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Mental health services chief apologizes for interview incident, says he’s available

By THE STAR STAFF

The head of the Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration (ASSMCA), Dr. Carlos Rodríguez Mateo, apologized Wednesday after an incident that occurred in the middle of a television news interview.

“The mental health of all Puerto Ricans is certainly my priority and I have demonstrated this with my actions since we arrived at the ASSMCA,” Rodríguez Mateo said in a written statement. “In the past few hours, an interview that was conducted with me has been released. To this end, I would like to clarify several issues. My record as a physician, public official, and agency head has always been one of transparency, respect and openness.”

“Given the circumstances, it is important to establish that the journalist was offered the data that was available at the time and was also given an interview with personnel who had extensive knowledge of the subject,” the official continued in the statement. “I want to apologize if in any way my words offended the work carried out by the press and, specifically, the [Telemundo] journalist, Valeria Collazo. We are happy to clarify any questions or information you may have. Always with the greatest respect.”

Earlier in the day, Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia, when asked about the fallout from the Rodríguez Mateo interview, asked for the bullcrap (“tiraera”) in the media and social networks to end.

“There are times here that you fall into a trap that is too much,” the governor said in response to questions from the press. “That’s too much. Making allegations like this is more than just muddying.”

Pierluisi noted that if anyone has evidence of illegal conduct by an official, they should go to the investigative agencies and file a complaint.

“My call to everyone in Puerto Rico is to respect each other,” he added. “Let there be a climate of respect and fair treatment among everyone here.”

The governor made his remarks in reaction to the ASSMCA administrator’s interview with the journalist and the statements of Sen. Thomas Rivera Schatz on the matter.

Meanwhile, a pair of Popular Democratic Party lawmakers, Jesús Manuel Ortiz and Héctor Ferrer Santiago, also weighed in on the matter on Wednesday, expressing their concern and calling on the governor to take measures regarding Rodríguez Mateo’s conduct.

The at-large legislators referred to the TV interview

as a worrying incident in which Rodríguez Mateo, a former mayor of Salinas and New Progressive Party senator who lost a bid for reelection to an at-large seat in 2020, displayed what they considered to be a highly inappropriate attitude during the interview.

The ASSMCA chief, the lawmakers said, looked “agitated and angry” when questioned about his refusal to give an interview related to statements made by mental health patients.

Additionally, he was questioned about allegations that he was pressuring female employees to sell tickets for $500 to finance his political campaign.

“This conduct is unacceptable and casts serious doubts on his ability to lead an agency dedicated to mental health in Puerto Rico,” Ortiz González said. “Therefore, it is worthwhile for the governor to express himself and take action in this regard. That type of attitude reveals little interest in and respect for public service.”

Late Wednesday afternoon, PDP Reps. Sol Higgins Cuadrado, Estrella Martínez Soto, Deborah Soto Arroyo and Jocelyne Rodríguez Negrón upped the ante, calling for Rodríguez Mateo’s immediate dismissal.

The lawmakers said the recent events made it clear that Rodríguez Mateo is not fit to lead an agency that is responsible for caring for people with mental health conditions.

“His unacceptable and hostile behavior toward journalist Valeria Collazo, which occurred yesterday, demonstrates a lack of empathy and professionalism that cannot be tolerated in a position of such importance,” they said.

Dr. Carlos Rodríguez Mateo, head of the Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration

PDP lawmaker calls for gov’t to buy Grupo HIMA’s hospitals

By THE STAR STAFF

Popular Democratic Party Rep. Ángel Matos García is urging Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia to seriously consider acquiring the Grupo HIMA Hospital system, which filed for bankruptcy in August to restructure well over $400 million in debt.

The hospital has already informed the court that it is selling its Fajardo and Bayamón facilities.

Grupo HIMA San Pablo, one of Puerto Rico’s largest hospital systems, filed for Chapter 11 and is seeking a sale process for its assets. The hospital system was forced to declare bankruptcy after it was unable to renegotiate its debts.

Grupo HIMA consists of several entities such as Grupo HIMA San Pablo Inc., Centro Medico del Turabo Inc., HIMA San Pablo Properties Inc., Portal de Caguas Inc., Jocar Enterprises Corp., Jerusalem Home Ambulance Inc., Host Security Services Inc., CMT Development LLC and IA Developers Corp., which all filed for bankruptcy. However, according

to a statement from HIMA President and CEO Armando Rodríguez, there are additional related companies, subsidiaries and nonprofit organizations supported or promoted by Grupo HIMA.

The last available appraisal reports for the five operating units were completed in 2019 and provided aggregate real property values of $242.3 million for the real estate components of the businesses, Rodríguez said.

Matos García noted that “Puerto Rico faces a health crisis, and our privatization model has collapsed.”

“We should explore the alternative of

a universal health model, so we could start by acquiring these hospitals so that the government can directly offer health services to citizens,” the lawmaker said.

The bankruptcy of the Grupo HIMA represents one of the largest on the island in the past three decades, with a total debt of $472.27 million, 18% more than initially estimated. The debt is divided into $274 million of secured debt, $156.39 million of unsecured debt, and $41.88 million of senior debt, Matos García said.

The government creditors include the State Insurance Fund, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, the Municipal Revenue Collections Center, and several private creditors. The HIMA San Pablo Group is the second-largest hospital system in Puerto Rico.

The genesis of Grupo HIMA’s recent bankruptcy filing, analysts have said, can be attributed to a history of disparate statutory treatment for Medicare and Medicaid programs and payments to Puerto Rico compared to the mainland states, the effects of the 2017

hurricanes, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the loss of revenues caused by the closing of health insurers and lawsuits.

Puerto Rico is also facing a fiscal crisis that resulted in the government and other public corporations filing for bankruptcy in 2017 to restructure close to $70 billion in debt.

Matos García pointed out that a government acquisition would be in line with Joint Resolution 50-2023, authored by Sen. Juan Zaragoza Gómez, which urges the Department of Health to carry out a funded study to evaluate organizational models in the provision of health services, including a universal health program, and a search for adequate financing to provide health insurance to currently unprotected citizens.

The study would also analyze budgetary and fiscal costs, total health expenditures, participation in health insurance, federal provisions, comparisons with other jurisdictions, necessary legal changes, interaction with federal health programs such as Medicaid and Medicare, and alternatives to universal health systems, including nongovernmental payers.

Firefighters to be certified as mental health first responders

By THE STAR STAFF

As part of the public policy efforts promoted by Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia aimed at communities prioritizing their mental health and accessing available support programs, the Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration (ASSMCA by its Spanish initials) and the Puerto Rico Firefighters Bureau have established an agreement to certify the island’s firefighters as first responders in psychological first aid.

As part of the initiative, first the firefight-

ers who are part of the new academy will be certified, followed by bureau members in the six zones of the island.

When making the announcement, ASSMCA Administrator Dr. Carlos Rodríguez Mateo noted that with the agreement he seeks to provide tools to firefighters to strengthen their emotional health and acquire basic knowledge to handle the various scenarios to which they are exposed in emergencies and catastrophes.

“Prioritizing mental health and suicide prevention on our island is an issue that we are working on in the ASSMCA as a health public policy, directly in the communities, because it is in them that the citizen is born, grows and develops daily,” Rodríguez Mateo said. “To the extent that we strengthen the mental health of communities, we strengthen the health of the people. By the nature of their work, firefighters are exposed to community scenarios of high stress, loss and pain. So, through this project, we seek to provide them with tools so that they can manage that encounter with the affected people, channel the help they need to them, and also

so that they can manage and strengthen their mental health, as well as that of their family.”

Firefighters Bureau Commissioner Marcos Concepción Tirado stressed that “our priority in the Bureau is to provide firefighters with the necessary tools to respond to any emergency situation.”

“I appreciate and recognize the commitment of the ASSMCA, which will train new firefighters in the management of emotions to attend to crisis situations in the middle of the scene [of a disaster or other crisis] and channel help to a health professional.”

The fire chief added that once the initial training is completed, all firefighters in the bureau’s six zones will have been impacted.

The training required to become psychological first aid responders includes meeting contact hours in workshops that are structured under ASSMCA’s Psychological Strengths and First Aid Module. It is a module focused on behavior and the management of emotions in which emphasis is placed on the proper channeling of traumatic events and does not replace the intervention of a mental health professional, such as a social worker, psychologist or psychiatrist. Its objective is that the personnel who are trained have the necessary tools to mitigate crisis situations until the time comes when the affected person or people

can have access to the professional help they need, including ASSMCA programs, to address different addictions.

The Psychological First Aid project is part of a series of ASSMCA programs focused on prevention and treatment, which promote education about mental health, the importance of its care, and seeking help and treatment when problems are identified or a diagnosis is made. Other agency programs that promote direct services in communities are: ASSMCA Visits Your School, Project Hope, ASSMCA Visits Your Community, among others.

Those interested in becoming certified as Psychological First Aid responders can call 787-763-3133.

Rep. Ángel Matos García

Puerto Rico Firefighters Bureau Commissioner Marcos Concepción Tirado

Public opinion is divided on RCM chancellor’s appointment

By THE STAR STAFF

Opinions about the protest at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Medical Sciences Campus (RCM) were divided Wednesday, with one sector saying protesters ignore evidence showing that RCM Chancellor Ilka Ríos Reyes engaged in no wrongdoing.

Students launched an indefinite strike Wednesday after UPR President Luis Ferrao Delgado declined to remove Ríos. The students argued that the School of Medicine’s accreditation is at risk because of an agreement Ríos made with the parents of a minor medical student to avoid putting the school through a lengthy lawsuit.

Former UPR President José Saldaña blasted Ferrao for coming late to Ríos’ defense, blaming the current UPR president and the university’s governing board for what is happening.

The RCM campus has a population of around 4,835, including students, residents in different specialties, faculty, and non-teaching employees. Various organizations represent those groups: the Academic Senate, the Association of University Professors, the General Council of Students RCM UPR, the Brotherhood of Exempt Non-Teaching Employees and the Workers’ Union, while some people are not affiliated with those organizations, Saldaña said.

On July 25, several officials sent the UPR governing board a letter on stamped paper bearing the logos of the School of Medicine and the provost’s office, which gave the impression of being an official document from the institution, opposing Ríos appointment.

“That letter with the supposed endorsement of five deans also contains the signature of 318 students, faculty and employees claiming to represent the university community of that campus and opposing [Ríos’] designation,” Saldaña said in a written column. “The signatures of 318 people represents 6.5% of the total population of the facility.”

“Ríos is highly qualified for the position that President Ferrao has recommended,” the former UPR president continued. “She has a doctorate in dental medicine, a postdoctoral master of science and a residency in maxillofacial radiology. She has been a teacher at the RCM for more than 40 years. She has administrative experience, becoming dean of students and

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cowardice of both of them was revealed for not being able to forcefully defend the appointment they made and for not being able to censure the partisan political interference in internal affairs of the university such as the appointment of a chancellor.”

“This entire process against Dr. Ríos originates in the reality that this is a person who is not from the ideological left, and that she is the type of person who is not intimidated by threats from ideological groups,” he said.

The protesters are ignoring a probe by a UPR investigator that refuted a 2022 probe that concluded that Ríos violated internal processes when she reached a settlement with a minor-aged medical student who had failed several courses, Saldaña pointed out.

The investigation was conducted by Maritza Miranda López, a notary public and lawyer hired by former RCM Chancellor Carlos Ortiz late last year to determine if there should be disciplinary actions against Ríos, a source familiar with the situation said. The report based on the investigation is addressed to Ortiz and Alfonso Fernández Debs, head of the Legal Advisers Office.

the vice president of academic affairs at the UPR. She is also a person of character who cannot be manipulated or intimidated by groups outside the best institutional interests.”

“On a campus with more than six chancellors, both permanent and interim, for more than four years, it was time to finish appointing a person like Dr. Ríos to end the serious problem of administrative continuity and governance,” Saldaña said, adding that Ferrao and Ricardo Dalmau, chairman of the UPR governing board, should have come out more forcefully in favor of the appointment instead of leaving Ríos alone on Sept. 1 to defend herself.

He also blasted the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) for interfering in the appointment and turning it into a political debate.

“This censure of the PDP politicians for their interference in university autonomy should have fallen to the president of the institution, Ferrao, and Dalmau, chairman of the governing board,” Saldaña said. “But once again the ineptitude and

Miranda López disagreed with the findings reached by Alondra Fraga Meléndez, a UPR investigator, who concluded in 2022 that Ríos violated internal processes and acted unilaterally when she reached a settlement with the parents of a 15-year-old medical student to avoid a lengthy litigation against the campus for failing to provide psychological and other aid to the student. Fraga Meléndez said Ríos did not have the authority to reach a settlement because that responsibility fell to the UPR president.

Miranda López disagreed, noting that Ríos was the highest authority at RCM and had the power to settle with the minor student.

PDP Rep. Héctor Ferrer Santiago, meanwhile, joined the chorus of voices in support of School of Medicine students in their demonstration against Ríos’ appointment.

“The Student Council of the School of Medicine collected the opinion of the student enrollment concerning the appointment of Dr. Ilka Ríos Reyes as chancellor of the Medical Sciences Campus,” the freshman lawmaker said. “This process revealed the strong rejection by the students and faculty of the RCM School of Medicine of the appointment of Ilka Ríos Reyes.”

According to data provided by the School of Medicine, 97.7% of RCM medical students are against the appointment.

Club gives gov’t failing grades on Hurricane Maria recovery

By THE STAR STAFF

Hurricane Maria entered Yabucoa on Sept. 20, 2017 and devastated Puerto Rico, leaving 100% of the archipelago in darkness. Six years later, the tragedy caused by Hurricane Maria and the problems that were revealed continue to persist, the Sierra Club of Puerto Rico said Wednesday.

The people, biodiversity and natural spaces of Puerto Rico have been suffering the effects of climate change for decades, the organization said in a press release.

Intertwined with those climate struggles are equally destructive federal and local policies that have compounded environmental injustice across the island. In recent years, Puerto Rico has gone through moments of great anguish, pain

and concern. Puerto Ricans have survived the onslaught of hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, droughts, damaging threats to the quality of the air they breathe, unprecedented temperatures, and a pandemic, all in the midst of a prolonged economic depression and social crisis, the Sierra Club said.

“The climate crisis is the consequence of all the crises and injustices against which Puerto Ricans have fought for decades. It is the result of the endless pursuit of profit and limitless exploitation within a system that does not recognize the limits of the Earth,” said Adriana González Delgado, a field organizing strategist for Sierra Club of Puerto Rico. “We have advocated for a fair recovery, but that has not been the reality. Currently, we are not prepared for another atmospheric phenomenon like Maria. For this reason, six years after Hurricane Maria, we have decided to take note of the progress

that has been made or lack thereof.”

The Sierra Club issued two progress grades for the island’s recovery:

“Energy: F

* Dependence on imported energy resources (gas, oil, coal).

* Lack of a plan to address power grid situations in future hurricanes that the public knows and understands.

* Poor access to information on the electrical system (LUMA does not follow up, does not publish details, does not publish emergency plans, does not publish personnel numbers).

Environmental Justice: F

* Excessive construction in coastal areas affects their erosion.

* After Maria, beaches shrank and coastal erosion threatened marine ecosystems such as coral reefs by increasing sedimentation and pollutant runoff into the sea.”

University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus Chancellor Ilka Ríos Reyes

A fresh perspective on Puerto Rico’s power grid woes

CEO of AI-based company says valuable lessons can be drawn from other islands

By RICHARD GUTIÉRREZ richardsanjuanstar@gmail.com

For some, the energy situation in Puerto Rico may be rather tiresome, as the subject never seems to leave the headlines of popular newspapers on the island and in the mainland United States.

Many have noted that Puerto Rico’s energy problem comes primarily from its poor infrastructure, which is not ready, nor was it ever, to take the heavy hurricanes that threaten the island every year. Even without a hurricane, electrical service isn’t guaranteed to work flawlessly; anyone who’s lived in the archipelago can testify that even on the sunniest of days the power can go off at any moment.

This is particularly a problem for many important things that citizens need to function properly around many municipalities, such as traffic lights, as well as hospitals, supermarkets, restaurants, and other establishments that all need electricity to work. While the perspective of those who live on the island is exceptionally important, also considering the perspective of someone who lives on another continent, such as Europe, and looking at what they are doing and how Puerto Rico can implement some of these things into its own system, can be valuable as well, as can having a basic understanding of the unique difficulties islands face when it comes to power.

That’s where José A. Martínez comes in. Martínez is the CEO of ADEX, a corporation that specializes in artificial intelligence (AI) and is focused on electricity markets and energy transitions. He is also an expert on businesses in the energy sector of the European Union and on “business angles” from emerging corporations.

In an interview with the STAR, Martínez looked at Puerto Rico’s energy issues and how they could perhaps be fixed, sooner rather than later.

To get to the solution for something, we need to first understand the problem, the executive said.

“If we look at this from every angle that composes the foundation of the energy grid in the island -- the reliability of the electrical service, the sustainability this electric system has, and the economic accessibility that the system has -- Puerto Rico can do better from all three of these angles,” Martínez told the STAR.

