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The island Family Department is maintaining provisional custody of a 14-year-old girl in Río Grande who allegedly may have become pregnant by a law enforcement officer, as reported Tuesday by designated Family Secretary Ciení Rodríguez Troche.
“The Family Department maintains provisional custody of a 14-year-old minor who, allegedly, became pregnant by a law enforcement agent,” Rodríguez Troche said in a written statement.
The official added that the case, which is publicly known, has been under investigation for several months by the agency’s social work team. She stated that in March, they had already implemented social protection measures to safeguard the girl.
to be disarmed and requested a parallel investigation of an administrative nature through the Superintendence of Professional Responsibility, which is guided by the provisions of the federal court, in accordance with the agreements of the [Police] Reform,” Torres Ramos said.
She added that the investigation will take time, because among other things, DNA testing is required as part of the evidence that is being collected and because among other factors, due to the nature of such cases, it is important that the victim is in optimal condition to collaborate with research.
“The emotional well-being of the victim is a priority and we cannot put the process before it,” the lieutenant said.
She mentioned that, currently, the minor is in a “stable and safe” situation and that the agency continues to provide her with comprehensive support through her social team. At the same time, the competent authorities are carrying out the criminal investigation related to the case.
“We are in communication with the law enforcement authorities to collaborate in whatever way is necessary in the investigation,” said Rodríguez Troche, ensuring that this will be the only statement given to protect the well-being and safety of the minor involved.
The Puerto Rico Police Bureau, with the support of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is conducting investigations of two men for a case of sexual assault against a minor, who turned out to be pregnant. Among the suspects is a police officer.
“The investigation is being carried out by a team specialized in police sexual crimes with support from the federal agency ICE, entrusted by [Police] Commissioner Antonio López Figueroa,” said Lt. Simara Torres Ramos, coordinator of the Police Bureau’s Sexual Crimes and Abuse of Minors Unit. “Because it is a case in which the victim is a minor and the events could involve an agent, the commissioner requested the assistance of colleagues from the federal agency in order to add additional resources that allow us to be more agile and precise at the conclusion of the investigation.”
She noted that since it is a case involving a minor, the data remains confidential and that due to the fact that the allegations point to two potential suspects, at this stage the agencies are conducting investigations for these purposes.
“Although the criminal investigation is still in progress, Commissioner López Figueroa ordered the agent
Rodríguez Troche said anyone who suspects or has knowledge of a case of neglect or abuse can report it by calling the Abuse Line at (787) 749-1333, 24 hours a day.
University of Puerto Rico (UPR)
President Luis Ferrao Delgado has announced a $20 million renovation of the ResiCampus Student Residence, a historic building designed by the late German architect Henry Klumb.
The repairs will be paid for using funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the island Housing Department (via the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program), the United States Department of Education, and funds from the UPR. Construction is expected to last 600 days.
“I recognize the urgency of the need for housing for our students. For this reason, this project is one of the priorities among the reconstruction plans at the UPR,” Ferrao said. “Residence halls provide a supportive environment that facilitates academic success by providing access to resources and an environment conducive to study. This emblematic project will benefit our university community in Río Piedras, the adjacent communities of the municipality and continue to serve as an essential service for the country.”
Julio Collazo Rivera, the director of the Office of Physical Development and Infrastructure, said the ResiCampus building has approximately 120,000 square feet distributed over nine floors and the roof.
“The building has a total of 61 apartments. Currently, each apartment is divided into two units with a capacity for three (3) residents per unit, for 366 residents,” Collazo Rivera said this week. “The proposed project
The $20 million project contemplates a complete overhaul of the ResiCampus building, including replacing its electrical and mechanical systems.
contemplates reducing the occupational load, considering only two residents per unit, maintaining the interior footprint of the spaces for new uses and new interior distribution. The building will house 233 residents with reduced occupational load.”
Río Piedras Campus Chancellor Angélica Varela Llavona said “the reconstruction and remodeling of the physical plant is one of the priorities that I identified when I assumed the responsibility of the Río Piedras chancellorship, and initiating a process of comprehensive transformation of the campus.”
“Today, with the start of the remodeling of Resicampus, we take a huge step forward to achieve that goal,” she said. “Likewise, we advance our commitment to meeting the residency needs of our university community.”
Manuel A. Laboy Rivera, executive director of the Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience (COR3), pointed out that to develop the project, COR3 advanced $3.7 million at the request of the UPR through
the Working Capital Advance pilot program.
“Since the team of UPR President Luis A. Ferrao took the reins of the primary teaching center in Puerto Rico, the reconstruction projects have moved forward,” he said. “The beginning of the reconstruction of ResiCampus, and the beginning of the demolition of some buildings on the Bayamón Campus, are the spearhead of other major works close to beginning construction for the benefit of the student body.”
Andrés García Martinó, the deputy federal coordinator of FEMA Disaster Recovery, added that “the repair of ResiCampus will help the students of the Río Piedras Campus have accessible housing while they develop as professionals …”
“The agency will continue to support the University of Puerto Rico during this new phase of reconstruction, while we ensure compliance with the environmental and historical value requirements for this project,” he said.
The project contemplates a complete intervention of the building, replacing its electrical and mechanical systems. At the same time, the structure will be updated to comply with current regulations for accessibility, alarm and fire protection. Doors, windows and remodeling of all dormitory units and common areas of the building will be replaced, including the necessary cabinetry details to provide built-in furniture in all dormitories. The existing waterproofing system will be replaced by a new system that consists of a combination of three layers of asphalt membranes. The project’s first phase will be the mitigation of the presence of asbestos and lead, before beginning the remodeling work.
The scope of work also considers several enhancements to the exterior perimeter of the building, such as the construction of a new electrical substation and a new access ramp at the main entrance.
Because the building is on the State Historic Preservation Office Register of Historic Places, the iconic and original tiles (mosaics) on the walls of most of the bathrooms will be preserved as well as kitchens of the building and part of the symbolic windows designed by architect Klumb.
The ResiCampus design incorporated organic architecture in tune with the island’s tropical climate and a harmonious projection of integration and spatial fluidity between the building and its surroundings. With the design, Klumb created a sense of spatial continuity between the exterior and the interior, integrating lighting and natural ventilation strategies from the environment into its functional spaces.
By THE STAR STAFFGrupo HIMA asked the U.S. bankruptcy court on Tuesday to give the green light to the proposed sale of its Bayamón health facilities to AM Acquisition, whose sponsor is the Sociedad Española de Auxilio Mutuo y Beneficencia de Puerto Rico (Auxilio Mutuo Hospital), for about $18 million.
The sellers of the facilities include the Turabo Medical Center (CMT by its Spanish initials).
The assets to be sold include real property, personal property, equipment, offices and facilities that are owned, leased or used primarily in connection with the businesses
by CMT and that are owned, leased or used primarily in connection with the businesses by HIMA San Pablo Hospital (referred to as HSPP in the documents) in Bayamón.
“The transfer and assignment of the Bayamon Assets to AM Acquisition shall be free and clear of all liens, privileges, pledges, security interests, rights of first refusal, options, defects in title, and any other Encumbrances and obligations arising prior to the closing,” the documents note.
If the Bayamón Stalking Horse APA is terminated under certain circumstances, the sellers will pay about $900,000 in cash to AM Acquisition, according to the documents. The sellers will also reimburse AM Acquisition
for any reasonably documented costs and expenses incurred related to its due diligence, and pursuing, negotiating, and documenting the transactions contemplated in the Bayamón Stalking Horse APA.
It is Grupo HIMA’s second request for the sale of facilities. Grupo HIMA recently announced the sale of its Fajardo facilities to Fajardo Integrated Medical Center. A hearing to ratify the sale is slated for later this month.
assets free of any liens. HIMA filed for bankruptcy in August to restructure more than $400 million in debt.
School can be challenging. Learning in general is complex. Some people may learn one way, other people learn another way. Because of this, in the world of education, there are many types of schools for kids and parents to choose from.
The STAR recently reported on a free school in Caguas that considers itself a school based on love and compassion toward young people who don’t necessarily feel like they don’t fit in at a traditional school. That is named Nuestra Escuela, which translates to Our School. This summer, the school featured a summer camp where students took construction courses.
Aside from its summer programs, the school offers a variety of courses for students, and it keeps on expanding the menu. On Tuesday, Nuestra Escuela had its inauguration ceremony to present its vocational school: “Nuestra Moda,” which translates to Our Fashion. Nuestra Moda is a vocational fashion school in Nuestra Escuela that will teach students about clothing design and fashion in general.
“Nuestra Moda is the first of our vocational initiatives that is born out of the interests of youth,” Nuestra Escuela President Anairis Guzmán said. “Listening to the students for more than 23 years has allowed us to create innovative alternatives. We work hard every day to continue creating confidence in all sectors in favor of our youth. They are the ones who can make the difference in the overall construction
of Puerto Rico that we all dream of.”
This is the first of many initiatives of its kind to come, and Guzmán said that next year there will be free courses such as technology, construction, agronomy and tourism. On hand for Tuesday’s inauguration of Nuestra Moda were government leaders such as Caguas Mayor William Miranda Torres and Office of the Governor Executive Director Caridad Pierluisi.
“We celebrate that today, we continue on with an impact story in Nuestra Escuela, with its students from Caguas and wherever they come from, it has been serving young people from 13 to 21 years of age,” Pierluisi said during the inauguration. “Some of them perhaps come from situations that make it difficult for them to find a space where they can thrive, so what you’ve achieved here Anairis and your husband Justo is something truly wonderful.”
The original founder of the school is Guzmán’s husband Justo, but he insists that “Anairis was the one who truly turned the school into something out of this world and was able to make it even better than I ever initially imagined.”
Miranda Torres said during the inauguration that “I give my respect to all collaborators, students, teachers, parents and everyone involved, for your desire … to work and create an alternative education model.”
“With the birth of Nuestra Moda, we see a huge opportunity for the fashion industry and for the economy of Puerto Rico in general, and it will be of great value not just for the island, but for these young ones and their overall professional development.”
Cynthia Beltrán, director of innovation and vocational development at Nuestra Escuela, noted that each Nuestra Moda student will have the opportunity, for a year and a half, to learn and practice the basic skills of sewing and fashion design. At the end they will have a basic vocational certificate that will open the doors for future technical studies in fashion design at the university level and enable them to enter the employment market. About 25 students are already taking classes at Nuestra Moda in rooms with modern sewing equipment, mannequins, colorful fabrics and an attractive design that invites artistic creation.
Last summer, Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia announced funds for the vocational project, which received $509,803 for the new curriculum. The government funds come from the employment program known as Vocational and Practical.
Eventually more than 325 students from between the ages of 13 and 21 years of age from 17 northeastern municipalities will participate in the school’s vocational program.
One student, 17-year-old Carlos González Sanjurjo of Loíza, willingly makes the one-hour commute to Caguas every day. While for some in the mainland U.S. that may seem like
a normal commute, that isn’t the case on the island, where a long daily commute -- or a drive to the nearest mall -- might be about 30 minutes.
But living an hour away from school did not stop young González Sanjurjo from pursuing his dream and getting into fashion school. “I started going to Nuestra Escuela in Loíza, and finished high school over there,” he told the STAR. “I made the decision to study here because I feel this is a great opportunity to flourish with my talents. I feel that I am talented, and the people here reassure me that I am.”
His mother, Yelixa Sanjurjo, added that “I am extremely happy with Nuestra Escuela with the great opportunity they’ve given my son.”
“I know the commute is difficult but it will be worth it,” she said. “We travel from Loíza to Caguas every day, but I know that the experience will be phenomenal.”
The hallways at Nuestra Escuela were filled with dresses on Tuesday, some of which were designed by students themselves. González Sanjurjo, for example, designed a dress that was made entirely out of paper.
By THE STAR STAFF
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia announced on Tuesday that he will file his candidacy for re-election on Oct. 1. The process will take place at 10 a.m. at Pedro Rosselló Convention Center in Miramar.
A potential rival of Pierluisi, Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón, has said she will announce in October or November whether she will run for reelection or vie for the governorship.
Both belong to the New Progressive Party, of which Pierluisi is president.
the mandate of the governor, Pedro R. Pierluisi,” Labor Secretary Gabriel Maldonado González said in a written statement. “Using another sample and different methodologies, other surveys such as the recently published American Community Survey of the United States Census for the year 2022, tell us the same positive story, so no one can question the economic rebound that we are experiencing on our island.”
0.3% compared to the previous month and 1.3% compared to August 2022. The new rate represents an increase of 3.3% compared to January 2021 and is among the highest since 2010.
By THE STAR STAFFThe Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources, in conjunction with the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor (DTRH by its Spanish initials), reported Tuesday that the unemployment rate remained at 6.2% for August, which in turn represents 20 consecutive months with a historically low rate of 6.5% or less.
The labor participation rate, meanwhile, increased to 43.7%, which is 3.3 percentage points higher than in January 2021.
“The official labor market data published by our agency and the federal government tell us that the month of August 2023 continues to reflect historically positive numbers under
“Even so, aware that we have a long way to go to meet the high demand for additional labor in all economic sectors, last week we unveiled the new advertising campaign entitled ‘Puerto Rico está Faja’o,’ based on principles of diversity, equity and inclusion and aimed at increasing the labor participation of women, older adults, young people, people with functional diversity, those who have criminal records and those who participate in social welfare programs,” the labor chief said. “The campaign is tied to numerous initiatives of the DTRH and other government agencies, which impact the aforementioned demographic segments. The private sector is key in these efforts, since it groups approximately 80% of salaried jobs in Puerto Rico.”
According to the publication Employment and Unemployment, which reports on data from the Worker Group Survey, the unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, stood at 6.2% for August, the same as the previous month. When compared to August 2022, the unemployment rate rose 0.4%. The current figure is one of the lowest in our history and represents a decrease of 2.8% when compared to January 2021.
The non-seasonally adjusted labor participation rate for July of this year was estimated at 43.7%, for an increase of
For the month of August 2023, the estimate of the labor force, seasonally adjusted, was 1,182,000 people, an increase of 3,000 compared to the previous month and of 12,000 people when making the year-on-year comparison. When compared to January 2021, the new figure represents an increase of 64,000 people in the workforce. The labor force number is one of the highest since 2012.
Total employment, seasonally adjusted, was set at 1,109,000, about 4,000 additional employees compared to the previous month and 7,000 more than those reported in August 2022. In addition, the new figure represents 91,000 additional jobs compared to those that existed in January 2021. It is one of the highest total employment numbers since 2009.
As for unemployed people, seasonally adjusted, the monthly statistics reflected a figure of 73,000 people, a decrease of 1,000 citizens from the previous month and 5,000 more than in August 2022. The number of unemployed people is 27,000 fewer than those reported in January 2021.
The preliminary results of the monthly survey of nonfarm wage employment reflected a total of 951,300 jobs in July of this year, an increase of 3,900 jobs when compared to the previous month. Meanwhile, the new figure constitutes an increase of 23,100 jobs when compared to August 2022. It is one of the highest numbers since 2009 and represents about 100,400 additional jobs compared to those reported in January 2021, almost all in the private sector.
As part of Suicide Prevention Month, the island Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration (ASSMCA by its Spanish initials), in partnership with the Public Housing Administration (AVP), announced the start of a community project to strengthen the mental health of residents of 320 public housing complexes throughout Puerto Rico.
As part of the central government administration’s public policy for addressing mental health on the island, ASSMCA will offer eight hours of training and tools to previously identified personnel, including community leaders, counselors, social workers and nurses, among others, who serve as support networks for families and individuals in public housing complexes.
The purpose of the initiative is to train the aforementioned individuals so that they can promote behaviors to strengthen mental health in their communities, and also can prevent, identify and manage a crisis, including suicide. According to the work plans, the goal is to certify at the end of the project at least 2,000 people as psychological first aid responders under ASSMCA’s Psychological Strengths
and First Aid Module, as well as in the workshop titled “24 Character Strengths.”
The project, which began this month, will benefit the 10 regions of the AVP. To date, ASSMCA staff have already trained community leaders from 19 residential areas in the Mayagüez region and 26 located in the towns of Ponce, Peñuelas, Adjuntas, Jayuya and Guayanilla, which are part
of the Ponce region. The workshops are taught on Fridays by ASSMCA human behavior professionals.
“Through this project we continue to promote public health policy focused on prevention and mental health care, guiding and bringing direct services to communities,” said ASSMCA Administrator Dr. Carlos Rodríguez Mateo. “It is a tool with which we seek that community leaders and the resources that communities have can identify depression in time, prevent a mental health emergency and know how to handle the situation and refer people for help in the ASSMCA. In the same way, tools are offered so that these people who are being certified, who are those who are in the community day by day, can promote strategies among the population that serve to strengthen their basic well-being, through positive and risk-free behaviors.” Through the First Responders in Psychological Aid program, just over 4,000 people have already been certified in Puerto Rico, including community leaders, members of faith-based organizations, chaplains and correctional officers, among others.
