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By THE STAR STAFF
Sen. William Villafañe Ramos, the New Progressive Party (NPP) candidate for resident commissioner, reiterated on Sunday the need and the right that American citizens residing in Puerto Rico have to be treated equally in matters related to health, and emphasized that from Washington, D.C. he will promote various strategies to give greater visibility to the issues that impact the more than 3.2 million residents of the island.
“As resident commissioner, my priority will be to ensure that every child of this land has the same opportunities as fellow citizens of other states without having to leave our beloved land and that we manage to create the conditions so that the thousands of Puerto Ricans who have left can return home,” Villafañe said. “Certainly, issues related to health deserve all our efforts to achieve equal access to all federal programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, SSI, among others, so that they do not suffer from the disparities that we, the residents of the island, suffer from.”
In his most recent participation in a forum for candidates for resident commissioner, Villafañe said the issue of health is fundamental to the quality of life of a people.
“As [La Fortaleza] chief of staff, during the passage of Hurricane Maria, I experienced precisely what the need for medical attention is for our people,” he said. “I carried out more than 50 missions with emergency management personnel and we saw how in isolated communities, people with conditions that needed immediate medical attention did not have access to health services or medicines. I was able to see the importance of having a health center in isolated communities, and it is my commitment to work for that.”
He added that “as a senator, I had to live through the pandemic and I saw how everyone who worked in a hospital risked their lives to save others.”
and the benefits that the states receive in terms of health is one of the main reasons why our Puerto Rican brothers and sisters have decided to move to one of the 50 states.”
“Puerto Rico faces significant inequalities in access to federal benefits such as Medicare and Medicaid,” he noted. “In Medicare Advantage, the island receives 40% less funding than the states, which seriously limits access to quality health services. We will also fight for Puerto Rico to be included in mandatory benefits that are not currently covered such as long-term care, nursing facility services, home health services, and non-emergency transportation to medical care, among others.”
Villafañe added that his agenda as resident commissioner includes “ensuring that every bill presented to Congress includes language to extend its benefits to Puerto Rico.”
“It is important that we participate in early identification and intervention programs for the most prevalent health conditions; in this way, we will be able to strengthen the preventive phase,” he said “In addition, we will identify federal funds to strengthen and expand provider networks until they achieve a similar level of adaptation to that of the states. Not having an adequate provider network creates a bottleneck that hinders access to nearby, fast, and high-quality health services.”
The candidate also highlighted the need to obtain funding for the public Vital Plan, whose current allocation expires in 2027.
“We will not rest until we achieve equal Medicaid funding, the same as a state, and obtain the maximum reimbursement allowed by law. In this way, the government of Puerto Rico would not have to cover such a high difference,” Villafañe said. “In states with high poverty levels, they receive a higher reimbursement than Puerto Rico currently receives.”
“This spirit of service is not learned in the best universities, but rather it is innate and reinforced by the values that are taught to you at home, and it is this spirit of service that I share with each and every one of the workers in the health field,” the candidate said. “For this reason, I will work to expand funding to strengthen the infrastructure, resources and training that hospitals need.”
Villafañe stressed that the fight for equality is not a mere whim, and that the issue is essential since “the disparity between the treatment that Puerto Rico receives
By THE STAR STAFF
State Elections Commission (SEC) Alternate Chairwoman Jessika Padilla Rivera said Sunday that the SEC has begun the process of mailing ballots to voters who requested the early voting option.
The process was slated to begin Oct. 5. The SEC received about 184,000 requests from voters seeking to vote in advance and to cast absentee ballots as part of the November general election. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Padilla Rivera said the SEC mailed about 3,400 envelopes with ballots for voters in10 precincts.
“It is important that these voters who will receive the ballots proceed to cast their vote, following the instructions attached to the envelope, and that they return them to the Commission by mail in the pre-addressed envelope as soon as possible,” she said.
The ballots must be returned on or before Nov. 5. Voters must attach copies of their voter registration card or any other valid identification to the ballots.
Padilla Rivera also confirmed that the SEC continued to record and approve requests over the weekend. Prior to the most recent shipment, the commission had already begun sending absentee ballots to voters outside of Puerto Rico.
By THE STAR STAFF
Carolina District Sen. Marissa “Marissita” Jiménez Santoni asked Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia over the weekend to include Senate Bill (SB) 1035, which establishes better working conditions for nurses in Puerto Rico, including a nurse-patient ratio.
“The issue of the work environment for nurses is vital to the health of patients. Shifts where a nurse has to care for 20 to 40 patients is totally unacceptable, because not only are these health professionals adversely affected, but the patients also do not have the service they deserve,” the New Progressive Party senator said. “Bill 1035 is a measure that begins to correct this deficiency by bringing the nurse-patient ratio to one similar to that of the states, as it should be. That is why I call on the governor to include this measure in those considered when calling for an extraordinary session.”
SB 1025 creates the “Law to Establish the Provision of Nursing Personnel for Patient Care in Medical Care Institutions-Hospitals,” which establishes as public policy
the ample provision of nursing personnel in hospitals, establishing the minimum provision for each work unit and the work day of nursing personnel, as well as a new reality regarding overtime payments.
“This bill (SB 1035) was unanimously approved in the Senate (21-0), however, and very regrettably, the House of Representatives did not act on the measure,” Jiménez Santoni said. “We understand that this project is of vital importance for our patients and the health of the people, so it is worthwhile that it be included in the list of legislation that the governor will submit to the Legislature when he calls, as he has indicated that he is his inclination to do, an extraordinary session.”
“We have a commitment to the island’s nurses. It is not fair that in Puerto Rico the average salary of a nurse is $28,770 and in the States the compensation exceeds $81,000,” she added. “Likewise, in the States it is one nurse for every 2 or 3 patients in certain areas, not one for every 20 or 40 as it is in Puerto Rico.”
By THE STAR STAFF
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), in collaboration with Mujeres de Islas and the Foundation for a Better Puerto Rico, is issuing a request for proposals (RFP) for the design and installation of solar photovoltaic systems for the Culebra Solar community project.
The deadline to submit proposals is on or before Oct. 25. Interested proponents must review the RFP and send proposals via email to mhurt@edf.org with the subject line “Proposal for Solar Installation in Culebra” and the organization’s name.
In 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity established the Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund.
The fund seeks to improve the energy resilience of the
archipelago’s most vulnerable residents and contribute to Puerto Rico’s goal to draw 100% of its energy from renewable sources by 2050.
Culebra Solar aims to facilitate access to solar energy for homes in Culebra through a residential solar energy community project, according to the RFP document.
The initiative will contribute to a vision of energy self-sufficiency for Culebra and to greater resilience to the impacts of climate change. The RFP is intended to select one company or proponent to install 100-150 photovoltaic systems with battery storage at eligible residences in Culebra. Companies responding to the RFP will provide the group a single price ($/kilowatt solar and a price for storage or per installed battery or per kilowatt-hour of storage). The proponent must also confirm that it meets the requirements set forth by the DOE.
The proponent will be selected by Nov. 19.
The Culebra Solar initiative will contribute to a vision of energy self-sufficiency for the small offshore island municipality and to greater resilience against the impacts of climate change.
By THE STAR STAFF
New Progressive Party candidate for governor Jenniffer González Colón, along with the party’s candidate for resident commissioner, William Villafañe Ramos, and Rep. Eddie Charbonier Chinea, recently signed the Manifesto of Commitments to the communities surrounding the Martín Peña Channel, known as G8.
While she was a legislator in the island House of Representatives, González Colón began to work with the G8 communities in support of their efforts. In 2016 and 2020, she signed the Manifesto as a candidate for resident commissioner. Recently, she signed it as a gubernatorial candidate after having complied with all the agreements of the manifestos she previously signed and having obtained, in teamwork with the G8, funds for the Martín Peña Canal restoration project.
“Today, I can come here and say that I fulfilled the 2016 and 2020 commitments that I signed with you as a candidate for resident commissioner with the largest allocation of federal funds that has been assigned to the Martín Peña channel; and today I come with our next resident commissioner, William Villafañe, who understands what the community is asking for and that together we are going to work because this project has a state part and a federal part and together with Eddie Charbonier, who will be in charge of obtaining resources from the Legislature,” González Colón said.
In the first principle of the Manifesto,
the gubernatorial candidate promises to prioritize and defend the interests of the G8 communities.
“These communities have been resilient in facing and overcoming problems and challenges. What is being agreed upon and achieved has been because the community stood up and fought and has been given international recognition for its community organization,” said González Colón, who praised the work and organization of the community. “This is a major project that I am sure the goal should be a navigable channel that connects the different bodies of water.”
From Congress, the resident commissioner has worked on initiatives to emphasize the importance of the Martín Peña Channel Ecosystem Restoration Project, ensure its long-term validity, promote its selection for the construction phase, and secure the necessary funds to begin it.
González Colón achieved the inclusion of language in the report accompanying the appropriations law of the Energy and Water Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee advocating for the project in the following fiscal years: 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. In 2022, she requested it as the No. 1 priority of the community project requests submitted by the subcommittee’s office to the committee, but it was not chosen.
The project was authorized by the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2007 at a cost of $150 million. The resident commissioner requested and obtained an increase in the amount authorized by law
in WRDA 2020 to $255.8 million to protect the project and ensure its long-term viability.
The project was included in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers work plan published in February 2022 for construction, with a federal investment of $163.2 million to complete the project. The funds were authorized by the Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act, Public Law 117-58, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee considered this project in 2021, where the resident commissioner -- who belongs to the committee
-- was one of two Republican lawmakers to vote in favor of the measure.
Having worked in a bipartisan manner in favor of the Martín Peña project since its beginning, González Colón said she will be ready to work at the state and federal level to promote the project’s advance and minimize any delays or setbacks.
The G-8 is made up of the following San Juan communities: Las Monjas, Israel and Bitimul, Barrio Obrero Marina, Buena Vista (Hato Rey and Santurce), Parada 27, Barrio Obrero, San Ciprián and Cantera.
By THE STAR STAFF
Seven municipalities plan to appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston the debt settlement between the bankrupt Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) and Cobra Acquisitions for work performed to restore the island’s electrical grid after it was destroyed by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017.
The municipalities of Yabucoa, Guayama, Cayey, Naguabo, Caguas, Humacao and Las Piedras filed a notice as part of PREPA’s Title III bankruptcy last week, informing the court that they are appealing the settlement reached among the parties in July. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, which was approved by U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain, Cobra will receive total settlement proceeds of $188.4 million.
At least 15 municipalities objected to the settlement with Cobra, arguing they were going to lose at least $75 million in construction and municipal taxes. The government said the
settlement did not prevent towns from seeking the tax payments owed for the construction work performed by Cobra.
PREPA on July 31 agreed to back Cobra in its municipal tax dispute.
Cobra had initially argued that PREPA owed $406 million, including interest and expenses, for work completed more than five years ago after the back-to-back hurricanes devastated the island.
PREPA recently paid Cobra $150 million and will pay another $20 million once the electrical utility’s bankruptcy plan is confirmed. Another $18.4 million will be paid later.
Cobra CEO Arty Straehla said the Oklahoma City-based company will now maintain a significant cash position on its balance sheet, “and we will take a meticulous and strategic approach when deploying this capital.”
“We intend to pursue accretive, value-enhancing opportunities as we strive to strengthen Mammoth for the future,” he said, referring to Cobra Acquisition’s parent company Mammoth Energy Services Inc.
The municipalities of Yabucoa, Guayama, Cayey, Naguabo, Caguas, Humacao and Las Piedras filed a notice informing the Title III bankruptcy court that they are appealing the July settlement between the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and Cobra Acquisitions.
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By TROY CLOSSON and CHRISTINA MORALES
More than a week after Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 storm, state officials across the Southeast are scrambling to repair damaged electrical lines, roads and bridges affecting tens of thousands across the path of destruction.
Helene wreaked havoc from Florida to the Appalachian states after making landfall on the Gulf Coast on Sept. 26. The worst fallout is still in western North Carolina, where, in addition to the mass wreckage of destroyed buildings, teams are searching for dozens of missing people, some areas have no potable water, cellphone communication remains spotty, more than 170,000 customers still don’t have power, and hundreds of roads are closed.
But at least five other states are grappling with their own intractable problems from impassable highways to ruined farmland.
President Joe Biden, who surveyed the storm’s toll last week, said Helene most likely caused billions of dollars in damage, and he asked Congress on Friday to quickly replenish disaster relief funds to help.
Here are some of the biggest current issues in the Southeast:
In North Carolina, an untold number of people are still missing.
In the western part of the state, many families’ greatest concern is their unaccounted loved ones. But looking for them in mountain-ringed towns and rugged ravines has been a daunting task for search teams, and the effort has been hampered by poor cell service and widespread power losses.
It is unclear exactly how many are still missing. Asheville police said it had located 270 unaccounted people by Friday evening. But 75 additional cases of missing people remain active, and the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security were called in to help. Other problems, including delayed aid to non-English speaking communities, also continue to challenge recovery efforts.
Beyond that, however, simply getting access to basic needs is still a struggle for thousands. Residents in Asheville have been forced to travel elsewhere, if possible, for water so they can wash their clothes, take showers and flush their toilets.
Many people in western North Carolina still have not been able to get consistent cellphone reception, if they get any at all. In Buncombe County, which includes Asheville, 40% of its 347 cellular towers were not working Friday, accord-
ing to the Federal Communications Commission.
Transportation officials say that repairing the roads — particularly around the North Carolina-Tennessee border — may take months. That has many residents worried about the impact on the local economy.
Tens of thousands of homes in Florida were destroyed.
Helene was the third storm in 13 months to ravage the Big Bend region along the Gulf Coast of Florida, wrecking beachside towns and displacing many residents.
The state’s biggest challenge has been cleaning up tens of thousands of damaged homes so it can start the rebuilding process. In Taylor County, where Helene made landfall, the storm caused about $50 million in damage and destroyed or rendered uninhabitable at least 250 homes on the coastline, said John Louk, director of emergency management for the county.
Hundreds of miles south, nearly 17,000 homes in Pinellas County are ruined or have major damage. The densely populated Tampa Bay region saw record-breaking storm surge.
Many families still have no long-term shelter plans, though Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced that people who are recovering and rebuilding may apply for a travel trailer.
Georgia’s crucial farming industry is in shambles.
Agricultural officials are still assessing the scale of losses after Helene decimated crops and farm buildings in eastern Georgia, exacting what
officials called “catastrophic” damage in the state’s oldest and largest industry. An $83 billion sector, agriculture employs more than 320,000 people in Georgia.
No part of this vital industry was spared by Helene, Gov. Brian Kemp said at a Friday news conference.
A third of the cotton crop and up to 30% of the peanut crop were wrecked. More than 220 poultry houses were demolished, and hundreds more suffered damage. At least 48,000 acres of pecans were ruined.
It is a rough start to the fall harvest for local farmers, who also had to rebound after Hurricane Michael in 2018 inflicted $2 billion in agricultural losses. State officials are racing to secure emergency relief before farm operators — who have been reeling from inflation and low commodity prices — begin to collapse.
Some South Carolinians may not have power for weeks.
Service crews in South Carolina are making swift progress on fixing electric outages across the state, bringing down the number of customers without power to under 158,000 as of Saturday afternoon from more than 3 million shortly after Helene arrived. But the problems are rampant for homes and businesses near the state’s western edges.
