops were conducting ground operations in northern, central and southern Gaza.

In central Israel early Saturday, a rocket strike hit Tira, an Arab-majority town, and injured several people. The Israeli military said that three rocket launches had been detected overnight from Lebanon, including at the region that includes Tira. Another 30 launches from Lebanon were detected Saturday afternoon, the military said.

Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency medical service, said 11 people were wounded in Tira, with most of the injuries minor to moderate. A photograph and a video posted by the emergency service showed the top floor of a building with its walls blown out.

To maintain those kinds of capabilities in the region when that carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, returns to its home port, the Pentagon announced late Friday that a new deployment of ships and land-based warplanes would head to the region.

Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said that Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III had ordered the deployment of fighter aircraft, ballistic missile defense destroyers and B-52 long-range bombers to assist in the defense of Israel and other U.S. interests in the region.

“Secretary Austin continues to make

clear that should Iran, its partners, or its proxies use this moment to target American personnel or interests in the region, the United States will take every measure necessary to defend our people,” Ryder said in a statement.

The United States has already bolstered its military presence in the region as tensions rise. It sent an advanced missile defense system, called the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, or THAAD, and the 100 U.S. troops needed to operate it, to Israel.

Their arrival less than two weeks ago was the first time that U.S. troops had been deployed to Israel for such a mission since the start of the war last October.

The Biden administration sent key envoys, including the CIA director, to the Middle East this week in hopes of generating some momentum in talks to end Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip and its spiraling conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Both groups are Iranian proxies. But those efforts have foundered, and the fighting has continued unabated.

On Saturday, Lebanon’s health ministry said that one person had been killed and 15 others had been wounded by an Israeli airstrike in the Dahiya, a densely populated area south of Beirut where Hezbollah holds sway. The previous day, heavy Israeli strikes killed at least 52 people in the central part of the country, Lebanese authorities said, and

Hezbollah started striking Israel in solidarity with Hamas, its ally in Gaza, after the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks last year prompted Israel to launch a war against the group in Gaza.

After nearly a year of cross-border attacks that primarily landed in the border region, Hezbollah in recent months has taken aim deeper inside Israel. The militant group launched missiles at the densely populated Tel Aviv area in September and October. Those were intercepted with no reported injuries or damages.

Celine Ali Nassif, 3, who has second degree burns and a fractured leg from an Israeli airstrike, with her uncle Dr. Hassan Nassif at a hospital in Baalbek, Lebanon, Nov. 1, 2024. Her home was hit by an airstrike on October 28, killing seven members of her family and flinging her into the street. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times)

A man resets a banner for two men killed in 2015 at the site of an Israeli airstrike that destroyed a home in the village of Douris in the Bekaa valley of eastern Lebanon, Nov. 1, 2024. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times)

I’ve covered authoritarians abroad. Now I fear one at home.

By NICHOLAS KRISTOF

With this presidential election seemingly a jump ball, what might American democracy and the world look like if Donald Trump is again elected president?

I think it’s hyperbole to suggest, as Hillary Clinton did, that a Trump election would be “the end of our country as we know it.” I don’t think that Trump could turn the United States into a dictatorship.

That said, in the course of four decades of covering the world, I’ve repeatedly seen charismatic leaders win democratic elections and then undermine those democracies. The populist left did that in Venezuela, Mexico and El Salvador, and the populist right did it in Hungary, India and Poland (Poland managed to claw its way back).

In his lust for power, willingness to ignore democratic norms and eagerness to glorify himself and suppress opposition, Trump reminds me of those leaders.

“He is the most dangerous person to this country,” Mark Milley, the former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Bob Woodward.

It’s not that Trump would declare himself dictator for life, but he has already adopted the standard strongman approach of trying to weaponize the legal system to punish and intimidate critics. When he was president, he proposed prosecuting Clinton and did force a criminal investigation into former Secretary of State John Kerry.

“Sometimes revenge can be justified,” Trump said in June.

It’s worth noting that his efforts to prosecute Clinton and Kerry didn’t succeed, and American democracy survived his first term largely unscathed. Democratic institutions are stronger in the United States than in Hungary or Venezuela, and our system is less vulnerable.

It’s also true that in his first term, Trump’s autocratic inclinations were frustrated by incompetence and by frantic efforts by his own aides to impede him. What would be different in a second term is that he is better prepared and seems ready to bring in like-minded aides who would empower his antidemocratic efforts.

I’ve seen in many other countries how threats and revenge can intimidate the business community and civil society into grudging acquiescence. When Trump was in office, his administration reportedly took steps to hurt Jeff Bezos and his corporate interests, possibly costing him a $10 billion military contract for cloud computing. That may explain Bezos’ decision to withhold an endorsement in the presidential election by The Washington Post, which he owns.

When I was The New York Times’ bureau chief in Beijing many years ago and wrote tough articles about China’s prime minister, the Chinese government responded by aggressively auditing my taxes. So it felt familiar to learn that Trump told aides to use the IRS to audit the taxes of his critics or those who wouldn’t do his bidding, like James Comey and Andrew McCabe of the FBI.

Aides initially resisted, but Comey and McCabe were later selected — supposedly randomly — for audits. Trump said he knew nothing about this, but his denials also felt straight out of the Chinese playbook. Officials in China would tell reporters things that we all knew were false — not to convince anyone, but to confuse the issue or to establish the party line for followers to echo.

The First Amendment is long established in the United States, and it will survive. But Trump can undermine the free press by bullying corporate owners. After all, about a year ago, he called for NBC’s corporate owners to be investigated for treason because of the network’s coverage, and he suggested recently that ABC News should be punished for the way it managed the presidential debate.

“They’re a news organization,” he said of ABC News. “They have to be licensed to do it. They ought to take away their license.” Later, he called for CBS to lose its license as well and said that “60 Minutes” “should be taken off the air, frankly.” National news organizations don’t actually need licenses, but their local affiliate TV stations do.

Trump has repeatedly called for changing libel laws to reduce protections for news organizations. Two years ago, he called for imprisoning journalists who don’t reveal sources in national security cases and added gleefully that the prospect of prison rape would make journalists ready to give up sources. (I believe journalists are made of sterner stuff, and I’ve seen that in the raw courage of reporters risking their lives in autocracies like Russia.)

Just as alarming is Trump’s suggestion that he would use the armed forces against U.S. citizens. In October, he suggested that the National Guard or military be deployed in America against “the enemy from within,” including “radical left lunatics.” That kind of language may encourage more political violence of the type we already saw on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump seemed to acknowledge the risk in his April Time magazine interview, when he was asked about the possibility of postelection violence. “If we don’t win, you know, it depends,” he said ominously. “It always depends on the fairness of an election.”

Spare a moment as well to contemplate what a Trump election might mean internationally.

If Trump had been reelected in 2020, Russian forces might now be in Kyiv, Ukraine, for Trump could never have mustered the international coalition and rounded up the assistance to keep Russia at bay (even if he had wanted to). Ukraine would probably have collapsed, Russia might have moved on to Moldova or Latvia, and NATO might well be an empty shell. Observing the fecklessness of the West, China would probably be more aggressive toward Taiwan and the South China Sea, so war might be more likely in Asia.

Trump presents himself as a strongman, but my sense from conversations with foreign officials and business leaders is that what he actually projects is weakness. He would damage the Atlantic alliance and threaten the network of countries that Joe Biden has knit together to restrain China, and he seems to discount the challenges from Moscow and Beijing.

Former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pa., on Oct. 19, 2024. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)

Miles en caravana y cierre de campaña PPD de Terestella en San Juan

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SAN JUAN – Las inmediaciones de la zona conocida como La Peña de la Pava en la carretera número uno, frontera entre San Juan y Guaynabo se llenaron ayer en la tarde para la actividad de cierre de campaña de la candidata popular a la alcaldía de San Juan, Terestella González Denton. La misma consistió en una caravana que recorrió los cinco precintos de la ciudad, culminando en el comité que González Denton comparte con Pablo José Hernández en el 122 de la Avenida Eleanor Roosevelt en Hato Rey.

“Aquí está la fuerza y energía de los populares de San Juan, agradezco profundamente el cariño y el apoyo de tantos buenos ciudadanos que participarán de las elecciones del próxi-

mo martes”, señaló González Denton a su llegada a la zona de la caravana, que contó con la presencia del candidato a gobernador, Jesús Manuel Ortiz, Pablo José Hernández, aspirante a la comisaría residente de Puerto Rico

en Washington. Además se personaron los cinco candidatos a la Cámara de Representantes, los dos para el Senado, así como otros candidatos y funcionarios electorales.

Para María Vega, quien esperaba a la vera de la calle junto a su esposo Carlos Alicea, “Terestella es la mejor candidata para San Juan. Desde mi punto de vista, es la mejor porque tiene una combinación de de experiencia en el sector privado. Para mí, es bien importante que una persona que va administrar el presupuesto multimillonario de San Juan, tenga experiencia administrando”.

Su esposo señaló que Manuel Natal podrá tener todas las buenas intenciones, “pero no es administrador de nada. Donde único estuvo fue con Yulín en eso de Head Start y fue un desas-

tre. Para mí es muy político y es obvio que viene para la revancha. Se le nota la rabia hasta en la manera agresiva en que habla por los medios. Yo soy soberanista, lo que no soy es fanático”. Entre los que esperaban, banderas en mano, estaban varios jóvenes que esperaban a sus líderes. Uno de ellos mencionó que no conoce a Terestella personalmente, pero sí la recuerdo cuando la Compañía de Turismo. “Fue muy efectiva en promocionar a Puerto Rico y me gusta lo que ella habla de que San Juan sea a capital de las Américas. Ella es distinta y trae esperanza, ha sido la que ha señalado el fracaso que ha sido Miguel Romero. Los que van a votar, amigos míos penepés, no saben qué decir cuando uno les pregunta por su obra. Fuera de la brea y recoger la basura, nada más”.

