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PREPA to federal regulator: LNG storage limit undercuts grid stability

By THE STAR STAFF

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to repeal a limit on the level of liquefied natural gas (LNG) that can be stored at a facility owned by EcoEléctrica because the cap threatens grid stability.

The dispute with the FERC is one of several PREPA is having with energy regulators. Currently, PREPA is also in disputes with the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB), which refuses to allow PREPA to transform certain units in its legacy power plants so they can operate on natural gas to stabilize the system. Earlier this week, the PREB allowed some $18 million in investments to San Juan unit 7 but warned that it won’t allow any more investments, noting that the Inte grated Resource Plan calls for the island to increase the use of renewable energy sources.

In the Oct. 21 letter addressed to FERC Chairman Rich ard Glick, PREPA Executive Director Josué Colón Ortiz said EcoEléctrica’s LNG supply is of the utmost importance for Puerto Rico’s electrical system. EcoEléctrica’s power plant, together with PREPA’s Costa Sur power plant, supply almost 40% of the island’s electricity demand with clean and reli able energy, which is of critical importance to the people of Puerto Rico, the PREPA chief noted. Both plants depend on the fuel supplied from the EcoEléctrica LNG storage tank for their generation.

“FERC’s limitation of the fuel level of the EcoEléctrica LNG storage tank places the island’s reserve margins and stability at risk,” Colón Ortiz said.

The limitations are also costly for PREPA, which is cur rently in bankruptcy to restructure its $9 billion debt. The cap imposed by FERC is slated to cost PREPA more than $250 million this year if it must continue burning Bunker C fuel oil at its 820-megawatt Costa Sur power plant instead of gas supplied by EcoEléctrica, Colón Ortiz said.

After earthquakes with epicenters near EcoEléctrica’s LNG terminal hit Puerto Rico in early 2020, FERC ordered the company to not fill its storage facility above 63 feet, a level that represents about 60% of its capacity, while analysis was done on the structure to make sure it was safe. In April, FERC rejected EcoEléctrica’s request to raise the storage level to 91 feet because the company had failed to show the storage facility could withstand severe earthquakes, FERC records show.

EcoEléctrica’s LNG supply is of utmost importance for Puerto Rico’s electrical system, in part because the power plants the storage facility serves provide baseload power and ancillary services that help maintain the island’s grid, Colón Ortiz said.

The EcoEléctrica and Costa Sur units are also essential

for maintaining the required operational reserve, which is key for the reliability and safety of Puerto Rico’s electrical system, he said. A reduction in the available capacity of these units would adversely affect the reliability and safety of the electrical service. As an example, he noted the prolonged number of outages last year during the summer months after the reserve margins were closed to zero.

The increase in the frequency of deliveries created by limitations of EcoEléctrica’s LNG storage tank, along with the global fuel supply crisis and supply chain disruption, have exponentially complicated the scenario for Puerto Rico, the PREPA chief said.

When Hurricane Fiona damaged EcoEléctrica’s LNG supply terminal last month, the Peñuelas and Costa Sur power plants weren’t able to fully run on gas while the terminal was being repaired, forcing the power utility to use more expensive diesel fuel in its plants, Colón Ortiz said.

“In the final balance of interests, the possible (not prob able) risks are overwhelmingly outweighed by the fact that, considerably reducing the fuel storage limitations will allow both Costa Sur and EcoEléctrica to comply with emission regulations, maximize electricity production, provide muchneeded frequency regulation for the system’s stability, and minimize costs to the people of Puerto Rico,” Colón Ortiz said in the letter.

Separately on Tuesday, LUMA Energy warned about spot outages in the evening because of generation problems at PREPA.

“We want our clients to be aware that technical problems in [PREPA’s] generation installations are creating a generation shortage,” LUMA said on its social media sites. “Due to this shortage, clients could experience interruption of service.”

LUMA appealed for energy conservation to minimize the impact of the outages.

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House hearings on abortion bills to conclude Thursday

By THE STAR STAFF

After seven public hearings and the testimonies of some 30 organiza tions, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Orlando Aponte Rosario said that on Thursday he will end public hear ings on bills that would limit abortion rights.

He said in a radio interview that he was going to meet with the Popular Democratic Party caucus in the House of Representatives caucus later on Tuesday to discuss the controversial topic.

“And there I am going to ask for space [to inform] the delegation what has been happening in recent months concerning this issue and to decide which of the bills we will approve and if they will receive amendments,” he said.

Lawmakers will decide the fates of five bills. The first is Senate Bill 693, which would restrict the time limit for a pregnant woman to have an abortion to 22 weeks. The second is House Bill 1084, which would create the Heartbeat Law of the Unborn in Puerto Rico, and the third is House Bill 1715 to amend the Penal Code so that the murder of a pregnant woman is classified as a double murder.

The fourth is House Bill 1410, which calls for a ref

erendum on a constitutional amendment recognizing the fetus’s right to life, and the fifth is House Bill 1403, which creates the Law for the Protection of the Reproductive Rights of Women and Pregnant People.

Aponte Rosario said that before going to the House’s plenary session so all legislators can vote, the committee he chairs must hold a public hearing for final consideration, or “mark-up session,” for each of the five bills. The committee

will then file a report recommending a vote on the bills in the House.

For those purposes, the legislator noted that he does not have a date for the mark-up sessions since he needs to meet with the caucus, apart from the fact that he will have to discuss it with the members of his committee. However, he warned that Nov. 10 is the last day to approve measures, while the regular session must end on Nov. 15.

Senate evaluates ASUME administrator nomination

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

The Senate Appointments Committee, led by Senate President José Luis Dalmau Santiago, evaluated on Tuesday the appointment of Nicole Martínez Martínez to head the Administration for the Support of Minors (ASUME by its Spanish acronym), who recognized the lack of personnel in all areas of the agency for attending to cases.

“We are evaluating the applications submitted for subsequent hiring, which would reduce the workload and achieve greater effectiveness, agility and efficiency in the handling of cases,” Martínez said. “In addition, we are evaluating the human resources needs of each of the auxiliary administrations in order to request approval for hiring personnel for these areas, as well as any additional personnel necessary to carry out an effective operation.”

As part of her professional career, the appointee began working at the González Milán Law Firm in 2009. From 2014 to 2021 she worked as legal adviser in the then Office of Youth Affairs, and then as an attorney in the Municipality of Guaynabo. Subsequently in 2021 Martínez started as a

legal adviser at ASUME.

On the subject of current child support payment guidelines, which date back to 2014, Martínez noted that a company was hired last year and they are refining the surveys and the parenting study, to have a draft of the report as soon as December.

Sen. Marially González Huertas asked what parameters are being considered for the revision of the guidelines. The deponent pointed to a socioeconomic study that includes the cost of parenting in order to determine child support payment levels.

In turn, Arecibo District Sen. Rubén Soto Rivera asked the nominee how many cases a specialist can have for proper management. Martínez said a particular number could be 500 cases, but she could not determine a specific number. Soto Rivera also asked how many specialists are needed for 500 cases, to which she replied about 350.

In response to questions from independent Sen. José Vargas Vidot, the appointee said ASUME has conducted a project through consortiums to refer participants who did not have a job and could not pay the alimony. She added that since her arrival she has formed collaborative partnerships with nonprofit organizations to send partici

pants for training, work, financial counseling and housing.

“We are aimed at offering a service beyond simply impos ing alimony, collecting and distribution,” Martínez said.

Nicole Martínez Martínez

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Orlando Aponte Rosario

More education needed to stop gender violence

By THE STAR STAFF

Themost recent wave of gender violence in Puerto Rico has brought to the fore front the need for a comprehensive plan to educate people and implement preventive measures that address the causes of the phe nomenon.

Iraida Lugo, from the Gender Equity Observatory, said in an exclusive interview with the STAR that “I think that we have to take into consideration at a social level the situations that are occurring and that create an environment of violence that explodes in the most intimate spaces.”

The COVID-19 pandemic forced people into their homes, sparking more incidents of gender violence and a lack of assistance due to strained social and government resources. This year, the Observatory has identified 61 cases of femicides, where 14 were intimate, 36 are under investigation, and two were perpetrated by family members.

“It’s not necessarily that there are more cases; it’s more that they’re more publicized,” Lugo said, noting last Saturday’s murder of a woman at the hands of an ex-policeman and leader of the United Front of Organized Police (FUPO by its Spanish acronym), who then committed suicide.

“Violence against women has, at a cultural level, the macho look of control over the couple,” she said. “Saturday’s case has to do with consent; that mentality assumes that ‘if you are not mine, you are nobody’s.’ It’s a matter of possession.”

“Even in the face of the [gender violence] state of emergency, there are more cases, but maybe it’s that people are becoming more aware and are identifying instances of violence, such as economic violence, that are aspects that our mothers and grandmothers accepted as normal, but this generation doesn’t,” Lugo suggested. “Now, everybody knows that no one has the right to violate another person.”

Later on Tuesday, meanwhile, Police Commissioner Antonio López Figueroa an nounced that agents from the Criminal Inves tigation Corps were investigating the killing of Zuleyka Fernández Rivera, which occurred at dawn in Río Piedras, in accordance with the protocol established for suspected cases of femicide and transfemicide.

“In accordance with the protocol pro moted by the PARE committee and in accor dance with the Governor’s public policy, all cases involving the violent death or apparent violence against a woman are investigated

following this protocol. Therefore, we will keep the classification of the cause of death open until we can confirm that it is not a femicide,” López Figueroa said in a written statement.

Another critical aspect the Observatory is worried about is the regression of attained human rights, such as the right to an abortion, and the need for more feminist men.

“Not all of them are violent or aggres sors, but that’s why education with a gender perspective is so important, because it also impacts adults,” Lugo said.

Tackling gender violence ‘takes time’

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia insisted that although progress has been made in address ing the issue of violence against women, it is a complex issue that takes time, calling the femicide of Iraida Hornedo Camacho by the former FUPO leader “terrible, unnecessary and horrible.”

“This is a problem that is not going to be solved overnight. Now we have femicides. Before, the crime of femicide did not exist in the statistics. We are continuously trying to improve so that, in the area of statistics, it is more accurate,” the governor said in an aside with the press. “So we are not going to stop [working on] this. This is a complex issue, but we are totally determined to continue the fight. And every one of these femicides is terrible, including the one that Ms. Hornedo just went through. This was something terrible.”

Pierluisi said both the Women’s Advo cate’s Office and the officials in the Gender Violence Prevention, Support, Rescue and

Education Committee (PARE) have done their job of training public and municipal employees on the issue of gender violence. More than 40 municipalities participate in the Protection Order and Order Processing Center. Those mu nicipalities collaborate with commonwealth authorities to enforce protection orders in cases of gender-based violence. In addition, the protocol has been created for and public employees have been trained in the handling of gender violence cases. In public schools, a gender perspective curriculum will not be implemented, but equity and respect among all human beings will be taught.

PARE Committee ‘has not thrown in the towel’

Ileana Espada, PARE Committee compli ance officer, denied that the group she heads has “thrown in the towel” in the fight against gender violence or that the body created by Pierluisi has become a “rubber stamp” despite the fact that the number of cases of gender violence reported at the local level continues to rise.

“The government began to implement measures on January 25, when the state of emergency was declared. In the statistics we are compiling, we see that more cases are being reported, which means that victims are seeking more help than before,” said Espada, who is also a prosecutor, in a radio interview (Red Informativa), while highlighting the training work promoted by the PARE Committee in public administrations, to avoid re-victimiza tion in cases of gender violence.

“A systemic problem that has existed for years is the lack of reliable statistics, something we are remedying,” she said. “To measure compliance, you have to have numbers to know if there is more incidence. As the person responsible for the compliance, one of the important projects is to be able to adapt the mobile system, to have an electronic bank of protection orders which, in turn, notifies the victims when their order has been reported,” said the lawyer, assuring that the problems that the courts have regarding the granting of pro tection orders are being solved little by little.

Espalda also advocated for what she described as uniformity of services for victims of gender violence.

“There are 78 municipalities with 78 mayors, with different structures; some have stronger resources, others do not have those resources,” she said. “Part of what we want is that if a survivor who lives, say, in Caguas and moves to Lares to receive the same services, that uniformity of services, especially acces sibility, is very important, no matter where you live in Puerto Rico. That has been one of the biggest challenges, to be able to give that support to the municipalities so that they can develop their offices, at least one person who has received training and knows where to refer that person.”

The governor extended the state of emergency until June 30, 2023 in the face of gender violence cases and emphasized the guidelines that agencies must continue to implement and which the Compliance Officer will follow up on.

“The work we started on January 25, 2021, with the Declaration of Emergency and our unwavering commitment to eradicate vi olence, is not over,” Pierluisi said in Executive Order 2022-035. “Therefore, we reiterate the public policy articulated in Administrative Bulletin No. OE-2021-013 and we commit to giving continuity to the initiatives and projects initiated and implemented by the Prevention, Support, Rescue, and Education (PARE) Committee. Furthermore, building on what has been achieved so far, it is worth ascending to the next stages of the fight against gender violence.”

Noting in a statement at the time that “gender violence continues to cause too much damage … in modern Puerto Rico,” the governor said “it is therefore necessary to continue working to achieve a society free of behaviors that cause physical, sexual, or psychological harm motivated by gender stereotypes.”

Iraida Hornedo Camacho

Ileana Espada, PARE Committee compliance officer

Governor:

in campaigns is ‘public knowledge’

By THE STAR STAFF

knowledge and everyone knows who is in my campaign structure.”

By THE STAR STAFF

Gov.

Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia announced Tuesday that all government agencies and nonprofit organizations that have projects obligated through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Public Assistance program and that meet the established requirements may apply for the 25 percent advance that makes the Working Capital Advance (WCA) pilot program of the Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency (COR3) viable.

Accompanied by COR3 Executive Director Manuel Laboy Rivera, the governor noted that “over 1,400 reconstruction projects for Hurricane Maria and earthquake damage, for which some $2.74 billion has obligated by FEMA, will be able to apply

Gov.

Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia said Tuesday that he did not discuss the ties of his cousins Eduardo and Walter Pierluisi with his political campaign because he had not been asked.

“First of all, that I distanced myself [from news of the investigation of his cousins] came from a headline and it’s not correct,” the governor said in response to questions from the press. “When I was approached about the issue, the raid or something similar had just happened at the residence of my cousin Eduardo [Pierluisi] and all I did was say what the relationship was and from there to here many reports have emerged. This is not a matter of me distancing myself; the only thing I know about this is what the media itself has reported.”

Asked why he had not detailed the role of his cousins in his campaigns, Pierluisi replied: “That is public

“They are my relatives,” he said. “They have always collaborated in my campaigns; that is public knowledge. That’s not new.”

Asked if other cousins have contracts in the government, the governor replied that: “The family is large, but as far as I know, it is Walter Pierluisi who has this company that has lifelong contracts with the Public Housing Administration. As far as I know that’s all I can say.”

The governor insisted that he trusts his cousin knows the laws and regulations regarding the administration of federal funds from what comes from the Public Housing Administration. He also believes that his cousin has other contracts with several municipalities.

The governor’s cousins’ residences were raided by federal officers last week in an investigation reportedly related to public housing.

for the WCA.”

“This will represent an advance of some $685 million for government agencies and nonprofit entities to pave the way to reconstruct buildings, roads, bridges, recreational parks, water facilities, and other basic services that serve our people,” Pierluisi said.

Given the success of the WCA since it began in mid-June for municipalities only, COR3 expanded the availability of the pilot program to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) and Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA), the Department of Education and the Public Housing Administration.

“Our focus on advancing the rebuilding and

renewal of our infrastructure remains key to achieving the modern, resilient foundation on which we build future economic development for Puerto Rico,” the governor said. “This disbursement will have a multiplier effect on our goal of expediting projects, as it will help entities that do not have the capital to invest in design or engineering work to get their projects moving.”

In four months, COR3 has advanced, through the WCA, over $402 million to put hundreds of projects in municipalities and at PREPA, PRASA, and PHA on track. As an example, it was identified that the Department of Transportation and Public Works has FEMA obligations amounting to $205.6 million. The total amount of advances under the WCA that could be requested is some $51.4 million.

“I call on organizations to identify priority projects that have not started due to lack of money and apply for the WCA to continue advancing the work,” Laboy Rivera said. “Capital is a determining factor for the execution of permanent projects. Through this pilot program, they will receive this advance, allowing the execution of thousands of reconstruction works.”

To obtain the WCA, the recipient must complete an application through the Puerto Rico Disaster Recovery Solution platform. Among the requirements is that the agency or nonprofit organization must have an adequate procurement policy in compliance with state and federal requirements. To ensure this, COR3 will continue to conduct procurement workshops for any organization or agency applying for the WCA that does not have this requirement. Within 7-10 days, COR3 will review the application and disburse.

Walter Pierluisi

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi and COR3 Executive Director Manuel Laboy Rivera

Four takeaways from the DeSantis-Crist debate in Florida’s governor race

By PATRICIA MAZZEI and MAGGIE ASTOR

or misleading claims.

Gov.

Ron DeSantis and Charlie Crist, his Democratic challenger, debated for the only time in the Florida governor’s race on Monday night, a rowdy exchange featuring a raucous crowd and a slew of culture war issues that have dominated the state’s political discourse.

Crist, a former congressman and go vernor with plenty of debate experience, gave a polished performance as he went on the attack. But no single moment from Crist seemed like it would upend the dy namics of the contest. Public polls show DeSantis, a Republican, comfortably ahead in the race, a rarity for Florida, which until recently had some of the tightest contests in the nation.

The debate, initially scheduled for Oct. 12, was postponed because of Hurri cane Ian, a destructive Category 4 storm that struck Southwest Florida on Sept. 28, killing more than 100 people.

The moderator, Liz Quirantes of WPEC, struggled to keep the audience quiet in Fort Pierce, which regularly applauded, cheered, jeered and interrupted the exchan ges. Some of Quirantes’ questions, which she said came from viewers, appeared to be leading the candidates toward conserva tive points of view. WPEC is a CBS affiliate owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group.

Here are four takeaways:

The DeSantis White House speculation isn’t going away.

Crist repeatedly cast DeSantis as more interested in running for president in 2024 than in governing Florida.

“Gov. DeSantis has taken his eye off the ball,” Crist said, accusing the governor of focusing on national issues and fundrai sing outside the state. (DeSantis has far out-raised Crist.)

Twice, Crist asked DeSantis pointblank if he would serve a full, four-year term if reelected. DeSantis ignored the question as the moderator noted that the candidates had agreed not to ask each other questions.

“The only worn-out old donkey I’m looking to put out to pasture is Charlie Crist,” DeSantis said.

The governor frequently turned his attention to President Joe Biden, the De

mocrat he would most likely challenge if he were to seek the presidency, and tried to tie him to Crist. Biden’s approval rating is underwater in Florida, though the presi dent still plans to travel to the state to rally for Crist and other Democrats next week.