In Aiken County, which sits on the border with Georgia and has some 170,000 residents, a third of the power remained out on Friday afternoon, Gov. Henry McMaster said at a news
conference. Nearby in Edgefield County, more than half of all outages still needed repairs.
Helene toppled power lines above ground. But a local utility company said on social media that engineers were discovering the damage lies far beyond “what meets the eye.” Many underground cables are flooded beyond repair, and power transformers are crushed from debris.
Eastern Tennessee faces painful questions over deaths at a factory.
After at least 13 people in Tennessee died in the storm, state investigators are probing complaints out of a factory where some lost their lives. At Impact Plastics in Erwin, it is believed that about 11 employees, some of them immigrants, were swept away by floodwaters. At least three workers were found lifeless, and three others remain missing, immigrant advocates said.
But some surviving workers say the company had told the employees not to leave and were not given evacuation instructions, according to the advocates.
The company has denied fault. Gerald O’Connor, the founder and president, said in a video statement that employees were instructed to leave the plant at least 45 minutes before the “gigantic force of the flood” arrived. “There was time to escape,” O’Connor said.
Tennessee authorities are now investigating the circumstances behind the deaths, a potentially long and painful process as the state reels from other problems. More than 900 homes, for example, were damaged in six counties, state officials said.
Major highways in Virginia are critically damaged.
Helene was Virginia’s most significant disaster since Hurricane Irene in 2011, when 2.5 million people across the commonwealth experienced power failures, officials said. Helene knocked out power for 310,000 people, but by Friday afternoon, more than 95% of all outages had been restored.
But the state’s road network remains “a real challenge,” Gov. Glenn Youngkin said.
In southwest Virginia, three bridges were washed away and two main highways are still obstructed and shut down. One of the closed highways is Route 58, a main thoroughfare that skims the state’s borders with North Carolina and Tennessee and contains a 1.5-mile stretch that is “absolutely impassable,” according to the governor.
State leaders are rushing to create a plan to reopen the highways, along with another 52 roads in the region whose closures have left many rural communities isolated.
By MICHAEL GOLD and MAGGIE HABERMAN
Donald Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday for a massive rally at the fairgrounds where he was struck in July by a would-be assassin’s bullet, an event envisioned by his campaign as a show of strength and a memorial for the former volunteer fire chief who was killed during the attack.
His speech quickly swung from a somber commemoration of the slain firefighter, Corey Comperatore, to a somewhat subdued, sanded-down version of his standard attacks on his opponent, complete with exaggerations and falsehoods. Trump commended his own performance in the face of adversity and brought out one of his biggest backers, billionaire Elon Musk, who jumped up and down on the stage.
For Trump, who has been jarred by the changes in the presidential race since he was attacked in Butler on July 13, the rally served another purpose: It offered him a chance to seek something of a do-over after a series of major events reshaped the contest just as the Republican convention in Milwaukee ended.
The rally’s stagecraft and programming — with singers, family members and friends serving as “character witnesses” — echoed the convention’s grandiosity, down to the same opera singer who closed out the proceedings in Milwaukee performing a handful of songs.
President Joe Biden announced he was dropping his 2024 bid three days after Trump’s nominating convention, swamping all news coverage of the former president’s
near-death experience and resetting the race with a new, younger Democratic opponent almost immediately.
So in Butler on Saturday, Trump sought to recapture the same spirit that engulfed him in Milwaukee, where he was riding high in the polls as he was nominated for a third time just five days after the shooting.
The rally — which Trump was intent on holding — was marked by intense security, a sprawling crowd and some anxiety, with Trump having faced a second attempt on his life since July.
Trump, at a rally where other speakers bemoaned the overheated rhetoric in the
campaign as leading to violence, seemed to focus on his victimhood, making a baseless suggestion at one point that the attempt on his life could have been the work of the same political opponents he has repeatedly accused of weaponizing impeachments and the criminal justice system against him.
For a significant part of the day, Trump’s team used the rally to honor Comperatore, who was killed during the assassination attempt in July as he shielded his wife and daughters from the gunfire. Comperatore’s firefighter coat and helmet were placed in the stands behind the stage.
Many in the crowd wore T-shirts reading
“Fight! Fight! Fight!” — quoting what Trump said right after his ear was grazed by a bullet in July. People stood in line for hours Saturday in order to be part of the day, and were visibly delighted to be there.
Several speakers mentioned Comperatore, with early speakers offering a somber reflection of the horror that had taken place at the fairgrounds less than three months earlier. And Trump, who met with Comperatore’s family before his speech, opened his remarks by paying tribute to him.
Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, commended Trump for returning to Butler. Mocking Harris, he asked the crowd who they would rather have dealing with foreign affairs: “someone who is afraid of interviews with the friendly American media or someone who faces down two assassins and returns triumphantly to the very place he got shot?”
Two of Trump’s friends in the business world, John Paulson and Steve Witkoff, offered testimonials. Then, Trump’s son, Eric, and daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, gave speeches that had highlights of what they said at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Trump entered to a live rendition of “God Bless the USA,” the typical walk-on music played at his rallies, another moment borrowed from his convention.
But while the lead-up speeches before Trump took the stage were distinct for one of his rallies, and he made a dramatic entrance by taking the stage and declaring, “As I was saying,” a reference to when he felt something strike his ear at the July 13 rally, his speech was mostly a fairly standard collection of his rally remarks.
By AATISH BHATIA
By the time Hurricane Helene reached western North Carolina a week ago, causing devastating floods, it was no longer a hurricane.
This hints at the challenges in alerting the public about the risks that storms can bring inland, and also to the changing understanding of what makes these storms so dangerous.
“We’re realizing more than ever how deadly inland flooding is,” said Carl Schreck, a hurricane researcher at North Carolina State University, who was in his home near Asheville,
North Carolina, when Helene struck.
Before a hurricane hits, news headlines usually highlight the category of a storm and its wind speeds, he said. But after the storm hits, the headlines tend to be about the rain.
That familiar five-point category rating, known to experts as the Saffir-Simpson scale, is the main way the public understands a hurricane’s strength.
But the category rating is based only on wind speeds. It leaves out all the other ways hurricanes can do damage, including storm surges, tornadoes and rain-caused flooding.
These other dangers can be more deadly
than wind: Of 455 deaths directly caused by hurricanes from 2013 to 2023, 12% were caused by wind and 11% by storm surges (where wind pushes seawater toward the shore).
But 55% — 252 deaths — were caused by flooding due to rain, according to the National Hurricane Center.
As the climate warms, Americans can expect to see wetter, stronger and slower-moving storms that may be more likely to intrude farther inland. Inland populations are also generally poorer and less likely to have flood insurance compared with their coastal counterparts.
Yet there is no simple, widely used nu-
merical scale to communicate a hurricane’s potential to cause flooding, as there is to communicate its wind speed.
Some scientists have developed new metrics to try to capture a hurricane’s rain risk. But Schreck, who recently developed one such measure, said the hurricane center understandably does not want to confuse the public with multiple rating scales.
Experts still hope to grow public awareness beyond the category rating. “We need to rethink how we name, categorize and talk about these things because too many people are dying,” said Kathie Dello, the state clima-
tologist of North Carolina.
Even “downgraded” to a tropical storm, Helene was still deadly: Its unusually large size meant that it took longer for the storm to pass overhead, and so it rained longer. As the mountain slopes drove the storm’s moisture upward, it condensed into even more rain that funneled down valleys, leading to record-breaking flooding.
Officials warned ahead of time about the risk of extreme rainfall and flash flooding. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration put out a rare news release warning of “catastrophic, life-threatening inland flooding.” And the hurricane center supplements its category scale with a lot more information about different hurricane hazards, including rainfall.
But despite all these warnings, the human toll remained catastrophic.
A storm by any other name
About 10 days before Helene struck, a different tropical storm caused extensive flooding in southeastern North Carolina. That storm fell short of the wind speeds required of a hurricane. It didn’t receive an official name or a category rating, and was termed Potential Tropical Cyclone Eight.
“Not having a name was a problem,” said Dello, because it made it harder to communicate its risks to the public.
But the unnamed storm had severe effects. Some locations saw about 20 inches of rain. There were flash floods on Carolina Beach. Parts of Brunswick County saw extreme flooding that lasted for days. Some roads were washed out. One river had its second-highest levels on record, exceeded only by Hurricane Florence’s flood levels.
Weather experts have gotten much better over the years at forecasting major storms — hurricanes or not. But they can’t easily overcome how entrenched the hurricane category system is when it comes to the public’s sense of risk.
The National Weather Service does provide an excessive rainfall outlook, which
predicts the risk of extreme rainfall in a given location with four ratings: marginal, slight, moderate and high risk.
The high risk ratings are issued on only about 16 days annually across the U.S., said Alex Lamers, who leads forecasting at the weather service’s Weather Prediction Center. But those days account for 36% of the deaths and 80% of the damages caused by flooding in the U.S., he said.
“It’s about the strongest bell that we can ring,” he said.
For Helene, the weather service issued a high risk rating around Asheville about two days before the worst flooding started.
“It was a really remarkable forecast,” Dello said of the warning’s accuracy. But she said the forecast alone isn’t sufficient. To be more actionable, it needs to be translated into how much damage might happen on the ground — the threat to lives and infrastructure.
A false sense of security
Reports have referred to Helene as a “1 in 1,000-year storm.” This term is essentially a statistical estimate by NOAA based on past rainfall in a location. It’s used by city planners, engineers and floodplain managers to design for future floods.
But these estimates may provide a false sense of security. They are based on the past, and as the climate changes, the past becomes a poorer predictor of the future.
As a 2021 study in Europe found, climate change can increase the intensity of the most extreme flooding while also decreasing the intensity of moderate flooding. This means that recent historical experience may downplay the risk of what is to come.
In Asheville, a storm that occurs on average once in 1,000 years is predicted to bring 11.4 inches of rain in three days. But during Helene, the airport’s weather station recorded nearly 14 inches of rain in that duration, according to the North Carolina State Climate Office.
By SANTUL NERKAR
Viewed through a narrow lens, Savannah, Georgia, is a popular tourist destination with a seemingly aesthetic profile, accentuated by its Revolutionary War history, historic Black churches and colorful Victorian homes surrounded by Spanish moss.
For big companies, the city’s primary attraction has been a grittier side that has fueled an economic transformation over the decades: Savannah is the No. 2 ocean cargo complex on the East Coast, home to thriving container terminals that handle millions of tons of freight each year.
That economic motor for the city and the region sputtered to a stop this week after thousands of dockworkers represented by the International Longshoremen’s Association, or ILA, went on strike from Maine to Texas.
Instead of a stream of trucks moving big boxes in and out of the port, a group of around 100 dockworkers stood outside the main gates Tuesday, intermittently chanting, “No contract, no work,” with traffic reduced to vehicles that drove by honking in solidarity with the striking workers.
But after three days, the group representing port operators made a new pay offer, and the union suspended the walkout.
On Friday, the Port of Savannah was humming again. Trucks started lining up in front of the gates of the Garden City Terminal before sunrise, and by midmorning, large container ships made their way down the Savannah River, in clear view of the city’s downtown.
“It really was a herculean effort to get open this morning,” Griff Lynch, the president and CEO of the Georgia Ports Authority, said in an interview.
For Savannah, the return to work represented a dodged bullet. Had the stoppage dragged on, the economy that relies so heavily on the port would have been thrown off course.
Port cities like New York and Boston have diverse economies driven by sectors like finance and medicine. Savannah, a city of 150,000 and the nucleus of a metropolitan region of 400,000, depends more on the freight traffic passing through its container terminals. (To the south, a smaller port in Brunswick, Georgia, handles wheeled cargo like tractors and automobiles.)
A wide range of businesses depend on Savannah’s port, not just locally but also statewide. More than 500,000 jobs across Georgia, including nearly 60,000 in the Savannah metropolitan area, were supported by the state’s ports in 2021, according to a study from the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia.
“It’s the engine,” Dave Manns, the senior vice president for customer success at PortCity, a third-party logistics provider, said of Savannah’s port. His company’s warehouses cover around 4 million square feet in the Southeast, and the largest is in the Savannah area.
A few distinct geographic factors and historical trends have made the city an attractive place for companies to send their products. It has one of the westernmost ports
The Port of Georgia, along the Savannah River, on the first day of the International Longshoremen’s Association protest on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. The Georgia city is a picturesque tourist destination. But it’s also the East Coast’s No. 2 ocean cargo hub, and the now suspended dock strike imperiled livelihoods. (Adam Kuehl/The New York Times)
along the East Coast, making it easy for truckloads to reach far inland in just a day. It is cheaper to build on its land than in, say, New York City or Los Angeles.
Amazon announced in 2021 that it was building a fulfillment center in Savannah. In 2022, Hyundai announced it was building a plant to produce electric vehicles there, with plans to spend nearly $8 billion on that factory, one of the largest private investments in Georgia’s history.
Yet a logistics hub wasn’t predestined for Savannah. Until the 1990s, the city primarily focused on exports of paper and chemicals at its port, and it didn’t have the critical storage space that companies look for when deciding where to ship their products.
That changed with a push by the Georgia Ports Authority to invest in more warehouses and build on the area’s marshy land. The expansion of the Panama Canal in 2016 helped, enabling larger container ships to pass through, according to Jean-Paul Rodrigue, a professor in the department of maritime business administration at Texas A&M University at Galveston.
The local efforts have paid off.
Throughout much of the 2000s, the Port of Savannah was the fastest-growing container terminal in the country,
and in 2022, it handled around 5.9 million units of imports and exports, nearly twice the volume from a decade earlier. Georgia’s large poultry industry has helped bolster exports at the terminal, which has in turn increased the production of warehouses around Savannah.
But even as things started to return to normal Friday, businesses in Savannah faced a challenging few days of work, and some worried about what another strike could bring.
TCW, a warehousing and distribution company whose largest operation center is in Savannah, typically handles around 130 containers a day, carrying manufacturing equipment like car and golf cart parts. But a day before the strike began, with many drivers dealing with the damage caused by Hurricane Helene, TCW could handle only about a quarter of its usual volume. It told customers that they wouldn’t be receiving further shipments.
Given TCW’s limited space — it can store around 400 truckloads in its yard at a time — there was only so much it could do to prepare, said Ben Banks, a vice president of operations for TCW. He and the company had been monitoring the potential for a strike by the ILA for about a year.
When word came that the strike was over, Banks said he was “pumped.” He hoped that with the port open on the weekend, his company would be caught up on its backlog by late next week.
Onder Ansary, the general manager at Phoenix Transload Services, which unloads freight from trucks, had been more worried about what the strike would mean for the cost of his necessities, and about possible consumer hoarding of products in anticipation of shortages.
“I’m still worried,” Ansary said Friday, noting that the strike was only suspended and that there had still been no overall contract agreement. In the meantime, he said, it would take about a week for things to return to normal.
Yet even with the recent disruption, he remained optimistic about Savannah’s economy. Ansary, 45, pointed to the relative ease of finding work, particularly compared with the situation when he arrived more than 25 years ago. Even a few years ago, the road he worked as an unloader was made of dirt. Today, it has warehouses for companies like Target and Wayfair.
“I do see Savannah as eventually competing with Atlanta,” Ansary said.
Renewed momentum was on display Friday at PortCity’s warehouse.