“Currently out of all the energy that is generated on the island, only 4 percent of it actually comes from renewable sources,” the industrial engineer said. “The system has issues in terms of reliability because at any moment there can be failures, and in terms of pricing, well, it’s expensive because energy on islands tends to be more expensive than on [the mainland of] continents, but an additional issue to that is that

Puerto Rico depends entirely on fossil fuels, which makes the price of electricity double the price of electricity in the mainland United States. Therefore, there are improvements to be made in all three areas.”

Perhaps it is far-fetched to wonder how Puerto Rico can fix the aforementioned problems entirely in the short term, but how can the island begin to resolve those issues -- where do we start? Martínez said that first off, Puerto Rico should start to mix things up in terms of its power sources and stop depending entirely on fossil fuels.

“Diversity in terms of fuel sources is an important point,” he said. “There are also actions that can be taken in the short term that have an immediate result, such as prosumers (people who consume and produce at the same time), as well as solar panels on houses and self-generating energy in industries. That has an immediate effect on the demand as well as the benefit for the energy [sector],” Martínez said. “There is also another short-term benefit, which is to provide more

efficiency to existing generation assets, the thermal plants. That has an immediate benefit on anything that has to do with energy transition.”

“Then for a mid- or long-term solution, there are multiple points into a larger interconnection within the island, which means having higher tension lines that make the electrical grid more efficient, and including an interface and connection with other electrical systems, the closest one being the Dominican Republic, which would be the only one possible for achieving such a thing,” he added.

“Lastly, the island should not stop investing in renewable energy such as solar or wind energy,” Martínez said.

Now that all sounds good, but Puerto Rico has an additional problem when it comes to renewable energy, which is that it has double regulation, federal and local, which slows down processes in terms of permits, Martínez said, although, he added, bureaucracy is a solvable problem.

“Let’s say that it isn’t desirable, that if building a solar farm takes around a year and a half to two years, permits last only four to six years -- it’s something that is purely administrative; we don’t have to buy materials, it’s a subject that is very much solvable,” the ADEX CEO said. “For example, the government in Spain created an emergency climate plan in the Canary Islands that reduces the number of administrative permits.”

That sounds similar to what many people say about the commonwealth Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency, better known as COR3, shortening processes as being key to improving the energy system.

However, does Puerto Rico have enough capital to fix these issues, even with the massive debt that it has?

“Even with the debt the island suffers from, there are things that can be done,” Martínez said. “Initiatives that involve the private and public sector, without the necessity of huge investments -- collaboration is key here.”

While it is important for Puerto Rico to take notes from other islands and understand what they are doing so that they can imitate it, the reality is that one size does not fit all; all islands have natural resources that are different from one another, different necessities and climate, even when there are similar population structures.

“The Canary islands, for example, 50 percent of their GDP [gross domestic product] is made from Tourism, while Puerto Rico’s is industries,” Martínez noted. “However, there are important points [to be gleaned] because Puerto Rico is not ahead of the curve in this transition of energy, so Puerto Rico has the luxury to benchmark what other islands are doing and look at the mistakes they’ve made so that they don’t make those same mistakes.”

In other words, being behind in terms of energy sources could be a good thing for the island because it can skip all of the trial and error and jump straight into doing things right by avoiding the mistakes others have made.

José A. Martínez, CEO of ADEX, a corporation that specializes in artificial intelligence with a focus on electricity markets and energy transitions. (Richard Gutiérrez/The San Juan Daily Star)

Billions to connect everyone to high-speed internet could still fall short

By MADELEINE NGO

Along the southeastern edge of Oklahoma, where expansive cattle ranches and empty storefronts dot the landscape, the lack of high-speed internet service has become a daily frustration for residents.

Wanda Finley, a fourth-grade teacher in Sawyer, Oklahoma, said the satellite service at her home was often too slow to use, and it sometimes went out for days. She cannot schedule medical appointments, request prescription refills or pay her bills online until she gets to work. Nearly every weekend, she drives about 40 minutes to school to prepare her weekly lesson plan because it can take minutes for a single web page to load at home.

“I’m hoping it will change,” Finley, 60, said sitting in her home on a recent afternoon.

If President Joe Biden gets his way, Finley and her neighbors will benefit from a $42.5 billion program to expand fast internet access across the country. The funding, which was included in the 2021 infrastructure law, is part of an initiative that has high ambitions: to provide “affordable, reliable high-speed internet” access for every home and business by 2030.

The effort is meant to close the “digital divide” by ensuring that all Americans can connect to fast internet, given the critical role it plays in economic opportunities, education, health care and other areas. The Biden administration has also invested more than $22 billion in other programs to build broadband networks and reduce the cost of internet bills.

The lack of broadband infrastructure is particularly problematic in rural areas, where internet service is often unavailable or limited. Roughly 24% of Americans in rural areas lack high-speed internet service as defined by the new program, compared with 1.7% in urban areas. Research has shown that internet connectivity can fuel economic growth in rural areas, helping to create jobs, attract workers and increase home values.

Attempts to get broadband to everyone is not new: The federal government has already pumped billions into efforts that have had mixed results. Biden administration officials have said that the new program, coupled with other federal and state funding,

would be enough to finally reach everyone who lacks high-speed internet access.

But some state officials and industry analysts remain wary and have raised concerns about whether the funds will achieve all of the administration’s goals.

In part, that’s because of the sheer cost of deploying broadband infrastructure in rural and sparsely populated areas. It can be expensive to lay fiber-optic cable when homes are spread far apart and terrain challenges make it difficult to dig in the ground. Labor shortages could further drive up construction costs and delay projects.

There are 8.5 million “unserved” and 3.6 million “underserved” locations across the country, according to Federal Communications Commission data. Each state received a minimum of $100 million from the $42.5 billion bucket, plus additional funds based on its number of unserved locations. States must first address areas that have no or insufficient internet service, and can then use funds to build out in underserved areas. Remaining funds can be used on community institutions and then issues such as affordability.

The success of the initiative is expected to vary across states. Some, including Louisiana and Virginia, have already said they anticipate covering every unserved and underserved location. Others have expressed

more skepticism about the funding’s reach.

Edyn Rolls, Oklahoma’s director of broadband strategy, said it was unlikely that the state, with its large rural population, would have enough funds to reach every underserved location, and covering all of the unserved areas could be a challenge.

Even with the grants, companies might not find it profitable to build everywhere. Robert Osborn, director of California’s communications division, said that some locations in the state, which is geographically diverse with large areas that are hard to reach, are not likely to receive any provider interest. To attract bidders, Osborn said the state could in some cases reduce the requirement for providers to cover at least 25% of a project’s price tag, but that risks drawing money away from other projects.

“It’s not as simple as giving money to a major internet service provider and saying, ‘Go build there,’” Osborn said.

Evan Feinman, director of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s $42.5 billion program, said officials were confident the federal and state funds would be enough to cover every unserved and underserved location, meaning every American would have access to an internet speed of at least 100 megabits per second for downloads and 20 megabits

for uploads.

Still, he said some projects could take as much as five years to complete and he anticipated construction would not start until late 2024. Although he said most locations would receive fiber connections, he expected others would be covered by fixed wireless or satellite technology.

The funding’s reach will matter for Americans who have long lacked high-speed internet access. Finley said that she wanted to assign homework that involved more online research, because it would accelerate her fourthgrade students’ learning. But many could not complete it. Only three of the 20 students in her homeroom have sufficient internet access at home. The rest do not have service or can only use their parents’ cellphones.

A few miles away in Fort Towson, Oklahoma, which has about 600 residents, Mayor Tami Barnes said people complained constantly about internet speeds, which she called a “huge damper” on the local economy. On a recent afternoon, the busiest part of town was the parking lot of a convenience store and gas station. The other two main businesses are a steakhouse and Dollar General store.

Although internet bills are a financial burden for many families, Barnes said more residents would probably attend medical appointments online if they had high-speed access, because many often travel up to three hours to see specialized doctors.

Other states with low population densities, such as Montana, could also face more challenges. In Broadwater County, Montana, where many homes are separated by vast stretches of grassy land and some are tucked in mountainous areas, residents said the lack of fast service made it difficult to do things like work from home.

Estimates have found that Montana would need more than $1.2 billion to deploy fiber to all unserved and underserved locations, a shortfall of more than $500 million. Misty Ann Giles, director of Montana’s Department of Administration, said a mix of technologies would be required to reach everyone, because deploying fiber could cost the state up to $300,000 in some locations.

“Obviously more money would have been appreciated,” she said. “But we’re going to figure it out and make it work.”

Fort Towson Public Schools, where many students have no internet access at home or can only use their parents’ cellphones, on the southeastern edge of Oklahoma, Sept. 8, 2023.

Unlawful border crossings are rising fast after a brief decline

By EILEEN SULLIVAN and MIRIAM JORDAN

Unlawful crossings along the Southern border have reached levels not seen for several months, straining government resources and taxing some local communities where large numbers of migrants have been released from federal custody.

There were more than 8,000 arrests Monday, according to Brandon Judd, the head of the union that represents Border Patrol agents. Such high numbers haven’t been seen since a surge in early May brought the daily number to nearly 10,000, and they are far higher than in mid-April, when there were about 4,900 illegal crossings a day.

The effects of the increasing numbers ripple across the country, as communities on the border and others far from it find themselves scrambling to support migrants released from federal custody.

“Right now we are seeing a surge,” said Ruben Garcia, who oversees a network of shelters in El Paso, Texas, across the border from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. “We have a significant increase in the number of people crossing.”

The recent influx in unlawful crossings could present challenges for President Joe Biden, whose administration has sought to keep the Southern border from fueling Republican narratives about immigration policy, particularly before the 2024 presidential election.

During Biden’s time in office, the number of illegal crossings has reached notable highs, exceeding levels seen during a prepandemic influx in 2019 during the Trump administration. But crossings on the Southern border declined sharply for about six weeks in May and June after the end of a public health measure put in place during the pandemic. Known as Title 42, the rule resulted in the swift expulsion of migrants who had crossed the border illegally, even if they were seeking asylum.

Officials had expected a spike in illegal crossings after the termination of Title 42, but the increase came days before, reaching about 9,500 a day in the week before Title 42 ended. The relative quiet that followed did not hold.

“I never believed the decline in unlawful border crossings would last, because there were already tens of thousands of people in northern Mexico and many more behind them coming up through the Darién Gap,” said Theresa Cardinal Brown, senior adviser for immigration and border policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

Last year, a record of nearly 250,000 people traversed the Darién Gap, a jungle straddling

Colombia and Panama, in an attempt to make it to the United States. This year, despite efforts by the United States to curb the flow, that number has risen to 360,000 as of Sept. 10, according to Panamanian authorities.

The administration said the decline in unlawful crossings in May and June was driven by new enforcement measures and new legal pathways for people to come to the United States.

Officials have attributed increases like these to several factors, including misinformation spread by the Mexican cartels that traffic drugs and smuggle migrants. Shelter workers, advocates and migrants say that some people who have been waiting months to access these legal pathways have grown impatient and are willing to take a risk.

Customs and Border Protection, which tracks border crossings, did not confirm the recent numbers, information that is customarily made public about three weeks after being compiled.

In a statement, a CBP spokesperson, Erin Waters, said that the agency expected to see “fluctuations” and was “working to decompress areas along the Southwest border.”

She said that those taken into custody were being placed in immigration enforcement proceedings and that anyone without a legal basis to stay would be removed.

Starting in July, many people, including families — waiting for an appointment at a port of entry or through a humanitarian parole program — have decided to take their chances and cross the border illegally, people who work with asylum-seekers and in migrant shelters said. Even as federal officials signal that there are consequences for illegal crossings, migrants who are given permission to stay in the country temporarily often tell family and friends in their home countries that they made it to the U.S. successfully. Such messages can encourage other migrants to take an often dangerous journey to the United States.

This influx has strained the capacity of many border facilities where migrants are held for processing by the Border Patrol. And Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers, where many single adults are sent, are running out of beds. When shelters cannot accommodate migrants, authorities start to release them into communities.

“The Border Patrol essentially is releasing people as they process them to decompress their facilities,” Diego Piña Lopez, director of the Casa Alitas shelter network in Tucson, Arizona, said. “It is leading to street releases all over the place.”

Right-wing House Republicans derail Pentagon GOP bill, rebuking McCarthy

By CARL HULSE

Deep Republican divisions erupted onto the House floor earlier this week as a handful of far-right conservatives blocked a Pentagon spending bill from coming up for debate, dealing an embarrassing setback to Speaker Kevin McCarthy as he struggled to round up votes to prevent a government shutdown in less than two weeks.

In a development rarely seen in the House, five Republicans broke with their own party and refused to allow the usually broadly bipartisan military funding measure to be considered, registering their objections to McCarthy’s strategy in an escalating fight over federal spending. It left the chamber paralyzed for the moment, with little time before a Sept. 30 deadline to avert a government closure.

The stunning setback on Tuesday sent McCarthy and his lieutenants scrambling for a way forward both on their yearlong spending bills and a temporary funding bill that had already run into a buzz saw of opposition from the far right as the speaker faced fresh threats of an ouster from detractors in his own party. Even if it could make it through the House, the temporary spending measure stood little chance in the Democratic-led Senate, where its combination of deep spending cuts and stringent border policies was seen as a nonstarter.

But the House’s inability to move on a stopgap plan further delayed any negotiations on Capitol Hill toward a bipartisan spending compromise. With none of the 12 annual spending bills passed, such a temporary bill will be needed to keep the government funded after the end of next week.

The situation presented McCarthy with two extremely perilous options: continuing to haggle with a small group of his members who seem bent on shutting down the government, or steering around their obstruction by teaming with Democrats to keep funding flowing, and face a promised bid by right-wing lawmakers to force him out of the speakership.

The GOP infighting was leading Republicans to turn on one another both privately and publicly, as lawmakers from competitive districts won by President Joe Biden worried about the political consequences of a shutdown and fumed at the tactics of the far right, who are agitating for steeper spending cuts than their leaders have put forward.

McCarthy and his fellow Republican leaders had hoped for a successful vote on the Pentagon measure to show they were getting their spending plans on track after weeks of disarray. But the five defectors foiled that effort

as they held out against the leadership, even as they faced arm-twisting on the floor to persuade them to change their votes.

The final vote was 214-212 against the rule to allow the military spending measure to proceed. All Democrats also voted against it, given their opposition to the funding levels in the bill and numerous other provisions added by Republicans who say they need to eliminate a “woke” mentality from the military.

South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman, one of the five Republicans who voted against the rule, said he was opposing all GOP spending initiatives until he received a commitment from McCarthy that the House would return federal spending to pre-pandemic levels without any budgetary gimmicks.

“I want to have a real number,” he said. “I don’t want a smoke-and-mirrors number.”

The other four Republicans balking at the rule were Reps. Andy Biggs of Arizona, Dan Bishop of North Carolina, Ken Buck of Colorado and Matt Rosendale of Montana. All have said that the Republican leaders are not serious enough about bringing federal spending under control.

The outcome left Republican military backers in the House fuming.

“Our inability to bring this package to a floor vote because of these five individuals who decided to put their personal agendas ahead of the basic requirements of our troops is extremely upsetting to us,” Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., a former Navy pilot, said following the vote.

Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., said the outcome showed that his party should begin to consider working with Democrats to find a solution to the spending impasse given the looming Sept.

30 deadline and deep resistance from the right. He called the holdouts the “dysfunction caucus.”

“We should do what James Madison designed in the first place: work across the aisle

and find a bipartisan solution,” he said. “That’s where we are left.”

Following the defeat, McCarthy said he was flummoxed by the thinking of Republicans who opposed the procedural step.

“They are voting against even bringing the bill up to have a discussion about it,” he told reporters. “The idea that you voted against the rule to even bring it up doesn’t make sense to me.”

The clash over the Pentagon measure came after more than a dozen Republicans had registered their strong opposition to a temporary funding proposal, leaving it well short of the necessary support in a vote McCarthy still hoped to hold Thursday. Republicans met privately Tuesday morning to try to sort out their disagreements in what the speaker described as a “productive” session.

McCarthy and other Republicans conceded that the legislation was going to need revisions to have a chance of passing and said the focus was on cutting funding for all federal agencies, except the military and veterans programs, deeper than the 8% reduction originally proposed.

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks to the press after departing the House Chamber on Capitol Hill, Washington, on Sept. 19, 2023. McCarthy and his fellow Republican leaders were hoping for a successful vote on the Pentagon measure.

Customers may struggle to get Clorox wipes after a damaging cyberattack

By CHRISTINE HAUSER

Anew market disruption is coming to grocery store shelves. In the coming weeks, just as flu season gets underway, shoppers could be peering into depleted spaces where their Clorox cleaning supplies once stood.

UAW threatens strikes at more plants

By NEAL E. BOUDETTE

The United Auto Workers said earlier this week that the union would expand its strike against three U.S. automakers on Friday if it was unable to make substantial progress in contract talks with them.

Nearly 13,000 UAW members walked off the assembly lines at three plants last Friday, one each at the three companies — General Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis, the parent of Chrysler. The union has demanded a 40% wage increase over four years, better benefits and other changes. The automakers, which are based in or have a big presence in Michigan, have offered raises of about half as much.

In a video posted on Facebook on Tuesday, the union’s new president, Shawn Fain, said workers could walk out of more plants at the end of this week.