Secretario General del PPD emplaza a partidos de minoría no obstaculizar el proceso de voto adelantado

bre”, expresó Camacho.

SAN JUAN – El secretario general del Partido Popular Democrático, Juan Luis Camacho Semidei, emplazó hoy a los Comisionados Electorales de los partidos minoritarios a no ser obstáculo para la democracia y a no dificultar y entorpecer el conteo del voto adelantado.

“En el voto adelantado, en todas sus modalidades gestionadas por los distintos partidos, se estima que han solicitado alrededor de 200,000 solicitudes. De estos, sobre 100,000 votos corresponden al PPD. La información que recibimos de nuestro equipo indica que, en la modalidad de voto a domicilio, el PPD está logrando una ventaja abrumadora. Eso no lo pueden decir los demás partidos políticos. De ahí que la estrategia es evitar que esos votos sean contabilizados antes del 5 de noviem-

“Es un hecho que el PPD está dando una pela en el voto adelantado a domicilio y como los partidos de oposición lo saben, buscan subterfugios para que ese voto no se cuente”, afirmó Camacho al hacer referencia de que los comisionados electorales conocen de primera mano y están validando de que no había muchos electores votando por los otros partidos”, añadió.

Igualmente, el secretario general del PPD manifestó que “tenemos reportes de algunos lugares en los precintos, donde el PNP, consciente también de que el voto a domicilio no les está favoreciendo, buscan entorpecer el proceso en las juntas locales. Nuestros comisionados a nivel central lograron en la mañana de hoy que se aprobara contar ese voto en cada precinto y que cualquier papeleta que no pueda ser leída por la máquina sea ad-

Feminicidio en San Sebastián

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SAN SEBASTIÁN – Las autoridades arrestaron a un hombre sospechoso del asesinato de su pareja consensual, en un incidente reportado a a eso de las 12:33 de la madrugada del sábado, en el

Residencial Andrés Méndez Liceaga, en San Sebastián. Según la información preliminar, se recibió una llamada al Sistema de Emergencias 9-1-1, sobre una persona herida de arma blanca.

Al llegar los paramédicos encontraron

judicada en el escrutinio como se hace en cualquier otro evento”.

“La verdadera encuesta son los sobre 100 mil electores que ya votaron a domicilio y por correo por el Partido Popular Democrático”, finalizó diciendo.

el cuerpo de Yesenia González Ayala de 49 años, con varias heridas punzantes.

Fue transportada al Hospital San Carlos Borromeo de Moca, donde posteriormente falleció.

Al momento la policía tiene detenido al hombre de 38 años, pareja consensual de la víctima.

Agentes de la División de Homicidios, Servicios Técnicos y la fiscal Paola Reyes, investigan.

Existen herramientas para las víctimas de violencia de género, patrón de abuso, o maltrato. Pueden llamar a la Policía, así como la Oficina de la Procuradora de la Mujer si eres o conoces de una persona que atraviesa un patrón similar. Puedes comunicarte de manera confidencial a la Policía al (787) 7926734 o (787) 343-2020, así como con la Oficina de la Procuradora de la Mujer al (787) 722-2977.

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By ROBERT D. McFADDEN

Jack Jones, a crooner who beguiled concert fans and stage, screen and television audiences for decades with romantic ballads and gentle jazz tunes that even in large venues often achieved the intimacy of his celebrated nightclub performances, died Wednesday in Rancho Mirage, California. He was 86.

His wife, Eleonora Jones, said the cause of his death, in a hospital, was leukemia.

While his popularity peaked in the 1960s, Jones found a new audience in later years singing the theme to the hit television show “The Love Boat.” But even then he seemed always to have stepped out of an earlier generation, one that dressed in tuxedos for the songs of Tin Pan Alley and reminded America of its love affairs with the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen.

He won two Grammy Awards and recorded numerous albums of American Songbook favorites that hit the upper reaches of Billboard’s charts on the strength of his smooth vocal interpretations. He performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the White House and the London Palladium, and for more than 60 years drew crowds to cabarets and nightclubs around the world.

At the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan in 2010, marking his 52nd year in show business, Jones opened and closed a two-hour retrospective of his songs with Paul Williams’ “That’s What Friends Are For.” He sang to a packed house of longtime fans:

Friends are like warm clothesIn the night air.Best when they’re oldAnd we miss them the most when they’re gone.

“Those lyrics evoked the vanishing breed of pop-jazz crooner, of which Mr. Jones and Tony Bennett remain the great survivors,” Stephen Holden wrote in The New York Times. “Mr. Jones, now 72, draws the same kind of well-dressed sophisticated audiences that used to attend the annual appearances at the defunct Michael’s Pub of his friend Mel Tormé, who died 11 years ago at 73.”

Holden called the show “a kind of master class in traditional nightclub performance: suave but intimate, alternately preening and humble, seemingly casual but seamlessly professional,” adding, “most of the old songs responded to Mr. Jones’ thoughtful outlook, which tinges everything with the sense of a man taking a moral inventory of his life.”

Jones, the son of Hollywood actress Irene Hervey and Allan Jones, a tenor singing star of the 1930s and ’40s who romped with the Marx Brothers in “A Night at the Opera” and “A Day at the Races,” started out in a Las Vegas father-and-son act when he was 19, in which he tried to copy his dad’s forceful style. It was a mistake.

“My voice was less mature than his,” Jones told the Times in 1964. “We had a well-received act with a lot of references to Mom and home. But then my folks were divorced, and that knocked the wind out of the whole thing. I went out on my own, and my salary dropped, but I felt better.”

He began recording and singing in clubs, but with a different approach: crooning the lyrics. It was a magical transformation of his singing style and stage presence to something more casual, and it made an intimate emotional connection with audiences. It became his trademark.

On the 1960s pop scene, Jones was an anomaly, ignoring

rock ’n’ roll in favor of big-band arrangements, romantic ballads and the American Songbook.

He recorded dozens of albums on the Kapp label, including “Dear Heart,” “Shall We Dance,” “She Loves Me,” “Call Me Irresponsible,” “I’ve Got a Lot of Livin’ to Do” and “The Jack Jones Christmas Album.” He won Grammy Awards for best solo male vocal performance for “Lollipops and Roses” in 1962 and “Wives and Lovers” in 1964.

He sang the title songs of several films, including “Love With the Proper Stranger” (1963), “Where Love Has Gone” (1964) and “A Ticklish Affair” (1963). He sang at White House parties during the presidencies of Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan and performed twice for Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family.

Jones reached No. 1 on the Billboard easy listening chart with “The Impossible Dream” (1966) and “Lady” (1967). He was a staple on television variety shows hosted by Dinah Shore, Ed Sullivan, Andy Williams, Carol Burnett, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Judy Garland and Steve Allen. And millions more heard him when they tuned into “The Love Boat” on ABC from 1977 through 1985. (He was replaced by Dionne Warwick for the show’s last season.)

John Allan Jones was born in Los Angeles on Jan. 14, 1938, and spent his first few years living in a movie colony bungalow in Palm Springs, California, attended by hired help while his famous parents commuted to Hollywood to make movies. He had a half brother, Ted Jones, and an adopted half sister, Gail Jones, by a previous marriage of his father’s.

Jack, as he was always known, attended the Nellie Coffman School in Palm Springs and, for two years, the Principia School, a Christian Science boarding institution in St. Louis. He also had private drama and singing tutors at home, hired by his father. He was self-conscious about his privileged life when he enrolled at University High School in Los Angeles, class of 1956. His father sometimes drove him to school, but dropped him off a block or two away.

Jack Jones, who lived in Indian Wells, California, was married six times, and all but his last marriage ended in divorce. He was married to Katie Lee Nuckols (a model also known as Lee Larance) from 1960 to 1966; actress Jill St. John from 1967 to 1969; Gretchen Roberts from 1970 to 1971; Kathryn Simmons from 1977 to 1982; and Kim Ely from 1982 to 2005. He married Eleonora Donata Peters in 2009.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Crystal Thomas, from his marriage to Nuckols; another daughter, Nicole Ramasco, from his marriage to Ely; two stepdaughters, Nicole Whitty and Colette Peters, from his marriage to Peters; and three grandchildren.

Jack Jones performs at the Oak Room in New York, on Oct. 26, 2010. Jones, the crooner who beguiled concert fans and stage, screen and television audiences for decades with romantic ballads and gentle jazz tunes that even in large venues often achieved the intimacy of his celebrated nightclub performances, died in Rancho Mirage, Calif. He was 86. (Matthew Murphy/The New York Times)

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6 vacations that could help you live longer and healthier

By CAREN OSTEN GERSZBERG

People used to strive simply to live as long as possible, but in recent years, that goal has taken on a new dimension: How long can you live in good health? “The focus now is on health span, not life span,” said Dr. Frank Lipman, a co-author of the 2020 book “The New Rules of Aging Well.” “We generally talk about extending someone’s life, but what’s the use if they’re suffering and disabled and can’t enjoy what they have?”

With research showing that modifications to factors like exercise, nutrition and sleep can make a crucial difference between aging and aging well, a host of retreats offer a range of programs, some more expensive than others, catering to those who seek to prevent disease and expand their health spans.

Some of these destinations begin with high-tech medical assessments like genetic and cancer screenings, as well as cardiac and cognitive tests. Many provide “biohacking” treatments involving infrared saunas, cryotherapy chambers, IVs and blood work, while others focus on more holistic ways to nurture the body and mind.

Here are six all-inclusive spas and retreats around the world that offer longevity-based programs and treatments.

Tecate, Mexico

Rancho La Puerta

When it comes to longevity, guests at Rancho La Puerta might be inspired by its 102-year-old co-founder, Deborah Szekely, who remains a featured speaker every Wednesday evening. The retreat, on a 4,000-acre organic farm and wilderness preserve in Tecate, Mexico, welcomes new guests every Saturday. They are encouraged to stay for a week, but shorter stays are possible.