Typically, trucks that unload imports enter it from the side closest to the port, and trucks that transport those goods inland arrive from the other side. Once the port shut down, there were no trucks to be found. Forklifts and golf carts that normally zoomed around the 1-million-squarefoot building were not operating, and boxes of rigatoni and diced carrots stood untouched, stacked to within 8 feet of the ceiling in some spots.
“Usually, it’s control the chaos,” Manns said.
Now the chaos is back. “I can see and hear the forklifts zipping by like a well-tuned orchestra,” he said Friday.
Vista Outdoor on Friday agreed to sell itself in parts to two separate buyers for a total of $3.35 billion, including debt, after fending off a hostile suitor that pursued the sporting goods and ammunitions maker for months.
Vista struck a deal to sell its sporting goods unit Revelyst to investment firm Strategic Value Partners for $1.1 billion, according to a statement seen by Reuters.
It has also agreed to revise the terms of a previously agreed deal to sell its ammunitions business Kinetic to Praguebased defense contractor Czechoslovak Group (CSG).
CSG has raised its offer for Kinetic by $75 million to $2.2 billion. The company, which had initially also agreed to buy a 7.5% stake in Revelyst for $150 million, will no longer do so.
Taken together, the two deals value Vista at $45 per share, topping a rival $43 per share offer from MNC Capital, an investment firm led by former Vista board member Mark Gottfredson. MNC has repeatedly attempted to acquire Vista this year.
“The board has worked tirelessly to deliver maximum value to its stockholders, and we are pleased to have reached this agreement with SVP and CSG which helps us achieve that objective,” Michael Callahan, chairman of Vista’s board of directors, said in the statement.
The transaction has been approved by Vista’s board of directors. The sale of Revelyst is expected to close by January, subject to regulatory approvals and the completion of the CSG deal.
The complex transaction would need to go to Vista’s shareholders for a vote.
The company’s earlier deal with CSG received mixed recommendations from proxy advisory firms. Glass Lewis recommended that Vista shareholders vote in favor of the proposed merger of the ammunition unit with CSG, while Institutional Shareholder Services recommended a vote against that deal. Minnesota-based Vista is the parent of Federal Ammunition and Remington Ammunition brands, while its outdoorproduct brands include Foresight Sports, CamelBak, Bushnell Golf and Simms Fishing.
The months-long saga involving Vista and MNC has played out against the backdrop of rising demand for military supplies since the escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2022.
“With this investment, we plan to put SVP’s full operating resources and network behind Revelyst to help accelerate the success of this market leader,” said David Geenberg, head of SVP’s North America corporate investment team.
The bidding war for Vista kicked off earlier this year, with Vista rebuffing multiple offers from MNC and supporting the bid by CSG for Kinetic. In June, the CSG deal was cleared by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which reviews foreign investments over possible national security concerns. Colleyville, Texas-based MNC had argued that a transaction with CSG would pose a national security threat.
In July, Vista launched a strategic review to explore all its options, after failing to gather investor support for the CSG deal. The company was forced to postpone a shareholder vote
to approve the deal with CSG several times in recent months in its attempts to fight off MNC’s repeated overtures.
In September, MNC submitted a revised offer worth $3.2 billion, including debt, and said it would partner with an unnamed private equity firm that would own the Revelyst business to help finance its bid. Vista later separately engaged with the private equity firm, which sources said was Strategic Value Partners, on a deal for the sporting goods business.
Vista Outdoor’s shares, which have risen about 35% from the beginning of the year, closed at $39.84 on Friday, giving the company a market value of about $2.33 billion.
SVP, which was launched by investor Victor Khosla in 2001, has about $19 billion of assets under management.
October 7, 2024
By VIVEK SHANKAR, HIBA YAZBEK and ADAM RASGON
Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday targeted a mosque and a school-turned-shelter, the military said, as Israel pressed on with bombing campaigns in northern Gaza and southern Lebanon in a widening war with Iranian-backed proxies.
The military said it had struck the buildings in the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah early Sunday, describing the two locations as Hamas “command and control centers” nestled among civilians, without providing evidence of its claims. The Gaza health ministry, which does not differentiate between civilian and militant deaths, said 26 Palestinians had been killed and dozens more were wounded. Sunday’s strikes come on the eve of the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks as the region braced for Israel to hit back directly at Iran for its barrage of ballistic missiles last week.
Early Sunday, the Israeli military issued a map appearing to label nearly all of northern Gaza as an evacuation zone, saying this was in preparation for “a new phase” in the war. That came hours after Israeli warplanes attacked Jabalia, in the northern part of the enclave. The Israeli military said it had surrounded an area where it had identified Hamas fighters and “efforts by Hamas to rebuild its opera-
Smoke rises over the city after multiple Israeli airstrikes targeting the southern suburbs of Beirut on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (Diego Ibarra Sánchez/The New York Times)
tional capabilities.”
Israeli airstrikes also hit just south of Beirut overnight, sending an orange fireball and thick black smoke into the sky above the Lebanese capital. The attack came less than an hour after the Israeli military issued new evacuation warnings for parts of the area known as the Dahiya, where Hezbollah holds sway and where heavy bombardment in recent days has already forced many residents to flee. It
also ordered the residents of 25 villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate and head north.
In Israel, two surface-to-surface missiles fired from Lebanon set off sirens in towns up to 50 miles south of the Lebanese border. The missiles were intercepted by Israel’s air defenses, its military said.
The escalating fighting has raised fears of all-out war between Israel and Iran, which backs both Hezbollah and Hamas. Last week, Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel in retaliation for assassinations — and Israel has vowed to respond.
Here is what else to know:
— Weapons for Israel: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that shipments of weapons to Israel that could be used in Gaza should be halted.
— Israel’s preparation: Lessons learned from a 2006 invasion of Lebanon have guided Israel in its current one. Security experts say a political deal is needed to restore calm.
— Iranian commander: Members of the Iranian news media are asking: Where is Brig. Gen. Esmail Ghaani, the country’s top general and the commander in chief of its elite Quds Force? The concerns about Ghaani followed reports in some Israeli and Arab news media Saturday that he was either killed or injured in one of Israel’s recent attacks on Beirut.
By TALYA MINSBERG
French President Emmanuel Macron called for an “immediate and lasting” cease-fire in Lebanon and said countries should stop shipping weapons to Israel for use in the Gaza Strip, adding to international pressure on Israel to do more to protect civilians and work toward an end to fighting in the region.
“The priority is that we return to a political solution, that we stop delivering arms for fighting in Gaza,” Macron said on the French radio show “Etcetera” during an episode that was recorded this past week and that aired Saturday. France is not currently delivering any weapons to Israel, he said.
“I think we are not being heard,” he said of calls for a cease-fire, “and I consider it a mistake, also for Israel’s security.”
Later Saturday, at a summit of French-speaking countries, Macron announced that 88 Francophone countries voted unanimously to call for a cease-fire in Lebanon as part of a commitment to deescalate tensions in the region. The United States, Egypt, Qatar and other countries have spent months trying to cobble together
a cease-fire in Gaza, but they haven’t been able to get Hamas and Israel to agree.
A U.S.- and French-led effort to establish a temporary cease-fire in Lebanon stalled as well.
In a statement late Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed France’s call to stop selling Israel weapons for the Israel-Hamas war.
“Shame on them,” he said, pointing to both France and other Western nations who have called for arms embargoes against Israel. “Let me tell you this: Israel will win with or without their support.”
In response to Netanyahu’s statement, the French president’s office issued a statement late Saturday reiterating France’s support for Israel.
“An immediate cease-fire is necessary in both Gaza and Lebanon to halt the escalation of violence, free the hostages, protect the population and find the political solutions necessary for the security of Israel and everyone else in the Middle East,” the statement read, adding, “France is Israel’s unwavering friend. Mr. Netanyahu’s words are excessive and unrelated to the friendship between France and Israel.”
Israel this past week launched a ground opera-
tion into Lebanon that targeted Hezbollah, an Iranianbacked group. Hezbollah began firing on northern Israel on Oct. 8 in solidarity with its ally Hamas in Gaza. After a year of tit-for-tat rocket-fire exchanges, the fighting has expanded far beyond the Israeli-Lebanese border as Israel targets Hezbollah’s military infrastructure and many of its top commanders. Hezbollah fired an estimated 130 rockets into Israel on Saturday, the Israeli military said.
Israel has come under increasing international pressure to minimize civilian casualties in Gaza and Lebanon. The United States in May suspended the export of U.S.-made 2,000-pound bombs to Israel to prevent the U.S.-made weapons from being used in a long-threatened assault on the city of Rafah. Officials said that they were not needed by the Israelis and that their use could lead to wide civilian casualties. Those concerns have continued as Israel has ramped up attacks on Lebanon.
At the International Francophone Organization summit in Paris, Macron said France will host an international conference this month to provide humanitarian aid for Lebanon, where hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced.
By FRANCES ROBLES
The gang members, armed with automatic weapons, stormed into the small town of Pont-Sondé in central Haiti around 3 a.m. Thursday.
Then they started setting houses on fire.
“As people rushed out of their houses, they were shot,” said Ravina Shamdasani, chief spokesperson for the U.N. Human Rights Office.
When the violence ended, at least 70 people — including 10 women and three infants — were dead, while hundreds of others ran for their lives, the U.N. office said in a statement.
Among the victims were three newborn boys and 24 people found in a nearby ravine, Shamdasani added.
Entire families were wiped out and several people are still missing, according to an investigative report by the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights, a prominent civil rights organization in Haiti. The organization faulted authorities for a poor response time and not acting on widespread rumors about the attack, which had been known in the community for weeks.
Just days after its leader was sanctioned by the United States and the United Nations, the gang, called the Gran Grif, burned 45 houses and 34 vehicles in Pont-Sondé, which is roughly 60 miles north of Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital, the U.N. said.
The death toll was expected to rise, because several people were severely injured, including two gang members wounded in a gunfight with police.
The attack appeared to target civilians in the area who were accused of colluding with a self-defense group known as “The Jean Denis Coalition.” The group formed in the face of minimal police presence and sought to protect the nearby, larger city of Saint-Marc from gang checkpoints, U.N. officials said.
Hundreds of now homeless survivors who fled their homes, including pregnant women, children and older people, gathered in Saint-Marc’s town square.
“Among the fleeing families are children who are terrified and exhausted,” said Gessika Thomas, a spokesperson for UNICEF, which was helping to respond to the mass killing.
A massacre underscores challenges in Haiti
Even in a country known for extreme levels of violence,
the massacre was considered the worst mass killing in several years, experts said, potentially overtaking a 2018 slaughter of 71 people in La Saline, a neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, which was then considered the worst in decades.
Gangs have sought to conduct criminal enterprises like extortion and kidnapping in Saint-Marc as they expand their territory and seek revenue sources in new areas.
The attack underscored the challenges faced by the international security force that has been deployed in Haiti since June, and whose mission is to take on the gangs that have sown violence and misery in the country.
The force, backed by the U.N., staffed largely by Kenya and financed mostly by the United States, is based in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince.
Three months into its deployment, the force has just over 400 of the planned 2,500 officers. It has no presence in SaintMarc or the surrounding area, which is part of the Artibonite department, a key rice-growing region where at least 20 gangs are known to operate.
The Haitian National Police has seen thousands of its officers quit, get fired or leave the country in the past three years, leaving the agency severely understaffed.
A spokesperson for the Haitian National Police did not respond Friday to requests for comment.
Gangs on a violent quest for control
The Artibonite lies between Port-au-Prince and the country’s main city in the north, Cap-Haïtien.
A key road runs through the region, making it lucrative for gangs who set up kidnapping ambushes on the road, taking people off buses en masse. Gangs in the Artibonite have also increasingly invaded farmland there.
Criminal groups are in a desperate and violent quest to control all of the country’s major highways, ports and the coastline. Three major roadways in and out of Port-au-Prince, including the one leading to the Artibonite, have been under gang control for months.
Drivers carrying agricultural produce and other supplies have been able to get through by paying extortion fees to the gangs, which has led to a rise in prices of consumer goods throughout the country.
Farmers have been forced to abandon about 7,500 acres, further endangering Haiti’s food production at a time when experts estimate that at least half the country’s population is
An abandoned plantation in Haiti, Sept. 18, 2021. At least 70 people — including 10 women and three infants — were killed in a gang attack in central Haiti last Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, that sent hundreds of people running for their lives, according to the United Nations Human Rights Office. (Federico Ríos/The New York Times)
experiencing severe hunger.
A country engulfed in violence
Haiti has been in awash in extreme violence in the more than three years since the assassination of the president, Jovenel Moïse.
Gang killings and kidnappings spiked earlier this year when several rival armed groups joined forces to attack police stations, prisons and hospitals. They succeeded in forcing the resignation of the prime minister, who was out of the country and unable to return after the airport closed for two months because of gang violence.
Some areas of Port-au-Prince have seen a return to normalcy, but more than 700,000 people who fled their homes after gang attacks on their communities are still unable to return. More than 100,000 people are living in squalid camps, while others have dispersed to homes of friends and family throughout the country.
The leader of the Gran Grif gang, Luckson Elan, and a local legislator who helped fuel his rise, were sanctioned last week by the U.S. Treasury Department and the U.N. Security Council.
When a person involved in gangs, the violation of human rights or widespread corruption is sanctioned by the Treasury Department, U.S. banks are prohibited from doing business with them, and they can no longer travel to the United States.
By REBECCA R. RUIZ and JACOB JUDAH
The Jaguar, a tanker the length of nearly five Olympic-size swimming pools, left a port near St. Petersburg, Russia, last year, bound for India and loaded with Russian oil. Its trip that spring came as Western authorities were frantically trying to piece together the network to which it belonged: one of
shadowy ships with hidden owners on whom powerful Russians relied to transport the nation’s valuable oil.
But by a quirk of the shipping industry, the Jaguar had ties to the West. The tanker flew the flag of St. Kitts and Nevis, which has its maritime registry just outside London — some 20 miles from the very British authorities who chase Russia’s assets around the world and
chart its oil shipments.
After unloading the oil, the Jaguar would soon switch to a more obscure flag, the Central African nation of Gabon. With an act of paperwork, the Russian tanker had moved beyond the reach of Western financial authorities.
Dozens of tankers have made similar moves over the past year and a half, records
show, as Moscow has worked to protect its so-called dark fleet in the face of international pressure to limit the market for Russian oil. It is the latest in a cat-and-mouse game that Russian President Vladimir Putin has played with the West since Moscow’s fullscale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. As American, European and British authorities have pursued, frozen and seized Russian
money worldwide, Putin has found ever new ways to evade their grip.
In doing so, he has shaped a new world order of companies and countries willing to transact with Russia. He has assembled an economy largely independent of the dollar, the euro or the pound — and increasingly beyond the reach of regulators.
Under Western sanctions, Russia is permitted to sell oil, but at a capped price. That is intended to stunt Moscow’s profits and keep oil prices from spiking. Russia has devised a workaround by using its dark fleet to sell to buyers in countries like India and China, which are not bound by the price cap.
The Jaguar and other tankers like it are examples of Russian assets that maintained bureaucratic links to the West, even as government officials hunted for Kremlin-linked money.