“If we don’t see serious progress to noon Friday, Sept. 22, more locals will be called on to stand up and go on strike,” he said. “We’re going to keep hitting the companies where we need to.”

Separately Tuesday, Fain responded to criticism by former President Donald Trump, who is expected to visit the Detroit area next week.

“Every fiber of our union is being poured into fighting the billionaire class and an economy that enriched people like Donald Trump at the expense of workers,” Fain said. “We can’t keep electing billionaires and millionaires that don’t have any understanding of what it is like to live paycheck to paycheck and struggle to get by and expecting them to solve the problems of the working class.”

In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” last weekend, Trump said Fain and the

union were “failing” workers in the shift to electric vehicles that has been championed by President Joe Biden.

“The autoworkers are being sold down the river by their leadership,” he said, adding: “All of these cars are going to be made in China. The electric cars, automatically, are going to be made in China.”

Biden has expressed support for the striking workers, although the UAW has not endorsed his reelection thus far. The union has long backed Democratic presidential candidates, but some of its members supported Trump in the last two elections.

The union and the companies, which are engaged in three separate negotiations, remain far apart. The companies have offered raises of about 20%, but Fain has said that doesn’t go far enough to make up for the impact of inflation and concessions the union made over the last 15 years.

The union also wants pensions to cover more workers, company-paid health care for retirees, shorter working hours and measures that make it harder for the companies to close plants in the United States. The automakers have rejected most of those other demands.

In statements and interviews, auto executives have said meeting all of the union’s demands would put them at a severe competitive disadvantage to nonunion plants operated by Tesla and foreign automakers such as Toyota and Volkswagen. GM, Ford and Stellantis already have higher labor costs than most nonunion car companies.

The three automakers have said they cannot afford substantial raises and new benefits because they are investing tens of billions of dollars to develop electric vehicles and build battery plants.

This time, the culprit is not the pandemic, but a cyberattack.

In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, the Clorox Co. said it had identified unauthorized activity on some of its information technology systems and it was forced to process orders manually. The slower rate of operations was affecting the availability of its products, it said.

“The cybersecurity attack damaged portions of the company’s IT infrastructure, which caused wide-scale disruption of Clorox’s operations,” it said. The company said it discovered the breach Aug. 11 and disclosed it in an SEC filing three days later.

Clorox, a publicly traded company, said it expected to return to automated processing of orders next week. It has resumed production “at the vast majority of its manufacturing sites and expects the ramp up to full production to occur over time.”

But it did not provide an estimate for how long it would take to return to normal. The cyberattack, it said, “has caused, and is expected to continue to cause, disruption to parts of the company’s business operations.”

Clorox is not alone in reporting cybe-

rattacks recently. Last week, the casino and hotel chain MGM Resorts International said that a “cybersecurity issue” was affecting some of its online systems, causing disruptions for customers, particularly in Las Vegas.

Other cyberattacks around the world have affected a gasoline pipeline, hospitals, grocery chains and one of the world’s largest meat processors.

Such attacks have contributed to upheavals in the consumer goods market that were exacerbated by the pandemic, which triggered panic-buying of toilet paper, cleaning products and household staples. Consumers have navigated recalls, supply-chain woes and labor issues that deepened shortages of baby formula and caused scarcities of items ranging from lumber to computer chips. The avian flu was a factor in high egg prices early this year.

Clorox’s cybersecurity woes are expected to affect access to some of the company’s most popular products, including its wipes and cleaning materials such as Pine-Sol, just as consumer concerns over flu season kick in. Seasonal influenza viruses are detected all year in the United States, but they typically circulate more widely during the fall and winter.

“We have resumed production, getting certain shipments out the door, and are remaining in constant contact with customers about their immediate needs,” Clorox said in a written response to questions Tuesday. But the company added that it could not quantify the amounts because of delays and product outages.

Shawn Fain, president of the United Automobile Workers, center, during a rally for Blue Cross Blue Shield workers, who are also on strike, in downtown Detroit, Sept. 15, 2023.

Clorox disinfecting wipes for sale at a Walmart Supercenter in Austin, Texas.

S&P, Dow Rise as Yields Slip Ahead of Fed Rate Verdict

The S&P 500 and the Dow gained on Wednesday as Treasury yields pulled back ahead of a likely pause in the Federal Reserve’s policy tightening campaign, though concerns over rates staying higher for longer kept investor sentiment in check.

The U.S. central bank is expected to maintain its key rate in the range of 5.25%-5.50% as it concludes its meeting at 2 p.m. ET, with investors focused on Fed economic projections and Chair Jerome Powell’s comments for clues on the outlook for rates and inflation.

Recent economic data has signaled an easing in core inflation, fuelling bets interest rates could have peaked, but a surge in oil prices has clouded the outlook for headline inflation, providing the Fed room to keep rates higher for longer.

Reinforcing the likelihood of a Fed pause, U.S. Treasury yields retreated from their 2007 highs hit in the previous session.

However, megacap growth stocks including Alphabet, Microsoft and Apple lost between 0.7% and 1.6%, weighing on the communication services and information technology sectors. The tech-heavy Nasdaq also gave up its early gains.

“Concerns remain that the Fed is clearly holding policy at what would be considered to be a restrictive level,” said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott.

“Everybody is watching for any kind of evidence that would suggest that the traction from tight monetary policy is inflicting damage on the economy.”

Financial markets have priced in a 99% chance the Fed will pause rates on Wednesday and a near 71% likelihood the central bank will keep them unchanged in November, according to CME’s FedWatch tool.

In another sign of new market entrants failing to hold on to their strong gains on debut, Instacart lost 5.5% while Arm Holdings was down 4.4%.

Investors are now looking forward to marketing automation company Klaviyo’s debut on the New York Stock Exchange, with the stock last indicated to open between $36 and $38.

The Boston-based company had secured a valuation of $9.2 billion in its initial public offering after pricing the shares above their indicated range.

At 11:47 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 190.38 points, or 0.55%, at 34,708.11, the S&P 500 was up 7.87 points, or 0.18%, at 4,451.82, and the Nasdaq Composite was down 24.00 points, or 0.18%, at 13,654.18.

Pinterest added 4.3% as Citigroup upgraded the imagesharing platform to “buy” from “neutral” and as the firm announced a share buyback of up to $1 billion.

Coty added 5.1% after the CoverGirl parent raised its annual like-for-like sales forecast.

Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 3.58-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and a 1.59-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.

The S&P index recorded 10 new 52-week highs and four new lows, while the Nasdaq recorded 33 new highs and 140 new lows.

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BofA Global Research said on Wednesday it expects the S&P 500 to end 2023 nearly 7% higher than it previously forecast, and that “old economy” stocks on the blue-chip index could benefit as much, if not more, over their new-age tech peers.

The Wall Street brokerage now expects the index to end the year at 4,600 points, higher than its previous estimate of 4,300 and 3.5% higher than its close of 4,443.95 on Tuesday.

The S&P 500 is up 15.7% so far this year, largely driven

by a rally in a handful of mega-cap growth stocks such as Nvidia and Meta that have ridden the artificial intelligence (AI) boom.

While the rally has been moderating, BofA remains in “neutral” to “positive” territory on U.S. stocks, with a bias towards equal-weighted stocks, strategists led by Savita Subramanian said.

An equal-weight index assigns uniform weights to each constituent, unlike a market capitalization-based index, like the S&P 500, where bigger companies tend to have an outsized influence. Equal-weighted stocks have less volatile earnings, smaller differences in analysts’ estimates, and are cheaper and less crowded than growth stocks, Subramanian said.

In UN speech, Biden calls for collective action on Ukraine and other major crises

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and PETER BAKER

President Joe Biden sought earlier this week to rally the world to stick with Ukraine and warned against appeasing Moscow in a way that would reward its aggression and encourage the further use of force to redraw the global map.

Biden used his annual address to the United Nations General Assembly to try to counter war fatigue at home and abroad even as House Republicans in Washington hold up further military aid to Ukraine and nations around the globe remain on the sidelines or even facilitate the Kremlin’s war.

“Russia believes that the world will grow weary and allow it to brutalize Ukraine without consequence,” Biden said as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine watched from the audience. “But I ask you this: If we abandon the core principles” of the U.N. Charter “to appease an aggressor, can any member state in this body feel confident that they are protected? If we allow Ukraine to be carved up, is the independence of any nation secure? I respectfully suggest the answer is no.”

“We have to stand up to this naked aggression today to deter other would-be aggressors tomorrow,” Biden continued. “That’s why the United States, together with our allies and partners around the world, will continue to stand with the brave people of Ukraine as they defend their sovereignty and territorial integrity — and their freedom.”

Zelenskyy offered his own stirring speech not long afterward, arguing to the assembled leaders and diplomats that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine was a war against all of their nations as well. He accused Moscow of weaponizing food, energy and even children with dire effects not just in his country but in far-flung corners of the world.

“The goal of the present war against Ukraine is to turn our land, our people, our lives, our resources into a weapon against you, against the international rules-based order,” said Zelenskyy, speaking in English and wearing one of his trademark olive green military-style shirts. “We have to stop it,” he added. “We must act united to defeat the aggressor.”

He dismissed efforts to broker a peace deal without Ukraine’s involvement, what he called “shady dealings behind the scenes.” Characterizing Russia as an unreliable partner, he cited the recent death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the mercenary leader who had defied Putin. “Evil cannot be trusted,” Zelenskyy said. “Ask Prigozhin if one bets on Putin’s promises.”

Both Biden and Zelenskyy received strong applause from some of the delegations in the hall, but many others did not clap. Putin, the target of an arrest warrant for war crimes issued by the International Criminal Court, did not come to New York for the annual opening session, but his envoy sat in Russia’s seat during Zelenskyy’s speech taking notes or looking down at his phone.

Zelenskyy was to address the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday with a plan to discourage war even after the fighting in his country eventually ends and then will head to Washington, where today he will meet with Biden at the White House, stop by the Pentagon and visit Capitol Hill to plead for continuing assistance.

Unlike his first wartime trip to Washington last winter,

he will not address a joint meeting of Congress and will find more resistance among some far-right Republicans in the House who are trying to block Biden’s request for $24 billion more aid. Critics of further aid maintain that the war is not central to America’s national interest and the money would be better spent at home on border security or other priorities.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy responded sharply when asked about America’s commitment to Ukraine. “Is Zelenskyy elected to Congress? Is he our president? I don’t think I have to commit anything, and I think I have questions for him,” he told reporters on Capitol Hill.

“Where’s the accountability on the money we’ve already spent?” he added. “What is the plan for victory? I think that’s what the American public wants to know.”

Biden has continued to provide aid using previously approved funds, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Tuesday that American M1 Abrams tanks would be arriving in Ukraine soon. “That will add another formidable armor capability to join the weapons that are already on the battlefield,” he said in Germany after a meeting of about 50 countries supporting Ukraine. He added: “I salute Ukraine’s brave forces, and we’ve got their backs. Ukraine’s fight is one of the one of the great causes of our time.”

Biden’s speech came as other major leaders skipped the annual opening session of the General Assembly, including Putin and President Xi Jinping of China, effectively leaving the stage to the American president. He used the opportunity to reach out to the so-called global south — the traditionally unaligned developing nations that his advisers call the “swing states” of the foreign policy world — to enlist them to the American view of the threats that Russia and China pose to the international system.

Although he took an unrelenting stance against Russia’s brutal war and warned against appeasing Moscow, he drew a more measured line on China, repeating his commitment to “push back on aggression and intimidation” by Beijing while seeking ways to work together and denying that he was trying to contain the Asian giant. “We seek to responsibly manage the competition between our countries so it does not tip into conflict,” he said.

Biden mentioned a litany of other major issues confronting the world today, like fentanyl abuse, artificial intelligence, terrorism, human rights, women’s rights, LGBT rights and arms control, without breaking much new ground on any of them. He stressed the dangers of climate change as he

urged more action to combat it, citing heat waves, wildfires, drought and the flooding in Libya.

“Together, these snapshots tell an urgent story of what awaits us if we fail to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and begin to climate-proof the world,” he said. Under his administration, he said, “the United States has treated this crisis as the existential threat from the moment we took office, not only for us, but for all of humanity.”

Biden will be using his time at the United Nations this week to meet with other world leaders. He met Tuesday afternoon with the leaders of the five Central Asian republics that used to be part of the Soviet Union — Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan — the first time a president has sat down collectively with counterparts with those countries.

The “Stans,” as they are often called by diplomats, have been a key area of competition between Russia and China in the years since they gained their independence from the Soviet collapse, but the United States has sought influence there as well, particularly during its ill-fated war in Afghanistan. Biden’s meeting with their leaders is in keeping with his strategy of bolstering relations with nations in China’s neighborhood to counter assertive actions by Beijing.

On Tuesday evening, Biden and Jill Biden were to host a reception for other world leaders at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. On Wednesday, he was scheduled to sit down separately with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil.

His meeting with Netanyahu will be their first in the United States since Biden became president, a much-delayed get-together that, tellingly, will not take place at the White House amid tension over Biden’s outreach to Iran and the Israeli leader’s efforts to diminish the power of courts in his country. In his speech on Tuesday, Biden touted his efforts to open diplomatic relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia while emphasizing his support for a two-state solution to Israel’s conflict with Palestinians.

While Russia and Ukraine were only a portion of his address, far less so than last year, they represented the core tension in the room as one of the United Nations’ permanent Security Council members was excoriated from the famed emerald green rostrum. Biden complained that Putin had been “shredding long-standing arms control agreements,” while Zelenskyy noted that his country had given up its nuclear weapons in exchange for a promise by Russia to respect its independence, a promise now violently broken.

Zelenskyy said that tens of thousands of Ukrainian children had been taken from occupied territory, sent to Russia and, he added, turned against their home country and relatives. “This is clearly a genocide,” Zelenskyy said. “When hatred is weaponized against one nation, it never stops there.”

“Each decade, Russia starts a new war,” he added, noting Moscow’s invasions and military interventions in Moldova, Georgia and Syria as well as its pressure on Belarus, Kazakhstan and the Baltic republics.

“War crimes must be punished, deported people must come home and the occupier must return to their own land,” Zelenskyy said before finishing with the historical national saying that has become a defiant mantra since the war began: “Slava Ukraini,” or “Glory to Ukraine.”

US President Joe Biden addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 at United Nations headquarters.

Trudeau rejects India’s denial of involvement in assassination in Canada

By IAN AUSTEN, VJOSA ISAI and PETER BAKER

The killing of a Sikh separatist has set off a quickly escalating battle between two major allies of the United States.

First came the stunning allegation from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday that “agents of the Indian government” were involved in the assassination of the Sikh separatist, a Canadian citizen, on Canadian soil.

That was followed by vehement denials from India and allegations that Canada is a haven for terrorists, as both countries expelled diplomats.

The allegation about the killing, which shocked and angered Canadians, came after President Joe Biden has spent much of the past few months courting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking to draw him closer to the American orbit at a time when India has refused to break with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. India is seen as perhaps the most important of the so-called global south states that the United States is wooing in its geopolitical contests with Russia and China.

The rift between Canada and India leaves Biden in an awkward position and may set back India’s efforts to become a force in global relations.

“If this was an operation sponsored by the Indian government, it certainly doesn’t help them to have come to light at a moment when they’re trying to position themselves as a kind of fulcrum in international affairs,” said Roland Paris, a professor at the University of Ottawa and a former foreign policy adviser to Trudeau. “Many Canadians will be looking to Canada’s closest partners to express the kind of outrage that many Canadians feel if, in fact, this murder was perpetrated by the Indian government.”

Biden did not mention the killing during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. A State Department official said Tuesday that the United States has been in close contact with Canada.

“We’re quite concerned about the allegations,” the official said during a briefing at the U.N. “We think it’s important there is a full and open investigation, and we would urge the Indian government to cooperate.”

As he headed into a Cabinet meeting Tuesday morning before flying to New York for the General Assembly, Trudeau rejected India’s denial and again called on it to take his assassination allegation seriously.

“We are not looking to provoke or escalate,” Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa. “We are simply laying out the facts as we understand them, and we want to work with the gov-

ernment of India.”

As on Monday, when he first made his allegation in the House of Commons, Trudeau offered no details to support his charge that India was behind the shooting in June of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh separatist leader, near a Sikh temple in suburban Vancouver, British Columbia. He has only cited “credible allegations,” which he said have been pursued by Canada’s security agencies for several weeks.

A Canadian government official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information, said the intelligence had been gathered by multiple countries. Canada is a member of the so-called Five Eyes, an intelligence alliance that includes the United States, Britain and Australia. The Canadian security agencies, noting the continuing police investigation into the killing and the need to protect intelligence gathering methods, have declined to offer any more details.

The official said the intelligence will probably be made public when the investigations are complete. The government decided, the official said, to reveal the extraordinary allegation Monday, Parliament’s first day back from its summer break, because of inquiries from journalists.

Once investigations are complete, the official said, it is likely that the specific findings behind Canada’s charge will be revealed.

India has long claimed that Canada is harboring Sikh terrorists plotting from abroad to fracture the Indian state by providing funding

and working to create a separate Sikh nation called Khalistan that would include portions of India’s Punjab region.