“Charlie Crist has voted with Joe Biden 100% of the time to give us these inflatio nary policies and to drive up the costs of everything that we’re doing,” DeSantis said.

The death toll from Hurricane Ian became a sticking point.

At least 114 people died because of Hurricane Ian in Florida, making it the deadliest storm in the state in almost 90 years. Many of the dead were older or vulnerable people who became trapped in their homes or cars and drowned. The New York Times found that Lee County, home to the hard-hit city of Fort Myers, did not follow its own plans for evacuating people before the hurricane.

Crist accused DeSantis of not using his bully pulpit to encourage people to get out before the storm made landfall — and noted that more than 82,000 Floridians have died during the coronavirus pandemic under DeSantis’ watch.

“Whether it comes to COVID or it comes to the hurricane, Ron ignored science,” Crist said.

DeSantis countered that evacuations are mandated by county officials and not by the state. “Our message was, ‘Listen to your locals,’ ” he said. “It’s ultimately a local decision. But I stand by every one of our local counties.”

Neither DeSantis nor Crist answered the question about whether there should be limits on construction along the Florida coast given the increase in the frequency and intensity of hurricanes. Crist blamed DeSantis for allowing the state’s property insurance market to fray; DeSantis counte red that insurance rates had risen because of excessive lawsuits.

DeSantis made false and misleading statements about abortion.

It was clear from the start that Crist was eager to talk about abortion, one of Democrats’ preferred topics in an otherwi se unfavorable election cycle. The first question was about housing policy, but he began by saying the election was “a stark contrast between somebody who believes in a woman’s right to choose” and DeSantis, who signed a 15-week abortion ban that, Crist emphasized, includes no exceptions for rape and incest.

Later, asked whether abortion should be banned after a specific week in preg nancy, DeSantis made a number of false

He accused Crist of supporting abor tion “up until the moment of birth.” That is a common Republican claim, but abortion until the moment of birth doesn’t exist, even in states without gestational limits. He also said Crist supported “dismemberment abortions,” a pejorative term for procedures performed later in pregnancy that, when they do happen, are often prompted by medical emergencies or severe fetal ab normalities. (More than 92% of abortions in the United States are performed much earlier, in the first trimester.)

‘Culture war’ issues took up a lot of bandwidth.

More than perhaps any other sitting governor, DeSantis has used issues like race and transgender rights to stir up his conservative base.

That was on display in Monday’s de bate, in which he gave a graphic and inac curate description of gender-affirming care for transgender children, suggesting falsely that doctors were “mutilating” minors. In re ality, gender-affirming care — which major medical associations, including pediatric associations, endorse — primarily involves social support, nonpermanent treatments like puberty blockers (which DeSantis also denounced), and hormonal treatments.

Crist responded by bringing the topic, once again, back to abortion: “This reminds me of your position on a woman’s right to choose,” he said. “You think you know better than any physician or any doctor or any woman in a position to make decisions about their own personal health.”

In a segment on education, DeSan tis also repeated his frequent claims that Democrats like Crist want to teach white children to view themselves as oppressors because of their race. He acknowledged that it was important for history curricu lums to include “all of American history,” including slavery and segregation, but said: “I’m proud of our history. I don’t want to teach kids to hate our country.”

Crist scoffed at the idea that children were being taught to hate themselves or each other, saying, “I don’t know where you get that idea” — and then accusing DeSantis of focusing on the issue to avoid talking about abortion.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and Charlie Crist debated on Monday night in Fort Pierce, Fla., an event that was postponed earlier in the month after Hurricane Ian struck the state.

Pelosi, Democrats’ billion-dollar woman, fights on with majority teetering

regularly holding Zoom calls with candidates and briefings for thousands of volunteers.

Her energy level amazes and inspires her troops.

“When I wake up in the morning and feel a little bit tired, I think of Nancy Pelosi,” said Rep. Brenda Lawrence, 68, a retiring Michigan Democrat who introduced the speaker at a private fundraising reception with labor and civic leaders along Detroit’s riverfront. “I put the lipstick on and say, ‘We’ve got to go.’ ”

To Republicans, the speaker remains a favored weapon to deploy against vulnerable candidates, although they have done so with mixed results. They lace their campaign ads and fundraising appeals with calls to “fire Pelosi” as they try to link the liberal congresswoman from San Francisco to targeted Democrats in conservative-leaning districts, such as Rep. Abigail Spanberger in north-central Virginia.

skyscraper to make the case for her con tenders and warn of the threat posed by a Republican takeover.

“The urgency of saving our democracy is real,” Pelosi said, adding that she hated to be a “fearmonger,” but that the moment required it.

Then she traveled to this western suburb represented by Casten to meet with health care professionals at a sprawling medical complex and hear about the dangers posed by new restrictions on abortion, even in a state where the procedure is still allowed. Pelosi frequently emphasizes that Republican goals go beyond limiting access to abortion to restrictions on contraception, noting that just a handful of House Republicans supported a Democratic measure this summer guaranteeing access to birth control.

By CARL HULSE

Ithas long been known that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to hold the post second in line to the presidency, does not sleep much. These days, as she races in and out of cities across the nation in a grueling, nonstop push for campaign money to hang on to her embattled House majority, even her bedtime hours are consumed with thoughts of how to win.

“I don’t count sheep at night; I count districts,” Pelosi, D-Calif., a longtime party leader, said during a closing blitz across the Midwest on behalf of battleground House candidates crucial to any remaining hope that Democrats have of surviving a Republican onslaught. “I go one by one by one.”

The big question is whether she can count to 218, the number required to maintain control of the House — and one that a growing number of independent handicappers believe is out of reach for Democrats.

Even as she follows every twist and turn on the House map, the reality is that this could well be Pelosi’s final trip around the track as party leader. The majority she has built and carefully nurtured — not once, but twice — is in jeopardy of falling under the weight of public fears about crime and inflation along with heavy Republican campaign spending and the traditional midterm drag on a presi dent’s party in Congress.

But if this is her final race, Pelosi is run

ning through the tape, trying to ensure her candidates have the resources to compete as Republicans pour on the cash. Pelosi is an 82-year-old juggernaut in Armani, behaving as if holding the House rests in her hands alone.

In some ways it does; she is not only the wellestablished national face of the House majority, but is also by far its most prolific fundraiser.

“My time is money,” Pelosi said as she lamented the opportunity cost of talking to a reporter when she could be working her cellphone instead.

The lifetime returns on Pelosi’s invest ment of time and energy are staggering. Since assuming the party’s House leadership in 2002, she has brought in $1.25 billion for Democrats, according to a party tally, including $42.7 million in the third quarter of this year alone.

Her haul so far this election cycle is $276 million, reaped at more than 400 events. Just this month, she has visited more than 20 cit ies. (After a three-day, four-state Midwestern swing last week, she departed Sunday for a quick trip to Croatia for meetings on Ukraine.)

The tour that touched down last week in Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota and Illinois generated $380,000 that went directly into the accounts of Democrats in some of the toughest races in the nation, must-wins that could benefit from a final burst of cash. Pelosi — sometimes better known for the legislative acrobatics she has often performed to keep her party’s agenda on track and Democrats united behind it — is now in constant campaign mode,

“Abigail Spanberger votes 100% with Pelosi,” said a recent attack ad from a Repub lican group with ties to Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, who hopes to succeed Pelosi next year. “It is like having our very own Pelosi mini-me.”

Among Americans at large, Pelosi re mains a polarizing figure who can provoke a sharp backlash, one Republicans constantly try to capitalize on. She is not the most charis matic speaker and can be abrupt and impatient with the media. But on the campaign trail, she exhibits a single-mindedness that has won her the deep allegiance of most of her colleagues.

On the ground, Democrats enthusiasti cally embrace the speaker during her visits, welcoming not only the financial help but also the attention she can bring to local projects and the benefits of party policies. Her folk-hero status among Democrats was only elevated by a recently revealed behind-the-scenes video from the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol showing her pressing for more help from the military to put down the attack, threatening to punch out Donald Trump, and checking on the wellbeing of Vice President Mike Pence — all while opening a sausage snack with her teeth.

As she campaigned last week, she car ried in her purse a sausage wrapped with a bow presented to her by a fan.

In Illinois, Pelosi flew in for a handful of candidates she needed to get over the finish line, including Reps. Sean Casten of Illinois and Frank Mrvan from a nearby Indiana district, and candidates Nikki Budzinski and Eric Sorensen, both running for open seats in Illinois.

Posing for cellphone pictures with anyone who sought one, Pelosi used the venue of a sleek workspace in a downtown

“What right does a judge or a member of Congress have to come to the kitchen table of America’s families and weigh in on size and timing of the family?” she asked during her appearance at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, portraying women as the key to the election.

“Your right to choose is on the ballot,” she told the group of doctors, medical work ers and abortion rights advocates. “If women vote, women will win.”

In an interview, Pelosi disputed the idea that abortion was fading as a driving issue after giving Democrats a lift following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June. But she hopes that view lulls Republicans into complacency.

“You think that. You go think that,” she said of Republicans. “I can tell you, it is not in the rearview mirror.”

What is to become of Pelosi should Democrats fall short? Will she step aside and conclude an iconic 35-year career in office, sparking an internal power struggle? In secur ing the speakership in 2019, she pledged she would not pursue that post after her term end ing in January, but she has recently balked at questions on the subject, saying she is focused first on the midterms.

“Do you think I would respond to that question?” the speaker asked when pressed about whether she harbored any feeling that she was on a valedictory tour.

For Pelosi, the frenzied journey to Nov. 8 is not a last hurrah — it’s just her latest sprint to the finish.

“Conventional wisdom says we might want to go to the beach,” she said. “No, you go to the fight.”

“There is one answer,” she added. “Win.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with Rep. Sean Casten, one of a handful of Democrats in Illinois running in tight races, at a reproductive rights roundtable in Downers Grove, Ill., Oct. 21, 2022.

Prosecutors pressure Trump aides to testify in documents case

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, MAGGIE HABERMAN and ALAN FEUER

Federalprosecutors investigating former President Donald Trump’s handling of national security documents he took with him from the White House have ratcheted up their pressure in recent weeks on key witnesses in the hopes of gaining their testimony, according to two people briefed on the matter.

The effort by the Justice Department shows how the investigation is entering a new phase as prosecutors seek to push recalcitrant witnesses to cooperate with them.

A key focus for prosecutors is Walt Nauta, a little-known figure who worked in the White House as a military valet and cook when Trump was president and later for him personally at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s private club and residence in Florida.

Prosecutors have indicated they are skeptical of an initial account Nauta gave investigators about moving documents stored at Mar-a-Lago and are using the specter of charges against him for misleading investigators to persuade him to sit again for questioning, according to two people briefed on the matter.

At the same time, the prosecutors are trying to force a longtime aide and ally to Trump, Kash Patel, to answer questions before a grand jury about how the documents were taken to Mar-a-Lago and how Trump, his aides and his lawyers dealt with requests from the government to return them, according to a person briefed on the matter.

Patel was designated by Trump this year as one of his representatives to the National Archives and Records Administration to deal with his presidential records, particularly in relation to materials from the investigation into whether Trump’s 2016 campaign had ties to Russia.

Shortly after the FBI executed a search warrant at Mar-aLago in August to reclaim the classified documents, Patel publicly proclaimed that Trump had declassified the records before leaving office. But Patel refused to answer many questions this month before a grand jury in Washington hearing evidence about Trump’s handling of the documents, citing his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, according to a person briefed on the matter.

In response, prosecutors asked a top federal judge in Washington to force Patel to testify — a move fought by Patel’s lawyers, who are concerned the government wants to use Patel’s own statements to incriminate him. CNN reported Thursday that Patel had appeared before a grand jury.

The efforts to gain the testimony of Nauta and Patel demonstrate how department officials will have to make decisions in the coming weeks and months about whether to charge the witnesses, offer them cooperation agreements, grant them immunity or give up on trying to obtain their testimony, according to the people briefed on the matter.

Prosecutors loathe giving witnesses immunity, particularly in high-profile cases, because it makes it significantly more difficult to prosecute the individual who has received it, according to legal experts. Instead, prosecutors favor entering into cooperation agreements, in which the witness agrees to answer investigators’ questions in exchange for not being charged or a recommendation for a shorter prison sentence.

The Justice Department declined to comment.

In May, prosecutors issued a subpoena for all classified documents that Trump still had in his possession after returning 15 boxes of government material in January. And after investigators became convinced that the former president and his lawyers had not turned over all the material in his possession, the FBI conducted the court-authorized search of Mar-a-Lago in August, hauling away a trove of about 22,000 pages of documents.

The inquiry became bogged down one month later when a federal judge in Florida, at Trump’s request, appointed an independent arbiter, known as a special master, to review the seized material for anything that might be shielded from the investigation by attorney-client or executive privilege.

The special master’s work is proceeding on a separate track from the main investigation and has been rife with disputes. But Monday, the Justice Department and Trump’s lawyers finally laid to rest one issue, saying in a letter that they had resolved all of their disagreements concerning about 500 pages of the seized material that were potentially protected by attorney-client privilege.

Proving intent is often a challenge for prosecutors, and that hurdle has repeatedly come up in various investigations into Trump. To that end, prosecutors are particularly focused on Nauta because he could provide insight into Trump’s intentions as he parried the Justice Department’s attempts to reclaim the documents from him at the same time the materials were moved around at Mar-a-Lago.

If the boxes were moved against the Justice Department’s wishes or to conceal them from authorities, it could help prosecutors in developing the obstruction investigation.

Nauta, a native of Guam and a U.S. Navy sailor, grew close

to Trump during the White House years, when he worked as a cook in the Navy mess in the White House and then as a valet in the West Wing. He was a frequent presence around Trump, bringing him the Diet Cokes he often consumes or carting things to and from the White House residence for him.

When Trump became a private citizen, Nauta joined him at Mar-a-Lago, working as something of an all-purpose aide.

Security-camera footage obtained by investigators showed Nauta moving boxes out of a storage area at Mar-a-Lago, raising the questions about whether they were moved at Trump’s behest to conceal them from authorities or Trump’s own lawyers, who were dealing with demands that he return the documents.

Trump’s legal team is in possession of its own copy of the surveillance footage, which covers a hallway in the basement of Mar-a-Lago, and has closely guarded who gets to see it, taking great precautions with its digital storage and distribution, according to two people briefed on the matter.

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Former President Donald Trump at a rally at Legacy Sports Park in Mesa, Ariz., Oct. 9, 2022.

Liberty Puerto Rico accelerates the efficiency of the ‘internet of things’

By ALEJANDRA M. JOVER TOVAR Special to The STAR alejandra.jover@gmail.com

LibertyWowFi has joined forces with the California company Plume to bring to Puerto Rico the SuperPod techno logy, the most advanced on the market, to connect the home to the “internet of things.”

Ernesto Vega, Liberty’s home pro ducts manager, noted at a press conference late last week that the SuperPod works in multiple broadbands. It has integrated Blue tooth and Ethernet ports, among other ad vantages.

The SuperPod is not a WiFi repea ter; each unit, in the shape of a diamond, does connect to the home or business WiFi network but optimizes the signal and distri butes it according to the customer’s needs. For example, if at a certain time of the day, a device consumes more internet, the Su perPod will direct the signal preferentially toward it in an automated way. The more SuperPods, the more connectivity, and the better the signal distribution.

“Our customers want consistent, fast, and secure internet connectivity throughout their home, and they value it as an indica tor of the quality of life,” Waldo Hooker,

Liberty’s vice president of product and customer experience, said in a written sta tement. “Liberty WowFi is based on cus tomers’ own experience of quality, using a combination of metrics. From this informa tion, WowFi performs self-optimizations of the WiFi network to improve connectivity usage and Internet service efficiency.”

Liberty’s WowFi service is based on four pillars: “Adapt,” which is signal optimi zation and measures how much data each device consumes (it is included in the pac kage); “Control,” which enables network administration, user management, and mo nitoring of each device’s consumption time, among others; “Guard,” which filters and

blocks pop-ups, malware and blocks mali cious pages; and, finally, “Sense,” which is a motion sensor that connects to the user’s smartphone and detects where the user is in the structure, as well as alerting if it de tects movement inside the structure when the customer is away.

The last three options are offered to the customer for $1.49 per month. The first, “Adapt,” comes included with the purcha se of a SuperPod for $99.99 plus tax and is managed through the HomePass program on the customer’s smartphone at “Liberty Wow Fi” on Google Play or the App Store. SuperPods can be purchased in one pay ment on the next bill or in 10 or 20 install ments of $9.99 or $4.99, respectively.

“Puerto Rico is Plume’s first market in Latin America for this type of service,” Vega noted. “Liberty Puerto Rico is the first Plu me provider on the island.”

Due to the construction style in Puer to Rico (concrete houses), one SuperPod is recommended for every 25 feet. In open spaces, its capacity could be as high as 50 feet, according to observations made at cus tomer sites already enjoying the service on the island.

For more information, visit www.li bertypr.com or visit stores.

WhatsApp goes down briefly around the world

By JENNY GROSS and ADAM SATARIANO

WhatsApp, the popular messaging app, was inaccessible to users in several countries around the world for about two hours on Tuesday mor ning, including Britain, India and South Ko rea.

The outage started around 3 a.m. Eas tern time, according to Downdetector.com, which tracks internet disruptions, and users reported that services were back up after 5 a.m. Internet service outages are often res tored within a few minutes or hours, but given WhatsApp’s size and position as an indispensable communication tool in many countries, every minute without access had added consequences.

“We know people had trouble sending messages on WhatsApp today,” Josh Brec kman, a spokesman, said in a statement. “We’ve fixed the issue and apologize for any inconvenience.” The statement did not spe cify the cause or extent of the problem.

WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta, the parent company of Facebook, lets users make calls and send text messages for free over the internet, has more than 2 billion users around the world. The app is particu larly popular in parts of Africa, Europe and South America, where it is used by more than 96% of messaging app users in some countries, according to Statista, a company that provides market data. Just 41% of mes saging app users in the United States use the service, according to the data.

In India, WhatsApp’s largest market with hundreds of millions of users, the ou tage prompted an outpouring of frustration over life coming to a halt, mixed with comic relief over a brief respite from the overwhel ming amount of daily spam, from political propaganda to forwarded messages of “good morning” virtual flowers from elderly uncles.

“Was WhatsApp not able to handle the Diwali messages of Indians?” joked one user on Twitter, referring to the flood of con gratulatory messages over the long holiday weekend.

The last major Facebook outage oc curred just over a year ago, when Facebook and its family of apps, including Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, went down for about five hours. Before that, Facebook’s bi

ggest outage was in 2019, when a technical issue brought down the services for nearly 24 hours, preventing WhatsApp users from sending messages and Instagram users from viewing other profiles.