Just as the St. Kitts and Nevis ship registry is operated out of Britain, two major maritime shipping authorities, Liberia and the Marshall Islands, run their operations from the Washington suburbs. Whether American and British regulators were unaware, preoccupied or simply unsure whether they had jurisdiction to act, dark-fleet tankers remained untouched more than a year into the war.
Treasury and Justice Department officials declined to comment on the ships. In an email, the British Foreign Office indicated it was still exploring whether foreign ship registries based in Britain were obligated to comply with British sanctions.
Since July 2023, more than 85 Russian-affiliated ships changed their registrations to Gabon from Liberia, according to the maritime analytics company Windward. Among them are ships in the fleet of Sovcomflot, a state-owned Russian shipping company that has been the subject of Western sanctions.
With that, Gabon’s registry, which opened in 2018, has ballooned into one of the quickest growing in the world.
Other Russian tankers have reregistered in Panama and Palau, according to vessel registration information retrieved
through MarineTraffic and Lloyd’s List, providers of maritime analytics.
That maritime reshuffling has put the small countries in a position to profit off the war in Ukraine. Once a stalwart ally of the United States and France, Gabon has been increasingly friendly with Russia after a military coup in 2023. With Western exports to Russia largely frozen, Gabon has emerged as a key part of Moscow’s supply chain, with Western-made aircraft parts recently flowing through a Gabonese company to Russia, according to The Moscow Times.
The Russian Embassy in London did not respond to emails requesting comment on the tankers that had registered in Gabon.
“Gabon is important to Russia because it has been willing to register tankers that other flag states have dropped under Western pressure,” said Craig Kennedy, a former investment banker and now an associate at Harvard University’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. “They are helping Russia develop a parallel shipping capability that makes it easier to sell oil above the price cap.”
Shipping records between Russian companies and their clients are normally private, so it is virtually impossible to say whether all of the tankers that reflagged have sold Russian oil, and for what price. But The New York Times obtained invoices showing that at least three tankers belonging to Russia’s dark fleet sold Russian oil last year while maintaining bureaucratic ties to the West. U.S. Treasury officials have reviewed those same records, according to two people familiar with the Treasury review.
U.S. officials have engaged the Gabonese government about sanctions and particular ships, according to one U.S. official. The official requested anonymity to speak about internal government matters, adding that the Group of 7 major industrialized nations behind the price cap continued to work publicly and privately to enforce it.
The Grand Aniva tanker is loaded at a liquefied natural gas terminal south of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, on Sakhalin Island in Russia’s Far East, Sept. 28, 2021. (The New York Times)
There are signs that Gabon is open to listening. It removed its flag from at least one ship this year after Western authorities had specifically named it as subject to sanctions.
Unlike the Sovcomflot tankers tied outright to the Russian state, the dark network to which the Jaguar belongs is part of a web far harder to trace. It has been linked opaquely to powerful players within Russia, including Rosneft, the state-controlled oil giant, and Igor Sechin, its head, who is widely considered a close ally and adviser to Putin, according to analysis of vessel registration information and two people familiar with the fleet’s business network.
The Jaguar is among the vessels chartered by Voliton, a regular trader of Russian oil that the United States subjected to sanctions late last year.
The Gabonese Ministry of Transport and the Gabonese Embassy in London did not respond to repeated requests for comment. Two people who answered the phone for Intershipping Services, which runs Gabon’s registry from the United Arab Emirates, declined to answer questions about their certification process and the boom in registrations.
By EPHRAT LIVNI and ISMAEEL NAAR
The U.S. Central Command said last Friday that it struck Houthi targets in Yemen, including “Houthi offensive military capabilities,” in an effort to secure international waterways.
The Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen has been striking ships in the Red Sea in solidarity with Hamas, another Iranian-backed militia, since last year, disrupting commercial
shipping. Central Command said on social media that it struck 15 targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.
“These actions were taken to protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure for U.S., coalition and merchant vessels,” the post said.
The Houthi-affiliated al-Masirah TV reported four strikes on Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, seven on the port city of Hodeida and at least one strike on Dhamar, south of the capital. The attack on Sanaa came as the Houthis and their supporters were holding their weekly “millionman march” protest, which last week was focused on Israel’s killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike near Beirut Sept. 27.
The Houthi-run Yemen News Agency, SABA, reported that Hashem Sharaf al-Din, a Houthi official, said he considered the strikes “a desperate attempt” to intimidate the Yemeni people and he vowed not to be deterred by them.
But Houthi attacks on commercial vessels have increasingly drawn the ire of international actors and condemnation by diplomats. The Red Sea is a key trade route between Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Since the strikes began, many vessels have been forced to reroute. Those that have not have sometimes paid severe consequences.
Ships have been hit and sustained damage, and some sailors have been abducted and held captive for many months, while others have died or been injured in the Houthi attacks. In August, a Houthi strike on a Greek oil tanker threatened to devolve into an environmental disaster as the burning ship remained at sea for weeks, with militia members threatening tugboats attempting to salvage the vessel. The ship was towed to safety in mid-September.
The attacks on commercial shipping have been met with counter strikes by the United States military and British troops. Between January and May, the two countries’ militaries conducted at least five joint strikes against the Houthis in response to the attacks on shipping.
U.S. Central Command regularly announces actions against the militant group. In August, after the Houthis said they targeted American warships, the U.S. military struck back. Last week, the Houthis made a similar claim, and now appear to have drawn the same response.
The latest strikes by the United States come as tensions in the Middle East have risen significantly following Israel’s killing of Nasrallah, its expanded operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon and an escalating conflict with Iran, which launched a salvo of about 200 missiles at Israel Tuesday in retaliation for the assassinations of some of its proxy groups’ leaders.
On Sept. 29, the Israeli military also struck in Yemen in response to several recent Houthi missile strikes targeting Israel.
By JOHN RIVAS
Special to The STAR
In the academic world, works can be classified mainly into two types: creative publications and investigative publications. One is not more important than the other. Both have different purposes, approaches and formats, but can complement each other and contribute significantly to the advancement of knowledge and culture.
Creative publishing refers to the production and dissemination of works that have an artistic and literary focus. This type of publication includes poetry, narrative, creative essays, dramaturgy and visual art, among others. The characteristics of creative publishing are:
Artistic Focus: Focuses on self-expression, innovation, and the exploration of new forms and styles.
Varied Format: It can include books, literary magazines, art exhibitions or theatrical performances.
Audience: Generally, it seeks to reach a wide audience, not necessarily specialized.
Evaluation: The quality of the work is valued more for its creativity, originality and ability to evoke an emotional or
aesthetic response, rather than for its methodological rigor.
Examples of creative writings or publications include a novel or book of poems, a play or an art exhibition or articles in literary or artistic magazines.
Research publishing focuses on the presentation of academic and scientific research results. This type of publication includes research articles, systematic reviews, case studies and technical reports, among others.
The characteristics of research publishing or writing are:
A Scientific and Academic Approach: These writings use a scientific methodology, with a focus on hypothesis, experimentation, data analysis and conclusion.
Strict Format: It is generally presented in academic journals and scientific conferences, following a standard format that includes introduction, methodology, results, discussion and conclusion.
Audience: Aimed at the academic and scientific community, specialists and advanced students in the field.
Evaluation: It is subjected to a rigorous peer review process, which evaluates the validity, originality and relevance of the work.
Examples of research writing include articles in indexed
scientific journals, presentations at academic conferences and academic books.
Although creative and investigative publications have distinct approaches, they are not mutually exclusive and can complement each other in several ways such as:
Interdisciplinarity: Research in the humanities and social sciences often incorporates creative elements to explore and communicate their findings more effectively.
Dissemination of Knowledge: Creative publications can make research results more accessible and attractive to a general audience, expanding their impact.
Methodological Innovation: In fields such as the arts, science can inspire new forms of artistic creation, while creativity can lead to new ways of approaching scientific problems.
In conclusion, both creative and investigative publications are essential in academia, each contributing in a unique way to the development and dissemination of knowledge and culture.
Prof. John Rivas heads the Design Department at the University of Puerto Rico, Carolina Campus.
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Last Friday’s employment report was really, really encouraging. It allayed the concerns of many economists, myself included, that the Federal Reserve might have waited too long to cut interest rates and that we may be sliding into a gratuitous recession. And it showed that the U.S. economy continues to be in a very good place. Before the latest report, there were a number of indications from surveys and other data that U.S. job creation may be slowing, perhaps to a worrying extent. One good report doesn’t completely negate those indications. But at least we can say that the feared slowdown hasn’t yet shown up in the jobs report, which is usually the gold standard.
Just look at where we are right now. Last week, the Fed’s preferred measure of annual inflation came in at 2.2%, within a whisker of the target rate of 2%. Now we have unemployment of 4.051% (that 4.1 number you’re hearing is rounded up), slightly below the rate the Fed considers sustainable in the long run. If this isn’t a soft landing, I don’t know what is.
Since everyone is focused on the election, I guess I also have to observe that this report is good news for Kamala Harris. There will be one more jobs report a few days before the election, but it seems clear that she’ll be able to point to a very good economic record for the administration in which she’s serving. She has already eliminated Donald Trump’s
advantage over who would be better at controlling inflation; now she can point to continuing vigorous job creation.
Oh, and one potential nasty October surprise has been neutralized with the suspension of the dockworkers’ strike.
All considered, a pretty good morning on the economic front, but a not-so-good one for people looking for bad news.
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CONSULTA DE UBICACIÓN - INSTITUCION EDUCATIVA SE PROPONE INTENSIFICAR HASTA 4TO AÑO AVE DEGETAU, KM 36.4, BO PUEBLO, CAGUAS
La Vista Pública se celebrará el 15 de octubre de 2024, a la 9:30 a.m., en el Tribunal Administrativo, localizado en el primer piso, lobby, de la nueva Alcaldia Municipal, en la calle Padial en Caguas. La propiedad propuesta para el proyecto ubica dentro de un Distrito de Calificación R-I, Residencial Intermedio, según el Mapa de Calificación de Suelo de Caguas. La solicitud se evaluará a tenor con las reglas 6.1.3, 6.3.1, 2.1.10 y las secciones aplicables del Capítulo 8.5 del Reglamento Conjunto. Se invita a vecinos del proyecto y a los propietarios de terrenos que radiquen dentro de los límites territoriales circundantes, a las agencias gubernamentales y al público en general a comparecer y participar en dicha Vista. Es mandatorio que el Peticionario o dueño de la propiedad o su representante autorizado asista a la Vista Pública. De no asistir se procederá con el archivo de la solicitud. Se advierte que las partes podrán comparecer asistidas por abogados, pero no estarán obligadas a estar así representadas, la cual incluye corporaciones y sociedades.
El Oficial Examinador que presida la Vista no podrá suspenderla una vez señalada, salvo que se solicite por escrito con expresión de las causas que justifiquen la suspensión, con no menos de cinco (5) días de antelación a la fecha de celebración de la misma. La parte que solicite la suspensión tendrá que expresar las razones que justifican la suspensión o posposición. La Solicitud o Petición de Suspensión de la Vista tendrá un costo de cien dólares ($100.00). Este pago será realizado en el Departamento de Finanzas del Municipio Autónomo de Caguas en las formas de pago aceptadas por dicho Departamento. La Petición de Suspensión o transferencia deberá ser radicada ante la Secretaría de la Oficina de Permisos del Municipio Autónomo de Caguas y no se entenderá radicada correctamente hasta tanto se evidencie el pago de los cien dólares ($100.00) y la notificación de la Solicitud de Suspensión a las otras partes e interventores en el procedimiento, que tendrá que ser con no menos de cinco (5) días previos a la celebración de la Vista. El expediente de Vista estará disponible para inspección de las partes en la Oficina de Permisos, ubicada en la Oficina 201 del Centro de Gobierno Municipal Ángel Rivera Rodríguez, al frente de la nueva Alcaldía en la calle Padial final, en Caguas. Para más información o someter comentarios sobre esta solicitud, puede contactarnos a nuestra direccion postal: Oficina de Permisos, PO Box 907, Caguas, PR 00726-0907, o a nuestro correo electrónico: permisos.mac@caguas.gov.pr. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 12 de septiembre de 2024.
SAN JUAN – La directora ejecutiva de la organización
Solo por Hoy Inc., Belinda Hill, alertó al gobierno y a los candidatos a la gobernación de que urge un plan para resolver la crisis de vivienda asequible, “pues están viajando a Puerto Rico más personas y familias sin hogar desde que el 1 de octubre Florida criminalizó el dormir en la calle en ese estado”.
“Aunque en Puerto Rico no se ha legislado aún algo así, ya estamos sintiendo el efecto de que en Florida sí. Nos están llegando más personas y familias sin hogar de Estados Unidos que tienen la idea de que aquí se les facilitará de inmediato una casa, lo cual no es correcto por la escasez de vivienda a precios asequibles en la Isla. A nuestra organización llaman y se presentan para indicarnos que están en un Airbnb sin dinero para pagarlo, por lo que exigen que lo paguemos con nuestros vales de vivienda. Esto sucedía antes ocasionalmente pero ahora es casi a diario. Al parecer están brindándoles información incorrecta sobre lo sencillo del proceso de conseguir techo en nuestra Isla”, dijo Hill en declaraciones escritas.
Mencionó que desde el 1 de octubre de 2024, Florida implementó una nueva ley que prohíbe a las personas sin hogar dormir mientras acampan en lugares públicos como aceras, parques o playas. Esta ley, la HB 1365 fue promovida por el gobernador de Florida Ron de Santis luego de una decisión del Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos que abrió la puerta para que municipios en todo Estados Unidos criminalizaran el dormir en lugares públicos. El primer lugar autorizado por el Supremo fue la ciudad de Grants Pass en Oregon.
Se estima que hay unas 5,000 personas sin hogar en Puerto Rico. En el más reciente conteo de personas sin hogar se encontró que un 52 por ciento de las personas
sin hogar estaban sin hogar por primera vez por razones económicas como pérdida de empleo o no contar con ingresos suficientes para el aumento de alquiler que está ocurriendo por la inflación. En Florida, se calcula en 31,000 la cantidad de personas sin vivienda. La nueva ley asigna dinero para establecer campamentos alejados de los lugares públicos para ubicar a estas personas sin hogar y quienes se nieguen serían arrestados. Según el Departamento federal de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano en diciembre de 2023 había 256,000 personas sin hogar en Estados Unidos. La falta de vivienda aumentó un 12 por ciento entre 2022 y 2023 en EE.UU.
“Lo irónico es que si van a la cárcel les será más difícil adquirir una vivienda ya que una persona con historial delictivo no es elegible a vivienda pública, hasta varios años después de la sentencia”, comentó Hill.
“Los efectos en Florida del reciente huracán Helene y el azote del próximo huracán Milton que azotará ese estado este miércoles podrían dejar sin hogar aún a más personas allá. Si más ciudadanos sin hogar de Florida optan por viajar a Puerto Rico para solicitar servicios, será necesario un plan para manejar una situación inusual. Aquí se les atiende porque al ser ciudadanos de Estados Unidos no se les puede negar el servicio, pero hay todo un proceso y requisitos que cumplir porque tienen prioridad los que residen en Puerto Rico y llevan tiempo en espera. Necesitamos que el gobierno tome medidas para atender una crisis de vivienda que muy posiblemente se va a agravar”, expresó la directora de Solo por Hoy, Inc. Hill indicó que se debe investigar si hay organizaciones en Florida y otros lugares de Estados Unidos que están viabilizando que estas personas compren pasajes y se ubiquen en apartamentos de renta a corto plazo, dándoles esperanza de lo fácil que es conseguir vivienda rápida en Puerto Rico.