Among the goals of the project in public housing complexes is positioning more people to identify and refer at-risk citizens to the ASSMCA PAS Line, 9-8-8. The PAS Line is free and offers services confidentially.
America’s gross national debt exceeded $33 trillion for the first time this week, providing a stark reminder of the country’s shaky fiscal trajectory at a moment when Washington faces the prospect of a government shutdown this month amid another fight over federal spending.
The Treasury Department noted the milestone in its daily report detailing the nation’s balance sheet. It came as Congress appeared to be faltering in its efforts to fund the government before a Sept. 30 deadline. Unless Congress can pass a dozen appropriations bills or agree to a short-term extension of federal funding at existing levels, the United States will face its first government shutdown since 2019.
Over the weekend, House Republicans considered a shortterm proposal that would slash spending for most federal agencies and resurrect tough Trump-era border initiatives to extend funding through the end of October. But the plan had little hope of breaking the impasse on Capitol Hill, with Republicans still divided on their demands and Democrats unlikely to support whatever compromise they reach among themselves.
The debate over the debt has grown louder this year, punctuated by an extended standoff over raising the nation’s borrowing cap.
That fight ended with a bipartisan agreement to suspend the debt limit for two years and cut federal spending by $1.5 trillion over a decade by essentially freezing some funding that had been projected to increase next year and then limiting spending to 1% growth in 2025. But the debt is on track to top $50 trillion by the end of the decade, even after newly passed spending cuts are taken into account, as interest on the debt mounts and the cost of the nation’s social safety net programs keeps growing.
But slowing the growth of the national debt continues to be daunting.
Some federal spending programs that passed during the Biden administration are expected to be more costly than previously projected. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was previously estimated to cost about $400 billion over a decade, but according to estimates by the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Wharton Budget Model it could cost more than $1 trillion thanks to strong demand for the law’s generous clean energy tax credits.
Pandemic-era relief programs are still costing the federal government money. The Internal Revenue Service said last week that claims for the Employee Retention Credit, a tax benefit that was originally projected to cost about $55 billion, have cost the federal government $230 billion. The IRS is freezing the program because of fears about fraud and abuse.
At the same time, several of President Joe Biden’s attempts to raise more revenue through tax changes have been met with resistance.
In late 2022, the IRS delayed by one year a new tax policy that would require users of digital wallets and e-commerce platforms to start reporting small transactions to the agency. The policy was projected to raise about $8 billion in additional tax revenue over a decade.
Last month, the IRS delayed by two years a new provision that will stop high earners from being able to funnel extra money into their 401(k) retirement accounts. The agency described the
delay as an “administrative transition period.”
Meanwhile, lobbyists are pressing for loopholes in new taxes that have been enacted. The 15% corporate alternative minimum tax was devised to ensure that rich companies could no longer get away with paying single-digit tax rates because of creative use of deductions. However, many of these companies have been pushing the Treasury Department, which is writing the rules that will govern the tax, to create exceptions to preserve their most prized deductions. That tax is different from the global minimum tax that most countries, except the United States, are working to adopt.
The pushback against efforts to raise revenue and cut spending has heightened the sense of alarm among budget watchdog groups that fear that a fiscal crisis is approaching.
“As we have seen with recent growth in inflation and interest rates, the cost of debt can mount suddenly and rapidly,” said Michael A. Peterson, the CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, which promotes fiscal restraint. “With more than $10 trillion of interest costs over the next decade, this compounding fiscal cycle will only continue to do damage to our kids and grandkids.”
Republicans and Democrats in the House and the Senate continue to be divided on a path forward to avoid the near-term problem of a shutdown, and lawmakers have started pressing for leaders to begin focusing on a stopgap bill to keep the government operating past Sept. 30.
Republicans have been pushing for cuts as a condition of funding the government, blaming out-of-control spending for the country’s fiscal woes.
“This town is addicted to spending other people’s money,” Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., said on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Enough is enough.”
But the White House blamed Republicans on Monday for
the bulging debt burden.
“The increase in debt over the last 20 years was overwhelmingly driven by the trillions spent on Republican tax cuts skewed to the wealthy and big corporations,” said Michael Kikukawa, a White House spokesperson. “Congressional Republicans want to double down on trickle-down by extending President Trump’s tax cuts and repealing President Biden’s corporate tax reforms.”
A Treasury Department report last week showed that the deficit — the gap between what the United States spends and what it collects through taxes and other revenue — was $1.5 trillion for the first 11 months of the fiscal year, a 61% increase from the same period a year ago.
In an interview with CNBC on Monday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she was comfortable with the nation’s fiscal course because interest costs as a share of the economy remained manageable. However, she suggested that it was important to be mindful of future spending.
“The president has proposed a series of measures that would reduce our deficits over time while investing in the economy,” Yellen said, “and this is something we need to do going forward.”
INTENCIÓN DE RENOVAR PERMISO DE INYECCIÓN SUBTERRÁNEA
El peticionario, Productos de Cantera Inc., cuya dirección postal es PO Box 844 Juana Díaz, P.R. 00795, representado por el Ing. Efraín Daleccio, Presidente de la compañía, ha solicitado al Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (DRNA) la renovación del Permiso de Operación, UIC-08-39-0001, para dos sistemas de inyección subterránea (SIS) Clase VC-1 bajo las disposiciones del Reglamento para el Control de la Inyección Subterránea (RCIS) y la Ley Federal de Agua Potable Segura, según enmendada 42 use 300f et seq. (LFAPS).
El SIS 001 consiste de un tanque séptico prefabricado en fibra de vidrio, con una capacidad de 850 galones, conectado a un sistema de infiltradores en una trinchera de 24 pies de largo por 3 pies de ancho, proporcionando un área de percolación de 72 pies2
El SIS 002 consiste de un tanque séptico en hormigón, con una capacidad de 3,231 galones, conectado a un pozo filtrante de 12 pies de largo por 7.5 pies de ancho y 9 pies de profundidad líquida, proporcionando un área de percolación de 243 pies2
En el SIS 001 se inyectan 60 galones/día y en el SIS 002 se inyectan 230 galones/día, de aguas sanitarias. Ambos SIS están ubicados en Productos de Cantera, Inc., en la Carr. PR 551 Km. 4.5, Barrio Guayabal en Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico.
Luego de realizada la evaluación correspondiente de los documentos sometidos, el DRNA tiene la intención de renovar el Permiso de Operación, para la instalación antes mencionada en conformidad con los requisitos del RCIS y de la LFAPS.
Esta notificación se hace para informar que el DRNA ha preparado el borrador del permiso de forma tal que el público interesado pueda someter sus comentarios con relación al mismo. El permiso contiene las condiciones y prohibiciones necesarias para cumplir con los requisitos reglamentarios aplicables.
Copia de la solicitud de permiso que sometió el peticionario ante el DRNA, el borrador del permiso y otros documentos relevantes estarán a la disposición del público para ser examinados, a petición del interesado mediante el envío de un un correo electrónico a la siguiente dirección: inyeccionsubterranea@drna.pr.gov o visitando la ORG, localizada en la Carr. PR-3 Km. 136, Barrio Algarrobos en Guayama. Copia de dichos documentos pueden adquirirse en la ORG, entre las 7:30 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m. de lunes a viernes o escribiendo a la siguiente dirección: Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales, Oficina Regional de Guayama, 2000 Ave. Los Veteranos, Guayama, Puerto Rico 00784. Las partes interesadas o afectadas pueden enviar sus comentarios por escrito a la Sra. Vanessa Del Moral Rosario, Directora de la ORG, o solicitar una vista pública por escrito a la Secretaria del DRNA, a la dirección postal o correo electrónico antes indicado.
Los comentarios por escrito o la solicitud de vista pública deberán ser sometidos al DRNA no más tarde de treinta (30) días a partir de la fecha de publicación de este aviso. La fecha límite para someter comentarios puede ser extendida si se estima necesario o apropiado para el interés público. La solicitud para una vista pública deberá señalar la razón o las razones que en la opinión del solicitante ameritan la celebración de la misma. De realizarse una vista pública los interesados o afectados tendrán una oportunidad razonable para presentar evidencia o testimonio sobre si se emite o deniega el permiso, si la Secretaria Interina determina que dicha vista es necesaria o apropiada. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 11 de agosto de 2023.
the military, veterans programs and disaster relief. It would also restore some stringent Trump-era immigration policies. It does not contain funding for continued military assistance to Ukraine — money that the White House and both parties in the Senate have sought.
Given the cuts, the immigration provisions opposed by Democrats and the lack of assistance for Ukraine, the stopgap proposal has no chance of passing as is in the Senate. McCarthy was well aware of that but was hoping House passage would be a show of strength that would force a response from the Senate and potentially shift responsibility for a shutdown across the rotunda.
Anaís Rodríguez Vega SecretariaEste anuncio se publica conforme lo requerido por la Ley Núm. 4162004, según enmendada, conocida como la “Ley sobre Política Pública Ambiental”, los reglamentos aprobados a su amparo; y las leyes y reglamentos federales aplicables. El costo del Aviso Público es sufragado por la entidad peticionaria.
By CARL HULSEHouse Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s bid to gain the upper hand in a battle over federal spending hit stiff opposition from within his own ranks earlier this week, leaving him with dwindling options and little time to find his way out of a funding impasse that could lead to a government shutdown in less than two weeks.
Roughly a dozen Republicans made it clear that they were staunchly opposed to the proposal unveiled Sunday, which combines a stopgap spending measure with steep funding cuts and new border controls, indicating they could not be induced to change their votes through leadership pressure. The measure had little chance of passing the Democratic-controlled Senate, but McCarthy, who has made it clear he is desperate to avoid a politically damaging shutdown, has promoted it as a way to pressure the other chamber to come his way on spending.
Yet the internal resistance made it clear he is well short of the votes to pass it.
“The Republican House is failing the American people again and pursuing a path of gamesmanship and circus,” Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., said in a statement. “Neither Republicans nor Democrats have the backbone to challenge the corrupt swamp that is bankrupting our children and grandchildren. It is a shame that our weak speaker cannot even commit to having a commission to discuss our looming fiscal catastrophe.”
“This town is addicted to spending other people’s money,” Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., said on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Enough is enough.”
With McCarthy’s slim majority, opposition from a dozen Republicans would make it impossible for him to advance the bill, as Democrats are uniformly opposed and so far are in no hurry to bail out the speaker. As he arrived at the Capitol on Monday, McCarthy suggested that lawmakers might change their minds once they were able to fully digest the legislation, but he conceded he faced a tough sell.
“It’s a good thing I love a challenge,” McCarthy said. “Every day is going to be a challenge. I’ve got a long week.”
The proposal hammered out over the weekend would extend federal funding through October, allowing time for the House and Senate to make more progress on their stalled yearlong spending bills. It would cut the budgets of most federal agencies for that period by about 8% while exempting
It was a strategy that worked for McCarthy in the debt limit showdown earlier this year, when he defied expectations and was able to muscle through the House a debt limit increase tied to spending cuts, forcing President Joe Biden to open negotiations with him that led to an eventual agreement. But far-right House conservatives, who only reluctantly cast that first vote to raise the debt limit, were unhappy with the deal McCarthy ultimately cut — and they do not seem inclined to give him that backing in the current spending fight.
While some conservatives were digging in against the plan, the prospect of a shutdown was alarming other Republicans, including those from swing districts carried by Biden in 2020 who could feel the political backlash from a government closure.
“They don’t know how to take yes for an answer,” Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., said in a post on X of the Republican critics of the legislative proposal known as a continuing resolution, or CR. “They don’t know how to define a win. They don’t know how to work as a team. I will NOT support a government shutdown. If they refuse to pass a CR, I will without them.”
McCarthy has said repeatedly that he does not want the government to shut down and that he could try and pass a stopgap bill with a combination of Republican votes like Lawler’s and Democratic ones, as he did with the final vote on the debt limit agreement. But some Republicans on the right have said such a move would lead to a challenge to his job.
The new proposal did have some conservative backing. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a prominent member of the far-right Freedom Caucus, embraced it and said that House approval would then leave Senate Democrats responsible for the shutdown if they rejected it. Roy, an architect of the immigration restrictions that were adopted by the House earlier this year, was among those who had said he would not support any temporary spending if it did not fortify the border.
“A 30 day extension by the GOP to force an 8% cut to the Department of Justice & rest of federal bureaucracy is a cut to its weaponization while passing border security, & whacking DOD wokeness,” Roy said on X as he tried to rally conservatives behind the proposal.
In addition to the temporary funding bill, McCarthy also was hoping to revive a Pentagon spending measure that stalled last week when right-wing Republicans said they would not allow it to be put on the floor. McCarthy said Sunday that he intended to force a vote on that legislation and see if conservatives relented under the pressure of being accused of abandoning the military.
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For more than a day, Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies scoured the high desert city of Palmdale, desperately searching for a man who killed one of their own in an ambush shooting over the weekend. They had little to go on except surveillance video showing an older, dark gray Toyota sedan.
In the early hours Monday, they arrived at a suburban Southern California home, just a few miles from where Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer was shot dead while alone in his sheriff’s cruiser. The man they sought, served with a warrant, refused to come out and barricaded himself inside. Deputies brought in hostage negotiators and the SWAT team, all to no avail. Hours passed.
Only after they resorted to using chemical agents — tear gas is common — did the 29-year-old man emerge from his parents’ house. Authorities arrested the suspect, Kevin Cataneo Salazar, and found multiple firearms on scene, Sheriff Robert Luna of Los Angeles County said in an emotional news conference Monday.
And they found a dark gray Toyota sedan.
“I feel extremely confident that we have the right person in custody,” Luna said. “I’m going to leave it at that.”
Clinkunbroomer, who was transferred to the Palmdale station in July 2018, had worked in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for about eight years, following in the footsteps of his grandfather and father, officials said. For the past year and a half, he also trained and supervised other deputies, a responsibility bestowed on only the most trustworthy members of the force.
But perhaps the most heartbreaking detail of the tragedy was that, just four days before his death, Clinkunbroomer had gotten engaged to be married to the “love of his life,” his family said.
“Our son Ryan was a dedicated, hardworking deputy sheriff who enjoyed working here at the Palmdale station,”
Clinkunbroomer’s family said in a statement that Luna read Monday. “He was proud to work along the side of his partners that he considered brothers and sisters, as he sacrificed daily to better the community that he served. Ryan made the ultimate sacrifice in doing so.”
Luna described a grieving Sheriff’s Department that finally got its breakthrough after a Sunday afternoon news conference. There, officials released photos and a description of the vehicle, the main clue they had from the shooting. They announced a reward that climbed to $250,000 for information leading to an arrest. Tips poured in.
“That was key at this point, leading our detectives to this suspect,” Luna said.
The Sheriff’s Department has not determined a motive in the shooting, and homicide investigators are still asking questions. Luna said Monday that he had assumed the deputy was
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The House was not alone in facing a funding impasse. After weeks of bipartisan progress, the Senate ran into a roadblock Thursday when Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., objected to a plan to consider three different spending bills together.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced Monday that the Senate would vote later this week to suspend its rules and overcome Johnson’s objection so the spending package could move forward, a maneuver that would require 67 votes.
An initial test vote would come Wednesday. Some GOP
senators seemed open to the idea, but Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, the No. 2 Republican, indicated they would likely discuss the issue at a private party meeting on Tuesday.
Schumer also made it clear that the proposal from House Republicans, which he called an “insult” to Ukraine, stood no chance in the Senate.
“Last night’s proposal in the House can be boiled down to two words: slapdash, reckless,” Schumer said. “Slapdash because it is not a serious proposal for avoiding a shutdown, and reckless because if passed it would cause immense harm to so many priorities that help the American people.”
targeted for being a law enforcement officer, “but our intent is to find out.”
Five officers have died in situations designated as “ambushes” this year through August, compared to 12 officers killed in such situations in all of last year, according to statistics released by the FBI. Eight were killed in 2021 and nine in 2020.
Marle Salazar, the mother of the man arrested Monday, said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times that her son had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia about five years ago. She added that she had called deputies to respond in the past when he had become too aggressive after not taking his medication.
“That’s all part of the investigation,” Luna said.
“Whether mental health is a factor or not,” he added, “think about this: If I had to go to your family and tell them that you were not coming home and that you were just murdered, does it matter what the person was thinking, or their condition?”
Although Palmdale is situated in Los Angeles County, it hardly resembles the LA that most people know. The city is separated by mountains from the coastal basin, more than an hour’s drive from the Hollywood attractions and beaches that draw visitors to Southern California. Palmdale grew popular in the late 20th century among aerospace employees who worked nearby, as well as with families searching for cheaper homes — albeit with a long commute.