Nijjar was active in that independence movement, and his participation featured prominently in India’s adamant denial of involvement in his killing.

As the foreign ministry of India said in a statement that it rejected “any attempts to connect the government of India” to Nijjar’s killing, it took the opportunity to admonish Canada, accusing it of sheltering “extremists and terrorists” who “continue to threaten India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

Nijjar had been a key organizer in rallying community members in British Columbia to vote to establish Khalistan. The nonbinding vote, organized by a Washington, D.C.,-based nonprofit group called Sikhs For Justice, is being held in multiple cities around the world.

“I am a Sikh nationalist who believes in and supports Sikhs’ right to self-determination and independence of Indian occupied Punjab through a future referendum,” Nijjar wrote in an open letter in 2016.

Sikhs For Justice has collected about 1.1 million ballots since it launched the voting campaign in 2021, said Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, its founder.

Pannun said that he spoke to Nijjar the day before he was killed. In Nijiar’s last speech at the temple, on the night of his murder, he urged its members to turn out at the vote Sept. 10, Pannun said.

According to Pannun, Nijjar said: “I’m not sure if I’ll be alive by that time this voting happens, but I want the community to make sure that they vote.’”

Pannun said Nijjar had told him that he was warned by authorities in July 2022 and twice this past spring that there was a threat to his life. They advised that he relocate and avoid being at the temple, he said.

Biden’s efforts to bring India closer to the United States have been extensive. He welcomed Modi to the White House in June with a pomp-filled ceremony on the South Lawn followed by a lavish state dinner. He then traveled this month to New Delhi to attend a Group of 20 international summit meeting that was framed by the Indian prime minister as an important validation of his leadership in advance of coming elections.

Through all of it, Biden has soft-pedaled any criticism of the increasing suppression of minority groups and opposition voices in India and the encouragement of Hindu nationalism under Modi. Biden insisted both in June and this month that he had raised human rights with Modi in private, but devoted only a passing reference to it in public appearances.

Trudeau’s strong public statements and demands for India’s cooperation in the investigation may deflect criticism that his government failed to deal decisively with allegations of Chinese interference in Canadian politics and elections. Following a series of intelligence leaks to two news outlets on a scale rarely seen in Canada, a public inquiry into foreign influence began Monday. While initially focused on China and Russia, the inquiry’s mandate will allow it to review India’s action.

Paris said the allegations of India’s involvement in a political killing had created a sense of outrage throughout Canada.

“It’s a stunning and appalling set of allegations,” Paris said. “If it’s true that India was behind this killing, then it represents the most offensive and appalling form of political interference in a democracy that would parallel the behavior of some of the worst authoritarian leaders in the world.”

On Tuesday morning in Surrey, British Columbia, people came to offer prayers and join in a meal service offered at the temple where Nijjar was president.

The previous evening outside the temple, Nijjar’s son, Balraj Singh Nijjar, said his father’s death remained a fresh wound for his family.

“He had even called home like five minutes before it happened to get dinner ready,” his son said, speaking to reporters. “It was kind of a big shock.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada on his way to a cabinet meeting in Ottawa on Tuesday.

Iran’s president threatens US officials from the UN podium, dimming hopes for a rapprochement

By FARNAZ FASSIHI

Aday after the U.S. and Iran exchanged prisoners and Washington released $6 billion of Iran’s frozen assets, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi gave no signs of seeking further reconciliation with the U.S., threatening to retaliate for the killing of an Iranian general.

In his address to the U.N. General Assembly, Raisi called the U.S. assassination of Gen. Qasem Soleimani, a top commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, “a terrorist act.” He then repeated Iran’s threats to take revenge on those who ordered and carried out the killing.

Soleimani was killed in Iraq in 2020, when Donald Trump was president, in a U.S. drone strike targeted against him. Iran retaliated by launching a ballistic missile attack on American military bases in Iraq, and more than 100 American soldiers suffered concussions as a result, the U.S. military has said.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran, through all tools and capacities in order to bring to justice the perpetrators and all those who had a hand in this government sanctioned act of terror, will not sit until that is done,” Raisi said Tuesday. “The blood of the oppressed will not be forgotten.”

Iranian officials have made similar threats in the past, but this one may take on added weight coming from the president of the cou-

Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, saying that U.S. officials involved in killing an Iranian general in 2020 would be punished.

ntry repeating it in one of the most prominent international forums, with world leaders in attendance. In his speech to the Assembly last year, Raisi held up a picture of Soleimani and said he was a hero to many people in the Middle East, and that Trump should face trial for ordering his killing.

Law enforcement officials have said they have detected serious threats from Iran against former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former national security adviser John Bolton.

As Raisi vowed revenge Tuesday, a lone U.S. representative in the assembly hall took notes.

Raisi’s comments came hours after President Joe Biden addressed the Assembly and made only one passing mention of Iran, declaring the United States would not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons. Biden’s omission from his speech of other contentious issues with Iran, including its sale of drones to Russia and violations of human rights, appeared to reflect efforts to defuse tensions between

Washington and Tehran.

Raisi, however, did not reciprocate the tone. He repeatedly slammed the United States for its policies toward Iran and called Trump’s decision to pull out of a nuclear deal with Iran an “egregious crime.” The American sanctions that followed “have not yielded the desired results, and it’s time for the U.S. to change their course,” he said.

Raisi also said Western intelligence agencies had plotted to destabilize Iran and blamed the uprising last year, led by women, on the U.S. and the West.

Mass protests rocked Iran after the death last September of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, in the custody of the morality police, who said she had been detained for not wearing a hijab properly. The government put down the demonstrations with brutal violence, killing more than 500 protesters, including teenagers and girls, and arresting tens of thousands.

In the past few weeks, as the anniversary of Amini’s death approached, the government launched a new wave of crackdowns, arresting dozens of activists, dissidents, journalists and family members of people killed in protests last year.

On Tuesday, Raisi called Western reporting on those events “fake” and “distorted,” and claimed the protests were part of an “immediate and psychological war” being waged by the West against Iranians.

US, Kenyan and Haitian officials meet on sidelines to discuss security mission to Haiti

By FRANCES ROBLES

American, Kenyan and Haitian delegations are meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly this week in the hopes of hashing out the details of Kenya’s offer to lead a security mission to Haiti.

Gangs have taken over swaths of the Haitian capital, Portau-Prince, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes to avoid rampant killings and kidnappings. In response to an international plea for help, Kenya proposed a mission of up to 2,000 people, including 1,000 members of its police force. It remains unclear what other countries have agreed to supply the other half.

The United States and Ecuador are expected to submit a joint resolution to the U.N. Security Council next week officially proposing the Kenyan mission.

In his speech to the General Assembly on Tuesday, President Joe Biden urged the members to authorize the mission.

“The people of Haiti cannot wait much longer,” he said.

But the core purpose of the international security mission emerged as a key stumbling block after the Kenyans initially suggested that it be used to guard important government

infrastructure, such as ports, in order to enable the flow of humanitarian assistance and commerce.

A senior State Department official who was not authorized to speak publicly about sensitive discussions said the Kenyans have also agreed to provide operational support in the Haitian National Police’s battle against gangs and also agreed to help strengthen the Haitian Police.

The Kenyan Foreign Ministry did not return requests for comment.

The United States has said it will also provide support — but not soldiers. Instead, it is offering financing and in-kind support from the Department of Defense, which would include logistics, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, the senior official said.

Haitians are sensitive to the idea of any kind of international security effort, particularly given the problems that arose with past U.N. peacekeeping forces. Poor sanitation at a U.N. compound brought cholera to Haiti, and human rights organizations denounced the number of children that U.N. soldiers fathered and abandoned.

This week’s talks include accountability measures; efforts to prevent and combat sexual exploitation and abuse; and

cholera and improved water standards and sanitation, the U.S. official said.

A spokesperson for the Haitian delegation did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.

Sheltering from gang violence at a sports arena in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

How to make Russia pay for invading Ukraine

By BRET STEPHENS

Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Washington this week to give thanks to the United States for its generosity — while asking for $24 billion more, which is what the Biden administration is seeking from Congress in additional military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. That will bring the total amount of American aid to $135 billion, which so far has been $223 million a day since the war began, according to one calculation. Maybe it’s time to open a new funding source before American largess runs out — this time from Russia.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the United States and our democratic partners have frozen roughly $300 billion in Russian central bank assets, amounting to a little less than half of the Kremlin’s foreign currency and gold reserves. Some of us have been arguing ever since that the money should be transferred to Ukraine, both as a matter of justice and as a deterrent against this kind of aggression. As former Treasury secretary Larry Summers has put it, “Bank robbers should not expect banks to honor their safe deposit boxes.”

So far, the Biden administration has disagreed. “It would not be legal now in the United States for the government to seize” Russia’s assets, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in May 2022. The Economist magazine has argued that such measures would violate

international law, and there are worries that they would also harm U.S. economic interests as foreign countries sought to de-dollarize their economies.

But those objections are themselves flimsy. A carefully argued and exhaustively researched 184-page report circulated this week among journalists, government officials and NGO leaders by the Renew Democracy Initiative shows why.

The report’s lead author is Harvard’s Larry Tribe, a legendary liberal law professor with whom I disagree about many things — but not about this. (Full disclosure: I helped start the Renew Democracy Initiative six years ago and I sit on its advisory board, but I had no hand in the making or publication of the report.) The report’s central conclusion is that the president has ample authority, under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, to transfer Russia’s frozen assets to Ukraine.

“IEEPA plainly states that the president can ‘investigate,’ ‘block,’ ‘regulate,’ ‘direct and compel,’ ‘nullify,’ ‘void’ and ‘prevent or prohibit’” the conveyance of property from one entity to another, Tribe and his colleagues write. “Those powers address conveyances of ‘any right, power or privilege’ with respect to property that a foreign country has an interest in and that is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.” Past presidents have used this authority before: George H.W. Bush froze Iraq’s assets in the United States after its invasion of Kuwait, and ultimately transferred them to the United Nations Compensation Commission for victims of Saddam Hussein’s aggression.

What about Russia’s “sovereign immunity,” the legal doctrine that a state is immune from the judgments or penalties of foreign courts? That’s one of the arguments sometimes trotted out against transferring Russia’s assets to Ukraine. It’s also irrelevant. “It’s a doctrine applicable only in judicial proceedings, not one designed to hamstring a country’s foreign policy as reflected in executive or legislative action,” Tribe wrote me in an email. “There is simply no basis for saying Russia can violate Ukraine’s sovereignty while invoking its own sovereignty as an inviolable shield.”

There is a well established doctrine in international law, Tribe’s report notes, of “countermeasures,” actions that might otherwise violate international law but are lawful “because the action is taken against another state for an internationally wrongful act.” The principle is simple: Violators of international law don’t get a veto over the penalties for their violations.

Finally, there is the argument that the United States could suffer long-term economic damage if other countries avoided parking their money here for fear it could be taken from them. I put that argument to Summers, who allowed that there was a risk of the United States acting unilaterally, without the coordination of European countries where most of Russia’s funds are

currently frozen. “The idea is to do this multilaterally,” he told me. “If others didn’t, there might be a flight from the dollar. But if it is done by all the major currencies, where are people going to move their money?”

Summers is a powerful proponent of transferring funds to Ukraine. Not the least of his arguments is that the Rubicon has already been crossed. We’ve frozen Russia’s assets and declared Vladimir Putin a war criminal; it’s unthinkable that the money will ever be unfrozen except to fund Ukraine’s reconstruction. So why not get on with it now, when additional funding could hasten Ukraine’s victory, help its people as they are under fire, and send a potent message to the Kremlin and other would-be aggressors that the financial price of invasion is as countable as it is steep?

The Biden administration has compiled an honorable record of doing right by Ukraine — but generally comes around to it a bit late. Helping to defeat Russia with Russia’s own money is vital to that effort. The moral logic is compelling. The legal case is clear. And, as the bills add up, the political moment is now.

Dr.

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SAN JUAN – Durante el miércoles, la Comisión de Bienestar Social realizó una mesa de diálogo con el objetivo de investigar la figura y el rol del cuidador de los adultos mayores para desarrollar política pública en esa dirección.

Los esfuerzos dirigidos por la presidenta de la Comisión cameral, Lisie Burgos Muñiz estuvieron enfocados en establecer una conversación con colaboradores externos de empresas, organizaciones, entidades y otros sectores concernidos con esta población.

“Estoy emocionada de ver la respuesta a estas mesas de diálogo, junto a la organización sin fines de lucro, AARP y el representante José B. Márquez. Recuerden siempre que el adulto mayor puede dar y tenemos que dar lo que nos toca. La población mayor merece un trato justo, incluyendo a los cuidadores”, sostuvo Burgos Muñiz.

De esta manera, la legisladora explicó que el propósito de las mesas de diálogo es promover la participación ciudadana, garantizar la accesibilidad como parte de los trabajos de investigación y estudios de la Resolución de la Cámara 584.

“Reconocemos a los integrantes del grupo especial de trabajo, quienes serán los que den curso y aporten a esta investigación sobre la figura del cuidador familiar de adultos mayores, como eje central del sistema de salud y de cuidado prolongado en Puerto Rico”, expuso la representante de Proyecto Dignidad (PD).

“Los cuidadores familiares son parte fundamental en la integración y participación de los adultos mayores en la sociedad ya que, conforme envejecemos vamos adquiriendo necesidades de apoyo”, añadió la legisladora.

Cabe resaltar que el grupo especial de trabajo para atender a la población de adultos mayores son colaboradores externos de empresas, organizaciones, entida-

des y otros sectores concernidos con la figura y el rol del cuidador familiar.

Los profesionales que forman parte del grupo especial de trabajo son: la doctora Vanessa Sepúlveda; el doctor Àngel Muñoz; Juanita Aponte; Idalia Colón; Juan J. Hernández López; Andrés Morgado; Concepción Silva Vergara; José Acarón; y el licenciado Eddie Olivera.

“Estos nombres son los que han estado trabajando día tras día por los cuidadores de los adultos mayores. Estos han desarrollado planes de trabajo de cómo necesitamos dirigir esta discusión para que el resultado de estos trabajos pueda adelantar una política pública que no se quede en papel, sino que sea algo que se pueda implementar de manera asertiva y proactiva”, aseveró la presidenta de la Comisión.

Por su parte, el director ejecutivo de AARP, José Acarón, agradeció al presidente de la Cámara, Rafael “Tatito” Hernández por presentar la Resolución de la Cámara 584 y darle atención a este tema tan importante para el país.

“Junto al presidente, estuvimos hablando de la necesidad de tener una discusión profunda sobre los retos de los familiares que cuidan a los adultos mayores en Puerto Rico. Los cuidadores son la espina dorsal del sistema de salud que nadie los identifica y visibiliza, estos son los que ejecutan”, resaltó Acarón.

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Y ABUCOA – El gobernador Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia se expresó el miércoles satisfecho con el ritmo que llevan los trabajos de reconstrucción.“O sea, la obra ya está encaminada y esto yo lo he dicho antes y lo repito, esto debe tardar unos ocho años adicionales como mínimo. Bueno, definitivamente y satisfecho de que se ha aumentado el ritmo considerablemente si lo comparan con lo que ocurrió antes del comienzo de mi administración. Ahí llevamos como tres años y tres meses desde María y solamente en obra permanente, se habían hecho alrededor de 180. O sea, que ya estamos en otro nivel. Ahora se han completado sobre casi, 2,000 obras ya se han completado”, dijo el gobernador a preguntas de la prensa.

En su mensaje de anuncio de la primera piedra del Estadio Félix Millán en Yabucoa, Pierluisi Urrutia expresó que “ si alguno por ahí no la ve, pues que venga a Yabucoa para que vea buenos ejemplos de esa obra. Si no salen a la calle, pues no la van a ver. Y si no se montan en un carro o en una guagua, tampoco la van a ver. El que no quiere ver, pues lo siento mucho”.

Ante las quejas de algunos alcaldes de que precisamente los requisitos de FEMA han atrasado los trabajos de reconstruccion, les aconsejó que cumplan con los requisitos.

“Es que tienen que cumplir con los requisitos de FEMA. Esto no es como que FEMA aquí da fondos sin ningún tipo de control, (La oficina de) COR3 está ahí para asistirle. Ahora los alcaldes se están moviendo con un poco más de agilidad …”, sostuvo.

Guitarra, que ubica cerca de la cascada la Península en el barrio Pellejas 1 en el pueblo de Orocovis.

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ROCOVIS – La Policía informó el miércoles, del rescate de dos personas de 60 años que se encontraban en la tarde del martes atrapadas en el Charco La

Una llamada al Sistema de Emergencias 9-1-1 alertó a la policía del suceso.

Informó Willy Colón, director de Manejo de Emer-

gencias de Orocovis, que entre las 12:00 a 1:00 de la madrugada, lograron rescatar a los dos hombres, identificados como Gilberto Colón de 65 años y Soni Méndez de 59 años.

Estos se encuentran en un buen estado de salud.