Banco de Sangre de Centro Médico necesita aumentar abastos de plaquetas
POR CYBERNEWS
ciones escritas.
lng. Jaime A. Plaza Velázquez Director Oficina de Permisos
Autorizado por la Oficina del Contralor Electoral OCE-SA-2023-00335
CENTRO Y CORAZÓN DE PUERTO RICO
OFICINA DE PERMISOS
MUNICIPIO AUTONÓMO DE CAGUAS OFICINA DE PERMISOS
RÍO PIEDRAS – El director ejecutivo de la Administración de Servicios Médicos (ASEM), Jorge Matta González, hizo un llamado la semana pasada a los donantes habituales y al público general para donar plaquetas de todos los grupos sanguíneos, en beneficio de pacientes oncológicos, personas sometidas a cirugías complejas y aquellos con trastornos de coagulación.
“La donación de plaquetas puede salvar entre una y tres vidas, pero es necesario que sea un proceso continuo debido a su corta vida útil. Las plaquetas no pueden producirse artificialmente, y su disponibilidad puede marcar la diferencia entre la vida y la muerte para muchos pacientes”, expresó Matta González en declara-
El director médico de ASEM, Israel Ayala Oliveras, destacó que las plaquetas son esenciales para la coagulación y prevención de hemorragias, especialmente en pacientes con quimioterapia, trasplantes, o que sufren accidentes graves. Explicó que las plaquetas solo duran cinco días, lo que exige un suministro constante de donaciones.
Las donaciones se realizan mediante un procedimiento especializado de aféresis, que dura de 90 minutos a dos horas. Los interesados en donar plaquetas deben tener entre 21 y 70 años, pesar más de 130 libras, y estar en buen estado de salud. Además, las citas se pueden coordinar llamando al (787) 777-3844 o escribiendo a citasbancosangre@asem.pr.gov.
Para promover una conversación sobre el hambre desde diferentes perspectivas, Comedores Sociales de Puerto Rico convoca su Segundo Fogón Educativo Social bajo el lema Hambre y Cambio Social.
La serie de eventos arrancará con un panel el día 10 de octubre en el Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas en Santurce bajo el nombre El Hambre en la Agenda del Gobierno. Habrá transportación gratuita desde Caguas mediante registro.
Las actividades continuarán el 11 y 12 de octubre en el Centro de Apoyo Mutuo de Caguas Pueblo, sede de la organización.
Mediante conferencias y charlas, se abordarán los temas del hambre en la agenda del gobierno, nutrición, el trabajo contra el hambre, inflación y canasta básica, y los movimientos sociales contra el hambre. Además de conferenciantes y activistas locales, participará de los even tos el investigador y activista Lucas Henrique Pinto, brasileño residente en Argentina, colaborador de la Federación Rural de ese país.
“El hambre sigue siendo uno de los problemas más graves que hay en Puerto Rico a pesar de que se sigue repitiendo como el papagayo que “en PR no hay hambre” o que “pasa hambre el que quiere.” Nada más lejos de la verdad. Con los salarios tan bajos y los precios de la comida tan alto, pasa hambre quien no puedo pagar lo que obliga el mercado,” asegura Ian Suárez, Coordinador de Proyectos de Comedo res Sociales de Puerto Rico.
El Fogón Educativo Social es el evento anual más importante de Comedores So ciales de Puerto Rico, que busca no solo insistir en el trabajo contra el hambre que hay que hacer hoy en día, sino también generar una conversación más extensa sobre las alternativas que tenemos para adelantar una agenda de erradicación del hambre de cara al futuro.
Comedores Sociales de Puerto Rico es una organización de base comunitaria creada en 2013 y radicada en Caguas des de el 2017, cuando tras el huracán María ayudó a crear el Centro de Apoyo Mutuo en la estructura que por muchos años fue el Seguro Social de la Región y ubica en la Calle Vizcarrondo del Casco Urbano. A Comedores se le conoce más por su Pro grama Compras Solidarias, que consiste en la entrega mensual de alimentos de forma gratuita a personas y familias desa tendidas o necesitadas.
“El hambre es un mal que no debemos asumir “ha existido siempre” y que por lo tanto no se puede hacer nada. Por el con trario, el hambre es un problema grave
que sigue en aumento a pesar de que hay comida en el mundo para que todas las personas coman todos los días. En Puerto Rico se podría hace mucho más que solo apostar al aumento de la asistencia federal. Mucho, pero mucho más,” asegura Giovanni Roberto Cáez, uno de los Coordinadores de Comedores Sociales.
El evento es parte de las actividades en conmemoración del Día Internacional de Acción por la Soberanía Alimentaria de los Pueblos, que convoca la Vía Campesina, y se celebra mundialmente cada 16 de octubre.
El resto de los paneles incluirá participaciones del Chef Iván Clemente del Comedor de la Kennedy, Alana Marrero González, presidenta de la Academia de Nutrición y Dietética Capítulo de PR,
ción Happy, Ana Elisa Pérez Quintero de La Colmena Cimarrona de Vieques, entre otras.
El reconocido economista José Caraballo-Cueto participará de un panel titulado Inflación y Canasta Básica, ¿qué podemos hacer? el sábado 12 de octubre a las 10am.
Todos los eventos serán libres de costo y habrá comida para las personas que asistan. El sábado 12 de octubre también habrá Feria Educativa, Agrícola y Artesanal con mesas de artesanos y productores agrícolas.
El evento servirá como cierre formal de la campaña anual de recolección de alimentos de Comedores Sociales, así que habrá una mesa para recibir donativos de alimentos hasta las cinco de la tarde. El sábado también habrá actividades para la niñez. Aunque cualquier persona puede llegar sin registrarse, hay disponible un registro en línea que facilitará la organización de las actividades. Pueden encontrar toda la información entrando a https:// www.comedoressocialespr.org/fogon.
“El 2do Fogón Educativo Social será una gran oportunidad de conectar con organizaciones diversas y darnos fuerza en la causa común de acabar con el hambre. Entre tanto atender el hambre todos los días, es bueno encontrase, hablar, poner sobre la mesa el futuro y sentir que nos tenemos, que podemos ser un movimiento fuerte pronto para que todas las personas puedan comer todos los días,” puntualizó finalmente Odette V. González, Coordinadora de Proyectos de Comedores Sociales de Puerto Rico.
Para preguntas y más información pueden llamar al 787-329-7479.
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By ROBIN POGREBIN and JONATHAN ABRAMS
The French Broad River provided a scenic backdrop as an industrial neighborhood in Asheville, North Carolina, transformed over the past 40 years into the River Arts District, a vibrant creative hub for art studios and galleries.
More than 300 artists called the district home and its riverside vitality helped cement Asheville’s reputation as a cultural outpost, one worth settling near or venturing to as old warehouses and mills were converted into centers for both creative expression and economic growth.
“There is nothing like the River Arts District in the United States and maybe even the world,” said Jeffrey Burroughs, president of River Arts District Artists, a support group. “It’s spaces where artists are in control of their businesses, their lives.”
But much of the district was washed out by the floodwaters of Hurricane Helene. Buildings were swept away. Some galleries no longer exist. Creative works — some birthed decades ago — have been damaged and destroyed. Mud reigns.
“It’s heartbreaking,” said Judi Jetson, founder and chair of Local Cloth, a nonprofit network of fiber artists, educators and enthusiasts. “We have 3 or 4 inches of mud inside the building and on most of our items. We’re trying to rescue whatever we can and people will take it home and wash them. The problem is a lot of us don’t have water, even at home, and nobody has electricity.”
Worrying about a city’s cultural vitality can seem secondary when so many people have lost their homes and lives. But culture has been an economic engine for this part of North Carolina as well as a point of pride. And the many artists and craftspeople who live in this region have been among the hardest hit. Their recovery is likely to be an important anchor as the community rebuilds.
Olivia Cooner, an acrylic painter, said she and her boyfriend, Eli Shipman, spent five days stranded in her Burnsville home, about 30 miles outside Asheville. The Cane River rose 30 feet in five hours. They watched the waters sweep away both the corner store and a man who was trapped in his car.
“It is the most harrowing thing that I have ever experienced in my whole life,” she said.
Her art supplies in the basement were destroyed by the flood, but she said some finished works in Asheville may have survived. “I lost a lot,” she said. “Some people have lost decades of work, and that is heartbreaking and devastating.”
The flooding damaged arts offerings throughout the area. The famed Biltmore Estate, home to some 92,000 art items, will be closed until at least Oct. 15. Asheville’s Biltmore Village, a tourist destination dotted with galleries and shops, is caked with a layer of mud. The Wortham Center for the Performing Arts and Asheville Community Theater, both longtime cultural pillars in the town, announced that performances and classes are temporarily canceled.
The Asheville Art Museum has no water, which has affected its HVAC system — making it difficult to protect its collection of American art from the 20th and 21st centuries. “We spent the last several days stabilizing the equipment,” said Pamela Myers, the executive director. “We’ve been scrambling to try to protect this asset that we hold in the public trust.”
But the River Arts District appears to have suffered the most because of its proximity to the water.
Katie Cornell, the executive director of ArtsAVL (formerly the Asheville Area Arts Council), estimated that 80% of the buildings have been damaged. The district, which runs between the river and the railroad — and used to house stockyards, tanneries, cotton mills and furniture factories — now features breweries, bakeries and trolley rides.
Burroughs described the current scene as “near apocalyptic,” adding that “two-thirds of the district has been either washed away or is in rubble.”
Artists have been painfully reminded of the famous “Great Flood” of 1916, which overflowed rivers in the area, took out bridges and cost lives.
“I know the lore very well — tropical storms and dams breaking,” said Daniel McClendon, who has a studio in an old warehouse on Depot Street. “The first thing I said to my
wife when I came back to get my pickup truck was the River Arts District may be dead.”
Leigh Hilbert, a textile artist, said she thinks Helene was worse. “It went higher,” she said of the water.
Tarah Singh, an artist whose daughter, Alexandra Stilber, is also an artist, said she doesn’t know the fate of the paintings she had in a show at Southern Appalachian Brewery in nearby Hendersonville. “My daughter has one tub of her art in the car and I have a few paintings that were on my back porch that I was working on,” Singh said in a telephone call from Georgia, where she’d taken refuge.
“Asheville is very much a crafts town. We’ve been making strides to make a more artistic statement,” she added. “I don’t how long it would take to rebuild.”
Dawn McCarthy, a creative director in advertising who is also a potter and photographer in East Asheville, has tried to help some artist friends, including McClendon, by posting on Facebook and Instagram. “Want to help an Asheville River Arts District artist?” she posted recently. “@ daniel_mcclendon bought this century-old (1907), abandoned biscuit factory, renovated it, keeping all the original wood floors, and built his painting studio. He paints commissioned paintings or check out his available work. He was able to save most of them up on the second floor,
which you see the floodwaters from here.”
CURVE studios & garden ended up under water, having once been a boxy brick structure that seemed unshakable. Angelique Tassistro, a potter who is facing the prospect of remaking the studio she has there, said she has likely had enough in a recent Instagram post. “We are okay. The studio on the other hand is not,” she wrote. “We will not be rebuilding. My heart is broken for my self and our community.”
Burroughs, who owns a jewelry shop in the district, is trying to organize a cleanup and reconstruction effort. So is Mira Gerard, an art professor who owns Tyger Tyger Gallery in Asheville.
Gerard on Instagram asked people to come to the district Friday. “Artists need your help! The gallery is trying to secure storage for a number of things. A dry garage or three would be ideal. And help with a truck or van. Please let me know if you have space and I’ll explain what will go there. If I find a storage unit I’ll use that.”
Her gallery has personal meaning for her, having been the painting studio of her father, Jonas Gerard, before he died in 2020. There is a huge mural of his on the side of the building that survived the storm because it was made of automotive paint to withstand the elements. “It’s surreal, as if he’s looking over the whole
place,” Gerard said. “There is this huge tree pulled up, debris everywhere, and then there is Dad’s colorful mural.”
While the Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center in downtown Asheville was spared, its historic Black Mountain College site remains inaccessible, with roads
washed out or blocked by landslides.
“Asheville was historically a retreat center, a sanctuary in the mountains,” Jeff Arnal, the center’s executive director, said in a phone interview from Raleigh where he had relocated. “The artists that work in this region are working outside of city commerce centers, where they’re able to work at their own pace and experiment.”
The center, which grew out of the important avant-garde Black Mountain College, has postponed the opening of its current exhibition and fall residency program, and is preparing to delay other upcoming events. The museum will remain closed until water service is restored, Arnal said, and its staff is trying to work remotely.
Pink Dog Creative, which has about 30 artist tenants, was spared the worst because it is not on the river side of the railroad. One of its tenants, Heather Divoky, said she moved to Asheville in 2020, in part to get away from hurricanes, having grown up in coastal North Carolina and in Florida.
“I never thought I would be going through this again,” she said. “I don’t think I’ve worked through the grief and the shock yet.
“Whatever happens, I’m really hopeful there is some semblance in the future of what the River Arts District was, because it was really beautiful and special,” she added. “If we’re careful and smart, we can build something back.”
By AMANDA LOUDIN
When it comes to exercise, muscles and bones are clearly the stars of the show. But to feel your best and age well, you also need to take a little time each week to exercise the body’s supporting cast: connective tissues like ligaments and tendons, especially if you’ve injured them in the past.
How you do it matters. What works for ligaments doesn’t work for tendons, and vice versa.
“Each part responds to different stimulus,” said Jay Dicharry, a professor of physical therapy at Oregon State University and the author of “Running Rewired.” “Just as you don’t treat each of your children the same, you shouldn’t treat all of your body parts the same way.”
Here’s how to keep your tendons, ligaments and joints healthy and less likely to suffer injury. As with any new exercise, consult your physician or physical therapist if you have concerns.
Tendons
Tendons connect muscles to bones. It’s a tough job — transmitting force generated by the muscles connected to them.
“Think of tendons as springs,” said Joel Sattgast, an assistant professor at Eastern Washington University. “As with any spring, over time they stretch out and lose some of that springiness.”
With age, tendon tissues become stiff and brittle, making them susceptible to tearing, through gradual degeneration from overuse or sudden ruptures.
How to improve tendon health
Doctors once prescribed rest for tendon pain, but more recent research has shown that exercising tendons — potentially even if they are sore — is far more effective.
Common problem tendons include the Achilles and those around the elbow and knee. To prevent injuries or keep them from returning, you need to train the tendons and the muscle they connect to slowly and with weights.
“Body weight isn’t enough,” Sattgast said. “You need external, weighted resistance.”
For example, running farther or faster than your body is prepared for can damage the Achilles tendon. To help prevent this, do some slow calf raises (three seconds up, three seconds down) for 25 repetitions two times a week. Do them all at once or broken up. As this becomes easy, progress to raising one
An undated photo illustrating the use of silly putty to exercise your tendons, ligaments and joints. It’s not just muscles that need training — a little time with connectors like tendons, ligaments and joints can go a long way. (Theodore Tae/The New York Times)
leg at a time and eventually hold a mediumweight dumbbell on the side you’re working. Similarly, if you are worried about your biceps tendon (on the inside of your elbow), do slow biceps curls, eventually increasing the weight. These same principles apply to any tendon in your body, especially if you notice one becoming aggravated.