Tuesday’s outage came at a difficult time for Meta, which recently began a ma jor advertising campaign touting WhatsApp as a safe and reliable alternative to iMessa ge and other messaging services. Meta has also been struggling to convince customers and investors that a bet by its chief execu tive, Mark Zuckerberg, on virtual reality te chnology and the so-called metaverse will pay off. The company is expected to report a drop in revenue in its earnings report on Wednesday. Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014 for $22 billion.

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The bear market blues: a diagnosis for our times

Themedical profession has distinguished special ists too. John Schott MD, a portfolio manager at The Colony Group, retired psychiatrist and a recognized expert on market psychology, coined the term Bear Mar ket Depressive Syndrome (BMDS) in his 1998 book “Mind Over Money.”

In a 2009 American Psychoanalyst article, Schott listed BMDS symptoms as sadness, sleep disturbance, decreased concentration, irritability, guilt, discouragement, gastroin testinal problems and/or headaches.

Who has not experienced some of those during times of intense stress? To keep traders’ heads screwed on straight, some prominent hedge funds have retained in-house psy chiatrists and performance coaches, of the type popular ized by the Wendy Rhoades character on the Showtime TV series “Billions.”

Schott told Reuters the work of Nobel laureate Ver non Smith demonstrated that market bubbles are primarily due to psychological factors, not financial ones. After pro longed bull markets, investors tend to go into denial during bear markets.

“Part of that, from a psychological standpoint, is de fense against depression,” said Schott, who practiced psy choanalysis for 38 years.

The S&P 500 (.SPX) was down more than 27% yearto-date in mid-October. Even with a bounce over the past seven trading days it is still down 21% this year and has not been this low since it was emerging from the COV ID-19 pandemic panic two years ago. The ghastly down swing contrasts the bull market euphoria a year ago as the benchmark index was advancing to a record high, reached in January.

For younger investors who have not experienced pro longed downturns, the bull-market, buy-the-dip strategy of the past decade no longer works. They can experience a sort of cognitive dissonance, Schott said.

The number of risk factors to process these days is al most unprecedented in the post-World War II era: Russia’s war on Ukraine, the worst inflation in memory, interest rates going up, economies slowing down, fear of another war over Taiwan, U.S. midterm elections and former U.S. President Donald Trump’s continued divisive presence.

A weekly survey by the American Association of Indi vidual Investors shows the ratio of the number of bulls to bears at -33.8% ranks as among the most negative in the survey’s 35-year history.

Goldman Sachs said its Sentiment Indicator in the last week of September posted its 31st consecutive negative reading, a stretch surpassed only by 32 straight weeks of negative readings ending in March 2016.

Jim Paulsen, chief investment strategist at the Leuthold Group, in Minneapolis, noted that the “blue mood” goes beyond Wall Street, with consumer confidence at a postwar low and sentiment down among small businesses and

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“I don’t remember any other time when so many CEOs warned of an imminent recession before actually being in one. Media stories help feed this fear frenzy. It’s not their fault; there is just so much good material,” he wrote in a recent note.

Call it “information overload,” with news amplified 24/7 on social media. Seema Shah, chief global strategist

at Principal Asset Management termed it the “echo cham ber of negativity.”

“One of the things now, relative to previous down turns, is the prevalence of social media, where you have that dispersion of news flow, negativity and opinions com ing through very, very quickly,” she told Reuters. “That es sentially moves the market at a faster pace than you would have seen in previous periods of market weakness.”

But, as they say: “It is darkest just before dawn.” Nega tive sentiment readings indicate the market is running out of sellers, and are thus considered a bullish signal.

“Bear markets don’t generally end with good news. They end when the news is hopeless, and when it just feels like there is just no chance of this thing recovering soon,” Paulsen said.

In Sunak’s top cabinet ministers, an emphasis on continuity

By MEGAN SPECIA

PrimeMinister Rishi Sunak mapped out his new Cabinet on Tuesday with a flurry of announce ments showcasing mostly familiar faces who have served in previous Conservative Party governments, rein forcing his desire for stability during one of Britain’s most fraught political moments.

Sunak drew on lawmakers who had held prominent positions before to fill the most senior positions, includ ing a number of people who were Cabinet members during his predecessor Liz Truss’ seven-week tenure. He signaled his strategy with his very first appointment, choosing to keep Jeremy Hunt as chancellor of the Ex chequer.

Notably, Penny Mordaunt, who challenged Sunak for the leadership role before withdrawing two minutes before the deadline Monday, was absent from key posts, instead being reappointed as leader of the House of Commons.

Here are some of Sunak’s appointments to major Cabinet positions:

Chancellor of the Exchequer: Hunt

Perhaps the most crucial Cabinet appointment was Sunak’s decision to keep Hunt in the post that is Britain’s equivalent to a finance minister — a role he had taken up this month amid an economic crisis engulfing Truss’ government.

Hunt, 55, is seen as a steady hand in a tumultuous party at a tumultuous time, a pragmatic politician who occupies his party’s middle ground. He held Cabinet of fices for nine years under Prime Ministers David Camer on and Theresa May, first as culture secretary overseeing the 2012 London Olympics, then as health secretary and, finally, as foreign secretary.

Truss and her first chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, tried to veer hard into trickle-down economics, with an ag gressive tax-cutting that backfired, shocking financial markets and eventually forcing her from office. Less than two weeks ago, she fired Kwarteng and appointed Hunt, who quickly abandoned the tax plan, calming the mar kets.

Hunt has twice made bids for the Conservative leadership: In 2019, he was among candidates to replace May but finished second to Boris Johnson, and in the ear lier race this summer to replace Johnson, he didn’t make it past the first round.

Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary: Dominic Raab

Dominic Raab, 48, was announced as Sunak’s deputy prime minister and justice secretary, returning to positions he held for a year, until last month. Although he had held several senior government positions, Truss did not name him to her short-lived Cabinet.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain appointed cabinet members on Tuesday, mostly drawing on lawmakers who have held prominent positions in the past.

He was foreign secretary at the start of Johnson’s term in office as prime minister. Raab had to stand in for Johnson in leading the government in April 2020, when the prime minister was in the hospital with a serious case of COVID-19.

Raab, a hard-line supporter of Brexit, had also brief ly served as Brexit minister for May before resigning from her Cabinet in disagreement over her negotiations with the European Union. He was first elected to Parliament in 2010.

Raab’s father was a Jewish refugee from Czechoslo vakia who fled the Nazis in 1938. Raab’s paternal grand parents, who remained, were killed in the Holocaust.

Foreign Secretary: James Cleverly

James Cleverly was reappointed as foreign secre tary, one of the most important roles within the Cabinet, despite the fact that he had notably supported Johnson rather than Sunak in the recent contest for the Conser vative Party’s leadership. As late as Sunday afternoon, hours before Johnson withdrew his name, Cleverly con tinued to voice his support.

Cleverly, 53, whose mother came to Britain from Sierra Leone in West Africa, was once a lieutenant colo nel in the army reserves and has long been a proponent of Brexit. He served briefly this year as the education secretary and before that held a series of junior ministe rial roles.

Cleverly was also seen as a key ally of Truss’, de fending her financial missteps, saying that “mistakes hap pen” but that it was time to move on.

Defense Secretary: Ben Wallace

Ben Wallace was reappointed as the defense sec retary, a role he has held since Johnson brought him into the Cabinet in 2019. Wallace, who is 52 and a former

soldier, is seen as a reliable stalwart, and his role leading the Ministry of Defense has proved particularly vital since the war in Ukraine began this year.

His tough stance on Russia has won him praise in ternationally, and he has been a steadfast supporter of Ukraine, traveling to the nation’s capital of Kyiv late last month to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart.

Wallace backed Truss rather than Sunak in the lead ership race this summer, and he decided not to seek the top government job himself despite urging from fellow Conservatives, telling The Telegraph in September, “I didn’t want it enough.” He has often said his commit ment to his family comes before his political ambitions.

Home Secretary: Suella Braverman

Suella Braverman, who had served as the home secretary under Truss before resigning one day before the former prime minister, has been reinstalled as the home secretary.

Braverman, 42, had endorsed Sunak for the lead ership role, but her dismissal last week, apparently be cause of a breach of security rules, has made her a more controversial pick. Truss fired her after criticism involving a government document that Braverman had sent to a lawmaker in Parliament through her personal email. She is part of the party’s right wing and holds a tough stance on cutting immigration numbers.

During the Conservative Party conference this year, she said it was her “dream” and “obsession” as home secretary to one day see a flight take off to Rwanda car rying people seeking asylum in Britain. The Conserva tive government has made an agreement with Rwanda to deport asylum-seekers who arrive in the country by boat to the African nation before their claim to refugee status is assessed.

Leveling Up Secretary: Michael Gove

Michael Gove, long an on-and-off ally of Johnson’s, was appointed by Sunak to a post he had held recently: leveling up secretary, responsible for improving condi tions in regions of the country that have lagged economi cally.

Gove, along with many other government officials, told the scandal-scarred Johnson in July that he should resign. Johnson fired Gove, then the leveling up secre tary, and announced the next day that he was stepping down.

Gove’s post includes overseeing local government, planning and building safety across Britain. The office is a key one for the Conservatives, who won the last election in part because of promises to “level up” failing communities across Britain to bring them up to the living standards of more prosperous regions, although critics say little progress has been made.

A staunch Brexit supporter, Gove, 55, was a contend er for the Conservative Party leadership in 2016 and 2019.

Russian court upholds Griner’s 9-year sentence

By IVAN NECHEPURENKO and NEIL MacFARQUHAR

With the decision on Tuesday by a Russian appeals court to up hold Brittney Griner’s sentence on drug smuggling charges, the American basketball star’s best hope for freedom now likely depends on the outcome of delicate talks between the United States and Rus sia, two governments whose relations are at their lowest point in decades.

The Biden administration and Presi dent Vladimir Putin’s government have engaged in secretive negotiations about a possible exchange of prisoners, and back in June the Biden administration offered a swap involving Griner. But Kremlin officials have said repeatedly that it was premature to discuss a deal until the judicial process has run its course.

The ruling on Tuesday by a threejudge panel of an appeals court near Mos cow means that Griner will soon begin serving a nine-year sentence at a prison colony. President Joe Biden’s national se curity adviser, Jake Sullivan, denounced the ruling as “another sham judicial proceed ing” and said that U.S. officials have “con tinued to engage with Russia through every available channel” to secure the freedom of Griner and other Americans they believe are wrongfully detained in Russia.

“The president has demonstrated that he is willing to go to extraordinary lengths and make tough decisions to bring Ameri cans home,” Sullivan said.

One person briefed on the talks be tween Moscow and Washington this sum mer said that the United States had pro posed exchanging Griner — along with Paul Whelan, a former Marine held since December 2018 — for Viktor Bout, a Rus sian arms dealer serving a 25-year federal prison sentence for charges including con spiring to kill Americans.

Biden and Putin are both expected to attend a summit of Group of 20 leaders next month in Indonesia, and Biden has said he would only speak with the Russian leader there if it was to discuss Griner’s case.

Bill Richardson, the former ambassa dor to the United Nations who has been unofficially negotiating with Russian offi cials as a private citizen, said in October

that he was “cautiously optimistic” that Gri ner and Whelan could be exchanged be fore the end of the year.

Griner, 32, participated in the pro ceedings on Tuesday via a video link from the detention center where she has been held since her arrest on Feb. 17. It could be a few months before she is moved to a prison colony to serve her sentence, her lawyers said.

There are two higher courts above the appellate division, culminating in the Supreme Court, but Griner’s lawyers said they had not decided whether to take the case any further.

Higher courts in Russia are not known for overturning verdicts, especially in a case

involving foreign policy and the interests of the Kremlin.

Since her arrest at a Moscow airport days before Russia invaded Ukraine, Gri ner’s fate has become entangled in the in creasingly acrimonious relations between Moscow and Washington over the war. American officials have accused Russia of using Griner and other U.S. citizens in Rus sian custody as bargaining chips.

Griner, an all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was en route to Yekaterinburg, a city near the Ural Moun tains, where she played for a women’s bas ketball team. Customs officials said they found two vape cartridges containing hash

ish oil in her luggage.

Griner admitted her guilt in court but said that she had no intention to break the law, maintaining that the small amount of hashish oil appeared in her luggage be cause of negligence.

Since she was sentenced in August, her lawyers have argued that the nine-year prison term — near the 10-year maximum for such a conviction — was too harsh for a first-time offense and was politically mo tivated.

“The verdict contains numerous de fects, and we hoped that the court of ap peal would take them into consideration,” her lawyers said in a statement after her ap peal was denied.

Brittney Griner in Khimki, outside Moscow, in August. She has been sentenced to nine years after Russian officials said she was carrying hashish oil in her luggage.

Airstrike kills at least 80 during outdoor concert in Myanmar

By RICHARD C. PADDOCK

The popular Burmese singer, Aurali Lahpai, was performing onstage in northern Myanmar on Sunday eve ning when three military jets flew over head and bombed the outdoor concert. One bomb struck near the main stage, witnesses said, killing Aurali and several other performers in the middle of a song. At least 80 people were killed in the attack, according to emergency workers.

The airstrike, which targeted the territory of ethnic Kachin rebels, was the deadliest aerial attack mounted by Myanmar’s military regime since it sei zed power in a coup last year, and has prompted renewed calls for a global arms embargo against the junta, as well as tougher banking sanctions and a ban on aviation fuel sales.

“They were targeting civilians, not the enemy,” said Col. Naw Bu, a spokesman for the Kachin Independence Organiza tion, which has long sought autonomy for Myanmar’s northernmost Kachin sta te. “This is an evil act and this is a war crime. We are grieving over the deaths of our people.”

The concert was held in the village of A Nang Pa to celebrate the 62nd an niversary of the founding of the Kachin Independence Organization, one of the largest and most active ethnic groups, which has been fighting the Myanmar military for years. Since the coup, it has joined with pro-democracy forces in its efforts and has been helping to train sol diers from the People’s Defense Force, an

armed resistance group formed after the military seized power in February 2021.

Hkun Htwe, a village resident who attended the concert, said he watched the planes as they flew overhead and saw the bombs land in four places. The spotlights illuminating the stage at the open-air event made it easy for the pilots to target the venue, he said. The bomb that hit near the stage, he said, killed Au rali and at least two other musicians as they performed.

Rescue workers said some victims died because military troops, who con trol a key bridge in the area, would not allow them to transport the wounded to a hospital in the town of Hkapant. “Some patients died from blood loss,” said one emergency worker, U Myo Min.

A video of the concert venue taken

the next day, which was shared on social media and verified by rescue workers, showed wooden debris and abandoned motorbikes spread across a wide area. Photos seen by The New York Times and also verified by rescue workers showed dozens of dead victims lying in rows on plastic tarps on the ground.

A major in the Kachin Independen ce Army — the armed wing of the Ka chin Independence Organization — and other high-ranking officers were among those killed, said Col. Naw Bu, who also serves as spokesman for the rebel army.

In a statement released early Tues day, the junta said that the site of the bombing was a Kachin army base, not a concert venue, and that it had acted in accordance with its rules of engagement, which it said were derived from four Ge neva Conventions. It also said that wides pread reports of civilian deaths, including the deaths of the performers, were “ru mors based on fake news, false news and extorted news.”

As justification for the bombing, the junta cited recent attacks on its forces by combined units of the Kachin Indepen dence Army and the People’s Defense Force, including numerous assaults on police posts and at least 11 troop ambus hes.

Myanmar’s military, which had sha red power with a civilian government for a decade, seized control in a coup on Feb. 1, 2021, and has waged a bru tal crackdown on opponents ever since. At least 2,388 civilians have been killed and nearly 16,000 arrested, according to rights groups.

Many pro-democracy activists have fled to remote parts of the country that

are under the control of ethnic rebel groups and joined the People’s Defense Force to wage what they call a revolution against the junta. The military has retalia ted by bombing suspected rebel encam pments with fighter jets.

The shadow National Unity Gover nment, made up of ethnic leaders and elected officials who escaped arrest after the coup, said the regime had launched nearly 240 airstrikes against civilians, ki lling more than 200, before the concert bombing. Last month, the military attac ked a school in the Sagaing Division, ki lling 14 people, including seven children, the unity government said. (These num bers could not be independently verified by The Times.)

“The terrorist military has delibera tely committed another mass killing with aerial bombardments by targeting a lar ge public concert,” the National Unity Government said. The Kachin Indepen dence Organization announced in a sta tement Tuesday that it would step up its military activities against the junta in re taliation for Sunday’s attack.

Kachin state, which borders China and India, is well known for its lucrati ve jade trade, worth billions of dollars a year. The industry operates outside the rule of law and deadly mine collapses are common, sometimes killing hundreds. The jade business is largely controlled by the military and its crony companies, but the Kachin rebels also extract revenue from the miners.

Competition for Myanmar’s vast na tural resources has long been a major source of conflict between the military and numerous ethnic groups that have formed their own armies to fight back against the regime.

Human rights groups, including Am nesty International and Human Rights Watch, called for urgent action by world leaders and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a regional body. Leaders from the association will be meeting in November, but have taken little action so far to address the coup and subsequent crackdown.

“For over a year and a half, the junta has carried out grave abuses against the millions of people who oppose military rule,” said Elaine Pearson, the Asia direc tor at Human Rights Watch. “How high does the death count need to reach be fore governments around the world im pose consequences that will impact the junta’s behavior?”

Destroyed wooden structures near Aung Bar Lay Village, Kachin State, in Myanmar, on Monday. Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military have killed scores of people since the coup last year.

Will gas prices doom democracy?

By PAUL KRUGMAN

Willthe price of gasoline — a price that has very little to do with which party controls the government — nonetheless determine the outcome of the midterm elections, and quite possibly the fate of American democracy?

I wish that were a silly question, but it isn’t. This year there has been a strong correlation between the price of gasoline and political polls.

Earlier this year, when gas reached an average of $5 a gallon, everything seemed to point to a Republican blowout. By mid-September, with gas prices down almost $1.50, the election looked much more competitive. And some apparent recent deterioration in Democrats’ prospects coincided with an upward tick in prices in late September and early October. (Prices are now falling again.)

Now, this correlation might be spurious. Other things have been going on, notably a partisan Supreme Court’s overthrow of Roe v. Wade. And political scientists who have studied the issue find that normally the effect of gas prices on political outcomes is fairly weak.

But we are arguably in a special situation right now. Americans have been shocked by a sudden surge in inflation, which had been quiescent for decades, and the price of gasoline — displayed on huge signs every few

blocks — is a potent reminder of our economic difficulties.

What we know for sure is that politicians are harping on gas prices. Republicans don’t talk about the core personal consumption expenditure deflator, they declare that “gas was only $2 a gallon when Trump was in office!” The Biden administration talked a lot about the long slide in prices and is trying to get out the word that this slide has resumed.

So this seems like a good time to make three important points about gasoline prices.

First, the most important determinant of prices at the pump is the world price of crude oil, over which the United States has little influence. And I do mean “world price”: Prices in Europe and the United States normally move almost perfectly in tandem.