“El que quiera ver la obra que venga que se monte en un carro”, repite el gobernador

Celebran primera mesa de diálogo sobre el cuidado de los adultos mayores en Puerto Rico

Rescatan a las dos personas que quedaron atrapadas por crecida de un río en Orocovis

Shakira, Karol G and Edgar Barrera lead Latin Grammy nominations

By JOE COSCARELLI

At a moment of artistic vibrancy, widespread collaboration and commercial dominance for music sung in Spanish and Portuguese, international stars including Shakira, Karol G, Camilo and Bad Bunny are among the most nominated acts for the 24th annual Latin Grammy Awards. Leading all of the headliners, however, is the behind-the-scenes

Mexican American hitmaker Edgar Barrera — a songwriter, producer and engineer also known as Edge — who earned 13 total nominations, according to an announcement this week by the Latin Recording Academy.

Barrera, who has worked with Camilo, Maluma and Karol G, is nominated in the three top categories: record, album and song of the year, where he is nominated twice — once for “NASA” by Ca-

milo and Alejandro Sanz and also for “Un X100to” by Grupo Frontera featuring Bad Bunny. In best tropical song and best regional song, Barrera is nominated three separate times in each category.

The singers Camilo, Karol G and Shakira are tied with reggaeton songwriter Kevyn Mauricio Cruz Moreno for the second-most nominations, with seven. All four will compete with Barrera for song of year, where the nominees also include: Shakira’s “Acróstico”; “Amigos,” as performed by Pablo Alborán and María Becerra; Natalia Lafourcade’s “De Todas Las Flores”; “Ella Baila Sola” by Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma; Lasso’s “Ojos Marrones”; “Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53” by Bizarrap featuring Shakira; “Si Tú Me Quieres” by Fonseca and Juan Luis Guerra; and “TQG” by Karol G featuring Shakira.

Shakira, in addition to her three appearances in the song category, is also nominated for record of the year and best pop song for “Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53,” plus best urban fusion/performance for “TQG.”

Also up for record of the year are “No Es Que Te Extrañe” by Christina Aguilera; “Carretera y Manta” by Alborán; “Déjame Llorarte” by Paula Arenas and Jesús Navarro; “Si Tú Me Quieres”; “Mientras Me Curo Del Cora” by Karol G; “De Todas Las

Flores”; “Ojos Marrones”; “La Fórmula” by Maluma and Marc Anthony; “Despechá” by Rosalía; and “Correcaminos” by Sanz featuring Danny Ocean.

The field for album of the year includes releases by Alborán, Arenas, Camilo, Andrés Cepeda, Juanes, Karol G, Lafourcade, Ricky Martin, Fito Páez and Carlos Vives. The nominees for best new artist are Borja, Conexión Divina, Ana Del Castillo, Natascha Falcão, Gale, Paola Guanche, Joaquina, León Leiden, Maréh and Timø.

For the first time since the Latin Grammys started in 2000, the academy will present awards for songwriter of the year, best singer-songwriter song and best Portuguese-language urban performance. The first nominees for songwriter of the year include Barrera, Cruz, Felipe González Abad, Manuel Lorente Freire, Horacio Palencia and Elena Rose.

The awards cover music released during the eligibility period of June 1, 2022, to May 31, 2023. The nominated music must contain a majority of its lyrics in Spanish, Portuguese or any native regional dialect. Winners are voted on by members of the Latin Recording Academy, which include artists, songwriters, producers and other music creators in all genres.

The ceremony will be held on Nov. 16 in Seville, Spain, and air on Univision in the United States.

‘Superpower’ review: Sean Penn chronicles the war in Ukraine

By BEN KENIGSBERG

Near the beginning of “Superpower,” Sean Penn tries to preempt the criticism generated by his previous trips to conflict zones. “Weathered though it is,” he says in narration, “my famous face gets me access to places and people I may otherwise not have known.”

That is undoubtedly true, even if, in the past, he has used that access to lob softball questions at El Chapo. When it comes to chronicling the war in Ukraine, the subject of this documentary, which Penn directed with Aaron Kaufman, it is hard to begrudge the actor’s mission. Like French intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy, who has been making his own documentaries on the war, Penn appears to have one eye in the mirror, but at least he’s taking some sort of action.

“Superpower” began as a film about the unlikely pre -

sidency of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his path from comic actor to politician. Much of the first part consists of material Penn compiled from the pre-invasion period. Experts lay out the complexities of the country’s 21st-century history. Ukrainians reflect on the legacy of the Maidan protests and express skepticism about Zelenskyy’s potential.

Penn scores a coup by getting an on-camera interview with Zelenskyy on the first day of Russia’s invasion, and he films him on two additional occasions, in a video interview and in person on a later visit. Zelenskyy’s words — about what his country needs, about how his 9-year-old has prematurely grown into being like a “wise political man” — are often familiar but still stirring. Potentially more of a stunt is Penn’s trip to the front, which seems as much about proving his mettle as getting the story.

Shakira is one of the most nominated artists at the 2023 Latin Grammy Awards, which will take place in November.

“Superpower” began as a film about the unlikely presidency of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his path from comic actor to politician.

Roger Whittaker, balladeer with an international following, dies at 87

recorded in 1971 and forgotten, became a sensation later, reaching No. 1 on the pop charts in 11 countries and eventually selling 11 million copies.

“‘The Last Farewell’ is an ersatz show tune about a British man-of-war, love, heartache and heroism,” Henry Edwards wrote in The New York Times in 1975. “Released four years ago, the tune was discovered by an Atlanta disc jockey while idly going through a pile of discarded LPs. He liked the song, played it on the air, and soon Atlanta was liking it too. That affection soon spread to Nashville, Tennessee, then to the entire country-music market, then to the pop audience at large.” It became Whittaker’s signature song.

“It will affect me for the rest of my life,” Whittaker told reporters, “but I believe we should all live without hate if we can.”

After a period of mourning, Whittaker resumed recording and touring. In 1995, he sang at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville at a 50th-anniversary party for former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, who were fans. In 1997, despite a surgical knee replacement, he kept some 100 concert dates in Europe and America.

He stopped touring in 2013, at 77, and retired to the south of France after years living in England and Ireland.

By ROBERT D. McFADDEN

Roger Whittaker, a British singer whose easy-listening ballads and folk songs caught the sentiments of perfect summer days and last farewells, touching the hearts of mainly older fans across Europe and America for four decades, died on Sept. 12 in a hospital near Toulouse, in the south of France. He was 87.

His longtime publicist Howard Elson said the cause was “complications following a long illness.” Whittaker had retired to the region.

Born to British parents in Nairobi, Kenya, Whittaker grew up there with the infectious rhythms of East African music in his bloodstream. His grandfather had been a club singer in England, and his father, a Staffordshire grocer who played the violin, had been disabled in a motorcycle crash and moved his family to Kenya for the warm climate.

Roger learned to play the guitar at 7 and developed a rich baritone in school choirs, where he sometimes sang in Swahili. At 18, he was drafted into the British colonial Kenya Regiment, and for two years he fought Mau Mau rebels in the struggle that led to Kenyan independence. He then studied medicine in South Africa and science in Wales, intending

to become a teacher.

But music intervened. He had played club dates to pay for college, and he also recorded songs on flexible discs distributed with the campus newspaper, The Bangor University Rag. A record company liked them and in 1962 released his first professional singles, including “Steel Men,” his cover of a Jimmy Dean hit about bridge builders.

“Steel Men” leaped onto the British charts, the opening wedge in a career of international tours and record albums that celebrated ethnic and working-class pride, the passing seasons and family gatherings at Christmas. Over the years Whittaker recorded for various labels, including EMI, RCA Victor and his own Tembo (Swahili for elephant) Records.

Tours took him repeatedly to Ireland, Germany, Scandinavia, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States, a concert grind that often exceeded 100 gigs a year and outlasted the millennium. He learned to fly small planes and sometimes used them on his tours.

He wrote much of the music he performed, made a documentary film about Kenya, wrote an autobiography, appeared frequently on television and radio and sold a reported 60 million albums worldwide. One of them, “‘The Last Farewell’ and Other Hits,”

In 1980, Whittaker invited children to submit lyrics and poems about peace for a songwriting contest. It drew 1 million entries from 57 countries. He wrote and recorded music for the winning entry, written by Odina Batnag, 13, of Manila, Philippines. She was flown to New York and introduced, with her song, “I Am But a Small Voice,” at Radio City Music Hall. Proceeds went to a UNESCO program for disabled children.

By the 1980s, Whittaker was performing in 50 to 70 U.S. cities regularly. Boston was a stronghold.

In addition to singing, he whistled, yodeled and had audiences sing along. Critics called it schmaltzy, but crowds loved it and joined in, especially on hits like “Durham Town (The Leavin’)” (1969) and covers of Little Richard’s “Long Tall Sally” and Jethro Tull’s “Too Old to Rock ’n’ Roll, Too Young to Die.”

“Whittaker’s audience is mostly white and middle-class, probably daytime TV watchers who enjoy the kind of plain, folksy charm he projects,” Thomas Sabulis wrote in The Boston Globe. “He’s no great singer or songwriter; he doesn’t have Neil Diamond’s talent, Tom Jones’ sex appeal or Barry Manilow’s knack for milking the obvious. What he does have is a steady, unspectacular baritone and an avuncular, almost evangelical tone as comforting as it is mediocre.”

Tragedy struck in 1989. Whittaker’s parents, still living in Kenya, were victims of a brutal home invasion by four robbers. His mother was tortured for eight hours and his father murdered. The killers were never caught. His mother moved back to England.

Roger Henry Brough Whittaker was born in Nairobi on March 22, 1936, to Edward and Viola (Showan) Whittaker, who, after his motorcycle accident in 1930, had settled on a farm in Thika, outside Nairobi. His father recovered and became a successful builder and businessperson in Kenya. His mother managed theaters.

In 1964, he married Natalie O’Brien, who became his manager and co-author of his 1986 memoir, “So Far, So Good.” She survives him, as do their five children, Emily Kennedy and Lauren, Jessica, Guy and Alexander Whittaker; 12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and an elder sister.

A documentary film, “Roger Whittaker in Kenya: A Musical Safari,” which related a history of Kenya and revisited settings of the singer’s early life there, was released in 1982. Whittaker found his greatest European success in Germany. While he admitted he could not speak German at first, he sang and recorded in German “phonetically,” as he put it, until he became more fluent. He matured into one of Germany’s favorite singers, selling 10 million albums there.

He also had a devoted following in the United States, where he was best known for “I Don’t Believe in ‘If’ Anymore” (1970); his version of “Wind Beneath My Wings” (1982); and “New World in the Morning” (1971), the title track of an album that also included “The Last Farewell” and “A Special Kind of Man.”

“Women do not throw underclothes or room keys onstage at his concerts,” Diane White said in a sweet-and-sour appreciation in The Boston Globe. “No one gets high. No one gets hysterical with excitement. And yet Roger Whittaker is one of the most popular entertainers in the world.”

Roger Whittaker in an undated photo. He wrote much of the music he performed, appeared on countless television and radio programs and claimed 60 million albums sold worldwide.

By JASON HOROWITZ

Italy was in the grip of extreme heat waves, hellish wildfires and biblical downpours, and a nerve-wracked young Italian woman wept as she stood in a theater to tell the country’s environment minister about her fears of a climatically apocalyptic future.

“I personally suffer from eco-anxiety,” Giorgia Vasaperna, 27, her eyes welling and her hands fidgeting, said at a children’s film festival in July. “I have no future because my land burns.” She doubted the sanity of bringing children into an infernal world and asked, “Aren’t you scared for your children, for your grandchildren?”

Then the minister, Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, started crying.

“I have a responsibility toward all of you,” he said, visibly choked up. “I have a responsibility toward my grandchildren.”

Europe is a continent on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

In Greece, nerves are shot as weeks of blazes raging out of control have given way to flooding that has submerged villages, washed away cars and left dead bodies floating in the streets. Italians are frazzled as a summer of incinerating heat waves lingers and fear mounts over the return of hailstones the size of handballs.

A group of young Portuguese, exhausted by sweltering temperatures and spreading fires, are suing European nations for causing the climate change that they claim has damaged their mental health, much as their counterparts in Montana sued the state.

And, in a common refrain of the ecoanxiety era, it gets worse.

The same storm that hit Greece gained strength over the Mediterranean and pummeled Libya with flooding that killed thousands.

A recent United Nations report delivered the bad news that the world was way off track in meeting its pledges under the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Polls have registered a deepening malaise. The specter of burning in nuclear fires started by the war in Ukraine has moved to the back burner.

In an era of ever-increasing anxiety, now is the summer — and autumn — of our disquiet, and eco-anxiety, a catchall term to describe all-encompassing environmental concerns, is having its moment.

While it is not clinically recognized as a

pathology or included in the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, experts say the feeling of gloom and doom prompted by all of the inescapable images of planetary gloom and doom is becoming more widespread.

“Climate change is moving faster than psychiatry for sure and also psychology,” said Dr. Paolo Cianconi, a member of the ecology psychiatry and mental health division of the World Psychiatry Association, who is publishing a book with colleagues on the topic this month. He said that the term eco-anxiety had existed for more than a decade but that it was “circulating very much” these days and that the condition would only increase in the future.

“When people start to be worried about the planet, they don’t know that they have eco-anxiety,” he said. “When they see this thing has a name, then they understand what to call it.”

Cianconi and some of his colleagues published a paper in June in the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine that mentioned the terms “eco-PTSD,” “eco-burnout,” “eco-phobia” and “eco-rage.”

But the focus remained on eco-anxiety, which they broadly defined as a “chronic fear of environmental doom” suffered by firsthand victims of traumatic climate change events; people whose livelihoods or way of living is threatened by climate change; climate activists or people who work in the field of climate

change; people fed images of climate change through the news media; and people prone to anxiety.

Basically, everyone.

Among the characteristics of eco-anxiety, they cited “frustration, powerlessness, feeling overwhelmed, hopelessness, helplessness.” There could be a combination of “clinically relevant symptoms, such as worry, rumination, irritability, sleep disturbance, loss of appetite, panic attacks.”

Sound familiar?

Psychiatrists say that for many people who have been put through the wringer over the past decade, the climate extremes are one crisis too many.

Within Europe, “back to back” crises have left Greeks particularly vulnerable to mental health problems, said Christos Liapis, a prominent Greek psychiatrist. He said it was not just the fires and the flooding. The 2010 financial crisis, the 2015 migrant crisis, COVID, inflation and energy crises took their toll, too, “and finally, the climate crisis, which hit Greece particularly hard,” he said.

“Constant stress has a deeper impact on mental health than acute, short-lived stress,” Liapis said. “The person who’s already struggling due to higher rent will be harder hit when his home floods.”

On Thursday, the Greek Health Ministry said it would put in place a “comprehensive program of interventions for psychosocial support” for victims of the floods and send mobile

units of mental health professionals to the afflicted areas.

A few days after the Italian environmental minister got choked up, the newspaper la Repubblica commissioned a survey about the toll that the apocalyptic weather was having on Italians. “Not only the young suffer from eco-anxiety,” the paper declared, with the poll finding that 72% of Italians were pessimistic for the future and convinced that the environmental situation would deteriorate in the coming years.

Some, frustrated with the paralysis of their governments, have turned to higher powers for a source of strength.

At the World Youth Day event in Lisbon, Portugal, this summer, Pope Francis told hundreds of thousands of young Catholics to take action to protect the earth and beat back climate change. Many of the participants took his words to heart, especially as temperatures climbed and authorities warned about dangerous conditions.

“We are afraid of this temperature problem,” Rita Sacramento, 20, from Porto, Portugal, said as she and her friends trudged through one of the most sweltering days of the summer. She said she had seen people faint around her.

“It’s not normal,” Sacramento said. “When it is cold, it is more cold. When it is hot, it is more hot. Years pass, and it’s hotter.”

Some experts said that for mentally healthy people, a touch of eco-anxiety could be an engine for action.

“In this moment, eco-anxiety is something that will bring people to act in a positive way,” said Giampaolo Perna, a psychiatrist and expert in anxiety at the Humanitas San Pio X hospital in Milan. “And try to protect the environment.”

But he added that while climate fears were not yet a recognized pathology or driving people into therapy, they “could be a sort of stimulus” for a crisis in someone who already has a general anxiety disorder.

“If this becomes chronic,” Perna added, “in the long run, this will not be healthy.”

Some have already moved on to a new stage of planetary grief.

“It’s not so much anxiety as despair,” said Leonardo Giordano, 27, who works in a health food restaurant in Rome. “Anxiety would be if you have the chance to do something. I think we are beyond those times.”

He added with a shrug, “My family thinks I have a future to worry about. But I think I don’t.”

A wildfire burning last month near the towns of Alcamo and Partinico, in western Sicily.

How do we feel about global warming? It’s called eco-anxiety.

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SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE MELQUIADES DEL VALLE LEÓN

Peticionario EX PARTE

CIVIL NÚM.: PO2023CV01702.

SOBRE: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO BAJO EL ART. 13 DE LA LEY 118, PROCEDIMIENTO EXPEDITO. EDICTO.

ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR.