After working a problematic tendon, monitor it for 24 hours.
If the pain level rises above a 3 out of 10, scale back or take a break for a while.
Ligaments
Ligaments connect bones and provide stability. But they also help create an awareness of your body’s position in space, called proprioception. Thus, healthy ligaments can keep an ankle turn from becoming an ankle sprain or lessen the chances of an ACL tear.
Unlike tendons, ligaments don’t degrade from chronic overuse; rather, they usually strain or tear suddenly. Ligament tears also damage nerves, which never come back fully, damaging their special connection to the brain. So you need to retrain the ligaments and surrounding muscles with repeating movement patterns to help them “make smarter decisions” as they move and become more stable, Dicharry said.
How to improve ligament health
As long as your ligament hasn’t suffered
damage, you can usually leave it alone. If you’ve suffered a ligament injury in the past, however, you should restore its stability with exercises targeting the surrounding muscles. Where tendons love high loads and lower repetitions, ligaments respond better to low loads and high repetitions.
If you’ve ever sprained your wrist, for example, use a tennis racket and ball. With the racket in your hand and the inside of your wrist pointing up, gently bounce the ball up and down on the racket.
To retrain the tissues surrounding a common ankle sprain, try a single-leg balance. With bare feet, lift one leg in the air for 30 seconds without wobbling. Keep your foot flat by consciously pressing your big toe firmly into the ground. For an added challenge, stretch an exercise band around a table leg and hold down the other end with your toe as you balance. As you get better, try it with your eyes closed.
You can apply the same strategy to any ligament you’ve hurt in the past, finding the proper movement and repeating it with low weight to retrain the tissues to provide stability. To ensure you’re performing the movement properly, consult a physical therapist.
Joints
Any place where two bones meet and move — knees, elbows, hips — could be con-
sidered a joint. As you age, the fluid in joints decreases, protective cartilage thins out, and you might feel stiff and “creaky” or even suffer from osteoarthritis.
For many years, experts assumed that too much movement damaged joints. Running will ruin your knees, the theory went. The truth is that joints love movement, as long as it is moderate.
However, when you spend too much time on one activity, say riding a Peloton, you’re using only one plane of motion. To restore your joints, expand the variety of motions you move them through.
“As adults, we’re no longer in PE class doing a wide variety of activities,” said Katherine Rizzone, an orthopedic specialist at the University of Rochester Medical Center. “So it’s important to find different ways to move.”
How to improve joint health
The key to healthy joints is giving them a variety of motions across multiple planes, Dicharry said. For example, if your hand and wrist joints are sore, find motions that move them in the maximum number of directions.
For instance, take a wad of Silly Putty in one hand and roll it into a ball, and then a hot dog shape, and then make a loop. Put your fingers inside the loop, open them up and stretch out the loop. Repeat this sequence again and again for about two minutes per side.
This same multiplanar, multidirectional strategy can be applied to other joints. Movements like standing rotations can be good for your hips, which tend to mostly move back and forth. Because most of our shoulder movement rotates toward your body, try working your rotator cuff externally instead.
Like ligaments, joints strengthen with high repetitions and low loads. When targeting your joints, try 40 repetitions of the movement before switching sides, aiming for two sessions each week.
These diets prioritize a variety of unprocessed or minimally processed foods, including plenty of vegetables, whole grains, nuts and legumes, Hu said. Beyond that, he added, there’s a lot of flexibility in how to eat for healthy aging. “One size does not fit all,” he added.
Hu, for example, has long followed what he calls a traditional Asian diet, regularly consuming tofu, seaweed and green tea. But because he recognizes the benefits of the Mediterranean diet, he also uses extra-virgin olive oil. And he enjoys his coffee, too.
By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM
If a hotel full of children is not your idea of a vacation, why not try a getaway just for grown-ups? From posh city hotels to tropical resorts, these new and recently expanded adultsonly escapes beckon solo travelers, couples and friends with nature hikes, classes like pottery and macramé, spa treatments, tequila tastings and perhaps the greatest luxury of all: peace and quiet.
Mii amo
After being closed for two years, this long-standing escape amid the red rocks of Sedona has reopened following a $40 million renovation and expansion. Part of the Relais & Châteaux hotel network, the hotel’s new additions include the Hummingbird at Mii amo restaurant, where you can enjoy seasonal local produce. There’s also a 3,300-square-foot movement and fitness studio; a reflexology path designed to massage and engage acupressure points on your feet; an expanded spa, where you can get a massage with CBD oil and try reiki or hypnosis; and a yoga lawn.
Choose from 16 renovated casitas and seven new casita rooms and suites. All of the property’s 23 rooms have fireplaces, outdoor spaces and heated bathroom floors. The new suites have soaking tubs from which you can take in the views.
Visits to the resort, which in the past have been offered for three-, four- or seven-night packages, can now be booked for up to 10 nights. Included are accommodations, food and drinks, treatments, and activities such as hikes and fitness classes. Prices from $4,100 per person for a three-day package.
(Note: At Mii amo, as with some other adults-only properties, the definition of adults includes older teenage guests. Check with your hotel for details.)
— CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
86 Cannon Charleston
You’ll be welcomed with Champagne when you arrive at this 10-room-and-suite hotel in the city’s Cannonborough Elliotborough area, north of the French Quarter. The hotel, spread across four buildings from the 19th to early 20th centuries, recently expanded, adding a fifth building as well as gathering places and accommodations.
The new building, a two-story pink pool bungalow, has a suite on the top floor with vaulted ceilings and French doors that lead to a wrought-iron balcony overlooking the hotel’s saltwater pool. Or consider another new accommodation option: the Charleston king, which has 10-foot ceilings, a porch and a fireplace. There are several communal spots where you can crack open a book and hang out, including a library, a cafe, a courtyard garden and piazzas. Look forward to wine and cheese pairings in the afternoons, and chocolates in the evenings. Reservations also include European continental breakfast and free bicycles. Prices from $379 a night for a loft king; from $579 a night for the new bungalow suite.
— CANCÚN, MEXICO
Hyatt Vivid Grand Island
Set between Nichupté Lagoon and the Caribbean, this
In an undated image provided by Hyatt, the all-inclusive, adults-only Hyatt Vivid Grand Island in Cancún, Mexico. Set between Nichupté Lagoon and the Caribbean, this 400-suite, all-inclusive resort is the first Hyatt Vivid property, an adults-only brand meant to appeal to a new generation of travelers seeking a casual vibe. (Hyatt via The New York Times)
400-suite, all-inclusive resort is the first Hyatt Vivid property, an adults-only brand meant to appeal to a new generation of travelers seeking a casual vibe. The resort has a contemporary atmosphere where you can take a Spanish class, make pottery, try meditation, enjoy live music and attend mezcal tastings. Three pools include a 295-square-foot rooftop infinity pool. The nearby Ennea Beach Club has yet another pool, as well as a snack bar and restaurant, and access to Playa Delfines, the white sand beach with the “Cancún” sign that’s a popular photo spot. Plenty of places will sate your appetite, including restaurants with cuisines as varied as Mexican, Italian, French and Japanese, along with half a dozen bars.
Even the smallest suites are roomy at about 570 square feet, and all have balconies with water views. Stay in a Vantage Club suite for additional amenities like soaking tubs and espresso machines, and to use the Vantage Club lounge where continental breakfast is served, as well as hors d’oeuvres in the afternoon, desserts and spirits. A grand opening rate of $350 a night, per person, is available for the remainder of 2024.
Also worth noting: Hyatt just introduced Casa Zamna in Tulum, a 21-room-and-suite, all-inclusive luxury addition to its Zamna Beach Club, about 15 minutes from its adults-only Secrets Tulum Resort & Beach Club, where you can also use the spa and restaurants. Prices from $605 a night, per person.
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Grand Velas Boutique Los Cabos
This new all-inclusive boutique beachfront hotel with views of the Sea of Cortez offers 79 contemporary suites in soothing tones, each more than 900 square feet. Inside you’ll find Mexican art and a living area with a sofa, along with a terrace that has a hot tub or plunge pool. Some suites have fire pits. All rooms have welcome bottles of wine and mezcal. Go for a swim in the infinity pool, then head to the spa for treatments like “ocean sounds,” a massage that incorporates
vibrating bowls.
A seaside breakfast can be had at the hotel’s Del Mar restaurant. Later, visit LOTO Robata Grill for Japanese cuisine, including grilled seafood. For cocktails, ceviche and views of the sea or stars, depending on the time of day, there’s Roca Snack & Bar, which takes its name from the area’s rock formations. If tequila and mezcal are your beverages of choice, check out the Agave Tasting Room. For craft cocktails, stop at 51 Bar, where, in the mornings, you can grab coffee, breads and pastries. Prices are from $626 a night, per person, in double occupancy, and include meals, beverages (alcohol, too), nightly entertainment, 24-hour in-suite service, taxes and gratuity. At the nearby sister property, Grand Velas Los Cabos, guests may use the amenities at no additional charge, including its pools and dining options, such as Cocina de Autor, which was awarded a Michelin star.
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Hotel Yellowstone
This 36-suite luxury boutique hotel, with breathtaking views of the Teton Range, opened its doors last month, describing itself as the first adults-only hotel in Jackson Hole. Inside you’ll find tranquil suites that are modern and spacious, with balconies, fireplaces, furniture from Restoration Hardware, and bathrooms with soaking tubs (many with views of the Tetons). You won’t be far from the boutiques and restaurants of Jackson’s Town Square, and you’ll be about 20 minutes from Grand Teton National Park. Whether returning from a rigorous day of hiking or shopping, you can relax at the hotel’s spa with a massage or facial, or indulge in a package like the Cedar Series for men, which includes a “bourbon and coffee sugar scrub” and a “sage deep tissue massage.” In the Himalayan salt room, relieve your stress and congestion by breathing air infused with micronized salt particles, or go for a swim in the heated indoor pool. Hit Jackson Hole for dinner and drinks, or pull up a chair at the hotel’s Olivia’s Restaurant and Bar for flatbreads, burgers, seafood and cocktails against a backdrop of soaring mountains. Prices from $1,499 a night, which includes daily breakfast at Olivia’s (in-room breakfast is an additional cost).
This 14-suite boutique hotel just opened in the Outer Banks with whimsical 700-square-foot rooms designed by Jonathan Adler. Each has water views, a wood-burning fireplace, living room, kitchen, record player and wellnessthemed amenities like yoga mats, resistance bands and, for those with tight muscles, a Therabody massage gun. Beyond your suite, a wellness center with a sauna and hot tub awaits. In-room treatments from local therapists can also be arranged, as can private exercise classes and yoga on your deck or on the beach.
The area’s outdoor pleasures include surfing and kitesurfing. If you prefer to stay on dry land, go for a ride in a dune buggy or bicycle. The hotel is not far from sights like the Cape Hatteras Light Station, the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island and the Wright Brothers National Memorial, the site of the first powered flight. Prices from $244 a night in September with a two-night minimum stay.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
WILMINGTON SAVINGS
FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA
TRUST, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE, FOR THE CSMC 2015-PR1 TRUST, MORTGAGE-BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2015-PR1
Demandante V. PLÁCIDO ALBERTO ACEVEDO BURCKHART, MARÍA DE LOS ÁNGELES, BIANCHI ORTÍZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: LO2023CV00003. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LA PARTE DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO GENERAL:
Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque gerente, giro postal, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América al nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 22 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento número 4102. Apartamento residencial de forma irregular localizado en el segundo nivel del Edificio número 11 del Condominio “Ocean Point”, situado en la Carretera ciento ochenta y siete (187) kilometro nueve
punto uno (km 9.1) del Barrio Medianía Baja del término municipal de Loíza, Puerto Rico. El área aproximada del apartamento es de mil ciento catorce punto cero dos (1,114.02) pies cuadrados, equivalentes a ciento tres punto cinco mil trescientos treinta y cuatro (103.5334) metros cuadrados. Son sus linderos por el NORTE, en una distancia de 34’0” pies con área común; por el SUR, en una distancia de 36’10” pies con el apartamento 4202; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 31’5 ½” pies con área común y espacio común aéreo; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 31’5 ½” pies con espacio común aéreo. La puerta de entrada de este apartamento está situada en su lindero Este. Consta de una sala, un comedor, una cocina, un pasillo principal en el cual están localizados un laundry-closet, un baño un dormitorio principal con su baño, vanity y walk-incloset, dos (2) cuartos con sus respectivos closets y un balcón. Le corresponden 2 espacios de estacionamientos identificados con el mismo número del apartamento, localizados en la Calle Guama. Este apartamento tiene una participación de cero punto seis uno cinco dos tres seis cuatro cero cuatro por ciento (0.615236404%) en los elementos comunes del Condominio. Inscrita al folio 97 del tomo 222 de Loíza, finca número 10,656, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Tercera de Carolina. Propiedad localizada en: Apt. 4102, Condominio Ocean Point, Loíza PR 00772. La propiedad objeto de ejecución no está gravada por cargas preferentes a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante. Según figura en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante que se describe a continuación: AVISO DE DEMANDA con fecha 27 de diciembre de 2011 seguida en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, en el caso civil número FCC1201100619, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca; Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, demandante v. Plácido Alberto Acevedo Burckhart, t/c/c Plácido Acevedo Burckhart, María de los Ángeles Bianchi Ortíz Dolores [sic] y la Sociedad de Gananciales Compuesta por Ambos, demandados. Por la misma se reclama el pago de $164,823.62, más otras sumas. Anotada el 25 de enero de 2013, al folio 98 del tomo 222 de Loíza, finca 10656, anotación “A”. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la pro-
piedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo mínimo de subasta la suma de $189,037.76, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 29 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $126,025.17 dos tercios (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni ADJUDICACIÓN EN LA SEGUNDA SUBASTA, SE ESTABLECE COMO MÍNIMA PARA LA TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $94,518.88 la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 6 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a las siguientes cantidades: la suma principal de $169,313.26 de principal; más los intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.125% anual desde el 1ro. de enero de 2020, los cuales se acumulan hasta el saldo total de la deuda; cargos por mora equivalentes a 5% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha vencimiento los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo de la deuda, las primas por seguro hipotecario y riesgo; recargos por demora; los créditos accesorios; adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y cualquiera otras cantidades pactadas en la escritura de hipoteca, desde la fecha antes mencionada y hasta la fecha de total pago de las mismas, más la suma correspondiente al 10% del principal original para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente, todo ello de acuerdo a los términos de la Sentencia dictada, la cual es final y firme. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría
del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 19 de septiembre de 2024. HÉCTOR PEÑA RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS
FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO
Parte Demandante Vs. CYNTHIA SANTIAGO CARTAGENA
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CG2022CV02418. Salón Núm.: (801). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: CYNTHIA SANTIAGO CARTAGENA: ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA: Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:
El Alguacil que suscribe, certifica y hace constar que en cumplimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América. Todo pago recibido por el (la) Alguacil por concepto de subastas será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Todo derecho, título, participación e interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento Número A-Tres (A-3): Unidad de vivienda de forma rectangular ubicada en el Edificio “A” dentro del Condominio Villa
Nueva Apartments, sito en el Barrio Turabo del término municipal de Caguas, Puerto Rico, con un área total de ciento diecisiete punto treinta y tres (117.33) metros cuadrados, equivalente a mil doscientos sesenta y tres punto cero ocho (1,263.08) pies cuadrados. El área total del apartamento está distribuido en cien punto once (100.11) metros cuadrados de área de estructura, equivalente a mil setenta y siete punto sesenta y seis (1,077.66) pies cuadrados, y un área de entrada de marquesina, acceso a la unidad y área verde en la parte delantera del apartamento de diecisiete punto veintidós (17.22) metros cuadrados, equivalente a ciento ochenta y cinco punto cuarenta y dos (185.42) pies cuadrados. La entrada principal está localizada en el lado Este del apartamento, con acceso a ella a través de una acera común del Condominio. La estructura del apartamento consta de dos (2) plantas. La primera planta se compone de un balcón, una marquesina para un automóvil, sala, comedor, cocina, área de “laundry”, escalera que conduce a la segunda planta y un (1) closet debajo de la escalera. La segunda planta se compone de un pasillo provisto de un (1) closet, tres (3) dormitorios provistos de un (1) closet cada uno y un cuarto de baño. Sus colindancias son: por el NORTE, en una distancia de veinticuatro pies con nueve pulgadas (24’9”), con pared medianera que comparte con el Apartamento A-4 y en una distancia de diez pies con una pulgada (10’-1”) con entrada de marquesina del apartamento A-4; por el SUR, en una distancia de veinticuatro pies con nueve pulgadas (24’9”) con pared medianera que comparte con el Apartamento A-2 y en una distancia de diez pies con una pulgada (10’-1”) con balcón y área verde del apartamento A-2; por el ESTE, en una distancia de veintidós pies con cuatro pulgadas (22’4”), con acera y calle de uso común general del Condominio; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de veintiún pies con diez pulgadas (21’-10”), con Área de Uso Común Limitado “A”. A este apartamento le corresponde una participación de tres puntos ciento cuarenta y tres (3.143) por ciento en los elementos comunes generales del Régimen. Consta inscrita al tomo KARIBE, finca 65518, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección I. inscripción 1ra. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: Villa Nueva Apartments, Condominium, #3A, Caguas, P.R. 00725. Según
figura en el Estudio de título, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada al siguiente Gravamen posterior a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Embargo Federal contra D. Boyle Colón y C. Santiago Cartagen, seguro social XXX-XX-1327, por la suma de $57,594.40, notificación número 355615119, según Certificación de fecha 30 de abril de 2019, anotado el día 20 de mayo de 2019, al Asiento 2019-004066-FED del Sistema Karibe. No podemos precisar que la persona embargada y el titular en esta finca sean la misma persona. Se le notifica al acreedor posterior anteriormente identificado para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si le convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Se informa que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravamen posterior, una vez sea otorgada la escritura de venta judicial y obtenida la Orden y Mandamiento de cancelación de gravamen posterior. (Art. 51, Ley 2102015). En relación a la finca a subastarse, se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $75,273.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca #29, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 11 de febrero de 2014, ante el notario Francisco J. Biaggi Landrón, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Caguas, finca número 65,518, inscripción 3ra. La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 15 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta es la suma de $75,273.00. Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 22 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes del precio pactada para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $50,182.00. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 29 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar y regirá como tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta la mitad del precio pactado para la primera, o sea, la suma de $37,636.50. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo, para con su producto satisfacer a la parte
demandante el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: La suma de $69,963.53, más intereses a 6.125% anual, desde el 1ro de junio de 2019, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más los cargos por demora que se corresponden a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pactada de 5% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, más una suma equivalente a $7,527.30, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado todo según pactado, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la escritura de hipoteca y del Pagaré hipotecario. Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables. Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, se publicará en los lugares públicos correspondientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los referentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Expedido en Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 13 de septiembre de 2024. MARIANGELY ROSADO ROMÁN, ALGUACIL PLACA #953.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
FIRSTBANK
PUERTO RICO
Parte Demandante Vs.