Every day at Rancho La Puerta includes a full roster of activities like yoga, circuit training, hiking and sound healing, which uses instruments such as musical bowls, drums, gongs and more to “produce deep relaxation.” Visiting experts present workshops like “Your DNA Is Not Your Destiny,” led by Dr. Lee Rice, a family practice and sports physician, which takes place the week of Dec. 7. In his lectures, Rice explains the growing field of epigenetics — how our health-related choices influence proteins that can alter the expression of our genes — and helps guests create wellness plans.

Saturday-to-Saturday stays start at $5,400.

Savery, Wyoming

The Three Forks Ranch

With its Mayo Clinic partnership, the Three Forks Ranch, on 280,000 acres about 40 miles north of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, offers an extensive battery of medical assessments either on their own or as part of longevity retreats. Guided by neurologist Dr. Mike Harper, the ranch’s medical director and a practicing Mayo Clinic physician, guests can get electrocardiograms that use AI for a more in-depth analysis and GRAIL Galleri multi-cancer blood screenings, among other tests. You can take your results to your own physician or use a doctor at a Mayo Clinic location.

Four-night stays with a longevity medical assessment start at $17,000 for one person and $26,780 for two.

An undated image provided by Rancho La Puerta, a retreat on a 4,000-acre organic farm and wilderness preserve in Tecate, Mexico, that includes activities like yoga, circuit training, hiking, sound healing and workshops by visiting experts. All-inclusive retreats around the world aim to cultivate wellness and longevity though high-tech tests, “biohacking” treatments, meditation, breath work and more. (Rancho La Puerta via The New York Times)

Ibiza, Spain

Six Senses Ibiza

The five-day “Transform Your Life” longevity retreat from May 4-8, 2025, at Six Senses Ibiza, offers sessions with Dr. Ingrid Yang, a physician and author who specializes in holistic, lifestyle and integrative medicine, which refers to the combination of standard medical practices with such techniques as yoga and acupuncture. In her “learning labs,” Yang explains her five pillars of longevity — nutrition, movement, sleep, connection and stress management — and has guests try breath work, yoga, meditation and a cold plunge session.

“During our time together, I teach healthy habits that they can try out, which motivates people to consider making modifications in their daily lives,” Yang said.

The all-inclusive retreat includes a cryotherapy session, IV therapies, one session of photomodulation (infrared therapy) to target pain and inflammation, and access to the RoseBar Longevity Clinic, which offers a range of diagnostic services.

Four-night, five-day retreats start at 2,895 euros, or about $3,200.

Santa Fe, New Mexico, and El Pescadero, Mexico Modern Elder Academy

Chip Conley, founder of the Modern Elder Academy, also wrote the book “Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better With Age,” a good description of the academy’s approach to longevity.

“When we socialize, when we cultivate purpose in later life, we live longer,” said Conley. “There is not one biohacking activity that has proven to have as much of an effect

on longevity as when you shift your mindset from a negative one to a positive one — you gain 7.5 years of additional life.”

At an MEA retreat, either in Santa Fe, New Mexico, or on the Baja Peninsula of Mexico, guests engage in five days and nights of expert-led workshops, meditation, movement activities and opportunities to cultivate connection.

Shared rooms start at $4,500, private rooms $6,000. Financial aid is available for some workshops.

Uttarakhand, India

Ananda in the Himalayas

The Ayurvedic Rejuvenation & Immunity Booster program at Ananda in the Himalayas, a spa in northern India, is based on Ayurveda — the ancient Indian system that seeks to help people live long, healthy, balanced lives. Over seven, 14 or 21 days, guests consult regularly with Ayurvedic specialists to create a personalized health program aimed at improving longevity through immunity-boosting treatments, nutrition and yoga. The first phase involves treatments to detoxify, destress and revitalize the body. The second phase focuses on therapeutic treatments targeting specific medical and health issues. And finally, the immunity-boosting phase focuses on diet and lifestyle.

Consultations with a physiotherapist and personal sessions for yoga, breath work and meditation are included.

Single-occupancy rooms start at $1,090 per night.

Tucson, Arizona Canyon Ranch

The new Longevity8 program at Canyon Ranch, debuting Nov. 10, will offer guests more than 15 medical assessments, testing more than 200 biomarkers, along with 18 private coaching sessions. The “8” refers to the retreat’s eight guiding principles for longevity: integrative medicine, flexibility and fitness, nutrition, sleep, spiritual wellness, mental and emotional health, outdoor activity, and strength and endurance.

Four-night stays start at $20,000 per person, or $36,000 a couple. The second retreat starts Dec. 8, with 10 additional sessions planned for 2025.

The San Juan Daily Star

An undated image provided by Canyon Ranch, in Tucson, Ariz., which says it is about to debut a program of medical assessments, biomarker testing and private coaching sessions it calls Longevity8. (Canyon Ranch via The New York Times)

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When dementia changes a loved one’s personality

By LOUISA KAMPS

Susan Hirsch was visiting her father in the hospital where he was recuperating after a fall and was shocked to find him — long devoted to her mother — flirting with a nurse as if he were “17 and in the Navy again,” she said.

Hirsch, a 67-year-old memory care educator from Palmyra, Pennsylvania, scolded her father. But the admonishment only enraged the 93-year-old man; she recalled him saying, “in not nice words,” to get out of his room as she scuttled away.

More than 11 million adults in the United States are caring for people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. In addition to memory loss, most people with dementia will experience mood and behavior changes including aggression, apathy, disorientation, depression, wandering, impulsivity and delusions.

Many caregivers describe mood and personality changes as the most upsetting symptoms. While antipsychotic and sedative medications are often used to manage dementia-related mood issues, they have limited efficacy.

To get on top of — and feel less toppled by — mood changes, it’s helpful for caregivers to remember that those shifts are caused by changes in the brain, said Dr. Nathaniel Chin, a geriatrician and associate professor in the department of medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

“They’re no one’s fault,” he said, and recognizing this can help you “feel less upset at your loved one.”

That day at the hospital, for example, the nurse followed Hirsch into the hall and gently explained that her father, who had shown milder symptoms of dementia before, was not acting out on purpose. “She didn’t reprimand me, and it was very helpful,” Hirsch said; the conversation helped her cope with her dad’s mood changes until he died three months later.

Understand why mood changes happen.

Personality and mood changes are often caused by deterioration in parts of the brain that control attention, learning, feelings and other faculties. For example, a person who has lost cells in the frontal lobe, which controls focus and behavior, may become more passive as the ability to plan diminishes, according to the Memory and Aging Center at the University of California, San Francisco; he or she may also lash out as impulse control wanes.

Additionally, people with dementia have less brain energy to process and adjust to sensations (such as pain or fatigue) and environmental stimuli, Chin said. Many experts also agree that people with dementia have lower stress thresholds than they once had and might tip into feeling overwhelmed more quickly. This is the point when someone with dementia might suddenly become agitated or combative or begin “screaming and yelling out,” he said.

As the disease progresses, people lose language skills and communicate more through behavior, said Fayron Epps, a nursing professor at the University of Texas Health

More than 11 million adults in the United States are caring for people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. In addition to memory loss, most people with dementia will experience mood and behavior changes including aggression, apathy, disorientation, depression, wandering, impulsivity and delusions. (Maria Medem/The New York Times)

Science Center in San Antonio. For example, a person may need to use the restroom but can’t convey that verbally, and might bang on something to express frustration, Epps explained. “As a caregiver, you really have to investigate where this mood is stemming from,” she said.

DICE up challenging behaviors.

Dr. Helen Kales, a geriatric psychiatrist and chair of the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of California, Davis, conducted research with colleagues and found that caregivers who have a system for addressing behavioral symptoms experience less stress than other caregivers.

They developed a caregiver education program, known as the DICE Approach, which stands for: Describe, Investigate, Create and Evaluate. The approach teaches caregivers to describe mood changes in detail (taking notes on when, where and even with whom they occur), investigate why they might be happening, create informed responses and evaluate their success.

DICE can also help caregivers in other ways. By learning to note who’s in the room or what’s playing on TV when symptoms occur, caregivers can become adept at detecting patterns, seeing issues from their care partners’ perspective and creating plans to reduce or eliminate symptoms. This might include turning on a mellow YouTube cooking video instead of the 5 o’clock news or bathing less frequently if doing so daily is a flashpoint, Kales said.

And if the person you’re caring for becomes violent, it’s important to have an exit plan, experts advised. Hirsch recommended bringing your phone with you if you need to leave the house, so you can call for help to keep yourself and your loved one safe.

Emphasize tone over truth.

People with dementia may not understand exactly what you’re communicating, but they will comprehend your tone and body language, said William Haley, a pro-

fessor of aging studies at the University of South Florida, who advised doing your best to speak calmly, with your face and posture relaxed.

And, he said, don’t get too hung up on the facts. Telling a person with dementia in a cranky, corrective way that it’s Wednesday, not Thursday, could rattle them more. And reminding someone of a bigger sorrow they’ve forgotten — that a spouse has already died, say — can be devastating, Haley said.

Instead, if your loved one asks about someone who’s no longer alive, just say you think that person is fine and change the subject, he suggested. “It’s not an enduring lie,” he said. “And to me, it’s more moral than confronting them with an awful truth that will just cause them grief and pain.”

Embrace light.

Making sure that people with dementia get regular exposure to natural and other forms of bright light can improve their sleep and mood, Kales has found in some of her research. And getting solid nightly sleep can reduce socalled sundowning, the meltdowns that can occur with dementia late in the day, or any time of day, if there’s enough stress and fatigue brewing.

Taking a morning walk or doing another activity outside can benefit you both, Kales said. But if getting outdoors isn’t possible, good alternatives include having your loved one sit facing a window or in front of a light therapy box (a device that mimics daylight) for 30 minutes or so, she added.