Crude prices and hence gas prices were unusually low during Donald Trump’s last year in office, not because of anything he did, but because COVID-19 had the world economy flat on its back, greatly reducing oil demand. Crude temporarily shot up after Russia invaded Ukraine, out of fears that Russian oil exports would be greatly reduced; it fell again as it became clear that a lot of Russian oil would continue to find its way to world markets.

Second, smaller fluctuations are usually driven by technical issues at the refineries that turn crude oil into gasoline and other products. The mini-surge in gas prices that began in September (and now seems to be over) was caused by shutdowns of several refineries for maintenance and a fire at one refinery in Ohio. Again, this has nothing to do with policy.

What about accusations that energy companies are deliberately holding production back to raise prices and profits?

We shouldn’t dismiss this possibility out of hand. Some readers may recall the California electricity crisis of 200001. When some analysts, myself included, argued that the facts suggested that market manipulation was playing a large role, we faced considerable ridicule. But it turned out that markets were, in fact, being manipulated; we have the receipts.

As far as I can tell, however, the refining issues that led to recent price increases were genuine. I don’t think it’s wrong to stay suspicious, and keep energy companies on notice against pulling an Enron. But it’s probably not a current problem.

Finally, gas isn’t expensive compared with the fairly recent past.

One way I like to look at this is to look at the ratio of the price of gasoline to the average worker’s hourly earnings. Right now this ratio is considerably lower than it was in the early 2010s. Gasoline prices did plunge in 2014 — yes, under Barack Obama, not Trump. But this reflected a surge in fracking, which actually did increase U.S. oil production enough to have a significant effect on world

markets. Unfortunately the fracking boom turned out to be a bubble that eventually burned up more than $300 billion in investors’ money.

So gas prices probably won’t go back to the levels of the late 2010s, not because the Biden administration is hostile to oil production, but because those low prices depended on investors’ delusions about fracking’s profitability. Taking a longer view, as I said, gas isn’t actually expensive at this point.

Furthermore, experts believe that with some troubled refineries coming back online, gas prices will fall substantially over the next few weeks.

So what does this tell us about the success or failure of Biden administration policy? Very little. President Joe Biden’s jawboning of refiners over their margins might be having some effect; so might his release of extra oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Overall, however, it’s hard to think of a worse metric for judging a president and his party than a price determined mainly by events abroad and technical production issues here at home, a price that isn’t even high compared with, say, a decade ago.

Yet gas prices may sway a crucial election, a fact that is both ludicrous and terrifying.

Confirman asesinato de mujer en Río Piedras se investiga bajo protocolo de feminicidio y transfeminicidio

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SAN JUAN – El comisionado de la Policía, Antonio López Figueroa, informó el martes, que los agentes del Cuerpo de Investigaciones Criminales se encuen tran investigando el asesinato de Zuleyka Fernández Rivera, ocurrido en la madrugada en Río Piedras, con forme al Protocolo de investigación de muertes violen tas de mujeres y personas por razones de género (femi nicidio y transfeminicidio).

“Conforme al protocolo impulsado por el comité PARE y de acuerdo con la política pública del Gobernador,

todos los casos que involucran la muerte violenta o de aparente violencia hacia una mujer, se investigan si guiendo este protocolo. Por ende, mantenemos abierta la clasificación de la causa de muerte hasta poder co rroborar que no se trate de un feminicidio”, aseguró López Figueroa en declaraciones escritas.

“Hasta que no finalicemos la investigación, no descar tamos ningún ángulo”, agregó.

Mencionó que los hechos del caso se encuentran aún bajo investigación, debido a que las versiones ofreci das por la pareja de la occisa no han podido ser corro boradas aún por los agentes.

Comisionada residente anuncia Esfuerzos de colaboración fondos Medicaid

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SAN JUAN – La comisionada residente, Jenniffer Gon zález Colón, anunció el martes, esfuerzos para ase gurar el financiamiento de programas federales de salud para Puerto Rico como Medicaid. Según informó Gon zález Colón, ha convocado a dos mesas de trabajo don de ya son cerca de medio centenar de representantes de organizaciones de salud que han firmaron un Memorán dum de Entendimiento (MOU por sus siglas en inglés), para ir con una sola voz ante el Congreso de los Esta dos Unidos como ciudadanos americanos para reclamar trato igual en fondos de salud. Estas organizaciones se unen a otras organizaciones que tradicionalmente han participado estos esfuerzos, junto con la comisionada residente.

“Esta es la segunda mesa redonda de salud que ha cemos, específicamente, para ir en un frente unido al Congreso, para solicitar que se aprueben fondos para Puerto Rico. En diciembre expiran los fondos de Medi caid que reciben cerca del 50 por ciento de nuestra po blación. Por eso solicitamos 5 billones (de dólares) que incluirían el quitarle el tope del límite que Puerto Rico puede recibir por niveles de pobreza tal y como pasa con los estados, esto haría que se aumente la cantidad de servicios a los pacientes que se les pudieran dar a

Puerto Rico”, expresó la comisionada residente en de claraciones escritas.

En la mesa del sector de gobierno, participaron el secretario de Salud Carlos Mellado, la directora ejecu tiva de la Administración de Seguros de Salud (ASES) Edna Marín Ramos, la directora del oficina del progra ma del Medicaid del Departamento de Salud, el presi dente del Comisión de Salud del Senado Rubén Soto; la presidenta del Comisión de Salud de la Cámara de Representantes Sol Higgins, la senadora Marissa Jimé nez, miembro de la Comisión de Salud de la Cáma ra; y el senador William Villafañe, quien también es miembro del National Hispanic Caucus of State Legis lators.

Mencionó que por los pasados cinco años, se ha podido evitar “el abismo fiscal” del Medicaid, con asig naciones luego del huracán María de 100 por ciento de paro federal o FMPA por dos años, y luego, hasta el día de hoy, al 76 por ciento. A partir del 16 de diciembre, Puerto Rico regresaría a 55 por ciento de pareo federal, lo que requeriría que Puerto Rico aporte al programa casi el doble de lo que aporta hoy en día. Por tal razón la comisionada convocó a organizaciones y grupos loca les que están asociados o son filiales de organizaciones nacionales que tienen fuerte presencia en el Congreso, para hacer un frente común a favor de los fondos del

Medicaid.

Entre las organizaciones que asistieron, está la Arqui diócesis de San Juan, Asociación de Hematología y On cología Médica de PR, Asociación de Hospitales, Aso ciación Puertorriqueña de Servicios y Ayuda al Paciente con SIDA, Asociación Puertorriqueña del Pulmón, Aso ciación Puertorriqueña de Hemofilia y Condiciones de Sangrado, Centro de Cáncer de la Mujer, Colegio Admi nistradores de Servicios de Salud, Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Puerto Rico, Consejo Renal de Puerto Rico, Empresarios por Puerto Rico (EPPR), Escuela de Opto metría – Univ. Interamericana, Fundación Puertorrique ña de Pacientes con Endometriosis, MMAPA, PROGyn (Puerto Rico Obstetrics and Gynecology), Recinto de Ciencias Médicas – Universidad de Puerto Rico, Socie dad Americana Contra el Cáncer del PR, Sociedad Puer torriqueña de Cardiología y la Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Pediatría.

LUMA Energy dice ahora que no se van a hacer relevos de carga

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S AN JUAN – LUMA Energy, luego de advertir en la mañana del martes, que la generación energética provocaría relevos de carga, revelaron que cuentan con la generación suficiente para no hacerlo.

“La Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica encontró

el problema que ocasionó que esa unidad (Agui rre) saliera de servicio abruptamente y ya para esta noche tenemos generación suficiente”, dijo el director de Proyectos de Energía Renovable de LUMA Energy, ingeniero Daniel Hernández a Te lenoticias.

“No esperamos que ocurra un evento mayor, así que esperamos que todo esté normal para esta

noche”, agregó.

Según advirtió la empresa, el corte energético podría ocurrir de 6 de la tarde a diez de la noche debido a los problemas de generación.

Esta mañana se registró una avería en una de las unidades de la Central Aguirre que provocó que alrededor de 130 mil clientes se quedaran sin servicio.

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‘Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities’ review: 7 tricks, 1 treat

By MIKE HALE

The title “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities” makes a promise and delivers on it, to a greater degree than is absolutely necessary.

Del Toro, the strongest brand name in the horror business, did not direct any of the eight short films in the Netflix anthology, which premieres this week from Tuesday through Friday. But he recruited the writers and directors, and the series does show signs of a curatorial hand or perhaps of a desire on the part of the chosen filmmakers to salute the master.

For one thing: latex monsters. Most of the episodes — seven of the eight, by my count — incorporate a creature that is at least in part an actual, elaborate construction of the type del Toro has deployed so artfully in his own films. An enormous rat queen bares her fangs in Vin cenzo Natali’s “Graveyard Rats”; a bug-eyed Lovecraftian beast bellows in Keith Thomas’ “Pickman’s Model”; in Ana Lily Amirpour’s self-improvement fable “The Outside,” goo is layered on an actress (Lize Johnston) playing a beauty product that won’t stay in the bottle.

The regular appearance of these creatu res ties into another common thread, one that is, unfortunately, even more noticeable: “Cabi net of Curiosities” is just not very frightening. It’s as if del Toro told the filmmakers, “I don’t care what you do, but make sure you don’t sca re anyone.”

Like Rod Serling and Alfred Hitchcock, del Toro briefly introduces each of the install ments, opening doors and drawers in the towe ring cabinet of the title and pulling out objects that reflect the episode’s themes. There’s a fus siness to these segments that carries over into the series. Seen as a whole, the films, nearly all period pieces, have a drawing-room flavor, a quasi-literary puzzle-box aesthetic that gets tired over the course of nearly eight hours. There’s an abundance of visual talent on dis play in “Cabinet,” but there isn’t a correspon ding stock of storytelling imagination.

Character and real surprise mostly take a back seat to the working out of not very in teresting or original narrative puzzles — you tick off the twists and reveals on the way to the Crackerjack prize at the bottom of the box. The first episode, Guillermo Navarro’s “Lot 36”

(written by del Toro and Regina Corrado based on a short story by del Toro), is a case in point. Tim Blake Nelson gives an engaging, spiky performance as an angry Reagan-era Vietnam vet — an early adopter of white replacement theory — who supports himself by vulturing dead people’s storage spaces. When the con tents of a locker he obtains have Nazi-tainted occult powers, you wait with some interest to see what the punchline will be. But there isn’t one, really, just some latex nastiness.

Amirpour’s episode is the season’s most straightforward example of horror as cultu ral commentary. Kate Micucci plays Stacey, a mousy bank teller intimidated by her coworkers, a gossipy, appearance-obsessed crew resembling a reality-TV cast. The allegory of inner versus outer beauty is complicated by Stacey’s oddness — her thematically resonant hobby is taxidermy, in which she enshrines ou ter beauty by replacing animals’ insides with plastic foam.

She’s a ripe target for a face cream plu gged in late-night infomercials, and Amirpour brings some wit to Stacey’s deepening obses sion with remaking herself; the scene in which she first confronts the lotion monster is an amu sing echo of a Blue Man Group skit. But there’s not a lot going on in the screenplay, written by Haley Z. Boston, beyond the usual grotesque ries. When the story ends, it’s one idea short — you wait for another twist that doesn’t come.

Episodes with less conceptual weight — like “Pickman’s Model” and the other H.P. Lovecraft adaptation, “Dreams in the Witch House,” which is given a bit of a jokey Ham

mer Films vibe by “Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke — are more suc cessful as stand-alone stories but no more invigorating as horror. “The Au topsy,” written by David S. Goyer and directed by David Prior, benefits from F. Murray Abraham’s melancholy per formance as a coroner who finds so mething unexpected while conducting post-mortems on the victims of a coal mining accident.

Like any good Halloween haul, though, “Cabinet” contains one real treat, beneath the healthy snacks and candy corn. The final episode, “The Murmuring,” based on another del Toro story and written and directed by Jen nifer Kent (“The Babadook”), happens to be the one that does without any highly designed creatures. Incorpora ting the current fascination with the bird swarms known as murmurations,

it’s a wistful ghost story that combines visual motifs from Hitchcock’s “The Birds” with the ambience of “The Turn of the Screw.” It also has a few authentically scary moments, achie ved through suggestion and editing rather than special effects.

Andrew Lincoln and Essie Davis are gra ceful and believable as a married pair of bird researchers trying to recover from a family tra gedy. (Their essential rightness as a couple is obvious from their habit of greeting each other with whistled bird calls.) And the episode looks like none other in the series — Kent takes the action outdoors and fills the screen with quietly gorgeous sunset shots of bird formations over water. The wife, who is the primary scientist, fights her own demons as well as the condes cension of men who want to believe she’s ima gining things. Kent has thought it all through, and when “The Murmuring” ends, it is moving, and satisfying, in a way that the rest of the se ries hasn’t reached for.

F. Murray Abraham in the episode “The Autopsy,” which benefits from his melancholy performance as a coroner who discovers something unexpected.

Nearly half of COVID patients haven’t fully recovered months later, study finds

By BENJAMIN MUELLER

Astudy

of tens of thousands of people in Scotland

found that 1 in 20 people who had been sick with COVID-19 reported not recovering at all, and an other 4 in 10 said they had not fully recovered from their infections many months later.

The authors of the study, published earlier this month in the journal Nature Communications, tried to home in on the long-term risks of COVID by comparing the fre quency of symptoms in people with and without previous COVID diagnoses.

People with previous symptomatic COVID infections reported certain persistent symptoms, such as breathless ness, palpitations and confusion or difficulty concentrat ing, at a rate roughly three times as high as uninfected people in surveys from 6 to 18 months later, the study found. Those patients also experienced elevated risks of more than 20 other symptoms relating to the heart, respi ratory health, muscle aches, mental health and the sensory system.

The findings strengthened calls from scientists for more expansive care options for long COVID patients in the United States and elsewhere, while also offering some good news.

The study did not identify greater risks of long-term problems in people with asymptomatic coronavirus infec tions. It also found, in a much more limited subset of par ticipants who had been given at least one dose of COVID vaccine before their infections, that vaccination appeared to help reduce if not eliminate the risk of some long CO VID symptoms.

People with severe initial COVID cases were at high er risk of long-term problems, the study found.

“The beauty of this study is they have a control group, and they can isolate the proportion of symptomatology that is attributable to COVID infection,” said Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, chief of research at the VA St. Louis Health Care System and a clinical epidemiologist at Washington Uni versity in St. Louis, who was not involved in the research.

“It also tracks with the broader idea that long CO VID is truly a multisystem disorder,” Al-Aly said, one that

Andeno

resides “not only in the brain, not only in the heart — it’s all of the above.”

Jill Pell, a professor of public health at the Univer sity of Glasgow who led the research, said the findings reinforced the importance of long COVID patients being offered support that extends beyond health care and also addresses needs related to jobs, education, poverty and disability.

“It told us that COVID can appear differently in dif ferent individuals, and it can have more than one impact on your life,” Pell said. “Any approach to supporting peo ple has to be, firstly, personalized and also holistic. The answer doesn’t just lie within the health care sector.”

Long COVID refers to a constellation of problems that can plague patients for months or longer after an in fection. Over the last year, researchers have given more attention to understanding the daunting aftereffects as the number of COVID cases exploded and health systems learned to better manage the initial stages of an infection.

U.S. government estimates have indicated that be tween 7.7 million and 23 million people in the United States could have long COVID.

Globally, “the condition is devastating people’s lives and livelihoods,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, directorgeneral of the World Health Organization, wrote in an ar ticle Wednesday for The Guardian. He called on all coun tries to devote “immediate and sustained action equivalent to its scale.”

The authors of the study in Scotland tracked 33,000

people who had tested positive for the virus starting in April 2020 and 63,000 who had never been diagnosed with COVID. In six-month intervals, those people were asked about any symptoms they had, including tiredness, muscle aches, chest pain and neurological problems, and about any difficulties with daily life.

By comparing the frequency of those problems with infected and uninfected people, the researchers tried to overcome a challenge that many other long COVID re searchers have confronted: how to ascribe less specific symptoms to COVID when those problems are also com mon in the general population and may be prevalent in the midst of a pandemic.

Several of the most common long COVID symptoms identified in the study were also reported by one-fifth to one-third of participants who had never been infected, the study found. But symptoms were significantly more com mon in people who had previously had COVID: Those participants were more likely to report 24 of the 26 symp toms tracked by the study.

Of those with previous COVID cases, 6% said on their most recent follow-up survey that they had not re covered at all and 42% said that they had only partly re covered.

Pell said that she was still studying the trajectory of long COVID symptoms over the months and years since an infection. But the new study opened a small window onto that question. In one group of previously infected patients, about 13% of people said that their symptoms had improved over time, while about 11% said they had deteriorated.

“Some do resolve over time,” Al-Aly said, “but also there’s a good number of people who remain symptomatic with a bunch of manifestations over longer time periods.”

Only a small portion of the study participants — about 4% — had been vaccinated before their infections, and many of those with only a single dose.

“We’re now really heavily reliant upon vaccination,” Pell said, “which does confer some protection, but it’s not absolute.”

Women, older people and those living in poorer ar eas also faced more serious aftereffects from an infection. So, too, did those with preexisting health problems, in cluding respiratory disease and depression.

About 9 out of 10 study participants were white, making it more difficult to determine how and why long COVID risks may have differed among racial and ethnic groups.

For health systems still working to recover from re cent COVID surges while facing an onslaught of patients with the flu and other respiratory illnesses, considerably more resources were needed to treat patients suffering from an earlier coronavirus infection, scientists said.

“Our systems are not prepared,” Al-Aly said.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DIS TRICT COURT FOR THE DIS TRICT OF PUERTO RICO MMG I PR CFL CDGY LLC

Plaintiff Vs. JUAN ULISES VEGA MORALES, HIS WIFE, YADIRA RIVERA ISAAC AND THE CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP CONSTITUED THEREIN

Defendants

Civil No.: 20-1131. Re: CO

LLECTION OF MONIES, FORECLOSURE OF MORT GAGE. NOTICE OF SALE.

UNITED STATES OF AME RICA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, COMMON WEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, SS.