Palmdale has a recent history of tension between law enforcement officers and the community. In 2015, the U.S. Justice Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced a settlement involving policing changes in Palmdale and the nearby city of Lancaster after an investigation found patterns of excessive use of force, biased practices and unlawful searches and seizures.
Monitors have documented a lack of progress toward the goals set in the settlement, although they also recognized “new signs of commitment to reforms” and better communication and transparency in a report this year.
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organizing meetings, they say, ‘If they can do it, we can do it,’” said Jaz Brisack, an organizer with Workers United who played a key role in the Starbucks campaign.
But the flip side is that the strike could inflict collateral damage that creates frustration and hardship among tens of thousands of nonunion workers and their communities.
“The small and medium-sized manufacturers across the country that make up the automotive sector’s integrated supply chain will feel the brunt of this work stoppage, whether they are a union shop or not,” Jay Timmons, the chief executive of the National Association of Manufacturers, said in a statement Friday.
Higher wages and gains for rank-and-file workers can be good for the economy. But some argue that Fain’s and other labor leaders’ aggressive demands could discourage businesses from investing in the United States or render them uncompetitive with foreign rivals.
“Mr. Fain has to think about this, too: the long-term financial viability of these three companies,” said John Drake, vice president of transportation, infrastructure and supply chain policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Even those who welcome the union’s aggressive stance say it is fraught with risk. Gene Bruskin, a longtime union official who helped workers at a Smithfield meat-processing plant in North Carolina achieve, in 2008, one of the biggest organizing victories in decades, said a long strike could disillusion workers if the union came up short on key demands.
By NOAM SCHEIBERSince the start of the pandemic, labor unions have had something of a renaissance. They have made inroads into previously nonunion companies like Starbucks and Amazon, and won unusually strong contracts for hundreds of thousands of workers. Last year, public approval for unions reached its highest level since the Lyndon Johnson presidency.
What unions haven’t had during that stretch is a true gutcheck moment on a national scale. Strikes by railroad workers and UPS employees, which had the potential to rattle the U.S. economy, were averted at the last minute. The fallout from the continuing writers’ and actors’ strikes has been heavily concentrated in Southern California.
The strike by the United Automobile Workers, whose members walked off the job at three plants Friday, is shaping up to be such a test. A contract with substantial wage increases and
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other concessions from the three automakers could announce organized labor as an economic force to be reckoned with and accelerate a recent wave of organizing.
But there are also real potential pitfalls. A prolonged strike could undermine the three established U.S. automakers — General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, which owns Chrysler, Jeep and Ram — and send the politically crucial Midwest into recession. If the union is seen as overreaching, or if it settles for a weak deal after a costly stoppage, public support could sour.
“Right now, unions are cool,” said Michael Lotito, a lawyer at Littler Mendelson, a firm representing management.
“But unions have a risk of not being very cool if you have five-month strike in LA and an X-month strike in how many other states,” he added.
If the stakes seem high for the UAW, that’s partly because the union’s new president, Shawn Fain, has gone out of his way to elevate them. During frequent video meetings with members before the strike, Fain has portrayed the negotiations as a broader struggle pitting ordinary workers against corporate titans.
“I know that we’re on the right side in this battle,” he said in a recent video appearance. “It’s a battle of the working class against the rich, the haves versus the have-nots, the billionaire class against everybody else.”
Fain’s framing of the contract campaign in class terms appears to be resonating with his members, thousands of whom have watched the online sessions.
Labor activists agreed that the current strike could reverberate across other industries, where workers appear to be paying close attention to the labor actions of the past year. “In
“If the UAW fails to make any significant gains, particularly on the two-tier stuff, their future could be seriously harmed,” said Bruskin, referring to a system in which newer workers are paid far less than veteran workers who perform similar jobs.
Bruskin also worried that the union could effectively win the battle and lose the war if the auto companies respond by shifting more production to Mexico, where they already have a significant presence.
The tens of billions of dollars in federal subsidies for domestic production of electric vehicles that President Joe Biden has helped secure should limit that shift and help keep manufacturing jobs at home. Many automakers are already locating new plants in the United States to take advantage of the funds.
Still, Willy Shih, an expert on manufacturing at Harvard Business School, said the automakers could adjust their operations in ways that undercut the UAW while continuing to produce cars domestically. Automation is one option, he said, as is locating new plants in lightly unionized Southern states.
Even Fain’s habit of framing the fight in broad class terms may prove to be a strategic advantage. A recent Gallup poll found that 75% of the public backed the autoworkers in the showdown, compared with 19% who were more sympathetic to the companies.
The widespread public support suggests that the autoworkers may be operating in a different context from workers in another strike that famously contributed to a loss of power for labor: air traffic controllers’ unsuccessful fight against the Reagan administration in the early 1980s, after which private-sector employers appeared to become more comfortable firing and replacing striking employees.
Wall Street slackened on Tuesday, with risk-off sentiment weighing as the U.S. Federal Reserve convened for its much-anticipated two-day monetary policy meeting.
Against this backdrop, growing jitters that a stalemate on Capitol Hill could result in a potential government shutdown had market participants on edge.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday said that while she sees no risk of an economic downtown, she warned that a government shutdown would be “Creating ... a situation that could cause a loss of momentum is something we don’t need as a risk at this point.”
The week’s main event is the Fed’s policy meeting, which is expected to culminate in a rate hike pause, leaving the Fed funds target rate unchanged for the second time since March 2022, when the central bank fired its opening salvo in its battle against inflation.
The Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) is also due to release its quarterly Summary of Economic Projections, which will include the “dot plot,” or a glimpse into participating members’ expectations regarding the future path of interest rates.
Financial markets have currently baked in a 99% certainty that the Fed will hold the key rate at 5.25%-5.00% on Wednesday. Beyond that, the trajectory is less certain, with a 69% likelihood of the FOMC holding firm in November, according to CME’s FedWatch tool.
All three indexes were lower in a broad sell-off ahead of the Fed announcement on Wednesday, with interest rate sensitive megacaps, led by Amazon.com and Nvidia Corp, dragging the Nasdaq down most.
Market participants adjusted their positions ahead of the central bank’s scheduled announcement, which is expected to culminate in a decision to leave key interest rates unchanged.
“The increase of hedging is playing an underappreciated role in the price action we’re seeing today,” Michael Green, chief strategist at Simplify Asset Management in Philadelphia.
The Fed is also due to release its Summary Economic Projections, including its dot plot, which should provide a glimpse into the Federal Open Markets Committee’s forecast trajectory of interest rates, inflation and economic growth.
“What’s being priced into the market is a pause but increased risk that rates will stay higher for longer,” Green added. “If (the Fed) announced that they are removing rate cuts in 2024 by raising the dot plot, it would generally be seen as a very hawkish pause.”
Financial markets have priced in an all-but-certain 99% probability that the central bank will leave its key Fed funds target rate at 5.25%-5.00% on Wednesday, and a growing 70.9% likelihood of standing pat at its next meeting in November, according to CME’s FedWatch tool.
On the economic front, a jump in Canada’s annual inflation rate due to rising gasoline prices, and a bigger-thanexpected plunge in U.S. housing starts helped feed investor uncertainty.
The languid IPO market continues to show signs of life,
with grocery delivery app Instacart’s parent Mapplebear Inc making its Nasdaq debut, days after chipmaker Arm Holdings’ stellar entry to the public marketplace last week.
Maplebear shares surged 27.9%, while Arm Holdings was last down 4.4%.
At 2:10PM ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 151.38 points, or 0.44%, to 34,472.92, the S&P 500 lost 13.12 points, or 0.29%, to 4,440.41 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 31.74 points, or 0.23%, to 13,678.50.
Among the 11 major sectors of the S&P 500, consumer discretionary and technology suffering the largest percentage declines.
Walt Disney shed 3.0% after the company announced it would nearly double its capital expenditure for its parks business over the next 10 years.
Starbucks lost 2.1% following TD Cowen’s decision to downgrade the coffee chain’s shares to “underperform.”
Automakers General Motors and Ford Motor Co gained 2.2% and 2.2%, respectively, as the United Auto Workers union planned to announce more strikes on Friday if no serious progress is made in ongoing talks with automakers.
Hundreds of Libyans protested earlier this week from the devastated eastern city of Derna, demanding the removal of those responsible a week after torrential rains burst two dams and unleashed a catastrophe that killed thousands.
Some protesters stood on the muddy, rocky earth that the floods carried through the city center on Sept. 11, washing entire neighborhoods and their inhabitants into the Mediterranean Sea. Others perched on the roof of a mosque that still stood, and a number appeared to be part of relief and rescue efforts, dressed in white biohazard suits and reflective vests.
“Aguila, out, out,” they yelled, referring to Aguila Saleh, the speaker of Libya’s parliament, who has deflected blame for the disaster and called it “fate.” In a televised speech Thursday night, he appeared to reject accusations that the scale of the calamity was rooted in government mismanagement and neglect, which angered many Libyans.
The cries of the protesters were part of a rising chorus of calls to hold leaders across the divided North African country accountable. Specifically, they want an international investigation into the circumstances that led to the bursting of the two dams on the edge of Derna.
Many Libyans say they don’t trust the country’s own authorities to pinpoint who was responsible. Those authorities are divided between an internationally recognized government in the west, based in Tripoli, the capital, and a region administered separately in the east, where Derna is. Saleh and the parliament are part of the eastern Libya administration.
There are calls for mass protests in the
country on Friday to demand accountability.
For more than a decade, successive governments in Libya, a nation rich in oil, have jockeyed for power at the expense of addressing the public’s needs, according to critics inside Libya and analysts who follow the country closely. That includes neglecting the maintenance of dilapidated infrastructure like the aging dams that burst.
“The focus needs to be on exactly what happened, and then we decide who needs to be held responsible,” said Elham Saudi, director of Lawyers for Justice in Libya. “But that cannot be done by Libyan authorities because they are unwilling or unable to do it.”
Her organization is gathering documents to build a case for why Libya needs an international inquiry, she said.
The official response to the disaster has been chaotic, and the full death toll is still being assessed. Some estimates have put it over 11,000.
The anger over those deaths is unifying Libyans in ways reminiscent of the 2011 Arab Spring uprising in Libya, Saudi said, a revolt that eventually brought down the country’s longtime dictator, Moammar Gadhafi.
“We feel this is a moment of change,” she
said. “Hopefully, this can be the legacy of this horrible disaster.”
In a paper published last year, Abdelwanees Ashoor, a hydraulic engineer at Omar Al-Mukhtar University in Libya, warned that Derna was “extremely vulnerable to flood risk,” as the kind of storms in the area in recent decades could bring down the dams. The dams used an inadequate design and had been built by engineers who underestimated the amount of rain expected, Ashoor argued in his paper.
Government officials knew the dams needed repairs but ignored the warnings, including Ashoor’s, he said.
In 2010, a Turkish company began repair work on the dams. But months later, when the Arab Spring uprising began, the work stopped, according to Libya’s attorney general, Sadiq al-Soor.
A 2021 report by Libyan state auditors showed that more than $2.3 million allocated for maintaining the two dams was never used.
Residents and observers say the catastrophic death toll could have been prevented had the authorities given the proper warnings to residents before the storm.
While the Libyan meteorological service did issue early warnings about heavy rain and floods, it did not address the risk posed by “the aging dams,” the World Meteorological Organization, a U.N. agency, said last week. The abilities of the Libyan weather service were limited, the agency said, by “major gaps in its observing systems” as well as its information technology.
The only warnings that did come were for Derna residents living near the sea to evacuate 24 hours before the floods, said Atiya AlHasadi, a Derna resident and meteorologist. But for the rest of the city, much of which has since washed away, authorities enacted a cur-
few and told residents to stay in their homes, multiple residents said.
“We could have avoided most of the human casualties,” Petteri Taalas, secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization, told reporters in Geneva.
Like others, Al-Hasadi called for the international community to open an investigation. He said he and several members of his family had to climb onto a water tank on the roof of their three-story building to stay out of the floodwaters for hours. Two of his aunts died in the floods.
“That huge budget was allocated for maintenance,” said Souad al-Qusaybi, a mother in Derna who lost dozens of members of her extended family in the flooding.
When she returned to the home she had fled from, all she found was a pile of dirt.
“Derna is gone,” she said.
Al-Soor, the attorney general, has started an investigation, but the public is deeply skeptical given the country’s long history of corruption and impunity. The attorney general is one of the few government positions agreed upon by both governments, and he works with both sides.
The authorities have appointed a team of Libyan prosecutors from different parts of the country to investigate what caused the dams to collapse and determine whether maintenance measures, which had been needed for years, could have prevented the collapse of the dams.
“Everyone who made a mistake or committed neglect or fell short and caused this disaster will of course have firm measures taken against them,” al-Soor vowed at a televised news conference on Friday night.
Al-Hasadi, the meteorologist, said the attorney general had conducted many investigations before but that none had led to justice.
The world’s top diplomat, António Guterres, the United Nations secretarygeneral, has lately been unusually blunt in his broadsides against fossil fuel producers. He has accused them of “profiting from destruction.” He has urged governments to stop funding coal and to put the brakes on new oil and gas projects. “History is coming for the planet-wreckers,” he has said.
But who are these “planet wreckers?” He doesn’t name them.
Not China, the world’s coal behemoth. Not Britain or the United States, who both have ambitious climate laws but continue to issue new oil and gas permits. Not the United Arab Emirates, a petrostate where a state-owned oil company executive is hosting the upcoming U.N. climate negotiations — a move that activists have decried as undermining the very legitimacy of the talks.
The contradictions show not only the constraints on Guterres, a 74-year-old politician from Portugal who has made climate change his centerpiece issue, but also the shortcomings of the diplomatic playbook on a problem as urgent as global warming.
“The rules of multilateral diplomacy and multilateral summitry are not fit for the speedy and effective response that we need,” said Richard Gowan, who decodes the rituals of the United Nations for the International Crisis Group.
The 2015 Paris climate accord asks only that countries set voluntary targets to address climate pollution. The agreements that come out of annual climate negotiations routinely get watered down, because every country, including champions of coal, oil and gas, must agree on every word and comma.
The secretary-general can cajole but not command, urge but not enforce. He doesn’t name specific countries, though nothing in the United Nations Charter prevents him from doing so.
Despite his exhortations, governments have only increased their fossil fuel subsidies, to a record $7 trillion in 2022. Few nations have concrete plans to move their economies away from fossil fuels, and many depend directly or indirectly on revenues from coal, oil and gas. The human toll of climate change continues to mount.
“He has interpreted his role as a sort of truth teller,” said Rachel Kyte, a former U.N. climate diplomat and a professor at the Fletcher School at Tufts University. “The powers available to him as secretary-general
António Guterres in India this month. “History is coming for the planet-wreckers,” he has said.
are awesome but limited.”
This week, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting, he is deploying a bit of a diplomatic wink-nod. At a Climate Ambition Summit he is hosting today, he is giving the mic only to those countries that have done as he has urged, and only if they send a high-level leader, to show that they take the summit seriously. “A naming and shaming device that doesn’t actually require naming and shaming anyone,” Gowan said.
Diplomatic jockeying around who will get on the list has been intense. More than 100 countries sent in requests to speak, and Guterres’ aides have in turn requested more information to prove they deserve to be on the list. What have you done on coal phaseout, some have been asked. How much climate funding have you offered? Are you still issuing new oil and gas permits? And so on.
“It’s good to see Guterres trying to hold their feet to the fire,” said Mohamed Adow, a Kenyan activist.
Guterres has waited until the last possible minute to make public the list of speakers. Expect the awkward.
John Kerry, the United States climate envoy, is expected to attend but not speak. (Guterres is giving the mic only to high-level national leaders.) It’s unclear whether the head of the Chinese delegation this year, Vice President Han Zheng, will have a speaking role. The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has secured the mic. Britain’s prime minister, Rishi Sunak, isn’t coming to the General Assembly conclave at all. Sultan al-Jaber, the head of the Emirati oil company, and host of the next climate talks, is scheduled to speak.
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Guterres will also invite companies with what he calls “credible” targets to reduce their climate emissions to participate. Expect to count them with the fingers of one hand.
Guterres, who had led the U.N. refugee agency for 10 years before being selected for the top job, didn’t always make climate change his centerpiece issue.
In fact, he didn’t talk about it when he was chosen to head the United Nations in 2016. Climate was seen as the signature issue of his predecessor, Ban Ki-moon, who shepherded through the Paris Agreement in 2015. Guterres spoke instead about the war in Syria, terrorism, and gender parity in the United Nations. (His choice disappointed those who had pressed for a woman to lead the world body for the first time in the its 70-year history.)
In 2018 came a shift. At that year’s General Assembly,
he called climate change “the defining issue of our time.”