Reduce boredom if possible.

Since boredom can cause mood swings, Kales and her colleagues created a list of 96 activities that people with dementia can do alone or with their caregivers. Haley has also heard about people with dementia for whom folding towels, sweeping a long driveway and, in the case of one retired schoolteacher, “grading papers” (marking up a stack of printed emails provided by her caregiver) have become favorite pastimes that give them satisfaction and a sense of pride, he said.

Epps noted that watching online “sermonettes” — abbreviated church services specifically designed for people with dementia — can be comforting to religious people who can no longer attend church in person.

But there are many other ways caregivers can adapt experiences. Charlie Kotovic, 62, noticed that his wife, Kathryn, 64, who was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s four years ago, was becoming anxious on longdistance trips. So he scotched their plans to do more farflung traveling.

Driving to their family cabin a couple of hours from their home in Minneapolis has become their new favorite getaway — still familiar for her and manageable for him, Kotovic said. And listening to old show tunes while they’re en route helps head off his wife’s occasional “spiral-down sad moments,” he said.

While Kathryn was growing up, her mother often played old Broadway songs. “That music really takes her back,” Kotovic said. “It’s her happy place.”

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO SALA SUPERIOR BRAVO TRAVEL, LLC

Parte Peticionaria EX PARTE

Civil Núm.: NG2021CV00105. Sala: 205. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

A: SUCESIÓN DE AURELIO RAMOS

SANTIAGO, COMPUESTA

POR SUS HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y POR HILDA MANDOLANDO Y JESÚS MATOS; SUCESIÓN DE JULIÁN GARCÍA, COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS Y POR CARMEN CRUZ GARCÍA, SUSANA TORRES Y JULIO GARCÍA.

POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le notifica que la Peticionaria en el caso de epígrafe ha radicado en este Tribunal una petición sobre expediente de domino para inscribir la siguiente finca que no consta inmatriculada en el Registro de la Propiedad: “RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno localizado en el Barrio Maizales del término municipal de Naguabo, Puerto Rico, compuesto de VEINTIDOS MIL CIENTO TREINTA Y UNO PUNTO SEIS TRES

TRES METROS CUADRADOS (22,131.633 METROS CUADRADOS) EQUIVALENTES A CINCO PUNTO SEIS

TRES CERO CUERDAS (5.630 CUERDAS) colindando por el Norte, con Julián García; por el Sur con Juana Cáceres Burgos; por el Este, con Carlos Ortiz Félix, Carlos A. García De León, Joaquín García Rodríguez, José Gabriel González y Elba C. Hernández Del Valle; por el Oeste, con Emilio Cruz López. Se le emplaza conforme a la Regla 4.5 y 4.6 de las de Procedimiento Civil, mediante la publicación de un edicto, en tres ocasiones dentro del término de veinte días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria en la Isla de Puerto Rico, a los efectos de a fin de que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho dentro del término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a partir de la publicación de este Edicto, excluyéndose el día de la publicación. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede

acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Se le advierte que, si no contesta la petición o deja de presentar una alegación responsiva, radicando el original de dicha alegación responsiva en este Tribunal y notificando copia de la misma al abogado de la parte demandante, dentro del referido término, el Tribunal procederá a continuar con el proceso concediendo el remedio solicitado en la petición, sin más citarle ni oírle. Favor de notificar copia de su contestación al: LCDA. NELLY I. PUJALS

GONZÁLEZ: PO Box 194972, San Juan, PR 00919-4971

Tel.: 939-717-6695

npujals@npglc.com

EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Humacao, Puerto Rico, a 21 de octubre de 2024. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. LISA M. FIGUEROA RUIZ, SUBSECRETARIA.

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

Demandante V. MICHAEL DOMENECH

DEL PILAR, PETRA SOLER DELIZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES

COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2024CV02401. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, Bayamón, 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 1 de octubre de 2024, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización La Madelaine, antes Monte-

casino Sección II, en el Barrio Mucarabones del Municipio de Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el plano de inscripción de la Urbanización con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: número del solar: treinta y siete (37) del Bloque R, Área del solar: trescientos ochenta y trece punto doce metros cuadrados (382.13 mc) en lindes por el NORTE, con la calle número catorce (14), distancia de trece punto cincuenta metros (13.50 m); por el SUR, solares número cuarenta y seis (46) y cuarenta y siete (47), distancia de trece punto seiscientos dieciocho metros (13.618m); por el ESTE, con el solar número treinta y seis (36), distancia de veintinueve punto doscientos dos metros (29.202 m); y por el OESTE, con el solar número treinta y ocho (38) en distancia de veintisiete punto cuatrocientos diez metros (27.410m). Enclava una casa. Finca Número 19,580, inscrita al folio 11 del tomo 389 de Toa Alta, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección III de Bayamón. Además, el Alguacil que suscribe, hago saber a todos los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante: Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $10,000.00, con intereses al 5.50% anual, vencedero el día 1 de julio de 2041, constituida mediante la escritura número 269, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 8 de julio de 2011, ante el notario Roy R. Sánchez Vahamonde Dieppa, e inscrita al folio 19 del tomo 540 de Toa Alta, finca número 19,580, inscripción 10ma. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor el día 13 de agosto

de 2024, notificada el 20 de agosto de 2024, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $173,795.75 por concepto de principal; generando intereses a razón de 6.00% desde el 1ro de febrero de 2020; cargos por demora los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, y la suma de $20,119.10 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. LA PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 18 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en el cuarto piso, Oficina de Alguaciles de Subastas de Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $201,191.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 2 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $134,127.33, 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 9 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $100,595.50, 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 Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 8 de octubre de 2024. EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAGÜEZ SALA SUPERIOR GERARDO JOSÉ CRUZ ORTIZ

Demandante V. EDDA IVELISSE CRUZ ARROYO, KATE MARIE CRUZ ARROYO, FELIBERTO CRUZ ARROYO

Demandados LOURDES MARIE ORTIZ PAGÁN

Parte con Interés Caso Núm.: MZ2024CV00913. (306). Sobre: PARTICIÓN DE HERENCIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESTDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: FELIBERTO CRUZ ARROYO. POR MEDIO del presente edicto se le notifica la presentación de una demanda en la cual usted figura como demandado, cuya copia se adjunta con este Emplazamiento. En ésta se solicita la división y liquidación de la comunidad hereditaria existente entre las partes como herederos de Feliberto Cruz Padilla. SE LE EMPLAZA para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación 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 oportunamente su alegación responsiva en la Secretará del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Mayagüez, y enviando copia a la parte demandante: LCDO. GERARDO J. CRUZ ORTIZ, 48 Avenida Munoz Rivera #903, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918, Tel.: (939) 438-5154, C/E.: gjcruzortiz@ outlook.com. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia en Rebeldía en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, hoy 3 de septiembre de 2024. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. YAHAIRA TORRES MATÍAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUADILLA SALA SUPERIOR CARIBE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

Demandante Vs. KENNETH GERARD McCONNELL, JANE DOE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR

AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: IS2024CV00150. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: KENNETH GERARD McCONNELL, JANE DOE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

Quedan emplazados y notificados de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda en su contra sobre Cobro de Dinero. Se le notifica para que comparezca ante el Tribunal dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga, en el presente caso. Se le notifica que deberá presentar su alegación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. poderjudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Centro Judicial de Aguadilla, Sala Superior, y enviando copia a la parte demandante: Lcda. Andrea Carolina Chaves Figueroa; PO Box 193813, San Juan, PR 00919; achaves@esqlegalpr.com. Se le apercibe y notifica que si no contesta la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía en su contra y se dictará sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la demanda, sin más citársele ni oírsele. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal a 24 de octubre de 2024. SARAHÍ REYES SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA GENERAL. AWILDA CABÁN SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE JUANA DÍAZ SALA SUPERIOR CARIBE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

Demandante Vs. STEPHANIE MICHELLE SERRANO, LUIS VENEGAS GIRÓN Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL

DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS Demandados Civil Núm.: JD2024CV00416. (001). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.=

A: LUIS VENEGAS GIRÓN, LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR ÉSTE Y STEPHANIE MICHELLE SERRANO - PALACIOS DEL PRADO, CALLE PACÍFICO #43, JUANA DÍAZ, PR 00795. Queda emplazado y notificado de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda en su contra sobre Cobro de Dinero. Se le notifica para que comparezca ante el Tribunal dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga, en el presente caso. Se le notifica que deberá presentar su alegación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https.//unired. poderjudicial.pr., salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Centro Judicial de Juana Díaz, Sala Superior, y enviando copia a la parte demandante: Lcda. Andrea Carolina Chaves Figueroa; PO Box 193813, San Juan, PR 00919; achaves@esqlegalpr.com. Se le apercibe y notifica que si no contesta la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía en su contra y se dictará sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la demanda, sin más citársele ni oírsele. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal a 24 de octubre de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA GENERAL. CONSUELO ELAINE RIVERA PADILLA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN CARMEN LUZ NIEVES VÁZQUEZ

Parte Demandante Vs. JOSÉ ANTONIO CORDERO OTERO

Parte Demandada

Caso Núm.: BY2024CV05345.

Sala: 401. Sobre: PRESCRIPCIÓN ADQUISITIVA (USUCAPIÓN CONTRA TÁBULA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: LA PARTE DEMANDADA: JOSÉ ANTONIO CORDERO OTERO - 233 SOUTH, ORANGE AVE., EL CAJON, CALIFORNIA 9202.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días siguientes a la publicación del edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente sea dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Se le apercibe que 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. Abogadas de la parte demandante: Lcda. Marisel Barreto Viera RUA 19000

Lcda. Samaria Carrasquillo Díaz RUA: 18468

Dirección: Crown Hills, 138 Ave. W. Churchill PMB 224 San Juan, P.R. 00926-6013

Tel: 787-945-5193

Correo Electrónico: mariselbarreto@gmail.com samaria.carrasquilllo@gmail.com

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIR-

MA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 24 de octubre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. NÉLIDA OCASIO ORTEGA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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

ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC,

COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC.