ARIÁN HERNÁNDEZ
CUEVAS, SU ESPOSA SANDRA LÓPEZ GARCÍA T/C/C SANDRA MARÍA
LÓPEZ GARCÍA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV10514. Salón Núm.: (604). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: ARIÁN HERNÁNDEZ
CUEVAS, SU ESPOSA SANDRA LÓPEZ GARCÍA T/C/C SANDRA MARÍA
LÓPEZ GARCÍA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS: AUTORIDAD PARA FINANCIAMIENTO DE LA VIVIENDA, O A SU ORDEN: Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: El Alguacil que suscribe, certifica y hace constar que en cumplimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América. Todo pago recibido por el (la) Alguacil por concepto de subastas será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Todo derecho, título, participación e interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento residencial número mil trescientos cuatro (1304) de forma rectangular, localizado en el piso número trece (13) Edificio “B” del proyecto VBC-ciento cincuenta y ocho (VBC-158) Condominio Valle de Berwind, hoy conocido como Torres de Cervantes, que ubica en la calle Elder esquina calle treinta y seis (36) del Barrio Sabana Llana del término de Río Piedras, del municipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de novecientos quince punto cero uno cuatro cero (915.0140) pies cuadrados, siendo sus medidas lineales treinta y nueve pies dos
GUZMÁN Y SUCESIÓN DE LAURA NYDIA SANTANA SANTIAGO; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
(C.R.I.M.) – PARTE CON INTERÉS
Demandado
Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV08107.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 6 de septiembre de 2024, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número veintitrés
A del Bloque C (23-A-C) en el plano de la Urbanización Villa Andalucía del Barrio Honduras de Sabana Llana, del término municipal de Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, con un área de cuatrocientos cuatro y siete mil sesenta y tres diez milésimas de metros cuadrados (404.7063 mc) y en colindancias por el NOROESTE, en quince metros veinte centímetros, con el Solar C-veinte; por el SURESTE, en catorce metros nueve centímetros con la Calle tres; por el NORESTE, en veintisiete metros cincuenta y tres centímetros con los Solares veintidós y veintitrés; y por el SUROESTE, en veintisiete metros setenta centímetros, con el Solar C-veinticuatro. Sobre dicho solar se ha construido una casa de concreto de hormigón y bloques. Inscrita en la finca 11,292, al folio 106 del tomo 254 de Sabana Llana. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección V de San Juan. La propiedad ubica según pagaré: C-23 Jijona St. Villa Andalucia Dev. San Juan, PR 00926 t/c/c Lot 23-A Block C Villa Andalucia Dev. Honduras Ward Sabana Llana, Río Piedras, San Juan, PR. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada 12 de julio de 2024, notificada el 16 de julio de 2024en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $145,808.63 por concepto de principal; generando intereses a razón de 3.50% desde el 1ro de febrero de 2023; 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 $15,534.57 para costas,
gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 24 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el Centro Judicial de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $155,345.79. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 31 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $103,563.86, 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 12 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2024 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $77,672.89, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Artículo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de
circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 18 de septiembre de 2024. EDWIN E. LÓPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAGÜEZ SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN GERMÁN FIRSTBANK
PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. HECTOR S. SOTO VELEZ
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SG2024CV00415. (Salón: 0200). SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOSJLAMAS@LVPRLAW.COM. A: HECTOR S. SOTO VELEZ.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 27 de septiembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este
edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 27 de septiembre de 2024. En San Germán, Puerto Rico, el 27 de septiembre de 2024. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. CAROLINE HERNÁNDEZ VALENTÍN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE SALA DE YAUCO EN SABANA GRANDE
ILEANA RODRIGUEZ MORALES Y RUBÉN TORRES CABA Peticionaria EX PARTE
Civil Núm.: PO2024CV01935. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE.
POR LA PRESENTE se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los veinte (20) días contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la finca que se describe más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción,
lo entiende procedente. RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno radicada en el Barrio Indios, Sector San German, en el Municipio de Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de CERO PUNTO DOSCIENTOS TREINTA Y CINCO (0.235) CUERDAS, equivalentes a NOVECIENTOS VEINTISEIS PUNTO TRESCIENTOS VEINTIDOS (926.322) METROS CUADRADOS. Colindando por el NORTE, con el señor Carlos Dip y la Señora Dora Dip; por el SUR, con propiedad de Sandra Rodriguez Morales; por el ESTE, con carretera y propiedad del señor Jose Rodriguez Morales; y al OESTE, con propiedad del señor Augusto R. Palmer Arrache. El abogado de la parte peticionaria es la Lcda. Dianne M. Pérez Sebastián, Rivera-Munich & Hernández Law Offices, P.S.C.; P.O. Box 364908, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-4908; Tel. (787) 6222323 / Fax (787) 622-2320. Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo, se identificará en letra tamaño 10 puntos y negrillas, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Yauco, Puerto Rico, hoy día 9 de agosto del 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ADELAIDA LUGO PACHECO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR. MEI LING VELAZQUEZ MAISONET por sí y en representación de su hija menor LMVM Ex Parte CIVIL NÚM.: BY2024CV04062. SOBRE: DAÑOS Y PERJUICIOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR. SS. A: ENRIQUE TAVAREZ MALDONADO
Por la presente se le notifica que se ha presentado una Petición de Autorización Judicial respecto a un acuerdo y acep-
tación advenida por la suma de $18,000.00. Por el presente Edicto, se les emplaza y requiere que conteste dentro de un término de treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación del mismo y presente el original de dicha contestación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal y notificar copia de la misma dentro del mismo término al Lcdo. Luis Domínguez Fuertes a la siguiente dirección: PO BOX 364566, SAN JUAN, PR 00936-4566, Tel. 787-2960000, ldominguezfuertes@ gmail.com, abogado de la parte demandante. Por la presente se les apercibe que de no comparecer a formular alegaciones dentro de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de la publicación de este Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia de acuerdo con lo solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, a 12 de septiembre de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I SANTA SANCHEZ, f/ SECRETARIA. NOELIA MATIAS SALAS, f/ SUB-SECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE BANCO COOPERATIVO DE P.R.
Demandante Vs. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CO. (COMO SINDICO LIQUIDADOR DE DORAI MORTGAGE, DORAL BANK, SUCESORA DE CENTRO HIPOTECARIO DE PUERTO RICO, INC); BENEFICIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION; FULANO DE TAL
Demandados Civil Núm.: PO2024CV02738. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: BENEFICIAL MORTGAGEC CORPORATION; FULANO DE TAL O SEA, LA PARTE CO-DEMANDADA ARRIBA MENCIONADA.
POR LA PRESENTE, se le emplaza y requiere para que presente al Tribunal su alegación
responsiva a la demanda dentro de los 30 días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento, notificando copia de la misma al abogado de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. La demanda promueve la cancelación de una hipoteca por $30,000.00, la cual grava la finca 7442 de Peñuelas, inscrita al folio 171 del tome 206 de Peñuelas, Sección II del Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce. La hipoteca fue constituida mediante la escritura número 78, otorgada en Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 13 de noviembre de 2000 ante el Notario Wendell W. Colón Muñiz; y el pagaré, de la misma fecha, por $30,000.00 y garantizado por dicha hipoteca, lleva el número de testimonio 20,479 del mismo Notario Colón Muñiz. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, entiende que procede: LCDO. JULIAN ANTONIO PARRILLA BORIA BanCoop Plaza, Suite 1100A Ponce de León 623 San Juan, PR 00917 Tel: 787-763-1689
Email: parrillajulian@gmail.com
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy día 26 de septiembre de 2024. CARMEN G.TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. JOAN M. ROSARIO ALBINO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE YAUCO
SUCESION ELBA NIEVES CARABALLO Y OTROS
Demandante V. SUCESION DE RAFAEL ALVARADO TORO COMPUESTA POR MIGDALIA MALDONADO JUSINO Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: PO2023CV00405. (Salón: 1 SALA SUPERIOR).
Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA.
TERESA PACHECO CAMACHO - TERESA@PACHECOCAMACHOLAWFIRM.COM. FISCALIA DE PONCEFISCALIAPONCE@JUSTICIA. PR.GOV. A: SUCESIÓN DE RAFAEL ALVARADO TORO COMPUESTA POR MIGDALIA MALDONADO JUSINO, JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE. P/C LCDA. TERESA PACHECO
CAMACHO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 08 de agosto de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 27 de septiembre de 2024. Notas de la Secretaría: SE ENMIENDA A LOS EFECTOS DE NOTIFICAR LA SENTENCIA POR EDICTO EN EL TÉRMINO DISPUESTO POR LEY. En Yauco, Puerto Rico, el 27 de septiembre de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. DELIA APONTE VELÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN SEBASTIÁN.
NELSON HERNANDEZ JIMENEZ DEMANDANTE VS. ELIZABETH VEGA VARGAS DEMANDADA CASO NÚM:SS2024RF00073. SOBRE: DIVORCIO RUPTURA IRREPARABLE. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA El PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU. ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R. SS.
A: ELIZABETH
VEGA VARGAS
4843 n. Xenia St. Apt. 204 Denver, CO 80238
O sea la parte demandada arriba mencionada POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a: Lcdo. Benjamín Hernández López RUA #18,760 545 Calle Gabriel Cardona Moca, Puerto Rico 00676 Tel. (939) 202-0892 lcdobenjaminhernandezlopez@ gmail.com
Advertencia: Este es un documento oficial del Tribunal que
tima publicación de este edicto, a exponer sus derechos en el expediente de dominio promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la finca antes descrita. Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia, previo escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda o cualquier otro si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende pertinente. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. En San Juan, Puerto Rico a 19 de septiembre de 2024. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. MICHELLE GUEVARA DE LEÓN, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. GEODESIC, LLC; CHRISTOPHER KRISS SANTIAGO SANTIAGO
Demandados
Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV05185. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GRAVÁMENES MOBILIARIOS. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
A: GEODESIC, LLC; CHRISTOPHER KRISS SANTIAGO SANTIAGO
- Condominio Jardines de San Francisco
Apartamento 210 San Juan, PR 00927.
Por la presente se le notifica a usted que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría la demanda de epígrafe. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento , excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar
su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al ( a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a esta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Ademas, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Articulo 33, incisos b y f de la ley Núm. 57-2023).
Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 11 de septiembre de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ
COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. GLORIAM MARTÍNEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA. HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
DEMANDANTE vs. ROBERT JOHN BARO[M] E CASSIDENTO, T/C/C ROBERT J. BARONE, ALICE JORGELINA
GUCCIONE LAGO, T/C/C ALICE J. BARONE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, POR ELLOS COMPUESTA DEMANDADA
CIVIL NUM. : VB2024CV00197. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.
Yo, JORGE L AYALA COLON, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 17 de septiembre de 2024 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente pro-
piedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro:---.Propiedad
Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta.
Apartamento Multivacacional:
A-206 SEMANA 33. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-206 and includes the right to use such unit during the 33 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 33 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of right to use a specific week in Unit A-206 the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the Facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 12,880 inscrita al tomo de hoja móvil número 46 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. Registro de la Propiedad Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $21,547.59 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 206, semana 33. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 20 de noviembre de 2024, a las 9:30 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de di-
cha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 4 de octubre de 2024. JORGE L AYALA COLON, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE PONCE.
HACIENDA DEL MAR
OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
DEMANDANTE VS. MIRIAM JANET
MERCADO ACOSTA, RUPERTO JIMENEZ
SANTIAGO y La Sociedad Legal de Bienes
Gananciales, compuesta por ambos
DEMANDADOS
CIVIL NUM. : PO2024CV00762.