In 2019, he invited climate activist Greta Thunberg to the General Assembly, whose raw anger at world leaders (“How dare you?” she railed) spurred a social media clash with President Donald Trump, who was pulling the United States out of the Paris Accord.
Guterres, for his part, studiously avoided criticism of the United States by name.
By 2022, as oil companies were raking in record profits in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he amped up his language. “We need to hold fossil fuel companies and their enablers to account,” he told world leaders at the General Assembly. He called for a windfall-profit tax, urged countries to suspend subsidies for fossil fuels and appointed a committee to issue guidelines for private companies on what counts as “greenwashing.”
This year, he stepped into the contentious debate be-
tween those who want greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas projects captured and stored away, or “abated,” and those who want to keep oil and gas tucked in the ground altogether. “The problem is not simply fossil fuel emissions. It’s fossil fuels, period,” Guterres said in June.
The reactions from the private sector are mixed, said Paul Simpson, a founder and former head of CDP, a nongovernmental group that works with companies to address their climate pollution. Some executives privately say Guterres is right to call for a swift phaseout of fossil fuels, while others note that most national governments still lack concrete energy transition plans, no matter what he says.
“The question really is, How effective is the United Nations?” Simpson said. “It has the ability to get governments to focus and plan. But the U.N. itself doesn’t have any teeth, so national governments and companies must act.”
Five Americans who had been imprisoned in Iran were allowed to leave the country earlier this week, President Joe Biden said, after two years of high-stakes negotiations in which the United States agreed to unfreeze $6 billion in Iranian oil revenue and dismiss federal charges against five Iranians accused of violating U.S. sanctions.
The announcement that the Americans took off in a plane from Tehran just before 9 a.m. Eastern, came as Biden and President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran were to attend the annual U.N. General Assembly meeting of world leaders in New York on Tuesday.
The five Americans — some of whom had been held for years in Evin Prison, one of the most notorious detention centers in Iran — flew to Doha, the capital of Qatar, for a Cold War-style exchange with two of the five Iranians. Three others declined to return to Iran, according to U.S. officials. The Americans were given a brief medical checkup in Doha before they boarded a U.S. government plane headed for the Washington area, officials said.
In a statement, Biden said “five innocent Americans who were imprisoned in Iran are finally coming home.” He added that they “will soon be reunited with their loved ones — after enduring years of agony, uncertainty and suffering.”
White House officials said the president held an “emotional call” with the families of the Americans.
The prisoner release was a critical breakthrough in a yearslong standoff over Americans who were imprisoned in Iran. But the terms of the deal have generated intense criticism from Republicans who say that releasing billions in oil revenue amounts to paying a ransom and would lead to the taking of more hostages.
The arrangement also comes as part of a larger effort by the Biden administration to deescalate tensions with Iran, which soared in the years since President Donald Trump abandoned the 2015 deal that placed limits on Tehran’s nuclear program. But administration officials denied that the deal indicated a major shift in the long-hostile relationship between the United States and Iran.
Top aides to Biden have said financial sanctions and strict monitoring will prevent Iran from spending the money on anything except food, medicine and other humanitarian goods.
They acknowledge, however, that the deal might free up money that Iran is already spending on those items for other purposes.
“Joe Biden’s embarrassing appeasement not only makes Iran stronger, it makes America less safe,” Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., wrote on X, the social media platform formerly called Twitter.
Biden administration officials have said the agreement with Iran was the only way to win the release of the five Americans, who the United States said had been wrongfully detained by the Iranians in deplorable conditions.
Siamak Namazi, one of the freed Americans, said in a statement that he had been dreaming of freedom for almost eight years as he experienced “torment” for 2,898 days in prison.
“My heartfelt gratitude goes to President Biden and his administration, which had to make some incredibly difficult decisions to rescue us,” he said.
The Americans — Namazi, Emad Sharghi and Morad Tahbaz, as well as two others who have not been named at their families’ request — had been jailed on unsubstantiated char-
ges of spying. They had spent the last several weeks in Iran in home detention after Tehran agreed to release them from prison while the $6 billion transfer, a complicated process, was completed.
U.S. officials said Namazi’s mother and Tahbaz’s wife were also on the plane out of Iran. Both women are Americans and had been prevented from leaving the country.
At the same time as the prisoner exchange, the United States informed Iran that it had completed the transfer of about $6 billion in Iranian oil revenue from South Korea to a Qatari bank account.
“This action was taken strictly to address a humanitarian need,” Raisi told journalists in New York on Monday. He added, “These were funds that belonged to the people of Iran.”
Mick Mulroy, a senior Pentagon official in the Trump administration, said Monday that the release of the funds would “likely give countries that incarcerate Americans as political hostages more reasons to do so.”
Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Americans on Monday against traveling to Iran and other countries where the risk of being wrongly detained was high.
“While this group of U.S. citizens has been released, there is no way to guarantee a similar result for other Americans who decide to travel to Iran despite the U.S. government’s longstanding warning against doing so,” he said.
Only some of the Iranians involved in the deal were jailed in the United States, though all of them faced federal charges. Those charges will be dropped under the terms of the deal.
Several of them are permanent residents of the United States. U.S. officials said that two of the jailed Iranians decided to return to Iran on Monday. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said that two would remain in the U.S. and one would return to a third country where he has family.
The Iranians were identified as Kaveh Afrasiabi, 65, who was charged with being an unregistered lobbyist; Reza Sarhangpour Kafrani, 48, a dual Iranian Canadian citizen charged with exporting lab equipment for Iran’s nuclear program; Mehrdad Ansari, who is serving a five-year prison sentence for obtaining military equipment; Kambiz Attar Kashani, 45, a dual Iranian American businessperson who pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally export technologies; and Amin Hasanzadeh, who was charged with stealing sensitive technical plans. Hasanzadeh has said he will return to Iran.
It was clear from an early point that, barring some unforeseen circumstance, the 2024 presidential election would be a rematch between Donald Trump and Joe Biden — the first contest with two presidents on the ballot since 1912’s four-way matchup between William Howard Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, the upstart Woodrow Wilson and the long-shot socialist Eugene V. Debs.
Most Americans, according to several polls conducted this year, say they do not want this. Most Americans, a recent CBS News survey reports, think a Trump-Biden rematch is evidence of a broken political system. But most Americans who plan to vote are nonetheless resigned to casting a ballot for either Biden or Trump in November 2024.
This palpable sense of exhaustion is perhaps the reason so many political observers have taken to speculating about a future in which Biden, at least, doesn’t run.
David Ignatius wrote last week in The Washington Post that if Biden and Kamala Harris “campaign together in 2024, I think Biden risks undoing his greatest achievement — which was stopping Trump.” Likewise, Eliot Cohen wrote this summer in The Atlantic that Biden “has no business running for president at age 80.”
I find this drumbeat, which has been ongoing since
at least 2022 (“Let me put this bluntly: Joe Biden should not run for reelection in 2024,” Mark Leibovich wrote last summer, also in The Atlantic. “He is too old”), to be incredibly strange, to say the least. The basic premise of a voluntary one-term presidency rests on a fundamental misconception of the role of reelection in presidential politics and presidential governance.
Reelection — or rather the act of running for reelection — isn’t an unexpected treat or something ancillary to the position. It is one of the ways presidents seek to preserve their influence, whether they ultimately win another term of office.
“Among the many hats the president wears, none is more important to his long-term success than that of party leader,” political scientist James W. Davis writes in a 1992 book on presidential leadership. “Unless he is skilled in the management of party affairs, especially in dealing with members of the coequal legislative branch, the president will not be able to achieve that esteemed place in history reserved for all of our great presidents.”
The reason, Davis explains, is that the institutional separation of the executive and the legislature along with the fragmented nature of political authority in the American system — presidents and lawmakers of the same party, even lawmakers within the same state, do not share the same constituencies — result in large and imposing barriers to presidential ambition. But, Davis writes, “while the president faces numerous constraints in our Madisonian system of checks and balances, he nevertheless can, if he has the inclination and leadership drive, use his party ties to lead the nation to new heights.”
Key to achieving this is the possibility of future power, which is to say, the prospect of reelection. The promise of a second term, and thus another four years to achieve their political and ideological goals, is a critical incentive that binds lawmakers to the president in the present. This is especially true given the recent trend toward the nationalization of congressional elections, in which public esteem for the incumbent — or lack thereof — shapes the fate of the entire party.
Or, as presidential scholar Clinton Rossiter observed in a 1957 letter addressing a House committee hearing on the potential repeal of what were then recently enacted presidential term limits, “Everything in our history tells us that a president who does not or cannot seek reelection loses much of his grip in his last couple of years.” In other words, no president wants to be a lame duck.
Rossiter, it should be said, opposed the 22nd Amendment — which wrote presidential term limits into the Constitution in 1951 — as a nakedly partisan prohibition “based on the sharp anger of the moment rather than the studied wisdom of a generation.” It was, in his view, an “undisguised insult to the memory of Franklin D. Roosevelt.”
There was a notion during the 2020 presidential
race that Biden would be a one-term caretaker. “Biden should do the honorable thing and commit to standing aside after the completion of a successful first term,” a CNN op-ed declared. Some of Biden’s advisers even floated the idea that he would essentially step aside after winning election. “According to four people who regularly talk to Biden,” Politico’s Ryan Lizza wrote in 2019, “all of whom asked for anonymity to discuss internal campaign matters, it is virtually inconceivable that he will run for reelection in 2024, when he would be the first octogenarian president.”
Even Biden himself said that he viewed himself as a “transition candidate.” Perhaps that was true in the months after he won the nomination. For reasons that should now be obvious, however, it was a fantasy. There is no faster way to political and policy irrelevance than for a president to tell the nation he plans to step aside. Biden could be an effective, successful president or he could be a one-term, transitional figure. He could not be both. A president who doesn’t intend to run for reelection is essentially a president who can be safely ignored as a nonentity. No one who wanted to achieve something with the office would make that pledge.
Let’s also be honest about the specific individual in question: the kind of person, like Biden, who plans and plots for a lifetime to become president is going to want to serve as long as the law, and the voting public, will allow.
Absent an extraordinary turn of events, Biden will be on the ballot next year. He wants it, much of the institutional Democratic Party wants it, and there’s no appetite among the men and women who might want to be the next Democratic president to try to take it away from him. Democrats are committed to Biden and there’s no other option, for them, but to see that choice to its conclusion.
PATILLAS – El gobernador Pedro Rafael Pierluisi
Urrutia, anunció el martes, en compañía de la alcaldesa de Patillas, Maritza Sánchez Neris, el comienzo de la reconstrucción de la carretera de la comunidad Egozcue en Patillas que representa la primera obra permanente por los daños del huracán Fiona que recibió una obligación bajo el Programa de Asistencia Pública de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA, por sus siglas en inglés) para su reconstrucción.
Asimismo, el primer ejecutivo informó la construcción de las nuevas instalaciones del Programa Head Stuart/Early Head Start y Oficinas Administrativas en el municipio. Entre ambos proyectos la inversión sobrepasa los 15 millones de dólares.
En torno a la carretera Egozcue, la cual se vio severamente afectada por los huracanes María y Fiona, Pierluisi informó que gracias a la colaboración entre la oficina de Recuperación, Reconstrucción y Resiliencia (COR3) que dirige el ingeniero Manuel Laboy Rivera y el municipio, a solo meses del paso del huracán Fiona, FEMA asignó 1.8 millones de dólares para el desarrollo de esta obra de reconstrucción, siendo esta la primera obligación que dicha agencia federal realizó a un proyecto permanente. Ya existían unas asignaciones previas por los daños del huracán María que ascienden a
alrededor de 3 millones de dólares.
“Las mejoras que allí se realizarán consisten de cuatro proyectos de reconstrucción autorizados por FEMA, que incluyen las reparaciones a daños generales en la carretera, varias áreas de deslizamientos y muros de contención. Gracias al trabajo en equipo del municipio de Patillas, COR3 y FEMA, pronto podremos ver los resultados en el avance de esa obra tan importante para la Comunidad Egozcue. Los proyectos incluyen la primera asignación complementaria de FEMA a los fondos que ya había obligado anteriormente por los da-
ños causados por el huracán María; en este caso, por los daños subsiguientes que sufrió la carretera durante el huracán Fiona”, añadió Pierluisi en declaraciones escritas.
Los trabajos de reconstrucción incluyen la remoción del material existente en la zona afectada, se ubicarán muros de contención para reforzar la estabilización del suelo y evitar nuevos deslizamientos de terreno, y se reconstruirán las carreteras.
Por su parte, Laboy Rivera indicó que para iniciar el desarrollo de esta obra permanente, el COR3 adelantó a solicitud del municipio de Patillas, $405,539 mediante el programa piloto de Working Capital Advance (WCA) para el proyecto con fondos asignados por el desastre de Fiona.
En busca de eficiencias el municipio de Patillas realizó un proceso de solicitud de Subasta (RFP, por sus siglas en inglés), durante el pasado mes de mayo, para la reconstrucción de cuatro daños en el área de la carretera de Egozcue.
La alcaldesa de Patillas destacó que “el proceso de RFP incluyó los trabajos de arquitectura, ingeniería e inspección, así como la construcción de los proyectos. Estamos comprometidos en continuar trabajando arduamente para asegurarnos que los residentes de nuestra comunidad Egozcue y otros sectores tengan accesos a carreteras seguras y transitable lo antes posible”.
S AN JUAN – El productor puertorriqueño Marcos Sánchez recibió el martes la gran noticia de que está nominado cinco veces en cuatro categorías al Latin Grammy 2023 que este año se llevará a cabo en Sevilla, España.
Sánchez fue nominado a Productor del Año por las siguientes producciones: Que Me Duela (Camilú), Solamente estás tú (Camilú), A Ciegas (Paula Arenas), La Fiesta de la Calle (Manolo Ramos), y Mala Mía Me Fui (Manolo Ramos). Además, recibió la nominación a Álbum de Año por el disco A Ciegas (Paula Arenas).
En la categoría Mejor Álbum Pop Vocal Tradicional recibió dos nominaciones con las producciones Que Me Duela (Camilú) y A Ciegas (Paula Arenas). Su quinta nominación este año corresponde a Grabación del Año con Déjame Llorarte (Paula Arenas).
Marcos Sánchez ha sido ganador en dos ocasiones de Latin Grammy. La primera en 2018 en la categoría Mejor Álbum de Salsa con el disco 25/7 de Víctor Manuelle. En 2019 recibió el galardón en el reglón Mejor Álbum Cantautor por el Contra el Vien-
to de Kany García. En total ha recibido 14 nominaciones al Latin Grammy incluyendo las de este año. En cuanto al Grammy americano, ha sido nominado en tres ocasiones, dos de ellas con producciones de Alejandro Sanz.
“La música es mi pasión. Como puertorriqueño, sigue siendo un honor representar a mi país. Estas nominaciones son un orgullo y una responsabilidad. Más que agradecido a los miembros de la Academia de los Latin Grammy por reconocer nuestra labor, a todos los artistas que me brindan la oportunidad, y a todo el equipo de trabajo que siempre me acompaña en este andar. ¡Que viva la música!”, expresa emocionado el laureado productor Marcos Sánchez.
Sánchez recién abrió su propia compañía discográfica MS Music Group en la que tiene firmado al cantante y compositor Manolo Ramos, quien también acaba de recibir dos nominaciones al Latin Grammy. Además del disco de Manolo Ramos, Marcos se mantiene produciendo para otros artistas de renombre internacional. Uno de sus recientes trabajos es el sencillo de Farruko y Manolo Ramos titulado “Calor”, junto al también productor Ghetto.
Gobernador anuncia obra de reconstrucción en carretera afectada por huracán Fiona en Patillas
It is not necessarily a comfortable position for some of the directors, amid broad social pressure to stand in solidarity with unionized writers and actors against the major entertainment studios they are at odds with.
And there are already bubbling tensions: When the union that represents Hollywood directors, the Directors Guild of America, made a deal with the studios in June, keeping them out of the labor unrest, it drew some criticism from striking screenwriters.
Caught in the middle of the studios that fund their ambitions and the actors and writers who help realize them, directors tend to tread carefully when discussing the strike.
“I can understand both sides,” director David Fincher said earlier this month at a news conference for the Venice premiere of his movie “The Killer,” whose star, Michael Fassbender, was absent. “I think all we can do is encourage them to talk.”
It is a particularly complicated moment for directors who are also actors or writers and hold multiple union memberships. Bradley Cooper, who both directs and stars in “Maestro,” about conductor Leonard Bernstein, decided not to attend the film’s premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
And Kenneth Branagh — who both directs the new Agatha Christie mystery movie “A Haunting in Venice,” which debuted in theaters this past weekend, and stars in it as detective Hercule Poirot — has decided to leave interviews about the film to behind-the-scenes figures such as a top producer, the production designer and the composer.