A: SARAHI SUAREZ DE JESÚS Y RUBEN MEDINA

FELICIANO, INMEDIATOS ANTERIORES DUEÑOS., HEREDEROS, DENOMINADOS FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL; Y LAS

PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA

QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA

PERSONA EN GENERAL

QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE

POR LA PRESENTE se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los veinte (20) días contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la finca que se describe más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema

Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cual-

quier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. “Solar #37 con residencia de dos pisos construida en concreto y madera con techo en zinc en el Pueblito Nuevo del término municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 109.970 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte en una alineación de 15.558 metros con el propietario Ana H. Rodríguez; por el Sur en una alineación de 16.192 metros con el propietario Guillermo Cruz Franco; por el Este una alineación de 6.701 metros con propietarios desconocido y por el Oeste en una alineación de 7.187 metros con la Calle #5.” El abogado de la parte peticionaria es la Lcdo. Ernesto Rovira Gándara, PMB 767, 1353 Ave. Luis Vigoreaux, Guaynabo, PR 00966; Tel. (787)-758-3277; Email: erovira@partnerslegalservicespr.com. 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 treinta (30) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, a 17 de agosto de 2023. Carmen Tiru Quiñones, Secretaria Regional. F/ Keilene Rodríguez Meléndez, Secretaria Auxiliar.

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SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE SALVADOR ROLDAN

RIVERA, COMPUESTA

POR FULANO DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS CON POSIBLE INTERÉS; CENTRO DE

RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES “CRIM”

Demandados

Civil Núm.: HU2023CV00475.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA “IN REM”. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.

A: SUCESIÓN DE SALVADOR ROLDAN RIVERA, COMPUESTA

POR FULANO DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON POSIBLE INTERÉS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES “CRIM”.

Yo, JOSÉ L. RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL REGIONAL INTERINO, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO

SABER: Que el día 4 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Humacao, Humacao, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Humacao durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA

SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 11 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 18

DE OCTUBRE DE 2023, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar número Cinco (5) del Bloque “K”, radicado en la URBANIZACIÓN PRADERAS DEL ESTE, localizado en el Barrio Santiago y Lima del término municipal de Naguabo, Puerto Rico, con un

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área superficial de DOSCIENTOS SESENTA Y CUATRO PUNTO CERO CERO (264.00) METROS CUADRADOS; colindando por el NORTE, en doce punto cero cero (12.00) metros, con la Calle número Cuatro (4) de la Urbanización; por el SUR, en doce punto cero cero (12.00) metros, con el solar número Dieciocho (18) del Bloque “K”; por el ESTE, en veintidós punto cero cero (22.00) metros, con el solar número Cuatro (4) del Bloque “K”; y por el OESTE, en veintidós punto cero cero (22.00) metros, con el solar número Seis (6) del Bloque “K” de la Urbanización. Enclava casa de hormigón y bloques de hormigón para fines residenciales. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 190 vuelto del tomo 244 de Naguabo, Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao, finca número 14,437, inscripción quinta, según modificada inscripción sexta y séptima. Modificada la hipoteca de la inscripción 5ta., en cuanto a que se amplía por la suma de $1,689.54 para un nuevo principal que será ahora de $82,039.54, según la escritura número 692, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 30 de diciembre de 2011, ante el Notario Público Ricardo Rangel Rivera, inscrita al folio 191 vuelto del tomo 244 de Naguabo, Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao, finca 14,437, inscripción 6ta. Modificada nuevamente la hipoteca de la inscripción 5ta., se cancela parcialmente en cuanto a la suma de $7,931.32 quedando reducida a $74,108.22, con intereses al 4.25% anual, vencedero el día 1ro. de septiembre de 2049, según la escritura número 21, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 24 de agosto de 2019, ante la Notario Público Jackeline López González, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Naguabo, Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao, finca 14,437, inscripción 7ma. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Urb. Praderas del Este, Calle 4, K-5, Naguabo, Puerto Rico. La subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $70,079.34 por concepto de principal, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.25% anual, desde el 1ro. de octubre de 2022, los cuales continuarán acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación, más la suma de $8,035.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, así como el pago de otros cargos, recargos penalidades y créditos accesorios según pactado. todas cuyas sumas están líquidas

y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $74,108.22 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será una equivalente a 2/3 parte de aquella, o sea la suma de $49,405.48 y de necesitarse una tercera subasta la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir la suma de $37,054.11. Si se declara desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta 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. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Humacao, Puerto Rico, a 31 de agosto de 2023. JOSÉ L. RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL REGIONAL INTERINO, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL, SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO. JANIA GUASP LOZA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #653.

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CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante Vs. VIRGILIO GUZMAN

GORDIAN, POR SI Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA DE LA SUCESION DE GLORIA GRAU SANTIAGO; LA SUCESION DE GLORIA GRAU SANTIAGO COMPUESTA POR FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE LA SUCESION; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados

CIVIL NUM.: PO2022CV00467

SALA: 406 SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 11 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: #5 CALLE 2, COMUNIDAD CERRILLO, PONCE, PUERTO RICO 00731 y que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número cinco en el plano de parcelación de la Comunidad Rural Cerrillos, Barrio Cerrillos del término municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de cuatrocientos dos punto treinta metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con parcela número dos de la comunidad; por el SUR, con calle número dos de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con parcela número seis de la comunidad; y por el OESTE, con parcela número cuatro de

la comunidad. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 203 del Tomo 2060 de Ponce, finca número 59,506, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección Primera. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $128,663.79. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 18 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $85,775.86. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 25 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $64,331.89. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número 39 otorgada en Ponce, Puerto Rico, el día 31 de enero de 2007, ante el Notario Carlos

A. Surillo Pumarada, inscrita al folio 203 del tomo 2060 de Ponce, inscripción cuarta, modificada en cuanto a su principal que será de $128,663.79, en cuanto a su pago mensual de principal e interés será por la cantidad de $845.23, en cuanto a su vencimiento que será el primero (1ro) de diciembre de 2048, y en cuanto al tipo mínimo en caso de ejecución que será de $128,663.79, según consta de la escritura de modificación de hipoteca número 756, otorgada el día 19 de diciembre de 2018, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, ante la Notario Público Maricarmen Carrillo Justiniano, inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Ponce, finca 59,506, inscripción quinta, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección Primera. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido contra la parte co-demandada, ascendente a la suma de $126,137.07 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de noviembre de 2020, más intereses al tipo pactado de 6.875% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago

total de la obligación. Además, Virgilio Guzmán Gordian, por sí y en la cuota viudal usufructuaria de la Sucesión y La Sucesión de Gloria Grau Santiago adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 5.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $13,400.00. Además, Virgilio Guzmán Gordian, por sí y en la cuota viudal usufructuaria de la Sucesión y La Sucesión de Gloria Grau Santiago se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $13,400.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $13,400.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Por razón de dicho incumplimiento, y al amparo del derecho que le confiere el Pagaré, el demandante ha declarado tales sumas vencidas, líquidas y exigibles en su totalidad. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores desconocidos, no inscritos o presentados que sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas

al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $129,534.36 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de mayo de 2019, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.50% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $15,700.00. Además, la parte demandada se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $15,700.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $15,700.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad está sujeta al siguiente gravamen anterior y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita: GRAVAMEN PREFE-

RENTE: Sujeta a Condiciones Restrictivas a favor de la Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico, bajo el Programa Bono de Vivienda, concedió la suma de $5,090.03, para sufragar gastos de cierre, por el término de 10 años. Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesa un gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relaciona a continuación; GRAVAMEN

POSTERIOR: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Popular Mortgage, Inc., o a su orden, por la suma principal de $25,000.00, con intereses al 5.50% anual, vencedero el día 1 de abril de 2040, constituida mediante la escritura número 6, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 5 de marzo de

2010, ante el notario Rafael E. Santos Toledo, e inscrita al folio 144 vuelto del tomo 533 de Juana Díaz, finca número 20,261, inscripción 3ra. GRAVAMEN POSTERIOR: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $14,996.67, sin intereses, vencedero el día 1 de abril de 2040, constituida mediante la escritura número 183, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 26 de marzo de 2019, ante el notario Néstor Machado Cortés. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores desconocidos, no inscritos o presentados que sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy día 7 de septiembre de 2023. Manuel Maldonado, Alguacil de Subastas. ***

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COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO AGUAS BUENAS

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.

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DEMANDANTE VS. ROBERTO SANCHEZ TORRES Y OTROS DEMANDADO CIVIL NÚM.: SJ2022CV09116. SALÓN: 503. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

A: ALBERTO SÁNCHEZ TORRES, POR SI Y COMO PARTE DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES QUE COMPONE CON SUTANA DE TAL; SUTANA DE TAL POR SI Y COMO PARTE DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL

DE GANANCIALES

QUE COMPONE CON ALBERTO SANCHEZ TORRES Y FULANA DE TAL SI Y COMO PARTE DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES

QUE COMPONE CON ROBERTO SANCHEZ TORRES (HIJO)

. URB. RIBERAS DEL RIO

A-12 CALLE 9 BAYAMON, PR 00959

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramaiudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido 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, el Lcdo. Kenmuel J. Ruiz López cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kenmuel . ríuzorNaw.com y a la dirección notificacionesorf-law. com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en San Juan Puerto Rico, hoy día 10 DE AGOSTO de 2023. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 17 DE AGOSTO de 2023. Griselda Rodriguez Collado, Secretaria. F/Yadira Diaz Gonzalez, Sec Servicios a Sala.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

ROSA SANABRIA t/c/c

SANABRIA RAMÍREZ

Parte Demandante vs. BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO, CONDADO 3 CR LLC, PABLO SÁEZ MONTEGUIN, SANDRA GÓMEZ MORA, LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR ELLOS, RICHARD DOE Y JANE DOE

Parte Demandada CIVIL NÚM. : MZ2023CV01436. SOBRE: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO POR LA VIA JUDICIAL. EDICTO. A: JANE DOE Y RICHARD DOE

Se le apercibe que la parte demandante por mediación de la Ledo. José F. Giraud Mejías, P.O. Box 277, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681, Tel. 787-2650334, ha radicado la acción de epígrafe en su contra. Copia de la demanda, emplazamiento y del presente edicto le ha sído enviado por correo a su última dirección conocida. Puede usted obtener mayor información sobre el asunto revisando los autos en el Tribunal. Se le apercibe que tiene usted un término de treinta (30) días para radicar contestación a dicha demanda de cobro de dinero y/o cualquier escrito que estime usted conveniente pero que de no radicarse escrito alguno ante el Tribunal. dentro de dicho término el Tribunal procederá a ventilar el procedimiento sin más citarle ni oírle. Dada en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy 6 de septiembre de 2023. Alexandra Marie Lopez, Secretaria de Serviciosa a Sala, Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Superior de Mayagüez.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE TOA ALTA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

DEMANDANTE VS. MICHELLE MARIE ELÍAS DE MARI, MAGALI DENISE ELÍAS DE MARI, MONIQUE JOANNE ELÍAS DE MARI Y MADELEINE CHERIE ELÍAS DE MARI COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE NITZA MAGALI DE MARI PRATS

DEMANDADAS

CIVIL NUM.: TA2022CV00310.

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 14 de junio 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 con-

tinuación: Número de Catastro: Propiedad Horizontal: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento: A-305 SEMANA 30. 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-305 and includes the right to use such unit during the 30 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 30 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-305 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 13,112 inscrita al tomo de hoja móvil número 49 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. Registro de la Propiedad Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, ascendente a la siguiente cantidad: $14,432.42 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 305, semana 30. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 9 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 11:00 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 TOA ALTA

HACIENDA DEL MAR

OWNERS ASSOCIATION

DEMANDANTE VS. HIMILCE CRUZ

COFFRE VERHEYDER, COMPUESTA POR FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS

DEMANDADA

CIVIL NUM.: TA2018CV00097.

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 22 de septiembre de 2021, por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Toa Alta, 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: Número de Catastro:

Propiedad Horizontal: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento: B-307

SEMANA 38. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL

HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Vacation Club Regime 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-307 and includes the right to use such unit during the 38 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 38th 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-307 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 Ha-

cienda 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 14,969 inscrita al tomo de hoja móvil número 76 de Vega Alta, inscripción 1ra. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, ascendente a las siguientes cantidades: $7,558.13 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de los elementos comunes correspondientes a la unidad B 307, semana 38. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue:

SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 9 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 Toa Alta, 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 2022. ALG.

FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ

COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA DE BAYAMÓN

HACIENDA DEL MAR

OWNERS ASSOCIATION

DEMANDANTE VS.

ANTHONY LEBRON

MATTA, BRENDA

EMINETTE GOMEZ

DUEÑO Y LA SOCIEDAD

LEGAL DE BIENES

GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR

AMBOS

DEMANDADOS

CIVIL NUM.: BY2018CV03676.

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, 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: A-801 SEMANA 19. Cabida:

101.42 Metros Cuadrados located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned

Unit A-801 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 19th 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 suc-

cessor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of right to use a specific week in Unit A-801 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 13,681 inscrito por asiento abreviado al folio 3226 del tomo 332 de Vega Alta, Registro de la Propiedad Bayamón, Sección III, inscripción 3ra. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, ascendente a la siguiente cantidad: $12,979.36 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 10:15 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 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 PONCE BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE FRANCISCO VEGA RUIZ, compuesta por su hija ESTHER EMILIA VEGA

RODRIGUEZ, también conocida como ESTHER

VEGA RODRIGUEZ; SUCESION DE ESTHER EMILIA RODRIGUEZ

RODRIGUEZ, también conocida como ESTHER E. RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ, compuesta por su hija

ESTHER EMILIA VEGA

RODRIGUEZ, también conocida como ESTHER

VEGA RODRIGUEZ y FULANO DE CUAL y ZUTANO DE CUAL, como herederos desconocidos con posible interés de ambas Sucesiones; ESTHER EMILIA

Thursday,

VEGA RODRIGUEZ, también conocida como ESTHER VEGA RODRIGUEZ; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados

CIVIL NÚM: JCD2016-0945

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO (Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO ENMENDADO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: ESTHER EMILIA VEGA RODRIGUEZ, también conocida como ESTHER E. VEGA RODRIGUEZ, por sí y como miembro de la SUCESION DE ESTHER EMILIA RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ, también conocida como ESTHER E. RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ; FULANO DE CUAL y ZUTANO DE CUAL, como herederos desconocidos de la SUCESION DE ESTHER EMILIA RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ, también conocida como ESTHER E. RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ

POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le notifica que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría por la parte demandante, Segunda Demanda Enmendada sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria, en la que se alega adeuda la suma principal de $37,908.15, más intereses al 7.95% anual, desde el día 1ro de julio de 2018, hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $5,600.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más recargos acumulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. La propiedad hipotecada a ser vendida en pública subasta es: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número Quince (15) de la Manzana “H” del plano preparado por la Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda de Puerto Rico, para su proyecto de solares denominado CRUV guión Ciento Treinta y Cinco (CRUV-135) VBC guión Noventa y Ocho (VBC-98), radicado en el BARRIO CANAS, sitio Pámpanos del término municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de DOSCIENTOS OCHENTA Y SIETE PUNTO TREINTA Y SIETE (287.37) METROS CUADRADOS. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar número H guión Uno (H-1) de la mencionada Urbanización, distancia de CA-

TORCE PUNTO CINCUENTA (14.50) METROS; por el SUR, con la Calle número Catorce (14) del proyecto, distancia de ONCE PUNTO CERO CERO (11.00) METROS en línea recta y un arco curvilíneo de CINCO PUNTO CUARENTA Y NUEVE (5.49) METROS, con la Calle número Dieciséis (16); por el ESTE, con la Calle número Dieciséis (16) de la susodicha Urbanización, distancia de DIECISÉIS PUNTO CINCUENTA (16.50) METROS; y por el OESTE, con el solar número H guión Catorce (H-14) del mencionado proyecto CRUV guión Ciento Treinta y Cinco (CRUV135) VBC guión Noventa y Ocho (VBC-98), distancia de VEINTE PUNTO CERO CERO (20.00) METROS. En este solar enclava una casa para fines residenciales. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 175 del tomo 2078 de Ponce, Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección Primera, finca número 37,440, inscripción séptima. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido publicado este emplazamiento, 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: 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 y enviar copia a la representación legal de la parte demandante cuya dirección más adelante se indica. 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.

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Se le advierte, además, a los herederos que conforme el caso de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria v. Latinoamericana de Exportación, inc., 164 D.P.R. 689, 696 (2005) y a tenor con las disposiciones del Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico (31 L.P.R.A. sec. 11021), deberá aceptar o repudiar la herencia de los causantes dentro del término de treinta (30) días. De no expresar su intención de aceptar o repudiar la herencia dentro del término que se le fijó,

la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. Se le notifica también por la presente que la parte demandante habrá de presentar para su anotación al Registrador de la Propiedad del Distrito en que está situada la propiedad objeto de este pleito, un aviso de estar pendiente esta acción. Para publicarse conforme a la Orden dictada por el Tribunal en un periódico de circulación general. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto que firmo y sello en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy 07 de septiembre de 2023. GLENDA RUIZ FELICIANO, Secretaria. EREINA AGRONT LEON, SubSecretaria.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO SALÓN DE SESIONES SALÓN 307.

WILMINGTON SAVINGS

FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES

ACQUISITION TRUST

2019-HB1

Demandante V. JOSE MANUEL O’FARRIL REYES T/C/C JOSE M. OFARRIL REYES T/C/C JOSE OFARRIL REYES Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: RG2021CV00415.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL.