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, JORGE L AYALA COLON, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 5 de agosto de 2024 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro:---.Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: APARTAMENTO B-707 SEMANA 48. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit B-707 and includes the right to use such unit during the 48 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 48 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of right to use a specific week in Unit B-707 the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2194% in the Facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 18,183 inscrita por asiento abreviado
al folio 4828 del tomo 332 de Vega Alta, Registro de la Propiedad Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $29,113.87 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento
B 707 semana 48. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 20 de noviembre de 2024, a las 9:45 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Ponce, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello
del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 4 de OCTUBRE de 2024. JORGE L AYALA COLON, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA. HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
DEMANDANTE VS. EASTLYN ELFREDA THEOBHLES, t/c/c/ EASTLYN ELFREDA THEOBBLES
DEMANDADA
CIVIL NUM. : VB2024CV00196. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, JORGE L AYALA COLON, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 16 de septiembre de 2024 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro:---.Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: A-403 SEMANA 42. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-403 and includes the right to use such unit during the 42 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 42 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of right to use a specific week in Unit A-403 the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described
interval on a first come, first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the Facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 13071 inscrita al tomo de hoja móvil número 49 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. Registro de la Propiedad Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $21,571.76 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 403, semana 42. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 20 de noviembre de 2024, a las 10:00 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por
espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 4 de OCTOBER de 2024. JORGE L AYALA COLON, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA.
HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION
DEMANDANTE VS. EDWIN ELIGIO
ANDRADES CEPEDA, PATRICIA EUGENIA
ACOSTA CUAN t/c/c
PATRICIA ANDRADES
ACOSTA y La Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales, compuesta por ambos
DEMANDADOS
CIVIL NUM. : VB2024CV00195. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, JORGE L AYALA COLON, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 16 de septiembre de 2024 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro:---.Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: A-803 SEMANA 33. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-803 and includes the right to use such unit during the 33 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 33 Saturday
of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of right to use a specific week in Unit A-803 the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the Facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 13820 inscrita al tomo de hoja móvil número 59 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. Registro de la Propiedad Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $25,586.54 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 803, semana 33. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 20 de noviembre de 2024, a las 10:15 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca
dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 4 de OCTUBRE de 2024. JORGE L AYALA COLON, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA. HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
DEMANDANTE vs. CHRISTIAN DAVID OLSEN, LYNNE ELIZABETH OLSEN Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
DEMANDADOS
CIVIL NUM. : VB2024CV00198.
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, JORGE L AYALA COLON, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 17 de septiembre de 2024 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar ga-
rantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro:---.Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: A-401 SEMANA 40. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-401 and includes the right to use such unit during the 40 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 40 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of right to use a specific week in Unit A-401 the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the Facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 13194 inscrita por asiento abreviado al folio 3002 del tomo 232 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. Registro de la Propiedad Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $24,935.95 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 401, semana 40. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 20 de noviembre de 2024, a las 10:30 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada
en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 4 de OCTUBRE de 2024. JORGE L AYALA COLON, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA. HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
DEMANDANTE VS. EDWARD AUREL
WINTNER, DEBORAH ANNE WINTNER Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES, compuesta por ambos DEMANDADOS
CIVIL NUM. : VB2024CV00194.
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, JORGE L AYALA COLON, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 16 de septiembre de 2024 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro:---.Propiedad
Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta.
Apartamento Multivacacional: B-412 SEMANA 42. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit B-412 and includes the right to use such unit during the 42 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 42 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of right to use a specific week in Unit B-412 the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2575% in the Facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad
corresponde a la finca número 18056 inscrita al tomo de hoja móvil 103 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. Registro de la Propiedad Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $22,861.28 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad B 412, semana 42. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 20 de noviembre de 2024, a las 10:45 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta median-
te correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 4 de OCTUBRE de 2024. JORGE L AYALA COLON, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE MANATÍ ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC. Demandante Vs. JORGE L. GARCIA FANEYTT Demandado Civil Núm.: MT2024CV00187. Salón: 101. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - R.60. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: JORGE L. GARCIA FANEYTT - ESTANCIAS DE MANATI 73 CALLE DELFIN, MANATI, PR 00674. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Jan Miguel Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jan.otero@orf-law. com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Manatí, Puerto Rico, hoy día 20 de agosto de 2024. En Manatí, Puerto Rico, el 20 de agosto de 2024. Vivian Y. Fresse González, Secretaria. Ana Celiz Arroyo Díaz, Secretaria Auxiliar.
Monday, October 7, 2024
Los Angeles Dodgers megastar Shohei Ohtani during the team’s opening day game against the St. Louis Cardinals, at Dodger stadium in Los Angeles, March 28, 2024. Ohtani now has a chance to do the thing by which his entire endeavor in Dodger blue will be judged: win a World Series. (Sinna Nasseri/The New York Times)
By ANDY McCULLOUGH
In his first season as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani has established himself as the center of the franchise’s universe. He thrived underneath the spotlight of his 10-year, $700 million contract. His boost to the financial bottom line made team officials giddy — “well beyond what we imagined,” said the team’s president, Stan Kasten. He responded to a shocking betrayal from his closest confidant with one of the best offensive seasons in MLB history.
And he now has a chance to do the thing by which this entire endeavor will be judged: win a World Series.
“It’s going to really test his patience and discipline,” manager Dave Roberts said recently, “knowing that he’s waited his entire life, essentially, to be in the major league postseason. It’s going to be fascinating to watch.”
Roberts has suggested that Ohtani may become the greatest player in baseball history. “One of one,” the team’s first-base coach, Clayton McCullough, called him. “I don’t see how there is anybody more talented who has ever played this game than him,” said teammate Kiké Hernández. Relief pitcher Daniel Hudson added: “I feel pretty lucky to have a front-row seat for him every night.”
When Ohtani appears at Dodger Stadium, conversations cease, eyeballs widen and cameras click.
No act committed by Ohtani can be considered inconsequential, especially in the past month, as he continued to rehab his elbow and moved toward pitching again. The Dodgers had insisted Ohtani, a two-way player who has been the team’s designated hitter, would not take the mound in 2024 as he recovered from elbow surgery — at least until Roberts, perhaps a bit hopeful, upgraded the goal last month from impossible to improbable. As Roberts told MLB Network radio, “It would be storybook.”
For the past four years, Ohtani has bent the game of baseball to his will. Even this season, despite being unable to showcase his two-way talents, he broke barriers by concentrating on running the bases.
In August, he became the sixth player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in the same season, then threw a bullpen session the next afternoon.
Twenty-eight days later, he became the charter member of the 50-50 club, in a game in which he was 6-for-6 with 10 RBIs, three home runs and two stolen bases. In November, he could become the first DH to collect an MVP award.
A World Series championship, the ultimate triumph, would require more heroics from Ohtani. The Dodgers won the National League West, but did not collect 100 victories for the first time in a full season since 2018 as injuries wrecked the starting rotation.
By pitching and hitting so well, Ohtani has already redefined the public’s understanding of the limitations of athletic performance. Can he change the postseason fortunes of the Dodgers, beginning with the team’s division series against the San Diego Padres? He helped Los Angeles in Game 1 on Saturday with a 3-run home run to tie the score in the 2nd inning en route to a come-from-behind 7-5 win. Or will he fall victim to the same October spells that have hounded baseball’s model franchise?
When he was with the Los Angeles Angels, they never presented him an opportunity to sniff a wild card, let alone the World Series. In Ohtani’s six seasons in Anaheim, the club never won more than 80 games. The 2023 season encapsulated the futility with a 17-39 collapse after July. Unable to pitch after damaging his right elbow, Ohtani cleared out his locker in the middle of September, left the team and underwent surgery. Free agency beckoned.
In the offseason, Ohtani met with Dodgers officials. The team’s chair, Mark Walter, awakened Ohtani’s competitive spirit when he called his tenure running the club, which included perpetual postseason berths but only one championship, a failure.
A week later, the team’s president of baseball operations, Andrew Friedman, received a text from Nez Balelo, Ohtani’s agent: “You got him. Shohei’s a Dodger.” The contract was heavily deferred so that Ohtani would be paid only $2 million annually during his 10 seasons. The deal kicked off a $1.2 billion spending spree, including the additions of Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto and right-hander Tyler Glasnow.
Ohtani finished the regular season with 54 home runs and 59 stolen bases. But as he joined the 40-40 club and then inaugurated the 50-50 club, he continued to rehabilitate his elbow. He started throwing bullpen sessions in August. Last month, he was noncommittal when asked if he could pitch in the postseason. “I’m not sure,” he said. But on Wednesday, Brandon Gomes, the Dodgers’ general manager, seemed to shut down the speculation. “We don’t anticipate him pitching in the postseason,” he told MLB.com.
To Roberts, Ohtani will face a crossroads in the playoffs.
“I think it can go one of two ways,” the manager said.
One path, Roberts explained, is the route navigated by former Dodgers Corey Seager and Cody Bellinger in 2017. In the World Series, the Houston Astros preyed upon the overeagerness of the two players, who could not recognize that pitchers would not challenge them in the strike zone. The other path is the one Seager took in World Series MVP performances for the Dodgers in 2020 and the Texas Rangers in 2023. Seager learned to control his at-bats, draw the opponent into his desired zone and take walks if the pitcher refused to engage.
Roberts expects opponents to try to exploit Ohtani’s zeal to astound on this new stage. He wants Ohtani to learn from the example of Seager rather than suffer through similar grow-
ing pains. Against elite opponents, Roberts intends to remind Ohtani, selectivity matters as much as aggression.
“He’s the best hitter on the planet,” Roberts said. “In the postseason, people are going to take their chances with the guys behind him — even if it’s Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman.”
The Dodgers clinched their postseason berth near the end of a challenging year. Betts broke his hand in June, missed two months and moved out of the leadoff spot to make room for Ohtani. Yamamoto hurt his shoulder, then returned. Last month, Glasnow suffered a season-ending elbow sprain.
In the clubhouse that night, the celebration of playoff-bound players was subdued. A television flashed to a video recorded before a game earlier in the week, a reminder of the impossible dream: On the screen, Ohtani occupied a bullpen mound. He was pitching.
MLB PLAYOFFS
Division Series (Best of 5)
American League
Saturday’s Scores
New York Yankees 6, Kansas City Royals 5 (NY leads series 1-0)
Cleveland Guardians 7, Detroit Tigers 0 (Cleveland leads series 1-0)
Today’s Games
Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Guardians, 4:08 p.m. ET (Max, TBS)
Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees, 7:38 p.m. ET (Max, TBS)
Wednesday’s Games
Cleveland Guardians at Detroit Tigers, 3:08 p.m. ET (MLB.TV, YouTube TV)
New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals, 7:08 p.m. ET (MLB.TV, YouTube TV)
National League
Saturday’s Scores
New York Mets 6, Philadelphia Phillies 2 (NY leads series 1-0)
Los Angeles Dodgers 7, San Diego Padres 5 (Los Angeles leads series 1-0)
Sunday’s Games
New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies, 4:08 p.m. ET
San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers, 8:03 p.m. ET
Tuesday’s Games
Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets, 5:08 p.m. ET (MLB.TV, YouTube TV)
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres, 9:08 p.m. ET (MLB.TV, YouTube TV)
Wednesday’s Games (if necessary)
Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets, 5:08 p.m. ET (MLB.TV, YouTube TV)
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres, 9:08 p.m. ET (MLB.TV, YouTube TV)
Fill in the empty fields with the numbers from 1 through 9.
Sudoku Rules:
Every row must contain the numbers from 1 through 9
Every column must contain the numbers from 1 through 9
Every 3x3 square must contain the numbers from 1 through 9
Aries (Mar 21-April 20)
It’s critical that you not try to gain the love and appreciation of another by controlling their decisions, Aries. It’s time to let the people around you set their own rules and boundaries. Give that special person space to decide what’s best, then you can take action accordingly. It may be that you discover things about this person that you probably would never have known if you called all the shots.
Taurus (April 21-May 21)
You might need to put on the brakes today when it comes to love and romance, Taurus. Don’t think that this means you have to break off any sort relationship that’s in the works but realize that you may need to take a more realistic approach to how you handle it. The problem is that you may be getting so caught up in the fantasy of things that you aren’t tending to practicalities.
Gemini (May 22-June 21)
Things should be going quite well for you today, Gemini, and you will find that aspects of your life that may have felt disconnected in the past are finally slipping into place. Have faith that all your painstaking planning and organizing is finally going to pay off. This is especially true in love and romance. Spend intimate time with a close partner tonight if possible.
Cancer (June 22-July 23)
Restriction and discipline might not be your forte, Cancer, but realize that this may be exactly the type of thing that you need the most. Try not to expend your energy in too many directions. Focus and channel your efforts into the things you consider the most important. Make sure that most of your day is spent tending to these things. Have you hugged your loved ones lately?
Leo (July 24-Aug 23)
Appreciate the good things you have today, Leo. Don’t let another day go by without really paying homage to the people who’ve helped you grow along the way. Take a walk. Climb a tree or help a child build a tree house. Connect with your spiritual side that finds satisfaction in where you are now instead of always feeling a need to search for something bigger and better.
Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)
When it comes to matters of love and romance, you may need to tone things down a bit, Virgo. An aggressive approach now may drive your loved one further away from you instead of drawing him or her closer. Remember that love is a two-way street. Don’t just do things the way you’d like to do them. It’s crucial that you consider your partner’s thoughts and feelings every step of the way.
(Sep 24-Oct 23)
You may find that your love is incredibly magnetic now, Libra. All you need to do is be yourself and suddenly people flock your way. There are terrific opportunities for you to strengthen the bonds you have with the people you care about the most. Solidify your relationship with soft romantic words and actions. There is an extra sensuality to your mood and actions now.
Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov 22)
Consider taking a more conservative approach to your actions today, Scorpio, as well as to the way you dress. Others may be rather put off by something that comes across as too flashy. Fashion is apt to be a significant concern for you now, which is fine. Don’t underestimate the power of personal appearance.
(Nov 23-Dec 21)
Romantic relationships may not exactly be going as well as you’d like, Sagittarius, but don’t get discouraged. Hang in there and you will find that things eventually come around your way. You may need to strengthen your internal sense of confidence, since it’s doubtful that you will get much support from interactions with the people around you.
Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 20)
It could be that you’re trying to communicate with someone in a matter regarding love and romance and it simply isn’t working. You’re apt to feel like you need a translator in order to get your message across. Both you and your partner need to share responsibility for making sure that the lines of communication remain open. Be practical yet sensitive in your approach.
(Jan 21-Feb 19)
This is a fantastic time for you for love and romance, Aquarius, even if there’s a bit of coolness between you and the person you care about. It’s possible that there needs to be an element of distance now for you to really appreciate the good thing you have. If you aren’t involved with someone now, you should find that you’re in a good position to make a move toward someone you feel strongly about.
Pisces (Feb 20-Mar 20)
It’s one thing to be a friend and it’s another to feed someone’s ego just to make him or her happy, Pisces. Make sure that you aren’t telling someone lies just because you know that that is what he or she wants to hear. A true friend is someone who is honest at all times, even if it means that you may temporarily hurt that person’s feelings.
Answers to the Sudoku and Crossword on page 29