By JULIA JACOBSFor more than half a century, a coterie of critics and filmmakers has been making the case for what’s known as auteur theory: the idea that great directors are the central creative forces behind their films, shaping them just as authors shape their books.
But outside a relatively small pantheon of great filmmakers, most directors have continued to be overshadowed, at least in the public eye, by their movie stars.
The Hollywood strikes are changing that.
With striking actors forbidden by their union from promoting studio films, directors suddenly have the spotlight largely to themselves, if somewhat reluctantly. They have been the main attractions at recent film festivals in Venice; Telluride, Colorado; and Toronto and on press tours that were once organized around A-list movie stars.
Even star vehicles must be promoted without their stars. With Denzel Washington, one of the most recognizable names in Hollywood, and his co-star, Dakota Fanning, unable to promote the third installment of the “Equalizer” series, it fell to director Antoine Fuqua to go on a one-man press tour.
“It’s a strange time,” Fuqua told a TV news reporter ahead of the movie’s Sept. 1 premiere. “I would love to have them here.”
At the Toronto International Film Festival, Q&A sessions after screenings typically involve actors and filmmakers, but this
year, many of the directors — including Ava DuVernay and Richard Linklater — answered questions alone. Behind-the-scenes figures were suddenly in front of the cameras: As the red carpet at the festival opened, a staff member warned the press and onlookers not to be surprised if they didn’t recognize some of the people posing for photos, assuring them that they were associated with the films.
Atom Egoyan, a Canadian filmmaker whose relationship with the Toronto festival goes back 40 years, said the focus on filmmaking over celebrity at this year’s event reminded him of the festival’s earlier years, before the increasing presence of studio films made high-profile Hollywood actors more of a central focus there.
“Certainly for auteur filmmakers, it’s been a breath of fresh air,” said Egoyan, whose latest movie, “Seven Veils,” starring Amanda Seyfried, debuted in Toronto last week. “The industry is going through monumental transitions, and so this has been a nice little oasis.”
And as the Venice International Film Festival closed earlier this month, director Yorgos Lanthimos accepted the competition’s top prize for his surrealist comedy “Poor Things” without any of the film’s stars behind him.
“Celebrity is always going to sell more than a director,” said David Gerstner, a professor of cinema studies at City University of New York. “But it is a moment in which directors are being given the opportunity to shine, to be the centerpiece. It’s just unfortunate that it’s under these circumstances.”
Between the multiple roles many artists hold, and the fact that some actors have been given permission by their union, Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, to promote independent films, the landscape is a bit confusing.
“It’s a little bit like the wild west,” said Peter Principato, chief executive of a Hollywood management production company that represents directors, actors and writers.
People are making their own calculations, he said: Some are simply following the letter of the rules, which allows multihyphenates to promote movies in a director’s capacity, while others are more wary of taking active roles. In some cases, he said, directors are required by their contracts to promote their films.
Of course, some directors are as much of a draw as their stars. Few directors attract as much natural interest as Martin Scorsese, whose highly anticipated, Apple-backed film “Killers of the Flower Moon” is slated for release in theaters next month, even if the movie’s stars, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, are unable to act as the magnets for press that they typically are.
But it is unusual to see directors carry so much of the promotional weight on their shoulders. With this summer’s Disney horror-comedy “Haunted Mansion” unable to rely on its bigname actors — LaKeith Stanfield, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito and Jamie Lee Curtis among them — its director, Justin Simien, who is also a member of the Writers Guild, went on interviews alone. “I felt pulled at the seams,” he said in an interview with The New York Times.
complete a series of challenges, like getting Aladdin’s flying carpet and finding the Sundrop Flower in the Dark Forest. With their little claw-like Lego hands, the princesses follow Ariel’s cry of, “Let’s go slay all day, ladies!” — and set off on adventures across oceans and into the Dark Forest. There are plenty of fun references to the princess movies that came before (Gaston sings, “Look at this stuff, isn’t it neat!”) and a feisty Snow White reminds everyone, “I kept a house of seven bachelors orderly and on task!” Director Michael Black made several Lego shorts before taking this project on, and the screenplay by Jenny Lee and Rachel Vine leans into themes such as the power of female friendship and the fact that girls — even those made of Legos — can slay. Watch it on Disney+.
‘Rumble’
By DINA GACHMANThis month’s picks include an outer space road trip, a reimagining of “Peter Pan” and a nautical adventure based on a true story.
‘The Monkey King’
This Netflix original is based on “Journey to the West,” a famous 16th-century Chinese novel written during the Ming dynasty. The story follows a magical monkey named Sun Wukong — voiced here by Jimmy O. Yang and referred to only as Monkey King — who is born from a rock and cast out by the other monkeys in the forest. Growing up, he longs to be one of the all-powerful Immortals. He goes on a quest to hell and back to defeat 100 demons, the requirement to fulfill his dream.
The tale has been adapted for TV and games, and there’s an anime version, but this latest telling adds a character named Lin (Jolie Hoang-Rappaport), a scrappy village girl who becomes the monkey’s traveling companion. They encounter Buddha (BD Wong) and demons such as the frenetic, fearsome Dragon King (Bowen Yang, from “Saturday Night Live”), who occasionally breaks into song. The main character goes from a lovable, pitiful little simian to a selfcentered trickster who steals a glowing magical staff (which looks and sounds a lot like a “Star Wars” light saber). He’s not exactly endearing (my son loved him, though), but the propulsive energy of his quest will entertain smaller kids who aren’t scared of characters who have gleaming red
eyes and sharp teeth. Ron J. Friedman, Steve Bencich and Rita Hsiao wrote the script, and Anthony Stacchi (“The Boxtrolls,” “Open Season”) directed. Watch it on Netflix.
‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’
My son calls this movie “The Brothers Mario,” which sounds like another type of film entirely. This splashy big screen version of the beloved 1980s Nintendo franchise might not wow longtime fans of the game, but youngsters who will one day think the 1980s are ancient times should be wildly entertained.
There was a 1993 live-action movie starring Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo as Mario and Luigi, two Brooklyn brothers who work as plumbers and have to save the city from monsters. This time, the brothers inhabit a colorful animated world where Luigi (Charlie Day) becomes the prisoner of the evil Bowser (Jack Black), a dastardly villain who wants to wage war on Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy) and her kingdom, and then marry her. With Luigi held captive, Mario (Chris Pratt) teams up with the princess, Toad (KeeganMichael Key) and Donkey Kong (Seth Rogen) to free Luigi and keep the princess safe.
Yes, it’s a lot, but children who have no clue the games exist will still be able to follow the plot. When I asked my son why he loved the movie so much, his reply was simply, “I like the fighting.” So there you have it. Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic directed. Watch it on Peacock.
‘Lego Disney Princess: The Castle Quest’
If a smorgasbord of Disney princesses is what your kid needs, this 49-minute girl-power adventure — starring Ariel (voiced by Jodi Benson), Moana (Auli’i Cravalho), Tiana (Anika Noni Rose), Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) and Snow White (Katie Von Till) — should do the trick. An ominous storm brews, and the princesses are sent to a mysterious castle, where the dastardly Gaston (Richard White) holds King Triton (Jim Cummings) captive. Gaston plans to take over the kingdom of each princess, unless the five of them can
Imagine a planet where pro wrestlers are gigantic monsters instead of mere humans, and you have “Rumble,” a movie about an uncoordinated, out-of-shape underdog named Steve (voiced by Will Arnett) who takes on the sports world. The story is inspired by Rob Harrell’s graphic novel “Monster on the Hill,” which depicts a realm where each town is represented by a mighty monster, save for one town, where the not-so-menacing Steve lives.
In this computer-animated film, a girl named Winnie (Geraldine Viswanathan) decides to coach Steve and turn him into a fearsome competitor who can restore glory to their town. Her dad used to coach monsters, so Winnie is trying to honor him by following in his footsteps. Hamish Grieve, who worked in the animation department on films such as “Monsters vs. Aliens,” directs. There are fun training montages, shout-outs to movies including “Dirty Dancing,” and — most important for kids — humongous beasts wrestling each other. Steve and Winnie’s friendship also gives you two heroes to cheer. Watch it on Amazon Prime Video.
‘The Slumber Party’
It starts with three teenage girls speeding through the streets of their quiet little town aboard a giant motorized hedgehog, and it only gets nuttier from there. Based on the book “The Sleepover,” by Jen Malone, this family-friendly riff on the “Hangover” franchise is about a sleepover birthday party that devolves into chaos when the girls wake up and realize their bestie Anna Maria (Valentina Herrera) is missing — and they don’t remember a thing. Of course booze, drugs and gambling are not to blame for the blackout. Instead, the girls had surprised Anna Maria with a magician called Mesmer (Tituss Burgess) who had hypnotized them all. And when they wake up, Megan (Darby Camp from “Big Little Lies”) discovers she has a shaved eyebrow and is wearing a hoodie that belongs to the hottest guy in school, Jake (Ramon Jose Rodriguez). The action kicks up when the girls embark on a quest to find Anna Maria (you’ll have to watch the movie to find out how they wind up on that hedgehog).
There are plenty of comic moments courtesy of Camp’s Megan and her sleepover pals, Veronica (Alex Cooper Cohen) and Paige (Emmy Liu-Wang), and the writer Eydie Faye (“Fuller House”) and the director Veronica Rodriguez succeed in capturing the sweetness and absurdity of growing up. Watch it on Disney+.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.
Plaintiff, v. ENRIQUE
NUÑEZ
Defendants
Civil Action Num.: 19-cv-1989 (JAG). Matter: Foreclosure of Mortgage. NOTICE OF SALE.
WHEREAS: On July 19, 2023, Default Judgment was entered and grated on same day, in favor of Plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal amount of $197,578.80, plus interests at a rate of 6.5% per annum since March 1, 2016, which continues to accrue until the debit is paid in full, a deferred principal balance that does not accrue interest of $5,465.05, late charged on the amount of 5.00% of each and any monthly installment not received by the note holder within 15 days after the installment is due, all advances made in accordance with the mortgage note including, but not limited to, insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% ($21,150.00) to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 150 or 400 Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.
WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the Clerk of the Court, Room 150 or 400 – Federal Office Building, 150 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property described in Spanish:
URBANA: Solar marcado con el número catorce (14) del bloque “G” en la Urbanización El Álamo, en el Barrio Frailes de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de trescientos setenta y cinco metros cuadrados (375.00 m.c.), en lindes por el NORTE, en quince metros (15.00 m.), con la franja verde; por el SUR, en quince metros (15.00 m.), con la calle número dos (2); por el ESTE,
en veinticinco metros (25.00 m.), con el solar número “G” trece (G-13); y por el OESTE, en veinticinco metros (25.00 m.), con el solar número “G” quince (G-15). Enclava una casa. The property is recorded at Page 85 of Volume 240 of Guayanbo, Property Registry of Puerto Rico, and lot number 14,822, First Section of Guaynabo. The deed of mortgage and deed of modification are recorded at Page 203 of Volume 1244 of Guaynabo, Property Registry of Puerto Rico, and lot number 14,822. Property address: Urbanización El Alamo, Calle Jacinto 14-G, Guaynabo, P.R. 00969. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: NONE. Junior Liens: NONE. Other Liens: NONE. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. THEREFORE, the FIRST public sale shall be held on the October 16, 2023 at 9:30 am. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $208,144.59. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND public auction shall be held on the October 23, 2023 at 9:30 am, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $138,763.06, which is twothirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale. If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD public auction will be held on the October 30, 2023 at 9:30 am, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $104,072.29, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the third public sale, the property may be awarded to the creditor for the entire amount of its debt if it is equal to or less than the amount of the minimum bid of the third public sale, crediting this amount to the amount owed if it is greater. The undersigned Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency (cash), or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and
adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied. WHE-
REAS: Said sale to be made by the undersigned Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 29 day of August of 2023. Pedro A. Vélez Baerga, Special Master, 787-672-8269.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.
JOSE JUAN
BURGOS VELEZ PETICIONARIA EX - PARTE
CIVIL # JU2023CV00183 (304).
SOBRE: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS
UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU.
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 e 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. El abogado de la parte peticionaria es el Lic. Jaime Rodríguez Rivera, cuya dirección es #30 Calle Reparto Piñero, Guaynabo, PR 00969-5650, Teléfono 787720-95S3. “RÚSTICA: Radica en el barrio Ceiba Sur, Juncos, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de noventa y siete (97) céntimos de una cuerda, equivalente a 38 áreas, 12 centiáreas, y cuarenta y siete miliáreas. SEGÚN MENSURA TIENE UNA CABIDA DE 2,824.9380 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el norte: con la carretera de Juncos a Las Piedras; por el SUR: con Carretera de Ceiba Sur: por el ESTE: con Jesús Collazo y por el OESTE con Manuel Lozada. Enclavan dos (2) estructuras.” 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 el edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 8 de agosto de 2023. Lisilda Martinez Agosto, Secretario(A) Regional. F/Yamaira Rios Carrasco, Sec Auxiliar Del Tribunal.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAGUAS ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. GILBERTO TORRES FEBRES, BRENDA LIZ RIVERA MARTÍNEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES
POR ESTOS COMPUESTA
Demandados
CIVIL NÚM. CG2022CV03903 SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R. SS. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, hago saber a la parte demandada GILBERTO TORRES FEBRES, BRENDA LIZ RIVERA MARTÍNEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES POR ESTOS COMPUESTA y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 21 de junio de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta por el precio mínimo de $47,750.00 y al mejor postor, pagadero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o giro postal, a nombre del alguacil del tribunal, la propiedad que se describe a continuación: 743 RD KM 2.4 BO. VEGA, SEC. LA PONDEROSA, CAYEY, PR 00736, y que se describe de la siguiente manera: RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número 64 en el plano de parcelación de la comunidad rural G.L. García del barrio Vegas del término municipal de Cayey, con una cabida superficial de 2,323.81 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con calle número doce de la comunidad; por el SUR, con Sucesión Gregorio Ríos Rosado; por el ESTE, con parcela número 63 B de la comunidad; y por el OESTE, con parcela número 64 A de la comunidad. Finca 18321 inscrita al folio 6 del tomo 435 de Cayey, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección I. La finca antes descrita se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: (i) HIPOTECA en garantía de pagaré a favor de RG Premier Bank of Puerto Rico o a su orden por la suma principal de $47,750.00 con intereses a razón del 5.875% anual y vencimiento el 1 de agosto de 2033. Constituida por la Escritura #211 otorgada en Cayey el 30 de Agosto de 2005 ante el notario Roberto Sosa Tapia. Inscrita el 5 de mayo del 2006 al folio 185 del Tomo 553 de Cayey, finca número 18321, inscripción 4ª. (ii) ANOTACIÓN DE DEMANDA radicada el 8 de mayo del 2017 en la del Tribunal de Primera Instancia,
Sala de Cayey, en el caso civil número G2CI201700109, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca; Scotiabank de Puerto Rico, demandante v Gilberto Torres Febres, su esposa Brenda Luz Rivera y la Sociedad Legal de Gananciales compuesta por ambos, demandados. Por la misma se reclama el pago de $36,970.70, más otras sumas, garantizada con la Hipoteca antes relacionada. Anotada el 2 de agosto de 2019 al Tomo Digital Karibe de la finca 18321 de Cayey, anotación “A”. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución es la que ha quedado descrita en el inciso (i). Será celebrada la subasta para con el importe de la misma satisfacer la sentencia dicta el 24 de marzo de 2023, mediante la cual se condenó a la parte demandada pagar a la parte demandante la suma de $28,778.38 de principal, más intereses al 5.875% anual que continuarán acumulándose hasta el saldo total, $177.91 de cargos por demora, $228.00 de otros cargos los cuales continuarán acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda, $4,775.00 de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otro desembolso que haya efectuado o efectúe la parte demandante durante la tramitación de este caso para otros adelantos de conformidad con el Contrato Hipotecario, incluyendo primas de seguro de hipoteca, prima de seguro de siniestro y cargos por demora. La PRIMERA SUBASTA será celebrada el día 2 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina del Alguacil, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Caguas, Puerto Rico. Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la cantidad de $47,750.00, sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 10 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la que servirá como tipo mínimo, dos terceras (2/3) partes del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $31,833.33. Si no hubiese remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, celebraré TERCERA SUBASTA el día 17 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar en la que regirá como tipo mínimo, la mitad del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $23,875.00. El Alguacil que suscribe hizo constar que toda licitación deberá hacerse para pagar su importe en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, de acuerdo con la Ley y de acuerdo con lo anunciado en este Aviso de Subasta. Los autos y todos los
documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables. Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso acepta como bastante la titulación que da base a la misma. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si la hubiere al crédito que da base a esta ejecución continuará subsistente, entendiéndose, además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción cualquier parte del remanente del precio de licitación. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Vendida o adjudicada la finca o derecho hipotecado y consignado el precio correspondiente, en esa misma fecha o fecha posterior, el alguacil que celebró la subasta procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura pública de traspaso en representación del dueño o titular de los bienes hipotecados, ante el notario que elija el adjudicatario o comprador, quien deberá abonar el importe de tal escritura. El alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la confirmación de la venta o adjudicación. 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. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS LICITADORES Y DEL PUBLICO EN GENERAL y para su publicación de acuerdo con la Ley, expido el presente Edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 30 de agosto
de 2023. Ángel Gómez Gómez, Alguacil Placa 593.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN.