FRANCES L. ASENCIO GUIDO FRANCES.ASENCIO@GMLAW.COM

A: JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO

POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION ANA ROSA REYES T/C/C ANA ROSA

OFARRIL T/C/C ANA R.

O´FARRIL DIRECCION DESCONOCIDA

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 21 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 FAJARDO, Puerto Rico, el 12 de septiembre de 2023. WANDA SEGUI REYES, SECRETARIA. f/LINDA I. MEDINA MEDINA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FREDDIE MAC SEASONED STRUCTURED

TRANSACTION TRUST, SERIES 2019-1 Demandante V. FIRST EQUITY MORTGAGE BANKERS, INC. Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: BY2023CV01691. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

MARJALIISA COLÓN VILLANUEVA MCOLON@WWCLAW.COM A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 12 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

cribe le notifica a usted que el 13 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 14 de septiembre de 2023. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 14 de septiembre de 2023.

LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. MARTA E. DONATE RESTO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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FIRSTBANK

PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. SUCN DE MIGUEL RIVERA CUCOS COMPUESTA POR

MIGUEL RIVERA Y ANA RIVERA, Y JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE

MIGUEL RIVERA CUCOS

Demandado(a)

Civil: I2CI201200054. Sobre:

EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA

POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: CN DE MIGUEL RIVERA DUCOS COMPUESTA POR

MIGUEL RIVERA Y ANA

RIVERA, Y JOHN DOE

Y RICHARD ROE COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE

MIGUEL RIVERA CUCOS.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 20 de noviembre de 2012, 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 Añasco, Puerto Rico, el 11 de septiembre de 2023.

LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. LUZ NELDY CHICO ACEVEDO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante V.

MARY SOTO OZOA Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: MT2023CV00506.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

BELMA ALONSO GARCÍA OFICINABELMAALONSO@GMAIL. COM

U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) PUERTO RICO DISTRICT OFFICE PLAZA 273, 273 AVE PONCE DE LEÓN, STE 51 SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 009171937 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO TORRE CHARDON, 350 AVE CARLOS CHARDON ST SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00918-2142.

A: MARY SOTO OZOA.

(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 de 13 de SEPTIEMBRE de 2023. Notas de la Secretaría: MARY SOTO OZOA. En MANATÍ, Puerto Rico, el 13 de SEPTIEMBRE de 2023. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA.

SARAY SALGADO LÓPEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE HECTOR LUIS VAZQUEZ

RODRIGUEZ; CARMEN

FELICIANO RIVERA PETICIONARIOS VS. EX - PARTE

Civil Núm.: PO2023CV02593.

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

A: LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCION DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA QUE MAS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRA Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE.

POR LA PRESENTE se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los veinte (20) días contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la finca que se describe más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho pro-

pio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. RÚSTICA: Parcela número ciento quince (115) radicada en la calle Salvador Brau localizada en las Parcelas Marueño del término municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico. Con cabida de cuatrocientos cuarenta y siete punto ocho mil cuatrocientos treinta y cinco (447.8435) metros cuadrados, equivalentes a cero punto mil ciento treinta y nueve (0.1139) cuerdas; esto según consta en el plano de Mensura levantado por el Ingeniero Civil Luis G. Rodríguez, con fecha del 3 de julio de 2020. En lindes por el NORTE, con José Colón; por el SUR, con la calle Salvador Brau; por el ESTE, con Felicita Bello; y por el OESTE, con José A. Padilla. Enclava una estructura de cemento para fines residenciales La finca antes mencionada no consta registrada en el CRIM, para efectos del sistema catastral proviene de la parcela 364016-998-13. Que dicha propiedad tiene un valor de SETENTA MIL DOLARES ($70,000.00). El abogado de a parte peticionaria es: Lcdo. ELOY F. VERDEJO RODRIGUEZ, EXT LA FE 22485 CALLE SAN TOMAS, JUANA DIAZ, PR 00795; email: eloyverdejo_1@yahoo. com, Teléfono (787) 837-0606. 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 20 días a contar de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, a 12 de septiembre de 2023. CARMEN TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. KEILENE RODRÍGUEZ MELÉNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ROSE MARIE

COLON PEREZ

Demandante V. AUDBERTO UREÑA BERRIOS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: GM2023RF00040. Sobre: DIVORCIO - RUPTURA IRREPARABLE. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

AMERGIE ENID GARCÍA SANTIAGO AMERGIEGARCIA@GMAIL.COM

A: AUDBERTO UREÑA BERRÍOS.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 30 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 06 de septiembre de 2023. En Guayama, Puerto Rico, el 06 de septiembre de 2023. MARISOL ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. VIRGEN S. DE JESÚS LÓPEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante Vs. LOS HEREDEROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE LUIS MANUEL TORRES RULLAN COMPUESTA POR LA SUCESIÓN DE LICET MARGARITA TORRES CORDERO, CONOCIDA POR LISSETTE TORRES CORDERO Y OTROS

Demandados

Civil Núm.: UT2023CV00328. Salón: 5. Sobre: DIVISIÓN, PARTICIÓN Y ADJUDICACIÓN DE HERENCIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. Edicto: A los miembros de la sucesión de Luis Manuel Torres Rullan, compuesta

por: Fulano de tal, Sutano de tal y Mengano de tal. INTERPELACIÓN: A los miembros de la sucesión de Luis Manuel Torres Rullan, compuesta por: Fulano de tal, Sutano de tal y Mengano de tal, como posibles herederos. Se notifica a USTEDES que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría una demanda de división, partición y adjudicación de herencia sobre los bienes hereditarios dejados por el causante, Luis Manuel Torres Rullan, en la finca inscrita por su procedencia al Folio diez (10), del Tomo doscientos sesenta y uno (261) de Utuado, Finca número diez quinientos setenta y dos (10,572). (Finca Karibe 32048), donde se solicita el avaluó del bien hereditario y a que se proceda a la Partición, División y Adjudicación de Herencia y adjudicación de las participaciones que corresponda a las partes, adjudicando los gastos, mejoras y mantenimientos realizados por la parte demandante. Se les ORDENA a ustedes a que dentro del término legal de treinta (30) días, contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden, o haber sido emplazados por edictos, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia de la sucesión de Luis Manuel Torres Rullan, compuesta por: Fulano de tal, Sutano de tal y Mengano de tal, como posibles herederos. Se les APERCIBE que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días, contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden, o haber sido emplazados por edictos, en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia se presumirá que los herederos antes mencionados del finado Luis Manuel Torres Rullan, compuesta por: Fulano de tal, Sutano de tal y Mengano de tal, como posibles herederos, han aceptado la herencia y por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia, de existir alguna, al momento de la liquidación de sus participaciones hereditarias, hasta el monto de su participación, conforme dispone el Artículo 1587 de Código Civil, supra. 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 y notificando copia de dicha contestación a los abogados de la parte demandante: Bufete De Abogados Arce & Arce, C.S.P. por conducto del Lcdo. Noel A. Arce Bosques, a su dirección postal: Calle Muñoz Rivera #10, Lares, Puerto Rico 00669, con teléfono 787-897-3112 y correo elec-

trónico: noelarce@gmail.com.

Todo ello dentro del término de treinta (30) días de haberse publicado el edicto, descontando la fecha de la publicación del edicto. 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. Si dejaren de contestar la demanda dentro del plazo y la forma expresada, se procederá a dictar sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo la firma y sello del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Utuado, Puerto Rico, hoy 7 de septiembre de 2023. DIANE ÁLVAREZ VILLANUEVA, SECRETARIA. YAMARIS ESTRONZA MALDONADO, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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ACEVEDO

Demandante V. SAMUEL PADILLA GONZÁLEZ; FULANA DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES POR ELLOS COMPUESTA

Demandada Civil Núm.: AG2023CV01006. (SALÓN 603 CIVIL). Sobre: INTERDICTO POSESORIO; SENTENCIA DECLARATORIA; ACCIÓN DECLARATORIA DE PROPIEDAD. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS.

A: SAMUEL PADILLA GONZÁLEZ; FULANA DE TAL Y LA SLG POR

ELLOS COMPUESTA. Por la presente se notifica que la parte DEMANDANTE ha presentado una Demanda cuya naturaleza es en la materia de Recurso Extraordinario en el caso AG2023CV01006. Los abogados de las partes peticionarias son: A. Lcdo. Nelson Esteban Vera Santiago, P.O. Box 810, Moca, Puerto Rico 00676. 787-877-3516/ 787-877-3301/ 787-806-6652. De ser un demandado señalado, se le apercibe que deberá contestar la

demanda dentro del periodo de 30 días de haberse publicado este edicto. 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.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Se le advierte de los efectos de no contestar la demanda, lo cual redundará en que se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia para conceder el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. Este edicto será publicado en una (1) ocasión en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Se identificará en letra negrillas tamaño 10 puntos toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se menciona en el mismo, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, 2009. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, a 11 de septiembre de 2023. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. NATHALIE I. ACEVEDO QUIÑONES, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA SALÓN DE SESIONES CIVIL 401 AUDREY J. SILVIA CARRIÓN RODRÍGUEZ Y OTROS Demandante V. ASHLEY CARRIÓN COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCN. DE CEFERINO CARRIÓN Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2023CV00991. Sobre: DIVISIÓN O LIQUIDACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JESSICA D. MARTÍNEZ BIRRIEL JMARTBIRR@YAHOO.COM

A: ASHLEY CARRIÓN COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CEFERINO

MARK CARRIÓN NUÑEZ T/C/C MARK CARRIÓN NUÑEZ T/C/C CEFERINO

MARK CARRIÓN

RODRÍGUEZ T/C/C

MARK CARRIÓN T/C/C

CEFERINO M. CARRIÓN. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 18 de 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 en-

terarse 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 20 de septiembre de 2023. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 20 de septiembre de 2023.

KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. KEILA GARCÍA

SOLÍS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA MUNICIPAL DE BAYAMON. ASOCIACIÓN DE RESIDENTES Y RECREATIVA CAMINO DEL MAR, INC.

DEMANDANTE VS. AGUSTÍN RAFAEL

GARCÍA MARTE, MARÍA DE LOS ÁNGELES ANDÚJAR IRIZARRY

AMBOS POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

DEMANDADO(A)

CIVIL NÚM.: TB2022CV00306.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO (R.60). EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: AGUSTÍN RAFAEL

GARCÍA MARTE, MARÍA DE LOS ÁNGELES ANDÚJAR IRIZARRY, AMBOS POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR

AMBOS

FÍSICA: URB. CAMINO DEL MAR, CE-18 VÍA

CANGREJOS, TOA BAJA, PR 00949. POSTAL: 4132

WHISPERING OAKS LN, DANVILLE, CA 94506-5838

PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil del Tribunal que suscribe anuncia y hace constar: 1. Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Bayamón, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor de contado y en moneda de curso legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la Parte Demandada en el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación:

URBANA: RÚSTICA: URBANI-

ZACIÓN CAMINO DEL MAR de Toa Baja. Solar: CE-18. Cabida: 405.37 Metros Cuadrados. Linderos: Norte, en 17.00 metros, con el solar número 17; Sur, en 13.50, metros y una distancia de 5.50 metros, con la calle número 9, Este, en 20.50 metros, con la calle número 9. Oeste, en 24.00 metros, con el solar número 20. Finca #26360, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección II. Dirección

física: Urb. Camino Del Mar, CE-18 Vía Cangrejos, Toa Baja, PR 00949. 2. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables.

3. 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 ejecutante, continuaran subsistentes, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. 4. La propiedad para ejecutar se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. 5. Que el licitador y/o mejor postor pagará el importe de su oferta en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil de Tribunal. 6. La propiedad se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: a.

Hipoteca: Afecta a Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de RG Premier Bank of Puerto Rico; por la suma principal de $211,00.00, con intereses al 7.875% anual, vencedero el 1 de noviembre de 2015, tasada en una cantidad equivalente al principal, en virtud de la escritura número 155, otorgada en San Juan el 6 de noviembre de 2000, ante Luis Ángel Pérez Chabier, según inscripción 2. b.

Hipoteca: Afecta a hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Puerto Rico; suscrito bajo affidávit núm. 39080, por la suma principal de $277,696.00, con intereses al 12% anual, vencedero a la Presentación, tasada en una cantidad equivalente al principal, en virtud de la escritura número 43,

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otorgada en San Juan, el 5 de marzo de 2007, ante Ernesto A. Meléndez Pérez, según inscripción 4. c. Anotación de Demanda: Afecta a anotación de demanda a favor de WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB d/b/a Christiana Trust, as indenture trustee for the CSMC 2015 PR1 Trust, Mortgage- Backed Notes, Series 2015-PR1; por la suma de $74,029.27, Demanda número de caso TB2019CV00386 sobre COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA

POR LA VIA ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, DBA CHRISTIANA TRUST

AS IDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR THE CSMC 2015-PR1 TRUST, MORTGAGE BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2015PR1 demandante v. AGUSTIN RAFAEL GARCIA MARTE; SU ESPOSA MARIA DE LOS ANGELES ANDUJAR IRIZARRY Y LA SOCIEDAD DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA

POR AMBOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA demandado a 10 de junio de 2019, según anotación C. d. Anotación de Demanda: Afecta a anotación de demanda a favor de General Electric Capital Corp of Puerto Rico; por la suma de $30,550.00 en virtud de Demanda, expedida 4 de enero de 2012, por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, sala de Toa Alta, en el caso civil núm. CD091342, sobre Cobro de dinero y ejecución de Prenda; según anotación A. e. Anotación de Demanda: Afecta a anotación de demanda a favor de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Puerto Rico; por la suma principal de $247,824.81, en virtud de Demanda, expedida por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, sala de Bayamón en el caso civil núm. DCD11-2028 sobre Cobro de Dinero y ejecución; según anotación B. f. Anotación de Demanda: Afecta a anotación de demanda a favor de Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, D/B/A Christiana Trust, As Indenture Trustee, For The CSMC 2015-PR1 Trust, Mortgage Backed Notes, Series 2015-PR1 quien adquirió por Anotación de Demanda, por la suma de $74,029.27, demanda número de caso BY2022CV00802 sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria ante el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Bayamón Wilmington Saving Fund Society, FSB, D/B/A Christiana Trust, as identure Trustee, for the CSMC 2015-PR1 Trust, Mortgage Backed notes, Series 2015PR1 demandante v. Agustín Rafael García Marte y otros demandados; a 25 de febrero de 2022, según inscripción D. g. Anotación de Embargo (Ju-

dicial, Ley 209): Afecta por sí a Anotación de Embargo, (a favor de la Asociación de Residentes y Recreativa Camino del Mar, Inc., por la suma de $7,712.23, en virtud de Orden en el caso civil número TB2022CV00306 sobre R.60 ante el Centro Judicial de Toa Baja ASOC. DE RESIDENTES Y RECREATIVA CAMINO DEL MAR demandante v.s AGUSTIN RAFAEL GARCIA MARTE, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES ANDUJAR IRIZARRY demandados de fecha de 15 de marzo de 2023, anotado en sistema, según anotación letra “E”. 7. Dicha subasta se celebrará para con el importe de la misma satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma principal de $6,273.00, por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento vencidas y no pagadas al 8 de julio de 2022, más intereses desde que se dicte la sentencia al 5.00% anual ($1.04 diario), a partir de esa fecha en la cantidad de $345.46, al 31 de agosto de 2023; más $100.00 de costas y gastos según sentencia, más $950.00 por concepto de honorarios de abogado otorgados según sentencia; más $250.21 por memorando de costas y gastos del pleito de la sentencia, concedidos mediante Orden de fecha de 26 de octubre de 2022; totalizan la cantidad de $7,918.67; más las costas y gastos, del proceso en la ejecución de la sentencia mediante Venta en Pública Subasta. La subasta se llevará a cabo en mi oficina localizada en el local que ocupa en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Municipal de Bayamón, el día 10 de octubre de 2023 a las 10:45 de la mañana. Y para la conveniencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general y por un término de catorce (14) días en los lugares públicos que determine la ley. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 1 de septiembre de 2023. Frances A Torres Contreras, ALGUACIL.

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Demandante V. ESTEFANI

VANTULL RODRIGUEZ

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: GY2023CV00044. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

REGGIE DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZ

RDIAZ@BDPRLAW.COM

A: ESTEFANI

VANTULL RODRIGUEZ.

(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 15 de septiembre de 2023. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 15 de septiembre de 2023.

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DAVID CARDONA DINGUI DCARDONA@CM-PRLAW.COM

JAVIER MONTALVO CINTRÓN JMONTALVO@ DELGADOFERNANDEZ.COM

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, PERSONAS DESCONOCIDAS QUE SE DESIGNAN CON ESTOS NOMBRES FICTICIOS, QUE

PUEDAN SER TENEDOR O TENEDORES, O PUEDAN TENER ALGÚN INTERÉS EN EL PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO A QUE

SE HACE REFERENCIA

MÁS ADELANTE EN EL PRESENTE EDICTO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus-

cribe le notifica a usted que el 14 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 14 de septiembre de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 14 de septiembre de 2023. Laura I. Santa Sánchez, Secretaria. Vivian J. Sanabria Ortiz, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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MASSACHUSETTS

MUTUAL LIFE

INSURANCE COMPANY

DEMANDANTE V. LUZ MARÍA

MALDONADO TORRES

DEMANDADOS

CIVIL NUM.: JD2023CV00359.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA POR LA VIA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S.