To: JUAN ULISES VEGA MORALES, HIS WIFE, YADIRA RIVERA ISAAC AND THE CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP CONSTITUED THEREIN, DORAL BANK (BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO rICO); RNPM LLC, SMALL BUSINESS

Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff for the sum due as of May 31,2022, which amou nt to $140,014.46 in principal, accrued interest in the amount of $9,386.38 which continues to accrue until full payment of the debt at the rate of 5% per annum, accrued late charges in the amount of $1,743.41, es crow deficiency in the amount of 6,585.24 and any other ad vance, charge, fee or disbur sements made by plaintiff, on behalf of defendants, in accor dance with the mortgage deed, plus costs, and ten (10%) per cent attorney fees; Pursuant to the judgment, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for Uni ted States currency in cash or certified check without apprai sement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Fede rico Degetau Federal Building, Chardón Street, Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico or any other place designated by said Clerk, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the fo llowing property: URBANA: So lar radicado en la Urbanización Coco Beach, situada en el tér mino municipal de Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el plano de inscripción de la urbanización, con el núme ro, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación; so lar número catorce del bloque D y con área de trescientos setenta y cinco punto ochen ta y cinco metros cuadrados (375.85 m.c.), en lindes por el NORTE, en una distancia de dieciséis punto nueve metros, con la calle uno; por el SUR, en una distancia de quince punto sesenta y cuatro metros con el solar quince de dicho bloque; por el ESTE, en una distancia de veintidós punto cuarenta y ocho metros con la calle nu mero uno; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de veintitrés punto veinticuatro metros, con el solar numero trece de dicho bloque. Consta inscrita al folio 7 del tomo 94 de Guaynabo, fin ca número 8,925, Registro de la Propiedad Sección de Guayna bo. Physical address: 141 Calle Gaviota, Urb. Coco Beach, Rio Grande, PR 00745. The pro perty is subject to the following Junior Liens: MORTGAGE to secure a mortgage note in favor of Doral Bank, or to its order, for the sum of $40,000.00, interest at 9.5% per annum, due on June 1, 2035, constituted in vir tue of deed 347 executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico on May 19,

2005 before Notary Public Rey Javier de Leon Colon, recorded at page 64 of volume 502 of Rio Grande, Property 27791, fifth inscription. LIS PENDENS Issued on May 1, 2014 by the Court of First Instance, Rio Grande Section, under civil case number N3CI201400313, filed by RNPM, LLC versus Juan Ulises Vega Morales a/k/a Juan U. Vega Morales, Yadira Rivera Isaac and the Conjugal Partnership Constituted therein, claiming the principal amount of $153,830.22, plus interest and other expenses. Recorded in Karibe of Rio Grande, Property 27793, Annotation A. MORT GAGE to secure of mortgage note in favor of Small Business Administration, in the original principal amount of $69,300.00, with interest at the rate of 1.750% per annum, due on de mand, constituted by deed #80 executed in Carolina, Puerto Rico, on December 22, 2018, before Manuel A. Acosta Rebo yras. Notary Public, recorded at Karibe System of Rio Grande, property number # 27,793, 7th inscription. Potential bidders are advised to verify the ex tent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder ac cepts as sufficient the title and that prior or preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax liens (express, tacit, implied or legal), or ho meowner associations dues, to the extent specified under the applicable Condominium Law, shall continue in effect. It being understood that the successful bidder accepts them and is su brogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. The present pro perty will be acquired free and clear of all junior liens. THE REFORE, the FIRST PUBLIC SALE shall be held on the NO VEMBER 4TH ,2022, AT 10:30 A.M., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $140,000.00. In the event said first public auction does not produce a bidder and the pro perty is not adjudicated, a SE COND PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on NOVEMBER 14TH, 2022, AT 10:30 A.M. and the mi nimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $93,333.33, which amounts to 2/3 of the minimum bid for the 1st public sale. If said second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD AUCTION will be held on NO VEMBER 21ST, 2022, AT 10:30 A.M. and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $70,000.00, which amounts to ½ of the minimum bid for the 1st

public sale. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens.

For further particulars, referen ce is made to the judgment en tered by the Court in this case, which, along with all documents related to the instance case, can be examined in the Office of the Clerk of the United Sta tes District Court, Federal Buil ding, Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico during regular business hours. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, on September 28, 2022. Aguedo de la Torre, Spe cial Master.

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PRIETO COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL, FULANA DE TAL, SUTANO DE TAL, SUTANA DE TAL, A, B Y C COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS, Y POR LOS HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS JUAN JOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ VÉLEZ, Y COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS FULANO DE TAL, FULANA DE TAL, SUTANO DE TAL, SUTANA DE TAL, A, B Y C; HONORABLE SECRETARIO DE HACIENDA DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO; HONORABLE SECRETARIO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE JUSTICIA DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO; JUAN JOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ VÉLEZ T/C/C JUAN J. RODRÍGUEZ VÉLEZ, MARINA NOSE SANZ PAMPLONA T/C/C MARINA N. SANZ PAMPLONA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES

COMPUESTA POR AMBOS Demandados CIVIL NUM. KCD2013-1613 (908). SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDI NARIA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, Edwin E. Lopez Mulero, Alguacil de la División de Subastas del Tribu nal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, a la demandada y al público en general, les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha li brado en el presente caso, por el Secretario del Tribunal, con fecha 15 de octubre de 2021 y para satisfacer la Sentencia por la cantidad de $67,491.78 de principal, dictada en el caso de epígrafe el 19 de agosto de 2021, notificada y archivada en autos el 25 de agosto de 2021 y publicada mediante edicto el día 1ro. de septiembre de 2021, en el periódico “The San Juan Daily Star”; procederé a vender en pública subasta, al mejor postor en pago de con tado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, todo derecho, título e interés que haya tenido, tenga o pueda tener la deudora de mandada en cuanto a la pro piedad localizada en el: Munici pio de San Juan, Puerto Rico, el bien inmueble se describe a continuación: Urb. Summit Hills #121, Bo. Monacillos, Río Piedras, San Juan, PR 00921. URBANA: Solar en la urbaniza ción Summit Hills (Tureyquen) en el barrio Monacillos de Río Piedras, marcado con el nú mero ciento veintiuno de CUA TROCIENTOS SETENTA Y NUEVE PUNTO CUARENTA Y SEIS METROS CUADRADOS. En lindes por el NORESTE en treinta y siete punto veintisie te metros con el solar número ciento veintidós; por el SURES TE, en doce punto cuarenta y tres metros con calle municipal El Cachete; por el SUROESTE, en treinta y ocho punto cuaren ta y cinco metros trece metros con calle número uno. Encla va una casa. Consta inscrita al folio 211 del tomo 288 de Mo nacillos, finca número 11,080 del Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección terce ra. Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las can tidades adeudadas, según la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, cuyas cantidades ascien den a $67,491.78 de principal, 8 ½ % de intereses, los cuales continúan acumulándose has ta el saldo total de la deuda, $205.86 de cargos por mora, los cuales continúan acumu

lándose hasta el salgo total de la deuda; $205.86 de otros gastos, más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. El tipo mínimo para la subasta será la suma de tasación pactada, la cual es $89,250.00 según la escritura de hipoteca para la propiedad antes descrita. De declararse la subasta desierta, se procederá a una segunda subasta y servirá de tipo míni mo de 2/3 del precio mínimo antes mencionado; $59,500.00.

Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en esta segunda subasta, se procederá a una tercera subasta, en la cual re girá como tipo mínimo ésta la 1/2 del precio mínimo antes mencionado; $44,625.00. Art. 104 de la Ley Hipotecaria, 30 L.P.R.A. sec. 2721. Para el lote descrito, la primera subasta se llevará a cabo el día 17 de no viembre de 2022, a las 9:30 de la mañana/tarde. De no compa recer postor alguno se llevará a efecto una segunda subasta el día 28 de noviembre de 2022, a las 9:30 de la mañana/tarde. De no comparecer postor algu no se llevará a cabo una tercera subasta el día 6 de diciembre de 2022, a las 9:30 de la maña na/tarde. La subasta o subas tas antes indicadas se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina, localiza da en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan. De Estudio de Título rea lizado, no surgen gravámenes preferentes y/o posteriores. Se le advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Nortea mérica, giro postal o cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal y para conocimien to de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está eje cutando, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el término de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publica ciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del munici pio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certifica do con acuse de recibo a la úl tima dirección conocida. Se les advierte a todos los interesa dos que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipote

ca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bas tante la titulación y que las car gas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere al crédito de ejecutante, continua rán subsiguientes entendiéndo se que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la res ponsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, previa orden ju dicial dirigida al Registrador de la Propiedad de la sección correspondiente para la cance lación de aquellos posteriores. Y para conocimiento de la de mandada, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspon dientes. Librado en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 13 de octubre de 2022. EDWIN E LOPEZ MULE RO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR.

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Demandante v. PABLO ENRIQUE ZAYAS PÉREZ, SU ESPOSA

ZULMA LIZETTE ROSADO SIERRA, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: SJ2022CV02022.

SALA: SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNI DOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRE SIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS ESTADO LIBRE ASO CIADO DE PUERTO RICO . SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribu nal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de San Juan - {243 Pueblo}, San Juan, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚ BLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamien to de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 17 de agosto de 2022 - {250 Fecha manda miento}, 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 con tinuación: URBANA: Solar de forma rectangular, que mide doce (12.00) metros de frente por veintiuno (21.00) metros de fondo, marcado con el número catorce (14) de la Manzana HK, hoy número setecientos seten ta y nueve (779) de la Urbaniza ción Puerto Nuevo, propiedad de la Everlasting Development Corporation, que radica en el Barrio Monacillos de Río Pie dras, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de doscientos cin cuenta y dos (252.00) metros cuadrados. En lindes: por el NORTE, SUR, ESTE y OESTE, con terrenos propiedad de la Everlasting Development Cor poration y dando frente al Oes te, con la calle denominada ca lle número sesenta y cinco (65), hoy 41 S.E. de la Urbanización. Enclava una casa de concreto para fines residenciales. Inscri ta en la finca número 8,127, al folio 90 del tomo 219 de Mona cillos. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección III de San Juan. La propiedad ubica, según pagaré, en: 779 SE 41 St. Puerto Nuevo Dev., San Juan, PR 00921. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTEN CIA dictada el 22 de junio de 2022, notificada el 22 de junio de 2022 y publicada en el Pe riódico de circulación general, The San Juan Daily Star, el 24 de junio de 2022 en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $32,113.32 por concepto de principal; generando intereses a razón de 6% desde el 1ro de agosto de 2015; cargos por de mora los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulán dose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este plei to, y la suma de $4,000.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipo tecariamente. 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 Tri bunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 21 de noviembre de 2022 a las 9:00 a.m., en el Centro Judicial de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fija do para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $40,000.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 29 de noviembre de 2022 a las 9:00 a.m. en la oficina antes men cionada del Alguacil que sus cribe. El precio mínimo para

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REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC Demandante Vs.

SUCESIÓN DE MANUEL

LÓPEZ MENDOZA

COMPUESTA POR MYRIAM LÓPEZ

ZAMBRANA, MANUEL LÓPEZ ZAMBRANA; SALVADOR JIMÉNEZ

LÓPEZ, ERICK JIMÉNEZ

LÓPEZ, MARCOS CARRASQUILLO LÓPEZ

Y RENÉ CARRASQUILLO

LÓPEZ; FULANO DE TAL

Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESIÓN DE ELIZABETH ZAMBRANA JIMÉNEZ, T/C/C

ELIZABETH ZAMBRANA DE LÓPEZ COMPUESTA

POR MYRIAM LÓPEZ

ZAMBRANA, MANUEL LÓPEZ ZAMBRANA; SALVADOR JIMÉNEZ

LÓPEZ, ERICK JIMÉNEZ

LÓPEZ, MARCOS CARRASQUILLO LÓPEZ

Y RENÉ CARRASQUILLO

LÓPEZ; FULANO DE TAL

Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; Y LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

POR MYRIAM LÓPEZ ZAMBRANA, MANUEL LÓPEZ ZAMBRANA; SALVADOR JIMÉNEZ

LÓPEZ, ERICK JIMÉNEZ LÓPEZ, MARCOS CARRASQUILLO LÓPEZ

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SUCESIÓN DE MANUEL LÓPEZ

MENDOZA COMPUESTA POR MYRIAM LÓPEZ

ZAMBRANA, MANUEL LÓPEZ ZAMBRANA; SALVADOR JIMÉNEZ

LÓPEZ, ERICK JIMÉNEZ LÓPEZ, MARCOS CARRASQUILLO LÓPEZ

Y RENÉ CARRASQUILLO

LÓPEZ; FULANO DE TAL

Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESIÓN DE ELIZABETH ZAMBRANA JIMÉNEZ, T/C/C

ELIZABETH ZAMBRANA DE LÓPEZ COMPUESTA

Yo, ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, Al guacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Caguas, a los demandados, acreedores y al público en general con inte rés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al públi co en general, por la presente CERTIFICO, ANUNCIO y HAGO CONSTAR: Que el día 2 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Supe rior de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico, procederé a vender en Pública Subasta, al mejor pos tor, la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, la cual se notificó y archivó en autos el día 11 de agosto de 2022. Los au tos y todos los documentos co rrespondientes al procedimien to incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría du rante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera su basta a celebrarse, se celebra rá una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el 9 DE NOVIEM BRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudica ción, se celebrará una TERCE RA SUBASTA el día 17 DE NO VIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que ha sido liberado por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Supe rior de Caguas, en el caso de epígrafe con fecha de 27 de septiembre de 2022, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la par te demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Finca identificada con el número doce en el plano de inscripción apro bado para la finca denominada “La Península” sita en el Barrio Bayamón de Cidra, Puerto

Rico, con las siguientes medi das y colindancias: Compuesta de uno punto cero seiscientos cuerdas, equivalentes a cuatro mil ciento cincuenta punto cua tro mil novecientos cincuenta y dos metros cuadrados. En lin des por el NORTE, con área de Bosque “B” en cuarenta y nue ve punto seiscientos veintiséis metros lineales; por el SUR, con la Calle número cuatro en cincuenta y dos punto cuatro cientos tres metros lineales; por el ESTE, con la finca número trece en ciento tres punto cua trocientos trece metros lineales; y por el OESTE, con la finca número once en ochenta y dos punto ciento veintiún metros li neales. Enclava edificación, con un valor de $50,000.00, mediante la escritura número 14, otorgada en Cidra, Puerto Rico, el día 18 de febrero de 1990, ante el notario Miguel A. Sánchez Pérez, e inscrito al fo lio 158 del tomo 275 de Cidra, finca número 10,814, inscrip ción 2da. Finca número 10,814, inscrita al folio 158 del tomo 275 de Cidra. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sec ción II de Caguas. Dirección de la Propiedad: LOT 12 3ST. LA PENINSULA, BAYAMON WARD CIDRA PR 00739. La subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer, hasta donde alcan ce, el importe de las cantidades adeudadas a la parte deman dante conforme a la sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: de $549,424.73 con interés al 3.551% anual, cual acumulan a un total de $670,499.90 a la fe cha de 21 de diciembre de 2021 y que continúan acumu landose, por concepto de ba lance principal del préstamo más intereses acumulados, y los cuales continúan acumulán dose, así como la cantidad lí quida estipulada en los docu mentos del préstamo para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en caso de reclama ción judicial y que correspon dan a intereses y cargos por demora posterior a dicha fecha, y la suma equivalente al 10% de la suma principal original pactada, estipulada para cos tas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; más recargos acumu lados hasta la fecha en que se pague la deuda; más cualquie ra suma de dinero por concepto de contribuciones, primas de seguro hipotecario y riesgo, así como cualesquiera otras sumas pactadas en la escritura de hi poteca, todas cuyas sumas es tán líquidas y exigibles. La hipo teca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida me diante la escritura número 393 otorgada el día 12 de julio de 2009, Cidra, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Público Laura Mia Gonzalez Bonilla y consta ins crita al folio 163 del tomo 275 de Cidra, finca número 10,814, Registro de la Propiedad de Ci dra, Sección II de Caguas. Por

la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscri tos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscrip ción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o dere chos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del ac tor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipo tecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se cele brarán las subastas en las fe chas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abo gado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. En tiéndase: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor del Secre tario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $882,000.00, con intereses al (no expresa), vencedero el día (no expresa), constituida mediante la escritu ra número 394, otorgada en Ci dra, Puerto Rico, el día 13 de julio de 2009, ante la notario Laura Mia Gonzalez Bonilla, e inscrita al folio 163 del tomo 275 de Cidra, finca número 10,814, inscripción 8va. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta del in mueble antes descrito será la suma de $588,000.00 según se establece en la escritura de hi poteca antes relacionada. En caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en su primera subasta se orde na la celebración de una se gunda subasta de dicho inmue ble, en la cual, la cantidad mínima será una equivalente a 2/3 parte de aquella, o sea la suma de $392,000.00; desierta también la segunda subasta de dicho inmueble, se ordena la celebración de una tercera su basta en la cual, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado para la primera subas ta, es decir la suma de $294,000.00. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el im porte de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el mo mento de la adjudicación, en tiéndase efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Pri mera Instancia, y que las car gas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsis tentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabili dad de los mismos, sin desti narse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes ante riores y/o preferentes según

surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Una vez efectuada la venta de dicha propiedad, el Alguacil procede rá a otorgar la escritura de tras paso al licitador victorioso en subasta, quien podrá ser la par te demandante, cuya oferta po drá aplicarse a la extinción par cial o total de la obligación reconocida por la sentencia dictada en este caso. La propie dad a ser ejecutada se adquiri rá libre de cargas y graváme nes posteriores. Si el producto de la venta fuere insuficiente para satisfacer la cantidad re clamada, se procederá a la eje cución de la sentencia en con tra de la parte demandada por el remanente de las sumas no satisfechas, mediante embargo y venta en ejecución de cuales quiera otros bienes propiedad de la parte demandada en can tidad suficiente para dejar cu bierta y totalmente satisfecha a la parte demandante cualquier deficiencia o parte insoluta de la sentencia dictada a su favor según dispuesto en la senten cia dictada en este caso. Se dispone, conforme con la sen tencia dictada en este caso que, una vez efectuada la su basta y vendido el bien inmue ble, los adjudicatarios sean puestos en posesión del mismo dentro del término de veinte (20) días por el Alguacil de este Honorable Tribunal y los actua les poseedores lanzados del referido inmueble. Y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general, se publicará este Edicto de acuer do con la ley, mediante edicto, en un periódico de circulación general en el Estado Libre Aso ciado de Puerto Rico, una vez por semana, por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo me nos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de cele brarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colec turía, y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía co rreo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección co nocida. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto de Subasta para conoci miento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 13 de octubre de 2022.

Ángel Gómez Gómez, Alguacil Placa #593, Alguacil Del Tribu nal De Primera Instancia, Sala De Caguas.

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Demandante Vs. LA SUCESION DE SERAFINA TORRES PASTOR COMPUESTA POR FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2022CV00848. Sala: 705. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA).

EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Al guacil que suscribe por la pre sente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cum plimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JU DICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epí grafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el día 1RO DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA,en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CA GUAS, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en #105 CALLE ORQUIDEA, URBANI ZACION CONDADO VIEJO, CAGUAS, PR 00725-2472 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número ciento cinco de la Urbanización El Condado sita en el Barrio Bairoa de Caguas, Puerto Rico. Tiene una cabida de trescientos cincuenta me tros cuadrados, y colinda por el NORTE, en veinticinco me tros, con el solar número ciento cuatro de la Urbanización; por el SUR, en veinticinco metros, con el solar número ciento seis de la Urbanización; por el ESTE, en catorce metros, con la calle número uno de la men cionada urbanización; y por el OESTE, en catorce metros, con el solar número setenta y dos de la Urbanización El Condado. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita en el Folio 21 del Tomo 416 de Caguas, finca número 36,119, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Primera. El tipo míni mo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $130,700.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las

oficinas del Alguacil que suscri be el día 8 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MA ÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $87,133.33. Si tampoco hu biere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebra rá una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 16 DE NOVIEM BRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pacta do para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $65,350.00.

La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constitui da mediante la escritura núme ro 142 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 31 de marzo de 2010, ante la Notario Aurora Montalvo Díaz, la cual consta inscrita al Folio 46 del Tomo 1095 de Caguas, finca núme ro 36,119, inscripción Décimo Sexta en el Registro de la Pro piedad de Caguas, Sección Pri mera. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido contra la parte demandada ascendente a la suma de $102,922.86 por con cepto de principal, desde el 1ro de octubre de 2021, más intere ses al tipo pactado de 5.125% anual que continúan acumulán dose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, La Suce sión de Serafina Torres Pastor, adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equiva lentes a 5.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gas tos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $13,070.00.

Además, La Sucesión de Se rafina Torres Pastor, se com prometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $13,070.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la es critura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $13,070.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Proce dimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIME RA INSTANCIA CENTRO JU DICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bas tante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecu tante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematan te los acepta y queda subro gado en la responsabilidad de

los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores desconocidos, no inscritos o presentados que sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de car gos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipo teca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmi sibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamen te con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus inte reses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado ase gurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anterior mente se adquirirá libre de car gas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Or den de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en ge neral se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por es pacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribu nal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tri bunal en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 17 de octubre de 2022.

Ángel Gómez Gómez, Alguacil Placa #593, Alguacil De Subas tas, Tribunal De Primera Instan cia, Centro Judicial De Caguas, Sala Superior.

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Demandante Vs BRUCE BOYER D/B/A PREMIER HEALTH COMMUNITIES / FULANA DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA

AMBOS /

HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT

PREMIER HEALTH COMMUNITIES LLC Demandado Caso Número: SL2022CV00292.

Y RENÉ CARRASQUILLO LÓPEZ; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; Y LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA.

poco hubiere remate ni adjudi cación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 20 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA.

Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $81,600.00. La hipoteca a eje cutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la es critura de hipoteca número 34 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 28 de febrero de 2011, ante el Notario Héctor F. Lebrón González y consta ins crita al Folio 101 del Tomo 1487 de Carolina, inscripción Segun da. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto sa tisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido condenando a la parte demandada ascendente a la suma de $144,731.82, por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de diciembre de 2020, más intereses al tipo pactado de 5.875% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante los car gos por demora equivalentes a 5.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los cré ditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gas tos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $16,320.00.

Además, la parte demandada se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente $11,291.70 para cubrir cualquier otro ade lanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $16,320.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Que los autos y todos los documen tos correspondientes al Proce dimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA

INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDI

CIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA

SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bas tante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsis tentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabili dad de los mismos, sin desti narse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes an teriores y/o preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Por la presen te se notifica a los acreedores conocidos y desconocidos que tengan inscritos, no inscritos, presentados y/o anotados sus

derechos sobre los bienes hi potecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de car gas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipo teca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmi sibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamen te con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus inte reses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado ase gurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anterior mente se adquirirá libre de car gas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Or den de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en ge neral se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por es pacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribu nal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tri bunal en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 18 de octubre de 2022.

HÉCTOR L. PEÑA RODRÍ GUEZ, ALGUACIL DE SUBAS TAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDI CIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR.

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ELIO JR. MONTALVO LOPEZ T/C/P ELIO JR. MONTALVO

Demandante Vs JOSE ANTONIO PELLOT GONZALEZ

Demandado Civil Núm.: AG2022CV01492.

Sobre: DESAHUCIO POR FAL TA DE PAGO Y COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNI DOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESI DENTE DE LOS E. E. U. U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: JOSE ANTONIO PELLOT GONZALEZ. CARR. #110 KM. 1.4

BO. ARENALES BAJO, AGUADILLA, PUERTO RICO. TELEFONO: (787)

908-7291.

POR LA PRESENTE se le em plaza para que presente al tri bunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido diligenciado este empla zamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Adminis tración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electróni ca: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de pre sentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y con ceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

LCDA. IVONNE M.

GONZALEZ SAMOT RUA #19153 7130 AVENIDA AGUSTIN RAMOS CALERO P.O. BOX 613 ISABELA, PUERTO RICO 00662

TEL.: (787) 872-4646 / CEL. (939) 642-0432

Email: ivonnem.glezsamot@gmail.com Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 20 de octubre de 2022. SARAHÍ REYES PÉ REZ, SECRETARIA REGIO NAL.

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ZULMALY ORTIZ TORRES

Demandante Vs. ARAMIS CARTAGENA ACOSTA

Demandado Civil Núm.: MZ2022RF00546.

Sobre: DIVORCIO (RUPTURA IRREPARABLE). EMPLAZA MIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTA DOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUES TO RICO.

A: ARAMIS CARTAGENA ACOSTA.

De: ZULMALY ORTIZ TORRES.

POR LA PRESENTE, se le notifica a usted que se ha ra dicado una Demanda de Divor cio bajo la causal de Ruptura Irreparable. Se le concede un plazo improrrogable de treinta (30) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación del presente edicto para contestar la petición. Usted deberá pre sentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual

puede acceder utilizando la si guiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de pre sentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar senten cia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda decretando roto y disuelto el matrimonio bajo la causal de ruptura irreparable, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discre ción, lo entiende procedente. El Demandante tiene un término de (10) días contados a partir de la publicación para enviarle copia de la demanda y empla zamiento a la última dirección conocida.

LCDA. MARGGIE RODRIGUEZ PEREZ

RUA NUM. 20,363 182 CALLE DR. RAMON E. BETANCES S MAYAGUEZ, PUERTO RICO 006804065

TEL. (787)265-1111 e-mail: mrplawoffices@gmail.com Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 27 de sep tiembre de 2022. LIC. NOR

MA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL.

LOURDES GARCÍA CUEBAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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REVERSE MORTGAGE

FUNDING LLC

Demandante Vs. MARÍA MILAGROS

GELPI ÁLVAREZ T/C/C

MARÍA GELPI; Y A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Demandado (a) Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV04321.

Sala: 508. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. NO TIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: MARÍA MILAGROS

GELPI ÁLVAREZ T/C/C

MARÍA GELPI.

EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 21 de octubre de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notifica ción. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedi

miento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días conta dos 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 notifica ción ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 21 de octubre de 2022. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 21 de octubre de 2022. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SE CRETARIA REGIONAL. MAR THA ALMODÓVAR CABRERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandado(a) Civil: GB2022CV00040. Sala: 201. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA OR DINARIA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: MICHELLE E. SAGUE, FULANO DE TA! Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE ALLAN THEOBALD SAGUE ALVAREZ T/C/C ALLAN T. SAGUE T/C/C ALLAN THEOBALD SAGUE T/C/C ALLAN T. SAGUE JR. T/C/C ALLAN SAGUE

ALVAREZ. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 20 de octubre de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia,

Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notifica ción. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedi miento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edic to de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edic to. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 21 de octubre de 2022. En Guay nabo, Puerto Rico, el 21 de oc tubre de 2022. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRE TARIA REGIONAL II. DIAMAR GONZÁLEZ BARRETO, SE CRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE GUSTAVO ULLOA GARCÍA, COMPUESTA POR: JEREMY KYLE ULLOA IRLANDA; EL HONORABLE SECRETARIO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO; EL CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandado Civil Núm.: BY2019CV03615.

Sala: 505. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HI POTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDEN TE DE LOS ESTADOS UNI DOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASO CIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribu nal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Ba yamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte deman dada y al PÚBLICO EN GENE RAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 10 de agosto de 2022, por la Se cretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la

propiedad que ubica y se des cribe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Solar marcado con el número B guión nueve (B-9) en el Plano de Parcelación de la Comuni dad Rural Villa Plata del Barrio Mameyal del término municipal de Dorado, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de cero cuerdas con mil ciento diecisie te milésimas de otra (0.1117), equivalentes a cuatrocientos treinta y ocho punto ochenta y siete (438.87) metros cuadra dos. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar B guión dieciséis (B-16) de la Comunidad; por el SUR, con la calle número dos (2) de la Comunidad; por el ESTE, con el solar B guión ocho (B-8) de la Comunidad; y por el OESTE, con el solar nú mero B guión diez (B-10) de la Comunidad. Inscrita al folio 205 del tomo 223, finca #10,176 de Dorado. Registro de la Propie dad de Puerto Rico, Sección IV de Bayamón. La propiedad según pagaré ubica en: 9 B 2 St. Villa Plata Comm. Mame yal, Dorado, PR. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada el 12 de noviembre de 2021 y notificada en este caso el 15 de noviembre de 2021, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $50,746.44 por con cepto de principal; generando intereses a razón de 6.25% desde el 1ro de diciembre de 2018; cargos por demora los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda recla mada en este pleito, y la suma de $5,400.00 para costas, gas tos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. La adjudicación se hará al me jor postor, quien deberá consig nar 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 algua cil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 30 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑA NA, en el en el cuarto piso, Ofi cina de Alguaciles de Subastas Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $54,000.00. Que de ser nece saria la celebración de una SE GUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 7 DE DI CIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $36,000.00, equivalen tes 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 14 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022 A

LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El pre cio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $27,000.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la tota lidad 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 men cionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confir mada la venta judicial por el Ho norable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en pose sión física del inmueble de con formidad 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 eje cutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecuti vas, 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 do cumentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se enten derá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecu tante 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 17 de octubre de 2022.

EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXI LIAR PLACA #193, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN.

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CARMEN MARÍA OLIVERA MALAVÉ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR

AMBOS

Demandado Civil Núm.: MZ2019CV00593.

Sala: 206-A. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTA DOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LI BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBAS

TA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instan cia, Sala Superior, Centro Judi cial de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLI

CO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamien to de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 6 de junio de 2022, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propie dad que ubica y se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número Dos (2) del Bloque “D” de la Urbani zación Vista Verde en el Barrio Sábalos de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, con un área de mil cien to sesenta y dos punto ciento setenta y cinco (1,162.175) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, en treinta y uno punto cuarenta y tres (31.43) metros con el solar número Tres (3) de la Manzana “D”; por el Sur, en cincuenta y seis pun to sesenta y dos (56.62) metros con el solar número uno (1) de la Manzana “D”; por el Este, en cincuenta y tres punto ciento quince (53.115) metros con la Avenida Eugenio María de Hostos; y por el Oeste, en trece punto cuatrocientos veintiuno (13.421) metros con arco con la Calle número uno (1) de la Urbanización. Enclava edifica ción. Contiene y le pertenece una casa modelo Dos-B am pliada que mide cuarenta y dos pies de frente por cincuenta y seis pies de fondo más su mar quesina. Inscrita al folio 147 del tomo 540 de Mayagüez. Finca 15,111. Registro de la Propie dad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Mayagüez. La propiedad ubica según Pagaré: Lot 19 Amatista St. Vista Verde Dev. Mayagüez, PR. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde al cance, la SENTENCIA dictada

y notificada en este caso el 18 de abril de 2022, y publicada en un periódico de circulación general de Puerto Rico (“The San Juan Daily Star”) el 25 de abril de 2022, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $168,670.10 por concepto de principal; generando intere ses a razón de 5.50% desde el 1ro de julio de 2018; cargos por demora los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, y la suma de $19,500.00 para costas, gas tos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente.

La adjudicación se hará al me jor postor, quien deberá consig nar 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 algua cil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 1 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022

A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Maya güez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $195,000.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 8 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022

A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes menciona da del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SE GUNDA SUBASTA será de $130,000.00, 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 15 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El pre cio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $97,500.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la tota lidad 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 men cionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confir mada la venta judicial por el Ho norable Tribunal, se procederá

a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en pose sión física del inmueble de con formidad 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 eje cutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecuti vas, 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 documen tos correspondientes al proce dimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas la borables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anterio res y los preferentes, si los hu biere, 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 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy día 18 de octubre de 2022.

JOSÉ M. CRESPO NAZARIO, ALGUACIL, DIVISIÓN DE SU BASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRI MERA INSTANCIA, SALA SU PERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ.

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

Demandante Vs. LYDIA LIZARDI APONTE

Demandada Civil Núm.: HU2022CV00275.

Salón: 702. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EM PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: LYDIA LIZARDI APONTE - URB. TURABO GARDENS, K-19 CALLE 27, CAGUAS, P.R. 007276061.

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 ale gación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SU MAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente direc ción electrónica: httvs://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dic tar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el reme dio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejerci cio de su sana discreción, lo en tiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte deman dante, el Lcdo. Kevin Sánchez Campanero cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, telé fono (787) 993-3731 a la direc ción jose.aguilar@orf-law.com, edwin.serrano@orf-law.com a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribu nal, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 13 de septiembre de 2022. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 13 de septiembre de 2022. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. VIONNETTE ESPINOSA CASTILLO, SE CRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CA GUAS

IDALIA RODRIGUEZ ROSARIO

Demandantes V. GREAT ATLANTIC MORTGAGE CORPORATION.;

JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y ANA DEL PUEBLO Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA CANCELACIÓN POR

DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA

Demandados

Civil Núm.: CG2022CV03398.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EM PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: GREAT ATLANTIC MORTGAGE CORPORATION; JUAN

DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA CANCELACIÓN POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA.

Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe. En este caso la parte deman dante ha radicado una Deman da para que se decrete judicial mente el saldo de un (1) pagaré hipotecario a favor de Great Atlantic Mortgage Corporation, o a su orden, por la suma prin cipal de $45,436.00, intereses al 7 1/2% anual, vencedero el 1 de julio de 2029, garantiza do mediante Escritura núme ro 402, otorgada en Caguas, Puerto Rico, el día 24 de junio 1999, ante el Notario Ignacio Jose Gorrin Maldonado, inscri ta al folio 162 del tomo 282 de Caguas, inscripción Sta sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en el Barrio Cañabon del término municipal de Ca guas, Puerto Rico, sitio cono cido por La Granja, compuesto de un área superficial de dos cientos veintiún metros cua drados y siete mil seiscientos sesentiocho diez milésimas de otro, equivalentes a dos áreas, veintiuna centiáreas y siete mil seiscientos sesentiocho diezmi lésimas de otra, en colindancia por el NORTE, con el solar Ecuatro en una distancia de vein tisiete metros y cincuentidos centímetros y dentro de esta colindancia está separado en seis metros y diez centímetros de largo y seis pulgadas de an cho por una pared medianera de concreto reforzado sobre la cual se estableció servidumbre de medianería entre los bienes y el solar E-cuatro; por el SUR, con el solar E-dos en una dis tancia de veintisiete metros y cincuentidos centímetros y dentro de esta colindancia está separada por una pared media nera de seis pulgadas de ancho que corre de Este a Oeste en diez metros y noventa centí metros doblando hacia el Norte en línea recta en tres metros y cuarenticinco centímetros y corriendo nuevamente hacia el Oeste y en tres metros y vein te centímetros sobre la cual se estableció servidumbre de medianera entre los bienes y el solar E-dos; por el ESTE, con la Calle que divide la plazoleta en una distancia de diez metros y treinticuatro centímetros; y por el OESTE, con el solar E-dos y terrenos del Gobierno Federal, en una distancia de diez me tros y treinticuatro centímetros. Dentro del predio antes descrito enclava parte de un edificio de hormigón que forma una vi

vienda completa marcado con el numero E-tres y consistente de una sala, una galena, co medor, dos dormitorios, cocina con fregadero y estufa de hor migón para carbón y un cuarto de baño con inodoro y ducha. Finca Número 8,003, inscrita al folio 157 del tomo 282 de Ca guas, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Caguas. La parte demandante alega que dicho pagaré ha sido saldado según más detallada mente consta en la Demanda radicada que puede exami narse en la Secretaría de este Tribunal. Por tratarse de una obligación hipotecaria y pudien do usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectado por el remedio solicitado, se le empla za por este edicto que se publi cará una vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de Puerto Rico. Usted deberá pre sentar 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 de recho propio. Debe notificar con copia de ella a la abogada de la parte demandante la Lcda. Lizbet Aviles Vega, Urb. Los Sauces, Calle Pomarrosa #222, Humacao, PR 00791; Tel. (787) 354-0061, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publi cación de este Edicto, aperci biéndole que de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su rebel día y dictar sentencia conce diendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Ca guas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 12 de octubre de 2022. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRE TARIA. ENEIDA ARROYO VÉ LEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE HUMACAO PALMAS DEL MAR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

Parte Demandante V. JOHN M. LLADO; RAÚL DÍAZ RODRÍGUEZ; LILLIAM N. ELISA LLADO URSINA; JOHN C. LLADO

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: HU2022CV00703. 205. Sobre: COBRO DE DINE RO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDEN TE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ES TADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: JOHN M. LLADO; RAÚL DÍAZ RODRÍGUEZ; LILLIAM N. ELISA LLADO URBINA; JOHN C. LLADO

POR LA PRESENTE, se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a: GONZALEZ & MORALES LAW OFFICES, LLC PO BOX 10242 HUMACAO, PR 00792

TELÉFONO: (787) 852-4422

FACSÍMIL: (787) 285-4425

Email: jrg@gonzalezmorales.com abogados de la parte deman dante, cuya dirección es la que deja indicada, con copia de su Contestación a la Demanda, copia de la cual le es servida en este caso, dentro de los TREINTA (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este Empla zamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Adminis tración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electróni ca: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Debe saber que en caso de no hacerlo así podrá dictarse Sentencia en Rebeldía en contra suya, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la deman da, o cualquier otro, si el Tribu nal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende proce dente. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal hoy día 17 de octubre de 2022. Ivelisse C. Fonseca Rodríguez, Secretaria Regional Auxiliar. Keyla Pérez Figueroa, Secreta ria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Parte Demandante Vs. JESÚS RODRÍGUEZ

ORTIZ, SU ESPOSA CARMEN ROSA RODRÍGUEZ CRUZ

T/C/C CARMEN R. RODRÍGUEZ CRUZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV06040. (604). Sobre: COBRO DE DI NERO; EJECUCIÓN DE HI POTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNI DOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRE SIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: JESÚS RODRÍGUEZ

ORTIZ, SU ESPOSA

CARMEN ROSA RODRÍGUEZ CRUZ

T/C/C CARMEN R. RODRÍGUEZ CRUZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE

BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

Queda emplazado y notifica do de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda de COBRO DE DINERO; EJE CUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA en su contra. Se le notifica que deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Adminis tración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electróni ca: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puer to Rico, Sala de San Juan y enviando copia a la parte de mandante: ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE DEMANDANTE: Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández, RUA Núm.: 16,393, BERMÚDEZ & DÍAZ, LLP., Edificio Ochoa, 500 Calle De La Tanca Suite 209, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901, Tel.: (787) 523-2670 / Fax: (787) 523-2664, rdíaz@ bdprlaw.com. Se le apercibe y notifica que si no contesta la demanda radicada en su con tra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solici tado en la demanda, sin más citárseles, ni oírseles. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribu nal, a 17 de octubre de 2022.

GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ CO LLADO, SECRETARIA REGIO NAL. WANDA MALAVÉ MARTI, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V. ALEXANDER ALFREDO AVEDAÑO RODRIGUEZ Y

OTROS

Demandados

Civil: CA2022CV02111. 402.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PA GARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFI CACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: DORAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION Y JOHN DOE COMO TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARÉ, ALEXANDER ALFREDO AVENDAÑO RODRIGUEZ, SANDRA MARGARITA CHAPARRO HERRERA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR

LUZ BONES CRUZ E

EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 17 de octubre de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notifica ción. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedi miento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edic to de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edic to. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 18 de octubre de 2022. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 18 de octubre de 2022. MARILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. KEILA GARCÍA SOLÍS, SE CRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS

LEGACY MORTGAGE

ASSET TRUST 2019-PR1

Demandante V. METRO ISLAND MORTGAGE, INC.;

JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES

TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS

Demandado(a)

Civil: CG2022CV01671. (802).

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PA GARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFI CACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES

DESCONOCIDOS.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 18 de julio de 2022, este Tri bunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi

damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted en terarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta no tificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circula ción general en la Isla de Puer to 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 Sen tencia, Sentencia Parcial o Re solución, de la cual puede esta blecerse 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 publi cación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archi vada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 18 de octubre de 2022. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 18 de octubre de 2022.

LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. DAMARIS RO DRÍGUEZ GUZMÁN, SECRE TARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC Demandante V. ANDRES E.

ZAYAS SANTA Demandado(a) Civil: CN2022CV00043. Sala: 406. Sobre: COBRO DE DINE RO ORDINARIO. NOTIFICA CIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: ANDRES E.

ZAYAS SANTAVILLAS DE LOIZA, AD1 CALLE 24 CANOVANAS PR 00729-4164.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 17 de octubre de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted en terarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta no tificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circula ción general en la Isla de Puer to 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 Sen tencia, Sentencia Parcial o Re solución, de la cual puede esta blecerse 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 publi cación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archi

vada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 18 de octubre de 2022. En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, el 18 de octubre de 2022.

LCDA. MARILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante Vs. SUCESION LUIS FELIPE LUCCA RIVERA T/C/C LUIS F. LUCCA T/C/C LUIS F. LUCCA RIVERA COMPUESTA POR CARMEN MILAGROS LUCCA COLON, AILEEN DOLORES LUCCA COLON; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION DOLORES COLON COLON T/C/C MARIA D. COLON COLON T/C/C MARIA D. COLON COMPUESTA POR CARMEN MILAGROS LUCCA COLON, AILEEN DOLORES LUCCA COLON; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2022CV01491.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO TECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO E INTERPELACIÓN POR EDIC TO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DR LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIA DO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: CARMEN MILAGROS LUCCA COLON, AILEEN DOLORES LUCCA COLON; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION LUIS FELIPE LUCCA RIVERA T/C/C LUIS F. LUCCA T/C/C LUIS F. LUCCA RIVERA; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION DOLORES COLON COLON T/C/C MARIA D. COLON COLON T/C/C MARIA D. COLON.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación respon

siva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su ale gación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SU MAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente direc ción electrónica: http://unired. ramjudiciaI.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberé presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dic tar 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 discre ción, lo entiende procedente.

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POR LA PRESENTE se inter pela a CARMEN MILAGROS LUCCA COLON, AILEEN DOLORES LUCCA COLON; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SU CESION LUIS FELIPE LUCCA RIVERA T/C/C LUIS F. LUCCA T/C/C LUIS F. LUCCA RIVERA; CARMEN MILAGROS LUCCA COLON, AILEEN DOLORES LUCCA COLON; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESION DOLORES COLON COLON T/C/C MA RIA D. COLON COLON T/C/C MARIA D. COLON, para que conforme dispone el Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de 2020, acepten o repudien sus res pectivas participaciones sobre la herencia de LUIS FELIPE LUCCA RIVERA T/C/C LUIS F. LUCCA T/C/C LUIS F. LUCCA RIVERA y DOLORES COLON COLON T/C/C MARIA D. CO LON COLON T/C/C MARIA D. COLON, respectivamente y así comparezcan ante este Tribu nal dentro de los treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto. Se les APER CIBE a los herederos antes mencionados que de no expre sarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de la referida herencia, la misma se tendrá por aceptada. También se les APERCIBE a los here deros antes mencionados que luego del transcurso del térmi no de treinta (30) días antes señalado contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del causante y, por consiguien te, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia. Expedido bajo mi firma, y sello del Tribunal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 03 de octubre de 2022. LCDA. MA

RILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL.

RUTH M. COLÓN LUCIANO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Parte Demandante V. NEMESIO COLÓN ROSADO E IGNACIA COLON MAYSONET Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: HU2022CV00869. 205. Sobre: COBRO DE DINE RO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDEN TE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ES TADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: NEMESIO COLÓN

ROSADO E IGANCIA COLÓN MAYSONET Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

POR LA PRESENTE, se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a: GONZÁLEZ & MORALES LAW OFFICES, LLC PO BOX 10242

HUMACAO, PR 00792 TELÉFONO: (787) 852-4422 FACSÍMIL: (787) 285-4425 Email: jrg@gonzalezmorales.com abogados de la parte deman dante, cuya dirección es la que deja indicada, con copia de su Contestación a la Demanda, copia de la cual le es servida en este caso, dentro de los TREINTA (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este Empla zamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Adminis tración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electróni ca: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Debe saber que en caso de no hacerlo así podrá dictarse Sentencia en Rebeldía en contra suya, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la deman da, o cualquier otro, si el Tribu nal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende proce dente. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, y día 17 de octubre de 2022. IVE

LISSE C. FONSECA RODRÍ GUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIO NAL AUXILIAR. KEYLA PÉREZ FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA AU XILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INTSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BARCE LONETA GITSIT SOLUTIONS, LLC

Demandante V. AUREA NYDIA LUGO PIÑERO, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO ÁUREA LUGO DE VIDAL POR SI Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JORGE VIDAL ARROYO COMPUESTA ADEMÁS

POR JORGE VIDAL CRUZ; JOEL VIDAL CRUZ; MIGUEL VIDA CRUZ, Y JORGE VIDAL LUGO; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados Civil Núm.: BC2022CV00112. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EM PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ RICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUER TO RICO, S.S.

A: AUREA NYDIA LUGO PIÑERO, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO AUREA LUGO DE VIDAL POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JORGE VIDAL ARROYO COMPUESTA ADEMÁS

POR JORGE VIDAL CRUZ; JOEL VIDAL CRUZ; MIGUEL VIDAL CRUZ, Y JORGE VIDAL

LUGO.

Queden emplazados y notifi cados que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca en su contra. Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto y deberá presentar su alega ción responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SU MAC), el cual podrá acceder utilizando la siguiente direc ción electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia en Rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o

cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su discreción, lo entiende procedente. Los abo gados de la parte demandante

son: Lcdo. Andrés Sáez Marrero T.S.P.R. Núm. 18074

TROMBERG, MORRIS & POULIN, LLC

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Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 12 de octubre de 2022. VIVIAN Y.

FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRE TARIA REGIONAL. SARAY SALGADO, SECRETARIA AU XILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA

TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES ACQUISITION TRUST 2018-HB1

Demandante Vs. SUCESION RUBEN CACERES PEREZ T/C/C RUBEN CACERES COMPUESTA POR RUBEN CACERES

GONZALEZ, CLAUDIA CACERES CAMILLA, GABRIEL CACERES, YVAN CACERES; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Demandado (a)

Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV02189. Sala: 508. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICA CIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: CLAUDIA CACERES CAMILLA, GABRIEL CACERES, YVAN CACERES; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION RUBEN CACERES PERES T/C/C RUBEN CACERES.

EL SECRETARIO (A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 18 de octubre de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente 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 diez (10) días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o repre sentando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los tér minos de la Sentencia, Senten cia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recur so de revisión o apelación den tro del término de 60 días con tados 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 notifica ción ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 19 de octubre de 2022. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 19 de octubre de 2022. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SE CRETARIA REGIONAL. MAR

THA ALMODÓVAR CABRERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA

CONDADO 3 CR2, LLC

Demandante V. BANCO POPULAR DE PR COMO SUCESOR EN DERECHO DE WESTERN

FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK

Demandado(a) Civil: SS2021CV00570. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTEN CIA POR EDICTO.

A: FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE, FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 11 de octubre de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notifica ción. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedi miento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edic to de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha

AMBOS COMO TENEDOR DESCONOCIDO DEL PAGARÉ, COMO TENEDOR DESCONOCIDO DE PAGARÉ A FAVOR DE DORAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION.

de la publicación de este edic to. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 19 de octubre de 2022. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 19 de octubre de 2022. SARAHÍ REYES PÉ REZ, SECRETARIA. MILDRED RAMÍREZ RAMÍREZ, SECRE TARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. NANETTE MARIE

ESCOBAR LOZANO

Demandado(a)

Civil: CG2021CV03222. (704).

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTEN

CIA POR EDICTO.

A: NANETTE MARIE

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 17 de octubre de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notifica ción. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedi miento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edic to de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edic to. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 19 de octubre de 2022. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 19 de octubre de 2022. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. YA RITZA ROSARIO PLÁCERES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN

REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC

Demandante Vs. CARMEN VILLANUEVA MALDONADO, T/C/C CARMEN MARÍA VILLANUEVA

MALDONADO, T/C/C CARMEN M. VILLANUEVA

DE QUIÑONES; Y LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2021CV04245.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO TECA - IN REM. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.

A: CARMEN VILLANUEVA MALDONADO, T/C/C CARMEN MARÍA VILLANUEVA MALDONADO, T/C/C

CARMEN M. VILLANUEVA DE QUIÑONES; Y LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA.

Yo, EDGARDO ELÍAS VAR GAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, Algua cil del Tribunal de Primera Ins tancia, Sala de Bayamón, a los demandados, acreedores y al público en general con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al públi co en general, por la presente CERTIFICO, ANUNCIO y HAGO CONSTAR: Que el día 29 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Su perior de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, procederé a ven der en Pública Subasta, al me jor postor, la propiedad inmue ble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en públi ca subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, la cual se notificó y archivó en autos el día 10 de agosto de 2022. Los autos y todos los do cumentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se cele brará una SEGUNDA SUBAS TA para la venta de la susodi cha propiedad, el 6 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 13 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecu ción de Sentencia que ha sido liberado por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, en el caso de epígrafe con fecha de 29 de septiembre de 2022, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble que se describe a continuación: UR BANA: Solar 27 del Bloque “LH”, Urbanización Levittown, Octava Unidad, Barrio Hato Te jas, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, con

cabida de 312.00 metros cua drados. En lindes por el NOR TE, en un arco de 13.676 me tros con Carlos Seguet; por el SUR, en un arco de 13.460 metros con los solares 32 y 33; por el ESTE, en 23.00 metros con solar 28; y por el OESTE, en 23.00 metros con el solar 26. Contiene una casa de cemento diseñada para una familia. Fin ca número 9,262 (antes 46,797), inscrita al folio 86 del tomo 191 de Bayamón Norte. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección III de Ba yamón. Dirección de la Propie dad: 103 Carlos Segnet St. Fronteras Dev. Bayamón PR 00961. La subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer, hasta donde alcance, el importe de las cantidades adeudadas a la parte demandante conforme a la sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: de $133,770.48, con interés al 7.00% anual, en con cepto de balance principal del préstamo más intereses acu mulados, los cuales continúan acumulándose, así como la cantidad líquida estipulada en los documentos del préstamo para costas, gastos y honora rios de abogado en caso de re clamación judicial y que corres pondan a intereses y cargos por demora posterior a dicha fecha, y la suma de $24,900.00 equivalente al 10% de la suma principal original pactada, esti pulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; más recargos acumulados hasta la fecha en que se pague la deu da; más cualquiera suma de di nero por concepto de contribu ciones, primas de seguro hipotecario y riesgo, así como cualesquiera otras sumas pac tadas en la escritura de hipote ca, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epí grafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 218 otorga da el día 9 de octubre de 2013, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Público David E. Vera Umpierre y consta inscrita al folio 23 del tomo 250 de Baya món, finca número 9,262, Re gistro de la Propiedad de Baya món, Sección III de Bayamón.

Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscri tos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscrip ción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o dere chos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del ac tor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipo tecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se cele brarán las subastas en las fe chas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito,

de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abo gado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. En tiéndase: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor del Secre tario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $249,000.00, con intereses al 3.494% anual, vencedero el día 3 de diciembre de 2089, constituida mediante la escritura número 219, otor gada en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el día 9 de octubre de 2009, ante el notario David E. Vera Umpierre, e inscrita al folio 23 del tomo 250 de Bayamón, fin ca número 9,262, inscripción 8ª. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta del inmueble antes descrito será la suma de $249,000.00 según se establece en la escri tura de hipoteca antes relacio nada. En caso de que el inmue ble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en su primera su basta se ordena la celebración de una segunda subasta de di cho inmueble, en la cual, la cantidad mínima será una equi valente a 2/3 parte de aquella, o sea la suma de $166,000.00; desierta también la segunda subasta de dicho inmueble, se ordena la celebración de una tercera subasta en la cual, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado para la pri mera subasta, es decir la suma de $124,500.00. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el im porte de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el mo mento de la adjudicación, en tiéndase efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Pri mera Instancia, y que las car gas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsis tentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabili dad de los mismos, sin desti narse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes ante riores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Una vez efectuada la venta de dicha propiedad, el Alguacil procede rá a otorgar la escritura de tras paso al licitador victorioso en subasta, quien podrá ser la par te demandante, cuya oferta po drá aplicarse a la extinción par cial o total de la obligación reconocida por la sentencia dictada en este caso. La propie dad a ser ejecutada se adquiri rá libre de cargas y graváme nes posteriores. Si el producto de la venta fuere insuficiente para satisfacer la cantidad re clamada, se procederá a la eje cución de la sentencia en con

tra de la parte demandada por el remanente de las sumas no satisfechas, mediante embargo y venta en ejecución de cuales quiera otros bienes propiedad de la parte demandada en can tidad suficiente para dejar cu bierta y totalmente satisfecha a la parte demandante cualquier deficiencia o parte insoluta de la sentencia dictada a su favor según dispuesto en la senten cia dictada en este caso. Se dispone, conforme con la sen tencia dictada en este caso que, una vez efectuada la su basta y vendido el bien inmue ble, los adjudicatarios sean puestos en posesión del mismo dentro del término de veinte (20) días por el Alguacil de este Honorable Tribunal y los actua les poseedores lanzados del referido inmueble. Y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general, se publicará este Edicto de acuer do con la ley, mediante edicto, en un periódico de circulación general en el Estado Libre Aso ciado de Puerto Rico, una vez por semana, por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo me nos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de cele brarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colec turía, y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía co rreo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección co nocida. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto de Subasta para conoci miento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 11 de octubre de 2022. Edgardo Elías Vargas Santana, Alguacil Auxiliar Placa #193, Alguacil Del Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Sala De Ba yamón.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE MAYAGÜEZ ROSA ERNESTINA VILANOVA ORTIZ

Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE AMALIA CINTRON ALDECOA, COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE, RICHARD DOE, FULANA DE TAL, MENGANA DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL

Demandados

Civil Núm.: MZ2022CV01439.

Sobre: USUCAPIÓN (PRES CRIPCIÓN ADQUISITIVA EX TRAORDINARIA). EDICTO.

A: SUCESIÓN DE AMALIA

CINTRÓN ALDECOA COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE, RICHARD DOE, FULANA DE TAL,

MENGANA DEL TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL.

POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza para que presenten su alegación responsiva dentro del término de TREINTA (30) DlAS siguientes a la publica ción de este emplazamiento por Edicto que será publicado una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general en la Isla de Puerto Rico. Usted(es) deberá(n) presentar su alega ción responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SU MAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente direc ción electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr.sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación respon siva en la Secretaría de este Tribunal de Primera Instancia y notificando copia de la misma al Lcdo. Luis Roberto Santos Montalvo con oficinas localiza das en Calle Concordia 256, Bo El Seco, Edificio Oil Energy, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, 00680; teléfono (787) 833-5466, y cuya dirección postal es P.O. Box 1809, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación respon siva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar senten cia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte demandante en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO, bajo la firma de este Tribunal, en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy día 19 de octubre de 2022. Lcda. Norma G. Santana Iriza rry, Secretaria Regional, Centro Judicial De Mayagüez. Alexan dra M. López, Secretaria Auxi liar Del Tribunal I.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO

NAL

CENTRO

INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados

Civil Núm.: GB2022CV00590.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDIC TO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTA DOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTA DOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LI BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELA CIÓN DIRIGIDOS

A: “JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE FRANCISCO REYES SANTOS. FRAILES WD LOT 5 PRINCIPAL ST GUAYNABO, PR 00969, Y COLINAS DE GUAYNABO G2 CALLE HÚCAR GUAYNABO, PR 00969.