Demandante Vs. GLADYS E. PINA PACHECO

Demandado

Civil Núm.: PO2024CV01237. Salón: 301. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - R.60. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: GLADYS E PINA PACHECO - COMUNIDAD PUNTA DIAMANTE 1540 CALLE NAIRA, PONCE, PR 00728-2295. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Jan Miguel Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jan.otero@orf-law. com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy día 20 de septiembre de 2024. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 20 de septiembre de 2024. CARMEN TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. SANDRA GONZÁLEZ RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE ARECIBO DANIEL VALLE PÉREZ Peticionario EX PARTE

Civil Núm.: AR2024CV01882. Salón: 402. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. A: PERSONAS IGNORADAS O DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCION DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD Y TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO A ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE. POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica a usted que se ha presentado ante este Tribunal el expediente arriba titulado, con el fin de justificar e inscribir en el Registro de la Propiedad a favor de la Parte Peticionaria el dominio que alega sobre la finca que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Parcela de terreno radicada en el Barrio Santana del término municipal de Arecibo, Puerto Rico con una cabida superficial de Dos Mil Ochenta y Cinco punto Nueve Mil Quinientos Cincuenta y Siete Metros cuadrados (2,085.9557 m/c), equivalentes a Cero punto Cinco Mil Trescientos Siete cuerdas (0.5307 cds.). Linda al NORTE con la carretera “PR” Dos (PR-2); por el SUR, con la carretera “PR” Seis Seis Dos (PR-662); por el ESTE, con Isel, Inc.; y por el OESTE, con Eulogio Agosto. La Parte Peticionaria está representada por el Lcdo. Luis Sevillano Sánchez, RUA 13,644, PO BOX 141118, Arecibo PR 00614-1118. Teléfono: 787-878-5132. Correo electrónico: ofic.lcdo.luissevillano@gmail.com. Se le notifica a usted que este Tribunal ha ordenado su citación, para que presente oposición a este expediente, si se viesen perjudicados con la inscripción que se solicita; advirtiéndole que de no hacerlo dentro del término de veinte (20) días a contar desde que fuera usted notificado de esta citación, la Parte Peticionaria podrán solicitar y obtener la aprobación de este expediente de dominio y la correspondiente inscripción a su nombre en el Registro de la Propiedad el dominio de la finca anteriormente descrita. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su ale-

gación dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la Parte Peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Petición, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Por Orden de este Tribunal, expido la presente bajo mi firma y sello oficial. Expedido en Arecibo, Puerto Rico, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 27 de octubre de 2024. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. PILAR H. MERCADO GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA AIUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN ORIENTAL BANK

Demandante V. JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE

Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV06416. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE HIPOTECA CON INSTRUMENTO EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, personas desconocidas que se designan con estos nombres ficticios, que puedan ser tenedor o tenedores, o puedan tener algún interés en el pagaré hipotecario a que se hace referencia más adelante en el presente edicto, que se publicará una sola vez. Se les notifica que en la Demanda radicada en el caso de epígrafe se alega que el 2 de julio de 2003, se otorgó un pagaré a favor de RG Premier Bank of Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $70,000.00 de principal, con intereses al 5 3/4% anual, con vencimiento el 1 de julio de 2033, ante el notario Georgette M. Rodríguez Figueroa mediante afidávit 5868. En garantía del pagaré antes descrito se otorgó la escritura de hipoteca número 860, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 2 de julio de 2003, ante el notario Georgette M. Rodríguez Figueroa, inscrita al folio 6 del tomo 935 de Monacillo, finca 2300, inscripción 10a, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección III. El inmueble gravado mediante la hipoteca antes descrita es la finca 2300 inscrita al folio 85 del tomo 64 de Monacillos, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección III. La obligación evidenciada

por el pagaré antes descrito fue saldada en su totalidad. Dicho gravamen no ha podido ser cancelado por haberse extraviado el original del pagaré. El original del pagaré antes descrito no ha podido ser localizado, a pesar de las gestiones realizadas. RG Premier Bank of Puerto Rico (hoy Oriental Bank, antes Scotiabank) es el acreedor que consta en el Registro de la Propiedad. RG Premier Bank of Puerto Rico (hoy Oriental Bank, antes Scotiabank) fue último tenedor conocido del pagaré antes descrito. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido publicado 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 el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la mismas al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. 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. Además, se la apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 572029, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menos fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Representa a la parte demandante el Lcdo. Javier Montalvo Cintrón, RUA #17,682, Delgado Fernández, LLC, PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-1750. Tel. [787] 274-1414, jmontalvo@ delgadofernandez.com Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 23 de octubre de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETA-

RIA REGIONAL. NELLY MARTE MARCANO, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAGÜEZ SALA SUPERIOR ANTONIO M. MOREDA ALEGRÍA Peticionario EX PARTE

Civil Núm.: MZ2024CV01050. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: PERSONAS IGNORADAS O DESCONOCIDAS O PERSONAS CON INTERÉS, A QUIENES PUEDA PERJUDICAR LA INMATRICULACIÓN. POR CUANTO: La parte peticionaria por conducto de su abogado, Lcdo. Carlos L. Segar ra Matos, con oficina en el #2510 de la Carretera 100 kilómetro 3.5 en Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico y dirección postal PO Box 582 Boquerón PR 00622, ha radicado una petición en la Secretaría de este Tribunal, solicitando la inmatriculación y el dominio en el Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico Sección de San Germán, del inmueble que se describe de la siguiente manera: RÚSTICA: Porción de ter reno que mide diecisiete metros y medio de frente por veinte y dos metros y sesenta centímetros de fondo, abarcando una extensión superficial de TRESCIENTOS NOVENTA Y CINCO Y MEDIO METROS CUADRADOS, o sea diez céntimos de cuerda radicada en el barrio Monte Grande, término municipal de Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico y colinda por el NORTE, con terrenos de María Ruperta Laracuente, por el ESTE, con el camino, antes, hoy carretera de Cabo Rojo que conduce al barrio de Llanos Tuna, por el SUR, con más terrenos de la señora Castora Franqui Zapata y por el OESTE, con más terrenos también de la señora Castora Franqui Zapata. Enclava en esta parcela descrita, una casa de bloques, reforzada con hormigón y varillas de hierro, con su techo también de varillas de hierro y hormigón y su balcón, sala y pasillo, cubiertos con losetas, teniendo el piso de los cuartos de concreto. Esta casa mide veintiún pies de frente por treinta y dos pies de fondo y diez pies de luz y está dividida en departamentos que sirven de sala y comedor, tres cuartos dormitorios y una cocina, y en su patio contiene una caseta

de madera, cubierta con cartón de techar y piso de concreto, dividida en dos departamentos que sirven cuarto de baño y letrina. Dicha propiedad se encuentra libre de cargas o gravámenes. POR CUANTO: El Tribunal Ordena la citación de las personas arriba nombradas, que pudieran tener algún interés en la propiedad o que puedan ser perjudicados por su inscripción para que comparezcan a formular alegaciones si así lo desean, dentro del término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de la última publicación de este edicto. A tales fines, el edicto se publicará tres (3) veces en un periódico general de circulación diaria dentro del término de veinte (20) días. Se le advierte que, de no haber oposición, se dictará Resolución concediendo lo solicitado. POR CUANTO: Expido el presente edicto en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy día 25 de octubre de 2024. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. EVELYN GONZÁLEZ HERNÁNDEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUADILLA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADA FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY Demandante V. COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CREDITO DE RINCON Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: AG2024CV01207. (Salón: 0002 DISTRITO Y SUPERIOR). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. DAVID CARDONA DINGUIDCARDONA@CM-PRLAW.COM. SANDRA DE L. TOUS CHEVRESSTOUS@BUFETETOUS.COM.

A: FULANO DE TAL, Y MENGANO MAS CUAL. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 21 de octubre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro

del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 22 de octubre de 2024. En Aguada, Puerto Rico, el 22 de octubre de 2024. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. NOEMÍ DEL C. ROMÁN BOSQUES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ARECIBO SALA SUPERIOR OLGA MARTINEZ ARCE Parte Demandante Vs. CUATRO GATOS MAC FACTORY, LLC; ASEGURADORA I; 4 GATOS, INC.; ASEGURADORA II; COMPAÑÍA X; ASEGURADORAS 1-10; CORPORACIONES 1-10; DEMANDADOS DESCONOCIDOS 1-10

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: AR2024CV01803. Sobre: DAÑOS Y PERJUICIOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. A: CUATRO GATOS MAC FACTORY.

Por la presente se le notifica que se ha presentado una Demanda de Daños y Perjuicios en su contra donde se solicita el pago de la suma de $60,000.00 dólares por concepto de daños. Por el presente Edicto, se les emplaza y requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de un término de treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación del mismo y presente el original de dicha contestación 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 caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal y notificar copia de la misma dentro del mismo término al Lcdo. Luis Domínguez Fuertes a la siguiente dirección: PO BOX 364566, SAN JUAN, PR 00936-4566, Tel. 787-2960000, ldominguezfuertes@ gmail.com, abogado de la parte demandante. Por la presente se les apercibe que de no comparecer a formular alegaciones dentro de treinta (30)

días contados a partir de la fecha de la publicación de este Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia de acuerdo con lo solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Hatillo, Puerto Rico, a 16 de octubre de 2024. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. SUHAIL SERRANO MOYA, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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

ELIZABETH RODRÍGUEZ RODRÍGUEZ

Parte Demandante Vs. ISMAEL SOTO GONZÁLEZ

Parte Demandada Caso Núm.: FA2024RF00218. Sobre: DIVORCIO (RUPTURA IRREPARABLE). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. A: ISMAEL SOTO GONZÁLEZ - 7127 COMMOND BLD., PORT RICHEY FL, 34668.

POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica que la demandante ha radicado una Demanda sobre Divorcio por la Causal de Ruptura Irreparable. Habiéndose ordenado la publicación de un Emplazamiento por Edicto para emplazarlo a usted, durante el término que establece la Ley, en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico. POR ESTE MEDIO, se le emplaza por Edicto y requiere a usted, la parte con interés, para que notifique al: LCDO. RICARDO M. PRIETO GARCÍA A su dirección postal 6 CALLE CELIS AGUILERA S, SUITE 201-A, FAJARDO, PUERTO RICO, 00738 Cell: (787) 860-0875 y/o a su correo electrónico: oficina@prietolawoffice. com

Con con copia de su contestación a las alegaciones de la Demanda en este caso, las cuales podrá usted examinar en la Sala de Fajardo, del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sección Superior, dentro de los treinta (30) días contados desde el siguiente día a la fecha de la publicación de este Emplazamiento por Edicto, con la advertencia a los efectos de que si no contesta la demanda presentando el Original de la Contestación, ante el Tribunal correspondiente, con copia a la parte demandante, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia para conceder el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. “Usted deberá presentar su alegación res-

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ponsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.poderjudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal.” EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA, y el sello del Tribunal en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy 28 de octubre de 2024. WANDA SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. ARLYN MOLINA LOGROÑO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS MARISOL

MARIN RODRIGUEZ

Demandante Vs SUCESION DE MANUEL FERNÁNDEZ, MANUEL FERNANDEZ GIMENEZ COMPUESTA POR

MANUEL ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ

SOTOMAYOR, NEYSA IDALLYS FERNANDEZ

SOTOMAYOR, FULANO DE TAL

Demandada Civil Núm.: CG2023CV02942.

Sala: 702. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO, COBRO O SOLICITUD DE RECOBRAR PROPIEDAD. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: SUCESION DE MANUEL FERNANDEZ GIMENEZ COMPUESTA POR: MANUEL ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ SOTOMAYOR, NEYSA IDALLYS FERNANDEZ SOTOMAYOR, FULANO DE TAL O SEA, LA PARTE ARRIBA MENCIONADA. POR LA PRESENTE, se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda enmendada 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/tribunalelectronico/, salvo que el caso sea un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho pro-

pio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. LCDA. MARGARITA GÓMEZ

VÁZQUEZ

Número del Tribunal Supremo: 8,806 URB. FOREST VIEW, I-2 BAJOS

CALLE ESPAÑA, BAYAMÓN, P.R. 00956

TEL. (787) 740-7190

EMAIL:

licmargaritagomez@gmail.com

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. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 572023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera del hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, inicios b y f de Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Expedida en Caguas, hoy 23 de octubre de 2024. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. VIONNETTE ESPINOSA CASTILLO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA MUNICIPAL CARIBE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

Demandante Vs. LUIS ANTONIO AVILÉS LÓPEZ

Demandado Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV08202. (1003). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: LUIS ANTONIO AVILÉS LÓPEZ - 6155 ADDISON

DR. SOUTH #310, WESTERVILLE, OH 43081.

Queda emplazados y notificado de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda en su contra sobre Cobro de Dinero. Se le notifica para que comparezca ante el Tribunal

dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga, en el presente caso. Se le notifica que deberá presentar su alegación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https.//unired. poderjudicial.pr., salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Centro Judicial de San Juan, Sala Municipal, y enviando copia a la parte demandante: Lcda. Andrea Carolina Chaves Figueroa; PO Box 193813, San Juan, PR 00919; achaves@esqlegalpr.com. Se le apercibe y notifica que si no contesta la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía en su contra y se dictará sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la demanda, sin más citársele ni oírsele. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal a 28 de octubre de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA GENERAL. LAURA C. REYNOSO ESQUILÍN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC

Demandante V. JAVIER

CASTRO MERCADO

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: YU2023CV00568. (Salón: 3 SALA MUNICIPAL EN SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.

A: JAVIER CASTRO MERCADO, P/C LCDA. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERA.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 18 de octubre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10

días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 29 de octubre de 2024. En Yauco, Puerto Rico, el 29 de octubre de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. DELIA APONTE VELÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. SUCN CARMEN ROSA ROSARIO GARCIA Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2023CV00831. (Civil: 407). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA.

DUNCAN R. MALDONADO EJARQUE - EJECUCIONES@CMPRLAW.COM. A: MARVIN DIAZ ROSARIO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 de agosto de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 28 de octubre de

2024. Notas de la Secretaría: ENMENDADA A LOS FINES DE CUMPLIR CON LA ORDEN DICTADA POR LA HON JUEZA DEL 27 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 28 de octubre de 2024. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. DENISSE MINERVA TORRES RUIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE UTUADO CARMEN ANA VÉLEZ MARTÍNEZ Y SUCESIÓN DE LUIS ALFREDO NIEVES FIGUERDA COMPUESTA POR WILFREDO NIEVES, RUTH NILDA NIEVES, LUZ ENILDA NIEVES I LUIS ALFREDO NIEVES JR. Peticionarias Vs. EX PARTE

Civil Núm.: UT2024CV00431. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS STADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S.

A: (I) Personas Ignoradas o desconocidas a quienes pudiera perjudicar la inscripción del dominio a favor de Ia Parte Peticionaria en el Registro de la Propiedad y toda persona en general que con derecho a ello desee oponerse a este expediente. (II) Sucesión de Edgar Ismael Vélez, compuesta por Edgar Ismael Vélez, Maria Vélez y Luz Elenia Vélez. Por la presente se notifica a usted que se ha presentado ante este Tribunal el expediente arriba titulado, con el fin de justificar e inscribir en el Registro de la Propiedad a favor de la Parte Peticionaria el dominio que alega sobre a finca que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Solar DOS (2) radicado en el Barrio Callejones del término municipal de Lures, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de TRES MIL OCHOCIENTOS SESENTA Y SIETE PUNTO INCO MIL TRESCIENTOS OCHENTA Y TRES METROS CUADRADOS (3,867.5383 MC) EQUIVALENTES A NUEVE MIL OCHOCIENTOS CUARENTA DIEZMILÉSIMAS DE CUERDA (.98410 CD) en lindes al: NORTE, en dos (2) alineaciones continuas de setenta y siete punto trescien-

tos cuarenta y cinco metros (77.345 m) con el solar tres (3) a nombre de Carmen Lydia Vélez Martínez y en una distancia de veinticuatro punto cuatrocientos setenta y dos metros (24.472 m) con el solar uno (1) a nombre de Ismael Vélez; al SUR, en una distancia de noventa y dos punto cuatrocientos cuarenta metros (92.440 m) con el remanente de la finca, a nombre de Ia Sucesión de Zenón Vélez; ESTE, en una distancia de dos (2) alineaciones continuas de cuarenta y seis punto trescientos ochenta y seis metros (46.386 m) con Ia carretera municipal cuatrocientos treinta y cuatro (434); y al OESTE, ez una distancia de veintiocho punto ochocientos dieciséis metros (28.816 m) con el solar uno (1) a nombre de Ismael Vélez. Contiene una vivienda. La parte promovente está representada por el Lcdo. Luis Sevillano Sánchez, RUA 13,644, P0 Box 141118 Arecibo, PR 00614-1118. Tel. (787) 878-5132 / Fax (787) 880-3073. Correo electrónico: ofic.lcdo.lussevillano@gmail. com. Se Ie notifica a usted que este Tribunal ha ordenado su citación, para que presente oposición a este expediente, si se viesen perjudicados con la inscripción que se solicita; advirtiéndole que de no hacerlo dentro del término de veinte (20) días a contar desde que fuera usted notificado de esta citación, la Parte Peticionaria podrán solicitar y obtener Ia aprobación de este expediente de dominio y la correspondiente inscripción a su nombre en ci Registro de la Propiedad ci dominio de la finca anteriormente descrita. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Petición, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Por Orden de este Tribunal, expido la presente bajo mi firma y sello oficial. En Utuado, Puerto Rico, hoy día 28 de octubre de 2024. DIANE ÁLVAREZ VILLANUEVA, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. GLORIA I. RIVERA FONSECA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN NILDA

HAMILL RODRÍGUEZ Demandante V. FREDERICK FERNÁNDEZ RIVERA Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: BY2024CV01708. (Salón: 506). Sobre: DIVISIÓN O LIQUIDACIÓN DE LACOMUNIDAD DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

LAURA R. DOMÍNGUEZ LLERANDILDOMINGUEZLAW@GMAIL.COM.

A: FREDERICK FERNANDEZ RIVERA, CON ULTIMA DIRECCION CONOCIDA EN: 5008

53RD P1, HYATTSVILLE, MARYLAND 20781; DANIEL TODD FERNANDEZ ESPADA, FRANK FERNANDEZ RIVERA O SU SUCESION DESCONOCIDA Y PRESUNTA COMPUESTA POR A, B Y C; ARMANDO FERNANDEZ RIVERA O SU SUCESION DESCONOCIDA Y PRESUNTA COMPUESTA POR D, E Y F; Y CUALQUIERA PERSONA IGNORADA QUE PUEDATENER INTERES EN ESTE CASO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 22 de octubre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 28 de octubre de 2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 28 de octubre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARILYN COLÓN CARRASQUILLO, SECRETARIA

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Demandante V. LUZ B. FERRER DIAZ

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: TA2024CV00128. (Salón: 500-A). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

KENMUEL JOSÉ RUIZ LÓPEZKENMUEL.RUIZ@ORF-LAW.COM.