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante, v. GLORIA MERCADO DE JESÚS
Demandada CIVIL NÚM. KCD2017-0085. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA POR LA VIA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. A: LOS CODEMANDADOS DE EPIGRAFE Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de una Sentencia en Rebeldía Enmendada dictada en el caso de epígrafe el 15 de mayo de 2017, notificada el 17 de mayo de 2017, una Orden de Ejecución de Embargo emitida el 15 de agosto de 2023 y un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Embargo emitido el día 22 de agosto de 2023, que le ha sido dirigido por la Secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, procederá a vender en subasta, y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, y/o giro postal, dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, o letra bancaria, con similar garantía de todo título, derecho o interés de los demandados de epígrafe sobre el inmueble que adelante se describe. Se anuncia por la presente que la subasta habrá de celebrarse el día 12 de octubre de 2023, a las 11:30 de la mañana, en mi oficina localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, sobre el inmueble que se describe a continuación:
PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento #804, para fines residenciales, con un área superficial de 888.65 pies cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en 31’4” con el apartamento #803 y 9’8” con áreas comunes de corredor (“lobby”); por el SUR, en 31’ con el exterior y 10’ con el cuarto de lavandería (“laundry”); por el ESTE, en 24’3” con el exterior y por el OESTE, en 13’4” con el apartamento #801 y 11’9” con áreas comunes del corredor (“lobby”) y elevador. Consta este apartamento de sala-comedor, tres cuartos dormitorios con sus respectivos guardarropas, cuarto de baño, cocina y cuar-
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN
JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN SALÓN DE SESIONES SALÓN 908
CARIBE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Demandante V. FREDERICK GUADALUPE MEDINA
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SJ2022CV02517.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ERIKA F. MORALES MARENGO EMARENGO16@YAHOO.COM
A: FREDERICK GUADALUPE MEDINA.
URB. COLLEGE PARK
IV 1785 CALLE ALCALÁ, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, 00921-4335.
(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 septiembre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 11 de septiembre de 2023. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 11 de septiembre de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. JOHANNA RODRÍGUEZ BENÍTEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-
NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA SALÓN DE SESIONES CIVIL 406
ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO
AGENTE GESTOR DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC.
Demandante V.
LUIS R
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: TJ2022CV00518.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60, COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
EDWIN OMAR SERRANO PEÑA EDWIN.SERRANO@ORF-LAW.COM
NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERA NATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM
A: LUIS R BORRERO VINCENTY.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 de septiembre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 11 de septiembre de 2023. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 11 de septiembre de 2023. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA DE SAN JUAN
ORIENTAL BANK
Parte Demandante V.
LUIS MANUEL
PASTOR CANALES
Parte Demandada
Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV02588.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA.
LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO
LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de SAN JUAN, hago saber a la parte demandada, LUIS MANUEL PASTOR CANALES y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 21 de febrero de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor
postor pagadero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o giro postal, a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, la siguiente propiedad con dirección física: 135 Calle Mallorca, Urb. Floral Park, San Juan PR 00926 y que se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 2 en el plano de inscripción en el barrio Martin Peña de Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, compuesto de 311.63 metros cuadrados, con las siguientes colindancias. NORTE en 15.00 metros con Las Monjas Racing Corporation; SUR, en igual medida con la calle Umpierre; ESTE, en 20.00 metros con área libre perteneciente al Pueblo de Puerto Rico y OESTE, en 21.55 metros con el solar número 4. Finca número 1436-A, inscrita al folio 79 del Tomo 187 de Rio Piedras Norte, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan Sección II. La finca antes descrita se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: (i) HIPOTECA: Constituida par Luis Manuel Pastor Canales, soltero en garantía de un pagare, aff#.23025, a favor de Home Mortgage Bankers o a su orden, por $145,000.00 al 4%, vencedero el 1 de abril del 2046, según Escritura #259 en San Juan a 18 de marzo del 2016 ante Angel L. Rolan Prado, inscrita al Sistema Karibe de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #1436A, inscripci6n 7ma. Modificada la hipoteca de la inscripción 7ma. a $144,502.33, vencedero el 1 de marzo del 2049, según Escritura #59 en San Juan, a 19 de febrero del 2019, ante Julio E. Pijem Berrios, inscrita al Sistema Karibe de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #1436A, inscripción 8va y última. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución es la que ha quedado descrita en el inciso (i). Será celebrada la subasta para con el importe de la misma satisfacer la sentencia dictada el 1 de septiembre de 2023, mediante la cual se estipuló y condenó a la parte demandada pagar a la parte demandante la cantidad adeudada y vencida ascendiente a $137,430.94 de principal, intereses que continuarán acumulándose al 4% anual hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más $330.72 a otros cargos, mas $14,500.00 de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otro desembolso que haya efectuado o efectúe la parte demandante durante la tramitación de este caso para otros adelantos de conformidad con el Contrato Hipotecario.
La PRIMERA SUBASTA será celebrada el día 16 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico. Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma, la cantidad de $145,000.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 23 DE OCTUBRE DE
2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la que servirá como tipo mínimo, dos terceras (2/3) partes del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $96,666.67. Si no hubiese remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, celebraré TERCERA SUBASTA el día 30 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar en la que regirá como tipo mínimo, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $72,500.00. El Alguacil que suscribe hizo constar que toda licitación deberá hacerse para pagar su importe en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, de acuerdo con la Ley y de acuerdo con lo anunciado en este Aviso de Subasta. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables. Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso acepta como bastante la titulación que da base a la misma. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si la hubiere al crédito que da base a esta ejecución continuará subsistente, entendiéndose, además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos, sin destinarse a su extinción cualquier parte del remanente del precio de licitación. La propiedad para ejecutar será adquirida libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante.
Vendida o adjudicada la finca o derecho hipotecado y consignado el precio correspondiente, en esa misma fecha o fecha posterior, el alguacil que celebró la subasta procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura pública de traspaso en representación del dueño o titular de los bienes hipotecados, ante el notario que elija el adjudicatario o comprador, quien deberá abonar el importe de tal escritura. El alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días
a partir de la confirmación de la venta o adjudicación. 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. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS LICITADORES Y DEL PUBLICO EN GENERAL y para su publicación de acuerdo con la Ley, expido el presente Edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal. En SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, hoy 8 de septiembre de 2023. PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE SAN JUAN.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
DEMANDANTE V. ANA ROSA IRIZARRY SOBA POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO CONOCIDO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE SANTIAGO FORTUÑO CINTRÓN; ANGÉLICA FORTUÑO IRIZARRY COMO MIEMBRO CONOCIDO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE SANTIAGO FORTUÑO CINTRÓN; “JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE SANTIAGO FORTUÑO CINTRÓN
DEMANDADOS
CIVIL NÚM.: PO2023CV00415. SALA: 406. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
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EDICTO DIRIGIDO A: ANA ROSA IRIZARRY SOBA POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO CONOCIDO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE SANTIAGO FORTUÑO CINTRÓN. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN
DIRIGIDOS A: “JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE SANTIAGO FORTUÑO CINTRÓN. EXT. MARIANI, 7918 CALLE
DR. JOSÉ J. HENNA, PONCE, PR 00717; URB. EXT. MARIANI, L48 CALLE 9, PON CE, PR 00731; L48 CALLE 9, URB. EXT. MARIANI, PONCE, PR 00731; CALLE PESCADILLA 4404, PARCELAS AMALIA MARÍN PONCE, PR 00716; DE: BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda incoada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. 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 ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se 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. (Artículo 33, incisos by 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. POR LA PRESENTE, además, se le interpela judicialmente conforme al Art. 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico (31 L.P.R.A. §11021), para que en un término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto, acepte o renuncie mediante instrumento público o comparecencia judicial especial la herencia de los causantes, apercibiéndosele que, de no expresarse dentro de dicho término, se tendrá por aceptada la herencia. B.B.V.A. v. Latinoamericana, 164 D.P.R. 689 (2005). Los abogados de la parte demandante son:
ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE
DEMANDANTE:
Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández RUA NÚM.: 16,393
BERMÚDEZ & DÍAZ LLP
500 Calle De La Tanca, Suite 209 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901
Tel.: (787) 523-2670 / Fax: (787) 523-2664
rdiaz@bdprlaw.com
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy 13 de septiembre de 2023. CARMEN
G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. EREINA AGRONT LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE MANATÍ
ANGEL MALDONADO REYES; LEIDA VANESSA
DECLET MALDONADO
Parte Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE RAMÓN HERNÁNDEZ RUÍZ POR
FULANO, SUTANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON POSIBLE INTERÉS
Parte Demandada Caso Núm.: MT2022CV00471. Salón Núm.: 102. Acción Civil De: SENTENCIA DECLARATORIA, MATERIA O ASUNTO. EMPLAZAMIENTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: FULANO, MENGANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON POSIBLE INTERÉS. NOMBRE DE LA PARTE DEMANDADA QUE SE EMPLAZA. SE DESCONOCE. DIRECCIÓN DE LA PARTE DEMANDADA QUE SE EMPLAZA.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 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 ésta, de no tener
representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se 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 by 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. JORGE LUIS CÓUTO GONZÁLEZ, Nombre del (de la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante, o de la parte, si no tiene representación legal 8958. Número ante el Tribunal Supremo (RUA), si es abogado(a), PO BOX 197 MANATI PR 00674, Dirección, TEL. 787-884-3303, Número de teléfono; número de fax, coutolawyer@gmail.com, correo electrónico. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, el 11 de septiembre de 2023. VIVÍAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. CARMEN J. ROSARIO VALENTÍN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.
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QUIÑONES GARCÍA, POR SÍ Y LA SOCIEDAD GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS Demandantes Vs. BELARDO & NIEVES, INC.; SUCESIÓN DE ESTEBAN NIEVES FLORES, COMPUESTA POR SU HIJA SANDRA NIEVES SANTIAGO Y ROSA MARÍA NIEVES SÁNCHEZ
Demandados Civil Num.: SJ2022CV02566. (505). Sobre: NULIDAD DE SENTENCIAS, COBRO DE DINERO DAÑOS Y PERJUICIOS SENTENCIA DECLARATORIA NULIDAD DE CONTRATO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE
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POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haberse publicado el emplazamiento por edicto, excluyéndose el día de la publicación. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema
Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.
pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Esta acción es de Nulidad de sentencia, cobro de dinero, daños y perjuicios, sentencia declaratoria, nulidad de contrato. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal , en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 8 de septiembre de 2023.
GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL. MICHELLE RIVERA RÍOS, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA DE GUAYNABO COMPU-LINK CORPORATION
DBA CELINK PARTE DEMANDANTE V. SUCESIÓN DE LAUREANO BELLO SUÁREZ T/C/C
LAUREANO BELLO COMPUESTA POR
PEDRO BELLO LORIE, LAUREANO R. BELLO
LORIE, FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE NOMBRES
DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESIÓN DE LUCINA
A. LORIE AMÉRICA
T/C/C LUCINA AMÉRICA
LORIE T/C/C LUCINA
A. LORIE T/C/C LUCINA
LORIE T/C/C L. LORIE
COMPUESTA POR
PEDRO BELLO LORIE, LAUREANO R. BELLO
LORIE, FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS
DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES Y ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
PARTE DEMANDADA
CIVIL NÚM.: GB2022CV00140. SOBRE: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: LAUREANO R. BELLO LORIE COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE LAUREANO BELLO SUAREZ T/C/C
LAUREANO BELLO Y LA SUCESIÓN DE LUCINA
A. LORIE AMERICA T/C/C
LUCINA AMERICA LORIE
T/C/C LUCINA A. LORIE
T/C/C LUCINA LORIE
T/C/C L. LORIE.
Por la presente, se le emplaza y se notifica por edicto que se presentó en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Guaynabo la demanda en la que se solicita la ejecución de hipoteca y el cobro de dinero. Esta acción civil es relacionada al pagaré suscrito a favor de The Money House, Inc., o a su orden, por la suma principal de $195,000.00, con intereses computados sobre la misma desde su fecha hasta su total y completo pago a razón de la tasa de interés de 3.244% anual, la cual será ajustada mensualmente, obligándose además al pago de costas, gastos y desembolsos del litigio, más honorarios de abogados en una suma de $19,500.00, equivalente al 10% de la suma principal original. El pagaré fue suscrito bajo el affidávit número 16173, ante el notario Raúl Rivera Burgos. Lo anterior surge de la hipoteca constituida mediante la escritura número 1200, otorgada el 2 de noviembre de 2009, ante el mismo notario público, inscrita bajo la ley 216-2010, al folio 205 del tomo 1427 de Guaynabo, finca número 28817, inscripción 3ra.
URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Residential unit number 202 of San Patricio Apartments, located at San Patricio Avenue of the Municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, which residential unit is located in the second floor level, being and irregular shaped apartment with an area of 792.82 square feet, equivalent to 73.658 square meters. This unit consists mainly of the following: two (2) bedrooms, one (1) bathrooms, three (3) closets, water heater storage closet, foyer kitchen and covered porch and combined living dining room and its boundaries are as follows: NORTH, with
exterior open space facing the parking facilities of the condominium and with structural wall separating it from apartment number two hundred three (203); by the SOUTH, with exterior open space facing the parking facilities of the condominium, concrete block wall separating it from the stairway, wring shaft and apartment two hundred one (201); by the EAST, with concrete block wall corridor, wiring shaft and stairways. Main entrance door is located on this boundary providing access from the corridor to the apartment; and by the WEST, with open space facing the parking facilities of the condominium. Tiene una participación de cero punto cuatro tres nueve ocho por ciento (0.4398%), en los elementos comunes generales. Finca número 28,817, inscrita al folio 100 del tomo 728, del Registro de la Propiedad de Guaynabo. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección: https://unired.ramajuducial.pr, salvo que se represente por derechos propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del Tribunal. De no contestar la demanda presentando el original de la contestación ante la secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Guaynabo, y notificar copia de la contestación a la parte demandante por conducto de su abogada, GLS LEGAL SERVICES, LLC, Atención: Lcda. Yadira López González Dirección: P.O. Box 367308, San Juan, P.R. 009367308, Teléfono: 787-758-6550, dentro de los próximos 30 días a partir de la publicación de este emplazamiento por edicto, que será publicado una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general en la isla de Puerto Rico, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia, concediendo el remedio solicitando en la demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. Se ordena al codemandado Laureano R. Bello Lorie que dentro del mismo término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de la publicación de este edicto excluyendo el día de la publicación de este edicto, acepte o repudie la participación que le corresponda en la herencia de los causantes Laureano Bello Suarez t/c/c Laureano Bello y Lucina A. Lorie America t/c/c Lucina America Lorie t/c/c Lucina A. Lorie t/c/c Lucina Lorie t/c/c L. Lorie. Se le apercibe al codemandado ante mencionado que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, se tendrá por aceptada. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala
de Guaynabo, hoy día 13 de septiembre de 2023. LCDA.
LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL II. SARA ROSA VILLEGAS, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL CONFIDENCIAL I.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO D PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA NSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN EDNA VÁZQUEZ BONNET DEMANDANTE
JOSHUA HAMLYN BELL DEMANDADO
CIVIL NUM.: SJ2023CV05391.