A: LUZ MARIA

MALDONADO TORRES.

Queden emplazados y notificados que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca en su contra. Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto y deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), el cual podrá 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 y notifique con copia de ella al licenciado Andrés Sáez Marrero, 1541 Calle Ponce de León, Box 203, Urb. El Caribe, San Juan, PR 00926, Tel. (561) 338-4101, correo electrónico, asaez@tmpllc.com, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndole que, de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su rebeldía y dictar sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 08 de septiembre de 2023. GLENDA RUIZ FELICIANO, SECRETARIA GENERAL. EREINA AGRONT LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC

COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC

Demandante V. FRANCISCO

MERCADO CRUZ

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: FA2022CV01173.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. KEVIN SÁNCHEZ CAMPANERO KEVIN.SANCHEZ@ORF-LAW.COM

RAÚL JAVIER PÉREZ MARTÍNEZ RAUL.PEREZ@ORF-LAW.COM

A: FRANCISCO

MERCADO CRUZ. PARC. LUIS M. CINTRON 393 CALLE 13, FAJARDO, PR 00738; HC 67 BOX 15970

PARC. LUIS M. CINTRON, FAJARDO, PR 00738. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 12 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 13 de septiembre de 2023. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 13 de septiembre de 2023. WANDA SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. ANA CELÍS MÁRQUEZ APONTE, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Caso Núm.: HU2022CV00275. Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROREGLA 60. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. EDWIN OMAR SERRANO PEÑA EDWIN.SERRANO@ORF-LAW.COM

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K-19, CALLE 27, CAGUAS, P.R. 00727-6061. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 10 de julio 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 13 de septiembre de 2023. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 13 de septiembre de 2023. Lisilda Martínez Agosto, Secretaria. Vionnette Espinosa Castillo, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

Injuries in Brazilian jujitsu prompt introspection in growing martial art

By JOHN WIEGAND

When Erik Milosevich attended his first Brazilian jujitsu class, he hoped it would spark a mutual interest to share with his teenage daughter. Instead, he left the gym with a limp, after injuring his left knee while sparring with an instructor, and a distaste for one of the fastest-growing martial arts for self-defense and competition.

Brazilian jujitsu offers an enticing proposition: that a smaller, weaker person can defeat a larger, stronger opponent in a fight. Jujitsu is nicknamed the “gentle art,” based on a loose translation of the Japanese phrase, and trades the punches and kicks of striking sports for grappling techniques, including chokes and joint manipulation, to help fighters subdue and submit opponents.

The sport’s popularity has surged in recent years, spurred by its effectiveness in professional MMA and frequent promotion by the likes of Joe Rogan, the podcaster and UFC analyst. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg started Brazilian jujitsu as a hobby during the coronavirus pandemic and recently competed in his first tournament. (He has also jawed back-and-forth with Elon Musk about a “cage match” that appears to be more bluster than reality.)

Brazilian jujitsu is often billed by those who practice it as accessible, effective for self-defense, technically challenging, physically rewarding and relatively safe compared with other combat sports. Some say it is closer to playing chess than to fighting.

But that marketing often does not match the realities on the mats. Trust in Brazilian jujitsu is everything because mere ounces of extra pressure applied during a submission can lead to a torn tendon or a broken bone. Yet student safety is left to the discretion of instructors and training partners. That has prompted debate throughout the sport about oversight and whether some dojos and gyms are hurting the reputation of the martial art.

Milosevich, a retired police officer who once trained his colleagues in defensive tactics, said that when he was sparring at his class, the instructor placed him in a heel hook, a technique in which the foot is trapped and the knee is twisted. Many schools teach the move only to advanced students, and it is banned in many levels of competition because of the injury risk. If fully applied, heel hooks can tear most of the major ligaments in the knee.

Milosevich said he heard his knee pop when the instructor applied the heel hook and immediately felt “stabbing pain.” He spent the next three months limping and unable to run while working as a community relations officer with the police department in Santa Monica, California, though he did not go to a doctor to be evaluated. It was another three months before the knee fully healed, he said.

“It definitely hindered my mobility,” he said of the injury.

He believes the danger comes from some gyms encouraging a culture in which new students are seen as “fresh meat” during intense training sessions. “You go in there, and you’re going to get tested, and they’re going to hurt you,” Milosevich said.

His complaints echo those of others who have been part of the sport, from students and from gym owners. Some of the debate has played out within popular online forums for Brazilian jujitsu. And some injuries have led to lawsuits.

A San Diego jury in May 2023 awarded Jack Greener nearly $46.5 million in damages for a catastrophic neck injury he sustained in a Brazilian jujitsu gym in 2018, a case that became a flashpoint for followers of the martial art.

According to court documents, Greener suffered quadriplegia when his neck was broken during a sparring session with his instructor, Francisco Iturralde, at the Del Mar Jiu-Jitsu Club. Video of the incident posted to social media shows Iturralde attempted a modified

version of an advanced technique known as a Leo Vieira back take, in which a fighter rolls the opponent forward and ends up in position for a rear choke. The jury said Iturralde had “unreasonably” increased the inherent risks of sparring in Brazilian jujitsu. The defense has since appealed the judgment.

Lawyers representing the dojo and its owner, Michael Phelps (unrelated to the highly decorated Olympic swimmer), declined to comment. Iturralde also declined to comment, citing the ongoing litigation. Lawyers for Greener did not respond to attempts for comment.

The Greener case has led some in the sport to question how to implement higher standards of care as the popularity of Brazilian jujitsu rises.

“Never, in American history, have we seen such a fanatical onboarding of participants in a martial art as we are now seeing with Brazilian jujitsu,” said Rener Gracie, a member of the Gracie family of martial artists largely credited with developing and popularizing Brazilian jujitsu in the United States. His uncle Royce Gracie was the surprise star of the first UFC event in 1993, when he swiftly won three bouts on the same night using Brazilian jujitsu techniques.

Rener Gracie owns Gracie University, a 2,000-student gym located in Torrance, California, and provided expert testimony on behalf of Greener in Greener’s case. Gracie was paid over $100,000 for his testimony, he said in a social media post, a sum that led to pushback within the sport, which prompted

him to pledge a $100,000 donation to a nonprofit supporting people hurt by spinal cord injuries.

Gracie said in an interview that the proliferation of Brazilian jujitsu schools in recent years has caused a substantial variation in the way the martial art is taught and how safety is practiced. Many newcomers, who may have heard about the benefits of the martial art from a podcast or from watching UFC bouts, don’t understand that some gyms operate under much harsher training conditions than others, he said.

One martial art with comparatively strong governance is judo, which focuses more on throws and takedowns but like Brazilian jujitsu traces its lineage back to Japanese forms of jujitsu. Judo is an Olympic sport and thus has national and international standards, including safety protocols issued in the United States by USA Judo. The sport does have its own safety issues, however: A 2009 study documented 118 deaths of children participating in school-affiliated judo clubs in Japan since 1983. The study and inquiries by the Japanese Olympic Committee and education ministry led to some reforms for judo in the country.

Many in the Brazilian jujitsu community have rebuffed suggestions that the martial art become an Olympic sport precisely because of a resistance to more regulation. And parts of the sport would rather focus on building it up the way promotional companies like the UFC have for elite-level MMA.

The International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation, one of the sport’s major competitive bodies, sets regulations for competition but does not assert procedures and coaching standards for gyms to use during training. Some in the sport said the federation’s rules, which allow some risky maneuvers to be used in top competitions, trickle down to influence how students at lower levels are taught.

For his part, Milosevich acknowledges the inherent dangers of participating in Brazilian jujitsu and other martial arts. Yet he sees the risks and prevalence of injuries as evidence the sport needs to take safety standards more seriously.

“There is definitely a way to limit the possibilities and the high risk that you’re going to get injured when you’re brand-new and guys are just literally trying to smash you and use you as practice,” Milosevich said. “There could definitely be a higher standard.”

Brazilian jujitsu demonstrations during a class at Gracie University.

The game of their lives

By RORY SMITH

As the players idled by the chain-link fence at the side of the field, taking great gulps of air and water and conducting an immediate autopsy of the game that had just finished, they focused their attention on three outstanding bones of contention. Instinctively, they separated into dedicated working groups to tackle each one.

The first considered whether a penalty that had not been awarded absolutely should have been, as an aggrieved plaintiff was claiming. The second investigated if a particularly egregious foul was premeditated (yes) and/or warranted (also yes). The third explored the knotty issue of how many deflections preceded the last of the game’s 12 goals — estimates ranged from two to “about a million” — and whether allowing the goal could, therefore, reasonably be considered the goalkeeper’s fault.

Before that matter could be settled, the debrief was cut short. Each player had to dig into wallets or pockets to find 5 pounds — just over $6 — to pay their share for the use of the field. As they strolled stiffly to the parking lot, the squabbling gave way to discussion of plans for the rest of the evening and for next week.

This is all part of the ritual of the scrimmage, the scratch game, the kickabout. It is a conversation that happens thousands of times a week, across the world, after thousands of games like this one. The only difference here is the qualifications of those involved.

The 20 players who have just paid

about $120 to play for an hour on an unremarkable synthetic field in south Manchester, England are used to rather different surroundings. Between them, they have made more than 1,000 appearances — and scored more than 100 goals — in England’s Premier League. They have played professionally in a dozen or so countries. Among their number are players who have won trophies, tasted the Champions League, represented their nations.

They wear their fame relatively lightly. There are no replica jerseys bearing their names. Only a couple go as far as to use shorts emblazoned with club crests. Watch them play for a few minutes, though, and it is clear this game is hardly ordinary.

The quality on display, as one player has put it, is “frightening.” As it should be: The victim of the contested penalty is Ravel Morrison, once of Manchester United and West Ham. The judge of the debate on the foul is Joleon Lescott, a Premier League and FA Cup champion with Manchester City.

It is universally agreed that the game’s most gifted regular participant — and most unapologetically competitive spirit — is Stephen Ireland, who played for a decade with Manchester City and Aston Villa. The two players stretching out their calves, tuning out the bickering, are Papiss Cissé and Oumar Niasse, once of Newcastle United and Everton.

They are part of a rotating cast of professionals — most of them retired recently enough that rust has not yet set in — who come here every week to take part in what may be the best game of pickup soccer in the world.

It was not designed to be anything of the sort. The weekly game started a couple of years ago, as coronavirus lockdowns began to ease, when a group of friends — most of whom had played semiprofessionally, on the lower rungs of England’s soccer pyramid — set up an amateur team, the Farmers, to play together on Sundays.

This part of Manchester, though, is a relatively small world. The city’s leafy southern suburbs, and the gilded villages of

north Cheshire, are home to dozens of professional players, both current and former. It did not take long before a couple of them, friends of friends, had accepted invitations to join in.

From there, it spiraled quickly, said Kial Callacher, one of the team’s founders. Soon, the Farmers were winning some games by “30 goals or so,” he said. “After a while, it wasn’t really fun.” The team’s opponents, presumably, were of broadly the same view. Everyone involved decided it might be better if the ex-pros just played among themselves.

So their hourlong games, held Tuesday or Wednesday nights, were born. The guest list only grew more stellar. Some weeks might feature Antonio Valencia, John O’Shea, Danny Simpson and Danny Drinkwater, all of them Premier League champions; or Nedum Onuoha, formerly of Manchester City and now an ESPN analyst. Dale Stephens, a Premier League player as recently as last year, is a mainstay.

There are many more who spent years in England’s Football League. Few, if any, of the 66 members of the team’s WhatsApp group do not have at least semiprofessional experience. Games are, to put it mildly, competitive.

“I’ll get an early night the day before,” said Joe Thompson, a regular participant who spent 13 years as a pro, mostly for Rochdale. “I’ll stretch in the afternoon, eat right, hydrate — all of the things I did as a professional. You don’t want to do your-

self a disservice or take liberties with the standard. You feel like you are constantly on trial. You have to be on the mettle, or the group will let you know.”

Once a week, these players can engage with the game on their terms. There is no crowd. There is no money, other than the fee to use the field. There is no pressure, other than that which they put on themselves. They all carry the scars of a life spent playing a professional sport. Those days are over, now, but they do not want to say goodbye. What they want to do, instead, is to play.

“You’re on a pitch, in the fresh air, with a ball,” Thompson said as he watched his colleagues and friends slip into their cars. “It’s what it was like when we started playing. I think for most of them, it’s an hour a week when they can feel free.”

That is, they know, a precious thing. This summer, the group played a couple of exhibition games against local teams, operating under the moniker Inter Retirement. They have since been approached by a production company with the idea of launching a YouTube channel, of turning their private game into public content.

They can see the merit in the suggestion, of course, but one drawback, above all others, gives them pause. The act of observation would change the nature of the event. It would turn soccer, once more, into work. They come to this field, once a week, because there are no cameras. There is no spotlight, no pressure.

Here, at last, they can play.

A typical chat before any pickup game, anywhere in the world. It’s just that Alex Bruce, center, played more than 300 professional games.

Sudoku

How to Play:

Fill in the empty fields with the numbers from 1 through 9.

Sudoku Rules:

Every row must contain the numbers from 1 through 9

Every column must contain the numbers from 1 through 9

Every 3x3 square must contain the numbers from 1 through 9

Crossword

Answers on page 30

Wordsearch

Aries (Mar 21-April 20)

Today is a day in which you need to use logic. You could receive an unsettling and unexpected letter or phone call, perhaps involving money. The person communicating with you is probably operating under a misconception, so don’t panic if it’s bad news. Talk to people in a position to know the facts before moving ahead with the information. Chances are it’s been garbled.

Taurus (April 21-May 21)

Your level of concentration generally tends to be strong, Taurus, but today you could be temporarily at a disadvantage. Your thoughts seem vague and disjointed and you’re less able to express yourself clearly and precisely. Make sure the people around you know that. At the same time put in extra effort to make yourself understood or you could cause confusion.

Gemini (May 22-June 21)

Today you might intuit some strange and unsettling thoughts and feelings from a brother, sister, or neighbor, Gemini. This person isn’t likely to want to talk about what’s bothering them, even if you express concern. Sometimes people have to work these things out for themselves. Just make it clear that you’re available to talk about it and then let it go. That’s all you can do now.

Cancer (June 22-July 23)

Some disconcerting information you receive today from a group you’re affiliated with could have you wondering if you have a future with this group, Cancer. This might be disillusioning for you, but this isn’t a good day to make any decisions. Wait a few days and then consider what you heard today objectively and assess its impact. You’ll be in a far better frame of mind.

Leo (July 24-Aug 23)

Usually your mind is sharp and centered, Leo, but today you’ll probably feel like you can’t think straight. Your thoughts might be vague and disjointed. If there’s something you need to do immediately, either make a great effort to focus on the task at hand or get some help. Otherwise, leave major chores or decisions for another day. You’ll be your old self again tomorrow.

Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)

You generally tend to be intuitive, Virgo, but today your sensitivity might approach the level of an oracle - or seem to! You might have some good luck picking up the thoughts and feelings of others, but your premonitions, while plentiful, are off track. Write them down and check them out later, but don’t put any stock in them, at least not now.

Libra (Sep 24-Oct 23)

You may have a very strange and somewhat disturbing dream about a friend tonight, Libra. It may wake you up in an unsettled state. Write it down if you can. This might exorcise some of the emotions involved and shed some light on whatever caused you to have the dream. Don’t worry! Chances are it’s symbolic and not prophetic.

Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov 22)

A lack of communication between you and someone close could lead to misunderstandings, Scorpio. This might not seem that important, but sometimes a lack of clarity can lead to bad feelings in the future. Make your intentions clear to everyone. If someone misinterprets anything thing you say, explain it more precisely right then. You don’t want some careless words to come back to haunt you.

Sagittarius (Nov 23-Dec 21)

Today you might be so intent on your work that you don’t hear what someone says to you, Sagittarius. No matter how important your task, take the time to listen and pay attention to what someone tells you, however trivial it may seem now. It might not matter in the end, but it’s best to err on the side of caution. Sparing a few minutes now could avoid a serious rift in a friendship.

Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 20)

Today you might be so intent on your work that you don’t hear what someone says to you, Sagittarius. No matter how important your task, take the time to listen and pay attention to what someone tells you, however trivial it may seem now. It might not matter in the end, but it’s best to err on the side of caution. Sparing a few minutes now could avoid a serious rift in a friendship.

Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb 19)

Are you working at home today, Aquarius? This won’t make your efforts any less intense, especially if your work involves writing or speaking on the phone. Whatever you’re doing will probably seem urgent. You need to do things carefully or you may miss important details or express yourself vaguely. Slow down and don’t work too quickly. It may take longer, but you won’t regret it.

Pisces (Feb 20-Mar 20)

Are you working at home today, Aquarius? This won’t make your efforts any less intense, especially if your work involves writing or speaking on the phone. Whatever you’re doing will probably seem urgent. You need to do things carefully or you may miss important details or express yourself vaguely. Slow down and don’t work too quickly. It may take longer, but you won’t regret it.

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