A: LUZ B. FERRER DIAZ. (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 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 30 de octubre de 2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 30 de octubre de 2024. ALICIA

AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARÍA COLLAZO FEBUS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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BENITEZ CARMONA

Demandante V. ROBERTO VAZQUEZ CRUZ

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: BY2024RF01214 (Salón 4002 FAMILIA Y MENORES). Sobre: PATRIA POTESTAD - PRIVACION, SUS-

PENSION O RESTRICCION. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. MARISEL BARRETO VIERA

MARISELBARRETO@GMAIL.COM A: ROBERTO VAZQUEZ CRUZ

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 25 de octubre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 25 de octubre de 2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 25 de octubre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURGO, SECRETARIA. F/WILMARY RODRIGUEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA ALTA

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE CARLOS GIOVANNI CÓRDOVA

GONZÁLEZ Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: CZ2024CV00101. (Salón: 201B). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ENRIQUE ALCARAZ MICHELI - EALCARAZM@ ALCARAZABOGADOS.NET. JEAN PAUL JULIÁ DÍAZJPJULIA@RMMELAW.COM.

WESTING PR INC. - CARR 159 KM 18.2 INTERIOR, BO MAVILLAS, COROZAL, PUERTO RICO, 00783. A: WESTING PR INC.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 29 de octubre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archiva-

da en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 31 de octubre de 2024. En Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, el 31 de octubre de 2024. ALICIA

AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA BONILLA HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR BELIRIS MATOS MATOS

Parte Demandante Vs. UNIVERSAL INSURANCE COMPANY; THRIFTY CAR RENTAL; YAMIL VILLAFAÑE Y FULANA DE TAL POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; DUEÑO X Y FULANA DE TAL POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; ASEGURADORAS 1-10; CORPORACIONES 1-10; DEMANDADOS DESCONOCIDOS 1-10

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV08513. Sobre: DAÑOS Y PERJUICIOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. A: YAMIL VILLAFAÑE POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DE LA SLG.

Por la presente se le notifica que se ha presentado una Demanda de Daños y Perjuicios en su contra donde se solicita el pago de la suma de $60,000.00 dólares por concepto de daños. Por el pre-

sente Edicto, se les emplaza y requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de un término de treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación del mismo y presente el original de dicha contestación 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 caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal y notificar copia de la misma dentro del mismo término al Lcdo. Luis Domínguez Fuertes a la siguiente dirección: PO BOX 364566, SAN JUAN, PR 00936-4566, Tel. 787-2960000, ldominguezfuertes@ gmail.com, abogado de la parte demandante. Por la presente se les apercibe que de no comparecer a formular alegaciones dentro de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de la publicación de este Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia de acuerdo con lo solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, a 23 de octubre de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MICHELLE RIVERA RÍOS, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante v. ELIZARDI CASTRO LOZADA, MILAGROS MAGDALENA GARCED MONSERRATE y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00852. 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: Elizardi Castro Lozada Milagros Magdalena Garced Monserrate y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos

9 Lenox Ave., White Plains, NY 10603-3611

POR LA PRESENTE, se le notifica a Elizardi Castro Lozada, Milagros Magdalena Garced Monserrate y a la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. POR LO TANTO, se le emplaza por edicto y se le requiere que notifique a MARINI PIETRANTONI MUÑIZ LLC., Lcdo. Luis C. Marini Biaggi (lmarini@ mpmlawpr.com), la Lcda. Ashley Anne Clemente Serrano (aclemente@mpmlawpr.com) y la Lcda. Getzemarie Lugo Rodríguez (glugo@mpmlawpr. com), 250 Ponce de León Ave., Suite 900 San Juan, PR 00918, Tel. 787- 705- 2171, copia de su contestación a la Demanda dentro de los (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. SE LE ADVIERTE que, de no proceder conforme con lo antes indicado, se le anotará la rebeldía y podrá dictarse Sentencia en su contra, concediendo a la parte demandante los remedios solicitados en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 4 de octubre de 2024. Lcda. Laura I Santa Sanchez, SECRETARIO GENERAL. POR: Maritza Rosario Rosario, SECRETARIO AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA.

HACIENDA DEL MAR

OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante v. GILBERTO JIMENEZ NIEVES, JUDITH ROMAN NIEVES y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00908. 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: GILBERTO JIMENEZ

NIEVES JUDITH ROMAN

NIEVES y La Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales, compuesta por ambos; 23 Noon PL, Freeport, NY 11520-5311 POR LA PRESENTE, se le notifica a Gilberto Jimenez Nieves, Judith Roman Nieves y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos, que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. POR LO TANTO, se le emplaza por edicto y se le requiere que notifique a MARINI PIETRANTONI MUÑIZ LLC., Lcdo. Luis C. Marini Biaggi (lmarini@mpmlawpr. com), la Lcda. Ashley Anne Clemente Serrano (aclemente@mpmlawpr.com) y la Lcda. Getzemarie Lugo Rodríguez (glugo@mpmlawpr.com), 250 Ponce de León Ave., Suite 900 San Juan, PR 00918, Tel. 787- 705- 2171, copia de su contestación a la Demanda dentro de los (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. SE LE ADVIERTE que, de no proceder conforme con lo antes indicado, se le anotará la rebeldía y podrá dictarse Sentencia en su contra, concediendo a la parte demandante los remedios solicitados en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 18 de octubre de 2024. Aliceia Ayala Sanjujo, SECRETARIO GENERAL. POR: Maritza Rosario Rosario, SECRETARIO AUXILIAR.

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Demandante v.

HAROLD CARDONA, ELISA IVETTE CARDONA y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00850.

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: Harold Cardona, Elisa Ivette Cardona y, la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales, compuesta por ambos 289 Mount Hope Ave., Apt. Q13, Dover, NJ 07801-1840

POR LA PRESENTE, se le notifica a Harold Cardona, Elisa Ivette Cardona y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos, que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. POR LO TANTO, se le emplaza por edicto y se le requiere que notifique a MARINI PIETRANTONI MUÑIZ LLC., Lcdo. Luis C. Marini Biaggi (lmarini@ mpmlawpr.com), la Lcda. Ashley Anne Clemente Serrano (aclemente@mpmlawpr.com) y la Lcda. Getzemarie Lugo Rodríguez (glugo@mpmlawpr. com), 250 Ponce de León Ave., Suite 900 San Juan, PR 00918, Tel. 787- 705- 2171, copia de su contestación a la Demanda dentro de los (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. SE LE ADVIERTE que, de no proceder conforme con lo antes indicado, se le anotará la rebeldía y podrá dictarse Sentencia en su contra, concediendo a la parte demandante los remedios solicitados en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 4 de octubre de 2024. LCDA LAURA I. SANTA SANCHEZ, SECRETARIO GENERAL. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRE-

TARIO AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA.

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante GISELA MILLAN, VINCENT STERLING BROOKS t/c/c VINCENT S. BROOKS y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados

CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00907. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA . EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.

A: GISELA MILLAN VINCENT STERLING BROOKS tic/c VINCENT

S. BROOKS y La Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales, compuesta por ambos 32 Ramona Rd, Newburgh, NY 125507010

POR LA PRESENTE, se le notifica a Gisela Millan, Vincent Sterling Brooks t/c/c Vincent S. Brooks y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos, que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. POR LO TANTO, se le emplaza por edicto y se le requiere que notifique a MARINI PIETRANTONI MUÑIZ LLC., Lcdo. Luis C. Marini Biaggi (lmarini@mpmlawpr. corn), la Lcda. Ashley Anne Clemente Serrano (aclemente@mpmlawpr.com.) y la Lcda. Getzemarie Lugo Rodríguez .pr.com), 250 Ponce de León Ave., Suite 900 San Juan, PR 00918, Tel. 7.87- 705- 2171, copia de su contestación a la Demanda dentro de los (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudic.ial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. SE LE ADVIERTE que, de no proceder

conforme con lo antes indicado, se le anotará la rebeldía y podrá dictarse Sentencia en su contra, concediendo a la parte demandante los remedios solicitados en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 18 de octubre de 2024. ALICIA

AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIO GENERAL. POR: MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SEC AUX TRIB I.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA.

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante v. MICHAEL CASTRONOVO, LAURA FINA CASCINO y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES

COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00906.

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: Michael Castronovo, Laura Fina Cascino, y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos. 200 Bayview Ave, Massapequa, NY 11758-8005

POR LA PRESENTE, se le notifica a Michael Castronovo, Laura Fina Cascino y a la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. POR LO TANTO, se le emplaza por edicto y se le requiere que notifique a MARINI PIETRANTONI MUÑIZ LLC., Lcdo. Luis C. Marini Biaggi (lmarini@ mpmlawpr.com), la Lcda. Ashley Anne Clemente Serrano (aclemente@mpmlawpr.com) y la Lcda. Getzemarie Lugo Rodríguez (glugo@mpmlawpr. com), 250 Ponce de León Ave., Suite 900 San Juan, PR 00918, Tel. 787- 705- 2171, copia de su contestación a la Demanda dentro de los (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración

de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. SE LE ADVIERTE que, de no proceder conforme con lo antes indicado, se le anotará la rebeldía y podrá dictarse Sentencia en su contra, concediendo a la parte demandante los remedios solicitados en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 18 de OCTUBRE de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIO GENERAL. POR: MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIO AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA.

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante v. THOMAS

EDWARD COLLICH

Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00851. 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: Thomas Edward Collich, Apt. 2k, 4901 Henry Hudson Pkwy, Bronx, NY 10471-3217

POR LA PRESENTE, se le notifica a Thomas Edward Collich que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. POR LO TANTO, se le emplaza por edicto y se le requiere que notifique a MARINI PIETRANTONI MUÑIZ LLC., Lcdo. Luis C. Marini Biaggi (lmarini@ mpmlawpr.com), la Lcda. Ashley Anne Clemente Serrano (aclemente@mpmlawpr.com) y la Lcda. Getzemarie Lugo Rodríguez (glugo@mpmlawpr. com), 250 Ponce de León Ave., Suite 900 San Juan, PR 00918, Tel. 787- 705- 2171, copia de su contestación a la Demanda dentro de los (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración

de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. SE LE ADVIERTE que, de no proceder conforme con lo antes indicado, se le anotará la rebeldía y podrá dictarse Sentencia en su contra, concediendo a la parte demandante los remedios solicitados en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 4 de OCTUBRE de 2024. LCDA LAURA I. SANTA SANCHEZ, SECRETARIO GENERAL.