SALA: 901. SOBRE: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO Y DAÑOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: SR. JOSHUA HAMLYN BELLO sea, la parte demandada arriba mencionada. Se notifica a usted que se ha radicado en esta Secretaria la demanda de epígrafe. Se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a Lcdo. Jorge M. Azize, abogado de la parte demandante a la dirección: Apartado Postal 20083, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00928-0083. Teléfono: (787) 754-1828 y correo electrónico jmazize@gmail. com copia de la contestación a la demanda dentro de 30 días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Se le notifica que deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (UMAC), a la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deber presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaria del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de San Juan y enviando copia a la parte demandante. Se le apercibe que si dejare de hacerlo podrá dictarse contra usted sentencia en rebeldía concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda. Expedido bajo firma y sello de este Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 12 de septiembre de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL. MYRIAM RIVERA VILLANUEVA, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA
SALA DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE
CARMEN MARTINEZ GONZÁLEZ Y SANDRA
NANNETTE GONZÁLEZ
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
MARTÍNEZ PETICIONARIAS VS. EX PARTE CIVIL NUM.: PO2023CV01388. SOBRE: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: John Doe y Richard Roe, posibles interesados en la Propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en el barrio Machuelo Abajo de esta ciudad de Ponce, con una cabida superficial de mil punto cuatro mil quinientos cuarentidós (1,000.4542 mc) metros cuadrados, equivalentes a cero punto dos mil quinientas cuarenticinco (0.2545 cdas) cuerdas, en lindes por el NORTE, con la Urbanización La Rambla,; por el SUR con la carretera catorce (14); por el ESTE con Rosalía Santiago Martínez; por el OESTE con la Sucesión Benito Vázquez Rosado. Existe una estructura de madera y planchas de hierro galvanizado dedicada a taller. No consta inscrita en el Registro de la Propiedad. Los interesados incluyen a colindantes desconocidos, anteriores dueños desconocidos y posibles herederos de dueños anteriores desconocidos de la Propiedad antes mencionada. Por la presente quedan notificados que Carmen Martínez González y Sandra Nannette González Martínez, han radicado en este Tribunal una Petición de Expediente de Dominio sobre la propiedad antes descrita, alegando que adquirieron la propiedad mediante, compraventa junto a Israel González Negrón, una y herencia intestada de su anterior dueño Israel González Negrón, otra y que el periodo de posesión de la propiedad de las peticionarias y todos los anteriores dueños sobre pasa un término de 30
años de posesión y por ello solicitan Orden para que Ordene al Registrador de la Propiedad de Ponce I que inscriba dicha finca a nombre de las Peticionarias. Se apercibe que si transcurrido Veinte (20) días desde la publicación de este Edicto, no ha habido reparos u oposición contra la demanda interpuesta, este Tribunal dictará Sentencia de acuerdo a lo solicitado en la misma. 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. Copia de la contestación deberá ser notificada al Licenciado Salvador Márquez Colón a su dirección en: 485 Ave. Tito Castro, Ponce, PR. En cumplimiento de una orden dictada por este Tribunal expido el presente bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Ponce, Puerto Rico, a 26 de julio de 2023. CARMEN TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL, CENTRO JUDICIAL, PONCE, PUERTO RICO. KEILENE RODRÍGUEZ MELÉNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN SALÓN DE SESIONES SALÓN 703
ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante V. MARIELI
LOPEZ MORALES Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: TB2023CV00076.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60, COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERA
NATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM
A: MARIELI
LOPEZ MORALES. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 31 de agosto de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta
notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 01 de septiembre de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 01 de septiembre de 2023. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. ELIZABETH OLIVERAS PÉREZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO DE AGUADILLA
Parte Demandante Vs JESÚS ANTONIO VIVES MUÑIZ T/C/C/ JESÚS
A. VIVES MUÑIZ Y ADELAIDA ROSARIO CRESPO
Parte Demandada
Civil Núm.: AG2022CV00036. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (IN REM). AVISO DE SUBASTA.
A: JESÚS ANTONIO VIVES MUÑIZ T/C/C JESÚS A. VIVES MUÑIZ Y ADELAIDA ROSARIO CRESPO.
El Alguacil que suscribe anuncia y hace constar que, en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría de este Tribunal, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la parte demandada sobre el inmueble que a continuación se describe: RÚSTICA: Sita en el Barrio Llanadas del término municipal de Isabela, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de 566.1011 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con uso público paralelo a carretera #446; por el SUR, con Concilio Evangélico y remanente; por el ESTE, con municipio de Isabela; y por el OESTE, con remanente. Contiene una estructura residencial. Finca dieciocho mil doscientos treinta y ocho (18,238) inscrita al folio veinte (20) del tomo trescientos treinta y siete (337) de Isabela,
última inscripción, según libro décima segunda. Es segregación de la finca doce mil doscientos uno (12,201), inscrita al folio dos cientos diez (210) del tomo dos doscientos treinta y nueve (239) de Isabela.
CARGAS Y GRAVÁMENES: Por su procedencia: Se halla libre de cargas. Por sí: HIPOTECA ¹ constituida en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Doral Mortgage Corp., por la suma de $21,000.00 con intereses al 10 1/8% anual y vencimiento el 1 de enero de 2001. Constituida por la Escritura #541, otorgada en Mayagüez, el 1 de diciembre de 1990, ante el notario Luis E. Pérez Lebrón, e inscrita al folio 20 del tomo 337 de Isabela, finca 18,238 e inscripción 3ra. HIPOTECA constituida por los titulares registrales en garantía de un pagaré a favor de la Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito de Aguadilla, o a su orden, por la suma de $69,000.00 con interés al 4.00% anual y vencimiento el 1 de julio de 2043. Sujeta a Cláusula de Aceleración. Constituida por la Escritura #23, otorgada en Aguadilla, el 28 de junio de 2013, ante el notario Gregorio Igartúa, e inscrita al folio 199 del tomo 496 de Isabela, finca 18,238 e inscripción 12. LA PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 18 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023; A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el sótano del Centro Judicial de Aguadilla, la cantidad mínima a aceptarse en la primera subasta será de $69,000.00. Dicha venta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer a la parte demandante el balance que refleja el préstamo hipotecario por la suma la suma de: $60,823.17 de principal y $6,082.32 de honorarios de abogado. Si en la primera subasta no se produjese la venta del inmueble antes descritos, la SEGUNDA SUBASTA se efectuará el día 25 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023; A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el sótano del Centro Judicial de Aguadilla, la cantidad mínima aceptada será de $46,000.00 (2/3). Si en esta segunda subasta no se produjese adjudicación, entonces la TERCERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 1RO DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023; A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el sótano del Centro Judicial de Aguadilla y el tipo mínimo de subasta a aceptarse será de $34,500.00 (1/2). Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento y se le adjudicará al demandante la finca objeto de este procedimiento, dentro de los diez (10) días subsiguientes a dicha tercera subasta por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuera mayor. Para mejor información las personas interesadas pueden examinar los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante las horas laborables.
Este edicto de subasta se publicará una vez por semana por espacio de dos semanas en un diario de circulación general en Puerto Rico y en los lugares públicos correspondientes. ¹Dicho gravamen no afecta en forma alguna el trámite de ejecución de hipoteca toda vez que el mismo puede ser cancelado mediante Instancia presentada al Registro de la Propiedad por haberse vendido el mismo hace más de 20 años. La Instancia para la cancelación de dicho gravamen fue presentada en el Registro de la Propiedad el 8 de diciembre de 2022. 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 subsistente.
Se entenderá, que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se expresará que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. El abogado de la parte demandante, Lcdo. Rafael Fabre Colón, PO Box 277, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681, teléfono 787-265-0334 / 787265-0335. DADA en Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, hoy 18 de septiembre de 2023. MIGUEL A. CRESPO VARGAS, ALGUACIL REGIONAL INTERINA, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE AGUADILLA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA.
LEGACY MORTGAGE
ASSET TRUST 2019-PR1
Demandante v.
SUCESIONES DE JOSE
CARMONA CORREA Y ELISA ORLANDO Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
CASO NUM. CA2022CV04107.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO, EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL.
ROBERTO CARLOS LATIMER VALENTIN
LATIMERRC@LBRGLAW.COM
A: ISAAC RIOS
RODRIGUEZ COMO
CONYUGE SUPERSTITE Y HEREDERO
UNIVERSAL DE ELISA
ORLANDO COLON, FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES
HEREDEROS DE LAS
SUCESIONES DE JOSE
CARMONA CORREA Y DE LA SUCESION DE ELISA
ORLANDO COLON
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 11 de septiembre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 12 de septiembre de 2023. En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, el 12 de septiembre de 2023. KANELLY
ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. f/LILLIAM ORTIZ NIEVES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN SALÓN DE SESIONES SALÓN 505
COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO
Demandante V. AURELIZ COLON MOYA
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: BY2023CV02116.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
RICARDO ANDRES ACEVEDO BIANCHI ACEVEDOBIANCHI@GMAIL.COM
A: AURELIZ COLON MOYA.
(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 septiembre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a
partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 12 de septiembre de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 12 de septiembre de 2023. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MARILYN COLÓN CARRASQUILLO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAGÜEZ SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. SONIA COLÓN RIVERA
Demandada
Civil Núm.: MZ2021CV01308.
Sala: 207. 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 de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, 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 24 de agosto de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Remanente de Parcela en el Barrio Quebrada Grande del Municipio de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de cuatrocientos sesenta y dos metros treinta centímetros cuadrados (462.30 m.c.); y en lindes por el NORTE, en 23.00 metros, con Carretera número 348 conocida por Calle Manantiales; por el SUR, con solar “A”; por el ESTE, con Fermín Morales y Celodonio Morales; y por el OESTE, con franja segregada y dedicada a uso público (Solar B). Remanente de 462.30 metros cuadrados, mediante la escritura número 100, otorgada en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el día 22 de julio de 1975, ante el notario Mario Báez García, inscrito al folio 212 del tomo 473 de Mayagüez, finca número 13,525, inscripción 6ta. Dicha finca fue mensurada, mediante la escritura número 100, otorgada en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el día 22 de julio de 1975, ante el notario Mario Báez García, inscrito al folio 212 del tomo 473 de Mayagüez, finca número 13,525, al margen de
la inscripción 5ta. Enclava edificación de concreto techado de concreto, que mide cuarenta y un pies con diez pulgadas de frente por veinticinco pies de fondo, que consta de sala, comedor, cocina, tres dormitorios con sus closets, servicio santiario, “porch”, terraza y un sótano utilizado para garage. con valor de $10,000.00, mediante la escritura número 28, otorgada en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el día 18 de marzo de 1981, ante el notario Mario Báez García, e inscrito al folio 213 vuelto del tomo 473 de Mayagüez, finca número 13,525, inscripción 7ma. Inscrita en la finca número 13,525, al folio 208 del tomo 473 de Mayagüez. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Mayagüez. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor el día 25 de abril de 2023 y notificada en este caso, el 30 de mayo de 2023 en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $76,850.57 por concepto de principal; generando intereses a razón de 5.875% desde el 1ro de mayo de 2018; cargos por demora los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, y la suma de $7,779.90 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 30 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la Oficina de Alguaciles de Subastas de Centro Judicial de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $77,799.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 7 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $51,866.00, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 14 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $38,899.50, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se
declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate.
EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy día 6 de septiembre de 2023.
JOSÉ A. LORENTE PLAZA, ALGUACIL SUPERVISOR CONFIDENCIAL, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA. SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA DE VEGA BAJA
HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
DEMANDANTE VS.
DEMANDADOS
CIVIL NUM.: VB2022CV00245. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, 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 1 de mayo de 2023 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 Horizontal: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento: A-406 SEMANA 36. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-406 and includes the right to use such unit during the 36 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 36 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-406 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 13,283 inscrita al tomo de hoja móvil número 52 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, ascendente a la siguiente cantidad: $13,718.58 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 406, semana 36. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 2 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 11:15 DE LA MAÑANA. 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. 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 1ro de septiembre de 2023. ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, 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. DOMENICK MARIO DEGIORGIO AMENDALA, TERESA MARY STAUDT RUIZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
DEMANDADOS
CIVIL NUM.: VB2022CV00539. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, 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 1 de mayo de 2023 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 Horizontal: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento: A-304 SEMANA 26. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-304 and includes the right to use such unit during the 26 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 26 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-304 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 13,019 inscrita al tomo de hoja móvil número 48 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, ascendente a la siguiente cantidad: $23,163.25 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 304, semana 26. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 2 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA. 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. 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 1ro de septiembre de 2023. ALG.
FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, 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. JUAN COLÓN NOLASCO, ELCONIDA BLANCO COLÓN y la SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES POR ELLOS COMPUESTA
DEMANDADOS
CIVIL NUM.: VB2022CV00561.
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO.
EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, 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 1 de mayo de 2023 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-807
SEMANA 19. Cabida: 101.42
Metros Cuadrados. Located in the Sabana Ward of the Munici-
pality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit B-807 and includes the right to use such unit during the 19 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 19 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-807 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 17,025 inscrita en tomo de hoja móvil número 97 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, ascendente a la siguiente cantidad: $14,432.42 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 9 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. 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. 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 Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 1ro de septiembre de 2023. ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA DE CAROLINA
HACIENDA DEL MAR
OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
DEMANDANTE VS. MARISOL
ACEVEDO PALAU
DEMANDADO
CIVIL NÚM.: CA2022CV00979. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, 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 4 de mayo de 2023 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, che-
que 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 Horizontal: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento: A-303 SEMANA 21. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-303 and includes the right to use such unit during the 21 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 21 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-303 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 12,976 inscrita al tomo de hoja móvil número 47 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, ascendente a la siguiente cantidad: $19,708.87 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 9 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. 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. 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 Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 1ro de septiembre de 2023. ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
DEMANDANTE VS. JON CHRISTIAN STEPHANS, BETH
CIVIL NUM.: VB2022CV00559.
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO.
EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, 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 11 de mayo de 2023 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-806
SEMANA 45. 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 B-806 and includes the right to use such unit during the 45 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 45 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-806 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 18,212 inscrita en tomo de hoja móvil número 105 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 Association, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, ascendente a la siguiente cantidad: $14,432.42 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se CELEBRARÁ EL DÍA 9 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA. 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. 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 Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 1ro de septiembre de 2023. ALG.
FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
NAYDA I. RIVERA APONTE, SU
ESPOSO REYNALDO ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA POR
AMBOS; DAFNNE
ROSADO RIVERA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA POR ELLA
Y SU ESPOSO MIGUEL
ANGEL SEDA; RICARDO ROSADO RIVERA
Demandantes V. DOCTORS’ CENTER
HOSPITAL SAN JUAN, INC.; ET ALS.
Demandados
Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV04083. (801). Sobre: DAÑOS Y PERJUICIOS; IMPERICIA PROFESIONAL; RESPONSABILIDAD HOSPITALARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. DE AMERICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: DR. UBALDO
SANTIAGO BUONO, FULANA DE TAL T/C/C MARÍA E. PÉREZ GRAU, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR
AMBOS; DR. EURI DE JESUS FERNANDEZ
NUÑEZ, MENGANA DE TAL, T/C/C PAOLA MERCEDES
ESTEVES LÓPEZ, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR
AMBOS.
Quedan emplazados y notificados que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda sobre daños y perjuicios; impericia profesional; responsabilidad hospitalaria en la que se solicita a este Honorable Tribunal que condene a los demandados de pagar solidariamente a la Demandante, una suma total no menor de $1,350,000.00, por concepto de los daños y perjuicios sufridos, más los gastos legales, costas, intereses y una
suma razonable por concepto de honorarios de abogado, por las alegaciones formuladas en la demanda. Se les advierte que este edicto se publicará en un periódico de circulación general una sola vez y que, si no comparecen a contestar dicha Demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del Edicto, a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio así solicitado sin más citarles ni oírles. Los abogados de la parte demandante es el Lcdo. Gerardo M. Ortíz Torres, la Lcda. Evelian Del Rocío Suárez Rodríguez y el Lcdo Alejandro Bellver Espinosa, cuya dirección física y postal es: Cond. El Centro I, Suite 801, 500 Muñoz Rivera Ave., San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918; cuyo número de teléfono es (787) 946-5268, y sus correos electrónicos son: gortiztorresjd@gmail.com, lcda.suarezrodriguez@gmail. com y alejandro@bellverlaw. com. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 11 de septiembre de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. YESENIA BEY BETANCOURT, SUBSECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO
AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC
PARTE DEMANDANTE VS. MARIA D
MARRERO NIEVES
PARTE DEMANDADA
CIVIL NÚM.: VA2023CV00100.
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO.
EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
A: MARIA D
MARRERO NIEVES -
URB BO BRENAS 1 CARR
693 KM, VEGA ALTA PR 00692.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se
represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Kenmuel J. Ruiz Lopez cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kenmuel.ruiz@ orflaw.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, hoy día 14 de agosto de 2023. En BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, el 14 de agosto de 2023. LCDA. LAURA
I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MILITZA MERCADO RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO
SERVICES, LLC COMO
AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC
PARTE DEMANDANTE VS. MARIA D MARRERO NIEVES
PARTE DEMANDADA
CIVIL NÚM.: VA2023CV00100.
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO.
EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDIC-
TO.