ASOCIADO

Queden emplazados, notifi cados e interpelados, que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda sobre Cobro de Di nero y Ejecución de Hipoteca de la que surge lo siguiente: Que la parte demandante ha declarado la totalidad de la deuda que origina la presente causa de acción vencida; y al día 1ro de septiembre de 2019, la parte demandada le adeu da las siguientes cantidades: $192,834.22 por concepto de principal; generando intereses a razón de 7.95% desde el 1ro de agosto de 2019; cargos por demora los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acu mulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, y la suma de $26,900.00 para costas, gastos y honora rios de abogado; y demás cré ditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. La propiedad hipotecada cuya ejecución se solicita tiene la siguiente des cripción y localización: RÚSTI

CA: Lote número cinco parcela de terreno en el Barrio Frailes de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de mil setecientos treinta punto cua renta y seis metros cuadrados, según se describe en el Plano de lnscripción para la segrega ción de la finca de la Sucesión de Manuel Abreu aprobada por Arpe, el nueve de agosto de mil novecientos ochenta y dos, en el caso número ochenta y dos raya dieciséis raya B raya seiscientos once raya SPL. En lindes por el NORTE, en trein ta y tres metros lineales, con faja de terreno rotulada en el Plano de la segregación como futura Avenida Las Cumbres; por el SUR, en treinta y uno punto sesenta y nueve metros lineales, con camino público; por el ESTE, en cuarenta y nueve punto cero cero metros lineales con terrenos de varios dueños; y por el OESTE, en

cincuenta y cinco punto trein ta metros lineales, con el lote número nueve del mismo pla no. En este solar enclava una estructura de concreto para fines residenciales. Inscrita en la finca número 29,280, al folio 260 del tomo 745 de Guayna bo. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Guaynabo. Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda incoada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. Además, en cuanto a la interpe lación de los herederos del cau sante, a que dentro del término legal de treinta (30) días conta dos a partir de la fecha de la no tificación de la presente Orden, acepten o repudien la participa ción que les corresponda en la herencia del causante confor me dispone el Artículo al Art. 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico (31 L.P.R.A. §11021), de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repu diación de herencia, se tendrá por aceptada. También se le APERCIBE a los herederos antes mencionados que luego del transcurso del término de treinta (30) días antes señalado contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presen te Orden, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del causante y, por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dis pone el conforme al Art. 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico (31 L.P.R.A. §11021). Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Adminis tración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electróni ca: https://unired.ramajudicial/ pr/sumac salvo que se repre sente por derecho propio. Si usted deja de presentar y no tificar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y con ceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE

DEMANDANTE: Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández RUA Núm.: 16,393 BERMÚDEZ & DÍAZ, LLP Edificio Ochoa, 500 Calle De La Tanca Suite 209

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901 Tel.: (787) 523-2670 /

Fax: (787) 523-2664 rdíaz@bdprlaw.com

Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal, hoy 20 de octubre de 2022. LCDA.

LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL II. SARA ROSA VILLEGAS, SE CRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL CONFIDENCIAL I.

In returns of Tua Tagovailoa and Brian Flores, Dolphins’ troubles are on display

By EMMANUEL MORGAN

In the nearly four weeks since Miami Dol phins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa last played football, when his head bounced on a field in Cincinnati and he lay motion less for nearly 10 minutes, his team did not win a game, the doctor who evaluated him was fired and the NFL overhauled its con cussion protocols.

When Tagovailoa returned Sunday night, he faced Brian Flores, who was the Dolphins’ head coach from 2019 to 2021 and is now a defensive assistant for the Pitts burgh Steelers. Flores sued the NFL this year, accusing the league of racial discrimination.

Two of the NFL’s largest challenges in recent years — player safety and its struggle to diversify its head coaching ranks — reso nated heavily in Sunday’s prime-time match up in South Florida amid the backdrop of a football game. The Dolphins’ 16-10 win over the Steelers served simply as the stage for those subplots.

Tagovailoa threw for 261 yards and a touchdown in his first game back since sus taining a concussion on Sept. 29 against the Cincinnati Bengals, an injury that altered the NFL ecosystem. As a defensive lineman slung him to the ground in the second quar ter of that game, the back of Tagovailoa’s head smashed against the field. As he lay on the field, his fingers contorted into the fencing response, which can be a sign of a brain injury.

Tagovailoa said last week that he re membered much of that night until the in jury, which rendered him unconscious. He said he did not remember being carted off the field, but recalled being in the ambu lance and the hospital. He was discharged that night and flew back to Miami with the team.

That injury happened four days after Tagovailoa hit his head on the turf while be ing tackled in the second quarter of a game against the Buffalo Bills. In that episode, he stumbled while rising to his feet, causing many to believe he sustained a concussion. But he passed all of the concussion tests in the locker room and was allowed to return to play, as doctors concluded a back injury caused his unsteadiness.

The NFL Players Association started a joint investigation with the league into the Dolphins’ handling of Tagovailoa’s evalu ation, and later dismissed the unaffiliated neurologist who evaluated him in the locker room. The investigation, which concluded

on Oct. 8, found that the concussion pro tocol was followed, but the league and the players’ union agreed to strengthen it.

Players who show ataxia, a term describ ing imbalance caused by injury to the brain or nerves, will be barred from returning to play, regardless of the potential orthopedic reason. That mandate affected the Dolphins in their next game, when Tagovailoa’s back up, Teddy Bridgewater, was pulled against the New York Jets after an independent spotter suspected that a head hit after his very first play had caused Bridgewater to stumble. Tagovailoa was cleared to play last week after seeing outside specialists.

In an interview with NBC, Tagovailoa said he appreciated the new protocols but did not want his career to be defined by his affect on them.

“For me, I’m all for player safety, but when I hear guys saying, ‘That’s the Tua rule,’ or ‘This is a rule because of Tua,’ I don’t want to be known as that,” Tagovailoa said. “I don’t want people to label that as something I made.”

Tagovailoa received the loudest ap plause from fans during pregame introduc tions, and there were gasps whenever he scrambled outside the pocket. He started strong — completing five of six passes for 60 yards on the first drive and ending with an 8-yard touchdown pass to Raheem Mostert to put Miami ahead, 7-0.

But some of Tagovailoa’s passes sailed high and off target, and defenders dropped at least four potential interceptions. With the Dolphins leading, 16-10, with three min utes remaining, Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett fired a pass to Diontae Johnson from the Dolphins’ 30-yard line. But safety Jevon Holland jumped the route and intercepted it, and then celebrated in the end zone with his teammates after being forced out of bounds near midfield.

The Steelers (2-5) held the Dolphins to a punt and attempted another game-winning drive with about a minute left. But Pickett threw a pass toward the end zone that was intercepted by Noah Igbinoghene with 25 seconds left, effectively ending the game.

The Dolphins (4-3), who started the sea son 3-0, lost the three games that followed Tagovailoa’s concussion, an added contro versy for a team with a few of them.

In January, the Dolphins’ owner, Ste phen M. Ross, fired Flores after he won eight of his final nine games of the 2021 season. Flores compiled a 24-25 record in three sea sons leading Miami.

Flores, who is the son of Black Hondu ran immigrants, later filed a lawsuit against the NFL and its teams after he was inter viewed for multiple coaching vacancies but was not hired. In the suit, he cited text mes sages he said were sent by his former boss, New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick,

that appeared to congratulate Flores for win ning the New York Giants’ job, which he had yet to interview for at that point. Flores responded by asking if Belichick had intend ed the message for Brian Daboll, who in terviewed before Flores’ scheduled meeting.

Flores, in the lawsuit, said he had par ticipated in “sham interviews” conducted by teams simply to fulfill the Rooney Rule, a measure meant to ensure that teams in terview racially diverse groups of candidates for head coaching jobs.

In his filing, Flores also alleged that Ross had violated league rules by recruiting quar terback Tom Brady and coach Sean Payton, and that Ross had pressured Flores to in tentionally lose games to net a higher draft pick. The league said it found no evidence of “tanking” after concluding an investiga tion in August, but Ross was fined $1.5 mil lion and suspended 11 weeks for violating the league’s tampering policy for his contact with Brady and Payton. He returned to his role on Oct. 17.

Ross was on the field at halftime Sunday during a celebration for the 50th anniversary of the undefeated 1972 Dolphins team. But Flores’ discrimination lawsuit remains un settled as Flores’ lawyers jostle for the case to be heard in open court, while the NFL argues that it should be settled in arbitration.

Many viewed the suit as a probable deterrent for owners to hire Flores, which would end his coaching career. But the Steelers hired Flores in February as a senior defensive assistant and linebackers coach.

Two other Black coaches, including the Carolina Panthers’ interim coach, Steve Wilks, have since joined the lawsuit. Rich ard Lapchick, the director of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports, said in an interview that the suit would have implica tions for future hiring cycles and minority head coaching candidates.

“I thought it was courageous, and I think it’s going to move the needle,” he said.

Flores, dressed in a white long-sleeve shirt and a black vest, stayed close to the Steelers’ sideline during pregame warm-ups. Other than briefly chatting with Holland, Flores did not talk with any other Dolphins players before watching his players finish drills and then going to the coaching booth. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said last week in a news conference that he did not think the game carried more significance because of Flores’ return.

“It’s a nonfactor,” Tomlin said. “It’s a nonstory for us. It really is.”

Tua Tagovailoa threw for 261 yards and a touchdown in his first game back since sustaining a concussion on Sept. 29.

A loud season ends quietly for Aaron Judge and the Yankees

By JAMES WAGNER

Over the past six seasons, no player has been more synonymous with the New York Yankees, one of the biggest brands in all sports, than outfielder Aaron Judge.

In 2017, he won the American League Rookie of the Year Award and was the runner-up for the Most Valuable Player of the Year Award. He quickly became the face of the franchise and one of the big gest stars in Major League Baseball. He has been an All-Star four times, includ ing this season, when he set an AL record with 62 home runs and carried the Yan kees through their many ups and downs.

So it was only fitting that Judge came up to bat in the ninth inning on Sunday in Game 4 of the best-of-seven American League Championship Series with the Yan kees trailing the Houston Astros, 6-5, and representing his team’s last hope. But even Judge couldn’t save the day.

Capping a disappointing postsea son in which he hit .139, Judge swung at an outside pitch and produced a weak ground ball that Astros closer Ryan Pressly flipped to first baseman Yuli Gurriel for the final out. As the Astros began celebrating their fourth trip to the World Series in six years, Judge turned into the Yankee Sta dium home dugout for what might have been his final time.

“Anybody that celebrates on that field, it’s not fun to watch,” he said late Sunday night while standing in a solemn Yankees clubhouse.

Now, the baseball world will watch as Judge’s future is decided. Five days after the World Series ends, Judge, 30, will be allowed to talk to any of MLB’s 30 teams as a free agent for the first time in his career. The future of the Yankees — a franchise that loves to celebrate its winning tradition but hasn’t been to or won a World Series since 2009 — is intertwined with Judge’s.

“He’s a big part of this organization,” Yankees pitcher Néstor Cortés said. “This is the organization that drafted him, and he’s been here for a long time. He car ries a lot of weight around here. He’s a superstar.”

“The money he’s brought to this orga nization, to this franchise, to the game of baseball, I’m sure just the money alone in September of him chasing 62 was enough

to easily pay,” Yankees first baseman An thony Rizzo said. “There’s plenty of mon ey in this game to be spread around. For him, whatever he gets is going to be astro nomical, and he deserves it.”

“Hopefully we’ll see him in pinstripes for a long time,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “I don’t even want to think about the alternative right now. But he means a lot to a lot of us in that room.”

The Yankees face many questions this offseason, starting at the top. Brian Cash man, the longest tenured general manager in MLB, has been in his position with the Yankees since 1998. He has a five-year deal that expires this season, and barring an unexpected change of approach by the Yankees’ managing general partner, Hal Steinbrenner, Cashman is expected to return. And despite another early playoff exit, the Yankees signed Boone to a threeyear extension before the 2022 season.

But, overall, how much change is needed in order for the Yankees to finally get past the Astros, who have made six straight trips to the ALCS?

The Yankees have reached the playoffs six straight years but have been stopped in the ALCS by the Astros three times in that span, including during Houston’s sincetainted 2017 World Series-winning season.

The gap between the two franchises — despite a cheating scandal that rocked the Astros and cost their GM and manager their jobs and the free-agent departure of stars such as Carlos Correa, George Springer and Gerrit Cole over the years — was stark during this ALCS. Including their postseason sweep of the Yankees, the As

tros went 9-2 against their rival this year and outscored them, 45-31. After Sunday’s victory, Astros players partied with booze and brooms.

“Realistically, with the rest of the league, we’re still probably right up there toward the top, but they beat us in every facet,” said Cole, who signed with the Yankees before the 2020 season.

Added Yankees pitcher Jameson Tail lon: “They showed up when it mattered and proved how good of a team they were. The starting pitching all the way through the bullpen, quality arms. They do a little bit of everything well in that lineup. They’ve got the power, they’ve got the lack of chase, they don’t strike out a ton. A really deep, complete team.”

The Yankees looked like one, too, in the first half of the season, when they were on a record-setting pace. But so much went wrong in the second, from health to performance. Still, they finished the regu lar season with 99 wins, an AL East title and the AL’s No. 2 seed in the playoffs.

Their bullpen, which was depleted by injuries, faces a lot of turnover this win ter, with longtime relievers such as Aroldis Chapman, Zack Britton and Chad Green eligible for free agency. So are Taillon, a reliable starter, and Rizzo, a standout first baseman who said he had not yet decided if he would opt out of the final season of his two-year, $32 million deal with the Yankees.

But, of course, the Yankees’ biggest free agent — and the biggest in the entire sport — is Judge, and not just because of his 6-foot-7 frame.

In spring training, Judge turned down a contract extension that would have guaranteed him $213.5 million over seven years. He also declined to negotiate dur ing the season. That bet has paid off: Af ter several injuries in previous seasons, Judge played in 157 of the Yankees’ 162 regular-season games, rewrote the record books, played strong defense and was a team leader. All the while, he significantly helped boost the viewership of the YES Network, which is partly owned by the Yankees.

So how much money — and over how many years — are the Yankees will ing to commit to re-sign Judge? The Yan kees, who have other holes to fill on the roster, had a $259 million payroll, the

third-largest in MLB this season, and have $205 million already committed next year, according to Cot’s Baseball. Could the San Francisco Giants, who have only $141 mil lion on their ledger in 2023 and were the team Judge grew up watching in his native Northern California, come calling?

After Sunday’s game, Judge wasn’t prepared to talk much about what was next. He said he had plenty of time later to discuss it with his family and agent. He insisted he didn’t spend any time thinking about how it could have been his final Yankees game because it ended so quickly and he was so focused on trying to win.

Cortés and Rizzo both said Judge, if he returned, should be named the Yankees captain, which the team hasn’t bestowed on a player since Derek Jeter, who retired in 2014. LeMahieu, who is weighing off season surgery on his injured foot, said “we’d all be disappointed” and “shocked” if Judge were not back but that he under stood the business side of the sport. Cole said his advice to Judge was to take his time with the process. Rizzo said Judge should enjoy being wooed by teams.

“He bet on himself on the biggest stage in the biggest market and did it with ease and should be rewarded as the highest paid player in the game,” Rizzo said. The highest paid position player in total contract value — $426.5 million — and average annual salary — $35.5 mil lion — is Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout, a three-time AL MVP.

Rizzo continued, “He’s the new gold standard in my opinion, and it’s all about market timing for the most part and what better time than 62 home runs, hitting over .300 and how he’s not a Gold Glove finalist is beyond me.”

No matter what, Judge said he was proud of his time as a Yankee and called it “an incredible honor” to don the pin stripes and play right field at Yankee Sta dium.

“I check myself pregame and say a little prayer, and I look around the sta dium and kind of pinch myself,” he said.

“There’s very few individuals that get a chance to run out on the field and do that and play in front of the fans who support us throughout my whole six years here. It was a special time. I just kick myself for not bringing home that championship.”

Aaron Judge grounded out to end Game 4 of the American League Champions hip Series on Sunday and had to watch Ryan Pressly and the Houston Astros ce lebrate in Yankee Stadium.

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Have an intense desire for something? The Solar Eclipse in Scorpio, suggests you’ll be determined to get it, no matter what. With Venus in the mix, using charm or knowing the right people could be a big help. You might also be given something you didn’t know you needed, and if so, this can be fate playing its hand. You’ll soon realize why it had to be this way, Aries.

Taurus (April 21-May 21)

Someone could have an impact on you, and a decision or action of theirs might influence your future. A person you thought you knew well, can also surprise you with a request or a statement about their intentions, that you really hadn’t expected. This is a time of new beginnings, when you may fall madly in love or feel that it’s time to turn over a new leaf if things aren’t working.

Gemini (May 22-June 21)

You’ll be ready to dive in with both feet, and resolve a lifestyle issue at last, Gemini. The turbo-charged New Moon could spur you on to create major change. If you’re tired of the way things are, today’s Eclipse can inspire you to work on achieving a fulfilling routine over the coming months. With Venus involved, this may mean finding the perfect work/life balance for you.

Cancer (June 22-July 23)

Have a skill or talent? Want to be noticed? The Solar Eclipse in Scorpio aligns with Venus, so this is the time to put on an impressive display. Do your best to stand out, and you may get noticed by someone who is instrumental in helping you move forward. Regarding romance, this could be the start of something big, Cancer. An encounter might seem to have soulmate potential.

Leo (July 24-Aug 23)

Something big may be happening on the home front, as today’s Solar Eclipse can coincide with decisions that change everything. If you’ve been thinking about making a big move for some time, things might come together to encourage it sooner rather than later. You could feel like relocating or giving your home a sensational makeover. Any decision you take can work wonders, Leo.

Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)

A surprise could come your way today, as the Moon Be careful what you say, promise or agree to, as once you commit, it could be very difficult to back out. A potent lunar phase suggests big things are in the offing, and that you sense it’s time for a bold step forward. But it does pay to know what you’re letting yourself in for. Be guided by your instincts, as something you undertake now or over coming weeks, may be huge.

Libra (Sep 24-Oct 23)

Ready for a shift in financial affairs? Today’s Solar Eclipse, hints at a fresh start around money matters. You may get a new job, launch a business or have a brilliant idea that you sense could do well. With lovely Venus your ruler in the mix, you might be heading for better times, but you’ll also do well if you pare back expenses, Libra. Put your natural resourcefulness to good use.

Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov 22)

Today could be very significant, Scorpio. The Solar Eclipse is perfect for a fresh start, whether this is something you engineer yourself, or that occurs out of the blue. If you have a big dream, you may feel ready to make it happen. An event might inspire you to walk a path you’ve long pondered, but so far have chosen not to tread. It can be time to make that decision.

Sagittarius (Nov 23-Dec 21)

The Solar Eclipse takes place in a private zone, and can stir up a desire to explore your potential. If you sense you’re capable of more, you’ll be ready to do whatever it takes to bring your innate talents to fruition. Watch out for a dream or intuitive nudge that encourages you to connect with someone, or to explore new options. An inner force is pushing you to be the star you are.

Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 20)

Someone you know could be instrumental in helping you achieve a major goal. You may look up to this person, or recognize them for the influence and knowledge they have. Whether you take the initiative, or they come to you, their willingness to assist can propel you to new heights. Ready to make a dream come true? If you make a move now, things might quickly come together.

Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb 19)

Today’s Solar Eclipse in Scorpio, could be the start of something big, Aquarius. It takes place in a prominent zone, and can coincide with opportunities to take the world by storm. With Venus in the mix, your charm and magnetism may play a big part in your success. The coming six months or so might be a journey like no other, as you discover how exceptional you really are.

Pisces (Feb 20-Mar 20)

A chance to take on a challenge may fill you with enthusiasm, Pisces. An intense Solar Eclipse in your sector of far horizons, could act as a catalyst that propels you onto a new and exciting path. If you’re offered such an opportunity, then you might meet someone along the way who becomes an important part of your life. Stick with it, and it can change you in positive ways.