POR: MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIO AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA. HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante v. PATRICIA LORRAINE HUNT y JOHN HUNT y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00903. 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: Patricia Lorraine Hunt, John Hunt, y La Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales, compuesta por ambos; 216 Harned RD Commack, NY 117254204

POR LA PRESENTE, se le notifica a Patricia Lorraine Hunt y John Hunt y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos, que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. POR LO TANTO, se le emplaza por edicto y se le requiere que notifique a MARINI PIETRANTONI MUÑIZ LLC., Lcdo. Luis C. Marini Biaggi (lmarini@ mpmlawpr.com), la Lcda. Ashley Anne Clemente Serrano (aclemente@mpmlawpr.com)

y la Lcda. Getzemarie Lugo Rodríguez (glugo@mpmlawpr. com), 250 Ponce de León Ave., Suite 900 San Juan, PR 00918, Tel. 787- 705- 2171, copia de su contestación a la Demanda dentro de los (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. SE LE ADVIERTE que, de no proceder conforme con lo antes indicado, se le anotará la rebeldía y podrá dictarse Sentencia en su contra, concediendo a la parte demandante los remedios solicitados en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 18 de OCTUBRE de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIO GENERAL. POR: MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIO AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA.

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante v. IRIS NEREIDA BERMÚDEZ RODRÍGUEZ

Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00849.

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: Iris Nereida Bermúdez Rodríguez 200 Skyhawk Dr. Apt. 214, Boiling Springs, South Carolina, 29316-6603

POR LA PRESENTE, se le notifica a Iris Nereida Bermúdez Rodríguez, que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. POR LO TANTO, se le emplaza por edicto y se le requiere que notifique a MARINI PIETRANTONI MUÑIZ LLC., Lcdo. Luis C. Marini Biaggi (lmarini@mpmlawpr. com), la Lcda. Ashley Anne

Clemente Serrano (aclemente@mpmlawpr.com) y la Lcda. Getzemarie Lugo Rodríguez (glugo@mpmlawpr.com), 250 Ponce de León Ave., Suite 900 San Juan, PR 00918, Tel. 787- 705- 2171, copia de su contestación a la Demanda dentro de los (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. SE LE ADVIERTE que, de no proceder conforme con lo antes indicado, se le anotará la rebeldía y podrá dictarse Sentencia en su contra, concediendo a la parte demandante los remedios solicitados en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 8 de OCTUBRE de 2024. LCDA

LAURA I. SANTA SANCHEZ, SECRETARIO GENERAL. POR: MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIO AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA DE HUMACAO ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC. Demandante Vs. ROXANIE RIVERA RIVERA T/C/C ROXANY RIVERA RIVERA

Demandada Civil Núm.: HU2024CV00395. Salón: 102. 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: ROXANIE RIVERA RIVERA T/C/C ROXANY RIVERA RIVERA - CALLE HUMACAO, PARCELA 374, BARRIO PASTO VIEJO, SECTOR LA GLORIA, HUMACAO PR.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Ma-

nejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Juan Antonio Ruiz Robles cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección juan. ruiz@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law. com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy día 9 de septiembre de 2024. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 9 de septiembre de 2024. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. LISA M. FIGUEROA RUIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE AÑASCO ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC. Demandante Vs. KEISHLA A. BONILLA CHEVERES

BONILLA CHEVERES

- RIO ARENAS APTS 1001 PASEO RAMON RIVERA APT 1, LAS MARIAS, PR 00670; 9852 LYCHEE LOOP APT 302, RIVERVIEW, FL, 33569.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Jan Miguel Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jan. otero@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law. com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Añasco, Puerto Rico, hoy día 12 de septiembre de 2024. En Añasco, Puerto Rico, el 12 de septiembre de 2024. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. JAILENE ACEVEDO GUZMÁN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE FAJARDO. Island Portfolio Services, LLC, como agente de Fairway Acquisitions

Fund, LLC. DEMANDANTE vs. LUIS G PEREZ SANJURJO DEMANDADO

CIVIL NÚM.: RG2024CV00230. SALÓN: 206. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO R.60. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. Estados Unidos de América El Presidente de los Estados Unidos El Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. SS: A: Luis G Perez SanjurjoURB COCO BEACH 419 CALLE BAHIA, RIO GRANDE, PR 00745 POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico/ , salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la 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 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 Ledo. Jan Miguel Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jan. otero@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law. com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en FAJARDO , Puerto Rico, hoy día 11 de SEPTIEMBRE de 2024. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 12 de SEPTIEMBRE de 2024. WANDA l. SEGUI REYES, Secretario(a). IDALIA PIÑERO REYES, Secretario(a) Auxiliar.

Demandado Civil Núm.: LM2024CV00012. Salón: 0001. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - R.60. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: KEISHLA A. Notice is hereby given that Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Company has changed its state of domicile from Illinois to Nebraska effective January 1, 2024.

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For Boone, the future is almost here

Manager Aaron Boone of the New York Yankees before Game 4 of the American League Championship Series at Yankees Stadium on Oct. 17, 2019. The final guaranteed year of Boone’s contract ended last week after the Yankees fell 7-6 to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the deciding Game 5 of the World Series. The Yankees can activate an option that would keep him around for 2025, or they could move on. (Ben Solomon/The New York Times)

By BRENDAN KUTY / THE ATHLETIC

The wound was still fresh, the disappointment heavy. For New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone, thinking about the next day may have felt like it was too far ahead. He had felt this pain before. It had been 21 years since the only other time he’d been in a World Series, losing while playing with the Yankees against the Florida Marlins. All this time later, that emptiness was back. He had lost the World Series again. “I’m 51,” he said late last Wednesday. “I’ve poured my life into that.”

So, when the topic of Boone’s future came up, he grew slightly tense. He leaned his elbows on the table and wrapped his arms around his chest as if bracing for impact. Not an hour

before, Boone watched from his usual perch on the dugout steps as the Yankees fell 7-6 to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a deciding Game 5.

The final guaranteed year of Boone’s contract had just ended. The Yankees can activate an option that would keep him around for 2025, or they could move on. When would he allow himself to start thinking about his future?

“We’ll see,” he said. “I don’t know.”

For Boone, there was a lot riding on this World Series, even if it wasn’t necessarily his job security.

By winning the pennant, he likely at least turned down the decibel level of his biggest critics, who frequently pointed out that he had lost in both prior trips to the American League Championship Series since taking over as manager in 2018.

If the Yankees were considering moving on from him, there had been no public indication. General manager Brian Cashman said early in the playoffs that the club was “happy” with Boone as manager. Before many postseason games, owner Hal Steinbrenner would visit Boone’s office to check in on the state of the team.

But Boone surely knows how things work in the Bronx. A World Series victory, ending the franchise’s 15-year drought, would have put him in good standing with

Yankees fans for the rest of his life. Boone’s two most recent predecessors — Joe Torre and Joe Girardi — each won championships, and no matter how turbulent things became during their tenures, they’re now mostly remembered fondly.

Boone doesn’t have a ring. This year, he came close. The Yankees held a 5-0 lead going into the fifth inning of Game 5 before the wheels fell off with the kind of sloppy play that had haunted the club throughout the season. Aaron Judge and Anthony Volpe made uncharacteristic errors and Gerrit Cole and Anthony Rizzo combined made mental errors on the same ground ball that led to the run that started a five-run Dodgers rally. A win would have forced the first-ever Game 6 in a World Series that started with one club going up 3-0.

“I’m heartbroken,” Boone said.

He also said he felt for his players.

“The ending is cruel,” he said. “It always is. I haven’t had that feeling of celebrating and going home.”

Boone has done lots of celebrating. He has the second-best winning percentage (317-212, .599) among active managers, behind only his World Series counterpart, Dave Roberts (529327, .618). He’s made the playoffs in six of his seven seasons at the helm of the Yankees.

In the clubhouse after the loss, Yankees expressed support for Boone.

“He’s always had our back,” Judge said. “He’s always been there for us. He’s always put us in the best situations day in and day out. He’s a guy that every single person in this room will run through a wall for. The culture we have here, it’s something special that we have going on here and it starts with him at the top.”

Some predicted turmoil in the Yankees’ clubhouse last season after the winter additions of pitcher Marcus Stroman and outfielder Alex Verdugo, and then after the trade deadline acquisition of Jazz Chisholm Jr. But aside from a minor spat that Stroman had with second baseman Gleyber Torres early in the season, there seemed to be little conflict within the team.

“Being in this position,” Judge said, “we wouldn’t have the guys that we brought in fit so well if it wasn’t for a manager like him to really just bring all of us together.”

Verdugo had a publicly rocky relationship with his previous manager in Boston, Alex Cora. But he worked well with Boone.

“He always counted on me,” Verdugo said. “He always knew I was going to play hard, even when I was probably in my worst struggles and worst offensive woes.”

Giancarlo Stanton said of Boone: “I know how much he cares for us.”

“Takes care of his players,” Cole said. “That’s what you want to play for in a manager.”

Late into the night after Wednesday’s defeat, Boone ambled around the clubhouse, still in the hoodie and baseball pants he had worn during the game. Perhaps it was out of habit. Boone often checks in with players before they leave for the night. Except this time, there would be no tomorrow, and while it seemed likely he’d get another shot next year, it didn’t ease the pain.

“You get that close,” he said, “it’s heartbreaking.”

The San Juan Daily Star

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