A: MARIA D M ARRERO NIEVESPO BOX 4002 PMB 102, VEGA ALTA, PR 006924002.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abo-
gado de la parte demandante, Kenmuel J. Ruiz Lopez cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kenmuel.ruiz@ orflaw.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, hoy día 14 de agosto de 2023. En BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, el 14 de agosto de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MILITZA MERCADO RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN SEBASTIÁN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC DEMANDANTE VS. ERIC J. ECHEVARRIA VARGAS DEMANDADO
CIVIL NÚM.: MO2022CV00145. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: ERIC J. ECHEVARRIA VARGASURB. LA MONSERRATE 372, CALLE LA PROVIDENCIA, MOCA, PR 00676-4303.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Edwin Serrano cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección edwin.serrano@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO
MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, hoy día 14 de agosto de 2023. En San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, el 14 de agosto de 2023. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. LAURA LUGO CRESPO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
PARTE DEMANDANTE VS. GIL R RIVERA HERNANDEZ PARTE DEMANDADA CIVIL NÚM.: BY2023CV03741. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
A: GIL R RIVERA HERNANDEZURB BAYAMON GDNS H11 CALLE CASTIGLIONI, BAYAMON PR 009572427. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Kenmuel J. Ruiz Lopez cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kenmuel.ruiz@ orflaw.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, hoy día 15 de agosto de 2023. En BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, el 15 de agosto de 2023. LCDA. LAURA
I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LUREIMY ALICEA GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-
NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE GUAYNABO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO, Demandante V. MARIELA BEATRIZ BENITEZ GUZMAN, JOHN DOE, Demandadas.
CIVIL NÚM.: GB2023CV00666
SOBRE: CANCELACION DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO POR LA VIAJUDICIAL. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS. ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.
A: JOHN DOE COMO TENEDOR DESCONOCIDO DEL PAGARÉ a favor de Popular Mortgage lnc., o a su orden, por la suma principal de $139,500.00, intereses al 4.375% anual, vencedero el día 1 de junio de 2029, constituida mediante la escritura número 257, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 30 de mayo del 2009, ante el notario Ana V. Piñero-Parés, e inscrita en la finca número 37,687, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Primera Sección de Guaynabo. Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda incoada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumac/. salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Si usted deja de presentar y notificar 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. Los abogados de la parte demandante son.
ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE
DEMANDANTE:
Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández RUA Núm.: 16,393
BERMUDEZ & DIAZ LLP
Suite 209 500 Calle De La Tanca San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901
Tel.: (787) 523-2670
Fax: (787) 523-2664
rdíaz@bdprlaw.com
Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal, hoy 7 de septiembre de 2023. Lcda. Laura I. Santa
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL
GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA
SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO YOLANDA SANTANA MELÉNDEZ
Parte Demandante Vs AUTORIDAD DE TRANSPORTE MARÍTIMO; ET. ALS.
Parte Demandadas
Caso Núm.: CE2023CV00070.
Sala: 302. Sobre: CAÍDA, DAÑOS Y PERJUICIOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS.
A: EO MARINE & ENERGY I BRITISH MARINE. 30 FENCHURCH STREET, LONDON EC3M 3BD, UNITED KINGDOM. POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica que la demandante ha radicado una Demanda sobre Caída, Daños y Perjuicios. Habiéndose ordenado la publicación de un Emplazamiento por Edicto para emplazarlo a usted, durante el término que establece la Ley, en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico. POR ESTE MEDIO, se le emplaza por Edicto y requiere a usted, la parte con interés, para que notifique al: LCDO. RICARDO M. PRIETO GARCÍA, a su dirección postal 6 CALLE CELIS AGUILERA S, SUITE 201-A, FAJARDO, PUERTO RICO, 00738, Tel. (787) 860-0875, y/o a su email: oficina@prietolawoffice.com; con copia de su contestación a las alegaciones de la Demanda en este caso, las cuales podrá usted examinar en la Sala de Fajardo, del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sección Superior, dentro de los sesenta (60) días contados desde el siguiente día a la fecha de la publicación de este Emplazamiento por Edicto, con la advertencia a los efectos de que si no contesta la demanda presentando el Original de la Contestación, ante el Tribunal correspondiente, con copia a la parte demandante, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia para conceder el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. “Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.poderjudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal.” EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA, y el sello del Tribunal en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy 07 de septiembre de 2023. Wanda I. Seguí Reyes, Secretaria Regional. Ana Celís Márquez Aponte, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal I.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA
SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO YOLANDA
SANTANA MELÉNDEZ
Parte Demandante Vs AUTORIDAD DE TRANSPORTE MARÍTIMO; ET. ALS.
Parte Demandadas Caso Núm.: CE2023CV00070. Sala: 302. Sobre: CAÍDA, DAÑOS Y PERJUICIOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS.
A: ARNOLD & ARNOLD, INC. 2329 INDIA STREET, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92101. POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica que la demandante ha radicado una Demanda sobre Caída, Daños y Perjuicios. Habiéndose ordenado la publicación de un Emplazamiento por Edicto para emplazarlo a usted, durante el término que establece la Ley, en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico. POR ESTE MEDIO, se le emplaza por Edicto y requiere a usted, la parte con interés, para que notifique al: LCDO. RICARDO M. PRIETO GARCÍA, a su dirección postal 6 CALLE CELIS AGUILERA S, SUITE 201-A, FAJARDO, PUERTO RICO, 00738, Tel. (787) 860-0875, y/o a su email: oficina@prietolawoffice.com; con copia de su contestación a las alegaciones de la Demanda en este caso, las cuales podrá usted examinar en la Sala de Fajardo, del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sección Superior, dentro de los sesenta (60) días contados desde el siguiente día a la fecha de la publicación de este Emplazamiento por Edicto, con la advertencia a los efectos de que si no contesta la demanda presentando el Original de la Contestación, ante el Tribunal correspondiente, con copia a la parte demandante, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia para conceder el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. “Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.poderjudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal.” EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA, y el sello del Tribunal en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy 07 de septiembre de 2023. Wanda I. Seguí Reyes, Secretaria Regional. Ana Celís Márquez Aponte, Sec Auxiliar Del Tribunal I.
Spain unveiled its roster earlier this week for the first two matches of the women’s national team since the team’s World Cup win — and a postgame kiss that plunged women’s soccer into turmoil.
Many of the players chosen to play for Spain, however, have made it clear over the past few weeks that they are unwilling to do so unless management changes are made at the soccer federation. But only eight of the World Cup winners were left off Monday’s roster, including three who are injured, one who has retired — and Jennifer Hermoso, the star player who was forcibly kissed by the man who was Spain’s top soccer executive at the time.
“We are with Jenni. We believe it’s the best way to protect her,” said the new coach, Montse Tomé, at a Royal Spanish Football Federation news conference, when she was asked why Hermoso had not been chosen to play in the UEFA Nations League, which is the qualifier for European teams in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
This month, Hermoso filed a criminal complaint of sexual assault against the former soccer chief, Luis Rubiales, after he kissed her during the World Cup medals ceremony in Sydney.
The decision by Tomé to exclude Hermoso comes amid a high-stakes standoff between Spain’s star players and the national soccer federation.
In August, after its World Cup win, the team, including the players who were on Tomé’s roster Monday, demanded changes to management and threatened not to play if changes were not made.
On Friday, Hermoso and 20 of the 23 winning team members signed a joint statement with other Spanish players saying “it is time to fight” and reinstating their demands for a restructuring of “the leadership positions of the Royal Spanish Football Federation” to guarantee a “safe place where women are respected.” But they did not explicitly threaten not to play.
By Monday night, with their demands as yet unmet, it was not clear if all the players on Tomé’s roster would agree to play or if they would boycott the matches, against Sweden and Switzerland that begin Friday, in support of Hermoso.
If they decide not to play, they could
face consequences, including fines or temporary bans, according to the National Sports Council.
“I trust they are professional world champions and they love their profession,” Tomé said, adding that she had talked with the players over the past few days.
In a statement posted on social media Monday night, the women’s players’ union, Futpro, said that the joint statement players issued Friday made clear, “with no room for misinterpretation, our firm wishes not to be called up, for reasons that are justified.”
“We regret that our federation puts us in a situation that we would never have wanted,” Monday’s statement said.
Minutes later, AFE, Spain’s chief players’ union, also issued a statement, declaring its “astonishment at the lack of dialogue by the Royal Spanish Football Association regarding the majority position of the players who have been called up based on arguments that should be respected.”
Ivana Andrés, one of the captains of the World Cup team, is suffering from a sports injury. She is one of the champions who are not on Tomé’s roster. In a televised interview Monday evening, Andrés said, “The most important thing is that we want to play.”
But “we want them to treat us with respect,” she added, referring to the federation.
Then, the president of Spain’s state-run National Sports Council, Víctor Francos, weighed in, saying on a late-night radio
show Monday night that “if the players don’t show up, the government must apply the law,” in reference to the sanctions the players could face. Francos added: “Tomorrow at 8:30 a.m., I will call some of the players and speak with them.”
Some Spaniards also expressed dismay at the roster, including a well-known politician. “It’s not a call-up. It’s a threat,” said Gabriel Rufián, a member of Parliament with a pro-Catalan independence party.
A Swiss player, Ana-Maria Crnogorčevič, who plays for the Spanish team Atlético de Madrid, also shared her disbelief on social media. “This is insane,” she said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Both the players and the federation have a lot to lose if Tomé cannot rally together a team in time for Friday’s match in Sweden.
Sports commentator Guillem Balagué explained that Spain will jeopardize its Olympic ticket if the players boycott the match against Sweden. Only “the two finalists of the Nations League will, together with the French squad, be in Paris 2024,” Balagué said.
Over the past month, the federation has taken
some measures to address the concerns of its star players. They urged Rubiales to resign, which he did. He appeared in court Friday in connection with the sexual assault allegations filed by Hermoso. A restraining order was subsequently issued against him, forbidding contact with Hermoso. Jorge Vilda, the coach of the national team, was fired this month. He had been accused last year of controlling and sexist behavior by team members.
On Monday morning, the federation said in a statement that it guarantees a “safe environment for the players” and is committed to making changes within the organization. But it did not specify details of the changes it intends to make or a time frame.
Though Tomé has replaced Vilda, becoming the first woman to hold the top job in Spain, her appointment is not without controversy. Tomé came under criticism when she participated in a standing ovation for Rubiales on Aug. 25, following a defiant speech in which he accused Hermoso of initiating the kiss and railed against “false feminism.”
The statement issued by the players Friday called for “zero tolerance” toward members of the federation who have “had, incited, hidden or applauded attitudes against the dignity of women.”
“I shouldn’t have done it,” Tomé said of her participation Monday.
Basketball player Pamela Rosado, judo athlete María Pérez, swimmer Yeziel Morales, table tennis player Melanie Díaz and archer Jean Pizarro were chosen on Monday by the executive committee of the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee (COPUR by its Spanish acronym) as finalists to be flag bearers in the Puerto Rican delegation that will compete in the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games.
It will be the first time that an island delegation in the Pan American Games will include two flag bearers, in order to comply with the rule stipulated by the International Olympic Committee requiring the selection of one woman and one man.
Those finally chosen will be announced at COPUR’s ordinary meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 6:30 p.m. The secret voting mechanism will be used. The presentation of the Puerto Rico delegation with the flag bearers will be on Thursday, Sept. 28, at 5 p.m. in the Hall of the Presidents at Casa Olímpica in Old San Juan.
In the previous edition of the Pan American Games, Lima 2019, Puerto Rico won 24 medals (five gold, five silver and 14 bronze). In 18 Pan American Games, Puerto Rican delegations have won 266 medals: 23 gold, 85 silver and 148 bronze. The Santiago 2023 Pan American Games -- which will mark Chile’s first time as host of the hemispheric competition -- will run from Oct. 20 to Nov. 5.
Phil Mickelson, the golf great whose issues with gambling have made headlines throughout the years, took to social media earlier this week to share details about his addiction, and to offer a warning to potential bettors ahead of this year’s NFL season.
As the 2023-24 football season kicked off in earnest, Mickelson posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, to say that he would not be gambling on any games. “I crossed the line of moderation and into addiction which isn’t any fun at all,” said Mickelson, who has won six major golf tournaments.
The post went on to offer advice to anyone who might be struggling with similar issues: “If you ever cross the line of moderation and enter into addiction,
hopefully you won’t confuse your enablers as friends like I did.”
The post came on the heels of the autobiography “Gambler: Secrets From a Life at Risk,” published in August by Billy Walters, a well-known sports bettor who claimed to know about Mickelson’s gambling habits and asserted that the professional golfer’s sports bets totaled more than $1 billion in a span of about 30 years.
A biography of the golfer by Alan Shipnuck that was released last year also explored the intimate and private moments of Mickelson’s life between swings. It highlighted just how serious the addiction had become, and the questionable relationships that Mickelson had made through his betting practices. According to one of Shipnuck’s sources, Mickelson’s gambling losses totaled more than $40 million between 2010-14. Mickelson’s statement Monday did not address those claims, but instead focused on the negative effect that gambling has had in his life, and on the relief he
feels having moved past it.
“The money wasn’t ever the issue since our financial security has never been threatened, but I was so distracted I wasn’t able to be present with the ones I love and caused a lot of harm,” Mickelson wrote in the social media post.
Mickelson thanked his wife, Amy
Mickelson, for supporting him through his struggles.
“After many years of receiving professional help, not gambling, and being in recovery from my addictions,” he wrote, “I’m now able to sit still, be present in the moment and live each day with an inner calm and peace.”
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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
Answers on page 30
Aries (Mar 21-April 20)
A friend may have some outrageous, unworkable ideas for making money, Aries. No matter what they involve, you’ll probably start by listening just to be polite and then end up wondering if your friend is still on this planet. This isn’t a good day to get involved in anything risky. If asked, make your excuses. “Risky” is too mild a word for this proposal!
Taurus (April 21-May 21)
Career matters might be very stressful today, Taurus. Your generally penetrating mind is clouded by strong feelings about whatever you’re doing and confused by differences of opinion among your colleagues. This could drive you crazy. Relax! The world won’t come to an end if everything you need to do isn’t done today. Sometimes it’s easier to do something when it’s OK if you don’t do it!
Gemini (May 22-June 21)
Some new concepts involving the sciences that you’re trying to study may be difficult, Gemini. You might be a little impatient with yourself, viewing this confusion as a symptom of mental dullness. These ideas could just be new to you. Don’t be afraid to ask someone to explain things. There are times when hearing it makes it more understandable than reading it.
Cancer (June 22-July 23)
Some vivid dreams could shed light on something you’ve been trying to find, Cancer. This could be a lost object or an obscure piece of information. Whatever it is, you might wake up with some new ideas on where to look for it. Chances are it’s hidden in an obvious place full of similar things. Don’t hesitate because of the unorthodox source of your insight.
Leo (July 24-Aug 23)
Some vivid dreams could shed light on something you’ve been trying to find, Cancer. This could be a lost object or an obscure piece of information. Whatever it is, you might wake up with some new ideas on where to look for it. Chances are it’s hidden in an obvious place full of similar things. Don’t hesitate because of the unorthodox source of your insight.
Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)
Today you might be trying to do some in-depth research, Virgo, but don’t be surprised if what you’re looking for proves difficult to find. You could get sidetracked by other interesting subjects related to what you’re doing. Don’t be upset with yourself. Finding what you need won’t be easy. Enjoy the side roads and go back to your search tomorrow.
Libra (Sep 24-Oct 23)
A decision may need to be made today that requires logic and practicality, Libra. You might find that your feelings get in the way. Don’t fight it. Sometimes it’s best to step back and discern why your emotions are interfering. Is there a hidden factor you may not be considering? Do you know all the facts? Consider all contingencies before committing.
Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov 22)
Today a charismatic, artistic woman could visit your home, Scorpio. She could have a lot of ideas to discuss, perhaps proposing that you work on a project together. This might be a good idea, but don’t commit to it now. Your friend has a way of getting people all excited and clouding their judgment. Wait until she leaves and take some time to think. You’ll be in a better space then.
Sagittarius (Nov 23-Dec 21)
Stress could have you feeling a little out of sorts by the end of the day, Sagittarius. You might have been considering going out for the evening, but it might be better if you put off those plans and stay home and rest. Take a walk to a takeout place and get some dinner, then relax with a funny video. This way you’ll able to release all the tension and sleep soundly.
Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 20)
Have you recently purchased something you wanted that’s more of a luxury than a necessity? Today you might feel guilty about it. It may have temporarily strained your budget. Don’t even think about taking it back! Sometimes luxury items can lift the spirits. Payday will be around again before you know it.
Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb 19)
Attempts to balance emotions with logic may not succeed today, particularly where family is concerned, Aquarius. Members of your household may be upset, and you might not be able to cheer them up. Perhaps all you can do is leave them alone for a while to think. Only they can understand their feelings and discern the right way to proceed. Let them know you care, then back off.
Pisces (Feb 20-Mar 20)
Ready for something fresh? As the Moon faces off You might do some writing today, Pisces, perhaps creative or letters. Whichever it is, you might find that all that comes out are gloomy accounts of whatever’s happening now. This may not reflect your true state of mind. If you can’t come up with anything pleasant to write about, perhaps you’d better wait until later!
